Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-03-21


i Resolve in favor of appropriation FOR
repairs of the Normal School building
| at Gorham.
An act providing for State roads and
| for the Improvement thereof.
An act to regulate membership and
rights of membership Of the Penobscot
Tribe OF Indians.
Resolve in favor of aid to build q
bridge across the Kennebec river be
tween the towns OF Bingham and Con-
cord. This came from the House re
ferred to the next Legislature. The
Senate conCurred.
An act amendatory Of Chapter IS of
the Revised Statutes. and all subsc-
quent acts relating to the repair of
highways. Came from the House. re-
ported ought TO pass. read and accept
| ed. and Indefinitely postponed. The
Senate concurred in the indefinite post
| ponement of the bill.
| Resolve in favor of the Maine Eye
| and Ear Infrmary. This came from
the House accompanied BY two reports.
| Majority report. ought not to pass
minority report ought to pass.
/ on motion by Mr.. Burns of Cum
/ herland, the resolve with the reports
were laid on the table and on motion
| by Mr.. Burleigh Of Aroostook. same
were ordered to be printed. Specially
| assigned for tomorrow
| \ communication was received from
the commissioner Of sea and shore ish-
| cries. transmitting report Of special
| commissions appointed by the Govern
Or to compile the sea and shore fisher
! ies law of the State Of Maine with
accompanying proposed bills. first an
| act to repeal certain private and spec
| ial laws relating to sea and shore fish
| cries: second. an act consolidating and
| simplifying the laws relating to sea
| and shore fisheries. Under suspension
of the rules and without printing the
! bills took their several readings and
We're passed to be engrossed.
| Resolve in favor Of William j. Mat
thews.
This resolve was indefinitely post
pOned.
ON motion of Mr.. Morrison of York.
the act to incorporate the Bonney Ea-
gle Power Company was taken from
the table and on motion of Mr. Tit
comb of York. the vote was reconsid-
|
adopted.
The bill together with amendment
a as adopted. was then read twice and
passed to be engrossed.
On motion by Mr.. Weeks Of Somer-
set. bill, an act relating to junk and
second hand stores. was taken from
| the table and on further motion of
| that senator the bill was indefinitely
/ postponed.
| On motion by Mr.. Fernald of Andros-
coSgin bill an act relative TO the taxa
| ton Of vessel property was taken from
the table.
| Mr.. FERNALD: This bill is one of tn,
most important before this Legislature
| 1t created great interest among vesse
property owners and they appeared be
| fore the committee in large numbers rs
| opposed to any change in the present
system. The committee. with the eXcep
| ton of Senator McFadden. were unan
! imouS in the report that the bill ougn
not to pass. l move that the majority
report be accepted.
| Mr.. McFADDEN: Mr. President, I hope
the motion will not prevail. | know. Mr.
| President, that it is hard for one mar
! to show that eleven or eight oppoSins
him have been stubborn and unreaSon
able. 1t was never my luck to serve on /;
jury. | was drawn upon Il jury in the
State of Georgia once. They have ther,
| a civil and a criminal court. This was
a criminal term and | was there at the
| empannelling OF five juries, each of then
upon capital cases. and in every instance
| the State passed to the prisoner and thC
prisoner very promptly filed perempto