Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-03-29
Legislative.

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WEDNESDAY, March 2S.-The election OF
overseers of Harvard College will be decided
in the Senate, to-day. On the question of en-
grossment the bill transferring the powers and
duties of the land agent to the commissioners
of the Back Bay was lost The bill in favor
of the Worcester Southeast Agricultural Socl'
ETY. was passed to third reading. The mo-
ton to reconsider the vote whereby the re-
| solve for the reservation Of the Back Bay
lands was refused a third reading, came up
| Messrs. Tilton of Essex, Walker of Norfolk,
| Parker of Worcester OdiOrne of Suffolk, and
| others spoke in favor OF reconsideration Inc
| Boston Courier reports that MI PARKER
read extracts from the Boston transcript,
which he said was the organ OF the Beacon
street aristocracy, commenting win some Sc
verify on the character OF the Senate. lie
also alluded to what he termed scurflious aF
tack on his colleague from worcester, Mr.
Eddy, in one of the Journals OF the clty' nat
article advised the commonwealth 10 me ltSeii
one hundred and thirty thousand feet OF Back
Bay lands, because a single senator had made
sin of the tongue. MIR. Parker announced
his intention to vote for the bill. He did it as
working man. 1t would be a great thing TOR
the laboring classes. Mr.. Parker said the Suf-
folk delegation had voted IN solid body
against the appropriation OF e25,UO0 Tor the La
dies Collegiate Institute at Worcester, and had
resorted to the press to attack MIR. Eddy,
most uniu3tfable thing. He stood there to
protest against the articles in the public press.
The motion to reconsider was under discus
sion when the Senate adjourned at half-past
twelve to two P. NJ.
In the House, petitions and memorials were
presented from the trustees OF the Massachu-
sets society for promoting agriculture, asking
for the passage of an act to prevent the spread
ing of the cattle disease; from Samuel Mlxter
aud SO others of New Braintree, and of Ed
ward Denny and 293 others OF Bere, for
law to arrest the cattle disease. Mr.. Griffin,
from the committee on the judiciary, submit
ted an order directing the Speaker of the House
to task" the Supreme Court, whether the
amendment to the state constitution, prohlblt-
ing naturalized citizens from voting until two
years after naturalization, is constitutional
amendment according to the laws and consu-
tuition of the United States. Laid over. The
bill to establish the city of Taunton was passed
to a second reading. Mr.. jerks Of North
Brool5field submitted new bill as substitute
for the resolves of the committee to prevent
the spread of the cattle disease. The new
bill provides that three commissioners shall be
appointed by the governor, and that they shall
at once visit the places in the commonwealth
where the disease is to be found that they
shall cause to be destroyed all infected herds;
that all cattle in such herds not appearing to
be affected shall be appraised before they are
killed, and the far market value OF said cattle
when well shall be paid the owner from the
treasury of the commonwealth; the commits
sioners shall make full reports Of their doings
and discoveries to the secretary of agricul-
ture; any person who shall knowingly disre-
gard any lawful order or direction of the COM
missioners, shall forfeit sum not exceeding