The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-02-21
LEGISLATURE OF MAINE.
ESPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE PRKss.1
STATE HOUSE, AUGUSTA, Feb. ~
SENATE.

ESPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE PRKssI
STATE HOUSE, AUGUSTA, Feb. 20.
SENATE.
Read and dssigned.-An act to authorize tile
First Parish of Falmouth to sell certain iapd;
resolve in favor of the North Pacific Railroad
Company. Ala.
On motion of Mr. Perkins the JOINT order
was suspended and the same Senator present.
ed bill, an act to provide for the annual publ
cation of the proceedings of the Legislature,
which was laid on the table and ordered to be
printed.
On motion of the same Senator the resolve
in favor of Stevens & Sayward was amended,
reducing the annual allowance from $742 to
$3.50, and the resolve was passed to be engross-
ed
Resolve for an amendment of the Constitu-
ton by the repeal of article six of the amend
ments, was specially assigned for to-day, and
was called up by Mr.. Crosby. This Senator
presented his views in a prepared speech OF an
hour. 1t is considered an able presentation OF
the subject. The resolve passed to be engross-
ed, yeas q, nays g. The resolve provides that
two-thirds of both Houses concurring, the vot-
ers OF the State shall vote thereon at the an
nual meeting in September next; the Consti-
tuition now provides that the Legislature can
not create any State debt or liability exceed
ing 100000. This amendment repeats that
clause.
An act in aid of the construction of rail-
roads and to exempt the shares and bonds is
sued in aid thereof, from taxation for a term of
ten years, was generally discussed and was
finally indefinitely postponed by vote of six
teen to nine
An act relating to interest came back from
the Senate, that body having insisted and ap-
pointed conferees. The House concurred.
Leave of absence was granted to Bellonie
Violette, from and after Friday next, on ac-
count of sickness in his family
An act relating to the challenging of Jurors
in civil and criminal cases, passed two read
ings. ta.s .a.f fEfW
An act TO increase the capital stock of Star
Match Corporation, under suspension of the
rules, passed three several readings.
An act to incorporate the Greenleaf Law
Library was read and assigned; also an act to
equalize the war bounties of the several cities
and towns.
An act to increase the salary of the County
Attorney of Cumberland County, passed to be
engrossed
An act to provide for State police in GER
tain cases, lies over.
An act to incorporate the Kittery Marine
Railway Company was passed to be engrossed;
also an act amendatory to the charter of the
Maine Central Railroad Company; also an
act to authorize the Trustees of Pennington
Academy to deed certain property to the State
of Maine.
The committee appointed to examine the
files and ascertain the amount of business, in
Its several stages, before the Legislature, and
report at how early day an adjournment can
be effected, reported in part that some one
hundred acts and resolves are found still pend
ing, and of these some thirty will elicit debate
The Danville and Auburn case came from
the Senate, that body having non. concurred
and amended by leav ing it to the Joint vote of
the two towns. Upon the question of receding
and concurring, Messrs. Brown, Shepley, Ste
vens, Frye and Holland spoke to the question
and the House receded by vote of " yeas to
"a nays, and concurred in the Senate amend
ment which provides for joint vote; and as
amended the bill was passed to be engrossed.
An act appropriating one thousand dollars
for portrait of Abraham Lincoln, indefinite
ly postponed yesterday, was reconsidered and
the same passed in concurrence with the Sem
ate. q.-
A resolution appropriating money to pur-
chase the Knox Mansion, after being discuss
ed at some length by Messrs. Perry, Cilley and
Bickford was indefinitely postponed.
Resolve appropriating twenty thousand dol
lars for the State Agricultural School, was
called up by Mr.. Perley and discussed by that
gentleman, Mr.. Cakes and others, and passed
I'm animously -.o..s