Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-22
Doth reports tabled by Mr.. Rounds
Of Portland pending acceptance Of eth

Doth reports tabled by Mr.. Rounds
Of Portland pending acceptance Of eth
er)
Mr.. Alden, from the committee on
agriculture, reported ought not too
pass" on bill An Act to amend Chapter
i35, Section 3, Revised Statutes of 1916.
relating to cattle shipped from Maine
to Brighton, Massachusetts,"
Same gentleman, from same commit
tee, reported same n bill IAN Act to
amend Chapter u.s. Section ~. Revised
Statutes Of 1915. relating to dairy.
breeding and show cattle"
Mr.. Cummings, from same commit
tee, reported same on bill IAN Act re-
lating to trotting purses for agricul-
tural societies.
Same gentleman, from the committee,
reported same on bill "An Act to pro-
vide State farms on which prospective
professors Of agriculture for the Uni
versity Of Maine and county farm DEM
constructors shall prove their capability
in fundamental agriculture"
Mr.. Larrabee, from the committee on
appropriations and financial affairs, re-
ported same on resolve in favor of an
appropriation of $4,000, for the erection
of a monument the East Side Of the
kennSDeC River IN tne CITY Oh Angus
in memory of the Pilgrim Trading Post
established by the Pilgrim fathers.
Mr. Conary, from the committee on
legal affairs. on petition of Vernard q.
Cobb and eight others securing the reg
istration Of autos of less than 25 horse
power. or less than one ton in weight
for IS. reported that the same be placed
on file.
The reports were accepted
First Reading Of Printed Bills and
Resolves
House sos An Act to define certain
terms used in Section 5S, Chapter g..
Revised Statutes. in relation to licens-
ing childrens homes and maternity hos
pitals
House SOC An Act to incorporate the
Boothbay Harbor Water District.
House 607. An Act to amend Section
Of Chapter 141 of the Private and
Special Laws of 1881 entitled IAN Act
TO amend An Act creating the Phillips
Corporation"
House SIP An Act to incorporate the
Brassau Stream Dam and Improvement
Company.
House Ga An Act confirming the
official acts of the officers of the Plan
of the town of Chapman, and of the
proceedings of the special town meeting
of the inhabitants of the town of Chap
man held December 27, 1915.
House els. An Act to amend Sec
ton of Chapter 80 of the Revised
Statutes Of Maine, entitled Soldiers and
Sailors not to be considered paupers."
House Sic. An Act amending Sec
ton l24 Of Chapter 81 of the Revised
Statutes, realizing to competency of wit
nesses in court.
House 6l7 An Act to legalize and con
firm the incorporation and dongs of the
Congregational parish of Weld, Maine,
and to authorize the conveyance of its
real estate.
House els. An Act to prevent cruelty t.
animals in the sale and transportation OF
horses.
House 6l9. An Act to authorize the
county Of Aroostook to enlarge and repair
the courthouses at HouIton and Caribou
in said county.
ION motion by Mr. futile of Caribou re
committed to the Aroostook delegation }
House go An Act to incorporate mon
eys received by the treasurer of State an 1
credited ~ him to the public admins
traitors fund.
House 621. An Act to incorporate Maine
Fire Insurance Company.
House 622 An Act to amend Section 5.
of Chapter So of the Revised Statutes. re-
lating to public utilities and free trans
portation same.
House sos Resolve in favor Of Otto
Nelson.
House coo. Resolve reimbursng the
town of Pressure Isle for money expended
on account of a certain pauper.
House go Resolve in favor Of Fred K.
Smith of Pittsfield for expenses incurred
as a member of the hospital trustees in
Investigating conditions at the Augusta
State hospital In 1913
House GIL Resolve for laying the
county taxes for the year 1918.
House 613. Resolve in FAVOR of several
academies institutes. seminaries and col
leges for maintenance and for repairs and
improvements.
Mr.. kneeland of Lincoln offered Hou e
Amendment to House Document Glib, as
follows:
Said resolve relating to Lee Academy,
Lee. is hereby amended on page two OF
said resolve by striking out the words
seven hundred and fifty dollars in lines
one and two of said resolve, and substi-
tuting therefor the words two thousan
dollars, so that said resolve as amende
will read as follows:
Lee Academy. Lee. for the payment
of instructors two thousand dollars
And on page four of said resolve relax
ing to Lee Academy. Lee. by striking out
the words five hundred dollars in lines
one and two of said resolve and substi-
tuting therefor the words two thousand
dollars so that said resolve as amende l
shall read follows:
Lee Academy. Lee. for the payment OF
instructors two thousand dollars.
dor debate see Legislative Record)
MIR COLE of Eliot: Mr.. Speaker, l
do not rise to speak upon this question
except that the gentleman (Mr. Reed
of Bangor) has called for the yea and
nay vote. I certainly hope that the
gentleman will not insist on that 1t
seems to me that as between good
roads and good schools, or whether
the State gives an opportunity for au-
tomobile millonaires and well do
people to ride over our roads. or gives
our children an education. we ought to