Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-28
lewiston AND
AUGUSTA POLICE BILLS
n DUE next week

An act to provide for the appoint.
ment of a board of commissioners or
police for the city of Augusta, a re-
solve in favor of the appointment OF
six commissioners by the Governor
and Council to revise all laws relat-
ing to motor vehicles and an act
requiring the appointment of police
commissioners of Lewiston by the
mayor of that city and providing
referendum to the electors are In
eluded in the variety of measures
90 be heard by the committees OF the
Legislature during the coming week.
The Augusta and Lewiston police
commission bills will both be con-
sidered before the judiciary commit
tee next Friday afternoon, when the
committee will also hold hearing on
q resolve proposing an amendment to
the Constitution providing authority
to the Legislature to require COM
pulsory voting at elections, and an
act to amend the present law In re-
lation to itinerant vendors SO that
"hawkers" on the streets are no
longer exempt from the license pro-
visions.
The judiciary committee will take
under consideration next Wednesday
afternoon the act introduced by
Senator Carter of Androscoggin pro-
viding that all persons. firms or cor
Iorations owning or operating any
moving van or automobile truck
away from place to place within the
various towns having population
of 1000 or more shall make such re-
FORT to the town or city clerk where
such household goods are located
or are to be located; resolve for a
commission to revise the motor We
n oil In IN
charter Of the city Of Hallowell SO
that the municipal year shall begin
on the second Monday of January
bi-ennially; and Is other measures.
Auburn people are greatly inter-
ested in the act which, will came
before the judiciary committee on
Thursday afternoon to prohibit boat
ing aud fishing from boats on Lake
Auburn. At the same time the COM
mittee win listen to those interested
in Senator Carriers act granting re-
ciprocity to motor vehicles from 9TH
er states.
Measures Relating to Banking
The committee on banks and bank
ing will hold a public hearing next
Wednesday afternoon on an act re-
curing more efficient supervision of
brokers selling securities on marginal
lating to industrial banks and chang
ing the maximum rate of interest
which they may charge on money
from six to eight percentum per
year; and two other acts relating to
banking.
The committee on interior waters
will hold a hearing relating to the
change of the name of a pond in
Cumberland county, next Wednesday
afternoon, and the following day the
committee on county estimates will
hold hearing Oh the matter Of these
estimates.
Education Measures
The committee on education will
hold busy session on Wednesday
afternoon, discussing an act provid-
ing for the use of the English Ian
guage in this State, an act relating
to the formation of unions for the
employment Of superintendent of
schools, an act relating to the State
school fund covering unexpended
balances, an act to establish State
school fund for higher education,
and several academy resolves.
An act to provide for the school,
ing of children in the towns where
their parents have temporary resi-
dence. an act to require the teach
ing of the constitution of the United
States in public and private schools,
an act relating to teachers pensions,
and nine resolves in favor of acad-
emies of the State will be brought
before the committee on education
at hearing next Thursday.
Resolves for Highways
A flood of resolves in favor of
towns for highways and bridges
will be heard by the committee on
ways and bridges next Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday after
moons, and in addition to such re.
solves on Friday the committee will
take under advisement the act pre-
scented by Representative Body of
Windham providing that a further
tax OF one and quarter mills on q
dollar shall be assessed annually on
all the property of the State and
that this fund shall be apportioned
by the State Highway Commission
among the various towns to be ex-
pended for the permanent improve
ment of third class roads according
to the number Of miles of unim-
proved continuous roads therein.
This act further provides that the
tax shall not be effective unless the
State authorizes an amount for third