Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-27

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! On motion by Mr.. Peacock of Read
field, the rules We're suspended and
) that gentleman was permitted to in
troduce out of order petition of p. q.
g., knickerbocker and "a others of Read
field in favor of the Massachusetts
! ballot law, and on further motion by
| Mr. Peacock the petition was ordered
placed on file.
on motion by Mr. Mitchell of New
port, the rules We're suspended and
( that gentleman presented out of or
der the following committee reports:
Mr. Rousseau from the committee OH
salaries and fees, on bill, An Act To
amend Paragraph Il, Section | of
Chapter 165 of the Public Laws Of
1905. relative 10 the salary of the
Judge of probate of Penobscot coun~
". reported legislation thereon mex
pedient, the subject matter having
been referred to a special committee.
Same gentleman from same com
mittee on bill, An Act to amend Para :
graph II, Section ! of Chapter ll6 OF
the Public Laws of 1905. relating II
the salary of the treasurer of Penob-
scot county. reported legislation there
on inexpedient, the subject matter
having been referred to a special com %
mittee.
| Mr.. Mitchell of Newport from the
same committee. on bill. An Act to
amend Chapter ISL of the Pubic
Laws of 1908, relating to the cempen-
sation of registers of probate, report
ed legislation thereon inexpedient, the
subject matter having been referred
| to special committed
Same gentleman from same commit
tee. on bill An Act to amend Sec
ton l of Chapter 165 of the Public
Laws of 1905, relating to compensa :
| ton of judges of probate, reported leg :
islation thereon inexpedient, the sub
ject matter having been referred to i
special committee. +=r
Mr.. Reynolds from the same com
| mittee, on bill, An Act to amend Sec
(. ton q of Chapter 1876 of the Laws ol
| 1911. relating to salary of judge OF
! Piscataquis municipal court. reported
, legislation thereon ineXpedient. the
, subject matter having been referred
to "A special committee.
| Same gentleman from same com
mittee. on bill, An Act to amend Chap
/ ter 119 of the Public Laws Of 1908.
relating to the compensation of ceun
~ attorneys. reported legislation
thereon ineXpedient. the subject mat
, ter having been referred to spe-
| cial committee.
! Mr.. Gallagher from the same COM
mittee on bill, An Act relating to the
compensation of registers of deeds of
Knox county, reported legislation
| thereon inexpedient. the subject mat
| ter having been referred to special
committee
Same gentleman from same COM
mittee on bill, An Act to amend Sec
ton 2 of Chapter III of the Revised
Statutes relating To the fees Of trial
justices and justices of the peace, re-
ported legislation thereon inexpedi-
ent, the subject matter having been
referred to Il special committee.
The SPEAKER Specially assign
ed today and first in order is the re-
port of the committee on education
with reference to bill entitled An Act
| to provide for the distribution of State
school funds according to the aggre-
gate attendance in the common
schools" the report being legislation
! thereon inexpedient. The pending
question is the acceptance of the re-
! port of the committee.
Mr.. Spencer of Berwick moved that
the bill be substituted for the report
! of the committee.
| Mr. SPENCER of Berwick: Mr.
| Speaker and gentlemen of the House
| this is a matter which was submitted
| to your committee on education, and
| after an extended hearing they have
| decided that legislation is inexpedient
1t seems to me that a matter which is
! Of so much Importance to the chill
dren in ;his State should perhaps re-
| ceiVe some consideration at the hands
| Of the members of this House who are
| in my opinion, as well able to decide
| the merits of it as any committee
which might. be appointed from this
| House. I see that the committee from
the House which decided upon this
ma tier is in liYe instances unfaYorably
| affected by the bill. Whether this had
t&nything To do with the report which
| Trey rendered or not Will not attempl
20 say. 1t is "A matter which has re-
| ceiN2d from the State at large .consid-
erable consideration There have beer
| more petitions presented in this mat,
| tr than in any other matter which has
been before the Legislature in this
| branch. The committee on judiciary te
| which was referred the enactment OF
the law covering public utilities O
| this State returned an unanimous re-
pert that there should be such law
as that utilities law enacted; but here
| is a utility which is of more import
ance than all of those combined, ana
that public utility is the public school
The source of the State school funG
| is unimportant as regards the discus
sion of this question. The present sys-
| of distribution of the State funds, as
| you probably are well aware, is by tive
| methods; one is valuation, upon which
| one-th of the funds are distributed
and the other is the census, upon which
two-thirds are now distributed Speak
ing of the method of valuation, it is
| generally understood and generally
| conceded by everybody who is CONVEX
SAINT with the subject, that the valua-