Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-21
From the State House.
BosToN, Monday,

Boston, Monday, March 20, 1871.
The remonstrauces of the Worcester and
Nashua railroad company, T. W. Wellington
H. A. Richards and 50 others, Joseph Boyden and
1862 others, Anthony Chase and IA others, N. A.
Lombard and 100 others, Mrs. c. A. Paige and 81
other women, Mary Dewitt and 30 other women,
of Worcester were presented in the senate, and of
Charles Mortified and rs others Of West Boyls-
ton, Mary C. Pitman and 1872 other women of
West Boylston, Alexander Dewitt and 22S 9TH
ers Of Oxford, Mrs. George A. Parker and SO
other women of Lancaster, Thornton X. Ware
and 26O Others of Fitchburg, were presented in
the house, severally against the removal of the
Foster street passenger station in Worcester.
Several petitions were presented in favor of the
re-enactment of the prohibitory law, and in aid
of petitions already before the committees.
The vote whereby the house refused to engross
the bill to incorporate the Boston base bail asso-
citation, was reconsidered and the bill was, after
a brief discussion, ordered to be engrossed.
communication was received in the senate
from the governor, transmitting drafts of acts
by admiral Shubrick, of the light house board,
and asking for the passage of a general act con-
corning the purchase of land by the United
States for light house purposes. Laid on the ta-
BILE and ordered TO be printed.
On motion of Mr. Collins, under a suspension
of the rules, the acceptance of the report mex
pedient to legisiate relative TO closing Charles
and Mller's river to navigation, was reconsidered
and the report was laid on the table.
The bill authorizing the city of Boston to pay
Charles Burrll the sum of $4,000 for credits
furnished on the quota of the city in the war of
the rebellion, was taken from the table, amend
ed, and ordered to a third reading.
A bill was introduced, on leave, III the house,
by Mr.. Train Of Boston, in relation to the pay
ment for land taken by the United States for a
site for sub-treasury and post office, and re-
ierred to the committee on the judiciary
Mr.. Halves of Bristol introduced in the senate
a bill in addition to an act concerning the man.
ufacture and sale Of Intoxicating liquors. The
bill substantially re-enacts the prohibitory law,
with the proviso that malt liquors may be sold
by vote of any city or town, and not otherwise.
1t was laid on the table and ordered to be print
ed. An attempt was made in the house TO re-
consider the vote by which the report of the
committee on Intoxicating liquors that they
were unable to agree was accepted, and TO re-
| commit the report TO the committee. The vote
was reconsidered, but, after some discussion, the
| melton to recommit was withdrawn and the re-
| port of the committee was accepted and the
| committee discharged
Orders were passed in the house requiring the
| committee on the fisheries to consider the ex-
peuleucy Oh 50 dnlcnulllS chapter "a OI Iue dCIS
| of 1862, as to provide that no person shall take
any trout in the waters of certain streams and
| ponds, without the written permission of the
| proprietor or proprietors of the land bordering
| on the same. Instructing the committee on the
| judiciary 10 consider the expedency of legislat-
ing SO as to prohibit minors from attending at
| plays or performances in theaters and other
| similar places of amusement, unaccompanied
| by their parents or guardians.
The bills to incorporate the Hoosac savings
bank of North Adams; to establish the police
| court OF Holyoke; uniting and consolidating
the proprietors of the fremont mills and Suffolk
manufacturing company; TO confirm the organ
lzation and certain acts Of the Mount Pleasant
association in Abingdon; to authorize the presi-
cent and fellows of Harvard college to extend
thelr wharf in Cambridge, were severally or
oered 70 be engrossed, in the senate and the bill
~ e1Senu tue time for locating and constructing
the Canton and HYDE Park and StouUhton
o t;n Lallroads, and for uniting said corpor