Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-01-20
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
The Vote for Presidential Electors.
Business Ia the senate nnd House.

The vote for Presidential Electors.
Business Ia the senate nnd House.
BOsTON. Jan. 2O.-Thc first public hear.
ing ~ the session took place Yesterday
when the joint committee on election
laws took up that portion Of the govern
or'S inaugural address which recommends
that he law be 50 amended that a single
marx shall constitute u vote for all the
presidential electors ot n political party.
The only person to appear nj the hearing
was Warren Johnson of Cambridge, who
Is opposed 10 the whole election law as IL
how stands. The hearing was closed, and
IL Is practically certain hat the law will
he amended ns recommended by the gov
ernor
in the house. orders were adopted IA TO
limiting the rate of taxation in towns; as
10 the better protection of skilled labor
and for the registration Of labels, marks,
names, brands or devices covering the
product Of such labor OF associations or
unions OF workingmcn or women; rs TO adj
mitting fraternal bcneliciaries corpora
tions organized under the laws Of other
states 10 transact business in this state; ns
TO prohibiting loan and trust companies
from doing savings hank business, as TO
authorizing the attachment Of shares Of
foreign corporations doing business in the
commonwealth; as 20 authorizing or re
quiring oil cities 10 establish aud main
tain public loan offices for the
purpose of iuauiuy money on pledge.
Of personal property and @, rer
! collateral securities in the Ian
! ner la " hith tLr same i,usually Carried on
in what uro known as pawnbrokcrs' shops,
| and of uuli ,iilng such cities to borrow
4. gr,.f ..-
In such manner md under such rcstric
tions ., mn, hc deemed necessary for the
purpose 80 ",uyiug INTO effect the estab-
lishmcut aud maintenance Of such loan
Office. ~ 90 repeating the statute proyis-
ion requiring senators and administrators
TO give notice Of their appointment, and to
file an affidavit thereof; ~ To the making
of the now existing Australian ballot act
applicable 20 caucuscs; as To extending
provisions of statutes making lots in ci'y
cemeteries indivieiblc, to lots and tombs
In public cemeteries In towns.
In the senate orders were adopted
~ TO granting the right 10 women
10 vote in cities and towns for
municipal and town oficcr~; as TO
relieve women from paying any tax ms
n qualification for voting in elections for
members Of school committees: as 60 en-
acting legislation to provide for pension
ing members Of the police department in
cities Of the commonwealth containing
q. 900 inhabitants or more, ~ rs TO provide
| for the retirement on annual pension Of
any member Of the police depart
ment, In such city. who has served
twenty year: FOR the retirement on
annual pension Of any member Of the
police department in any sucn city who
has been permanently injured while in tho
discharge of his duties; for tho retirement
or nm annual pension Of any member Of
! the police department In any such city
who has reached the age OF ~ years, AMI
for the payment Of such pensions from the
police pcnson fund supplied by annual np-
propriat ions of any such city