Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-03-15
AT AUGUSTA.
Matters Relating to Hancock County
-Doings Of the Past Week.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8.

House bills read and assigned in the
Senate: An act to incorporate the Trini-
tartan Congregational parish, of Castine,'
and to Iegalize the doings of said parish as
heretofore known under the name of the
Trinitarian society of Castine, Maine.
House amendment A adopted in concur
renee.
Bills and petitions introduced; By Mr..
Hutehins, of Penobscot; petition of S. NJ.
Thompson and forty-nine others, of
Sedgwick, for Milliken bill. Referred to
committee on temperance.
Reports of committees: Mr.. Clark, for
committee on judiciary, on bill, an act to
extend the charter of Union River Water
Storage Co., reported same ought to pass.
Report accepted.
The same senator for the same commit
tee on bill an act to permit the Bar Hsrbor
and Union River Water Power Co. to in
crease its issue of bonds, reported same in
new draft, and that it ought to pass. Re-
port accepted.
Mr.. Allen, for the same committee on
resolve authorizing the land agent to
equalize the States interest in Halfway
island, Hancock county, reported same
ought to pass. Report accepted.
Passed to be engrossed, an act to ex-
tend the charter of the Hancock county
railway company.
An act to extend the charter of the
Bluehill Water Co.
An act to extend the charter of the
Ellsworth Street Railway Co.
An act to prohibit ice fishing in Nara
guagus lake, so-ealled, in Hancock county.
An act to set off a part of plantation No.
I, and annex it to the town of Goulds-
boro.
Finally passed: Resolve in favor of the
Castine normal school.
In the House Mr.. Gray from the COM
mittee on legal affairs on petition of Leroy
r. FIVE and seven others, of North Brook
lin, county of Hancock, asking permits
sion to extend wharf into the tide
waters of Bluehill bay, reported bill, an
act to authorize the North Brooklin wharf
Co. to extend wharf into the tide waters
of Bluehill bay at North BROOKLYN, county
of Hancock.
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amend section 1 of chapter 462 of the
private and special laws of 1897 relating to
the taking of alewives in Bagaduce river.
An act to extend the charter of the
Bluehill Banking and Trust Co.
An act to incorporate the Mt. Desert
Trust Co.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9.
In the Senate the following House bills
were read and assigned: An act to
amend section of chapter 462 of the
private and special laws of 1897 relating
to the taking of alewives in Bagaduce
river.
An act to extend the charter of the
Bluehill Banking and Trust Co.
Bills and petitions presented: Mr..
Mills, of Hancock, Mr.. President: / have
here bill which is drawn and presented
with the idea of authorizing the town of
Stonington to issue bonds for the erection
of school building. The town voted to
do this at its annual town meeting last
Monday; and in order that the bill may
have time to go through at this session l
ask that the rules be suspended, that it be
received, take its several reading, and pass
to be engrossed without reference to
committee.
Thereupon bill ian act authorizing the
town of Stonington to issue its bonds for
the purpose of erecting school building"
was presented by Senator Mills, and on
his motion the same was received and
took its several readings under suspension
of the rules, and was passed to be en-
crossed.
By Mr.. Clark, of Hancock, petition of
S. S. Hanscom and fifty others in favor
of Sturgis bill which was placed on file.
Read and assigned: An act to extend
the charter of the Union River Storage
Co.
An act relating to the Bar Harbor and
Union River Power Co.
Passed to be engrossed: An act to in
corporate the Trinitarian Congregational
parish of Castine, and to legalize the do
ings of said parish, as heretofore known
under the name of the Trinitarian society
of Castine, Maine.
In the House the following Senate bills
were given their first reading: An act to
extend the charter OF the Hancock County
Railway Co.
An act to extend the charter of the
Bluehill WatenCo.
An act to extend the charter of the
Ellsworth Street Railway Co.
Petitions presented and referred: By
Mr.. Clark, of fremont, petition of Dean
A. Walker and ninety-two others, of
Southwest Harbor, praying for passage of
bill requiring the proper labelling of pro-
prietary medicines, also of A. p. Me-
Donald and forty-two others, of Hancock
county, for same.
Reports of committees: Mr.. Littlefield
from committee on judiciary reported
ought to pass on bill, an act to amend
the charter of the Northeast Harbor Water
Co.
Mr.. Tracy, from the committee on legal
affairs, reported ought to pass on bill, an