Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-03
MAINE LEGISLATURE
Senate.

MONDAY. Feb. I'd.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Mclaughlin of Halo
well.
Papers from the House disposed of in con-
currence.
i A communication was received from the
Secretary of State transmitting the report of
} the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum
for the year 1884, which was referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
Remon.trances of W. p. Brainard and Ed
ward Bradbury, against any law prohibiting
the throwing of sawdust and other refuse in
to the Kennebec river, came from the House
referred to the Committee on Interior Wa
tiers, and were laid on the table on motion of
Mr.. Weeks.
Mr.. Stubbs. from the Committee on Legal
Affairs, reported ought to pass on bill an act
to supply the people of Bath with pure wa
ter, which was laid on the table and ordered
to be printed, on motion of Mr.. Young.
Bill an act supplementary to chap 2S2 of
the private and special laws of 1870, relating
to the Ticouic bridge between Waterville and
Winslow, came up on its first reading d
was pass d to be engrossed under a suspen-
sion of the rules on motion of Mr.. Heath.
Bill an act to provide in part for the expen-
ditures of government came up on its pas
sage to be engrossed, and under the rule the
yeas and NAYS were taken, resulting in the
affirmative, as follows:
| Yea-Messrs Allen, BOnney, Cole, Cutler, Good
win. Heath, Hume. Lebroke. Lumbert, Marble.
Mears, Nye. Parkhurst, Stubs, Weeks, Wilson,
Young.-l7.
Bill an act to incorporate the city of Bruins
wick, on its passage to be enacted, was laid
on the table on motion of Mr.. Young.
Petition Of j. II. Haley ct ais, for an act
| to prevent the throwing of sawdust and other
| IL. -.
the Committee on the Judiciary by the SEN
ate, came back from the House referred to
the Commute on Interior Waters
Mr.. Nye moved to recede and concur In the
action of the House.
Mr. Weeks opposed the motion. He did
not desire to take from anv committee any of
| its legitimate work and would not now op-
pose the motion if member of the Commit
tee on Interior Waters were not an owner
and the manager of the mill directly across
the river. 1t could be easily seen whether
this gentleman would be interested or disin-
terested. If the motion to recede voted
down. he would then move to insist and ask a
| committee of conference of the two branches,
who could talk the matter over and see what
arrangement could be made for the purpose
of having 10 entirely disinterested committee
to consider the subject.
perience was very limited. vet it seemed that
undue reflection had been cast upon the Com
mittee on Interior Waters by the honorable
| senator who had Just spoken He cOntended
that the Committee on Interior Waters was
| the appropriate committee for the matter. II
it was not honest and competent to perform
its duties, then, if there was any auth0ri Y for
such a course, let its list of members be re-
vised. But he believed they would act con-
scientiouslv and without prejudice, and that
if any gentleman was barred from acting in a
matter because of self-nterest. he would be
straightforward enough to withdraw from its
confederation.
Mr.. Weeks discaimed any intention of re-
htcting upon the honor or ability of any
member of the committee. He claimed that
he had said nothing that could be so
construed. He and the senator from Knox
Mr. Allen were engaged in the ice business,
| and were both on the Committee on
Commerce Would it not occur to the
gentleman from Somerset, Mr.. Nyel if the
proposition were to send the petition to the
| Committee on Commerce, that that commit
tee had upon it at least two members who
would be unduly influenced? He thought the
easiest way out of the difficulty was to insist
and have committee of conference
Mr. Marble was emphatically of the opin-
|
the appropriate committee, and it seemed to
him like reflection to send the
matter to committee not appropriate. The
proposition to refer to the Judiciary
Committee had been defeated in the House
by decisive vote, and he did not think
there was any prospect of changing this re-
suit through committee of conference. If
it was found that the Committee on Interior
Waters had done injustice to ANYBODY, the
legislature could correct it when the matter
| was reported
The motion to recede and concur was then
carried.
On motion of Mr.. Weeks the remonstranc-
es of w. p. Brainard and Edward Bradbury
against any act to prevent the throwing of
sawdust and other refuse into the kennebec
river were taken up and referred to the Com
mittee on Interior Waters, in concurrence
with the House.
On motion of Mr.. Marble. the Senate
Adjourned
| READ AND ASSIGNED.
An act to create a lien on wood; an
act relative to the compensation of Coun
ty Commissioners for Piscataquis county; an
act to amend an act to incorporate the Bath
Military and Naval Orphan Asylum; an act
relating to drains and common sewers in the
town of Brewer; an act to restore and in
crease the salary of the County Attorney of
the county of Piscataquis; an act to increase
the capital stock of the Merchants Marine
Railway Co.; an act to incorporate the plan
tation OF Allegash; an act to provide for no.
tice of special legislation for the protection
| of fish.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossED.
Bill an act to change the name of Annie
Dyer to Emma Sewell Thompson an
act to amend an act to incorporate the
Passadumkeag Log Driving Co.. an act to
provide in part for the expenditures of gov
ernment: an act to repeal those portions of
sec. 81 chap 40 of the revised statutes relat-
ing to Nequasset stream in Woolwich and
| Copsecook or Orange river in Whiting.
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
An act to authorize the town of Bucksport
to retire or exchange its bonded Indebtedness
and issue new bonds for that purpose; an act
relating to the jurisdiction of municipal and