Proviso. Inhabitants thereof to receive all their dues. -To make and maintain roads. -To pay proportion of arrearages for supporting poor. Preamble. Russell, directing him to notify the inhabitants of said town, to meet at such time and place, as he shall appoint, to choose such Officers, as other towns are impowered to choose, at their annual meeting in the month of March or April. Provided nevertheless, the inhabitants of said town shall pay all such town, State County and other taxes as are already assessed upon them by the towns to which they have respectively belonged, together with all State & County taxes that may be hereafter assessed upon them by the said towns to which they have belonged, until a new valuation shall be taken & no longer; and the inhabitants aforesaid shall pay their proportion of all public debts which are now due from the said towns to which they respectively belonged. And be it further enacted, that the inhabitants of the said town of Russell shall be entitled to demand and receive their just proportion of all monies due and of the arms and ammunition belonging to the towns to which they respectively belonged. And be it further enacted, that the inhabitants of the said town of Russell do and shall forever hereafter make and keep in good repair all such roads and cart ways through the said town of Russell, as the town of Westfield ought or by Law is now obliged to make and maintain there. And be it further enacted, that the inhabitants of the said town of Russell shall be chargeable with their proportionable part of the expence of supporting the poor which at the time of passing this Act were the charge of the towns to which the said inhabitants respectively belonged, and that the said town of Russell shall be held to support all poor persons which may hereafter be returned to the town of Westfield and Montgomery who had gained a settlement in that part of the town of Westfield or Montgomery which is now incorporated into the town of Russell. February 25, 1792. 1791. - Chapter 40. [January Session, ch. 24.] AN ACT TO SET OFF JOSEPH DANFORTH, JOSIAH DANFORTA, Whereas Joseph Danforth, Josiah Danforth, John Cumings, & Joseph Upton, have petitioned this Court to be set off from the town of Dunstable, and annexed to the District of Tingsborough, and it appearing reasonable that the prayer of the said petition should be granted. Be it therefore Enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives in General Court assembled, & by the authority with the of the same, that the said Joseph Danforth, Josiah Dan- Families set off forth, John Cumings and Joseph Upton with their respec- boundaries. tive families, and that part of said Upton's & Cuming's estate, containing Twenty seven acres, and forty one rods which is included within the following lines, Viz: Beginning at Tingsborough line at Colonel John Tyng's great farm, so called; and running from thence north two degrees west seventy three poles, running two rods west from John Cuming's Barn till it comes to the town road leading from said Cuming's house to Joseph Upton's house thence by said road north westerly, till it comes within four rods of said Upton's Barn, thence south thirty degrees west eight rods; thence west nine degrees north ten rods; thence north ten degrees cast eight rods to the said road; thence across said road east two degrees north to Tingsborough line, thence by said line to the bounds first mentioned; & that part of the estate of the said Joseph Danforth and Josiah Danforth containing sixty two acres & eighty one rods which is included within the following lines, Viz Beginning at Tingsborough line, where the southerly line of the said Danforth's farm crosses it, thence running south sixteen degrees west, one hundred and fourteen rods, thence south forty degrees west seventy rods; then south six degrees east forty one rods; thence west eight degrees south, forty three rods, thence north one degree & forty five minutes. west fifty rods, thence north seventy four rods two rods. west of the house of said Danforth; thence north thirty degrees east two rods north of said Danforth's Barn fourteen rods, thence east two degrees north sixty rods; thence north thirty two degrees west ninety three rods to Tingsborough line, thence south two degrees east ten rods to the bound first mentioned be and hereby are set off from the town of Dunstable, & annexed to the District of Tingsborough. Provided nevertheless that the said petitioners shall pay Proviso. all taxes that have been legally assessed on them by the said town of Dunstable, in like manner as if this Act had never been passed. March 3, 1792. 