The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-02-18
III aine Legislature.

FEB. il.
In lAo senate an act to enforce the collection
OF taxes against railroad, was tabled. A re-
solve appropridting S2l, 800 for the Agricultural
College was reported. 4 bill was reported to
amend the pension act so that 10 soldier or sail
or who enlisted in the war OF 1861, who may
become dependent Oh any city or town shall on
that account be considered pauper or subject
to ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The Senate adhered TO its
former action, indefinitely postponing the bill
relating 10 diOtic inmates in the Insane Hos
pitul. An act to amend chap. 81 sec. A, of the
revised Statutes relating to auctions and auc
tioncers referred. The last bill provides that
no auctioneer or sheriff shall allow any person
to act for him in sale. by public auction,
In the House the report adverse to an appro-
priation for the Industrial School Tor Girls
was rccommtTed. The bill abolishing capital
punishment came from the Senate refused
passage An amendment was offered, striking
out the bill reported by the committee and sub
shutting another, providing for solitary con-
uement for life instead of the death penalty.
A long discussion followed, resulting in the
defeat of the amendment, and then Of the bill
itself b. vote of 81 to G8. On petition, reported
bill an acl to enable Nelson Mullen and Andrew
J.. Kent TO extend and maintain wharf in the
tide waters Of North Haven; reported ought to
pass on bill an act to incorporate the Camden
Marine Railway. Read and ass gned. On pc
tition reported bin an act to incorporate Mutu-
al Fire Insurance Co. in the town Of Thorn
dixie. Read and assigned.
FEB. II.
In The Senate the bin TO enforce the collection
OF taxes upon railroads passed to be engrOSsed.
Bill in relation to paupers was Indefinitely post
pOned. Bill to amend the lobster act passed to
be engrosscd. A bill was reported to amend
the charter of the Castine and Ellsworth Rail
road Company also, a bill to incorporate the
BrOWnNiile and ~ebec Railroad Company. The
committee on railroad made their final report.
in the House the amendments to the consti-
tuition, framed by the Constitutional Commits
sion, We're presented by the President of that
body, and referred 10 the Committee on the
Judiciary.
On motion of Mr.. Pitcher, bin an act to ex-
tend the time for the location and completion of
the Penobscot Bay 4 River railroad, was taken
from the table. He then moved to amend the
bill by striking out sec. ,, IN inserting the fol-
lowing: ''rroyidin@ said railroad corporation,
for the preservation of Belfast Harbor, shall
construct its bridge across said harbor near
the present lower bridge, so called, as is FEAST
bic and eXpedient; the question Of feasibility
and eXpediency shall be subject to agreement
between said railroad corporation and the city
Of Belfast; and in case the parties cannot agree
therein. then in railroad commissioners, upon
examination and hearing, shall decide what
location for the railroad bridge across said b ar
Dor is feasible and eXpedient, and their decision
shall be final and binding upon all parties in
terested" He argued at some length i'll support
of his amendment, contending that a bridge at
he point contemplated in the bill would spoil
the haIbOr above the bridge and that in cOuSe-
o,,onrp thn nroncrtv above woud denrecioto in
Ia]ue 30 per cent. He argued that the route
above Vas the one that shonll be taken: thai if
was feasible and would be for the interests of
wonld do no harm. for if il was tounJ that the
road could not 90 above then they would build
their bridge as the biz in its present form con-
templates.
Mr. McGiIvery replied in opposition to the
amendment and in favor of the BILL contendng
mentioned by the bin would not materially in
lure the harbor. If it did possibly inure it to
any extent, the city would be more than COM
pensated by the benefits which would result
would take the road through improved territory
and the land damages would be enormous, prob