The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-25

heen sutburized. two granite, two brick, eight
slate and nine mining companies have been in
corporated with capital stock OF over Iour
million five hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars. Three railroads have been chartered
with a capital stock of $95O,0OO and authorized
to issue 81, 10000. You have refrained from
much tamperng with the public laws, for which
the people will doubtless thank you. You have
levied state tax of $S9,975,31S and appro-
priated $162, las, 719 of the peoples money!
A resolve of thanks to the President was
offered by Senator Haskell and feeling remarks
were made by Senators Foster Foss, York,
Emery, Cutler, Swasey Rounds, Stevens, Nor
rison, Cross, Corthell, Gushing, Atwood, Dyer,
Donworth, Kent and Thurlough. The res oiu-
ton was unanimously passed. The President
feelingly responded.
Senator Hyde presented a resolve thanking
the reporter. W. E. S. Whitman, for his faith
full performance of duties.
The Senate then adjourned sine dae. ..
HOUSE.
The House was not doing much all the morn
ing as it was waiting for the Senate.
The Senate sent back bills relating to the
duties and pay of sheriffs enforcing the liquor
law. apd bill an act to amend sec. chap. JIG
Revised Statutes, relating to fees, with refer
epce to next Legislature. The House insisted.
On motion of Mr.. Randall the House voted
to present its copy of the Bible to Messenger
Walker, and on motion of Mr. Tolman of Deer
Isle, the Clerk and Assistant Clerk were pre-
sented with the dictionaries of the House.
The bill in relation to woman suffrage, on
motion of Mr.. Snow, was referred to the next
Legislature.
Mr.. Reed of Bath, from the Ways and Means
Committee, reported bill to assess the state
tax, amounting to 1899, 753 10. The bill was
read three times and passed to be ongrossed.
In convention Hon. p. p. Burleigh OF Lin
neus, was elected Land Agent, eceiving III
votes to 10 for Daniel Randall, scattering 8.
Mr.. Reed of Bath, moved to reconsider the
vote on the matter of the new Insane Hospital,
which was DONE He then introduced gan
amendment which provides for commission
to report relative to the ACCESSIBILITY OF the
purchase of the United States Marine Hospt-
al, and if not advisable to select new location
and report to the next Legislature.
The House passed the Constitutional amend
ment finally by vote of 100 yeas, no nays
The House refused to adopt the Senate amend
ment to the military appropriation.
1t also adhered to its vote on the Municipal
Court jurisdiction bill.
Anumber of bills and resolves were passed
to be eugrossed and finally disposed of.
AFTERooN SESSION.
The House met at q p. m. and continued in
session doing little business but waiting upon
the Senate.
The resolve giving land to J. +. Turner Ell
ais, was indefinitely postponed in concurrence
A committee of twenty-four was raised tt
wait upon the Senate and ask that body &c
make arrangements to adjourn to nj ght.
Mr.. Wilson from the conference committee
on bill an act to amend sec. 5 chap 116 Revised
Statutes, relating to fees of sheriffs, reported
that it ought to pass in new draft. Agreed tt
and the bill was passed to be engrossed under
suspension of the rules
The House adhered to its former vote on the
military appropriation. so that the department
gets no appropriation. t-
The Senate sent back the bill giving women
the power to solemnize marriages, ETC., amend
ed. The House receded, adopted the am d
ment and passed the bill.
The House concurred in the action of the
Senate in indefinitely posponing the "Melr
Weston resolve.
EVENING SESSION.
The House adjourned to night at 80, after
session of so days. Little of Importance was
done in the evening session, beyond the final
passage of few bills, and there was not the
least hurry. AT $50 a committee waited upon
the Governor and informed him that the Leg
islature had acted on all the business before it.
The Governor reported through the Secretary
of State that he had approved or allowed to
become laws without signature 254 acts and LOG
resolves, and had no further communications
to make.
Mr.. Leavitt of PASSPORT, offered a resolution
of thanks to the Speaker, which was responded
to by Messrs Wheelwright, Lyman, Tefft
Snow, Harris. Pitcher, Randall, Tinkham, An
derson and others, in which Speaker Thomas
was most warmly commended and the non par
tisan character of the House recognized by
the minority party. Mr.. Thomas responded in,
fitting speech, in which he briefly noted the
work of the session and thanked the House
Votes of thanks were also teudered to all the
officers of the House. The members joined in
singing Coronation" 'Nearer My God to
Thee and cold Hundred" and after Rev. DR..
Tefft had pronounced the benediction, Speaker
Thomas declared the 18th Legislature ad-
journed without day.