Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-04-01
BAY STATE LEGiSlRTUaE.
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Worlds Fair. Committee Reports.

Boston, April LIN the senate Mr.. Law
renee offered an amendment To the resolu-
tions relative to the establishment Of q
goverement telegraph and telephone ssrv-
ice, SO that the employees, should this
change be made, shall be under civil service
rules. Mr.. Buckley for the committee on
federal relations, accepted the amendment,
and IL was adopted.
On the house bill to abate the smoke
nuisance In large cities Mr.. Parkman Of
fered an amendment intending to fix
standard for the amount of smoke neces-
sary To constitute nuisance. The matter
then went over until tuesday.
For an adverse report, Mr. Parkman
offered a resolve providing that the gov
ernor shall appoint three commissioners
TO investigate the Norwegian system Of
dispensing with intoxicating liquors, who
are to serve without pay and report to the
next legislature, together with draft Of .
bill TO apply the same TO this state. Mr..
Monk of Plymouth, chairman of the
liquor committee, said the committee
thought there was much merit to that
system, and favored the resolve. On TO
quest Of Mr.. Fitzgerald of Suffolk the
resolve was laid over until Monday.
When the resolve relative TO the Worlds
Columbian exposition at Chicago was
reached, Mr. Arnold of Plymouth moved
To amend so that the whole legislature
should he included After considerable
discussion pro aud con, the amendment
was rejected, 8 to 20. and the resolve was
then engrossed and sent TO the house under
suspension Of the rules.
Ought not TO pass on resolve providing
for the taking Of Bunker Hill monument
by the state.
In the house the following bills were TO
ported: Relative to taxation of real estate
owned by any city or town and situated In
another municipality; to authorize tho
town of Weymouth to issue an additional
water loan of $4,000.
Ought not to pass W " reported on bill
authorizing the appointment of a commis-
sion to draft an act embodying the prin-
ciples of the towers system Of registratioa
of title To land, and on resolutions relat-
ing to a national department of roads and
to a roadmakinR exhibit at Chicago.
Leave to withdraw on petition to ~.
quire the New York e. New England rail-
road to furnish facilities between Dedham
and points west.
A bill on leave to incorporate Frederick
w. Putnam of Cambridge and others 40
buc TOlk llOIb Society, WIN
power to hold 100000 in personal and ESQ.,
600 in real property, was presented
The senate bill to make 10 hours In o
consecutive l2 a days work for employees
of street railways was ordered to a third
reading.
Mr. Charles opened the debate on the
stock at auction bill by moving his substi-
tute bill which WAS the old bill OF 1891.
After considerable debate 1t was postponed
to "Wednesday, on point Of order raised
by Mr. Bliss, that the bill was broader in
scope than the governors recommendation.
Under suspension of the rule the house
engrossed the bill for the registration of
voters at a special election.
Mr.. Parker failed In his effort to get .
suspension of the rules TO admit his bill on
leave for change in the cemetery law.
Under suspension of the rules the house
admitted the petition of the Cambridge
Citizens Trade association for leave to
hold property worth $500, 900; the resolve
I'm favor of the widow of the late Repre-
sentative Crooks; the petition of the Mel
rose water commissioners for leave to take
an additional .Water supply, and an order
granting the finance committee more time
The bills relating to loans and appropri-
ations in Boston were taken from the table
and passed to he engrossed.
The resolve for holding constitutional
convention, on which a report is pending,
of reference to the next Legislature was
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