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1789 Chap. 0059 An Act To Repeal An Act Made And Passed March The Seventh Seventeen Hundred & Eighty One Entitled "An Act To Regulate The Sale Of Goods At Public Vendue, & To Limit The Number Of Auctioneers" And To Regulate The Sale Of Goods By Auction.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0058 An Act Authorizing Particular Persons In Certain Cases, To Prosecute & Defend Suits At Law.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0057 An Act Limiting The Operation Of Lotteries.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0056 An Act For Naturalizing John Jarvis & Others Therein Named.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0055 An Act Granting A Lottery, For The Purpose Of Securing And Fortifying The Beach On The Southwesterly Side Of The Harbor Of Marblehead, And Appointing Trustees To Apply The Proceeds.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0054 An Act For Setting Off Benjamin Chase His Family And Estate From The Town Of Freeport And Annexing Them To The Town Of Brunswick.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0053 An Act For Repealing The Last Paragraph Of An Act Passed In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred And Eighty Four, Entitled, "An Act For Erecting A District In The County Of Suffolk, By The Name Of Dover," And For Annexing The Said District Of Dover With The Town Of Medfield, For The Purpose Of Chusing Representatives For The Future.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0052 An Act In Addition To An Act Intitled "An Act For The Better Regulating, Of The Indian, Mulatto, & Negro Proprietors And Inhabitants Of The Plantation Called Marshpee, In The County Of Barnstable."

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0051 An Act To Regulate The Catching Of Salmon, Shad And Alewives And To Prevent Obstructions In Merrimack River, & In The Other Rivers & Streams Running Into The Same Within This Commonwealth, And For Repealing Several Acts Heretofore Made For That Purpose.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0050 An Act Empowering Commissioners Appointed To Receive And Examine The Claims Of The Creditors To Insolvent Estates, To Require Of, & Administer To Them An Oath Or Affirmation The Better To Discover The Truth Of Their Claims.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0049 An Act For Apportioning And Assessing A Tax Of Twenty Five Thousand Three Hundred And Sixty Pounds, Three Shillings And Five Pence To Answer The Exigences Of Government; And Also Four Thousand One Hundred Fifty Five Pounds Twelve Shillings -- To Replace The Same Sum Drawn Out Of The Treasury, To Pay The Members Of The House Of Representatives For Their Attendance The Two Last Sessions Of The General Court; Also For Assessing A Further Sum Of Eleven Pounds Fourteen Shillings, Set To The Town Of Bowdoin, And The Sum Of Thirty Six Pounds Nineteen Shillings And Eight Pence, Set On The Lands Of The Heirs And Assigns Of The Late Brigadier Waldo.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0048 An Act To Raise A Public Revenue By Excise, And To Regulate The Collection Thereof.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0047 An Act For Raising The Sum Of Ten Thousand Pounds By Lottery For The Use Of This Commonwealth.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0046 An Act Authorizing Judges Of Probate To Dismiss Guardians From Their Guardianship In Certain Cases.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0045 An Act Making Compensation To The Attorney General Of This Commonwealth For His Services.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0044 An Act For Establishing Salaries Of Fixed And Permanent Value For The Justices Of The Supreme Judicial Court.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0043 An Act Empowering The Town Of Pembroke To Regulate And Order The Taking & Disposing Of The Fish Called Alewives, Within The Limits Of The Said Town.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0042 An Act To Provide For The Safe Keeping All Prisoners Committed Under The Authority Of The United States, In The Several Goals Within This Commonwealth.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0041 An Act For Incorporating Certain Persons For The Purpose Of Erecting & Maintaining Several Booms In Merrimack River, And For Stopping And Securing The Logs & Lumber That Shall Be Drifted Down The Said River.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)
1789 Chap. 0040 An Act In Addition To, And For The Explanation Of An Act Passed In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Nine, Entitled, "An Act For Setting Off A Number Of The Inhabitants Of The Town Of Methuen In The County Of Essex Into A Seperate Parish."

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1789)