RULES AND ORDERS,

TO BE OBSERVED IN THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OF THE

(Kommontoealtlj of jHassacfjwsetts,

FOR THE YEAR 1834.

PUBLISHED BY ORDER OP THE HOUSE.

BOSTON: DUTTON AND WENTWORTH, STATE PRINTERS

1834. , Rules and Orders of the House.

CHAPTER I. O f the Duties and Powers of 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 of a quorum, shall proceed to business. II. H e shall preserve decorum and order ; may speak to points of order in preference to other Members; and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House on motion regularly seconded. III. H e shall declare all votes ; but if any Member rises to doubt a vote, the Speaker shall order a re­ turn of the number voting in the affirmative, and in the negative, without any further debate upon the question. IV. H e shall rise to put a question, or to address the House, but may read sitting. V. In all cases the Speaker may vote. VI. W h e n the House shall determine to go into a Committee of the whole House, the Speaker shall appoint the Member who shall take the Chair. VII. W h e n any Member shall require a question to be determined by yeas and nays, the Speaker shall take the sense of the House in that manner, provided one third of the members present are in favor of 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 of the House, and shall be disposed of by vote of 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 of 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 it shall be decided without de­ bate. XII. He shall put the previous question in the follow­ ing form: “ shall the main question he now put?”__ and all amendment or further debate of the main question shall be suspended, until the previous ques­ tion be decided. XIII. When two or more Members happen to rise at once, the Speakei 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 of the Chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjourn­ ment.

CHAPTER II. O f the Duties, Rights, and Decorum of Members. I. Every seat, which shall be drawn by any Member, in person, at the beginning of the session, shall be his seat during the year, unless he shall have leave of the Speaker to change it. II. The desks on the right and left of the Speaker, shall be appropriated to the use of the Clerk and the Committees on Bills. III. No Member shall speak out of 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 of 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 6 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 of 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 of 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 of more than one. No Member of this House shall act as Counsel for either party, before a joint Com­ mittee of the Legislature, or a Committee of this House. X. No Member shall be permitted to stand up to the interruption of another, while any Member is speak­ ing, or pass unnecessarily between the Speaker of the House and the person speaking ; nor shall any Member be permitted to stand in the alleys during the session of 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. 7 omitted from the roll; and no Member shall receive pay for any week-day on which he has not actually attended, except in case of 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 of 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 of 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 of the House ; and a vote of leave of absence shall be inoperative, unless the Member obtaining it shall avail himself of it with­ in five days. XIV. When any Member shall be guilty of the breach of either of the Rules and Orders of the House, and the House shall have determined he has so trans­ gressed, he shall not, unless by way of excuse for the same, be allowed to speak or vote, until be has made satisfaction. XV. No member shall be permitted to vote in any question 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 of a ques­ tion where the sense will admit of it. XX. Motions and Reports may be committed, or re­ committed, at the pleasure of the House. XXI. No motion or proposition, of a subject different from that under consideration, shall be admitted un­ der color of amendment. XXII. The unfinished business, in which the House was engaged at the time of the last adjournment, shall have the preference in the orders of the day. XXIII. No rule or order of the house shall be dispensed with, unless two thirds of 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 of business to be acted upon, shall be decided without debate. Ch. III. Duties of Monitors. 9

XXVI. Every question of 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 of the House—a Select Committee of the House—a Joint Standing Committee—a Joint Select Committee. XXVIII. It shall be the duty of each Member of the House, who moves that any Standing Committee be instruct­ ed to inquire into the expediency of 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 of the House, without leave of the Speaker.

CHAPTER III. O f the Duties o f Monitors.

1.

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

II.

If any Member shall transgress any of the rules or orders of the House, and persist therein after being notified thereof by any Monitor, it shall be the duty of 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 of 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 presen­ ted, 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 of the instrument, and shall also give, in his place, a brief summary thereof; and the reading of 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 of a like nature, shall be presented during the first hour of each session of the House, and at no other time, except by special leave of the House.

