Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-20


ceeding year. or for the five years next
preceding shall exceed % students.
and no academy shall receive over $500
unless the average attendance IN
the academy for the preceding
year shall exceed 80 students.
Rer "esentative Colby of Bingham
!. f~ot iced an act to incorporate
Waiter f Robinson OF Bingham, E. E.
Richards. :: L Henderson, ]. P. Whorff,
ard Jane Blaine Morrison of Farm
ngton. =. E. Ingraham of Rockport and
james F. Shepherd Of Boston as the
Bingham and Dead River Railroad Co.
Tle company is authorized TO con-
struct raj road from Bingham
throughfhc towns OF Concord. Monsoon.
Pleasant Ridge plantation, Last Carry
Town West Carry Town, Fox planta
ton to Eustis. Tho corporation is
authorized to engage in the business OF
furnishing electric lights, speed and
power in the town and plantations
named in the act.
Representative Spear of South Port
land introduced en- act to Incorporate
Samuel D. Plumner Of Portland, Will
liam +. Spear Of South Portland. Harry
J''t van ~ '~etP' ILL., c'iiii a
Srnw Of Scarbcro Otis s Trafton Of
WcstbroGk ana Walter J. Fitzpatrick of
Suco as the Scarboro d Cape Eliza beth
Railway Co. 70 operate railroad, be-
ginning at South Portland Heights,
through South Portland and the towns
Of Cape Elizabeth and Scarboro and
the city Of W"StbrCok. The capital
stock shall not exceed 100000.
Representative Campbell of kinginan
introduced an act to authorize NUM-
ci ,alties to establish and maintain
telephone lines. The act provides that
arv city or town may establish and
maintain within its limits a telephone
line OF lines and may purchase lines
already existing therein and may
establish and maintain any line, or part
| thereof, in competition with other lines
and To srnlIe all rules necessary fCT
the operation of the town properties
| and provide reasonable penalties fol
| violation. Towns and cities may
| operate their lines in c...ln. elton with
each other upon terms IN ttu.tliy agreed
upon. and may authorize. elect, Dp-
point, or employ suitable persons tC
conduct the business, and raise and ex-
pend money.
Representative Packard If Rockport
| int roduccd an act to provide for the III
| sptctiOn Of beef and other meat prod
urt, The act provides that the mu-
nicipal officers of any city or town OF
more than 1000 inhabitants shall an
nlu,lly in the month Of April appoint
an inspector of beef and other meat
pro iUcts whose duty it shall be to in
| ve5tigate and inspect the sanitary con
dit,un OF slaughter houses and al
pla es where meats offered for sale are
kery.
Rcprest ntative Bsben Of Rumfor(
| introduced an act amending the law
creating the office of state auditor sc
that accounts in which the state audi
| tor deems improper charges appear
| may be returned foi' correction or t.
require additional information or af-
| fidAvits; for an appeal to the Cover
nor and Council. which body may al
| low an account after a hearing al
which the auditor is; present; rroVid-
in3 for the destruction Oh cancelled
bonds and coupons by burning in The
presence OF the state treasurer; @lsc
providing for receipts to persons o,
| III HIS i''it+itNl ny it'NE " imam u "
| pnSit Il ful,iS in trust and further pro-
| vidin.; mat When existing law pro-
vide, that accounts shall be audited by
tn Governor and Council, it shall be
construed !" mean by the state audi
| tor. pursuant to the provisions of the
| State auditor act.
| Representative HOdgkinS of Dana
| riscotta introduced an act increasing
| the pay of fish WardenS from s. to 81 Sc
| per day.
Representative HYDE of Bath intro
| Guccd an act to repeal CHAPTER 81 OF
| tn" Private ard Special Laws of 1875
rotating to sturgeon in the waters OF
the kcnncbcc river and it's tributaries;
| also an act to repeal sections on" t.
eight of Chapter PSI of the Privat,
ard Special Laws OF 1907 relating t.
Sturgeon. The same gentleman intro
| du,cd an act extending the open time
! on duck in SagadahOC county SO thai
| il shall he from March Il to April Is
| Re preventative Nali of Carbon IN
| II Jdurcd a resolve appropriating $42.
IL .or OF w. T.. Ninal to reimburse
him as treasurer of the Maine Expo
si!ion Commission for money advanced
foT H. representation of Maine al
tNT jamestown exposition.
Representative COnnOrS OF Bangor
introduced an act authorizing the
president and secretary of the insane
hospital trustees to execute Il deed III
bepaf of tic state for the conveyance
of 4 lot of land on state street in Ban
gul t., the city of Bangor, the consid-
Grafton being $4,000.
\ large number of petitions We're
presented in behalf of the Colby bill! to
increase the mill tax for schools to 2ia
mills and several acts We're introduce
ed t. increase the salaries OF county
officials in various counties.
senator Walker of Hancock intro
duced an act amending Chapter 50 of
I tnt, lott 4,