Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-18

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the publisher. to and including the day
set for hearing; they shall be uniformly
printed in type not larger than nonpareil,
set solid. and without display either In
| the headings or in the body of the adver-
tisements.
Sect s. When an assignment for
| hearing is made by a legislative commit
| tee. 1t shall be .he duty of its secretary
to forthwith transmit to the secretary of
State a notice giving the subject. time
and place of hearing. upon a blank form
| to be furnished by the secretary of State.
Sect. 6. 1t shall be the duty of-the sec
| rotary of State. l. To transmit to the
publisher of the newspaper with whom
| such contract is made. copies of the
notices received by him under section 4.
and keep a strict account thereof. >.
To cause to be posted in six conspicuous
places in the State House. copies of the
bulletins described in section ). imme-
dately upon receiving them.
8. To audit the accounts for advertis-
ing said hearings, and report the same
| to uhe Governor and Council for their
approval.
4. TO furnish blank form. approved by
tine Governor and Council. to the several
| legislative committees, for the notices
for their hearings.
Sect. :. If satisfactory bids are not re-
Ceived uader section ,. of this act. the
Governor and Council may make such
other arrangements for the advertising
| of such hearings as they shall deem to be
tor the best interests of the State
Sect. s. The expense of the advertis-
inc lad
the appropriation for printing
Mr.. SHAW. Mr.. Preside mt, l wish to
offer short explanation of the bill
| itself. think it is hardly necessary
| to say anything about Section 3, as its
| intent is very clear. Section 3 reads
Such bids shall be for furnishing. dur
| ing the session Or sessions of the in
coming Legislature, the following: l.
To the Secretary OF State for the use
of members of such Legislature and
the State Departments 500 copies Of
each Issue CT me newspaper. WHINE
IL hours after its public alton. That
| time limit is fixed as il is so as to al
| low papers that are published in the
| evening tc be delivered here at the be
| ginning of business hours the mex:
| morning. OF course the morning issue
| would be here very mut h earlier: and
in fact the evening edition would be at
the State House much earlier but
| would not be delivered to the Secretary
of State because ne would not be in
his office, perhaps. earlier than s
| o'ciock in the morning.
| The bulletins are--siX of them-for
posting in conspicuous places in the
State House. The idea Of myself Was
| that two should be posted on each of
| the three floors. where they could be
! conl eniently seen By the members or
anyone who visited the state House.
| The other bulletins could be used TO
send away by the members to their
| constituents, to notify them of hear
ings, and in this way to give them an
especial notice by marking these bulle-
tins and mailing them the cost of
whicl, would be slight.
| ,. The sending to citizens of the
State of paper during the session at
a nominal cost of one dollar. This was
talked of, and we thought as well,
perhaps. to put it AT fifty cents. That
seemed too small an amount. and one
dollar did not seem unrea SOnable. If
parties We're interested in legislative
|
ing to pay that. ! realize that it is :,
small amount 20 pay for the publica-
ton of news4Dape.'. but the additional
part can be paid by the State.
/ think the section is perfectly clear:
and while l have seen some newspaper
comments or It. I think it is hardly
| worth while to discuss that section any
farther.
Section 4 provides pat icularly for
| the style of type. which is practically
what is used today.
| Sc rtion > provides that notice shall
| be given by :ha Secretary of the Com
mittee to the Secretary of State.
Sections 6 and provide for a uniform
system Of having these notices sent to
the paper which is authorized to pub
1ish them. and also to keep a record of
| them in the Office of the Secretary OF
| state. so that at the end of the SEES
sion it may he checked up. and the
State may know that it is paying for
what it authorized and aching more.
Section : also provides that in the
event the newspapers should not see
fit to bid for this business the Cover
nor and Council may make such other
arrangements 3s they Geem for the
best interest oe the State.
Section provides for the payment OF
1.-THE business.
| This matter has been in my mini
ever since I have BEEN Il me inber of the
| Legislature. and this is my third term
1t was brought to my mind in several
ways. in the first place. I. myself an,!
l know that other members of the COM
mIttees have been approached and
urged very strongly to send all the
rotiCes possible eaci, to his particular
paper. It is a perfectly natural thing
that a member from certain district
should feel disposed to favor his Local
paper. as he is aware that others are
being favored in a similar manner.
have also known, and | krOW today that
ii has been a practice by some-not by
Ill of the newspapers of the State-tC
copy. without authority. notices from
other papers. and to render a bill there
for: and l know that IN many cases
those bills have been paid. I know, also
that in some cases payment has beer
refused. l also know, and have beer
told. that in some cases secretaries and
clerks have not been particular enoug,