Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-04-29
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURES.

tee on Probate ana Chanceiy reported bill
to establish the salaries of judges and regis
tiers Of probate named therein. The bill pro-
vides that the salary of the Judge of probate
for MiddleseX county shall be $1,000; Suf-
folk, Essex and Worcester, $1,000 each; Brs.
toll $500; Barnstable 1925; Berkshire $500 ;
Norfolk $3.50; Hampden $500. For register of
probate for Suffolk county, $2500; Worces-
ter $500; Middlesex $4,000; Plymouth $500;
Bristol 5000; Barnstable $575; Berk shire
$3.50; Norfolk $1,000 The above salaries to
commence on the first day of July.
The consideration of the bill relating to
imprisonment for debt, was resumed.
Several amendments were proposed and
adopted, and several others rejected. The
bill, as amended, was then ordered to a third
reading.
The blu to discontinue crossing, at grade,
upon the Warren Bridge, was amended, and
then the bill was ordered to third reading.
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, April %.
SBNATE.-Reuben Whitcomb and others
petltioned for the establishment of a Deaf
and Dumb Asylum in this State
The House discussed briefly the order Of
fered yesterday by Mr.. Bradbury of Boston,
"That the legislative week commencing Mon
day, May 4, shall be considered the last week
of the present session." A substitute was Of
fered by Mr.. johnson of Dana, fixing the 10th
as the day of adjournment, when the whole
subject was almest unanimously laid on the
table.
The special assignment, the bill in aid of the
Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company, was
further assigned for Friday at IL o'clock, to
accommodate the legislative committee and
others, on visit to the Tunnel
Tho hill 10 o,,fh
sioners of Essex County to borrow 1856, 900,
in addition to the debt they are now anthor-
lied to contract, for the purpose of erecting
and completing q court house at Lawrence,
was discussed at length.
The subject of the State Printing was taken
up, and Mr.. A. j. Wright argued in favor OF
the continuance of the contract with Mr..
White. Mr.. Schouler of West Cambridge,
offered an amendment, giving tbs contract to
Mr.. j. S. Potter. Pending the discussion the
House adjourned until afternoon.
The reports relative to the removal of Judge
Loring were assigned for Tuesday next.
The various reports on Banking were taken
from the table and placed in the orders of the
day.
The motion to reconsider the vote whereby
the Senate accepted the report leave to with
draw on the petition of the Western Avenue
Railroad Company, was rejected-5 to l6.
The resolve on petition of Sidney Bartlett was
passed to be engrossed.
The amendment of the Constitution relative
to suffrage was taken up, and Mr.. Turner of
Norfolk moved to substitute for the PROPOSE
ton of the Committee (two years after nat
uralization), the original fourteen years
amendment. He proceeded to make an ar /.
gument in its support.
MIR. Breckenridge opposed the fourteen
years proposition, and advocated continu-
alton of the policy which had prevailed in
former years.
Mr.. Usher took the floor, and complained
OF the course which had been taken in admit.
ting the tive years proposition. He held that
the proposition which came from the Legisla :
ture last year must be accepted or rejected,
and that it could not be superseded by new
one. He protested against the decision, though
he had no desire to appeal from it.
The Chair replied that so far as he was
concerned, he should prefer to have the Sem
ator appeal than leave the matter as he had.
Should be appeal he could make known the
reasons which had aetuated him in coming to
the decision he had in regard to the matter.
Mr.. Turner'S amendment - the fourteen
years propositon---w was rejected by IA yeas to
IL nays, and the original resolve--the two
years proposition ordered to second read
ing by yeas Is, nays Ii.
HOUSE,. Mr.. Brooks Of Princeton, fpresi.
dent of the Worcester Agricultural Society. !
received leave Of absence for the rest of the
session. on account of farm duties demanding
his oversight.