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Hon. LEVI H. GREENWOOD, President.
ON PRESIOENT-S RIGHT.
Hon. Erson B. Barlow.
Luke S. Stowe.
William R. Burke.
Thomas M. Vinson.
Samuel Boss.
Walter B. McLane.
William H. Wheeler.
Daniel E. Denny.
Arthur L. Nason.
James P. Timilty.
Denuis E. Halley.
John H. Hunt.
John H. Schoonmaker.
Arthur S. Adams.
Charles H. Brown.
James A. Hatton.
Harry N. Steams.
Joseph P. Lomasney.
Edric Eklridge.
Frank P. Bennett, Jr.
HENEY D. OOOLIDQB, Clerk.
ON PRESIDENT'S LEFT.
Hon. Charles V. Blanchard.
" George L. Barnes.
" Claude L. Allen.
" Charles H. Pearson.
" Calvin Coolidge.
" Edward J. Grainger.
" Ezra W. Clark.
" Frederic M. Hersey.
" Francis J. Horgan.
" George H. Newhall.
" James F. Powers.
" Francis X. Quigley.
Vacant.
" Geo. Holden Tinkhan
" Thomas M. Joyce.
" George A. Schofield.
" Charles F. McCarthy.
" John H. Mack.
" Charles S. Chace.
" Henry C. Mulligan.
THOMAS F. PEDEICK, Sergeant-at-Amn.
©I|f Ql0mm0nmraltIy nf iHasaarljuartta
MANUAL
j FOB THE USE OF THE
'general court
CONTAINING THE
RULES OF THE TWO BRANCHES,
TOGETHEB WITH THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND THAT OF THE
UNITED STATES. AND A LIST OF THE EXECUTIVE.
LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS
OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT. STATE
INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR
OFFICERS,
AND OTHER STATISTICAL INFORMATION.
Prepared under Section 10 of Chapter 9 of the Revised Laws,
»- - Bi
HENRY D. OOOr-IliGfe, CLEaK ofthr Sbwate
AND
JAMES W. KIMBALL, Cljrk 07 the House.
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CONTENTS.
Page
Agricultural (Massachusetts) College, .... 340
Agricultural Library 676
Agriculture, State Board of, 303
Amherst College 337
Armory Commissioners, 305
Arms of the Commonwealth, 674
Art Commission, 305
Attorney -General, Department of 423
Attorneys-General since 1686 263
Auditor of the Commonwealth, Department of, . . . 423
Auditors since 1849, 265
Ballot Law Commission, 305
Bank Commissioner, 305
Bar Examiners, State Board of, 305
Barnstable, State Normal School at, 314
Blind, Massachusetts Commission for the, .... 305
Boards and Commissions, 303-314
Boston, Directors of the Port of, 306
Boston, Licensing Board for the City of, . . . . 306
Boston, Pilots for the Port of, 306
Boston, State Normal Art School at, 318
Boston Athenaeum, 676
Boston College, 340
Boston Finance Commission, 306
Boston Juvenile Court, 283
Boston Police Commissioner 306
Boston State Hospital, 324
Boston Transit Commission 306
iv Contents.
Page
Boston University, 341
Boys, Industrial School for, 319
Brldgewater, Slate Normal School at, 318
Brigham (Peter Bent) Hospital, 327
Calendar for 1912, 677
Cattle Bureau, 306
Census of Inhabitants in 1905 and 1910, Legal Voters in
1905 and Registered Voters in 1911, .... 246
Charity, State Board of 306
Cities, Statistics of, 93
Cities and Towns Alphabetically, with the Congressional,
Councillor, Senatorial and Representative Districts
of each, 219
Cities in the Commonwealth, with the Dates of their Incor-
poration and their Population, 194
Civil Service Commission, 307
Clark College, 345
Clark University, 344
College of the Holy Cross 338
Colleges in Massachusetts, 335
Commissions, 303-314
Committees :
Joint Standing, . 480
Standing, of the House, 478
Standing, of the Senate, 477
Conciliation and Arbitration, State Board of, . . . 307
Congress :
Act regulating the Time and Manner of electing Sen-
ators to, 89
Vote for Members of, 383
Congressional Districts, 195
Constitution of Massachusetts, 25
Amendments to, 68
Constitution of the United States, 3
Amendments to, 17
Consumptives, Massachusetts Commission on Hospitals
for 320
Corporations, Commissioner of, ..... . 307
Contents. v
Page
Council, Committees of the, 422
Councillor Districts, 202
Councillors, 421
Counties, Cities and Towns of Massachusetts, Statistics of, 93
County Accounts, Controller of, 307
County Officers, 292
Court of Common Pleas, Justices of, from 1820 to 1859, . 277
Court, Superior, for the County of Suffolk, from 1855 to
1859, 278
Court, Superior, of Judicature, from 1692 to 1775, . . 274
Courts :
Boston Juvenile, 283
District, 285
Land, 283
Municipal, 290
Of Probate and Insolvency, 283
Police 284
Courts, Superior and Supreme Judicial :
Justices of, since the Revolution, 275
Justices of, since 1859, 279
Present Justices of, 280-282
Dairy Bureau, . . 304
Danvers State Hospital, 322
Dentistry, Board of Registration in, 307
Deputy Governors of Massachusetts since 1629, . . . 257
District Attorneys, 291
District Courts, 285
District Police, Massachusetts, 315
Education, Board of, 307
Secretaries of, since 1837, 265
Embalming, Board of Registration in, . . . . 308
Everett (Mount) Reservation Commission, ... . 311
Executive Department, 421
Executive Secretary, 421
Fall River, Board of Police for the City of, ... 308
Fall River, The Bradford Durfee Textile School of, . . 308
Feeble-minded, School for, 323
Fire Insurance Rates, Board of Appeal for, . . . 308
vi Contents.
Page
Firemen's Relief Fund, Commissioners of the, . . . 308
Fisheries and Game, Commissioners on, .... 308
Fitchburg, State Normal School at 318
Foreign Letters, Postage on, 369
Foxborough State Hospital, 324
Framingham, State Normal School at, .... 318
Free Public Library Commissioners, 308
Gardner State Colony, 323
Gas and Electric Light Commissioners, .... 308
Governor, 1912 421
Messenger to, • . . 422
Secretary to, 421
Governor's Staff, 424
Governors since 1620, 256
Greylock Reservation Commission, 309
Harbor and Land Commissioners 309
Harvard College, 335
Health, State Board of, 309
Highway Commission, 309
Holy Cross, College of, 338
Holyoke (Mount) College, 337
Homestead Commission, 310
Hospital Cottages for Children, 323
House of Representatives :
Alphabetical List of Meml^ers, their Districts and Res-
idences, 453
List of Members, by Counties, 437
List of Members, with Committees of which each per-
son is a Member, 496
Monitors of, 473
Officers of, 472
Reporters of, • 506
Rules of, 539
Notes of Rulings on the, 620
Speakers and Clerks of, since 1780, . . . 269-271
Industrial School for Boys, 319
Insane Hospitals, Trustees of, 321-324
Insanity, State Board of, 310
Contents. vii
Page
Institutions under Supervision of Board of Prison Com-
missioners :
Massachusetts Reformatory, 325
Prison Camp and Hospital, 325
Reformatory for Women, 325
State Prison, 325
Institutions under Supervision of State Board of Charity :
Consumptives, Trustees of Hospitals for, . . . 320
Industrial School for Boys, 319
Lyman School for Boys, 319
Massachusetts Training Schools, 319
Massachusetts Hospital School, 320
Rutland State Sanatorium, 320
State Farm, 319
State Industrial School for Girls 319
State Infirmary, 319
Institutions under Supervision of State Board of Insanity :
Boston State Hospital 324
Danvers State Hospital, 322
Foxborough State Hospital, 324
Gardner State Colony, 323
Hospital Cottages for Children, 323
Massachusetts School for the Feeble-minded, . . 323
Medfield State Asylum, 322
Monson State Hospital, 322
Northampton State Hospital, 322
Taunton State Hospital, '• 321
Westborough State Hospital, 322
Worcester State Hospital, 321
Wrentham State School, 323
Insurance Commissioner, 310
Insurance Guaranty Fund, Trustees of the, . . . 309
Jackson College, 345
Joint Rules of the Two Branches, 575
Notes of Rulings on the, 648
Judiciary of Massachusetts, 274
Lakeville State Sanatorium, 320
Land Court 283
viii Contents.
Page
Legislation in the United States, Commissioners for the
Promotion of Uniformity in, 313
Legislature :
Length of Sessions of, since 1832, 272
Organization of, since 1780, 266
Sergeants-at-Arms of, since 1835, 271
Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts, 1912, . . . 421
Lieutenant-Governors of the Province of Massachusetts
Bay, 259
Lieutenant-Governors since 1780, 259
Loan Agencies, Supervisor of, 310
Lowell, State Normal School at, 318
Lowell Textile School, 310
Lumber, Surveyor-General of, 310
Lyman School for Boys, 319
Lynn Harbor, Commission for Investigation of, . . 310
Massachusetts, Constitution of, 25
Amendments to, 68
Massachusetts Agricultural College, 340
Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, . . 326
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, 336
Massachusetts District Police, 315
Massachusetts Employees Insurance Association, Board
of Directors of, 310
Massachusetts General Hospital, 326
Massachusetts Historical Society, 676
Massachusetts Homceopathic Hospital, .... 327
Massachusetts Hospital School, 320
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, .... 339
Massachusetts Reformatory, 325
Massachusetts School for the Feeble-minded, . . . 323
Massachusetts Training Schools, 319
Medfield State Asylum, 322
Medical Examiners, 328
Medicine, Board of Registration in, 311
Metropolitan Park Commission, 311
Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, .... 311
Militia, Massachusetts Volunteer 425
Contents. ix
Page
Monson State Hospital, 322
Mount Everett Reservation Commission, . . . . 311
Mount Holyoke College, 337
Municipal Courts 290
Nautical Training School, Commissioners of the, . . 311
New Bedford Textile School, 311
Normal Schools, State, 318
Northampton State Hospital, 322
North Adams, State Normal School at, ... . 318
North Reading State Sanatorium, 320
Nurses, Board of Registration of, 311
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, 326
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 327
Pharmacy, Board of Registration in, 311
Pharmacy, Massachusetts College of 336
Plumbers, State Examiners of, 312
Police Courts, 284
Population and Voters of Massachusetts, .... 246.
Postal Regulations (for foreign postage, see page 369) , . 365
Post-offices in Massachusetts 346
President of the United States, vote for, in 1908, . . 371
Prison Camp and Hospital, 325
Prison Commissioners, Board of, 312
Prisons. (See Massachusetts Reformatory, Prison Camp
and Hospital, Reformatory for Women and State
Prison.)
Probate and Insolvency, Courts of, 283
Probation, Commission on, . . . . . . . 312
Province Laws, 312
Publication, State Board of, 312
Public Library Commissioners, Free • 308
Public Records, Commissioner of, 312
Radcliffe College, 343
Railroad Commissioners, Board of 312
Reformatory, Massachusetts, 325
Reformatory for "Women, 325
Reporters 506
Representative Districts, 209
X Contents.
Page
Representatives in Congress (1910), by Districts, . . 383
Rules :
Joint, 575
Of the House, 539
Of the Senate, 511
Rulings, Notes of, of the Presiding Offlcers :
On the Constitution, 597
On the House Rules, 620
On the Joint Rules, 648
On the Senate Rules, 604
On Sundry Questions, 663
Rutland State Sanatorium, 320
Salem, State Normal School at, 318
School for the Feeble-minded, 323
Seal of the Commonwealth, 673
Secretaries of the Commonwealth since 1780, . . . 262
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Department of, . . 423
Senate :
Alphabetical List of Members, 434
Arrangement of Seats in, 433
List of Members, by Districts, with Residences, etc., . 429
List of Members, with Committees of which each per-
son is a Member , 493
Offlcers of, 436
Presidents and Clerks of, since 1780, . . . 266-268
Reporters of, 506
Rules of, 511
Notes of Rulings on the, 604
Senatorial Districts, 205
Senators, United States :
Act regulating the Time and Manner of electing, . . 89
From Massachusetts, since 1789, 261
Sergeant-at-Arms and Appointees, . . . • . . 474
Sergeants-at-Arms of the General Court since 1835, . . 271
Shire Towns. (See County Officers.)
Simmons College, 344
Smith College, 343
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, 327
Solicitors-General, 263
Contents. xi
Page
state Aid and Pensions, Commissioner of, . . . . 312
State Dairy Bureau, 304
State Farm, 319
State Forester, 313
State House, 669
State Industrial School for Girls, 319
State Infirmary, 319
State Institutions, 319-325
State Library 313,075
State Normal Schools, 318
State Officers, Vote for, in 1911, 415
State Prison, 326
Statistics, Bureau of, 313
Sundry Rulings, 663
Superior Court. (See Courts, Superior and Supreme Judicial.)
Supreme Judicial Court. (See Courts, Superior and Su-
preme Judicial.)
Taunton State Hospital 321
Tax Commissioner, 313
Technology, Massachusetts Institute of, . . . . 339
Towns, Statistics of, 93
Towns and Cities Alphabetically, with the Congressional,
Councillor, Senatorial and Representative Districts
in which each is located 219
Treasurer and Receiver-General, Department of, . . 423
Treasurers of the Commonwealth since 1780, . . . 262
Trial Justices. (See County Officers.)
Tufts College, 338
Uniformity of Legislation in the United States, Commis-
sioners for the Promotion of, 313
United States :
Act regulating the Time and Manner of electing Sena-
tors in the Congress of, 89
Constitution of, 3
Amendments to, 17
Postal Regulations of, 365
Senators from Massachusetts in the Congress of, since
1789 261
Universities. (See Colleges in Massachusetts.)
xii Contents.
Page
Valuation of the Commonwealth in 1910, .... 235
Various Institutions, 326, 327
Veterinary Medicine, Board of Registration in, . . . 313
Vote for Councillors in 1911, 416
Vote for Governor in 1911, 397
Vote for President in Massachusetts in 1908, . . . 371
Vote for Representatives, Sixty-second Congress, . . 383
Vote for State Officers, 1911, 415
Voters, Legal, in 1905, 246
Voters, Registered, in 1911, 246
Voting Machine Examiners, 313
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation Commission, . 313
Weights and Measures, Commissioner of, . . . . 314
Wellesley College 342
Westborough State Hospital, 322
Westfield, State Normal School at 318
Westfield State Sanatorium, 320
Williams College, 336
Women, Reformatory for, 325
Worcester, State Normal School at, 318
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 341
Worcester State Hospital, 321
Wrecks and Shipwrecked Goods, 314
Wrentham State School, 323
CONSTITUTION
OF THE
United States of America
AND
CONSTITUTION
OR
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
FOR THE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
PREAMBLE.
Objects of the Constitution.
Article I.
Section 1. Legislative powers, in whom vested. Page 5.
Sect. 2. House of representatives, how and by whom chosen —
Qualifications of a representative — Representatives and direct
taxes, how apportioned — Census — Vacancies to be filled — Power
of choosing officers, and of impeachment. 5, 6.
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 ;)ro tern, and other officers of Senate, how chosen —
Power to try impeachments — AVheu President is tried, Chief Justice
to preside — Sentence. 6,7.
Sect. 4. Times, &c., of holding elections, how prescribed — One
session in each year. 7.
Sect. 5. Membership — Quorum — Adjournments — Rules —
Power to punish or expel — Journal — Time of adjournment limited,
unless, «&c. 7, 8.
Sect. 6. Compensation— Privileges — Disqualification in certain
cases. 8.
Sect. 7. House to originate all revenue bills — Veto — Bill may
be passed by two-thirds of each house, notwithstanding, &c. — Bill
not returned in ten days — Provision as to all orders, &c., except,
&c. 8, 9.
Sect. 8, Powers of Congress. 9, 10.
Sect. 9. Provision as to migration or importation of certain per-
Bons,— Habeas corims — B\\\s of attainder, &c. — Taxes, how appor-
tioned—No export duty— No commercial preferences — No money
drawn from treasury, unless, &c. — No titular nobility — Officers not
to receive presents, unless, &c. 10, 11.
Sect. 10. States prohibited from the exercise of certain powers.
11.
Constitution of the United States,
Article n.
Section 1. President and Vice-President, their term of office —
Electors of President and Vice-President, number, and how ap.
pointed — Electors to vote on same day — Qualifications of President
— On whom his duties devolve in case of his removal, death, &c.—
President's compensation — His oath. 11-13.
Sect. 2. President to be commander-in-chief — He may require
opinion of, &c., and may pardon — Treaty-making power — Nomina-
tion of certain officers — When President may fill vacancies. 13.
Sect. 3. President shall communicate to Congress — He may con-
vene and adjourn Congress, in case, &c.; shall receive ambassadors,
execute laws, and commission officers. 14.
Sect. 4. All civil offices forfeited for certain crimes. 14.
Article III.
Section 1. Judicial power— Tenure — Compensation. 14.
Sect. 2. Judicial power, to what cases it extends — Original juris-
diction of supreme court — Appellate — Trial by jury, except, &c.—
Trial, where. 14, 15.
Sect. 3. Treasondefined — Proof of — Punishment of. 15.
Article IV.
Section 1. Credit to be given to public acts, &c., of every State.
15.
Sect. 2. Privileges of citizens of each State — Fugitives from jus-
tice to be dehvered up — Persons held to service, having escaped, to
be delivered up. 15.
Sect. 3. Admission of new States — Power of Congress over ter-
ritory and other property. 15, 16.
Sect. 4. Republican form of government guaranteed — Each
State to be protected. 16.
Article V.
Constitution, how amended — Proviso. 16.
Article VI.
Certain debts, «&c., adopted — Supremacy of Constitution, treaties,
and laws of the United States — Oath to support Constitution, by
whomtaken— No religious test. 16, 17.
Article VII.
What ratification shall establish Constitution. 17.
Constitution of the United States
Amendments.
I. — Religious establislnuent prohibited— Freedom of speech, ol
the press, and right to petition. 17.
II. — Right to keep and bear arms. 17.
HI. — No soldier to be quartered in any house, unless, &c. 17.
IV. — Right of search and seizure regulated. 17, 18.
v. — Provisions concerning prosecutions, trials, and punishments
— Private property not to be taken for public use, witiiout,
&c. 18.
VI. —Further provisions respecting criminal prosecutions. 18.
VII. — Right of trial by jury secured. 18,
VIII. — Bail, fines, and punishments. 18.
IX. — Rule of construction. 18.
X. — Same subject. 18.
XI. — Same subject. 19.
XII. — Manner of choosing President and Vice-President. 19, 20.
XIII. — Slavery abolished. 20.
XIV. — Citizenship defined — Apportionment of representatives —
Persons engaged in rebellion excluded from oflice — Debts
of United States, and of States contracted during the rebel-
lion. 20, 21.
XV. — Right of citizenship not to be abridged. 21.
"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more
perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity,
provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare,
and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States
of America.
Article I.
Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be
vested in a congress of the United States, which shall consist
of a senate and house of representatives.
Sect. 2. The house of representatives shall be composed of
members chosen every second year by the people of the several
states, and the electors in each state shall have the qualifica-
tions requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the
state legislature.
No person shall be a representative who shall not have
attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years
6 Constitution of the United States.
a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected,
be an inhabitant of that state in whicli he shall be chosen.
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among
the several states which may be included within this Union,
according to their respective numbers, which shall be deter-
mined by adding to the whole number of free persons, includ-
ing those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding
Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons. The actual
enumeration shall be made withm three years after the first
meeting of the congress of the United States, and within every
subsequent term of ten years, in such maim.er as they shall by
law direct. The number of representatives shall not exceed
one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least
one representative ; and until such enumeration shall be made,
the state of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three,
Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
one, Connecticut five. New York six. New Jersey four, Penn-
sylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten. North
Carolina five. South Carolma five, and Georgia three.
When vacancies happen m the representation from any state,
the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to
fill such vacancies.
The house of representatives shall choose their speaker and
other ofiicers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment.
Sect. 3. The senate of the United States shall be composed
of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature
thereof, for six years ; and each senator shall have one vote.
Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of
the first election, they shall be divided as equally as may be
into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class
shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the
second class at the expiration of the fourth year, and of the
third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so that one-third
may be chosen every second year ; and if vacancies happen by
resignation, or otherwise, during the recess of the legislature of
any state, the executive thereof may make temporaiy appoint-
ments until the next meeting of the legislature, which shall
then fill such vacancies.
Constitution of the United States, 7
No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to
the age of thu-ty years, and been nine years a citizen of the
United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabit-
ant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
The vice-president of the United States shall be president of
the senate, but shall have no vote, imless they be equally
divided.
The senate shall choose their other officers, and also a presi-
dent pro tempore, in the absence of the vice-president, or when
he shall exercise the office of president of the United States.
The senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments.
When sittmg for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirma-
tion. When the president of the United States is tried, the
chief justice shall preside: and no person shall be convicted
without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.
Judgment m cases of impeachment shall not extend further
than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and
enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States :
but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject
to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to
law.
Sect. 4. The times, places and manner of holdmg elections
for senators and reiiresentatives, shall be prescribed in each
state by the legislature thereof ; but the congress may at any
time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the
places of choosing senators.
The congress shall assemble at least once in eveiy year, and
such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, imless
they shall by law appoint a different day.
Sect. 5. Each house shall be the judge of the elections,
returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority
of each shall constitute a quormn to do business ; but a smaller
number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized
to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner,
and under such penalties as each house may provide.
Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, xumish
its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence
of two-thirds, expel a member.
8 Constitution of the United States.
Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from
time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in
then- judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the
members of either house on siny question shall, at the desire of
one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Neither house, during the session of congress, shall, without
the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor
to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be
sitting.
Sect. 6. The senators and representatives shall receive a
compensation for their services, to be ascertamed by law, and
paid out of the treasury of the United States. They shall in all
cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privi-
leged from arrest dm-mg their attendance at the session of their
respective houses, and in going to and returning from the same ;
and for any speech or debate in either house, they shall not be
questioned in any other place.
No senator or representative shall, during the time for which
he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the
authority of the United States, which shall have been created,
or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during
such time ; and no person holding any office under the United
States, shall be a member of either house during his continu-
ance in office.
Sect. 7. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the
house of representatives ; but the senate may propose or concur
with amendments as on other bills.
Every bill which shall have passed the house of representa-
tives and the senate, shall, before it become a law, be pre-
sented to the president of the United States ; if he approve he
shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections,
to that house in which it shall have originated, who shall enter
the objections at large on their journal, and proceed to recon-
sider it. If after such reconsideration two-thirds of that house
shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the
objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be
reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that house, it
Constitution of the United States. 9
shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both
houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of
the persons voting for and agamst the bill shall be entered on
the journal of each house respectively. If any bill shall not be
returned by the president within ten days (Sxmdays excepted)
after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a
law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the congress
by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall
not be a law.
Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of
the senate and house of representatives may be necessary (except
on a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the presi-
dent of the United States ; and before the same shall take effect,
shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall
be repassed by two-thirds of the senate and house of representa-
tives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the
case of a bill.
Sect. 8. The congress shall have power — to lay and collect
taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide
for the common defence and general welfare of the United States ;
but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout
the United States ; — to borrow money on the credit of the United
States ; — to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among
the several states, and with the Indian tribes ; — to establish an
tmiform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject
of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; — to coin money,
regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the
standard of weights and measures ; — to provide for the punish-
ment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the
United States; — to establish post offices and post roads; — to
promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing
for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right
to their respective writings and discoveries; — to constitute tri-
bunals inferior to the supreme court; — to define and punish
piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences
against the law of nations ; — to declare war, grant letters of
marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on
land and water ; — to raise and support armies, but no appro-
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priation of money to that use shall he for a longer term than
two years ; — to provide and maintain a navy ; — to make rules
for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces ;
— to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws
of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions; — to
provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia,
and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the
service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively,
the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training
the militia according to the discipline prescribed by congress ;
— to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over
such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession
of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the
seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise
like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the
legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erec-
tion of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards, and other needful
buildings ; — and to make all laws which shall be necessary and
proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all
other powers vested by this constitution in the government of
the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
Sect. 9. The migration or importation of such persons, as
any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall
not be prohibited by the congress prior to the year one thousand
eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on
such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be sus-
pended, imless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public
safety may require it.
No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.
No capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in pro-
portion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to
be taken.
No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state.
No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce
or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another; nor
shall vessels bound to, or from, one state, be obliged to enter,
clear or pay duties in another.
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No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in conse-
quence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular statement
and accoimt of the receipts and expenditures of all public money
shall be published from time to time.
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States;
and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them
shall, without the consent of the congress, accept of any present,
emolument, office or title, of any kind whatever, from any king,
prince, or foreign state.
Sect. 10. No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or
confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money ;
emit bills of credit ; make any thing but gold and silver coin a
tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attainder, ex post
facto law, or law impairmg the obligation of contracts, or grant
any title of nobility. No state shall, without the consent of the
congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except
what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection
laws: and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by
any state on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the
treasury of the United States ; and all such laws shall be sub-
ject to the revision and control of the congress. No state shall,
without the consent of congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep
troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agree-
ment or compact with another state, or with a foreign power,
or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent
danger as will not admit of delay.
ArticIiJ: II.
Section 1. The executive power shall be vested in a Presi-
dent of the United States of America. He shall hold his office
during the term of four years, and, together with the vice-presi-
dent, chosen for the same term, be elected, as follows: —
Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature
thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole
number of senators and representatives to which the state may
be entitled in the congress ; but no senator or representative, or
person holding an office of trust or profit under the United
States, shall be appointed an elector.
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[The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote
by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an
inhabitant of the same state with themselves. And they shall
make a list of all the persons voted for, and of the number of
votes for each; which list they shall sign and certify, and
transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United
States, directed to the president of the senate. The president
of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and house of
representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall
then be coimted. The person having the greatest numb'er of
votes shall be the president, if such number be a majority of
the whole number of electors appointed ; and if there be more
than one who have such majority, and have an equal number
of votes, then the house of representatives shall immediately
choose by ballot one of them for president; and if no person
have a majority, then from the five highest on the list the said
house shall in like manner choose the president. But in choos-
ing the president, the votes shall be taken by states, the repre-
sentation from each state having one vote ; a quorum for this
purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds
of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary
to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the president,
the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors
shall be the vice-president. But if there should remain two or
more who have equal votes, the senate shall choose from them
by ballot the vice-president.]
The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors,
and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day
shall be the same throughout the United States.
No person except a natural bom citizen, or a citizen of the
United States, at the time of the adoption of this constitution,
shall be eligible to the oftice of president; neither shall any
person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to
the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident
within the United States.
In case of the removal of the president from office, or of
his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and
duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the vice-
president, and the congress may by law provide for the case of
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removal, death, resignation, or inability, both of the president
and vice-president, declaring what officer shall then act as presi-
dent, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability
be removed, or a president shall be elected.
The president shall, at stated times, receive for his services,
a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished
during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he
shall not receive within that period any other emolument from
the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take
the following oath or affirmation : —
" I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute
the office of president of the United States, and will to the best
of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of
the United States."
Sect. 2. The president shall be commander-in-chief of the
army and navy of the United States, and of the militia of the
several states, when called into the actual service of the United
States ; he may require the opmion, in writing, of the principal
officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject
relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall
have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against
the United States, except in cases of impeachment.
He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of
the senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators
present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the
advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint ambassadors,
other public ministers and consuls, judges of the supreme court,
and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments
are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be estab-
lished by law : but the congress may by law vest the appoint-
ment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the
president alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of depart-
ments.
The president shall have power to fill up all vacancies
that may happen during the recess of the senate, by grant-
ing commissions which shall expire at the end of their next
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Sect. 3. He shall from time to time give to the congress
information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their
consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and
expedient ; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both
houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between
them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn
them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive
ambassadors and other public ministers ; he shall take care that
the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the
officers of the United States.
Sect. 4. The president, vice-president, and all civil officers of
the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment
for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and
misdemeanors.
Article III.
Section 1. The judicial power of the United States shall
be vested in one supreme court, and in such mferior courts as
the congress may from time to tune ordain and establish. The
judges, both of the supreme and mferior courts, shall hold their
offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive
for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished
during their continuance in office.
Sect. 2. The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law
and equity, arising under this constitution, the laws of the
United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made,
imder their authority; — to all cases affecting ambassadors,
other public ministers, and consuls; — to all cases of admiralty
and maritime jurisdiction; — to controversies to which the
United States shall be a party ; — to controversies between two
or more states ; — between a state and citizens of another state ;
—between citizens of different states ; — between citizens of the
same state claiming lands under grants of different states, and
between a state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states,
citizens or subjects.
In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and
consuls, and those in which a state shall be a paity, the supreme
court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases
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before mentioned, tlie supreme court shall have appellate juris-
diction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and
under such regulations as the congress shall make.
The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall
be by jury ; and such trial shall be held in the state where the
said crimes shall have been committed; but when not com-
mitted within any state, the trial shall be at such place or
places as the congress may by law have du-ected.
Sect. 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist
only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their
enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be
convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses
to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
The congi'ess shall have power to declare the punishment of
treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of
blood, or forfeiture excei^t during the life of the person attainted.
Article IV.
Section 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each state
to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every
other state. And the congress may by general laws prescribe
the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall
be proved, and the effect thereof.
Sect. 2. The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all
privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.
A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other
crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another
state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state
from which he fled, be delivered uj) to be removed to the state
having jurisdiction of the crime.
No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laAvs
thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law
or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor,
but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such
service or labor may be due.
Sect. 3. New states may be admitted by the congress into
this Union ; but no new state shall be formed or erected within
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the jurisdiction of any other state ; nor any state be formed by
the junction of two or more states, or parts of states, without the
consent of tlie legislatm-es of the states concerned as well as of
the congress.
The congress shall have power to dispose of and make all
needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other
property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this
constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of
the United States, or of any particular state.
Sect. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in
this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect
each of them against invasion, and on application of the legis-
lature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be con-
vened) against domestic violence.
Article V.
The congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem
it necessary, shall propose amendments to this constitution, or,
on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several
states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which,
in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part
of this constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three-
fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three-fourths
thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be pro-
posed by congress ; provided that no amendment which may be
made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight
shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the
ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its
consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the senate.
Article VI.
All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the
adoption of this constitution, shall be as valid against the United
States under this constitution, as imder the confederation.
This constitution, and the laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance thereof ; and all treaties made, or
which shall be made, under the authority of the United States,
shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every
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state shall be bound thereby, any thing in the constitution or
laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
The senators and representatives before mentioned, and the
members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and
judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several
states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this
constitution ; but no religious test shall ever be required as a
qualification to any office or public trust under the United
States.
Article VII.
The ratification of the conventions of nine states, shall be
sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between
the states so ratifying the same.
ARTICLES
IN ADDITION TO, AND AMENDMENT OF,
The Cojistitution of the United States of America, proposed by
congress, and ratified by the legislatures of the several states,
pursuant to the fifth article of the original constitution.
Article I. Congress shall make no law respecting an estab-
lishment of religion, or i^rohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right
of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the govern-
ment for a redress of grievances.
Art. II. A well regulated militia, being necessary to the
security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear
arms shall not be infringed.
Art. III. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered
in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of
war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Art. IV. The right of the people to be secure in their per-
sons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches
and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue,
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but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and
particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons
or things to be seized.
Art. V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or
otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indict-
ment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval
forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war
or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same
offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb ; nor shall be
compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,
nor be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process
of law ; nor shall private property be taken for public use, with-
out just compensation.
Art. YI. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall
enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial
jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been
committed, which district shall have been previously ascer-
tained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of
the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against
him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his
favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence.
Art. VII. In suits at common law, where the value in con-
troversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury
shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise
re-examined in any court of the United States, than according
to the rules of the common law.
Art. VIII. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor exces-
sive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Art. IX. The enmneration in the constitution, of certain
rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others
retained by the people.
Art. X. The powers not delegated to the United States by
the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are, reserved
to the states respectively, or to the people.
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Art. XI. The judicial power of the United States shall not
be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced
or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of
another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.
Art. XII. The electors shall meet in their respective states,
and vote by ballot for president and vice-president, one of whom,
at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with them-
selves ; they shall name in their ballots tlie person voted for as
president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice-
president, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted
for as president, and of all persons voted for as vice-president,
and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign
and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government
of the United States, directed to the president of the senate ; —
the president of the senate shall, in presence of the senate and
house of representatives, open all the certificates and the votes
shall then be comited ; — the person having the greatest number
of votes for president, shall be the president, if such number be
a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if
no person have such majority, then from the persons having
the highest nmnbers not exceeding three on the list of those
voted for as president, the house of representatives shall choose
Immediately, by ballot, the president. But in choosing the
president, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation
from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose
shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the
states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a
choice. And if the house of representatives shall not choose a
president whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon
them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the
vice-president shall act as president, as in the case of the death
or other constitutional disability of the president.
The person having the greatest number of votes as vice-pres-
ident, shall be the vice-president, if such number be a majority
of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person
have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the
list, the senate shall choose the vice-president ; a quorum for
the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of
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senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary
to a choice.
But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of pres-
ident shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United
States.
Art. XIII. Sect. 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servi-
tude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States,
or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Sect. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article
by appropriate legislation.
Art. XIV. Sect. 1. All persons bom or naturalized in the
United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens
of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No
state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immmiities of citizens of the United States ; nor
shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Sect. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the
several states accordmg to their respective numbers, counting
the whole number of persons in each state, excluding Indians
not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the
choice of electors for president and vice-president of the United
States, representatives in congress, the executive and judicial
officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof,
is denied to any of the niifle inhabitants of such state, being
twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or
in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or
other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced
in the propoi'tion which the number of such male citizens shall
bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of
age in such state.
Sect. 3. No person shall be a senator, or representative in
congress, or elector of president and vice-president, or hold any
office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any
state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of
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congress, or as an oflBcer of the United States, or as a member
of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of
any state, to support the constitution of the United States, shall
have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or
given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But congress may,
by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disability.
Sect. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States,
authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of
pensions and bomities for services in suppressing insurrection or
rebellion, shall not be questioned.
But neither the United States, nor any state, shall assimie or
pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or
rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss
or emancipation of any slave ; but all such debts, obligations
and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Sect. 5. The congress shall have power to enforce, by appro-
priate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Art. XV. Sect. 1. The right of citizens of the United States
to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or
by any state, on account of race, color, or previous condition of
servitude.
Sect. 2. The congress shall have power to enforce this article
by appropriate legislation.
[Note. The constitution was adopted September 17, 1787, by the
unanimous consent of the states present in the convention appointed
in pursuance of the resolution of the congress of the confederation
of February 21, 1787, and was ratified by the conventions of the sev-
eral states, as follows, viz.: By convention ot Belaicare, December
7,1787; Pen)isi/lra7}ia, Decemher 12, 1787; New Jersey, December 18,
1787; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Coivnecticut, January 9,1788; Massa-
chusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788; South Carolina,
May 23, 1788; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788; Virginia, June 26, 1788;
New YorTc, July 26, 1788; North Carolina, November 21, 1789; Rhode
Island, May 29, 1790.
The first ten of the amendments were proposed at the first session
of the first congress of the United States, September 25, 1789, and
were finally ratified by the constitutional number of states on De-
cember 15, 1791. The eleventh amendment was proposed at the first
session of the third congress, March 5, 1794, and was declared in a
22 Constitution of the United States,
message from the President of the United States to both houses of
congress, dated January 8, 1798, to have been adopted by the consti-
tutional number of states. The twelfth amendment was proposed at
the first session of the eighth congress, December 12, 1803, and was
adopted by the constitutional number of states in 1804, according to
a public notice thereof by the secretary of state, dated September 25
of the same year.
The thirteenth amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the
several states by the thirty-eighth congress on February 1, 1865, and
was declared, in a proclamation of the secretary of state, dated
December 18, 1865, to have been ratified by the legislatiu'es of three-
fourths of the states.
The fourteenth amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the
several states by the thirty-ninth congress, on June 16, 1866.
On July 20, 1868, the secretary of state of the United States issued
his certificate, setting out that it appeared by ofiicial documents on
file in the department of state that said amendment had been ratified
by the legislatures of the states of Connecticut, Kew Hampshire,
Tennessee, Xew Jersey, Orerjov, Vermont, Xew York, Ohio, Illinois,
West Virginia, Kansas, Maine, Nevada, Missouri, Indiana, Minne-
sota, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, MassachU'
setts, Nebraska and Iowa, and by newly esfciblished bodies avowing
themselves to be and acting as the legislatures of the states of Arkan-
sas, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Ala-
bama ; that the legislatures of Ohio and New Jersey had since passed
resolutions withdrawing the consent of those states to said amend-
ment; that the whole number of states in the United States was
thirty-seven, that the twenty-three states first above named and the
six states next above named together, constituted three-fourths of
the whole number of states, and certifying that if the resolutions of
Ohio and New Jersey, ratifying said amendment were still in force,
notwithstanding their subsequent resolutions, then said amendment
had been ratified and so become valid as part of the constitution.
On July 21, 1868, congress passed a resolution reciting that the
amendment had been ratified by Connecticut, Tennessee, Neio Jersey^
Oregon, Vermont, West llrginia, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio,
Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Michigan, Nevada, Nero Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ne-
braska, Maine, Iowa, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Alabama,
South Carolina and Louisiana, being three-fourths of the several
states of the Union, and declaring said fourteenth article to be a part
of the constitution of the United States, and making it the duty of
the secretary of state to duly promulgate it as such.
On July 28, 1868, the secretary of state issued his certificate, recit-
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ing the above resolution, and stating that official notice had been
received at the department of state that action had been taken by the
legislatures of the states in relation to said amendment, as follows :
"It was ratified in A.D. 1866, by ConnecticzU, June 30; JS^eio Hamp-
shire, July 7; Tennessee, July 19; Oregon, September 19; Vermont,
November 9. In A.D. 1867, by New Yorh, January 10; Illinois, Jan-
uary 15; West Virginia, January 16; Kansas, January 18; Maine,
January 19; Nevada, January 22; Missotiri, January 26; Indiana,
January 29; Minnesota, February 1; Rhode Island, February 7;
Wisconsin, February 13; Pennsylvania, February 13; Michigan,
February 15; Massachusetts, March 20; Nebraska, June 15. In A.D.
1868, by Iowa, April 3; Arkansas, April 6; Florida, June 9; Louisi-
ana, July 9; and Alabama, July 13.
" It was first ratified and the ratification subsequently withdrawn
hy New Jersey, ratified September 11, 1866, withdrawn April, 1868;
Ohio, ratified January 11, 1867, and withdrawn January, 1868.
" It was first rejected and then ratified by Georgia, rejected No-
vember 13, 1866, ratified July 21, 1868; North Carolina, rejected
December 4, 1866, ratified July 4, 1868; South Carolina, rejected De-
cember 20, 1866, and ratified July 9, 1868.
" It was rejected by Texas, November 1, 1866; FiV^'zm'a, January 9,
1867; Kentucky, January 10, 1867; Delaioare, February 7, 1867; and
Maryland, March 23, 1867."
And on said July 28, 1868, and in execution of the act proposing
the amendment and of the concurrent resolution of congress above
mentioned and in pursuance thereof, the secretary of state directed
that said amendment to the constitution be published in the news-
papers authorized to promxxlgate the laws of the United States, and
certified that it had been adopted in the manner above specified by
the states named in said resolution, and that it " has become valid
to all intents and purposes as a part of the constitution of the United
States."
Subsequently it was ratified by Virginia, October 8, 1869, by
Georgia, again, February 2, 1870, and by Texas, February 18, 1870.
The fifteenth amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the
several states by the fortieth congi-ess on February 27, 1869, and was
declared, in a proclamation of the secretary of state, dated March 30,
1870, to have been ratified by the constitutional number of states and
to have " become valid to all intents and purposes as part of the con.
stitxition of the United States."]
CONSTITUTION OR FORM OF GOYERNMENT
FOR THE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Preamble.
Objects of government — Body politic, how formed — Its nature.
Page 32.
Part I.
Article 1. Equality and natural rights of all men. 33.
Art. 2. Right and duty of public religious worship — Protection
therein. 33.
Art. 3. Legislature empowered to compel provision for public
worship; and to enjoin attendance thereon — Exclusive right of
electing religious teachers secured — Option as to whom parochial
taxes may be paid, unless, &c. — All denominations equally protected
— Subordination of one sect to another prohibited. 33, 34.
Art. 4. Right of self-government secured. 34.
Art. 5. Accountability of all officers, &c. 34.
Art. 6. Services rendered to the public being the only title to
peculiar privileges, hereditary offices are absurd and unnatural. 35.
Art. 7. Objects of government; right of people to institute and
change it. 35.
Art. 8. Right of people to secure rotation in office. 35.
Art. 9. All, having the qualifications prescribed, equally eligible
to office. 35.
Art. 10. Right of protection and duty of contribution correlative
— Taxation founded on consent— Private property not to be taken
for public uses without, «S;c. 35, 36.
Art. 11. Remedies, by recourse to the law, to be free, complete
and prompt. 36.
Art. 12. Prosecutions regulated — Right to trial by jury in crimL-
nal cases, except, &c. 36.
Art. 13. Crimes to be proved in the vicinity. 36.
Art. 14. Right of search and seizure regulated. 36, 37.
Art. 15. Right to trial by jury sacred, except, &c. 37.
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Art. 16. Liberty of the press. 37.
Art. 17. Right to keep and bear arms — Standing armies danger-
ous—Military power subordinate to civil. 37.
Art. 18. Moral qualifications for office — Moral obligations of
lawgivers and magistrates. 37.
Art. 19. Right of people to instruct representatives and petition
legislature. 37, 38.
Art. 20. Power to suspend the laws, or their execution. 38.
Art. 21. Freedom of debate, &c., and reason thereof. 38.
Art. 22. Frequent sessions, and objects thereof. 38.
Art. 23. Taxation founded on consent. 38.
Art. 24. JE'cT ^os^/ac^o laws prohibited. 38.
Art. 25. Legislature not to convict of treason, &c. 38.
Art. 26. Excessive bail or fines, and cruel punishments, prohib-
ited. 38.
Art. 27. No soldier to be quartered in any house, unless, «S:c. 38,39.
Art. 28. Citizens exempt from law-martial, unless, &c. 39.
Art. 29. Judges of supreme judicial court — Tenure of their office
— Salaries. 39.
Art. 30. Separation of executive, judicial and legislative depart-
ments. 39.
Part n. — Frame of Government.
Title of body politic. 40.
Chapter I.
Section 1,
Article 1. Legislative department. 40.
Art. 2. Governor's veto — Bill may be passed by two-thirds of
each house, notwithstanding. 40, 41.
Art. 3. General court may constitute judicatories, courts of
record, &c. — Courts, &c., may administer oaths. 41.
Art. 4. General court may enact laws, &c., not repugnant to the
constitution; may provide for the election or appointment of offi-
cers; prescribe their duties; impose taxes, duties and excises, to be
disposed of for defence, protection, «S:c. — Valuation of estates, once
in ten years, at least, while, &c. 41, 42.
Section 2.
Article l. Senate, number of, and by whom elected — Counties
to be districts, until, &c. 42, 43.
Art. 2. Manner and time of choosing senators and councillors —
Word " inhabitant," defined — Selectmen to preside at to\Am meetings
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— Return of votes — Inhabitants of unincorporated plantations, who
pay state taxes, may vote — Plantation meetings — Assessors to
notify, «&c. 43^5.
Art. 3. Governor and council to examine and count votes, and
issue summonses. 45.
ART. 4. Senate to be final judge of elections, &c., of its own mem-
bers—Vacancies, how filled. 45, 46.
Art. 5. Qualifications of a senator. 46.
ART. 6. Senate not to adjourn more than two days. 46.
Art. 7. Shall choose its oflicers and establish its rules. 46.
Art. 8. Shall try all impeachments — Oath — Limitation of sen-
tence. 46.
Art. 9. Quorum. 46.
Section 3.
Article 1. Representation of the people. 47.
Art. 2. Representatives, by whom chosen — Proviso as to towns
having less than 150 ratable polls — Towns liable to fine in case, &c.
— Expenses of travelling to and from the general court, how paid.
47.
Art. 3. Qualifications of a representative. 47, 48.
Art. 4. Qualifications of a voter. 48.
Art. 5. Representatives, when chosen. 48.
Art. 6. House alone can impeach. 48.
Art. 7. House to originate all money bills. 48.
Art. 8. Not to adjourn more than two days. 48.
Art. 9. Quorum. 48..
Art. 10. To judge of returns, &c., of its own members; to choose
its officers and establish its rules, &c. — May punish for ceitain
offences — Privileges of members. 48, 49.
Art. 11. Senate — Governor and council may punish — General
limitation — Trial may be by committee, or otherwise. 49.
Chapter II.
Section 1.
Article 1. Governor— His title. 49.
Art. 2. To be chosen annually — Quahfications. 50.
Art. 3. To be chosen by the people, by a majority of votes —
How chosen, when no person has a majority. 50.
Art. 4. Power of governor, and of governor and council. 51.
Art. 5. Same subject. 51.
ART. 6. Governor and council may adjourn general court in
cases, &c., but not exceeding ninety days. 51.
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Art. 7. Governor to be commander-in-chief — Limitation. 51, 52.
Art. 8. Governor and council may pardon offences, except, &c.
— But not before conviction, 52.
Art. 9. All judicial officers, &c., how nominated and appointed.
53.
Art. 10. Militia officers, how elected — How commissioned —
Election of officers — Major-generals, how appointed and commis-
sioned-Vacancies, how filled, in case, &c. —Officers, duly commis-
sioned, how removed — Adjutants, &c., how appointed — Organization
of militia. 53, 54.
Art. 11. Money, how drawn from the treasury, except, &c. 54.
Art. 12. All public boards, &c., to make quarterly returns. 54.
Art. 13. Salary of governor— Salaries of justices of supreme
judicial court — Salaries to be enlarged, if insufficient. 54, 55.
Section 2.
Article l. Lieutenant-governor, his title and qualifications —
How chosen. 55.
Art. 2. Presidentof council — Lieutenant-governor a member of,
except, &c. 55, 56.
Art. 3. Lieutenant-governor to be acting governor, in case, &c.
56.
Section 3.
Article l. Council. 56.
Art. 2. Number; from whom, and how chosen — If senators be-
come councillors, their seats to be vacated. 56.
Art. 3. Rank of councillors. 57.
Art. 4. No district to have more than two. 57.
Art. 5. Register of council. 57.
Art. 6. Council to exercise the power of governor in case, &c.
57.
Art. 7. Elections may be adjourned until, &c. — Order thereof.
57.
Section 4.
Article 1. Secretary, &c., by whom and how chosen — Treas-
urer ineligible for more than five successive years. 58.
Art. 2. Secretary to keep records, to attend the governor and
council, &c. 58.
Chapter III.
Article 1. Tenure of all commissioned officers to be expressed
—Judicial officers to hold office during good behavior, except, &c.
— But may be removed on address. 58.
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Art. 2. Justices of supreme judicial court to give opinions, when
required. 58.
Art. 3. Justices of the peace; tenure of their office. 59.
Art. 4. Provisions for holding probate courts. 59.
Art. 6. Provisions for determining causes of marriage, divorce,
Ac. 59.
Chapter IV.
Delegates to congress. 59.
Chapter V.
Section 1.
Article l. Harvard College — Powers, privileges, &c., of the
president and fellows confirmed. 60.
Art. 2. All gifts, grants, &c., confirmed. 60.
Art. 3. Who shall be overseers — Power of alteration reserved to
the legislature. 61.
Section 2.
Duty of legislatures and magistrates in all future periods. 61, 62.
Chapter VI.
Article 1. Oaths of allegiance and office, &c. 62-64.
Art. 2. Plurality of offices prohibited to governor, &c., except,
&c. — Incompatible offices —Bribery, &c., disqualify. 64, 65.
Art. 3. Value of money ascertained — Property qualifications
may be increased. 65.
Art. 4. Provisions respecting commission. 65.
Art. 5. Provisions respecting writs. 65.
Art. 6. Continuation of former laws, except, &c. 65,
Art. 7. Benefit of habeas corpus secured, except, &c. 66.
ART. 8. The enacting style. 66.
Art. 9. Officers of former government continued until, &c. 66.
Art. 10. Provision for revising constitution. 66, 67.
Art. 11. Provision for preserving and publishing this constitu-
tion. 67.
Amendments.
Article 1. Bill, &c., not approved within five days, not to be-
come a law, if legislature adjourn in the meantime. 68.
Art. 2. General court empowered to charter cities — Proviso.
68.
Art. 3. Qualifications of voters for governor, lieutenant-gov-
ernor, senators and representatives. 68, 69.
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Art. 4. Notaries public, how appointed and removed — Vacancies
in tlie office of secretary and treasurer, how filled, in case, &c.—
Commissary-general may be appointed, in case, &c.— Militia offi-
cers, how removed. 69.
Art. 5. Who may vote for captains and subalterns. 69.
Art. 6. Oath to be taken by all officers; or affirmation in case,
&c. 69, 70.
Art. 7. Tests abolished. 70.
Art. 8. Incompatibility of offices. 70.
Art. 9. Amendments to constitution, how made. 70, 71.
Art. 10. Commencement of political year; and termination —
Meetings for choice of governor, lieutenant-governor, &c., Avhen to
be held — May be adjourned — Articles, when to go into operation —
Inconsistent provisions annulled. 71, 72.
Art. 11. Religious freedom established. 72, 73.
Art. 12. Census of ratable polls — Representatives, how appor-
tioned. 73, 74.
Art. 13. Census of inhabitants — Senatorial districts — Appor-
tionment of representatives and councillors — Freehold as a qualifi-
cation for a seat in general court or council not required. 74-76.
Art. 14. Election by people to be by plurality. 76.
Art. 15. Time of annual election of governor and legislature. 76.
Art. 16. Eight councillors, how chosen — State to be districted —
Eligibility defined — Day and manner of election — Vacancies, how
filled — Organization of government. 76, 77.
Art. 17. Election of secretary, treasurer, auditor and attorney-
general by the people — Vacancies, how filled- To qualify within
ten days — Qualifications. 77,78.
Art. 18. School money not to be applied for sectarian schools.
78.
Art. 19. Legislature to prescribe for election of sheriffs, registers
of probate, &c., by the people. 78, 79.
ART. 20. Reading constitution in Enghsh and writing, necessary
qualification s of voters — Proviso. 79.
Art. 21. Census of voters and inhabitants — House of representa-
tives to consist of 240 members — Legislature to apportion, &c.—
Qualifications of representatives, and number for quorum. 79, 80.
Art. 22. Census of voters and inhabitants — Senate to consist of
40 members — Senatorial districts — Proviso —Qualifications of sen-
ators, and nimiber for quorum. 80, 81.
Art. 23. Residence of two years required of naturalized citizens
to entitle to suffrage, or make eligible to office. Repealed. 81.
Art. 24. Vacancies in the senate. 82.
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Art. 25. Vacancies in tlie council. 82.
Art. 26. Twenty-third article repealed. 82.
Art. 27. Oflicers of Harvard College may be elected members of
the general court. 82.
Art. 28, Persons having served in the U. S. army or navy, &c.,
not to be disqualified from voting, &c. Amended. 82.
Art. 29. General court empowered to provide more than one
place of meeting in towns for the election of oflicers, and to prescribe
manner of calling, &c., such meetings. 82, 83.
Art. 30. No person to be disqualified from voting because of u
change of residence, until after six months, &c. 83.
Art. 31. Article twenty-eight amended. 83.
Art. 32. So much of article three annulled as makes the payment
of a poll tax a prerequisite for voting. 83.
Art. 33. A majority of each Ijranch of the general court to con-
stitute a quorum, &c. 83, 84.
Art. 34. Property qualification of governors annulled. 84.
Art. 35. Clause in relation of payment of travelling expenses of
mem])ers of the house annulled. 84.
Art. 36. So much of article nineteen as is contained in the words
*' Commissioners of Insolvency " annulled. 84.
Art. 37. Governor, with the consent of the council, may remove
justices of the peace and notaries public. 84.
Art. 38. Voting machines or other mechanical devices for voting
may be used at all elections, under regulations. 84.
Art. 39. Article ten of part one amended so as to permit legis-
lature to authorize the taking in fee by the commonwealth, or by a
county, city or town, of more land and property than are needed for
the laying out, widening or relocating of highways or streets. 84.
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PREAMBLE.
The end of the mstitution, mamteiiance, and admmistration
of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to
protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with
the power of enjoying m safety and tranquillity their natural
rights, and the blessings of life: and whenever these great
objects are not obtained the people have a right to alter the
government, and to take measures necessary for their safety,
prosperity, and happiness.
The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of indi-
viduals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people
covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole
people, that all shall be governed by certam laws for the common
good. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in frammg a con-
stitution of government, to provide for an equitable mode of
making laws, as well as for an impartial interpretation and a
faithful execution of them ; that every man may, at all times,
find his secm-ity in them.
We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging,
with grateful hearts, the goodness of the great Legislator of the
universe, in affording us, in the com'se of His providence, an
opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud, vio-
lence, or surprise, of entering into an original, explicit, and
solemn compact with each other ; and of forming a new con-
stitution of civil government, for ourselves and posterity; and
devoutly imploring His direction in so interesting a design, do
agree upon, ordain, and establish, the following Declaration of
Eights, and Frame of Government, as the Constitution of
THE Commonwealth of IVIassachtjsetts.
Constitution of Maasacliusetts, 33
PART THE FIRST.
A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts.
Article I. All men are bom free and equal, and have cer-
tain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which
may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives
and liberties ; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting proi>-
erty; in fine, tliat of seeking and obtaining their safety and
happiness.
Art. II. It is the right as well as the duty of all men in
society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme
Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the imiverse. And
no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person,
liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in the manner and sea-
son most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience ; or
for his religious profession of sentiments ; provided he doth not
disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious
worship.
Art. III. [As the happmess of a jieople, and the good order
and i)reservation of civil government, essentially depend upon
piety, religion, and morality ; and as these cannot be generally
diffused through a community but by the institution of the
public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety,
religion, and morality: Therefore, to promote their happiness,
and to secure the good order and preservation of their govern-
ment, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest
their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the
legislatm'e shall, from tune to time, authorize and require, the
several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or
religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own
expense, for the institution of the public worship of God, and
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for the support and mamtenance of public Protestant teachers
of piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such provision
shall not he made voluntarily. [See Amendment, Article XI.]
And the people of this commonwealth have also a right to,
and do, invest their legislature with authority to enjoin upon
all the subjects an attendance upon the instructions of the pub-
lic teachers aforesaid, at stated times and seasons, if there be
any on whose instructions they can conscientiously and con-
veniently attend.
Provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes,
precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall,
at all times, have the exclusive right of electing their public
teachers, and of contracting with them for their support and
maintenance.
And all moneys paid by the subject to the support of public
worship, and of the public teachers aforesaid, shall, if he require
it, be uniformly applied to the support of the public teacher
or teachers of his own religious sect or denomination, provided
there be any on whose instructions he attends ; otherwise it may
be paid towards the support of the teacher or teachers of the
parish or precinct in which the said moneys are raised.
And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves
peaceably, and as good subjects of the comnaon wealth, shall be
equally mider the protection of the law : and no subordmation
of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be estab-
lished by law.]
Art. IV. The people of this commonwealth have the sole
and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign,
and independent state ; and do, and forever hereafter shall,
exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which
is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to
the United States of America, in Congress assembled.
Art. V. All power residing originally in the people, and
being derived from them, the several magistrates and officers
of government, vested with authority, whether legislative,
executive, or judicial, are their substitutes and agents, and are
at all times accountable to them.
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Art. VI. Ko man, nor corporation, or association of men,
have any other title to obtain advantages, or particular and
exclusive privileges, distinct from those of the commimity, than
what arises from the consideration of services rendered to the
public ; and this title bemg in nature neither hereditary, nor
transmissible to children, or descendants, or relations by blood,
the idea of a man bom a magistrate, lawgiver, or judge, is
absurd and unnatural.
Art. YII. Government is instituted for the common good ;
for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the
people ; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any
one man, family, or class of men : Therefore the people alone
have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to
institute government ; and to reform, alter, or totally change
the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happi-
ness require it.
Art. YIII. In order to prevent those who are vested with
authority from becoming oppressors, the people have a right,
at such periods and in such maimer as they shall establish by
their frame of government, to cause their public ofiicers to
return to private life ; and to fill up vacant places by certain
and regular elections and appointments.
Art. IX. All elections ought to be free; and all the in-
habitants of this commonwealth, having such qualifications as
they shall establish by their frame of government, have an
equal right to elect officers, and to be elected, for public
emplojTnents.
Art. X. Each individual of the society has a right to be
protected by it in the enjojinent of his life, liberty, and proj)-
erty, according to standing laws. He is obliged, consequently,
to contribute his share to the expense of this protection ; to give
his personal service, or an equivalent, when necessary: but no
part of the property of any individual can, with justice, be taken
from him, or applied to public uses, without his own consent,
or that of the representative body of the people. In fine, the
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people of this commonwealtli are not controllable by any other
laws than those to which their constitutional representative
body have given their consent. And whenever the j)ublic
exigencies require that the property of any individual should
be appropriated to public uses, he shall receive a reasonable
compensation therefor. [See Amendments, Article XXXIX.]
Art. XI. Every subject of the commonwealth ought to find
a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries
or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property, or
character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and
without being obliged to purchase it ; completely, and without
any denial; promptly, and without delay; conformably to the
laws.
Art. XII. Xo subject shall be held to answer for anj^ crimes
or offence, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and
formally, described to him ; or be compelled to accuse, or furnish
evidence against himself. And every subject shall have a right
to produce all proofs that may be favorable to him ; to meet the
witnesses against him face to face, and to be fully heard in his
defence by himself, or his comisel, at his election. And no sub-
ject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his
property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of
the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by
the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
And the legislature shall not make any law that shall subject
any person to a capital or infamous pmiishment, excepting for
the government of the army and navy, without trial by jury.
Art. XIII. In criminal prosecutions, the verification of
facts in the vicinity where they happen, is one of the greatest
securities of the life, liberty, and property of the citizen.
Art. XIV. Every subject has a right to be secure from all
\inreasonable searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses, his
papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are
conti-arj^ to this right, if the cause or fomidation of them be not
jireviously supported by oath or affirmation, and if the order in
the warrant to a civil officer, to make search in suspected places,
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or to arrest one or more suspected persons, or to seize their
property, be not accomjianied with a special designation of the
persons or objects of search, arrest, or seizure: and no warrant
ought to be issued but in cases, and with the formalities pre-
scribed by the laws.
Art. XV. In all controversies concerning propertj^ and in
all suits between two or more persons, except in cases in which
it has heretofore been otherways used and practised, the parties
have a right to a trial by jury ; and this method of procedure
shall be held sacred, unless, in causes arising on the high seas,
and such as relate to mariners' wages, the legislature shall here-
after find it necessary to alter it.
Art. XVI. The liberty of the press is essential to the
security of freedom in a state: it ought not, therefore, to be
restrained in this commonwealth.
Art. XVII. The people have a right to keep and to bear
arms for the common defence. And as, in time of peace, armies
are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained with-
out the consent of the legislature ; and the military power shall
always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority,
and be governed by it.
Art. XVIII. A frequent recurrence to the fundamental
principles of the constitution, and a constant adherence to those
of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, industry, and fru-
gality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of
liberty, and to maintain a free government. The people ought,
consequently, to have a particular attention to all those prin-
ciples, in the choice of their ofiicers and representatives: and
they have a right to require of their lawgivers and magistrates
an exact and constant observance of them, in the formation and
execution of the laws necessary for the good administration of
the commonwealth.
Art. XIX. The people have a right, in an orderly and
peaceable manner, to assemble to consult upon the common
good ; give instructions to their representatives, and to request
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of the legislative body, by the way of addresses, petitions, or
remonstrances, redress of the wrongs done them, and of the
grievances they suffer.
Art. XX. The power of suspending the laws, or the execu-
tion of the laws, ought never to be exercised but by the legis-
lature, or by authority derived from it, to be exercised in such
particular cases only as the legislature shall expressly provide
for.
Art. XXI. The freedom of deliberation, speech, and debate,
in either house of the legislature, is so essential to the rights of
the people, that it caimot be the foundation of any accusation
or prosecution, action or complaint, in any other court or place
whatsoever.
Art. XXII. The legislature ought frequently to assemble
for the redress of grievances, for correcting, strengthening, and
confirming the laws, and for making new laws, as the common
good may require.
Art. XXIII. No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duties
ought to be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext
whatsoever, without the consent of the people or their repre-
sentatives in the legislature.
Art. XXIV. Laws made to punish for actions done before
the existence of such laws, and which have not been declared
crimes by preceding laws, are imjust, oppressive, and incon-
sistent with the fundamental principles of a free government.
Art. XXV. No subject ought, in any case, or in any time,
to be declared guilty of treason or felony by the legislature.
Art. XXVI. No magistrate or court of law shall demand
excessive bail or sureties, impose excessive fines, or inflict cruel
or unusual punishments.
Art. XXVII. In time of peace, no soldier ought to be quar-
tered m any house without the consent of the owner; and in
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time of war, such quarters ought not to be made but by the
civil magistrate, in a manner ordained by the legislature.
Art. XXVIII. No person can in any case be subject to law-
martial, or to any penalties or pains, by virtue of that law,
except those employed in the army or navy, and except the
militia in actual service, but by authority of the legislature.
Art. XXIX. It is essential to the preservation of the rights
of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character, that
there be an unpartial interpretation of the laws, and adminis-.
tration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by
judges as free, impartial, and independent as the lot of humanity
will admit. It is, therefore, not only the best policy, but for
the secm-ity of the rights of the people, and of every citizen,
that the judges of the supreme judicial court should hold their
offices as long as they behave themselves well ; and that they
should have honorable salaries ascertained and established by
standing laws.
Art. XXX. In the government of this commonwealth, the
legislative department shall never exercise the executive and
judicial powers, or either of them: the executive shall never
exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them :
the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive
powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government
of laws and not of men.
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PART THE SECOND.
The Frame of Government.
The people, inhabiting the territory formerly called the
Proviace of Massachusetts Baj^ do hereby solemnly and mutu-
ally agree with each other, to form themselves into a free,
sovereign, and independent body politic, or state, by the name
of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Chapter I.
the legislative power.
Section I.
The Geyiei-al Court.
Article I. The department of legislation shall be formed
by two branches, a Senate and House of Representatives ; each
of which shall have a negative on the other.
The legislative body shall assemble every year [on the last
Wednesday in May, and at such other times as they shall judge
necessary; and shall dissolve and be dissolved on the day
next preceding the said last Wednesday in May;] and shall
be styled. The General Court of Massachusetts. [See
Amendments, Article X.]
Art. II. No bill or resolve of the senate or house of repre-
sentatives shall become a law, and have force as such until it
shall have been laid before the governor for his revisal; and
if he, upon such revision, approve thereof, he shall signify his
approbation by signing the same. But if he have any objection
to the passing of such bill or resolve, he shall return the same,
together with his objections thereto, in writing, to the senate
or house of representatives, in whichsoever the same shall have
originated; who shall enter the objections sent down by the
governor, at large, on their records, and proceed to reconsider
the said bill or resolve. But if after such reconsideration, two-
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thirds of the said senate or house of representatives, shall,
notwithstanding the said objections, agree to pass the same, it
shall, together with the objections, be sent to the other branch
of the legislature, where it shall also be reconsidered, and if
approved by two-thirds of the members present, shall have the
force of a law : but in all such cases, the votes of both houses
shall be determined by yeas and nays; and the names of the
persons voting for, or against, the said bill or resolve, .shall be
entered upon the public records of the commonwealth.
And in order to prevent unnecessaiy delays, if any bill or re-
solve shall not be returned by the governor within five days
after it shall have been presented, the same shall have the
force of a law. [See Amendments, Article I.]
Art. III. The general court shall forever have full power
and authority to erect and constitute judicatories and courts of
record, or other courts, to be held in the name of the common-
wealth, for the hearing, tryuig, and determinmg of all manner
of crimes, offences, pleas, processes, jilaints, actions, matters,
causes, and things, whatsoever, arising or hai^pening within the
commonwealth, or between or concerning jDcrsons inhabiting,
or residing, or brought within the same : whether the same be
criminal or civil, or whether the said crimes be capital or not
capital, and whether the said pleas be real, personal, or mixed ;
and for the awarding and making out of execution thereupon.
To which courts and judicatories are hereby given and gi-anted
full power and authority, from time to time, to administer oaths
or affirmations, for the better discovery of truth in any matter
in controversy or depending before them.
Art. TV. And further, full power and authority are hereby
given and granted to the said general court, from time to time
to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and
reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and
instructions, either with i^enalties or without ; so as the same
be not repugnant or contrary to this constitution, as they shall
judge to be for the good and welfare of this commonwealth,
and for the government and ordering thereof, and of the sub-
jects of the same, and for the necessary support and defence of
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the government thereof ; and to name and settle annually, or
provide by fixed laws for the naming and settling, all civil
officers within the said commonwealth, the election and consti-
tution of whom are not hereafter in this form of government
otherwise provided for; and to set forth the several duties,
powers, and limits, of the several civil and military officers of
this commonwealth, and the forms of such oaths or affirmations
as shall he respectively administered imto them for the execu-
tion of their several offices and places, so as the same he not
repugnant or contrary to this constitution ; and to impose and
levy proportional and reasonable assessments, rates, and taxes,
upon all the inhabitants of, and persons resident, and estates
lying, within the said commonwealth ; and also to impose and
levy reasonable duties and excises upon any produce, goods,
wares, merchandise, and commodities, whatsoever, brought
into, produced, manufactured, or being within the same ; to be
issued and disposed of by warrant, under the hand of the gov-
ernor of this commonwealth for the time being, with the advice
and consent of the council, for the public service, in the neces-
sary" defence and support of the government of the said com-
monwealth, and the protection and preservation of the subjects
thereof, according to such acts as are or shall be in force within
the same.
And while the public charges of government, or any part
thereof, shall be assessed on polls and estates, in the manner
that has hitherto been practised, in order that such assessments
may be made with equality, there shall be a valuation of estates
within the commonwealth, taken anew once in every- ten years
at least, and as much oftener as the general com't shall order.
[See Amendments, Article II.]
Chapter I.
Section II.
Senate.
Article I. [There shall be annually elected, by the free-
holders and other inhabitants of this commonwealth, qualified
as in this constitution is provided, forty persons to be council-
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lors and senators for the year ensuing their election; to be
chosen by the inhabitants of tlie districts into which the com-
monwealth may, from time to time, be divided by the general
court for that purpose : and the general court, m assigning the
numbers to be elected by the respective districts, shall govern
themselves by the proportion of the public taxes paid by the
said districts; and timely make known to the inhabitants of
the commonwealth the limits of each district, and the number
of comicillors and senators to be chosen therein ; provided, that
the number of such districts shall never be less than thirteen ;
and that no district be so large as to entitle the same to choose
more than six senators. [See Amendments, Articles XIII.,
XVI., XXII.]
And the several counties in this commonwealth shall, until
the general court shall determine it necessary to alter the said
districts, be districts for the choice of councillors and senators,
(except that the counties of Dukes County and Nantucket shall
form one district for that purpose) and shall elect the following
number for coimcil lors and senators, viz. : — Suffolk, six ; Essex,
six ; Middlesex, five ; Hampshire, four ; Plymouth, three ; Barn-
stable, one; Bristol, three; York, two; Dukes County and
Nantucket, one; Worcester, five; Cumberland, one; Lincoln,
one; Berkshire, two.]
Art. II. The senate shall be the first branch of the legisla-
ture ; and the senators shall be chosen in the following manner,
viz. : there shall be a meeting on the [fii-st Monday in April,]
annually, forever, of the inhabitants of each tovm in the sev-
eral counties of this commonwealth ; to be called by the select-
men, and warned in due course of law, at least seven days
before the [first Monday in April,] for the purpose of electuig
persons to be senators and councillors; [and at such meetings
every male inhabitant of twenty-one years of age and upwards,
having a freehold estate within the commonwealth, of the
annual income of three pounds, or any estate of the value of
sixty pounds, shall have a right to give in his vote for the sen-
ators for the district of which he is an inhabitant.] And to
remove all doubts concerning the meaning of the word "in-
habitant" in this constitution, every person shall be consid-
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ered as an inhabitant, for the purpose of electing and being
elected into any olfice, or place within this state, in that town,
district, or j)lantation where he dwelleth, or hath his home.
[See Amendments, Articles II., III., X., XV., XX., XXII.,
XXIII., XXVI., XXVIII., XXX., XXXI., XXXII.]
The selectmen of the several towns shall preside at such
meetmgs impartially ; and shall receive the votes of all the in-
habitants of such towns present and qualified to vote for sena-
tors, and shall sort and count them in open town meeting, and
in presence of the town clerk, who shall make a fair record, in
presence of the selectmen, and in open town meeting, of the
name of every person voted for, and of the number of votes
against his name : and a fair copy of this record shall be attested
by the selectmen and the town clerk, and shall be sealed up,
directed to the secretary of the commonwealth for the time
being, with a superscription, expressing the purport of the con-
tents thereof, and delivered by the to^oi clerk of such towns,
to the sheriff of the county in which such town lies, thirty days
at least before [the last Wednesday m May] annually; or it
shall be delivered into the secretary's office seventeen days at
least before the said [last Wednesday in May:] and the sheriff
of each county shall deliver all such certificates by him re-
ceived, into the secretary's office, seventeen days before the
said [last Wednesday in May.] [See Amendments, Articles
II., X.]
And tlie inhabitants of plantations unincorporated, qualified
as this constitution provides, who are or shall be empowered
and required to assess taxes upon themselves toward the sup-
port of government, shall have the same privilege of voting for
coimcillors and senators in the plantations where they reside,
as town inhabitants have in their respective towns; and the
plantation meetings for that purpose shall be held annually [on
the same first Monday in April], at such place in the planta-
tions, respectively, as the assessors thereof shall direct ; which
assessors shall have like authority for notifying the electors,
collecting and returning the votes, as the selectmen and town
clerks have in their several towns, by this constitution. And
all other persons living in places unincorporated (qualified as
aforesaid) who shall be assessed to the support of government
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by the assessors of an adjacent town, shall have the privilege
of giving in their votes for coiincilloi-s and senators in the town
where they shall be assessed, and be notified of the place of
meeting by the selectmen of the town where they shall be
assessed, for that purpose, accordingly. [See Amendments,
Article XV.]
Art. III. And that there may be a due convention of senators
on the [last Wednesday m May] annually, the governor with
five of the council, for the time being, shall, as soon as may be,
examine the returned copies of such records ; and fourteen days
before the said day he shall issue his summons to such persons
as shall appear to be chosen by [a majority of] voters, to attend
on that day, and take their seats accordingly : provided, never-
theless, that for the first year the said returned copies shall be
examined by the president and five of the council of the former
constitution of government; and the said president shall, m
like manner, issue his summons to the persons so elected, that
they may take their seats as aforesaid. [See Amendments,
Articles X., XIV.]
Art. IV. The senate shall be the final judge of the elec-
tions, returns and qualifications of their own members, as
pointed out in the constitution; and shall, [on the said last
Wednesday in May] annuallj-, determine and declare who are
elected by each district to be senators [by a majority of votes;
and in case there shall not appear to be the full number of sen-
ators returned elected by a majoi-ity of votes for any district,
the deficiency shall be supplied in the following manner, viz. :
The members of the house of representatives, and such senators
as shall be declared elected, shall take the names of such per-
sons as shall be found to have the highest nimiber of votes in
such district, and not elected, amounting to twice the nmnber
of senators wanting, if there be so many voted for ; and out of
these shall elect by ballot a number of senators suflicient to fill
up the vacancies in such district ; and in this mamier all such
vacancies shall be filled up in every district of the common-
wealth ; and in like manner all vacancies in the senate, arising
by death, removal out of the state, or otherwise, shall be sup-
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plied as soon as may be, after such vacancies shall happen.
[See Amendments, Articles X., XIV., XXIV.]
Art. V. Provided, nevertheless, that no person shall be
capable of being elected as a senator, [who is not seised in his
own right of a freehold, within this commonwealth, of the
value of three hundred pounds at least, or possessed of personal
estate to the value of six hundred pounds at least, or of both to
the amount of the same sum, and] who has not been an inhabit-
ant of this commonwealth for the space of five years immedi-
ately preceding his election, and, at the time of his election, he
shall be an inhabitant in the district for wliich he shall be
chosen. [See Amendments, Articles XIII., XXII.]
Art. VI. The senate shall have power to adjourn them-
selves, provided such adjournments do not exceed two days at
a time.
Art. VII. The senate shall choose its own president, appoint
its own officers, and determine its own rules of proceedings.
Art. VIII. The senate shall be a court with full authority
to hear and determine all impeachments made by the house of
representatives, against any officer or officers of the common-
wealth, for misconduct and mal-administration in their offices.
But previous to the trial of every impeachment the members
of the senate shall respectively be sworn, truly and impartially
to try and determine the charge in question, according to evi-
dence. Their judgment, however, shall not extend further
than to removal from office and disqualification to hold or en-
joy any place of honor, trust, or profit, imder this common-
wealth ; but the party so convicted shall be, nevertheless, liable
to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, according to
the laws of the land.
Art. IX. [Not less than sixteen members of the senate
shall constitute a quorum for doing business.] [See Amend-
ments, Articles XXII . , XXXIII . ]
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Chapter I.
Section III.
House of Itepresentatives.
Article I. There shall be, in the legislature of this com-
monwealth, a representation of the people, annually elected,
and founded upon the principle of equality.
Art. II. [And in order to provide for a representation of
the citizens of this commonwealtii, founded upon the principle
of equality, every corporate town containing one hundred and
fifty ratable polls may elect one representative ; every corporate
town containing three hundred and seventy-five ratable polls
may elect two representatives ; every corporate town containing
six hundred ratable polls may elect three representatives ; and
proceeding in that manner, making two hundi'ed and twenty-
five ratable polls the mean increasing number for every addi-
tional representative. [See Amendments, Articles XII., XIII.,
XXI.]
Provided, nevertheless, that each town now incorporated, not
having one hundred and fifty ratable polls, may elect one repre-
sentative ; but no place shall hereafter be incorporated with the
privilege of electmg a representative, unless there are within
the same one hundred and fifty ratable polls.]
And the house of representatives shall have power from time
to time to impose fines upon such towns as shall neglect to choose
and return members to the same, agreeably to this constitution.
[The expenses of travelling to the general assembly, and
returning home, once in every session, and no more, shall be
paid by the government, out of the public treasiu-y, to every
member who shall attend as seasonably as he can, in the judg-
ment of the house, and does not depart without leave.] [See
Amendments, Article XXXV.]
Art. III. Every member of the house of representatives
shall be chosen by written votes ; [and, for one year at least
next preceding his election, shall have been an inhabitant of,
and have been seised in his own right of a freehold of the value
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of one hundred pounds within the town he shall he chosen to
represent, or any ratable estate to tlie value of two hundred
pounds; and he shall cease to represent the said town imme-
diately on his ceasing to be qualified as aforesaid.] [See
Amendments, Articles XIII., XXI.]
Art. IV. [Every male person, being twenty-one years of
age, and resident in any particular to^vn in this commonwealth
for the space of one year next preceding, having a freehold
estate within the said town of the amiual mcome of three
pounds, or any estate of the value of sLstj^ poimds, shall have a
right to vote in the choice of a representative or rei^resentatives
for the said town.] [See Amendments, Articles III., XX.,
XXIII., XXVI., XXVIII., XXX., XXXI., XXXII.]
Art. V. [The members of the house of representatives shall
be chosen annually in the month of May, ten days at least before
the last Wednesday of that month.] [See Amendments, Arti-
cles X., XV.]
Art. VI. The house of representatives shall be the grand
inquest of this commonwealth ; and all impeachments made by
them shall be heard and tried by the senate.
Art. VII. All money bills shall originate in the house of
representatives; but the senate may propose or concur with
amendments, as on other bills.
Art. VIII. The house of representatives shall have power
to adjourn themselves; provided such adjournment shall not
exceed two days at a time.
Art. IX. [Not less than sixty members of the house of rep-
resentatives shall constitute a quorum for doing business.] [See
Amendments, Articles XXI., XXXIII.]
Art. X. The house of representatives shall be the judge of
the returns, elections, and qualifications of its own members, as
pointed out in the constitution ; shall choose their own speaker ;
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appoint their own officers, and settle the rules and orders of pro-
ceeding in their own house. They shall have authority to pun-
ish by unprisonment every person, not a member, who shall be
guilty of disrespect to the house, by any disorderly or contemp-
tuous behavior m its presence ; or who, in the town where the
general court is sitting, and during the time of its sitting, shall
threaten harm to the body or estate of any of its members, for
any thmg said or done in the house ; or who shall assault any
of them therefor ; or who shall assault, or arrest, any witness,
or other person, ordered to attend the house, in his way in going
or returnmg ; or who shall rescue any person arrested by the
order of the house.
And no member of the house of representatives shall be
arrested, or held to bail on mesne process, during his going
imto, returning from, or his attending the general assembly.
Art. XI. The senate shall have the same powers in the
like cases ; and the governor and coimcil shall have the same
authority to punish in like cases ; provided, that no imprison-
ment on the warrant or order of the governor, council, senate,
or house of representatives, for either of the above described
offences, be for a term exceedmg thu'ty days.
And the senate and house of representatives may try and
determine all cases where their rights and privileges are con-
cerned, and which, by the constitution, they have authority to
try and determine, by committees of their own members, or in
such other way as they may respectively think best.
Chapter II.
EXECUTIVE POWER.
Section I.
Governor.
Article I. There shall be a supreme executive magistrate,
who shall be styled — The Governor of the Common-
wealth OF Massachusetts ; and whose title shall be — His
Excellency.
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Art. II. The governor shall be chosen annually; and no
person shall be eligible to this office, xinless, at the time of his
election, he shall have been an mhabitant of this commonwealth
for seven years next preceding ; [and miless he shall at the same
time be seised, m his ovni right, of a freehold, within the com-
monwealth, of the value of one thousand pounds ;] [and unless
he shall declare himself to be of the Christian religion.] [See
Amendments, Articles VII., XXXIY.]
Art. III. Those persons who shall be qualified to vote for
senators and representatives within the several towns of this
commonwealth shall, at a meetmg to be called for that purpose,
on the [first Monday of April] annually, give in their votes for
a governor, to the selectmen, who shall preside at such meet-
ings ; and the town clerk, in the presence and with the assist-
ance of the selectmen, shall, in open town meeting, sort and
count the votes, and form a list of the persons voted for, with
the nimiber of votes for each person against his name ; and shall
make a fair record of the same m the to\^Ti books, and a pub-
lic declaration thereof in the said meeting; and shall, in the
presence of the inhabitants, seal up copies of the said list,
attested by him and the selectmen, and transmit the same to
the sheriff of the county, thirty days at least before the [last
Wednesday in May] ; and the sheriff shall transmit the same
to the secretary's office, seventeen days at least before the said
[last "Wednesday m May] ; or the selectmen may cause returns
of the same to be made to the office of the secretary of the com-
monwealth, seventeen days at least before the said day; and
the secretary shall lay the same before the senate and the house
of representatives on the [last Wednesday in May], to be by
them examhaed ; and [in case of an election by a majority of all
the votes returned], the choice shall be by them declared and
published ; [but if no person shall have a majority of votes, the
house of representatives shall, by ballot, elect two out of four
persons who had the highest number of votes, if so many shall
have been voted for ; but, if otherwise, out of the number voted
for ; and make return to the senate of the two persons so elected ;
on which the senate shall proceed, by ballot, to elect one, who
shall be declared governor.] [See Amendments, Articles II.,
X., XIV., XV.]
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Art. IV. The governor shall have authority, from time to
time, at his discretiou, to assemhle aud call together the coim-
cillors of this commonwealth for the time bemg ; and the gov-
ernor with the said comicillors, or live of them at least, shall,
and may, from time to time, hold and keep a comicil, for the
ordering and directing the affairs of the commonwealth, agree-
ably to the constitution and the laws of the land.
Art. V. The governor, with advice of council, shall have
full power and authority, durmg the session of the general
court, to adjourn or prorogue the same to any time the two
houses shall desire ; [and to dissolve the same on the day next
preceding the last Wechiesday in May ; and, in the recess of the
said court, to prorogue the same from time to time, not exceed-
ing ninety days in any one recess ;] and to call it together sooner
than the time to which it maybe adjourned or prorogued, if the
welfare of the commonwealth shall require the same ; and in
case of any infectious distemper prevailing in the place where
the said court is next at any time to convene, or any other
cause happening, whereby danger may arise to the health or
lives of the meuibers from their attendance, he may direct the
session to be held at some other, the most convenient place
within the state. [See Amendments, Article X.]
[And the governor shall dissolve the said general court on
the day next preceding the last Wednesday in May.] [See
Amendments, Article X.]
Art. VI. In cases of disagreement between the two houses,
with regard to the necessity, expediency, or time of adjourn-
ment or prorogation, the governor, with advice of the council,
shall have a right to adjourn or prorogue the general com-t, not
exceeding ninety days, as he shall determine the public good
shall require.
Art. VII. The governor of this commonwealth, for the
time being, shall be the commander-in-chief of the army and
navy, and of all militaiy forces of the state, by sea and land ;
and shall have full power, by himself, or by any commander,
or other officer or officers, from time to time, to train, instruct,
exercise, and govern the militia and navy ; and, for the special
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defence and safety of the commonwealth, to assemble in martial
array, and put in Trarlike posture, the inhabitants thereof, and
to lead and conduct them, and with them to encounter, repel,
resist, expel, and pursue, by force of arms, as well by sea as by
land, within or without the limits of this commonwealth, and
also to kill, slay, and destroy, if necessary, and conquer, by all
fitting ways, enterprises, and means whatsoever, all and every
such person and persons as shall, at any time hereafter, in a
hostile manner, attempt or enterprise the destruction, invasion,
detriment, or annoyance of this commonwealth ; and to use and
exercise, over the army and navy, and over the militia in actual
service, the law-martial, in time of war or invasion, and also in
time of rebellion, declared by the legislature to exist, as occa-
sion shall necessarily require ; and to take and surprise, by all
ways and means whatsoever, all and every such person or per-
sons, with their ships, arms, ammimition, and other goods, as
shall, in a hostile manner, invade, or attempt the invading,
conquering, or annoying this commonwealth ; and that the gov-
ernor be intrusted with all these and other powers, incident
to the offices of captain-general and commander-in-chief, and
admiral, to be exercised agreeably to the rules and regulations
of the constitution, and the laws of the land, and not otherwise.
Provided, that the said governor shall not, at any time here-
after, by virtue of any power by this constitution granted, or
hereafter to be granted to hini by the legislature, transport any
of the inhabitants of this commonwealth, or oblige them to
march out of the limits of the same, without their free and
voluntary consent, or the consent of the general court ; except
so far as may be necessary to march or transport them by land
or water, for the defence of such part of the state to which they
caimot otherwise conveniently have access.
Art. VIII. The power of pardoning offences, except such
as persons may be convicted of before the senate by an impeach-
ment of the house, shall be in the governor, by and with the
advice of comicil; but no charter of pardon, granted by the
governor, with advice of the council before conviction, shall
avail the party pleading the same, notwithstanding any general
or particular expressions contained therein, descriptive of the
offence or offences intended to be pardoned.
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Art. IX. All judicial officers, [the attorney-general,] the
solicitor-general, [all sheriffs,] coroners, [and registers of pro-
bate,] shall be nominated and appointed by the governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the council ; and everj^ such
nomination shall be made by the governor, and made at least
seven days prior to such appointment. [See Amendments,
Articles IV., XVII., XIX.]
Art. X. The captains and subalterns of the militia shall be
elected by the written votes of the train-band and alarm list of
their respective companies, [of twenty-one years of age and
upwards ;] the field officers of regiments shall be elected by the
written votes of the captains and subalterns of their respective
regiments ; the brigadiers shall be elected, in like manner, by
the field officers of their respective brigades ; and such officers,
so elected, shall be commissioned by the governor, who shall
determine their rank. [See Amendments, Article V.]
The legislature shall, by standmg laws, direct the time and
manner of convening the electors, and of collecting votes, and
of certifying to the governor, the officers elected.
The major-generals shall be appointed by the senate and house
of representatives, each having a negative upon the other ; and
be commissioned by the governor. [See Amendments, Article
IV.]
And if the electors of brigadiers, field officers, captains or
subalterns, shall neglect or refuse to make such elections, after
being duly notified, according to the laws for the time being,
then the governor, with advice of coimcil, shall appoint suitable
persons to fill such offices.
[And no officer, duly commissioned to command in the militia,
shall be removed from his office, but by the address of both
houses to the governor, or by fair trial in court-martial, pursuant
to the laws of the commonwealth for the time being.] [See
Amendments, Article IV.]
The commanding officers of regiments shall appoint their
adjutants and quartermasters; the brigadiers their brigade-
majors; and the major-generals their aids; and the governor
shall appoint the adjutant-general.
The governor, with advice of council, shall appoint all officers
of the continental army, whom by the confederation of the
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United States it is provided that this commonTrealth shall
appoint, as also all oflBcers of forts and garrisons.
The divisions of the militia into hrigades, regiments, and com-
panies, made in pursuance of the militia laws now in force, shall
he considered as the proper divisions of the militia of this com-
monwealth, until the same shall be altered in pursuance of
some future law.
Art. XI. No moneys shall be issued out of the treasuiy of
this commonwealth, and disposed of (except such sums as may-
be appropriated for the redemption of bills of credit or treas-
urer's notes, or for the papnent of interest arising thereon) but
by warrant imder the hand of the governor for the time being,
with the advice and consent of the council, for the necessary
defence and support of the commonwealth ; and for the pro-
tection and preservation of the inhabitants thereof, agreeably
to the acts and resolves of the general court.
Art. XII. All public boards, the commissary-general, all
superintending officers of public magazines and stores, belonging
to this commonwealth, and all commanding officers of forts and
garrisons within the same, shall once in every three months,
officially, and without requisition, and at other times, when
required by the governor, deliver to him an account of all goods,
stores, provisions, ammunition, camion with their appendages,
and small arms with their accoutrements, and of all other public
property whatever under their care respectively ; distingiiishing
the quantitj^ number, quality and kind of each, as particularly
as may be ; together with the condition of such forts and gar-
risons; and the said commandmg officer shall exhibit to the
governor, when required by him, true and exact plans of such
forts, and of the land and sea or harbor or harbors, adjacent.
And the said boards, and all public officers, shall communicate
to the governor, as soon as may be after receiving the same, all
letters, despatches, and intelligencies of a public nature, which
shall be directed to them respectively.
Art. XIII. As the public good requires that the governor
should not be imder the undue influence of any of the members
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of the general court by a dependence on them for his support,
that he should m all cases act with freedom for the benefit of
the public, that he should not have his attention necessarily-
diverted from that object to his private concerns, and that he
should maintain the dignity of the commonwealth in the char-
acter of its chief magistrate, it is necessary that he should have
an honorable stated salarj', of a fixed and permanent value,
amply sufficient for those purposes, and established by standing
laws : and it shall be among the first acts of the general court,
after the commencement of this constitution, to establish such
salary by law accordingly.
Pemianent and honorable salaries shall also be established by-
law for the justices of the supreme judicial court.
And if it shall be foimd that any of the salaries aforesaid, so
.established, are insufficient, they shall, from time to time, be
enlarged, as the general court shall judge proper.
Chapter II.
Section II.
Lieutenant- Governor.
Article I. There shall be annually elected a lieutenant-
governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, whose title
shall be — His Honor; and who shall be qualified, in point of
[religion,] [property,] and residence m the commonwealth, in
the same manner with the governor ; and the day and manner of
his election, and the qualifications of the electors, shall be the
same as are required in the election of a governor. The return
of the votes for this officer, and the declaration of his election,
shall be in the same manner; [and if no one person shall be
found to have a majoritj' of all the votes returned, the vacancy
shall be filled by the senate and house of representatives, in the
same manner as the governor is to be elected, in case no one
person shall have a majoi-ity of the votes of the people to be
governor.] [See Amendments, Articles VII., XIV., XXXIV.]
Art. II. The governor, and in his absence the lieutenant-
governor, shall be president of the council, but shall have no
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vote in council ; and the lieutenant-governor shall always be a
member of the council, except when the chair of the governor
shall be vacant.
Art, III. Whenever the chair of the governor shall be
vacant, by reason of his death, or absence from the common-
wealth, or otherwise, the lieutenant-governor, for the time
being, shall, during such vacancy, perform all the duties incum-
bent upon the governor, and shall have and exercise all the
powers and authorities, which by this constitution the governor
is vested with, when personally present.
Chapter II.
Section III.
Council, and the Manner of settling Elections by the Legislature.
Article I. There shall be a comicil for advising the gov-
ernor m the executive part of the government, to consist of
[nine] persons besides the lieutenant-governor, whom the gov-
ernor, for the time being, shall have full power and authority,
from time to time, at his discretion, to assemble and call
together ; and the governor, with the said councillors, or five of
them at least, shall and may, from time to time, hold and keep
a council, for the ordering and directuig the affairs of the com-
monwealth, accordmg to the laws of the land. [See Amend-
ments, Article XVI.]
Art. II. [Nine coimcillors shall be annually chosen from
among the persons returned for councillors and senators, on the
last Wednesday in May, by the joint ballot of the senators and
representatives assembled in one room ; and in case there shall
not be found upon the first choice, the whole number of nine
persons who will accept a seat in the coimcil, the deficiency
shall be made up by the electors aforesaid from among the
people at large ; and the number of senators left shall constitute
the senate for the year. The seats of the persons thus elected
from the senate, and accepting the trust, shall be vacated in the
senate.] [See Amendments, Articles X., XIII., XVI.]
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Art. III. The councillors, in the civil arrangements of
the commonwealth, shall have rank next after the lieutenant-
governor.
Art. IV. [Not more than two councillors shall be chosen
out of any one district of this commonwealth.] [See Amend-
ments, Article XVI.]
Art. V. The resolutions and advice of the council shall be
recorded in a register, and signed by the members present ; and
this record may be called for at any time by either house of
the legislature ; and any member of the council may insert his
opinion, contrary to the resolution of the majority.
Art. VI, Whenever the office of the governor and lieutenant-
governor shall be vacant, by reason of death, absence, or other-
wise, then the council, or the major part of them, shall, during
such vacancy, have full power and authority to do, and execute,
all and every such acts, matters, and things, as the governor or
the lieutenant-governor might or could, by virtue of this consti-
tution, do or execute, if they, or either of them, were personally
present.
Art. VII. [And whereas the elections appointed to be made,
by this constitution, on the last Wednesday in May annually,
by the two houses of the legislature, may not be completed on
that day, the said elections may be adjourned from day to day
until the same shall be completed. And the order of elections
shall be as follows : the vacancies in the senate, if any, shall
first be filled up; the governor and lieutenant-governor shall
then be elected, provided there should be no choice of them by
the people ; and afterwards the two houses shall proceed to the
election of the council.] [See Amendments, Articles XVI.,
XXV.]
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Chapter II.
Section IV.
Secretary, Treasurer, Commissary, etc.
Article I. [The secretary, treasurer and receiver-general,
and the commissary-general, notaries public, and] naval officers,
shall be chosen annually, by joint ballot of the senators and
representatives in one room. And, that the citizens of this com-
monwealth maybe assured, from time to time, that the moneys
remaining in the public treasury, upon the settlement and
liquidation of the public accounts, are their property, no man
shall be eligible as treasurer and receiver-general more than five
years successively. [See Amendments, Articles IV., XVII.]
Art. II. The records of the commonwealth shall be kept in
the office of the secretary, who may appoint his deputies, for
whose conduct he shall be accountable ; and he shall attend the
governor and council, the senate and house of representatives,
in person, or by his deputies, as they shall respectively require.
Chapter III.
JUDICIARY POWER.
Article I. The tenure, that all commissioned officers shall
by law have in their offices, shall be expressed in their respective
commissions. All judicial officers, duly appointed, commis-
sioned, and sworn, shall hold their offices during good behavior,
excepting such concerning whom there is different provision
made in this constitution : provided, nevertheless, the governor,
with the consent of the comicil, may remove them upon the
address of both houses of the legislature.
Art. II. Each branch of the legislature, as well as the
governor and council, shall have authority to require the
opinions of the justices of the supreme judicial court, upon
important questions of law, and upon solemn occasions.
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Art. III. In order that the people may not suffer from the
long continuance in place of any justice of the peace who shall
fail of discharging the important duties of his office with ability
or fidelity, all commissions of justices of the peace shall expire
and become void, in the term of seven years from their re-
spective dates; and, upon the expiration of any commission,
the same may, if necessary, be renewed, or another person
appointed, as shall most conduce to the well-being of the
commonwealth. [See Amendments, Article XXXVII.]
Art. IV. The judges of probate of wills, and for granting
letters of admmistration, shall hold their courts at such place
or places, on fixed days, as the convenience of the people shall
require ; and the legislature shall, from time to time, hereafter,
appomt such times and places ; until which appointments, the
said courts shall be holden at the times and places which the
respective judges shall direct.
Art. V. All causes of marriage, divorce, and alimony, and
all appeals from the judges of probate, shall be heard and deter-
mined by the governor and council, until the legislature shall,
by law, make other provision.
Chapter IV.
DELEGATES TO CONGRESS.
[The delegates of this commonwealth to the congress of the
United States, shall, some time in the month of June, annually,
be elected by the joint ballot of the senate and house of repre-
sentatives, assembled together in one room ; to serve in congress
for one year, to commence on the first Monday ui November
then next ensumg. They shall have commissions under the
hand of the governor, and the great seal of the commonwealth ;
but may be recalled at any time within the year, and others
chosen and commissioned, in the same manner, in their stead.]
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Chapter V.
THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE, AXD ENCOURAGEMENT OF
LITERATURE, ETC.
Section I.
The University.
Article I. Whereas our wise and pious ancestors, so early
as tlie year one thousand six hundred and thirty-six, laid the
foundation of Harvard College, in which university many jjer-
sons of great eminence have, by the blessmg of God, been
initiated in those arts and sciences which qualified them for
public emplopnents, both in church and state ; and whereas the
encouragement of arts and sciences, and all good literature,
tends to the honor of God, the advantage of the Christian
religion, and the great benefit of this and the other United States
of America, — it is declared, that the President and Fellows
OF Harvard College, in their corporate capacity, and their
successors in that capacity, their officers and servants, shall
have, hold, use, exercise, and enjoy, all the powers, authorities,
rights, liberties, privileges, immunities, and franchises, which
they now have, or are entitled to have, hold, use, exercise, and
enjoy; and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed unto
them, the said president and fellows of Harvard College, and
to their successors, and to their officers and servants, respec-
tively, forever.
Art. II. And whereas there have been at sundry times, by
divers persons, gifts, grants, devises of houses, lands, tenements,
goods, chattels, legacies, and conveyances, heretofore made,
either to Harvard College in Cambridge, ia New England, or
to the i^resident and fellows of Harvard College, or to the said
college hy some other description, under several charters, suc-
cessively; it is declared, that all the said gifts, grants, devises,
legacies, and conveyances, are hereby forever confirmed imto
the president and fellows of Harvard College, and to their
successors in the capacity aforesaid, according to the true intent
and meaning of the donor or donors, grantor or grantors, devisor
or devisors.
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Art. III. And whereas, by an act of the general court of the
colony of Massachusetts Bay, passed in the year one tliousand
six hundred and forty-two, the governor and deputy-governor,
for the time being, and all the magistrates of that jurisdic-
tion, were, with the president, and a number of the clergj^ in
the said act described, constituted the overseers of Harvard
College; and it being necessary, in this new constitution of
government to ascertain who shall be deemed successors to the
said governor, deputy-governor, and magistrates; it is declared,
that the governor, lieutenant-governor, council, and senate of
this commonwealth, are, and shall be deemed, their successors,
who, with the president of Harvard College, for the time being,
together with the ministers of the congregational churches in
the towns of Cambridge, Watertown, Charlestown, Boston, Kox-
burj^, and Dorchester, mentioned in the said act, shall be, and
hereby are, vested with all the powers and authority belonging,
or in any way appertainmg to the overseers of Harvard College ;
provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to previent the
legislature of this commonwealth from making such alterations
in the government of the said university, as shall be conducive
to its advantage, and the interest of the republic of letters, in
as full a manner as might have been done by the legislature of
the late Province of the Massachusetts Bay.
Chapter V.
Section II.
TJie Encouragement of Literature, etc.
"Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally
among the body of the people, being necessary for the preserva-
tion of their rights and liberties ; and as these depend on spread-
ing the opportunities and advantages of education in the various
parts of the country, and among the different orders of the
people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in
all future periods of this commonwealtli, to cherish the inter-
ests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them ;
especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and
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grammar schools in the towns ; to encourage private societies
and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the pro-
motion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manu-
factures, and a natural history of the country ; to countenance
and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevo-
lence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty
and punctuality in their dealings ; sincerity, good humor, and
all social affections, and generous sentiments, among the peoi^le.
[See Amendments, Article XVIII.]
Chapter VI.
OATHS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS ; INCOMPATIBILITY OF AND EXCLU-
SION FROM offices; pecuniary qualifications; COMMIS-
SIONS ; WRITS ; CONFIRMATION OF LAWS ; HABEAS CORPUS ;
THE ENACTING STYLE ; CONTINUANCE OF OFFICERS ; PRO-
VISION FOR A FUTURE REVISAL OF THE CONSTITUTION, ETC.
Article I. [Any person chosen governor, lieutenant-gov-
ernor, councillor, senator, or representative, and accepting the
trust, shall, before he proceed to execute the duties of his place
or office, make and subscribe tlie following declaration, viz. :
*' I, A. B., do declare, that I believe the Christian religion,
and have a firm persuasion of its truth ; and that I am seised and
possessed, in my own right, of the property required by the con-
stitution, as one qualification for the office or place to which I
am elected." [See Amendments, Article VII.]
And the governor, lieutenant-governor, and councillors, shall
make and subscribe the said declaration, in the presence of the
two houses of assembly ; and the senators and representatives,
first elected vmder this constitution, before the president and
five of the council of the former constitution ; and forever after-
wards before the governor and comicil for the time being.]
And every person chosen to either of the places or offices
aforesaid, as also any person appointed or commissioned to any
judicial, executive, military, or other office under the govern-
ment, shall, before he enters on the discliarge of the business of
his place or office, take and subscribe the following declaration,
and oaths or affirmations, viz. :
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["I, A. B., dotruly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify,
and declare, that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is, and
of right ought to be, a free, sovereign, and independent state;
and I do swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the
said commonwealth, and that I will defend the same against
traitorous conspiracies and all hostile attempts whatsoever ; and
that I do renounce and abjure all allegiance, subjection, and
obedience to the king, queen, or government of Great Britain
(as the case may be) , and every other foreign power whatsoever ;
and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate,
hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, superiority, pre-emi-
nence, authority, dispensing or other power, in any matter, civil,
ecclesiastical, or spiritual, within this commonwealth, except
the authoritj'- and power which is or may be vested by their
constituents in the congress of the United States: and I do
further testify and declare, that no man or body of men hath
or can have any right to absolve or discharge me from the obli-
gation of this oath, declaration, or affirmation; and that I do
make this acknowledgment, profession, testimony, declaration,
denial, renunciation, and abjuration, heartily and truly, accord-
ing to the common meaning and acceptation of the foregoing
words, without any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret res-
ervation whatsoever. So help me, God."] [See Amendments,
Article VI.]
" I, A. B., do solemnly swear and affirm, that I will faithfully
and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent
on me as , according to the best of my abilities and under-
standing, agreeably to the rules and regulations of the constitu-
tion and the laws of the commonwealth. So help me, God."
