Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-30

The SPEAKER: The Chair under
stands that it is.
Mr. NEWCOMB. Do understand
that the Senate attached an amend
ment?
The SPEAKER: That il the fact.
The bill is now in the amendable stage
and the Chair will read the amend
ment.
Senate Amendment A to H. D. 305.
Amend by striking out in the sixth
line of said act the words except con-
signee," and insert in place thereof the
words "other than the person, firm or
corporation to whom it has been con-
signed unless upon written order in
each instance of the bona fide con-
signee, or to any fictitious person or TO
a person under a fictitious name"
Also insert after the word "consign-
ee" in the seventh line of said act, the
words "or his agent in each instance
duly authorized thereto in writing"
Mr.. ROUNDS of Portland: Mr..
Speaker, l see that the Senate has
taken my cue and has put on what l
tried to put on the first of it, that Is.
that a man having liquor come. would
not have to go after it. The Senate Is n
little more conservative than the
House. and are going to let an agent
express man, or anyone else get il; and
the first thing you know you will have
everybody going after it under ficti-
tious names. Therefore. am telling the
House what they did against my pro-
test the other day, and that now they
are coming around to do just what |
wanted them to do at that time if they
pass this bill as it is now. (Applause.)
On motion by Mr. Harrington of Au- .
gusta, the House voted to concur with
the Senate in adopting Senate Amend
ment A and on further motion by the
same gentleman the bill was passed TO
be engrossed as amended by Senate
Amendment A.
From the Senate: An Act to amend
Section 100 of Chapter So of the Re-
vised Statutes and increasing the au-
amount of accumulative cap
ital of loan and building associations.
In the House on March 20 this bill was
passed to be enacted. Sent to the Sen
ate, that body reconsidering the vote
the bill was passed to be en-
crossed and adopted Senate Amend
ment A; then passed the bill to he en-
crossed as amended by Senate Amend
ment \.
On motion by Nj. Wilson of Port
land, the House reoonsidered its vote
the bill to amend Section 100
of Chapter 81 of the Revised Statutes
was passed to be enacted and on fur
Their motion by the same gentleman.
the House reconsidered its action
the same bill was passed to
be engrossed
Mr.. BARNES of Houlton: Mr..
Speaker, may | inquire what was the
report of the committee to which the
bill was referred?
Mr.. WILSON of Portland: Mr..
Speaker, l will explain this whole mat
ter in a few words.
Mr.. BARNES: Do l have the floor,
Mr.. Speaker?
The SPEAKER: The gentleman
from Houlton, Mr.. Barnes, has the
floor. and the inquiry was
Mr.. BARNES: What was the report
of the committee to which the bill was
referred?
The SPEAKER: Reported ought to
pass.
Mr.. BARNES: Mr.. Speaker. l rise
now to object to any action upon this
bill adverse to the report of the COM
mittee which had it under considera-
ton and whose report has been acted
upon favorably by both bodies of the
mp to this time.
The SPEAKER: The question be-
fore the House is the motion to recon-
slider the vote whereby the bill under
was passed TO be en-
in order that the House may
consider the Senate amendment; ana II
is entirely within the pleasure of the
House whether it wishes to consider
the amendment.
Mr.. WILSON of Portland: Mr..
Speaker. / will explain this matter to
the House in "a very few words. The
committee on banks and banking, TO
which this bill was referred, reported
ought to pass" 1t was a bill provid-
ing for increase of capital stock OF
building and loan associations. We had
two other bills which amended this
same section, Section 100 of Chapter
40. Through some misunderstanding.
two of those bills were reported. The
object Of all the proposed amendments
to that section was to increase the
"a pital from one million to two million
dollars and the number of shares which
might be held from 25 to so. Now there
was one bill which did all of that. There
was one bill which raised from one to
two million and one which raised from
% to so shares. In the shufhc
however, through some mistake or other,
we got two bills reported, one OF them
raising the capital stock from one mil
lion to two million dollars and leaving
the shares at %. and another leaving
the capital at one million and raising
the shares to so. We discovered what
was going on and | had these bills held
I'D in the Senate at the committees
suggestion that the matters be CONSOLE
dated: and this amendment as adopted
in the Senate clears up the matter.
Mr.. BARNES: May inquire through
the Chair what was the fate of the
other bill to which the gentleman re-
fers?
Mr. WILSON: The other bill, Mr..
Speaker, will be indefinitely postponed
when reached, if it has not already been
done.
On motion by Mr.. Wilson of Port
land the House voted to reconsider it's
action whereby the bill was passed to
be engrossed.
The SPEAKER: The Chair will read
Senate Amendment A. Senate Amend