The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-03-19
GENERAL COURT.
TuEspAY. March IL.

of the Senate against the passage of the bill
to establish the Warren Bridge Corporation,
was entered on the journal with the qualifca-
hon " as expressing merely the opinions of
those gentlemen who have signed the same"
1t is as follows, to wit the undersigned MEM
bers of the Senate hereby protest against the
passing of the act to establish the Warren
Bridge Corporation, for the following reasons
First, That the reduction of the tolls now
paid for passing Charles River was alleged be-
fore the committee who reported the bill, and
before the Senate, TO be necessary and this al
legged necessity was declared, at this Board to
be one ground for passing the act. And it did
not appear that there was any sufficient neces-
sity for the Bridge so authorized by said act
independent of said reduction
Second, That the act will directly " iniure
the property of the proprietors of Charles Riv-
er Bridge, and does not provide for them any
" certain remedy" cor reasonable compeasG-
ton"
Jonathan Dwight, Jr Christopher Webb
Aaron Tufts William Sturgis
F. G. Gray John w. Lincoln
Joseph G.. Kendall Caleb Loripo
Charles P Phelps Jonathan PhiIlps.
The usual vote of thanks to the President of
the Senate was passed
HOUSE. The House refused to reconsider
the vote whereby the Militia additional bill was
referred to the next General Court.
The following bills passed to be enacted To
provide for Internal improvements by Rail-
Roads; concerning Houses of Correction; to
incorporate the Sutton Bank to INCORPORATE
the Central Bank in Worcester to INCORPORATE
the Southbridge Bank in addition for provid.
ing Hospitals for Innoculation and preventing
infection from the Small Pox. and for repealing
several acts heretofore made for that purpose.
The House proceeded TO the choice on its
part oil nine persons to constitute a Board of
Directors of Internal improvements, and the
following persons were elected, viz His Ex-
cellency Levi Lincoln, Aiessrs. Nathan Hale
William Foster Stephen White, Abner PHELPS
Daniel P. Parker, Thomas w. Ward, ROYAL
Makepeace, George Bond.
WEDNESDAY, March 70
SEN.4TE Pursuant to assignment the SEN
ate proceeded to choice on their part, of
Board of Directors of Internal improvements
The ballots being taken, it appeared that His
Excellency Lew Lincoln, Messrs Nathan Hale
Thomas w. Ward, Stephen White. William
Foster, David Henshaw, Henry Sargent, Dan.
lei P. Parker, and George Bond were chosen
So the Senate concur with the House of Rep
resentatiVes in the choice of His Excelllency
Levi Lincoln, Messrs. Nathan Hale, William
Foster, Stephen White, Daniel P. Parker.
Thomas w Ward, and George Bohd-and
further elect OH their part, Messrs. David Hen.
shaw and Henry Sargent
HOUSE. The bill to regulate Banks and
Banking was referred to the next General
Court, and the bill ordered to be published in
the mean time in the several newspapers which
publish the laws of the Commonwealth
The vote whereby the bill to alter the town
line between the towns of Midway and Hollis
ton was passed to be engrossed, was reconsider
3D. and the bill referred to the next General
Court
Mr. David Henshaw was chosen in concur
renee with the Senate, and MIR ROYAL Make
peace was again chosen on the part of the
House, to fill the vacancy in the Board of Di-
rectors of Internal Improvements
THURSDAY, March IS.
SENA7E Royal Makepeace was chosen
one of the Board of Directors of Internal I'M
provements, in concurrence with the House.
The customary formalities having been gone
through with, the General Court was prorogued
to the Tuesday next preceding the last Wednes-
day Of May next
HOUSE. Mr.. Jackson from the Committee
on the Pay Roll, reported their Roll, amounting
to S46,276, which was read and accepted. and
1t was thereupon Resolved, That His Excellen-
cy the Governor be requested to draw his war
rant on the Treasury for the payment to the
members of the House of the sums set against
their names respectively
On motion, of Mr.. Calhoun, the Report of
the Committee on Education, stating that in
their opinion :" no alteration is necessary in the
last Act for the instruction of Youth - submit
ted on the 25th Jan. and laid on the table, was
taken up and accepted.
The Secretary came in with message from
His Excellency the Governor to inform the
NJ hn had L
and fourteen acts passed at the present session.
the titles ofwhich were read by the Secretary
and that it was His Excellency's pleasure, by
and with the advice and consent of the Coun-
Gil, and at the request of both branches of the
Legislature, to prorogue them to the Tuesday
next preceding the last Wednesday Of May
next, and they were prOrogued accordingly.
TNTELLTGENCE.