Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-11
All OF ONE ACCORD ON
STATE HOUSE EXTENSION.
Unanimous Sentiment in Its Favor Expressed at
Hearing Davies and Montgomery Present Mi:
nority Report Of Judiciary Committee.

terms supreme court justices, but
| the bill leaves blank the matter Of
salary. The court is to have one clerk.
| two deputy clerks and such probation
| officers as the court may appoint
without pay or as now or hereafter
may he authorized by law. The clerk
| is to receive salary of not over $4,000
and deputy clerks not over $120U.
| urlecG one acts as official stenogra-
pher, in which case he may receive
$13oQ If the judge he unable to hold
court he is to have the power to call
in any judge of any municipal, su-
peripr OF supreme court to act in his
place. The court is to be instituted so
as to he ready to perform its functions
by the second Tuesday of January 1910.
Representative Hersey of Houlton
introduced an act making Section a.
| Of Chapter i23, Laws of 1895, us amen
| ga BY Chapter 43 of the Laws Of
| 1904. entitled, An Act For The Pre-
| lection Of Children, applicable to trial
justices
| Representative Eogue of East Ma
| rhas introduced an act amending the
| law relating to the empaneling of ira
verse jurors. He also introduced an
act relating to Judgment in bastardy
| caSrs.
representative Thompson of Show
hogan introduced an act amending the
law relating to the transportation of
animals by providing that they shalt
lie uTloa6ed for feeding and watering
every IS hours instead of 20 hours as
| at present.
Representative Spear of South Port
| land iEtroduced an act increasing the
IA allowance of the railroad commission
RS for the purchase of books, maps,
stationery, statistics and other &xpen-
Sos, from $4,000 to $4,000.
| Representative Cook of Unity in
| PRODUCED an act authorizing the Liber-
| " & Belfast Telephone Co. to increase
| its capital stock from $1,000 to $12, 1000
| Representative Addition or Leeds in
! reduced resolve appropriating $1,000
| annually for the State Pathological So
| iety.
Representative Charles of Rome in
PRODUCED resolve appropriatng $500
% aid the town OF Rome in maintain
| ing its roads and bridges
An unusually large number of bills
| v:ere introduced in the House wednes-
l
slaticn in various sections of the
state and large number of petitions
and n few remonstrances were presen-
| led for and against the bill to change
| the shire town of York county.
A petition was presented from Tho
| mas z. Jones and 81 others of Durham
| IN favor of the Sturgis law. The same
| gentleman 'and others also petitoned
| il favor of the mandatory imprisor-
| ment of liquor sellers and again tho
resubmission of the prohibitory
| amendment.
The FIRST Of the remonstrances
gainst the apportionment of the State
tax or land values made its appear
| ance Wednesday and from the fact
that it bears printed heading there
Will probably be a flood to follow in
| its wake
a vast number Of petitions In behalf
| Of the $4,000 resolve for a fish hatch
cry and feeding stations were received
Wednesday morning. Acts were pre-
| sented prohibiting fishing in the trib-
uta"icS of Flying Pond in Vienna and
he West Branch of Royals river in
| Gray and New Gloucester
|
| PRODUCED an act to ascertain and make
certain the legal residence in Maine
In the Senate Wednesday Represen-
tatiVc HOwes of Somerset introduced
an act amending Section of Chapter
| % Of tie Revised Statutes so as to re-
duira the commissioner of agriculture
| 10 gather statistics and information
concci ming agriculture and publish the
same so far as is practicable to secure
| farm help and promote increased pro-
duction Of farm crops through the Sc
lection, the growing and the dissemi-
nation of superior strains of seeds. An
appropriation of $4,000 is made FOR car
rying out TIE purpose Of the act.
Senator Staples of Knox introduced
an act relating to the taxation Of
steam railroads. The ac, provides that
between the first day of April and tbs,
| first day of May each year the State
Board of Assessors shall appraise,
the railroads doing business in this
State, with their franchises, rolling
stock, roadbed and fixtures at their
| cash value and upon this VAL
| uation to levy tax at their
| cash valuation to levy q tax of one
percent. 50 as to make said tax upon
| railroads as equal as may be to all
other property in the State OF Maine.
The land buildings and fixtures shall
| be taxed in towns or cities, w:ert. CIT
uated, as like property Is take in said
| towns and cities. In the case Of rail-
roads extending hey onfl the limits of
the State, the State Board Of ASSESS
| Ors shall appraisc the road within the
| State, and so much of the franchise
as is owned or operated in the State.
The act gives authority to cause OIL.