Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-19


Senator Wadsworth.
Mr.. WADSWORTH: Mr.. Pres
fdent, I yield to the Senator from
Aroostook. Senator Wilson.
Mr.. WILSON: Mr.. President. for
the same reasons, I move to have
this tabled.
The motion was agreed to.
The PRESIDENT: The Chair lays
before the Senate S. D. 22O. An Act
to prohibit the taking OF firearms
into unorganized townships between
September 10 and December 10 OF
each year. tabled pending ADOPTION
of Senate amendment A. and recog-
nizes the Senator from Aroostook,
Senator Powers.
Mr.. POWERS: Mr.. President.
move that the Senate adopt Senate
Amendment A.
MIR. HINCKLEY Of Cumberland:
Mr.. President, may 1t be read?
(The Secretary read Senate
Amendment Al
Mr.. HINCKLEY: Mr.. President,
it does not clarity it much IN my
mind. move it be tabled and spec
tally assigned for tomorrow morning.
The motion was agreed TO.
The PRESIDENT: The Chair lays
before the Senate II. p. III, House
report from the committee on legal
affairs Ought to pass" on a Act 10
establish ordinances for the town o.
Orono, tabled pending acceptance OF
report, and recognizes the Senator
from Penobscot, Senator Perkins.
Mr.. PERKINS,: Mr.. President. l
move to have this matter retabled,
pending acceptance of the report.
The motion was agreed to.
The PRESIDENT: The Chair lays
before the Senate S. D. SO. Senate re-
port from the committee on legal al
fairs Ought to pass" on an Act re.
lating to absentee voting. tabled
pending acceptance of report. and
recognizes the Senator from Cum
berland, Senator Speirs.
Mr.. CRAM Of Cumberland: Mr..
President. at the request OF the Sen
stor from Cumberland. Senator
Speirs, I move that this be retabled.
The motion was agreed to.
The PRESIDENTS: The Chair lays
before the Senate S. d. II. Senate
report from the committee on legal
affairs Ought to pass" on an Act re-
lating to the registration of voters,
and providing method Of registration
by a person who is physically inf1rm
or disabled, tabled pending accept
ance Of report, and recognizes the
Senator from Cumberland. Senator
Mr.. CRAM: Mr.. President. move
that this be retabled.
Mr.. H1NCKLEY Of Cumberland:
Mr.. President. may ask the Senator
from Cumberland II he will assign q
special date for taking this matter
from the table? It is getting to the
time now, II We expect to adjourn In
order to protect the moose. that we
have got to get to work.
The PRESIDENT: It would have
been Q very timely suggestion to
mako at the head Of the calendar.
The Senator from Cumberland hears
the inquiry Of the Senator from
Cumberland.
Mr.. CRAM: I quite agree with the
suggestion Of the President. but this
matter having been tabled by me
only yesterday, and not having had
time to make the investigation de-
sired, I assume that like the others
it should take Is regular course and
be retabled until the oath. Wednes-
day next. I will further state that II
Il IL possible for me to take the mat
ter up before that time, I will very
gladly do it.
Mr.. HINCKLEY Of Cumberland:
Mr.. President. in, order to follow out
my own suggestion-two matters. one
especially assigned for tomorrow
morning, and the other will move
to Immediately take from the table,
Ut 10 he
taking Of firearms into unorganized
townships between September 10 and
December 10 of each year.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. HINCKLEY: Now. Mr.. Presi-
dent, move the adoption of Senate
Amendment A.
The motion was agreed to, and
Seate Amendment A was adopted.
Mr.. POWERS of Aroostook, Mr..
President, I now wish to move the
indefinite postponement Of this bill.
and will state very briefly my
reasons.
This bill as amended reads. in the
first section. 1T shall be unlawful
for any person, except a law en-
forcement officer on official duty. to
have in possession at any time, in
any uHOESdnlZeQ. township OIL the
State, except from the tenth day of
September to the tenth day of the
following December, both days in
elusive, any firearm or firearms.
In other words. emitting the unim-
portant parts, this bill says, it shall
be unlawful for any person to have
in his possession at any time, any
firearm or firearms-there are excep-
tions, but it means that at certain
times under this bill it shall be UNI
lawful for a person to keep or bear
arms.
Mr.. President, We have gone far
in this sort of legislation. We have
laws that provide that a man may
not carry arms concealed upon his
person. We have laws restricting
the sale Of arms. We have laws that
prevent the use of firearms in for
ests during certain periods of the
year. that is, their discharge to kill
game. But, Mr.. President, we have
never gone to the point of saying
that citizen of Maine may not bear
q arms, may not keep arms. And Mr..
President. the reason is that Article
70 of our Constitution, commonly
known as the bill of rights, at Sec
ton Is says. Every citizen has the
right to keep and bear arms for the
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