Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-02-06
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
foNDAY, Feb.

| A communication was received from the
Secretary of State transmitting list of titles
| of public acts approved by the Governor to
date.
| On motion of Mr.. Weeks of kennebec,
Ordered, The House concurring. that all
petitions, bills or resolves relative to change
of salary of county officers be referred to the
delegation of the county TO which it pertains
| Mr.. Roak of Audroscoggin. from the Com
mittee on Agriculture. reported fought to
pass" on bill an act to set off portion of the
town of Belgrade from the North Kennebec
| Agricultural Society.
Same Senator, from same committee, re-
ported ''leave to withdraw" on petition of the
Oxford County Agricultural Society for res
toration of bounty.
Mr.. Lebroke of Piscataquis, from the Com
mittee on the Judiciary, reported bill regu-
lating the compensation of the clerk of the
Judicial Courts of the county of Piscata-
quis.
Mr.. Maxwell of York, from the York coun-
~ delegation, reported "ought not to pass on
hill an act to establish the salaries of the
judge and register of probate for the coun-
~ of York.
Mr.. Weeks of Kennebec, from the Com
mittee on State College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, reported a resolve in favor of
that institution.
Mr.. Clark of Oxford from the Committee
on Fisheries and Game, reported "ought to
pass on bill an act to regulate the taking of
fish in Monson, Elliotsvile anI Howard
On motion of Mr.. Conior of Somerset,
bill an act to incorporate the Lane Brook
Improvement Co., coming up for assignment,
was laid on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Young of Cumberland,
bill an act to amend chap. l49 of the private
acts of 1862, coming up for assignment. was
recommitted to the Committee on Legal AZ
fairs in which it originated.
Mr.. Parkhurst of Aroostook submitted
several verbal amendments to bill an act to
annex the town OF Maysville to the town of
Presque Isle, coming up for assignment,
which were adopted.
Bill an act to incorporate the Mechanic
Falls, Poland and Gray Railroad Co. came
up for its first reading, and was laid on the
table and ordered to be printed, on motion
of Mr.. Young of Cumberland.
House document No. 80, bill an act to in
corporate the Bangor and Brewer Steam
Ferry Co, was read twice under suspension
of the rules, on motion of Mr.. Wentworth of
Penobscot. and passed to be engrossed.
Resolve in favor of Levy Mitchell, repre-
sentative of the Passamaquoddy Indians, was
passed to be engrossed under suspension of
the rules, on motion of Mr.. Young of Cum
berland.
On motion of Mr.. Young of Cumberland
bill relating to corporations was taken from
the table. Under suspension of the rules the
vote whereby it was assed to be engrossed
was recOnsidered.
Mr.. Wentworth of Penobscot submitted
several amendments, which were tabled with
the bill, on motion of Mr.. Young of Cum
berland.
READ AND ASSIGNED.
An act to incorporate the Portland Soldiers
and Sailors Monument Association; an act to
enable cities. towns, cemetery corporations
and trust companies to receive title to private
cemeteries and to hold funds for repairs of
same; an act to incorporate the Portland
Trust Co.; an act to amend sec. /, chap. l26
of the revised statutes in relation to
mortgaged property; an act to in
corporate the Rangeley Telephone and
Telegraph Co.; an act to set off portion of
the town of Belgrade from the North Kenne-
bee Agricultural Society to- the Kennebec
Agricultural Society; an act to regulate the
taking of fish in Monson, Elliotsville and How
ard an act regulating the compensation of
the clerk of the Judicial Courts in the
county of PIscataquis; an act to pro-
vide for an annual examination of
the accounts of the Treasurer of the State
resolves relating to the valuation of the
nor,h and south halves of township number
two. north division. embraced within the
limits of Grand Falls plantation in the coun-
ty of Penobscot, and taxes thereon; an act 10
annex the town of Maysville to the town of
Presgue Isle; an act establishing the Maine
Fertilizer Control and Agricultural Expert
ment Station; report of the Joint Select Com
mittee on Printing and Binding
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED
An act to authorize the sale of the Bel
grade Westinghouse at Belgrade in the town
of Belgrade; an act to authorize the erection
and maintenance of piers and booms in the
Aroostook river at Ft. Fairfield; an act to
authorize Francis c. Hewey to dredge bars and
navigate Rangeley Lake by steam; an act to
prevent the throwing of coal tar, gas, water
and other residuum or waste matter arising
from the manufacture of gas into the waters
of Saco river; an act to vest the franchise
and property of the proprietors of the "middle
BRIDGE" so called, on Eastern river, in the town
of Dresden: an act to vest the franchise and
property of the proprietors of the supper
bridge" so called. in the town of
Dresden; an act to authorize the erection
and maintenance of bOoms at the mouth of
the Little Madaw aska Lake in Township -,
Range f,aIOOstOOk county, an act relating 10
the Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Female
College an act to prevent the fraudulent re-
moval or concealment of mortgaged personal
property; resolve in favor Of an appropria-
ton for roads in Indian township, county of
Washington; an act to incorporate the Ban
0or and Brewer Steam Ferry Co.
On motion of Mr. Pennell of Androscoggin,
| Adjourned.
| PETITIONS, Bills, ETC, PRESENTED AND
REFERRED.
| By Mr.. Lebroke of Piscataquis-Bill an
act requiring county commissioners to make
and complete ledger indexes in the several
registries of deeds referred to Committee on
the Judiciary.
| By Mr.. Parkhurst of Aroosto0k-Petition
Of ID. NJ. Libby and 80 others of Hodgdon in
favor Of a constitutional prohibitory amend
ment referred to the Committee on TEN
perance.
By Mr.. Coffin of Washington-Petition Of
c. w. Coffin and others for act to pr0hib
throwing sawdust. ETC., in Great Marsh River
referred to Committee on Legal Affairs.
By Mr.. Taber of Waldo-Remonstrance o.
Fairfield Quarterly Meeting of the Society o.
Friends, representing a membership of 500
against restoration of the death penalty; re
lferred to Committee on the Judiciary. Ais,