RULES AND ORDERS,

TO BE OBSERVED IN THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

O F T H E

f o b THE YEAR 1837.

PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE.

BOSTON:

DUTTON AND WENTWORTH, STATE PRINTERS.

1337.

Knies and Orders o f the House.

C H A P T E R I. O f the Duties and Powers o f the Speaker. I.

T h e Speaker shall take the Chair every day at the hour to which the House shall have adjourned ; shall call the Members to order; and, on the appear­ ance o f a quorum, shall proceed to business. II. He shall preserve decorum and order; may speak to points o f order in preference to other Members ; and shall decide all questions o f order, subject to an appeal to the House on motion regularly seconded. III. He shall declare all votes; but if any Member rises to doubt a vote, the Speaker shall order a re­ turn o f the number voting in the affirmative, and in the negative, without any further debate upon the question. IV. He shall rise to put a question, or to address the House, but may read sitting. V. In all cases the Speaker may vote. VI. When the House shall determine to go into a Committee o f the whole House, the Speaker shall appoint the Member who shall take the Chair. VII. When any Member shall require a question to be determined by yeas and nays, the Speaker shall take the sense o f the House in that manner, provided one third o f the members present are in favor o f it 4 Duties o f the Speaker. Ch. I

VIII. He shall propound all questions, in the order in which they are moved, unless the subsequent motion be previous in its nature; except that, in naming sums and fixing times, the largest sum and longest time shall be put first. IX. After a motion, being seconded, is stated or read by the Speaker, it shall be deemed to be in posses­ sion o f the House, and shall be disposed of by vote o f the House; but the mover may withdraw it at any time before a decision or amendment. X. When a question is under debate, the Speaker shall receive no motion, but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend, or to postpone indefi­ nitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged, and a motion to strike out the enacting clause o f a Bill shall be equivalent to a motion to postpone indefi­ nitely. XI. He shall consider a motion to adjourn, as always first in order; and that motion and the motion to lie on the table, shall be decided without debate. XII. He shall put the previous question in the follow­ ing form : “ shall the main question he now pzct ?” — and the main question, if relating to an order, shall be on its final passage— and if relating to a bill or resolve, on its passage to its next stage; and all amendment or further debate o f the main question shall be suspended, until the previous question be decided. XIII. When two or more Members happen to rise at once, the Speaker shall name the Member who is first to speak. Ch. II. Duties o f Members. 5

XIV. All Committees shall be appointed and announced by the Speaker, unless otherwise specially directed by the House. XV. The Speaker shall have the right to name any Member to perform the duties o f the Chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjourn­ ment. — CHAPTER II. O f the Duties, Rights, and Decorum o f Members. I. Every seat, which shall be drawn by any Member, in person, at the beginning o f the session, shall be his seat during the year, unless he shall have leave o f the Speaker to change it. II. The desks on the right and left o f the Speaker, shall be appropriated to the use o f the Clerk and the Committees on Bills. III. No Member shall speak out o f his place, without leave of the Speaker, nor without first rising up and addressing the Speaker; and he shall sit down as soon as he has ceased to speak. IV. No member speaking shall be interrupted by another, but by rising up to call to order. V. No Member shall speak more than twice on one question, without first obtaining leave o f the House; nor more than once, until the other Members, who have not spoken, shall speak, if they desire it. VI. When any Member shall make a motion, and such motion shall be seconded by another, the same shall t> Duties o f Members. Ch. II. be received and considered by the House, and not otherwise; and no Member shall be permitted to lay a motion in writing on the table, until he has read the same in his place, and the same has been sec­ onded ; and in all cases where a Member wishes to introduce a new bill or resolve o f a public nature, he shall first rise and state the subject, and move for a Committee, who shall be authorized to report by bill or otherwise. VII. No Member shall nominate more than one person for one Committee, provided the person nominated by him, be chosen. VIII. When a vote has passed, it shall be in order for any Member o f the majority to move for a re-considera­ tion thereof on the same or the succeeding day : and when a motion for re-consideration is decided, that decision shall not be reconsidered. IX. No Member shall be obliged to be on more than two Committees at the same time, nor Chairman o f more than one. I To Member o f this House shall act as Counsel for either party, before a joint Com­ mittee o f the Legislature, or a Committee o f this House. X. No Member shall be permitted to stand up to the interruption o f another, while any Member is speak­ ing, or pass unnecessarily between the Speaker o f the House and the person speaking; nor shall any Member be permitted to stand in the alleys during the session o f the House. XI. Every Member shall keep an account of his own attendance and travel, and deliver the same to the Clerk, or to the Committee appointed to make up the pay-roll, and on his failure so to do he shall be Ch. II. Duties o f Members. omitted from the roll; and no Member shall receive pay for any week-day on which he has not actually attended, except in case o f sickness. XII. When it shall, at any time, be ordered to clear or shut the galleries, the matter which may occasion such order shall be kept secret by each Member, until the House shall order such injunction o f se­ crecy to be taken off. XIII. Every Member, who shall neglect to give his at­ tendance in the House for more than six days after the session commences, shall, on making his ap­ pearance therein, be held to render the reason o f such neglect; and in case the reason assigned shall be deemed by the House sufficient, such Member shall be entitled to receive pay for his travel, and not otherwise; and no Member shall be absent more than two days, without leave o f the H ouse; and a vote o f leave o f absence shall be inoperative, un­ less the Member obtaining it shall avail himself o f it within five days. XIV. When any Member shall be guilty of the breach o f either o f the Rules and Orders o f the House, and the House shall have determined he has so trans­ gressed, he shall not, unless by way o f excuse for the same, be allowed to speak or vote, until he has made satisfaction. XV. No Member shall be permitted to vote in any quession where his private right is immediately con­ cerned, distinct from the public interest. XVI. Every Member, who shall be in the House when a question is put, where he is not excluded by interest, shall give his vote, unless the House, for special reasons, shall excuse him. 8 Duties o f Members. Ch. II.

