u *; Entiatice Hon. HORACE H. COOLIDQE, President. Left. Right. Alonzo M. Giles. Patrick A Collins. Francis A. Hobart. 11. James Pierce. Benjamin F. Clark. Stephen M. Crosby. Nathaniel E. Atwood. 12. James A. Fox. Charles R. Ladd. Jacob Bates. George M. Buttrick. 13. William W. Kellogg. Nathaniel J. Holden William W. Warren. George A. King. 14. George W. Johnson. Joseph G. Pollard. George Rice. M. George H. Monroe. 15. W. W . Jenness. John B. Hathaway. Francis Thompson. Ellis W. Morton. 16. Jeremiah H. Pote. Charles J. Kittredge. Joseph S. Howe. James G. Sproat. \7. James Edmund H. Leland. Dowse. Henry C. Greeley. Waldo Colburn. 18. Stephen H. Rhodes. Orlando B. Tenney. Frederick Willcomb. John Fletcher, Jr. 19. John A. Hawes. Andrew J. Clark. Joseph A. Benjamin. Charles A. Wheelock. JOHN MOitiSSEY. SergeaiU-tU-Arma S N. GIFFORD, Clerk. R^,p ortfis ijuilr'ju 15. \;^\ I) raff/r//// VA r-A V^A \\ ^<>'^^'^^^<'/B<?p/'e^f^/r/^^/t/ve^ \^ szx V <^2^ \2sY27^^^\ V24\23\22\2I \73\74\73\72\ 71 [w [ j |i'^U*}i'7Utf| \95\94^\93\ff2 [yyJJT/ I/^^'/7Im^a-w| !/jjf!/j7L/j<sj/j 'dee'ae ^o\l89\l88^JS '\3w\20^oA l3a'7^ffg\^^Zff4\ ^27^2^2i\224\ ^^222^22^22^ [zt^ 23^23^23^2^ 234\233ilj2^3j\ '" ' m m m m Members OaUerir %^^-^^m '^r^--^:-^^W^^W dtomnianteallli of llass!tc|»sdt«. MANUAL FOR THE USE OF THE GENERAL COURT CONTAINING THE RULES AND ORDERS OE THE TWO BRANCHES, TOGETHER WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMON-\VEALTH, AND THAT OF THE UNITED STATES, A LIST OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE GOVERNJIENT, STATE INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR OFFICERS, COUNTY OFFICERS, AND OTHER STATISTICAL INFORMATION. Prepared, pursuant to Orders of the Legislature, BY S. N. GIFFORD and WSI. S. ROBINSON. BOSTON: WRIGHT & POTTER, STATE PRINTERS, No. 79 Milk Street. 1870. ffiiommonhjcaltlj of fHasssdjusetts. In Senate, June 16, 1869. Ordered, That the Clerks of the two branches cause to be prepared and printed twenty-five hundred copies of so much of the Legislative Manual as may be practicable, on the general plan of the present year. Sent down for concurrence. S. N. GIFFORD, Clerl. House of Representatives, June 21, 1869. Concurred. W. S. ROBINSON, Clerh. In Senate, January 12, 1870. Ordered, That the Clerks of the ttvo branches cause to be printed and bound in a suitable form twenty-five hundred copies of the Rules and Orders of the two branches, with lists of the several Standing and Special Committees, together with such other matter as may be considered practicable, in a Legislative Manual. Sent down for concurrence. S. N. GIFFORD, aerh. House of Representatives, January 13, 1870. Concurred. W. S. ROBLN"SON, Cleric. INDEX Page. Agricultural Library, 288 Agriculture, Board of, 160 Almshouses, State, 165 Assayer of Ores ; also of Liquors, 162 Attorney-Generals, since 1692, 137 Auditors, since 1849, 138 Battle Flags, 293 Blind, Massachusetts Asylum for, 165 Boston Athenaeum, 288 Boston and Albany Eailroad, State Directors of, . 162 Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, State Directors of, . 162 Cape Cod Harbor, Commissioners on, 162 ' Cattle Commissioners, . 162 Census of Inhabitants in 1865, Legal voters in 1865, and Valuation in 1865, 115 Census of the United States, 124 Colleges of the Commonwealth, 166 Commissioners, &c., 162 Committee Kooms, assignment of, 285 Committees, Standing, of the Senate, 272 Standing, of the House, 274 Joint Standing, 277 Joint Special, . 283 Common Picas, Justices of the Court of, from 1820 to 1859, 147 Congressional Districts, 102 Constitution of Massachusetts, 33 Constitution of the United States, 9 Council Districts, 107 Councillors, 223 County Officers, 151 4 Index. Page. Court. Superior, Justices of since 1859 148 Superior, present Justices, 149 Court, Supreme, since the Revolution, .... 145 Supreme Judicial, present Justices, .... 148 Courts of Probate and Insolvencj', . 149, 152, ei segr. District-Attorneys, . 151 Education, Board of, 161 Education, Board of, Secretaries of, since 1837, . 138 Executive Department, 223 Fish, Inspector of, 162 Gas, &c., Inspector of, 162 Governors of Massachusetts, since 1620, .... 133 Harbor Commissioners, 162 Health, Board of, 163 House of Representatives, list of Members of, by Counties, 236 List of Members of, alphabetical, their districts, and residences, 249, 265 List of Members of, arranged by seats, . 266 Officers and Monitors of, 270 Reporters of, 284 Speakers of, from 1780 to 1869, 140 Clerks of, from 1780 to 1869, 142 Idiotic and Feeble-minded Youth, Massachusetts School for, 164 Inland Fisheries, Commissioners of, 163 Insurance Commissioner, 162 Judiciary of Massachusetts, 144 Labor Statistics, Bureau of, 163 Leather, Inspector of, 162 Legislature, organization of, since 1780, .... 139 Length of Sessions of, since 1832, .... 143 Lieutenant-Governors of Massachusetts, since 1692, . 133 Liquor Commissioner, 162 Index. 