Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-26

| additional TO and amendatOry TO Sec
ton g. of Chapter 81 of the Revised
| Statutes relating to the exemption OF
personal property from attachment and
sale on execution and on the act to Sc
cure to employees of manufacturing. me
| chanical and merchantile establish
ments, sufficient opportunity TO vote at
elections and they were laid on the
table for executive session.
The committee on legal affairs held
hearings and voted ought to pass on
an act to authorize the Bangor Invest
mnnt Co. and the Northern Maine Sea-
port Railroad 80. to build wharvcs and
piers in and near Cane Jeliison Harbor.
and also on an act to provide for sew
erage in the town OF Caribou.
| At 4 meeting of the committee on
| calarirs Wednesday afternoon. the
| first hearing was on the salary of the
| secretary of state. Hon. Byron Boyd
vas present and said that he had only
| 4 word to say TO the committee AMI
that was more as a private individual
than as an office holder. Mr.. Boyd
thought that the general principle of
| the special committees report on sal
| aries was right; the commission hal
been. i'm his :ln |. very liberal and fair.
Concerning the duties of the office OF
| the Sccrt tary of STATE MI. Boyd said
| that since he became secretary they
| had increased very much. and that it
| was now necessary for the Secretary to
| devote his entire time and energies to
the duties If his office. Mr.. Boyd
| thought that in view Of the increase
in the duties d volving upon this offic"
the salary Of the Secretary of State
| should be $500.
| The hearing IN tho salary os the Of
| flee of attorney general was next in
| order. Attorney General Hamlin was
| present and told the committee that III
| his opinion the salary ought to be such
| rs to cause The best layers of the State
| to aspire to this office and unless the
| compensation AaS adequate the office
| would degenerate i'll the future as the
capa bilties of the holders would not be
| what they should. 1t seems to me-"
| he said, that the salary should be at
least $4,000" 1t would be impossible. he
| continued. to secure competent asSiS-
| tahtS. providing the new bill. was pass
cd. for 1880 In his opinion it would be
| better 10 place the salary at $1,000 and
| leave the duties as they are now than
make the change.
| The mater Of the county officials of
| AndrOscoggin were next taken up. AS
| there was only one objection it was
evident that the majority of those Of
| ficialS are satisfied WITH the recommcn-
| cations of the commission. The OBJ
| lection was on the salary of the regis
| ter Of probate. Fred y. Watson. Judge
F. Drew of Lewiston, who was the first
| 10 address the committee. said that nc
| mad known Mr. Watson for many
| years: that he was Il careful painstan
| ing official and he favored an incrt a."
| &c salary. Til" work of the Office, he
said is so great that it necessitatts
the taking Of AL OF MI. Watsons time
and that of clerk besides. and 1t
would be impossible for one man to d.
al the work. Judge Drev' believed that
instead of a salary of $1,000 including
| clerk hire as the. bill! VOW pending pro-
vides, salary of $1,000 ard clerk hire.
Representative Morcy Of Lewiston.
who appeared before the committee.
| said that he was well pleased with the
bill. but suggested that it did not pre-
index fees, so-called, and he thought
that provisions should be made for
these fees going to the county treasury.
lie thought that the clerks of the mu-
nicipal courts of Lewiston and Auburn
| should be put OH salaries instead of
fees as at present. thereby doing away
| with the fee system in the county. He
thought that the fees of the clerk Of
| 7 10,
| per year. Mr.. MOrey favored salary
OF $1,000 and clerk hire for the register
| of probate. l.. r. Fuller OF Lewiston.
| spoke of the efficiency of Mr.. Watson
| and favored the increase of salary adj
vocated by Judge Drew and Reprcsen-
tative Morey.
| The committee on library. which held
| a hearing. Wednesday evening. on the
matter Of appropriations for tn" state
library and for travelling libraries.
voted fought to pass" on the latter re-
solve.
| In accordance with Il request from
Land Agent Edgar l.. Ring. a confer
| ence of prominent land owners an!
| lum b"rIncn WAS held. Wednesday even
| llt.. AZ tnP tII1tt 81 tIle ltilfl "StIlt ~
| discuss various matters of vital interest
10 land owners which NAV be brought
| to the attention of the present LeSiS-
| lature. Among those present at the
conference were the following. LAM
| Agent Ring. Charles l.. Oak. Major f.
| II. Strickland. Fred \. Gilbert. Hon. l.
| X StetSon. and Representative J. J..
Mullen Of Bangor Representative \.
| Ledyard Smith of Madison, Hon. Wal
do PettinGilI of Eumford Falls. Repre-
| sentative ScWall OF Bath. George l..
| Smith Of Augusta. Representative W.
J. T.aniean of Watervillc Commission
or l.. r Carleton. +. p. Niles and =
| W. philbrick of SkOwhegan. and Rep
rcsentatiNe Thomas Baldwin Of Both
bay Harbor The meeting first con-
| Sidered the amendment to the present
| fire law which was recommended by
| MIR Ping in his annual report concern
| ing the creation of a number OF IRE
| districts to be patrOlled by wardehs
during the period from April TO June
| L. or for a longer period if the season
| is a particularly dry one. the recon-
| lnont;ations of Forest Commissioner