Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-16

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Power Co.
An Act to amend the charter Of the
Island Ferry Co.
| ngs, chairman.
An Act to incorporate the Barrows
| Falls Light and Power Co
An Act relating to the Bodwell Wat
er Power Co of Old Town, Maine
An Act in respect of foreign corpor-
ations.
An Act to amend Section 80 of Chap
ter s of the Revised Statutes as
amended by Chapter 156 OF the Public
Laws Of 1907, relating to excise tax
! on palace or other cars, for which eX-
| ira compensation is charged for riding
| therein.
An Act to ratify, confirm and make
valid the organization and incorpora-
ton Of the Winsow Cemetery Asso-
| citation.
Resolve for the preservation of the
archives Of the state of Maine.
An Act to authorize the county COM
| nisSionerS OF Cumberland county to
create a sinking fund for the purpose
| of paying the bonded debt OF said
| county.
An Act to authorize the construction
| and maintenance Of 2 highway in the
tide waters of York harbor. came from
the Senate referred in that branch to
the committee on legal affairs.
| Mr.. Chase of York moved that tie
bill and report lie on the table.
| Mr.. MARSHALL OF Portland: Mr..
| Speaker, | know that motion is not
debatable, but this is matter which
| has once been before the committee
on ways and bridges and they reported
back that it should go to the committee
on legal affairs. That committee holds
| its last regular hearing tomorrow. and
| if this matter is to be heard it should
go forward and not at this late day he
| laid on the table l hope the motion
will not prevail
Mr.. CHASE of York: I would like
| to inquire whether the gentleman eX-
poets the legal affairs committee to
| hear that without giving any notice on
| it
Mr.. MARSHALL: / cannot say. |
presume the committee will give sufii-
cient notice.
Mr.. CHASE of York: Mr.. Speaker,
I propose now to state the circum-
stances of that bill from the beginning.
Mr.. MARSHALL: Mr.. Speaker. |
| rise to point Of order. l understand
a motion to lay on the table, is not de-
| batable.
The SPEAKER: The Chair would
so rule, but in view of the fact that
the gentleman from Portland has made
a statement to the House it would
seem only fair that the gentleman from
make q statement.
Mr.. CHASE of York: Mr.. Speaker,
move that the House non-concur
with the Senate and | withdraw my
previous motion. ! desire to call par
ticular attention to the fact that that
bill was introduced into the SeQate
the middle of February. 1t was re-
ferred to the committee on legal affairs.
1t came into the House and on my mo-
ton the House n-concurred with the
Senate and it was referred to the COM
mittee on ways and bridges for the
reason that the bill related entirely to
a matter of constructing a way in the
tide waters of York harbor From the
10th of February up to the first OF
March it was held in that committee
and it was advertised for hearing on
the first day Of March \ hearing
was, to be had on the 4th of March
just three days. On the 4th OF March
thcy had a special town meeting, but
nobody was able to come here and
went before the committee on ways
and bridges and stated the facts ana
the committee on ways and bridges,
as | am informed. voted that it ought
not to pass. At the intcrceSslon OF one
member of that committee, on behalt
of the gentleman from Portland (Mr
MarshalD the committee finally or a
part of them, when some We're absent
and some not voting, referred the mat
ter to the committee on legal ahalrs.
There is not one single legal prlnclple
involved in that bill. There is no rea-
son WHY; that should go to the COM
mittee on legal affairs except for the
fact that two of the members OF the
legal affairs committee are pledged TO
vote in favor of its passage. The COM
mittee on ways and bridges postponed
the consideration of it for one week, up
to the 18th of March, when as l under
stand it the last vote was taken, ana
it was only last Saturday that the re-
port was made in the Senate.
Now it seems to me that this bill mas
had a very singular course. 1t was m
troGuced here under false colors, tor
the bill related to giving the town OF
York authority to build way IN the
tide waters of York river. The title OF
the bill, which should have stated the
substance Of it. gave it as bill au-
thorizing the construction of way
in the tide waters of York river but
leaving out the town of York. On the
outside of the bill where the substance
of the title should be stated, 1T stated
that it was an act to authorize the con-
structiou and maintenance of a way
in the tide waters of York county. The
the waters of York county reach from
80 TO 60 miles. And the bill came very
near getting by and going to the COM
mittee on legal affairs. l knew moth
ing about the bill and never heard OF
it until the night before. The people of
the town of York knew nothing about
the bill They don't want it, they have
turned down the proposition twice in
town meeting and at the last special
town meeting they voted unanimously
that it ought not to pass, but still it
comes up here in this crooked way to