Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-03-03
Legislative Notes.

The time limit for tho reception of
matters of private and special legislation
is just at present March Sd.
Mr.. Howe of Canton presented an act
limiting to 80 days the notice to be given
by parties seeking to recover claims for
bodily injuries from any person or cor
pOration.
Among measures introduced last week
were bills incorporating the Mt Abram
Cemetery Company of Locke's Mills and
the Buckfield Water Power and Electric
Light Company.
On the question of inquiring into the
expediency of enacting law whereby all
paupers now supported by towns shall
be supported by counties, the committee
voted such legislation inexpedient and
both house and senate have accepted the
report.
The committee on federal relations re-
ported ought to pass on the resolve APP
propriating $4,000 for the representa-
ton of Maine at the Louisiana purchase
exposition at st. Louis. The report was
tabled and will come up for consideration
on Tuesday.
Representative F. l. Campbell of Cher
ryfeld is out with letter announcing
his candidacy in 1905 for attorney gen.
eral of Maine, and so also is Bertram l..
Smith of Patten, who is now serving his
fourth term as county attorney of Penob-
scot County.
1t is understood that the committee on
education will report ought not to pass
on the bill to make new apportionment
of the common school fund on the basis
of average school attendance instead of
on the number of persons between the
age of and q years as the law now is.
An act additional to the act establish
ing the Rumford Falls Municipal Court
was presented by Mr.. Peaslee of Upton.
The act provides that cases may be
taken from that court to the Law Court
on agreed statement of facts, and pro-
vides further for the appointment of a
recorder for the court.
The new draft of the hunters license
bill states that the license is to be issued
for killing bull moose or deer and APP
plies to any person not a bona fide resi-
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application for hunters license. This
license tax is fixed at SIS. The money
collected from licenses is to be ex-
pended under rules and regulations to be
established by the Governor and Council.
Mr.. Pettengill of Rumford introduced
bill providing that when the Rumford
Falls and Rangeley Lakes Railroad Com
| g1,o1 Ial re
from Rangeley to the boundary line be-
tween the State of Maine and the Prov
ince of Quebec and shall operate a line
of railroad from Rumford Falls, Maine,
to Megantic, Canada, the railroad COM
pany is authorized to make contract
with the state for the transportation of
troops and the munitions of war and to
receive therefor an exemption of % per
cent of the taxes of said corporation for
twenty years from January LIST, 1905.
The mucl-discussed bridge bill was
presented Tuesday, the majority report
in favor being signed by six members of
the committee on ways and bridges, and
the minority report in opposition by two
members. AS presented, the bill is
quite lengthy, and differs considerably
from the original bill. 1t provides that
the county commissioners of the several
counties shall, before June LIST, 1908,
make lists of all bridges over fifty feet
in length, forming part of any legally
established road, in their respective
counties. These lists shall contain
descriptions of the several bridges and
their value. These bridges shall become,
on the first day of June, the property of
the counties in which they are situated.
Provision is made for payment for all
these bridges which are of iron or steel.
Two thirds of the appraised value is to
be paid by the counties, in not more than
ten annual inStallments, to the towns
now owning said bridges, and the state
is to pay to the counties one-half the
sum thus paid to the towns. There is
no provision for any compensation for
wooden bridges included in the lists.
Repairs on state and county bridges are
to be made by the county commission
ers at the expense of the counties, the
state to reimburse the counties in one
half the sum expended. New bridges
over fifty feet in length, in new locations
or to take the place of old ones destroy
ed, may be built by the county commits
sioners, the process of payment for the
new bridges being SO arranged that the
town or towns in which the bridge is
located pay one-third, the county or
counties one-third, and the state one
third These are the principal features
of the bill 1t is unofiicially reported
that Governor Hill does not favor it. 1t
will come up for consideration in the
senate Tuesday, March Sd.