Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-04-19
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURES.


FRIDAY, April Is.
SENATB.--Senate met at 10 o'clock A. M,
at which time. theroll being called, there were
but twelve Senators present.
Reports of Committees. -Treasury-By Mr..
Buttrck-fhRt the House resolve relative to
repairs and furniture for the State House.
ought to pass. The sum set forth is little
upwards of $I7 900.
Eagrossed.- Bills concerning idle and dis
orderly persons; in addition to an act to es-
tablish the city of Springfield; to change the
location Of the John Hancock Bank; concern
ing the Boston and Lowell and Salem and
Lowell Railroad Companies; to extend the
time for the construction Of Branch Railroad
into the city of Boston by the Boston aud
Lowell Railroad Corporation in addition to
the Acts relating to the annual reports of
railroad corporations; authorizing the Coun-
tY commissioners for the County of Middle
sex to lay out certain bridges as portion of
the public highway; in addition to an act to
establish the Dorchester and Milton Extension
Railroad; concerning Boston Harbor. Re-
solves IN relation to the estate of Nahum Ca
pen in favor of the Indians of Gay Head;
on the petition Of the Ovtrseers of the Poor
Of the town of Dover ON the petition of
Charles Brigham.
The bill in relation to Bank Directors and
Bank Loans, &C., was Iejected-7 to II.
At half past one O. clock 2. NJ, the Sem
ate adjourned to Monday next at IL o'clock
A. NJ.
HoUsE.-BiUs, &c., Rcported-Act in rela-
ton to Probate Courts In the County of Wor-
cester- transferring the June term from Lam
caster to Clinton. Resolve for an amendment
of the Constitution for districting the State for
the election of Senator's.
The report of Comeerttee of Conference,
notifying the House thss they had not been
able to agree upon bill relating to Savings
Banks, was taken up, and the whole matter
was indefinitely postponed-70 to 6S
State Farm tn Westboyo' The resolve in
favor of the State Farm at Westboro' appro-
priating $4,000 for experiments in farming,
came up. MIR. c. Hale moved TO amend it by
providing that none of this amount should be
expended in experiments requiring further
appropriations.
A very long debate ansued between Messrs.
Hale. Taft of Worcester, Devereax of Salem,
Rice of Westboro', Brayton OF Fall River,
Walker of Roxbury, Parsons of Ludlow, Sc
yer of Boston, Briggs of Pittsfeld. and others.
The amendment was adopted, "a to AZ. The
resolve was then passed to be engrossed.
Passed to be E9grossed-Bills concerning
| the Fitchburg Railroad Co. in relation to
the assessment of taxes in Lynn in 1853 and
1884, to aid in the establishment OF an Agri-
cultural Department in Westfeld cademy /;
| to incorporate the Chebacco Library Associa-
ton altering the boundary line between the
| towns Of Cambridge and Somerville ; i'll rela-
ton to the rights of children, under guardi-
| anship, to attend Public Schools.
| Mr.. Briggs of Pit'sield offered an order that
! the auditor be authorized to audit the account
for indexing the House journals monthly.
Mr.. Hale asked that it lie over. Mr.. Briggs
moved suspension of the rules. A debate
ensued, in the course of which 1t came out
that the resolve for the performance of this
work had been materially changed from the
| form in tohich 1t passed the House.
Or its passage, Mr.. Brooks of Worcester
moved to limit the expense to $4,000, But as
the resolve passed, this limitation was put in
to affect merely the preparation of the index.
leaving the catalogue to cost an indefinite
amount. After this development, the order
was permitted to lie over.
This exposure of tactics created some sensa-
ton in the House.