Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-01-24
Massachusetts, Legislature.


Sr1,rr-Tbe President announced the follow
ing Special Committees, on the part oil Inc 0eia'e'
to be Joined by the House
On 50 much of the Governors Message as refers
to the system of ballot, Messrs Saunders ana
Hyde. z1,.-..
Whitney and Sears that portion relating 10 rep
resentation in Senatorial Districts, Messrs Grs-
void, Keyes, Kuhn, Wood of Worcester, and
Beach.
Mr. Wilkins presented the annual report OF the
Harvard Branch Railroad.
Orders of notice was reported on the petition Oh
the town of Gardiner
The Secretary of State came in with communl-
cation from the Governor, enclosing report rela-
ting to the teaching and training of Idiots, and
report from the Superintendent Of Alien passehs
gers.
A committee was chosen to consider tic proprety of
amending the laws that property OF all manulactur
interpretations be taxed intowns IN which It's oca-
ted Mr. Buckingham reported resolve on the petition
of Marshall T. Wilder, providing for the appoint
ment of a Commissioner to the World s Far at Lon
don on the part of the State OF Massachusetts, and
appropriating sum not TO exceed S300O, to deiray
the expenses of the commission, and 1t was passed
o be engrossed
On motion of Mr. Seaver, the order offered by Mr.,
Graves concerning taxation of property of manu-
featuring corporations was amended to include
all other corporations as well as manufacturing. The
chair appointed Messrs. Graves and Saunders the
committee on the part of the Senate.
Mr.. Usher submitted an order introducing the
ommittee on judiciary to report some legislation
providing for the taxation of mortgaged property,
and requiring the mortgage to pay the taxes on the
amount mortgaged, which was adopted
DEMONSTRATIONS &C., presented and referred,
n e lltei,,p
lum for inebrates and supplying schools with ana
tomical maps; of Martin Bailey and others, for a
change in the laws relating to mills, mlll-dams and
Aowage; of Sophrona Page and others, for a law
for the better protection Of the property of married
women; of B. Wilson Briggs and others, that the
manufacturing corporations in Fall River be required
to show cause why their charters should not be taken
from them for stopping their mills and leaving the
laborers without employment; OF the Worcester and
fitchburg Railroad, for act establishing It's right
to connect its tracks with those Of the Vermont and
Massachusetts Road in Fitchburg, and for leave
to issue 1000 new shares, with guaranty of l-2
per cent, for ten yeas of James Flint and others,
for law to remunerate persons unjustly Imprisoned;
tof Stlman Smith and others, for the passage of an
act for the safeguard Of the people of the Sote, in
relation to the fugitive slave law (ad on the table y
eff Daniel S. Cobb and others, for the passage of re-
solves, insrucng our delegation in Congress in re-
gard to the fugitive slave law Qaid on the table,
A message was received from the Governor, tran
hitting the reports of the Adjuant General, and the
Agent for discharged convets Laid on the table
and ordered to be printed.
Order adopted On motion of Mr. Alexander OF
Erving, that the Judiciary Committee be instructed
to inquire into the eSpedieney of further laws
corning railroad crossings, and the Liabilities of towns
for accidents occurring therein.
The special assignment was called up, and the
House proceeded ballot for Senator q the Knitted
Jsates, =, ar ri &, Al e T,,.alo,
ter, Daggett Of Auleboro, Edward Earle Of Worces-
ter, and Hall ofBoston, were appointed the Commit
tee to receive, sort, and count the votes.