Relating to district courts. To authorize the withdrawal of appeals in criminal cases. To punish the wilful obstruction of fire-engines. To change the times of holding the terms of the superior court in the county of Dukes County. To amend chapter 133 of the General Statutes, concern- ing the exemption of personal property from execution. The report on the petition of Alfred Williams was Alfred wn- taken from the table and placed in the orders of the day llams' for Tuesday. Adjourned.

TUESDAY, March 3, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of Saturday was read. Mr. Stickney, from the committee on the Treasury, on Medway. the Resolve to furnish certain books to the town of Med- way; and Mr. Fitz, from the same committee, on the Resolve in ciarissa Adams, favor of Clarissa Adams ; and Mr. Lane, from the same committee, on the Resolve 111 BenjaminF. favor of Benjamin F. Sweetser, severally reported that bv'c'ct3L'r- said Resolves ought to pass ; and they were ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Aiken, from the committee on the Judiciary, on cierks of courts, the bill concerning the salaries of the clerks of the courts for the several counties ; and Mr. Norcross, from the same committee, on the bill to Board of regis- establish the board of registrars of voters of the city of Boston, and to regulate the preparation and revision of the voting lists in said city, severally reported the same without amendment; and they were ordered to a second reading. Mr. Aiken, from said committee, on the bill to establish p£™rtof the salary of the clerk of the police court of Fitchburg, reported that the same ought to pass; and it was referred under the rule to the committee on the Treasury. Mr. Dwelley, from the committee on Agriculture, on Tame doves, the bill to prevent the taking of tame doves by snares, traps or otherwise, reported that the same ought not to pass; and it was placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow on the question of rejection, securities of the Mr Lane, from the joint special committee appointed Commonwealth. tQ examine the seCurities in the hands of the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, reported that they had attended to the duty assigned them, and had found said securities, moneys, notes, bonds and stocks to agree with the schedule thereof; and the report was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

Cambridge and Mr. Parmenter presented a petition of Benjamin Pierce Boston. and others; and A petition of James D. Green and others, for the annex- ation of Cambridge to Boston. James G-reen- Mr. Merrill presented a remonstrance of H. Collins and ough et als. others, against the petition of James Greenough and others; and Ib. Mr. Hayes presented a petition of George Griggs and others, in aid of said petition. Severally referred to the committee on Towns. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. On motion of Mr. Hayes,— Sales of land hy Ordered, That the committee on Probate and Chancery guardians. consider the expediency of amending section 38 of chapter 102 of the General Statutes, and that it shall not apply in cases where the habitation or residence is without the Commonwealth. juvenile offend- Mr. Verry, from the committee on the Judiciary, reported the'House bill relating to the jurisdiction of trial justices of juvenile offenders in Suffolk County, without amendment; and the same was ordered to a second read- ing.

Papers from the House. Bills. Bills, To incorporate the Prince Society (on the petition of John Ward Dean and others) ; To extend the charter of the Barnstable County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and to authorize the same to hold real estate (on the petition of the same), were sever- ally read and ordered to a second reading. A bill concerning the breaking and entering of railroad cars was read and referred to the committee on the Judiciary. The annual report of the liquor Commissioner was Liquor eommis- referred to the committee on the Liquor Law. SIonor" The annual report of the commissioner of the Mystic Mystic River River Corporation was referred to the committee on Co]roratlon- Harbors. Severally in concurrence.

The report of the committee on Mercantile Affairs, Henry R. Sibley granting leave to withdraw on the petition of Henry R. et al8' Sibley and others, was read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. The order relative to amendment of the Act of 1855, oj^M-Pond concerning the fisheries in Oyster Pond River in Fal- mouth, mouth, came up non-concurred ; and the same was laid on the table. Thayer A petition of F. A. Thayer and others, for a change of ft'^ name of the town of North Bridgewater, was referred to L the committee on Towns. A petition of S. W. Houghton and others, for amend- ®-XHou8hton ment of the statutes in relation to the taxation of mort- gaged property, was referred to the joint special commit- tee on Just and Equal Taxation. Br0WQ A petition of John Brown and others, for the establish- ;^"s ment of a system of state and municipal insurance, was referred to the committee on Insurance. A remonstrance of Columbus Corey and others, against James R. Fiiie- the petition of James R. Fillebrown and others, was bluwllL'tali" referred to the committee on Roads and Bridges. Severally in concurrence. The bill in relation to indorsers of promissory notes indorse™ of was taken from the table and placed in the orders of the {¡oteT8ory day for to-morrow. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, Bills- In addition to an Act incorporating the Boston Gas- Light Company ; To unite the American Education Society and the Soci- ety for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Edu- cation ; In addition to an Act to incorporate the Episcopal Church in Dedham ; and The Resolve in favor of Chester C. Conant, were sever- ally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. Alfred wu- The report 011 the petition of Alfred Williams was recommitted to the committee on the Judiciary. Biiu enacted The following engrossed lulls (the first two of which t^Gftovernorr.e originated in the Senate) passed to be enacted and were laid before the Governor for his approval, to wit:— To increase the capital stock of the Nantucket and Cape Cod Steamboat Company. To amend an Act to incorporate the Warren Cotton Mills. To increase the salary of the clerk of the courts for Plymouth County. To provide for the custody and examination of the opinions of the supreme judicial courts before their publi- cation in the reports. Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, March 4, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read. Dnxhury and Mr. White, from the committee on Railways, to whom Cobasset Rail- road Co. was recommitted the bill to extend the time for locating and constructing the Duxbury and Cohasset Railroad, and concerning its annual meeting, reported the same in a new draft; and the same was read three times, under a sus- pension of the rule, and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. William II. Mr. Stickney, from the committee on the Treasury, Hammond. reported the Resolve in favor of William H. Hammond without amendment; and the same was ordered to a second reading. On motion of Mr. Salmon,— Tolls in the Ordered, That the joint special committee on Just and Commonwealth. Equal Taxation be requested to consider and report upon the expediency of determining a ratable value of polls in this Commonwealth, for the purpose of taxation. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Mr. Jacobs offered the following order, which was read and laid on the table :— Ordered, That the committee on the Judiciary lie in- District courts, structed to report a bill to establish district courts in the several counties of the Commonwealth, which shall embrace the several towns and cities therein ; and said committee are hereby authorized to report in print. Mr. Bancroft presented a remonstrance of J. "Warren Registry of Bigelow and others, against the establishment of a registry em wor^t»." of deeds in the northern district of Worcester County. Referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

Papers from the House. The Senate bill to authorize the Metropolitan Railroad ^¿^¿c™ Company to increase its capital stock and issue bonds, came up concurred, with certain amendments, which were adopted in concurrence. A Resolve in favor of Robert S. Rantoul was read and Roberts.Kan- referred to the committee on the Treasury.

Reports, granting leave to withdraw, of the committee Reports, on Mercantile Affairs, on the petitions of Julius Wittig and others ; and William Schroeder and others ; and A report of the committee on Railways, that it is inex- pedient to legislate on the order relative to authorizing railroad companies to pledge their credit to those of other States, were severally read and placed in the orders of the clay for to-morrow.

Petitions of Female suffrage. H. M. Walker and others ; Mrs. E. Matthews and others ; George Mixter and others ; Mrs. Chloe Mixter and others ; and Calvin E. Park and others, severally that the right of suffrage may be granted to women, were severally referred the committee on that subject.

A remonstrance of John O. Slocum and others, against GEORGE B. RICH- the petition of George B. Richmond and others, was™0" cta"' referred to the committee on the Fisheries. A remonstrance of Jonathan Stone and others, against Harvard the sale of Harvard Chapel in Charlestown, was referred Chape1' to the committee on Parishes and Religious Societies. A petition of Isaac King and others, in aid of that of North Brld»e- the selectmen of North Bridge water, was referred to the committee on Towns.

23 Lunatic hospital A remonstrance of Nathaniel Paine, against the petition at Worcester. of the trustees of the lunatic hospital at Worcester, was referred to the committee on Public Charitable Institutions. W. E. Boise A petition of W. E. Boise and others, for the revision et als. of the laws relative to the taxation of mortgaged property, was referred to the committee on Just and Equal Tax- ation. Bank shares. A petition of II. A. Burget and others, for a change in the laws relative to the taxation of bank shares, was referred to the committee 011 Banks and Banking. Severally in concurrence. Jennie C. Mr. Jacobs presented a petition of Jennie C. Vaughn, Vaughn. for the payment of military bounty. Referred to the committee 011 Claims. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

Bills. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, To extend the charter of the Barnstable County Mutual Eire Insurance Company, and to authorize said corporation to hold real estate ; To establish the board of registrars of voters of the city of Boston, and to regulate the preparation and revision of the voting lists in said city ; Concerning the salaries of the clerks of the courts for the several counties ; and Resolves. The Resolves, To furnish certain books to the town of Medway ; I11 favor of Clarissa Adams ; I11 favor of Benjamin F. Sweetser, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. Prince society. The bill to incorporate the Prince Society was read a second time, amended, and ordered to a third reading. Juvenile offend- The bill relating to the jurisdiction of trial justices of juvenile offenders in Suffolk County was read a second time and recommitted to the committee 011 the Judiciary. Boston Gas The Senate bill in addition to an Act incorporating the Light Co. Boston Gas-Light Company was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence.

Bills. The House bills, To unite the American Education Society and the Soci- ety for .the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education; In addition to an Act to incorporate the Episcopal Church in Dedham ; and The House Resolve in favor of Chester C. Conant, were Chester c. severally read a third time and passed to be engrossed. CoMnt' The bill in relation to indorsers of promissory notes was indorse™ of further considered. 5otSTsory Mr. Lane gave notice that he should propose a substi- tute therefor; and the bill was recommitted to the com- mittee on the Judiciary. The bill to prevent the taking of tame cloves by snares, Tame doves, traps or otherwise, was, in accordance with the report of the committee thereon, rejected. Subsequently, the vote was reconsidered, and the ques- tion being again taken on the rejection of the bill, it was carried in the negative; and the same was ordered to a second reading, and, under a suspension of the rule, read a second time, amended and ordered to a third reading. © The report on the petition of Nathaniel Freeman was Nathaniel Free, taken from the table and placed in the orders of the clay man' for to-morrow. An engrossed bill, making appropriations for certain Appropriations, expenditures authorized in the year 1873 and previous years, and for other purposes (which originated in the House), passed to be enacted and was laid before the Governor for his approval.

A petition of Peter T. Homer and others, for the ap- PeterT.Homer pointment of a joint special committee to consider the etal8' subject of the usury laws and the laws in relation to mort- gage deeds, came up referred to such committee, to consist of eight on the part of the House with such as the Seriate may join ; and the petition was laid on the table. Adjourned.

THURSDAY, March 5, 1874. Met according to adjourment. The journal of yesterday was read. Mr. Hurlbut, from the committee on Parishes and Re- staple street hgious Societies, on the petition of the Maple Street §535$?$S Congregational Society in Danvers, reported vers- A bill to dissolve the Maple Street Congregational Societv in Danvers. II. F. Thomas Mr." Hayes, from the committee on Harbors, on the et al. petition of Henry F. Thomas and another, reported A bill to authorize Henry F. Thomas and Joseph Brad- ford to extend their wharf in Fall River ; and these bills wore sevcra lly read and ordered to a second reading.

Central Berk- Mr. Aiken, from the committee on the Judiciary, on the shire. House bill to fix the salary of the clerk of the district court for Central Berkshire, reported that the same ought to pass; and it was referred to the committee on the Treasury. . Railroad cars. The same senator, from the same committee, on the bill concerning the breaking and entering of railroad cars ; and Cambridge. Mr. Norcross, from the same committee, on the bill to amend an Act for the abatement of a nuisance in the city of Cambridge, and for the preservation of the public health of said city ; and Courts of record. On the bill concerning embezzlement by receivers and other officers appointed by courts of record; and Hampden Mr. Lane, from the committee on the Treasury, on the County. bill to establish the salaries of the judge and register of probate for the county of Hampden, severally reported that the bills severally ought to pass; and they were ordered to a second reading.

Fitchburg. Mr. Fitz, from the committee on the Treasury, on the bill to establish the salary of the clerk of the police court of Fitchburg, reported that the same ought to pass ; and it was placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow on the question of ordering the same to a third reading.

Jophanus II. Mr. Fitz, from the committee 011 the Fisheries, on the Smith et als. petitions of Jophanus H. Smith and others ; and Abishai Phin- ney et als. Abishai Phinney and others, reported that the petition- ers severally have leave to withdraw; and the reports were severally read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. Worcester Mr. Johnson presented certain resolutions of the town County. of Winchendon, respecting the establishment of a registry of deeds in Worcester County. Referred to the committee 011 the Judiciary.

Abolition of Mr. Fuller, on leave, introduced a resolve concerning duties on coal. the abolition of duties on coal; and the same was read and referred to the committee on Federal Relations. Sent down for concurrence.

Mr. Lathrop offered the following order, which WaS Committee on read and adopted:— _ the Liquor Law. Ordered, That the committee on the Liquor Law report their recommendations, if any they have, upon so much of the Governor's message as was referred to them, on or before Wednesday, the 11th instant. Mr. Norcross, on leave, introduced a bill to confirm Conveyances by , . , • . i j i , i certain trustees. certain conveyances by certain trustees; and the same was read three times, under a suspension of the rule, and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Papers from the House. M;ort A bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Boston Mort- g™f(?0 " gage Company (on the petition of the same) was read and ordered to a second reading. l 1 c adminis A bill to promote the prompt and faithful administra- fr ^ r g " tion of estates by public administrators was read and referred to the committee on the Judiciary. Ordered, In concurrence, that the committee on the Committee^n Hoosac Tunnel and the Troy and Greenfield Railroad have Greenfield R. E. authority to visit Fitchburg in the investigation of matters now before them. A petition of the school committee of the city of Cam- school ccmmit- bridge, for amendment of the General Statutes in relation bridge, to superintendents of public schools, was referred to the committee on Education. Petitions of ™nof F. T. Moore and others ; and property. Noah D. Ladd and others, severally for a change in the laws relative to the taxation of mortgaged property ; and Petitions of ' ' Taxation. R. S. Brown and others ; and George Emerson and others, severally for revision of the general laws respecting the taxation of property, were severally referred to the joint special committee on that subject. A petition of W. H. Luce and others, in aid of that of ¡^«"g; Jophanus II. Smith and others, was referred to the com- mittee on the Fisheries. n. r. Bartiett A petition of II. F. Bartlett and others, for the estab- lishment of separate prisons for women, was referred to the committee on Prisons. M.G.Smith A petition of M. G. Smith and others, that the Com- monwealth and towns and cities may lie authorized to insure property against losses by tire, was referred to the committee on Insurance. Severally in concurrence. ortlel S tlle WCTe taken U antl tIl<3 RcS lve Hammond' Tlie ' ^ P> ° in favor of William II. Hammond was read a second time and ordered to a third reading. Reports. The House reports, Oil the order relative to authorizing railroad corpora- tions to pledge their credit for the benefit of railroad com- panies incorporated by other States ; On the petitions of William Schroeder and others; and Julius Wittig and others, were severally accepted in concurrence. Prince Society. The House bill to incorporate the Prince Society was read a third time and passed to be engrossed (as hereto- fore amended) in concurrence, and the amendment was sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Bms. The House bills, To extend the charter of the Barnstable County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and to authorize said corpora- tion to hold real estate ; To establish the board of registrars of voters of the city of Boston, and to regulate the preparation and revision of the voting lists in said city ; Concerning the salaries of the clerks of the courts for the several counties ; and Resolves. The House resolves, To furnish certain books to the town of Medway ; In favor of Clarissa Adams ; In favor of Benjamin F. Sweetser, were severally read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Tame doves. The Senate bill to prevent the taking of tame doves by snares, traps or otherwise, was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Nathaniel Free- The report on the petition of Nathaniel Freeman was man' considered. Mr. Johnson proposed as a substitute for the same, A Resolve in favor of Nathaniel Freeman ; and the same was read and referred to the committee on the Treasury. The report of the committee on Expenditures, in Securities of the relation to the securities in the hands of the Treasurer and umi,lun"' " 1 Receiver-General, was taken from the table and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. A petition of Peter T. Homer and others was taken p^« t. Homer from the table, and the Senate concurred in the reference thereof to a joint special committee to be appointed. Pursuant to assignment, the two branches met in Convention, For the purpose of electing three directors, on the part of the Commonwealth, of the Boston and Albany Railroad poratioi. Corporation. And Messrs. Merrill, Nye and Fuller of the Senate, and Messrs. Adams of Waltham, Blood of Lowell, Rust of Boston, Williams of Douglas, Gleason of Watertown, and Robinson of Falmouth, of the House, were appoint- ed a committee to receive, assort and count the votes therefor. And the votes having been collected, assorted and counted, it appeared that Messrs. Charles L. Wood of New Bedford, Lewis R. Norton of West-field, and Joseph II. Chadwick of Boston were elected. The two branches separated.

The following engrossed bills (all of which originated BHIS enacted, in the House) passed to be enacted, to wit:— To amend the charter of the Oread Institute. To incorporate the Odd Fellows' Hall Association of Beverly. To authorize the Old Colony Railroad Company to pur- chase the Middleborough and Taunton Railroad. To authorize the town of Woburn to issue additional water scrip. To change the name of the Institution for Savings in the town of Newton. To authorize the Lowell and Andover Railroad Com- pany to cross certain land of the Commonwealth in the town of Tewksbury. An engrossed Resolve, authorizing the Massachusetts Massachusetts Agricultural College to pay money to Ira Cook (which coi^e-iia originated in the House), passed. Cock" Hoosac Tunnel. An engrossed Resolve, providing for the payment of expenses incurred in the supervision of the Hoosac Tun- nel (which originated in the House), passed and was laid before the Governor for his approval. On motion of Mr. Merrill,— Boston and Ai- Ordered, That the Clerk of the Senate give notice to poration—state" Messrs. Charles L. Wood, Lewis R. Norton and Joseph directors of. H chadwick that they have been duly elected directors on the part of the Commonwealth of the Boston and Albany Railroad Corporation for the term of two years. Also, that lie notify the clerk of said corporation of the election of the above-named gentlemen. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Adjourned.

FRIDAY, March 6, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read.

Biiis laid before The following bills were laid before the Governor for the Governor. . . i • .. his approval, to wit:— To amend the charter of the Oread Institute. To incorporate the Odd Fellows' Hall Association of Beverly. To authorize the Old Colony Railroad Company to pur- chase the Middleborough and Taunton Railroad. To authorize the town of Woburn to issue additional water scrip. To change the name of the Institution for Savings in the town of Newton. To authorize the Lowell and Andover Railroad Com- pany to cross certain land of the Commonwealth in the town of Fitchburg. Also, the Resolve authorizing the Massachusetts Agri- cultural College to pay money to Ira Cook. FatherMathew Mr. Hayes, from the committee on Mercantile Affairs, peranee society on the petition of John Campbell and others, reported of Lawrence. ' 4 bill to incorporate the Father Mathew Catholic Tem- perance Benefit Society in the city of Lawrence ; and the same was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Norcross, from the committee on the Judiciary, Oil Forgery and the bill to amend chapter 162 of the General Statutes, ^SsuheCcur- relating to forgery and other offences against the currency ; reilcjr- and Mr. Fitz, from the committee on the Fisheries, on the bills, To amend section 28 of chapter 384 of the Acts of Trout. 1869, in relation to catching trout; To prohibit fishing in any of the reservoirs, ponds and Worcester, streams taken by the city of Worcester for a supply of pure water, severally reported that said bills ought to pass ; and they were ordered to a second reading. Mr. Jacobs, from the committee on the Judiciary, 011 Supplemental the order relating to amendment of section 25 of chapter declaratlons- 129 of the General Statutes, respecting supplemental declarations, reported that it is inexpedient to legislate thereon ; and the report was read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow.

Mr. Fuller, from the committee on Probate and Chan- sale of lands t>y eery, on the order relative to amendment of chapter 102, gual,''1!ms' section 38, of the General Statutes, concerning the sale of lands by guardians, reported A bill to amend chapter 102, section 38, of the General Statutes. Mr. Aiken, from the committee on the Judiciary, on Easements, the order relative to the subject, reported A bill relating to the acquisition of rights of way and other easements in lands by adverse use or prescription ; and these bills were severally read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Hawes, on leave, introduced a bill to amend an Act ^ti^ion of for encouraginO go the cultivation of useful fishes;' ancl the same was read and referred to the committee on the Fisheries. Sent do\vn for concurrence. Came up concurred. Mr. Jacobs presented a petition of Caspar Crownin- James Green, shield, in aid of that of James Greenough and others. Referred to the committee on Towns. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

Mr. Johnson presented resolutions of the towns of ,u Winchendon and Gardner, against being included in the dMai district in. proposed judicial district in northern Worcester. 24 Northern Also, a Resolution of the town of Gardner against a regjstryofdeeds division of Worcester County, and against the establish- in" ment of a registry of deeds in the northern part of said county. Severally referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

Papers from the House.

Great Barring- A bill to authorize the sale of certain public buildings ton. in the town of Great Barrington was read three times, under a suspension of the rule, and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. Inspector of gas A report of the committee 011 Mercantile Affairs, that it and gas-meters. is inexpedient to legislate on the annual report of the inspector of gas and gas-meters ; and E. E. Swift A report of the committee 011 Agriculture, granting et als. leave to withdraw, on the petition of E. E. Swift and others, were severally read and placed in the orders of the clay for to-morrow. Property Ordered, In concurrence, that the committee on Just empted from taxation. and Equal Taxation, consider the expediency of providing that assessors shall return to the Tax Commissioner a full statement of property exempted from taxation in the several cities and towns of the Commonwealth.

Joseph Perkins Remonstrances of et als. John Pickett and others ; and C. C. Pettingill and others, severally against the petition of Joseph Perkins and others, were referred to the com- mittee 011 Mercantile Affairs.

Taxation of Petitions of mortgaged property. James Buffinton; Alvah Crocker and others ; and Samuel Hooper, severally for a change in the law rel- ative to the taxation of mortgaged property ; and Petitions of Charles Pierce and others ; B. B. Hill and others ; S. Hinckley and others ; and A. McBride and others, severally for a revision of the laws relative to taxation, were severally referred to the committee 011 that subject. Centennial anni- A bill to authorize towns to raise money to celebrate versaries. certain anniversaries was referred to the committee on Towns. Severally in concurrence. On motion of Mr. Johnson, the vote whereby the order committee on offered yesterday by Mr. Lathrop, relative to the report llieLl9U01'Ll" of the joint special committee on the Liquor Law, was adopted, was reconsidered; and the order was then amended and rejected. The bill in addition to an Act to authorize the Eastern Eastern Raii- Railroad Company to construct a freight track and take roild Co" freight lands in Charlestown, and for other purposes, was taken from the table, and the Senate receded from its vote of reference of the same to the committee on Rail- ways.

The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, BUIS. To authorize Henry F. Thomas and Joseph Bradford to extend their wharf in Fall River; To dissolve the Maple Street Congregational Society in Danvers; To establish the salary of the clerk of the police court of Fitchburg; Concerning embezzlements by receivers and other officers appointed by courts of record, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. The bill to amend an Act for the abatement of a nuisance Cambridge, in the city of Cambridge, and for the preservation of the public health in said city, was read a second time, amend- ed, and ordered to a third reading. The bill to amend an Act to incorporate the Boston Boston Mort- Mortgage Company was read a second time. gageCo. Mr. Hurlbut proposed an amendment thereto, and the subject was laid on the table and the amendment ordered to be printed. The House bill concerning the breaking and entering of Railroad cars, railroad cars ; and , i 1 i 1 I L The House Resolve in favor of William H. Hammond, ¡^11 1'1;";. ,i 1 were read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. The bill to establish the salaries of the judge and regis- Hampden ter of probate and insolvency for the county of Hampden Coumy' was ordered to a third reading.

The reports, on the petitions of Reports. Abishai Phinney and others ; and Jopkanus H. Smith and others, were severally accep- ted. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. The report 011 the order in relation to the condition of the securities in the charge of the Treasurer of the Com- monwealth was accepted. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Buu enacted. The following engrossed bills (the first three of which originated in the Senate) passed to be enacted, to wit :— To incorporate the town of Rockland. In addition to an Act to authorize the Eastern Rail- road Company to construct a freight track and take lands for freight purposes in Charlestown, and for other pur- poses. To authorize the Metropolitan Railroad Company to issue bonds. To authorize the town of Concord to raise money for a monument and for its dedication. To incorporate the Masonic Building Association in New Bedford. To change the name of the Union Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Springfield. To amend an Act to establish a ministerial fund for the support of the gospel ministry in the First Parish in the town of Medford. To prohibit the hunting of rabbits or hares by the use of the ferret. Adjourned.