C H A PT 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 of paper, with suitable margins, and spaces between the several sections or resolves. III. No bill or resolve, introduced upon the report of a Committee of this House, shall be read until it shall have been examined bytthe Committee who have had the subject under consideration. And all Committees of this House may report by bill,resolve, or otherwise. IV. No 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 of any individual, shall pass the House, unless such individual be first notified thereof. 12 O f Bills, Resolves, and Grants. 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 by3them 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 of any Mem­ ber, a majority of 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 of the day, for the day next suc­ ceeding that on which leave shall have been given to read them a second or a third time; and all re­ ports of Committees, not by bill, whether joint or of this House, shall be made the order of the day for the day next succeeding that on which they shall have been first read in this House, unless otherwise directed by vote of the House, and the Speaker shall order them accordingly ; and after entering upon the orders of the day, they shall be disposed of 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 of the political year, viz :— A Committee on the Judiciary; A Committee on Education ; A Committee on Agriculture ; A Committee on Matters of Probate and Chan eery ; A Committee on Finance ; A Committee on Elections ; A Committee on Bills in the Third Reading; A Committee on Engrossed Bills ; And each of these Committees shall consist of Five Members ; A Committee on County Estimates ; A Committee on the Pay Roll ; A Committee on the Change of Names ; A Committee on Leave of Absence ; A Committee on Public Buildings; And each of these Committees shall consist of Three Members. II. In all elections by ballot of the House, a time shall be assigned for such election, at least one day previous thereto. III. In all elections of Committees of the House, by ballot, the person having the highest number of votes shall act as Chairman.

IV. No Chairman of 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 of every Committee, except the Standing Committees, who shall have business referred to them, shall make report of their doings therein, within four days after appointment.

VI.

The rules of proceeding in the House shall be ob­ served in a Committee of the whole House, so far as they may be applicable, except the rule limiting the times of 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 of the January session, viz :— A Committee on Accounts ; A Committee on Roads and Bridges; A Committee on Railways and Canals ; A Committee on Towns; 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 ; And each of said Committees shall consist of two on the part of the Senate, and three on the part of the House, except the Committee on the Library, which, by law, is to consist of three on the part of each House, and no Member of any Committee shall re­ ceive compensation for personal services on such Committee, during the Session of the Legislature. II. The Joint Committees of 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 of both Houses.

III.

All papers while on their passage between the two Houses may be under the signature of 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 of the Clerks of the two Houses, who shall deliver the same to the Secretary of 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 of 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 of the Senate on Engrossed Bills.

V.

After Bills shall have passed both Houses to be enacted, the Clerks of 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 of 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 of the Commonwealth, shall be presented for his approbation, in the same manner as prescribed in the case of Bills. CIVIL GOVERNMENT

OF TH E ©ommontocalti) of jHassatfjusetts,

FOR THE POLITICAL YEAR 1834.

HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN DAVIS, ESQUIRE

GOVERNOR

H IS H O N O R SAMUEL T. ARMSTRONG, ESQ. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

COUNCIL.

1 . H on. JOSEPH BOWMAN, 2.

HEZEKIAH BARNARD, ESQ,, Treasurer if Receiver General o f the Commonwealth Senate

BENJAMIN T. PICKMAN,

PRESIDENT.

Suffolk District, Hon. Alexander H. Everett, Benjamin T. Pickman, John R. Adan, George Blake, William Foster, John Cotton. Essex District, Hon. Gideon Barstow, Samuel Merrill, • Josiali Newhall, Jesse Kimball, Robert Hooper, Jr. William Nichols. Middlesex District, Hon. Elihu Cutler, Nathaniel Wright, Sidney Willard, Nathaniel Austin, Daniel Shattuck. Plymouth District, Hon. Isaac JL. Hedge, Arte mas Hale. Norfolk District, Hon. George Hawes, Christopher Webb, John Bailey. Bristol District, Hon. Nathan C. Brownell, Samuel French, Seth Whitmarsh. Worcester District, lion. Charles Hudson, Ira Barton, Samuel Mixter, Samuel Lee, Rejoice Newton, Charles Russell. Senate. 19

Hampshire District, Hon. Eliphalet Williams, Jolm Leland. Hampden District, Hon. Patrick Bois, James Byers. Franklin District, Hon. Daniel Wells. Berkshire District, Hon. Edward Stevens, Thomas B. Strong. Barnstable District, Hon. Charles Marston. Nantucket District, Hon. David Joy.

CHARLES CALHOUN, Clerk. W. P. GRAGG, Assistant Clerk. R ev. CHANDLER ROBBINS, Chaplain. CHARLES C. CUTTING, Page. Mousse of Hcprcsentatitocs.

HOW. W IIXIAM Si. CALHOUW,

SPEAKER.

