The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03
THE HOUSE.

Ought not to pass" was reported
in the house on the bill of Mr. Tolman
of Pittsfield to allow the incorporation
Of safe deposit and trust companies
| with capital of 100000 Mr.. Tolman
asked that further consideration be de-
ferred to Tuesday, but the report was
put on the calendar for tomorrow.
The joint committee on judiciary re-
ported this bill: On all drafts and bills
of exchange drawn within the common
wealth at sight, three days of grace
shall be allowed unless there is an ex-
press stipulation to the contrary. So
| much of chapter 533 of the acts of 1898
as is inconsistent with this act, is here
by repealed.
The order of Mr.. Donohue of Fall
River for an investigation of the mat
ter of state ownership of telegraph and
telephone lines, was tabled at the re-
quest of Mr. Donahue
Mr.. Crouch of Northampton, in sup
port Of his motion for reconsideration
of his order, defeated yesterday, re-
curing the state fire marshal to give
hearings to inventors of fire escapes,
stated the necessity of such inventions
and the need of allowing the inventors
hearing.
Mr.. Hayes of Lowell suggested that
SuSh llbltefS were already III the
hands of the state police. The order
was reconsidered and then rejected.
The House adjourned at 800.
In the House these bills and petitions
We're introduced Petitions-By Mr..
Trow of Salem, that all candidates for
office in the cities and towns, or dele
gates designated to support such can
dldates for nomination, shall be elect
OF trrbf n1n Nnt IncSs
than 10 per cent of the voters shall be
present and voting; the Massachusetts
Forestry Association, for a codification
of the laws for the preservation of
| shade trees: of Thomas J. Hogan, for
an annual test of all COWS in the state
/ by tuberculin, and forbidding the sale
| of milk from cows not so tested; of the
same. for a $50 license fee for milk
dealers; of J. H. Kelley, for an act to
permit the sale of pools at trotting
races; Of w. A. Davenport of Green
neld, for an act to establish uniform
rates on telephone apparatus; of Josiah
quincy, to permit the levying of assess
ments upon the abutters for the re-
moval of snow; of William Moran and
others, for an appropriation Of $50, 900
Tor the establishment of textile school
IN FAN River; of Charles Crittenden
et ais, for an act to increase from
Sl25O to $1,000 the salaries which NAV
be paid superintendent of schools I'M
DER law for joint districts; of R. L,
Parks ct ais, of Russell, that in LIQUOR
license towns of two or more villages a
incense may be granted for every viii
| rage; or mayor of Boston, for exten
sion OF the sea wall of Charles River
embankment parallel with Beacon
street and not more than rs feet from
present wall.
THESE bills were presented: By Mr..
Lanergan of Boston, for the widening
| OF Hampton street in Boston, at an ex
pehse or S1o0,0O0 within the debt limit;
| Dy u. j. Donovan of Boston, resolu-
tlons requesting congress to empower
the secretary of the navy to loan to the
state for term Of years the Mavf1ower
or some other modern steamship for a
nautical training school; of the Same
for the establishment of a nautical
training school to be conducted bv the
state without any connection with the
| United States navy, to own a modern
steam vessel not to cost over 500 00o
and to be the successor of the present
nautical training school with the same
| commissioners in charge; of Mr.. Root
OF Boston, for a decrease in number of
liquor licenses in Boston, as they may
| lapse or be forfeited, until the total
number does not exceed one for every
| 1000 people; by Mr.. Dumond of Boston
for the licensing of stock brokers: by
| Mr.. Flanagan of Boston a resolution
Offering the thanks of the state to the
| soldiers and sailors who served in the
Spanish war; by Mr.. Stewart of Bos-
ton, for placing on the retired list com
mlss1oned officers who were veterans
OF the civil war, who were in the mill
tia service July l, 1897; by ]. F. Nc
Carthy of Boston, that sleeping car
companies shall be common carriers:
by Mr. Reed of Taunton, to require
railroad companies to equip their cars
With platform gates after Jan. 1, 1900;
! by Mr. Foster Of Boston, to impose a
tax of 81 per barrel on fermented liq-
uors; by Mr.. Hancock of Brockton,
that interest on overdue taxes shall be
six instead of seven per cent.