Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-17
Evening Session.


Special assignment: Majority ant
minority reports OF the committee OF
temperance. reporting ought not t,
pass in new draft. and ought to pass il
new draft. on Bill to provide for prop.
er labelling proprietary medicine.
On notion of Mr. Milliken of Island
Falls. both reports pending the accept
ance of either Were laid upon the table
Mr. KimbalI OF Ecockland, moved t.
adjourn.
A division being had, the motion
was lost by Il vote of 10 to 80.
Mr.. Higgins of Limerick, raised tn.
point of no quorum
The question being to determine the
presence of quorum, the roll was
called and no quorum was found to be
present, 50 members answering to theil
names.
Mr.. Reed of Portla nd requested the
Chair to note as present and not vot-
ing Messrs. Higgins of Limerick
Holmes Of Caribou, LittIefield of Rock
land. Powers of Hmnon, Nash of
Kennebunk. kimbalH of Rockland.
Scribner of Springfield Kinsman of
Cornville. Hastings of Bethel. Laliberte
of Fort Kent and Stevens of Portland.
The SPEAKER: The Chair is I'M
able to see the members that the gen.
tleman has mentioned.
Mr.. REED: They lodged out, the
most of them, and are standing i'll the
corridor.
The SPEAKER: Only 50 having an
Swerei to their names. there is no quo
rum present. The Chair cannot count
{; member as present unless he sees
him visibly.
Mr.. REED: I move that the Chair
compel the attendance of such mem-
berS as can be reached.
The SPEAKER: The Chair has no
power to do so; it is in the province
of the House.
Mr.. REED: I move that the House
Go compel their attendance.
The SPEAKER: The gentleman will
reduce his motion to writing. The Chair
will put the motion. but the Chair will
inform the gentleman from Portland
that the messengers in order to carry
out the order of the House must be
empowered bv certain precipts to bring
them here bodily. The House | presume
could issue its warrant to arrest men,
bers and bring them here. This is the
gent tenants motion that the House
through it's messengers compel the at
tendance of absent members. Is it the
pleasure of the House to give the or
der a passage?
The motion WAS agreed to.
The SPEAKER: The messengers vii,
obey. U4aughterD
M. REED: l move the adoption of
the mia jority report on the pending
question.
The SPEAKER: The only motion
that the Chair can entertain is on the
question of securing d quorum or of
adjourninG.
MIR. POWERS of Houlton: l move
| that we adjourn, there being no quo
| rum present.
The motion was lost.
Mr. REED: | would ask if the Chair
will entertain Il motion for a roll call
| to retermine if d quorum is now pres
ent?
The SPEAKER: The clerk will call
| the roll to determine if a quorum is
present.
The roll WAS called and 81 members
having answered to their names, "a
quorum was found to be present.
Mr.. Holmes of Caribou, moved to ad-
jouln.
Mr. Baxter OF Portland. called for
| the yeas and nays on the motion.
The motion vas lost.
The question then being, shall the
House adjourn.
The motion was lost.
Mr. Reed moved that majority and
| minority reports of the Committee on
Taxation. reporting ought to pass
and ought not to pass" or Bill, Relat-
| ing to taxation of mortgages on real
| estate be assigned for consideration on
| Tuesday morning OF next week at the
| eXpIa ion of the morning hour.
| The question being, shall the matter
| be assigned fo.' next Tuesday at the
expiration Of the morning hour. Mr..
Reed called for The yeas and nays on
the motion.
| The motion was lost
| The question being shall the matter
be assigned for next Tuesday at the
| expiration of the morning hour.
| The motion was agreed to.
| On motion of Mr.. Hastings Of Bethel
| bill relating to cruelty to animals, was
| taken from the table.
The bill was read twice and on fur
Their motion by Mr.. Hastings, the rules
were suspended. the bill received its
third reading and was passed to be
| engrossed.