Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-03-09

| appeared Win iIllS printed resolve,
bat ! want To say that in every In
stance where these claims have been
! presented there has been state
! rlrnt Of facts With them. If there
was not. ,he claim has not been en-
! tcrtained for 1t moment | want to
ratierate that every one of these
/ claims that have been before the COM
| mittec on claims have been invcsti
| gated thoroughly and that the work
| has been thoroughly done Now If Ii
| committee is simply an incumhfanC@
ana don't anornt to anything. let us
dissolve it and not waste their time
l., NJ the tilnr Of the Legislator" in
! tt5ir doing what they should nay"
done. II seems 10 me- that these re-
| sollas have been passed upon ala"
considered and that they are legal
rav. honest and just claims against
! th, State and should be paid.
Mt. PNTTANGAIL: MIR. speaker
| notwithstanding the care with which
,br committee have examined the Va
rio,,e cqs,s | did not hear any St"t-
mo,tf about this Resolve No. TO- wldeH
tbnl recommended. Would the @rn
fcmau fir, III HalloWeil be willing t"|
tell n. who Terrence O'I;ei'v was an"
how Castine came To support nm :"
M W.. could know something about
him. Nothing in the resolve SHOWS
hut what he Was 4 resident al 'taS-
1 tin.
AIR. CLEARWATER: Mr.. !>peak@r
| Vii admit that what the Seh'l'-
man from WaterNiuc SAYS is perFapS
very ant. / will further say that
don't know personally Why the state
ment al facts regarding that did nat
ap1,ear with the printed resolve, ~
I do say this. that this resolve on
SSl3 90 in favor az the town ef : as
lire did not go by the committee IN
claims without statement M istl
or without the committee on "&AiAs
being satisfied by evidence that the
claim was right and fair.
r'nr SPEAKER. on House b"Fu-
incnt TO- which is furnished tie thah
hr the clerk there ap2pars Wri'tsh
With pen and ink at the foot ot tat
resolve a statement of facts. although
it does not appear in the printed re-
solve. 1t is As follows: Tins eiaAh
is ,.ladc under the provisions al thap-
ter l42 Of tic Public Laws ot i2l'
known rs the alien law. Terrence
O.Heilv was an alien beginning with
the year 1909. The claims for the sup
mort Of the pauptr have been allowed
in the usual manner. The claims prior
10 the year 1909 We're not tilSd Wita
tha Governor and Council within th@
time provided for by chapter Ill o'
the Public Laws at 1907. Hence 4 spec
i,l resolve is necessary To reimburse
the town of CaStine.
Mr.. pATTA ANGAlI.: Mr.. speaker,
understand that the position "a" Va
ken is that thu claim had been HFe-
serted to the Governor and council
and disalIowed and now the leglsia-
turc is asked to allow it.
/ MIR MACE of Great Pond: Mr..
sneaker. | viii SLY that there Mas
documentary evidence presented 10 tue
eor2mittca on claims, vouchers Were
nres, nted. showing thar every csnt
! he'd been paid out for the support OF
Terrence OReily and that by the Coy
erunr and Council he was aeEheW-
ledgcd as state paup"r, and ths
state has paid in the past III" town
of Castinc for money which they Y
nended. At the present time they ask
the Stata to reimburse them f2f "tfeF
non.v which they have expended ANA
! which the state should reimburee th"r
/ for because the town OF Castlne has
no right. or had no right to support
IN, state paupcrs. Now it seems
only lar to say that . good many
claims came before tie committee on
| Claims that are not strictly legal on
! account of some technicaiitY because
| of which the Governor ana t"dhch
cannot allow th,m; but tn" commit
Zee on claims examined them care
f,tlly. s6rutiniZed their bills, AMI they
brlaye that those claims arc Just and
peritnriouS, and ask the members
~ the House to take this matter m
to consideration before they turn
down lust claims for tie towns Of the
S;ato of Maine.
Mr. WILLIAMSON of Augusta Mr..
Spe al<er. wish to acknowledge in thls
matter of notice that the gentleman
from Br1Vnvillc IS correct and ! am
wrong There has been an amendment
since the Revised Statutes os Il" has
stated. 1t seems to me without IN
any way criticiZipg the action of the
committee on claims that the Gov
a,nor and Council have more leisure
aud a better chance 10 take up these
. matters than any committee could,
and il seems to me by making an
amendment to that act which would
at,plv to all these resolves. It seems
tn me they could be taken of IN at
way, ard if time was allowed h1Ve
no doubt that a bill might be dra fted
which would allow an eXaminatien OF
I. esc claims which are techni aaliy