The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-06-01
STATE EGISL TURE.
WEDNESDAY,. Nav q. 1ss


luton for the organization of the State Gov
the officers elect assembled in their
respective rooms in the State House
SENATE. The whole number of votes for
President was 25, necessary to a choice 10
Leverett Saltonstall had IL, and was ac-
cordingly chosen President of the Senate. The
other votes were for Messrs. s. C. Allen
1. Barker Burnell of Nantucket 9, A. II. Ever
EFT of Suffolk 2. MIR. Saltonstall sgnilied his
acceptance of the office in n neat and approprl-
ate address
The whole number of votes for Clerk was
10, of which Mr.. Charles Calhoun had Is, and
Mr. Elijah Williams /.
Messrs. Thorndike of Essex, Pickman Of Suf.
folk, Train of MIDI Iesex, Brownell of Bristol,
and Bullock of Worcester, were appointed
committee, 10 be joined, TO examine the returns
of votes for Governor and Lieut.. Governor.
Messrs Willis of Pittsfcld, Buckingham of
Boston, Lowering CT Midway, Adams Of Mar
blehead, Thaxter of Edgaxtown, and Sage of
Blandford, were joined on the part the House.
HOUSE. The House was organized by the
choice of William B. Calhoun of Spring field, as
Speaker, and Pelham w. Warren, as Clerk.
The whole number of votes for Speaker was
AIS: Mr.. Calhoun had 339 Nathan Willis,
(Jackson) &c; scattering 3. Mr.. Warren for
Clerk, received nearly all the votes.
Mr. Davis of Boston, presented petition of
John Bryant and others, praying incorporation
and Authority to construct Rail Road from
| Dostou to the line of the State of Rhode Island,
in direction towards Providence. MIR. Eliot
! of Boston, presented petition of Cyrus Alger
and others, for authority to make Rail Road
from Boston to Taunton, and to extend the
same towards Providence. Mr., Otis of Boston,
presented petition of Joseph w. Revere and
others, for authority to make Rail Road in the
mos direct route from Boston towards Provi-
dence.
THURSDAY, May &C.
| SENATE. SIR. Thorndike, from the COM
mittee on the returns of votes for Governor
and Lieut. Governor. reported that the whole
number of votes legally returned for Governor
( is As, S95; necessary to a choice "a ,44S: His
| Excellency, Levi Lincoln. has 81 ,S75; Hon.
Marcus Morton l2 1894; scattering 1926. The
whole number legally returned for Lieut.. Gov
ernor. 4S,0l0; necessary to a. choice, "a 006
His Honor, Thomas L. Winthrop, has "a ,03l
/ Hon. Nathan Willis 1927; scattering, l7l9
/ No return was received from Wareham, in
! Plymouth County and the returns from Hub
! bardston, in Worcester County, and Marshfeld,
in Plymouth County, were not received in time
that the returns from Uxbridge, in Worcester
County, and Norwich, in Hampshire County,
are not attested by the Town Clerk; that the
returns of Ludlow, in Hampden County, and OF
Bradford, in Essex County, dc not state the
time when the meetings were held; that the
return of Taunton, in Bristol County, states
( the meeting to have been held on the first day
] of April the committee therefore rejected the
votes of these towns
The Committee on the returns of votes in
the several towns for Senators and Counsellors
made report, the result of which was the same
as heretofore published in our paper, excepting
in the votes in the County of Essex, in which
NfaA l. Il
votes TO be f458 necessary for a choice 1890
Leverett Sallonsal has 1917, VIM. Thorudike
1891, and are chosen. There were four vacan-
ces. There were eight other candidates, Ste-
! phen c. Phillips has 3lI2, Rnbt Cross 1907
/ VIM. Johnson, Jr. 3042, Ezra Mndge 1886,
Moses Wingate 20l4, Ebenezer Bradbury 1890,
Joseph 5. Cabot 1921, Geo. Savary 1915
! MIR. Blake of Suffolk, presented n petition OF
George Sullivan for additional compensation
for his services rs agent of the Commonwealth
in prosecuting the Massachusetts, Claim.
Messages having passed between the two
| Houses, theSenate met with the House of Rep.
resentativcs in convention, to fill the vacancies
existing in the Senate.
plymouth County-Two vacancics-wholc
No. 449; necessary to a choice 220; Solo. Lin
coin, Jr., 296, Saml. A. Turner go, and were
chosen John B. Turner had lag, Nathan La
zell, Jr., had 1872.
Barnsta6te County-One vacancv-wholc
NO. 3o7; necessary TO a choice 1914 John
Deane had 1923, and was chosen; Thos Fish
So
Franklin County-One vacancy-whole No.
4lS; necessary TO choice 2IO; Elihu Hoyt
224, Rufus Saxton 1872
Norfolk COunty-One vacancy-whole No.
AL, necessary TO choice 2ll ; John Endcott
3l3, Moses Thacher l05
BsTSshire CoHnty-One vacancy-whole
No 4O3; necessary to a choice 2G2; Wilbur
Curtis BY; Parker L. Hall &C.
ESSEX County-Four vacancies-whole No
354; necessary to choice 1913: Stephen L.
Phillips 3l2, VIM. Johnson 500, Robt. Cross
$50, Ebenr Bradbury 300, Moses Wingate 70,
Ezra Nudge So, JOS S. Cabot So, Geo Sava.
ry So, WIN. johnson g.
35l; necessary to a choice I76; Asahel
Stearns 285, Jno. Locke 60.
Worcester County-Four vacancies-whoe
NO. 3o9 necessary to a choice 1876; David
Wilder 339, J. W. Lincoln 327, VIM. S. Hast.
lngs 329, Jas. Draper 1873, Josiah Howe 81,
Daniel ThuIber SO, Henry Prentiss IS, Jonas
l.. Sibley 3d.
HOUSE. Mr.. Bayles of Taunton, present
ed an order for the appointment of committee
TO consider the expediency of preparing and
reporting an amendment to the Constitution of
S.''S communicating WHICH snail pH0ViQ6 for
the election of Representatives bv Districts
each County in the Commonwealth to form one
district, which district shall be entitled to one
Representative for every $500 inhabitants.
W.T.. DAVIS OF Boston, presented an order for
the appointment Of a committee to considerable
expediency of amending the Constitution, so
that the members of the House shall never be
less than $780, nor more than 200 in number, TO
be chosen by districts
II. d.
Of iona. Davis and others, citizens of Worces
ter South District, praying an amendment of
the Constitution, which shall reduce the nun.
Der OF the House of Representatives. Mr.. Rus.
sell OIL rrinceton, presented petition to the
same effect, from l9l inhabitants of that town
likewise, a petition of l76 inhabitants of
6flnceton, praying that the third article of the
Biii OF Rights may be expunged from the Con.
Mr. Whitney Of Deerfeld, presented the ne. |
tItion of the President, &c, Of the Sunderland
Bank, praying authority to change the locat;on