The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-24
BY TELEGRAPH,
FROM AUGUSTA,
Committee Reporfs-The Portland Police
Bill to be Favorably Reported and the
State Board of Health Bill Adversely
State acknowledgements of the State
Home. etc.
Especial to the Press.l

AUGUSTA, Jan. %.
The committees will report favorably on the
memorial of the city government of Portland
for amendment of the city charter limiting the
increase of municipal debt; to amend chapter
81, Public Laws 1876 relating to election re.
turns; on petition of the citizeus of Camden
for amendment to town charter; on act giving
county commissioners jurisdiction over repair
of ways; on petition of the citizens of Rock.
land for permission to pave streets and assess
cost to AUDITORS; an act to amend chapter ",
Revised Statutes. relating to entering judg.
ments; on bill an act in reference to procedure
in criminal cases; on petition of Frank Sleeper
for tract to be set off from Greene to Lewis.
ton; on petition to set off P. Cromwell from
the village corporation of Fairfield on bills in
accordance with the recommendations of the
Attorney General in his annual report impos-
ing fine on county treasurers for failing to
make annual returns: requiring county attor-
neys to attend the law court when requested
by the Attorney General, and authorizing the
Attorney General to employ detectives in cases
of murder and arson; also bill to promote the
efficiency of the Portland police bill; to place
the Richards Light Infantry of Gardiner on
the same footing as other militia companies in
the state; bill for union of school districts; for
establishment of graded schools; bill for reeu-
latlon of expenditure of school moneys nv
towns.
Committees will report adversely on act to
amend section 3, r. s., relating to election
returns; amendment to chapter 116 in relation
to property OF non-residents; on bill establish
ing State Board of Health; for protection of
parties moving from one town to another in the
right of suffrage; on petitions for abolishing
the school district system; for repeating free
high school law; on bill providing for geology.
cal survey OF the state.
The Committee on State Printing ard Bind
ing have made contracts with Sprague, Owen
& Nash of Augusta, for printing, and E. 81.
w. Smith & Co. of Augusta, for binding. at
prices slightly reduced in printing from last
year, the binding at the same price as last year.
A. G. Wakefield of Bangor. Trustee of the
Insane Hospital rendered his resignation of
that Office today.
The Committee on Indian Affairs has before
it the petitions of the lessees of the shores of
the islands 10 Penobscot river belonging to the
Penobscot tribe of Indians. The petitioners
claim reduction of prices of leases on account
of the extraordinary depression of lumber bust
ness, rendering them of not quarter the value
for which they were bid in at public auction in
1873 and 1874 The case will be further consid-
cred.
William Fl. McCrillis Esq, of Bangor, ap-
peared in behalf of petitioners.
Game laws will be reported back to be refer
red to the Committee on Legal Affairs.
Resolve of the city government of Portland
in respect to city property from which churches
derive an income was referred to Mr.. Vinton.
to draft bill incorporating the views of the
committee.
Committee on enlargement of State House
will recommend that the Governor and Council
appoint three men, whose duties it shall be to
procure plan or plans, specifications and esti-
mates and report before the assembling of the
next Legislature.
Charles f. Libby, Esq, Of Portland, appear
ed before the Judiciary Committee this after
noon in behalf of certain bills in favor of Port.
land.
f. A. Wilson, Esq, and Attorney General
Emery are in town. p