The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-03-14
The State Legislature

Fast day" is no more, and in its place
is put "patriots' day. in recogni ion of
the battle of Lexington. Ii died with
few mourners, some of the older men,
bers pronouncing the committal servi-
ces Patriots day" will undoubtedly
be patriotically observed by the base
ball teams. The day is fixed at April
l9th.
Last week the Legislature held its
first Saturdays session. The various
Committees are hard at work passing up
on the various matters before them.
rhe proposition of Leon Higgins of
Brewer to reprint the Maine Reports,
and sell portion of them to the State
was defeated. Had 1t carried 1T woDld
have cost the State at least 1926 OC0
BY the death of harles T. Randall OF
Montville, and the resignation of Varney
A. Putnam of Danforth. the member
ship of the house has been reduced to
149 Mr.. rutnam's resignation was
necessitaled by action of tie United
States government which objected to a
postmaster occupying Legislative posi-
ton
The bill granting the Union Water
Power Company the right to lower the
low the natural level the company
claiming that this action was necessary
to maintain the water powers supplied
by the lakes, was defeated
The committee on inland fisheries and
game has reported "leave to Withdraw
on the petition to create game preserve
with Mount Katahdin as its center.
Mr.. Weeks of Fairfield presented bill
amending the laws of 1905 relating to
the compensation of sheriffs. so that the
county commissi oners and not the sher.
ifs shall have the selection of the per-
son to prepare the food for prisoners
in county jails.
The Sebago lake bench mark bill was
indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Danf1rth of Skowhegan presented
an act passed at the present session 30
as to exclude domestic fire insurance
companies from the provisions of the
act requiring them TO attach to all poll
cies copy of the application
The bill organizing the Fairfield 81
skowhegan Railway company was
anne nded and passed to be engrossed.
Quite novel proceeding will take
place 10 the Legislature on the goth
inst, that body being asked by Rev. 81.
n. Pringle, and the Civic League behind
him, to address the Governor recon-
mending the removal OF Harry j Chap
man from the Office of judge of the
M unicipal court of the city of Bangor,
val ious charges being made against him,
the most serious being that he he has
shown favoritism in his sentences OF
rumsellers and has often refused 10 con-
vict when there has been strong evil
dence against them. Judge Stearns of
Bangor will appear as counsel for Judge
Chapman There 10 only one case par
allel to this In Names legislative his
tory, the removal of Judge Charles s.,
Hamilton from the Office of judge
of the Municipal court of Biddeford in
1891.
The bill authorizing the Somerset
railroad to issue additional stock is re-
ported fought to pass"
The committee on judiciary made two
reports on the referendum. The ma
jority report signed by all the Republic
can members of the committee, Is in
favor of resolve for statutory iniative
and referendum. The minority report
signed by the two Democratic members
of the committee is in favor of constitu-
tional initiative and referendum Aside
from the question of statutory or con
stltutional application the resolves are
identical
Resolve in fav, of The town of Ring
ham and uill establishing a fish hatchery
in Somerset county, were passed to he
engrossed.