Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-14
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURES.

MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE s
MONDAY Jan. u.
SENATE Ordered, that two hundred and
fifty additional copies of the Adjutant Gen
erals report be printed
message was received from the Governor,
transmitting the report Of the trustees of the
State Lunalic Hospital, and accompanying
reports of the officers of that institution. Laid
on the table and ordered to be printed.
The committee on returns of votes for SEN
ators, reported. Report accepted.
Adjourned.
HOUSE, Petition Presented- of James
Dana and other citizens of Charlestown, for
relief for the families of the late Scion H.
Tenney and Galen G. Walker, Warden and
Deputy Warden of the State Prison. Laid
on the table to await the appointment of the
Committees.
Messrs. Wood of Middleboro', Twiss of
Worcester, Fitch of Sheffield, Smith of Bos-
ton, and Stevens of Beverly, were added to
the Senate committee appointed to consider
what reference should be made Of the various
portions of the Governors Address.
The annual report of the Pilot Commits.
sioners was received and ordered to be print
ed.
Orders ofthe aay.-These were then taken
up, the first business being the order of Mr..
1'NA'OA Va OootOHS lOA bii' supply VI
books to the members, the question being on
reconsidering the vote whereby the order was
passed.
Mr.. Nelson favored his order. Mr.. Swift
of Boston opposed it. Mr.. Johnson of Abing-
ton spoke to the same effect
Messrs. Wood of Hopkinton, and Hyde of
Newton, opposed the order.
The yeas and nays were ordered, and the
vote being taken, the motion to reconsider
prevailed yeas 232, nays 48.
Mr.. Chase of Lynn, moved to amend by
striking out of the order the words Boston
Almanac" american Almanac" "Cush-
ing's Almanac" and Massachusetts Regis
ter" This amendment made the order apply
only to "Hale's Reports for 1856"
The entire order was then rejected.
Mr.. Marble of Boston, offered an order re-
questing the Committee on the Judiciary to
consider the expediency of so amending the
Constitution, as to provide that no legal voter
who shall change his place of residence from
one town to another within the same juris-
diction, shall lose his right to vote for nation
al or state officers by reason OF six months
residence in the town to which he moves
The order was laid on the table,
Mr.. King of Roxbury, presented a memo
rial from w. E. p. Haskell, late Clerk of the
House, praying for investigation into the
charges of His Excellency, the Governor,
made against the petitioners action liz the
matter OF indexing the journals and papers of
the House. Mr.. Haskell denies the right of
the Governor to interfere in this matter, and
states that the charges as to the progress of
the work are unfounded.
On motion of Mr.. King, the memorial was
ordered to be referred tc a special committee
of three.
The annual reports Of the expenses of the
State Treasurels Office, and Of the Commits
sioners Of the sinking fund of the Western
Railroad, were received and ordered to be
printed. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, Jan. 10.
SENATE.-Mr. Mixter from the committee
on returns of votes for State officers, submit
ted final report, which was accepted.
Mr.. Whitney of Worcester, moved an or
der that when the vote for Senator was taken,
it should be viva voce vote.
Mr.. Clark of Suffolk, opposed the order
n considerable earnestness.
Mr.. Brakenridge Of Hampshire, favored the
order. He desired to have his own vote re-
corded
Mr.. White of Middlesex hoped the order
would pass; he desired to have the uiva voce
mode Of election here adopted, that constitu-
ents might know exactly what their repre-.
sentauves were doing The order was further
advocated by Messrs. Usher of Middlesex,
Hoar of Worcester, and Warner of Hamp-
| shire.
The vote being taken, the order was adopt
ed. but one vote being cast in the negative.
Mr.. Mlxter of Worcester. offered the petit
ton Of the Essex Company, Lawrence, for
the repeal of the first section Of the act en-
titled an act for the preservation of fish the
Merrimac River, passed June 6, 1856. Re-
ferred to a joint special committee, consisting
Of two on the part of the Senate.
At IL o'clock, the time assigned for the
choice Of U. s. Senator on the part of the
Senate, the clerk proceeded to call the roll oil
members, in accordance with the order adopt
ed. The result Of the vote was as follows =
For CHARLES SUMNER, of Boston, 40
f, and he was declared unanimously elected.
After notifying the House and Council Of
| the election, the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE.-rhe Speaker appointed the Special
Committee on the memorial Of Mr.. Haskell
to consist Of Messrs. King of Rsxbury, Hud.
son Of Lexington, and Bradbury of Boston.
On motion Of Mr.. Schouler Of West Cam.
bridge, the amendments to the Constitution
! passed BY the last Legislature were ordered ia
De printed Tor the use Of the House.
report was received from the Adiutant
GENERAL, covering the expenses Of his office for
the past year. Laid OK the table, and ordered
TO be printed. The Auditor Report was alsc
received and disposed OF in the same manner.
/ Messrs. Prescott OF Salem, and Batcheller
OF Sutton by leave Of the House, stated that
they were unavoidabiy absent ON Friday
last, when the House voted for a United states
Senator, but had they boon present they
rhould have cast their votes for Hon. Charles