5 Page. Monitors of the House, 270 Mileage Schedule, 129 Municipal Courts, 149 Pilot Commissioners for Port of Boston, . .162 Police Courts, 149 Population of the United States, according to the Censuses of 1830, '40, '50, and '60, 115 Post-Offices in Massachusetts, 169 Pot and Pearl Ashes, Inspector of, 162 Public Lands, Commissioners on, 162 Eailroad Commissioners, 163 Representative Districts, 108 Rules and Orders of the Senate, 183 Of the House, 197 Joint, of the two branches, 213 Savings Banks Commissioner, 162 136 Secretaries of the Commonwealth, since 1780, . • Senate Districts, 104 Senate, list of Members of, with districts, residences, &c., . 229 List of Members of, alphabetical, .... 233 Arrangement of seats in, 232 Officers of, 235 Reporters of, 284 Presidents of, from 1780 to 1869, 139 Clerks of, from 1780 to 1869, 140 Senators, United States, from Massachusetts, since 1789, . 136 United States, Act regulating the time and manner of electing, 99 Shire Towns. (See County Officers.) Soldiers' Messenger Corps, 290 State Charities, Board of, 162 State House, 291 State Industrial School for Girls, 164 State Library, 287 State Lunatic Hospitals, 163 State Nautical School, 164 6 Index. Page. State Police, 289 State Prison, 165 State Reform School for Boys, 1G4 ToAvns and Post-Offices in Massachusetts, .... 169 Treasurers of the Commonwealth, since 1780, . 137 Trial Justices. (See County Officers.) United States, Postal Regulations, 178 United States, Constitution of, 9 United States, Population of, 124 Valuation of the Commonwealth, in 1865, . .115 Voters, Legal, in 1885, . 115 Vote for President, in Massachusetts, in 1868, . 125 CONSTITUTION UNITED STi^TES CONSTITUTION UNITED STATES ARTICLE I. Section 1. Legislative powers ; Iq whom vested. Sect. 2. House of Representatives, how and by whom chosen—Quali- fications of a Representative — Representatives and direct taxes, how apportioned—Census—Vacancies to be filled—Power of choosing officers, and of impeachment. Sect. 3. Senators, how and by whom chosen—How classified—State executive to make temporary appointments, in case, &c.—Qualifications of a Senator—President of the Senate, his right to vote—President pro tern., and other officers of Senate, how chosen—Power to try impeach- ments—When President is tried, Chief Justice to preside—Sentence. Sect. 4. Times, &c., of holding elections, how prescribed—One session in each year. Sect. 5. Membership — Quorum — Adjournments—Rules — Power to punish or expel^Journal—Time of adjournments limited, unless, &c. Sect. 6. Compensation—Privileges—Disqualification in certain cases. Sect. 7. House to originate all revenue bills—Veto—Eill may be passed by two-thirds of each house, notwithstanding, &c.—Bill not returned in ten days—Provisions as to all orders, &c., except, &c. Sect. 8. Powers of Congress. Sect. 9. Provision as to migration or importation of certain persons —Habeas Corpus—Bills of Attainder, &c.,—Taxes how apportioned—No export duty—No commercial preferences—No money drawn from treas- ury, unless, &c.,—No titular nobility—Officers not to receive presents, unless, &c. Sect. 10. States prohibited from the exercise of certain powers. 10 Gonstiiution of the United States. ARTICLE II. Section 1. President; his term of office-^Electors of Presiden*^^ ; num- ber and how appointed—Electors to vote on same day—Qualification of President—On whom his duties devolve in case of his removal, death, &c.,— President's compensation—His oath. Sect. 2. President to be commander-in-chief—He may require opinion of, &c., and may pardon—Treaty-making power—Nomination of certain officers—When President may fill vacancies. Sect. 3. President shall communicate to Congress—He may convene and adjourn Congress, in case, &c.; shall receive ambassadors; execute laws, and commission officers. Sect. 4. All civil offices forfeited for certain crimes. ARTICLE III. Section 1. Judicial Power—Tenure—Compensation. Sect. 2. Judicial power ; to what cases it extends—Original jurisdic- tion of supreme court—Appellate—Trial by jury, except, &c.—Trial, where. Sect. 3. Treason defined—Proof of—Punishment of. ARTICLE IV. Section 1. Each State to give credit to the public acts, &c., of every other State. Sect. 2. Privileges of citizens of each State—Fugitives from justice to be delivered up—Persons held to service having escaped, to be delivered up. Sect. 3. Admission of new States—Power of Congress over territory and other property. Sect. 4. Republican form of government guaranteed—Each State to be protected. ARTICLE V. Constitution; how amended—Proviso. ARTICLE VI. Certain debts, &c., adopted—Supremacy of Constitution, treaties, and laws of the United States—Oath to support Constitution, by whom taken—no religious test. ARTICLE VII. What ratification shall establish Constitution. — . Constitution of the United States. 11 AMENDMENTS. I.—Religious establishment prohibited—Freedom of speech, of th« press, and right to petition. IT.—Right to keep and bear arms. ni.—No soldier to be quartered in any house, unless, &c. IV.—Right of search and seizure regulated. V.—Provisions concerning prosecution, trial and punishment Private property not to be taken for public use, without, &c VI.—Further provision respecting criminal prosecutions.