Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-17

7 upon the recommendation of the
chairman of the committee on appro-
priations and financial affairs. will
renew my motion that we concur
with the House, suspend the rules,
| give it its two several readings at
this time out of order and pass it to
be engrossed.
| The motion was agreed to, Re-
solve was given its two readings,
and passed to be engrossed by a
viva voce vote.
| Mr.. THOMBS Of Penobscot: Mr..
President, / move we take from the
table Resolve for screening certain
waters in Kennebec county.
! The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. THOMBS: Mr.. President,
may l inquire the pending question
The PRESIDENT: BY the House
! this has been referred to the COM
mittee on Inland Fish and Game.
! Mr.. THOMBS: Mr.. President, 1
move we concur in the action of the
! House in so referring it to the COM
mittee on Inland Fisheries and
| Game.
The motion was agreed to and the
| matter was so referred. - ;--,-
| Mr.. THOMBS of Penobscot: Mr..
| President, ] move that we take from
! the table, Resolve in favor of Mrs.
E. l.. Robinson
| The motion was agreed to.
| The presidents: The House has
referred this to the committee on
claims and sent it up for concur
| renee.
| Mr.. THOMBS: Mr.. President, I
move that we concur in the action of
| the House in referring it to the COM
mittee on claims. -..I. .u-s.-
| The motion. waseagreedg to and the
matter was SO referred. s.,...a,
-.. -; IT,. 80.
Mr.. THOMBS of Penobscot: Mr..
President, I move that we take from
| the table An Act to legalize the vote
of the town of Sangerville.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. THOMBS: Mr.. President, it
| is pleasure to yield to the Senator
| from Piscataquis.
Mr.. SPRAGUE of Piscataquis:
Mr. President, the only interest I
| take in this is to have it referred to
a committee so that both sides of
| this. matter can be heard, and l
move that this be referred to the
committee on legal affairs.
| The motion was agreed to and the
! matter was so referred.
/ of Nv,
! President, I move that we take from
! the table Resolve in favor of the
| town of Island Falls. r.
! it is a proper motion to make. 7
The PRESIDENT: The report of
+ the committee was accepted in the
! House and sent to the Senate for
| concurrent action. The question is
| on the acceptance of the report of
the committee which is that the Re-
! solve ought not to pass.
Mr.. EMERSON: Mr.. President. If
move that we substitute the resolve
! for the report of the committee in
non-concurrcnce with the House.
Mr.. THOMPSON of Knox: I
would like to ask, Mr.. President if
that was referred to the committee
on Claims?
The PRESIDENTS: Yes
! Mr.. THOMPSON: Mr.. President,
I would like to have the Resolve
| read. :
The PRESIDENT:' Will the Sec
| rotary read the Resolve?
(Resolve read by the Secretary
TIInAHDonN. II q
the statement of facts read
The PRESIDENTS: Will the Sec
rotary please read the statement of
! fact
Statement of fact read by the
Secretary
Mr.. THOMPSIN: Mr. President,
that claim and several others of a
similar nature were before the COM
mittee. My recollection is that | was
present at the time the matter was
adjudicated or heard before the COM
mittee. the statute under which they
seek to recover or to be reimbursed is
! that one pertaining to domestic ami
mails. Now up to date the committee
have taken the ground that fowl, poul-
try and such things as that are net
within the meaning of that word do
nestle" animals. Without going into
discussion at this time as to the judi
cial meaning of that word. we have
not taken the view that poultry was
domestic animals. 1t was reported
to me that the attorney general in
! the past had rendered an opinion to
the effect that poultry might be class
flied under this statute as a domestic
animal.
l went to the attorney generals Of
flee and found that no such opinion had
ever been rendered by any official hold
ing that office in the State of Maine.
ran down the report of that report
further and could not find that it had
any definite origin. 1t is a custom,
as / learned from the auditors office,
That has grown up without anyone
to father 1t. In the view of the COM
mittee this word domestic" animals
! - not cover poultry and turkeys, that
1t, that it was not the real meaning of
the law. We Diseased it at some
length and l do not know as 1t is
necessary at this particular time to go
into the merits Of that discussion. We
came to this c, Inclusion, however, that
If this resolve and resolves of a SIM
| liar nature had passage and the
State went on to take these fowl, the
State Of Maine might as we'll abandon
| every other industry it had and go into
the wholesale poultry business. There