SATURDAY, March 7, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read.

Bin» laid beforo The following bills were laid before the Governor for the Governor. . . i , •, his approval, to wit:— To incorporate the town of Rockland. In addition to an Act to authorize the Eastern Rail- road Company to construct a freight track and take lands for freight purposes in Charlestown, and for other pur- poses. To authorize the Metropolitan Railroad Company to issue bonds. To authorize the town of Concord to raise money for a monument and for its dedication. To incorporate the Masonic Building Association of New Bedford. To change the name of the Union Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Springfield. To amend an Act to establish a ministerial fund for the support of the gospel ministry in the first parish in the town of Medford. To prohibit the hunting of rabbits and hares by the use of the ferret.

Mr. Hayes, from the committee on Mercantile Affairs, Somerville. on the petition of S. A. Carlton and others, reported A bill to provide for a public park in the city of Somer- ville. The same senator, from the same committee, on the Education in petition of R. H. Stearns, reported lurkey. A bill to incorporate the trustees of Donations for Edu- cation in Turkey ; and these bills were severally read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Norcross, from the committee on the Judiciary, Essex county, reported the bill to establish the First District Court of Essex County without amendment; and the same was ordered to a second reading. Mr. Bacon, from the committee on Railways, on the Adams, petition of the selectmen of Adams, reported, asking to be discharged from the further consideration thereof, and that the same be referred to the committee on the Iloosac Tunnel and the Troy and Greenfield Railroad; and the report was accepted. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Mr. Norcross, from the committee on the Judiciary, on George p.. spun- the petition of George R. Spurr and others, reported, etal8' asking to be discharged from the further consideration thereof, and that the same be referred to the joint special committee to be appointed on the subject of the usury laws and mortgage deeds; and the report wTas accepted and the petition was sent down for concurrence in the reference. Came up concurred. Adams. Mr. Bacon presented a petition of the selectmen of Adams, in relation to their petition of February 24th; and the same was referred to the committee on the Hoosac Tunnel and the Troy and Greenfield Railroad. Revere. Mr. Wardwell, from the committee on Roads and Bridges, on the petition of the selectmen of Revere, reported that the petitioners have leave to withdraw; and the report was placed in the orders of the day for Monday. On motion of Mr. Lane,— Hell Gate. Ordered, That the committee on Federal Relations con- sider what legislation, if any, should be taken by the Commonwealth to protect her citizens against the injustice practised upon them by the constructive toll which they are compelled to pay for the privilege of passing through Hell Gate. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

Papers from the House.

Reports. Reports, granting leave to withdraw, Of the committee on Public Charitable Institutions, on the petition of the Boston Deaf Mute Library Association ; Of the committee on the Fisheries, on the petition of the selectmen of Dennis, were severally read and placed in the orders of the day for Monday. dews of vessels. xhe Senate bill to prevent the desertion of crews of vessels came up concurred, with an amendment, which was adopted in concurrence. Petitions of Harriet E. Harriet E. Stone ; and Stone. Catharine Catharine Harvey; and Harvey. Ib. A petition of H. Wilson and others, in aid of the same ; and Paul Giddings. A petition of Paul Giddings, severally for state aid, were referred to the committee on Claims. William N. A petition of William N. Clapp and others, that poll Clapp et als. taxes may be levied at a certain percentage of the whole tax to be raised, was referred to the joint special commit- tee on Just and Equal Taxation. A petition of Charles Robinson and others, in aid of SAMUEL A. DEAN that of Samuel A. Dean and others, was referred to the etal8' committee on Roads and Bridges. A petition of the selectmen of Groton, for the confirm- Groton. ation of certain proceedings of said town, in relation to the old sixth regiment, was referred to the committee on Towns. Severally in concurrence.

The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, BUIS. To incorporate the Father Mathew Catholic Temperance Benefit Society in the city of Lawrence; To amend section 28 of chapter 384 of the Acts of the year 1869, in relation to catching trout; To prohibit fishing in any reservoirs, ponds and streams taken by the city of Worcester for a supply of pure water; Relating to the acquisition of rights of way and other easements in lands by adverse use or prescription; To amend chapter 162 of the General Statutes, relating to forgery and offences against the currency, were several- ly read a second time and ordered to a third reading. The report on the order relative to amending section 25 supplemental of chapter 129 of the General Statutes, respecting supple- mental declarations, was accepted.

The House reports, Keports. On the petition of E. E. Swift and others; and On the annual report of the inspector of gas and gas- meters, were severally accepted in concurrence. The Senate bill to establish the salaries of the judge Hampden and register of probate and insolvency for the county County- of Hampden was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence.

The Senate bill to authorize Henry F. Thomas and f^J^ al Joseph Bradford to extend their wharf in Fall River was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

The Senate bill to dissolve the Maple Street Congrega- Maple street tional Society in Danvers was read a third time and passed s™®tygtoDan to be engrossed. vers- Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Bills. The House bills, To establish the salary of the clerk of the police court of Fitchburg ; Concerning the breaking and entering of railroad carsi ; Concerning embezzlements by receivers and other offi- cers appointed by courts of record, were severally read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. Cambridge. The House bill to amend an Act for the abatement of a nuisance in the city of Cambridge, and for the preservation of the public health in said city, was read a third time, as heretofore amended, and passed to be engrossed in con- currence with the amendments, which were sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

Bureau of sta- A communication was received from the Hon. Carroll «sties of Labor. [} Wrjghtj transmitting the annual report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor ; and the same was referred to the joint special committee on the Labor Question. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Sales of land by The bill to amend chapter 102, section 38, of the Gen- guardians. ^ gtatutcSj relating to sales of land by guardians (in the orders of the day), was read a second time and ordered to a third reading. Adjourned.

MONDAY, March 9, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of Saturday was read.

MiiiardFin- On motion of Mr. Banks, a committee consisting of more- Messrs. Banks, Washburn and Wardwell, with such as the House may join, Were appointed to consider and report what notice should be taken by the legislature of the death of Millard Fillmore, thirteenth president of the United States. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred, and Messrs. Lincoln of Boston, Dickinson of Amherst, Smith of Cambridge, Buffum of Lynn, Wilson of Boston, Sleeper of Maiden, Buxton of Boston, and Bosworth of Taunton were joined. Mr. Hayes, from the committee on Mercantile Affairs, French and , • j. /- i i • , i National Union on the petition or Eugene Godm, reported of Lawrence. A bill to incorporate the French and National Union of Lawrence ; and the same was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Learned, from the joint special committee on so noosac Tunnel, much of the Governor's address as relates to the " tunnel line of railway," reported A bill to provide for the organization of a line of rail- road, westwardly from Boston, through the Hoosac Tun- nel, in pursuance of existing laws and contracts; and the same was read, ordered to a second reading, laid on the table and ordered to be printed. A communication was received from the Secretary of state police, the Commonwealth, transmitting a statement, in compli- ance with an order of the 13th ultimo, of the amount of fees received by state constables for services in criminal prosecutions, from 1865 to 1871 inclusive; and the same was laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

Papers from the House. Bills, Bills. To authorize the town of Lexington to raise money for a centennial celebration (on the petition of the selectmen of said town) ; To change the name of the corporation known as the Trustees of the Wesleyan Church in Duxbury (on the petition of said trustees) ; were severally read and ordered to a second reading.

A report of the committee on Insurance, granting leave G-eo. C. Bonner to withdraw, on the petition of George C. Bonner and 6t al8' others; and A report of the committee on Prisons, that it is inex- Removal of pedient to legislate on the order concerning the payment c^ntypriso0^ of money by counties from whose prisons inmates are removed, were severally read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow.

A resolve in favor of the Disabled Soldiers' Employ- Disabled soi. ment Bureau was read and referred to the committee on meMBuTílÜy" the Treasury. A bill to authorize the city of Cambridge to construct and Aiewife Brook, maintain tide-gates across Aiewife Brook was referred in con- currence to the committee on Water Supply and Drainage. H. A. Burget A report, discharging the committee on Banks and Banking from the further consideration of the petition of H. A. Burget and others, and referring the same to the joint special committee on Just and Equal Taxation, was accepted in concurrence. Taxation of A petition of Joshua Perham and others, for a change of mortgaged property. the laws relative to the taxation of mortgaged property, was referred in concurrence to the committee 011 that subject. The petition of Peter T. Homer and others came up, and Messrs. Carleton of Haverhill, Bishop of Newton, Cummings of Woburn, Fitz of Chelsea, Frost of Boston, Loring of Fitchburg, Shaw of Boston, and Knox of Law- rence, were appointed the committee on the part of the House. And Messrs. Hayes, Dwelley and Salmon were joined 011 the part of the Senate. Abolition of The Resolution concerning the abolition of duties on

duties on eoM. ^ came frQm the House non-concurred in the reference thereof to the committee on Federal Relations. Hoosac Tunnel. Mr. Bailey presented a minority report on the subject of the Iloosac Tunnel line of railway, embracing a bill to incorporate the Boston and Ontario Railroad Company, the trustees of the Hoosac Tunnel Railroad, and for other purposes; and the same was laid 011 the table and ordered to be printed. Light-houses. The message of the Governor, transmitting a communi- cation from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, relative to submarine sites for light-houses, was taken from the table and referred to the committee on Harbors. state police. A communication from the Secretary of the Common- wealth, with certain statements in relation to criminal prosecutions by the" state police, was taken from the tablfe and referred to the joint special committee 011 the' State Police. Severally sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Vienna Expo. A report, from the House, of the Commissioner of the Commissioner0^ Commonwealth to the Vienna Exposition, was referred to t0' a joint special committee, to be appointed, of eight on the part of the House, with such as the Senate may join. Bins. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, To establish the First District Court of Essex County ; To incorporate the Trustees of Donations for Education in Turkey; To provide for a public park in the city of Somerville, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading.

The report on the petition of the selectmen of Revere Reports, was accepted. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. The House reports, on the petitions of The selectmen of Dennis ; and The Boston Deaf Mute Library Association, were sev- erally accepted in concurrence. The Senate bill to incorporate the Father Mathew Cath- cati!oiieITcbmW olic Temperance Benefit Society in the city of Lawrence peranco society was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. of Lawrence. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

The Senate bill to amend section 28 of chapter 384 of Trout, the Acts of the year 1869, in relation to catching trout, was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence.

The Senate bill to prohibit fishing in any reservoirs, Worcester, ponds and streams taken by the city of Worcester for a supply of pure water, was read a third time, amended, and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. The Senate bill relating to the acquisition of rights of Ri«bt of way- way and other easements in lands by adverse use or pre- scription was laid on the table. The bill to amend chapter 162 of the General Statutes, Forgery and relating to forgery and offences against the currency, was ^ cSrrengcy.n8t read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concur- rence.

The following engrossed bills (the first of which origi- Bills enacted nated in the Senate) passed to be enacted, to wit:— " tie Governor™ To authorize the Old Colony Railroad Company to hold stock in certain steamboat companies. To unite the American Education Society and the Soci- ety for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education. To extend the charter of the Barnstable County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and to authorize said corporation to hold real estate. In addition to an Act to incorporate the Episcopal Church in Dedhani. To authorize the sale of public buildings in Great Bar- rington, and for other purposes. To establish the board of registrars of voters in the city of Boston, and to regulate the preparation and revision of theT ovotin incorporatg lists ien thsaie dBosto city.n Protective Department. Resolve passed An engrossed Resolve in favor of Chester C. Conant the Governor".6 (which originated in the House) passed, and, with the above named bills, was laid before the Governor for his approval. Sales of land hy The Senate bill to amend chapter 102, section 38 of the guardians. General Statutes, relating to sales of land by guardians (in the orders of the day), was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Adjourned. _

TUESDAY, March 10, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read.

Bass River Mr. French, from the committee on Banks and Bank- SavingsBank. Qn the petitioii of Russell D. Ferris and others, reported A bill to incorporate the Bass River Savings Bank. Mechanics' Sav- Mr. Stickney, from the same committee, on the petition logs Bank. q{. Nathaniel A¿ams an(j others, reported A bill to incorporate the Mechanics' Savings Bank in Boston. Manufacturing Mr. Ycrry, from the committee on the Judiciary, on an ^ons.crcorp°- order relative to the subject, reported A bill in addition to an Act concerning manufacturing and other corporations, witnesses. Mr. Norcross, from the same committee, on the order of February 26th, in relation to the subject, reported A bill in addition to an Act concerning witnesses in criminal prosecutions in other States ; and these bills were severally read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Aiken, from the committee on the Judiciary, re- southern Berk- ported the House bill to fix the salary of the clerk of the eUre' district court of Southern Berkshire without amendment; and the same was read and referred to the committee on the Treasury. The same senator, from the same committee, on the Public foot- order in relation to public footways, reported that it is ways' inexpedient to legislate thereon ; and the report was read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. Mr. Lane, on leave, introduced a bill to amend an Act Mercantile li. to incorporate the Mercantile Library Association; and braryAs"'n- the same was read and referred to the committee on Mercantile Affairs. Mr. Lovering, on leave, introduced a bill to amend the Manufacturing Act relating to manufacturing corporations ; and the same cori'orationB- was read and referred to the committee on Manufactures. Severally sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

Mr. Banks, on leave, introduced a bill in addition to Liens on build- the Acts relating to liens on buildings and land, and the ingsandlaud' same was read and referred to the committee on the Judiciary. On motion of Mr. Banks,— Ordered, That the committee on preparing rules and Rules and orders for the government of the Senate consider the 01 us' expediency of adopting the following rule as rule — of the Senate:— Rule —. Bills in the first reading shall be read by their titles only, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate. On motion of Mr. Learned, — Ordered, That the Clerk of the Senate cause to be Report of Com- printed, for the use of the legislature, five hundred copies hoo™"'Tunnel of House document, No. 192 of 1869, without plate. orteTSfiuii- On motio. . n ot MrT r . T-Bacon,» — road for 1S68. Ordered, That the committee on Railways be allowed committee on _ Railways. further time, after the 22d day of March, in which to make final report upon the matters previously referred to them. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Mr. Learned offered the following order, which was read and referred to the committee on Printing:— Ordered, That one thousand copies additional of the Hoosao Tunnel. report of the joint special committee on the Hoosac Tunnel Line of Railway be printed for the use of the legislature. Subsequently, Mr. Hawes, from the above committee, reported that the order should be adopted ; and the report being considered, under a suspension of the rule, was ac- cepted, and the order accordingly adopted. Daniel Simmons Mr. Gatchell presented a petition of L. W. Taft and others, in aid of that of Daniel Simmons and others. Referred to the committee 011 Banks and Banking. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

Home for Aged Mr. Verry presented a petition of the trustees of the Females. Home for Aged Females for a change of name. Referred to the committee 011 the Judiciary.

Papers from the House. Bins. Bills, To provide for special terms of the superior court; Concerning sidewalks ; To fix the salary of the treasurer of Dukes County, were severally read and referred to the committee on the Judiciary. Bills, To incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias in Massachusetts (on the petition of James S. Farrington and others) ; To authorize the town of Barre to raise and appropriate money for its centennial anniversary (on the petition of the selectmen of said town) ; To change the time for the commissioners of Cedar Grove Cemetery to make their annual report (on the petition of William Pope and others), were severally read and ordered to a second reading.

Birds, birds' The Senate bill to amend chapter 304 of the Acts of

eggs and deer. concernjng the preservation of birds, birds' eggs and deer, came up concurred, with an amendment, which was adopted in concurrence.

Reports. Reports, granting leave to withdraw, Of the committee 011 Agriculture, on the petitions of The Attleborough Farmers' and Mechanics' Agricultural Association; and Samuel E. Sewall and others ; Of the committee on the Fisheries, on the petitions of Royal Phinnoy and others ; and Silas P. Pells and others ; Of the committee on Public Charitable Institutions, on petition of the Cambridge Firemen's Relief Association ; Of the committee on Claims, on the petition of Charles F. Tower, were severally read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. A remonstrance of D. Hall and others, against any Liquor law. change in the present law respecting the sale of intoxi- cating liquors, was referred to the joint special committee on that subject. A petition of Sarah O. Bulmer, for state aid, was Sarah o. Bui- referred to the committee on Claims. Woman suf. Petitions of iragc. E. S. Dwight and others ; W. G. Tuttle and others ; M. S. Richardson and others ; Mrs. Harriet E. Tuttle aud others ; Mrs. Angeletta Richardson and others; aud Mrs. Elizabeth M. G. Dwight and others, severally that the right of suffrage may be granted to women, were referred to the committee on that subject. Severally in concurrence. Mr. Jacobs presented a petition of Alpheus Hardy and Hardy others for a modification of the law regulating elections in the city of Boston. Referred to the committee on the Judiciary. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, Billf>- To incorporate the French and National Union of Law- rence ; To authorize the town of Lexington to raise money for a centennial celebration; To change the name of the corporation known as the Trustees of the Wesleyan Church in Duxbury, were sever- ally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. The Senate bill to establish the First District Court of First District -n t Court of Essex Essex County was read a third time, amended, and passed County, to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. f The Senate bill to incorporate the Trustees of Donations ° E®°" for Education in Turkey was read a third time and passed cation in Tur- to be engrossed. • kc>' Sent down for concurrence. Somerviiic. The Senate bill to provide for a public park in the city of Somerville was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Reports. The House reports, On the order relative to amending section 4 of chapter 370 of the Acts of 1870, concerning the removal of pris- oners from one county to another; and On the petition of George C. Bonner and others, were severally accepted in concurrence. Resolutions on Mr. Banks, from the joint special committee appointed Miiardmf to consider what notice should be taken by the legislature more' of the death of Millard Fillmore, reported thereon the following resolutions :— RESOLVTIONS on the Death of Millard Fillmore, Thirteenth President of the United States. Resolved, That the legislature of Massachusetts receives, with profound sensibility and regret, information of the death of Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth president of the United States. Resolved, That as representatives of the people of the state, we deem it to be our duty to express, in their name, their regard for the various important public services, in the humblest as in the most exalted official positions, which distinguished his official life ; and to mark with ap- propriate honors the purity of his character, the integrity of his administration, his firm adherence to his convictions of duty and the calm Christian dignity that attended the close of his earthly career, which entitle him to the affec- tionate remembrance of the American people, and an hon- orable place in the long line of their illustrious public servants. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be re- quested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolutions to the family of the late President Fillmore, and to the sen- ators and representatives of Massachusetts in the congress of the United States. Air. Banks addressed the Senate in support of the reso- lutions; and the vote being taken thereon, the same were unanimously passed and sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. And thereupon, the Senate Adjourned. WEDNESDAY, March 11, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read.

Mr. Banks announced that information had been received niness 0f sen- from Washington of the alarming and probably fatal illness a 01'umilu" of Hon. Charles Sumner. Thereupon, on motion of the same senator, the Senate Adjourned.

THURSDAY, March 12, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read.

The following message was received from the Gover- Message from 71nr , the Governor noi • announcing the death of

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Charles Sumner.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, BOSTON, March 12, 1874. Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives : It becomes my painful duty to announce to you the death of our senior member in the United States Senate. Yesterday afternoon, at ten minutes before three o'clock, in his own rooms at Washington, at the age of sixty- three years, CHARLES SUMNER departed this life. Eighteen years ago he was struck down at his place in the vanguard of freedom, and from that terrible wound, nigh unto death, he never fully recovered, though he stru^leCG d againsO t its effects with all the forces of his nature, and was aided by the best efforts of medical science. But he had regained such a measure of health and strength, that of late his intimate friends and asso- ciates were encouraged to hope he might be spared to us for some years longer. The shock of his death comes upon us suddenly, and when least expected. The last enemy of man has finally triumphed, and our great orator, scholar, statesman, philanthropist,—the champion of universal freedom and the equal rights of man,— after a life of labor and usefulness, has fallen under the burden of disease long and heroically borne. Of him, as much as of any man of his time, it may be 26 said, that he lived not for himself or his kindred. A special representative of this State, his Commonwealth was the whole country. For years one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the United States, he was recognized by the civilized world as one of the foremost advocates of struggling humanity. Thus ac- knowledged at home and abroad, his death will be deeply and sincerely mourned, not alone by his State and this nation, but by every people and country reaching out for a higher and freer life. Twenty-three years ago this spring he was elected to the United States Senate, and at the time of his death he was the senior member of that body in length of consecutive service. His devotion to the duties of his place was an example worthy of general commen- dation. He rarely allowed personal considerations of any kind to interfere with his public obligations. Had he not been blessed with an iron constitution he must long ago have succumbed to the weight of his labors. Devoted to many phases of one comprehensive cause, the advancement of man; throwing himself with great energy and power into whatever work he undertook,— it was given him to see a noble triumph of that for which he aspired and wrought. Thousands and thou- sands of men and women And the way of life easier and brighter because of him, and in almost every town and village of the country, there will be praises of honor to his name. During his long period of service some mistakes he doubtless made, for despite his great learning and in- tellectual grasp he somewhat lacked the every day wisdom frequently given to those much his inferiors. But this was in no sense to his discredit as a man. His aims were high, his purposes were pure. His voice was that of an honest man, his endeavors were those of an upright statesman. His moral integrity stands out as a sublime figure in these later years. While the atmosphere around him was foul with cor- ruption, no stain of suspicion ever fell upon him. However other public servants prostituted their posi- tions for selfish ends, AVE all felt sure that CHARLES SUMNER would not be smirched by any disclosures or investigations. This single fact alone is enough to crown him with glory. Gentlemen, you must have unspeakable satisfaction at tliis hour in your recent action on the matter rela- tive to the army register and national battle-flags. It was communicated to Mr. Sumner while he was in the full possession of all his faculties, and Ave may well believe that he rejoiced in this vindication by the con- stituents whom he had so long and so faithfully served. I thank you for giving me the pleasure of transmitting to him, by the hands of one whom he honored, a rep- resentative of those for Avhom he had so heroically struggled, this fresh token of the regard in which he was held by the people of this Commonwealth. It was his desire, often expressed, that he might fall, when fall he must, while at the post of duty. His wishes in this respect were gratified. The day before his death he was at the Senate Chamber attending to official business as our agent and servant; and one of hi« last utterances, when in the very arms of death, was, to an intimate friend, to take care of the civil rights bill, the passage of which he had much at heart. Thus he went out from among us, with his last moment of consciousness still pleading, as he so often and so elo- quently plead through many years of vigorous man- hood, for the down-trodden and oppressed. The great Senator has fallen, and we shall see him no more on earth. Being dead he yet speaketh—by the hopes he inspired, the works he accomplished and the recollection of his virtues. In a few days his mor- tal remains will be laid away in the grave. Be it ours to guard most tenderly the memory he hath left to us, and approve ourselves the fit constituents of CHARLES SUMNER. W. B. WASHBURN.

On motion, Messrs. Bailey, Carpenter and Aiken were appointed a committee to convey the foregoing message of the Governor to the House of Representatives. Subsequently, Mr. Bailey reported that said committee had attended to the duty assigned them. On motion of Mr. Banks,— Ordered, That the message of Ilis Excellency the Grov- Appointment of ernor, communicating the melancholy intelligence of the auTto'the'61" fSenator sudden death of Hon. CHARLES SUMNER, senior senator ^¿° of Massachusetts in the congress of the United States, be referred to a joint special committee of five members of the Senate, with such as the House may join, with instruc- tions to consider and report what measures it may be expedient and proper to adopt, as a recognition of the important services of the late distinguished senator, and a public acknowledgment of the grateful esteem in which his memory and character are held by the people of the Commonwealth. And Messrs. Banks, Norcross, Washburn, Hawes and Lathrop were appointed on the part of the Senate. Sent down for concurrence. Came up, and Messrs. Phillips of Salem, Smith of Cambridge, Codman of Boston, Kimball of Boston, Adams of Quincy, Dickinson of Amherst, Noble of West- tield, Phillips of Springfield, Buffum of Lynn, Blunt of Haverhill, Slade of Somerset, Cummings of Woburn, and Estabrook of Worcester, were joined. Adjourned.

FRIDAY, March 13, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read.

