Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-02-21
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the expenditures made by the Board OF I'M
migration. The amount appropriated by the
act of March Esd, 1870, is $4,000.
SIDNEY PERHAM.
| EXPENSE OF THE BOARD OF 1MMl0RATroS.
FOR THE YEAR 1870,
Salary and entire expense of Com
!, missioner of Immigration in
Sweden and Maine, $1,000 w
Printing documents and distribut-
. ing same in Sweden, 500 w
Total expense of Comm'r, $500 90
| Provisions and tools furnished col
onists and to be paid for by them
in labor at 81 per day, 1000 %
Expense of erecting rs houses on
State land and still owned by the
State. at Sl25 each, $3.50 90
Expense of 25 stoves for the houses, 554 81
Erecting a store-house on State
land, and owned by the State. 20O0 W
Goods on hand in store-house, 1000 w
Telling l25 acres of trees, Isl 20
Opening roads and incidental eX-
nenses 53s Sc
Total expense beside Comm'r, Sl2, l24 "A
1t will be observed that of the above sum
4 of SIP l24 IA, there is to be reimbursed by the
colonists 1000, and that the title to the
property represented by the remaining sum,
S5l24.74. is in the State for term Of five
years, and $1,000 is absolutely in the State,
being the store-house and goods in the same.
On motion of Mr. CRAM. the vote giving
the resolve in favor of the Agricultural Col
lege a passage, was reconsidered, and the
| same gentleman spoke in opposition to its
passage and moved it's indefinite postpone
ment.
The question was taken by yeas and nays,
and was decided in the negative, 80 in favor,
and 60 opposed, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Andrews of Palmyra, Anderson.
Berry of Damariscotta, Berry of Buxton Blanchard,
| China, Clock, Cobb Colburn, Cram, Gushing, Ellis,
Emery e Ery Tnn Fish Fitch Getshe Gpogns
Heath Hin, Hinkley, Hobart, Hodgdon, Hopkins
Of Blnehil jenkins, Knight, Mahony,, Martin,
simpson. sklin smith of Parsonsfieid, Snowman,
storer, Taber, Talbot, Taylor, Tebbets Wagg,
| wass, White Of Greenfield, Whiting, Wilson. wy
NAYs~Messrs. Atwell, Bartlett, Bean, Bird,
yer, Chase, Chaplin, Clark of Lincoln, Cieaves,
Comins, Cousens, Deering Drsco, Dustin, Foster,
Haskell of Garland, Haskell OF Portland, Hatha-
way, Heal, Hobson, Holt, Hutchins, Jones of
Mayo as Ssgooa 81 osoOa
of Durham, Palmer, Parsons, Perkins OF
Poland, Potter, Ray, Raynes, Reed of Waldoboro',
Reed Of No. II, Robe, Robinson, Rodiek, sanborn
| of Kittery, Sewall Snow, Stickney, Thompson of
Dover, Thompson of Trenton, White of Winterport,
Whitmore, Willard, Woodbury,-60.
The resolve was then passed to be engros-
sed.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED-An act relating
| to the transfer of prisoners from one county
| Jail to another; an act authorizing the con-
struction of weir in the town of Cranberry
Isles.
| Bill an act amendatory of section IA of CHI.
| 6 of the Revised Statutes, relating to assess
ment of taxes, on its passage to be engrossed,
was tabled on motion of Mr.. CRAM.
| On motion of Mr.. PIKE, the general rail-
| road bill was taken up.
Mr.. CoUsES's amendment, which provides
that no reason shall be deemed valid why a
road shall not be located because it may run
parallel or come in competition with any 9TH
er road, was accepted by Mr.. PIKE.
| Mr.. RAwsoN offered an amendment pro-
viding that any railroad organizing under this
| law, shall have their place of business in this
State, and that the majority of their directors
shall be residents OF this State, which was
adopted by the House.
Mr.. Burgess opposed the bill at some
length, and Messrs. Cousens, Pike, Wilson,
Keegan, Rawson, Stickney and ROBBIE further
debated the bill.
Mr.. RAwsoN moved an amendment to pro-
vide that no railroad corporation shall be or
ganized under this act until after the first of
January, 1872, which was adopted.
The same member moved to amend by add
ing to section IL the following: "Chapter ll9
of the laws of 1867, entitled an act authoriz-
ing any city or town in this State to raise
money to aid in the construction Of any rail-
road in this State, is hereby repealed"
Mr.. CARLETON raised the point of order,
that the amendment was not german to the
subject. The amendment was ruled out of
Mr. hai in tbo hair
Mr.. BIRD moved that the bill be referred to
the next Legislature, which failed.
The question of passing the bill was taken
by yeas and nays, on motion of Mr.. HUTCH
| INGs, and the result was in the affirmative, as
follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Anderson, Atwell, Bean, Blanch-
ard, Bradbury, Bragdon, Chase, Cleaxes, Clock,
Cobb, Colburn, Cousens Deering, nrisco, Dustin,
Fish, Foster, Getehell, Googins, Green of Wilton,
Haskell of Garland Haskell Of Portland, Hastings,
Holt Hopkins of Btuehill jenkins, Jones of Spring
field, Knapp, Lane, Martin, Moore of Buckfeld,
Moore Of MaehIaspSrt Npter, osgood Of L S
Potter Rawson, Ray Raynes, Reed of Waldoboro',
Reynolds, Robbie, Robinson Rodck, Sayward. Sew
al, simpson, Snowman, stackpole, Stewart, Taber
Tebbetts, Thompson of Trenton Wadsworth, Wass
Whitmore, White of Greenfield, Whiting, Wilson,
Woodbury., Wyman.--69.
NAYs.-Messrs Andrews of Palmyra, Bird, Bish-
op Bliss, Bonney, Brewer, Brown, Burgess, Bus
well, Carleton, Carver, Chaplin, Clark of China
Emery, Erwin, Fitch Gannett Greene of Temple,
Hacker, Hammond, Hartman, Hinkley, Hobson
Hopkins of Mt Vernon, Hutchins, Jones of Norway,
Keegan, Knight, Mahonyy, Mayo, Moores, Perkins
of Poland, Reed of No. H. Sanborn of kittery, Sew
| erance, Skillin, Smith of Parsonsfeld, Stickney,
| Storer Talbot, Taylor, Thompson OF Dover, White
of Winterport, Willard, Winter.-5o.
| SO the bill was passed to be engrossed.
| Adjourned to meet at 7.30 in the evening.
| EVENING SESSION.
| Mr.. SEwALL in the chair.
| On motion of Mr.. Robe, bill an act to
amend the laws of 1870, relating to the throw
ing of sawdust and shavings into the Medo-
mac river was taken from the table and passed
to be engrossed
On motion of the same member, bill an act
to amend ansact to incorporate the East Ok
ford Agricultural Society, was taken from the
table, amended on motion of Mr.. GREEN of
Wilton, and passed to be engrossed.
Bill an act authorizing the County Com
missioners of Kennebec county to appropri-
| ate monex To rehnild or renair a bridge oyer