Provided, always, that when any person chosen or appointed
as aforesaid, shall be of the denomination of the people called
Quakers, and shall decline taking the said oath[s], he shall
make his affirmation in the foregoing form, and subscribe the
same, omitting the words, ['^ Ido swear," ^^ and abjure " '^ oath
or," "and abjuration," in the first oath, and in the second
oath, the words] " swear and," and [in each of them] the words
" <So help me, God;" subjoining instead thereof, " This I do
under the pains and penalties of perjury." [See Amendments.
Article VI.]
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And the said oaths or affinnations shall he taken and sub-
scribed by the governor, lieutenant-governor, and councillors,
before the president of the senate, in the presence of the two
houses of assembly; and by the senators and representatives
first elected under this constitution, before the president and
five of the council of the former constitution ; and forever after-
wards before the governor and council for the time being ; and
by the residue of the oflicers aforesaid, before such persons and
in such manner as from time to time shall be prescribed by the
legislature.
Art. II. No governor, lieutenant-governor, or judge of the
supreme judicial court, shall hold any other office or place,
under the authority of this commonwealth, except such as by
this constitution they are admitted to hold, saving that the
judges of the said court may hold the offices of justices of the
peace through the state ; nor shall they hold any other place or
office, or receive any pension or salary from any other state or
government or power whatever. [See Amendments, Article
VIII.]
No person shall be capable of holding or exercising at the
same time, within this state, more than one of the following
offices, viz.: judge of probate — sheriif — register of probate —
or register of deeds ; and never more than any two offices, which
are to be held by appointment of the governor, or the governor
and council, or the senate, or the house of representatives, or
by the election of the people of the state at large, or of the
people of any comity, military offices, and the offices of justices
of the peace excepted, shall be held by one person.
No person holding the office of judge of the supreme judicial
court — secretary — attorney-general — solicitor-general — treas-
urer or receiver-general — judge of probate — commissary-general
— [president, professor, or instructor of Harvard College] —
sheriff — clerk of the house of representatives — register of pro-
bate— register of deeds — clerk of the supreme judicial court —
clerk of the inferior court of common pleas — or officer of the
customs, including in this description naval officers — shall at
the same time have a seat in the senate or house of representa-
tives ; but their being chosen or appointed to, and accepting the
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same, shall operate as a resignation of their seat in the senate
or house of representatives ; and the place so vacated shall be
filled up. [See Amendments, Articles VIII., XXVII.]
And the same rule shall take place in case any judge of the
said supreme judicial court, or judge of probate, shall accept a
seat in council ; or any councillor shall accept of either of those
ottices or places.
And no person shall ever be admitted to hold a seat in the
legislature, or any office of trust or importance under the govern-
ment of this commonwealth, who shall, in the due course of
law, have been convicted of bribery or corruption in obtaining
an election or appointment.
Art. III. In all cases where sums of money are mentioned
in this constitution, the value thereof shall be computed in
silver, at six shillmgs and eight pence per oimce ; and it shall
be in the power of the legislature, from time to time, to mcrease
such qualifications, as to property, of the persons to be elected
to offices, as the circumstances of the commonwealth shall
require. [See Amendments, Articles XIII., XXXIV.]
Art. IV. All commissions shall be in the name of the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts, signed by the governor and attested
by the secretary or his deputy, and have the great seal of the
commonwealth affixed thereto.
Art. V. All writs, issuing out of the clerk's office in any of
the courts of law, shall be in the name of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts ; they shall be rmder the seal of the court from
whence they issue ; they shall bear test of the first justice of
the court to which they shall be returnable, who is not a party,
and be signed by the clerk of such court.
Art. VI. All the laws which have heretofore been adopted,
used, and approved in the Province, Colony, or State of Massa-
chusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall
still remain and be in full force, imtil altered or repealed by
the legislature ; such parts only excepted as are repugnant to
the rights and liberties contained in this constitution.
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Art. VII. The privilege and benefit of the writ of habeas
corpus shall he enjoyed in this commonwealth, in the most free,
easy, cheap, expeditious, and ample manner; and shall not be
suspended by the legislature, except upon the most urgent and
pressmg occasions and for a limited time, not exceedmg twelve
months.
Art. VIII. The enacting style, in making and passing all
acts, statutes and laws, shall be — " Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and
by the authority of the same."
Art. IX. To the end there may be no failure of justice, or
danger arise to the commonwealth from a change of the form of
government, all officers, civil and military, holding commissions
under the government and people of Massachusetts Bay in New
England, and all other officers of the said government and
people, at the time this constitution shall take effect, shall
have, hold, use, exercise, and enjoy, all the powers and authority
to them granted or committed, imtil other persons shall be
appointed in their stead ; and all courts of law shall proceed in
the execution of the business of their respective departments ;
and all the executive and legislative officers, bodies, and powers
shall continue in full force, in the enjojnnent and exercise of all
their trusts, employments, and authority ; until the general court,
and the supreme and executive officers under this constitution,
are designated and invested with their respective trusts, powers
and authority.
Art. X, [In order the more effectually to adhere to the prin-
ciples of the constitution, and to correct those violations which
by any means may be made therein, as well as to form such
alterations as from experience shall be found necessary, the
general court which shall be in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand seven himdred and ninety-five, shall issue precepts to the
selectmen of the several towns, and to the assessors of the tmin-
corporated plantations, directing them to convene the qualified
voters of their respective towns and plantations, for the purpose
of collecting their sentiments on the necessity or expediency
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of revising the constitution, in order to amendments. [See
Amendments, Article IX.]
And if it shall appear, by the returns made, that two-thirds
of the qualified voters throughout the state, who shall assemble
and vote m consequence of the said precepts, are in favor of such
revision or amendment, the general court shall issue precepts,
or direct them to be issued from the secretary's office, to the
several towns to elect delegates to meet in convention for the
purpose aforesaid.
The said delegates to be chosen in the same manner and pro-
portion as their representatives in the second branch of the
legislature are by this constitution to be chosen.]
Art. XI. This form of government shall be enrolled on
parchment, and deposited in the secretary's ofKce, and be a part
of the laws of the land ; and pruited copies thereof shall be pre-
fixed to the book containing the laws of this commonwealth, in
all future editions of the said laws.
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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT.
Article I. If any bill or resolve shall be objected to, and not
approved by the governor; and if the general court shall adjourn
within five days after the same shall have been laid before the
governor for his approbation, and thereby prevent his returning
it with his objections, as provided by the constitution, such bill or
resolve shall not become a law, nor have force as such.
Art. II. The general court shall have full power and authority
to erect and constitute municipal or city governments, in any
corporate to^vn or towns in this commonwealth, and to grant to
the inhabitants thereof such powers, privileges, and immunities,
not repugnant to the constitution, as the general court shall deem
necessary or expedient for the regulation and government thereof,
and to prescribe the manner of calling and holding public meetings
of the inhabitants, in wards or otherwise, for the election of
officers under the constitution, and the manner of returning the
votes given at such meetings. Provided, that no such govern-
ment shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing
twelve thousand inhabitants, nor unless it be Avith the consent,
and on the application of a majority of the inhabitants of such
town, present and voting thereon, pursuant to a vote at a meeting
duly warned and holden for that purpose. And provided, also,
that all by-laws, made by such municipal or city government,
shall be subject, at all times, to be annulled by the general court.
Art. III. Every male citizen of twenty-one years of age and
upwards, excepting paupers and persons under guardianship, who
shall have resided within the commonwealth one year, and within
the town or district in which he may claim a right to vote,
six calendar months next preceding any election of governor,
lieutenant-governor, senators, or representatives, [and who shall
have paid by himself, or his parent, master, or guardian, any
state or county tax, which shall, within two years next preceding
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such election, have been assessed upon him, in any town or dis-
trict of this commonwealth; and also every citizen who shall be,
by law, exempted from taxation, and who shall be in all other
respects, qualified as above mentioned,] shall have a right to vote
in such election of governor, lieutenant-governor, senators and
representatives; and no other person shall be entitled to vote in
such elections. [See Amendments, Articles XX., XXIII., XXVI.,
XXVIIL, XXX., XXXL, XXXII ]
Art. IV. Notaries public shall be appointed by the governor
in the same manner as judicial officers are appointed, and shall
hold their offices during seven years, unless sooner removed by the
governor, with the consent of the council, upon the address of ])Oth
houses of the legislature. [See Amendments, Article XXXVII.]
[In case the office of secretary or treasurer of the common-
wealth shall become vacant from any cause, during the recess of
the general court, the governor, with the advice and consent of
the council, shall nominate and appoint, under such regulations
as may be prescribed by law, a competent and suitable person to
such vacant office, who shall hold the same until a successor shall
be appointed by the general court.] [See Amendments, Article
XVII.]
Whenever the exigencies of the commonwealth shall require
the appointment of a commissary-general, he shall be nominated,
appointed, and commissioned, in such manner as the legislature
may, by law, prescribe.
All officers commissioned to command in the militia may be
removed from office in such manner as the legislature may, by law,
prescribe.
Art. V. In the elections of captains and subalterns of the
militia, all the members of their respective companies, as well
those under as those above the age of twenty-one years, shall
have a right to vote.
Art. VI Instead of the oath of allegiance prescribed by the
constitution, the following oath shall be taken and subscribed by
every person chosen or appointed to any office, civil or military,
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under the government of this commonwealth, before he shall enter
on the duties of his office, to wit: —
♦'I, A. B., do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will sup-
port the constitution thereof. So help me, God."
Provided, That when any person shall be of the denomination
called Quakers, and shall decline taking said oath, he shall make
his affirmation in the foregoing form, omitting the word " swear"
and inserting, instead thereof, the word "affirm" and omitting
the words " So help me, God, " and subjoining, instead thereof,
the words, " This 1 do under the pains and penalties of perjury."
Art. VII. No oath, declaration, or subscription, excepting
the oath prescribed in the preceding article, and the oath of office,
shall be required of the governor, lieutenant-governor, council-
lors, senators, or representatives, to qualify them to perform the
duties of their respective offices.
Art. YIII. No judge of any court of this commonwealth, (ex-
cept the court of sessions,) and no person holding any office under
the authority of the United States, (postmasters excepted,) shall,
at the same time, hold the office of governor, lieutenant-governor,
or councillor, or have a seat in the senate or house of representa-
tives of this commonwealth; and no judge of any court in this
commonwealth, (except the court of sessions,) nor the attorney-
general, solicitor-general, county attorney, clerk of any court,
sheriff, treasurer, and receiver-general, register of probate, nor
register of deeds, shall continue to hold his said office after being
elected a member of the Congress of the United States, and ac-
cepting that trust; but the acceptance of such trust, by any of the
officers aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken to be a resignation
of his said office; and judges of the courts of common pleas shall
hold no other office under the government of this commonwealth,
the office of justice of the peace and militia offices excepted.
Art. IX. If, at any time hereafter, any specific and particular
amendment or amendments to the constitution be proposed in the
general court, and agreed to by a majority of the senators and
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two-thirds of the members of the house of representatives present
and voting thereon, such proposed amendment or amendments
shall be entered on the journals of the two houses, with the yeas
and nays taken thereon, and referred to the general court then
next to be chosen, and shall be published : and if, in the general
court next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or
amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of the senators and
two-thirds of the members of the house of representatives present
and voting thereon, then it shall be the duty of the general court
to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the peO'
pie ; and if they shall be approved and ratified by a majority of
the qualified voters, voting thereon at meetings legally warned
and holden for that purpose, they shall become part of the consti-
tution of this commonwealth.
Art. X. The political year shall l)egin on the first Wednesday
of January, instead of the last Wednesday of May ; and the gen-
eral court shall assemble every year on the said first Wednesday
of January, and shall proceed, at that session, to make all the
elections, and do all the other acts, which are by the constitution
required to Ijc made and done at the session which has heretofore
commenced on the last Wednesday of May. And the general
court shall be dissolved on the day next preceding the first
Wednesday of January, without any proclamation or other act
of the governor. But nothing herein contained shall prevent the
general court from assembling at such other times as they shall
judge necessary, or when called together by the governor. The
governor, lieutenant-governor, and councillors, shall also hold
their respective offices for one year next following the first Wednes-
day of January, and until others are chosen and qualified in their
stead.
[The meeting for the choice of governor, lieutenant-governor,
senators, and representatives, shall be held on the second Monday
of November in every year; but meetings may be adjourned, if
necessary, for the choice of representatives, to the next day, and
again to the next succeeding day, but no further. But in case a
second meeting shall be necessary for the choice of representa-
tives, such meetings shall l)e held on the fourth Monday of the
month of November.] [See Amendments, Article XV.]
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All the other provisions of the constitution, respecting the elec-
tions and proceedings of the members of the general court, or
of any other officers or persons whatever, that have reference to
the last Wednesday of May, as the commencement of the political
year, shall be so far altered, as to have like reference to the first
"Wednesday of January.
This article shall go into operation on the first day of October,
next following the da}" when the same shall be duly ratified and
adopted as an amendment of the constitution ; and the governor,
lieutenant-governor, councillors, senators, representatives, and all
other state officers, who are annually chosen, and who shall be
chosen for the current year, when the same shall go into opera-
tion, shall hold their respective offices until the first Wednesday
of January then next following, and until others are chosen and
qualified in their stead, and no longer; and the first election of
the governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, and representatives,
to be had in virtue of this article, shall be had conformably there-
unto, in the month of November following the day on which the
same shall be in force, and go into operation, pursuant to the fore-
going provision.
All the provisions of the existing constitution, inconsistent with
the provisions herein contained, are hereby wholly annulled.
Art. XI. Instead of the third article of the bill of rights, the
following modification and amendment thereof is substituted: —
"As the public worship of God and instructions in pietj^, relig-
ion, and morality, promote the happiness and prosperity of a
people, and the security of a republican government; therefore,
the several religious societies of this commonwealth, whether
corporate or un in corporate, at any meeting legally warned and
holden for that purpose, shall ever have the right to elect their
pastors or religious teachers, to contract with them for their sup-
port, to raise money for erecting and repairing houses for public
worship, for the maintenance of religious instruction, and for
the payment of necessary expenses ; and all persons belonging to
any religious society shall be taken and held to be members until
they shall file with the clerk of such society a written notice, de-
claring the dissolution of their membership, and thenceforth shall
not be liable for any grant or contract which may be thereafter
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made, or entered into by such society ; and all religious sects and
denominations, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good
citizens of the commonwealth, shall be equally under the protec-
tion of the law ; and no subordination of any one sect or denomi-
nation to another shall ever be established by law."
Art. XII. [In order to provide for a representation of the cit-
izens of this commonwealth, founded upon the principles of equal-
ity, a census of the ratable polls, in each city, town, or district of
the commonwealth, on the first day of May, shall be taken and
returned into the secretary's office, in such manner as the legis-
lature shall provide, within the month of May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and in
every tenth year thereafter, in the month of May, in the manner
aforesaid ; and each town or city having three hundred ratable
polls at the last preceding decennial census of polls, may elect
one representative, and for every four hundred and fifty rat-
able polls in addition to the first three hundred, one representa-
tive more.
Any town having less than three hundred ratable polls shall be
represented thus : The whole number of ratable polls, at the last
preceding decennial census of polls, shall be multiplied by ten,
and the product divided by three hundred ; and such town may
elect one representative as many years within ten years, as three
hundred is contained in the product aforesaid.
Any city or town having ratable polls enough to elect one or
more representatives, with any number of polls beyond the neces-
sary number, may be represented, as to that surplus number, by
multiplying such surplus number by ten and dividing the product
by four hundred and fifty; and such city or town may elect one
additional representative as many years, within the ten years, as
four hundred and fifty is contained in the product aforesaid.
Any two or more of the several towns and districts may, by
consent of a majority of the legal voters present at a legal meet-
ing, in each of said towns and districts, respectively, called for
that purpose, and held previous to the first day of July, in the
year in which the decennial census of polls shall be taken, form
themselves into a representative district to continue until the next
decennial census of polls, for the election of a representative, or
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representatives ; and such district shall have all the rights, in re-
gard to representation, which would belong to a town containing
the same number of ratable polls.
The goA'ernor and council shall ascertain and determine, within
the months of July and August, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty-seven, according to the foregoing
principles, the number of representatives which each city, town,
and representative district is entitled to elect, and the number of
years, within the period of ten years then next ensuing, that each
city, town, and representative district may elect an additional
representative ; and where any town has not a sufficient number
of polls to elect a representative each year, then, how many years
within the ten years, such town may elect a representative ; and
the same shall be done once in ten years, thereafter, by the gov-
ernor and council, and the number of ratable polls in each decen-
nial census of polls, shall determine the number of representatives
which each city, town, and representative district may elect as
aforesaid ; and when the number of representatives to be elected
by each city, town, or representative district is ascertained and
determined as aforesaid, the governor shall cause the same to be
published forthwith for the information of the people, and that
number shall remain fixed and unalterable for the period of ten
years.
All the provisions of the existing constitution inconsistent with
the provisions herein contained, are hereby wholly annulled.]
[See Amendments, Articles XIII., XXI.]
Art. XIII. [A census of the inhabitants of each city and
town, on the first day of May, shall be taken, and returned into
the secretary's office, on or before the last day of June, of the year
one thousand eight hundred and forty, and of every tenth year
thereafter; which census shall determine the apportionment of
senators and representatives for the term of ten years. [See
Amendments, Articles XXI., XXII.]
The several senatorial districts now existing shall be permanent.
The senate shall consist of forty members ; and in the year one
thouf^and eight hundred and forty, and every tenth year there-
after, the governor and council shall assign the number of sena-
tors to be chosen in each district, according to the number of
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inhabitants in the same. But, in all cases, at least one sena-
toi* shall be assigned to each district. [See Amendments, Article
XXII]
The members of the house of representatives shall be appor-
tioned in the following manner : Every town or city containing
twelve hundred inhabitants may elect one representative ; and
two thousand four hundred inhabitants shall be the mean increas-
ing number, which shall entitle it to an additional representative.
[See Amendments, Article XXI.]
Every town containing less than twelve hundred inhabitants
shall be entitled to elect a representative as many times within ten
years as the number one hundred and sixty is contained in the
number of the inhabitants of said town. Such towns may also
elect one representative for the year in which the valuation of es-
tates within the commonwealth shall be settled.
Any two or more of the several towns may, by consent of a
majority of the legal voters present at a legal meeting, in each
of said towns, respectively, called for that purpose, and held be-
fore the first day of August, in the year one thousand eight hun-
dred and forty, and every tenth year thereafter, form themselves
into a representative district, to continue for the term of ten
years ; and such district shall have all the rights, in regard to
representation, which would belong to a town containing the same
number of inhabitants.
The number of inhabitants which shall entitle a town to elect
one representative, and the mean increasing number which shall
entitle a town or city to elect more than one, and also the number
by which the population of towns not entitled to a representative
every year is to be divided, shall be increased, respectively, by
one-tenth of the numbers above mentioned, whenever the popula-
tion of the commonwealth shall have increased to seven hundred
and seventy thousand, and for every additional increase of seventy
thousand inhabitants, the same addition of one-tenth shall be
made, respectively, to the said numbers above mentioned.
In the year of each decennial census, the governor and council
shall, before the first day of September, apportion the number of
representatives which each city, town, and representative district
is entitled to elect, and ascertain how many years, within ten
years, any town may elect a representative, which is not entitled
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to elect one every A'ear; and the governor shall cause the same
to be published forthwith.
Nine councillors shall be annually chosen fi'om among the
people at large, on the first Wednesday of January, or as soon
thereafter as may be, by the joint ballot of the senators and rep-
resentatives, assembled in one room, who shall, as soon as may
be, in like manner, fill up any vacancies that may happen in the
council, by death, resignation, or otherwise. No person shall be
elected a councillor, who has not been an inhabitant of this com-
monwealth for the term of five years immediately preceding his
election ; and not more than one councillor shall be chosen from
any one senatorial district in the commonwealth.] [See Amend-
ments, Article XYL]
No possession of a freehold, or of any other estate, shall be
required as a qualification for holding a seat in either branch of
the general court, or in the executive council.
Art. XIV. In all elections of civil officers b}' the people of
this commonwealth, whose election is provided for by the consti-
tution, the person having the highest number of votes shall be
deemed and declared to be elected.
Art. XV. The meeting for the choice of governor, lieutenant-
governor, senators, and representatives, shall be held on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, annually ; but
in case of a failure to elect representatives on that day, a second
meeting shall be holden, for that purpose, on the fourth Monday
of the same month of November.
Art. XVI. Eight councillors shall be annually chosen by the
inhabitants of this commonwealth, qualified to vote for governor.
The election of councillors shall be determined by the same rule
that is required in the election of governor. The legislature, at
its first session after this amendment shall have been adopted,
and at its first session after the next state census shall have been
taken, and at its first session after each decennial state census
thereafterwards, shall divide the commonwealth into eight districts
of contiguous territory, each containing a number of inhabitants
as nearly equal as practicable, without dividing any town or ward
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of a cit}', and each entitled to elect one councillor : provided, how-
ever, that if, at any time, the constitution shall provide for the
division of the commonwealth into forty senatorial districts, then
the legislature shall so arrange the councillor districts, that each
district shall consist of five contiguous senatorial districts, as they
shall Ixj, from time to time, established by the legislature. No
person shall be eligible to the office of councillor who has not
been an inhabitant of the commonwealth for the term of five
years immediately preceding his election. The day and manner
of the election, the return of the votes, and tlie declaration of the
said elections, shall be the same as are required in the election of
governor. [Whenever there shall be a failure to elect the full
number of councillors, the vacancies shall be filled in the same
manner as is required for filling vacancies in the senate; and
vacancies occasioned by death, removal from the state, or other-
wise, shall be filled in like manner, as soon as may be, after such
vacancies shall have happened.] And that there may be no delay
in the organization of the government on the first Wednesday of
January, the governor, with at least five councillors for the time
being, shall, as soon as may be, examine the returned copies of
the records for the election of governor, lieutenant-governor, and
councillors ; and ten days before the said first Wednesday in Jan-
uary he shall issue his summons to such persons as appear to be
chosen, to attend on that day to be qualified accordingly ; and
the secretary shall lay the returns before the senate and house of
representatives on the said first Wednesday in January, to be
by them examined ; and in case of the election of either of said
officers, the choice shall be by them declared and published ; but
in case there shall be no election of either of said officers, the
legislature shall proceed to fill such vacancies in the manner pro-
vided in the constitution for the choice of such officers. [See
Amendments, Article XXV ]
Art. XVII. The secretary, treasurer and receiver-general,
auditor, and attorney-general, shall be chosen annually, on the
day in November prescribed for the choice of governor; and each
person then chosen as such, duly qualified in other respects, shall
hold his office for the term of one year from the third Wednesday
in January next thereafter, and until another is chosen and quali-
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fied in his stead. The qtialification of the voters, the manner of
the election, the return of the votes, and the declaration of the
election, shall be such as are required in the election of governor.
In case of a failure to elect either of said officers on the day in
November aforesaid, or in case of the decease, in the mean time,
of the person elected as such, such officer shall be chosen on or
before the third Wednesday in January next thereafter, from the
two persons who had the highest number of votes for said offices
on the day in November aforesaid, by joint ballot of the senators
and representatives, in one room ; and in case the office of secre-
tary, or treasurer and receiver-general, or auditor, or attorney-
general, shall become vacant, from any cause, during an annual
or special session of the general court, such vacancy shall in like
manner be filled by choice from the people at large ; but if such
vacancy shall occur at any other time, it shall be supplied by the
governor by appointment, with the advice and consent of the
council. The person so chosen or appointed, duly qualified in
other respects, shall hold his office until his successor is chosen
and duly qualified in his stead. In case any person chosen or
appointed to either of the offices aforesaid, shall neglect, for the
space of ten days after he could otherwise enter upon his duties,
to qualify himself in all respects to enter upon the discharge of
such duties, the office to which he has been elected or appointed
shall be deemed vacant. No person shall be eligible to either
of said offices unless he shall have been an inhabitant of this com-
monwealth five years next preceding his election or appointment.
Art. XVIII. All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and
cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys which
may be appropriated by the state for the support of common
schools, shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools
than those which are conducted according to law, under the order
and superintendence of the authorities of the town or city in
which the money is to be expended ; and such money shall never
be appropriated to any religious sect for the maintenance, exclu-
sively, of its own school.
Art. XIX. The legislature shall prescribe, by general law,
for the election of sheriffs, registers of probate, [commissioners
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of insolvency,] and clerks of the courts, by the people of the sev-
eral counties, and that district-attorneys shall be chosen by the
people of the several districts, for such terra of office as the legis-
lature shall prescribe. [See Amendments, Article XXXVI.]
AuT. XX. No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible
to office under the constitution of this commonwealth, who shall
not be able to read the constitution in the English language, and
write his name : provided, hoioever, that the provisions of this
amendment shall not apply to any person prevented by a physi-
cal disability from complying with its requisitions, nor to any
person who now has the right to vote, nor to any persons who
shall be sixty j-ears of age or upwards at the time this amend-
ment shall take effect.. [See Amendments, Articles III., XXIII.,
XXVI.]
Art. XXI. A census of the legal voters of each city and town,
on the first day of May, shall be taken and returned into the
office of the secretary of the commonwealth, on or before the
last day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-seven ; and a census of the Inhabitants of each city and town,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of
every tenth year thereafter. In the census aforesaid, a special
enumeration shall be made of the legal voters ; and in each city,
said enumeration shall specify the number of such legal voters
aforesaid, residing in each ward of such city. The enumeration
aforesaid shall determine the apportionment of representatives
for the periods between the taking of the census.
The house of representatives shall consist of two hundred and
forty members, which shall be apportioned by the legislature,
at its first session after the return of each enumeration as afore-
said, to the several counties of the commonwealth, equally, as
nearly as may be, according to their relative numbers of legal
voters, as ascertained by the next preceding special enumeration;
and the town of Cohasset, in the county of Norfolk, shall, for
this purpose, as well as in the formation of districts, as herein-
after provided, be considered a part of the county of Plymouth ;
and it shall be the duty of the secretary of the conmionwealth,
to certify, as soon as may l)e after it is determined by the legis-
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lature, the number of representatives to which each county shall
be entitled, to the board authorized to divide each count)^ into
representative districts. The mayor and aldermen of the city of
Boston, the county commissioners of other counties than Suffolk,
— or in lieu of the mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston,
or of the county commissioners in each county other than Suffolk,
such board of special commissioners in each county, to be elected
by the people of the county, or of the towns therein, as may for
that purpose be provided by law, — shall, on the first Tuesday
of August next after each assignment of representatives to each
county, assemble at a shire town of their respective counties, and
proceed, as soon as may be, to divide the same into representative
districts of contiguous territory, so as to apportion the representa-
tion assigned to each county equally, as nearly as may be, accord-
ing to the relative numljer of legal voters in the several districts
of each county ; and such districts shall be so formed that no
town or ward of a city shall be divided therefor, nor shall any
district be made which shall be entitled to elect more than three
representatives. Every representative, for one year at least next
preceding his election, shall have been an inhabitant of the district
for which he is chosen and shall cease to represent such district
when he shall cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth.
The districts in each county shall be numbered by the board cre-
ating the same, and a description of each, with the numbers there-
of and the number of legal voters therein, shall be returned by the
board, to the secretary of the commonwealth, the county treasurer
of each county, and to the clerk of every town in each district,
to be filed and kept in their respective offices. The manner of
calling and conducting the meetings for the choice of representa-
tives, and of ascertaining their election, shall be prescribed by
law. [Not less than one hundred members of the house of repre-
sentatives shall constitute a quorum for doing business ; but a
less number may organize temporarily, adjourn from day to day,
and compel the attendance of absent members.] [See Amend-
ments, Article XXXIII.]
Art. XXII. A census of the legal voters of each city and town,
on the first day of May, shall be taken and returned into the office
of the secretary of the commonwealth, on or before the last day
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of June, in the rear one thousand eight hundred lifty-seven; and
a census of the inhabitants of each city and town, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of every tenth year
thereafter. In the census aforesaid, a special enumeration shall
be made of the legal voters, and in each city said enumeration
shall specify the number of such legal voters aforesaid, residing
in each ward of such cit}^. The enumeration aforesaid shall deter-
mine the apportionment of senators for the periods between the
taliing of the census. The senate shall consist of forty members.
The general court shall, at its first session after each next preced-
ing special enumeration, divide the commonwealth into forty dis-
tricts of adjacent territory, each district to contain, as nearly as
may be, an equal number of legal voters, according to the enum-
eration aforesaid : provided, hoicever, that no town or ward of a
city shall be divided therefor ; and such districts shall be formed,
as nearly as may be, without uniting two counties, or parts of two
or more counties, into one district. Each district shall elect one
senator, who shall have been an inhal)itant of this commonwealth
five years at least immediately preceding his election, and at
the time of his election shall be an inhabitant of the district for
which he is chosen ; and he shall cease to represent such senato-
rial district when he shall cease to be an inhabitant of the com-
monwealth. [Not less than sixteen senators shall constitute a
quorum for doing business ; but a less number may organize
temporarily, adjourn from day to day, and compel the attend-
ance of absent members.] [See Amendments, Articles XXIV.,
XXXIII.]
Art. XXIII. [No person of foreign birth shall be entitled to
vote, or shall be eligible to ofiice, unless he shall have resided
within the jurisdiction of the United States for two years subse-
quent to his naturalization, and shall be otherwise qualified, ac-
cording to the constitution and laws of this commonwealth:
provided, that this amendment shall not afiect the rights which
any person of foreign birth possessed at the time of the adoption
thereof; &n^, provided, further, that it shall not affect the rights
of any child of a citizen of the United States, born during the
temporary absence of the parent therefrom.] [See Amendment8>
Article XXVI.]
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Art. XXIV. Any vacancy in the senate shall be filled by
election by the people of the unrepresented district, upon the order
of a majority of the senators elected.
Art. XXY. In case of a vacancy in the council, from a fail-
ure of election, or other cause, the senate and house of represent-
atives shall, by concurrent vote, choose some eligible person from
the people of the district wherein such vacancy occurs, to fill that
office. If such vacancy shall happen when the legislature is not
in session, the governor, with the advice and consent of the coun-
cil, may fill the same by appointment of some eligible person.
Art. XXVI. The twenty-third article of the articles of amend-
ment of the constitution of this commonwealth, Avhich is as fol-
lows, to wit : " No person of foreign birth shall be entitled to vote,
or shall be eligible to office, unless he shall have resided within
the jurisdiction of the United States for two years subsequent to
his natui'alization, and shall be otherwise qualified, according to
the constitution and laws of this commonwealth : provided, that
this amendment shall not affect the rights which any person of
foreign birth possessed at the time of the adoption thereof ; and
provided, further, that it shall not affect the rights of any child of
a citizen of the United States, born during the temporary absence
of the parent therefrom, "• is hereby wholly annulled.
Art. XXVII. So much of article two of chapter six of the
constitution of this commonwealth as relates to persons holding
the office of president, professor, or instructor of Harvard College,
is hereby annulled.
Art. XXVIII. No person having served in the army or navy
of the United States in time of war, and having been honorably
discharged from such service, if otherwise qualified to vote, shall
be disqualified therefor on account of [being a pauper;] or [, if a
pauper,] because of the non-payment of a poll tax. [See Amend-
ments, Article XXXI.]
Art. XXIX. The General Court shall have full power and
authority to provide for the inhabitants of the towns in this Com-
monwealth more than one place of public meeting within the
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limits of each town for the election of officers under the constitu-
tion, and to prescribe the manner of calling, holding, and con-
ducting such meetings.
All the provisions of the existing constitution inconsistent with
the provisions herein contained are hereby annulled.
Art. XXX. No person, otherwise qualified to vote in elections
for governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, and representatives,
shall, by reason of a change of residence within the Common-
wealth, be disqualified from voting for said officers in the city or
town from which he has removed his residence, until the expira-
tion of six calendar months from the time of such removal.
Art XXXI. Article twenty-eight of the Amendments of the
Constitution is hereby amended by striking out in the fourth line
thereof the words " being a pauper," and inserting in place thereof
the words : — receiving or having received aid from any city or
town, — and also by striking out in said fourth line the words " if
a pauper," so that the article as amended shall read as follows ;
ARTICLE XXVIII. No person having served in the army or
navy of the United States in time of war, and having been
honorably discharged from such service, if otherwise qualified to
vote, shall be disqualified therefor on account of receiving or
having received aid from any city or town, or because of the non-
payment of a poll tax.
Art. XXXII. So much of article three of the Amendments of
the Constitution of the Commonwealth as is contained in the fol-
lowing words : *' and who shall have paid, by himself, or his par-
ent, master, or guardian, any state or county tax, which shall,
within two years next preceding such election, have been assessed
upon him, in any town or district of this Commonwealth; and
also every citizen who shall be, by law, exempted from taxation,
and who shall be, in all other respects, qualified as above men-
tioned," is hereby annulled.
Art. XXXIII. A majority of the members of each branch of
the General Court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, but a less number may adjourn fi-om day to day, and
compel the attendance of absent members. All the provisions of
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the existing Constitution inconsistent with the provisions herein
contained are hereby annulled.
Art. XXXIV. So much of article two of section one of chap-
ter two of part second of the Constitution of the Commonwealth
as is contained in the following words: "and unless he shall at
the same time, be seised in his own right, of a freehold within the
Commonwealth of the value of one thousand pounds," is hereby
annulled.
Art. XXXV, So much of article two of section three of chap-
ter one of the Constitution of the Commonwealth as is contained
in the following words : " The expenses of travelling to the gen-
eral assembly, and returning home, once in every session, and no
more, shall be paid by the government, out of the public treasury,
to every member who snail attend as seasonably as he can, in the
judgment of the house, and does not depart without leave," is
hereby annulled.
Art. XXXVI. So much of article nineteen of the articles of
Amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth as is con-
tained in the following words : " commissioners of insolvency," is
hereby annulled.
Art. XXXVII. The governor, with the consent of the council,
may remove justices of the peace and notaries public.
Art. XXXVIII. Voting machines or other mechanical devices
for voting may be used at all elections under such regulations as
may be prescribed by law : provided, however^ that the right of
secret voting shall be preserved.
Art. XXXIX. Article ten of part one of the Constitution is
hereby amended by adding to it the following words : — The legis-
lature may by special acts for the purpose of laying out, widening
or relocating highways or streets, authorize the taking in fee by
the Commonwealth, or by a county, city or town, of more land
and property than are needed for the actual construction of such
highway or street : provided, however, that the land and property
authorized to be taken are specified in the act and are no more in
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extent than would be sufficient for suitable building lots on both
sides of such highway or street; and after so much of the land or
property has been appropriated for such highway or street as is
needed therefor, may authorize the sale of the remainder for value
with or without suitable restrictions.
[Note. — Soon after the Declaration of Independence, steps were
taken in Massachusetts towards framing a Constitution or Form of
Government. The Council and House of Representatives, or the Gen-
eral Court of 1777-78, in accordance with a recommendation of the Gen-
eral Court, of the previous year, met together as a Convention, and
adopted a form of Constitution "for the State of Massachusetts Bay,"
which was submitted to the people, and by them rejected. This at-
tempt to form a Constitution having proved unsuccessful, the General
Court on the 20th of February, 1779, passed a Resolve calling upon the
qualified voters to give in their votes upon the questions — Whether
they chose to have a new Constitution or Form of Government made,
and, Whether they will empower their representatives to vote for calling
a State Convention for that purpose. A large majority of the inhabitants
having voted in the affirmative to both these questions, the General
Court, on the 17th of June, 1779, passed a Resolve calling upon the in-
habitants to meet and choose delegates to a Constitutional Convention,
to be held at Cambridge, on the 1st of September, 1779. The Convention
met at time and place appointed, and organized by choosing James
Bowdoin, President, and Samuel Barrett, Secretary. On the 11th of
November the Convention adjourned, to meet at the Representatives'
Chamber, in Boston, January 5th, 1780. On the 2d of March, of the
same year, a form of Constitution having been agreed upon, a Resolve
was passed by which the same was submitted to the people, and the
Convention adjourned to meet at the Brattle Street Church, in Boston,
June the 7th. At that time and place, the Convention again met, and
appointed a Committee to examine the returns of votes from the several
towns. On the 14th of June the Committee reported, and on the loth
the Convention resolved, "That the people of the State of Massachusetts
Bay have accepted the Constitution as it stands, in the printed form
submitted to their revision." A Resolve providing for carrying the new
Constitution into effect was i)assed; and the Convention then, on the
16th of June, 1780, was finally dissolved. In accordance with the Re-
solves referred to, elections immediately took place in the several towns;
and the first General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
met at the State House, in Boston, on Wednesday, October 25th, 1780.
The Constitution contained a provision providing for taking, in 1795,
the sense of the people as to the expediency or necessity of revising the
86 Constitution of Massachusetts — Amendments.
original instrument. But no such revision was deemed necessary at
that time. On the 16th of June, 1820, an Act was passed by the General
Court, calling upon the people to meet in their several towns, and give
in their votes upon the question, "Is it expedient that delegates should
be chosen to meet in Convention for the purpose of revising or altering
the Constitution of Government of this Commonwealth?" A large
majority of the people of the State having voted in favor of revision, the
Grovernor issued a proclamation announcing the fact, and calling upon
the people to vote, in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid
Act, for delegates to the proposed Convention. The delegates met at
the State House, in Boston, November 15, 1820, and organized by choos-
ing John Adams, President, and Benjamin Pollard, Secretary. Mr.
Adams, however, declined the appointment, and Isaac Parker was
chosen in his stead. On the 9th of January-, 1821, the Convention agreed
to fourteen Articles of Amendment, and after passing a Resolve pro-
viding for submitting the same to the people, and appointing a com-
mittee to meet to count the votes upon the subject, was dissolved. The
people voted on Monday, April 9th, 1821, and the Committee of the
Convention met at the State House to count the votes, on Wednesday,
May 24th. They made their return to the General Court ; and at the
request of the latter the Governor issued his proclamation on the 5th of
June, 1821, announcing that nine of the fourteen Articles of Amendment
had been adopted. These articles are numbered in the preceding cages
from one to nine inclusive.
The tenth Article of Amendment was adopted by the General Court
during the sessions of the political years 1829-30, and 1830-31, and was
approved and ratified by the people May 11th, 1831.
The eleventh Article of Amendment was adopted by the General Court
during the sessions of the years 1832 and 1833, and was approved and
ratified by the people November 11th, 1833.
The twelfth Article of Amendment was adopted by the General Court
during the sessions of the years 1835 and 1836, and was approved and
ratified by the people November 14th, 1836.
The thirteenth Article of Amendment was adopted by the General
Court during the sessions of the years 1839 and 1840, and was approved
and ratified by the people April 6th, 1840.
The General Court of the year 1851 passed an Act caUing a third Con-
vention to revise the Constitution. The Act was submitted to the people,
and a majority voted against the proposed Convention. In 1852, on the
Constitution of Massachusetts — Amendments. 87
7th of May, another Act was passed calling upon the people to vote upon
the question of calling a Constitutional Convention, A majority of the
people having voted in favor of the proposed Convention, election for
delegates thereto took place in March, 1853. The Convention met in
the State House, in Boston, on the 4th day of May, 1853, and organized
by choosing Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr., President, and William S. Robin-
eon and James T. Robinson, Secretaries. On the 1st of August, this
Convention agreed to a form of Constitution, and on the same day was
dissolved, after having provided for submitting the same to the people,
and appointed a committee to meet to count the votes, and to make a
return thereof to the General Court. The Committee met at the time
and place agreed upon, and found that the proposed Constitution had
been rejected.
The fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, and nine-
teenth Articles of Amendment were adopted by the General Court dur-
ing the sessions of the years 1854 and 1855, and were approved and
ratified by the people May 23d, 1855.
The twentieth, twenty-first and twenty-second Articles of Amendment
were adopted by the General Court during the sessions of the years
1856 and 1857, and were approved and ratified by the people May 1st,
1857.
The twenty-third Article of Amendment was adopted by the General
Court during the sessions of the years 1858 and 1859, and was approved
and ratified by the people May 9th, 1859.
The twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth Articles of Amendment were adopted
by the General Court during the sessions of the years 1859 and 1860, and
were approved and ratified by the people May 17th, 1860.
The twenty-sixth Article of Amendment was adopted by the General
Court during the sessions of the years 1862 and 1863, and was approved
and ratified April 6th, 1863.
The twenty-seventh Article was adopted by the General Court during
the sessions of the years 1876 and 1877, and was approved and ratified by
the people on the 6th day of November, 1877.
The twenty-eighth Article was adopted by the General Court during
the sessions of the years 1880 and 1881, and was approved and ratified by
the people on the 8th day of November, 1881.
88 Constitution of Massachusetts — Aynendments.
The twenty-ninth Article was adopted by the General Court during the
sessions of the years 1884 and 1885, and was approved and ratified by the
people on the 3d day of November, 1885.
The thirtieth and thirty-first Articles of Amendment were adopted by
the General Court during the sessions of the years 1889 and 1890, and
were approved and ratified by the people on the 4th day of November,
The thirty-second and thirty-third Articles of Amendment were adopted
by the General Court during the sessions of the years 1890 and 1891, and
were approved and ratified by the people on the 3d day of November,
The thirty-fourth Article of Amendment was adopted by the General
Court during the sessions of the years 1891 and 1892, and was approved
and ratified by the people on the 8th day of November, 1892.
The thirty-fifth Article of Amendment was adopted by the General
Court during the sessions of the years 1892 and 1893, and was approved
and ratified by the people on the 7th day of November, 1893.
The thirty-sixth Article of Amendment was adopted by the General
Court during the sessions of the years 1893 and 1894, and was approved
and ratified by the people on the 6th day of November, 1894.
The thirty-seventh Article of Amendment was adopted by the General
Court diiring the sessions of the years 1906 and 1907, and was approved
and ratified by the people on the 5th day of November, 1907.
The thirty-eighth Article of Amendment was adopted by the General
Court during the sessions of the years 1909 and 1910, and was approved
aad ratified by the people on the 7th day of November, 1911.
The thirty-ninth Article of Amendment was adopted by the General
Court during the sessions of the years 1910 and 1911, and was approved
and ratified by the people on the 7th day of November, 1911.]
Elections for Senators in Congress, 80
ELECTIONS FOR SENATORS IN CONGRESS.
{Sections 14 to 19, Revised Statutes of the United States.]
Sect. 14. The legislature of each State which is chosen next
preceding the expiration of the time for which any Senator was
elected to represent such State in Congress shall, on the second
Tuesday after the meeting and organization thereof, proceed to
elect a Senator in Congress.
Sect. 15. Such election shall be conducted in the following
manner: Each house shall openly, by a viva voce vote of each
member present, name one person for Senator in Congress from
such State, and the name of the person so voted for, who receives
a majority of the whole number of votes cast in each house, shall
be entered on the journal of that house by the clerk or secretary
thereof ; or if either house fails to give such majority to any person
on that day, the fact shall be entered on the journal. At twelve
o'clock meridian of the day following that on which proceedings
are required to take place as aforesaid, the members of the two
houses shall convene in joint assembly, and the journal of each
house shall then be read, and if the same person has received a
majority of all the votes in each house, he shall be declared duly
elected Senator. But if the same person has not received a majority
of the votes in each house, or if either house has failed to take
proceedings as required by this section, the joint assembly shall
then proceed to choose, by a viva voce vote of each member present,
a person for Senator, and the person who receives a majority of
all the votes of the joint assembly, a majority of all the members
elected to both houses being present and voting, shall be de-
clared duly elected. If no person receives such majority on the
90 Elections for Senators in Congress.
first day, the joint assembly shall meet at twelve o'clock meridian
of each succeeding day during the session of the legislature, and
shall take at least one vote, until a Senator Is elected.
Sect. 16. Whenever on the meeting of the legislature of any
State a vacancy exists in the representation of such State in the
Senate, the legislature shall proceed, on the second Tuesday after
meeting and oi-ganization, to elect a person to fill such vacancy, in
the manner prescribed in the preceding section for the election of
a Senator for a full term.
Sect. 17. Whenever during the session of the legislature of
any State a vacancy occurs in the representation of such State
in the Senate, similar proceedings to fill such vacancy shall be had
on the second Tuesday after the legislature has organized and has
notice of such vacancy.
Sect. 18. It shall be the duty of the executive of the State
from which any Senator has been chosen, to certify his election,
under the seal of the State, to the President of the Senate of the
United States.
Sect. 19. The certificate mentioned in the preceding section
shall be countersigned by the secretary of state of the State.
STATISTICS.
HiSTOBicAL, State, County, District,
Post-office, Etc.
[93]
COUNTIES, CITIES, AND TOWNS OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
The tables that follow under this heading were prepared
by Henry E. Woods, Esq., Commissioner
of Public Becords.
"Towns . . . became in effect municipal or quasi corporations,
without any formal act of incorporation." (122 Mass. p. 349.)
August 23, 1775. "Every incorporated district 'shall henceforth
be, and shall be holden, taken, and intended to be, a town to all
intents and purposes whatsoever.' " (Prov. Laws, Vol. V., p. 420.)
March 23, 1786. " The inhabitants of every town within this gov-
ernment are hereby declaired to be a body politic and corporate."
(Acts 1785, chap. 75.)
Nov. 4, 1835. "All places now incorporated as districts, except
the district of Marshpee, in the county of Barnstable, shall have all
the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties to which
towns are entitled by the provisions of this chapter." (R. S. chap.
1.% sec.9.)
The asterisk (*) following a date signifies that it is Old Style.
Many of the doings of the court are given in dijierent volumes of
the early records under different dates, usually, however, in the
same year. The earliest date is given in these tables. The dates
that appear in the columns headed " First mentioned in the records
of the State," etc., are those under which the several names as there
given first appear in the records of the Colonies, Province, or State,
although settlements under the same or different names might have
been earlier made.
Names of cities are printed in small capitals; of extinct cities,
towns, and districts, in italics.
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194
Cities in the Commonwealth.
CITIES IN THE COMMONWEALTH,
WITH THE DATES OF THEIR INCORPORATION AND THEIR POPULATION.
Popu-
Popu-
Popu-
Incorpo-
rated.
lation,
lation,
lation,
NAME.
1900.
1905.
1910.
(U. S. Cen-
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Boston,* .
Feb. 23, 1822
560,892
595,380
670,585
Salem,
Mar. 23, 1836
35,956
37,627
43,697
Lowell, t .
Apr. 1, 1836
94,969
94,889
106,294
Cambridge,* .
Mar. 17, 1846
91,886
97,434
104.839
New Bedford, .
Mar. 9, 1847
62,442
74,362
96,652
Worcester,
Feb. 29, 1848
118,421
128,135
145,986
Lynn,
Apr. 10, 1850
68,513
77,042
89,336
Newburyport, .
May 24, 1851
14,478
14,675
14,949
Springfield,
Apr. 12, 1852
62,059
73,540
88,926
Lawrence,
Mar. 21, 1853
62,559
70,050
85,892
Fall River,
Apr. 12, 1854
104,863
105,762
119,295
Chelsea, .
Mar. 13, 1857
34,072
37,289
32,452
Taunton,.
May 11, 1864
31,036
30,967
34,259
Haverhill,
Mar. 10, 1869
37,175
37,830
44.115
Somerville,t
Apr. 14, 1871
61,643
69.272
77,236
Fitchburg,
Mar. 8, 1872
31,531
33,021
37.826
Holyoke.§
Apr. 7, 1873
45.712
49,934
57.730
Gloucester,
Apr. 28, 1873
26,121
26,011
24.398
Newton, .
June 2, 1873
33,587
36,827
39,806
Maiden, .
Mar. 31. 1881
33.664
38,037
44,404
Brockton,
Apr. 9, 1881
40.063
47,794
56,878
Northampton,!
June 23, 1883
18.643
19.957
19.431
Waltham,
June 2, 1884
23.481
26,282
27.834
Quincy, .
May 17, 1888
23,899
28.076
32,642
Woburn, .
May 18, 1888
14,254
14,402
15,308
Pittsfield,
June 5, 1889
21,766
25,001
32.121
Chicopee,
Apr. 18, 1890
19,167
20,191
25,401
Marlborough, .
May 23, 1890
13,609
14,073
14,579
Medford, .
May 31, 1892
18,244
19.686
23,150
Everett, .
June 11, 1892
24.336
29.111
33,484
Beverly, .
Mar. 23, 1894
13.884
15.223
18,650
North Adams, .
Mar. 22, 1895
24,200
22,150
22,019
Melrose, .
Mar. 18, 1899
12,962
14,295
15.715
* Change in boundary line between Cambridge and Boston in 1910.
Hyde Park (with 15,507 population) annexed to Boston in 1911.
t Part of Tewksbury annexed to Lowell in 1906.
X Change in boundary line between Somerville and Arlington in 1910.
§ Part of Northampton annexed to Holyoke in 1909.
Congressional Districts,
195
CONGEESSIONAL DISTKICTS.
[As established by Chapter 511 of the Acts of 1901. See alec Revised
Laws, Chapter 11, Section 422.]
DISTRICT No. 1.
™, Population
Cities and Towns. 1900.
Cities and Towns.
Population
1!»00.
Berkxhire County.
Berkshire Co.- Con.
Adams
11,134
Washington, .
377
Alford, .
272
AVest Stockbridge,
1,158
Becket, .
994 i
Williamstown,
5,013
Cheshire,
1,221
Windsor,
507
Clarksburg, .
943
Dalton, .
3,014
Frrmklin County.
Egreraont,
758
Ashfield,
955
Florida, .
390
Beruardston,
792
Great Barriiigton,
5,854
Buckland,
1,446
Hancock,
451 1 Charlemont,
1,094
Hinedale,
1,485 1 Colrain, .
! 1,749
Laneeborough,
780 Conway,
1,458
Lee, . .
3,596 I Deerfield,
1,969
Lenox, .
2,942 Gill,
1,015
Monterey,
455 : Greenfield,
7,927
Mount Waehingto
i»
122 Hawley,
429
New Aehford,
! 107 Heath, .
411
New Marlborough
1 1,282 Ley den, .
379
North Adams,
24,200 ' Monroe,.
305
Otis,
476 Rowe, .
549
Peru,
253 i Shelburne,
1,508
PlTTSFIELD, .
21,766 1 Whately,
769
Richmond, .
679
Sandisfield, .
661
Hampden County.
Savoy, .
506
Agawam, . . . | 2,536
Sheffield,
1,804
Blandford, ... 836
Stockbridge, .
2,081
Chester,. . . 1,450
Tyringham, .
386
1
GranviUe, . . . 1,050
196
Congressional Districts.
DISTRICT No
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Cities and Towns.
Population
1900.
Cities and Towns.
Population
1900.
Hampden Co. — Con.
Hampshire Co. — Con.
HOLYOKE, .
45,712
Goshen, ....
316
Montgomery,
'273
Hatfield,
1,500
RuBeell, ....
793
Huntington, .
1,475
Southwick, .
1,040
Middlefield, .
410
Tolland
275
Plainfield, .
404
Westfield,
12,310
Southampton,
1,012
West Springfield, .
7,105
Westhampton,
Williamsburg,
469
1,926
Hampshire County.
Chestertield, .
611
Worthington,
675
Cummington,
748
Total, . . .
201,378
DISTRICT No. 2.
Franklin County.
Hampshire Co. — Con.
Erving, ....
973
Easthampton,
5,603
Leverett,
744
Enfield, .
1,036
Montague,
6,150
Grauby, .
761
New Salem,
807
Greenwich, .
491
Northfield,
1,966
Hadley, . .
1,789
Orange, .
5,520
Northampton,
18,643
Shuteeburj-,
382
Pelham. .
462
Sunderland,
771
Prescott,
i 380
Warwick,
619
South Hadley,
1 4,526
Wendell,
492
Ware, . .
8,263
FFampden County.
Brimfield, . . . | 941
Worcester County.
Chicopee, . . . i 39,167
Athol
7,061
East Longmeadow, . 1,187
Barre, .
2,059
Hampden, . . . i 782
Brookfield, .
3,062
Holland, . . . j 169
Dana, .
790
Longmeadow, . . 1 811
Hardwick,
3,203
Ludlow,.
1 3,536
New Braintree,
500
Monson, .
3,402
North Isrookfield,
4,587
Palmer
7,801
Oakham,
588
Springfield,
62,059
Petersham, .
853
Wales, ....
773
Phillip ston, .
441
Wilbraham, .
1,595
Royalston,
Warren,
958
4,417
Hampfthii^e County.
5,028
West Brookfield,
1,448
Amherst,
Belchertown,
2,292
Total, .
199,888
Congressional Disti'icts,
197
DISTRICT No. 3.
Cities and Towns.
Worcester County.
Auburn,
Charltou,
Douglas,
Dudley, .
Graftou,
Holden, .
Leicester,
Millbury,
Northbridge, ,
Oxford, .
Paxton, .
Rutland,
Population
1900.
1,621
1,860
2,113
3,553
2^464
3,416 '
4,460
7,036
2,677
459
1.334
Cities and Towns.
Worcester Co. — Con,
Shrewsbury,
Southbridge,
Spencer,
Sturbridge,
Sutton, .
Uxbridge,
"Webster,
Weetborough,
West Boylston,
"Worcester,
Total, .
Population
1900.
,626
025
,627
058
328
599
,804
,400
,314
.421
199,064
DISTRICT No. 4.
Middlesex County.
Middlesex Co. — Con.
Acton
2,120
Weston
1,834
Aehby, .
876
Ashland,
1,525
Worcei^ter County.
Ayer,
2,446
Ashburnham,
1,882
Bedford,
1,208
Berlin, .
1,003
Boxborough,
316
Bolton, .
770
Concord,
5,652
Boylston,
1,364
Framingham,
11,302
Clinton, .
13,667
Groton, .
2,052
FiTCHBUBG, .
31,531
Hudson,
5,454
Gardner,
10,813
Lexington,
3,831
Harvard,
Hubbardston,
1,139
Lincoln, .
1,127
1,227
Littleton,
1,179
Lancaster,
2,478
Marlboroug
H,
13,609
Leominster, .
12,392
Maynard,
3,142
Lunenburg, .
1,332
Natick, .
9,488
Northborough,
2,164
Pepperell,
Shirley, .
3,701
1,680
Princeton,
Southborough,
975
1,921
Stow, .
1,002
Sterling,
1,420
Sudbury,
1,150
Templeton, .
3,489
Townsend,
1,804
Westminster,
1,327
"Waltham,
Way land.
23,481
2,303
Winchendon,
5,001
Westford,
2,624
Total, .
200,801
198
Congressional Districts,
DISTRICT No. 5.
Cities and Towns.
Population
1900.
Cities and Towns. ^^900^°
Essex County.
Middlesex Co. -Con.
Andover,
6,813
Chelmeford, .
1 3,984
Lawrence, .
62,559
Dracut, .
3,253
Lynnfield,
888
Dunstable, .
.
427
Methueu,
7,512
Lowell,*
,
94,969
Nortli Andover, .
4,243
North Reading,
Reading,
Tewksbury,*
•
1,035
4,969
3,683
Middlesex Co u n ty.
Tyngsborough,
773
Billerica, . . .
Burlington, .
2,775
593
Wilmington, .
1,596
Carlisle,.
480
Total, .
200,552
DISTRICT No. 6.
Essex County.
Essex Co.— Con.
Amesbury, .
9,473
Middleton, .
839
Beverly,
13,884
Xewburv,
1,601
Boxford.
704
Xewbcryport,
14,478
Danvers,
8,542
1,663 '
Peabody,
11,523
Essex, .
Rockport,
4,592
Georgetown,
1,900
Rowley,.
1,391
Gloucester,
i 26,121
Salem, .
35,956
Groveland,
2,376
Salisbury,
1,558
Hamilton,
1,614
Swampscott, ,
4,548
Haverhill,
37,175
Topsfieid,
1,030
Ipswich,
4,6.J8
Wenham ,
847
Afanchester,
Marblebead,
2,522
7,582
West Newbury,
1,558
Merrimac,
2,131
Total, . . .
200,266
DISTRICT No. 7.
Essex County.
1
Middlesex Co. — Con.
Ltnn
68,513
Stoneham,
6,197
Nahant, ....
1,152
Wakefield, .
9,290
Saugus, ....
5,084
1
Suffolk County.
Middlesex County.
Chelsea,
34,072
Everett,
24,336
Revere, ....
10,395
Malden,
33,664
Melrose,
12,962
Total,
205,665
* Part of Tewksbury (with 1,491 population) annexed to Lowell,
April 30, 1906.
Congressional Districts.
199
DISTRICT No. 8.
Cities and Towns.
Population
1900.
CITIES AND TOW.N-S. ^^^^l^^if
Middlesex County.
Arlingtou, .
Belmont,
Cambridge, .
8,603
3,929
91,886
18,244
61,643
Middlesex Co. — Con.
Winchester, .
WOBURN,
Total, . . .
7,248
14,254
Medford, .
80mehville,
205,807
DISTRICT No. 9.
Suffolk County.
Snfolk Co. — Con.
Boston, Ward 1, .
22,832
Boston, Ward 8,
28,817
Ward 2, .
22,924
^V^ard 9,
24,583
Ward 3, .
14,564
Ward 12, pre-
Ward 4, .
13,248
cincts 6 and 7,
8,524
Ward 5, . .
12,840
Winthrop, .
6,058
Ward 6, .
30,546
Ward 7, . .
14,782
Total, . . .
199,718
DISTRICT No. 10.
Norfolk County.
Suffolk Co. — Con.
Milton, ....
6,578
Boston, Ward 15,
19,700
QUINCT,
23,899
Ward 16,
20,017
Ward 17,
25,038
Ward 20,
32,556
Snfolk County.
Ward 24,
27,126
Boston, Ward 13,
22,835
Ward 14,
21,453
Total, . . .
199,202
DISTRICT No. 11.
Suffolk County.
Suffolk Co. — Con.
Boston, Ward 10,
22,142
Boston, Ward 21,
23,868
Ward 11,
19,275
Ward 22,
25,610
Ward 12, pre-
1
Ward 23,
23,637
cincts 1,2, 3,
Ward 25,
19,279
4 and 5,
15,117
! 22,401
Ward 18,
Ward 19,
27,178
Total, .
198,507
200
Congressional Districts,
DISTRICT No. 12.
Cities and Towns.
Bristol County.
North Attleborough,
Middlesex County.
HoUiston,
Hopkiuton,
Newton,
Sherborn,
Watertown,
Norfolk County.
Avon,
Hellingham,
Braintree,
Brookline,
Canton, .
Dedham,
Dover,
Foxborough,
Franklin,
Holbrook,
Hyde Park, J
Medfield,
ropulation
1900.
7,253
2,598
2,623
33,587
1,483
9.706
1,741
],682
5,981
19,935
4,584
7,457
656
3,266
5,017
2,229
13,244
2,926
Cities and Towns.
■Con.
I^orfolk Co
Medway,
Millis, .
Needham,
Norfolk,
Norwood,
Plainville,*
Randolph,
Sharon, .
Stoughton,
Walpole,
Wellesley,
Weetwood, ,
Weymonth,
Wrentham,*
Worcefiter County.
Blacketoue,
Hopedale,
MendoD,
Milford,
Upton, .
Total,
DISTRICT No. 13.
Bristol County.
1
Dukes Co. — Con.
Acuehnet,
1,221
Cottage City,t
1,100
Berkley,
949
Edgartown, .
1,209
Dartmouth, .
3,669
Gay Head, . . .
173
Dighton,
1 1,802
Gosnold,
164
Fairhaven,
3,567
Tisbury,
1,149
Fall River,
j 104,863
West Tisbury, .
442
Freetown,
1,394
New Bedford,
62,442
Nantucket County.
Rehoboth,
1,840
Nantucket, .
3,006
Seekonk,
1,673
Somerset,
2,241
Plymoiith County.
Swansea,
1,645
Marion, ....
902
West port,
2,890
Mattapoisett,
Rochester, .
1,061
986
Dukes County
Chilmark,
324
Total, .
200,712
* Plainville was incorporated from a part of Wrenthara, April 4, 1905.
t Name changed from Cottage City to Oak Bluffs by act of the General
Court, January 25, 1907.
I Hyde Park annexed to Poston (Ward 26) in 1911.
Congressional Districts.
201
DISTRICT No. 14.
Cities and Towns.
Population
190O.
Cities and Towns.
Population
1900.
Barnfitable County.
Plymouth County,
Barnstable, .
4,364
Abington, ,
4,489
Bourue, .
1,657
Bridgewater,
5,806
Breweter,
829
Brockton, .
40,063
Chatham,
1,749
Carver, .
1,104
Dennis, .
2,333
Duxbury,
2,075
Eastham,
502
East Bridgewater,
3,025
Falmouth,
3,500
Halifax, .
522
Harwich,
2,334
Hanover,
2,152
Mashpee,
303
Hanson, .
1,455
Orleans, .
1,123
Hingham,
5,059
Provineetown
4,247
Hull, . .
1,703
Sandwich,
1,448
Kingston,
1,955
Truro, .
767
Lakeville, .
958
Wellfleet.
988
Marshfield, .
1,810
Yarmouth,
1,682
Middleborough,
6,885
Norwell,
1,560
Bristol County.
Pembroke,
1,240
Attleborough,
11,335
Plymouth,
9,592
Eastou, .
4,837
Plympton,
488
Mansfield,
4,006
Rockland,
5,327
Norton, .
1,826
Scituate,
2,470
Raynham,
l,5iO
Wareham,
3,432
Taunton,
31,036
West Bridgewater
,
1,711
Whitman, .
6,155
Norfolk County.
CohasBet,
2,759
Total, . . .
196,201
202 Councillor Districts.
COUNCILLOR DISTRICTS.
[As established by Chapter 497 of the Acts of 1906.]
I. — The Cape, the First and Second Plymouth and the Second and
Third Bristol Senatorial Districts. Legal voters, 77,340.
Cape District. — Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Dennis,
Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown,
Sandwich, Truro, WeUfleet and Yarmouth, iri the countij of Barn,
stable; Chihuark, Cottage City,*Edgartown, Gay Head, Gosnold,
Tisbury and ^Vest Tisbury, in the county of Dukes County; and
Nantucliet.
Plymouth Districts. — Abiugton, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver,
Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hing-
ham, HuU, Kingston, Lakeville, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoi-
sett, Middleborough, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton,
Rochester, Rockland, Scituate, Wareham, West Bridgewater and
Whitman; and Cohasset, in the county of Xorfolk.
Bristol Districts. — Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Fall River,
Freetown, New Bedford, Somerset, Swansea and Westport.
II. — The First Bristol, the First and Second Xorfolk and the Eighth
and Ninth Suffolk Senatorial Districts. Legal voters, 86,018.
Bristol District. — AtiXoborough, Berkley, Dighton, Easton, Mans-
field, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk
and Taunton.
Norfolk Districts. — Avon, Bellingham, Braintree, Bi'ookline, Can
ton, Dedham, Dover, Foxborough, Franklin, Holbrook, Hyde
Park,t Medfield, Medway, Millis, Milton, Needham, Norfolk,
Norwood, Plainville, Quincy, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton,
Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood, Weymouth and Wrentham.
Suffolk Districts. — Wards Nos. 20, 21, 23 and 24 of Boston.
* Name of town changed to Oak Bluffs by act of the General
Court, January 2.5, 1907.
t Hyde Park annexed to Boston (Ward 26) in 1911.
Councillor Districts. 203
III. — The Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Suffolk Sena-
torial Districts. Legal voters, 5)1,826.
Suffolk Districts. — ^Y?^Yds. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19 and 22 of Boston ; and also Wards Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Cam-
bridge, in the county of ^fiddlesex.
IV. —The First and Fifth Suffolk and the Second, Third and Fourth
Middlesex Senatorial Districts. Legal voters, 84,934.
Suffolk Districts. — Wards Nos. 1, 10, 11 and 25 of Boston, and Chelsea,
Revere and Winthrop.
Middlesex Districts. — Wards Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Cambridge,
and Everett, Maiden, Melrose and Somerville.
v.— The First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Essex Senatorial
Districts. Legal voters, 83,104.
Essex Districts. — Ameshnry, Andovcr, Beverly, Boxford, Danvers,
Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton, Haverhill,
Ipswich, Lawrence, Wards Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of Lynn, Man-
chester, Marblehead, Men-imac, Methuen, Middleton, Nahant,
Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Peabody, Rockport,
Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham and
West Newbury.
VI. — The First, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Middlesex Sena-
torial Districts. Legal voters, 86,215.
Middlesex Districts. — Acton, Arhngton, Ashby, Ashland, Ayer,
Bedford, Belmont, Billerica, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle,
Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Framinghain, Groton,
Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton,
Lowell, Marlborough, Maynard, Medford, Natick, Newton, North
Reading, Pepperell, Reading, Sherborn, Shii-ley, Stoueham,
Stow, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Townsend, Tyngsborough, Wake-
field, Wahham, Watertown, Wayland, Westford, Weston, Wil-
mington, Winchester and Woburn; and also Ward No. 6 of Lynn,
and Lynnfleld and Saugus, in the county of Essex.
VII.— The First, Second, Third and Fourth Worcester and the
Worcester and Hampden Senatorial Districts. Legal voters,
81,266.
Worcester D/s^r/cfs. — Ashbui-nham, Athol, Auburn, Berlin, Black-
stone, Bolton, Boylston, Clinton, Douglas, Fitchburg, Gardner,
204 Councillor Districts.
Grafton, Harvard, Holden, Hopedale, Lancaster, Leominster,
Lunenburg, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Northborough, North-
bridge, Oxford, Royalston, Stirewsbury, Southborougli, Sterling,
Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Webster, Westborough, West Bovlston,
Westminster, Winchendon and ATorcester.
Worcester and Hampden District. — Barre, Brookiield, Charlton,
Dana, Dudley, Hardwick, Hubbardston, Leicester, New Brain-
tree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Paxton, Petersham, PhilUpston,
Princeton, Rutland, Southbridge, Spencer, Sturbridge, Temple-
ton, Warren and West Brookfield, in the county of Worcester;
and Brimfield, Hampden, Holland, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer,
Wales and Wilbraham, in the county of Hampden.
VIII. — The Berkshire, the Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden,
the FrankUn and Hampshire and the First and Second Hamp-
den Senatorial Districts. Legal votei-s, 83,471.
Berkshire District. — Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Florida,
Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, New Ashford, North Adams,
Peru, Pittsfield, Savoy, WilliamstowTi and Windsor.
Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden District. — Alford, Becket,
Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount
Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Richmond, Sandisfield,
Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington and West
Stockbridge, in the county of Berkshire ; Chesterfield, Cumming-
ton, Easthampton, Goshen, Hatfield, Huntington, Middlefield,
Northampton, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton, Wil-
liamsburg and Worthington, in the county of Hampshire ; and
Agawam, Blandford, Chester, East Longmeadow, Granville,
Longmeadow, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick and Tolland,
in the county of Hampden.
Franklin and Hampshire District. — Ashfield, Bernardston, Buck-
land, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, GiU,
Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Monroe, Mon-
tague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutes-
bury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell and Whately, in the
county of Franklin ; and Amherst, Belchertown, Enfield, Granby,
Greenwich, Hadley, Pelham, Prescott, South Hadley and Ware,
in the county of Hampshire.
Hampden Districts. — Chico^ee, Holyoke, Springfield, Westfield and
West Springfield.
Senatorial Districts. 205
SENATOEIAL DISTRICTS.
[As established by Chapter 497 of the Acts of 1906.]
[Average ratio for the State, 16,854+.]
Berkshire District. — Adams, Chesliire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Florida,
Hancock, Hinsdale, Lancsborough, New Ashford, North Adams,
Peru, Pittsfield, Savoy, Williamstown and Windsor. Legal
voters, 16,471.
Berkshire, Hampshire and Hampden District. — Alford, Becket, Egrc-
mont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Montere.v, Mount Washing-
ton, New Marlborough, Otis, Richmond, Sandisfield, Sheffield,
Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington and West Stockbridge, in
the county of Berkshire ; Chesterfield, Cummington, Easthampton,
Goshen, Hatfield, Huntington, Middlcfield, Northampton, Plain-
field, Southampton, AVesthampton, Williaiusburg and AVorth-
ington, in the county of Hampshire; and Agawam, Blandford,
Chester, East Longmcadow, Granville, Longmeadovr, INIoutgom-
ery, Russell, Southwick and Tolland, in the county of Hamjyden.
Legal voters, 16,093.
First Bristol Z)?sfr«'c^. — Attleborough, Berkley, Dighton, Easton,
Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth,
Seekonk and Taunton. Legal voters, 16,431.
Second Bristol District. — Fall River, Somerset and Swansea, Legal
'voters, 18,791.
Third Bristol District. — Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Free-
town, New Bedford and Westport. Legal voters, 16,146.
Cape District. — Barnstable, Bourne, Bi-ewster, Chatham, Dennis,
Eastham, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Orleans, Provincetown,
Sandwich, Truro, Wellfleet and Yarmouth, in the county of
Barnstable ; Chilmark, Cottage City,* Edgartown, Gay Head,
Gosnold, Tisbury and West Tisbury, in the county oj Dukes
County; and Nantucket. Legal voters, 9,191.
* Name of town changed to Oak Bluffs by act of the General
Court, January 25, 1907.
206 Senatorial Districts.
First Essex District.— Wards Nos. 1, 2, 3, i, 5 and 7 of Lynn, and
Nahant and Swampscott. Legal voters, 16,476.
Second Essex District. — Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead and Salem.
Legal voters, 16,373.
Tliird Essex District. — Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Man-
Chester, Newbury, Newburyport, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury,
Topsfield, Wenham and West Newbury, Legal voters, 15,874.
Fourth Essex District. — Amesbury, Boxford, Georgetown, Grove-
land, Haverhill, Merrimac, Middleton and Peabody. Legal
voters, 16,620.
Fifth Essex District. — Andover, Lawrence, Methuen and North
Andover. Legal voters, 17,761.
FranMin and Hampshire District. — Ashfield, Bernardston, Buck-
land, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill,
Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Monroe, Mon-
tague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutes-
bury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell and Whately, in the
count II of Franklin ; and Amherst, Belcherto^vn, Enfield, Granby,
Greenwich, Hadley, Pelham, Prescott, South Hadley and Ware,
in the county of Hampshire. Legal voters, 16,045.
First Hampden Z>/sirtci. — Springfield. Legal voters, 17,376.
Second Hampden District. — Chico^Ge., Holyoke, Westfield and West
Springfield. Legal voters, 17,486.
First Middlesex District. — Ashland, Framingham, HoUiston, Hop-
kinton, Natick, Ne^^-ton, Sherborn, Watertown and Weston.
Legal voters, 18,460.
Second Middlesex District. — Wards Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Cam-
bridge. Legal voters, 15,309.
Third Middlesex District. — Somerville. Legal voters, 15,906.
Fourth Middlesex District. -Y^yerett, Maiden and Melrose. Legal
voters, 18,660.
Fifth Middlesex District. — Belmont, Concord, Hudson, Lexington,
Lincoln, Marlborough, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury, Waltham and
Wayland. Legal voters, 16,213.
Sixth 3riddlesex District. — Arlington, Medford, Stoneham, Wake-
field, Winchester and Woburn. Legal voters, 16,226.
Senatorial Districts 207
Seventh Middlesex District. — Acton, Aycr, Bedford, Billcrica, Box-
borough, Burlington, Carlisle, Littleton, Wai'ds Nos. 5 and 9 of
Lowell, North Reading, Reading, Tewksbury, Westford and
Wilmington, in the county of Middlesex; and also Ward No. 6 of
Lynn, and Lynnfield and Saugus, in the countij of Essex. Legal
voters, 16,011.
Eighth Middlesex Z)/.s^r/c/.—Ashby, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable,
Groton, Wards Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of Lowell, Pepperell,
Shirley, Townsend and Tyngsborough. Legal voters, 19,305.
First Norfolk Z)/s^r/c<. — Braintree, Canton, Hollirook, Hyde Park,*
Milton, Quincy, Randolph and Weymouth. Legal voters, 18,835.
Second Xorfolk District. — Avon, Bellingham, Brookline, Dedham,
Dover, Foxborough, FrankUn, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Necd-
hani, Norfolk, Norwood, Plainville, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole,
Wellesley, Westwood and Wrentham. Legal voters, 18,737.
First Phpnouth District. — Ahmgion, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridge-
water, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston,
Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke, Tlymouth, Plympton, Rockland,
Scituate and Whitman; and also Cohasset, in the county of Nor-
folk. Legal voters, 15,620.
Second Plymouth District. — Bridgewater, Brockton, Lakeville,
Marion, Mattapoisett, Middlel)orough, Rochester, Wareham and
West Bridgewater. Legal voters, 17,502.
First Suffolk District. — Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop and Ward No. 1
of Boston. Legal voters, 18,371.
Second Suffolk District. — ^Vnrda Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Boston; and
also Wards Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of Cambridge, in the county of Middle-
sex. Legal voters, 20,178.
Third Suffolk District. — Wards Nos. 6, 7 and 8 of Boston ; and also
Ward No. 4 of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex. Legal
voters, 15,714.
Fourth Stiffolk District. — Wards Nos. 9, 12 and 17 of Boston. Legal
voters, 17,189.
Fifth Suffolk District. — yv Sir diB Nos. 10, 11 and 25 of Boston. Legal
voters, 16,688.
Sixth Suffolk District. — ^SLvdB Nos. 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Boston.
Legal voters, 19,993.
* Hyde Park annexed to Boston (Ward 26) in 1911.
208 Senatorial Districts.
Seventh Suffolk District. — Wards Nos. 18, 19 and 22 of Boston. Legal
voters, 18,752.
Eighth Suffolk District. — Wards Nos. 20 and 21 of Boston. Legal
voters, 17,869.
Ninth Suffolk District. — Wards Nos. 23 and 24 of Boston. Legal
voters, 14,146.
First Worcester Disti-ict. — WardsSos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Worces-
ter. Legal voters, 19,220.
Second Worcester District. — Berlin, Bolton, Boylston, Clinton, Har-
vard, Holden, Lancaster, Sterling, West Boylston and Wards
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of Worcester. Legal voters, 13,955.
Third Worcester District. — Ashburnham, Athol, Fitchburg, Gard-
ner, Leominster, Lunenburg, Royalston, Westminster and Win-
chendon. Legal voters, 16,854.
Fourth Worcester District. — Auburn, Blackstone, Douglas, Grafton,
Ilopedale, Meudon, Milford, Millbury, Northborough, North-
bridge, Oxford, Sbrewsbuay, Southborough, Sutton, Upton,
Uxbridge, Webster and Westborough. Legal voters, 15,588.
Worcester and Ham])den District. — Barre, Brookfield, Charlton,
Dana, Dudley, Hardwick, Hubbardston, Leicester, New Brain-
tree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Paxton, Petersham, Phillipston,
Princeton, Rutland, Southbridge, Spencer, Sturbridge, Temple-
ton, Warren and West Brookfield, in the county oj Worcester ;
and Brimfield, Hampden, Holland, Ludlow, Monson, Palmer,
Wales and Wilbraham, in the county oj Hampden. Legal voters,
15,649.
Representative Districts* 209
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
[As established by Chapter 497 of the Acts of 1906.]
[Average ratio for the State, 2,809 -f-.]
BARNSTABLE COUNTY.
Three Representatives.
District
1. — Barnstable, Bourne, Fahiiouth, Mashpee and Sandwich.
Legal voters, 2,9()5. One representative.
2. — Chatham, Dennis, Harwich and Yannouth. Legal voters,
2,149. One representative.
3. — Brewster, Eastham, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro and Well-
fleet, Legal voters, 2,089. One representative.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Eight Representatives.
District
1. — Clarksburg, Florida, North Adams, 3d Ward, 4th Ward and
oth Ward, and Savoy. Legal voters, 2,.567. One repre-
sentative.
2. — North Adarns, 1st Ward, 2d Ward, 6th Ward and 7th Ward.
Legal voters, 2,515. One representative.
3. — Adams, Cheshire, Hinsdale, New Ashford, Peru and Wind-
sor, Legal voters, 3,013. One representative.
4. — Dalton, Hancock, Lanesborough, Pittsfield, 1st Ward, and
Williamstown. Legal voters, 3,185. One representative.
5. — Pittsfield, 2d Ward, 6th Ward and 7th Ward. Legal voters,
2,G3G. One rci)reseutative.
6. — Pittsfield, 3d Ward, 4th Ward and 5th Ward. Legal voters,
2,561. One rexjresentative.
210 Representative Districts.
District
7. — Becket, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, New Marlborough, Otis, Rich-
mond, Sandisfield, Tyringham and Washington. Legal
voters, 2,995. One representative.
8. — Alford, Egremont, Great Barrington,Mount'Washington, Shef-
field, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge. Legal voters,
3,152. One representative.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Eighteen Repkesentatives.
District
1. — Attleborough, North Attleborough, Norton and Seekonk.
Legal voters, 5,871. Two representatives.
2. — Easton, Mansfield and Raynham. Legal voters, 2,782. One
representative.
3. — Taunton, 5th W^ard, 7th Ward and 8th W^ard. Legal voters,
2,691. One representative.
4. — Taunton, 2d Ward, 3d Ward and 4th Ward. Legal voters,
2,405. One representative.
5. — Berkley, Dighton, Rehoboth and Taunton, 1st Ward and Gth
Ward. Legal voters, 2,G82. One representative.
6. — Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven and Freetown. Legal
voters, 2,502. One I'epresentative.
7. — New Bedford, 1st Ward, 2d Ward and 3d Ward. Legal
voters, 6,580. Two representatives.
8. — New Bedford, 4th Ward, 5th W^ard and 6th Ward. Legal
voters, 6,359. Two representatives.
9. — Fall River, 1st Ward and 2d Ward, and Westport. Legal
voters, 5,610. Two representatives.
10. — Fall River, 3d Ward, 4th Ward and 5th Ward. Legal voters,
5,543. Two representatives.
1 1. — Fall River, 6th Ward, 7th Ward, 8th Ward and 9th Ward, and
Somerset and Swansea. Legal voters, 8,343. Three repre-
sentatives.
DUKES COUNTY.
One Representative.
District
1. — Chilmark, Cottage City,* Edgarto^\Ti, Gay Head, Gosnold,
Tisbury and West Tisbury. Legal voters, 1,150. One
representative.
* Name of town changed to Oak Bluffs by act of the General
Court, January 25, 1907.
Represeiitative Districts, 211
ESSEX COUNTY.
Thirtv-two Representatives.
District
1. — Amesbury and Merrimac. Legal voters, 2,745. One repre-
sentative.
2.— Haverhill, 1st Ward, 2d Ward and 3d Ward. Legal voters,
2,367. One representative.
3. — Haverhill, 4th Ward and 6th Ward. Legal voters, 3,002.
One representative.
4. — Haverhill, 5th Ward. Legal voters, 2,536. One representative.
5. — Lawrence, 1st Ward and 2d Ward, and Methueu. Legal
voters, 5,85.5. Two representatives.
6. — Lawrence, 3d Ward and 4th Waz'd. Legal voters, 4,140. One
representative.
7.— Lawrence, 5th Ward. Legal voters, 2,577. One representa-
tive.
8. — Lawrence, 6th Ward. Legal voters, 2,608. One representative.
9. — Andover. Legal voters, 1,523. One representative.
10. — Boxford, Groveland, Haverhill, 7th Ward, and North Au-
dover. Legal voters, 3,138. One representative.
11. — Peabodj. Legal voters, 3,0J7. One representative.
12. — Lynn, 3d Ward, and Swampscott. Legal voters, 5,765. Two
representatives.
13. — Lynn, 1st Ward, 5th Ward and 7th Ward, and Lynnfleld-
Legal voters, 5,486. Two representatives.
14 —Lynn, 2d Ward and 4th Ward, and Nahant. Legal voters,
5,460. Two representatives.
15. — Lynn, 6th Ward, and Saugus. Legal voters, 6,C59. Two rep-
resentatives.
16. — Marblehead. Legal voters, 2,193. One representative.
17. — Salem, 1st Ward and 2d Ward. Legal voters, 2,737. One
represenfcitive.
18. — Salem, 3d Ward and 5th Ward. Legal voters, 2,983. One
representative.
19. — Salem, 4th Ward and 6th Ward. Legal voters, 2,024. One
representative.
20.— Beverly and Danvers. Legal voters, 5,836. Two representa-
tives.
21. — Gloucester, 4th Ward, 5th Ward and 8th Ward, and Man-
chester. Legal voters, 2,768. One representative.
22. — Gloucester, 3d Ward, 6th Ward and 7th Ward. Legal voters,
2,401. One representative.
212 Representative Districts,
District
23. — Gloucester, 1st Ward and 2d Ward, and Rockpoit. Legal
voters, 2,833. One representative.
24. — Essex, Hamilton, Ipswich, Middleton, Rowley, Topsfleld and
Wenham. Legal voters, 3,013. One representative.
25. — Newburj-port, 1st Ward, 2d Ward, 3d Ward and 4tli Ward.
Legal voters, 2,475. One representative.
26 —Georgetown, Newbury, Newburyport, 5th Ward and 6tb
Ward, Salisbury and West Newbury. Legal voters, 3,177.
One representative.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Four Representatives.
District
1. — Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Hawley,
Heath, Monroe, Rowe, Shelburae and Whately. Legal
voters, 2,692. One representative.
2. — Greenfield. Legal voters, 2,383. One representative.
3. — Bernardston, Deerlleld, Gill, Leverett, Leyden, Montague
and Sunderland. Legal voters, 2,778. One representative.
4.— Erving, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Shutesbury, War
wick and WendeU. Legal voters, 2,761. One representa-
tive.
HAMPDEN COL^TY.
Fourteen Representatives.
District
1. — Brimfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer and Wales. Legal
voters, 2,723. One representative.
2. — Agawam, Blandford, Chester, East Longmeadow, Granville,
Hampden, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Montgomery, Russell,
Southwick, Tolland, West Springfield and Wilbraham.
Legal voters, 5,383. Two representatives.
3 . — Springfield, 1st Ward. Legal voters, 2,998. One representa-
tive.
4. — Springfield, 2d.Ward and 3d Ward. Legal voters, 3,591. One
representative.
5 _ Springfield, 4th Ward, 5th Ward and 6th Ward. Legal voters,
5,.549. Two representatives.
6._Snringfield, 7th Ward. Legal voters, 2,596. One representa-
tive.
Representative Districts, 213
District
7. — Springfield, 8th Ward. Legal voters, 2,r>42. One representa-
tive.
8. — Chicopee. Legal voters, 3,438. One representative.
9. — Holyoke, 1st Ward, 2d Ward and 4tli Ward. Legal voters,
3,5'J7. One representative.
10. — Holyoke, 3d Ward and 6th Ward. Legal voters, 2,856. One
representative.
11. — Holyoke, 5th Ward and 7th Ward. Legal voters, 2,552. One
representative.
12. — Westfield, Legal voters, 3,169. One representative.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Four Representatives.
District
1. — Northampton. Legal voters, 3,781. One representative.
2. — Chesterfield, Cummingtou, Easthampton, Goshen, Hunting-
ton, Middlefield, Plainfield, Southampton, Westhampton,
WilUamsburg and Worthington. Legal voters, 3,297. One
representative.
3. — Amherst, Hadley, Hatfield and South Hadley. Legal voters,
3,106. One representative.
4. — Belchertown, Enfield, Granby, Greenwich, Pelham, Prescott
and Ware. Legal voters, 2,687. One representative.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Forty-eight Representatives.
District
1. — Cambridge, 1st Ward, 2d Ward and 3d Ward. Legal voters,
4,455. Two representatives.
2 —Cambridge, 4th Ward, 5th Ward, 6th Ward and 7th Ward.
Legal voters, 9,S04. Three representatives.
3. — Cambridge, 8th Ward, 9th Ward, 10th Ward and 11th Ward.
Legal voters, 8,254. Three representatives.
4. — Newton. Legal voters, 7,821. Three representatives.
5. — Waltham. Legal voters, 5,822. Two representatives.
6. — Natick. Legal voters, 2,621. One representative.
7. — Framingham. Legal voters, 2,827. One representative.
8. — Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton and Sherljoru. Legal voters,
2,097. One representative.
0. — Marlborough. Legal voters, 3,421. One representative.
214 Representative Districts.
District
10. — Boxborough, Hudson, Maynard and Stow. Legal voters,
2,756. One representative.
11. — Acton, Ayer, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Littleton and Westford.
Legal voters, 3,015. One representative.
12. — Asliby, Dunstable, Groton, Pepperell, Shirley, Townsend and
Tyngsborougli. Legal voters, 2,738. One representative.
13.— Bedford, Concord, Lincoln, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston.
Legal voters, 3,084. One representative.
14. — Dracut and Lowell, 1st Ward. Legal voters, 3,068. One rep-
resentative.
15. — Lowell, 2d Ward. Legal voters, 2,277. One representative.
16. — Lowell, 4th Ward and 5th AVard. Legal voters, 3,819. One
representative.
17. — Lowell, 3d Ward, 6th AVard and 7th Ward. Legal voters,
6,385. Two representatives.
18. — Lowell, 8th Ward. Legal votei's, 2,041. One representative.
19. — Billerica, Lowell, 9th Ward, and Tewksbury. Legal voters,
3,107. One representative.
20. — Burlington, North Reading, Reading, Wilmington and Wo-
burn. Legal voters, 5,628. Two representatives.
2 1. — Wakefield. Legal voters, 2,473. One representative.
22. — Melrose. Legal voters, 3,458. One representative.
23. — Maiden. Legal voters, 8,512. Three representatives.
24. — Everett. Legal voters, 6,690. Two representatives.
25. — Somerville, 1st Ward, 3d Ward, 4th Ward and 5th Ward.
Legal voters, 8,604, Three representatives.
26. — Somerville, 2d Ward, 6th Ward and 7th Ward. Legal voters,
7,302. Three representatives.
27. — Medford, 3d Ward and 6th Ward, and Winchester. Legal
voters, 3,300, One representative.
28. — Medford, 1st Ward, 2d Ward, 4th Ward, 5th Ward and 7th
Ward. Legal voters, 3,266. One representative.
29. — Arlington and Lexington. Legal voters, 3,132. One repre-
sentative.
30. — Belmont and Watertown. Legal voters, 3,551. One repre-
sentative.
3 1. — Stoneham. Legal voters, 1,672. One representative.
NANTUCKET COUNTY.
One Representative.
District
1.— Nantucket. Legal voters, 838. One representative.
Representative Districts, 215
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Thirteen Representatives.
District
1. — Dedham and Needham. Legal voters, 2,777. One repre-
sentative.
2. — Brookline. Legal voters, 5,120, Two representatives.
3. — Hyde Park.* Legal voters, 3,3C2. One repi-esentative.
4. —Canton and Milton. Legal voters, 2,702. One representative.
5. — Quincy, 1st Ward, 2d Ward and 3d Ward. Legal voters,
3,196. One representative.
6. — Quincy, 4tli Ward, .5th Ward and 6th Ward. Legal voters,
2,813. One representative.
7. — Wej'mouth. Legiil voters, 3,249. One representative.
8. —Avon, Braintree and Holbrook. Legal voters, 2,883. One
representative.
9 —Randolph, Sharon and Stoughton. Legal voters, 3,086. One
representative.
10. —Norwood, Walpole and Westw'ood. Legal voters, 2,614. One
representative.
11. — Dover, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Norfolk and Wellesley.
Legal voters, 2,814. One representative.
12. — Bellingham, Foxborough, Franklin, Plainville and Wren-
tham. Legal voters, 2,956. One representative.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Twelve Representatives.
District
1. — Plymouth. Legal voters, 2,501. One representative.
2.— Duxbury, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke and Scituate. Le-
gal voters, 2,644. One representative.
3.— Cohasset, Hingham and Hull. Legal voters, 2,367. One rep-
resentative.
4.— Hanover, Hanson and Rockland. Legal voters, 2,867. One
representative.
5. — Abington and Whitman. Legal voters, 3,280. One repre-
sentative.
6. — Carver, Lakeville, Marion, Malta poisett, Rochester and Ware-
ham. Legal voters, 2,273. One representative.
7. — Halifax, Kingston, Middleborough and Plympton. Legal
voters, 2,667. One representative.
* Hyde Park annexed to Boston (Ward 26) in 1911.
216
Representative Districts.
District
8. — Bridge water, East Bridgewater and West Bridgewater.
Legal voters, 2,533. One representative.
9. — Brockton, 3d Ward and 4th Ward. Legal voters, 3,276. One
representative.
10. — Brockton, 1st Ward, 2d Ward and 5th Ward. Legal voters,
5,1S1. Two representatives.
1 1. — Brockton, 6th Ward and 7th Ward. Legal voters, 3,623. One
representative.
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
FiFTr-FODR Representatives.
District
1. — Boston, 1st Ward. Legal voters, 5,808. Two representatives.
2. — Boston, 2d Ward. Legal voters, 5,082. Two representatives.
3 — Boston, 3d Ward. Legal voters, 3,915. Two representatives.
4. — Boston, 4th Ward and 5th Ward. Legal voters, 6,726. Three
representatives.
5. — Chelsea, 1st Ward and 2d Ward Legal voters, 3,132. One
representative.
6. — Boston, 6th Ward. Legal voters, 3,994.
7. — Boston, 7th Ward. Legal voters, 3,726.
8. — Boston, 8th Ward. Legal voters, 5,745.
9. — Boston, 9th Ward. Legal voters, 5,392.
10. — Boston, lOih Ward. Legal voters, 6,722.
1 1. — Boston, 11th Ward. Legal voters, 4,654.
12. — Boston, 12th Ward. Legal voters, 6,038.
13. — Boston, 13th Ward. Legal voters, 4,380.
14. — Boston, 14th Ward. Legal voters, 5,384.
15. — Boston, 15th Ward. Legal voters, 4,744.
16. — Boston, 16th Ward. Legal voters, 5,4^.
17. — Boston, 17th Ward. Legal voters, 5,759.
18. — Boston, 18th Ward. Legal voters, .5,284.
19. — Boston, 19th Ward. Legal voters, 6,660.
20. — Boston, 20th Ward.
tives.
2 1. — Boston, 21st Ward.
22. — Boston, 22d Ward.
23. — Boston, 23d Ward.
24. — Boston, 24th Ward
tives.
25. — Boston, 25th Ward. Legal voters, 5,312. Two representatives.
Two representatives.
One representative.
Two representatives.
Two representatives.
Two representatives.
Two representatives.
T wo representatives .
Two representatives.
Two representatives.
Two representatives.
Two representatives.
Two representatives.
Two representatives.
Two representatives.
Legal voters, 10,866. Three representa-
Legal voters, 7,003. Two representatives.
Legal voters, 6,808. Two representatives.
Legal voters, 6,227. Two x-epresentatives.
Legal voters, 7,919. Three representa-
Mepresentative Districts. 217
District
26. — Chelsea, 3d Ward and 4th Ward. Legal voters, 3,104. One
representative.
27. — Chelsea, Tjth Ward, Revere and Winthrop. Legal voters,
0,327. Two representatives.
WORCESTER COUNTY.
twentt-eight representatives.
District
1. — Athol, Dana, Petersham, Phillipston and Royalston. Legal
voters, 2,678. One representative.
2. — Ashburnham, Gardner, Templeton and Winchendon. Legal
voters, 5,175. Two representatives.
3. — Barre, Holden, Hubbardston, Oakham, Princeton, Rutland,
Sterling and Westminster. Legal voters, 2,828. One rep-
resentative.
4. — Brookfield, Hardwick, New Braintree, North Brookfield,
Warren and West Brookfield. Legal voters, 2,8G7. One
representative.
5. — Charlton, Southbridge and Sturbridge. Legal voters, 2,919.
One representative.
6. — Auburn, Leicester, Paxton and Spencer. Legal voters, 2,901.
One representative.
7. — Dudley, Oxford and Webster. Legal voters, 2,872. One rep-
resentative.
8. — Blackstone, Douglas, Grafton, Millbury, Shrewsbury, Sutton
and Uxbridge. Legal voters, 5,599. Two representatives.
9. — Hopedale, Mendon, Milford, Northbridge and Upton. Legal
voters, 5,420. Two representatives.
10. — Berlin, Bolton, Boylston, Clinton, Northborough, Southbor-
ough. West Boylston and Westborough. Legal voters,
5,516. Two representatives.
11. — Fitchburg, 6th Ward, Harvard, Lancaster, Leominster and
Lunenburg. Legal voters, 5,631. Two representatives.
12. — Fitchburg, 1st Ward, 2d Ward, 3d Ward, 4th Ward and 5th
Ward. Legal voters, 5,135. Two representatives.
13. — Worcester, 1st Ward. Legal voters, 2,917. One representative.
14. — Worcester, 2d Ward. Legal voters, 2,8,55. One representative.
15. — Worcester, 3d Ward. Legal voters, 2,947. One representative.
16. — Worcester, 4th Ward. Legal voters, 2,709. One representa-
tive.
17. — Worcester, 5th Ward. Legal voters, 2,878. One representa
tive.
218 Representative Districts,
District
18. — Worcester, Ctli Ward. Legal voters, 2,580. One representa-
tive.
19. — Worcester, Ttli Ward. Legal voters, 2,697. One representa-
tive.
20. — Worcester, 8th Ward. Legal voters, 2,861. One representa-
tive.
21. — Worcester, Gtli Ward. Legal voters, 2,882. One representa-
tive.
22. — Worcester, lOtli Ward. Legal voters, 2,613. One representa-
tive.
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YALUATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Established by Chapter 357 of the Acts of 1910.* See Revised Laws,
Chapter 12, Sections 100 and 101.)
BARNSTABLE COUNTY-
Tax of $1,000.
Towns.
Polls.
Property.
includ'g Polls
at One- tenth
of Mill Each.
Barnstable
1,066
$6,221,967
$1 52
Bourne, .
666
4,395,415
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Brew8t«r,
210
671,144
17
Chatham.
533
1,286,607
35
Dennis, .
555
1,347.057
36
Eastham,
143
450,951
12
Falmouth,
933
9,563.560
2 27
Harwich.
584
1,420,245
38
Mashpee,
85
216,282
06
Orleans. .
309
688.122
19
Provincetown,
1,422
2.082,066
62
Sandwich,
Truro, .
357
196
1.057.182
382,488
28
11
Wellfleet.
325
1.238.537
31
Yarmouth,
456
2,410.192
59
Totals,
7,740
$33,431,815
$8 39
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Adams
2,686
$7,165,492
$1 90
Alford, .
86
190,145
05
Becket, .
293
527.430
15
Cheshire,
458
830.342
23
Clarksburg,
278
266,381
09
Dalton,
876
4,610,160
1 14
Egremont,
216
485,464
13
Florida
108
192,832
05
• This schedule constitutes the basis of apportionment for State and
county taxes until the year 1913, when a new apportionment will be
made.
236
Valuation of the Commonwealth.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY — Concluded.
Tax of $1,000.
Towns.
Polls.
Property.
includ'g Polls
at One-tenth
of Mill Each.
Great Barrington, .
1,843
$6,270,783
$1 61
Hancock,
141
316,242
09
Hinsdale,
329
596,959
17
Lanesborough,
256
529,352
15
Lee. . . .
1,274
2,192,875
63
Lenox, .
936
6.335,406
1 53
Monterey,
119
320,602
08
Mount Washington,
25
92,144
02
New Ashford,
33
50,251
01
New Marlborough,
298
719,494
19
North Adams,
5,140
16,546.648
4 27
Otis,
148
278,101
08
Peru,
80
140.187
04
PiTTSFIELD,
8,546
24,474.469
6 42
Richmond,
140
387,293
10
Sandisfield,
178
341.085
10
Savoy, .
148
189,621
06
Sheffield,
474
1,114,546
30
Stockbridge,
513
4,502,608
1 07
Tyringham,
98
268,462
07
Washington,
82
278,834
07
West Stockbridge, .
356
446,220
14
Williamstown,
993
3,580,541
91
Windsor.
139
279,326
08
Totals,
27.290
$84,520,295
$21 93
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Acushnet, ....
316
$805,519
$0 21
Attleborough,
4,717
15,186,731
3 92
Berkley,
258
419,691
12
Dartmouth,
996
4,249,897
1 07
Dighton,
541
1,143,556
31
Easton, .
1,446
5,988,598
1 51
Fairhaven,
1,238
3,509,891
92
Fall River,
31,080
95,129,690
24 73
Freetown,
394
986.314
26
Mansfield,
1,375
4,092,054
1 07
New Bedford,
23,956
87,503,240
22 28
North Attleborough,
2,740
7,004.337
1 87
Norton, .
626
1,250,499
35
Raynham,
424
854.541
24
Rehoboth, ....
497
871,950
25
Valuation of the Commonwealth.
237
BRISTOL COUNTY — Concluded.
Towns.
Polls.
Property.
Tax of $1,000,
includ'g Polls
at One-tenth
of Mill Each.
Seekonk
Somerset, ....
Swansea, ....
Taunton
Westport
580
728
548
9,521
826
$1,283,490
1,460,754
1,824,445
25,326,745
1,879,255
$0 35
40
47
6 71
51
Totals, ....
82,807
$260,771,197
$67 55
COUNTY OF DUKES COUNTY.
Chilmark
119
$317,406
$0 08
Edgartown, ....
359
1.230,121
32
Gay Head
46
30,864
01
Gosnold, ....
45
581,341
14
Oak Bluffs
295
1,827,603
44
Tisbury
349
1,602,750
40
West Tisbury,
145
608,682
15
Totals, ....
1,358
$6,198,767
$154
ESSEX COUNTY.
Amesbury
2,714
$6,352,115
$1 71
Andover,
1,930
8,258,227
2 07
Beverly,
6,106
36,806,035
8 88
Boxford,
182
1,439,079
35
Danvers,
2,538
6,528,501
1 74
Essex, .
475
1,212,445
32
Georgetown,
535
1,028,318
29
Gloucester,
7.608
23,264,233
6 05
Groveland,
616
1,175.229
33
Hamilton,
475
4.419,559
1 05
Haverhill,
12,907
32,577,268
8 69
Ipswich,
1,182
5,150,855
1 29
Lawrence,
21,201
64,241.036
16 72
Lynn, .
27,207
74,081,912
19 56
Lynnfield,
240
800,196
21
Manchester,
801
16,947.227
3 93
Marblehead,
2,130
8,165,136
2 07
Merrimac,
564
1,297,240
35
Methuen,
2,773
6,675,090
1 79
238
Valuation of the Commonwealth.
ESSEX COVNTY — Concluded.
Tax of $1,000,
Towns.
Polls.
Property.
includ'g Polls
at One-tenth
of Mill Each.
Middleton
259
$832,913
$0 22
Nahant,
347
8,076.496
1 87
Newbury,
392
1,308,349
34
Newburyport,
4,351
13,228,615
3 44
North Andover,
1,374
5,211,428
1 32
Peabody,
4,377
11,110,151
2 96
Rockport,
1,200
3,348,450
88
Rowley, .
359
769,376
21
Salem, .
11,260
36,023,941
9 31
Salisbury,
460
890,717
25
Saugus, .
1,964
5,832,570
1 52
Swampscott,
1,504
11,274,093
2 71
Topsfield,
273
1,429,710
35
Wenham,
293
2,787,026
66
West Newbury,
442
1,130,571
30
Totals,
120,039
$403,674,107
$103 74
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Aehfield, ....
274
$651,872
$0 18
Bernardston,
211
476,784
13
Buckland,
443
721,143
21
Cbarlemont,
298
528,663
15
Colrain, .
465
744,031
22
Conway,
333
727,813
20
Deerfield,
631
1,885.442
49
Erving, .
343
1,051,321
27
Gill,
220
475,157
13
Greenfield,
3,189
10,483,859
2 70
Hawley,
109
167,218
05
Heath, .
111
172,608
05
Leverett,
194
319,792
09
Leyden, .
96
174,327
05
Monroe, .
95
172,007
05
Montague,
1,826
4,410.049
1 18
New Salem,
185
374,674
10
Northfield,
412
1,415,903
36
Orange, .
