of commissioners on the estate of Abel Willard, Esq; of Lancaster, deceased, represented insolvent, and praying that the said commissioners may be directed to receive, examine and allow the claims of the said petitioners, so far as they may appear just :

Resolved, That the Judge of Probate of Wills, and for granting letters of administration, for the county of Worcester, be, and he hereby is, empowered and directed to authorize the said commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the said petitioners on the said estate, in the same manner as if they had been timely presented therefor, and to allow them such further time for that purpose, as he shall judge necessary. June 8, 1784.

Chapter 16.

RESOLVE AUTHORIZING THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF THE Chap. 16

TOWN OF BOSTON, TO CONTRACT WITH A PHYSICIAN TO
ATTEND THE ALMSHOUSE.

Resolved, That the overseers of the poor of the town
of Boston, be a committee to contract with a physician to
attend upon, and provide medicines for the space of one
year (to be considered as ending the thirteenth day of
May, 1785) for such sick persons, being of the poor
belonging to this Commonwealth, as now are, or may be
in the almshouse in the town of Boston, during the said
year; and the said committee are authorized to contract
accordingly.
June 8, 1784.

Chapter 17.

RESOLVE GRANTING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY POUNDS TO Chap. 17

WILLIAM DREW, ESQ; FOR REPAIRING THE LIGHT HOUSE
AT THE GURNET.

Whereas by a resolve of the General Court, of July last, William Drew, Esq; was appointed to repair and put in order the light house on the Gurnet at the entrance of Plymouth harbour, and to lay his accounts before the General Court, for allowance and payment, but for want of means and money the light house has hitherto been neglected:

Resolved, That there be paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth to the said William Drew, Esq; One hundred and twenty pounds, out of the light money that is, or may be collected, to enable him to compleat the business of his appointment; and he to be accountable for the same. June 9, 1784.

Chapter 18.

Chap. 18 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF PETER CASTAING AND WIL

LIAM EYSSANDEAU, DIRECTING THE TREASURER TO PAY
THE SAID PETER CASTAING FOUR NOTES, TO THE AMOUNT
OF THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX POUNDS, FIVE
SHILLINGS; AND REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO CERTIFY
THEIR FAITHFUL SERVICES TO THE UNITED STATES.

On the petition of Peter Castaing and William Eyssandeau, Captains in the Massachusetts Line of the late army of the United States, praying for relief in their peculiar

circumstances:

Whereas the said Peter Castaing has in his possession four notes, given him by the Treasurer of this Commonwealth, the principals of which taken collectively amount to Three hundred and seventy-six pounds, five shillings:

Resolved, That the Treasurer of the Commonwealth be, and he is hereby directed, to pay to the said Peter Castaing, on his delivering the said notes to the Treasurer, the beforementioned sum of Three hundred seventy-six pounds, five shillings, together with the interest which shall be found due on the said notes at the time of their redemption, any resolve, law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. June 9, 1784.

Chapter 19.

Chap. 19 RESOLVE REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO GIVE CERTIFICATES

IN FAVOR OF CAPTAINS CASTAING AND EYSSANDEAU, EX-
PRESSING THE SENSE THE LEGISLATURE OF THIS COMMON-
WEALTH ENTERTAIN OF THEIR SERVICES IN THE LATE WAR.

Resolved, That the Legislature of this Commonwealth
entertain a due sense of the faithful services of Captain
Castaing and Captain Eyssandeau, whilst in the service.
of the United States, in the Massachusetts Line of the
army; and that his Excellency the Governor be requested
to certify the same under the seal of this Commonwealth,
in common form.
June 9, 1784.

Chapter 20.

Chap. 20 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF EBENEZER CRAFTS, ESQ; IN

BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF STURBRIDGE, GRANTING TO THE
SAID TOWN ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR POUNDS, ELEVEN
SHILLINGS, FOR SUPPORTING ONE JOHN LACE.

On the petition of Ebenezer Crafts, Esq; in behalf of the town of Sturbridge, praying for a compensation of

the charge and expence the said town hath been at for supporting John Lace, a sick and indigent person, having no legal residence but in the Commonwealth at large, from May, 1780, to the seventeenth of May, 1784.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the public treasury of this Commonwealth unto the selectmen of Sturbridge, the sum of One hundred and thirty-four pounds, eleven shillings, in full for the expence they have been at for the support of John Lace, up to the seventeenth day of May, A. D. 1784. June 9, 1784.

Chapter 21.

RESOLVE APPOINTING A COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE, EXAMINE Chap. 21

AND PASS ON ACCOUNTS.

