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1787 Chap. 0001 An Act For Authorizing Two Or More Justices Of The Supreme Judicial Court, To Hold Sessions Of The Said Court In The Counties Of Cumberland And Lincoln.
1787 Chap. 0002 An Act To Divide The Town Of Greenwich, Into Two Parishes; And For Including The North-East Corner Of The Town Of Belchertown, In The South Parish.
1787 Chap. 0003 An Act To Establish Naval Offices And Notaries Public In Places Not Already By Law Established.
1787 Chap. 0004 An Act For Regulating The Fees In The Natal Offices Within This Commonwealth, And Repealing The Laws Heretofore Made For That Purpose.
1787 Chap. 0005 An Act In Addition To An Act, Made In The Year Of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty-Four, Entitled "An Act Directing The Mode Of Transferring Real Estates By Deed, And For Preventing Fraud Therein."
1787 Chap. 0006 An Act For Continuing An Act, Entitled, "An Act For Suspending The Laws For The Collection Of Private Debts Under Certain Limitations."
1787 Chap. 0007 An Act To Impower The Second Parish In Scarboro In The County Of Cumberland, To Exchange The Parsonage Lands Belonging To The Said Second Parish, For Twenty Acres Of Marsh Lying Within The Said Town.
1787 Chap. 0008 An Act For Naturalizing John Gore, Esquire.
1787 Chap. 0009 An Act For Incorporating The Westerly Part Of The Town Of Dartmouth, In The County Of Bristol, Into A Seperate Town By The Name Of Westport.
1787 Chap. 0010 An Act To Prevent The Destruction, And To Regulate The Catching Of The Fish Called Alewives, In Their Passage Up The Rivers And Streams In The Town Of Harwich, In The County Of Barnstable.
1787 Chap. 0011 An Act For Setting Off John Dexter, And Others, Therein Named, With Their Estates, From The North Parish In Malden, And Annexing Them To The South Parish In The Said Town.
1787 Chap. 0012 An Act For Changing The Name Of Thomas Greaves Russell, To Thomas Russell Greaves.
1787 Chap. 0013 An Act Repealing An Act Passed In The Year Of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty-Three, Intitled, "An Act For Raising By Lottery, The Sum Of Three Thousand Pounds, For The Purpose Of Building A Glass House, And Promoting The Manufacture Of Crown And Other Glass, In Boston," And For The Purpose Of Promoting The Manufacture Of Crown And Other Glass, Within This Commonwealth.
1787 Chap. 0014 An Act In Addition To An Act Intitled "An Act For Erecting The Northerly Part Of The Town Of Shutesbury, And That Part Of A Tract Of Land Called Ervingshire, Which Lies On The South Side Of Millers River, Into A Seperate Town By The Name Of Wendell."
1787 Chap. 0015 An Act In Addition To An Act Entitled, "An Act Declaring And Confirming The Citizenship Of John Gardiner, Esquire; Barrister At Law, Margaret Gardiner His Wife, Ann Gardiner, John Silvester, John Gardiner, And William Gardiner, Their Children," Passed In The Year Of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty-Four.
1787 Chap. 0016 An Act For Naturalizing Bartholomy De Gregoire, Maria Theresa De Gregoire, His Wife, And Their Children.
1787 Chap. 0017 An Act For Enabling Proprietors Of Private Ways And Bridges, To Repair Them In Equal Proportion.
1787 Chap. 0018 An Act For Incorporating A Number Of The Inhabitants Of The Town Of Worcester, In The County Of Worcester, Into A Seperate Parish.
1787 Chap. 0019 An Act For The Further Regulating The Assize Of Barrel Beef And Pork.
1787 Chap. 0020 An Act For The Continuance Of, And In Addition To An Act, Entitled "An Act For Suspending The Laws For The Collection Of Private Debts, Under Certain Limitations."
1787 Chap. 0021 An Act For Establishing Public Lights, On The North End Of Plumb Island, In Ipswich Bay, In The County Of Essex.
1787 Chap. 0022 An Act To Annex A Gore Of Land To The Town Of Long Meadow.
1787 Chap. 0023 An Act To Unite The First And Second Precincts In The Town Of Leominster, In The County Of Worcester, Into One Parish.
1787 Chap. 0024 An Act For Naturalizing Alexander Moore, And Others, Herein Named.
1787 Chap. 0025 An Act To Enable Jeduthun Richardson To Turn The Water In Richardson's River (So Called) In Woburn In The County Of Middlesex.
