who died the twentieth day of January from wounds received in the battle of the Wilderness, in Virginia, on the sixth of May last. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the community thus deprived of an honored member, and with his family in their great bereavement of a beloved husband and father. Resolved, That these resolutions be entered upon the journal of this House, and that a copy be sent to the family of the deceased. Resolved, That as a mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, the House do now adjourn. After some remarks by Mr. Patch, the resolves were unanimously agreed to, and in accordance with the last resolve the House immediately Adjourned. THURSDAY, February 2, 1865. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read. stitution of Mr. Scudder of Dorchester obtained leave to introduce a Amendment bill ratifying an amendment of the constitution of the United of the conStates, proposed by the two houses of Congress to the Leg- the U. S. islatures of the several states; which was read once, and, on motion of Mr. Kimball of Boston, was referred to the committee on Federal Relations, and sent up for concurrence. State House. On motion of Mr. Dunn of Dover, the communication Persons emfrom the Auditor, giving a list of persons employed in the ployed in the various departments in the State House, was taken from the table and referred to a select committee of the House, which the Speaker took time to appoint. Harvard Col On motion of Mr. Dunn of Dover, the Clerk was charged Overseers of with a message to the Senate, announcing the election, on lege." the part of the House, of John H. Clifford of New Bedford as an overseer of Harvard College, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Edward Everett; and of Richard H. Dana, Jr., William S. Studley, John W. Bacon, Thomas B. Thayer, and George M. Brooks, as overseers of Harvard College for the full term of six years. A message was received from the Senate, announcing the election, on its part, of the same gentlemen to the same office. Engrossed bills enacted. Bank com missioners, &c. Board of State Charities. Engrossed bills: Empowering cities to establish their wards; To authorize the Suffolk Savings Bank for seamen and others, to hold real estate; (Which severally originated in the Senate ;) Making appropriations for the mileage and compensation of the officers and members of the Legislature, at the present session thereof, and also for the mileage and compensation of the Lieutenant-Governor and Council, and for the salaries of certain officers and clerks for the current year; (Which originated in the House of Representatives ;) Were severally passed to be enacted, and signed and sent to the Senate. The annual report of the bank commissioners; The abstract of returns from banks and institutions for savings; Were severally received and referred to the committee on Banks and Banking. The first annual report of the board of State Charities' with the reports of the secretary and the general agent' was received and referred to the committee on Public · Charitable Institutions. Free Bridge. Jemima Bounties. Prince S. Crowell; menhaden. Charles H. Merrimack Valley Horse Mr. Taylor of Springfield presented the petition of C. E. Bailey and 202 others of Springfield; Mr. Gibbs of Russell, the petition of J. F. Breckenridge and 61 others of Chester; Severally in aid of the petition of J. L. Worthy and others. Severally referred to the committee on Roads and Bridges. Mr. Osborn of Edgartown, the petition of Priscilla Freeman, in aid of Jemima Easton; which was referred to the committee on Claims. Mr. Gibbs of Russell, the petition of the selectmen of Blandford, for an act authorizing that town to raise money to pay military bounties; which was referred to the committee on Bounties, &c. Mr. Hall of Dennis, the petition of Prince S. Crowell and 87 others, for the repeal or modification of the laws prohibiting the seining of menhaden; which was referred to the committee on the Fisheries. Mr. Rogers of Lowell, the petition of S. K. Hutchinson and 12 others, for the state bounty to be paid to Charles H. Warren; which was referred to the committee on Military Claims. Mr. Sherman of Lawrence, the petition of William H. P. Wright and others, for extension of time for constructing the Merrimack Valley Horse Railroad; which was referred to the committee on Horse Railways. Society and Mr. Tirrell of Burlington, the petition of Albert W. Bry- Second Cong. ant and others, to consolidate the Second Congregational First Univer. Society and the First Universalist Society in Lexington; Society in which was referred to the committee on Parishes and Religious Societies. Severally sent up for concurrence. Lexington. and the Ag Mr. Clark of Amherst presented the petition of the select- Amherst, men of Amherst, for authority to raise, by direct tax or the ricult'l Colissue of bonds, $50,000 for the Massachusetts Agricultural lege. College. Also, the petition of L. M. Hills and 423 others of Amherst, in aid of the same. The Speaker presented the petition of G. C. Munsell and 145 others of Amherst, against the petition of the selectmen of Amherst. in Lawrence; Mr. Barton of Lawrence, the petition of the justice and Police court clerk of the police court in Lawrence, for increase of salary. salary. Mr. Brown of Salem, the petition of the Salem Labora- Salem Labotory Company, that the doings of their treasurer may be ratory Co. legalized. Severally referred to the committee on the