Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-02-06

door OF the treasury fairly open they would be as
! hungry as wolves. -
., Mr. LocKE replied, further defending the bill.
/ lie stated that the members of the board were to
| receive no compensation except for their actual
| expenses, but there was to be a secretary AT a
! salary of 1920.
Mr.. PIKE opposed the bill. lie had no conf.
/ dence In its results.
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
! The House resumed consideration of the ma ior-
| lly and minority reports of the Judiciary Com.
! mlttee on the bill TO establish a State board Of
health.
MIR. CLEAvEs advocated the bill and replied to
arguments advanced by opponents of the
MEASURE lie SAID 1t was general sanitary
| measure in the interest of the whole people. Ii
had been tried in other States and its results had
| been good. lie deplored the attempt to prejudice
| the bill and referred to the high character of the
petitioners IN connection with the assertion that it
was RAID on the treasury. The petitioners would
not ASK Tor the bill without there was merit it,
| Mr.. WARREN of Denmark, further opposed the
| bill. lie said it was so healthy in the country
now that the physicians can but Just get living.
| The House refused to adopt the minority report
ana adopted that OF the ma GRITTY, reporting ought
| not to pass on the bill
>, Blll an act to give county commissioners jurs-
ulctlon over the repairs of ways was taken from
| the table on motion of Mr.. WADswoRTH of Man
| chester; the question being on the motion OF the
same gentleman to reconsider the vote whereby it
| was passed to be engrossed
Mr.. WADswoRTH withdrew his motion and on
! his motion the bill was indefinitely postponed.
On motion OF MIR. STRICKLAND, resolve in favor
OF the agent OF the Penobscot Indians, was taken
from the table and passed to be engrossed.
Blil an act TO reduce the salary of the insurance
commissioner to $1,000 was taken up on the mo.
tIon OF Mr. HAYNES, and the amendment offered
by HIM to make the salary 81 900 was adopted
d, mr., SHEPHERD moved to indefinitely postpone
MIR. PILsBURY of Lewiston, opposed the bill.
oh motion OF MIR. HAYNES, the yeas and nays
were ordered and taken the motion to indef-
nltey postpone, resulting in the negative, as fol-
lows:
iEAs-Abbot, Alexander, Ballard Berry of
smyrna, Besse, Blunt, Briggs, Browne of Bow
doinham, Buuill, Chase of Bridgton, Chase Of
Standlsh, Chick, Clark of Dlmariscotta, Clark of
Garland, Cleaves of KenuebuLkport, Cleayes OF
Portland. Cook of Lewiston, Cook of nifty, Cope
land, DAVIS, Fletcher, Garyn. Gibson, Clifford
Grant Of Stockton, lladlock llincklcy of Bluehil
iiooson, Hume, hutchinson, llyler, jackson, Jor-
Dan OF Brunswick, Jordan of Maraville, Locke
Lord OF Bangor, Morrison. Neailey, Newbert,
norton Mutt Osgood Perkins, Pike, Pil.bury OF
Lewiston, Porter of Burlington, Porter of Lyn.
don, Reynolds, Robbie, Rolf, Shepherd, Simpson
smith of Alma, smith of Cornville, Smith of
liampden, Stone, Taylor, russell. Wadsworth of
Gardner, White, Woods-6l.
NAYs-Averl BabDidge Berry of Wayne
Bird, Bolster, Bowers, Bragdon Brown of Old
town, Buck, Chadbourne, Coffin, .Calkius Corn
forth, Cyr, Dr.co, Farrar. Fellows Goldthwait
noodwln OF Pennington, Goodwin of Monroe,
Greedy, Harlow, Haskell of West Gardiner
Haynes, Huxley of Georgetown, Howes, Hurd
Ireland, Jewett, kimball, Kinney, Knowles
Learned Maddocks, Meader, Noyes, Pendleton
Pierce, Roberts, Robbins, Rogers, Russell, San.
born, Seward, Shapleigh, Standish of Eustis,
Standlsh of Flagstaff, Storer, Slower, Strickland
Strout. Thomas, Towle, Towne, Wadsworth OF
Manchester Watt, Wardell, Warren OF Den
mark, Wentworth, West, Willard, Winsow-62.
