Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30
On motion of Mr.. weeks of Fairfield,

! the committee of conference to wnich
was referred the disagreeing vote OF
the House and Senate on bill, An Act
| relating to compensate of examining
boards, report that they recommend
that the vote by which said
Act was passed to be en-
crossed in the Senate and the vote
| whereby the same was indefinitely post
| poned in the House each be RECONSTRUCTED
ana that said act be referred to the spec
ial commission to investigate the amount
of salaries of State and county officials
On motion of Mr.. Iittlefeld Of Rockland
me vote was reconsidered whereby this
| ther motion by Mr.. Littlefield, the repor,
or the committee on conference was ac~
cepted, andgon further motion by the same
gentleman the bill was referred to the
Especial commission to investigate the
1 amount OF salaries paid to State and couD-
ty officials, in concurrence.
on motion OF Mr., Weeks of Fairfield,
Dill, An Act to amend Section of Chapter
lia Of the Revised Statutes, relating to
| the compensation of members of the gov
ernnlent was taken from the table.
! MIR. Weeks offered House amendment
one 70 Senate amendment A, by s.i..lng
out the word eight in the fourth line
and inserting the word six
| The amendment was adopted, and Sen
| ate amendment as amended and then
| adopted Senate amendment u was ado; t.
| ed, and the bill was then passed to be en-
1
An Act to regulate the use of automo-
| biles and motor vehicles upon public ways
came from the Senate, that branch insist
| ing and Joining a second committee of
conference
| The committee of conference subhe-
| quent1y reported that they recommended
| that House amendment A be retained and
blouse amendment b be rejected, and that
House amendment c be amended by strik-
ing out all after the word ways" and
| that amendment now presented be
adopted.
The report was accepted.
Mr.. Sewall of Bath, offered amendment
the seventh line of Section l the words
the limits of which shall be fixed by the
municipal officers.
The amendment was adopted and the
bill was then passed to be engrossed as
amended. 49,
The committee of conference to which
portionment of the State school fund and
mill tax, report that the Senate recedes
and concurs with the House in referring
the bill to the next Legislature. ~
The report was accepted "a!.rE"
The committee of conference to which
was referred the dsagreeing vote of the
House and Senate in relation to bill, All
Act to regulate the use of automobiles and
moto:' vehicles upon public ways, report
that they have agreed upon a bin in a new
draft and that it ought to pass.
The report was accepted.
on motion OF Mr.. Sewall of Bath, the
rules were suspended, the bill received its
three readings and was passed to be en-
Mr., sEWALL: Mr.. Speaker, I would
like to explain Just what the House has
had to yield in this matter in order to get
any bill at all. The committee at first re-
fused to agree and 50 reported. Then it
became plain that there was sentiment
that some bill was necessary and that au
tomobiles should be put under some meas
ure of restraint; and feeling that our in
tentions could not be carried out to the
fullest extent, and that it was wise to &C
|, Oh toir no 70
your committee agreed to yield one I'M
portant point. and that is the only point
which, they yielded, AS the amendment
amendment, and the House agreed by its
vote with the provision, that in these
places where by reason of cliffs and other
exceptional natural conditions there was
great danger of the meeting of automo-
hiles and horses automobiles should be
excluded from those places altogether eN-
actly as you excluded them in the case OF
the town of Eden. / maintain now that
that contention was correct on the part
of the House. ] believe it was a valuable
Legislature will adopt by an amendment
to the act. But the conferees on the part
OF the Senate absolutely refused to permit
yielded was this: They yielded to the first
amendment adopted by the House which |
struck out of the bill as originally re
ported the denial 10 the municipal officers
of cities and towns to regulate the speed |
Of such vehicles That second section read |
that municipal officers of cities and towns
have no power to regulate the speed OF
such vehicles except TO fix the limits Of
what may he regarded as the compact and ,
huilt-up portions thereof: The confferees
on the part of the Senate have agreed that
that section and the following one should |
he stricken out. which leaves the cities /
and towns exactly the power that they |
have today, whatever power that may he, |
excepting that the automobile cannot go |
at a greater rate than 10 miles, or eight |
miles in a town. Whether the towns and
tN
now or not is q matter for judicial deter !,
on the third point, The Senate confe.ees
agreed with the Housa.. They permitted !
the penalty of the old bill to lie doubled to /
so and permitted the Imprisonment clause |
to be inserted. So While we have not tire I
hill for which | coitended we have a b.ll /
which does impose a certain amount of re-
straint upon the automobiles, something
which l hope we can build upon in the /
future.
Mr. SMITH of Prescue Isle: Mr.. Speak
er if I understand this bill correctly. it :
provides penalties: Now, | object to any /
feet when approved In other words, this
bill if it is passed. will be approved today,
suppose, and will be in full effect tomor-
row, and the House can readily see what
trap it sets for a person who has no
actual knowledge of the passage of the
bill penal in its nature; to have it take
to amend by striking out the last section.
Mr.. WEEKS of Fairfield: ] suppose the
committee by unanimous CON |
sent can make that amendment?
Section nine of the bill, This Act shall
take effect when approved" was stfickenI
out by unanimous consent.
ION motion of MIR. Weeks of Fairfield. the !
House took a recess until o'clock in the
evening.
Evening Session.
A communication from the executive de-
partment came from the Senate and was
read in concurrence.
Passed to be Enacted.
An Act relating to corporations.
An Act relating to the salary of the re- ~
corder of the municipal coart of the city Il
of blddeford. r.
An Act providing for bounty on bears
in oxford county.
An Act to annex certain islands in Casco q
bay to the county of Sagadahoc and the :
town of Phippsburg. +
An Act to enable the county of Sagaia-
hoe to rebuild Merrymeeting Bay bridge ,
accept Arrowsie bridge, and to maintain
both bridges free, and to accept the Peo-
pies ferry, and to acquire in conjunction.
with the county Of Lincoln or town of
Dresden the ferry between Richmond and
to operate the same and to re-
luce the tolls by at least one half
An Act establishing the salary of the
county attorney for the county of Knox;
An Act TO amend Section 3 of Chapter