Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-02-18

MINE LEGTSL4TURE.
SENATE.

MONDAY, req. -.
Prayer by the Chaplain
Papers from the House were disposed of in
concurrence.
On motion of Mr.. NINToN of Cumberland.
bill an act additional to chap. % of the re-
viSed statutes, concerning mills and mill
dams, was tabled.
On motion of Mr.. ROGERS of SagadahoC,
bill an act relating to the mill tax" was
amended so that it should be discontinued for
one year. and also so that the money should
be used towards the payment Of the "liabili-
ties of the State, instead of the debt of
the same. Mr.. THOMAS of Cumberland. also
presented an amendment so that only one
half the ''mil tax be diverted from its usual
course. This last amendment was laid on
the table to be considered tomorrow. The
bill as amended by Mr.. ROGERS took its first
reading.
Bill an act to regulate the taking ana
shooting ofpigeons, engrosscd by the Senate.
came from the House indefinitely postponed.
Pending concurrence with the House the
matter was laid on the table on motion of
Mr.. RIBBON of Oxford.
On motion of Mr.. SMITH of Lincoln, the
porgie bill was laid on the table, and further
consideration of it assigned for Wednesday.
ON motion of Mr. MoRRIsoS of Franklin.
the resolve in favor of road leading from
Mr. MORRISON of Franklin presented the
report of the visit of the Committee on State
Prison to that institution. and il was laid on
the table to be printed.
The Committee ON the State Prison pre-
scented its final report.
Mr.. NINroN of Cumberland presented
resolve for the abatement of State tax in town
ship I. range ;, and it was referred to the
Committee on Financial Affairs
READ AND ASSIGNED.
Bill an act to amend chap. - of the pull
lie laws of 1875 relating to fisheries and the
propagation of fish; bill an act to amend see.
10 chap. - of the revised statutes an act in
relation to payment of State debt: resolve in
favor of the Female Orphan Asylum of Port
land; resolve making appropriations for the
support of the Military Asylum at Bath;
an act to amend chapter 81 section 50
of the revised statutes relating to vot-
ing on the question of loaning money; an
act additional to an act to incorporate the
kenncbec Agricultural Society an act to
amend sec. t. chap. 1872 OF the revised stat
utes relating TO the jurisdiction of magistrates
an act relating to appeals in criminal cases
an net to incorporate the Cathedral Church of
st. Luke of Portland.
PASSED To he ExGRossED
Portsmouth. Great Falls and Conway Rail
road.
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
An act to prevent the taking of fish from
the tributaries of Wilson pond in the city Of
Auburn for the term of five years. an act for
the protection of smelts in Fore river in the
county of Cumberland; an act to amend
sec. ! of chap. 67 of the revised
statutes relating to guardians Of minors
an act to authorize Albert NJ. Bradley to dredge
and navigate China pond an act to author
ize the county of Androscoggin to procure
loan; an act to amend chap. 207 of the pub
lie laws of 1877. entitled ian act TO obtain
uniform returns from railroad corporations :"
an act to legalize the doings of school dis
trct No. = in the town of Dixfield; an act
relating to white perch in Dobsis stream; an
act to exempt domestic fowls from attach
ment and execution; an act relating to togue
and trout in Great Tunk pond in Hancock
county; an act to prevent disturbance in pub
lie assemblies; an act in relation to liens on
vessels.
FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve relating to survey and lease of lots
on Indian territory in Washington county.
On motion of Mr.. ROGERS of Sagadahoc
Adjourned.