THE OTHER JURORS OATH.

Jurors oath.

"The same oath which your Foreman hath taken on The other his part, you, and each of you, on your behalf, shall well and truly observe and keep." "So help you GOD.”

neglecting their

ing to choose

amercied by the

And if any constable shall neglect to assemble the inhab- Constables itants of his town, qualified as aforesaid, when he shall duty. have received such warrant, or shall neglect to summon the persons chosen in pursuance thereof, or shall not make due return of the same, with his doings therein, he shall Penalty. pay such fine as the Court in their discretion shall impose, not exceeding the sum of twenty pounds. And if any Towns neglecttown being duly notified as above provided, shall neglect men, to be to choose as many good and lawful men able to attend, court. as are directed in and by such warrant, such town shall be amercied in such sum as the Court shall order, not exceeding the sum of forty pounds. And if any person Persons chosen chosen and notified to attend as aforesaid, shall unnecessarily fail of attending, he shall (if he is an inhabitant of Boston, Salem, or Newburyport) pay a fine of five Penalty. pounds, and otherwise a fine of forty shillings, to be divided equally amongst the Grand Jurors who shall attend their duty at the same Court.

failing to attend.

Court of Gen

issue his war

stables, 40 days

of March,

And it is further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Clerk of the Peace, shall forty days at the least before the first day of eral Sessions of March annually, make out his warrant to the constables the Peace to of the several towns in the county, or to so many of them rant to the con as the Court shall order, requiring them severally, to before the first assemble the freeholders and inhabitants of their respec- annually. tive towns, qualified to vote for a representative, to choose by ballot, one or more good and lawful man or men in each town, as the Court shall direct, of like qualification, and of good moral character, to appear at the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, to be holden within the said county, next after the first day of March, and there to serve on the Grand Jury at every Court of General Sessions of the Peace throughout the whole year, and until another Grand Jury shall be chosen, impanelled, and sworn in their room, and the constables shall notify Constables to the persons so chosen four days before the sitting of the other Court. And it shall be the business of such Grand Jury to present all crimes, offences and breaches of law

sons chosen.

have the same

oath adminis. tered to them,

Grand July to cognizable by the said Court, and they shall have the same oath administered to them, as is in and by this act provided for the Grand Jury serving at the Supreme Judicial Court.

as those serving at the Supreme

Judicial Court.

And if any constable shall neglect to assemble the inhabitants of his town, when he shall have received such. warrant, or shall neglect to summon such person as shall be chosen in pursuance of such warrant, or shall not make a timely return of the same, with his doings therein, he shall pay such fine as the Court shall order, not exceeding the sum of ten pounds. And if any town shall, after being duly notified, neglect to choose such Grand Juror or Grand Jurors, such town shall be amercied to the use of the county, in a sum not exceeding twenty pounds, at the discretion of the Court. And if any person chosen and summoned to attend as aforesaid, shall unnecessarily fail of attending at the time and place appointed therefor, he shall (if he is an inhabitant of Boston, Salem or Newburyport) pay a fine of five pounds, otherwise a fine of forty shillings to be divided. amongst the Grand Jurors who shall attend their duty. June 21, 1784.

1784.- Chapter 5.

[May Session, ch. 5.]

Chap. 5 AN ACT FOR GRANTING A LOTTERY FOR THE PURPOSE OF

Preamble.

Lottery granted.

WIDENING AND REPAIRING THE GREAT BRIDGE OVER
CHARLES RIVER IN THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.

Whereas it appears to this Court that it is necessary for public accommodation that an addition of twelve feet be made to the great bridge over Charles River, in Watertown, and the towns of Watertown, Weston, and Waltham have requested the benefit of a lottery to assist them in the expense of widening and repairing the said bridge:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That there be, and hereby is granted, a lottery for raising a sum not exceeding ten hundred pounds, the profits of which, after payment of the necessary expences of managing the same, shall be in

whole applied towards defraying the expences of widening and putting in compleat repair the same bridge.

appointed.

Be it further enacted, That Messieurs Amos Bond and Managers Marshal Spring, of Watertown, Samuel Fisk and Isaac Jones, of Weston, and Jonas Dix and John Sanderson, of Waltham, or any four of them, be, and hereby are appointed managers of the said lottery, whose business it shall be to concert and publish a scheme or schemes for the purpose of such lottery, and publish a correct list of all prizes which may be drawn in the said lottery, in some one of the Boston newspapers, within twenty days after drawing thereof shall be compleated, and shall pay to each possessor of a prize ticket therein, the full sum of such prize, within twenty days after such list is published, if demanded by the possessor of such ticket. And if it be not demanded within twelve months after drawing the said lottery, it shall be deemed as generously given for the purpose aforesaid, and applied accordingly.

forgery.

