Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-13
STATE HOUSE
Introduction Of
Bills in Legislature
To Begin This Week

LEGISLATORS began arriving at tlie
State House yesterday afternoon for
the sessions of the second week
which will open at 4.30 o'clock this
Tuesday afternoon. The prelimlnar-
! les taken care of, the Solons VIII
now buckle down to work and it is
anticipated that this week Will be a
busy one.
The Introduction of bills will prob
ably begin this afternoon and as the
various standing committees of the
| legislature will be named today or
| Wednesday, everything will I'M
doubtedly be read for the first OF
the committee hearings sometime
next week, thus giving opportunity
| for the previous publishing of the
| notices of hearings.
| During the next few days, a num-
her of important measures are sched-
| uled to be presented. including both
the Oalles and the Anthoine primary
| bills, and the proposal to amend the
constitution so as to make possible
the issue Of $12,O00,00O of new high
way and bridge bonds.
For Water Power Development
A measure which will probably be
placed before the Solons in the near
future is entitled IAN Act to Pro-
vide for the Improvement of Navi-
cation, the Development of Water
Power on the Rivers and Tidal Wa
tiers OF the State of Maine"
This measure sponsored by Alex
ander V. Wilson of Bar Harbor, pres
ident of the Ocean Power Company,
provides that the Ocean Power Com
pany. corporation existing and do
ing business under the laws of this
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business at Ear Harbor, be author
lied and empowered to carry on the
business of developing power in the
form of compressed air by means of
motors operated by wave, swell and
tidal movements of the ocean, rivers
and streams of the State, and the
developing, collecting and storing of
such power SO generated, and the
improvement of navigation by the
development of water power of the
rivers and streams of the State by
building navigable dams and bridge
dams across the rivers and streams:
to establish manufacturing plants
for the construction of motors and
all other machinery necessary for
the development, collection and stor-
age or such power: to purchase,
lease. locate, own and sell sites along
the coast, rivers, streams of Maine.
for the purpose of establishing plants
and for the operation of the motors
and machinery, and developing, COL
lecting and storing power.
Enabling Act Bill
The proposal for an enabling act to
permit the cities and villages to
adopt coming ordinances will be pre-
scented by Representative Raymond
Cakes of Portland. With the enabl-
ing act bill will go an order for the
submission to supreme court justices
and a proposal for the amendment to
questions as to its cohstitutionality
the constitution in case the measure
is not considered constitutional.
The coming enabling act is favored
by City Manager Harry A. Brinker-
hoff of Portland, and follows along
the lines Of the standard act which
has been advocated by the United
States department of commerce.
A resolve calling for an appropria-
ton Of $4,000 by the state of Maine
for publicity purposes. including the
compilation and preparation of data
upon the resources of the state of
Maine by state departments, has
been prepared by Representative Ar
thur Gilman Spear. and will be in
Oruer Tor presentation early tHlS
week. 1t is probable that the bill will
be amended so as to provide for the
taking of the appropriation from a
tax on billboards
Old Age Pension Bill
Senator CLYDE H. Smith of Somer-
set county Is excepted to introduce
his old age pension bill within the
week. The bill will take a similar
form to that Of two years ago and
will call for an appropriation of $685.
900 for each of the next two years.
A conference will probably be held
sometime this week of those in favor
of a state built bridge over the Ken
nebec River between Bath and Wool
wich. At that conference it is prob
able that some agreement will be
reached upon details SO that all of
those favoring a bridge at Bath can
act together upon its provisions.
Friends of the initiated primary
repeal bill. which is understood to
have practically signatures enough
for submission to the Legislature
will not present the measure unless
il becomes evident that it will not
be possible Tor the LEGISLATURE to
pass the Cakes bill, the Anthoine
bill or some combination of the two
Kills. it was said today.
The Cakes and the Anthoine bill
both call for primary law repeal
and 1t is believed by those favoring
the repeal Of the primary law that
it could not be accomplished with
legislative bill and the initiated both