Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-24
HOUSE

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- Friday, March %. 1923
The House met according to ad-
the Speaker.
+. p aver by the Rev. Mr.. Frank L.
Phalen. Chaplain National Soldiers
Hume.
journal of previous session read
and approved.
ON motion by Mr. Hale of Portland.
itssswas voted that when the House
adjourn. it adjourn until tomorrow
morning a. eight o'clock.
/ From the Senate:
The following communications:
STATE OF MAINE.
Office of the Governor.
Augusta. March 81. 1928.
70 the Honorable Senate and House
of Representatives OF the S1st
Legislature:
I return herewith without my APP
prpval So
/, -:'An Act to amend Section 20 of
Chapter III of the Revised Statutes.
as amended by Chapter 1s3 of the
Public Laws of 1917. and by Chapter
f52 of the Public Laws of 1921. relat-
SHE 10 Jne bOdIu vi sSldtC EAsSSSSo'''
g[My reason for disappearing this
Act is that it increases the salary of
two members Of the Board OF state
assessors and at the present time l
do not favor salary increases. The
work which the Board of Assessors
81. doing is of vital Importance and
frey should be properly paid for their
services. but il is entirely unreason-
xble to increase the salary Of two
members of the Board and to make
no provision for the chairman VINO
IL the one who guides it's delihera-
tfons and who really is entitled to
s6lary increase. !:
.ss1t cannot be denied that many of
the salaries in the State House are
not adequate for the services rem
Jared. but it is not desirable to at
tempt to equalize them piecemeal.
IL the matter could. have been gone
into thoroughly bys a committee OF
the Legislature. or some other pnpllc
.btdy. it may be that increases would
have been justifiable in certain ca ses.
The people at home. however. at the
peesent time are not in sympathy
with State salary increases and | am
In accord with their position.
%-s Respectfully submitted.
JSigned) PERCIVAL T. BANTER.
-.1(.ame from the Senate that body
nassing the bill notwithstanding the
objections Of the Governor
= The SPEAKER: The question is
shall this bill become law notwith-
xtandinr the objections OF the Gov
ernor:
~ Mr.. ROUNDS Of Portland: MI
Speaker, as one of the committee on
vi will that we
went over this matter very carefully
axSd two years ago re raised the
galary of the chairman $500. the
other members We're left as they
we're; and we also increased the chief
clerk so that his salary was equal to
that of the chairman because we
thought he was valuable man.
want to say here that this board
was created in 1891. They do not
nut in a great many days. Ihey
come here few days in the week. or
In the month. and they have been
coming in that way. until the work
has increased; work has been put
ont , them the work of cruising these
wild lands, while the chairman. as
the Governor says. is the guiding
hand and sits here in Augusta. ana
these other two men have been cruls-
fng the wild lands of Maine looking
after the timberlands and bringing
in the taxes to our State. And l want
to say here that the chairman Of the
commission did not ask for any IN
crease in salary but he did come be-
fore the committee and ask us n we
would raise the salaries OF these
gentlemen I'D to his. and the COM
Snittee. in it's wisdom. thought it was
Fight that they should all have the
same salaries as the other two. a.
The other two men are away from
home and travelling all the time
while the chairman was right At
home, stopping every night in his
own bed. and they were travelling on
trains through the night and work
inx through the day. So we thought
they shou' have the same pay.
That was the statement OF the
chairman to the committee ana
therefore we did raise their salaries
and I was asked by the Chief Elk
sa1ary of the chairman and I told
him the reason why. And. gentle
men. 7 think that we should properly
nay these men who bring in the
revenue to this State. the chief
revenue that we get Therefore. l
move that the veto of the Governor
he not sustained and that the meas
uEe he passed over his head.
s.llr. BARWISE Of Bangor: Mr..
Chairman. simply want to add A
word to what the gentleman from
Portland (NIr. Rounds) has said: that
these two assessors of the State
Hoard have all the cruising to 40 OF
the vast timberlands and know
from personal knowledge how much
work they. have put in. that they
have put in twice as much as they
did eight years ago on account or the
Increased duties which we have put
upon them from time to time.
rThese two men are the State AS
sessors and they hold a position OF
dignity and Importance. and it seems
to me that they should at least have
ar much salary as the chairman OF
the Board of Assessors of the city OF
Lewiston or the city Of Portland.
Both the chairman Of the board in
the city of Portland and the chairman
Of: the board in the city of Lewiston
are Eettin. larger salaries than these
two men on the State Board.
The SPEAKER: The question IL
shall this bill become a law notwith-
standing the objections of the Cover
nor: AS many as are in favor of the
bill becoming a law notwithstanding
the objections of the Governor will
cay yes w ueH tHelF uducS are CdllSu'
and those who wish to sustain the
veto Of the Governor will say no
. When their names are called. Is the
House ready for the question.
The question being called for. the
Clerk called the roll
EYEA-Adams of Litchfield, Archi-
bald. Atwood Aver Baker. Bartlett
~ Hanover Bartlett of Waterville.
barwise. Beckett. Belliyeau. Bick-
lord. Boman. Boulter. Bradbury,
Brett. Brewster. Brown, Burns,
Gates, Cherry. Clarke Conant. Crow