Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-21
From the State House.

BosToN, Friday, jan 20, 1871.
The principal legislative committees are hard
at work, using up most of the day not devoted
to the regular session of the great and general
court. Yesterday, the prison committee, with
some of the Worcester county representatives
and senators, visited the Jail in your city, pre-.
vious to reporting the petition in reference to
new jail in another locality. They found the
Jail overcrowded and hardly suitable for a coun-
ty like Worcester. Nearly fifty men were idle
for want of room to work. 1t was evident that
the six or eight acres now located in the center
of the city, and from which nothing is obtained
| but paSturage for two cows, could be sold for a
large sum and new and modern jail be built
in some other location in Worcester, with but
comparatively little additional expense.
The committee on education, accompanied by
| the governor and prominent gentlemen, among
| them Or. Upham and Mr.. Tourjee, visited sew
| eral of the Boston schools this morning to note
the results OF the system of musical instruction
| now taught. They could not but be pleased with
what they saw and heard. They will probably
| report bill favorable to a more general atten-
ton to this subject in the public schools
In the senate the bills to incorporate the Stat
| ford mills in the city of Fall River; requiring
safety switches to be placed, under certain cir
| cumstances, in the main lines of railroads, and
| to authorize the birmingham and Lowell rail
road company to issue bonds, were severaly or
| dered to third reading. The following orders
| were also passed. That the committee on the
Judiciary inquire what, if any, legislation is
| necessary or eXpedient relating to the limitation
OF terms Tor enforcing the forfeiture ofesates, for
| break OF conditions in the deeds of conveyance;
| that the committee on prisons be authorized to
visit such institutions in the commonwealth at
such times as they may deem eXpedent;
that the committee on public charitable
institutions be directed to inquire if
| any further legislation is eXpedient with
regard to the apprenticing Of minor children
from charitable institutions; that the committee
| on amendments to the constitution be instructed
to consider the eXpediency of so amending the
| constitution that the justices of municipal po-
lice, and district courts, may be appointed, com
niissioned and sworn for term of years, in
stead of during good behavior that the com
| mittee on the Judiciary consider the expediencv
OF changing section of chapter p of the gen
eral statutes, so that bail commissioners may
DC authorized TO take bail in cases where parties
are arrested under the bastardy act.
| MIR. Crosby of Hampshire, from the commit
zee on expenditures, reported that they had care
fully and thoroughly performed the duty of ex-
aiming the securities of the commonwealth in
the possession of the treasurer, and find all the
moneys, notes, bonds, stocks and securities of
every kind to agree with the schedule, and have
seen the whole turned over to the new treasurer
In the house the bill making appropriations
for the maintenance of the government during
the present year was passed to be engrossed, and
the resolve to aid in the suppression of con-
taglous disease among cattle was laid on the
table to await the report of the committee on
agriculture on the order referred to them nv
concurrent vote with the senate in relation TO
the subject. The following orders were passed
lhat the judiciary committee inquire into the
expectancy OF amending so much of chapter 49,
section 81, as relates to the election of select
men, so that they may be elected in the manner
now provided by law for the election of school
committee. That the committee on banks and
banking consider the eXpediency of reporting a
law limiting savings banks in their semi-annual
dividends to . per cent, and that no savings
bank shall declare any extra dividend within
live years after they are organized and com
mence business, and not oftener than two years
thereafter. That the committee on Intoxicating
liquors consider the expediency Of an act repeal-
ing chapters 3S9 and 800 of the acts of the year
1870, concerning the manufacture and sale of
malt liquors.
Bills were reported to provide for the appoint
ment OF frewardS, and to incorporate the
Eastern yacht club and the proprietors of the
Odd Fellows hall in Lowell. Leave to with.
draw was reported on the petition of the town of
Norfolk, tor change of the boundary line be-
tween Norfolk and Wrentham.
BUST OF HON. GEORGE 8. BOUTWELL,.
MIR: hlmoall, OF Boston, presented commu-
III.
by Isaac Rich, E, R. Nudge, James NJ. Beebe,
Cyrus Wakefield, H. P. Kidder, William CASTOR,
and Benjamin F. Rotch, in which they express
the desire onthe part of themselves and their
associates, to present to the commonwealth
marble bust of our diststinguished fellow Gift
zen, Hon. George S. Boutwell, secretary of the
treasury, and they request that it be permanent
" placed IN the state house, as memorial of
the respect entertained by this community for
his ability aud integrity. The communication
was referred to the committee on education
STATE POLICE
On motion of Mr.. Stedman, an order was
passed in the house, that the chief constable of
the commonwealth be instructed, without DELAY.
TO report to the house of representatives the
names of all persons acting as state ,onstabes
who were receiving no pay for their services, or
less than the regular per diem pay from the
commonwealth.
Ihe Oil making appropriations for the MAIN
tenance OF the government, which contained
paragraph providing for the compensation of
the state police, was in the orders of tine dav
the question being on passing it to be engrossed
Objection was made by Mr.. Train of Boston.
and motion to lay the bill on the table until
the state constable had been heard from in ac-
cordance with the above order, was carried.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
Col Charles Francis Adams Jr., one of the
railroad commissioners, appeared before the
railway committee again to-day, and further eX-
planned some of his proposed amendments to the
general railroad laws, and he also read circular
which he proposes to send to the different rail-
road companies, asking for information in re-
gard to free passes Hon. Z. w. Morton also
appeared before the committee and explained
the object and character of the digest of railroad
laws which he has been preparing during the
past year.
Among the petitions presented was one from
the city OF Worcester, in aid of the petition of
the Boston, Barre and Gardner railroad corpo-
ration Tor authority TO extend their road to
Nlnchcndon, and for other purposes; and one
from the Connecticut River railroad COMPANY
Tor branch road from Mount Tom TO East
hampton.
Mr.. Sanford, from the committee on RAILWAYS.
reported in the house bills recurring railroad
trains to be equipped with certain tools and such
others as the railroad commissioners direct; and
to regulate the transportation of nitro-glycerine
and similar explosives The latter bill provides
that such explosives shall be securely packed,
and shall not be transported on vessels used for
the transportation of passengers, or upon rail-
road passenger or mixed trains, the penalty for
the violation OF the act is not less than $500 nor
more than $4,000. If the death of a person is
caused by the explosion Of any of these sub.
stances while being transported by a common
carrier, whoever violated the provisions of the
act Shall be deemed guilty Of rnanslaughter.
The Hartford Post SAYS: "The Registers
ahead. The Old Republican who has always
voted tue republican ticket, but this year pro-
poses 10 80 the straight democratic ticket, turns
up first this year in the Register They usually
pull that fellow up in the Times office here:
but we presume the Times will have another
before the camnairn ic nvor II 10 w., ,o,,,a,l-