Be it further enacted, That if any person shall forge, Penalty for counterfeit or alter any lottery ticket issued by virtue of this act, or shall pass or utter any such forged, counterfeited or altered ticket, knowing the same to be false, forged, counterfeited or altered, or shall counsel, advise, or assist in forging, altering, or counterfeiting the same, every person so offending and being thereof convicted before the Supreme Judicial Court of this Commonwealth, shall be punished by being set on the gallows for the space of one hour, with a rope about his neck, or shall pay a fine, not exceeding one hundred pounds, to the use of this Commonwealth, or suffer not more than twelve months imprisonment, nor less than two, or be publicly whipped, not exceeding thirty-nine stripes, at the discretion of the said Supreme Judicial Court, according to the nature and circumstances of the offence. Provided always, That the said Amos Bond, Marshal Spring, Managers to Samuel Fisk, Isaac Jones, Jonas Dix, and John the Treasurer. Sanderson, give security to the Treasurer of this Commonwealth, in the sum of two thousand pounds, to employ all the monies that shall be raised by the said lottery, in widening and repairing the said bridge. And to compleat the widening and repairing the said bridge in manner aforesaid, on or before the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five. June 22, 1784.

give security to

[May Session, ch. 6.]

Chap. 6 AN ACT FOR CONFIRMIMG A GRANT OF A CERTAIN TRACT

Preamble.

Boundaries.

Machias incorporated.

Proviso.

OF LAND CALLED MACHIAS, IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN,
AND FOR INCORPORATING THE SAID TRACT OF LAND AND
THE INHABITANTS THEREOF, INTO A TOWN BY THE NAME
OF MACHIAS.

Whereas a certain tract of land called Machias, in the county of Lincoln, was in April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy, granted by the General Court of the late Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Ichabod Jones, and seventy-nine others, his associates, their heirs and assigns, upon certain conditions in the said grant expressed, a plan of which tract, setting forth the extent and boundaries thereof, was in July, 1771, presented to, received and accepted by the said Court: And whereas the conditions in the said grant have been complied with to the satisfaction of this Court, and it is represented by the inhabitants of the said tract, that they are subject to many inconveniences in a state of unincorporation: Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the before mentioned grant of the aforesaid tract of land, extending and bounded as follows, viz. beginning at a dry rock at a place called the Eastern Bay, near the house of Mr. Samuel Holmes, and extending north ten degrees, west ten miles; then west ten degrees, south eight miles; then south ten degrees, east ten miles; then east ten degrees, north eight miles, to the first mentioned bounds, is hereby ratified and confirmed unto the aforesaid Ichabod Jones, and his said associates, his and their heirs and assigns forever.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said tract of land extending and bounded as aforesaid, together with the inhabitants thereof, be, and hereby are incorporated into a town, by the name of Machias, with all the powers, privileges and immunities that towns in this Commonwealth have and enjoy, according to the laws and constitution of the same.

Provided nevertheless, That if it shall appear to the General Court that any settler on the aforesaid tract of land, other than a proprietor, has not had a reasonable quantity of the said tract of land assigned and confirmed

to him by the proprietors aforesaid; this Legislature doth hereby reserve the right of assigning and confirming to such settler, a reasonable quantity thereof, upon application made for that purpose, within two years from the passing of this act; any thing in the same to the contrary notwithstanding.

Provided also, That the several lots in the said tract Proviso. of land, appropriated to the use of Harvard College, to the first ordained minister, to the use of the ministry, and to the use of the school, be truly reserved for those purposes.

Esq, to call a

And it is further enacted, That Stephen Jones, Esq; Stephen Jones, be, and he hereby is empowered, to issue his warrant to meeting. some principal inhabitant of the said town, requiring him to call a meeting of the inhabitants thereof for the purpose of choosing such officers as by law towns are empowered to choose in the month of March, annually. June 23, 1784.

1784.- Chapter 7.

[May Session, ch. 7.]

AN ACT FOR REGULATING THE CHOICE AND SERVICES OF Chap. 7

PETIT JURORS.

ceed in the

tofore prac

respective

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the towns in this Commonwealth shall, Towns to prountil the first day of January, seventeen hundred and appointment of eighty-five, proceed in appointment of Jurors, as hath Jurors, as herebeen heretofore practised in this Government, and that tised. forever thereafter the clerks of the respective Courts in this Commonwealth, shall issue their venire facias for Clerks of the Jurors to serve at their respective Courts, from their Courts to issue offices thirty days at the least before the return day of venire facias. the same, directed to the constables of each town in the county, or so many of them as the Court shall order, and the respective constables upon receipt thereof, shall notify the freeholders and inhabitants in their towns, qualified to vote in the election of Representatives, to assemble and be present at the appointment of the Jurors called for, and to be appointed in manner by this act provided.

be chosen.

And it is further enacted, That the selectmen of each Jurors how to town in this Commonwealth shall provide, and from time