The Portland daily press., 1881-02-03
SIXTIETH L LEGISLATURE.
special Dispatch to the Press.l
SENATE,

special Dispatch to the Press.l
SENATE.
AUGUSTA, Feb. 2.
Senator Jennings presented bill to regulate
and provide for appeals from decisions of
county commissioners.
Petitions presented and referred-Of HI. r.
Taylor ct ais. Of Machias, against change in
the game laws; of James NJ. Andrews ct ais. of
Biddeford, for charter to supply the city
with water; of Rufus Taylor and 60 others of
Jay, asking for change in the pauper law so as
to provide for the support OF the poor by c0un
ties instead of towns; of T. q. Witham and 20
others of Byron, Oxford county, for a bounty
on bears; of j. G. Reed ct ais. of Oxford coun-
ty, for an appropriation to aid in building
bridge from the town of Byron to Bemis; of
Henry o. Stanley in aid of the same.
Senator Lamson presented the remonstrance
of the citizens of Woolwich against the pas
sage of law prohibiting the taking of smelts
from the Kennebec river.
Orders were referred instructing the COM
mittee on legal affairs to inquire into the expe-
diency of repeating chap. 1913. Laws of 1874,
and chap. 211, Laws of 1877, relating to clerks
of judicial courts; directing the judiciary com
mittee to inquire into the expediency of fixing
the fees of appraisers and commissioners at a
certain sum by diem.
Bills were reported to amend sec. 2, chap
116, R. S., relating to travel of trial justices
and justices OF the peace. 1t provides that
justices of the peace shall not be paid for more
than ten miles travel one way or for construc-
ton travel.
Ought not to pass was reported on bill to re-
peal chap. 100, Laws of 1879, and revive sec.
27, chap. 6, r. S.
Ought to pass was reported on bill to enable
the Boston & Maine railroad to purchase the
Orchard Beach railroad
Bill to ptevent the taking OF fish from Mos
sabesic Pond for a term OF two years. resolve
for the equitable distribution of the Geneva
Award were passed to be engrossed under
suspension of the rules.
An act to incorporate the Portland & Roch-
ester railroad, and an act to facilitate the con-
solidation of the Maine and International
Turning Companies, under the name of the
American Turning Company, were passed to
be enacted.
The time for the reception of petitions was
extended one week, in concurrence.
The House order, requiring the committees
to report finally on the 18th inst, was amend
ed, on motion of Senator Bisbee, by inserting
as soon as practicable, using all due diligence.
The bill to exempt the Lewiston & Auburn
railroad from taxation was, on its second read
ing, committed to the committee on railroads
for further consideration.
The House order looking to the repeal OF the
tramp law was tabled.
HOUSE.
Petitions were presented and referred relat-
ing to the abolition of imprisonment for debt;
asking for female suffrage; for repeal of cider
law; for bounty on bears; for abolition of COM
pulsory pilotage at He'll Gale: for change in
divorce law; for appropriation for an annual
encampment for school suffrage conferred on
women; remonstrance against removal of bat
tie flags from the State House; remonstrance
in regard to hiring school teachers; W. w.
Browd and 424 others of Portland, for consti-
tutional amendment prohibiting the manufac-
ture and sale of intoxicating liquors; OF citi-
zens of Mattawamkeag for an appropriation on
a road leading from Stacyville to the Hunt
farm, SO called; of citizens of Bradford for ap-
propat'on on the East branch road from Aroos-
took road to Hunt farm in Stacyville.
Ought not to pass was reported on bill to pre-
vent cruelty to birds.
Leave to withdraw was reported on petition
of citizens of Patten and Mount Chace for an
appropriation on road; on petition OF citizens of
Patten, praying that John P. Leslie be reim-
bused for amount claimed by him to have been
overpaid on State lots; on petition of l.. B.
Waldron and others, relating to jurisdiction of
trial justices in Dexter, Penobscot county
Legislation inexpedient was reported on Or
der relating to the choice of town officers on
one ballot.
Ought to pass was reported on bill authoriz-
ing the County Commissioners of Pscataquis
to discharge the assessment OF tax made by
them and to include the amout thereof in
another assessment.
Ought not to pass was reported on bill to reg
ulate the sale of trees and shrubs
Orders of inquiry were passed relating to
amending the present law so that no admins
TRAITOR shall be liable on his bond in any case
until cited in to settle his accounts; reporting
a resolve appropriating a sufficient sum of
money to repair the Houlton & Barring road
across the Indian township, and the road lead
ing from said Houlton & Barring road in said
township to Grand Lake Stream in the county
of Washington; SO amending the present law,
that one or more inspectors of stationary steam
engines shall be appointed.
Bill to prevent railroad accidents was read
twice and tabled on motion of Mr.. McKusick
of Calais. Subsequently it was taken up and
amended on motion of MIR. Strout of Portland,
and then passed to be engrossed.
A bill wys presented to abolish the Office of
town agent, which provides that the duties of
that Office shall hereafter be performed by Sc
lectmen.
Remonstrance was presented of John S.
Case and others against division of Rock land
Both branches met in joint convention and
elected Hon. S. A. Holbrook, State Treasurer
for 1882; he received 95 votes to GA thrown
for Hon. Charles A. White
Orders of inquiry were introduced and re-
ferred relating to the expediency of more ef-
fectually protecting by law the rights of fe-
males holding an interest in parish property;
relating to the passage of a law that any one
who shall buy or attempt to buy, hire, or brlbe
a voter shall for such offense lose his franchise
or right to vote for State or county officers for
ten years; any voter who shall sell his vote or
offer to, for money or pay, shall lose his right
to vote for five years.
Bills were presented to incorporate J. S.
Winslow, Geo. P Wescott, James Bailey,
Lewis Barker, Lewis Pierce, Frederick Robie,
J. L. H. Cobb, John 7. Berry, A. F. Crock
ett j. R. Bodwell, g. S. G. Dow, J. P. Bass
and F. A. Wilson under the title of Eastern
Telegraph Company; also bill granting mayor
and aldermen of Portland power to send for
persons and papers.
The bill Incorporating the Maine Eclectic
Medical School came up on its passage, was
read twice, when Mr.. Eaton of Camden
moved to amend the bill so that diplomas
should only be given on the completion by
student OF course of study equal in all re-
spects to that of the medical school lat Bruins
wick or any other medical school in the coun-
try. Mr.. Verrill of Portland announced the
objections to this amendment which had previ-
ously been considered by the judiciary COM
mittee and had accordingly drawn the bill to
accord with the present statutes of the State.
Messrs. Folsom and Sweat favored the amend
ment but on motion of Mr.. King the amend
ment was ordered printed and the bill
was laid on the table.