The Portland daily press., 1871-02-10
Maine Legislator e.
Especial Dispatch by International Line.l

Iopecidl DSpdIcn Dy INTERNATIONAL l-lne.t
SENATE.
AUGUSTA, Feb. 9.-House papers disposed Of
! in concurrence, the bills coming from that
branch being read and assigned
The following bills were read for first time
| and assigned in the Senate:
Bill to relinqush certain lots of land to the
United States for light. house sites; bill con.
sentlng to the purchase of lands in Maine by
the United States for public purposes; bill
amending an act relating to instruction in in
dustral and mechanic arts; to amend chap II,
revised statutes, relating to branches taught in
common schools; bill relating to repairs of
highways; bill relative to pretended savings
banks; bill to repeal Sec AZ, revised statutes,
relating to bank returns; 6iil to INCORPORATE
the Vassalboro Wooden Mill; SO incorporate
the Oldtown Water-power and Manufacturing
Co.; resolve relative to warming the State
House.
The bill relating to instruction to common
schools makes physiology requisite, and went
into its second reading by vote of "a to-
The Committee on Education reported a hill
relating to the location of school houses. Laid
over and ordered printed
The House order referring the repeal of the
school laws to the Legal Reform Committee
was indefinitely postponed, ID toe
Report OF the Reform School Committee.
with resolve and report by the Judiciary
COMMITTEE presenting a bill to protect bridges
from injury by droves of cattle, were ordered
printed.
Legislation mex pedent was reported on Or
der relative to delivery of certain lands to Alma:
an order relative to investments of deposits in
savings banks; an order amending sect IL and
ID, chap. 81, revised statutes; an order furnish
ing law Libraries v 18th the revised statutes,
Leave to withdraw was reported on petitions
OF j. u. CoyIe for annexation of part of West
brook to Portland; for appropriation for Cana
da road.
TIE Committee on Treasurer's Accounts re-
ported the Treasulers bonds satisfactory,
An order extending the time tor fnal re-
ports to Feb. 10th, was passed. Order looking
to final adjournment to Feb IS, was tabled
i. Several petitions were received for retaining
the school laws of 1870.
HOUSE.
Senate papers disposed of in concurrence.
Several petitions were received both for and
against the repeal of the school laws of 1870:
dozen for the repeal of the charter OF the Cobb
Lime Co.; sew eral petitions for law to pre-
vent consolidation of competing railroads.
Bill 20 incorporate the Cumberland Comfy
Savings Bank was referred to the Committee
on Banks and Banking.
An order passed raising committee to IS.
certain the amount of business before the Leg
islature, systematic and arrange the same for
presentation, with view to adjournment Sat-
urday, 18th inst
= The Speaker appointed Messrs Robbie of
Gorham, Pike of Calais. Talbot of East Ma
chias, Burnham of Bddeford, Smell of Old
town, Cobb of Windbam an Gannett of Bath.
The Committee on State Roads were directed
to inquire into the expediency of making an
appropriation to build bridge over Molunkus
stream in AroOstOOk county.
The Governor was requested to inform the
House the cost of discussing the appropriation
made to soldiers orphans
Adverse reports were made by committees
on the following matters: On petition for pro-
ton OF pickerel in Chandler Pond. Durham:
for aid to build bridge in Madawaska: OF sew,
eral parties for deed Of land; of d. w. Dins.
more for damages for false Imprisonment: on
petition to make valid the doings OF Harring-
ton; on petition to annex part of Liminoton
ton to Limerick; on petition of A. w. Hoyt
tor enllsting soldiers; on order for repeal of law
the sale of milk; on order relating |
to spendthrifts.
Committees reported bills &C., as follows.
Bill relating to sewers (old law; bill relating |
to bills IN equity; bill amendatory to chap. 81 |
OF revised statutes relating to railroads. The |
above were printed. Resolve laying county |
rules were suspended and passed to
be engrossed; resolve to provide for the effectu-
al destruction of coupons of State bonds;' bills |
to procure the enforcement of act to prevent
throwing slabs into Penobscot river; to incor-
porate Phillips Savings Bank; to incorporate
Ine town OF Eustls; to amend the charter of |
Wiscasset Bridge Co. to establish the munich
pal court of Lewiston; to incorporate the
Rockland and Thomaston Gas Light Co; to
Incorporate Auburn Aqueduct Co. ; to incorpo-
ate Ellsworth Boom Co.; to incorporate the
Kennebec Ice CO.; to make valid the Goings of
District No. 8, Burnham; resolve in favor of a
Dad in Van Buren,; which were all read twice
nd assigned for tomorrow.
Printed-Bills to authoIize to take sites for
oldiers' monuments; to authorize jailors to
dminister oaths to poor debtors
Bill to repeal the porge law was read a third
lme and assigned.
The following bills pending epgrossment
YER! g, tabled: To enable the city of Bangor to
, ,u .ne Bangor & Pscataquis railroad bill to
obscnt iof the more free navigation of the Pc.
ce Co. oo'P ofa'e tue AeH"quiu
Inc osher bills read and assigned yesterday
7ere enacteS ' 80 Bills engrossed yesterday
IN a inc Senate the bill to incorporate the town
Deerins was passed to be engrossed