The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-02-04
BY TELEG RIA III.
LEGISLATURE OF MAINE.
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AUGUSTA, Feb. 3.
SENATE.
Tuesday. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Bray of Au-
gusta.
Papers from the House were disposed OF in
concurrence.
Read and assigned Resolve extending the
terms'of the law for the settlement of public
lands by volunteers.
Passed TO be engrossed.-Act TO amend Section
IA, Chap. ~, r. s., relating to local parishes;
act to amend Chap. l13 of the laws of 1862, re-
lating to the assessment of taxes; act to author
ize Albert Trufant to extend wharf in Harps-
well harbor
Report of the Committee ON Banks, on the pc
tition for bank at Arson, granting leave to
withdraw, was taken up and accepted.
Mr.. Woods called up the bill fixing the COM
pensation of jailors for the support of prisoners
The question was on an amendment offered by
Mr.. Wiggin, fixing it at two dollars per week.
After some debate the amendment was adopted,
and the bill passed to be engrossed.
The Secretary of State transmitted a message
from the Governor. in reply to the order of Mr..
Wiggin in relation to the on-eommissioning of
the officers of the ununiformed militia. Cover
nor Coburn encloses a letter from Gov WASH
burn, in which the latter says the circumstances
had no influence in the matter whatever The
true reason was, the almost almost absolute GER
tainty that the law would be altered this year,
and thus destroy the effect of the commissions
No harm could possibly come from postpone
ment. The circumstances referred to are SO in
number. Is are complaints of disloyalty; 10
that the elections were illegal; 5 Of unftness for
duty one that the officers were not citizen; one
dissatisfied, no reason given; and one that an
officer he'd been elected who had been sentenced
to the State prison. On motion of Mr. Wiggin
the message was laid upon the table.
Mr.. Woods moved to reconsider the vote &C
cepting the report, that the resolve presenting
certain publications to the Maine State Seminary
ought not to pass. The motion prevailed and
the report was recommitted.
Adjourned.
Prayer by Rev. DIR. Tappan of Augusta.
Papers from the Senate were disposed of in
concurrence.
Resolve n favor of County Law Libraries
came from the Senate amended and passed to be
engrosssd. The House receded and concurred.
On motion of Mr.. Blake of Bangor, it was
ordered that the Land Agent be requested to re-
port to the House, soon as he well can,
whether there are grants of land, donated by
the State to certain institutions and individuals
that have not been located; and il so. to what
institutions and persons have such grants been
made, and what is the Quality Of the land in
each case so donated, yet outstanding INDICATED.
Also, whether there is any agreement or under
standing with the Land Office, that any unlocat-
ed grants should be located on any particular
lands; and if so, whether any lands have been
located and decided since Nov. 30, 1861, not
named in the report for 1862.
Mr.. Cobb, from the Committee on Finance,
reported bill authorizing the expenditure of
money for war purposes, which was read twice
and Wednesday assigned.
Bill legalizing doiDgs of the Bowdoinham
Ridge Meeting House, was referred to the Com
mittee on the Judiciary. lHf@
Various petitions were presented and referred
The House took up, by ass gnment, the mo-
ton to reconsider the vote passing to be engros-
sed the resolve authorizing the purchase of Put
mann simPioNth tsNict mum AittT sunni us
cussion the vote was reconsidered, and the re-
solve was indefinitely postponed.
BY assignm ent the House proceeded to the
consideration of the reports of the Committee
on retrenchment in the Land Office.
Mr.. Kingsbury of Portland made some lengthy
and able remarks in defence of the majority re-
port. He reviewed Mr.. Blake's speech, and de-
Tended Mr.. Norris, the Land Agent, from at
tacks made upon him, and repealed the insinua-
tons against the integrity of the late Governor
and Council He gave statistics, showing the
management of the Land office, different from
the exhibit made by Mr. Blake, and which were
as economical as those of his predecessor.
On motion Of Mr.. Cony Of Augusta, the re-
port was tabled, and tomorrow assigned.
Communication from the Secretary of State,
transmitting the County Estimates, was re-
ferred to the Committee on County Estimates
Passed TO be engrossed.-Ac, to increase the
capital stock of the Franklin Company; act to
change the names of certain persons; act to in
corporate the Vassalboro Mills Company; act
authorizing the Commissioners of Hancock Coun-
ty to reassess certain taxes; act to legalze the
doings of School district No. 4 in Calais, and
authorizing them to borrow money foi certain
purposes.
Adjourned.