Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-14
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OF Jackman to require physical ex.
amlnatlons before the ISSUANCE of q
marriage license, and an act to pro-
tect and conserve the estates of alb.
sentees VIII appear among the mea-
sures for hearing before the judi
cary committee next Wednesday, af-
ternoon.
AT the same time the committee
on legal affairs will consider an act
to prohibit the use OF firearms by
minors, an act providing for a jew
elers lien, and two other matters.
The same committee on Thursday
afternoon will hold hearing on an
act reducing the PENALTY for deser-
ton OF a wife or minor children
when the offense Is not of q nigh
or aggravated nature from one year
10 III months, an act to regulate tho
appointment of oonservators when
the judge of probate Is interested,
an act relating to municipal, cleo
tons and government of the town
OF Bar Harbor. and acts relating to
the Cumberland County Superior
Court and the Portland municipal
court.
Memorial to Congress
The committee on military affairs
Will meet !ext Tuesday afternoon to
take up the Memorial to Congress
III the interest of National defense,
and the measure introduced by Rep
resentative Decker OF Milo amend.
Ing several sections of the military
law relating to organization and fin
dnce. '-"4-
BY Representative Decker's bill
the Governor is restricted in the ap-
pointment Of aidec-de-camp SO hat
none shall receive q rank higher
than one grade which they. held
while in the service Of the nation
or the State. The act provides that
any organization or unit of the Ma
tIonal Guard accepted by the State
shall be completed, and also provides
that the adjutant general shall hold
Office for five years, but may be re-
moved for cause. The adjutant gen.
erai now holds office for two years,
or at the pleasure of the Governor.
Double Stacking State Library
The library committee at 3-o'clock
Tuesday afternoon will take up a re-
solve for double-stacking the=State
library. and an fact to provide for the
completion of the vital recordS Of the
State Of Maine.
The committee on interior swaters
will on Wednesday hear peraops In
terested on the resolve in aid of navi-
cation on the lower lakes. Several
pension matters will come before the
committee on pensions next Wednes-
day.
The committee on Federal relations
Will meet Wednesday for hearing on
an act to authorize the filming by the
United States In the several counties
of this State Of notices on liens for
taxes.
To Suppress European Corn eorsr
The committee on agriculture will
hear evidence at 1870 Wednesday aft.
ernoon on a number of resolves, An
GLIDING one making appropriation for
the control and suppression Of the
European corn borer and another for
the Maine Seed Improvement Associa-
ton. Another resolve to be taken up
makes appropriation for the Maine Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station for the
purchase of additional land at High
moor Farm at Monmouth.
An act to Incorporation the Dixfeld
Water District and an act to renew
the charter of the r. and T. Cement
Railroad come up for hearing before
the public utilities committee next
Thursday afternoon.
Salaries and Fees
The committee on salaries and fees
will hold a busy session next Tues
day. when 20 matters will be discuss
ed. including an act to increase the
salary Of the State commissioner OF
education from $4,000 to $1,000 a year.
and an act increasing the Salaries OF
superior court justices from $4,000 to
$4,000 per year. o.
The committee on claims will hold
public hearing on six resolves next
Friday afternoon.
Appropriations
The committee on appropriations
and financial affairs will hold hear
ings' on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons of next week.
and a large number Of resolves for
hospitals are in order for discussion.
On Wednesday. this committee will
give hearing on an act amending the
law creating the State budget COM
mittee, so as to provide that the
Governor elect and State auditor
elect become members of that COM
mittee, the former in place Of the
Governor, and the latter in addition
to the State auditor, and changing
the time when the committee shall
meet from the first of November to
the first Thursday following the oil
ennial State election.
Prohibiting Night Fishing
An act to prohibit night fishing In
inland waters an act providing for
an annual license fee of $1.15 for
resident hunters and fishermen in
place OF the present fee Of rs cents
for license good for all time, and
an act to repeal the close season on
white perch in all lakes and ponds.
are among the Is measures that will
interest fishermen at the hearing
Thursday afternoon before the COM
mittee on inland fisheries and game.
Ways and Bridges
Twenty-three resolves for roads
and bridges will hold the attention
of the committee on ways and
bridges next Tuesday afternoon, and
on the following afternoon in addi-
ton to the Richmond Dresden bridge
bill the committee will take up a re-
solve in favor of bridge over the
ST. Croix river between Vanceboro,
Maine, and st. Croix, New Bruns-
wick. and an act authorizing the
towns to unite for the purpose Of
employing a superintendent Of ways
and bridges.
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