Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-01-14
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
w EDNESDAN,
HoUsE-Continued.


HoUsE-Continued
Afternoon SeSSionS.-The order offered yes
terday by Mr.. Hinckley of Barnstable, came
up, and after an amendment, was adopted as
amended. The order now reads as follows
| Ordered, That 1.-THE Senate concurring) on
and after Monday, Jan. II, the daily sessions
of the Senate and House of Representatives
shall commence at 2 o'clock p. NJ, except on
| Saturdays, when they shall commence at IL
| A. M, and that the several joint aud standing
committees having business before them shall
meet not later than 10 A. NJ, except on Satur-
| days, until all matters referred to them shall
have been considered and reported upon.
| Election of U. S. Senator.-At II o'clock,
| Mr.. Lothrop of Boston, called for the special
assignment, being the election of United
| States Senator
| The House then proceeded to vote uica uoce,
with the following result:
| Whole number of votes 235
Necessary to a choice, 11S
Henry Wilson had 1879
Caleb Cushing, rs
Amos A. Lawrence,
b. +. Butler, 2
| And Henry Wilson was declared elected
Only five members were absent.
| Messrs. Barker of Milford, Benjamin of Egg
remont, Brimblecom of Barre, Caldwell OF
Charlestown, Fuller of Whateley, Gage OF
| Westfield, Griffin of Boston, Hatch of Boston,
| Hayden of Medford, Howard of Randolph,
Lawrence of Charlestown, Lewis of Boston,
McCarty of West Roxbury Miner of Gran
vile, Parmenter of Boston, Pattee of Boston
Pratt of Worcester, Pray of Charestown, Ri
ley of Boston, Seamens of Springfield, Spot
ford of Newburyport, Stearns of Chicopee
| Tucker of Boston, Upton of Salem, Walker Of
| Braintree, voted for Caleb Cushing
Bryant of Roxbury, Durham of Cohasset,
| Colt Of Pittsfield, Fuller of Melrose, Hall Of
Boston, johnson of Adams, Parsons of Brook
line, Sumner of Great Darlington Wilton Of
Boston, voted for Amos A. Lawrence.
Gushing of Newburyport, and French Of
Lawrence, voted for B. F. Butler.
THURSDAY, Jan. 13.
SENATE
Mr.. Fabens of Essex, presented the report
of the joint special committee on Charitable
Institutions of the Legislature of 1858, and on
his motion it was laid on the table, and two
thousand copies ordered to be printed.
Petitions Presented and Retered-Of the
Springfield and Pennington Valley Railroad
for extension of time; of Henry W. Benchley
and others, for an act of incorporation, to be
called the Income Insurance Company.
NorWich and Worcester Railroad Sinking
Fund.-The commissioners upon the Sinking
Fund of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad
| plSSSlllSu d lOpOIl Liz diuOullb Vi lllc SILK
ing fund ON the 3lst of December, 1858, was
| 81, $50 IS, invested as follows Notes anc
mortgages, $4,000; loan to a County in the
Commonwealth, $4,000; cash in Granite
| Bank, Boston, $3.50 IS. The accrued interes
on the fund is $7S5, making the total $42,
316 60.
| The Sergeant.at-Arnls Resolces.-On motion
of Mr.. Parker of Norfolk, the resolutions il
regard to the retiring Sergeant-at-Arms, were
taken from the table.
Mr.. Branning of Berkshire, spoke agains
the resolutions. The State had provided tina
the Sergeant-at-Arms should have residence
near the State House. and there was no reason
to justify taking that residence away from thu
proper officer. He was opposed to establish
ing psecedent of making presents to retiring
officers, who, if they performed their duties
did it only as duty, and received prope
equivalent established by law.
Mr. Hotchkiss of Franklin, opposed tn,
passage of the resolutions.
Mr.. Boynton of Suffolk, said it would b.
hard for the Legislature to require Mr.. Steven
to Immediately vacate the house he occupied
MIR. Parker Of Worcester, made an energeti,
appeal in favor of extending the courtesy in
volved in the passage of the resolutions. HI
said no other such case could come before tn
Senate, and it was perfectly just and right.
Mr.. Branning of Berkshire again oppose,
the resolves MT caring whether he should b.
called "niggard" for so doing.
The first two resolves were adopted. TIL
yeas and nays were called for on the third re
solve, for the payment Of 500 to Mr.. Morris
sey, and it was rejected by the following vote
Yeas--Messrs. Boynton, Brooks w. I, Davis Ia
bens Field, French, Goddard Odiorne 0sgood u
| i. Parker II. q. Parker, Phelps, Rich, Robinson
SawiD, Simmons, Tilton-17
Nays.-Alessrs. Atwood Bacon, Bagg, Bigelow
Branning, Cornell, Daggett, q L. Davis, X. T. Do
Morton, Peck, Waker-lS.
Yeas II, nays 49, absent B.
Mr.. Frost of Suffolk moved for reconsid
Grafton of the vote on the resolve in relation 4
the SergeantatArms. Placed in the order
of the day.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Petitions, 8c--Of Boston and Worceste
Railroad, to extend time for changing road q
Aaron ID. Williams ct al, to set otfa new tow
from Roxbury of Stony Brook Railroad, I
extend their road into Lowell and to max
contracts with other roads of Tufts College
for an appropriation in aid of said college c
Sawin Leland, for change Of boundary lin
between Holliston and Milford
Ordered, on motion Of Mr.. Stearns of Chico
pee, that SO much Of the Governors Message a
relates to criminal costs, ascertain, If possible
what proportion of the costs in the sewers
counties for the year 1866, arose from the a
tempts to enforce the liquor law.