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town institution established by statute, ordinance or by-law of the State, county, city, town, village or other civil division."

Mr. Bates of Boston raised the point of order that the amendment was not germane to the subject-matter considered by the committee. The Speaker ruled as follows:

The petition calls for an amendment of the Constitution prohibiting sectarian legislation and the support of sectarian institutions from public funds. Under the amendment, institutions which are not in any respect sectarian would be brought within the prohibition of the constitutional amendment. The object of the rule that "No motion or proposition on the subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment" is to prevent the passage of legislation of which interested parties have had no notice. A number of institutions in this Commonwealth would be affected by the proposed amendment. They have had no notice that legislation affecting them was pending and no opportunity to be heard. The amendment, therefore, comes within both the letter and spirit of the rule forbidding amendments and bills outside of the scope of the petition. The Chair, therefore, rules that the point of order is well taken.

On the main question the yeas and nays were ordered, at the request of Mr. Lomasney of Boston; and the roll having been called the House refused to order the resolve to a third reading. The vote was 87 yeas to 134 nays.1

1 The vote was as follows:

Yeas: E. S. Abbott, H. L. Andrews, O. E. Arkwell, W. M. Armstrong, C. N. Atwood, I. F. Batchelder, Sanford Bates, E. E. Belding, E. P. Bennett, E. H. Bigelow, E. C. Bodfish, H. E. Bothfeld, Arthur Bower, E. K. Bowser, A. J. Bradstreet, G. E. Briggs, Frederick Butler, A. G. Catheron, G. D. Chamberlain, C. A. Chandler, J. W. Churchill, S. I. Collins, D. H. Cook, C. H. Cox, H. E. Cummings, E. N. Dahlborg, C. R. Damon, A. M. Darling, Alfred Davenport. Samuel Davis, F. S. Delafield, W. H. Dolben, G. E. Dow, G. P. Drury, G. H. Ellis, G. W. Faulkner, F. B. Felton, A. N. Fessenden, E. G. Fosgate, H. E. Frost, F. P. Greenwood, H. P. Gurney, W. N. Hackett, B. F. Haines, John Halliwell, J. L. Harrop, J. F. Hatch, Jr., Albert Holway, J. B. Hull, Jr., F. W. Hurlburt, V. F. Jewett, W. W. Kennard, C. A. Kimball, Richard Knowles, J. O. Knox, C. A. LeGro, F. O. Lewis, F. E. Lincoln, S. L. Little, H. F. Long, W. J. Look, F. W. Lucke, J. M. Lyle, F. H. Magison, A. E. McCleary, G. F. Morse, Jr., A. N. Newhall, J. N. Osborne, H. B. Parker, Immanuel Pfeiffer, Jr., E. F. Phillips, W. H. Poole, W. F. Prime, E. J. Sandberg, H. H. Sears, Fitz-Henry Smith, Jr., J. S. Smith, R. M. Smith, W. O. Souther, Jr., J. F. Stone, J. G. Tilden, J. E. Tolman, N. A. Tufts, G. P. Webster, T. E. P. Wilson, Herbert Wing. H. D. Wright. Total, 87.

Nays: Henry Achin, Jr., T. J. Ahern, J. A. Anderson, J. J. Bacigalupo, J. T. Bagshaw, J. F. Barry, J. L. Barry, J. E. Beck, P. H. Boyle, J. W. Brennan, Vincent Brogna, D. J. Buckley, M. H. Burdick, F. H. Burke, F. W. Burke, J. F. Carman, W. E. Carney, Maurice Caro, Edward Carr, Peter Carr, A. A. Casassa, T. J. Casey, D. J. Chapman, E. E. Chapman, E. S. Cobb, James Coffey, T. C. Collins, W. L. Collins, T. J. Cooley, R. R. Costine, M. H. Cotter, J. J. Courtney, W. D. Cowls, W. N. Cronin, F. W. Cross, J. E. Cuddy, Jr., J. J. Cummings, P. J. Curley, G. E. Curran, R. W. Currier, J. A. Curtin, E. J. Dailey, John Doherty, J. F. Doherty, J. A. Donoghue, J. L. Donovan, T. E. Dowd, W. F. Doyle, F. B. Edgell, John Ennis, F. S. Farnsworth, J. T. Flanagan, M. R. Flynn, J. J. Gilbride, W. L. F. Gilman, T. A. Glennon, J. L. G. Glynn, A. G. Greaney, J. F. Griffin, E. M. Hall, B. F. Hanrahan, L. M. Harlow, E. F. Harrington, S. H. Har

In 1915 the same resolve was again introduced on petition. The following proposal of amendment, which is popularly known as the Lomasney amendment, was also introduced on petition:

ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.

