The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-02-28
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MAINE LEGISLATURE.
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| SENATE
AUGUSTA, Feb. "a large number OF House
| papers were disposed of in concurrence.
| A message wrs sent to the House requesting
the return of bill an act establishing State uni
formity for text books.
Resolve in favor of an Industrial School for
Girls was amended to $4,000 and passed
to be engrossed, after considerable discussion,
Is to g. The act incorporating the institution
| has passed both branches but the House refuses
to grant the appropriation.
| Resolve in favor of the road across Indian
township was indefinitely postponed
| Act incorporating the Piscataquis Central
r. r. Co., was debated on its passage to be
enacted.
| The bills passed to be enacted by the House
| yesterday, the more important of which were
| given, were passed to be enacted by the Senate
and sent to the Governor.
| The resolve in favor of Limerick Academy
was fully discussed and the question of indefin-
lite postponement carried 10 to II.
The bill to apportion the State for Represen-
tatives to Congress came up by assignment.
Mr.. Kennedy moved to amend so as to to
leave the districts as they had been during the
past decade. AS it is by the BILL Rockland and
Thomaston arefproposed to be taken from the
9Th and added to the Sd district.
The amendment of Mr. Kennedy was accept
ed and the bill passed to be engrossed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Bill an act relating to redemption of personal
property, which came from the House postpon-
ed indefinitely, was passed to be engrossed, the
Senate refusing to concur.
Most of the time of the Senate was occupied
in passing in concurrence, bills and resolves
disposed of in the House this forenoon.
Is .-...... HOUSE.
The House resumed the consideration of re-
solves appropriating aid to roads, etc., etc. The
following were indefinitely postponed: Resolve
in favor of 10. f. Walker; resolve in favor of
rebuilding Moose River Bridge on the Canada
road; in aid of roads in Van Buren, Plantation;
in aid of bridge in Hamlin Plantation; in aid of
roads from Dalton to Mapleton. rut
The House refused to reconsider the vote
passing to be engrossed the resolve appropriate
ing $4,000 for schools in Madawaska territory.
The Committee on the Library reported re-
solve making an appropriation of $500 addition
al to the usual amount for State Library, which
was passed to be engrossed under suspension of
rules
A number of resolves making small appria-
tons for roads and bridges were passed to be en-
crossed. Also resolve in favor of Soldiers and
Orphans Home in Bangor. All the above caused
more or less discussion, the general idea being
to cut down every appropriation possible.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Committee on Finance, on order relating
to appointment of State Auditor, reported ref
erence of the the same to the next legislature.
Report accepted.
The House adhered on its former vote pass
ing to be engrossed an act regulating railroad
corporations
The resolve laying tax on the several COM
panies in the State was taken from the table,
amended by reducing the tax of Oxford and
Penobscot counties. Passed to be engrossed.
The bill additional to an act to change the
place of holding the S. J. Court and to change
the shire town of Somerset county, was taken
from the table amended so as to refer the mat
ter to the people, and passed to be engrossed.
The act to amend chapter q of Revised Stat
utes concerning inn holders and intoxicating
liquors was taken from the table, Mr.. Knight
of Portland, moved its indefinite postponement.
Refused, AZ yeas, " nays. The question was
then discussed by Knight, Carleton, Wilson,
Barker, Perry, Stevens, Brown, Smith and 9TH
ers and passed to be engrossed, by vote of 62
to 45. .tei.
The bill relating to the duties Of sheriffs and
their deputies was discussed at length by
Messrs Lebroke, Stevens Carleton, Brown,
Smith, and passed to be engrossed by vote of
70 to A. tte .4e-
Bill relating to savingss banks was under dis
cussion at the hour of adjournment T
Indefinitely postponed: Resolves in favor of
Fort Fairfield high school, Exeter high school,
resolve providing for meeting of judges of Pro-
bate for certain purposes; resolve referring bill
an act to amend section 2 of chapter 63 of Pub
lie laws of 1861 to the next Legislature and re-
questing the Adjutant General to furnish Ger
tain statistics; bill in relation the redemption of
personal property held as security for debt
Passed to be enacted-Bill to amend chapter
1856 of private laws of fsTt, estaDIIshlng
a Municipal Court in Lewiston; bill to author
ize the city of Bangor to loan its credit in the
construction of the Aroostook railroad; bill re-
Iating to fees for serving suboenas; bill relat-
ing to return of names of plantation officers to
the Secretary of State; bill to incorporate the
Augusta Hotel Co. Fl
Finally Passed-Resolve relating to bonds
men of B. D. Peck. H.