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TI-IE LEGISLATURE

OF 'l.'HE

STATE OF MAINE . ..

1862.

AUGUSTA: STEVENS & SAYWARD, PRINTERS TO TilE STATE.

1862.

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RULES

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ·

EXECUTIVE DEP.AR TME NT

O:F TIIE

STATE OF MAINE,

For 1862.

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AUGUSTA: STEVENS & SAYWARD, PRINTERS TO THE STATE.

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STATE OF MAINE.

IN COUNCIL, January 7, 1862.

The Committee appointed to prepare a code ot Rules to be o1iserved by

the Board for the current political year, having attended ·to the duty

assigned them, recommend the following:

Which is respectfully submitted.

GEORGE A. FROST, CHAIRMAN.

Read and accepted by the Council, and by the Governor approved.

ATTEST:

JOSEPH B. HALL, SECRETARY OF STATE.

RULES.

1. At the time :;i,ppointed for the meeting of the board, it shall be the

duty of the members to be in their pbces.

2. When the board shall have been called to order by the governor,

the journal of the preceding day shall be read by the secretary of state.

3. When members address the governor, they shall do so standing in

tneir pbccs.

4. The following standing committees shall be appointed, (viz.) on

warrants; on acJcunts; on military and naval affa,ire and expenditures;

on pardons and state prison affa,irs; on reform school ; on Indian affairs;

on the insa.nc hospital; on the deaf, dumb and blind; on public buildings;

and on pay roll.

5. All committees shall be appointed by the governor, and shall consist

of three mem'uers, unless otherwise ordered.

6. No member shall act as counsel for any party before a committee of

the legislature.

7. No member shall absent himself without leave, unless a quorum be

left at the board.

8. In case the governor should be absent at the time appointed for the

meeting of the board, the members shall he called to order by the senior

councillor present, who shall act as chairman.

9. All communications to the two branches of the legislature shall be

transmitted by the secretary of state.

10. No person, except the bea,rer of a messa,ge from the senate or the

house of representatives, shall be admitted into the council chamber dur-

I ing the session of the council ; nor at any other time, except by permis­

sion of the governor, one of the councillors, or the secretary of state.

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11. Persom. having business with the governor, any member of the

council, or the secretary of sttite, shall be required to make their wishes

known throu~;h the messenger.

12. Every member who shall present a petition, shall place his name

thereon, and a brief statement of its contents.

13. The yE·as and nays shall be called by the governor upon the nom­

ination of all oflicers of important grade. upon the nomination of state officers, the call to begin with the senior councillor; upon county nomi­

nations, with the councillor from said county, and then according to

seniority.

14. Before the question is taken upon the confirmation of any nomi­

nat10n, any councillor having objections thereto, may state the rnrno and

the reasons 1,herefor ; which may be diseus.~ed by any member of the

board; but no member shall speak more than twice upon the same nomi­

nation, without special leave.

13. No rule shall be dispensed with, except by the consent of two­

thirds of the members present.

16. Such councillors as may approve the doings of the board in their

absence, shall upon examination thereof, have the privilege of signing

the record.

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'rhe following arrangement was unanimously adopted Jttnuary I 3, 1862, by the members of the Forty-First Legisla.ture in rela-tion to the Councillor Districts for the coming ten years, viz : j

First District-York and Oxford Counties. ! Second District-Cumberland County. i

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Counties.

f Under this arrangement the respective Counties were declared

I to be entitled to a Councillor the following years : ·

York--1862, 1865, 1866, 1867, 1870, 1871. I Oxford-1863, 1864, 1868, 186\J. i Cumberland-each year. ; AnclroHcoggin-1862, 1865, 18u8, 1871. i Franklin-1863, 1866, 1869. ( Sagadaboc-1864, 1867, 1870. l Kennebec-1862, 1864, 1865, 18G7, 1868, 1870. ) Somen,et-1863, 1866, 1869, 1871. 1 Lincoln-1866, 18G7, 1871. \ Knox--1864, 18G5, 1870. l Waldo-1862, 1863, 1868, 1869. l Penobscot-1863, 1854, 1865, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871. l Piscataquis-~8G2, 1866. \ Bancock-1864, 1866, 1869, 1871. j Washington-1862, 1867, 1868, 1870. l 't Aroostook-1863, 1865. . ~ ~~-~------------- I -----~--------------~

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ISRAEL WASHBURN, Jn.

Govei·nor.

