Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-04-06

The President laid before the SEN
tic. An Act to amend paragraph .
Of Section 6. Chapter 10 of the Iic
| viscd Statutes. as amended by Chap
ter 105, Public Laws OF 1919. and by
Chapter 119. Public Laws Of 1921. re-
lating to exemption from taxation Of
| the estates OF war veterans. blouse
| Doc. No. 469).
! Mr.. BUZZELL of Waldo: Mr.. Prcsi-
| dent and members OF the Senate, the
same statement OF facts applies to
| III. d. Ago. and | nave talked with
| Representative Overlook, who intro
| duced the measure. and he has no
| objection to the indefinite postpone
ment of the bill.
move that the bill be indefinitely
! postponed.
! The motion was agreed to and the
| bill was indefinitely postponed.
| Sent down for concurrence.
! The President laid before the Sen
ate. An Act to iamend Section 46 of
| Chapter 2I9 Of the Public Laws of
| 1917. as amended by Chapter 1873 Of
| the Public Laws OF 1919. and rs
! amended by Chapter 21S of the Pub
! lie Laws of 1921. relating to the pro-
| lection OF furbearing animals. (Sen-
ate Doc. No. 305).
| Mr.. SPENCER Of York: Mr.. Pres
| ident. would inquire what the stage
Of this bill is-has it been passed to
| be enGrossed?
The PRESIDENT: An amendment
was presented but not adopted.
Mr.. SPENCER: Mr.. President. I
move the adoption of Senate Amend
ment A and would like to give few
| rca sons.
| This amendment simply advances
| the time from the 2lst day of Au-
gust to the 18th day of October. and
| it applies to raccoons as well as
| other fur-bearing animals mentioned
| in the amendment itself.
! 1t Is said by those who raise sweet
corn that the raccoons do not do any
| great injury to their crop. In fact
| they say that the hunters going
| through their corn fields and taking
! what they see fit. and treading il
down thereby commit more injury
| than is done by the animals. and
| that in the prime belt Of the raccoon
| there is possibility of recovering
| all that may be lost by the injury
| from the animals themselves.
You understand also that under
| the present law farmers nay eNtcr-
l
| are damaging their crop. This cx-
tends to the class who own young
| hunting dogs and want to train them,
! and they hunt raccoons before the
| fur is prime and thus destroy some
| thing that would be valuable later
| on. | understand that the commi s.
| sioner of inland fisheries and game
is in favor OF this amendment. for
reason which is very simple and
| obvious that it furnishes a pretext
| for hunters to so into the woods
before the open season. by the first
| of September. and not only hunt
small game. but even hunt deer. and
| they can go in the night time, and
jacklight them if they wish.
These are the principal reasons for
making this amendment, and | move
the adoption of Senate Amendment
| The rules were suspended and the
| bill given its second reading. Then
| Senate Amendment a was adopted
and the bill as thus amended was
passed to be engrossed.
From the House: Resolve in IA
| vor of Ashley y. Smith for Lincoln
| Day address.
In the Senate the rules were sus-
1
and passed to be engrosscd, in con-
currence.
From the House: Resolve amend
ing Article TX Of the Constitution.
| increasing tho amount of bonds to
| be issued for the purpose of build
ing bridge across the kcnncbec
| river between tho city of Bath and
the town OF Woolwich.
In the House indefinitely post
poned.
| Mr. HINCEI.EY of Cumberland.
MIR. President. | move that we in
sist upon our former action in pass
ing this bill to be engrossed and ask
for committee Of conference.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. HINCkLEY: Mr. President, Is
this the Carlton bill. may ! ask
tThe President again read the title
of the BIND
| Mr.. HlNCNLEY: Mr. President. at
| the suggestion of the senator from
Waldo. | withdraw my motion ask
ing for committee of conference.
The motion was agreed to and tho
} bill was then tabled.
The PRESIDENT: Now the only
matter before the Senate is the last
one on the calendar, s. $40, An Act
providing for the benefit and assist
ance for aged persons under certain
! conditions in the state of Maine and
prescribing penalties for violation oi
! the provisions hereof and ma ing an
appropriation for carrying out of its
purposes. tabled Oh the motion of the
senator from Somerset. Mr.. Smith
whom the Chair recognizes:
Mr.. SMITH: Mr.. President,
would like to offer a few remarks
on this subject at this time
Fellow members:
1t seems a little out Of order for
me to use time that is so much need
ed during tho sunset of this Legis-
lature, and had L not rcfraned from
taking part IN many discussions
during the past three months, and if
the pending bill did not merit careful
attention | would not now intrude.
But since this measure concerns the
welfare Of many unfortunate men
and women of our State. whose very
pleadings fer assistance must be
made to the younger and stronger
of their race. it may be only fair for
us to give this question careful and
thoughtful consideration. for wher-
ever the sun may cast its ray of
light human beings alike must come
face to face with this uncertainty
in the journey of their existence.
From time immemorial Kingdoms
and nations have been confronted
with the problem of how to provide
for helpless old age. humaneJy and
economically. for each succeeding
year has revealed a larger number
of aged persons who have lost in
life's uneven struggle and through
uncomfortable destinies all depend
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others.
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