The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-01-19
At Augusta.


rules, and introduced the following:
Petition to establish home for feeble
minded citizens of the state, and the
same WAS referred to the committee on
appropriations and financial affairs.
Measures were presented in the Sem
ate as follows:
By Mr.. Staples of Knox: Resolve In
favor of submission of the fifth amend
ment of the constitution of Maine relat-
ing to the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquors
Mr.. Mills of Hancock introduced bill,
an act to create tate Board of Arbi-
tration, and upon further motion of the
same senator. the bill was tabled for
printing, pending reference to commit
tee
In the House:
BY Mr. Kinsman of Cornville: Bill,
an act to regulate the practice of veter-
mary surgery, medicine and dentistry.
Bill, an act to amend section II of chap
ter 80 of the Revised Statutes to close
time on beaver.
Of special interest was the report
made by Senator Morse of " aldo, chair.
man of the committee appointed in 1908,
which recommends the establishment
of a home for the feeble minded in
Maine The committee disagreed as to
the amount that should be appropriated
and also as to the location of such a
home Two of the committee were In
favor of recommending $40, 900, and two
for $40, 900; one member of the commit
tee failed to vote on the amount to be
appropriated.
Senator lark of Hancock came for.
ward with an important act for the es-
tablishment, in Maine, of insurance pol
icies which would be uniform with
| those of other States The act provides
that no statement made by the insured
shall render the policy void unless II
shall be made with the intent to defraud
also that no policy shall contain pro-
vision or agreement which will deprive
| the insured of the right of trial by jury
or any question of fact arising under
said policy and that such previous agree
menis shall be void 1t also provides
that The act shall apply to fraternal and
mutual insurance, as we'll as other in
suranee companies.
On Friday in the Senate, on motion OF
Mr.. Clark of Hancock, 1t was ordered
that the committee on public grounds
and buildings investigate the advisable
ity of the states installing lighting
plant at the State House, to light the
state House, and to report the terms oil
! the present contract for lighting the
same.
In the House measures were presented
as follows: By Mr. Vittum of Concord
| Bill, an act to amend section "a of chap
ter IA of the Revised Statutes relating
to insane persons By Mr.. Merrill OF
Skowhegan: Petition of Ada A. Viles
and 80 of the Skowhegan WOmsu's Club
| for preservation of fields and forest; OF
Cornelia ) Jackson and 20 others OF
Skowhegan for same Petition of Ben
jamin +. Eaton and IS others of Skow-
hogan for appropriation for Maine Home
for frIendless Boys, located at Portland.
By Mr. Vittum of Concord: Petition OF
K 2. Viles and 80 others, praying that
West Garry Pond be closed to ice fishing
Both branches adjourned on Friday to
meet Monday forenoon.
The Maine Senate of 1903 passed an
order requesting and authorizing the
secretary of the Senate, Hon. Kendall
| NJ. Dunbar, to compile from the Senate
| journal, and any other authentic source
notes of rulings on the rules of the Sen
ate and notes of rulings on the joint
rules in form similar 10 notes of ruIing'
on the rules of the senate of Massachu
sets. During the past two years Mr.
| dunbar has diligently searched the rec
| ords and delved deep into the records Of
the past and has produced IA report Of
which any man might be proud. Tit
report is prepared In type~rlting anC
gives a complete record of the rulings
of the -enate from 1920 to 1908, inclu
sive The report is most valuable anC
1t should be printed for the us" of thu
: tate librarian.
! Ia the House on Tuesday, there vert
presented and referred TO committees
BY Mr. Merrill of ~kowhegan: Bill
an act to amend section Is Of chapter
g Of the Revised statutes relating 10 tax
alton of railroad companies Tabled f0l
! printing pendind reference on motion o
Mr. NerIill)
BY Mr. Vittum of oucord: Petition
of f o Vittum and 81 others of Con
cord for aid to the town Of toncord Il
repair highway by blasting ledge ano
building whaI fings ON bank of Kcnnebet
river; of Mark savage and 10 others o
! bingham for same. Also, Resolve II
| aid of the town of Concord for repairing
highways. Also Petition of Daniel l.
| Bean and Is others for law to enable
| plantations to furnish jurors the SAINT
az towns
By Mr. Bunker of Arson: Petition o
| Henrietta ID God and 80 others q
Norridgewock, for law to preserve TIN
| beautV of 6rIda and foreStg
In the Senate. Senator Aver of Ken
nebee presented a bill to amend tht
charter of the somerset railroad Co
giving it the right to locate, construct
and operate railroad from some poin
in the town of bingham in the county Of
Somerset within the valley of the Ken
nebec river to some point on the western
shore of Moosehead Lake and thence
along that shore, past Northwest Carry
through the town of SeUoomook to the
western shores of the Penobscot river
and along said river past Northeast
Garry to Chesuncook Lake.
The vote was taken in each branch fol
| U. S. Senator and was az follows: In
the House, Hon Eugene Hale of Ellis
worth had 10l, Hon Lindlay NJ. staples
of Washington had %. In the Senate
Hale had rs and Staples
Among the new measures presented
Wednesday in the House were:
By Representative Cakes of Auburn
Bill providing penalties for non-feasance
of duty by shtriffs and county attorneys
The act provides that any sheriff, deputy
sheriff or county attorney who shat
wilfully or corruptly refuse or neglect