Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-20
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this work for mill less than the prices
which have been paid, unless there IS
some cat under the meal by which tney
expect to make it up In some other way
II / understand the situation correctly,
the Lakeside Press wishes to boom It's
stock, and after they get the State print
ing and enhance the value OF their stock
and sell it, they win make up in one case
what they may lose in the other NO
printer win claim there is any profit in
doing the printing for this body while it
is in session. 1t takes a large force
continually on duty. 1t takes night and
day work to get the work out in season
The Lakeside Press expects that before
another session perhaps new contract
will be made on account OF their failure,
and some other printer will have been
elected, and they will have to do the
work without any of the profits which
come in. 1t Is unfair Mr.. Speaker, to re-
fuse to approve this contract. Has
the Lakeside Press come here with
a contract which they present III
place of the one here presented
and say, here, approve this contract,
and we are ready to take hold OF the
work? Burleigh & Flynt are ready to
take hold of the work as soon as you
approve the contract. After Burleigh &
Flynt have done all Of this work on
which they make no profit, are you going
to allow this other company to step In
and reap the profits which rightfully
belong to them? Mr.. Speaker, l hope
this contract will be approved.
The question being on the approval OF
the contracts for State printing and bind
ing. a division was called for, and the
contracts were approved by vote of 10
affirmative to II negative.
On motion OF Mr.. Howe of Milo, resolve
in favor of Edgar c. Wakefield Of Gardi-
ner. Me-, was taken from the table, read
a second time and passed to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. Dickey of Fort Kent,
Adjourned.
Afternoon Session.
On motion of Mr. Howe OF Milo, House
document $50, resolve, county estimates,
was taken from the table and made the
special assignment for tomorrow morn
ing.
On motion of Mr.. Grindle Of Bluehill,
House document 227, bill, vital statistics,
was taken from the table
Mr.. Grindle offered an amendment,
which was adopted, and the bill was then
passed to be engrossed as amended.
Regular Order.
Motion to reconsider vote passing to be
engrossed resolve relating to purchasing
certain number of Freeman's supple
ment to the Revised Statutes"
Mr.. Barrett of Canaan said he under
stood that the principal attorneys of the
State and the leading business men had
changed their minds quite good deal
lately, and had come to the conclusion
that it was not advisable to pass this re
solve providing for supplement to the
Revised Statutes. The main reason is
that when we publish the Revised Stat
utes that there shall be total revision OF
the law. A supplement don't answer
the purpose. l understand that an
amendment is proposed, instead of practi-
cally throwing away $4,000, to provide that
$4,000 shall be appropriated to publish a
revision Of the Statutes and Laws OF the
State. That undertaking will occupy o
good deal OF time for several years. and it
is suggested that an appropriation OF
$4,000 be made at the present time and the
work commenced. l think the proper
thing to do in the absence of the gentle
man who tabled the bill, would be to lay
it on the table.
Mr.. Larrabee Of Portland said that he
hardly thought the gentleman from
Canaan fully understood the character or
A., - wi ~
posed to further by the passage of this re-
solve else he would not at this late day,
after the resolve had unanimously passed
the judiciary committee and this House
and Senate and comes back here now on
its passage to be enacted-he would not
now at this time offer his objection. This
work that this resolve encourages is col
lection Of the session laws passed by the
State since the last revision of the
Statutes it is q compilation of those laws
arranged consecutively in the order of the
chapters of the original revision of the
Statutes in 1883. OF what value Is it to
anybody to have the Statutes of 1888 I'M
less it is supplemented by the session laws
of every Legislature since that time? In
stead of consulting the Revised Statutes,
if Justice of tho peace or town officer
wants to know what the law is, he must
examine the statute and then he must
examine the laws of every session since
1883. In other words, he must consult
seven independent books in order to as
certain it. The purpose of this book is to
arrange all the session laws consecutively
in chapters corresponding to the Revised
Statutes of 1888, in such manner that
a town officer or justice of the peace,
in seeking to find what the law may be
in regard to any particular matter, may
consult only two books to find what he
wants. This is not in any way to be con-
founded with the Indexed Digest, which
has already passed. That is digest Of
the Maine Reports and is to certain ex-
tent for the lawyers convenience. That
is not the case with this matter. This is
for the convenience of business men and
town officers and justices of the peace
There can be no substitute for what is
proposed by this resolve except . full and
complete revision of the Revised Statutes
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