Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-14
SENATE.

Senator Brown of Raadfeld i'll
introduced an act 10 amend the charter
Of the Augusta Trust Company Sec
ton / Of the bin reads as follows:
The Augusta Trust Company. oiisi-
nally chartered under the name of the
Augusta Safe Deposit and Trust Com
iHny. hut now Il lawfully existing cor
ft"ratinn under the laws of this State
under the name of the Augusta Trust
Company. is hereby authorized To es-
t;,DilSh a branch at Readfeld in the
county of kenn"bec. ana Warren in
The county OF Knox. Section > pro-
NIdeS that the act shall take effect
when passed. The bill was accompa-
Lied by Il petition of Leighton Bros
ANA numerous other citizens of Read
nrll AND nearby towns praying for the
anne. Ia" petitioners represent that
hanMinS facilities are Very much re-
uuirrd IN ReHdiield village That the
ilSt"ac" from this point to the near
st point where banking conv.niences
'an b- obtained is 50 great. especialIy
in tn Indictment season OF winter. that
il would materially advance the bust
less of these towns to bank to do their
iEI!kinS nearer their place of business
.nd your petitioners therefore respect
fully pray that the Augusta Trust
company of Augusta Me. be author
iZed To establish Il branch of their
banking house in the said village of
I.eadlieid."
Senator Staples OF Knox introduced
- resolve in the form of d petition of
citizens OF Gushing. who represent
lat the present system of choosing
he superintendent Of schools of the
;"Wn by appointment by the committee
is unSuited to the needs. and pray thar
| ne Legislature make such legislation
rs will enable the town to choose a
| superintendent By majority vote Of
| the toWn at annual town meeting.
In the Senate. Pierce of Aroostook.
introduced bill which has been the
Snur," of numerous petitions praying
| ior its enactment and. ana remon-
:trances against its enactment from
citizens from AroOstOok county. The
act which has aroused a great deal of
| interest in this county is to amend
| section : of Chapter II OF the Revised
| Statutes relating to the transfer of
| The office of the registry of deeds for
| The northern district of Aroostook
county from MadawaSka to Fort Kent.
and provide Il suitable building I'm
which to keep such office.
| ON" of the largest bunch of remon-
strances that has Vet appeared in
! either branch of the Legislature turned
| Up in the Senate, yesterday afternoon
| They were remonstrances of officers
| ,,I hat
| against any change in the Maine
standard policy. They were all intro
| duced by Senator Shaw of SagadahOc
| Senator Shaw of Sagadahor also in
| troduced bill prohibiting the use OF
titles ordinarily applied to banks ana
| trust companies by other than duly au-
thoriZed banking corporations. Sec
| ton OF the rct provides that no per
son. partnership. association or coino-
| ration, excepting thse duly authorized
under the laws of the State or of the
| United States to conduct a bank or
trust company business. shall use as 4
part of their name or title or as desig-
mating their business. the word or
words bank" savings" savings
bank, savings department" trust. :
trust company" banking" or trust
and banking company or the plural
of any such word or words i'm or in
Connection with any other business than
that of a bank or trust company duly
authorized as aforesaid The section
provides a penalty by fine not exceed
Ing $1,000 or by Imprisonment for not
less than 90 days not more than one
Year. or by both fine ana imprison-
mrnt for violation of the provisions of
| the section.
Senator Curtis of Cumberland. intro
duced bill relative to the artificial
cultivation of FISH by ripa rian propri-
| etorS giving them right to TRANSPORT
trout taken from their own ponds
| without accompanying the shipment in
| person and without the payment Of q
license fee for each shipment provided
| that shipping is done under the direc-
| tion of the commissioners of inland
fisheries and game. and further pro-
\ided that nothing in the act shall be
construed to allow the shipment of
trout al 4 season when the catching Of
trout is prohibited by the laws of the
State of Maine. The act to take effect
| when approved.
| Senator SturgiS of Cumberland, pre-
scented an act To incorporate the Long
| Fond Fish and Game Association for
the purpose of cultivating and feeding
salmon and other varieties of trout; to
stock the waters of Long Pond and
Lay of Naples in Cumberland county,
and for protecting fish and game with
in the towns bordering on and encloS-
ing said waters and their tributaries.
Sec. of the bill provides that its in
corporators be given authority to is
sue stock to the amount Of slNfG The
bill was act ompanied by a resolve in
favor Of the corporation which car
ries sum not exceeding 5000 for the
year 1895.
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