Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-02-29

the Revised Statutes, relating to promis.or>
notes, was taken up. Mr.. PERKINS Of Farm
ngton moved the indefinite po.tponenent OF
the bill.
Mr., WILSON of Thomaston opposed and
explain, the bill.
| The bill was amt nded, and pending thu
question Of indefinitely postponing, til,
Speaker declared the House adjourned.
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
| BIZ an act to amend chapter 81 of the Re
'ised Statutes, relating to auctioneers, wa'
aken from the table. aud the House voted IL
| recede and concur III the action of the Senat'
IN Indefinitely postponeing the Nil.
| Bill an act relating to common carriers.
vas taken from the table, and the House ad
hered to its vote indefinitely postponng The
same.
| Mr.. SMITH of Saco, under a suspension OF
The rules. introduced bill an act to enable III,
| town of Fryeburg to aid the Maine State Hos
| pltal, which was passed to be engrossed un-
| Ter suspension of the rules.
| Bill an act additional to chapter IL of the
! Revised Statutes, relating to reserved lands,
| md resolve to transfer certain money from
the Treasury to the credit of the Normal
school fund, were read and passed to be en-
| crossed under suspension of the rules
| Bill an act to amend sections 65 &C. and
81. of chapter ca of the Revised Statutes, re-
! tatng to the embezzlement of the property OF
| deceased persons and additional thereto, was
| taken up, amended on motion of Mr.. PoR-
TER, that the act shall not apply to cases
now pending, and passed to be engrossed.
| Mr.. PERKINS of Poland, was excused from
| further attendance on this session of the Leg
! islature.
Resolve in favor of Maurice Phillips, passed
| by the House, came from the Senate amend
On motion of Mr.. IEBRoKE, the House
non concurred insisted, AMI voted to appoint
committee of conference.
The SPEAKER appointed Messrs. Lebroke,
Carleton, and Bliss, on the part Of the House.
The time having arrive indicated in the
Joint order for a convention of each branch of
the Legislature, for the purpose of electing a
, Major General of the Volunteer Militia OF
{ Maine, the Committee on Military Affairs
were appointed to receive, sort and count the
{ votes.
Mr.. KNIGHT, from the committee, reported
, as follows:
Whole number of votes, 10
! Necessary to choice, Sc
Joshua l.. Chamberlain had l03
Scattering,
and JosnUA l.. CHAMBERLAIS receiving a
majority of all the votes cast. was declared
elected on the part of the House.
,
through its Secretary, informing the House
that the Senate had elected Joshua L. Cham
. berlain as Major General of the Volunteer
Militia of Maine.
Mr.. ATwELL was charged with and con-
, veyed a message to the Senate, Informing
that branch that the House had made q like
selection.
The House resumed consideration of bill
an act to amend sec. 10 chap 80 of the Re-
Wis rai IN mi motto
Messrs. Carleton, Perkins of Pennington,
Lebroke. Fessenden and Smith of Saco op-
posed its passage. The bill was indefinitely
postponed.
Resolve in favor of building bridge over
the Molunkus stream on the military road in
definitely postponed by the House, came from
the Senate amended and passed. The House
voted to adhere
Bill an act to make valid the doings of the
town of Robbinston and for other purposes,
was taken from the table, the question being
on adopting Senate amendment On motion
of Mr. PIKE the House receded and concur
red in the adoption of the amendment.
Bill an act to apporton the state for repre-
sentatives to Congress was taken up, the ques
ton being on accepting Senate amendment
"a" Mr.. WILSON of Thomaston moved that
the House non concur and insist.
a Messrs. Bliss, and REED of Waldoboro',
o curing in the action of the Senate.
Mr.. Bliss moved to recede and concur.
Mr.. WILSON of Thomaston opposed. Mr..
a BARKER opposed.
The House voted to recede and concur.
Bill an act to amend section G, chapter 5 i of
n the revised statutes, relating to assessment OF
i damages by location of highways and rail-
/ roads, WAS taken up and discussed by Messrs.
Smith of Saco, Hamilton. Lebroke, Wilson OF
-, 4
others. Several amendm .nts were adopted,
! and the bill referred to the next Legislature
| on motion of Mr.. WILSON of Thomas.,n.
l PASSED TO BE ENGRossED.- an act adj
ditional to chapter u of the revised statutes,
relating to town liquor agents; resolve in ia
vor of the city of Bangor.
On motion of Mr.. WALKER of Newport the
majority and majority reports of the Penob-
i, scot delegation, relating to the valuation OF
Alton and Newport, were taken from the ia
70 Bile.
Mr.. WALKER moved that the minority re-
. port (Which reports resolve to reduce the
valuation OF the towns of Alton and Newport
be substituted for the majority report (Which
, gives the petitioners leave to withdraw and
=. spoke in support of his motion.
MIR. Brown opposed
The House refused to amend, AMI accepted
o the majority report.
4 Adjourned to 730 o'clock.
@ EVENING SESSION.
The following bills were taken from the
r table and passed to be cngrossed:
d Bill an act to increase the jurisdiction OF
: the police court of the city of Bangor; an act
to prohibit the manufacture and sale of prize
f candy, prize stationery, and other merchan-
0 disc; an act relating TO the empannelling of
9 juries for the trial of capital cases.
Resolve in favor Of the Industrial School
, for girls, came from the Senate referred to
the next Legislature. The House receded
from their vote indefinitely postponing the
resolve, and referred the same to the next
Legislature in concurrence with the Senate.
An order was introduced excusing Mr..
l Jordan from further attendance on this ses-
sion of the Legislature. Tabled.
Bill an act relating to compulsory attend
ance of scholars on schools, was taken from
, the table.
, Messrs. Carleton, Wilson of Thomlston,
l Brown and Knight opposed the bill, and MIR.
Perry of Oxford favored. The bill was in
definitely postponed.