Chap. Chap. at the Court of Common Pleas holden at Worcester, in and for the county of Worcester, in March, 1781, for reasons mentioned in the said petition: Resolved, That the petitioner be, and he hereby is, entitled to a new trial on the action aforesaid; and the Justices of the said Court of Common Pleas, at their sessions to be holden at Worcester, for and within the county of Worcester, on the first Tuesday of September next, be, and they hereby are, authorized and fully empowered to resume the aforesaid action, take of the default, and proceed to a trial in the same manner as they legally might on a new entry, the petitioner first serving the adverse party with an attested copy of this resolve, fourteen days at the least before the aforesaid first Tuesday of September next; and that execution on the former judgment be staid in the mean time, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. July 7, 1784. Chapter 81. 81 RESOLVE FOR PENSIONING CAPT. JOHN SLEWMAN, AND ENTI TLING HIM TO HALF PAY AS A CAPTAIN. Upon the representation of John Lucas, Commissary of Pensioners, in behalf of Capt. John Slewman, of Col. Crane's regiment of artillery, who received a wound in the head at the battle of Germantown, on the fourth of October, 1777, by which wound he is rendered incapable of following any useful employment for obtaining his support: Resolved, That the said Captain John Slewman be entitled to receive half pay as a Captain in the corps of artillery, from the time of his discharge from the army, until the further order of Congress or the General Court of this Commonwealth. July 9, 1784. 82 RESOLVE Chapter 82. FOR TRANSFERRING A COMMISSION APPOINTING EBENEZER BRIDGE AND NATHAN DANE, ESQ'RS. TO TREAT WITH THE INDIANS, TO BENJAMIN LINCOLN, ESQ; AND OTHERS. Whereas the General Court, by a resolve dated the second day of July instant, appointed Ebenezer Bridge and Nathan Dane, Esq's; Commissioners to treat with the Indians of the Penobscot tribe, for the purposes in the same resolve mentioned, since which Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Knox and George Partridge, Esq'rs; have been appointed Commissioners to inquire into the encroachments made by the subjects of the King of Great Britain, on the territory of this Commonwealth, and it appearing that the Commissioners last appointed can conveniently attend on the subject matter of both commissions: Therefore, Resolved, That the Commission aforesaid of the said Ebenezer Bridge and Nathan Dane, Esq'rs; cease, and the said Benjamin Lincoln, Henry Knox and George Partridge, Esq'rs; are hereby vested with all the authorities and powers which in the commission to the said Bridge and Dane were given to them. Chapter 83. July 9, 1784. ORDER DIRECTING THE TREASURER TO LAY AN ACCOUNT OF Chap. 83 BALANCES DUE FROM COLLECTORS, &c. BEFORE THE GEN ERAL COURT, ON THE FIRST WEEK OF THE NEXT SESSION Ordered, That the Treasurer of this Commonwealth, be, and he is, hereby directed to lay before the General Court, in the first week of the next session thereof, an account of the respective balances due from the collectors in the several towns in the Commonwealth for taxes; together with the sum total of the balance due to this Commonwealth in outstanding debts and taxes, and also an account of the amount of the gold and silver notes, so called, not consolidated, and what interest may be unpaid thereon. Ordered, That the Secretary be directed to publish the Chapter 84. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF DANIEL WITT OF PAXTON, Chap. 84 REMITTING SIX HUNDRED POUNDS OF THE DEBT MEN- On the petition of Daniel Witt of Paxton, shewing that he was prevailed on by Samuel Stearns, to be bail for said Samuel's appearance at the Supreme Judicial Court, holden at Worcester, where the said Samuel failed to appear, and thereby the Commonwealth hath obtained judgment against said Daniel for a sum, the payment whereof would utterly ruin him, and that he has caused the said Samuel to be apprehended and confined in the common goal in Worcester, and it appearing from the record of the said Supreme Judicial Court, that the contents of the said Judgment amounts to the sum of Six hundred and ninetyfour pounds, eight shillings debt, and Six pounds, five shillings and two pence, cost: Resolved, That the sum of Six hundred pounds of the debt aforesaid, be, and hereby is remitted, and the said Daniel thereof discharged, and that execution be done only for the residue of the same judgment, viz. : for the sum of One hundred pounds, thirteen shillings and two pence. Read, and thereupon Ordered, That the further consideration of the said petition be referred to the next session of this Court, and that execution be stayed in the mean time. July 9, 1784. Chapter 85. Chap. 85 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF JACOB SHEAFE AND OTHERS. INHABITANTS OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPShire, direcT- On the petition of Jacob Sheafe and others, inhabi tants of the State of New Hampshire, praying that the bonds given for impost on goods imported into this Commonwealth, and exported to said state of New Hampshire, may be cancelled: Resolved, That the Collectors of impost and excise in this Commonwealth, who may have taken bonds of any of the inhabitants of the State of New Hampshire, for the payment of the impost on goods, be, and they are, hereby directed to suspend prosecuting said bonds until the second Tuesday of the next session of the General Court, provided the obligor or obligors shall produce sufficient evidence to the said Collector or Collectors, that the goods so bonded, were exported whole and entire out of this Commonwealth, to the said State of New Hampshire. July 9, 1784. Chapter 86. Chap. 86 RESOLVE GRANTING FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS TO THE COM MITTEE FOR EXAMINING AND PASSING ACCOUNTS. Resolved, That there be paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth, to the committee on accounts, Four thou sand pounds, to enable them to pay such accounts as have been or may be by them examined and allowed, the said committee to be accountable for the expenditure of the July 9, 1784. same. Chapter 87. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF MOSES FITCH, GRANTING HIM Chap. 87 FIFTEEN POUNDS, NINETEEN SHILLINGS AND FOUR PENCE, TO DISCHARGE THE ACCOUNTS MENTIONED. On the petition and memorial of Moses Fitch, praying an allowance for his expence and loss of time, occasioned by a wound received in a battle at the White Plains, in the year 1776: Resolved, That the prayer of the said petition and memorial be granted, and that there be allowed and paid out of the public treasury of this Commonwealth, to the said Moses Fitch, in full discharge of his account (including the doctor's bill) the sum of Fifteen pounds, nineteen shillings and four pence. And whereas there was no hospital established at the said White Plains at the time of the said battle, for the reception of wounded soldiers: Therefore further Resolved, That the said sum of Fifteen pounds, nineteen shillings and four pence, be charged to the United States. June 26, 1784. Chapter 87A. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF REUBEN HINMAN, IN BEHALF Ch. 87 a. OF THE TOWN OF ADAMS, DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE FOR On the petition of Reuben Hinman, in behalf of the town of Adams : Whereas by a resolve of the sixth of March, 1782, that part of the town of Adams, formerly called East Hoosuck, had a reasonable time allowed them in due course of law to establish their claims to all lands due to them from the confiscated estates of Elisha Jones and John Murray. And whereas the time allowed the Judges of Probate to receive and examine the claims on the said estates is expired, which renders it impracticable for them in that way to establish their claims: Resolved, That the Committee for the sale of Absentees' Estates in the county of Berkshire, be, and they are, hereby empowered and directed, previous to their making sale of the said estates, to examine the claims the said town of Adams have against the estates of Elisha Jones and John Murray, on account of lands reserved in the original grant of the said township for public uses: And the committee aforesaid are likewise empowered and directed to set off to the said town of Adams, out of the confiscated estates aforesaid, so much as they shall judge to be an equivalent for the lands for which the said town may in their judgment establish a legal claim against the estates of the said Jones and Murray. July 9, 1784. Chapter 88. Chap. 88 RESOLVE GRANTING ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX POUNDS, TO JABEZ HATCH, ESQ; LATE DEPUTY QUARTER MASTER GEN- Whereas the judgment which Aaron Mighill, Esq; hath recovered against John Torrey, Esq; late assistant Deputy Quarter Master General, at the Court in the county of Hampshire, on the last Tuesday of August last past, for the sum of One hundred and thirty-six pounds, fifteen shillings and seven pence, was on an engagement made by the said John Torrey, to pay the said Aaron Mighill for transportation of Continental property from Springfield to Claverack : Resolved, That there be paid out of the public treasury, to Jabez Hatch, Esq; late a Deputy Quarter Master General, the sum of One hundred and thirty-six pounds, fifteen shillings and seven pence, to be by him applied for the discharge of the debt abovementioned, and that the same be charged to the account of the United States. Chapter 89. July 9, 1784. Chap. 89 RESOLVE PENSIONING JEREMIAH ROBBINS, A SOLDIER, TILL FURTHER ORDER. On the representation of John Lucas, Commissary of Pensioners, in behalf of Jeremiah Robbins, a soldier, who was wounded in the service of the United States: |