Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-11

FRIDAY, June s, P. M-The third section
of the bill concerning contagious diseases
among cattle, was amended and adopted in the
following form -
Sect 8. Said seectmen and mayor and aldermen
shall all CATTLE which they shall SO order to
be killed, to be appraised by three competent and
disinerested men, under oath, at the value thereof
at the time of the appraisal and the amount of the
appraisal shall be paid as provided in the first
ton.
The fourth and fifth sections were adopted
without alteration. 1t was suggested to amend
the sixth section so as to substitute punching
in the ears instead of branding on the rump,
which did not prevail. TWAS voted to amend
by providing that the letter with which the
animal is TO be branded shall not be less than
four inches i'll length and three in width. 1t
was moved and negatived-60 to 98-to amend
by making it imperative on the selectmen to
brand infected cattle instead of authorizing
them to do SO. Some other amendments were
proposed and lost. The remaining sections
of the bill were then agreed to. Mr.. HALE of
Boston moved to insert the following after Sec
ton II -
In case the owner of any land or lands or build
ngs taken under the provisions of the fourth section
OF this act shall be dissatisfied with the appraisal
herenbefore provided, such owner shall be entitled
to jury to hear and determine the just and equita-
lands or buildings, and the proceedings in such
shall be had according to the provisions of chapter
43 of the General Statutes
With much debate by Messrs. HALE, KIM.
BALL, SEARS of Boston, PIERCE of Dorches-
ter, ELDREDGE of Canton, and Others in ia.
vor, and by Messrs. WENTWORTH of Lowell,
RICE of Worcester, and others, against the
amendment, it was agreed to, the bill was
passed TO be engrossed, and sent to the Senate
fn~D arrns,f 4,
SATURDAY, June 9.-The bill coming up in
the Senate, that branch concurred with the
House in striking from the third section the
words, "the appraisal shall be made in view of
the symptoms and the post norton develop
ments." On the question of concurring in the
amendment defining the size of the brand, Mr.
BLAKE of Norfolk offered an amendment fix
ing the size Of the letter at half an inch long
and quarter of an inch wide, and denounced
the branding of the animals with any mark as
cruel and barbarous, as had been suggested.
MI Blakes amendment was rejected. The
senate then refused to concur in the House
amendment-l5 to 16. The Senate also re.
fused to concur in the section providing for
jury trial, but concurred in all the other
amendments.
On the return of the bill to the House, it
was voted to recede from the amendment rela.
tive to branding, and to insist on the section
providing for jury trials, and a committee of
conference was asked and appointed, consist
ing OF Messrs. Bailey of Worcester, Whiting of
plymouth, and Sumner of Berkshire, on the
part OF the Senate ard Messrs. Parsons Of
Holyoke, and Haskell of Ipswich on the part
of the House. The supplementary bill report.
ed by the special committee was then taken
up, and debated at length. Several remarks
opposed it altogether, regarding the first, or
town bill as amply sufficient for all purposes.
Mr. GRIFFIN moved TO strike out sections /,
2, 6, Z, IL, and changing the other sections, SO
as to leave only the power to the present com.
missoners to provide a hospital or quarantine
and take lands for the purpose; the power to
examine into the disease at an expense Of
$4,000 Instead of 10000 y compelling select
men to give notice Of infection or exposure Of
cattle, and retaining the sections forbidding the
transport Of cattle. Pending the consideration
of the bill, the House adjourned till Monday