XVII. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the Speaker direct it. XVIII. On the previous question, no Member shall speak more than once without leave. XIX. Any Member may call for the division o f a ques­ tion where the sense will admit o f it. XX. Motions and Reports may be committed, or re­ committed, at the pleasure o f the House. XXI. No motion or proposition, o f a subject different from that under consideration, shall be admitted un­ der color o f amendment. XXII. The unfinished business, in which the House was engaged at the time o f the last adjournment, shall have the preference in the orders o f the day. XXIII. No rule or order o f the House shall be dispensed with, unless two thirds o f the Members present shall consent thereto. XXIV. When a vote is doubted, the Members for or against the question, when called on by the Speaker, shall rise and stand uncovered till they are counted. XXV. All questions, relating to priority o f business to be acted upon, shall be decided without debate. Ch. TU. Duties o f Monitors. 9

XXVI. Every question o f order shall be noted by the Clerk, with the decision thereon, and inscribed at large on the Journal. XXVII.

When a motion is made to refer any subject, and different Committees shall be proposed, the question shall be taken in the following order:— a Standing Committee o f the House— a Select Committee o f the House— a Joint Standing Committee— a Joint Select Committee. XXVIII. It shall be the duty o f each Member o f the House, who moves that any Standing Committee be instruct­ ed to inquire into the expediency o f amending an existing law or laws, to point out the amendment, which he deems expedient, in writing, to accompany his motion. XXIX.

No stranger shall be admitted to the seats of Members, or upon the floor o f the House, without leave o f the Speaker.

CHAPTER III.

O f the Duties o f Monitors.

One Monitor shall be appointed for each division of the House, whose duty it shall be to see the due observance o f the orders o f the House, and, on de­ mand o f the Speaker, to return the number o f votes and Members in their respective divisions. •2 10 O f Petitions, Memorials, fçc. Ch. IV.

II. If any Member shall transgress any o f the rules or orders o f the House, and persist therein after being notified thereof by any Monitor, it shall be the duty o f such Monitor to give information thereof to the House. III. In case the Speaker shall be absent at the hour to which the House was adjourned, one o f the Mon­ itors shall call the House to order, and the Clerk shall preside.

CHAPTER IV.

O f Petitions, Memorials, Sfc.

I. All papers addressed to the House, except peti­ tions, memorials and remonstrances, shall be pre­ sented by the Speaker, or by a Member in his place, and shall be read by the Speaker, Clerk, or such other person as the Speaker may request, and shall be taken up in the order in which they were present­ ed, unless where the House shall otherwise direct.

II.

Every Member, presenting to the House a petition, memorial, or remonstrance, shall endorse his name thereon, and, in the filing thereof, state briefly the na­ ture and object o f the instrument, and shall also give, in his place, a brief summary thereof; and the reading o f the same, from the chair, shall in all instances be dispensed with, unless specially ordered by the House. Ch. V. O f Bills, Resolves, and Grants. 11

III. All petitions, memorials, remonstrances, and pa­ pers o f a like nature, shall be presented during the first hour o f each session o f the House, and at no other time, except by special leave o f the House.

C H A P T E R V

O f Bills, Resolves, and Grants. I. No resolve shall pass without being read on two several days, the second time to be assigned by the House. II. All bills and resolves shall be written in a fair round hand, without interlineations, on not less than a sheet o f paper, with suitable margins, and spaces between the several sections or resolves. III. No bill or resolve, introduced upon the report o f a Committee o f this House, shall be read until it shall have been examined by the Committee who have had the subject under consideration. And all Committees o f this House may report by bill, resolve, or otherwise. IV. N o engrossed bill shall be sent to the Senate, without notice thereof being given to the House by the Speaker. V. No bill shall pass to be engrossed without being read on three several days, the second and third to be assigned by the House. VI. No private act or resolve, affecting the character or property o f any individual, shall pass the House, unless such individual be first notified thereof. 12 O f Bills, Resolves, and Grunts Ch. V.

VII.

All bills in their third reading, and resolves in their second reading, shall be committed to the Standing Committee on bills in their third reading, to be by them examined, corrected, and so reported to the House. VIII.

All engrossed bills shall be committed to the Standing Committee on engrossed bills, to be strict­ ly examined ; and if found by them to be truly and rightly engrossed, they shall so report to the House, and the same shall be passed to be enacted, without any further reading, unless, on motion o f any Mem­ ber, a majority o f the House shall be in favor of reading the same as engrossed.

IX.

No engrossed bill shall be amended.

X. Bills in the second and in the third reading, shall be made the order o f the day, for the day next suc­ ceeding that on which leave shall have been given to read them a second or a third tim e; and all re­ ports o f Committees, not by bill, whether joint or o f this House, shall be, made the order o f the day for the day next succeeding that on which they shall have been first read in this House, unless otherwise directed by vote o f the House, and the Speaker shall order them accordingly; and after entering upon the orders o f the day, they shall be disposed o f in course.

XI. All amendments, proposed by the Senate and sent back to the House for their concurrence, shall be committed to the Committee who reported the mea­ sure proposed to be amended. Ch. VI. O f Committees. 13

CHAPTER VI. O f Committees and their General Duties. I. The following Standing Committees shall be ap­ pointed at the commencement o f the political year, viz :— A Committee on the Judiciary ; A Committee on Education ; A Committee on Agriculture ; A Committee on Matters o f Probate and Chan­ cery ; A Committee on Finance; A Committee on Elections ; A Committee on Bills in the Third Reading; A Committee on Engrossed Bills; And each o f these Committees shall consist of Seven Members; A Committee on County Estimates; A Committee on the Pay R o ll; A Committee on the Change o f Names; A Committee on Leave o f Absence; A Committee on Public Buildings; And each o f these Committees shall consist of Five Members. II. In all elections by ballot o f the House, a time shall be assigned for such election, at least one day previous thereto. III. In all elections o f Committees o f the House, by ballot, the person having the highest number of votes shall act as Chairman. IV. No Chairman o f any Committee shall leave the House for more than one day, without permission 14 O f Committees. Ch. VI. first obtained for that purpose ; and all papers, rela­ tive to any business before the House, shall be left with the Clerk, by any Member, who may obtain leave of absence, and may have any such papers in his possession. V. The Chairman o f every Committee, except the Standing Committees, who shall have business re­ ferred to them, shall make report o f their doings therein, within four days after appointment.

