Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-11

| educational institutions. that it was
| possible that this act. this law might
| inadvertently be made to apply TO the
| Normal schools and the University Of
| Maine, which was not the intention.
and so we added that first amendment
Provided however, that this pro
vision shall not apply to any educa-
tionai institution SO this may clear
without any question these several ed
| lca tional institutions.
| Then. furthermore in the second
| amendment it was thought that the
erediting of these receipts to the Nari-
Gus institutions from which they orig
| mated might not possibly make these
! credits ayaila BILE for the use of the in
| stituticn technically, and so at the
suggestion Of one of the auditors it
was thought best to add there. and the
| same is hereby appropriated for the
use of such institution
| Further, il was thought that at
least enc eff the institutions might pos
| sibly al times require more than $1,000
| at one time, and at the urgent request
| OF our present auditor, we have made
that change to make it $4,000. This is
| entirely within his discretion, and II
| the institution does not require more
| than $500, ii is within his power to adj
vance only $500.
| Then further, Section of this Act
provides that all acts and parts of Acts
| inconsistent with this Act are hereby
| repeated one Of the former auditors
thought that that possibly might have
some application on the enabling Acs
under which the auditors Office was
created, and so we provided the final
! amendment there, "crediting the fees
| or other income accruing to State in
| situations, except educational institu
| tons, and the payment of bills of such
| institutions shall be under such regu-
| lations as the State auditor may pre-
| Scribe" SO that all of this may be un-
ger the control of the auditor.
| | think the Senate will agree that
these amendments increase the force OF
| the Act.
| | move the adoption OF Senate
/ Amendment A.
| bill, as amended, was then passed to
/ be engrosSed.
/
| lays before the Senate for considera-
| ton An Act to amend the Act which
| constitutes the police court for the
| city Of Rockland.
| Mr.. PACKARD of Knox: Mr.. Pres
ident, this Act which increased the du-
| ties of the recorder of the Rockland
police court also increased his salary.
| The Senate accepted the amendment
| which cut cut the increase Of salary,
| and the fact is that no one in the
| county was in favor of the act except
the recorder, and now that he has lost
| the increase, he does not want the Act,
and so l move that the bill be indefi-
| nlteiy postponed.
| Tie motion was agreed to and the
bill was indefinitely postponed
| The PRESIDENT: The Chair lays
before the Senate House Document
225. An Act to require certain vehicles
to carry lights at night on public high
| ways and bridges.
| Mr. MAXWELL of Sagadahoe: Mr.
President, l yield the floor to the sem
ator from Penobscot, Senator Bailey.
| Mr. BAILEY of Penobscot: Mr..
| President, since the bill was tabled
the. other day, / have looked at the
bill that came from the House. and II
Twas the original report amended in
lsuch way as to make the report
Iof the bill as reported by the COM
mittee absolutely worthless for the
purpose for which it was intended.
lOf course we all know that there is
lmore than one way to kill a bill, and
the House took the indirect way
The majority report of the commit
tee provided a reasonable and efficient
bin for the protection of those travel
ing upon the highway. The original
report required that all vehicles, ex-
lcept those loaded with hay and straw,
Ishould be provided with a light al
icertain hours Now since this matter
has been discussed, l have had some
instances brought to my attention
both by letter and by word of mouth
lof the necessity of this bill Perhaps
III will not take the time of the Sen
ate to relate more than one.
1t seems that man and his wife
had been attending Grange meeting
lit was in September when we nave
that sort of haze in the atmosphere
and also the roads were dusty. They
were riding in an open Concord wagon
(which was covered with dust, and the
man and ,his wife both had on linen
busters.
This haze or fog was not what you
would call thick, but still it was just
enough to obscure the outline. AN
automobile came along: and on ac-
count of this haze and fog did not
/ see the buggy and the occupants on
account of the dustlike color, and
when within 25 or 80 feet they did
observe it-whether they were asleep