Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-22
DELUGE OF TIER
Pours Into the Legislature
From All Quarters.
u. Of Maine Asks $50, 900 for Pow
er and Heating Plant.
Senate Concludes Days Work After 12-
4 Minute Session.

oioii CdIIlc lIllO lHe HOUSE,
morning. There We're all sorts and
kinds of measures introduced, from the
resolve asking for 100000 in aid of the
| University of Maine to petition pray
| ing that the bounty on bears be re-
| stored. And there We're other resolves
calling for the appropriation of money
for various State institutions, aggre-
eating many thousands of dollars, and
| there were numerous acts amending
| public and private laws, petitions in
| favor OF a hunters license law, for re-
submission and circumstances against
the latter.
| The most important matter in many
! respects which was introduced, yester-
| day, was the resolve appropriating
$4,000 to erect and equip central
heating and power plant and such ma
chine. wood and iron working shops
and laboratories as may be required
for the use of the departments of me-
| chanical and electrical engineering
| at the University of Maine. One
! half of this sum is to be used in
1913 and the balance. in 1904. The re-
solve was presented by Briggs of Au-
burn. This matter will now be con-
sidered by the Committee on Educa-
| ton.
measure was introduced by Davis
iof Waterville amending the law relat-
ing to Free High Schools. The full
text of the measure is as follows:
| Section l. Any youth who resides
| with parent or guardian in any town,
which does not support and maintain
| a free high school giving at least one
| four years course properly equipped
| and teaching such subjects as are re-
CURED for admission to any college or
university in this State, he may, when
| ne shall be prepared to pursue such
| four years course, attend any school in
| this State which does have such four
years course, and to which he may
gain entrance by permission of those
having charge thereof. In such case
| the tuition of such youth shall be paid
| by the town in which he resides as
| aforesaid and towns are hereby au-
| thorized and required to raise annually
as other school moneys are raised a
| sum sufficient to pay such tuition
charges.
Section 2. When any town shall
have been required to pay and has paid
| tuition as aforesaid the experimenting
school committee of such town shall
make return under oath to the State
superintendent of schools stating the
name of each youth for whom tuition
has been paid, the amount paid fol
each and the name and location of the
| school which each has attended and
| thereuDon it shall be paid annually in
| the month of December from the State
| treasury out of the appropriation for
| the support of free high schools to
each town paying tuition and making
return as aforesaid sum equal to
one-half of the amount thus paid by
such towns. not exceeding $3.50.
| Section 8. This act shall take effect
June 1. 1907
| There was an interesting debate in
| the House, yesterday, over the ques-
ton of the reference of the bill in
PRODUCED by Senator Staples. of Knox,
repeating the compulsory arbitration
clause of the Maine Standard fire
insurance policy. 1t will be remem-
| bered that in the Senate on Tuesday
the gentleman from Knox sought to
have the bill referred to the COM
mittee on Judiciary, to which had
been sent the report of the COM
mittee on uniformity of legislation.
in which reference is made to the
same subject matter. The Senate
would not accede to the wishes of
Senator Staples, and his bill was re-
ferred to the committee on mercan-
tile affairs and insurance.
/ Yesterday when the papers from
tho Spnotn -,
the House, Weeks of Fairfield held up
the Staples bill by motion to table
i There was no opposition and the mat
ter was allowed to rest until later in
Il the session. Then Cameron of Ban
/ gor attempted to have the vote where
by the bill was tabled reconsidered,
but he failed. Mr.. Weeks argued that
the judiciary had priority of claim
II inasmuch as a similar measure mean
ing the report of the committee above
referred to. had been sent to that
i committee. He thought the question
Of changing the standard policy law
should be considered by only one COM
mittee and should not be investigated
II by two different bodies. After Mr..
Weeks had made this statement Mr..
III Cameron withdrew his motion to re-
Il consider and the bill now lies upon the
table, pending reference to a commit
II tee.
II An act was presented by Eaton of
Calais. increasing the salaries of the
justices of the supreme judicial court
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year. The act
is as follows:
From and after the first day of
January in the year of our Lord one
| Thousand. nine hundred and three. the