The Portland daily press., 1873-01-25
FIFTY SECOND LEGISLATURE.
reported for the Press.)
AUGUSTA, Jan. "a.
SENATE.

| SENATE.
House papers disposed of in concurrence:
Read and ossigned-Bill to incorporate Mat
tanawcook Dam Cot authorize |. Cakes to ex.
tend wharf into tide waters at Brewer; to aul-
thorize e. johnson to extend wharf into tide
| waters of Penobscot at Hampden; of j. Ding
ley ct ais. to incorporate Auburn Fife Insur-
| ance Co.; to incorporate the Litchfield Insur-
ance Co.; to annex township. No. Z, r; 5, to
| Moro plantation; of certain parties for the re-
| lief of the Bingham estate; amendment to act
concerning insurance companies (this bill
tabled and assigned for next Tuesday,; to
amend chap. 26, R. s. (tabled and assigned for
Tuesday next); amendment of act 20 incorpor-
ate the city of Ellsworth (this bill was taken
from the table and passed to be engrossed); to
authorize cities and towns to hold money for
certain useful purposes (under suspension of
rules passed to be engrossed).
Petitions, Bills, DC, presented and REFERRED
Of r. Bales ct ais. of Fairfield relative to shire
| town of Somerset county; of A. Sawyer ct ais.
of Southport relative to same; of S. Hartwell ct
ais. for same: of r. Merrill ct ais. for law au-
| thorizng trustees Of Academies to surrender
property to towns for High Schools; (by Mr.
Farrington) Bill to provide for supervision of
| common schools Tabled and ordered printed.
The substance of this bill relates to the cleo
| ton of town supervisors who, with the State
| Superintendent, will constitute board of edu-
cation The Supervisors should hold town In
stitutes to- instruct teachers in the best mode of
inStructing and governing schools and the eX-
animation of teachers. 1t provides also that
the State Superintendent shall hold Super
yisors' and Teachers Institute in each county.
1t also provides for the appropriation of $4,000
Cor these Institutes This bill is intended to
supersede the present law.
Orders paSsed-A resolve favoring the repeal
of the bankrupt law; under suspension of the
rules passed to be engrossed. This resolve calls
upon our Senators in Congress to lend their in
fuence to the passage of such bill.
Legislation ineapedient was reported on order
concerning the legal settlement of paupers; also
on an order asking the general government to
further endow agricultural colleges.
Passed to be enacted-Bill to incorporate I'm
ion Hall Co. of Southport; to incorporate town
Eaton; to authorize Justices of Peace to admin
lister oaths and affirmations; to authorize Coun-
| ty Commissioners of Penobscot county to re-
assess certain taxes; to incorporate and pre-
scribe the duties and powers of the Maine Poul-
try Association. . d..
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Senate papers disposed of i'll concurrence
Petitions, Bills, &C., presented aud REFEREED
Of A. Wiswel ct ais. for incorporation of Els
worth and Deer Isle Telegraph Co. several pc
titions for the repeal or amendment Of act
changing the shire town of Somerset county,
of D. Harmon of Lyndon, for deed of lot of
land; of J. Stupsen for deed of lot of land
| of E. E. Gldden for deed of lot; of E. H.
| Hayden ct. ais, for aid to build a bridge ever
Umcolcus stream in Aroostook county; of F.
| Gibson for act to prevent throwing slabs and
sawdust into the mill pond at Perry; of E. H.
Tolman ct ais. of Denmark, against throwing
| slabs and edgings into Morris brook in Dem
| mark; of inhabitants of Whitneyville for re-
peal of the Calais Court bill; of inhabitants
of Dayton for abatement of taxes; of N. Quinn
ct. ais. for reimbursement of money paid the
State during the late war; remonstrance of A.
Hayford ct ais. of Belfast, against extending
charter of Penobscot Bay & River Bailroad
Co., so as to allow said company to build bridge
across harbor in said city; of S: B. Gay, against
an act to prohibit the taking of eels in Baga-
duce river; bill to incorporate the Farwell Man
ufacturing Co.; additional act to incorporate
the proprietors of Bangor bridge.
Orders pdssed-That the Committee on State
Lands and Roads, inquire whether an appro-
priation be necessary to repair bridge across
the Mattawaumkeag river in the Plantation of
Bancroft; that the Committee on the Judicial
ry inquire into the expediency of amending
sec. 8, chap. Sc, R. s., relating to trustee pro-
cesses; that same Committee inquire into the
expediency of rendering compensation to
witnesses unable to give suretes when COM
mitted to prison to ensure their attendance in
court
Read and assigned. Resolve in favor of the
city of Hallowell; bill to incorporate the West
Branch Mattawamkeag Canal Co to amend
an act providing for the appointment and du-
ties of the Recorder of Police Court of Bangor;
act act relating to the town of Scarboro; to incor-
porate the Bangor House proprietary.
Passed to be eaacted.-To increase. the cap
ital stock Of the Laconia Co.; to incorporate
the town of Hersey; to provide for the pur..
chase of the Maine State Year Book; to amend
an actlauthorizing the inhabitants .oI Aoalson
ceding to the United States jurisdiction over
certain lots in Mt Pleasant cemetery in Au'
gusta; to incorporate the Williams Slate