The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-02-20

Passed to be endcted-Bill to incorporate the
Neptune Insurance Co.; bill to amend sect. Is
chap. IS Revised Statutes, relating to injuries
titled an act additional for the assessment and
collection of taxes; bill to amend sec. chap
80 Revised Statutes, relating to actions on mort
cages; bill relating to showing covered bridges;
bill to promote immigration and facilitate the
settlement of the public lands; bill to incorpor-
ate the Sandy River Cheese Co.; bill to repeal
chap. 1877 of public laws of 1871, relating to the
organization of corporations; bill to incorpor-
ate the Hancock Fire and Marine Insurance
Co.; act to incorporate the propretors of the
Universalist Meeting House at Kittery into
parish bill to incorporate fire department in
West Waterville village; bill to protect the
spwan of egg Holsters in the waters of Maine.
Finally paSsed-Resolve establishing the val
uation of Clinton Gore Plantation, in the coun-
ty of Kennebec; resolve making appropriations
for the Penobscot tribe of Indians; resolves in
favor of several standing committees for travel
ing expenses
The general railroad bill, under discussion at
the hour of adjournment, came up after the
disposal of routine business, Mr. Wilson of
Thomaston, having the floor, who continued in
favor of the bill.
Mr.. Smith of Saco, and Walker of Newport,
followed in opposition. Mr.. Perry of Oxford,
and Pike advocated it. The amendments Of
fered by Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Porter were reject
ed; amendment f, providing that no company
shall be incorporated under this law prior to
Jan. 1, 1873, was adopted.
Mr.. Keegan moved that the bill be indefinite
ly postponed, and the yeas and nays were or
dered, resulting as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bachelor, Baker,
Briggs of Hudson, Bennett, Buttertield, Carle-
ton, Carl, Erskine of Newcastle, Erskine of
Palermo, Estes, Farrar Farwell, Fields, Fol
som, Foss, Gray, Getchell, Glidden, Gray,
Griffin Harding, Harmon of Buxton Holbrook
of Knox, Holbrook Madison, Howard, Humph-
rey, Hunt, Jepson, Keegan, King, McAllis-
ter, Millay, Moore, Paul, Perkins of Farming
dali, Reed of No ii, Reed of Waidoboro, Rich
ardson, Rogers, Seeley, Smith of Saeo, Stanley,
Stuart, Talbot, Thing, Thompson, Tibbetts of
Brooklyn, Tufts, Walker of Newport, Walker
of Stow, Wentworth, Weston, White of Dix
Nays-Messrs Anderson, Atwell, Barker,
Bliss, Bracket, Bragdon, Briggs of Brown
field, Brown, Burleigh, Burrill, Butler, CARL,
Cook, Coombs, Cornish, Fessenden, Fifeld,
Fltner, Foster, Ham, Hamilton, Harmon of
Lubec, Haskell, Hayes, Humphreys, Knight,
Lambert, Lebroke, Lord of Bluehill, Lord of
Detroit, McIntire, McKusiek, Mitchell, Nash,
Palmer Perry of Oxford, Pike, Potter of Web
ster, Porter, Robinson, Silsby, Smith of Wayne,
Sprague, Springer, Setson, Talbot, Tibbetts of
Greenbush, Titcomb, Torrey Trefethen, Tur-
ner, Wadsworth, Webb, Wells, Whitcomb,
Wiggin, Wilson of Hallowell, Wilson of Thorn
aston, Woodbury., Wyman.
Yeas So; nays 65. The bill was then passed
to be engrossed
Resolve appropriating $500 for road in King
bury was taken from the table. 1t was oppos-
ed by Mr.. Carleton, and supported by Messrs.
Stevens, Lebroke and Palmer. The resolve
passed to be engrossed. Adjourned.