Resolutions on Mr. Banks, from the joint special committee appointed the death of Sen- ' 1 , 1 i 1 I i ator Sumner, to consider and report what measures should be taken in relation to the death of Charles Sumner, reported the fol- lowing Resolves :— Resolved, That the legislature of Massachusetts receives the sad intelligence communicated by his excellency the governor, of the sudden death of the Honorable Charles Sumner, senior senator of Massachusetts, in the congress of the United States, with emotions of profound and abid- ing grief. Resolved, That in this sudden calamity, Massachusetts mourns the loss of an inestimable public servant, whose separate qualities are sometimes found in individual citi- zens, but rarely united in one man. His industry was tireless, and his fidelity unlimited. In the prosecution of those great measures, to which lie gave his support, his energy, constancy and courage were unconquerable. In his contests for the supremacy of the principles upon which he had staked the hazard of his life, he was un- moved by assault and insensible to fear. Against the allurements of power and of corruption in every form, he stood a tower of adamant. At every crisis in public affairs his bearing was that of one, who, confident as to his own duty, was considerate of the rights of others. His extraordinary acquisitions as a scholar made him eminent among able men in every department of learning. He was an accomplished legist and jurist, and as an orator un- surpassed by any man of his time. The vigor of his in- tellect, his great experience and capacity, his philanthropic spirit, his ardent patriotism, his irrepressible love of liberty, his limitless devotion to the rights of man, gave to all classes of the people, to all sections of the country, and to the world at large, a permanent interest in the pro- longation of his labors and his life. Resolved, That deploring the public loss, it is yet a consolation that the people of the Commonwealth share in the triumphs, resulting, in great part, from the labors of their illustrious senator, to which, in the agony of death, he gave his last and noblest thoughts, and which culmi- nated in the destruction of an odious and sectional system of chattel slavery ; in the enfranchisement of four million slaves; in their political and social elevation,—and the incorporation of the sublime doctrines of the Declaration of American Independence into the text and body of the Constitution of the Republic. Resolved, That in the galaxy of her illustrious children, whose colonial, revolutionary, constitutional and military services, shed an undying lustre upon her name, Massa- chusetts has no worthier son. And said Resolves being read, were supported by Messrs. Washburn, Loring, Hayes, Stone, Lathrop and Banks, and were unanimously adopted and ordered to be entered upon the journal. The same were also ordered to be printed. Mr. Banks also reported the following orders :— Ordered, That a committee of three on the part of the Proceedings Senate, and five on the part of the House, be appointed ihefuS'of to make all necessary arrangements for the reception of n™.ator Sum" the body of Senator Sumner, and for the funeral obsequies in this Commonwealth, which shall be held in King's Chapel on Monday, the 16th instant, at 3 o'clock, r. M. ; and that the committee be authorized to provide appro- priate drapery for the hall on the occasion; and also to extend an invitation to the city government of Boston to be present. And Messrs. Stickney, Bacon and Merrill were appoint- ed the committee on the part of the Senate. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred, and Messrs. Perkins of Boston, Bnffum of Lynn, Slade of Somerset, Crocker of Boston, v and Estabrook of Worcester, were joined. Ordered, That a committee of three on the part of the Senate, and five on the part of the House, be appointed to meet the congressional committee having in charge the remains of Senator Sumner at the boundary line of the Commonwealth. And Messrs, Hayes, Jacobs and Wardwell were ap- pointed the committee on the part of the Senate. Sent clown for concurrence. Came up concurred, and Messrs. Codman of Boston, Adams of Quincy, Noble of Westfield, Blunt of Haver- hill, and Cummings of Woburn, were joined. thilife'of's'n Ordered, That a committee of two on the part of the ator Sumner. Senate, and three on the part of the House, be appointed to take suitable measures to provide for the delivery of an oration before the executive and legislative branches of the Commonwealth, upon the life, character and public services of Charles Sumner, by such person and at such time and place as majr seem to them appropriate. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred, and Messrs. Smith of Cambridge, Phillips of Salem, and Phillips of Springfield, are ap- pointed the committee on the part of the House. And the President took time to appoint. Adjournment. On motion, it was ordered that when the Senate ad- journs, it be to meet 011 Monday next, at 2 o'clock, p. m. Adjourned.

MONDAY, March 16, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of Friday was read. Kunorai of sen- The Senate proceeded, with the House of Represent- atives, the Governor and Council, and the several depart- ments of the government, to attend the funeral obsequies of Charles Sumner.

t TUESDAY, March 17, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read.

Mr. Verry, from the committee on the Judiciary, on the county law order relative to the subject, reported S1™' A bill relating to the county law library associations ; and On an order relative to the mortgage of real estate by Married women married women, A bill in relation to certain rights of married women ; and On the Order touching the Subject, Naturalization. A bill in relation to naturalization. Mr. Batcheller, from the committee on Water Supply orange, and Drainage, on the bill to incorporate the Fall Hill Water Company in Orange, reported the same in a new draft, under the title of Bill to supply the town of Orange with pure water. Mr. Fitz, from the committee on the Fisheries, on the mailing in the order relative to further legislation concerning inland fish- R?™!cticut eries, reported A bill to regulate fishing in the Connecticut and Merri- mack Rivers; and these bills were severally read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Verry, from the committee on the Judiciary, on the Conveyance of bill to amend section 3 of chapter 108 of the General E«men. Statutes ; and Mr. Norcross, from the same committee, on the bill to Distribution of amend section 1 of chapter 91 of the General Statutes, property' relative to the descent and distribution of property, re- ported that said bills ought not to pass; and the same were placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow on the question of rejection.

Mr. Mason, from the same committee, on the bill to Administrators, provide for the prompt and faithful administration of estates by public administrators, reported that the same ought to pass; and it was ordered to a second read- h>g-

Mr. Toland, from the committee on the State House, on state building in the communication from the commissioners on the state Pemberton house, reported A Resolve providing for the expense of refitting a build- ing in Pemberton Square. Patrick Haley. Mr. Johnson, from the committee on Claims, on the petition of Patrick Haley, reported A Resolve in favor of Patrick Haley; and these Re- • solves were severally read and referred to the committee on the Treasury.

Purchasers of Mr. VeiTy, from the committee on the Judiciary, on K g od and tto1 beT the order in relation to laws concerning tenancy by the curtesy; and On the order in relation to the protection of purchasers of standing wood and timber; and Pardons granted Mr. Carpenter, from the committee on Prisons, on the during 1873. message from the Governor, with a list of pardons granted during the year 1873, severally reported that it is inexpe- dient to legislate thereon. L.S.Jordan Mr. Lathrop, from the committee on Insurance, on the ot als' petition of L. S. Jordan and others, reported that the petitioners have leave to withdraw; and these reports were severally read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow.

Boston. Mr. Jacobs, from the committee on the Judiciary, to whom was recommitted their report on the petition of Alfred Williams, reported A bill to establish the salary of the clerk of the muni- cipal court for the southern district of the city of Boston; and the same was read and referred to the committee on the Treasury. Thomas 0. Mr. Hawes"presented a remonstrance of Otis Seabury Caldwell et als. ^ ^^ . and Mr. Mason, the remonstrance of Edmund Dowse and others; and ib. Mr. Norcross, the remonstrances of Lorenzo Barker and others ; II. N. Bigelow and others ; Charles L. Fairbanks and others ; and William D. Peck and others, severally against the peti- tion of Thomas C. Caldwell and others. Severally referred to the committee on Railways.

A. w. Stevens Mr. Aiken presented remonstrances of et al3' I. G. Reed and others ; James A. Moore and others ; Cyrus Chamberlain and others ; and C. W. Delva and others, severally against the petition of A. W. Stevens and others. Severally referred to the committee on Roads and Bridges. Severally sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Mr. Batcheller presented a petition of Chester TV". Eaton raster w. and others for the establishment of a district court, com- Eaton et aIs' prising the towns of Wilmington, Reading, North Read- ing, Wakefield, Stoneham and Melrose. Also, a remonstrance of Samuel Kingman aucl others, District court- against the passage of the bill to establish the first judicial E'Mid<31esex- district for Eastern Middlesex. Severally referred to the committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Banks presented a copy of the vote of the town of Arlington. Arlington in relation to the annexation of that town to the city of Boston, conjointly with the cities of Cambridge and Somerville; and the same was referred, under the 20th joint rule, to the next General Court.

Mr. Aiken presented a petition of the judge and register Bristol county, of probate and insolvency for the county of Bristol for an increase of salary. Referred to the committee on Probate and Chancery.

Mr. Fuller presented a petition of the town of West- Westaeid. field relative to the establishment of a railway station on Main Street in that town. Referred to the committee on Railways. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. On motion of Mr. Yerry,— Ordered, That the committee on Railways inquire into Railroad stock, the expediency of amending section 2 of chapter 392 of the Acts of 1871, so that sales of the stock mentioned in said chapter may be made at public auction in any city where the railroad issuing such stock may be located. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Mr. Edson presented a petition of the judge of probate R-ankiin for the county of Franklin for an increase of salary. county. Referred to the committee on Probate and Chancery. 27 Papers from the House. Resolves. Resolves, Iii favor of Elizabeth Martindale (on the petition of the same) ; In aid of discharged female prisoners ; In favor of the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth (on the petition of the trustees of the same) ; In favor of Jane Parks (on the petition of the same) ; In favor of Sarah M. Tuttle (on the petition of the same) ; and sinking funds. A bill to repeal section 3, chapter 155 of the Acts of the year 1873, in relation to borrowing money from sink- ing funds, were severally read and referred to the commit- tee oil the Treasury. BIUS. Bills, To fix the salary of the justice of the police court of Lee; To establish the salary of the assistant attorney-general; Relating to small-pox and other contagious diseases ; To amend some of the rules of practice in the supreme and superior courts ; and To authorize the trustees of Nichols Academy to mort- gage real estate, were severally read and referred to the committee on the Judiciary, ib. Bills, Concerning the Middlesex Railroad Company (in a new draft) ; For the preservation of lobsters (in a new draft) ; To incorporate the Cambridge Improvement Company (on the petition of James A. AVoodbury and others) ; To incorporate the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Fall River (on the petition of James McNulty and others) ; To incorporate the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society iu the city of Lowell (on the petition of the same) ; To authorize the Salem Hospital to hold additional estate (on the petition of the same) ; To authorize towns to raise money to celebrate certain anniversaries; To incorporate the Grand Temple of Honor and Tem- perance in Massachusetts (on the petition of Horace W. Willson and others) ; Relating to returns of savings banks (on so much of the report of the commissioners as relates to the subject) ; To amend an Act to supply the village of Attleborough with water for the extinguishment of fires, and for other purposes (on the petition of the Water Supply District of Attleborough) ; In addition to an Act to authorize the city of Boston to lay out a public street or way across South Bay (on the petition of the city of Boston), were severally read and ordered to a second reading. A report of the committee on Prisons, asking to be dis- witnesses, charged from the further consideration of the order in relation to the better protection of witnesses in certain cases, was accepted in concurrence. Reports, granting leave to withdraw, Reports. Of the committee on the Library, on the petition of C. H. Spring and others ; Of the committee on Agriculture, on the petition ¡of Bradford Weston and others ; Of the committee on Manufactures, on the petition of G. Winthrop Coffin and others, were severally read and placed in the orders of the clay for to-morrow.

Ordered, In concurrence, that the committee on the Mt. Hope Bay. Fisheries inquire into the expediency of so amending chapter 195 of the Acts of 1870, that the same may apply to shell-fish of the waters of Mount Hope Bay and its tributaries. Also, that the committee on Military Affairs inquire Muskets, into the expediency of adopting the hook-band for stack- ing muskets. Also, that the committee oil Just and Equal Taxation Taxation of inquire into the expediency of repealing chapter 354 of incomes" the Acts of 1873, in relation to the taxation of incomes. 1 p IirWil, Also, that the committee on Railways consider so much Jf™ l k ° of the report of the Railroad Commissioners as relates to the transportation of milk, and whether any further legis- lation is necessary thereon. Also, that the committee on Education consider the Agassiz memo- expediency of the Commonwealth joining in the proposed rial fund' Agassiz memorial fund, so as to insure the perpetuation of the Museum of Comparative Zoology to all future time. Also, that the same committee consider the expediency School-houses, of changing the law in regard to the location of school- houses in towns where the district system still prevails. Mercantile Li- The hill to amend an Act to incorporate the Mercantile brary Ass'n. Library Association came up non-concurred, under the 20th joint rule, in the reference thereof to the committee on Mercantile Affairs ; and the same was laid on the table. John M. Tobin. A petition of John M. Tobin for reimbursement for money paid for Company E, 9th Regiment, on account of taxes and rent, was referred to the committee on Claims. Woman suf- frage. A remonstrance of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bond and others, against amendment of the Constitution granting the right of suffrage to women, was referred to the joint special committee on that subject. Sharon and A remonstrance of the selectmen of Sharon, against a Walpole. change of the boundary line between Sharon and Walpole; and Tewksbury and A remonstrance of George Lee and others, against the Lowell. annexation of any part of Tewksbury to Lowell, were referred to the committee on Towns.

A. W. Stevens Remonstrances of et als. Seth B. Crafts and others ; S. A. Field and others ; and Y. M. Porter and others, severally against the petition of A. W. Stevens and others, were referred to the com- mittee on Roads and Bridges. Springfield and A remonstrance of Thomas Fuller, Jr., and others, Longmeadow R. It. Co. against authorizing the city of Springfield to take stock in the Springfield and Longmeadow Railroad Company ; and Thomas C. A remonstrance of Abraham W. Seaver and others, Caldwell et als. against the petition of Thomas C. Caldwell and others; also Ib. A remonstrance of George Cummings and others, against the same; and Natick. A copy of the vote of the town of Natick, instructing their representatives to vote for and advocate the pur- chase, by the State, of the Boston and Albany Railroad, were severally referred to the committee on Railways. B. J. Berry et Petitions of als. Andrew M. Morton and others; George H. Plummer and others ; The selectmen and others of Revere; and The aldermen and others of Chelsea, severally in aid of that of B. J. Berry and others, were referred to the com- mittee on Water Supply and Drainage. Separate prison for women. A petition of James T. Ilewes and others, for the estab- lishment of a separate prison for women, was referred to the committee on Prisons. A petition of Abijah C. Green and others, in relation AMjahc.Gra to the exemption of church property from taxation ; and " als' Petitions of Taxation of g d B. W. Harris and others ; and propfrt y? George E. Page and others, severally for a change in the laws respecting the taxation of mortgaged property ; and A statement of non-taxable property in the Common- Non-taxabie wealth, were severally referred to the joint special com- property- mittee on the subject of taxation. Severally in concurrence. The Senate bills, Bins. To amend chapter 201 of the Acts of 1872, to establish the Second District Court of Southern Worcester; In addition to an Act for encouraging the cultivation of useful fishes; In addition to an Act in relation to the Boston Gas- Light Company; and The Senate Resolve in favor of Willard E. Slade, sev- erally came up concurred, with amendments ; and the same were adopted in concurrence. Notice was received from the House that the Senate bill Tame doves- to prevent the taking of tame doves by snares, traps or otherwise, had been rejected by that branch. The reports of the Commissioners of the State to the Commissioner Vienna Exposition was referred in concurrence to a joint Kxposwon."3 special committee consisting of Messrs. Hawes, French, Edson, Lathrop and Gatchell of the Senate, and Messrs. Hale of Boston, Osgood of Salem, Stearns of Boston, Williams of Douglas, Eldridge of Conway, Connell of Boston, Wright of Great Barrington, and Lay of West Newbury, of the House. The President appointed Messrs. Merrill and V erry a,S Oration on the the committee on the part of the Senate under the order {Jf®of senator0" to provide for the delivery of an oration before the several Sumner- departments of the government, upon the life, character and services of Charles Sumner. The following order was referred, in concurrence, to the committee oil Printing :— Ordered, That hereafter when an amendment to a bill or Resolve shall be adopted by the House, said bill or Re- solve shall, before it is advanced another stage, be printed and placed in the tiles of the members. Bills. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, In addition to an Act concerning manufacturing and other corporations; To incorporate the Mechanics' Savings Bank in Boston ; To incorporate the Bass River Savings Bank; In addition to an Act concerning witnesses in criminal prosecutions in other States ; To authorize the town of Barre to raise and appropriate money for the celebration of its centennial anniversary; In relation to the annual report of the commissioners of Cedar Grove Cemetery, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. Reports. The Senate report on the order relative to public foot- ways was accepted. The House reports, on the petitions of Charles F. Tower and others; The Cambridge Firemen's Relief Association ; Silas P. Pells and others ; Royal Phinney and others ; and The Attleborough Farmers' and Mechanics' Agricultural Society, were severally accepted in concurrence. The report on the petition of S. E. Sewall and others was passed over. Grand Lodge of The bill to incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Knights tlie Knights of . * -i- i Pythias. ot Pythias 111 Massachusetts was read a second time and ordered to a third reading. French and Na- The Senate bill to incorporate the French and National Union of Lawrence was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. The House bills, To authorize the town of Lexington to raise money for a centennial celebration; To change the name of the corporation known as the Trustees of the Wesleyan Church in Duxbury, were sever- ally read a third time and passed to be engrossed in con- currence. Boston Mort- gage Co. The bill to incorporate the Boston Mortgage Company was further considered, the amendment proposed thereto by Mr. Hurlbut was rejected, and the bill was ordered to a third readingO. On motion of Mr. Banks, the hour of 3 o'clock, p. M., HOURS OF LABOR. to-morroAV, was assigned as the time for taking the question on passing the bill regulating the hours of labor in manu- facturing establishments, to be enacted. Sir. Banks, from the committee on Rules and Orders of R«ies and the Senate, on the order in relation to bills in the firstouc'18' reading, reported, recommending the adoption of the fol- lowing rule:— Rule —. Bills in their first reading, when the question is on reference to a committee or assignment to the orders of the day, shall be read by the title only, unless other- wise ordered. Mr. Verry, on leave, introduced a bill to amend chapter sewers and 106 of the Acts of 1867, relating to sewers and drains in ofWo^ter.ity the city of Worcester, and moved that the same be re- ferred to the committee on the Judiciary. The President, Mr. Bailey in the chair, ruled that under the 20th joint rule, said bill should be referred to the next General Court. Mr. Banks appealed from the decision of the Chair. And the question being stated, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the Senate ? it was determined as follows :— YEAS—Messrs. Fitz, Hawes, Hayes, Ingalls, Johnson, Lane, Norcross, Parmenter, Salmon, Stone.—10. NAYS—Messrs. Bacon, Banks, Gatekell, Lathrop, Learned, Lovering, Merrill, Reed, Toland, Verry, Wardwell, White.—12. So the decisioii of the chair was not sustained. Mr. Hawes moved a reconsideration of the vote, and the motion was placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow.

The following engrossed bills (the first seven of which BHIS ENACTED originated in the Senate) passed to bo enacted, and the the Governor, first named laid before the Governor for his approval, to wit:— Concerning the Duxbury and Coliasset Railroad Com- pany. To authorize the Boston and Albany Railroad Company to change the location of its railroad in the towns of Weston and Needham. To incorporate the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. To authorize the Emigrant Savings Bank to hold addi- tional estate. To authorize the Boston and Providence Railroad Cor- poration to hold stock in steamboat companies. To authorize the Mill Owners' Mutual Fire Insurance Company to extend its business, and for other purposes. To incorporate the Massachusetts Anglers' Association. Concerning the breaking and entering of railroad cars. To establish the salary of the clerk of the police court in Fitchburg. Reeoivespassed. The following engrossed Resolves (all of which origi- nated in the House) passed :— In favor of William H. Hammond. In favor of Clarissa Adams. In favor of Benjamin F. Sweetser. In favor of the state lunatic hospital at Taunton. To furnish certain books to the town of Medway.

Deputy Tax The annual report of the Deputy Tax Commissioner was ( ommiesioner. referre(j> ¡n concurrence, to the joint special committee 011 Just and Equal Taxation. Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, March 18, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read. Boston and Mr. French, from the committee on Horse Railways, on R.K! OO.*BURY the petition of the Boston and West Roxbury Railroad Company, reported A bill concerning the Boston and West Roxbury Rail- road Company; and the same was read and ordered to a second reading. Roberts.Ran- Mr. Lane, from the committee on the Treasury, report- ed the Resolve in favor of Robert S. Rantoul without amendment; and the same was ordered to a second read- ing. Cashiers and Mr. French, from the committee 011 Banks and Banking, savings-banks, on tlie order relative to prohibiting cashiers and treasurers of savings banks from doing the business of a broker, reported that it is inexpedient to legislate thereon; and the report was read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. Mr. Merrill presented a petition of H. M. Whitney and ^ghetlTs™" others in aid of that of James Greenough and others. Referred to the committee on Towns, and sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

Papers from the House. Ordered, In concurrence, that the committee on Roads Sunderland and Bridges be instructed to examine and report whether Bridge. any further legislation is necessary to carry out the intent of section 4 of chapter 431 of the Acts of 1869, relative to making Sunderland bridge free. Remonstrances of w. Stevens George E. Williams and others ; William W. Hunt and others; J. C. Holston and others ; William O. Bassett and others ; W. PI. Beaman and others ; Hiram Wood and others ; Asa G. Wait and others ; and H. W. Putnam and others, severally against the petition of A. W. Stevens and others, were referred to the com- mittee on Roads and Bridges. Remonstrances of S°a?sCe Has6iIls David A. Sanborn and others ; and John C. Warren and others, severally against the petition of Horace Haskins and others, were referred to the com- mittee on Towns. A petition of F. G. Wright and others, in aid of that of ffX.elHorton Samuel Horton and others, in relation to the taxation of mortgaged property, was referred to the committee on Just and Equal Taxation. A petition of Sylvanus Waldron and others, in relation Syivanus wai- to the Act relative to the smelt fishery, was referred to the dronctals- committee on the Fisheries.

Petitions of S'ai'sBerry S. G. Beale and others ; George E. Merrill and others ; and William H. Lounsbury and others, severally in aid of that of B. J. Berry and others, were referred to the com- mittee on Water Supply and Drainage. 28 T. c. Caiawcii Remonstrances of S. F. Twitchell and others ; Alexander R. Esty and others ; and Henry S. Clark and others, severally against the petition of T. C. Caldwell and others ; and Boston and Ai- A copy of a vote of the town of Cheshire in favor of the purchase by the State of the Boston and Albany Rail- road, were referred to the committee on Railways.

S-B..Grant A petition of S. B. Grant and others, that superintend- ents of schools may be elected by the school committees of cities, was referred to the committee on Education. Severally in concurrence. widows' dower. Mr. Fuller, from the committee on Probate and Chan- cery, on the order in relation to the subject, reported A bill to amend section 5 of chapter 90 of the General Statutes, in relation to widows' dower ; and the same was read and ordered to a second reading. On motion of Mr. Hayes,— Mystic and Co. Ordered, That the committee on the Judiciary consider a Boards. ° what additional legislation is necessary to enable the city of Boston to unite the Mystic and Cochituate Water Boards under the provisions of section 12 of chapter 286 of the Acts of 1873. Bins. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, To supply the town of Orange with pure water; Relating to the county law library associations ; In relation to certain rights of married women; Providing for the preservation of lobsters ; Concerning the Middlesex Railroad Company ; To incorporate the Cambridge Improvement Company; To incorporate the Grand Temple of Honor and Tem- perance in Massachusetts; To incorporate the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Fall River; To incorporate the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society in the city of Lowell; To authorize towns to raise money to celebrate certain anniversaries; To authorize the Salem Hospital to hold additional estate; In addition to an Act to authorize the city of Boston to lay out a public street or way across South Bay; Relating to returns of savings banks ; In addition to an Act to supply the village of Attlebor- ough with water for the extinguishment of fires, and for other purposes ; To promote the prompt and faithful administration of estates by public administrators, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading.

The bill to amend section 3 of chapter 108 of the Gen- Married women eral Statutes, relative to the conveyance of property by Sportyby? °f married women, was, in accordance with the report of the committee thereon, rejected. The bill to amend the General Statutes, relative to the Distribution of descent and distribution of real and personal property, liproperty?00" was recommitted to the committee on the Judiciary.

