discharge of cannon and such other military parade as he may judge proper; and that the Chaplain of the General Court officiate in the religious exercise of the said day. Chapter 61. July 1, 1784. Chap. 61 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF NICHOLAS BARTLETT, THAT THE Chap. 62 SAID NICHOLAS NOTIFY JOTHAM LORING OF HINGHAM, TO On the petition of Nicholas Bartlett: Resolved, That the said Nicholas Bartlett serve Jotham Loring, of Hingham, in the county of Suffolk, with an attested copy of the said petition and this resolve, that the said Loring may appear before the General Court on the third Wednesday of the next sitting thereof, to shew cause, if any he hath, wherefore the prayer of the said petition should not be granted, and that all proceedings on the judgment which the said Loring recovered against said Bartlett in the county of Suffolk, in April term last, before the Court of Common Pleas, shall cease in the mean time. July 3, 1784. Chapter 62. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN On the petition of the selectmen of the town of Great Barrington, shewing, that in the year 1782, a state tax of Six hundred and twenty-two pounds, ten shillings, together with a county tax, a town tax and a minister's tax, were committed to Thomas Ingersoll, jun. then constable of the said town, to collect; that in the month of September last, for reasons in the said petition mentioned, the aforesaid taxes were taken out of the hands of the said Thomas Ingersoll, jun. and committed to John Hickok, then constable and collector of taxes for the said town, to be by him collected. That another state tax of Six hundred and twenty-two pounds, ten shillings; and a state tax of Four hundred thirty-seven pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence, together with a county tax, a town tax and a ministerial tax, were also committed to the said John Hickok, to collect, and that for reasons in the aforesaid petition mentioned, all the taxes aforesaid have been taken out of the hands of the said John Hickok, and committed to Thomas Ingersoll, the present collector of taxes, then to be by him collected, and praying that the same Thomas Ingersoll may be empowered to collect the aforesaid taxes: Resolved, That the prayer of the petition be granted, and that the same Thomas Ingersoll, be, and he hereby is, fully authorized and empowered, to collect the aforesaid several taxes in the same manner as he might have done, had they been originally committed to him to collect, or as the said Thomas Ingersoll, jun. aud John Hickok, respectively, might or could have done, he observing the rules and requirements of the laws respecting the collecting of taxes by constables and collectors. Chapter 63. July 5, 1784. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF A NUMBER OF INHABITANTS On the petition of a number of the inhabitants and proprietors of land in the north-east corner of Stockbridge, praying that the lands delineated in a plan accompanying the same, may be set off from said Stockbridge and annexed to the town of Lenox : Resolved, That Caleb Strong, Nathaniel Kingsley and Thompson J. Skinner, Esq'rs: be a committee to view the premises, at the expence of the petitioners, and report what is proper to be done thereon, at the next session of the General Court. July 5, 1784. Chapter 64. Chap. 63 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF TIMOTHY PAIGE, AGENT ON THE Chap. 64 ESTATES OF TIMOTHY RUGGLES AND DANIEL OLIVER, ABSENTEES, EMPOWERING THE JUDGE OF PROBATE TO On the petition of Timothy Paige, agent on the estates of Timothy Ruggles and Daniel Oliver, late of Hardwick, Esq'rs; absentees, setting forth that he has a balance in his hands arising from the sales and rents of said estates, amounting to Two hundred and twenty-eight pounds, five shillings and two pence one farthing, for which he has taken notes and bonds of several individuals who are creditors to said estates; and praying for liberty to pay the same in lieu of cash, and that the Judge of Probate for the county of Worcester may be empowered to receive the same in discharge of the said balance: Resolved, That the Judge of Probate for the county of Worcester, be, and he hereby is, empowered to receive the said claims in discharge of the said balance due from the said agent accordingly; provided the same shall have been duly allowed, and provided further, that the said creditors shall upon discharging their demands in manner aforesaid, give bond with sufficient sureties to the said Judge of Probate, that so much of the said claims shall be repaid, in case upon a final settlement the said estates shall be found insufficient to pay and discharge all the just debts of the said absentees. July 