Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-31

| in the expressions they have given
| this morning. The billFis very loose
| ly drawn and does not cover what 1t
| was intended to cover and / join in
| the motion to Indefinitely postpone.
By unanimous viva voce vote the
bill was indefinitely postponed.
On motion by Mr.. HinckIey Of
! Cumberland, the Senate voted to re-
| consider the action whereby an act
, relating to the killing of dogs was
passed to be enacted. and on further
motion by the same senator the
action was rcconsidered whereby the
: bill was passed to be cngrossed.
/, Mr.. HINCkLEY: Mr.. President. ]
offer Senate Amendment a. and let
f, me explain this to the Senate. An
amendment was offered to this bill in
] the House which effectually killed
+! the purpose of the bill. That amend
| ment was decisively defeated in the
| House. and by some error in the en-
] crossing the amendment was made
a part of the bill and was not dis
covered until it was enacted in the
, House and the Senate. This amend
| ment l offer strikes out the entire
! section. The new one is identically
T, the same as the one reported out by
| the committee on judiciary unani-
| mously and passed to be engrossed
| by both the House and the Senate.
| with the exception. at the suggestion
| of the commissioner of inland fisher
| les and game. we have added the
| words deputy wardens." They had
the word game wardens" but we
| found that most of the officers doing
that work are deputy wardens and
not officially known as wardens. We
| have added the words deputy war
! dens" to those who have the right to
| legally kill dogs under the act.
The bill was read by the Chair
| Senate Amendment 4 was then
| adopted and the bill as so amended
was passed to be engrossed.
Mr. BUZZELL of Waldo: Mr..
! President. not that | am particularly
interested in this bill. but as | LISTEN
| 81 TO the reading of the last few
words there, l would like to ask the
| senator from Cumberland Mr..
| Hinckley, if citizen of the State Of
| Maine would have the right to kill
dog provided he was not walking. or.
what was that last word. talking:
The PRESIDENT: walking or
riding
Mr.. BUZZEIL: If dog should as
sault him and he was not walking
or riding, would a human being have
the right to defend himself"
Mr.. HINCKLEY: Those are the
| words Of the law at the present time.
| The statute does not give the right
while standing still. presumably
having in mind when it was enacted
that If dog was attacking a per-
son lie might be in motion himself
Mr.. BCZZELL: ! will say that the
senator has answered me. but l do
iS
! sponsive.
Mr.. BUZZEI.L of waldo: Mr.
President. | would like to inquire il
Senate 210 has been enacted?
The PRESI DENT: If it is the bill
relating to violations Of law. it has
been enacted
Mr.. BUzZELL: Has it been
| amended
The PRESIDENT: There is no
| amendment upon the bin in its final
form.
MIR. BtZZEl.L: | Will say to the
members of the Senate that ! move
| reconsideration Of the vote whereby
| We passed this bill to be enacted
| make this motion with the idea Of
! making an amendment.
! The motion was agreed to. and on
further motion by the same senator
! the vote was rcconsdercd whereby
tn" bill was passed to be cngrosscd
|. The same senator then offered
Senate Amendment A to Senate Docu-
ment 210.
An Act to amend Section Ninety
| three Of Chapter Forty-tive of the
| Revised Statutes. as amended by
chapter Two Hundred and Ninety
I three Of the Public Laws of Nineteen
| Hundred and Seventeen, relating 10
/ Of ~
repeating Section Eighty-scvcn of
chapter Two Hundred and Nineteen
and Seventeen. relating to same sub
\ 1ect and moved its adoption.
senate Amendment \ to Senate
< Document 30
Amend the second section OF SEN
atqy Document 21n by inserting after
the word lis" in the third line. the
word mot"
| The amendment was adopted and
I inc blll as amended was passed to be
crossed and sent down for concur
| renee.
On motion by Mr.. I1inckIcy Of
Cumberland. recess was taken until
! two o'clock this afternoon.
| The balance of the Senate proceed
/ inGs will be found in the Legislative
| Record.
! Friday, March 80 1929.
The House met according to adj
! lournmcnt and was called TO order by
| TIL" Speaker.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Clark Of
! Gardiner
Journal Of previous Session read
| and approved
| The SPEAKER: The Chair at this
| time would like. not to discuss but
| 10 present the possibility of future
| adjournment and talk over the oues-
! ton Of present adjournment. Should
/ we fail to place in the hands of the
/ printers sufficient amount of work
| to keep them busy over Saturday.
! Sunday and Monday, we would be
| that far behind. of course in the adj
! journment which we hope will occur
! next week. There are two methods
| of obtaining this end One is to do
| the work before us today, and then
| have session tomorrow morning.
| The other is. to do our work this
| morning. recess until two o'clock this
| afternoon. and then. if found neces-
sary. recess again until 7.30 this eve
| nine. and then finally adjourn until
| Monday afternoon at 430. The Chair
| IS bringing this to the attention Of
| the members. and hopes that there
| VIII be no attempt on the part of any
| member to adjourn until we do take
care of the work today.
| Mr.. GRANVILLE of Parsonsfield:
| Mr.. Speaker, it seems to me that pro-
badly the latter plan might suit more