The reports, on the orders Reports. Eelative to protection of purchasers of standing wood or timber; Eelative to tenancy by the curtesy in certain cases ; and On the message of the Governor with a list of pardons granted in 1873, were severally accepted. The Senate reports, on the petitions of L. S. Jordan and others ; and Bradford Weston and others, were severally accepted and the last three sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. The House reports, on the petitions of G. Winthrop Coffin and others; and C. H. Spring and others, were severally accepted in concurrence. The Senate bill in addition to an Act concerning maim- Manufacturing factoring and other corporations was read a third time and poratkms. " passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence.

The Senate bill to incorporate the Mechanics' Saving S Mechanics' Bank in Boston was read a third lime and passed to be bl"n,«aIJdnv- engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. The Senate bill to incorporate the Bass River Savings Bass River Bank was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. B:"'ll?=lil:iL Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

The Senate bill in addition to an Act concerning wit- witnesses. nesses in criminal prosecutions in otlier States was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Bills. The House bills, To authorize the town of Barre to raise and appropriate money for the celebration of its centennial anniversary; In relation to the annual report of the Commissioners of Cedar Grove Cemetery; To incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias in Massachusetts; To incorporate the Boston Mortgage Company, were severally read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. S. E. Bewail The report on the petition of S. E. Sewall and others et als. was considered. Whereupon, Mr. Verry proposed a bill as a substitute therefor, and the whole subject was laid on the table and the bill ordered to be printed. The bills, To regulatO e fishingO in the Connecticut and Merrimack Rivers; In relation to naturalization, were laid on the table. Worcester- The motion to reconsider the vote whereby the Senate sewers and drains in. refused to sustain the decision of the Chair in relation to the reference to the committee on the Judiciary of the bill to amend chapter 106 of the Acts of 1867, concerning sewers and drains in the city of Worcester, was consid- ered, and, after debate, the question thereon was taken by yeas and nays as follows, to wit:— YEAS—Messi-s. Aiken, Bailey, Baird, Batcheller, Fitz," Hawes, Hayes, Ingalls, Johnson, Learned, Mason, Norcross, Parmenter, Salmon, Stone.—15. NAYS- -Messrs. Bacon, Banks, Dwelley, Eilson, French, Fuller, Gatchell, Jacobs, Lane, Lathrop, Löveling, Merrill, Nye, Reed, Toland, Verry, Wardwell, Washburn.—18. So the Senate refused to reconsider, and the bill was referred to the committee on the Judiciary. Hours of labor. Pursuant to assignment, the vote was taken on passing the bill to regulate the hours of labor in manufacturing establishments, and it was determined as follows :— YEAS—Messrs. Bailey, Bacon, Banks, Batclieller, Dwelley, Fitz, Fuller, Gatchell, Hawes, Hayes, Hurlbut, Ingalls, Jacobs, Parmenter, Stickney, Wardwell, Washburn, Toland.—18. NATS—Messrs. Aiken, Baird, Bancroft, Edson, French, Johnson, Lane, Latlirop, Learned, Lovering, Mason, Merrill, Noreross, Nye, Reed, Salmon, Stone, Verry.—18. The President voting in the affirmative, the bill passed to be enacted. Subsequently, Mr. Salmon moved a reconsideration of Hours of labor, the vote by which said bill passed to be enacted, and the motion was assigned for consideration to-morrow at 2^ o'clock, P. M. Mr. Jacobs moved a reconsideration of the vote where- Arlington, by the Senate refused to refer the copy of the vote of the town of Arlington, asking for annexation of that town to the city of Boston, conjointly with the cities of Cambridge and Somerville, to the committee on Towns. And the motion was laid on the table.

The following; bills were laid before the Governor for Bins iaia before , . . , ° the Governor. his approval, to wit:— To authorize the Boston and Albany Railroad Company to change the location of its railroad in the towns of Weston and Needham. To incorporate the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science. To authorize the Emigrant Savings Bank to hold addi- tional estate. To authorize the Boston and Providence Railroad Cor- poration to hold stock in steamboat companies. To authorize the Mill Owners' Mutual Fire Insurance Company to extend its business, and for other purposes. To incorporate the Massachusetts Anglers' Association. Concerning the breaking and entering of railroad cars. To establish the salary of the clerk of the police court in Fitchburg. And the following Resolves :— "thf3 111 favor Of Clarissa Adams. Governor. In favor of Benjamin F. Sweetser. In favor of the state lunatic hospital at Taunton. To furnish certain books to the town of Medway.

Bills enacted and laid before The following engrossed bills (the first of which origi- the Governor. nated in the Senate) passed to be enacted, to wit:— To amend chapter 304 of the Acts of 1870, concerning the preservation of birds, birds' eggs and deer. Concerning embezzlements by receivers and other offi- cers appointed by courts of record. Concerning the salaries of the clerks of the courts for the several counties. To incorporate the Prince Society. To amend chapter 162 of the General Statutes, relating to forgery and offences against the currency. To prevent the desertion of crews of vessels. Resolves passed The following engrossed Resolves (both of which oriffi- and laid before , . . 0 \ T I • I I -I the Governor, nated in the benate) passed, and, with the above-named bills, were laid before the Governor for his approval, to wit:— In favor of Susan W. Holton. In favor of the city of Lawrence. Adjourned.

THURSDAY, March 19, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read. chas. Burleigh. Mr. Verry, from the committee on the IToosac Tunnel and the Troy and Greenfield Railroad, on the petition of Charles Burleigh, reported A Resolve in relation to the claims of Charles Burleigh ; and the same was read and ordered to a second reading. Mary Rosannah Mr. Reed, from the committee on Claims, on the petition Burke. of David W. Low, reported A Resolve in favor of Mary Rosannah Burke; and the same was read and referred to the committee on the Treasury. Relief of the Mr. Jacobs, from the committee on the Judiciary, on poor. the bill to authorize cities and towns to appropriate money for the temporary relief of the poor, reported the same in a new draft, under the title of Bill to authorize the city of Boston to appropriate money for the temporary relief of the poor. Mr. Norcross, from the same committee, on the bill re- Assessment lating to the assessment of taxes, reported the same in a toes- new draft. The same senator, from the same committee, on an order Hampden relative to the subject, reported county commis- A bill amending chapter 294 of the Acts of 1872, authorizing the county commissioners of Hampden County to take land for court-house purposes.

Sir. Washburn, from the committee on Harbors, on the j.w.wheeier. petition of John W. Wheeler, reported A bill to authorize John W. Wheeler to construct a wharf in Gloucester; and On the petition of Nathaniel Parsons, Nathaniel A bill to authorize Nathaniel Parsons to construct a Par9on9' wharf in Gloucester; and these bills were severally read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Verry, from the committee on the Judiciary, re- Agricultural ported the bill to amend section 5 of chapter 66 of the 80cieties' General Statutes, relating to returns of agricultural soci- eties, without amendment; and the same was ordered to a second reading. The same senator, from the same committee, on the bill Juvenile offend- relating to the jurisdiction of trial justices of juvenile °rs' offenders in Suffolk County, reported that the same ought not to pass; and the same was placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow, on the question of rejection. Mr. Norcross, from the same committee, on the order Elective ir- relative to so amending the Constitution that the ability to cbise' read and write shall not be a condition precedent to exer- cising the elective franchise, reported that it is inexpedient to legislate thereon ; and the report was read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Parmenter,— Ordered, That the committee on Just and Equal Tax-committee on ation have further time to report upon matters referred to TaiauonEquaI them. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. . On motion of Mr. Banks,— Ordered, That the joint committee on Rules and Orders Joint rules and be and hereby is instructed to consider and report what OT

Papers from the House.

Eastern Rail- A bill to authorize the Eastern Railroad Company to road Co. confirm its bonds already issued, and for other purposes, was admitted in concurrence, under a suspension of the 20th joint rule. Eight-houses. A bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States over the sites of certain light-houses was read and referred to the committee on the Judiciary. Agents of insur- A bill regulating the responsibility of agents of insur- ance companies. ance companies was referred, in concurrence, to the com- mitteee on Insurance. Bills, Concerning Maiden Bridge (on the petition of W. H. Lounsbury and others) ; To change the name of the Allen Street Congregational Society of North Cambridge (on the petition of the same), were severally read and ordered to a second reading.

Reports. Reports, granting leave to withdraw, Of the committee on Banks and Banking, 011 the petition of the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank ; Of the committee 011 Claims, on the petitions of Maria Cunningham and Adeline Whittier; Of the committee on Insurance, 011 sundry petitions for state and municipal insurance ; Of the committee on Mercantile Affairs, on the petition of John Bartlett and others ; Of the committee on Parishes and Religious Societies, on the petition of the First Parish of West Roxbury; Of the committee on Public Charitable Institutions, on the petition of Henry C. Wilder and others ; and Reports, that it is inexpedient to legislate, Of the committee on Banks and Banking, on the order relative to providing that more than one acting officer of savings banks shall be of the board of investment; Of the committee on Mercantile Affairs, on the order relative to the sale or inspection of hogshead hoops ; and On the order relative to furnishing information to immi- grants as to the advantages of landing in Massachusetts, were severally read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow.

A petition of P. B. Ilowe and others in aid of the an- Camteidgeand nexation of Cambridge to Boston ; and Boston. s A remonstrance of S W. Fuller and others, against the son™ and annexation ot bomerville to Boston, were referred to the Bo8ton- committee on Towns. Petitions of The school committee of Salem; and Saiem-schooi James H. Collins and others, severally for amendment jafSToits ot the laws in relation to superintendents of schools, were et al6' referred to the committee on Education.

Petition., s of „Tasation . Cyrus havage and others ; ( J. C. Waters and others ; and E. B. Nightingale and others, severally for a revision of the laws in relation to taxation, were referred to the com- mittee on that subject. Severally in concurrence. A petition of the selectmen of Winchester, for confirm- Winchester, ation ot title to certain land sold by said town was admit- ted in concurrence, under a suspension of the 20th joint rule. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, Bills. Concerning the Boston and West Roxbury Railroad Company; To amend section 5 of chapter 90 of the General Stat- utes, in relation to widow's dower; and The Resolve in favor of Robert S. Rantoul, were sever- ally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. The Senate bill to supply the town of Orange with pure orange, water was read a third time, amended, and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. The Senate bill to amend an Act for encouragin«- the Fishes 29 ° cultivation of useful fishes was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. County law li- The Senate bill relating to the county law library asso- brary aseo'ns. ciations was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Married women. The Senate bill in relation to certain rights of married women was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. The House bills, Providing for the preservation of lobsters ; Concerning the Middlesex Railroad Company ; To incorporate the Cambridge Improvement Company; To incorporate the Grand Temple of Honor and Tem- perance in Massachusetts ; To incorporate the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Fall River; To incorporate the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society in the city of Lowell; To authorize towns to raise money to celebrate certain anniversaries; To authorize the Salem Hospital to hold additional estate ; Relating to returns of savings banks ; In addition to an Act to supply the village of Attlebor- ouo-o h with water for the extinguishmen^ t of fires, and for other purposes ; To promote the prompt and faithful administration of estates by public administrators, were severally read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. Soutb Bay. The House bill in addition to an Act to authorize the city of Boston to la}r out a public street or way across South Bay was read a third time, amended, and passed to be engrossed in concurrence with the amendment, which was sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

Treasurers and The Senate report on the order relative to prohibiting cashiers of sav- ings banks. cashiers and treasurers of savings banks from doing the business of a broker was accepted. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

Duties on coal. The Resolve concerning the abolition of duties on coal; and Connecticut and Merrimack The bill to regulate fishing in the Connecticut and Mer- Rivers. rimack Rivers, were taken from the table and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow.

Pursuant to assignment, the Senate proceeded to the Hours of labor, consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote whereby the bill to regulate the hours of labor in manufacturing establishments passed to be enacted, and the question thereon was taken by yeas and nays as follows, to wit :— YEAS—Messrs. Baird, Bancroft, Carpenter, Edson, French, Iiawes, Johnson, Lane, Lathrop, Learned, Lovering, Mason, Merrill, Norcross, Nye, Reed, Salmon, Terry.—18. NAYS—Messrs. Bacon, Bailey, Banks, Batclieller, Dwelley, Fuller, Hayes, Hurlbut, Ingalls, Jacobs, Parmenter, Stickney, Ward well, Washburn.—14. So the vote was reconsidered. Mr. Lovering moved a suspension of rule 37 of the Sen- ate, requiring that no engrossed bill shall be amended, and the question thereon was determined as follows, to wit :— YEAS- -Messrs. Bacon, Bailey, Banks, Batcheller. Dwelley, Fuller, Halves, Hayes, Hurlbut, Ingalls, Jacobs, Lovering, Mason, Parmenter, Stickney, Wardwell, Washburn.—17. NAYS—Messrs. Baird, Bancroft, Carpenter, Edson, French, Gatchell, Johnson, Lane, Lathrop, Learned, Merrill, Norcross, Nve, Reed, Salmon.—15. So the Senate refused to suspend the rule. Mr. Learned moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed. Mr. Bailey moved that the further consideration be assigned for to-morrow at 21 o'clock, p. M. ; and the ques- tion on the latter motion was taken by yeas and nays, as follows, to wit:— YEAS—Messrs. Bacon, Bailey, Banks, Batcheller, Dwelley, Fuller, Gatchell, Iiawes, Hayes, Hurlbut, Ingalls, Jacobs, Lovering, Parmenter, Stickney, Wardwell, Washburn.—17. NAYS—Messrs. Baird, Bancroft, Carpenter, Edson, French, Johnson, Lane, Lathrop, Learned, Mason, Merrill, Norcross, Nye, Reed, Salmon, Verry.—16. So the consideration thereof was assigned for to-morrow at o'clock, P. M. Adjourned.

FRIDAY, March 20, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read. Treasurer of Mr. Jacobs, from the committee on the Judiciary, re- Dukes County. ported the bill to fix the salary of the treasurer of Dukes County without amendment; and the same was referred to the committee on the Treasury. Highways and Mr. Norcross, from the committee on the Judiciary, on town ways. the bill relating to the laying out of highways and town- ways ; and New Haven and Northampton Mr. Edson, from the committee on Railways, on the Co. bill requiring the New Haven and Northampton Company to establish a flag station on Main Street in the town of Westfield, severally reported that said bills ought not to pass; and they were placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow on the question of rejection. Assistant attor- Mr. Norcross, from the committee on the Judiciary, on ney-general- the bill to establish the salary of the assistant attorney- general of the Commonwealth, reported that said bill ought to pass ; and the same was referred to the commit- tee on the Treasury. Mr. Verry, from the same committee, submitted a simi- lar report on the bills, Sidewalks. Concerning sidewalks ; Worcester. To amend chapter 106 of the Acts of 1867, relating to sewers and drains in the city of Worcester; Small-pox. Relating to small-pox and other contagious diseases; and they were ordered to a second reading. On motion of Mr. Reed,— Committees. Ordered, That further time—until the 10th of April— be allowed to joint committees and committees of the Sen- ate to report on matters referred to them. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. On motion of Mr. Norcross,— Gaming houses. Ordered, That the committee on the Judiciary be in- structecl to inquire whether any further legislation is neces- sary for the suppression of common gaming houses.

Papers from the House. Bills, Bill«. To amend an Act relating to a public common in the town of Mattapoisett; To amend an Act to enable the First Congregational Soci- ety in the town of Falmouth to dispose of certain real estate ; To authorize the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association to erect a wooden building in the city of Bos- ton (on the petition of the same) ; Concerning the Worcester and Nashua Railroad Com- pany (on the petition of said company), were severally read and ordered to a second reading:. © Reports, granting leave to withdraw, Reports. Of the committee on Public Charitable Institutions, on the petition of Wendell Phillips and others ; Of the committee on Parishes and Religious Societies, on the petition of sundry persons for the sale of Harvard Chapel; and A report of the committee on Insurance, that it is inex- pedient to legislate on the order relative to amending the law as to agents of insurance companies, were severally read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. Sa W5 er A petition of Silas Sawyer and others, that the First f^s ' ' Parish in Berlin may be authorized to sell certain real ' estate, came up admitted under a suspension of the 20th joint rule ; and the Senate concurred in the suspension of the rule and the petition was referred in concurrence to the committee on Parishes and Religious Societies. A petition of John II. Flint and others, for a revision Taxation, of the laws relative to taxation, was referred to the com- mittee on that subject. A petition of the selectmen of Tisbury, for reimburse- Tisbm-y. ment of money paid by said town for the support of state paupers, was referred to the committee on Claims. A petition of the city of Somerville, for amendment of SomCTviUe- its charter, was referred to the committee on Towns.

Remonstrances of A. W. STEVENS Washington Keyes and others ; E. D. Hamilton and others ; Samuel P. Stratton and others ; D. 0. Fiske and others ; H. W. Paine and others ; N. S. Cuttle and others; and Frederick Forbes and others, severally against the peti- tion of A. W. Stevens and others, were referred to the committee 011 Roads and Bridges. Severalty in concurrence. Jamaica Pond A bill to amend an Act establishing the Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Cor- poration. Aqueduct Corporation was admitted, under a suspension of the 20th rule of the two branches, in concurrence. Badges. Ordered, In concurrence, that the Sergeant-at-Arms be authorized to procure silver badges, bearing the arms of the State, to be worn by the doorkeepers and messengers employed about the state house when 011 duty. United States Ordered, In concurrence, that the two branches assem- senator. ble in joint convention 011 Wednesday, the 25th day of March instant, at noon, for the purpose of comparing the journals of the twTo houses, and performing all acts and things necessary and proper to be, in joint convention, performed, in relation to the election of a person to repre- sent the State in the Senate of the United States in place of Charles Sumner, deceased, in accordance with the pro- visions of the Act of congress to regulate the times and manner of holding elections for senators in congress.

Bills. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, Amending chapter 294 of the Acts of 1872, authorizing the county commissioners of Hampden County to take land for court-house purposes ; Relating to the assessment of taxes ; To amend section 5, chapter 66 of the General Statutes, relative to agricultural societies ; To change the name of the Allen Street Congregational Society of North Cambridge ; and cbas. Burleigh. The Resolve relative to the claims of Charles Burleigh, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. Relief of the The bill to authorize the city of Boston to appropriate poor in Boston. money for the temporary relief of the poor was laid on the table. Boston and The Senate bill concerning the Boston and West Rox- West Roxbury ]{. 14. Co. bury Railroad Company was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. The Senate bill to amend section 5 of chapter 90 of the widows'dower. General Statutes, in relation to widow's dower, was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence.

The House Resolve in favor of Robert S. Rantoul was R. s. Rantoui. read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concur- rence. The Resolve concerning the abolition of duties on coal DutiC9 °n coal- was laid on the table. The bill to regulate fishing in the Connecticut and Mer- Connecticut and rimack Rivers was ordered to a third reading. Rivers. The House reports, on the orders Reports. Relative to boards of investment of savings banks ; Relative to the inspection or sale of hogshead hoops ; Relative to furnishing information to immigrants as to the advantages of landing in Massachusetts ; and On the petitions of The Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank; Adeline Whittier; Maria Cunningham; Sundry petitions for state and municipal insurance ; John B. Bartlett and others ; The First Parish of West Roxbury; and Henry C. Wilder and others, were severally accepted in concurrence. The Senate report on the order relative to so amending Elective fran. the Constitution that the • ability to read and write shall"""' not be a condition precedent to exercising the elective franchise was accepted. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Pursuant to assignment, the Senate proceeded to the Hours of labor, consideration of the bill to regulate the hours of labor in manufacturing establishments, the question being on pass- ing the same to be enacted. On motion of Mr. Bailey, the bill was recommitted to the joint special committee on the Labor Question. Mr. Bancroft, from the committee on Parishes and Re- °^south ligious Societies, on the petition of the Old South Society in Boston, reported A bill concerning the Old South Society in Boston ; and the same was read and ordered to a second reading, laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ilayes gave notice of a substitute for said bill, and the same was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Cultivation of Mr. II awes, from the committee on the Fisheries, on useful fishes. the order relative to amendment of chapter 195 of the Acts of 1873, reported A bill in addition to an Act to regulate the leasing of great ponds for the cultivation of useful fishes. Trustees of Am- The same senator, from the committee on Education, herst College. on an order relative to the subject, reported A bill to provide for the election of certain trustees of Amherst College by the graduates thereof; and these bills were severally read and ordered to a second reading. Adjourned.

SATURDAY, March 21, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read.

Papers from the House. Bills, To supply the city of Newton with water (on the peti- tion of said city) ; To authorize the town of North Bridgewater to change its name (on the petition of said town) ; To incorporate the Old Men's Home in the city of Worcester (on the petition of Henry Chapin and others); To incorporate the First Religious or Congregational Society of Blaudford (on the petition of A. W. Field and others) ; To determine the manner of computing the re-insurance fund for fire, marine, and fire and marine insurance com- panies (on the report of the Insurance Commissioner) ; To prevent mutual life insurance companies from re-in- suring their risks (on the report of the Insurance Com- missioner), were severally read and ordered to a second reading. A bill to provide for holding additional terms of the probate court at Amherst in the county of Hampshire was read and referred to the committee on'Probate and Chan- cery. Bills, Bills. Iii relation to taking depositions to perpetuate testi- mony ; To amend chapter 123 of the General Statutes, concern- ing attachments of real estate ; To revive the Rockland Bank for certain purposes ; Providing for the election of treasurers of fire districts, and to amend chapter 24 of the General Statutes ; In addition to an Act establishing the city of Salem, were severally read and referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, In concurrence, that the committee on Towns Election0ftown inquire whether any legislation is necessary to legalize the offlcers' election of moderator and town officers at the town meet- ings in the several towns in this Commonwealth, the pres- ent year, so far as the same may appear illegal for the reason that the check-list was not used in said election. The Senate bill in relation to recording mortgages of Mortgagee, personal property came up concurred with an amendment; and the bill was placed in the orders of the day for to- morrow, and the amendment ordered to be printed. The bill to incorporate the Trustees of Donations for Trustees of Education in Turkey came up concurred with an amend- ment, which was adopted in concurrence. Turkey.

The petitions of A. W. Stevens Leonard P. Frost and others ; et al9' A. Terry and others ; Francis Park and others ; and S. C. Phillips and others, severally in aid of A. W. Stevens and others, were referred to the committee on Roads and Bridges. A petition of John Worcester and others, for amend- John Worcester ment of the laws in relation to the election of superintend- " a's" ents of public schools, was referred to the committee on Education. A petition of W. F. Sawyer and others, relative to the w. f. sawyer, taxation of mortgaged property, was referred to the joint special committee on Just and Equal Taxation. Severally in concurrence. The following order was laid on the table Ordered, That the several joint standing and special committees, committees have until April 1st, proximo, within which to report upon matters respectively referred to them. 30 Bins. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, To authorize John W. Wheeler to construct a wharf iu Gloucester; To authorize Nathaniel Parsons to construct a wharf in Gloucester; In addition to an Act to regulate the leasing of great ponds for the purpose of cultivating useful fishes ; To provide for the election of certain trustees of Am- herst College by the graduates thereof; To amend chapter 106 of the Acts of 1867, concerning sewers and drains in the city of Worcester; To amend an Act relating to a public common in the town of Mattapoisett; Relating to the small-pox and other diseases dangerous to the public health, and providing for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in relation thereto ; Concerning sidewalks ; Concerning the Worcester and Nashua Railroad Com- pany ; To authorize the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association to erect a wooden building in the city of Boston ; To amend an Act to enable the First Congregational Society in the town of Falmouth to dispose of certain real estate, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. The bills, Relating to the jurisdiction of trial justices of juvenile offenders in Suffolk County ; Requiring the New Haven and Northampton Company to establish a flag-station on Main Street in the town of Westfield, were severally laid on the table.

Maiden Bridge. The bill concerninog Maiden Bridgo e was read a second time. Mr. Bailey proposed an amendment thereto, pending the consideration of which the bill was passed over. Highways and The bill to amend chapter 43 of the General Statutes in relation to laying out highways and town ways was, in accordance with the report of the committee thereon, rejected.

Reports. The House reports, On the order relative to amendment of the law concern- ing agents of insurance companies ; and On the petitions of E. E. Bradshaw and others ; and Wendell Phillips and others, were severally accepted in concurrence.

