The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-15
FIFTY.SECOND LEGISLATURE.
(Reported for the Press.)
SENATE.
AUGUSTA, Jan. IA, 1879
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SENATE.
AUGUSTA, Jan. IA, 1873.
House papers disposed of in concurrence.
Petitions, Bills, &C., presented and reterred.-
OH. H. Keene, to pair and extend wharf in
Bremen; (by Mr.. BurgesS) TO amend an act to
establish the location of the z. S. & z. X. H.
Co., aud to enable them to extend their rail-
road to some convenient point in its present
road SO as to enable the company to secure
such suitable terminal facilities aud depot ac-
commodations in the city of Portland as may
be found by it to be Necessary; OF ;. " y,
ct ais. against the Winterport Ferry Co.
Orders pqssed-That the bill relating 10 sec.
Q. chap. 1O2 Revised Statutes empowering JUS
t;oes If the Peace to administer oaths, be re-
trrnod 70 the Senate and recommitted, opposed
hv Mr. Butler but carried; (by Mr.. CARR that
ths nnttion of j. Hayden ct als be taken from
the files and committed to the Committee ON
Railroads; also that of j. Morrill, ct ais. of
Bowdoinham, in aid of the same, be referred to
the same committee; that the petition of Hiram
Fairfield be taken from the files and referred to
the Committee on To sns.
The report of the committee on such portion
OF the Governors addressas relates to temper
ance was taken from the table; motion by Mr.
Humphrey to reconsider it was lost. 1t stands
referred to the Committee on Temperance
The report of The Committee on Biennial
ed by striking out the words 'to be selected by
the several county delegations"
On motion of Mr.. Shaw, so much of the Gov
ernor's report as relates 10 agriculture, was re-
ferred to the Committee on Agriculture.
The bill to navigate AnJroscoggin River was
taken from the t ble. Mr.. Dingley offered the
following amendments:
/. By restricting from interfering with the
rights of dams and booms.
! 2. By restricting rights to two years in place
of five.
| 3. By providing that if the party shall dis
continue navigation for one year he shall not
| lose his right.
Passed to be Enacted-Bill granting new char
ter to Bates College.
| The President announced the following Joint
Select Committees on the part of the Senate:
On Ln,nfgration-Smitho of Penobscot, Ding
| ley of ndroscosgin, Arnold Of Aroostook.
On Jail System-Buryess of Cumberland:
Martin of Oxford, Lothrop of Somerset
On Biennial EtectionS-Butlero of York, Howes
of Franklin, Palmer of Somerset, Shaw of Pc
nohs"ot. and Coffin of Waldo.
| Adjourned.
Bills, Petitions, etc., presented and REFEREED
| vi " .. Eeuueu ct dis. IOr quarter OF hallFOau
from Bath to Portland; of j. w. rillock ct ais
in aid of Winterport Ferry Co.; of E. B. Dns-
more ct ais, for authority to build and maintain
dyke in the town of Harrington, also for act
to give them lien on land benefited for the
proportional part of the expense of building said
dyke; of L. A. Wadsworth of Hiram, for law
for the better protection of public health, espec.
tally of school children;of H. Ingalls, ct ais di.
rectOrs of the Kennebec & Wiscasset Railroad
for amendment of charter; Of the selectmen o.
Deerlng, for adjustment of State valuation; Of
FL. II. Woodstock ct ais. for repayment Of
money expended by j. Gabriel of the Passam
qaoddy Indians; of selectmen of Lewiston fol
reduction of State valuation; for act to in"or
porate the Buckfield Savings Bank; of towr
OF Cape Elizabeth for all to build bridge
across Long Creek; of Howard Frost ct ais. o
Sanford, for change of prohibitory laws; Re
solve relating to He'll Gate pilot law; memoria
of u. NJ. Weston for repeal Of resolve framed il
1860 relating to his &C cunt with the State; re
monstrance of 2. S: & p. r. r. Co. against thu
location OF the Il. 81 NJ. r r. at North Der
wick; bill relating to free text books in publ
schools; to establish the settlement of paupers
relating to boundaries of highway.
Orders PasSed-That the Committee on Lega
Affairs inquire into the expediency of amend
ing SECS q, 26 and q OF chap. 113 r. S. relating
to citations in poor debtors disclosures that tn
Committee on Insane Hospital be instructed tt
inquire what legislation, if any, is necessary re
lating to the chaplaincy of the Insane Hospi
tai; that the Committee on the Judiciary in
quire into the expediency of amending chap. Z
sec. and chap. s, sec. 3 R. S. so that the vott
of Register of Deeds and County Treasurer b.
counted by the Governos and Council at tn
same time, and certificates of election be ISSUED
in the same manner as for other county officers
that the same committee inquire into the expe
diency of statute law for the punishment Of
persons placing distractions on railroads.
Passed to be enotced-Bill to incorporate the
Maine Conference of Unitarian churches; bill
granting new charter to Bates College.
Adjourned.