Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-27

urc. When / 80 back to m" con@titr
cnts ! knew l Shall be criticised for
something ! have DONE | expect TO lie
consural and l am not dead sure but
will be Eobbcd. but / do not want to be
laughed 1T: ana iC ! should vote for
ills bill ana ~ Lack 10 my cunHtitu-
ontS | un;:!d Lc received Wth dcrisiyr
laughter This lii is different than
anything in the heavens above or th2
Garth beneath. NJ bill or this kind WAS
ever presented to any Legislature in
any state in the county. Ii is not Wi;l-
iii the province OF the Legislator" to
say what words shall mean in certain
statutes, hut we leave to IcXicogrlplc!s
ara dictionary makers the defining Of
words. IL We go back to our hnm g
having defined the dog or constituents
will ask US il we are going :" revise tnr
dictionary Why we did net "nlIlrn 4"
with IA" and make Il System .ir JIM "t
it. beginning with alligator s.!i gning
down to zebra. They will ask ny We
should begin in the middle of the Hlpha-
bet 10 Il fine dog" and if We Il 'inCd
dog" Why not Grlinc the daschunJ rs
u dog that is q dog and Il half long ,t!i
half 4 dog high.
:, Thero II SON" merit in Tie rrOpOsiti"
inst unielics this. There Is !. statUt-
that provides THAI any person VINO
shall tor ure. MANN, di.:ii;ur" Or NAL
treat Il domestic animal -hall suffer
certain penalty. \ man named H""ri-
ms;l WAS srrc.-t"l ID" VIOLATING tIat
Law lie was tallea before Tie court
ana tnc case went to to- law court;
but tho law court determined that in
;l1at statue, as the word domestic ami
NAL was used in li!at law, the word Co.
mcstic animal did not include dogs
that LEGISLATURE did not have il mtIl
the dog: when it used the term ''domcS-
tic animal Ill passing that statute.
Now the .lanifestly proper thing To DO,
the reasonable and dignitied thing ~
a.. which meets every demand Of the
gentleman fron Bangor and which
eVcl body would agree 10. l have TO
doIiJj. would he to amend that statute
so as 20 have i read: Whoever tor
lures mains, or 0isiicurcS 4 domestic
animal including the dog" or domestic
animal and GnG-no one would obj;
to that: but when 4" undertakes to Dc
fine the dog rs q domestic animal with
out any reference w any particular
statute which enters into ali TIL" stat
utcs and modifi"g all til" ,tatUi"s which
Iatng TO civil procedure. ne 40 Mt know
what effect il VIII have. | object u il
and | hope it will not have a passage.
Tho question being put upon The cues
ton to indefinitely postpone. tho mo-
ton prevailed AMI the bill was ind-ii-
rit"ly postponed.
on motion Of Mr.. Staples of Knox
House Document No. $50 WAS taken
a, iIft, Ia
amend Revised Statutes. about taxation
Of corporate franchises, the pending
question second reading.
Mr. Hesclton of kcnnehcc moved thu
the bill he indefinitely postponed. Cor
discussion sec record.
A YEA ana nay vote was called for
and the resulted as follows: Those yot-
ing yea were Megsrs. Aver, failev,
Brown. Clarke. Hesclton. Libby, Merrill,
Mills. Page. Parkhurst, Putnam, I;i"",
Simpson. Strarn4 90. Those voting
nav wcro Mcsers. BarrpVa, Curtis,
Doascy. Eaton. F"&s G1rcclon, Hast
irre. Houston, Irving. Phlonn. Troct.,c,
scwan. STAPLES. Tartrr. Thcrdult, Wy
man N6). 50 the motion was lost. on
motion by Mr. Scwall Of s'aradahoc the
bill took it's second reading and was
PASSED to be cngrOSs"d.
On motion by Mr.. Dcasy Of Hancock,
House Document NJ. 57S was token
from the table the same being bill to
provide free toll bridges.
Mr.. Mills of Hancock submitted SEN
ate amendment "A" and moved Its
adortior. (For discussion see record.
The question being pat upon the
adoption. the molten was lost.
IN motion of Mr. Hastings of oyfDrl