Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-03-13
Gbe aap spp: aalurees, aaeonsoau gumg artB 49, 1872

situations so treatedi were the New England
Moral Reform society, the New England hos
pital for women and children. the ST. Mary's
Lying In hospital. the society for the protection
Of destitute Roman Catholic children, the SPRING
field home for friendless women and children,
and the House lof the Angel Guardian. The
only successful petitioner before the committee
on public charitable institutions appears to have
been the Massachusetts eye and ear in6rmary,
for which aid to the amount of $4,000 is recon.
mended Among the bills of some Importance
introduced in the senate were, one concerning
the preservation of check lists after elections in
cities, one 10 increase the pay of the commits
siOners of Dukes county, and a resolve author
izing the purchase of land and the making of
certain Improvements at the state primary
school at Monson. Amajoritv of the committee
on charitable institutions, after long and
thorough hearing of evidence on the question
OF ''head money" have reported bill for the
abrogation of that tax on immigrants, which is
so obnoxious to many of the commercial gen
tlemen of Boston. The bill proposes to repeal
the sections of :he general statutes relating to
other passengers than sick or decrepit persons.
Mr.. Ihayer of Worcester and Mr.. Eddy of
Fall River dissented from the report Or
ders were adopted in the senate with refer
ence to the settlement of paupers-that always
unsettled queston-and with reference to suits
upon notes of hand where there is no defense.
Bills were ordered TO third reading requiring
county commissioners TO provide rooms for the
use OF probate courts, to establish the salary of
thp frna nd
annum, and of his assistant clerks at $500 per
annum.
The bill to provide a camp ground for the
militia has experienced the fate of great many
of the bills that are brought in, and was report
ed in the senate this afternoon in a new draft
limiting the quantity of land to 200
acres, and the amount to be paid
therefor $4,000. The running mate of
this bill, to authorize the sale of the state.
arsenal, came up in the house, but objection
was made to taking action upon it until the
whole matter was before them, and the
subject was laid on the table. Several other
important matters were laid on the table on ac-
count of the sickness of interested members and
for other reasons, so that the matters which
were debated were of comparatively slight i'm
portance. The bill to authorize the relocation
of railroad stations under general conditions
was passed to third reading, also the bill to
authorize the Connecticut River railroad com
pany to contract for rights of way over connect
ing roads. The bill to revive the charter of the
Worcester and Shrewsbury railroad was passed
to third reading, with the following amend
ment offered by Mr.. Cogswell of Yarmouth:
Said corporation is hereby authorized to locate
its roadway so as TO connect with the Worcester
street railway at Washington square in Worces-
ter, thence easterly over Shrewsbury street. high
ways and private lands to the east end of the
causeway at Quinsigamond lake, and may con-
struct, maintain, and operate said roadway,
when twenty-five thousand dollars shall have
been subscribed and paid in cash. Nothing in
this act shall authorize the location of said road
way through lands belonging to the common
wealth.
The committee on liquor brought in bill to.
day TO prevent the sale of ale and lager beer 10
be drunk on the premises. 1t needs no spirit of
prophecy to say that after the votes of last week
the bill stands small chance of passage. The
committee might do something to make the
beer law more satisfactory TO the coustablery
officers if they would report an amendment, pro-
viding that in case city or town voted in favor
of the sale of ale, lager beer and cider, such sale
should be regulated by the mayor and aldermen,
or selectmen, with stringent penalties for any
| deviation from the express provisions of the
license under which they might be allowed to
sell. Legal beer shops might thus be localized
and limited in number, and the work of the con-
stablery force made easier and more effective.
Two resolves were reported, of which gives
the town of Milford 81 ,563 SO for the mainte-
nance ofstate paupers, and the other gives Black
stone S74.50 for similar purpose. Still another
resolve proposes an appropriation Of So 900 for
the state almshouse at Tewksbury. Bills were
| introduced to INCORPORATE the Jamaica Plains
| savings bank and the Fall River workingmen1s
| building association.
The committee on agricultureNgive the High
land agricultural society leave to withdraw on
their petition for a change of place from Middle
| field to Hnsdale, because the law prescribes
| that such societies shall not exist within ten
miles of each other, and there is society at
Pttsfield The Highland railway bill was passed
TO be engroSsed, after some little debate and the
addition of one amendment, which provides the
restriction in the use of the tracks of existing
roads by the new corporation.