The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-01-30

TUESDAY, yAx. %. Ordered, That the
committee to whomthe several tax bills were
committed yesierday, be discharged from fur
Their consideration Of said bills.
The report OF the Committee of Valuation
was taken up agreably TO assignment. The
ratios of the differert counties were read and
accepted, and it WIS ordered that the details
of the following ounties be committed to
the members of eadi county respectively.
WEDNESDAY,, JAs. 23.-The revenue bills
reported by MIR. Allsn, were referred to Messrs.
Bliss, Crowninshied, Jarvis, Brooks, and
smead, for the purpose of uniting the whole
in one bill.
Messrs. Orr, Robertson, and Russell, were
appointed committee to consider the expe-
diency of appropiating the duty which is
paid by Attorneys On their admission to prac-
tise in the Supreme Judicial Court, to the use
of the several law associations in the Com
monwealth, for the purpose of increasing the
Law Libraries, fer the use of the several
Counties therein authorised by law, with
leave to report by bill or otherwise.
Resolves on the petitions of Stephen Adams,
and John Bray, praying for the allowance of
their expenses, and the expenditure of money
made by them in pursuing and experimenting
Michael Martin, tie highwayman lately ex-
ecnted were read a second time, and the
one in favour OF tn, former was accepted, and
the latter rejected Motions were then made
to reconsider bot votes, and n O'Clock, to-
morrow, was assigned for the consideration
of them.
A bill to render every member of a Manu-
featuring Co. hereafter TO be established, la
bic in his individual capacity, for all debts
contracted during his continuance as men,
Der Of such corporation, was read a second
time. A daSate ensued, in which the bill
was opposed by Messrs. Tudor, of B. and
Taft, of lkbridge; and advocated by Messrs
Bliss, ofSp. Brooks, Of B. and Sprague, Of
D. and PISSED to be engressed.
The FLOWING bills from the Senate passed
TO be egrossed Acts to incorporate the
franklin Bank the Middlesex Bank-and
an act il addition to the act defining the gen.
eral powers and duties of Manufacturing Cor
poration. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, JAN. 24.-The order of the
day, foithe choice, on the part of the House,
OF Maori of the Sd division of mill
TIA, beiig called for, Gen. Rutter, of East
Sudbur, rose, and after expressing his thanks
Tor the lonour which the House had conferred
upon Inn in electing him to the Office of Ma
|or-Genral, and noticing the unanimity of
the vot IN the Senate for another candidate,
he statd his desire, that he, as Junior officer,
shouldnot supersede a senior one, and there
fore defined being considered any longer a
candidate for the Office.
The House then proceeded to the choice
and tls committee appointed to collect the
ballots-ot which Gen. Rutter was chairman
-repoted, that the whole number was 172;
Of which
Brig Gen. Nathaniel Austin had ia, and
was elected. Judge Fay had So votes, Col.
Mellel 3, and Gen. Rutter 2.
TheHouse refused to reconsider the vote
on theresolve on the petition of Maj. Bray
The pte on the resolve on the petition of Ste
phen Adams, was re-considered, and the sum
paid ly him as reward for detecting Martin,
was DEDUCTED from the amount Of the relief,
and tlen the resolve passed.
A bill passed to provide for carrying into eff
feet certain stpulations in the act for creating
the District If Maine into separate State.
A bill to incorporate the First Baptist Socie-
ty in Southbride, passed to be engrossed.
Seth Lee mothers, had leave to bring in
bills.
bill in addition to the act for regulating
fences, was red first time, and committed
to Messrs. Nation, BrownelI, and Webb.
Ordered, Tht the committee who may be
appointed to reort the tax act be instructed
to introduce Tinciple in said act, whereby
the several toms shall be authorized to as
sess and collec tax from such persons as
have heretofor been exempted from taxa
ton, upon all property exceeding the sum of
5000 dollars.
Ordered, 1ht the Treasurer of the Com
monwealth be directed to lay before this
House statemnt of the returns of the seve-
raj Courts of Sessions stating the amount of ex-
penditures in ech County.-Also the amount
allowed the seeral Justices of the Peace for
prosecutions-rlso, the amount credited to
the Commonwealth for fines received-also,
the mode of setting their accounts with said
Courts of Sessions !; and also particular ac-
count of the Municipal Court of the County
of Suffolk the amount paid by the Com
monwealth specifying the sum the Attorney
for the Commonwealth receives out of the
publick Treasury, and the sum the Clerk
of said Court receives, and also the amount
the several County Attorneys receive for
services rendered in their respective Counties,
including the years 1920 and 1921.
Adjourned.
Bats of The Senate.
FRIDAY, JAN. 25.-The committee appoint
ed to report on tie measures which may be
necessary to place the Senate upon satisfac-
tory and UNREASONABLE basis, &c. reported
the following Resolutions, viz.
ResoIred, That it is expedient forthwith, to
district the Commonwealth for the choice Of
forty Senators and Conn lore