1787 Chap. 0026 An Act In Addition To An Act, Entitled "An Act To Raise A Public Revenue By Excise."
1787 Chap. 0027 An Act For Incorporating Certain Persons For The Purpose Of Building A Bridge Over The River Between Salem And Beverly, And For Supporting The Same.
1787 Chap. 0028 An Act To Incorporate Certain Persons, By The Name Of The Society, For Propagating The Gospel Among The Indians And Others, In North America.
1787 Chap. 0029 An Act For The Relief Of Poor Prisoners, Who Are Committed By Execution For Debt.
1787 Chap. 0030 An Act To Prevent The Destruction Of Oysters, And All Other Shell Fish, Laying Within The Harbours, Rivers And Bays Within The Limits Of The Towns Of Sandwich In The County Of Barnstable, And Wareham, In The County Of Plymouth, And The Towns Of Dartmouth, And Westport, In The County Of Bristol.
1787 Chap. 0031 An Act Making Provision For The Building And Maintaining Light Houses On The Sea Coast Of This Commonwealth, And For Repealing All Laws Heretofore Made For That Purpose.
1787 Chap. 0032 An Act Authorizing The Justices Of The Supreme Judicial Court, To Licence The Sale Of Real Estate By Married Women In Certain Cases, And For Other Purposes In The Act Mentioned.
1787 Chap. 0033 An Act For The Preservation Of The Fish Called Alewives In Mattapoiset River, In Rochester, In The County Of Plymouth, And For The Regulating The Taking The Said Fish, In The Said River.
1787 Chap. 0034 An Act For Annexing That Part Of The Town Of Scituate, Commonly Called The Two Mile, To The Town Of Marshfield.
1787 Chap. 0035 An Act To Prevent The Destruction Of Fish Called Shad And Alewives, In Ten And Three Miles Rivers, In The County Of Bristol.
1787 Chap. 0036 An Act Granting Liberty For Taking The Fish Called Menhaden, In Neponset River, With Seins.
1787 Chap. 0037 An Act Empowering The Town Of Weymouth To Regulate And Order The Taking And Disposing Of The Fish Called Shad And Alewives, Within The Limits Of That Town.
1787 Chap. 0038 An Act For Incorporating A Number Of The Inhabitants Of The Town Of Portland, In The County Of Cumberland, Into A Distinct And Seperate Religious Society.
1787 Chap. 0039 An Act In Addition To An Act, Intitled, "An Act In Addition To An Act, Providing For The Payment Of Costs In Criminal Suits."
1787 Chap. 0040 An Act To Prevent Neglect In Sheriffs, Selectmen And Town Clerks Respectively, In Not Calling And Presiding At Town Meetings, Receiving And Returning The Votes For Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Senators And Counsellors, As Is Pointed Out By The Constitution Of This Commonwealth.
1787 Chap. 0041 An Act For Incorporating A Congregational Society In The Town Of New Salem, And For Repealing An Act Heretofore Made For That Purpose.
1787 Chap. 0042 An Act In Addition To And For Explaining An Act Passed In The Year Of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty Seven, Intitled, " An Act For Regulating The Proceedings On Probate Bonds, In The Courts Of Common Law; And Directing Their Form In The Supreme Court Of Probate."
1787 Chap. 0043 An Act For Incorporating The Plantation Of New Worcester, So Called, Or No. 9, In The County Of Lincoln, Into A Town By The Name Of Orrington.
1787 Chap. 0044 An Act To Revive An Act Intitled "An Act, Granting Certain Privileges To The Proprietors Of The Slitting Mill, In The Town Of Taunton, In The County Of Bristol."
1787 Chap. 0045 An Act To Incorporate The Inhabitants Of A Plantation Known By The Name Of West Bowdoinham, In The County Of Lincoln, Into A Town By The Name Of Bowdoinham.
1787 Chap. 0046 An Act To Annex Certain Land Hereafter Described, To The Town Of Cummington.
1787 Chap. 0047 An Act For Setting Off Nathaniel Kings Bury, An Inhabitant Of The First Parish In Dedham, In The County Of Suffolk, And Annexing Him, And His Estate, To The Third Parish In The Said Dedham.
1787 Chap. 0048 An Act To Prevent The Slave Trade, And For Granting Relief To The Families Of Such Unhappy Persons As May Be Kidnapped Or Decoyed Away From This Common Wealth.
1787 Chap. 0049 An Act For Altering A Certain Clause In An Act, Intitled, "An Act To Prevent The Destruction Of Salmon, Shad And Ale Wives And Other Fish, In Agawam Or West Field River."
