The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-03-10
Maine Legislature.
Especial dispatch by international Line.

Especial dispatch by International Linel
SENATE.
AUGUSTA, March 9.-Messrs. Gardner, Boil
attendance after tomorrow.
The resolve relating to the civil service bill
was indefinitely postponed.
The Senate non-concurred with the House
in indefinitely postponing an act to define and
limit the powers of corporations in certain
cases.
Mr.. Gibbs made the final report of the Com
mittee en- Manufactures
An act in relation to proceedings in criminal
cases was read and assigned
The bill in relation to capital punishment
was taken from the table, and the House
amendment was amended on motion of Mr..
Bolster. The bill was advocated at length by
Mr.. Bolster. Mr.. Smell, Lane, Webb and Ty-
Ter spoke in favor of retaining the death PEN
atty. Mr.. Stevens spoke in opposition.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Passed to be engrossed-An act to repeal
chapter 100 of the laws OF 1858, concerning
taxes; resolve relating to the distribution OF
the alphabetical lists of Maine soldiers.
Mr. Stevens amendment to the capital pun
ishment bill was rejected. The House amend
ments were then adopted, the question being
on passing the bill to be ezgrossed. The yeas
and nays were taken, resulting as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Bolster, Cary, Fuller, Gibbs,
Lane, Mathews, Macarthur, Mssser, M6tealf
Patten, Smell, Talbot, Tyler, Webb-14.
Nays-Messrs Gushing, Garcelon, Gardner,
Lang, Lindsay, Mitchell, Stevens, Vests
80 the Dill was passed. 70 De 6ngrossed.
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mittee of conference on the bill to make valid
the doings of towns in voting Communication,
and passed the bill to be eng1ossed in coneur-
renee.
The resolve authorizing the Governor and
Council to inquire into the expedisncy of re-
moving the Western Normal School from
Pennington to Gorham, was refused passage
in concurrence.
Inc Dill providing for the establishment of
true meridian line and for regulating the prac-
tice of surveying in the State was passed to be
engrossed.
An act to amend sections and So of chap
ter So of the Revised Statutes, reati ng to trus-
tee process, was indefinitely postponed in con-
currence.
The committee of conference on the bill for
the promotion OF medical science reported the
same in new draft, which was laid on the ia
BILE to be printed.
Passed to be enacted-An act to amend chap
ter 40 Of the Revised Statutes, in relation to
insurance companies; an act in addition to
and amendatory of section 8, chapter 103 of the
pupiic laws of 1862, relating to school books;
an act in relation to evidence; an act to amend
cnapter l65 Of the laws of 1858, relating to
taxes
flnally passed-Resolve relating to destitute
orphans of soldiers and seanen OF tbe late
war; resolve in favor of the State Library
"A committee of conference was appointed
on the bill to define and limit the norv.rs 90
corporations in certain cases which va. i ;na.s
nitely postponed in the House and no.sad -
be engrossed in the Senate. "
HOUSE.
The House concurred in the nron.s;.:.
the Senate for conference on the hill - 4,
corporate the Northern Aroostook Railrood
and appointed Messrs. Palmer OF Bangor oaL
and Irish as conferees.
Mr.. Gilbert laid on the table resolve in re-.
lation to the Agricultural College land grant
Mr. Reed, from the committee Of conference