The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-02-10
FIFTY.SIXTH LEGISLATURE.
Especial to Press,l
SENATE,

SENATE.
AUGUSTA, Feb. 9.
Passed TO be endcted-Act for the assessment
of state tax for 1877; act to amend charter of
Franklin Land and Lumber Co.; act to amend
sec. chap. y Revised Statutes, as amended by
chapter 6z puollc laws 1876, relating to election
returns; act to amend sec. chap II, R S., re-
relating to powers of school districts; act to
amend chap sec SO, r S., relating to repairs
OF ways IN unincorporated townships; act to
amend sec. Go chap. IS, r. S., relating to dam
age on ways as amended by chap. 2l5, public
laws 1874 and chap. 81, public laws 1876; act to
prevent incompetent persons from conducting
the business of apothecaries; act to change
time of municipal elections of Ellsworth; act
to authorize Fred G. Baker to navigate Moose,
Megantic and Copseptic Lakes in Oxford coun-
ty; act 10 obtain uniform returns from railroad
corporations; act to repeal sec. 81 chap. Sc, r.
ST. relating to trustee disclosures; act to author
ze Charles A. j. Farrar to dredge bars, blast
rocks and navigate Richardson lakes and inter-
vening streams by steam; act additional to
chap. 1913, public laws 1874, relating to clerk of
judicial courts; act to legalize acts of John B.
Trafton as Justice Of Peace and Quorum; act
to amend parts of sec. 55 chap. Sc, H. S., relat-
ing to trustee process; act to enable city of Ban
gor to aid Bangor q Pscataquis Railroad Com
pany in construction of its road from some
point IN Bangor to some point on the line of its
present road.
Finally pdsSed-Resolve concerning amend
ment to the constitution Of Maine relative to
electors; resolve for amendment to consttu-
ton to limit municipal indebtedness; providing
Tor annual encampment of militia; in favor of
Van Buren, Plantation; of Charles w. Porter:
| OF the Military and Naval Asylum at Bath of
Western Normal School; OF town of Arson; of
| Maine State Prison; of town of Kingsbury re-
| lating to salary of clerk of Superintendent of
Common Schools; in favor of agent of Pc
nobscot Indians; in favor of Elisha W.
Shaw, Franklin r. Weber, Byron Porter;
repeating chap II, resolves of 1876, relating to
claims of settlers of proprietors lands; in rela-
ton to the salary of Judge of Probate of Pc
nobscot county; authorizing the land agent to
convey certain lots of land in Township AS,
Range b, in Piscataquis county; in favor Of
bridge in the town of Lyndon; of Maine Indus
trial School for Girls; of Maine State College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; providing for
| the payment of certain rents now in suit to the
agent of the Penobscot tribe of indians; in fav-
| or OF joint standing committee of Reform
| Schpol; resolve to reduce the valuation of
/ Township No. IS, middle division, of the coun-
| ty OF Washington: in favor OF the State Refor m
| School.
HOUSE.
| Resolve for the support of prisoners in county
| jails passed to be engrossed In the House came
| from the Senate indefinitely postponed The
House receded and concurred with the Senate
| Passed to be Eaacted-Act to authorize Chas
A. j. Farrar to dredge bars, blast rocks, and
| udNiSdto IlCudruSOu ) lakes anU intervening
| streams by steam; act additional to Chap. 193
Public Laws, 1874, relating to clerks of judicial
| courts; act to legalize the acts of John B.
Trafton as justice of peace and quorum; an act
to amend part 6, sec. So, chap. SO, r. S., relat-
| ing to trustee process: act to enable city of
Bangor to aid Bangor & PiscataQuis Railroad
Company in the construction of its road from
| some point in Bangor to some point in the line
| OF its present road; an act to amend sec 5,
| chap Is, K. s., as amended by chap. g. public
1 lnyuI nlnfrr TO- al
amend sec. 81, chap II, R S., relating to the
| powers of school districts; act to amend chap
6. sec. 3d. r. s., relating to the repairs of ways
in unincorporated townships; act to amend
Sec 65, chap Is, r. s., relating to damage on
ways as amended by chap. 215, public laws of
1874 ana chap. 81, public laws of 1876;
act to prevent incompetent persons from
| conducting the business of apothecares; act to
change time Of municipal elections of city of
| Ellsworth; act to authorize Fred q. Barker to
| navigate Moose Megantic and Capseptic
lakes in Oxford county; act to obtain uniform
returns from railroad corporations; act to re-
| peal sec. 81, chap Sc, r. S., relating to trustee
| disclosures.
| Finally Passed-Resolve providing for the
| annual eucampment of the militia; in favor of
Van Buren, Plantation; in favor of Charles n
| Porter; in favor of the military and naval asy-
lum at Bath; for an amendment to the consti-
| tuition OF Maine relative to elect ors (passed
unanimously; resolve concerning an amend
| nSh' W thO SohobituIlOa W lLult huulClpdl lu-
debtedness lpassed by vote of 81 to ~; resolve
| ia favor of Western Normal School; IN favor of
the town of Anson; in favor of the Maine state
| prison; IN favor of the town of Klngsbury; rel
alive to the salary of the clerk of superinten-
| dept of common schools; in favor of the agent
OF the Penobscot tribe of Indians; in favor of
| Elisha w. Shaw, Franklin r. Webber and By
| ron Porter IN repeating chap. IT'S resolves of
| 1876 relating to claims of settlers on propre-
| tors lands; in relation to the salary of the
| judge of probate of Penobscot county; author
| lzlng the land agent to convey certain lots of
land in townships and 5. range 13, in Pscat-
aquis county; IN favor of bridge in the town of
| Lyndon; in favor of the Maine Industrial
| School tor Girls; in favor of the Maine State
| College of Agriculture aud the Mechanic Arts;
providing for the pay ment of certain rents now
| 10 suit to the agent of the Penohscot tribe of
Indians; in favor of the State Reform School !;
ID favor of the joint standing committee on
reform school, resolve to reduce the valuation
of township No. IS, Middle Division of the
county of Washington.