VI. The rules o f proceeding in the House shall be ob­ served in a Committee o f the whole House, so far as they may be applicable, except the rule limiting the times o f speaking : but no Member shall speak twice upon any question, until every Member, choos­ ing to speak, shall have spoken. JOINT RULES AND ORDERS OF THE TWO HOUSES. I. The following Joint Standing Committees shall be appointed at the commencement o f the January session, viz :— A Committee on Accounts; A Committee on Roads and Bridges ; A Committee on Railways and Canals; A Committee on Tow ns; A Committee on Claims; A Committee on the Militia; A Committee on Parishes and other Religious Societies; A Committee on the Fisheries ; A Committee on Banks and Banking; A Committee on Mercantile Affairs and Insur­ ance ; A Committee on Public Lands; A Committee on Manufactures; A Committee on the Library; A Committee on Prisons; and A Committee on Public Charitable Institutions; And each o f said Committees shall consist o f two on the part o f the Senate, and three on the part o f the House, except the Committee on the Library, which, by law, is to consist o f three on the part o f each Plouse, and no Member o f any Committee shall re­ ceive compensation for personal services on such Committee, during the Session o f the Legislature. II. The Joint Committees o f the two Houses may re­ port by bill, resolve, or otherwise, to either House, at their discretion; and all bills and resolves, report­ ed by them, shall be written in a fair round hand, without interlineation, on not less than a sheet of paper, with suitable margins, and spaces between the several sections or resolves. 16 Joint Rules and Orders o f both Houses

III. All papers, while on their passage between the two Houses, may be under the signature o f the respective Clerks, except Bills and Resolves in their last stage. IV. After Bills shall have passed both Houses to be engrossed, they shall be in the charge o f the Clerks o f the two Houses, who shall deliver the same to the Secretary o f the Commonwealth, to be engrossed in the manner prescribed by law; and when engross­ ed, the said Clerks shall forthwith deliver the same to the Committee of the House o f Representatives on Engrossed Bills; and when the same shall have passed to be enacted in that House, they shall, in like manner, be delivered to the Committee o f the Senate on Engrossed Bills.

V. After Bills shall have passed both Houses to be enacted, the Clerks o f the two Houses shall cause them to be laid before the Governor for his approba­ tion, an indorsement being first made thereon, by the Clerk o f the House, in which the same originat­ ed, respectively, certifying in which House the same originated, which indorsement shall be entered on the Journals by the Clerks respectively, and also the day on which the same were laid before the Gover­ nor. VI.

All resolves and other papers, which are to be presented to the Governor o f the Commonwealth, shall be presented for his approbation, in the same manner, as prescribed in the case o f Bills. CIVIL GOVERNMENT

O F T H E (Eommoiitoealtíj of fïïassacljusctts,

FOR THE POLITICAL YEAR 1837.

HIS EXCELLENCY EDWARD EVERETT,

GOVERNOR.

H IS H O N O R GEORGE HULL, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

COUNCIL. ASA W. WILDES, of Ncwburyport. BENJAMIN RUSSELL, o f Boston, BENJAMIN RODMAN, of New Bedford, ZENAS CRANE, o f Dalton, WARREN LOVERING, o f Medway, E D W A R D F. JACOBS, o f Scituate. SAMUEL MIXTER, o f New Braintree, SIDNEY WILLARD, o f Cambridge, JOHN HOWARD, o f Springfield.

JOHN P. BIGELOW, Secretary o f the Commonwealth.

DAVID WILDER, Treasurer Receiver General o f the Commonwealth. 3 Senate.

Hon. HORACE I A AA,

PRESIDENT.

SUFFOLK DISTRICT.

Horace Mann, Stephen Fairbanks, Phineas Sprague, > o f Boston. Nathan Gurney, Samuel Dorr, Josiah Quincy, Jr.,

ESSEX DISTRICT.

John Tenney, o f Metlincn. Jonathan Shove, of Danvers, Charles Kimball, o f Ipswich, Stephen Oliver, o f Lynn, Warwick Palfrey, Jr. o f Salem, Daniel Adams, 3d. of Newbury.

MIDDLESEX DISTRICT.

Leonard M. Parker, of Shirley, Stephen Pope, o f Marlborough, Reuben Bacon, of Bedford, William Livingston, o f Lowell, Francis Bowman, o f Cambridge. Señale. 19

WORCESTER DISTRICT.

Charles Hudson, o f Westminster, Charles Russell, of Princeton, Charles Allen, of Worcester, Linus Child, o f Southbridge. Ethan A. Greenwood. o f Hubbbardston. William Hancock, o f Dudley.

HAMPSHIRE DISTRICT.

Myron Lawrence, o f Belchertown. William Ward, of Worthington.

HAMPDEN DISTRICT.

Harvey Chapin, o f Springfield. Orrin Sage, of Blandford.

FRANKLIN DISTRICT.

Ephraim Hastings, o f Heath.

BERKSHIRE DISTRICT.

Joseph Fitch, of New Marlboro’. Henry H. Childs, of Pittsfield.

PLYMOUTH DISTRICT.

Abel Kingman, of N. Bridgwater. John B. Turner, o f Scituate.

BARNSTABLE DISTRICT.

Charles Marston, of Barnstable. 20 Senate.

NANTUCKET AND DUKES CO. DISTRICT.

David Joy, o f Nantucket.

NORFOLK DISTRICT.

Thomas French, o f Canton. Abel Cushing, o f Dorchester. Benjamin P. Williams, of Roxbury.

BRISTOL DISTRICT.

Seth Witmarsh, o f Seekonk. James H. Handy, o f Westport. Henry Williams, o f Taunton.

CHARLES CALHOUN, Clerk. W . P. GRAGG, Assistant Clerk.

R e v . NEIIEMIAH ADAMS, Chaplain. BENJAMIN STEVENS, Sergeant-at-Arms. MILTON HALL, Doorkeeper. WINSLOW LEACH, Page. Spouse of Bepresentatitors

Mon. JIIJIS ROCKWELL,

SPEAKER.

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.

