Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-05-20
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
EXTRA SESSION.


In the senate, Friday Afternoon, petition
was presented from Artemas Lee and Others
OF Templeton in aid OF enlisted soldiers and
their families. The acts for the organization
of u home guard, to enable banks to purchase
government securities, and concerning The POI
lice court Of the city of Boston, were severally
passed to be enacted.
On Saturday, Il motion to reconsider the
vote whereby the report ON the petition of j.
Sella Martin and others, for striking out the
word Wv ite' from the militia law, was ac-
cepted, was taken up, and Mr.. Whiting of
Plymouth advocated the motion in an address
of some length, The question of reconsidera-
ton was taken by yeas and nays, and the mo-
ton was lost-ll to %, The bills to provide
for a sinking fund, and in relation to the suit
of Levi Baker and Henry a. Wise Of Virgin
ia, were passed TO be engrossed.
HOUSE.
b. G. Sargent, mayor Of Lowell and others
petitioned Tor state aid in the erection OF
monument to the memory OF Luther G.. Laid
and Addison o. Whitney, who tell at Balti.
more, April 49, 1861. The bill IN relation to
the suit of Baker VS.. Wise was passed to be
engrossed as was also the bill 10 provide for
a sinking fund as follows -
Sec. /. The treasurer and receiyer-general shall,
on the first day of january, i'll the yeal eighteen
hundred and sAty-hree, make report to the iegls-
lature OF the commonwealth of all scrip or celtii-
Gates OF debt issued pursuant TO the act entitled An
Act to provide for the Maintenance OF the Union and
Constitution. and the act i'll addition thereto, passed
at the present session of the legislatures he shall at
the same time report the amount OF ali sclp or GER
ticates of debt of the United States, winch shall
have been received by this commonwealth from the
United States under the provisions of said acts or of
either OF them, and OF the actual market value OF
said scrip certificates Of debt at the date of such
report All scrip certificates OF debt received un-
der the provisions OF said acts, respectively, shall he
pledged and held part Of the sinking fund hereby
Created ana the principal CT the same be apped LOT
the redemption and payment OF the scrip or certh-
Gates OF debt issued under the act i'll pursuance OF the
provisions of which the same was received.
Sec. 2. There shall be raised by, taxation in each
year, commencing with the year eighteen hundred
and siXtytTee, equal 10 One-tenth part OF the
difference found by the report OF the treasurer as
above provided, to exist, between the amount ofscnp
or certificates debt issued under said acts, and the
actual market value of the amount OF scrip or certit
icates OF debt in the treasury OF the commonwealth
as stated in such report, and the sum raised from
year to year shall be pledged and held as sinking
fund.- to be invested the legislature shall direct
and applied for the redemption and payment oil the
scrip certificates OF debt issued by this common
wealth. under the acts in the first section mentioned
The senate bill TO provide for the discipline
and instruction OF a military force took its
several readings under suspension of the
rules, and was ordered to be cugrossed.
On Saturday, Mr.. Stebbins OF Boston intro
duced a bill prohibiting any person, directly or
indirectly, buying or holding any collateral Sc
CurltleS OF the SO callcu SeCeueu states, anu
making the holding of such felony, and pun
ishable by Imprisonment i'll the state prison for
not less than two nor more than ten years.
The bill was referred TO the special commit
tee on the governors address.
Mr. Jewell OF Boston, on leave, Introduces
bill amending the act for supplying the city OF
Boston with water, making the malicious inJu-
ny to the water works an offence punishable
by Imprisonment in the state prison tor ten
years The bill was ordered to be engrossed,
under a suspension OF the rules
MI. Bullock of Worcester reported resolve
to amend the constitution, substituting cone"
for 1.-TWO" years in the article relating to the
qualification of voters The resolve was pass
ed with only Is dissenting votes. Mr. Drew
of Dorchester asked leave to introduce bill
striking out the word "white" from the militia
| law, and after several votes had been taken on
| motion to adjourn, the yeas and nays were
| called on allowing the introduction of the bill
The house refused TO grant leave TO introduce
the bill--56 to 149