The Portland daily press., 1871-02-08
Maine Legislature.
Especial Dispatch by International Line.l
SENATE.

SENATE.
AUGUSTA, Feb 7.-Mr. Dudley presented a
bill to promote immigration to Maine, which
requires the E. & N. Railway Co., in payment
for lands had of the State, to appoint an agent
and publish such inflammation as shall be deem
ed necessary to encourage immigration. The
remonstrance of William Conner and 152 9th
ers against change OF junction at KendalPs
Mills, and a petition for chaplain for the State
prison were referred. Resolve in favor of 2.
B. Starbird, and bill to limit the time during
which corporations may organize were passed
to be engrossed.
Passed to be enacted-Au act to make valid
the doings Of John Robinson as notary pub
lie; an act autborizins Eliza- Morton or hor
heirs to construct a weir in Johnson's Bay Luz
bee.
Finally passed Resolve in favor of Abigail
Davis.
The Senate, on an order relative to uniformi
ty oftext books for Schools which the Commit
tee on Education reported inexpedient on, re-
committed the Same with instructions to being
in bill.
HOUSE.
Papers were concurred in except the action
OF the Senate in recommitting the report of
the Education Committee, ordering it to report
bill to provide for uniformity of text books,
which was tabled.
Bills, petitions, &C., presented and referred
Resolve of the city OF Bath in favor of an ex-
tension of the AndrOscoggin railroad petition
of N. q. Marshall and others for railroad
from Piscataqua river to Portland; of d. H.
Bisbee to prevent consolidation of competing
railroad lines. Eight petitions were present.
ed for the repeal of the school laws of 1870;
nine circumstances against any change i'll tue
places of holding the S. j. Court in Somerset
county Bills amendatory of chap. IL of the
Revised Statutes relating to railroads ;amenda-
tory OF sec. IA CHI. of the Revised Statutes
lating to taxes; amendatory of sec. q ch. 6, le-
lating to taxes; relating to the powers of the
constable of Whitefield; petition to abolish the
Municipal Court of Calais; circumstances
against fire department in West Waterville;
several against the medical bill; two petitions
for Superior Court in Oxford; bill an act to
amend the law of 1870, relative to throwing
siabs into the Penobscot; bill relative to the
term of holding sessions of the County Com
mlssioners of Penohscot; bill to provide for the
more free navigation of the Penobscot river
Orders-Drecting the Banking Committee to
inquire into the management of the affairs of
the American Bank Of Hallowell, .ani inquire
If any legislation is required to facilitate its
closing up; directing the same committee to
inquire what legislation may be required to in
crease the bonds OF Savings Banks; Directing
the Oxford county delegation to inquire into
the expedency of reducing the valuation of
Buckfield; iDquring into the expediency of
Ah"hihS uHO tcILH VI scIVlCc Oh corporations LD0
same as individuals Aresolve relative to the
valuation of Kttery was after long debate
referred to the York county delegation. Adj
verse reports were made by the committee ON
the following matters: Older relative to the
assignment of wood land as dowers; an order
relative to making counties responsible for
bridges rather than towns; an order on petition
of the inmates of Togus Military Asylum for
the right of suffrage; on bill relating to disturb
ing religious assemblies; on bill TO incorporate
the Bangor hlbernian Society; an order look
ing to the abolishing of Teachers Institutes
I tabled by Carleton as usual and ordered
printed); bills to increase the fees of town
clerks; concerning the liability of railroad COM
panies for defective crossings, W hich were read
twice and assigned.
The bills read twice yesterday were passed
to be engrossed. The bills passed to be en-
crossed Monday were finally passed. The bills
to incorporate the. Benny Eagle branch railroad
and a branch from Berwick to Alfred were re-
committed fo7 new draft. The general rail-
road bill presented by Mr.. Pike had two read
lngs and Thursday assigned for its further con-
sideration.