Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-28

class roads annually in addition to.
the fund created by the mill and
quarter tax which shall. equal the
amount raised under an act of the
Legislature of 1928,
Committee on Agriculture
The committee on agriculture Will
meet next Wednesday at 100 p. NJ,
to take up an act relating to killing
uncollared dogs, an act relating to the
registration and licensing of dogs,
and an act relating to the use of the
Babcock test as applied to samples of
milk and cream.
Five resolves for state pensions
will be brought before the committee
on pensions at 100 P. M, next
Thursday.
Regarding Indians Voting
The act introduced by Senator
Barwise of Penobscot extending the
voting franchise to Indians not taxed
ad three other measures relating to
Indians will hold the attention of the
committee on Indian affairs next
Wednesday afternoon at l o'clock.
Legal Affairs Hearings
Several matters will come to the
attention of the legal affairs commit
tee at hearings next Wednesday and
Thursday, among the measures to be
considered the latter day being the
act introduced by Senator Cram of
Cumberland permitting cities and
towns to provide ballot boxes at their
own eXpens> containing mechanical
devices for receiving, registering and
endorsing legal ballots at elections.
Tax on Electric Railroads
The committee on taxation will lis
ten to the arguments next Tuesday
relative to the act amending the law
relating to the excise tax on rail-
roads, providing that the maximum
excise tax on the gross receipts Of
street railroads shall be reduced from
four to three percent: the act regard
ing the establishment Of uniform poll
tax; an act relating to exemptions OF
estates of coldiers. sailors ana ma
rines, and an act to amend the law
relative to certain taxation eXemp-
tions SO as to provide for the eXemp-
ton of all mules and horses less than
six months old, three horses of any
age, all cattle under the age of two
years. ten head of cattle above the
age of two years. 800 hens, all sheep
to the number of 35, and all swine
to the nu lber of ten.
Fish and Game Measures
Among the acts that will be
threshed out before the committee
on inland fisheries and game next
Thursday afternoon are an act to
protect the fur bearing animals OF
the State, an act providing for a
yearly limit of one deer in all coun-
ties of the State, an act to prohibit
the digging out of six dens, an act
to prohibit the digging out of skunks
and the trapping Of the same at the
dens, and about a dozen other meas
ures.
Public Utilities Hearing
The public utilities committee will
| hold hearing at 1 P. M. next Thurs
| day on an act to prohibit the solicit
| ing of passengers by auto owners
at railroad stations and wharves
without written permit, an act relat-
| ing to damages for land taken to
| abolish grade crossings; an act au-
thorizing the Hallowell Water Dis
| trict to divert and use water from
Jimmie's Pond, and four other meas
! ures.
State Schools and RefOrmatories
Two resolves in favor of the State
Reformatory for Men for the cree
ton of new buildings, a resolve for
| new equipment at the reformatory,
| and maintenance resolves for the
mems and boys reformatories will
! be brought up at the meeting of
the committee on State schools and
| reformatories next Thursday after
noon
| Sea and Shore Fisheries
| An act to amend the law increas-
! ing the penalty for use Of torches
or artificial lights in the herring
| fishery, and Is other acts will hold
+, the attention of the committee on
sea and shore fisheries next Thurs
day afternoon.
Salaries and Fees
Twenty-six acts relating to sala-
rieS and fees will be brought be-
fore the salaries and fees commit
tee next Tuesday afternoon.
| Appropriations
On Thursday afternoon the COM
mittee on appropriations and finan-
cial affairs will hold hearing on
q resolve in favor of the Knox
Academy of Arts and Sciences at
| Warren, two other resolves and an
act relating to provision for upkeep,
| equipment and extensions for the
several normal schools and NADIA
Waska Training school.