Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-03

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| habitants of Malaga Island off the
| island. All of the people were now
| off and the inhabitants of the island
as well as everybody else were salts
| fed with the result.
He stated that there was a burying
| ground on the island from which the
| bodies should be removed. He also
| thought the State ought to pay to the
charitable people of Portland $50 for
| the schoolhouse on the island, the in
| habitants having already been paid
for their houses. The schoolhouse
originally cost $780,
Eugene c. CARL, chairman of the
| juvenile institutions trustees, appeared
before the Council to take up the mat
ter of the printing of the report for
1871 of the juvenile institutions. he
thought that on account of the long
delay in printing the report for 1911 1t
would be best to simply have it type
written and filed and have the report
of 1912 printed in the usual form, as
the Legislature would be in session
when it was out He favored having
only the reports for the even years
printed and those of the odd years,
typewriter.
Appropriations from the automobile
registration fund amounting in the
aggregate to s14,600 were voted by the
Council for road repairs in various
towns The amount is divided as fol-
lows: Greenbush, $4,000; Etna, $4,000:
Woodstock, 5000; Waterville. $1,000;
Casco, Poland and Naples. $1,000 each.
The road in the three towns last men,
toned is part of the trunk line road
from Poland to F'rgeburg.
Salary warrants were passed
amounting in the aggregate to $780,
1861
The council in executive session APP
proved all the nominations made byl
Governor Plaisted since the last coun-
ell meeting, including that of William
p Thompson of Bangor to be reporter
of decisions to succeed George II.
Smith Of Houlton.
Collins Petition Tabled.
The petitin for pardon of William
J. Collins of PASSPORT. who had three
months of an eightmonths' Jail SEN
tence remaining to serve for infrac-
ton of the prohibitory law, which was
heard at the last meeting and con-
LiHutu " iIilo fiitCtibSs was
tabled without any action being taken.
Error in Rockland Returns.
A communication was received from
the city clerk of Rockland, asking that
the returns from that city be cor
rected so as to give Clarence d. Pay
son Of Thomaston, one of the Demo-
cratic candidates for register of pro-
bate of Knox county, a total of SO
votes. instead of IS, a figure eight hav-
ing been blotted and appearing like a
three.
Should this correction be allowed
there would be no tie for the office of
register of probate of Knox county.
as tabulated in the official returns. Ii
was decided that the city clerk should
be required to make a formal request
to amend his returns and that his
letter should be answered by the mes
senger, quoting the primary law as to
amended returns.
Mr.. brakes Protest.
The council was about to adjourn
when James e. Drake of Bath APP
peared before the Council and made
vigorous protest against the scattering
of the Malaga islanders among the
summer colony in the vicinity of
Birch Point, West Bath. He declared
that the bunch of Malaga islanders.
who had come to Bush Island and the
vicinity of Birch Point were worse
than smallpox" and that they rendered
it unsafe for him to leave his family
at his summer cottage.
How can we get rid of these peo-
pie?' asked MIR. Drake of the Council,
adding: Il don't believe the people
are any better off than they were on
Malaga Island and the summer resi-
dents are certainly a great deal worse
Oft by their being around
Councillor Kilgore informed Mr.
Drake that Murphy the man who had
bought on the Main land was in no
sense State pauper and the State
could not order him to remove. The
State had already ordered the hut on
Bush Island destroyed.
Mr.. Drake continued to protest but
the Council adjourned without taking
action upon his request.
Adjournment was taken at 2.40 p.
M. subject to the call of the Gov
ernor.