Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14
In the House

A bill providing for the transfer of
$500, 900 from the State contingent
fund for use in the building Of State
Aid highways during the year 1924
was introduced in the House of Rep
resentatives, Tuesday by Represen-
tative Granville of Parsonsfield. This
transfer is made necessary because
of the increasing number OF towns
that are applying for State AID,
which has depleted previous appro-
priatiOns.
The following committee reports
We're received: Education ought TO
pass" on act extending the purposes
of the incorporation act of FoXcroft
Academy: inland fisheries and game.
Ought to pass" on the act establish
ing the katahdin Park game pre-
serve, Ought to pass on the act re-
lating to pollution from mill waste
and the act including fish weirs and
screens in law forbidding removal OF
dams and mill waste.
These measures We're passed to be
encrossed: Act changing the title of
State Superintendent of Schools to
State Commissioner of Education;
act validating the doings of the Bath
City hospital. act amending the act
incorporating the ParSonsfeld and
kezar Falls Village Corporation. act
relating to clerk hire in the Portland
municipal court and resolve for re-
imbursinc the town of Alfred for the
building of Il bridge.
The undimmed eye of Representa-
tive Moody of York. which saw thir-
ty-nine members in the first division
OF seats assured the necessary num-
Der of votes for passing as emerGen-
cy measures the act amending. the
charter of the Bangor and Brewer
Steam ferry and the resolve appro-
priating 81 900 to aid in the recovery
of the bodies of the missing game
wardens. Brown and Johnson.
Speaker Holley's desk was vacant
when Clerk Clyde Il. Chapman call
cd the House to order and the chap
lain. the Rev. Stuart &. Purves of
St. Marks Episcopal church of Au-
gusta prayed that the Divine blessing
might be with the Speaker of the
House and that he might be quick
~ restored to health.
Latest reports from North Arson
are that the Speaker continues to
improve from his recent slight attack
of congestion of one lung and that
he will be at the Capitol not later
than Thursday
On motion of Representative Gran
vile of Parsonsfield. seconded by
Representative Barwise of Bangor,
Representative Wing of Auburn was
chosen speaker pro tempore The
choice was unanimous and Represen-
tative Wing run off the business in
expeditions manner.
The bills creating corporations for
the financing of the Bath Woolwich
and the Richmond kenne-
bee River bridge propositions. and
the resolve calling for a commission
to investigate the merits of the two
sites were referred to the committee
on public utilities and the committee
on ways and bridges jointly.
Other measures passed to be
enacted included: Act relating to lien
on vehicles, act increasing clerk hire
III Franklin county, act enlarging the
powers of the 1st-10th and Goth Reg
lments Association, act amending the
charter of the Augusta Water Dis
trlct, act Incorporating the Boothbay
Harbor School District. act author
lZlnS the town of Harrison to build a
clock tower. act relating to the COM
pensation of chief fire wardens and
their deputies and act relating to
forest fire fighters in the Maine For
estry District.
Brief, Senate Session !
The Senate, during its fifteen-min-
ute session Tuesday, passed to be en-
crossed the farm land loan act, re-
ducing the rate of interest on such
loans from seven per cent. to five,
and the act amending the laws re-
lating to corporations for literary.
charitable, educational and other
purposes.
First reading was given acts au-
thorizing the Gardiner Driving Club
to establish a winter speedway on
the Kennebec river. amending the
revised statues relating to the grant
ing Of licenses, relating to checks and
drafts on banks where the maker has
no funds, relating to unauthorized
advertisements as public accountants
and. increasing the salary of the
photographer of the Penobscot Coun-
ty Superior Court.
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