The Portland daily press., 1874-01-23

Kennebec county to expend $500 on q bridge in
Clinton, over the Sebasticook river
1873, for reference; to furnish the members Of
Bill to amend chapter "a, Revised Statutes
(Sen. print. doc No. q, relating to settlement
of paupers, was taken from the table and re-
ferred to the Committee on Legal Affairs.
The general railroad bill, presented by Mr..
Webb of Kennebec, was referred to the Com
mittee on the Judiciary.
Orders passed-To supply the Senate with
two copies of the acts and resolves of 1872 and
the Board of Agriculture with the Daily Ken
nebec Journal during the session of the Legis-
lature; directing inquiry into the expediency OF
defining tbs meaning of section chapter 124,
public laws 1873, relating to free high schools;
relating to amending chapter 1874 Revised Stat
utes, SO that in all criminal trials the State may
challenge the same2number of jurors as the ac-
cused; relating to amending section SO chapter
81. Revised Statutes, relating to the loss OF life
by reason of negligence or carelessness OF rail-
road corporations, or their servants or agents,
that the same may apply to employees whose
lives are lost by reason of negligence of such
corporations as well as to passengers.
A committee was appointed to revise the rules
of the Senate, consisting of the President, Mr..
Butler, Webb of Kennebec, and Holbrook of
Cumberland.
Petitions, bills, &C., presented and REFEREED
Of citizens of kingman, to incorporate the
county of Appleton; of Samuel Bradbury ct
ais. for repeal OF act of 1869, known as the
Washington County Court bill; of David B.
Campbell ct ais, to incorporate the KineO Slate
Company for the purpose of manufacturing
and quarrying slate, and the right to build and
maintain tramway, railroad and bridge from
the quarries in the town of Sebec to the rail-
road depot in East Dover, and for this purpose
may take and hold land and cross TIE highway
the same manner and subject to the same re-
strictions as railroads-the capital stock is to
be $250,000; bill to incorporate the Hancock
County Publishing Company, with capital
of from ten to twenty five Thousand dollars, for
the purpose of carrying on general publish
ing business, including newspapers in Hancock
county, with John ID. Hopkins, Henry Whit
ney, E. A. Emery and others as corporators
Reports of Committees to Withdraw on
petition for protection to shell fish on the shores
OF Isle of Haul; on petition of Charles w
Bryant, bill to incorporate the Hancock Stone
Company, for the purpose of quarrying stone,
marble and other minerals and manufacturing
the same-capital stock $3.50, oO0-Charles w.
Bryant, Oliver B. Cook and P. E Tucker cor
porators, with the usual rights and powers and
restrictions. The bill was read and assigned.
Adjourned.
ts s. HOUSE. .-.fs-ss afer
Senate papers disposed of in concurrence.
On the Senate order requiring the Governor
to furnish statistics in relation to the Reform
School and State Prison, the House receded and
concurred.
A communication was received from the Sec
rotary of State transmitting the report of the
Commissioner of Fisheries.
Petitions Presented and Referred. -Remon-
STRANGE against change of treaty with the Pc
nobscot tribe; petition of the Penobscot In
dams for the pay of their Governor; also of
same for aid of their priest, and in support of
schools, and for $1,000 or more for agricultural
purposes of A. Winslow ct ais, of West Wa
tervlle, for charter for a railroad from West
Watervlle to Augusta; remonstrance of Chas.
Deering against the petition of T. s. Roberts
for charter to build wharf in tide waters at
Bar Harbor in town of Eden; of w. B. Web
ster ct ais, for the repeal of the law TO prevent
the use of narrow trimmed wheels in the towns
Of Columbia and Addison; remonstrarce of
the inhabitants of Addison against the same;
Of j. r. Talbot ct ais, of East Machias, in aid
of petition of the Bangor & Calais Shore Line
Railroad for bridge at Verona; for an act to
amend chap 49, r. s., relative to ways; of
Miles Starbird, Jr., ct ais, for abatement of
State and county taxes in Flagstaff plantation ;
for bill to incorporate the Rockland District
Camp Meeting Association; remonstrance of
K. X. Baden ct ais, against any division of
the town of Clinton; of the town of Clinton for
authority to oblige the county of Kennebec to
build bridge and pay to said town $1,000 for
hn Of M La hrsd na. Of, mi
cipal officers of Fort Fairfield for aid in COM
pleting the bridge at said town; of w. Reed ct
ais. for conveyance of lot of land in township
II, range l. to D. M. Libby.
The credentials of j. M. Soxklexis, Repre-
sentative elect from the Penobscot tribe of Iu-
dams, were presented. Gtc giE2tr
Orders passed-Re.ating to having yearly
printed report from the Agent of Passama-
duoddy tribe of Indians; granting aid to the
widow of Capt. Peter Dana an Indian who did
the State service in the war of 1872; that the
Committee on Judiciary inquire into the expe-
diency of amending sec. So. chap. Sc, R. S., by
striking out the following, land this shall not
be exempt in any suit for necessaries furnished
him or bis family" that the same Committee
inquire into the expediency Of amending Sec
8, chap. 1876, first line, R. S., by inserting ''or
Judge of municipal or police court; that the
Committee on Agriculture inquire into the ex-
pediency of providing for the sale of eggs by
weight; that the same Committee inquire into
the expedicncy of amending sec. 6, chap. 6. r.
S., so that farm products, when held by the
purchaser, shall be held exempt from taxation !;
that the same Committee inquire into the expe-
diency of providing for the sale Of bluebe rries
by weight; that the Committee on Banks and
Banking inquire into the expe1iency of SO leg
islating that savings banks may loan limited
amount of their deposits on notes signed by
three responsible persons; that the Committee
on Banks and Banking inquire into the expe-
diency of SO amending the laws relating to saw
ings banks as to provide as follows: "No saw
ings banks or any person acting in its behalf, or
in its interest, shall negotiate, take or receive
any fee, commission, gift, or other considera-
ton for or on account of any loan made by or
on behalf of said bank, or for the benefit
thereof, either to their own use, or to the use of
such bank, other than shall appear on the face
of the note or contract upon which such loan
shall purport to be made; provided that moth
ing herein contained shall apply to any ex-
penses of examining titles and making convey
ances upon loans made by savings banks;''
that the Committee on Fisheries inquire into
the expediency of extending the close of time
for taking land locked salmon in the &c. Croix
river; that the Railroad Committee inquire in
to the expediency of amending sec. AZ, chap.
81, r. S., by striking out lone hundred and
fifty and inserting the words "fve hundred;'
that the Committee on Education inquire into
the expediency of so amending sec 7, chap II,
R. S., as to secure more equal distribution of
school funds. >lJ.Ef -
An order was introduced calling for Com
mittee of Investigation into the affairs of the
State Prison for the ten years past, its man.
agement, money paid by the State to it, and
received by the State from it; also as to the
origin of the late fire, and whether account of
stock had been taken prior to it; also to inquire
into the sanitary condition and the treatment
Of the inmates. The order caused some dis
cussion. The order contemplated committee
of seven. After discussion and taking the
yeas and nays, the number was reduced to a
joint select committee Of one from the Senate
and two from the House. The vote stood 9S to
A.
Read and assigned Bill incorporating the
Waterford Cheese Factory Association; bill
incorporating Elm Dale Cheese Co.. bill incor-
porating Casco Tannery Co. bill incorporating
the Portland Cordage Co.; bill incorporating