The Portland daily press., 1880-03-03
BY TELEGRAPH.
AUGUSTA.
THE LEGISLATURE MAKING
- RAPID PROGRESS.
Political Debate in the Senate.

passed " acts and IL resolves Wn1cn nave Deen
approved by the Governor. Since our last re-
view of its doings nineteen acts and one re-
solve have been signed by the Governor, of
which the following is the substance of those
Of public interest:
The law for the pres ,rvation of wator fowl
in the ponds and streams of Plymouth has
been repealed.
The County Commissioners of Oxford have
been authorized to reassess taxes upon unin-
corporated townships and tracts of land in that
county
The fishery laws have been amended SO that
from July 18th to September 10Th it shall be
lawful to take salmon with rod and single
line.
The charter of the Livermore Fire Insur-
ance Company has been renewed
The statutes in relation to frivolous excep-
tions have been amended so that they shall
apply to exceptions filed in any criminal pro-
ceedngs in the Superior Courts OF Kennebec
and Cumberland counties.
The time for organizing the Maine Mining
Company has been extended to June a. $780,
A law has been passed that no quail shall be
killed in this State before Sept. l, 1883, under
u peIdlty u GZo lOr every OuouC0.
A charter for a railroad from Monson to
Dexter has beeen granted to G. A. Matthews
C. S. Pulen G.. F. jackson, Walter Pullen,
E. Fl. Hall, L. S. Hall, II. B.. Thayer, VIM.
Curtis, E. R. Haynes, J. F. Spragne and Chas.
Winchester.
The savings bank law has been amended so
that pro rata dividend may be declared by
the court whether all or only portion of the
assets have been reduced to money, whenever
the court shall deem it for the interest of the
depositors and the public.
The catching of fish In Loveioy Pond in
Albion has been prohibited from Oct. to
June l, yearly.
The sessions of the County Commissioners
of Washington county have Deen changed to
the first Tuesday of January and October at
Machias, and at Calais the fourth Tuesday of
April. tfl
A law has passed which provides that when
no officer, general agent or member of do
mestic corporation can be found in the county
in which the same is located, nor in the county
in which the last certificate of election of
clerk has been filed, the officer having in his
hands any process for service on such corpora
ton, may file copy thereof in the Registry
of Deeds of the county in which such corpora
ton is located, or in which its last certificate
of election of clerk was filed, and make return
of his doings, which service shall be sufficient
to hold such corporation to answer to such
process.
In the Senate today lengthy political de-
bate took place 6n the bill to repeal the law of
1869 authorizing the Governor and Council to
issue certificates to members of the legislat ure,
which the Supreme Court has pronounced UNI
constitutional. The fusion Senators opposed
repeal, Patten of Penobscot declaring that he
saw grave objections to repeal, although Ae ac-
'knowledged the decision of the court as bind
ing. He believed it could not be ascertained
who were members unless we had system of
certifcating. He believed that the recent de-
cision of the court would not stand long.
Ellis of Waldo thought it was unwise to re-
peal the law, as the decision OF the court
would be changed. He did not believe in
abolishing certifcating, while Barrett of Ok
ford did not see how a legislature could be or
ganized without the law.
The Republicans favored repeal. Bradford
of Washington said the present law is not of
the slightest utility Repeal the law and you
take away from any Governor who may here
after be chosen to exercise it, the power to
defraud the people of the state of their rights.
The court had declared the law to be uncon-
stitutional, and it shall not be left upon the
statute books. Should it remain an opportuni-
ty is afforded the governor to make q legisla-
ture of persons who never were even voted for.
Dingley of Androscoggin thought it was use
less to keep such law on the statute book.
Locke of Cumberland, after calling Mr.. Halves
to the Presidents chair, took the floor, and fa-
vored repeal. He said as the law stood it was
issue certificates to those who appeared to be
elected. The Governor and Council may so
violate it that it will not be worth the
snap of your finger and it has
been decided void by the Supreme Court He
said that the Governor and Council issued
fraudulent certificates when they knew they
were defrauding the people. If the attemTt
to defraud the people of their rights had been
undertaken once, why may it not be under
taken again? T here is no appeal from the de-
cision of the Supreme Court, and how absurd
to keep a law upon the statute looks that has
been pronounced by the court as unconstitu-
tional. He had no apprehensions of trouble in
regard to certi6cating. No one would have
the presumption to appear and take their seats
if they were not chosen. He could not think
that such thing could take place were no
certificates issued