Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-02

and the placing upon the pension
roll any employee who shall have
attained the age of seventy years."
1t says shall recommend. and
that shall have attained the age of
seventy years. and that clause be-
ing entirely. foreign to that act. en-
tirely foreign to the provisions OF
the act. favorably reported by the
committee on pensions, and the
other group of men who are OPP
posed to it this morning in the cor
ridor sending for me and asking
that this bill be killed.
Now, Mr.. Speaker, distinguished
attorneys from this county. former
county attorney Thomas Leigh, rep
resented the first group that APP
peared before the judiciary commit
tee; the present county attorney Mr..
Sanborn, represents the second
group who are willing to have the
seventy-year clause put in, and want
the 'shall', they both want the
"shall'. but only one groupstis will
ing to have the oseventy-year clause.
: If they have served for twenty five
only fifty years of age or sixty years
of age, or fifty-five years of age, If
they have been there twenty-five
years drawing a salary from the
State, they want the superintendent
to be compelled to say that the
State of Maine shall give them a
pension. We said that we did not
think that was fair, and we turned
it down, and I think it was right.
The other group says. "of course
that should be turned down; what
we want is this-we want it COM
spulsory: we want the word shall
in there, but we want to be fair to
the State of Maine, and we want 1T
provided that any employee who
shall have served twenty-five con-
secutive years and has attained the
age of esventy years, upon applica-
ton being made, the superintendent
Shall recommend"
Now, Mr. Speaker and gentlemen
of the House, / simply advert to
this in order to clear away any idea
that there may be in the minds of
members of this House that there
was any attempt to obtain from
different committee a different re-
suit on the same bill. They are not
the same bills, either in essence, in
substance or in semblance; they
are totally different, and the only
language wherein they bear a SIM
ilitude is in the title. And with
this explanation, Mr.. Speaker, In
consonance with my own position
that there should not be any PEN
sion granted to any civil employee
or to any civil officer. of this gov
eminent, whether he be a justice OF
the court or an employee or the
highway department, or an en-
ployee of the insane department,
until we have a law intelligently
framed like that in Massachusetts
which will provide for a contribu-
ton of a certain percentage each
year from their salaries to that
fund. And I now move again for
the indefinite postponement of the
pending measure. (Applause).
Mr.. WING of Auburn: Mr.. Speak
The SPEAKER: The Chair I'M
derstands that there is no motion
before the House.
Mr.. MAHER: Mr.. Speaker, have
moved for the indefinite postpone
ment of this bill.
The SPEAKER: AS the Chair I'M
der stands it. the measure was in
definitely postponed before the
House took a recess.
Mr.. MAHER: And / understood,
Mr.. Speaker, that the House recon-
sidered that vote.
The SPEAKER: Does the gentle
man from Augusta. Mr.. Maher,
move to reconsider?
Mr.. MAHER: No, Mr. Speaker, 1
will withdraw my motion.
On motion by Mr.. Hinckley. of
South Portland, the House voted to
receive out of order the report of
the Joint committee on judiciary
and ways and bridges on Bill, An
Act relative to motor vehicles and
the laws of the road, and to revise
and amend Chapter 70 of the Re-
vised Statutes and acts amendatory
thereof and additional thereto, re-
norting same in new draft under
same title and that it Ought to
pass, the report being signed by the
following: Messrs Hinckley of South
Portland, Wing of Auburn, Gardi-
ner of Gardiner, Cole of Eliot: Sem
ator stevens of York, Messrs. With
am of Clinton, Gerrish of Lisbon,
Story of Washburn, Brewster of Or
land. Senator Gillin of Ponobscot,
Senator Harrington of Kennebec,
Mr.. Murchic of Calais, Senator
Parent of Androscoggin, Messrs.
Smith of 'Skowhcgan, Granville of
Parsonsfield, Senators Adams of
Kennebec and Baxter of Sagadahoc.
The report was accepted.
On motion by Mr.. Hinckley of
South Portland, the rules were sus-
pended and the bill received its two
several readings.
On motion by Mr.. Murchie of
Calais, the bill was tabled pending
it's third reading and 500 copies Or
dered printed.
On motion by Mr.. Hinckley of
South Portland, the House voted to
receive out of order the reports of
the Joint committee on judiciary and
ways and bridges on Bill, An Act to
provide for q full time State high
way commission. amending Section
and Section of CHAPTER 25 of the