The Senate bill amending chapter 294 of the Acts of Hampden 1872, authorizing the county commissioners of Hampden doners.comm,s" County to take land for court-house purposes, was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. The Senate bill to amend section 5 of chapter 66 of the Agricultural General Statutes was read a third time and passed to be sooietie8- engrossed. The Senate bill to regulate fishing in the Connecticut Connecticut and and Merrimack Rivers was read a third time and passed Rivers, to be engrossed. The Senate Resolve relative to the claims of Charles chas. Burleigh. Burleigh was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Severally sent down for concurrence. The House bill to change the name of the Allen Street Alien street Congregational Society of North Cambridge was read a socSj^fNorth third time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. The bill relating to the assessment of taxes Avas passed over., Mr. Banks presented a memorial of C. W. Felt, in c. w. Feit. relation to the proposed crossing, by the Eastern Railroad, of certain lands of the Commonwealth. Laid on the table. Adjourned.

MONDAY, March 23, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of Saturday was read.

Mr. Toland, from the committee on Public Charitable House of the An- Institutions, on the petition of the trustees of the House «dGl"ulan- of the Angel Guardian, reported A bill to authorize the trustees of the same to hold ad- ditional estate; and the same was read and ordered to a second reading. The same senator, from the same committee, on the Deep Bottom petitio, • • n oi Pnscill• '11a ireeman, reporte, d tribe of Indians. A Resolve in favor of the Deep Bottom tribe of In- dians ; and the same was read and referred to the commit- tee on the Treasury, a o. Perry et Mr. Lovering presented a petition of H. C. Perry and others, for the establishment of a street sprinkling depart- ment in the city of Taunton; and the same was referred to the committee on Towns.

same sena Branch Railroad tor, 0n leave, introduced a bill authoriz- ed 1 10,1 ing the Attleborough Branch Railroad to increase its capi- tal stock; and the same was referred under a suspension of the 20th joint rule to the committee on Railways. Seut down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Mr. French, from the committee on Horse Railways, corporation^ 011.the Petition of tlie Newburyp'ort and Amesbury Horse Railroad Company, reported A bill concerning the issue of bonds by street railway corporations; and the same was read and ordered to a

second reading© . Mr. Stone presented a memorial of C. Cobb, C. C. c. Cobb et aia. Esty an(j Edwin Waldon, commissioners in relation to the erection of the new insane asylum ; and the same was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. ernor Eustis. The President announced that ho had received a com- munication from Walter Brackett, Esq., iii behalf of cer- tain persons, having in their possession a portrait of the late Governor Eustis, and proposing to present the same to the Commonwealth. Thereupon, 011 motion of Mr. Lovering, it was ordered that a committee of three be appointed to secure if possible the portrait of Governor Eustis, the existence and posses- sion of which have been brought to the attention of the President of the Senate, and to place the same in the Senate chamber. And Messrs. Lovering, Banks and French were ap- pointed said committee. On motion of Mr. Stickney,— United States Ordered, That Tuesday, the 24th day of March, instant, senator. at 2^ o'clock, p. M., be assigned for the choice of a senator in the congress of the United States, to fill the vacancy in the unexpired term occasioned by the death of Charles Sumner. Papers from the House. Eastern Rail- road Co. A bill to authorize the Eastern Railroad Company to confirm its bonds already issued, and for other purposes, was read three times under a suspension of the rule, ancl passed to be engrossed in concurrence. A bill to extend the equity powers of the supreme judi- ^p1^"1« judi- cial court (on the annual report of the Railroad Commis- sioners), was read and ordered to a second reading.

Bills, Bills. To change the time of holding probate courts in Hamp- den County; Authorizing the clerk of the courts in the county of Hampden to draw pay for clerk hire from the county treasury, were read ancl referred to the committee on the Judiciary. A report, discharging the committee on Mercantile Af- a Love11 et af- fairs- from the further consideration of the petition of C. Lovell and others, and referring the same to the com- mittee on Federal Relations, was accepted in concurrence. A report of the committee on Harbors, that it is inex- Mystic River pedient to legislate ou the annual report of the Mystic Cori°ration- River Corporation; and A report of the committee on Mercantile Affairs, grant- Joseph Perkins • ® et ala. mg leave to withdraw, on the petitions of Joseph Perkins and sundry others for a change in the laws relative to pilotage, were severally read and placed in the orders of the clay for to-morrow. The following order was adopted in concurrence, under a suspension of the 20th joint rule :— Ordered, That the committee on Water Supply and Public health in r\ -1 T , „ Cambridge and Drainage consider the expediency of amending the first Somerviiie. section of chapter 304 of the statutes of 1873 so that the Act may be adapted to secure the purposes of the parties named in the Act. A petition of Charles F. Parker and others, that rail- chas. F. Parker road corporations may be made liable for merchandise et'13' transported by them, in certain cases, was referred to the committee on Railways. A petition of the selectmen of Abington, for authority Abington. to call an annual meeting of said town, was admitted, under a suspension of the 20th joint rule. A remonstrance' of Josie Miller and others, against Woman suf- granting the right of suffrage to women, was referred to frage' the joint special committee on that subject. Ou motion of Mr. Gatchell, the vote whereby the bill Highways and " town ways. to amend chapter 43 of the General Statutes, relative to laying out highways and town ways, was rejected, was re- considered, and the bill was laid on the table. Relief of the The bill to authorize the city of Boston to appropriate money for the relief of the poor was taken from the table and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. Bin«. The orders of the day Avere taken up, and the bills, To incorporate the First Religious Society of Bland- ford ; To incorporate the Old Men's Home in the city of Worcester; To authorize the town of North Bridgewater to change its name ; To supply the city of Newton with water; To regulate the reinsuring of risks b}' life insurance companies, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. The bills, To authorize John W. Wheeler to construct a wharf in Gloucester; To authorize Nathaniel Parsons to construct a wharf in Gloucester, were severally read a third time and rejected. heraico8negem" ^he Senate bill to provide for the election of certain trustees of Amherst College by the graduates thereof was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Cultivation of The Senate bill in addition to an Act to regulate the useful fishes. .. » t r 11 » 1 • • leasing ot great ponds tor the purpose ot cultivating use- ful fishes was read a third time and passed to be en- grossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Worcester. The Senate bill to amend chapter 106 of the Acts of 1867, concerning sewers and drains in the city of Worces- ter was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Bin»- The House bills, To amend an Act relating to a public common in the towrn of Mattapoisett; Relating to small-pox and other diseases dangerous to the public health, and providing for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in relation thereto ; Concerning sidewalks; Concerning the Worcester and Nashua Railroad Com- pany ; To authorize the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association to erect a wooden building in the city of Boston ; To amend an Act to enable the First Congregational Society in the town of Falmouth to dispose of certain real estate, were severally read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. The bill in relation to recording mortgages of personal Mortgages, property was next considered, and the amendment pro- posed by the House thereto adopted in concurrence. The bill concerning Maiden Bridge was further consid- Maiden Bridge, ered, the amendment proposed thereto by Mr. Bailey adopted, and the bill was ordered to a third reading. The Senate bill relating to the assessment of taxes was Assessment of ordered to be engrossed. tMeB' Sent down for concurrence.

The bill to determine the method to be followed by the insurancecom- Insurance Commissioner in computing the amount ueces- sary to insure outstanding risks of insurance companies was read a second time and ordered to a third reading. © The following engrossed bills (the first three of which BUIS enacted originated in the Senate) passed to be enacted, to wit:— Se^overnoT To protect the rights of owners of ponds. To amend chapter 201 of the Acts of 1872, to establish the Second District Court of Southern Worcester. To confirm certain conveyances by certain trustees. To authorize the Eastern Railroad Company to confirm its bonds already issued, and for other purposes. To amend an Act to incorporate the Boston Mortgage Company. Relating to returns of savings banks.

An engrossed Resolve in favor of Willard E. Slade wmardE. (which originated in the Senate) passed, and, with the a e' above bills, was laid before the Governor for his approval. Adjourned. TUESDAY, March 24, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read. Passenger station in Na- Mr. Mason, from the committee on the Judiciary, on tick. the petition of the selectmen of Natick, reported A bill to establish and confirm the judgment and order of the county commissioners of Middlesex County, con- cerning the railway crossing and passenger station in Natick. Surveyor-gen- eral of lumber. Mr. Verry, from the same committee, on the petition of N. R. Hapgood and others, reported A bill to authorize the appointment of a surveyor-gen- eral of lumber, and the establishment of a lumber district. Boston "Water Mr. Norcross, from the same committee, on the order Board. relative to uniting the Mystic and Cochituate Water Boards, reported A bill to establish the Boston Water Board ; and these bills were severally read and ordered to a second reading. Patrick Buck- Mr. Reed, from the committee on Claims, on the peti- ley. tion of Patrick Buckley, reported A Resolve in favor of Patrick Buckley ; and the same was read and referred to the committee on the Treasury. Bills and Mr. Stiekney, from the committee on the Treasury, on resolves. the bills, Fixing the salary of the treasurer of Dukes County; To fix the salary of the clerk of the court of Southern Berkshire; and Mr. Fitz, from said committee, on the Resolve in favor of the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Mind- ed Youth; and Mr. Reed, from the committee on Claims, on the Re- solve in favor of Mary Rosannah Burke ; and Mr. Aiken, from the committe on the Judiciary, on the bill to cede jurisdiction to the United States over sites of certain light-houses; and On the Resolve to confirm a deed made by the adminis- trator of Joel Pierce, deceased ; and Mr. Mason, from the same committee, on the bill to authorize the trustees of Nichols Academy to mortgage real estate, severally reported the bills and Resolves with- out amendment; and the/ were ordered to a second read- Mr. Mason, from the committee on the Judiciary, re- Justice of the 1 ltecomtof ported the bill to fix the salary of the justice of the police £° e court of Lee without amendment; and it was referred to the committee on the Treasury. Mr. Lane, from the committee on the Treasury, submit- cierk »^district ted a similar report on the bill to fix the salary of the Berkshire, clerk of the district court of Central Berkshire; and it was ordered to a second reading. On motion of Mr. Hurlbut,— Ordered, That the committee on Parishes and Religious Religious sod- Societies consider the expediency of amending sections 6 e"es' and 7 of the General Statutes, relating to membership of religious societies. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Mr. Hawes, from the committee on Mercantile Affairs, A. G. CIARK on the petition of A. G. Clark and others; and Mr. Pitz, from the committee on the Fisheries, on the George B. Rich- petition of George B. Richmond and others, severally re- moudetals- ported that the petitioners have leave to withdraw; and these reports were severally read and placed in the orders of the clay for to-morrow.

Mr. Stickney, from the committee on the Treasury, on state building in the Resolve providing for the expense of refitting a build- 1 embertou si- ing in Pembertou Square, reported that said Resolve ought to pass ; and it was ordered to a second reading. Mr. Hawes presented a petition of Stephen C. Christian GEORGE B. RICH- in aid of that of George B. Richmond and others. Laid on the table.

Papers from the House.

A bill to incorporate the Old Colony Steamboat Com- BUIS. pany, on the petition of Onslow Stearns and others, was read and ordered to a second reading. Bills, To constitute the superior court a court of law for cer- tain purposes ; In addition to an Act to establish the city of Newton, were severally read and referred to the committee on the Judiciary. Reports of the committee on Claims, granting leave to withdraw, on the petitions of Thomas Timothy ; and T1,os- Timothy. 31 Priscilla Free- Priscilla Freeman, were severally read and placed in the man. orders of the day for to-morrow. Jamaica Pond A bill to amend an Act to establish the Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Cor- poration. Aqueduct Corporation was referred to the committee on Water Supply and Drainage. Taxation of A communication from the Deputy Tax Commissioner, bank shares. concerning the taxation of bank shares, was referred to the committee on Just and Equal Taxation. Severally in concurrence. Air. Washburn moved a reconsideration of the votes by which the bills To authorize John W. Wheeler to construct a wharf in Gloucester; To authorize Nathaniel Parsons to construct a wharf in Gloucester, were rejected ; and the motions were severally laid 011 the table. Rights of way. The bill relating to the acquisition of rights of way and other easements in lands by adverse use or prescrip- tion ; and Arlington. The motion to reconsider the vote by which the Senate refused to suspend the 20th joint rule on the petition of the selectmen of Arlington, were severally taken from the table and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow.

New state in- The memorial of the commissioners on the new state sane asylum. insane asylum was taken from the table and referred to the committee on Public Charitable Institutions. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, To authorize the trustees of the House of the Angel Guardian to hold additional estate ; Extending the equity powers of the supreme judicial court, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. Street railway The bill concerning the issue of bonds by slreet ra corporations. corporations was laid on the table. Reports. The House reports, On the annual report of the Commissioners of the Mys- tic River Corporation ; and On the petition of Joseph Perkins and others, were severally accepted in concurrence. The House bills, suis. To incorporate the First Religious Society of Blandford ; To incorporate the Old Men's Home in the city of Worcester ; To supply the city of Newton with water ; To regulate the re-insuring of risks by life insurance companies ; To determine the method to be followed by the Insur- ance Commissioner in computing the amount necessary to insure outstanding risks of insurance companies, were severally read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. The House bill concerning Maiden Bridge was read a third time, as heretofore amended, and passed to be engrossed in concurrence with the amendment, which was sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred.

The Senate bill to authorize the city of Boston to appro- Relief of the priate money for temporary relief of the poor was further poor in Boston- considered, amended, and ordered to a third reading.

Pursuant to assignment, the Senate proceeded to the United States election on its part of a senator in the congress of the 8enator- United States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. Charles Sumner. And the roll being called, the senators present voted as follows, to wit :—

For HENRY L. DAWES of Pittsfield, Messrs. Bailey, Baird, Bancroft, Carpenter, Fitz, Hayes, Learned, Loring, Merrill, Norcross, Stone, Wardwell, Washburn, White.—14. For F. R. HOAR of Concord, Messrs. Batcheller, Dwelley, French, Hawes, Hurlbut, Lane, Lovering, Nye, Stickney, Salmon.—10.

For B. R. CURTIS of Boston, Messrs. Bacon, Fuller, Gatchell, ingalls, Jacobs, Mason, Parmenter, Ileed, Toland, Verry.—10.

For CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS of Quincy, Messrs. Aiken, Edson.—2. For JOHN G. WHITTIER of Amesbury, Mr. Banks.—1. No person having received a majority of the votes, the Senate proceeded to a second vote, and the roll being called the result was as follows, to wit:—

For HENRY L. DAWES of Pittsfield, Messrs. Bailey, Baird, Bancroft, Carpenter, Fitz, Haves, Learned, Loring, Merrill, Norcross, Stone, Wardwell, Washburn, White.—14.

For E. R. HOAR of Concord, Messrs. Batcheller, Dwelley, French, Ilawes, Hurlbut, Lane, Lovering, Nye, Stickney, Salmon.—10.

For B. R. CURTIS of Boston, Messrs. Bacon, Fuller, Gatchell, Ingalls, Jacobs, Mason, Parmenter, Reed, Toland, Verry.—10.

For CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS of Quincy, Messrs. Aiken, Edson.—2.

For JOHN G. WHITTIER of Amesbury, Mr. Banks.—1. There being no choice, the Senate proceeded to a third vote, and the result was as follows :—

For Henry L. DAWES of Pittsfield, Messrs. Bailey, Baird, Bancroft, Batcheller, Carpenter, Fitz, Hayes, Johnson, Lane, Learned, Loring, Merrill, Norcross, Stone, Wardwell, Washburn, White.—17. For E. R. HOAR of Concord, Messrs. Dwelley, French, ITawes, Hurlbut, Lovering, Nye, Salmon, Stickney.—

For B. R. CURTIS of Boston, Messrs. Bacon, Fuller, Gatchell, Ingalls, Jacobs, Mason, Parmenter, lleed, Toland, Verry.—10. For CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS of Qaincy, Messrs. Aiken, Edson.—2.

For JOHN G. WHITTIER of Amesbury, Mr. Banks.—1. Aucl there was no choice.

The following engrossed bills (the first five of which Bms enacted originated in the Senate) passed to be enacted and were at Governor laid before the Governor for his approval, to wit:— To authorize Henry F. Thomas and Joseph Bradford to extend their wharf in Fall liiver. To incorporate the Father Mathew Catholic Temperance Benefit Society in the city of Lawrence. To prohibit fishing in any reservoirs, ponds and streams taken by the city of Worcester for a supply of pure water. In addition to an Act incorporating the Boston Gas- Light Company. To dissolve the Maple Street Congregational Society in Danvers. To change the name of the corporation known as the Trustees of the Wesleyan Church in Duxbury. To authorize the town, of Lexington to raise money for a centennial celebration. To incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias in Massachusetts. In relation to the annual report of the Commissioners of Cedar Grove Cemetery. To authorize the Salem Hospital to hold additional estate. To authorize the town of Barre to raise and appropriate money for the celebration of its centennial anniversary. Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, March 25, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read. Pursuant to assignment, the two branches met in Convention,

And the records of the two Houses in the matter of elec- united state» tion of a senator in the congress of the United States 6enator- having been read, it appeared that no election had been made on the part of either House. The President announced that in conformity to a law of the United States it was the duty of the two branches to proceed to a vote for a senator in the congress of the United States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. Charles Sumner. Mr. Mayhew of Tisbury asked to be excused from voting. The President proceeding to put the question on excus- ing Mr. Mayhew, Mr. Codman of Boston rose to a point of order, which, being stated, was that the motion should not be entertained, as the law of the United States touch- ing the manner of proceeding in the convention, required that every member present should vote. The Chair ruled that the point of order was not well taken. Thereupon, Mr. Codman appealed from the decision of the Chair. And the question being stated, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the convention? the vote thereon was taken, and it was carried in the affirmative; so the decision of the Chair was sustained. And the question being taken on excusing Mr. Mayhew from voting-, it was carried in the negative. The roll of the convention was thereupon called, and the members present voted as follows, to wit:—

For HENRY L. DAWES of Pittsfield : Messrs. Charles Alden, Edward Eaton, George W. Jones, Andrew J. Bailey, Lucian F. Eldridge, Thomas M. Judd, Prentiss C. Baird, John B. Fairbanks, Charles II. Killam, Henry L. Bancroft, John H. Fisher, Edward Learned, William G. Bassett, Charles Fitz, Joseph C. Little, B. T. Batcheller, George S. Gates, Lewis Lombard, John H. Bell, Asahel Gates, George 15. Loring, John Bigelow, Addison Gilbert, Charles A. Loud, Samuel P. Billings, Samuel S. Gleason, Horatio .-V. Lucas, S. W. Brayton, Levi L. Goodspeed, Julius M Lyon, Richard Britton, Brownell Granger, Horace H. Mayhew, E. P. Carpenter, Charles Hale, Moody Merrill, Cyrus W. Chapman, Solomon E. Hallet, James L. Merritt, Damon E. Cheney, Abraham W.Harris, Albert Montague, Elijah It. Chisholm, Francis B. Hayes, Amasa Noreross, Francis E. Clark, Benj. Heath, Lysander J. Orcutt, Alfred A. Clatur, A. Higginbottom, Charles S. Osgood, L. J. Cole, Joseph W. Hill, Albert Palmer, John A. Cummings, David P. Howes, Wm. C. Parker, Jr., Francis 0. Curtis, John B. Hull, Henry W. Phelps, John Cushing, Jonathan Johnson, Smith R. Phillips, Messrs. Francis E. Porter, E. H. Seymour, Daniel H. Thurston, J. A. Rich, Henry P. Shattuck, Warren Tyler, Philip H. Robinson, Henry Shortle. Zenas C. Wardwell, Geo. 1). Robinson, George D. Smalley Henry S.'Washburn, Joseph W. Rogers, S. Southworth, Tisdale S. White, William R. Roundy, Thomas N. Stone, Robert R. Wiley, L. II. Sawin, John II. Studley, Henry W. Wilson, Isaac F. Sawtelle, James G. Tarr, Geo. C. Wright.—87.

For E. ROCICWOOD HOAK of Concord : Messrs. William Abbott, John A. Hawes, Charles L. Pratt, Joseph E. Bailey, Benj. F. Hayes, John W. Rice, Sanford W. Billings. Benj. Howard, Joshua C Robinson, Robert R. Bishop, Andrew Howes, Chas. Robinson, Jr., Stephen F. Blaney, Thomas P. Hurlbut, Nathaniel J. Rust, William E. Blunt, Rich'n Hutchinson, John E. Sanford, Fred'k L. Bosworth. Edward J.Johnson, George J. Sanger, Sam'l H. Boutwell,' Moses Ivimball, Cyrus Savage, Reuben Boynton, William S. Knox, John Savery, William B. Brown, Jonathan A. Lane, John Shaw, Alonzo A. Carr, Henry D Lay, William L. Slade, Charles 11. Codman, Daniel J. Lewis, J. K. C. Sleeper, George G. Crocker, Willard Lewis, Joshua B. Smith, John Cnmmings, Frederic W.Lincoln, Moses Smith, Tlios. S. Cushman, Edward P Loring, Abraham H. Smith, Jedediah Dwelley, W. C. Lovering, Frank. H. Sprague, Geo. O. Fairbanks, Aaron Low, Richard II Stearns, C. C. Field, •Lyman Mason, Isaac Stebbins, Joseph E. Fiske, Albert Mason, Charles P. Stickney, Eustace C. Fitz, Edward McCleave, Artemas S. Tyler, John W. Fletcher, John J. McNutt, Leonard Washburn, Charles II. French, John B. Moore, T. W. Wellington, William Frost, Avery W. Nelson, Cyrus M. Wheaton, John J. Giles, Edward 0. Noyes, Simon H. White, Samuel S Ginnodo, Francis A. Nye, Moses Williams, Jr., Elbridge II. Goss, William E. Perkins, Samuel Winslow, Gayton M. Hall, Willard P. Phillips, Henry V. Woods. Horace Haskins, —82.

For BENJAMIN R. CUKTIS of Boston : Messrs. William A. Adams, Timothy J. Dacey, Samuel M. Haynes, John Q. Adams, Curtis Davis, James E. Hill," Andrew Athy, I. W. Derby, George Hodges, Horace C. Bacon, Jarvis N. Dunham, N. E. Hollis, Emory Banister, Joseph M. Eaton, Francis M. Hughes, Patrick Barry, Aug. B. Endicott, Edward G. Hull, Richard D. Blinn, Jas E. Estabrook, Thomas Ingalls, John C. Blood, John E. Fitzgerald, Francis W. Jacobs, Enos W. Boise, Tlios. F. Fitz Gerald, Jesse E. Keith, Dennis Bonner, Henry Fuller, Elbridge G. Ivelley, S. Butterworth, Jeremiah Gatchell, Eben Kimball, James H. Carleton, Thomas Gates, George P. Kingsley, Patrick Collins, Ziba Gay, Samuel Loring, Austin H. Connel, William B. Gibson, Henry B. Lovering, Henry J. Couch, Andrew J. Gove, John T. Manny, LeviL. Cusliing, Jr., F. E. Gray, Walter N. Masron, Messrs. Joseph B. Morss, Lawrence Reade, Ezra Steams, Andrew M. Morton, E. P. Reed, Daniel J. Sweeney, William H. Murray, J. A. G. Richardson, George W.Taft, Reuben Noble, William F. Salmon, Hugh J. Toland, Richard Olney, Nathaniel Seaver, George F. Verry, James O. Parker, George A. Shaw, Michael F. Wells, Ezra Parmenter, Charles L. Shaw, James B. Williams, Richard Pope, Albert Smith, Henry W. Wright. Edward B. Rankin, Rufus Smith, —74.

For CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS of Quincy : Messrs. David Aiken, John F. Ilaskins, John F. Moors, Albe C. Clark, John B. Hill, Porter Nutting, Edward Dickinson, James D. Hurlbut, Almon M. Oreutt, Francis Edson, Lucius W. Knight, Warren Sibley, Nahum B. Hall, Samuel O. Lamb, Wm. Whiting.—15.

For NATHANIEL P. BANKS of Waltham : Messrs. Geo. Bartholmesz, Jere. W. Coveney, Daniel McCowan, Aaron Ü. Buxton, John Davol, Jr., Henry L. Pratt.—6.

For JOHN E. SANFOKD of Taunton : Messrs. Nathan S. Jenkins and W. Stanley Newhall.—2.

For WENDELL PHILLIPS of Boston : Messrs. James N. Buffum and David Mayhew.—2.

For JOHN G. WIIITTIER of Amesbury : Nathaniel P. Banks.—1.

For WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON of Boston : Ben. C. Currier.—1.

For ALEXANDER II. BULLOCK of Worcester : Henry C. Davis.—1. And there being no choice, the two branches separated.

