Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-18

the salary Of the Register of Deeds
of York county.
II. p. No. 1851: An Act relating tc
the salary Of the sheriff of Waldo
County.
H. P. No. 1864: An Act to authorize
Harry M. Stanley to construct an6
maintain a wharf and boathouse ir
Lake Maranacook in Winthrop.
II. P. No. 1865: An Act to amend
Section As of Chapter 219 of the Pub.
lie Laws Of 1921. as amended by
Chapter 10 Of the Public Laws OF
1928. relating to clerk hire in the
Registry of Probate for York County
II. P. No. 1866: An Act to increas So
the salary Of the clerks in the office
of the Register of Probate for OXFORD
| County.
Finally Passed
s. P. No. 81: Resolve authorizing
the forest commissioner to sell anC
convey a certain interest of the State
in Township /, Range Z, Penobsco'
County.
II. p. No. 1874: Resolve to appro.
, pirate money for cooperative agri-
cultural work between the College OF
Agriculture of the University OF
Maine and the United States De
partment of Agriculture.
II. L. 464: Resolve appropriatine
money to rebuild one pier of the
Gardiner and Randolph drawbridge
On motion by Mr.. Wing of Au-
burn, tabled pending final passage
Orders of the Day
The SPEAKER: Under orders oil
the day there is assigned for today
majority and minority reports OF
committee on Sea and Shore Fish
cries on BILL, an act relating to the
Commissioner of Sea and Shore
Fisheries, II. P. 12S, ii. D. 80, tabled
by Mr.. Lamson of South Portland
March II. the pending motion being
that of the gentleman from Sedg-
wick, Mr.. Sargent. that the ma jority
report be accepted.
Mr.. LAMSON of So. Portland: Mr.
Speaker and members: Two years
ago this same measure was brought
before the Legislature, and the con-
ditions have changed very little since
that time. The bill is one in which
we are asked to change from a com
mission of three and put it back
where it belongs,-to one man
These are days of retrenchment
these are days when we are talking
about economy. Here is one oppor-
| SthAtE' GU W Htlc We IctIl, II
nothing more, save a little something
for the benefit of our State.
At the present time we have or
this commission three men. l dc
not believe that they themselves
on the fishing industry of the State
of Maine. So far as the present Di.
rector is concerned, | have only The
highest words of commentator for
him. 1 believe him to be a faithful
executive. However. I do not be-
lieve that it is necessary for the
State to carry on a commission Of
three men when one can do the work
efficiently and well.
Fifty years ago this commission
was first neutrality-suspicious.
nifty years ago. At that time the
appropriation was very small,
think perhaps matter of two thou.
sand dollars. Since that time it has
been mounting up and mounting VI
and mounting up, until at the pres
ent time they are asking something
like SjXty-five thousand dollars q
year to carry on this work Il
1 could believe that this work was
being done efficiently and we'll, if
could believe that anything was be-
ing done toward the advancement OIL
the interests of the fishermen,
would say that it was well worth the
cost. l hate to inject politics here
but 1 was somewhat amazed wher
they said that the reason that some
of them wanted to continue this was
because they wanted to keep it out
of politics. Shades Of Ananias,
wish that some cross word puzzle
| would Sril-n a y-nCI N
ing politics" SO that 1 might be able
to use 1t here.
am going to give you just brief
| history of that act. Under n demo-
cratic administration, Democratic
Director of Sea and Shore Fisher
les was appointed. he had quite a
long term to run and it was the last
of the administration. Some method
must be brought about whereby that
might be changed, and so the incom-
ing administration appointed a COM
| mission OF three which, in turn
| would appoint director. In good
time the commission was appoint
! ed, the director was removed, and a
new man put in his place. That is
borne out by the facts which l have
in my possession.
Now. members, do you wish to
carry this thing on? Must this thing
be political issue from time to
time? Is it not perfectly safe to
have this Commissioner. if we have
to have one at all, appointed by the
Governor of the State and be direct
ly responsible to him? The present
Sea and Shore Fisheries Commits
sion.-two of them l believe are di-
rectly and indirectly connected with
the fishing industry and Holsters and
the third is a clothing manufacturer
Certainly. 1 should feel safer, with
out saying against those good peo-
pie, but 1 would feel a good deal bet
ter if the Governor and Council
should appoint a Director of the Sea
and Shore Fisheries in place of the
four men who are now functionfng
and let the one man do that worl,
as he ought to do it. l have no ami
mostly, as 1 said before, against the
present regime, but do believe that
one man can do this work and do il
| we'll. Our great Inland Fisheries
and Game Department is being ham
died by one man, and do not believe
in this proposition; and so ] ask
you to give us a commission of one
man to be especially appointed by
the Governor and Council.
Mr.. SARGENT Of Sedgwick: Mr.
Speaker, as the gentleman from
South Portland (Mr. Lamson) has
seen fit to go back into the history
of this act somewhat. / would like
to give a few items in this regard.
Prior to the year 1895, the Inland
| Fisheries and Game and Sea and
Shore Fisheries were taken care of by
| one commission. First there were