Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-01-22
Notes from the LeslsIature.

Inc pf1nctpal 0usluo0o OF tuesday va
the election of . United States Senate
to serve for six years from March
1907. In tho senate % votes we're oas
for William p. Frye, and for William
n. Pennell, one senator on each aid,
being absent. In the house the rot
was SO for Frye and go for Pennell. Or
Wednesday the result Of the election
was formally declared.
Senator Sewall did not quit the fielt
because his motion to pay the mileag,
of members to the railroads was 90 sum
marily turned down In the house, bu
presented an order directing the com
mittee on salaries to inquire into til,
expediency of raising the salary Of mem
bers and abolishing railroad passes.
The Portland papers admit that there
is no prospect of the removal of The
capital from Augusta at this session.
The resolve for constitutional amend
ment providing for peoples initiative
and referendum in matters of legislation
was presented last week by Representa-.
tive Weeks of Fairfield. It is under.
stood that one will come from the Demo.
cratic side which will be different in de.
tails.
Among matters presented BY the Ok
ford County members are the following:
By Senator Hastings, an act extending
the charter of the Bethel Trust Com.
pany.
Gleason of Mexico, act to ratify, con-
firm and make valid tho organization OF
the Dixfield Light and Water Co.
Martin Of Rumford, act providing for
third term of Supreme Judicial Court
for Oxford County. The act provides
for two terms to be held at Paris, on the
second Tuesday Of October and the sec
ond Tuesday of May, and one at Rum
ford Falls on the second Tuesday of
February.
Dyer Of Buckfield, act creating a lien
on horses and other animals for shooting.
Gleason of Mexico, act Incorporating
the Dixfield Trust Company. The in
are John A. Decker. George
L. Merrill, Newton S. Stowell, Maurice
w. Forster, and John s. Harlow. Capt.
tai stock to be not less than $25, 900 nor
more than $1,000
Dyer of Buckfield, act incorporating
the Buckfield Trust Company. The in
are Benjamin Spaulding,
Horace A. Irish, Cyrus NJ. Irish, Charles
N. Taylor, Osborne A. McConathy,
Ralph II. Morrill,, Charles n. Prince,
Alfred T. Cole. Howard P. Shaw, Ben
jamin Spaulding, Jr., G. Barrett Spauld-
ing, and Frederick R. Dyer. Capital not
to be less than $4,000 nor more than
$50, 1000.
Gleason of Mexico, act providing that
county commissioners may lay ont coun-
ty roads across toll bridges when petit
toned by not less than 26 tai paying
voters representing that It is necessary.
Martin Of Rumford, act amending the
laws relating to the taxation of trust and
state taxation tho assessed value Of real
estate owned by the company.
Stearns Of Norway, order directing
the committee on legal affairs to in
vestigate the jurisdiction of municipal
courts with view to making them uni
form throughout the state.
By Mr.. Dyer Of Buckfeld, act to
change limits of Buck6eld Village Cor
poration.
A bill has been presented establishing
. close time on gray squirrels and black
squirrels, and petitions relating to fish
and game matters have been presented
as follows:
By Mr.. Hastings of Oxford: Petition
Of John Chadwick and "a others, resi-
dents Of Rapgeley, Andover and vicinity,
asking that all fishing except with arti-
fetal flies be prohibited in the waters Of
the two West Richardson ponds and the
two Beaver ponds, all situated in the
county of Oxford, also that one person
shall be permitted to kill but 10 fish in
any one day, taken from those ponds.
BY Mr.. Wight of Newry: Petition OF
]. o. Douglas and 81 others Of Upton In
the county OF Oxford that B Pond in
said Upton may be closed to all methods
Of fishing except the ordinary method of
angling with artificial flies.
Also petition of Lon E. Wight and 10
others, residents of Oxford County,
praying that law be enacted closing to
all fishing for term of five years SUN
day River SO called, stream in Riley
and in the towns of Newry
and Bethel, in said county OF Oxford,
except that it may be lawful to fish in
Sunday River below its junction with
Bull branch on Thursday of each week,
during the open season for trout fishing;
also that Bull branch, q stream in said
Riley plantation, be closed to all fishing
for term of five years.
Also petition of s. w. Bennett and Z
others Of Magalloway plantation, Ok
ford county, praying that the law be
amended so that fly fishing only be per-
mitted on Rapid river; also that 40 much
of Umbagog Lake as is situated in the
state of Maine be closed to all fishing ex-
cept by the usual methods of casting
with artificial flies and trolling, and that
one party or boat-load of fishermen be
permitted to catch and take but 10
pounds of fish in one day from this
pond.
With regard to the two first measures
at this session, and which
are generally regarded as the most i'm
portant matters before the legislature,
the predictions of the political prophets
are that the Sturgis law will be repeal
ed; that the Sturgis law stands no
chance of being repealed at this session;
that resubmission may 60 through, but
it is doubtful; and that resubmission
will be defeated; together with several
and corollaries to the same
general effect.