The Portland daily press., 1872-01-12
BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE LEGISLATURE.

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AUGUSTA, Jan. 9.-Papers from the House
disposed of in concurrence.
Bill, an act relating to the jurisdiction of the
Superior Court in Cumberland County, came
from the House and was read twice, under a
suspension of the rules, and passed to be en-
crossed
The report of the agents of the Penobscot and
Passamaquoddy tribes of Indians was received
from the Secretary of State and referred.
An act to incorporate the Kennebec Ice Com
pany, was passed to be engrossed.
The time for the reception of petitions, was
limited to the first day of February next.
An act to incorporate the Lewiston Bleaching
and Dye Works, was passed to be enacted.
Resolve, providing for the purchase of 500
copies of the Maine State Year Book, was pre-
sented and assigned. --------
An order to place the remaining copies of the
Revised Statutes in the hands of the State Lii
brarian for safe keeping was tabled De-
Mr.. Humphrey presented an order, directing
the Committee ON Education, to inquire into
the expediency of repeating that section of the
Revised Statutes, relating to County Supervis-
ors. Passed t--7 st-I ~
Read and asSigned-Resolve authorizing the
placing of 200 copies of the Revised Statutes in
the hands of the Librarian for the use of the
members of the Legislature. -wt
An order was passed directing the Secretary
of State to furnish blanks to Trial Justices.
Petitions, Bills, &C., Presented and Referred
An act to amend chapter %, of section g. of
the Revised Statutes, relating to the adoption
of children; petition of John Hayden, of Bath,
for charter for a railroad from Bath to Port
land; of Miles Standish and Others of unin-
corporated settlements of Dead River, for aid
to build bridge; of the citizens of Wells, in
aid of a petition of the p. S. & P. r. r., for a
charter; of members of the Bar of Somerset,
and five other petitions seyerally, for the re-
moval of the County Seat from Norridgewock
to SkOwhegan. Adjourned. -E---ss-s ..
HOUSE.
The House met at 10 A. M. 49,
Papers from the Senate disposed of in con-
currence.
The following orders were passed:-Directing
the Committee on Legal Reforms, to inquire
into the expediency of providing by law,
that eggs shall be sold by weight; directing the
SecretarG of State to provide maps with the
lines of the railroads marked thereon, also the
lines under construction and chartered direct
ing the Secretary of State to provide the off
GERS of the House with one copy each of the
Revised Statutes.
The Speaker joined on the part of the House,
On the Senate order, on the Committee on
the Governors Message, Millay, of Bowdoin-
ham; Mitchell, of Troy; Reed, of No. IL; Tufts,
of New Sharon; Hunt, of Robbinston, and
Stevens, of Parlman. "a 9rf3sr
The following were appointed a Committee
on County Estimates Foster, of Bethel; Per-
kins, of Poland; Randall, of Island Falls; Hol-
brook, of Freeport; Clark, of New Vineyard;
Whitcomb, of Ellsworth; Cornish, of Win
slow; Torrey, of st. George; Reed, of Waldo
boro; Briggs, of Hudson; Briggs, of Brown
vile; Millay, of Bowdoinham; Prescott, of
Hartland; Holbrook, of Troy; Anderson, of
Eastport, and Burleigh, of South Berwick.
An order was introduced to provide the Daily
Eastern Argus for the use of members.
After sharp discussion by Messrs. Webb,
Carleton, Atwell, Perkins, Knight and others
The yeas and nays were ordered, and the Or
der refused passage by a vote of so to "a. ~
An order to supply the members with $40
worth of stamps, was refused a passage by a
decided vote. a et.1
The Portland Court Bill was taken up under
a suspension of the rules on it's passage to be
enacted, and discussed by Messrs. Humphrey
of Bangor; Fessenden, of Portland; Carleton,
of Whitefeld; Wilson, of Thomaston; but not
being printed, was returned to the Committee
on Engrossed Bills
Petitions presented and referred-Of David
Knowlton, for an act of Incorporation to the
of ship chandlery, &C.. of the
Camden Wharf Company, for leave to extend
their wharf's into tide waters; of Tobias Rob-
erts, for an act of the incorporation of the Bar
Harbor and Mt. Desert Telegraph Companies;
of L. McAllister, let ais, of Lowell and Stoneham,
for part of Lowell to be set off and annexed
to Stoneham; of w. E. Skillin for a pensions;
of j. NJ Chandler, for correction of the State
Valuation: of j.. Cummings for change of
name of name: of Vezie Bank for authority to
reduce the capital stock; of Albert Cleaves and
200 others, for charter to be given to the P. S.
& p. Railroad Company, and maintain rail-
road along the sea shore from Biddeford to
Kittery of S. Bragdon and 70 others of Wells,
in aid of the same; of j. D. league, of Lynn
don and others, asking passage of the resolve
submitting article 9Th of the Constitution to
the people; article Sth, refers to education; of
Peter Melmore and others, inhabitants of Bene
dicta Plantation, for an act of incorporation; of
S. M. Kimball for recompense, for the improve
ment of Shin Pond Stream; of Oakfield Plan
tatiOn for an appropriation for the roads; an
act to make uniform rates of fare ON all the rail-
roads in this State; an act to fix the compensa-
ton of the Judges of the Supreme Judicial
Court an act to regulate civil actions in certain
cases.
Passed to be EngrosSed-An act to incorpor-
ate the Orono Wooden Manufacturing Compa-
ny; an act to enlarge the jurisdiction OF the SUI
perior Court in Portland
Passed to be Endcted-Bill, an act to authorize
the Little Androscoggin Water Power Company
to increase its capital stock. Adjourned.
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