The Portland daily press., 1874-01-27
FIFTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE.
Especial to Press.l
SENATE.

AUGUSTA, Jan. 26.
House papers disposed of in concurrence.
The order relating to an investigation into the
affairs of the State Prison was amended so as
to direct the Committee on State Prison to con-
duct the investigation, and authorizing the
Committee to employ such person or persons
as assistants in the investigation as they may
deem necessary end proper, and passed.
Petetions, bills, &C., p,esented-Of r. w.
HanscOme, for repeal of law requiring whole
sale peddlers to pay peddlers license; bill in re-
lation to the execution of sentence in capital
cases.
Orders passed-Inquiring into the necessity
of all expenditures for military purposes, with
a view to abate part or all of them; inquiring
whether the resolve relating to industrial sta
tistics may not be repealed without detriment
to the interests of the State; relating to the re-
peal of all or any part of the laws giving boun-
ties on wild animals; relating to amending sec
tions 81 and 90 of chapter II, of the Revised
Statutes, which is that the Treasurer of State
shall distribute the school money upon the basis
of The number of scholars actually enrolled,
Read and assigned Resolve in favor of Peter
Salmore; an act to increase the capital stock of
the Barnard Slate Quarry Company.
HOUSE.
House papers disposed of in concurrence ex
cept the bill allowing cattle to run at large in
the town Of Addison, sent down from the Sen
ate non-concurred, which was on motion of Mr..
WATSON of Surry, tabled.
Petitions &C., Presented and Referred-Of D.
w. Diusmore ct ais, for repeal of act chang
ing time and place of holding the terms of
the S. j. Conrt in the county of Washington;
OF E. f. Allen ct ais, of Cen tervlle, for same !;
OF >. G.. Nash ct ais, for same; of J. FL. West
ct ais. in support of the petition of the Presi-
dent and Directors of the Bangor and Calais
Shore Line Railroad Co., fer authority to build
railroad ACROSS The Penobscot liver; of Chas.
X. Goodell ct ais, in support of the trustees of
Bridgton Academy asking for the establish
ment of State Normal School in place of lid
Academy; of J. G. Hill ct ais, of Bangor and
Calais Shore Line Railroad Co., for a bridge
across the Penobscot river of S. S. Higgins ct
ais, of Ellsworth, for modification of the law
regulating the taking-of porgies; OF A. Trevor
gy ct ais, of Sulry, for same; of G. Greene ct
ais, OF Blue Hill, for same; of j. G. Walker
ct ais, of Machias, for a law giving bounty
on wild cats and Loupcerviers; of c. Clark ct
ais, OF Bangor. to amend sec. 46, chap. 3S, r.
s.. relating to the measure of milk; of A. w.
Talbot ct ais, of Columbia Falls, for repeal of
the law relating to narrow-rimmed wheels in
the towns of Columbia and Addison; for an act
to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Knghts
of Pythas; of j. Well ct ais, to legalze the
doings of the town of Weston at the town
meeting held in April, 1878; of L. N. Jordan ct
ais, OF Ellsworth, for an act to protect the fish
IN the waters of said town; of the inhabitants
of Brunswick and Harpswell for authority to
build a bridge across the tide waters to conn ect
Bailey's and Orr's Island of S. w. Foss ct ais,
for incorporation of the .Charlestown Cheese
Factory Association.
Orders Passed the Committee on
Legal Affairs inquire into the expediency of
changing the law so that personal property
shall be holden for taxes the same as real es-
tate; that the use of the hall be tended c, P.
Kimball, Esq, on Monday night next in which
to deliver his lecture.
Read and Assigned--TLe following bill was
reported from the COMMITTEE on Agriculture
to amend chap. 3S, R. S., relating to pressed
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