The Portland daily press., 1871-01-25
Maine Legislature.
Especial Dispatch by International Line.l
SENATE

Especial Dispatch by Internati Line.l
SENATE.
AUGUSTA, Jan. N.-The order of Mr.. Voso
proposing to submit the question of the consti-
tutional authority of the Legislature to en-
power towns to aid manufacturing enterprises
was taken up, the question being on its pas.
sage. loLg discussion followed. Mr.. Foster
and several gentlemen opposing the measure
chiefly on the ground that it was an effort of
the opposition to the measure; that in the case
Of railroads and various other instances it has
been tried and these were precedents. The
question was taken by yea.and nays. The
following Senators voted yeas. Bartlett, Dud-
ley, Lane, Morris, Perley, Rolf Smart, Torrey.
Vose, 8. The nays were as follows: Butfum,
Carvel. Foster, French of Franklin, French
Of Somerset, Fuller, Gray, Kinks, Holland,
Mayo, Minot, Nealiey, Nickles, Spaulding and
Weber, 16. So the order was lost.
Bills presented to make valid the doings of
John F. Robinson, notary; to incorporate
Squirrel Island Association; to authorize the
Treasurer of Cumberland county to pay the
Judge and Register of Probate Court sums of
money. The requests were referred. The
last was read and assigned for tomorrow.
Reports of Committees of Legal Reforms.
that Of E. Fl. Hill and others for bill to incor.
porate Lewiston school of medical science have
leave to withdraw; of Interior Waters bill to
incorporate the Madagascar Dam Company,
OF Committee on Agriculture, bill to incor-
porate Penobscot Poultry Society. Bills read
once and assigned for tomorrow. Several
bills. mostly the railroad bills Of the house were
pessed to be engrossed; the enumeration of
which is useless. Bill to revise and consolidate
the statutes passed to be enacted
HOUSE.
The Secretary of State transmitted county
ncts ntnnf Coz ~
committee on that subject. There were num-
erous petitions, among which the followins:-
or Asa Strickland and others to be set off from
Emblem to New Portland; petition and re-.
monstrances about the porgie law of Geo. L.
Hall for the protection Of alewives in Damaris
cotta river; Tor bill to prevent the throwing of
reIuse INTO St Croix river; of E. K Harding
Tor authority to construct a wharf at Small
folnt IN Phlps6urg; pill to prevent obstrnc-
lions in Union river; with MANY Others of ,;Lo
class; for aid to build a road from Monson to
Greenville, and a half dozen more for aid to va.
rlous roads; of Selectmen of Cape Elizabeth for
bill to establish ferry landing; also remon-
STRANGE against the same; to incorporate the
Eastern Marble Co.; to establish schools in
Madawaska; for aid TO Parsonsfeld Academy:
bill to incorporate tax for schools and to es.
tablish select schools; of John Lynch for char
ter for railroad from South Berwick to Alfred:
for savings bank in Richmcnd; remembrance
of X. H. Banks and 613 others against setting
off WoodtIsland These were referred.
Orders passed that thesLegal Reform Com
mittee see if it is not expedient to change
the age limiting services as iurymen from 70
to 60 years; by Mr., Haekell, that the judiciary
inquire if it is not expedient to amend the law
SO that women shall be exempt from in prison
ment for debt; by Mr., Cleaves of Portland.
that the Committee on Banks and Banking
see if it is not expedient to limit the semi an
nual dividends of savings banks to per cent,
and that there shall be nosextra dividend until
the bank has been organized five years, and
not oftener than three years thereafter.
Reports of ommittees-Legislation mex
pedient on order relating to the appointment of
highway surveyors, and the same on order rel.
ative to bounty on wolves and bears; and ought
to pass bill to empower cities, towns and viii
lagos to make bylaws in certain cases. Or.
dered printed under the rule. Same on bill to
incorporate the Knox Masonic Temple Co; to
authorize Eastport Hotel Co. to hire money
&c, which was read twice. All these came
from the Legal Reform Committee
On motion of Mr.. Wilson OF Thomaston the
State pension bill was reported in new draft.
Bill to revise and consolidate the statutes was
passed to be enacted under suspension Of the
rules