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

An Act to authorize the kellogg Lum-
her Co. To erect and maintain piers anu
nooins at the mouth OF Moose river
and iii Long pond,
Passed to Be Enacted.
IN Act - amend Section of the
:rvised Statutes relating to taxation
N loan and building associations.
An Act authorizing the Merrill
Springer Co. to make. generate, sell.
distribute and supply gas or electricity
II botn for lighting, heating, manu-
'acturlrg or mechanical purposes.
"A Act t. amend Section 50 of Chap
er 81 of the Revised Statutes relating
o the registration Of vital statistics.
An Act to regulate fishing in Saddle
ack stream. sometimes called PeaSe
tream in Franklin county.
An Act in relation to supplies fur
lished any person or family while
laced in quarantine by the Board of
Iaalth.
An Act to regulate fishing i'll the
tributaries of Little Sebago lake, Cum
erland county.
An Act to amend the charter of the
,elief Association of the Portland fire
apartment.
An Act to amend Chapter is of thA
.eviSed Statutes relating to the STATE
.oard Of Health.
Finally Passed.
Resolve in favor of the Hospital Of
le Daughters of Wisdom, of the towi'
St. Agatha, Maine.
Resolve for the purpose of erecting
fish hatchery in Knox county.
Resolve in favor of the Children's
reflective Society of Portland.
Resolve ia favor of Webster plant"-
ion in the county of Penocscot.
Resolve in favor Of the Maine School
or the Deaf
Resolve in favor of John NJ. Taylor.
Resolve providing for the payment of
claims, accounts and demands against
the State, accrued prior to Jan. l, 1909,
and remaining unpaid by reason of in
sufficient appropriations.
The foregoing resolve to which was
lttached the emergency clause, was
inally passed, 2G senators voting in IA
vor of it's passage and there being no
votes opposed.
An Act to appropriate money for the
rejection of trees and shrubs from
he introduction and ravages of dam
-erous insects and diseases.
The foregoing resolve to which was
1ctached the emergency clause, was
asseu to be enacted, &c senators vot
i;g in favor of its passage, and there
eng no votes opposed.
Orders of the Day.
On motion by Mr.. Hamilton of York,
lAJa
ion, submitting now draft Of bill re-
'9ting to change Of shire town. said
Ill being An Act to submit to the le-
,al voters Of York county the ques
ion as to whether the shire town shall
re changed; and if SO, to establish the
hire town at Saco, Kennebunk or
sanford, was taken from the table. On
lotion by the same senator the report
as accepted
The same senator moved that the
ules be suspended and that the bill
AXE its first reading.
Mr.. Smith of York thereupon moved
ne adoption of the following amend
lents, namely: Senate Amendments
y, Is. G, ID and +, to Senate Document
20. 113, in new draft
Mr. SMITH: Mr.. President, In cX-
llanatlon. / desire to state that in
he adoption of Senate Amendment A
becomes necessary to adept the eth
amendments affecting other portions
f the bill. Senate Amendment A is as
ollOWS: "SectiOn | is amended by
triking out the first seven lines and
asserting in the place thereof the fol
owing: The selcctmen of the several
WINS and the mayors and aldermen of
he cities of TSiddcford and Saco in the
ourty of York, shall. at the next reg
lar election. held in September. 1910,
uGnIt to the voters of York the four
GLOWING questions. to wit"
Mr. HAMILTON of York: Mr.. Pres
lent and members of the Senate: As
;tated BY my colleague, the adoption
# the first amendment makes abso-
utely necessary the adoption Of the
,lher amendments; and so / an OBJ
POSED to the adoption of this amend
nCnt.
This is bill to submit to York coun-
V the question of locating its shire
own. ana. in the bill. it is provided
hat It is to be submitted to the pco-
,ic of York county on the second
Tuesday of September next. This
mendmeot is an amendment recurring
hat it should be submitted to the vot-
erS OF York county at the September
lection the next state ciection-that
is the substance Of the amendment
fine amendment is as to the time when
his matter is to be submitted to the
,eoplc of York county, whether 1T Il
;pecial election or at the general cleo
ion.
VIC have had a long while to examine
his bill end our communionS have
been very pleasant indeed, but we have
lot exactly agreed. | have stood as a
'ort of bumper between the two sides
lnd really ] have stood there 50 long
hat | am about pounded to pulp. l
want to do what is right in this mat
or. | am a ncighbOr to everybody in
York county. both Democrats and Re
1Ublcans; and I do not know that |
nave an enemy in the county. | am Il
'rend to them ali, and want to do
Est what is right in the matter. and
Just what ! believe to be right. This
ill, so far, has been entirely free from
politics. There are good friends of
mine in both the Republican party and
the Democratic party who have been
or, and against this bill. So that it