Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-13

Laws of 1913, was taken from the table.
Mr.. Savage offered amendment "A.
to repeal chapter $50. of the Private ana
Special Laws of 1865, and chapter -. of
the Private and Special Laws of 1873.
relating to Swctts pond. Fields pond and
Brewers pond in Orrington. Amendment
adopted. bill READ the second time ami
passed to be engrossed as amended.
On motion by Mr.. Chamberlain of Lin
coin. bin an act amendatory of and add
tional 10 chapter 59l, of the Private and
Special Laws OF 1899. entitled An act TO
incorporate the I.awry Dam Company"
was taken from the table, Report ac-
cepted and Dill read once
Mr.. Chamberlain offered the following
amendment:
Amend by inserting ut the end of the
sth line the words ''or overflow and by
inserting after the word water in the
18th line the words ''or by the breaking
of said darns or either of them
Further amend said bin Ivy inserting ~;
a new paragraph after the end of the
f6th line Of said section , the following
words: And said corporation. befcr,
erecting any dams or entertainments for
the storage of water on Sheepscot river
or amy Of its tributaries shall file its
plans and Specifications thereof in the
Registry OF Deeds for Lincoln county, f-r
public inspection. with the certificate Of
the inspector Of dams and reservoirs. APP
pointed under chapter -. Of the Revised
Statutes. stating therein that in his ludg-
l.
completion thereof said corporation shall
also file . similar certificate that sfch
works. as well Us all such works hereto
fore erected. are safe and sufficient. The
compaHy shall pay such INSPECTOR fer his
services and expenses. The supreme judi
ciai court so in equity shall have power
by appropriate process to enforce this
section on petition OF the county commits
siOners for Lincoln county. or the select
men of any town therein.
Amendment adopted and hill assigned
for second reading Monday next.
ON motion by Mr.. Poor of oxford. the
reports Of the committee on interior wa
ters reporting leave to withdraw on petit
lions OF Waldo Pcttcneill and of S. Cabot
and others. relating to throwing OF vast
into iIiiis river.were taken from the table
terror waters.
ON motion by Mr. Merrill of Somerset.
bill in relation to sale of pressed hay was
taken from the table.
This bill passed to be cngrossed in the
Senate. came back from the House in
definitely postponed.
Mr.. Merrill: l move that we non-concur
with the House in the indefinitely pest
ponement of this bill.
Before the vote is taken upon this bill
perhaps ! should give my reasons for
making the motion. This bill was pre-
scented by Senator Clason ut the request
not of the agricultural classes. but of the
practicing attorneys of the State of Maine
and was an amendment to the act which
| Will read. We hear II good deal about
the farmers wanting class legislation and
this bill is, | think a fair illustration of
what they are willing to put up with. The
act reads as follows: "All hay pressed
and pat up in bundles. except hay pressed
by farmers and retailed from their own
barns shall have the first letter of the
Christian and the whole of the surname
OF the person putting up the same writ
ten, printed or stamped on bands or
boards made fast thereto. with the name
state Whpr., G1 mol al &C y,,
lives. Whoever offers for sale or ship
ment any pressed hay not marked as
aforesaid except hay pressed by farmers
and retaiied from their own barns for
feits 81 for each bale so offered. to be re-
covered by complaint" No farmer OBJ
| iects to that law. 1t is put in there to
provide that farmers shall not put rocks
! in their hay and sell it. or anything of
| that kind. 1t is class legislation but it
| is class legislation that is all right What
| we do object to is a certain thing that
| operates under it.. which this amendment
| Is intended to obViate.
| The amendment reads as follows: mo
, person who has received hay not marked
as provided in this section shall defend
any action for the price thereof upon
| that ground unless he shall prove that
| before the delivery of said hay to him
he requested the person from whom he
| bought the same. to comply with the pro-
visions of this section The law and the
penalty remain the same. 1t simply pro-
Vides that If man buys hay. knowing
that it is not tagged. of some farmer
VINO happens to be ignorant of the provi-
sion of the law, he simply shall not he
| scamp enough to plead that fact in a
court of law as the reason for not paying
| FOR it. unless he calls the attention of the
! person selling it to that fact. and requests
| II to be tagged. This amendment passed
through here without opposition. No per
son has offered an objection to it before
| a member of this committee. and here il
comes back to US indefinitely postponed
with nobody having said a word against
| il. 1t is unusual treatment and do moi
IKE II. Now one thing further, we are al
OF us proud of these bright smart youne
| men that are round here. representing
| the press. We haze received MANY cour.
tesies from them and we appreciate thei,
i work and what the press is doing. Blu,
immediately after this bill was indefinite.
" postponed I saw in one of our da lie.
to this effect: HAnother OF the bills roi