Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-08

mu,ker-Hearinss May Be Held and
r,e Separate Petition Subject Of
irs,ry
n. .rcfnor q Maine and no one
cen the supreme court of
..s ,.... d. the sole deciding author
j.. he ID The commences of sigma
.. rtoerdum petitions and as
/. ..r r, not an act passed by
...,,- .ta~" shall bc submitted to
.-e t,.;., ip.l4-e 81 these petitions.
L7v Court Opinion
.-t II the outstanding feature
.14.,n just received by Gov
~ N,ttcn from the Law court OF
v D.. reply TO questions submit
.-tt. -re chief Executive. The opin-
m rendered a week ago. but,
.,..e III the absence Of Attorney
~.-a l;uv v Srureis IN New York
-,..4. ,ur,cntIon of attorneys gen
... .-e &act application OF the
.-seers gwen by the Supreme court
40 points in the various referen-
.- PORTIONS could not be determin-
n E,cn n, y i, it may be many
.,.. tsf.ro II Is finally decided wheth-
~ not he people Of Maine shall
.-.e ,.pon the Lewiston police COM
--.te.,, OIL and three other measures
,,or which tho referendum was
.t3r.. Hearings may be held by
r,,ve~-o- Miliken and each separate
rs,..ton may he the subject of in
. Questions Submitted
Governor Mllliken submitted his
,gastors 70 the Supreme court on
-llv Is. lal- There were 10 of these
..,err7ra'ories. some of which had
s.r-dl,-.rne All OF the questions ap-
,e..a.-eG 20 the sufficiency Of the pc
.,cns eled with the secretary of
STATE nri7r 20 midnight of July 6, in
which a referendum vote was asked
In the Lewiston police commission
o.V tho act ~ abolish the commits
,oro-e ~ Inland Fisheries and Game
ard 20 create \ Commission of In
and Fisheries and Game. the act to
abolish the commissioner Of Sea and
chore Fisheries and create the Com
--,srion ~ Sea and Shore Fisheries
Ara tho az ~ make the Kennebec
Journal the state paper Sample blank
arms used b. the petitioners were at
..-reA ne exhibits The purpose Of
ne 7ges'.ons was 20 determine If TO-
nm electors had asked for the submits
r-r ~ hose questions 70 a popular
vote
TIE Court in giving IFS opinion first
reviewed 'hc institutional provisions
mi 'se- 're questions submitted were
~ forth and answered
Veri1eation Under Oath
Tie supreme court held that verifi-
-aoon a to the genuineness of sig
-at.ros must he made under oath and
m.st lie l,eonpanied by the certitica-
ION u tue city, town or plantation
Jerk tEat the names on the petitions
appear On the voting lists as qualified
70 vote for governor. This certificate
1901 not he under oath.
n thus Connection, a majority of the
ss'i. - the supreme court held that
paper p4rporting to he a petition
7a!ta IS Invalid at the expiration of
re prescribed time cannot be render
FL valid Hereafter by addition or cor
:ec'lor ~ either the verification or the
-ertlfoauor
Tals decision was given because GER
'ain petitions from the city of Lew
s'on bore tie certificate of the city
erk '0cte The city clerk of Lewis
n 'fN', tHo secretary of state that
20. r.' examined the names on the
.f'Hor md aid not know whether or
So. names were on the voting
'- f.e city. and this letter was
f'o7 'N fio secretary of State on
l:-' Tic city clerk also wrote a
dave b'"f that ne had requested
f-.r- presenting the petitions
III er''-. t'l,n TO return them TO him
p. wi-st 'e compared, but the
"'H' we're rot returned
ftt tf the justices held that
'r't f'e II the clerk was not an
''.'I .. g." lctte~. but that the Gov
I'D MI" power - hold a hearing
f'l determine whether or not the
'an"e DartlHcd 10 were genuine. II
riI fMat tho letter was not an
'rr' "r 70 amendment, hut that
amendment must he made on the
Ie'''". onscltes within the pre-
sraeI % davs
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