Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-15


IN the County of Hancock.
An Act to amend Chapter 30 of the
Private and Special Laws Of 1911 at;-
thorizing the Wiscasset, WatervilIc 6
Harrington Railway Company to dis
pese of the property of said COMPANY.
An Act To punish the making or use
OF false statements To obtain properly
or credit.
An Act in relation to boards of req
istration of voters.
An Act to provide for the indeter-
inmate sentence and punishment for
crime upon conviction thereof and
for the detention and release Of per-
sons in prison or detained on such sem
tence, and for the expense attending
the same
An Act to amend Chapter 292 of ;he,
Private and Special Laws Of Maine of
the year 1909 rotating to the Mexico
Water Company.
An Act to amend Section 3 of Chap
ter 60 of the Revised Statutes as
amended by Section Of Chapter SO Of
the Public Laws Of 1909 also TO amend
Section 7 Of said Chapter GO, relat-
ing TO the Department of Agriculture,
An Act to amend Section of Chap
ter - of the Private and Special Laws
of 1911 entitled An Act to create the
Bingham Water District
Finally Passed.
Resolve in favor of Percy f. Jones
and Rose l.. Jones.
Resolve for military pensions
Resolve providing means for the
examination Of claims for State pen
sions.
Resolution to correct certain errors
and omissions which appear in Chap
ter - entitled, An Act to provide a
charter for the city of Gardiner" Of
the Private and Special Laws of 1911
as printed i'm volume of the laws of
the state of Maine for 1911.
Resolve relating to the documentary
history of Maine.
The PRESIDENTS The Chair will
state that the Act permitting the use
o. automobiles in the town of Eden. is
in order for passage to be enacted, this
morning. The senator from Hancock
is unavoidably absent and requested
that action be deferred until next week.
On motion by Mr.. Morey of Andro-
scogsin, the bill pending passage to be
enacted was tabled and assigned foa
consideration next Tuesday.
Orders of the Day.
Tie PRESIDENT: The Chair lays
before the Senate for consideration the
special assignment for today An Act
to create a Public Utilities Commits
sion. prescribe its power and duties,
and provide for the regulation and con-
troll Of public utilities, Senate Docu-
ment 453
Under the agreement of yesterday.
the Chair understands that amend
ments are now in order to he offered.
Air MOREY of Androscoggin: l have
prepared some amendments to which /
have not added the number as l did
not know what the numbers would be.
] offer these amendments and ask that
they be tabled for printing and ready
10 be taken with the bill, next Tuesday.
Tile motion was agreed to, and the
amendments were read by the Presi-
dent:
Senate Amendment "E" to Senate
Document 453.
Amend Section / in the second line
thereof by inserting after the word
commissioners the following words:
One OF whom shall be a Republican,
another Democrat and the third Il
Progressive
Senate Amendment r" to Senate
Document 453.
Amend Section by striking cut the
words, or stage in the saith line and
the words dams and dykes in the l25th
line thereof, and also by striking out
the words or other in the 132nd line.
Also amend said Section by adding
after the word State in the 18th line
the words. but the term water Com
pany' when used in this act shall not
include water companies when owned
by municipalities or water districts.
Senate Amendment sc" to Senate
Document 453.
Amend Section by adding after the
word "act" in the 13Sth line the words
Shall not include any kind of Il water
craft except steamboats, engaged in the
business of carrying passengers for
hire" and striking out all of the re-
mainder of line 1873 and the lines 1879,
40, 141 and 142.
Senate Amendment "H" to Senate
Document 453.
Amend Section 9 further by inserting
after the word used in the 147th
line the words "in connection with any
regularly established steamboat line
Senate Amendment "i' to Senate
Document 453.
Amend Section further by inserting
after the word by in the 10th line
the words ANY street railroad, rail
road or steamship lines" and striking
out all OF the remainder of line 1876
and lines 157, 15S and 1883
Senate Amendment ~" to Senate
Document 453.
Amend Section further by striking
out in line 161 the words common ear
rier'' and inserting in place thereof the
words street railroad railroad and
steamship line"
Senate Amendment "k" to Senate
Document 453.
Amend further by striking out all of
Section Is.
Senate Amendment 81" to Senate