Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-05-01
MASSACHUSETTS LEGIsLATURE.
SRvArE-Atteraoon Session.

CENAIE-aA Jtefgf00l1 SESSION.
The bill granting the Bank of North
America additional capital to tho anonnt of
| $5oo,000, was rejected by vote of II to
| Is.
The House bill relating to the trustee pro-
cess came up, the question being on an
amendment reported by the Judiciary Com
mlttee to strike out the 9th section, provid.
ing that the agent or part owner of vessel
may appear as trustee. The amendment pre-
vailed, and the bill, as amended, was ordered
TO be engrossed.
Adjourned
HoUsE-Atternoon Session.
The House resumed the consideration of
the bill to exempt from levy on execution the
homestead of householder.
Messrs. Nose of Springfield, Russell of
Boston, Parker of Worcester, and others,
discussed the provisions of the bill, which are
very lengthy and complicated The question
directly before the House was on the adoption
of substitute for the bill reported by the
committee, proposed by Mr. E. Wright,
of Boston.
The substitute was rejected, and the bill
was ordered to be engrossed by vote of 1873
to 81.
The bill to repeal an act to incorporate
towns and cities into mutual fire insurance
companies. at their election, was ordered to a
third reading.
THURSDAY, April 80.
sENATE.-Mr. Taft of Worcester, moved
the reconsideration of the vote whereby the
vote OF the Senate yesterday indefinitely
postponed the Major General question and
the yeas aud nays being taken, the Senate re-
fused to reconsider by a vote of to 20.
The Committee on Education were in
structed to consider of the publication and
distribution Of Prot. Hitchcock's Geological
report on the Sandstone of the Connecticut
Valley.
The following bills and resolves were
passed to be engrossed:
10 incorporate the town of Massapoisett
in tayor of the hospital at Rainsford Island
TO increase the capital stock of the Pittsfeld,
Housatonic, Hampshire, Manufacturers, and
Agawam Banks; relating to the trustee
process.
The further consideration of the proposed
amendments to the Constitution in relation
to the rights of suffrage-fourteen years VS..
two years-was postponed to next Wednes-
day.
The Committee on Prisons, to whom was
referred the petition of Hannah >. Jones,
widow of ID. S. Jones, late Warden Of the
State Prison, for an appropriation, reported
'leave to withdraw on the same.
HOUSE. The City Bank of Worcester petit
uohea Ior SlO0,00O increase OF capital.
A bill was reported and Immediately passed
to be engrossed, changing the Ftchburg Com
mon Pleas term of the LIST Monday in June to
the I'd Monday of August.
A resolve was reported appropriating $4,000
for buildings for the Dudley Indians, and au-
thorizing the removal of the vicious and idle
among them to the State Almshouse.
A report was also made of insxpedient to
abolish the law of limited partnerships.
An order was offered by Mr.. Hudson of
Lexington, providing that on and after next
Monday, the House should meet at 9 A. M,
was discussed, and, after amendment, by
abolishing the limit of the afternoon session,
was adopted by vote of 1903 to %.
The bill in relation to the interest of money
was briefly discussed, and almost unanimously
rejected.
The House then discussed.the bill concern
ing citizenship and personal freedom, and ad-
| journed to 2 p. m.