The Portland daily press., 1881-03-12

Resolves making appropriations for tie
Female Orphans Asylum of Portland the St.
Elizabeth Orphan Asylum of Portland aud
the Bangor Children's Home were taken from
the table and passed to be engrossed.
Senator Dingley moved TO reconsider the
vote by which the Senate passed to be engros-
sed resolve proposing an amendment to the
constitution prohibiting the manufacture and
sale OF intoxicating liquors. On motion of
Senator Lord the motion was tabled and Mon
day next at o'clock assigted.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED.
Bill to authorize l.. w. Western to erect
booms in the Kennebec river at Skowhegan;
to incorporate the Marine bank of Bath; to re-
gulate practice in equity proceedings; establish
ing the salary of the judge of probate of An
droscoggin county;to authorize the Bangor and
Pscataquis Railroad to construct branch lines;
resolve in favor of the Bath Orphans ASYLUM
The Senate adjourned till tomorrow at 0 a.
m.
Bill relating to forcible entry and detainer
and tenancleS, came from the Senate indeti-
nitely postponed. The I'll ouse insisted on its
former vote giving the bill a passage and asked
for a committee of conference. The following
were appointed on the part of the House:
Messrs. Thompson of Brunswick, Hutchinson
of Houlton and Verrill of Portland.
Resolve relating to the State Prison, which
as amended by the House approprates $40, 200
for the payment of the Indebtedness of that
institution, came back from the Senate, that
branch asking for committee of conference.
The House receded and concurred and joined
Hatch of Bangor, Bird of Thomastcn and
Cook of Lewiston.
Bill relating to partition fences came from
the Senate indefinitely postponed. The House
insisted on its former vote giving the bill
passage and proposed committee of confer
ence. The following were appointed on its
part: Messrs. Jordan of Auburn, Flint of
DOvar and Nuttar of (tOrinna
Mr. Sweat of Brownfield presented bill to
amend chap. Ii, sec. 3, r. S., relating to the
practice of medicine and surgery. Ordered
printed.
Mr.. Hatch of Bangor presented petition
for charter for the Orono Bank.
An order was passed giving the use of Rep
resentatives Hall for the ship builders and
ship owners on Tuesday evening of next week.
Mr.. Hall, from the judiciary committee, pre-
sented resolve proposing an amendment to
the constitution to restore annual sessions of
the Legislature. He reported that inasmuch
as session of this Legislature must probably
be held next winter, and as the resolve, if sub
mitted to the people for their action, cannot be
voted upon until the biennial election in Sep
TENDER, 1882, it be referred to the next Legis-
lature.
A bill, in new draft, was reported to amend
chap. 1872 of the public laws of 1880, relating
to auctioneers. Ordered printed.
Legislation ineXpedient was reported on Or
der relating to deeds of minors.
Majority and minority reports of the Tenn
perance Committee were taken up, the ques-
tion being on the substitution of the minority
report which brings in a bill to repeal the
cider and constabulary law of last winter, for
the majority report which gives the petitioners
for the repeal leave to withdraw
Remarks were made by MesSrs. Lang of
Palmyra, Mcclellan of South Thomaston.
Harding of Waldo. Richie of Winterport and
Freeman of Lincolnville.
Snaakar Hutchinson took the floor and
spoke in favor of the majority report. He
did not want any legislation to show that
Maine had taken any backward steps in the
cause of temperance.
Pending the motion OF substitution the
House adjourned
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The subject matter which was under discus
sion when the House adjourned was resumed.
Remarks were made by Morrill, of Augusta,
Shaw of Lisbon, Goss OF Bath, Freeman of
Lincolnville, Wheeler of Easton, Lord of Ken
nebunk, Rowell of Hallowell, Hall of Rock
land, Thompson of Brunswick, Freeman of
Cherryfeld, Staples of Parsonsfeld.
Mr.. Verrill of Portland favored the substtu-
ton of the minority report, and made legal
argument in favor of cepealing the cider and
cOnstabulary law.
The yeas and nays having been ordered, the
House refused to substitute the minority for
the majority report by vote of 70 to So as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Averill, Bartlett, Benner, Boothby, Brad
street OF Palermo, Bragg, BRIGHAM, Dickey Doore.
Cherryfeld, Freeman of Lincolnville Gilbert,
Goodall, Goodwin of Hudson, Hall, Harding, Hatch,
Heath, Hutchinson of Houlton, Keegan, Linscott,
Lord Of Bangor, Loud, Marston, Nickels, Noyes,
Packard, Parsons, Pitcher. Rowe, Richie, Staples
of Dayton, Staples of Parsonsfed Staples of Eliot
Strout of Portland, Sturdivant Sweat, Thatcher,
Thompson, True, Trufant, Verrill Vinal, Waters
Webb Wheeler of Etna White, Wyman-53.
Nays-Achorn, Andrews, Ashford, Bean, Berry,
Bird, Body Bragdon, Brown, Burnell, Burnham
Burr, Chadbourne Chase, Clark, Cook, Crosby Of
Norridgewock. Cummings, Eastman, Eaton, Edge.
Bath, Harris Haskell Hilton, Hopkins Hutchin-
son of Lewiston. Jones of Winthrop. Jones of
Brighton, Jordan, JOY Kendall, Kennison King,
Lang, Leavitt, Leighton, Leland, Libby, Livermore,,
Lord of Kennebunk. Mallett, Marble, Mcclellan,
Means, Morrill, Nickerson of Ltnneus, Nickerson of
Brewer, Norris, Nntter, Partridge, Perley, Purin.
New Sharon, Smith of Mt. Vernon, Spragne, Strout
of Cape Elizabeth, Tarbox, TwitchelI, Varney,
Wardwel1, Wheeler of Easton-70.
The majority report was accepted.
A motion to reconsider was lost