The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-02-21
FIFTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE.
Special to the Press.)
r SENATE.

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| Special to the Press.) .e6.s
| l-s SENATE.
| AUGUSTA, Feb. 20.
| House papers disposed of in concurrence
Read and assigned Bill to amend the Sec
| ond specification of sec. "a, chap. H. r. S.. in
regard to studies taught in common schools;
resolve in favor of d. F. Adams; in favor of j.
| Doyle; to incorporate the Belfast Hotel Co;
| bill to incorporate the Carr Slate Co., in the
town OF Monson; to incorporate the Oxford
| Mill Co.; imposing a penalty on the Portland
and Oxford Central Railroad Corporation for
abuses of its privileges and franchises; to pre-
| vent the throwing of ballast into certain parts
of Kennebec River; resolve in favor of the
| town of Kingsbury; resolve in aid of building
road from Kingfeld to Eustis in Franklin
| county; in favor of repairing and building
bridges over streams in Patten and Chamber
lain Lake; in favor of abating State tax on
Eaton Plantation, and assessing same upon the
town of Lyndon; in favor Woodland Planta-
tion;in favor of Katherine s. Brown; in favor of
bridge across Moluneus stream; in favor of the
Military and Naval Asylum at Bath; making
an appropriation for the propagation of fish,
and appointment of additional fish wardens; in
aid of opening road in Castle Hill Plantation;
bill to amend chap. rs, Sec 13, r. s.; resolve in
| favor of Moose bridge Somerset county; defin-
| ing the bounds of certain plantations in ARGOS
| took county; to incorporate the Portland and
| Deering Horse Railroad Co.; to amend charter
| of the Merchants Mutual Marine Insurance Co. !;
in new draft to amend chap. 40, r. S.trelating to
insurance and insurance companies; resolve in
favor of the State Prison.
The resolve in favor of the Committee on Re-
forms was read and under suspension of the
rules, passed to be engrossed.
| The resolve in favor of the Agricultural Col
lege was tabled
| Under suspension of the rules the following
papers were passed to be engrossed: Resolve in
favor of the State Library; bill TO amend sec.
chap. 81, special laws of 1896 relating to Ka-
tahdin Iron Works; to amend sec. 26, chap.
113, r. S., relating to poor debtors disclosures
| to repeal sec. II, chap. 116, R. S., relating to
fees of juries; resolve in favor of Walter Oar
ling; to correct clerical error in the number of
polls in the town of Hartford bill to amend
sec. s. chap. 271, r. S., relating to the rights
and liabilities of stockholders.
The resolve providing for the payment of
bounties on wild animals was reported back
from the Committee of Conference with the
amendments stricken out. The Senate refused
to accept the report.
The resolve substituting the minority report
of the Committee on Woman's Suffrage came
up stuu Was ldultu uilLu dlucI tu6 luUTulHS
hour. ~
A communication was received from the Gov
ernor transmitting a communication from the
Hon. Nathan Webb, Judge Fox and c. w.
Goddard, suggesting legislation concerning the
safety of passengers ON steam vessels sailing ON
inland waters Referred to the committee on
Inland Waters.
A communication was received from the Sec
| rotary of State transmitting the bank examin-'
er's report. a
Mr. Chaplin callcI up the majority report of
the Committee on temperance and moved its
| passage. L&a@ -EL5sE {
| Mr.. Brooks moved to amend by substituting
the minority report for the majority The yeas
aid nays being called for. resulted in yeas Is,
nay TO- The bill was then read and under
suspension of the rules passed to be engrossed.
Mr.. Harrington offered an amendment allow
ing the free sale of cider unless Intoxicating. A
warm discussion ensued The amendment was
adopted by yeas Is, nays IA. The bill as amend
ed was passed to be engrossed
On motion of Mr.. Dingley, the bill incorpor-
ating the Dunn Manufacturing Co., was admit
ted under a suspension of the rules and passed
to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. Butler, the bill incorporat-
ing the Saco Slate Quarry Manufacturing Co.,
was admitted under suspension of the rules,
and passed to be engrossed.
Under suspension of the rules the bill amend
ing the charter of the Bangor Mutual Marine
Insurance Co was passed to be engrossed.
Legislation inexpedient was reported on re-
solve in favor of the Soldiers Orphan Home at
Bath. FNs~E
The following committees present their for
NAL report: On Fisheries, Military, Pensions,
Insane Hospital, Judiciary and State Lands
and Roads.
The following papers were disposed of: Bill
relating to suit of nsolvent estates, legislation
inexpedient; memorial of trustees of Gettys-
burg Battle Field, referred to the next Legisla-
ture bill in new draft to amend chap. 40, r. ST.
tabledto be printed; bill relating to schools in
Madawaska, Aroostook county, referred to the
next Legislature; petition of j. B. Lane ct ais,
leave to withdraw.
Passed to be enacted-An act to set off a part
of rhe town of Minot and annex the same to
the city of Auburn; an act to amend chap. $40
of the special laws of 1870, entitled an act for
the preservation Of fish in Webb's pond in
Franklin county; an act to incorporate the
legalize and make valid the organization of the
Border Publishing Co.. an act to incorporate
the South Paris Savings Bank; an act authorz
ing j Z. Norton ct ais, to erect and extend
wharves in York river; an act to amend chap.
11S, Sec 6, r. S., relating to the penalty for
placing Instructions on railroads; an act to in
corporate the Minot Mutual Fire Insurance Co.;
and act to incorporate the trustees of the john
son Home School for boys in Topsham.
Mr. Davis of Androscoggin, moved to recon-
slider the vote passing to be engrossed the bill
amending the P. s. & P. Railroad Co.
[Mr. Butler of York moved to table the motion
but subsequently withdrew his motion in ex-
tended remarks. He stated that he would let
out some things that could startle the Senate
The Boston and Maine Railroad Co., stand on
a volcano, He had been threatened by man
aging director OF the Boston and Maine road.
He could divulge matters that would bring into
reconsideration the vote confirming the char
ter of the Boston and Maine road. (Mr. Davis
''Let her come.") He referred to several grand
schemes to be forced upon the Legislature dur
ing the closing hour in the benefit OF railroads.
HIS remarks created quite sensation
Mr. Burgess replied, explaing the amendment
he proposed to offer and showing that there is
no such thing as a contrast between the Boston
| and Maine and P. s. and P. road in their pas
sage through the city. The Boston and Maine
road running under all the streets it crosses and
the P. S. & P. road crosses all streets directly
at grade, and that the P. S. and P. road cannot
build depot where they contemplate without
crossing Commercial street unless they build
their depot in the centre of Commercial street.
Mr.. Butler replied denying that the track
,,ox,, v,,ppip0 thrOuph what 10 ballad or-
cial street, runs through Commercial street at
all. Mr.. Butler called for the yeas and nays
The motion to reconsider was lost, yeas II avs
IS.