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

priation for that department--besiG
other Tees which he receives, in Dursu-
ahce or the duties of his Office.
MT. president. it is not "a tim, when
we shouid raise salaries. We have
peeh raising them on about every State
olilcer TINS year, and if he is entitled to
nave his salary raised. then every
othef man in the State of Maine.
am willing every man should he paid
lar compensation for his services,
Dut Wheh he was willing to Take the
Posi'loh year after year for $1,000, and
you have taken from him a part of
ms "uties, then to raise his salary
10 siooo seems to me to be an outrage
upon the taxpayers of this State.
MI. STETSON Of Penobscot: Mr..
President. AS Il member of the COM
mittee on salaries. / simply wish to
say 10 the senators that | was not here
yesterday when the matter was under
discussion. and although ] have not
huch TO say, | wish to say a few words
III regard to the hearing before that
committee. Mr., Nicllerson appeared be-
Iore that committee and stated that
ms time was practically occupied dur
ing the whole year, that his duties
We're large. that they We're important
that he had the management of large
sums OF Nancy. spent to great advan-
Itage to the State. particularly to the
shore counties. The committee afte,
carefully investigating the matter real
lied that it was an important office.
and we felt that the head of that office
should receive a salary commensurate
to the POSITION and in keeping with the
salaries of other department officials.
| There is no ether depa rtment official
| VhO receives under $1,000 a year and
We thought it only justice to that de-
nartment that he should receive that
amount, and the unanimous report of
| the committee was that the salary
should be $500 and l trust the motion
of the senator from Knox will not pre-
| vail.
| The question being put upon the mo-
ton of the Senator from Knox that the
bill be indefinitely postponed. the yeas
and nays were called for and ordered
and the vote being had resulted as fol-
lows. Those voting yea We're Messrs.
Gardner. Philoon. Putnam. Shackfor'l,
Staples. Tarter. Topper Cd. Those vot-
ing nay were Messrs. Aver. Bartlett.
Brown, Clark. Curtis, Kurdish. Hesel-
ton, knowlton. Mills, Morse, Owen.
Pierce. Pike. Plummer, Potter. Simp-
son. StetsOn %. So the motion was
lost.
The bill took its second reading. and
| was nassed TO be engrosscd
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and minority report "onght not to
pass" on bill to annex to Rogue Bluffs
certain islands forming a part of the
town of Jonesport. came up by special
assignment. Or motion by Mr.. Shack
ford Of Washington, the bill and ac-
cOmpanying report We're taken from
the table.
The same senator thereuron moved
that the minority report be SUBSTITUTE
ed for the ma iority report.
The presidents: In order that
the Senate may know tho fact. the
Chair will state that the majority re-
port ought to pass is signed by
Messrs Aver. Swazey. Curtis. Clark.
Hill, Thompson and WitherspOon. The
minority report fought not to pass" is
signed by Messrs. Snackford and \. y.
Shaw.
| Mr. SIIACKFORD of Washington:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Senate | wish to make a statement of
facts in regard to this bill and why /
oppose the passage of the same. Will
try and not take any more of your
time than 7 can help. There is Il petit
ton goes with this bill which I will
read. Joncsoort was set off from the
town of Jonesboro in 1892. Feb. 3. %
wears ago last month. At the time the
town was incorporated all the is
LANDS that were formerly Il part of
| Jonesboio We're set eff to the town OF
Jonesport, and among the islands was
the island now known as Gardeners is
land, one of the easternmost of the
~rOup which consists of about 1900
lacres of land, and has belonged to
Jonesnort up to the present time. al
though il has changed ownership sew
eral times.
In 1891 the town of Rogue Bluffs was
set off from the town of Jonesboro.
This part of the town of JOnesborO be-
fore Rouue bluffs was set of. was the
| nearest lanG to Gardeners island in that
town. and holding the same position
l
holds ut present. and in the 30 years
before Rogue Bluffs was set off Jones'
boro never made any claim to the pos
session of this island.
| In the year 1891. when an attempt
was made by the town of Rogue Bluffs
to have this Gardeners island set off
from Jonesport and annexed to Rogue
Eluffs That is when the town was in
corporated. 1t came before the LeSis-
lature in 1897 and was referred to the
lneXt Legislature. 1t was brought up
rlganagain in 1899 and was reported by
The committee Ought not to pass.
| Mr. HESELTON of kennebec: WIZ
the senator from Washington allow
me to ask who it was that brought this
matter ur in 1897 and 1899?
MIR. SHACKFORD. 1t was brought
up by IL netition as it is at this time:
by Il Detiticn of the inhabitants of
ROGUE Bluff to have this annexation.
Mr. HESEI.TON: Not by petition OF
the inha bitantS If Rogue Island.
| Mr.. SHACKFORD: There are no in
habitants. There is Il caretaker there.
hired by Mr.. Gardner, who is the own
| er of the island.