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COUNCIL CHAllIBER.

1862.

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Secretary ef State. :1

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l EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

For 1862.

GOVERNOR:

ISRAEL vVASHBURN" Jr.

COUNCILLORS:

WASHING TON WILCOX, MoNi\IOUTII,

GEORGE A. FRO~T, SPRING VALE,

LEWIS L. WADSWORTH, JR., PEMBROKE.

JOHN H. GILMAN, SEBEC.

CHARLES HOLDEN, PORTLAND.

JOHN M. FRYE, LEWISTON,

RAYMOl.;D s. RICH, THORNDIKE.

JOSEPH B. HALL, SECRETARY OF STATE,

! CYRUS H. RIPLEY, M"''""""'·

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STANDING COMMITTEES

OF THE

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL~

FOR 1862.

On lVarraan ts.

Messrs. WILCOX, FRYE and FROST.

On Accounts.

Messrs. HOLDEN, GILi\IAN and WADSWORTH.

On lllilitary and Naval Affairs aml Expenditures.

Messrs. WADSWORTH, FROST and HOLDEN.

On Pardons and State Prison Affairs.

Messrs. FRYE, RICH and WILCOX.

On Refo:rm School.

Messrs. GILMAN, FRYE and HOLDEN.

On Insane Hospital.

Messrs. FROST, WILCOX and RICH.

On Deaf, Dumb and Blind.

Messrs. RICH, WADSWORTH and FROST.

On Public Buildings.

Messrs. RICH, WILCOX and HOLDEN.

On Indian Affairs.

Messrs. GILMAN, WADSWORTH and FRYE.

On Pay Roll.

Messrs. FRYE, HOLDEN and WILCOX.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ... 186~.

NAMES,

ISRAEL WASHBURN, Jn., Governor,

WASHINGTON WILCOX, Councillor, GEORGE A. FROST, LEWIS L. WADSWORTH, JR., JOHN H. GILMAN, CHARLES HOLDEN, JOHN M. FRYE, RAYMOND S. RICH,

CYRUS H. RIPLEY, Messenger,

JOSEPH B. HALL, Secretary of State, LEWIS D. MOORE, Deputy Sec'y of State, JAMES H. COCHRANE, Commission Clerk, -GEORGE G. STACY, Librarian, NATHAN DANE, T,·easurer, WILLIAM CALDWELL, Clerk,

B. W. NORRIS, Lxnd Agent, ISAAC R. CLARK, Jlssis!ant Land Ji.gent,

P, 0. ADDRESS,

Orono.

Monmouth. Spring Vale. Pembroke. Sebec. Portland. Lewiston. Thorndike.

Paris.

Presque Isle. Augusta. Monmouth. Porter. Alfred. Augusta.

Skowhegan. Rmgor.

J)SIAH H. DRUMMOMD, Attorney General, Portland. JOHN L. HODSDON, AJJu.tant Genernl, Bangor. GILMAN TURN1~t:, Sup't Public Buildings, Au~usta. EDWARD P. ,vESTON, Supt. Common Schools, Gorham. WALF.S HUBBARD, Rep. Dec. S. J. Court, - Wiscasset. RICHARD 'l'INKER, TVarden State Prison, - Thomas:.on. AUGl:s'rDS C. ROBBINS, { B , C . . Brunswick. FRANCIS K. SW AN, S :rn,c ommissioners, Calais.

DANIEL WrnSLOW, lnsp'r Gen. Beef and Pork, Westbrook. OLIVER S. BEALE, Arsenal Keeper, Portln.nd. JEREMIAH MAXWELL, do Bangor.

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JOH!\: H. GOODENO\V, P1-1 esiden t.

COUNTIES, f-E~ATORS, RESIDENCE.

YORK, John H. Gcodenow, Alfred. Nathaniel G. Marshall, York. Gideon Tuck~r, Saco.

CUMBERLAND, Warren H. Vinton, Gray. Nathaniel Pease, Bridgton. Sewall N. Gross, New Gloucester. Lorenzo D. :M. Sweat, Portland.

OXFORD, John P. Hubbr.rd, Hiram. Elbridge G. Harlow, Canton.

ANDROSCOGGIN, Charles F. Jordan, Poland.

FRANKLIN, Z. Morton Vaughan, New Vineyard.

SAGADAHOC, Rufus Sylvester, Bowdoin. •

KENNEBEC, Warren Pereival, Vas1-<alhorough. Noah Woods, Gardiner. Peleg F. Pike, Fayette.

