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resolve of the second of December, 1780, make a requisition upon the town of Princeton, of nine men, for the continental service, three of which men the said town supplied by three-ninth parts of its inhabitants classing themselves; the other six men were procured and agreed to be paid by the remaining six-ninths of the said inhabitants, and it appearing to this Court that the said inhabitants, did, at a legal town meeting on the twenty-sixth day of January, 1784, called for that purpose, vote and agree, that the assessors for the time being, should class the town pay the men aforesaid, and did direct the said assessors to proportion the same upon the valuation, taken in the fall of the year 1780, being the same valuation directed to by the General Court, having regard to the three-ninth parts of the town who procured the first three men aforesaid, and the said town by their selectmen having prayed the interposition of this Court:

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Therefore Resolved, Agreeable to the prayer of the said petition, that the votes and proceedings of the town of Princeton, with respect to the three men raised by the three-ninth parts of the said town, and also the proceedings and agreements of the said town at their meeting the twenty-sixth of January, 1784, be, and hereby are ratified and confirmed, in the same manner as though they had been done at the time the said soldiers first enlisted, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

Chapter 7.

June 4, 1784.

POUNDS,
HON.

A GRANT OF THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR
SEVENTEEN SHILLINGS AND FOUR PENCE, TO THE
SAMUEL OSGOOD, ESQ; FOR HIS EXPENDITURES AND
ATTENDANCE AS A DELEGATE FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH
AT CONGRESS.

On the accounts of the Ilon. Samuel Osgood, Esq: Resolved, That there be paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth to the Hon. Samuel Osgood, Esq; the sum of three hundred and forty-four pounds, seventeen shillings and four pence, in full discharge of his expenditures and attendance, as a delegate for this Commonwealth at Congress, from the twenty-third of September, 1783, to the first of May last.

June 5, 1784.

Chapter 8.

RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF OLIVER WOOD, ESQ; REVERS- Chap. 8

ING THE JUDGMENT AND DIRECTING A NEW TRIAL.

On the petition of Oliver Wood, of Norridgwalk plantation, in the county of Lincoln, Esq; praying that the judgment obtained against him at the Court of Common Pleas held at Pownalborough, in and for the county of Lincoln, for two hundred and fifty pounds, in an action of the case brought against him by one Joshua Chamberlain, of a place called Seven Mile Brook, may be set aside and a new trial ordered thereon, for reasons set forth in his said petition.

Resolved, That the above described judgment be, and hereby is reversed, and declared to be null and void, and that a new trial shall be had on the above described case at the next Court of Common Pleas to be holden at Pownalborough, in, and for the county of Lincoln, on the last Tuesday of September next, and that the Justices of the same Court are hereby empowered and directed to hear and determine the same, in all respects, as they should or ought to do if the same case were regularly depending by continuance in the said Court; and that all execution on the aforementioned judgment be stayed, and that the said Oliver Wood serve the said Joshua Chamberlain, or his attorney, with an attested copy of this resolve, fourteen days before the sitting of the said Court at Pownalborough. June 5, 1784.

Chapter 9.

REPORT ON THE REPRESENTATION OF COL. JOHN ALLAN, Chap. 9

RESPECTING A BELT OF WAMPUM RECEIVED FROM THE
INDIANS.

On a letter from Col. John Allan of the 2d instant:
The committee of both Houses appointed to consider
this letter, ask leave to report as their opinion, that as it
appears to have been the intention of the Indians, that
the Belt of Wampum mentioned in the said letter, should
be presented to Congress, by their Superintendant, it is
not expedient for the General Court to take any further
order thereon.
June 7, 1784.

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Chapter 10.

RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF JOSHUA HUBBARD, IN BEHALF
OF THE TOWN OF KITTERY, ABATING THEM A FINE, FOR
NOT SENDING A REPRESENTATIVE.

On the petition of Joshua Hubbard, for, and in behalf of the town of Kittery, praying for the abatement of a fine laid on the said town, for neglecting to send a Representative to the General Court, in the year 1782, for reasons mentioned in the said petition:

Resolved, That the prayer of the said petition be so far granted, that there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth, to the town of hittery, the sum of thirty-two pounds seven shillings and six pence, it being one half of the fine aforesaid.

June 7, 1784.

Chapter 11.

Chap. 11 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF ELIZABETH SENAH, (INDIAN

WOMAN) EMPOWERING JOSIAH STONE, ESQ; AND OTHERS,
GUARDIANS, TO SELL THE HOUSE AND LAND MENTIONED.

