Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-02-27
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MAINE LEGTSLATURE'
senate,
THURSDAY, Feb. :

House order that Tie Committee on Rail-
roads be directed to report forthwith to the
| House the action Of said committee on the
! matter of extending the Somerset Railroad
from West Waicrviile to the city of Augusta,
was tabled, on motion of Mr.. HALL.
Resolve in favor Of Ellsworth L. ard ydia
! II, HAYDEN, pending its assignment was
| tabled on motion of Mr.. FOSTER.
| A communication was received from Ne
| Secretary of State, transmitting the fret an
| nual report Of the Wealth ard Industry OF
! Maine.
| Mr. ARNOLD from tie Committee on STATE
| Lands andSStatc Roads, reported resolve adj
| ditional to resolve chap. l55 OF 1870. Read
| ard assigned.
| Mr.. EMERY from the Committee en- Com
| ference, on disagreeing vote OF the two
branches relating to the State Industrial
Scho q for Girls, reported that the bill estab-
| fishing the same ought not to pass; as to the
resolve reported the same in new draft and
| that it ought to pass. Read and assigned.
| This resolve provides for an appropriation OF
| SIP 500, as an endowment to be expended by
the trustees. No part of the appropriation is
! to be drawn until satisfactory evidence to the
| Governor and Council, is furnished, that the
donations to the school by Mrs. Flagg, Mrs.
| Drummer and Hon. Abner Coburn,, or like
sums by other parties have been paid or legal
| ly secured to the trustees.
| Final reports we're received from the Com
mittees on State Lands and State Roads. Ed
! ucation, Counties, Pensions, Agriculture, and
| Public Buildings.
Mr.. WERE presented Il resolve TO pay the
| expenses of the Judiciary Committee to Port
| land relative to the Marginal Railway. $G2.
| o.. Read twice under suspension of the
rules, and given a passage.
Same Senator presented resolve relating
to the purchase by the State of Maine reports.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
An act relating to the commitment OF GER
tain classes to the Reform School, pending
| its passage to be engrossed, was indefinitely
| postponed, on motion of Mr.. BURGESS.
| Mr.. Foster moved that message be sent
| to the House asking the return of the resolve
appropriating S25, ZOO for the Maine General
| Hospital. Tie thought that this Glstter had
passed through the Senate hastily, and with
out proper consideration. He desired for one,
to have such measures properly scrutinized,
and their merits explained before disposed Of
Mr.. BURGESS suggested that the resolve
take the usual course.
The motion prevailed, and the resolve was
returned
Mr.. FosrER moved TO reconsider the vote
| whereby the resolve was passed to be en-
| crossed. And the Senate so voted.
The resolve was tabled, on motion Of Mr.
FOSTER.
Bill an act relating TO the liability of rail
roads for paupers, was taken up, and pending
its passage to be engrossed, Mr.. BURGESS
offered amendment A, which changes the bill
SO as to provide that railroad companies shall
not be liable for the support of paupers, aitel
they are brought into the State, bat only hello
to give them free passage home; but il
case they refuse to carry them home, they
shall be held liable for their support. The
amendment was adopted, and the bill a:
amended was given passage.
Bill an act to amend chap. 80 Of the re-
vised statutes relating to lime and lime casks
was taken from the table, and pending it,
passage to be enacted, Mr. KENT moved it
indefinite postponement and explained.
Mr.. BOYLE objected, and gave reasons VII!
the bill should receive passage.
Mr. SHAW favored the passage Of the bill
The motion was negatived, and the bill was
passed to be enacted.
Bill an act relating to railroad connections
came from the House, that branch having
refused passage to the bill.
| Mr.. WEDD rose to a point Of order, wheth
er the Senate could properly entertain the
| bill, on the ground that the measure had beer
considered by the Senate and finally rejected
1t could not therefore be revived except by
reconsideration, as it contained the same sub
jectmatter, and the required notice had not
| been given.
The President (Mr. BUrLER,) said the
point was well taken, and under the l4th rule
ruled that when any measure shall be finally
| rejected, it shall not be revived except by re-
| consideration; and no measure containing the
| same subject matter shall be introduced dur
| ing the session, unless three days notice is
| given to the house of which the mover is a
member. The bill therefore, was not proper
ly before the Senate.
| Mr. Foster moved that the bill be laid upon
the table. Rejected,
Mr.. BURGESS appealed from the decision OF
| the chair.
Mr.. FosrER deprecated this attempt to pad
lock members. He believed it was an effort
to deprive members of their rights. All that
he desired was that members should be al
lowed fair expression of their opinion and
| wanted the people to understand that he was
willing that his vote should be recorded in
favor Of the bill, and not suppressed.
Mr.. BURGESS did not appeal from the rul-
ing of the chair from any factious motives.
He understood that this bill was from minor
itv of the railroad committee, and as such il
ought to be treated with courtesy. He ex-
| planned how the minority report was occa-
stoned, as he understood if. According to the
ruling of the chair, in his Judgment it would
be impossible to have minority report from
committees acted upon. He contended that
the bill was legitimately before the Senate.
Mr.. FOSTER agreed with the Senator from
Cumberland, (Burgess), in his views of the
matter. He could not see any consistency or
courtesy in the proposed action. 1t was an
attempt to choke off members. The bill lie
believed, was properly before the Senate, and
| he appealed to Senators as a matter of cour-
tesy to the minority report, to dissent from
| the ruling of the chair. as the action proposed
was unprecedented.
Mr.. HALL explained the action of the rail-
road committee in relation to the matter, and
how the report came to be made in the Senate
and not i'll the House.
On motion CT Mr.. Cross, the yeas and nays
were ordered on the question whether the
chair should be sustained.
| Mr.. WEBB replied to Mr.. Foster, which
Senator, he thought was mistaken in his
views. He, Mr.. Webb, argued that no at.
tempt was in contemplation to exclude the
bill, or to choke off members. When the re-
port of the railroad committee was adopted,
the question was settled. Tie present bin
was not therefore, properly before the Senate.
1t originated in the House, and ii was not lc-
| ultimately here.
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