The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-15

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The report of the Insurance Commissioner
for 1872, was received and referred to the Com
mttee on Mercantile Affairs and Insurance.
Balls, Petitions, DC, presented and referred:
Bill to set off part of Cape Elizabeth and annex
Others to be set off from Berwick and annexed
to North Berwick-referred to Committee on
Towns; of Ellis Fish, for tax on degs-to Com
mttee on Agriculture; of the citizens of Lin
coin, to have all the territory in PenobsGot
county north of the southarly line of Edinburg.
Passadumkeag, Lowell, Burlington and town.
ships Nos. 3, 4, and 5, range one, together with
such portions of Aroostook and Washington
counties las may be included herewith" in
corporated into new county by the name of
Appleton-referred to the Committee on Coun-
ties; of VIM. Hill, for an act to compel the
Boston & Maine and p. S. & p Railroad Com
panies to maintain union depot at North
Berwick, and for the repeal of so much of Sec
2, chap. 222, private laws Of 1873, as limits the
location of the Boston & Maine railroad depot
in North Berwick-to Committee ON Railroads.
Mr. Burgess was excused from the Commit
mittse on Agriculture and NJ Cutler of Penob-
scot, appointed to the vacancy
Mr.. Cutter was excused from the Committee
on Counties and Mr. Burgess of Cumberland
appointed to the vacancy.
The Judiciary Committee was instructed to
inquire into the expediency of authorizing dep
uty sheriffs to serve precepts in favor of anoth'
er deputy or in favor of the sheriff by whose
authority they act =
HOUSE.
Senate papers disposed of in concurrence ex-
cept the order relating to the salaries of all
State officers, which was referred to the FL
nance Committee.
The Senate resolve requiring returns from
Banks was read twice and passed to be engross-
ed, under suspension of the rules-
Petitions presented and referred OF M
Thaxter ct ais, of Machas, for repeal oil act to
change the time and place of holding the terms
OF the 5. j. Court in the county of Washing
ton, approved March 18th, 1869; for an act to
amend Sections IS, &c, and g., Chapter GA, RS,
relating to embezzlement of the property Of
deceased persons; for an act additional to
Chapter "a of II. S. relating to paupers; of
Bangor and Calais Shore Line Railroad Com
pany for a bridge over the Penobscot River at
Verona; of j. Cole ct ais for an act to prevent
the taking or fishing for smelts in the Piscata-
qua river or its tributaries in any other method
than by hook and line; of j ohn Whitmore for
grant to build weirs ON the middle ground
below Odoms Ledge in the Penobscot river; of
Il. OBrion ct ais for an act to incorporate
Water Company; CT A. P. Levansaler of Rock
land ct ais for an act incorporating a Water
Company; of U. d. Witherspoon ct ais of
Eagle Island Plantation for an appropriation to
reimburse them for money paid for military
purposes; of inhabitants of Aroostook county
for appropriation in aid of the widow and or
phan children of the late Granville A. HAYDEN.
Deputy Sheriff, murdered in the discharge of
his duty; of the inhabitants of school district
No. IS, in the town of Bristol; of F, H. Smith
ct ais asking for legislation to legaze certain
doings Of the town of North Haven of j.
Smart ct ais for aid for the Mattawamkeag
Bridge in Bancroft; of j. Smith of Maysvile
for lot of State land; of HI. w. Dagget ct ais
for lots 2. 8. and % in Oakfeld to be granted
John Bell to aid him in building mill; of
inhabitants of school district No. Is in the
town of Bristol for an act to make valid their
doings; of Enoch L. Deering ct ais of Paris for
additional legislation in regard to fencing
railroads; of j. Fl. billiard ct ais of Ol1town
and elsewhere for act or resolve to make free
the Oldtown toll bridges of H. Marshal ct ais
of Friendship and Gushing asking to be set off
from these towns and incorporated into Plan
tation by themselves; of G. w. Kimball ct ais
that the per diem of travelling fees of the
County Commissioners of Knox county be
increased; for an act to establish the lines of
Portland Harbor in Fore River; of j. Hopper
ct ais to build wharf in the tide water of
Georges river; of Chas. V. Lord ct ais of Ban
gor for the incorporation of the Bangor
Machine and Foundry Company.
Mr.. Pullen of Portland presented memorial
from the trustees of the Maine General Hos
pital which was tabled to be printed.
Mr.. Williams of Augusta gave notice that he
should introduce tomorrow an order for the
change of the House rule No. 8.
| Orders PdsSed-That the Committe on Ju-
| dietary inquire into the expediency of SO
| amending Section ID, Chapter 6, r. S., that all
personal property shall be assessed for the year
| 1874 to the owner in the town where he was on
| the first day of January of said year; that the
| Committee on Legal Affairs be requested to
inquire into the eXpedency of changing the
| language of Section 169 Chapter g. r. S., in
| relation 10 sale of land of residents for nom
| payment of taxes; also to inquire into the ex-
| pediency of amending Section 159, Chapter q,
| and other sections it necessary, SO as to sim
| plify the description of land of nonresident
| owners in relati Jon to taxation; that the Com
mittee on Education be instructed to inquire
| what progress has been made in providing for
| the establishment of State Industrial School
| for girls and whether any and what legislation
| is required for the establishment of such
| school; that the Committee on Education
| inquire into the expediency of so amending the
school laws that the Supervisors or S. S. Com
mittees of the several cities, towns and planta-
| tions in the State may have the same power OF
| prescribing the text books used in the English
| branches taught in the High Schools and
Academies that they now have in the Common
| Schools
| Finally Passed. -Resolve relating to the APP
| pointment of tax commission.
The remarks of Mayor Cobb of Boston, to
the so called workingmen, doesn't please them
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