Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-02-24

Ivy INTO henuuSkcaR stream an act 10 In |
orporate the Pownai Ferry company; bill an |
ct creating a lien on animals to secure
ayment for pasturing, feeding and shelter
ng; an act concerning railroads; an act to |
educe the capital stock of the Ne Plus Ultra |
ollar company; an act additional to an act es- |
ablishing the Maine State College of Agri- |
ulture and Mechanic Arts an act to fix the
alary of the county attorney for the county
II Somerset; an act to incorporate the Saco
Hotel company; an act to amend sec. 5 of
,hap. of the Revised Statutes, relating to
guilty jurisdiction of the Supreme Judicial
Court.
FINALLY PAssED-Resolve in relation TO
State tax in certain towns and plantations in
Aroostook county, for the year 1871 resolve
in favor of Beriah Brown; resolve in favor
Of Rosco Ordway; resolve in favor of Ara
Ihusa Littefield; resolve in favor of the town
Of Columbia Fails; resolve in favor of Deodat
in relation to certain lands in the
town of Lincoln; resolve in favor of Upham
S. Treat and others; resolve authorizing the
land agent to convey lot No. 40, in that part
of Lyndon formerly ''I' townships resolve in
aid of building q road across Silver Ridge
plantation in Aroostook county relating to
the presentation of a bust of Ex-Governor J..
L. Chamberlain, to the State of Maine.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Papers from the House were disposed of in
concurrence.
Bill an act to establish the school mill fund
came from the House amended as per sheets
A and b.
These amendments were adopted, and
the bill put on its passage to be engrossed.
1t was favored by Messrs. Chaplin, Far
rington, Humphrey, Weber, Hadlock, and
Cole; and opposed by Messrs. Dngley, Fos-
ter of penobscot, Morris, and Spaulding.
Mr.. SPAULpiNG moved to amend by strik-
ing out the word SCHOLARS" in sec. 3, line 6,
and inserting the word population"
The amendment was rejected
Mr.. DINoLEY moved to amend sec. by
striking out the word ''one" in first line, and
inserting ''one-half," so that the tax will be
one-half mill per dollar.
The amendment was rejected.
Mr.. SPAULDING moved to amend sec. 8, by
striking out "shall take effect when APP
proved" and inserting "shall take effect JAM
/, 1871,
The amendment was rejected.
On motion of Mr.. DUNNING the yeas and
nays were taken, with the following result:
YEAs.-Messrs. Chaplin, Cole, Davis, Dunning,
harrington Fletcher, Foster OF Penobscot, Hadlock,
Haylord, Kinks, Hobbs, Howes, Humphrey Irish
Knox, Webber-20.
NAYs.-Messrs. Chase, Dngley, May, Mcclellan,
Morris, Spaulding of Sagadahoc-6.
So the bill passed to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. FOSTER, an act to amend
chap. of the Revised Statutes, relating to
the sale and settlement of the public lands,
was tabled.
An act to authorize the city of Portland to
grant further aid in the construction of the
Portland and Ogdensburg railroad, came up
on its passage to be engrOssed.
Mr.. MORRIS of Cumberland spoke as fol-
lows:
find myself in a peculiar situation. This
question is one of deep interest to my own
city. If the friends of the Ogdensburg road
are not deceived in regard to what it will do
for Portland, the defeat of this measure
would be fearful mistake. If the opponents
of this bill are correct in the estimation in
which they hold it, the effect would be almost
ruinous. While l have been opposed in
principle to towns engaging to such an exten,
in all kinds of business schemes, l have also
been unwilling to vote that they should no,
have the privilege of doing as they wished
with their own property, and for this reason
l have not voted on questions of this charac
ter during the five years have been mem
Der of the Legislature and see no reason
for changing this rule in the present case.
Messrs. Chaplin and Harrington favored
| the passage of the bill.
On motion of Mr.. SPAuLDING, the yeas ant
nays were ordered with the following result
YEAs.-Messrs. Chaplin, Dunning, Harrington
Kinks, Hobbs, Howes, Humphrey, Irish, May
Nickels, Pennell, Webber-lG.
| NAYs.-Messrs. Davis, Smith, Spaulding of Sag
adahoc.--3.
Mr.. MORRIS was excused from voting, a
| his request.
| So the bill passed to be engrossed.
An act to make valid the doings of tn,
town of RobbinstOn was taken UP, and after
being amended, was passed to be engrossed
An act relating to railroads was taken up
Mr.. CHAPLIN moved to amend as follows
by striking out of the 18th and 18th lines the
words "and ut the expense of the corpora.
| tons" and inserting after the word ''final" ir
the 10Th line. the words "the losing party t.
pay costs"
The bill then passed to be engrossed.
| Resolve in relation to the industrial stats
tics of Maine, came from the House indef
nitely postponed, after being amended by. tina
branch.
Mr.. MoRRIs moved an amendment contem
plating the appointment of some other suit
able person, for one year, to collect and ar
range the industrial statistics of Maine, under
the direction of the Governor and Council
!
shall not exceed $1,000.
| The amendment was amended by including
the cost of printing.
Mr.. FOSTER Of Kennebec advocated the
| adoption of the amendment.
Mr.. SPAULDING objected to including the
cost of printing.
Mr.. DINGLEY favored the publication of in
dustrial statistics.
Mr.. Kinks favored the amendment.
Mr.. SPAULDING moved to amend by .trik-
ing out the words ''and printing" Adopted.
The amendment was then adopted and the
resolve passed to be engrossed.
Petition of the town of Atkinson, taken
from the files of the last Legislature relating
| to reduction of State valuation, was re-
ferred to the Piscataquis delegation.
Mr.. IRISH, from the committee on State
Lands and State Roads, reported resolve re-
lating to claims of settlers arising under the
treaty of Washington. Read and assigned.
Adjourned.
READ AND AssIGSED-An act relating to
the fees for serving subpGnas; an act to aP-
portion the State for Representatives to Con-
gress.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED-An act to
make valid the doings of Moses Whittier,
Trial Justice for the county of Kennebec; an
al tLa or hi ~