1787 Chap. 0050 An Act In Addition To An Act Passed March The Sixteenth, In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty Six, Intitled, "An Act For The Choice And Appointment Of Collectors Of Rates And Taxes, And For Ascertaining Their Power And Duty."
1787 Chap. 0051 An Act In Addition To An Act Passed July Second, One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty Five, Entitled, "An Act For Repealing A Law Of This Commonwealth, Entitled," An Act Imposing Duties On Licenced Vellum, Parchment And Paper, And For Imposing Duties On Licenced Vellum, Parchment And Paper, And For Imposing Other Duties On Certain Papers, Commissions, Instruments And Processes."
1787 Chap. 0052 An Act In Addition To, And In Explanation Of An Act, Entitled "An Act To Incorporate The South Parish Of The Town Of Bolton, Together With David Taylor, Silas Carley, Job Stafford And John Brig Ham, Inhabitants Of Marlborough, With Their Estates, Into A District By The Name Of Berlin."
1787 Chap. 0053 An Act For Reviving And Continuing In Force Two Laws Of This Commonwealth, One Passed In The Year Of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty-Six, Entitled, "An Act For Suspending The Laws For The Collection Of Private Debts, Under Certain Limitations," The Other Passed In The Year Of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty-Seven, Entitled, "An Act For The Continuance Of And In Addition To An Act Entitled, An Act For Suspending The Laws For The Collecting Of Private Debts Under Certain Limitations."
1787 Chap. 0054 An Act For Suppressing And Punishing Of Rogues, Vagabonds, Common Beggars, And Other Idle, Disorderly And Lewd Persons.
1787 Chap. 0055 An Act For Dividing The County Of Lincoln, Into Three Districts, And For Establishing A Registry Of Deeds And Court Of Probate, In The Middle District.
1787 Chap. 0056 An Act, For Apportioning And Assessing A Tax Of Sixty Five Thousand Pounds Four Shillings, To Answer The Exigences Of Government; And Also Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred And Sixty Two Pounds, And One Shilling, To Replace The Same Sum, Drawn Out Of The Treasury, To Pay The Members Of The House Of Representatives, For Their Attendance The Seven Last Sessions Of The General Court; Also A Further Sum Of Thirty Pounds, Set To The Town Of Bowdoin, And The Sum Of Ninety Four Pounds, Fifteen Shillings And Ten Pence, Set On The Lands Of The Heirs And Assigns Of The Late Brigadier Waldo.
1787 Chap. 0057 An Act In Addition To An Act, Entitled, "An Act In Addition To An Act Passed In The Year Of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty Three, Entitled, An Act To Regulate The Catching Of Salmon, Shad And Alewives, And To Remove And Prevent Obstructions In Merrimack River, And In The Other Rivers And Streams Running Into The Same, Within This Commonwealth, And For Repealing Several Acts Heretofore Made For That Purpose."
1787 Chap. 0058 An Act To Prevent The Destruction Of Alewives And Other Fish In Ipswich River, And To Encourage The Increase Of The Same.
1787 Chap. 0059 An Act In Addition To An Act, Intitled, "An Act For Rendering Processes In Law Less Expensive."
1787 Chap. 0060 An Act For The Preservation Of The Salt Marshes In That Part Of The Town Of Dorchester, In The County Of Suffolk, Known By The Name Of Squantum.
1787 Chap. 0061 An Act To Set Off A Certain Point Of Land, Adjoining To Topsham, Now Known By The Name Of Patten's Point, From The Town Of Bowdoinham, And Annexing The Same To The Town Of Topsham.
1787 Chap. 0062 An Act Repealing A Certain Paragraph Of An Act, Passed In The Year Of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty-Three, Intitled, " An Act In Addition To The Several Acts Of This Commonwealth, Already Made, For The Preservation Of The Fish Called Alewives, And For The Better Regulating The River Called We We Wewewantett, In The County Of Plymouth, And For Making An Addition To The Said Act.
1787 Chap. 0063 An Act In Addition To And For The Amending Of An Act, Intitled, "An Act To Raise A Public Revenue By Excises."
1787 Chap. 0064 An Act To Prevent The Exportation Of Green Or Unmanufactured Calf Skins, Out Of This Commonwealth, By Land Or Water.
1787 Chap. 0065 An Act For Annexing Fees To Certain Papers In The Secretary's Office, And For Making An Appropriation Thereof.
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