1,719
4,085,123
1 10
Rowe,
175
195,406
06
Shelburne,
423
1,310,114
34
Shutesbury,
76
258,947
07
Sunderland,
315
506,690
15
Warwick,
120
437,072
11
Valuation of the Commonwealth.
239
FRANKLIN COV^TY — Concluded.
Towns.
Polls.
Property.
Tax of $1,000,
includ'g Polls
at One-tenth
of Mill Each.
WendeU
Whately
145
268
$261,472
484.024
$0 07
14
Totals
12,676
$32,491,511
$8 65
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Agawam, ....
894
$2,011.4.54
$0 55
Blandford, .
172
543.592
14
Brimfield,
233
560,079
15
Chester, .
372
741.616
21
Chicopeb,
6,436
13.925,483
3 81
East Longmeadow,
414
711.908
20
Granville,
216
480,338
13
Hampden,
163
377,961
10
Holland,
43
98,541
03
HOLTOKB,
13.617
50.506.650
12 84
Longmeadow,
270
1,502.854
37
Ludlow, .
1,109
3.991,012
1 02
Monson, .
1.100
1.962,990
56
Montgomery, .
72
169,074
05
Palmer, .
2,285
4.389,877
1 23
Russell. .
237
743,263
19
Southwick, .
293
694,768
19
Springfield, .
23,809
116,218,874
28 79
Tolland, .
51
198.819
05
Wales. .
123
291.935
08
West Springfield,
2,250
7.305.002
1 88
Westfield,
3.826
9.849.516
2 62
Wilbraham, .
552
1,215,648
33
Totals. .
58,537
$218,491,254
$55 52
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
Amherst, ....
1,397
$3,951,140
$1 04
Belchertown, .
506
939.207
27
Chesterfield, .
162
319.022
09
Cummington,
180
338,921
09
Easthampton,
2,077
5.975,370
1 57
Enfield, .
254
730.859
19
Goshen, .
71
252,904
08
240
Valuation of the Commomoealth.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY - Concluded.
Tax of 11,000,
Towns.
Polls.
Property.
includ'g Polls
at One-tenth
of Mill Each.
Granby
203
$517,006
$0 14
Greenwich,
126
255,252
07
Hadlev, .
590
1,377,976
37
Hatfield,
539
1,388,973
37
Huntington, .
419
638,778
19
Middlefield. .
77
188,908
05
Northampton,
4,537
15,006,637
3 86
Pelham, .
123
288,902
08
Plainfield. .
110
178,317
05
Prescott,
105
187,046
05
South Hadley,
1,209
3,227,944
85
Southampton,
237
501,659
14
Ware, .
2,358
5,281,108
1 44
Westhampton,
97
246,043
07
Williamsburg,
570
1,030,390
29
Worthington, .
161
355.341
10
Totals.
16,168
S43. 177.703
$11 43
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Acton,
630
$2,167,930
$0 56
Arlington,
2,787
12,040,688
3 02
Ashby, .
278
773,888
20
Ashland,
468
1,210,363
32
Ayer,
805
2,116,075
56
Bedford,
299
1,449,334
36
Belmont,
1,372
6,854,544
1 69
Billerica,
822
2,855,846
73
Boxborough,
95
268,562
07
Burlington,
191
628,898
16
Cambridge,
25,898
114,094,902
28 52
Carlisle, .
171
524,114
14
Chelmsford,
1,306
4,615,068
1 18
Concord,
1,614
7,810,410
1 94
Dracut, .
870
2,329,492
62
Dunstable,
114
383.556
10
Everett,
8,768
27,342,393
7 09
Framingham,
3,406
12,041,289
3 08
Groton, .
609
4,283,327
1 03
Holliston,
779
1,727,538
47
Hopkinton,
765
1,616,003
44
Hudson, .
2,056
4,406,495
1 21
Lexington,
1,444
8.640,266
2 11
Lincoln, .
355
3.520.205
84
Valuation of the Commomvealth.
241
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Concluded.
TowNa.
Polls.
Property.
Tax of $1,000,
includ'g Polls
at One-tenth
of Mill Each.
Littleton,
Lowell,
Malden,
Marlborough
Maynard,
Medford,
Melrose,
Natick, .
Newton,
North Reading
Pepperell,
Reading,
Sherborn,
Shirley, .
Somerville,
Stoneham,
Stow,
Sudbury,
Tewksbuxy,
Townsend,
Tyngsborough
Wakefield,
Waltham,
Watertown,
Way land,
Westford,
Weston, .
Wilmington,
Winchester,
WOBURN,
Totals,
388
25,895
11,610
4,626
2,232
6,235
4,438
3,127
10,474
271
869
1,688
299
391
21,067
2,218
296
330
508
554
216
2,997
7,303
3,662
650
512
2,182
4,234
$1,115,794
85,175,700
45,004,522
10,898,089
3,884,701
24,264,078
17,063,560
8,225,368
80,837,081
731.082
2,316,594
5,742,532
1,552,583
1,164,290
65,411.419
5,182.026
956,940
1,303,166
1,341.886
1.332.153
593,866
9,671,533
28,563.213
15,479,139
2,542.454
2,344,168
8.748.609
1.465,908
13,826.399
11,638,886
176,453
$682,078,925
$0 29
21 95
11 39
2 94
1 11
6 14
4 32
2 18
19 42
19
61
1 47
38
30
16 97
1 40
25
33
36
36
16
2 50
7 22
3 88
64
60
2 05
38
3 36
3 07
$172 66
NANTUCKET COUNTY.
Nantucket, ....
817
$3,473,416
$0 87
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Avon,
Bellingham, ....
Braintree, ....
577
412
1,993
$979,471
895,813
6,477,294
$0 28
24
1 67
242 Valuation of the Commomvealth,
NORFOLK COUNTY — Concluded,
Tax of $1,000,
Towns.
Polls.
Property.
includ'g Polls
at One-tenth
of Mill Each.
Brookline
7,218
$118,513,924
$27 66
Canton, .
1,264
4,603,931
1 17
Cohasset,
735
8,425,307
1 99
Dedham,
2,286
14,247,994
3 47
Dover, .
219
5,738,416
1 33
Foxborough,
913
2,294,432
61
Franklin,
1.385
3,922,637
1 03
Holbrook,
773
1,615.692
44
Hyde Park,*
4,088
15,041.961
3 83
Medfield,
512
1,900,642
48
Medway,
775
1,453.664
41
Millis, .
330
1,107,323
28
Milton, .
1.996
30,027,548
7 02
Needham,
1,360
6,143,578
1 53
Norfolk,
305
855,701
22
Norwood,
2,287
14,510,576
3 53
Plainville,
405
794,020
22
QUINCT, .
9,415
30,606,390
7 90
Randolph,
1,089
2,303,882
63
Sharon, .
636
2,824.364
71
Stoughton,
1,943
3,532,469
1 00
Walpole,
1,327
4,556,099
1 17
Wellesley,
1,366
15.322,124
3 62
Westwood,
338
2.741,179
66
Weymouth,
3,377
8,323,916
2 23
Wrentham,
454
1,233,618
33
Totals,
49,778
S310,993,965
$75 66
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Abington, ....
1,634
$2,991,324
$0 84
Bridgewater, ,
1,340
3,469,277
92
Bbockton,
16,234
43,911,145
11 60
Carver, .
286
1,530.950
38
Duxbury,
606
2,308,400
58
East Bridgewater,
964
2,303,788
62
Halifax, .
147
542,205
14
Hanover,
647
1,619,814
43
Hanson,
430
1,129,912
30
Hingham,
1,160
6,930,664
1 69
Hull, .
365
5,605,743
1 31
Kingston,
659
1,834,323
48
Lakeville, ....
269
720,555
19
* Hyde Park annexed to Boston (Ward 26) in 1911.
Valuation of the Commomvealth.
243
PLYMOUTH COUNTY — Concluded.
Tax of $1,000,
Towns.
Polls.
Property.
includ'g Polls
at One-tenth
of Mill Each.
Marion
353
$4,777,715
$1 12
Marshfield, .
490
2,002,795
50
Mattapoisett, .
278
1,936,080
47
Middleborough,
2,151
5,053,958
1 36
Norwell,
496
1,090.735
30
Pembroke,
310
997,428
26
Plymouth,
3,260
11,596.979
2 96
Plympton,
162
378,223
10
Rochester,
261
667,863
18
Rockland,
2,000
4.234.547
1 16
Scituate,
717
4.635,042
1 13
VVareham,
1,306
4,997,052
1 27
West Bridgewater,
607
1,315.410
36
Whitman,
2,214
4.938,660
1 34
Totals, .
39,246
$123,520,587
$31 99
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Boston,* ....
Chelsea, ....
Revere, ....
Winthrop
189,539
8,182
4,993
2,846
$1,420,981,033
25.493,242
15.660.186
12,219,155
$341 89
6 61
4 06
3 06
Totals
205,560
$1,474,353,616
$355 62
WORCESTER COUNTY.
Ashburnham,
505
$1,043,470
$0 29
Athol, .
2,271
4,795,239
1 32
Auburn, .
617
1,242,674
34
Barre, .
856
1.908.838
52
Berlin, .
245
562.307
15
Blackstone,
1,360
2,271,572
65
Bolton, .
207
500,181
13
Boylston,
193
485,022
13
Brookfield,
610
1.328,678
36
Charlton,
567
1,307,664
35
Clinton, .
3,403
8,841,229
2 35
Dana, .
190
403,751
11
Douglas,
652
1,347,893
37
Hyde Park annexed to Boston (Ward 26) in 1911.
244
Valuation of the CommoniDealth,
WORCESTER COUNTY — Concluded.
Tax of $1,000.
Towns.
PoUs.
Property.
includ'g Polls
at One-tenth
of MiU Each.
Dudley
892
$1,820,724
$0 50
FlTCHBURQ, ,
9,675
30,815,118
7 97
Gardner,
3,944
7,999,254
2 21
Grafton,
1,272
2,954,956
80
Hardwick,
879
2,013,791
55
Harvard,
309
1,353,506
34
Holden, .
548
1.791,207
46
Hopedale,
725
6,671,281
1 59
Hubbardston,
338
702,235
19
Lancaster,
621
4,778,268
1 15
Leicester,
926
2,596,652
68
Leominster, .
4,932
12,836,174
3 41
Lunenburg, .
349
1,131,246
29
Mendon,
263
757,307
20
Milford. .
3,694
8,830,094
2 38
Millbury,
1,256
2,451,189
68
New Braintree,
147
408.637
11
North Brookfield,
733
1,707,572
46
Northborough,
523
1,395,575
37
Northbridge, .
2,658
5,573,724
1 53
Oakham,
163
382,937
10
Oxford, .
862
2,072,912
56
Paxton,
92
334,528
09
Petersham,
210
949,548
24
Phillipston, .
112
290,313
08
Princeton,
279
1,300,734
32
Royalston,
207
646,519
17
Rutland,
314
719,110
19
Shrewsbury, .
550
1,800.536
46
Southborough,
535
3,016,516
74
Southbridge, .
3,576
6.392,075
1 81
Spencer,
1,969
4,014,410
1 11
Sterling,
412
1,151,538
30
Sturbridge, .
548
1,069,508
30
Sutton, .
702
1,307,877
37
Templeton, .
1,112
1,752,055
51
Upton, .
554
1,154.040
32
Uxbridge,
1.172
3,069,637
81
Warren, .
1,173
2.063.147
59
Webster,
2,823
10,206,433
2 60
West Boylston,
313
786,860
21
West Brookfield,
400
964,995
26 .
Westborough, .
1,196
3,363,258
88
Westminster, .
390
847,667
23
Winchendon, .
1,747
4,158.306
1 12
Worcester, ,
39,091
146,201,068
37 14
Totals. .
106.862
$324,643,555
$84 45
Valuation of the Commonicealtli.
245
RECAPITULATION.
Counties.
Polls.
Property.
Tax of $1,000,
includ'g Polls
at One-tenth
of Mill Each.
Barnstable, ....
7,740
$33,431,815
$8 39
Berkahire,
27.290
84.520.295
21 93
Bristol, .
82,807
260,771,197
67 55
Dukes, .
1,358
6,198,767
1 54
Essex, .
120,039
403.674.107
103 74
Franklin,
12,676
32,491.511
8 65
Hampden,
58,537
218,491.254
55 52
Hampshire,
16.168
43.177.703
11 43
Middlesex,
176,453
682,078,925
172 66
Nantucket,
817
3,473,416
87
Norfolk,
49.778
310.993,965
75 66
Plymouth,
39.246
123.520,587
31 99
Suffolk, .
205,560
1,474,353,616
355 62
Worcester,
106,862
324,643,555
84 45
Totals,
905,331
$4,001,820,713
$1,000 00
246
Population and Voteri^
A LIST
OF THE Counties, Cities and Towns in the Commonwealth,
WITH the Census of Inhabitants in 1905 and 1910, and
of Legal Voters in 1905, revised and corrected by the
Bureau of Statistics.
Also, a List of Registered Voters in 1911, prepared by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
POPUiATION.
Legal
Voters
Regis-
COUNTIES, CITIES
AND TOWNS.
State
Census
U.S.
Census
tered
Voters
1905
1910
1905
1911
Barnstable.
Barnstable, ....
4,336
4,676
1,185
1,217
Bourne,
1,786
2,474
491
615
Brewster, .
.
739
631
222
232
Chatham,
1,634
1,564
531
470
Dennis,
.
1,998
1,919
582
562
Eastham, .
.
519
518
157
139
Falmouth, .
.
3,241
3,144
820
721
Harwich, .
.
2,291
2,115
598
544
Mashpee,
317
270
95
78
Orleans,
.
1,052
1,077
317
270
Provincetown,
4,362
4,369
913
705
Sandwich, .
.
1,4:33
1,688
374
368
Truro, .
743
655
165
128
Welllleet, .
.
958
1,022
315
294
Yarmouth, .
1,422
],420
438
398
Totals, ....
26,831
27,542
7,203
6,741
Berkshire.
Adams
12,486
13,026
2,115
1,880
A 1 ford.
275
275 •
76
66
Becket,
890
959
229
200
Cheshire,
1,281
1,508
334
297
Clarksburg,
1,200
1,207
218
182
Dalton,
3,122
3,568
765
829
Egremont, .
Florida,
721
605
221
160
424
395
92
72
Great Barrington
,
6,152
5,926
1,508
1,275
Hancock,
.
434
465
117
99
Hinsdale, .
'
1,452
1,116
312
244
Population and Voters,
U1
Population.
Legal
Voters
Regis-
COUNTIES, CITIES
AND TOWNS.
State
Census
U.S.
Census
tered
Voters
190.>
1910
1903
1911
Berkshire— Co?i.
Lanesborough, .
845
947
259
220
Lee, .
3,972
4,106
955
988
Lenox,
3,058
3,060
701
750
Monterey, •
444
388
103
98
Mount Washington,
87
110
22
21
New Ash ford,
100
92
37
24
New Marlborough,
1,209
1,124
351
265
NORTH ADAM8, .
22,150
22,019
4,625
3,761
Otis, .
534
494
156
119
Peru, .
268
237
68
69
PITTSFIELD,
25,001
32,121
6,127
6,765
Richmond, .
601
650
145
117
Sandisfield, .
657
566
188
123
Savoy, .
549
503
147
117
Sheffield, .
1,782
1,817
486
387
Stockbridge,
2,022
1,933
538
496
Tyringham,
314
382
93
83
Washington,
339
277
74
60
West Stockbridge,
1,023
1,271
301
286
William stown, ' .
4,425
3,708
1,108
783
Windsor,
513
404
147
97
Totals
98,330
105,259
22,618
20,933
Bristol.
Acushnet, . . , .
1,284
1,692
319
213
Attleborough,
12,702
16,215
2,880
2,858
Berkley,
931
999
216
203
Dartmouth, .
3,793
4,378
875
662 .
Dighton,
2,070
2,235
443
350
Easton,
4,909
5,139
1,242
1,219
Fairhaven, .
4,235
5,122
951
833
Fall River,
105,762
119,295
17,825
16,125
Freetown, .
1,470
1,471
357
285
Mansfield, .
4,245
5,183
1,153
1,043
New Bedford,
74,362
96,652
12,939
12,631
North Attleborou
gh.
7,878
9,562
2,0.52
1,950
Norton,
2,079
2,544
511
462
Raynham, .
Rehoboth, .
1,662 •
1,725
387
296
1,991
2,001
438
318
Seekonk,
1,917
2,397
428
.327
Somerset, .
2,294
2,798
513
424
Swansea,
1,839
1,978
453
395
Taunton, .
30,967
34,259
6,681
6,227
Westport, .
2,867
2,928
705
502
Totals, .
• •
269,257
318,573
51,368
47,323
248
Population and Voters.
Population.
Legal
Voters
Regis-
COUNTIES, CITIES
AND TOWNS.
State
Census
U.S.
Census
tered
Voters
1905
1910
1905
1911
Dukes County.
Chilmark, ....
322
282
100
101
Edgartown,
.
1,175
1,191
324
295
Gay Head, .
178
162
47
33
Gosnold,
,
IfJl
152
49
53
Oak Bluffs,*
1,138
1,084
210
247
Tisbury,
.
1,120
1,196
293
273
West Tisbury,
.
457
437
127
103
Totals, .
4,.^51
4,504
1,150
1,105
Essex
Amesbury, •
8,840
9,894
2,211
1,885
Andover,
6,632
7,.301
1,523
1,447
Beverly, .
15,223
18,650
3,782
4,003
Boxford,
665
718
180
163
Danvers,
9,063
9,407
2,054
1,980
Essex, .
1,790
1,621
488
412
Georgetown,
1,840
1,9.58
544
501
Gloucester,
26,011
24,398
6,328
5,049
Groveland, .
2,401
2,253
642
528
Hamilton, .
1,646
1,749
333
369
Haverhill,
37,830
44,115
9,163
8,213
Ipswich,
5,205
5,777
1,005
975
Lawrence,
70,050
85,892
13,346
11,681
Lynn, .
77,042 ^
89,336
19,.520
17,203
Lynnlield, .
797
911
235
248
Manchester,
2,618
2,673
620
604
Marblehead,
7,209
7,338
2,193
2,246
Merrlmac, .
1,884
2,202
534
489
^lethuen,
8,676
11,448
1,834
1,846
Middleton, .
1,068
1,129
249
244
Nahant,
922
1,184
258
349
Newburv,
1,480
1,482
434
382
Newburyport,
14,675
14,949
3,756
3,436
North Andover,
4,614
5,.529
1,058
1,057
Peabody,
13,098
15,721
3,097
2,928
Rockport, .
4,447
4,211
1,054
899
Rowley,
1,388
1,368
402
312
Salem,
■37,627
43,697
8,344
8,081
Salisbury, .
1,622
1,6.58
479
455
Saugus, '
6,2.53
8,047
1,441
1,569
Swampscott,
5,141
6,204
1,316
1,330
Topstield, .
1,095
1,174
282
252
Wenham,
924
1,010
254
255
West Newbury,
1,405
1,473
439
378
Totals
381,181
436,477
89,398
81,769
* Name of Cottage City changed to 0
ik Bluffs h
y act of tl
le General
Court, January 25,
1907.
Population and Voters.
249
Population.
Legal
Voters
Regis-
COUNTIES, CITIES
AND TOWNS.
State
Census
U. S.
Census
tered
Voters
1905
1910
1905
1911
FRANKLIN.
Ashfield, . . . .
m^
959
271
223
Jiernnvdstou,
769
741
205
176
lUickland, .
1,.500
1,.573
407
410
Cliurleniont,
1,002
1,001
261
221
Colraiu,
1,780
1,741
400
318
Conway,
1,340
1,230
329
274
Deerfield, .
2,11-2
2,209
.509
440
Erving,
1,094
1,148
274
247
Gill, .
1,023
942
248
145
Greenfield, .
9,156
10,427
2,38:^
2,473
Hawlev,
448
424
125
90
Heath," .
3.56
346
112
93
Leverett,
703
728
190
153
Leyden,
408
363
97
85
Monroe,
269
246
64
37
Montaunie, .
7,015
6,866
1,380
1,2.54
New Salem, .
672
639
193
154
Northfield, .
2,017
1,642
411
372
Orange,
5,.578
5,282
1,-530
1,320
Rowe, •
533
456
114
89
Shelburne, .
1,515
1,498
396
371
Shutesbury,
374
267
98
47
Sunderland,
910
1,047
149
142
Warwick, .
527
477
130
81
Wendell, .
480
502
125
113
Whately, .
.
822
846
213
182
Totals
43,362
43,600
10,614
9,510
Hampden.
Agawam, . . . .
2,795
3,501
658
626
Bland ford, .
746
717
195
151
Brim field, .
894
866
220
165
Chester,
1,.S66
1,377
345
282
CllICOPEE, .
20,191
25,401
3,438
3,301
East Longmeadow,
1,327
1,5.53
261
248
Granville, .
865
781
246
190
Hampden, .
561
645
148
150
Holland,
151
145
51
36
HOLYOKE,* .
Longmeadow,
Ludlow,
49,934
57,730
9,005
7,984
964
1,084
213
265
3,881
4,948
.508
431
Monson,
4,344
4,758
929
837
Montgomery,
259
217
69
59
Palmer,
7,7.55
8,610
1,316
1,281
Russell.
1,0.53
965
184
168
Southwick. .
1,048
1,020
265
244
* Part of Northampton annexed to Holyoke in 1909.
250
Population and Voters,
Population.
Legal
Voters
Regis-
COUNTIES, CITIES
AND TOWNS.
State
Census
U. S.
Census
tered
Voters
1905
1910
1905
1911
Hampden— Co/i.
Springfield, .
73,540
88,926
17,376
14,849
Tolland,
274
180
70
41
Wales, .
645
345
207
95
West Springfield,
Westfield, .
8,101
9,224
1,874
1,611
13,611
16,044
3,169
2,741
Wilbraliam,
1,708
. 2,332
347
269
Totals, . . . .
196,013
231,369
41,094
36,024
Hampshire.
Amherst, . . . .
5,313
5,112
1,434
1,126
Belchertown,
2,088
2,054
476
438
Chesterfield,
563
536
180
154
Cunimington,
740
637
219
164
Easthanipton,
6,808
8,524
1,343
1,372
Enfield,
973
874
274
198
Goshen,
277
279
72
67
Granbv,
747
761
164
155
Greenwich, .
475
452
134
108
Ha die V,
Hatfield,
1,895
1,999
402
338
1,779
1,986
362
318
Huntington,
1,451
1,473
327
341
Middlefield, .
399
3.54
74
74
Northampton,*
19,957
19,431
3,781
3,399
Pelham,
460
467
120
100
Plainfield, .
382
406
112
105
Prescott,
322
320
103
87
South Hadley,
5,054
4,894
908
812
Southampton,
927
870
222
176
Ware, .
8,594
8,774
1,416
1,.S36
Westhampton,
466
423
115
97
AVilliamsburg,
1,943
2,132
458
430
Worthington,
614
569
175
144
Totals, . . . .
62,227
63,327
12,871
11,539
Middlesex.
Acton,
2,089
2,136
531
504
Arlington,!
.
9,668
11,187
2,104
2,078
Ashbj%
_
865
885
250
225
Ashland,
.
1,597
1,682
401
415
Aver, .
.
2,386
2,797
608
589
Bedford,
.
1,208
1,231
280
271
Belmont,
4,360
5,542
966
960
Billerica,
•
2,843
2,789
684
654
* Part of Northampton annexed to Holyoke, Hampden County, in 1909.
t Change in boundary line between Somerville and Arlington in 1910.
Population and Voters.
251
Population.
Legal
Voters
Regis-
COUNTIES, CITIES
AND TOWNS.
State
Census
U.S.
Census
tered
Voters
1905
1910
1905
1911
Middlesex— Con.
Boxborough,
324
317
75
80
Burlin.i^ton, .
.588
.591
153
144
Cambridge,*
97,434
104,839
22,013
16,117t
Carlisle,
5-23
551
139
130
Chelmsford,
4,2.54
5,010
971
922
Concord,
5,421
6,421
1,095
1,065
Dracut,
3,.537
3,461
749
703
Dunstal)le, .
412
408
113
85
Everett, .
29,111
33,484
6,690
5,318
Framingham,
11,548
12,948
2,827
2,928
Grotoii,
2,2.53
2,155
515
462
Hollistou, .
2,G63
2,711
662
680
Hopkiuton, .
2,.585
2,452
739
638
Hudson,
6,217
6,743
1,527
1,.339
Lexington, .
4,530
4,918
1,028
1,012
Lincoln,
1,122
1,175
24^3
2.58
Littleton, .
1,219
1,229
287
259
Lowell,! .
94,889
106,294
18,652
15,.507
Maldex,
38,037
44,404
8,512
7,500
Marlborough,
14,073
14,579
3,421
3,386
Mayuard,
5,811
6,390
932
927
Medford, .
19,686
23,150
4,746
4,460
Melrose, .
14,295
15,715
3,458
3,347
Natick, .
9,609
9,866
2,621
2,478
Newton,
36,827
39,806
7,821
6,902
North Reading,
903
1,059
251
251
Pepperell, .
Reading,
3,268
2,953
791
649
5,682
5,818
1,435
1,3.59
Sherboi-n,
1,379
1,428
295
229
Shirley,
1,692
2,139
346
306
SOMERVILLE,§
69,272
77.2.36
15,906
13,251
Stonehani, .
6,332
7,090
1,672
1,6.59
Stow, .
1,027
1,115
222
211
Sudbury,
1,159
1,120
338
243
Tewksbury,!
4,415
3,750
612
3.58
Townsend, .
1,772
1,761
528
413
Tyngsborough,
Wakefield, "
768
829
195
172
10,268
11,404
2,473
2,427
Waltham, .
26,282
27,834
5,822
5,655
Watertown, .
11,258
12,875
2,.585
2,487
Wavland, .
2,220
2,206
619
544
Westford, .
2,413
2,851
479
461
Weston
2,091
2,106
509
422
* Change in boundary line between Boston and Cambridge in 1910.
t Figures returned for State election, Nov. 7, 1911.
i Part of Tewksbury annexed to Lowell in 1900.
§ Change in boundary line between Somerville and Arlington in 1910.
252
Population and Voters.
Population.
Legal
Voters
Regis-
COUNTIES, CITIES
AND TOWNS.
State
Census
U.S.
Census
tered
Voters
1905
1910
1 190.>
1911
Middlesex— Co7i.
Wilmiugtou,
1,670
1,858
378
370
Winchester,
8,242
9,309
1,820
1,636
WOBURN, ....
14,402
15,308
3,411
3,415
Totals, ....
608,499
669,915
136,500
118,861
Nantucket.
Nantucket
2,930
2,962
a38
774
Norfolk.
Avon,
1,901
2,013
504
463
Bellingham,
1,686
1,696
345
256
Braintree, ....
6,879
8,066
1,693
1,622
Brookline
23,436
27,792
5,120
4,946
Canton, ....
4,702
4,797
1,098
992
Cohasset, ....
2,727
2,585
682
658
Dedhani, ....
7,774
9,284
1,834
1,803
Dover,
636
798
150
169
Foxborough,
3,364
3,863
792
751
Franklin, ....
5,244
5,641
1,099
1,023
Holbrook, ....
2,509
2,816
686
632
Hvde Park, * . . .
14,510
15,507
3,362
3,045*
Medfleld, ....
3,314
3,466
437
375
Medway
2,650
2,696
721
659
Millis,
1,252
1,399
254
240
Milton, ....
7,0.54
7,924
1,604
1,623
Needham
4,284
5,026
943
998
Norfolk, ....
1,089
960
320
222
Norwood, ....
6,731
8,014
1,474
1,495
Plainville.t ....
1,300
1,385
344
323
QUINCY, ....
28,076
32,642
6,009
6,279
Randolph, ....
4,034
4,301
1,134
941
Sharon, ....
2,08,5
2,310
499
506
Stoughton
5,959
6,316
1,453
1,400
Walpole, ....
4,003
4,892
895
933
Wellesley, ....
6,189
5,413
932
1,043
Westwood, ....
1,136
1,266
245
233
Weymouth
11,585
12,895
3,249
2,835
Wrentham,t
1,428
1,743
376
361
Totals
167,537
187,506
38,254
36,826
Plymouth.
Abington, ....
5,081
5,455
1,422
1,324
Bridgewater,
6,754
7,688
1,192
1,012
Brockton,
47,794
56,878
12,080
11,209
Carver, ....
1,410
1,663
299
217
* Hyde Park annexed to Boston in 1911. Figures returned for State
election, Nov. 7, 1911. Figures returned for city election, Jan. 9, 1912,
were 3,053.
t Plainville was incorporated from a part of Wrentham, April 4, 1905.
Population and Voters.
253
Population.
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COUNTIES, CITIES
AND TOWNS.
State
Census
U. S.
Census
tered
Voters
1905
1910
1905
1911
Plymouth— Co ?i.
Duxbury, ....
East Bridgewater,
2,028
1,688
527
419
3,169
3,363
862
736
Halifax
4!)4
550
135
92
Hanover, ....
2,176
2,326
644
460
Hanson, ....
1,490
1,854
398
357
Hingham
Hull,
4,819
4,965
1,197
1,147
2,060
2,103
488
344
Kingston, ....
2,205
2,445
510
463
LakeviUe, ....
912
1,141
247
204
Marion, ....
1,029
1,460
282
292
Marshlleld, ....
1,763
1,738
499
431
Malta poi sett.
1,180
1,233
301
283
Middleljorougli, .
6,888
8,214
1,867
1,644
Norwell
1,534
1,410
473
408
Pembroke, ....
1,261
1,336
389
309
Plymouth, ....
11,119
12,141
2,.501
2,192
Plympton
514
561
155
135
Rochester, ....
1,181
1,090
265
189
Rockland
6,287
6,928
1,825
1,820
Scituate
2,597
2,482
756
704
Warehani, ....
3,660
4,102
879
877
West Bridgewater,
2,006
2,231
479
462
Whitman
6,521
7,292
1,858
1,700
Totals, ....
127,932
144,337
32,530
29,430
Suffolk.
Boston,* ....
595,380
670,585
139,633
108,299t
Chelsea
37,289
32,452
7,842
5,052
Revere
12,659
18,219
2,854
3,442
Winthrop, ....
7,034
10,132
1,867
2,412
Totals
652,362
731,388
152,196
119,205
WORCESTER.
Ashburnham,
1,851
2,107
444
390
Athol,
7,197
8,536
1,898
1,855
Auburn,
2,006
2,420
387
481
Barre, .
2,558
2,957
516
423
Berlin, .
906
904
239
223
Blackstone,
5,786
5,648
1,235
984
Bolton,
762
764
195
161
Boylston,
649
714
165
164
Brookfield,
2,388
2,204
560
477
Charlton,
2,089
2,032
508
397
Clinton,
13,105
13,075
2,740
2,508
Dana,
763
736
197
184
* Change in boundary line between Boston and Cambridge in 1910.
Hyde Park annexed in 1911.
t Registration for city election, Jan. 9, 1912. The registered voters in
Hyde Park (Ward 26) for the same election numbered 3,053 additional.
254
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Regis-
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AND TOWNS.
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Census
tered
Voters
1905
1910
1905
1911
WORCESTER— Co??.
Douglas, ....
2,120
2,152
487
419
Dudley,
3,818
4,267
573
.523
FITCHBURG,
33,021
37,826
6,355
6,011
Gardner,
12,012
14,699
2,.564
2,422
Grafton,
5,052
5,705
1,040
832
Hardwick, .
3,261
3,.524
499
451
Harvard,
1,077
1,034
271
240
Holden,
2,640
2,147
532
435
Hopedale, .
2,048
2,188
592
539
Hubbardston,
1,205
1,073
.334
251
Lancaster, .
2,406
2,464
456
369
Leicester, .
3,414
3,237
790
658
Leominster,
14,297
17,580
3,345
3,037
Lunenl)urg,
1,293
1,393
339
295
Meudon,
922
880
253
210
Mil ford.
12,105
13,0.55
2,699
2,470
Millbury, .
4,631
4,740
982
879
New Braintree,
477
464
117
97
North Brookfleld,
2,617
3,075
600
611
Northborougb,
1,947
1,713
439
381
Northbridge,
7,400
8,807
1,348
1,146
Oakham,
519
552
150
133
Oxford,
2,927
3,361
687
588
Faxton,
444
416
106
79
Petersham, .
8.55
757
2.32
173
Phillipston, .
442
426
124
98
Princeton, .
907
818
241
171
Kovalston, .
903
792
227
172
Rutland,
1,713
1,743
339
230
Shrewsbury,
1,866
1,946
539
415
Southborough,
1,931
1,745
365
373
Southbridge,
11,000
12,592
1,956
2,042
Spencer,
7,121
6,740
1,678
1,501
Sterling,
1,315
1,359
.344
300
Sturbridge, .
1,974
1,957
455
367
Sutton,
3,173
3,078
527
433
Templeton, .
3,783
3,756
857
686
Upton, .
2,024
2,071
528
468
Uxbridge, .
3,881
4,671
789
788
Warren,
4,300
4,188
722
662
Webster, .
10,018
11,.509
1,612
1,717
West Boylston,
1,571
1,270
294
231
West Brookfleld,
1,384
1,327
369
320
Westborough,
5,378
5,446
1,079
978
Westminster,
1,348
1,353
372
310
Winchendon,
5,933
5,678
1,310
1,127
Worcester,
128,135
145,986
27,939
25,860
Totals, .
362,668
399,657
77,540
70,745
Population and Voters.
2bb
RECAPITULATION.
Number
of
Cities
and
Towns
Population.
Legal
Voters
1905
Regis-
COUNTIES.
State
Census
1905
u. s.
Census
1910
tered
Voters
1911
Barnstable, .
15
26,831
27,542
7,203
6,741
Berkshire, .
32
98,330
105,259
22,618
20,933
Bristol, .
20
269,257
318,573
51,368
47,323
Dukes County,
7
4,551
4,504
1,150
1,105
Essex, .
34
381,181
436,477
89,398
81,769
Franklin,
26
43,362
43,CO0
10,614
9,510
Hampden,
23
196,013
231,369
41,094
36,024
Hampshire, .
23
62,227
63,327
12,871
11,539
Middlesex, .
54
608,499
669,915
136,500
118,861
Nantucket, .
1
2,930
2,962
838
774
Norfolk,*
29*
167,537
187,506
38,2.54
36,826
Plymouth, .
27
127,932
144,337
32,.530
29,430
Suffolk,*
4
652,362
731,388
152,196
119,205
Worcester, .
59
362,668
399,657
77,540
70,745
Totals, .
354*
3,003,680
3,366,416
674,174
590,785
* Town of Hyde Park annexed to Boston in 1911, thus making 28 in
Norfolk, and a total of 353.
256
Governors and Lieut. -Governors,
GOVERNORS AND LIEUT.-GOVERNORS.
CHOSEN ANOTJALLT BY THE PEOPLE.
GOVERNOKS OF
1620 Nov. 11, John Carver.
1621 April, William Bradford.
1633 Jan. 1, Edward Winslow.
1634 Mar. 27, Thomas Prence.
1635 Mar. 3, William Bradford.
1636 Mar. 1, Edward Winelow.
1637 Mar. 7, William Bradford.
Pltmouth Colony.
1638 June 5, Thomas Prence.
1639 June 3, William Bradford.
1644 June 5, Edward Winslow.
1645 June 4, William Bradford.
1657 June 3, Thomas Prence.
1673 June 3, Josiah Winslow.
16S0 Dec. 18, Thomas Hinckley.
Deputy-Governors of Plymouth Colony.
1680 Thomas Hinckley.f I 1682 William Bradford, to 1686
1681 James Cudworth. 1689 William Bradford, to 1692
CHOSEN ANNUALLY LT^DER THE FIRST CHARTER.
Governors of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1646 May 6, John Wiuthrop.
1649 May 2, John Endicott.
1650 May 22, Thomas Dudley.
1651 May 7, John Endicott.
1654 May 3, Richard Bellingham.
1655 May 23, John Endicott.
1663 May 3, Richard Bellingham.
1672 Dec. 12, John Leverett (act'g).
1673 May 7, John Leverett.
1679 May 28, Simon Bradstreet, to
May 20, 1686.
1629 Mar. 4, Matthew Cradock.J
1629 Apr. 30, John Endicott. X
1629 Oct. 20, John Winthrop.t
1634 May 14, Thomas Dudley.
1635 May 6, John Haynes.
1636 May 25, Henry Vane.
1637 May 17, John Winthrop.
1640 May 13, Thomas Dudley.
1641 June 2, Richard Bellingham.
1642 May 18, John Winthrop.
1644 May 29, John Endicott.
1645 May 14, Thomas Dudley.
* Mr. Hinckley was Governor till the union of the colonies in 1692,
except during the administration of Andros.
t Previously there was no Deputy-Governor, a Governor pro tern.
being appointed by the Governor to serve in his absence.
% A patent of King James I., dated Nov. 3, 1620, created the Council
for New England and granted it the territory in North America from
Governors and Lieut. -Governors.
257
UBPUTY-ItOVEKNOKB or Mi
1629 Thomas Goffe,* to Oct. 20, 1629
1650 Johu Endicott, .
to 1651
1629 Thomas Dudley, .
1634
1651 Thomas Dudley, .
1653
1634 Roger Ludlow, .
1635
1653 Richard Bellingham,
1654
1635 Richard Bellingham,
1636
1654 John Endicott, .
1655
1636 John Winthrop, .
1637
1655 Richard Bellingham,
1665
1637 Thomas Dudley, .
1640
1665 Francis Willoughby,
1671
I6i0 Richard Bellingham,
1641
1671 John Leverett,
1673
1641 John Endicott, .
1644
1673 Sam'lSymonds,toOct.
1678
1644 John AVinthrop, .
1646
1678 Oct., Simon Bradstreet
1679
1646 Thomas Dudley, .
. 1650
1679 Thomas Danforth,
1686
40° to 48° N. latitude and from sea to sea, to be known thereafter as New
England in America. By instrument of March 19, 1628, the Council for
New England granted to Sir Henry Rosewell and others the territory
afterwards confirmed by royal Charter to the " Governor and Company
of the Mattachusetts Bay in Newe England." This Charter, which
passed the seals March 4, 1629, designated Matthew Cradock as the
first Governor of the Company and Thomas Goffe as the first Deputy-
Governor. Both had held similar offices from the grantees under the
instrument of March 19, 1628. On May 13, 1629, the same persons were
rechosen by the Company ; but they never came to New England. On
Oct. 20, 1629, John Winthrop was chosen Governor of the Company and
John Humfrey Deputy-Governor. Humfrey having declined the ser-
vice, Thomas Dudley was chosen in his stead.
John Endicott had been sent over in 1628, with a small band, as the
agent of the grantees under the instrument of March 19, 1628. "NVhile
Cradock was Governor of the Company, a commission, dated April 30,
1629, was sent out to Endicott at Salem appointing him " Governor of
London's Plantation in the Mattachusetts Bay in New England." In
the exercise of this commission he was subordinate to the " Governor
and Company " in London, by whom he was deputed, and who, from
time to time, sent him elaborate instructions for his conduct. Cradock
and Endicott were thus chief governor and local governor, respectively,
from April 30, 1629, or, rather, from the time when Endicott's commis-
sion reached Salem, a few weeks later, until Oct. 20, 1629 ; and "Winthrop
and Endicott were chief and local governors, respectively, from that
date until the arrival of Winthrop at Salem with the Charter, June
12, 1630, when Endicott's powers merged in the general authority of
Winthrop.
* Thomas Goffe, the first Deputy-Governor, never came to New
England. John Humfrey was elected, but did not serve.
258
Governors and Lieut. -Governors,
THE INTER-CHARTER PERIOD.
On May 25, 1686, Joseph Dudley became President of New England
under a commission of King James II., and had jurisdiction over the
royal domiuioDS in New England. This office he held till December 20,
the same year, when Edmund Andros became Governor of New Eng-
land, appointed by King James 11. On April 18, 1689, Governor Andros
was deposed by a revolution of the people.
AFTER THE DISSOLUTION OF THE FIRST CHARTER.
Bimon Bradstreet was Governor from May 24, 1689, to May 14, 1692;
and Thomas Danforth was Deputy-Governor during the same time.
APPOINTED BY THE KING UNDER SECOND CHARTER.
Governors op the Province of Massachusetts Bat.
1692 May U,
1694 Nov. 17,
1699 May 26,
1700 July,
1701 July 7,
1702 June 11,
1714-15 Feb.,
1714-15 Mar.,
1715 Nov. 9,
1716 Oct. 4,
1722 Dec. 27,
1728 July 13,
1729 Sept. 7,
William Phips.
William Stoughton.
Richard Coote.
Williatn Stoughton.
The Council.
Joseph Dudley.
The Council.
Joseph Dudley.
William Tuiler.]
Samuel Shute.
Williat7i Dummer.
WiUiam Burnet.
William Dummer.
1730 June 30,
1730 Aug. 8,
1741 Aug. 17,
1749 Sept 11,
1753 Aug. 7,
1756 Sept. 25,
1757 April 4,
1757 Aug. 3,
1760 June 3,
1760 Aug. 1,
1769 Aug. 1,
1771 March,
1774 May 13,
William Taller.
Jonathan Belcher.
William Shirley.
Spencer Phips.
William Shirley.
Spencer Phips.
The Council.
Thomas Pownal.
Thomas Hutchinson,
Francis Bernard.
Thomas Hutchinson.
Thomas Hutchinson.
Thomas Gage.
* Those whose names are printed in italics were Acting Governors.
t In November, 1715, Elizeus Burgess was proclaimed Governor, he
having had the appointment in March, 1714, but he never came over to
perform his duties, and resigned the office in 1716.
Governors and Lieut, -Governors.
259
Lieutenant-Governors of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
1692 Wra. Stoughtou, to July, 1701
1702 Thomas Povey, . . 1706
1705-6 Jan., vacancy to Oct., 1711
1711 William Tailer.
1716 William Dummer.
1730 William Tailer.
1733 Spencer Pliips.
1758 Thomas Hutchinson.
1771 Andrew Oliver.
1774 Thomas Oliver.
UNTIL THE CONSTITUTION".
1774 Oct., a Provincial Congress. | 1775 July, The Council.
UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
Governors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1858 Nathaniel P. Banks, . to 1861
1851 John A. Andrew, . 1866
1866 Alexander H. Bullock, 1869
18G9 William Claflin, . . 1872
1872 William B. Washburn,* 1874
1875 William Gaston, . . 1876
1876 Alexander H. Pace, . 1879
1879 Thomas Talbot, . . 1880
1830 John Davis Long, . 1883
1883 Benjamin F. Butler, . 1884
1884 George D. Robinson, . 1887
1887 Oliver Ames, . . 1890
1890 John Q. A. Brackett, . 1891
1891 William E. Russell, . 1894
1894 Frederic T.Greenhalge,t 1896
1897 Roger Wolcott, . . 1900
1900 W. Murray Crane, . 1903
1903 John L. Bates, . . 1905
1905 William L. Douglas, . 1906
1906 Curtis Guild, Jr., . . 1909
1909 Eben S. Draper, . . 1911
1911 Eugene N, FosD, .
1780 John Hancock, .
to 1785
1785 James Bowdoin, .
1787
1787 John Hancock, Oct 8,
1793
1794 Samuel Adams, .
1797
1797 Increase Sumner, June
7, 1799
1800 Caleb Strong,
1807
1807 Jas. Sullivan, Dec. 10,
1808
1809 Christopher Gore,
1810
1810 Elbridge Gerry, .
1812
1812 Caleb Strong,
1816
1816 John Brooks,
1823
1823 Wm. Eustis, Feb. 6,
1825
1825 Levi Lincoln,
1834
1834 John Davis, March 1,
1835
1836 Edward Everett, .
1840
1840 Marcus Morton, .
1841
1841 John Davis, .
1843
1843 Marcus Morton, .
1844
1844 George N. Briggs,
1851
1851 George S. Boutwell,
1853
1853 John H. Clifford, .
1854
1854 Emory Washburn,
1855
1855 Henry J. Gardner,
1858
♦ Resigned May 1, 1874. Chosen U. S. Senator April 17, 1874.
t Mr. Greenhalge died March 5, 1899.
260
Governors and Lieut. -Governors,
LIBUTENANT-GOVERNORS
OF THB
CoMM;oirwEAi,TH OF Massachit.
SETTS.
1780 Thos.Cushing,io'Feb.:
28,*1788
1858 Eliphalet Trask, .
to 1861
1788 Benjamin Lincoln,
, 1789
1861 John Z. Goodrich, Mar
29,1861
1789 Samuel Ada?ns, .
, 1794
1862 John ISTesmith, Sept.,
. 1862
1794 Moses GUI, May 20,t
1800
1863 Joel Ilayden,
. 1866
1801 Sam'l Phillips, Feb. 10
1802
1866 William Claflin, .
1869
1802 Edward H. Robbins,
1806
1869 Joseph Tucker, .
. 1873
ISO! Levi Lincoln, t .
1809
1873 Thomas Talbot,^ .
. 1875
1809 David Cobb, .
. 1810
1875 Horatio G. Knight,
, 1879
1810 William Gray, .
1812
1879 John D. Long,
. 1880
1812 WiUiam Phillips, .
1823
1880 Byron Weston, .
. 1883
1823 Levi Lincoln, Feb.,
1824
1883 Oliver Ames,
. 1837
1824 Marcus 3forton, July,
1825
1887 John Q. A. Brackett,
1890
1826 Thomas L. Winthrop,
, 1833
1890 William H. Haile,
. 1893
1833 Samuel T. Armstrong
1836
1893 Roger Wolcott,\\ .
. 1897
1836 George Hull,
1843
1897 W. Murray Crane,
. 1900
1843Henry H. Childs, .
1844
1900 John L. Bates, .
, 1903
1844 John Reed, ,
1851
1903 Curtis Guild, Jr., .
. 1906
1851 Henry W. Cushman,
1853
1906 EbenS. Draper, .
. 1909
1853 Elisha Huntington,
1854
1909 Louis A.Frothingham
1912
1854 William C. Plunkett,
1855
1912 Robert Luce,
1855 Simon Brown,
1856
1856 Henry W. Benchley,
1858
* The Lieutenant-Governors whose names are in italics were Acting
Governors also during vacancies in the office of Governor.
t Mr. Gill died on the 20th of May, 1800, and the Commonwealth, for
the only time under the Constitution, was without a Governor and
Lieutenant-Governor. The Council, Hon. Thomas Dawes, President,
officiated till the 30th of the month, when Caleb Strong was inaugu-
rated Governor.
X General William Heath was elected in 1800, and declined to accept
the office.
§ Acting Governor from May 1, 1874.
Ij Acting Governor from March 5, 1899.
United States Senators.
261
UNITED STATES SENATORS
FROM MASSACHUSETTS,
Tristram Dalton, .
George Cabot,
Benjamin Goodhue,
Jonathan Maeou, .
John Quiucy Adims, .
James Lloyd, Jr., .
Christopher Gore, ,
Eli Porter Ashmun,
Prentiss Mellen, .
Elijah Hunt Mills,
Daniel Webster, . .
Rufus Choate,
Daniel Webster, , .
Robert Charles Winthrop,
Robert Rantoul, Jr., .
Charles Sumner, t . .
William B. Washburn, .
Henry Laurens Dawes,
Henry Cabot Lodge,§ .
From 1789.
1789-91
1791-96
179Q-1S00
1800-03
1803-08
180S-13
1813-16
1816-18
1818-20
1820-27
1827-41
1841-45
1845-50
, 1850-51
18>1
1851-74
1874-75
1875-93
1893-
Caleb Strong, .
1789-98
Theodore Sedgwick, .
1796-99
Samuel Dexter,
1799-1800
Dwight Foster,
1800-03
Timothy Pickering,
1803-11
Joseph Bradley Varnurc
1, 1811-17
Harrison Gray Otis,
1817-22
James Lloyd, .
1822-26
Nathaniel Silsbee, .
1826-35
John Davis, ,
1835-41
Isaac Chapman Bates,
1841-45
John Davis, .
1845-53
Edward Everett, .
1853-54
Julius RockweU, .
1854-55
Henry Wilson,* .
1855-73
George S.Boutwell,
1873-77
George Frisbie Hoar,t
1877-1904
Winthrop Hurray Cran
e,§ 1904-
* Mr. Wilson was eleoted Vice-President in 1872; George S. Boutwell
chosen to fill vacancy.
t Charles Sumner died March 11, 1874; William B. Washburn chosen
to fill vacancy April 17, 1874.
% Mr. Hoar died Sept.. SO, 1904, and Mr. Crane was appointed by
Governor Bates Oct. 12, 1904.
§ Mr. Lodge's term will expire March 4, 1917, and Mr. Crane's, March
i, 1913.
262
Secretaries. — Treasurers.
SECRETARIES.
List of Persons ivJio
have held the Office of Secretary of the
Commonwealth, since 1780.
John Avery, .
. 1780-1806
William B. Calhoun,
1848-51
Jonathan L. Austin,
1806-08
Amasa Walker, .
1851-53
William Tudor, .
1808-10
Ephraim M. Wright,
1853-56
Benjamin Homans,
1810-12
Francis DeWitt, .
1856-58
Alden Bradford, .
1812-24
Oliver Warner,
1858-76
Edward D, Bangs,
1824-36
Henry B. Peirce, .
1876-91
John P. Bigelow, .
1836-43
William M.Olin,*.
1891-1911
John A. Bolles, .
1843-44
Albert P. Langtry,*
1911-
John Gt. Palfrey, .
1844-48
TREAS
CJRERS.
List of Persons tcho
hare held
the Office of Treasurer and
Reci
:iver-Gene
RAL, since 1780.
Henry Gardner, .
. 1780-83
Joseph Barrett, .
1845-49
Thomas Ivers,
1783-87
Ebenezer Bradbury,
1849-51
Alexander Hodgdon,
1787-92
Charles B.Hall, .
1851-53
Thomas Davis,
1792-97
Jacob 11. Loud, .
1853-55
Peleg Coffin, .
tl797-1801
Thomas J. Marsh,
1855-56
Jonathan Jackson,
1802-06
Moses Tenney, Jr.,
1856-61
Thompson J. Skinner,
1806-08
Henry K. Oliver, .
1861-66
Josiah Dwight, .
1808-10
Jacob H. Loud,
1866-71
Thomas Harris,
1810-11
Charles Adams, Jr.,
1871-76
Jonathan L. Austin,
1811-12
Charles Endicott, ,
1876-81
John T. Apthorp, .
1812-17
Daniel A. Gleason,
1881-86
Daniel Sargent,
1817-22
Alanson W. Beard,
1886-89
Nahuro Mitchell, .
1822-27
George A. Marden,
1889-94
Joseph Sewall,
1827-32
Henry M. Phillips,!
1894-95
Hezekiah Barnard,
1832-37
Edward P. Shaw.J
1895-1900
David Wilder,
1837-42
Edward S. Bradford,
1900-05
Thomas Russell, .
1842-43
Arthur B. Chapin,§
1905-09
John Mills, .
1843-44
Elmer A. Stevens, §
1909-
Thomas Russell, .
1844-45
* Secretary Olin died April 15, 1911, and Mr. Langtry was elected to
fill the vacancy April 26, 1911
t Secretary Avery had a warrant to take care of the treasury on the
resignation of Coffin, May 25, 1802.
X Mr. Phillips resigned April 12, 1895, and Mr. Shaw was elected to
fill the vacancy April 25, 1895.
§ Mr. Chapin resigned April 1, 1909, and Mr. Stevens was elected to
fill the vacancy April 7, 1909.
Attorneys- General. — Solicitors-General. 263
ATTORNEYS-GENERAL- SOLICITORS-
GENERAL.
[This table was prepared by Mr. A. C. Goodell, Jr., and contributed
by him to the Massachusetts Historical Society's proceedings for June,
1895.]
TABLE OF ATTORNEYS-GENERAL BEFORE THE CON-
STITUTION.
CHOSEN. APPOINTED.
Under the Presidency of Joseph Dudley :
Benjamin BuUivant Date uncertain, but before
July 1, 1686; sworn in
July 26.
Under Sir Edmund Andros :
Giles Masters, "To frame indictments,
arraign and prosecute
felons." April 30, 1687.
He died " Kings Attor-
ney," Feb. 29, 1688.
James Graham, ...... Date uncertain, but as early
as Aug. 25, 1687, he was
" settled in Boston and
made attornej'-general."
James Graham, Reappointed (2d commia-
sion) June 20, 1688.
During the inter-charter period :
Anthony Checkley, . June 14, 1689.
Under the Province Charter ;
Anthony Checkley Oct. 28, 1692.
Paul Dudley July 6, 1702.
Paul Dudley, . . . June 8, 1716.
Paul Dudley, . . . June 19, 1717.
Paul Dudley,* . . June 25, 1718,
John Valentine, . . Nov. 22, 1718.
John Valentine, . . June 24, 1719.
Thomas Newton, f . . June 19, 1720.
( Vacancy ; John Read chosen, but negatived by Governor Shute.)
John Overing, . . June 29, 1722.
John Read, . . . June 20, 1723.
( Vacancy ; John Read cbosen, but not consented to.)
* Resigned Nov. 22, 1718. j Died May 28, 1721.
264 Attorneys- General. — Solicitors- General
John Read,
Jobn Read,
John Read,
Joseph Hiller,
CHOSEN.
. June 28, 1725.
. June 21, 1726.
. June 28, 1727
. June 19, 1728.
(Addington Davenport, Jr., chosen June 12, but declined.)
John Overing, June 26, 1729.
Edmund Trowbridge, June 29, 1749.
Edmund Trowbridge, May 14, 1762.
(Made Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature, March 25, 1767.)
Jeremiah Gridley,* March 25, 1767.
Jonathan Sewall Nov. 18, 1767.
( Vacancy from September, 1774, to June 12, 1777.)
Robert Treat Paine, . June 12, 1777, . . . Accepted Aug. 26.
Robert Treat Paine, . June 19, 1778 (sworn).
Robert Treat Paine, . Feb. 5, 1779.
Robert Treat Paine, . Jan. 4, 1780.
Jonathan Sewall,
Special Attorney-Genekal, etc.
March 25, 1767.
SOLICITORS GENERAL, ETC.
Jonathan Sewall, June 24, 1767
( Vacxmcy from Nov. 18, 1767, to March 14, 1771.)
Samuel Quincy.f March 14, 1771.
TABLE OF ATTORNEYS-GENERAL SINCE THE
CONSTI-
TUTION.
Robert Treat Paine, .
1780-90
Charles Allen,
1867-72
James Sullivan,
1790-1807
Charles R. Train, .
1872-79
Barnabas Bidwell,
1807-10
George Marston, .
1879-83
Perez Morton,
1810-32
Edgar J. Sherman, ||
1883-87
James T. Austin, .
1832-4.3
Andrew J. Waterman,
1887-91
John Henry Clifford, .
J1849-53
Albert E. Pillsbury,
1891-94
Rufus Choate,
1853 54
Hosea M. Knowlton,
1894-1902
John Henry Clifford, .
1854-58
Herbert Parker, .
1902-06
Stephen Henry Phillips,
1858-61
Dana Malone,
1906-11
Dwight Foster,
1861-64
James M. Swift, .
1911-
Chester I. Reed,§ .
1864-67
* Died Sept. 10, 1767, and was buried on the 12th.
t A refugee, 1774-75.
t The office of Attorney-General was abolished in 1843 and re-estab-
lished in 1849.
§ Resigned during the session of the Legislature of 1867. The vacancy
was filled by the election of Charles Allen.
II Resigned Oct, 1, 1887. The vacancy was filled by the appointment
of Andrew J. Waterman.
Auditors. — Secretaries Board of Education. 265
AUDITORS.
List of Persons who have held the Office of Auditor of
Accounts,
[Established by Act of 1849.]
David Wilder, Jr., .
1849-54
Joseph Mitchell,
1854-55
Stephen N. Gifford, .
1855-56
Chandler R. Ransom,
1856-58
Charles White, .
1858-61
Levi Reed,* . .
1861-65
Julius L Clarke, .
1865-66
Henry S. Briggs,
1866-70
Charles Endicott,
Julius L. Clarke, t .
Charles R. Ladd.f .
William D. T. Trefry,
John W. Kimball, .
Henry E. Turner.J .
John E. White, t
. 1870-76
. 1876-79
. 1879-91
. 1891-92
1892-1901
. 1901-11
. 1911-
SECRETARIES OP THE STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION.
Lint of Persons who have held the Office of Secretary of the
State Board op Education.
fSee Act of 1837.]
Horace Mann, .
. 1837-48 John W. Dickinson,
1877-94
Barnas Sears, .
. 1848-55
Frank A.Hill,§ .
. 1894-1903
George S. Boutwell,
. 1855-61
George H.Martin,||
1904-09
Joseph White, .
. 1861-77
* Resigned Dec. 20, 1865.
t Mr. Clarke resigned, and Mr. Ladd was appointed in his place May
5, 1879.
I Mr. Turner died June 29, 1911, and Mr. White was elected to fill the
vacancy July 6, 1911.
§ Mr. Hill died Sept. 12, 1903. Mr Caleb B. Tillinghast was appointed
acting secretary May 19, 1903, and served until March 1, 1904, when Mr.
Martin, who was elected Feb 4, 1904, entered upon his duties.
II The office of secretary of the State Board of Education was abol-
ished by chapter 457 of the Acts of 1909.
266 Organization of the Legislature,
ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATURE,
Since 1780.
The first General Court, under the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, assembled at Boston on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 1780,
and was finallj' prorogued (having held three sessions) May 19,1781.
From this time until 1832 the political year commenced on the last
Wednesdaj^ in May, and the General Court held two, and frequently
three, sessions during each year. In 1832, by an amendment of the
Constitution, the commencement of the political year was changed to
the first Wednesday In January.
SENATE.
PRE SIDENTS,
Thomas Gushing, rfs'Ti'fZ
'*j 1780-81
Samuel Phillips,
. 1795-96
Jeremiah Powell, .
Samuel Phillips,
. 1796-97
Jeremiah Powell, rfs'jiV?
Samuel Adams,
* { 1781-82
Samuel Phillips,
Samuel Phillips,
. 1797-98
. 1798-99
Samuel Adams,
1782-83
Samuel Phillips,
. 1799-1800
Samuel Adams,
1783 -S4
Samuel Phillips,
. 1800-01
Samuel Adams,
1784-85
Samuel Phillips, re&
'"'^'/j 1801-02
Samuel Adams, resigned,
1 1785-86
David Cobb, .
Samuel Phillips, Jr.,,
David Cobb, .
. 1802-03
Samuel Phillips, Jr.,
1786-87
David Cobb, .
. 1803-04
Samuel Adams,
1787-83
David Cobb, .
. 1804-05
Samuel Phillips, Jr.,
1788-89
Harrison Gray Otis
. 1805-06
Samuel Phillips, Jr.,
1789-90
John Bacon, .
. 1806-07
Samuel Phillips, .
1790-91
Samuel Dana, .
. 1807-08
Samuel Phillips, .
1791-92
Harrison Gray Otis
. 1808-09
Samuel Phillips, .
1792-93
Harrison Gray Otis
. 1809-10
Samuel Phillips,
1793-94
Harrison Gray Otis
. 1810-11
Samuel Phillips, .
1794-95
Samuel Dana, .
. 1811-12
* Resigned to serve in Governor's Council.
t Resigned to serve as Lieutenant-Governor.
Organization of the Legislature,
207
Samuel Dana,
. 1812-13
Johu Phillips,
. 1813-14
John Phillips,
. 1814-15
John Phillips,
. 1815-16
John Phillips,
. 1816-17
John Phillips,
. 1817-18
John Phillips,
. 1818-19
John Phillips,
. 1819-20
Johu Phillips,
. 1820-21
John I'hillips,
. 1821-22
John Phillips,
. 1822-23
Nathaniel Silsbee,
. 1823-24
Nathaniel Silsbee,
. 1824-25
Nathaniel Silsbee,
. 1825-26
John Mills, .
. 1826-27
John Mills, .
. 1827-28
Sherman Leland,
. 1828-29
Samuel Lathrop,
. 1829-30
Samuel Lathrop, re
'^■^"'^^' j 1830-31
James Fowler,
Leverett Saltonstal]
1, . . 1831
William Thoindikc
J, . . 1832
Benjamin T. Pickna
an, . . 1833
Benjamin T, Pickn:
an, . . 1834
Benjamin T. Pickn
^^r^,died, jj33^
George Bliss, .
Horace Mann,
. . . 1836
Horace Mann,
. 1837
Myron Lawrence,
. 1838
Myron Lawrence,
. 1839
Daniel P. King,
. 1840
Daniel P. King,
. 1841
Josiah Quincy, Jr.
. 1842
PhineasW. Leland
resignecJ,^ j 1343
Frederick Robinso
Josiah Quincy, Jr.
,' . . 1844
Levi Lincoln, ,
. 1845
William B. Calhou
n, . . 1846
William B. Calhou
n, . . 1847
Zeno Scudder,
. 1848
Joseph Bell, .
. 1849
Marshall P. Wilder,
Henry Wilson,
Henry Wilson,
Charles H. Warren,
Charles Edward Cook,
H^ry W. Benchley,
Elihu C. Baker, .
Charles W. Upham,
Charles W. Upham,
Charles A. Phelps,
Charles A. Phelpe,
William Claflin, .
John H. Clifford, .
Jonathan E. Field,
Jonathan E. Field,
Jonathan E. Field,
Joseph A. Pond, .
Joseph A. Pond, .
George O. Brastow,
Robert C. Pitman, resigned,
George O. Brastow,
Horace H. Coolidge,
Horace H. Coolidge,
Horace H. Coolidge,
George B. Loring, .
George B. Loring, .
George B. Loring, .
George B. Loring, .
John B. D. Cogswell,
John B. D. Cogswell,
John B. D. Cogswell,
Robert R. Bishop, .
Robert R. Bishop, .
Robert R. Bishop, .
George Glover Crocker
George A. Bruce, .
Albert E. Pillsbury,
Albert E. Pillsbury,
Halsey J. Boardman,
Halsey J. Boardman,
Harris C. Hart well.
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
* Appointed Justice of Superior Court.
268 Organization of the Legislature.
Henry H. Sprague,
1890
George R. Jones, .
. 1903
Henry H. Sprague,
1891
George R. Jonee, .
. 1904
Alfred S. Pinkerton, .
1892
William F. Dana, .
. 1905
Alfred S. Pinkerton, .
1893
William F. Dana, .
. 1906
William M Butler,
1894
William D. Chappie, .
. 1907
William M. Butler,
1895
William D. Chappie,
. 1908
George P. Lawrence, .
1896
Allen T.Treadway,
. 1909
George P. Lawrence, .
1897
Allen T. Treadway,
. 1910
George E. Smith, .
1898
Allen T. Treadway,
. 1911
George E. Smith, .
1899
Levi H. Greenwood,
. 1912
George E Smith, .
1900
Rufus A.Soule, .
. 1901
Rufus A. Soule, .
. 1902
CLE]
RK s .
William Baker, Jr , . ]
780-84
Charles Calhoun, .
1830-42
Samuel Cooper, . . J
L785-95
Lewis Josselyn, .
1843
Edward McLane, . . 1
L796-99
Charles Calhoun, .
1844-50
Edward Payne Hayman, ]
L800
Chauncy L. Knapp,
1851
George Elliot Vaughan, 1
L801-02
Francis H. Underwood
1852
Wendell Davis, . . ]
L803-05
Charles Calhoun, .
1853-54
John D. Dunbar, . . ]
L806-07
Peter L. Cox, .
1855-57
Nathaniel Coffin, . . ]
1808-10
Stephen N. Gifford,*
1858-86
Marcus Morton,
1811-12
E. Herbert Clapp, .
1S86-88
Samuel F McCleary, . ]
813-21
Henry D, Coolidge,
1889-
Samuel F. Lyman,
1822
PaulWillard, . . . "
1823-29
* Died April 18, 1886.
Organization of the Legislature,
260
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Caleb DavlB, .
Caleb Davis, resigned
Nathaniel Gorham
Nathaniel Gorham
Tristram Dalton
Samuel AUyne Otis
Nathaniel Gorham
Artemas Ward,
James Warren,
Theodore Sedgwick,
David Cobb, .
David Cobb, .
David Cobb, .
David Cobb, .
Edward H. Robbins,
Edward H. Robbins,
Edward H, Robbins,
Edward H. Robbins,
Edward H. Robbins,
Edward U. Robbins,
Edward H. Robbins,
Edward H. Robbins,
Edward H. Robbins,
John Coffin Jones,
Harrison Gray Otis,
Harrison Gray Otis,
Timothy Bigelow, .
Perez Morton, ,
Peiez Morton,
Timothy Bigelow, .
Timothy Bigelow, .
Perez Morton, resigned.
Joseph Story,
Joseph Story, resigned:
Eleazer W. Ripley,
Timothy Bigelow, .
Timothy Bigelow, .
Timothy Bigelow, .
Timothy Bigelow, .
Timothy Bigelow, .
SPB A
1780-81
1781-82
. 1782
1782-83
1783-84
1784-85
1783-86
1786-87
1787-88
1788-89
1759-90
1790-91
1791-92
1792-93
1793-94
1794-95
1795-96
1796 97
1797-98
1798-99
1799-1800
1800-01
1801-02
1802-03
1803-04
1804-05
1805-06
1806-07
1807-08
1808-09
1809-10
1810-11
. 1811
1811-12
. 1812
1812-13
1813-14
1814-15
1815-16
1816-17
Timothy Bigelow, . . 1817-18
Timothy Bigelow, . . 1818-19
Timothy Bigelow, . . 1819-20
Elijah H. Mills, resigned, 1820-21
Josiah Quincy, . . . 1821
Josiah Quincy, resigned, 1821-22
Luther Lawrence, , . . 1822
Levi Lincoln, . . . 1822-23
William C. Jarvis, . . 1823-24
William C, Jarvis, . . 1824-25
Timothy Fuller, . . 1825-26
William C. Jarvis, . . 1826-27
William C. Jarvis,. . 1827-28
William B. Calhoun, . 1828-29
William B. Calhoun, . 1829-30
William B. Calhoun, . . 1830
William B. Calhoun, . . 1831
William B. Calhoun, . . 1832
William B. Calhoun, . . 1833
William B Calhoun, . . 1834
Julius Rockwell, . . . 1835
Julius Rockwell, , . . 1836
Julius Rockwell, . . . 1837
Robert C. Winthrop, . . 1838
Roberto. Winthrop, . . 1839
Roberto. Winthrop, . . 1840
George Ashmun, . . , 1841
Thomas Kinnicut, . . . 1842
Daniel P. King, . . . 1843
Thomas Kinnicut, resigned, 1844
Samuel H. Walley, Jr., , 1844
Samuel H. Walley, Jr., . 1845
Samuel H. Walley, Jr., , 1846
Ebenezer Bradbury, . . 1847
Francis B. Crowninshield, , 1848
Francis B. Crowninshield, . 1849
Ensign H. Kellogg, . . 1850
Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr., . 1851
Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr., . 1852
George Biles, . , . , 1853
270 Organization of the Legislature.
Otis P. Lord, .
.
. 1854
John Q. A Brackett, .
. 1885
Daniel C.Eddy, .
1855
John Q. A. Brackett, .
. 1886
Charles A. Phelps,
. 1856
Charles J. Noyes, .
. 1887
Charles A.Phelps,
. 1857
Charles J. Xoyes, .
. 1888
Julius Rockwell, .
. 1858
William E.Barrett,
1889
Charles Hale, .
. 1859
William E. Barrett,
1890
John A. Goodwin,
1860
William E.Barrett,
1891
John A. Goodwin,
. 1861
William E. Barrett,
1892
Alexander H. Bullock,
1862
William E. Barrett,
1893
Alexander H. Bullock,
1863
George v. L. Meyer,
1894
Alexander H. Bullock,
1864
George v. L. Meyer,
1895
Alexander H. Bullock,
1865
George v. L. Meyer,
1896
James M . Stone, .
1866
John L. Bates,
1897
James M. Stone,
1867
ffohn L. Bates,
1898
Harvey Jewell,
1868
John L. Bates,
1899
Harvey Jewell,
1869
James J. Myers, .
1900
Harvey Jewell,
1870
James J Myers, .
1901
Harvey Jewell,
1871
James J. Myers, .
1902
John E Sauford,
1872
James J. Myers, .
1903
John E, Sanford,
1873
Louis A. Frothingham,
1904
JohnE. Sanford,
1874
Louis A. Frothingham,
1905
John E. Sanford,
1875
John N. Cole,
1906
John D. Long,
1876
John N". Cole,
1907
John D. Long,
1877
John N. Cole,
1908
.John D. Long,
1878
Joseph Walker,
1909
Levi C. Wade,
1879
Joseph Walker,
1910
Charles J. Noyes,
1880
Joseph Walker, .
1911
Charles J Noyes,
1881
Grafton D. Cushing, .
1912
Charles J, Noyes,
1882
George A. Marden
1883
George A. Marden
1884
Organization of the Legislature.
271
Andrew Henehaw,
George Richards Minot,
Henry Warren,
NicholaB Tillinghaet, .
Chas. Pinckney Sumner,
Nicholas Tillinghast, .
Chas. Pinckney Sumner,
Benjamin Pollard, .
Pelham W. Warren,
Luther S. Gushing,
Charles W. Storey,
Lewis Josselyn,
William Schouler, .
CLERKS.
1780-81
William Stowe,
. 1854
1782-91
Henry A. Marsh, .
. 1855
1792-1802
William E. P. Haskell, .
. 1856
1803-05
William Stowe, . . ]
857-61
1806-07
William 8 Robinson, . 1
862-72
1808-09
Charles H. Taylor,
. 1873
1810-11
George A. Marden, . ]
874-82
1812-21
Edward A McLaughlin, ]
1883-95
1822 31
George T. Sleeper,
. 1896
1832-43
James W.Kimball, . 1897-
1844-50
1851-52
. 1853
8ERGEANTS-AT-ARMS.*
Benjamin Stevens, . 1835-59 Charles G, Davis,t . 1901-03
John Morrissey, . . 1859-74 i David T. Remington, . 1904-09
Oreb F. Mitchell, . . 1875-85 1 Thomas F, Pedrick, . 1910-
John G. B. Adams, t . 1886 1900 |
* The office of Sergeant-at-Arms was established by law in 1835. Pre-
viously to that time Jacob Kuhn was Messenger to the General Court
from 1786. William Oaker preceded him from the first session under
the Constitution in 1780-81, he having also served in a similar position
for many years previously thereto.
t Mr. Adams died Oct. 19, 1900. Mr. Davis was appointed Acting
Sergeant-at-Arme Oct. 24, 1900.
272 Length of Legislative Sessions^ Etc.
Table showing- the Length of the Sessions of the
Legislature and the Number of Representatives
in Each Year since 1832.
Y E A K .
Time of
Meeting.
Prorogued.
Length of
Session.
No.
of
Reps.
1S32
January 4.
March 24.
80 days.
528
1833,
2
28.
86 "
574
1834
1.
April 2.
92 "
570
1835,*
7.
8.
92 "
615
1836
6.
16.
102 "
619
1837
4.
20.
107 "
0S5
1838,
3.
25.
113 "
480
1839
2.
10.
99 "
521
1840,
1.
March 24.
84 '«
521
184i;
6.
18.
72 "
397
1842,*
5.
3.
58 "
336
1843
4.
24.
80 "
352
1844,
3.
16.
74 "
321
1845,
1.
26.
85 "
271
1846,
7.
April 16.
100 "
264
1847,
6.
16.
111 "
2.55
1848,*
5.
May 10.
127 "
272
1849
3.
2.
120 "
263
1850,
2.
3.
122 "
297
1851,
1.
24.
146 •'
396
1852
7.
22.
137 "
402
1853
5.
25.
142 "
288
1854
4.
April 29.
116 "
310
1855,
3.
May 21.
138 «'
380
1856,
1.
June 6.
158 "
329
1857,*
7.
May 30.
144 "
357
1858
6.
March 27.
81 "
240
1859,*
5.
April 6.
92 "
240
I860,*
4.
4.
92 "
240
1861,*
2.
11.
100 "
240
1862,
1.
30.
120 «'
240
* There was an extra session of sixty-two days in 183.5, to revise the statutes ; one of
nine days in 1842, to divide the Commonwealth into Congressional Districts ; one of
three days in 1848, to choose electors of President-and Vice-President; one of eighteen
days in 1857, to establish districts for the choice of Councillors, Representatives and
Senators ; one of one hundred and thirteen days in 1859, to revise the general statutes ;
one of fourteen days in 1860, to consider the subject of the disease among the cattle of
the Commonwealth; one of ten days in 1861, to consider the duty of the Common-
wealth in relation to public affairs, consequent on the Rebellion; one of eight days in
1863, to provide for raising the quota under the call of the President of the United
States of the 17th of October, 1863, for 300,000 men ; one of thirty days in 1872, to con-
sider what legislation was necessary by reason of the great fire in Boston, November 9
and 10 ; one of ten days in 1881 and one of seven days iu 1901, to act upon the report of
a joint special committee to revise the statutes.
Length of Legislative Sessions, Etc. 273
V1.AT? Time of
Ykar. Meeting.
Prorogued.
Length of
Session.
No.
of
Reps.
1863,*
January 7.
April 29.
113 days.
240
1864,
.
6.
May 14.
130 "
240
1865, .
.
4.
17.
137 "
240
1866,
3.
30.
147 "
240
1867,
2.
June 1.
1.50 "
240
18(58,
1.
12.
164 "
240
18(59,
6.
24,
170 «
240
1870,
5.
23.
170 "
240
1871, .
4.
May 31.
148 "
240
1872,*
3.
7.
126 "
240
]873, .
1.
June 12.
lfJ3 "
240
1874, .
7.
30.
175 "
240
1875, .
6.
May 19.
134 "
240
1876, .
5.
April 28.
115 "
240
1877, .
3.
May 17.
135 "
240
1878, .
2.
17.
136 "
240
1879,
1.
April 30.
120 "
240
1880,
7.
24.
109 "
240
1881,* .
5.
May 13.
129 "
240
1882, .
4.
27.
144 "
240
1883,
3.
July 27.
208 "
240
1884,
2.
June 4.
155 "
2^0
1885, ,
7.
19.
164 "
240
188(5,
6.
30.
176 "
240
1887,
5.
16.
163 "
240
1888, .
4.
May 29.
147 "
240
1889,
2.
June 7.
157 "
240
1890,
1.
July 2.
183 "
240
1891,
7.
June 11.
156 "
240
1892,
6.
17.
163 "
240
1893,
4.
9.
157 "
240
1894,
3.
July 2.
181 "
240
1895,
2.
June 5.
155 "
240
1896,
1.
10.
162 '«
240
1897,
6.
12.
158 "
240
1898,
5.
23.
170 "
240
1899,
4.
3.
151 "
240
liJOO,
3.
July 17.
196 "
240
1901,*
2.
June 19.
169 "
240
1902,
1.
28.
179 "
240
1S03.
7.
26.
171 "
240
1904,
6.
9.
156 "
240
1905,
4.
May 26.
143 "
240
1906,
3.
June 29.
178 "
240
l'.>07,
2_
28.
178 '«
240
1908,
i!
13.
165 "
240
ir;09.
6.
19.
165 "
210
1910,
5.
15.
162 "
240
1911,
4.
July 28.
206 "
240
* See note on preceding page.
274
Judiciary.
JUDICIARY.
Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of
Massachtcsetts Bay, from 1692 to 1775.*
CHIEF JUSTICES.
APPO]
NTED.
LEFT THK BENCH.
DIED.
1692,
WiUiam Stoughton,
. 1701.
Resigned.
1701.
1701.
Wait Winthrop, .
. 1701.
Resigned.
1717.
1702.
Isaac AddingtoD,
. . 1703.
Resigned.
1715.
1708.
Wait Winthrop, .
. 1717.
1717.
1718.
Samuel Sewall, .
. 1728.
Resigned.
1730.
1729.
Benjamin Lynde,
. 1745.
1745.
1745.
Paul Dudley,
. 1751.
1751.
1752.
Stephen Sewall, .
. 1760.
1760.
1761.
Thomas Hutchinson,
. 1769.
Acting Governor.
1780.
1769.
Benjamin Lynde,
, 1771.
Resigned.
1781.
1772.
Peter Oliver,
. 1775.
Removed at Revolution.
1791.
JUSTICES.
1692.
Thomas Danforth,
. 1699.
1699.
1692.
Wait Winthrop, .
. 1701.
Resigned.
1717.
1692.
John Richards, .
. 1694.
1694.
1692.
Samuel Sewall, .
.
(Appointed
C
J.
1718.)
1730.
1695.
Elisha Cooke, .
. 1702.
Removed.
1715.
1700.
John Walley, .
. 1712.
1712.
1701.
John Saffin,
. 1702.
Removed.
1710.
1702.
John Hathorne, .
. 1712.
Resigned.
1717.
1702.
John Leverett, .
. 1708.
Resigned.
1724.
1708.
Jonathan Curwin,
. 1715.
Resigned.
1718.
1712.
Benjamin Lynde,
(Appointed
c.
J.
1729.)
1745.
1712.
Nathaniel Thomas,
. 1718.
Resigned.
1718.
1715.
Addington Davenport
, . 1736.
1736.
1718.
Paul Dudley,
.
(Appointed
c.
J.
1745.)
1751.
1718.
Edmund Quincy,
. 1737.
1737.
1728.
John Cushing, .
. 1733.
Removed.
1737.
1733.
Jonathan Remington,
. 1745.
1745.
1736.
Richard Saltonstall,
. 1756.
1756.
1737.
Thomas Greaves,
. 1738.
Resigned.
1747.
1739.
Stephen Sewall, .
(Appointed
c
J.
1752.)
1760.
* The judges died in office, except where otherwise stated.
Judiciary.
276
1745.
1745.
1747.
1752.
1756.
1767.
1771.
1772.
1772.
1774.
TED. LEFT THE BENCH.
DIED.
Nathaniel Hubbard, .
. 1746.
Resigned.
1748
Benjamin Lynde,
.
(Appointed C. J., 1769.)
1781
John Ciiehjng, .
. 1771.
Resigned.
1778
Chambers Russell, .
. 1766.
1766.
Peter Oliver,
(Appointed C. J., 1772.)
1791.
Edmund Trowbridge,
. 1775.
Resigned.
1793
Foster Hutchinson, .
. 1775.
Removed at Revolution.
1799
Nathaniel Ropes,
. 1774.
1774
William Gushing, .
. 1775.
Removed at Revolution.
1810
William Browne,
. 1775.
Removed at Revolution.
1802
Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature and the Supreme JzcdU
cial Court of Massachusetts since the Revolution.
CHIEF JUSTICES.
APPOINTED. LEFT
THE BENCH.
DIED.
1775.
John Adams,
1776.
Resigned.*
1826.
1777.
William Gushing,
1789.
Resigned.!
1810.
1790.
Nathaniel Peaslee Sargent
1791.
1791.
1791.
Francis Dana, .
1806.
Resigned.
1811.
1806.
Theophilus Parsons,
1813.
1813.
1814.
Samuel Sewall, .
1814.
1814.
1814.
Isaac Parker,
1830.
1830.
1830.
Lemuel Shaw, .
1860.
Resigned.
1861.
1860.
George Tyler Bigelow,
1868.
Resigned.
1878.
1868.
Reuben Atwater Chapman
, 1873.
1873.
1873.
Horace Grray,J .
1882.
1902.
1882.
Marcus Morton, .
1890.
Resigned.
1891.
1890.
Walbridge Abner Field,
1899.
1899.
1899.
Oliver Wendell Holme8,§
1902.
1902.
Marcus Perrin Knowlton
1911.
Resigned.
1911.
Arthur Prentice Rugg
* Mr. Adams never took his seat on the bench.
t Chief Justice Cushiiig resigned on being appointed one of the Jus-
tices of the Supreme Goxirt of the United States.
I Chief Justice Gray vacated his oflBce by accepting an appointment
as one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
§ Chief Justice Holmes vacated his oiUce by accepting an appointment
as one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
276
Judiciary.
JUSTICES.
APPOINTEB. LKFT
THE BENCH.
DIED.
1775.
William Gushing,
(Appointed G. J.,
, 1777.)
1810.
1775.
Nathaniel Peaslee Sargent
(Appointed G. J.,
, 1790.)
1791.
1775.
William Reed, .
. 1776.
Superseded.
1780.
1776.
Jedediah Foster,
, 1779.
1779.
1776.
James Sullivan, .
, 1782.
Resigned.
1808.
1777.
David Sewall,
. 1789.
Resigned.*
1825.
1782.
Increase Sumner,
. 1797.
Elected Governor
1799.
1785.
Francis Dana,
(Appointed G. J,,
1791.)
1811.
1790.
Robert Treat Paiue, .
. 1804.
Resigned.
1814.
1790.
Nathan Gushing,
. 1800.
Resigned.
1812.
1792.
Thomas Dawes, .
. 1802.
Resigned.
1825.
1797.
Theophilus Bradbury,
, 1803.
Removed, t
1803.
1800.
Samuel Sewall, .
(Appointed C. J.,
1814.)
1814.
1801.
Simeon Strong, .
. 1805.
1805.
1801.
George Thacher,
. 1824.
Resigned.
1824.
1802.
Theodore Sedgwick, .
. 1813.
1813.
1806.
Isaac Parker,
(Appointed G. J.,
1814.)
1830.
1813.
Gharles Jackson,
. 1823.
Resigned.
1855.
1814.
Daniel Dewey, .
. 1815.
1815.
1814.
Samuel Putnam,
, 1842.
Resigned.
1853.
1815.
Samuel Sumner Wilde,
, 1850.
Resigned.
1855.
1824.
Levi Lincoln,
. 1825.
Elected Governor
1868.
1825.
Marcus Morton, .
, 1840.
Elected Governor
1864.
1837.
Gharles Augustus Dewey,
, 1866.
1866.
1842.
Samuel Hubbard,
, 1847.
1847.
1848.
Charles Edward Forbes, ,
. 1848.
Resigned.
1881.
1848.
Theron Metcalf, .
. 1865.
Resigned.
1875.
1848.
Richard Fletcher,
, 1853.
Resigned.
1869.
1850.
George Tyler Bigelow, ,
(Appointed G. J.,
1860.)
1878.
1852.
Caleb Gushing, .
. 1853.
Resigned.f
1879.
1853.
Benj. Franklin Thomas, .
, 1859.
Resigned,
1878.
1853.
Pliay Merrick, .
1854.
Resigned.
1807.
1859.
Ebenezer Kockwood Iloar,
, 1869.
Resigned. t
1895.
1860.
Reuben Atwater Chapman
(Appointed G. J.,
, 1868.)
1873.
* Mr. Justice Sewall resigned on being appointed Judge of the United
States District Court for the District of Maine.
t Mr. Justice Bradbury was removed on account of physical disa-
bility.
X Mr. Justice Gushing and Mr. Justice Hoar resigoed on being ap-
pointed to the office of Attorney-General of the United States.
Judiciary,
277
APPOINTED. LEFT
THE BENCH.
DIED.
1864.
Horace Gray, Jr.,
(Appointed C,
.J.
, 1873.)
1902.
1865.
Jamee Denison Colt, .
. 1866.
Resigned.
1881.
1866.
Dwight Foster, .
. 1869.
Resigned.
1884.
1866.
John Wells, . . .
. 1875.
1875.
1868.
James Denieon Colt, .
. 1881.
1881.
1869.
Seth Ames, .
. 1881.
Resigned.
1881.
1869.
Marcus Morton, .
(Appointed C,
• J.
, 1882.)
1891.
1873.
Wm. Crowninshield Endicott
, 1882.
Resigned.
1900.
1873.
Charles Devens, Jr., .
. 1877.
Resigned.*
1891.
1875.
Otis Phillips Lord, .
, 1882.
Resigned.
1884.
1877.
Augustus Lord Soule,
, 1881.
Resigned.
1887.
1881.
Walbridge Abuer Field, .
(Appointed C.
J,
, .1890.)
1899.
1881.
Charles Devens,*
, 1891.
1891.
1881.
William Allen, .
, 1891.
1891.
1882.
Charles Allen, .
1898.
Resigned.
1882.
Waldo Colburn, .
, 1885.
1885.
1882,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
.,
(Appointed C.
J.,
, 1899.)
1885.
William Sewall Gardner, .
, 1887.
Resigned.
1888.
1887.
Marcus Perrin Knowlton, ,
(Appointed C.
J.,
, 1902.)
1890.
James Madison Morton.
1891.
John Lathrop, .
1906.
Resigned.
1910.
1891.
James Madison Barker, .
1905.
1905.
1898.
John Wilkes Hammond.
1899.
William Caleb Loring.
1902.
Henry King Braley.
1905.
Henry Newton Sheldon.
1906.
Arthur Prentice Rugg,
(Appointed C.
J.,
1911.)
1911.
Charles Ambrose DeCourcy.
Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, from its Establishment in
1820 untilits Abolition in 1859.
CHIEF JUSTICES.
APPOINTED. LEFT THK BENCH.
1820. Artemas Ward, . . . 1839. Resigned.
1839. John Mason Williams, . 1844. Resigned.
1844. Daniel Wells, . . . 18-54.
1854. Edward Mellen,. . .1859,
DIHD.
1847.
1868.
1854.
1875.
* Mr. Justice Devens resigned on being appointed to the office of
Attorney-General of the United States, and was reappointed to the
Supreme Bench in 1881.
278
Judiciary.
JUSTICES.
LEFT THE BENCH.
. 1842.
. 1828.
. 1844.
. 1844.
. 1844.
. 1848.
. 1848.
. 1847.
. 1848.
APPOINTED.
1820. Solomon Strong,
1820. John Mason Williams,
1820. Samuel HoTve, .
1828. David Cummins,
1839. Charles Henry Warren,
1842. Charles Allen, .
1843. Pliny Merrick, .
1844. Joshua Holyoke Ward,
1844. Emory Washburn, .
1844. Luther Stearns Gushing,
1845. Harrison Gray Otis Colby, 1847.
1847. Charles Edward Forbes, . 1848.
1847. Edward Mellen, .
1848. George Tyler Bigelow, . 1850.
1848. Jonathan Cogswell Perkins,1859.
1848. Horatio Byington, . . 1856.
1848. Thomas Hopkinson, . . 1849.
1849. EbenezerRockwoodHoar, 1S55.
1850. Pliny Merrick, . . . 1853.
1851. Henry Walker Bishop, . 1859.
1853. George Nixon Briggs, . 1859.
1854. George Partridge Sanger, . 1859.
1855. Henry Morris, . . . 1859.
1856. David Aiken, . . . 1859.
Resigned.
(Appointed C, J., 1839.)
Resigned.
Resigned.
Resigned.
Resigned.
Resigned.
Resigned.
Resigned.
App'd to Sup, Jud. C't.
(Appointed C. J., 1854.)
App'd to Sup. Jud. C't.
Resigned.
Resigijed.
App'd to Sup. Jud. C't.
DIEB.
1850.
1868.
1828.
1855.
1874.
1869.
1867.
1848.
1877.
1856.
1853.
1881.
1875.
1878.
1877.
1856.
1856.
1895.
1867.
1871.
1861.
1890.
1888.
1895.
Justices of the Superior Cozirt for the County of Sufolk, from its
Establishment in 1855 xnitil its Abolition in 1859.
CHIEF JUSTICES.
APPOINTED. LEFT THE BENCH. DIKD.
1855. Albert Hobart Nelson, . 1857. 1858.
1858. Charles Allen,* . . . 1859. 1869.
* In 1859 Charles Allen became the first Chief Justice of the Superior
Court of the Commonwealth.
Judiciary,
279
JUSTICES.
APPOINTED. LEFT THE BENCH.
1855. Josiah Gardner Abbott, . 1858.
1855. Charles Phelps Huntington, 1859.
1855. Stephen Gordon Nash, . 1859.
1858. Marcus Morton,* . . 1859.
1894.
1891.
Justices of the Superior Court since its Establishment in 1859.
CHIEF JUSTICES.
APPOINTED. LEFT THK BENCH. DIED.
1859. Charles Allen, . . . 1867. Resigned. 1869.
1867. Seth Ames 1869. App'd toSup. Jud.C't. 1881.
1869. Lincoln Flagg Brigham, . 1890. Resigned. 1895.
1890. Albert Mason, . . . 1905. 1905.
1905. John Adams Aiken.
JUSTICES.
1859.
1859.
1859.
1859.
1859.
1859.
1859.
1859.
1859.
1867.
1867.
1869.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1875.
1875.
1881.
Julius Rockwell, .
Otis Phillips Lord,
Marcus Morton, .
Seth Ames, .
Ezra Wilkinson, .
Henry Vose, .
Thomas Russell, .
John Phelps Putnam, .
Lincoln Flagg Brigham,
Chester Isham Reed, .
Charles Devens, Jr., .
Henry Austin Scudder,
Francis Henshaw Dewey,
Robert Carter Pitman,
John William Bacon, .
William Allen,
Peleg Emory Aldrich,
Waldo Colburn, .
William Sewall Gardner,
Hamilton Barclay Staples,
1886. Resigned. 1888
1875. App'd to Sup. Jud. C't. 1884
1869. App'd to Sup. Jud. C't. 1891
(Appointed C. J., 1867.) 1881
1882. 1882
1867.
1882.
1871.
1873.
1872.
1881.
1891.
1888.
1881.
1895.
1882.
1885.
1891.
Resigned. 1887
1882
(Appointed C. J., 1869.) 1895,
Resigned. 1873
App'd to Sup. Jud. C't. 1891,
Resigned. 1895
Resigned. 1887
App'd to Sup. Jud. C't. 1891
1895
App'd to Sup. Jud. C't. 1885
App'd to Sup. Jud. C't. 1888
1891
* In 1859 Marcus Morton became one of the Associate Justices of the
Superior Court of the Commonwealth.
280
Judiciary.
APPOIK
1381.
1882.
1882.
1S82.
1885.
1886.
1886.
1887.
1888.
1888.
1888.
1890.
1891.
1891.
1891.
1891.
1892.
1892.
1S93.
1894.
1895.
1896.
1896.
1898.
1898.
1898.
1900.
1900.
1900.
1902.
1902.
1902.
1902.
1902.
1903.
1903.
1905.
1905.
1906.
1906.
1907.
1907.
TED. LEFT THE BEK(
Marcus Perrin Knowlton, . 1887.
Caleb Blodgett, . . . 1900.
Albert Mason,
James Madison Barker, . 1891.
Charles Perkins Thompson, 1894.
John TVilkes Hammond, . 1898.
Justin Dewey, . . . 1900.
Edgar Jay Sherman, . .1911.
John Lathrop, . . . 1891.
James Robert Dunbar, . 1898.
Robert Roberts Bishop, . 1909.
Daniel Webster Bond, . 1911.
Henry King Braley, . . 1902.
John Hopkins, . . . 1902.
Elisha Burr Maynard, . 1906.
Franklin Goodridge Fesseuden.
John William Corcoran, . 1893.
James Bailey Richardson, . 1911.
Charles Sumner Lilley, . 1900.
Henry Newton Sheldon, . 1905.
Francis Almon Gaskill, . 1909
John Henry Hardy.
Henry Ward well, . . 1898.
William Burnham Stevens.
Charles Upham Bell.
John Adams Aiken, .
Frederick Lawton.
Edward Peter Pierce.
Jabez Fox.
Charles Ambrose DeCourcy.lOll
Robert Orr Harris, . .1911.
Lemuel LeBaron Holmes, . 1907.
William Cushing Wait.
William Schofield,
Lloyd Everett White.
Loranus Eaton Hitchcock.
John Crawford Crosby.
John Joseph Flaherty, . 1906.
William Franklin Dana.
John Freeman Brown.
Henry Amasa King.
George Augustus Sanderson.
App'dto Sup. Jud.C't.
Resigned.
(Appointed C. J., 1890.)
App'd to Sup. Jud. C't.
App'd to Sup. Jud.C't.
Resigned.
App'dto Sup. Jud.C't.
Resigned.
App'd to Sup. Jud. C't.
Resigned.
Resigned.
App'd to Sup. Jud. C't.
Resigned.
(Appointed C J., 1905.)
App'd to Sup Jud.C't.
Resigned.
1901.
1905.
1905.
1894-
1900.
1910.
1909.
1911.
1902.
1906.
1904.
1911.
1911. Resigned.
1907.
1906.
Judiciary, 281
APPOINTED. LEFT THE BENCH.
1907. Robert Fulton Raymond.
1909. Marcus Morton.
1909. Charles Francis Jenney.
1911. Joseph Francis Quinn.
1911. John Dwyer McLaughlin.
1911. John Bernard Ratigan.
1911. Hugo Adelard Dubuque.
1911. Patrick Michael Keating.
1911. Walter Perley Uall.
1911 Frederic Hathaway Chase.
1911. Richard William Irwin.
1911. Nathan Dexter Pratt.
282 Judiciary.
PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF THE COURTS.
[Corrected to Jan. 25, 1912.1
(AH Judges in the Commonwealth are appointed by the Governor
with the advice and consent of the Council, and hold office during good
behavior.!
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
[Revised Laws, Chapter 156.]
Arthur Prentice Rugg of Worcester, Chief Justice.
Justices.
James Madison Morton of Fall ' Henry King Braley of Boston.
River. Henry Newton Sheldon of Boston.
John Wilkes Hammond of Cam- i Charles Ambrose DeCourcy of
bridge. Lawrence.
William Caleb Loring of Boston. '
Clarence H. Cooper of Boston, 1914, Clerk for the Commonwealth.
John F. Cronin of Boston, 1917, Clerk for the County of Suffolk.
Henry W. Swift of Boston, Reporter of Decisions.
Robert Herter, Messenger.
SUPERIOR COURT.
[Revised Laws, Chapter 157.]
John Adams Aiken of Greenfield, Chief Justice.
Justices.
Franklin Goodridge Fessenden of
Greenfield.
John Henry Hardy of Arlington.
William Burnham Stevens of
Stoneham.
Charles Upham Bell of Andover.
Frederick Lawton of Lowell.
Edward Peter Pierce of Fitchburg.
Jabez Fox of Cambridge.
William Cushing Wait of Med-
ford.
Lloyd Everett White of Taunton.
Loranus Eaton Hitchcock of
Springfield.
John Crawford Crosby of Pitts-
field.
William Franklin Dana of Newton.
John Freeman Brown of Milton.
Judiciary.
283
Henry Amasa King of Springfield.
George Augustus Sanderson of
Ayer.
Robert Fulton Raymond of New
Bedford.
Marcus Morton of Newton.
Charles Francis Jenney of Boston
(Hyde Park).
Joseph Francis Quinn of Salem.
John Dwyer McLaughlin of Bos-
ton.
John Bernard Ratigan of Worces-
ter.
Hugo Adelard Dubuque of Fall
River.
Patrick Michael Keating of Boston.
Walter Perley Hall of Fitchburg.
Frederic Hathaway Chase of Bos-
ton.
Richard William Irwin of North-
ampton.
Nathan Dexter Pratt of Lowell.
Charles F. Dolan, Messenger.
PROBATE COURTS AND COURTS OF INSOLVENCY.
[Revised Laws, Chapters 162-164.]
There is a Probate Court and a Court of Insolvency in each
county, distinct in their jurisdiction, powers, proceedings and practice,
but having the same judge and register. These courts are held by the
judge of probate and insolvency appointed for the county; but the
judges of the several counties may, in cases of necessity or convenience,
interchange services, and perform each other's duties.
The names of the judges, registers and assistant registers may be
found among the list of County OflScera.
LAND COURT.
[Revised Laws, Chapter 128.1
Judge, Charles Thornton Davis of Milton. Associate Judge, Louis M.
Clark of Boston. Recorder, Clarence C. Smith of Newton, 1913. Room
408, Court House.
BOSTON JUVENILE COURT.
[Acts of 1906, Chapter 489.)
Justice, Harvey Humplirey Baker. Special Justices, Frank Leveroni,
Philip Rubenstein. Clerk, Charles W. M. Williams, 1911. Room 127,
Court House.
284 Judiciary.
POLICE, DISTRICT AND MUNICIPAL COURTS.
[Revised Laws, Chapter 160.]
Police Courts.
Brockton (jurisdiction in Brockton, Bridgewater, East Bridgewater
and West Bridgewater). — Justice, Warren A. Reed. Special Justices,
Charles Carroll King, Walter I. Lane. Clerk, Harry W. Flagg, 1914.
Chelsea (jurisdiction in Chelsea and Revere), — Justice, Albert D.
Bosson. Special Justices, Samuel R. Cutler, George M. Stearns. Clerk,
Joseph M. Curley, 1912.
Chicopeb. — Justice, Luther White. Special Justices, James H.
Loomis, John P. Kirby. Clerk, Cornelius J. Driscoll, 1916.
FiTCHBURG (jurisdiction in Fitchburg, Ashburnham and Lunenburg).
— Justice, Thomas F. Gallagher. Special Justices, Charles H. Blood,
Clark A. Batchelder. Clerk, Peter F. Ward, 1912.
HoLTOKB. — Justice, Edward W. Chapin. Special Justices, John
Hildreth, Robert A. Allyn. Clerk, Thomas J. Tierney, 1916.
Lawrence. — Justice, Jeremiah J. Mahonej'. Special Justices, Wil-
bur E. Rowell, Frederic N. Chandler. Clsrk, Daniel W. Mahoney, 1916.
Lee. — Justice, Bart Bossidy. Special Justices, Henry C. Phelps,
Edward S. Rogers. Clerk, John T. Wilson, 1915.
Lowell (jurisdiction in Lowell, Tewksbury, Billerica, Dracut,
Chelmsford, Dunstable and Tj'ngsborough). — Justice, .
Special Justices, John J. Pickman, Frederic A. Fisher. Clerk, James F.
Savage, 1915. Assistant Clerk, Edward W. Trull.
Marlborough. — Justice, James W. McDonald. Special Justices,
Edgar Weeks, Raoul Beaudreau. Clerk, James F. J. Otterson, 1916.
Newburyport (jurisdiction in Newburyport, Newbury and Row-
ley). — Justice, Thomas C. Simpson. Special Justices, Horace I. Bart-
lett, Nathaniel N. Jones. Clerk, Edward H. Rowell, 1915.
Newton. — Justice, John C. Kennedy. Special Justices, William F.
Bacon, Frank M. Copeland. Clerk, Francis W. Sprague, 2d, 1913.
SoMERViLLE. — Justice, L. Roger Wentworth. Special Justices, John
Haskell Butler, Michael F. Farrell. Clerk, Herbert A. Chapin, 1912.
Springfield (jurisdiction in Springfield, Agawam, Longmeadow,
East Longmeadow, Hampden and West Springfield). — Justice, Henry
W. Bosworth. Special Justices, Alfred M. Copeland, Edwin F. Lyford.
Clerk, George Leonard, 1914.
Williamstown. — Justice, Sanborn G. Tenney. Special Justices,
William Cook Hart, Byron J. Rees. Clerk, Michael L. Monahan, 1916.
Judiciary. 285
District Courts.
East Boston (court held at East Beaton; jurisdiction in Winthrop
and the district and territory included in Wards 1 and 2 of the city
of Boston as such wards existed March 1, 1886). — Justice, Frank E.
Dimick. Special Justices, Joseph H. Barnes, Jr., Charles J. Brown.
Clerk, Thomas H. Dalton, 1913.
First Barnstable (court held at Barnstable and Bourne; jurisdiction
in Barnstable, Bourne, Yarmouth, Sandwich, Falmouth and Mashpee).
— Justice, Frederick C. Swift. Special Justices, Charles C. Paine,
Edward S. Ellis.
Second Barnstable (court held at Harwich and Provincetown; juris-
diction in Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, Brewster,
Chatham, Harwich and Dennis). — Justice, Raymond A. Hopkins.
Special Justices, Walter Welsh, Charles Bassett.