Trustees of Mr. Bancroft, from the committee on Parishes and Re- copai°chtírches!* ligious Societies, on the petition of Wesley Chapel Church of Salem, reported A bill relating to trustees of Methodist Episcopal churches. Prosy voting. Mr. Verry, from the committee on the Judiciary, on an order relative to the subject, reported A bill to repeal chapter 236 of the Acts of 1865, relat- ing to voting by proxy by officers of corporations. Boston Normal Mr. Washburn, from the committee on Education, on ScUüoL the petition of Thomas J. Prescott and others, reported A bill in relation to the Boston Normal School in the city of Boston; and these bills were severally read and ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Aiken, from the committee on the Judiciary, 011 Superior court, the bill to provide for special terms of the superior court, reported that the same ought not to pass ; and the bill was placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow on the ques- tion of rejection. Mr. Lane, from the committee on the Treasury, report- Assistant attor- . . . ney-general. ed the bill to establish the salary of the assist;Tnt attorney- general of the Commonwealth without amendment; and the same was ordered to a second reading. Mr. Aiken, from the committee on the Judiciary, on the Constitution, order relative to the holding of a convention for the revis- ion of the Constitution ; and Mr. Bancroft, from the committee on Parishes and Re- Trustees of ligious Societies, on the order relative to allowing churches erty.chprop" to elect a board of trustees to hold their property, sever- ally reported that it is inexpedient to legislate thereon.

Mr. Washburn, from the committee on Education, 011 Normal School the petition of the mayor of the city of Boston, relative lnBo8tou- to the normal school in said city, reported that the peti- tioner have leave to withdraw; and these reports were severally read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow.

Papers from the House. Bills, Bills. To authorize the Menauhant Land and Wharf Company to construct a wharf in Falmouth (on the petition of the same) ; To authorize a new bridge between Boston and Cam- bridge (on the petition of the mayor of Cambridge) ; To authorize the city of Chelsea to maintain floating bath-houses (on the petition of the mayor of said city) ; To provide for increased station facilities at Attlebor- ough (on the petition of the Boston and Providence Rail- road Company and the Taunton Branch Railroad Com- pany) ; To revive the charter of the Exeter and Salisbury Rail- road Company, and for other purposes (on the petition of the same) ; Providing for an increase of the number of assistant watchmen in the state prison (on the report of the inspect- ors) , were severally read and ordered to a second reading. 32 Bui»- Bills, Relating to the rights of husbands and wives and for the protection of minor children ; To establish the salaries of the justices and clerks of the municipal court of Taunton and of the police court of Somerville; To provide for the appointment of an assistant clerk of the central district court of Worcester, were severally read and referred to the committee on the Judiciary. A resolve in favor of the widow of James M. Bunker was read and referred to the committee on Probate and Chancery. Resolves. Resolves, In favor of John McGrath (on the petition of the same) ; In favor of the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary (on the petition of the same) ; In favor of Nehemiah C. Furnald (on the petition of the same) ; In favor of Catharine Harvey (011 the petition of the same) ; In favor of Willie L. Payne (on the petition of Lou- anna Payne); In favor of Mary L. Tarbox (on the petition of George W. Tarbox) ; In favor of Joseph McEvoy (011 the petition of the same) ; I11 relation to the flats, meadows and beaches on East Harbor Creek in Provincetown and Truro (on the petition of the proprietors thereof), were severally read and re- ferred to the committee on the Treasury. Lunatic hospital A report, discharging the committee on Public Chari- at on ester, j^le Institutions from the further consideration of the petition of the trustees of the lunatic hospital at Worces- ter, was accepted in concurrence. w. R. MUDGE. A petition of W. R. Mudge for the payment of an an- nuity 011 account of injuries during his service in the late war, was referred to the committee on Claims. Mattapoisett. A petition of the selectmen of Mattapoisett for amend- ment of the Act for the protection of the alewife fishery in Mattapoisett River was referred to the committee on the Fisheries. Lewis n. Tur A petition of Lewis II. Turner and others, for a change ner et als. L ^ in the laws relative to hawkers and peddlers, was referred to the committee on Mercantile Affairs. Remonstrances of A. W. STEVEN» M. M. Mayhew and others ; and A. D. Hubbard and others, severally against the petition of A. W. Stevens and others, were referred to the com- mittee on Roads and Bridges. Severally in concurrence. The orders of the day were tak,en up, and the bills, Bil13- To authorize the town of North Bridgewater to change its name ; To establish the Boston Water Board ; To establish and confirm the judgment and order of the county commissioners of Middlesex County, concerning the railway crossing and passenger station in Natick; To authorize the appointment of a surveyor-general of lumber, and the establishment of a lumber district; To fix the salary of the treasurer of Dukes County; To fix the salary of the clerk of the district court of Southern Berkshire; To fix the salary of the clerk of the district court of Central Berkshire ; To cede jurisdiction to the United States over the sites of certain light-houses; To authorize the trustees of Nichols Academy to mort- gage real estate; To incorporate the Old Colony Steamboat Company; and The Resolves, Resolves. In favor of Mary Rosannah Burke ; Providing for the expense of refitting a building in Pemberton Square; In favor of the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-minded Youth; To confirm a deed made by the administrator of the estate of Joel Pierce, deceased, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading.

The Senate reports, on the petitions of Reports. A. G. Clark and others ; and George B. Richmond and others, were severally ac- cepted. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Prificiiia Free- The report 011 the petition of Priscilla Freeman was laid on the table.

House of the An- The Senate bill to authorize the trustees of the House gUGuaidmn. Angel Guardian to hold additional estate was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. Thos. Timothy. The House report on the petition of Thomas Timothy was accepted in concurrence. daicounudi' House bill extending the equity powers of the supreme judicial court was read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. Rights of way. The Senate bill relating to the acquisition of rights of way and other easements in lands by adverse use or pre- scription was ordered to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence.

Arlington. q^g senate refused to reconsider the vote whereby it refused to refer the' copy of the vote of the town of Arlington to the committee 011 Towns. Relief of the The bill to authorize the city of Boston to appropriate pooi in u^ on, money for temporary relief of the poor was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. coai—duties on. The Resolve concerning the abolition of duties on coal was taken from the table, the House having non-concurred in the reference thereof to the committee on Federal Relations. And the Senate insisted 011 the reference to said com- mittee, and the Resolve was returned to the House. somerviiie. An engrossed bill to provide for a public park in the city of Somerviiie (which originated in the Senate) passed to be enacted and was laid before the Governor for his approval. Adjourned.

THURSDAY, March 26, 1874.

United states The two Houses met in convention for the purpose ol senator. choosing, in accordance with a law of the United States, a senator in the congress of the United States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. Charles Sumner. And the roll being called the members present voted as follows, to wit:—

For HENRY L. DAWES of Pittsfield : Messrs. Chai-les Alden, Samuel S. Gleason, Lysander J. Orcutt, Andrew J. Bailey, Levi L. Goodspeed, Charles S. Osgood, Prentiss C. Baird, Brownell Granger, Albert Palmer, Henry L. Bancroft, Charles Hale, Wm. C. Parker, Jr., Wiliam G. Bassett, Solomon E. Hallet, Henry W. Phelps, B. T. Batoheller, Abraham W. Harris, Smith R Phillips, John H. Bell, Francis B. Hayes, Francis E. Porter, John Bigelow, Benj. Heath, J. A. Rich, Samuel I . Billings, A. Higginbottom, Philip H. Robinson, S. W. Brayton, Joseph W. Hill, George D. Robinson, Richard Britton, David P. Howes, Joseph W. Rogers, James N. Buffum, John B. Hull, William R. Roundy, E. P. Carpenter, N. L. Johnson, L. H. Sawin, Cyrus W. Chapman, Jonathan Johnson, Isaac F. Sawtelle, Damon E. Cheney, George W. Jones, E. H. Seymour, Elijah H. Chisholm, Thomas M. Judd, Henry P. Shattuck, Francis E Clark, Charles H. Killam, Henry Shortle, Alfred A. Clatur, Edward Learned, George D. Smallev, L. J. Cole, Joseph C. Little, Sumner Southworth, John A. Cummings, Lewis Lombard, Thomas N. Stone, John Cushing, George B. Loring, John H. Studley, Thos. S. Cushman, Charles A. Loud, James G. Tarr, Henry C Davis, Aaron Low, Daniel H. Thurston, Edward Eaton, Horatio A. Lucas, Warren Tyler, Lucian F. Eldridge, Julius M. Lyon, Zenas C. Wardwell, John B. Fairbanks, Horace H. Mayhew, Henry S. Washburn, John H. Fisher, Moody Merrill, Tisdale S. White, Charles Fitz, James L. Merritt, Robert R. Wiley, George S. Gates, Albert Montague, Henry W. Wilson, Asaliel Gates, W. Stanley Newhall, George C. Wright. Addison Gilbert, Amasa Norcross, —92. For E. ROCIOVOOD HOAR of Concord : Messrs. William Abbott, John W. Fletcher, Daniel ,T. Lewis, Joseph E. Bailey, Charles II. French, Willard Lewis, Sanford W.Billings, William Frost, F. W. Lincoln, Robert R. Bishop, John J. Giles, Edward P. Loring, Stephen F. Blaney, Samuel S. Ginnodo, W. C. Lovering, William E. Blunt, Elbridge H. Goss, Lyman Mason, Fred'k L. Bosworth, Gayton M. Hall, Albert Mason, Sam'l H. Boutwell, Horace Haskins, David Mayhew, Reuben Boynton, John F. Haskins, Edward McCleave, William B. Brown, John A. Hawes, John J. McNutt, Alonzo A. Carr, Benj. F. Hayes, John B. Moore, Charles R. Codman, Benj. Howard, Avery W. Nelson, George G. Crocker, Andrew Howes, Edward 0. Noyes, John Cummings, Thomas P. Hurlbut, Francis A. Nye, Ben. C. Currier, R. Hutchinson, William E. Perkins, Jedediah Dwelley, Edward J. Johnson, Willard P. Phillips, Geo. O. Fairbanks, Moses Kimball, Charles L. Pratt, C. C. Field, _ William S. Knox, John W. Rice, Joseph E. Fiske, Jonathan A. Lane, Joshua C. Robinson, Eustace C. Fitz, Henry D. Lay, Chas. Robinson, Jr., Messrs. Nathaniel J. Rust, Moses Smith, Leonard Washburn, George J. Sanger, Abraham H. Smith. T. W. Wellington, Cyrus Savage, Frank. H. Sprague, Cyrus M. Wheaton, John Savery, Richard II. Stearns. Simon II. White, John Shaw, Isaac Stebbins, Moses Williams, Jr., William L. Slade, Charles B. Stickney, Samuel Winslow, .J. K. C. Sleeper, Artemas S. Tyler, Henry V. Woods. Joshua B. Smith, —81.

For BENJAMIN R. CURTIS of Boston : Messrs. William A. Adams, Henry Fuller, Andrew M Morton, John Q Adams, Jeremiah Gatcliell, William H. Murray, Andrew Athy, Thomas Gates, Reuben Noble, Horace C. Bacon, Ziba Gay, Richard Olney, Emory Banister, Wm. B. Gibson, James O. Parker, Patrick Barry, Andrew J. Gove, Ezra Parmenter, Richard D. Blinn, F. E. Gray, Richard Pope, John C. Blood, Joshua P. Haskell, Edward B. Rankin, Enos W. Boise, Samuel M. Haynes, Lawrence Reade, Dennis Bonner, James E. Hill, E. P. Reed, S Butterworth, George Ilodges, J. A. G. Richardson, James II. Carleton, N. E. Hollis, Nathaniel Seaver, Patrick Collins, Francis M. Hughes, George A. Shaw, Austin II. Connell, Edward G. Hull, Charles L. Shaw, Henry J. Couch, Thomas Ingalls, Albert Smith, Levi L. Cusliing, Jr. Francis W. Jacobs, Rufus Smith, Timothy J. Dacey, Jesse E. Keith, Ezra Stearns, Curtis Davis, Elbridge G. Kelley, Daniel ,T. Sweeney, I. W. Derby, Eben Kimball, George W. Taft, Jarvis N. Dunham, George P. Kingsley , Hugh J. Toland, Joseph M. Eaton, Samuel Loring, George F. Verry, Aug. B. Endicott, Ilenry B. Lovering, Michael F. Wells, James E. Estabrook: , John'T. Manny, James B. Williams, John E. Fitzgerald, Walter N. Mason, Henry W. Wright. Thos. F. Fitz Gerald. Joseph B. Morss, -74.

For CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS of Quincy: Messrs. David Aiken, John B. Dill, Porter Nutting, Albe C. Clark, James D. Hnrlbut, Almon M Orcutt, Edward Dickinson, Lucius W. Knight, Warren Sibley, Francis Edson, Samuel O. Lamb, William Whiting. Nahum 1?. Hall, John F. Moors, -14. For NATHANIEL P. BANKS of Waltham : Messrs. Geo. Bartholmesz, J. W. Coveney, Daniel McCowan, Aaron O. Buxton, John Davol, Jr., Henry L. Pratt.—6. For JOHN G. WIIITTIER of Amesbury : Nathaniel P. Banks.—1. For JOHN E. SANFOKD of Taunton : Nathan S. Jenkins.—1.

For GEORGE F. VERRY of Worcester : William F. Salmon.—1.

For WILLIAM B. WASHBURN of Greenfield John E. Sanford —1. And there was no choice. The convention proceeded again to vote, as follows :-

For HENRY L. DAWES of Pittsfield : Messrs. Charles Alden, Samuel S. Gleason, Lysander J. Orcutt, Andrew J. Bailey, Levi L. Goodspeed, Charles S. Osgood, Prentiss C. Baird, Brownell Granger, Albert Palmer, Henry L. Bancroft, Charles Hale, Wm. C. Parker, Jr., William G. Bassett, Solomon E. Hallett, Henry W. Phelps, B. T. Batcheller, Abraham W. Harris, Smith R. Phillips, John H. Bell, Francis B. Hayes, Francis E. Porter, John Bigelow, Benj. Heath, J. A. Rich, Samuel P. Billings, A. Higginbottom, Philip II. Robinson, S. W. Brayton, Joseph W. Hill, Geo. D. Robinson, Richard Britton, David P. Howes, Joseph W. Rogers, James N. Buffum, John B Hull, William R. Roundy, E. P. Carpenter, N. L. Johnson, L. H. Sawin, Cyrus W. Chapman, Jonathan Johnson, Isaac F. Sawtelle, Damon E. Cheney, George W. Jones, E. II Seymour, Elijah H. Chisholm, Thomas M. Judd, Henry P. Shattuck, Francis E. Clark, Charles H. Killam, Henry Shortle, Alfred A. Clatur, Edward Learned, George D. Smalley, L. J. Cole, Joseph C. Little, Sumner Southworth, John A. Cummings, Lewis Lombard, Thomas N Stone, John Gushing, George B. Loring, John H. Studley, Tlios. S. Cushman, Charles A. Loud, James G. Tarr, Henry C. Davis, Aaron Low, Daniel H. Thurston, Edward Eaton, Horatio A. Lucas, Warren Tyler, Lucian F. Eldridge, Julius M. Lyon, Zenas C. Wardwell, John B. Fairbanks, Horace II. Mayhew, Henry S.Washburn, John H. Fisher, Moody Merrill, Tisdale S. White, Charles Fitz, James L Merritt, Robert R. Wiley, George S. Gates, Albert Montague, Henry W. Wilson, Asahel Gates, W. Stanley Newhall, George C. Wright. Addison Gilbert, Amasa Norcross, —92. For E. ROCKWOOD HOAR of Concord : Messrs. William Abbott, Eustace C. Fite, Henry D. Lay, Joseph E. Bailey, John W. Fleteher, Daniel J. Lewis, Sanford W. Billings, Charles H. French, Willard Lewis, Robert R. Bishop, William Frost, Frederic W. Lincoln, Stephen F. Blaney, John J. Giles, Edward P. Loring, William E. Blunt, Samuel S. Ginnodo, W. C. Lovering, Reuben Boynton, Elbridge II. Goss, Lyman Mason, Fred'k L. Bosworth, Gayton M. Hall, Albert Mason, Samuel H Boutwell, Horace Haskins, David Mayhew, William B. Brown, John A. Hawes, Edward McCleave, Alonzo A. Carr, Benj. F. Hayes, John J. McNutt, Charles R. Codman, Benj. Howard, John B. Moore, George G. Crocker, Andrew Howes, Avery W. Nelson, John Cummings, Thomas P. Hurlbut, Edward 0. Noyes, Ben. C. Currier, R. Hutchinson, Francis A. Nve, Jedediah Dwelley, Edward J. Johnson, William E. Perkins, Geo O. Fairbanks, Moses Kimball, Willard P. Phillips, C. C. Field, William S. Knox, Charles L. Pratt, Joseph E. Fiske, Jonathan A, Lane, John W. Rice, Messrs. Joshua C. Robinson, J. K. C. Sleeper, Artemas S. Tyler, Chas. Robinson, Jr., Joshua B. Smith, Leonard Washburn, Nathaniel J. Rust, Moses Smith, T. W. Wellington, George J. Sanger, Abraham H. Smith, Cyrus M. Wheaton, Cyrus Savage, Frank. II Sprague, Simon H. White, John Savery, Richard II. Stearns, Moses Williams, Jr., John Shaw, Isaac Stebbins, Samuel Winslow, William L. Slade, Charles P. Stickney, H. Y. Woods.—81.

For BENJAMIN R. CURTIS of Boston : Messrs.William A. Adams, Henry Fuller, Andrew M. Morton, John Q. Adams, Jeremiah Gatchell, William II. Murray, Andrew Athv, Thomas Gates, Reuben Noble, Horace C. Bacon, Ziba Gay, Richard Olney, Emory Banister, Wm. B. Gibson, James 0. Parker, Patrick Barry, Andrew J. Gove, Ezra Parmenter, Richard I). Blinn, F. E. Gray, Richard Pope, John C. Blood, Joshua P. Haskell, Edward B. Rankin, Enos W. Boise, Samuel M. Haynes, Lawrence Reade, Dennis Bonner, James E. Ilill, E P. Reed, S. Butterworth, George Hodges, J. A. G. Richardson, James II. Carleton, N. E. Hollis, Nathaniel Seaver, Patrick Collins, Francis M. Hughes, George A. Shaw, Austin II. Connell, Edward G. Hull, Charles L. Shaw, Henry J. Couch, Thomas Ingalls, Albert Smith, Levi L. Cusliing, Jr., Francis W Jacobs, Rufus Smith, Timothy J. Dacey, Jesse E. Keith, Ezra Stearns, Curtis Davis, Elbridge G. Kelley, Daniel J. Sweeney, I. W. Derby, Eben Kimball, George W. Taft, Jarvis N Dunham, George P. Kingsley, Hugh J. 'Poland, Joseph M. Eaton, Samuel Loring, George F. Vcrry, Aug. B. Endicott, Henry B. Lovering, Michael F. Wells, Jas. E. Estabrook, John T. Manny, James B. Williams, John E. Fitzgerald, Walter N. Mason, Henry W. Wright. Thos.F. Fitz Gerald, Joseph B. Morss, —74.

For CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS of Qunincy : Messrs. David Aiken, John F. Ilaskins, John F. Moors, Albe C. Clark, John B. Hill, Porter Nutting, Edward Dickinson, James D. Hurlbut, Almon M. Orcutt, Francis Edson, Lucius W. Knight, Warren Sibley, Nahum B. Hall, Samuel 0. Lamb, Wm. Whiting.—15.

For NATHANIEL P. BANKS of Waltham : Messrs. Geo. Bartholmesz, J. W. Coveney, Daniel McCowan, Aaron O. Buxton, John Davol, Jr., Henry L. Pratt,—6.

For JOHN G. WIIITTIER of Amesbury : Messrs. Nathaniel P. Banks and William F. Salmon.—2. For WILLIAM B. WASHBURN of Greenfield : John E. Sanford—1.

For JOHN E. SANFORD of Taunton : Nathan S. Jenkins.—1. And there was no choice. The two branches separated.

Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read. Mr. Stickney, from the committee on the Treasury, on Nathaniel Free - the Resolve in favor of Nathaniel Freeman, reported, ask- man' iug to be discharged from the further consideration there- of; and the Resolve was placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. Mr. Verry, from the committee on the Judiciary, on central district urtofWorcee the bill to provide for the appointment of an assistant ™r - clerk for the central district court of Worcester, reported that the same ought to pass; and it was referred to the committee on the Treasury. Mr. Norcross, from the same committee, reported the Saiem. bill in addition to an Act establishing the city of Salem without amendment; and the same was ordered to a second reading. Bills, Bills. To amend chapter 265 of the Acts of the year 1867, concerning the preservation of the records of town pro- prietaries ; To provide for the appointment of a second assistant district-attorney for the Suffolk district, were severally read and referred to the committee on the Treasury. A message from the Governor concerning the census of census, the Commonwealth was referred in concurrence to the committee on the report of the Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition.

Ordered, In concurrence, that the committee on the Representa- State House consider and report, with all possible expe- tiv08'HalL dition, what measures can be taken to secure a better ven- tilation of the representatives' chamber.

A petition of the Boston Boat Club, for authority to Boston Boat moor a boat-house on the northerly side of Cambridge- c u ' port, was referred to the committee on Harbors. A remonstrance of E. A. Robbins and others, against sheiburne and the union of the towns of Sheiburne and Buckland, was referred to the committee on Towns. A petition of J. E. Cabot and others, for amendment of J-E.cabotet 33 the statutes relative to superintendents of public schools, was referred to the committee on Education. Severally in concurrence. Lands flowed under the Mill Notice was received that the Senate bill to enable the Acts. owners of lands flowed under the Mill Acts to recover past damages had been rejected by the House. Bills. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, Relating to trustees of Methodist Episcopal churches ; To repeal chapter 236 of the Acts of 1865, relating to voting by proxy bjr officers of corporations; In relation to the Boston Normal School in the city of Boston ; To establish the salary of the assistant attorney-general; To authorize the Menauhant Land and Wharf Company to construct a wharf in Falmouth ; To authorize a new bridge between Boston and Cambridge ; To authorize the city of Chelsea to maintain floating bath-houses; To provide for increased station facilities at Attleborougk; Providing for an increase in the number of assistant watchmen employed at the state prison; To revive the charter of the Exeter and Salisbury Rail- way Company, and for other purposes, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. Superior court. The bill to provide for special terms of the superior court for criminal business was recommitted to the com- mittee on the Judiciary. Constitution. The Senate report on the order relative to a revision of the Constitution was accepted. Trustees of church prop- The Senate reports, erty. On the order relative to the election, by churches, of trustees to hold their property ; and Normal school in Boston. On the petition of the mayor of the city of Boston in rela- tion to the normal school in said city, were severally accepted. Sent down for concurrence. Boston "Water Board. The Senate bill to establish the Boston Water Board was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Mary Rosanna!) The Senate Resolve in favor of Mary Rosannah Burke Burke. was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. The House bills, To fix the salary of the treasuser of Dukes County; To fix the salary of the clerk of the district court of BUIS. Southern Berkshire; To cede jurisdiction to the United States over the sites of certain light-houses; To authorize the trustees of Nichols Academy to mort- gage real estate; To incorporate the Old Colony Steamboat Company; To fix the salary of the clerk of the district court of Central Berkshire; and The House Resolves, Resolves. In favor of the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-minded Youth; To confirm a deed made by the administrator of the estate of Joel Pierce, deceased, were severally read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. The Senate bill to establish and confirm the judgment NaUek. and order of the county commissioners of Middlesex County, concerning the railway crossing and passenger station in Natick, was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. The Senate bill to authorize the appointment of a sur- survevor-gen. veyor-general of lumber, and the establishment of a lum- oral of lumber- ber district, was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence.

