Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-02-27
STATE soLoNs.
Iexisl.tive News OF interest to Ham
cock County READERS.

COCK Souity NcAucrs.
The resolve authorizing this land agent
20 release the interest of The State in the
dslet calis1 ras Nuon in Bluehil har-
bor, rsasIi thu senate Wednesday
Pissed to pe engrossed Thursday. FL
rally passed Tuesday.
A bill to amend and extend charter OF
the Union River Water Storage Co. was
introduced in the Senate Wednesday by
Mr.. Deasy; also bill to extend charter of
the Bluehill Banking & Trust Co.
Petition OF Daniel Deasy and twenty
Eve others for village corporation charter
Tor the village OF Prospect Harbor was
PRESENTED in the House Wednesday by
1r. Havey.
The bill to regulate the taking OF clans
In the town of swans Island was reported
adversely by committee.
Among committee reports received in
the House and Senate Thursday were the
following:
Act to incorporate the Sullivan & Win
bar Haroor Railway Co. Ought not to
PASS.
Act to incorporate the Winter Harbor
and Eastern Railway Co. Ought to pass.
Act relating to the Bar Harbor & Union
River Co. Ought to pass. Read and as
signed Friday in Senate. Reached the
House yesterday.
Act granting certain powers to the
Northea Harbor Water Co. reported in
new draft act to grant certain powers to
the Northeast Harbor Water Co. Ought
to pass. Read and assigned Friday in
Senate. Passed to be engrossed Monday.
Act to abolish the January term of the
Supreme judicial court for the county of
Hancock. Ought to pass. Read and as
signed Friday in Senate. Passed to be
engTossed Monday. Reached the House
yesterday.
Act to chiase the tins OF holding the
January alon of the court of county
commissio .ers for Hancock county.
Ought t. 3ass. Read and assigned Friday
il Senate. Passed to be engrossed Mon
Ca. Reach. the House yesterday.
The act . Incorporate the Somesville
Nster Co. : Is passed to be enacted in the
Sen,te r saay.
IA chs louise Thursday Mr.. Wood, of
BiRei,.l, presented remonstrance of
Waite = Butler and twenty eight others
a.:sinst any change in present law rela-
tigs &c via b res and rabbits.
Ii the 5eaate eriday Mr.. Mills presented
Tsnogstra,.cs of D. T. Coniey and others
OF - au HAM, against close time on lob
stets IN Hancock coun y; also, remon-
s.raaes of .orge D. Gray aud twenty
six o. ers, Brooks lille, against close
time on ella %.
In the House Friday the committee on
shore ishsries, Oh petition OF w. NJ. Per-
kins ans Til ty-two hers praying that
law prohibi.ing the taking of smelts in
Bagaduce river be passed, reported that
the petitioners have leave to withdraw.
NOTES.
The committee on railroads voted
sought to passn on actto incorporate the
Sullivan & W inter Harbor Street Railway
Co., and act to incorporate the Winter
Harbor and Eastern Railway Co., and
sought not to pass" on bill to author lie
the construction of the Eastern Electric
Street Railway Co. at Ellsworth.
The committee on temperance Monday
returned majority and minority reports
on the resolve 'sresubmission." The ma
jority report was ought not to pass. Both
reports were tabled on motion of Senator
Staples, and will be taken up for debate
Thursday. Senator Staples will support
the minority report and Senator Mills the
majority.
Senator Parkhurst, of Penobscot, in
troduced measure Friday comforting adj
ditional power to boards of health IN the
enforcement of pure food laws. The act
is drastic one and forbids the manufac-
ture, storage. transportation or sale OF
diseased, unclean, unwholesome or tainted
food of all kinds, and provides for the in
spection of places of manufacture, storage
and sale, including bakeries, and for the
registering and licensing of milkmen and
dealers in milk and cream. The act pays
particular attention to bakeries, stipulat-
ing many things in regard to the santa
tion of the buildings and the clothing
sleeping apartments and health Of per-
sons employed in bakeries. Penalties Of
fines and imprisonment are provided fol
attractions of the special provisions Of
the statute.