Central Berkshire (court held at Pittsfield; jurisdiction in Pitts-
field, Hancock, Lanesborough, Peru, Hinsdale, Dalton, Washington
and Richmond). — Jjistice, Charles E.Burke. Special Justices, Hiram
B. Wellington, Charles L. Hibbard. Clerk, Walter B. Smith, 1912.
Northern Berkshire (court held at North Adams; jurisdiction in
North Adams, Clarksburg and Florida). — Justice, Carlton T. Phelps.
Special Justices, Charles J. Parkhurst, John E. Magenis. Clerk, John
Martin, 1914.
Southern Berkshire (court held at Great Barrington; jurisdiction
in Sheffield, Great Barrington, Egremont, Alford, Mount Washington,
Monterey and New Marlborough). — Justice, Walter B. Sanford. (Spe-
cial Justices, Frank H. Wright, Herbert C. Joyner. Clerk, Dennis
C. Killeen, 1916.
Fourth Berkshire (court held at Adams; jurisdiction in Adams,
Cheshire, Savoy and Windsor). — Justice, Nelson H. Bixby. Special
Justices, Henry L. Harrington, William S. Morton. Clerk, Franklin
H. B. Munson, 1915.
First Bristol (court held at Taunton; jurisdiction in Taunton, Re-
hoboth, Berkley, Dighton, Seekonk, Easton and Raynham). — Justice,
William H. Fox. Special Justices, Frederick E. Austin, William S.
Woods. Clerk, George F. Williams, 1913.
Second Bristol (court held at Fall River; jurisdiction in Fall River,
Freetown, Somerset and Swansea). — Justice, John J. McDonough.
Special Justices, Benjamin Cook, Jr., Henry F. Nickerson. Clerk,
Augustus B. Leonard, 1914.
286 Judiciary.
Third Bristol (court held at New Bedford; jurisdiction in N6w
Bedford, Fairhaven, Acushnet, Dartmouth and Westport). — Justice,
Frank A. Milliken. Special Justices, Albert E. Clarke, Eliot D. Stet-
son. Clerk, Frank Vera, Jr., 1912.
(The second and third district courts of Bristol have concurrent juris-
diction in Westport and Freetown.}
Fourth Bristol (court held at Attleborough; jurisdiction in Attle-
borough. North Attleborough, Mansfield and Norton). — Justice, Fred-
erick B. Byram. Special Justices, Charles C. Hagerty, Philip E. Brady.
Clerk, Edwin F. Thayer, 1913.
Dukes County (court held at Oak Bluffs, Edgartown and Tisbury;
jurisdiction in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, West Tisbury, Chil-
mark. Gay Head and Gosnold). — Justice, Edmund G. Eldridge. <Spe-
cial Justices, Beriah T. Hillman, Everett Allen Davis.
First Essex (court held at Salem; jurisdiction in Salem, Beverly,
Danvers, Hamilton, Middleton, Topsfield and Wenham). — Justice,
George B. Sears. Special Justices, Edward C. Battis, Dennis W. Quill.
Clerk, Frank V. Wright, 1912.
Second Essex (court held at Amesbury; jurisdiction in Amesbury
and Merrimac). — Justice, Anthony W. Reddy. Special Justices, M.
Perry Sargent, William Smeath. Clerk, Fred A. Brown, 1916.
Third Essex (court held at Ipswich; jurisdiction in Ipswich). —
Justice, Charles A. Sayward. Special Justices, George H. W. Hayes,
Charles Augustus Norwood.
Northern Essex (court held at Haverhill; jurisdiction in Haver-
hill, Groveland, Georgetown and Boxford). — Justice, John J. Ryan,
Special Justices, John J. Winn, Otis J. Carleton^ Clerk, Horace M.
Sargent, 1916.
Eastern Essex (court held at Gloucester; jurisdiction in Gloucester,
Rockport and Essex). — Justice, Sumner D. York. Special Justices,
Lincoln S. Simonds, William W. French. Clerk, Carleton H. Parsons,
1915.
Southern Essex (court held at Lynn; jurisdiction in Lynn, Swamp-
scott, Saugus, Marblehead and Nahant). — Jtzsh'ce, Henry T. Lummus.
Special Justices, James H. Sisk, Elisha M. Stevens, Edward B. O'Brien.
Clerk, J. Joseph Doherty, 1916.
Franklin (court held at Greenfield, Turner's Falls and Shelburne
Falls; jurisdiction in Ashfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont,
Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett,
Judiciary. 287
Leyden, Monroe, Montague, Northfield, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutesbury,
Sunderland and Whately). — Justice, Henry J. Field. Special Jus-
tices, Samuel D. Conant, James J. Leary. Clerk, William S. Allen, 1916.
Eastern Franklin (court held at Orange; jurisdiction in Orange,
Erving, Warwick, Wendell and New Salem). — Justice, Elisha S. Hall.
Special Justices, Willard Putnam, Hartley R. Walker. Clerk, Israel
Newton, 1914.
Eastern Hampden (court held at Palmer; jurisdiction in Palmer,
Brimfield, Monson, Holland, Wales and Wilbraham). — Justice, Thomas
W. Kenefick. Special Justices, David F. Dillon, . Clerk, Ar-
thur E. Fitch, 1916.
Western Hampden (court held at Westfield and Chester; jurisdiction
in Westfield, Chester, Granville, Southwick, Russell, Blandford, Tol-
land and Montgomery). — Justice, Willis S. Kellogg, Special Justices,
Robert C. Parker. Lewis C. Parker. Clerk, George W. Searle, 1915.
Hampshire (court held at Northampton, Amherst, Cummington, Bel-
chertown, Huntington and Easthampton; jurisdiction in Amherst, Bel-
chertown, Chesterfield, Cummington, Easthampton, Goshen, Granby,
Hadley, Hatfield, Huntington, Middlefield, Northampton, Pelham,
Plainfield, South Hadley, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg
and Worthington). — Justice, William P. Strickland. Special Justices,
John W. Mason, Winslow H. Edwards. Clerk, John A. Crosier, 1914.
Eastern Hampshire (court held at Ware; jurisdiction in Ware,
Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott). — Justice, Henry C. Davis. Special
Justices, George D. Storrs, Hubert M. Coney. Clerk, J. Gardner Lin-
coln, 1913.
Leominster. — Justice, Franklin Freeman. Special Justices, Ralph
W. Robbins, John H. Coburn. Cl^k, J. Ward Healey, 1915.
Central Middlesex (court held at Concord; jurisdiction in Acton,
Bedford, Carlisle, Concord, Lincoln, Maynard, Stow and Lexington). —
Justice, Prescott Keyes. Special Justices, Elihu G. Loomis, Howard A.
Wilson. Clerk, Edward F. Loughlin, 1915.
First Northern Middlesex (court held at Ayer; jurisdiction in
Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Townsend, Ashby, Shirley, Westford, Little-
ton and Boxborough). — Justice, Warren H. Atwood. Special Justices,
Charles F. Worcester, John M. Maloney. Clerk, George W. Sanderson,
1914.
First Eastern Middlesex (court held at Maiden; jurisdiction in
Wakefield, Melrose, Maiden, Everett and Medford). — Justice, Charles
M. Bruce. Special Justices, E. Leroy Sweetser, Thomas P. Riley.
Clerk, Wilfred B. Tyler, 1914.
288 Judiciary,
Second Eastern Middlesex (court held at Waltham; jurisdic-
tion in Watertown, Weston and Waltham). — Justice, Enos T. Luce.
Special Justices, Samuel P. Abbott, Edward Irving Smith. Clerk,
Dudley Roberts, 1915.
Third Eastern Middlesex (court held at Cambridge; jurisdic-
tion in Cambridge, Arlington and Belmont). — Justice, Charles Almy.
Special Justices, Arthur P. Stone, Robert Walcott. Clerk, William A.
Forbes, 1915.
Fourth Eastern Middlesex (court held at Woburn; jurisdiction
in Woburn, Winchester, Burlington, Wilmington, Stoneham, Reading
and North Reading). — Justice, Edward F. Johnson. Special Justices,
George S. Littlefield, John G. Maguu-e. Clerk, Arthur E. Gage, 1913.
First Southern Middlesex (court held at Framingham; jurisdic-
tion in Ashland, Framingham, HoUiston, Sherborn, Sudbury and Way-
land). — Justice, Willis A. Kingsbury. Special Justices, Walter Adams,
George T. Higley. Clerk, Joseph H. Ladd, 1915.
Northern Norfolk (court held at Dedham; jurisdiction in Dedham,
Hyde Park, Dover, Norwood, Westwood, Medfield, Needham and
Wellesley). — Justice, Emery Grover. Special Justices, Fred J. Hutch-
inson, Harrison A. Plympton. Clerk, Clifford B. Sanborn, 1912.
East Norfolk (court held at Quincy; jurisdiction in Randolph,
Braintree, Cohasset, Weymouth, Quincy, Holbrook and Milton). —
Justice, Albert E. Avery. Special Justices, E. Granville Pratt, Louis
A. Cook. Clerk, Lawrence W. Lyons, 1915.
Southern Norfolk (court held at Stoughton and Canton; juris-
diction in Stoughton, Canton, Avon and Sharon). — Justice, Oscar A.
Harden. Special Justices, Henry F. Buswell, Gerald A. Healy. Clerk,
Michael F. Ward, 1912.
Western Norfolk (court held at Franklin and Walpole; jurisdic-
tion in Bellingham, Foxborough, Franklin, Medway, Millis, Norfolk,
Walpole, Wrentham and Plainville). — Justice, Orestes T. Doe. Special
Justices, Henry E. Ruggles, Elbridge J. Whitaker. Clerk, Harry L.
Howard, 1913.
Second Plymouth (court held at Abington and Hingham; juris-
diction in Abington, Whitman, Rockland, Hingham, Hull, Hanover,
Scituate, Norwell and Hanson). — Justice, George W. Kelley. Special
Justices, Charles H. Edson, Edward B. Pratt. Clerk, Herbert L. Pratt,
1915.
Judiciary. 289
Third Plymouth (court held at Plymouth; Jurisdiction in Plymouth,
Kingston, Plympton, Pembroke, Duxbury and Marshfield). — Jtistice,
Harry B. Davis. Special Justices, Charles S. Davis, Morton Colling-
wood. Clerk, Benjamin A. Hathaway, 1914.
Fourth Plymouth (court held at Middleborough and Wareham;
jurisdiction in Middleborough, Wareham, Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoi-
sett and Rochester). — Justice, Nathan Washburn. Special Justices,
Dennis D. Sullivan, Bert J. Allan. Clerk, Charles E. Ryder, 1912.
Winchendon. — Justice, Frank B. Spalter. Special Justices, George
M. Whitney, Arthur F. Evans. Clerk, Elliot S. Tucker, 1916.
Central Worcester (court held at Worcester; jurisdiction in Worces-
ter, Millbury, Sutton, Auburn, Leicester, Paxton, West Boy Iston, Holden,
Shrewsbury and Rutland). — Justice, Samuel Utiey. Special Justices,
George R. Stobbs, Winfred H. Whiting, J. Otis Sibley. Clerk, Edward
T. Raymond, 1911.
First Northern Worcester (court held at Athol and Gardner;
jurisdiction in Athol, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Templeton,
Gardner, Hubbardston and Dana). — Justice, Frederick J. Dunn.
Special Justices, Edgar V. Wilson, George R. Warfield. Clerk, Charles
B. Boyce, 1914.
First Eastern Worcester (court held at Westborough and Graf-
ton; jurisdiction in Southborough, Westborough, Grafton and North-
borough). — Justice, William E. Fowler. Special Justices, John W.
Slattery, John B. Scott. Clerk, Willard J. Humes, 1915.
Second Eastern Worcester (court held at Clinton; jurisdiction
in Clinton, Berlin, Bolton, Boylston, Harvard, Lancaster and Sterling).
— Justice, Jonathan Smith. Special Justices, Charles Mayberry, Allan
G. Buttrick. Clerk, Orra L. Stone, 1914.
First Southern Worcester (court held at Southbridge and Web-
ster; jurisdiction in Sturbridge, Southbridge, Charlton, Dudley, Oxford
and Webster). — Justice, Henry J. Clark. Special Justices, Victor W.
Lamoreux, John M. Cochran. Clerk, Frederick H. Berger, 1913.
Second Southern Worcester (court held at Blackstone and Ux-
bridge; jurisdiction in Blackstone, Uxbridge, Douglas and North-
bridge). — Justice, Francis N. Thayer. Special Justices, William J.
Taft, John F. Meaney. Clerk, Welford A. Beane, 1916.
Third Southern Worcester (court held at Milford; jurisdiction
in Milford, Mendon, Upton and Hopedale). — Justice, Clifford A. Cook.
Special Justices, Chester F. Williams, John C. Lynch. Clerk, William
G. Pond, 1915.
290 Judiciary.
Westekn Worcester (court held at East Brookfield; jurisdiction
in Spencer, Brookfield, North Brookfield, West Brookfield and War-
ren). — Justice, Henry E. Cottle. Special Justices, L. Emerson Barnes.
Jere R. Kane. Clerk, Arthur F. Butterworth, 1912.
Municipal Courts.
Boston. — Chief Justice, Wilfred Bolster. Associate Justices, Frederick
D. Ely, John H. Burke, George L. Wentworth, James P. Parmenter,
William Sullivan, Michael J. Murray, John Duff. Special Justices, John
A. Bennett, Michael J. Creed. Clerks, William F. Donovan, civil busi-
ness, 1914; Oscar F. Timlin, 1st assistant; Warren C. Travis, 2d as-
sistant; Clesson S. Curtice, 3d assistant; George B. Stebbins, 4th
assistant; Volney D. Caldwell, 5th assistant; Pioom 314, Court House.
Frederic C. Ingalls, criminal business, 1916; Edward J. Lord, 1st assist-
ant; Sidney P. Brown, 2d assistant; John F. Barry, 3d assistant; Har-
vey B. Hudson, 4th assistant; Henry R. Blackmer, 5th assistant;
Albert R. Brown, 6th assistant; Room 111, Court House.
Brighton District. — Justice, Charles A. Barnard. Special Jus-
tices, Robert W. Frost, Harry C. Fabyan. Clerk, Henry P. Kennedy,
1914.
Charlestown District. — Justice, Henry W. Bragg. Special Jus-
tices, William H. Preble, Charles S. Sullivan. Clerk, Mark E. Smith,
1912.
Dorchester District. — Justice, Joseph R. Churchill. Special Jus-
tices, Michael H. Sullivan, William F. Merritt. Clerk, Frank J. Tuttle.
1912.
RoxBURT District. — Justice, A. Nathan Williams. Special Jus-
tices, Joseph N. Palmer, Abraham K. Cohen. Clerk, Maurice J. O'Con-
nell, 1913.
South Boston District. — Justice, Joseph D. Fallon. Special Jus-
tices, Josiah S. Dean, Edward L. Logan. Clerk, Adrian B. Smith, 1912.
West Roxburt District. — Justice, John Perrins, Jr. Special Jus-
tices, Henry Austin, J. Albert Brackett. Clerk, Edward W. Brewer, 1912.
Brookline. — Justice, Charles F. Perkins. Special Justices, Philip
8. Parker, Henry Ware. Clerk, Daniel A. Rollins, 1915.
Judiciary, 291
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.
(Elected by the several Districts for the term of three years, ending
January, 1914.)
Northern District (Middlesex County). — John J. Higgins, Somer-
ville. First Assistant, Charles J. Wier, Lowell. Second Assistant, Nelson
P. Brown, Everett.
Eastern District (Essex County). — Henry C. Attwill, Lynn.
Assistant, John J. Burke, Gloucester.
Southern District (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes and Nantucket
Counties). — Joseph T. Kenney, New Bedford. Assistant, Frank B.
Fox, Taunton.
Southeastern District (Norfolk and Plymouth Counties). —
Albert F. Barker, Brockton. Assistant, Frederick G. Katzmann, Hyde
Park.
Middle District (Worcester County). — James A. Stiles, Gardner.
Assistant, Edward T. Esty, Worcester.
Western District (Hampden and Berkshire Counties). — Christo-
pher T. Callahan, Holyoke.
Northwestern District (Hampshire and Franklin Counties). —
George P. O'Donnell, Northampton.
Suffolk District. — Joseph C. Pelletier, Boston. Assistants, Thomas
D. Lavelle, Boston; Abraham C. Webber, Boston; Daniel V. Mclsaac,
Boston. Deputy Assistants, Henry P. Fielding, Ralph H. Hallett.
Room 218, Court House.
292 County Officers.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Treasurers are elected by the people of the several counties for
terms of three years, Registers of Deeds and Sheriffs for terms of
five years. The current term of County Treasurers expires on the
first Wednesday of January, 1913; that of Sheriffs expires in Janu-
ary, 1916; and that of Registers of Deeds expires in January, 1917.
Registers of Probate and Insolvency and Clerks of Courts are elected
for terms of five years. The current term of the former expires on
the first Wednesday in January, 1914; that of the latter in 1917.
County Commissioners are elected, one annually for each county, except
Suffolk and Nantucket, severally for terms of three years; and,
except in the counties of Suffolk and Nantucket, two Associate
Commissioners are elected every third year, the current term of
Associate Commissioners ending in January, 1914.
By the provisions of section 52 of chapter 165 of the Revised Laws, the
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council, is required
to appoint in each county a certain number of Masters in Chan-
cery, who shall hold office for the term of five years, unless sooner
removed by the Governor and Council. Under the provisions of
chapter 187, Acts of 1906, Masters in Chancery have Jurisdiction and
the right to act in any and every county.
By the provisions of section 6 of chapter 161 of the Revised Laws, the
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council, is required,
from time to time, to designate and commission a suitable number
of Justices of the Peace as Trial Justices in the several counties,
By the provisions of section 7 of chapter 161 of the Revised Laws,
each Trial Justice holds office for the term of three years from the
time of his designation, unless, during that period, he ceases to hold
a commission as Justice of the Peace, or unless such designation
and commission as Trial Justice are revoked.
County Officers. 293
BARNSTABLE COUNTY — Incorporated 1685.
Shire Town, Barnstable.
Judge of Probate and Insolvency — Freeman H. Lothrop, Barnstable.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — Clarendon A. Freeman, Chatham.
Assistant Register — Mary G. Hinckley, Barnstable.
Sheriff — Henry M. Percival, Orleans.
Clerk of Courts — Alfred Crocker, Barnstable.
County Treasurer — Edward L. Chase (Hyannis), Barnstable.
Register of Deeds — John A. Holway, Sandwich.
County Commissioners —
Thomas H. Soule, Barnstable, . . Term expires January, 1913
Lafayette K. Chase, Yarmouth, . . " '* " 1914
William H. Tubman, Wellfleet, . . " " " 1915
Associate Commissioners —
Elisha H. Bearse (Harwichport), Har-
wich, Term expires January, 1914
Jonathan Eldridge, Chatham, . . " " " 1914
Masters in Chancery —
J. Arthur Baker, Bourne; . . . Term expires February, 1912
Lewis G. Parke. West Falmouth, . " " June, 1912
C.Sumner Morrill, Wellfleet, . . " " October, 1916
BERKSHIRE COUNTY - Incorporated 1761.
Shire Town, Pittsfield.
Judge of Probate and Insolvency — Edward T. Slocum, Pittsfield.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — Arthur M. Robinson, North Adams.
Assistant Register — Alice M. Hoyt, Pittsfield.
Sheriff — John Nicholson, Pittsfield.
Clerk of Courts — Frank H. Cande, Pittsfield.
County Treasurer — Henry A. Brewster, Pittsfield.
Registers of Deeds —
Northern District, Arthur W. Safford, Adams.
Middle District, Henry M. Pitt, Pittsfield.
Southern District, Malcolm Douglas, Great Barrington.
County Commissioners —
Henry D, Sisson, New Marlborough, . Term expires January, 1913
George B. Adams, Adams, . . " " " 1914
Arthur W. Plumb, Pittsfield, . . " " " 1915
294
County Officers.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY — Concluded.
Associate Commissioners —
John H. C. Church, Great Barrington,
Edward W. Gleason, Clarksburg,
Master in Chancery —
Michael Flynn, 2d, Stockbridge,
Term expires January,
1914
1914
Term expires February, 1913
BRISTOL COUNTY — Incorporated 1685.
Shire Towns, Taunton and New Bedford.
Judge of Probate and Insolvency — Arthur M. Alger, Taunton.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — Richard P. Coughlin, Taunton.
Assistant Register — Florence A. Pratt, Taunton.
Sheriff — Edwin H. Evans, Taunton.
Clerk of Courts — Simeon Borden, Fall River.
Assistant Clerk — Edwin L. Barney, Jr., New Bedford.
County Treasurer — George F. Pratt, Taunton.
Registers of Deeds —
Northern District, Enos D. Williams, Taunton.
Assistant Register for Northern District, Maude E. Dupee, Taunton.
Southern District, Albert B. Collins, New Bedford.
Assistant Register for Southern District, Marietta Hammond, New
Bedford.
Fall River District, Charles E. Mills, Fall River.
Assistant Register for Fall River District, Mary L. Rankin, Fall
River.
County Commissioners —
John I. Bryant, Fairhaven,
Frank M. Chace, Fall River,
Richard E. Warner, Taunton,
Associate Commissioners —
John W. Orr, Attleborough,
Arthur M. Reed, Westport,
Masters in Chancery —
David Silverstein, Fall River,
Louis Swig, Taunton,
Edwin F. Thayer, Attleborough
John T. Swift, Fall River, .
Term expires January, 1913
1914
1915
Term expires January, 1914
1914
Term expires January, 1913
" March, 1913
" October, 1915
" April, 1916
County Officers. 295
DUKES COUNTY — Incorporated 1695.
Shire Town, Edgartown.
Judge of Probate and Insolvency — Charles G. M. Dunham, Edgartown.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — Beriah T. Hillman, Edgartown.
Sheriff — Walter H. Renear. Tisbury.
Clerk of Courts — William C. Nevin, Edgartown.
County Treasurer — Jonathan H. Munroe, Edgartown.
Register of Deeds — Littleton C. Wimpenney, Edgartown.
County Commissioners —
William D. Harding, Oak Bluffs, . Term expires January, 1913
Gilbert L. Smith, Tisbury, . . " " " 1914
George L. Donaldson, West Tisbury, " " " 1915
Associate Commissioners —
Richard G. Shute, Edgartown, . . Term expires January, 1914
Linus S. Jeffers, Gay Head, . . •< «. «• 1914
ESSEX COUNTY — Incorporated 1643.
Shire Towns, Salem, Lawrence and Nbwburtport.
Judges of Probate and Insolvency —
Rollin E. Harmon, Lynn.
Harry R. Dow, North Andover.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — Arthur Bogue, Salem.
Assistant Register — Ezra D. Hines, Danvers.
Second Assistant Register — Clarence W. Brown, Danvers.
Sheriff — Samuel A. Johnson, Salem.
Clerk of Courts — Edward B. George, Haverhill.
First Assistant Clerk — Ezra L. Woodbury, Salem.
Second Assistant Clerk — James P. Hale, Salem.
County Treasurer — David I. Robinson, Gloucester.
Registers of Deeds —
Northern District, Moses Marshall, Lawrence.
Assistant Register for No. District, Jennie M. Marston, Lawrence.
Southern District, Willard J. Hale, Newburyport.
Assistant Register for Southern District, Robert W. Osgood, Salem.
County Commissioners —
James C. Poor, North Andover, . Term expires January, 1913
John M. Grosvenor, Jr., Swampscott, " " " 1914
Moody Kimball, Newburyport, . " " " 1915
Associate Commissioners —
Clarence E. Kimbal), Wenham, . Term expires January, 1914
John W. Lovett, Beverly, ..." .... 1914
296
County Officers,
ESSEX COUNTY — Concluded.
Masters in Chancery —
E. Howard Perley, Salem, . . Term expires
Carleton H. Parsons, Gloucester, . "
John T. Long, Lynn, . , . . "
HoUis L. Cameron, Beverly, . . "
John H. Sheedy, Salem, ..."
Frederick W. Ryan, Lynn, . . "
Arthur G. Wadleigh, Lynn, . . '*
John H. Donovan, Peabody, . . "
Trial Justices — William M. Rogers, Methuen;
July, 1912
December, 1912
" September, 1913
" February, 1915
June, 1915
June, 1915
" July, 1916
September, 1916
Colver J. Stone, An-
dover; Joseph T. Wilson, Nahant;
Newton P. Frye, North Andover;
Benjamin G. Hall, Peabody.
William E. Ludden, Saugus;
Moses S. Case, Marblehead;
FRANKLIN COUNTY — Incorporated 1811.
Shire Town, Greenfield.
Judge of Probate and Insokencp — Francis M. Thompson, Greenfield.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — Francis N. Thompson, Greenfield.
Assistant Register — Ellen K. O'Keefe, Greenfield.
Sheriff — Edson J. Pratt, Erving.
Clerk of Courts — Clifton L. Field, Greenfield.
County Treasurer — Eugene A. Newcomb, Greenfield.
Register of Deeds — John D. Bouker, Greenfield.
County Commissioners —
Osgood L. Leach. Northfield, . . Term expires January, 1913
Eugene B. Blake, Greenfield, . . " '* " 1914
Allen C. Burnham, Montague, . . " " " 1915
Associate Commissioners —
Harry W. Fay, New Salem, , . Term expires January, 1914
Frederick H. Smith, Ashfield, . . " " " 1914
HAMPDEN COUNTY — Incorporated 1812.
Shire Town, Springfield.
Judge of Probate and Insolvency — Charles L. Long, Springfield.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — Frank G. Hodskins, Longmeadow.
Assistant Register — Estella M. Lapham, Springfield.
Sheriff — Embury P. Clark, Springfield.
Clerk of Courts — Robert O. Morris, Springfield.
Assistant ^Clerk — Charles M. Calhoun, Springfield.
County Officers. 297
HAMPDEN COV^TY — Concluded.
County Treasurer — Fred A. Bearse, Springfield.
Register of Deeds — James R. Wells, Springfield.
Assistant Register — Lydia M. Tanner, Springfield.
County Commissioners —
Charles C. Spellman, Springfield, . Term expires January, 1913
George W. Bray, Chicopee, . . " " " 1914
William H. Ensign, Westfield, . . " " " 1915
Associate Commissioners —
Harrison Loomis, West Springfield, . Term expires January, 1914
John H. Sickman, Holyoke, . . " " " 1914
Master in Chancery —
Henry Lasker, Springfield, . . Term expires July, 1915
Trial Justice — George A. Birnie, Ludlow.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY — Incorporated 1662.
Shire Town, Northampton.
Judge of Probate and Insolvency — William G. Bassett, Northampton.
Special Judge of Probate and Insolvency — Henry P. Field, Northampton.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — Hubbard M. Abbott, Northampton.
Assistant Register — Alice C. Rice, Northampton.
Sheriff — Maurice Fitzgerald, Northampton.
Clerk of Courts — Haynes H. Chilson, Northampton.
County Treasurer — Edwin H. Banister, Northanipton.
Register of Deeds — Charles S. Chase, Northampton.
County Commissioners —
Frank A. Brooks, Williamsburg, . Term expires January, 1913
Eugene E. Davis, Northampton, . " '* ** 1914
Frank M. Sibley, Ware. . . . " " *' 1915
Associate Commissioners —
Homer O. Strong, Southampton, . Term expires January, 1914
Eugene H. Lyman, South Hadley, . " " " 1914
Masters in Chancery —
Walter L. Stevens, Northampton, . Term expires April, 1912
N. Seelye Hitchcock, Easthampton, " *' January, 1915
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Incorporated 1643.
Shire Towns, Cambridge (East) and Lowell.
Judges of Probate and Insolvency —
Charles J. Mclntire, Cambridge.
George F. Lawton, Cambridge.
298
County Officers.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Concluded.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — William E. Rogers, Wakefield.
Assistant Register — Frederick M. Esty, Framingham.
Second Assistant Register — Charles N. Harris, Winchester.
Third Assistant Register — Nellie H. Philbrick, Cambridge.
Sheriff — John R. Falrbairn, Cambridge.
Clerk of Courts — William C. Dillingham, Maiden.
First Assistant Clerk — Ralph N. Smith, Arlington.
Second Assistant Clerk — Roger H. Hurd, Winchester.
Third Assistant Clerk — Frederick L. Putnam, Melrose.
County Treasurer — Joseph O. Hayden, Somerville.
Registers of Deeds —
Northern District, William C. Purcell, Lowell.
Southern District, Edwin O. Childs, Newton.
Assistant Register for Southern District, Thomas Leighton, Cam-
bridge.
County Commissioners • —
Chester B. Williams, Wayland, .
Charles H. Richardson, Lowell,
Levi S. Gould, Melrose,
Associate Commissioners —
Edward E. Thompson, Woburn,
Francis A. Patch, Littleton,
Masters in Chancery —
Gilbert A. A. Pevey, Cambridge,
William V. Thompson, Cambridge,
Stanley A. Dearborn, Wakefield,
James Stuart Murphy, Lowell, .
Lloyd Makepeace, Maiden,
Samuel W. Forrest, Melrose,
Elias B. Bishop, Newton, .
George S. Harvey, Maiden,
George M. Weed, Newton, .
Edwin P. Fitzgerald, Somerville,
Haven G. Hill, Lowell,
Trial Justices — George L. Hemenway
Term expires January,
Term expires January,
1913
1914
1915
1914
1914
1912
1912
1912
1913
1913
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" " August,
" •* August,
" " February,
" '* June,
September, 1913
" " September, 1914
" " January, 1915
June, 1915
" " December, 1915
" " January, 1916
Hopkinton; James T. Joslin,
Hudson; Henry C. Mulligan, Natick; John J. Hartnett, Hudson
• The jurisdiction of the County Commissioners of Middlesex extends
over Revere and Winthrop, in the county of Sufifolk.
County Officers. 299
NANTUCKET COUNTY — Incorporated 1695.
Shire Town, Nantucket.
Judge of Probate and Insolvency — Henry Riddell.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — Robert Mack.
Sheriff — Josiah F. Barrett.
Clerk of Courts — Josiah F. Murphey.
County Treasurer — G. Howard Winslow.
Register of Deeds — Lauriston Bunker.
Trial Jwtice — Reginald T. FitzRandolph.
Note. — The Selectmen of the town of Nantucket have the powers
and perform the duties of County Commissioners. The Treasurer of the
town is also County Treasurer.
NORFOLK COUNTY - Incorporated 1793.
Shire Town, Dedham.
Judge of Probate and Insolvency — James H. Flint, Weymouth.
Reqister of Probate and Insolvency — John D. Cobb, Dedham.
Assistant Register — Jossph R. McCoole, Dedham.
Sheriff— Samuel H. Capen, Dedham.
Clerk of Courts — Louis A. Cook, Weymouth.
Assistant Clerk — Robert B. Worthington, Dedham.
County Treasurer — Henry D. Humphrey, Dedham.
Register of Deeds — John H. Burdakin, Dedham.
Assistant Register — Edward L. Burdakin, Dedham.
County Commissioners —
Evan F. Richardson, Millis,
Silas A. Stone, Sharon,
John F. Merrill, Quincy,
Associate Commissioners —
Fred L. Fisher, Norwood, .
Henry A. Whitney, Belhngham,
Masters in Chancery —
Henry B. Terry, Hyde Park, .
Henry Hyde Smith, Hyde Park,
Edward W. Baker, Brookline, .
George G. Darling, Dedham, .
Frank A. Tirrell, Quincy, .
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1914
. Term
expires July,
1912
"
" November
,1913
.
*' April,
1915
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" September, 1915
,
February,
1917
300 County Officers.
PLYMOUTH COUNTY — Incorporated 1685.
iS^iVe Town, Plymouth.
Judge of Probate and Insolvency — Loyed E. Chamberlain, Brockton.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — Sumner A. Chapman, Hanson.
Sheriff — Henry S. Porter, Plymouth.
Cl&rk of Courts — Edward E. Hobart, Plymouth.
Assistant CZerA; — Edgar W. Swift, Plymouth.
County Treasurer — Horace T. Fogg. Norwell.
Register of Deeds — John B. Washburn, Plymouth.
County Commissioners —
Lyman P. Thomas, Middleborough, . Term expires January, 1913
Walter H. Faunce, Kingston,
Jere B. Howard, Brockton,
Associate Commissioners —
Ezekiel R. Studley, Rockland,
Albert T. Sprague, Marshfield,
Masters in Chancery —
Frank M. Reynolds, Hull,
William T. Way, Plympton,
1914
1915
Term expires January, 1914
1914
Term expires November, 1914
" April, 1916
SUFFOLK COUNTY — Incorporated 1643.
Judges of Probate and Insolvency —
Robert Grant, Boston.
Elijah George, Boston.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — Arthur W. Dolan, Boston.
First Assistant Register — John R. Nichols, Boston.
Second Assistant Register — Clara L. Power, Boston.
Sheriff — John Quinn, Jr., Boston.
Clerk of Supreme Judicial Court — John F. Cronin, Boston.
Assistant Clerk of Supreme Judicial Court — John H. Flynn, Boston.
Clerk of Superior Court {Civil Session) — Francis A. Campbell, Boston.
Clerk of Superior Court (Criminal Session) — John P. Manning, Boston.
County Treasurer — Charles H. Slattery, Boston.*
County Auditor — J. Alfred Mitchell, Boston. t
Register of Deeds — William T. A. Fitzgerald, Boston.
Assistant Register — Stephen A. Jennings, Boston.
• Treasurer of the city of Boston. t Auditor of the city of Boston.
County Officers.
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SUFFOLK COUNTY — Concluded.
Masters in Chancery —
Henry S. Dewey, Boston, .
James F. Farley, Boston, .
Charles E. Grinnell, Boston,
David A. Lourie, Chelsea. .
Thomas D. Lavelle, Boston,
Butler R. Wilson, Boston. .
John H. Sherburne, Jr., Boston
Ernest W. Woodside, Boston,
James Ballantyne, Boston,
Joseph Michelman, Boston,
Albert R. MacKusick, Boston,
Note, — In the city of Boston the City Council has most of the
powers and duties usually exercised by County Commissioners.
.
Term expires January, 1913
January, 1913
" July, 1913
" October, 1913
' " January, 1914
" April. 1914
1
" December. 1914
January, 1915
December, 1915
" April, 1916
September, 1916
WORCESTER COUNTY — Incorporated 1731.
Shire Towns, Worcester and Fitchburg.
Judges of Probate and Insolvency —
William T. Forbes, Worcester.
Frederick H. Chamberlain, Worcester.
Register of Probate and Insolvency — John W. Mawbey, Worcester.
Assistant Register — Henry H. Atwood, Fitchburg.
Sheriff — Benjamin D. Dwinnell, Fitchburg.
Clerk of Courts — Theodore S. Johnson, Worcester.
Assistant Clerk — Henry W. Aiken, Millbury.
County Treasurer — Edward A. Brown, Worcester.
Registers of Deeds —
Worcester District, Daniel Kent, Worcester.
Assistant Register for Worcester District, Lottie E. Hubbard, Worces-
ter.
Northern District, David H. Merriam, Fitchburg.
County Commissicners —
Arthur C. Moore, Southbridge, .
George W. Cook, Barre,
Warren Goodale, Fitchburg,
Associate Commissioners —
George F. Morse, Leominster, .
Thomas C. Sheldon, Fitchburg,
Term expires January, 1913
1914
1915
Term expires January, 1914
1914
302
County Officers,
WORCESTER COUNTY
Masters in Chancery —
Charles T. Tatman, Worcester, .
Edward D. R. Morrell, Worcester,
Charles R. Johnson, Worcester, .
Louis O. Rieutord, Southbridge,
Aubrey Z. Goodfellow, Fitchburg,
Fred W. Cronin, Worcester,
Charles S. Webster, Worcester, .
Trial Justices — Matthew Walker, Barre
Harry C. Bascom, Leominster,
Concluded.
Term expires April,
June
1913
" '* June, 1913
" September. 1913
" " November, 1913
" " January, 1915
'* *' December, 1915
" May, 1916
Dennis Healy, Hardwick;
Board oj Agriculture.
303
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
Members ex Officio.
Hi3 Excellency Eugene N. Foss, Governor.
His Honor Robert Luce, Lieutenant-Governor.
Hon. Albert P. Langtry, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Kenyon L. Butterfield, LL.D., President Massachusetts Agricultural
College.
J. Lewis Ellsworth, Secretary of the Board.
Frederick F. Walker, Chief of the Cattle Bureau.
F. William Rane, B.Agr., M.S., State Forester.
Members appointed by the Governor and Council.
Charles M. Gardner of Westfield, .... Term expires 1913
Frank P. Newkirk of Easthampton, . ..." " 1914
HeMy M. Howard of West Newton, . . . . " " 1915
Members chosen by the Incorporated Societies.
Ameabury and Salisbury, A. Willis Bartlett of Salis-
bury, Term expires 1915
Barnstable County, John Bursley of West Barnstable, ** " 1913
Blackstone Valley, Jacob A. Williams of North-
bridge " " 1915
Deerfield Valley, Ernest W. Payne of Heath, . . " " 1914
Eastern Hampden, O. E. Bradway of Monson, . " " 1915
Essex, Frederick A. Russell of Methuen, . . . ** " 1914
Franklin County, C. P. Aldrich of Greenfield, . " *' 1913
Hampshire, Howard A. Parsons of Amherst, . . " " 1913
Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, Rufus M.
Smith of Hadley, " " 1915
Highland, John T. Bryan of Middlefield (P. O.
Chester, R. F. D.), " " 1914
Hillside, Harry A. Ford of Windsor, ..." " 1914
Hingham, Urban S. Bates of Hinsham, ..." " 1915
Hoosac Valley, Abner Towne of Williamstown, . " " 191i^
Housatonic, R. Henry Race of North Egremont, . " " 1915
Marshfield, Walter H. Faunce of Kingston, . . " " 1915
304
Board of Agriculture.
Martha's Vineyard, J. F. Adams of West Tisbury, . Term expires 1913
Massachusetts Horticultural, Wilfrid Wheeler of Con-
cord, " " 1915
Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture,
N. I. Bowditch of Framingham, ..." " 1915
Middlesex North, Geo. W. Trull of Tewksbury, . " " 1914
Middlesex South, John J. Erwin of Wayland, . . " '* 1914
Nantucket, Herbert G. Worth of Nantucket, . " " 1915
Oxford, W. A. Lovett of Oxford " " 1913
Plymouth County, Augustus Pratt of North Middle-
• borough " " 1914
Spencer, Walter C. Bemis of Spencer, ..." " 1913
Union, Sylvester H. Peebles of Blandford, . . " " 1913
Weymouth, Theron L. Tirrell of South Weymouth, " " 1915
Worcester, B. W. Potter of Worcester, ..." " 1914
Worcester East, George F. Morse of Lancaster, . " " 1915
Worcester North-west, Albert Ellsworth of Athol, . " " 1913
Worcester South, Wm. E. Patrick of Warren, . . " " 1913
Worcester County West, John L. Smith of Barre, . " " 1914
Presidetit, His Excellency Eugene N. Foss, Ex Officio.
First Vice-President, John Bursley, West Barnstable.
Second Vice-President, Wilfrid Wheeler, Concord.
Secretary, J. Lewis Ellsworth, Worcester. Room 136, State House.
Specialists,
Chemist, Dr. J. B. Lindsey, Amherst.
Entomologist, Prof. C. H. Fernald, Amherst.
Botanist, Dr. George E. Stone, Amherst.
Pomologist, Prof. F. C. Sears, Amherst.
Veterinarian, Prof. James B. Paige, Amherst.
Engineer, William Wheeler, Concord.
State Ornithologist, E. H. Forbush, Westborough.
State Nursery Inspector, Dr. H. T. Fernald, Amherst.
State Inspector of Apiaries, Burton N. Gates, Ph.D., Amherst.
First Clerk.
Howard N. Legate, Boston. Room 136, State House.
Dairt Bureau.
Howard A. Parsons, Amherst, 1912; George W. Trull, Tewksbury, 1913;
Charles M. Gardner, Westfield, 1914.
Executive Officer, J. Lewis Ellsworth, Secretary, State Board of Agri-
culture. General Agent, P. M. Harwood, Barre. Room 136, State House.
Boards and Commissions. 305
OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
[Corrected to Jan. 31, 1912.]
Armory Commissioners.
Adjutant General Gardner W. Pearson (Chairman), Lowell; Quarter-
master General William B. Emery, Newton; E. Leroy Sweetser, Everett.
Art Commission.
Waldo Lincoln {Chairman), Worcester, 1915; Henry S. Hunnewell,
Wellesley, 1915; William A. Burnham, Boston, 1915; Charles D. Magin-
nis, Boston, 1915; Walter Oilman Page (Secretary), Boston (310 Fenway
Studios, Back Bay), 1915.
Ballot Law Commission.
Francis W. Estey (Secretary), Boston, 1912; Henry V. Cunningham
(Chairman), Boston (635 Tremont Building), 1913; Malachi L. Jennings,
Boston, 1914.
Bank Commissioner.
Augustus L. Thorndike, Brewster, 1915. Deputy, James O. Otis,
Maiden. Chief of Trust Company Division, Charles W. Levi. Exam-
iners, HenryW. Langley, William O. Lovell, Charles C. Handy, Oreb
M. Tucker, Chester C. Freeman. Room 124, State House.
Bar Examiners, Board of.
Hollis R. Bailey (Chairman), Cambridge; Frederick L. Greene (Sec-
retary), Greenfield; George S. Taft, Uxbridge; Henry W. Bragg, Boston;
L. Elmer Wood, Fall River.
Blind, Massachusetts Commission for the.
James P. Munroe (Chairman), Lexington, 1912; Edward E. Allen,
South Boston, 1913; Annette P. Rogers, Boston, 1914; Lucinda W.
Prince, West Newton, 1915; Walter Bradlee Snow (Secretary), Water-
town, 1916. Central Office, 15 Ashburton Place, Room 308. General
Superintendent, Lucy Wright.
306 Boards and Commissions.
Boston, Finance Commission for the City op.
Francis N. Balch, Boston, 1912; Charles P. Curtis, Boston, 1913; John
A. Sullivan (Chairman), Boston, 1914; Geoffrey B. Lehy, Boston, 1915;
John F. Moors, Boston, 1916. Secretary, John C. L. Dowling. Room
413, Trenaont Building.
Boston, Licensing Board for the City op.
Ezra H. Baker {Chairman), Boston, 1912; Samuel H. Hudson, Boston,
1914; Fred A. Emery, Boston, 1916. (Secreiary, Louis Epple, Boston. 29
Pemberton Square.
Boston, Commissioners of Pilots for the Port op,
John C. Ross (C^nm?? an), Plymouth, 1913. Frank L. Oakes, Newton,
1914. Secretary, Edmund S. Manson. Room 716, Chamber of Com-
merce.
Boston, Police Commissioner for the City of.
Stephen O'Meara, Boston, 1916. Secretary, Leo A. Rogers, Boston.
29 Pemberton Square.
Boston, Directors of the Port of.
Francis T. Bowles, Boston, 1912; Joseph A. Conry, Boston, 1913; Hugh
Bancroft (C/iam«an), Boston, 1914; George E. Smith (of the Board of
Harbor and Land Commissioners) , Swampscott. On the Part of the City
of Boston, Williain F. Fitzgerald, 1914.
Boston Transit Commission.
George G. Crocker (Chairman), Boston, 1914; Horace G. Allen, Boston,
1914. On the Part of the City of Boston. — George F. Swain, Josiah
Quincy, James B. Noyes, 1914. Secretary, B. Leighton Beal. 15 Beacon
Street, eighth floor.
Cattle Bureau.
Chief, Fred Freeland Walker, Burlington, 1912. Agents, William T.
White, Newtonville; Harrie W. Peirce, Medford. Room 138, State
House.
Charity, State Board of.
Abraham C. Ratshesky, Boston, 1912; Thomas Downey, Boston, 1912;
Leontine Lincoln {Chairman), Fall River, 1913; Charles H. Adams, Mel-
rose, 1913; Ada Eliot Sheffield, Cambridge, 1914; Frances G. Curtis,
Boards and Commissions. 307
Boston, 1915; David F. Tilley, Boston, 1915; Charles R. Johnson,
Worcester, 1916; Jeffrey R. Brackett, Boston, 1916. Secretary, Robert
W. Kelso, Room 37, State House.
Superintendent of State Adult Poor, Joshua F. Lewis, M.D., Room
30, State House.
Superintendent of State Minor Wards, James E. Fee, Room 43, State
House.
Civil Service Commission.
Elmer L. Curtiss, Hingham, 1912; Frank Foxcroft, Cambridge, 1913;
Thomas F. Boyle {Chairmnn), Boston, 1914. Chief Examiner, Henry
Sherwin. Secretary, Warren P. Dudley, Room 151, State House. Reg-
istrar of Labor, John C. Gilbert, Room 16, State House.
Conciliation and Arbitration, State Board of.
Willard Howland (Chairman), Chelsea, 1912; Richard P. Barry, Lynn,
1913; Charles G. Wood, New Bedford, 1914. Secretary, Bernard F. Sup-
ple, Boston. Room 12S, State House.
Corporations, Commissioneb op.
William D. T. Trefry, Marblehead, 1914. Room 235, State House.
County Accounts, Controller op.
Frank L. Dean, Worcester, 1913. Deputy Controllers, William H.
Wing, Maiden; Lrving Taylor, Somervillo; James C. Emerson, Somer-
ville. 8 Beacon Street, Room 23.
Dentistry, Board of Registration in.
John F. Dowsley (ChairmMn), Boston (175 Tremont Street), 1912;
George E. Mitchell (Secretary), Haverhill, 1912; William W. Marvel,
Fall River, 1913; George A. Maxfield, Holyoke, 1913; Thomas J. Barrett,
Worcester, 1914.
Education, Board of.
Clinton Q. Richmond, North Adams, 1912; Sarah L. Arnold, Newton,
1912; Simeon B. Chase, Fall River, 1912; Frederick P. Fish (Chairman),
Brookline, 1913; Frederick W. Hamilton, Somerville, 1913; Ella Lyman
Cabot, Boston, 1913; Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, Brookline, 1914; Paul H.
Hanus, Cambridge. 1914; Levi L. Conant, Worcester, 1914. Commis-
sioner of Education, David Snedden. Deputy Commissioners, Charles
A. Prosser, William Orr. Agents, James W. MacDonald, Julius E. War-
ren, Charles R. Allen, Rufus W. Stimson, Michael W. Murray (Special),
Edward C. Baldwin. 15 Ashburton Place, Room 500.
308 Boards and Commissions.
Embalming, Board of Registration in.
John A. Weinbeck, Lowell, 1912; Frederick L. Briggs (Secretary), Bos-
ton (20 Howard Street), 1913; Thomas H. Reilly (Chairman), Westbor-
ough, 1914.
Fall River, Board of Police for the City of.
James M. Morton, Jr. (Chairjnan) , Fall River, 1912; Frederick W.
Lawson, Fall River, 1913; Timothy F. Lawlor, 1914. Clerk, John R.
Rostron, 37 Granite Street, Fall River.
Fall River, The Bradford Durfeb Textile School of.
James E. Cunneen, Fall River, 1912; George E. Prest, Fall River,
1914.
Fire Insurance Rates, Board of Appeal for.
Frank H. Hardison (Insurance Commissioner) (Chairman); Alfred E.
Green, Duxbury, 1915; Roger Sherman Hoar, Concord, 1915.
Firemen's Relief Fund, Commissioners of the.
George F. Harwood (Chairman), Lynn, 1912; Fred W. Jenness, Lowell,
1913; , 1914. Appointed by the State Firemen's Association,
— Walter B. Randlett, Newton, 1912; Edward S. Hosmer, Lowell,
1913. Secretary, D. Arthur Burt, 294 Washington Street, Room 650.
Fisheries and Game, Commissioners on.
George H. Garfield, Brockton, 1913; George W. Field (Chairman),
Sharon, 1914; George H. Graham, Springfield, 1916. Chrk, W. Raymond
Collins, Boston. Room 158, State House.
Free Public Library Commissioners.
Elizabeth P. Sohier, Beverly, 1912; Frank H. Howes, Newton, 1913;
Anna M. Bancroft, Hopedale, 1914; Hiller C. Wellman, Springfield,
1914; Charles F. D. Belden (Chairman), State Library, Boston, 1915.
Gas and Electric Light Commissioners.
Alonzo R. Weed, Newton, 1912; Forrest E. Barker (Chairman), Worces-
ter, 1913; Morris Schaff, Cambridge, 1914. Clerk, Robert G. Tobey,
Boston. 15 Ashburton Place, Room 603.
Gas Inspectors, Charles D. Jenkins, Cambridge, 1914; Lawrence S.
James, Boston, 191*; Leslie R. Moore, Newton, 1914. 32 Hawley Street.
Smoke Inspector, William H. Gerrish, Maiden. Deputy, Warren A.
Edson, Boston. 15 Ashburton Place, Room 603.
Boards and Commissions. 309
General Insurance Guaranty Fund, Tru8tee8 op the.
Preston Pond, Winchester, 1912; Charles W. Hubbard, Weston, 1913;
Warren A. Reed {President), Brockton, 1914; Hamilton Mayo, Leomin-
ster, 1915; Charles C. Hitchcock, Ware, 1916; Charles K. Fox, Haverhill,
1917; George Wigglesworth, Milton, 1918.
Clerk, Harry W. Kimball. State Actuary, William J. Montgomery,
161 Devonshire Street, Room 1011.
Greylock Reservation Commission.
William H. Sperry {Clerk), North Adams, 1912; Francis W. Rockwell
{Chairman), Pittsfield, 1914; Arthur B. Daniels {Secretary) , Ada.Tas, 1915.
Harbor and Land Commissioners, Board of.
Samuel M. Mansfield, Boston, 1912; George E. Smith {Chairman),
Swampscott, 1913; Charles C. Paine, Barnstable, 1914. Clerk, Frederick
N. Wales, Newtonville. Room 131, State House.
Health, State Board of.
Clement F. Coogan, Pittsfield, 1912; Joseph A. Plouff, Ware, 1913;
Henry P. Walcott {Chairman), Cambridge, 1914; Julian A. Mead, Water-
town, 1915; Hiram F. Mills, Lowell, 1916; Robert W. Lovett, Boston,
1917; C. Eugene McGillicuddy, Worcester, 1918. Secretary, Mark W.
Richardson, Boston, Room 145, State House. Assistant to the Secretary,
William C. Hanson. Engineer, X. Henry Goodnough, Room 141, State
House.
State Inspectors of Health. — District No. 1, Adam S. MacKnight, Fall
River, 1912. No. 2, Elliott Washburn, Taunton, 1912. No. 3, Wallace
C. Keith, Brockton, 1912. No. 4, Harry Linenthal, Boston, 1912. No.
5, Frank L. Morse, Somerville, 1914. No. 6, William W. Walcott, Natick,
1912. No. 7, J. William Voss, Beverly, 1912. No. 8, William Hall Coon,
Haverhill, 1912. No. 9, Charles E. Simpson, Lowell, 1912. No. 10, Lewis
Fish, Fitchburg, 1912. No. 11, Melvin G. Overlock, Worcester, 1912.
No. 12, James V. W. Boyd, Springfield, 1914. No. 13, John S. Hitch-
cock, Northampton, 1915. No. 14, Lyman A. Jones, North Adams, 1912.
Highway Commission.
, 1912; William D. Sohier, Beverly, 1913; Frank D. Kemp,
Springfield, 1914. Chief Engineer, Arthur W. Dean, Winchester. Secre-
tary, Frank I. Bieler, Boston. 15 Ashburton Place, Room 400.
310 Boards and Commissions.
Homestead Commission.
Charles F. Gettemy (Director of the Bureau of Statistics) {Chairman) ;
Augustus L. Thorndike (Bank Commissioner); Kenyon L. Butterfield
(President of the Massachusetts Agricultural College) ; Clement F.Coogan
(of the State Board of Health); Warren Dunham Foster, Boston, 1912;
Eva W. White, Boston, 1913; Henry Sterling {Secretary), Boston, 1914.
Insanity, State Board of.
Henry P. Field, Northampton, 1911; Herbert B, Howard {Chairman) ,
Boston, 1912; Edward W. Taylor, Boston. 1913; William F. Whitte-
more, Boston, 1914; Michael J. O'Meara, Worcester, 1915. Secretary and
Executive Oficer, Charles E. Thompson, M.D. Room 36, State House.
Insurance Commissioner.
Frank H. Hardison, Wellesley Hills, 1913. Deputy, Lemuel G.
Hodgkins. Actuary, Emma W. Cushman. Examiner, Harry L. Pea-
body. Chief Clerk, Arthur E. Linnell. Room 246, State House.
Loan Agencies, Supervisor of.
E. Gerry Brown, Brockton, 1914.
Lowell Textile School.
Frederick A. Flathers, Lowell, 1912; Franklin W. Hobbs, Brookline,
1914.
Lumber, Surveyor-General of.
Charles H. Crane, Revere, 1913. 88 Broad Street, Room 514.
Lynn Harbor, Commission for Investigation of.
William E. Dorman {Chairman), Lynn; Thomas W. Gardner, Lynn;
Lewis H. Bartlett {Secretary), Lynn.
Massachusetts Employees Insurance Association, Board op
Directors of the.
Patrick F. Sullivan, Lowell; Walter C. Fish, Lynn; James W. Spence,
Rockland; Henry Howard, Brookline; Frederick C. McDuffie, Law-
rence; George W. Wheelv.Tight, Boston; William B. Plunkett, Adams;
Fred H. Daniels, Worcester; George F. Willett, Norwood; Edgar J.
Rich, Winchester; William O. Day, Springfield; James S. Murphy,
Brookline; Walter H. Langshaw, New Bedford; Charles S. Dennison,
Boston; Louis K. Liggett, Boston,
Boards and Commissions. 311
Medicine, Board op Registration in.
Walter P. Bowers, Clinton, 1912; Samuel H. Calderwood (Chairman),
Boston, 1913; Augustus L. Chase, Randolph, 1914; Edwin B. Harvey (Sec-
retanj), Westborough, 1915; Charles H. Cook, Natick, 1916; Matthew
T. Mayes. Springfield, 1917; Nathaniel R. Perkins, Boston, 1918, Room
159, State House.
Metropolitan Park Commission.
Ellerton P. Whitney, Milton, 1911; William B. de la.s Casas {Chair-
man), Maiden, 1912; Edwin U. Curtis, Boston, 1913; David N. Skillings,
Winchester, 1914; Everett C. Benton, Belmont, 1915. Secretary, George
Lyman Rogers, Boston. 14 Beacon Street, Room 507.
Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board.
Henry H. Sprague (Chairman), Boston, 1912; James A. Bailey, Jr.»
Arlington, 1913; Henry P. Walcott, Cambridge, 1914. Secretary, William
N. Davenport, Marlborough. 1 Ashburton Place.
Mount Everett Reservation Commission.
A. Chalkley Collins, Great Barrington, 1912; Herbert C. Joyner
Chairman), Great Barrington, 1914; Henry M. White (Secretary), Lee,
1916.
Nautical Training School, Commissioners of the.
John F. Merry (Chair yuan), Someivillo, 1912; John Read, Cambridge,
1913; William E. McKay, Milton, 1914. Secretary. William H. Dimick',
Boston. Room 110, State House.
New Bedford Textile School.
William E. Hatch, New Bedford, 1912; Abbott P. Smith, New Bed-
ford, 1914.
NtJRSES, Board of Registration of.
Charles A. Drew, Worcester, 1911; Mary E. Shields, Boston, 1912;
Lucia L. Jaquith, Worcester, 1913; Mary M. Riddle (Chairman), New-
ton, 1914; Edwin B. Harvey (of the Board of Registration in Medicine)
(Secretary), Westborough. Room 159, State House.
Pharmacy, Board of Registration in.
Irving P. Gammon, Boston, 1912; Peter J. McCormick (Secretary),
Cambridge, 1913; William S. Flint (President), Worcester, 1914; Albert
J. Brunelle, Fall River, 1915; Charles F. Ripley, Taunton, 1916. Room
22, State House.
312 Boards and Commissions,
Plumbers, State Examiners op.
Edward C. Kelly (Clerk), Boston (195 Centre Street, Roxbury), 1912;
Charles R. Felton, Brockton, 1913; James C. Coffey (Chairman), Worces-
ter, 1914.
Prison Commissioners, Board op.
Frederick G. Pettigrove (Chairman), Boston, 1911; Arthur H. Well-
man, Maiden, 1912; Mary Boyle O'Reilly, Boston, 1913; Henry Park-
man, Boston, 1914; Margaret P. Russell, Boston, 1915. Secretary,
J. Warren Bailey, Somerville. Room 24, State House.
Probation, Commission on.
Robert O. Harris (Chairman), William Sullivan, John D. McLaughlin,
Warren A. Reed, Joseph Lee. Secretary and Deputy Commissioner,
Edwin Mulready. Room 174, Court House, Boston.
Province Laws.
Melville M. Bigelow, Cambridge. Room 115, State House.
Publication, State Board op.
Edward S. Sears (Secretary), Winthrop, 1912; James W. Kimball
(Chairman), Swampscott, 1913; Charles F. Gettemy, Boston, 1914.
Public Records, Commissioner of.
■ Henry E. Woods, Boston, 1913. Clerk, Edward S. Sears, Winthrop.
Room 104, State House.
Railroad Commissioners, Board op.
Clinton White, Melrose, 1911; Frederick J. Macleod (Chairman), Cam-
bridge, 1912. George W. Bishop, Newtonville, 1913. Clerk, Charles E.
Mann, Maiden. Consulting Engineer, George F. Swain, Boston. Assist-
ant Clerk, Allan Brooks, Harvard. 20 Beacon Street, second floor.
Inspectors. — Daniel M. Wheeler, Springfield, 1912; Lewellyn H. Mc-
Lain, Melrose, 1912; Winfield L. Larry, Boston, 1913; John Q. Henni-
gan. East Milton, 1913; Henry W. Seward, Brockton, 1913; John H.
Parant, Worcester, 1914; John W. Ogden, Maiden, 1914.
State Aid and Pensions, Commissioner op.
Francis A. Bicknell, North Weymouth, 1913. Deputy, Richard R.
Flynn, Somerville, 1913. Room 123, State House.
Boards and Commissions. 313
State Forester.
F. William Rane, Newton (Waban). Assistants, Harold O. Cook,
Leon H. Worthley, Russell S. Langdell, Maxwell C. Hutchins, Harry
F. Gould, F. F. Moon, Charles O. Bailey. 6 Beacon Street, Room 1009-
State Library, Trustees op the.
Levi H. Greenwood, President of the Senate; Grafton D. Gushing,
Speaker of the House of Representatives; Winfield S. Slocum, Newton,
1912; Robert L, O'Brien, Brookline, 1913; Josiah H. Benton {Chairman),
Boston, 1914. Librarian, Charles F. D. Belden, Cambridge.
Statistics, Bureau of.
Director, Charles F. Gettemy, Boston, 1912. Chief Clerk, William G.
Grundy, Boston. Room 256, State Hoiise.
Tax Commissioner.
William D. T. Trefry, Marblehead, 1914. Deputy, Charles A. Andrews,
Newton (Waban). Assistants, Albert B. Fales, Som^erville; George S.
Hatch, Medford; Albert E. Taylor, Boston. First Clerk, Edward D.
Endicott, Canton. Room 235, State House.
Uniformity op Legislation in the United States, Commissioners
FOR THE Promotion of.
Samuel Ross {Chairman), New Bedford, 1914; Hollis R. Bailey, Cam-
bridge, 1914; Samuel Wiiliston, Cambridge, 1914,
Veterinary Medicine, Board op Registration in.
George P. Penniman, Worcester, 1912; Elmer Warren Babson {Secre-
tary), Gloucester, 1913; Langdon Frothingham {Chairman). Boston,
1914; Thomas E. Maloney, Fall River, 1915; Lester H. Howard, Boston,
1916.
Voting Machine Examiners, Board of.
Charles F. Richardson {Chairman), Weston, 1913; Horace B. Gale
{Clerk), Natick, 1913; Page G. Poole, Everett, 1913.
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation Commission.
Theodore L. Haxlovj {Secretary), Gardner, 1913; Harold Parker {Chair-
man), Lancaster, 1915; John T. Burnett, Southborough, 1917. Superin-
tendent, Everett W. Needham, Princeton.
314 Boards and Commissions.
Weights and Measures, Commissioner of.
Daniel C. Palmer, Maiden, 1913. Inspectors, Amasa S. K. Clark,
Lorenzo D. F. Marston, J. William Williams, Philias J. Tetrault, John J.
Cumming3, Walter W. Gleason. Room 101, State House.
Wrecks and Shipwrecked Goods, Commissioners op.
James W. Bradley, Rockport; William B. Floyd, Winthrop; A. Brooks
Anderson, Scituate; Wendell L. Hinckley, Yarmouth; Thomas H. G.
Douglass, Gloucester; William McKay, Newburyport; E. Parker Welch,
Scituate; James B. Steele, Eastham; William H. Sawyer, Gloucester;
John Killen, Nantucket; Fernando F. Bearse, Chatham; Michael F.
Gallagher, Pall River.
Massachusetts District Police.
315
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT POLICE.
JOPHANUS H. WHITNEY, Chief.
Room 20, State House.
George C. Neal, Deputy Chief, Detective and Fire Inspec-
tion Dept. Room 1.
Joseph A. Moore, Deputy Chief, Inspection Dept. Room 2.
Joseph H. McNeill, Chief Boiler Inspector, Room 3.
Charles F. Rice, Chief Fire Inspector. Room IB.
Detective and Fire Inspection Department.
Detectives.
Name.
Assigned.
Office.
Barrett, Michael J.,
Bligh, Thomas E.,
Bradford, Ernest S., .
Dexter, Thomas A., .
Flynn, Frederick F., .
Grady, James J., .
Hardiman, Frank P., .
Hodges, Alfred B.,
Keating, Arthur E.,
McKay, James,
Molt, Robert E., .
Proctor, William H., .
Scott, John H., .
Smith, Silas P., .
Wells, Arthur G., .
Tramp officer, .
Hampden and Berkshire
Counties.
Barnstable County, .
Dukes and Nantucket
Counties.
Essex and Middlesex
Counties.
District No. 6, .
Unassigned, general work,
Bristol County,
Suffolk County,
Franklin and Hampshire
Counties.
Worcester County,
Steamer "Lexington" and
general duty.
Norfolk and Plymouth
Counties.
Middlesex County, .
Essex County, .
Boston.
Pittsfield.
Hyannis.
Edgartown.
Lawrence.
Boston.
Boston.
Taunton.
Boston.
Northampton.
Worcester.
Boston.
Braintree.
Cambridge.
Lynn.
316
Massachusetts District Police.
Detective and Fire Inspection Department — CoTicHwici.
Fire Inspectors.
Name.
Assigned.
Office.
Anderson, James, .
Collamore, Henry H., .
Crittenden, George F., .
Daly, Joseph v., .
Eustace, Thomas F., .
Sherlock, Edward J., .
Thompson, Thomas A.,
District No. 1, .
District No. 3, .
District No. 4, .
Special duty,
District No. 2, .
Unassigned, general work,
District No. 5. .
Springfield.
Fall River.
Northampton.
Boston.
Boston.
Boston.
Boston.
Inspection Department.
Building Inspectors.
Adams, Charles, .
District No. 9, .
Worcester.
Ball, Horace F., .
District No. 4, .
Boston.
Beyer, Richard S.,
District No. 2, .
Salem.
Burfitt, Charles E.,
District No. 3, . .
Boston.
Cheney, Ansel J., .
District No. 1, .
Salem.
Cleveland, Ernest E., .
District No. 11,
Springfield.
Dyer, David H., .
District No. 7, .
Fall River.
McKeever, William J., .
1 District No. 5, .
Boston.
Merriam, Frederick W., .
Special duty.
Boston.
Penniman, Walter A., .
District No. 10,
Worcester.
Plunkett, John H.,
District No. 6, .
Boston.
Pope, Lemuel,
District No. 12,
North Adams.
Saunders, Frank W., .
District No. 8, .
Fall River.
Factory and Workshop Inspectors.
Atherton, Arlon S.,
District No. 4, . .
Boston.
Atkinson, Harry, .
District No. 8, .
Boston.
Cairns, William H.,
District No. 12, .
Fall River.
Carey, Jeremiah J.,
District No. 2, .
Lowell.
Casey, John F., .
District No. 15,
North Adams.
Clerke, Charles S.,
District No. 6, .
Boston.
Cobb, Joseph F., .
District No. 9, .
Boston.
Dam. Charles A., .
District No. 13,
Worcester.
Dexter, John R., .
District No. 11,
Fall River.
Goff, Andrew M., .
District No. 10,
Boston.
Griffin, John E., .
District No. 7, .
Boston.
Howes, James R.,
District No. 14, .
Springfield.
Lewis, Elmer,
District No. 3, .
Boston.
McDonald, Angus H., .
District No. 1, .
Salem.
Roach, Arthur F.,
Special duty.
Springfield.
Ryan, Everett E.,
District No. 5, .
Boston.
Halley, Mary E., .
Special duty.
Lowell.
Nason, Mary A., .
Special duty, .
Boston.
Massachusetts District Police.
317
Inspection Department — Concluded.
Boiler Inspectors.
Name.
Assigned.
Office.
Baxter, Sturgis C,
Bushek, Henry, .
DeShazo, James B.,
Evans, James W., .
Ferguson, Charles,
Forbush, Franklin L., .
Harlow, Willis A.,
Hinckley, Frank C, .
Kearney, John B.,
Lovering, Arthur F., .
Luck, George A., .
Mackintosh, George D.,
McGrath, John, .
Moran, Edward, .
Morton, Harrv E.,
Ramsay, William W., .
Sanborn, Freeman H., .
Simm, Wilbert E.,
Sullivan, Herbert A., .
District No. 10,
District No. 1,
District No. 13,
District No. 8,
District No. 2,
District No. 17,
District No. 6,
Special duty.
Special duty.
District No. 16,
District No. 4,
District No. 7,
District No. 9,
District No. 3,
District No. 5,
District No. 14,
District No. 15,
District No. 12,
District No. 11,
Boston.
Salem.
Worcester.
Boston.
Salem.
North Adams.
Boston.
Boston.
Boston.
Northampton.
Boston.
Boston.
Boston.
Lowell.
Boston.
Worcester.
Springfield.
Fall River,
Fall River.
1st Clerk, Frederick W. Macer. Sd Clerk, Frank K. Hahn. Room 2.
Stenographer to Chief, Etta M. Kennedy. Room 2.
Detective and Fire Inspection Department. — Clerk, Francis W.
Fogarty. Stenographers, John I. Adams, Mary E. Buxton, John W.
Gilmartin.
Inspection Department. — Clerks, Jacob W. Powell, Boston; Lewis
P. Fall, Boston; Belle C. Davis, Boston; Margaret A. Diviney, Bos-
ton; Veronica A. Lynch, Boston; Mary M. Kane, Worcester; Mary W.
Moore, Springfield; Etta F. Reynolds, Salem; Nellie M. Quinn, Fall
River.
Storehouse. — Keeper, Terrence McSweeney.
Branch Offices. — Salem, 12 Kinsman Block; Lowell, 71 Central
Block; Worcester, 476 Main Street; Fall River, Hudner Building;
Springfield, 21 Besse Place; North Adams, Kimbell Block.
Board op Boiler Rules.
Joseph H. McNeill (Chairman), Melrose (chief inspector, boiler in-
spection department); Bartholomew Scannell, Lowell (representing
boiler-manufacturing interests), 1912; Robert J. Dunkle, Boston (rei>-
resenting boiler-insurance interests), 1912; John A. Stevens, Lowell
(representing boiler-using interests), 1913; William M. Beck, Everett
representing operating engineers), 1913. Room 247A, State House.
318 State Normal Schools.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS.
(The general management of the several normal schools is vested by
statute in the Board of Education, and all money appropriated for their
maintenance is expended under its direction.]
At Framingham (for women only) — Opened at Lexington, July, 1839 ;
transferred to West Newton, September, 1844; removed to Framingham,
1853. Principal — Henry Whittemore.
At Westfield — Opened at Barre, September, 1839; suspended, 1841;
reopened at Westfield, September, 1844. Principal — Clarence A.
Brodeur.
At Bridgewater — Opened September, 1840. Principal — Arthur C.
Boyden.
At Salem — Opened September, 1854. Principal — J. Asbury Pitman.
At Worcester — Opened September, 1874. Principal — Francis R.
Lane.
At Fitchburg — Opened September, 1895. Principal — John G.
Thompson.
At North Adams — Opened February, 1897. Principal — Frank F.
Murdock.
At Barnstable (Hyannis) — Opened September, 1897. Principal —
William A. Baldwin.
At Lowell — Opened October, 1897. Principal — Cyrus A. Durgin.
State Normal Art School.
At Boston — Opened November, 1873. Principal — George H. Bart-
lett.
State Institutions. 319
INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE GENERAL
SUPERVISION OP THE STATE
BOARD OF CHARITY.
MASSACHUSETTS TRAINING SCHOOLS.
James J. Slieehan, Peabody, 1912.
David F. Slade, Fall River, 1912.
Mary Josephine Bleakie, Brook-
line, 1913.
Matthew Luce, Cohasset, 1913.
John F. Scully, Arlington, 1914.
Elizabeth G. Evans, Boston, 1914.
Charles M. Davenport, Boston,
1915.
Charles Dreyfus, Boston, 1915.
James W. McDonald, Marlborough,
1916.
Lyman School for Boys.
(At Westbororigh.)
Superintendent — Elmer L. Coffeen.
State Industrial School for Girls.
(At Lancaster.)
Superintendent — Amy F. Everall.
Probation Department, 198 Dartmouth Street, Boston.
Industrial School for Boys.
(At Shirley.)
Superintendent — George P. Campbell.
STATE INFIRMARY AND STATE FARM.
Trustees — Helen R. Smith, Newton, 1912; John B. Tivnan (Chairman),
Salem, 1913; Payson W. Lyman, Fall River, 1913; Leonard Huntress,
Lowell, 1913; Galen L. Stone, Brookline, 1914; Henrietta Gushing, Bos-
ton, 1914; John W. Coughlin, Fall River, 1914.
State Infirmary.
(At Tewkshury.)
Superintendent and Resident Physician — John H. Nichols, M.D.
State Farm.
(At Bridgewater.)
Superintendent — HoUis M. Blackstone.
320 State Institutions.
MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITAL SCHOOL.
At Canton.
[For the care and education of crippled and deformed children.)
Trustees — Leonard W. Ross (Secretary), Boston (Mattapan), 1911;
Walter C. Baylies, Taunton, 1912; William F. Fitzgerald, Brookline,
1913; Edward H. Bradford {Chairman), Boston, 1914; Alfred S. Pinker-
ton, Worcester, 1915.
Superintendent — John E. Fish, M.D.
TRUSTEES OF HOSPITALS FOR CONSUMPTIVES.
Arthur T. Cabot (Chairman), Boston, 1912; William D. McFee,
Haverhill, 1912; Albert C. Getchell, Worcester, 1913: Arthur Drinkwater,
Cambridge, 1914; Sylvia B. Knowlton, Newton, 1915; George A. Dunn,
Gardner, 1916; Daniel L, Prendergast, Brookline, 1916.
Secretary — John B. Hawes, 2d, M.D., 3 Joy Street, third floor.
Rutland State Sanatorium.
Superintendent — IP. Challis Bartlett, M.D.
North Reading State Sanatorium.
Superintendent — Carl C. McCorison, M.D.
Lakeville State Sanatorium.
Superintendent — Sumner Coolidge, M.D.
Westfield State Sanatorium.
Superintendent — B.emy D. Chadwick, M.D.
State Institutions.
321
INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE GENERAL
SUPERVISION OP THE STATE
BOARD OF INSANITY.
INSANE HOSPITALS.
The government of each is vested in a board of seven Trustees, five
of whom shall be men and two of whom shall be women, one to be ap-
pointed annually by the Governor and Council, and the place of the
senior member, as arranged in the following order, to be vacated each
year: —
Worcester State Hospital.
Georgie A. Bacon, Worcester, 1912
Samuel B. Woodward (Chairman)
Worcester, 1913.
George F. Blake, Worcester, 1914.
Lyman A. Ely, Worcester, 1915.
T. Hovey Gage, Jr., Worcester,
1916.
Superintendent — Hosea M. Quinby, M.D.
(The Worcester State Asylum, Ernest V. Scribner, M.D.
tendent, is also under charge of above Trustees.]
Thomas Russell (Secretary), Bos-
ton. 1917.
Carrie B. Harrington, Worcester,
1918.
Superin-
Taunton State Hospital.
Susan E. Learoyd, Wakefield, 1912.
Loyed E. Chamberlain, Brockton,
1913.
Henry R. Stedman (Chairman),
Brookline, 1914.
Edward Lovering, Taunton, 1915.
Superintendent — Arthur V. Goas, M.D
Simeon Borden, Fall River, 1916.
James P. Francis, New Bedford,
1917.
Elizabeth C. M. Gifford (Secre-
tary), Eaat Boston, 1918.
322
State Institutions.
NOHTHAMPTON StATB HOSPITAL.
Caroline A. Yale, Northampton, Charles S. Shattuck, Hatfield, 1916.
1912. i Joseph W. Stevens, Greenfield,
Luke Corcoran, Springfield. 1913. 1917.
John McQuaid, Pittsfield, 1914. Emily N. Newton, Holyoke, 1918.
Henry L. Williams {Secretary),
Northampton, 1915. j
Superintendent — John A, Houston, M.D.
Danvers State Hospital.
Annie M. Kilham, Beverly, 1912.
Samuel Cole, Beverly, 1913.
Horace H. Atherton, Saugus, 1914.
Mary Ward Nichols, Salem, 1915.
S. Herbert Wilkins (Chairman),
Salem, 1916.
Seward W. Jones, Newton, 1917.
Ernest B. Dane, Brookline, 1918.
Superintendent — Henry W. Mitchell, M.D.
Westborough State Hospital.
Goddard, Worcester, 1 John L. Coffin {Chairman), North-
I borough, 1914.
George B. Dewson, Cohasset, 1917.
Sarah B. Williams, Taunton, 1918.
William Avery Gary, Cambridge,
1918.
Harry W.
1912.
Eliza C. Durfee (Secretary), Fall
River, 1913.
John M. Merriam, Framingham,
1913.
Superintendent — George S. Adams, M.D.
Medfield State Astlum.
James M. Codman, Jr., Brookline,
1912.
Fred Bates Lund, Boston, 1913.
Nellie Barker Palmer (Secretary),
South Framingham, 1914.
Ira G. Hersey (Chairman), Hing-
ham, 1915.
Fred H. Williams, Brookline, 1916.
Francis M. Carroll, Boston, 1917.
Sarah J. Rand, Newton, 1918.
Superintendent — Edward French, M.D.
MONSON STATE HOSPITAL.
At Palmer.
Trustees — Mary P. Townsley, Springfield, 1912; Edward P. Bagg,
Holyoke, 1912; Henry P. Jaques, Lenox, 1913; Mabel W. Stedman,
Boston, 1914; John Bapst Blake (Secretary), Boston, 1914; William N.
BuUard (Chairman), Boston, 1917; Michael I. Shea, Chicopee Falls, 1918.
Superintendent — Everett Flood, M.D.
State Institutions. 323
GARDNER STATE COLONY.
At Gakdner.
Trustees — John G. Blake, Boston, 1911; Wilbur F. Whitney, South
Ashburnham, 1912; George N. Harwood, Barre, 1913; Amie H. Goes
{Secretary), Worcester, 1914; Alice M. Spring, Fitchburg, 1914; William
H. Baker, Lynn, 1917; Edmund A. Whitman (Chairman), Cambridge,
1918.
Superintendent — Charles E. Thompson, M.D.
MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL FOR THE FEEBLE-MINDED.
At Waltham.
Trtisiees — Thomas W. Davis, Belmont, 1912; Felix Gatineau, South-
bridge, 1912; Luann L. Brackett, Newton, 1914; Edmund M. Wheel-
wright, Boston, 1915; William W. Swan (President), Brookline, 1916;
Francis J. Barnes, Cambridge, 1917. Secretary, Charles E. Ware,
Fitchburg.
Superintendent —Walter E. Fernald, M.D.
WRENTHAM STATE SCHOOL.
At Wrentham.
Trustees — Mary Stevf art Scott, Worcester, 1912; Susanna W. Berry,
Lynn, 1913; Harry T. Hayward, Franklin. 1913; Ellerton James (Sec-
retary), Nahant, 1914; Patrick J. Lynch, Beverly, 1916; George W. Gay,
Newton, 1917; Albert L. Harwood (Chairman), Newton, 1918.
Superintendent — George L. Wallace, M.D.
.-HOSPITAL COTTAGES FOR CHILDREN.
At Baldwinvillb.
Trustees — Herbert S. Morley (Presi(ienO, Templeton, 1912; Arthur
H. Lowe, Fitchburg, 1913; Lizzie R. Doherty, Boston, 1914; Jenness
K. Dexter, Springfield,-;1915; George B. Dewson, Cohasset, 1916. Clerk,
Robert N. Wallis, Fitchburg.
Superintendent — Hartstein W. Page, M.D.
324 State Institutions.
FOXBOROUGH STATE HOSPITAL.
At Foxborough.
Trustees — Frank L. Locke, Maiden, 1911; Robert A. Woods {Chair-
man), Boston. 1912; Edwin Mulready, Rockland, 1912; William H.
Prescott {Secretary), Boston, 1912; W. Rodman Peabody, Cambridge,
1913; Philip R. Allen, Walpole, 1914; Timothy J. Foley, Worcester, 1917.
Superintendent — Irwin H. Neff, M.D.
BOSTON STATE HOSPITAL.
At Boston.
Katherine G. Devine, Boston, 1912; Lehman Pickert, Brookline, 1913;
Henrietta S. Lowell, Brookline, 1914; Henry Lefavour (Secretary), Bos-
ton, 1915; Walter Channing (Chairman), Brookline, 1916; Michael J.
Jordan, Boston, 1917; Melvin S. Nash, Hanover, 1918.
Superintendent — Henry P. Frost. M.D.
State Institutions. 325
INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE GENERAL
SUPERVISION OP THE BOARD OP
PRISON COMMISSIONERS.
(This board has the government of the institutions named below, and
appoints the warden and superintendent in each place.)
STATE PRISON.
At Boston (Charlestown District).
Warden — Benjamin F. Bridges, Deerfield. Deputy Warden — Nathan
D. Allen. Clerk — Edward A. Darling. Physician and Surgeon — Joseph
I. McLaughlin, M.D. Chaplain — Rev. Herbert W. Stebbins.
Agent for Discharged Convicts — George E. Cornwall. Room 24, State
House.
MASSACHUSETTS REFORMATORY.
At Concord (Concord Junction P. O.).
Superintendent — Alvah S. Baker, Concord. Deputy Superintend-
ent—Vercy W. Allen. Physician — G\xy G. Fernald, M.D. Clerk —
Charles W. Wales. Chaplain — Rev. Robert Walker.
REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN.
At Sherborn (South Framinoham P. O.).
Superintendent — Mrs. Jessie D. Hodder, Sherborn. Deputy Superin-
tendent — Mrs. Lizzie O. Averill. Physician — Frances W. Potter, M.D.
Chaplain — Emily L. Herndon.
Agent for Discharged Female Prisoners — Elizabeth A. Quirk. Room 9,
State House.
PRISON CAMP AND HOSPITAL.
At Rutland (West Rutland P. O.).
Superintendent — George C. Erskine. Physician — William E. Cham-
berlain, M.D.
326 Various Institutions.
VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL.
At Boston.
(By chapter 46 of the Acts of 1864, four Trustees appointed by the
Governor.]
Trustees — Jyavid P. Kimball, Boston, 1912; Charles P. Greenough,
Boston, 1912; Henry S. Hunnewell, Wellesley. 1912; Henry S. Howe,
Brookline, 1912.
Administrator — Frederic A. Washburn, M.D.
PERKINS INSTITUTION AND MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL
FOR THE BLIND.
At South Boston.
[By chapter 96 of the Acts of 1864, four Trustees appointed by the
Governor.]
Trustees — Paul Revere Frothingham, Boston, 1912; William L. Rich-
ardson, Boston, 1912; Annette P. Rogers, Boston, 1912; Norwood P.
HaUowell, Medford, 1912.
Director — Edward E. Allen.
MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE EYE AND EAR
INFIRMARY.
At Boston.
[By chapter 28 of the Resolves of 1872, two Trustees appointed by the
Governor.]
Trustees — William D. Sohier, Beverly; John Lawrence, Groton.
Superintendent — Farr ax Cobb, M.D.
Various Institutions. 327
SOLDIERS' HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS.
At Chelsea.
[By chapter 282 of the Acts of 1889, three Trustees appointed by the
Governor.]
Trwsiees — Alexander McGregor, Maiden, 1912; Edward P. Starbird,
Boston, 1913; Daniel E. Denny, Worcester, 1914.
Commandant — Richard R. Foster.
MASSACHUSETTS HOMCEOPATHIC HOSPITAL.
At Boston.
[By chapter 358 of the Acts of 1890, five Trustees appointed by the
Governor.)
Trustees — N. Emmons Paine, Newton, 1911; Henry F. Harris,
Worcester, 1911; Elwyn G. Preston, Woburn, 1912; Erastus T. Colburn,
Newton, 1913; Frederic W. Bliss, Boston, 1913.
Superintendent — William O. Mann, M.D.
PETER BENT BRIGHAM HOSPITAL.
At Boston.
[By chapter 370 of the Acts of 1909, two Trustees appointed by the
Governor.]
Trustees — John P. Reynolds, Jr., Boston, 1912; Irvin McDowell
Garfield, Boston, 1915.
Superintendent — Herbert B. Howard, M.D.
328
Medica I Exa m in ers .
MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
[See chapter 24, Revised Laws.)
[Corrected to Jan. 1, 1912.]
Barnstable County.
No. 1. — Harwich, Dennis, Yarmouth, Brew-
ster, Chatham, Orleans and East-
ham,
No. 2. — Barnstable, Bourne, Sandwich,
Mashpee and Falmouth,
No. 3. — Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet, . <
Associate. — No. 2, Ernest F. Curry, Bourne,
Berkshire County.
No. 1. — North Adams, Williamstown,
Clarksburg, Adams, Florida, Sa-
voy, New Ashford and Cheshire,
No. 2. — Pittsfield, Lanesborough, Windsor, 1
Dal ton, Hinsdale, Peru and Han- ■
cock,
No. 3. — Richmond, Lenox, Washington,
Becket, Lee, Stockbridge, Tyring-
ham and Otis, ....
No. 4. — West Stockbridge, Alford, Great
Barrington, Monterey, Sandisfield,
New Marlborough, Sheffield, Egre-
mont and Mount Washington,
Associates. — No. 1, Harry B. Holmes, Adams, 1916. No. 2, John J.
Flynn, Pittsfield, 1912. No. 3, John J. Hassett, Lee, 1916. No. 4, Clifford
S. Chapin, Great Barrington, 1918.
Harrie D. Handy,
Harwich, 1917.
Charles W. Milliken,
Barnstable, 1915.
Clarence P. Curley,
Provincetown, 1912.
Orland J. Brown,
North Adams, 1917.
Henry Colt,
Pittsfield, 1915.
Dorvil M. Wilcox,
Lee, 1916.
.John B. Beebe,
Great Barrington, 1918.
Medical Examiners. 329
Bristol Countt.
No. 1. — Attleborough, North Attleborough, "1 p, , „
Seekonk, Norton, Mansfield and \ » ^^i u l\,>,^
Rehoboth J Attleborough, 1918.
No. 2. — Taunton, Raynhara, Easton, Berk- \ Silas D. Presbrey,
ley and Dighton / Taunton, 1912.
No. 3. — Fall River, Somerset, Swansea, 1 Thomas F. Gunning,
Freetown and Westport, . . J Fall River, 1912.
No. 4. — New Bedford, Dartmouth, Fair- \ Garry de N. Hough,
haven and Acushnet, . , . / New Bedford, 1912.
Associates. — No. 1, Joseph B. Gerould, North Attleborough, 1912.
No. 2, Charles A. Atwood, Taunton, 1912. No. 3," John H. Gifford, Fall
River, 1913. No. 4, John T. Bullard, New Bedford, 1912.
Dukes County.
XT 1 t-.j X J /-. 1 r>i tt « r Thomas J. Walker,
No. 1. — Edgartown and Oak Bluffs,* . . < _, , ,„,„
1 Edgartown, 1913.
No. 2. - Tisbury,West Tisbury and Gosnold, \ ^^^^^^ ^'S^J^^' ,o,o
1 Tisbury, 1918.
No. 3. — Chilmark and Gay Head, . . Vacancy.
.Associates. — No. 1, Edward P. Worth, Edgartown, 1914. No. 2,
Frank H. Parker, Gosnold, 1918.
Essex County.
M 1 /-.I 4. J T> 1 i. / Sumner F. Quimby,
No. 1. — Gloucester and Rockport, . .< _,, ^ ,«,,
1^ Gloucester, 1915.
No. 2. — Ipswich, Rowley, Hamilton and T George G. Bailey,
Essex, / Ipswich, 1918.
No. 3. — Newburyport, Newbury, West New- 1 Randolph C. Hurd,
bury, Amesbury and Salisbury, . J Newburyport, 1913.
No. 4. — Haverhill and Merrimac, . .< '.. , .' ,..„
[ Haverhill, 1912.
No. 5. — Lawrence, Methuen, Andover and 1 George W. Dow,
North Andover J Lawrence, 1915.
No. 6. — Georgetown, Boxford, Topsfield and 1 Richmond B. Root,
Groveland J Georgetown, 1912.
• Name of Cottage City changed to Oak Bluffs by act of the General
Court, January 25, 1907.
330 Medical Examiners.
Essex Countt — Concluded.
George A. Stickney,
No. 7. — Beverly, Wenham and Manchester, . , _, , ,„ij
' Beverly, 1914.
No. 8. — Peabody, Danvers, Middleton and \ Horace K. Foster,
Lynnfield / Peabody, 1916.
No. 9. — Lynn, Saugus, Nahant and Swamp- 1 Joseph G. Pinkham,
scott J Lynn, 1912.
»T ^« „ , ,,,,,, , r Frank S. Atwood,
No. 10. — Salem and Marblehead, . . .< „. ....
Associates. — No. 1, Parker Burnham, Gloucester. 1918. No. 2,
Stephen A. Pedrick, Rowley, 1912. No. 3, Daniel D. Murphy, Ames-
bury, 1913. No. 4, Francis W. Anthony, Haverhill, 1912. No. 5, Victor
A. Reed, Lawrence, 1915. No. 7, Harry E. Sears, Beverly, 1914. No.
8, S. Chase Tucker, Peabody, 1912. No. 9, Herbert W. Newhall, Lynn,
1912. No. 10, James E. Simpson, Salem, 1916.
Franklin Cotjntt.
Northern District. — Orange, Warwick, New 1 Stanton J. Ten Broeck,
Salem and Wendell, . . . J Orange, 1913.
Eastern District. — Bernardston, E r v i n g , ]
Gill, Greenfield, Leverett, Mon- I George P. Twitchell,
tague, Northfield, Shutesbury and | Greenfield, 1916.
Sunderland J
Western District. — Ashfield, Buckland, ]
Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, I _, • t /-. j
T^ c ij T^ 1 TT ^u T ! Francis J. Canedy,
Deerfield, Hawley, Heath, Ley- > „, „ ,_,-
,, ' _•" -,, ' ^ I Shelburne, 1912.
den, Monroe, Rowe, Shelburne
and Whately, ....
Associates. — Northern, Francis E. Johnson, Erving, 1913. Eastern,
Norman P. Wood, Northfield, 1916. Western, George R. Fessenden,
Ashfield, 1912.
Hampden County.
No. 1. — Brimfield, Holland, Palmer, Monson 1 Jacob P. Schneider,
and Wales J Palmer, 1917.
No. 2. — Springfield, Agawam, East Long- ]
meadow, Longmeadow, West I Simon J. Russell,
Springfield, Wilbraham and [ Springfield, 1918.
Hampden J
,, „ , , f William J. Teahan,
No.3.-Holyoke, | Holyoke, 1918.
Medical Examiners.
331
Hampden County — Concluded.
No. 4. — Blandford, Chester, Granville,
Montgomery, Russell, Southwick,
Tolland and Westfield, .
No. 5. — Cliicopee and Ludlow,
George H. Janes,
Westfield, 1913.
I John H. C. Gallagher,
\ Cliicopee, 1918.
Associates. — No. 1, Charles W. Jackson, Monson, 1917. No. 2, Theo-
dore S. Bacon, Springfield, 1914. No. 3, Frank A. Woods, Holyoke, 1912.
No. 4, Edward S. Smith, Westfield, 1913. No, 5, Louis E. Mannix,
Chicopee, 1918.
Hampshire County.
No. 1. — Northampton, Chesterfield, Cum-
mington, Goshen, Hatfield, Plain-
field and Williamsburg,
No. 2. — Easthampton, Huntington, Middle-
field, Southampton, Westhampton
and Worthington, ....
No. 3. — Amherst, Granby, Hadley, Pelham
and South Hadley,
No. 4. — Belchertown, Enfield, Greenw
Prescott and Ware,
Associates. — No. 1, William P. Stutson, Cummington, 1912. No. 2,
William R. Lyman, Worthington, 1913. No. 3, Henry E. Doonan,
South Hadley, 1918. No. 4, Willard B. Segur, Enfield, 1917.
Qwich, 1
Christopher Seymour,
Northampton, 1912.
Clarence I. Sparks,
Easthampton, 1916.
Herbert G. Rockwell,
Amherst, 1914.
Worthington W. Miner,
Ware, 1915.
Middlesex County.
No. 1. - Cambridge, Belmont and Arlington. | ^'"'^"^cfmbrTdge, 1912.
No. 2. — Maiden, Somerville, Everett and 1 Thomas M. Durell,
Medford, J Somerville, 1914.
No. 3. — Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Wil- ] t> -nw -n i
• X T, J- J TVT xu L Roscoe D. Perley,
mmgton, Readmg and North f „ , ,.,_
_ ,. Melrose, 1918.
Readmg, J
No. 4. — Woburn, Winchester, Lexington and \ William H. Keleher,
Burlington J Woburn, 1918.
No. 5. — Lowell, Dracut, Tewksbury, Bille- ] _ v M *
rica, Chelmsford and Tyngsbor- \ ' _' „ ,„,-
Lowell, 1915.
ough, J
No. 6. — Concord, Carlisle, Bedford, Lincoln, 1 Henry J. Walcott,
Littleton, Acton and Boxborough, J Concord, 1917.
332 Medical Examiners.
Middlesex County — Concluded.
No. 7. — Newton, Waltham, Watertown and \ George L. West,
Weston, / Newton, 1912.
No. 8. — Framingham, Vv'ayland, Natick, 1 _ • ,r -n i
cu u XT 11- i Ti 1 • ^ l Lewis M. Palmer,
Sherborn, Holliston, Hopkmton f c. -n • u -.t^to
- . ,,' ^ So. Frammgham, 1916.
and Ashland, . . . .J
No. 9. — Marlborough, Hudson, Maynard, 1 Eugene G. Hoitt,
Stow and Sudbury, . . . J Marlborough, 1912.
No. 10. — Aj'er, Groton, Westford, Dun- 1 _, , o -d n i
1 LI T, 11 C.1-- 1 m I Frank S. Bulkeley,
stable, Pepperell, Shirley, Town- > A 1Q1'
send and Ashby, .... J
Associates. — No. 2, Herbert S. Johnson, Maiden, 1914. No. 3, Paul
H. Provandie, Melrose, 1915. No. 5, Robert E. Bell, Lowell, 1915. No.
6, Henry H. Braley, Concord, 1917. No. 7, Richard Hinchey, Waltham,
1912. No. 8, George A. Bancroft, Natick, 1913. No. 9, John E. McGrath,
Hudson, 1913. No. 10, Herbert B. Priest, Groton, 1915.
Nantucket County.
John S. Grouard,
One District i -vt * i * imr
Nantucket, 1916.
Norfolk County.
No. 1. — Dedham, Needham, Wellesley, 1 Andrew H. Hodgdon,
Westwood, Norwood and Dover, . J Dedham, 1912.
ivT o TT J T, 1 J nc-ix / Charles Sturtevant,
No. 2. - Hyde Park and Milton, • • • | Hyde Park, 1912.
,.T o ^ • 1 T, t 1 1 r Frederick E. Jones,
No. 3. - Quincy and Randolph, . . . | Quincy. 1913.
No. 4. — Weymouth,Braintreeand Holbrook, < ' *, ....
No. 5. — Avon, Stoughton, Canton, Walpole 1 William O. Faxon,
and Sharon, J Stoughton, 1915.
No. 6. — Franklin, Foxborough, Plainville 1 Francis A. Bragg,
and Wrentham, . . . , / Foxborough, 1918.
No. 7. — Medway, Medfield, Millis, Norfolk \ Norman P. Quint,
and Bellingham / Medway, 1915.
XT o T> 1 1- / Harry M. Cutta,
No. 8. — Brooklme, < r> i i- mio
1 Brooklme, 1912.
Medical Examiners. 333
Norfolk Cotjntt — Concluded.
XT n >-. V. i. r Oliver H. Howe,
No. 9. — Cohasset { r> i. \ imc
L Cohasset, 1915.
Associates. — No. 1, John W. Pratt, Dedham, 1913. No. 2, Edward H.
Baxter, Hyde Park, 1916. No. 5, Edward H. Ewing, Stoughton, 1912.
No. 6, Ambrose J. Gallison, Franklin, 1918. No. 7, Ernest L. Hill,
Millis, 1917. No. 8, Everett M. Bowker, Brookline, 1912.
A. Elliot Paine,
Brockton, 1912.
Plymouth County.
No. 1. — Brockton, West Bridgewater, East
Bridgewater, Bridgewater and
Whitman,
No. 2. — Abington, Rockland, Hanover, 1 Oilman Osgood,
Hanson, Norwell and Pembroke, . J Rockland, 1914.
No. 3. — Plymouth, Halifax, Kingston, 1 Edgar D. Hill,
Plympton and Duxbury, . . J Plymouth, 1912.
No. 4. — Middleborough, Wareham, Matta- 1 ^, , t-. nr
• .X r-, -r> I X T 1 1 Charles E. Morse,
poisett. Carver, Rochester, Lake- f „, , ,«,-
, ,, . Wareham, 1917.
ville and Marion, . . . .J
No. 5. — Hingham, Hull, Scituate and 1 John A. Peterson,
Marshfield J Hingham, 1917.
Associates. — No. 1, Fred J. Ripley, Brockton, 1912. No. 2, Frank G.
Wheatley, Abington, 1914. No. 3, Nathaniel K. Noyes, Duxbury, 1912.
No. 4, A. Vincent Smith, Middleborough, 1914. No. 5, Charles W. Bart-
lett, Marshfield, 1912.
Suffolk County.
f George B. Magrath,
Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop, • { rr,- ^i. x '
' Timothy Leary,
Boston, 1917.
Associate. — William H. Watters, Boston, 1917.
Worcester County.
No. 1. — Athol, Dana, Petersham, Phillips- \ James F. Cuddy,
ton and Royalston, . . . / Athol, 1918.
No. 2. — Gardner, Templeton and Winchen- 1 Edward A. Sawyer,
don J Gardner, 1917.
334
Medical Examiners.
Worcester County — Concluded.
No. 3. — Fitchburg, Ashburnham, Leomin-
ster, Lunenburg, Princeton and
V/estminster, ....
No. 4. — Berlin, Bolton, Boylston, Clinton,
Harvard, Lancaster, Northbor-
ough and Sterling,
No. 5. — Grafton, Southborough and West-
borough,
No. 6. — Hopedale, Men don, Milford and
Upton,
No. 7. — Blackstone, Douglas, Northbridge
and Uxbridge, ....
No. 8. — Charlton, Dudley, Oxford, South-
bridge, Sturbridge and Webster, .
No. 9. — Brookneld, North Brookfield, Spen-
cer, Warren and West Brookfield, .
No. 10. — Barre, Dana, Hubbardston, Hard-
wick, New Braintree, Oakham and
Rutland,
No. 11. — Worcester, Auburn, Holden, Leices-
ter, Millbury, Paxton, Shrews-
bury, Sutton and West Boylston, .
Frederick H.Thompson,
Fitchburg, 1915.
George L. Tobey,
Clinton, 1913.
Charles S. Knight,
Westborough, 1916.
William J. Clarke,
Milford, 1912.
William L. Johnson,
Uxbridge, 1912.
Gary C Bradford,
Southbridge, 1914.
Ephraim W. Norwood,
Spencer, 1918.
William E . C ham berlain ,
Rutland, 1912.
Frederick H. Baker,
Worcester, 1916.
Associates. — No. 1, Alphonso V. Bowker, Athol, 1916. No. 2, Albert
F. Lowell, Gardner, 1917. No. 3, Appleton H. Pierce, Leominster, 1917.
No. 4, James J. Goodwin, Clinton, 1913. No. 5, John Lowell Bacon, Jr.,
Southborough, 1916. No. 6, George F. Curley, Milford, 1912. No. 7,
W. Edward Balmer, Northbridge (\N'hitinsvilIe), 1913. No. 8, J. R.
Woodward, Oxford, 1912. No. 9, C. A. Deland, Warren, 1912. No. 10,
Walter S. Bates, Barre, 1918. No. 11, Ernest L. Hunt, Worcester, 1915.
Colleges. 335
COLLEGES IN MASSACHUSETTS.
With their Presidents and Trustees.
HARVARD COLLEGE.
(Cambridge.)
[Founded 1636.)
corporation.
Abbott Lawrence Lowell, President.
Fellows.
Henry P. Walcott. Thomas N. Perkins.
Henry L. Higginson. Charles F. Adams, 2d, Treasurer.
Arthur T. Cabot.
George Peabody Gardner, Jr., Secretary to the Corporation.
BOARD of overseers.
Members ex Officio.
Abbott Lawrence Lowell, President of the University.
Charles F. Adams, 2d, Treasurer of the University.
Elective Members.
[Term of oflBce expires June, 1912.]
George B. Shattuck. Frederick P. Fish. Amory A. Lawrence.
James T. Mitchell. Augustus E. Willson.
[Term of office expires June, 1913.]
William Lawrence. George D. Markham. William A. Gaston.
William Endicott, Jr. Robert S. Peabody.
[Term of office expires June, 1914.)
John D. Long, President. William Rand, Jr. John Collins Warren.
Robert Grant. Moses Williams.
[Term of office expires June, 1915.]
Howard Elliott. John Pierpont Morgan. Francis J. Swayze.
William L. Richardson. George Wigglesworth.
[Term of office expires June, 1916.)
Charles W. Eliot. Francis L. Higginson. Abbot L. Mills.
Theodore Roosevelt. George A. Gordon.
336 Colleges.
HARVARD COISLEGE - Concluded.
[Term of office expires June, 1917.)
George von Lengerke Meyer. Henry Cabot Lodge. Jerome D. Greene.
William C. Boyden. Lawrence E. Sexton.
Winthrop H. Wade, Secretary of the Board of Overseers.
WILLLi^MS COLLEGE.
(Williamstown. )
[Chartered 1793.]
CORPORATION.
Harry A. Garfield, President.
Trustees.
William W. Adams. Clark Williams.
Francis L. Stetson. Harry P. Dewey.
Hamilton W. Mabie. Henry Lefavour.
Daniel Merriman. Bliss Perry.
Eugene Delano. Howard J. Rogers.
James R. Dunbar, Charles S. Holt.
Bentley W. Warren. Solomon B. Griffin.
Willard E. Hoyt, Secretary and Treasurer.
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY.
(Boston.)
[Founded 1823. Incorporated 1852.)
C. Herbert Packard, President.
LiNviLLE H. Smith, Frank Piper, Vice-Presidents.
Lyman W. Griffin, Secretary.
John G. Godding, Treasurer.
Henry A. Est ab rook, Auditor.
Trustees.
Irving P. Gammon. Alfred A. Burnham.
William H. Glover. Ernst O. Engstrom.