No law shall be passed respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, nor shall the State or any county, city, town, village or other civil division use its property or credit or any money raised by taxation or otherwise, or authorize either to be used for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding by appropriation, payment for services, expenses, or in any other manner any church, religious denomination, or religious society, or any college, educational or other institution, school, infirmary, hospital or undertaking, which is not a State, county, city or town institution established by statute, ordinance or by-law of the State, county, city, town, village or other civil division.

A motion to substitute the Lomasney amendment for the Anti-Sectarian amendment was rejected by a vote of 111 to 116, and the latter was then refused a third reading by a vote of 107 yeas to 115 nays.1 At this session also the following pro

rington, G. F. Hart, Martin Hays, T. A. Henry, W. E. Hickey, M. A. Higgins, J. J. Kelley, J. T. Kenney, M. B. Kenney, J. R. Kiggins, Joseph LaFlamme, C. S. Lawler, F. X. LeBœuf, M. M. Lomasney, J. J. Lydon, J. H. Lynch, H. J. Mahoney, J. C. Mahoney, D. C. Manning, F. A. Manning, G. E. Mansfield, J. W. Martin, Jr., O. T. Mason, J. S. McDonough, M. H. McGaughey, C. H. McGlue, M. F. McGrath, J. H. McInerney, E. F. McLaughlin, H. J. McLaughlin, P. J. McManus, W. M. McMorrow, John Mitchell, Frank Mulveny, D. A. Murphy, E. P. Murphy, J. J. Murphy, W. J. Naphen, K. L. Nash, T. A. Niland, J. T. O'Dowd, A. F. Ogden, Chauncey Pepin, J. E. Phelan, C. W. Proctor, H. L. Ray, J. J. Reilly, F. B. Rich, Robert Robinson, W. M. Robinson, W. F. Russell, J. D. Ryan, C. B. Sanborn, R. D. Sawyer, J. F. Sheehan, C. E. Stanwood, M. E. Streeter, D. F. Sullivan, J. F. Sullivan, L. R. Sullivan, M. T. Sullivan, P. F. Tague, J. J. Twohig, G. J. Wall, H. W. Warner, J. E. Warner, C. H. Waterman, C. H. Webster, T. W. White, H. A. Wilson, G. M. Worrall. Total, 134.

1 The vote was as follows:

Yeas: E. S. Abbott, J. W. Allen, C. H. Annis, W. M. Armstrong, H. H. Atwood, S. H. Bailey, Edmund Baker, P. H. Ball, A. W. Barker, A. P. Beardsley, Joseph Belcher, Jacob Bitzer, T. W. Blanchard, A. E. Bliss, H. E. Bothfeld, Arthur Bower, F. J. Brown, A. E. Burr, J. F. Carman, A. G. Catheron, G. D. Chamberlain, A. M. Chandler, E. E. Chapman, J. W. Churchill, F. F. Clauss, A. W. Colburn, B. G. Collins, S. I. Collins, D. H. Cook, T. J. Cooley, B. H. Crosby, F. W. Cross, E. F. Davis, Samuel Davis, T. H. Day, W. A. Dodge, A. C. Dowse, G. P. Drury, C. A. Ericson, F. B. Felton, H. F. Field, H. C. Foster, H. E. Frost, C. B. Frothingham, A. T. Fuller, H. F. Furness, H. C. Gates, J. S. Gates, J. M. Gibbs, S. P. Graves, F. P. Greenwood, E. H. Hall, John Halliwell, J. L. Harrop, Albert Holway, J. B. Hull, C. N. James, V. F. Jewett, W. W. Kennard, R. T. Kent, Richard Knowles, J. O. Knox, A. F. Lamb, G. B. Leonard, F. O. Lewis, G. A. Lindberg, H. F. Long, F. H. Lucke, J. M. Lyle, F. E. Lyman, J. E. MacPherson, J. L. Mather, J. B. McLane, S. H. Mildram, W. E. Monk, G. F. Morse, Jr., A. N. Newhall, J. P. Nickerson, Francis Norwood, J. N. Osborne, J. C. Perry, J. H. Perry, Immanuel Pfeiffer, Jr., J. T. Potter, M. L. Quinn, W. C. Renne, S. B. Root, G. O. Russell, E. J. Sandberg, J. A. Saunders, A. M. Sinnott, Fitz Henry Smith, Jr., J. S. Smith, R. M. Smith, W. O. Souther, Jr., C. E. Stanwood, J. F. Stone, M. E. Streeter, W. E. Tarbell, J. E. Tolman, S. W. Weare, Thomas Weston, Jr., H. L. White, E. H. Whitney, G. A. Whitney, H. C. Woodill, G. M. Worrall. Total, 107.

