Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-01-28
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.

SENATE.-The President being absent, the
Senate was called to order by the Hon. Charles
H. Warren, the senior member present
Sundry Papers from the House were concur
rently disposed of.
Petitions were presented and referred-By Mr.
Brinley, of Midland Railroad Co. for change of
location of their line; by Mr. Tory, first Annual
Report of An herst and Bechertown Railroad Co.
by Mr. Fuller, of Webster Lttlefeld and others, to
be set off from Stoneham, and annexed to Mel
rose; by Mr.. Beard, of Lowell and Lawrence
Railroad Co., and also OF the Nashua and Lowell
Railroad Co, for leave to construct branch tracks
in the city of Lowell
On motion of Mr.. Strong, the Clerk of the Sem
ate was directed to notify all interested that the
Committee on Roads and Bridges will bold
meeting in the Committee Room of the State
House, on Tuesday, Feb II, at two O'Clock, to
consider matters included in the Senate order of
Jan. 20, relating to Roads and Bridges.
The order ofthe day was taken up and the b i'll
to enable aliens, resident in the Commonwealth,
to hold real estate, was supported by Mr. Sewall,
from the Committee who reported the bill.
Mr. Walker moved that the first section, which
now reads-"Anv alien who now resides, or may
hereafter reside in this Commonwealth, who shall
have declared, or shall declare, according to law,
his intention of becoming a citizen of the United
States, may take and hold any real estate, by
gift, purchase, devise, descent, or as tenant v
courtesy, as fully and etfectually, to all intents
and purposes, if he were a citizen, be
amended by striking out from the words, this
Commonwealth, to the words by gift, &c; so that
the declaration of intended citizenship shall be
unnecessary.
The amendment gave rise TO considerable de-
bate, at the close Of which the question was put
and carried, and the bill as amended, passed to
third reading.
HousE.-PapGrs from the Senate were dispos-
ed of in concurrence.
Petitions &C., presented-O sundry parties in
favor of the enactment of the ''Maine Liquor
Law Of the Agric ultural Branch Railroad Cor
lporation for leave to extend said road. Several
y referred.
Mr. Kimball Of Boston, offered an order to the
effect that the Committee on Prisons consider the
expedlency of a law requiring criminals under
sentence in the Prisons, &c, TO make up, at The
expiration of their term of sentence, for the time
lost by reason CT sickness. whenever it is known
that such sickness is caused by vice.
] he order was laid over, under the rule, on
the demand of Mr.. Ladd of Cambridge
Reports from Committees-By Mr. Davis of
Worcester, Committee on the Judiciary, that the
bill for the better protection of the property of
present
laws on that subject being sufficient.
Also from the same committee, bill in relation
to the custody of municipal records, giving clerks
Of towns, &c, power to remove records for tenn
porary purposes.
Orders Adopted-On motion of Mr. Wiggin of
Boston, that the Committee on Finance consider
the expedlency of cisposng OF the Common
wealth's stock in the Western Railroad, pro-
Vlded that the same can be done at rate under
par.
On motion Of Mr. Warren of Boston, that -
be committee, with such ofthe Senate as NAV
JOIN, to consider the expediency of establishing a
Board Of Railway Commissioners
Messrs Warren of Boston, Mann of Randolph,
Reed of Chelmsford, Colby of Boston, and Weth-
erbee OF Shrewsbury, were appointed on this
committee.
On motion of Mr. Woodbury. of Acton, that the
Committee on the Revision of the Constitution
of this Commonwealth consider the expediency
OF revising the same by convention or otherwise
so that
ISL The basis Of representation shall no long
er be the whole number of souls, but only the
ratabe polls of naturalized citizens
I'd. lfthere is to be no account made, as there
Is not now, of the fractions of popuation--which
OF course, almost every town must have---eyery
town shall be permtlhd to send one representa-
tive every year, and no town or city be permit
ted to send more than ten representatives any
one year.
Sd. The Judges ofthe Supreme Judicial Court,
or of the Couit of Common Pleas, with the
sherifs, shall be elected by the people every five
years.
The passage of this order having been doubt.
ed, count was had, and it was adopted---lS5
to ll9.
On motion Of Mr. Parcher of Boston, that the
Committee on Education consider the expectancy
of more effectual providing by law for the pre-
ventation of trudncy of children fiom the public
schools
On motion of Mr. Colby of Boston, his resoIu-
tons concerning the tariff, offered some days
since, were taken from the table, and referred to
the Committee on Manufactures.
The House then adjourned