The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-17
FIFTY.SIXTH LEGISLATURE.
Especial to the Press.l
SENATE.

petition or Augustus w. Spauldlng ct ais. Tor
protection OF fish in North pond; of Charles
Thayer ct ais. for repeal or amendment of law
prohibiting the taking of fish in Little Sebago
pond; K. p. Emerson ct. ais for amendment of
law relating to catching of trout; OF John E.
Godfrey, Judge of Probate Court for Penob-
scot, for increase of salary; an act relating to
witnesses and evidence; petition OF j. w.
Holden for amendment of pauper law; an act
in relation to the Harbor Commissioners of
Portland harbor; act to amend chap 7S Of the
public laws of 1876; an act to confirm the do
ings of school district in Berwick; an act to
regulate the practice of medicine; petition of
Dunn Edge Tool Co to prohibit the throwing
of lumber into MessaloDskee stream.
Orders Passed-Directing the Judiciary Com
mittee to inquire into the expedieDcy of
amending sec. las. chap. 6, of the r. S., re-
lating to collection of taxes, by striking out the
directing the Mercantile Committee to inquire
into the expediency of 81 amending. the law
that the standard weight of a bushel of oats
shall be 80 pounds relating to partition OF
lands in township No. IS, R 3, w. E. L. s,
Grand Isle; relating to aboishlng highway tax.
Resolve relating to a national prohibtory
law was taken from the table and passed to be
engrossed, unanimously, by rising vote.
The vote for United States Senator to fill the
unexpireG term in Congress caused by the res
ignation of Lot M. morrill,, was taken. The
vote is as follows:
For James G. Blaine.
Messrs. Bailey, Bartlett Boardman, Bracket,
Bragdon. Brown, Burleigh. Hyde; Irish. Jordan,
Vinton, Wadsworth' Webb, Wheeright and White-26.
For william r. Haines.
Messrs Lennox and Watts-2.
The vote was then taken for Senator for
the full term commencing March 4, 1877. re-
sulting the same as tine vote for the short
term.
Bill an act to amend sec. 3, chap. 26, of the
public laws of ~, relating to altering and wild
ening streets, was read the second time and
laid on the table.
Passed to be EngroSsed-Bill an act to au-
thorize contract between the Bucksport &
Bangor R. R. Co. and the trustees of the E. &
N. A. r. r. Co.
Adjourned.
Mr.. Cleaves, Speaker pro teno., in the chair.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Adams of Augusta.
Second reading of the bill giving five years
mere to the Penobscot and Lake Megantic
Railroad in which to complete their road.
Mr.. Pike of Calais doubted the power of the
House to renew the charter.
Mr. Robbie of Gorham moved the bill be COM
mitted to the Committee on Judiciary. The
motion was adopted.
Orders Passed-That inquiry be made into the
expectancy of a pauper law, that person after
being absent from his settlement town five years
without pauper support shall be liable to be
| supported in the town where he falls into dis
tress; inquiring into the expediency of legisla-
ton to the effect that civil cases appealed from
trial justices or municipal or police courts,
l when Judgment is less than 800, shall be by a
| jury OF three men instead OF twelve; that in
quiry be made into the expediency of SO
amending the law relating to liens on ships and
vessels that party furnishing materials and
labor in tue repair of q vessel can hold lien
/ on said vessel under provision similar to that
in the Revised Statutes of Massachusetts, chap.
ISL, sec. ID; that inquiry be made into the ex-
pediency of abolishing free high schools and
the repeal of all laws establishing and main
tanning the same; that the Committee on Edu
cation consider the expediency of so amending
l the school laws as to secure uniformity of
| text books throughout the state; inquiring as
| to the expediency of legislation prohibiting the
determination of trout in Greatworks Stream
and its tributaries; that the use of Representa-
| tives' Hall be rendered TO Prof. W. A. Pike
Wednesday evening for the purpose of speak
| ing on the subject of the Russian System of
| Industrial Education; that inquiry be made
| Ito the expediency Of an act prohibiting
| lettering about railroad stations after being
requested to leave the same by any railroad
| Official; that inquiry be made into the ex-
pediency Of amending chap. 80 Of the public
laws of 1876, entitled San act for the better
| protection of life and property; directing in
| quiry into the expediency of bounty on
| bears killed in 1874; inquiry be made
into the expediency Of amending chap.
| 231 Acts and Resolves, 1869, by striking out the
| and inserting in lieu thereof the word major
| ity," and striking out the word ''sx'' in the
/ fourth line Of sec. 4, and inserting in lieu
l thereof the word ''ten."
