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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1887

Page

2

Liquor Law Battle Ends in Tie Over License Cap

The Massachusetts Senate narrowly tied 13 to 14 on a bill limiting liquor licenses to one per 500 residents, President Boardman breaking the tie negative. Debate spanned local option, Prohibition, and party strategy as House approves a separate high license measure and many related public acts await final action.

Senate House Morse Republican Party Glines Rhode Island Boardman Liquor Committee Massachusetts Senate Massachusetts Vox Populi Vox Dei Senate of Massachusetts Senator Glines House of Representatives Alger Ile Law and Order League Wilbur Forbes Dwyer Pilsbury Boston Yeas Messrs Clark Currier Fletcher Gleason Worcester Plymouth Gould Jeffs Keith The Cape Milliken Sleeper Towne Nays Fernald Jenkins Jones Essex Newhall

Ancient and Honor able Artillery Jury Duty Debate

The judiciary committee held a hearing on Col lison of Boston’s proposal to bar exempting Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company members from jury duty. General N P Banks opposed changes while Thomas Savage led the remonstrants. Officials and officers cited the rarity of excusal and long standing militia exemption laws.

Joint Committee On the Judiciary Collison Boston Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company N. P. Banks Thomas Savage George H. Allen Willard United States Circuit Court A. T. Trowbridge I Corps Thomas F. Temple J. Henry Taylor George E. Hall George S. Merrill

Public service panel backs new salaries and road bills

The public service committee reported raising the assistant register of probate and insolvency in Essex county to 1800. House approved third reading for Lowell road to Central Massachusetts and Hoosac Tunnel Wilmington rail link to Vermont. Debates on unvaccinated child attendance, arbitration postponement, and high license bills reveal temperance rhetoric and fiscal impacts on licenses and revenue.

Public Service Committee Essex County House Lowell Road Massachusetts Hoosac Tunnel Wilmington Road Vermont Conant Acton Taft Palmer Gamwell Pittsfield Walworth Newton Boston McEttrick Maine Mettrick

Prohibition debate and rail bill overshadow sparse session

A Worcester dyspeptic warning frames temperance talk as lawmakers discuss a no license era, while Taft backs high license tweaks. The rail bill to widen pile structures over Miller's River faces passage, with disputed land and damagent claims, and a limited partnership measure spurs lengthy debate on business name liability and state centralization.

O'Connor Worcester Milliken Malden Vermont Hall Taunton Committee On Railroads Miller's River Boston & Maine Railroad and Eastern Railroad Company Charles River Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners Miller’s River Board of Railroad Commissioners Messrs Wharton Boston James Donovan Upham Waltham Field Adams Lowell Ladd Groveland Boston & Maine Railroad and Eastern Railroad Railroad Commissioners Harbor and Land Commissioners Joint Commission Taft of Palmer Hamilton Greenfield Darling Somerville Republican Party Mr.Taft Mr. Taft of Yeas Allen Westport Armington Armstrong Bailey Barney Bartlett Batchelder Bennett Fairhaven Agawam Benninck Bigelow Bird Bottom Boydon Breed Brigham Briggs Brockbank Brown Burteh Charlee Champlin Clark North Brookfield Colby Conant Copeland Davis Dennis Dexter Dillingham Dodge Dresser Moston Eames Fales Norwood Finney Fisk Floyd Foote Foss Garfield Fitchburg Giddings Gleason Graves Greenwood Gurney Handy Harlow Henderson Henry Hersey Hill Hinchcliffe Hosmer Howe Shrewsbury Hunt Jaques Jennings Judd Holyoke Kent Larrabee Linton Loring Lynch Morey Morrill Moseley Hyde Park Orcutt Parker Parkman

Harvard, Dorchester paving district bids invited

Proposals for paving district No 6 parts in Dorchester cover South of East and Quincy streets including Harvard School and Park streets. Other districts specify areas south of Harvard and School streets with Washington Street bounds. Bids must state price per single and double load of 20 and 38 cubic feet delivered. Requires certified check for 500 dollars to Boston, forfeitable if bidder refuses to sign within ten days of award. Bond with sureties required for faithful performance. Right to reject any or all bids reserved. Proposals to John W. McDonald, Superintendent of Streets.

City Hall Boston Roxbury West Chester Park Washington Street Chester Park Swett Street South Boston Dorchester Swett and Preble Streets East Quincy Streets Quincy Harvard School Park Streets School Streets Park Street John W. McDonald City of Newburyport

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