Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-05

For ReJectlOn OF
The Federal Child
Labor Amendment
/ The resolve introduced by Repre-
sentative Dudley of Woodstock ask.
ing for rejection of the Federal chlio
labor amendment to the Z. ;. Con
stitution was tabled by the House OF
Representatives, Wednesday morn
ing, upon motion of Representative
Hale of Portland.
4 Resolve McmOrialiZing Congress
Senator Anthoine of Cumberland
introduced a resolve memoflallZlHt
Congress, urging the appropriation
of sufficient funds to permit the
carving out of the strengthening OF
] the army and navy of the lnlteo
States as suggested by Preslden'
! Coolidge in his recent message &c
Congress.
The message of the President urg-
| ed that the regular army be brought
| back to it's strength of 10000 en-
! listed men and $4,000 officers; that
the National Guard be strengthened
to a total of 100000; and that the
organized reserves be fully main
tanned.
For Recapturc Of Escaped Convicts
| Senator Hinckley of Cumberland
An Act providing for the recapture
of escaped convicts from the state
prison or State reformatory. 1t pro-
vides reward of $50. and pun
ishment of imprisonment not exceed
ing the entire period for which the
escaped convict was sentenced or
fine not exceeding $500 for any per-
son who shall aid any such escaped
convict: a husband, wife, child OF
parent of the convict is excepted
from such punishment.
Other Bills in Senate
Hinckley of, Cumberland-Act IN
! creasing the salary of the superin
tendent of the State School for Boys
+ from $500 to $1,000 per annum.
Bond of Lincoln-Act prohibiting
the taking of cod or other ground
fish with nets of any form within
the waters inside a line from Cape
Newagen to the southwest point OF
Damiscove Island, thence to the
! southwest point of Seguin Island
! and thence to Pond Island. The
/ penalty is fine of not less than
$500 or more than $500.
Pennington Court Sessions
! Morrison of Franklin--Act provid-
ing that the Pennington municipal
court shall be held on every Tues.
! day for the trial of cases of forcible
entry and detainer.
Giving Checks on Banks
! Powers of Aroostook-Act relat-
ing to the giving of checks and
drafts on banks where the make,
has not sufficient funds. The act
provides an amendment to a law
/ passed in 1923. so that prima facie
! evidence of intent to defarud is fur
ther qualified by the provision that
such maker or drawer shall have
procured some benefit or induced
4 some person or persons to surrender
some legal right, money, or other
valuable thing by reason of said
check, draft or order.
Clerk Hire i'm WatcrvilIe Court
roster of Kennebec-Act increas.
ing the amount for clerk hire by
the judge of the Waterville munich
pal court from $500 to $1,000 annual
/ ".
For Rejection Child Labor Amend
| ment to U. S. Constitution
! Dudley of Woodstock-Resolve to
reject the proposed twentieth
amendment to the Constitution of
the United States. being the child
labor law, so-caIled.
! The resolve states that the amend
ment is rejected for the following
reasons:
That 1t Is revolutionary in its form
and substance as not germane to the
Constitution Of the United States or
| its purposes.
That 1t grants to the Congress y
power beyond what the people of
thls state now have to regulate or
pronlblt labor of children because of
the limitation of the 14th amend
ment to the Constitution of the
, United States.
| That 1t gives to the United States
! power to enter the homes of our
people and despoil them of self-goy-
eminent.
| That it gives to Congress an un-
| limited and new kind of power over
! the liberty and property of our peo-
PIE ana the same is not restrained
| by the last clause of the 5th amend :
ment to the Constitution of the
| United States as is every other DOW
err of Congress.
That it gives the power of slavery
! over those under IS years of age.
Employment of Guardians for Adults
DWlnal of Camden-Act to regu-
late the employment of guardians for
douits ana the employment of con-
SENATORS when the judge is inter-
ested: The act provides that when
any judge is interested either in his
own right. in trust or in any other
manner, or is within the 9th degree
Oh klndred. an application for the
employment of a guardian or con-
serVator shall be made to, and such
appointment Shall be made by the
judge in any adjoining county, and
the record Of the appointment shall
show why it was SO made.
Resolve for Indians
Boynton of South Portland - Re-
solve appropriating $24,73O for each
or the next two years in favor of
the Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians
Salary of Mllinocket Judge
Davitt of Millinocket Act in
: creasing the salary of the Judge of
the municipal court of Millinocket
from $500 to $l40O per annum. and
mat OF the recorder from $500 to
! $500 per annum.
Grain Destroyed by Deer
! Mitchell of Houlton-Resolve an
/ propriating the sum of $500 in favor
of Joseph r. Michaud of Houlton to
| reimburse him for grain destroyed
by deer on his farm in Township Is,
Range II. Aroostook county.
Regulating Limit on Protected Fish
Bump of Wilton-Act to regulate
the daily limit on protected fish
Whlch may be taken in the rivers.
brooks and streams of the State. The
/ act provides that no person in any
one gay Shall take or have in his
possession more than six pounds in
all, OF landlocked salmon. trout
togue. white perch and black bass
unless one individual fish caught
snail weigh more than six pounds.
or unless the last fish caught in