The Portland daily press., 1881-02-02
SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE.

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE.
Especial Dispatch to the Press.l
SENATE.
| AUGUSTA, Feb. l.
Senator Walker presented the petition of c.
Andrews, of Lowell, and 20 others in aid of the
| order to inquire into the expediency of re-
| duction OF tolls on stoppage of logs at Upper
| Keazer dam.
Senator Beatty presented the petition of the
| Saco Rifle Company to be attached to the active
| militia.
Senator Hill presented the petition of the
| Register of Probate for Hancock county for
| restoration of salary.
Senator Beatty presented the petition of E.
P. Chase and "a others, of Portland. for char
| ter for horse railroad from the western ex-
tremity OF tho Congress street horse railroad to
| Deering lne
| Senator Jennings presented the petition of
W. Ell. Brown and members of the Penobscot
Bar for repeal of chap. 247, laws of 1880;
| also OF &. ID. Boynton and others, of Bangor,
| for the same purpose.
Senator Hill presented the petition of Noah
| Woods, President of the Northern Aroostook
Railroad, for extension of time for building
| said road.
Senator Bsbee presented bill relative to the
| powers and duty of the Railroad Commission
CTS III relation 10 transportation OF passengers
| and freight over railroads. This bill gives the
| commissioners the same jurisdiction over roads
| not connecting as they now have over connec-
| ing roads,
Senator Hill presented bill to authorize the
| extension of the Bangor & Bucksport Railroad
to the city of Ellsworth.
| Senator Jennings introduced bill to incor-
| porate Division of Penobscot County Maine,
Ancient Order of Hibernians of the United
| States.
| Ordars v,ara prooapta1 d;root;,o Tho T,.1;o
| iarv Committee to see what changei is necessary
| in the Sd and 4th divisions of sec. /, chan, IS.
| Revised Statutes, relating to the descent of
property; also OF repeating chap. 40, Revised
| diency of legislation providing for the taking
| OF land for public parks in places of over 5000
| inhabitants on the same condition as land is
| now taken for highways.
Senator Hill presented the remonstranee of
E. 2. Hill aud others, of Bucksport against
removing the battle flags from the State House.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED.
Bill to authorize the extension of wharves
into Portland harbor; to incorporate the Maine
Sportsmen's Association; to incorporate the
Norombega Sportsmen's Club; to amend the
charter of the,Godfrey Falls Dam Co.: to au-
thorize the County Commissioners of Franklin
county to reassess certain taxes; to prohibit
fast driving on bridges; relating to liens on
buildings and lots.
Bills to build wharves into the tide waters of
Buren, were tabled on their passage to be en-
crossed.
Mr.. Hatch, speaker pro tenn, in the chair.
Bills to establish the Eclectic Medical Col
lege OF Maine; to change the boundary line
between the towns of Berwick and South Ber-
wick, and resolve to provide for the erection
of an additional building to the Maine Insane
Hospital, were each read twice and assigned
for tomorrow, except the last named which
was on its passage to be engrossed in concur
renee. AT the instance of Mr.. Eaton of Cam
den the resolve was tabled.
Petitions were presented and referred
relating to the taking of fish in Wilson's pond
in Auburn; to He'll Gate pilotage law; remon-
STRANGE of the citizens of Bath against any
change in the laws relating to taking of
smelts in Kennebec river; for amendment of
law requiring uniform width Of sleds used in
Plscataquls county; remonstrance of Maj. I'll
NJ Folsom and other soldiers of Oldtown
against removing the battle flags from the
State House; also other remonstrances relating
to the same; Of Geo. A. Corey for the right to
navigate Cobbosseecontee pond by steam; of
w: e. Emery and others of Hampden asking
to ba classed with the town of Orrington as a |
representative district; remonstrauce OF E. j.
Mains and seven other inhabitants of Frye
burg Academy grant against being set off
upon the town of Gilead; of W. B. Swan and
others to enable the city of Belfast to refund
its debt; for the setting off of Ward in
Rockland and incorporating new town; re-
lating to abolishing imprisonment for debt;
remonstrances against amending the charter of
Penobscot & Lake Megantic Railroad; for |
dam on Union river; of selectmen of Stockton
relating to taxes of 1880; remonstrance of Mrs. |
l.. Nj. N. Stevens and 1134 others against |
allowing the manufacture of malt liquors in |
this State; of municipal officers of Brooks for
establishment of new division line asking that |
the towns of Brewer and Veazie be classed to- |
gether; for doings of South Buxton cemetery
association to be made valid; ef claim of E. |
+. PillSbury & Co., for balance due on State |
printing for 1879.
Bills were presented to repeal chap. 145 of
the public laws of 1879 relating to insurance;
to amend chap. 1S2 of the public laws of 1874 |
relating to the sale of merchandise by ex- |
press; to amend charter of Wassataquick |
Dam Company; to repeal sec. 2, chap. 1893 of |
public laws of 1874 relating to clerks of S. J. |
Court, preventing destruction of game by |
shooting matches
A resolve was presented asking for authority
to the Governor and Council to abate taxes |
assessed in 1880 upon the st. Croix & Penob |
scot railroad amounting to about $400.
A bill was reported to amend sec. As, chap.
IS of the r. S., relating to highway taxes.
shall hold delingent taxes to the order of the
selectmen to be applied by them for repairs of
roads and bridges.
Mr.. Goss of Bath presented the following:
Resolve for the equitable distribution of the |
balance of the Geneva award fund.
whereas, Inc government OF Gne Unlleu states |
received from the government of Great Britain in
September, 1873 fifteen and half millions of |
dollars in goli coin by virtue of the award of the
arbitration of the two governments at Geneva. for
the purpose of distribution among the citizens of |
the United States, and others who were losers by
the depredations on the high seas of the se-caled
confederate cruisers, and
Whereas, Less than one-half of this award has |
been distributed and the balance thereof remains
in the treasury of the United States, therefore
Resolved, That the legislature of the State Of
Maine hereby respectfully and earnestly requests
the Congress of the United States, promptly in the
present session of its honorable bodies to enact ap
propriate legislation for the Just and equitable dis
tribui ion of said balance to the persons |
who were losers by the depredations of the con-
federate cruisers the high seas during the late
war of the rebellion.
Resolved, That copy of the foregoing be for |
warded to the Senators and Representations in Con-
gress from the State of Maine and to the President
of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives in Washington with request to lay the
same before their respective bodies.
The resolves were adopted and ordered |
printed.
Passed to be engrossed--A bill additional to
chap. Is of the revised statutes as amended by |
chap. 241 II the public laws of 1874, relating |
to burying grounds; bill relating to the in
surance commissioners report; bill to incor- |
porate the Peiepscot Manufacturing Company; |
"a bill to authorize the Little AndroScoggin |
Water Power company to increase its capital |
stock; bill relating to lettering around iall- |
road stations; bill to amend sec. 19, chap. Is |
of the Revised Statutes, relating to public and |
private ways; bill relating to the manufac-
ture and sale of vinegar; a bill relating to ac-
tions against insolvent estates.
Hon. j. o. Smith Tuesday sent the following |
county estimates for 1872 to the Speaker of |
the House of Representatives.