Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-02-06
MASSACHUSETTS LEGIsLATURE.

SENATE.-Mr. Taft of Worcester, from the
Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture.
reported inexpedient on an order providing
for an inquiry into the matter of the cultiva.
ton Of the sugar cane.
Petition presented and referred Of Charles
A. Stevens ct ais. of Ware, for aid for free
State settlers of Kanzas.
Mr.. Hoar OF Worcester, from the Standing
Committee on the Judiciary, reported on an
order requiring the consideration Of the ex-
pediency OF repeating or modifying chap. 1852
OF the acts OF 1866, relative to the rights and
duties of jurors, repeating said act.
The bill in addition to an act to establish
the city of New Bedford and the bill to con-
tinue in force an act to incorporate the New
buryport Mutual Fire Insurance Co was
passed to be engrossed.
The bill to incorporate the Boston Kanzas
Co. passed to third reading.
The discussion on the bill concerning con-
victs committing murder, was resumed by Mr.
Usher of Middlesex who defended the pres
ent law with much earnestness.
Mr.. Turner of Norfolk, said he disagreed
entirely with the senator from Middlesex. 10
the false and pernicious public sentiment
which screens The criminal, and forgets other
interest, the speaker charged the increase of
crime in our midst.
1t now being half-past twelve, the Senate
proceeded to the hall of the House to meet
in convention, for the purpose of filling vacan.
cies in the Board Of Overseers Tor Harvard
College.
HOUSE, Petitions Presented and Referred.
OfC. 5. B. Spear and others, for an Asylum
for Inebriates of g. F. Stetson and of sun
dry other parties, for Kanzas aid from Stock
bridge, Rochester, Hatfield, Northampton,
Hopkinton, ShreW sbury, and Westford of
the Quincy Stone Bank and of the Cape Cod
Bank for increase of capital of the Barre
and North Brookfeld RAILROAD, for amend
ment of charter, and that the town of Brook
held, in its corporate capacity, may subscribe
to the stock of said road.
Mr.. Russell of Boston, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported that it was inexpedient
to egislate on the order relative to the dis.
qualification of witnesses because of religious
opinions.
Orders Adopted.-To consider the expedien.
cy of allowing Savings Banks to loan money
on railroad stocks; Of so amending the Con-
stitution as to provide for the election of Judg-
es OF Probate by the people of defining the
powers OF County Commissioners in laying out
roads at grade crossings over existing rail.
roads, and the liabilities of towns in being
chargeable with the expense of bridging the
same.
The unfinished debate on the resolves re-
lRting to the indexes and papers of the House
was resumed by Mr.. Baker of Medford, who
spoke IN opposition 10 the report of the Com
mittee.
Mr.. Baker took up the details of service as
rendered by Mr.. Haskell and showed that
there were Sundays counted as working DAYS
that he had only, by his own showing work
ed rs "a days, and that he had claimed 100
+ working days on oath; and that he had care
fully split up day into three quarters in or
der to round certain sum. He also charged
the committee with putting extenuatDg sem
timents into the mouth of Mr.. Haskell which
he himself did not not use and concluded
that his claims had no constitutional basis
that they had no authority in precedent that
they were estoped by the arguments of the
committee themselves and that they ought
not to be allowed.
Board Of O0erseers of HARVARD College.-At
half-past IL the Senate and House met in
convention for the purpose of making choice
of six officers to fill the vacancies existing in
the Board of Overseers of Harvard College.
The vote was as follows:'
TofH the VacaHey.eaassd by taeIDeesass Of Samuel
HOdr.
Whole number Of ballots.
Necessary for ctoice. ................161
lockwood Hoar Of Concord (Unitarian) had. .31s
=
For III. Full Term.
Francis Bassett Of Boston (Unitarian). ...30s
Daniel NJ. Dewey Of WiiamstOwn (Jrthodox)3lO
William Mitchell OF Nantucket (Friend). ..3l8
Lorenzo l.. Thayer Of Maiden (Methodst). 1909
John Wayland Of Roxbury Orthodox. ....s07
And they were declared duly elected.
The Ladering Qaestioh.-'rhe debate on this
question was resumed, and Mr.. Hale of Bos-
ton, in reference to the claims OF the clerks
who had assisted Mr.. Haskell, suggested that
they ask their pay through a petition to the
House. They had done their work in good
faith, and the generosity of the Legislature
might give them relief AS for Mr.. Haskell,
he would not, by Mr.. Hale's consent got
fraction Of money more than he had got.
Mr.. Fitch of Sheffield spoke in favor Of
justice to the assistant clerks, but he was anx-
ious that the provisions of the constitution
should apply to the affair.
Mr.. King of Roxhnrv roaa N nia.a Tho Ia