Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-27
THE 18th LEGISLATURE
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Mr.. WILSON of Portland: MT
Speaker, 1 move that the House re-
consider it's action whereby Senate
Document No. 1876. An Act relating
to the registration and operation OF
motor vehicles, was given its third
reading.
The motion prevailed.
Mr.. WILSON: Mr.. Speaker. !
move the bill lie on the table.
would like to look it over. I think
would like to offer an amendment
The motion by MI. Wilson that
the bill be laid on the table. WITH
out definite assignment, prevailed.
The SPEAKER: The Chair will
call the attention of the House to
the House order, under which all
matters not specially assigned for
later day, will be taken automaticai-
" from the table every day, SO tha'
everything comes off the table every
day.
Mr.. WILSON: Mr.. Speaker, / un-
derstood that order takes effect TO-
morrow. -,
The SPEAKER: The Chair will
state that 1t understands the oroer
begins tomorrow.
Mfr. HINCKLEY of South Port
land: Mr. Speaker. l tabled TINS
morning an act relating to carrying
firearms. I move it be taken from
the table.
The SPEAKER: Will the gentle
man from South Portland, Mr.
Hinckley. state the number.
Mr.. HINCKLEY: Mr.. Speaker.
did not get the number.
The SPEAKER: Does the gentle
man refer to the report Of the COM
mittee on conference?
Mr.. HINCKLEY: Mr.. Speaker,
yes. the committee on conference.
The SPEAKER: We will pass this
matter for the present and take up
House Amendment A to bill. An Act
relative to temporary loans by coun-
ty commissioners. House No. I'D. Ia
bled by the gentleman from Port
land. Mr.. Allan, pending its aeop'
ton.
MIR. ALLAN Of Portland: Mr.
Sneaker. I move that the amend
ment be Indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. WILSON of Portland: Mr.
Sneaker, / would like to inquire OF
the gentleman from Portland (Mr
Allan) il the amendment does not
leave the law as it is?
Mr.. ALLAN: Mr.. Speaker. will the
gentleman please repeat his ques-
ton?
Mr.. WILSON: I understand. Mr.
Speaker. that this bill simply relates
to the amount of temporary loans
and if the amendment should DC
annexed, as proposed, it would SIM
ply put the law back where II
stands today.
Mr.. ALLAN: Mr.. Speaker. dc
not want to so into the merits OF
the case The amendment is sc
drawn that while it does not affec'
Cumberland county it will extend
the amount of the temporary loans
in kennebec county 100000. and
Kennebec county people are not in
terested in it whatever.
Mr.. ROUNDS of Portland: NJ
Speaker. | think you have heard quite
lot about Cumberland: perhaps all
YOU want to. If We had a three-rins
circus. think you would have more
endowment than you have now. This
bill No. 323. takes in Cumberland and
Kennebec 1t increases the borrow
ing capacity Of these three people IN
Maine, down in the southwestern
corner. almost, of Maine. 1t is really
n one man affair. as two of them ;.fe
fighting one another and threatening
to knock the block off one another's
shoulders. They have gone to work
now and started a farm; or the
Legislature started one for them In
the first place. That farm cost
$4,000 and they have borrowed
$4,000 on that farm. They are good
hnanciers-men who can get $4,000
on a $4,000 property. That is one
thing they have done. They have
gone to work to increase their debt
limit before We increase it here.
They owe one bank one hundred and
some odd thousand dollars: heard j.
was 100000. and one of the gentle
men in this House said it was slOs.-
coo. That is not all, either. A few
months ago they took it into their
heads that they would endorse the
county of Cumberland's notes for a
bill they thought they might owe. but
did not know whether they owed it
or not. They endorsed it County of
Cumberland by the commissioners of
the county Of Cumberland" Now
they have gone to work with This
farm, and with the sale Of milk and
pigs and the like. they could not pay
what it cost them for the grain. he
sides what they rai-ed on the farm.
They mad in their report, three in
mates. l think. and it cost them owe.
5000 to keep them. Now. gentlemen.
I do not believe the great county of
Cumberland wants them to have any
more drawing capacity-from $4,000
up TO $50. 600. l understand the gen.
tleman from Portland (Mr. Allan
was going to make an amendment to
this amendment. because l had no,
made it, as a lawyer says. right: and
he was going 20 make an amendment
that would be right. Now / would
like to table this bill until tomorrow
morning. and see if the gentleman
can make one out so the county 0!
Cumberland will not be in the hole 4
number Of hundreds-not hundred
thousands, but hundreds of millions
l would like to see an amendment put
on to Cumberland. county same as
YOU put on to the county farm Of the
gentleman from Gorham. would
like to have this tabled until tomor.
row morning. 50 that the gentleman
from Portland (Mr Allan, who was
~ninO IN ynako This ou,apd~o v,,o /,