Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-04-22

at 10 minutes before Z, whereupon
Mr.. Little moved that the committee rise, re-
port progress and ask leave to sit again.
, Mr.. Delesdernier said it would be better to dis
charge the committee and go on with legislation.
Mr.. D. said that he would admit that the accounts
of the Land Office have been loosely kept, and
that the Governor and Council of 1910 did not do
their duty in passing the accounts of the Land
Agent with errors to the amount of $500
Mr. Morse said he would consent oany course
the House wished. He had no disposition to
make speech
Mr.. Andrews said he would admit nothing
| After some further conversation, the committee
rose, and asked to be discharged from the further
consideration of the subject, which was agreed to-
In SENATE, SATURDAY, April 10.
Passed to be cngrossed-An act to authorize the
inhabitants of Bath to build bridge over New
! Meadows River and raise money to maintain the
same.
| In the HOUSE,, Petitions of inhabitants of Cor
ham, and also of John Neal and 81 others ofPort-
land that the Legislature will instruct the Hon.
Ruel Williams relative to various subjects of pub
lie importance, were presented, and Mr.. J. Dunn
moved that they be referred to joint select
committee.
Mr. Delesdenier opposed the motion. twill
do no good to instruct Mr.. Williams
Mr. J. Otis thought the House should give re-
spectfu hearing to the petitioners.
Mr.. Delesdcrner contended that the people
have nothing to do with the subject.
The motion to lay on The table was negatived,
55 to So and the petitions were referred to Sc
lect committee consisting the part of the
House of Messrs. J. Dunn, Washburn, Morse,
Burr, and Morrison.
MIR. J. Otis called up the order directing the
committee Finance to apportion and assess a
State Tax of 100000.
Mr. Otis went into an explanation of the ne
cessty of this amount Of tax, and history Of the
finances of the State.
Mr. Chadbourne moved to increase the sum to
$3.50, 900, and advocated his motion ,on the ground
that the State ought to pay its current expenses.
After speaking few minutes Mr.. Chadbourne
gave way, and motion of Mr.. Dorrance, the
order was laid on the table
In SENATE, MONDAY, April r.
The Senate joined Messrs. Pike, Lane and Bur
bank to the committee appointed to consider the
petitions of numerous persons relative to instruct
ing the Hon. Ruel Williams.
| In the HOUSE. Mr.. J. Otis from the committee
to which referred the petitions for amend
| ments to the Constitution ms to the number of
Representatives &c. reported resolve proposing
an amendment to the Constitution reducing the
number of Representatives to 100, and providing
that Governor, Senators and Representatives shall
be chosen for two years. On motion of Mr.. De-
lesdernier, the resolves were laid on the table and
1000 copies ordered to be printed.
Mr.. J. Otis called up the order directing the
committee finance TO apporton State tax of
5000, 900. The question on the motion OF
Mr. Chadbourne to increase the amount TO $780,
900.
Mr.. Chadbourne spoke at some length in favor
of his motion. He said he reioiced that nothing
of party character could be brought.to operate
on this question except by force. He most
IDENTIFY wished that this whole matter could be
placed in figures before every man in the State.
There would be n scamperng of politicans-he
would not undertake to say which side would run
the fastest-to escape the just Indignation of the
people. There is not one in ten who knows
the extent of our difficulties. If they did, no
name would have been put into the ballot box
last September unless there at least an i'm
piled understanding that the individual voted for
would come here and help get the State out of
this trouble. And if he had not come up to the
work, he would have held his office fer the last
time.
Mr.. G. said we have no source of revenue ex-
cept our public lands, and he fully believed the
land would continue to eat up the land--it would
be swallowed at one time head first, and at anoth-
er tail tirst until it all gone. There will new
er be any revenue of any consequence from this
source. The sale of public Lands will no more
than pay the various expenses of the Land de-
partment.
| Mr.. G. exhibited and read certain papers rela-
tive to expenditures of the late Land Agent, and
commended that the transactions mentioned were
such as no private individual would tolerate in
| his own affairs. lie said he knew the late Land
| Agent, and he knew him to be an honest man but
| these perhaps showed him to be incompetent
Men do not spend the public money as they do
their own
Mr. c. contcnded in favor of showing the peo-
pie the whole state of the case. He would go tor
tax of $4,000 this year, and then if the people
would not wake up and inquire into the matter, he
was mistaken in the men. The state of the pub
| l;o bo, hoo,