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

roratins the Van Buren, Light & Pow
er Co. and the act creating police re-
serve force for the city of Portland.
Rep. Cole Of Eliot spoke vigorously in
favor Of his bill providing for the
transmission of electric power beyond
the limits of the State under certain
conditions. The majority report of the
Judiciary committee upon the bill was
ought not to pass and that of the mi
norlty, ought to pass. Rep. Cole ar
sued for the adoption of the minority
report.
BY a voice vote the motion Of Rep.
Cole of Eliot to accept the favorable
minority report Of the judiciary COM
mittec upon his bill was lost.
The act to regulate the practice of
Osteopathy being taken up, the ques-
ton being the adoption Of either re-
port, majority ought to pass and mi
n"rlty ought not to pass, Rep. Clason
or Lisbon yielded to Rep. Longley of
Sidney, who moved the adoption of the
majority report and it was : carried
without debate, the bill given it's
readings and passed to be engrossed.
The act relating to the taxation of
personal property. which refers to tax
alton of pulp wood. cord wood and logs
and provides for their taxation where
located instead of in the town where
the owner resides on April l. came up
ana Rep. harrington moved the adop>
ton of the majority report, ought not
to pass. The notion to indefinitely post
rome was carried unanimously.
The next act taken up was for the
safeguarding Of employees III factories.
mills and workshops against danger from
fire, tabled March 30 by Rep. Earring
ton of Augusta pending its first reading,
and Rep. Harrington yielded to Rep. Will
son of Portland who moved indefinite
postponement in concurrence Rep. Will
sons motion to indeinitelv postpone was
overwhelmingly carried.
The act allowing dentists to employ
women assistants who shall be known as
dental hysienists, tabled March 30 by
Rep. Wilson of Portland pending the
third reading, was taken up and Rep.
Wilson moved its Indefinite postpone
ment.
The motion to Indefinitely postpone was
lost to 70 and Rep. Murray, who was
in the chair, caused a laugh by making
Rep. Wilson move the bill to it's reading
and engrossment.
The House order on the advisability of
imposing franchise or other tax upon
corporations supplying electricity was
tabled until Friday.
Rep. Barnes introduced under suspen-
sion of rules a resolve providing for an
armory at the University of Maine and
appropriating $4,000 for 1917 to be taken
from the war emergency fund. The re-
solve was temporarily tabled.
Rep. Barnes of Houlton urged the in
definite postponement of the act relating
to the standard of purity in milk, say
ing that its effect would be to place the
maximum instead of the minimum stand
ard of butter fat at S.25 per cent. and
that it would work great injury to poor
people.
Nv a vote of 70 to 90 the House, after
long debate, accepted the minority re-
port fought not to pass" or an act &C
amend Section 3, Chapter 100, Revised
Statutes. relating to the sale of milk
This bill provided for reducing milk IRON
a higher to a lower grade iR connection
with its sale on the market. Representa-
tive Merrill Of Gray opened the discus
sion, saying that he did not believe there
were any who were getting too much put
fer fat in their milk and. opposed the
measure.
Representative Rounds suggested tina,
the House go into executive session in
order to consider the University of Maine
l,ys
ed Representative Wilson of Portland
moved a reconsideration of the report
whereby the House had accepted the mi
noritv report on the milk bill, and when
this was put to a vote by Speaker Bon
ney it was overwhelmingly lost.
Representative Garcelon of Auburn took
from the table the so-called loan shark
bill which would regulate the business
Of making loans in sums of $500 or less
at a greater rate Of interest than Il pei
cent. per annum and regulating the as
Segment of wages or salaries given as
securities therefor.
The favorable minority report was ac-
cepted on a voice vote, and the bill was
PASSED to be engrossed after three minor
amendments had been offered by Repre-
sentative Garcelon and accepted. One OF
these amendments provided that the fees
accruing should go to the State treasurer
after paying whatever examination work
had to be done by the banking depart
ment.
On motion of Representative Hutchina
of Mexico the House adjourned to Fri
day morning.
Sen. Davies took from the table the