On the petition of Elizabeth Senah, (Indian woman) praying for liberty to sell a house, and about eleven acres of land lying in Natick, in the county of Middlesex, for reasons set forth in the said petition:

Resolved, That the Hon. Josiah Stone, Esq; Eleazer Kingsbury and Joseph Twitchel, guardians to the Natick tribe of Indians, be, and they hereby are empowered to sell the said house and land for the most the same will fetch, and to make and execute in their said capacity, a good and lawful deed or deeds of the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, the proceeds of the said sale to be applied to the discharge of the just debts of Eunice Spywood, deceased, late owner of the said estate, as mentioned in the said petition, and also of the necessary charges arising by the said sale, and the remainder, if any there be, to be secured for the use of the said Elizabeth Senah. June 7, 1784.

Chapter 12.

RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF THOMAS CHILDS, ESQ; AGENT Chap. 12

ON THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS WALDO, AN ABSENTEE,
DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE FOR SALE OF ABSENTEES
ESTATES, TO DELIVER HIM A NOTE, AND GRANTING HIM
NINE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS IN FULL.

On the petition of Thomas Childs, Esq; agent on the estate of Francis Waldo, late of Falmouth, in the county of Cumberland, Esq; an absentee, setting forth that the committee appointed by the General Court, for settling the estates of absentees in the county of Cumberland, to make deeds of such lands to their creditors, did make a deed to him, the said Thomas Childs, of a piece of land belonging to the estate of the said Francis Waldo, valued at Two hundred eight pounds, which was Ten pounds, eleven shillings more than the debt due to the said Thomas Childs, for which sum he gave his note to the committee; that the said agent, on the second of September, 1783, did settle his accounts of agency with the Judge of Probate for the said county, and there was due to him as agent, Twenty pounds, one shilling and ten pence; and praying that his note abovementioned may be given up and the remaining part of the balance be paid him:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petition be granted, and the committee for settling the estates of absentees in the county of Cumberland, are hereby ordered to give up to the said Thomas Childs his note of Ten pounds, eleven shillings; and that Nine pounds, ten shillings and ten pence, be paid to him out of the treasury of this Commonwealth, in full of all his accounts as agent on the said estate of the said Francis Waldo, Esq. June 7, 1784.

Chapter 13.

RESOLVE AUTHORIZING THE JUDGE OF PROBATE FOR THE
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, TO AUTHORIZE COMMISSIONERS
FOR EXAMINING CLAIMS ON ABSENTEES ESTATES IN THE
SAID COUNTY, TO EXAMINE THE CLAIMS OF JOSHUA
HENSHAW, ESQ; ON THE ESTATE OF JOHN VASSAL, AN
ABSENTEE, &c.

On the petition of Joshua Henshaw, Esq:

Resolved, That the Judge of Probate for the county of Middlesex, be, and he is, hereby authorized and empowered to authorize the commissioners appointed for re-examining the claims upon absentees estates in the said

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county to examine the demand of the said Joshua Henshaw, and if the said commissioners shall find the said demand to be just and reasonable, to report the same, and upon such report the said Judge of Probate is directed to certify the same to the Governor and Council, who are hereby authorized to grant a warrant on the treasury of this Commonwealth for payment of the same. June 8, 1784.

Chapter 14.

Chap. 14 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF JONATHAN BRADSHAW, EM

POWERING THE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
TO RECEIVE HIS COMPLAINT AT THEIR NEXT SESSIONS TO
BE HOLDEN IN THE COUNTY OF middlesex.

On the petition of Jonathan Bradshaw of Charlestown, in the county of Middlesex, labourer, stating that at a Court of Common Pleas held at Cambridge, within and for the county of Middlesex, on the last Tuesday of November last, he recovered judgment against Nathaniel Prentiss of the said Charlestown, sadler, for the sum of Three pounds seventeen shillings and seven pence lawful money, damage and costs of suit, by default, from which judgment the said Prentiss appealed to the Supreme Judicial Court then next to be holden in the said county; and that the said Bradshaw was prevented entering his complaint against the said Prentiss by accident:

Resolved, That the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, be, and hereby are, authorized and empowered, to receive the said complaint of the said Bradshaw, at their sessions next to be holden within and for the county of Middlesex, and to proceed thereon in the same manner as they might by law have done, if the said Bradshaw had entered his complaint in the action aforesaid at their sessions in the said county next after the said last Tuesday of November, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. June 8, 1784.

Chapter 15.

Chap. 15 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF JOSEPH KILBURN AND OTHERS,

EMPOWERING THE JUDGE OF PROBATE FOR THE COUNTY

OF WORCESTER, TO AUTHORIZE COMMISSIONERS TO EXAM-
INE SAID PERSON'S CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF ABEL
WILLARD, AN ABSENTEE.

On the petition of Joseph Kilburn and others, setting forth that they had not sufficient notice of the appointment