Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-12
STATE HOUSE.
Many Important Meas
ures, Wednesday.
Report Of Special Committee
on Fees and Salaries.
Legislative and Council Committees
Announced-Notes.

The second week of the I'D Legisla
tufe began. Wednesday morning, when
| Doth branches reassembled promptly at
lo.5o O'Clock, after five days recess
mere was good attendance in bot.,
| the senate and the House. although a
| Few vacant seats in the hall of the lat
ter testified that there were a few
| members yet to arrive. The usual
large batch of important bills and re-
| solves that bienially mark the begin
ming of the second week of a session
made their appearance and were re-
| lerred in short order, the business of
either body not taking up over half an
| hour.
OF course, the most interest conferred
| about the announcement Of the joint
| standing committees, and the reading
Of the list by President Goodwin of the
! Senate and Speaker Drew of the
| House was heard with considerable
| SHOW OF interest on the part of the
| members. AT the close of the reading
OF the committees general satisfaction
was expressed both by the members
themselves and others as to the wise
choice in their makeup and the good
judgment exercised by the gentlemen
VIII" made the selections. The Demo-
| cratic members of the Senate were
particularly we'll satisfied in the out
| come as each of the four of their mum
| Der was given Il embarrassing by
President Goodwin. In the House the
| minority party was also well favored
by Speaker Drew.
| or special Importance. "Wednesday
| morning, was the report of the joint
special committee appointed during the
| last of the list Legislature on salaries
aHd fees of State and county officers.
| Soon after the reading of the standing
| Joint committees by Speaker Drew.
| Clerk Thompson made Il report under
der. for the above mentioned COM
| mitte". :hc essence of which appears
| elsewhere.
The reading of the big batch of meas
| urcs Introduced. Wednesday morning
| in both branches and their assignment
to III" proper committees, took up the
remainder of the time till adjournment.
| In III" Senate. Irving of Aroostook,
| started the ball rolling with a bill au-
| thoriZing the Northern Maine Seaport
| Railroad Co. to lease or sell its rail-
| road 90. An act of no less Importance
| WAS introduced by the senator from
| Cumberland. amending the law rela-
tive to the construction of street rail-
ways. 50 that they my be extended to
| other points than those named in their
| charters. Senator Staples came forward
| with an act providing for the taxation
| of railroads according to their actual
\
| Eastern Main" General hospitals want
NOR" money and resolves We're intro
| duccd appropriatinG $500 a year for
two years ana s1n000 for 4 like period
| fox the former. and $4,000 year and
| $1,000 additional, under certain Stipula-
ton. fer thu latter. Another important
| measure WAS introduced i'll the Senate
| 10y Allen of York. in the form of an or
| der. limiting the time for Introduction
of private and special legislation to
| Feb. II.
| In The HOuS" the much discussed
| porcupinc problem bobbed up screncly
| and Powers of Houlton. introduced an
| act to repeal the bounty on this ami
NAL. provided for in Section l.. Chapter
| -, of the Revised Statutes. The Uni
| vcrsity of Maine asks for an appropri-
| alton through a resolve introduced by
| Thompson of Orono, of ST.. 900 u year for
| two years.
| EinSman CT Augusta, came forward
| with Il bill and act authorizing the Au-
| gusta Water District to take water
from Carleton pond. This gentleman
also introduced Il resolve in favor of
A. J. Cameron: petition of Leslie and
| L. others of Augusta to appropriate
$4,000 for the use of the Temporary
| Home for Women and Children at
Portland. 5000 in 1905. and the same
! amount in the year 1906. Bclleau of
Lewiston, introduced a resolve for the
apprnpriaticn Of $1,000 in favor of the
Society Sisters of Charity for the use
of the Healy Asylum of Lewiston: $500
a year for two years, and $500 addi-
| tional. There was an act to amend
chan. 3.6 Of the Private and Special
Laws Of 1851 entitled. IAN act to incor-
poratr the Passadumkeag Boom Co..
to secure the payment of the toll or
boomaGc. said company shall have lien
| upon all logs and ether lumber by 1t
| stopped secured and RATED. for the
expenses of stopping. securing and
rafting the same and for other eN-
| pcnScS of the company. mere was an
act to incorporate the Stockton Springs
Trust co. at Stockton Springs. with
Clarence o. Poor. Arthur l. Brown
Harry T. Hitchborn. Albert NJ Ames
: f. Merthew. F. l.. Hopkins. Byron
Eoyd and Joseph Williamson as the III
generators. \ resolve was introduced
in favor of aid in building bridge
across the Seba sticoOk river i'm the town
| of BENTON $4,000 TO be paid: $4,000 in the
wear 1905 and the same amount III l"o"
To he appropriated from any uneN-
pended money in the treasury. provld-
cd A sum of money be raised by the
county town or otherwise. together
| with with the amount provided. sinai
| be sufficient to complete said orluSe
Also provided that the location anc
erection of said bridge shall be unue'
the supervision of the county comnls
sioner Of Kennebec county ana OH
commissioner to be appointed by th'
COY ernor and Council to serve "ltnou
nav. and be built of steel or iron. no
less than I6 feet wide. upon stone pier:
and abutments. The bridge to De Dun
Il