SOMERSET, Hiram C. Warren, Canaan. Nathan F. Blunt, Bingham.

PISCATAQUIS, Thomas B. Seabury, Parkman.

PENOBSCOT, John Benson, Newport. Joseph L. Smith, Oldtown. John A. Peters, Bangor.

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MEMBERS OF THE SENATE. 9

COl".'<TIES. SEXATORS.

LINCOLN, Richard II. Tucker, Jr.,

Kxox, Nathan A. Farwell, Ephraim K. Smart,

,VALDO, James P. White, Barnabas l\L Roberts,

HANCOCK, John M. Noyes, Aaron P. Emerson,

WASHINGTON, Joseph Granger, John Plummer,

AROOSTOOK, Isaac Hacker.

OFFICERS.

NAME AND OFFICE. P. 0. ADDRESS.

J. H. GooDENOW, President, Alfred, J. M. LINCOLN, Secretary, Bath,

RESIDENCE.

Wiscasset.

Rockland. Camden.

Belfast. Stockton.

Mt. Desert. Orland.

Calais. Addison.

Fort Fairfield.

BOARDING-PLACE.

T. P. CLEAVES, Ass't Sec'y, Brownfield, hcREASE BLAKE, Messenger, Farmington Falls, J. l\LmRINER, Ass't 1Vfes'r, Saccarappa, CHARLES B. MoRTON, Page, Augusta,

Augusta House. E. Fenno. Charles Turner. Gilman Turner. A. S. Arnold. At Home.

The pastors of the several churches of Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner, officiate as CHAPLAINS of the Senate in rotation.

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

JAMES G. BLAINE, SPEAKER.

SEAT. NAllIE.

8G .A.born, James,

104 Ames, John 1\1.,

27 .Arnold, Ambrose,

123 Arnold, John,

83 .Atwood, John,

117 Bailey, Andrew,

P. O. ,\DDI:ESS, BOAIWING-PLACE.

East Knox, l\Irs. Kelsey,

'\'Vest Parsonsfield, Gilman Turner,

Bradford, l\Iansion House,

McLain's Mills, A. S. Arnold,

"Winterport,

,voolwich,

8 Barrows,. George B., Fryeburg,

Cushnoc House,

Mrs. Ellis,

Augusta House,

Cushnoc House,

A. S. Arnold,

Mrs. Kelsey,

Augusta House,

At Home,

Augusta House,

A. S. Arnold,

At Home,

Stanley House,

Mre. Kelsey,

7g Bean, Joel,

111 Bean, Shepard,

85 Billings, A. J., 49 Bisbee, D. H.,

Blaine, James G.,

41 Blake, Samuel II.,

5 Bowler, Joel,

121 Boynton, John,

9 Bradbury, Bion,

70 Bray, Daniel N.,

128 Brown, Cyrus S.,

Presque Isle,

Lee,

Freedom,

Camden,

Augusta,

Bangor,

Palermo,

East Pittston,

Eastport,

Brooklin,

East Baldwin, A. S. Arnold,

72 Bucknam, James L., Columbia, Mr. Blacks,

47 Burleigh, ,John H., South Berwick, Augusta House,

13 Burnham, Samuel,

Cary, ~hepard,

Norway,

Houlton,

Central House,

Mansion House,

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14G Carey, William, East Hampden, G. Turner,

