Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-21

Village Corporation.
| Representative Coolidge of Lisbon
| introduced an act providing that all
judges Of municipal courts Of cities in
| the State, where the jurisdiction in
civil cases is over $40, shall be at
| tornies, who have been admitted to
practice at the bar of the State. and
shall also be residents of the county in
which the court is located.
Representative Hall of Caribou in
| troduced an act to regulate the digging
UP Of the public streets, ways or high
| ways in cities and towns. The act
provides that any person or corpora
ton desiring to do any digging in any
manner whatsoever. in any Of the
streets, ways or highways of any city
or town shall give to the municipal
officers at least "a hours notice before
beginning such work except in case OF
emergencies. 1t shall be the duty of
the municipal officers to select an in
spector experienced in road work,
whose duty it shall be to oversee the
removal of material, during the digging
and to see that the same is returned as
properly and eXpeditioualy as possible
to the end that the person or corpora
ton shall leave the street, ways or
highways in like good order and condl-
ton as the same were before they
commenced their work. The inspec-
tor shall receive s. per day for actual
time employed by him, to be paid by
the person or corporation dong the
digging. A penalty of fine OF. not
less than $50, or more than $500 is
provided in the act.
Representative Kavanough of Port
land introduced resolve approprlatlng
$40, 900 for each Of the years 1909 and
1910 for. the Maine Institution for the
,,Erl F.. = furnishing and equipping its
hui t,.ngs and ior the maintenance of
the buildings.
Representative Hyde of Bath intro
duced a resolve appropriating $500 for
the years 1909 and 1910 for the Bath
Military and Naval orphan Asylum for
maintenance and $1,000 for each OF
those two years for repairs.
Representative Higgins of Starks in
troduced an act for the Improvement
of free High schools. This act pro-
vides that no school shall be regarded
as a High school unless it maintains at
least one approved course of study
through TOUR years VI oO "tbNH '''>'''
and of standard grade, together with
improved labratory equipment, ana
shall employ at least two teachers,
provided the town, precinct or union
maintaining such school shall appr"-
pirate and cxpend for instruction
therein at least 500 annually, eXclu-
sive of all buttons received
Representative Patterson OF Scion
introduced an act authorizing ana en-
towering tho EollingsWorth d
Whitney co. to erect and maintain
pjers and booms in the kennehec river.
Representative Andrews of August
introduced an act increasing the salary
of the judge Of the superior court OF
Kennebec county from $1,000 to 5000
per year.
When the committee on ways ana
bridges meets today it will probably
assign n date for n. hearing upon the
Donigan bridge bill, the date Tor
which hearing is expected to be Thurs
dav of next week. Some misapprehcn-
sion in regard to the scope Of the Dill
has developed from the fact that IN
the printed form Section ! of the act
is made to state: '"The municipal DILL
GERS Of the several towns of the diner
cnt counties in the State shall make an
inspection and list of all the highway
and railroad bridges that are 80 feet
or more in length and constructed pri-
or to the first day Of January. 1909 In
the bill as drafted by Senator Donl6an
the words land railroad" do not appear
in this section. and only highway
bridges are meant to be included by the
author of the bill. Senator Donlgan
stated Wednesday afternoon that as
| far as he could learn his bill was gam
| ing in favor and that he did not dis
| cover nearly as much opposition to the
| bill from the larger cities of the state
! as there was two years ago.
measure which will be introduced
| IL the Legislature in a few days In
V hich the State Board of Health Is
| particularly interested is the proposed
bill in regard to the prevention of the
| pollution of water supply. This bill VII
| provide for a law similar to the one
now on the statute books in Massachu-
sets, Vermont and several other states
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