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK. Boston, Samuel Aspinwall, 9 James Barry, Jun. 337 William Brigham, 158 Noah Brooks, 68 Samuel Chessman, 414 Samuel Dorr, 526 George Darracott, 178 Samuel A. Eliot, 468 William T. Eustis, 33 Luther Faulkner, 183 Benjamin Fiske, 443 John C. Gray, Prentiss Hobbs, 261 Samuel D. Harris, 240 William J. Hubbard, 38 Thomas Hunting, Henry W. Kinsman, 3S7 Jared Lincoln, 325 Charles Lincoln, 482 Heman Lincoln. Joseph Lewis, 440 Charles Leighton, 13 Thomas Minns, 317 Daniel Messinger, 356 Hugh Montgomery, 51 House of Representatives. 21

Boston, Oliver W. B. Peabody, Desk. John L. Phillips, 381 Thomas W. Phillips, 496 William Parker, Simon W. Robinson, 169 Daniel Rhodes, 282 James Ridgway, 509 Henry Rice, 58 Thomas Richardson, 141 Benjamin Stevens, 288 Stephen White, 78 Grenville T. Winthrop, Charles Wells, 3 Thomas Wetmore, Chelsea, Joseph Stowers, 15

COUNTY OF ESSEX. Ameshury, Joshua Colby, 248 Jonathan Morrell, Jun. 4 Thomas Weed, 326 Andover, Nathan W. Hazen, 40 Joseph Kittredge, 77 Merrill Pettingill, 335 Nathan Shattuck, 56 Nathaniel Stevens, 204 Beverly, Cotton Bennet, 171 Nehemiah Roundy, 173 John Safford, 223 Jesse Sheldon, 174 Boxford, Charles Peabody, 226 Bradford, Edmund Kimball, 461 Jonathan Kimball, 472 Danvers, Henry Cook, 19 John Page, 12 John Preston, 20 Jonathan Shove, 470 oo House of Representatives.

Essex, Jonathan Story, 3d, 7 2 Gloucester, Gorham Babson, 128 John Blatchford, 330 Jonathan Cutler, 103 Aaron Day, 154 Josiah Griffin, Theophilus Herrick, 312 Gideon Lane, Jun. 05 John Wonson, 204 Hamilton, Israel D Brown, 530 Haverhill, Ephraim Corliss, 409 Thomas G. Farnsworth, 351 Daniel P. McQuesten, 489 Nathan Webster, 471 Ipswich, Josiah Caldwell, 117 Nathaniel R. Farley, 105 Daniel Lord, 430 Lynn, Joseph M. Anderson, 287 Joseph Breed, 3d, 494 Jonathan Buffum, 491 Joseph Currier, 339 George Martin, 434 Francis S. Newhall, 334 Gamaliel W. Oliver, 480 Eleazer C. Richardson, 439 John Stone, 394 Lynnficld, Joshua Hewes, Manchester, John E. Bohonon, 291 Marblehead, Ezekiel Darling, 4S7 James Goodwin, 277 John Quiner, 500 Frederick Robinson, 253 William Widger, Jun. 390 Methuen, Samuel II. Harris, 190 John Tenney, Middleton, Amos Batchelder, 349 Newbury, Moses Little, 41 Newburyport, William S. Allen, Desk. Charles H. Balch, 159 House oj Representatives. 23

Newburyport, Caleb Cushing, 116 William Davis, 403 William Faris, 46 Ebenezer Moseley, Rowley, Thomas Gage, 529 John Kimball, 410 Salem, Holton J. Breed, Caleb Foote, Nathaniel Frothingham, 212 Samuel Holman, Jun. 416 John C. Lee, William Mansfield, 35 Warwick Palfrey, Jun. 528 William Peele, David Roberts, 216 Leverett Saltonstall, Michael Shepard, 257 William Sutton, 54 Jacob B. Winchester, 377 Salisbury, Benjamin Bachelor, 138 Elias French, 25 Jacob Morrill, 266 Saugus, Zaccheus N. Stocker, 135 Topsjield, Jacob Towne, Jun. 43 Wenham, John Porter, 411 W. Newbury, Samuel Carr, 14

COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.

Acton, Francis Tuttle, 376 Ashby, Cushing Burr, Jun. 477 liedford, Reuben Bacon, 147 Billerica, Thomas Sumner, Brighton, George Livermore, 299 Burlington, William Winn, 168 Cambridge, Thomas B. Gannett, 324 Amasa Davies 504 24 House of Representatives.