Boston, Thomas C. Amory, 298 Richard Austin, 17J Benjamin Bangs, 518 James Barry, 520 Amos Binney, 149 George Blake, 572 Levi Bliss, 599 Edward Brooks, 409 J. Vincent Browne, 503 Samuel Chessman, 401 James Clark, 262 Zebedee Cook, Jr., 233 Nath’l F. Cunningham, 501 William H. Delano, 140 Benjamin Dodd, 388 Thomas Edmands, 400 Frederick Emerson, 123 Joseph Eveleth, 63 William T . Eustis, 395 Benjamin Fiske, 578 David Francis, 115 Daniel L. Gibbens, 187 Benjamin A. Gould, 331 John C. Gray, 150 House o f Representatives.

John Green, Jr. 543 James Harris, 208 Samuel D. Harris, 509 Eliphalet P. Hartshorn, 275 George E. Head, 475 Daniel Henchman, 319 Zachariah Hicks, 78 Prentiss Hobbs, 247 James L. Homer, 82 Thomas Hudson, 64 Thomas Hunting, Cranston Howe, 438 Enoch Hobart, 397 Zachariah Jellison, 478 John Knapp, 201 Robert Keith, 203 Benjamin Lamson, 355 Henry W. Kinsman, 585 Joseph M. Leavitt, 317 Charles Lincoln, 190 Edward G. Loring, 291 Isaac McLellan, Jr. 455 James Means, 378 Hugh Montgomery, 170 David Nickerson, 62 John C. Park, 172 William Parsons, Jr. 493 Abel Phelps, 173 John L. Phillips, 231 Thomas W . Phillips, 368 Solomon Piper, 601 Royal L. Porter, 146 Simon W. Robinson, 152 James Ridgway, 327 Henry G. Rice, 199 Jeffrey Richardson, 224 Robert E. Ruthven, 352 A.sa Swallow, 169 House o f Representatives. 23

Boston, Daniel SafFord, 351 John O. Sargeant, Ebenezer Scott, 337 Jerome V. C. Smith, 383 John B. Stebbins, 418 Jedediah Tuttle, 365 L. M. Walter, 380— Desk Isaac Waters, 24 John B. Wells, 32 Joel Wheeler, 549 William Willet, 271 Robert C. Winthrop, Chelsea, John Pierce, 470

COUNTY OF ESSEX.

Amesbury, Patten Sargent, 77 Jonathan Nay son, 189 Leonard Hoyt, 269 Andover, Amos Abbott, 300 Joshua Ballard, 27 George Hodges, 15 Solomon Holt, 154 William Johnson, Jr. 362 Beverly, Jonathan Batchelder, 394 Daniel Cross, 43 Ezra Dodge, 228 David Larcom, 550 Pyam Lovett, 245 Boxforcl, Bradford, William S. Balch, 254 Benjamin Greenleaf, 13 Danvers, Caleb L. .Frost, 51 Daniel P King, 559 Andrew Lunt, 159 Jacob F. Perry, 250 House o f Representatives.

Danvers, Joshua H. Ward, 544 Essex, Oliver Low, 246 Gloucester, Eleazer Boynton, 342 John Davis, 433 David Donnohu, 441 Epes Ellery, 56 Addison Gilbert, 476 Theophilus Herrick, 344 Robert Rantoul, Jr. 340 Oliver W . Sargent, 586 David White, 469 Hamilton, George Appleton, 335 Haverhill, Joseph Ayer, 564 James Davis, 500 Elbridge G. Eaton, 46 Ward Hazeltine, 565 Nathan Webster, 71 Ipswich, William Wade, 61 Lynnfield, William Perkins, 14 Manchester, Israel Foster, 119 Marblehead, John Carroll, 603 William Hooper, 533 William Knight, 590 Nathaniel Lindsey, Jr. 449 George C. Roundy, 332 Methuen, Middleton, Joseph W. Bachelder, 132 Newbury, Moses Little, 274 Daniel Noyes, 293 Newburyport, Charles H. Balch, 144 George Lunt, Isaac Stone, 249 Rowley, Thomas Gage, Jeremiah Nelson, Edward Smith, 416 Salem, Charles A. Andrew, 420 Ferdinand Andrews, 528 Gideon Barstow, House o f Representatives.. 25

Salem, Nehemiah Brown, 429 Frazier Carlton, 592 Eleazer M. Dalton, 244 Putnam I. Farnham, 521 Samuel Holman, Jr. 265 Jeremiah S. Perkins, 479 Richard S. Rogers, 473 George H. Smith, 589 Samuel W . Stickney, 574 William Sutton, 232 John S. Williams, 447 Salisbury, True G. Graves, 385 Enoch Fowler, 363 Angier M. Morrill, 329 Saugus, William W. Bordman, 491 Topsfield, Wenham, Moses Foster, 553 West Newbury, Moses Carr, 243 Moses Emery, 221

COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.

Acton, Nathan Brooks, 9 Asliby, Luke Willington, 556 Bedford, Amos Hartwell, 141 Billerica, Brighton, Joseph Everett, 282 Burlington, James Cutler, 130 Cambridge, Luther Brooks, 252 Thomas B. Gannett, 405 Charles C. Little, 567 Enos Reed, 38 Ralph Smith, 195 William J. Whipple, I Thomas Whitteinore, 67

4 26 House o f Representatives.

Carlisle, George W . Stacy, 31 Charlestown, Dexter Bowman, 485 Joseph F. Boyd, 320 Timothy Fletcher, 41 Abijah Monroe, 230 Edwin Munroe, 66 Samuel Poor, 374 John Runey. 225 John Stevens, 313 Charles Thompson, 145 Stephen Wiley, 323 Chelmsford, Alpheus Spaulding, 605 Amos Whitney, 321 Concord, Stedman Buttrick, 219 Cyrus Stow, 94 Dracutt, William F. Osgood, 591 Benjamin Stevens, 593 Framingham , Moses Edgell, 135 Groton, John G. Park, 113 Joshua Green, 276 Holliston, Benj. F. Batchelder, 430 Nathan Leland, 95 Hopkinton, Michael Homer, 59 Samuel B. Walcott, 571 Lexington, Isaac Mulliken, 580 Nehemiah Wellington, 413 Lincoln, Abel Hartwell, 483 Littleton, Cephas Hartwell, 315 Loivcll, Josiah G. Abbott, 565 Samuel Clark, 376 Jesse Clement, 602 Joseph M. Doe, 596 Gardner K. Eastman, 236 James K. Fellows, 575 Richard Fowler, 308 Stephen Goodhue, 57 Charles Hastings, 407 Joseph W. Mansur, 379 House o f Representatives, 27

