Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-11
From the State House.

MONDAY, April H.
A large number of petitions were presented IN
the senate this afternoon In favor OF arairoau from
Mt Tom to Easthampton, and of e. A. Ramsey
and five others, for a withdrawal Of their names
from remonstrance against the said railroad. The
petition ofJones Estabrook and two others, to be
INCORPORATED as the Worcester wharf company, in
Falmouth. was also received.
The committee on the treasury reported that the
resolve in aid of Dukes county academy ought TO
pass with an amendment substituting $1,000 for
$780, The committee on railways, through Mr.
Stearns reported leave to withdraw on the petition
of the Connecticut river railroad company for
branch road from Mt. Tom to Easthampton. Messrs.
Bird and Howe, of the committee, dissented, and
proposed bill as substitute, to incorporate the
Mt. Tom and Easthamptcn railroad company with
capital of 100000
The Joint judiciary committee reported bill for
laying out one or public parks In or near the
city Of Boston The bill provides for the appoint;
ment OF four commissioners by the governor, and
four by the mayor of Boston, of two, three, four
and lve years respectively, and thereafter for four
years, with similar provisions to the act Of last
year, the board not TO incur an expense of more
than $4,000 in any one year for improvement, and
on ming plan Of the location said location shall
take effect In sixty days if not disapprOved by tine
city council Of Boston, by the authori las Of any
other city, the inhabitants of any town. no
street way and no steam or horse railroad shall
be laid out Over any portion OF the park: Inc ae-
cepance of the act to be by majority OF the voters
voting thereon.
The committee on finance made large number
of reports IN the house. among which were the TO-
lowing:-T the resolves establishing normal
school at Worcester ought to pass, with an amend-
mrnt adding at the close of the resolves the words,
ito be paid from the school fund" that the resolves
in favor of the Massachu,e eye and ear lnrmary,
the Washingtonian home Matilda French, James
Thompson and Harriet N. Lee, severaly ought to
pass; that the resolve in favor of the North End
nicSfOu In inpXDn1ipnt lppIslatp
the petition of the seectmrn of Belmont for relief
from excessive state tax; that the resolves author
izing the purchase of SEQ copies of the American
Naturalist, relating to the normal school boarding
houses at birmingham and Bridgewater, and for the
payment of certain sums due for books furnished TO
the State Prison ought to pass resolve appropri-
ating sl574 to defray the expenses apportioned to
Massachusetts for the purchase of Antietam ceme-
terry.
The committee on education reported resolve
providing for the advancement of $4,000 from the
treasury IN antic patton of the molety OF the in
come Of the school fund applicable to educational
purposes TO be expended in the enlargement and
rec6nstructlon of the normal school house at
Bridgewater, and in procuring suitable furniture
for the same.
bill was introduced on leave by Mr.. Train of
Boston, allowing change of venue IN capital cases,
providing that in capital cases the supreme judicial
court may order a change of venue to any county
adjoining the county in which the indictment was
found whenever, in the opinion of the court inn
partial trial cannot be had IN the county where the
cause is pending. Referred to the committee on
the judiciary.
In the senate, the bills to authorize guardians to
purchase annuities and making further provisions
relating to the appointment of guardians to iDcOr-
| poTate the Holden savings bank, and the Bris oil
Masonic hui ding association, and IN the house the
bills to authorize the city of Boston 10 take and hold
land and other properly in Boston for landing for
the East Boston ferry bOats relating to the county
| commissioners of the county of Berkshire; to es-
| tabish the city of Somcrvi e; cling the adju-
tant general to obtain certain evidences of the
vices of Massachusetts, men during the war of 1917,
| were severaily ordered TO be engro5sed
The committee on the STATE pc ice met again this
morning, and after sitting an hour and ha I, ana
examining three witnesses, was obliged to adjourn,
none of the other witnesses who had been summon
ed being present. The chairman announced that
the committee had been as lenlent as possible and
hereafter when witnesses had been p Operly sum-
moned, and then did not appear they would be
brought in by force. The nearing will be continued
tomorrow, and IN order to bring the investigation
to o cose speedily possible evening session viii
probably be held during the week.