Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-04-06
Enforcement For Three
Months Cost $3672.o6.
Fines and Fees Collected Dur
ing That Period, S4003.74.
Maine Party will Leave For Sails.
bury, n. G., May 5.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting of Governor and Council
Tuesday, April 20, at 10 A. M.

Tuesday, April 20, at ~ n. vi.
Announcement is made at the State
House that the total cost of the En-
forcement Commission, created by the
sturgis law, so-called, passed by the
Legislature of 1905, from the beginning
of this year to the first day of April
is s7,s753O, while the fines ard fees
collected during the same period
amount to s4,00374, which makes the
net cost of the commission thus far
this year s3,672.G6. AS the last Legs-
lature failed to make an appropria-
ton for the commission the where
withal to maintain it is taken from
any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated.
The fees amount to s99S52, OF which
amount the sum of $72716 was received
from Penobscot county ana the re-
mainder from the county of Somerset.
The total amount of the fines were
1894 Is from four counties, divided as
follows: Somerset, SS77.43; Androscog-
gin, sl,725; Sagadahoc, $l7c; Pcnob-
scot, s3S70G.
Since June, 1907, when the Enforce.
ment deputies made their second APP
ptdi diiNC III tuC OtctC ny ldlulHb
Somerset county, the total cost of
the commission has been $40, 395 40,
while the sum of $7,G75.8O has been
received in fines and fees from
prosecution, leaving the net cost $lS,-
$500
During the past year liquor raids
have been made by deputy Enforce
ment commissioners in SIX counties,
Somerset. Androscoggin Penobscot,
Knox, Sagadahoc and Lincoln. Each
of the three commissioners, Waldo
Pettcngill of Eumford Falls, Henry
w. Cakes of Auburn and Alfred II.
Lang of SllowneEan, receive u salary
of $1,000 per annum, while the deputy
Enforcement commissioners now in the
State receive a salary of So u day and
their expenses
There are now 20 deputy Enforce
ment commissioners on the staff, as
follows: Hebcr II. Allen of JAY,
Maxine Beaulieu of Lewiston, Or
lando II. Bracket of Starks, Ansel ri.
Bridges of Old Town, William }. Cad
dy of st. George. Percy J. Clifford of
Hampton. William j. Conway of Bath.
Walter j. Fernald of Rocklan1, Les
lie II. Haywood of Lewiston. Fred +.
Horne of Canaan, Austin E. Howard
of Auburn, Fred Lucas of st. Adams,
Albert II. NcWbert OF Rockland, Ben
jamin o. Pare of Lewiston, Ernest L..
Richardson OF Old Town. Obed f
StacEpole of Biddeford, Ferdinand =.
Stevens of Lewiston, George W. Tay-
lor of Rumford Falls. Benjamin f.
Towne of Waterville and Horace u.
Weston of Skowhegan.
1t is understood that the plans of
the coming trip of the Maine party to
Salisbury, ". c., for the purpose of
defeating the monument erected by
the State in the National cemetery al
that place to the memory of the men
from Maine who died in Salisbury
prison during the Civil War, are near
ly completed and that everything viii
soon be in readiness for the trip. The
party will leave Portland for Sails
bury on Tuesday. May 5.
1t will be remembered that the mon
ument was erected in accordance will
4 resolve of the last Legislature, 10y
which the sum of $4,000 was appro
priated, to be expended during the
year 1907. for the purpose of erect
ing monument to pcrpetuate the
memory of patriotic Maine soldier.
who gave their lives while confined
in the Salisbury prison as prisoner.
of war The resolve provided that tina
the appropriation called for be OK
pended under the direction and at tn,
discretion of u commission to ConSS
of the Governor of the state @
Maine and two other members, one
of whom at least shall have been I
prisoner of war at Salisbury. Cover
nor Cobb appointed as the other two
commissioners Hon. Thomas G. Libby
of Ninalhaven, member of his Council
and Joseph l.. Small of Biddcford. the
first named gentleman being chairman
and the latter secretary of the com
mission.
The monument of which a dcScrip
ton has already been given. wa:
carved at the works of the Bodwel
Granite Co. at Ninalhaven. and ha:
been completed and shipped to its
destination
The commission very shortly expect.
TO be in readiness to announce thu
program in detail to be carried out il
connection with the dedication of thi:
handsome monument. Among othcl
things a poem and hymn is to bt
prepared for the occasion by two
Portland young ladies, one Il member
OF Shepiey Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
and Annie A. Gould of the Daughter.
OIL Veterans, who have been invited by
col Libby to perform this service
The itinerary in addition to the trir
70 Salisbury contemplates side trips
to Richmond, Va, Washington anc
other points of interest. making the
"Trip about two weeks in duration.
According to a story which was il
circulation at the State House Sat
urday one of the stald and dignifieo
MemherS Of tho nla,lalo1,os., farca met