Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-02-05

IN defence oil a suit against him as an officer
executing process under the LIQUOR law of
1865.
The committee on education, by Mr. HEARD
ofClinton, reported bill relative to the colec-
ton of specimens of natural history and min
eralOgy, authorizing any city or town to estab-
llsh and maintain building or room for such
purpose, to appropriate tor such building or
room a sum not exceeding fifty cents for each
OF its rateable polls, and also authorizing the
reception and management of donations and
bequess for the purposes specified. Reported
on the order of Jan %. Read once.
On motion Of Mr.. SMITH OF Springfield, it
was ordered that the speaker issue his precept
for an election OF representative i'll district No.
4, in the county OF Hampden, in place of The
odore Stebbins, deceased.
Ordered to a Third Reading-Bills prescribing
and limiting the fees OF commissioners to take
dispositions and Acknowledgements in other
states.
Ordered to be Engrossed. Bills regulating Ger
tain matters of finance authorizing the con-
struction of bridge over Childs River, in the
town of Falmouth and the bill in addition TO
an act for the more speedy filing of the lands
in the Back Bay.
Heading the Bible in Public Schools.-The bill
concerning religious services in public schools,
with the amendment to substitute new bill
pending, came up in the orders of the day, on
the question of ordering it to be engrossed
Mr. SEwALL Of Medfield argued in favor of
the fullest liberty of conscience to all without
detractlng at all from that respect and venera-
ton which Is universally awarded to the sacred
book lie referred to the system in operation
In Ireland, by which IL suitable selection of
different portions Of the Bible is in use He
moved to amend the amendment to the bill
by striking out all after the enacting clause
and inserting certain sections, providing that
the secretary OF the board of education, in con-
junction with members of the Protestant and
Catholic denominations, to be designated and
appointed by the governor and council, be au.
thorIZed to prepare suitable selection of diff
ferent portions OF the Bible, which shall be
used in the public schools for their daily read
ing.
Mr. Brown of Taunton was opposed to any
legislation upon the subject, on the ground
that rel"Ious services We're matter between
man and his God, and not between man and
his government, He was opposed to the
amendment offered by Mr. Sewall, as still
being liable to the objection that scholars could
be compelled to participate in religious exer-
clses. He was proceeding to state further,
when the ten minutes allotted to speakers on
this question expired.
On motion of Mr.. GIBBS of New Bedford,
the previous question was ordered and both
amendments were lost. The bill was then or.
dered to be engrossed as follows-
A Bill Concerning Religious Services in Public
Schools
SECT. l. The school committee shall re
quire the daily reading of some porto of the
Bible, without note or comment, in the public
schools; but shall never direct any school
books calculated to favor the tenets of any
particular sect of Christians to be purchased
or used in any OF the town schools
SECT. 2. The twenty-sevenlh section of
the thirty eighth chapter OF the General Stat
utns, is hereby repealed Adjourned