12D Carney, F. L., Sheepscot Bridge, Stanley House,

133 Carney, James, Richmond, Stanley House,

33 Cates, William H., E. Vassalborough, Kennebec House,

80 Chapin, Sumner, Orrington, B. F. Morse,

88 ChaEe, Solon, Turner, G. Turner,

30 Cobb, Francis, Rockland, Augusta House,

78 Colby, Joel, Bingham, Stanley House,

84 Cole, Thomas H.i Biddefurd, B. F. Morse,

74 Co}k, Daniel 1\:L, Casco, L.B. Turner,

4 Cousins, Heman, E::ist Trenton, Mrs. Blanding,

124: Darling, Samuel, Patten, Mrs. Poore,

142 Davis, Jesse, vVebster, Otis Whitney,

46 Davis, S. B., Hollis, :Mrs. Weston,

52 Demeritt, ThomasJ ., West Peru, A. W. Griffith,

120 Dickey, Hamblin, 1\IonroJ, R. F. Ellis,

24 Dingley, Nelson, Jr., Auburn, Augusta Honsf\,

14 Dinsmore, D. ·w., Harrington, Mansion Reuse,

122 Doc, Henry D., Cl:elsea, Kennebec House,

38 Dyer, Joseph W., Portland, Augusta House,

147 Dyer, Nathaniel, Pown il, Otis Whitney,

112 Dufour, Abraham, Fort Kent, Cushnoc House,

IOD Dunbar, E. ,v., Nobleboro', Mrs. "Weston,

7 Eistman, Isaac, L}vell, L.B. Turner,

3 Eaton, Jose1,h, Winsk,w, Stanley House,

22 Eddy, Euwin, Bradley, Mansion House,

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97 Edgecomb, ]D. G.,

116 Emmons, Joseph,

131 Fossett, Horace,

35 Felch, Isaac N.,

138 Fogler, Charles,

25 Frye, Wm. P.,

Carthage,

Lyman,

Pemaquid,

Hollis,

Union,

Lewiston,

61 Furbish, Benjamin, Brunswick,

136 Garvin, Paul, Shapleigh,

73 Gilman, John T., Bath.

44 Gould, A. P., Thomaston,

87 Grant, Joseph T., Ellsworth,

31 Greeley, Josiah H., Palermo,

148 Hadlock, ·wm. E., Cranberry Isle,

lG Hall, James S.,

63 Hamblen, Frank,

93 Harriman, Isaac H.,

119 Harris, John A.,

30 Haskell, II. G. 0.,

118 Hassell, Jason,

19 Hayden, John,

37 Hazeltine, P. R.,

108 Higgins, Reuben,

64 Hobbs, William,

Calais,

Orono,

Orland,

Dixmont,

West Poland,

South Sebec,

Bath,

Belfast,

Cape Elizabeth,

North Berwick,

45 Hobson, Isaac T., Wisca'sset,

91 Hopkinson, Wm. F., Fort Fairfield, l 59 Houghton, Thos. F., Anson,

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l\frs. Thoms,

G. 'l'urner,

Cushnoc House,

Mansion House,

Mansion House,

Augusta House,

l\frs. Blanding,

G. Turner,

l\Irs. Blanding,

Stanley House,

Stanley House,

Kennebec House,

Cushnoc House,

Mansion House,

Mansion House,

Mrs. Kelsey,

G. 'l'urner,

L. B. 'rurner,

Eben Jones,

Augusta House,

t-itanley House,

Stanley House,

Augusta House,

Augusta House,

Mrs. Sawtelle,

B. F. Morse,

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I ___ _::MEERS OF TIIE HOUSE. 131 i SEAT, :NAME. P. o. ADDRESS. DO.\RDI:\'G-PL,\CE. I 1-66 Jcr:Z-John, Plymouth, Gardner Phillips, :

21 Johnson, II. 1V., Bluebill, l\lrs. True,

137 Jones, Jerome P., Lincolnville,

9G Kellar, Alexander, St. George,

20 Kimball, J. T., Bethel, ·

18 Kingsbury, B., Jr., Portland,

G2 Libbey, Ira S., Limerick,

23 Littlefield, Sylvester, Alfred,

43 Loring, Lucias, Buckfield,

,O Lowell, Charles W., Foxcroft,

2G Lowell, Mark,

55 Lynch, John,

12 Manson, A. D.,

50 :Marble, J.C.,

127 l\Iayall, John,

Lewiston,

Portland,

Bangor,

Paris,

North Gray,

1:.:0 Maxwell, Barak, Ogunquit,

115 McFadden, Ozias, Embden,

103 l\IcLaughlin, Mark, Carmel,

54 McLellan, Jacob 1\1., Portland,

2\3 l\Iilliken, Dennis L., Waterville,

143 Moore, J. W. C., Bancroft l\Iills,

68 l\Iorrison, John, East Corinth,

28 Mustard, Joseph, Bowdoinham,

Webb's Mills,

Stanley House,

Benj. McDonald,

L. B. Turner,

Augusta House,

Augusta House,

Augusta House,

l\Irs. Lemont,

Stanley House,

Augusta House,

Augusta House,

J\Iansion House,

Augusta House,

Cuslmoc House,

Central Hou8e,

B. F. l\lorse,

G. Turner,

.Augusta House,

Stanley House,

Mrs. Ellis,

Mansion House,

Stanley House,

Cushnoc House, 139 Nash, David,

t)8 Noyes, Silas,

8\J Osgood, Amos,

North Whitefield, Curtis l\loore,

North Yarmouth, H. S. Osgood,

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~:K\T. 1,.nrn. F. o .. \DDirn~:s. BOARDING-PLACE.

