The Portland daily press., 1865-02-22
Legislature Of rsaine.
AUGUSTA. Feb

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Various bills passed to be engrossed and en-
acted.
Resolves calling upon the United States
Government to place steam vessels OF war, as
permanent ocean policy, upon the coast oil
Maine, reported from the Committee on Coast
and Frontier Defences. by Mr.. McGilvery,
were read once aud assigned.
On motion OF Mr.. Woodman, an act to in
corporate the Portland aud Forest Avenue
Railroad Company was taken from the table
where On his motion it had been previously
laid, after the vote passing it to be engrossed
| had been reconsidered, -
Ga his motion the bill was amended, by
striking out all of the third section after the
third line and inserting the words "said cor.
poraton shall locate and build SO much o.
said road as lies within the limits of Cape
| Elizabeth, within tho term OF two years from
the approval of this act by the Governor"
On motion of Mr.. Pierce the bill was laid
| on the table, but subsequently taken up and
passed to be engrossed as amended.
On motion of Mr.. Banks, on an act to in.
crease tbs salary OF the Register of Probate
for the County of York, coming from the
House indefinitely postponed on its passage
| to be enacted, tine Senate non-concurred with
the House, and passed the bill to be enacted
On motion OF Mr.. Bradbury, an act to in
corporate the Maine Express Company, was
taken from the table, the question being upon
| the adoption of the House amendments
Amendment ga" was adopted.
Mr.. Stetson opposed the adoption of amend
ment "B"
On his motion the Senate non concurred
with the House in the adoption of the amend
ment.
Amendment &C" was adopted and the bill
passed to be engrossed.
HOUSE.
Bill taxing dogs came back from the Sem
ate that branch rejecting the Hoase amend
ment and indefinitely postponing the same.
Ga motion of Mr.. Webb, of Portland, the bill
was laid on the table. Subsequently the bill
was taken up, and on motion Of Mr.. Taoley, of
Saco, the House insisted on its former vote
passing thu bill to be engrossed.
Bill to repeal chapter 239 of the Public
Laws of 1860, entitled an act to promote the
safety OF travel on railroads, was read the third
time.
The question was stated TO be on the mo-
ton of Mr.. Miller OF Portland, to amend the
bill. 7aa
Mr.. Miller rose to point of order He
contended that this amendment was an amend
meIt TO an amendment, was offered as an
amendment TO the minority report, and as
such should have been scteG upon prior to the
substitution of the minority report for that of
the majority.
TheSpeaker ruled that the bill was not be-
fore the House until the minority report had
been accepted, and further that the bill was
not ameldable Until it had been read three
times. .a +
After some further discussion, Mr.. Miller
of Portland, appealed from the decision of
the Chair.
The question was put TO the House, on sus
faiuiur tho dpaicinn nf tho Chair and 6r
cision Of the Chair was sustained.
The question was then again stated to be on
the amendment OF Mr.. Miller, which would
have the effect to extend the third rail re-
striction over all The railroads of the State, in
stead of repeating the present law.
Mr. Garnsey of Bangor, opposed, and Mr..
Miller of Portland, supported the motion.
Lost.
Mr. Tapley of Saco, moved that the bill be
referred to the next Legislature. Lost.
Mr.. Miller of Portland, moved that the bill
be laid on the table. Lost
The bill was then passed to be engrossed.
Mr.. Porter of Burlington, moved recon-
sideration of the vote just passed.
Several motions were made to postpone the
OF this notion all which were
rejected. The motion for reconsideration
was then rejected.
The following are the yeas and nays on the
only test vote taken on the, question OF re-
pealing the restriction upon extending the
broad gauge from this city to Boston:
YEAs--Messrs. Bangs, Beale, Bean, Bick-
ford, Bradford, Carver, Joseph Chase, M. '.
B. Chase, Chesley. Church, CHURCHILL. CleaVes,
Crosby, Davis, Day, Doyle, H.. M. eaton,
Fisher Follansbee. Chas. Foster, ). 3. FOSTER
John French, Garnsey, Geyer, Granger,
Gushee, Haines, Haley, Hall, Ham, Hartman
Jersey, j. U. Hill, N. T. Hill, Hobbs, Hoi-
yoke, Hopkins, johnson, Jones. Lang, Law
Ter, E. T. Little, Thomas Little, Lyford, Mayo,
McLaine, n. P. Monroe, Nickerson Oak, Per-