The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-02-22
Maine Legislature.
Especial Dispatch by International Line.l

Especial Dispatch by International Llne.l
SENATE.
AUGUSTA, Feb. 21.-Presdent Bolster re-
sumed the chair. Read and assigned-An act
to promote the improvement of the navigation
of the Kennebec river; act to incorporate the
Sebec Lake Slate Company; act to authorize
the consolidation of railroad corporations.
Passed to be Engossed-An act to incorporate
the Sebec Lake Slate Company; an act to
| amend laws of 1856, relating to the charter of
State Agricultural Society; act to incorporate
the Sagadahoc Ice Company of Richmond;
act to amend the charter of the Rockland Fire
and Marine Insurance Company; act to incor
porate the Mayfield Slate Company; act to in
corporate the Casco Bay Steamboat Company;
act to authorize the extension of the Somerset
| Railroad to Bingham Village; act to incorpor-
| ate the Bangor Milling Company; act to incor-
porate the St. Johns Agricultural Society; act
| relating to habitual truants; act to make valid
| the doings of the town of Concord; an act to
| change the time of holding the courts in Han
| cock county.
| Finally passed -Resolve in favor of Joseph
| L. Young; resolve in favor of John G. Kelso;
| resolve in favor of John Hauscom; resolve in
| favor of Bachelor Fl. Huston.
On motion of Mr.. Cleaves,
Ordered That the Committee on the Judic-
cry inquire into the expediency of amendiDg
| the Revised Statutes so as to authorize Judges
| of Probate to compel executors and admins
traitors to carry into effect contracts of deceas-
| ed persons.
A cOmmunica ton was received from the
Com missioners on State Valuation that they
| will report on all property except wild lands
early in March.
Mr. GarcelOn, ON memorial of State Board
o. Agriculture relating to the preservation of
forest trees, reported that same be referred to
the next Legislature. Accepted.
HOUSE.
Read and assigned-An act to amend sec. 81,
chap. 49, Revised Statutes, relating to railroads;
act to authorize the city of Bangor to aid the
Bangor Water Company; act to incorporate
the Madison Manufacturing Company; act to
amend sec. 8, chap. IL, Revised Statutes, relat-
ing to supervision of schools.
Passed to be engrossed-An act to authorize
the city of Bangor to render further aid to the
Bangor & Pscataquis Railroad; act to incor-
porate the Damarscotta Village Cemetery; an
act to incorporate the Aurora Milling Compa-
ny; act to change the name of the Moosehead
Lake Railway Company, and to amend the
charter of same; act to incorporate the Penob
scot and Union River Railroad Company.
Passed to be e1dcted-An act to repeal an act
providing for reviews of criminal cases; act to
amend sec. 8, chap. 1872, Revised Statutes, re-
lating to jurisdiction of justices of the peace;
act to authorize the city OF Rockland to aid in
the construction of the Lime Rock Railroad.
Finally passed-Resolve in favor of Charles
w. Cobb; resolve relative to the shipping in
terests of Maine.
Papers presented and various petitions of an
unimportant character were referred to appro-
pirate committees: By Mr.. Stone, ordered,
that Commissioners on State Valuation be au-
thorized to send for any person or persons in
their opinion able to give them information in
the prosecution of their work, and to report in
print to the Legislature. By Mr. Vose, that
the Committee on Education inquire into the
expediency of repeating resolve in favor of
Maine Wesleyan Seminary, approved Feb. 3,
1870
The following bills were read third time
and laid on the table: Act additional to chap
4S, Revised Statutes, concerning manufactur-
ers; act to amend public laws of 1869, relative
to sales of milk; act to change the line divd-
Ing the towns of Mexico and Rumford.