57 Perkins, "\Yilliam, Gardiner, At Home,

82 Perley, ,John P., So nth Bridgton, Augusta House,

81 Phinney, James, Gorham, A. S. Arnold,

53 Phinney, Joel, Weld, G. W. Blake,

V32 Pinkham, Jason, North Boothbay, Levi Tibbetts,

\)\) Pinkham, V. D., Augusta, At Home,

\)2 Piper, John, Smithfield, B. F. )lorse,

1Ll5 Prescott, Abel, Canaan, E. P. Brick,

113 Ramsdell, Levi, Lubec, Charles Turner,

75 Randall, Daniel, Island Falls, l\lansion Hom,e,

51 Randall, G. "\V., Sonth Freeport, Mansion Hom;c,

<JO ReynoldR, L. T., Pembruke, Cushnoc Hom,c,

71 Richardson, L. Q., Burlington, Mansion House,

107 Robinson, F. G., ,vest Corinna, G. Turner,

5G Sanborn, Peter F., East Readfield, Stanley House,

34 Sawyer, James, Biddeford, Augusta Ilorn,e,

152 Sawyer, J. "\V., Mill bridge, Mansion How,e,

48 Severy, A. B., East Dixfield, G. Turner,

1 Se,rnll, George P., Oldtown, Mansion Horn,e,

17 Sherman, J. H., Bucksport, Uuslmoc House,

150 Simpson, Gilbert E , East Sullivan, Mrs. Blanding,

<J-! Small, E. II., Exeter, G. Turner,

<J5 Smith, Thomas L., Suuth "Tindham, A. S . .Arnold,

36 Stanley, Azariah, Rockland, Aegutsta House,

1:25 Stevens, Asa, Troy, R. F. Ellis,

42 Stewart, David D., St. Albans, Stanley House,

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i 10 Strickland, S. P, Bangor, l G5 Swectzcr, Curneliusi Saco, l 2 S\Yi[t, Francis T., Hartland,

i 15 Talbot, Charles II., East Machias,

! 120 Thorn,JamesII., ,Vayne,

( 105 Thurlo,v, Cbarle8 T., Cutler,

l G Torrey, David, Stevens Plains,

ll 102 True, Josiah, South Litchfield,

100 Trundy, Levi, Searsport,

l GO Vinal, David, Carver's Harbor,

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HO Ward, Amos, Sanely Beach,

77 ·w arrcn, Samuel, Waterford,

135 Warren, Thomas, South Deer Isle,

137 Welt, Augustus, \Valdoborough,

1;34 Wentworth, H. C., Livermore Falls,

40 \Yentworth, John 1 Kittery,

101 vYentworth, J. Y., West Lebanon,

110 Willis, Benj. M., West's Mills,

G9 vVoodbury, C. II. Il., Dover,

11 vYoo<lcock, A. II., Princ0ton,

32 Woodman, Samuel,

114 Woodward, J. T.,

Cormille,

West Sidney,

Stanley House,

Augusta House,

B. F. 11orse,

Kennebec House,

Au~usta House,

Mansion House,

Cushnoc House,

II. Sawtelle,

Cuslmoc House,

Stanley Horn~e,

l\Irs. Thoms,

P. 0. Vickery,

Kennebec House,

G. Watson,

Central House,

:Mrs. Thomi,,

Mansion House,

P. 0. Vickery,

Augusta House,

G. V{atson.

Kennebec House,

Stanley House,

Cushnoc House,

Mrs. vVeston,

G. Turner,

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J,nrns U. BL.\I:\E, Speaker,

C11.rnLES A. Jlll.LER, Clerk,

HoRACE STrLso~, Assistant Clerk,

E. P. P.\RCIIER, Jl.iessengcr,

A. L. N ORTO~, 1st Assistant do.,

..:\ugusta,

Rucklaml,

Pittsfield,

Biddeford,

Liberty,

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Mansion House. ! l\lansion House.

G. Turner.

S. J. CHADBOl:RNE, 2d Assistant do., Dixmont, G. 'l1urner.

1V1LLLD1 P. G.ff, Page, Gardiner, R. Eaton.