Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-02

tatiou of coal, railway fares, and raj lTay
ireights; in favor of the state industrial school
at Lancaster; and the bill relating to bills for
appropriations of money. The title of this bill
was amended so as to read "relating to financial
estimates" in conformity with the amendments
adopted yesterday. The bill to abate the state
and county tax of Aver for the present year, in
consideration of the recent fire in that town was
rejected, in accordance with the report of the
committee on the judiciary. The appropriation
bill reported by the finance committee yesterday
was INSTRUCTED by Mr.. Shaw, who "wanted TO
know, you know" about bill Of 5000 for Yentl-
ation, and another of ss2S.S9 for outside swing
ing doors at the entrances TO the representatives
hall; but as the finance committee had nothing
TO do with the contracting of those bills he got
no more information than Clennan did at the
circumocuton office. A motion TO strike out
the item for the doors was made, but lost.
similar question was raised as to the resolve for
certain repairs and Improvements of the state
house, but the house was satisfied that the thing
was all right after Mr. Kimball explained that
the finance committee had cut down the expense
from 200 to $4,000. The assistant clerks of
the Middlesex and Norfolk county courts got
their salary bill through, though the latter was
at first cut off and restored only through the
efforts Of Mr. Cogswell. Having increased
these salaries the house turned squarely about,
reconsidered its concurrence with the senate
amendment to the bill relating to the salaryIof
the assistant district attorney of Suffolk county
Increasing it to SSO0O) and then, of course, re-
fused to concur The bill to encourage the
manufacture of beet sugar was ordered to a
third reading after short discussion, but with
the second section (Which exempted the stock
of incorporated companies from taxation)
struck out. MIR. Hoyt's bill was substituted for
the adverse report of the committee on mercan-
tile affairs in the petition for the incorporation
of the Massachusetts Abattoir association, with
out discussion other than speech by Mr.. Hoyt
The bill relating to cheap morning and evening
trains was ordered to be engrossed without
further debate. The bill to provide for the col
lection of taxes on bank shares came up for its
passage TO be engrossed, but Mr.. Carney of
this city raised the point of order
that its origin in the senate was un-
constitutional, (being "money bill") and
the speaker decided that the point was well
taken. The same bill was at once introduced on
leave by Mr. Towne, and ordered TO third read
ing under suspension OF the rules, although Mr.
Kimball made an attempt to get the other bill
substituted. This disposed of all the matters in
the orders of the day, and the docket was clear
for the first time in about two months.
A bill was introduced on leave and referred to
the next legislature, providing for the taking of
land for cemeteries.
The speaker appointed as the committee un-
der the resolve for the destruction of certain
bonds, (being chapter IL of the resolves of the
present year, Messrs. Baldwin of Worcester,
Perry of New Bedford, and Burr of Haverhill.