Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-03-02

persons having no pauper settlement n the
State and removing from unincorporated
places into towns; an act to authorize Q lien
on preserved corn or other grain or fruits; An
act to amend chap. Is of the revised statutes
relating to the abolishing of sheriffs' juries
in road cases; an act to provide remedies for
injuries causing death; resolve for the
preservation Of papers of the railroad COM
missioners; resolve establishing the valua-
ton of Presque Isle; an act to repeal the
act of incorporation of the town of Kings
bury; an act to extend the time for organi-
zation of Union Accident Insurance Co. an
act to legslize the proceedings by which
Staceyville was organized.
PASSED TO BE ENAcrKp.
An act to fix the compensation of GER
tain employees of the government; an act to
authorize the Ellsworth and Deer Isle Tele-
graph Co. to extend their wires; an act to
prevent the taking of trout in Jose's
brook in the town of Standish; an
act authorizing Hannibal II. Perkins to navi-
gate the Penobscot river between Oldtown and
Birch Island in the town of Greenbush;
an act in relation to the jurisdiction
of the municipal court of Portland;
an act to extend the time for
the construction of the Penobscot Central
Railroad; an act additional to an act to in
an act to amend an act entitled an act to
amend an act to incorporate the Lime Rock
Railroad Co. an act to incorporate the Rock
land and Vinalhaven Telegraph and Tele-
phone CO.; an act to incorporate the Chalk
Pond Co. an act to incorporate the Samoset
Island Association of Boothbay, an act to
authorize the trustees of Presque Isle Acad-
envy to sell and convey real and personal
estate; an act to incorporate the Maine Trust
l.-t
police court in the city Of Rockland; an act
10 regulate the taking of shell fish or clans;
an act relating to the Maine Wesleyan Sem
mary and Female College.
FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve in aid of the Chldren's Home at
Bangor.
Mr.. Meader Of Waterville moved to re.
consider the vote whereby the House passed
to he engrossed the bill TO restore the death
penalty. He said that test vote to refer
to the next legislature the strength in favor
of the measure was "a against IS. After that
vote several amendments were proposed and
adopted without discussion, by a silent vote,
and he for one unable to say in what
condition the bill had been passed, He could
not tell whether it restored the death
penalty, or as had been suggeted, was al ad
ditional protection to murderers.
Mr.. Powers OF Honlton. opposed the mo-
tion. He argued that If any error had been
committed the Senate could be trusted to set
il right, and that reopening of the matter
here would only tend to retard the business
of the session.
MIR. Hall of Rockland spoke in favor Of the
motion to reconsider. More than twenty of
the members had not understood the effect Of
the amendments. He found that the press
was laughing because the House had
ax-isr ot.,,}a d, ,t had cd fnr
more than five days.
Mr.. Heath of Augusta said the amend
ments were very simple. He had
read and explained them to the House,
and he did not think many gentlemen would
care to rise and say that they did not under
stand the simple legal propositions which they
contained.
Mr.. Ives of Castine favored the motion to
reconsider on the ground that the force of the
amendments were not understood by many.
Mr.. Case of Rockland gave notice that If
the motion to reconsider prevailed he shonld
meve to reconsider the vote by which WAS
adopted the amendment to give the accused
the closing argument,
Mr.. Rogers of Bath obtained the floor and
gave notice that tomorrow he would offer an
order inquring of the Supreme Court wheth.
er the apportionment bill passed by the House
to-day is constitutional.
The question OF reconsidering the action OF
the House on the bill to restore the death
penalty was further discussed by Messrs.
Mattocks of Portland Hall of Rockland,
Moore of Thomaston, Talbot of East Machias
and Hale of Portland.
Mr.. Piper of Kenduskeag moved an ad
journment which WAS carried by vote Of 80
to sc.
Pug dogs as pets have had their day among
the extremely fashionable, but colds never
90 out of fashion, so that it is always neces-