Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1856-01-17

on the judiciary be Instructed 10 inquire into
the expedency of repeating ian act additional
concerning the Supreme Judicial Court and
its jurisdiction, approved March l6, 1916
IN CONVENTION.
T A committee was appointed 10 receive and
count votes for Secretary of State, and having
attended TO that duty, reported as follows
Whole number of votes l66
Necessary 10 choice SO
Caleb R. Aver had l08
Alden Jackson 60
And Caleb r. Aver of Cornish, was declared
elected Secretary of State for the current po-
litical year. t
House.-Thej oint standing committees were
announced, and are as follows
On the Judiciary-Barnes, Swasey, Hay
den of the Senate; Talbot of Lubec, Morse of
Bath Fuller of Augusta, Morrow of Sears
mont, Record of Danvlle, Wedgewood of Cor
nish, Lindsey of Norridewock, Of the House.
| On Mercantile Affairs and Insurdnce-Tal-
bot, Reed, Rowell of the Senate Blanchard
of Yarmouth, McGilvery of Penobsbo,, Ban-
chard of Pitiston, Emerson of Orland, Tit
comb of Kennebunk, Irish of Union, Coffin of
Cherryfeld, of The House.
On Education- Goodwin, Bean, Hold gdon
OF the Senate; Sweat of Parsonsfeld, Deer
ing Of Hampden, Pearson Of Machias, Currier
Of Wilton, Brown of kennebunkport, Troti OF
Woolwich, Gregg Of Freeport, Of the House.
On Banks and Bdnking-Thompson, Hath
orne, Rowell of the Senate Lyman of Port
land, Blake Of B:.ngor, Patten of Richmond !,
Reed of Hallowell, Swasey of Bucksport, Put
nam Of Belfast, Duren of Calais, Of the House.
On Incorporation of Towns-Burril, Shep-
ard, Marden ofthe Senate; Brown of Wind
ham, Sawyer of Stoneham, Goodwin Of De-
troit, Gould Of jackson, Pray Of Lebanon,
Smith of Kipgsbery of the House.
| On Division of To,ons-Kezar, Aver, Wes-
ton Of the Senate Miller of Rowland, Bur-
keii of Appleton, Watson of Corin,h, Prince
of Falmouth, Baker Of Gorham, Howes Of
New Sharon, futile of Canaan, of the House,
On DiriaOn df Counties-Robinson, Ke-
Ear, Rowell of the Senate AqAgews of Bridg-
ton, Rich Of Frankfort, ClarEYof Biddeford,
! Weed of Oldtown, Came Of York, West OF
I Leeds, Of the House.
On Railroads and Bridges.-Farley,T hon p
son, Talbot, of the Senate; Rich of Frankfort,
/ Emerson, of Orland, Fuller OF Augusta, Todd
of Portland, Chase Of Buckfield, Eden Of
Waterville, Collins of Letter Ii, OF the House
On Interior Waters.- Hodsdon, Crane,
O'Brien, of the Senate; Eaton of Plymouth,
Russell of Phillips, Dakin Of Carmel, Brown
of Benton, Knight Of Otisfeld, Baker of Corn
vile, Mason of Lyman, of The House.
On Accounts.-Holland, Reed, Burrill, Ui
the Senate; Stanwood OF Augusta, Pike Of
TopsfeId, Trickey OF Cape Elizabeth, Lunt 81
Bowdoinham, Ham of Lewiston, Leach Of
Raymond, Hyson of Windsor, of the House.
] On Claims.-Lowell, Aver, Jones, of the
Senate; Milliken of Unity, Barrows of Cam
den, Brown of Carroll, True of North Var
mouth, Hunton Of Read6eld, Merrill Of Bux.
ton, Hines of Turner, of the House.
On the Mhha.-Ayer. Thompson, Barker
of the Senate Foster of East Machias, Coch-
ran of marlborough, Lyman OF Portland,
Moore of Arson, Brilton of Winslow, Sllsby
of Amherst, Hardy Of Gouldsborough, of the
House.
On Military Pensions. -Marden, French
Shepard, Of the Senate; Brown of Benton
Hodgdon Of Alton, Stanton of Poland, Felke
of Concord, Curtis OF marlborough, Cushmar
of Hebron, Archer of Bloomfield, of the
House.
Oh, State Lands and STATE Roads-Bntler
Jones, Hodsdon, OF the Senate Cutter o
Bangor, Morse of Bath, Bean of Brooks, Reet
of Halowell, Foster of East Machias, Paiter
son of Madison, Hewes of Masardis, of th
House
On Indian Atairs.-Weston, Junkins, Bar
ker, of the Senate Webster of Orono, Good
ale of Wells, Wentworth of Knox, Hume o
Robbnston, Sargent of Sedgwick, Hooper o
Cambridge, Mari of Southport, Of the House
On A griculture-Heagan, Burrill, Holland
of the Senate; Morrow of Searsmont, Hobar
of Edmunds, Lancaster of Farmingdale, Brow
of Livermore, Lyford of Mt. Vernon, Shark
ley of Acton, Haley of Strong, of the House
On Fisheries -O'B ren, Marden, Crane, o
the Senate Treat of PASSPORT, Clark of Bid
deford, Stinson Of Deer Isle, Hunt Of Vinal
haven, Davis of Milford, Wall of St. George
Mayo of Mount Desert, of the House. "
On Manufactures -Blaisdell,O % Brien, Low
ell, ofihe Senate Cochran of marlborough
Winslow of Westbrook, Wing of Brunswick
Pshon of Vassalborough, Walton of Card
ner, Neal Of Berwick, of the House.
On the Insane Hospital. Robinson
Farley, of the Senate Merrill of Rockland
Sweat of Parsonfeld, Norton of Baldwin, Den
nett of Kiuery, Dingley of Auburn, Cham
berlain of Dover, Vaughan of Pennington, 0
the House.
On the Reform S1hool.-Swasey,, Hayden
Butler, of the Senate Scammon of Saco
Todd Of Portland, Coffin Of Harrington, Ham
mond Of Sidney, Barker of Exeter, Fisher o
Phipsburg, Hanscom of South Berwick, of TIL
House. r
On the STATE Prison.-Junkins, Lowell
Bean, of the Senate Levensaler of Thomas
ton, Moore Of Ellsworth, Burley of Lnneus
Darling Of Greenvile, Hasty Of Limerick
Norris of Wayne, Pool of Bristol, of ih'
House.
On Public Buildings Heagan
Blaisdell, of the Senate Dana Of Wiscasset
Frost of Norway, Morton of Friendship, Ches
lev of Patten, Woodman of Whitefeld, HuT,
of Northport, Foster of Newry, of the House
On LibrUy-Bean, Goodwin, Barnes, o
tho Senate Record Of Danville, Wedgewoo,
Of Cornish, Gilman of Sebec, johnson of Blue
hill, Wentworth OF Dexter, Mitchell of Pow
nal, Taylor of Byron, of the House.
Papers from the Senate disposed of in con
currence.
Petitions rcferred-Of Josiah b. Wood
and ais, for charter for Mechanics Associa
ton; VIM. Drummond and al. for a Mutua
Marine Insurance Co. of the Mayor and Al
dermen of Bath, for power to erect city scales
&c.
Mr. Talbot presented bills repeating chapte
1873 of public laws, approved March IL, 1855
regulating the suffrage of naturalized citizens
and repeating chapter 176 Of public laws, ap
proved March 16, 1855, relating to the natu
:, ralization powers of Courts in this State. he
ferred to committee on judiciary.