Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-02-03
STATE soLoNs.


nesday presented an act amending the
school law, providing that no second hand
books shall be sold or purchased for use
in any schools.
Mr.. Jones, of Bucksport, on Wednesday
presented resolve appropriating $4,000 for
the East Maine Conference seminary for
the erection of an additional building.
Mr.. Havey, OF Sullivan, ON Wednesday
presented resolve appropriating $4,000
for the construction of bridge between
the towns of Sullivan and franklin
Mr.. Jones, of Bucksport, on Wednes-
day presented bill to prohibit the suaring
of rabbits in Hancock county, sceompan-
| led by batch of petitions in favor of the
same. Hancock county is the only county
in the State in which the sharing OF rab-
bits is permitted under the present law.
MIR. Harmon, of Stonington, on Wednes-
day presented remonstrance o. Y. FL. Cain
and seventy-seven others, OF sedgwick and
Brooklin, against taking smells in Benia-
min river by drag seines.
The resolve in favor OF the Bar Harbor
hospital for 5000 for two years was favor
ably reported by committee Wednesday.
Given first reading in House Thursday.
Passed to be engrossed Friday. Read and
assigned in Senate Monday; passed to be
engrossed Tuesday.
An act to incorporate the Bar Harbor
gas company was presented in the House
Thursday by Mr.. Joy.
An act to enable the town of Winter
Harbor to purchase the property and fran
chise of the Winter Harbor Gas & Light
Ivan, Thursday; also an act to extend the
charter Of the Winter Harbor Trust COM
psny.
Mr.. Peters, of Ellsworth, ON Thursday
presented q resolve authorizing the State
land agent to sell Conary's Nub, East
Bluehill.
An act to regulate the open season for
deer on Swans Island was presented by
Mr.. Bowley, of Swans Island, Thursday,
accompanied by petition therefor.
An act to set off the town of Stonington
from Hancock county and annex it to
Knox county was presented by Mr.. Har
mon, of Stonington, Thursday. 1t was &C.
| companied by petition signed by 30 cit
liens OF Stonington. Referred to commit
tee on counties.
A resolve in favor OF the town OF Ire
mont was presented by Mr.. Bowley, OF
Swans Island, Thursday.
Renonstrance of Hadley P. Burrill and
twenty-six others against the bill for ad-
ditional closing of streams running into
Phillips lake, was presented in the House
by Mr.. Jones, of Bucksport, Friday.
The committee on forestry and water
supply, to which was referred an order Of
the legislature relating to inquiring into
the advisability OF law regulating the
taking of firearms into the woods in close
season and to make uniform open season
ON big game and birds, ON Friday reported
an act to aid in the preservation Of the
forests by prohi biting The use of firearms
in close season on the wild lands of the
State, and making uniform close and
open season on birds and wild animals ON
same.
The resolve in favor of the Castine nor
NAL school was favorably reported in the
Senate Monday.
Mr.. Peters, of Ellsworth, on Monday in
PRODUCED a resolve for the appointment of q
commission to serve without pay to inves-
tigate the judicial system of the State.
The resolve provides that commission Of
five persons, learned in the law, shall be
appointed by the governor upon the NOM
nation of the chief-justice to consider
and report to the next legislature what
legislation, if any, is expedient to fscili-
tate the prompt and inexpensive admins
tration of justice by the courts.
Mr.. Bowley, of Swans Island, on Mon
day introduced an act relative to the use
of seines, weirs and nets. The act pro-
vides that purse or drag seines may not be
used within half mile of any fish weir in
any waters OF the State east of White
Head on the west shore of the Penobscot
river, and the use Of nets of any descrip-
ton within distance of 1000 feet there
from, except that such seines and nets may
be used for the taking of smelts and for
the purpose of taking fish from weirs, but
shall not be used in any water in which
their use is prohibited by special or gem
eral law.
NOTES.
Remonstrances against the Mt. Desert
automobile bill are pouring into the leg
islature from all parts of the State.
Among Others was one presented by Rep
resentative Joy, of Bar Harbor, bearing
nearly 200 signatures, and one by Rep.
Havey, from Sullivan, which town has an
automobile war of its own on its hands.
Two bills introduced last week by Rep
resentative Pattangall, OF WatervilIe.
would greatly increase the tax upon wild
lands if passed, but there is little chance
OF their passing. The bill proposes the
assessment on all property in the State of
four and one-half mills on a dollar for
school purposes and of three mills on a
dollar for highway fund, the same to be
given back for school and highway pur-
poses to cities, towns and incorporated
places, thus causing an assessment on the
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