Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-03-01


Secretary of State in response to an order Of
the House relating to stationery. stating that
the language of the order left him in doubt,
and asking if the House desired the distribu-
ton of the customary third box. The COM
munication was referred to special commit
tee, consisting OF Messrs. Guptill of Gorham
Dickey of Ft Kent and Andrews of Cornish,
on motion of Mr.. PIcKARD of Bangor.
Resolve in favor of Mrs. Elebert Michaud
was taken up and passed to be engrossed in
concurrence with the Senate.
Resolve in aid of road leading from King
field to Eustis in Franklin county, was taken
up and indefinitely postponed in concurrence
with the Senate.
The House took up bill an act to regulate
the terms of jury trials in the Superior court
for the county of Cumberland and transfer
the criminal jurisdiction of said court to the
supreme judicial court and on motion of Mr.
Fox of Portland, the same was indefinitely
postponed.
Bill an act to amend chap. ls5 of the pub
lie laws a 1877 relating to life insurance was
taken from the table and indefinitely post
poned ON motion of Mr.. HARRINGTON Of Frye
burg.
Bill an act to amend sec. 10 chap. 81 ofthe
revised statutes, relating to civil actions was
taken up and indefinitely postponed, on mo-
ton of Mr.. LOCKE of Portland.
Bill an act to authorize the building of Il
bridge across the st. John river at Van
Buren,, was taken from the table and, on
motion of Mr.. WEEKS of Augusta referred
to the next legislature.
The majority and minority reports of the
Judiciary committee on the matter of reduc-
ing the rate of interest, were taken up and
referred to the next Legislature on motion of
Mr.. FAKRiNGToS of Fryeburg.
Bill an act TO prevent over-insurance was
taken from the table, the House receded from
its vote recommtting the same, and indeti-
nitely postponed it.
Bill an act to amend scc. Is of chap. IL of
the revised statutes relating to the sale of
coal, was taken up and passed to be engrossed.
The majority and minority reports of the
judiciary committee on bill an act additional
relating to trustee process. were taken from
the table and referred to the next legislature
on motion of Mr.. SPAULDING of Richmond.
Bill an act to amend chap. "a of the revised
statutes relating to paupers and their settle
ment and support was taken up and passed to
| be engrossed.
Resolve relating to the abrogation of the
Treaty between the United States and the
Chinese Empire was taken up and Mr.. KIM
BALL of Bath advocated its passage. MIR.
PIcKARD of Bangor opposed.
On motion of Mr.. WEEKS of Augusta the
House voted to 90 into a Committee of the
Whole at o'clock =. NJ. for the purpose of
considering the resolution together with the
resolution in regard to the currency.
Adjourned.
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
Order relating to excusing Messrs Thomas
of Yarmouth. Stiles of Westbrook Hall of
Alfred. Stanley of Lyman, Moulton of Scar
boro', Parcher of Biddetord and Merserve of
Hollis. were presented and referred to the
Committee on Business of the House.
Mr.. BoYNToN from the Committee on Fl
nance, reported a resolve authorizing "A tenn
porary loan of $500, 900 at a rate of interest
not exceeding five per cent, which was passed
to be engrossed under suspension of the
rules.
! The committee to which was referred the
communication of the Secretary of State in
relation tn the matter of stationery, reported
that members are entitled to receive the usual
number of boxes, understood bv the commit
tee to be three for each member; and
Mr.. ANDREWS from the same committee
made minority report, that under resolve
passed Feb. 6, 1879, no further stationery is
allowed to members, and that the Secretary
of State is instructed not to furnish the same
Mr.. ANDREWS moved to substitute the mi
nority for the majority report, and on this
question the yeas and nays were taken on
motion of Mr.. HOMER of Bucksport, result
ing in the affirmative, as follows
| YEAs-Messrs. Andrews. Atwood, Boynton,
Brown, Burbank Chapman, Chase. Cragin, Cramer,
Frank, Gilman, Colder, Haley, Hall of Alfred Hall
! OF Hermon, Hankerson, Hanscom, Hanson. Haich,
Hersey, Higgins of Hampden, Hill, IIodgkns, Homer,
Horne, Hunt. Hurd Hutchinson, IngrahaIn, Irish,
Jones of China Jones Of Lagrange, Lane. Laughton,
| Lawrence, Lewis Of sherman, Libby, Locke, Lord,
Merrill Meserve, Moore OF DAYTON Morrill, of Wind.
ham of a<cO Newton akes Perrv
of Camden Perry of Poland Pickard. Pickett Pierce,
Reed Rice, kigby Ritchie, Robinson Russ, Sargent.
Smart, Steward, stiles, Taylor, Thomas OF Farming
ton, vickery, Wordsworth. Wallace of Belfast. wey.
mouth Wilson. Wing, Wood, Woodcock. Young
| 1s.
! NAYs-Messrs. Barron Bracket, Douglass, Far
rington, Fox, Guptill, Hall of Newcastle, Hinckley,
Jones of lewiston, kimball. Martin, Moore Of Ma
cliasport Moulton of Sanford Murch of Ellsworth,
Parcher Pnkham, Poor, Richards, Robbins, saw
yer, Seward, Shapleigh, Stanley. stinson, True,
Weeks, WilIoughby. Wincapaw-2s.
The minority report was then adopted.
Mr.. YorNG of Brunswick, introduced bill
an act to further define the duties of clerks
of cities, towns and plantations, which was
the rules.
Mr.. PIcKARD Of Bangor. introduced re-
solve authorizing the State Treasurer to en-
ploy an additional clerk in the Treasures
Office when necessary, at a salary not to ex-
coed 5000, per annum
| Mr.. HATCH of Alton, moved to indefinite
ly postpone, and the motion was lost by a
vote of 81 to a.
Mr.. HARRINGTON of Fryeburg moved to
amend by inserting $500 for the Secretary of
State and $500 for the adjutant general.
Pending this amendment Mr.. DANA of
Portland, called for the special assignment
which was the bill to abolish Imprisonment
for debt in certain cases. The amendment
offered by Mr.. STILES of Westbrook, was
rejected.
Mr.. Poor of Sebago, moved to refer to the
next legislature, and on motion of Mr.. An
DREws of Cornish, the yeas and nays were
taken, resulting in the negative, follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Barron, Beal. Beverage, Chapman,
Cobb, Cunningham, Dodge, Harrington, Frank, Gar
celon. Gilman, Gouldng. Hall of Newcastle, Han.
kerson, Hanscom, Halves, Hersey, Hinckley, Howe
Hutchinson, Ives, Jones of Lewiston, kimbal,
Lewis of sherman, Lord, Martin, Merrill, Meserve
Moore of Dayton, Morrill, of Windham, Mouton
of Sanford, Moulton of Scarborough, Parcher Perry
of Camden Perry of Poland Poor, Reed, Richards,
Robbins Russ, Sawyer, Seward, Shapleigh Smith OF
IIodgdon, Spauding, Stanley, Stinson. Taylor,
Thomas of Yarmouth, True. Viekery Weeks, Viii
loughby, Wilson. Wood, Young-57.
NAYs-Messrs Andrews, Atw ood Boynton Brack.
ett Bragdon, Brown, Burbank, Chase. fragin, Cram.
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