Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-13

singly or il tse aggregate, "!tA PIE
vious debts ard liabilities hereafter in
CURED a, any ore time. exceei three
hundred thousand dollars, except 70
suppress instruction 10 -. Ell invasion.
OF fo- purposes o. war. Two years
ago. for the purposes % ws-. ire Leg
;s@.ure % Maine. in less than y IT u
u.as after che &C. was Introduce. a?-
p-cpr.atei a milton dollars Al re
time thought ira. we could have net
At, the requirements OF the case with
OF, being quite SO hasty. But tAsc vas
.or the PURPOSES Of war. For al other
purposes tina. section never has been
rerealed !. h2s been n exis-ence II
our CONSTITUTION Coz rea:'v ~ years
Past Le-'s.aclr< -aie ~ % nan tha:
perhaps stood On AT equality " - -7e-r-
he-s o. the p-assn. Legislature. @
which VII mention few-Ec7- James
G Blaine 9. wh:ch IT, sceae Yesterday
was the ros. touching c: anything tAat
has eve occu--es. il the SIX terms o.
nv service = Ire Lesisia;ure--hcnls
B Reed has hem q member OF this
LEGISLATURE. Nelson Dinghy. william
2. FRYE. E-sea Hale, Charles z Lit
-l-de,d. All many oth+-S-and hey all
stood co. this provision - the ccns,i-
,,-to1 q III STATE Of Maine. submit.
70 vo.. NJ President. K has been tie
bu,wa-k against which t-e-Zlei II a-ce
IN TIE pas: has rot teen able 20 sac
cessfuI,v combat. I. has teen support
el b. the pe -p,a OF the State Of Maine
IN all the years OF the past, and be-
,:eve would be sup2o.,ei ~ TIRE r=o-
r,e 0. .;e STATE cf Maine. by a .jc--
itv o. thoSe people a, ,he p-essr. ne
AID therefore. pefc.a We embark OF
any enterprise co,te1p,a.rg II -ge
n IRIS wise provision o. the eonst:tu.
tor. which has served Us So u.', @.
20 many wears. believe l, should he
something that is very necessarv and
that we should -efraia from enos ~
ing OF iris concentrated change with
out serious contemplation.
The first amendment to the con-
stitution of Maine. I wish t. call your
atte-tion 10. The constitution. as
originally PASSED, did To, provide for
municipal Indebtedness. and SO after
series # years some Of the towns
went wild and il was necessary 70
apply the brakes. wish to call your
attention 10 some Of the towns in my
own county that went wild over the
building OF the Somerset Railroad.
and some CT the towns in Knox ana
Lincoln counties tina. went wild be-
cause OF the building of the Knox &
Lincoln Railroad And because OF
yI-fS "A
essary 10 make an amendment TO the
constitution in relation TO nluhicipai
Indebtedness. And SO the first amend
ment which WAS submitted TO the
people and adopted, reads as fol-
lows: NO city or town shall here
after create any debt OF liability
which singly or in the aggregate with
previous debts OF liabilities shall! ex-
ceed Ave per Centum of the last reg
ulaT valuation of said city or town:
provided. however. that the adoption
Of this article shall not be construed
as applying to any fund received in
trus, by snjd city or town nor to any
loan for the purpose OF renewing
existing loans, OF fer way" Has not
that been a shield for the munieipaH-
ties in the State OF Maine? Only
ore municipality TO my knowiedxs
has had an ambition TO TO beyond
those bounds. That is the city of
Portland. They had such an ambi-
tion. and therefore they procured
providing for an amend
msnt to the constitution that Trey
might increase their municipal in
to u per cent ina sine
they are up 10 the limit or nearly TO
the limit at the present time, and il