Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-02-23

ported legislation nexpedient on order retaN
ting to amending fee bill of officers serving
e.,
Mr.. CROCKETT, from the Commitfec on f9p-
lie Buildings, on order, reported resolve
authorizing the city of Aagaasia :" mas anu
streets on the south ana "es' siues Vi
the State House. Read and assigned.
Mr.. Boor,tBy from the Committee on Ag-
riculture, on petition, reported bill an act for
the preservation Of certain birds. Ordered to
be printed,
Bin an ac. to make valid the doings of the
town of Concord, was read twice and recon-
mitted on motion of Mr.. BooTHRY.
Petition of John Morrill, and IS others of
Sanford, for legalization of doings of said town,
was taken from the table on motion OF MIR.
FARwELL.
The House receded from its vote referring
to the Committee on Railroads, Ways and
Bridges. and referred the same to the Judici-
airy Committee.
Passed to be engrossed-An act to incorpor-
ate the Madison Manufacturing Company; an
act authorizing the building Of dyke or dam
across the Branch Stream in Addison; an act
to authorize the city of Bangor to aid the
Bangor Water Power Company; an act to
amend chap. 81 sec. 48 of the Revised Stat
utcs, relating to railroads; resolve in favor OF
Paul Tabor; an act to amend sec. 8 OF chap.
IL of the Revised Statutes, relating to super
vision of schools.
Bill an act to amend chap. 40 of the Re-
yised Statutes, relating to herring boxes, had
its several readings under suspension OF the
rules, on motion of Mr.. BRADFORD, and was
passed to be engrossed.
Finally passed-Resolve concerning the
printing of the Legislative Manual.
Bill an act to abolish capital punishment
L.. ON
HUME, and that gentleman by consent Of the
House, withdrew his motion to reconsider.
The bill was then sent to the Senate, having
been refused passage by the House.
On motion of Mr.. Kinks, Bill an act to
amend sec. of chap. 25 of the public laws Of
1869, relating to the sale of milk, was taken
from the table, the same being on its passage
to be engrossed
Same member moved to amend by inserting
after the word ''shall'' in the fifth line the
words "upon the application of ten legal vot-
ers in such city or town." and by inserting
the same after the word ''shall'' in the eighth
line.
The amendment was adopted, and the bill
was passed to be engrossed.
Subsequently the vote whereby the above
was passed to be engrossed was reconsidered
on motion of Mr.. DEARBoRN; and the same
member moved a reconsideration of the vote
whereby the amendment offered by MIR. Kinks
was accepted He advocated his motion, and
commended that the amendment materially at
fected the principles of the bill.
Mr.. Kinks opposed the motion.
The House refused to reconsider, and the
bill was then passed to be cngrossed as amend
ed.
Bill an act in relation to the Supreme Judi
cal Court was taken from the table on motion
of Mr.. VosE.
Mr.. Kinks moved to amend by striking out
the second section which provides for the pay
ment of board and necessary travelling ex-
penses of Justices of the Supreme Court when
absent from home in discharge of their official
duties.
Mr.. KINKS advocated his motion. Their
pay is now 81, 800 per year and he thought it
sufficient. As to the argument used that the
pay is not sufficient to procure the best talent
on the bench. he would leave that for the
Judges themselves to answer.
Mr.. TwIrCnELL was sorry that it was nee
essary to say anything in relation to the prop
er payment of certain officers of the govern
ment Here is the most important branch of
the State government, obliged as it seemed to
him, to live upon a salary below the absolute
expenses which they must incur for living. 1t
did not seem to him right He did not regard
this bill as increasing the salaries, but merely
to pay the expenses (board and traveD of
Judges going from home to remote parts OF
the State. They are away from home at large
expense, and are DESTROYS OF making their
terms as short as possible, and accept of all
manner of excuses from the cOntesting parties
to defer cases which should be tried at once.
He hoped the bill would pass without the
for it would only be paying their
actual expenses while away from home, and
they would be willing to remain until the
business is transacted. He thought it would
be an absolute saving to the State.
Mr.. MILLIKEN did not wish to enter into
the merits or dement's of the bill. He was
opposed to it, and he hoped the House would
vote en- nasse SO as to place the seal of their
reprobation upon all attempts to smuggle
through this House appropriations of money.
Mr.. BAKER did not know what the gentle
man from fremont meant by smuggling it
through this House, as it had been printed an4
had been upon the desks of all the members.
He deemed this an important matter and was
in favor of the bill. He maintained that ST.,
500 is not reasonable compensation for the
class of talent which we absolutely need upon
the bench of the State, and that it wonld be a
saving to the PEOPLE to allow the travelling
expenses and board of justices when from
home. He did not say that paying such ex-
penses would remedy the disadvantages of
waiting for judgment entirely, but he did say
that it would take away all inducement on the
| art of judges to run away from their bust
ress and get home where their expenses will
stop. For every term case is kept in court
the expense to the parties concerned is in
creased, and he thought that if anything could
be done to induce the parties to remain and
try out these cases SO that judgment can be
had within reasonable time, it should be done.
Mr.. STIcKNEY thought the remarks of the
gentleman from Augusta very appropriate and
very torcible, and he thought they would be
equally as forcible applied to the pay of the
members of this Legislature. He hoped if
the question in regard to members pay came
up, the same argument will lie applied as to
this.
Mr.. BRADFORD said if he had any idea that
an increase of the members of the Legislature
would follow he would feel to oppose this
bill. But aside from this he thought the
present pay, which amounts to eight dollars
day, adequate compensation. This bill pro-
poses that they have their expenses paid in
dependent of this salary. The judges after
they have done their duties at court have
time to do other business, and he presumed