The Portland daily press., 1877-01-18
FIFTY.SIXTH LEGISLATURE.
Especial to the Press.l
SENATE.

SENATE.
AUGUSTA, Jan. II.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. QuiRby of Augusta
Papers from the House disposed of in con-
currence.
Orders PdSSed-Relat;ng to a change in the
law OF rs, concerning tramps; refiling and ill.,
dexing legislative papers of the state; concern
ing danger of people in halls and public places
from fire; relating to refunding money to r.
w. Shaw ct. al, money paid by them TO the
state giving use of Senate Chamber to the Ed
itors and Publishers Association Wednesday
evening; relating to expediency of refling and
indexing legislative papers; amending sect %
chap. 49, Revised Statutes.
An order relating to restoring the death pen
atty was defeated by a vote of q toe.
Petitions, Bills, Etc, Presented and Referred
An act to provide for examination of iudg-
meDt debtors; in relation to Municipal Court of
| Bath; petition of Hiram F. Evans for lot of
land; remonstrance of Fred A wood et ais,
| against change in game laws; of inhabitants of
Lincoln for continuance of fish commissioners;
| of inhabitants of Newfeld for more stringent
| penalties for violation of prohibitory law; of
various individuals for a law against gam ng
| or pool selling; act relating to Municipal Court
| for Bath; petition against change of game laws:
| act amending sec. chap. 26, of public laws of
1872 relating to altering ana widening streets
Resolve was laid on the table to be printed to
| appropriate $4,000 for the removal of remains
of Gen. Knox from Thomaston to State House
grounds.
| Adverse reports were made on the petition for
a Superior Court in Androscoggin county; bill
to enable jewellers to sell articles left with
them and not called for; on order relating to
| right of appeal from DEGREES of alimony in d.
vorce cases; and on resolve of the city of Port
land for an amendment to the Constitution in
relation to qualification of electors.
HOUSE.
| Mr.. Cleaves Speaker pro tenn.
| Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Curtis of Augusta.
Committee of conference in the matter of leg
islative committees visiting various institutions
they represent, reported they were unable to
agree. Report tabled
| Committee on railroads reported legislation
| inexpedient on act amending the charter Of
Castne and Ellsworth Railroad Company.
On petition of the members of First Parish,
Wells, to sell Parish property legislation mex
| pedient was reported.
! On petition of inhabitants of Plantation 8,
Hancock county, for act Of incorporation for
election purposes, leave to withdraw, was re-
ported.
On act to amend Sec. IS, Chap 81, R. S
ought to pass, was reported.
On petition of Frederick Gilkey ct ais, Cor
ham, for right to sell property of First Baptist
Parish of said town, leave to withdraw, was
| reported.
On bill relating to providing for right of ap-
peal in divorce cases, legislation inexpedient
was reported.
Orders Passed-Directly inquiries into expe-
| diency of amending Chap. Sc, r. s., relating to
courts in trustee process; of providing by gen.
| eral law for protection of fish in all waters of
the State, and also for protection to all owners
| of ponds and streams of their property in fish !;
Of making appropriation to aid in building
| bridge over Thibadeau's stream in Van Buren,,
Aroostook; of appropriating aid in building
| bridge over Isaac Martins stream, Madawasks;
| of transferring duties of Commissioner of In
other method whereby the State shall receive a
| more equitable proportion of the revenues de-
rived from this office; of amending Chap. 90,
Public Laws, 1876, so as to prevent capture of
ruffed grouse or woodcock, with snare or net;
Of amending and defining Chap. 227, Public
Laws, 1874, relating to powers and duties of
County Commissioners; of amending State
Constitution providing for biennial elections of
all State officers now elected annually, also
providing for biennial sessions of the legIsla-
ture after 1878; OF appropriatiDg in aid of
building bridge over Runnewell brook in St
Francis, Aroostook; of paying certain parties
in st Francis for road labor in 1867; of amend
ing Chap II, Sec 6, & S., by striking out
may raise money to- in first line, and insert
ing "shall raise money and" also by striking
out 'or to punish them at cost to the pupils"
in the Sd and 4th lines of said section; of
amending Sec IS and 81, Chap. GA, r. S.. in
relation TO embezzlement of property OF de-
ceased persons; of protecting pickerel and
| white perch in Garland ponds, in Garland; of
providing Communication for clothing for Mont
gomery Guards, Portland; of enacting a law
L daft oof po1,1a of hail
ings which may be covered by insurance, and
also providing for valuation of said buildings
by the assessors at the time of taking the in-
| ventOry in their several municipalities; for ex-
animation OF General Laws for organization of
| business corporations, savings banks, trust
companies, and if necessary, report amendment
| of act.
