Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-25

The report of the superintendent OF
public schools for the year 1911 was
received from the office of the secre-
] tary of State and ordered placed on
+ file.
The report of the department. of vital
statistics of the State of Maine for the
year l9h was received from the office
of the secretary of State and ordered
| placed on file.
The twenty-frst annual report Of
the State assessors was received and
ordered placed on file.
Papers from the House: Resolve
amending Section Is of Article of the
Constitution relating TO bond issue
for State roads. In the House this
bill was reported from the committee
of the whole, the report Of the conf
mittee was accepted, the bill received
its several readings and was passed to
be engrossed.
Mr.. DONIGAN of Somerset: Mr.
President | have an amendment | wish
TO offer and l want TO say that it has
the sanction of the Governor. and l
think it will have the sanction of all
the members of the Senate.
The PRESIDENT: In the House the
original resolve was amended as fol-
lows. "Section "A of said Article is
amended by adding after the word 'eX-
cept in the fifth line thereof, the fol-
lowing words: for the purpose of build
ing and maintaining state Highways
so that said Section IA as amended shall
read as follows: Section "A. TIL credit
of the State shall not be directly or
indirectly loaned in any case. The Leg
islature shall not ereateany debt or debts
liability or liabilities, ON behalf of the
State. which shall singy or in the ag-
gregate with previous debts and liza
blities hereafter incurred, at any one
time exceed three hundred thousand dol
lars, except for the purpose Of building
and maintaining State highways. to sup
press insurreetion, to repel invasion, or
for the purposes of war; but this amend
ment shall not be construed to refer TO
any money that has been or may %
deposited with this state by the govern
ment of the United States. or to any
fund which the State shall hold in trust
for any Indian tribe.
The Senator from Somerset presents
the following additional amendment:
"Senate Amendment A to House Doea-
ment No. /. Amend by adding to Sec
ton II the following words: The ex-
penditure of said money to be divided
eauitably among the several counties of
the State"
The amendment presented by the SEN
ator from Somerset was adopted, and
the bill as amended sent to the House
for concurrence
Mr. MAYO of Hancock: Mr.. Presi-
dent, l notice in the eighth and ninth
lines at any one time Does that
mean that any Legislature can borrow
two million dollars?
Mr.. DONIGAN: Mr. President. /
think that is taken care of in the House
amendment, that there cannot be bond
issue for roads for over two million dol
lars in the aggregate.
tSenator Stearns inquired in relation 70
the status of. the road bill and was in
formed that it had been sent back to
the House)
Mr.. STEARNS: Mr.. President. ] lost
track of it for a moment, and inasmueh
as L know very little about the amend
ments and the bin as it stands, and in
asmuch as it appropriates a large sum of
money for roads. and inasmuch as, if tho
state Is about to coHntenance this propo-
sition. being myself something of crank
on alien paupers and the bills growing
out of that, and for other reasons, |
would like to reserve the right when the
bill is on its final passage to say some
thing at that point.
The PRESIDENT: Your right shall be
reserved.
Mr.. Sanborn of Piseataquis: Mr. Presi-
dent, When the temperance bill comes
up TO be voted again, | wish to express
my views upon the matter.
The PRESIDENT: Your right shall be
reserved.
Recess taken subject to the call of the
President)