Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-04

and consent of the Council may draw
his warrant upon any money i'll the
! treasury available and not otherwise
appropriated, and the treasurer OF
State may, under the direction of the
Governor and Council, borrow upon the
credit Of the State such sums, not ex-
iceeding one million dollars, as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions
of this act. and for that purpose may
issue bonds and or notes in the name
and on behalf of the State, at such
rates Of interest, in such sums and Of
such denominations and on such time
or times, and to mature at definite
time or serially as the Governor and
Council may determine. Such bonds
and or notes shall be signed by the
treasurer of State, countersigned by
the Governor, and attested by the State
auditor with the seal OF the State affix-
ed. and shall be deemed to be and
shall be pledge of the faith and cred
ii of the State and shall be tax exempt
The coupons attached to any coupon
bonds SO issued shall bear the fac-sim-
lie OF the signature of the treasurer of
State. instead of his original signature
The State auditor shall keep an account
Of such bonds and or notes, showing
the number and amount Of each. the
date Of countersigning. the date when
payable, and the date Of delivery
thereof to the treasurer Of State. who
shall keep an account Of such bonds
and or notes, showing the number
thereof. the names Of the persons to
whom sold. the amount received for
the same, the date of sale and the date
when payable. The treasurer of State
may negotiate the sale of such bonds
and or notes shall be held by the treas
surer Of State, and paid by him upon
warrants drawn by the Governor and
Council for the purposes of this act.
Until otherwise ordered by the LegiSla-
ture.
Section .. The sum of one million
dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid
out Of the treasury of State from any
money in the treasury not otherwise
/ appropriated and from the proceeds of
any bonds or notes issued under the
provisions of this act to be expended
: under the direction of the Governor
with the advice and consent of the coun-
: ell in defraying the expenses incurred
in carrying out thc purposes of this act.
! Section 3. Interest due or accruing
upon any bonds or notes issued under
the provisions of this act shall be paid
by the treasurer of State from any
:, money in the State treasury not other
wise appropriated. or from the State
contingent fund upon warrants drawn
by the Governor and council therefor.
Section a. In view of the emergency
cited in the preamble hereof this act
shall take effect when approved"
Mr.. BARNES: Mr.. Speaker and gen
tlemen of the House; The occasion de-
, mands more than the mere making of a
motion to enact into law the appro-
pirate legislation. To the minds of
some of the older in the House recurrs
today the thought of that April so years
ago when the shot was fired that placed
| North and South in the clash of con-
5 tending arms To all of US comes the
: thought of that April SO many years ago
when the galloping footbeats of the
steed of the gallant Revere through the
Middlesex village ard farm brought to
the people the stern realities of the war
existing and that they were combatants.
Today conditions id6ve changed The
notice that war was declared was not
the pulsatng beat of the galloping
horse. but through the mysterious
, waves of ether all over this broad land
the wireless telegraph was bringing to
the ears Of the expert or the schoolboy
the news that in Congress assembled
the President of the United States had
taken the fateful step that reduced US
at blow from a peace-loving people,
E following the pursuits of business. to
the plane of those whose principal bust
ness is war. l must be brief. Many
things have changed; this remains true.
Y We read the other day that one of our
rear admirals suggested that the
= chances were at least even that if the
: German feet should make a dash from
the mouth of the Kiel canal, it in part
I would pass unframed. If that fleet
ravageS the seas. it is after munitions
! and metal and money. 1t can find those
three prime requisites to the conduct of
a war nowhere so we'll as along the I'M
protected coast Of this great land of
ours, where guns obsolete, ornaments
useless, ammunition in amount to serve
for four hours of the first day perhaps,
= stand between the ravager and his prey.
4 One thing remains unchanged should
, invasion threaten, and that is one thing
that is the same today in the COS and
, back in the days Of rs. The boys Of
Maine must march out to repel the in
vader, and we now can see the spectacle
of men in the Empire State of this
Union, the wealthiest State perhaps in
the world, drilling with wooden guns.
We in Maine, the people of Maine, are
asking you to place in the hands Of the
, Governor to be expended under his dis
erection and with the advice and con-
sent Of the council. sum which we
, think all sufficient so that If the boys of
Maine are marched out into the trenches
to face the foe, they may go. so far as
we are concerned. as we'll equipped as is
possible. Gentlemen, to you all the oc-
casion is serious. I move, Mr. Speaker,
; that without reference to committee
the bill be at this time given its sew
eral readings.
Mr.. STANLEY of Dixfeld: Mr.. Speak
err, ] am the only veteran in the House.
I was old enough to go into the civil
War-onIy fifteen years old-and l am
Young enough to go again if necessary.
(Grcat applause)
On motion by Mr.. Barnes of Houlton,
the rules were suspended and bill. An
Act authorizing the issue OF bonds ana