The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-12

Bill prescribing the course of studies at the
State Agricultural College and approprating
$4,000 which was indefinitely postponed by the
House, was debated by Patten, Parcher, Flint,
Dearborn, Lamson, Berry and Ellis, and dis
posed of in concurrence.
The House resolve appropriatiDg $4,000 for
the college was then taken up and given a
passage in concurrence.
The vote giving passage to the bill consol-
idating the various Acton mining companies
was reconsidered, and after being discussed by
Dingley, Coombs, and Bradford, Dingley NOV
ed to indefinitely postponed. Lost.
The bill was again given passage.
Resolve appropriating $51, 900 for the State
Prison was assigned for tomorrow.
House.
The bill to abolish the office of Land Agent,
pending the adoption of amendments offered
by Mr.. Cutler of Bangor, was tabled on motion
of Mr.. Young of Brunswick.
The House cOncurred with the Senate in in
definitely postponing the bill giving salary of
$1,000 to the State Liquor Agent.
The House voted to adhere to its former
vote in indefinitely postponing the bill dividing
the city of Rockland and establishing the town
of West Rockland by vote of GA to 81. The
Senate had previously insisted on its vote
giving the bill passage.
Bill amendatory of chapters II and q of the
Revised Statutes in relation to common NUS
ances, and the sale of Intoxicating liquors,
pending its passage to be engrossed in concur
renee was tabled on motion of Mr.. Dickey of
Fort Kent. Subsequently it was assigned for
tomorrow.
The following was adopted:
Ordered, That the committee ON ways and
means be directed to asses State tax for this
year. of five mills on each dollar of the State
valuation.
Legislation inexpedient is reported on order
of inquiry relating to amending the statute,
SO as to provide that the Superintendent of
Insane HOSDital shall be treasurer.
A bill was presented and referred to the
Judiciary committee relating to the sale of the
franchise of railroad corporations. Provides
that the provisions of sections II to 20 each in
elusive, of chap. "a of the Revised Statutes
shall be construed so as to apply to the fran
chises of railroad corporations whose railroads
lie wholly within this State, except that in
case of railroad corporations notice shall be
given of the time and place of sale by posting
a notification thereof at the court house in
each county through which such railroads run
either wholly or in part thirty days at least be-
fore the day of sale and by causing an adver-
tisement to be published three weeks in a
newspaper.
Telephone Co. was taken from the table and
passed.
Bill incorporating the Consolidated Eastern
Slate Co. of MonsOn was taken from the table
and pending its passage to be engrossed, Ver-
rill of Portland moved its indefinite postpone
III.
Bill to invest franchise and property of Ar
rowsic bridge in the inhabitants of Sagadahoc
county was taken from the table.
Goss of Bath moved to amend by. striking
out section g. which provides that the act shall
be incorporative unless the inhabitants of the
county at annual town meetings in 1880, shall
by majority vote accept the same.
Jewett of Richmond opposed the amend
ment.
The amendment was rejected.
Another amendment was offered and adopt
ed that the act shall be voted upon at the next
September election. The bill was then given
passage.
shore fisheries were taken up. The former re-
port repeats the porgie law of 1879 and the lat
ter report strikes out the ONE mile limit. The
question was on substituting the minority for
the majority report. which was debated by Gill
man of Meddybemps, Clay of Bluehill, Fem
nelly of Mt. Deserl and Butler of Vassalboro.
Without reaching result the House adjourn
ed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The debate on the porgie bill was resumed,
and was participated in by Messrs. Smith of
Vinalhaven, Verrill of Portland, Perry of
Camden, Strout of Portland, ingalls, of Wis
casset, Goss of Bath, Dickey of Fort Kent,
Durham of Monroe and Plaisted of Lincoln.
The motion to substitute the minority
for the majority report was CARR ed
by a vote of 81 to 81, and the bill accompany
ing it to amend an amendment to chap. 66 of
the public laws of 1878, relating to the shore
fisheries, was read twice and assigned for to-
morrow, when Mr. Verrill of Portland pro-
poses to offer an amendment The bill amends
sec. 1, chap. 112 of the public laws of 1879 by
striking out after the word width in the sixth
line of said section the following words: "And
ouch taking or fishing therefor is also hereby
prohibited in any of the waters within one
nautical mile of the coast or of any inhabited
island within the jurisdiction of this State"
so that said section when amended shall read
as follows:
Sect. 1.-The taking of herring, or porgies,
or menhaden, or fishing therefor by the use of
purse and drag seines is hereby prohibited in
all of the small bays, inlets harbors or rivers of
this State, where any entrance to the same, or
any part thereof from land to land is not more
than two nautical miles in width; under PEN
atty upon the master or person in charge of
such seine or seines of not less than one hu nd
red nor more than three hundred dollars, and
there shall be lien upon the vessels, steam
ers, boats and apparatus used in such unlawful
pursuit until such penalty is paid; but a net
for meshing porges of not more than one
hundred meshes in depth, and net for mesh
ing herring of not more than one hundred and
seventy meshes in depth shall not be deemed a
seine.
The resolve to provide for the erection of an
additional building to the Maine Insane Hospi-
tai was taken from the table, amendments
adopted and passed to be engrossed.
The militia bill was taken from the table,
read once and assigned for tomorrow after
noon.
Bill to remodel the Board of Agriculture
was assigned for tomorrow.
Bill relating to the taxation of the capital
stock of toll bridges was amended and passed
to be enprOssed