Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-20
STATE HOUSE.
Short Session and Few
Bills, Thursday.
Several Interesting Committee
Hearings in Afternoon.
Session at A. M, Today, Will End
This Week.

After short sessions. lasting about
iltIf an hour. Thursday morning the
Legislature voted to adjourn until 9
o'clock, Friday morning. The business
%! both br''n"heS WAS not of unusual
importd!lce and the bills and resolves
presented We're only of ordinary inter-
st. Among The measures that ap-
Tr.'red III tn Senate We're resolutions
Introduced by Morse Of Waldo relative
70 the inprut cment Of the Postal Srs-
tenn. which provides that the Legisla-
lure l"'luest the Senators and Repre-
sehtdtiVeS of Maine in Congress To
support thu bill prepared by the Postal
Reform League. The resoIut ions
which were tabled for printing r..l! a.
follows:
Whereas. Redistribution of mail
matter ON the reasonable basis of ser
Vice rendered is Il matter of the great
f'St Importance to the business interests
Of this commonwealth;
nv hcreHS. An extension Of the Syc-
tenn of carrying merchandise in thu
nted States would be of great bene-
fl Ia, and is desired by. the people of
this state. therefore be- it,
"I."snlvcG. THAT the Senators ana
Representatives, from Maine in the
congress of the United States are
hereby earnestly request e,l to use every
effort To secure the quick enactment
If legislation that will at once remedy
Ih" evils IF Inc present system Of mail
classification. ana will give 70 the
American people the best merchandise
! nSt III the world.
''H"solVri. That we request our
Senators ana Representatives, in Con-
3rcsS to support the bill prepared by
the Postal lieform League. which bill
provides for the consolidation Of third
aud fourth class mail matter and the
extension of the present parcel posts
weight Emit from four to eleven
pounds. with the minimIm rate Of five
."nts Of pound parcel ana maximum
rate Of - cents on an eleven pound
parcel.
"t:t solved. That n copy of this reso-
ldtion he sent to thu President of the
United States. Postmaster General ANA
to nir members of both houses of Con-
"ress ana to foies Penrose. chairman
of the Senate Fostofiice and Fnst-rnLd
Committee and to Jesse Overstreet.
chairman of the House pOStOiilce and
Iost-roHd Committee"
Staples Of Knox presented an act to
provide for the establishment of Il
school for the care and education of
feeble minded children between three
and y years OF age. Section two of
the act provides that the Governor
shall appoint five persons. one Of whoE1
shall be woman. to b. the trustees OF
The school ~ serve without comprnsl-
ton. 1t provides further that a sum
not exceeding $4,000 be appropriated
tor the establishment OF the school
Sh iCkfOrd Of Washington introduced
q petition Of l.. T.. Scammon ann others
asking that the time for taking Smclts
in Franklin bay be extended from
March % TO April 30. The sane gen.
tleman presented act covering rc quest.
Randall of Cumberland presented an
at Incorporating til Fnreside Water
Company to supply towns Of .t'umber-
lanu and Falmouth in Cumberland
county. The capital stock shall b"
s!60, 600 and may be increased to not
exceeding S20O 600