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

| sentatiVes Rounds and Marshall of
Portland spoke in favor of this special
| assignment and Representative Strict
land of Bangor spoke against it. On a
voice vote the motion of Representa-
| tive Rounds prevailed and the resolves
were specially assigned for Friday,
March s.
On motion Of Representative Mont
gomery OF Camden the bill relating to
| the choice Of assessors in towns. spec
! tally assigned for TUESDAY was reas
| signed TO March 8. Representative
Pattangall moved the substitution of
the bill abo!ishine the office Of assis
tant attorney general for the report Of
the committee. on legal affairs. ought
MOI to pass upon tie same bill. Rep
sentativcs Morse of Belfast, Smith OF
Berwick, ard Marshall of Portland
spoke against the motion and Repre-
sentative Pattangall Of Natervilie
spoke in favor of the motion. The mo-
tion to substitute the bill for the re
rnrt WAS lost ana the report was
adopted.
Representative Montgomery Of Cam
den asked for the postponement of the
consideration OF the majority and mi
noritv reports of committee on judici-
airy on bill, An Act empowering the
Governor to remove county attorneys,
reporting ought to pass in new draft,
ought not to pass. until Wednesday
morning. Representative Hersey of
Houltcn, who was assigned to speak
in favor of the majority report, ought
to pass, said that he was willing for
the acceptance Of the report to be
postponed to Wednesday. if the mat
ter could be considered the first thing
on the calendar speaker Weeks solved
the problem by at once recognizing q
motion for adjournment, which was
carried, placing the debate in order as
requested by Representative Hersey.
The business of the Legislature will
be greatly facilitated by the order IN
troduced by Senator Hastings of OK
ford and passed in concurrence by
both branches, ordering that the Leg
iSlature meet at 8 A. M. until further
notice Tho report of the committee on
salaries and fees of the 73d Legislature
regarding the investigation of the
State liquor agency system was, on
motion of Senator Milliken of Aroos-
took, ordered printed as far as the re-
port was concerned but not the evil
dencc.
Senator Cclcord of Waldo tabled the
resolve for increase in the salary of
Warden Rernes o. Norton of the Maine
State prison. The bill authorizing and
empowering the Hollingsworth K
Whitney Co. to erect and maintain
booms and piers in Kennebec river
and the bill amending tho charter of
the Dead River Log Driving Co. was
passed to he engrossed The bill in
creasing the salary of the judge of the
superior court of kennebec was passed
to be nngrossed.
Senator Baxter of Cumberland was
called to the Chair by President Deasy
and presided in a very satisfactory
manner. Senator Smith of York moved
that The act calling for the protection
of trees ana shrubs from the ravageS
Of dangerous insects be recalled from
the Governor and the votes reconsid-
cred whereby it was passed to be en-
crossed and passed to be enacted.
These motions being carried he then
proposed an amendment, reducing the
appropriation from s35. 900 to $4,000 and
on motion of Senator Macomber of
Kennebec the ORDER was tabled pending
the acceptance of the amendment. The
resolve in favor of fish hatchery at
Cold Stream, Enfield, was passed to be
engrosScd.
In the Holtse Tuesday Representa-
tive Joy of Eden introduced resolve
to provide for the appointment of q
commission to recodify the insurance
laws Of Maine. The resolve provides
for a commission of three persons to be
appointed by the Governor, one of
whom shall be the insurance commits
sioner, to recod!fy the insurance laws
IF lhe State, for the purpose, if posi-
BILE of making them more uniform With