Resolved, That Charles Turner, Seth Washburn, Joseph Hosmer, Esq'rs; Mr. Joseph Bradley Varnum, and Ezra Sargent, Esq; be a committee to receive, examine and pass on all accounts that are now, or may be exhibited, for the support of such indigent persons as are the proper charge of the State, and all other accounts (those only excepted that are or may be committed to a special committee) that shall be exhibited for services performed, cash advanced, or property sold for the use of this Commonwealth, by order of the General Court, or any person or persons authorized to incur such expence, where the same are properly vouched; and that the committee be vested with the same powers, and observe the same rules which were prescribed in a Resolve of the General Court passed the fifteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, appointing a committee to examine and pass on accounts, provided that the said committee do not sit on the business of their appointment at any time in the recess of the General Court.

Chapter 22.

June 12, 1784.

RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF BENJAMIN CONVERS, OF
CHESTER, GIVING HIM LEAVE ΤΟ ENTER HIS APPEAL
FROM THE JUDGMENT GIVEN IN A CERTAIN ACTION, MEN-
TIONED.

On the petition of Benjamin Convers, of Chester, in the county of Hampshire, yeoman, praying for a new trial

Chap. 22

upon an action brought against him by Jacob Davis, of Charlton, Esq; at a Court of Common Pleas held at Worcester, within and for the county of Worcester, on the first Tuesday in September last:

Resolved, That the petitioner have leave to enter his appeal from the judgment given in the said action by the same Court with the clerk thereof, at the next Court of Common Pleas to be holden at the said Worcester, within and for the county aforesaid, the first Tuesday in September next; and shall recognize as the Justices of the same Court shall direct to prosecute his appeal at the Supreme Judicial Court, next to be holden within and for the said county, on the last Tuesday of the same September, and the petitioner is hereby fully authorized to enter his appeal at the Supreme Judicial Court, and shall then and there have full liberty to plead a plea, and to have a trial upon the same action there in the same way as if he had appealed in the common and ordinary course. of law, and the execution which hath issued upon the judgment aforesaid shall have the same force and effect in law, as if the trial so had at the Supreme Judicial Court was on a review of the action, and no other.

Chapter 23.

June 12, 1784.

Chap. 23 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF WILLIAM COOKE, DECLARING

NULL AND VOID A CERTAIN JUDGMENT, AND DIRECTING

THE CLERK OF THE SAID COURT TO BRING FORWARD THE
ACTION MENTIONED, THE SAID COOKE TO NOTIFY MR.
GABRIEL JOHONNOT.

Upon the petition of William Cooke, praying for a trial on an action brought by Gabriel Johonnot, against him, as set forth in his petition:

Resolved, That the prayer of the said petition be granted, and that the judgment given in the action aforesaid, at the Court of Common Pleas, holden at Boston, on the first Tuesday in January last, and the execution issued thereon, is declared null and void, and the clerk of the said Court is directed to bring forward the said action, at the Court of Common Pleas to be holden at Boston, within and for the county of Suffolk, on the first Tuesday of July next, in the same manner as if the same had been duly continued to that Court; at

which time the parties shall be allowed any new plea, and proceed to trial in the same manner as if no default had been made thereon, and no judgment had been given; said William Cooke to notify the said Gabriel Johonnot, by leaving with him an attested copy of this resolve, at least fourteen days before the time of the said Court's sitting. June 14, 1784.

Chapter 24.

RESOLVE GRANTING TO EACH OF THE DELEGATES, REPRE- Chap. 24

SENTING THIS STATE IN CONGRESS, THIRTY-THREE SHIL-
LINGS PER DAY.

Resolved, That there be allowed to each delegate, who
shall hereafter be chosen to represent this Commonwealth
in the Congress of the United States, for his service and
expences for each day, (Lord's day included,) from the
time of his leaving home, until his return, the sum of
Thirty-three shillings.
June 14, 1784.

Chapter 25.

RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF SARAH DANA, GUARDIAN TO Chap. 25

ORLANDO HENRY, CALEB AND JAMES DANA.

On the petition of Sarah Dana, guardian of Orlando Dana, Henry Dana, Caleb Dana and James Dana, setting forth, that George Dana, executor of the last will and testament of Caleb Dana, late of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex, Esq; deceased, in February, seventeen hundred and seventy-four, obtained leave from the then Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize and general goal delivery, to make sale of so much of the said deceased's real estate, for the payment of debts and legacies, as should amount to the sum of six hundred pounds lawful money, and praying that the said George be stayed from proceeding, (for reasons in the said petition mentioned) in the sale of the aforesaid estate, until he the said George, render an account to the Judge of Probate, of the county of Middlesex, aforesaid, of the monies he, the said George, may have received from the proceeds arising from the sales of any part of the real estate of the said deceased, which he may have heretofore made by virtue of the authority given him as aforesaid, and also give bonds to the Judge of Probate aforesaid, for the use of her wards aforesaid,