80 the House refused to indefinitely postpone
The question then REQUIRED on the passage of
the olll, and on this question the yess and nays
were ordered and taken on motion of Mr.. CLEAvEs
resulting in the affirmative, as follows:
1EAs. - Messrs. Averl Babbdge, Berry of
wayne bird Bolster, Bragdon, Brown of Old
town, Buck, Chadbourne, Clark of Garland,
Cleaves of kennebunkport, Coffin. Calkins, Corn
forth, Cyr Drisko, Farrar, Fellows, Gibson
Cioldthwait, Goodwin of Pennington, Goodwin of
Monroe. Harlow, Haskell of West Gardiner,
Haynes, liinckley of Buehill, Hinkley of George
town; Howes, Hume, Hurd, Hyler, ireland, Jewett,
kimball, Kinney, Knowles, Learned, Maddocks
Meader, Newbert, Norton, Noyes, Pendleton,
Pierce, Roberts, Robbins, Rogers, Russell Sanborn,
Seward Shapeigh, Standlsh OF Eusts, Standish
of Flagstaff, Storer, Slower, Strickland, Strout
Thomas, Towle, Towne, Wadsworh of Manches-
ter, Wardwell, Warren of Denmark, Wentworth
West, Willard, Winslow-67.
NAYS Messrs. Abbott, Alexander, Ballard
Browne of Bowdoinham, Burrill, Chase of Bridg
ton, Chase of Stsndisb, Chick, Clark of Damar-
scotia, Cleaves of Portland Cook of Lewiston,
Cook of nifty, Copeland, Davis, Fletcher, Gar
win, Clifford Grant of Stockton, Hadock, Hobson
Hutchinson, Jackson, Jordan of Brunswick, Jor-
dan of Maraville, Locke, Lord of Bangor, Nor
rison, Nadeau, Nealey, Mutt, Osgood. Perkins,
Pike, PilsbuIy of Lewiston, Porter of Burling-
ton, Porter Of Lyndon, Reynolds, Robie, Rolfe,
Shepherd, Simpson, Smith of Alma, Smith Of
Cornville, Smith of Hampden, Stone, Taylor, Trus-
sell, Wadsworth OF Gardiner Watt, White,
Woods-56.
So the bill was passed to be engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. BERRY of WAYNE, bill an act
to authorize Samuel Cunningham to navigate An
droscoggin pond and Dead river by ste am, was
taken from the table and passed to be engrossed.
Mr. Robe laid the following the table:
Ordered That the Governor, with the consent
of the Council, as early as practicable after each
September election. shall appoint committee Of
not over five from members who may appear
elected to the Legislature, SO that each branch
thereof may be represented with the understand
ing that said committee thus appointed shall visit
the State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic
Arts at the most suitable and practicable time be-
fore the meeting Of the Legislature, for the pur-
pose OF making an examination into the affairs OF
said institution The expenses of said committee
shall be no more than the actual necessary expen-
ses of attending to the duty.
On motion o. Mr.. Robe, resolve to appropriate
Sl5,2lS in aid of the Agricultural College was
taken from tue table.
Mr.. Robe advocated the passage of the re-
solve.
Mr.. JORDAN Of Brunswick, moved to am end by
making the appropriation $4,000, and adv coated
his motion Messrs. Warren of Denmark, Morton
and Pike spoke against the resolve.
Messrs. Lord of Bangor, Strickland, Perkins
Jewett Berry Of Wayne, Berry of Smyrna, and
others spoke in its favor.
Mr.. SLOWER thought there should be an annual
sum fixed for the college, SO that the authorities
of the institution might know what to depend
upon.
The amendment was rejected, and the resolve
passed to be engrossed.
The following were taken from the table on
motion of Mr.. CLEAvEs, and Tuesday at IL
o'clock, assigned for the consideration of the
motion to re verse the action of the House on the
same:
Reports of Committee on Interior Waters, re-
porting reference to the next Legislature, with
order of notice, on petition of Fred c. Barker to
navigate by steam Interchangeable and Cupsup-
tic lakes in Oxford county.
And reporting same petition Of Charles A.
J. Farrar to dredge bars, blast rocks, and navigate
Richardson lakes and intervening streams by
steam.
On motion of Mr.. MEADER. the House