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

1921.
Speaker and gentlemen, don't very
often go to church fairs and things
like that, but there may be somebody
in the country getting up little
church fair in an endeavor to gay
of the minister's salary. or some
thing like that, and that might
come under the provisions Of this
bill, and do not want to see any Of
my good Christian friends 60 to jail
for thirty days In trying to carry out
an endeavor to pay the salary of
their minister. / think we are get
ting little bit hasty about some of
these things. and do not think any,
body lie taking this matter seriously
at this time, and it looks to me as
though we ought to go slow
and see what we are doing be-
fore we make such haste. think
this matter had better be looked into,
and for one would like to see this
thing go along right. do not want
to see any lotteries or anything OF
that kina, but would like to protect
send them to jail for thirty days, be-
cause we need all the people who are
going to church now. It seems to me
that we are n little bit hasty in this
business, and I would like to see the
vote reconsidered upon this matter so
, that it can be laid upon the table for q
few days until the members Of this
House have had a chance to look at
the bill and see what 1t IS. haven't
had time to look at it. and I haven't
thought much about it, but IL seems to
me that there is great injustice be-
! ing done.
The SPEAKER: Does the gentle-
| man from Portland. Mr.. Rounds. make
n motion? If the gentleman makes a
motion to table, it Is not debatable.
| Mr.. ROUNDS: I did not make q
motion
The SPEAKER: VIII the gentle
man from Portland make a motion?
| Mr.. ROUNDS: make a motion
| that the bill be tabled.
The SPEAKER: The Chair will
state that that motion is not debat-
able. The motion now before the
House is that this bill be tabled.
| A viva voce vote being taken,
| The motion was lost.
| Mr.. Crafts then moved that the bill
be passed to be enacted.
The motion was agreed to. and the
bill was passed to be enacted.
| Mr.. ROUNDS Of Portland: Mr..
| Speaker. I have q bill that would
| like to present out Of order, under
suspension of the rules, an act au-
thortzing the insurance commissioner
to review rates fixed by fire insurance
companies or the representatives of
fire insurance companies; and I want
this bill is this: I have in my land
a letter to a man in New Jersey.
written by gentleman in Portland.
as follows:
! Portland. Maine.
March z, 1921.
| MIR. James S. Merrill,
| 152 Fifth Ave. East,
New Roselle, N. J.
! Dear Sir
!
on the dwelling and $500. on the con-
tents at Oceanside Ave, Peaks Island,
will expire March 29th.
! Owing to the fact that the Island
has no water for fire fighting pur-
POSES the rates of insurance have
been increased so that now the rate
is roc for each 500. insurance for
one year on both dwelling and con-
! tents, whereas q year ago the rate
was 45c on the dwelling and 47c on
! tho contents. ,
| Will you kindly let me know at
your earliest convenience whether
you wish thi sinsurance renewed for
the same amounts as before or not,
and greatly oblige
Yours very truly,
| (Signed) HERBERT A. HARMON"
| Now the city of Portland is paying
$4,000 for fire protection on that
| island, or over and 1t looks to me as
though they should not increase this
almost 10 per cent. of insurance on
that when they did not formerly
charge so much when he had nothing
at all in the way of protection. We
! dAC pdyAib YIV,uVV thyiHS ~ pIOIcCt
that island for the insurance COM
panies, and they have taken off from
that island. I should say. since the
water works were put in over a mil
lion dollars insurance, and I think
it is time we did something to pro-
! tect ourselves, and this bill is for that
| purpose--to protect the citizens of
the State Of Maine against these in
surance men getting into some bacl,
Office in Boston and making any rate
for any town or city in the State of
Maine. think we should have some
thing to say about it anyway.
Thereupon the rules were suspend
| ed. and that gentleman was given
permission to introduce out of order
the foregoing bill and it was referred
to the committee on Mercantile At
/ fairs and Insurance
| On motion by Mr.. Perkins of Orono,
| the rules were suspended, and that
gentleman was permitted to intro
! duce out of order Bill, An Act to LEI
| galiZe and make valid the doings Of
| the town of Orono at the special
meeting of the voters of that town,
held August ID, 1920; and on further
motion by the same gentleman the
/ rules were suspended, and the bill