Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-25
r. Speaker:

matter that debate Is in order. =
The SPEAKER: The pending ques-
ton is the adoption OF House Amen1-
ment 3D." which is debatable.
Mr.. WING of Auburn: Mr.. Speaker. as
I understand the amendment the meeting
has to be called according to the statute
calling town meetings. The gentlemtn
has cited the case of the Kittery Water
District. If you will take your laws OF
1907 and turn to page I4G you VIII notice
that the town meeting In the town of Kit
terry was called in accordance with the
law OF municipal elections. and it strikes
me that to avoid further legal difficulty
with this question an amendment should
be made in some form along the line indi-
Gated in the Kittery Water District case;
and hope that the gentleman from York
will allow such an amendment to be
made.
Mr. PATTANGALL of Waterville: Mr..
Speaker, I arise for the purpose of NOV
ing the previous question. In my opinion
the amendment offered by the gentleman
from York is so harmless and SO emil
nently fair that even the lobby ought not
to be consulted in regard to it,
The motion was agreed to.
ton be now put?
The motion was agreed to.
The question being on the adoption OF
House Amendment 81
The SPEAKER: Those in favor OF
adopting the amendment WILL when their
names are called. answer yes; those OPP
posed will answer no. The clerk will call
the roll.
YEA:-Additon. Allen Of Jonesboro
Bartlett Of Eliot. Beals. Bemis Bgelow.
don. Burse of Pittsfield. Russell Boswell.
Charles. Chase of York. Clark Colby.
Corners. Cook. Coolidge, Davies. Day, Do
BILE. Donnsli DO, Dorr' Duncan. Dunn, Ed
Frost. Gilbert. Grant. Hartman, Har.
rington, Havey. Higgins, Hill Hines.
Hodgsins of Damariscotta: Hodgkins of
Temple, Holt. Jordan. Kelley. Lambert.
Libby Lombard. Lord. Ludgate. Mace.
McLain. MERCER, Mortified. Merrill of
Bluehill. Merrill Of Durham, Miller. Mont
Patten. Patterson. Pelletier, Peters. Pike.
Pirkham. Presley. Putnam. Quinn. Rich
ardson, Robbins, Ross. Rounds. Sanborn.
Sawyer. silsby; Sleeper; Smith of Ando-
ver Snow of Brunswick. Snow of Scar
boro. Spear of Warren, Stackpole. Stet-
son. Slower. Strickland Thompson. Thur
Tough Tibbetts. Trafton. Tricky. Varney.
of Auburn, Wing of Kingfeld-99
NAY:-Andrews. Bartlett of Stoneham.
Boyer, Blanchard. Bowley. Bradford. Bur-
OF Kinglnan. Chase of sebec. Cole. Cous-
ms. Drake. Dufour. Emery. Hanson. Har-
ris. Hersey. JOY. kavanough. Lane,
Marshall; Millett; Nelson. Paul. Perry.
Redlon. Smith of Berwick. Spear of South
Portland. Stanley, Trimble. True. White
ABSENT:-Allen of Richmond. Bearce
of Eddinston Blake. Couture. Cummings.
Hail. Hamin. -Hannaford Harmon Illus
Packard Porter. Smith of Biddeford.
White of Wayne-1S
So the amendment was adopted. Gap
plause).
The bill was then assigned for to-
morrow morning for it's third reading
Special assignment: An Act to in
crease the salary Of the warden of the
Maine State prison. (Assigned for
Tuesday of next week on motion OF
Mr.. Davies of Yarmouth)
On motion of Mr.. Weld of Old Town
minutes.
After Recess.
On motion of Mr.. Burleigh of Angus
ia the rules were suspended to take
from the table An Act to amend eec-
ton of Chapter % of the Revised
Statutes relating to Jail sentences for
maintaining liquor nuisance.
On motion of Mr.. Burleigh the vote
was reconsidered whereby the bill was
passed to be cngrOssed, and on further
motion by the same gentleman the fur
ther consideration of the bill was post
poned until tomorrow
On motion of Mr. Sleeper of South
Berwick the rules were suspended to
take from the table An Act in amend
ment OF Section 1 of Chapter 1856 of the
Revised Statutes relating to sent
ence in criminal cases, and on further
motion by Mr.. Sleeper the bill was as
signed for consideration tomorrow.
On motion Of Mr.. MoultOn of Cum
berland the bill. An Act to restore
Portland bridge, was taken from the
table
Mr.. Moulton moved that the bill be
indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Spear of South Portland moved
that further consideration of the bill
be postponed to Friday next.
Mr. MOUETON: Mr.. Speaker. it
seems to me that this matter in re-
gard to Portland bridge might just as
well be settled here as at any other
time. have consulted the representa-
tivcs from the county of Cumberland
and with the exception of two they are
in favor of postponing this bill indeh-
| nitely; and in my opinion it should be
postponed for the very reason that the
city of Portland is asking the county
of Cumberland to help build their
bridge, and still on the other hand the
| county of Cumberland at the present
| time has about all upon her shoulders
that she can stand under as well as the
| city of Portland This bridge has been
remodeled or repairs have been made
| OIL il within the last year amounting
| to about $4,000 and the county commits
sioners tell me that this bridge VIII be
| suitable and safe absolutely for the
next four or six years and it seem to
ne that it would be very foolish IN
der the circumstances to undertake to
rebuild this bridge at the present time
considering the conditions of both the
county and the city of Portland.
therefore move to indefinitely post
| none this bill and the amendment.