1791. - Chapter 41. [January Session, ch. 23.] AN ACT ASCERTAINING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE Whereas some doubts have arisen respecting the boundary line between the towns of Medway and Sherburn ; Be it Enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of Boundary Line. the same, that the boundary line between the said towns of Medway and Sherburn for the future shall be as follows, to wit, beginning at a Ditch a little east of and near Breck's hill so called, at Charles river, from thence westerly across the small pine hill called Breck's hill, & so continuing a strait line in a westerly direction to a place known by the name of Allen's corner, & according to former perambulations to a heap of Stones at or near Sheffield's corner so called. Inhabitants to pay proportion of taxes. erees in certain cases to be final. And be it further Enacted that the inhabitants and owners of the lands which by this Act will in future belong to the town of Medway shall be holden to pay their proportion of all State & County taxes to the said town of Sherburn, untill a new valuation shall be settled by the General Court, & no longer: And the said town of Medway shall assess the said inhabitants their proportion of all town & Parish taxes, in the same manner as if the said inhabitants had heretofore been considered as inhabitants of the said town of Medway. 1791.- Chapter 42. [January Session, ch. 25.] March 3, 1792. AN ACT TO PREVENT APPEALS IN CERTAIN CASES FROM THE Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled and by the authority of Report of Ref. the same, that upon any report of Referees returned into any Court of Common Pleas, in pursuance of an Act for rendering the decision of civil causes as speedy, & as little expensive as possible, and also upon any report made by Referees appointed by a rule of any Court of Common pleas, wherein it is agreed at the time of entering into such rule, that the report of said Referees shall be 1791. Chapter 43. [January Session, ch. 26.] AN ACT TO RENDER VALID THE VOTES & PROCEEDINGS OF issued by Be it Enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives in General Court Assembled & by the authority of the same, that all warrants heretofore signed by a Town Clerk by Warrants order of the Selectmen of any Town or a major part of Town Clerk to them, & all proceedings of the legal voters of such Towns be valid. which have been had in pursuance of such warrants be & hereby are ratified & confirmed in the same manner as if the said warrants had been signed by the Selectmen. March 6, 1792. 1791. Chapter 44. [January Session, ch. 28.] AN ACT IN ADDITION TO AN ACT PASSED IN THE YEAR OF OUR Whereas in & by an act, entitled, "an Act determining Preamble. what transactions shall be necessary to constitute the settlement of a Citizen in any particular town or district", passed in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & eighty nine, it is among other things provided that persons of certain descriptions in the said Act mentioned who shall come into & reside in any town or district for the space of two years without being warned to depart the same shall be deemed & taken to be an inhabitant of such town or district; - And whereas it appears expedient that the time of giving notice & warning to depart as aforesaid should be extended & prolonged, Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives in General Court Assembled & by the authority of the termined. Inhabitancy de- same, that no person shall be deemed or taken to be an inhabitant of any town or district by virtue of residence therein, unless he or she shall have resided in the same. for the space of four years from the time of passing the Act to which this is an addition, without being warned to depart as aforesaid, the above recited Act notwithstanding. March 6, 1792. 1791. Chapter 45. [January Session, ch. 31.] AN ACT TO SET OFF ASAHEL SMITH AND OTHERS FROM SOUTH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled & by the authority of the Persons set off. same, that Asahel Smith, John Mandeville, Levi Smith, David Nash junior, Noah Clark, Israel Clark, James Giddings, Jotham Clark, Enos Clark, Eleazer Ayres, and the land belonging to the heirs of Israel Clark deceased (the said land adjoining the first named Israel Clark) with their respective families & estates be and hereby are set off from the said town of South Hadley in said County of Hampshire, and annexed to the town of Granby in said County, and shall hereafter be considered as part of the same, there to do duty & receive privileges as the other inhabitants of said town of Granby; provided nevertheless that the said Asahel Smith, John Mandeville, Levi Smith, David Nash junior, Noah Clark, Israel Clark, James Giddings, Jotham Clark, Enos Clark, Eleazer Ayres and the aforesaid land belonging to the heirs of Israel Clark deceased shall be held to pay their proportion of all such state & county taxes as shall be laid by the Legislature upon said town of South Hadley before the settlement of another valuation. Proviso. Town of Granby to keep And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the town of Granby from the passing this Act shall roads in repair. keep in good repair the following roads, viz, the County road from the top of Cold hill, so called, in South Hadley aforesaid to the dividing line between the towns aforesaid, also the County road from the top of the hill near David Church's dwelling house, to the dividing line aforesaid, also the County road through William Eastman's home lot, to the west side of said lot including the gate leading out of the same, -any Law or Resolve to the contrary notwithstanding. March 6, 1792. |