Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-03-14
NO 60.
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
TUESDAY, March Ii,

TUESDAY, March Ii.
PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. Vail of Gardiner.
Papers from the House disposed of in
concurrence.
Mr.. Rust of Waldo, from the Committee
on Financial Affairs, reported a resolve fixing
the salary of the bank examiner; laid on the
table to be printed.
PASSED TO Re ENGRossEp.
An act to amend sec. IL of chap. l40 of the
revised statutes, relating to the accounts of
the warden of the State prison under sus-
pension of the rules an act to amend sec. =
of chap. % of the revised statutes relating u
fences under suspension of the rules an
act to legalize the annual town meeting of the
town of Whitefield held on March l2, 1883
under suspension of the rules resolve to
furnish the State library with certain volumes
of the Maine reports under suspension of the
rules an act relating to corporations lunder
suspension of the rules
PASSED TO he ENACTED.
An act to amend sec. of chap 81 of the
revised statutes relating to the liabilities OF
married women an act to establish the line
between the counties of Somerset and Pis-
cataquis an act to amend chap. % Of the
laws of 1881, regulating the fees of inspectors
of lime and lime casks and their deputies; an
act to fix the salary of the county attorney of
Knox county; an act to restore the death
penalty for murder in the first degree; an act
to amend sec. IA of chap 65 of the revised
statutes relating to the distribution OF estates
Bill an act TO amend secs. and 40 and to
repeal sec. 81 of chap. Is of the revised stat
utes, relating to damages for locating, alter
ing and disseminating ways, pending its pas
sage to be engrossed, was laid on the table,
on motion of Mr.. Stubbs of Franklin.
iSill an act to incorporate the Drummond
Pond Ice Co., was taken from the table, on
motion of Mr.. Young of Cumberland, and
passed to be enacted.
Bill an act to confer and limit powers of
the town of Brunswick, was taken from the
table. on motion of Mr. Young Of Cumberland,
who briefly explained the bill and stated that
it was accompanied with two remonstrances.
The bill was passed to be enacted.
Resolve appropriating Sl4 900 for the Bath
Military and Naval Orphan Asylum for the
years 1888 and 1884 was taken from the table,
onmotion of Mr. Marble of Lincoln. who
moved to amend by making the amount $l2,-
900.
Messrs. Heath of Kennebec, Kimball Of
Sagadahoc and Lebroke of PiscataQuis favor
ed the original resolve, and Mr.. Marble
against.
1t was not Il vote to adopt the amendment.
Under the order the vote on the passage of
the resolve to be engrossed was taken by
yeas and nays, resulting in the affirmative as
follows:
YEA-Messrs Coffin, Haskell, Heath, KimbaI.
Lebroke, Mclaughlin. Pennell, Smith. Wentworth,
Wilson, Young.-l1.
NAY.-Messrs. Bragdon, Gushee, Lord, Marble
Nutting Roak. Rust. Stubs, Taber.--g
The act and resolve relating to the State
reform school came up by assignment al
TO- 80 o'clock.
Mr.. Rust of Waldo opposed the idea of
reform school for boys; it had never been
success in this State. The boy who has com
mitted some trifing offence is thrown into the
society of the depraved and vicious, and in
stead of being reformed is made worse. War
den Rice informed him that at one time there
were 40 convicts in the State prison who were
graduates of the reform school. The longer
you keep the boys in the school the worse
they become. Mr.. Rust moved to amend BY
adding an additional section to the bill re-
pealing sec . of the revised statutes, which
provides that boys shall be sentenced to the
reform school during their minority.
Mr. Lebroke of Piscataquis said that it
was too evident that the school had been
prison rather than a reformatory institution.
He was in favor of doing something to help
the school, and requested that the matter be
laid on the table until he could investigate
the force of the amendment.
On motion of Mr.. Rust, the bill and re-
solve were laid on the table until afternoon.
Subsequently Mr.. Rust of Waldo laid on
the table an amendment providing that boys
sentenced to the reform school shall remain
pot less than one nor more than seven years,
to be taken up with the bill.
A message was received from the House.
through its clerk. asking for return of
No hill rf rolaf,vu
to the salary of the State superintendent Of
common schools. The document was re-
turned.
Resolve requesting the Governor and Coun-
ell to inquire as to the duties and labors
of the persons employed in the Adju-
tant-Generars Office, and, in case it is found
that said persons are not fully employed that
they be ordered to copy and do all other work
necessary to preserve the muster-out rolls
and other war records mentioned in House
document No. I4S, without additional ex-
pense to the State came from the House
amended by adding the words ''and shall re-
port by resolve to the legislature at 10 A. NJ"
The Senate adopted the House amendment
in concurrence.
Bill an act to amend sec. Z, chap. 13G of
the revised statutes, relating to trial justices
of municipal and police courts, was taken
from the table, on motion of Mr.. Young of
Cumberland. Amendments were offered by
Messrs. Lebroke of Piscataquis and Smith Of
York, which were adopted, and the bill pass
ed to be eDgrossed.
Bill an act to amend sec. IL Of chap. 81 of
the revised statutes, relating to actions by or
against executors or administrators, was
taken from the table, on motion of Mr..
Young of Cumberland, and the House amend
ment adopted. The bill was then passed to
be engrossed.
Resolve in favor of the town of Kings
bury, appropriating $500 for the support Of
State paupers from 1874 to the present was
taken from the table, on motion of Mr.. Wey-
mounih of Penobscot.
Mr.. Gushee of Knox moved the indefinite
postponement of the resolve, and spoke in
support Of his motion.
Messrs. Lebroke Of Piscataquis, Weymouth
of Penobscot and Kimball of Sagadahoc ia
vored the resolve.
1t was not vote to indefinitely postpone.
Under the order, the vote on the passage
of the bill to be engrossed was taken BY yeas
and nays, resulting in the affirmative as fol-
lows:
YEA.-Messrs. Bragdon, Connor, Ha<keli, Heath,
kmbalI, Lebroke, Mclaughlin, Pcnnell, Roak, Rust,
Smith, stubbs, Wentworth, Weymouth, Wilson,
Y0ung.-16.
NAY.-Messrs. Gushce, Lord, Nutting, Taber.-4.
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