Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-13
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
THURSDAY. Feb. 18th.

Bill an act for the protection of trout or
any other fish in Deep brook in Saco, came
from the House passed to be engrossed, and
on motion of Mr.. Kimball it was passed to
be engrossed in concurrence, under sus-
pension of the rules.
Bill an act to amend the charter of the
Kennebec Log Driving Co., approved March
9Th, 1869, came from the House passed to be
engrossed. and was passed to be engrossed in
concurrence. on motion Of Mr.. Heath.
Bill an act to amend chap 54l of the pri-
vate laws of 1871, entitled an act to incorpo-
rate the Penobscot and Lake Megantic Rail
road Co, came from the House amended and
| given a passage. On motion of Mr.. Kimball
the bill was laid on the table, ordered to be
printed as amended. and assigned for We'd
nesday next at ii o'clock. Subsequently this
action was recOnsidered on motion of the
same gentleman, and the bill was read and
| assigned for to morrow.
| communication was received from the
Secretary of State, transmitting list of the
public acts thst have been approved by the
| Governor.
Mr.. Bearce. from the Committee
on Legal Affairs, reported ought to
pass on bill an act to amend sec. 100
of chap AZ of the revised statutes relating to
banks and banking. and bill an act TO incor-
laid on the table to be printed under rule
| Mr.. Wescott from the Committee on Pub
lie Buildings. on resolve tor building an ad-
dition to the State House with accompanying
papers and plans, reported reccomme nda-
| ton to build fire proof vaults at an estimated
cost of SO 900.
| MIR. Kimball from the Committee on Fish
| cries, on the report of the fish commission
ers and the petition of O. A. Denman, report
ed bill an act for the protection of trout and
land-locked salmon in Misery and Saccaten
rivers; read and assigned.
| Mr.. WescOtt, from the Committee on
Railroads, reported in new draft and ought
to pass on bill an act additional to and
amendatory of chap. 267 of the special laws
of 1880; printed under rule
Mr.. Heath, from the Commute on Educa-
ton, on report of the Maine Industrial School
for Girls, reported resolve in favor of the
Maine Industrial Schools for Girls, which
was ordered to be printed and was assigned
! for Wednesday next, on motion of the same
gentleman.
| Bill an act to amend chap 40 o! the revised
statutes, relating to fish and fisheries, or its
passage to be engrossed, was laid on the table
on motion of Mr.. Bearce.
Mr.. BoDpey, from the Committee on Re-
form School, laid on the table to be printed,
resolve in favor Of the Reform School,
READ AND ASSIGNED.
An act to authorize the Dennison Paper
Manufacturing Company to iseue bonds; an
act to authorize the Lewiston and Auburn
| Horse Railroad Co. to make loan; resolve
in aid of the Childrens' Home of Bangor; re-
solve in favor of Hannah B Hutchings of
Freeport; resolve authorizing the county of
Franklin to procure loan.
! PASSED TO BE ENGRossED
An act to amend sec. 10, chap. ll6
of the revised statutes relating to
witness fees in probate court; an act
to amend sec l27, chap. III of the revised
statutes, relating to schools for the deaf; an
act to confirm and make valid the organiza-
ton of the Monson Railroad, and to author
ize the extension of the same; an act to au-
thorize the town of Dresden to rebuild the
lower bridge, so-called, on Eastern river; an
act authorizing the Haynes & Dewitt Ice Co.
to build piers and wharves; an act to
amend sec. 2, chap. 203 of the private and
special laws of 1885, entitled an act to incor-
porate the Portland Trust Co.; an act addi-
tiona to an act to authorize Lewis Lead
better, Jr., and Elisha c. Cooper to build a
bridge over tide waters in the town of North
Haven.
| PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
An act to change the name of Charles
Dudley; an act to provide for notice of spec
ial legislation for the protection of fish; an
act to legalize the acts aud dongs of the Sc
lectmen of the town of Enfield
FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve in favor of O. NJ. Colin; resolve
in favor of the temporary home for women
and children; resolve in favor of the Join,
Standing Committee on Reform School; re-
solve in favor of c. II. Porter, agent of the
Passamaquoddv Indians; resolve in favor OF
the Joint Standing Committee of State Agri
cultural College and Mechanic Arts.
The bill to amend sec. l27 chap, IL of
the revised statutes relating to schools for
the deaf, came up on its passage to be en-
crossed.
Mr. Marble said that under the present law
the institution at Portland for the deaf re-
ceives annually Sl75 for each scholar sent
there by the State. The bill proposed to in
crease that sum to $780, and he desired some
statement from the committee reporting the
bill
Mr.. Libbey explained that it appeared sat
isfacto.ily to the committee that Sl75 was in
sufficient to pay the expenses of the scholars
attending the school when they came from
outside of Portland. OF the present sum al
lowed by the State, $50 is taken for tut
ton, leaving but S95 with which to
pay the rest of the expenses, including board
and such clothing as it was considered neces-
sary to furnish. 1t appeared that the amount
actually expended is $50 per scholar in addi-
ton to the sum of Sl75. 1t also appeared
that the institution at Hartford has a large
endowment fund, consequently they were not
in so much need of an increase in the appro-
priation az the school dnder discussion Fifty
dollars had been asked for as absolutely need
ed. but the committee thought S25 would be
sufficient at present. and unanimously recon-
mended that sum for scholars outside of
Portland.
Mr.. Marble said there was wonderful
disposition on the part of these institutions to
obtain an increase of their appropriations
from year to year. He understood that
friends of these scholars contributed to their
support in the school and thought Sl75 ade-
quate He moved to Indefinitely postpone
the bill.
Mr. Heath desired it understood that in the
school at Portland pupils are taught to speak.
hence the difference between the expense of
that institution and the institution at Hart
ford. He said it is well known that the deaf
are clanish and they intermarry and
perpetuate their infirmity. If they could be
taught to speak it seemed to him that this
clanlshness would be broken up, and this