The Portland daily press., 1877-01-31
mittee on county estimates as follows:
Bill relating to trustee processes was taken
from the table and passed to be enacted.

from the table and passed to be enacted.
Petitions, bills, etc., presented and REFERRED
Petitions for aud against the m skIng free OF
Merrymeeting bridge; petition for amendment
OF sec 30, chap. n relating to the sale of intox-
icating liquors-aims at the adjustment OF
pocket saloons and authorizes search Of same;
resolve in favor of the town of Stockton.
Passed to be EngrosSed-Act to amend sec
8. chap. III, r s., relating to nuisances; act
authorizing views by juriee in all cases; act to
amend sec. 4, chap. 78, Public laws of 1876 re-
lating to the erection of fish weirs and wharves
in tide waters; act relative to proceedings in
court; act to amend sec. 81, chap. 38, s, re-
lating to weights and measures of agrcult ural
products; an act amendatory to chap. 20, Pub
lie laws of 1876 relating to better protection of
life and property; act to amend charter of the
Northern Waldo Agricultural Society; ar act
to amend chap 279, special laws of 1876, relat-
ing to catching smelts in the Monsweag river
and bay.
Read and tomorrow Assigned-Act author
izing the sale sale of islands belonging to the
state; an act in relation to county attorneys; an
act in relation to county treasurers; an act to
facilitate the detection aud punishment of GER
tain offences; an act additional to the acts
which constitutes the charter of the Bangor and
Piscataquls Railroad Co.; an act to prevent the
throwing of refuse wood, timber or fbrous ma
terial into the Piscataquis river; an act further
extending the time in which to file the location
and also to complete the Northern Aroostook
vlding for loans of credit of the city of Bangor
in aid OF the construction of the Bangor and
Piscataquis Railroad; an act to amend chap. 6,
sec. %, H. s., relating to the repairs of ways in
incorporated townships; resolve in relation to
the binding of the acIs and resolves of this
state.
Committees reported adversely on expe-
diency Of amending chap. A, r. S.; on petition
of Wellington for town road; on petition of
Melvin Grant ct ais, for petition to build locks
dams, etc., at Treats Falls; on petition of
Denison Paper Manufacturing Co. to flow pond
in Poland; on petition of M. N. McKusic in re-
lation to the sale of hides; amendment of sec.
"a. chap. 81, so as to include cord wood; on Pc
titions to clear distractions and navigate
Richardson Lake by steam; authorizing Aroos-
took county commissioners to build road near
Fort Kent; on act Incorporating cemetery in
town of Montville; on act authorizing court
stenographers through the state to take deposit
tions; on preparation of index of public laws;
on act amendatory to chap. 80, sec 81, r. S.,
relating to admission of evidence; on act to
amend sec 27, r. S. on expediency of amend
ing law relating to tramps and vagabonds on
petition of city of Lewiston for amendment of
act authorizing the taking of water from Will
so2's pond and the Androscoggin river; on Pc
tit;on for amendment of city charter of Rock
land.
Committees reported favornbly on resolve re-
torir G to the 17tb Maine regiment, the colors
presented them by the merchants of Portland.
Ordered to be Printed-Resoive smendatory
of the Constitution of Maine in relation to
elections; act for the protection of sheep against
dogs; resolve in favor of Rufus S. Stone; re-
solve in favor of the Female Orphan Asylum
at Portland order relating to insane persons
confined IN Jail; ch. 1877, r. S., relating to the
disposal of criminals; resolve IN favor of the
Passamaquoddy Indians; petition of G. r Jew
lit for aid for the Children's Home in Bangor.
On its passage to be engrossed al act came
up amendatory of sec. 6, chap. 12O, public laws
of 1876, providing that no railroad shall be
made across tide waters where vessels can navi-
gate, nor shall any railroad be located and
built under this act running in the same gener-
al direction of any other railroad already built
or in process of construction, within ten miles
of such other railroad, without special permis-
sion of the Legislature therefor first obtained.
Messrs Robbie and Haynes spoke in favor of
lts passage and Mr. Cleaves against its passage.
On vote of the House it was indefinitely post
poned. Adjourned