The Portland daily press., 1880-03-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
Especial Despatch to Press.l


be engrossed.
Bill taxing railroads Il per cent. was dis
cussed by Dingley, Halves, Ellis, Patten,
Bradford and others, and was then passed by a
vote of 16 to g.
Bills relating to seizures on executions:
amending chapter 105 of the public laws of
1872 re ating to ways, were passed to be en-
crossed.
A motion was made to reconsider the vote
whereby the Senate adhered to its former ac-
ton on the bill to incorporate the Commercial
Club of Portland, for the purpose of referring
the matter to another committee of confer
ence. The motion was lost.
Among those finally passed and which have
been sent To the Governor are the following.
Resolve making an appropriation for the prop
ogation of fish; resolve in favor Of the State
Prison; bills relating to shore fisheries: to
companies; relating to convicts and officers in
county iails.
AFTERNOON SESSION,
Bill to provide in part for the expenditures
of the government came up from the House
and was passed in concurrence.
Bill to tax telegraph companies came up
from the House and was passed in concur
renee.
Bill to increase the salary of the Governor
was finally passed.
EVENING SESSION.
Bill relating to amending the constitution
was reported, which provides that in voting
for constitutional amendments at elections
there shall be separate ballot boxes. Read
and passed.
A resolve was reported paying the Normal
School teachers at Gorham.
Resolve providing for the printing of the
investigating committees report was passed
House.
Bill to tax express corporations three-fourths
of one per cent. on gross receipts was amended
on motion of Verrill of Portland and then
passed to be engroSsed.
A communication was received from COM
mttee OF the Governor and Council recon-
mending that the sum of $500 be paid to GER
tain teachers of the Gorham Normal School,
who had petitioned for the same. The com
municatioh was referred to the finance COM
mittee.
Bill to amend the laws of 1872 relating to
claims against insolvent estates was read and
pending its passage to be engrossed on motion
of Dickey of Fort Kent was indefinitely post
poned.
Ought to pass was reported on bill authoriz-
ing the State Treasurer to procure loan of
$3O7, 900.
Dickey OF Fort Keut moved its indefinite
pOStpOnement,
Hatch of Bangor advocated the bill.
Dickey thought the act already passed was
sufhclent Ii this bill was passed we shall
have floating debt at the end of the year of
100000.
Strout of Portland favored the bill on the
ground that the best policy of the state was to
commence to pay its debt and stop the interest
account
Hale of Ellsworth, Hill of Exeter and others
favored the bill, and thought the state ought
to wipe out its liabilities.
Gushee of Appleton moved to amend SO
that bonds OF 800 denomination could be
bought and thereby popularize the loan.
Adopted.
The bill as amended was passed to be en-.
crossed
Resolve making an appropriation for the
propagation OF fish was passed. Also resolve
state of New York to so amend the Hell Gate
pilot laws as to remove compulsory pilotage.
Resolve in relation to school exercises and
examinations was finally passed, but Butler of
VassalbOro moved TO have the same reconsid-
cred, stating that it cost some $4,000 and
was burdensome to many people who would
have to purchase books. He favored the
reading OF certain parts of the constitution by
children, as provided in the resolve, but he
doubted the policy of attaining that object in
the manner proposed.
Dickey, Hill of Exeter, Grove of Winthrop
and Staples of Parsonsfield spoke in favor.
The motion to reconsider was lost
Bill taxing railroads Il per cent, was read
twice.
Young of Brunswick said the bill was one
OF great Importance. On question of this
magnitude parties interested should be heard.
The bill involves new principle. He con-
fessed that by looking at the bill its results
were so far reaching that it would take more
time than we had to grasp the subject He
wanted parties to be heard, so that we could
act intelligently. He moved its reference to
the Judiciary committee.
: Simonton of Rockland opposed the bill and
thought it had been sprung upon the House.
Butler of Vassalboro did not believe that it
had been sprung upon the House. 1t was
matter that had been long talked about and
discussed, and was one of the great subjects
that concerned the interests of the State. He
spoke on the question of taxation, the great
burden the people have to bear. The railroads
ought to pay State tax to-day of 1926, 900.
He favored the bill.
Dung opposed and spoke of the public con-
siderations pertaining to the bill.
Hale favored the bill.
The motion to refer the bill to the Judiciary
committee was voted down.
GuShee moved to refer the bill to the next
legislature.
Perry and ingalls, favored the motion. Yer
rill moved to lay the bill on the table. Lost
The motion to refer the bill to the next Iegis-
lature was lost by a vote of So to 80.
Young offered an amendment the nature of
which was that the State should have the full
benefit of the tax, and that none of it be re-
turned to towns.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The yeas and nays were ordered and on be-
ing taken resulted in the amendment being
rejected by So yeas and A nays.
Pending the passage of the bill to be en-
crossed the yeas and nays were ordered and on
being taken resulted in the passage of the bill
by y yeas, Is nays.
Senate amendment to resolve providing for
loan of S307, 900 was adopted and passed in
concurrence.
Mr.. Bradstreet from the joint special inves-
tigating committee on loss of State seal and
public property presented a report with ac-
companylng testimony. The report was ac-
cepted, and on motion of Mr.. Rowell of Halo
we'll, was ordered to be printed with an alb
stract of the testimony under the direction of
the chairman of the committee
Ought not to pass was reported from the
finance committee on report of the Executive
Council in relation to salary of teachers in the
Normal Schools at Gorham. Report accepted
Mr.. Butler of Vassalboro moved that the
vote be reconsidered, whereby the report was
adopted.
The subject was discussed by Messrs. Butler,
Hill OF Exeter, Crane, Young, Gushee, Smart
and others.
the report was recommitted with instruc-
tons to the committee to add the amount of
the claim to the appropriation bill to any
money not otherwise appropriated.
A bill Tin new draft was reported Tor the
1dAdtloH VI UoloSrapn companies, which pro-
vides for state tax of q per cent. on the
value of any telegraph line in the state. 1t
was read and passed to be engrossed
Bill to regulate the practice in equity pro-
ceedings was taken from the table, and, on
motion of Strout, was referred to the next
legislature.
Mr.. Hale after giving notice tina he should
submit the report of the joint special investi-
eating committee on election returns, ETC.,
this evening, then yielded TO motion for ad-
journment.
EVENING SESSION.
Report of the investigating committee was
presented and occupied nearly two hours in
its reading. A minority report was also pre-
sented by Mr.. ingalls, of the committee.
A resolve was then passed that, the Senate
$500 copies of the report be printed,
with testimony accompanying; 1900 copies for
the use of the House, 800 copies for the Sem
ate, 200 copies for the Governor and Council,
and 800 for the use of the committee. Also
5000 copies of the report to be printed. $4,000
was appropriated for printing.
Authority was given the investigating COM
mittee on election returns to sit after the leg
islature has adjourned.
Rhode Island Republican Convention.
PROVIDENCE, March 18.-The Rhode Island
Republican State Convention met TODAY.
Francello G. Gibson of Woonsocket was chair