Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-02-10
NO. 30.
MAINE LEGTSL4TURE.
SENATE.
SATURDAY, Feb.

SATURDAY, Feb. 8.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Papers from the House were disposed of in
concurrence.
On motion of Mr. SMITH of Lincoln, re-
solve in favor of Frank Albert was laid on the
table, pending its third reading.
On motion of Mr.. PArTES of Penobscot,
Ordered, That the Secretary of the State be
requested to communicate to the Senate
whether any proposals have been received by
the Governor and Council. and if so what, in
regard to taking the Agricultural College at
Orono, under resolve, chap. 81, approved
Feb. 10Th, 1873.
Mr.. CooMBs, of Hancock, from the COM
mittee on Fisheries, reported, in a new draft,
on bill an act to amend chap. ~ of the public
laws of 1875, relating to the protection and
propagation of fish and that il ought to pass,
being bill an act for the protection of smets
| in Fore river, in Cumberland county Print
| ed under rule. Also, from. the same Commit
tee, reported ought to pass on bill an act re-
lating to togue and trout in Great Tunk
Pond, in Hancock county. Read and assigned.
Also, ought to pass on bill an act to repeal
chap. 240 of the special laws of 1876. Print
ed under rule.
Mr.. REDLoS of Oxford from the Commit
tee on Legal Affairs, reported ought TO pass
on bill an act to amend sec. chap. 81 of the
revised statutes, relating to guardians of
minors. Printed under rule. Adds the fol-
lowing to the section ''Unless he be the
parent of such minor" Also from the same
committee, ought to pass, upon the petition
that sec. &c of chap. 27 of the public laws Of
1873 be amended relating to lien on lime
rock and slate, and they present bill to this
effect. Printed under rule. Provides for a
lien for thirty days upon slate after it arrives
at the port of shipment. Also from the
same committee, on petition, a resolve in
favor of furnishing the town of Millbridge,
in the county of Washington, certain volumes
Of Maine Reports and other State documents.
Printed under rule.
Mr.. BRADFORD of Washington, from the
Committee on Mercantile Affairs and Insur-
ance, reported ought not to pass on bill an act
relating to life insurance, the same being
signed by six members of the committee.
Mr. PATTEN of Penobscot presented minori-
ty report that the same ought to pass.
Mr.. PArTES moved that the minority be
substituted for the majority report but pend
ing this motion to amend, the whole matter,
was laid on the table on motion of Mr. BRAD
FORD of Washington.
Mr.. PRINCE of Androscoggin, from the
Committee on State Lands and State Roads,
reported, in a new draft, resolve in favor of
Mrs. Ellebert Mchaud and that it ought to
same committee a resolve in favor of Eugene
Michaud and that it ought to pass. Printed
under rule.
READ AND ASSIGNED.
Bill an act to regulate the terms for jury
trials in the Superior court for the County of
Cumberland, and to transfer the criminal jur-
isdcton of said court to the Supreme Judi
cial court; resolve in favor of the Maine State
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts;
| an act for the navigation of Madison pond in
the county of Somerset; an act tochange the
name of Henry A. Allen of Deering, and Alice
Clifford Tobey of Portland; an act relating
to the Monmouth Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossRp.
Resolve legalizing the location of pub
lie lots in Township &C." Franklin county;
bill an act to regulate the taking and shoot
ing of pigeons; an act to amend an act
to incorporate the Portland Widows Wood
Society; an act to make valid the
doings of the Portland Widows Wood
Society an act to prevent the taking of fish
from Aliens pond in the town of Greene,
Androscoggin county, for the term of Ave
years; an act to protect trout in Branch
river, in the town of Wells, York county, an
act to prevent the throwing of slabs and edg-
ings into the Caribou stream, in the town of
Caribou; an act for the protection of lob
sters; an act to extend the time for locating
and completing the Northern Aroostook rail-
road.
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
Bill an act to provide for the payment of
the fees and expenses of referees.
On motion of Mr.. MATHEW of Kennebec,
the Senate adjourned, to meet Monday after
noon at 4.l5 O'Clock.
See second page.