Laid on the Table Order: That the order
| passed Jan ii, directing the Clerk to make
! up the pay of Joseph d. Randall at ten dollars
and mileage one way, be and is hereby re-
/ scnded
| Petitions, bills ETC., presented and REFERRED
| Petition of James E. GrIndel for exclusive
right to take ice from Meadow Pond in Isles:
boro' for thirty years; of North Arson and
Skowhegan Telegraph Co. for amendment Of
charter SO as to allow the wires to follow the
line of the Somerset railroad; of inhabitants OF
| Steuben, Mllibridge Columbia Falls, Harring
| ton, Whitneyvile and Wesley, for repeal Of
terms of the Supreme Judicial Court in Wash
/ ingtOn county, The change was from Machias
to CALAIS; of Mrs. S K. Jewett, ct ais, for aid
| for the Children's Home. Bangor; bill, act to
incorporate Richardson Lake Steamboat Co
| petition of Alton E. Aver for right to navigate
East Pond, in Kennebec and Somerset counties
| 10y steam; of John Gardiner to fix toll of logs
| passing SHIN Pond dam; for aid of Female Or
phan Asylum of Portland: bill, act to amend
chap. 279, special laws 1876, in relation to catch
of selectmen of Phipsburg and of Hiram L.
Chase, ct ais, for dam in Ph!psburg; in favol
l of Aroostook for repairs on state roads in town
ship 8, range 5, and l. range 2; act for the pro
lection of fish in the Otter ponds in Standish
petition of citizens of the town of Dexter fo
L mo- of off1oa fiSh re
| bill, an act to amend sec. 16 chap 4, r. s
relating to the removal of voters from one ware
to another in cities of more than 1000 voters
bill, act to amend chap. 107 of Acts of 1876,
entitled an act additional to chap. 4, s., re;
| latng to elections in cities of more than 3O0(
| voters; petition of c. W. Porter for lot of land
| in Lyndon; of j. B Dingley, ct ais, for char
| ter for free bridge across the Kennebec rivel
| between Pittston and Gardiner; of town Of
| Lyndon to raise money for additional aid Of
| hngton for appropriation to aid in building
| road; of Hector Sutherland for conveyance Of
| lot in township G, range 2, Aroostook county
Presented by Mr.. Locke of Portland and
| ordered printed, an act in aid of the Deaf and
Dumb School in Portland, giving for each pupil
an amount of money equal to that heretofore
allowed by the state for each pupil sent from
this state to the Hartford Asylum, provided
Sdu puptl Is d T6Sluoub VI tulS StALc.
At II a. m. the House proceeded to ballot
| for United States Senator for the short ant
long terms, with the following results: Fol
the short term James G. Blaine had 112 votes
William P. Haines 81, as follows:
For James G. Blaine.
| Abbott, Averill, Ballard, Berry of Smyrna
| Berry of Wayne, Besse, Bird, Blunt, Bodwen, Boil
| ser, Bowers, Bragdon, Briggs, Brown OF Bowdoin-
| ham, Brown of Oldtown, Buck, Burrill, Chase o
BridgtOD Chase of Standlsh, Chick, Clark OF Apple
ton, Clark of Garland Ceaves OF Por tland, Coffin
Copeland Cornforth. Davis, Farrar Fellows GaIvin
ellison, Goodwin of Pennington, Goodwin of Monroe
Grant of Ellsworth Grant OF Stockton, Greedy
Hadock Harlow, Haskell OF West Gardiner, Haynes
Hersom, Hill, Hinkley of Bluehill, Hinkley O
Georgetown, Aobson. Howes, Hume, Hutchinson
Ireland. jackson, Jewett, johnson Jordan Of Bruins
wick, Jordan of Mariavile, Kimba, Kinney,
Knowles, Learned, Libby, Little, Littefeld, Locke
Lord of Bangor, Lord Of Kennebunk. Maddocks
Meader, Morrison, Newbert, Norton, Noyes, Mutt
OsgOod, Parkhurst, Perkins, Phinney, Pierce, Pike
P1llsbury of Lewiston, Porter of Lyndon, Rand
Reynolds, Robe, Rogers. Rolf, Russell, Sanburn
Seward, Shepherd, Simpson, Smith Of Alma, Smith
of Auburn, Smith of Cornville, Smith of Hampden
| Sprague, Stackpoe,. Storer, Strickland, Taylor
Thomas, Towne, Wadsworth of Manchester Wads-
worth Of Gardner. Watt, Wardwel, Warren O.
Wentworth, West White, Willard, Woods.-112.