Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-05-15

the udicary against the desire of advocates who
wished TO rush through under suspension OF the
rules. J., .,;,oo ,+, -,
order Of the house adopted March 10, 1871, submit
ted n report showing the NUMBER or females IN tne
commonwealth who are taxed directly, aso the
bands guardians trustees, with the aggregate in
number and amount Of each class separately. The
number of females stockholders in Massachusetts,
corporations is 7240; value of shares owned, So,
2961S5.99; number owned by trustees, &C., Sal;
total taxable value, S4,g l44.28 amount of tax,
S76129 %. The total number of females taxed in
towns and cities, and as stockholders in corpora
tons. is 33,96l; total value of taxable property,
S181 6S3, 1893; total taxes, 81 927 653l1 The num-
Der of females directly taxed in Worcester is 426;
amount of property, S2, 1872 500; amount of tax,
s37 ,453.50; number taxed through guardians, &C.,
~ a am E1 Of prTPerty Si4SS0o; amount o.
tions, 1874; taxable value, 1886, S0S.97; amount of
tax, $14,714.S6; number owning by trustees, ID;
taxable value S25, 94502; amount of tax. S40O.26.
Total number of females taxed, $50; total taxable
property, $500, 25S.2S; total taxes, $67,O33O2
motion to print extra copies of the document was
withdrawn after considerable opposition had been
shown. Mr.. Adams and others said that as many
men had their homesteads taxed in the name of
the wife the report was unreliable.
The resolve giving $4,000 toi the Washingtonlan
home for inebriates rejected by vote of As to
II. The bill TO fix the surrender value of life insur-
ance policies, after being debated and amended by
making the interest four per cent on the value of
participating policies and six per cent on nonpar-
tcipating policies, ordered to be engrossed by
large majority. MIR. Sanford OF taunton mace u
very able speech in favor of the bill, giving the
members clearer idea of the history and princi-
pies of life insurance and Its management than
most of them ever had before. Just as the Worcess
ter railroad bill reached the house adjourned
until Monday afternoon
The vote on the woman suffrage question was not
given in Saturdays letter. The test question was
substituting for the adverse report of the COM
mittee the resolve striking the word finale" from
the constitution. This was carried by vote of 7S
yeas to 70 nays, as follows:
YEAsWAnderson, Arnold P, Baldwin j S, Ba-
ker j l, Beard, Biscoe, Blunt, Bower, Bowman,
Brimhall, Brown g. Brownen, Galley, Carpenter,
Church, Cooley, Corliss, Cotton S, Crane L,
Currier, Davie, Davis T. Dowse Drynan, Eastman,
Fairbanks, Fitzgerald, Flood, Folsom Gardner l.,
Gardner F, Gates w, Glover, Goodrich, Guild,
Haskell Hayward p, Hersey, Hewes, Howay, Hop
kinson, Howard d, Howe S, johnson X, Kelley,
Lincoln NJ Lombard, McDuitie, Merrill X, Met
Peabody, Pew, Pike, Pratt T. Putnam c L, Quig-
ley, Richards, Ross Rufiin, Severance. Stedman,
Stiles, Swasey, Taft Torrey, Towne, Tuttle, TwOm-
bly,, Vibbert, Wales, Washburn, Wheeer-7S.
mold W T, Bailey Baldwin, 1 D w Barker i J,
Barton, Bidwell, Bill BridgmaH, Brown w A.
Burr Ii o. Carney, Chamberlin Colby, Crane Jr.,
Cushman A II, Cushman X, Davis u Z, Davis w
L, Durham, Eames, Fallon, Fearing, Fiske, Flagg,
Floyd, Fowler, Franklin, Fuller, Goodspeed, Gray,
Griggs, Harlow, Hayward Jr, Howe III, james,
Jernegan, JohnsonJ p Kellogg, Kendall, Kimball,
Lewis E, Lyford Madden, Magoun, Mason, Nc
Parmenter, earl Perry, Pierce, Poor, Prescott,
Reade, Regain. Richardson, Root, Russell, Shepard,
Southworth, Toland, Tucker Walcott, Wallace,
Walton, Weber, Wright, Wyer-75.
No Worcester representative was recorded with
the nays, and but very few from Worcester county.
The report Of the constablery committee is held
back. 1t is rumored that one or two members have
changed their minds and will join in minority re-
port The legislative work is progressing eXpedi-
tously and an adjournment may surely be looked for
within fortnight.