Frederick W. Archer. George E. Grover.
Thomas J. O'Brien. William R. Acheson.
Fred A. Hubbard.
Thomas J. O'Brien, Deayi.
Colleges. 337
AMHERST COLLEGE.
(Amherst.)
(Incorporated Feb. 21, 1825.]
CORPORATION.
George A. Plimpton, President.
Trustees.
George Harris. John W. Simpson.
G. Henry Whitcomb. Cornelius H. Patton.
William Hayes Ward. Wilford L, Robbins.
Williston Walker. Frank W. Stearns.
Charles M. Pratt. Arthur C. Rounds.
Charles H. Allen. Arthur L. Gillett.
Henry H. Kelsey. Talcott Williams.
Arthur C. James. Robert A. Wooda.
Harry W. Kidder. Treasurer.
MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE.
(South Hadley.)
[Founded 1837.]
Mary Emma Woollbt, President of the Faculty.
Trustees.
Edward W. Chapin, President.
A. Lyman Williston. Arthur B. Chapin.
John L. R. Trask. John C. Schwab.
G. Henry Whitcomb. Alfred R. Kimball.
Mrs. A. Lyman Williston. William H. Button.
Henry A. Stimson. Charles A. Hull.
W. Murray Crane. Charles Bulkley Hubbell.
Elbridge Torrey. Fred'k H. Jackson.
Sarah P. Eastman. Henry B. Day.
Robert L. Williston. Mary G. Peterson.
Joseph A. Skinner.
Mrs. William Barry, 1
Mary C. Tuttle Bourdon, j^ Chosen by the Alumnce.
Elizabeth Mayher Smith, J
Mary E. WooUey, Ex Officio.
Joseph A. Skinner, Secretary.
A. Lyman Williston, Treasurer.
Robert L. Williston, Assistant Treasurer.
338
Colleges.
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS.
(Worcester.)
[Founded 1843. Incorporated March 24, 1865.]
Joseph M. Dinand, President.
James A. Mtjllen, Vice-President.
Board of Trustees.
Joseph M. Dinand, President.
John J. Flemming, Vice-President.
John F. L«hy, Treasurer.
James A. Mullen, Secretary.
Thomas F. McLoughlin. Albert R. Peters. Fernand Rousseau.
TUFTS COLLEGE.
(Medford.)
(Incorporated March 20, 1850.]
F. W. Hamilton, President.
Trustees.
Hosea W. Parker, President.
Hosea W. Parker.
Walter E. Parker.
J. Coleman Adams.
Byron Groce.
William W. Spaulding.
Charles E. Morrison.
Sumner Robinson.
John W. Hammond.
Frederick W. Hamilton.
Albert Metcalf.
J. Frank Wellington.
Arthur E. Mason.
Robert R. Andrews.
J. Arthur Jacobs.
Thos. Cunningham.
Austin B. Fletcher, Vice-President.
Rosewell B. Lawrence.
Edward H. Clement.
Arthur W. Peirce.
Edwin Ginn.
Charles Neal Barney.
Austin B. Fletcher.
Frank O. Melcher.
Hiram A. Tuttle.
Lloyd E. White.
Fred Gowing.
John A. Cousens.
Ira Rich Kent.
Wm. D. T. Trefry.
Wm. W. McCIench.
Arthur E. Mason, Treasurer.
Edmund W. Kellogg, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer.
Colleges.
339
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
(Boston.)
[Incorporated April 10, 1861.)
MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION.
Richard C. Maclaurin, President.
James P. Munroe, Secretary.
William B. Thurbek, Treasurer.
Life Members.
William Endicott.
Howard A. Carson.
Francis H. Williams.
James P. Tolman.
Howard Stockton.
Hiram F. Mills.
Percival Lowell.
Charles C. Jackson.
Samuel M. Felton.
Desmond Fitz Gerald.
Charles W. Hubbard.
Thomas L. Livermore.
A. Lawrence Rotch.
George Wigglesworth.
John R. Freeman.
William H. Lincoln.
J. B. Sewall.
A. Lawrence Lowell.
James P. Munroe.
William L. Putnam.
Eben S. Draper.
Robert S. Peabody.
Elihu Thomson.
Elliot C. Lee.
James P. Stearns.
Lucius Tuttle.
Frederick P. Fish.
Francis L. Higginson.
Charles A. Stone.
W. Murray Crane.
Francis R. Hart.
T. Coleman duPont.
Arthur F. Estabrook.
John M. Longyear.
Ernest W. Bowditch.
Term Members.
[Term expires March, 1912.]
George E. Hale. George W. Kittredge. Frank G. Stantial.
[Term expires March, 1913.1
Arthur T. Bradlee. Everett Morss. James W. Rollins.
[Term expires March, 1914.)
Charles R. Richards. Theodore W. Robinson. Walter B. Snow.
[Term expires March, 1915.)
Edward Cunningham. Frank W, Rollins. Edwin S. Webster.
[Term expires March, 1916.]
Henry Howard. Henry A. Morss. Arthur Winslow.
On the Part of the Commonwealth.
His Excellency Eugene N. Foss, Governor.
Hon. Arthur P. Rugg, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court.
Dr. David Snedden, Commissioner of Education.
340 Colleges.
BOSTON COLLEGE.
(Boston.)
[Incorporated April 1, 1863.]
Trustees.
Thomas I. Gasson, President.
William P. Brett, Secretary.
Joseph A. Gorman, Treasurer.
William J. Conway, Thos. P. O'Donneli.
Francis P. Powers. George A. Keelan.
Timothy Fealy. Thoa. F. White.
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
(Amherst.)
[Incorporated April 29, 1863.]
Kbnyon L. Butterfield, President.
Trustees.
[Term of office expires Jan. 1, 1913.]
William H. Bowker. George H. Ellis.
[Term of office expires Jan. 1, 1914.]
Elmer D. Howe. Charles E. Ward.
[Term of office expires Jan. 1, 1915.]
Nathaniel I. Bowditch. William Wheeler.
[Term of office expires Jan. 1, 1916.]
Arthur G. Pollard. Charles A. Gleason.
[Term of office expires Jan, 1, 1917.]
Frank Gerrett. Harold L. Frost.
[Term of office expires Jan. 1, 1918.]
Charles H. Preston. Frank A. Hosmer.
[Term of office expires Jan. 1, 1919.]
Davis R. Dewey. Marquis F. Dickinson.
Trustees ex Officio.
Kenyon L. Butterfield, President of the College.
J. Lewis Ellsworth, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture.
Officers.
President — His Excellency Eugene N. Foss.
Vice-President — Charles A. Gleason, Springfield.
Secretary — J. Lewis Ellsworth, Worcester.
Treasurer — Fred C. Kenney, Amherst.
Auditor — Charles A. Gleason, Springfield.
Colleges. 341
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.
(Worcester.)
(Incorporated May 10, 1865.)
CORPORATION.
Charles G. Washburn, President.
Charles Baker, Secretary.
Homer Gage, Treasurer.
G. Henry Whitcomb, T. Edward Wilder.
Austin S. Garver. Fred H. Daniels.
Allyn King Foster. Charles G. Stratton.
Elmer P. Howe. Shepherd Knapp.
James Logan.
Milton P. Higgins,
On the Part of the State Board of Education.
Mayor of the City of Worcester, Ex Officio.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY.
(Boston.)
[Incorporated May 26, 1869.]
Lemuel H. Murlin, President.
Office, 688 Boylston Street.
Alonzo R. Weed, Acting Dean, School of Law.
Laure-ss J. BiRNEY, Dean of School of Theology.
.John P. Sutherland, Dean of School of Medicine.
WiLLTAM M. Warren, Dean of College of Liberal Arts.
corporation.
John L. Bates, President.
Willard T. Perrin, Secretary.
Silas Peirce, Treasurer.
Lemuel H. ]\Iurlin, Member ex Officio.
Josiah H. Benton. Austin B. Fletcher,
Alice Stone Blackwell. Charles T. Gallagher.
Dillon Bronson. H. Clifford Gallagher.
E. T. Burrowes. Walter G. Garritt.
Geo. S. Butters. W. F. Gilman.
Isabel P. Cushman. H. C. Graton.
G. A. Dunn. John W. Hamilton.
342 Colleges.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY — Concluded.
W. I. Haven. R. R. Robinson.
Charles Leeds. Arthur P. Rugg.
Joel M. Leonard. Edward Ray Speare.
Horace A. Moses. Daniel Steele.
Elizabeth C. Northup. W. I. Ward.
Silas Peirce. A. R. Weed.
William W. Potter. Daniel G. Wing.
WELLESLEY COLLEGE.
(Wellesley.)
[Incorporated March 17, 1870.]
Ellen F. Pendleton, President.
CORPORATION.
Board of Trustees.
Alexander McKenzie, President Emeritus.
Samuel B. Capen, President of the Board.
William Lawrence, Vice-President.
Mrs. Henry F. Durant, Secretary.
Alpheus H. Hardy, Treasurer.
William F. Warren. Cornelia Warren.
Lilian Horsford Farlow. Herbert J. Wells.
Edwin Hale Abbot. George Edwin Horr.
Louise McCoy North. George H. Davenport.
Adaline Emerson Thompson. William Edwards Huntington.
Sarah E. Whitin. Helen Josephine Sanborn.
Andrew Fiske. Anna R. Brown Lindsay.
William H. Lincoln. William Blodget.
Rowland G. Hazard. William V. Kellen.
Caroline Hazard. Helen Barrett Montgomery.
Joseph L. Colby.
Ellen F. Pendleton, ex officio.
Colleges.
343
SMITH COLLEGE.
(Northampton.)
[Incorporated March 3, 1871.]
Marion Lb Rot Burton, President.
John M. Greene.
A. Lyman Williston.
Charles N. Clark.
John B. Clark.
Arthur L. Gillett.
Charles H. Allen.
Samuel W. McCall.
Board of Trustees.
H. Clifford Gallagher.
Thomas W. Lamont.
Charles A. Roberts.
Ruth B. Baldwin.
Lucia C. Noyes.
Ada Louise Comatock.
Charles N. Clark, Treasurer.
RADCLIFFE COLLEGE.
(Cambridge.)
[Incorporated Aug. 16, 1882.)
Associates.
Le Baron Russell Briggs, President.
Mary Coes, Dean.
Ezra Henry Baker, Treasurer.
William Elwood Byerly, Chairman of the Academic Board.
Mary Lowell Barton.
Elizabeth Briggs.
Ella Lyman Cabot.
Frederick Pickering Cabot.
Lilian Horsford Farlow.
Frederick Perry Fish.
William Watson Goodwin.
John Chipman Gray.
Caroline Louise Humphrey.
Virginia Newhall Johnson.
Alice Mary Longfellow.
Mabel Harris Lyon.
Ellen Francis Mason.
Fanny Peabody Mason.
John Farwell Moors.
Frances Parkman.
Fred Norris Robinson.
James Hardy Ropes.
Joseph Bangs Warner.
Anna Florena Wellington.
Sarah Yerxa.
344 Colleges.
CLARK UNIVERSITY.
(Worcester.)
[Incorporated March 31, 1887.]
G. Stanley Hall, President.
CORPORATION.
Board of Trustees.
A. George Bullock, President.
Francis H. Dewey, Vice-President.
Francis H. Dewey, Treasurer.
G. Stanley Hall, Secretary (not a member).
Orlando W. Norcross. Lucius Tuttle.
Arthur F. Estabrook. Austin S. Garver.
Herbert Parker. Arthur P. Rugg.
SIMMONS COLLEGE.
(Boston.)
(Incorporated May 24, 1899.]
Hknry Lefavour, President.
CORPORATION.
Henry Lefavour, President.
John W. Bartol, Clerk.
Frances B. Ames. Frances R. Morse.
Edward D. Brandegee. Marion McG. Noyes.
George H. Ellis. William T. Sedgwick.
Mary M. Kehew. Joseph B. Warner.
Horatio A. Lamb. Robert Treat Paine, 2d.
Guy Lowell. Mary E. Williams.
Colleges. 345
CLARK COLLEGE.
(Worcester.)
[Founded 1902.]
Edmund C. Sanford, President.
Board of Trustees.
A. George Bullock, President.
Francis H. Dewey, Vice-President.
Francis H. Dewey, Treasurer.
G. Stanley Hall, Secretary (not a member).
Orlando W. Norcrosa. Lucius Tuttle.
Arthur F. Estabrook. Austin S. Garver.
Herbert Parker. Arthur P. Rugg.
JACKSON COLLEGE.
(Medford.)
[Chartered 1910.]
Frederick William Hamilton, President.
Caroline Stodder Davies, Dean.
Trustees.
Hosea Washington Parker, President.
John Coleman Adams. Rosewell Bigelow Lawrence.
Byron Groce. Edward Henry Clement.
Walter Edward Parker. Arthur Winslow Peirce.
William Waldemar Spaulding. Edwin Ginn.
Charles Ewell Morrison. Charles Neal Barney.
Sumner Robinson. Austin Barclay Fletcher.
Albert Metcalf . Hiram Austin Tuttle.
John Wilkes Hammond. Frank Otis Melcher.
Frederick William Hamilton. Lloyd Everett White.
J. Frank Wellington. Fred Gowing.
Arthur Ellery Mason. John A. Cousens.
Robert Robbins Andrews. Ira Rich Kent.
Thomas Cunningham. Wm. D. T. Trefry.
James Arthur Jacobs. Wm. W. McClench.
346
Post-Offices in Massacliv setts.
POST-OFFICES IN MASSACHUSETTS,
WITH THE
CITIES, TOWNS AND COUNTIES IN WHICH THEY ARE
SITUATED.
[Corrected to Jan. 1, 1912.]
[The spelling of the names of post-offices is that established
by the Post-Office Department.]
POST-OFFICES.
Abington,
Accord, .
Acoaxet,
Acton, .
Acushnet,
Adams, .
Adamsdale,
Adams villa,
Agawam,
Alandar,
Allerton,
AUston,
Amesbury,
Amherst,
Andover,
Annisquam,
Arlington,
Arlington Heights,
Asbury Grove,
Ashburnham,
Ashby, .
Ash field,
Ashland,
Ashley Falls,
Assinippi,
Assonet,
Athol, .
CrriES AND TOWNS.
Abington,
Hingham,
Westport,
Acton,
Acushnet,
Adams,
North Attleborough
Colrain,
Agawam,
Mount Washington
Hull, .
Boston,
Amesbury,
Amherst.
Andover,
Gloucester, ,
Arlington,
ArUngton,
Hamilton,
Ashburnham,
Ashby,
Ashfield,
Ashland,
Sheffield,
Hanover,
Freetown,
Athol, .
Plymouth.
Plymouth.
Bristol.
Middlesex.
Bristol.
Berkshire.
Bristol.
Franklin.
Hampden.
Berkshire.
Plymouth.
Suffolk.
Essex.
Hampshire.
Essex.
Essex.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Essex.
Worcester.
Middlesex.
Franklin.
Middlesex.
Berkshire.
Plymouth.
Briatol.
Worcester.
Post-Offices in Massachusetts.
347
POST-OFFICES.
Athol Center,
Atlantic,
Attitash,
Attleboro,
Attleboro Falls,
Auburn,
Auburndale,
Avon,
Ayer,
Ayers Village,
Back Bay,
Baldwinsville,
Ballard Vale, .
Bancroft,
Bardwells Ferry,
Barnstable,
Barre, .
Barre Plains, .
Barrowsville, .
Beachbluff, .
Becket, .
Becket Center,
Bedford,
Beechwood, .
Belchertown, .
Bellingham, .
Belmont,
Berkshire,
Berlin, ,
Bernardston, .
Beverly,
Beverly Farms,
Billerica,
Bisbees,
Blackinton,
Blackstone,
Blandford,
Bolton, .
Bondsville,
Boston, .
Boulevard,
Bourne,
Boumedale, .
Boxford,
Boylston Center,
Bradford,
Bradstreet,
CITIES AND TOWNS.
Athol, .
Quincy,
Amesbury, ,
Attleborough
North Attleborough
Auburn,
Newton,
Avon, .
Ayer, .
Haverhill,
Boston,
Templeton,
Andover,
Middlefield,
Shelburne, -
Barnstable,
Barre, .
Barre, .
Norton,
Swampscott,
Becket,
Becket,
Bedford,
Cohasset,
Belchertown
Bellingham,
Belmont,
Lanesborough
Berlin,
Bernardston
Beverly,
Beverly,
Billerica,
Chesterfield,
Williamstown
Blackstone
Blandford,
Bolton,
Palmer,
Boston,
Boston,
Bourne,
Bourne,
Boxford,
Boylston,
Haverhill,
Hatfield,
COUNTIES.
Worcester.
Norfolk,
Essex,
Bristol.
Bristol.
Worcester.
Middlesex.
Norfolk,
Middlesex,
Essex.
Suffolk.
Worcester.
Essex.
Hampshire,
Franklin.
Barnstable.
Worcester,
Worcester.
Bristol.
Essex.
Berkshire.
Berkshire.
Middlesex.
Norfolk.
Hampshire.
Norfolk.
Middlesex.
Berkshire.
Worcester.
Franklin.
Essex.
Essex.
Middlesex.
Hampshire.
Berlcshire.
Worcester.
Hampden.
Worcester.
Hampden.
Suffolk.
Suffolk.
Barnstable,
Barnstable.
Essex.
Worcester.
Essex,
Hampshire,
348
Post-Offices in Massachusetts.
POST-OFFICES.
Braggville,
Braintree,
Brant Rock, .
Brewster,
Bridgewater, .
Brier,
Brighton,
Byghtwood, .
Brimfield,
Brockton,
Brookfield,
Brookline,
Brooks Station,
Brookville,
Bryantville, .
Buckland,
Barrage,
Buzzards Bay,
Byfield,
Cambridge,
Cambridgeport,
Campello,
Camp Merrill,
Canton, .
Canton Corner,
Canton Junction,
Carlisle, .
Carver, .
Caryville,
Cataumet,
Center Marshfield,
Centerville,
Central Village,
Cbarlemont, .
Charles River,
Charlestown, .
Charlton,
Charlton City,
Charlton Depot,
Chartley,
Chatham,
Chatham Port,
Chelmsford, .
Chelsea,
Cherry Valley,
Cheshire,
Chester,
CITIES AND TOWNS,
Holliston,
Braintree,
Marshfield,
Brewster,
Bridgewater,
Savoy,
Boston,
Springfield,
Brimfield,
Brockton,
Brookfield,
Brookline,
Princeton,
Ho) brook,
Pembroke,
Buckland,
Hanson,
Bourne,
Newbury,
Cambridge,
Cambridge,
Brockton,
Pittsfield,
Canton,
Canton,
Canton,
Carlisle,
Car\^er,
Bellingham,
Bourne,
Marshfield,
Barnstable,
Westport,
Charlemont,
Needham,
Boston,
Charlton,
Charlton,
Charlton,
Norton,
Chatham,
Chatham,
Chelmsford,
Chelsea,
Leicester,
Cheshire,
Chester,
Middlesex.
Norfolk.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Plymouth.
Berkshire.
SuflFolk.
Hampden.
Hampden.
Plymouth.
Worcester.
Norfolk.
Worcester.
Norfolk.
Plymouth.
Franklin.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Essex.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Plymouth.
Berkshire.
Norfolk.
Norfolk.
Norfolk.
Middlesex.
Plymouth.
Norfolk.
Barnstable.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Bristol.
Franklin.
Norfolk.
Suflfolk.
Worcester.
Worcester.
Worcester.
Bristol.
Barnstable.
Barnstable.
Middlesex.
Suflfolk.
Worcester.
Berkshire.
Hampden.
Post- Offices in Massachicsettt
349
POST-OFFICES.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
COUNTIEa
Chesterfield, .
. Chesterfield, .
. Hampshire
Chestnut Hill,
. Newton,
. Middlesex.
Chicopee,
. Chicopee,
. Hampden.
Chicopee Falls,
. Chicopee,
. Hampden.
Chilmark,
. Chilmark, .
. Dukes.
City Mills,
. Norfolk,
. Norfolk.
Clifford,
. New Bedford,
. Bristol.
Clifton, .
. Marblehead, .
. Essex.
Cliftondale, .
. Saugus,
. Essex.
Chnton, .
. Clinton,
. Worcester.
Cochesett,
. West Bridgewater,
. Plymouth.
Cochituate, .
. Wayland,
. Middlesex.
Cohasset,
. Cohasset,
. Norfolk.
Coldbrook Springs,
. Oakham,
. Worcester.
Coldspring,
. Westford,
. Middlesex.
Cole rain,
. Colrain,
. Franklin.
Collinsville, .
. Dracut,
. Middlesex.
Concord,
. Concord,
. Middlesex.
Concord Junction,
. Concord,
. Middlesex.
Conway,
. Conway,
, Franklin.
Cooley^'ille, .
. New Salem, .
. Franklin.
Cordaville,
. Southborough,
. Worcester.
Cotuit, .
. Barnstable, .
. Barnstable.
Craig\'ille,
. Barnstable, .
. Barnstable.
Creekville,
. Chilmark, .
. Dukea.
Crow Point, .
. Hingham,
. Plymouth.
Cummaquid, .
. Barnstable, .
. Barnstable.
Cummington, .
. Cummington,
. Hampshire.
Cushing,
. Salisbury,
. Essex.
Cushman,
. Amherst,
. Hampshire.
Cuttyhunk, .
. Gosnold,
. Dukes.
Cyrus, .
. Heath,
. Franklin.
Dalton, .
, Dalton,
. Berkshire.
Dana, .
. Dana, .
. Worcester.
Danvers,
. Danvers,
. Essex.
Dartmouth, .
. Dartmouth, .
. Bristol.
Davis, ,
. Rowe, .
. Franklin.
Dedham,
. Dedham,
. Norfolk.
Deerfield,
. Deerfield.
, Frankhn.
Dell, .
. Heath,
. Franklin.
Dennis, .
. Dennis,
. Barnstable.
Dennis Port, .
. Dennis,
Barnstable.
Dighton,
. Dighton,
. Bristol.
Dodge, .
. Charlton,
. Worcester.
Dodgeville,
. Attleborough,
. Bristol.
Dorchester,
. Boston,
. Suffolk.
Dorchester Center, ,
. Boston,
. Suffolk.
350
Post- Offices in 3fassachusetts,
POST-OFFICES.
Douglass,
Dover, .
Dracut, .
Drury, .
Dudley,
Dunstable,
Duxbury,
Dwight,
East Billerica,
East Boston, .
East Boxford,
East Brewster,
East Bridgewater,
East Brimfield,
East Brookfield,
East Cambridge,
East Cancer, .
East Dedham,
East Deerfield,
East Dennis, .
East Douglass,
East Falmouth,
East Foxboro,
East Freetown,
East ham,
Easthampton,
East Harwich,
East Haverhill,
East HoUiston,
East Lee.
East Long Meadow,
East Lynn,
East Mansfield,
East Mattapoisett,
East Milton, .
East Northfield,
East Norton. .
Easton, .
Eastondale,
East Orleans, .
East Otis.
East Pembroke,
East Pepperell,
East Princeton,
East River,
East Sandwich,
East Saugus, .
CrriES AND TOWNS.
Douglas,
Dover,
Dracut,
Florida,
Dudley,
Dunstable,
Duxbury,
Belchertown,
Billerica,
Boston,
Boxford,
Brewster,
East Bridgewater,
Brimfield,
Brookfield, .
Cambridge, .
Car^'^er,
Dedham,
Deerfield,
Dennis,
Douglas,
Falmouth,
Foxborough,
Freetown,
Eastham,
Easthampton,
Harwich,
Haverhill,
HoUiston,
Lee,
East Longmeadow
Lynn, .
Mansfield,
Mattapoisett,
Milton,
Northfield, .
Norton,
Easton,
Easton,
Orleans.
Otis, .
Pembroke, .
Pepperell,
Princeton,
Hyde Park, .
Sandwich,
Saugus,
COUNTIES.
Worcester.
Norfolk.
Middlesex.
Berkshire.
Worcester.
Middlesex.
Plymouth.
Hampshire.
Middlesex.
Suffolk.
Essex.
Barnstable.
Plymouth.
Hampden.
Worcester.
Middlesex.
Plymouth.
Norfolk.
Franklin.
Barnstable.
Worcester.
Barnstable.
Norfolk.
Bristol.
Barnstable.
Hampshire.
Barnstable.
Essex.
Middlesex.
Berkshire.
Hampden.
Essex.
Bristol.
Plymouth.
Norfolk.
Franklin.
Bristol.
Bristol.
Bristol.
Barnstable.
Berkshire.
Plymouth.
Middlesex.
Worcester.
Norfolk.
Barnstable.
Essex.
Post
-Offices in Ifassachusetts. 351
POST-OFFICES.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
C0UIITIE8.
East Taunton,
. Taunton,
Bristol.
East Templeton,
. Templeton. .
Worcester.
East Walpole,
. Walpole,
Norfolk.
East Warehara,
. Wareham,
Plymouth.
East Weymouth,
. Weymouth, .
Norfolk.
East Whately,
. Whately,
Franklin.
East Windsor,
. Windsor,
Berkshire.
Edgartown, .
. Edgartown, .
Dukes.
Egypt, .
. Scituate,
Plymouth.
Ellis, .
. Dedham,
Norfolk.
Elmgrove,
, Colrain,
Franklin.
Elmwood,
. East Bridgewater,
Plymouth.
Enfield, .
. Enfield,
Hampshire.
Erving, .
. Erving,
Franklin.
Essex, .
. Essex, .
Essex.
Essex Street, .
. Boston,
Suffolk.
Everett,
. Everett,
Middlesex.
Fairhaven,
. Fairhaven, .
Bristol.
Fall River, .
. Fall River, .
Bristol.
Falmouth,
. Falmouth,
Barnstable.
Falmouth Heights,
. Falmouth,
Barnstable.
Farley, .
. ErA'ing,
Franklin.
Famams,
. Cheshire,
Berkshire,
Farnumsville,
. Grafton,
. Worcester.
Fay^'ille,
. Southborough,
Worcester.
Feeding Hills,
, Agawam,
Hampden.
Fisherville, .
. Grafton,
Worcester.
Fiskdale,
. Sturbridge, .
Worcester.
Fitchburg,
. Fitchburg,
Worcester.
Flint, .
. Fall River. .
Bristol.
Florence,
. Northampton,
Hampshire.
Forestdale,
. Sandwich,
. Barnstable.
Forge Village,
. Westford, .
Middlesex.
Fort Andrews,
. Hull, .
Plj'mouth.
Fort Warren,*
.
Suffolk.
Foxboro,
. Foxborough,
Norfolk.
Framingham, .
. Framingham,
Middlesex.
Franklin,
. Frankfin,
Norfolk.
Franklin Park,
. Revere,
Suffolk.
Furnace,
. Hardwick,
. Worcester.
Gardner,
. Gardner,
Worcester.
Gay Head, .
. Gay Head, .
Dukes.
Georgetown, .
. Georgetown,
. Essex.
Gilbertville, .
. Hardwick,
Worcester.
Gleasondale, .
. Stow, .
Middlesex.
* On George's Island, a military reservation in Boston lower harbor.
352
Post- Offices in Massadiusetts .
POST-OFFICES.
Glendale,
Globe Village;
Gloucester,
Goshen,
Grafton,
Granby,
Graniteville, .
Granville,
Granville Center,
Great Barrington,
Greenbush,
Greendale.
Greenfield.
Green Harbor,
Green Hill, .
Greenwich,
Greenwich Village,
Greenwood,
Griswoldville, .
Groton, .
Grove Hall,
Grov eland,
Hadley,
Halifax,
Hamilton,
Hampden,
Hancock,
Hanover,
Hanover Center,
Hanover Street,
Hanson,
Harding,
Hardwick,
Hartsville,
Harvard,
Harwich,
Harwicli Port,
Hatchville,
Hatfield,
Hathorne,
Haverhill,
Hawley,
Ilayden Row,
Haydenville,
Heath, .
Hebronville,
Highland,
CITIES AND TOWNS.
Stockbridge, .
Southbridge,
Gloucester,
Goshen,
Grafton,
Granby,
Westford,
Granville,
Granville,
Great Barrington,
Scituate,
AVorcester,
Greenfield,
Marshfield,
Hull. .
Greenwich,
Greenwich,
Wakefield,
Colrain,
Groton,
Boston,
Groveland,
Hadley,
Halifax,
Hamilton,
Hampden,
Hancock,
Hanover,
Hanover,
Boston,
Hanson,
Medfield,
Hardwick,
New Marlborough,
Harvard,
Harwich,
Harwich,
Falmouth,
Hatfield,
Danvers,
Haverhill,
Hawley,
Hopkinton,
Williamsburg,
Heath,
Attleborough,
Springfield, .
Berkshire.
Worcester.
Essex.
Hampshire.
Worcester.
Hampshire.
Middlesex.
Hampden.
Hampden.
Berkshire.
Plymouth.
Worcester.
Franklin.
Plymouth.
Plymouth,
Hampshire.
Hampshire.
Middlesex.
Franklin.
Middlesex.
Suffolk.
Essex.
Hampshire.
Plymouth.
Essex.
Hampden.
Berkshire.
Plymouth.
Plymouth.
Suffolk.
Plymouth.
Norfolk.
Worcester.
Berkshire.
Worcester.
Barnstable.
Barnstable.
Barnstable.
Hampshire.
Essex.
Essex.
Franklin.
Middlesex.
Hampshire.
Franklin.
Bristol.
Hampden.
Post-Offices in Massachusetts,
353
POST-OFFICES.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
COUNTIES.
Hillsboro,
. Leverett,
. Franklin.
Hingham,
. Hingham,
. Plymouth.
Hingham Center,
. Hingham,
. Plymouth.
Hinsdale,
. Hinsdale,
. Berkshire.
Holbrook,
. Holbrook, .
. Norfolk.
Holden,
. Holden,
. Worcester.
Holliston,
. Holliston,
. Middlesex.
Holyoke,
. Holyoke,
. Hampden.
Hoosac Tunnel,
. Florida,
. Berkshire.
Hopedale,
. Hopedale,
. Worcester.
Hopkinton,
. Hopkinton, .
. Middlesex.
Housatonic, .
. Great Barrington,
. Berkshire.
Hubbardston,
. Hubbardston,
. Worcester.
Hudson,
. Hudson,
. Middlesex.
Hull. .
. Hull, .
. Plymouth.
Huntington, .
. Huntington, .
. Hampshire
Hyannia,
. Barnstable, .
. Barnstable
Hyannis Port,
. Barnstable, .
. Barnstable.
Hyde Park, .
. Hyde Park, .
. Norfolk.
Indian Orchard,
. Springfield, .
. Hampden.
Interlaken, .
. Stockbridge, .
. Berkshire.
Ipswich,
. Ipswich,
. Essex.
Island Creek, .
. Duxbury,
. Plymouth.
Islington,
. Westwood, .
. Norfolk.
Jamaica Plain,
. Boston,
. Suffolk.
Jefferson,
. Holden,
. Worcester.
Kenberma,
. Hull, .
. Plymouth.
Kendal Green,
. Weston,
. Middlesex.
Kingston,
. Kingston,
. Plymouth.
Lake Pleasant,
. Montague,
. Franklin.
LakeviUe,
. LakeviUe,
. Plymouth.
Lancaster,
. Lancaster,
. Worcester.
lianesboro.
. Lanesborough,
. Berkshire.
Tianesville,
. Gloucester, .
. Essex.
Laurel Park, .
. Northampton,
. Hampshire
Lawrence,
. Lawrence,
. Essex.
Lee,
. Lee. .
. Berkshire.
Leeds, .
. Northampton,
. Hampshire
Leicester,
. Leicester,
. Worcester.
Lenox, .
. Lenox,
. Berkshire.
Lenox Dale, .
. Lenox,
. Berkshire.
Leominster, ,
. Leominster, .
. Worcester.
Leverett,
. Leverett,
. Franklin.
Lexington,
. Lexington, .
. Middlesex.
354
Post- Offices in Massachusetts,
P03T-OFFICE3.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
COUNTIES.
Leyden,
. Leyden,
. Franklin.
Lincoln, .
. Lincoln,
. Middlesex.
Line. .
. Colrain,
. Franklin.
Linwood,
. Northbridge,
. Worcester.
Lithia, .
. Goshen,
. Hampshire.
Littleton,
. Littleton,
. Middlesex.
Littleton Common,
. Littleton,
. Middlesex.
Littleville. .
. Chester,
. Hampden.
Locka Village,
. Wendell.
. Franklin.
Lowell, .
. Lowel),
. Middlesex.
Lower Falls, .
. Newton,
. Middlesex.
Ludlow,
. Ludlow,
. Hampden.
Ludlow Center,
. Ludlow,
. Hampden.
Lunenburg,
. Lunenburg, .
. Worcester.
Lynn,
. Lynn, .
. Essex.
Lynnfield,
. Lynnfield,
. Essex.
Lynnfield Center,
. Lynnfield. .
. Essex.
Lyonsville,
. Colrain,
. Franklin.
Magnolia,
. Gloucester, .
. Essex.
Maiden,
. Maiden,
. Middlesex.
Manchaug,
. Sutton,
, Worcester.
Manchester, .
. Manchester, .
. Essex,
Manomet,
. Plymouth, .
. Plymouth.
Mansfield,
. Mansfield,
. Bristol.
Marblehead, .
. Marblehead, .
. Essex.
Marblehead Neck.
. Marblehead. .
. Essex.
Marion, .
. Marion,
. Plymouth.
Marlboro,
. Marlborough,
. Middlesex.
Marshfield, .
. Marshfield. .
. Plymouth.
Marshfield Hills,
. Marshfield, .
. Plymouth.
Marstons MUls,
. Barnstable, .
. Barnstable.
Mashpee,
. Mashpee.
. Barnstable.
Mattapan,
. Boston.
. Suffolk.
Mattapoisett, .
. Mattapoisett,
. Plymouth.
Maynard,
. Maynard,
. Middlesex.
Meadowbrook,
. Norton,
. Bristol.
Medfield.
. Medfield.
. Norfolk.
Medford,
. Medford.
. Middlesex.
Medway,
. Medway.
. Norfolk.
Megansett,
. Falmouth,
. Barnstable.
Melrose,
. Melrose.
. Middlesex.
Melrose Highlands,
. Melrose.
. Middlesex.
Mendon,
. Mendon.
. Worcester.
Menemsha,
. Chilmark,
. Dukes.
Merrick,
. West Springfield, .
. Hampden.
Merrimac,
. Merrimac,
. Essex.
Merrimacport,
. Merrimac,
. Essex.
Post-Offices in Massachusetts.
355
POST-OFFICES.
CrriES AND TOWNS.
COUNTIES.
Metcalf,
. Holliston, .
. Middlesex.
Methuen,
. Methuen,
. Essex.
Middleboro, .
. Middleborough,
. Plymouth.
Middlefield. .
. Middle6eld, .
. Hampshire.
Middleton,
. Middleton. .
. Essex.
Milford,
. Milford,
. Worcester.
MiUbrook.
. Duxbury,
. Plymouth.
Millbury,
. Millbury,
. Worcester.
Millers Falls, .
. Montague,
. Franklin.
Millington,
. New Salem, .
. Franklin.
Millis, .
. Millis. .
. Norfolk.
Mill River, .
. New Marlborough,
. Berkshire.
Millville,
. Blackatone, .
. Worcester.
Milton, .
. Milton,
. Norfolk.
Minot, .
. Scituate,
. Plymouth.
Mittineague, .
. West Springfield,
. Hampden.
Monroe Bridge,
. Monroe,
. Franklin.
Monson,
. Monson,
. Hampden.
Montague,
. Montague, .
. Franklin.
Montague City,
. Montague,
. Franklin.
Montello,
. Brockton,
. Plymouth.
Monterey,
. Monterey,
. Berkshire.
Montgomery, .
. Montgomery,
. Hampden.
Montville,
, Sandisfield, .
. Berkshire.
Montwait,
. Framingham,
. Middlesex.
Monument Beach,
. Bourne,
. Barnstable.
Moores Comer,
. Leverett,
. Franklin.
Mount Auburn,
. Watertown, .
. Middlesex.
Mount Blue, .
. Scituate,
. Plymouth.
Mount Hermon,
. Northfield, .
. Franklin.
Mount Tom, .
. Easthampton,
. Hampshire.
Mount Washington,
. Moimt Washington
. Berkshire.
Myricks,
. Berkley,
. Bristol.
Nahant,
. Nahant,
. Essex.
Nantasket Beach,
. Hull, .
. Plymouth.
Nantucket,
. Nantucket, .
. Nantucket.
Nashoba,
. Westford, .
. Middlesex.
Natick. .
. Natick,
. Middlesex.
Needham,
. Needham,
. Norfolk.
Needham Heights,
. Needham,
. Norfolk.
New Bedford.
. New Bedford,
. Bristol.
New Boston, .
. Sandisfield, .
. Berkshire.
New Braintree,
. New Braintree,
. Worcester.
Newburyport,
. Newburyport,
. Essex.
New Lenox, .
. Lenox,
. Berkshire.
New Marlboro,
. New Marlborough,
. Berkshire.
New Salem, .
. New Salem, .
. Franklin.
356
Post-Offices in Massachusetts.
POST-OFFICES.
Newton,
Newton Center,
Newton Highlands
Newton Upper Falls
Newtonville, .
Nobscot,
Nonquitt,
Norfolk,
North Abington,
North Acton, .
North Adams,
North Amherst,
Northampton,
North Andover,
North Ashburnham
North Attleboro,
North Bellingham,
North Billerica,
Northboro,
North Brewster,
Northbridge, .
Northbridge Cente;
North Brookfield,
North Cambridge,
North Carver,
North Chatham,
North Chelmsford,
North Chester,
North Cohasset,
North Dana, .
North Dartmouth,
North Dighton,
North Duxbury,
North Eastham,
North Easton,
North Egremont,
North Falmouth,
Northfield,
Northfield Farms,
North Grafton,
North Hadley,
North Hanover,
North Hanson,
North Harwich,
North Hatfield,
North Heath.
North Leominster,
North Leverett,
CITIES AND TOWNS.
Newton,
Newton,
Newton,
Newton,
Newton,
Framingham,
Dartmouth, .
Norfolk,
Abington,
Acton, .
North Adams,
Amherst,
Northampton,
North Andover,
Ashburnham,
North Attleborough,
Bellingham, .
Billerica,
Northborough,
Brewster,
Northbridge,
Northbridge,
North Brookfield,
Cambridge,
Carver,
Chatham,
Chelmsford,
Chester,
Cohasset,
Dana, .
Dartmouth,
Dighton,
Duxbury,
Eastham,
Easton,
Egremont,
Falmouth,
Northfield,
Northfield,
Grafton,
Hadley,
Hanover,
Hanson,
Harwich,
Hatfield,
Heath,
Leominster,
Leverett,
COUNTIES.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Bristol.
Norfolk.
Plymouth.
Middlesex.
Berkshire.
Hampshire.
Hampshire.
Essex.
Worcester.
Bristol.
Norfolk.
Middlesex.
Worcester.
Barnstable.
Worcester.
Worcester.
Worcester.
Middlesex.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Middlesex.
Hampden.
Norfolk.
Worcester.
Bristol.
Bristol.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Bristol.
Berkshire.
Barnstable.
FrankUn,
Franklin.
Worcester.
Hampshire.
Plymouth.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Hampshire.
Franklin.
Worcester.
Franklin.
Post-Offices in Massachusetts.
357
POST-OFFICES.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
COUNTIES.
North Marehfield,
. Marshfield, .
. Plymouth.
North Middleboro,
. Middleborough,
. Plymouth.
North New Salem,
. New Salem, .
. Franklin.
North Orange.
. Orange,
. Franklin.
North Oxford,
. Oxford,
. Worcester.
North Pembroke,
. Pembroke, .
. Plymouth.
North Plymouth,
. Plymouth, .
. Plymouth.
North Postal, .
. Boston,
. Suffolk.
North Prescott,
. Prescott,
. Hampshire.
North Raynham,
. Raynham,
. Bristol.
North Reading,
. North Reading,
. Middlesex.
North Scituate,
. Scituate,
. Plymouth.
North Stoughton,
. Stoughton, .
. Norfolk.
North Sudbury,
. Sudbury,
. Middlesex.
North Swansea,
. Swansea,
. Bristol.
North Tbbury,
. West Tisbury,
. Dukes.
North Truro, .
. Truro, .
. Barnstable.
North Uxbridge,
. Uxbridge,
. Worcester.
North Westport,
. Westport,
. Bristol.
North Weymouth,
. Weymouth, .
. Norfolk.
North Wilbraham,
. Wilbraham, .
. Hampden.
North Wilmington,
. Wilmington,
. Middlesex.
Norton, .
. Norton,
. Bristol.
Norwell,
. Norwell,
. Plymouth.
Norwood,
. Norwood,
. Norfolk.
Oak Bluffs,
. Oak Bluffs, .
. Dukes.
Oakdale,
. West Boylston,
. Worcester.
Oakham,
. Oakham,
. Worcester.
Onset. .
. Wareham, .
. Plymouth.
Orange, .
. Orange,
. Franklin.
Orleans,
. Orleans,
. Barnstable.
Osterville,
. Barnstable, .
. Barnstable.
Otis,
. Otis, ,
. Berkshire.
Otter River,
. Templeton, .
. Worcester.
Oxford, .
. Oxford,
. Worcester.
Palmer. .
. Palmer,
. Hampden.
Pasque Island
. Gosnold,
. Dukes.
Paxton,
. Paxton,
. Worcester.
Peabody,
. Peabody,
. Essex.
Pelham,
. Pelham,
. Hampshire
Pembroke,
. Pembroke, .
. Plymouth.
Penikese,
, Gosnold,
. Dukes.
Pepperell,
. Pepperell, .
. Middlesex.
Peru,
. Peru, .
. Berkshire.
Petersham,
. Petersham, .
. Worcester.
Phillipston,
. Phillipston, .
. Worcester.
358
Post-Offices in Massachusetts,
POST-OFFICES.
CrriES AND TOWNS. COUNTIES.
Pigeon Cove, .
. Rockport, .
. Essex.
Pittsfield,
. Pittsfield, .
. Berkshire.
Plainfield,
. Plainfield,
. Hampshire.
Plainville,
. Plainville, .
. Norfolk.
Pleasant Lake,
. Harwich,
. Barnstable.
Plymouth,
. Plymouth,
. Plymouth.
Pl3Tiipton,
. Plympton,
. Plymouth.
Pocasset,
. Bourne,
. Barnstable.
Ponkapog,
. Canton,
. Norfolk.
Potteraville, .
. Somerset,
. Bristol.
Pratts Junction,
. Sterling,
. Worcester.
Prescott,
. Prescott.
. Hampshire
Prides Crossing,
. Beveriy,
. Essex.
Princeton,
. Princeton,
. Worcester.
Princeton Depot,
. Princeton,
. Worcester.
Province town.
. Province town
. Barnstable.
Quinapoxet, .
. Holden,
. Worcester.
Quincy,
. Quincy,
. Norfolk.
Quinsigamond,
. Worcester,
. Worcester.
Quissett,
. Falmouth,
. Barnstable.
Randolph,
. Randolph,
. Norfolk.
Raynham Center,
. Raynham,
. Bristol.
Reading,
. Reading,
. Middlesex
Readville,
. Hyde Park,
. Norfolk.
Rehoboth,
. Rehoboth.
. Bristol.
Revere,
. Revere,
. Suffolk.
Rexhame,
. Marshfield,
. Plymouth.
Richmond,
. Richmond,
. Berkshire.
Richmond Furnace,
. Richmond,
. Berkshire.
Ringville,
. Worthington,
. Hampshire
Rivermoor, .
. Scituate,
, Plymouth.
Rochdale,
. Leicester,
. Worcester,
Rochester,
. Rochester,
. Plymouth.
Rock, .
. Middleboroug
h, . . Plymouth.
Rockland,
. Rockland,
. Plymouth.
Rockport,
. Rockport,
. Essex.
Rock^nlle, .
. Millis, .
. Norfolk.
Roslindale, .
. Boston,
. Suffolk.
Rowe, .
. Rowe, .
. Franklin.
Rowley,
. Rowley,
. Essex.
Roxbury,
. Boston,
. Suffolk.
Roxbury Crossing,
. Boston,
. Suffolk.
Royalston,
. Royalston,
. Worcester.
RuaseU,
. RusseU,
. Hampden.
Rutland,
. Rutland,
. Worcester.
Post- Offices in Massachusetts.
359
P08T-0FFICES.
Sagamore,
Sagamore Beach
Salem, .
Salisbury,
Sandhills,
Sandwich,
Santuit,
SaugU3 Center,
Saundersville,
Savoy, .
Savoy Center,
Saxonville,
Scituate,
Scituate Center,
Scotland,
Sea View,
Seekonk,
Segreganset, .
Sharon, .
Shattuckville,
Shawmut,
Sheffield,
Shelbume Falls,
Sheldonville, ■.
Sherborn,
Shirley, .
Shirley Center,
Shrewsbury, .
Shutesbury, .
Siaaconset,
Silver Lake, .
Smiths, .
Smiths Ferry,
Somerset,
Somerville,
South Acton, .
South Amherst,
Southampton,
South Ashburnham,
South Ashfield,
South Athol, .
South Attleboro,
South Barre, .
South Berlin, .
Southboro,
South Boston,
South Braintree,
South Brewater,
CITIES AND TOWNS,
Bourne,
Bourne,
Salem,
Salisbury,
Scituate,
Sandwich,
Barnstable,
Saugus,
Grafton,
Savoy,
Savoy,
Framingham,
Scituate,
Scituate,
Bridgewater,
Marshfield,
Seekonk,
Dighton,
Sharon,
Colrain,
New Bedford
Sheffield,
Shelbume,
Wrentham,
Sherborn,
Shirley,
Shirley,
Shrewsbury, ,
Shutesbury, ,
Nantucket,
Kingston,
Enfield,
Northampton
Somerset,
Somerville,
Acton, .
Amherst,
Southampton
Ashburnham
Ashfield,
Athol, .
Attleborough,
Barre, .
Berlin, .
Southborough
Boston,
Braintree,
Brewster,
COUNTIES.
Barnstable.
Barnstable.
Essex,
Essex.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Barnstable.
Essex.
Worcester.
Berkshire.
Berkshire.
Middlesex.
Plymouth.
Pljonouth.
Plymouth.
Plymouth.
Bristol.
Bristol.
Norfolk.
Franklin.
Bristol.
Berkshire.
Franklin.
Norfolk.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Worcester.
Franklin.
Nantucket.
Plymouth.
Hampshire.
Hampshire.
Bristol.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Hampshire.
Hampshire.
Worcester.
Franklin.
Worcester.
Bristol.
Worcester.
Worcester.
Worcester.
Suffolk.
Norfolk.
Barnstable.
360
Post- Offices in Massachusetts.
POST-OFFICES.
Southbridge, .
South Byfield,
South Carver,
South Chatham,
South Chelmsford,
South Dartmouth,
South Deerfield,
South Dennis,
South Duxbury,
South Eaaton,
South Egremont,
South End, .
South Essex, .
Southfield,
South Framingham,
South Gardner,
South Groveland,
South Hadley,
South Hadley Falla,
South Hamilton,
South Hanover,
South Hanson,
South Harwich,
South Hingham,
South Hyannis,
South Lancaster,
South Lee,
South Lincoln,
South Middleboro,
South Middleton,
South Miiford,
South Natick,
South Orleans,
South Postal, .
South Royalston,
South Sandisfield,
South Sandwich,
South Sudbury,
South Swansea,
South Truro, .
Southville,
South Walpole,
South Wareham,
South Wellfleet,
South Westport,
South Weymouth,
Southwick,
South Williamstown
CITIES AND TOWNS.
Southbridge,
Newbury,
Cancer,
Chatham,
Chelmflford, .
Dartmouth, .
Deerfield,
Dennis,
Duxbury,
Easton,
Egremont,
Boston,
Essex, .
New Marlborough,
Framingham,
Gardner,
Groveland, .
South Hadley,
South Hadley,
Hamilton,
Hanover,
Hanson,
Harwich,
Hingham,
Barnstable,
Lancaster,
Lee,
Lincoln,
Middleborough,
Middleton,
Hopedale,
Natick,
Orleans,
Boston,
Royalston.
Sandisfield,
Sandwich,
Sudbury,
Swansea,
Truro. .
Southborough,
Walpole,
Wareham,
Wellfleet,
Westport,
Weymouth,
Southwick,
Williamstown,
COUNTIES.
Worcester.
Essex.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Middlesex.
Bristol.
Franklin.
Barnstable.
Plymouth.
Bristol.
Berkshire.
Suffolk.
Essex.
Berkshire.
Middlesex.
Worcester.
Essex.
Hampshire.
Hampshire.
Essex.
Plymouth.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Worcester.
Berkshire.
Middlesex.
Plymouth.
Essex.
Worcester.
Middlesex .
Barnstable.
Suffolk.
Worcester.
Berkshire.
Barnstable.
Middlesex.
Bristol.
Barnstable.
Worcester.
Norfolk.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Bristol.
Norfolk.
Hampden.
Berkshire.
Post- Offices in Massachusetts.
361
POST-OFFICES.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
COUNTIES.
South Worthington,
. Worthington,
. Hampshire.
South Yarmouth,
. Yarmouth, .
. Barnstable.
Spencer,
. Spencer,
. Worcester.
Springfield,
. Springfield, .
. Hampden.
Squantum,
. Quincy,
. Norfolk.
Standish,
. Marshfield, .
. Plymouth.
State Farm, .
. Bridge water.
. Plymouth.
State Line,
. West Stockbridge,
. Berkshire.
Sterling,
. Steding,
. Worcester.
Sterling Junction,
. SterUng,
. Worcester.
Still River, .
. Harvard,
. Worcester.
Stockbridge, .
. Stockbridge, .
. Berkshire.
Stoneham,
. Stoneham, .
. Middlesex.
Stonybrook, .
. Weston,
. Middlesex.
Stoughton,
. Stoughton, .
. Norfolk.
Stow, .
. Stow, ,
. Middlesex.
Sturbridge,
. Sturbridge, .
. Worcester.
Sudbury,
. Sudbury,
. Middlesex.
Sunderland. .
. Sunderland. .
. Franklin.
Swampscott, .
. Swampscott,
. Essex.
Swansea,
. Swansea,
. Bristol.
Swift River, .
. Cummington,
. Hampshire
Tarpaulin Cove,
. Gosnold,
. Dukes.
Taunton,
. Taunton,
. Bristol.
Teaticket,
, Falmouth, .
. Barnstable.
Templeton, .
. Templeton, .
. Worcester.
Tewksbury, .
. Tewksbury, .
. Middlesex.
Thorndike, .
. Palmer,
. Hampden.
Three Rivers,
. Palmer,
. Hampden.
Tolland,
. Tolland,
. Hampden.
Topsfield,
. Topsfield,
. Essex.
Touisset,
. Swansea,
. Bristol.
Townsend,
. Townsend, .
. Middlesex.
Townsend Harbor,
. Townsend, .
. Middlesex.
Truro, .
. Truro, .
. Barnstable
Tufts College,
. Medford,
. Middlesex.
TuUy, .
. Orange,
. Franklin.
Turners Falls,
. Montague, .
. Franklin.
Tyngsboro,
. Tyngsborough,
. Middlesex.
Tyringham, .
. Tyringham, .
. Berkshire.
Unionville,
. Franklin,
. Norfolk.
Uphams Comer,
. Boston,
. Suffolk.
Upton, .
. Upton,
. Worcester.
Uxbridge,
. Uxbridge, .
. Worcester.
Vineyard Haven,
. Tisbury,
. Dukes.
362
Post- Offices in Massachusetts.
POST-OFFICES.
Waban,
Wadsworth,
Wakefield,
Walefe, .
Walpole,
Waltham,
Wamesit,
Waquoit,
Ward HiU,
Ware, . j
Wareham, ^
Warren,
Warwick, '
Washington,
Watertown,
Waterville,
Watson,
Waverley,
Wayland,
Webster,
WeUesIey,
Wellesley Farms,
WeUesley Hills,
WeUfleet,
Wendell,
Wenham,
West Acton, .
West Auburn,
West Barnstable,
West Becket, .
West Berlin, .
Westboro,
West Borford,
West Boj'lston,
West Brewster,
West Bridgewater,
West Brookfield,
West Chatham,
West Chelmsford,
West Chesterfield,
West Chop, .
West Cummington,
Westdale,
West Dennis, .
West Dudley,
West Duxbury,
West Falmouth,
Weatfield,
CITIES AND TOWNS.
Newton,
Franklin.
Wakefield,
Wales,
Walpole,
Waltham,
Tewksbury,
Falmouth,
Haverhill,
Ware, .
Wareham,
Warren,
Warwick,
Washington,
Watertown,
Winchendon,
Ash field,
Belmont,
Wayland,
Webster,
Wellesley,
WeUesley,
W^ellesley,
WeUfleet,
WendeU,
Wenham,
Acton,
Auburn,
Barnstable,
Becket,
Berlin,
Westboro ugh
Boxford,
West Boylston,
Brewster,
West Bridgewater,
West Brookfield,
Chatham,
Chelmsford, .
Chesterfield, .
Tisbury,
Cummington,
West Bridgewater,
Dennis,
Dudley,
Duxbury,
Falmouth,
Westfield, .
COUNTIES.
Middlesex.
Norfolk.
Middlesex.
Hampden.
Norfolk.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Barnstable.
Essex.
Hampshire.
Plymouth.
Worcester.
Franklin.
Berkshire.
Middlesex.
Worcester.
Franklin.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Worcester.
Norfolk.
Norfolk.
Norfolk.
Barnstable.
FrankUn.
Essex.
Middlesex.
Worcester.
Barnstable.
Berkshire.
Worcester.
Worcester.
Essex.
Worcester.
Barnstable.
Plymouth.
Worcester.
Barnstable.
Middlesex.
Hampshire.
Dukes.
Hampshire.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Worcester.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Hampden.
Post- Offices in Massachusetts.
363
P03TH5FFICE3.
Weatford.
Weat Groton.
Westhampton,
West Hanover,
West Harwich,
West Hatfield,
Weat Hawley,
Weat Leyden,
West Lynn, .
West Mansfield,
West Medford,
West Medway,
West Millbury,
Westminster,. .
West Newbury,
Weat Newton,
West Northfield.
Weston,
Weat Otis,
West Peabody,
Westport,
Westport Point,
West Roxbury,
West Rutland,
West Somerville,
West Springfield,
West Sterling,
West Stockbridge,
West Stoughton,
West Tisbury.
West Townsend,
West Upton, .
West Wareham,
West Warren.
Westwood,
West Worthington,
West Wrentham,
West Yarmouth,
Wejrmouth,
What«ly,
Wheelwright, .
White Horse Beach
White Valley,
Whitinsville, .
Whitman,
Wianno,
Wilbraham, .
Wilkinsonville,
CITIES AND TOWNS,
Westford,
Groton,
Westhampton,
Hanover,
Harwich,
Hatfield,
Hawley,
Leyden,
Lynn, .
Mansfield,
Medford,
Medway,
Millbury,
Westminster,
West Newbury,
Newton,
Northfield, .
Weston,
Otis, .
Peabody,
Westport,
Westport,
Boston,
Rutland,
Somerville, .
West Springfield,
Sterling,
West Stockbridge,
Stoughton, ,
West Tisbury,
Townsend, .
Upton,
Wareham,
Warren,
Westwood, .
Worthington,
Wrentham, .
Yarmouth, .
Weymouth, .
Whately,
Hardwick,
Plymouth, .
Barre, .
Northbridge,
Whitman,
Barnstable, .
Wilbraham, .
Sutton,
COUNTIES.
Middlesex.
Middlesex.
Hampshire.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Hampshire.
Franklin.
Franklin.
Essex.
Bristol.
Middlesex.
Norfolk.
Worcester.
Worcester.
Essex.
Middlesex.
Franklin.
Middlesex.
Berkshire.
Essex.
Bristol.
Bristol.
Suffolk.
Worcester.
Middlesex.
Hampden.
Worcester.
Berkshire.
Norfolk.
Dukes.
Middlesex.
Worcester.
Plymouth.
Worcester.
Norfolk.
Hampshire.
Norfolk.
Barnstable.
Norfolk.
Franklin.
Worcester.
Plymouth.
Worcester.
Worcester.
Plymouth.
Barnstable.
Hampden.
Worcester.
364
Post-Offices in Massachusetts,
POST-OFFICES.
Williamsburg,
Williamstown,
Williamsville,
Willimansett, .
Wilmington, .
Winchendon, .
Winchendon Springs
Winchester, .
Windsor,
Winter Hill, .
Winthrop,
Woburn,
WoUaston,
Woods Hole, .
Woodville,
Worcester,
Woronoco,
Worthington, ,
Wrentham,
Yarmouth,
Yarmouth Port,
CITIES AND TOWNS.
Williamsburg,
Williamstown,
Hubbardston,
Chicopee,
Wilmington,
Winchendon,
Winchendon,
Winchester,
Windsor,
Somerviile,
Winthrop,
Wobum,
Quincy,
Falmouth,
Hopkinton,
Worcester,
Russell,
Worthington,
Wrentham,
Yarmouth,
Yarmouth,
COUNTIES.
Hampshire.
Berkshire.
Worcester.
Hampden.
Middlesex.
Worcester.
Worcester.
Middlesex.
Berkshire.
Middlesex.
Suffolk.
Middlesex,
Norfolk.
Barnstable.
Middlesex.
Worcester.
Hampden.
Hampshire.
Norfolk.
Barnstable.
Barnstable.
Zoar,
Charlemont,
Franklin.
United States Postal Regulations. 365
ABRIDGMENT OP UNITED STATES
POSTAL REGULATIONS.
POSTAGE
TO ANY PART OF THE UNITED STATES, THE TERRITORIES, AND THE POS-
SESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES; ALSO TO CANADA, MEXICO, CUBA,
THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA AND THE UNITED STATES POSTAL AGENCY
AT SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Two cents for each ounce, or fraction thereof, on letters, sealed packages,
mail matter, wholly or partly in writing.
Two cents per ounce, or fraction thereof, on drop-letters where free deliv-
ery by carriers is established; where such free delivery is not established,
the rate is one cent.
One cent for two ounces, or fraction thereof, on almanacs, books (printed),
calendars, catalogues, engravings, pamphlets, photographs, posters,
printed cards, proof sheets, corrected proof sheets and manuscript accom-
panying the same, circulars, seeds, bulbs, roots, scions and plants.
One cent for every four ounces on newspapers and magazines of the
second class.
One cent for each ounce, or fraction thereof, on blank books, blank cards,
card-boards, and other flexible material, envelopes, merchandise, sample
cards, samples of ores.
For Postage to Great Britain and Other Foreign Countries,
SEE "Rates of Foreign Postage."
REGISTRATION OF MAIL MATTER.
The Registry System is intended to give to registered mail the greatest
security within the province of the Post-oflBce Department, and this
special security is obtained by a distinctive cover for the matter, its
retention in special custody, and a system of records and receipts showing
a complete chain of receipts from the time it leaves the hands of the
sender until it is delivered to the addressee.
366 United States Postal Regulations.
Any class of mail matter may be registered at any post-oflBce in the
United States.
TThe fee on registered matter, domestic or foreign, is ten cents for each
letter or parcel, to be affixed in stamps, in addition to the postage. Full
prepayment of postage and fee is required.
'Every letter presented for registration must be fully and legally ad-
dressed and securely sealed by the sender, and all letters and other arti-
cles must also have the name and address of the sender endorsed thereon
in writing or print before they can be registered.
Registered mail may be delivered to the addressee, to a person au-
thorized by the addressee in writing to receive it, or to any responsible
person to whom the addressee's ordinary mail is customarily delivered.
All persons calling for registered matter should be prepared to furnish
reasonable proof of their identity, as it is impossible otherwise, at large
post-offices, to guard against fraud.
Safety is considered before celerity in the transmission of registered
mail, and as delays are sometimes necessary to secure proper receipts at
points of transfer, due allowance should be made by those mailing such
matter and those to whom it is addressed, as registered mails cannot be
handled with the same despatch as ordinary mail matter.
The sender of any registered article may obtain assurance of its receipt
at the office of delivery by endorsing it with the words, " Return receipt
requested."
Letters and packages containing money or articles of value should be
registered, and never deposited for transmission by ordinary mail.
The Post-office Department is liable to an amount not exceeding $50
for the loss in the mails of any piece of domestic first-class registered
mail matter, and not exceeding $25 for the loss of domestic third and
fourth class registered mail matter.
Indemnity will be paid for the value of any registered article, except
Parcel-Post mail and except in case of "force majeure" (beyond con-
trol), not to exceed 50 francs in any one case (or its equivalent in
United States money), where the registered article is addressed to a
country embraced in the Universal Postal Union, and is lost in the
international mails.
MONEY ORDERS.
The fees or charges on domestic orders are as follows: —
Payable in the United States (which includes Hawaii and Porto
Rico) and its possessions, comprising the Canal Zone (Isthmus of
Panama), Guam, the Philippines and Tutuila, Samoa ; also for orders
payable in Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Canada,
Cuba, Mexico, Newfoundland, the United States Postal Agency at
United States Postal Regulations. 367
Shanghai (China), the Bahama Islands, and certain other islands in
the West Indies mentioned in Register of Money Order Post Oflfices: —
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
from $0.01
from $2.51
from $5.01
from $10.01
from $20.01
from $30.01
from $40.01
from $50.01
from $60.01
from $75.01
to $2.50.
to $5, .
to $10,
to $20,
to $30,
to $40,
to $50,
to $60,
to $75,
to $100,
3 cents.
5 cents.
8 cents.
10 cents.
12 cents.
15 cents.
18 cents.
25 cents.
30 cents.
A single money order may include any amount from one cent to one
hundred dollars inclusive, but must not contain a fractional part of a
cent.
The postmaster of any foreign money-order office in the United States
— the same being designated by the Postmaster- General — will furnish
a blank form of application, on which the sender must enter all the par-
ticulars of the amount (in United States money), names, address, etc.,
and must state the full name and exact residence of the person to whom
the order is to be made payable. The postmaster will then issue an
international order, to be sent by the remitter to the payee, in the case
of "direct" orders.
INTERNATIONAL RATES.
The fees for orders payable in Chili, Fiance, Algeria and Tunis,
Greece, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, are as follows: —
For orders from $0.01 to $10,
. 10 cents.
For orders from $10.01 to $20,
. 20 cents.
For orders from $20.01 to $30,
. 30 cents.
For orders from $30.01 to $40,
. 40 cents.
For orders from $40.01 to $50,
. 50 cents.
For orders from $50.01 to $60,
, 60 cents.
For orders from $60.01 to $70,
. 70 cents.
For orders from $70.01 to $80,
. 80 cents.
For orders from $80.01 to $90,
. 90 cents.
For orders from $90.01 to $100,
. 1 dollar.
The fees for orders payable in any foreign country not enumerated
above, and upon which this office is authorized to draw money orders,
are as follows; —
368 United States Postal Regulations.
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
For orders
from
from
from
from
from
from
from
from
from
from
from
from
from
from
$0.01
$2.51
S5.01
S7 51
$10.01
$15.01
$20.01
$30.01
$40.01
$50.01
$60.01
$70.01
$80.01
$90.01
to $2.50,
to $5.00,
to $7.50,
to $10,
to $15,
to $20,
to $30,
to $40,
to $50,
to $60,
to $70,
to $80,
to $90,
to $100,
. 10 cents.
. 15 cents,
. 20 cents.
. 25 cents.
. 30 cents.
. 35 cents.
. 40 cents.
. 45 cents.
. 50 cents.
. 60 cents.
. 70 cents.
. 80 cents.
. 90 cents.
. 1 dollar.
There is no limitation to the number of international orders that may
be issued in one day to a remitter in favor of the same payee.
The maximum amount for which a single international money order
may be drawn is one hundred dollars ($100) to any foreign country.
SPECIAL DELIVERY.
Every article of mailable matter bearing a special-delivery stamp in
addition to the lawful postage, or bearing stamps to the value of ten
cents in addition to the lawful postage and plainly marked ''special de-
livery," will be entitled to an immediate delivery by messenger at any
post-office in the United States. The price of the special-delivery stamps
is ten cents each. They are sold by postmasters in any required amount
and to any person who may apply for them ; but they can be used only
for the purpose of securing the immediate delivery of mail matter
addressed to and received in the mails at any post-office. Under no
circumstances are they to be used in the payment of postages of any
description, or of the registry fee. The special-delivery stamp must be
in addition to the lawful postage.
Registered letters will be entitled to immediate delivery, the same
as ordinary letters, when bearing a special-delivery stamp in addition
to the full postage, or when bearing stamps to the value of ten cents in
addition to the full postage and plainly marked ''special delivery,'' and
registry fee required by the law and the regulations.
Special-delivery letters will be delivered by messengers within the
carrier limits of a free-delivery office between the hours of 7 a.m. and
11 P.M.; and within a radius of one mile from the post-office at all other
offices between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.
Foreign Postage, 369
RATES OF FOREIGN POSTAGE.
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION.
The rates of postage applicable to all foreign countries, other than
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany, Newfoundland, Canada,
Cuba, Mexico and Panama, are as follows: —
For letters, 5 cents for the first ounce, and 3 cents for each additional
ounce or fraction of an ounce; prepayment optional.
For postal cards, single, 2 cents each; double, 4 cents each.
For commercial papers, 5 cents for the first 10 ounces or less, and 1 cent
for each additional 2 ounces or fraction of 2 ounces. Limit of size and
weight the same as for prints. The packages must not be closed against
inspection.
For samples of merchandise, 2 cents for the first 4 ounces or less, and
1 cent for each additional 2 ounces or fraction of 2 ounces. Limit of
weight, 12 ounces; limit of size, 12 by 8 by 4 inches. The packages must
not be closed against inspection.
For prints of every kind, 1 cent for each 2 ounces or fraction of 2 ounces.
Limit of weight, 4 pounds 6 ounces; limit of size, 18 inches in any direc-
tion, except that when rolled the package may measure 30 inches in
length by 4 inches in diameter. The packages must not be closed against
inspection.
The postage on letters for Newfoimdland. England, Ireland, Scotland
and Wales is 2 cents per ounce, and on letters for Germany by steamers
sailing for Germany direct the postage is 2 cents per ounce. Letters for
Germany bearing postage at the rate of 2 cents per ounce will be held for
steamers sailing direct for Germany; letters for Germany bearing post-
age at the rate of 5 cents per ounce will be forwarded by fast mail.
The rate of postage for all mail matter, other than letters, to England,
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Newfoundland and Germany is the same aa
stated above.
To Canada, comprising Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, British Co-
lumbia, Manitoba, New Brunsunck, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island,
the postage for letters, merchandise and printed matter is the same as
in the United States. All matter for Canada must be fully prepaid,
except letters, which must be prepaid at least 2 cents.
370 Foreign Postage,
To Mexico the postage for letters and printed matter is the same as in
the United States.
All mail matter may be registered to the above places upon prepay-
ment of 10 cents for each address, besides the postage.
Unmailable Articles. — All articles prohibited from domestic mails
are also excluded from foreign mails.
Postal cards and letters addressed "Around the World" are unmail-
able; as also are letters or packets containing gold or silver substances,
pieces of money, jewelry or precious articles, except that gold or silver
coin may be sent by mail to and from Canada.
Liquids, — ardent, vinous, spirituous or malt, — poisons, explosive and
inflammable articles, and envelopes and postal cards upon which obscene
language is written or printed.
No letter or circular concerning lotteries, so-called gift concerts, or
other similar enterprises, offering prizes, or concerning schemes devised
and intended to deceive and defraud the public, for the purpose of ob-
taining money under false pretences, shall be carried in the mail. Any
person who shall knowingly deposit or send anything to be conveyed by
mail in violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars, with costs
of prosecution.
Vote for President in 1908.
371
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT IN 1908.
(BY COUNTIES.)
Note. — The vote given is that for the candidate for Elpxtor
AT Large on each ticket for whom the most ballots were cast. It
is in accordance with the report of a committee of the Council on the
returns of votes given in the several cities and towns. A summary
at the end of the tables gives the aggregate vote for all the candidates
for electors at large, in accordance with the said report.
COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE.
Cities and Towns.
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Barnstable,
657
219
44
7
5
1
Bourne, .
296
58
12
2
14
1
-
Brewster, .
99
17
5
-
5
_
_
Chatham, ,
160
37
9
1
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_
_
Dennis,
279
39
6
1
3
_
_
Eastham, .
68
10
5
_
2
_
_
Falmouth,
461
75
10
4
/
2
_
Harwich, .
232
63
10
7
7
1
_
Mashpee, .
44
5
-
-
-
-
-
Orleans, .
116
20
6
-
-
-
-
Provincetown,
279
77
10
1
4
1
_
Sandwich,
176
82
5
20
7
1
_
Truro,
84
12
2
1
_
Wellfleet, .
135
20
3
-
4
_
_
Yarmouth,
226
43
6
2
1
-
-
Totals,
3,312
777
133
46
66
7
-
COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.
Adams,
Alford,
Becket,
Cheshire,
836
441
62
107
7
10
13
34
1
1
3
101
40
4
6
6
_
115
106
2
1
-
372
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COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE— Co?JcZM<ie(f.
Cities and Towns.
1
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Clarksburg,
115
32
2
1
1
_
_
Dalton,
324
250
13
14
17
2
_
Egreniont,
100
54
1
-
-
-
-
Florida, .
48
6
2
-
_
1
-
Great Barrington, .
621
464
30
21
9
2
_
Hancock, .
61
17
-
-
-
Hinsdale, .
101
98
2
2
4
-
_
Lanesborougli,
81
39
4
1
-
-
-
Lee, . . . .
413
349
26
3
8
1
_
Lenox,
255
213
19
10
_
_
_
Monterev, .
60
15
1
1
1
-
-
Mount VVashington,
12
1
1
-
-
-
-
New Ashford, .
11
9
1
-
-
-
-
New Marlborough, .
146
70
7
3
10
2
-
North Adams,
1,615
1,141
84
58
17
7
-
Otis
74
21
1
1
-
-
-
Peru,
22
28
1
-
-
-
-
PITTSFIEI.D, .
2,744
1,807
139
79
23
24
-
Richmond,
61
23
_
_
1
-
_
Sandisfield,
67
34
1
-
1
-
-
Savo}%
Sheffield, .
57
21
1
_
1
-
_
184
104
2
2
4
-
-
Stockbridge, .
190
132
3
10
4
2
-
Tyringhani,
48
29
-
-
2
-
-
Washington, .
32
13
2
1
_
-
-
West Stockbridge, .
120
87
1
1
2
-
-
Williamstown, .
448
210
8
3
11
-
-
Windsor, .
62
15
3
-
1
-
-
Totals,
9,137
5,903
424
325
141
51
-
COUNTY OF BRISTOL.
Acushnet, .
Attleborough,
Berkley, •
Dartmouth,
Dightou, .
Easton,
Fairhaven,
Fall River,
118
1,613
116
261
187
435
408
12
348
.9
45
33
234
117
6,207 4,985
1
55
3
11
2
35
19
547 148
18
3
112
2
15
3
12
13
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COUNTY OF BRISTOT^— ConcZwfferf.
Cities and Towns.
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Freetown,
148
20
3
2
1
Mansfield,
500
130
55
6
23
2
_
New Bedford,
5,065
2,749
477
234
103
54
_
North Attleborough,
989
281
69
17
24
4
_
Norton,
214
26
15
_
6
_
_
Raynham,
Rehoboth,
173
18
8
2
7
_
_
138
9
6
3
6
_
_
Seekonk, .
139
26
8
-
6
-
_
Somerset, .
241
62
1
4
8
_
_
Swansea, .
204
34
6
6
IS
_
_
Taunton,
3,322
1,525
203
66
34
13
_
Westport, .
205
56
6
-
7
1
-
Totals,
20,683
10,719
1,560
572
493
117
-
COUNTY OF DUKES COUNTY.
Chilmark, .
46
21
2
5
Edgartown,
154
25
1
1
1
_
_
Gay Head,
33
1
_
_
Gosnold, .
25
3
1
_
_
_
_
Oak Bluffs,
114
27
5
_
6
_
_
Tisbury, .
West Tisbury,
154
35
3
10
3
3
_
63
21
-
4
-
Totals,
589
133
12
11
19
3
-
COUNTY OF ESSEX.
Amesbury,
Andover, .
Beverlv,
Box ford, .
Danvers, .
Essex,
Georgetown,
Glouoesteu,
959
402
54
85
8
2
797
274
45
18
14
2
2,103
510
120
77
63
_
95
16
-
3
3
-
975
439
65
68
14
1
200
93
17
7
3
_
253
121
10
20
6
_
2,478
1,061
165
69
31
6
374
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COUNTY OF ESSEX— Conc??/rfe<i.
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Groveland,
232
122
8
24
3
1
Hamilton,
204
40
18
2
5
1
_
Haverhill,
3,354
1,692
221
676
118
10
_
Ipswich, .
473
182
32
1
14
1
-
Lawrence,
4,403
4,057
454
298
68
19
_
Lynx,
6,736
4,147
721
422
178
33
_
Lynn field,
137
24
4
4
3
1
_
M'anchester,
345
131
20
2
8
_
_
Marblehead,
942
558
60
47
20
4
_
Merrimac,
245
90
7
25
12
1
_
Methuen, .
974
189
93
59
28
10
_
Middletou,
106
34
10
1
1
_
Nahant, .
137
82
2
1
4
_
_
Newburv, .
239
34
6
7
1
_
_
Newburtport,
1,495
676
145
109
9
5
_
North Andover,
547
157
43
8
8
3
-
Peabody, .
1,230
951
91
29
15
8
_
Rockport, .
.
464
182
54
51
22
9
-
Rowley, .
.
197
71
2
5
1
-
-
Salem,
,
3,786
1,898
285
158
43
29
_
Salisbury,
.
181
78
17
10
8
1
_
Saugus, ' .
.
808
194
81
54
29
4
_
Swampscott,
.
753
177
59
17
11
_
Topsfield, .
.
141
30
6
-
2
-
-
Wenham, .
.
172
22
2
1
3
1
-
West Newbury,
190
67
8
19
11
-
-
Totals,
•
36,351
18,801
2,925
2,376
767
153
-
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN.
Ashfield, .
Bernardston,
Buckland,
Charlemont,
Colrain, .
Conway, .
Deerfie'ld, .
Erving,
GiU, .
Greenfield,
148
29
2
99
2€
1
5
2
1
187
96
7
2
1
_
165
29
1
1
_
189
31
1
1
5
_
161
68
6
1
4
1
215
70
14
3
1
132
46
4
6
3
1
88
19
4
2
3
_
1,040
426
124
99
18
3
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COUNTY OF YYiK^KLYS— Concluded.
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Hawley, .
53
2
_
1
_
_
Heath,
51
10
—
—
1
—
_
Leverett, .
64
10
2
-
1
-
-
Ley den, .
49
8
-
-
2
-
-
Monroe, .
32
6
_
—
—
_
_
Montague,
461
362
59
70
8
2
-
New Salem,
71
13
1
4
5
-
_
Northfield,
177
60
4
1
7
_
_
Orange,
834
169
59
40
23
-
_
Rowe,
61
10
_
-
2
_
_
Shelbume,
248
47
5
-
6
-
-
Shutesburv,
30
4
-
-
-
-
Sunderland,
96
21
1
—
2
_
—
Warwick, .
37
18
-
-
-
1
_
Wendell, .
53
22
4
4
1
_
_
Whately, .
83
35
2
1
1
-
-
Totals,
4,824
1,637
298
240
100
9
-
COUNTY
OF HAMPDEN.
Agawam, .
245
162
59
4
2
1
_
Blandford,
64
26
1
_
1
—
—
Brimfield,
91
30
9
2
-
-
Chester, .
103
40
14
16
4
-
-
Chicopee,
1,112
1,046
157
109
12
2
-
East Longmeadow, .
118
35
10
3
4
-
-
Granville,
84
32
6
_
_
-
_
Hampden,
53
34
4
-
_
-
-
Holland, .
26
3
1
-
-
-
-
HOLYOKE,
2,912
2,977
300
248
28
27
_
Longmeadow, .
117
49
11
1
_
Ludlow, .
204
85
19
2
3
_
_
Monson, .
422
199
28
11
8
-
-
Montgomery, .
30
16
-
-
-
-
-
Palmer,
547
312
82
8
8
1
—
Russell, .
65
34
10
2
-
1
-
Southwick,
116
40
6
3
-
-
Spkingfield, .
6,347
3,460
1,003
465
87
11
_
Tolland, .
21
10
_
_
_
_
_
Wales,
48
25
2
2
1
-
-
376
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Cities and Towns.
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West Springfield, .
516
301
303
21
5
Westfield, .
1,131
944
121
79
17
1
-
Wilbraham, .
113
50
8
4
-
-
Totals,
14,485
9,910
2,154
973
187
44
-
COUNTY
OF HAMPSHIRE.
Amherst, .
599
155
18
3
13
4
BelcbertowTi,
170
71
4
1
2
-
Chesterfield,
93
26
1
_
3
_
_
Cummington,
89
23
1
1
4
-
-
Easthampton,
637
202
55
24
16
5
-
Enfield, .
124
17
5
1
4
-
-
Goshen, .
40
3
_
_
4
-
_
Granby, .
79
27
'3
-
3
-
-
Greenwich,
62
11
2
-
-
_
Ha die V, .
190
45
5
2
3
_
_
Hatfield, .
125
104
4
1
-
-
Huntington,
133
87
15
14
_
_
_
Middleiield,
28
13
3
-
-
-
Northampton
,
1,456
998
182
99
21
8
_
Pelham, .
44
11
1
_
3
_
_
Plainfield,
69
1
_
3
-
_
Prescott, .
49
9
4
_
1
1
_
South Hadley,
493
178
21
17
8
1
_
Southampton,
90
24
4
3
10
-
-
Ware,
497
405
72
63
3
1
-
Westhampton,
40
10
1
-
10
-
-
Williamsburg,
179
116
38
3
10
2
-
Worthington,
76
10
6
-
-
-
-
Totals,
5,362
2,612
446
232
121
22
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
Acton,
Arlington,
274
77
9
3
0
1,100
419
38
6
15
3
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Cities and Towns,
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Ashbv, .
122
41
3
3
3
1
Ashland, .
209
107
9
7
1
2
-
Ayer,
303
171
29
1
1
-
-
Bedford, .
152
45
6
_
_
_
-
Belmont, .
493
172
10
7
4
_
_
Billerica, .
364
161
10
10
4
_
_
Boxborough,
34
20
_
_
_
_
_
Burlington,
84
35
7
-
_
-
-
Cambridge,
6,595
5,562
343
1S3
103
6
_
Carlisle, .
62
25
2
1
4
1
_
Chelmsford,
463
210
7
10
11
_
_
Concoi'd, .
609
250
25
1
3
_
_
Dracut,
261
210
10
7
1
_
_
Dunstable,
47
18
2
_
_
Everett,
2,756
953
215
103
62
39
_
Framingham,
1,432
809
67
16
17
7
_
Groton,
252
72
11
8
7
_
_
Holliston, .
316
173
16
6
2
_
_
Hopkinton,
284
261
13
5
6
1
_
Hudson, .
661
419
92
15
6
_
_
Lexington,
626
161
14
5
4
-
-
Lincoln, .
127
50
1
2
3
_
_
Littleton, .
150
46
7
5
3
_
_
Lowell, .
6,426
6,031
218
197
103
18
_
Malden, .
3,818
1,703
272
183
90
26
_
Marlborough
'
1,490
1,020
291
28
19
7
_
Maynard, .
505
245
33
14
7
_
Medford,
2,329
831
137
50
40
5
_
Melrose,
2,057
544
110
28
23
3
_
Natick, .
1,051
948
133
45
4
1
_
Newtox, ,
4,053
1,470
114
81
37
2
1
North Reading,
137
28
5
1
1
-
Pepperell,
Reading, .
320
137
16
13
4
_
_
924
175
28
8
12
1
_
Sherborn, .
118
38
4
5
_
Shirley, .
150
40
10
3
4
1
_
SOMERVILLE,
7,264
2,760
381
201
140
13
_
Stoneham,
804
313
80
8
21
4
_
Stow,
117
38
1
1
4
1
_
Sudbury, .
148
42
4
1
1
-
-
Tewksbury,
213
47
1
5
6
1
-
Town send.
246
47
14
_
10
_
Tyngsborough,
86
17
3
1
3
_
-
Wakefield,
1,231
639
124
48
12
5
-
378
Vote for President in 1908.
COUNTY OF MIT>T>1.^SI1X— Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
3
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WALTHAM,
3,122
1,317
181
50
12
5
AVatertown,
1,153
825
66
34
12
-
-
AVayland, .
282
137
29
3
3
-
Westford, .
261
91
14
7
6
1
-
Weston, .
2S3
44
6
1
1
-
-
Wilmin.t;ton, .
187
37
9
5
4
-
-
Winchester,
922
294
38
6
1
-
-
WOBURN, .
1,199
1,037
103
15
11
14
-
Totals,
58,672
31,362
3,371
1,441
869
171
1
COUNTY OF NANTUCKET.
Nantucket,
359
136
6
-
6
-
COUNTY OF NORFOLK.
Avon,
Bellingham,
Braintree,
Brookline,
Canton,
Coliasset, .
Dedham, .
Dover,
Foxborough,
Franklin, .
Holbrook,
Hyde Park,
Medfield, .
Med way, .
Minis,
Milton,
Needham, .
Norfolk, .
Norwood, .
Plainville,
QUINCY, .
Randolph,
179
116
31
20
2
_
113
59
15
1
1
-
839
253
65
66
t
2
3,010
878
48
17
20
3
408
293
34
2
2
-
319
102
31
2
-
-
875
452
44
33
11
-
17
4
-
2
1
344
101
24
2
11
_
607
233
24
13
9
-
332
119
20
65
5
_
1,499
660
99
90
36
4
205
62
11
2
3
-
290
120
8
2
11
1
139
44
16
2
-
1
841
284
32
12
10
2
504
118
38
31
6
1
85
38
9
2
2
-
658
394
82
33
7
2
221
18
8
2
1
-
2,996
1,411
244
110
23
5
361
317
43
31
4
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379
COUNTY OF ^OUFOJ^K— Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
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Sharon,
280
84
9
6
4
1
Stougbton,
642
415
76
50
6
_
_
Walpole, .
Wellesley,
Westwood,
402
170
53
85
14
_
_
524
175
15
18
6
-
_
114
26
5
9
2
3
_
Weymoutli,
1,274
701
96
80
17
1
-
Wrcntham,
187
22
12
2
3
-
-
Totals,
•
18,225
7,682
1,196
733
225
27
6
COUNTY
OF PLYMOUTH.
Abington, .
614
304
72
71
16
4
_
Bridgewater, .
496
186
36
13
8
2
-
Brockton,
5,042
2,525
508
761
63
9
-
Carver,
62
29
4
1
2
-
-
Duxburv, .
166
45
6
5
3
_
_
East Bridgewater, .
301
109
34
39
5
1
_
Halifax, .
64
8
4
_
_
_
_
Hanover, .
243
48
15
8
1
-
-
Hanson, .
114
21
11
16
5
4
_
Hingham, .
Hulf, . . . .
514
169
21
12
16
-
_
142
54
6
3
6
-
-
Kingston, .
239
58
14
2
_
_
_
Lakeville,
81
18
5
_
1
_
_
Marion, .
132
35
3
2
1
_
_
Marshfield,
193
19
4
1
3
_
_
Mattapoisett, .
159
24
3
1
2
-
-
Middleborough,
780
212
59
12
21
1
-
Norwell, .
164
40
10
_
1
_
_
Pembroke,
147
34
5
4
1
1
_
Plymouth,
1,152
362
195
34
14
5
_
Ply mp ton.
63
9
3
3
3
1
_
Rochester,
92
11
2
_
Rockland,
739
339
78
84
7
2
_
Scituate, .
220
104
11
7
_
_
Warebam,
West Bridgewater, .
281
140
23
20
6
_
_
224
60
21
11
2
-
_
Whitman, .
812
332
93
82
18
-
1
Totals,
13,236
5,295
1,244
1,187
212
30
1
380
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COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.
Cities and Towns.
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Boston, .
Chelsea, .
Revere,
Winthrop,
41,249
2,496
1,3-24
1,268
41,456
1,417
664
236
2,661
179
187
63
1,363
108
72
16
434
29
20
15
268
8
4
2
-
Totals,
46,337
43,773
3,090
1,559
498
282
-
COUNTY
OF WORCESTER.
Ashburnham, .
226
60
2
3
8
Athol,
904
271
108
44
1
-
Auburn, .
206
105
IS
_
6
-
_
Barre,
229
54
10
-
5
-
-
Berlin, .
138
20
2
1
4
_
_
Black stone,
319
532
14
4
11
-
-
Bolton, .
82
9
8
1
7
_
-
Boylston, .
87
10
5
-
2
-
-
Brookfield,
203
93
33
-
2
-
_
Charlton, .
217
42
17
1
8
_
_
Clinton, .
1,062
862
72
117
10
3
_
Dana,
82
29
7
_
3
_
_
Douglas, .
251
119
4
5
2
-
-
Dudley, .
245
156
29
6
3
1
-
FITCHBURG,
2,595
1,343
203
290
45
5
-
Gardner, .
1,314
444
90
22
37
' 6
-
Grafton, .
506
139
48
5
10
2
-
Hardwick,
199
89
31
1
1
_
-
Harvard, .
111
52
_
4
_
_
_
Holden, .
269
39
16
4
7
-
-
Hopedale,
Hubbardston,
400
50
6
8
3
2
-
146
30
-
5
-
-
Lancaster,
211
30
5
2
1
1
_
Leicester, .
306
235
17
2
7
-
-
Leominster,
1,685
538
129
114
18
2
-
Lunenburg,
159
28
6
3
2
-
-
Mendon, .
123
36
3
3
4
-
-
Milford, .
844
968
56
34
10
14
-
Millljury, .
45S
214
28
2
2
-
-
New Braintree,
47
18
3
-
3
_
_
North Brookfield, .
279
151
21
3
5
1
-
Northborough, .
229
67
22
5
1
1
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Northbridge, .
668
309
25
8
18
1
Oakham, .
61
16
1
2
_
Oxford, .
305
89
55
7
5
-
_
Paxton,
53
9
1
_
1
_
_
Petersham,
92
34
1
-
_
-
Phillipston,
56
5
1
-
2
_
_
Princeton,
123
6
3
_
4
_
_
Royalston,
98
14
3
_
3
_
_
Rutland, .
113
43
1
2
4
_
1
Shrewsburj-,
240
54
7
4
3
_
Southborough,
220
92
10
_
_
Southbridge,
848
559
111
7
8
_
_
Spencer, .
576
418
76
1
12
-
_
Sterling, .
190
38
3
1
3
_
_
Sturb ridge.
178
98
15
_
5
_
_
Sutton,
220
107
11
2
6
_
_
Templeton,
416
112
26
4
11
-
-
Upton,
272
108
15
4
6
-
-
Uxbridge,
400
197
13
2
20
-
-
Warren, .
336
160
35
23
3
_
_
Webster, .
811
398
133
34
9
4
_
West Bovlston,
129
30
2
2
4
2
_
West Brookfield,
133
74
11
8
2
_
_
Westborough, .
505
217
30
18
12
_
_
Westminster, .
205
23
3
9
7
_
_
Winchendon, .
629
274
43
10
13
_
_
Worcester, .
12,325
6,486
730
254
268
49
-
Totals,
34,394
16,803
2,378
1,084
670
95
1
382
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424
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446
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1,244
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2,378
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REPRESENTATIVES - SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
(by districts.)
Election, November 8, 1910.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 1.
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Cities and Towns.
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Sociali
eorge
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Adami
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Adams
142
634
569
_
Agawam,
35
231
167
-
Alford, .
-
14
29
-
Ashfield, .
_
83
14
-
Becket,
3
78
35
-
Bernardston,
5
66
14
-
Blandford, .
63
16
-
Buckland, .
3
107
99
-
Charlemont,
_
118
21
• -
Cheshire, .
2
112
85
-
Chester,
16
73
46
-
Chesterfield,
4
61
19
-
Clarksburg, .
-
87
26
-
Cob-ain,
-
103
20
-
Conway,
3
104
43
-
Cummington,
5
93
21
-
Dalton,
54
268
254
-
Deerneld, .
14
179
81
-
Egremont, .
-
56
22
-
Florida,
-
31
5
-
Gill, .
2
65
18
-
Goshen,
-
38
2
-
Granville, .
-
40
29
-
Great Barrington,
30
438
489
-
Greenfield, .
155
817
610
—
Hancock,
69
15
-
Hatfield,
6
109
148
-
Hawley,
24
-
-
Heath, .
-
41
9
-
Hinsdale, .
3
83
72
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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No.
Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
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George
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Adami
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Lewie
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354
2,107
3,314
.
Huntington,
14
140
73
-
Lanesborough, .
-
75
44
-
Lee, . . .
16
303
350
—
Lenox, .
15
161
214
-
Leyden,
1
38
7
-
Middlefield, .
25
5
-
Monroe,
_
13
5
-
Monterey,
_
42
9
-
Montgomery,
1
20
8
-
Mount Washington,
-
14
2
-
New Ashford,
_
15
4
-
New Marlborough,
2
62
33
-
North Adams, .
76
1,357
1,420
-
Otis, .
1
51
10
-
Peru, .
3
19
21
-
PlTTSFIELD, .
244
2,291
2,215
-
Plainfield, .
_
75
5
-
Richmond, .
-
42
20
-
Rowe, .
_
31
12
-
Russell,
5
55
31
-
Sandisfield, .
1
35
24
-
Savoy, .
1
53
21
-
Sheffield, .
7
129
99
-
Shelburne, .
3
168
88
-
Southampton,
3
104
21
-
Southwick, .
4
87
32
—
Stockbridge,
14
188
145
-
Tolland.
—
8
6
—
Tyringham, .
-
34
23
-
Washington,
-
26
10
-
West Springfield, .
109
448
383
1
West Stockbridge,
2
79
98
-
Westfield, .
102
964
943
-
Westhampton,
-
47
8
1
Whately,
3
57
35
-
Williamsburg,
5
173
175
-
Williamstown,
7
200
337
-
Windsor,
-
32
9
-
WorthingtOD,
-
66
7
-
Totals, .
•
1.476
14,109
13,244
2
Representatives^ Sixty- second Congress. 385
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 2.
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Amherst,
8
496
287
J
Athol, .
81
705
487
_
Barre, .
10
207
66
_
Belchertown,
6
192
87
_
Brimfield, .
1
56
28
_
Brookfield, .
1
196
143
_
Chicopee, .
89
773
1,440
_
Dana, .
3
76
29
_
East Longmeadoi^
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2
97
42
_
Easthampton,
50
545
541
_
Enfield,
118
26
_
Erving,
12
84
68
_
Granby,
1
75
36
_
Greenwich,
_
42
13
_
Hadley,
2
143
92
_
Hampden,
2
51
47
_
Hardwick,
3
142
132
_
Holland,
1
15
6
_
Leverett,
5
44
17
_
Longmeadow
,
1
100
78
_
Ludlow,
9
146
167
_
Monson,
19
327
268
_
Montague,
55
381
491
_
New Braintree,
46
17
_
New Salem,
1
49
9
_
North Brookfield.
5
236
204
_
Northampton,
91
1,263
1,486
_
Northfield, .
2
114
61
_
Oakham,
56
17
_
Orange,
95
524
291
_
Palmer,
19
407
494
_
Pelham,
30
14
_
Petersham,
1
81
38
_
Phillipston,
51
6
_
Prescott,
_
37
9
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Royalston,
_
78
22
Shutesbury,
1
19
2
_
South Hadley,
26
404
253
I
Springfield,
476
4,838
6,206
_
Sunderland,
1
86
24
~
Wales, .
3
34
19
Ware, . .
61
374
630
-
386 Representatives^ Sixty-second Congress,
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 2 — Concluded.
|2
m
do;d
Cities and Towns.
.« o
lam
echnie
ingfi
ocratic
e
t-ol
reder
lett
field,
can.
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Dem
2
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Warren
22
237
206
Warwick
2
19
14
_
Wendell
3
36
26
_
West Brookfield, ....
6
12i
79
_
Wilbraham
1
88
56
-
Totals,
1,177
14,242
13,774
1
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No.
"Sg
-^SS
Cities and Towns.
1
M
"-^ o «
111
i
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<
Auburn,
159
142
Charlton,
74
165
-
Douglas,
175
188
-
Dudley
250
156
-
Grafton,
231
314
_
Holden
57
201
_
Leicester
282
229
_
Millbury
377
285
_
Northbridge,
393
511
-
Oxford,
209
232
-
Paxton,
17
34
_
Rutland
42
77
-
Shrewsbury
72
201
-
Southbridge,
1,045
547
-
Spencer,
604
451
-
Sturbridge,
99
133
-
Sutton,
343
142
-
Representatives^ Sixty-second Congress. 387
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 3 — Concluded.
1
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Cities and Towns.
^|.
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gfl«
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%
^
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Uxbridge
298
272
Webster,
765
593
_
West Boylston,
37
127
_
Westborough,
335
477
_
Worcester,
9,579
9.067
-
Totals
15.243
14.544
-
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 4.
^xT
0 t5
^h
^^
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2«
Cities and Towns.
ill
«5
2
1-
1
0
<
Acton,
127
1
222
Ashburnham,
118
3
155
_
AsLby,
49
1
97
_
Ashland. .
122
3
180
_
Ayer, .
246
6
192
_
Bedford,
62
2
118
_
Berlin, .
26
142
_
Bolton,
24
3
107
_
Boxborough,
16
39
_
Boylston,
12
1
108
_
Clinton,
1,235
99
877
_
Concord,
426
4
413
_
FiTCHBURG, .
2,173
287
2,119
_
Framing ham.
1,168
17
1,007
_
Gardner,
696
31
1,159
_
Groton,
128
11
190
_
Harvard,
42
1
95
-
388 Representatives^ Sixty-second Congress.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 4 - Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
It
II
i
<
Hubbardston,
Hudson,
Lancaster, .
Leominster, .
Lexington, .
Lincoln,
Littleton,
Lunenburg, .
Marlborotjgh,
Maynard,
Natick,
Northborough,
Pepperell,
Princeton, .
Shirley,
Southborough,
Sterling,
Stow, .
Sudbury,
Tempieton, .
Townsend, .
Waltham, ,
Wayland, .
Westford,
Westminster,
Weston,
Winchendon,
33
652
50
1,240
310
89
76
46
1,958
453
1,234
121
202
14
80
154
53
64
68
197
76
2,079
219
144
40
73
440
2
17
2
67
6
1
6
5
24
17
41
2
12
1
2
1
8
2
45
17
15
4
3
7
101
430
212
1,C86
475
94
100
123
952
316
773
188
229
79
110
163
Ul
103
117
292
191
2,260
205
194
162
216
435
-
Totals, .
18,835
767
16,965
-
Representatives, Sixty-second Congress. 389
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 5.
en O,
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Cities and Towns.
< .
K« .
S
3H^:3
mes
micl
Lowel
cratic.
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^
<
Andover,
732
408
Billerica
316
156
1
Burlington,
82
13
Carlisle
71
27
_
Chelmsford,
410
208
1
Dracut,
239
199
Dunstable,
35
18
1
Lawrence,
3,256
5,124
Lowell
5,858
5,980
-
Lynnfield,
137
37
_
Methuen
902
328
1
North Andover
426
264
North Reading
131
29
-
Reading,
726
249
-
Tewksbury
151
63
_
Tyngsborough
81
18
-
Wilmington,
207
42
-
Totals
13,760
13,163
4
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 6.
1=
11
Cities and Towns.
p=;>.2
III
Z9a
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a
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<
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Amesbury,
136
801
470
_
BEVERI.T
226
1,838
735
-
Boxford
7
68
16
_
Danvers
117
794
497
-
Essex
14
175
85
-
390 Representatives^ Sixty-second Congress,
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 6 - Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
^2
73 a
1
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Georgetown, ....
89
185
97
1
Gloucester,
120
1,961
1,367
Groveland, .
45
172
141
_
Hamilton, .
4
233
55
_
Haverhill,
936
2,451
2,002
_
Ipswich,
16
447
199
_
Manchester,
8
242
201
_
Marblehead,
94
750
720
_
Merrimac, .
34
219
110
_
Middleton, .
6
94
26
-
Newbury,
14
192
33
-
Newburyport,
188
1,133
791
_
Peabody, .
84
1,045
1,154
_
Rockport, .
44
323
232
_
Rowley,
8
139
80
-
Salem,
370
2,901
2,612
-
Salisbury, .
20
132
77
_
Swampscott,
61
610
208
-
Topsfield, .
3
100
37
_
Wenham,
5
124
32
_
West Newbury,
18
143
61
-
Totals, .
2,667
17,272
12,038
1
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 7.
Cities and Towns.
is
m
03 O o
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of Revere, Direct]
People's Candi-
date.
1^
1
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^
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<
Chelsea
1,572
89
2,072
_
Everett,
1,355
130
2.121
~
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CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 7 - Concluded.
si
^M
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Cities and Towns.
l«3
2§«
2
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of Re
Peop
date.
a
^
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Lynn,
5,738
721
4.676
_
Malden,
2,112
208
2,929
-
Melrose,
714
237
1,396
-
Nahant,
101
3
154
-
Revere,
967
174
1,043
-
Saugus,
332
102
658
-
Stoneham,
521
35
674
-
Wakefield,
925
140
901
-
Totals,
14,337
1.837
16,624
-
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 8.
o50Q
31.
" « fl
Cities and Towns.
oO® •
^|3
03
l^.^-n
1^^
2-< <D
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fe
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Arlington
610
873
_
Belmont,
250
420
-
Cambridge,
6,683
5,031
-
Medford
1,172
1,869
-
SOMERVILLE,
3,482
5,625
1
Winchester
289
892
-
Woburn
1,356
1,144
-
Totals
13,842
15.854
1
392 Representatives^ Sixty-second Congress.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 9.
CrnES AND Towns.
John A. Keliher
of Boston,
Democratic
Independent
Nom. Paper.
III
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1
Boston: Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 12 (Prec. 6 and 7). .
Winthrop
8,787
1,250
11,416
236
1,736
345
1
Totals,
10,037
11,652 2,081
1
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 10.
hu
3|g
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Cities and Towns.
« ° s
121
1
o
A
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<
Boston: Wards 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 24, .
17,893
12,245
7
Milton
417
819
-
QOINCT
2,035
2,719
5
Totals
20,345
15,783
12
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 11.
^
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Cities and Towns.
am Du
tton, Ji
ston,
blican.
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1
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3
Boston
Wards 10, 11, 12 (Prec. 1
.2,3,4,5).
18. 19,
21, 22, 23, 25, .
13.033
18.933
2
Representatives^ Sixty -second Congress. 393
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 12.
Ǥ
o;
P|.2
%^
S-S
Cities and Towns.
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Avon,
186
123
Bellingham
63
97
_
Blackstone
569
196
_
Braintree
449
673
_
Brookline
1,539
2,353
_
Canton,
419
372
_
Dedham
667
746
_
Dover
29
68
_
Foxborough,
190
328
_
Franklin, . . . .
330
379
_
Holbrook
162
226
_
HoUiston
190
253
_
Hopedale
63
412
_
Hopkinton,
259
239
_
Hyde Park
1,014
1,174
_
Medfield
70
199
_
Medway
167
223
_
Mendon
46
91
_
Milford,
1,159
771
-
Millis
72
99
-
Needham
208
439
_
Newton,
1,887
3,570
_
Norfolk
65
75
_
North Attleborough,
566
673
-
Norwood
548
561
_
Plainville,
48
214
_
Randolpli
407
246
1
Sharon,
133
261
1
Sherborn
32
91
Stoughton,
496
563
-
Upton
108
243
-
Walpole
286
323
-
Watertown,
915
939
_
Wellesley
234
418
_
Westwood,
41
104
_
Weymouth,
1.041
1,116
_
Wrentham
40
179
-
Totals
14,698
19,037
2
394 Representatives^ Sixty-second Congress,
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 13.
