Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . as shall give security against fire andother dangers. Among the less important acts of the sessionwas one fixing the compensation of members of the Legislature at $050 for each session,that of the presiding officers being double theamount; one prohibiting the employment ofchildren under ten years of age in manufactur-ing, mechanical, and mercantile establishments,and those under fourteen unless attendingschool at least twenty weeks during the pre-ceding year; one for the suppression of exhi-bitions of fighting of bi
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . as shall give security against fire andother dangers. Among the less important acts of the sessionwas one fixing the compensation of members of the Legislature at $050 for each session,that of the presiding officers being double theamount; one prohibiting the employment ofchildren under ten years of age in manufactur-ing, mechanical, and mercantile establishments,and those under fourteen unless attendingschool at least twenty weeks during the pre-ceding year; one for the suppression of exhi-bitions of fighting of birds, dogs, and otheranimals ; one to incorporate the new town ofMerrimac from a portion of Amesbury; oneauthorizing the seizure, destruction, or sale, ofintoxicating liquors kept for sale contrary tolaw; one regulating the execution of capitalsentences and giving the court authority to fixthe time and issue the warrant for execution ;and one conferring the veto-power on themayors of cities. An amendment to the constitution of theState was proposed by joint resolution of the. VIEW OF BOSTON FROM THE HARBOR. two Houses, annulling so much of Article II.,chapter 6, as relates to persons holding the of-fice of president, professor, or instructor, inHarvard College. The provision referred toprohibits such persons from serving in eitherbranch of the Legislature. The amendment,before taking effect, must receive the approvalof the next Legislature, and be ratified by avote of the people. Two acts were vetoed by the of these was an act confirming the mar-riage of James Parton and Ellen Willis El-dredge. These persons, when married at New-buryport, held the relations of step-father andstep-daughter, and marriage in such cases isprohibited by the laws of the State. TheGovernors objection to the bill confirming themarriage was that it was not within the con- stitutional power of the Legislature to exemptindividuals from the operation of a generallaw. The other act vetoed was a
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