Worcester daily spy., 1859-09-15
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
TUESDAY, Sept. 13.
EXTRA SESSION.


SENATE.
memorial from Hon. Joel Parker, chair
man of the late commission on the revision of
the statutes, setting forth some explanations of
the action of the commissioners, and com.
menting on the report of the committee was
presented by Mr.. Simmons of Plymouth 1t
was laid on the table and ordered to be print
ed. Judge Parker closes his statement rela-
tive to the labors of the commissioners and
manner in which the report Of the revision
committee had treated them, in the following
language: at may be supposed from the
foregoing statement that the undersigned is
somewhat sensitive upon the subject. He
admits the fact He is not willing that the
labors of himself and his associates for the
term OF three or four years should be regarded,
according to the language of the chairman of
the general committee, merely as materials"
even if they are designated as "valuable mate
rials" for the work of the committee. He is
not satisfied to have it supposed that the result
OF these labors was so defective as to require
thousands of amendments, whether of form or
of substance. And he repels any insinuation,
covert or open, that he has neglected any duty
IN relation to the subject; respectfully submit
ting, that determination to persist in such
course OF amendment, against his remon-
STRANGE, was sufficient reason for his refusal
to proceed farther with the special committee
leaving them to accomplish their own work in
their own way
HOUSE.
Mr.. Rice of Worcester, obtained leave to in
troduce bill providing that the jury term of
the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of
Worcester shall be held on the second Tues
day of April. The term is now by law to be
held on the fourth Tuesday of June Under
suspension of the rules, the bill was passed
to be engrossed.
MIR. Wentworth of Lowell, introduced an
order that the standing committees of the
House, excepting those on finance, payroll,
leave OF absence, and public buildings, be dis
charged The order was debated at length
and rejected.
On motion of Mr.. Wentworth, the 'act for
revising and consolidating the statutes of the
Commonwealth" being the report of the COM
missioners made at the first session of the
Legislature, was taken up. The bill had its
first reading by its title. On its second read.
ing the bill was considered section by section
The amendment to the first section was then
agreed to, and the second section was read
and also amended. In this section the first of
the proposed verbal amendments occurs, viz:
striking out "shall deem" and inserting
"deems"
discussion ensued on the subject of the
propriety of this class of amendments. Mr..
Russell OF Boston, Mr.. Upham OF Salem, Mr..
Wentworth of Lowell, and Mr. Rice of Wor-
cester, defended the general policy of the com
mittee in proposing verbal amendments. The
amendment was then adopted by large
majority, and also another amendment in the
same section.
The other amendments reported by the
committee in the first chapter, were agreed to-
None of them make changes in the law. The
House then adjourned.
On Wednesday the House resumed the con-
sideration of the committees report, and made
great number of verbal alterations. In the
second chapter referring to the Legislature,
the provisions which required order of notice
of petitions, &C., to be published in somenews-
paper in Boston, in addition to country papers
where the corporation is to be located, were
STRICKEN out.
In the Senate, the order from the House re-
lating to the business of the session was non
concurred in, and, after a lengthy debate, re-
committed to the joint special committee with
instructions to consider the expediency of re.
ferring the amendments of the committee of
forty-one to Judges Parker and Richardson,
who shall be instructed to revise them and re-
port from time to time, and chapter by chap
ter, to both branches.