The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-06-11

cy OF providing by law for more effectual Sc
curity from arrests and holding to bail the sec
ond time for the same cause OF action.
Ordered, That so much of the Governors
Message as relates to the fiscal affairs of the
State, be referred to the committee on finance;
and so much as relates to Railroads be refer
ed To the committee on Rail Ways and Canals
A bill to prevent the spread OF the Canada
Thistle, was reported and read once.
The Speaker named the following as the
Joint Standing Committees on the part Of the
House, viz:
On ACCOMPLISHMENTS Rantoul of Beverly
Rice of w. Springfield, and Perkins Of Beckett
On Roads and Bridgss--Messrs. Winship
Bridgman, and Hastings of Heath.
On Rail Ways and CanaLS-Messrs. Sedg
wick, Beal, and Bradbury of N.
On T0qrRs-Messrs Fiske OF W., Wilder O
Leominster, and Hathaway of
On Claims-NIessrs Child Of Boston, Thayer
of Braintree, and Hastings of Mendon.
On the JMilitia-Messrs. Winthrop of Boston,
Hall of S., and Sproat of Taunton.
On Parishes and Religious S0cieticS-Messrs.
Knox of Blandford, Holden of c., and Eaton Of
Worcester.
On FTsheries-Messrs. Hobart of A., Low Of
B., and Wade of Maiden
On Banks and Bankiag-Messrs. Shaw of
Lanesboro', Howes of Salem, and Knowles of
Boston.
On Mercantile affairs and Observation-Disclosures
Phillips of Salem, Austin of Boston, and Sprague
of Duxbury.
On Public La1sds--Messrs Parker of Charles
town, Holman of b., and Bgelow Of Weston.
On OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Strong of p, Ste
vens of B., and Brown of Boston. u
On the LiGyary--Messrs Kimball of Beton,
Crowninsheld Of Salem, and Buttrick ofCam-
bridge.
WEDNESDAY, Jine T.
SENATE. Pursuant to assignmen' the bill
to provide for the choice Of Electorsof Presl-
dent and Vice President, by Geneal Ticket,
was taken up and passed to be engrssed by the
| following vote:
! YEAs-Hon. Messrs. Hoyt, Fowler. Strong,
ParrOtt, Reyes, Gray, Savage, Fiske, Spaulding
| Varnum, Merrill, Webb, Bowman, Lothrop
from Bristol, Lincoln, Welsh, Sprague from
| Plymouth, Davis, Pope, Gushing, Dickinson,
| Sprague from Essex, Easterbrook, Parker,
Hale, Jarvis, French, Thorndike, Lewis, Wells,
! Duncan and Adan.-S2
! NAYs-Hon. Messrs NATION and Wood-2.
HOUSE. The order submitted yesterday by
| MIR. Thayer, was considered and adopted as
! follows
| Ordered, That the papers relating to the Mi
litia Laws, which were referred at the last ses-
1 sion of the Legislature TO the present session,
be taken from the tiles Of the House and com
mitted to the committee on the Militia, with in.
structions to consider the expectancy and me-
cessity of reducing the number of trainings 70
one in each year, exclusive of May training for
the inspection Of arms, &c.) and also of abolish
| ing the conditional and reducing the number Of
absolute exempts, and such other alterations as
they may think proper
MIR. White of Salem, from the committee on
Finance, reported resolve, authorizing the
| Treasurer to borrow sum of money not ex-
ceeding one hundred thousand dollars, which
was read, and to-morroY assigned for second
reading.
On motion of Mr.. Newhail, of L., it was Or
dered, That the committee on Agriculture be
instructed to inquire into the expediency os al
terng, amending or repeating an act, passed
March 8, 1928, entitled san act providing for
;. the use of broad trimmed Wheels
A bill from the Senate directing the mode Of
choosing Electors of President and Vice Presi-
dent, was read, and Tomorrow assigned for a
second reading.
In CoEvENTIoN. A convention of the two
Houses was formed for the purpose of electing
a Trustee of Amherst College, in place of the
Rev. DR.. Lyman, deceased-a Counsellor, in
place of John WelIes, who had declined accept
| ing that Office.
/ The whole number Of votes for Trustee Of
Amherst College, was 1879
Necessary to a choice $50
Nathaniel Smith of Sunderland, had 152
1 Jonathan Dwight, Jr. of Springfield, I24
Isaac c. Bates, IS
4 The whole number Of votes for Counsellor
was 275
Necessary to choice 1873
Jonathan Phillips Of Boston, had 252
4 The Convention then sepurated
i THURSDAY, June 5.
SENATE. On motion of Mr.. Parrot, it was
Ordered, That the Treasurer be directed to lay
before the Senate, the amount paid on the Pay
Roll Of each year, since the separation of Maine,
designating the summer and winter sessions Of
each year.
A letter was received from the Hon. Mark
Doolittle accepting the Office of Counsellor.
HOUSE. Petitions of Samuel Daman and
others; Of David Loring and Others; and Of the
RI warden OF the State FFlson-wore presented,
4 and committed.
The House PROCEEDED to the choice of a Ma
jor General of the 18th division, and Brigadier
Gen Jabez Hall was chosen.
A resolve fixing the compensation Of Coun.
selfors, Senators and Representatives, the pres.
Fl ent political year, was reported, and read once,
and Tomorrow assigned for second reading
A resolve passed authorizing the Treasurer
to borrow sum Of money.
The bill directing the mode Of choosing Elec-
I tors Of President and Vice President Of the
United States, was taken up, and passed to
third reading Teas 236. Z Worcester Barrett,
Merriam, Holman, Eddy, Perkins, Putnam.
Glazier, Wheeler of Grafton, Flagg Phelps,
Il Willard, Denny, Crosby, Wilder, Hastings,
Forbes, Delano, Bartlett, Adams, Davis, Har
rington, Bullock, Ball, Ammidown, Draper.
\ Pope, Wilder Of Sterling, Corbett, Eaton, New
ton.--.Nays 35. From Worcestey--Spurr.
Wheeler Of Rutland, Phillips, sibley.
i s, FRIDAY, June 6.
! SENATE. The petition of James Esta.
brooks and others, was taken from the files and
committed --'-' ''''D
i HOUSE. The bill directing the mode Of
choosing Electors, was read third time, and