Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-02-23
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
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au act to amend an act to supply the city OF Lew
iston and Auburn with pure water, an act to set
of part Of the town Of Montvle and annex
the same to the town of Liberty an act to make
available the school fund of the Inhabitants OF
i}owerbank, an unncorported place in the county
of Plscataqus an act to authorize the Camden
Village Corporation to build hall an act to at-
thoile the formation of ia lroad corporations an
act to amend III. chap. 81 of the revised stat
utes relating to division OF accounts; an act to
amend chap. ii IL of the reVis cd statutes re
| lating to railroads; an act TO repeal CHAP ifo OF
the private and special laws of 1862 relating to the
taking Of salmon. shad and alcwlVes IN the waters
| of Pleasant river in W Washington county.
FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve in favor OF W. 5. Evans; resolve IN
favor of Robert Knox resolve in favor OF The Cen
tennial Commission; resolve in aid OF the Name
General Hospital at Portland; resolve in favor of
the Maine Industrial school for girls; resolve IN
favor of the Maine State library resolve IN favor
of ". y. Woodbury. resolve in favor OF the safe
College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts ;
resolve il favor of the town of Sherman
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Senate met at the hour TO which ii adjourned.
Papers from the House disposed Of in concur
renee.
Resolve concerning an amcniment to the Con
sttution of Maine, in regard 10 bribery at ciec-
tions, came from the House.
On motion of Mr.. HASKELL, the rules were
suspended, and the resolve read the second time
renee it was tabled.
An act for the proper gradation Of punishment
was read once, and indefinitely postponed III con-
curTence.
A resolve appropriating the sum Of $1,000 to
defray the expenses of the Governor and suit al
the Centennial at Philadelphia, came from the
House, and after being read one was tabled.
Report of committee on conference on bill an
act to amend chap 81 Of the revised statutes ieat
ing to liens and lots, came from the House, the
az th.. ~ q
concur with the House IN giving the bill PAS
sage.
its former action in Indefinitely posponins the
bill.
Mr.. SwAsEY discussed the merits Of the BILL
and opposed the motion to adhere.
Mr.. HASKELL suggested an amendment.
The pending motion was on the acceptance OF
the report of the committee, on which the yeas
and nays were ordered, on motion OF Mr.. BRACh-
EFT. resulting as follows
IEAs-Mcssrs. Bracket, Brown of Piscataquis,
Carney, Donworth, Estes Gray, 1inckley, Lord,
Peaks, Swasey, Talbot, Thompson, Ihurlough
Toman, Wadsworth. Watts, Webb, Wentworth,
Wheelwright, Whte-20.
NAYs-Messrs. Brown of Cumberland, French,
Haskell, kyes, Prescott, Woodbury-6.
So the report accepted. and the Senate re-
coded and concurred with the House in giyin. the
bill 4 passage.
Bill an act repeating chap. A Of the public laws
of 1872 and chap pa of the public laws of 1874,
came from the House indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Mr.. SwAsEY, the Senate insisted
on its previous vote giving the bill passage, and
proposed committee of conference, consisting
on its part, of Messrs. Wheelwright OF Penobscot,
Kyes of Franklin and Talbot of Washington.
Final reports were made by Committees on
Temperance and Education.
Resolve in favor of road through Dunn's Notch,
Oxford county, came back from the House that
branch refusing to concur in itspassage. On mo
ton of Mr. SwAsEY the same was referred to the
next legislature.
Resolve in favor of the Military and Naval
Asylum at Bath, came from the House, that
branch refusing to adopt the Senate amendment
and proposing committee Of conference. The
following were joined part of the Senate ::
Mcssrs. Peaks OF Penobscot, kyes of Franklin
and Tolman of Hancock.
Bill an act relating to the settlement Of the pub
lie lands taken from the table, and pending
its passage to be enacted, the vote whereby 1t was
passed to be engrossed was reconsidered
The bill was then amended on motion of Mr..
BROWN of Pscataquis, aud given passage.
Mr. WHEELwRIGHT from the Committee on
Temperance on petition of Mrs. ii. c. Grace and
others for act to prohibit the sale of cider and
native wines, and an order relating to the same,
reported reference to the next legislature.
The bill to regulate the rate of interest was
taken up and Mr. SwAsEY resumed his remarks.
On his conclusion, Mr.. BRACKET called for the
yeas and nays on the passage of the bill to be
crossed, which resulted as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Donworth, Jordan, Kyes, Lord,
Prescott, Stevens, Sturgis, swasey, Thompson,
Thulough, Tolman, Wadsworth, Wentworth,
NAys-Messrs. Bracket, Brown of Cumber
land, Brown of Pscataquis, Carney, Estes, French,
Gray, Haskell, Peaks, Talbot, Watts, Webb,
Woodbury-l3.
So the bill was passed to be engrossed.
The resolve concerning an amendment to the
constitution relating to bribery at elections was
then taken from the table, and pending its passage
to be ensrossed, Mr.. HASKELL called for the yeas
and nays and advocated the passage Of the resolve
Mr.. WHEELwRIGHT said this was the same re-
solve that rejected by the Legislature last win
ter. He believed that the statutes now provided
suitable penalties for offences of bribery. He
thought the language of the resolve was exceed
ingly stringent in its provisions to be Incorporated
into the constitution. He would be better pleased
to have law enacted TO prohibit bribery if it is
considered necessary, and would vote for such a
proposition. He should favor the indefinite post
ponement of the resolve.
Mr.. STEVENS opposed the resolve, not consider
ing it necessary, believing that the ballot box was
now sufficiently guarded.
Mr.. LORD expressed a similar opinion and cited
the law.
Mr.. HASKELL again spoke in favor of passing
the resolve.
Mr. SwAsEY said this was an important propo-
sition. 1t was to change the fundamental law of
the State. lie necessity for it. He did not
believe in patching the constitution at the mere
within or caprice OF anybody. 1t would be great
wrong to do it, and he had heard no good reason
given why it should be done. If the constitution
was defective he would not object to its being
amended, but as it is he believed It was well
enough and that the people satisfied with it.
The same resolve had been suced into the Judi
cary committee and sluiced out again. He init
mated that there was some cat under the meal in
the introduction of the resolve. He challenged q
case to be shown where bribery had not been pun
ished in this State.
The debate was continued by Messrs. Haskell
and Donwoith, who advocate the resolve. The
latter remarked that this resolve was prevention
punishment came after the law.
Mr.. WHEELwMGHT moved its indefinite post
ponement.
On this motion Mr.. HASKELL called for the
yeas and nays, which were ordered, and resulted
| as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Bracket, Brown of Pscataquis,
Carney, Estes, French, Hinckley, Jordan, Kyes,
Lord, Peaks, Prescott, Stevens, Sturgis, Swascy,
Thompson, Thurlough, Wadsworth, Webb,
Wheelwrght, Woodbury-20.
NAYs-Messrs. Brown of Cumberland, Don
worth, Gray, Haskell, Talbot, Tolmsn, Watts,
Wentworth, White-9.
So the resolve was indefinitely postponed.
Resolve relating to pay of officers of State
Al.