Nays: Henry Achin, Jr., J. T. Bagshaw, J. L. Barry, W. J. Barry, J. J. Benson, J. J. Brennan, T. H. Brennan, D. J. Buckley, George Bunting, F. W. Burke, F. E. Cady, M. J. Carbary, Maurice Caro, Peter Carr, A. A. Casassa, D. W. Casey, A. S. Clapp, James Coffey, M. H. Cotter, J. J.

posal of amendment was introduced and the petitioners were given leave to withdraw:

ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.

No money raised by taxation or derived from the public funds of any town, city, county, or of the State itself shall ever be appropriated for the support or maintenance of any institution either educational, charitable, or otherwise unless the land, buildings, equipment, and other property of such institution are owned and the institution itself is managed and controlled by the town, city, or county making such appropriation or by the State.

Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to prevent a town, city, county or the State from appropriating money in payment for services rendered by a privately controlled hospital, or as invalidating any contract or agreement already made between the Commonwealth and any existing institution.1

In 1916 both the Anti-Sectarian and the Lomasney amendments were again introduced and both were referred to the next General Court. In 1917 the Lomasney amendment was introduced and referred to the next General Court.

NOTE. Since the preparation of the foregoing account the Constitutional Convention submitted to the people an amendment dealing with appropriations for private institutions, and it was adopted November 6, 1917. The text may be found post, 35.

Courtney, G. H. Creighton, W. N. Cronin, J. T. Crowley, P. J. Curley, G. E. Curran, E. J. Dailey, J. F. Doherty, P. J. Donaghue, W. J. Donahoe, J. J. Donahue, J. A. Donoghue, J. L. Donovan, T. E. Dowd, D. F. Duggan, F. B. Edgell, C. C. Emery, J. G. Faxon, M. R. Flynn, W. J. Foley, C. F. Garrity, T. J. Giblin, J. P. Good, E. F. Harrington, G. F. Hart, M. A. Higgins, J. J. Kearney, J. J. Kelley, T. R. Kelley, F. X. LeBoeuf, J. N. Levins, E. E. Lincoln, M. M. Lomasney, J. H. Lynch, F. W. MacKenzie, J. P. Mahoney, M. F. Malone, F. A. Manning, F. A. Marcella, J. E. Maybury, J. F. McCarthy, C. H. McGlue, Joseph McGrath, E. F. McLaughlin, H. J. McLaughlin, W. M. McMorrow, M. J. McNamee, John Mitchell, J. L. Monahan, A. J. Moore, E. G. Morris, H. E. Mullen, T. B. Mulvehill, Frank Mulveny, D. A. Murphy, E. P. Murphy, J. J. Murphy, J. J. Murphy, D. W. Murray, P. E. Murray, Jr., K. L. Nash, E. H. Nutting, J. A. Oakhem, J. T. O'Dowd, A. F. Ogden, P. C. Paradis, J. H. Parker, Chauncey Pepin, E. H. Perry, J. E. Phelan, W. F. Prime, G. J. Rabouin, C. R. Read, D. F. Reardon, J. J. Reilly, Robert Robinson, W. M. Robinson, C. F. Rowley, W. F. Russell, J. D. Ryan, Alfred Santosuosso, R. D. Sawyer, C. B. Seagrave, J. F. Sheehan, J. H. Sherburne, M. J. Sherry, D. J. Sullivan, J. F. Sullivan, L. R. Sullivan, W. H. Sullivan, E. P. Talbot, G. J. Wall, J. E. Warner, G. B. Waterman, H. A. Wilson, W. E. Wolfe. Total, 115.

