The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-08
Maino Legislature.

| VI money ptlu IT'S communication during tllc Wdf
Inc committee on Mercantile Affairs VIII re-
port against abolishng the office of Insurance
| Commissioner. The Committee on interior
Waters decided TO report bill to amend the
charter OF the Franklin Land and Lumber
Company. The Committee on Ways and
Bridges will report Fought to pass" on the
following bill Act relating to repairing rail
road crossings. The judiciary Committee will
report bills as follows: Requiring claims against
towns to be verified by oath; ante-dating OF
the statutes relating to election returns; eN-
| empting the wages of married women and
minors from attachment for debts OF The hus-
band, and bill to extend the time for locating
the Portland, Rutland and Oswego Railroad
\ minor report will be made on bill providing
for State Board of Health: the majority report
was adverse. Il. $ Aver ct ais, of Montviie
for an act to incorporate Mt. Repose Cemetery
i'll said town petitioners had leave To withdraw.
Jan. 81 In the Senate-Le Legislation unneceS-
Sarl was reported by the committee on the re-
port OF the Governor and Council III relation to
claims OF certain towns, which was referred by
the last Legislature TO the Governor and Coun-
| cli Adverse reports were made on the order
relating to appeals from trial justices. All or
| derS petitions. etc. relating to fish and game
| laws We're reported by the committee, com
| mendln9 their reference to the commission n
game and fish laws to be appointed hy the Gov
| ernor Reported bV committee-bill 10 amend
| Revised Statutes: relating to support Of piiS-
oners in iails: resolve appropriating 10000 for
Tue dtliitdl u Tue t1tItt iullillu
bill amending laws of 1872, relating to railroad
| crossings; resolve appropriating $500 for the
| Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum; bill
! 10 provide for the organization and management
| OF loan and building associations: bill to en-
| courage the manufacture of beet sugar: bill re-
lating to witnesses and evidence; bill to amend
statutes relating to election returns, so that all
returns may be opened on or before Dec. :, and
providing Tor c0rrectons bill relating TO taxa
ton of property of religious societies; resolve
for compiling school laws: bill relating to trlIS-
tees and disclosures.
In the afternoon the bill 10 amend chapter ,.
| OF the Revised Statutes relating 10 drinking
houses and tipplimg shops was taken from the
table, and an amendment adopted providing for
| action to be brought in behalf OF the State by
| the Attorney General. An amendment subject
ing the Attorney General to fine for neglect or
refusal to perform his duty was pending when
the bill was tabled. The vote passing to be en-
crossed the bill to repeal sections 90, &C and @,
! chapter Is, Revised Statutes, was reconSdered.
| An amendment providing it shall not apply to
| pending actions, adopted and laid on the table.
| The bill 10 abolish highway taxes was taken
from the table and was indefinitely postponed
| Ill concurrence with the House. The Senate re-
| considered its action ordering two sessions per
! day, ordering only one.
| In the Iiouse-fhe Judiciary Committee re-
| ported proposed amendments to the C0nstitu-
ton relating to municipal Indebtedness, and hi
! ennial elections and Sc >sonS of the legislature
I
| process: bill on minority report to establish
| State Board of Health: bin relating to impriS-
| Onment Of criminals: bill relating to appoint
and duties of port wardens; bin relating to
| cemeteries; bill additional to chapter 40, Re
| 3lsed Statutes relating TO lite Insurance, bill TO
| prevent Illegal elections bill in new draft 10
| obtain uniform returns from railroad corpora
| lions: bill 10 enable the city of Bangor to aid
the Bangor \ Piscataquis Railroad; and an APP
preparation bill amounting TO Sl,l99,S5,. Ad-
| verse reports were made on bill to prevent tenn
| porary deposits in savings bank; on the order
| proposing further security for fires; on the
| der relating 10 State detectives: on State uni
| folmity of text books; on the order providing
| for a geological survey of the State Majority
| and minority reports were made on the order
| relating to abOlishing the office of Insurance
| Commissioner - the majority ayerse 10 any
| change in regard to the Office: the minority re-
| ported Il bill to reduce the salary from $500 to
| $1,000 and recurring an official bond, The mat
| ter was under consideration at adjournment
| 1t was further discussed in the afternoon and
| the majority OF the report. leaving the salary Il.
| $500, was adopted. The House went into ON
| mite of the Whole and gave the Insurance
| Gommis siOner 4 hearing on the question.
Feb. t. In the Senatp--'Thp committees on
| commerce, education and manufactures made
| their final reports and were DISCHARGED A Dc-
| tition for the establishment ui science school
| in each Of the several States was referred to
! the next legislature An act relating to wori
|
| ing school agents 10 furnish vouchers of eNpen-
| dtures before drawing schoo-money from the
| town treasurer: a resolve relating to settlers
| on propliet0rS land. an act to amend the .li-
| Yorre law and an acl to prevent IN omuetent
person from acting q. apolhcr1rt.- Were. read
| and ordered printed
| In The House--1hf hI relating 10 dog WAS
| discussed at length, and passed to be crgrossed
| by a large majority The acts and resolves a.
| eioued for to-day were passed to be ennrnssrd
|
! be enacted. A motion was lna,!r IL reconsider
| tile vote adopting the majority report rcs,tcr;-
| n% the state insurance conmis soner and ,lilt-
tory matters occupied the iou I until The hour
| of adjournment.
| Feb. :. Ia the ucu.f, to-day the follow inc
| bills 81 ere read and ASSIGNED and ordered print
| ed 10 amend the statutes relating to the I'M
prisonment OF criminals, to obtain uniform re-
| turns from railroad resolve in favor 81 The
! Fassamaell0ddy Indians, act IL .,,upu,i HE
atauteq relating to trustee l.ro,c... pa led 10
| be ennr0s5ed-aI relating IL ALLEGATIONS in in
| dicments; iui giving county Comiujs siolcra
| jurisdiction over the repairing OF WAYS: act r.-
| !alng 10 in .ine persons confined in iaiis ia in
corporate the Harrington y Jonesport Tre-
| graph Company: t. prov Idle in part Tor eyDen-
| litnreS of Government: resolve Retain" To
| an amendment OF The Constitution RELATING 10
electors, resolve relating 10 settlers lois under
the treaty Of Washington; resolve in favor Of
| BanpoI Children4 Home. resolve in favor OF
the Town of Marysvillp. Passed to be enacted,
| Act to amend statutes relating to appeals from
County Commissioners; to amend the charter
| If the Camden ilIaqe 1orpnration. reIatino IA
throwing ballast into the kennebec River: 10
prevent the destruction of books. &C.. IN ruhlic
| libraries The House Committee. on Interior
Waters, on a petition for the exclusive nayjon-
ton of Richardson Lake for A term of wears re.
| ported reference to the next egislature
In the senate-iiouse papers were ,il4rosca
Of i'll concurrence. The House amendment to
the Savings Bank bill liz ing the StaIp tax on
deposits al per cent, was rejected. The hiji
against pool selling and lotteries was tabled on
its passage to he enacted. Other bills ana re-
solves, finally passed in the House yesterday.
were passed in concurrence This afternoon
the act relating 10 pool selling and lotteries was
amended by striking out the provision against
| lotteries in churches, and, as amended. was
passed. The bills enacted in the House this
morning were passed in concurrence The re-
solve in favor of an agl icultural college was dis
cussed at length Ali the proposed amendments
were rejected, and the resolve was engrosspd-
16 to :. 1t appropriates S15 DIS
The House read and assigned the act TO amend
the statutes relating to election returns, The
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