Judiciary. crease of in Mr. Turner of Randolph, the petition of the State Bank Banks; inand 30 other banks in Boston, for payment of loans and terest, &c. increase of interest; which was referred to the committee on Finance. The estimate of expenses of the State Reform School at Estimate. Westborough was received and referred to the committee on Finance. On motion of Mr. McPhail of Boston,Ordered, That the committee on the Judiciary inquire Residence of into the expediency of an act more distinctly defining the residence of persons liable to pay taxes. tax-payers. Academy. Mr. Copeland of Malden, from the committee on Educa- Tittleut tion, on the petition of the trustees of Titticut Academy, reported leave to withdraw, for want of legal notice. Dock and The report was considered, and recommitted to the committee on Education, with instructions to hear the parties. Mr. Stone of Waltham, from the committee on Mercantile National Affairs, on the petition of E. T. Loring and others, reported warehouse a bill to incorporate the National Dock and Warehouse Company. Company; which was read and ordered to a second reading. West Springfield, taxat'n of lands. Right to en ter upon real estate, &c. Springfield Boston and Newburyp'rt Mr. Sherman of Lawrence, from the committee on the Judiciary, on the petition of the town of West Springfield, for the repeal of all laws by which lands lying in said town are taxed by the city of Springfield, reported leave to withdraw, for want of legal notice. Mr. Wakefield of Dedham, from the same committee, on an order of January 27, relative to extending the provisions of chapter 134, sections 49 and 50, of the General Statutes, reported inexpedient to legislate. Severally placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. Papers from the Senate. Petition of the Springfield Horse Railroad Company, for extension of time for building the road, was referred to the committee on Horse Railways. Petition of Henry B. Metcalf and 480 others of Roxbury and Boston, in aid of the petition of F. Skinner and Co., and others, was referred to the committee on the union of Roxbury and Boston. Petition of C. W. Coffin and 207 others of Newburyport, against extending the charter of the Newburyport Bridge, was referred to the committee on Roads and Bridges. Wrentham Bill extending the time for the construction of the Wrentham Branch Railroad, passed to be engrossed in the Senate, came down and was read and ordered to a second reading. Branch R. R. Roland et al. Report, leave to withdraw, on the petition of Roland Worthington Worthington and others, accepted in the Senate, came down and was placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. The orders of the day were taken up. Orders of the day. Bill concerning the liability of railroad corporations in certain cases; Resolve concerning the proceedings and the compensation of the valuation committee, authorized by the Legislature of 1864; Were severally read and ordered to a third reading. Bills: Making appropriations for expenses of the state almshouses, hospital at Rainsford Island, support and relief of state lunatic paupers, reform school at Westborough and nautical branch thereof, and for other purposes; To change the name of the Baldwin Place Baptist Society in Boston, and for other purposes, (the title amended ;) To authorize the Congregational Society of Groveland to tax the pews in their meeting-house, (the title amended ;) To amend chapter 313 of the acts of 1864, entitled "an act to establish the Massachusetts Bounty Fund, and to create a sinking fund for its redemption "; Relating to costs in certain cases; To promote the safety of travellers in the highways; Were severally read, the last named amended, and severally passed to be engrossed and sent up for concurrence, except the last named, which was in concurrence. Bill to authorize the Broadway Railroad Company to increase its capital, was on motion of Mr. Clark of Framingham laid upon the table. Adjourned. FRIDAY, February 3, 1865. Met according to adjournment. Prayer was offered by the chaplain of the Senate. tion bill. The journal of yesterday was read. On motion of Mr. Kimball of Boston, the vote by which Appropriathe House passed to be engrossed the bill making appropriations for the expenses of the state almshouses, the hospital at Rainsford Island, the support and relief of state lunatic paupers, the reform school at Westborough and the nautical branch thereof, and for other purposes, was reconsidered, and the bill was then amended and passed to be engrossed, and sent up for concurrence. of the con States pro The bill ratifying an amendment of the constitution of Amendment the United States, proposed by the two houses of Congress stitution of to the Legislatures of the several States, came from the the United Senate, that branch having non-concurred in referring the hibiting same to the committee on Federal Relations, and having passed the same to be engrossed and sent it down for concurrence. On motion of Mr. Sawin of Natick, the House voted to recede from its vote referring the bill. On motion of Mr. Kimball of Boston, the vote by which the bill was referred was reconsidered, and the House refused to refer the bill. The bill was then read and ordered to a third reading. On motion of Mr. Sawin of Natick the rules were suspended, and the bill was read a second time, and the question being on ordering it to a third reading, on motion of Mr. Holden of Salem, the yeas and nays were ordered; and slavery. |