Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-01-20
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
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SENATE.

monwealth.
BY Mr. Odiorne of Suffolk, that the Com
mittee on Banks and Banking consider the ex-
pediency of amending the general laws relating
to banking institutions, so that no person can
establish banks unless by special permission Of
the Legislature.
Committees appointed President ap
pointed Messrs Metcalf of Worcester, Fisher
of Norfolk, and Norton of Middlesex, the Com
mittee on Leave of Absence, under the order
of Mr.. Metcalf of Worcester.
The President appointed the following com
mittees on the part of the Senate, on the sew
eral portions of the Governors address:
County Expenditures Supervision of County AT
fairs, Criminal Costs, Cost of the Superior Court OF
the County of Suffolk, Indexing of Deeds, Time OF
Payment of Costs in Courts of Insolvency Messrs.
Robinson of Berkshire, Walker of Hampden, and
Parker of Worcester
Salaries of Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court
Statute establishing Degrees in the crime of Murder
assessment of Poll Taxes, tenure of office and divis
ion of powers of Justices of the Peace Tax on Com
missioners, fixed Saaries-Messrs. Field of WOrces-
ter, Ossgood of Essex, and French of Norfolk.
Revision of Statute Laws-Messrs Walker of
Hampden, Butler of Middlesex, Browning of Berk-
shire, Simmons of Plymouth, and 0diorne of Suf
folk.
Persons of Foreign Birth, power of Commander
ln-Chef over Military, the demand and surrender OF
Fugitives of Justce-Messrs. Branning of Berkshire
and Daggett of Bristol
Hancock Estate-Messrs. Parker of Norfolk and
Rich of Suffolk
Back Bay Lands-Messrs. Conn of NIiddlesex and
Sawin of Plymouth
Financial Affars-Messrs Boynton of Suffolk
Conn of MiddleseX, and Daggett of Bristol.
Agriculture-Mess Goddard of Franklin and
Daggett of Bristol.
Manufactures-Messrs Knight of Hampshire and
Davis of Essex
Hospitals, State Almshouses and other charities
Messrs. Davis of Bristol and Bigelow of Worcester.
State Prison, Jails and Houses of Correction
Messrs, Parker of Worcester and Evans of Essex.
Militia-Messrs. Butler of AIiddleseX and Parker
of Norfolk.
Bridges within the Commonwealth-Messr Luce
of the Island District and Norton of 1Iiddlesex.
Currency and Banks-Messrs. Sawin of Plymouth
and Knight of Hampshire.
Common Schools, Increase of School Fund, Mu-
scum of Natural Hstory-AIessrs. Davis of Ply
mouth and Peck of Worcester.
Public Lands in Maine-Messrs. Luce of the Is
land District and Frost of Suffolk
Engrossment of Bills-MessTs. Davis of Plymouth,
Parker of Norfolk and Atwood of the Cape Dis
trict
Adjourned.
PetitionS-Of Calvin Cutler and others, of
Warren, for the enactment of a law relative to
the safety of Public Building; of the General
School Committee of Grafton, for its portion
of the general school fund, which was with
held through alleged intormality memorial OF
the Mass. Society for the Promotion of Agri-
culture; the Mass. Horticultural Society, of
the American Academy of Art, and of the
Boston Society Of Natural History, suggesting
the printing of Harris's Insects of New Eng
land of sundry parties for Deaf and Dumb
Asylum.
On motion of Mr.. Burrill, of West Bridge
water, it was ordered that the Committee on
the Judiciary inquire into the expediency of
passing general law confirming and equaliz-
ing the taxes in the several cities and towns
wherein no illegaity exists, except in the
amount OF poll taxes, and stating the amount
at which the poll taxes shall be hereafter asses
sed, when such cities and towns shall vote a
sum OF money for making and repairing high
ways, and order that the same shall be asses
sed and collected as other town charges.
Sundry other orders of inquiry were offered
and adopted.
