The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-02-20
FIFTY.SECOND LEGISLATURE.
Special to the Press.1
SENATE.
AUGUSTA, Feb. 10.

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of a bridge in Sabasticook River; in aid of a
bridge in Hamlin Plantation; bill relating to
| records of stations; to amend chap; 81, Sec l.
| public laws Of 1872; to amend sec. 8, chap. 20,
public laws OF 1869, relating to the militia; re-
| solvo in aid of road in Indian township Wash
ington county; bill to incorporate the Star Slate
Co.; to incorporate the Sebago Lake Steam Mill
Co.. to provide for the proper expenditures by
towns of school money received from the State /;
bill imposing penalty on the Portland and
Oxford Central Railroad Co.
The Senate receeded and concurred on all
papers from the House excepting the bill au-
thorzing the town of Yarmouth to loan its
credit in aid of manufacturing, which was ia
bled.
Leave to withdraw was granted on petitions
for pensions.
The petition relating to new plan for ways
and roads in towns was referred to the next
Legislature.
The bill amending item 5. sec. 90, public
1aws ralatino to statistics of school attendance
was ordered to be printed.
The bill concerning the Agricultural College
was taken from the table and indefinitely post
poned.
On motion of Mr.. Dingley, the bill amending
chap. 6S7, special laws of 1871, relating to
throwing refuse matter into the st. Crox River
was taken from the table and passed to be en-
crossed
The bill in a new draft to amend chap. rs,
r. S., was tabled to be printed under the
rules,
The bill to amend The charter of the Fairfield
Village Corporation was reported from the COM
mittee, read, and under suspension of the rules
passed to be engrossed.
The bill amending sec. 81, chap. Is, relating
to ways, came back from the House on its pas
sage to be engrossed The Senate voted to ad-
here to its former vote.
Mr.. Butler called up the P. S. g P. R. r. bill
The same gentleman moved to strike out all the
amendments to the originall bill Jas reported'
from the committee and offered amendments as
substitute Discussion followed, participated
in by Messrs. Butler, Burgess and Dingley.
Mr. Dingley supported Mr.. Buffers motion.
Mr.. Burgess opposed. The motion was adopt
ed-yeas Is, nays II.
The bill as now stinkered'' reads as follows:
Sec l. The Portland, Saco and Portsmouth
Railroad Company is authorized to extend, 10,
cate, construct and maintain its railroad from
some convenient point on its present line in
Cape Elizabeth or Portland, SO as to enable it
facilities and depot accommodations as it shall
find to be necessary, in the city of Portland, as
far as Union street in said city And said COM
panyis authorized to take, acquire and hold
such lands SIS may be necessary for said pur-
poses; provided ho,oeUer, that nothing herein
contained shall authorize said railroad corpora
ton to take the land of another railroad within
the limits of their actual way location acquired
by purchase or otherwise or their necessary de-
pot grounds, without the written consent of
said companies except in case Of crossing said
roads, and except as,provided by the general
laws of the State. And 1t is further proUided
that said company shall not construct its road
way so as to prevent any railway company from
having suitable and convenient access to the
wharves, nor shall any track be laid across the
wharves and docks in said city below the head
of such docks or slips; and nothing herein shall
authorize said company to increase the number
ton of the highway and county bridge leading
from Cape Elizabeth to said city of Portland,
unless said company shall construct a suitable
overhead bridge from some point on the Port
land bridge to Brackett street, easterly OF the
Boston and Maine location, with way for
heavy teams to pass from Commercial street to
and upon said Portland bridge at grade, the
same to be acceptable to the County Commits.
sioners of Cumberland county.
Sec. 2. Said company is allowed three years
in which to locate according to the terms herein
contained, aud the right to so locate is hereby
limited to such time.
Mr. Kennedy called up the bill extending the
time for locating and constructing the Penob-
scot Bay and River Railroad The amendment
was adopted and the bill passed to be engross-
ed. sH
The bill authorizing the town of Yarmouth
to loan its credit came from the House passed
to be engrossed. The Senate receded and con-
Cured.
Mr.. Dingley called up the bill for supplying
Lewiston and Auburn with water and moved
an amendment. Amendment adopted and bill
passed to be engrossed. -...-,-,-.,
Mr.. Harrington called up the order relating
to the Bath Railroad charter. Same Senator
moved it be assigned to the first day of April
next. Motion adopted.
Passed to be enacted-Bill to increase the sal
aries of the judge and register of probate of
Aroostook county; to extend the time for iocat-
ing the route of the Portland, Rutland, Oswego
& Chicago Railroad; to amend chap. 253, sec.1,
laws of 1871, relating to fares on railroads; to
amend sec. 2; chap. 81, R. s., relating to the
authority of deputy sheriffs; to incorporate the
Waldoboro village corporation, to incorporate
the Northport Wesleyan Grove Camp Meeting
Association; to incorporate the Waterford Ho-
tel Co.; to amend sec. 81, chap. IL, r. s., re-
lating to Normal Schools; to change the names
of certain persons; to incorporate the Eastport
,
S., relating to indecent exposures; to authorize
Giles Loring to extend wharf into the tide
waters of Royal river, Yarmouth; bill to incor-
ating the Calais Railroad Co. n. l...-s
Finally pdssed-Resolve in favor of j. With
ers; of Androscoggin county in aid of a road
in Island Falls; in favor of A. j. Brown: of M.
A. Currier; of A. A. Burnham of the inhabi-
tants of Eagle Island; of E. J. Glidden ct ais.
Adjourned t..t
HOUSE
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Orders passed-That ON and after Friday,
the 21st inst, the House hold two sessions per
day, commencing at a. m. and q p. M; d.
recting the clerk to make up the mileage of
members to and from their places of residence.
Read and assigned-Resolve in favor of the
State Library; bill to define the bounds of Mac
wahoc and the plantations OF Aroostook county;
to incorporate the Northern Company; to
amend chap Sc, r. s., relative to trustee pro-
cesses; to prevent injury to railroad fences and
other property; resolve laying tax on the sew
eral counties; in aid of repairing bridge i'll
Bancroft, Aroostook Co.. bill to amend sec. 1,
chap, 1873, laws of 1916, relating to the Katah-
din Iron Co. -
Legislation inexpedient was reported on the
order relating to licensing auctoneers; same ON
order amending lien law; same on order relat
ing to mortgages; same on order relating to
witnesses when made to give sureties; same on
order relating to land or property injured by
location of railroads.
Leave to Withdrew was reported on petition
of w. Luckpult for additional State bounty;
same on petition of J. W. Ulmer for same;
same on petition of NJ. Needam for deed of lot
of land. $50
Passed to be enacted-Bill to incorporate the
Minot Mutual Fire ms. Co.; to incorporate the
West Hampden Dairy Association; to legalize
the operations of the Border Publishing Co.;
to authorize j. Norton ct ais. to extend wharf
in York river; to set off part of Minot and an
mex the same to Auburn; to incorporate trus-
tees for johnson Home School for boys in Tops
ham; to amend chap. 118, sec. 6, r. S., relative
to the penalty of placing distractions on rail-
road tracks; to amend chap. 80, approved Feb.
5, 1870, for the preservation of fish in Webbs
Pond, Franklin Co.; to amend the bill incor-
porating the Calais r. r. Co.
The bill relating to free high schools came up
by assignment and was discussed by Messrs.
Dingley, Corthell, Hobson, vinton and others,
and passed to be engrossed. -
The resolve in favor of tho Maine College of
Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, was taken
from the table, discussed by Messrs. Hatch,
ro,o. n;prIoy Vinton aIlock eft ais and