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Acushnet,
79
18
Berkley,
104
9
_
Chilmark, .
36
11
_
Dartmouth, .
162
58
_
Dighton,
185
28
_
Edgartown, .
120
49
_
Fairhaven, .
331
136
_
Fall River,
6,673
5,452
-
Freetown,
124
19
_
Gay Head, .
25
2
_
Gosnold,
15
4
_
Marion,
126
36
_
Mattapoisett,
172
32
_
Nantucket, .
196
96
_
New Bedford,
4,672
3,587
9
Oak Bluffs, .
83
31
Rehoboth, .
115
19
_
Rochester, .
79
21
_
Seekonk,
61
33
_
Somerset,
198
70
_
Swansea,
186
36
_
Tisbury,
106
47
-
Westport. .
174
32
1
West Tisbury,
. *
57
5
1
Totals, .
•
• • •
14,079
9,831
11
Representatives^ Sixty-second Congress. 395
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. 14.
M
Cities and Towns.
m.
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i
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Abington
433
65
481
Attleborough,
1,049
95
816
_
Barnstable, .
382
3
540
_
Bourne,
238
4
184
_
Brewster,
55
86
_
Bridgewater,
452
16
288
_
Brockton, .
3,337
775
4,120
1
Carver,
56
1
47
_
Chatham, .
128
_
145
_
Cohasset,
222
3
226
_
Dennis,
106
_
249
_
Duxbury,
156
3
114
_
East Bridgewater
407
24
103
-
Eastham,
43
_
48
_
Easton,
360
21
376
_
Falmouth, .
317
5
221
_
Halifax.
43
13
_
Hanover,
182
6
82
_
Hanson,
153
12
48
_
Harwich, .
141
7
146
_
Hingham, .
404
8
350
1
Hull, .
76
2
141
_
Kingston, .
218
5
98
_
Lakeville,
38
34
_
Mansfield, .
322
2
294
_
Marshfield, .
120
79
_
Mashpee,
35
_
11
_
Middleborough,
468
13
491
_
Norton,
143
72
_
Norwell,
199
_
98
_
Orleans,
85
1
98
_
Pembroke, .
90
3
46
_
Plymouth, .
755
79
747
_
Plympton, .
51
2
39
-
Provincetown,
128
2
278
_
Ray n ham, .
118
4
50
_
Rockland, .
554
81
665
_
Sandwich, .
103
13
147
1
Scituate,
173
4
182
Taunton, .
2,073
110
2,249
1
396 Representatives^ Sitxy-second Congress.
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT No. U — Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
Robert O, Harris
of East Bridge-
water, Repub-
lican.
Thomas C.
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Yarmouth,
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Wareham,
Wellfleet
West Bridgewater,
Whitman
Yarmouth
43
222
78
176
688
133
1
17
1
9
82
46
279
82
85
511
181
-
Totals
15,753
1,480
15,686
4
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415
For Lieutenant Governor.
Robert Luce of Somcrville (Republican),
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg (Democratic Progressive
Democratic),
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield (Socialist),
William G. Merrill of Maiden (Prohibition),
Patrick Mulligan of Boston (Socialist Labor),
All others,
204,469 votes.
200,318
15,059
5,534
3,123
For Secretary.
Albert P. Langtry of Springfield (Republican),
Frank J. Donahue of Boston (Democratic Progressi\
Democratic),
Rose Fenner of Worcester (Socialist),
Alfred H. Evans of Northampton (Prohibition),
David Craig of Milford (Socialist Labor),
All others
206,968 votes.
178,530 "
11,733 ••
8.770 ••
6.771 ••
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For Treasurer and Receiver GeneraL
Elmer A. Stevens of Somerville (Republican), . . 209,690 votes.
Augustus L. Thorndike of Brewster (Democratic Pro-
gressive. Democratic), 172,977
Joseph M. ColdweU of Milford (Socialist), . . . 14,642
Charles E. Peakes of Weston (Prohibition), . . . 5,747
Jeremiah P. McNally of Salem (Socialist Labor), . . 5,482
All others, 3
For Auditor.
John E. White of Tisbury (Republican), .
Charles B. Strecker of Brookline (Democratic Progres-
sive. Democratic),
Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown (Socialist),
William W. Nash of Westborough (Prohibition),
Karl Lindstrand of Lynn (Socialist Labor),
All others,
,729 votes.
173,839
12,795
6,566
5.976
3
416
Vote for State Officers — 1911.
For Attorney- General.
James M. Swift of Fall River (Republican), . . . 210.520 votes.
George W. Anderson of Boston (Democratic Progressive.
Democratic), 175,953 "
George E. Roewer, Jr., of Boston (Socialist), . . . 12,557 "
Henrj' C. Hess of Boston (Socialist Labor), . . . 5,193 "
All others 7 "
For Executive Councillors.
First District.
Eben S. S. Keith of Bourne (Republican), . . . 26,199 votes.
Alfred E. Green of Duxbury (Democratic), . , . 17,257
Edward Smith of New Bedio d (Socialist), . . . 2,831 "
All others 1 vote.
Second District.
J. Stearns Gushing of Norwood (Republican), .
Henry J. Dixon of Boston (Democratic),
All others
32,778 votes.
23,493 *'
2 ••
Third District.
John Quinn, Jr., of Boston (Democratic),
Henry A. Savage of Boston (Republican),
All others
32,836 votes.
9,962 ••
1 vote.
Fourth District.
Alexander McGregor of Maiden (Republican),
Edward B. James of Cambridge (Democratic),
All others,
29,148 votes.
19,531 "
2 ••
Fifth District.
Edward G. Frothingham of Haverhill (Republican),
Edward J. Carney of Salem (Democratic),
James H. Walker of Amesbury (Democratic Progressive)
John H. Blackstock of Amesbury (Socialist), .
All others,
. 26.398
votes.
. 14.601
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Vote for State Officers — 1911.
417
Sixth District.
Herbert E. Fletcher of VVestford (Republican), . . 32,598 votes.
Leander V. Colahan of Stoneham (Democratic Progres-
sive. Democratic), 23,050 *'
All others 3 "
Seventh District.
Winfield S. Schuster of Douglas (Republican), . . 27,776 votes.
Arthur E. Seagrave of Uxbridge (Democratic), . . 21,790 "
All others, 4 "
Eighth District.
August H. Goetting of Springfield (Republican), . . 26,479 votes.
William H. Gross of Lee (Democratic Progressive. Dem-
ocratic), 18,705 "
Edward A. Buckland of Holyoke (Socialist), . . . 3,701 "
LIST OF THE
Eiecutiye aoJ i^iMm Depaftnieiits
OF THE
GOVERNMENT
OF
AND OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED THEREWITH,
WITH PLACES OF RESIDENCE.
1912.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
His P:xcellency EUGENE N. FOSS (D.) of Boston,
GOVERNOR.
His Honor ROBERT LUCE (/?.) of Somerville,
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Council.
District ThE LiECTEXANT-GOVERNOR.
I. — Ebex S. S. Keith (R.) of Bourne.
n. — J. Stearns Gushing {R.) of Norwood.
^ J John Quinn, Jr.* (i>.), of Boston.
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Edward D Collins f (Z>.) of Boston.
IV. — Alexander McGregor (/?.) of Maiden.
V. — Edward G. Frothingham (/?.) of Haverhill.
VI. — Herbert E. Fletcher (R.) of Westford.
VII. — WiNFiELD S. Schuster (R.) of Douglas.
VIII. — August II. Goetting {R.) of Springfield.
Secretary to the Governor.
Dudley M. Holman of Taunton.
Executive Secretary.
Edward F. Hamlin of Newton.
• Mr. Quinn resigned January 17, 1912.
t Mr. Collins, having been elected by the two branches of the Gen-
eral Court, was qualified January 24, 1912.
422 Executive Department.
Committees of the Council.
On Pardons, Charitable Institutions and Prisons. — His Honor the
Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Goetting, Mr. Fletclier, Mr. Keitli, Mr.
Collins.
On Finance, Accounts and JFarrants. — HiB Honor the Lieutenant-
Governor, Mr. Gushing, Mr. Schuster, Mr. McGregor, Mr. Collins.
On Harbors and Public Lands and Railroads.— Mr. Fletcher,
Chairman, Mr. Gushing, Mr. Schuster, Mr. Frothingham, Mr. Keith.
On Military and Nai^al Affairs. — Mr. Goetting, Chairman, Mr.
Cushing, Mr. Schuster, Mr. McGregor, Mr. Frothingham.
071 State House.— Mr. McGregor, Chairman, Mr. Goetting, Mr.
Fletcher, Mr. Keith, Mr. Frothingham.
On Nomiiiations.-HiB Honor the Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Goet-
ting, Mr. Collins.
Messenger to the Governor and Council.
William L. Reed, Boston.
Executive Department. 423
Secretary of the Commonwealtli.
Albert P. Langtry (R.) of Springfield.
Isaac H. Edgett, Deputy, Beverly.
Herbert H. Boynton, Deputy North Abington.
J&meB J. Tracy, Chief 0/ Archives Divition, . .Everett.
Treasurer and Receiver-General.
Elmer A. Stevens (R.) of Somerville.
Henry 8. Bridge, First Clerk Wincheflter.
James C. Bond, Receiving Teller, Boston.
Eben Sumner, Paying Teller Nev?ton.
Wendell P. Marden, Cashier Newton.
Auditor of the Commonwealth.
John E. White {R.) of Tiebxiry.
William D. Hawley, Deputy Auditor, .... Maiden.
James Pope, First Clerk Melrose.
Carl A. Raymond, Second Clerk Melrose.
Attorney-General.
James M. Swift (R.) of Fall River.
Frederic B. Greenhalge, Assistant Lowell.
Andrew Marshall, Assistant, Boston.
Henry M. Hatchings, Assistant, ..... Dedham.
Walter A. Powers, Assistant Brookline.
424 Executive Department.
Governor's Staff.
Adjutant General, Chief of Staff.
Brig. Gen. Gardner W. Pearson, Lowell.
Aids-de-Camp.
Maj. Curtis D. Noyea, Boston.
Maj. Arthur Blake, Boston.
Maj. Thomas L. Walsh, Clinton.
Maj. Robert E. Green, Brookline.
Detailed from the Line.
Maj. William H. Perry of Salem, Eighth Infantry.
Capt. Stuart W. Wise of Brookline, Ordnance Department.
First Lieut. Herbert P. Ward of Springfield, Battalion Adjutant, Second
Infantry.
First Lieut. Nicholas J. Smith of Worcester, Battery B, First Battalion
Field Artillery.
First Lieut. Henry D. Crowley of Boston, Battalion Adjutant, Ninth
Infantry.
Second Lieut. Joseph W, Bartlett of Newton, Company D, First Corps
Cadets.
Executive Departmeyit. 425
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.
First Brigade.
Brig. Gen. Frederick E. Pierce Greenfield.
Second Brigade.
Brig. Gen. William A. Pew, Jr Salem.
Corps of Cadets — Unattached.
Firat Corps Cadets, Lieut. Col. Franklin L. Joy, . . Boston.
Second Corps Cadets, Lieut. Col. Charles F. Ropes, . . Salem.
Naval Brigade.
Chief of Brigade, Lieut. Comd. Daniel M. Goodridge, . Boston.
Hospital Corps.
Capt. Robert E. Bell Lowell.
Signal Corps.
Capt. Harry G. Chase Somerville.
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Arrangement of the Senate.
433
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SENATE.
Hon. LEVI H. GREI
]NW(
Right.
1.
Hon. Erson B. Barlow.
1.
2.
Hon. Luke S. Stowe.
2.
3.
Hon. William R. Burke.
3.
4.
Hon. Thomas M. Vinson.
4.
5.
Hon. Samuel Ross.
5.
6.
Hon. Walter E. McLane.
6.
7.
Hon. William H. Wheeler.
7.
8.
Hon. Daniel E. Denny.
8.
9.
Hon. Arthur L. Nason.
9.
10.
Hon. James P. Timilty.
10.
11.
Hon. Dennis E. Halley.
11.
12.
Hon. John H. Hunt.
12.
13.
Hon. John H. Schoon-
13.
maker.
14.
14.
Hon. Arthur S. Adams.
15.
Hon. Charles H. Brown.
15.
16.
Hon. James A. Hatton.
16.
17.
Hon. Harry N. Stearns.
17.
18.
Hon. Joseph P. Lomasney.
18.
19.
Hon. Edric Eldridge.
19.
20.
Hon. Frank P. Bennett, Jr.
20.
Left.
Hon. CharlesV. Blanchard.
Hon. George L. Barnes.
Hon. Claude L. Allen.
Hon. Charles H. Pearson.
Hon. Calvin Coolidge.
Hon. Edward J. Grainger.
Hon. Ezra W. Clark.
Hon. Frederic M. Hersey.
Hon. Francis J. Horgan.
Hon. George H. Newhall.
Hon. James F. Powers.
Hon. Francis X. Quigley.
(Vacant.)
Hon. George Holden
Tinkham.
Hon. Thomas M. Joyce.
Hon. George A. Schofield.
Hon. Charles F. McCarthy.
Hon. John H. Mack.
Hon. Charles S. Chace.
Hon. Henry C. Mulligan.
434
Senate^ Alpliahetically .
SENATE, ALPHABETICALLY.
Hon. LEVI H. GREENWOOD (Third Worcester) ,
President.
Adams, Arthur S., .
Allen, Claude L,, .
Barlow, Erson B., .
Barnes, George L., .
Bennett, Frank P., Jr.
Blanchard, Charles V.,
Brown, Charles H.,
Burke, William R.,
Chace, Charles S.,
Clark, Ezra W.,
Coolidge, Calvin,
Denny, Daniel E.,
Eldridge, Edric,
Grainger, Edward J.
Greenwood, Levi H.,
Halley, Dennis E.,
Hatton, James A.,
Hersey, Frederick M.
Horgan, Francis J.,
. Second Essex District.
. Fourth Middlesex . "
. Eighth Middlesex "
. First Norfolk "
. Seventh Middlesex "
. Third Middlesex "
. Sixth Middlesex "
. Fourth Worcester "
. First Bristol "
. Second Plymouth '•
Berkshire, Hampshire } ,,
and Hampden \
. Second Worcester "
. Cape
. First Suffolk
. Third Worcester "
. Fifth Essex "
. Second Suffolk "
. First Plymouth "
. Mnth Suffolk "
Senate, Alphabetically.
435
Hunt, John H.,
Joyce, Thomas M.,
Lomasney, Joseph P.,
Mack, John H.,
McCarthy, Charles F.,
McLane, Walter E.,
Mulligan, Henry C,
Nason, Arthur L., .
Newhall, George H.,
Pearson, Charles H.,
Powers, James F., .
Quigley, Francis X.,
Ross, Samuel, .
Schofield, George A.,
Schoonmaker, John II.
Stearns, Harry N., .
Stowe, Luke S.,
Timilty, James P.,
Tinkham, George Holden
Vinson, Thomas M.,
Wheeler, William H.
. First Worcester District.
. Fourth Suffolk "
. Third Suffolk
. Berkshire "
. Fifth Middlesex **
. Second Bristol '*
. First Middlesex "
. Fourth Essex "
. First Essex "
. Second Norfolk "
. Sixth Suffolk "
. Second Hampden "
. Third Bristol
. Third Essex "
J Franklin and } „
* I Hampshire \
. Second Middlesex "
. First Hampden "
. Seventh Suffolk "
. Fifth Suffolk
. Eighth Suffolk ""
j Worcester and } ,,
* ( Hampden \
436 Officers of the Senate.
OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.
HENRY D. COOLIDGE, Concord, . Clerk.
WILLIAM H. SANGER, Boston, . Assistant Clerk.
THOMAS F. PEDRICK, Lynn, . . Sergeant-at-Arms.
Rev. EDWARD A. HORTON, Boston, Chaplain.
House of Representatives, By Counties. 437
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(BY COUNTIES.)
[In this list the politics of the several membere are designated as
follows : /?., Republican ; Z)., Democrat ; S , Socialist ; / C , Independent
Citizen ; D. P , Democratic Progressive , R. P , Republican Progressive ;
/., Independent.]
COUNTY OF BARNSTABLE.
^5
District.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
!<;
Barnstable,
Bourne,
Falmouth,
Mashpee,
Sandwich,
Chatham,
Dennis,
Harwich,
Yarmouth,
Brewster,
Eastham,
Orleans,
Provincetown
Truro, .
Wellfleet,
1
I
> Charles L Gifford, ft.
I
J
Benjamin D. Gifford, ft., .
j- Jerome S. Smith, ft.
I
Barnstable.
Chatham.
Provincetown.
COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.
Clarksburg, .
Florida,
North Adams
Wards 3, 4,5,
Savoy, .
North Adams,
Wards 1, 2, 6,7,
> Almiron J. McCulloch, R
William A. O'Hearn, D
Savoy.
North Adams.
438
House of Representatives^
COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE - Conc/u(Zcd.
District.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
Adams,
Cheshire,
Hinsdale,
New Ashford
Peru,
"Windsor,
Dalton, .
Hancock,
Laneeborough, .
Pittsfield, Wardl,
"William stown, .
Pittsfield, Wards
2, 6, 7, . .
Pittsfield, "Wards
3, 4, 5,
Becket, .
Lee,
Lenox, .
Monterey, .
New Marlboro', .
Otis,
Richmond, .
Bandisfleld, .
Tyringham, .
Washington,
Alford, .
Egremont, .
Great Harrington,
Mt. Washington, .
Sheffield,
Stockbridge,
West Stockbridge,
> Morton Henrj' Burdick, D.
I
)• Arthur H. Bicknell, R.
J .
j Edward M. Hall, D., .
[ James Kittle, R.,
j- Albert B. Clark, R., .
J- Alexander Sedgwick, 2>., .
Adams.
Dalton.
Pittsfield.
Pittsfield".
Lee.
Stockbridge.
COUNTY OF BRISTOL.
Attleborough,
N. Attleborough, .
Norton,
Seekonk,
I Joseph Wm. Martin, Jr., ^.
j Edward A. Sweeney, R., .
North Attle-
borough.
Attleborough.
By Counties,
439
COUNTY OF BBlWHOlj — Concluded.
District.
Name of RepreBentative.
Reaidenco.
EastoD, .
Mansfield, .
Raynham, .
Taunton,Wards5
7,8, .
Taunton, Wards 2,
3, 4, .
Berkley,
Dighton,
Rehoboth, .
Taunton, Wards
1, 6, .
Acushnet, .
Dartmouth, .
Falrhaven, .
Freetown, .
New Bedford
Wards 1, 2, 3,
New Bedford
Wards 4, 5, 6,
Fall River, Wards
1,2, .
Westport, .
Fall River, Wards
3, 4, 5,
Fall River, Wards
6, 7, 8, 9, .
Somerset,
Swansea,
> Clarence A. Barnes, R.,
j William A. Bellamy, R.,
j Clifford L. King, Z>., .
I J. Howard O'Keefe, R., D.,
^George A. Braley, R.,
) GerrettGeils, Jr.,^.,
\ Laurence 8. Ferry, R.,
) Andrew P. Doyle, R.,
\ Edward R. Hathaway, R.
I William Booth, i?., .
I William H. GIfford, 3d, Z>.,
) Edward F. Harrington, D.,
\ Joseph A. Parks, Z>.,
1 Francis X. Le Boeuf, R., .
i-Frank Mulveny, R., .
I Isaac E, Willetts, R.,
Mansfield.
Taunton.
Taunton.
Taunton.
Freetown.
New Bedford.
(I
New Bedford.
Fall River.
Westport.
Fall River.
Fall River.
COUNTY OF DUKES COUNTY.
Chilmark,
Edgartown,
Gay Head,
Gosnold,
Oak Bluffs,
Tisbury,
West Tisbury,
Tisbury.
440
House of MepresentcUives,
COUNTY OF ESSEX.
4
District.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
•1
Amesbury, .
Merrimac, .
j Samuel I. Collins, R.,
Amesbury.
^1
Haverhill, Wards
1, 2, 3,
i A. Franklin Priest, /?., .
Haverhill.
3
Haverhill, Wards
4, 6, . . .
j Henry O. Wells, i?., .
Haverhill.
4
Haverhill, Ward 5,
Charles H. Morrill, *S'., .
Haverhill.
•{
Lawrence, Wards
1,2, . . .
Methuen,
) John C. Sanborn, D. P., D.,
} Frederick W. Scblupp, D.
) P.,D, . . . .
Lawrence.
•!
Lawrence, Wards
3,4, . . .
j Daniel Fitzpatrick, D., .
Lawrence.
7
Lawrence,Ward 5,
Charles H. Morgan, R., .
Lawrence.
8
Lawrence, Ward 6,
William J. Graham, D., .
Lawrence,
9
Andover,
Harry Millett Fames, R., .
Andover.
..{
Boxford,
Groveland, .
Haverhill, Ward 7,
North Andover, .
]
)> George P. Webster, R. P.,
Boxford,
11
Peabody, .
Charles R. O'Connell, D., .
Peabody.
-!
Lynn, Ward 3, .
Swampscott,
). John H. Cogswell, i?..
\ Martiu L. Quinn, Z>. P.,R ,
Lynn.
Swampscott.
,3|
Lynn,Ward8l,5,7,
Lynnfield, .
( Francis M. nill, R., .
i Michael S. Keenan, R.,
Lynn.
14 j
Lynn, Wards 2, 4,
Nahant,
I Frank W. Atkins, R.,
\ Fred W. Ford, /?., .
Lynn.
>5j
Lynn, Ward 6, .
Saugus,
I Michael H. Cotter. D., .
) John R. Wallace, D.,
Lynn.
16
Marblehead,.
John G. Stevens, D. P., D ,
Marblehead.
17
Balem, Wards 1,2,
James D. Burns, D., .
Salem.
18
Salem .Wards 3, 5,
Chauncey Pepin, R., .
Salem.
19
Salem, Wards 4, 6,
Michael Kelly, D. P., B., .
Salem.
.oj
Beverly,
Danvers,
1 Herman A. MacDonald.^.,
j John L. Saltonstall, R., .
Beverly.
By Counties.
441
COUNTY OF ESSEX— (^onc^udcd.
d ^
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District.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
22 j
23 i
24.^
-1
26.
i
Gloucester, Wards
4,5,8,
Manchester, .
Gloucester, Wards
3, 6, 7,
Gloucester.Wards
1, 2, .
Rockport, .
Essex, .
Hamilton,
Ipswich,
Middleton, .
Rowley,
Topsfield, .
Wenham,
Ne wburyport,
Wardsl, 2, 3,4,
Georgetown,
Newbury, .
Newbu ry port,
Wards 5, 6,
Salisbury, .
West Newbury, .
Ih. Bert Knowles, «.,
j Charles D. Smith, D.,
I Henry n. Parsons, ff,
1
J-C. Augustus Norwood, R.,
James E. Fowle, /? , .
1^ A. Willis Bartlett,/?.,
Gloucester.
Gloucester.
Gloucester,
Hamilton.
Newbury port.
Salisbury.
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN.
•
Ashfield, .
Buckland, .
Charlemont, .
Colrain,
1
1-
Conway,
Hawley,
Heath, . .
Monroe,
Rowe, . . .
Shelburne, ,
Whately, ; .
Henry D. Wright, /. C,
' D. P.yD ,
1
J
Rowe
2
Greenfield, .
Harold H. Flower, 72., .
Greenfield.
442
House of Representatives^
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN — Concluded.
•s«
o^
District.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
^■h
r
Bernardston,
Deerfield, .
Gill, .
1
Leverett,
Leyden,
Montague,
)^John W. HaigiB,^., .
Montague.
I
Sunderland,
Erving, .
New Salem,
Northfleld,
1
1
4^
Orange,
Shutesbury,
Warwick,
> Norman P. Wood, ^.,
1
Northfield.
Wendell, .
J
COUNTY OF HAMPDEN.
r
Brirafield, .
1
1
Holland,
1
Mouson,
Palmer,
Wales, .
Henry W. Holbrook, 7?., .
Palmer.
r
Agawam,
Blandford, .
Chester,
East Longmeadow,
Granville, .
Hampden, .
1
1
1
2<
Longmeadow,
! James F. Barry, D., .
f William F. Emerson, R., .
Aeawara,
Ludlow,
Longmeadow.
Montgomery,
1
Russell. . .
1
Southwick, .
1
Tolland,
1
West Springfield,
1
Wilbrahara, .
J
3
Springfield, Wd. 1,
John J. Carmody, Z>.,
Springfield.
M
Springfield, Wards
2, 3, . . .
j John Mitchell, D., . , .
Springfield.
6
Springfield, Wards
( Gurdon W. Gordon, R., .
Springfield.
4, 5, 6, . .
\ Paul I. Lombard, R.,
By Counties,
443
COUNTY OF HAMPDEN— C7onc/MC?<!<f.
^1
District.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
6
Springfield,Wd. 7,
Charles T. Holt, i2., .
Springfield.
7
Springfield.Wd.S,
Ernest A. Witt, i?., .
Springfield.
8
Chicopee, .
DanielJ. Buckley, Z>., .
Chicopee.
"1
Holyoke, Wards
1. 2, 4, . .
1 George R. Burns, D., R., .
Holyoke.
:oj
Holyoke, Wards
3, 6, . . .
j Thomas Davies, 2>., .
Holyoke.
"I
Holyoke, Wards
5, 7, . . .
George Francis Reardon, ft.,
Holyoke.
12
Westfield, .
Harry B. Putnam, B.,
Westfield.
COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE.
1
Northampton,
Henry W. Warner, D., .
Northampton.
r
Chesterfield,
1
1
Cummington,
1
Easlhampton,
1
Goshen,
1
Huntington, .
1
2^
Middlefield, .
Plaintield, .
Southampton,
Westhampton,
Williamsburg, .
J> Leonard F. Hardy, ft.,
1
Huntington.
Worthington,
J
Amherst,
1
Hadley,
Hatfield,
^ John E. Lyman, ft., .
South Hadley.
South Hadley, .
J
Belchertown,
Entield,
Granby,
Greenwich, .
Pelham,
Prescott,
1
*i
•Edgar E. Sargent, Z),,
Belchertown.
I
Ware, .
444
House of Representatives y
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
District.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
Cambridge, Wds.
1, 2, 3, . .
Cambridge, Wds.
4, 5, 6, 7, .
Cambridge, "Wds.
8, 9, 10, 11,
Newton,
Waltham, .
Natick, .
Framingham,
Ashland,
Holliston,
Hopkinton, .
Sherborn,
Marlborough,
Boxborough,
Hudson,
Maynard,
Stow, .
Acton, .
Ayer, .
Carlisle,
Chelmsford,
Littleton,
Westford,
Ashby, .
Dunstable,
Groton,
Pepperell,
Shirley, .
Townsend,
Tyngsborough,
) John E. Quinn, D., .
I Joseph J. Keed, Z)., .
C James W. Bean, R., .
< Henry J. Winelow, R.,
i Charles J. Wood, R.,
{John P. Brennan, D.,
Russell D. Crane, R.,
C. Burnside Seagrave,^.,
f Henry E Both f eld, 72.,
< George H. Ellis, R., .
i Thomas W. White, R.,
\ George P. Drury, R.,
\ Nathan A. Tults, R., .
William J. Naphen, R.,
Enos H. Bigelow, R., .
J- Charles A. Crowley, R.,
James M. Hurley, Z>.,
> George W. W. Edson, D.
I
J^Edward Fieher, D., .
^OtisL. Wright,^.,
Cambridge.
Cambridge.
14
Cambridge.
<<
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Newton.
If
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Waltham.
Natick.
Framingham.
Holliston.
Marlborough.
Stow.
Westford.
Tyngsboro'.
By Counties.
445
COUNTY OF MIDDLBQEX— Contitiued.
District.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
Bedford,
Concord,
Lincoln,
Sudbury,
Wayland,
Weston,
Dracut, .
Lowell, Ward 1,
Lowell, Ward 2, .
Lowell, Wd8.4,5,
Lowell, Wards 3,
6, 7, .
Lowell, Ward 8, .
Blllerica,
Lowell, Ward 9, .
Tewksbury, .
Burlington, .
North Reading, .
Reading,
Wilmington,
Woburn,
Wakefield, .
Melrose,
Maiden,
24 Everett,
oe J Somerville, Wards
^n\ 1, 3, 4. 5. . .
o« j Somerville, Wards
^^ ) 2, 6, 7, . .
i-Waldo L. Stone, ^., .
{ Otis W. Butler, n., .
John E. Kearns, D , .
Eugene F. Toomey, D.
) TTenry Achin, Jr., E.,
\ Victor F. Jewett, /?., .
Joseph Craig, 7?.,
Thomas 8. Cuff, Z>., .
! Henry L. Andrews, /?.,
{Joseph il. Parker, Jr., Z>
Charles A. Dean, Z>., .
George W. Libbey, ^.,
fAlvin E. Blips, ^., .
^ Charles M. Blodgett, R.,
i Truman R. Hawley, R.,
< James F. Cavanagh, R.,
I Fred P. Greenwood, R.,
( William W. Kennard, R ,
^ Ray R. Rideont, fi , .
[Charles L. Underhill, R.,
rZebedeeE. Cliff, /?., .
<, Leon M Conwell, R.,
L Charles W. Eldridge, R.,
Sudbury.
Lowell.
Lowell.
Lowell.
Lowell.
Lowell.
Lowell.
Woburn.
Wakefield.
Melrose.
Maiden.
Everett.
Somerville.
it
Somerville.
446
House of Representatives,
COUNTY 0¥ :KIDDL.B8EX— Concluded.
4
District.
Name of Representative.
Residence,
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30
31
Medford,Wd8.3,6,
"Winchester, .
Medford,"Ward8 1,
2, 4, 5, 7, .
Arlington, .
Lexington, .
Belmont,
"Wate.rtown, .
Stoneham, .
j Wilton B. Fay, R., .
i Benjamin F. Haines, R., .
I John G. Brackett, R.,
1 James H. L. Coon, R.,
Arthur N. Newhall, R., .
Medford.
Medford.
Arlington.
"WatertowD.
Stoneham.
COUNTY OF NANTUCKET.
1 Nantucket, .
Benjamin Sharp, D., R.,
Nantucket.
COUNTY OF NORFOLK.
Dedham,
Needham,
Brookline, .
Hyde Park, .
Canton,
Milton, .
Quincy, "Wards 1,
2, 3, .
Quincy, "Wards 4,
5, 6, . .
"Weymouth, .
Frederic J. Grady, D. P., D., ' Dedham.
John A. Curtin, R., . . Brookline.
John H. Sherburne, R., . "
David W. Murray,/). P., A, Hyde Park.
i
Roger Wolcott, R., . . \ Milton.
1
Walter E. Piper, R., . . Quincy.
"William J. Leslie, R.,
John F. Dwyer, D. P., D.,
Quincy.
"Weymouth.
By Counties,
447
COUNTY OF NORFOLK- Conc/?fc?cd.
-1
District.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
•!
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Avon, .
BraJntree,
Holbrook, .
Randolph, .
Sharon,
Stoughton, .
Norwood,
Walpole, .
Weetwood, .
Dover, .
Medfleld, . .
Medway,
Milll8, .
Norfolk,
Wellesley, .
Bellingham, .
Foxborough,
Franklin,
Piainville, .
Wrentham, .
I Henry M. Storm, R., .
I John V. Beal, /?.,
jwillle W.Baker,/?.,. .
1
J> J. Herbert Baker, R.,
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|. Herbert E. Thompson, R ,
Braintree.
Randolph.
Westwood.
Medfleld.
Piainville.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH.
Plymouth,
Duxbury,
Marshfleld,
Norwell,
Pembroke,
Scituate,
Cohasset,
Hingham,
Hull, .
Hanover,
Hanson,
Rockland,
Frederick D. Bartlett, /., .
iwilliam D.Turner, R
>Ira G. Hereey, /?.,
George E. Bowker, R.,
Plymouth.
Norwell.
Hingham.
Hanson.
448
House of Representatives^
COUNTY OF FlaY}£.OVTB.— Concluded.
District.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
Abington,
Whitman,
Carver, .
Lakeville,
Marion,
Mattapoisett
Rochester,
Wareham,
Halifax,
Kingston,
j Middleborough, .
Plympton, .
Bridgewater,
East Bridgewater,
W. Bridgewater, .
Brockton, Wards
3, 4, .
Brockton, Wards
1,2,5,
Brockton, Wards
6, 7, .
Clarence W.Harding, D. P.,
D
Lester W. Jenney, /?.,
^•Alexander Holmes, i?.,
J
>Edward T. Morse, i?.,
J
Stewart H. McLeod, R.,
Charl.'S B. Packard, R.
Timoihy J. Meade, D.,
Freeman Hall, R.
Whitman.
Mattapoisett.
Kingston.
E. Brid'water.
Brockton.
Brockton.
Brockton.
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.
Boston, Ward 1, .
Boston, Ward 2, .
Boston, Ward 3, .
Boston, Wards 4, 5,
( Edward C. R. Bagley, R., .
\ Benjamin F. Sullivan, 75., .
( Michael J. Brophy, Z).,
} Joseph H. Pendergast, Z> ,
( James J. Brennan, />.,
I William J. Murray, Z>., .
rjames H. Brennan, D.,
I Patrick B. Carr, D., .
I. James I. Green, Z)., .
Boston.
By Counties.
449
COUNTY OF STJFFOhK— Continued.
DiBtrict.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
Chelsea.Wds 1,2,
Boston, Ward 6, .
Boston, Ward 7, .
Boston, Ward 8, .
Boston, Ward 9, .
Boston, Ward 10,
Boston, Ward 11,
Boston, Ward 12,
Boston, Ward 13,
Boston, Ward 14,
Boston, Ward 15,
Boston, Ward 16,
Boston, Ward 17,
Boston, Ward 18,
Boston, Ward 19,
Boston, Ward 20,
Louis R. Kiernan, D. P., D
I Vincent Brogna, D., .
I Francis 1). O'Donnell, Z>
John L. Donovan, D.,
I AdolphusM. Burroughs,/)
' Martin M. Lomasney, D.,
I Isaac Gordon, D.,
' Joseph Leonard, £>., .
Channing H. Cox, R.,
William'^S. Kinney, R.,
Courtenay Crocker, R.,
Grafton D. Cushing, R.,
George T. Daly, Z>., .
James J. Murphy, £>.,
Leo F, McCullough, D.,
William J. 8ullivan, D.,
William P. Hickey, D.,
John J. Murphy, D., .
John J. Creed, D.,
Michael J. Keidy, Z).,
John F. McCarthy, Z>.,
John D McGivern, Z>.,
•John D. Connors, D,,
William P. O'Brien, D.,
Daniel Francis Cronin, Z>.
Edward E. McGrath, D.,
Jamps Mc[nerney, 2).,
William H. Sullivan, £>.,
James Frank Eagan, D.,
Louis A Foley, /)., .
James A. McElaney, Jr., D
Chelsea.
Boston.
450
House of Representatives^
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Name of Representative.
Residence.
21
22
23
24
25
26
Boston, Ward 21,
Boston, Ward 22,
Boston, AVard 23,
Boston, Ward 24,
Boston, Ward 25,
Chelsea, Wds. 3, 4,
Chelsea, Ward 5,
Revere, .
Wtnthrop, .
\ John Ballantyne, R , .
I Walter R. Meins, R., .
{ James F. Griflin, D., .
'( James P. Maguire, D ,
\ Francis M. Cummings, D.,
\ William M..McMorio\v,Z>.,
( Sandford Bates, R., .
{ Charlts 1.. Can, 72., .
(James A. Hart, ft., .
{ Thomas F. J. Callahan, D.,
I Martin Uays, R.,
Melvin B. Breath, X>.,
1 Hugh M. McKay, /?.,.
j Alfred Tewkebury, D., R.,
Boston.
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Revere.
Wiuihrop.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER.
Athol, .
Dana, .
Petersham, .
Phillipstou, .
Royalston, .
Ashburnham,
Gardner,
Templeton, .
Winchendon,
Barre, .
Ilolden,
Hubbardston,
Oakham,
Princeton, .
Rutland,
Sterling,
Westminster,
Ernest Warren Tyler, /?., ,
1
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! Wendell P. Clark, ft.,
r Judsoul. Wood, ft., .
J
)■ Harry C. Beaman, ft.
I
Athol.
Winchendon.
Gardner.
Princeton.
By Counties.
451
COUNTY OF WORCESTER— Con«7iuecf.
District.
Name of Representative.
Residence.
4^
Brookfield, .
Hardwick, .
New Braintree,
North Brookfield
Warren,
West Brookfield,
Charlton,
Southbridge,
Sturbridge, .
Auburn,
Leicester,
Paxton, .
Spencer,
Dudley,
Oxford,
Webster,
Blackstone, .
Douglas,
Grafton,
Mlllbury, .
Shrewsbury,
Sutton, .
Uxbrldge,
Ilopedale,
Mendon,
Milford,
Northbridge,
Upton, .
Berlin, .
Bolton,
Boylston,
Clinton,
Northborough,
Southborough,
West Boylston,
Westborough,
Fitchburg.Ward
Harvard,
\\{ Lancaster, .
Leominster, .
Lunenburg, .
10<
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Thomas Webb, /^., . New Braintree
)■ Louis O.
Rieutord, Z>.
Edward J. McDermott, D ,
George J. Brunell, R ,
William A. L. Bazeley, R
John F. Meauey, Z>., .
Matthew J. Carbary, D. P..
D , ...
Edwin F. Liliey, R., .
William S. Duncan, R.,
James D. Tyler, R , .
Charles H.Howe, i?.,
Frank H. i'ope, Z>., .
Southbridge.
Leicester.
Webster.
Ux bridge.
Blacksiune.
Milford.
Clinton.
Berlin.
Leominster.
452 House of Representatives^ By Counties.
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Name of Representative.
Residence.
12
Fitchburg, Wards
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
\ John B. Fellows, R., .
\ Daniel W. Teehan, D.,
Fitchburg.
13
Worcester, Wd. 1,
Clarence W. Hobbs, Jr., R.,
Worcester.
14
Worcester, Wd. 2,
Frederick W. Hurlburt, R.,
15
Worcester, Wd. 3,
John C. Mahoney, Z>.,
16
Worcester, Wd. 4,
John T. Flanagan, Z>.,
17
Worcester, Wd. 5,
Michael A. Henebery, D., .
18
Worcester, Wd. 6,
Charles A. Orstrom. D., .
19
Worcester, Wd. 7,
Albert H. Bilvester, R., .
20
Worcester,Wd. 8,
Norman B. Parsons, R., .
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Worcester,Wd.9,
Oscar E. Arkwell, R.,
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Worce8ter,Wd. 10,
Robert M. Washburn, R., .
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472 Officers of the House.
OFFICERS OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
JAMES W. KIMBALL, Swampscott, Clerk.
FEANK E. BRIDGMAN, Boston, . Assistant Clerk.
THOMAS F. PEDRICK, Lynn, . . Sergeant-at-Arms.
Rev. DANIEL W. WALDRON, Boston, Chaplain.
Monitors of the House,
473
MONITORS OF THE HOUSE,
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division
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Messrs. Wells
Davies .
Messrs. Lillet
Mc Morrow
Messrs. Hill .
Mahoney
Messrs. Witt .
DWYER .
of Haverhill,
of Holyoke.
of Milford.
of Boston.
of Lynn.
of Worcester.
of Springfield,
of Weymouth.
474 Sergeant- at- Arm s^ Etc.
SERGEANT-AT-AEMS AND APPOINTEES.
Thomas F. Pedrick, Lynn.
Sergeant-at-Aryns.
APPOINTEES.
First Clerk. — Adelbert M. Mossman.
CTerA:. — Frank S. Finney.
Messengers. — C\i2,v\es W. Philbrick, George M. Fillebrown.
Document CTerA;. — Frank W. Cole.
Assistant in Document Room. — Benjamin H. McKinley.
Chief Engineer. — Ytedi H. Kimball.
Cashier and Stenographer. — Ellen Mudge Burrill.
ASSIGNED TO THE SENATE.
Doorkeeper. — Luke K. Davis.
Assistant Doorkeeper. — Charles H. Johnson.
Messengers. — Benjamin H. Jellison, Francis A. Ireland,
Edward C. Cook, Lawrence G. Mitchell, Enoch Pratt, Wil-
lard S. Cooke, Frank A. Dow, Charles Oscar Holt.
Pa^^es. — George H. Norton, Arthur R. Driscoll, Lee A.
Kingsbury, Francis R. Whelton.
ASSIGNED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATITES.
Doorkeeper. — James Beatty.
Assistant Doorkeeper. — Francis Steele.
Postmaster. — Morris C. Jackson.
Messengers. — 3 o\m B. Fisher, Edwin C. Gould, Mark C.
London, Sidney Holmes, Charles J. Tarbell, Thomas P. Frost,
James P. Clare, John O. Bush, Nathaniel D. Curry, Jacob B.
Henry, Richard B. Brown, David Fuller, Ernest Saunders,
Horace S. Tower, Edmund J. Gill.
Pa^es. _ Austin T. Davis, Thomas H. Turtle, William J.
Roimds, Lester W. Kimball, Francis W. Manning, Laurence
J. Finn, Elbert W. Marso, Charles M. Stiller.
COMMITTEES.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.
ON THE JUDICIARY.
Messrs. Mulligan of Middlesex.
Stearns of Middlesex.
ScHOONMAKER . . of Franklin and Hampshire.
Allen of Middlesex.
Hunt of Worcester.
ON WAYS AND MEANS.
Messrs. Bennett of Middlesex,
Ross of Bristol.
Barnes of Norfolk.
Eldridge of the Cape.
Powers of Suffolk.
ON BILLS IN THE THIRD READING.
Messrs. Barlow of Middlesex.
McLane of Bristol.
Joyce of Suffolk.
ON ENGROSSED BILLS.
Messrs. Hersey of Plymouth.
HoRGAN of Suffolk.
Burke of Worcester.
ON RULES.
The President.
Messrs. Blanchard of Middlesex.
Barnes of Norfolk.
Stearns of Middlesex.
Lomasney of Suffolk.
478 Standing Committees of the House,
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE.
ON RULES.
The Speaker.
Messrs. Holmes of Kingston.
BOTHFELD of Ncwton.
Cox of Boston.
Crane of Cambridge.
Bliss of Maiden.
Tufts of Waltham.
Hawley* of Maiden.
Putnam of Westfield.
Pope of Leominster.
Meaney of Blackstone.
ON WAYS AND MEANS.
Messrs. Washburn of Worcester.
Crocker of Boston.
CoN^^ELL of Somer\dlle.
Fay of Medford.
White of Newton.
Putnam* of Westfield.
Saltonstall of Beverly.
Hersey of Hingham.
Pope of Leominster.
GiFFORD of Westport.
Lomasney of Boston.
* Clerk,
Standing Committees of the House. 479
ON THE JUDICIARY.
Messrs. Cox of Boston.
HoBBS* of Worcester.
Brackett of Arlington.
Barnes of Mansfield.
Beal of Randolph.
Clark of Lee.
Drury of Waltham.
Meant of Blackstone.
Fisher of Westford.
Sanborn of Lawrence.
Burroughs of Boston.
ON ELECTIONS.
Messrs. Hobbs of Worcester.
Witt of Springfield.
Eames of Andover.
MuLVENY* of Fall River.
Morse of E. Bridgewater.
Murray of Boston.
Griffin of Boston.
ON BILLS IN THE THIRD READING.
Messrs. Brackett of Arlington.
Drury of Waltham.
Fisher of Westford.
ON ENGROSSED BILLS.
Messrs. Meins of Boston.
Bates of Boston.
McCuLLOUGH of Boston.
ON PAY-ROLL.
Messrs. QuiNN of Swampscott.
Kittle of Pittsfield.
Brennan, J. J of Boston.
* Clerk.
480
Joint Standing Committees.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
ON AGmCULTUKE.
Of the Senate.
— Messrs. Cooledge ol
Berkshire, Hampshire
and Hampden.
Wheeler of Worcester and Hampden.
BUBKT!) .
. of Worcester.
Of the House.
— Messrs. Eames .
. of Andover.
Stone .
. of Sudbury.
Bartlett
. of Salisbury.
Lyman .
. of South Hadley.
Webb .
. of New Braintree.
Tyler* .
. of Berhn.
Sargent
. of Belchertown.
Carbary
. of MHford.
ON BANKS AND Bi
INK TNG.
Of the Senate.
— Messrs. Tinkham
. of Sujffolk.
Stowe
. of Hampden.
Joyce
. of Suffolk.
Of the House.
— Messrs. Cavanagh
. of Everett.
RiDEOUT
. of Somerville.
FOWLE .
. of Newburyport.
MacDonald
. of Beverly.
Fellows*
. of Fitchburg.
Brennan, J.
H. . of Boston.
Orstrom
. of Worcester.
Carmody
. of Springfield.
Clerk.
Joint Standing Committees.
481
ON CITIES.
Of the Senate.
— Messrs. Newhall
. of Essex.
Denny . .
. of Worcester.
CooLiDGE of Berkshire, Hampshire
and Hampden.
Lomasney .
of Suffolk.
Of the House.
— Messrs. Bliss
of Maiden.
Doyle .
of New Bedford.
Lombard
of Springfield.
Bellamy
of Taunton.
Hart . .
of Boston.
Kennard
of Somerville.
Graham
of Lawrence.
Meade ,
of Brockton.
Teehan .
of Fitchburg.
Burns* .
of Holyoke.
Warner
of Northampton.
ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Of the Senate.
— Messrs. Allen
of Middlesex.
Adams .
of Essex.
Halley .
of Essex.
Of the House.
— Messrs. Wolcott
of Milton.
Flower .
of Greenfield.
Howe
of Leominster.
Kinney*
of Boston.
Meins .
of Boston.
Meade .
of Brockton.
Murray
of Boston.
Grady . .
of Dedham.
ON COUNTIES.
Of the Senate.
— Messrs. Barlow .
of Middlesex.
Chace . .
of Bristol.
Joyce
of Sufifolk.
Clerk.
482
Joint Standing Committees.
Of the House. — Messrs. Fay .
WiLLETTS
Thompson
Crowley
Braley .
King
Kelly
Maguire*
of Medford.
of Fall River,
of Plainville.
of Holliston.
of Freetown,
of Taunton,
of Salem,
of Boston.
Of the Senate.
Of the House.
ON DRATNAGE.
Messrs. Nason .
TiMILTY .
Hatton
Messrs. Bowker
Newhall
Hall
Parsons
Reardon*
McCuLLOUGH .
Murphy, John J.
Sullivan, W. H.
of Essex.
of Suffolk,
of Suffolk.
of Hanson,
of Stoneham.
of Brockton,
of Worcester,
of Holyoke.
of Boston,
of Boston,
of Boston.
ON EDUCATION
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Clark
Nason
Hunt
Of the House. — Messrs. Haines
Greenwood
Morse* .
Baker
Wood
McElaney .
Morrill
cummings .
of Plymouth,
of Essex,
of Worcester,
of Medford.
of Everett,
of East Bridge-
water,
of Medfield.
of Gardner,
of Boston,
of Haverhill,
of Boston.
Clerk.
Joint Standing Committees.
483
ON ELECTION LAWS.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Stearns .
Pearson
Of the House. — Messrs,
Hatton .
Holmes .
White
holbrook
Howe
CURTIN*
Murray
McMORROW
McGlVERN
of Middlesex,
of Norfolk,
of Suffolk,
of Kingston,
of Newton,
of Palmer,
of Leominster,
of Brookline.
of Hyde Park,
of Boston,
of Boston.
ON FEDEKAL RELATIONS.
Of the Se?iate. — Messrs. Mulligan
Brown .
Grainger
Of the House. — Messrs. Haigis .
Silvester
Cogswell
Webster
Le Bceuf
Green* .
Hickey .
Eagan
of Middlesex,
of Middlesex,
of Suffolk,
of Montague,
of Worcester,
of Lynn,
of Boxford.
of Fall River,
of Boston,
of Boston,
of Boston.
ON FISHERIES AND GAME.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Schoonmaker . of Franklin and
Of the House.
McLane
SCHOFIELD
Messrs. Sharp
holbrook
Norwood
Smith
Hampshire,
of Bristol,
of Essex,
of Nantucket,
of Palmer,
of Hamilton,
of Provincetown.
Clerk.
484
Joint Standing Committees.
Of the House. — Messrs. Seagrave* . . of Cambridge.
Bartlett . . of Plymouth.
Griffin ... of Boston.
Mitchell . . of Springfield.
ON HAKBORS AND PUBLIC LANDS.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Nason .
Hersey .
Grainger
Of the House. — Messrs. Cogswell
Tewksbury
Parsons
Leslie .
Brunell
Burns
Stevens*
KlERNAN
of Essex.
of Plymouth.
of Suffolk.
of Lynn.
of Winthrop.
of Gloucester.
of Quincy.
of Webster.
of Salem.
of Marblehead.
of Chelsea.
Of the House. — Messrs.
ON INSURANCE.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Stowe
Mulligan
McCarthy
Halley .
Wells .
hurlburt
Sweeney
Naphen .
GiFFORD .
ACHIN
Foley* .
Leonard
Packard
Harding
Cotter .
of Hampden,
of Middlesex,
of Middlesex.
of Essex,
of Haverhill,
of Worcester,
of Attleborough.
of Natick.
of Barnstable,
of Lowell,
of Boston,
of Boston,
of Brockton,
of Whitman,
of Lynn.
Clerk.
Joint Standing Committees.
485
Of the Senate.
Of the House.
ON LABOR.
Messrs. Ross
Vinson .
QUIGLEY .
Messrs. Caer, C. L.
Ellis
Silvester
Look
Craig
Parks* .
Sargent
of Bristol,
of Suffolk,
of Hampden,
of Boston,
of Newton,
of Worcester,
of Tisbury.
of Lowell,
of Fall River,
of Belchertown,
Murphy, James J. of Boston.
ON LEGAL AFFAIRS.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Coolidge of Berkshire, Hampshire
and Hampden.
TlNKHA-M
of Suffolk.
Mack
of Berkshire.
Schofield .
of Essex.
Of the House. — Messrs. Tufts
of Waltham.
Haines .
of Medford.
Hill* . .
of Lynn.
Perry
of New Bedford.
McLeod .
of Brockton.
Geils
of New Bedford.
O'Keefe
of Taunton.
Mahoney .
of Worcester.
Callahan .
of Boston.
Brogna .
of Boston.
Quinn . .
of Cambridge.
ON THE LIQUOR Li
VW.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. McLane
of Bristol.
Clark .
of Plymouth.
Hunt
of Worcester.
Clerk.
486
Joint Standing Committees.
Of the House.
— Messrs. Wood
. of Cambridge.
Doyle* .
. • . of New Bedford
Hawley .
. of Maiden.
Ford
. of Lynn.
Wood
. of Gardner.
Wright .
. of Rowe.
O'DONNELL
. of Boston.
Reed
. of Cambridge.
ON MERCANTILE AFFAIRS.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Pearson
Eld RIDGE
Ross
TiMILTY
Of the House. — Messrs. Hawley
CooN
Lilley
Bagley
Bates*
Piper
Butler
Harrington
Carr,P.B.
Breath .
RiEUTORD
of Norfolk,
of the Cape,
of Bristol,
of Suffolk,
of Maiden,
of Watertown.
of Milford.
of Boston,
of Boston,
of Quincy.
of Lowell,
of Fall River,
of Boston,
of Chelsea,
of Southbridge.
ON METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Brown .
Stearns .
Allen
Hatton .
Of the House. — Messrs. Bothfeld
Carr, C. L.
Sherburne
of Middlesex,
of Middlesex,
of Middlesex,
of Suffolk,
of Newton,
of Boston,
of Brookline.
Clerk.
Joint Standing Committees.
487
Of the House. — Messrs. Blodgett .
McKay .
Ballantyne
LiBBEY .
Lomasney .
Parker*
Brophy .
Brennan
of Maiden,
of Revere,
of Boston,
of Melrose,
of Boston,
of Woburn.
of Boston,
of Cambridge.
ON MHilTARY AFFAIRS.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Denny .
Newhall
McCarthy
Of the House. — Messrs. Witt
Kittle .
Leslie .
Holt
Andrews
Edson* .
McGrath
Buckley
of Worcester,
of Essex,
of Middlesex,
of Springfield,
of Pittsfield.
of Quincy.
of Springfield,
of Woburn.
of Stow,
of Boston,
of Chicopee.
ON PRISONS.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Brown ... of Middlesex.
McCarthy . . of Middlesex.
Powers ... of Suffolk.
Of the House. — Messrs. Holt ... of Springfield.
Eldridge . . of Somerville.
Stone ... of Sudbury.
QuiNN ... of Swampscott.
McCuLLOCH . of Savoy.
Flanagan* . . of Worcester.
Kearns ... of Lowell.
Sullivan, B. F. . of Boston.
Clerk.
488
Joint Standing Committees.
ON PUBLIC CHAHITABLE INSTITUTIONS.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Wheeler
Of the House.
Clark
QUIGLEY
Messrs. Cliff
Wood
Atkins
BOWKER
Arkwell
Sullivan, W. J.
SCHLAPP*
TOOMET .
of Worcester and
Hampden,
of Plymouth,
of Hampden,
of Somerville.
of Cambridge,
of Lynn,
of Hanson,
of Worcester,
of Boston,
of Lawrence,
of Lowell.
ON PUBLIC HEALTH.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Chace ... of Bristol.
TiNKHAM . . of Suffolk.
Grainger , . of Suffolk.
Of the House. — Messrs. Flower ... of Greenfield.
GiFFORD ... of Chatham.
Sharp ... of Nantucket.
BiGELOW . . of Framingham.
Wood* ... of Northfield.
Cuff ... of Lowell.
Sedgwick . . of Stockbridge.
Hall ... of Pittsfield.
ON PUBLIC LIGHTING.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Adams .
Blanchard
Hersey .
TiMILTY .
Of the House. — Messrs. Underhill
Clark
Booth
Priest* .
Hays
of Essex,
of Middlesex,
of Plymouth,
of Suffolk,
of Somerville.
of Winchendon.
of FaU River,
of Haverhill,
of Boston.
Clerk.
Joint Standing Committees,
489
Of the House.
— Messrs. Martin .
of N. Attleborough.
Tyler . .
of Athol.
Bartle'it
of Plymouth.
McInerney .
of Boston.
Connors
of Boston.
McCarthy .
of Boston.
ON PUBLIC SERVICE.
Of the Senate.
— Messrs. Vinson .
of Suffolk.
Denny . .
of Worcester.
Burke .
of Worcester.
Of the House.
— Messrs. Coon
of Watertown.
Collins .
of Amesbury.
Rideout
. of Somerville.
Greenwood
of Everett.
HURLBURT .
of Worcester.
DWYER . .
. of Weymouth.
Hurley*
of Marlborough.
Cronin .
. of Boston.
ON RAHiROADS.
Of the Senate.
— Messrs. Schoonmaker
of Franklin anc
Hampshire.
Pearson
. of Norfolk.
Newhall .
. of Essex.
Powers .
. of Suffolk.
Of the House.
— Messrs. Ellis
. of Newton.
Haigis .
. of Montague.
WOLCOTT
. of Milton.
Bean . .
. of Cambridge.
Cavanagh .
. of Everett.
Bazeley . .
. of Uxbridge.
Beaman .
. of Princeton.
Davies .
. of Holyoke.
Barry ,
. of Agawam.
Dean
. of Wakefield.
O'Hearn* .
. of North Adams.
Clerk.
490
Joint Standing Co7nmittees.
ON KOADS AND BEZDGES.
Of the Senate.
Of the House.
Messrs. Eld ridge
Bennett
HOEGAN .
Messrs. Willetts
Collins*
Morgan .
Keenan .
Turner .
Dwter .
Burns
Sedgwick
of the Cape.
of Middlesex,
of Suffolk,
of Fall River,
of Amesbury.
of Lawrence,
of Lynn,
of Norwell.
of Weymouth,
of Salem,
of Stockbridge.
ON STATE HOUSE AND LTBRARIES.
Of the Senate. — Messrs.
Of the House. — Messrs,
Stowe
Mack
HORGAN .
Eld ridge
Tewksbury
GiFFORD .
Baker
Newhall*
Donovan
O'Brien
Fitzpatrick
of Hampden,
of Berkshire,
of Suffolk,
of Somerville.
of Winthrop.
of Chatham,
of Westwood.
of Stoneham.
of Boston,
of Boston,
of Lawrence.
ON STREET RAILWAYS.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Blanchard
Bennett
Vinson .
Mack
Of the House. — Messrs. Hardy .
Underhill
Hathaway
Knowles*
WiNSLOW
of Middlesex,
of Middlesex,
of Suffolk,
of Berkshire,
of Huntington,
of Somerville.
of New Bedford,
of Gloucester,
of Cambridge.
Clerk.
Joint Standing Committees.
491
Of the House. — Messrs. Gordon .
Duncan .
Parks
Reidy
Henebery
Daly
of Springfield,
of Clinton,
of Fall River,
of Boston,
of Worcester,
of Boston.
ON TAXATION.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Barnes ... of Norfolk.
Barlow ... of Middlesex.
QuiGLEY ... of Hampden,
Lomasney . . of Suffolk.
Of the House. — Messrs. Crane ... of Cambridge.
Mulveny . . of Fall River.
Look ... of Tisbury.
Jewett* . . of Lowell.
CuRTiN ... of Brookline.
Kinney ... of Boston.
Jenney ... of Mattapoisett.
Murray ... of Hyde Park.
Smith ... of Gloucester.
Gordon ... of Boston.
Creed ... of Boston.
ON TOW^NS.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Adams ... of Essex.
Wheeler of Worcester and Hampden.
Schofield .
Of the House. — Messrs. Storm
Baker .
Wright .
Emerson
BiCKNELL* ,
Wallace
McDermott
Burdick
of Essex.
of Braintree.
of Westwood.
of Tyngsborough.
of Longmeadow.
of Dalton.
of Lynn,
of Leicester,
of Adams.
Clerk.
492
Joint Standing Committees.
ON WATER SUPPLY.
Of the Senate. — Messrs. Hersey ... of Plymouth.
Chace ... of Bristol.
Halle Y ... of Essex.
Of the House. — Messrs. Lombard . . of Springfield.
Norwood . . of Hamilton.
MacDonald . of Beveriy.
Crane ... of Cambridge.
Pepin ... of Salem.
O'Connell* . of Peabody.
Brennan, J. J. . of Boston.
Pendergast . of Boston.
Clerk.
List of Members with Committees. 493
List of Members of the Senate, with Committees
of which Each Person is a Member.
NAME.
Adams, Arthur S.
Allen, Claude L., .
Barlow, Erson B.,
Barnes, George L.,
Bennett, Frank P., Jr.
Blan chard, Charles V.,
Brown, Charles H., .
Burke, William R., .
Chace, Charles S.,
Clark, Ezra W., . .
Coolidge, Calvin, .
COMMITTEES.
Constitutional Amendments,
Public Lighting {chairman) ,
Towns {chairman) .
Constitutional Amendments
{chairman). Judiciary, Metro-
politan Affairs.
Counties {chairman) , Taxation,
Bills in the Third Reading
{chairman) .
Rules, Taxation {chairman), "Ways
and Means.
Roads and Bridges, Street Rail-
ways, Ways and Means {chair-
man).
Public Lighting, Rules, Street
Railways {chairman) .
Federal Relations, Metropolitan
Affairs {chairman) , Prisons
{chairman) .
Agriculture, Engrossed Bills, Pub-
lic Service.
Counties, Public Health {chair-
man) , Water Supply.
Education {chairman) , Liquor
Law, Public Charitable Insti-
tutions.
Agriculture {chairman), Cities,
Legal Affairs {chairman).
494 List of Members loith Committees.
NAME.
Denny, Daniel E.,
Eldridge, Edric, .
Grainger, Edward J.
Greenwood, Levi H.
Halley, Dennis E.,
Hatton, James A.,
Hersey, Frederic M.
Horgan, Francis J.,
Hunt, John H.,
Joyce, Thomas M.,
Lomasney, Joseph P.,
Mack, John H., .
McCarthy, Charles F,
McLane, Walter E.,
Mulligan, Henry C,
Nason, Arthur L.,
Newhall, George H.
COMMITTEES.
. Cities, Military Affairs (chair-
vian), Public Service.
. Mercantile Affairs, Roads and
Bridges (chairman). Ways and
Means.
Federal Relations, Harbors and
Public Lauds, Public Health.
. [President] t Rules (chairman).
Constitutional Amendments,
Insurance, Water Supply.
. Drainage, Election Laws, Metro-
politan Affairs.
. Engrossed Bills (chairman), Har-
bors and Public Lands, Public
Lighting, Water Supply (chair-
man).
. Engrossed Bills, Roads and
Bridges, State House and Li-
braries.
. Education, Judiciary, Liquor Law.
Banks and Banking, Bills in the
Third Reading, Counties,
. Cities, Rules, Taxation.
. Legal Affairs, State House and
Libraries, Street Railways.
. Insurance, Military Affairs,
Prisons.
. Bills in the Third Reading,
Fisheries and Game, Liquor
Law (chairman).
. Federal Relations (chairman). In-
surance, Judiciary (chairman).
. Drainage (chairman). Education,
Harbors and Public Lands
(chairman) .
. Cities (chairman). Military Af-
fairs, Railroads.
lAst of Members loith Committees. 495
NAME.
Pearson, Charles H., .
Powers, James F.,
Quigley, Francis X., .
Ross, Samuel
Schofield, George A.,
Schoonmaker, John H., .
Stearns, Harry N.,
Stowe, Luke S
Timilty, James P.,
Tinkham, George Holden,
Vinson, Thomas M., .
Wheeler, William H,.
COMMITTEES.
Election Laws, Mercantile Af-
fairs {chairman), Railroads.
Prisons, Railroads, Ways and
Means.
Labor, Public Charitable Insti-
tutions, Taxation.
Labor {chairman), Mercantile Af-
fairs, Ways and Means.
Fisheries and Game, Legal Af-
fairs, Towns.
Fisheries and Game {chairman).
Judiciary, Railroads {chairman).
Election Laws {chairman). Ju-
diciary, Metropolitan Affairs,
Rules.
Banks and Banking, Insurance
{chairman), State House and
Libraries {chairman) .
Drainage, Mercantile Affairs,
Public Lighting.
Banks and Banking {chairman).
Legal Affairs, Public Health.
Labor, Public Service {chairman).
Street Railways.
Agriculture, Public Charitable In-
stitutions {chairman). Towns.
496 List of Members with Committees.
List of Members of the House of Representa-
tives, with Committees of which Each
Person is a Member,
NAME.
Achin, Henry, Jr.,
Andrews, Henry L.,
Arkwell, Oscar E.,
Atkins, Frank W.,
COMMITTEES.
Insurance.
Military Affairs.
Public Charitable Institutions.
Public Charitable Institutions.
Bagley, Edward C. R.,
Baker, J. Herbert,
Baker, Willie W.,
Ballantyne, John,
Barnes, Clarence A., .
Barry, James F., .
Bartlett, A. Willis, .
Bartlett, Frederick D.,
Bates, Sanford,
Bazeley, William A. L.
Beal, John V., . .
Beaman, Harry C,
Bean, James W., .
Bellamy, William A.,
Bicknell, Arthur H., .
Bigelow, Enos H.,
Bliss, Alvin E.,
Mercantile Affairs.
Education.
State House and Libraries, Towns.
Metropolitan Affairs.
Judiciary.
Railroads.
Agriculture.
Fisheries and Game, Public Light-
ing.
Engrossed Bills, Mercantile Af-
fairs {clerk).
Railroads.
Judiciary.
Railroads.
Railroads.
Cities.
Towns {clerk).
Public Health.
Rules, Cities {chairman).
List oj Members with Committees. 497
NAME.
Blodgett, Charles M.,
Booth, William, .
Bothfeld, Henry E.,
Bowker, George E.,
Brackett, John G.,
Braley, George A.,
Breath, Melvin B.,
Brennan, James H.,
Brennan, James J.,
Brennan, John P.,
Brogna, Vincent, .
Brophy, Michael J.,
Brunell, George J.,
Buckley, Daniel J.,
Burdick, Morton H.,
Burns, George R.,
Burns, James D.,
Burroughs, Adolphus M.
Butler, Otis W., . .
COMMITTEES.
Metropolitan Affairs.
Public Lighting.
Rules, Metropolitan Affairs {chair-
man).
Drainage {chairman) , Public Char-
itable Institutions.
Judiciary, Bills in the Third
Reading {chairman).
Counties.
Mercantile Affairs.
Banks.
Pay-Roll, Water Supply.
Metropolitan Affairs.
Legal Affairs.
Metropolitan Affairs.
Harbors and Public Lands.
Military Affairs.
Towns.
Cities {clerk).
Harbors and Public Lands, Roads
and Bridges.
Judiciary.
Mercantile Affairs.
Callahan, Thomas F. J
Carbary, Matthew J.,
Carmody, John J.,
Carr, Charles L., .
Carr, Patrick B., .
Cavanagh, James F.
Clark, Albert B., .
Clark, Wendell P.,
Cliff, Zebedee E.,
Legal Affairs.
Agriculture.
Banks and Banking.
Labor {chairman) , Metropolitan
Affairs.
Mercantile Affairs.
Banks and Banking {chairman),
Railroads.
Judiciary.
Public Lighting.
Public Charitable Institutions
{chairman).
498 List of Members with Committees.
NAME.
Cogswell, John H.,
Collins, Samuel I.,
Connors, John D.,
Conwell, Leon M.,
Coon, James H. L.,
Cotter, Michael H.,
Cox, Channing H.,
Craig, Joseph,
Crane, Russell D.,
Creed, John J.,
Crocker, Courtenay,
Cronin, Daniel F.,
Crowley, Charles A.,
Cuff, Thomas S., .
Cummings, Francis M
Curtin, John A., .
Cushing, Grafton D.,
COMMITTEES.
Federal Relations, Harbors and
Public Lands {chairman).
Public Service, Roads and Bridges
(clerk) .
Public Lighting.
Ways and Means.
Mercantile Affairs, Public Service
(chairman).
Insurance.
Rules, Judiciary (chairman).
Labor.
Rules, Taxation (chairman) , Water
Supply.
Taxation.
Ways and Means.
Public Service.
Counties.
Public Health.
Education.
Election Laws (clerk), Taxation.
[Speaker.]
Daly, George T., .
Davies, Thomas, .
Dean, Charles A.,
Donovan, John L.,
Doyle, Andrew P.,
Drury, George P.,
Duncan, William S.
Dwyer, John F., .
Street Railways.
Railroads.
Railroads.
State House and Libraries.
Cities, Liquor Law (clerk).
Judiciary, Bills in the Third
Reading.
Street Railways.
Public Service, Roads and Bridges.
Eagan, James F.,
Eames, Harry M.,
Edson, George W. W.
E
Federal Relations.
Elections, Agriculture (chairman).
Military Affairs (clerk).
List of Members with Committees. 499
NAME.
Eldridge, Charles W.
Ellis, George H., .
Emerson, William F.
COMMITTEES.
Prisons, State House and Li-
braries {chairman).
Labor, Railroads {chairman).
Towns.
Fay, Wilton B., .
Fellows, John B., .
Fisher, Edward, .
Fitzpatrick, Daniel,
Flanagan, John T.,
Flower, Harold H.,
Foley, Louis A., .
Ford, Fred W., .
Fowle, James E., .
Ways and Means, Counties {chair-
man) .
Banks and Banking {clerk).
Judiciary, Bills in the Third
Reading.
State House and Libraries.
Prisons {clerk).
Constitutional Amendments, Pub-
lic Health {chairman).
Insurance {clerk).
Liquor Law.
Banks and Banking.
Geils, Gerrett, Jr.,
Gifford, Benjamin D.
Gifford, Charles L.,
Gifford, WUliam H.,
Gordon, Gurdon W.,
Gordon, Isaac,
Grady, Frederic J.,
Graham, William J.,
Green, James I., .
Greenwood, Fred P.,
Griffin, James F.,
Legal Affairs.
Public Health, State House and
Libraries.
Insurance.
Ways and Means.
Street Railways.
Taxation.
Constitutional Amendments.
Cities.
Federal Relations {clerk).
Education, Public Service.
Elections, Fisheries and Game.
500 List of Members ivith Committees,
NAME.
Haigis, John W., .
Haines, Benjamin F.,
Hall, Edward M.,
Hall, Freeman,
Harding, Clarence W.,
Hardy, Leonard F., .
Harrington, Edward F.,
Hart, James A., .
Hathaway, Edward R.,
Hawley, Truman R., .
Hays, Martin,
Henebery, Michael A.,
Hersey, Ira G.,
Hickey, William P., .
Hill, Francis M., . .
Hobbs, Clarence W., Jr.
Holbrook, Henry W.,
Holmes, Alexander, .
Holt, Charles T., . .
Howe, Charles H.,
Hurlburt, Frederick W.,
Hurley, James M.,
COMMITTEES.
Federal Relations (chairman) »
Railroads.
Education (chairman), Legal Af-
fairs.
Public Health.
Drainage.
Insurance.
Street Railways (chairman).
Mercantile Affairs.
Cities.
Street Railways.
Rules (clerk) , Liquor Law, Mercan-
tile Affairs (chairman).
Public Lighting.
Street Railways.
Waj^s and Means.
Federal Relations.
Legal Affairs (clerk).
Judiciary (clerk), Elections (chair-
man).
Election Laws, Fisheries and
Game.
Rules, Election Laws (chairman).
Military Affairs, Prisons (chair-
man) .
Constitutional Amendments, Elec-
tion Laws.
Insurance, Public Service.
Public Se^^^ce (clerk).
Jenney, Lester W.
Jewett, Victor F.,
Taxation.
Taxation (clerk).
List of Members ivith Committees. 501
NAME.
Kearns, John E., .
Keenan, Michael S.,
Kelly, Michael, .
Kennard, William W.
Kiernan, Louis R.,
King, Clifford L.,
Kinney, William S.,
Kittle, James, .
Knowles, H. Bert,
COMMITTEES.
Prisons.
Roads and Bridges.
Counties.
Cities.
Harbors and Public Lands.
Counties.
Constitutional Amendments
(clerk), Taxation.
Pay-Roll, Military Affairs.
Street Railways (clerk).
Le Boeuf, Francis X.,
Leonard, Joseph, .
Leslie, William J.,
Libbey, George W.,
Lilley, Edwin F., .
Lomasney, Martin M
Lombard, Paul I.,
Look, William J., .
Lyman, John E., .
Federal Relations.
Insurance.
Harbors and Public Lands, Mil-
itary Affairs.
Metropolitan Affairs.
Mercantile Affairs.
Ways and Means, Metropolitan
Affairs.
Cities, Water Supply (chairman).
Labor, Taxation.
Agriculture.
MacDonald, Herman A.,
Maguire, James P., .
Mahoney, John C,
Martin, Joseph W., Jr.,
McCarthy, John F., .
McCulloch, Almiron J.,
McCullough, Leo F.,
McDermott, Edward J.,
McElaney, James A., Jr.
M
Banks and Banking, Water Sup-
ply.
Counties (clerk).
Legal Affairs.
Public Lighting.
Public Lighting.
Prisons.
Engrossed Bills, Drainage.
Towns.
Education.
502 List of Members luith Committees.
NAME.
McGivern, John D.,
McGrath, Edward E
Mclnemey, James H
McKay, Hugh M.,
McLeod, Stewart B.,
McMorrow, William
Meade, Timothy J.,
Meaney, John F.,
Meins, Walter R.,
Mitchell, John,
Morgan, Charles H.,
Morrill, Charles H.,
Morse, Edward T.,
Mulveny, Frank, .
Murphy, James J.,
Murphy, John J., .
Murray, David W.,
Murray, William J.,
COMMITTEES.
. Election Laws.
Military Affairs.
. Public Lighting.
. Metropolitan Affairs.
. Legal Affairs.
M., Election Laws.
. Cities, Constitutional Amend-
ments.
. Rules, Judiciary.
. Engrossed Bills {chairman). Con-
stitutional Amendments.
. Fisheries and Game.
. Roads and Bridges.
. Education.
. Elections, Education (clerk).
. Elections (clerk), Taxation.
. Labor.
. Drainage.
. Election Laws, Taxation.
. Elections, Constitutional Amend-
ments.
N
Naphen, William J., .
. Insurance.
NewhaU, Arthur N., .
. Drainage, State House and Li
braries (clerk).
Norwood, C. Augustus,
Fisheries and Game, Water Sup-
ply.
O
O'Brien, William P., .
. State House and Libraries,
O'Connell, Charles R.,
Water Supply (clerk).
O'Donnell, Francis D.,
. Liquor Law.
O'Hearn, William A.,
Railroads (clerk).
O'Keefe, J. Howard, .
Legal Affairs.
Orstrom, Charles A., .
Banks and Banking.
List of Members ivith Committees.
503
NAME.
Packard, Charles B.,
Parker, Joseph H., Jr
Parks, Joseph A., ,
Parsons, Henry H.,
Parsons, Norman B.,
Pendergast, Joseph H
Pepin, Chauncey, .
Perry, Laurence S.,
Piper, Walter E., .
Pope, Frank H., .
Priest, A. Franklin,
Putnam, Harry B.,
COMMITTEES.
Insurance.
Metropolitan Affairs (clerk).
Labor (clerk), Street Railways.
Harbors and Public Lands.
Drainage.
Water Supply.
Water Supply.
Legal Affairs.
Mercantile Affairs.
Rules, Ways and Means.
Public Lighting (clerk).
Rules, Ways and Means (clerk) .
Quinn, John E.,
Quinn, Martin L.
Legal Affairs.
Pay -Roll (chairman), Prisons.
Reardon, George F.
Reed, Joseph J., .
Reidy, Michael J.,
Rideout, Ray R., .
Rieutord, Louis O.,
Drainage (clerk).
Liquor Law.
Street Railways.
Banks and Banking, Public Serv-
ice.
Mercantile Affairs.
Saltonstall, John L., .
Sanborn, John C,
Sargent, Edgar E.,
Schlapp, Frederick W.,
Seagrave, C. Burnside,
Sedgwick, Alexander,
Sharp, Benjamin,
Ways and Means.
Judiciary.
Agriculture, Labor.
Public Charitable Institutions
(clerk) .
Fisheries and Game (clerk).
Public Health, Roads and Bridges.
Fisheries and Game (chairman),
Public Health.
504 List of Members loith Committees.
NAME.
Sherburne, John H., Jr,
Silvester, Albert H.
Smith, Charles D.,
Smith, Jerome S.,
Stevens, John G., .
Stone, Waldo L., .
Storm, Henry M.,
Sullivan, Benjamin F.,
Sullivan, William H.,
Sullivan, William J., .
Sweeney, Edward A.,
COMMITTEES.
Metropolitan Affairs.
Federal Relations, Labor.
Taxation.
Fisheries and Game.
Harbors and Public Lands (clerk).
Agriculture, Prisons.
Towns {chairman).
Prisons.
Drainage.
Public Charitable Institutions.
Insurance.
Teehan, Daniel W., .
Tewksbury, Alfred, .
Thompson, Herbert D
Toomey, Eugene F.,
Tufts, Nathan A.,
Turner, William D.,
Tyler, E. Warren,
Tyler, James D., .
Cities.
Harbors and Public Lands, State
House and Libraries.
Counties.
Public Charitable Institutions.
Rules, Legal Affairs (chairman).
Roads and Bridges.
Public Lighting.
Agriculture (clerk).
Underhill, Charles L.
Public Lighting (chairman). Street
Railways.
Wallace, John R.,
Warner, Henry W.,
Washburn, Robert M
Webb, J. Thomas,
Webster, George P.,
Wells, Henry G., .
White, Thomas W.,
TV
Towns.
Cities.
Ways and Means (chairman).
Agriculture.
Federal Relations.
Insurance (chairman).
Ways and Means, Election Laws.
List of Members ivith Committees. 505
NAME.
Willetts, Isaac E.,
Winslow, Henry J.,
Witt, Ernest A., .
Wolcott, Roger, .
Wood, Charles J.,
Wood, Judson I., .
Wood, Norman P.,
Wright, Henry D.,
Wright, Otis L., .
COMMITTEES.
Counties, Roads and Bridges
(chairman) .
Street Railways.
Elections, Military Afifairs (chair-
man).
Constitutional Amendments
(chairman), Railroads.
Liquor Law (chairman), Public
Charitable Institutions.
Education, Liquor Law.
Public Health (clerk).
Liquor Law.
Towns.
506
Reporters.
LEGISLATIVE REPORTERS.
IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE
CHARLES F. W. ARCHER, .
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ARTHUR M. BRIDGMAN,
RAYMOND L. BRIDGMAN,
GEORGE R. CONROY,
CHARLES H. COPELAND,
FRANK J. DONAHUE, .
FREDERICK T. FULLER, .
JAMES T. HARRIS, .
MICHAEL E. HENNE8SY,
GROVER C. HOYT, .
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Brockton Times.
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Boston Globe.
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E. WE^TWORTH PRE8C0TT,
JAMES S. ROBINSON,
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JAMES C. WHITE, .
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KULES OF THE SENATE.
RULES OF THE SENATE.
[The dates under each rule indicate when the rule and its amend-
ments were adopted. The rules as they are here printed were finally
adopted by the Senate on Jan. 29, 1912.
The date 1817 denotes the time when the several rules against which
it is placed were first preserved. Previously to that year these rules
are not to be found, altliough from the Senate Journal it appears that
they were printed.
Numbers enclosed in parentheses following each I'ule indicate the
corresponding House rule.]
The President.
1. The President shall take the chair at the hour to
which the Senate stands adjourned, shall call the mem-
bers to order, and, on the appearance of a quorum, shall
proceed to business. (1.) [1831 ; 1888.]
2. The President shall preserve order and decorum,
may speak to points of order in preference to other
members, and shall decide all questions of order subject
to an appeal to the Senate. He shall rise to put a
question, or to address the Senate, but may read sitting.
(2, 5.) [1817; between 1821 and 1826; 1831; 1888.]
3. The President may vote on all questions. (4.)
[1826.]
4. The President may appoint a member to perform
the duties of the chair for a period not exceeding three
days at any one time. (7.)
[1831; 1862; 1865; 1888.]
5. In case of a vacancy in the office of President, or
in case the President, or the member appointed by him
to perform the duties of the chair, is absent at the hour
to which the Senate stands adjourned, the eldest senior
511
512 Bules of the Senate,
member present sliall call the Senate to order, and shall
preside imtil a President, or a President pro tempore,
is elected by ballot, and such election shall be the first
business in order. (8.) [1831; 1885; 1888.]
Clerk.
6. The Clerk shall keep a journal of the proceedings
of the Senate, and shall cause the same to be printed
daily. He shall, in the journal, make note of all ques-
tions of order, and enter at length the decisions thereon.
He shall insert in an appendix to the journal the rules
of the Senate and the joint rules of the two branches.
(11, 12.) [1882; 1888.]
7. The Clerk shall prepare and cause to be printed
each day a calendar of matters in order for considera-
tion; a list of matters lying on the table; and such
other memoranda as he may deem necessary, and as the
Senate or the President may direct. (13.)
[1882; 1888.]
8. The Clerk shall retain bills and other papers, in
reference to which any member has a right to move a
reconsideration (except petitions, bills and resolves in-
troduced on leave, orders of inquiry, orders of notice,
reports of committees asking to be discharged from the
further consideration of a subject, and enacted bills),
until the right of reconsideration has expired. (15, 57.)
[1855; 1856; 1875; 1882; 1885; 1888; 1891.]
9. AVhen a bill or resolve coming from the other
branch does not appear in print in the form in which it
was passed in that branch, the Clerk shall either indi-
cate the amendments on the Orders of the Day, or shall
have the bill or resolve reprinted, at his discretion.
[1882.]
Rules of the Senate. 513
Members of the Senate.
10, No member shall be permitted to act on a com-
mittee or to vote upon a question in which his private
right, distinct from the public interest, is immediately
concerned. (24,63.) [1855; 1888; 1889.]
11. No member shall absent himself from the Senate
without leave, unless there is a quorum without his pres-
ence. (17.) [1817.]
Comsuttees.
12, The following standing committees shall be ap-
pointed at the beginning of the political year, to wit : —
A committee on the Judiciary ;
A committee on Ways and Means ;
Each to consist of five members.
A committee on Bills in the Third Reading ;
A committee on Engrossed Bills ;
Each to consist of three members.
A committee on Bules ;
To consist of the President and four members. (20.)
[1831; 1836; 1840; 1844; 1847; 1863; 1864;
1870; 1876; 1882; 1885; 1886; 1888; 1891;
1896; 1897.]
13. Committees shall be appointed by the President,
unless the Senate shall otherwise specially order, and
the member first named upon a committee shall be its
chairman. In case of the election of a committee by
ballot, the member having the highest number of votes
shall act as chairman. (21, 22.)
[1817; between 1821 and 1826; 1831; 1888.]
13a. All motions or orders authorizing committees
of the Senate to travel or to employ stenographers and
514 Mules of the Senate,
all propositions involving special investigations by com-
mittees of the Senate shall be referred without debate
to the committee on Rules, Avho, within fourteen days
after such reference, shall report thereon, recommend-
ing what action should be taken. (104.) [1904.]
14. Xo committee shall be allowed to occupy the
Senate Chamber without a vote of the Senate. (100.)
[1836; 1863: 1888.]
15. Xo legislation affecting the rights of individuals
or the rights of a private or municipal corporation,
otherwise than as it affects generally the people of the
whole Commonwealth or the peojDle of the city or town
to which it specifically applies, shall be proposed or
introduced except by a petition, nor shall 2in.j bill or
resolve embodying such legislation be reported by a
committee, except upon a petition duly referred, nor
shall such a bill or resolve be reported by a committee,
whether on an original reference or on a recommittal
with instructions to hear the parties, until it is made to
appear to the satisfaction of the committee that proper
notice of the proposed legislation has been given by
public advertisement or otherwise to all parties inter-
ested, without expense to the Commonwealth, or until
evidence satisfactory to the committee is produced that
all parties interested have in writing waived notice. A
committee reportmg leave to withdraw or reference to
the next General Court for want of proper notice or of
a waiver thereof shall set forth this fact in its report,
and no bill or resolve shall be in order as a substitute
for, or amendment of, such report. Objection to the
violation of this rule may be taken at any stage prior
to that of the third reading. (31.)
[1870; 1871; 1885; 1890.]
Rules of the Senate, 515
16. When the ol)ject of an application, whether by-
petition, or bill or resolve introduced on leave, can be
secured under existing laws, or, without detriment to the
public interests, by a general law, the committee to
whom the matter is referred shall report leave to with-
draw, ought not to pass, or a general law, as the case
maybe. (30.) [1882; 1885; 1888; 1891; 1893.]
Form of Bills and Resolves.
17. Bills and resolves shall be presented in a legible
form without material erasures or interlineations, on not
less than one sheet of paper, with suitable margins and
spaces between the several sections or resolves, and
dates and numbers shall be written in words at length.
Bills amending existing laws shall not jjrovide for
striking words from, or inserting words in, such laws,
unless such course is the best calculated to show clearly
the subject and nature of the amendment. No repealed
law and no law which has expired by limitation, and no
part of any such law, shall be re-enacted by reference
merely. (42.)
[1844; 1857; 1880; 1882; 1885; 1888; 1889.]
Introduction of Business.
18. Every member presenting a petition, memorial,
or remonstrance, shall endorse his name thereon, and a
brief statement of the nature and object of the instru-
ment ; and the reading of the instrument shall be dis-
pensed with, unless specially ordered. (37.)
[1831; 1888.]
19. All motions contemplating legislation shall be
founded upon petition or upon bill or resolve proposed
516 Rules of the Senate.
to be introduced on leave. Committees to whom mes-
sages from the Governor, rej^orts of State officers,
boards, commissions, and others authorized to report to
the Legislature shall be referred, may rejDort by bill or
otherwise such legislation as may be germane to the
subject-matter referred to them. (40.)
[1858; 1888; 1891; 1893.]
20. All bills and resolves for introduction on leave,
resolutions, and petitions for legislation accompanied by
bills or resolves embodying the subject-matter prayed
for, and all orders of inquiry, which are intended for
presentation or introduction to the Senate, and all reports
of State officers, shall first be deposited with the Clerk,
and, prior to their presentation or introduction, shall be
submitted by him to the committee on Rules for inspec-
tion. The committee shall examine the same for the
purpose of ascertaining (1) whether the legislation pro-
jDOsed is plainly and specifically stated or already pro-
vided for; (2) whether such bills, resolves, resolutions,
petitions and orders are in proper form ; and (3) that
compliance has been had with the rules of the Senate
and the joint rules of the t^vo branches. Every such
matter shall be returned by the committee on Rules to
the Clerk not later than the third legislative day suc-
ceeding the day of its deposit with him, unless consent
in writing to the longer detention thereof is filed with
the Clerk by the member presenting the matter, and
it shall be by the Clerk submitted to the President and
by him laid before the Senate not later than on the
next legislative daj^ after it is so returned. Bills, re-
solves and resolutions which have been laid before the
Senate and introduced shall be read, and shall be, by
the President, with the consent of the Senate, referred
to the appropriate committees. Prior to such reference,
utiles of the Seriate, 517
the President may, in his discretion, order bills and
resolves, intended for introduction on leave or tiled to
accomj^any petitions, and resolutions, intended for in-
troduction, to be printed ; and when he so orders they
shall, after they are introduced, be printed under the
direction of the Clerk. They shall retain, during all
subsequent stages, their original numbers and shall also
bear such new numbers as may be necessary. Every
petition which is not accompanied by a bill or resolve
shall be deposited with the Clerk and be retained in his
custody until a bill or resolve embodjung the legislation
23rayed for shall be filed with him, Avhen he shall j^re-
sent the same to the committee on Rules, to be disposed
of as provided above. The Senate may at any time by
order make any other disposition of petitions and re-
monstrances in the hands of the Clerk. Petitions and
remonstrances relating to matters already sent to com-
mittees shall be by the President referred to the appro-
priate committees. (28.) [1891; 1893; 1894.]
21, The committee on Rules shall make no change
in the substance or form of any matter referred to them
in accordance with the preceding rule, without the con-
sent of the member depositing the same, but upon the
presentation or introduction of any such matter to the
Senate it shall be the duty of some member of the com-
mittee on Rules, acting under the conmaittee's instruc-
tion, to suggest any failure to comply with the rules,
and to offer such amendment or projDose such other
action as is determined proper or necessary by the com-
mittee within the scope of its duties, as above set forth.
If, upon such motion, before a petition is referred to a
committee, the petitioner is given leave to withdraw
because the petition is not in proper form, such action
shall not be deemed to be a final rejection under Rule 54,
518 Rules of the Senate.
and shall not prejudice the right of a member to present
a petition for the same object conformably to the rules
of the Senate and the joint rules of the tvvo branches.
[1893.— Partly embodied in Rule 20 of 1891.]
22. Any petition remaining in the hands of the Clerk
subsequently to five o'clock in the afternoon of the second
Saturday of the session, for the reason that no bill or
resolve embodying the legislation prayed for has been
presented, shall be forthwith submitted by him to the
President, and by him, at the legislative session next suc-
ceeding, be referred to the next General Court. (29.)
[1893; 1894; 1898; 1905; 1910.]
23. No bill or resolve shall be proposed or intro-
duced unless received from the House of Representatives,
reported by a committee, or moved as an amendment to
the report of a committee, except that special leave may
be granted to a member to introduce a bill or resolve,
and such bill or resolve shall thereupon be referred
to the proper committee for consideration and report.
(47.) [1881; 1882; 1888.]
24. The consideration of any order proposed for
adoption, or of any request for leave to introduce a bill
or resolve, or of any motion to suspend Senate Rule
15, or joint rule 8, 9 or 12, shall be postponed without
question to the day after that on which the order is pro-
posed or request made, if any member asks such post-
ponement. (41.) [1885; 1891.]
25. A petition for the incorporation of a town or
city, or for the division of an existing town or city, or
for the incorporation of a railroad, street railway, ele-
Rules of the Senate. 519
vated railroad or canal company, or for tlie amendment,
alteration or extension of the charter or corporate powers
or privileges of any such company, either specially in-
corporated or organized mider general laws, or for
authority to take water for a water supply, or relative
to building structures over navigable or tide waters,
sliall be referred to the next General Court, and not to
a committee, unless the petitioner has given the notice
required by chapter 3 of the Revised Laws or by other
provisions of law. A petition for the incorporation of
a college or university or other educational institution,
with power to grant degrees, or for amendment of the
charter of an existing educational institution so that tlie
said institution, not having such power, shall thereafter
have power to grant degrees, shall also be referred to
the next General Court, and not to a committee, unless
the petitioner has given the notice required by chapter 3
of the Revised Laws. But if, no objection being raised,
any such petition is referred to a committee, without
such required notice, the committee shall forthwith re-
port reference to the next General Court, setting forth
as the reason for such report failure to give the re-
quired notice, unless evidence satisfactory to the com-
mittee is produced that all parties interested have in
writing Avaived notice. In case a bill or resolve is
reported by a committee upon such a petition, after
proof of such waiver of notice, this fact shall be set
forth in the report of the committee. When a report of
reference to the next General Court is made by a com-
mittee on account of failure to give the required notice,
no bill or resolve shall be sul^stituted for such report,
nor shall such report be recommitted or referred to
another committee ; but reference of the petition to the
next General Court for want of proper notice under this
520 Rules of the Senate,
rule shall not affect action upon any other measure
involving the same subject-matter. (32.)
[1890; 1891; 1898; 1903.] (See Rule 15.)
Course of PROCEEDmas.
26. Bills and resolves from the House, after they are
read a first time, shall be referred to a committee of the
Senate, unless they have been reported by a joint com-
mittee or substituted for the report of a joint committee.
Bills and resolves reported in the Senate, and bills and
resolves from the House reported by joint committees or
substituted for the reports of joint committees, shall, after
they have been read once, be placed in the Orders of the
Day for the next day for a second reading without a ques-
tion, except as otherwise provided by Rule 27. Resolu-
tions received from the House, or introduced or reported
in the Senate, shall be read and, pending the question
on their adoption, shall be placed in the Orders oi the
Day for the next day. (45, 56.)
[1825; 1885; 1888; 1890; 1891; 1897.]
27. Bills and resolves involving the expenditure of
public money, or a grant of public property", unless the
subject-matter has been acted upon by the joint com-
mittee on Ways and Means, shall, after the first reading,
be referred m course to the Senate committee on Ways
and Means, whose duty it shall be to report on their
relation to the finances of the Commonwealth or of any
county thereof. (44.)
[1871; 1882; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1896.]
28. No bill or resolve shall pass to be engrossed
without three reachngs on three several daj's. (51.)
[1817; 1836; 1841; 1859; 1878; 1881; 1882;
1885.]
Mules of the Senate. 521
29, Bills and resolves, in their several readings, and
resolutions, shall be read by their titles, unless objection
is made. (48.)
[1817; 1836; 1841; 1859; 1878; 1881; 1882;
1885; 1890.]
30, If a committee to whom a bill or resolve is re-
ferred report that the same ought not to pass, the ques-
tion shall be ' ' Shall this bill (or resolve) be rejected ? "
and if such committee report recommending that the
same be referred to the next General Court, the question
shall be " Shall this bill (or resolve) be referred to the
next Genera] Court?" If the rejection or the recom-
mendation of reference to the next General Court is
negatived, the bill or resolve, if it has been read but
once, shall go to its second reading without a question ;
and if it has been read more than once it shall be placed
in the Orders of the Day for the next day, pending the
question on ordering to a third reading, or engrossment,
as the case may be. (43.)
[1817; 1836; 1841; 1859; 1878; 1881; 1882;
1885; 1897.]
31, If an amendment is made at the second or third
reading of a bill or resolve, substantially changing the
greater part thereof, the question shall not be put forth-
with on ordering the bill or resolve to a third reading
or to be engrossed, as the case may be, but the bill or
resolve, as amended, shall be placed in the Orders of the
next day after that on which the amendment is made, and
shall then be open to further amendment before such
question is put. In like manner, when an amendment is
made in any proposition of such a nature as to change its
character, as from a Ijill to an order, or the like, the
proposition as amended shall be jjlaced in the Orders of
522 Bules of the Senate.
the next day after that on which the amendment was
made. (62.) [1882; 1888.]
32. Bills or resolves ordered to a third reading shall
be placed in the Orders for the next day for such reading.
(58.)
[1817; 1836; 1841; 1859; 1878; 1881; 1882;
1885.]
33. Bills and resolves when ordered to a third read-
ing shall be referred to the committee on Bills in the
Third Reading, whose duty it shall be to examine and
correct them, for the jjurpose of avoiding repetitions and
unconstitutional provisions, and of insuring accuracy in
the text and references, and consistency with the lan-
guage of existing statutes ; but any change in the sense
or legal effect, or any material change in construction,
shall be reported to the Senate as an amendment. Reso-
lutions received from the House or introduced or re-
ported in the Senate shall, after they are read and before
they are adopted, be referred, in like manner, to the
committee on Bills in the Third Reading. When a bill,
resolve or resolution has been so referred, no further
action shall be taken until report thereon has been made
by the committee. (26, 50.)
[1817; 1836; 1882; 1888; 1890; 1891.]
34. Engrossed bills and resolves shall be referred
to the committee on Engrossed Bills, whose duty it shall
be carefully to compare the same with the bills or re-
solves as passed to be engrossed ; and, if found by them
to be rightly and truly engrossed, they shall so endorse
on the envelope thereof ; and the question of enactment
or final passage shall be taken thereon without further
reading, unless specially ordered. (27, 52, 54.)
[1817; 1831; 1882; 1888.]
Mules of the Senate, 523
Orders op the Day.
35. The unfinished business in which the Senate was
engaged at the time of the last adjournment shall have
the preference in the Orders of the Day next after mo-
tions to reconsider. (60.) [1830; 1870.]
36. Reports of committees not by bill or resolve
shall be placed in the Orders of the next day after that
on which they are made to the Senate or received from
the House, as the case may be ; except that the report
of a committee askino^ to be discharo;ed from the further
consideration of a subject, and recommending that it be
referred to another committee, shall be immediately con-
sidered. Amendments to a measure, which have been
made by the House and sent back to the Senate for con-
currence, shall be f)laced in the Orders of the next day
after that on which they are received. (46, 57.)
[1845; 1853; 1888; 1891.]
37. After entering upon the consideration of the
Orders of the Day, the Senate shall proceed wdth them
in regular course, as follows : Matters not giving rise
to a motion or debate shall first be disposed of in the
order in w^hieh they stand in the calendar ; then the mat-
ters that were passed over shall be considered and dis-
posed of in like order. (59.)
[1817; 1836; 1841; 1859; 1878; 1882; 1885.]
38. Ko matter which has been duly placed in the
Orders of the Day shall be discharged therefrom or con-
sidered out of its regular course. (61.) [1885.]
524 Hides of the Senaie,
Rules of Debate.
39. Every member, when he sjDeaks, shall stand in
his place and address the President. (73.)
[1817; 1831; 1871.]
40. When two or more members rise to sj)eak at the
same time, the President shall designate the member who
is entitled to the floor. (74.) [1831 ; 1888.]
41. No member shall speak more than once to the
prevention of any other member who has not spoken
and desires to speak on the same question. (76.)
[1817; 1886.]
42. No member shall interrupt another while speak-
ing, except by rising to call to order. (75.)
[1817; 1831.]
43. After a question is put to vote no member shall
to it. [1817.]
Motions.
44. Any motion shall be reduced to writing, if the
President so directs. A motion need not be seconded
and may be withdrawn by the mover if no objection is
made. (77,78.) [1817; 1844; 1871; 1888.]
45. A question containing two or more propositions,
capable of division, shall be divided whenever desired
by any member. When a motion to strike out and in-
sert is thus divided, the failure of the motion to strike
out shall not preclude amendment ; or, if the motion to
strike out prevails, the matter proposed to be inserted
shall be open to amendment before the question is taken
on inserting it. (91.) [1817 ; 1841 ; 1888.]
Eules of the Senate. 525
46. When a question is under debate the President
shall receive no motion that does not relate to the
same, except a motion to adjourn or some otlier motion
which has precedence b}" express rule of the Senate,
or because it is privileged in its nature ; and he shall
receive no motion relating to the same except : —
(1) To lay on the table ;
(2) To close debate at a specified time;
(3) To postpone to a day certain ;
(4) To commit (or recommit) ;
(5) To amend;
(6) To refer to the next General Court ; or
(7) To postpone indefinitely.
These motions shall have precedence in the order in
which they stand. (80.)
[Between 1821 and 1826; 1831; 1844; 1870;
1882; 1885; 1888.]
47. Debate may be closed at any time not less than
one hour from the adoption of a motion to that effect.
On this motion not more than ten minutes shall be
allowed for debate, and no member shall speak more
than three minutes. (85.) [1882.]
48. When motions are made to refer a subject to
different committees, the committees proposed shall be
considered in the following order : —
(1) A standing committee of the Senate ;
(2) A special committee of the Senate;
(3) A joint standing committee of the two branches ;
(4) A joint special committee of the two branches.
(88.) [1884; 1888.]
49. Ko engrossed bill or resolve shall be amended.
(53.) [1837.]
526 Rules of the Senate,
50. No motion or proposition of a subject different
from that under consideration shall be admitted under
the color of an amendment. (90.) [1882.]
61. In filling blanks the largest sum and longest
time shall be put first. (87, 92.) [1882.]
52. The motion to adjourn, and the call for yeas and
nays, shall be decided without debate. On the motions
to lay on the table and take from the table, to commit or
recommit (except with instructions) , not exceeding ten
minutes shall be allowed for debate, and no member
shall speak more than three minutes. (69, 79.)
[1817; 1859; 1870; 1874; 1882; 1885.]
Reconsideration.
53. No motion to reconsider a vote shall be enter-
tained unless it is made on the same day on which the
vote has passed, or on the next day thereafter on which
a quorum is present and before the Orders of the Day
for that day have been taken up. If reconsideration is
moved on the same day, the motion shall be placed first
in the Orders of the Day for the succeeding day ; but,
if it is moved on the succeeding day, the motion shall be
considered forthwith : j^rovided, hoivever, that this rule
shall not prevent the reconsideration of a vote on a
subsidiary, incidental or dependent question at any time
when the main question to which it relates is under con-
sideration ; and iwovided, further, that a motion to re-
consider a vote on any incidental, subsidiary or dependent
question shall not remove the main subject under con-
sideration from before the Senate, but shall be considered
at the time when it is made. There shall be no recon-
sideration of the vote on the question on adjourning, for
the yeas and nays, on laying on the table or on taking
Bides of the Senate. 527
from the table ; and when a motion for reconsideration
has been decided, that decision shall not be reconsidered.
(70, 71.)
[1817; betAveen 1821 and 1826; 1858; 1885;
1888; 1891; 1902.]
Rejected Measures.
54, When any measure has been finally rejected, no
measure substantially the same shall be introduced by
any committee or member during the session. (49.)
[1817; dispensed with in 1831, and revived in
1838 ; amended in 1841 ; 1844 ; 1877 ; 1882.]
Voting.
55. The President shall declare all votes ; but if a
member doubts a vote, the President shall order a re-
turn of the number voting in the afiirmative, and in the
negative, without further debate. (3, 66.)
[1831; 1888.]
58. AVhen a member moves that a question be taken
by yeas and nays, the President shall take the sense
of the Senate in that manner, provided one-fifth of the
members present so direct. If, before the question is
taken, a member states to the Senate that he has j^aired
with another member and how each would vote on tlie
pending question, the fact shall be entered on the journal
immediately after the record of the yeas and nays, and
such member shall be excused from voting. (68.)
[1817; 1852; 1888.]
