The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-07
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

A petition from j. W. Porter WAS presented
asking for a repeal of the law relating to i'm
prisonment for debt.
A bill was reported relating to the Portland
Turnverein. Read and assigned.
Legislation was reported inexpedient on or
der relating to repeal or amendment of law
concerning interest.
The proposition to reduce the salary Of the
Judge of Probate for Cumberland county was
reported from the Committee on Legal Affairs,
referred to the Cumberland county delegation,
and the Senate accepted the report.
Legislation inexpedient was reported Oh or
der for abolishing the office of Fishery Com
missioners.
A bill was reported to amend an act for sup
plying the city of Bangor with water Read
and assigned. Another bill was reported to
amend an act to incorporate the city of BAR
ger, approved Feb. IL, 1894. Read and as
signed.
4 bill was presented making the Frontier
Guards of Eastport subject to the duties and
privileges of other volunteer companies Re-
ferred to Military committee. -
The resolve for the appointment OF com
mission of military officers to revise the mill
tary laws, coming up on its passage to be en-
crossed was referred to the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs
A petition was presented for Incorporating
the Forest Lake Ice Company. Referred to
committee on Legal Affairs.
Ordered, That the House concurring, joint
select committee of three on part of the SEN
ate with such as the House may join, be APP
pointed to consider the Governors message
and report reference of its several subjects to
appropriate committees; and Messrs. Smith,
Hill and Rogers were appointed on part OF
the Senate.
The report of the committee on State yalua-
ton was taken up, the pending question being
amendment to resolve to have the commission
consist of sixteen persons, or one from each
equity.
Messrs Bradford, Hill, Harris, Berry,
Strickland and Harris favored the amendment
while Messrs. Dingley, Ellis, Patten and Bar
ker opposed. Amendment adopted II too An
amendment to have the commission report to
this Legislature was lost, II to IA. Under sus
pension of rules the resolve was read twice and
passed to be engrossed.
House.
Petitions wero presented and referred pray
lily lOr tlio duOiltlOu VI Obidio
Court; for change in act establishing police
court in Rockland; to incorporate the Water
vile Telegraph Company; for special sewerage
law; to amend charter of Katahdin Iron Com
pany appointing auditors; asking that Orchard
Beach Railroad Company may have right to
build wharf for restoration of salaries and
number of Judges of Supreme Judicial Court;
also resolve in favor of an act of Congress
granting pensions to veterans Of Mexican war;
also bill to incorporate the Dudley Brook Dam
Company.
Two thousand copies Of the Governors mes
sage were ordered to be printed:
Ordered, That the Judiciary committee con-
slider the expedency Of amending chap. 81 Of
r. S., SO that mortgages of personal property
to secure debt for any sum shall be required
to be recorded in the town clerks office. That
the committee on Education consider the eX
pediency of amending the public laws relating
wooden manufactures.
The House ordered that the printers having
in charge the printing of the opinions of the
Supreme Court upon certain matters be re-
quested to suspend further action in the matter
until the order of Mr. Perry of Camden, rela-
tive to the decision of Judge Virgin in the
mandamuS case, is disposed OF.
A bill was reported to enable the Cumber-
land & Oxford Canal corporation to make sale
OF its property to be used for railroad purposes.
Read and assigned.
bill was reported to incorporate the Arte-
sian Water Company of Rockland, with a cap
ital of 100000. Read once, and tabled to be
printed.
Leave to withdraw was reported on petition
of Thomas w. Porter to be reimbursed for
money furnished to soldiers in the 18th Regi-
ment Maine Vols. in the year 1861.
A bill was reported to extend the time for
the completion of the Bangor & Piscataquis
railroad three years from Jan. 81, $780, Read
and assigned.
A bill was reported to consolidate the Hamp-
den Silver Mining Company and the Dunton
Silver Mining Company Read and assigned.
A bill was reported increasing the capital
stock of the Richardson Wharf Company.
Read and assigned.
A bill was reported relating to the organiza-
tion of mining and manufacturing companies.
Printed under the rule
The petition of VIM. Emery, attorney for the
county of York, praying that salary shall be
fixed by law as compensation to the comfy
commissioners and county treasurer of said
county, was referred to the Yorkscounty dele
CATION.
The Judiciary committee reported ought not
to pass on act additional to chap. 122, sec. II,
of the r. S., as amended by chap. 81 of the
public laws of 1878, relating to corrupt agree
ments by attorneys and others.
A bill was reported to amend chap 81 of the
public laws of 1879, relating to river fisheries
Printed under the rule. This bill changes the
time of stripping weirs to the 18th of June an
nually.
The bill to compel certain officers whose
terms have expired to deliver money and other
property to their successors was ordered to be
printed by the House under joint rule
Report of the committee printing and
binding submitting contracts for printing with
Sprague & Son, and binding with Smith &
Reed, was taken up. Pending acceptance Of
report, the question was to amend majority re-
port by substituting minority report with con-
tract with Thomas F. Murphy to do printing,
and with Alexander T. Cameron to do the
binding.
A lengthy debate took place which was par
ticipated in by Messrs. Rowell, Cook and
others, who opposed substituting minority re-
port, and by Messrs. MillikeD, Gushee, Plais-
ted, Swan and Wales, who favored The
minority report was rejected by a vote of SO to
43. Report of committee accepted by yeas 81,
nays 43.
The contracts were then approved in concur
renee with the Senate.