The Portland daily press., 1871-01-19
Maine Legislature.
SENATE.

AUGUSTA, Jan. 18.-In the Senate but little
business was done. Mr.. Morris bill for con-
stitutional convention was rel erred to the Lee
gal Reform Committee The report of the
commissioners on paper credits was received
The bare report covers fitty-seven closely writ.
ten sheets Of legal cap with six pages Of the
names of evidences The testimony fills
small sized trunk. The Senate hardly knew
what to do. A motion to print was lost, and
that body has voted to have the report read for
its edification: The Secretary spent an hour
in beginning it. The general scope of the tes-
timoDy does not implcate any parties in high
places but rather fixes it upon provost marshal
Frye and the parties in Maine generally en-
gagged in the business during the war
In ConUention-Lot M. Morrill, was declared
to be elected U. s. Senator for six years from
the 4th of March next
HOUSE.
In the House the petitions came in in
clouds, among which are the following: To re.
imburse the town of Houlton for money paid
for filing the quota of the town in 1864; re-
mOnstrance against the re peal of the law for
hiring teachers; the selectmen and voters of
Pitsfied to legalize its vote to aid manufactures.
Several petitions for law to authorize cities
and towns to aid manufactures.
Remembrance of G. w. Hammond and Y
others against division of Westbrook; of
Enoch Cousens and others for the Portland
aud York Shore Railroad Co. of g. B. Farms
worth and others Of Weld for authority to 10.
cate way across the Webbhannet river; to
change the location OF the road from Monson
to Moose Head Lake.
There was the usual number Of prayers for
State aid to run down academies. Bills rela-
tive to the literary societies of Bates College
and surrendering the charter Of the Maine
State Seminary; additional to the act of ipcor-
pOration OF the E. 81 N. A. Railroad Co.; to
authorize towns to hold trust funds for GER
tain useful purposes were presented.
Th0 orders were also DumerOuS Those of
any general interest are as follows: That the
Legal Reform Committee inquire if any change
in the mode of distributing election blanks so
as to be forwarded by the Secretary of State
instead of by sheriffs is not advisable; that the
same committee inquire if it is not advisable to
tax deposits in savings banks where the sum
deposited by any person exceeds a certain
amount; that the judiciary report il any &C.
ton is necessary 10 secure from the Maine
General Hospital, a private institution to
which the State has given $4,000, the benefits
OF the same to the people; that the same COM
mittee inquire if further legislation is necessa-
ry to provide suitable remedies for the sale of
property and franchises of corporations on ex-
ecntiOns; that same committee report if any
further law is necessary to establish a lien upon
railroad companies TO secure pay for the build
ing of roads, &C.; that same committee in
quire if legislation is required to give suitable
notice on petitions to county commissioners
for assessment OF land damages by railroads;
is not proper to amend the law of 1870 relative
to hiring teachers so that towns may vote to
authorize agents to hire teachers.
Mr.. Stckney introduced an order that the
roll be called each day and that So per day be
deducted from the pay Of members who fail to
report after II o'clock a. M, except excused
by the House. After discussion it was tabled
Mr.. Pike introduced an order providing that
all com mttees report finally on or before the
first Monday in February. Tabled on his mo-
ton.
The reports of the committees on the Judi
ciary that petitioners relative to the Clerks of
Court have leave to withdraw; to authorize
railroad companies TO fix the number of drec-
tors-printed; to make valid the doings of the
town Of Denmark. By Interior Waters Com
mttee, % incorporate the Boothbay Ice Co,
Read and assigned. The printed bill to make
valid the transfer. of the Old Town R. R., to the
E. s. N. A., was read twice and Tuesday as
signed. The resolve in in favor of the Maine
Year Book was called up, discussed and laid
on the table. 1t meets with decided opposi-
ton.