57. Whenever a question is taken by yeas and
nays, the Clerk shall call the names of all the members,
except the President, in alphabetical order, and every
528 Rules of the Senate.
member present shall answer to his name, unless excused
before the vote is taken ; and no member shall be per-
mitted to vote after the decision is announced from the
chair. (64,68.) [1837; 1844.]
Elections by Ballot.
58. In all elections by ballot a time shall be assigned
for such election, at least one day previous thereto, ex-
cept in case of an election of President or President p?*o
tempore, under the provisions of Rule 5. (96.)
[1831; 1891.]
Reporters' Gallery.
59. Subject to the approval and direction of the
committee on Rules during the session and of the Presi-
dent after prorogation, the use of the reporters' gallery
of the Senate Chamber shall be under the control of
the organization of legislative reporters known as the
Massachusetts State House Press Association. (100.)
[1847; 1911.]
The Senate Chamber and Adjoining Rooms.
60. No person not a member shall be allowed to sit
at the Senate table while the Senate is in session. (99.)
[1853; 1888.]
61. No person, except members of the legislative
and executive departments of the State government,
persons in the exercise of an official duty directly con-
nected with the business of the Senate, and legislative
reporters, shall, unless invited by the President, be
admitted to the floor of the Senate Chamber, or to the
reception room or that part of the Senate corridor which
is between the reception room and the Senate Cham-
Rules of the Senate. 529
ber, during the sessions of the Senate, or during the half
hour preceding or succeeding said sessions, nor to the
Senate reading room or cloak room on any day when
a session of the Senate is held, except upon written
invitation bearing the name of the person it is desired
to invite and the name of the Senator extending the
invitation, which invitation shall be surrendered when
the said person enters the apartment. No legislative
counsel or agent shall be admitted to the floor of the
Senate Chamber, nor, on any day when a session of the
Senate is held, to the reading room, the cloak room,
the reception room or the Senate corridor which is be-
tween the reception room and the Senate Chamber. No
person, except members of the legislative and execu-
tive departments of the State government, persons in
the exercise of an official duty directly connected with
the business of the Senate and legislative reporters,
shall be permitted to loiter in the reading room, the
cloak room, the reception room or the Senate corri-
dor at any time. Smoking shall not be permitted in
the reception room. (99.)
[1870; 1875; 1886; 1891; 1895; 1896; 1897;
1898; 1907; 1909.]
Parliamentary Practice.
62. The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in
the revised edition of Crocker's Principles of Procedure
in Deliberative Bodies, and the principles of parliamen-
tary law set forth in Cushing's Law and Practice of Leg-
islative Assemblies, shall govern the Senate in all cases
to which they are applicable, and in which they are not
inconsistent with the rules of the Senate, or the joint
rules of the two branches. (101.)
[1847; 1858; 1882; 1895.]
530 Rales of the Senate,
Alterations, Suspension or Repeal of Rules.
63. This rule and rales 24, 31, 33, 34 and 53 shall
not be suspended if objection is made ; rule 22 shall not
be rescinded, amended or susj^ended, except by a vote of
four-fifths of the members present and voting thereon ;
and no other rule shall be altered, suspended or re-
pealed, except by vote of two-thirds of the members
present and voting thereon. (103.)
[1817; 1841; 1848; 1882; 1888; 1891; 1893:
1899.]
INDEX TO SENATE RULES.
Adjourn, motions to, 46, 52.
AMENDMENTS:
made by House and sent back, to be placed in Orders of the Day, 36.
if made at the second or third reading, substantially changing the
greater part of a bill or resolve, when question shall be taken, 31.
when questions sliall be divided, 45.
engrossed bill or resolve not to be amended, 49.
not to be admitted of a different subject, 50.
in filling blanks, largest sum, etc., 51.
Ballot, elections by, 13, 58.
BILLS AND RESOLVES:
Clerk to retain, until right of reconsideration has expired, 8.
from the House, to be reprinted in certain cases, 9.
embodying certain legislation not to be reported unless based upon
petition, etc., 15.
how to be written, etc., 17.
for introduction on leave, to be deposited with Clerk and submitted
by him to committee on Rules, 20.
to accompany petitions and to be printed v/hen ordered by Presi-
dent, etc., 20.
how to be introduced; when introduced on leave to be thereupon
committed, 23.
from the House, to be committed, unless reported by, or substi-
tuted for report of, a joint committee; certain, to be placed
in the Orders of the Day for next day without question, except,
etc., 26.
involving expenditure of money, or a grant of public property,
to be referred to the committee on Ways and Means, unless,
etc., 27.
not to be engrossed unless read on three several days, 28.
to be read by their titles only, unless, etc., 29.
531
532 Index to the Rules of the Senate.
BILLS AND RESOLVES — Concluded.
if adversely reported on by committee, question on rejection, other-
wise, etc., 30.
if committee recommends reference to next General Court, 30.
ordered to a third reading, placed in Orders of the next day, 32.
amendment changing nature of, the bill or resolve to be placed in
the Orders of the next day, 3L
in third reading, to be committed for examination, 33.
engrossed, to be committed for examination; if reported as rightly
and truly engrossed, not to be again read unless, etc., 34.
engrossed, not to be amended, 49.
no rejected measures to be revived, 54.
CLERK:
to keep a journal and cause the same to be printed daily, 6.
to note in the journal questions of order, etc., 6.
to prepare and cause to be printed, each day, a calendar, etc., 7.
to retain bills and other papers until the right of reconsideration
has expired; exceptions, 8.
to have bills or resolves from the House reprinted in certain cases, 9.
COMMITTEES:
no member to serve on, where his private right is immediately con-
cerned, 10.
standing, to be appointed, 12.
to be appointed by President unless, etc.; in case of election by
ballot, 13.
orders authorizing, to travel or to employ stenographers to be referred
to committee on Rules, 13a.
no committee to occupy the Senate Chamber without a vote of
the Senate, 14.
not to report bills and resolves in certain cases, unless notice has
been given to parties interested, etc., 15.
to report adversely in certain cases, 16.
to report reference to next General Court in certain cases, 25.
duty of the committee on Rules, 20, 21.
on Ways and Means, 27.
on Bills in the Third Reading, 33 .
on Engrossed Bills, 34.
DEBATE, RULES OF:
matters not giving rise to motion or debate to be first disposed
of, 37.
Index to the Males of the Senate. 533
DEBATE, RULES OF — Concluded.
member to stand in his place when speaking, and to address the
President, 39.
President to designate who may speak when two or more mem-
bers rise at same time, 40.
limitation as to speaking, 41.
member not to interrupt another, except, etc., 42.
member not to speak to a question after it is put to vote, 43.
when a question is under debate, the President shall receive no
motion except, etc., 46.
motion to close debate at any time, not less than one hour, in order, 47.
motions to be decided without debate, 52.
Engrossed Bills, committee on, 34.
Investigations, orders involving special, by committees to be referred
to the committee on Rules, 13a.
Legislative counsel and agents not to be admitted to Senate Chamber,
etc., 61.
MEMBERS:
no member to act on any committee or to vote upon a question
where his private right is immediately concerned, distinct from
the public interest, 10.
not to absent themselves without leave, unless, etc., 11.
number of, on each standing committee, 12.
member first named to be chairman of cornmittee; having highest
number of votes to be chairman, 13.
member presenting petition, etc., to endorse his name, etc., 18.
manner in which, shall make motions contemplating legislation, 19.
when speaking, to rise and address the President, 39.
limitation as to speaking, 41.
member not to interrupt another, except, 42.
not to speak to a question after it is put to vote, 43.
may announce pairs before yeas and nays are called, 56.
Motions, 44 to 52.
ORDERS:
of inquiry and notice, 8.
to be deposited with Clerk and submitted by him to committee on
Rules, 20.
consideration of, may be postponed if any member so requests, 24.
534 Index to the Rules of the Senate,
ORDERS OF THE DAY:
unfinished business to have the preference in, next after motions
to reconsider, 35.
reports of committees, except those asking discharge, etc., to be
placed in, next succeeding their presentation, 36.
consideration of matters in, 37.
matters not to be discharged from, 38.
Parhamentarj' practice, rules of, to govern the Senate, 62.
PETITIONS:
certain legislation not to be proposed, introduced or reported unless
founded on petition, 15.
how committees shall report upon certain, 15, 16.
how m^embers shall endorse, 18.
to be deposited with Clerk and submitted by him to committee
on Rules, 20.
to be retained by Clerk until bills or resolves are filed, 20.
to be referred to next General Court, if no bill or resolve is filed, 22.
certain, not advertised according to law, to be referred to next Gen-
eral Court, 25.
POSTPONE:
to a day certain, motion to, 46.
indefinitely, motion to, 46.
PRESIDENT:
to call the members to order, 1.
to preserve order and decorum; may speak to points of order in
preference to other members; to decide all questions of order,
subject to appeal; to rise to put a question, etc., but may read
sitting, 2.
may vote on all questions, 3.
may appoint a member to perform his duties; limitation thereof, 4.
in absence of, the eldest senior member present shall call the Sen-
ate to order, and preside until, etc., 5.
to appoint committees, 13.
may order bills and resolves accompanying petitions, and bills,
resolves or resolutions intended for introduction to be printed, 20.
to designate who may speak when two or more members rise at
the same time, 40.
to declare all votes; if doubted, a return to be ordered, 55.
to order the yeas and nays, if one-fifth of the members present
request them, 56.
Index to the Bides of the Senate. 535
PRESIDENT — Concluded.
use of reporters' gallery to be subject to approval and direction
of, after prorogation, 59.
Public property, bills or resolves involving grant of, to be referred to
the committee on Ways and Means, unless, 27.
Questions of order, 2, 6, 42.
Reading of papers, 2, 18, 29.
Reconsideration, 53.
Rejected measures, 54.
Reporters' gallery, use of, under control of Massachusetts State House
Press Association, subject to approval, etc., 59.
Reports of committees, 36.
RESOLUTIONS:
to be deposited with Clerk and submitted by him to committee
on Rules, 20.
to be placed in Orders of the Day, 26.
to be read by titles, 29.
to be referred to committee on Bills in the Third Reading before
adoption, 33.
Resolves. See Bills and Resolves.
RULES:
committee on, to inspect matters contemplating legislation, etc.,
20,21.
motions to suspend certain, may be postponed, 24.
alteration, suspension, or repeal of, 63.
Senate Chamber and adjoining rooms, 60, 61.
Stenographers, employment of, by committees, 13a.
TABLE:
list of papers on, to be printed in calendar daily, 7.
lay on, motion to, 52.
take from, motion to, 52.
Third Reading, committee on Bills in the, 33.
Travel, orders authorizing committees to, 13a.
Unfinished business, 35.
Ways and Means, committee on, 27.
Yeas and nays, 56, 57.
RULES
HOUSE OP EEPEBSBISTTATIVES.
RULES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
[This schedule of Rules was adopted Jan. 27, 1874. Subsequent
amendments are noted under each Rule which has been amended.]
Speaker.
1. The Speaker shall take the chair at the hour to
which the House stands adjourned, call the members
to order, and, on the appearance of a quorum, proceed
to business. (Senate Rule 1.)
2. He shall preserve decorum and order ; may sjDeak
to points of order in preference to other members ; and
shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal
to the House. (2.)
[With regard to appeals, see Rules 83 and 94.]
3. He shall declare all votes, subject to verification
as hereinafter provided. (53.)
[See Rules 65 to 69.]
4. In all cases he may vote. (3.)
5. He shall rise to put a question, or to address the
House, but may read sitting. (2.)
539
540 Rules of the
6. He shall each day examine the journal of the
House.
7. He may appoint a member to perform the duties
of the chair for a period not exceeding three days at
one time. (4.)
[Amended Jan. 14, 1892.]
8. In case of a vacancy in the office of Speaker, or
in case the Speaker or the member named by him in ac-
cordance with the preceding rule is absent at the hour
to which the House stands adjourned, the senior mem-
ber present shall call the House to order, and shall pre-
side until a Speaker pro tempore or a Speaker is elected
by ballot, which shall be the first business in order.
(5.)
Monitors.
9. Two monitors shall be appointed by the Speaker
for each division of the House, whose duty it shall be to
see to the due observance of the rules and, on request of
the Speaker, to return the number of votes and members
in their respective divisions.
10. If a member transgress any of the rules after
being notified thereof by a monitor, it shall be the duty
of such monitor to report the case to the House.
[See Kule 19.]
Clerk.
11. The Clerk shall keep the journal of the House.
He shall enter therein a record of each day's proceed-
ings, and submit it to the Speaker before the hour fixed
for the next sitting, and shall cause the same to be
printed daily. (6.)
[Amended Jan. 16, 1888.]
12. Every question of order with the decision thereon
shall be entered at large in the journal, and shall be
House of Representatives. 541
noted in an appendix, wliich shall also contain the rules
of the House, and of the two branches. (6.)
[Amended Feb. 2, 1891.J
13. The Clerk shall prepare and cause to be printed
each day a calendar of matters in order for considera-
tion ; a list of matters lying on the table ; and such
other memoranda as the House or the Speaker may
direct. (7.)
[Amended Jan. 16, 1888.]
14. Any objection to the calendar shall be made and
disposed of before the House votes to proceed to the
consideration of the Orders of the Day.
15. The Clerk shall retain bills and other papers, in
reference to which any member has a right to move a
reconsideration (except petitions, enacted bills, orders
of inquiry and orders of notice) , until the right of recon-
sideration has expired : 2^^^ovided, that the operation of
this rule shall be suspended during the last week of the
session. (8.)
Members.
16. No member shall stand up, to the inconvenience
of others, while a member is speaking; or pass unnec-
essarily between the Speaker of the House and the
member speaking ; or stand in the passages, or in the
area in front of the chair ; or stand at the Clerk's desk
while a roll-call is in progress.
[Amended Feb. 2, 1891.]
17. No member shall be absent more than two days,
without leave of the House. Xo member shall absent
himself from the House without leave, unless there be a
quorum without his presence. When it appears to the
presiding officer that the presence of a quorum is en-
542 Rules of the
dangered he shall order the doors to be closed until the
House takes action thereon. (11-)
[Amended Feb. 2, 1891.]
18. Papers in possession of a member obtaining
leave of absence, or at the end of the session, shall be
left by him with the Clerk.
19. If a member is guilty of a breach of any of the
rules, he may be required by the House, on motion, to
make satisfaction therefor; and, imtil he has done so,
he shall not be allowed to vote or speak, except by way
of excuse.
[See Eule 10.]
Committees.
20. At the beginning of the political year, standing
committees shall be appointed as follows : — (12.)
A committee on Kules ;
(to consist of the Speaker, who shall be chairman of the
committee, and ten other members) .
A committee on Ways and Means ;
A committee on the Judiciary ;
(to consist of eleven members each) .
A committee on Elections ;
(to consist of seven members) .
A committee on Bills in the Tliird Reading ;
A committee on Engrossed Bills ;
A committee on Pay-Roil ;
(to consist of three members each) .
[Amended Feb. 2, 1891; Jan. 2, 1896; Jan. 11, 1897; Jan. 10, 1898;
Jan. 7, 1901.]
21. Unless other i)rovision is made in any case all
committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, and the
member first named shall be chairman. (13.)
House of Representatives, 543
22. In case of the election of a committee by ballot,
the member havin^^ the hiHiest number of votes shall be
chairman. (13.)
23. No member shall be required to be on more than
two committees at the same time, or chairman of more
than one.
24. No member shall serve on any committee in
any question where his private right is immediately
concerned, distinct from the public interest. (10.)
25. The committee on Ways and Means shall report,
in aiDj^ropriation bills, only such items of expenditure as
are authorized by law, or such as the committee has
been directed by the House to insert, and shall state in
its report the total amount of appropriations in the ac-
companying bill ; and also at the end of each item in
said bill the amount, if any, appropriated the previous
year for the same purpose.
[Amended Feb. 2, 1891; Jan. 2, 1896.]
26. The committee on Bills in the Third Reading
shall examine and correct the bills which are referred
to it, for the purpose of avoiding repetitions and uncon-
stitutional provisions, insuring accuracy in the text and
references, and consistency with the language of exist-
ing statutes : 2)rovided, that any change in the sense or
legal effect, or any material change in construction, shall
be reported to the House as an amendment. (33.)
[Amended Jan. 15, 1880.]
27. The committee on Engrossed Bills shall care-
fully examine and compare engrossed bills, and report
them rightly and truly engrossed, when found to be so,
without delay. (34.)
544 Hules of the
28. All resolutions, bills and resolves for introduc-
tion on leave, intended for i^resentation by any member
of the House, and all reports of State officers, shall first
be deposited with the Clerk, and jtrior to their presenta-
tion shall be submitted by him to the Speaker for his
examination; and not later than the fourth legislative
day succeeding the day of their deposit with the Clerk,
the Speaker shall, before the Orders of the Day are con-
sidered, present the same to the House, when they, in
the case of resolutions, bills and resolves, shall be read,
and shall by the Speaker with the consent of the House
be referred to the appropriate committee ; and all such
resolutions, bills and resolves shall be printed under the
direction of the Clerk. They shall retain their original
provided numbers, when reprinted, together with new
numbers thereafter, during all subsequent stages. All
petitions asking for legislation shall, if accompanied by
a bill or resolve embodying the subject-matter prayed
for, be referred with such bill or resolve as provided
above. The same disposition shall be made of petitions
and remonstrances referring to matters previously sent
to a committee. Petitions not so accompanied shall be
retained in the custody of the Clerk until a bill or resolve
embodying the legislation prayed for shall be filed with
him, when he shall present the same to the Si^eaker, to
be disposed of as provided above. The House may at
any time by order make any other disposition of petitions
and remonstrances in the hands of the Clerk. (20.)
[Adopted Jan. 13, 1893; amended Jan. 11, 1894; March 30, 1894;
March 14, 1899.]
29. Any petition remaining in the hands of the Clerk
subsequent to five o'clock in the afternoon on the second
Saturday of the session, for the reason that no bill or
resolve embodying the legislation prayed for has been
presented, shall be forthwith submitted by him to the
House of Representatives. 545
Speaker, and by him, at the legislative session next suc-
ceeding, be referred to the next General Court. This
rule shall not be rescinded or revoked or suspended
except by a vote of four-lifths of the members present
and voting thereon . (22.)
[Adopted Jan. 13, 1893; amended Jan. 11, 1894; Jan. 10, 1898; Feb.
21,190.1; Feb. 1,1910.]
30, When the object of an application can be secured
without a special act under existing laws, or, without
detriment to the public interests, by a general law, the
committee to which the matter is referred shall report
such general law, or leave to withdraw, or ought not to
pass, as the case may be. (16.)
[Amended Jan. 15, 1880; Jan. 13, 1893.]
31, No legislation affecting the rights of individuals
or the rights of a private or municipal corj^oration, other-
wise than as it affects generally the peoj)le of the whole
Commonwealth or the people of the city or town to
which it specifically applies, shall be proposed or intro-
duced except upon .a petition; nor- shall any bill or
resolve embodying such legislation be reported by a
committee except upon a petition duly referred ; nor
shall such a bill or resolve be reported by a committee,
whether on an original reference or on a recommittal
with instructions to hear the parties, until it is made to
ai^pear to the satisfaction of the committee that projDcr
notice of the proposed legislation has been given, by
public advertisement or otherwise, to all jDarties inter-
ested, without expense to the Commonwealth, or until
evidence satisfactory to the committee is produced that
all parties interested have in writing waived notice. A
committee reporting leave to withdraw or reference to
the next General Court, for want of proper notice or of
a waiver thereof, shall set forth this fact in its rei)ort.
546 Rules of the
and no bill or resolve shall be in order as a substitute
for or amendment of such rejDort. Objection to the vio-
lation of this rule may be taken at any stage prior to that
of the third reading. (15.)
[Adopted Feb. 11, 1890; amended Jan. 13, 1893.]
32. A petition for the incorporation of a tovi^n or
city, or for the division of an existing town or city, or
for the incorporation of a railroad, street railway, ele-
vated railroad or canal company, or for the amendment,
alteration, or extension of the charter or corporate
powers or privileges of any such company, either sjDe-
cially incorporated or organized under general laws, or
for authority to take water for a water suj^ply, or rela-
tive to building structures over navigable or tide waters,
shall be referred to the next General Court, and not to
a committee, unless the petitioner has given the notice
required by chapter 3 of the Revised Laws or by other
provisions of law ; a petition for the incorporation of a
college or universitj^ or other educational institution,
with power to grant degrees, or for an amendment of
the charter of an existing educational institution so that
the said institution not having such power shall there-
after have power to grant degrees, shall also be referred
to the next General Court, and not to a committee, un-
less the petitioner has given the notice required by
chapter 3 of the Revised Laws ; but if, no objection
being raised, any such petition is referred to a commit-
tee without such required notice, the committee shall
forthwith report reference to the next General Court,
setting forth as the reason for such report failure to give
the required notice, unless evidence satisfactory to the
committee is produced that all parties interested have in
writing waived notice. In case a bill or resolve is re-
ported by a committee ui^on such a petition, after proof
House of Representatives, 547
of such waiver of notice, this fact shall be set forth in
the report of the committee. When a report of refer-
ence to the next General Court is made by a committee,
on account of failure to give the required notice, no bill
or resolve shall be substituted for such report, nor shall
such report be recommitted or referred to another com-
mittee ; but reference of the petition to the next General
Court for want of proper notice under this rule shall not
affect action upon any other measure involving the same
subject-matter. (25.)
[Adopted Feb. 11, 1890; amended Feb. 2, 1891; Feb. 18, 1838; Feb.
6, 1902.]
33. On or before the second Wednesday in March,
committees shall make final report upon matters re-
ferred to them prior to that day. .
[Amended Feb. 15, 1883; Feb. 2, 1891; Jan. 25, 1894.]
Committee of the Whole.
34. When the House determines to go into a com-
mittee of tlie whole, the chairman shall be appointed by
the Speaker.
35. The rules of the House shall be observed in a
committee of the whole, so far as they may be appli-
cable, except the rules limiting debate. A motion to
rise, report progress, and ask leave to sit again, shall be
always first in order and be decided without debate.
Regular Course of Proceedings.
Petitions, etc., and Reports of Committees.
36. Petitions, memorials, remonstrances and papers
of a like nature, and reports of committees, shall be pre-
sented before the House proceeds to the consideration of
the Orders of the Day, and the Speaker shall call for
such papers.
548 Rules of the
37. The member presenting a petition, memorial, or
remonstrance, shall indorse his name thereon, with a
brief statement of the nature and object of the paper ;
and the reading thereof shall be dispensed with, unless
specially ordered. (18.)
Papers from the Senate,
38. Papers from the Senate shall be laid before the
House by the Speaker, and received for action conform-
ably to such of these rules as are applicable thereto,
before the House proceeds to the consideration of the
Orders of the Day.
Papers adch^cssed to the House, not Petitions.
39. Papers addressed to the House, or the General
Court, other than petitions, memorials and remon-
strances, or those received from the Senate, may be
presented by the Speaker, or by a member in his place,
and shall be read, unless it is specially ordered that the
reading be dispensed with.
^lotions contemjjlating Legislation, etc.
40. All motions contemplating legislation shall be
founded upon petition or upon bill or resolve proposed
to be introduced on leave.
The committee on Ways and Means may originate
and report appro^Jriation bills based upon existing law.
ISIessages from the Governor shall, unless otherwise
ordered, be referred to the aj^propriate committee, which
may report by bill or otherwise thereon. A similar dis-
position shall, unless otherwise ordered, be made of
reports by State officers and recess committees author-
ized to report to the Legislature, and similar action may
be had thereon. (19.)
[Amended Jan. 13, 1893; Jan. 2, 1896.]
House of Representatives. 549
Postponement to the Next Day on Bequest of a Member.
41. The consideration of an order proposed for
adoption, except as provided in joint rule twentj-eight
or House rule one hundred and four, or of any request
for leave to introduce a bill, or any motion to suspend
Joint rules eight or thirteen, or House rules thirty -one,
forty-five or forty-six, shall be postponed without ques-
tion to the day after that on which the order is proposed
or request or motion made, if any member asks such post-
ponement. (24.)
[Amended June 13, 1890; Jan. 13, 1893; March 14, 1899.]
Bills and Besolves. [See Rule 95.]
42 . Bills shall be printed or written in a legible hand,
without material erasure or interlineation, on not less
than one sheet of paper, with suitable margins and spaces
between the several sections, dates and numbers beino:
written in words at length. Bills amending existing
laws shall not provide for striking words from, or insert-
ing words in, such laws, unless such course is best cal-
culated to show clearly the subject and nature of the
amendment. Xo repealed law, and no j)art of any
repealed law, shall be re-enacted by reference merely.
(17.)
[Amended Jan. 15, 1880; Feb. 2, 1891.]
43. If a committee to whom a bill is referred report
that the same ought not to pass, the question shall be,
" Shall this bill be rejected? " If the question on rejec-
tion is negatived, the bill, if it has been read but once,
shall go to a second reading without question; other-
wise it shall be placed in the Orders for the next day,
pending the question on ordering to a third reading, or
engrossment, as tlie case may be. (30.)
[Amended Jan. 10, 1883.]
550 Rules of the
44. Bills involving an expenditure of public money,
or grant of public i^ropertj, unless the subject-matter
has been acted upon by the joint committee on Ways
and Means, shall, after their first reading, be referred
to the committee on Waj^s and Means, for report on their
relation to the finances of the Commonwealth. Xew
provisions shall not be added to such bills by the com-
mittee on "Ways and oMeans, unless directly connected
with the financial features thereof. Bills involving an
expenditure of count^^ money shall, after their first read-
ing, be referred to the committee on Counties on the
part of the House, for report on their relation to the
finances of the county affected, unless the subject-matter
thereof has been previously acted upon by the joint
committee on Counties ; and no new provisions shall be
added to such bills by the committee on Counties on the
part of the House unless directly connected with the finan-
cial features thereof. (27.)
[Amended Jan. 24, 18S7; Feb. 11, 1890; Jan. 25, 1895; Jan. 29, 1895;
Jan. 2, 1896; Jan. 27, 1S96; Jan. 10, 1898.]
45. Bills from the Senate, after their first reading,
shall be referred to a committee of the House, unless they
were reported to the Senate by a joint committee. (26.)
46. Amendments proposed by the Senate and sent
back to the House for concurrence shall be referred to
the committee which reported the measure proposed to
be amended, unless such committee is composed of mem-
bers of both branches ; in which, case such amendments
shall be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next
day. (36.)
[Amended April 9, 1878.]
47. jSTo bill shall be proposed or introduced unless
received from the Senate, reported by a committee, or
moved as an amendment to the report of a committee :
House of Representatives, 5t51
provided, that the House may grant special leave to a
member to introduce a bill ; but, when leave is asked for
the introduction of a bill, it shall be read for information
before the question is put on granting leave ; and, if
leave is granted, it shall be committed before it is ordered
to a second reading. (23.)
48. Bills, resolves and other papers that have been,
or, under the rules or usage of the House, are to be
printed, shall be read by their titles only, unless the full
reading is requested. (29.)
[Adopted Jan. 10, 1883.]
49. AVhen a bill, order, petition, memorial or remon-
strance has been finally rejected by the House, no meas-
ure substantially the same shall be introduced by any
committee or member during the same session. (54.)
[Amended April 2G, 1877; Feb. 11, 1890.]
50. Bills in their third reading shall be referred to
the committee on Bills in tlie Third Reading for exam-
ination, correction and report. Eesolutious received
from and adopted by the Senate, or reported in the
House, shall, after they are read and before they are
adopted, be referred in like manner to the committee on
Bills in the Third Reading. When a bill or resolution
has been so referred, such bill or resolution shall not be
acted upon until report thereon has been made by the
committee. (33.)
[Amended Jan. 10, 1898.]
[See Rule 26.]
51. No bill shall pass to be engrossed without hav-
ing been read on three several days. (28.)
52. Engrossed bills shall be referred to the com-
mittee on Engrossed Bills for examination, comparison
and report. (34.)
[See Rule 27.]
552 Uules of the
53, No engrossed bill shall be amended except by
striking; out the enacting clause. (34.) (49.)
[Amended Feb. 2, 1801.]
54, Engrossed bills, reported by the committee on
Engrossed Bills to be rightly and truly engrossed, shall
be put ujDon their passage to be enacted ; and engrossed
resolves, when so reported, shall be put upon their pas-
sage without further reading, unless specially ordered.
(34.)
55, Xo engrossed bill shall be sent to the Senate
without notice thereof being given by the Speaker.
Orders of the Day.
56, Bills from the Senate, after their first reading,
when not referred to a committee of the House, bills
favorably re^Dorted to the House by committees, and bills
the question of the rejection of which is negatived, shall
be placed in the Orders for the next day, and, if they have
been read but once, shall go to a second reading with-
out question. Resolutions received from and adopted
by the Senate, or reported in the House by committees,
shall, after they are read, be jDlaced in the Orders of the
Day for the next day. (26.)
[Amended Jan. 10, 1883; Feb. 5, 1886; Jan. 10, 1898.]
57, Reports of committees not by bill or resolve
shall be placed in the Orders of the next day after that
on which they are received from the Senate, or made
to the House, as the case may be : provided, that the
report of a committee asking to be discharged from the
further consideration of a subject, and recommending
that it be referred to another committee, shall be imme-
diately considered and shall not be subject to the provi-
sions of rule fifteen. (36.)
[Amended Jan. 15, 1880; Feb. 2, 1891.]
Jlouse of Representatives, 553
58, Bills ordered to a third reading shall be placed
in the Orders of the next day for such reading. (32.)
(33.)
[Amended Feb. 2, 1891 ; Jan. 10, 1898.]
59, After entering upon the consideration of the
Orders of the Day, the House shall proceed witli them
in regular course as follows : Matters not giving rise
to a motion or debate shall first be disposed of in the
order in which they stand in the calendar; after which
the matters that were passed over shall be considered in
like order and disposed of. (37.)
60, When the House does not finish the considera-
tion of the Orders of the Day, those which had not been
acted upon shall be the Orders of the next and each
succeeding day until disposed of, and shall be entered
in the calendar, without change in their order, to pre-
cede matters added under rules fifty-six, fiftj^-seven and
fifty-eight. The unfinished business in which the House
was engaged at the time of adjournment shall have the
preference in the Orders of the next day, after motions
to reconsider. (35.)
[Amended Jan. 13, 1893.]
Special Rules affecting the Course of Proceedings,
[For postponement of order, etc., to the next day, on request of a
member, see Rule 41.]
61, No matter which has been duly placed in the
Orders of the Day shall be discharged therefrom, or
considered out of the regular course. This rule shall
not be rescinded or revoked or suspended except by a
vote of four-fifths of the members present and voting
thereon. (38.)
[Amended Jan. 10, 1895.]
62, If, under the operation of the previous question,
or otherwise, an amendment is made at the second or
554 Rules of the
third reading of a bill substantially changing the greater
part of such bill, the question shall not be put fortliwith
on ordering the bill to a third reading or to be engrossed
(as the case may be), but the bill, as amended, shall be
placed in the Orders of the next day after that on which
the amendment is made, and shall then be open to fur-
ther amendment before such question is put. In like
manner, when, under the operation of the previous ques-
tion or otherwise, an amendment is made in any propo-
sition of such a nature as to change its character, as
from a bill to an order, or the like, the proposition as
amended shall be placed in the Orders of the next day
after that on which the amendment was made. (31.)
Voting.
63. No member shall vote upon any question where
his private right is immediately concerned, distinct from
the public interest. (10.)
64. Members desiring to be excused from voting
shall make application to that effect before the division
of the House or the taking of the yeas and nays is begun.
Such application may be accompanied by a brief state-
ment of reasons by the member making it, but shall be
decided without debate, and shall not be subject to the
provisions of rule sixty-eight. (57.)
[Amended Jan. 8, 1877; Feb. 5, 1886; Jan, 13, 1893.]
65. When a question is put, the sense of the House
shall be taken by tlie voices of the members, and the
Speaker shall first announce the vote as it appears to
him by the sound. (55.)
66. If the Speaker is unable to decide by the sound
of the voices, or if his announcement made thereupon is
doubted by a member rising in his place for that pur-
pose, the Speaker shall order a return by divisions of
House of Representatives. 555
the number voting in the affirmative and in tlie negative,
without further debate upon the question. (55.)
[For duty of monitors in case of a division, see Rule 9.]
67. When a return by divisions is ordered, the mem-
bers for or against the question, when called on by the
Speaker, shall rise in their places, and stand until they
are counted. If upon the taking of such a vote the pres-
ence of a quorum is doubted, a count of the House shall
be had, and if a quorum is present the vote shall stand.
[Amended Feb. 11, 1889.]
68. The sense of the House shall be taken by yeas
and nays whenever required by thirty of the members
present. When the j^eas and nays are taken, the roll of
the House shall be called in alphabetical order, and no
member shall be allowed to vote who was not on the
floor before the vote is declared. If, before the ques-
tion is taken, a member states to the House that he has
paired with another member who is absent with a com-
mittee by authority of the House, and how each would
vote upon the pending question, the fact shall be entered
on the journal immediately after the record of the yeas
and nays, and such member shall be excused from
voting, but shall be included with the members voting
for the purposes of a quorum. (56.) (57.)
[Amended Jan. 4, 1878; April 2, 1878; April 1, 1879; Feb. 2, 1891;
Jan. 10, 1895; Jan. 21, 1909; Jan. 18, 1910.]
69. The call for the yeas and nays shall be decided
without debate. If the yeas and nays have been ordered
before the question is put, the proceedings under rules
sixty -five, sixty-six and sixty-seven shall be omitted ; if
not, they may be called for in lieu of a return liy divi-
sions when the Speaker's announcement is doubted by a
member rising in his place, and, if then ordered, the
556 Rules of the
proceedings under rules sixty-six and sixty-seven shall
be omitted. (52.)
[Amended Jan. 13, 1893.]
Reconsideration.
70. No motion to reconsider a vote shall be enter-
tained unless it is made on the same day on which the
vote was passed, or before the Orders of the Day have
been taken up on the next day thereafter on which a
quorum is present. If reconsideration is moved on the
same daj^ the motion shall (excej^t during the last week
of the session) be placed first in the Orders of the Day
for the succeeding day ; but, if it is moved on the suc-
ceeding day, the motion shall be considered forthwith :
provided, however, that this rule shall not prevent the
reconsideration of a vote on a subsidiary, incidental or
dependent question at any time when the main question
to which it relates is under consideration ; and ji^ovided,
further, that a motion to reconsider a vote on any sub-
sidiary, incidental or deiDendent question shall not re-
move the main subject under consideration from before
the House, but shall be considered at the time when it
is made. (53.)
[Amended June 13, 1890; Feb. 2, 1891; Feb. 7, 1902.]
71. When a motion for reconsideration is decided,
that decision shall not be reconsidered, and no question
shall be twice reconsidered ; nor shall any vote be re-
considered upon either of the following motions : —
to adjourn,
to lay on the table,
to take from the table ; or,
for the previous question. (53.)
72. Debate on motions to reconsider shall be limited
to thirty minutes, and no member shall occupy more
than five minutes ; but on a motion to reconsider a vote
House of Representatives, hbl
upon any subsidiary or incidental question, debate shall
be limited to ten minutes, and no member shall occupy
more than three minutes.
[Amended Feb. 5, 1886; June 13, 1890.]
[For rule requiring the Clerk to retain papers, except, etc., until
the right of reconsideration has expired, see Rule 15.]
Rules of Debate.
73. Ever}^ member, when about to speak, shall rise
and respectfully address the Speaker ; shall confine him-
self to the question under debate, and avoid person-
alities ; and shall sit down when he has finished. No
member shall speak out of his place without leave of
the Speaker. (39.)
74. When two or more members rise at the same
time the Speaker shall name the member entitled to the
floor, preferring one who rises in his place to one who
does not. (40.)
75. No member shall interrupt another while speak-
ing, except by rising to call to order. (-^2.)
76. Xo member shall speak more than once to the
prevention of those who Iiave not spoken and desire to
speak on the same question. (41.)
Motions,
77. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the
Speaker so directs. (44.)
78. A motion need not be seconded, and may be
withdrawn by the mover if no objection is made. (44.)
Limit of Debate,
79. A motion to adjourn shall be always first in
order, and shall be decided without debate ; and on the
558 Rules of the
motions to lay on the table, to take from the table, for
the previous question, to close debate at a specified time,
to postpone to a time certain, to commit or recommit,
not exceeding ten minutes shall be allowed for debate,
and no member shall speak more than three minutes.
(62.)
[Amended Feb. 19, 1878; Jan. 26, 1880; Feb. 2, 1891; March 14,
1899.]
[For application to be excused from voting, to be decided without
debate, see Rule 64.]
[For call for yeas and nays, to be decided without debate, see
Rule 69.]
[For questions of order, arising after the previous question is
moved, to be decided without debate, except on appeal, see Rule 83.J
80. When a question is before the House, imtil it is
disposed of, the Speaker shall receive no motion that
does not relate to the same, except the motion to ad-
journ, or some other motion that has precedence either
by express rule of the House, or because it is privileged
in its nature ; and he shall receive no motion relating to
the same, except, —
to lay on the table. See Rule 79.
for the j^revious question. See Rules 79, 81-86.
to close the debate at a specified time. See Rules 79, 85, 86.
to postpone to a time certain. See Rules 79 and 87.
to commit (or recommit) , See Rules 79 and 88.
to amend, See Rules 89-92.
to refer to the next General Court,
which several motions shall have precedence in the
order in which they are arranged in this rule. (46.)
[Amended Jan. 14, 1892.]
Previous Question.
81. The previous question shall be put in the fol-
lowing form: " Shall the main question be noiu puf^ "
— and all debate upon the main question shall be sus-
pended until the previous question is decided.
House of Representatives, 559
82, On the i^revious question debate shall be
allowed only to give reasons why the main question
should not be put.
[Amended March 14, 1899.]
83, All questions of order arising after a motion is
made for the previous question shall be decided with-
out debate, excepting on appeal ; and on such appeal, no
member shall speak more than once without leave of
the House.
[See Rule 94.]
84, The adoption of the previous question shall put
an end to all debate excejDt as provided in rule eighty-
six, and bring the House to a direct vote upon pending
amendments, if any, in their regular order, and then
upon the main question.
[Amended Jan. 14, 1892; Jan. 13, 1893.]
Motion to close Debate at a Specified Time.
85, Debate may be closed at any time not less than
thirty minutes from the adoption of a motion to that
effect. In case the time is extended by unanimous con-
sent, the same rule shall apply at the end of the extended
time as at the time originally fixed. (47.)
[Amended Jan. 8, 1877; Jan. 15, 1880; March 14, 1899.]
[See the next rule.]
When Debate is closed. Ten Minutes allowed, etc.
88, When debate is closed by ordering the pre-
vious question, or by a vote to close debate at a specified
time, the member in charge of the measure under con-
sideration shall be allowed to speak ten minutes, and
may grant to any other member any portion of his
time. When the measure under consideration has been
referred to the committee on Ways and Means, under
560 Bides of the
House rule forty-four, the member originally reporting
it shall be considered in charge, except where the report
of the committee on \Yays and Means is substantially
different from that referred to them, in which case the
member originally reporting the measure, and the mem-
ber of the committee on Ways and Means reporting
thereon, shall each be allowed to speak five minutes, the
latter to have the close. Wlien the member entitled to
speak under this rule is absent, the member standing
first in order upon the committee reporting the measure,
who is present and joined in the report, shall have the
right to occupy such time.
[Amended March 28, 1877; Feb. 11, 1890; Jan. 13, 1893; Jan. 2,
1896.]
Motion to Postpone to a Time Certain.
87. When a motion is made to postpone to a time
certain, and different times are proposed, the question
shall first be taken on the most remote time ; and the
time shall be determined before the question is put on
postponement, which may then be rejected if the House
see fiit. (51.)
Motion to Commit.
88. When a motion is made to commit, and different
committees are proposed, the question shall be taken in
the following order : —
a standing committee of the House,
a select committee of the House,
a joint standing committee,
a joint select committee ;
and a subject may be recommitted to the same commit-
tee or to another committee at the pleasure of the
House. (48.)
House of Representatives. 561
Motions to Amend.
89. A motion to amend an amendment may be re-
ceived ; but no amendment in the tliird degree shall be
allowed.
90. No motion or ^proposition on a subject different
from that under consideration shall be admitted under
color of amendment. (50.)
91. A question containing two or more propositions
capable of division shall be divided whenever desired by
any member. When a motion to strike out and insert
is thus divided, the failure of the motion to strike out
shall not preclude amendment ; or, if the motion to strike
out prevails, the matter proposed to be inserted shall
be open to amendment before the question is taken on
inserting it. (-15.)
92. In filling blanks, the largest sum and longest
time shall be put first. (51.)
Enacting Clause.
93. A motion to strike out the enacting clause of a
bill shall only be received when the bill is before the
House for enactment.
[Amended June 13, 1890.]
Appeal.
94. No ajDpeal from the decision of the Speaker shall
be entertained unless it is seconded ; and no other busi-
ness shall be in order until the question on the appeal
has been disposed of.
[See Rule 83.]
Resolves.
95. Such of these rules as are applicable to bills,
whether of the House or of the Senate, shall apply like-
562 Rules of the
wise to such resolves as require the concurrence of the
Senate and approval by the Governor, in order to be-
come laws and have force as such ; except in rule fifty-
four the word '* bill " shall be equivalent to the word
" resolve "" in the same place.
[Amended Jan. 13, 1893.]
Elections by Ballot.
96. A time shall be assigned for elections by ballot,
at least one day previous thereto, exce^jt in the cases
provided for in rule eight. (58.)
[Amended Feb. 2, 1891.]
Secret Session.
97. All jDroceedings in secret session, and matters
relating thereto, shall be kept secret until the House
removes the injunction of secrecy.
Seats.
98. (1.) The desk on the right of the Speaker
shall be assigned to the use of the Clerk and such i^er-
sons as he may employ to assist him, and that on the
left to the use of the chairmen of the committees on
Bills in the Third Reading and on Engrossed Bills.
(2.) The senior member of the House, and the oldest
member of the House who is not the senior member, shall
be allowed to select their seats from those not otherwise
assigned, before the drawing of seats by the members.
[Amended Jan. 7, 1878.]
(3.) The seat numbered 30, in the first division,
shall be assigned to the use of the chairman of the com-
mittee on the Judiciary ; that numbered 6, in the third
division, to the use of the member first named by the
Speaker on the committee on Rules ; and that numbered
13, in the fourth division, to the use of the chairman of
the committee on Ways and Means.
[Amended Jan. 7, 1878; Jan. 6, 1882; Jan. 7, 1895; Jan. 2, 1896; Jan.
11, 1897; Jan. 10, 1898; Jan. 4, 1907.]
House of Hepresenlatives, 563
(4.) The following seats shall be assigned to the
use of the monitors : —
Those numbered 8(5 and 78, in the first division ;
77 and 72, in the second division;
71 and 6G, in the third division;
65 and 57, in the fourth division.
[Amended Jan. 6, 1882; Jan. 7, 1895.J
(5.) The first business in order, after the appoint-
ment of standing committees and monitors is announced
by the Speaker, shall be the drawing of the other seats
upon the floor of the House.
(6.) The Clerk shall call the roll of the members in
alphabetical order, omitting the names of the Speaker,
the senior member, the oldest member, the chairmen of
committees hereinbefore mentioned, and the monitors ;
and the drawing shall be had in presence of the House,
under the supervision of a committee of three selected
from the members mentioned in this paragraph.
(7.) The seat assigned to any member, or drawn by
him, shall be his seat for the year, unless an exchange
is made and notice thereof gis'en to the Sergeant-at-
Arms within five days from the day of the drawing.
Privilege of the Floor.
99. The following persons shall be entitled to ad-
mission to the floor of the House, during the session
thereof, to occupy seats not numbered : —
(1.) The Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, mem-
bers of the Executive Council, Secretary of the Com-
monwealth, Treasurer and Receiver-General, Auditor,
Attorney-General, Librarian and Assistant Librarian.
(2.) The members of the Senate.
(3.) Persons in the exercise of an ofiicial duty
directly connected with the business of the House.
(4.) The legislative reporters assigned to seats in
the reporters' gallery. (59.)
564 Mules of the
(5.) Contestants for seats in the House, whose papers
are in the hands of the committee on Elections, may be
admitted, while their cases are pending, to seats to be
assigned by the Speaker.
Ko other jjerson shall be admitted to the floor during
the session except upon the permission of the Speaker.
(60.) (61.)
[Adopted Jan. 10, 1890; amended Jan. 25, 1894; March 14, 1899.]
Rp:pkesentatives' Chamber and Adjoining Rooms.
100. Use of the Representatives' Chamber shall not
be granted except by a vote of four-fifths of the mem-
bers present and voting thereon.
!No person shall be admitted to the members' corri-
dor and adjoining rooms, except persons entitled to the
privilege of the floor of the House, unless upon written
invitation, bearing the name of the person it is desired
to invite and the name of the member extending the in-
vitation, which invitation shall be surrendered upon the
person entering the corridor. No legislative agent or
counsel shall be admitted to said corridor and adjoining
rooms.
No smoking shall be allowed in the writing room of
the House or in the ladies' parlor.
No person shall be admitted to the north gallery of
the House except upon a card of a member; and no
person shall be so admitted except ladies, or gentlemen
accompanied by ladies.
Subject to the approval and direction of the commit-
tee on Rules during the session and of the Speaker
after prorogation, the use of the reporters' gallery of
the House Chamber shall be under the control of the
organization of legislative reporters known as the Mas-
sachusetts State House Press Association. (59.)
[Amended Feb. 2, 1891; Feb. 5, 1895; Feb. 6, 1900; Jan. 26, 1911.]
House of Representatives, 565
Parliamentary Practice.
101. The rules of parliamentary practice shall gov-
ern the House in all cases to which they are applicable,
and in which they are not inconsistent with these rules
or tlie joint rules of the two branches. (62.)
Debate on Motions for the Suspension of Rules.
102. Debate upon a motion for the suspension of any
of the joint rules or House rules shall be limited to fif-
teen minutes, and no member shall occupy more than
three minutes.
[Amended Feb. 11, 1889; June 13, 1890; Feb. 2, 1891.]
Suspension, Amendment and Repeal.
103. Xothing in these rules shall be dispensed with,
altered or repealed, unless two-thirds of the members
present consent thereto ; but this rule, and rules forty-
one, forty-nine, fifty, sixty-two, seventy, ninety-nine and
one hundred, shall not be suspended, unless by unani-
mous consent of the members j^resent. (63.)
[Amended Jan. 10, 1890; June 13, 1890; Feb, 2, 1891; Jan. 13, 1893.]
104. All motions to suspend the ninth or twelfth joint
rule, or House rule thirty-two, all questions on concurring
with the Senate in the suspension of eitlier of said joint
rules, all motions or orders authorizing committees of
the House to travel or to employ stenograj)hers, and all
propositions involving special investigations by com-
mittees of the House, shall be referred without debate
to the committee on Rules, who, within fourteen days
after such reference, shall report thereon, recommend-
ing what action should be taken. On all questions on
the suspension of the ninth joint rule, or House rule
thirty-two, the committee shall report adversely, unless
566 Eules of the House.
evidence satisfactory to the committee is produced that
the petitioners have previously given notice, by public
advertisement or otherwise, equivalent to that required
by chapter 3 of the Revised Laws. (13a.)
[Adopted Jan. 10, 189S; amended March 14, 1899; Jan. 22, 1904; Feb.
21, 1905.]
Quorum.
105. One himdred and twenty-one members shall
constitute a quorum for the organization of the House
and the transaction of business.
[Adopted Feb. 8, 1892.]
INDEX TO THE RULES OP THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
[Tlie figures refer to the numbers of the Rules.]
Adjourn, motion to, 79, SO.
Admission to the floor, 99.
AMENDMENT :
to be reported by committee on Bills in the Third Reading, 26.
from Senate, sent back for concurrence, 46.
bill may be moved as, 47.
private bill not to be moved as, 31.
engrossed bill not to be amended, 53.
making substantial change, 62.
motions to amend, 80, 89 to 02.
when previous question is ordered, 84.
amendment to amendment, etc., 89.
not to be admitted of a different subject, 90.
when question is divided, 91.
in filling blanks, largest sum, etc., 92.
striking out enacting clause, 93.
of rules, 103.
Appeals from the decision of the Speaker, 2, 83, 94.
Ballot, elections by, 22, 96.
BILLS:
1. Preliminary.
to be deposited with Clerk and examined by Speaker, 28.
accompanying petitions to be j)rinted, 28.
how to be written, 42.
motions contemplating legislation, etc., to be founded upon
petition or upon bill or resolve (on leave), 40.
how to be introduced, 47.
post]3onement of consideration of reqiiest to introduce on
leave, at request of member, 41.
to be read by their titles only, unless, etc., 48.
567
568 Index to the Rules of the
BILLS — Continued.
1. Preliminanj — Concluded.
for special legislation, not to be reported if ol)ject is attain-
able by general or existing laws, 30.
specially affecting rights of individuals or corporations, not
to be reported except on petition, etc., 31.
" applications " after the second Saturday of the session.
See Joint Rides 12 and 14.
again -when once rejected. 49.
2. As reported by committees.
appropriation bills to contain certain items only, 25, 40.
restriction or regulation of reports, 30, 32, 49.
reports to be made before the second Wednesday in March, 33.
when to be presented to the House, 36.
3. Before the second reading.
if opposed, question on rejection; otherwise, second read-
ing, 43.
involving expenditures of public money, referred to commit-
tee on Ways and Means, 44.
involving expenditures of county money, referred to com-
mittee on Counties on the part of the House, 44.
from the Senate, 38, 56.
referred to committee, etc., 45.
case of Senate amendments to House bill, 46.
4. Before the third reading.
referred to committee, 50.
duties of committee, 26.
placed in Orders of the Day, 58.
5. After the third reading.
not to be engrossed unless read on three several days, 51,
6. After engrossment.
referred to committee, 52.
duties of committee, 27.
not to be amended, 53.
passage to be enacted, 54.
notice to be given ; sent to the Senate, 55.
7. Provisions applicabie at several stages.
arrangement of matters in Orders of the Day, 13, 60.
consideration of matters in Orders of the Day, .59.
House of Representatives. 569
BTL'LS— Concluded.
7. Provisions applicable at several stages — Concluded.
matters not to be discharged from Orders of the Day, 61.
amendment changing nature of a bill, 62.
Clerk to retain bills and other papers, except, etc., 15.
bills and papers in possession of members, IS.
motion to strike out enacting clause, when received, 93.
provisions respecting bills also applicable to resolves, 95.
Calendar, 13, 14, 60.
Clerk. 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 28, 98.
Commit, motion to, 79, 80, 88.
COMMITTEES:
standing, to be appointed, 20.
to be appointed by Speaker, unless, etc., 21.
case of election by ballot, 22.
no member required to be on more than two, etc., 23.
no member to serve where his private right, etc., 24.
duty of committee on Ways and Means, 25, 40, 44.
on Counties, 44.
on Bills in the Third Reading, 26.
on Engrossed Bills, 27.
to report adversely in certain cases, 30, 32.
notice to be given in certain cases, 32.
to make report on or before second Wednesday in March, 33.
propositions for, to travel referred to committee on Rules, 104.
DEBATE, RULES OF, 73 to 93.
Speaker may speak to points of order, etc., 2.
matters to be disposed of without debate, 59, 64, 69, 83.
motions to be decided without debate, 79.
debate on motions to reconsider, 72.
debate on motions to lay on table, for the previous question, to
commit or recommit, 79.
debate on motions to postpone to a time certain, 79.
motion to close debate, 79, 80, 85, 86.
debate on motions for suspension of rules, 102. See Previous
Question.
Doubt: when a vote is doubted, 66, 67, 69.
Elections by ballot, 22, 96.
Enacting clause, when motion to strike out, received, 53, 93.
Engrossed Bills, committee on, 27, 52. See Bills.
Excuse from voting, time for application for, 64.
570 Index to the Rules of the
Investigations, propositions involving special, by committees to be
referred to tlie committee on Rules, 104.
Journal of the House, 6, 11, 12.
MEMBERS:
not to stand up, etc., 16.
not to stand at Clerk's desk during roll-call, 16.
not to be absent, etc., 17.
to leave papers with the Clerk, 18, 28.
number of, upon each standing committee, 20.
first named to be chairman of committee, etc., 21.
having highest number to be chairman, etc., 22.
no member required to be on more than two committees, etc., 23.
no member to serve on committee where his private right, etc., 24.
member presenting petition, etc., to indorse his name, etc., 37.
no member to vote where his private right, etc., 63.
desiring to be excused from voting, etc., 64.
member about to speak, to rise and address the Speaker, etc., 73.
no member to interrupt another, etc., 75.
no member to speak more than once, etc., 76.
seats of, 98.
privilege of the floor, 99. See Voting.
Messages from the Governor to be referred, etc., 40.
Monitors, 9, 10, 66.
Motions, 77 to 93.
Notice to parties, 31, 32.
Order. See Questions of Order.
ORDERS :
postponement of consideration of, at request of member, 41.
once rejected, not to be renewed, 49.
of inquiry, 15.
of notice, 15.
of the Day, 13, 14, 56 to 62.
Pairs, recording of, 68.
PETITIONS, 15, 28, 29, 32, 36, 37.
once rejected, 49.
Postpone to a time certain, motion for, 79, 80, 87.
Postponement of consideration of orders, etc., at request of mem-
ber, 41.
Previous question, 79 to 84, 86.
Privilege of the floor, 99.
House of Representatives, 571
Questions of order, 2, 12, 75, 83.
Quorum, 1, 67, 68, 105.
Reading of papers, 5, 37, 39, 48.
Recommit, motion to, 79, 80, 88.
Reconsideration, 15, 70, 71, 72.
Reporters' gallery, control of, 100.
Report of State officers, to be referred, etc., 28, 40.
Reports of committees, 33, 36, 56, 67. See Bills.
Representatives' Chamber and adjoining rooms, 100.
Resolutions, 28, 50, 56.
Resolves, 95. See Bills.
Rules, 9, 10, 19, 103, 104.
Secret session, 97.
SENATE :
papers from, 38, 45, 46, 47, 50, 56, 57.
engrossed bills sent to, 55.
SPEAKER, 1 to 6.
may appoint a member to perform the duties of the chair, 7.
absence of, 8.
to appoint monitors, 9.
may direct as regards matters in calendar, 13.
to appoint committees, 21.
chairman of committee of the whole, 34.
to examine bills, etc., 28.
to call for petitions, etc., 36.
to lay before the House papers from the Senate, 38.
may present papers not petitions, etc., 39.
to give notice of engrossed bill sent to Senate, 55.
to name member entitled to floor, 74.
may direct motion to be reduced to writing, 77.
may invite visitors to seats on the floor, 99. See Rules of Debate ;
Voting.
Stenographers, employment of, by committees, 104.
Strike out and insert, motion to, 91.
enacting clause, 53, 93.
SUSPENSION OF RULES, 41, 103.
limit of debate on motions for, 102.
motions to suspend certain rules to be referred to the committee
on Rules, 104.
572 Index to Rules of House of Representatives.
TABLE:
papers on, 13.
lay on, motions tx>, 79, 80.
take from, motions to, 79.
Third Reading, Bills in the, committee on, 26, 50, 58. See Bills.
Travel, orders authorizing committees to, referred to committee on
Rules, 104.
Undebatable matters and motions. See Debate.
Unfinished business, 60.
Voting, 3, 4, 63 to 69.
Ways and Means, committee on, 20, 25, 40, 44, 86.
Yeas and nays, 68, 69.
JOINT RULES OF THE TWO BRANCHES.
JOINT RULES OP THE SENATE AND
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Committees,
1. Joint standing committees shall be appointed at
the beginning of the political year as follows : —
A committee on Agriculture ;
A committee on Banks and Banking ;
A committee on Constitutional Amendments ;
A committee on Counties ;
A committee on Drainage ;
A committee on Education ;
A committee on Election Laws ;
A committee on Federal Relations ;
A committee on Fisheries and Game;
A committee on Harbors and Public Lands ;
A committee on Labor ;
A committee on the Liquor Law ;
A committee on Military Affairs ;
A committee on Prisons ;
A committee on Public Charitable Institutions ;
A committee on Public Health ;
A committee on Public Service ;
A committee on Roads and Bridges ;
A committee on State House and Libraries ;
A committee on Towns ;
A committee on Water Supply ;
Each to consist of three members on the part of the
Senate, and eight on the part of the House ;
575
576 Joint Rules,
A committee on Cities ;
A committee on Insurance ;
A committee on Legal Affairs ;
A committee on Mercantile Affairs ;
A committee on Metropolitan Affairs ;
A committee on Public Lighting ;
A committee on Railroads ;
A committee on Street Eaihvays ;
A committee on Taxation ;
Each to consist of four members on the part of the
Senate, and eleven on the part of the House.
Matters referred by either the Senate or the House to
its committee on the Judiciary, on Ways and Means, or
on Rules shall be considered by the resjDective commit-
tees of the two branches, acting as joint committees,
when, in the judgment of the chairmen of the respective
committees of the two branches, the interests of legisla-
tion or the expedition of business will be better served
by such joint consideration. Matters may also be re-
ferred respectively to the committees on the Judiciary,
on Ways and Means, and on Rules, of the two branches,
as joint committees.
The committees on Rules, together with the presiding
officers of the two branches, acting as a joint committee,
may consider and suggest such measures as shall, in
their judgment, tend to facilitate the business of the ses-
sion. [Amended Jan. 6, 1882; Jan. 5, 1883; Jan. 7,
1884 ; Jan. 8, 1885 ; Jan. 26, 1885 ; Jan. 8, 1886 ; Jan.
12, 1887; Jan. 9, 1888; Jan. 28, 1889; Jan. 8, 1890;
Feb. 2, 1891; Jan. 11, 1892; Feb. 10, 1892; Feb. 7,
1893; Jan. 8, 1894; Jan. 7, 1895; Jan. 7, 1896; Jan.
11, 1897; Jan. 10, 1898; Jan. 9, 1899; Jan. 22 and
Jan. 29, 1901; Jan. 6, 1902; Jan. 9, 1903; Jan. 8,
1904; Jan. 6, 1905; Jan. 4, 1907; Jan. 5, 1910; and
Jan. 4, 1911.]
Joint Rules. 577
2. No member of either branch shall act as counsel
for any party before any committee of the Legislature.
3. No committee of the Senate or the House shall
travel unless authorized by a vote of two-thirds of the
members of its branch present and voting. No joint
committee shall travel unless authorized by a concur-
rent vote of tvvo-thirds of the members of each branch
l^resent and voting. No committee shall travel except
at the expense of the Commonwealth. In any case
when a committee is authorized to travel, the Sergeant-
at-Arms shall provide transportation only for members
of the committee and the otficer accompanpng tliem, and
the reasonable travelling exj^enses of such members and
officers only shall be charged to or paid by the Com-
monwealth. Neither the Sergeant-at-Arms nor the offi-
cer detailed by him shall permit any person to accompany
such committee while in the discharge of its olficial duties
unless invited by vote of the committee.
All bills for the travelling expenses of committees
shall, in such form and detail as may be prescribed by
the Auditor of the Commonwealth, be submitted by the
Sergeant-at-Arms to the committee by whom they have
been incurred ; and such bills, before they are presented
to the Auditor of the Commonwealth, shall first be ap-
jDroved by a majority of the committee incurring them.
The Sergeant-at-Arms shall procure from the Auditor
and shall, on the first Monday in each month, transmit
to the General Court in print a statement of all such bills
which have been presented to the Auditor during the
preceding month. [Adopted Feb. 7, 1890. Amended
Feb. 2, 1891, and Jan. 20, 1904.]
4. Joint committees may report by bill, resolve, or
otherwise, to either branch, at their discretion, having
578 Joint Rules,
reference to an equal distribution of business between
the two branches, except that money bills shall be re-
ported to the House ; and except that when a report is
made from any committee to either branch, and the sub-
ject-matter thereof is subsequently referred therein to a
joint committee, such committee shall report its action
to the branch in which the original report was made.
[See also next rule.]
5. Reports of joint committees may be recommitted
to the same committees at the pleasure of the branch
first acting- thereon, and bills or resolves may be recom-
mitted in either branch, but no such recommittal shall
be made after the fourth Wednesday in March. A
concurrent vote shall, however, be necessary for the
recommitment of such reports, bills, or resolves, with
instructions. After recommitment, report shall, in all
cases, be made to the branch originating the recommit-
ment. [Amended Feb. 2, 1891.]
6. Bills and resolves reported by joint committees
shall be printed or fairly written in a legible hand, with-
out material erasure or interlineation, and on not less
than one sheet of jDaper, with suitable margins, and with
spaces between the several sections. Dates and num-
bers shall be printed or written in words at length.
[Amended Jan. 28, 1889.]
7. Whenever, upon any application for an act of in-
corporation or other legislation, the purpose for which
such legislation is sought can be secured without detri-
ment to the public interests by a general law or under
existing laws, the committee to which the matter is
referred shall report such general law, or " leave to
withdraw," or *♦ ought not to pass." [Amended Feb. 2,
1891, and Feb. 7, 1893.]
Joint Rules, 579
Notice to Parties Interested.
8. Xo legislation affecting the rights of individuals
or the rights of a private or municipal corporation,
otherwise than as it affects generally the people of the
whole Commonwealth or the people of the city or town
to which it specifically applies, shall be proposed or in-
troduced except by a petition, nor shall any bill or resolve
embodying such legislation be reported by a committee
except upon a petition duly referred, nor shall such a
bill or resolve be reported by a committee, whether on
an original reference or on a recommittal with instruc-
tions to hear the parties, until it -is made to appear to
the satisfaction of the committee that proper notice of
the proposed legislation has been given by public ad-
vertisement or otherwise to all parties interested, with-
out expense to the Commonwealth, or until evidence
satisfactory to the committee is produced that all parties
interested have in writing waived notice. A committee
reporting leave to withdraw or reference to the next
General Court for want of proper notice or of a waiver
thereof shall set forth this fact in its report, and no bill
or resolve shall be in order as a substitute for, or amend-
ment of, such report. Objection to the violation of this
rule may be taken at any stage prior to that of the third
reading. [Adopted Feb. 7, 1890.]
9. A petition for the incorporation of a town or city,
or for the division of an existing town or city, or for the
incorporation of a railroad, street railway, elevated rail-
road or canal company, or for the amendment, altera-
tion or extension of the charter or corporate powers or
privileges of any such company, either specially incor-
porated or organized under general laws, or for author-
ity to take water for a water supply, or relative to
580 Joint Rules.
building structures over navigable or tide waters, shall
be referred to the next General Court, and not to a com-
mittee, unless the petitioner has given the notice required
by chapter 3 of the Kevised Laws, or by other provisions
of law. A petition for the incorporation of a college or
university or other educational institution, with power
to grant degrees, or for an amendment of the charter of
an existing educational institution so that the said in-
stitution, not having such power, shall thereafter have
power to grant degrees, shall also be referred to the
next General Court, and not to a committee, unless the
petitioner has given the notice required by chapter 3 of
the Revised Laws. But if, no objection being raised,
any such petition is referred to a committee without such
required notice, the committee shall forthwith report ref-
erence to the next General Court, setting forth as the
reason for such report failure to give the required notice,
unless evidence satisfactory to the committee is produced
that all parties interested have in writing waived notice.
In case a bill or resolve is rej^orted by a committee upon
such a petition, after proof of such waiver of notice, this
fact shall be set forth in the report of the committee.
When a report of reference to the next General Court is
made by a "committee on account of failure to give the
required notice, no bill or resolve shall be substituted
for such report, nor shall such report be recommitted
or referred to another committee ; but reference of the
petition to the next General Court for want of proper
notice under this rule shall not affect action upon
any other measure involving the same subject-matter.
[Adopted Feb. 7, 1890. Amended Feb. 2, 1891; Feb.
3, 1BD8; and Jan. 16, 1903.]
Joint Rules, 581
Limit of Time allowed for Beports of Committees.
10. Joint committees shall make final report upon
all matters previously referred to them, on or before the
second Wednesday in March ; but, except as jyrovided
in Rule Xo. 29, the time within which they are required
to report upon such matters may be extended, by con-
current vote, until a day not later than the second
Wednesday in April. When the time within which
such joint committees are required to report has ex-
pired, all matters upon which no report has then been
made shall, within three legislative days thereafter, be
reported by the chairman of the committee on the part
of the branch in which they were respectively intro-
duced, with a recommendation of reference to the next
General Court under this rule. This rule shall not be
rescmded, amended or suspended, except by a concur-
rent vote of four-fifths of the members of each branch
present and voting thereon. [Amended Feb. 2, 1891 ;
Jan. 25, 1894; Jan. 16, 1903; and Jan. 20, 1904.]
Committees of Conference.
11. Committees of conference shall consist of three
members on the part of each branch, representing its
vote ; and their report, if agreed to by a majority of
each committee, shall be made to the branch asking the
conference, and may be either accepted or rejected, but
no other action shall be had, except through a new com-
mittee of conference.
Limit of Tiyne allowed for Neiu Business.
12. Resolutions, and petitions, memorials, bills and
resolves introduced on leave, and all otlier subjects of
legislation, except reports required to be made to the
Legislature, deposited with the Clerk of either branch
582 Joint Rules.
subsequently to five o'clock in the afternoon on the sec-
ond Saturday of the session, shall, when presented, be
referred to the next General Court ; but this rule shall
not ajiply to petitions in aid of, and remonstrances
against, legislation already introduced and pending;
nor shall it apply to a petition offered in place of a
former one having in view the same object, upon which,
before reference to a committee, leave to Avithdraw was
given because the same was not in proper form, pro-
vided that such subsequent petition is dejDOsited with the
Clerk of either branch within one week from the day on
which leave to withdraAV was given ; nor shall it apply
to a bill or resolve introduced on leave or to a resolution
presented subsequently to five o'clock in the afternoon
on the second Saturday of the session, wiien such bill,
resolve or resolution is based upon the report of a joint
committee which has been made in compliance with in-
structions to report facts or to investigate, provided the
said bill, resolve or resolution is introduced within one
week after the committee's report is submitted. This
rule shall not be rescinded, amended or suspended, ex-
cept by a concurrent vote of four-fifths of the members
of each branch present and voting thereon : 2^^ovicled,
however, that, except by unanimous consent, it shall not
be suspended with reference to a j^etition for legislation
when such petition is not accompanied by a bill or a re-
solve embodying the legislation requested. [Amended
Feb. 7, 1890; Feb. 2, 1891; Feb. 7, 1893; Jan. 10,
1898; Jan. 9, 1899; Feb. 15, 1901; May 4, 1904; and
Jan. 31, 1910.]
Requests for Legislation to he deposited with the Clerks.
13. Petitions and memorials, accompanied by bills
or resolves embodying the subject-matter praj^ed for,
bills and resolves for introduction on leave, and all
other sul)jects of legislation, and all resolutions and
Joint Rules. 5fiS
orders of inquiry, intended for presentation to the Gen-
eral Court by any member, shall be deposited with the
Clerk of the branch to which such member belongs, and
shall be laid before such branch not later than at the
session of the fourth legislative day succeeding the day
on which the same have been so deposited. [Adopted
Feb. 7, 1890. Amended Feb. 2, 1891; Feb. 7, 1893;
and Jan. 25, 1894.]
14. The joint committee on Rules shall have author-
ity to prescribe the manner and form of keeping the
dockets of legislative counsel and agents which are re-
quired by law. [Adopted Feb. 2, 1891.]
Duties of the Clerks.
15. If any part of the report of a committee over the
signature of the chairman or members of the committee
is amended in either branch, the Clerk of that branch
shall endorse upon the report such amendment.
16. All papers, while on their passage between the
two branches, may be under the signature of tlie respec-
tive Clerks, except bills and resolves in their last stage.
Messages may be sent by such persons as each branch
may direct.
17. After bills have passed both branches to be en-
grossed, they shall be in the charge of the Clerks of the
two branches, who shall deliver the same to the Secretary
of the Commonwealth, to be engrossed in the manner
prescribed by law ; and when engrossed the said Clerks
shall forthwith deliver the same to the committee of the
House of Representatives on Engrossed Bills ; and when
the same have passed to be enacted in that House, they
shall, in like manner, be delivered to the committee of
the Senate on Engrossed 1 Jills.
584 Joint Rules,
18. If any petition, memorial, bill, resolve or order,
presented or originating in one branch, is adversely acted
upon in the other, notice thereof shall be given, under
the signature of the Clerk, to the branch in which the
same originated.
19. The Clerk of the branch in which a bill origi-
nated shall make an endorsement thereon, certifying in
which branch the same originated, which endorsement
shall be entered on the journals by the Clerks respec-
tively. [Amended Jan. 28, 1889.]
Printing and Distribution of Documents.
20. The joint committee on Rules may make regula-
tions for the distribution of all documents printed or
assigned for the use of the Legislature not otlierwise
disposed of, and such regulations shall be reported to
and be subject to the order of the two branches.
Under the general order to print a report, bill or other
document, the number printed shall be nine hundred.
Leave to report in print shall not be construed to au-
thorize the printing of extended reports of evidence.
Bills, reports and other documents, printed under the
general order of either branch, shall be distributed as
follows, to wit: tvvo copies to each member of the
Senate and House of Representatives ' (to be placed on
his file under the direction of the Sergeant-at-Arms, if
desired by the member) ; three copies to each Clerk in
either branch, and three copies to each reporter in reg-
ular attendance, to whom a seat has been assigned in
either branch ; twenty copies to the Executive ; twenty
copies to the Secretary's office ; six copies to the State
Library ; one copy to each Public Library in the Com-
monwealth, which shall make due application therefor
to the Sergeant-at-Arms, and shall make proper provi-
Joint Mules. 585
sion for the transmission and preservation thereof ; and,
when the document is the report of a committee, ten
copies shall be assigned to tlie committee making the
report. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall preserve as many
as may be necessary for the permanent files to be
placed in the lobbies, and distribute the remainder
under such regulations as may be prescribed by said
joint committee. [Amended Jan. 8, 1886 ; Jan. 28,
1889; and Jan. 27, 1911.]
21. Bills, resolves and other papers requiring the
approval of the Governor shall be laid before him for
his approbation by the Clerk of the Senate, Avho shall
enter upon the journal of the Senate the day on which
the same were so laid before the Governor. [Amended
Jan. 28, 1889.]
Constitutional Amendments.
22. All resolves proposing amendments to the Con-
stitution shall have three several readings in each
branch, and the question upon agreeing to an amend-
ment to the Constitution shall be taken by yeas and
nays. [Amended Jan. 28, 1889.]
Joint Conventions.
23. The President of the Senate shall preside in
Conventions of the two branches, and such Conventions
shall be holden in the Representatives' Chamber; the
Clerk of the Senate shall be Clerk of the Convention,
and a record of the ^proceedings of the Convention shall
be entered at large on the journals of both branches.
24. When an agreement has been made by the two
branches to go into Convention, such agreement shall
not be altered or annulled, except by concurrent vote.
586 Joint Eules.
25. No business shall be entered on, in Convention,
other than that which may be agreed on before the
Convention is formed.
Joi?ii Elections.
28. In all elections by joint ballot a time shall be
assigned therefor at least one day previous to such
election.
Elections of United States Senators.
27. The joint assembly required to be held by the
statutes of the United States, relating to the elections
for Senators in Congress, shall be deemed a Conven-
tion of the two branches, and the proceedings therein
shall be in accordance with the provisions of said stat-
utes. The President of the Convention shall receive
no motion on any day until one vote for Senator has
been taken. After one vote for Senator has been taken,
no motion shall be in order except a motion to adjourn,
for a recess, or to proceed to vote for Senator; and
these motions shall have j)recedence in the order of
their arrangement, and shall be decided without de-
bate. If a motion is made for a recess, and different
times are proposed, the question shall first be taken
on the most remote time ; and the time shall be deter-
mined, but without debate, before the question is put
upon taking the recess. On either of the questions
permitted by this rule, the sense of the Convention shall
be taken by yeas and nays whenever required by one-
fifth of the members present. When the yeas and nays
are taken, the roll of the Convention shall be called in
alphabetical order ; and no member shall be allowed
to vote who was not on the floor when his name was
called or before the roll-call was finished. The call for
the yeas and nays shall be decided without debate.
Joint Rules, 587
28. All motions or orders authorizing joint commit-
tees to travel or to employ stenographers and all
propositions involving special investigations by joint
committees shall be referred without debate to the joint
committee on Rules, who, within fourteen days after
such reference, shall report thereon, recommending
what action should be taken. [Adopted Jan. 10, 1898.
Amended Jan. 20, 1904.]
29. All motions or orders extending the time within
which joint committees are required to report shall be
referred without debate to the joint committee on Rules,
who shall report recommending what action should be
taken thereon. No such extension beyond the second
Wednesday in April shall be granted, against the rec-
ommendation of the joint committee on Rules, except
by a four-fifths vote of the members of each branch
present and voting thereon. This rule shall not be re-
scinded, amended or suspended, except by a concur-
rent vote of four-fifths of the members of each branch
present and voting thereon. [Adopted Jan. 16, 1903.
Amended Feb. 6, 1912.]
30. A member of either branch who directly or in-
directly solicits for himself or others any position or
office within the gift or control of a railroad corpora-
tion, street railway company, gas or electric light com-
pany, telegraph or telephone company, aqueduct or
water company, or other public service corporation,
shall be subject to suspension therefor, or to such other
penalty as the branch of which he is a member may see
fit to impose. [Adopted May 22, 1902.]
31. Subject to the approval and direction of the joint
committee on Rules during the session and of the Presi-
dent of tlie Senate and the Speaker of the House after
588 Joint Rules.
prorogation, the use of the rooms and facilities assigned
to reporters in the State House shall be under the con-
trol of the organization of legislative reporters known
as the Massachusetts State House Press Association.
(100.) [Adopted Jan. 27, 1911.]
32. Any joint rule except the tenth, twelfth and
twenty-ninth may be altered, suspended or rescinded by
a concurrent vote of two-thirds of the members of each
branch present and voting thereon. [Amended Feb. 7,
1893. Adopted in revised form Jan. 9, 1899. Amended
Jan. 16, 1903.]
INDEX TO THE JOINT RULES OP THE
TWO BRANCHES.
AMENDMENTS:
rule as to new business, how amended, 12.
of Constitution, how passed, 22.
rules, how amended, 30.
BILLS:
report of, etc., may be made to either branch except, etc., 4.
money, to be reported to the House, 4.
recommitment without instructions may be made in either branch, 5.
recommitment not to be made after fourth Wednesday in March, 5.
recommitment with instructions to require concurrent vote, 5.
how to be v.ritten, 6.
for special legislation, not to be reported if object is attainable by
general or existing laws, 7.
specially affecting rights of individuals or corporations, not to be
reported except on petition, etc., 8.
on leave, deposited with Clerks subsequently to five o'clock p.m.
on second Saturday of the session, to be referred to next Gen-
eral Court, 12.
shall not be referred under rule to next General Court when intro-
duced on leave subsequently to five o'clock on second Satur-
day of the session, if based on report of a joint committee made
on an order to investigate, etc., 12.
on leave, to be deposited with Clerks, 13.
how printed, etc., 20.
after passage to be engrossed, to be in charge of Clerks, etc., 17.
notice of adverse action to be given to branch originating, 18.
enacted, to be presented to Governor by Senate Clerk, 21.
CLERKS:
petitions, etc., intended for presentation, to be deposited with, 13.
shall endorse amendments of reports of committees, 15.
papers on passage between the two branches to be under signa-
ture of, 16.
589
590 Index to the Joint Rules.
CLERKS — Concluded.
shall have charge of bills, etc., after passage to be engrossed, etc., 17.
shall endorse where bill originated, 19.
Senate Clerk shall lay enacted bills before Gk)vernor, 21.
Senate Clerk shall be Clerk of joint Convention, 23.
COMMITTEES:
standing, to be appointed, 1.
number of members of standing, 1.
members of Legislature not to act as counsel before, 2.
not to travel outside of the State except, etc., 3.
travelling expenses of, 3.
reports of. may be made to either branch, except, etc., 4.
reports of money bills to be made to House, 4.
report of committee referred to a committee to be reported to branch
in which original report was made, 4.
• reports of, without instructions may be recommitted by branch
first acting thereon, 5.
reix)rta of, with instructions require concurrent vote for recom-
mitment, 5.
report after recommitment must be made to branch originating
recommitment, 5.
reports not to be recommitted after fourth Wednesday in March, 5.
special legislation to be reported against, if purixjse can be secured
by general or existing law, 7.
bills specially affecting individuals or corporations not to be re-
ported without notice, etc., 8.
to report reference to next General Court on petitions not adver-
tised according to law, etc., 9.
limit of time for reports, etc., 10.
of conference, three in each branch, 11.
of conference, report how made, 11.
if report is amended in either branch, to be endorsed by Clerk, 15.
joint committee on Rules to regulate distribution of documents, 20.
orders authorizing, to travel and to employ stenographers and
propositions involving special investigations to be referred to
the joint committee on Rules, 28.
motions and orders extending the time within which, may report,
to be referred to joint committee on Rules, 29.
CONSTITUTION; AMENDMENTS OF :
how passed, 22.
vote on agreeing to, to be taken by yeas and nays, 2-2.
Index to the Joint Rules, 591
CONVENTION OF BOTH BRANCHES:
President of Senate shall preside, 23.
shall be held in Representatives' Chamber, 23.
Clerk of Senate to be Clerk and record to be made in journals of
both branches, 23.
agreement to go into Convention shall not be altered except by
concurrent vote, 24.
no business to be transacted except that before agreed upon, 25.
for election of United States Senators, 27.
Counsel, no member shall act as, before committees, 2.
Debate, not in order in election of United States Senators, 27.
Documents, distribution and number, 20.
ELECTIONS:
time to be assigned one day previous, 26.
United States Senators, how elected, 27.
Engrossed bills, under charge of Clerks, etc., 17.
Evidence, printing of extended reports, 20.
General law to be preferred to special legislation, 7.
Investigations, propositions involving special, to be referred to the
joint committee on Rules, 28.
Legislation affecting rights of individuals or corporations must be intro-
duced by petition, 8.
LIMIT OF TIME:
for reports, 10.
for introduction of new business, 12.
MEMBERS:
not to act as counsel before committees, 2.
not to solicit employment for themselves or others, 30.
MEMORIALS CONTEMPLATING LEGISLATION:
deposited with Clerks subsequently to five o'clock p.m. on second
Saturday of the session to be referred to next General Court, 12.
to be deposited with Clerks, 13.
Messages between the two branches, how sent, 16.
Motions, what allowed in case of election of United States Senators, 27.
592 Index to the Joint Rules.
NOTICE:
of adverse action to be given to branch originating bill, etc., 18.
of legislation specially affecting the rights of individuals and cor-
porations to be given, 8.
New business, limit of time allowed for, 12.
Orders of inquiry to be deposited with Clerks, 13.
PAPERS:
to be under Clerks' signatures on passage between the two
branches, 16.
other than bills, requiring the signature of the Governor, to be laid
before him like bills, 21.
PETITIONS:
not advertised as required by law to be referred to next General
Court, etc., 9.
deposited with Clerks subsequently to five o'clock p.m. on second
Saturday of the session to be referred to next General Court, 12.
to be deposited with Clerks, 13.
notice of adverse action to be given to branch originating, 18.
Printing, how ordered, provided, etc., 20.
Recommitment of reports, bills and resolves, 5.
Reporters, use of rooms and facilities assigned to, to be under control
of the Massachusetts State House Press Association, subject,
however, etc., 31.
Reports required to be made to Legislature not limited in time, 12.
See also Committees.
RESOLUTIONS:
certain, deposited with Clerks subsequently to five o'clock p.m.
on second Satiirday of the session to be referred to next Gen-
eral Court, 12.
shall not be referred, under rule, to next General Court when intro-
duced subsequently to five o'clock p.m. on second Saturday
of the session, if based on report of a joint committee made
on an order to investigate, etc., 12.
RESOLVES:
on leave, deposited with Clerks subsequently to five o'clock p.m.
on second Saturday of the session to be referred to next Gen-
eral Court, 12.
Index to the Joint Rules, 593
RESOLVES — Concluded.
shall not be referred, under rule, to next General Court when intro-
duced subsequently to five o'clock p.m. on second Saturday
of the session, if based on report of a joint committee made
on an order to investigate, etc., 12.
on leave to be deposited with Clerks, 13.
requiring the approval of the Governor to be laid before him by
the Clerk of tlie Senate, 21.
for constitutional amendments, to have three readings and yeas
and nays, 22.
See also Bills.
RULES:
joint, how suspended, 10, 12, 29, 31.
joint committee on, to have authority to prescribe the manner
and form of keeping the dockets of legislative counsel and
agents, 14.
SPECIAL LEGLSLATION:
not to be granted if object is attainable under general or existing
laws, 7.
affecting individuals and corporations must be introduced by
petition, 8.
affecting individuals and corporations not to be reported except
on petition, etc., 8.
Standing committees, appointment and number, 1.
Stenographers, motions or orders authorizing committees to employ,
to be referred to joint committee on Rules, 28.
Travel and travelling expenses of committees, 3, 28.
United States Senators, how elected, 27.
NOTES OF RULINGS
OP THK
PRESIDING OFFICERS
From the Year 1833.
Prepared by Hon. George G. Crocker.
Memoranda. — S. stands for Senate Journal, H. for House Journal.
Citations from Journals which have never been printed refer to the
duplicate manuscript copy in the State Library.
NOTES OF KULINGS
PRESIDING OFFICERS ON THE CONSTITUTION
OF MASSACHUSETl^.
Power of Presiding Officers to decide Constitu-
tional Questions. — In a decision on a money bill, in
which it was held that it was within the pro\ance of the
chair to decide the constitutional question involved, the
following statement was made: "It is of course not in-
tended to assume to the chair any right of decision as to
the constitutionality of matters of legislation in relation
to their substance; but where the question relates to form
and manner of proceeding in legislation, or, in other
words, is one of order, it is the duty of the chair to rule
upon the same, although it may depend upon the provisions
of the Constitution for its solution." Cases of a propo-
sition to adjourn for more than two days, of proceedings
without a quorum, of a faulty enacting form, and of neg-
lecting to take the yeas and nays on a vetoed bill, are
cited. Pitman, S. 1869, p. 341. See also Jewell, H. 1868,
p. 386; Stone, H. 1866, p. 436; Butler, S. 1894, pp. 555,
648; Butler, S. 1895, p. 378; Darling (acting Presi-
dent), S. 1895, p. 578; Meyer, H. 1894, pp. 509, 1399;
Tread WAY, S. 1911, p. 506.
It is not within the province of the chair to rule out a
bill on the point of order that the bill is not properly before
the House for the reason that it was not returned by the
Governor with his objections thereto in writing within the
time fixed by the Constitution. Meyer, H. 1894, p. 1399.
597
598 Notes of Rulings
A point of order having been raised that a proposed amend-
ment was not in order for the reason that it was micon-
stitutional, it was held that it was not within the province
of the chair to decide as to the constitutionaHty of the
amendment. Bates, H. 1897, p. 979. See also Walker,
H. 1910, p. 1480; Blanchard (acting President), S. 1911,
p. 1497.
For further rulings regarding the power of the presiding
officer to decide constitutional questions, see Meyer, H.
1896, p. 254; Myers, H. 1901, p. 1352. See also notes
on "Courtesy between the Branches," under the heading
"Sundry Rulings."
Chap. I., Sect. I., Art. II. — **No hill or resolve.'^ See
Long, H. 1878, p. 58; Noyes, H. 1880, p. 123.
''Laid before the Governor for his revisaU* If either
branch desires for any reason to revise an enacted bill,
joint action of the two branches must be had, and the
motion should be one providing that a message be sent by
the two branches requesting the Governor to return the bill
to the Senate. Jewell, H. 1869, p. 645. Notwithstanding
this ruling, it is customary for the Senate, when it desires
to revise an enacted bill, to request the return of the bill,
without asking the concurrent action of the House.
" Who shall enter the objections . . . and proceed to re-
consider the same." In a case in which a resolve and the
objections thereto were laid on the table, it was held that
it was then out of order to introduce a new resolve of a
similar nature. Goodwin, H. 1890, p. 613.
"But if, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the said
Senate or House of Representatives shall, notwithstanding the
said objections, agree to pass the same, it shall, together with
the objections, be sent to the other branch of the Legislature,
where it shall also be reconsidered, and if approved by two-
thirds of the memhers present, shall have the force of a law."
On the Constitution, 699
Under this provision it has been held that in the branch
first taking action a vote of two-thirds of the members pres-
ent is sufficient to pass a bill. Clifford, S. 1862, p. 625;
Bullock, H. 1862, p. 586. See also Walker v. State, 12
S. C. 200; Frillsen v. Mahan, 21 La. Ann. 79. Contra,
see Co. of Cass v. Johnston, 95 U. S. 360.
In 1862, in a case in which, the President not voting, 33
votes were cast, of which 22 were in favor of the passage
of the bill, it was held that the record of the yeas and
nays was the only evidence of the number or the names of
the members present, and that the necessary two-thirds
had been obtained. Clifford, S. 1862, p. 625. Later de-
cisions do not support this position. Sanford, H. 1874,
p. 564; PiLLSBURY, S. 1885, p. 584; Hartwell, S. 1889,
p. 589; Barrett, H. 1889, p. 226. See also House Rule
67. See Brown v. Nash, 1 Wyoming Terr. 85.
It is permissible to reconsider a vote refusing to pass
a bill over the Executive veto, notwithstanding the first
vote is described in the Constitution as a reconsideration
of the bill. Sanford, H. 1874, p. 583; Frothingham,
H. 1905, p. 1098. But see Sank v. Phila., 4 Brewster, 133.
Wilson's Digest, 2058.
Chap. I., Sect. I., Art. IV. — ** All manner of whole-
some and reasonable orders.'* See Long, H. 1878, p. 60.
" To set forth the several duties, powers and limits of the
several civil and military officers." For certain resolves de-
fining the powers of the Legislature, especially the power
to prescribe duties to the Governor and other executive
officers, see Phelps, H. 1857, p. 557.
Chap. I., Sect. II., Art. VI. — "Provided such adjourn-
ments do not exceed two days at a time" Sunday is not to
be counted, but Fast Day must be counted. Jewell, H.
1868, p. 311; Stone, H. 1867, p. 270.
600 Notes of Rulings
Chap. I., Sect. III., Art. VI. — For a case of an ar-
raignment of a State official at the bar of the House, see
Hale, H. 1859, p. 149.
Chap. L, Sect. III., Art. VII. — "All money hills shall
originate in the House of Representatives'* The exclusive
constitutional privilege of the House of Representatives
to originate money bills is limited to bills that transfer
money or property from the people to the State, and does
not include bills that appropriate money from the treasury
of the Commonwealth to particular uses of the govern-
ment or bestow it upon individuals or corporations. The
Senate can originate a bill or resolve appropriating money
from the treasury of the Commonwealth, or directly or in-
directly involving expenditures of money from the treas-
ury, or imposing a burden or charge thereon. Opinion
OF Justices, S. 1878, appendix; 126 Mass. Reports, 596;
Cogswell, S. 1878, p. 279; Pitman, S. 1869, p. 340. See,
contra, Long, H. 1878, pp. 197, 563; Jewell, H. 1869,
p. 630; Jewell, H. 1868, p. 385. See Loring, S. 1873,
p. 409, for opinion that money bills should be allowed to
originate in either branch.
It is the duty of the presiding officer of the Senate to
observe with punctilious care the constitutional preroga-
tives of the House of Representatives. Without waiting
for a point of order to be raised, he should cause a money
bill which originates in the Senate to be laid aside or re-
committed. In such case the action on the bill previously
taken by the Senate is to be considered as not having been
taken. Butler, S. 1894, p. 555; Butler, S. 1895, p. 378.
See also Soule, S. 1901, p. 753.
It was formerly held that bills designating certain prop-
erty as subject to or exempted from taxation, as well as bills
imposing a tax in terms, were "money bills." Bishop, S.
1881, p. 419; PiNKERTON, S. 1893, p. 811. See also San-
On the Constitution. 601
FORD, H. 1873, p. 283; Stone, H. 1866, p. 436. Later, an
important bill exempting certain kinds of personal prop-
erty from taxation was held not to be a "money bill." In
rendering his decision, President Butler called attention
to the fact that conditions which led to the adoption of
this constitutional provision no longer exist, that the
members of the Senate, like the members of the House,
are now elected directly by the people, that the property
qualifications of senators have been abolished, that repre-
sentation in both branches alike is based on the number
of legal voters, and that there remains no reason or excuse
for construing into the Constitution a prohibition which
does not clearly appear, that the bill was not in itself a
proposition to impose a tax, and that in determining the
point of order it was unnecessary to conjecture what
results might accrue from its passage. Butler, S. 1895,
p. 737.
It has been held that a bill exempting from taxation
certain property in a particular town is not a "money
bill." PiLLSBURY (acting President), S. 1884, p. 259.
A bill abolishing certain existing exemptions from tax-
ation and thereby subjecting to taxation property pre-
viously exempted, was held not to be a money bill.
Treadway, S. 1911, p. 506.
A bill, known as the bar and bottle bill, was held not
to be a " money bill." Walker, H. 1910, p. 941.
The words "money bill" do not cover bills merely cre-
ating a debt, but only bills relating to the taking of money
or property from the people for the payment of a debt, or
for some other public purpose. Dana, S. 1906, p. 1033.
A bill is considered as originating in that branch in
which it is first acted upon. Brackett, H. 1885, p. 759.
For a case in which the Senate instructed a committee to
report a bill to the House, see Pillsbury, S. 1886, p. 702.
602 Notes of Hidings
Chap. I., Sect. III., Art. VIII. — "Provided such ad-
journments shall not exceed two days at a time." Sunday is
not to be counted, but Fast Day must be counted. Jew-
ell, H. 1868, p. 311; Stone, H. 1867, p. 270. See also
Meyer, H. 1895, p. 1313.
Chap. I., Sect. III., Art. X. — "And settle the rules
and orders of proceedings in their own House." See Long,
H. 1878, p. 60.
Chap. VI., Art. II. — "But their being chosen or
appointed to, and accepting the same, shall operate as a res-
ignation of their seat in the Senate or House of Representa-
tives." It is not within the province of the chair to decide
whether a member has forfeited his membership by accept-
ing an office incompatible with his seat in the Legislature.
Hale, H. 1859, p. 48.
Articles of Amendment, VIII. — See note to Consti-
tution, Chap. VI., Art. II.
Articles of Amendment, IX. — An amendment of the
Constitution may be amended on the second year of its
consideration, but such action will necessitate its reference
to the next Legislature. Bishop, S. 1880, p. 321; Noyes,
H. 1880, p. 57; Dewey (acting Speaker), H. 1890, p. 369.
It has also been held that an amendment to the Consti-
tution cannot be amended on the second year of its con-
sideration. Phelps, H. 1857, p. 906; Phelps, S. 1859,
p. 323.
A vote agreeing to an article of amendment of the Con-
stitution can be reconsidered. Marden, H. 1883, pp. 377,
422-427.
As to the method of procedure in acting on an amend-
ment on the second year, and in providing for its submis-
On the Constitution. 603
sion to the people, see Noyes, H. 1881, p. 466. See also
Meyer, H. 1896, pp. 255, 269.
Articles of Amendment, XXXIII. — See note to
House Rule 68.
It is immaterial that a quorum does not vote if a quorum
is present. Pillsbury, S. 1885, p. 584; Hartwell, S.
1889, p. 589. See note to House Rule 67, and note to
Senate Rules under " Voting." Contra, see Clifford,
S. 1862, p. 625.
As to what constitutes a quorum of the Senate, see
opinion of the Attorney-General, House Doc, No. 38
(1892).
In ascertaining the presence of a quorum, senators who
are in the chamber but do not answer to their names when
the roll is called are to be counted. . Soule, S. 1901,
p. 1014.
604 Notes of Rulings
NOTES OF RULINGS
SENATE RULES.
THE PRESIDENT.
The President has no power, either by general parHa-
mentary law or by special authority vested in him by the
Senate, to cause any document to be printed or distributed,
or to prevent any document from being printed or distrib-
uted; and, upon the simple request of a member of the
Senate, he has no authority to issue an order to the Ser-
geant-at-Arms to remove from the desks and files of the
senators a report, portions of which are claimed to be un-
parliamentary. Crocker, S. 1883, pp. 489, 575.
CLERK.
Rule 8. The suspension of this rule by itself does not
take a bill out of the possession of the Clerk, nor does it
preclude reconsideration moved in accordance with Senate
Rule 53. Jones, S. 1904, p. 802.
This rule does not apply to a bill which is referred to
the committee on Ways and Means under the Senate rule
relating to bills involving the expenditure of public money.
Smith, S. 1900, p. 885.
See notes to House Rule 70.
" Except petitions, hills and resolves introduced on leave,
orders of inquiry," etc. As to the reason for these excep-
On the Senate Rules. 605
tions and their effect, see Lorinq, S. 1873, pp. 295, 299.
It would seem that the right to reconsider the enactment
of a bill, the reference of a petition or bill, or the adoption
of an order, should expire when the bill, petition or order
passes out of the hands of the Clerk.
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
Rule 10. In the case of a bill relative to the common
use of tracks by two or more street railway companies it
was held that it was not a matter in which the private right
of a senator who was president of a street railway company
could be said to be immediately concerned as distinct from
the public interest. Chapple, S. 1907, p. 730. See notes
to House Rule 63.
COMMITTEES.
Rule 12. For sundry rulings as to committees, see notes
on the Joint Rules, under the head of " Committees."
"A committee on Ways and Means" {formerly, "on the
Treasury"). See notes to House Rules 20, 25.
Rule 15. A bill relating to the appointment of certain
officers of the city of Boston was held not to be a special
bill. Jones, S. 1904, p. 210.
A bill relating to the taxation of telegraph companies
was held not to come within the provisions of this section,
although it appeared that there might be but one such com-
pany in existence. Hartwell, S. 1889, p. 732. See also
notes to House Rule 31 and Joint Rule 8.
Rule 16. A special act, as distinguished from a general
law, is one which directly affects individuals as such differ-
ently from the class to which they belong or from the people
at large. Pillsbury, S. 1885, pp. 558, 589. It is not within
the province of the chair to rule that the object of an ap-
plication can be secured under existing laws, or without
606 N'otes of Rulings
detriment to the public interests by a general law. This
question must be determined by the committee (Pillsbury,
S. 1885, p. 588; Harwood, acting President, S. 1899, pp.
249, 761), unless it appears on the face of the papers that
the object can be secured under existing laws. Pillsbury,
S. 1886, p. 700. For a case in which it was held not to be
allowable to substitute a general law for a special act, see
Pillsbury, S. 1885, p. 589.
See notes to House Rules 30 and 31, and to Joint Rule 7.
FORM OF BILLS AND RESOLVES.
Rule 17. Objection that this rule is violated cannot be
sustained in the case of a House bill. Pillsbury, S. 1885,
p. 582.
INTRODUCTION OF BUSINESS.
Rule 19. Under this rule a bill based on a resolution
was laid aside, for the reason that a resolution differs from
a bill or resolve in that it is simply an expression of opinion
by the General Court, has but one reading and is not laid
before the Governor for his approval. Chapple, S. 1907,
p. 900.
Rule 23. See note to House Rule 47.
** Unless received from the House of Representatives.'* A
bill coming from the House must be entertained even
though it is not germane to the petition upon which it is
based. Pinkerton, S. 1893, p. 470.
See notes on "Courtesy between the Branches," under
the heading "Sundry Rulings," at the end of the notes on
the Joint Rules.
Rule 24. For cases in which an order has been held to
be unparliamentary in form, see Sprague, S. 1890, p. 189;
Pillsbury, S. 1886, p. 140.
On the Senate Rules. 607
COURSE OP PROCEEDINGS.
Rule 27. The question being on ordering to a third
reading a bill involving the expenditure of public money,
the point of order was raised that the bill had not been re-
ferred to the committee on Ways and Means. The point
of order was held to be well taken and the bill was referred.
Smith, S. 1898, p. 759. See also notes on House Rule 44.
Rule 28. The subsequent rejection of a bill substituted
for a report of a committee recommending "no legislation"
does not revive the question upon the adoption of the
recommendation of the report. The requirement that
every bill shall be read three times does not render the
substitution liable to be nullified by the rejection of the
bill at a subsequent stage. Bishop, S. 1881, p. 212.
Rule 31. For a case in which a bill was held to have
been substantially changed, see Smith, S. 1900, p. 487.
Rule 33. Notwithstanding this rule, a motion to in-
struct the committee to report on a bill forthwith is in
order. For sundry other rulings in a case in which, such
instructions having been given and not having been com-
plied with, some of the members of the committee were
held to be in contempt, see Jones, S. 1903, pp. 769, 771,
778.
ORDERS OP THE DAY.
See note to House Rule 61.
RULES OP DEBATE.
See notes upon this division of the House Rules.
Rule 39. A member by yielding the floor to another
member cannot thus transfer to the latter the right to the
608 Notes of Rulings
jfloor. Such right can only be secured through compliance
with the rule. Chapple, S. 1908, p. 696.
In a case in which, pursuant to a standing order, the
Senate adjourned while a member was speaking, it was
held that such member was not in consequence thereof
entitled to the floor when the subject was again taken up.
Chapple, S. 1908, p. 1139.
MOTIONS.
See notes upon this division of the House Rules.
A motion in its nature trivial and absurd will not be
entertained. Sprague, S. 1890, p. 189; Pillsbury, S.
1886, p. 140.
The Senate having passed a general order that the read-
ing of the Journal should be dispensed with unless other-
wise ordered, it was held that a senator could not require
the reading of the Journal without a vote to that effect,
and that a motion that the Journal be read was not a ques-
tion of privilege. Crocker, S. 1883, p. 290.
Appeals. When Cushing was by rule the sole authority
governing the Senate, it was held, in accordance with
Cushing's Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies
(Sect. 1467), that a question on an appeal could be laid on
the table; and if such action was taken, the matter, what-
ever it was, which gave rise to the appeal, proceeded as if
no appeal had been taken. Crocker, S. 1883, pp. 288, 289.
In the House it has been held that a motion to lay an ap-
peal on the table is not in order. See IMarden, H. 1883,
p. 582. See also notes to House Rule 94.
It is to be noted that the Senate was required to fol-
low Cushing's statement of Parliamentary Law, while the
House, by its Rule 101, was simply required to conform to
the rules of parliamentary practice.
In Crocker's Principles of Procedure it is held_that
On the Senate Rules. 609
an appeal cannot be laid upon the table separately from
the proceedings out of which the point of order arose.
Crocker's Principles of Procedure, Sect. 94.
Rule 45. For an instance in which it was held that the
adoption of an amendment inserting certain words pre-
cluded, except through reconsideration, striking out such
words in part at the same stage of the bill, see Smith, S.
1900, p. 530.
See notes to House Rule 91.
Rule 46. " To adjourn." It was held that when, upon
a motion to adjourn, the yeas and nays had begun before
the time fixed for adjournment and had ended after that
time, and the Senate had voted in the negative upon the
motion, the refusal to adjourn had the effect of suspending
the operation of the order relative to adjournment, and
was equivalent to otherwise ordering. Morse (acting
President), S. 1896, p. 912.
A motion to adjourn having been lost, a second motion
to adjourn was held not to be in order when the only
intervening business had been the rejection of a motion
to postpone further consideration of the pending bill.
Dana, S. 1906, p. 496.
See notes to House Rule 79.
" Or some other mofion which has precedence.'' Where
the Senate assigned one matter for 2.30 p.m., and one
matter for 3 p.m., it was held to be the duty of the presid-
ing officer to call up the second assignment at 3 p.m., even
though the consideration of the first assignment was not
finished. Pitman, S. 1889, p. 316. See notes to House
Rule 80.
" To lay on the table." Pending the consideration of one
of the Orders of the Day, a motion to lay the Orders of the
Day on the table is admissible. Crocker, S. 1883, p. 287.
610 Notes of Rulings
A motion to postpone laying the orders on the table is
inadmissible. Crocker, S. 1883, p. 287.