Cambridge, Robert Fuller, 218 Levi Farvvell, 157 William Hilliard, 74 Levi Parker, 309 John Trowbridge, 315 William J. Whipple, 133 Carlisle, Cyrua Heald, 19(5 Charlestown, Stephen Wiley, William Austin, Timothy Fletcher, 515 Josiah S. Hurd, 363 Benjamin Thompson, 383 John Sweetser, 184 Chelmsford, Charles Bent, 118 Concord, Reuben Brown, 242 Daniel Clark, 453 D racutt, Life Hamblet, 134 Joseph B. Varnum, 136 Dunstable, E. Sudbury, Isaac Gleason, 250 Framingham, Luther Haven, 327 Elias Temple, 501 Groton, John Boynton, 180 John Rock wood, 505 Holliston, Elias Bullard, 229 Ebenezer II. Currier, 498 Hopkinton, Samuel B. Walcott, 113 Lexington, John Mulliken, Jun. 435 Phillip Russell, 2 Lincoln, Solomon Foster, 379 Littleton, William Lapham, 424 Lowell, Kirk Boott, 521 James Chandler, 341 Osgood Dane, 235 Samuel Howard, 245 Jesse Phelps, 130 Oliver M. Whipple, 149 Malden, Sylvanus Cobb, 91 William Pierce, 368 House of Representatives. 25

Malden, Edward Wade, 309 Marlborough, Levi Bigelow, 00 Eli Rice, 100 Medford, Dudley Hall, 397 Thomas R. Peck, 144 Natick, Chester Adams, 200 Newton, Moses Crafts, 408 Nathan Pettee, 300 Peppered, William Buttrick, 115 James Lewis, 258 Reading, Eliab Parker, Jr. 35S Caleb Wakefield, 151 Sherborne, John Colliding, 280 Shirley, Israel Longley, 458 S. Reading, Lilley Eaton, 275 Stoneham, Charles E. Walker, 8 Stow and Boxboro’, Lyman Bigelow, 230 Moses Whitney, Sudbury, William Brigham, 527 Tewksbury, Jonathan Clark, 2d, 329 Isaac Holden, 384 Townsend, David Palmer, S3 Tyngsborough, Charles Butterfield, 495 Waltham, Watertown, Charles Bemis, 320 William Stone, 427 W. Cambridge, Leonard Greene, 120 Westford, Weston, Abijah Coburn, 450 Wilmington, Woburn. Oliver B. Cooledge, 333 Stephen Nicholls, 380 John Wade, 50

COUNTY OF WORCESTER. Ashburnham, Asahel Corey, 479 Hosea Stone, 220 4 26 House of Representatives.

Athol, Barre, Nathaniel Houghton, 52 Gardner Ruggles, 316 Berlin, Joseph Park, 298 Bolton, Caleb Wheeler, 49 Boylston, Ward Cotton, 362 Brookfield, Solomon Gilbert, 506 Rufus Harrington, 221 Charlton, Rufus Mixer, 64 Paul Rich, 131 Dana, John Gleason, 16 Douglas, David Holman, 238 Dudley, Hezekiah H. Davis, 293 Morris Larned, 520 Fitchburgh, David Boutelle, 76 Isaiah Putnam, 283 Francis Perkins, 289 Gardner, Timothy Hey wood, 428 Grafton, Samuel Wood, 331 Hardwick, Scotto Berry, 239 Harvard, Holden, Charles Chaffin, 18 Samuel Daman, 156 Hubbardston, Ethan A. Greenwood, 150 Moses Waite, 423 1 Mncastcr, George Baker, 101 Levi Lewis, 401 Ijeicester, Reuben Meriam, 163 Joshua Murdock, 198 Leominster, Carter Gates, 251 David Wilder, 11 Lunenburgh, Hendon, Jabez Aldrich, 1 Lebbeus Gaskill, 406 William Legg, 438 Warren Rawson, Milford, Millbury, Henry Mills, 195 Amasa Wood, 473 House of Representatives. 27

New Braintree, Joseph Bowman, Northborough, Joseph Davis, 274 Northbridge, Rufus Bennett, 419 North Brookfield, John Bigelow, 272 Janies Allen, 3130 Oakham, Jonathan Cary, 278 Oxford, Larned Davis, 396 Alexander Dewitt, 137 Paxton, Tyler Goddard, 39 Petersham, Aaron Brooks, Jun. 24 Micajah Reed, 243 Plnllipston, Jason Goulding, 359 Princeton, Joshua T. Everett, 202 Royalston, Asahel Davis, 119 Rutland, Robert Munroe, 227 Shrewsbury, Southborough, Jeroboam Parker, 361 Southbridge, Oliver Hooker, 109 Jedediah Marcy, 88 Spencer, Lewis Bemis, 228 David Prouty, 48 Sterling, Gilson Brown, 323 Moses Sawyer, 96 Sturbridge, Edward Phillips, 189 David Wight, 122 Sutton, Samuel Cole, 451 Samuel Taylor, 452 Templeton, Samuel Dadman, 343 Artemas Lee, 94 Upton, Uxbridge, Effingham L. Capron, 10 Joseph Thayer, W ard, Daniel Green, 281 Westborough, Joshua Mellen, 80 West Boylston, Robert B. Thomas, 296 Western, Joseph Field, 314 Westminster, Edward Kendall, 92 Merari Spaulding, 402 Webster, Charles Tucker, 462 28 House of Representatives.

