The Portland daily press., 1870-02-16
Maine Legislature.
(SpecialDispatchb by International ine.]

AUGUSTA, Feb. 15-Read and assigned AN
act relating to penalties of selectmen or asses
sors for malfeasance in office; an act to author
ize the town of Stetson to aid the Stetson Man
utacturlng Company; au act for the incOrpor-
alton OF public cemeteries; an act to incorpor-
ate the Dresden Ice Company; an act to au-
thorze A. L. Freehock ct. ais. to extend
wharf into tide waters of PenobscOt bay in
the town of Lincolnvile. .st .
Passed to be engr0Ssed-An act to provide for
the formation of manufacturing and other cor
porations; an act to set off part of Plantation
No and annex the same to the town of
Gouldsboro; an act to incorporate the High
land Slate Company; an act to authorize the
sale of the Christian meeting house in Albion;
an act to incorporate the Lewiston and Auburn
Ice Company; an act to amend an act to in
corporate the city of Bangor, approved Feb.
10, 1884; an act to secure the prompt trial of
jury cases and more speecy determination of
cases pending in the law court; an act to mend
chap. So, Revised Statutes, relating to notices
in Probate Courts.
Passed to be endcted-An act relative to re-
versal of final judgment in criminal cases on
account of error in sentence; an act to incor-
pOrate the Slim Brook Dam Company: an act
for the preservation of fish in Sand pond, in
the town Of Parsonsfeld; an act to prevent
the throwing of edgings and other refuse into
the waters of the Medomak river. in the town
OF Waldoboro; an act to authorize Erastus G.
Simpson ct. ais to extend their wharves in tide
waters at West Harpswell; an act giving au-
thority to Oliver Emery et ais, of Eastport,
to build wharves and fish wiers below low wa
ter mark in said town.
A communication was received from the Gov
ernOr relating to the present mode of beating
the State House and the expectancy of repair
ing the roof above the library. Referred to the
Committee on Public Buildings. 7l
By Mr.. Gushing,
Buildings to inquire into the condition of the
State House and submit estimates of the prob
able cost of repairs; also to inquire into the
expedlency of removing the seat of govern:
ment to some other section of the State and
the propr]ety of the appointment of commits
sioners by the Governor and Council to exam
inc all questions connected with said removal,
aud report to the present or next Legislature
By Mr.. Carvill, petition of Selectmen of
Brunswick for authority to raise money ON
town bonds for the erection of town building,
with bill accompanying. By Mr.. French, re-
mo insurance of Robert Geoeuow and others
against the petition of John j. Perry and 9TH
ers for the establishment of Superior Court
for Oxford, Androscoggin and Franklin coun-
ties-referred to the Committee on. the Judici'
airy. By Mr.. Lane an act to promote naviga-
ton on Sebec Lake-referred to Committee on
Interior Waters. By Mr.. Holland an act to
mttee on Manufactures.
Bill an act to authorize the formation and
regulation of railroad corporations was taken
from the table. The amendments proposed by
ed, the yeas and nays ordered in its passage to
be engrossed, pending which laid on the table.
Adjourned.
-. HOUSE.
Read and assigned-AD act to amend lsects
10 and H. chap. 8, Revised Statutes, relating
to the choice of highway surveyors.
Passed to be engroSsed-An act authorizing
George L. Snow to extend his wharf into tide
waters of Rockland harbor; an act to make
valid the doings of the town Of Dalton; an act
H. o
ing to town treasurers and collectors; an act
authorizing the Freewill Baptist Church at
Augusta to borrow money and mortgage its
church and lot. ,- brad. ~
Passed to be e7,acted-An act to incorporate
the Annebescook Steamboat Company; an act
to authorize VIM. Godfrey ct. ais. to construct
fish wier in Pigeon Hill Bay, in Steuben; an
act to authorize Rufus Pickett to construct
fish wier in Pinkham's Island, in Millbrdge;
an act to incorporate the Searsport Manufac-
turing Company; an act to incorporate the
Lincoln Wooden and Cotton Manufacturing
Company; an act additional to chap. It's, laws
1862, comforting certain powers on the city of
Rockland; an act to make valid the act of the
Somerset Hall corporatiOu an act to change
the name of the Gardiner District Camp Meet
ing Association: an act to incorporate the
Goose Pond Dam Company; an act to author
ize the town of Wayne to appropriate money
to encourage manufactures; an act to make
valid the acts of the parish OF the High Street
Church in the city of Portland; an act to amend
an act to incorporate the Maine General Hos
pital an act to establish the salary of the Reg
lister of Probate of Sagadahoc county; an act
to regulate the gathering of cranberries in the
town of Lubec
Finally passed-Resolve in aid of mills in
Moro Plantation, in AroOstook county,
HPdperS presented-Bill an act to amend chap
II, Revised Statutes, relating to the Supreme
Court an act to amend chap. 101 , laws 1859,
relating to drainage-referred to Committee on
the Judiciary; an act additional to chap. 80,
Revised Statutes, relating to proceedings in
COURT petition of Samuel D. Reed and others
of Bath, for change in laws relating to prac-
tice and proceedings in court-referred to the
Committee on Legal Reform.
By Mr.. Barton, that the Committee ON Legal
Reform inquire into the expediency of amend
ing chapter 118 OF laws of 1867, relating to tes-
timony of persons taken in trial of civil cases
who have since deceased By Mr.. Patten, that
| the Committee on Federal Relations inquire
| into the expedienoy of reporting resolves in
| structing our Senators and Representatives in
| Congress to favor reduction of the tariff on
| pig iron from SO to SO per ton. By Mr.. Stick
ney, that 1900 copies of the report of the Com
| missioners on Settlement of Public Lands be
printed.
Mr.. Whidden, from the Committee on Ju-
dietary, reported bills an act to repeal an act
| for reviews in criminal cases, approved March
| 3, 1869; an act to amend section chapter 49,,
| Revised Statutes, relating to jurisdiction OF
| Justices of the Peace-ordered to be printed
| Bill an act to abolish capital punishment
was taken from the table. Mr.. Vose moved its
indefinite postponement. pending which, on
| motion of Mr.. Spaulding, it was laid on the
| fohJo md Fhnro