The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-21
FIFTY.FIFTH LEGISLATURE.
Especial Despatch to the Press.l
SENATE,

AUGUSTA, Feb. 10.
An attempt was made in the Senate this
morning to clear mp the business on the table.
| The Committee on Education reported a bill
| extending the powers of school districts.
| Resolve fixing the number of Bank Exam
iner's reports at 1000 was read and assigned.
The Camden hall bill was passed to be en-
| crossed.
The bill amendatory of the statutes relating
| to liens on buildings was indefinitely post
| poned.
Resolve in favor of Maine General Hospital
was taken up Senator Wheelwrght offered
| the same amendment as was Altered in the
| House, to give homeopaths ward in the hos
pital. The matter was discussed at length by
| Senator Wheelwright in favor of the amend
ment,and Senators Haskell and Stevens against
| The question on the amendment was called
and the amendment was lost, the vote being as
| follows:
HinckIey, Peaks, Talbot, Thurlough, Tolman Watts,
wentworth, Wheelwright-12.
NAYs-Brackett, Brown j. S., Carney, French,
Haskell Jordan, Lord, Prescott, Stevens, Thomp.
son, Wadsworth, White, Woodbury-13.
A motion to indefinitely postpone was lost.
and the resolve passed to be engrossed.
The resolve in favor of the homeopathic hos
pital came from the House indefinitely post
| poned The Senate voted to adhere to their
| vote as follows:
| YEAs-Estes, Hinckley, Jordan, Lord, Prescott,
| Talbot, Tolman, Watts, Wentworth, Wheelwright-
NAYs-Brackett. Brown j. S., Brown S. O., Dom
| worth, French, Gray, Haskell, Peaks, Stevens,
Thompson, Thurlough, Wadsworth, White, Wood
bury-15.
The motion to indefinitely postpone was lost,
and the resolve passed to be engrossed.
The resolves in favor of Indian township, J.
W. Kinds, st. Frances plantation and Enoch
Hall, were taken from the table and passed to
be engrossed.
The general railroad bill was taken from the
| table and passed to be engrossed.
HOUSE.
| Reports of COMMUNICATIVE Judiciary Com
mttee reported a resolve to amend the consti-
tuition relative to bribery at elections, being the
| New York amendment rejected by the LegIsla-
ture last year; also bill to amend sec. 13, chap
| Tense has been committed by persons who have
| been arraigned on complaint of another, such
| complainant shall be arrested and held to pay
the costss Of prosecution if it appears that the
| complaint was malciously made, and in case
| such malicious complainant is unable to pay
| the costs he shall be put in prison; also bill
relating to suits in municipal courts. All of
| the above were printed under the rules.
The report of the Temperance Committee on
| the Mains cider aud native wine bill ESQ call
ed) that legislation is inexpedient, was taken
| from the table. Mr.. Talbot moved to amend
the report by striking out the word "not"
| which would make the report read that '1egis-
lation is expedient", and asked the yeas and
| nays, which resulted in the rejection of the
| amendment,-yeas 81, nays 80, as follows;
YEAs-Alan of waldoboro Anderson, Ball, Blais-
DELL Blanchard of Yarmouth, Cleaves, Dane Of JEFF
ferson, Davis of Portland Dearbon, Dennison, Dris
Heating, Lynch, Manter. Martin of Camden, morrill,
Nadeau, Pendleton, Porter, Patten. Reed Of Ire
mont, Sherman, Stone Of Biddeford, Stone Of Aamg-
den Stratton, Strickland, Talbot, Tricky, Trusse,
| NASs-Allan Of Dennysville, Alexander, Baker,
| Ballard, Bean, Blanchard of Falmouth, Brown Of
| Brownvlle, Brown Of Oldtown, Burnham, Burpee,
Carlton, Chase Of Standsh Chase of Bridgton, Cliff
ming. Dutton, Dwinal, Dyer, Farrar Of Bucksport,
Farrar of Turner Fellows, Floyd Fogler. Gay, Glib
son, Greedy, Haley. Hamilton, Haskell, Hayfeld,
son, Leavitt Libby, Linnei Tttlefeld Lord Of Blue
hill, Lord of Lebanon, Locke Marden, Martin of Sc
Now v Parcher Percy, Philips, PinkRam, Pot.
ter, Reed of Boothbay, Richardson Robertson, Rob-
inson of Mt. Vernon, Rolf Rowe, Salley, Sargent
| Slower, Sweetser, Tenney, Tilden, Thayer, Wagg.
| Warren, Weymouth, White of Bucksport, White of
Orono, Wiggin, Wyman, Yates Young Of Warren
The bill to set off part of Montvile to Lib
| erty was taken up and discussed, the pending
motion being indefinite postponement. The
Houst refused to postpone it-yeas go, nays
| II. The bill was then passed to be engrossed
| in concurrence with the Senate.
The resolve appropriating $4,000 for the use
| of the Centennial Commission of Maine was
taken up, and after debate was unanimously
passed.
Passed to be Enacted-The resolve approprating
| 81 900 for 800 copies of the "Year Book" acts
amending chap 81 laws of 1872, relating to foreclos
ures OF real estate mortgage; amending chap 81 r.
S. relating TO the rights of married women; ncorpor
ating the Maine Homeopathic Hospital; act amend
ing II and TO- chap. SO r. relating to solemn
ization of marriages. amending ch ap 20, 3laws
Of 1885, concerning the militia for the protection of
land-locked salmon and trout and bass; amending
H. chap. 142 R. S. relating to the reform school,
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
The bill to repeal the bear bounty law came
up and caused humorous debate, in which
twenty gentlemen took part. The bill was in
definitely postponed
| The resolve approprating 5000 to collect his
torical facts of the Maine regiments in the late
| war was amended SO as to appropriate such
sum as the Governor and Council shall judge
| expedient, and was passed.
| The bill authorizing G. W. Howard to navi-
| gate Rangely Lake was amended so as to limit
the time of exclusive right to five years, and
was passed to beengrossed.
The resolve to appropriate $4,000 for the
Maine Homeopathic Hospital came from the
Senate passed to be engrossed, The House in
sisted on the vote of indefinite postponement
and a motion to reconsider was lost which
| kills the measure.
The bill to incorporate the Comm ercial
Wharf Co. of Portland was indefinitely post
| poned.
| All the matters on the table not assigned for
Monday having been disposed of the House ad-
| ionrnad 10 Mnndau at In o,clonlr