Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-23
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IA TUESDAYS yiAprilr 2l. aA,pAe feonfmittee on
5raIFo9ds reported + leave. To- Wiii6Rlws2s1 on
ythesp et8ion-atthe Midland Hand damage, com
/ opaHY for leave,to connect with certain 96ther,
"a RAILROADS NJ, Williams introduced 4, bin to-
FbcunaNmo certain 'aCts,o tdnesby RIG Bacon,
justice Of tbepeace. The standing ann spec
ial committees were instructed to report upon
Z all matters committed to nthein, on ofbefore1
b Friday Gath last. The bills authorizing the
and Woonsocket railroad to Cross
certain highwaysat grade and concerning the
industrial School for girls at Lancaster, were
q ,ordered tos tlrEd, Peadipga,A bill wasaadopt7
1 ed iii Relation to fOtesHor scrip of the com
n gonYaalth, pr Of the, United States held by
ntbanl1s, providing that such notes 0r ScripShall
not BE ieehied debts within the 7neafiihg Of
4 the statutes The whole subject Of the met
4 r3poo1ftan pofice was fae0minitted With bilt
offered, by MI, RIeegYf .Midjllesex, providing
tor a metropolitan p9lce, district y, inelude,
Roxbury, CaInbridge, Char lestoYns and Chel--
sea. 'a:nmntBhnl Ii srshi II basu
In the house, the committee OnItsherias re-
ported that the bill for the protection of trout
on the ''Wellington Farm" i'll West BeySton
oughtnot to pass, land twas rejected. Mr. CHAM,
dler of Boston, from the joint special commit
tee on the reduction Of expenses Of state in
stitutions, bill in relation to state charitable
and correctional institutions, providing %
for the establishment Of board OF state char
tiles to be appointed by the governor and
council, whose duty shall be to visit and have
general supervision over all the state insti-
tutlons, and to report upon their condition to
the legislature with such suggestions and rec
concentrations as the examination and COM
parison Of them may suggest, and who shall
serve without compensation; (2) that the ac-
ton of the central board shall be advisory and
not arbitrary or controlling, nor such as may
conflict with the present boards of inspectors
and trustees; (3) that said central board shall
have power to remove paupers from one in
stitution to another, to the end that there may
be more equality than now exists in the num-
bers in the various almshouses and insane
asylums and better classification; (4) that
a general agent and secretary shall be APP
pointed, the former to do the outdoor work of
the board, corresponding mainly to the duties
now performed by the alien commissioners,
the latter to keep the records, make the re-
ports, and prepare for the use OF the legislature
report upon the various statistical returns,
to all Of which he is to have free access; such
officers to receive each a salary of $1,000; (5)
that the present board of alien commissioners
and the office of superintendent OF alien pas
sengers for the port of Boston shall be abol-
ished, their duties to be borne by the general
agent and secretary, who, however, shall re-
ceive no additional compensation therefor; Co
that the amount to be paid hereafter to the
lunatic hospitals for the support Of state luna
tic paupers, shall be not more than two dol
lars per week.
Mr.. Marston of Barnstable, introduced a
resolve which had its first reading authorizing
Morrill, Wyman of Cambridge to make, at his
own expense, experiments on pleuro-pneumo-
MIA among cattle, SO far as it relates to the
laws of transmission, and to establish re-
ceptacle for such purpose; and directing the
cattle commissioners to place at his disposal
such cattle belonging to the commonwealth,
as he may deem necessary for his expert,
ments. The bill TO incorporate the trustees of
the Massachusetts agricultural college was
consideration the question of ordering it to be
engrossed. Messrs. Rauney of Boston, Nose
ly and Harris of Springfield, Williams
Roxbury and Smith of CRANKY advocated the
bill and MeSsrs. Ware of Marblehead and
Lincoln Of Warwick opposed it. Mr.. Bonney
of New Bedford offered resolve as sub
stitute for the bill, appointing Prof Edward
Hitchcock of Amherst, Joseph White, secre-
tary of the board of education, and Charles
l.. Flint secretary of the board of agriculture,
a commission to consider the subject of an
agricultural college, and report 10 the next
legislature plan of organization, a course of
study, Il suitable location, estimates of the
cost of the buildings, and to make any recon-
mendaton or suggestions on the subject, that
they may deem advlSable.N The further con-
sideration of the subject was postponed.