Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-30

sion. I believe that this money is ap
propriated not only for a Legitimate
but for just purpose. believe tina
4 it is an imposition to ask professors o
colleges to stand the expense requires
to serve on this commission, and spent
/ their time without pay. / hope tina
the motion of the gentleman from
i Caribou will prevail.
Mr.. DOWNING Of Sorrento: Mr.
Speaker, 1 would like to say in reply
I to the gentleman from Nobleboro thai
now the steed has been stolen and we
propose to shut the stable door. CAP
plause).f .-.tr t4u '.
The question being, ON the motion to
substitute the resolve for the report,
The motion was agreed to.
On motion of Mr.. Irving of Caribou
the rules were suspended, the resolve
was read twice and was passed to be
eDgrossed.
Passed to be enacted: An Act to
amend Sections 2 and 16 of Chapter Is
of the Revised Statutes, relating to
corporations.
On motion of Mr.. Sewall of Bath, the
vote was reconsidered whereby the
House passed to be engrossed bill, An
Act for the protection of shore birds.
Mr.. Sewall offered House amend
ment G. to insert before the word
Lincoln" the word Knox
The amendment was adopted, and
the bill was then passed to be en-
crossed as amended.
On motion of Mr.. Pettengill of Rum
ford, report AZ of the Committee on
Legal Affairs, reporting Ought to
pass" on bill in new draft, An Act de-
filming and charging the duties of juries
in trials of misdemeanors, and report
"B" of same committee reporting
Ought not to pass" on bill, An Act de-
filming and charging the duties of
juries in trials of misdemeanors was
taken from the table, and report "B"
was accepted.
On motion of Mr.. Pettengill of Rum
ford, order relating to taxation of land
in unincorporated places, was taken
from the table and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Butler Of South
Thomaston. bill, An Act relating to a
franchise tax on sleeping and palace
cars, was taken from the table.
On motion Of Mr.. Butler, the vote
was reconsidered whereby this bin
was passed to be engrossed.
Mr.. Butler offered House amend
ment A, by striking out the words "and
all business from points in other states
or countries to points in other states
or countries and passed through the
state of Maine
The amendment was adopted and
the bill was then passed to be en-
crossed as amended.
On motion Of Mr.. Libby of Mechanic
Falls, bill, An Act to amend Section
of Chapter 81 Of the Revised Statutes
relating to notice Of foreclosure on
of personal property, was
taken from the table.
The bill was then passed to be en-
acted.
On motion of same gentleman, bill.
An Act to grant certain powers to the
Hancock county trustees of public
was taken from the
table.
The bill was then passed to be en-
crossed.
China, report Of the Committee on
Taxation relating to the taxation of
lands in unincorporated places, was
taken from the table, and on further
motion by the same gentleman. the
same was referred to the next Legisla-
ture.
On motion of Mr.. Thompson of
China, resolve for screening lakes, was
taken from the table.
Mr.. THOMPSON of China: Mr..
Speaker it is a question for us to de-
eide whether it shall be the duty of
the people locally to care for these
fish. or whether it shall be the policy
of the State to screen the lakes, and it
seems to me that we need to develop
some local interest in this matter,
that we of the State of Maine are doing
a great deal to stock these lakes with
fish. making large appropriations for
that purpose, and that we want to de-
velop some local interest in this mat
ter. 1t seemed almost dangerous to
me to put upon the State the burden of
doing this work.
1t is not so much the cost of the
screens that the State is putting in,
but that it takes away from the people
locally that interest. We recognize
the principle that it is not safe to
take away from local communities, in
terest in this matter. We were told
that we should not reduce the school
fund locally, because people would
lose their interest in schools. l believe
If this resolve passes that in two
years from now and in the future we
shall have practically this work to do
by the State: and 1 move that the re-
solve be indefinitely postponed.
The motion was agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Weeks of Fair
field. An Act to cede jurisdiction of
State of Maine to the United States of
America over so much land as has
been or may be hereafter acquired for
public purposes of the United States,
was taken from the table.
The bill was then passed to be en-
acted.
On motion of Mr.. Clarke of Noble
boro, the vote whereby the House
passed to be enacted bill relating to
the alewive fishery at Damariscotta
Mills. was reconsidered, and on further
motion by Mr.. Clarke the vote was re-
whereby the bill was passed
to be engrossed.
Mr.. Clarke offered House amendment
A. by inserting after the words "fif-
tenth day of July" the words 'in the
years 1908 and 1904"