Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-12

room for The storage of documents,
papers, etc.
The stack floors have been taken
from the present library ana here will
be placed three committee rooms. the
Judiciary, legal affairs and appropria-
tions and financial affairs. the iuiici-
AIRY il the center, the legal affairs on
the southwest corner ard the appro-
priatinns and financial affairs on the
northwest corner. The. present rooms
ui the cDmlnttrts on the judiciary and
legal affairs viii he devoted to other
committee quarters.
The new agricultural department Will
DC on the gallery tloor on the west
side Of the hail and adjoining the Sen
ate upper chamber. The Insurance.
and banking departments will remain
As at present. although the present
document room will be added to the
insurance commissioners office. The
railroad commissioner office will re-
maiu as it nov is and the room now
occupied by the clerk will be added to
it as q private office. The press room
will he on the top floor near that OF
the board of railroad commissioners.
rhe labor department will be located
in the room now used for weights and
measures, and that department will
go Oh the west side of the hall OPP
posite tho highway commissioners Of
flee on the lower floor.
II is planned to have 10 separate
committee rooms 50 that hearings may
be held conveniently with ont interfer-
ing with the work of the departments.
The Offices of the attorney general
win he opposite the. council chamber
ami the office Of auditor of State print
Ing will be on the first floor opposite
the department of inland fisheries and
game The offices of the adjutant gem
eral and state Board of Health will
remain in the same as at present.
Among other matters which will
come before the meeting OF th2 Gov
ernor and Council to be held on Tues
day, Nov. 20, are several hearings
which have been assigned on pardon
cases. and other petitions for pardon
will come up for assignment. At the
October meeting of the Executive body
hearings were assigned for three pc
titiOns, the first being for the pardon
of Mrs. clara Emma Getchell. former
ly of Sidney, who is serving a life sem
;encc in the State prison at ThOmaSton
for the murder Of her husband. Mrs.
Getchell has :ricd for pardon several
times before. but without success. Her
case in this instance will be conducted
by F.. l.. Duttnn of Augusta. The Sec
Ond hearing is on the petition of Dan
iel Patrick Murphy, formerly Of
Woodstock. y. T.. who is also a life
prisoner at ThomaSton for the crime
of murder. He viii no represented by
Thomas Leigh of Augusta and Don A.
II. Powers of Houlton. The third hear
| ing is on the petition of one Maurice
r. Fogg of East Sumner. who is
serving n term in the oxford county
| Jail at South Paris for violation of
| the prohibitory law. In addition to
I the above two petitions are awaiting
| assignment, one for the pardon of one
| Gnorgianna Pctvin of Rumford Falls,
| who is serving Il sentence of six
| months in the oxford county Jail for
! maintaining q liquor nuisance. and the
] Flahorty of Portland who is serving
| q sentence of five years at Thomas
| ton for the crime of manSlaughtcr.
| Mrs. Pctvin will be represented by
Matthew Mccarthy of Rumford Falls
while Charles l.. Donahuc of Portland
| will appear for Flahertv.