Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-21

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ssasssf Aad everybody vosla he liable.
Chair-A voss has bean aksn upon shi
ansnlment and 10 Quossn has vclsd. l
IL evident that = quorum Of member j
present. The raies reeusre every nenhe
TO vose. unless ~ 10 excused hy he Heus'
o. prevented BY personal Interest,"
Mr.. Peaks-This b ia the natare Of
public act which crsaies Fsnalty for an
man Who shall eatrh Ash 10 certain pond
in this State. Every man u supposed q
knsw tbs isv. Thas 10 general psoposi
tipa- Nov he ought u Least 10 have u
benefit Of the pabEc scts vhan tAsy an
psintsd. 30 days afsse he Legislatafs ID
jo1Rns. and il would b. unfAir for ~ h
pass bill here making il tAke effect when
| approved. 4 man might commit . csins
and rot know there sas such "a act On ths
Statutes Of this State. l have ssvsral
times moved that that section Of hilis
which are public acts should Be eliminated
The supreme court Of this State, 10 use I
slAng phrase. got into the soup fev yeAfs
ago BY the Legislature passirs an act ID
repeal certain clause and providing thai
u should take effect when approved. The
Law was that divorces should be granted
nisi and should stand upon the docket six
months. The Legislature repealed that
| and said the act should take effect when
approved. The juds-s didn't know 1t. and
the judge holding court in our county
granted ak divorces nisi. when be should
have granted them absolute. oue Of the
most eminent judges said 10 me. "If you
can help II, don't ever let any act which iu
ito nature 10 public oct take e6ec,
vAen approved" don't think there 10 q
gentleman on the floor Of this HOUSE who,
II he understands the position. will vote to
have that clause In the bill.
One hurdred and thirteen voting In favor
and none against, the amendment of the
gentleman from Bangor prevailed. The
bill - amended vas then passed to be
epgrossei.
Bill, an act to regulate the taking Of hsh
from Lower Kexar pond, Frysbury, Oxford
county, and the tributaries connecting there
with. came up for ito third reading and vas
given its third reading. On motion Of MFR.
Harrington Of Norridgewock the bill was
amended by striking out the section
providing that il should take effect on
approval, and the bill ~ amended vas
psssed to be cnyrossed.
Bill. an act 10 amend section liz OF chap.
ter ii Of the Revised Statutes relating to
normal schools came up for itB third read
ing and WAS given its third reading. The
vote passing the came to be engrossed was
doubted.
Mr.. Havcs Of Deering-- There are come
gentlemen who do not seem to apprehend
the forca Of this hill
The Chair explained the provisions Of
the bill. The bill was then passed to be
ensrcssed by rising vote Of 60 to ~.
Subsequently Mr.. Hawes moved recon-
sideration Of the vote passing the bill to be
engrossed.
Mr.. Hawes--This 10 \ bill which raises
the appropriation for the normal schools
from Si9, 900 to ga 600. I may say that
voted for this bill on general principles. Is
in favor of schools. but will cay
bearings, and I nnd that there are many
others on the floor Of this House who did
not, therefore move that the vote bs re.
considered and that it lie on the tabls and
be assigned to next Tuesday.
Mr.. Harrington Of Norridgewock--The
increass in the Size Of buildings and the
increased amount Of work given to the
normal schools renders this appropriation
necessary. Take for instance, the one at
Pennington, called the Wesleyan Normal
school. Recently large addition has been
msde to the buildings. The trustees
Of that school, whom know personally,
are men who have done their best to keep
the expenditures within the appropriation
but i. ia impossible to 10 90. They get no
salary for their labor. and they are earnest,
Jealous men in their work. presume the
object Of this reconsideration IN the fear
that the common schools may be robbed by
this appropriation. The finance committee,
OF which am = member, 10 now inyesti-
eating this subject, and they are
satisfied that under the present law re.
latiug to the raising of the common school
fund there will be an increase OF nearly
Sl00 .000 BY reason of the increased valua-
ton Of the State. These common school
funds come directly from three sources
First, the interest upon \ certain sum pre-
yiously devoted to tbst purpose years ago.
Second, from q tax of one mill upon all Of
the State valuation. Third. upon onc-half
Of the three -four.hs Of cent levied upon
the, deposits in the savings banks.
The State treasurer informs ia that
the tax upon the saving banks adds $4,000
yearly to the common school fund and tina,
the probability is that IN addition TO that
the rise in the State valuation will give a
sufficient sum to add nearly sl0o. 900 to
the school fund. Therefore the appropria
ton we are making for schools 10 a mere
drop in the bucket Of the fund from which
we draw. One other thing should be con-
sidercd: the normal school is the fosserer of
the common school In that it educstss
the teacher for the common school, and the
common schools Of today are so per cent
better than they were Is years ago, before
the system of normal schools WAS inaugur-
ated. Therefore il il proper that the
normal schools should have sufficient sup
port 10 be able to do their work we'll. I hope
that the motion to reconsider will not pre-
vail.
Mr.. White Of Baugor--I cannot see how
this act can suffer by being reconsiderei
and lying on the table until next Tuesday.
1t may be that this increase 10 necessary
bus an increase from $40 900 to s24 600,
which means $1,000 syesr. 10 quite = rise.
If this is right Iqueshon II aoy gentle
man in this House will vote against
it, but 1t Is quite an amount and
IL is necessary before We can vote on il
understandingly TO know the actual need
for that increase. The gentleman from
Norrijgswock has explained to = certain
extent that this ia necessary, but he ha,
not shown wherein euch large iDcYesss
is necessary. Nov he speaks about the
surplus. that this Is to be taken from the
.chsol fund - understand Il. He say
that this will not eacrosch upon the scho3
fund to any great extent. that we are Il
have a surplus, that the iocrease Of vsila
sion Is to give Us ls,ger amount of school
fund and for that reason we shall have 4
great amouut left over. We have heart
about the surplus. Some thee years sgr
there was great discussion sbsut the sur
plus Ia the national treasury. We ms,
have . surplus here. but do not think i
| is best for us to try to use IL up. We have
! been using crest amount of money in oul
appropriations for academies and schools
which is ell right and legitimate 90 far a,
they are reasonable. But this IL vesJ
large increase. and therefore hope thu
the motion Of the gentleman from Dsefio,
to reconsider viii p.evsil, 90 that tbs mem
bars can come in here and vote understand
ingiy.
Mr.. Harfington--sf the gentlemen ~oul,
resliy like information Of course the,
should have chance to get it, bat uuleal
| aome gentleman knoss some fact Why tai
appropriation should not be made 1t seem
idle to waste the time OF the House in fu.
| ther discussion. The fact that the educs
iional committee have had this rnsttes be
fore them and have Investigated II fully
| and that the bill has come to this poin
ought to carry the presumption 10 its favor
But the nsttar viii besf discussion and no
body seeks to force it through for the fessoI