Winchendon, William Dunbar, 112 Isaac Morse, 85 TVorcester, Charles Allen, 110 Lewis Chapin, 338 John Flagg, 457 Alfred D. Foster, 378 Winsor Hatch, 342 John W. Lincoln, 525

COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE.

Amherst, Osmyn Baker, Desk. Elijah Boltwood, 6 Zebina Dickinson, 304 Belchertown, William Bridgeman, 241 Justus Forward, 152 Daniel Phelps, 418 Chesterfield, Cummington, Alexis Painter, East Hampton, Jason Janes, 400 Enfield, Fpaphras Clark, 372 Granby, Samuel Ayres, 20S Goshen, Asahel Billings, 191 Greenwich, Mason C. Darling, 350 H adley, Oliver Bonney, 465 Ephraim Smith, 319 Hatfield, Elijah Hubbard, 492 Middlefield, Solomon Root, 98 Northampton, Charles P. Huntington, 123 Thomas Napier, Jonathan Strong, 232 Oliver Warner, 238 Norwich, Aaron B. Dimmock, 340 Pelham, Lewis Draper, 407 Plainfield, Erastus Bates, 382 Prescott, Dan forth Abbott, 211 House o f Representatives. 29

South Hadley, William Lyman, 75 Southampton, Elisha Edwards, 318 Ware, Calvin Morse, 433 Benjamin Wilder, 53 Westhampton, Jesse Lyman, 159 Williamsburg, Thomas Meekins, 409 Worthington, Jonah Brewster,

COUNTY OF HAMPDEN.

Blandford, Logan Crosby, 249 Orrin Sage, 493 Brimfeld, Julius Buel, 391 Marquis Converse, 107 Chester, Forbes Kyle, 488 Thomas F. Plunkett, 310 Granville, Denison Parsons, 280 Samuel Root, 441 Longmcadow, Seth Taylor, 431 Ludloio, Theodore Sikes, 5 Monson, Montgomery, Oren Parks, 395 Palmer, Robert Hitchcock, 508 Russell, John Gould, 213 Southioiclc, Abraham Rising, Jr. 404 Springfield, Walter H. Bowdoin, 302 Joel Brown, 511 William B. Calhoun, Benjamin Day, Eldad Goodman, 179 Joseph Pease, 209 Charles Stearns, 145 Walter Warriner, 73 Tolland, Roger Harrison, 510 Wales and Holland, Elbridge G. Fuller, 474 Westfield, Asahel Bush, 405 30 House o f Representatives.

Westfield, Lewis Fowler, 37 Norman T. Leonard, 297 West Springfield, Hosea Day, 219 Henry Ely, 484 Josiah Johnson, 432 Lewis Warriner, 17 Wilbraham, Stephen Stebbins, 105

COUNTY OF FRANKLIN.

Ashfield, Anson Bement, 352 Seth Church, 29 liernardston, Jonathan Allen, 371 Buclcland, Amos Shepard, 7 Charlemont, Coleraine, Joel Farley, Samuel Pierce, 82 Conway, Charles E. Billings, 290 Darius Stearns, 30 Deerfield, Epaphras Hoyt, 79 Stephen Whitney, 181 G ill, Seth S Howland, 111 Greenfield, Henry Chapman, 90 Julia Smead, 215 Hawley, Edmund Longley, 84 Heath, Ephraim Hastings, 153 Leverett, Eliphalet S. Darling, 321 Leyden, Rufus Hastings, 199 Montague, Martin H. Clapp, 247 New Salem, Frederick H. Allen, Desk. William Whitaker, Northfield Thomas Mason, 80 Arad Webster, 60 Orange, Hiram Woodward, 260 Rowe, Shelburne, William Wells, 388 House o f Representatives. 31

Shutesbury, Willard Raymond, 513 Sunderland, Horace W. Taft, 10:2 Warwick, Lemuel Wheelock, 340 Wendell, Jabez Sawyer, Jr. 273 W hately, Chester Brown, 126

COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.

