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The History of Massachusetts; Including a Narrative of the Persecutions by State and Church in England the Early Voyages to North America the Explorations of the Early Settlers Their Hardships, Sufferings, and Conflicts with the Savages the Rise of

The History of Massachusetts; Including a Narrative of the Persecutions by State and Church in England the Early Voyages to North America the Explorations of the Early Settlers Their Hardships, Sufferings, and Conflicts with the Savages the Rise of


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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1876. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXV. SINCE THE WAR. The legislature adjourned on the 30th of May, after passing three hundred and one acts and one hundred and five resolves. During the session the General Court refused any new legislation as to liquor selling, any interference with regard to the hours of labor, any change in the rate of interest, the equalization of bounties to the soldiers of the war, the organization of a board of railway commissioners, and the prohibition of horse railway cars on Sundays. It appropriated half a million dollars to continue work on the Troy and Greenfield Railroad and the Hoosac Tunnel, and authorized the Western Railroad to increase its capital to ten millions, in order to complete its second track, pay for the Hudson River Bridge, and enlarge its stock of cars and locomotives. A new plan for the organization and maintenance of a state militia was adopted, and General Butler placed at its head. The aggregate expenditure of Massachusetts on account of the war amounted to more than fifty millions of dollars, including that of her municipalities. The act of I860 for organizing the militia of the commonwealth, provides that all able-bodied men, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, shall be enrolled in the militia. The active militia will consist of volunteers, who, in any emergency requiring the exercise of military force, will be the first ordered to render service to the state. Of this class of troops there are to be one hundred companies of infantry, eight of cavalry, and five of light artillery; all arms and equipments are to be provided by the state, and annual encampments are to be held for the purposes of drill. During the early part of the year the stringent prohibitory liquor law of Massachusetts was resisted in various ways. In March, t...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781151011800
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 168
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151011800
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 313 gr


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