The Republican journal., 1880-03-18
Maine L Legislature.

ported on blll relating 10 be taxation Of Railroads
The Senate refused 10 concur with the House IN
indefinitely postpaning the Rockland division bill
by l6 to - and insisted in giving the bill pas
| sage
rhe amepdatory liuuor bill in relation TO com
mon nuisance, and sale of Intoxicating liquors was
discussed hy Strickland Barker Lamson Patten
and then passed to be eugrossed by l9 to 9
In the Housa A resolve establishing a State val.
uation for the present wear was reported from the
| Fuance Committee. and under p suspension of the
rules was passed to be engrossed This resolve re
| establishes the Old valuation of 1870. with such
corrections as have been since made by the legis
! lature
| resolve was reported from the Finance Com
mlttce authorizing ii temporary loan OF $500 900
| rembuIsable after sixty DAYS and within twelve
months Under a suspension Of the rules the re
solve was aiveu a passage
lAl restoring the compensation and number OF
Judges OF the supreme Court was taken up Hatch
OF Bangor moved "A division of the uuestlou
Hale of Ellsworth favored the measure All
that is asked lor IN this bill is to put the Court
back to what it was last winter before il was as
Saulted and the people can do no better thing
than to put this Court back to what it was before
iuteIt.red with. He had not heard Of a single re
monstrancc against the restoration OF this Court to
! lis old status. While he did not believe in paving
large salaries to public servants and would not
favor the restoration OF any of the salaries of our
! pubhc officers that have been cut down, being will
ing to try it a while longer to see how 1t worked,
| he would make exception to the compensation
Of the Judiciary Our Judges are poorly paid ser
| wants. lhtre no other State where the Judges
are 50 poorly paid as they are III Maine. He show
ed that By the reduction III the number of judges
| the citizen was affected. The Judges should be
ample 10 DO the work. No State Court stands
! better than ours. Is anybody actuated by spirit
! or desire to cut down this great Court We should
restore tins OLD time honored Court TO the place 1t
! held before.
| Hatch withdrew his motion, and proposed to
amend instead by having the bill simply provide
tor A compensation OF = 600 yearly PAYABLE quar-
| terly
| MrS>rS Strout u Portland, Ingalls, Of WscaSsett
and Dckey Of Fort Kent favored the bill The
after >a'd he was also IN favor Of increasing the
/ salary OF the Governor to $1,000 Wilson Of Orono
1 supported thr amcndment and Palsted. Perry and
! N"sHc" opposed the hhl and amendment. The
4 amendment vas rejected by nearly unanimous
vote. motion to indefinitely postpone was lost
/ lhe htlI was then gwen passage by vote Of -
1 TO IS
~ lEkNnn> In the Senate an act to abolish
the "iice ot Land Agent after SIX months: act
l" amend section : chapter ~ X. :. relating TO
iorcu.e entry and dcaucr. an act eStabishing the
compensation of State agent for collection OF un
adjusted claims against tie nited States an act
redtlnE 20 trustee and otuer officers OF public IN
Sta.Iatous were passed To be engrossed.
The House passed to be engrossed Resolve
apHToprlatlng = 300 ior the Reform school re-
solve arpropratng >Htl1 Tor propagation Of flsh
resolve laylLg tax on counties resolve authorizing
adjustment Tor certain lands bought in the State
Act restoring the former number and salary ot the
JUDGES ct the Supreme Court
AlGJslA March L. In the Seuate resolve lav-
lAI a lax On 'He coHl'es was read anH gwen pas
~. fl,......
'ig i,''> '',e'!''''tel'N T." 'e resolve Pro'I"'NE
.1L d" I'Hie'll oI 'ue CONSTITUTION changing
ne ne .t'H-> o' senators ana representatives were
"ioi'S" anu passed. o9 N"'e Oh "a unanimous
~ ~ -...-
NJ IesU-'' ",lHoIl1I!l- me state treasurer TO
PIo' '".c :" ,o"I1 ~ 2'''''9o was passed
: Stl.eI a. ueualt .U'h pace on lAe rec hlEh
NyA"o' reports ifoul 'At oolLlhI'tee on hducauon
N-.'n IeSll'eu ~ 'At ADOPTION OF 'Ae mIHoTt! re
F'I' N Consequences WIN tle house ana the pas
"-' ~ W ~. ltutlll- IT'S rec II n 9t"oo ap
l'IPi l"ti"4 lo to"ls lfoA >''V0 10 10y
~ tIe h'u'e tHt nii 70 aooIlsA the oihce Ot
I-l.N -r-.'' eAUtL- ~" ADOPTION Gf appointments
''lIIV" ~ 'U,cl- u bangor was 'aped "h motion
E" ""HG' n hfiAS"lfh
! A' mouse t'hcuEtcd win The Senate IL ldri-
-.r1 t'N. fI-l"r '1t p'. 2I'lA- salary OIL 9-.o"o
~ fAe Stale Liquor Agent
! 4t li"'Ne voted |" adhere TO IS former vote III
AJelit'E fosip"Hlus the olll dividing the cltl vt
. tEit4 Tp\I lt