Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-03-18
Judiciary Hears
Several Matters

! Hearing on bill introduced In
the legislature by Senator Carter of
: Androscoggin county which would
materially change the present law
relating to the right Ito erect and
maintain mill dams and to divert
| water by a canal for mills, will be
held before the judiciary committee
on Wednesday afternoon, Mar. rs.
The bill was advertised for
hearing this Tuesday afternoon. but
was continued by request of w. X.
Pattangall of Augusta who wished
to speak on it, and by agreement
with Senator Carter. Mr.. Pattan-
gall notified the committee that he
was detained by the trial of court
case and was unable to be present
yesterday.
Senator Carter appeared before
the committee in favor of an act to
incorporate the Piney Heights
Beach and Country Club Village
He explained that the proposed
development is in the town of Mon
mouth and that the bill for incorpo-
ration Is modelled closely on the
charter Of the Squirrel Island VIII
age Corporation. which has several
times been passed upon by the
: courts.
He said that the proposal had
been threshcd out between the pro-
ponents of the measure and the
town of Monmouth at a special town
meeting in January and had been
passed at the regular town meeting
a week ago by a vote OF 103 to AZ.
He explained that some changes
have been made in the original bill
and that it Is now satisfactory to
the selectmen of the town and to the
proponents by agreement.
Representative Holmes Of the
committee wanted to know il the
bill would not give the town of Mon
| mouth the opportunity to try all
kinds of socialistic schemes and
quoted several clauses from the
text to demonstrate what he meant.
Senator Carter assured him that
there was no such intention in the
| minds of the proponents of the
measure, and in reply to a question
along the same line from Chairman
Hinckley of the committee, said he
is not leading a movement to estab-
| lish O socialistic community. He adj
ded that he was hoping to attract
people of wealth to spend their
summers In Monmouth when the
| proposed project was Developed and
that he understood wealth and So
cialism are usually pretty far apart.
Arland Wing. chairman of the
board of selectment of Monmouth.
said that farming, manufacturing
and the summer resort business are
the chief industries of Monmouth
and he thought the people of the
town are satisfied with the Piney
Heights proposal. He endorsed SEN
ator Carriers statement of the case.
Act RELATING to Non. Resident
Motor Vehicles
Hon. Norman Bassett Of Augusta,
speaking for the act to amend the
present laws relating to nonresident
motor vehicles, explained to the judi
ciary committee that the bill had
been introduced by Senator Maher at
his suggestion, that it was intended
to amend the present law If other
bills of similar import failed to pass.
If the reciprocity i'll Zone Of the
others) should pass, his bill would
amount to nothing.
More light on the prevailing condi-
lions in the City OF Lewiston was
shed in the judiciary hearing this
afternoon when Chief Field Of the
Lewiston Police Department appear
ed to favor passage of the act to pro-
vide a jury commission of three
members. to be appointed by the
Chief Justice OF the Supreme Judi
cial Court.
Chief Field said that the present
jury system is impractical in Lew
iston at least. for he had several
times been rendered by the City
Clerk names of Lewiston residents
for jury duty who had criminal rec
ords in his Office.
Auto Registration Law
Speaking in behalf of his bill to