The Portland daily press., 1875-02-22


Other gentlemen favored it, and by nearly
unanimous vote the House concurred with The
Senate, and the resolve appropriatng Sl0,oOo
without condition, passed. y
| Mr.. Reed of Bath, presented the report OF
WAYS and means committee on order respecting
the rate of state tax, with a bill fixing the same
at a rate of four mills on the dollar of the state
| valuations mill less than last year. Printed
| under the rules. ... ua
| The bill relating to interest, which came
from the Senate indefinitely postponed, was
taken up and after discussion the Senate action
| was concurred in. go , ..... b. f
The report of the Financial Committee on
the bill relating to the purchase of stationery,
| that further legislation is not expedieLt, was
accepted. The sum appropriated for that pur-
pose is $1,000 less than last year.
The same committee reported legislation in
expedient ON SO much of the Governors adj
dress as refers to tax ON wild lands, interest on
| deposits, and nonresident shares of bank
| stock. -,,. +
The same committee also reported resolve
| in favor of Sprague, Owen & Nash for $65S for
| 23O copies of the Journal and advertising leg!s-
| latve orders. Engrossed. ...- a. u
Mr.. PilIsbury of Pennington, presented re-
solve refunding part of the state tax of Per-
kins plantation, and on his motion it was re-
ferred to the next Legislature. 81
The report of the Committee on Reform
School came from the Senate with resolve
apppropriating $4,000 for repairs, SC. Mr..
| Martin of Camden, moved to strike out Sis, 900
and insert $4,000 Mr.. McIntire of Pswnal.
explained and advocated the sum reported.
Mr.. Anderson of Gray, hoped the amendment
would not prevail. 1t was the purpose of the
managers to change the character of the school
| from that of penal to reformatory Ginst-
| tuition. He thought the project should be car
| ried out, and if it was, the sum reported was
| hardly sufficient. He had visited the institu-
| ton and was in favor of a liberal policy as it
| was doing beneficent work. Mr.. Talbot
hoped the gentleman from Camden would
| withdraw his amendment, which the latter did,
| saying that he had not been to the Reform
| School as much as other gentlemen. The re-
solve was then passed to be engrossed.
The fifteenth proposition of Constitutional
Commission entitled Restrictions upon NUM-
| cpal Corporations was taken up and adopted
| SO to 80:
| The sixteenth proposition which provides for
| the abolition of the Office of the Land Agency,
| was adopted yeas 100.
| The Seventeenth proposition relating relat-
| ing to the Qualification of the amended consti
| tuition was taken up and adopted, yeas so.
The resolve to pay the claims of a number of
towns which paid money for soldiers under the
October call of 1864, came from the Senate
amended so that the money should be paid
upon the favorable report of a commission
consisting of the Governor, State Treasurer
and Adiutant General Mr.. Talbot moved to
amend by inserting the Attorney General in
stead of the Governor, as it was understood
that he would not accept the appointment, and
further by authorizing the commission to order
| the payment of interest on the claims if allow
ed. The amendments were adopted and the
resolve passed to be engrossed
An additional amendment to the constitu-
ton providing that by the concurrent vote OF
two thirds of both branches of the Legislature,
a convention may be called for the amendment
of the constitution. Adopted-93 yeas and
nays.
The resolve of Mr.. HASKELL relating to the
calling of constitutional conventions, was
adopted, II voting for it.
L
free provided the towns of Livermore and East
Livermore may purchase it, was passed TO be
engressed.
The bill amending the liquor laws was taken
up. A motion foriudefinite postponement was
lost, to Is. The bill was then passed to be
engrossed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House met again at 2.30 The vote
adopting the constitutional proposition respect
ing the restrictions upon municipal corpora
tions was reconsidered and the same indefin-
tely postponed.
The House insisted on its vote Incorporating
the town of Woodvile, which the Senate had
indefinitely postponed and committee of con-
ference voted.
The bill to fix the mileage of members at one
dollar for every ten miles travel to and from
the Legislature once each session, which was
passed to be engrossed, was taken up. Mr..
Randall moved the indefinite postponement of
the bill. Mr.. Lyman (Rep) of Machias, OPP
posed the indefinite postponement The pres
ert custom of double mileage or salary grab
bling came from a watch dog of the Treasury
from Whitefield. A Portland paper character
lied it mean salary grabbing. He did so so
far as it referred to the first Legislature. 1t
was taking double and illegal pay by the pres
ent body. He would not take it. He hoped
that the House would be squarely honest about
the thing. Mr.. Randall (Rep) (weighing 350)
said that when he was elected, he got a piece
Of cloth to make a suit to wear here. He then
took what money he had and came. He got as
good a room as he could afford at the pay ne
b,,t no ba
have to borrow money to get back home with
the double pay as it was called, Mr.. Talbot
(Dem) said that the gentleman from Machas
(weighing about 1857 could well afford to give
up his mileage considering the difference in the
cost of suit of clothes for him and the gentle
man from Island Falls. (Laughter) Fir cared
nothing for this talk about salary grabbing and
what the papers said of it. He was response
BILE to his constituents and he thought they
were willing to pay him in some way for his
services. He thought the law bore him out in
taking the present mileage or that last year.
Amid great merriment Mr. Lyman replied.
Mr.. Talbot moved to amend the bill so that the
mileage of Mr. Lyman should be paid to Benz.
Smith, the muster pensoner Ruled out. The
House was oonvulsed with laughter. Mr.
the mileage Of last year as a mean salary
grabbing? Mr.. Lyman gave the name of the
Argus. Mr.. Snow asked if it was his abiding
authority. No reply. Mr.. Lyman moved the
yeas and nays on the question of indefinite
postponemeEt The House refused. Mr.. Ly-
man-"There will be judgment day next
September" Immense laughter.) The bill
was indefinitely postponed. Subsequently Mr.
Wilson moved to reconsider the motion, and
Tuesday at IL a. M, was assigned for its fur
Their consideration.
The bill to give police and municipal courts
concurrent jurisdiction was tabled.
The Speaker announced that the table was
clear.
The Agricultural College resolve came from
the Senate. that body insisting OF its former
vote appropriatng $4,000 and asking con-
ference. The Speaker appointed Messrs' raj
bot, Barron and Anderson conferees on the
part of the House.
The Senate bill TO amend sec. 62, chap. AZ, II.
S., relating to foreign Insurance companies was
passed to be engrossed under suspension OF the
rules. 1t provides that no foreign fire or ma