Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-02-15
MINE LEGTSLATURE.
Senate.

SATURDAY, Feb. Is.
Senate met according to adjournment.
No Chaplain present.
The journal of yesterday proceedings was
| read and approved.
] renee.
| An act to amend sec - of chap. 81 of the re-
vised statutes, relating to paupers, indefinitely
| nostponed by the Senate, came from the House,
that branch insisting upon its vote passing the Dill
| to be enacted On motion Of Mr.. CoRTHELL, the
| Senate adhered TO its vote.
Subsequently on motion OF Mr. CUTLER this vote
was reconsdered.
Mr. CUTLER then moved that the Senate recedc
| from its former vote and concur with the House
in its action.
Mr.. CoRruELr objected. lie thought that a
mater &C his importance should be considered
when tnerc was fuller house. He moved that
the bill be tabled and Wednesday ncxt assigned
for its further consideration.
Mr.. CUTLER had no objections to this, ani tho
bill went over.
An act to amend chap. As, section /, of the re-
vised statutes, III relation 10 interest, indefinitely
postponed by the Senate, came from the House,
that branch insisting upon its vote passing the Dill
to be engr0ssed. On motion OF MIR. CAMPBElL,
the bill was tabled.
Mr.. MORRISON, from the Committee on Interior
Waters reported bill an act to amend an act en-
| titled an act to incorporate the Magalloway River
| Dam Co. Read and assigned. Also, IN new
draft bill an act to incorporate the Burleigh l-um-
| Der Manufacturing Co. Read and assigned.
Mr.. LORD presented resolve in favor OF the
Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, and,
under q suspension of the rules, the resolve took
its several readings and was passed to be en-
crossed
| An act to provide for the appointment OF deputy
town treasurers was taken from the table, tho
| question being on the adoption of the amendment
| offered by Mr. ATWOOD, which provides that the
treasurer of any town or plantation may appoint
citizen of his town or plantation to act as his depu-
ty during his temporary absence, or other temper
| airy disability, the appointment to be III writing,
| and to be matter of record. The anne ndment
| was adopted, and the bill was taen passed 10 De
engrossed.
Bill an act to repeal chap. 3l4 CT the le.o.ye OF
1874, and to revive all acts and paris OF acts re.
| pealed BY said chapter, and to amend sec. 4, OF
chap. 5, of the revised statutes, was taken from
| the table, the question being on the adoption OF
| amendment b, offered by Mr.. CUTLER.
The amendment was adopted, and the bill was
| then passed to be engrossed.
READ AND ASSIGNED.
An act relating to fencing railroads; an act to In
corporate the Oleman Dam Co.; an act to ncorpor-
ate the Trustees Of the st. Augustine School fol-
BOYS at Topsham an act to incorporate the Lewis
ton & Augusta Railroad Co.. resolve in relation &c
| purchasing Maine Reports; an ect to amend al
act aba,ing portion of the State tax of Water
| ville and assessing the same upon the town Of
| West Wateryille; resolve for the relief of Francis
A. Reed and Edwin A. Reed and the estate Of
William r. Hersey; resolve in relation to the
| Maine State College of Agriculture and the Me-
chanic Arts; an act to incorporate the People
Loan and Building Association; resolve in aid Of
completing the road leading from Limestone to
Hamlin; resolve in favor of Richard d. Porter
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED.
An act to incorporate the Buxton < Hollis
Manufacturing Co.; an act to legaiize the
| doings of l.. NJ. Partridge as a Justice Of
| the Peace and Quorum; an act to enable Mel
| son Mullen and Andrew l.. Kent to extend and
i sc - xhnx Ia al Nnvth How
en-; an act to incorporate the Camden Marine
Railway; an act to incorporate the Yearly Meet
ing Of Friends for New England an act to incor-
| porate the Livermore Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
an act to incorporate Mutual Ire Insurance GO
| in Thorndike; an act additional to chap. 25S Of
public laws Of 1874 relating to the taxation Of
railroad companies; an act relating to mutual fire
insurance companies; an act to amend sec. 4 Of
chap. 203 of the public laws Of 1874, providing
| pensions for disabled soldiers and seamen; ac
10 make valid the organization Of the Brown Slate
Quarrying Co., and to change the number OF shares
and par value thereof in the stock of said com
pany; an act to incorporate the Maine Mining
Co. of Portland. Maine; an act to incorporate the
| Limerick Savings bank; an act repeating chap
ia Of the public laws of 1874, relating to bounty
on wolves and bears.
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
An act additional to chap. 24S of the public law.
of 1874 relating to fishing; act for thu
protection Of deer on the island of Mt
| Desert; an act authorizing the inhabitants OF tint
town of Brunswick to unite a town building witt
soldiers monument; an act to incorporate lhs
Presque Isle and ST. John River Railroad Co.; OIL
act to extend the time for the location and com
pletion of the Georges Valley Railroad.
FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve in aid of repairing the road from Abbo
{ to Greenville in the county Of Piscataquis; lie
| solve granting a pension to Chas. w. Owen; re
solve making appropriation for the Penobscot trib
of Indians; resolve in favor of the Military ant
Naval Asylum at Bath; resolve in favor Of tn
subcommittee on Agriculture, appointed to visi
; the State College of Agriculture.
On motion of Mr.. ATWOOD, the Senate ad
J journed to Monday next, O'Clock 2. NJ
House.