The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-26
THE HOUSE.

In the House today two matters Of
Importance were introduced by Mr.
Carey of Haverhill. One was the fol-
lowing order:
1.-THE the committee on insurance is
hereby instructed to inquire whether
the state might not to the advantage
Of the public assume the business of
/ life and fire insurance in this common
wealth and to report the results of it's
| Investigations with it's conclusions
thereon to the general court.
! Mr.. Carey also introduced bill pro-
viding for trial by jury in cases of con-
tempt Of court. The bill provides that
any person who is sentenced to pay
a fine or to be imprisoned for contempt
OF court, shall be entitled to a trial by
jury on appeal, and that the trial shall
take place before different court than
the one in which the peaalty for con-
tempt was inflicted. If the contempt
occurred in the superior court, the trial
shall take place before the supreme
court, and if in the supreme court be-
fore the superior court. The judge by
whom the penalty for contempt was i'm
posed shall at the trial be represent
ed by the district attorney and may
Mr.. Mills of Newburyport offered a
bill abolishing the state highway COM
mission and transferring its duties to
the county commissioners and a state
engineer. The annual appropriation
for state highways is to be apportioned
among the several counties upon the
basis of the state tax of each county In
Suffolk county one-sixth only of this
amount is to be spent on state roads
in that county, the balance being equal
ly divided among the other counties.
The office of state engineer, to be APP
pointed by the governor, is created and
he shall have general supervision of
the work of constructing state high
ways.
Mr.. Mills also introduced bill for
the apportionment of the appropriation
for state highways, providing that it
shall hereafter be distributed among
the counties as provided in his bin
abolishfng the highway commission.
A bill redividing the city of Boston
into aldermanic districts was intro
duced by Mr.. Dumond of Boston.
Mr.. Dumond also put in a bill regu-
lating pawnbrokers and others making
loans on deposits or pledges of per-
sonal property.
A bill to provide for continuing the
publication of the province laws was
put in by Mr.. Stone of Springfield, as
was bill defining the crime of lar
ceny.
Mr.. johnson Of Worcester offered a
resolve for the printing of additional
copies of the history Of the Bradford
plantation.
A resolve in favor of establishing a
practice school in connection with the
state Normal School at Westfield, was
offered by Mr.. Campbell of that town.
Mr.. Patton OF Leominster dissented
from the report of the committee on
ways and means on the bill continuing
the appropriation for DISCRIMINATING
the gypsy moth.
Mr.. Bennett, for the committee,
moved suspension Of the rules and ex-
planned the necessity for the prompt
passage of the bill
Mr.. Hayes of Lowell asked if only
an emergency appropriation for money
was wanted Mr.. Bennett replied that
unless the appropriation was voted, the
work for the commission must be sus-
pended by next Saturday night.
Mr.. Hayes said he would withdraw
his objection, as he had been informed
that the moth might die of exposure
unless the emergency appropriation
was granted
Mr.. Tew of Salem thought there was
no need of an appropriation. There was
no necessity for the gypsy moth to die
judicially.
Mr.. Francis of New Bedford said he
saw no need of extreme haste in the
matter He thought the gypsy moth
appropriation was a robbery of the
treasury Of the state.
Mr.. Patton of Leominster said he was