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

or the Chalr, the yeas ana nays were
not ordered.
A division Of the House being had.
'Fifty-siX voting in the affirmative and
so in the negative, the motion of the
gentleman from Monson adopting the
majority report in concurrence pre-
vailed.
The bill then had its three several
readings under a suspension of the rules
and was passed to be engrossed in con-
currence.
From the Senate: Majority and mi
nority reports from committee on salar-
les and fees. Majority report. The ma
jority of the committee on salaries and
| fees on bill. An Act relating to compen-
sation of judges of probate. have had
| the same under consideration and ask
! leave to report the same ought not to
/ pass. signed Grant Howard, WEIGH,
! Jenkins. Holt. Leavitt Conant. Minor
/ ity report of same committee on same
\ subject matter reporting same in a new
! draft under same title and that it ought
! to pass. signed Rounds. Came from the
! Senate, majority report ought not to
pass" accepted. .
| Mr.. ROUNDS Of Portland: Mr..
| Speaker. 1 move that we insist and ask
! for a committee of conference. AS /
understand the minority report in the
| House was accepted last Friday. and
this is matter that involves only from
! three hundred to five hundred dollars a
year AS I said last Friday. it is a
matter that has to do with the differ
ent counties and the delegations from
+t,1 a. 90
the counties recommended it. want to
say that we give judges of the supreme
| court $500 year when they reach the
age of seventy. Now this will only
| affect three judges in the whole State of
! Maine and probably never any more.
\ The salary will be from three to five
| hundred dollars a year-half the salary
/ they obtained when they were judges of
probate. AS you all know, once in thir-
| ty years all the property in the State Of
u Maine has to be probated by these
F! judges of probate. Why not allow them
! after seventy years of age and looking
after our property for twenty years the
| paltry sum of from three hundred and
\ fifty to five hundred dollars? move
! that we insist and ask for committee
| of conference.
| Mr. BUZZELL of Belfast: I second
| the motion.
The motion was agreed to.
! The SPEAKER: The Chair will name
on that committee of conference.
Messrs. Bragdon of Westbrook, Buzzell
and Lawrence of Fairfield.
/ From the Senate: Majority and mi
nority reports from committee on sal
! aries and fees. Majority report. ma
| jority of the committee on salaries and
! fees, to which was referred An Act to
| amend Chapter 357 of the Public Laws
| of s1915, relating to clerk hire in the
! Office of the register of deeds in York
1 county, have had the same under con-
sideration and ask leave to report that
/ the same ought not to pass. Signed.
Grant, Conant. Holt, Wclch. Jenkins.
/ Leavitt. Minority report of same COM
mittee on same subject matter report
ing ought to pass" Signed. Rounds.
Howard.
In the House the minority report is
suspension of the rules and passed to
be engrossed. This comes from the
Senate, the majority report ought not
/ 10 pass dCCeplcu III nOH-COHCuTIenCo
with the action of the House.
Mr. ROUNDS of Portland: Mr..
| Speaker, 1 signed the minority report
and 1 suppose it devolves on me to ask
that the minority report be accepted.
| l will yield to the gentleman from Eliot.
Mr. Cole.
Mr. COLE of Eliot: Mr.. Speaker, NV
mind was taken up with another mat
ter: was that the judge Of probate of
! York county?
The SPEAKER: 1t is clerk hire in
the register of deeds office
On motion by Mr.. Cole of Eliot. the
reports were tabled pending concurrence
with the Senate.
Senate Bills in First Readino
senate 303 An Act to amend Section
IA" OF Chapter Is of the Revised Stat
utes' relating to the admission of stu
dents TO State normal schools.
Senate $50. An Act TO designate tru-
ant officers as attendance officers.
senate as. An Act to amend Sec
ton 20 of Chapter 136 of the Revised
statutes relating to the copy of nro-
ceedings in murder cases
Senate 324. An Act to amend sec,,on
80 OF Chapter " of the Revised Stat
utes' relating to the legal effect Of tho
adoption of child.
senate 415. An Act authorizing tho
seiectmen of the town OF Brooksvi,1a
70 grant private way over tide wat
ers
Inc rules were suspended and tho
oiis were given their three several
readings and passed to be engrossed IN
concurrence ia
From the Senate: Majority renor, .,
committee on legal affairs, to which
vas referred bill, An Act to anend
section Is, Chapter 81 of the pe,,i.oa
statutes of 1916. relating to the tanuro
OF once OF county attorneys. have b.a
the same under consideration and ask
leave TO report that the same oupbt
70 pass signed Merrill. Wood Marsbau
Conary. Garcelon, Brewster and Andar
son from the committee. Minority w.
port from the same committee on s,no
SUBJECT matter, reporting Ought not
10 pass signed. Murray. In the sen-
aye majority report was accepted.
Mr.. MURRAY of Bangor: Mr. Sns,L
err move that the minority report he