Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-02

STATE TIRE aSury at the rate of four per
ccntuln. per annum; if in securities,
my interest accruing shall likewise be
returned tn the owner OF such securi-
tics.
l.. seems To the committee that this
amendment Is not necessary. ! the de-
HoSit is made in cash the committee
feel that the rate of interest is too
high. and if the securities are depos-
tied then the interest aceruing thereon
wotaG belong To The depositor and
therefore | move ttldt the amendment.
be rejected.
The question being on the recon-
meGdation that House Amendment e
he rejected.
a viva Noce vote Icing taken,
'fhe motion was greed to- and House
Amendment c wac reccmme nded to be
rejected.
Tie CHAIRMAN: rne Chair will
next. lay before the committee House
DoeCment No. Cal. being House Amend
ment u to Senate Document No. 5T5.
Mr.. DUNTON Of Belfast: Mr. Chair
man, House Amendment d provides
that the word shall in the 55th line
OF Section Is shall be substituted for
the words may in it's discretion" This
provision briefly amounts this, thai
III case of the State insurance the COM
mission may rebate to the insurers any
excessive premium that they may have
psid # they find out at the end of the
year that the premium is more than
the cost, the commission may rebate 10
these insurers whatever excess there
~. .
and ii also provides that the commits
sioners may in their discretion collect
by. suit of the insurers any balance CT
premium which has not been paid: if
.he premium which they have paid is
not sufficient To pay the actual cost the
commissioners may collect the balance
from the insurers.
Nov ii seems to your committee that
Stree these commissioners arc men or
Will be men of experience and judg
ment and discretion, and it seems to
rs that there should be ne change "a
this time in this section. If experience
should show that 4 change were neces-
sary. il would be very easy to make an
amendment to this particular section
later. The chances are that there will
be no State insurance anyway, and
thet the employers will prefer to in
sure in mutual companies organized
for their own insurance; and on the
whole, /, seems to the committee that
this should be left as it is, and move
that this amendment he rejected.
The question being on the motion
that this House Amendment ID be re-
iected.
\ viva voce vote being taken.
The motion was agreed 10, and House
= mendment - was recommended to be
rejected.
The CHAIRMAN: The Chair next
lays before the committee House Doc
ument No cas-, the same being House
Amendment f to Senate Document No
575. -,
Mr.. DUNTON of Belfast: Mr.. Chair
man, this amendment provides for the
appointment of one commissioner in
stead of three. Now, this is n very
important matter for the reason that
it will affect the organization and the
conduct of affairs of this commission
very materially. | think in almost all
of these compensation acts in the va
rious states, commission has charge
of the matter instead of one commits
sioner; and certainly in this State in
connection with the organization of
the work more than one man is need
ed. The organization will require a
great deal of work, and it will require
a great deal of work in the adjudica
ton Of the various ella inns which will
be presented. One man can only be
in one place at one time, and there
will undoubtedly arise instances where
it will certainly be for the convenience
of the work that one man go to one
place and adjudicate a claim and an
| other man go to another place and
adjudicate another claim; and the
| conduct of the work would be very
| materially affected if there were only
| one man on this commission instead
| of three. Then in the case of State
| insurance, if that should be adopted
generally, it would be almost impera
| tive that the State insurance COM
| missioner have something to do with
| that, and have charge OF that branch
of the question; and it has also seem
| ed to the committee that the commits
soner Of labor should have some con-
nection with the conduct of affairs OF
| the commission. 1t is a large power
| beside that large work To be delegated
to one man. This matter has been con-
sidered by your committee very care
! fully, and the committee has no ques-
| ton but that commission of three
men would be much preferable 10 q
single commissioner; and for those
reasons | move that the Amendment
II be rejected.
| The question being on the motion
| that House Amendment f be rejected
! "A viva Voce vote being taken,
| The motion was agreed to, and
House Amendment L was recommend
| ed to be rejected.
The CHAIRMAN: The Chair VIII
next lay before the committee House
| Document No. 6S2, being House
Amendment + to Senate Document
| No. CTS.
Mr.. SMITH of Auburn: Mr.. Chair
| man, this is an amendment which
introduced on request after the 9TH
er amendments has been offered. The
original bill which we have before Us
/ provides for the exemption of en-
ployers of ten or less employees. rms