The Portland daily press., 1870-01-25
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Maine Legislature.

Especial dispatch by International Line.
SENATE.
augusta, Jan. N.-Read and Assigned-An
act to authorize the Pennington village cor
poration to raise money to aid in the extension
of the Androscoggin Railroad at Pennington;
an act to increase the salary of the Judge of
Probate for the County of Waldo.
Passed to be Enqrossed-An act to incorpo-
rate the Baptist Meeting House Society in
Belgrade; an act to amend section 1, chapter
Is, of the public laws of 1868; an act to incor-
porate the Stetson Manufacturing Company.
Passed to be Enacted-An act to provide in
part for the expenditures of the government.
Papers Presumably Mr.. Reed, bill an act
to incorporate the Blanchard Maine State
Boiler Company. By Mr.. Collins, petition of
Chas. G. Whittier, to make Lyndon, Arocs-
took county, half shire town-referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr.. Lang,
petition Of T. J. Southland and Others for an
act of incorporation as tie Knickerbocker
| Steam Towing Company-referred to the Gem
| mittee on Interior Waters.
On motion of Mr.. Reed, the vote whereby
the report of the Commissioners on the Revis-
ion of the Statutes was referred to the Com
mittee on Legal Reforms, was reconsidered,
and the report laid on the table.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Read and Assigned-An act to repeal chap
ter 212 of the special laws of 1869, entitled can
act to protect smelts in the Kennebee and An
| droscoggn rivers.
Passed to be Engrossed-An act additional to
an act to incorporate the Waterville Mutual
| Fire Insurance Co.; an act to authorize the
extension of the Androscoggin Railroad.
| Passed to be Enacted-An act to authorize
Robert Crockett to extend his wharf in Rock
land; an act to incorporate the Proprietors of
Scion Village Cemetery; an act to provide in
part for the expenditures of the government;
an act to incorporate the Missionary Society
of the York and Cumberland Christian Con
ference; an act to amend chapter 155, private
laws of 1869; TO annex the city of Auburn to
the city of Lewiston; an act to authorize Dyer
P. Jordan to extend his wharf in the city o.
Ellsworth; an act to authorize the Belfast an6
Moosehead Lake Railroad Co. to lease thei
road, and for other purposes.
FINALLY Passed-Resolve in commemoratior
of the character and services of Edwin M
Stanton.
Papers Presented-By Mr.. Wentworth,
Ordered, That the Committee on Legal Re
form inquire into the expediency OF Amending
the laws so that bondsmen OF collectors OF tax
es shall be holden only for definite time iron
the commitment of the tax lists.
BY Mr.. Thompson,
Ordered, That the Committee on Railroad
inquire into the expediency of authorizing
counties, cities and towns to purchase AM
make free all toll bridges and turnpikes.
Bill an act additional to an act to incorpo
rate the Calais Railway Company; petition c
various persons in aid of the Incorporation c
the Northern Aroostook Railroad, and tn
railroad from Bucksport to Bangor; petitio
of John D. Hopkins and others, for an act au
thorizing the city of Ellsworth to loan its cred
: II in aid of said road-referred to the Com init
tee on Railroads, &c.; petition of c. +. Pills
burv and others, for amendment of paupe
laws: petition of Nathan Kimball, for an az
authorizing municipal officers to appoint high
way suryeyors-referred to the Committee
Legal Reforms.
, Several remonstrances against taxing foreis
insurance companies were referred to the Con
] mittee on Mercantile Affairs, &C.