Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-10
MAINE LEC|SLAT URE.
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Will HOt Prev
MIR. PEACOCK of Readfeld Mr.
Speaker. ] have no interest in this mat
ter but as a member of the committed
on legal affairs l think I should present
TO you some of the facts that were pre-
scented to us in order that you may ac
intelligently. The gentlemen who APP
peared in favor of this measure were
the members of the Lincoln County Bar
and / think ii was a unanimous request
of the members of The bar that this
court should be established They gave
as their reasons first. that Lincoln
county has only two terms of court and
owing to that fact they are handicapped
in adjusting a large number of theiI
matters which will be taken care of by
this municipal court.
. Tho other objection was on account OF
the cost which the trial justice courts
of that county had been to the county.
The only gentleman who appeared in OPP
position 10 this measure-and at that
time he didn't know whether he was OPP
posed to it or not-was Mr.. Ford. one
Of the county commissioners. He stated
to our committee that the trial justice
courts were very unsatisfactory and
very expensive. As a matter of economy
il appeared to the committee that the
municipal court could take care of a
great deal more business than the trial
justice courts, and the expense would
be very much less.
The county commissioner in discussing
this matter showed us III regard to the
cost. as follows: The total cost in 1915
was sl573.95: for 1910, si279es; for 1911.
s96l ~; for 1912, $1l925f, making a total
cost for the four years of $50os Il: and the
average cost of the trial justice court
for each year was S1l52.e4. Ii appeared
to your committee that. as the municipal
court carried salary Of 500. and the
tfia Justice courts had been costing over
Sll00, that as q matter of economy ii
would be better for the county to have
municipal court than to depend upon
the trial justice court; and for that rea-
son and for reasons already enumerated
we submitted a favorable report. For
that reason / am in favor OF eoncurring
with the Senate.
MIR. JONES of China: Mr.. Speaker
] am not interested in this matter of the
Lincoln municipal court but | was APP
pointed on the committee of conference
yesterday morning, ana that committee
we've unable to agree. l find, this morn
ing. that my friend from Readfield (Nr.
Peacoek) takes the opposite view from
what he did when he was trying to get
a municipal court in Readfield. He then
laid a good deal of stress upon the mat
ter of bringing the people from the sur
rounding towns around Readfeld down to
Augusta or Waterville. Now, in this
matter we are bringing the people from
the rural towns of that county to Wis
casses. The question is whether the peo-
pie of this county want this bill. l think
the people In this matter should he con-
sidered as we'll as the bar, and / think
you should give due consideration to the
people IN this matter, and I trust the
motion of the gentleman from Lincoln,
Mr.. Thombs, win nos prevail.
MIR. TH0MBS of Lincoln: Mr.. Speak,
er, think in voting upon this matter
you should take into consideration the
size Of the county. Lincoln county is a
very small county, and your committee
was informed that the average distance
TO be travelled would be no more than
IA or Is miles from the outlying towns
TO court sitting there Now, throwing
everything else aside and out of this ar
gumenl, this fact remains that of all
the ID counties of the State Of Maine Lin
coin county Is the only one which has
not municipal court at this time; some
have at least half dozen. Now, | ask
you in all fairness to the committee and
TO the people who desire the establish
ment of t..is court, if ii is not well that
we should give them this court and let
them try it for two years, and then If
the people of that county do not want
it | feel that the Legislature would re-
woke that privilege. Mr.. Speaker, l ask
for division of the House upon this
question.
THE SPEAKER: The question before
the House is on the motion of the gentle
man from Lincoln, Mr.. Thombs, that the
House recede and concur with the Senate
in the passage of this bill to be engrossed
without the amendment. The gentleman
asks for a division of the House
A division being had, the motion pre-
vailed by vote of 10 to 81.
From the Senate: Resolve in favor of
Incurred during the session of this Leg
islature.
On motion by Mr.. Swift of Augusta,
the resolve was laid upon the table.
Passed to Be Enacted.
An act to legalze and confirm the ac-
ton of the Litehfeld Plains Cemetery
Association in its annual meeting on the
ith day of December 1912.
An act defining the terms veterans of
the Civil War in the service of the
State"
An act to regulate the sale Of NOR
ph,ne ana other hypnotic or narcotic
drugs.
Finally Passec.
Resolve in favor of Donald Gates. page
to the press room
Resolve in favor of c. A. Gage for SER
vices as clerk and stenographer to the
committee on banks and banking.
Resolve in favor of Cassie X. Turner
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