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

pensation for recorder of the Houlton
! Municipal Court
/ There was no minority report. In
I the House the majority report was ae-
cepted and the bill was passed To be
! enGrossed.
/ Mr.. BUTTON of kcnnchcr: MI.
President ! have been informed that
! this is one of those bills that | hay =
been somewhat interested in earlier in
7 the session in regard to an increase
of salary.
The bill was read by the secretary:
An Act providing temporary COM
pcnsation fer the recorder OF the
! Houlton Municipal Court.
Section /. In addition to any sums
now provided by law there shall I've
paid the recorder of the Houlton
Municipal Court the sum of 500 per
year for two years beginning July LIST.
! 1913. Said sum to be paid from the
county treasury.
Mr.. BUTTON of Kennebee: MIR
President, | have been informed that
this is one of those bills that | WAS
somewhat interested in earlier IN the
session myself / should like to make
/ certain of 1t.
| The bill was read by the secretary,
| Mr.. DUTTON: Now, Mr.. President
of course, inasmuch as it has been
stated here by the senator frem Afoes-
took. Senator Hersey, that Aroostpok
county is not asking for any special
favors at this Legislature, and mas
much as we have indefinitely post
poned the bill in regard to the Water
vile municipal court giving small
increase of salary, and for the dddeo
reasons that comes particularly nome
to me- that the Governor vetoed the
bill increasing the salary of the supe-
rior court of kennebec county and
the Legislature conceded with the
Legislature in his views. and for the
further reason that we are all good
fellows and Want to use everybody
Just alike. l move that this bill be in
definitely postponed.
Mr. MANSFIELD of Washington:
Mr. President. the salary received BY
this man in Aroostook county is s. 10
and he asks for an increase of 5000, and
We granted it To him with the under
standing among the committee that
this was Il small increase and that
he should have it, that he was entitled
to it, Perhaps some of the others
were the same. but that was the rea-
son we took that action.
Mr.. HERSEY: Mr.. President, l fear
the senator from Kennebec Senator
Dutton, has too long a memory about
his wrongs Now / have forgotten a
great many things during this present
Legislature where | did not get what
wanted. and | hope the senator will
by and by forget the salary of the
judge of the superior court of Ken
nebec county. This is one of these
cases, Mr. President, mentioned in the
Governors veto of the kennebec sal
airy measure where he says if in the
opinion of the committee on salaries
and fees there should be temporary
arrangements made for the carrying
on of the business of the State, that
he would not veto such measures, and
in accordance with that veto message
we have had a great many matters
calling for temporary clerk hire, to
take care of injustices that are not
purely and simply raise in salaries.
In the matter of the Houlton NUM-
cipal Court, the court was organized
two years ago, that is, long since
there has been a revision of salaries
and fees the recorder received $4,000.
At that time Il recorder was appoint
ed to this court. | wish to say, Sena-
tors, it is very important court in
my county. We have no superior
court. The jurisdiction of this court
is $4,000. 1t takes the whole southern
portion of the county in its jurisdic-
ton
You. who are lawyers, understand
that To make real estate attachments
in this court, it is necessary to have
a recorder. n court or record. We
cannot get along without a recorder.
We had a recorder. who took the sal
airy of 5000 for "A short time He re-
signed. He could not afford To take
it. We have one now who is tom
porariIy taking the place with the an
derstanding that he is to have at least
$40G year or ne cannot afford to take
it. 1t is necessary to have a lawyer
in that court because the act provides
that the recorder shall sit in the alb
sepcc of The Judge, and it is an impor-
tant court with real estate attach
nerts. end this is only a temporary
arrangement 10 meet that injustice.
II means that yoR cannot have re-
cordcr unless tits amount is put out
Now if it WAS question of clerk hire,
there would be no question about it.
We cannot put in a resolve for clerk
hire because The clerk would not help
cut the court Il bit.
1t seems 10 me it is a necessity
such a necessity as is contemplated by
the Governors veto ! simply state
this, Mr.. President. 1t is not parallel
case with the case of the salary in
Kcnnebcc county where the judge ac-
cepted the office with knowledge that
the salary was from twenty-five e.
twenty-seven hundred dollars, some
where along there.
Mr. BUTTON: MIR Pre- sident may
] ask the senator through the Chair
II they now have Il recorder.
Mr.. HERSEY: Mr. President, We do
temporarily. We have a recorder who
says he will not keep the office unless
the salary is put up 5000 more.
AIR DUTTON; Mr. President. does
The senator think thcrp is any fla ppnf