Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-04-07

the price Of those reports was reduced
one-half. Those volumes take up the de-.
cisions Of the supreme court Of Maine as
often as there are cases enough to bind :.
UP and mako Q volume Of the size spsci.
fed in the statutes. When the matter
came before the committee there was
some misunderstanding in the committee
and the thing drifted along until the clos
ing days Of the session and It was thought
that perhaps the Governor and Council,
could take caro- OF the matter, because
the State buys = certain number OF those
reports and sends them to the various,
libraries throughout the State. It was
found after that the reporter of decisions
who has the printing Of them under a
contract with w. w. WEIGH Of Portland
who distributes them, would be the loser
Of four or five hundred dollars during
the next two years II the law were not
changed. or. as he is not bound to print
them by any law. there would be none
printed. This Is a matter which vitality
affects every person In the State because
the last decisions Of the supreme court
or the last interpretations Of statutes
passed by this Legislature is the law Of
the State Of Maine. Any one OF you may
be involved in litigation which depends
upon the action Of the supreme court In
a recent case. If those cases are not &C.
cessible you may be the loser OF many.
many hundreds of dollars. 1t Is OF vital
interest to all the people OF the state of
Maine that the decisions Of the supreme
court shall be in the hands Of those who
appear before the courts and Of the
ipdc
who are governed by them in their &C,
tons as soon as possible. I do not see
any reason why this thing shall not be
done. 1t was at the suggestion OF tho
Governor and the Council this morning
the Governor and Council-that the act
was introduced by the gentleman from,
Portland. l hope the matter will not be
indefinitely postponed. -
The SPEAKER pro tenn: The question
before the House is on the motion Of tho
gentleman from Portland. Mr.. Anderson
that the bill to amend Section IS OF Chap
ter So of the Revised Statutes OF the State
of Maine, relative to the price OF Maine
reports. be indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. BUZZELL of Belfast: Mr.. Speak.
er. l would like to ask the gentleman
from Eliot q question through the Chair
if he did not serve on that judiciary
committee, and whether or not he has
changed his mind since their report on
the proposition. Z
Mr.. COLE: Mr.. Speaker, think we
stated that We thought the matter
could be taken care Of by the Governor
and Council during the high cost of
paper and in that way get around II
Witt oh ,oiy he To-
simply to get by the next two years.
| Volume lis IS already taken care OF by
contract. Volumes 116 and III, which
will be issued before the next Legisla-
ture comes, have not been covered by
any contract for paper or printing or
binding. 1t is hoped to get by that two-i
year contract that this bill Is put IN
1t is hoped that after that II will 20 /
back to s1.75. I think It Is an injusj
tice to ask anybody to print State
printing at a loss to himself. and the
printer is not bound to do II and alb
solutely refuses to do IT,
The SPEAKER pro tenn: The Chair
will state that this act could be intro.
duced only by suspending the rules.
| Mr.. ALLAN: Mr.. Speaker. I intended
to move to suspend the rules and to
|
al readings.
The SPEAKER pro tenn: Tho gen.
tleman from Portland Mr.. Allan. has
moved for a suspension Of the rules.
which requires a two-thirds vote, In
order to introduce this act. Under the
rules of the House an act that has been a
reported Ought not to pass" cannot be
revived only under special procedure.
| To S,,spep6 tho y,,les will reo,ire
two-thirds vote.
The pending question being wheth-
err the rules shall be suspended and the
bill received.
! viva voce being taken.
The rules were suspended and the
bill was received.
The pending question then being on
the motion Of the gentleman from Port
land, Mr.. Anderson. that the bill be In
definitely postponed.
| A viva yoce vote being taken,
| The motion was lost.
On motion by Mr.. Allan Of Portland.
the rules We're further suspended and
the bill was given its three several
readings and passed to be engrossed.
(The Speaker resumes the Chair.)
The SPEAKER: The gentleman from
| Eliot Mr.. Cole, moves that the rules.
be suspended and that we go to the
calendar and that We take up the CAL
endar beginning with unfinished bus
mess, and the Chair would like to have
the members consider 1t. The Chair
would suggest to these various commit
tee Of conference that have been ap-
pointed that whenever a committee OF
conference Is ready to report. present
the matter and it will take precedence.
On motion by Mr.. Sawyer of Madi-
son, the rules were suspended to con-
slider the report Of a committee OF
conference as follows:
The committee on conference on the
disagreeing action of the two branch
es of the Legislature on Senate Docu-
ment No. 1913, entitled IAN Act to
amend Chapter 295 fthe Public Laws
Of 1915, relative to compensation to
employees for personal injuries re-
ceived in the course Of their employ
ment and to the prevention Of such
injuries by allowing the injured party
to select his own physician and the
hospital to which he shall be carried"
have had the same under considera-
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