LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT: BEGUN AND HELD AT BOSTON, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, ON WEDNESDAY THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF MAY, ANNO DOMINI, 1791. BOSTON: Printers to the HONORABLE COURT. M,DCC,XCI. Reprinted by WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING COMPANY, State Printers. 1895. ACTS AND LAWS, PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS: AN ACT FOR ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN to Brookfield, Braintree. Be it enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives in General Court assembled & by the authority of the same, that about forty three acres of land belonging to Lands annexed George Nye, lying near the dwelling-house of Major and New James Woods, which, previous to the passing of this Act, belonged to the town of Brookfield, be and the same is hereby annexed to the town of New-Braintree; and that the farm and estate of Francis Stone containing about fourteen acres, heretofore belonging to said town of New Braintree, be and the same is hereby annexed to said town of Brookfield. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the dividing line between the said towns shall here- Boundaries. after run as followeth, to wit, beginning on the westerly side of the road at the southeasterly corner of Joseph Barnes's land, thence running northeasterly to the north west corner of Samuel Harrington's land, standing on the original north line of the town of Brookfield, — and that all lands lying on the northwesterly side of said line, heretofore belonging to the town of Brookfield be and they hereby are annexed to the town of New Braintree; and all the lands lying on the southeasterly side of said line, heretofore belonging to the town of New Braintree, be and they are hereby annexed to the town of Brookfield. Provided nevertheless, that this Act shall not be con- Proviso. sidered to affect the collecting of taxes now assessed or granted within the said towns, but the same shall be demanded and collected in the same manner as though this Act had never passed. June 10, 1791. John Ladd set off. Penalty in case of offence. AN ACT TO SET OFF JOHN LADD FROM THE FIRST TO THE Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1791.- Chapter 3. [May Session, ch. 3.] AN ACT FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled and by the authority of Time limited & the same, that no person or persons shall hereafter, in either of the months of June, July, August or September, take or wilfully kill any Otter, Beaver, Minks, Sable or Martin, Fisher, or Black Cat, Leusifee, Musquash or Wolverin, on pain of forfeiting and paying a sum not less than twenty shillings nor more than three pounds, to and for the use and benefit of the person or persons who shall or may sue or prosecute for the same, together wi[ll] [th] full costs of suit, to be recovered by action of debt in any Court of this Commonwealth competent to try the same. Provided that all prosecutions or suits for any breaches of this law, shall be commenced within two years from the time when the offence was committed, & not otherwise. June 10, 1791. 1791. - Chapter 4. [May Session, ch. 4.] AN ACT, ALTERING THE PLACE OF HOLDING THE COURTS OF Be it enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives in General Court Assembled, & by the authority of altered. the same, that the Courts of General Sessions of the peace Place for hold& of Common pleas, which are now by law to be holden Courts at Portland in & for the County of Cumberland on the first Tuesday of January, annually, shall be holden in the town of New Gloucester in said County, on the same first Tuesday of January annually, any Law to the contrary notwithstanding. June 11, 1791. AN ACT FOR ALTERING THE TIME OF HOLDING THE COURT OF Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled & by the authority of the same, that the Act, entitled "An Act for determining Act repealed. at what times and places the several Courts of General sessions of the Peace, & the Courts of Common Pleas shall be holden within and for the several Counties within this Commonwealth, & for repealing all laws heretofore made for that purpose" so far as it respects the holding of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, and the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Plimouth, on the last Tuesday of July be and it is hereby repealed. ing Courts And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that Time for hold. from and after the passing of this Act, the time of hold- altered. ing the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, & Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Plimouth shall be on the second Tuesday of August annually. pending to be And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all appeals already made, recognizances taken, or All matters that may before the aforesaid last Tuesday of July next, held valid and be made or taken to the aforesaid Court of General returnable. Sessions of the Peace, and all actions already commenced, or that may be commenced, and all processes returned, or that may be returnable, before the aforesaid last Tuesday of July, and all appeals claimed, or which may be claimed, & all actions pending at the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas, which before the passing of this Act was to be holden on the last Tuesday of July, shall be returnable to entered, made, proceeded on, tried and determined, |