The General Court of 1889 assembled on Wednesday, the second day of January. The oaths of office required by the Constitution to be administered to the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor elect were taken and subscribed by His Excellency OLIVER AMES, and His Honor JOHN Q. A. BRACKETT, on Thursday, the third day of January, in the presence of the two Houses assembled in convention. ACTS AND RESOLVES. AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE FOR DEFICIENCIES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Gen- Chap. 1 SECTION 1. The sum hereinafter mentioned is appro- Appropriation. priated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, from the ordinary revenue, for the purpose of paying certain bills incurred in excess of the appropriation therefor during the year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, at the Westborough insane hospital, to wit: Insane Hospital. For current expenses at the Westborough insane hos- Westborough pital, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved January 16, 1889. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE ALLERTON BUILDING COMPANY IN MARBLEHEAD. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Chap. 2 SECTION 1. Nathan P. Sanborn, Moses Gilbert, Jona- Allerton Buildthan H. Orne, Henry A. Potter, N. Allen Lindsey, Knott incorporated. V. Martin, John O. Porter, Henry F. P. Wilkins, William D. T. Trefry and William D. Northend, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation for the term of thirty years from the date of the passage of this act, by the name of the Allerton Building Company, with authority to purchase and hold land not exceeding one and one-half acres, within the district on which the buildings were destroyed in the late fire, in Marblehead in the county of Essex, and to erect and main- Capital stock and shares. tain thereon buildings of brick or stone for manufacturing and business purposes, and with authority to lease, sell or mortgage any of said estate; subject to the provisions of chapters one hundred and five and one hundred and six of the Public Statutes and to all general laws which now are or may hereafter be in force relating to such corporations. SECTION 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall be fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of ten dollars each; and may be increased from time to time to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved January 16, 1889. Chap. 3 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE Appropriations. Senators, compensation. Mileage. Representa tives, compensa tion. Mileage. Chaplains. Doorkeepers. Postmaster, messengers and pages. Contingent expenses. Summoning witnesses. COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, FOR THE COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS THEREOF, AND FOR EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are appropriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, from the ordinary revenue, for the purposes specified, to wit: For compensation of senators, thirty thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For mileage of senators, a sum not exceeding four hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of representatives, one hundred and eighty thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For mileage of representatives, a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation of the chaplains of the senate and house of representatives, three hundred dollars each. For the salaries of the doorkeepers of the senate and house of representatives, fourteen hundred dollars each. For compensation of the assistant doorkeepers, postmaster, messengers and pages to the senate and house of representatives, a sum not exceeding twenty-three thousand one hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the senate and house of representatives, and necessary expenses in and about the state house, a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars. For expenses of summoning witnesses before committees, and for fees for such witnesses, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars. committees. For authorized expenses of committees of the present Expenses of legislature, to include clerical assistance to committees authorized to employ the same, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE Chap. 4 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The sums hereinafter mentioned are ap- Appropriations. propriated, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, from the ordinary revenue, except as herein provided, for the purposes specified, to meet expenses for the year ending on the thirty-first day of December in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to wit: LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. and house. For the salaries of the clerks of the senate and house Clerks of senate of representatives, three thousand dollars each. For the salaries of the assistant clerks of the senate Assistant and house of representatives, one thousand five hundred clerks. dollars each. ical assistance. For such additional clerical assistance for the clerks of Additional clerthe senate and house of representatives as may be necessary for the despatch of public business, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars. For the salary of the sergeant-at-arms, three thousand Sergeant-at dollars. arms. For the salary of the clerk of the sergeant-at-arms, one Clerk. thousand eight hundred dollars. For the salary of the engineer at the state house, one Engineer. thousand five hundred dollars. For the salaries of the watchmen at the state house, Watchmen. one thousand dollars each. arms' messen For the salaries of the three messengers to the sergeant- Sergeant.at. at-arms, known as sergeant-at-arms' messengers, eleven gers. hundred dollars each. janitor. For the salaries of the fireman at the state house, and Firemen and fireman and janitor at the Commonwealth building, nine hundred dollars each. fireman. For the salary of the assistant fireman at the state Assistant house, two dollars and one-half per diem for each day employed. |