Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-22

! resentatives in Congress 30 get up again
| a protective tariff to give preference t.
| the product of American labor and cap
| ital expended upon and invested IN
| Maine farms.
b. viva voce vote the House voted
| to adopt the re -olution.
On motion by Mr.. Rounds of Portland
it. was voted to take from the table
| Senate Docucent No. aD5. Resolve EOS
| laying the county taxes for the year
1890. tabled pending its se ond reading.
| Mr.. ROUNDS of Por land. Mr.. Speak
| er. wish to offer an amendment ami
uove its adoption.
TIE SPEAKER: The sen,leman from
Portland. Mr.. Rounds, presents the fo:-
low ng amendment: House Amendment
! A to Senate Document No. EOS. relat-
ing to the laying of the county taxes
for the year 1929. Senate Document No.
| 205 Is hereby amended by striking on:
| in the 10th and 18th lines of said docu-
ment everything after the word Cum
berland' and inserting in place there
| of the following: Two hundred and
sixty-one dollars .$24S.46l).'
! Mr. HINcKLEY of South Portlan i:
Mr.. Speaker. may I inquire the number
at the rresent time?
! The SPEAKER: The Chair Will state
that it is Senate Document No. 2O5
Mr.. ROUNDS: Mr.. Speaker and gen.
, tlemen. we are adding 5000 for 1920 to
| take care of the clerk hire and the au-
ditor in clerk of courts Office.
The amendment was adopted and
on further motion by the gentleman
from Portland (Mr. Rounds). the re-
solve as amended by House Amend
ment A had it's first reading.
| Mr. ALLAN of Portland: Mr..
and be assigned for Tuesday, March
25th.
The SPEAKER: Is it the pleas
ure of the House that this resolve, as
amended. pending it's second read
! ing. be laid on the table and assigned
for Tuesday. March %? The Chair
will rule that this cannot be de-
bated.
| A viva voce vote being taken. the
motion by Mr.. Allan of Portland.
that the resolve be tabled until
Tuesday. March 25th. prevailed.
The SPEAKER: The Chair will
state. and of course it is we'll rec
ognized by the members Of the
House. that the motion to lay on the
table is not debatable. hope no one
will feel that he is being in any
way obstructed in his legislation if
the Chair rules debate out of order
i Mr.. ROUNDS of Portland: Mr.
Speaker, l move we reconsider the
vote we have just passed to lay the
resolve on the table until next
| Tuesday. Senate Document No. 205.
| Mr.. ALLAN of Portland: Mr..
Speaker. l do not intend to obstruct
the gentleman from Portland tMr.
Rounds, in any way. If the amount
! We agreed upon in the delegation as
the increase-s2 .00n-I have no OBJ
| lection. That is what l would like
ca find out. l have the idea We
agreed upon an amount. have not
the figures with me. Perhaps Mr..
Rowe of Yarmouth can tell us.
! The SPEAKER: The gentleman
from Yarmouth. Mr.. Rowe. may re-
ply through the Chair.
! Mr.. ROWE: Mr.. Speaker. the
gentleman from Houlton fMr
/ Barnes) asked me if l would not push
! this thing along as soon as I could
because the county officers wanted to
assess the taxes; therefore l tried TO
get in communication with the coun-
J ty commissioners. They asked me
/ to have this put on for both years.
! put it on at their request and. as
/ the delegation all know. we are six
! years behind in the court records:
the court has ordered a special aud
! itor to 60 over the books of our late
celrk of courts. and the other counties
/ If l am wrong. l would like to be
corrected-the other counties want
to get in their state tax. 1t is get
, ting late and they want to know
what their tax shall be; therefore
. had this amendment prepared so
as TO expedite matters here before
! this House. If l am not right, I
would like to be corrected by the
gentleman from Houlton ,Mr.
Barnes).
Mr.. BARNES of Houlton: Mr..
Speaker. l hope this will be expe-
dited. Those who are making de-
| lay in matters of amendment are
only gaining for themselves moment
airy notoriety. This affects the levy
ing of taxes in IS counties. and most
county commissioners meet the first
Of April. Now the least said about
the condition in Cumberland county,
of course. the better. l would sug-
gest to the gentlemen in the House.
let it go to the Senate. The gentle
men in the Senate can take care Of it
without any doubt.
Mr.. ALLAN: Mr.. Speaker. do
not want to delay anything at all.
A viva voce vote being taken. the
motion by Mr.. Rounds Of Portland.
to reconsider prevailed: and the re-
solve received its second reading
and was passed to be engrossed as
amended by House Amendment A.
tFor balance of House proceedings
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