The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-18
ON BEACON HILL.
ssnstors and Representatives Making and
Amending State Laws.


Amending State Laws.
BEACON HILL, May 1s.-The Senate has
set down solidly on the attempt to amend
the law as to the placing Of the names OF
candidates on the official ballot, the sub
stitute bill being defeated.
~rhe Honse bill to repeal the law of 1891
imposing tax on collateral legacies and
inheritances was debated at length in the
Senate and 1t was finally given third
reading.
Carney Hospital Defeated.
After long debate In the House, the
$4,000 appropriation bill was rejected by
this vote:
YEAS: Anderson, Ashley, Atwood OF
Plymouth, Atwood OF Kingston, Barrett
OF Concord, Bartlett OF Lowell, Battles,
Bennett, Biodgett of Templeton, Breen,
Brewer, Brock, Brogan, Bryant, Buckley,
Burke, Cannon, Carroll, Carter OF Wake
field, Casey. Chance, Charles, r. p. Clark
OF Boston, Clayton, Coakley, Coburn,
Dodse, boIan, Dylscoil, 'iy; Byar, FalIon,
Ferren, French, Galloupe, Gilbridge,
Heffernan, Iiensrnin, Hevey, Kinds,
Hoar. Hobson, Jenkins, Keliher, Kelly,
Lanigan, Law, Luby. Lynch, Mahoney,
McAhaiiy, McSaii, mcSartny, McLcan,
McLoughlin, Melaven, Mellen, Merritt,
Mowry, Moriarty, Oakes, O'Brien,
Olmstead, O'Neil, Parker OF Methuen,
Pratt, Quinn Of Boston, Quinn OF Sharon,
Richardson OF Newburyport, Rideout,
Rosnosky, Ruggles, Savage, Smith OF
Gloucester, Soule, sgarhawk, Sullivan OF
Boston, Sullivan Of Fall River, Sundb berg,
Toomey, Turner, Warren, Winslow, Wolf,
Woodward-93.
Nays: AckIey, Andrews, Appleton, Aus
tin, Batchellcr, Ball, Bardwell, Barney,
Barstow, Bartlett of Lynn, Bates, ,Bessom,
Bicknell, Blanchford, Bliss, Blodgett OF
West Brookfield, Bourne, Brigham, Bur-
bank, Brown OF Boston, Brown of Ames-
bury, Burnham, Capen, Chester, Clark Of
Palmer, Clough, Crane, Crosby, German,
Cutter of Framingham, Cutter OF Taun-
ton, Dennis, Durant,. Fall, Fairbanks,
Francis, Friend, Gardner, Gsrfeld,
George, Gillett, OF Springfield, Gillett
Holmes, Horton, Howard of Newton,
Howe, Hoyt, Hyde, jackson, Jennings,
Jennison, Jewett, Jordan, Kilduff, Lane,
Larkin, Lawrence of Cohassett, Lawrence
OF Medford. Leonard, Lincoln, Lord,
Lougee, Lutter, Lyford, May hew, Newell,
Parhhurst, Perkins of Boston, Potter,
Powers, Proctor, Read, Richmond OF Ar
iington, Richmond Of Freetown, Roe,
Ross, Rugg, Sawyer OF Haverhill, Sawyer
OF Danvers, Shute, Simmons, Smith Of
Andover, Smith OF Hampden, Stickney,
st. John, Sweet, TAFT, Wellman, Whit
PAIRS: McEyny, Meyer, Rivers Preshoy
Batcheller, Heaiy, yes, with Fletcher,
Parker of Boston, Rockwell, Tucker, Dan
forth, Hooker, no.
The committee on cities reported bill
on the pensioning of Boston police who
have served not less than 20 years, or
xUh h<, hou had fhn nj nf Rk np ~
have been incapacitated by duty In actual
service, such pension to be half the salary
Mt time of retirement.
The petition OF North Attleboro for
leave TO purchase the franchise and prop
erty OF fire district No. OF that town
was admitted.
In the House.
The bill to prevent the sale of liquor by
grocers came back from the committee on
rules amended to meet the point of order
to read "malt and spirituous" instead OF
"intoxicating" liquors.
After considerable debate, all amend
ments to the resolve for awarding the
state printing contract were rejected and
the resolve given third reading.
The trout bill which made so much de-
bate In the Senate was ordered to third
reading on the first call of the calendar.
BY vote of SO to IS, the bill for the re-
tirement of the Superior Court judges
was defeated.
The petition of the seIectmen OF
Stoughton that the town may issue $780,
600 in 40-year bonds for the purchase Of
the property and rights OF the Slough
ton water company, was admitted.
BY vote of 50 to 81, the bill to prevent
lawyers from soliciting employment was
rejected.
Without debate the House accepted the
report of the labor committee and re-
jected the bill relating to controlling the
motive power In rooms I'm manufacturing
or mechanical establishments where ma
chinery is propelled by steam, electricity
or water power.
Messrs. Chester of Newton, Giles OF
Somerville and Brown OF Boston are a
sub committee Of the insurance COM
mittee to prepare q new assessment en-
dowment bill on substantially the lines
OF the former committees bill.
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