Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-02-13
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
TUESDAY, Feb. IL,

PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. UPJoHN OF Augusta.
Papers from the House were disposed Of in con-
cuirence.
Go motion of Mr.. BAILEY, the House order
that the legisl ,ture adjourn finally on Friday, the
l5tn ins was laid 90 the table.
Mr.. SUMNER from the Committee on Military
Ahairs, presented a resolve in favor of the Mill
ta'y aud Naval Orphan AsS lum at Bath. Printed
under rule ApproI ria e. s. ,00Ol
On motion Of Mr.. HOLMAN,
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn il be
to meet this af ernOon at l-2 O'Clock.
Mr. PHILLIPS offered as an amendment, that
the time should be three sclock.
The oi der, as amended. received passage.
The following Joint Standlug committees made
their final report thr rDugh tleir chairmen: Com
miltee on Agriculture, Library.
Mr.. BURLEIGH moved that the Senate recon-
slider ) vote whereby the resolve in favor of the
town Of Madasa,ka was indefinitely postponed.
The motion did mel prevail.
Mr.. COBB presented in new draft, bill in rela-
ton 10 new Insane Asylum, and it took its first
Ie iding.
Mr. BAILEY moved suspension of the rules,
tha' the bill might take its second reading, but
pending this the bill wa. tabl ID on motion of Mr.
HAYNES. The draft provides that the
bonds issued in behalf of the new asylum shall
be those of the State, aud that the compensation
OF commissioners shall be 50 per say.l
| 0n motion OF Mr.. NEALLEY, pending engross-
melt, res live authorizi - the town of Eastport
to ietain in it, possession two cannon, was indef-
| nitely po.poned.
Mr.. BRAGDoN moved to indefinitely postpone,
resolve in iavoT Of st. Elizabeth Orphan Asylum
of Portland, and the motion did not prevail.
Then, on motion of Mr.. SUMNER pending en-
grossment, the re solve tabled.
On motion Of Mr.. Phillips, bill to amend sec.
10 of chap. 100 of the puoc laws OF the year
1876, entitled an act to authorize the formation
OF railroad corporations was tabled pending the
| adoption of an amendment offered by Mr.. CoBB.
that the pay of Railroad Commissioner should
be Gagged from $1,000 to $1,000 each per year.
In mntin nt NJ IA Snfp nd
ing acceptance of amendment offered by Mr..
Martin tnat the acts should be suspended for one
year lust, a of being repealed, bill repeating the
several sets estao lsng the school mill fund for
| the supp oil common schools WAS tabled.
| On motion Of Mr.. PHILLIPS, bill to amend sec.
| 49, chap Is of the revised statutes, relating to
| highway taxes, was indefinitely postponed.
On motion OF Mr.. MARTIN, pending engross-
| ment, resolve in favor of the State Prison was
tabled
| On motion of Mr.. MORRISON, pending engross-
| ment, bill to repeal chap. l7S of the public laws
of 1877, in relation to demuirers, laid on the
table.
on motion of Mr.. HAYNES, pending engross-
ment, bill for a uniform rule the scale of logs
and timber, tabled.
On motion OF the same Senator, bill to prevent
| the throwing of edging-, sawdust and other
fuse into the water. Of the harbor of Wiscasset.
was tabled.
READ AND ASSIGNED.
| Bill an act to extend the charter of the Aroos-
took Steamboat Co. act additional to chap. 49
OF the revised statutes relating to lite in,u ance;
an act to incorpc rate the Deer Isle and Sedgwick
Steam Ferry Co.; resolve in favor Of o. w.
Davis, Jr resolve for purchase vi digcsts OF
| Maine reports.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossEp.
