Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-05

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ton, and,
whereas. the members Of the LaGnD-
lature were not aware that saiA &C.
had no opportunity to coaeAdR -
| merits, and,
Whereas, this act was enAsooa Ap1
an emergency measure. oonfa1ne4 IL
emergency clause and Wa asned IN
the governor on March thirty. 49,
teen hundred and twenty-ono anA -
now in full force and effect ana Aasi
been denominated by the sngroo11nGj
department Of the secretary Of cea&sae |
Office Chapter seventy-one q 81
Public Laws Of nineteen hundrsA 81
twenty-one, and,
| Whereas, the facts recited above, IN
the opinion Of this Legislature. con-
stitute an emergency which renders |
the immediate passage Of this acx |
necessary in order to preserve the
I public peace. health and safety Of
the State, now therefore,
| Be 1t enacted by the People Of the
State Of Maine as follows:
] Sect. /. Section six Of chapter
seventy-one of the public laws OF
nineteen hundred and twenty-one II
hereby stricken out Of said chapter in
it's entirety and sections seven and
eight of said chapter are REMEMBERED
sections six and seven respectively.
Sect. 2. In view of the emergency
cited in the preamble. this act shall
take effect when approved.
On motion by Mr.. Viles Of Augusta,
the rules were suspended, and the
bill, without reference to any COM
mittee, was given its three several
readings and passed to be engrossed,
and sent up for concurrence.
| On motion by Mr.. Rounds of Port
| land, the House reconsidered it's action
whereby on April it accepted the re-
port ought not to pass on Bill An Act
regulating the sale of liquor in Maine.
On further motion by the same gen.
tleman, the bill was substituted for
the report. Whereupon. Mr.. Rounds OF
Portland offered House Amendment
A to House Document No. SSs. an act
regulating the sale of liquor in Maine.
as follows:
| Amend by adding a section. to be
numbered Section 2, as follows:
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
only in case of it's ratification by the
voters of the State at a special cleo
tion which is hereby authorized and
directed to be held for the purpose on
the second Monday of September next.
| The aldermen of cities, the selectmen
of towns and the assessors of the
| several plantations in this State are
hereby empowered and directed to no
tify the inhabitants of their respective
cities, towns and plantations to meet
in the manner prescribed by law for
calling and holding biennial meetings
of said inhabitants for the election OF
senators and representatives on said
second Monday in September following
the passage of this act, to give in their
votes upon this act, and the question
shall be: Shall the law passed by the
Eightieth Legislature entitled An Act
regulating the sale Of liquor in Maine
providing that the regulations govern
ing the keeping and sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors in this State shall be the
same as the regulations, which now are
in force or shall hereafter be adopted
by the Congress of the United States
for the enforcement of the E.ghtieth
amendment of the Constitution Of the
United States. be ratified and become
law? And the inhabitants of said cit
les, towns and plantations shall vote
by ballot on said question. those in ia
vor of the act voting yes upon their
ballot, and those opposed to the act
voting no upon their ballot, and the
ballots shall be received. sorted,
counted and declared in open ward.
town and plantation meetings and re-
turn made to the office Of the secretary
of State in the same manner as votes
for Governor and members Of the
Legislature; and the Governor and
Council shall count the same, and II it
shall appear that a majority of the in
habitants voting upon the question are
in favor of the act. the Governor shall
forthwith make known the fact by his
proclamation. and this act shall there
upon take effect. The secretary OF
State shall prepare and furnish to the
several cities, towns and plantations
ballots and blank returns in conform
ity with the foregoing act, accom-
panied by copy thereof"
Mr.. ROUNDS of Portland: Mr..
Speaker, this bill was reported. ought
not to pass. Now. gentlemen, this Is
not liquor bill. 1t is to regulate the
matter so that the people of the state
of Maine having sickness may have a
little liquor on hand. 1t is a matter
of fact that only forty-seven doctors
in this State have taken out under the
Volstad act the license which will give
them six quarts of liquor in any caien-
dar year to do as they pleased with.
Out of over two thousand physicians
only forty-seven has taken out that
license. Now in the city Of Portland.
we have a good many doctors and a
} good deal of sickness. We have hos
pitfalls and everything of that kind.
know of one physician who has taken
out his six quarts of liquor, and who
at the present time has not a bit on
hand. Now / know from experience,
and 1 feel it, that ii is a bad thing to
have liquor to drink; but 1 will say
that it is a good thing to have liquor
in the house so the doctor can have
liquor to prescribe in case Of sickness
Personally 1 know that IL I had not
had liquor in the house, my old
mother would not have lived three
months this last year. Now, gentle
men, somebody else may have an old
, mother; somebody else may have a
wife: somebody else may have a
daughter that they think a good deal