Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-01-17


was ready to be qualified.
Mr.. O'BRroN was directed by the President
to conduct Mr.. Cole to the Governor and
Council to take and subscribe the necessary
oaths. Subsequently Mr.. Cole appeared and
took his seat at the Senate board.
On motion of Mr.. HUMPHREY Of Cumber-
ORDERED, That the Committee on Educa-
ton inquire into the expediency of law
compelling the attendance OF Children at
school. s@a@ 'ftF esq et@
On motion of Mr.. Kinks Of Hancock i was
voted to take from the files of the last iegis
lature the petition Of Charles and George
Wilbur of Waltam to he set off from Wal
than and annexed TO Eastbrook, and refer
to the Committee on Division of Towns.
On motion of Mr.. FOSTER of Penobscot,
ORDERED, That the Committee on MeTcan-
tile Affairs and Insurance inquire and report
what, if any. amendments or additions to chap.
40 Revised Statutes are necessary.
On motion of Mr.. Kinks Of Hancock it was
voted to take from the files of the last legisla-
ture the petition of Charles Deering and
others for = charter for railroad from Cas-
tine to Calais, and referred to Committee on
Railroads. IL "a, IL sl-.-s
On motion of Mr.. SpAULDING of SaRadahoc,
ORDERED, That the Committee on the Ju-
dietary inquire into the expediency Of amend
ing Rule 6, Section l, chap. IS revised stat
utes, so that when minor dies unmarried,
leaving property inherited from either Of his
parents, such property shall in all cases de-
scend to the heirs of such parent, according
to the preceding rules in the same section.
Mr.. CHArLrs OF Cumberland, from the
Committee on Senatorial Votes, presented
the following report of that committee on FRS,
Senatorial District:
The Committee on Sentorial votes ask leave
to submit the following additional report, it
being Ia relation TO the Thirteenth Senatorial
District, waldo County,
Your Committee find the returns from
many of the towns in this district very irregu-
lar aad informal, but their action was unani
nous and they arrived at the same conclusions
that the Hon. Governor aud Council did, il
regard to all the towns in this district but FIVE
viz Knox, Lncolnville, Monroe, Sears
port and Swanville. In regard to the town o
Lincolnville, your committee were unani
mously Of the opinion that il the vote wa
allowed to be counted, that $50 was the prop
er number instead of 40l; that neither th
Senatorial votes, nor the aggregate votes o
any other two opposing candidates called TO
lager number Of ballots than $780, but tn,
Committee had grave doubts as to the pro
priety Of allowing it to be counted, for il will
readily be; seen upon inspection that in tn
town, county, or Senatorial district and the en-
dorsement which is the only thing that gives
it any show of validity makes no mention o.
Senatorial district or county, and there ar.
no marks upon it indicating that it was evel
sealed but finally the Committee concluded
to give the voters the benefit Of the doubt AM
allowed the returns to be counted at $50
The result, had this return been throw
out, would be that William ii. McLe llal
would have majority of thirty owe
all the objections raised by the mnorit
Of your Committee. In the four remaining
towns about which there is question in tn
Committee, the majority, following the prece
dents of the Governor and Council in tn
cases of the towns of Montyille and Stockton
and of your whole committee in the case U
Lincolnyille, (Which reasonable and prope
precedents or rule, is that when retur
shows upon its face that 1t is erroneou.
that it is right and proper for the commit
tee 70 correct that error, if it can be done
the light afforded by the return itself,) fin
that the return Of the whole number Of ba
lots from the town of Knox was larger tina
the number Of votes cast for separate cand
dates warrant, and 2o3 was taken as the tru
return instead of 208 and following substar
TALLY the same precedents upon the theor
which had some influence in the last case
viz: That the whole number of ballots pu
down ct the head OF the return were for can
didates who had more votes than the Senate
rial candidates, and having been thus take
were continued through the whole list regard
less Of the number Of votes actually cast 70
the other candidates. Your committee strucl
one ballot from the whole number returned
from the town Of Monroe, two from the who'll
number returned from the town of Searsport
and two from the whole number returned
from the town Of Swanville. In the return
Of the potes from the town of Freedom W,
find this entry, ''blanks ten," which wer,
evidently counted to make up the whole mum
Der of ballots, and your committee have re
luctantly allowed them to be counted; an,
your committee find the whole number O
ballots and votes thrown in this district to b
~ follows:
Whole number of ballots, 6,l99
Necessary for a choice, 3,l0O
Crawford S. Fletcher has 3,2G3 votes
William II. Mcclellan % 3,l03 "
Thomas w. Vose 1882 g
Nehemiah Smart 5000 80
Thomas j. Vose It's
William II. Mclean q" l03 i"
W. H Rust "
Dolly Dodge /"
Blanks, IL