Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-03
is two branches

agreeing action of the two branches.
The Chair appointed as members Of
, the committee of conference on the part
of the Senate thessenator from Sasada-
hoe. Senator Maxwell. the senator from
Somerset. Senator Walker, and the soma
tor from Androscoggin, Senator Morey.
Mr.. MURPHY of Cumberland: Mr..
President, | move to reconsider our vote
whereby we asked for a committee of
conference in relation to the election of
Portland city assistant assessors by the
, assessors.
The PRESIDENT: will the senator
inform the CHAIR if the committee of
! conference has met and made a report?
| Mr.. MURPHY: 1t has. The report
has not been turned in. III
The PRESIDENT IN the opinion of
the Chair the emotion to reconsider the
vote woula oA Pa in order after the
committee has met and made report
but the action that the senator desires
! may be had when the question comes
| upon the acedpt;sieS ;of the report Of the
committee. lxHin-os
Mr. WING of Franklin: Mr. President.
| desire to ask unanimous consent to
present at this time, out of order, a re-
| solve relating to amendments to- the
| Constitution.
Unanimous consent was granted and
| on motion by the same senator the re-
solve was tabled for printing ana as
signed for consideration. tomorrow
morning, without reference to com
, mittee.
On motion by Mr.. Cole of York, the
rules were suspended and that senator
| presented a resolve in favor of Fred w
| Lawrence, stenographer to the joint spe-
| cial committee on public utilities. and
4 on motion by the same senator the re-
| solve was referred to the committee on
| appropriations and financial affairs.
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| On motion by Mr. Conant of Waldo,
the vote was reconsdered whereby
House Document No. 656, Resolve In ia
4 yor of the reconstruction of the easterlv
! span of the Old Town Milford Bridge,
| was assigned for Thursday forenoon.
The same senator then offered Senate
Amendment y to House Document No.
656.
The PRESIDENT: The parliamentary
situation is as follows: The committee
on ways and bridges reported to the
House Resolve in new draft relating to
the construction of the Old Town-Mil
| ford bridge. The House substituted for
| the report of the committee the original
resolve which had been referred TO the
committee, which has been printed and
is House Document No. 656. That re-
solve was passed to be engrossed in the
House. The Senate has accepted the
report of the committee and the senator
from Waldo now offers Senate Amend
ment A to the resolve which is House
Document No. 656:
Amend Resolve relating to the con-
stracton of the Old Town and Milford
bridge, by striking out all of said Re-
solve after the word Resolved and sub.
stituting in place thereof the follow
ing:
Section /. That there is hereby ap-
propriated for the year 1913 for the ,pur-
pose of constructing that part of the
Old Town and Milford bridge that con-
} meets the town of Milford with Treat
and Wenster Island, so-called, the sum
/ of sixty-two Thousand four hundred dol
: lars 1852, 49a); said construction to be
| under the supervision of the State high
! lway department, ON such location as
said department may determine.
l. Section ?. Said easterly span Of the
Old Town and Milford bridge shall be
, hereafter maintained under the super
: vision of the State highway department
, by the city of Old Town and the town
: of Milford in proportion TO their re-
spective State valuations. And in case
of failure on the part of either said city
or town. after reasonable notice by said
E State highway department. to pay its
due proportion as determined by said
r State highway department, the State as
!, SCISSORS shall add such city or lawns
proportion of said expense to the next
tax assessed against such city or town
/ by the State, and it shall be collected in
| the same manner as other State taxes
Z are now collected from said city or
| town.
| Section 3. The westerly span Of said
Old Town and Milford bridge shah be
, hereafter maintained under the stiper-
vision of the State highway department
by the city of Old Town. And in case
: of failure on the part of said Old Town.
/ after reasonable notice by said State
highway department, to pay the expense
of said maintenance, the State assessors
shall add such expense of maintena nee
. TO the next tax assessed against said
Old Town by the State, and it shall be
4 collected in the same manner as other
4 state taxes are now collected from said
a city, ~ S-E
Il Section Z. Infthe event that any pub
4 lteaptility should wishAto use said bridge
! in any way, thes compensation fors such
and the mode and manner thereof shall
be fixed by the Public Utility Commis-
sion, and the compensation so fixed and
paid shall be disposed by said Public
Utility Commission as Justice may re-
qufre.
The resolve was given its first read
ing.
| On motion by Mr.. Conant, the rules
! were suspended and the resolve was
given it's second reading and passed to
/ be engrossed.