MANUAL

FOR TIIE USE OF THE

G ENERAL COUᎡᎢ :

CONTAINING THE

RULES AND ORDERS OF THE TWO BRANCHES,

TOGETHER 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, COUNTY
OFFICERS, AND OTHER STATISTICAL

INFORMATION.

Prepared, pursuant to Orders of the Legislature,

BY
8. N. GIFFORD AND GEO. A. MARDEN.

BOSTON:
WRIGHT & POTTER, STATE PRINTERS.

CORNER MILK AND FEDERAL STREETS.

1876,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

IN SENATE, May 19, 1875. ORDERED, That the Clerks of the two branches cause to be prepared and printed, before the meeting of the next General Court, two thousand five hundred copies of so much of the Legislative Manual as may be deemed practicable, on the general plan of that of the present session. Sent down for concurrence.

S. N. GIFFORD, Clerk.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 19, 1875.

Concurred.

GEORGE A. MARDEN, Clerk.

IN SENATE, January 25, 1876. ORDERED, That the Clerks of the two branches cause to be printed and bound in suitable form, twenty-five hundred copies of the Rules and Orders of the two branches, with lists of the several Standing and Special Committees, together with such other matter as may be considered practicable in a Legislative Manual. Sent down for concurrence.

S. N. GIFFORD, Clerk.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 27, 1876. Concurred.

GEORGE A. MARDEN, Clerk.

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Agricultural Library, ... .
Agriculture, Board of, . . .
Almshouse, State, . . . . . . . .
Assayers of Ores, . .
Assayer of Liquors, . .
Attorney-Generals, since 1692, . .
Auditors, since 1849, . . . .
Barnstable County, Officers, . .
Battle flags, . . . . .
Berkshire County, Officers, . .
Blind, Massachusetts Asylum for, .
Boston Athenæum, . . .
Boston and Albany Railroad, State Directors of, . .
Bristol County, Officers, . .
Calendar for 1876, . .
Cattle Commissioners, . .
Census of Inhabitants in 1870 and 1875, and Legal Voters

in 1865, . . . . . . . . . .
Census of the United States, 1870, . . . . .
Cities in the Commonwealth, . . .
Colleges of the Commonwealth, . . . . . .
Commissioners, &c., . . . . . .
Committee Rooms, assignment of, . . . . .
Committees, Standing, of the Senate, . . . .

Standing, of the House, . . . . . .
Joint Standing, ·

Joint Special, . . . .
Common Pleas, Justices of the Court of, from 1820 to 1859,
Congressional Districts, . . . . . .
Constitution of Massachusetts, . . . . . .
Constitution of the United States, . . . . .
Corporations, Commissioner of, . . . . . .
Council Districts, . . . . . . . .

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Councillors, . . . . . . . . . .

319
Council Committees, . . . . . . . .
Counties of Massachusetts,. .

102
County Officers, . . .

230
Court of Common Pleas, Justices of, from 1820 to 1859, 222
Court, Superior, of Judicature, from 1692 to 1775, . .
Court, Superior, Justices of, since 1859,

223
Superior, present Justices, . .

223
Court, Supreme, since the Revolution,

220
Supreme Judicial, present Justices,

221
Courts of Probate and Insolvency, . ...

224
Courts, Police, Municipal and District, .

225
District-Attorneys,

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District Courts, . . . .

226
Dukes County, Officers, .

232
Education, Board of, . .

240
Education, Board of, Secretaries of, since 1837,.

212
Essex County, Officers, .

233
Executive Department, .

319
Fish, Inspector of, . . .
Franklin County, Officers, . .

233
Gas, &c., Inspector of, . . .

241
Governors of Massachusetts, since 1620,

206
Hampden County, Officers, . . .

234
Hampshire County, Officers, . . . . . .

234
Harbor Commissioners, . .

241
Health, Board of, . . . .

242
House of Representatives, list of Members of, by Counties, 332

List of Members of, alphabetical, their districts and
residences, . . . . . . . . .

343
List of Members of, arranged by seats, . . . 361
Officers of, . . . . . . . ..

365
Monitors of, · · · · · · · · ·
Reporters of, . . . . . . .

383
Speakers of, from 1780 to 1874, . . .

215
Clerks of, from 1780 to 1874,. ..

216
Idiotic and Feeble-minded Youth, Mass. School for, . 244
Inland Fisheries, Commissioners of, . . . . .

241
Insurance Commissioner, . . . . . . . 240

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Judiciary of Massachusetts, . .
Labor Statistics, Bureau of,. ..
Leather, Inspector of, . . . . . . . .
Legislature, organization of, since 1780, ..

Length of Sessions of, since 1832,
Lieutenant-Governors of Massachusetts, since 1692, .
Liquor Commissioner, . . . .
Lumber, Surveyor-General of, . .
Lunatic Hospitals, Trustees of, . . . . .
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, ..
Massachusetts Historical Society, : ..
Member of Congress, vote for, 1875, . . . .
Middlesex County, Officers,
Mileage Schedule,
Municipal Courts, .
Monitors of the House, . .
Nantucket County, Officers, .
Norfolk County, Officers, . .
Pilot Commissioners for Port of Boston, ..
Plymouth County, Officers, . .
Police Courts, ..
Population of United States, . . .

Of Massachusetts, . . . . .
Postal Regulations, . . . .
Post-Offices in Massachusetts, . . . .
Pot and Pearl Ashes, Inspector of, .
President, vote for, in Massachusetts in 1872,
Prisons, Commissioners of, . . . . .
Public Lands, Commissioners on, .
Railroad Commissioners, . . . . . . .
Representative Districts, . . .
Rules and Orders of the Senate, . .

Of the House,. .

Joint, of the two branches, . . . . . .
Savings Banks Commissioner, . .

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Secretaries of the Commonwealth, since 1780, . . .
Senate Districts, . . . . . . . . ...
Senate, list of Members of, with districts, residences, &c.,

List of Members of, alphabetical,

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