The Republican journal., 1876-01-20
The Maine Legi stature.

AUGUSTA, Jan. Is. In the Senate Or
dcrs We're passed looking to the amend
ment Of the Revised Statutes relative to
mortgages OF personal property, and chap
ter - Of the Revised Statutes, relating to
records OF marriages. The commission
| on the business of the Land Office reported
Prescntcd-A bill relating to the labor of
BARRIERS in licensed hotels on Sunday. Fl
nally passed-A resolve in favor of ccono-
| my in the public expenditures
In the House. DECENTRALIZATION OF
50 inhabitants OF Webster to be annexed
to Lewiston; to change the name Of the
town of Dalton to Ashland. Bills to IN
corporate the Rockland Il Mount Desert
Steamboat Company; to amend section |,
chapter ~ of the laws Of 1873 relating to
the change OF names; TO amend chapter
30, Revised Statutes relating to Libraries,
public cemeteries and charitable societies.
Orders We're passed looking to the amend
ment of the law relating to pardons, di-
recting the judiciary Committee to in
quire into the eXpediency of abolishing
the death penalty also of amending the
law relative to pardons for the crime OF
murder so that pardons can be given only
on newly discovered evidence looking to
the amendments of the law relating TO
inn-holders; authorizing them to enforce
a lien on the baggage Of guests who fail
to pay their bills; proposing amendments
Of chapter ~ of the laws Of 1874, relating
to county commissioners, relating to sec
ton 49, article l of the Constitution pro-
posing a law to define what portion of 4
candidates name shall be written or print
ed ON ballots; looking to Il general law to
protect the planting Of oysters; to author
izing towns to elect municipal officers for
three years.
AUGUSTA, Jan. II. In the Senate al
act fixing the mileage Of members ut one
dollar Tor ten miles from and to their res
licences was passed to be engrossed.
In the House orders We're passed look
ing to various amendments OF the law re-
lating to lien for material and labor, OF
chapter 70, revised statutes, 50 that an as
sign may be cited before some proper trib-
unal of laws of 1874, relating to reim-
bursement of towns for certain expenses
Of military companies; relating to cleo
ton returns; taxation of logs and lumber;
relative to the appointment of highway
surveyors OF towns; also looking to the
reduction of expenses in the various State
VIC l'ttl lIlCllbo. SoilIlHlllStS lcDOIlCu luNOI-
ably on bill amendatory of the law re-
lating to auctioneers; on a bill to incor-
porate the katahdin Iron Company on a
petition relation to the partition Of real
estate.
AUGUSTA, Jan. 16 In the Senate yes
terday, petition was presented that the
Montgomery Guards OF Portland be plac-
ed on the same footing as other military
companies in the State. Finally passed,
a resolve in favor of economical eXpendi-
lures of the Government. In the House
the Senate bill relating to mileage was de-
feated. Among the orders passed was
one relating to the reduction OF the salary
of the warden and officers of the State
Prison, and an appropriation for the State
Industrial School for Girls.
AUGUSTA, Jan. H. In the House today
600 Friends petitioned for the abolition of
the death penalty and the Committee on
Judiciary was directed to consider the ex-
pediency OF submitting the question of
abolition to the people in September next.
Orders were passed relative to abolishing
of imprisonment for debt; proposing to
require county treasurerS to transmit to
the State Treasurer all uncollected taxes
assessed in the plantations; looking to the
amendment of the statutes so that schools
shall commence at such times as the Sup
erintending School Committee shall deem
advisable; to the further protection OF
lives and property against defective steam
engines; to the removal of the State arms
at Portland to Bangor. Enacted-A bill
to unite the Portland Athenrum and pub
lie Library.
In the Senate an act was passed to in
corporate the Odd Fellows Mutual Relief
Association of Maine.