Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-10
Maine LEGISLATURE,
SEvENTY-THIRD SESSION..
SENATE.

/ senate Called 10 OrQtf Dy the IreSl-
dent
Prayer by Rev Mr.. Hope of Augusta
| Journal of previous session read and
approved.
Papers from the House disposed Of
| in concurrence.
The following communication was
received:
Augusta, Ne. Jan. 3, 1907.
To the Honorable President of the
Senate:
/ beg to transmit herewith 4 letter
from w. w. StetsOn. State superin-
tendent of schools, requesting an in
vestigation of his department by the
| Legislature. Will you please take such
action upon this as in your Judgment
| the circumstances require.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) w. T. COBB.
| Governor of Maine.
| Augusta. Me. Dec. 81, 1906.
Honorable William T. Cobb.
Governor of Maine.
Dear Sir: l beg to say that I am 4
| candidate for the position of State
superintendent of public schools. 1t
has been charged that the bills l have
| rendered under oath as my personal
expenses incurred in the discharge of
| my official duties have not been mad"
i'll accordance with actual expenditures
ard l therefore request and respect
| fully insist that an investigation be
made at once and that the facts be
given to the public.
Very respectfully.
| (SigncD W. W. STETSON.
and the same We're referred TO the
Committee on Education.
The following bills. petitions and re-.
solves were presented and refcrred:
judiciary.
BY Mr.. Merrill of Cumberland: Re
| solve in relation to York deeds
Also Bill an Act relative to expert
evidence.
BY MIR. Deasy OF Hancock: Bill an
Act to regulate the use of certain roads
| in town of Mount Desert.
BY Mr.. Garcelon of Androscoggin:
Bill an Act to establish Il superior
| court for county Of Androscoggin.
Also bill an Act fixing the salary of
Lewiston.
Legal Affairs.
BY Mr.. Ea ton of Washington: Petit
ton OF the municipal officers and cti-
Zens of Calais for an Act to amend
Chapter 144 of the Revised Statutes
as amended by Chapter 81 of the Pub
| lie Laws Of 1905 relating to support
| of persons committed to Insane hos
pitfalls.
| BY Mr.. Curtis of Cumberland: Bill
an Act authorizing the erection of a
| bridge or road way across the tide
water between Mackey's or Mack
| worth Island in the town of Falmouth
and the main land of said town.
BY Mr.. Mills of Hancock: Bill an
Act to incorporate the Maine Power
Company.
BY Mr.. Irving Of Aroostook: Bill an
Act to amend the charter Of the Carl
bou Sewer Company.
Appropriations and Financial Affairs.
BY Mr.. Simpson of York: Resolve
| in favor of the York hospital.
BY Mr.. PhilOOn Of Androscoggin:
Resolve in favor OF Central Maine hos
pital.
BY Mr.. Curtis of Cumberland: Pc
tition in favor Of temporary home 70.
women and children.
Railroads and Expresses.
BY Mr.. Irving of Aroostook: Bill ar
Act to ratify the mortgage and lease
Of the Northern Maine and Searspoit
Railroad.
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lease of the Schoodic Stream Railroad.
Also bill an Act to authorize the
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad to pur-
chase Schoodic Stream Railway.
Also bill an Act to amend Chapter
90 of the Private and Special Laws
of 1903 entitled AN act to authorize
the extension of the Bangor & Ar0os-
took Railroad.
Banks and Banking.
BY Mr.. Stears Of Pcnobscot: Bill
an Act to amend and extend the char
ter of the Millnocket Trust Company.
BY Mr. PhilOOn Of AndroScoggin:
Resolve in favor Of Young Womens
Home at Lewiston.
Interior Waters.
BY Mr. Rice of Franklin: Resolve
On bouys and lights on the Rangelcy
Lakes.
Inland Fish and Game.
BY Mr. Rice of Franklin: Petition
of f. s. Perry and 80 others relative
to fishing on Sandy river, and relative
to putting refuse in said river.
BY Mr.. Deasy of Hancock: Bill an
Act for the protection of deer in the
town of Isle au Haut of the county of
Hancock.
Mr. Staples Of Knox: Presented bill
an Act to provide for the care and
education of the feeble minded; ac-
companied by resolve appropriatinE
500 for paying expenses of the finance
committee to visit the institution of
the feeble minded: and on his motion
the same was tabled for printing,
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