Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-02-06

TUEsDAY, JAN. SO.

! TUE,DAY, JAN. SO.
| sENATR.-The report OF measu. es Tor The
laying out, settlement and improvement O
The Public Lands in Maize, and 70. render
Ing them pf oduc.ive 10 the state, was aiken
up, accepted, and sent to the House ior CON
currenCe.
TUEsDAy, JAN. 80.
| HOUSE - Finished BustneSs-Diiis to in.
corporate the Waterylilv f. 81 Universe
Society the towHs oil greenwood, ane
Wales the frs. Congregational Society in
Union bill further TO secure to owns rs
their property in logs, Iunbe,, &c and a
bill TO ,e < late the practice OF ,aw lii Ger.
tain cases passed to be enacted.
AT half past 10 the House were called to
| order by one Of the monitors, the speaker
| not appearing, being absent through Ihdis
posilion.-UDder the PRESIDENCY Of the
Cleik, the House proceeded TO the choice OF
a speaker hro rem OF i6s votes, Thomas
Greenleoi, Esq OF Quincy, mad rs, aud
medialely took the Chair.
Seven members had leave oil ABSENCE
Several petitions were received from dli-
terent associations, requesting IN explaha
ton Of the law regarding a breach oil The
sabbath, or the passage OH new lava
petitionwas received from pe,sons concerto
in lumber in the Di,,ic, OF Maine, CONF
planning Of the law not allowing traders to
sell small quan!iies CT ardent spin S, aud
praying a repeal OF sand law. Several pe,i
tons were received from different towns
in Maine, praying for division Of the STATE.
A considerable debate took piIce respect
ing literary and theological institution IN
Maine. A grant oil land tor this seminary
was made sCms time since. The corpora.
lion o! the seminary now wish certain alter.
atoms, by which, as was stated, the object Of
the grant would become wholly religious
The ps,ition was los, by large majority.
The Senate having rejected the petition
of sundry towns, praying that the militia Oh
this state, who weie called out by the au-
thori,y OF the United states, might receive
three additional dollars per month, as was
The grant TO the militia called out by the au-
tho,ity OF this state, the same being before
the House tor concurrence, debate sross,
which oonlinued iii oandielight.
Against the petitioners 1t was urged
tina, there was general commi, zee already
chosen 10 attend 10 the prayers aud situation
OF the wounded and dead, to whom, ii at Iii
this subject ought to be referred /; that, al
though tie governor called Out such mil
tia, he was merely the constitutional organ,
in this case, Of the United States; that the
law OF 1914, had not, and could rot have,
any reference TO the militia called out by he
L S-fho. his x>,tt III, L.
guns or clothing, in 1914, for her own
toops, to put them on par with the u. S.
troops, who received their clothing and the
the use oil their guns, valsed at 1856 Per
ahnum, from their pay and ralions, as would
induce them to clohe and a,m themselves
On the other side it was stated that the
law Tor esolve) did apply to such militia
that II had been so applied that it was in
itself not an act OF benevolence but OF Justice
Jc.
The house after refusing to postpone the
subject till the next Genei al Cou,t, CONCUR
red with the Senate-99 81.
Seven members hat leave of absence.
Mr.. Drake, oil Sharon, was refused l. ave, as
nis election was contested.
WEDNEsDAY.JAN.3 81.
Leave was given 10 bring in Bills Oh Pc
tiiion OF VIM. Rotch, and others and James
Neal, and others.
A Committee was appointed to consider
the expediency OF providing by law, an uni
form mode OF Determining the proof OF do
mesicspifits, offered for sale in this Com
monwealth, with leave, sc.
A Report of the Committee, relative to
public business necessary 10 be acted upon
he present session, and the time when the
Legislature may have recess came down
win the following order,viz: Ordered. tha,
On petitions or memorials be received, to be
ic'ed on the presen. session, al.er Sa,urd !,
next, and that the committee on accounts