The Portland daily press., 1872-01-30
BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE LEGISLATURE.


| AUGUSTA, Jan. 29.-The Senate met at two
m. ~ -.l-- -
The Committee ON Education reported a bill
an act to relive to the incorporation of st. Den
mis- Academy, Whitefield, tomorrow assigned.
Passed to be engrosSed.-An act to secure the
education of the youth of the State; an act re-
pealing laws relating to Police SQUIRT in Au-
burn; an act relating to use of narrow trimmed
wheels in the town of Cherryfield; an act to in
corporate Fryeburg Saving Bank.
Pdssed to be endcted.-An act to amend an
act authorizing towns, cities and villages to
make bylaws in certain cases; an act to amend
Sec 80 chap. 40 of the Revised Statutes, relating
to the yearly closing time of land locked
salmon, trout and togue; an act to incorporate
| the Farwen Mills in Lisbon; an act to legalize
the proceedings of the stockholders of the Port
land and Rochester Railroad Co. an act con.
corning the African Methodist Episcopal
church; an act to amend an act to- incorporate
the Passadumkeag.s, Railroad Co., an act to
amend the Revised Statutes relating to the To-
cation of school houses.
Bias, Petitions DC, Presented and Referred
Petltlon OF citizens of Fryeburg that cities and
towns be authorized to aid in building Maine
State Hospital at Portland
The bill to authorize the extension and loca-
ton of the Boston and Maine railroad was ia
bled on motion of Mr.. Spaulding of Knox.
HOUSE. 80 .' -
The House met at 10 a. m., and was called to
order by the Clerk, and Hon. j. w. Porter
elected Speaker pro tenn. -
Orders passed.-Inquiring of the Governor
and Council what disposition had been made of
certain lots of land donated for Normal Schools
relating to repeating certain laws relating to
meetng-houses; relating to the showing of COW
cred bridges; for Governor and Council to fur
nish copy of all bills ETC., allowed and disallow-
ed to the State Superintendent of Schools for
1871; the order that hereafter the House meet
at IL a. m, was tabled.
A resolve was presented and referred direct
ing the2Secretary of State to furnish towns etc.,
with books, reports etc., to fill the place of
those destroyed By fire etc.
Read and assigned.-An act relating to tres
pass on public lands.
raised to be engrossed.-An act to authorize
the inhabitants of Robinston to erect and main
tain wharf; an act to authorize Camden
hart Co., to erect and maintain wharf; an
act to incorporate the Bangor Insurance Co.;
an act to incorporate the Bethel Savings Bank;
an act to incorporate the Boothbay Savings
Bank; an act authorizing the P. S. & p R. R.
to extend its road was tabled. Also the same
disposition in regard to the act relating to the
improvement of water power in the State.
Passed to be endcted.-Bll, an act to incorpor-
David Knowlton Co. an act to incorporate Salt
Pond Agricultural Society.
Passed Jfnally-Resolve in favor of Solomon
Francis.
Petitions and bills presented and referred-of
citizens OF Belgrade to be annexed to Manches-
ter; OF George HI. Cushman and others, for the
abolition of imprisonment for debt in certain
cases; of municipal officers of Gilead for aid to
build bridges across the Androscoggin: an act
to incorporate the Oriental Powder Mills petit
ton of S. Robinson and Others for an act in
cooperating Lubec Savings Bank; of citizens of
Fort Kent for aid to build a bridge; of citizens
of st. John and st. Francis and of Frenchville
In aid of same; an act concerning railroad cor
porations. ~ .
Mr.. Perry moved to reconsider the vote pass
ing resolve approprating $40, 900 for the East
ern Normal School. The matter was discussed
by Messrs. Perry, Carleton, Perkins, Porter,
Pike, Wilson and others
A motion to table and assign to Wednesday
next for consideration of motion to reconsider
was taken by yeas and nays, and lost by vote
of 40 and 81 it faf- t1i