Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-02-17
MINE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

On mot ion of Mr.. Wilson of Penobscot
Ordered, That when the Senate adjourns it
be to Monday forenoon at IL o'clock.
Mr.. Parkhurst of Aroostook opposed the
order, and on his motion the vote was taken
by yeas and nays, resulting in tie vote As
follows:
YEA-Messrs. Counor, Cutler. Haskell, Heath,
Wilson and oung-l0.
NAY-Messrs. Brsgdon. Gushee, Hume. I-ehroke,
Lord. Maxwell, Nutting. farkhurst, Stubs. and
1aber- 10.
Ii was not motion to adjourn.
On motion of Mr.. Stuobs of Franklin,
Ordered That the petition of l. G. Her
rick and others for legislation securing to
farmers and producers of corn and other grains
and fruits, a lien on the same when canned.
be taken from the files and recommitted to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Lebroke of Piscataquis, from the Com
mittee on the Judiciary. reported fought To
pass on bill an act giving further authority
10 notaries public TO take acknow ledgmen,s
and administer oaths laid on the table to be
printed.
Same Senator, from same committee, re-
ported Fought to pass" on bill an act To change
the name of the Mercantile Home for the
Aged Mems Association of Portland; read
twice, under suspension of the rules, and
passed to be engrosed.
Same Senator, from same committee, re-
ported Ought to pass" on bill an act requir-
ing county commissioners 10 make and com
plete ledger indexes in the several registries
of deeds read once and tabled on motion of
Mr. Young of Cumberland.
Mr.. Young of Cumberland, from the Com
mittee on Financial Affairs. to which was re-
terred the report of Hon. s. A. Holbrook,
Treasurer of the State, for the years l-S2,
that his committee had attended to
Its duty, and found the accounts of the
State Treasurer correctly cast and properly
vouchcd; read and accepted.
Same Senator, from same committee. re-
ported ''ought to pass on bill an act to re-
peal chap 56 of the public laws of 1873 and
the first and second sections of chap. Is of
the public laws of 1875, relating TO the public
debt; read and assigned.
sir. Kimball of Sagadahoc, from the Com
mittee on Fisheries and Game. reported
resolve apPropriating $500 for each of the
years lSS3-S4, to be expended under direction
of the Commissioners of Fisheries and Game
for the propagation and protection of fish and
game laid on the table to be printed.
Same Senator, from same committee, re-
ported bill an act making Sunday a close
time for game and birds laid on the table to
be printed.
Same Senator. from same Committee. re-
ported bill an act to repeal chap. 1872 of the
public laws of 1874 and sec. Il of chap. 80 of
the public laws of 1873, relating to taxder-
mists and all acts authorizing their appoint
ment.
Mr.. Lord of Cumberland, from the Com.
mittee on Insane Hospital, reported resolve
$1,000 to complete the pavilion
now in process of erection for the accommo-
1ation of female patients and for a similar
building for the males laid on the table to be
printed.
READ AND ASSIGNED.
An act additional to an act to incorporate
the Penobscot Log Driving Co. an act to in
corporate the Hot Brook Dam Co. /; an act to
amend and make valid the doings under the
charter of the Hartland Village Corporation;
An act to establish municipal court in the
Town of Dexter; an act to incorporate the
Buxton and Hollis Agricultural Society an
act to incorporate the Winterport Village
Corporation; an act to incorporate the Solon
and Embden Bridge Corporation: an act TO
apporton the State for representatives to
Congress an act to repeal chap. % OF the
public laws OF 1873, and the first and second
sections of chap. IS of the public laws Of
1873, relating to the State debt.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED.
An act to amend chap 81 of the revised stat
ntes relating to mills and their repairs an
act additional to chap. 90 of the revised stat
ntes concerning mills and mill dams
las amended by Mr. Weymouth of Penob-
scot ; an act to incorporate the Carrabassett
Land and Lumber Co.. an act for the pro-
lection of Holsters an act to incorporate the
town OF Old Orchard under suspension of
the rules. an act to incorporate the Bethel
aud Northern narrow gauge railroad COM
pany an act to incorporate the Harrison and
Brdgton X. X. Co.
PASSED TO RE ESAcTBD.
An act to authorize the Knox and Lincoln
railroad to change and extend its location;
an act to incorporate the Mechanic Falls, Po-
land and Gray Railroad Co.: an act to au-
tlorize the lease or transfer of the franchise
and property Of the Old Orchard Junction
an act to prohibit the taking of
fish from Messsbesic pond and its outlet
in the town of Alfred; an act to incorporate
the Kennebec Steam Ferry Co; an act to
prevent the throwing Of refuse into the
stream known as Howard's stream, between
Howard's pond and Androscoggin river in the
county of Oxfofd an act to amend sec. 2,
lation to the election of members Of the
board of agriculture an act to amend sec 4,
chap. 235 of the public laws Of 1880 remodel
ing the board of agriculture; an act to au-
thorze the building of dam and the con-
veying of water By aqueduct or canal in the
town of York an act to amend sec. II, chap.
s3 of the revised statutes relating to the du-
ties of trial justices an act to incorporate the
Maine Electric Light and Power Co.. an act
to authorize Francis e. Hewey to dredge bars
and navigate Rangeley Lake BY steam.
FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve in favor of an appropriation to
build bridge across Macwahoc stream in
Macwahoc plantation, county Of Aroostook !;
resolve in favor of the joint standing com
mittee on State prison; resolve authorizing
the Milton Mining Co. to mine under Sullivan
river; resolve fixing the time when the Pc
nobscot Tribe of Indians shall hold their
elections; resolve changing the valuation of
the towns Of Berwick and South Berwick in
the county Of York; resolve to enable the
State superintendent of common schools to
hold teachers meetings as provided in item
of sec. IL, chap. ii of the revised statutes !;
resolve iu favor of the joint standing commit
tee on agriculture; resolve in favor Of the
st. Elizabeth Orphan Asylum of Portland.
On motion of Mr.. Parkhurst of Aroostook,
an act to transfer w. P. Atherton ct ais.