Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-19
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
sEvENTY.FlRsT SESSION.
SENATE e.
Wednesday,. FEBRUARY IS, 1909

| Wednesday,, February IS, 1909.
| Senate met according to adjourn
ment and was called to order by the
| President.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Struthers OF
| Gardiner.
Journal of the previous session read
| and approved
| Papers from the House disposed of in
| concurrence.
| On motion by Mr.. Staples of Cumber-
land, Bill. An Act to provide for the
better protection of motormen and con-
ductors of electric cars, which came
from the House was tabled for print
ing, pending reference in concurrence.
Read and Assigned.
An Act to incorporate the Gardiner
Water District. On motion by Mr..
| Manlcy of Kennebec, this bill took its
| second reading, under suspension of
the rules. and was pasesd to be en-
crossed.
| city of Portland
| An Act to amend Chapter GAG of the
Private and Special Laws of 1897, en-
| tltiets AL Az " dfIleIlu lfle GIldTlcE VI
| the city of Westbrook"
| An Act to amend Chapter 81, Section
| 3. of the Revised Statutes, relating to
bastard children and their main
| tenance.
An Act for the better protection OF
| railroad signals.
| An Act to amend Chapter 211 of the
Private and Special Laws of 1901, re-
| lating to the Lincoln Electric Railway
Company.
| An Act to amend Chapter 236 of the
! Public Laws of 1893 relating to the TAX
| ing of lands or other property by rail-
| roads.
| An Act to authorize the Augusta,
| Winthrop & Gardiner Railway to sup
ply electricity in the towns of Winthrop
| and Manchester.
| An Act to extend the charter of the
South Portland Trust and Banking
Company.
| An Act to amend the charter of the
Sanford Trust Company. House
amendment A to substitute the word
| extend for the word amend" in the
| title to the foregoing Act was adopted
| by the Senate in concurrence, and the
! bill as amended. was read and as
| signed.
| An Act for the better protection of
shell fish within the town of George
| town.
| The several petitions of J. r. Brown
and "a others of Yarmouth, j. Y. STAN
ton and Is others of Lewiston and Au-
| burn, and Clarence E. Sawyer and
others for close time on rabbits, came
| from h,,ar ,cI, i,,c fi,,e,
| upon its reference to the Committee on
! Inland Fisheries and Game, and ask
| ing, for a committee of conference.
| Mr.. MANLEY of Kennebec: Mr.
| President: On Friday last / think I
| moved to refer those petitions to
| the Committee on Federal Relations,
and the Senator from Somerset
| moved to amend referring them
to the Committee on Public Chart
| ties and State Beneflciaries. Our
| remarks We're made in pleasant
and playful manner. I now move that
the Senate recede and concur with the
| House. The motion prevailed; and
| the several petitions were referred to
| the Committee on Inland Fisheries and
| Game, in concurrence.
| The following communications were
! received from the Secretary of State:
| Augusta, Feb. is, 1905
| To the President of the Senate and
| House:
| l have the honor to herewith transmit
| the annual report of the Military and
| Naval Orphan Asylum.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant
tSigneO BYRON BOYD,
Secretary of State.
which was referred to the Committee
on Military Affairs.
Augusta, Feb. IS, 1908.
| To the President of the Senate and
Speaker of the House:
| have the honor to transmit here
with reports of the Maine Insane Hos
pital and the Eastern Maine Insane
Hospital.
Very respectfully,
Your obedent servant,
(Signed) BYRON BOYD,
Secretary of State.
which was referred to the Committee
on Public Charities and State Bene-
ficiaries.
The following bills, petitions, etc,
were presented and referred.
Judiciary.
BY Mr.. Burns of Cumberland: Bill,
An Act to provide for the preservation
of town records of births, marriages
and deaths previous to the year 1892.
BY Mr. Wing of Androscoggin: Bill,
An Act to amend the charter of the
city of Auburn and to provide for a
street sewer and permanent improve
ment department.
BY Mr.. Rankin of York: Bill, An Act
to incorporate the Unitarian church,
library and reading room Of York Har-
bor
Legal Affairs.
BY Mr.. Morse of Waldo: Petition Of
nfol IL IC,,1Io.. aud 1S ,4le,... - c,e.e,..l.