Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-06

osition Of unorganized townships.
Mr.. CLASON: 1t adds that and makes
decisive action in regard to it; some
decisive step must be taken at this
meeting.
Mr.. WILSON: Do I understand that
it makes no change in the present law
except to make an unorganized town
ship come under the provisions Of the
law?
Mr.. CLASON: l am not familiar enough
with the present law to state that. We
had under consideration this bill and, as
l understood, there were no provisions in
the previous law governing this.
Mr.. WILSON: Mr.. Speaker, if the vote
was declared l move that it be recon-
sidered for the purpose of laying this
matter on the table long enough to find
out what it does do.
Mr.. HARRINGTON of Augusta: Mr..
Speaker it is not necessary TO reconsider
the vote 1t can be tabled in whateve~
stage the pill is.
The SPEAKER: If the gentleman from
Portland. Mr. Wilson, desires to table it,
it can be tabled.
On motion ~ Mr.. Wilton of Portland
the bill was tabled.
On motion by Mr.. Harrington of Au-
gusta the House voted to reconsider Its
action whereby it passed to be engrossed
in concurrence Senate Document o. 4Oo,
An Act TO amend Section of Chapter l4o,
Revised Statutes of 1916, relative to ad-
mittance and charges for patients az
State sanatorlumS.
The SPEAKER: The Chair would state
that this motion is made for adopting or
pon-concurring in Senate amendment
which the Chair overlooked and the
{ hair will read the amendment.
Senate Amendment A to Senate Docu-
ment 400.
Amend bv striking out the following
words from Section 5; According to the
canacity of the sanatorium, and patients
shall be eligible for treatment M an
stages of the disease. Adopted IN the
Senate April third. Is it the pleasure OF
the House to concur in the adoption OF
this amendment
ON motion by Mr.. Williams Of Auburn
the House voted to adopt the amend
uent in concurrence with the Senate, ana
tho hill was passed to be engrossed as
amended nv Senate Amendment \.
Orders.
Mr. FREEDMAN of Ellsworth: Mr.. Speak
or if in order at this time, | should ike
to move that we reconsider our vote
which we took this morning whereby the
act 10 establish military training in the
nublic schools was indefinitely postponed
The SPEAKER: The Chair would sug-
rest that it would facilitate the WORK OF
the session if that could lie taken up
under orders of the day.
Mr.. REDMAN: | accept the suggestion
Mr.. Speaker.
The SPEAKER. The Chair will name
the following gentlemen on the commit
tee which was created on an order pass
ed through this House several weeks ago
which contemplated the purchase OF ne"
desks and seats for the members on re-
port back by the committee on pubic
buildings and grounds. The CHAIR VIII
name on that committee Messrs. Spelr3
Of Westbrook, Eaton of Rumford ana
Langley of Lewiston.
The SPEAKER: The Chair wishes 10
read the following statement from the
House official reporters at this pme.
AN editorial in the kennebec Jour-
nal Yesterday morning, referring 10
the order introduced by Rep, Rounds
in regard to ascertaining why COM
plete report of the House Proceedings
had not appeared in the journal,
stated as follows
Toward the close (of the session.,
when two and sometimes three SEES
sions are held daily, it becomes an
impossibility for the official reporters
to write out the routine and all the
speeches in season to get 1t IN type
the following morning.
Lest some member might infer that
the official reporters have not turned
out their copy as speedily as they
might, they wish to state:
That up to last Thursdays session
they delivered complete copy of each
days proceedings at the Journals Oh
flee on or before 1890 p. m. of the
same day; that on account OF the fact
that Thursdays session was contln-
mons from 9 a. m. to $40 p. M, bar
ring an hour at noon, it was impossl-
Bile to deliver complete copy of that
davis session until $3.50 Friday morn
ing: that on account of the fact that
the ,Turnal had not previously printed
any debate delivered a its office after
6 y. m, the reporters, after working
until a reasonably late hour, decided
to get a little sleep and did not finish
complete copy of that days report
until Saturday noon. there being no
session on Saturday; that complete
COPY of Mondays session (Which was
not printed in the Journal at alb was
delivered at it's office before II p. m.
that evening; that while complete
CODY of Tuesdays session was not de-
liyered until yesterday noon. " pages
were delivered at the Journal Office
before 1920 Tuesday evening, and
part of that was not printed.
The Reporters would suggest that,
if a messenger from the Journal office
should call at the reporters office at
intervals during the evening. they
would he able to furnish the Journal
much more copy before going to press
than they can now, it, of course, be-
ing impossible for the reporters to
leave their work to deliver copy.
OF course, when such long sessions
as that of Tuesday are held it is an
imnossihi1ity for any two reporters to