Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-01-26
MASSACHUSETTS, LEGIsLATURE.
MONDAY, Jan. %, 1868.

Senate met al IL O'Clock.


Judge Loriag.-Mr. Earle, of Worcester
presented the petition of p. L. Moen and %
others Of Worcester, for the removal of judge
Loring, and moved its reference to the Judi
ciary Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Bailey, of Worcester, it
was laid on the table.
Similar papers from the House were laid on
the table.
1t was ordered that the Committee on the
reduction of the number of public officers be
instructed to consider the expediency Of abol-
lshlng the office of Overseers of the Houses of
Correction, and imposing their duties upon
the County Commissioners.
communication was received from the
Auditor giving the cost of the publication of
the Registration Of the Marriages. Births, and
Deaths in the Commonwealth for the wears
1854, 3, 6, and Z. In 1854 it was Si045.
In 1855, $2742 40. In 1856, 1851 81. In
1901, Sll,0 On motion of Mr. Metcaif,
OF worcester, Tie communication was laid on
the table and ordered to be printed.
1t was ordered that the Committee on Rail
ways and Canals consider the expediency of
amending the 4th section cf acts of lS45.
chapter 1911, regulating The use of railroads,
The section, as it stands, provides that the
compensation of the Railroad Commissioners
appointed by the Supreme Court shall be paid
by the corporations interested in the cases be-
fore them
Mr. Earle of Worcester, presented the Pc
tition OF Joseph w. Mason and thirteen 9TH
ers OF Worcester, for the removal of Judge
Loring' 1t was laid on the table.
Mr. Ellis, from the Committee on Mercan-
tile Affairs and Insurance, to whom was com.
mitted the report of tire Commissioners on
Loan and Fund Associations, reported that
Loan and Fund Associations are in the opina
ion of the committee, a species of banking
institutions, and therefore recommend thGt
said report be transferred to the Committee
on Banks and Banking. The committee was
therefore discharged from the further consid.
Grafton OF the subject, and the report trans
ferred as suggested.
AT quarter of l o'clock the Senate adj
journed.
HOUSE.
Orders Adopted.-Fhat the Judiciary Com.
mlttee consider if further legislation is needed
IN relation to female convicts that the Judi
CARY Committee consider if further egisla-
uon is necessary in reference to the inspection
OF steam boilers; that the Auditor state the
cost OF newspapers furnished to members dur.
ing the last five years also, the cost of all
works furnished during the same period. other
than those printed for the use of members Z:
that the Committee on Probate and Chancery
inquire if further legislation is needed TO pro-
vide for jurisdiction over the estates of iGsol-
vent persons, on the decease of the commits
sioner of insolvency before whom any case
under the insolvent laws may be pending at
the time OF his decease that the Judiciary
Committee consider the expediency of repeal
ing or amending the ID section, chapter $40,
acts OF 1868, entitled an act for the equaliza-
ton of taxes, so far as relates to taking an
oath at the close of the valuation list
The bill to amend the l4th section of the
18TH chapter Of the Revised Statutes (relat-
ing to complaints brought before Justices of
the Peace,) was slightly amended and passed
to third reading.
The next matter was the biz concerning
the branches to be taught in our public
schools.
Mr.. Fry, of Bolton, moved its indefinite
postponement He thought legislation on
the matter of school teaching entirely fu-
tile.
Messrs. Mann of Stoughton, Marble of See.
konk, Bushnell of Templeton, Temple of
birmingham, and Prescott of Salem, favored
the bill.