The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-01-16

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for establishing them here.
! Mr.. 5. f. Dickinson of Amherst, opposed the
resolution. Congress, in his opinion, had no
right to pursue the question 10 this extent
the acts of 1890 were for re,enue not protec-
ton.
Mr.. Shaw said he should not ATTEMPT to re-
/ ply to the gentleman from Amherst he read
the preamble of the act of 100, which saws
that the duties were imposedfor the support of
government, the paying off e the public debt,
and for the encouragement nd protection of
After some further debate, the question was
then taken and decided in the affirmatiye-I5O
to ga
YEAS. Snfotk-Appleton, Jackson, Merrill,
Perkins. EsScr-Johnson, Stckney, Choate.
Duncan, Hale, Pickard, Crownnshield Howes,
( Huntington, Palfray, Phillips, Putnam Whip
| pie .HiddleSe1-Tuttle, Basomb, Baldwin.
Makepeace, Goodwin, Jarvis, howell, Adams,
Dana, Fiske, Tarbell Wright, kenrick, Lewis,
| Whitcomb, Hall, Wheeler, Warren, Bemis,
Mlnot, Bigelow. WOrceSter- Romans and
Merriam of BrOOkfeLd, EDO of Dudlev,
Glazler of Gardner, Billing of Hard,oick,
Washburn OF Leicester, Thurer of .Nendon,
Fierce of .hittbury, Bartlett ofNorthborOurh,
Forbes of North BrOokfeld nvis of Oxford,
knowlton of Phd6pSt0n, Russll of Princeton,
Bullock of RoyalSt0n, Pratt and2ice of Shreaos-
bury, Ammidown of SOuthbride, Pope of s. en-
Ger, Child of Sturbridge, Hove of TGmpleton,
Ihayer of U1bridge, Patrick Of Western, Cor
bett and Merrick of WOTceSterl Hampshire,
Z. Dickinson, Lawrence, Rice, Cobb, Ludden,
Stone, Kellogg, Clark, Strolg, Kirkland,
Brown, Warner, Edwards, Gould, Hubbard,
Mack. WILLIAMS, Tiffany Taylor,
b. Fuller. Gould, G. Bills, Calhoun, Pendle-
ton, II. Bliss, Fowler, STREET, A. Bliss Frank
bn-Bassett, Brooks, Giswold, Judd, Arms,
Rowland, Tobey, Cotton Mayo, Berkshire
Putnam, Perkins, Johua Mason, Weston,
Sounberger, Vanderson Whitney, Shaw, Owen,
/ Hall, Smith, Ensign, ihears Eames, Lewis,
Dantorth, Hubbell .prfoik-Scammel, Rob
inson, Doane, Boydei, Lowering, Whitney,
/ c. Davis, J. Davis, Grenough, Guild, Halves,
blanchard, Blake. BristOl-Briggs, Ellis,
Richardson, Dillingham;, Wheeler, Howard,
Wheaton, Burlington, leonard, Hathaway,
Almy. Piymouth--Whiman. Hale, Beal,
Deane. BarnstaJte-Beriy -15O.
NAYS. S4Fotk-Austin Kendall Savage
EsSe1-Larcom, Thorndite, Low, Dawson,
! Choate, Smith, Adams, Russ, Little, Farris,
Marston, Towne, .MiddLeSe1-Fuller, Hilliard,
Head, Austin, J Harris, Jno Harris, Russell,
/ Nhlpple, Brown, Burr, Belkmp, Cutter, E.
Wade, Fitch, Tufts, Clark, Bright, ]. Wade.
/ Chaplin of .4ttol, Riggles of Barre,
Holman, of Bolton, Humes of Douglas, Sim
onds of Fttchburg Wood of Chiffon, Prentiss
of Hub5GrdStOn, Willard of Lancaster, Crosby
and Wilder of LeomiHSter, AIln of Oakham,
WhPple of SouthbOro', Wildr of Sterling,
Sibley of Sutton, Wood of Upbn, Gleason of
WestbOr0'. HampShire--S F. Dickinson,
Bridgman, Smith, Kingsley Hampdem-A.
Sibley. FTGakEx--Saxton Gilbert, Cobb.
( Observation-Disclosures, Hall .Norfolk--R.
Ellis, Minot, Felt, A Smith, Mann, Ad Smith
BTlstOt-Taber, Green, Nichos, Hall, Luther,
Baylles, Godfrey, Lincoln, Presbury. Ply
[ mouth-Sprague, Eels, HOLMES, Dunbar, Leon
ard, Howard. GrRStable-Howland, Lewis,
Howes, Freeman, Fish, Swift Long, Pratt,
Doane, Small, Crowell, Eldidge. DukeS-
| FELLOWSHIP.
SATURDAY, Jan. ~.
SE.N4TE Petitions of the trustees of Fe-
male Classical School in Brookfield, for aid to
purchase chemical, astronomical and philoso-
phical apparatus-of James Estabrook, for the
9th Mass Turnpike-and the Renaissance of
! the Proprietors of Charles River Bridge against
petition of John Skinner and other-were all
taken from he files and referred.
MIR. Sturgis was appointed on theCommittee
| on Manufactures, during the absence of Mr.
Tufts
HOUSE. Petitions of the Directors of
| Northampton Bridge, for an increas, of toll, in
/ certain cases, and of Selectmen of dartmouth,
for an alteration of the school law, we're sever
ally committed.
The bill giving additional power /, overseers
of the poor and of work houses vas read
second time, and amended.
On motion of Mr. Mack it was Ordered
That the committee on the Judiciarybe direct
ed to consider the proprety of alering the
provisions OF the law 80 that those wls be con-
Vlcted OF capital offences may have tie punish
ment inflicted in some mode less attnctive and
notorious than the one now in usual lractice
On motion of Mr. Washburn, of L. it was
Ordered, That Messrs Washburn, Vlndeuson,
and Bliss OF w be a committee to consider the
expedency of so amending the awsin relation
to the support and regulation of mills that the
owners of land which may be flowed, may be
entitled to recover the estimated value of said
land, instead of annual damages, when they
may prefer it.
MONDAY, Jan. a.
SENATE. Messrs. Lincoln, Wood and
Spaulding we're added to the Committee of
the House, on the memorial of the Register
of Probate for the County Of Worcester.
HOUSE. The memorial of the Regis
\ ter OF Probate for the County of Worcester
; was taken from the files, and referred, with
the bill and accompanying papers, to
Messrs. Merrick, Boies, and Merriam.
! On motion of Mr.. Perkins, it was ordered
that the Committee on the subject of pro-
posing an amendment to the Constitution 80
as to lessen the number of Representatives,
by districting the State, be directed 70 pro-
pose any other method which theymay think
proper, for effecting that object-and also
ordered, that the same Committee inquire
into the expediency of proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution, so that there shall
be but one session of the Legislature in
each year.
On motion of Mr.. Dickinson, Ordered,
that Messrs. Dickinson, Savage, BurrlLin-
coin and Chaplin, be Committee to inquire
into the expediency of reducing the salar-
les OF the several officers of the Common
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