Lowell, John Mead, 569 William S. Merrill, 153 William N. Owen, 277 Josiah G. Peabody, 222 Loring Pickering, 192 Samuel Willard, 371 James Wilson, 530 Malden, Timothy Bailey, 181 Sylvanus Cobb, 450 George Emerson, 8 Marlborough, Isaac Hayden, 48 Medford, James O. Curtis, 290 Timothy Cotting, 184 Natick, Chester Adams, 7 Newton, James Fuller, 194 Joel Fuller, 138 Elijah F. Woodward, 512 Pepperell, David Blood, Jr. 357 Joseph G. Heald, 6 Reading, Eben. D. Batchelder, 105 Daniel Flint, Jr. 456 John Weston, 451 Sherburne, Silas Stone, 164 Shirley, Zenas Brown, 107 South Reading, Benjamin Emerson, 198 Noah Smith, 490 Stoneham, Benj. F. Richardson, 566 Stow and Boxborough, John Gates, 581 Peter Whitcomb, 117 Sudbury, William Brigham, 330 Townsend, Samuel Adams, 292 Joel Emery, 461 Tewksbury, Jonathan Clark, 2d, 361 Tyngsborough, Timothy Butterfield, 80 Waltham, William Porter, 288 Watertown, George Robbins, 223 William Stone, 108 28 House o f Representatives.

Wayland, Isaac Gleason, 279 West Cambridge, Joshua Avery, 539 Westford, Caleb Blake, 278 Weston, Wilmington, Silas Brown, 514 W^oburn, Stephen Eames, 133 Henry Flagg, 118 Leonard Thompson, 409

COUNTY OF WORCESTER.

Aslihurnliam, Asahel Corey, 497 Reuben Townsend, Jr. 161 Atliol, Benjamin Estabrook, 472 James Young, 595 Rarre, Samuel Lee, 37 Francis Rice, 18 Berlin, Jonathan D. Meriam, 127 Bolton, Joseph Sawyer, 177 Boylston, Brookfield, Lewis Abbott, 197 Ebenezer Merriam, 503 Charlton, William P. Marble, 551 Amasa Stone, 284 Dana, Nathan Stone, 426 Douglas, Joshua Fairbanks, 442 Amos Humes, 594 Dudley, John Boyden, Jr. 129 William Larned, 412 Fitchburg, Alvah Crocker, 28 Francis Perkins, 193 Isaiah Putnam, 579 Gardner, Martin Dunster, 253 Grafton, Oliver M. Brigham, 210 Hardwick, Harvard, House of Representatives. 29

Holden, John Chaffin, 90 Paul Davis, 546 Hubbardston, Asa Marean, 242 Moses Wait, 55 Lancaster, Janies G. Carter, 241 Leominster, Phineas S. Burditt, 597 Charles W . Wilder, 422 Lunenburg, William Plarlow, 414 Leicester, Isaac Southgate, 202 Thomas Sprague, 555 Hendon, Jared Benson, 86 Ariel Cook, 356 Clark Cook, 283 Washington Hunt, 183 Milford, John Corbett, 322 Sullivan Sumner, 600 Millbury, Lyman Goodell, 110 Aaron Trask, 560 Neio Braintree, Nortliborough, Prentiss Keyes, 255 Northbridge, Charles Bowen, 45 North Brookfield, William Adams, Eli Forbes, Joseph A. Moore, 316 Oakham, Luther Hunter, 178 Oxford, Paxton, Petersham, Nahum Gale, 204 Seth Hapgood, Phillipston, James Richardson, 436 Princeton, John Whitney, 492 Royalston, Benoni Peck, 460 Arba Sherwin, 33 Rutland, George" S. Flint, 398 Shrewsbury, Southborough, Southbridge, Holmes Ammidown, 44 Jedediah Marcy, 396 30 House o f Representatives.

Spencer, James Draper, 517 Dennis Ward, 424 Sterling, Cyrus Holbrook, 583 Samuel Sawyer, 2d, 364 Sutton, David Putnam, 377 Asa Woodbury, 285 Sturbridge, Jonathan P. Curtis, 390 Lemuel Hooker, 67 Templeton, Artemas Lee, 17 Upton, Uxbridge, John W. Capron, 432 Samuel Read, 358 Ward, Isaac Stone, 58 Warren, Pardon Allen, 427 Webster, Horace Whitaker, 453 Westborough, Jonathan Forbes, 296 West Boylston, Robert B. Thomas, 286 Westminster, Joseph Whitman, 389 Joseph H. Whitney, 541 Winchendon, William Brown, 508 Jacob Wales, 20 Worcester, Eben L. Barnard, 238 Thos. Chamberlain, 139 John Coe, 310 Benj. Goddard, 2d, Edw. H. Hemmenway, 25 Thos. Kinnicutt, 459 Wm. Lincoln, David Wadsworth, 96

COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE.

Amherst, Osmyn Baker, Desk Enos Dickinson, 281 Ebenezer Mattoon, Jr. 10 Belchertoion, Israel Towne, 73 Chesterfield, Oliver Edwards, 39 House oj Representatives. 31

Cummington, Nathan Orcutt, 204 East Hampton, Luther Clark, Jr. 372 Enfield, Epaphras Clark, Granby, Samuel Ayres, 425 Greenwich, Goshen, William Hubbard, 349 Hadley, Walter Newton, 226 Parsons West, 211 Hatfield, Middlefield, Green II. Church, 457 Northampton, William Clark, Jr. 312 Charles P. Huntington, 272 Thomas Pratt, Samuel Strong, 486 Norwich, Horace Taylor, 537 Pelham, Luther Pierce, 410 Plainfield, John Carr, 215 Prescott, David Mellen, 311 South Hadley, Joel Miller, 40 Daniel Payne, 101 Southampton, Elisha Edwards, 561 Westhampton, Jared Bartlett, 393 Ware, Edmund Ereeman, 489 Reuben Lazell, 598 Williamsburg, Isaac Gere, 507 Worthington, Ransloe Daniels, 158

COUNTY OF HAMPDEN

Blandford, Adam Blair, 326 David Collins, 474 Ilrimfield, Royal Wales, 251 John M. Warren, 23 Chester, William Henry, 375 Granville, Levi Parsons, 85 Elijah Seymour, 16 32 House oj Representatives.