The following engrossed bills (the first of which orio-i- BUIS enacted, nated in the Senate) passed to be enacted, to wit :— To incorporate the Trustees of Donations for Education in Turkey. To incorporate the Cambridge Improvement Company. To incorporate the Grand Temple of Honor and Tem- perance in Massachusetts. To incorporate the Ancient Order of Hibernians. To change the name of the Allen Street Congregational Society of North Cambridge. To promote the prompt and faithful administration of estates by public administrators. To amend an Act relating to a public common in the town of Mattapoisett. In addition to an Act to supply the village of Attlebor- ough with water for the extinguishment of fires, and for other purposes. Resolve passed. An engrossed Resolve in favor of Robert S. Rantoul (which originated in the House) passed. On motion of Mr. Aiken,— Adjournment. Ordered, That when the Senate adjourns, it be to meet to-morrow at 2J- o'clock, P. M. Joseph Warren Monument As- A bill (from the House) to incorporate the Joseph "War- sociation. ren Monument Association came up referred, under a suspension of the 20th joint rule, to the committee on Mercantile Affairs; and the Senate non-concurred in the suspension of said rule. Subsequently, a motion to reconsider the vote whereby the Senate refused to suspend said rule was made, and the same was laid on the table. Building in Pemberton Sq. The Senate Resolve providing for the expense of refit- ting a building in Pemberton Square (in the orders of the day) Avas read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Adjourned.

FRIDAY, March 27, 1874. Pursuant to assignment, the two branches met in Convention, For the purpose of choosing a senator in the congress of the United States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. Charles Sumner. And the roll being called, the members present voted as follows :—

For HENRY L. DAWES of Pittsfield : Messrs. Charles A 1(1 en, Elijah II. Chisholm, Addison Gilbert, Andrew J. Bailey, Francis E. Clark, Samuel S Gleason, Prentiss C. Baird, L. J. Cole, Levi L. Goodspeed, Henry L Bancroft, John A. Cummings, Brownell Granger, William G. Bassett, Francis C. Curtis, Charles Hale, B. T. Batcheller, John Gushing, Solomon E. Ilallett, John H. Bell, Tlios. S. Cushman, Abraham W. Harris, John Bigelow. Henry C. Davis, Francis B. Hayes, Samuel P. Billings, Edward Eaton, Benj. Heath, S. W. Bravton, Lucian F Eldridge, A. Iligginbottom, Richard Britton, John B. Fairbanks, Joseph W. Hill, James N. Buffum, John H. Fisher, David P. Howes, E. P. Carpenter, Charles Fitz, John B. Hull, Cyrus W. Chapman, George S. Gates, Nathan S. Jenkins, Damon E. Cheney, Asahel Gates, N. L. Johnson, Messrs. Jonathan Johnson, Amasa Norcross, Henry P. Shattuck, George \V. Jones, Lysander J. Orcutt, Henry Shortle, Thomas M. Judd, Charles S. Osgood, George D. Smalley, Charles H. Killam, Albert Palmer, Sumner South worth, Edward Learned, Wm. C. Parker. Jr., Thomas N. Stone, Joseph C. Little, Henry W. Phelps, John H. Studley, Lewis Lombard, Smith R. Phillips, James G. Tarr, George B. Loring, Francis E. Porter, Daniel H. Thurston, Charles A. Loud, J. A. Rich, Artemas S Tyler, Aaron Low, Philip II. Robinson, Warren Tyler, Horatio A. Lucas, Geo. D. Robinson, Zenas C. Wardwell, Julius M. Lyon, Joseph W. Rogers, Henry S. Washburn, Horace H. Mayhew, William R. Roundy, Tisdale S. White, Moody Merrill, L. H. Sawin, Robert R. Wiley, James L. Merritt, Isaac F. Sawtelle, Henry W. Wilson, Albert Montague, E. H. Seymour, George C. Wright. W. Stanley Newhall, —94.

For E. ROCKWOOD IIOAE of Concord : Messrs. William Abbott, Gay ton M. Hall, William E. Perkins, Joseph E Bailey, Horace Haskins, Willard P. Phillips, Sanford W.Billings, John A. Hawes, Charles L. Pratt, Robert R. Bishop, Benj. F. Hayes, John W. Riee, Stephen F. Blaney, Benj. Howard, Joshua C. Robinson, William E. Blunt, Andrew Howes, Chas. Robinson, Jr., Fred'k L. Bosworth, Thomas P. Hurlbut, George J. Sanger, Sam'l H. Boutwell, R. Hutchinson, Cyrus Savage, Reuben Boynton, Edward J. Johnson, John Savery, William B. Brown, Moses Kimball, John Shaw, Alonzo A. Carr, William S, Ivnox, William L. Slade, Charles Ii. Codman, Jonathan A. Lane, J. K. C. Sleeper, George G. Crocker, Henry I). Lajr, Joshua B. Smith, John Cummings, Daniel J. Lewis, Moses Smith, Ben. C. Currier, Willard Lewis, Abraham II. Smith, Jedediah Dwelley, Edward P. Loring, Frank. II. Sprague, Geo. O. Fairbanks, W. C. Lovering, Richard II Stearns, C. C. Field, Lyman Mason, Isaac Stebbins, Joseph E. Fiske, Albert Mason, Charles P. Stickney, Eustace C. Fitz, David Mayhew, Leonard Washburn, John W. Fletcher, Edward McCleave, T. W. AVellington, Charles H. French, John J. McNutt, Cyrus M. Wheaton, William Frost, John B Moore, Simon II. White, John J. Giles, Avery W. Nelson, Moses Williams, Jr., Samuel S. Ginnodo, Edward O. Noyes, Samuel Winslow, Elbridge H. Goss, Francis A Nye, II. Y. Woods.—78.

For BENJAMIN R. CURTIS of Boston : Messrs. William A. Adams, Dennis Bonner, I. W. Derby, John Q. Adams, S. Butterworth, Jarvis N. Dunham, Andrew Athy, James II. Carleton, Joseph M. Eaton, Horace C. Bacon, Patrick Collins, Aug. B. Endicott, Emory Banister, Austin H. Connell, Jas. E. Estabrook, Patrick Barry, Henry J. Couch, John E. Fitzgerald, Richard D. Blinn, LeviL, Cushing, Jr., Thos.F.Fitz Gerald, John C. Blood, Timothy J. Dacey, Henry Fuller, Enos W. Boise, Curtis Davis, Jeremiah Gatchell, Messrs. Thomas Gates, Eben Kimball, E. P. Reed, Ziba Gay, George P. Kingsley, William F. Salmon, Wm. B. Gibson, Samuel Loring, Nathaniel Seaver, Andrew J. Gove, Henry B. Lovering, George A. Shaw, F. E. Gray, John T. Manny, Charles L. Shaw, Joshua P. Haskell, Walter N. Mason, Albert Smith, Samuel M. Haynes, Joseph B. Morss, Rufus Smith, James E. Hill, Andrew M. Morton, Ezra Stearns, George Ilodges, William H. Murray, Daniel J. Sweeney, N. E. Hollis, Reuben Noble, George W. Taft, Francis M. Hughes, Richard Olney, Hugh J. Toland, Edward G. Hull, James O. Parker, George F. Verry, Thomas lug-alls, Ezra Parmenter, Michael F. Wells, Francis W. Jacobs, Richard Pope, James B. Williams, Jesse E. Keith, Edward B. Rankin. Henry W. Wright. Elbridge G. Iielley, Lawrence Reade, —74.

For CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS of Quincy : Messrs. David Aiken, John F. Haskins, John F. Moors, Albe C. Clark, John B. Hill, Porter Nutting, Edward Dickinson, James D. Hurlbut, Aliuon M. Orcutt, Francis Edson, Lucius W. Knight, Warren Sibley, Nahum B. Hall, Samuel O. Lamb, Wm. Whiting".—15.

For NATHANIEL P. BANKS of Waltham : Messrs. Geo. Bartholmesz, John Davol, Jr., Henry L. Pratt, Aaron O. Buxton, Daniel McCowan, J. A. G. Richardson. J. W. Coveney, —7.

For JOHN G. WIIITTIER of Amesbury : Nathaniel P. Banks.—1.

For HENRY L. PIERCE of Boston : Messrs. Alfred A. Clatur and Nathaniel J. Rust.—2.

For WILLIAM B. WASHBURN of Greenfield : John E. Sanford.—1. And there being no choice the two branches separated.

Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read. Plymouth Mr. White, from the committee on Railways, on the County Rail- road Co. petition of the Plymouth County Railway Company, re- ported A bill concerning the Plymouth County Railroad Com- pany ; and the same was read and ordered to a second reading. Probate court Mr. Johnson, from the committee on Probate and Chan- Hampshire Co. eery, reported the bill to provide for holding additional terms of the probate court at Amherst in the county of Hampshire without amendment; and Mr. Jacobs, from the committee on the Judiciary, on Fire districts, the bill providing for the election of treasurers of fire dis- tricts, and to amend chapter 24 of the General Statutes ; and Mr. Aiken, from the same committee, on the bill to Rockland Bank, revive the Rockland Bank for certain purposes, severally reported that the same ought to pass; and they were ordered to a second reading. The same senator, from the same committee, on an Testimony of order relative to the subject, reported experts. A bill concerning the testimony of experts; and the same was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Lane, from the committee on the Treasury, on the Sarah M.Tuttie. Resolve in favor of Sarah M. Tuttlc, reported that the same ought not to pass; and the bill was placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow on the question of rejection.

Papers from the House.

A bill in addition to Acts in relation to smelt fisheries smeitfisheries, (in a new draft of the Senate bill in relation to the sub- ject) ; and A bill to incorporate the Needham Savings Bank (on Necdhamsav- the petition of Galen B. Orr and others), were severally inBBBank- read and ordered to a second reading.

Reports, that it is inexpedient to legislate, Reports. Of the committee on Roads and Bridges, on the order in relation to repairs on certain roads in the town of Mashpee ; Of the committee on Education, on the order in relation to the location of school-houses ; Of the committee on Mercantile Affairs, on the order relative to cooperative associations ; and A report of the committee on Claims, granting leave to withdraw, on the petition of Paul Giddings, were read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow.

Petitions of Shelburne and Theodore Wood and others ; Frederick L. Bochner and others ; and William B. CasAvell and others, severally in favor of the union of the towns of Shelburne and Buckland, were referred to the committee on Towns. Salem. A memorial of the city of Salem, in regard to the pro- posed Hoosac Tunnel line of railroads, was referred to the committee on that subject.

Taxation of mortgaged Petitions of property. Henry L. Pierce and others ; and J. W. Godfrey and others, severally for amendment of the laws respecting the taxation of mortgaged property, were referred to the joint special committee on that subject. Severally in concurrence. !MaBdCoh Mr. Ward well, from the committee on Roads and Bridges, on the petition of Nathaniel Pierce and others, reported A bill in addition to an Act to incorporate the Salisbury Beach Plank Road Company. Worcester. Mr. Verry, from the committee on the Judiciary, on the bill authorizing the city of Worcester to take land for slaughter-houses, and for other purposes ; and Conveyance of On the bill to prohibit the conveying of offal from slaughter-houses through public highways between the hours of 5 o'clock, A. M., and 10 o'clock,'?, M., reported the same in a new draft; and they were read and ordered to a second reading. Newton. Mr. Norcross, from the committee on the Judiciary, reported the bill in addition to an Act to establish the city of Newton, without amendment; and the same was ordered to a second reading. Beni. Brierly et als. Mr. Verry, from the same committee, on the petition of Benjamin Brierly and others, reported that the petitioners have leave to withdraw; and the report was read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow.

A messa e Wils aiproperPty!SOn' g received from the House requesting the return to that branch of the bill to amend the General Statutes in relation to the descent and distribution of real and personal property. And Mr. Banks was charged with a message returning said bill, in compliance with its request. Salem- The orders of the day were taken up, and the bill in addition to an Act to establish the city of Salem was read a second time and ordered to a third reading. The Resolve in favor of Nathaniel Freeman was read a Nathaniel Free- second time and refused a third reading. Subsequently, Mr. Johnson moved a reconsideration of the vote whereby the Resolve was refused a third reading, and the motion was placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. The Senate bill relating to the trustees of Methodist ^™urehefM' Episcopal churches was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. The Senate bill to repeal chapter 236 of the Acts of Sferí"8''5' 1865, relating to voting by proxy by officers of corpora- portions, tions, was recommitted to the committee on the Judiciary. The Senate bill in relation to the Boston Normal School in the city of Boston was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. The House bills, Bins. To establish the salary of the assistant attorney-general; To authorize the Menauhant Land and Wharf Company to construct a wharf in Falmouth ; To authorize the city of Chelsea to maintain floating bath-houses; To provide for increased station facilities at Attlebor- ough; To revive the charter of the Exeter and Salisbury Rail- way Company, and for other purposes ; Providing for an increase in the number of assistant watchmen employed at the state prison, were severally read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concur- rence. The House bill to authorize a new bridge between Bos- ton and Cambridge was read a third time, amended, and passed to be engrossed in concurrence with the amend- ment, which was sent down for concurrence. Came up concurred. On motion of Mr. Hurlbut,— Ordered, That when the Senate adjourns, it be to meet Adjournment, to-morrow at 10^- o'clock, A. M.

The following engrossed bills were laid before the Gov- Bins laid before ernor for his approval, to wit:— the 31 To incorporate the Trustees of Donations for Education in Turkey. To incorporate the Cambridge Improvement Company. To incorporate the Grand Temple of Honor and Tem- perance in Massachusetts. To incorporate the Ancient Order of Hibernians. To change the name of the Allen Street Congregational Society of North Cambridge. To promote the prompt and faithful administration of estates by public administrators. To amend an Act relating to a public common in the town of Mattapoisett. In addition to an Act to supply the village of Attlebor- ough with water for the extinguishment of fires, and for other purposes. Also, a Resolve in favor of Robert S. Rantoul. Adjourned.

SATURDAY, March 28, 1874. Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read. Attachments of Mr. Aiken, from the committee on the Judiciary, on real estate. the bill to amend chapter 123 of the General Statutes, concerning attachments of real estate ; and Hampden Mr. Fuller, from the committee on Probate and Chan- County. ce iw, on the House bill to change the time of holding pro- bate courts in Hampden County, severally reported that the same ought to pass; and they were ordered to a second reading.

Papers from the House. Sales of land by A bill to amend chapter 102 of the General Statutes, guardians. relating to sales of land by guardians, was read and referred to the committee on Probate and Chancery. Discharged con- victs. A bill in relation to discharged convicts was read and referred to the committee on the Treasury. John Mangen. A Resolve in favor of John Mangen was read and referred in concurrence to the committee on Claims. Daniel Simmons A report of the committee on Banks and Banking, granting leave to withdraw, on the petition of Daniel Sim- mons and others, was read and placed in the orders of the day for Monday. A petition of C. W. L ivingston and others, for a change c. w. Living, of the laws relative to hawkers and peddlers, was referred 8touotals- to the committee on Manufactures. A petition of Martin W. Ford and others, for a change Martin w. Ford in the laws relative to taxation, was referred to the com- et als' rnittee on that subject. Severally in concurrence.

The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, BUIS. Concerning the Plymouth County Railroad Company ; To incorporate the Needham Savings Bank ; Providing for the election of treasurers of fire districts, and to amend chapter 24 of the General Statutes; To revive the Rockland Bank of Roxbury for certain purposes; In addition to an Act to establish the city of Newton; To provide for holding additional terms of the probate court at Amherst, in the county of Hampshire, were sev- erally read a second time and ordered to a third reading.

The Resolve in favor of Sarah M. Tuttle was laid on Sarah M.Tuttie. the table.

The bills, Bills. Concerning the testimony of experts ; In addition to an Act to incorporate the Salisbury Beach Plank Road Company; To authorize the city of Worcester to take and hold land for slaughter-houses, and for other purposes ; To prohibit carrying offal of slaughtered animals through the public streets and highways in the day-time, were severally passed over.

_ The motion to reconsider the vote by which the Resolve Nathaniel Free- in favor of Nathaniel Freeman was refused a third reading mau' was laid on the table. The Senate report on the petition of Benjamin Brierly was accepted. The House reports, on the orders Reports. Relative to amendment of the Act of 1870, concerning cooperative associations ; Relative to the location of school-houses in towns; Relative to repealing the Act of 1870, concerning re- pairs of roads in the town of Mashpee; and On the petition of Paul Giddings, were severally ac- cepted in concurrence. Salem- The House bill in addition to an Act to establish the city of Salem was read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. Biiie enacted The following engrossed bills (the first two of which and laid before o o \ the Governor, originated in the Senate) passed to be enacted and were laid before the Governor for his approval, to wit:— To incorporate the French and National Union of Law- rence. Relating to recording mortgages of personal property. Concerning sidewalks. Concerning the Worcester and Nashua Railroad Com- pany. To determine the method to be followed by the Insur- ance Commissioner in computing the amount necessary to insure outstanding risks of insurance companies. In addition to an Act to authorize the city of Boston to lay out a public street or way across South Bay. To regulate re-insuring of risks by life insurance com- panies. To amend an Act to enable the First Congregational Society in the town of Falmouth to dispose of certain real estate. Providing for the preservation of lobsters. To authorize the town of North Bridgewater to change its name. To authorize the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association to erect a wooden building in the city of Boston. To authorize towns to raise money to celebrate certain anniversaries. Relating to small-pox and other diseases dangerous to the public health, and providing for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in relation thereto. To incorporate the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Society in the city of Lowell. To incorporate the Old Men's Home in the city of Worcester. Concerning the Middlesex Railroad Company. Adjourned. Pursuant to assignment, the two branches met in t Convention, For the purpose of choosing a senator in the congress of the United States to lill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. Charles Sumner. And the members of the convention, at the calling of the roll, voted as follows :—

For HENRY L. DAWES of Pittsfield : Messrs. Charles Alden, Charles Hale, Albert Palmer, Andrew J. Bailey, Solomon E. Hallett, Wm. C. Parker, Jr., Prentiss C. Baird, Abraham W. Harris, Smith R. Phillips, Henry L. Bancroft, ïFranci s B. Hayes, Francis E. Porter, B. T."Bateheller, Benj. Heath, D. Franklin Reed, John II. Bell, A. Higginbottom, J. A. Rich, John Bigelow, Joseph W. Hill, Philip H. Robinson, Samuel P. Billings, David P. Howes, Geo. D. Robinson, S. W. Brayton, John B. Hull, Joseph W. Rogers, Richard Britton, Nathan S. Jenkins, William R. Roundy, James N. Buffum, N. L. Johnson, L. II. Sawin, E. P. Carpenter, Jonathan Johnson, Isaac F. Sawtelle, Cyrus W. Chapman, George W. Jones, E. H. Seymour, Damon E. Cheney, Thomas M. Judd, Henry P. Shattuck, Elijah H. Chisholm, Charles H. Killam, Geo. D. Smalley, L. J. Cole, Edward Learned, Sumner Southworth, John A. Cummings, Lewis Lombard, Thomas N. Stone, Francis C. Curtis, George B. Loring, John H. Studley, John Cushing, Charles A. Loud, James G. Tarr, Thos S. Cushman, Aaron Low, Daniel H. Thurston, Edward Eaton, Horatio A. Lucas, Artemas S. Tyler, Lucian F. Eldridge, Julius M. Lyon, Wan-en Tyler, John B. Fairbanks, Horace H. Mayhew, Zenas C. Wardwell, John H. Fisher, Moody Merrill, Henry S. Washburn, Charles Fitz, James L. Merritt, Tisdale S. White, George S. Gates, Albert Montague, Robert R. Wiley, Asahel Gates, W. Stanley Newhall, Henry W. Wilson, Addison Gilbert, Amasa Norcross, George C. Wright. Levi L. Goodspeed Lysander J. Orcntt, •—88. Brownell Granger, Charles S. Osgood,

For F. ROCKWOOD HOAR of Concord : Messrs. William Abbott, George G Crocker, Samuel S. Ginnodo, Joseph E. Bailey, John Cummings, Elbridge II. Goss, Sanfo rd W.Billings, Ben. C. Currier, Gayton INI. Hall, ' Robert R. Bishop, Jedediah Dwelley, Ilorace Ilaskins, Stephen F. Blaney, Geo. O. Fairbanks, John A. Hawes, William E. Blunt, C. C. Field, Benj. F. Hayes, Fred'k L. Bosworth, Joseph E. Fiske, Benj. Howard, Sam'l II. Boutwell, Eustace C. Fitz, Andrew Howes, Reuben Boynton, John W. Fletcher, Thomas P. Ilurlbut, William B. Brown, Charles II. French, R. Hutchinson, Alonzo A. Carr, William Frost, Edward J. Johnson, Charles R. Codman, John J. Giles, Moses Kimball, Messrs. William S. Knox, Francis A. Kye, Joshua B. Smith, Jonathan A. Lane, William E. Perkins. Moses Smith, Henry D. Lay, Willard P. Phillips, Abraham H. Smith, Daniel J. Lewis, Charles L. Pratt, Frank. II. Sprague, Frederic W. Lincoln, John W. Rice, Richard H. Stearns, Edward P. Loring, Joshua C. Robinson Isaac Stebbins, Lyman Mason, Chas. Robinson, Jr. Charles P. Stickney, Albert Mason, Kathaniel J. Rust, Leonard Washburn, David Mayhew, George J. Sanger, Cyrus M. Wheaton, Edward McCleave, Cyrus Savage, Simon H. White, John B. Moore, John Savery, Moses Williams, Jr., Avery W. Kelson, John Shaw, Samuel Winslow, Edward O. Koyes, J. K. C. Sleeper, H. V. Woods.—75.

For BENJAMIN R. CURTIS of Boston : Messrs. William A. Adams, Thos.F.Fitz Gerald, Joseph B. Morss, John Q. Adams, Henry Fuller, Andrew M. Morton, Andrew Atliy, Jeremiah Gatchell, William II. Murray, Horace C. Bacon, Thomas Gates, Richard Olney, Emory Banister, Ziba Gay, James O. Parker, Richard D. Blinn, Wm. B. Gibson, Ezra Parmenter, John C. Blood, Andrew J. Gove, Richard Pope, Enos W. Boise, Joshua P. Haskell, Edward B. Rankin Dennis Bonner, Samuel M. Haynes, Lawrence Reade, S. Butterworth, James E. Hill, E. P. Reed, James H. Carleton, George Hodges, William F. Salmon, Patrick Collins, K. E. Hollis, Nathaniel Seaver, Austin II. Connell, Francis M. Hughes, George A. Shaw, Ilenry J. Couch, Edward G. Hull, Albert Smith, Levi L. Cushing, Jr., Thomas Ingalls, Rufus Smith, Timothy J. Dacey, Francis W. Jacobs, Ezra Stearns, Curtis Davis, Jesse E. Keith, Daniel J. Sweeney I. W. Derby, Eben Kimball, Hugh J. Toland, Jarvis K. Dunham, George P. Ivingsley, George F. Verry, Joseph M. Eaton, Samuel Loring, Michael F. Wells, Aug. B. Endicott, Henry B. Lovering, James B. Williams. James E. Estabrook, John T. Manny, —68. John E. Fitzgerald, Walter N. Mason,

For CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS of Quiucy : Messrs. David Aiken, John F. Haskins, John F. Moors, Albe C. Clark, John B. Hill, Porter Nutting, Edward Dickinson, Lucius W. Knight, Warren Sibley, Francis Edson, Samuel O. Lamb, William Whiting. Nahum B. Hall, —13. For NATHANIEL P. BANKS of Waltham : Messrs. Geo. Bartholmesz, John Davo], Jr., Henry L. Pratt, Aaron O. Buxton, Daniel McCowan, J. A. G. Richardson. J. W. Coveney, For JOHN G. WIIITTIER of Amesbury Nathaniel P. Banks.—1.

For HENRY L. PIERCE of Boston : Alfred A. Clatur.—1. For WILLIAM B. WASHBURN of Greenfield : John E. Sanford.—1. And there being no choice, the two branches separated.

