Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-30

| oei!it'e provides that the income from
| the SAFE of this land at the Belgrade
rlS' hatchery shall be paid into the
| treasury of the State into the common
| luEds of the State rather than that mart
| OF the funds which is credited to the
'iSh and game department. In regard
10 This matter | will say that the fish
and game committee gave two or three
inherent hearings upon this matter ana
had conference" with the game and fish
o"F.inlSsI"hers, and after mature CON
sid"fdtlon 1t was unanimously voted
by the committee that we should recon-
mend this act. Now, as understand
the matter, the fish hatchery property
at Belgrade was purchased by the fund.
OF The fish and game department and
not from the money from the State treas
ury AT the present time there isSa farm
mere comprising more land than the fish
ana game commissioners consider II Is
proiitabe 20 carry on. They ask for the
rlghf 10 sell OF that property at Belgrad :
par OF that farm and retain the Ia 'cl-
cry and The buildings connected with IT,"
hatchery. They claim the farm is not car
rled on at Il profit. The claim is made
that thu land can be sold for $500 G.
$1,000 and they ask that this money shat
70 into The funds of the fish and game de-
partment That department wants TO spend
that money Tor the building of a cottage
al the Monmouth hatchery, where one
man can live curing the Matching season
and do tic work that two men have to
do today New, If that is true. that would
save the services OF one man for a year. it
nIittee tia This was good business prop
osition for he state. doing away with one
mans salary for whole year. hope
the House will adhere to its original action
in the matter i'll passing the Bill as orig
inally presented from the committee
Mr.. WILLIAMSON OF Augusta: Mr..
Speaher | have some knowledge in regard
to this matter All these hatcheries are
situated in keHnebec county, and it seems
to me, that thu action of the Inland FISH
and Game Commission upon this matter is
good business rolicv. This hatchery at
Belgrade was purchased by funds which
were paid in on account OF the disconinu-
anc" OF the hatchery at Winthrop, which
was part of the equipment Of the depart
ment of Inland Fisheries and Game 1t
seems 10 me that The amendment by which
it shall be turned into the general funds
Of the State is MOI good business | hope
ia" bill a. presented by the committee will
be adopted.
The question being on the adoption of
Senate Amendment A in concurrence
The Amendment was lost.
The House voted 10 insist upon its ac-
ton and call Tor a committee Of conference
lee on conference on the part of the House
Messrs. Austin of Phillips. Williamson of
Augusta and Clark of Portland.
An Act relating 10 the common school
fund
Mr.. Dow OF Plymouth moved that the
Bill be substituted for the report, Ought
not 10 pass.
Mir. DOW: Mr.. Speaker. will say in
explanation of my course in regard to
this matter that this Bill was introduced
very early in The session II has been
commonly referred 10 as the Grange Bill.
There WIS hearing. and after he hear
ing another Bill was presented known as
the Mlliken Bill. The committee reportea
the Miliken Bill and this one was kept
back and reported ought not to pass.
Neither nor The friends of this Bill toni
any action in relation to the matter be
cause II was assumed that the report OF
the committee on Education would have
great weight in the decision of this matter.
After the House in its wisdom a few DAYS
ago decided, ignoring the committee on Ed
ucatlon, and voting by a small majority
ought not 10 pass. of course this Bill
then comes TO the front. This Bin apDlies
to the distribution of only part of the com
mon school fund
The friends of this bill object to that
distribution and advocate the distribution
IN the same manner as it has been dis
tributed as far back as the oldest inhab-
liant can remember. This bill which dis
tributes according to the number of schol-
ars in the same way as We always have
done, does away with the objections that
were made to the other bill. There are
no stars and initials in front of the
names of some of the towns, indicating
that they might receive more or less
This bill distributes the school money to
the proper number of scholars in the
state, giving each and every scholar the
same amount. I think the school depart
iHtlt vi tiit sntitt IL tppOSeu 10 tEIS
method of distributing school money
according to the valuation, and favor
the distribution according to the aver
age attendance and distribution ac-
cording to the number of scholars. If
the opinion of that department. has
any weight | think it should have
to say in regard to this mat
ter All we are objectins to is to that
part of the distribution of the school
money which was developed and fos-
tered in the last Legislature. We ask
that you adopt this method of distri-
button.
Mr.. PATTANGALL: Mr. Speaker,
some questions have arisen in regard
to the common school tax. AS afhe
House may be aware the bill passed
two years ago has been before the
court of this State for a hearing as to
the constitutionality of a portion of
that law. l understand that possbly
IN a few hours there may be some
Likelihood of that opinion being made
public before this session of the Leg
lslature adjourns. in which case ii
would not only be unnecessary but alb
solutely unavoidable that there should
be some conference in regard to such
changes as would have to be made,