Mr.. Shaw, from the Committee on Railways
and Canals, reported resolve increasing the
stock Of the Metropolitan Railroad.
BY the same, resolve extending the time
for the alteration of portion of the line of
said railroad.
Reports of inexpedient to legislate were
made by the Committee on the Judiciary, ON
several subjects referred to them.
The Speaker announced the following Com
mittees as being Joined to the Senate Com
mittees on the several portions of the Govern
or's address
Committees appointed. following joint
committees were appointed by the Speaker, in
concurrence with the Senate:
On Federal Relations-Messrs Rice of Worcester
Borden fNew Bedford, Kimball OF Hayerhill, Grit
lin of Boston, and Lowell of Weymouth.
On the Comfy Seat of Berkshire County-Messrs
chamberlain of Chelsea Chamberlain of New Bed
ford, Mclean of Plymouth Hathaway of Marble
head, and Beall of Weymouth.
On County Matters-Messrs. Wentworth of Low
ell, Cushing OF Newburyport, Arnold of Northamp-
ton, Warrington of RoXbury, Rutter of Waltham
Fox of Taunton and Clark of Winchester.
On Judicial Matters-Messrs. Wrightington of Fall
River, Peabody of Lynn, Ham of Natick, Walker of
Bralntree, fllley of Lanesborough, Dowse of Sher-
born, and Hall of Boston.
On the Revision of the Statutes-Messrs Walker of
Pittsfeld, Merrill of Boston, Wells of Greenfield,
Gushing ofNewburyport, Sumner of Great Barring
ton Gllln OF Maiden, Norcross of Fitchburg, ohm
son of Abingdon, and Lathrop of Boston,
On the Back Bay-NIessrs. Shepard of Somerville,
Rice of Newton, Colt ofPttsield, Tolman of Wor-
cester, and Potter of Fall River.
On the Financial Affairs of the Commonwealth
Messrs himball of Boston, Colt of Pittsfeld, Par
sons Of Brookline, Chase of Salem, Wilcox of
Springfield, Morton of Quincy, and Miller of Cole
ralne, (beng the Finance Committee of the House)
On the Purchase of the Hancock House-Messrs.
Upham of Salem, Hatch of Boston, Crafts Of Water
town, Clifford of New Bedford, and Sproat of Taun-
ton.
Adjourned
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10.
SENATE.
Mr. Odiorne, Of Suffolk, from the Railway
Committee, reported an "act to amend an act
to secure the safety of passengers at railway
crossings"
An order was adopted, on motion of Mr. But
Ter, of Middlesex, that the Committee on
County Expenditures inquire into the expe-
diency OF providing by law, that no debt be
incurred by any County, in the annual taxa
ton, unless the matter be submitted, for APP
prevail to the popular vote of such County.
Also, ordered, that the Judiciary Committee
consider whether further legislation is neces-
sary in regard to Loan Fund Associations.
A petition from the House. from citizens of
berkshire, that the shire of that County be
changed from Lenox to Pittsfeld, elected a
warm discussion, in which the two Berkshire
Senators were pitted against each other, but
the House reference to a select committee was
agreed to.
Various other papers from the other branch
were acted upon in concurrence.
The Committee on Manufactures having re-
ported leave TO withdraw on the petition of the
Middlesex Manufacturing Company, because
the petition had not been published in the pa
pers, as required by law, Gen. Butler moved
the recommitment of the petition, with instruc-
ton to inquire into the merits of the objects OF
the same. After very warm discussion, in
which Gen. Butler denied the justice of limit.
ing petitioners by any such act as that of 1857
the recommitment was carried, after speeches
by Messrs. Branning, d. +, Parker, and others
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Petitions were presented from Weymouth
Abingdon, and various other towns, for the
passage of law that no fugitive slave shall be
taken from Massachusetts.
A petition was presented and referred, il
favor of the Wesleyan Academy, also for al
Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb.
On the motion Of Mr.. Rice, of Worcester, al