Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-02-24

MAINE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

Teau ana approved.
Papers from the House were disposed Of in
concurrence.
An act to establish Board of Harbor Com.
missioners came from the House amended
and indefinitely postponed. On motion of
Mr.. HADLocK the Senate non.concurred and
referred the bill to the next legislature
Resolve in relation to the Agricultural Col
lege, appropriating $24 900, was taken from
the table.
Pending its passage to be engrossed Mr..
SHAW supported the resolve. He thought the
appropriation asked for should be granted,
and gave his reasons. He read a letter from
Lyndon Oak, Esq, one Of the Trusteea OF
the College, in relation to the matter. We
hear great deal about the ''child Of the
state" but this college is .eminently the
the "chid of the state" 1t leads sickly ex-
istenoe, and should be nursed and fostered by
the State until it reaches manly existence.
Mr.. MARTIN thought this "child of the
state" was an expensive child. He favored
reduction of the appropriation asked. Our
appropriations this year are going to be large,
and the tax payers will grumble. lie moved
to amend by striking out 1924 900, and insert
ing $4,000 to be appropriated.
Mr.. CHAPLIN thought that if this child of
the state was to be sustained it should have
healthy existence. If we did not appropriate
what is called for, it would be better perhaps,
to abolish the college altogether, rather than
to be niggardly towards it.
The debate was continued by Messrs. MAY,
MARTIN, DINGLEY, HARRINGTON, BURGESS,
SHAW, ABBOT, DAVIS, BUTLER and LorHRoP.
Mr. DINoLEY moved to amend the amend
ment by striking out $4,000, and inserting
$4,000.
The debate was continued by Messrs.
Abbot, Humphrey, Harrington and Kimball
The question was then stated by the chair
to be ''shall the words S24, 900 stand.''
On motion of Mr.. MARTIN, the yeas and
nays having been ordered, on being taken,
resulted as follows:
EAs.-Messrs. Abbot, Arnold, Brooks, Burgess
Butler, Carr, Chaplin, Crandon, Davis, Dunning
harrington, Hadlock, Harmon, Hobbs, Kimball
May, OBrion, Palmer, Pennen, Shaw, Smith, Web
eter, Whitmore-23.
NAYS-Messrs. Coffin, Dingey UoWes Humph-
rey, Lothrop, Martini.
So the amendments were rejected.
The resolve was then read twice, and pend
ing its passage to be engrossed, Mr.. FAR.
RISGToS proposed to amend by adding, pro.
vided, however, that the trustees of said col
lege shall pay from this appropriation the
debt now against said college, and shall not
under any circumstances contract any further
debt in behalf of said college.
The amendment was adopted, and the bill
passed to be engrossed.
An act to submit to the people of the coun-
ty of Somerset the question of restoring the
shire town of said county to Norridgewock,
was taken from the table.
The bill was read twice, and pending its
passage to be engrossej Mr. BUTLER moved
its indefinite postponement.
Mr.. LoTHRoP opposed, and called for the
yeas and nays, which were ordered with the
following result:
YEAs.Messrs. Abbot, Burgess, Butler. Carr.
Chaplin. Davis, Dingey, Harrington, Hadlock'
Hobbs, Humphrey. Martin, o'Rron, Pennell, Shaw,
NAYs.-Messrs. Arnold, Brooks, Coffin, Crandon
Dunning, Harmon, Howes, Kimball, Lothrop, MAY,
Palmer, Whitmore-l2.
So the bill was indefinitely postponed.
Resove in favor j. w. Hines was taken
from the table, and pending its passage to be
engrossed, Mr.. BURGESS moved that the re-
solve be referred to the next legislature.
Mr.. kIMBALL said it was a just claim.
Mr.. BuRGEss thought otherwise
Mr.. DUNNING explained the resolve.
Mr.. CHAPLIN favored the pending motion.
Mr.. BURGEss withdrew his motion, and
moved instead to indefinitely postpone the re-
solve, which was carried.
An act relating to the Maine Industrial
School for Girls, was taken from the table,
and pending its passage to be engrossed, Mr.
klMBALL moved to amend by limiting the
ages of girls to II years instead oils.
MIR. HARRINGTON opposed.
The amendment was Withdrawn, and the
bill passed to be engrossed in concurrence.
On motion of Mr.. BURGEss,
ORDERED, That the secretary be instructed
to endorse duplicate resolve entitled "resolye
making an appropriation for the propagation
OF fish. and for additional fish wardens. which
passed to be engrossed in the Senate, Feb. 20,
1873, it appearing that the original had been
lost.
Final reports were made by the joint stard-
ing committees on agriculture, commerce. In
affairs, banks and banking, federal relations,
and ways and bridges, which were accented
Mr.. HADLoCK, from the Committee on Fed
eral Relations, reported legislation inexpedi-
ent on memorial of national board of trade.
MIR. BUTLER, by leave, presented an act to
increase the capital stock of the Nenichawan-
ick Co.
The bill was read twice and passed to be
engrossed, under suspension Of the rules.
An act to amend chapter ii Of the public
laws OF 1872, entitled an act additional to
chapter of the revised statutes, relating to
lands in unincorporated townships, was taken
from the table on motion of Mr.. DuNNING,
and Indefinitely postponed in concurrence.
field to EGstis, in Franklin county, pending
its pas sage to be engrossed, was taken from
the table and passed to be engro.sed.
On motion of MIR. O'BRIEN, the Senate re-
ceded from its vote indefinitely postponing
the bill in relation to School Registers, and
concurred with the House in giving il pas
sage.
An act extending the time for the Maine
Central railroad to complete its road between
Cumberland Junction and Portland, was
read twice, and pending its passage to be en-
crossed, Mr.. BrRGEss offered the following
amendment, which was adopted:
And provided further that nothing herein
contained shall authorize said railroad to con-
struct or maintain any track across or along
any street, highway or bridge in the city of
Portland without the consent of the city coun-
ell, nor to take any land, wharf or dock on
the southerly or southeasterly side of Com |
mcrcial or West Commercial streets, in said |
city, without the consent of the owners there |
of except for depot purposes.
The bill then passed to be engrossed.
An act in relation to insurance and insur-
ance companies, pending its passage to be en-
crossed, was tabled on motion of Mr.. DuS.
MING.
An act to authorize and empower the coun.
try commissioners of Cumberland county to