Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-12

| 4 number Of the charitable institu-
tions OF the State, acting upon the
old adage, The early bird catches
the Worm.' h;-d resolves presented for
state aid Wednesday in the House
and Senate. aggregating the sum of
s9l GOO, all of which were referred to
the committee on appropriations. Re
| solves were presented in the House
| as follows
Eelliher of Portland Resolve giving
the Maine Institution for the Blind
the sum of $4,000 annually fot the
years 1911 and 1al2.
Goodwin of Biddeford Resolve APP
propriating $1,000 for the Trull Hospi-
tal at Biddeford, $1,000 to be laid in
| 1911 and $1,000 in 1912.
Files of Gardiner-Resolve appropri-
at,ng the sum of $500 for each of the
| wars 1911 and 1912 for the Women's
| Christian Temperance Union Temper.
| airy Home for Children at Gardiner.
Stetson of Lewiston-Resolve appro-
priating $4,000 for each of the ears
| 1911 and 1872 for the Central Maine
General Hospital at Lewiston for
maintenance. also $4,000 for each of
| the two years to be used in the COM
! pletion Of the new Central building for
| said hospital
| A resolve was presented in the sen
ate ny Edwards of Androscoggin. APP
prepriating $1,000 in 1911 and $1,000 in
| 1912 for the benefit of the Hayes
! Young Women's Home at Lewiston.
| The special committee of the ifth
Legislature consisting of Senator
| Looney of Cumberland and Repre-
senta:ivcs Hall of Caribou and Bur
leigh OF Augusta appointed t. iEveati-
gate aud report Il bill providing ter
| the care of Juvenile delinQuentS and
| tie establishment of Il iuvenil1 court
reported t. TIN" House bill entitled.
"a Children's Act" Tie purpose OF
the Law. as stated IN the last seci.oi.
| is: That the care, custody and dis
cipline of all children brought b"frrf
! tho iHvenil court Of the state -
Maine. shall approximate. as nearlE
as maybe. that Which should hc giynn
by natural parents. and that all chill
dren in delinquency, dependency, or
neglected. shall be treated only as TN
| fortunate children. needing care. nur-
ture and education. as wards of the
! state of Maine. to be cared for by Ii,
| and not as enemies tn be punished.
That the court itself shall be part
| of the educational system Of the state
| and not an institution of punishment,
| except in so far as said court maybe
| a court OF law to administer punish
ment to adult offenders
The bill provides that probate courts
shall have jurisdiction except where
special juvenile court has been ere
al nd Ilnt SIIcil cnnrial ms
be had in counties of 10000 or more
| inhabitants. The judge of the court
is to be appointed by the Governor
| and TO receive a salary of $4,000 and
| travel. Provision is made for an as
sistart Judge to serve without pay.
Where there is probation officer in
the county he shall act as ciicf
| guardian in the cases which come b.
fore the court. No child under II
| years of age can be committed To jail
| or police station under this act and III
placing children under guardianship.
so far as possible, they shall be placed
! with families of the same religious
| belief. Parents, where able, are to
contribute to the support of these
children removed from their custpd:.
Appeal may be had from the findings
of this court, through a review on
writ of error.
That the residents OF Isle au Haul,
Hancock county. still desire to be set
off from Hancock county and annexed
to Knox was evidenced by the pres
entation by Representative Harmon of
Stonington of the petition of David !"
Conley and others of Isle au Haul.
Representative Mitchell of kittVry
presented a griSt of measures i'll which
4 his constituents We're interested the
two most important being resolve
appropriating 100000 tn be used III
freeing tn Portsmouth bridge BE-
tween the town Of kittery in Maine
and the city of Portsmouth in New
Hampshire. and an act to empower
tho county commissioners of York
= under Chap l19 of the Public Laws
of 1907 to make free all toll bridges
on the Piscataqua river and its
: branches between the states of Maine
=. and New Hampshire whenever the
i county commissioners of the counties
| of Rockland and STAFFORD, n H. are
empowered by that state to take
similar action.
II was announced at the close oil
the House session that the committee
on contested elections would hear the
two Hancock county contested cases
at p. NJ. next Tuesday. The sea-
of John A. Peters of Ellsworth. Re
publican, is contested by Harvard c
Jordan of Ellsworth Democrat. anc
that of Frank l.. Hodgkins of La
moline, Republican, is contested by DR.
Otis Littlef1eld of Bluehill, Democrat
Hon. Hannibal E. Hamlin of Ellsworth
is counsel for John A. Peters and D