The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-03
Maine Legislature.
Especial Dispatch by Inter national I.ine.l
SENATE,
AUGUSTA, Feb2-HOuse order relative Il

AUGUSTA, Feb.2.-HOuse order relative to
changes in the school laws was tabled.
An order passed referring the report of the
Board and Commissioner OF Immie ration to
special committee. Messrs. Lang, Dudley and
Foster were appointed on the part of the Senate
1t was also ordered that the Committee on the
Judiciary inquire into the expediency of pro-
vding that copies OF the Revised Statutes, de-
signed for the use of the legislature and county
law libraries, be printed with blank inter. leaves
and that at the close of each session the changes
10 the public laws be noted opposite the re-
spective sections.
An act to incorporate the Midway Railroad
20. was presented and ordered to be printed.
Ramonstrance of ID. w. Dinsmore aud 9TH
ers against legalizing the doings of the town
OF Harrington and petition of Clark E. Smith
that the March term of court for Somerset
county be held at Skowhegan, were presented
and referred.
Leave to withdraw was reported on petition
OF TimIothy Downing for aid and on petition for
incorporation OF town of Bancroft.
An act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of
Good Tempiars; an act to incorporate the Pc
nobscot Dam Steam Company; and act relative
to the HRe meridian line, were reported ought
to pass. Assigned for tomorrow. =
Passed to be epgrossed an act making n adj
ditional correction to the revised.statutes: an
act incorporating Bucksport village corpora
ton; an act 10 incorporate the Piscataquis Re-
sevoir Dam Company.
The bills hnally passed 10 the House yester-
day passed the Senate to-day.
..-e HOUSE.
Senate papers were concurred in,
Petitions were allowed under the action of
yesterday; among these were two from the
ladies' OF Portland for Industrial School for
Girls; several for change of school laws OF 1870;
for and against change OF place of holding
court IN Sumerset county; to incorporate
school district No. 8; of West WatervilIe to be
ssn inc as fire department.; for charter
Tor Portland and York Shore railroad: to au-
thorize the town of Skowhegan to loan its
credit 10 build factory; bill to empower iail-
9!s 70 ADMINISTER oaths to poor debtors; inst
VII. Gnooscot As.enltural Society
to inquire respecting the expediency of provd-
ing for the payment for witnesses outside the
State; for same committee to inquire relative
to repeating milk laws of 1869; Legal Reform
Committee to inquire relative to amending
law relating to assignment of wood lands az
DOVER; same committee to inquire into the ex-
pediency of repesling all acts pledping the
credit OF the State for the support of any secta-
rian school; directing The Land Committee to
inq'ure INTO the necessity Of aid on roads from
Bridgton to Moose Head Lake; for Banking
Committee to report on the propriety of taxing
savings bank deposits over $500 unless belong
ing to widows and orphan children; directing
state Treasurer to pay the town of Alma $500
IN State bonds to correct error.
Mr.. Cousens offered an amendment tn Mr..
Pike's railroad bill, which was ordered to
be printed. .,
The ,rder also passed asking the Governor
when the Revised Statutes can be printed and
bound. --N
% An order providing that all matters present.
ed after date shall te referred to the next Leg
islature was tabled. .-s,f De- . a..
The Educational Committee gave Parsons
field, Fort Fairfield, Bridgton, Lee, Norway
and Lincoln Academies and Norway Institute
leave to withdraw -
The following bills were reported by COM
mittees.-To incorporate the York County Five
Gents Savings Bank; to authorize the Second
Unlversalist Society IN Portland to change its
name to INCORPORATE the Alfred & South Ber-
wick Il. II. Co.; to incorporate the Kennebunk
Savings Bank. :
Three bills for the extension of wharves were
received and assigned.
The bill to provide 10 part for the expendi-
lures OF the Government was ordered to be
Inc pills reported as passed to be engrossed
yesterday were passed to be enacted.