Adams, Evenel Estes, 445 Daniel Jenks, 284 Elisha Kingsley, 459 George A. Lapham, 222 A ford, Chester Foot, 87 Bechet, Timothy Snow, 398 Cheshire, Lyman Northup, 57 Clarksburg, Dalton, Simeon W. Wright, 225 Egremont, Seymour Joyner, 104 Florida, G. Barrington, Jacob H. Van Deusen, 114 Increase Sumner, 436 Hancock, John Whitney, 328 Hinsdale, Robert Millican, 448 Lanesborough, Russell A. Gibbs, 444 Lee, Walter Laflin, 375 Josiah Yale, 268 Lenox, Caleb Belden, 426 Monroe, Mt. Washington, New Ashford, New Marlborough, Aretas Rising, 187 Elias J. Werden, 255 Otis, Isaac I. Norton, 437 Peru, Elisha Rockwell, 295 Pittsfield, Robert Campbell, 476 Charles B, Francis, 311 32 House of Representatives.

Pittsfield, Samuel M. McKay, Julius Rockwell, 185 Richmond, John L. Plummer, 400 Sandisfield, John H. Allen, 417 Calvin Burt, 101 Savoy, Snellem Babbitt, 385 Sheffield, Elijah S. Deming, 231 Derrick J. Spur, 267 Stoclcbridge, Daniel Churchill, 193 Henry W. Dwight, 490 Tyringham, Samuel C. Buel, 142 Washington, Stephen W. Newton, 313 W. Stockbridge, Martin Hendrix, 214 Williamstown, Henry L. Sabin, 523 Windsor, Josiah Allen, 140

COUNTY OF NORFOLK

Bellingham, Braintree, Abia Holbrook, 132 Minot Thayer, 300 Brookline, John Robinson, 45 Canton, James Blackman, 55 Michael Shaller, Cohasset, Thomas Bourne, 353 Dedham, Richard Ellis, 192 John Morse, 230 Theron Metcalf, 207 Dorchester, Walter Baker, 294 Abel Cushing, 355 William Oliver, 522 Foxkorough, Joseph Kingsbury, Franklin, Seth Dean, 421 Davis Thayer, 499 Medfield and Dover, Daniel C. Sanders, 143 Milton, House o f Representatives. 33

Medway, Paul Daniels, 194 Needham., Solomon Flagg, Jr. Thomas Kingsbury, Quincy, Edward Glover, 10G John Souther, 374 Thomas Taylor, 100 Randolph, Henry B. Alderi, 300 David Blanchard, 354 Joshua Spear, Jr. 4 07 Roxbury, Nathaniel Curtis, 397 John Cbampney, 240 Charles Davis, 301 Isaac Davis, 270 Jonathan Dorr, 348 Samuel Guild, 380 Jacob Tidd, 412 Sharon, Stoughton, Jesse Pierce, 34 Jabe.z Talbot, 373 Walpole, Truman Clark, 129 Weymouth, John B. Hollis, 93 Lemuel Humphrey, 510 Leonard Tirrell, 210 Noah Torrey, 89 Wrcntham, David Shephard, 480

COUNTY OF BRISTOL.

Attleborough, Abijah M. Ide, 254 Berkley, Adoniram Crane, 205 Dartmouth, Joseph Gifford, 399 George Kirby, 233 Henry S. Packard, 108 James T. Slocum, 429 Dighton, Crocker Babbitt, 507 Nehemiah Walker, 512 34 House of Representatives.

Easton, Oliver Ames, 558 Fairhaven, Ansell Allen, 364 Cyrus E. Clark, 524 Samuel Pierce, 146 Freetown, Elnathan P. Hathaway, 09 George Pickens, 456 Mansfield, Schuyler Shepherd, New Bedford, John Burrage, 47 Isaac Case, 464 Edmund Gardner, 256 Thomas A. Greene, Benjamin Lincoln, 332 Thomas Mandell, 485 Charles W. Morgan, 167 Mark B. Palmer, 306 Jona. R. Ward, 259 Norton, John Crane, 104 Cromwell Leonard, 27 Pawtucket, Remember Kent, 188 Raynham , Amos Hall, 67 Rehoboth, Lloyd Bosworth, 22 Samuel Bullock, 478 Seekonlc, Church Gray, 71 Somerset, Benjamin Cleveland, 95 Swanzey, John Earle, 62 Benanuel Marvel, 357 Taunton, Jchabod Lincoln, 70 Allen Presbury, 121 Hodges Reed, 292 Francis Williams, 201 Henry Williams, 125 George Walker, 234 Troy, Nathaniel B. Borden, Anthony Mason, 61 Micah H. Ruggles, 69 Jervis Shove, 345 William Winslow, Westport, Jonathan Davis, 124 Abner B. Gifford, 21 G; s H. Handy, House of Representatives. OD

COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH.

