Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-02-02
MASSACHUSETTS LEcIsLArURE.

GAlUhDA1s JAN Oh
Order Adopted.-On motion of Mr.. Hoar of
Worcester, that the Committee on Public
Charitable Institutions consider whether any
further legislation is necessary to secure the
more economical support of the Dudley In
dians. The communications relative to the
SUBJECT, before submitted TO the Senate were
taken from the table and referred to the same
committee.
The bill concerning the repeal OF an act
against executors and administrators passed
to a second reading
The bill giving power to the Nashawannoc
Manufacturing Company to increase its capt.
tai stock passed to be engrossed
House. Petitions Presented and Referred,
vi J. Wilder and 26 others for the annexation
OF Wendell to New Salem; of the Shawmut
Bank for $3.50, 900 increase OF capital stock.
orders were adopted for inquiry into the
expectancy OF amending chapter l49 of the
Acts OF lS49, so as to increase to $500 the
amount exempted from taxation on incomes;
INTO the expediency of providing by law a uni
form method OF making election returns; Of
changing the laws concerning tie election
OF selectmen of towns, so that they may be
chosen for term of three years of changing
the laws concerning the election of general
school committees, SO that they may be chosen
tork three years; of requiring or authorizing
towns and cities to cause transcripts or printed
copies OF their ancient records to be made; of
so amending the school laws, that towns OF
hVe hundred families, in which there are in
corporated academies, may be allowed to pro-
vlGe means of education for the benefit Of
such academies, instead Of high schools, as
now required,
Mr.. Baker, from the judiciary Committee,
reported leave to withdraw on the petition of
Ellzar Warner and others, for an alteration
of the divorce laws.
Mr. King Of Roxbury, from the special com.
mittee on the communication of the Governor,
on the matter of indexing the House papers
and journals, reported at length on the sub
Ject, stating that the Governor has confounded
the work of indexing the journals with that
OF completing catalogue of the files, and
supposed that both could be accomplished for
the estimated cost of the first. The commit.
tee, after further reviewing the case in all its
bearings, find that Mr.. Haskell has done all
in his power, faithfully and correctly. and that
the Governors refusal to pay the bills, has
been either based on forgetfnlness of re.
solve passed by the House Feb %, 1856,
whereby further payment (beyond that al
ready made) was authorized, or that he de-
mes the right Of the House alone to pass a re-
solve for the payment of monies. If the first
possibility is correct, the House can rectfy
the oversight Of the ExesqtYe if if the the lat
ter, the committee point to numerous prece-
dents for such action.
In place of being only third done, as
His Excellency states, it is in fact three.
quarters completed, and the committee offer
resolves authorizing the payment to Mr.. Has
kell the sum of $30S 70, i'll addition to the
sum OF $797 which still remains unexpended
out of the former appropriation, also directing
the present clerk to make up the index and
journal up to the close of the last session,
provided the same can be done for $500, and
report.
The resolves were read once and ordered to
be printed.
The report (inexpedient to legislate) of the
joint special committee on the order relative
tie biennial elections, was accepted.
Passed to be EngrOSSed.-Bills concerning
Clerks of County Commissioners to contin-
ne in force the act to incorporate the New
buryport Mutual Fire Insurance Company
resolves concerning the proposed repeal of the
cod fishing bounty.