The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-01-14
FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE.
Especial to Press.1
SENATE.

AUGUSTA, Jan. IL.
Senate was opened With prayer by Rev. Mr.
Curtis Of Augusta.
The annual reports of the Bank Examiner
and Land Office Commits ,ioner were received
and referred.
The committee to whom was referred the
Governors Message made report referring
the various parts to the appropriate commit
tees.
An order was presented by the Senator from
Aroost ,ok that the Committee on Legal At
tairs inquire into the expediency of amending
Sec. Chap. 81 of the Revised Statutes Also
amending Sec. 10 Chap. SO of the Revised Stat
uteS.
A petition with bill was presented for per
mission to extend wharf into the tide waters
of Jordan River in the town of Trenton.
A petition of w. w. Walker of Atkinson,
who is represented by the selectmen as a
"kneedy man," for aid was received aud re-
ferred.
The order relating to limit of receiving new
business was taken from the table, aud Mr..
Wheewright of Bangor moved to recede and
concur with the House Lost
Mr.. Swasey then moved to insist and sug
gested Committee of Conference. Carried,
and Messrs Swasey, Haskell and French were
appoin ted.
A petition with bill, for an act authorizing
the union of the Portland Athen@um" and
Portland Institute and Public Library, was
presented. The rules were suspended and bill
passed to be engrossed.
A bill relating to labor was referred to the
f,ir of
to BARRIERS in licensed hotels keeping open on
Sunday.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Sargent. Senate papers
disposed of in concurrence, except the com.
muncation from Secretary Fish relative to
frontier fisheries, which was referred to the
Committee on Fisheries.
l Petitions presented and referred-Of j. w. Davis
and 80 others to be set Oft from Webster and annexed
to Lewiston; of several parties in st. Francis for
lots of land paid for by them and claimed by the E.
Saco to discontinue The Old cemetery Saco and re-
| move the remains therein to Laurel Hill Cemetery
| OF w Hopkins ct ais. of Songo Gore for annexa-
ton of same to town of Casco three petitions; of
j. Huddeston ct al for leave to build fish weir in
Lubec waters; of j. A. Burke ct ais for the ncorpa-
ton of the Rangely Agricultural Society; of james
/ Rowland ct ais to change the name of the town OF
| Dalton back to Ashland; of Mark Marshall for au-
thority to extend wharf into Marshall Cove ST.
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preservation of pickerel in Parkman Pond; of citi
zens of Yarmouth to legalze the vote of that town
relative to the dividing line between school districts
and 8; of citizens of Fort Kent and Frenchville in
aid of Commissioners report on Madawaska tiers
caims of Penobsco Indians for aid of various kinds
bill to prohibit the taking of smelts in Patterns Bay
Surry except by hook and lne bill to incorporate
the Rockland Mt. Desert and Sullivan Steam boat
| Company; petition of S. N Mcfarland to build a
wharf in tide waters of Frenchmen's Bay in Han
cock; remonstrance OF w HI. Allen and 109 others
against petition of Thaddeus Libby and others for
to ,rrild Ech in, fncfNr.
of M. L. Aver ct ais. against being set off from
Montville to Liberty bill to authorize Sovereigns o.
Industry to incorporate the same as Masons, etc.
| Orders Passed-Of Mr.. Frank, directing the Ju-
dietary Committee to inquire what legislation is nec-
essary to prescribe regulations relative to the man
of making applications for pardon also that the
same committee inquire into the expediency of abol
ishDg the death penalty and prescribing by law sucf
regulations necessary relative to the manner
of applying for pardons for the crime of murder SC
that the convict will not secure pardon except or
newly discovered evidence; of Mr.. Ceaves, dire ,tins
the Legal Affairs Committee to report the expediency
Of Legislation authorizing nnholders to enforce eI
| on the baggage of guests who fail to pay their bills
| the same as common carriers unclaimed goods; o
| MIR. Fogler Of Hope, directing the Judiciary to re
| port the expediency of amending and defining chap
227 Of the public laws of 1874, relating to Count,
Commissioners; of Mr.. Porter, directing the Judic
airy to inquire if legislation is necessary not to
cure prompt justice to the people in pursuance o
sec. 49, art. of the constitutions of Mr. Grant, tina
the Reform School Committee visit the Industrial
School for Girls and report the condition of the
of Mr. Slower of Harpswell, directing the Judiciar
to inquire into the expediency of reporting bill t.
prescribe what portion of candidates name shall
be printed or written ballot to be counted fo
said candidate; by Mr.. Hume of Eastport, directing
the Fisheries Committee to inquire into the expedi
ency of general law to protect the planting of oys
tiers; of Mr.. Hobson of Wiscasset directing the Com
mittee on Towns to inquire into the expediency o
authorizing towns to elect municipal officers 70
three years, the same for County Commissioners
of Mr.. Hamilton of Dexter, directing the Agricultur
Committee to inquire Into the expedency of requir
ing the destruction of thistles and weeds growing o.
the public highways and railroads; of Mr.. Dyer, d
rectng the Judiciary to inquire into the expedienc
Of changing the law relative to poundkeeper so as
make it more effectual in taking up cattle going
large; of Mr. Bass, directing the Committe on Print