The Portland daily press., 1873-01-29
FIFTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE.
reported for the Press.)
SENATE.

AUGUSTA, Jan %.
House papers disposed of in concurrence
Read and dssigned-Bill to incorporate the
Abbott Family School at Little Blue; to incor-
porate the town of Benedicta; to incorporate
the town of Lakeville; to amend chap. IL sec
50 r. s. relative to the pay of school commit
tees; in aid of Free High Schools; Resolve for
aid to repair Long Swamp, in the town of Lit
tletOn, Aroostook county
The memorial of the manager of the State
Industrial School for girls was taken from the
table and recommitted. Fl
The resolve in favor of Jesse Drew was tax
en- from the table and indefinitely postponed.
The resolve concerning the treaties with the
Penobscot Indians was taken from the table
and recommitted.
The bill to promote the better supervision of
the common schools was, on motion of Mr..
Harrington, taken from the table and recon-
mtted.
A communication was received from the Sec
rotary of State transmitting the report of the
State Reform School.
The bill concerning the appointment of Re-
corder of the Police Court at Bangor was taken
from the table and recommitted.
The Committee on State Printing and Bi.,d-
ing reported a contract with the proprietors of
the Kennebec Journal.
Petitions, Bills, &C., presented a I'd referred
Of Selectmen of Vinal Haven for reimburse
ment for certain expenditures; of the President
and Secretary of the Mercantile Library Associ-
alton of Portland for amendment of charter: of
A. S. Kimball ct ais. for the incorporation of
the Waterford Hotel Co.. of j. L. Fields ct ais.
for repeal of act of 1872 changing the shiretown
OF Somerset county.
The bill for an act additional to chap 26 RS
pending passage to be engrossed, was recon-
mitted; so also was the bill for act additional to
chap. 40 r. S. relating to insurance companies.
Passed to be ea,acted-Bill to incorporate the
Portland, Bath and Seashore r. r. Co. for the
relief of the heirs of the Bingham estate.
Adjourned.
In the absence of the Speaker, d. n. Mort
land, Esq, of Rockland, was chosen Sneaker
pro tenn.
Senate papers disposed of in concurrence.
Petitions, Bills, &C., presented and referred -
Of the Union Meeting house Association of
Bristol for act to make valid the doings of said
association; of John Libby ct ais for act to pro-
hibt the Attorney General and County Attor-
neys from acting as attorneys for any railroad
while in office; OFF. Keene ct ais. for change
of shiretown of Somerset comfy: of W.B. Ian.
ham ct ais. for annexation of Hamlin grant to
town of Woodstock, Oxford county: remon-
STRANGE OF T. Stevens ct ais. against same; pc
ttion OF v. Brudocher for repayment of money
advanced to Jatfa colonists; of D. M. Belcher
ct ais. OF Winterport, for aid to Chas. S. Page
OF said town; OF Selectmen of Bradley for reim-
bursement of money paid into the State Treas
ury to I'LL quota of said town in 1864; of E. II.
Neatly ct ais. for act to incorporate a cheese
factory at Monroe; of inhabitants of Chester
vile for act to incorporate Fire Insurance Co.
OF inhabitants OF Charleston for change of law
relating to choice of highway surveyors; of r.
5. Smart ct ais. for act to establish Ferry
Landing at Portland; of HI. G. Mowers, of Cor
rinna, for right to control trout brook in said
town; bill an act additional to chap. "A, laws of
1870, relating to Savings Banks; relating to the
h adn11Ss Pulp Co.; to incorporate the
Portland Womans' Christian Association; to
Incorporate the Greenough Church Edifice AS
ISOLATION; to amend chap. III of the private
laws OF 1871 relating to drains and sewers: re-
monstrance OF q. l.. Boynton ct ais ), j. Apple
h hon ct as against amendment of the Moose
Read and assigned Bill additional to an act
to establish the Atlantic & ST. Lawrence Rail-
road 20. to incorporate North Jay Cheese Co.;
also inc west Phillips Cheese Co.; resolve in
r, orders pdssed-(By Mr.. CorthelD. That the
committee ON Education inquire what legsla-
ton is necessary to better carry on the opera
IONS OF the Normal Department of the Maine
Central Institute at Pittsfield
Passed to be endcted-Bill to empower +
Cakes to extend wharf into tide-water at Brew
er; Incorporating Litchfeld Insurance Co.: to
incorporate the Auburn Mutual Fire Insurance
Co., to authorize E. johnson ct ais to extend
Wharf into the Penobscot at Hampden: to
amend act entitled "an act to incorporate the
town OF Ellsworth into city, approved Feb.
1869. w.
Finally passed in favor of John Gar
diner.
The bill to incorporate the Mattanawcook,
Dam Co. was, on its passage to be enacted.
tabled.
The ELL to set of part of Township No. Z,
K. g. Aroostook county, and annex same to
Moro Plantation was recommitted
The resolve relating to the repeal of the bank
rupt law was taken from the table on motion of
Mr. Mathews, and after short debate referred |
to the Committee on Federal Relations.
Adjourned i