Resolve laying tax on the severa. counties Of
the State; bill to prevent the throwing Of refuse
lumber int o Paiten's pond stream in Surry. Han
cock county; bill t, provide for the improvement
| of Souedehunk stream for log driving; bill TO
| thorze Auial ID. Knapp aud Woodbury. >. Knapp
| to navigate AndrOscoz pond and Dead river in
| the towns + Way ne and Leeds, Wings pond IN
Wayne, Loveo, 5 p md in Wayne, Readfeld and
Fay eite, Crotchet pond 10 Readh,li. Fayette and
Mt. Vernon, by sta am; bill for the protection of
sturgeon in the waters Of the kenneOec river and
| it, tributaries; bill to amend chapter 25S of the
public laws of 1874 entitled IAN act relating to
taxation of raj road com panles " bill to make valid
| the acts ot tue Lyndon Union Meeiing- house As
sociation of Caribou; bull to set off part OF the
| town OF Psrkmsn in tae county of Piscaaquis,
| and annex the same to the town OF GullfOrd IN
| said couut, bill to set off certain property from
| Oxford Village Fire Engine Corporation;
| re iolve rea lug to the claims Of Peter Murphy
| aud Thomas Kennedy resolve aut thorizng tne ap-
pointmenl of a dees to the International Prison
Cor gress; II solve il aid OF building bidge over
Fish river IN Ea.l lie Lake plant ,tOn; resolve in
favor Of ) W. Str alton, IT solve authorizing the
lJo alton land rthcate resolve IN favor of the
| town OF Deenng; resolve relating to Perham plan
| stream in Macwahoc plantation; oil addi-
| tloDal to chapter 10, of the public laws of the
year 1875, relating To the Iaxstl"n OF railroad
| cOmpanies bill to amend chap. 204 OF the public
a~s If the year 1874, entitled al act relating to
ways across railroads, bill to more fully carry out
| the prov 50 of sec. 10 of the act Of Congress,
| CHAP. l77 of the acts of 1868, making compeasa-
| tion for the lands assigned by Ma ne to settlers.
PASSED TO Re ENACTED.
An act to conf II and make valid the doings of
| tho town OF Lime stone; an act TO amend sec. 90
OF chap. 40 Of the Revised statutes relating to mi
| gratory hsnes in Damar.cotta river; an act to
amend ctap. lSj of the public laws OF 1877 relat-
! my to life insuI Iance bill TO change the name of
| Edwin Iuber; bill TO CT ange the uames Of Amelia
| and Adelia Bull Jck act TO abolish the organ
| zatiun of Plantation No. 6, in the County of
! Frabklin; an act for the protection OF smets
| IN Bagsduce river ard its tributaries,
in the county Of Hancock; an act to
| encourage the development of the min
ing interests of the state an act to amend chap.
| l4l OF the public acts of 1876, relating to the
| settlement of the public lands; bill to vest the
franchise and property OF the proprletors OF Mer-
| ryneeuDg bridge in the inhabitants of the
| county Of Sagadahoc; bill relating to coroners;
| bill to end section 26 OF CHAP. 80 Of the pub
lie laws o 1876, il relation TO lime rock and slate
BIZ 10 smeud g. chap. 60, OF the revised stat
utes, relating to act ons of divorce; bill to pro-
hlbt tue taking of fish from Wth,e's pond and
tributaries in the town of Dover; bill to
| ameud chap. 10, sec. TO- OF the revised statutes,
| relating to The law Of roads act to amend sec.
chap. IS Of the public laws of 1876, relating to
| auctIoueers; for the protection and preser-
walton Of bass in the waters of Winnegance creek.
| FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve 10 favor OF tue Iowns of Blanchard and
Shirley; resolve avor of Geo. f. Foster of Port
land; resolve in favor of Chas G Libby resolve
in favor of shepherd l. Higgins resolve in fs-
| yor OF Freeman HAYDEN; resolve in favor of Cy-
| rus f. Daniels; resolve IN favor of Henry {.
| Sp Ioner; resolve in favor OF James K. Holmes;
resolve in favor of Jeremiah Grouse resolve in
| favor OF William Reed resolve 10 favor of John
| S. Arnold resolve 10 favor Of l.. ID. and II. 2.
Todd resolve IN favor Of Ly dia III. Daniels; re-
solve making appiopI iaton for the Penooscot
| tribe of Indians; resolve 10 favor OF Ezekiel Lev
| asseur; iesolse in favor of Fed Barker; resolve
| authorizing the Conveyance Of lot of land in
Cry sta plantation; resolve in favor of the town of
MsJ syills resolve in favor Of Charles r. Collins
resolve 10 relation TO the documentary history of
the state OF Name; resolve 10 favor OF the Joint
Standing Committee on FInsnclal Affairs.
PETITIONS BILLS. &C. PRESENTED AND RE-
FERRED.
BY Mr.. STEVENS (ty permissionl-Bi addi-
tionsl to act ceIning The establishment OF
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