Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-01-21
Maine Legislature
Continued from Pace One)

political division thereof for the
purpose of founding, maintaining or
aiding any schools or institution Of
learning whether under public con-
troll or otherwise wherein any de-
nominational doctrine Is inculcated.
No such grant, appropriation or use
of public money or property or loan
of public credit shall be made or au.
thorized for the purpose Of founding,
maintaining, or aiding any church.
religious denomination or society.
The proposed amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the State
at the regular biennial election in
September 1926.
Section 2 provides that nothing in
this act shall be construed to deprive
any inmate of publicly controlled
reformatory, penal or charitable in
stitution. of the opportunity of reli-
gious exercise therein of his own
faith, but no inmate Of such institu-
ton shall be compelled to attend re-
ligious instruction against his own
will. or, If minor, without the con-
sent of his parent or guardian.
Penalty for Escaping from Women's
Reformatory
Senator Smith of Somerset pre-
laws of 1921 relating to inmates es-
Gaping from the Reformatory for
Women. The amendment provides
that any woman who escapes the re-
formatory or who violates the condi-
ton of any permit by which she may
have been allowed to be at liberty
shall be punished by additional i'm
prisonment in the reformatory for
rot exceeding one year for each such
offence.
To Establish Fort Fairfield Municipal
Court
Senator Hussey of Aroostook intro
duoed an act to establish the Fort
Fairfield municipal court. The act
provides that the court shall have
original jurisdiction concurrent with
trial justices in all such civil and
criminal matters within Aroostook
county as are by law within the iur-
isdiction of trial justices. The court
shall have concurrent Jurisdiction
with the Supreme judicial Court IN
all personal actions where the debt
or damage demanded exclusive of
costs, is over $40. and not over 500.
The judge of the court shall receive
an annual salary of $1,000 and the
recorder an annual salary of $400.
Busy Week Expected
A busy week is anticipated for this
is the third week and the matters
preliminary to the real work of the
session have been attended to. Com
mittees have been named and every
thing is in readiness for the consid-
GRAFTON of measures by these groups.
The meetings of both branches
yesterday were of short duration,
commencing at 4: 80 in the afternoon
IN flNy oil
No bills of especial importance were
introduced in the. House, the meas
ures of State wide interest all COM
ing into the Senate. In the House,
Lewis y Burleigh, Jr., of Augusta,
was appointed as clerk to the COM
mittee on bills in their third reading.
The two branches adjourned yes
terday afternoon to 10 o'clock this
Wednesday morning.
1t is expected that a Friday ses-
ion will be held this week and that
a recess will be taken Friday noon
to the following Tuesday afternoon.
kennebec Bridge Bills
The Kennebec Bridge bill which
Senator Carlton of Sagadahoc is to
sponsor will probably make it's APP
come acquainted with the features
of the tn bridge project at a meet
ing to be held this afternoon in the
Hall of Representatives when Sena-
tor Carlton will present plans and
figures relating to the construction
of the bridge betwee Bath and Wool
witch.
Senator Carlton believes firmly that
such bridge should be a free bridge
built by the State, but he declares
that should the Legislature not fav-
or free bridge toll bridge would
be much preferable to none at all.
1t is believed that the great ma
jority of the legislators favoring the
Bath Woolwich site for the Kenne-
bee bridge, desire that it shall be a
toll bridge-at least for the period
of time until 1t is paid for and can
then be turned into a free bridge.
Whether the Richmond bridge bill !
which is in opposition to the Bath