Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-02-25
MAINE LEGZsLATURE.
Senate.

read and approved.
Papers from the House were disposed Of In
concurrence.
Resolve in favor Of q new Insane Hospital
came from the House. the question being on
the adoption of the amendment to submit the
mater to commission, to report to the next
legislature.
The resolve was read twice, and pending
its passage to be engrossed, Mr.. FARR1soroN
offered the following amendment:
WHEREAS, it is evident from the report OF
the trustees Of the Insane Hospital that owing
to Its crowded condition, further accommoda-
tlons will be necessary for the reception Of
insane persons, therefore,
RESOLVED, That the Governor and .Coun-
ell, together with the Superintendent and
Trustees Of said institution, be directed to
make thorough examination Of all patients
in said hospital, and discharge a. many -
they shall deem the condition Of the patient,
and the interests of the State demand, sub
mitting report Of their doings with such
recommendations as they think proper to ths
next legislature.
Mr.. FARnlSoToS spoke in favor OF his
amendment
Mr.. BROOKS opposed its adoption.
The amendment was adopted, and the re-.
solve passed to be engrossed.
An act to prevent prize fights and fights
among game animals came from the House
indefinitely postponed.
The Senate non.concurred and gave the
bill passage.
An act amendatory Of chap. 14S of the re.
vised statutes relating to the Insane Hospital,
came from the House indefinitely postponed
This bill provides that the Superintendent
shall make his report to the Trustees.
Mr.. HARRINGTON moved that the Senate
insisted on its previous action giving the bill
a passage.
The bill was discussed by Messrs. Chaplin,
Brooks, Harrington and Abbot.
The Senate voted to insist.
Bill an act explanatory of sec. 50 Of chap.
81 of the revised statutes relating to actions
on promissory notes came from the House,
that branch adhering to its vote passing the
bill to be engrossed.
The Senate adhered to its former vote
amending the bill and passing it to be en-.
crossed.
Resolve in favor Of the chapel Of the In
sane Asylum came from the House amended
and passed to be engrossed.
The amendment strikes out the sppropsia-
ton and provides that the Governor and
Council be instructed to immediately cause
the same to be sold at public auction, moved,
or taken down, as In their judgment may best
seem proper, and that the expenses Of remov.
ing, &C., shall come out of the Hospital fund.
House amendment was rejected.
Mr.. FARRINoroN offered the following
amendment which was adopted:
Strike out all after the word "Resolved,"
and insert the following:
1t shall be the duty of the Governor and
Council together with the Superintendent and
Trustees of the Insane Hospital to inquire In.
to the expediency Of finishing the building
intended for a chapel in such q manner ~
will provide a suitable place for the reception
of such insane persons a. can be safely re-
moved from the main building, and make such
changes in said chapel building a. they think
best.
The resolve then passed to be engrossed ~
amended.
An act in relation to the fees Of judges Of
the police court of the city of Gardiner, and
of the municipal courts Of the cities Of Hal.
lowell and Augusta, came from the House,
that branch insisting on its former action, and
asking for a committee of conference.
On motion of Mr.. MAY the Senate adhered
to its former action indefinitely postposibg
the bill.
Resolve in favor OF J. w. Hines came from
the House, that branch insisting upon ito pre-
vious vote giving the resolve q passage, and
asking for a committee of conference.
The Senate insisted on its previous action,
and appointed conferees on its part, as fol-
lows: Messrs. Smith of Penobscot, Lothrep
of Somerset and Whitmore of Hancock.
An act to secure the education of youth in
the State of Maine was taken from the table.
On motion of Mr.. HARRINGTON, the Senate
insisted upon its former action passing the bill
to be engrossed.
An act to amend chapter Gl of the revised
relating to suits by married women,
came from the House passed to be engrossed.
The bill was read twice, and pending Its
the indefinite postponement Of the bill.
Messrs. Chaplin, Davis, May and Hadlock
spoke on the bill.
Mr.. HARRINGTON offered the following
amendment as q new section:
Section 3. The husband shall have the
same rights under this act that are conferred
on the wife.
The amendment was adopted.
The question then required on the indeti.
mite postponement of the bill, on which the
yeas and nays were ordered on motion Of Mr..
SMITH, which on being taken resulted ~ fol-
lows:
Crandon, Davis, HadlOck, Harmon, Howes, Kim
ball, Lolhrop, May, Smith, whitmore--N.
:, NAYs-Messrs: Chaplin. Dunning, Harrington,
Humphrey, Kennedy, Martin, Palmer. Penneli,
shaw, Webster-l0.
So the bill was indefinitely postponed.
Resolve in aid of repairing bridge across
the Mattawamkeag river in Penobscot county,
came from the House passed to be engrossed
This resolve appropr,stes $4,000.
Mr.. ABBoT favored the resolve.
Mr.. SMITH opposed.
Mr.. CHAPLIN proposed to amend by provid-
ing that the appropriation called for be ex-
pended under the direction Of the Land Agent.
Lost.
Mr.. SMITH moved to amend by substituting
$1,000. Carried.
The resolve then passed to be engroased -
amended.
The bill to incorporate the town Of Vance.
boro' was taken from the table, the question
being to reconsider the vote whereby the Sen.
ate voted to adhere to its vote referring the
bill to the next legislature.
The Senate voted to reconsider.
The vote whereby the Senate voted to re-
fer the bill to the next Legislature vas then
reconsidered.
Messrs. Chaplin, Shaw, Hadlock, Smith and
harrington opposed the passage Of the bill.
Messrs. Harmon, May and Humphrey h-
vored its passage.
The Senate voted to refer the bill 10 The