The Portland daily press., 1876-01-31
FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE.
Especial Despatch to the Press.l
SENATE.

AUGUSTA, Jan. %.
The Senate was called to order at 9 a. M
The House papers were disposed of in con-
currence.
The Committee on Education reported bill
appropriating annually the sum of $4,000 for
the support Of theINormal School at Farming
ton, and a like sum for the school at Castine,
the same to be paid out of the moneys for the
support of common schools
The Committee on interior Waters reported
favorably on bill giving G. NJ. Davis & w.
A. jackson authority to navigate Damariscotta
lake and river by steam
The Committee on Judiciary reported legis-
lation inexpedient on order relating to trustee
ing the wages of school teachers.
The Committee on Interior Waters reported
bill amending and renewing the charter of
the Sebec Steamboat Co.
The Committee on Judiciary reported bill
to incorporate the Franklin Central Agricul.
tural Society.
The bills previously passed to be enacted By
the House received similar disposal by the
Senate.
The Committee on State Printing reported
that they had received tenders for doing the
same from S. S. Smith & Son Of Bangor, and
Sprague, Owen & Nash of Augusta, and an
order was passed that the Com mite be allowed
to contract with the firm that would best serve
the interests of the state.
Adjourned till Monday at 2 p. m.
HOUSE.
The Senate papers were passed in concur
renee, except the order providing for change
of the seat of government to Portland, which
passed the House, came back from the Senate
indefinitely postponed. Mr.. Talbot moved
that the House adhere. Mr.. Powers moved to
recede and concur with the Senate. Lost. Mr..
Talbot's motion was then carried. Quite a
debate sprung up over the matter, participated
in by Messrs. Bass, Porter, Haynes, Anderson,
and others. Mr. Porter declared that there
was no joke in passing the resolve for removal
He was in the chair and never saw the House
more solemn. There is now a disagreement
over the matter between the two Houses
Orders Passed-Order presented by Mr. Talbot,
directing the Committee ON Education to inquire
whether Normal School has been kept up during
the past year with each of the following institutions
viz: Oak Grove Seminary and Maine Central Insti-
tute; by Mr.. Hamilton. directing the Clerk of the
House to notify the Plymouth class of the death of
Mr.. Getchell, the member therefrom.
Reports of Conanaittees-Mr. Talbot, from the
Committee on the Judiciary, reported reference
to the next Legislature ON order relating to
uncollecued taxes in unincorporated places;
also reported fought not to pass on bill an
act to amend chap 227 of the laws of 1874; also
reported Legislation inexpedient' on order
relating to further legislation in relation to the
rights of married women; also reported 'legs-
lation inexpedient' on order relating to the
0f rpn obs Soff n,bJ;
laws OF 1874, as the same subject matter has
been already acted upon this session; also re-
ported Legislation inexpedent' on order relat-
Ing to the expediency of amending chap. of
the Revised Statutes, in relation to liens on
lands OF resident taxpayers. Mr.. Haynes,
from same committee, on bill an act to regulate
and limit municipal Indebtedness, reported
that the same be printed for the use Of the
House. Ordered printed.
Mr.. White from the Committee on Interior
Waters on petition, reported bill an act to in
corporate the Aroostook River Log Driving
Company, which was ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Wyman from the Committee on Claims,
reported reference to the Governor and Council
on order relating to reporting resolve in favor
OF Fort Kent; MIR. Slower from the same COM
mittee, GU petition, reported resolve in favor of
George w. Hewey ct ais. for killing bears.
On motion of Mr.. Martin of Camden, the re-
port of the Committee on Fisheries reporting
leave to withdraw on petition 10 favor of Sam
nel Davis building and maintaining fish weir
between Deer Isle and Mt. Desert, was taken
from the table and accepted
On motion of Mr. Porter, bill an act to amend
chap, 172 of the pubic laws of 1874, relating to
the security OF life on steam vessels on inland
waters, was taken from the table and referred
to the Committee on Interior Waters.
On motion of the same gentleman the report
of the Committee on Legal Affairs reporting
legislation inexpedent on order relating to
amending the law so that poor debtors shall
not be imprisoned when the debt is less than
$40, was taken from the table and accepted.
Passed to be Enacted-An act to authorize
John Neal to build and extend a wharf
into the tide waters in the town Of Kittery;
s. Sullivan Steamboat Company; an act to
to incorporate the Masonic Temple Association of
Belfast; an act to make valid the doings of the town
OF Lyndon ia the county Of Aroostook an act to in
corporate the Equity Fire insurance Co.. an act to
amend an act relating to the charter of the Alumni
son w. Carnage to extend wharf into the tide wat
ers in the town of Bristol; act authorizing Abra-
ham 9. Fernad and Others to build and maintain
nsh weir In tide waters between Bear Island and
Mount Desert; an act for the protection of fish IN
Pushaw pond, in the county of Penobscot, and the
Incorporate the Southgate Dyking Coz an act TO pro-
hibt the taking OF fish of any kind from the Adams
pond, SO called, and its main tributary in the town
OF Newneid an act to prevent the taking destroy
ing OF fsh in Hubbs mill pond in the town Of Farm
ington; an act to incorporate the Home for Aged
Men in Bangor; an act relating to administrators
executors and trustees.
On motion of Mr.. Powers, the order relating
to the appointment of committee to investi-
gate the sale of the land donated by the gene
raj government to The state for an Agricultural
College. was taken srom thu table, and the
same gentleman offered the following as an
amendment or substitute:
Whereas, The lands and scrip granted to til
state for College of Agriculture OF Mechanic Arts
are reported to have been sold at prices far below
those obtained by some other states for similar land
or scrip, be it
Ordered That Committee of seven on the part
OF the House with such as the Senate may join be
appointed for the purpose of investigating said sales
and that said Committee have full power to send for
this Legislature.
The substitute offered by Mr.. Powers was
given passage, and the Speaker appointed as
the committee on the part of the House Messrs.
Bass, Shepherd, Powers, Pike Anderson and
KimbalI