Longmeadow, Burgess Salisbury, 423 Ludlow, Joseph Bucklin, 72 Monson, Welcome Converse, 573 Hiram Newton, 484 Montgomerij, Oren Parks, 495 Palmer, Sylvester Parks, 545 John Ward, 443 Russell, John Gould, 220 Southwick, Robert Forward, 267 Springfield, David Bemis, Stephen C. Bemis, Samuel Bowles, 84 Austin Chapin, 2d, 268 Chauncy Chapin, 209 Joel Miller, 562 Alpheus Nettleton, 89 Edmund Palmer, 428 Samuel H. Stebbins, 99 Daniel W. Willard, 542 Tolland, Archibald Wright, 547 Wales and Holland, Lyman Gould, 534 Westfield, Elias Cadwell, 576 Joseph Hedges, 147 Thomas Loomis, Lucius Wright, 431 West Springfield, Linus Bagg, Luther Frink, 336 Josiah Johnson, 538 Lewis Warriner, 52 Wilbraham, William Knight, Walter Stebbins, 314

COUNTY OF FRANKLIN.

Ashfield, Anson Bernent, 168 Wait Bernent, 536 House o f Representatives. 33

Bernardston, Henry W . Cushman, 467 Buckland, Ezra Howes, 65 Charlemont, Joseph Field, 494 Coleraine, Jonathan Johnson, 76 Amos Stewart, 482 Conway, Charles E. Billings, 180 Deerfield, Amos Russell, 403 Rufus Saxton, 516 Gill, Josiah Pomeroy, 68 Greenfield, James C. Alvord, 465 Henry Chapman, 471 Hawley, Calvin Cooley, 70 Heath, David White, 75 Leyden, John Barstow, 000 Leverett, Asa L. Field, 481 Montague, Elisha Leffingwell, 301 Neiv Salem, Alpheus Harding, 535 John Putnam, 112 Northfield, Samuel C. Allen, Jr. 83 Asahel Sawyer, 216 Orange, Jesse Warwick, 324 Rowe, Moses Gleason, 134 Shelburne, Ira Arms, 116 Shutesbury, Joseph L. Smalledge, 527 Sunderland, Jedediah Clark, 353 Warwick, Jacob R. Gale, 369 Wendell, Ivers Benjamin, 582 Whately, Asa Dickinson, 143

COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.

Adams, Alanson Cady, 532 Isaac Dean, 370 Daniel A. Wells, 458 Henry Wilmarth, 69 Alford, Roswell Picket, 557 5 34 House o f Representatives.

Recket, Kendall Baird, 524 Cheshire, Noah Y. Bushnell, 506 Dalton, Caleb W . Ensign, 88 Egremont, Samuel Newman, 174 Great Barrington, William Battelle, Isaac Seeley, Jr. Hancock, Elijah Goodrich, Jr. 81 Hinsdale, Henry Putnam, Jr. 98 Lanesborough, Asahel Buck, Jr. 87 Lee, Winthrop Laflin, 280 William Merrill, 448 Lenox, George J. Tucker, 102 Mount Washington, William Wright, Jr. 125 Monroe, New Marlborough, Samuel Emmons, 325 Levi L. Smith, 229 Otis, Elam P. Norton, 176 Peru, Cyrus Stowell, 34 Pittsfield, Amos Barnes, 109 Jason Clapp, Henry Daniels, 212 Butler Goodrich, 167 Julius Rockwell, Richmond, Samuel Gates, 307 Sandisficld, Stephen Smith, 408 AlfredC. Twining, 259 Savoy, Charles Dunham, 392 Stockbridge, Alanson Bennett, 163 John M. Cooper, 239 Tyringham, Oliver Judd, Jr. 303 Sheffield, Butler Ives, 211 Amos Shears, 384 Washington, Stephen W . Newton, 93 W est Stockbridge, Miles Morgan, 21 Williamstown, Thomas C. Phelps, 111 William Waterman, 263 l Vindsor, Alpheus Brown, Jr. 439 House o f Representatives. 35 COUNTY OF NORFOLK.

Bellingham, John Cook, 2d, 513 Braintree, Isaac Dyer, 188 Samuel French, 570 Minott Thayer, 35 Brookline, Thomas Griggs, 554 Canton, Nathaniel French, 206 Abel Wentworth, Cohasset, Thomas Bourne, 36 Dedham, Daniel Coveil, 157 Joshua Fales, Jr. 142 John Morse, 214 Dorchester, Darius Brewer, Dover, Ralph Sanger, 297 Foxborough, Stephen Rhodes, 502 Franklin, Joel Daniels, Jr. 185 Medfield, Medway, Nathan Jones, 452 Milton, Edmund J. Baker, 309 Nathaniel Thomas, 191 Needham, William Flagg, 137 Asa Kingsbury, 261 Quincy, Harvey Field, 496 Randolph, Zenas French, Jr. 415 Alvan Kidder, 511 Samuel Thayer, 2d, 47 Roxbury, John J. Clarke, 488 Cornelius Cowen, 29 Nathaniel Curtis, 103 Jerathmeel Davenport, 359 Samuel G. Goodrich, 260 Samuel Guild, 256 Joseph W. Tucker, 121 Stephen Willaims, 373 Sharon, Ziba Plympton, 366 Stoughton, Massena B. Ballou, 148 36 House o f Representatives.

Stoughton, Martin Wales, 393 Walpole, Joshua Stetson, Jr. 279 Weymouth, Nathan Canterbury, 519 Jason Pratt, 406 Wrentliam,

COUNTY OF BRISTOL.

