Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-18

they are honest men. You do away
with this department, the fisheries
department, and assure you that In
less than year there wont's be q
lobster to be obtained to put upon
your tables. When I went down to
this department, at the time of. the
hearing, was surprised to see one
gentleman get up there and advocate
the abolishing of the whole sea and
shore fisheries department. These
fishermen who live along our coast
have obtained their living from the
ocean, and they are great producers,
and they should be protected. The
entire committee were In favor OF
this bin, and il you turn it down YOU
are going to say that We haven't in
telligence enough and we, haven't
brains enough to sift out the, true
and honest sentiment of the people
of our, State. l. think the. report OF
the committee should be accepted, :.
Mr.. BUZZELIS of Belfast: ME-
Speaker, this is another bill in which
have no particular personal inter-
est. In the very first days Of this
session of the Legislature. a pro-
phecy was made by q certain. gentle
man in the State of Maine. At that
time it was suggested that possibly
this Legislature dash reactionary,
that there might be difference be-
tween constructive legislation and
destructive legislation. Now. so far
as this bill is concerned and so far as
this commission is concerned, / hope
that the report of the committee will
be sustained, for /, as a member of
this Legislature, wish. to qualify In
the ranks of the constructive element.
The question being on the, motion
by Mr. Hinckley of South. Portland,
that the report of the committee. re-
porting Ought not to pass be ac-
copied, ,s:
A viva voce vote being taken,
The motion was agreed to.
The SPEAKER; Tho Chair pre-
sents for consideration, Report of
the committee on Education on Bill.
An Act relating to the payment of
salaries Of superintendent of
schools, tabled pending acceptance Of
the report of the committee on mo-
ton by the gentleman from Wind
ham, Mr.. varney. The Chair will
state that the report Of the commit
tee was fought not to pass"
Mr.. 'vARNEY Of Windham: Mr..
Speaker, / understood yesterday that
this measure was. tabled until next
week. because there is another bill
pending relative to this same matter.
and upon the adoption or rejehtion of
that depends this bill, and that is
why 1 wish to have it tabled.
The report was again tabled and
specially assigned for consideration
on Wednesday of next week.
The SPEAKER: The Chair pre-
sents for consideration Senate Doc. No.
1e5, Bill, An Act to prevent the manu-
facture and exhibition Of motion pic
ture fiulms depicting or involving
cruelty or suffering of animals, tabled
pending assignment for third reading,
On motion by the gentleman from Gar
diner. Mr.. Gardiner. a 4"
On motion by Mr.. Gardiner, the bill
received it's third reading and was
passed to be engrossed.
On motion by Mr.. Reed of Harmony.
report of committee on claims on Re-
solve to reimburse the town of st.
Adams for overpaid tax, was taken
fromthe table. ..-..- -.--->..
The SPEAKER: The Chair will
state the situation in regard 10 this
measure. On March 18th, the House
voted to accept the report of the COM
mittee, reporting Ought not to pass"
Mr.. Reed then moved that the vote
of the House be reconsidered whereby
1t accepted the report Of the commit
tee reporting ought not to pass"
Mr.. REED of Harmony: Mf. Speak
err this clai incomes about by the town
of st. Adams in the year 1915 returning
TO the State Treasurer the total amount
of dogs inventoried that year instead
of the correct amount OF dogs IL
censed. making a difference of $500.
The error was not discovered by the
town Of St. Adams until the following
year. and they Immediately got in cor
respondence with the department here
and had not got final statement from
the department of what was necessary
until the year 1917, in which year
there was change officially and po-
iitically in the department head. While
the matter was still under considcra-
ton, the time for introduction of spe-
cial resolves had PASSED by; and
again in 1919 the matter was brought
to the attention of the representative
from this district. but it was too late
for the introduction of the resolve at
that time; and this year the matter
comes before us again asking that the
town be reimbursed in the sum of
$500. which was. the, amount that
they claim was overpaid, and which
was conceded by the State Treasurer.
l have been in that Office and have
looked over their files, and those files
show this amount to be still due, and
although 1t is small matter to occupy
the attention of this House, it liz ap-
parent to me that, it Is simply a ques-
ton of the square deal" The town
Of st. Adams claims the amount, and
the State realizes and acknowledges
the amount to be due and for that rea-
son move that the resolve be substi-
tuted for the report of the committee.
The SPEAKER: The resolve pro-
vides that there be paid to the town
Of st. Adams the sum. Of $1,000, be-
dogs which was overpaid to the State.
And the gentleman from Harmony, Mr..
Reed, now moves that the resolve be