Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-02-07
the Revised Statutes in relation to fencing
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railroads.
On motion Of the same member,
ORDERED, that the Judiciary Committee in
quire into the expediency of further Legislation
upon removing prisoners from one county
Jail to another for their greater security
On motion of Mr.. CARLETON,
ORDERED, That the Committee on Educa-
ton be requested to report as soon as conven-
lent TO the House, for the information of the
Legislature, the whole number of petitions
and whole number of names thereon asking
the repeal of law relating to the employ
ment of teachers; also the whole number OF
remonstrants, and the whole number of names
of persons thereon, opposing said repeal.
Mr.. Bliss, from the Committee on Interior
Waters, on petition, reported bill an act to
authorize E. X. Harding to build and maintain
a wharf in Small Point Harbor. Read and
assigned.
Mr.. CARLETON, from the Committee on Lee
gal Reform, reported ought to pass bill an
act to amend an act to incorporate the Mer-
chants Warehouse Company, approved
March 10, 1870. Read and assigned.
Mr.. CLEAvEs, from the same Committee,
chap. 34S of the private and special laws of
1870, comforting certain powers upon the city
of Portland. Read and assigned.
Mr.. WILSON, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported ought to PASS on resolve in IA
vor of the inhabitants of Riley plantation.
Read and assigned.
Mr.. WHIrMoRE, from the Committee on
Fisheries, on petition of Henry Whiting and
one thousand others, reported bill act to
repeal sec. /, of chap. 100 of the public laws
of 1870. relating to the taking of porgies or
menhaden in the waters of Maine. Printed
under the rule.
Mr. LANE, from the Committee on Agricul-
ture, reported reference to the next Legisla-
ture with order of notice on petition of J. G.
Cummings ct ais, to be transferred from the
Waldo Agricultural Society to the Eastern
Kennebec.
Mr.. WILSON, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, on order, reported an act to exempt fe-
tuales from arrest for debt. Printed under
the rule.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossEp-An act to in
corporate the Piscataqua Marine Railway
Co; an act to incorporate the Carroll Trot-
ting Park Association; an act to make valid
the doings of the town of Prentiss; an act to
incorporate the town Of Codyville; an act ad-
ditisnal to an act to incorporate the Penobscot
Log Driving Co.; an act to incorporate the
Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Good
Templars of Maine; an act additional to
chap. 43 Of the Revised Statutes of 1871, re-
lating to the establishment of true meridian
lines; an act to incorporate the Penobscot
Pond Steam Dam Company.
Resolve in favor of John s. Arnold and
Warren S. Dwinnell on its passage to be en-
crossed was tabled on motion of Mr. SMITH
of Parsonsield.
Bill an act to incorporate the Piscataquis
Reservoir Dam Co. on its passage to be en-
crossed was tabled on motion of Mr.. CARLE-
TON.
PASSED TO be ENACTED-An act to make
valid the doings Of John Robinson as a No
tary Public; an act authorizing Eliza Morton
or her heirs to construct weir in Johnsons
Bay, Lubec.
FINALLY pAssEp-Resolve in favor of Aba
| On motion of Mr.. HOPKINS of Mt. Vernon,
| Adjourned.
| PETITIONS, BILLS, &C., PRESENTED AND RE-
| FERRED.
| By Mr.. CLEAvEs-Bill an act to amend
sec. Is of chap. Is of the Revised Statues.
| By Mr.. HEATH-Remonstrafce of A. B.
| Benjamin and 70 others against the incorpor-
alton of fire department in West Waterville.
| By Mr.. MAYo-Bill an act giving the in
| habitants of that part of Frankfort annexed
to Monroe by act of 1868, chap. 226, their
portion of money paid by the State to Frank
tort in the act of 1868, chap. 225.
By Mr.. TALBor-Petition of ]. B. Coffin
and 81 others Of Harrington, in aid of the pc
titions for railroad from Castine to Calais
| BY Mr.. CARLEToN--Petition of the select
men of Jefferson for separate representative.
| by Mr.. -Remonstrancc OF Moses
Winslow and SO others, of Fairfield, J.. Ii.
Sawyer and 80. others, of NOrridgewock,
Isaac w. Varney and % others of Smithfeld,
j. w. Whittier and AZ others of Cornyille, J.
w. Hathaway and 62 others of Norridgewock,
NJ. II. Brown, 80 others of Arson and Madi-
son, and Jophana II. Patten and 81 others of
Smithfield, all against the change of place OF
holding the March term of the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court of Somerset comfy.