Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-17

! RumfOrd Falls Lignt anu W"e0A win
pany.
An Act to confirm the title OF Ram
Island in Hancock county.
An Act creating lien on shovel nan
die blocks.
| An Act for the protection OF deer In
York county
| An Act to provide for bounty on
wild cats.
Finally Passed.
Resolve in favor Of the town OF Sebec
Resolve in favor Of Mary A. Goodwin
of Kittery
| Resolve in favor Of Drew Plantation.
Resolve in favor Of the Maine school
| for feeble minded.
Resolve in favor Of the Androscoggin
Valley Agricultural Society in the coun-
ty of Oxford.
Resolve in favor of Stacyville Plan
tation in Penobscot county.
Resolve in favor Of Freeman 3. An
drews, late Of 9th Unassigned Maine
Volunteers
Resolve in favor Of the town of Con-
cord in Somerset county.
Resolve in favor of Donald M. Hast
ings Of Bristol. Maine, Company f,
fOuTtH Maine lDIanIFy, 1891.
Resolve relating to documentary his
tory of Maine.
The SPEAKER: The Chair will lay
before the House a bill upon it's pas
sage to be enacted, An Act to app
propriate money for the protection Of
trees and shrubs from the Introduction
and ravages Of dangerous insects and
diseases. This bill contains an emer-
gency clause and under the constitu-
ton, if passed to be enacted, it must
receive the affirmative votes of at
least two-thirds of all the members
elected to this House.
A division, was had and III voted
in the affirmative and l in the mega
tive.
So the bill was passed to be enacted.
The SPEAKER: The Chair will lay
before the House An Act to appropri-
ate money for the expenditure of gov
eminent for the year 1909. This bill
is now placed upon it's passage to be
enacted. 1t contains an emergency
clause. Under the constitution, il
passed to be enacted, it must receive
the affirmative votes of at least two
thirds of all the members elected to
this House.
A division was had and 100 voted
in the affirmative and none in the
negative.
So the bill was passed to be enacted.
Orders Of the Day.
The SPEAKER: The Chair will lay
before the House the unfinished bust
ness from yesterday. the motion of the
gentleman from Watervile (Mr. Pat
tangalD to take from the table the re-
solve providing for an amendment o
the constitution empowering the Gov
ernor to remove sheriffs. The ques-
ton is on the motion of the gentle
man from South Portland to lay IN
the table the motion to take the -e-
solve from the table.
Mr.. SPEAR of South Portland: Mr..
Speaker. I withdraw my motion.
Mr.. MOORE of Saco: Mr.. Speaker.
I rise to a question of parliamentary
inquiry Can a member who has made
a motion and it has been seconded and
is before the House, withdraw it with
out unanimous consent?
The SPEAKER: The Chair will
call the attention of the House and
the gentleman from Saco to Rule sc:
after motion or order is stated or
read by the Speaker, and seconded. it
shall be regarded as in the possession
of the House and shall be disposed
of by vote Of the House. But any mo-
ton or order. may be withdrawn by
the mover at any time before de-
ciSion or amendment except a motion
to reconsider. which shall not be with
drawn except by consent of the
House"
Mr. MOORE: The Chair rules that
a motion to lay on the table may he
withdrawn by the mover?
The SPEAKER: The Chair has so
held.
Mr.. MOORE: I shall appeal from
the decision of the Chair. l do not
think a motion to lay on the table can
be withdrawn when it is before the
House without the consent of the
House; it is a pending motion and
should be decided by a vote of the
House 1t cannot be withdrawn at the
mere desire of the member moving it,
and it ought not to be. 1t is a meas
ure before the House and it should
be decided by the House, and do not
believe that it can properly be with
drawn at the desire of the member
from the decision of the Chair, and
upon that l ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr.. BURLEIGH of Augusta: Mr.
Speaker, if the English language is
capable of being stated plainly it
seems to me it is in Rule So where it
says that amy motion or order may
be withdrawn by the mover at any
time before a decision or amendment.
except motion to reconsider, which
shall not be withdrawn except by con-
sent of the House." That Rule is bind
ing on this House. 1t seems to me
there is no need or arguing that pro-
position.
Mr. BIGELOW of Portland Mr.
Speaker, in Kinds Digest of Parlia-
mentary Precedents of Congress it
states that a member may withdraw
or modify his motion at any time be-
fore there has been a decision upon it,
Mr.. MOORE: 1 don't understand
that we are running by Reeds Rules
or Kinds Digest. This is House
matter, and when a member makes a
motion and it is seconded it is bust