Attleborough, John Daggett, 3 Lemuel May, 341 Berkley, Thomas Andros, 5 Dartmouth, Joseph Gilford, 155 Ricketson Slocum, 419 Dighton, Easton, Fairhaven, Cyrus E. Clark, 339 Fall River, Cyrus Alden, 160 Philip S. Brown, 354 John Eddy, 205 Richard C. French, 124 Micah H. Ruggles, Constant B. Wyatt, 175 Freetown, Guilford H. Hathaway, 128 Calvin Thomas, 463 Mansfield, Knight Day, 257 New Bedford, Thomas B. Bush, 531 Isaac Case, 126 Benjamin Coombs, 345 William II. Crocker, Isaac D. Hall, 19 Cyrus Hooper, Thomas Mandell, 106 Sampson Perkins, 548 James D. Thompson, 522 Jonathan R. Ward, 499 House o f Representatives. 37

Norton, John Crane, 50 Pawtucket, Elijah Ingraham, 179 Raynham, William Snow, 338 Rehoboth, Richard Goff, 346 Abel Ilorr, 97 Seckonk, Caleb Chaffee, 131 Lewis Walker, 444 Somerset, John Pierce, Jr 74 Swansey, George Mason, 477 Taunton, Apollos Anthony, 287 Leonard Hall, 54 Stephen L. White, 42 George Walker, 525 Westport, Nathan C. Brownell, Christopher A. Church, Jonathan Davis, 445

COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH.

Abington, Bridgwater, Dyon Bryant, 350 Philo Leach, 151 Carver, Jesse Murdock, 162 Duxbury, Gershom Bradford, 182 Joseph F. Wadsworth, 200 Gershom B. Weston, 240 East Bridgwater, William Harris, 588 Isaac Pratt, 295 Halifax, Jabez P. Thompson, 464 Hanover, Abel G. Duncan, 404 Hanson, Junius Tilden, 334 Hingham, Henry Cushing, 60 Martin Fearing, 480 Albert A. Folsom, Desk Francis G. Ford, 217 Hull, Robert Gould, 235 38 House o f Representatives.

Kingston, Seth Drew, 529 Marshfield, Luther Hatch, 79 Edward P. Little, 166 Middleborougli, George Atwood, 442 Jonathan Cobb, 237 Reuben Halford, 258 Gamaliel Rounseville, 100 Lothrop Thomas, 114 Ephraim Ward, 577 North Bridgwater, Jesse Perkins, Pembroke, Seth Whitman, 266 Plymouth, John Bartlett, 289 Nathaniel M. Davis, 136 Sylvanus Harlow, 400 Solomon Richmond, 382 Thomas Russell, Samuel Talbot, 391 Plympton, Josiah T. Ellis, 30 Rochester, Zaccheus M. Barstow, 304 Theophilus King, 454 Scituate, Thomas T. Bailey, 411 Ebenezer T . Fogg, 498 Moses P. Rich, 196 Samuel A. Turner, 604 Wareham, William Bates, 26 Sylvanus Bourne, 440 Lewis Kenney, 369 West Bridgwater, John E. Howard, 510

COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE.

Barnstable, Nathaniel Hinckley, 156 William A. Lewis, 520 Samuel Pitcher, 22 Zenas Weeks, ’ Breicster, 40 Nathaniel Crosby, 568 House o f Representatives. 39

Chatham, Freeman Nickerson, 540 Seth Nickerson, 348 Dennis, Daniel Hedge, 402 William Hinckley, 343 Jonathan Nickerson, 12 Eastham, George Collins, 505 Falmouth, Ward M. Parker, Nathaniel Shiverick, 122 Elijah Swift, 218 Handelt, Job Chase, 92 Samuel Eldridge, 2d 91 James Long, 300 Orleans, Thomas Mayo, 417 Ebenezer Rogers, 120 Provincetown, Godfrey Rider, 318 Joshua Cook, 305 Sandwich, Jesse Boyden, 213 Abraham Fish, 248 Abram Nye, 49 Lemuel B. Nye, 165 Truro, Solomon Davis, 380 Henry Stevens, 234 Wellfleet, John L. Daniel, 515 Richard Libbey, 186 Yarmouth, Reuben Rider, 227 Nathaniel S. Simpkins,, 435 Ichabod Sherman, 504

DUKES’ COUNTY.

Chilmark, Mayhew Cottle, 302 Edgartown, William Coffin, David Davis, Tishury, Thomas Bradley, 207 William Davis, 587 40 House o f Representatives. COUNTY OF NANTUCKET.

Nantucket, Frederick Arthur, 29 Barker Burnell, Jonathan C. Briggs,

George M. Bunker, 27 © 10 Jared Coffin, Benjamin Gardner, 487 William Jenkins, 333 George B. Upton, 523 William Watson,

LU TH ER S. CUSHING, Clerk.

R e v . BARON STOWE, \ r , , . R e v . TH O M A S F. KING, f

E l ij a h W . C u t t i n g , Messenger.

D a v id M u r p h y , Assistant Messenger.

O r l a n d o P i t t s , Page. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.

ON ACCOUNTS. Messrs. Ward and I n f the Senate. Palfray, f * Messrs. Willard, o f Springfield, Knapp, o f Boston, O f the House. Chamberlin, o f Worcester J ON ROADS AND BRIDGES. Messrs. Ch“ and J Q f ^ &nate Turner Messrs. Edwards, o f Southampton, Draper, o f Spencer, O f the House. Johnson, of Andover,

ON RAILWAYS AND CANALS. Messrs. Hudson and ) „ „ j7 „ tt, ■ , , > O f the Senate. r airbanks, ) J Messrs. Davis, o f Plymouth, i Whittemore, o f Cambridge, > O f the House. Billings, o f Conway, J

ON TOWNS. Messrs. Hastings and ) ,, Adams” ' ° f tllc Smate' Messrs. Fogg, o f Scituate, Lee, of Templeton, O f the House. Gould, of Russell.