MONDAY, March 30, 1874. The two branches met in Convention, And proceeded to vote for a senator in the congress of the United States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. Charles Sumner ; and it appeared that the whole number of votes given was 255, of which HENRY L. DAWES of Pittsfield had 85, as follows :— Messrs. Charles Alden, Samuel S. Gleason, Albert Palmer, Andrew J. Bailey, Levi L. Goodspeed, Wm. C. Parker, Jr., Prentiss C. Baird, Brownell Granger, Henry W. Phelps, Henry L. Bancroft, Charles Hale, Smith R. Phillips, William G. Bassett, Abraham W. Harris, Francis E. Porter, B. T. Batcheller, Francis B. Hayes, D. Franklin Reed, John II. Bell, Benj. Heath, J. A. Rich, John Bigelow, A. Higginbottom, Philip II. Robinson, Samuel P. Billings, Joseph W. Ilill, Geo. I). Robinson, S. W. Brayton, David P. Howes, Joseph W. Rogers, Richard Britton, Nathan S. Jenkins, William R. Roundy, James N. Buffum, Jonathan Johnson, L. H. Sawin, Cyrus W. Chapman, Thomas M. Judd, Isaac F. Sawtelle, Damon E. Cheney, Charles H. Killam, E. H. Seymour, Elijah II. Chisholm, Edward Learned, Henry P. Shattuck, Francis E. Clark, Joseph C. Little, Henry Sliortle, L. J. Cole, Lewis Lombard, George D. Smalley, John A. Cummings, George B. Loring, Sumner Southworth, Francis C. Curtis, Charles A. Loud, Thomas N. Stone, John Cushing, Aaron Low, John II. Studley, Thos. S. Cushman, Julius M. Lyon, James G. Tarr, Henry C. Davis, Horace H. Mayhew, Daniel II. Thurston, Edward Eaton, Moody Merrill, Artemas S. Tyler, John B. Fairbanks, James L. Merritt, Zenas C. Ward well, John II. Fisher, W. Stanley Newhall, Henry S. Washburn, Charles Fitz, Amasa Norcross, Tisdale S. White, George S. Gates, Lysander J. Orcutt, Robert R. Wiley, Asaliel Gates, Charles S. Osgood, Henry W. Wilson. Addison Gilbert,

E. R. HOAR of Concord had 72 votes, as follows:— Messrs. William Abbott, Stephen F. Blaney, Reuben Boynton, Joseph E.Bailey, William E. Blunt, William B. Brown, Sanford W. Billings, Fred'k L. Bosworth, Alonzo A. Carr, Robert R. Bishop, Sam'l II. Boutwell, Charles R. Codman, Messrs. George G. Crocker, William S. Knox, Nathaniel J. Rust, Ben. 0. Currier, Jonathan A. Lane, George J. Sanger, Geo. O. Fairbanks, Henry I). Lay, Cyrus Savage, C. C. Field, Daniel J. Lewis, John Savery. Joseph E. Fiske, Willard Lewis, John Shaw, Eustace C. Fitz, Frederic W. Lincoln, William L. Slade, John W. Fletcher, Edward P. Loring, J. K. C. Sleeper, William Frost, Lyman Mason, Joshua B. Smith, John J. Giles, Albert Mason, Moses Smith, Elbridge H. Goss, David Mayhew, Abraham H. Smith, Horace Haskins, Edward McCleave, Richard H. Stearns, John A. ilawes, John J. McNutt, Isaac Stebbins, Benj. F. Hayes, Avery W. Nelson, Charles P. Stickney, Benj. Howard, Edward O. Noyes, Leonard Washburn, Andrew Howes, Francis A. Nye, T. W. Wellington, Thos. P. Hurlbut, William E. Perkins, Cyrus M. Wliéaton, R. Hutchinson, Willard P. Phillips, Simon H. White, Edward J. Johnson, Charles L. Pratt, Moses Williams, Jr., Erastus Jones, Joshua C. Robinson, Samuel Winslow, Moses Kimball, Chas. Robinson, Jr., Henry V. Woods.

BENJAMIN Ii. CURTIS of Boston had 72 votes, as fol- lows :— Messrs. William A. Adams, Thos. F. Fitz Gerald, Joseph B. Morss, John Q. Adams, Jeremiah Gatchell, Andrew M. Morton, Andrew Athy, Thomas Gates, William H. Murray, Horace C. Bacon, Ziba Gay, Reuben Noble, Emory Banister, Wm. B. Gibson, Richard Olney, Patrick Barry, Andrew J. Gove, James O. Parker, Richard 1). Blinn, F. E. Gray, Ezra Parmenter, John C. Blood, Joshua P. Ilaskell, Richard Pope, Enos W. Boise, Samuel M. Haynes, Edward B. Rankin, Dennis Bonner, James E. Hill, Lawrence Reade, S. Butterworth, George Hodges, E. P. Reed, James II. Carleton, N. E. Hollis, William F. Salmon, Patrick Collins, Francis M. Ilughes, Nathaniel Seaver, Austin H. Connell, Edward G. Hull, George A. Shaw, Henry J. Couch, Thomas Ingalls, Charles L. Shaw, Levi L. Cushing, Jr., Francis W. Jacobs, Albert Smith, Timothy J. Dacey, Jesse E. Keith, Rufus Smith, Curtis Davis, Elbridge G. Kelley, Ezra Stearns, I. W. Derby, Eben Kimball, Daniel J. Sweeney, Jarvis N. Dunham, George P. Kingsley, George W. Taft, Joseph M. Eaton. Samuel Loring, Hugh J. Toland, Aug. B. Endicott, Henry B. Lovering, George F. Terry, James E. Estabrook, John T. Manny, Michael F. Wells, John E. Fitzgerald, Walter N. Mason, James B. Williams.

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS of Quincy had 15 votes, as follows:— Messrs. David Aiken, John F. Haskins, John F. Moors, Albe C. Clark, John B. Hill, Porter Nutting, Edward Dickinson, James D. Hurlbut, Almon M. Oreutt, Francis Edson, Lucius W. Knight, Warren Sibley, Nahum B. Hall, Samuel O. Lamb, William Whiting. NATHANIEL P. BANKS of Walthara had 7 votes, as fol- lows :— Messrs. Geo. Bartholmesz, John Davol, Jr., Henry L. Pratt, Aaron O. Buxton, Daniel McCowan, J. A. G. Richardson. J. W. Coveney,

JOHN G. WHITTIER of Amesbury had oue vote : Nathaniel P. Banks.

HENKY L. PIERCE of Boston had one vote : Alfred A. Clatur.

WILLIAM B. WASHBURN of Greenfield had one vote: John E. Sanford.

AMASA WALKER of North Brookfield had one vote : Warren Tyler. And there being no choice, the two branches separated.

Met according to adjournment. The journal of Saturday was read.

Mr. Fitz, from the committee on the Treasury, on the Ee80ives. Resolves, In favor of John McGrath ; In favor of Nehetniah C. Furnald ; In favor of Patrick Haley ; and Mr. Lane, from the same committee, on the Resolves, In favor of Willie L. Payne ; In favor of Catharine Harvey ; In favor of Elizabeth Martindale ; In favor of Mary L. Tarbox ; and Mr. Stickney, from said committee, on the Resolve in favor of Patrick Buckley ; and The bills, Bins. To provide for the appointment of an assistant clerk of the central district court of Worcester ; To establish the salary of the clerk of the municipal court for the southern district of the city of Boston, sev- erally reported that said bills and Resolves ought to pass; and they were ordered to a second reading. © Mr. Banks presented a memorial of the selectmen of Arlington. Arlington for authority to issue additional water bonds; 35 and the same was referred, under a suspension of the 20th joint rule, to the committee on Towns. Sent down for concurrence. to° th If Vienna^ On motion of Mr. Hawes, the vote whereby the mes- Exposition. sage of the Governor concerning a census of the Common- wealth was referred to the committee on the report of the Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition was reconsidered under a suspension of the rules; and thereupon the Sen- ate non-concurred in the reference thereof to said com- mittee by the House, and the message was then referred to the committee on the Labor Question. Sent down for concurrence.

Papers from the House. Bills. Bills, To authorize the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Rail- road Company to establish and support a ferry (on the petition of said company) ; To authorize the New Bedford Railroad Company to lease its road ; In relation to mutual fire insurance companies (on the report of the Insurance Commissioner) ; In addition to an Act incorporating the Monadnock Railroad Company (on the petition of said company); In addition to an Act for supplying the town of Pitts- field with pure water (on the petition of the water com- missioners of said town), were read and ordered to a second reading. Bills, Relating to contracts with officers of cities ; Concerning the resignation of trustees, were severally read and referred to the committee on the Judieiary. Descent of A bill in relation to the descent of property, and to the property. rights of husband and wife, was read and referred to the committee 011 Probate and Chancery. State lunatic A Resolve authorizing the payment of a sewer assess- hospital at Worcester. ment on the property of the state lunatic hospital at Worcester (in a new draft of the Senate bill), was read and referred to the committee 011 the Treasury. Agents of insurance A report, discharging the committee on Insurance from companies. the further consideration of the bill regulating the respon- sibility of agents of insurance companies, was accepted in concurrence. A petition of James "Walton and others, for the annex- James Walton ation of Methuen to the city of Lawrence, was referred to etaIs" the committee on Towns in concurrence. The Senate bill to amend an Act for the encouragement cultivation of of the cultivation of useful fishes came up concurred, with useful ftshcs- an amendment, which was adopted in concurrence. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, Bin,. To amend the laws in regard to attachments disputed by persons having subsequent liens ; To change the time of holding probate courts in Hamp- den County ; and The Resolve in favor of the widow of James M. Bunker, were read a second time and ordered to a third reading O * The report on the petition of Daniel Simmons and Daniel Simmons others was laid on the table. et als-

The House bills, Biiis. To incorporate the Needham Savings Bank; Providing for the election of treasurers of fire districts and to amend chapter 24 of the General Statutes; To revive the Rockland Bank of Roxbury for certain purposes ; In addition to Acts in relation to smelt fisheries ; In addition to an Act to establish the city of Newton; To provide for holding additional terms of the probate court at Amherst, in the county of Hampshire, were sev- erally read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. The Senate bill concerning the Plymouth County Rail- Plymouth road Company was read a third time and passed to be CountyK-R-c°- engrossed. Sent down for concurrence.

The Senate bills, Billg Concerning the testimony of experts ; In addition to an Act to incorporate the Salisbury Beach "lank Road Company; To authorize the city of Worcester to take and hold land for slaughter-houses, and for other purposes, were severally ordered to a third reading. The bill to prohibit carrying offal of slaughtered animals through the public streets and highways in the daytime was amended and ordered to a third reading. Bin». The bills, Requiring the New Haven and Northampton Company to establish a flag-station on Main Street, in the town of Westfield ; Concerning the issue of bonds by street railway corpo- rations, were severally taken from the table and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. Biiis enacted The following engrossed bills (the first of which origi- t!be Governor? nated in the Senate) passed to be enacted, and were laid before the Governor for his approval, to wit:— To incorporate the Mechanics' Savings Bank in Boston. To fix the salary of the clerk of the district court for Central Berkshire. To fix the salary of the treasurer of Dukes County. To supply the city of Newton with water. To incorporate the First Religious Society in Blandford. To extend the equity powers of the supreme judicial court. To fix the salary of the clerk of the district court of Southern Berkshire. Adjourned.

TUESDAY, March 31, 1874. The members of the two Houses met in Convention, For the purpose of choosing a senator in the congress of the United States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. Charles Sumner. And the members present voted as follows, to wit:—

For HENRY L. DAWES of Pittsfield: Messrs. Charles Alden, E. P. Carpenter, Lucian F. Eldridge, Andrew J. Bailey, Cyrus W. Chapman, John 15. Fairbanks, Prentiss C. Baird. Damon E. Cheney, John II. Fisher, Henry L. Bancroft, Elijah II. Chisholm, Charles Fitz, William G. Bassett, Francis E. Clark, George S. Gates, B. T. Batclieller, L. J. Cole, Asahel Gates, John 11. Bell, John A. Cummings, Addison Gilbert, John Bisdow, Francis C. Curtis, Samuel S. Gleason, Samuel I'. Billings, John Gushing, Levi L. Goodspeed, S. W. Brayton, Thos. S. Cusmnan, Brownell Granger, Richard Britton, Henry C. Davis, Charles Ilale, James N. Buffum, Edward Eaton, Solomon E. Hallett, Messrs. Abraham W. Harris, Julius M. Lyon, L II. Sawin, "Francis B. Hayes, Horace H. Mayhew, Isaac F. Sawtelle, Benj. Heath, Moody Merrill, E. H. Seymour, A. Higginbottom, James L. Merritt, Henry P" Shattuck, Joseph W. Hill, Albert Montague, Henry Short.le, David P. Howes, W. Stanley Newhall, George I). Smalley, John B. Hull, Amasa Norcross, Sumner Southworth, Nathan S. Jenkins, Lysander J. Orcutt, Thomas N. Stone, N. L. Johnson, Charles S. Osgood, John H. Studley, Jonathan Johnson, Albert Palmer, James G. Tarr, George W. Jones, Wra. C. Parker, Jr., Daniel II. Thurston, Thomas 51. Judd, Henry W. Phelps, Artemas S. Tyler, Charles H. Killam, Smith R. Phillips, Warren Tyler, Edward Learned, Francis E. Porter, Zenas C. Wardwell, Joseph C. Little, I). Franklin Reed, Henry S. Washburn, Lewis Lombard, J. A. Rich, Tisdale S. White, George B. Loring, Philip H. Robinson, Robert R. Wiley, Charles A. Loud, Geo. D. Robinson, Henry W. Wilson, Aaron Low, Joseph W. Rogers, George C. Wright. Horatio A. Lucas. William R. Roundy, —95.

For E. ROCKWOOD HOAR of Concord : Messrs. William Abbott, Horace Haskins, William E. Perkins, Joseph E. Bailey, John A. Ilawes, Willard P. Phillips, Sanford W. Billings, Benj. F. Hayes, Charles L. Pratt, Robert R. Bishop, Benj. Howard, John W. Rice, Stephen F. Blaney, Andrew Howes, Joshua C. Robinson, William E. Blunt, Thomas P. Ilurlbut, Clias. Robinson, Jr., Fred'k L. Bosworth, R. Hutchinson, Nathaniel J. Rust, Sam'l H. Boutwell, Erastus Jones, George J. Sanger, Reuben Boynton, Edward J. Johnson, Cyrus Savage, William B. Brown, Moses Kimball, John Savery, Alonzo A. Carr, William S. Knox, John Shaw, Charles 11. Codman, Jonathan A. Lane, William L. Slade, George G. Crocker, Henry D. Lay, J. K. C. Sleeper, John Cummings, Daniel J. Lewis, Joshua B. Smith, Ben C. Currier, Willard Lewis, Moses Smith, Jedediali Dwelley, Frederic W. Lincoln, Abraham II. Smith, Geo. O. Fairbanks, Edward P. Loring, Frank. H. Sprague, C. C. Field, Lyman Mason, Richard H. Stearns, Joseph E. Fiske, Albert Mason, Charles P. Stickney, Eustace C. Fitz, David Mayhew, Leonard Washburn, John W. Fletcher, Edward McCleave, T. W. Wellington, Charles II. French, John J. McNutt, Cyrus 51. Wheaton, William Frost, John B. Moore, Simon H. White, John J. Giles, Avery W. Nelson, Moses Williams, Jr., Samuel S. Ginnodo, Edward O. Noyes, Samuel Winslow, Gayton M. Hall, Francis A. Nye, II. Y. Woods.—78.

For BENJAMIN R. CURTIS of Boston : Messrs. William A. Adams, John C. Blood, Henry J. Couch, John Q. Adams, Enos W. Boise, Levi L. Cusliing, Jr. Andrew Atliy, Dennis Bonner Timothy J. Daeey, Horace C. Bacon, S. Butterworth, Curtis Davis. Emory Banister, James II. Carleton, I. W. Derby, Patrick Barry, Patrick Collins, Jarvis N. Dunham, Richard D. Blinn, Austin II. Connell, Joseph M. Eaton, Messrs. Aug. B. Endicott, Francis W. Jacobs, Lawrence Reade, Jas. E. Estabrook, Jesse E. Keith, E. P. Reed, John E. Fitzgerald, Elbridge G. Kelley, J. A. G. Richardson, Thos. F.Fitz Gerald, Eben Kimball, William F. Salmon, Henry Fuller, George P. Kingsley, Nathaniel Seaver, Jeremiah Gatchell, E. H. Lathrop, George A. Shaw, Thomas Gates, Samuel Loring, Charles L. Shaw, Ziba Gay, Henry B. Lovering, Albert Smith, Wm. B. Gibson, Jolm T. Manny, Rufus Smith, Andrew J. Gove, AValter N. Mason, Ezra Stearns, F. E. Gray, Joseph B. Morss, Daniel J. Sweeney, Joshua P. Haskell, Andrew M. Morton, George W. Taft, Samuel M. Haynes, William H. Murray, Hugh J. Toland, James E. Hill, Reuben Noble, George F. Yerry, George Hodges, Richard Olney, Michael F. Wells, N. E. Hollis, James O. Parker, James B. Williams, Francis M. Hughes, Ezra Parmenter, Henry W. Wright. Edward G. Hull, Richard Pope, * —76. Thomas Ingalls, Edward B. Rankin,

For CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS of Quincy : Messrs. David Aiken, John F. Ilaskins, John F. Moors, Albe C. Clark, John B. Hill, Porter Nutting, Edward Dickinson, James D Hurlbut, Almon M. Orcutt, Francis Edson, Lucius W. Knight, Warren Sibley, Nahum B. Hall, Samuel O. Lamb, Wm. Whiting.—lo.

For NATHANIEL P. BANKS of Waltham: Messrs. Geo. Bartholmesz, J. W. Coveney, Daniel McCowan, Aaron O. Buxton, John Davol, Jr., Hemy L. Pratt.—6.

For WILLIAM B. WASHBURN of Greenfield : Messrs. John E. Sanford and Elbridge II. Goss.—2.

For JOHN G. WIIITTIER of Amesbury : Nathaniel P. Banks.—1.

For HENRY L. PIERCE of Boston : Alfred A. Clatur.—1. And there being no choice, the two branches separated.

Met according to adjournment. The journal of yesterday was read. Proxy voting Mr. Verry, from the committee on the Judiciary, on the corporations, hi]] to repeal chapter 236 of the Acts of 1865, relating to voting by proxy by officers of corporations, reported the same in a new draft under the title of Bill concerning proxy voting by officers of corporations. The same senator, from the same committee, on the 'Worcester, order relative to amending the Act of 1866, to revise the charter of the city of Worcester, reported A bill respecting the police of the city of Worcester ; and these bills were severally read and ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Norcross, from the same committee, on the bill to Taunton and establish the salaries of the justices and clerks of the comtsofi6- municipal court of Taunton and of the police court of Somerville; and Mr. Aiken, from the same committee, on the bill to Records of town amend chapter 265 of the Acts of the year 1867, concern- Pr°Prietaries- ing the preservation of the records of town proprietaries, severally reported -that the same ought to pass ; and they were ordered to a second reading.

Mr. Verry, from said committee, on the bill in relation Testimony, to taking depositions to perpetuate testimony, reported, recommending that the Senate non-concur in the passage of said bill as a substitute for that passed by the Senate; and the report was placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. Mr. Stone, from the committee on the Liquor Law, 011 Intoxicating so much of the Governor's address as relates to the sale of uiU0r8- intoxicating liquors, and on all matters referred to said committee relating thereto, reported that it is inexpedient to legislate thereon. The same senator presented minority reports of other members of the committee; and these reports were laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

Papers from the House. A bill relating to sales of land on execution j was read Sales of land on and referred to the committee on the Judiciary. A bill relating to sales of real estate bv executors and Sales °f real . . . . -i i/> i estate by execu- administrators in certain cases was read and referred to tors, the committee on Probate and Chancery. A report of the committee on Towns, that it is inexpe- Nahantand dient to legislate on the order relative to re-annexing the Lynn" town of Nahant to the city of Lynn; and A report of the committee on Water Supply and Drain- Jamaica Pond age, granting leave to withdraw on'the petition of the portion? C°r" Jamaica Pond Aqueduct Corporation, were severally read and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. Superintend- ents of schools. Petitions of Clark Jillson and others ; Emory Washburn and others ; John K. Tarbox and others ; Cyrus Savage and others ; Smith R. Phillips and others ; W. H. Learnard and others ; and W. W. Rice and others, severally for the amendment of the laws relative to the election of superintendents of schools, were referred to the committee on Education.

Isaac P. Clark. A petition of Isaac P. Clark, guardian, that state aid may be granted to his ward, John Farran, was referred to the committee 011 Claims. Severally in concurrence. On motion of Mr. Hurlbut,— Intoxicating liquors. Ordered, That one thousand extra copies of the several reports and bills of the committee on the Liquor Law be printed for the use of the legislature. Bills. The orders of the day were taken up, and the bills, To establish the salary of the clerk of the municipal court for the southern district of the city of Boston; To provide for the appointment of an assistant clerk of the central district court of Worcester ; To authorize the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Rail- road Company to establish and support a ferry; To authorize the New Bedford Railroad Company to lease its road; In relation to mutual fire insurance companies; In addition to an Act incorporating the Monadnoek Railroad Company; In addition to an Act for supplying the town of Pitts- field with pure water : and Resolves. The Resolves, In favor of Patrick Ilaley ; In favor of Patrick Buckley ; I11 favor of Nehemiah C. Furnald; I11 favor of Mary L. Tarbox ; In favor of John McGrath ; I11 favor of Elizabeth Martindale ; In favor of Catharine Harvey, were severally read a second time and ordered to a third reading. wiiiieL.Payne. The Resolve in favor of Willie L. Payne was recommit- ted to the committee on Claims. The House bill to amend the laws ill regaro d to attach- Attachments of ments disputed by persons having subsequent liens was real estate. read a third time and passed to be engrossed in concur- rence. The Senate bill concerning the testimony of experts Testimony of was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. experts. Sent down for concurrence.

The Senate bill concerning the issue of bonds by street street railway railway corporations was amended and ordered to a third corP°ratlollB- reading. The Senate bill in addition to an Act to incorporate the Salisbury Beach Salisbury Beach Plank Road Company was read a third Plank Road Co' time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence.

The Senate bill to authorize the city of Worcester to Worcester, take and hold land for slaughter-houses, and for other pur- poses, was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. Sent down for concurrence. The Senate bill to prohibit carrying offal of slaughtered Conveyance of animals through the public streets and highways in the Streisand®11 daytime was read a third time and passed to be engrossed. hlghway8- Sent down for concurrence. The bill requiring the New Haven and Northampton New Haven and Company to establish a flag-station on Main Street in the Northampton town of Westfield was rejected. The House bill to change the time of holding probate Hampden courts in Hampden County ; and Couuty' The House Resolve in favor of the widow of James M. i*™*}1- Bunker, were severally read a third time and passed to be Bunker. engrossed in concurrence.

A bill from the House to authorize the town of Abing- Abington. ton to hold a second annual meeting for the present year was read three times, under a suspension of the rule, and passed to be engrossed in concurrence. The bill to regulate fishing in the Connecticut and Mer- Connecticut and r ack rimack Rivers came from the House amended, and the Rfv'e ;™ amendment was adopted in concurrence.

The report on the petition of S. E. Sewall and others; s.E.sewaii and et als- The bill to amend chapter 43 of the General Statutes, Highways and in relation to laying out highways and town ways, were townwai"8- 36 taken from the table and placed in the orders of the day for to-morrow. Joseph Warren The motion to reconsider the vote whereby the Senate Monument , . . TT . Y Association. refused to concur with the House in suspending the 20th joint rule, in order to refer the bill to incorporate the Joseph Warren Monument Association to the committee on Mercantile Affairs, was taken from the table and car- ried in the affirmative, and the Senate concurred in the reference. Duties on coai. The Resolve concerning the abolition of duties on coal came up, and the House insists on its non-concurrence in the reference of the same to the committee oil Federal Re- lations ; and the Senate insisted on its reference, and Messrs. Fuller, Banks and Johnson were appointed a committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses. Sent down for concurrence. Adjournment. On motion, it was ordered that when the Senate ad- journs, it be to meet to-morrow at 1 o'clock, or at such hour as the convention of the two Houses shall have adjourned. Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, April 1, 1874. The two branches met in Convention, For the purpose of choosing a senator in the congress of the United States, to till the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. Charles Sumner. And the roll being called, the members present voted as follows :—

For HENRY L. DAWES of Pittsfield: Messrs. Charles Alden, E. P. Carpenter, Edward Eaton, Andrew J. Bailey, Cyrus W. Chapman, Lucian F. Eldridge, Prentiss C. Baird, Damon E. Cheney, John B. Fairbanks, Henry L. Bancroft, Elijah II. Chisholm, John H. Fisher, William G. Bassett, Francis E. Clark, Charles Fitz, B. T. Batcheller, L. J. Cole, George S. Gates, John II Bell, John A. Cummings, Asahel Gates, John Bigelow, Francis C. Curtis, Addison Gilbert, Samuel P. Billings, John Cushing, Samuel S. Gleason, S. W. Brayton, Thos. S. Cushman, Levi L. Goodspeed, Kichard Britton, Henry C. Davis, Brownell Granger, James N. Buil'um, Jedediah Dwelley, Charles Hale,