5, 1784. Chapter 65. Chap. 65 RESOLVE ABATING A FINE LAID ON THE TOWN OF SUDBURY, FOR NOT SENDING A REPRESENTATIVE. On the petition of William Rice, in behalf of the inhabitants of the town of Sudbury, praying for an abatement of the fine in State Tax, No. 3, for the year 1783, for not sending a Representative for the year 1782, for reasons set forth in the petition: Resolved, That the prayer of the petition be so far granted, as that one moiety of the fine, viz. Eighteen pounds, seventeen shillings and six pence be abated, and that the Treasurer be, and he is, hereby directed to discharge the town of Sudbury the aforesaid sum of Eighteen pounds, seventeen shillings and six pence in the last State Tax. July 5, 1784. Chapter 66. Chap. 66 RESOLVE EMPOWERING THE COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE, TO APPOR- Whereas it is represented to this Court, by the Court of that the sum of fifteen hundred pounds is necessary for erecting a Goal, Goal House and Court House in the town of Lenox : Therefore Resolved, That the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the county of Berkshire, be, and hereby are empowered and directed, to levy and apportion the said sum of Fifteen hundred pounds, upon the several towns and other places within the said county, for the purposes aforesaid. July 5, 1784. Chapter 67. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF EZRA SARGEANT, ESQ; IN On the petition of Ezra Sargeant, praying for an abatement of the fine set upon the town of Malden, for not sending a representative to the General Court of this Commonwealth, in the year 1782, in the tax act of 1783, for reasons set forth in the said petition: Resolved, That the town of Malden be abated one moiety of the said fine, viz. Fourteen pounds, four shillings and two pence; and that the Treasurer of this Commonwealth be directed to discharge the town of Malden that sum in the last tax act accordingly. Chapter 68. July 5, 1784. Chap. 67 RESOLVE ABATING A FINE LAID UPON THE TOWN OF WEST- Chap. 68 MINSTER, FOR NOT SENDING A REPRESENTATVE. On the petition of the selectmen of Westminster, praying the abatement of a fine set against the said town for neglecting to send a Representative in the year 1782: Resolved, That the prayer be so far granted that the sum of Sixteen pounds, two shillings and six pence be allowed. to the town of Westminster; and that the Treasurer be, and is hereby directed to credit the said town for that sum in their State tax for the year 1783. July 5, 1784. Chapter 69. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF MOSES STEBBINS AND OTHERS, On the petition of Moses Stebbins, James Warrinnor and Eldad Stebbins, committee for the town of Wilbraham, Chap. 69 praying for abatement of a fine set against the town of Wilbraham, of Forty-seven pounds, nineteen shillings and four pence, for not sending a Representative to the General Court, in the year 1781 and the year 1782, to represent the said town of Wilbraham in the General Court, for reasons set forth in the said petition: Resolved, That the prayer of the petition be so far granted, that one half of the abovesaid fine be abated; and that the Treasurer of this Commonwealth be, and he hereby is, directed to credit the town of Wilbraham the sum of Twenty-three pounds, nineteen shillings and eight pence, on the last State Tax, granted by the General Court in March, 1783, in which tax the abovesaid fine was set against the town of Wilbraham. July 5, 1784. Chapter 70. Chap. 70 RESOLVE DISCHARGING A COMMITTEE APPOINTED THE TWEN TY-FIRST OF SEPTEMBER, 1780, TO LAY OUT SIX THOUSAND Whereas by a resolve of the General Court, passed the twenty-first day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty, a grant of six thousand acres of the unappropriated lands laying eastward of Saco River, was made to Arthur Lee, Esq; in compensation of his services as agent for this State, in Great Britain, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five; and Benjamin Chadburne and Moses Little, Esq'rs. were appointed a committee to lay out the same, and perform other services, as by the said resolve will appear; and by a subsequent resolve, Jonathan Greenleaf, David Sewall, and Nathaniel Wells, Esq'rs. were joined to the said committee, but the affairs of the said committee have been so circumstanced as to render the performance of the business aforesaid impracticable: Therefore Resolved, That the committee aforenamed be, and hereby is discharged; and that John Lewis, Edward Russell and Isaac Parsons, Esq'rs. be, and hereby are, appointed a committee to perform the business specified in the aforesaid resolve of the twenty-first of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty. July 5, 1784. |