ON CLAIMS, Messrs. Shove and ) Qj. ^ Senate. Pope, f Messrs. Clark, of Roxbury, James Fuller, o f Newton O f the House. Waters, o f Boston, ■1 42 Joint Standing Committees

ON PARISHES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. Messrs. Whitmarsh ) „ , ■ 0 > O f the Senate. and Sage, $ J Messrs. Huntington,ofNorthampton, \ Eustis, of Boston, > 0 / the House. Davis, of Westport, )

ON THE MILITIA. Messrs. Ward and ) j7 0 t , > O f the Senate. Bowman, J J Messrs. Andrew of Salem, \ Thompson, of N. Bedford, > O f the House. Crocker, of Fitchburg, j

ON PUBLIC LANDS. Messrs. Fairbanks and j O f the Senate. Bacon, Messrs. Winthrop, o f Boston,ston, I Stetson, o f Walpoleole, \ O f the House. Thompson, o f Halifaxalifax, )

ON MANUFACTURES. Messrs. French and ) „ TT i ,■ f / r the ¿senate. jUtincoclv j j Messrs. Brooks, o f Boston, i Hodges, of Andover, V O f the House. Wilmarth, of Adams, J

ON FISHERIES. Messrs. Marston and the Senate. Kingman, I O f Messrs. Gilbert, o f Gloucester, Eldridge, of Harwich, ^ O f the House. Briggs, o f Nantucket,

ON BANKS AND BANKING. Messrs. Dorr and ) ,7 ,, j | C/jr the ¿senate. Messrs. Gray, o f Boston, I Weston, of Duxbury, > O f the House. Mandell, o f New Bedford, ) Joint Standing Committees. 43

ON MERCANTILE AFFAIRS AND INSURANCE.

Messrs. Russell and \ q j ^ Senate Sprague, Messrs. Cook, o f Boston, Holman, o f Salem O f the House. Swift, o f Falmouth;} ON PRISONS.[SOI Messsrs. Gurney and | O f the Senate. Livingston, Messrs. Cobb, o f Malden Ammidown.ofSouthbridge O f the House. Adams, o f Natick ■} ON PUBLIC CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. Messrs. Childs and ) j7 0 ' O f the Senate. Greenwood Messrs. Thompson, o f Charlestown, Smith, o f Boston, O f the House. Saxton, o f Deerfield,

ON THE LIBRARY. Messrs. Tenney, I Quincy and > O f the Senate. Fairbanks, ) Messrs. Lunt, o f Newburyport, i Greenleaf, o f Bradford, > O f the House Russell, o f Plymouth, ) STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.

ON THE JUDICIARY. Messrs. Allen, Lawrence, and Cushing.

ON MATTERS IN PROBATE AND CHANCERY. Messrs. Parker, Tenney, and Williams o f B.

ON EDUCATION. Messrs. Quincy, Handy, and Childs.

ON AGRICULTURE. Messrs. B. P. Williams, Pope, and Fitch.

ON BILLS IN THE THIRD READING. Messrs. Lawrence, Hudson, Allen, Child, Kimball, and Tenney.

ON ENGROSSED BILLS. Messrs. Williams o f B., Kimball, Greenwood, Oliver, Sage, and Joy. STANDING COMMITTEES

O F T H E H O U SE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

ON THE JUDICIARY. Messrs. Walcott, of Hopkinton, Rantoul, o f Glou­ cester, Lincoln, of Worcester, Loring, of Bos­ ton, Alvord, of Greenfield, Tucker, of Lenox, Ward, o f Danvers.

ON MATTERS OF PROBATE AND CHANCERY. Messrs. Kinsman and Blake, o f Boston, Kinnicutt, o f Worcester, Chapman, o f Greenfield, Daggett, o f Attleboro’, Williams, of Salem, Abbott, of Lowell.

ON EDUCATION. Messrs. Carter, o f Lancaster, Emerson, o f Boston, Goodrich, of Roxbury, Seeley, of Great Bar­ rington, Harding, o f New Salem, Gardner, of Nantucket, Andros, of Berkley.

ON AGRICULTURE. Messrs. Clark, o f Northampton, Gifford, o f Dart­ mouth, Lee, o f Barre, Field, of Charlemont, Ben- net, o f Stockbridge, Collins, o f Blandford, Cobb, o f Middleboro’.

ON FINANCE. Messrs. Jellison, o f Boston, Thayer, of Braintree, Sutton, o f Salem, Stowell, o f Peru, Abbott, of Andover, Allen, of Northfield, Williams, o f Rox­ bury.

ON ELECTIONS. Messrs. Whipple, o f Cambridge, Hinckley, of Barn­ stable, Cushman, o f Bernardston, Park, o f Bos­ ton, Mansur, of Lowell, Seymour, o f Granville, Shears, of Sheffield. 46 Standing Committees.

ON BILLS IN THEIR THIRD READING. Messrs. Baker, o f Amherst, T. W. Phillips, of Bos­ ton, Gannet, of Cambridge, Perkins, o f N. Bridg­ water, Sanger, of Dover, Upton, o f Nantucket, Lea­ vitt, o f Boston.

ON ENGROSSED BILLS. Messrs. Sargent, o f Boston, King, o f Danvers, King, o f Rochester, Mattoon, o f Amherst, Twining, of Sandisjicld, Folsom, of Hingham, Bowles, of Springfield.

ON COUNTY ESTIMATES. Messrs. Clark, o f Enfield, Little, o f Marshfield, Towne, o f Belchertown, Brown, o f Shirley, Whit­ ney, of Princeton.

ON THE PAY ROLL. Messrs. Eveleth, o f Boston, Latlin, o f Lee, Walker, o f Taunton, Ellis, o f Plympton, Field, of Quincy.

ON CHANGE OF NAMES. Messrs. Crocker, o f New Bedford, Bryant, o f Bridgwater, Wilder, of Leominster, Howes, of Buckland, Fearing, o f Hingham.

ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Messrs. Ridgway, o f Boston, Loomis, of Westfield, Thomas, of W. Boylston, Davis, o f Tisbury, Foster, o f Wenham.

ON PUBLICUBUILDINGS. Messrs. Brooks, o f Cambridge, Browne, o f Boston, Pickering, of Lowell, Barnes, o f Pittsfield, Steb- bins, o f Springfield. Monitors. 47

MONITORS OF THE HOUSE.

1st Division, . Mr. Billings, o f Conway. 2d a Mr. Goodrich, o f Pittsfield. 3d a . Mr. Lunt, o f Danvers. 4th C( . Mr. Leach, o f Bridgwater. 5 th (( . Mr. Baldi, o f Newburyport. 6th (< . Mr. Joel Fuller, o f Neicton. 7th (( . Mr. Ward, o f New Bedford. 8th a . Mr. Willard, o f Springfield. 9th (( . Mr. Marcy, of Southbridge.