Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-30

cuSed from further attendance dl Ills
| session of the Legislature and that the
clerk be instructed to make up his pay
| in full to the end of the session. (Re-
| ferred to the committee on leave of abb
| sence).
Mr. Hall of Caribou presented the fol-
| lowing order:
Ordered, The Senate concurring, that
special joint committee of three on the
part of the House, with such as the
| Senate may join. be appointed to lnvestl-
gate the system of committee hearing
advertising. and into the amount or
| compensation received by all State and
county officials whose salaries are de-
! terminable by the Legislature. Said
| committee is hereby authorized to sit
during any recess and after the adjourn
| ment of the present session, with 1ull
| power to employ a stenographer, sum-
| mon, administer oaths to and examine
| witnesses, call for books and papers,
| and in general to obtain all necessary
| information, upon which may be based
| legislative action looking towards equal
equalization of salaries, and systematiza-
| ton Of the committee hearing advertis-
| ing method and report in writing, which
| report shall be filed with the clerk of
| the House not later than December /.
| 1910, and be referred to the next Legis-
| lature without further action thereon
| Grabbed for printing on motion of Mr.
Davies of Y.armouth).
Reports Of Committees.
The committee on leave of absence to
| which was referred the order relating to
G. A. Doble being excused from further
| attendance at this session reported an
| accompanying order and that it ought
| to pass.
| The accompanying order received a
passage.
First Reading of Printed Bills and Re-
solves.
| An Act to incorporate the Cherryfield
and Beddington Telephone Company.
| An Act to regulate fishing in Chase
| Brook and tributaries and in a portion
of Fish river, in the county of ArooS-
| took.
| An Act to authorize the building of a
| dam at the outlet of Sebec Lake.
| An Act in relation to possession under
defective proceedings in Eminent Do
main.
Resolve in favor of Verdi Ludgate.
| ton.
Resolve in favor of the Eastern Maine
Insane Hospital.
Resolve III favor of payment to the
Central Maine Fair Association of the
| balance appropriated by Chapter 70 of
the Resolves of 1907.
Resolve in favor of N. S. Hill. clerk of
committee on temperance.
Resolve in favor of l.. S. Lippincott
clerk, stenographer and messenger to the
committee on sea and shore fisheries.
Resolve in favor of H. r. Thompson for
services as clerk and stenographer for
the committee on library.
Passed To Be Engrossed.
Bill relating to life insurance compa-
MES doing industrial business.
Bill relating to duties of commissioner
of labor statistics.
Bill to establish a board of police for
city of Waterville.
Bill creating a State Board of Arbitra-
ton and Cancellation.
Bill relating to office of State auditor
Resolve relating to Central Maine Fair
Association. fAF
Resolve in favor of messenger to COM
mlttee on taxation.
Resolve in favor Of clerk to committee
on taxation.
An Act to regulate the use of nets and
seines in the tide waters of Narraguagus
river and Narraguagus bay, so called
Mr.. Kelley of Boothbay offered House
Amendment A by striking out the word
"alcohol'' in Line of Section 2.
The amendment was adopted and the
bill was then passed to be engrossed as
amended.
Passed To Be Enacted.
An Act for the encouragement Of the
shellfsh industry
An Act to provide for the better colec-
ton of inheritance taxes.
An Act to incorporate the Suburban
Water District Of Pennington. Maine
An Act in relation to the Limington
Public Cemetery Corporation (Tabled
pending passage to be enacted on mo-
ton of Mr. Bsbee of Rumford)
An Act to authorize the city of Port
| land to retire and pension members of
its fire department.
An Act to amend Section of Chapter
81 of the Revised Statutes, in relation to
records of proceedings in court.
AN ACT 10 enable the town of Camden
to sell and convey it's interest in school
buildings no longer used for school pur-
| poses.
| An Act to regulate fishing in the Baga-
| duce river and the tributaries in the
towns of Castine, Penobscot and Brooks
| vile in the county of Hancock
| An Act to amend Chapter a. of the
| Public Laws of 1907, relating to ''Preven-
! ton of desertion and non-support of fam
| lilies"
An Act to further amend Chapter 352
of tho Private and Special Laws Of 1905,
relating to Caribou municipal court
An Act amending Section l of Chapter
$50 of the Private and Special Laws of
1907. relating to the time of service of
members of fire department of the city
of Portland.
An Act authorizing George r. Ketchum
his heirs and assigns. to erect and main
tain dam across Big Machias stream on
lots numbered So and Sc in the town of
Ashland. and to maintain piers and booms
in Big MachiaS stream in the town IF