The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-17
AUGUSTA.
The Work So Far Accom-.
plished by the Legislature.
ORGANIZATION OF The VAL
UATION COMMISSION.
New Warden of the State Prison
Appointed.
AUGUSTA.
Especial Despatch to the Press.

Especial Despatch to the Press.
AUGUSTA, Feb 16.-Today the Legislature
entered upon another busy week. The prin-
cipal committees are now doing their hardest
work, and disposing of matters as rapidly as
possible 80 as to conform with the order of the
legislature, directing them to make their final
reports by the 25th inst The judiciary COM
mittee have on their docket over 1870 matters
under consideration, and is probably the hard
est worked committee of the session.
Bills Passed to Date
Up to Saturday night 20 acts and Z resolves
had passed the legislature and been approved
by the Governor. OF this number 16 acts and
resolves went through and were approved
the past week. Of the resolves only two were
OF any public interest and these were for the
appointment of the state valuation commits
sion and the commission to revise the militia
laws. The most important acts passed the
past week and which received the Governors
approval will be found in substance, as fol-
lows:
Chap. 173, public laws of 1877, relating to
the election of experimenting school commit
tees, was amended 80 that municipal officers
shall fill all vacancies arising in the office OF
supervisor until the next annual election.
The Rumford Falls & Bu7kfeld Railroad
Company have been given the right to lease
the road and other property of the Portland &
Oxford Central Railroad Co., and the P. & O.
e. r. R. Co., or any other corporation which
may hereafter be formed of the holders 4
bonds and coupons issued by the last named
company, dated March 20, 1868, are given the
right to sell or lease their road franchise and
other property to the Rumford Falls & Buck
field r. R. Co., or to any other railroad corpo-
ration or to any person; and the r. F. g. B. R.
4. Co.. are given the right to take and hold
the property by lease or purchase of any COR
poration or person holding the same, and to
purchase the bonds and soup ons of the P. &
Q. g. r. r. Co. This authority given the
Rumford Falls & Buckfeld X. R. Co. is no
limited, restrained or affected by it's appoint
ment as receiver of the Portland & Oxford
Central Railroad Co.
The public laws of 1879, in relation to the
state valuation were amended SO that Sec. of
Chap. 16l, now provides that assessors of cities.
towns and plantations shall also produce or
cause to be produced before the present or any
future legislature, for their examination, tha
full original or full copies of the original Doll
lists and valuation lists, duly certified and
sworn to by the assessors, for 1877-8-9.
A charter has been given Robert H. Gardi-
ner, Frederic Gardiner, Francis G. Richards,
Richard Sullivan, John T. Richards, Ellis A.
Hollingsworth. Leonard Whitney, Samuel D.
Warren, Charles Fairchild, Joshua Gray and
Henry Richards. incorporating them into the
Gardiner Water Power Company, with CAPT.
tai stock not to exceed $4,000. No liabilities
are to be incurred exceeding 5000. The
company is authorized to purchase and MAIN
tain dams on the Cobbosseecontee stream at
Gardiner.
The York County Game and Fish Society
has been incorporated for the protection of
game and fish, encouraging their propagation,
and with authority to enforce the game and
fish laws. Authority is given to hold property
to the amount of $4,000. The incorporators
are Geo. f. Calf, Geo. A. Carter, John R
Andrews, r. L. Bowers, John Chadwick. VIM.
D. Burnham, James I. Buck, W. S. bennett.
s. 5. Richards, j. W. Hobson, S. S. Mitchell.
j. G. Weymouth, A. W. Larrabee. Charles
Twombley and Frank E. Libby of Saco; Thorn
as Haley, H. E. Hill, C. T. S. Blake, Ferguson
Haines. Warren c. Bryant, Frank Hazleton.
G. E. Hussey, C. H. Abbott, Abijah Tarbox.
81. Boynton, G. N. Ward. C. NJ. Moses, W. E.
Andrews, j. G. Shaw Of Biddeford; and Geo.
c. Lord of Kennebunk.
An act was passed compelling public officers
whose hou Ix1:.-
and other property to their successors. and, in
case of refusal, provides for penalty of inn
prisonment not to exceed five years and fine
not exceeding $5O00
The Portland Turnverein have been given
authority to hold real and personal estate to an
amount not exceeding $1,000.
The Bangor s; Piscataquis r. r. Co. have
been given further time of three years from
Jan. u, 1880, to complete their road to Moose
head Lake.
The Richardson Wharf Company of Port
land have been authorized to hold real and
personal estate to the amount of $3.50, 900.
The Hampden Silver Mining Co., and the
Dunton Silver Mining Co. of Hampton have
been consolidated with capital stock of 81.
100000.
An act has passed which only allows the
catching of fish in Dexter pond between july
and September d of the year, undera PEN
atty OF $40 for each attempt if the law is vic.
lated.
The city of Bangor has been given authority
to supply the town of Brewer with water to he
conveyed across the Penobscot river above the
toll bridge by aqueducts or pipes. U-
The law relating to days of grace has been
amended so that commercial paper falling due
Sunday, the second day of grace, then four
instead of three days of grace shall be allowed.
The mortgage Of the Bucksport & Bangor
Railroad Co to Richard P. Buck and Samue,
f. Hersey, trustees in 1873, has been ratified
and confirmed.
These are the principal enactments of the
past week. The present week will show o
larger number. There will also be more mat
tiers adversely reported upon than there have
been since the committees commenced
making their reports. In fact mora
than one-half of the petitions, bills and orders
which the committees are considering will be
reported upon leave to withdraw, legislation
inexpedient, and ought not to pass.
The Supreme Judges.
A large number of petitions have been re-
ceived asking for the repeal of the law decreas
ing the salaries and number of Judges of the
Supreme Court. These petitions have come
from the members of the bar in different conn
ties and show that the lawyers, without regard
to their politics, are nearly unanimous in hay
ing the number and pay of judges restored.
The terms of the judges expire as follows:
Chief Justice Appleton, Sept. 20, 1883: Assoc
ciate Justices Walton May 16, 1888; Barrows.
March "a. 1884; Danforth, Dec. 81, 1884;
Peters, May 20, 1880; Lbbey, April "a, 1882;
Symonds, Oct. 16, 1885. 1t will be seen that
Judge Peters term is the first to expire which
will be in about three months hence. Then it
will be over TWO years before the ter /, of an.
other judge expires, and that will be Judge
Libbey's. In the meanwhile until their terms
expire their salaries of $4,000 each, are con-
tinued under the old law, and the reduced
salary of $1,000 does not take effect under the
law passed last winter until a new Judge is ap-
pointed, and that will be when successor to
Judge Peters is appoin ted.
There is no doubt but what the salary of
$1,000 is inadequate and is so considered by
the legal fraternity, but SO long as the law re-