Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-01

the bureau OF industrial and labor sta
| tistics, an act relative to admission
| to the bar, an act amending law re-
| lating to prevention of desertion anil
| non-support of families. The legal af-
| fairs committee will give a hearing
"Wednesday upon the act to provide for
expenditure of money by county at
| torneys in the investigation of GRIM
mai OFFENCES, also upon the act to pro-
tect the State against paying judg-
rnents obtained against officers when
the supreme court Of Maine has de-
ciared that said officers in the eXcr-
else Of their duties are trespassers,
and have been guilty of torts The legal
afalrs committee will consider Thurs
day among other matters an act to es-
taDllSh uniform terms of installing tel
ephones in railroad depots in Somer-
set county, act relative to the licensing
OF plumbers and supervision of the
business OF plumbing, act to provide
for fire and police commission for
the town of Skowhegan.
The committee on inland fisheries
and game will hear the petition Of the
Winthrop Board of Trade for an ap-
preparation for screening Lake Ma
ranacook, kennebec county. Monday
evening at $50. The committee will al
so near at this time a resolve in favor
of Oquossoc fish hatchery, at Range
icy lake, ana an act creating a close
time on otter in Waldo county and
regulating an open season on white
perch in Unity pond in said county. A
long list of fish and game petitions
VIII come before the committee
wednesday evening. Among them, an
act to regulate the length of trout that
may be taken in lakes and ponds at
nine inches, petition of j. r. Pollard
and others of Winslow and vicinity,
asking that the limit on white perch,
which may be taken by one person in
one day at 20 fish instead of % pounds
as now provided by law. petition of
George Gallison and others asking for
regulations in fishing in portion of
Sebasticook river kennebec County,
petition of j. r. Pollard and others of
Wlnslow, asking that Pattee's pond
WlnsloW, be closed to ice fishing, pc
tltion OF c. w. Jones and others oil
emma ana vicinity, asking that the
length of trout, which may be legally
caught be changed from five inches
To SIX inches, acts relating to DISPOSAL
OF money received from nonresident
hunters licenses, and relating to fines
Tor lnfractiOn of fish anG game laws
act to prohibit the use of boats or
launches of any kind propelled by
steam, naphtha, gasoline or electrCi-
ty, or any other mode than the ord
nary sail boat or row boat in chasing
hunting or cunning any sea birds, or
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use of noiSeeSS firearms
The committee on sea and shore fish
cries will consider Tuesday in addition
to various matters OF local interest. an
act to prohibit the swelling of scallops
by artificial means, an act amending
the law relating to the protection Of
alewives, shad, and sturgeon in the
various rivers of Maine The commit
tee Will also consider an act to repeat
the law in relation to sturgeon in the
waters of the Kennebec river, and its
tributaries
The committee on agriculture will
give hearing Thursday upon the act
to establish a bounty on hawks The
committee on towns will give a hear
ing Thursday upon the act to set off
from the town of Cushing in Knox
county, Fred Thornton with his poll
and estate and annex him with his poll
and estate to Knox county This act
VIII be opposed by the town Of Cush-
ing and Frank B. Miller of Rockland
will appear in behalf of that town,
arguing against any measure looking
towards the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
ancient town
Among the matters to be heard
Wednesday before the committee on
telegraphs and telephones will be heard
acts to protect the rights of holder of
preferred stock of telephone companies,
an act to prevent monopoly in the
control of telephone companies and an
act to authorize municipalities to es-
tabllsh and maintain telephone lines.
Among the acts to be heard before
the committee on education Thursday
are included the following: Act to
amend the Revised Statutes relating
to the superintendent of towns COM
prising school unions. act to amend
the Statutes relating to the election of
a superintendent of schools, act rela+-
ing to State aid to academies, act for
the safeguarding of schools against the
danger of fire, act for the equalization
school Out-houSes, act amending the
laws relating to the number of trus-
tees of the State Normal schools.
The committee on military affairs
will give a hearing Tuesday upon the
act to consolidate and revise the mill
tary laws of the State Of Maine. This
hearing was reassigned from Feb. q.
The committee will also give hearing
upon the resolve in favor of providing
the commissioned officers of the Ma
tional Guard with full dress uniforms,
and upon resolve in favor of jefferson
Smith of Waterville, State secretary of
the Y. NJ. c. A., and resolve in favor
of Co. y and Co NJ. First Infantry
The committee on labor will con-
slider Tuesday the act to create a Statc
board of arbitration and conciliation
The committee on taxation will hold
hearings Tuesday and Thursday after
noon Tuesday afternoon the taxation
of personal property and real estate will
he considered and Thursday afternoon
the act introduced by Representative Big
Glow of Portland to create a municipal
fund and provide for it's distribution, and
the act amending the law rela ting to the