Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-10
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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| Also: PetltlOn OF j. Is. NUT ana tnrec
others of Perry in favor of same.
| Also: Petition of T. D. Salley and Is
| others of Madison in favor of same.
BY Mr.. Donigan of Somerset Petit
ton Of f. F. Littlefield and 275 others
of Belfast in favor of the general
| bridge bill.
BY Mr. Wyman Of Washington: Petit
| ton of M. NJ. Cleaves and AZ others of
| Steuben in favor of the Donigan
bridge bill.
Inland Fisheries and Game.
BY Mr.. Staples of Knox: Bill, An
Act authorizing towns to elect fish
| wardens in certain cases.
| Also: Bill, An Act to regulate fishing
| in Muddy pond, so-called, in the town
of Washington, Knox county.
By Mr.. Boynton of Lincoln: Bill, An
Act prohibiting the depositing of saw
| dust and other mill waste in Jackson
Vile stream and Joe Weeks mill
stream in Lincoln county.
Also: Petition of F. w. Jackson and
80 others of Jefferson for the same.
BY Mr.. Wyman of Washington: Re-
solve for screening Donnelrs pond in
FranklinI Hancock county.
BY Mr.. Hastings of Oxford: Petition
of Fred w. Sanborn and 1856 others of
Norway, ETC.. for the passage of the
Resolve Of $4,000 others for mainten-
ance of hatcheries and fish interests of
| the State.
BY Mr.. Milliken of Aroostoek: Re-
| monstrance of Bartlett C. White and
% others Of Greenfield against the pas
sage CT any law requiring hunters
| oif Of Mai
BY Mr.. Hastings of Oxford: Petition
of Alva Coolidge and others of the
| towns of Grafton and Upton asking
that the Coolidge river in said towns
be closed to sawdust.
Claims.
BY Mr.. Mullen of Penobscot: Resolve
in favor of the Northern Telegraph Co.
Temperance.
BY Mr.. Hastings of Oxford: Peti-
| ton Of Ira c. Jordan and IS others in
favor of Jail sentence for liquor sellers.
Also: Remonstrance of Ira G.. Jor-
dan and 20 others of Bethel, Maine,
against the resumbission OF the pro-
hibitory law.
Also: Petition of Ira c. Jordan and
90 others of Bethel, Maine, in favor Of
the Sturgis Law.
! Labor.
| BY Mr. Walker of Hancock: Bill, An
Act to further define and enlarge the
duties of the Commissioner Of the
Bureau of Industrial and Labor Sta
tistics.
MI. WALKER of Hancock: Mr..
President: This is An Act, as the title
implies. charging and increasing the
| Al, sescio <,< nd =
trial and Labor Statistics; and, IN view
of the fact that there is an Act before
this Legislature, already pending, to
create the office of State Industrial
Commissioner, and also another Act
| to create the office of Commissioner
of Publicity, l feel that it would be
we'll to call attention of the Senate to
the report OF the present Commission
er of Labor and Industrial Statistics,
| in which he has incorporated very val
liable information along the lines pro-
posed by these two acts. l therefore
move that the Act be tabled for print
| ing, pending reference. The motion
prevailed
Salaries and Fees.
| BY Mr.. Miliken of ArOoStOOk: Bill,
An Act to amend Chapter 1853 of the
Public Laws of 1907 relating to trans
portation of State Officials.
Forestry and Water Supply.
| Rv Mr.. Reynolds of Kennebec: Pc
tition of W. E. Reid and is others Of
Waterville and vicinity for law to
regulate the taking of firearms into
the woods in an extremely dry time,
and to regulate the taking of firearms
into the woods.
| By Mr. Looney of Cumberland:
Resolution of the Maine Federation of
Womer's Clubs in favor OF a forest
reserve.
York County Delegation.
| By Mr. Hamilton of York: Petition
of Wesley c. Smith and 20 others, cti
zens and taxpayers of Old Orchard,
in favor of changing the location Of
the shire town in York County.
| Also: Petition of ]. 1. MacKey ant!
% others, citizens and taxpayers of
Old Orchard, in favor of same.
| Placed on File.
| Bv Mr.. Osgood of Androscoggin:
Petition of Mrs. D. r. Moulton Of Lew
iston and 90 others, for Resolve in ia
vor of Maine State Sanatorium AS
ISOLATION.
| BY Mr.. Hastings of Oxford: Petf-
| ton of j. L. Partridge and others of
Norway Lake in favor Of same.
| Orders.
! On motion by Mr.. Wheeler of Cum
berland it was Ordered: the House
concurring. that the committee on
Taxation be directed to consider the
expediency of changes in the methods
and rates of taxation of telephone and
telegraph, palace car and express COM
panics, and report to this Legislature
by bills or otherwise.
Reports of Committees.
| Mr.. Macomber, for the committee on
Taxation, on Report of the Maine
Tax Commission, appointed under pro-
vision of Chapter 10s, Resolves of 1907,
together with bill An Act to exempt
certain public bonds from taxation,
contained in said report and recon-
mended by said Commission" reported
same in new draft under same title
and that it ought to pass. Report ac-
cepted. Bill tabled for printing under
the joint rules.