bate for the said county, to observe the rules prescribed Chapter 5. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF SAMUEL WARD, AND OTHERS, Chap. 5. DISCHARGING THEM FROM THEIR TRUST AS MANAGERS OF LANCASTER LOTTERY, AND APPOINTING OTHERS IN THEIR On the petition of Messrs. Samuel Ward, Israel Atherton and Josiah Wilder, managers of the lottery granted for repairing and making good the public bridges and causeways in the town of Lancaster, praying to be discharged from their trust, on finishing the business of the three first classes, and that others may be appointed in their stead: Resolved, That Ephraim Carter, jun., Edmund Heard and Jonathan Wilder, of Lancaster aforesaid, be, and they hereby are appointed sole managers of all the future and succeeding classes of the said lottery, they taking the oath enjoined on managers by the act granting the same; and the said Ephraim, Edmund and Jonathan, shall thereupon conform to all other rules and regulations in the same act prescribed or directed, and shall be subject to all the suits and penalties to which the managers first aforesaid would have been subject in managing the said future and succeeding classes; and that on the said Ephraim's, Edmund's and Jonathan's taking the aforesaid oaths, and the said Samuel's, Israel's and Josiah's finishing and compleating the business of the aforesaid three classes, in the manner directed by the said act, on the last drawing of the said lottery, they, the said Samuel, Israel and Josiah, shall, by virtue hereof, be discharged from their aforesaid office, business and trust. Chapter 6. January 22, 1785. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF RICHARD PATTEN, DIRECTING Chap. 6 THE TREASURER TO DELIVER HIM NOTES OF THE SAME TENOR, AND TO TAKE AN ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBER AND On the petition of Richard Patten, a soldier in the corps of invalids in the Continental Army, setting forth that some person had fraudulently personated him, the said Richard, with a certificate from Mr. Lucas, Commissary of Pensioners, and has drawn notes for the pay for his service, and praying that notes may be issued to him equal to those to which he was entitled: Resolved, That the Treasurer of this Commonwealth be, and he hereby is, directed to make out and deliver to Richard Patten, notes of the same tenor and for the same sum that the notes were of to which the said Richard was entitled; and the Treasurer is hereby directed to take an account of the number and date of the notes fraudulently taken out of the treasury as aforesaid, and such other methods as shall appear to him most likely to detect the fraud. January 22, 1785. Chapter 7. Chap. 7 RESOLVE ALLOWING THE COUNTY TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS FOR THE COUNTY OF BRISTOL, AND GRANTING A TAX OF On the petition of the Court of General Sessions of the Whereas it appears upon the examination of the Treasurer's accounts for the same county, that they are right cast and well vouched to September, 1784, and that the monies therein charged were applied for purposes by law allowed: Therefore, Resolved, That the said accounts be accepted and allowed. And whereas it appears from an estimate of the Justices of the said Court, that the sum of Fifteen hundred pounds will be needed for the defraying the charges of the said county for one year, together with building a goal, repairing of the Court House, &c. Therefore, Resolved, That there be, and hereby is, granted a tax of Fifteen hundred pounds, to be apportioned and assessed on the inhabitants of the said county and estates lying within the same, and to be collected and paid, and applied for the purposes aforesaid, agreeable to the laws of this Commonwealth. January 24, 1785. Chapter 8. Chap. 8 RESOLVE ENTITLING RICHARD CROUCH TO ONE HALF PAY AS A COOPER, FROM THE 1ST OF JUNE, 1782. On the representation of John Lucas, Esq; Commissary of Pensioners, in behalf of Richard Crouch, cooper of the Continental, Deane, frigate, who contracted a lameness while in the service of the United States: Resolved, That the said Richard Crouch be entitled to one half pay as a cooper, from the first day of June, 1782, till the further order of the General Court or Congress. January 25, 1785. Chapter 9. RESOLVE GRANTING A TAX OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY Chap. 9 POUNDS FOR DEFRAYING THE CHARGES IN THE COUNTY On the representation of the Justices of the Court of Resolved, That there be, and hereby is, granted a tax of Two hundred and fifty pounds for defraying the necessary charges of the said county of York, to be apportioned, assessed, collected, paid, and applied agreeably to the laws of the Commonwealth. January 26, 1785. Chapter 10. