Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-07

should say. twice. yes, three times
what WAS expected when the court
was established and this, as | under
stand it. is only temporarily for Il few
years, the salary to be regulated by
| the committee that has been appoint
ed to investigate, and when the two
years are expired this temporary in
crease ceases. and if the committee
upon investigation, decides that he
should not have but $2o9 that is all
he will get. I hope that this resolve
! will have its passage in this Senate.
Mr.. DUTTON: Mr.. President. may
I indulge in just one word more
have not the slightest opposition to
this that the senators from Aroostook
are asking for, but this is exactly a
parallel case with the Wateryille Mu
nicipal court where bill was in here
TO change the law so as TO take them
off from fees and give them Il salary
of $500. and both the senators from.
Aroostook voted to indefinitely post
pone that bill. 1t went through with
cut objection. indefinitely postponed.
Now ] think all counties ought To be
used alike on this proposition of sal
aries.
Mr. WING; eff franklin: Mr. Presi-
dent, ! fully asrec with Senator Mans
field in regard 10 the merits of this
case. The evidence was taken up be-
fore our committee and there appear
ed to be no question regarding the de-
STABILITY of increase of salary. 1t
seemed to be necessary But | could
not sign the report because It seemed
10 be an injustice TO some of the other
parties that had been before the Leg
stature for an increase in salary that
we had not granted. The situation is
this, with this exception all matters
that have been reported by our com
mittee have been for temporary clerk
hire. This is an increase, or temper
airy increase. Of The salary of the re-
eorder
a matter that was very much the
same as this was before the Iegisla-
ture and was Indefinitely POSTPONED.
the DILL increasing the recorder of thu
Waterville municipal court There
Was also another one regald ding the
municipal court at Mnlinocket. 1t
was idcntically parallel with this.
the increase. And il seems To mo that
IN order to be fair,-While ii may work
an injustice rs it has in many other
cdses-it simply allows all these va
rious applicants to wal. until the re-
vision IS made,-if we are to grant this
increase, in order to be consistent
those that we have turned down
should have received different action
Mr.. JERSEY: [ wish to say in ex-
PLANTATION. Mr.. President, to the senn-
tor from kennebec, IN regard to the
Wa;erVille municipal court, also to tho
| senator from Fra nlllin, that the record
or of the WatcrvilIe municipal court
Is Oh fee system, II would depend
cn the amount of business now much
his fees would he and it is different
question altogether. He may get NOR
than by an increase in salary and tn,
injustice there is not Il parallel case
Win this at all. Here il is not a cues
ton of fee system and a salary sys
TEN at all: it is a question of main
timing Il court or letting il go out o
existence
A viva Nocc vote was taken, and tn,
Chair being in doubt, rising vot.
vac i'to'' anu IL Stilato . NOlllS III lHi
affirmative and 10 in the negative, tn.
motion Of the senator from Kennebe,
prevailed and the bill was indefinitel,
postponed
The following communication wa.
received from the Office of the state
auditor:
STATE OF MAINE
OFFICE OF STATE AUDITOR.