Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-03-02

ker, of Charlestown, and James Savage, ESQ.
of Boston. The resolve was then passed and
sent up for concurrence. In Senate, read aud
concuned.
The bill to establish College in the town
OF Amherst, passed to be enacted.
TUESDAY, FEB. GO.
The bill to establish the WilkinsonviIe
Turnpike Corporation, was referred to the
first session of the next General Court.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 90.
A resolve passed, making the compensation
OF the Lieut.. Gov. while performing the da-
ties Of hief Magistrate, equal to that allowed
by law TO the Gov.
Bills passed readirgs-in addition to an act
to incorporate the Mendon Bank; to aid the
Bunker Hill Monument Association TO incor-
porate Banks in Belchertown, Ware, Danvers,
Sunderland, Troy, and at the South End, Bos-
ton.
THURSDAY, FEB. "a.
An order of the Senate directing the Com
mittee on Banks to inquire into the expedien-
cy of authorizing any or all the Banks in this
State to issue bills Of less denomination than
five dollars, to greater amount than they are
now allowed to do, was read and concurred.
The bill to aid the Bunker Hill Monument
Association, was passed to be engrossed.
FRIDAY, FEB. 25g
The following Order, presented by Mr.. Doc
little, of Belchertown, and seconded by Mr.
Knapp, OF Boston, was read and passed unan-
imously, viz.
Ordered, That the'thanks of his House be
expressed to the Hon. WILLIAM c. JAR
Wis, tor the dignified, able, and impartial
manner IN which he has discharged the duties
Of Speaker; and that we congratulate that
Hon. gentleman that it has fallel to his lot to
preside In the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Massachusett: at period
when the prospect before us is for the first
time for many years a unanimtJ and harmo.
ny IN the great State elections, relieving, as
this House does, that the faithful aud unex-
ceptionable discharge of the Speakers duty,
has conduced with other considerations to this
happy result.
To which the Hon. Speaker made an ap-
propriate reply.
The bill to provide payment to the County
of Worcester, for the use of the House Of
Correction, was referred to the next session Df
the General Court.
The bill to aiG the Bunker. Hill Monument
Association, passed to be enacted.
SATURDAY, FEB. &c.
The committee on the Pay Roll. reported
their Roll, amounting to S2O,558, and it was
therefore ordered that His Honor the Lieut.
Governor, with the advice of Council, be re-
quested to draw his Warrant on the Secreta-
ry for the payment to the members of the
House of Representatives the sums Sc! against
their names respectively.
The Secretary came in with Message
from His Honor the Lieut.. Governor. inform.
ing the Legislature that the Executive had
approved of one hundred and fourteen acts,
passed by the General Court at their Session,
the titles of which he read, and that it was
His Honor's pleasure by and with the consent
of Council, and at the request of both branch
es of the Legislature, to prorogue them to the
Tuesday next preceding the last Wednesday
of May next.
In consequence of the disagreement of the
two Houses relative to the Tax Bill, the same
was not passed, and therefore there will be no
State Tax raised for the year 1926.
The bill 70 raise $4,000, did not provide
for the reimbursement, by the respective
towns, of the money taken from the public
Treasury for their Representatives. pay last
June session. The committee of the Senate
introduced an amendment to that effect
This was accepted in the Senate, but the
House refused to concur.