New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-02
FROM BOSTON.
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BOSTON March >, 1898.

BOSTON, March D. io'o'
Tie Legs ature Of TIL, State sdJourned> "a oatur-
day evening alter i essol of Il days or g. "ors-
re DAYS The number Of Acts passed Is -. re-
solves. 44-all of which were officially appry, II.
he state tax for the present year is s 5a9I,
Last wear II was S9C0,UOO The county taxes have
been reduced $50 900 or $1,000 The appropris.
tons for the year amount 10 Sl.O03.2 2I5. agsin.t
ue4rl, 81 $50 G last year. The estimated ordinary
reyrrue il 81. 7!2. Add the state tax. and there
vii be surplus tf S79,J63. The State ls rapid,
recovering nom lis tOree years debauch.
Among the most lmpottaat nets passed are these:
the SCI 10 establish better sy.tem of administering
the finances: the act paying members of the Legs.
lsture fixed salary; the act relating 10 the crime
Of murder. (of which spoke in my iast-mahng
two degrees of that crime, Furnishing the Srst d.
gree by death ard the second by Imprisonment for
lie. and changing the burden of proof); the act
abo.hng The ourts of Probate ana Insolvency ani
making new Court, giving the Governor the sp-
pointment of thirteen new Judges; the Sc, to
Increase the amount ofspecie in the Commor-
W. alth the act estahish system of trial
ius,ices (selecting some 200 ont of the $3.50
Justlces OF the Peace now in commission and gislng
them jurisdiction in criminal cases: the act com
pellipg the larger attendance at school of children
employed in manufacturing establishments; the act
10 suppress lager bier saloons; the act concerning
the State Liquor Agency, providing that the liquors
sold to town agents shall be anal zed the act re-
ducug the militia, and aboshing one of the train.
incs; the act allowing the President and Fellows Of
Harvard College to resign their trusts concerning
Theological Education and the maintenance OF the
Theological SchOol-that is, severlDg the connection
between the College and the Divinity SCHOOL, the act
amending the Personal Liberty Bill; the act chaug-
ing the Board of Insurance Commissioner, reduc-
ing the number to two.
The 10th, Iitb, 10Th, 18th and 14th sections of
tbe Personal Liberty bill Of lo71 are repealed The
following new sections, however, are enacted:
SECTION No person holding sny Judicial Office under the
Circuit of the United States shall hold any Judicial Office
under Constitution and Laws of this Commonwealth except
that Justice of tine Peace shall any Justice o. he fea
Lie bodbs the of Cormissoner Of the United STATES
Circuit Court have ngthorty to grant any "as or % i-ne
Try any civil or criminal un' tue laws ot'
The p nstie. pre- ,cribed by the fifteenth an iIeenh
sections four hundred and eighty noth chspter o the ts
b zrIeen hundred and htiy i've 'ha noi Apply u any
al Of military obedieLce a1d uhordnation performed by
ofl..I 0. private OF te militia OF the Commonwealth
Mr.. Andrew moved, and the House at first voted,
TO add another section declaring that no person who
shall act as counsel for any claimant for an alleged
fugitive from service. in the prosecution of his
claim under the law of 1850, shall be competent Ia
appear as counsel in the Courts of the State. Mr..
Andrew took the ground that il was the duty of the
State to prohibit its attorneys from defrauding the
State Courts of their jurisdiction in cases OF per-
sOual liberty by appearing before the tribunals set
ND by the Fugitive Slave Act. The House agreed
with him. but the Senate did not, and by coalition
Of avOwcd PrO-Slayeryites and conservative Repub-
licans the House msde to recede On the final
vote there only ten majority for reccdlng A
very large majority of the Republicans desired that
the law of lcJJ should remain stringent ever.
And alter al the change is not great, though it was
wrong to make any concession. There il prscti-
cay no change IN the penalties on the militia, and
the change in the section relating TO Justices is not
of any practical importance, aud seems TO have
been made "! oily for the benefit of Mr.. Chapman
Of Springfield who is Commissioner and a Justice
of the Peace and therefore volatOr OF the Law ot
1853. He is now relieved, for he is not Justice
who grants warrants there being Police Court IN
his place of residence.
The project of an extra session was rejected, but
the Legislature voted that the Commissioners on
the codifcation of the statutes should finish their
work on the 3lst of December and report to the
next Legislature The Commissioners are very
m popular and oDe of them-Mr. RchnOnd-s
not believed to be competent for the important duty
he has undertaken.
Resolves were passed cOndemning the l.ecOmp-
ton project and the bred Scott decision. Mr..
Cushing spoke on BOTH but not very much to the
point. On the last-named subject, he was cut off
by the interposition of personal vranGl" and wa,
not to blame for declining to take up the tune OF
the House to the exclusion of Others lie slis-
tanned the Presidents policy on Lecompton, aud
said il was best to introduce the State at once
without further scrutiny Of its Constitution except
TO ascertain that its form was republican. II the
people did not like it, they could change it immed
ately, and adopt the Topeka or any other Constu-
ton. Mr. Andrew asked him why he did not go
for the same policy when the people asked to be
admitted under the Topeka Constitution, and one
branch Of Congress was in favor of that plan He
said nothing in reply, probably because he had
nothing TO say.
John 7. Putnam of Boston is Judge LOrng's sue
cessor in the Probate Office. The appointment is
a popular one. Gideon Haynes Of Walthan is ap-
pointed Warden of the State Prison, in place of
Mr Porter. don't know but Mr.. Haynes wiu be
as good an oRcer as Mr. Porter but his talents for
administration are yet TO b. tried. He is an init
mate personal and political friend OF the Governor,
and is liked and spoken well of BY those who know
lin well.