The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-07

acqueduct in tide waters in the town of Bristol
resolve in favor of Alice McPhail of Pressure
Isle; an act to incorporate the KineO Slate
Company; an act authorizing William Keen to
maintain and repair the wharf now owned by
himself: resolve in favor of Charles 0. Brown
of Moro Plantation; resolve in favor OF Silas H.
Waldr0n OF APPLETON; an act to incorporate
the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias OF
the State of Maine; an act to authorize the IN
habirants of Kennebunkport to bridge certain
tide water creeks; an act to incorporate the
Fryeburg Cheese Company; an act to 1ncorpor-
ate Central Wharf Steam Tow-bOat Company
AN act to amend section l of chap 81 of the K.
s., relating to the appointment of guardians ian
act to incorporate the Pennington Cheese Man
ufacturlng Company; an act authorizing DO
seph Church & Co. to build and maintain a
wharf in tide waters in the town of Bristol;
an act to increase the capital stock of the Me-
chanic Falls Dairying Association an act TO
incorporate the Bowdoin Alumni Memorial
authorize Perry w. Robinson md others
to extend wharf into the tide waters
in East Bass Harbor in the town OF
fremont; an act to incorporate the Katahdin
Slate Company; an act authorizing Joseph
Topper to build a wharf in the tide waters III
Deep Cove on Georges River; an act addltlcnai
to AN act to incorporate the Casttne and ELS
worth railroad company; au act to incorporate
the Hancock County Publishing Company; an
act to incorporate the West fremont brick
Company.
FINALLY Passed-Resolve in favor of Alice
McPeail; resolve in favor of Silas Ii. Waldron
of Mapleton; resolve in favor of Isaac Clark OF
Mapleton resolve in favor of Chas. o. Brown
of Moro Plantation; resolve relating to the an
nual report of the State Treasurer.
HoU:E.
Senate papers disposed of in concurrence
j. d. Fessenden of Portland was elected
Speaker pro tenn.
The rules being dispensed with the following
petitions. etc, were received and referred, For
an act to increase the capital stock of the Bod.
well Granite Company; of 9. K. Pkeet ais OF
Calais to be Incorporated as a society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals; of j. Granger
ct ais. to amend chap 256 laws of 1868. OF the
Belfast Foundry Company for authority for in
crease OF capital stock to 100000; of f. IDgalls
ct ais, to allow cattle to run on the highway in
Passadumkeag; of Geo. E. MInot ct ais. of
Belgrade for change in the limits of the Kenne-
bee Agricultural Society; of Inhabitants of LIN
neus for amendment of school laws.
Read and assigned,-Bill an act additional to
chapter As, r S., relating to interest; relating
to exempting hay and grain from taxation
tabled to be prlnted); bill an act additional to
the Auburn Aqueduct Company; bill to ncor-
porate the Maine Sportsmen sAssociation. j onss
Hamilton, Zenas Thompson, Jr., F. W. Smith.
F. Merrill, Charles Day. Jr, G. w. Plummer
and Manasseh Smith are the ncorporators; au-
thorizing S. H. Talbot to extend wharf at East
Machias; to incorporate the Imperial Slate
Company with capital stock of $25O,00O; 20
amend an act authorizing the Bangor and Pts
cataquis Railroad Company to locate and con-
struct branch lines; to make legal the doings of
the Lvermore Falls Bridge Company; to in
corporate the China Cheese Company; to in
corporate the North Auburn Boot & Shoe Com
pany; to incorporate the Palermo Cheese Com
paGy.
The order asking bounty on hen hawks was
reported nexpedient.
The bill for the extension of the Somerse9
railroad was ordered printed; also bill author
izing the Somerset & Kennebec Railroad Com-
pany to relay certa' n rails below Kendalps
Mills.
Under suspension of the rules the bill to in
corporate the Marginal Way Company of
Portland was presented and referred. The
corporators are G. P. Wescott, A. E. Stevens,
w. S. Dana, w. L. Putnam, J. McLellan, S.
j. Anderson, L. Pierce and John Lynch, with
capital of 100000 and shares at 800 each.
The bill relating to the Insane Hospital was
taken from the table and recommitted
The reports on the Cofin-Driskco election
case were called up and motion made to sub
stitute the minority for the majo.ity report.
The matter called out discussion participated
in by Messrs. Kimball of Waterford, Swasey
of Canton, Powers of Houlton, Kellock OF
Thomaston, Talbot of East Machias.
The yeas and nays being called for resulted
in yeas 30, nays GA. The question then was on
the acceptance of the majority report. A yea
and nay vote was taken and resulted in yeas
65, nays 40. A motion was made to reconsider
the vote recommitting the bill relating to the
Insane Hospital. Carried and the bill tabled
Passed to be enacted, Bill an act additional
to an act to incorporate the ST Croix Log Driv-
ing Company; to coufirm the lease of the Ban
gor & Pscataquis Railroad Com oany to the
European & North American Railroad Co; to
incorporate the Bar Harbor Water Co.; to in
corporate the Lewiston Benevolent Associa-
ton: for an act amendatory of chap. 1856 pub.
lie laws of 1871 relating to river fisheries.