The Republican journal., 1883-02-15
The Maine Legislature.

SENATE. l'b. :. The saving, bank bill was
reported Win amendment but mainly as sug-
g-sttt bl officers al the savings banks. The
committee on nanccs reported the apprOpra-
non bIIl. amounting 10 81 ,555 .64l.G3. Ought
not To- pass Was reported on All order discOn-
tmllin@ line Reform school and changing it to
an Insane a>1 lum. Passed to be engroSsed:
IN act to amend the law for the taking of
trout III Tufts and Grind>tone ponds in the
town OF kingtied for term of three years;
an act of incorporation of Central Wharf
Company Of I>le>boro.
HOUSE. Reports We're made from commit
tees referring to the next Legislature petition
TO divide the county of Aroostook. Passed to
be cngro>sed: An act relating to taxes on per
sonal property; an act additional to chapter a
of The public laws of 1878 relating to nSolven-
cy: an act 10 amend section /, chapter 60 of the
laws Of 1881, in relation to registry of deeds
an act 10 amend section a. chapter II, of Re
Ni>cd Statutes Of 1>1l, relating to the hiring of
teachers. The Congressional ,apportionment
WAS discussed until adjournment. Mr.. Heath
OF Augusta, opened the debate or the Congress
SIonai Apporti0nment, supporting the report of
the majority. Mr.. Spoford, of Bucksport
moved TO amend by making the Third District
composed of kcnnebec. Waldo. Hancock and
W a>hinglon; Fourth District, Aroostook, Pc
nobeco), Piscataquis and Somerset. Mr.. Pow
tIS. OF Houlton. opposed the report of the ma
lority. and while he had no plan of his own,
preferred. to the report of the majority. that
NuDIHilltu DN ll' pcllIltlIltll from BuckSpOft.
SENATE, Feb. s. The committee reported
bill TO authorize the Knox Il Lincoln Railroad
to change and extend its location. The bill to
abolish the Common Council of Belfast was re-
fcrred to the next Legislature. Passed to be
engrossed: An act to amend chapter 261 0
public laws of 1880; an act to provide for great
or security against fire in buildings used for
public purposes; an act to extend the time for
the completion of the Bangor and Piscataquis
Railroad; an act relating to fines and penalties
4,
Avs; act restricting the time of taking and
canning herring and sardines: act to establish a
manner of calling meetings of village corpora
tons.
House. Passed to be engrossed: An act
providing for the annual examination of the
accounts of the Treasurer of State; an act to
regulate the taking of fish in Monson. Elliot
vile and Howard: act to facilitate the prepare
ton and issuing of the annual report of the
State Superintendent of Common Schools: an
act 70 amend chapter g. of the Revised Statutes
relating TO actions by OF against executors or
administrators.
The constitutional prohibitory amendment
was taken up, the question being on adopting
the amendment striking the word ''cider' from
the first section defeated IS to 81. The yeas
and nays were taken on passing resolve to be
en%rossed, 1O4 yeas, 81 nays. This was more
than tWO-thrds and only majority was nee
essary to pass to be engrossed. The friends of
the measure regard this as test vote. and
that the passage of the resolve is assured.
Following is the vote in detail Yeas-AIen
Of CheStcrYillc, Ambrose, Ames, Aver. Bur-
rows, Bearce. Blossom, Bolton. Burland, Garlic
ton, Case, Chamberlain, Chapman, Chase of
Litchtield Chase of Sebec, Chick. Cook. Cope
land, Crimen, Cushman, Cyr. bearing, DobsOn
Donnell. Doyen, Drew, Dunnell. Eaton. EN-
cry, Fall, Files, Fisher, Fogg, Foster, Free
man, Gilman. Gilmore. Goodnow. Goodwin of
St: Adams, Hale, Hall Of Rockand. Hall of
Alfred, Ham. Heath, Hill of Auburn Hill of
Newburg. Iinkley, Hscock, Hobart, Hol-
brook, lIorr, Houston of Belfast, Houston of
Bradford, Hubbard, Ives, Jameson, Jepson,
johnson, Kendall, kimball, Knapp, Lane
Latham, Lcavitt of Phillips, Leighton, Luce
Nattocks, McIntire, Newell, Moves, Nye. Phair
Philbrook. Prescott, Rand, Reed, Robinson.
Rodick Sanborn, Shaw, Shapeigh Small,
Smith of Stockton, Smith of Robbinston, Smith
of Jonesboro, Simpson of Milford, Spear of
Hallowell, Spear of Bowdoinham. Spofford of
Bucksport, Stetson Stone, Straton. Strout
Tasker, Thatcher. Thomas, Tracy Webster,
Wentworth of North Berwick. White of Lew
iston, White of Wndham, White of Richmond
Wilson, Young.
Nays-Allen of Dresden. Bartlett Bracket
Briggs, Brown, Bucklin Dinsmore, Donovan,
Fox, Goodwin, of South Berwick, Hamlin.
Harmon, Haskell, Hatch, Uathorn, Leavitt of
Deering, Linscott, Mathews, Meads, Milliken,
Moore, Perkins Phillips Pierce, Piper, Pow
ers, Rogers, Smith, of OldtOwn, Smith. of vi
nalhaven, Simpson, of Hampden. Spofford, of
Deer Isle, Stevens, Talbot, of East Machias