Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-26

In the House Thursday the motion of
Representative Pattangall of Water
vile t., indefinitely postpone the re-
solve in favor OF the enlargement OF
The State House was defeated by q
vote Of 81 to So. Representative Pat
taneall was the only one to speak in
favor Of the motion for indefinite post
ponement, While opposed to 1t Wer+
| heard Repre- SeCtativeS Boyer and
Rounds of Portland, Burleigh of Au-
susta and Hersey of Houlton. The
resolve in 1avCr Of the enlargement Of
| the State House or the building of q
suitable Office building adjacent there
| to. calling for $4,000 for 1909, and
s1ao.ooo in 1910 was then passed to be
cngrosSed.
! When the resolve to amend the con
stitution so as to provide for the cleo
ton Of attorney general, directly by
State and state treasurer directly by
! the people came from the Senate with
the majority report of the committee
on judiciary ought not to pass, accept
I cd. on motion of Representative Davies
| of Yarmouth it was voted that the
House insist upon the acceptance Of
the minority report, ought to pass, and
| The committee on judiciary reported,
ought to pass, upon the act giving the
Governor power to remove delinquent
| county attorneys. A minority report,
ought not pass, was presented, signed
| E,- Representative Montgomery OF
Camden The question of the accept
ance OF the report was assigned for
Tuesday next.
49, L
sailing in d vote Of 81 in favor to 50
against. the consideration of the bill
| prohibiting the Use of automobiles IN
| fhe town If Eden was reasslgned TO
| THURSDAY.
| TIE Donigan bridge bill was defeat
| I'd i'll the Senate by d vote of is to Ill.
Senator Donigan was the only one 10
speak in favor of his BILL which wa
| favored by the majority of the COM
mittec on ways and bridges. The min
ority report favoring the county bridge
| bill. otherwise known as the TherriaWt
| bill was favored by Senator'S Wyman,
Baxter and Therriault and by the vote
recorded above the minority report was
accepted.
| The bill providing for the removal Of
| The si:ire town of York was amendel
| in the Senate by the 50 called Smith
amendments, which provide that tee
matter b. voted on at the general
| election, rather than a special election.
The amendments were adopted by o
vote of Il to 6.
| The Bates College resolve was ia
rorably reported, carrying $:2,o5p per
year for two years, for a central heat
| ing plant
| ME judiciary committee returned
divided report i'll the Eaton bill, TIE
| Republican members signing the ma
| iority report ought to pass. and the
! Democratic member. Representative
Montgomery reporting for the uncon-
ditional repeal Of the Sturgis la". the
| matter was assigned to next WcdneS-
| day.
| The committee on sea and shore
fisheries reported adversely Thursday
| on the bill TO allow a fish warden %
seize the entire contents Of any rcccn-
| 1ac;c in which illegal Holsters an"
| found
| The committee on salaries and fees
reported adversely on the bill IT, in
| crease the salary Of the factory lnspcE-
tor and favOrahly on a bill to increase
! the salary Of the warden of the State
| prisor The warden asked for $4,000 IN
place Of $500. The committee says
$500
/ The committee en- temperance mas
voted to report unanimously in fav"r
Of the Hastings bill and divides on
ra,ty limos on rcsubnlisGioT, Alien,
Snow and Pullman signing the minor
ity report in favor Of the resolve.
Senator Baxter of Cumberland pre-
scented ali act providing that no cor
poraticn unless expressly authorized
so to do by special act of legislation
| shall transmit or convey beyond the
confines Of the State for the purpose
Of furnishing power, heat or hght, am
electric current generated directly or
Indirectly by any water power in this
state: nCr sell or furnish, directly or
indirectly, to any person, firm or cor
pnrution. any electric current so gen"
Grated to be transmitted or conveyed
.,cyond the confines of the State for
| any of such purposes. Violation OF
the law is to be purchased by forfel-
ture of corporate rights and franchises.
Senator Hamilton of York introduced
an act repeating Section 3 Of Chap
ter 143 of the Revised Statutes as
amended by Chapter 120 Of the laws of
1907 relating to the State School for
Bows. This is the section, which pro-
vides for the payment Of expenses by
towns.
Senator Warren Of Cumberland pre-
sented a resolve making the regular
appropriations for the State School for
Boys. The amounts asked are as fol-
low 1319-current expenses, $20,500;
repairs and improvements, $4,000; pro-
viding homes for boys and visiting
: boys on probation, $500; conveyance OF
boys to school, $1,000; subsistence ane