Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-02-13

gal Reform, on order, reported bill an act to
amend section Is of chapter 1S of the Re-
vised Statutes, relating to injuries by defect
| i've highways. Printed under rule.
Mr.. BARKER from the Committee on Change
Of Names, reported bill to change the names
of certain individuals, which was read and
assigned.
Mr.. WH1TMoRE, from the Committee on
Fisheries, on order, reported bill for the
protection Of eggs or spawn of Holsters.
Mr.. HAYES, from the Committee on Agri-
culture, on petition, reported bill to author
ize the citizens of Isle au Haul to allow their
cattle to run at large on that island. Read
and assigned.
Mr.. HUMPHREY from the Judiciary Com
mittee, on petitions, reported bill an act in
relation to certain payments to Bickford c.
Mathews, and bill an act to incorporate the
Bethel Hill Village Corporation; also report
ed ought to pass on bill an act to amend chap
ter 649 of the private laws of 1871 relating
| to light houses, and bill an act to incorporate
the Portland Steam Towage and Water Boat
Company. Read and assigned.
| READ AND AssIGNED.-An act to make valid
the doings of the Village School District No
| 10, in the town of Pittsfeld, and for other
purposes; an act to incorporate the Bangor
Manufacturing Company; bill an act to in
corporate the Calais and Eastport Railroad
Company; an act in relation to Normal
schools and Normal departments; an act to
amend section j and repeal sections LIP
chapter of the Revised Statutes; an act au-
thorizing the appointment of deputy town
clerks; an act creating a lien on animals to
secure payment for pasturing. feeding and
sheltering.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED.-An act to incor-
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 a trust in accordance with
the will of Randall Libby an act additional
to an act entitled an act incorporating the
Waldo 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,
Lindsey H. Folsom, and Cyrus Pomroy an
act relating to the service of precepts by depu-
: ty sheriffs; an act to amend section s, of
chapter 80 of the Revised Statutes, relating to
!, actions on mortgages; an act to authorize the
!, New York Granite Company to construct a
. Railway; an act to incorporate the st. Croix
Line Il. II. Shore Company act to incorpor-
. ate the Portland and Cape Elizabeth Ferry
!, Company; an act to incorporate the York
:. County Central Railroad Company; resolve
. reducing the State valuation of Washington
, Plantation in the county of Franklin.
Bill an act to change the law of divorce be-
ing on its passage to be engrossed Mr.. Perry
, offered an amendment, pending the adoption
of which the bill was tabled on motion of Mr..
Wilson of Thomaston, and Tuesday at 10
o'clock assigned for its further consideration
on motion of Mr.. Titcomb.
Bill an act concerning railroads being on
its passage to be engrossed was tabled on mo-
ton Of Mr.. TIrcoMB:
Bill an act additional to an act establishing
the Maine State College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts being on its passage was tabled
on motion of Mr.. CARLETON.
Bill an act relating to the trapping and
sharing of wild ducks, on its passage to be en-
crossed was tabled on motion of Mr.. HUM
PHREY.
On motion Of Mr.. BARKER the vote was re-
considered whereby resolve in favor of Ex-
eter High School was assigned for Wednes-
day, On motion Of the same gentleman the
resolve was tabled and ordered to be printed,
and Thursday was assigned.
On motion of Mr.. WEBB the vote was re-
considered whereby bill an act to provide in
part for the expenditures of government was
passed to be engrossed. The vote was then
reconsidered whereby the bill was amended
by striking out the provision for contingent
fund, and the bill passed to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. PERRY of Oxford bill an
act to incorporate the Castine and Ellsworth
Railroad Company was taken from the table.
4 Senate amendment was adopted and the bill
passed to be engrossed
Bill an act fixing the compensation Of the
Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court was
taken from the table on motion of Mr.. WEBB
and put upon its passage to be enacted.
Bill an act to repeal the charter of the
Birch Stream Dam Company was taken from
the table, amended on motion of Mr. CARLE-
TON, and pending the passage of the bill to be
engrossed, it was tabled on motion of Mr.. |
HUMPHREY.
Bill an act to change the punishment for |
burglary and rape was taken from the table, |
the question being on the adoption of the |
Senate amendment.
| On motion of Mr.. CARLETON the House in |
sisted upon its former vote, passing the bill |
without the amendment, and asked for com.
mittee of conference.
The Speaker appointed on the part Of the
House, Messrs. Wilson of Hallowell, Carleton |
and Knight.
Bill an act to prevent the killing Of seal at |
Fort Point in the town of Stockton was taken
from the table and passed to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr. PERRY of Oxford, bill an |
act to fix the compensation of the State
Treasurer was taken from the table.
| Mr.. CARLETON remarked that there was an
attempt to raise the salaries Of many State
officers, and to donate to almost everybody
down to private individuals, and if the legis-
lature passed these several propositions the
Treasury would run emptins ere the legis-
lature went to their homes. He did not be-
lieve in raising the salary of the State Treas
urer $1,000 at lick. If he could not afford |
to do it for fifteen hundred or two thousand
dollars, there are plenty of good men that
will. He moved to strike out FIVE hundred,
which would give him $1,000 dollars.
Mr.. WILSON of Hallowell. remarked that |
he was not in favor of squandering money by |
large saleries, but the present salary of the |
State Treasurer is what it was ten or fifteen |
years ago, when the price of living was very
much cheaper than now. He thought that |
81 800 was not sufficient now. The gentle. |
man from Whitefeld had alluded |
to the salary of the Warden of the
State Prison being raised to $4,000. He (Mr. |
| WILSON, did not think this too much, for he |
has many expenses to meet out of his own |
pocket. As an argument in favor of the |
present salary of the Warden, he contrasted