Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-24
From the State House.


BosTON, Jan. %, 1871.
Petitions for new railroads continue to be pre-
sented to the legislature, that received to-day
being from Theodore Otis and thirty-three
others, for a road from Sherborn to Needham,
connecting the birmingham and Mansfield with
the Woonsocket division of the Boston, Hartford
and Erie. Only three other petitions were re-
ceived in both branches, one of these being for
the incorporation of the North Bridgewater ag-
ricutural society, with a capital of $4,000.
Orders were passed: That the committee on
constitutional amendment consider the expedi-
ency of reporting an amendment to chapter @,
section 1, looking to the extension or removal of
the limitation upon tenure of office of
the treasurer and receiver general. That
the committee on printing accompany
each report upon matters submitted to Them
with an estimate of the cost Of the printing and
binding provided for in the order or resolve in
question. That the committee on manufactures
consider the expediency of authorizing corpo-
rations provided under chapter pa, section 2,
acts of 1870, to hold capital stock not exceeding
81 100000. That the committee on probate and
chaucery be requested to inquire into the expe-
diency of amending the laws relative to the Gus
tody which mothers have of their minor chill
dren under guardianship.
Bills were introduced on leave in the senate,
concerning suits on recognizances in favor of
the commonwealth, and concerning bail in Grim
inal cases, and they were severaly referred to
the committee on the judiciary. In the house
a bill concerning the return of wrts issued by
municipal and police courts, was referred to the
| committee on the judiciary; and bill revising
| the several statutes in relation to the adoption
| of children, to the committee on probate and
| chancery. In the senate a bill was reported
relative TO bail in bastardy cases, and in the
house bill to amend can act concerning regis
tiers Of deeds"
STATE POLICE.
communication was received from the con-
stable of the commonwealth, in accordance with
an order of the house, transmitting the rosters
of the state police, who hold commissions as
deputy constables, and who are paid less than
the full statute per diem compensation. Twenty
two deputies were reduced to half pay on ac-
count of the limited appropriation for 1870.
They were paid a half per diem statute allow
ance, and such fees for the service ofprecepts as
the statutes and rules of courts allow all sher-
| ifs and municipal constables. No witness fees
are allowed the state police. These officers are
retained in service by special request of town
| officers, magistrates, aud prominent citizens of
the counties in which they are located, and in
| many instances at the special solicitation of
|
sons who hold commissions as deputies, without
pay, serving as such as occasion requires in
their vicinity, receiving the same fees as any
civil officer for the same service, but making no
| direct charge to the commonwealth. OF these
20 persons IA are in the service of corporations
and departments, and are paid by them, and do
not report to the state constable unless some
special service makes it necessary.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
In the senate the bill requiring railroad corpo.
rations in certain instances to place safety
switches upon the line Of their roads, thew draft
was recommitted; the report (inexpedient) Of
the committee on the judiciary on the order
relative TO the detention of jures was laid on the
table The bill to authorize the Somerset coop
erative foundry association to extend theii
wharf in Somerset, and the resolve authorizing
the treasurer to borrow money in anticipation o.
the revenue, were ordered to be engrossed.
In the house the resolve in relation to the Bos
ton, Hartford and Erie railroad company, and
the bill to incorporate the Cambridge athen@um
were ordered to a third reading Bills to in
corporate the proprietors of Odd Fellows hall IL
the city of Lowell; to incorporate the castor
yacht club; requiring railroad trains to b.
equipped with tools; 10 regulate the transporta
non OF nitro-glycerine and similar explosives
TO provide for the appointment of fire wards
were seYerally ordered to be engrossed.
CONFEDERATE BONDS AS AN INVESTMENT
The confederate potton loan ~ =, -