Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-26

Wednesday,, March 20, lSU'.
Senate met according to adjourn
| ment. and was called to order by the
| President.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Livingston
of Augusta.
Journal of the previous session read
and approved.
Papers from the House disposed of in
concurrence.
Bill. An Act to establish Patrons
Day. On motion by Mr.. Goodwin of
Somerset laid on the table
An Act for the protection of wild
| hare and rabbit. ION motion by Mr..
Buck of Hancock laid on the table,.
An Act providing for a bounty on
bears in Oxford county. Referred TO
Committee on Appropriations and FL
nancial Affairs.
Bill. An Act to prevent the throwing
| of saWdust and other mill waste into
Seven Tree Pond and Crawford Pond
and Union Pond in Union and Warren,
passed to be engrossed in the Senate
came back from the House referred TO
| the next Legislature. On motion by
Mr.. Staples of Knox, the Senate in
sisted upon' it's former action, and the
| Chair appointed as a committee of con-
| ference on the part of the Senate,
| Messrs. Staples of Knox, Staples Of
| Cumberland and Buck of Hancock.
| Bill, An Act in relation to the taxa
| ton of mortgages which was amended
| by the Senate and passed to be Ell
| crossed. comes back from the House,
| the House refusing to accept the re-
port of the committee. On motion by
| Mr.. Knowlton, of Penobscot, laid Oh
the table. Subsequently, on motion by
| Mr.. Gardner of Penobscot this bill was
| taken from the table.
Mr.. GARDINER of Penobscot: Mr..
| President. In my brief absence Mr.
| knowlton, in my behalf, tabled this
| matter. 1t is very evident by the ac-
| ton of the House in this matter that
| Il campaign of education will be neces-
sary before that branch is ready for
progressive legislation. In view of that
| fact. / wish to ask the Senate to insist
on their former action, and that COM
| mittee of conference be appointed, that
| this matter may be referred to the next
| Legislature.
| The question being put upon the mo-
| ton of the Senator from Penobscot, Mr..
Gardner, that the Senate insist, the
| motion prevailed, ard the Chair ap-
| pointed as a committee of conference
on the part of the Senate, Messrs
Gardner of Penobscot, Clark of Han
cock and Guernsey of Piscataquis.
Passed to be Engrossed.
Resolve in favor of the University of
Maine. blouse amendment b adopted
| in cOncurrence)
! Resolve in favor of Maine State Lii
brary.
Resolve in favor of Louis Long in
Washington county and Big lake.
An Act to amend Chapter 33 of the
Public Laws of 1887. blouse amend
| ment A adopted in concurrence
An Act relating to open season for
| fishing in Wilson lake in the town of
Wilton.
An Act to permit the use of purse
seineS in Damariscotta river. blouse
amendment A adopted in concurrence.
Resolve providing for clerk hire in
the State library.
An Act to correct clerical errors and
| make plain the meaning of and amend
Chapter 80 of the Revised Statutes, as
amended by Chapter AZ of the Public
| Laws of 1899, and as amended by
Chapters 222 and 27S of the Public
Laws of 1901 and Chapter 326 of the
Private and Special Laws of 1901. and
acts reported from the committee on
| inland fisheries and game, relating to
| inland fisheries and game.
| Resolves in relation to the publica-
| ton and distribution of the Revised
| Statutes.
Resolve in favor of Castine State
Normal School.
BY Mr.. Dudley of Aroostook: Re-
solve in favor of cattle commission of
the State of Maine for the proven
| ton of foot and mouth disease among
animals. On the same senators mo-
ton the bill took it's several readings
under suspension of the rules, and
was passed to be engrossed without
reference or printing.
On motion by Mr.. Clark of Hancock,
it was. Ordered. That the justices Ct
the supreme judicial court are request
ed to give to the Senate, by July 1st,
next. their opinion on the questions
submitted to them on the order passed
by the Senate, March %, 1908, as the
commissioners for the promotion of'ini-
formity of legislation in the United
States. Charles F. Libby, II. E. Hamlir
ard Frank NJ. Higgins, appointed in ac-
cordance with Chapter 1873 of the Pub
lie Laws of 1895. have reported to His
Excellency. John r. Hill. Governor 81
Maine, December. 1902, that the Public
Laws of 1895. Chapter Is, Section !,
tdeprives insurers of the right of trial
by jury on the most important question
that ordinarily arises under fire in-
surance policies, viz: the question Of
loss or damage suffered by the in
sured." and further report the constitu-
tonality of such a statute may be we'll
questioned as no voluntary waiver of a
constitutional right is So involved as
no choice in the form of insurance is
presented" which report the Governor
and Council submitted to the Legisla-
ture of Maine 1903. by message. which
was referred to the judiciary commit
tee. which said committee referred the
same back to the committee on mer-
camille affairs and Insurance. During
the present session of the Legislature
the following act has been introduced
into the Legislature:
An Act to establish law uniform
with other states relative to insurance