Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-13

an emergency clause attached, fur
$37. 900, and which was laid .on the
table, and that it be assigned specially
for Wednesday of next week.
Mr. WING of Auburn: / raise
point of order.
The SPEAKER: Will the gentle
man from Auburn please state MS
point or order.
Mr.. WING: l raise the point of no
quorum.
The SPEAKER: The Chair will
count. The Chair announces that
there are IS members present, a quor-
UNI of the House The gentleman from
Orrington has moved that we recon
slider the vote whereby the resolve Ill
favor of the Eastern Maine Insane hos
pital to provide for deficiencies failed
of a passage
The motion was agreed 10.
Hr Tibbetts further moved that the
resolve be specially assigned for next
Wednesday.
The motion was agreed to.
On motion by Mr.. Rounds of Port
land, bill, An Act to amend Section
l15 Of Chapter Is of the Revised stat
utes. relating to public schools, was
taken from the tdDle.
Mr.. ROUNDS: l now move that this
bill pass to be engrossed. and l want
to say in reference to this matter that
while it takes Il large appropriation,
something over $4,000 more than II
did two years ago or last year. that
the methods of bookkeeping in the aud
itor's office have changed somewhat so
that it has to come from this appro-
priation; and ] therefore move that this
bill be passed to be engrossed.
The motion was agreed to, and the
hill was passed to be engroSSed as
amended.
On motion by Mr. Moulton Of Cum
berland, bill. I'm Act to amend Chap
ter 1873 of the Laws of 1907, prohibiting
the publications relating to patent med
icineS or other medicines i'll language
of immoral tendency or of ambiguous
character and protecting the public
against the dangers from an indis-
oriminate distribution of samples OF
medicine. was taken from the table.
The pending question being its ref
crence t. q committee
Mr. Moulton moved that it be refer
rcd 10 the committee on public health.
The motion was agreed to.
On motion by Mr.. Rounds Of Port
land, bill, An Act to restore Portland
bridge, was taken from the table.
MIR. Rounds offered House Amend
ment "a" and moved that the bill and
amendment be laid or. the table pend
ing action upon the amendment, and
that the amendment be printed.
The motion was agreed to.
On motion By Mr.. Kelley of Booth
bay. the vote was rcconsidered where
by bill, An Act to amend Section l Of
Chapter e94 Of the Private and Spc-
cial Laws of 1901, was passed to be
"ngrC sscd.
Mr. Kelley then offered l1ousH
Amendment "A" to amend the title by
adding thereto the following words:
Relating to a bridge over the tide
waters of Boothbay Harbor.'
The amendment was adopted.
ON further motion by Mr.. Kelley. the
bill was passed to be cngrossed as
amended.
On motion by Mr.. Peters of Ellis
worth, bill. An Act to authorize the
Bar Harbor and Union River Power
Co. to acquire the property and fran
chises of the Ellsworth Power Supply
Co, was taken from the table.
Mr. Peters then offered House
Amendment a." to amend by striking
cut Section Of the bill and inserting
in place thereof the following Section:
Section o The locations of posts,
wires and fixtures of both the Bar
Hlrhor and Union River Power CO.
and the Ellsworth Power Supply Co
within the limits of any street, road
or way as now located. established and
maintained are hereby confirmed and
made valid"
The amendment was adopted.
On further motion by Mr.. Peters the
bill received its third reading and was
passed to pc engrosscd as amended.
From the Senate: Mr.. Hamilton
from the committee of legal affairs,
reported IN a new draft and ought to
pass" bill. Al. Act to amend An Act
relating to the police court of the city
of Rockland. This report was read and
accepted III the Senate. Subsequently
the bill was read twice and passed to
b. engrosscd. and the vote was recon
sidcred whereby the bill was passed to
be crgrosscd and the bill was recon-
mtted to the committee on legal af-
fairs.
On motion of Mr.. Marshall of Port
land. TIE House non-conCurred in re-
committing the same to the committee
OH legal affairs.
On motion by Mr.. Burse of Pitts
field. resolve amending Section I. Arti-
Gle of the Constitution of Maine. re-
lating to the election Of judges by di~
rect vote of the people. was taken from
the table
The pending question being its ref
crencn to a committee Mr.. BurSe moved
that it he referred to the committee on
judiciary.
Tho motion was agreed to.
ON motion of Mr.. Allen of Jones
borO bill, An Act to amend Section 9
Of Chapter - of the Revised Statutes
of tie year Of Our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and nine. relating to jail
sentence for maintaining liquor nui-
sance, was taken from the table
the pending question being it's ref
ercncc to a committee Mr.. Allen moved
t.dt il be referred to the committee en-
temperance.