Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-02-10
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
SATURDAY, Feb. 8.

SATURDAY, Feb. 8.
senate met according to adjournment.
No chaplain present.
The journal of yesterdays proceedings was
read and approved.
Papers from the House were disposed of In
concurrence.
Petition of Willard E. Sackforth and 10.
seph W. Ulmer, for arrears Of bounty, under
the act 1868, came from the House referred
to the Committee on Claims. The Senate
non- concurred and referred the came to the
next legislature. sss
The petition of Henry NJ. Todd in aid Of
the petition Of John Patten, and Of James
Roberts for wharfin Vinalhaven, referred to
the Committee on Interior Waters by the
House, and referred to the next Legislature
by the Senate, came from the House that
branch insisting on its reference, and asking
TOR committee of conference. The folloV-
ing were appointed on part of the Senste
Messrs. Carr of Sagadahoc, Webster Of Knox
and Harmon of Washington.
Petition of the selectmen of Lexington and
Linneus, for reimbursement, referred to the
Committee on Claims in the House, and re.
ferred to the next legislature by the Senate,
came from the House, that branch insisting
on its former vote, and asking for commit
tee Of conference. The following were ap-
pointed on part of the Senate: Messrs. Had
| lock of Hancock, Burgess Of Cumberland,
and Martin of Oxford.
An &C. to incorporate the Diamond Slate
Company, came from the House referred 70
the Committee on Manufactures. The Senate
non. concurred, and referred the same to the
next legislature, under the rule.
Petition Of Alfred c Conners and others
tor the right to extend wharf into the tide
waters OF Frenchman's Bay, came from the
House, referred to the Committee on Interior
| w aters. The Senate non- coneurred and refer-
red the same to the next legislature, under the
rule.
| Bill an act to incorporate the Gould En-.
gine Company, which was passed to be en-.
crossed in the House, and referred to the
next legislature by the Senate, came from the
House, that branch insisting on ito former
vote, and asking for committee of confer
ence. The following were appointed on the
part of the Senate Messrs. Abbot of Ksnne-
bee, Harrington of Oxford, and Smith Of Pc
| nobscot.
On motion of Mr.. BRooks, an act to incor.
porate the Coburn Land Company was taken
from the table. Read and assigned for Mon
day.
Mr.. MARTIN, from the Committee on State
Lands, reported "leave to withdraw" on petit
ton of inhabitants of Van Buren, for aid in
building road.
Mr.. Brooks, from the Committee on Banks
and Banking, on the petition of P. G.. Blanch-
ard and others, reported bill an act additional
to and amendatory of chap. "A of the public
laws Of 1872, relating to savings banks. Print.
ed under the rule.
| This bill provides that the law shall lie 90
changed that extra dividends shall be paid
once in two years instead Of four years. Al
so, that stock owned out of the State shall bs
| rpt by ha froo in tha
ner to assessors where the bank is located,
and for the purposes of taxation all bank
| stock pledged or transferred as collateral se.
curity for loans shall be deemed the property
of persons so pledging or transferring it. In
case any saving bank neglects to make re-
turns, the State Treasurer shall take the last
returns of deposits as made to the Bank Ex.
aminer by the bank, with twenty per cent.
additional as the basis on which to estimate
the amount Of tax due from such delinquent
bank, and issue his warrant Of distYers &C.
cordingly.
Mr.. DuNNlNC from the Committee on State
Lands and State Roads, reported resolve pro.
vidirg for surveying and marking the line be.
tween Maine and New Hampshire Read and
| assigned.
| This resolve gives authority to the Land
Agent to appoint surveyor who is to act in
conjunction with the surveyor to be appointed
on the part of New Hampshire to survey and
mark the dividing line between the two states
An act to incorporate the Minot Mutual
Fire Insurance company, pending it's passage
to be engrossed was amended on motion Of
Mr.. May as follows: After section 8, add the
following:
Section /. No policy of insurance shall be
issued by said company until applications
shall have been made tor insurance To the
amount of $50, 900.
The act then passed to be engrossed.
Mr.. DuNNING presented the petition Of
Isaac llanscom and 60 others praying for uni
form width of sleds ON road leading from de-
pot at Milo via. Katahdn Iron Works to
Chamberlain Lake, and asked for its refer
ence to Committee on Ways and Bridges
On motion of Mr.. SMITH, the petition was
referred to the next legislature.
The Senate, on motion of Mr.. SMITH, re-
considered its vote in referring to the next
legislature resolve relative to the assessment
of taxes upon the towns of Sherman and Lin.
neus, and passed the same to be engrossed in
concurrence.
| READ AND ASSIGNED.-An act author
izing l. ID. Sturgis to build piers aud wharves,
to drive piles and maintain booms in Wiscas-
set; an act TO annex the plantation Of Hamlin
Grant to Woodstock an act to amend chap.
three of the laws of 1872, entitled an act to
amend sec. 33 OF chap. III Of the revised
statutes relating to the location of school
houses; an act to amend sec Q Of chap. 205
of the public laws of 1872 in regard to the
rights and liabilities of stockholders; an act
TO regulate the close time for taking trout in
the tributaries of the Androscoggin; an act
to incorporate the Coburn Land Company.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossEp-An act relat-
ing to the election Of directors in the
village school district, in the city Of Augusta;
an act to incorporate the Minot Mutual Fire
Insurance Co.; an act to incorporate the
Central Maine Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
an act to authorize Eli Bickmore and Zenas
Cook to build and maintain wharf in the
town of Friendship; an act to amend the
charter of the city of Hallowell, approved
Aug. 20, 1850; an act to incorporate the
Franklin Land and Lumber Co.; an act 70
incorporate the kennebec and New York
Steam Navigation Co.. resolve in favor Of
Chas. w. Cobb; resolve in favor of Simon r
Walker; resolve in favor of road in TIE
town of Shirley; an act to define what shall
constitute pauper supplies; resolve In "a
vor of road in Mount Chase: an
act to incorporate the DixHeld Cheese Fac
tory; an act to autorize Josiah II. p. Msr-