Having accomplished the purpose for which it assembled, the Convention was dissolved and the Senate retired. The House was called to order by the SPEAKER. On motion of Mr. CARLETON of Whitefield, Ordered, That when the House adjourns, it be till Monday at 11 o'clock A. M. On motion of Mr. HEATH of Waterville, Adjourned. SUMNER J. CHADBOURNE, Clerk. MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1871. Met according to adjournment. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. CRAM of Augusta. The Journal of Friday was read and approved. Papers from the Senate: Ordered, That, the House concurring, all petitions for private legislation, except petitions for redress of wrongs and grievances, which shall be presented to this Legislature after the first day of February next, be referred to the next Legislature, and this order be published in the Kennebec Journal until that date. This order came from the Senate read, amended requiring the publication of the same in the Daily Whig and the Portland Press, and passed, and was read, amendment adopted, and passed in concurrence. Resolve providing for furnishing the Maine Year Book and Annual Register, came from the Senate read twice and passed to be engrossed, and was read once and to-morrow assigned for the second reading. Bill "an act to authorize certain cities and towns to aid in the construction and equipment of the Knox and Lincoln Railroad." "Resolve relating to the commission to investigate all matters in relation to credits allowed on the quotas of towns by the State and General Government for men not actually put into the service." The foregoing bill having had three, and the resolve two several readings and passed to be engrossed, under suspension of the rules, the bill was passed to be enacted, resolve finally passed, signed by the Speaker and sent to the Senate. Communication from the Treasurer of State transmitting his Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 1870, was received and read. Paper from the Senate: Ordered, That the Report of the Treasurer this day laid before the Législature, be referred to a Joint Select Committee of three on the part of the Senate, with such as the House may join. This order came from the Senate read and passed, and Messrs. Minot of Kennebec, Lane of Cumberland, and Hinks of Hancock, appointed said Committee on its part. The order was read and passed, and Messrs. Burgess of Portland, Reed of Waldoborough, Gannett of Bath, Whiting of Ellsworth, Rawson of Bangor, Wadsworth of Pembroke, and Haskell of Portland, were joined on the part of the House. On motion of Mr. HACKER of Fort Fairfield, Ordered, That the Secretary of State be requested to furnish the members of the House of Representatives each with one copy of the State valuation of the plantations and wild lands. On motion of Mr. JONES of Norway, Ordered, That twenty-five hundred copies of the Governor's Address be printed for the use of the House. On motion of Mr. KEEGAN of Madawaska, Ordered, That the Clerk of the House be instructed to furnish two thousand copies of the Register of the House of Representatives for the use of the House. On motion of Mr. HOPKINS of Mt. Vernon, Ordered, That all business of the last Legislature referred to this, be taken from the files and referred to the appropriate Committees. On motion of Mr. TALBOT of East Machias, Ordered, That the Treasurer of State be authorized to deliver the bonds of equalization of the war debt of the town of Crawford to the town treasurer or his order. On motion of Mr. STICKNEY of Presque Isle, Ordered, That a Joint Select Committee of one from each county on the part of the House, with such as the Senate may join, be appointed, to which shall be referred all petitions and orders for amendment of the State valuation of 1870. The SPEAKER appointed Messrs. Stickney of Presque Isle, Osgood of Lewiston, Haskell of Portland, Perkins of Farmington, Chase of Augusta, Cushing of Camden, Reed of Waldoborough, Whiting of Ellsworth, Jones of Norway, Chapin of Monson, Atwell of Orono, Hagar of Richmond, Taylor of Norridgewock, Crehore of Lincolnville, Wadsworth of Pembroke, and Bragdon of York, on the part of the House. The foregoing orders were sent to the Senate. Mr. JOHNSON of Augusta, announced the attendance of Mr. Hobart of Dennysville, member elect, and accompanied him to the Governor, where he took and subscribed the oaths required to qualify him to enter upon the discharge of his official duties. Mr. Hobart subsequently took his seat in the House. The Joint Standing Committees of the Legislature on the part of the Senate, came from that branch, and were joined on the part of the House, and are as follows: On the Judiciary. Messrs. Lane of Cumberland, Foster of Kennebec, Vose of Waldo, of the Senate; Messrs. Pike of Calais, Bliss of Washington, Bonney of Portland, Wilson of Thomaston, Sanborn of Bangor, Lord of Alfred, Hutchings of Brewer, of the House. On Federal Relations. Messrs. Foster of Kennebec, Morris of Cumberland, Sawyer of Washington, of the Senate; Messrs. Johnson of Augusta, Reed of Waldoborough, Hobart of Dennysville, Woodbury of Houlton, Cousens of Kennebunkport, Perkins of Farmington, of the House. On Military Affairs. Messrs. Spaulding of Sagadahoc, Smart of Waldo, French of Somerset, of the Senate; Messrs. Robie of Gorham, Atwell of Orono, Thompson of Dover, Hinckley of Phillips, White of Greenfield, of the House. On Coast and Frontier Defences. Messrs. Sawyer of Washington, Dudley of Aroostook, Lane of Cumberland, of the Senate; Messrs. Bartlett of Harmony, Googins of Millbridge, Erving of Bristol, Wass of Addison, Parsons of Franklin, Thompson of Trenton, Gray of Harrison, of the House. On Railroads, Ways and Bridges. Messrs. Holland of Androscoggin, French of Somerset, of the Senate; Messrs. Patten of Bath, Robie of Gorham, Sewall of Oldtown, Woodbury of Houlton, Harriman of Belfast, Burgess of Portland, Bird of Rockland, of the House. On Mercantile Affairs and Insurance. Messrs. Carvill of Cumberland, Webber of Somerset, Smith of Knox, of the Senate; Messrs. Sanborn of Kittery, Gannett of Bath, Whiting of Ellsworth, Blossom of Monmouth, Cousens of Kennebunkport, Hopkins of Mt. Vernon, Goodwin of Berwick, of the House. On Legal Reform. Messrs. Cleaves of Oxford, Spaulding of Sagadahoc, Smith of Lincoln, of the Senate; Messrs. Carleton of Whitefield, Heath of Waterville, Cleaves of Portland, Knapp of East Livermore, Adams of Biddeford, Cobb of Windham, Lamb of Clinton, of the House. |