Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-01-31
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

PAPERS from the House disposed OF ID COR
currence-
An act ainendatory Of and additional TO an
act 10 Incorporate the Bamford Fails ana
Baesfeld Railroad Company, came up on l's
massage to be engrossei. Ii was LAID on the
table 10 be printed.
Communications were received from the
Secretary Of State. trans uniting the an
unaI reports for 1879. of Commissioners OF
r;sb..-;as and Managers Of State Industrial
School for Girls.
N- WAKEFIELD. from the Committee on
Interior Waters. reported on petition OF
Chas. W. Howard an act 10 amend chap
81. special laws of l--G, entitled an AK
authorizing Charles W. Howard 10 dredSe
bar, and navigate Rangely Lake by steam
rGiye. Howard exclusive right TO navigate
and improve lakehy steam Tor ten years
Read and assigned. >.
Mr.. BEEgY from the Committee on Juul-
ciarv. reported that petition OF H. w " me
and Others. asking for reduction OF fees OF IN
.pectoT, of lime. be referred 20 the Commit
tee on Manufactures. Accepted
ON motion of Mr.. CoRSIsH,
Ordered. Thai when the Senate adjourn, II
be to meet at . o'clock to-uiorro" Morning
Bill received from the House. on lts pas
sage to be- cngrossed--'-A An act TO amend sec
i6. chap. & OF the revised statutes, relating
=, the removal Of electors from one ward to
another" Il provides that in aii clties nav
inr more than one thousand legal voters
il shall b. the duty Of the aldermen
thereof - post up in some public place III
each ward a true printed or written list of the
Local voter, resident in said ward, at least
seven DAYS prey ious to the day of any cleo
linn. No qualified eiecior who has removed
his residence from one ward 10 another IN
anv CITY. within the sixty days next preceding
any election. shall vote at such election IN the
ward 10 which he has removed. but his name
NAV be placed on the check list OF the ward
from which he has removed. and he may vote
therein.
Mr. prxGLrY moved that the rules he sus-
nrnles!. and the bill he passed to be engross-
ed. Mr.. DI>oLEY said that the law now Is
that thirty days residence only in ward Is
necessary to qualify person 10 vote. nder
its workings it occurred that persons are
TRANSPORTED from one ward 10 another tor po-
itical purposes; after election they are
brought back Its operation has been very
mischievous The bill now before the Sen
ate. establishing the residence, sixty days,
!, right and lust Ii does not deprive any
man Of hi, RICH; to vote.
Mr.. PArrrN said that his first thought was
dccltledly against the measure. He was aware
of the political objection, to the present law,
but though; that the convenience of the pub
H., should be. consulted. For instance. lie
lived in Ward >. Bangor. the extreme western
ward and should he remove 70 Ward I. the
extreme eastern. il would seem hard to be
obliged to 20 to the former ward 10 vote He
moved the bill lie on the table, for the pur
pose of examination.
Mr.. II \EpG> said il seemed to him that the
matter was easy to be understood. \ person.
instead of residing thirty days in Il ward be-
fore he becomes voter must reside
sixty DAYS. 1t affected one party just
exactly as il does another. In towns,
three months residence is required before
person can become 4 voter. By the provis
ions of the present bill, a person cannot
become di.franclscd, and it will act
safeguard against moving men from one ward
to another to effect certain political objects.
This bill j. certainly in the interests of regu-
lar. stable residents. and for the protection Of
taxpayers.
Mr.. DiNGlur further advocated the bill,
it will prevent the annual transportation of
voters from one ward to another.
The Senate refused to lay the bill on the
table, and it was passed to be cpgrossed.
Afterwards ii came from the House, and was
passed to be enacted.
READ AND ASSIGNED.
Resolve for the appointment OF a commits
sion to revise the militia laws.
PASSED To BE ENACTED.
An act to amcn'- section l6 of chapter of
the revised statutes. relating to the removal
ct electors from one ward to another
ON motion of Mr.. DEARBoRS,
Adjourned.
PETITIONS. Bills SC. Presented AND RE-
FEGRED.
Bv Mr.. LAWSON of STANDARDIZATION of
benjamin VI. Nutter. PRAYING for State pen
sion, with statement OF facts: referred to the
Committee on Pensions.
BY Mr.. BARKER Of Penobscot-Pctition of
the executors of the estate OF the late Alfred
Ncazie. PRAYING to be reimbursed for
money paid the State for lands in Township
Z. in the County Of Franklin. to which the
State had no title: referred to the Committee
on State Lands and State Roads