The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-16
THE LEGISLATURE.
Especial Despatch to the Press.]
Senate.

AUGUSTA, Mar. 10.
A bill was presented to extend the time for
organizing the Eastern Land and Lumber Co.,
which authorizes them to operate in lumber
and real estate in the counties of Penobscot
Piscataquis and Aroostook. TIE bill was read
and assigned for the afternoon session.
Mr. Halves of Cumberland presented the
petition of Nathan Cleaves and 96 others of
Portland against the taxation of mining COM
panies. Tabled.
A bill was reported to fix the salary of the
Governor at $1,000 to take effect another year.
Read and printed.
The Judiciary committee on order asking for
the restoration of the death penalty reported
that the same be referred to the next legiSla-
ture. Accepted
A bill was presented relating to convicts and
officers in county jails in the state having
workshops attached, which makes the rules of
discipline i'll vogue at the State Prison appli
cable to county jails in which there are work.
shops. Read and tabled to be printed
AFTERNOON SESSION
Bill to extend time for organizing the East
ern Land and improvement Company was in
definitely postponed.
The militia bill was passed as amended by
the House by vote of - to 7.
Resolve relating to school exercises and ex-
aminations was read and assigned.
A bill was presented by Mr.. Halves of Cum
berland under suspension of the rules, relating
to telephone companies, the object of which is
to protect the rights of local companies.
Printed.
Resolve providing for amendments to the
constitution changing the term of office OF Sem
ators and Representatives was passed on call
Of the yeas and nays by unanimous vote
yeas IS.
Resolves in favor of st. Elizabeth Orphan
ASYLUM and Female Orphan Asylum of Port
land have finally passed and gone to the Gov
ernor, as we'll as the resolve in aid of the Ag-
ricultural College.
The House refused to concur with the action
of the Senate in appointing a new committee
of conference ON the bill to incoi porate the
State of Maine Consolidated Mining Company
Resolve appropriating S5I 900 for the State
Prison came hack from the Senate, that branch
insisting on its former vote cutting down the
appropriation and asking for committee of
conference. The House accepted the PROPOSE
ton, after having insisted on its former vote
passing the resolve.
Ought to pass was reported on bill relating to
sale Of the franchise of railroads Printed
Ought not to p IS was reported On bill to re-
peal chap. 65 of public laws of 1878 relating to
duties of County Attorneys.
A bill was reported to regulate the practice
in equity proceedings. Printed.
Mr.. Mills of Union offered an order to limit
the remarks of members to ten minutes at any
one time on any pending question during the
remainder of the session.
Strout of Portland opposed and moved to
table. Lost. The order was laid over
A resolve was reported inStructing the State
Librarian to procure without reprinting dupli-
cate copies OF acts, resolves and public laws of
Maine, and to cause one of each to be left in
the library. Read and passed to be engrossed
under suspension of the rules.
A resolve in relation to school exercises and
examinations, which provides for the reading
| of the United States constitution and of the
constitution of Maine, as often as once in Q oh
| term nv scholar fOurtpnp Of
| and that scholars shall pass examinations at
| the close of the term in the presence of the
| visiting experimenting school committee or
supervisor on the first eight and the thirteenth
| articles or amendments of the constitution of
| the United States and on articles first of the
| constitution of Maine Read twice, rules sus-
| pended and passed to be engrossed.
| AT the instance of Gushee (fusion) of Apple
ton the yeas and nays were ordered on the final
| passage OF the bill to increase the salary and
number of Judges of the Supreme Court. The
| vote was 81 in favor and 80 opposed.
| The militia bill was taken up, and the yeas
| and nays having been ordered on the passage
| of the bill to be engrossed resulted in 10 quo
| rum voting, the vote standing Sc yeas, L. nays.
The roll of the House was called VIII rs
| members responded to their names, and the
| Speaker declared quorum present.
The abseEtees were called and-a quorum
| found to be voting the bill passed to be en-
crossed by 81 yeas, q nays.
| IhhNOON SEoolON,
Bill relating to trustees and other officers of
public institutions pending the adoption of the
| amendment offered by Mr.. Dickey of Fort
| Kent was tabled.
| Bill to incorporate the consolidated Eastern
State Company, pending its passage to be en-
| crossed was tabled on motion of Mr. Smart of
Deering.
Majority and minority reports relating to
| poll taxes were taken up. Pending motion
to iubstitute the minority for the majority re.
port the matter was tabled on motion of Mr.
| Parker of Lewiston, and tomorrow assigned.
Bill to remodel the State Board of Agricul-
ture was taken up and its passage advocated
by Mr.. Butler of Vassalboro.
The bill was amended so that the President
| of the Agricultural College shall not be a
member of the Board of Agriculture. Also
| that the entire expenses of the Board shall
not exceed 81 900 annually; that instead of be.
ing appointed by thesBoard the secretary shall
| be elected annually its chief executive officer
Also that the secretary in the discharge of his
duties shall be reimbursed not exceeding 500
per annum and that his salary shall be $500
per annum. Also that the secretary shall moi
be one of the trustees of the Agricultural Col
lege. That instead of 10000 copies of the
| secretary's report being printed only sucI
number of reports may be printed as the legis
lature may from time to time order.
The bill was discussed by Messrs Hatch,
Hills, Staples, Rogers and Butler.
motion to indefinitely postpone was de
| lOdtOu dlu elO JILL pdoocu DIS ~ CdIuo from CDt
| committee.
Resolves in favor of the Dexter Savings
Bank and Detective Wiggin were given pas
| sage.
Bill relating. to preventing incompetent per
sons from conducting the business of apothe
carries was assigned for tomorrow.
Bill to incorporate the Canton Bridge Co.
was taken from the table, and the House re
| coded and concurred with the Senate in giving
the bill a passage.
Bill to increase the salary of the county at
torney of Piscataquis was taken up and refer
red to the next legislature
Bill to incorporate the Saco and Biddefort
TELEPHONE and Telegraph Co. was read and as
| signed for tomorrow.
Resolves providing for an amendment to the
Constitution changing the term of office of
Senators and Representatives were finally
passed by the necessary two-thirds vote-1O;
| yeas, a unanimous vote.
The bill to restore the law exempting from
taxation the mining interests of the state was
read and assigned for tomorrow.
Bill relating to the tabulation of election re
turns was given passage.