Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-25
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

MONDAY, Jan. q.
Senate met according to adjournment.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. NEwcoMBE Of Hallowell.
The journal Of Friday proceedings was read
and approved.
Payers from the House disposed Of in concur
renee.
On motion of Mr.. THOMPSON, report of Com
mirtec on Fi-hel les, giving leave to withdraw on
petition of II. B. Crowel ct ais. for the protection
OF fish in Potter Pond, in the town of Dexter, was
ie-committed.
On motion Of Mr.. HASKELL,
Ordered, That the Committee OF Military Afai's
be dire ced 10 inquire whether the members OF the
sevea al military compauies in the State have been
examined and enlisted according to law, and re-
port lit of the Ulcers who have examined ami
emitted such soldiers, and the date of such exam
in.iion and enlistment within the last three years,
wi power TO send for persons and papers.
On motion of Mr.. HASKELL,
Ordered, That the Seer tary OF State fnrnish
the lCgi .lature with the several yeaily amounts
appropriated to the Maine Agricultural College.
! On motion of Mr.. HASKELL,
Ordered, That the Committee on Legal Affairs
he directed to inquire into the expectancy of SO
anne nding sect. 2, chap. lib, that poor debtor
shall not be thrown into Prison when the debt Is
less than twenty dollars.
Mr.. kYEs, flom the Committee on Claims, on
petition Of W. w. Walker. praying that aid be
granted him for lrJullc, received at general mus
Of state militia in 1899, reported leave to wi h
draw.
Mr. TALBOT, from the Committee on Fisher les,
reported ill an act TO prevent the taking or de-
stroy ing OF fish in Hubs mill pond in the town Of
Pennington. Read and assigned.
| Mr. THOMPSON, f, ON the Committee on State
Lands and state Roads, reported resolve in favor
OF bridge across the MatAwamkeag river III the
| town OF uaynesIie >On the military road Pllat-
| cd under rule.
! Bill an act authorizing Charles w. Howard to
dredge uars and navigate Rangeley lake by steam
taken from the table, and pending acceptance
| OF :epoit OF committee, Mr.. kYEs offered the foi
| lowing amendment:
| That sec. be mended by striking out all
after the word chen, III the second line, and add
/ lag the following words: xix times week dur
ing the boating season unless prevented by storms
and winds.
SO that said section shall read, when amended,
as follows:
ut shall be the duty of ,aid corporator, his asso-
GATES and assigns, to touch at Rangeley village
| tor passengers lot less than six times a week dur
ing the boating season, unless prevented by storms
and Winds.
The amendment was adopted, the bill was given
a stcond IT aiding, and passed to be engrossed.
BILLS, PETITIONS, &c, PRESENTED AND RE-
FERRED.
BY Mr.. HAsKELL-Memoral frt m Managers Of
! Female Orphan Asylum, Por;llnd for sppro-
priation. Referred TO Committee on Mil tery
Affairs. ASKS for $4,000
BY Mr.. W EBB-Pttition Of Alfred Webb ct us,
for approp iation to aid in building and finishing a
road from Lowell across Township No. l. North
Division. Referred to Committee Ways snd
Bridges. casks for 81 ,000)
! by Mr. CARNEY-Petition of Alden Lewis ant!
80 others, citizens Of Wfiteii field, PRAYING that
counties be equifcd to build and maintain ce tain
bridges. Referred to Committee on Was AID
Bridges.
! BY Mr.. PEAKs-An act relating to the jan slic-
ton of the Supreme Judicial Court, and 10 amend
chap. 81. sec. 9, of the Revised Statutes. Refer
red to Committee on the Judiciary. Relates TO
personal and trasiory actions, where the plaintiff
does not reside in the State.
By Mr.. STEvENs-Petton of Benz. Hilton and
others, relating TO bridges. Referred to Commit
tee on Ways and bridges.
BY MIR. HINcKLEY-An act relative to the Els
worth police court. Referred TO Committee on
the judiciary. Provides for salary to Judge CT
5000, and increases jurisdiction Of court
READ AND ASSIGNED.
An act to incorporate the Hibernian Society in
Bid eford; act TO inco porate the Bridgton Tel
egraph Co; an act to incorporate The Equity Fire
Insurance Co act to make valid the doings OF
Drew plnl ia ion act TO encourage and protect
the breeding of trout and land locked salmon in
Sunday Pond, lots No. 2 and 3 Township No.
range 4, county of Oxford an act to make valid
, the doings Of the town of Lyndon in the county
, of Aroostook; act to incorporate the Piper
Reservoir Dam Co.. an act additional TO an act to
, incorporate the Penobscot Log Driving Co.; an
act 10 authorize the town of Lyndon to loan its
, credit in aid of the Aroostook River Railroad
an act for the preservation Of pickerel in
North west and Harlow ponds in the towns OF
Parkman and Sangerville, in the county of Piscat-
aquis an act authorizing Mark Marshall to main
tain wharf in the tide waters of Marshalls Cove
in ST. George, Knox county; an act to amend sec.
of chap. 81 Of the revised statutes; resolve il
aid of the town Of Mount Chase, Penobscot coun-
ty; resolve in favor Of roads passing through the
Indian township in Washington county.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossEp.
An act to annex Songo Gore and Dingley Is
lands to the town of Casco; an act to authorize
Nelson w. Carnage to extend wharf into tide
waters in the town of Bristol act authorizing
| Abb aham c. Fernald and others to build and main
tain fish weir in tide waters betwee Bear Island
and Mount Desert an act for the protection of
fish in Pu.haw pond, in the county Of Penobscot,
and the str, ANS flowing into and out of said pond
an act to incorporate the Southgate Dyking Co.
an act to prohibit the taking Of fish Of any kind
from the Adams pond, SO called, and its main
tributary in the town Of Newfeld.
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
| An act authorizing Mathew Cleland to erect and
maintain wharves and fish wiers in front of his
land in Robbinston; an act authorizing Thomas
| Cleland to erect and maintain wharves and fish
veins i'll front of his land in Mill Cove and Passa-
maquoddy St. Andrews bay, in RobbiL ston +;
an act to protect Medomac river at Waldoboro /;
an act to prohibit fishing with nets or hooks in
IIowcs pond or in waters tributary to said pond in
the town of Hermon; an act to amend sec. !, chap.
81 of the revised statutes relating to auctoneers
an act to prohibit the taking of smelts in the
waters of Patten bay in the town of Surry in any
other ner than by hook and line; An act to
amend Sec chap 81 of the public laws of 1873 !;
an act to incorporate the katahdin Iron Com
papy.
On motion of Mr.. HINcKLEY,
| Adjourned.
House.
MONDAY, Jan. oath.