Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-19

| ties and corrections will be fought
out III the House for the moral effect
Of any strength it may develop there
may have upon the next Legislature.
| When this bill came into the House
Thursday morning it was tabled by
| Representative Davies Of Yarmouth.
| The committee on judiciary reported
| unanimously, ought to pass upon tho
bill closing the island OF Mt Desert to
automobiles and the report was ac-
cepted and sent to the Senate.
In The Senate Thursday morning
| Senator Osgpod of Androscoggin, after
registering his protest against the bill
| relating to judges and other executive
officers holding more than one office,
which he said was aimed at the city
OF Lewiston and Mayor Morey moved
| that the bill be referred to the COM
1ittec on judiciary. Mayor Morey of
Lewiston against whom Senator Os-
good said the bill was aimed is the
| present county attorney OF Andros-
coggin county. and has just been re-
nominated q candidate for mayor. q
| An interested spectator of the pro-
ceedings was County Attorney Philip
howard of Rockland, who was nomi-
rated Wednesday night for mayor OF
that city. Senator Osgood stated in
conservation at the close of the ses-
sion that he had no doubt of the de-
eat of the measure in the upper
house.
Under suspension of rules the Hall
i'll providing for a statue and me-
mortal tablet Of Lincoln to be placed
in the State House was passed. to be
enSroSsed in concurrence. The com
mittee on Judiciary reported, ought to
pass, upon the act recommended in
he report of the special commission
IN uniform log scale. The bill repeal
ing the law forbidding the taking of
holsters in Hancock county during the
winter months. and the resolve cover
ns the deficiency in the appropria-
ion for fighting forest fires were both
laSsed to be enacted as emergency
ncasures, going into effect when APP
proved.
Contrary to expectation the divided
report of the York county delegation
'pon court house removal was not
resented Thursday morning. The
delegation was in conference during u
considerable part of the forenoon and
I Is now understood that the two re-
ports will be presented Friday morn
ing, the minority desiring more time
in which to prepare its report.
In the Senate Thursday morning
Senator REYNOLDS of kennebec intro
duCod an act to incorporate the Pc
nJbScot Bay Water Co, naming w. r.
Hahn IS. +. II. Gowing and John j.
Moore as incorporation to supply the
towns of Searsport and stockton
- fJt of RcifgSt in
the county of Waldo with water. The
supply may be from Boyds pond in
the towns of Stockton Springs and
Prospect or from Goose Pond in the
towns of Swanville. Frankfort and
Searsport The Capital stock is placed
at $500, 900.
Senator Bnynton of Lincoln introduce
ed an act for the licensing of dogs and
the better protection of sheep. The
act provides that every owner or keep
or Of 4 dog more than four months old
shall. annually, before the 10th day OF
April cause it t. be registered and Ii
censed Tor one year, and he shall pay
81. - for each male dog and S315 for
each female dog. Whenever any sheep,
lambs or other domestic animals own
ed by = resident of the state are killed
OF injured by dogs such owner may
make complaint to the mayor of the
city or to one of the municipal officers
oi tn" town or plantation where the
damage was done within seven days
after the knoWle dge of the case and
thereupOn ii" municipal officers shall
investigate the complaint and il salts
fled that the damage was committed by
dogs within the limits of their city,
town or plantation they shall estimate
the damage and direct that the same
be pald from the town treasury. Any
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