The Portland daily press., 1875-02-24

tha paroor GTIdren's Home in favor of the
town of island Falls in favor Of Hugh jane
son: in favor of the South Haystack road in
Castle Hill plantation; in favor OF Andrew IL.
Hggns providing for the paSmenS MtarV Vt
in flavor of A. f. Owen; in favor of the joint
standing Committee on Reform School; relat-
ING TO public documents; in favor OF compiling
and printing school laws; appropriatlng $2O0O
on Mattawamkeag bridge, IN Mattawamkeag,
in the county of Penobscot; in favor of An
drew Wiren of Woodland plantation; in favor
of Otis j. Witham; in favor of Daniel Doe OF
Lyndon; in favor of Sabina f. Berry and Thad-
deus c. S. Berry; in favor of the Female Or
phan Asylum in Portland.
Concurrent action was taken on several
House papers, and at 4.3O the Senate adjourn
ed.
HOUSE.
The new Senate savings bank bill, which is
the old bill with the second section stricken
out was passed to be eDgrossed under suspen'
sion of the rules. The bill simply provides the
time and manner of making returns OF deposits
to the State Treasurer. Section 2 provides a
nenalty for such officers as violate the law re-
lat,ye TO returns Section 3 says that bond and
stock brokers shall not hold salaried offices in
savings banks.
The House concurred with the Senate in in
definitely postponing the resolve relative to the
distribution of public documents.
The following amendment to the constitu-
ton, entitled bribery at elections" came
down from the Senate passed to be engrossed
The Legislature may enact laws excluding
from the right of suffrage for a term not ex-
ceeding ten years, all persons convicted OF
bribery at at any election or of voting at any
election under the influence of bribe.
The House by vote of so yeas to 2 nays,
adopted it.
The Land Committee reported reference to
the next Legislature on petition of heirs ol
Samuel Emory.
A resolve was passed to be eDgrossed appro
priating $500 for the propagation of fish; also
a resolve granting Mrs. Avis Young lot ot
state land.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House resumed its work at 2.30
The House concurred in the action of thu
| Senate in passing the resolve referring the pro
posed constitutional amendments to the House
also on the bill closing up the affairs of th'
Land Office.
| The bill appropriating 81, 800 was called uI
| and thereupon brisk debate took place. Mr.
| Snow, of the Military Committee, explained
| the items of the bill and said the sum was tn
smallest possible. Mr.. White of Bucksport
| offered an amendment to reduce the appropria
| ton to $6500, leaving out the items for muster
$4,000, and $4,000 for tents. Mr.. Powers op
posed the amendment. He said the sum wa
expedient to keepup the military, and of that h
had no doubt. He regarded the encampmen
necessary to the efficiency of the force. MI
| Cunningham of Washington, opposed ally ap
| preparation for this purpose. The state was in
| debt, the towns was in debt and the people wer
| in debt. Ee was in favor of disbandiDg. MI
Randall favored the full sum. The military
was necessary. Mr.. Wilson favored the ful
sum. He hoped the time was coming when
would not be necessary to learn war, but tha
time hadn't come. Mr.. White doubted if tn
| musters were productive of sobriety or goo
morals. DIR. Tefft had had experience in tn
| late war. He thought we had had enough o
this soldier business in Maine. We have
| Major General with full staff, and Colone
| and staff with one reg giment. By this organl
| zation there was a gap. They now want an
other regiment SO as to have "a brigade. Th
muster he would not like to characterize it. I'll
would only say that the liquor sellers wante
| it again in Bangor. He declared that the men
| learned nothing at muster. Gen. Shepherd o
Skowhegan, wanted this measure to stand on
its own merits and not be judged by the fate o
any ctber He was opposed to the amour
asked by the committee. His observation wa
that the companies of this regiment in tn
smaller towns were losing their interest. The
old soldiers were gradually withdrawing and
the material deteriorating. 1t was doubtless
different in the cities, but this was the case il
smaller towns He did not believe the Legis
lature was warranted in making the expendi
ture.
Mr.. Shepherd, from the Committee on Edu
cation, on order, reported bill an act to amend
sec. "A of chap. II of the revised statutes, de
tining the duties of the state superintendent o
common schools; also bill an act in relation t.
the apportionment of school moneys paid b.
the state treasurer; also an act in relation t.
fiscal school returns of towns to be made to tn
state superintendent of common schools. [Th
bill provides that school nonedl derived from
the state by towns, shall be distributed on th'
basis of the number Of scholars attending
SCHOOL, Read three times under suspension
of the rules and referred to the next Legisla
txre, on motion of Mr.. Powers.
AUGUSTA, Feb. %.
SENATE. .
Rev. Miss Haynes of Hallowell, officiated al
Chaplain. this morning.
A resolve in favor Of the Clerk of the Senate
appropriatng $430.57 to pay for papers for the
Legislature, advertising, postage, etc, wa
passed. .-. ........
A resolve in favor of settlers on proprietors
lands was passed to be engrossed.
Mr.. Emery offered bill, which was passe'
to be ensrossed, authorizing the Governor t
appoint women to the offices of Justice of tn
Peace, with power to solemnize marriages, t
take Acknowledgements cf deeds, to administe
oaths, but without any judicial powers.
The resolve in favor of certain towns fo
money paid, came back from the House a
amended there. Amendment G, to substitute
Attorney General for Governor, on the com
mission, was accepted, Is yeas to 13 nays Sen
ator Swasey opposed amendment D., AM
thought the matter should be settled on equita
BILE grounds. The amendment was rejected,
yeas to 10 nays. Senator Palmer gave motto
that the State Treasurer declined to serve OF
the commission, and moved to amend tb
amendment by inserting the name of j. M
Mason of Limerick, in his place. Carried, ant
the bill passed to be engrossed.
The committee of conference on the Agri
cultural College bill reported amendment G
which was to make the appropriation 1850
The amendment was accepted and the resolve
passed to be engrossed. -...... ....-
The resolve in favor of building kitchen
chapel and domitory, and for furnishing thu
chapel building, was taken up. Senator Swa
sey proposed to make appropriation $500 t.
furnish the present chapel. President Webl
called Mr.. Rounds to the chair, and in a forci
Bile argument advocated the resolve. The aro
ma from the kitchen now permeated every par
of the building. The patients also enjoy theil
religious services, more, perhaps, than any
member of the Senate, and it is one of the bes
medicines that can be administered 10 them.
These results would be accomplished by this
change. Senators Foster and Swasey opposed
the appropriation on the ground that they coult
not vote for this and the proposed new hospita
and thought the new hospital was needed most
Senator Swasey's amendment was lost. Sena