Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-20
The Committee Hearings.

\ number of important committee
hearings are assigned for the present
week, including Woman Suffrage ana
the ill to incorporate the kennepec
Dan, and Reservoir Co. Some OF the
ceminittee hearings assigned for Tues
day are likely, however. to be as
signed over again for later date as
public interest Tuesday will be CEN
tered almost wholly after the morning
sessions If House and senate in the
Governors reception from to +.
NJ. NJ the state House and the Gov
ernor's hall in the evening at CITY
hall.
Among the assignments before Inc
committee on judiciary for Tuesday IS
the act IroViding for the election OF
the secretary Of State, state treasurer
and attorney general at the same time
with the election of the Governor, ore
Of the ballot reform acts and an act
relating to registers of deeds. Among
the matters of a private and special
nature assigned for that day are. act
IT, amend act authorizing the Penob-
scot Chemical Fibre Co to generate,
use, transmit and sell electricity, act
IT, reyiSc and amend the charter OF
tee, city uf Calais, and act To incorpor-
at, t4c Bayville Village Corporation.
III, repeal of the present law in re-
jtard to party caucuses i'll the city "f
Augusta. which provides for previous
declaration of intention. is assigned
fcr 1t hearing before the legal affairs
camiHittee on Thursday. Other meas-
ures assigned for that day are the op-
tunetrY hill, the act to provid" for the
better collection OF inheritance taxes.
and the act to insure publicity with
res,,eCt to tie demands upon the state
and To facilitate legislative committees
in dealing with questions ot appropri-
alton.
The iu,liciary committee has but
one assignment for Friday, the re-
solve proposing an amendment to the
constitution of Maine. conferring the
right nf suffrage upon women. The
hall Of tie House of Represents tiVcs
las been assigned for this hearing
rLicA will probably consume the entire
Afternoon and evening. The president
of tn" Maine Woman Suffrage Assu-
citation. Mrs. Fannie j. Fernald. will
conduct the hearing and many prom
irent advocates of the cause both in
the state and out, will participate in
the hearing.
The Bar Harbor automobile bill is
the leading assignment before the
committee on legal affairs for Tues
day bat on the same day will also be
heard bills in relation to the incorpor-
alton Of the Kezar Falls Village Cor
poration in the towns of Porter anC
- -
i electric light and power companies
! arc assigned before the legal affair
committee tor Wednesday, also act L
| incorporate the Monmouth Electric
| Co. and act 10 extend the charter oI
the Winter Harbor Il Eastern Railway
/ Co.
Acts relating to HumCord Falls mu'
| nicipal court Eumford Falls Village
| Corporation. the matter OF dividing
York county into municipal court dis
| tricts, act to incorporate the Maine
| Title Insurance Co, and resolve
amending the constitution so as TO
| increase municipal indebtedness are
among the measures assigned for
| Thursday before the legal affairs COM
| mitteo. This committee has hearings
assigned for as late as March IA, which
indicates that it will be past the mid
die of March before the House arN'
| Senate will be able to begin holding
| afternoon sessions
| The committee on appropriations and
financial affairs has but two hearings
assigned for the present week, both
coming on Thursday, the resolve in
! favor of the Rumford General hospi-
] tai and the resolve in favor of Frank
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