1 House Journal for 1915, 120, 936; House Documents for 1915, No. 952.

APPENDIX A.

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SECTARIAN PURPOSES.

ALABAMA, Art. IV, Sec. 73. No appropriation shall be made to any charitable or educational institution not under the absolute control of the State, other than normal schools established by law for the professional training of teachers for the public schools of the State, except by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each House.

Art. XII, Sec. 263. No money raised for the support of the public schools shall be appropriated to or used for the support of any sectarian or denominational school.

ARIZONA, Art. II, Sec. 12. No public money or property shall be appropriated for or applied to any religious worship, exercise, or instruction, or to the support of any religious establishment.

Art. IX, Sec. 10. No tax shall be laid or appropriation of public money made in aid of any church or private or sectarian school or any public service corporation.

Art. XI, Sec. 7. No sectarian instruction shall be imparted in any school or State educational institution that may be established under this Constitution, and no religious or political test or qualification shall ever be required as a condition of admission into any public educational institution of the State, as teacher, student, or pupil; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to justify practices or conduct inconsistent with the good order, peace, morality, or safety of the State, or with the rights of others.

Art. XX, Sec. 7. Provision shall be made by law for the establishment and maintenance of a system of public schools which shall be open to all the children of the State and be free from sectarian control, and said schools shall always be conducted in English. ARKANSAS, Art. XIV, Sec. 2. No money or property belonging to the public school fund or to this State, for the benefit of schools or universities, shall ever be used for any other than for the respective purposes to which it belongs.

CALIFORNIA, Art. IX, Sec. 8. No public money shall ever be appropriated for the support of any sectarian or denominational school, or any school not under the exclusive control of the officers of the public schools; nor shall any sectarian or denominational doctrine be taught, or instruction therein be permitted, directly or indirectly, in any of the common schools of this State.

CALIFORNIA Con.

Art. IV, Sec. 22. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law, and upon warrants duly drawn thereon by the Controller; and no money shall ever be appropriated or drawn from the state treasury for the purpose or benefit of any corporation, association, asylum, hospital, or any other institution not under the exclusive management and control of the State as a state institution, nor shall any grant or donation of property ever be made thereto by the State; provided, that notwithstanding anything contained in this or any other section of this Constitution, the Legislature shall have the power to grant aid to the institutions conducted for the support and maintenance of minor orphans, or half-orphans, or abandoned children, or aged persons in indigent circumstances such aid to be granted by a uniform rule and proportioned to the number of inmates of such respective institutions; provided, further, that the State shall have at any time the right to inquire into the management of such institution; provided, further, that whenever any county, or city and county, or city, or town, shall provide for the support of minor orphans, or half-orphans, or abandoned children, or aged persons in indigent circumstances, such county, city and county, city, or town shall be entitled to receive the same pro rata appropriations as may be granted to such institutions under church or other control. An accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of public moneys shall be attached to and published with the laws at every regular session of the Legislature. . . . [The remainder of the section provides for the use of public funds for the support of the Panama-Pacific Exposition.] Art. IV, Sec. 30. Neither the Legislature, nor any county, city and county, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall ever make an appropriation, or pay from any public fund whatever, or grant anything to or in aid of any religious sect, church, creed, or sectarian purpose, or help to support or sustain any school, college, university, hospital, or other institution controlled by any religious creed, church, or sectarian denomination whatever; nor shall any grant or donation of personal property or real estate ever be made by the State, or any city, city and county, town, or other municipal corporation, for any religious creed, church, or sectarian purpose, whatever; provided, that nothing in this section shall prevent the Legislature granting aid pursuant to section twenty-two of this article.

COLORADO, Art. V, Sec. 34. No appropriation shall be made for charitable, industrial, educational or benevolent purposes, to any person, corporation, or community not under the absolute control of the State, nor to any denominational or sectarian institution or association.

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