Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-06
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court Of the United States, and %.
pose, in the name OF the State g.
Maine, the said suit of the state =,
Rhode Island.
4. That the said defendant, DID,.
porting to act in his capacity as soy.
ernor Of the State Of Maine, has in.
CURED large expenses in travelling y
and from various places beyond N.
limits Of the State for the said d..
pose Of consulting, engaging and en-.
ploying an attorney or attorneys :,
oppose, in the name Of the State
Maine, the said suit Of the State q.
Rhode Island. and large expense vii
be contracted for the payment Of thu
services rendered and to be rende,.3
by said attorney or attorneys.
5. Sovereignty is the right to goy.
ern; and in the State Of Maine =
rests with the people: the governo.
is the agent of the people and h
has no personal power, only ot,csr
nor does 10 partake in the SOVEREIGN.
ty otherwise. or in other capaci,v
than as a private citizen.
The Governor Of the State of Maine
has only those powers which AZ,
specially given him by the constitu.
ton as necessarily inferable from
powers clearly granted and ,bos.
powers which are conferred are =,
be executed in the manner and I'm.
der methods and limitations prs.
scrtbed by the constitution Of Maiua
and the statutes enacted in accord.
ance Herewith.
The constitution Of Maine PROVIDES
for an attorney general to reprcser,
the State in all matters before .hs
courts in which the State is in..-.
ested.
g. The constitution and laws O.
the United States provide proper Of.
ncers. whose duties require them :,
defend actions brought against The
validity Of the constitution or a,y
amendments thereof.
Z. That the said defendant i, r..
capacity as governor of the State Of
Maine is not authorized by the COZ.
stitution and statutes, to oppose, II
the name of the State of Maine. suj,,
brought in the supreme court of tn,
United States by other states for III
purpose OF testing the validity of tn
constitution or any amendnen
thereof.
9. That the defendant, az Gov.
ernor of Maine, is not authorized b,
the constitution and the statutes en-.
acted in accordance Herewith TO in
cur. any bills or expense to be pa;,
from the funds of the State in trsy
eilng In person or by his agents ,
and from various places outside n
the State for the purpose of oppos
ing said suit brought by the State q
Rhode Island.
8. That the defendant as coye-r
or OF the State Of Maine is not an
thorized by the constitution and N
statutes enacted in accordance there
with to contract in the name Of ,h
state. any indebtedness to be pait
from the funds Of the State for a,
attorney or attorneys to oppose tn.
said suit of the State Of Rhod. Is.
land.
wherefore. the plaintiff prays
!. That the defendant be restrain.
co and enjoined from presenting tc
any department Of the government
or the State Of Maine for navmsr-
from the funds Of said State anv bill
o! expense account contracted b
himself or others under his order.
which may have been incurred in or.
posing the said suit Of the State o:
Rhode Island now pending in the
supreme court Of the United States
2. That the defendant be restrain
ca and enjoined from contracting in
the name Of the State of Maine for
services OF an attorney or attorneys
10 oppose the said suit of the State
OF Rhode Island now pending in the
supreme court Of the United States.
o. Ihat the defendant be re-
strained and enjoined from present
ing to any department of the State
OF Maine for payment from the
FUNDS OF said State, or from approx
ing Tor such payment, any bill for
services OF an attorney or ATTORNEYS
IN opposing the said suit of the
etate OF Rhode Island now pending
States.
4. That the defendant be restrain.
60 and en5oined from opposing in the
name of the State Of Maine the suit
now pending in the supreme court Of
tne United States. brought by the
STATE OF Rhode Island to test the va
iioity OF the eighteenth amendment
70 the constitution Of the United
States.
D. For a temporary injunction
against the acts aforesaid during The
Of this action.
b. That the PLAINTIFF may have
such other and further relief as ne
nature Of the case may require.
Gotham in Grin