The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-06-13

are necessary to place the Senate of this
Commonwealth upon satisfactory and
unquestionable basis, to report at this or
at an early day of the next session of
this General Court After short dis
cussiOn, the further consideration of this
subject was referred to tomorrow.
Messrs. Leland, Choate and Lyman
were appointed committee to inquire
into the expediency of amending an act
to relieve towns from the expenses of
supporting persons imprisoned for debt,
with leave to report by bill or other
wise.
NeSu Militia Discipline.
Ordered, That Messrs. Wade. of Wo-
burn, Lyman, of Boston, and Phelps, of
Hadley, be committee to consider. the
expediency of providing for the distri-
button, among the militia officers of this
Commonwealth, the system of discipline
established by Congress for the army
and militia of the United States also,
to consider the expediency of making
any alteration in the Militia Law of this
Commonwealth.
THURSDAY, JUNE 7.-Messrs. Lyman,
Bridgman and Chandler, were appointed
to consider the expediency of revising
the laws respecting the admission into a
residence in this State of negroes and
mulattoes not the citizens of other
States.
Ne1y Valuation.-A large committee
was raised TO report on the number of
members Of the House which ought to
compose the important committee to ex-
anime the returns of the Assessors of the
several towns of the taxable property
therein.
The Senatorial Basis.-Messrs. Pres.
colt, Crowninshield, Marston, Reyes,
Kendall, Lincoln, of w. Pynchon,
emead, Jarvis, Leland, Whitman, Tobey,
and Williams, of N. b. were appointed
TO consider what measures are necessa-
ry to place the Senate of this Common
wealth upon satisfactory and nques-
tionable basis-to report at this OF the
next session. [GF The separation of
Maine has made some inquiry on this
subject necessary.
Messrs. Bates, Rugg, and Whitman,
of the House, joined by the Senate1
were appointed to inquire into the JUS
tice and propriety of exonerating the
several towns, whose Representatives
were summoned to attend the trial of
Judge Prescott, from the amount chsrg-
ed TO said towns for their attendance.
Messrs. Russell, of B. Hilliard Of C.
and Dickerson, of Northampto., were
appointed to consider the expediency
of exempting from attachment for debt,
all books, maps, charts, and other lite
rary productions, the property Of the
authors, so long as they may remain
their particular property
Resolves for allowing the Pay Roll
of the committee of the late Conven-
tioa, and compromising the extra SER
vices Of the Secretary, was read first
time.
FRIDAY, JUNE 8.
COMMITTEE on Valuntion.-The Com
mittee on this subject, reported, that
the Committee on the part of the
House, consist of thirty-two members,
to be distributed as below The sever
al counties to nominate their members.
Accepted, and the following nominations
were made, and approved
Sufoh--Josiah Quincy, William shimmin,
and Enoch Silsbee.
Esser-Joseph VIM, Of Salem, John
Choate, of Ipswich, W. w. Parrot, of Glou-
cester, and Moses Wihgate, of Haverhill.
Middleser-Thomas Harris, of Charlestown,
Calvin Sanger, of Sherburne, and Augustus
Tower, of Stow.
Worcester-Timothy Paiger of Hardwick,
Jonas Sibley, of Sutton, James Humphreys,
of Aihol, and Jacob Fisher, of Lancaster.
MISUNDERSTANDING Ward, of Worth
ington, and Joseph Strong, jun. of s. Hadley.
anspdea-George Bliss, of Springfield, and
James Fowler, of Westfeld.
Fraraklin-Ephraim Hastings, of Heath.
EoIfoik-Lewis Fisher, of Franklin, Sher-
man Leland, of Roxhury, and Minott Thay-
er, of Braintree.
Berkshtre-George Conant, of Beckett, and
Jonathan Allen, of Pittsfeld.
PLynaOuh-Seth Sprague, of Duxbury, and
Thomas Hobart, of Hanson.
Bristot-Abner Brownell, of Westport, and
Hercules Cushman, of FFeetown.
Bdrnstable, Dukes County, and Nantucket
-NYmphas Marston, of Barnstable, Hard
ing Knowles, of Eastman, William Jernegan,
of Edgartown, and Barker Burnell, of Nam
tucket.
or Those, with the Senators named
in the Senate journal, will compose the
Committee on Valuation, to meet during
tho racaec md fo rannrt fo tho nav4