Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-01-26

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committee and we are not called upon to do
more. We want to act in this matter not in
reference to ourselves but as representatives
of the State.
Mr.. LANG fully agreed with the Senator
from Cumberland, and favored the appoint
ment of another committee of conference.
The discussion was continued by Messrs.
Neatly, Cleaves and others.
On motion of Mr. Webb. the question of ac-
cepting report of committee was decided by
yeas and nays. as follows: Ayes ;-Messrs.
Buck, Collins. Garcelon, Gibbs, Holland, Met
calf. Minot, Morse. Neatly. Roberts, Rolfe,
Talbot. Webb.-I3. Nays.--Bartlett, Boil
ster, Bufum, Carvill, Cleaves, Gushing,
French, Gray, Kingsbury, Lang. Lindsey,
Mayo, Reed,-l3.
And the report was not accepted
Mr.. CLEAvEs moved the appointment of a
new committee of conference, and the follow
ing were appointed; Messrs. Reed, Lindsey
and Buffum.
On motion Of Mr.. Kingsbury, the Senate
adjourned.
PETITIONS, Bills &c., PRESENTED AND Re-
FERRED.
BY Mr.. LASG-Petition of County Commits
sioners of Somerset county, asking change in
section s, chap. l9l laws of 1868. Referred
to Committee on State Lands and Roads.
BY Mr.. CARvmL-Remonstrance of A. S.
Parkard ct ais, of Brunswick School Com
mittee against State uniformity of school
books. Referred to Committee on Education.
BY Mr.. Naturalization of Richmond l..
Williams for authority to navigate Moose
Pond. Referred to Committee on Interior
Waters.
BY Mr.. REED-Bill an act relating to collec-
ton of debts where no administration has
yac.. ~ 7.
dietary.
House.
TUESDAY, Jan. %.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. PARK of Gardiner.
Papers from the Senate disposed of in con-
currence
Read and dssigned-An act to incorporate
the Baptist Meeting House Society in Bel
grade; an act to incorporate the East Liver
more Camp Meeting Association; an act to
amend sec. chap. 157 of the public laws of6S ;
an act to amend sec. "a Of chap. 81 of the Re-
vised Statutes; an act additional to chap. p
of the Revised Statutes, relating to licenses of
innholders and victualers.
Order in relation to the attendance of the
Legislature upon the public ceremonies at
Portland, on the arrival of the remains of the
late George Peabody, came from the Senate,
that branch rejecting the amendment intro
duced by Mr.. Whidden, the question before
the House being on receding from its vote by
which the amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Kinks moved the indefinite postpone
ment of the whole matter, and called for the
yeas and nays.
Mr.. BRADFORD opposed indefinite postpone
ment.
The House seconded the call for the yeas
and nays, and the Clerk proceeded to call the
roll.
YEAs-Messrs. Boyd Guptill, Kinks, Irish, Lewis
of Pittston Mills, Milliken, Smith of HodgdOn,
Smith of Parsonsfeld, Stickney, Thurlough, Vose,
Wasson, Weston, Whitney, Young-l6.
Lewiston Bearce of Turner, Berry of Damariscotta,
Berry of Buxton, Blake, Bliss, Bracket, Bradford,
Drawn, Burnham, Burgess, Campbell, Chamberlain,
Chase of Woodstock, CLARK of Readfeld, Clark OF
Holden, Cole, Cousins, Cox, Gushing, Daggett Oar
ling. Dearborn. bennett, Dickey, Douglass, Dun
ming, Farwell, Foss, Foster of Argyle, Gannett
Gates, Colt, Greenlief, Ham, Hammond of West
brook, Hammond of Paris, Harding, Hartman,
Hathorn, HAYES, Holman, Hume, Humphrey, Hus,
Kimball, Leighton, Lewis Of Liberty, Lord, Martin
May, Mayo, McDougal, McGilvery, McKown Nc
Lain, Means Mears, Mildram, Moulton, Newcomb
ers, Ray, Riggs, sherman of Camden, sherman OF
Islesboro Skinner, Smith of Litchfeld, Smith OF
Warren, spauIding sturgis Slower, Thompson, To
Whidden, Wilder.-sO.
Absent-Messrs. Adams of Biddeford, Adams OF
Alayf1e1u, Allan, Alexander, Baft1etI Bean
Bird, Bonney, Boothby, Brown, Bunker Burbank
Chase of VIM, Conforth, Cotton, Crockett, Davis,
Duncan, Folsom, Gould, Green, Hamilton, Holbrook
Pray Purinton, Reed, Sargent, sawyer, Smith of
Saco, Stone, Watts, Wheeler, White, Whitehouse,
Wilson.--f3
SO the House refused to indefinitely post
pone.
Mr.. WHIDpEN hoped the House would not
recede and concur with the Senate in the re-
jectment of the amendment, but in order that
better understanding between the two
branches might be arrived at, and something
more satisfactory perhaps to the people of the
State at large, he hoped the House would in
sist upon its former vote and call for a COM
mittee of conference.
Mr.. BARKER without desire to take any
part whatever in the discussion of this ques-
ton, read for the information of the House,
telegram received ten minutes before, stating
that the feet bearing the remains of the late
Mr.. Peabody had been spoken off Long Is
land, and was hourly expected to be signalled
in Portland to-day.
On motion of Mr.. WHIDDEN, the House
voted to insist and appoint committee of
conference; and~Messrs. Whidden, Barker,
and Farwell were joined to said committee on
the part of the House.
Subsequently the committee through its
chairman, Mr.. Whidden, reported that the
Senate rccede and concur with the House in
the passage of the order as amended. The
report was accepted.
The petition of the Executives of the Maine
General Hospital was taken from the table on
motion of Mr.. TwIrCHELL, and referred to
Joint select committee, consisting on the part
of the House, of Messrs. Barker, Baker,
Reed, Whidden, Sturgis, Patten, and Main.
On motion of Mr. DARLING,
Ordered, That the Committee on Pay Roll
be instructed to compute the mileage of mem
beers of the Legislature by the nearest stage
or railway route to their place of residence.
Passed to be eagr0Sssd-An act to author
ize John A. Buck to extend his wharf into
tide waters in the town of Bucksport; an act
to repeal chap. 2l3 of the private and special
laws of 1869, entitled an act to protect smelts
in the Kcnnebec and Androscoggin rivers.
An act additional to chap. 275 of the laws of
1868, comforting certain powers on the city of
Portland, oil its passage TO be enacted, was
tabled on motion of Mr.. BRADFORD.
Passed to be enacted-An act additional to
an act to incorporate the Waterville Mutual
Fire Insurance Company; an act to author
ize the extension of the railroad terminating
at Pennington, known as the Androscoggin
Railroad; an act to incorporate the Stetson
Manu- Ia curing COmDany