The Republican journal., 1873-02-27
Maine Legislature.

Wednesday, 18th, the Senate receded
and concurred on all papers from the
House. The bill to amend the charter of
the Fairfield Village Corporation was
passed to be engrossed The Portland.
Saco and Portsmouth Railroad bill was
further amended. The bill extending the
time Tor locating and constructing the
| Penobscot Bay and River Railroad. was
passed to be engrossed. The bill to re-
| woke the charter of the Portland, Bath and
Seashore Railroad was virtually defeated
by assigning it to the first day of April
A lot of private bills were passed to be
enacted In the House, orders passed
that on and after Friday. the 21st inst, the
House hold two sessions per day, COM
mencing at 4. m, and ? II p. m, di-
recting the clerk to make up the mileage
of members to and from their places OF
residence Bill relative to punishment
for placing Instructions on railroad tracks
was passed to be enacted. Passed to be
engrossed, bills relating to free high
| schools; resolve in favor OF the Agricul
| tural College. The resolve relating to
woman suffrage was refused a passage to
| be engrossed by yeas 81, nays 60.
In the Senate Friday, a large number of
bills We're read and assigned. A commu-
| niCation was received from the Governor
transmitting a communication from the
| Hon. Nathan Webb, Judge Fox and c..
w. Goddard, suggesting legislation con-
corning the safety of passengers on steam
vessels sailing on inland waters Referred
to the committee on Inland Waters The
bill presented by the minority OF the
| Temperance Committee was passed to be
| engrOssed, after being amended to aliu W
| the free sale of cider unless intoxicating.
Legislation inexpedient was reported on
resolve in favor of the Soldiers Orphan
House at Bath. An attempt to reconsider
| the action of the Senate passing the Port
land, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad bill
was unsuccessful In the House, a mem
orial of Gardiner merchants for an act to
| give effect to the statutes in relation to
railroad connection IN regard to treights
was referred to Committee on Railroads.
Among the bills passed to be enacted were
the following: Bill relating to free text
| books in public schools; to extend time
| for locating and building and completing
Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad reat-
ing to disturbing public meetings, to en-
able academies to surrender their property
| to cities and towns for the benefit of free
| high schools, to authorize the city of
| Bangor to loan its credit in aid of the
construction of the Northern Aroostook
Railroad; to amend section 3 chapter 20,
Revised Statutes, relating to bowling
| alleys and billiard rooms to provide for
the enrolment OF the militia; to provide
for the proper expenditure OF school money
| received from the State.
In the Senate Friday, the bin providing
for biennial sessions was defeated. Among
the bills passed to be engrossed were the
following: Providing for trial by Jury in
equity cases. Among those passed to be
enacted were, bill relating to free text
books in public schools relating to dis
turbing public meetings; to provide for
the enrolment of the militia to provide
for the proper expenditure of school mon
ey received from the state. The minority
report in favor female suffrage was sub
stituted for the majority report, but the
bill was lost by tie vote. In the House,
the petitioners for reconsideration of the
Somerset shiretown question were granted
leave to withdraw. The bill to establish
a Board of Harbor Commissioners was
indefinitely postponed. The bill amend
ing the charter of the Penobscot Bay and
River Railroad Company came up by
special assignment The question was on
accepting the Senate amendment allowing
the railroad to cross below the bridge at
Belfast. 1t was largely and warmly dis
cussed and the House concurred with the
Senate by yeas II, nays 43.
In the Senate Saturday, the bill estab-
fishing Board of Harbor Commissioners
was referred to the next Legislature. The
resolve appropriating 1000 to the Agri-
cultural College was agreed to. The
Somerset shiretown bill was indefinitely
postponed. Resolve in favor OF an industrial
school for girls was passed to be engrossed
Bill relating to insurance was passed to
be engrossed. The Coburn Land Company
bill passed to be enacted in both branches,
together with large number of private
bills In the House, that branch non-con.
cured in the action of the Senate in adopt
ing the minority report of the Committee
on Temperance. Pending the adoption Of
the majority report it was tabled.