Messrs. Hinckey, Greedy, Stone, Bodwell.
Littlefed Strickland and Kimball were APP
pointed a committee on enlargement of the
State House.
Petitions, bills, ETC., presented and refered-
Petition Of Edwin Reed, Mayor Of Bath for act
| comforting certain powers upon Mayor and Al
| dermen of city of Bath, in execution of trust
rendered them by the will of the late Mrs. M.
j, Ledysrd, with bill accompanying; bill, an
act additional to Chap Z, r. S., requiring more
complete indexing of books of Rec stry of
Deeds; act to amend act of Incorporation of
trustees of Sailors Home, in Portland, and
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trustees in meeting of Sept. II, last; bill, an
act TO establish standard of qualifications for
| the practice of medicine in the State of Maine;
petition to amend Sec. q, Chap. 81, r S., re
lating to mortgages of proDerty, liens and their
enforcement; petition of VIM. S. Rogers ct ais,
| for modification uf the Trustee Law; bill, an
act in relation to the Ellsworth municipal
| court; an act to incorporate the Deering Land
| and Building Go petition of citizens of Saco
for an act to prevent gambling and pool-selling
/ Indo nd horn. oft
zens of Machias, Joneshoro', Addison, and
| Prescott, praying to change the time and place
Of holding the terms of Supreme Judicial
Court in Washington county, Ito change from
to sell its interest IN any railroad corporation,
| and to reorganize P. & o. r. r. Co.,
and 2. & R. r. Co., or to make available
to the interest. Of the city in said corporations,
provided no liabilities be incurred in behalf of
said city; petition OF John G. Adams of SaL-
ford, praying that his acts as Trial Justice may
| be made valid; bill, an act to amend Sec 26 of
the Public Laws of 1876, as that no railroad
| shall be made across tide waters where vessels
navigate; act additional, authorizing Orchard
BEACH Railroad 20. to operate such parts of
| their railroad as they may elect; petition of
| Chas Hayward and others, of Bangor, to ex
tend Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad from some
point on its present line, between OdtOwn and
Foxcroft, to some poiLt in Bangor; petition for
| acts prohibiting catching of black bass, togue,
| trout and white perch, in Wilson's pond and
its tributaries, in Wilson, for three years; tax
| ing trout in KenneSec and Wells; taking black
bass and pickle ell from North pond, in Win
throp and Readfield; taking trout in Rangeey
stream; petition for appointment of commits
sion to reconstruct the laws relating to the
fisheries and the taking of fish; petition of
Chas. W. Roberts, A. B. Farnham, R. G.
Thatcher. and 23O others of Bangor, for an
amendment to Chap. 125, Public Laws of 1876
relating to close time for trout. with bill ac-
companying; etition for amendment to Sec. z,
Chap. AZ, r. S., relating to logs or lumber
lodging on lands by freshets; petition to set off
+. ?. Crowell from village corporation of Fair
field; petition Of franklin Land and Lumber
Co. for amendment Of charter allowing it tolls
on the lumber coming out Ct the Carrabasset
river; petition Of Thomas Goodall for authority
to build locks, dams and side dams in the towns
of Shapleigh and Acton: petition of W. W.
Walker for reimbursement; petition of town of
TOpsfield for reimbursement of State aid lost
in transaction in 1867; BILL an act for tie in
corporation OF building association in the
town of Wiscasset; petition of John Estes for
lot of land in Oakfeld, Aroostook county,
petition of Charles Morse and other citizens Of
Portland, to incorporate the 'Citizens Mutual
Relief Society of Portland;'' petition of John
Foge, ct ais, Etna, for repeal of so-called Free
High Schools; petition of Mayor of Bath for
act authorizing Bath to appoint harbor mas