Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-15
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r. -. "a. Resolve appropriatinG mon
ey for the State forest nursery and to
encourage reforestinE in Maine.
a. n. l43. An Act to amend the char
ter Of the Shirley Dam Co.
u. ID. 1872 An Act to authorize Allan
i. Hammond and his associates to
erect piers and maintain booms in the
-. John river in Hamlin Plantation.
II. u. lis. An Act to amend Section
IL OF Chapter 1s1 of the Private and
Special Laws OF 1911. relating to pris-
oners escaping from the county farm
~ Cumberland county.
II. ID. 49, An Act amendatory Of and
additional TO Section 20 of Chapter 90
of tho Revised Statutes. reiating to the
annual closing OF accounts and filing
~ balance sheets by public utilities.
II. u. 457. An Act ratifying and
confirming the action of the Knox Gas
a Electric Co. In acquiring the capt.
tai stock. franchises, property and
RIGHTS of the Rockland and Thomaston
Gas Light Co. the Camden & Rock
port Electric Light 60. and the Thorn
aston & Warren Electric Light & Pow
er Co.
In the House this bill was amended
by the adoption OF House Amendment
\. as follows: BY adding Section 3. as
follows: 1T shall be unlawful for said
corporation to transmit electric current
TOR sale or use beyond the limits OF
this state, or TO contract with any
person. firm or corporation for the
transmission or sale of electric current
beyond the limits of this State: and
said corporation shall not be permit
ted to acquire in any manner the fran
chises OF or consolidate with or trans
Ter or lease It's property rights and
franchises to any other corporation.
nrm or person now transmitting or
having the right to transmit electric
power beyond the confines Of the State
without express authority of the Leg
stature"
Mr. DAVIES Of Cumberland: Mr.
President, may inquire through you
II there is any senator present who has
this amendment in charge?
air. BUTI.ER of Knox: Mr.. Presi-
dent. not answering the gentleman,
perhaps. but I will state that this Is a
matter in which l am primarily inter-
csted
I do not know for what purpose this
amendment can be attached. because
the corporation has no earthly idea of
doing any of the prohibited things. and
could not II II wanted to, as 1t is not
located properly.
Mr.. DAVIES: Mr.. President. as we
have a general law prohibiting the same
thing. and inasmuch as We may gen.
orally assume that the Legislature will
do nothing in derogation Of the general
law. I move that we non-concur with
the House in the adoption OF the
amendment, and that we indefinitely
postpone the same.
Mr.. BUTLER: Mr. President. do
net approve of the amendment. but
would rather hope that the motion of
the senator might not prevail. do not
want to hold UP the whole matter,
possibly. on account OF this amend
mont do not think the parties inter-
ested care particularly about the
amendment, one way or the other.
| should not want to endanger the
act itself by holding up tho amend
nent. Possibly that would be done.
Mr.. DEERING Of York: Mr.. Presi-
dent, l move that the bill and amend
ment be tabled.
The motion was agreed TO.
H. d. ~ Resolve to provide for a sur
vey by the commissioner Of sea and shore