Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-04-08
s1EN0GRAPHlC PROCEEDINGS
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,,.ors ON The Governor and Coun-
pT"d md leaving important matters to
ca we shall not have any repre-
th.at;vA government in short
SEM and we shall not need any Leg
uih., ,,re We shall have a commits
lsh form of government composed
sion a,e Governor and Council.
OF ~ SPEAKER. The question Is
la .so adoption of House Amend
on t' Is the House ready for the
nuestion? ,.;, 4o,,o, Oh.
Aament was adopted. There
aneth the bill as amended by House
upon odment A had it's third reading
Alne was passed to be engrossed.
SPEAKER: The next bill
Ihs s was Senate Paper 649. an act
tabieu "t ~ Workmen's Compensa- =
rela'i4ts, 4ss,led by Mr.. Nichols of Port
tioii, nendirg third reading.
hna. PNJCHOLS of Portland: Mr.
MI; IT, would like it to remain on
Spean., Spe.ah,e and be especially assigned
the ,orrow .au, morning. In looking
for the draft which came from the
over ;.tee tn which was i'm new
coh.iI 7 noticed that it referred 70
drais. i.s.ol,owing section" and the tol-
the section' was stricken out o!
lowias wsoft This should be corrected
he the bill goes farther:
oelOie SPEAKER: 1t is likely that
lne s:u have an afternoon session al
three o'clock: vii, +rv 70 take
:. mn M # we get out of the JuolclarS
nu,mit,ee in time.
cO Tbereupon the matter was 'e
tabled. -
~. SPEAKER: .The next is
,,.nss paper 1885, an act relating ~
hou inmates of Reformatory iof
the ,an when incorrigible, tabled by
W. Wo Nichols of Portland, penang
third reading: for.d uouse
nrdment A and move its adop-
ton: IN House
nocument $40.
Amend said act by adding thereto
the following:
tne e,.Onn conviction as such incor-
..uihie and sentence as above pro-
t;ssd said person shall be discharg-
w from said reformatory and be re-
,'.raS from serving the balance OF
sentence in said retormatorS'
further amend said act by strik-
inc out the word three" IN the
twelfth line of said act and insert
in Mace thereof the word five
Mr.. NICHOLS: Mr.. Speaker the
Inject of this amendment is merely
that when a person has been con-
yicted of being incorrigible and is
sentenced to the State Prison, she
shall be relieved from serving SEN
tence il, the reformatody in order to
serve the sentence, in State Prison;
otherwise the sentence could not be
carried out in the State Prison. That
is the only object of the amend.
ment
The. SPEAKER: The question is
on the adoption of the amendment
A viva voce vote being taken
u House Amendment A was adopted
and the bill as amended by House
Amendment A received its third
reading and was passed to be en-.
crossed.
The SPEAKER: The next is H. p
1887, an act relating to a tax upon
gasoline, tabled by Mr.. Littlefield OF
Kennebunk, pending third reading
On motion by Mr.. Littlefleld OF
Kennebunk, the matter was re-
! tabled until the afternoon session
The SPEAKER: The next is S. P
152, resolve in favor of the National
80 ~ 1e-c;
form State laws and of the Com.
missioners from Maine for the pro.
motion of uniformity of legislation
in the United States, tabled by Mr.
Nichols Of Portland, pending third
reading.
Mr. NICHOLS of Portland: Mr.
Speaker, move the indefinite post
ponenlent of this resolve, Senate
Document 3O3. 1t calls for an ap.
propriation of five hundred dollars
ayear to send commissioners to meet
II Inherent places in the United
states and talk over uniform laws
All Of the commissioners are law.
!ers, and my friends, but think II
useless at this time to spend any
more money to send people away to
talk over the law. This is my opin-
ION even though it is my own pro-
lession, and l move that we indefi.
htely postpone this resolve and keep
our appropriations down.
Mr. WING of Auburn: Mr.. Speak
er' have said something at this
session about economy, and l mean
H. am a lawyer and I take pride
IN my profession, but I agree with
.ne gentleman from Portland (Mr
Nlchols) that we should indefinitely
postpone this measure and let in.
terested lawyers who desire to at
teho this conference go and pay their
own fares and not ask the State to
10 It. hope the motion prevails.
IL Inc SPEAKER: The question Is
On the motion of the gentleman
rom Portland (Mr. Nichols), that
.hls resolve be Indefinitely postponed
is the House ready for the ques.
ton?
"A viva voce vote being taken. the
house voted to Indefinitely postpone
this resolve.
Mr.. NICHOLS of Portland:
af. Speaker, move that
reconsider the vote whereby
uis resolve was indefinitely
poslponed, and may I state that
Aope 1t may not prevail.
Ihereupon. on the motion to re-
onSder, a viva voce vote was taken,
'na the motion failed of passage.
Inc SPEAKER: Next is resolve S
NV IN favor of the Maine School
~. .Vt feeble Minded for additions and
mprovements.
Mr. FOSTER of Ellsworth: Mr..
..lpeaKer, my only reason for tabling