M ine ton, James Bates, 392 John Cushing, 162 Micah Pool, 63 Bridgewater, Samuel Leonard, Jr. 182 Holmes Sprague, 503 Carver, Jesse Murdock, Jr. Duxbury, Gershom B. Weston, 365 E. Bridgewater, Ezra Kingman, 20 H alifax, Zadoch Thompson, Hanover, Horatio Cushing, 483 Hanson, Joshua Smith, 481 Hingham, Martin Fearing, 307 Zadock Hersey, 393 Thomas Loring, 148 James W. Sivrei, 271 Hull, Kingston, George Russell, 32 Marshfield, John Ford, Jr., 279 Middleborough, Ephraim Leach, 519 Luther Murdoch. 2S5 John Perkins, Ethan Peirce, 205 Samuel Thompson, 252 Benjamin P. Wood, 155 N. Bridgewater, Lucius Kingman, 97 Jesse Perkins, 517 Pembroke, Morrill Allen, 203 Plymouth, Joseph Lucas, 28 Plympton, Josiah T. Ellis, llozliester, Benjamin Barstovv, 2d, 308 Malachi Ellis, 127 Scituate, Ebenezer T. Fogg, 497 Wartham, Thomas Savery, Levi Washburn, W. Bridgewater, Ellis Ames, 502 30 House of Representatives.

COUNTY OF BARNSri ABLE.

Barnstable, Henry Crocker, 175 David Hinckley, 152 Nathaniel Hinckley, J 77 Zenas Weeks, 532 Brewster, Benjamin Berry, 43 Chatham, Freeman Nickerson, 170 Joshua Nickerson, 23 Dennis, Thatcher Clark, 269 Oren Howes, Joshua Wixon, Jr., 466 E a st ham, David C. Atwood, 186 Falmouth, Thomas Fish, 44 Ward M. Parker, 176 Harwich, Job Chase, 422 Zebina H. Small, 305 Orleans, Elisha Cole, 514 Thatcher Snow, 378 Provincetown, John Atkins, 31 Enos Nickerson, 36 Sandwich, Shadrach Freeman, Truro, Ebenezer L. Davis, 415 Shubael Snow, 322 Welljleet, Ebenezer Freeman, 2d, 463 Joseph Higgins, 389 Yarmouth, David K. Akin, 263 John H. Dunbar, 276

DUKES’ COUNTY.

Chilmarlc, Ephraim Mayhew, 262 Edgartown, Chase Pease, 217 Tisbury, House of Representatives. 37

COUNTY OF NANTUCKET.

Nantucket, Frederick Arthur, David Baxter, 518 Jonathan C. Briggs, 420 Jared Coffin, 224 William R. Easton, Seth F. Swift, 197 George Myrick, 425 Seth Pinkham, 475

LUTHER S. CUSHING, Clerk.

R e v . EDWARD T. TAYLOR, Chaplain.

J aco b K u h n , Messenger to the General Court.

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

F r a n c is P i t t s , Page. STANDING COMMITTEES

OF TH E HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

ON THE JUDICIARY. Messrs. Metcalf, of Dedham, Cushing, of Newburijport, Allen, of Worcester, Austin, of Charlestown, and Wal­ cott, of Hopkinton.

ON EDUCATION. Messrs. Foster, of Worcester, Sanders, of Medfield and Dover, Thompson, of Charlestown, Edwards, of Southampton, and Allen, of Oakham.

ON AGRICULTURE. M essrs. Wheelock, of Warwick, Pease, of Springfield, Putnam, of Fitchburg, Wood, of Middleboro, and Leonard, of Norton.

ON MATTERS OF PROBATE AND CHANCERY. Messrs. Dwight, of Sfockbridge, Whipple,of Cambridge, Cushing, of Don bester, Hathaway, of Freetown, and Sumner, of G. Barrington.

ON FINANCE. Messrs. Gray, of Boston, Moseley, of JVewburyport, Cof­ fin, of Nantucket, Cay, of Springfield, and Bowman, of New Braintree.

ON ELECTIONS. Messrs. iVl’Kay, of Pittsfield, Chapman, of Greenfield, Robinson, of Marblehead, Wetmore, of Boston, and Bemis, of Watertown.

