Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-12
From the State House.
Passage of the boulevard and Old South
BiIIs-A Bust of WiIsOu-Ten ROnr
Legislation.
BosroN, April l1, 1s72.

Legislation.
Boston, April II, 1872.
The house continues to work diligently, and
out of list of one hundred matters in the Or
ders week ago, have reduced the number to
something more than fifty The ten-minute
rule as applied to speeches works well, and to-
day Mr. Kimball undertook to get another
hours labor out of the LEGISLATORS, by moving
to hold the morning session hereafter at ten
o'clock 1t unfortunately failed by a small
vote.
Two bills of interest to Worcester were passed
to be engrOssed to-day-the bill allowing your
city council to lay out a driveway over the
lunatic hospital lands near Lake Qunsigamond,
and the park bill, under the operation Of which
the venerable ediice of your Old South church
will have to say goodbye 10 your old common.
Mr.. Torrey got in an amendment to further
strengthen the clause by which the city must
pay for damages, but failed to Get another
amendment allowing the church TO remain on
the common until the city hall is removed, most
of his associates from yonr city dissenting from
that proposition.
were disposed of without debate, one being the
resolve in favor of the hard pushed Hoosac tun-
mel contractors. The bill TO supply the city Of
Springfield with water, on which the committee
on mercantile affairs had reported adversely,
was recommitted. Au attempt was made to
modify the bill to prevent "colonizing" in cities
previous TO elections. 1t was desired by some
IN CHI ha ina AZ paeiI rod
three to one mouth. 1t received but slender
support, and the bill was ordered to be engrossed
unchanged,
When the bill to change the method of voting
in mutual fire insurance companies was taken
up, Mr.. Towne occasioned what little talk there
was by moving an amendment prohibiting any
paid officer or agent of such companies from
obtaining Or voting on proxies. His reason was
this: That certain companies having attempted
TO do away with agencies because the agents
took risks with less regard to the interest OF the
companies than for the amount of their com
missions, the agents collected proxies enough
from their policy holders TO control the compa-
MES and prevent the contemplated action against
them. There was no serious opposition, and the
amendment was adopted. 1t not only forbids
thesuse of proxies by the persons mentioned, but
provides penalty of fine not exceeding $500
nor less than 500 for violations of the provis-
ion. The bill was further amended on motion
of Mr. Towne by the insertion of the provision
emitting members to vote on each policy held,
but no member is TO be allowed more than
twenty votes in person. The bill as amended
was ordered to be engrossed
The bill to regulate the hours of labor in
manufacturing establishments came up for its
engrossment and instantly was almost smoth-
cred with amendments Eight or ten speeches
were made, including written one by Mr..
Eddy Of Fall River The only amendment
adopted was one offered by Mr.. Potter striking
out the words "and no female over that age"
teighteen) 50 thai the bill now provides that no
minor under the age Of eighteen years shall be
silk manufactory more than ten hours a day,
except on account Of repairs necessary TO pre-
vent stoppage or interruption Of the ordinary
running Of the mill or machinery
motion to take the small pox bill from the
table opened the afternoon session and brought
out point Of order that the bill came within
the meaning of house rule'5S, which says that
the house shall not consider an amendment to
one OF its own bills made by the senate, which
is substantially the same as a bill or resolve re-
jected by the house. The speaker ruled that the
bill could be taken from the table but not con
sidered further Mr.. Towne moved to suspend
the Iule so as TO have a conference committee
appointed. He said there was the grayest need
of bill of this kind; that life and death was in
the balance, and that the city physician of Bos-
ton had told him that if he had had some such
bin he could have saved twenty-five lives. The
rule was suspended, and Messrs. Towne and
Crook and Packard Of Boston appointed as a
committee of conference on the part of the
house.
The report Of the committee on state commits
sionerships was taken from the table and placed
in the orders OF the day. The bill to enable the
city of Cambridge to abate the Washington
street nuisance, was taken from the table and
rejected, after an explanation By Mr. Walcott
that the city has now sufficient authority for the
desired purposed
A communication was handed to the speaker
by Mr.. Mutt Of Natick, Offering to the state a
marble bust Of the Hon. Henry Wilson, and re-
questing that ii be placed in n suitable place in
the state house. The communication bore The
names of VIM Whiting, Roland Warrington
Cyrus Wakefield and two or three others. II
was referred to the committee on the state house
at first, but subsequently to the committee on
education, after considerable sport on the mat
Ter, during which a sarcastic motion was made
10 reler 10 the committee on elections.
The bill 70 limit the term of service Of inror.
~ Suffolk county TO ouemonlh was amended b,
striking out the provision inserted the last lin,
the subject was up, making the bill general
The bill to provide for the appointment an,
10 define the duties Of uudertakcrs was amende,
by substituting the board Of health for In
selectmen as the authorities TO license underta
kers in towns As amended both bills wer
ordered 10 be engrosscd There was some tai
over the bill in relation to the giving Of receipt
for freight by railroad corporations, CROWN
out of the trouble between the cigar man
ufacturers at Wcstfed and the railroa
folks. The house heard Mr.. Barker {
PittsGeld against the bill and Mr.. Newton {
Westfeld in It's favor, and then ordered the b.
to a third reading by vote Of s8 to so, with
friendly amendment.
The bill relating to contracts with the officer
Of cities coming up Tor lis passage to be Gu