Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-12
uA,NE LEGISLATURE.
continued from Page Eighty

inc Quaker: The Chair will lay be-
House a resolve in favor Of the
Maine Insane hospital. to provide
s.soiencies, and which is now placed
,ts final passage. 1t contains an
oh .ov clause. If this resolve finally
q must be by an affirmative vote
:, least two-thirds of all the members
E,eed to this house,
d;vision was had.
ding the announcement of the vote
Pun, of Portland called for the
AS and nays.
rss motion was lost.
go hundred having voted in the af-
~sti,e and five in the negative, the re-
Ealing to receive the vote of two
If all the members elected to the
w. failed of a passage.
- SPEAKER: The Chair will lay
the House Resolve in favor of
Maine Insane hospital. for the COM
-, If the criminal insane building.
..so,ve carries an emergency clause,
y nnder the constitution if finally pass
49,, receive an affirmative vote of at
thirds of all the members elect
10 this House
:. WING of Auburn: Mr.. Speaker,
dssre to read from the constitution
w. state. AN emergency bill shall
.,,de only such measures DIS are I'M
sai.t4lv necessary for the preserva-
T. Of the public peace, health or
..,,, and shall not include % an
easement of the right of home rule
Municipalities. CD franchise or a
.,so IN a corporation or an individ-
: ~ extend longer than one year, or
!, r,ovision for the sale or purchase
,sotipg for more than five years of
:, estate" I ask the House to con-
asr the constitution of this State.
n, nAVIES of Yarmouth: Mr..
...L.r 7 feel that the money that has
Esn appropriated or recommended by
oommittfe tor insane hospitals
ala reach those institutions at the
,rliest possible moment. We must
msmber that these poor unfortunates
! Yards of the state, and the taking
70 If them is an incident to the
,ats.s sovereignty. Now, it is a well
,opo fact that the condition in the
,,,r, hospitals Of the State of Maine
uoht 10 he deplored. | think it might
soid that there are at least 200 peo-
and ncrhaps more who are sleep
!. in omen wards in the Insane hos
tta,s Of the state of Maine. Some OF
hose are menace to themselves ana
.nr great danger upon some of the
ttendants. and | feel that anything
hat ran be done should be done Tor
4 nurpose of seeing that the sums
mich have been recommended by the
o,n1o,ftee on Insane hospitals should
into the hands OF these institutions
the earliest possible moment.
Mr.. BIGELOW of Portland: Mr.
p4akar, the short section of the con-
kitution which was read by the gem
beman from Auburn (Mr. Wing)
hight have a tendency to lead the
House 10 hesitate to determine that
bis particular measure was an cmer-
kncy measure A few days ago / was
conversation with some of the JUS
res of The supreme judicial court OF
bis State relative to this particular
ppostion that the Legislature had
Inc up against. What they said to
Of course. was informal but it was
bstantially something like this: That
M fnUic lot of f.
BIZ what constitutes an emergency,
hd was led to believe if this matter
Der should reach the supreme judi
al court that at least some of its
lembers would put that Interpretation
p0n that particular clause in the con-
hutton; that this House is the sole
dge of what constitutes an emergen-
Now, It seems to me that these
articular appropriations relative TO
hsane hospitals might be determined
be and come under the head of
hergency appropriations. Undoubted-
they are necessary, and if the instl-
uton Is to be handicapped by q three
onths delay before the appropriations
Fdde by this Legislature become avail
sle' it seems to me to be an unneces-
hry hardship and one which the franz
Of this particular section of the
restitution did not contemplate. l
oP the House will consider this par
pcuar measure to be an emergency
hsas,re.
Mr. DAVIES of Yarmouth: Mr..
7 "a
taken it be taken by the yeas and
Eys
ire notion was agreed to.
AT. MONTGOMERY of Camden: Mr..
FaKer, | would like to ask what this
sSo!ye covers.
lie SPEAKER: Does the gentleman
e'n Camden desire to have the re-
Give read
ar MONTGOMERY: Not wholly.
ia. Is the appropriation for? If the
'aker can Just state to the House
mai The appropriation is for.
ine SPEAKER: The resolve provides
Wv ''eFe De and hereby Is approprlat-
sum OF $4,000 for the year 1909
ue use of the Maine Insane hos
'a' Tor the following purposes. for
completion and furnishing of the
'"''hal insane building.
ar WING of Auburn: Mr.. Speaker,
reS " raise point of order.
.e SPEAKER: Will the gentleman
e state his point of order.
ni' WING: My point of order is
.hlS resolve is not accompanied by
NJ u'Heleht statement of facts.
The SPEAKER: This resolve is
Ma upon its final passage. The
~ not the judge of the sutficien-
VI the statement of facts. After
examination of this matter the
=, ~ OF the opinion that the House