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF LOAMMI BALDWIN, ESQ; SHER- Chap. 10 IFF OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, DIRECTING HIM TO POSTPONE THE SALE OF THE ESTATES MENTIONED, UNTIL 17TH FEBRUARY NEXT. Upon the petition of Loammi Baldwin, Esq; Sheriff of the county of Middlesex, representing the disadvantage of selling for ready money, the estate of Elisha Cutler, upon execution, for a debt due to the Commonwealth: Resolved, That the said Baldwin be, and he hereby is, directed to postpone the sale of the same estate until the 17th day of February next, in order that the General Court may give direction respecting the same, and that the said Baldwin give public notice thereof. Resolved, That the same execution shall be, and remain in full force until the said 17th day of February, and the sale of the premises then made, be as legal to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been made upon the 27th instant, according to the advertisement thereof by the said Sheriff. January 26, 1785. Chapter 11. Chap. 11 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF EDWARD H. ROBBINS, IN BE HALF OF THE TOWN OF MILTON, CONFIRMING THE CHOICE Upon the petition of Edward Hutchinson Robbins, in behalf of the town of Milton, praying that the choice of two Collectors of public taxes for the said town, as made by the inhabitants thereof, at a legal town meeting on the 6th day of January instant, may be qualified and confirmed: Resolved, That the choice and appointment of Ebenezer Williams and Samuel Horton, made by the inhabitants of the said town on the sixth day of January instant, as Collectors of public taxes for the said town, be, and hereby is, confirmed and made valid, and the said Ebenezer and Samuel upon executing such bond as shall be required by the Selectmen of the said town, and taking the oaths requisite, are hereby severally authorized and empowered to use, exercise, and carry into effect, all the powers and duties which Collectors are by law authorized to, and which they could have done had they been duly appointed in March last, and complied with the several requisites of law. January 27, 1785. Chapter 12. Chap. 12 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF THE SELECTMEN OF FRAMING HAM, EMPOWERING ABRAHAM BELKNAP TO COLLECT TAXES. On the petition of the Selectmen of the town of Framingham, praying that Abraham Belknap, might be empow ered to collect such taxes as might be committed to him by the Assessors of the said town : Resolved, That the said Abraham Belknap be, and hereby is fully authorized and empowered to collect any tax or taxes that may be committed to him for that purpose, by the present Assessors of the said town, in the same manner as though the said Abraham had been duly chosen a Collector of taxes for the said town in the month of March last, and also, that he shall be subject to the same penalties, and vested with the same powers as the other Collectors of the said town who were then chosen, are subject to, and vested with. January 28, 1785. Chapter 13. RESOLVE GRANTING A TAX TO BE ASSESSED ON THE INHABI- Chap. 13 TANTS AND ESTATES OF THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. Whereas it appears from an estimate of the Justices of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the county of Hampshire, made on the second Tuesday of November, 1784, that the sum of Seven hundred pounds will be necessary to discharge the debts of the said county, and for defraying the charges of the said county for one year then next ensuing: Therefore, Resolved, That there be, and hereby is, granted a tax of Seven hundred pounds, to be apportioned and assessed on the inhabitants of the said county, and estates lying within the same; and that the said sum be assessed, collected, and paid into the county treasury on or before the thirty-first day of March next, for the use of the said county, and to be applied and paid out according to the laws of the Commonwealth. January 28, 1785. Chapter 14. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF EPHRAIM FAIRBANK, ESQ; IN Chap. 14 BEHALF OF BOLTON AND BERLIN, DIRECTING ASSESSORS On the petition of Ephraim Fairbank, Esq; in behalf of the town of Bolton and district of Berlin, shewing that no warrants were given to collect the county tax in the aforesaid town and district, for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one; and praying some persons may be empowered to give to the Constables of the said Bolton, for the same year, warrants for the aforesaid purpose: Resolved, That the Assessors of Bolton, for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, be, and they hereby are, empowered and directed to make their warrants in manner and form as by law is directed (mutatis mutandis) to the Constables aforesaid, and to deliver the same to the Constables aforesaid; and the warrants aforesaid, made and delivered as aforesaid, shall be as good and effectual in law, for all future collections, as if the same had been made and delivered to the said Constables with the lists or assessments of the aforesaid tax. January 28, 1785. |