ON KILLS IN THEIR THIRD READING. Messrs. Baker, of Amherst, Huntington, of Northamp­ ton, Roberts, of Salem, Leonard, of Westfield, and Hubbard, of Boston. Standing Committees. 39

ON ENGROSSED BILLS. Messrs. Allen, of New Salem, Ames, of West Bridge- water, Eaton, of South Reading, Winthrop, o f Boston, and Clark, of Enfield.

ON COUNTY ESTIMATES. Messrs. Lucas, of Plymouth, Humphrey, of Weymouth, and Phillips, of Sturbridge.

ON THE PAY ROLL. Messrs. Stevens, of Boston, Bridgeman, of Belchertown, and Bowdoin, of Springfield.

ON CHANGE OF NAMES. Messrs. Fogg, of Scituate, Tirretl, of Weymouth, and Warriner, of West Springfield.

ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Messrs. Crocker, of Barnstable, Taylor, of Long Mea­ dow, and Ridgway, of Boston.

ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Messrs. Leighton, of Boston, Newhall, of Lynn, and Goodman, of Springfield.

MONITORS. Mr. Whitney, of Deerfield, 1st Division. Mr. Winn, of Burlington, 3d . 11 Mr. Parsons, of Northampton, 3d « Mr. Balch, of Newburyport, 4th « Mr. Forward, of Belchertown, 5th “ Mr. Stearns, of Springfield, 6th Mr. Fuller, of Wales Holland, 7th “ Mr. Bates, of Plainfield, 8th or Galleries. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.

ON ACCOUNTS. Messrs. Brownell and } „ „ , Shattuck, \ ° f the i,enate- Messrs. Whitney, of Deerfield, ') Palfray, of Salem, and > O f the House. Sage, of Blandford, )

ON ROADS AND BRIDGES. Messrs. Austin and } n r n c French, \ ° f the Senate- Messrs. Taft, of Sunderland, Gifford, of Westport, and > O f the House. Gould, of Russell, S

ON RAILWAYS AND CANALS. Messrs. Hudson and . Foster, \ ° f the Senate- Messrs. Lincoln, of Worcester, 1 Dorr, of Roxbury, and > O f the House. Billings, of Conway, )

ON T O W N S. Messrs. Webb and Newhall, \ ° f the Senale- Messrs. Wilder, of Leominster, Ì Lincoln, of New Bedford, and > O f the House. Stearns, of Springfield, )

ON C L A IM S. Messrs. Adan and ? „ . ., „ Hedge, $ °J the Senate- Messrs. T. W. Phillips, of Boston, ) Houghton, of Barre, and [ O f the House. Sprague, of Bridgewater, ) Joint Standing Committees. 41

ON PARISHES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. Messrs. Cutler and i the Senate. Kimball, \of Messrs. Hilliard, of Cambridge, H. Lincoln, of Boston, and S- O f the House. Wood, of Grafton, )

ON THE MILITIA. Messrs. Mixter and ? n r ., c . Cotton, \ ° f the Senate- Messrs. Brooks, of Petersham, I Messenger, of Boston, and > O f the House. Sutton, of Salem, 5

ON PUBLIC LANDS. Messrs. Everett and ? n r n. c , Byers, \ ° f the Seliate' Messrs. Wells, of Boston, ) Lewis, of Peppered, and > O f the House. Wade, of Woburn, )

ON MANUFACTURES. Messrs. Strong and } ., _ Wright, \ ° f the Senate. Messrs. Boott, of Lowell, ) Dewitt, of Oxford, and > O f the House. Laflin, of Lee, 3

ON FISHERIES. Messrs. Hale and ] ,, Marston, \ ° f the Senate‘ Messrs. Loring, of Hingham, ) Pinkham, of Nantucket, and > O f the House. Towne, of Topsfield, )

ON BANKS AND BANKINC Messrs. Williams and Hooper, O f the Senate. Messrs. Thayer, of Uxbridge. Dorr, of Boston, and Of the House. Shove, of Danvers, G 42 Joint Standing Committees.

ON MERCANTILE AFFAIRS AND INSURANCE. Messrs. Barstow and ) ,, „ Russell, (J ihe Senate. Messrs. Weston, of Duxbury, ) Faulkner, of Boston, and £ O f the House. Far well, of Cambridge, )

,, ON THE LIBRARY. Messrs. Everett, ) Willard, and £ O f ike Senate. Adan, 5 Messrs. Peabody, of Boston, ) Foote, of Salem, and £ O f the House. Campbell, of Pittsfield, )