The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-02-06
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MONDAY, JAN. Pa Committee was APP
sary in the act for the limitation of realac-
tons, and for the equitable settlement Of GER
tain claims arising in real actions.
resolve passed, providing for paying the
committee for examining into the concerns of
the Plymouth Beach Lottery.
The Adjutant- General was directed to fur
nish statement Of the expenses of Courts
Martial, to this Commonwealth, for the last
fifteen years, stating abe total sums paid in
each year
Committee was appointed to consider the
expediency Of exempting from attachment
books, charts, and literary productions, while
they1emain the property of their authors.
TUESDAY, JAN. 29.-The bill, to incorpo-
rate Nahant Hotel, was committed. with in
structons to introduce provision for the re-
peal Of. the. act, whenever the Legislature
shall think proper.
A committee of fourteen was appointed 70
consider and. report suitable salary to be al
lowed to the Attornies for the several Coun-
ties within this Commonwealth.
A bill to raise revenue for the Common
wealth by speci6ck taxation, as taken into a
new draft, was read second time, and Thurs.
day next, assigned for the third reading.
Ordered, That the committee who have
under consideration the cxpediency of pub
fishing new edition of the Statutes of this
Commonwealth, be instructed to consider the
prpriety of directing the purchase of so many
ofthe volumes of Laws or Reports OF. Decis-
ioas Of the Supreme Courts, as may be needed
tofurnish those towns, and others, who are
b. law entitled to the same with leave to
report by bill or otherwise.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30.-The report on the
petition Of Elisha Hammond and others. re.
lsting to the Deaf and Dumb, granting leave
4 bring in bill, came down not accepted.
and giving the petitioners leave to withdraw.
lead and concurred.
Ordered, That Messrs. Richardson. of
bingham, Marston, of Newburyport, and
oliver, Of Boston, be committee to consider
he expediency of SO amending the frstsec-
ion Of the act to provide for the instruction
Of youth, as to relieve towns containing less
than $4,000 inhabitants from maintaining
school-masters in the Latin and Greek Lam
'guages, during six months in each year, with
leave to report by bill or otherwise.
communication from the Adjutant-Gen-
eral, respecting the expenses of Courts Mar
tial, was ordered to lie on the table.
THURSDAY, JAN. 31.-An additional bill to
the act for the limitation Of certain real ac-
tions, and for the equitable settlement Of Ger.
tain claims, was read a first time, and commits
ted to Messrs. Bliss, Williams, and Cum
Minis
Tbs being the last day for receiving private
petitiSns, &c. a considerable number was pre-.
sented.- Among them, the petition Of w.
Phipls, and another for the Incorporation of
the Dedham Worsted Factory; of r. Merriam
and others, Of Lexington, for the incorporation
of an Academy; remonstrance of E. Thayer,
&c. aganst the petition of the town of Milford;
Of 0. Wilkinson, &c. for an act regulating the
weight and speed of travel over Connecticut
river bidge, at Greenfield and Montague of
w. Stugis, &c. to be incorporated as the Bos-
ton Commercial Bank; of c. Parkman, &c.
of the q Brigade, 9Th Division of the Militia
petitionof B. Evans, &c. relating TO the taxa
ton of Manufacturing Companies-were seve-
rSfly committed.
Specifck Rerenue Bit
The oder of the day for the second reading
OF the bill, for raising rerenue for the COM
naonacedlh by speeifck tGraion,'' being call
ed for, tie bill was read by the Clerk.
MIR. Allen, of P. moved for its consideration
by paragraphs, as far as was practicable with
out disennecting subjects as he remarked,
though some parts of the bill might be object
ed to, there were others which the House
might think ought to be adopted.
Mr.. Sprague, Of Salem, after expressing his,
opinion, that the state of the Treasury did not
requirethese speci6ck taxes, and If it did, they
were unequal and inexpedient, being tax on
professions and capital already taxed; and
embracing an entire system, which ought to
be acted upon together--moved, that tie bill
be Indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Jarvis, OFF. .complained of this mode of
proceeding. The bill, he thought, ought to
be examined on its merits, and, if incorrect, to,
be amended;
The. Speaker remarked, that the motion for
an indefinite postponement did not preclude
any member from discussing the merits and de-
tails Of the whole bill.
A debate ensued. The bill was opposed,
and the postpohement of it, of course, adyo-
Gated by Messrs. Lyman, Of Boston, Sprague.
of Duxbury, Whitman, Of Pembroke, Apple
ton, Of Boston, Cummins, of Salem, Marston,
of Newburyport, Silsbee, of Salem, and Lin
coin, of Boston. The motion was opposed.
and the bill supported, by Mr.. Bliss, Of Sp.
and Mr.. Jarvis, Of Pittsfeld but the hour Of
adjournment having passed, the latter gentle
man remarked, that the time would not permit
him to offer the views he had of the subject,
and therefore moved that the further consider
alton Of the bill be postponed until tomorrow
which was agreed to.
The bin was opposed ON the grounds, that
the usual State direct tax was sufficient for III
the supply Of the Treasury-was the most
equal mode of assessing publick contributions,
and the most likely to ensure economy in the
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