The Portland daily press., 1868-01-25
Maine Legislature.
isleel.l Dispatch by International Llqe.l

SENATE. rfr o.
Augusta, Jan. 2i.--House papers passed in
concurrence.
Read ANA assigned Bills To prevent the
throwing of slabs into the eenobScot river;
Concerning specie payments. Raless.Spend-
ed and passed to be engrosscd. W
Ordered to be printed--Dll TO establish the
salary OF County Attorney in Somerset. q.
The Senate refused to concur in House
amendments to bill to incorporate the Cobbos
seeconte Fish Culivating Company. Messrs.
Stevens. Ludden and West were appointed
conteress ga ~
Passed to be ensrosse d ills--To incorpo-
rate Royal River Paper Company; TO lncor-
poFate Western Transportation and Mining
Company; To amend law authorizing cree
ton OF dam across Weskeag river in South
Ihomaston; To incorporate the Bangor Foun-
dry; To authorize the building OF a railroad in
Pembroke; To change the name of Sabattis
Manufacturing Company; TO make valid the
doings OF Eastport; To authorize VIM. Mitch
ell to build wharf at NIachiasport; To make
valid the doings of Ellsworth; To incorporate
the G. p. Kimball Company, Portland; TO IN
corporate Maine Steamship Company; To
change the names OF Emma f. Butte rfield
and Adelne j. Small; To amend sectio 49,
chapter 81 revised statutes, relative TO liens on
logs and lumber; To incorporate Eastern
Steamboat Company, To authorize village
district, Brunswick, to raise money; To au-
thorize ID. w. Campbell to build dam across
Narraguagus river; To change the name of the
Bangor Company; To authorize w. II. Sar-
gent to maintain wharf in Sedgwick; TO
make valid doings OF district No. in Rob-
binston.
Resolves relating to naturalized citizens
finally passed. -
Orders passed-Of Mr.. Fairbanks, directing
Committee ON Mercantile Affairs and Insur-
ance to inquire into the expediency of repeal
ing existing laws relative to foreign insurance
companies and report by bill or otherwise; OF
Mr.. Stetson, directing the Secretary of State
to furnish the Legislature the names and loca-
tons of the several insurance companies in ]
the State and whether stock or mutual, and
amount of capital. io9 i
Petitions presented and referred-Of inhab-
itants of Cherryfeld, Stenben and Millbridge
for authority to allow them to unite in pur-
chasing poor farm; OF l.. E. Estabrooks & |
ais. of Linneus for change in the laws rela- 1
tive to opening and repairing roads in uain-
corporated towns; also, bill to authorize First
Congregationalist Society of PASSPORT to mort
gage parsonage lot Ga
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Senate papers passed in concurrence.
Orders passed-On motion of Mr.. Hale, that
hereafter any matter interrupting business and
causing debate shall be laid aside until morn
ing business is disposed Of; OF Mr.. Billings of
Freedom, that Committee on Legal Reform in
qnlre into the expediency of amending the
law so that when a minor is married his on
her guardian, with the assent of the Judge
having jurisdiction, may make a final settle
ment, the same as if the minor were of age;
OF Mr., Barker of Orrington, Requesting the
Secretary of State to place within reach Of
the Committees of this House maps of the
several Counties of this State. =
Read and tomorrow assigned-Bills TO
incorporate Bangor Business College; To i'm
corporate Portland and Waldoboro' Steamboat
Company. 5aeF5VfQ.Ie
Passed to be engrossed-Bills To incorporate
Eastern Business College, Bangor; To incor-
porate Portland Preserving Company; Au-
thorizing building a wharf in Augusta; To
authorize the building of wharf in Hallo-
well; To authorize construction of wharf at
Bar Harbor; to authorize construction of a
wharf at Vinalhaven; 10 change name of Ell
len G, Williams; To incorporate the Knox
Wooden Company. gf4xoH,
Pending third reading laid on the table
Bills-To regulate log driving On Penobscot
river; Ia regard to vicious biting horses; Re-
solve, directing the Land Agent to deed a lot
of land to heirs of John Mattheson; Resolve,
authorizing the Land Agent to convey lot of
land to Alexander Kennedy; Resolve, author
, izing same to convey lot Of land to Lucy j.
Strong.
Passed to be enacted-Bills-To authorize
County Commissioners to reverse part Of their
proceedings on account cf excessive damages;
To authorize town of Dover to raise money
fer B. & 2. Railroad; To authorize town of
Eastport to raise money for certain purposes
10 authorize Drew plantation to raise money
for certain purposes; To incorporate Presque
Isle Trotting Park Association; To incorpo-
rate the trustees OF Bethel Society, Portland
The business of the morning having con-
cluded, the report of the Judiciary Commit
tee, a bill to repeal the Constabulary law, was
taken up; The question pending at the ad
Perry of Mars Hill to lay on the table to be
printed, and Tuesday next assigned.
Mr.. Hubbard of North Berwick had the
floor, and proceeded to speak on the merits of
the bill. He claimed that the Constabulary
law had been etfeetually enforced in the West
ern part of the State and had accomplished
what its friends claimed for 1t. He favored
postponement. acllaeh
Mr.. Hale replied at length in favor of an
immediate passage.
A vote for assignment to Tuesday next was
passed, and the House adjourned. u'aeua'
Petitions referred-For reduction of Gala
ries of State and County officers; OF j. C.
Miller & ais. for Incorporation into a town to
be named Fort Kent; For the widening of
Gardiner and Pittsfield bridge SO as not to OBJ
struct navigation; For repeal of all laws reg
ulatins a'ewiye fishing in town of Bristol;
For leave to surrender charter of Granite
Company; For relief Of heirs Of tho late Ha-
zen b. Elliott; For assistance in building
bridge over Fish river; OF Elizabeth S. Dolley
for deed of a lot of land in township IA, range
4, Aroostook County, For an adj tiopal term
of County Commissioners in Piseataauis
County; Several in aid of Maine Medical AS
ISOLATION; Several for change in the laws tax
ing National bank stock: Bill, an act author
izing owners in common to build dwelling
houses, stores and shops; An act to incorpo-
rate the International Saw Sharpening Com
pany; An act amending law relating to pau
pers and their settlement, An act to incorpo-
rate Penobscot Bay and River Railroad Com
pany. aT1
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