When Gushing was the sole authority governing the Sen-
ate, it was held that, if a motion to reconsider is laid upon
the table, or is postponed to a specified time, the pending
bill does not go with it. See Pinkerton, S. 1893, p. 627.
Contra, see Crocker's Principles of Procedure, Sect. 62,
and appendix note thereto. See also Senate Rule 62.
" To close debate at a specified time." See note to House
Rule 80.
A motion that the debate be closed in one hour is ad-
missible, although, under a general order, the Senate would
adjourn before the ex^Diration of the hour. Crocker, S.
1883, p. 286.
After the time for closing debate has arrived, the taking
of the question cannot be postponed by a motion to ad-
journ or to commit, or that the Journal be read, and these
motions cannot then be entertained. Crocker, S. 1883,
pp. 288, 289.
If a motion to close debate in one hour is reconsid-
ered, the question does not recur upon the original mo-
tion, because that motion, owing to the lapse of time, is
out of order. The debate will proceed without limitation
unless a new motion to close it is made. Pillsbury, S.
1885, p. 589.
"To commit {or recommit)." A motion to recommit,
with instructions to report a bill broader in its scope than
the measures upon which the bill is based, is out of order.
Pinkerton, S. 1892, p. 266.
*To amend." A substitute which, by Rule 28, must
have three several readings on three successive days, can be
amended in the second degree. Coolidge, S. 1870, p. 416.
It is not out of order to substitute an entire bill for
another entire bill. Brastow, S. 1868, p. 48. See also
Senate Rule 28.
On the Senate Rules. 611
The substitution of a question on the rejection of an
order for a question on the passage of the order is not a
parliamentary substitution, because one is simply the neg-
ative of the other. Crocker, S. 1883, pp. 575, 578.
If an amendment has been once rejected, the same or
substantially the same amendment cannot again be moved
at the same stage of the bill, but the rejection of the amend-
ment may be reconsidered. Howland (acting President),
S. 1886, p. 611; Bradford (acting President), S. 1895,
p. 715. So also an amendment embodying a rejected
amendment cannot be entertained at the same stage. Pink-
ERTON, S. 1893, p. 471. As to whether an amendment is
similar to one previously acted upon, see Soule, S. 1901,
p. 989. An amendment which has been rejected at one
stage of a bill can be offered again at a subsequent stage.
Ch.\pple, S. 1907, pp. 1004, 1095; Jones, S. 1903, p. 941.
See notes to House Rule 90.
Rule 47. A motion to close debate in one hour is in
order although a standing order requires adjournment be-
fore the expiration of the hour, and, if the Senate adjourns
before the time allowed for debate has elapsed, the bill
when again considered is open for debate for such portion
of the hour as had not elapsed at the time of adjourn-
ment. Chapple, S. 1908, p. 735.
Rule 50. According to Cushing's Manual, Sect. 102,
amendments proposing subjects different from those under
consideration would be in order if they were not excluded
by special rule. Contra, see Crocker's Principles of Pro-
cedure, Sect. 44. See also Brastow, S. 1868, p. 51.
If a committee reports only in part, amendments must
be germane to that portion of the subject which is reported
on. Crocker, S. 1883, p. 86.
Amendments are admissible if they are germane to
612 Notes oj Eulings
any portion of the subject-matter which is the basis of a
committee's report. Sprague, S. 1891, p. 715. See also
SouLE, S. 1901, p. 1049.
An amendment may be inadmissible on the ground that
it introduces a subject different from that under consid-
eration, although it would operate as a limitation on the
terms of the bill. Butler, S. 1894, pp. 644, 656-658.
Inasmuch as a bill coming from the House must be
entertained, even though it is not germane to the peti-
tion upon which it is based, it seems that in such cases
amendments which are germane to the bill are admis-
sible, although they may not be germane to the petition.
PiNKERTON, S. 1893, p. 493.
See also notes to Senate Rule 23.
An amendment which, if adopted, would render the bill
inoperative, may nevertheless be germane. Pinkerton,
S. 1893, p. 556.
Amendments changing a special act into a general law
are admissible because, under Senate Rule 16, the com-
mittee could have reported a general law. Pinkerton,
S. 1892, p. 707.
But a general law reported on a petition for general
legislation cannot be so amended as to change it into a
special act. Pinkerton, S. 1893, p. 493. See also Law-
rence, S. 1897, p. 427; Smith, S. 1900, p. 873.
Upon the question whether a proposed amendment
would change a bill from a general to a special law, see
SouLE, S. 1901, p. 543.
For sundry cases in which a point of order has been
raised that a proposed amendment is not germane to the
subject mider consideration, see the indexes to the Senate
Journals under "Order, Questions of." A list of the cases
which arose prior to 1902 may be found in the Manual of
the General Court for that year.
After an amendment has been adopted, the objection
that the bill in its amended form is broader than the scope
On the Seriate Mules. 613
of the petition on which it is based cannot be entertained.
Butler, S. 1895, p. 473.
It is too late to raise the objection that an amendment
is not germane if the amendment has been considered and
voted on at a previous stage of the bill. Lawrence, S.
1897, p. 848.
See also notes to House Rule 90.
Rule 51. Prior to the adoption of this rule it was held
that the smallest sum and the longest time must be put
first. Cogswell, S. 1879, p. 376.
See note to House Rule 91.
Rule 52. "Not exceeding ten minutes shall he allowed
for debate." Time consumed in taking the question on a
motion to adjourn is not to be deducted from the ten min-
utes allowed for the debate. Crocker, S. 1883, p. 288.
See notes to Senate Rule 46 and House Rules 79, 80.
RECONSIDERATION.
Rule 53. This rule was reconstructed and certain new
provisions were added in 1902.
The right to move a reconsideration is not limited to
those who voted with the majority on the motion which
is to be reconsidered. Dana, S. 1906, p. 500.
President Loring (S. 1873, p. 299) went so far as to say
that there is no reconsideration of votes to commit j)eti-
tions, etc.; but it would seem that a better position to
take would be that there can be no reconsideration after
such petition, etc., has actually been handed over by the
Clerk to the committee. See Smith, S. 1900, p. 885.
The same would be true, mutatis mutandis, with reference
to enacted bills. In the case of the latter, a method some-
times adopted is to request the Governor to return the bill,
and then reconsider its enactment. See Senate Rule 8 and
614 Notes oj Rulings
notes thereto. See also note to Constitution, Chap. 1.,
Sect. I., Art. II.
As to the effect of a reconsideration of a vote to close
debate at a specified time, see Pillsburt, S. 1885, p. 589.
Previous to the change made in 1902, in a case where a
bill had been amended and rejected, and when reconsid-
eration of the rejection had been moved within the time
allowed, and the motion to reconsider postponed until
another day and then carried, it was held that a motion to
reconsider the adoption of the amendment was not then in
order. Soule, S. 1901, p. 969.
Previous also to the change made in 1902, when the rule
provided for a reconsideration only on "the same day or
before the Orders of the Day are taken up on the succeed-
ing day," it was held that if on the day following that on
which the vote was passed a quorum was not present,
such day should not be counted as "the succeeding day."
Soule, S. 1901, p. 955.
** A subsidiary y incidental or dependent question.*' A
motion to amend by substituting an entirely new bill is
covered by these words. Chapple, S. 1908, p. 697.
"No reconsideration oj the vote on the question of adjourn-
ing.'* Reconsideration of motions to adjourn, to lay on or
take from the table and for the yeas and nays was held to
be cut off by the rule as it stood in 1883. Crocker, S.
1883, p. 287.
" When a motion for reconsideration has been decided, that
decision shall not be reconsidered." See Dana, S. 1906, p. 500.
See notes to House Rules 70 and 71.
REJECTED MEASURES.
Rule 54. See notes to House Rule 49.
This rule is an expression of a principle of parliamentary
law. For a discussion of its origin and effect, see Bishop,
S. 1880, p. 243.
On the Senate Rules. 615
General parliamentary practice not only forbids the in-
troduction of a proposition which is substantially the same
as a proposition previously rejected, but also forbids the
introduction of a proposition substantially the same as one
already pending, or substantially the same as one previously
adopted or passed. In legislative procedure a bill is not
passed within the meaning of the foregoing general parlia-
mentary rule imtil it has passed to be enacted. Sprague,
S. 1891, p. 713.
"Finally rejected.** These words must be construed to
refer either to a rejection by both Houses, or to such action
of the Senate as amounts to a final rejection of the measure
independently of any action of the House. Pillsbury, S.
1885, p. 584. See also Barrett, H. 1889, p. 864.
" When an order is rejected, or a petition excluded, or
leave is refused to bring in a bill, or a bill or resolve is re-
fused any one of its stages of advancement, it is 'finally
rejected.' " Cogswell, S. 1877, pp. 301, 306. Indefinite
postponement is a final rejection. Pinkerton, S. 1892,
p. 808.
"The phrase *when any measure has been finally re-
jected ' must be construed to apply solely to such measures
as the Senate has power finally to reject, and cannot of
course apply to amendments which may be offered at any
stage of a bill, even if rejected at a previous stage; nor has
it ever been denied that an amendment rejected by the
Senate may be adopted by the House and sent up for con-
currence. A substitute is an amendment differing only in
this, that it is capable of amendment in the second degree,
and by rules of the Senate, but not of the House, requires
three several readings. To propose a substitute is therefore
only to propose an amendment, and it does not become a
'measure' until it is adopted. The rule, being made by the
Senate, and applicable to the Senate alone, must mean that
no senator shall introduce a second time a 'measure,* that
616 Notes of Rulings
k, a bill or resolve, and some kinds of orders, which has
been once and finally rejected by the Senate. Any other
interpretation would put it in the power of a single sena-
tor to defeat any bill, which might be pending in either
branch or in the committee, and to which he was opposed,
by offering it as a substitute for any other bill which he
had reason to believe the Senate was desirous of passing,
and so compelling the Senate to choose between two bills,
both of which it might be desirous of passing." Cool-
IDGE, S. 1870, p. 415. This ruling was made before the
adoption of Senate Rule 50. See also Smith, S. 1898,
p. 730; SouLE, S. 1902, p. 755. See, contra, Pitaian, S.
1869, p. 517.
In conformity with the foregoing it was held that a bill
passed in the branch in which it began might be sent from
that branch to the other, and so introduced, although a
similar bill was there pending, or had been passed or re-
jected. Cogswell, S. 1877, pp. 301, 306. See also Bishop,
S. 1882, p. 307; Lawrence, S. 1896, p. 1036; Smith, S.
1898, p. 981.
A House bill, practically identical with a previous bill
which had been received from the House and rejected by
the Senate, was admitted, in recognition of the practice of
the Senate that courtesy to the co-ordinate branch usually
requires the consideration of a bill so received. Soule,
S. 1901, p. 931.
So also in a case when a report "inexpedient to legis-
late" had been adopted by the Senate, it was held that the
Senate was still bound to entertain a House bill on the
same subject, if the report had not been concurred in by
the House. Pillsbury, S. 1885, p. 585.
When the above decisions of Presidents Coolidge and
Cogswell were given, the words " by any committee or
member" were not embodied in the rule, and the rule ended
On the Senate Rules. 617
as follows: "and this rule shall apply as well to measures
originating in the House as to those originating in the
Senate." These words were left out in 1877.
The fact that a bill has been finally rejected in one branch
does not prevent its introduction in the other. Hartwell,
S. 1889, p. 822.
If, however, a bill or measure has been once rejected by
both branches, general parliamentary law as well as this
rule would prevent any measure substantially the same
from being again introduced into either branch at the same
session; and the fact that one branch had passed such
measure and forwarded it to the other would not justify
its introduction in the latter branch. Thus, where a re-
port of "leave to withdraw" had been accepted by both
branches, it was held that a bill which embodied a measure
substantially the same as that contemplated in the petition
must be laid aside, even though the bill came from the
other branch. Chapple, S. 1907, p. 426; Bishop, S. 1880,
p. 243. See also Pillsbury, S. 1885, p. 583.
It seems that, notwithstanding this rule, an amendment
of the Constitution can be introduced, although it is sub-
stantially the same as an amendment which came from
the previous Legislature and which has been rejected.
Phelps, S. 1859, p. 325.
''No measure substantially the same." A resolve pro-
viding only for biennial elections is not substantially the
same as a resolve providing for biennial elections and
biennial sessions of the Legislature. Bruce, S. 1884,
p. 581. See also Smith, S. 1898, p. 893; Pillsbury, S.
1886, p. 635.
For cases in which measures were ruled out under this
provision, see Hartwell, S. 1889, p. 804; Butler. S.
1894, p. 730; Chapple, S. 1908, p. 945.
For cases in which measures were held not to be sub-
618 Notes oj Rulings
stantially the same, see Treadwat, S. 1911, p. 1542;
Chapple, S. 1908, p. 883; Butler, S. 1894, p. 804;
Jones, S. 1904, p. 875.
"Shall he introduced." The rejection of a measure does
not prevent the consideration of a measure substantially
the same, if it was introduced previously to such rejection.
BoARDMAN, S. 1888, p. 485; Pinkerton, S. 1893, p. 897.
But the fact that an order was presented and laid upon the
table prior to the indefinite postponement of another order
practically identical was held not to be an introduction
within the meaning of this section. Pinkerton, S. 1892,
p. 808.
A point of order having been raised that a Senate bill
was substantially the same as a bill previously rejected by
the Senate, the President refused to lay the bill aside on
the ground that the Senate, having first rejected the later
bill and then having reconsidered its rejection, had indi-
cated its willingness to act upon it. Dana, S. 1906, p. 882.
VOTING.
Rule 55. A vote of less than a quorum is not conclusive
proof that a quorum is not present, and is valid, provided
a quorum is in fact present. Sprague, S. 1890, p. 905;
Hartt\^ell, S. 1889, p. 589; Pillsbury, S. 1885, p. 584;
Sanford, H. 1874, p. 564; Chapple, S. 1908, p. 470.
See also Crocker's Principles of Procedure, Sect. 114, and
appendix note thereto.
When the presiding officer by count ascertained that a
quorum was not present at the time of the taking of a
vote, the vote was declared void. Lawrence, S. 1896,
pp. 633, 745.
As to what constitutes a quorum of the Senate, see
rulings on Amendment XXXIII. of the Constitution and
opinion of the Attorney-General, House Doc. No. 38 (1892).
A motion that the Orders of the Day be laid on the
On the Senate Rules. 619
table having been entertained by the presiding officer but
not stated by him, it was held that it was not then too late
to verify a vote taken just previously, as the member that
requested the verification had risen for the purpose of
making the request in due season. Galloupe (acting
President), S. 1896, p. 823.
Rule 56. For a case in which it was held that a request
for the yeas and nays was made too late, see Smith, S.
1900, p. 660.
Rule 57. "Unless excused before the vote is taken.**
After a viva voce vote has been taken, a request to be
excused from voting cannot be entertained. Pillsbury,
S. 1885, p. 583.
*'And no member shall be permitted to vote after the deci-
sion is anncninced from the chair." If other business has
intervened, a vote cannot be cast even if this rule is sus-
pended. Hartwell, S. 1889, p. 650.
PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE.
Rule 62. See notes to House Rule 101.
620 Notes of Rulings
]S^OTE8 OF KULINGS
HOUSE RULES.
SPEAKER.
Rule 8. This rule applies only to a vacancy in the
office of Speaker occurring after the permanent organiza-
tion of the House. Eames (chairman), H. 1911, p. 4.
CLERK.
Rule 15. " Except petitions, enacted bills, orders of in-
quiry and orders of notice." See notes to Senate Rules 8
and 53, and to House Rule 70.
MEMBERS.
If objection is made, it is not the privilege of any indi-
vidual member to have an amendment which is printed in
the calendar read by the Clerk. Meyer, H. 1895, p. 1211.
If the report of a committee that Mr. A., a sitting mem-
ber, is not entitled to a seat, has been accepted, it is out of
order for Mr. A. to take part in the proceedings, although
a motion to reconsider the acceptance of the report is
pending. Phelps, H. 1856, p. 493.
Rule 17. " No member shall absent himself from the
House without leave." The phrase "the House" refers to
the Representatives' Chamber alone. Sanford, H. 1874,
p. 313.
The presence of a quorum is not necessary to excuse a
member from attending. Barrett, H. 1890, p. 774.
On the House Rules. 621
COMMITTEES.
Rule 20. For sundry rulings as to reports of com-
mittees, see notes on the Joint Rules, under the head of
" Committees."
*'A committee on Ways and Means.** Notwithstanding
a previous investigation and report by the committee on
Claims, or other committee, it seems that this committee
has power to examine every matter before it as a new
question, and decide for or against it, on its merits.
Jewell, H. 1870, p. 454. But see House Rule 44.
Rule 24. A point of order that a bill was improperly
before the House for the reason that two of the members
of the committee reporting it were ineligible under this rule
was held not to be well taken. Myers, H. 1900, p. 1431.
Rule 25. For the ruling which is embodied in this sec-
tion, see Long, H. 1878, p. 347. See House Rule 40.
Rule 30. A bill is special orgeneral as it applies to one
or all of the individuals of a given class. Bates, H. 1897,
p. 182. See also notes to Senate Rule 16.
After a bill has been ordered to a third reading it is too
late to raise the point of order that the bill is in violation
of this rule. Barrett, H. 1892, p. 698. See also Meyer,
H. 1894, p. 350.
"Can he secured . . . under existing laws." It is the
province of the committee, not of the Speaker, to deter-
mine whether the object of an application can be secured
under existing laws. Meyer, H. 1894, pp. 350, 485; Bar-
rett, H. 1892, p. 1160; Myers, H. 190f, p. 1048.
Pending the point of order that the object desired by a
bill could be secured by existing law, a motion to recom-
mit was entertained. Noyes, H. 1887, p. 808.
" Or without detriment to the 'public interests by a general
622 Notes of Rulings
law.''* Prior to the adoption of this rule a committee could
not change a special to a general bill. Sanford, H. 1874,
p. 502. Nor could the Legislature change a private or
special bill by amendment into a general law. Sanford,
H. 1874, pp. 217, 513; Long, H. 1878, pp. 117, 361. See
also NoYES, H. 1888, p. 600.
Rule 31. See notes to House Rule 40 and Joint Rule 8.
* Wo legislation affecting the rights of individuals," etc. A
bill to prohibit the imposition of fines, or deductions of
wages of employees engaged in weaving, was held not to
affect the rights of individuals otherwise than as it affected
the interests of the whole people. Notes, H. 1888, p. 476.
On a petition for general legislation it is not permissible
to report a special bill. Frothingham, H. 1905, p. 272.
For a case in which an amendment restricting the scope
of a bill to some of the cases covered by it was held not
to affect the rights of individuals otherwise than as they
were affected by the original bill, see Harden, H. 1883,
pp. 484, 522, 523.
Under this rule in the form which it had before 1890, it
was held that an order to consider the expediency of legis-
lation limiting the maximum fares on trunk or main lines
of steam railroads did not affect the "legal " rights of such
corporations otherwise than as it affected generally the in-
terests of the whole people of the Commonwealth. Bar-
rett, H. 1889, p. 230.
A bill requiring railroad corporations, when issuing new
stock, to sell the same at auction, was held not to come
within the scope of this rule. Barrett, H. 1891, p. 638.
A bill providing for supervision by the State of the issue
of securities by water companies was held not to be within
the scope of this rule. Barrett, H. 1893, p. 986.
A bill contemplating legislation affecting certain trust
companies differently from other trust companies of- the
On the House Rules. 623
same class was held to be within the scope of the rule.
Barrett, H. 1891, p. 866.
" Shall be proposed or introduced except upon a petition."
On a petition asking the extension of the provisions of a
certain act, a bill cannot be reported extending the pro-
visions of a different act. Sanford, H. 1874, p. 392.
For instances in which bills have been ruled out because
not based upon petition, see Barrett, H. 1889, pp. 26, 230,
390.
Rule 32. See notes to House Rule 40 and Joint Rule 9.
REGULAR COURSE OP PROCEEDINGS.
It is the custom of the House to have the chaplain offi-
ciate only once during each calendar day. Myers, H.
1903, p. 1065.
Rule 36. Immediately after the Speaker calls for peti-
tions, etc., and before any are presented, a motion to pro-
ceed at once to the consideration of the Orders of the Day
is not out of order. Myers, H. 1903, p. 965.
Rule 37. After a petition has been presented in accord-
ance with the rules, and the question on its reference has
been stated, it is then too late to call for a vote on its re-
ception. Hale, H. 1859, p. 64.
Rule 38. Papers from the Senate may be laid before
the House by the Speaker after the Orders of the Day
have been laid upon the table, Myers, H. 1903, p. 1064.
Rule 40. " Motions contemplating legislation.'* This
rule does not prevent the introduction of orders of inquiry
or investigation, but does take away the power of com-
mittees making investigations under such orders to report
bills. The rule does not prevent suggestions of legisla-
tion. Bates, H. 1898, p. 456.
624 Notes of Rulings
" Founded upon 'petition." The loss of a petition,
which the records show to have been duly presented, does
not bar procedure thereunder. Walker, H. 1909, p. 847.
" The committee on Ways and Means may originate and
report appropriation bills based upon existing law." This
rule does not give the committee authority to insert in
an appropriation bill a section providing for the discon-
tinuance of a work which an existing statute (St. 1899,
c. 477) orders to be continued, thus in effect repealing
the statute. Myers, H. 1903, p. 328.
Rule 41. This rule is not applicable to motions for
adjournment. Rice (actmg Speaker), H. 1859, p. 224.
Quaere, whether an order can be postponed without
question after the discussion of it has begun. See Kinni-
CUTT, H. 1844, p. 524; Barrett, H. 1889, p. 700. In a
case in which the consideration of an order had by vote
been postponed to a later day, and the order had then
been considered and an amendment had been moved, it
was held that the order could not then be postponed upon
request under this rule, even though the adoption of the
amendment would substantially change the order. Bar-
rett, H. 1889, p. 753.
In order to make a request for postponement a member
must obtain the floor in the regular way. Barrett, H.
1889, p. 699.
''An order." In 1890 the word "order" in this rule was
held not to include resolutions against a reimposition of a
duty on hides. Barrett, H. 1890, pp. 538, 553. There-
upon the words "or resolution" were inserted in the rule,
and in 1899 these words were stricken out again.
Rule 43. When the question, "Shall this bill be re-
jected?" is pending, a motion to amend the bill is not in
order (Phelps, H. 1856, p. 323), but it is in order to move
the previous question. Phelps, H. 1856, p. 332.
On the House Mules. 625
Rule 44. A bill which would operate to deprive the
Commonwealth of money to which it would otherwise be
entitled comes under the provisions of this rule. Walker,
H. 1909, p. 1020. For a case in which a bill relating to li-
cense fees was held not to be within the scope of this rule,
see Walker, H. 1910, p. 940. A bill will be referred by
the Speaker under this rule to the committee, even if the
fact that it involves the expenditure of public money is not
discovered by him or brought to his attention by point of
order or otherwise until the question on its engrossment is
pending. Cole, H. 1907, p. 914; Myers, H. 1900, pp.
640, 1303; Bates, H. 1899, p. 516; Whipple (acting
Speaker), H. 1S99, p. 728; Brackett, H. 1885, pp. 709,
732; Barrett, H. 1889, p. 795; Barrett, H. 1892, pp.
330, 824, 1168; Bates, H. 1898, p. 742. See also Bates,
H. 1899, pp. 619, 635; Meyer, H. 1894, pp. 756, 977.
A bill providing for an expenditure by the Board of Rail-
road Commissioners was referred under the rule, although
provision is made by law for repayment to the State of all
sums expended by or for said Board. Myers, H. 1902,
pp. 936, 943.
A resolve providing for an extension of time within
which suit should be brought under an act previously
passed upon by the committee on Ways and Means was
held not to come within the scope of this rule. Myers,
H. 1902, pp. 572, 971.
"New provisions shall not be added to such bills by the
committee on Ways and Means, unless,'* etc. See Meyer,
H. 1894, pp. 1197, 1219.
Rule 47. As to whether it is proper under this rule to
move to take from the files of last year a bill (which was
then referred to the next General Court), and move its
reference to a committee, without getting special leave
to introduce it, see Long, H. 1877, p. 466, and Osgood,
appellant, p. 469.
626 Notes of Ru
" Unless received from the Senate," See note to Senate
Rule 23.
"Moved as an amendment to the report of a committee.*'
After a bill has been substituted for the report of a com-
mittee, it is too late to raise the point of order that the
bill is broader in its scope than the subject-matter referred
to the committee. Notes. H. 1888, p. 463.
Rule 49. See notes to Senate Rule 54. See also " Cour-
tesy between the Branches," under "Sundry Rulings," at
the end of the notes on the Joint Rules.
"Finally rejected hy the House." The words "by the
House" were added in 1890, following a ruling by Speaker
Barrett, H. 1889, p. 864. For a statement of the gen-
eral parliamentary practice which differs from the position
taken by Speaker Barrett, see notes to Senate Rule 54.
A bill passed to be engrossed by the House but rejected
by the Senate is not by this rule barred from being again
introduced in the House. Myers, H. 1900, p. 1151.
Under this rule it was held that a bill from the Senate
must be laid aside when the course of proceedings had
been as follows: The petition with accompanying bill was
originally presented in the Senate and there referred to a
joint committee, in which reference the House concurred.
The committee reported to the House, recommending ref-
erence to the next General Court; a motion to substitute
the bill in question was rejected, and then the report was
adopted by the House. In the Senate the bill was substi-
tuted for the report, and this bill, on its passage to a third
reading in the House, was laid aside as coming within the
scope of the rule. Barrett, H. 1893, p. 856. See also
Meyer, H. 1896, p. 1142. Subsequently, in the same ses-
sion, in a case in which the House had previously adopted
a report recommending that the petitioner have leave to
withdraw, it was held that a bill substituted in the Senate
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for the report should be entertahied. The distinction
made was that in this case the bill itself had not been
previously offered in and rejected by the House. Bar-
rett, H. 1893, pp. 961, 967.
The rejection of a bill providing for permanent clerical
assistance does not exclude the subsequent introduction
of a resolve providing for temporary clerical assistance.
Adams (acting Speaker), H. 1900, p. 325.
It is not in order under this rule to move as an amend-
ment a bill which has once been finally rejected. Harden,
H. 1883, p. 819.
After a bill "making appropriations for expenses of
various charitable and reformatory institutions" was re-
jected, it was held that one of the sections of that bill
could be introduced without violating this rule. Mar-
den, H. 1883, p. 569. See also Meyer, H. 1894, p. 1226.
On an order relative to memorializing Congress for an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States so as
to provide for election of United States Senators by direct
popular vote, a joint committee reported to the House no
legislation necessary. Resolutions offered as a substitute
for the report were rejected by the House, and the report
was accepted and sent to the Senate for concurrence.
The Senate substituted the resolutions which had been
rejected by the House, and sent them to the House. The
Speaker ruled that under this rule they must be laid aside.
Barrett, H. 1891, p. 419.
Previous to the foregoing ruling it had been held that a
bill may be received from the Senate and considered by
the House, although a similar bill is there pending, or has
been passed or rejected. Once in the House, and there
referred to a committee of the House, a subsequent report
of it back from that committee is a part of its career, and
not such an introduction of it as to bring it within this
rule as "introduced by a committee." Long, H. 1877,
628 Notes of Rulings
p. 424; Goodwin, H. 1860, p. 550. Contra, see Sanford,
H. 1875, p. 323; Osgood (acting Speaker), H. 1877, p. 416.
A bill changed in but a single essential provision is not
substantially the same. Notes, H. 1881, p. 402. See also
Meyer, H. 1896, p. 1179; Notes, H. 1881, p. 447;
Jewell, H. 1868, p. 204.
A bill was excluded under this rule embracing a meas-
ure substantially the same as that covered by a previous
reference on which a report of inexpedient to legislate had
been accepted. Frothingham, H. 1904, p. 990; Sanford,
H. 1874, p. 349; Bishop, S. 1880, p. 243; IMarden, H.
1884, p. 555. Contra, see Rideout (acting Speaker), H.
1893, pp. 1103, 1112.
So also a report of leave to withdraw having been ac-
cepted by both branches, it was held that a bill, moved as
an amendment to a subsequent report of the same com-
mittee to the same effect on a petition asking for sub-
stantially the same legislation as that on which the first
report was based, must be laid aside. Cole, H. 1907,
p. 540.
For a case in which a memorial was introduced and re-
ferred to a committee, although it related to the same sub-
ject as that embraced in a petition upon which a report of
leave to withdraw had been accepted, see Phelps, H. 1856,
p. 683.
After a bill reported on a petition has been rejected, the
petition cannot be further considered. Sanford, H. 1874,
p. 511. See also Sanford, H. 1873, p. 198; Kimball
(acting Speaker), H. 1871, p. 400.
The acceptance of a report "no legislation necessary on
the Governor's message" was held not to cut off action
on a substitute for a bill previously reported by the same
committee, although such bill and substitute covered mat-
ter embraced in the Governor's message. Notes, H. 1888,
p. 584.
On the House Rules, 629
It seems that reference to the next Legislature is not a
final rejection. See Goodwin, H. 1860, p. 550.
In the case of a bill which had been read a third time, it
was held that it was too late to raise the point of order
that it was improperly before the House because it was
substantially the same as a bill which had been previously
finally rejected. Bates, H. 1897, p. 1197.
** Introduced by any committee or memher." As to the
effect of these words, see Long, H. 1877, p. 427.
Rule 50. It is within the province of the committee on
Bills in the Third Reading to report that a bill ought not
to pass. Barrett, H. 1890, pp. 862, 864.
Rule 53. Notice of an amendment of an engrossed bill
or resolve adopted by one branch should be communicated
to the other by a message. See Wallet, H. 1846, pp. 314,
440, 578, 606. The formality of a message is now dis-
pensed with.
Rule 59. Matters in the calendar must be acted upon
separately. A single request that several matters be passed
for debate is not in order. Barrett, H. 1890, p. 604.
A motion that several matters in the calendar be laid
upon the table is not in order. Barrett, H. 1890, p. 604.
Rule 60. " The unfinished business," etc. See Kinni-
cutt, H. 1844, p. 524.
Rule 61. If a matter is discharged from the Orders of
the Day, the vote cannot be reconsidered on the succeed-
ing day. Bliss, H. 1853, p. 362.
Rule 62. "// . . . an amendment is made.'' ^ The word
"made" is the equivalent of "adopted." Barrett, H.
1889, p. 696.
630 Notes oj Rulings
" SvbstantiaUy changing the greater part of such bill."
For a case in which a bill was held to have been sub-
stantially changed, see Paton (acting Speaker), H. 1899,
p. 855. For cases in which a bill was held not to have
been substantially changed, see Meyer, H. 1895, p. 1275;
Meyer, H. 1894, p. 1312.
*'And shall then be open to further amendment before such
question is put." By general parliamentary law it is not in
order to amend a substitute at the same stage in which it is
adopted. Phelps, H. 1857, p. 984.
VOTING.
It is the duty of every member to vote unless excused
from so doing, or debarred by private interests. Bar-
rett, H. 1892, p. 1207. See note to House Rule 64.
A member has no right to change his vote after the re-
sult is declared, even though the declaration is erroneous,
and the right is claimed prior to a corrected statement.
Phelps, H. 1856, p. 496.
A vote may be declared null and void after it has been
recorded. Eddy, H. 1855, p. 1570.
Pending a roll-call it is not in order to move that the
doors be closed, because such a motion, if adopted, might
prevent a member who happened to be outside from voting.
It is, however, in order to close the doors in case of a call
of the House, because it is the very object of the proceed-
ing to ascertain who is present. Hale, H. 1859, p. 335.
Rule 62. For a case in which a substitute bill was held
not to change substantially the greater part of the original
bill, see Myers, H. 1903, p. 955.
Rule 63. In the case of a creditor or stockholder of
the Eastern Railroad, it was held that he could vote on the
bill "for the relief of the Eastern Railroad Company and
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the securing of its debts and liabilities," inasmuch as such
creditor's or stockholder's interest was not "distinct from
the public interest, but was inseparably mixed with it."
Long, H. 1876, p. 181, and cases there cited. See also
WiNTHROP, H. 1838, pp. 202, 212.
A director of a bank which has petitioned for an increase
of capital was held not to be excluded by interest from
voting on a motion to instruct the committee on Banks
and Banking to report leave to withdraw on all petitions
by banks for an increase of capital. Buss, H. 1853,
p. 605. See also Winthrop, H. 1838, pp. 77, 78, 79;
WiNTHROP, H. 1840, p. 207.
In the case of a bill "to equalize the bounties of our
soldiers," which provided for paying certain sums of
money to a particular class of persons described in the
bill, it was held that a member w^ho, under the provisions
of the bill, would be entitled to $200, had such an interest
as would deprive him of the right to vote. Stone, H.
1866, p. 364. See also cases there cited.
The proper time to raise a point of order questioning
the right of a member to vote on account of interest is
after the roll has been called and the member's vote re-
corded. Barrett, H. 1892, p. 1125.
For other cases relating to this rule, see Banks, H. 1852,
p. 225; AsmiuN, H. 1841, p. 387.
Rule 64. Any member may require the observance by
other members of the duty of voting while the vote is
proceeding, and before it is declared; but it is too late
to call for the enforcement of the rule after the vote has
been completed and declared. Sanford, H. 1874, p. 564.
"Members desiring to be excused from voting shall make
application," etc. For a case which arose prior to the
adoption of this provision, see Bliss, H. 1853, p. 367.
This rule applies only to main questions, and not to
632 Notes oj Rulings
subsidiary, incidental or privileged questions. Brackett,
H. 1885, p. 766.
"And shall not he subject to the provisions of rule &ixty-
eight." This means that the yeas and nays cannot be taken
on the question of excusing a member from voting. Bar-
REHT, H. 1890, p. 607.
Rule 66. The privilege of a member to doubt a vote
has been held not to be lost, although another member, de-
sii-ing to offer an amendment, first secures recognition by
the chair. Underhill (acting speaker), H. 1911, p. 1996.
Rule 67. "And if a quorum is present the vote shall
stand." This is an expression of a general principle enun-
ciated by Speaker Sanford, H. 1874, p. 564. 13arrett,
H. 1889, p. 226. See also notes of rulings on the Consti-
tution, Articles of Amendment, XXXIIL, and on the Sen-
ate Rules under "Voting."
Where the Journal showed that less than a quorum
voted, and that the point of order was immediately raised
that a quorum was not present and the House adjourned
without determining whether a quorum was in fact present,
it was held that the vote was void. Meyer, H. 1895, p. 370.
Rule 68. The call for the yeas and nays on the ques-
tion of the disposition of a matter on the calendar must
be made before the consideration of the next matter on
the calendar has been taken up. Myers, H. 1902, p. 359.
Under a rule which enabled one-fifth of the members
present and voting to order the yeas and nays, it was held
that a vote for the yeas and nays could not be reconsid-
ered except by a four-fifths vote. Eddy, H. 1855, p. 15.
Contra, Phelps, H. 1856, p. 1120; Gushing, § 1271.
When a question is before the House, and the yeas and
nays have been ordered, a motion to reverse the roll-call
is not in order. Bliss, H. 1853, p. 299.
On the House Mules. 633
It seems that a request for the yeas and nays cannot be
laid on the table. See Ashmun, H. 1841, p. 385.
Pending the taking of the yeas and nays a point of order
will not be entertained. Myers, H. 1902, p. 1232.
After a request for the yeas and nays has been refused,
a second request on the same question cannot be enter-
tained. Myers, H. 1900, p. 1314; White (acting
Speaker), H. 1910, p. 646.
'*No member shall be allowed to vote who was not on the
floor before the vote is declared.'' For a case arising when
the rule provided that no member shall be allowed to vote
who was not upon the floor when his name was called,
or before the roll-call was finished, see Eddy, H. 1855,
pp. 1573, 1658.
*' // . . .a memher states . . . that he has faired . . .
such members shall be excused from voting." It has been
held not to be in order to pair on a motion to adjourn.
Barnes (acting Speaker), H. 1889, p. 709.
" But shall be included with the members voting for the
purposes of a quorum." Prior to the addition of these
words to the rule it was held that if the roll-call showed
less than a quorum present and voting, the pairs announced
could not be comited to make up a quorum. Barrett, H.
1890, pp. 774, 799.
Rule 69. If a request for the yeas and nays, made before
the question is put, fails, a second request for the purpose
of verifying the vote cannot be entertained. Myers, H.
1900, p. 1314.
RECONSIDERATION.
Rule 70. This rule was reconstructed and certain new
provisions were added in 1902.
As to reconsideration of a vote on a motion requiring
more or less than a majority vote for its adoption, see
notes to Rule 68.
Reconsideration can be had of a vote rejecting the re-
634 Notes oj Rulings
port of a committee which declared that the seat of a
member was vacant. Hale, H. 1859, p. 133.
As to reconsideration of votes to commit petitions, etc.,
and of the enactment of laws, see notes to Senate Rules 8
and 53.
The vote requiring the yeas and nays to be taken can be
reconsidered. Notes, H. 1881, p. 490.
A motion to suspend this rule may be entertained after
the time allowed for a motion to reconsider has elapsed.
Notes, H. 1887, p. 331.
When a vote has been passed to close debate at a speci-
fied time, and that time has arrived, it is too late to move
a reconsideration in order to extend the debate. Notes,
H. 1880, p. 220.
A motion to reconsider a vote whereby a rule has been
suspended cannot be entertained after business consequent
upon the suspension has intervened. Meter, H. 1894,
p. 466.
As to whether the adoption of an order can be recon-
sidered after its execution has begun, see Hale, H. 1859,
p. 270.
It has been held that a motion to reconsider a vote on
an undebatable question cannot be debated. Rockwell,
H. 1858, p. 331.
A motion to rescind a standing or special order of the
House may be entertained after the time for reconsidera-
tion of the order has expired. Meter, H. 1895, p. 982;
Meter, H. 1894, p. 823.
*' On the next day thereafter on which a quorum is present."
Before the requirement of the presence of a quorum was
inserted in this rule, it was held that a session held merely
for the purpose of complying with the provisions of the
Constitution, and not for the purpose of transacting busi-
ness, was not to be considered as "the succeeding day."
Barrett, H. 1890, p. 1277.
Oi the House Rules. 636
When each of two or more daily sessions is declared to
be a legislative day, each session is a day within the mean-
ing of this rule. Barrett, H. 1893, p. 1036.
" Last week of the session.'* These words may be con-
strued as meaning the week prior to the date of final ad-
journment voted by the House. Barrett, H. 1889, p. 965.
See also the sub-heading " Last Week of the Session,"
under " Sundry Rulings."
" Before the Orders of the Day have been taken up," For
a case in which a motion to reconsider was entertained
after the Orders of the Day were taken up, see Olmstead
(acting Speaker), H. 1892, pp. 380, 381. But see also St.
John (acting Speaker), H. 1892, p. 1202.
" First in the Orders of the Day for the succeeding day.'*
Under a rule having a similar requirement, it was held to
be necessary, notwithstanding the rule, to take up forth-
with a motion to reconsider a vote that when the House
adjourn it be to a day or hour different from that fixed by
the rules. Goodwin, H. 1860, p. 415.
" Shall be considered forthwith." This does not prevent
a postponement of action on the motion to reconsider
by vote to that effect. Hale (acting Speaker), H. 1874,
p. 23.
A bill having been laid aside on the ground that it was
beyond the scope of the petition on which it was based, a
motion was made to recommit the bill under a suspension
of the 5th Joint Rule. This motion having been rejected,
and a motion to reconsider its rejection being before the
House, it was held that the consideration of such motion
could by vote be postponed to a time certain. Walker,
H. 1909, pp. 844, 851.
Where a bill had passed to be engrossed, and a motion
to reconsider had been made, it was held that laying the
motion to reconsider on the table would not carry the bill
to the table, but would leave the Clerk at liberty to send
636 Notes of Rulings
it to the Senate. Jewell, H. 1870, p. 478. Contra, see
notes to Senate Rule 46.
" Provided, further." For the origin of this proviso, see
KiNNicuTT, H. 1844, p. 524.
In the case of a motion to reconsider a vote whereby
the House refused to discharge a matter from the Orders
of the Day under a suspension of the rules, it was held that
such motion should be considered at the time when made.
ToBiN (acting Speaker), H. 1886, p. 524.
Rule 71. "No question shall be twice reconsidered.*'
Where a bill had been rejected, and reconsideration was
carried, and the bill was then amended in an essential fea-
ture, it was held that a reconsideration of a second rejection
would be in order, because the question on the second re-
jection was not the same as that on the first. Stone, H.
1867, p. 218; Hey^^ood (acting President), S. 1865, p. 533.
The same question cannot twice be reconsidered. The
fact that the question has been decided once in the affirma-
tive and once in the negative makes no difference. Bliss,
H. 1853, p. 721.
It has been held that this rule can be suspended so as to
allow a second reconsideration. Phelps, H. 1856, p. 481.
It is competent for the House to reconsider a vote refus-
ing to pass a bill over the Executive veto, notwithstanding
the first vote is described in the Constitution as a "recon-
sideration of the bill." Sanford, H. 1874, p. 583; Froth-
INGHAM, H. 1905, p. 1098. See notes on the Constitution,
Chap. L, Sect. I., Art. II.
RULES OF DEBATE.
Remarks should be addressed to the presiding officer,
not to the House in general. Bullock, H. 1865, p. 155.
When a member yields the floor to another, he loses the
right to it altogether. Brackett, H. 1885, p. 741.
No person not a member of the legislative body has any
On the House Rules. 637
right to take part in the debates. For a case in which
application of this rule was made to the chaplain's prayer,
see Sanford, H. 1872. p. 291.
The uniform custom in the House has been to allude to
a member by his residence. The pronouncing of the name
of one member by another in debate is liable to lead to
the excitement of personal feeling, and to a disturbance of
that harmony and courtesy among the members which are
essential to the highest style of order in a deliberative
assembly. Bullock, H. 1865, p. 155.
Allusion should not be made to the opinions or wishes of
the Executive for the purpose of influencing the decision of
any question. This point is not one merely of formality
or propriety, but one of principle, affecting the independ-
ence of the several branches of the government. The
ofpcial acts and orders of the Executive, and his opinions
oflScially communicated to the Legislature, are properly
subjects of discussion, and may well be referred to for the
purpose of influencing the action of the legislative body;
but it is irregular and unparliamentary in debate for a
member, with a view to securing the passage or defeat of
a measure, to refer to the supposed opinion or wish of the
Executive not officially promulgated. Bullock, H. 1865,
p. 155; MoRisoN (acting Speaker), 11. 1889, p. 800.
After a point of order has been raised, the subject can
be postponed to give the chair time for consideration.
Notes, H. 1882, p. 446.
A point of order will not lie for the reason that a bill
does not conform to the subject-matter as stated in the
title. Barrett, H. 1892, p. 1160.
An order having been adopted that the Speaker should
declare an adjournment on the completion of the business
on which the House was engaged at 5 o'clock, it was
held that a motion to take a recess until 7.30, made after
5 o'clock, was not in order, for the reason that the order
had not been suspended. Brackett, H. 1885, pp. 771, 775.
638 Notes of Rulings
Rule 74. See Barrett, H. 1893, p. 908.
Rule 76. The House has refused to sustain a ruling
that the intent of this rule is to give the preference in
speaking only to such members who have not spoken as
rise at the same time with a member who may desire to
speak a second time. Hale, H. 1859, p. 288. See also
Barrett, H. 1893, p. 908.
MOTIONS.
In general terms, it is a principle of parliamentary law
that no question can be moved a second time upon which
the judgment of the House has already been expressed.
See Wade, H. 1879, p. 540; Hale, H. 1859, p. 277;
Phelps, H. 1856, p. 530. Thus a report of leave to with-
draw having been made and an amendment substituting
a bill having been rejected and the report having then been
laid upon the table, the same motion to amend is not in
order when the report is again taken from the table.
Frothingham, H. 1904, p. 767.
If a motion to lay on the table is lost, another motion
to lay on the table is not in order until some substantial
business has been transacted. The rejection of a motion
to adjourn is not substantial business. Bliss, H. 1853,
p. 281. See also Crocker, S. 1883, p. 286.
A motion for the previous question was held to be out of
order where the only business inter\'ening between it and
a prior motion for the previous question was the offering
of two amendments and the rejection of a motion to post-
pone. Myers, H. 1903, p. 349.
A motion to suspend the rule limiting the time allowed
to each speaker is in order pending a debate, although
before the debate began a similar motion had been made
and defeated. Hale, H. 1859, p. 603.
A motion that the further reading of a paper be dis-
On the House Rules. 639
pensed with is not barred by the fact that at a previous
point in the reading a similar motion has been rejected.
HiGGiNS (acting Speaker), H. 1894, p. 128.
No two resolutions nor any two bills contradictory to
each other can be passed at the same session. See Wade,
H. 1879, p. 540.
If, however, an amendment is made at one reading of a
bill, inserting certain words, the same words, or any part
of them, may be stricken out by amendment at a subse-
quent reading without reconsideration of the first amend-
ment. Sanford, H. 1874, p. 246. So also the rejection
of an amendment at one reading of a bill does not bar the
same amendment from being entertained at a subsequent
reading. Meyer, H. 1894, p. 1187. For further modifica-
tions and explanations of this principle, see notes to Senate
Rule 54 and House Rule 49.
A resolution disapproving of the course of a member is
not admissible, unless such course has been in violation of
the rules and privileges of the House. Sanford, H. 1872,
p. 292.
Rule 78. "A motion . . . may he withdrawn by the
mover if no objection is made." When a motion to recon-
sider was made, and under the rule went over to the suc-
ceeding day, it was held that it was no longer before the
House and could not be withdrawn until reached on such
succeeding day, unless the rule was suspended so that it
could be at once considered. Phelps, H. 1857, p. 533.
Rule 79. "A motion to adjourn shall be always first in
order.'* A motion to adjourn is not in order pending the
verification of a vote. If the previous question is ordered,
a motion to adjourn is not in order until the main question
is decided. Bliss, H. 1853, pp. 274, 365. See also Lor-
ING, S. 1874, pp. 551, 554; Crocker, S. 1883, p. 289.
640 Notes of Rulings
A motion to adjourn to a specified time is not entitled to
precedence. Bliss, H. 1853, p. 302.
If a motion to adjourn has been negatived, it cannot be
renewed until substantial business has intervened. Bliss,
H. 1853, p. 303; Bachelder (acting Speaker), H. 1898,
p. 780. See notes to Senate Rule 46.
The ordering of the yeas and nays on the pending ques-
tion, and the interposition of a request to be excused from
voting and ordering the yeas and nays on this question, is
not substantial business. Brackett, H. 1885, p. 356.
If there is no other motion before the House, a motion
to adjourn may be amended by specifying a particular day,
and it has been held that it is not even then debatable.
Crowninshield, H. 1849, p. 314.
Rule 80. See notes to House Rules 68 and 79.
" Or some other motion that has precedence." If a special
assignment is not called up on the day assigned for its con-
sideration, it has been held that it falls through and loses
its privilege, but this ruling was overruled by the House.
Bliss, H. 1853. p. 347. See note to Senate Rule 46.
"For the previous question." A motion for the previous
question was held to be out of order where the only busi-
ness intervening between it and a prior motion for the
previous question was the offering of two amendments
and the rejection of a motion to postpone. Myers, H.
1903, p. 349.
" To close the debate at a specified tim^." The adoption
of a motion to take the vote at a specified time does not
bar a motion for the previous question or a motion to
extend the time. Sanford, H. 1873, p. 262. When,
however, the time fixed for taking the vote has arrived, it
is too late to move a reconsideration in order to extend
the time. Noyes, H. 1880, p. 220.
A motion to reconsider a vote fixing the time for clos-
On the House Rules. 641
ing debate, although made before the time specified, is
cut off if the time specified arrives before the vote on re-
consideration is taken. Walker, H. 1910, p. 1266.
It has been held that a motion to close the debate must
be put to the question before the time specified in the
motion, even if it is necessary to interrupt a speaker for
the purpose of so doing. Upham, S. 1858, p. 448.
A motion to close debate at a specified time was held
not to have been rendered inoperative by the fact that
after the time had passed, but before the votes on various
pending amendments and on the main question had been
taken, the House considered and acted upon a special as-
signment and then adjourned. Myers, H. 1903, p. 955.
The motion to close the debate at a specified time cannot
be applied to a motion to refer a matter to the next General
Court. Brackett, H. 1885, p. 599.
" To commit {or recommit)." See note to Senate Rule 46.
" To amend." See notes to House Rule 90 and Senate
Rules 46 and 50.
" To refer to the next General Court." It has been held
that a motion to refer to the next General Court can be ap-
plied to a motion to reconsider. Barrett, H. 1890, p. 1277.
Rule 81. If the House adjourns pending a motion for
the previous question, the consideration of said motion is
not removed from before the House on the following day.
Barrett, H. 1890, p. 604.
Rule 84. After the adoption of the motion for the
previous question, and after it was shown, on putting the
main question to vote, that a quorum was not present,
the point of order that upon securing the attendance of a
quorum further debate should be allowed was held to be
not well taken, as not being seasonably raised. Cole, H.
1907, p. 794.
642 Notes of Rulings
If a motion for the previous question is carried while
a motion to reconsider the adoption of an amendment is
pending, the motion to reconsider is not thereby made the
main question. Eldridge (acting Speaker), H. 1860, p. 288.
''And then upon the main question." The announcement
of a vote for the preacher of the election sermon having
shown that no person had a majority, a motion was made
that the person having the highest number of votes be
declared elected, and the previous question was then
moved and carried, and it was held that the main question
was the motion that a plurality should elect. Bradbury,
H. 1848, p. 273.
Rule 85. Unless the vote on a motion to close debate
at a specified time can be taken at least thirty minutes
before the time specified, the motion is improperly before
the House. Bates, H. 1899, p. 505; Walker, H. 1911,
p. 1952.
Rule 86. When a bill has been substituted for the re-
port of a committee, the member who made the motion to
substitute is not in charge of the measure within the mean-
ing of this rule, unless such member was in charge of the
original measure. Barrett, H. 1890, p. 863; Barrett, H.
1893, p. 1073.
If the committee on Bills in the Third Reading reports
adversely on a bill which has been substituted for the re-
port of a committee, the chairman of the committee on
Bills in the Third Reading is not in charge of the bill
within the meaning of this rule. Barrett, H. 1890, p. 863.
Reference to the committee on Rules for the purpose of
modifying a bill so as to make it conform to the provisions
of the order upon which it was based, was held not to take
the bill out of the charge of the member of the committee
by ;whom it was originally reported. Powers (acting
Speaker), H. 1892, p. 914.
On the House Rules. 643
Where a bill reported by a committee had been amended
in the House by the substitution of another bill, it was held
that the member in charge of the bill originally reported
was entitled to the ten minutes allowed by the rule. Bates,
H. 1897, p. 836.
A bill reported to the House by the committee on Edu-
cation having been amended in the Senate by the sub-
stitution of another bill, and the latter on reaching the
House having been referred under the rule to the Finance
committee, which reported that the substituted bill ought
to pass, it was held that the member of the committee on
Education who had charge of the original bill was still in
charge. Dewey (acting Speaker), H. 1891, p. 1037.
The member in charge of a measure is entitled to the
time allowance given by this rule whenever the measure is
before the House. Myers, H. 1902, p. 1283.
" When the member entitled to speak under this rule is ab-
sent," etc. Prior to the addition of this clause it was held
that in the absence of the member in charge no other mem-
ber of the committee could be considered as in charge, and
entitled to speak. Brackett, H. 1885, p. 677.
Rule 89. When an amendment has been adopted in-
serting certain words in a bill, the same words when taken
in connection with other words, thus constituting a differ-
ent proposition, may be struck out by subsequent amend-
ment at the same stage. Bates, H. 1899, p. 909.
See notes to Senate Rule 46, under "to amend."
Rule 90. Before the rules allowed committees to report
a general law upon a petition for special legislation, it was
held that a private or special act could not be changed by
amendment to a general law. Sanford, H. 1874, p. 217;
Long, H. 1878, pp. 117, 361.
Amendments extending the provisions of a private or
644 Notes of Rulings
special bill so as to make it general are admissible if the
committee might have reported such a general bill on the
order referred to it. Frothingham, H. 1904, p. 628;
Harden, H. 1883, p. 630; Mellen (acting Speaker), H.
1893, p. 660; Meyer, H. 1894, p. 1146; Myers, H. 1903,
p. 1383. See Senate Rule 16, House Rule 30, Joint
Rule 7.
To change a special act into a general act by amendment
is to so amend as to make the provisions of the act appli-
cable to all individuals of the same class. Bates, H. 1897,
p. 183.
Resolutions general in their scope may be moved as a
substitute for resolutions special in character. Barrett,
H. 1891, p. 60; Barrett, H. 1890, p. 866. See House Rule
30 and notes thereto, and House Rule 95.
If the subject-matter referred to a committee is general
in its character, it is not in order to propose amendments
changing the bill reported thereon from a general law to a
special act. Bates, H. 1898, p. 674; Bates, H. 1897, pp.
875, 968; Meyer, H. 1895, pp. 826, 1071, 1132; Noyes, H.
1887, pp. 700,785; Wadlin (acting Speaker), H. 1887, p. 448.
See also Bates, H. 1899, p. 332; Marden, H. 1884, p. 450;
Noyes, H. 1888, p. 600. ^ See also notes to Senate Rule 50.
An amendment is not in order if it extends beyond the
scope of the subject-matter on which the report of a com-
mittee is based. Myers, H. 1900, p. 1146; Barrett, H.
1893, p. 1046; Bennett (acting Speaker), H. 1893, p. 471;
Noyes, H. 1887, pp. 422, 532, 654, 668; Marden, H. 1883,
pp. 232, 558. See notes to Senate Rule 50. See also ruling
by Speaker Barrett, cited in notes on Joint Rules under
" Committees. "
A bill contemplating legislation is not admissible as an
amendment to a report of a committee, leave to withdraw,
on a petition which simply asks for a public hearing and not
for legislation. Tucker (acting Speaker), H. 1892, p. 460.
On the House Rules. 645
In a case where a bill permissive in its character was the
subject-matter referred, it was held that an amendment,
which, if adopted, would make the bill mandatory, was not
in order. McDonough (acting Speaker), H. 1888, p. 535.
An amendment which provides for a modification of an
existing law is not germane to a bill which provides for a
repeal of the law. Marden, H. 1883, p. 512; Barrett,
H. 1892, p. 786; Meter, H. 1804, p. 1085.
A bill providing for the abolition of an official board
was held not to be germane to a petition asking for the
continuance of the board. Meyer, H. 1894, p. 825.
An amendment striking out a portion of a bill is not
germane if it broadens the bill beyond the scope of the
petition. Myers, H. 1900, p. 918.
A substitute removing existing legal restrictions is not
germane to a petition and bill imposing more rigid restric-
tions. Myers, H. 1900, p. 1007; Weeks (acting Speaker),
H. 1908, p. 749.
A bill regulating the giving of entertainments on the
Lord's Day was held to be within the scope of and ger-
mane to a petition asking for the prohibition of such en-
tertainments. Myers, H. 1900, p. 738.
A bill authorizing the sale of soda water was held to be
germane to a petition for legislation to authorize the sale
of "soda" on the Lord's Day, on the ground that "soda"
was the colloquial phrase for soda water, and was the term
most often used. Myers, H. 1902, pp. 917, 920.
The House has a right in granting legislation to impose
such provisos, conditions or limitations as to it may seem
fit. Barrett, H. 1892, pp. 536, 839, 840.
When the question is upon concurring with the other
branch in the adoption of an amendment, such amendment
only is the subject under consideration. Cole, H. 1906,
p. 982.
For sundry cases in which a point of order has been
646 Notes of Rulings
raised that a proposed amendment is not germane to the
subject under consideration, see the appendixes to the
House Journals under the title of "Questions of Order,"
or "Order, Points of." See also H. 1908, p. 838. A list
of the cases which arose prior to 1902 may be found in the
Manual of the General Court for that year.
It is too late to raise objection that a substitute bill is
not germane to a petition after the substitute has been
adopted. Meyer, H. 1895, p. 406.
So also it is too late to raise objection that an amend-
ment is not germane to a bill after the amendment has
been adopted (Myers, H. 1903, p. 1032; Myers, H. 1902,
p. 1276; NoYES, H. 1888, p. 463), or after the considera-
tion of the amendment has occupied the attention of the
House a portion of two sessions. Sanford, H. 1874,
p. 367. See also Dewey (acting Speaker), H. 1877,
p. 463; NoYES, H. 1881, p. 480.
See notes to Senate Rule 50 and to Joint Rules under
the head of "Committees."
Rule 91. This rule does not save the right to amend
when a simple motion to strike out {i.e., a motion not
embracing a proposition to insert) has been made and
rejected. Sanford, H. 1874, p. 499.
"A question containing two or more propositions capable
of division." The question, "Shall this bill pass to be en-
grossed?" is not divisible. Thus, in passing to be en-
grossed a bill fixing certain salaries, the bill cannot be
divided so as to allow the salary of each official to be voted
on separately. Wardwell (acting Speaker), H. 1881,
p. 490.
''Strike out and insert." See Noyes, H. 1880, p. 60.
Rule 92. Where there is no blank, and amendments
are offered, changing the sum or time, the matter is to be
treated as if the sum or time were left blank in the origmal
On the House Rules, 647
motion, and the sum or time therein stated is to take its
place among the amendments in accordance with the pro-
visions of this rule. Wade, H. 1879, p. 144.
See note to Senate Rule 51.
APPEAL.
Rule 94. An appeal from the ruling of the chair must
be taken at once. The right to appeal is cut off by the
intervention of other business. Phelps, H. 1857, p. 907.
See also Crocker, S. 1883, p. 289.
Upon the question raised by an appeal, a motion for the
previous question is in order. Miers, H. 1903, pp. 945,
1064.
For a case where the chair refused to entertain an appeal
because the question had previously been decided by a
ruling of the chair, which was confirmed by a vote of the
House, see Bliss, H. 1853, p. 366. See also Crocker, S.
1883, pp. 289, 290.
The decision upon an appeal can be reconsidered. Bliss,
H. 1853, pp. 730, 736.
A motion to lay an appeal on the table is not in order.
Harden, H. 1883, p. 582. See notes to Senate Rules
under heading "Motions."
ELECTIONS BY BALLOT.
Rule 96. The election of a State director of the Troy
and Greenfield Railroad Company was held to be within
this rule. Goodwin, H. 1860, p. 665.
PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE.
Rule 101. It is not competent for the House on motion
to suspend the principles of general parliamentary law.
The House could not suspend the rule that the rejection of
a motion to strike out precludes amendment, any more
than it could suspend the rule requiring a majority of votes
to pass a motion. Sanford, H. 1874, p. 499.
648 Notes of Rulings
JSTOTES OF EULIXGS
JOINT RULES.
COMMITTEES.
A report adopted at a duly notified meeting of a com-
mittee, a quorum being present, was held to be a valid re-
port of the committee, although an unsigned memorandum
was written on the report to the effect that certain mem-
bers, constituting a majority of the committee, dissented.
BoARDMAif, S. 1888, p. 378.
It is not within the province of the chair upon a point
of order to inquire into the internal workings of a com-
mittee with a view to determining whether a bill has been
properly considered by such committee. Barrett, H.
1891, p. 1127; Jones, S. 1903, p. 457.
When a report is received, the committee's duties as to
the matter reported on are ended, and they can make no
further report upon it unless the subject is recommitted
to them by vote of the assembly. Crocker, S. 1883,
pp. 489, 576; Barrett, H. 1891, p. 789; Harden, H.
1883, pp. 529, 669.
The reception of a report discharges the committee,
even though the report is subsequently ruled out as beyond
the scope of the reference. Myers, H. 1900, p. 1463.
A report of a committee made without authority cannot
be considered. Barrett, H. 1892, p. 877.
Every report should conclude with some substantive
On the Joint Rules. 649
proposition for the consideration of the assembly, such as,
that a bill, resolve, order or resolution ought or ought not
to pass, that it is inexpedient to legislate, that the peti-
tioners have leave to withdraw, etc., etc.
If a report recommends the passage of a bill or resolve,
action is had upon the bill or resolve alone, and it takes its
several readings, or is otherwise disposed of, as to the
assembly seems fit. In such cases nothing is done about
"accepting the report." The statement of facts and argu-
ments embodied in the report in support of the recom-
mendation of the committee is not accepted or adopted,
. . . and the assembly, by passing the bill or resolve, does
not endorse that statement of fact or argument any more
than, when it passes a vote, it endorses every speech made
in support of the motion.
What is true of a report recommending the passage of
a bill or resolve is equally true of a report recommending
the passage of a resolution or order, reference to another
committee or to the next General Court, or any other
action. The substantive proposition of the report is the
motion, as it were, of the committee, and that proposition
alone is before the assembly for its action. The prelimi-
nary statement of facts and of opinions contained in re-
ports in the usual forms is not before the assembly for its
action, and therefore cannot be amended. If, however,
the proposition of a report is that its statement of facts
and of opinions should be endorsed and adopted by the
assembly itself, then and then only such statement would
properly be before the assembly, and might be amended
or otherwise acted upon. Crocker, S. 1883, pp. 489, 576;
Barreit, H. 1890, p. 1254.
Whatever the proposition of the report is, the question
should be so framed as to embody that proposition in
distinct terms. The ordinary form of putting the ques-
tion, namely, "Shall this report be accepted?" is inac-
650 Notes of Rulings
curate, ambiguous, misleading, and ought to be abolished.
Crocker, S. 1883, pp. 489, 576.
If a committee report in part only, its report should
expressly state that it is "in part," and should clearly
define what portion of the subject-matter committed to
it is covered by the report. The use of the words "in
part" is, however, not essential. If the committee intended
to report in part only, and the phraseology of its report
is consistent with such intent, its report will be treated
as a report in part. Crocker, S. 1883, p. 87; Barrett,
H. 1889, p. 843. See also Sprague, S. 1891, p. 713.
When a committee reports only in part, a motion to
substitute a bill which is germane to another part of the
subject-matter referred to the committee is not in order.
Walker, H. 1909, p. 1245.
A committee to which the report of a commission has
been referred may report a bill on the subject covered by
the report of the commission, although such report omits
to recommend legislation. Notes, H. 1888, p. 670. But
see Hartwell, S. 1889, p. 733. See also Sprague, S. 1891,
p. 514.
A committee to which a report of a commission has
been referred should make separate reports on the various
subjects on which legislation is specially suggested, and a
final report, — "no further legislation necessary." In a
case, however, where a committee reported a bill on one
only of several subjects, deeming that legislation on the
other subjects was inexpedient, and plainly indicated that
its report was intended to be a report in full, it was held that
any amendment within the scope of the matter referred to
the committee was admissible, though such amendment
might not be germane to the subject-matter covered by the
reported bill. Otherwise the committee would possess the
power to bury by its own action, and without the power
of revision, the issues referred to it. Barrett, H. 1889,
p. 842.
On the Joint Rules, 651
For a discussion as to the creation of joint committees,
and their relation to the two branches, see Hale, H. 1859,
p. 269.
A joint order having been adopted instructing joint com-
mittees to report reference to the next General Court on
all matters remaining in their hands after a fixed date, a
bill reported subsequently to such date was held to be im-
properly before the House. Noyes, H. 1888, p. 832; Bar-
rett, H. 1889, p. 897; Barrett, H. 1893, p. 706.
As to whether the same subject may be referred to two
committees, see Sanford, H. 1872, p. 419. It seems that
such action would conflict with the principle of parliamen-
tary law, that no bill or measure shall be twice passed
upon in the same session. See Butler, S. 1894, p. 730.
A recommendation of His Excellency the Governor having
been referred to a joint committee, and a bill covering the
same subject-matter having been referred to another joint
committee, the Speaker, on a pouit of order raised when
the latter committee reported, held that it was not within
the province of the chair to question the propriety of the
consideration by a committee of a subject referred to it.
Frothingham, H. 1904, p. 349.
Committees must confine their report to the subject re-
ferred to them. For sundry cases in which the point of
order has been raised that this principle has been violated,
see the indexes to the Senate Journals under "Order,
Questions of," and the appendixes to the House Journals
under the title "Questions of Order," and "Order, Points
of." A list of the cases which arose prior to 1902 may be
found in the Manual of the General Court for that year.
See also H. 1908, p. 1359.
If the report of a committee is ruled out as beyond the
scope of the reference, the subject-matter of the refer-
ence is still before the House for its action. Walker, H.
1909, p. 844; Myers, H. 1900, p. 1463; Underhill (act-
ing Speaker), H. 1911, p. 1816.
652 Notes of Rulings
If a bill reported by one committee is referred to another
committee, the latter committee is not limited to the scope
of the bill referred to it, but may report any measure within
the scope of the propositions upon which the original bill was
based. Butler, S. 1894, p. 920; Lawrence, S. 1897, p. 763.
When the rules require that legislation shall be based
upon petition, the petition determines the scope of legisla-
tion. A bill filed with the petition does not enlarge the scope
of the petition unless the petition contains phraseology
which makes the bill a part of it. Butler, S. 1894, p. 940-;
Jones, S. 1903, p. 491. Neither does a bill curtail the
scope of the petition which it accompanies. Bates, H.
1899, pp. 1036, 1061.
A bill prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors was
held not to be germane to a petition asking that the sale of
malt and spirituous liquors be prohibited, for the reason
that, as appears from 2 Gray, 502, there are intoxicating
liquors other than malt and spirituous liquors. Barrett,
H. 1892, p. 730.
In determining the scope of an application for legisla-
tion, it should be construed liberally; but the chair is, at
the same time, held to secure an observance of the rules
made for obtaining well-considered legislation, and to the
end that all citizens of the Commonwealth shall have full
notice of matters brought before the Legislature affecting
their interests. Sprague, S. 1890, pp. 405, 886; Tread-
way, S. 1911, p. 1536; Pillsbury, S. 1886, p. 703; Board-
man, S. 1888, p. 352; Noyes, H. 1888, p. 700.
For a case in which the scope of an order was construed
liberally, see Barrett, H. 1890, p. 1259.
A committee can report a larger sum than that named in
the resolve referred to it, Pillsbury, S. 1886, p. 700.
A motion to recommit, with instructions to report a bill
broader in its scope than the measures upon which the bill
is based, is out of order. Pinkerton, S. 1892, p. 266.
On the Joint Rules, 653
As the greater includes the less, it is a general rule that
a bill will not be ruled out because it does not cover all the
objects embraced in the order. Pillsbury, S. 1886, p. 395;
PiNKERTON, S. 1892, p. 428. See also Soule, S. 1901,
p. 1049; Cole, H. 1908, p. 1005.
But on a petition for general legislation it is not per-
missible to report a special bill. Walker, H. 1910, p.
1255; Walker, H. 1909, p. 844; Frothingham, H. 1905,
p. 272; Frothingham, H. 1904, p. 806; Marden, H. 1884,
p. 450; PiNKERTON, S. 1893, p. 505; Jones, S. 1903, p.
491. See also Cole, H. 1908, p. 1005.
It has further been held that a bill providing for a modi-
fication of an existing law cannot be reported on a petition
which asks for a repeal of the law. Notes, H. 1887,
pp. 523, 552.
As to what legislation can be based on the reference to a
committee of a report of a commission or board of trustees,
see Jewell, H. 1870, p. 478; Notes, H. 1888, p. 670.
When a bill for a rearrangement of the congressional
districts was reported by a committee, under an order that
directed that the districts as rearranged should conform
to the districts as then established as closely as the Imes
of the existing wards and precincts of the city of Boston
would conveniently admit, it was held that the chair could
not attempt to decide whether the lines of the proposed
new districts conformed as closely to the lines of existing
wards and precincts as convenience permitted, but that
the committee was free to use its own judgment upon the
question. Lawrence, S. 1896, p. 983; Meyer, H. 1896,
p. 1211.
A message from the Governor transmitting a commimi-
cation from a State commission calling the attention of the
Legislature to a threatened abuse by a certain corpora-
tion, and suggesting that some appropriate action be taken,
was held to be sufficiently broad in scope to permit a remedy
654 Notes of Rulings
of the threatened evil either by a general or by a special bill,
or by both. Myers, H. 1901, p. 1048.
If any part of a bill covers a matter not referred to the
committee, or if a special bill is reported on a petition for
general legislation, the whole bill must be withdrawn or
excluded. It cannot be amended before it is received.
Sanford, H. 1872, pp. 422, 429; Sanford, H. 1875, p. 365;
PiLLSBURY, S. 1886, p. 702. But such a bill may be recom-
mitted. Walker, H. 1909, p. 844; Smith, S. 1899, p. 879;
Sprague, S. 1890, p. 886; Frothingham, H. 1905, p. 272;
Myers, H. 1900, p. 706; Brackett, H. 1885, p. 559;
Brackett, H. 1886, p. 713; Barrett, H. 1889, pp. 717,
853; Barrett, H. 1892, p. 724; Meyer, H. 1894, p. 1218.
If, however, a bill or an amendment, which is not ger-
mane to the subject-matter referred, comes to one branch
from the other, such bill or amendment must be entertained
out of courtesy to the branch from which it is received.
Dana, S. 1906, p. 982; Smith, S. 1899, p. 887; Pinkerton,
S. 1893, p. 470; Meyer, H. 1894, pp. 466, 877; Marden,
H. 1884, p. 451. But see Marden, H. 1883, p. 478. For
other cases upon "Courtesy between the Branches," see
under "Sundry Rulings," at the end of the notes on the
Joint Rules.
Objection that a bill covers matter not referred to the
committee cannot be raised after action on the bill, by
amendment, or by passing it to a third reading, or even
after continued deliberation in regard to it. Dana, S.
1906, p. 480; Smith, S. 1900, p. 660; Lawrence, S. 1896,
p. 941; Butler, S. 1895, p. 473; Pinkerton, S. 1893,
pp. 387, 423; Pinkerton, S. 1892, p. 476; Cole, H.
1907, p. 976; Newton of Everett (acting Speaker), H.
1902, p. 479; Bates, H. 1898, p. 940; Attwill (acting
Speaker), H. 1898, p. 840; Meyer, H. 1894, p. 1248;
Barrett, H. 1891, p. 807; Barrett, H. 1890, pp. 340,
1020; Brackett, H. 1886, p. 503; Dewey (acting
On the Joint Rules. 655
Speaker), H. 1877, p. 464; Sanford, H. 1874, p. 368;
Jewell, H. 1870, p. 477. See also Notes, H. 1881,
p. 480; Wade, H. 1879, p. 540.
For a case in which, the question being on passing a
resolve to be engrossed, it was held to be too late to
raise the point of order that under the provisions of a
statute (St. 1907, c. 520, § 3) the petition should have
been referred to the next General Court, see Curtiss
(acting Speaker), H. 1909, p. 1121.
Where a committee has referred to it several petitions on
the same subject, or various papers involving either directly
or remotely the same subject, whether simply or connected
with other things, and the committee has once considered
and reported upon any one subject involved in them, it has
entirely exhausted its authority over that subject.
After such report has been once made, the subject passes
beyond the control of the committee and becomes the
property of the House.
Any papers left in the hands of the committee which
may indirectly involve the same subject must be treated
as if that question was not in them. It seems not to be
within the power of a committee to withhold mention of
any particular petition, report or other paper, and thus
retain possession of a subject once reported upon as a
basis for a new action and a new report.
General considerations support strongly this view. It is
a maxim of jurisprudence that it is for the public advan-
tage that strifes should come to an end. It is equally for
the public interest that contentions in what our fathers
called the Great and General Court should be settled once
for all. Many persons have a deep interest in the matters
heard before committees. They appear in person or by
counsel; and when the subject is, by report of the com-
mittee, brought before the Legislature, they appear to in-
fluence the action of members, as they have the right to do.
656 Notes oj Bulings
When the matter is once disposed of, they depart, and
suppose they may do so hi safety. They have a right to
believe their interests no longer require their presence.
But if a committee may revive questions once reported
upon and settled, there will never be rest. Jewell, H.
1870, p. 480. See also Notes, H. 1888, p. 584; Sprague,
S. 1891, p. 516; Barrett, H. 1891, p. 790.
A resolve, not an order, should be the form used to pro-
vide for printing a document not for the use of the Legis-
lature, and involving the expenditure of public money.
Long, H. 1878, p. 58; Notes, H. 1880, p. 123.
Further, as to cases in which orders would be suitable,
see Long, H. 1878, p. 58.
A motion that several bills comprised in one report
should be placed separately in the Orders of the Day is not
in order before the report has been received and the bills
read the first time. Sanford, H. 1872, p. 404.
Rule 3. A delegation to represent the State, composed
not only of members of the Legislature but also of State
officers, is not a joint committee within the meaning of this
rule. Bates, H. 1898, p. 1068.
Rule 5. Under this rule a motion to recommit, made
at a date later than that fixed in the rule, is out of order.
Barrett, H. 1891, pp. 866, 983.
This rule does not apply to a motion to recommit to
a House committee. Gushing (acting Speaker), H. 1911,
p. 902.
Rule 7. "Or other legislation." Prior to 1891 this
phrase was "other special legislation" and special legisla-
tion was held to be that which directly affects individuals
as such differently from the class to which they belong or
from the people at large. Pillsbury, S. 1885, pp. 588, 589.
On the Joint Rules. 657
It is the province of the committee, and not of the
Speaker, to determine whether the purpose for which the
legislation is sought can be secured without detriment to
the public interest by a general law. Myers, H. 1901,
p. 1048. See also Walker, H. 1910, p. 660.
See notes to Senate Rule 16 and to House Rule 30.
NOTICE TO PARTIES INTERESTED.
Rule 8. See note to Senate Rule 15 and House Rule 31.
For a case in which it was unsuccessfully claimed that
a bill, though general in its terms, was in fact special in
its operation, and that therefore notice to parties interested
should have been given, see Walker, H. 1910, p. 1211.
A bill may be laid aside on the ground that it is in viola-
tion of this rule after it has passed through one branch.
Bishop, S. 1882, p. 307.
A bill which is offered as a substitute for a report of a
committee must be germane to the subject referred to the
committee. Jewell, H. 1871, p. 342.
It is sufficient if the petition bears the certificate of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth that the required publica-
tion has been made. It is not necessary to state in detail
in the publication all the provisions of the legislation de-
sired. Barrett, H. 1892, p. 995.
It is not within the province of the Speaker, but within
the province of the committee, to determine whether a
petition has been properly advertised. Barrett, H. 1892,
p. 1160; Walker, H. 1910, p. 1471.
"No legislation." Prior to 1890 the phraseology was
"no hill or resolve," and under that phraseology it was
held that an order that a committee investigate the man-
agement and condition of a certain society and report
what legislation is necessary was within the operation of
the rule, because any bill or resolve embodying the con-
clusions of such investigation would be within the scope
658 Notes of Rulings
of the rule. Bruce, S. 1884, p. 580. Contra, Pillsbiirt,
S. 1885, p. 580.
A bill to incorporate the Boston Railroad Holding Com-
pany was held not to be such legislation as that described
in this rule. Treadway, S. 1909, p. 1034. See also
Walker, H. 1911, p. 1800.
"Except by a petition." Prior to 1890 the words " by
amendment or otherwise" were also used. For an in-
stance in which under that form of the rule an amendment
was held to be barred by the rule, see Bishop, S. 1880,
p. 333. For an instance in which an amendment propos-
ing a new treatment of a subject already in the bill, and not
the introduction of a new subject into the bill, was held
not to be barred by the rule, see Bishop, S. 1881, p. 384.
For an instance in which it was held that a communica-
tion from the Governor transmitting a subject-matter for
legislation is, for the purposes of legislation, to be con-
sidered in the light of a message from him^ and is entitled
to the same consideration that such a message would have,
and that a bill reported upon said communication is not in
violation of this rule, see Myers, H. 1901, p. 1048.
Prior to 1890 the following words were used, "Except
by a report of a committee on petition duly presented and
referred," and under this form of the rule various rulings
were made. For cases in which a bill was ruled out,
see Long, H. 1878, pp. 116, 120; Cogswell, S. 1878,
p. 178; NoYES, H. 1888, p. 479. For a case in which it
was held that the words "duly presented" did not require
compliance with the provisions of chapter 2 of the Public
Statutes in regard to notice; that those provisions were
mandatory only to the petitioner, and that the Legislature
might, if it saw fit, hear the petitioner, notwithstanding
his failure to comply with the law, see Marden, H. 1883
p. 533. See also Noyes, H. 1882, p. 90.
*' Objection, to the violation of this rule may be taken at
On the Joint Rules. 659
any stage prior to thai of the third reading." For a case
which arose prior to the insertion of these words, see
Dewey (acting Speaker), H. 1877, p. 463.
Rule 9. This rule does not apply to a message from
the Governor or to recommendations contained in a report
of a commission. Treadway, S. 1909, p. 1034; Cole,
H. 1907, p. 976; Wajjcer, H. 1911, p. 1800.
For instances in which bills mider this rule were referred
to the next General Court, see Chapple, S. 1907, pp. 898,
978; Cole, H. 1907, p. 1064.
As to the form and evidence of publication, see notes to
Joint Rule 8,
For a case in which a bill was held not to be special,
but to be general and therefore not subject to the provi-
sions of this section, see Walker, H. 1910, p. 1212.
The provisions of the Revised Laws, chapter 3, which
are referred to in this rule, are mandatory only to the
petitioner, and the General Court may hear the petitioner
notwithstanding his failure to comply with the law.
Myers, H. 1902, p. 268.
Under this rule it was held that a petition to establish
the boundary line in tide waters between two towns, in-
volving the taking of land from one town and the annexing
of it to the other, is, in effect, a petition to divide an exist-
ing town; and, since no publication of notice, as required
by law, had been made and the rule had not been suspended,
a bill reported upon such a petition was improperly before
the House. Meyer, H. 1896, p. 947.
This rule having been concurrently suspended with refer-
ence to a petition before its reference to a committee, and
the committee having reported "leave to withdraw," it was
held that the rule was no longer operative on the subject-
matter of the petition, and that a bill could be substituted
for the report of the conmiittee. Dana, S. 1906, p. 748.
660 Notes oj Bulv.
A bill reported to the House in violation of this rule,
and there passed to be engrossed and sent to the Senate
for concurrence, was in the Senate, in compliance with
this rule, referred to the next General Court Dana, S.
1906, p. 712. See "Sundry Rulings."
For the case of a bill which was held not to come within
the provisions of this rule, see Bates, H. 1899, pp. 1036,
1061.
LIMIT OP TIME ALLOWED FOR REPORTS OP
COMMITTEES.
Rule 10. If after the date fixed for final report a com-
mittee reports a bill, such bill must be laid aside. Bar-
rett, H. 1893, p. 706. So also a report of leave to with-
draw will be laid aside. Meyer, H. 1895, p. 920.
After a bill has been substituted for a report recom-
mending reference to the next General Court, it is then
too late to raise the point of order that the report was
not made within the three-day limit fixed by this rule.
Underhill (acting Speaker), H. 1911, p. 1791.
General orders extending the time for reports of joint
committees apply to these committees no less when sit-
ting joindy than when sitting separately. Myers, H.
1901, p. 1047.
COMMITTEES OP CONPERENCE.
Rule 11. It seems that any difference between the two
branches can be submitted to a committee of conference.
PiLLSBURY. S. 1886, p. 702.
That which has been agreed to by both branches cannot
be disturbed by a committee of conference. It is compe-
tent for a committee of conference to report such change
in the sections or portions not agreed to as is germane to
those sections. Bishop, S. 1882, p. 391; Myers, H. 1900,
p. 1403.
On the Joint Rules, 661
The reception of a report of a committee of conference
discharges the committee, even though the report is sub-
sequently ruled out as beyond the scope of the reference.
Myers, H. 1900, p. 1463.
LIMIT OF TIME ALLOWED FOR NEW BUSINESS.
Rule 12. This rule does not exclude matters of privi-
lege. They may be considered whenever they arise.
PiLi^BURY, S. 1885, p. 583; Barrett, H. 1890, p. 1259.
"AU other subjects of legislation." See LonG; H. 1878,
p. 572; Brackett, H. 1885, p. 354.
An order which is merely incidental to a subject of legis-
lation before the House is not within the scope of this
rule. Harden, H. 1883, p. 311.
"Deposited with the Clerk of either branch." In 1891
these words were substituted for the words ''proposed or
introduced," previously used. Under the rule as it stood
prior to 1891, it was twice ruled that matter referred by
one General Court to the next, when called up in the Gen-
eral Court to which it is so referred, must be considered
as the introduction of new business within the intent of
this rule. In both cases the bill in question related to
the compensation of members of the Legislature, and in
both cases, on appeal, the decision of the chair was re-
versed. Crocker, S. 1883, pp. 521, 578; Long, H. 1877,
pp. 466-473.
" Shall, when presented, be referred to the next General
Court." Under this rule, before the words "when pre-
sented" were inserted, in a case where a bill had passed to
a third reading, it was held that it was then too late to
secure its reference to the next General Court under the
rule. Dewey (acting Speaker), H. 1877, p. 463. See also
Wade, H. 1879, p. 540.
For a case arising under a somewhat similar rule, see
Jewell, H. 1868, p. 591.
662 Notes of Rulings on the Joint Rules,
After the House had debated an order several times and
had once adopted it, it was held too late to raise the point
that the order came within the scope of this rule. Brack-
ETT, H. 1885, p. 354.
" This rule shail not he , , , suspended except by a con-
current vote." Pending the question on concurring in the
suspension of this rule to admit a petition, it has been held
not to be in order to move to lay the petition upon the
table. Notes, H. 1888, p. 260.
PRINTING AND DISTKIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS.
Rule 20. See notes on the Joint Rules under "Com-
mittees." For a ruling on this rule as it stood before
1886, see Long, H. 1878, p. 116.
The House can by its vote alone order documents printed
for the use of the House. Meyer, H. 1894, p. 397.
Sundry Ridings. 663
SUNDRY RULINGS.
QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE.
A resolution declaring vacant certain contested seats is
a resolution of high privilege, and need not be supported
by a petition. Meyer, H. 1894, pp. 1192, 1198.
COURTESY BETWEEN THE BRANCHES.
Where one branch has passed upon a matter and for-
warded it to the other, the latter is, as a rule, bound to
receive and act upon it. For instances in which this prin-
ciple was followed and for the exceptions to it, see Cole,
H. 1907, pp. 1236, 1240; Cole, H. 1906, p. 1177; Jones,
S. 1903, p. 753; Myers, H. 1903, p. 1435; Myers, H.
1902, pp. 1244, 1287; Soule, S. 1901, p. 931; Smith, S.
1900, p. 531; Bates, H. 1899, p. 1096; Lawrence, S.
1896, p. 1036; Pinkerton, S. 1893, p. 470; Sprague, S.
1890, pp. 317, 794; Meyer, H. 1894, pp. 466, 877; Bar-
rett, H. 1892, p. 1161; Barrett, H. 1891, p. 790; Mar-
den, H. 1883, pp. 523-528, also p. 478; Bishop, S. 1882,
p. 307; IMarden, H. 1884, p. 451; Pillsbury, S. 1885, pp.
582, 583; Morrison (acting Speaker), H. 1882, p. 443;
Brown (acting Speaker), H. 1882, p. 515; Bishop, S, 1881
(extra session), p. 19; Bishop, S. 1881, p. 384; Bishop, S.
1880, p. 243; Cogswell, S. 1878, p. 178; Cogswell, S.
1877, pp. 301, 306; Long, H. 1877, p. 426; Sanford, H.
1874, p. 392; Sanford, H. 1872, p. 125; Bullock, H.
1865, appendix, p. 492; Phelps, S. 1859, p. 325. See
also Manchester (acting Speaker), H. 1897, p. 1188.
664 Sundry Rulings,
A bill was referred in the Senate to the next General
Court because reported in violation of the ninth joint
rule, although it had been passed to be engrossed in the
House and sent up for concurrence. Dana, S. 1906, p. 712.
See notes to Senate Rule 54 and House Rule 49.
CONCURRENCE IN AMENDMENTS.
Where a bill passed in the House was sent to the Senate
and there passed with an amendment, and was" then re-
turned to the House for concurrence in the amendment,
it was held that the House might agree or disagree with
the amendment, or it might agree after amending the
amendment, or it might refer the question of agreeing to
the amendment to a committee, or might lay the subject
on the table, or defer action to some day certain, because
all such motions are supposed to be not unfriendly in their
nature, at least not decisive or destructive. On the other
hand, a motion to postpone indefinitely the whole subject,
or any motion which carries with it an original purpose of
destruction to the bill, is not in order, because the two
branches have already agreed to the bill as a whole, and
such a motion would be irregular in itself, and in its par-
liamentary effects uncourteous towards the other branch
of the Legislature. Bullock, H. 1865, appendix, p. 493.
Where a bill which had been agreed to by both branches
was sent by the House to the Senate for concurrence in
certain amendments, and the Senate, in addition to acting
on the amendments, amended other parts of the bill de
novo, it was held that such amendments were not properly
before the House. Meter, H. 1895, p. 906; Myers, H.
1900, p. 1403.
One branch, in considering an amendment to its bill
made by the other branch, may amend such amendment,
but its amendment must be germane to the amendment
submitted for concurrence. Smith, S. 1900, p. 878; Far-
Sundry Rulings. 665
LET (acting Speaker), H. 1894, p. 1403; Cole, H. 1906,
p. 982.
For a discussion as to proceedings in case of a disagree-
ment between the two branches in relation to amendments,
see Hale, H. 1859, p. 116.
LAST WEEK OF THE SESSION.
During the last week of the session, the House having
voted to remain in session until the completion of the
matter under consideration and the vote thereon having
been taken, it was held that a motion to reconsider was in
order before adjournment. Myers, H. 1900, p. 1444.
A standing order fixing the last week of the session is
in force from the time it takes effect until the close of
the session. Myers, H. 1900, p. 1444.
The State House,
Seal of the Commonwealth,
State Library, etc.
THE STATE HOUSE.
The so-called "Bulfinch Front" of the State House was erected in
1795-7, upon land purchased of the heirs of John Hancock, by the
town of Boston, for the sum of £4,000, and conveyed by said town to
the Commonwealth, May 2, 1795. The Commissioners on the part of
the town to convey the " Governor's Pasture," as it was styled, to the
Commonwealth, were William Tudor, Charles Jarvis, John Coffin
Jones, Williiim Eustis, William Little, Thomas Dawes, Joseph Russell,
Harrison Gray Otis and Perez Morton, The agents for erecting the
State House were named in the deed as follows : Thomas Dawes,
Edward Hutchinson Robbins and Charles Bulfinch.
The corner-stone was laid July 4, 1795, by Governor Samuel Adams,
assisted by Paul Revere, Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons. The
stone was drawn to the spot by fifteen white horses, representing the
number of States of the Union at that time. The original building is
172 feet front; the height, from base course to pinnacle, is 155 feet; and
the foundation is about 106 feet above the waters of the bay. The dome
is 53 feet in diameter and 35 feet high. The original cost of the building
was estimated at $133,333.33.
Extensive improvements, including a "new part" extending backward
upon Mount Vernon Street, were made, chiefly under the direction of a
commission, in the years 1853, 1854, 1855 and 1856.
Under a resolve of 1866 a commission was appointed to inquire and
report concerning the whole subject of remodelling or rebuilding the
State House. They reported three propositions, without deciding in
favor of either. The first was a plan of remodelling at an expense of
$375,430; the second, a plan of remodelling at an expense of $759,872;
and the third, a plan for a new building at an expense of $2,042,574.
The report of the commission was referred to the committee on the State
House of the session of 1867, who recommended a plan of alterations at
the estimated expense of $150,000; and by Resolve No. 84 of that year
the work was ordered to be executed under the supervision of a com-
mission consisting of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, who were authorized by the same resolve to
expend $150,000, and, by a subsequent resolve, $20,000 in addition. The
President of the Senate died on the 29th of October, and thereafter the
670 The State House.
work was continued by the surviving commissioner. The improvements
consisted of an almost entire reconstruction of the interior of the build-
ing, except the " new part," before referred to as having been added
from 1853 to 1856. They were executed from the plans of the architects,
Washburn & Son, and cost, including furniture, about $250,000.
The Legislature of 1868 made provision for reseating the Senate Cham-
ber and the Hall of the House, which improvements were made under
the supervision of legislative committees, in season for the accommoda-
tion of the Legislature of 1869, at a cost of about $6,600,
By Resolve chapter 68 of the year 1881, the sum of $45,000 was author-
ized to be expended for improving the basement of the State House, in
accordance with plans submitted by the joint standing committee on the
State House. The work was begun soon after the regular session of
1881, and was carried on under the supervision of the commissioners on
the State House, consisting of Oreb F. Mitchell, 8ergeant-at-Arms, Hon.
Daniel A. Gleason, Treasurer and Receiver-General, and Hon. Henry B.
Peirce, Secretary of State, assisted by John W. Leighton and Asa H.
Caton, both of Boston, and appointed, under the resolve referred to, by
the Governor and Council. Under the plans the floor of the basement
was brought down to a common level, and numerous additional office
rooms and needed accommodations were obtained.
Under authority of chapter 70 of the Resolves of 1885, passenger ele-
vators were erected in the east and west wings of the State House.
In accordance with the provisions of chapter 349 of the Acts of the
year 1888, the Governor and Council, " for the purpose of providing
suitable and adequate accommodations for the legislative and executive
departments of the State government and for the several bureaus, boards
and officers of the Commonwealth, whose offices are, or may be, located
in the city of Boston, and for any other necessary and convenient uses
of the Commonwealth," on November 7 of the same year, took posses-
sion in the name of the Commonwealth of the parcel of land lying next
north of the State House, and bounded by Derne, Temple, Mount Vernon
and Hancock streets, and also of a parcel of land lying to the east of Tem-
ple Street, between Mount Vernon and Derne streets, both lots with the
buildings and improvements thereon, full power being given them to
settle, by agreement or arbitration, the amount of compensation to be
paid any person by reason of the taking of his property. They were
also authorized to discontinue the whole of Temple Street between
Mount Vernon and Derne streets, and to negotiate with the city of Bos-
ton concerning the construction of new streets or ways.
By chapter 404 of the Acts of 1892, for the purpose of securing an open
space around the State House, the commissioners were authorized to
take, by purchase or otherwise, the land bounded north by Derne Street,
The State Rouse. 671
east by Bowdoin Street, south by Beacon Hill Place and west by the
State House, and by chapter 129, Acts of 1893, they were authorized to
sell the buildings thereon. Subsequently, the commissioners were author-
ized to take Beacon Hill Place (chapter 450, Acts of 1893) and also the
land bounded east by Bowdoin Street, south by Beacon Street, west by
Mount Vernon Street and north by the land then owned by the Com-
monwealth; and provision was made for the removal of buildings on said
land and for the improvement thereof (chapter 532, Acts of 1894; chap-
ter 223, Acts of 1897; chapter 382, Acts of 1900; and chapter 525, Acts of
1901). In 1901 authority was given to the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Council, to take in fee simple, in behalf of the Common-
wealth, a parcel of land, with the buildings thereon, on the southerly
side of Mount Vernon Street, immediately west of Hancock Avenue
(chapter 525, Acts of 1901).
By chapter 92 of the Resolves of 1888 the Governor and Council were
allowed a sum not exceeding $5,000 to enable them to devise and report
to the next General Court a general plan for the better accommodation
of the State government.
A plan was accordingly submitted to the General Court of 1889, and
$2,500 were appropriated for the further perfecting of said plan. A bill
to provide for the enlargement of the State House was subsequently
reported in the Legislature and became a law (chapter 394 of the Acts
of 1889). Under this act the Governor was authorized to appoint three
persons, to be known as the State House Construction Commissioners,
and Messrs. John D. Long, Wm. Endicott, Jr., and Benjamin D. Whit-
comb were appointed the commissioners. Mr. "Whitcomb died in 1894,
and Mr. Charles Everett Clark was appointed to fill the vacancy. The
latter died in 1899. In 1894 Mr. Long resigned, and Mr. George W.
Johnson was appointed a member of the commission. The architects
selected were Messrs. Brigham & Spofford of Boston. Subsequently
to March, 1892, Mr. Charles E. Brigham was the sole architect of the
extension.
On the twenty-first day of December, 1889, the corner-stone of the new
building was laid by His Excellency Governor Ames with appropriate
ceremonies. The removal of the various departments and commissions
to the new building was begun in the latter part of 1894. The House of
Representatives of 1895 convened in the old Representatives' Cham-
ber on the second day of January, and on the following day met for
the first time in the hall set apart for it in the State House extension.
It has occupied this hail ever since. Pending changes in the State House
building, the Senate sat in a room numbered 239, 240 and 241, in the
extension. Its first meeting in this room was on February 18, 1895.
On April 8 it resumed its sittings in the old Senate Chamber.
672 Tlie State House.
By chapter 124 of the Resolves of 1896 the State House Construction
Commiasion was directed to provide temporary accommodations for the
Senate of 1897 and its officers. A temporary floor was accordingly con-
structed across the apartment, then unfinished, that has since come to
be known as Memorial Hall, on a level with the present gallery; and
the room thus made was finished and furnished as a Senate Chamber,
with accommodations for spectators. On January 6, 1897, the Senate
met in this chamber, which it continued to occupy throughout the session
of that year, and it also, for the first time, made use of the reading-room
and the other rooms and oflices intended for its permanent occupancy.
. By chapter 531 of the Acts of 1896, His Honor Roger Wolcott, Acting
Governor, Hon. George P. Lawrence, President of the Senate, and Hon.
George v. L. Meyer, Speaker of the House, were made a committee to
decide upon a plan for preserving, restoring and rendering practically
fire-proof the so-called Bulfinch State House. The committee was
directed to employ an architect, who was to superintend the execution
of the work in accordance with such drawings and specifications as
should be approved by said committee. It was provided that the State
House Construction Commission should have charge of the work. Mr.
Arthur G. Everett was the architect selected by the committee, and with
him was associated Mr. Robert D. Andrews. Mr. Charles A. Cummings
was made consulting architect.
By chapter 470 of the Acts of 1897, His Excellency Roger Wolcott,
Hon. George P. Lawrence, President of the Senate, and Hon. John L.
Bates, Speaker of the House, were made a committee to decide upon
plans for furnishing the so-called Bulfinch State House, with authority
to employ an architect to make drawings, specifications and designs
therefor, and also to superintend the execution of the work. Mr. Everett
was selected for the purpose.
On the convening of the General Court of 1898, the Senate occupied
for the first time the chamber in the Bulfinch building that had formerly
been the hall of the House of Representatives. The original Senate
Chamber was assigned to the Senate by the Governor and Council as
one of its apartments. The Senate has continued to occupy its new
chamber ever since.
In accordance with the provisions of various acts of the General Court,
the Treasurer and Receiver-General has, from time to time, with the
approval of the Governor and Council, issued scrip or certificates of
indebtedness for the purpose of meeting the expenses incurred in con-
nection with the taking of land, — including land damages, — the con-
structing and furnishing of the State House extension, the finishing of
the Memorial Hall therein, the restoring and furnishing of the Bulfinch
front, etc.; and bonds to the amount of $7,120,000 have been issued.
Seal of the Commomvealth. 673
SEAL OP THE COMMONWEALTH.
COUNCIL RECORDS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13th, 1'
Ordered, That Nathan Cushing, Eeqr., be a committee to prepare a
Seal for the Commonwealth of Maesachusetts, who reported a Device
for a Seal for said Commonwealth as follows, viz. : Sapphire, an Indian,
dressed in his Shirt, Moggosins, belted proper, in his right hand a Bow,
Topaz, in his left an Arrow, its point towards the Base; of the second,
on the Dexter side of the Indian's head, a Star, Pearl, for one of the
United States of America.
CREST. On a Wreath a Dexter Arm clothed and ruffled proper, grasp-
ing a Broad Sword, the Pummel and Hilt, Topaz, with this Motto : Ense
petit placidam Sub Libertate Quietem. And around the Seal : Sigilluin
Reipublicce Massachusettensis.
Advised that the said Report be Accepted as the Arms of the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts.
674 Arms and Seal of the Commonwealth.
[Chapter 2 of the Revised Laws.]
Of the Arms and the Great Seal of the Commonwealth,
Section 1. The arms of the commonwealth shall consist of a shield
having a blue field or surface with an Indian thereon, dressed in a shirt
and moccasins, holding in his right hand a bow, and in his left hand an
arrow, point downward, all of g6ld; and, in the upper corner of the
field, above his right arm, a silver star with five points. The crest shall
be a wreath of blue and gold, whereon, in gold, shall be a right arm,
bent at the elbow, clothed and ruffled, with the hand grasping a broad-
sword. The motto shall be " Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem."
Section 2. The coat-of-arms as drawn and emblazoned under the
direction of the secretary of the commonwealth in the year eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight and deposited in his office shall be the official
representation of the coat-of-arms of the commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, and all designs of said coat-of-arms for official use shall conform
strictly to said representation.
Section 3. The great seal of the commonwealth shall be circular in
form, bearing upon its face a representation of the arms of the com-
monwealth encircled with the inscription, "Sigillum Reipublicae Massa-
chuseltensis." The colors of the arms shall not be an essential part of
said seal, but an impression from a seal engraved according to said de-
sign, on any commission, paper or document shall be valid without the
use of such colors or the representation thereof by the customary her-
aldic lines or marks.
Section 4. The seal of the commonwealth in use in the office of the
secretary of the commonwealth when this act takes effect shall be the
authorized seal so long as its use may be continued.
Notice to Members of the General Court. 675
STATE LIBRARY OP MASSACHUSETTS.
It is hoped that the members of the Legislature will make constant
use of the State Library and the Legislative Reference Rooms. The
Librarian and assistants will be at the service of those in search of in*
formation, and may be freely consulted.
The twenty-third section of chapter 10 of the Revised Laws provides
that the State Library shall be for the use of —
1. The Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor, the Council, the General
Court.
2. Such other officers of Government and other persons as may be
permitted to use it.
REGULATIONS.
1. The Library is open every day in the year, except Sundays and
Legal Holidays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Saturdays, when it is
closed at 12 m.
2. Visitors are requested to use the books at the tables, — Hot in the
alcoves, — and to avoid conversation.
3. The Statutes, Law Reports, and some other reference books may
be taken to any room in the State House for temporary use, but are not
to be removed from the building.
4. Any book taken from the Library-room must be receipted for by
the person taking it, who will be held responsible for its safe return.
Trustees. — J 0^1 An H. Benton, Chai7-7nan, Boston; Allen T.
Treadwat, Ex officio, Stockbridge; Joseph Walker, Ex officio,
Brookiine; Winpield 8. Slocum, Newton ; Stephen O'Meara, Bos-
ton.
Ziftrarian. — Charles F. D. Belden.
Assistants. — M\rs Ellen M. Sawyer, Principal; Miss Maria C.
Smith, Miss Jennie W. Foster, Miss Susy A. Dickinson, Mrs.
Annie G. Hopkins, Miss Sara E. Noyes, Miss E. Louise Jones,
J. F. MuNROB, L. A. Phillips, W. R. Griffin, Abraham Trusty.
676 Notice to 3Iembers of the General Court.
AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY.
A valuable Agricultural Library, connected with the oflSce of the
Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, is also open, during the usual
business hours, for the use of the members of the General Court.
BOSTON ATHEN^UM.
By the Act of the General Court incorporating the Proprietors of
the Boston Athenaeum, it is provided that the Governor, Lieutenant-
Governor, the members of the Council, of the Senate, and of the House
of Representatives, for the time being, shall have free access to the
Library of the said corporation, and may visit and consult the same at
all times, under the same regulations as may be provided by the by-laws
of said corporation for the proprietors thereof.
The Boston Athenaeum is situated in Beacon Street, near the State
House ; and members who may wish to avail themselves of their privilege
can receive a note of introduction to the Librarian by applying to the
Sergeant-at-Arms.
MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Section 6 of the Act of Feb. 19, 1794, incorporating the Massachusetta
Historical Society, provides that " either branch of the Legislature shall
and may have free access to the library and museum of said society."
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