Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-06
THE INSANE HOSPITAL
RESOLVES PASS HOUSE.
Senate Votes to Recommit County Bridge Bill
Coroner Bill Before Judiciary.--Aouse Tables
Salary Bill and 1909 Budget.

In the House Friday Representative
Wing of Auburn tabled the 1909 salary
bill and the 1909 budget for the
general expenses of the government.
After Representative Rounds of Port
land moved the passage of the insane
hospital resolves, 10 in number, Repre-
sentative Wing made an extended at
tack upon the management of the
insane hospital trustees land the
amounts asked for in several of the
resolves. Representative Rounds re-
piled to Representative Wings criticl-
SINS of the resolves and Representa-
tives Tibbetts of Orrington, Redlon of
Portland and Weld of Old Town de-
Tended the action of the committee in
it's report upon the resolves. Repre-
sentative Peters of Ellsworth spoke in
defence of the trustees and their
management.
Notwithstanding the opposition OF
the gentleman from Auburn the entire
list of the insane hospital resolves was
passed to be engrossed by viva voce
vote.
In the Senate Friday the Bar Har-
Dor automobile bill was assigned to
Wednesday. March 10. Senator Donl-
gan of Somerset served notice that he
proposed to amend the bill so as to in
clude the towns of Scion, Bingham
and Moscow and the plantations of
Caratunk, the Folks and West Folks
in addition to the Hancock County
towns on the island of Mt. Desert IN
the prohibition. Senator Staples also
served notice that he intended to
amend the bill so as to include several
Knox County towns,
On motion of Senator Wyman of
Washington the fish and game resolve
was recalled from the Governor. in
order that it might be changed to fit
the suggestion Of the Governor, which
provides for the taking of the appro-
priations for fish hatcheries from the,
general fish and game appropriation?
On motion Of Senator Maccmber Of
Kennebec the minority report of the
committee on bridges signed by Sena-
tors Wyman and Therriault and Re
preventative Rounds of Portland, re-
porting the so called county bridge
bill. as a substitute for the Donigan
bridge bill, was recommitted to the
committee on ways and bridges.
The act making Feb. IL, Lincoln's
birthday a school and bank holiday
was given second reading amended so
as to provide for the retaining of Jan.
/ as bank holiday.
The Legislature adjourned to Satur-
day at A. M. 1t is understood that
on Saturday adjournment VIII be
taken until Tuesday in order to give
those who desire an opportunity to
return home to vote, a number OF town
and city elections taking place on that
day. The Saturday session will be
merely a journal session and is held
TO push forward the business of the
LEGISLATURE so that final adjournment
will take place as early as March 20.
that being the date on which President
Deasev and Speaker Weeks hope to
wind IN the business of the session.
In the Senate Friday Senator Baxter
of Cumberland presented an act, (Which
provides that the Cumberland judge OF
Probate may grant special admins
tration when it shall clearly appear to
him that will was made and probat-
ed and destroyed in the fire of Jan. "a,
1908 and that said will cannot be prov
ed by attestcd copy. and that the de-
cedent has left an estate, which should
be administered.
Senator knowlton of Piscataquis pre-
sented an act providing for the pay
ment Of the states portion of the sal
ary of school superintendent IN towns
forming a school union out OF any
moneys in the treasury, not otherwise
appropriated.
In the House Friday Representative
Rurleigh of Augusta presented an act
relating to frivolous exceptions. The
act provides that when exceptions
which are certified and transmitted to
the chief Justice are frivolous and in
tended for delay, and are not argued
nv the excepting party within 80 days
thereafter or within such 1urther
time as the presiding justice has al
lowed therefor they may at once be
overruled for want Of prosecution
Representative Thompson of Show
hegan introduced an act to prohibit
horse racing. ball playing, or kindred
sports on Memorial day. A violation
of the act shall be punished by i'm
prisonment for not more than 30 days
representative Dunn of Brewer in
Produced an act in favor of the law
student, who is also a iaboring man.
The act provides that any laboring
man or person who desires to study for
the profession Of law shall not be de-
MED the privilege Of an examination
before the board of the Maine state
bar examiners by reason of his occu-
patton. Any citizen of Maine of good
moral character, who has reached the
age of u years, and who has grad
uated from any High school and who
can show certificate Of study from
any qualified attorney setting forth his
qualifications, the term not being re-
quired to be in excess Of six months