Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-25

| hoodrldSe feels that his company is
not treated properly il: the matter OF
wharf privileges and that there was a
| Where the company wished to have A
wharf located Judge GCult of Boston
who renresen'pd the owner Of the land
STATED that mis- client "as willing to
| lease nr sell Mr.. Go slridg.. the land AZ
q reasonable rate Of cornpen sation. The
petitioners. said Judge Gould. ask the
| riSht "f eminent don1in and ask not
| Only 70 be allo we'd IL TAX. the land of
! Others for thai.' whHrt bat also permits
SION 70 take materials Necessary To
ohild a wharf anywhere within 81
miles along the :oute. The matter was
taoied for executive session.
| Inc committee on legal affairs held
two hearings. Tuesday afternoon. The
fIrst was on thu proposition of DR.. Adj
hlSon Thayer of Pol tlani % give Judges
~ probate concurrent jurisdiction with
| municipal officers IN the commitments
of insane persons. 'rh" ill was pro
eentr6 in the House by Pe-cival p
| R3xter. rerre sentative from Portland
| and was entitled tAa Act in adj lition
! t" ''h 1pter l4i rr III. Revised STATUTES
relating to the commitmell of the in
san. Pr. Thayer presented the ease il
behalf Of thu bill and explained that
thr iGea of the measure u simply L.
CIV" the judge Of probate power to
E"SS on the insanity of Il person after
III III" urrSrnt f',rmtS nay" been gone
through. inStol.l uf compelling the case
To go To the :l;lnici2al Cheers. 1t is
just making Possible. he said. what y
required by statute III ether cases For
the most part the present law works
we'll throughout the state. but in small
towns ii would h,- a manifest injustice
10 ask that Judge Of probate be
sought. In the cities the present law
| ""uuir'S q 2rrat he Il Of time Of TIL.
aldermen. The work Whicn comes I'M
der the proposed act properly belongs
10 the office Of the ilIdS' Of probate
who. i'll constantly passing upon III h
c-tSeS i'll the S..tlamnt of estates, be
comes almost expert ii insanity cases.
THIS work is entirely foreign 10 a
bolrI of alderman made IN of bushes
men. Or. Thlyer stated that the bill
was in no manner lnIHd d: Portland'e
board of aldermen. whose action nc
said was above critiri:eIn, but was an
expression of 4 growing disgust with
the barhari;y Of modern methods.
The opponents of Inc bill were rep
resent Il by Henry ". SNaSey. Esq. Of
Portland who l"af,er, and had pa: sed.
in the Legislature of 1903. the present
law concerning The commitment nt in
sane persons. When questioned by MI.
", n al ba
had never known of Il sii2le case Of
unjust commitment by The Portland
board Of aldermen, and continued TIL"
doctor. nr. SanDorn Of the Maine IN
S:,nc hospital informs nc that through
out the state such c.,sa; rarely q, cur
Mr. SWaSey then di.'rUsGed the legal
aspect of the ease, going over the sta
tutes of other States. and stated that
in Maine the situation had been $"
modified by The law of 1903 that no
person cen be COMMITTED without the
sworn testimony Of tWo reputable Wit
ncSSeS. IN lrGdin" III, advantages to
Tie present law .Ir SWa*cy sail thai
muniCipal authorities always give most
minute attention TO inSln" cases. in
forming themselves with :u.;IeS+
which would b. impoiSibl" for j,Id%'
Of probate. t'hair,nln cobb q tn"
board Of aldermen Of Portland cited =
cases of the last yclr. saying that
three. retitinnS T'"rc refused. in two no
action and in ll,o commitment vas re-
fused The following Of Portland.
hoard of alderman ', We present AT the
bearing: Arthur !. H.,r,ilton. Charles
w. Carr. George A. Dow. Anton" \
Frates Frank y. W. Wclrh, William
l.. cobb and "iarles II. Carter. Harry
". Bigelow. city clerk formerly editor
Of the Portland Press. and VIM. +.
Osborne of the common council were
also present II the hearing. During the
forenoon the aldermen visited the In
sane Hospital.
On The hearing before tic committee
on legal affairs on IN 40; to repeal
Scot ioii l., of ,'htptcr - of the RrNIsSd
statutes relating 10 5ountieS on porcu-
IintS. Representatives I.a!ii4an Of Wa
t,"villc and l:u sell of cd Town. to-
crther with Commissioner Ring ap
,,.arcd in behalf If III" bill Mr.. Lani-
gan Mno IS Wood.sman Of The Hoilin2s-
worth & Whitney pulp AMI paper mill
az Wmslow AMI 4 man we'll acquainted
with the quill zig and his environ
mtntS showed wherein. in his opinion.
the present bouTty ~ this animal is
unWisr. Mr. Russell. who is thorough
lumbtirnan. ami passed many years in
the woods was likewise in favor Of re-
10 lling the bounty Law. Land Agent
Ring considered that tn" law has dow"
none harm than good ara in addition
to having been an expensive expert
npnt 10 the state. has been largely r.
sponsiblc for The hi" number Of forest
Glcs that occurred with such damaging
effect in 1902 Former Representatives
Fred I. Campo IL If Cherryfeld pro
nulgatnr Of the present porcupin"
hount; law appeared against the re-
peal of the act, as also die Rcprcscn-
tative Morrison IF Gar iiarbor. Both
gentlemen assured he commtte" that
the law had not been without effect
and were con.i,i mt that ii continued
would succeed in ext minating an AMI
n.al that in their estimation is most
destructive.