The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-02-05
BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
Especial by International Line.l

AUGUSTA, Feb. 3.-Mr Kinks rose to ques
ton of privileges. He read from the official re
port of Thursdays proceedings in Kennebe'
Journal and said it was entirely false in tive
particulars. He did not care to be reported a
all, but if so, wanted to be reported somewhere
near the truth.
Leave to withdraw was reported on petition
of w. o. Poor and others for charter for rail
road from Belfast and Moosehead Railroad
Company to the Maine Central in Hampden.
| Ought not to pass was reported on bill author
izing the Boston and Maine, to discontinue a
portion of its route.
An act establishing County Boards of Edu-
cation was reported and ordered to be printed.
Quite a number of bills and resolves were
| passed to be engrossed
The bill relating to n-holders and victulars,
relative to the sale of intoxicating liquors was
assigned for Tuesday.
The Senate adjourned to Monday at P. M.
HOUSE.
Papers of Senate disposed of in concurrence:
Communication from the Governor in compli-
ance with an order, transmitting copy of &C.
counts of Superintendent of Schools; also trans
uniting information in regard to lands donated
to the State Norman School, was received and
ordered to be printed.
Mr. Deering of Cape Elizabeth, offered the
following ORDER
Ordered, That the Committee on Railroads,
Ways and Bridges, inquire into the expediency
of enacting law that all railroads running in
to the city of Portland or any other city in the
State, shall connect or be connected one with
another in the best practical manner, so the
cars the cars can go from one to the other, when
of the same gauge, and that all railroads shall
have access to all wharves where railroad tracks
are now laid, or shall be laid hereafter in the
limits of the city of Portland or any other city
in this State and that no railroad shall lay
track parallel in any street or streets, road or
roads in any city in this State but shall or may
lay their tracks outside either one side or the
other side of the streets or roads in any city of
the State aforesaid, provided they do not come
in contact with any other railroad.
The following order also passed THAT the
Committee on Judiciary be directed to inquire
into the expediency of amending item to sec
tion 4, chapter l, Revised Statutes, that the
word highway may include a town way.
Petitions referred. of S. S. Waller
and others for an appropriation to defray the
expenses of vaccination to the inhabitants of
Madawaska territory, Ito Committee on Insane
HospitaD; of H. Tracy and others of Pittsfeld,
of j. j. Holbrook and others of Milo, for char
ter for railroad from Dexter to Brownville.
Leave to withdraw was reported on petition
of H. H. Turner for incorporation of the Pitts
ton Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Company;
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Potter's Mill Stream in Litchfeld a public
highway; on petition of d. W. Lougee an act
of incorporation of the Boothbay Boot and Shoe
Manufacturing Company.
Ought not to pass was reported on the bill to
incorporate the Wayne Water Power Company.
Legislation inexpedient reported on the order
relating to self couplings for railroad cars.
Read and assigned-An act to incorporate
the East Branch Pleasant Pond Dam Compa-
ny; act to authorize J. M. Andrews to build a
wharf in the tide waters of Saco river; resolve
in favor of HI. Howard.
The bills read and assigned Friday, were pass
ed to be engrossed and will be on final passage
Monday ea
The following bills were passed to be enacted:
An act to incorporate the Bethel Savings Bank;
act to authorize j. Sheppard and others to erect
and maintain wharf in the tide waters of
Rockport harbor; act to incorporate the Frye
burg Savings Bank; act to repeal chapter 23O of
the private law of 1869 and section 2 of chapter
COS of the private laws of 1871 relating to the
Police Court in Auburn; act to incorporate the
Boothbay Savings Bank; act to continue in
force chapter 179, of the public laws of 1871,
authorizing pensions to disabled soldiers and
aeamen; act to amend the private laws of 1870,
relating to the use of narrow trimmed wheels in
Cherryield; act to reduce the capital stock of
the Veazie Bank
Resolve relating to the Normal School at Cas-
tine and providing for the purchase of the
Maine State Year Book, was taken from the
tahis and nassed to be engrossed in cnnen----