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

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An Act relating to the salary of the
judge OF Probate of Waldo County.
Finally Passed
Resolve in favor Of the Maine
School for Feeble Minded for main
tenance for the fiscal years 1926 and
1927.
Resolve providing for the purchase
of the book 20 be issued by the Maine
State Bar Association N Commemmo-
ration of the adoption of the Consl.
buttons of the United States and OF
Maine.
Resolve in favor Of the Bangor
State Hospital for maintenance and
other purposes.
Resolve in favor of the Augusta
State Hospital for maintenance for
the fiscal years 1926 and 1927.
Resolve in favor of Lester d. Eaton
Warden of the State Prison.
Additional Bills and Resolves in
First Reading
(Out of Order)
II. =. No. 291: An Act relating to
fishing in Upper Taylor Brook and
tributaries and in the East Branch
and West Branch OF Passadumkeag
Stream and Brown Brook in Penob-
scot and Hancock Counties.
II. i. No. 712: An Act to author
iZc the City of Calais to issue bonds
to refund its bonds maturing in
1876.
IL. z. No. 72l: An Act to amend
and extend an Act entitled AN
Act to incorporate the Odd Fellows
Home Of Maine.
II. p. No. 743: An Act relating to
| the protection of Game birds.
H. i. No. 1872: An Act amending
the Charter OF tie Belfast Municipal
Court.
II. r. No. 54S: Resolve in favor of
Arthur II. King of Turner, for state
Pension,
II L. No 773: Resolve providing
for State Pension for katherine IL.
| Mara of Lewiston.
| II. l.. No. 716: Resolve providing
ard, OF Cornyillc.
| II. +. No. $50: Resolve in favor of
Robert f, Parlin of Fayette. for
| State Pension.
II. p. No. 1883: Resolve for state
| Pension in favor of Rena Cooley.
Orders of The Day
| The SEAkER: Under orders OF
| the day the Chair presents the mat
! tiers especially assigned for today,
| the first being bill. an act relating
| to the salary of the Judge of the
VI ti'tiiI hulIIClII'iI NDuIl. II. No
| IL. II. ID. No. so. tabled by the
gentleman from Eridgton. Mr.. stone,
| March l.. the pending question be
| ing reconsideration of the vote
whereby the bill Was PASSED TO be
el'Srossed as amended by Senate
! Amendment \.
Mr.. STONE of Bridgton: Mr..
! Speaker, | move that we reconsider
! the vote whereby this bill was pass
Ell to be engrossed Mr.. Speaker,
| there is an old saying that it is the
| squeaking wheel that needs the
! grease. | think we are all familiar
/ with the question of the burden of
taxation. | understand there is Il
| large number of these salary in
| creases still to come before us.
! think this is Il case where we can
sit on the lid. and | move that this
| bill he indefinitely postponed.
The SPEAKER: The gentleman
| from BridGton (Mr. Stonc) moves
that the bill be indefinitely post
| pohed.
Mr.. OAkES of Portland: Mr..
| Speaker, l introduced this bill in the
first place calling for twenty five
| hundred dollars Tor the judge of the
! municipal court OF Portland. He is
now getting a salary of eighteen
hundred dollars. and this would give
| him an increase of seven hundred
dollars. Tie present salary has
/ stood for a great many years, I
! thlnk before war times. The history
! of the situation IS this Our dele
gation-Cumberland deiega tion-lnet
! some time ago and went over the
! various bills that were before the
! House calling for salary increases.
! we culIed them as we thought they
, should be culled and decided upon
| those that we thought should be
given increases. The recommends
i ton of the delegation went TO the
: salaries and Fees committee and
| they acted on some of our recon-
7 fmendations while some they did not
( carry through Among those that the
. salaries and Fees committee did
/ recommend was this one of twenty
| five hundred dollars for the Judge OF
! the municipal court of Portland.
Later we had another meeting and
| we were urged to do everything we
| could to economic. We culled again
ana we voted that the County Com
iElsSloncrs, VIII" wanted Il salary in
crease and for whom We had
| previously advocated n salary in
crease. should not he taken care or.
! we voted against the County At
| tofney and the Assistant County At
loiney and reduced our requests to
! Two or three small increases; and
| mink 1t Is no secret to say that we
Hlu so with the feeling that it would
De III support of the Governors
pohcy' Where the Governor comes
rom Cumberland County: but we
! ana decide that the judge of the
nuhlclpal court of Portland should
nn,, .uii,o increase. ana. after many
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