Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-02-12

Mr.eI ITcoAB presented the petition of II.
A. Hsker % Alss relating 10 he salary Of the
late Register Of the Probate for Kennebec
county, which WIS referred 10 the Kennebce
County Delegation. s
4 Mr.. FEssENDkH presented the petition Of
The Portland Army and Navy Union, in aid of
the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum,
which was referred to the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs.
= Mt. PIKE presented resolve in aid Of the
st. Croix and Penobscot Railroad Company,
which was referred to the Committee on Rail-
roads also petition of Henry i. Eaton ct ais.
for rectifcaton of a mistake in the convey
ance of land, which was referred to the Com
mitee on State Lands; also petition of own
ers of N. Z. quarter of Township No. I,
Range 2, county of Washington, which was
referred to the Washington County Delega-
ton.
Mr.. CARLETON presented a resolve in favor
of ST.. Dennis Academy, which was referred
to Committee on Education.
Mr.. PIKE from the Judiciary Committee re-
ported ought not to pass on bill an act to in
corporate fire department in West Water
Vile; and reported ought to pass on bill an
act to incorporate the Portland and Cape
Elizabeth Ferry Company, which was read
and assigned
Mr.. Bliss from the same committee, re-
ported legislation inexnedient on order relat-
ing to the repeal of sec. II chap. II of the
Revised Statutes relating to licenses to carry
into effect contracts of deceased persons.
Mr.. FEssENDEN from the Committee on
Railroads, reported in new draft, bill an act
to authorize the New York Granite Company
to construct railway, which was read and
assigned.
Mr.. PERRY, from the same committee, on
petitions, reported an act to incorporate the
York County Central Railroad Company, and
an act to incorporate the st. Croix Shore
Line Railroad Company, which were read and
assigned.
Mr.. WEBB, from the committee on Legal
Reform, on petition, reported bill an act re-
lating to the trapping and sharing of wild
ducks, which was read and assigned also re-
ported on order, an act creating lien on
animals to secure payment for pasturing
and keeping, which was ordered to be printed
under the rule.
| Mr.. TITcoMB, from the same committee,
reported legislation inexpedient on order re-
lating to amending the statutes as to author
ize the selling Of logs attached by mesne
process in the same manner as perishable
property is authorized to be sold.
Mr.. PERKINS, from the Franklin County
Delegation, on petition, reported resolve in
in favor of reducing the State valuation Of
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Franklin. Read and assigned.
Mr.. WINsLow, from the committee on
State Lands, on petition, reported a resolve
in aid Of road in Kingsbury. Read and
assigned.
| On motion Of Mr.. FEssENDEN, the vote
was reconsidered whereby the House accept
ed the report Of the committee on Railroads,
referring to the next Legislature the petitions
for the extension of the Portland & Rochester
Railroad to Bath. Thesreport was then re-
committed.
so Of the Revised Statutes relating to promis-
sorry notes, was read the second time and
laid on the table and Wednesday next assigned
tor its further consideration.
Bill an act relating to the compensation Of
county commissioners was taken from the
table, on motion of Mr.. WEBB, read the
second time and ordered to be printed.
READ AND AssIGNED.-An act to incorpor-
porate the Board of Trade of Bath; an act to
incorporate the Raymond Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company; an act to incorporate New
Sharon Fire Insurance Company; an act to
incorporate the Hancock Fire Marine Insur-
ance Company; an act to authorize the town
of Porter to accept trust in accordance with
the will of Randall Libby; an act additional
to an act entitled an act incorporating the
Walo Agricultural Society; an act additional
to an act establishing the Maine State College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; resolve
providing for the payment of bounties on wild
animals; resolve in favor of John H. Sprague
and Lindsey II. Folsom ct al. an act relating
to the service of precepts by deputy sheriffs
an act to change the law of divorce; an act
railroads; an act to amend Sec
ton s, of chapter 80 Of the Revised Statutes,
relating to actions on mortgages.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED-An act to incor-
porate the Dixteld Manufacturing Company;
an act to incorporate the Augusta Trotting
Park Association; an act additional to the
charter of the city of Lewiston, relating to
the election of assessors and overseers of the
poor; an act to authorize the city of Gardi-
ner to maintain public Library; an act to
set off part of Letter Z plantation and annex
the same to the town of Madrid an act to
authorize the extension of the Kennebec and
Wiscasset Railroad and add to and amend ex-
isting acts in relation thereto.
PASSED TO BE ENACTED-An act relative to
cases where demurrers are overruled; an act
to incorporate the Aroostook Steamboat Com
pany; an act to make valid the doings of
Hadley Fairfield as Justice of the Peace
an act additional to chapter 81 Of the Revised
Statutes, relating to executors and admins
traitors.
EtNALLI IASSED.-htsOINc III I4VOT VI
Hiram Howard.
On motion of Mr.. WILSON Of Hallowell,
bill an act additional to the charter of the
Academy was taken from the table,
and the same gentleman offered an amend
ment.
Mr. PORTER offered to amend the amend
ment by adding as follows providing that
all the conditions herein named shall be sub
ject to the approval and certified sanction of
the Governor and Council" He said the
State had given the Hallowell Academy a
large sum of money, and the fund of the
Academy has been transferred to the high
school, and he thought the State should have
the right to know that the money is appropri.
ated for that which it was given.
Mr.. WILSON explained that in the wear
1871 an appropriation was made for the Hal.
lowell Academy by the Legislature of Massa-
chusetts Of grant of land, at which time a
charter was granted. In that charter it
speaks of the generous subscriptions by a
number Of the citizens of Hallswell The
trustees of this institution ran this Academy
as long as they could sustain it, but for the
want Of scholars they ceased to maintain the
school. During the past year other parties
in ha Stato Ia II,