Browsing 1770-71 by Title

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1770-71 Chap. 0001. An Act For Incorporating The South Part Of The Town Of Westfield, In The County Of Hampshire, Into A District By The Name Of Southwick.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0002. An Act For Granting Unto His Majesty Several Rates And Duties Of Impost And Tonnage Of Shipping.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0003. An Act For Regulating The Alewive Fishery In The Town Of Bridgwater.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0004. An Act To Prevent The Obstructing And Destroying Of The Fish Called Alewives, In Their Passage Up And Down Maddepayset River, Within The Town Of Rochester.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0005. An Act For Reviving And Continuing Sundry Laws That Are Expired And Near Expiring.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0006. An Act For Reviving And Continuing Sundry Laws That Are Expired And Near Expiring.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0007. An Act For Superceeding And Repealing The Two Last Paragraphs In An Act Made And Passed By The Great And General Court Or Assembly Of This Province, At Their Sessions Begun And Held At Boston On The Last Wednesday In May In The Ninth Year Of His Majesty's Reign, Intitled "An Act For Supplying The Treasury With The Sum Of Eighty-Eight Thousand One Hundred And Fifty-Eight Pounds, To Be Thence Issued For Discharging The Public Debts, And Drawing The Same Into The Treasury Again;" And For Apportioning And Assessing A Tax Of Twenty-Five Thousand Pounds; And Also For Apportioning And Assessing A Tax Of Two Thousand Five Hundred And Fifty-Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings, Paid The Representatives For Their Travel, Service And Attendance In The Great And General Court In The Year One Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Nine; Also For Assessing The Town Of Swansey, Fifty Pounds, Being Part Of The Sum Of Three Hundred Pounds Lent The Said Town In The Year One Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Four; Also For Assessing The Town Of Hingham And District Of Cohasset, Four Pounds Seventeen Shillings, In The Following Proportion; To Wit, Three Pounds Eight Shillings And Sixpence One Farthing, On Hingham, And One Pound Eight Shillings And Sixpence Three Farthings, On Cohasset, For The Service Of A Committee Of The General Court In Viewing Their Situation In Order To A Division; Also For Assessing The Town Of Uxbridge Six Pounds Eight Shillings And Sevenpence, For Paying A Committee Appointed By The General Court To View And Settle The Line Between The Towns Of Sutton And Uxbridge; Also For Assessing The Town Of Framingham The Sum Of Fifty-Four Pounds Thirteen Shillings And Threepence Two Farthings, Ordered By The General Court To Be Added To Their Proportion Of The Province Tax This Year, Being One-Half Of The Arrears Of The Proportion Of The Province Tax, Set On The Said Town In The Year One Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Five, Hitherto Unpaid By Reason Of The Deficiency Of Joseph Butler, A Collector Of Taxes For The Town In That Year; And Also For Assessing The District Of Granby Forty Pounds Twelve Shillings And Ninepence, Being Part Of The Sum Set On The District Of South Hadley In The Province Tax For The Last Year, Which Of Right Should Have Been Set On The Said District Of Granby, And Of Which Part The District Of South Hadley Has Been Discharged By An Order Of The General Court; And Also For Assessing On The Towns Of Ipswich, Middleton, Reading, Boxford And Danvers, The Sum Of Five Pounds Seventeen Shillings, In The Following Proportion; Viz., On The Town Of Ipswich, The Sum Of Fifty-Three Shillings And Eightpence Three Farthings; On The Town Of Middleton, Eight Shillings And Fivepence; On The Town Of Reading, Nineteen Shillings And Two Farthings; On The Town Of Boxford, Eleven Shillings And Ninepence Three Farthings; On The Town Of Danvers, Twenty-Four Shillings, --To Pay A Committee Of The General Court Appointed At Their Request, To View Ipswich River, And By The Said Court Ordered To Be Paid By Said Towns In The Aforesaid Proportions; And Also For Assessing The Town Of Sherburne, In The County Of Nantucket, The Sum Of Three Hundred Ninety-Eight Pounds Seven Shillings And Seven-Pence, Being One-Half The Sum That Town Is In Arrears Arising By The Deficiency Of Thomas Arthur, A Collector Of Taxes For The Years One Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Five And One Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Six; Also For Assessing The Following Towns The Sums Affixed To Them, Respectively, Being Fines Imposed On Them For Their Neglect In Not Chusing Some Person, Severally, To Represent Them In The Great And General Court; Viz., Chelsea, Seven Pounds; Wenham, Four Pounds; Middleton, Seven Pounds; Methuen, Eight Pounds; Sherburne, In The County Of Middlesex, Six Pounds; Littleton, Eight Po-Unds; Westford, Eight Pounds; Townsend And District Of Ashby, Five Pounds; Wilmington, Five Pounds; Dracut, Five Pounds; Bedford, Six Pounds; Holliston, Five Pounds; Tewksbury, Six Pounds; Dunstable, Five Pounds; Lincoln, Five Pounds; Northfield, Five Pounds; Easton, Five Pounds; Dudley, Four Pounds; Southborough, Five Pounds; Upton, Five Pounds; Weston, Eight Pounds; Westminster, Six Pounds; North Yarmouth, Five Pounds; Scarborough, Ten Pounds; Gorham, Six Pounds; Georgetown, Ten Pounds; Richmont And Lenox, Five Pounds; Lanesborough, Five Pounds; Also For Assessing The Districts Of Shelburne And Conway The Sum Of Four Pounds Seven Shillings And Ten- Pence, Being Part Of The Sum Set On Deerfield, Last Year, For Pay Of Their Representative, And Which Ought To Have Been Set On Said Deerfield And The Two Districts Above Mentioned, In Proportion To Their Province Tax; Viz., On Shelburne, Two Pounds Ten Shillings And Four-Pence, And On Conway, Thirty-Seven Shillings And Six Pence.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0008. An Act For Supplying The Treasury With The Sum Of Seventy-Six Thousand Pounds, To Be Thence Issued For Discharging The Public Debts, And Drawing The Same Into The Treasury Again.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0009. An Act For Repealing The Several Laws Now In Force Which Relate To The Limitation Of Personal Actions, And For The Limitation Of Personal Actions For The Future, And For Avoiding Suits At Law.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0010. An Act To Exempt The People Called Quakers And Antipedobaptists From Paying Taxes For The Support Of Ministers Settled By The Laws Of This Province, And For The Building And Repairing Meeting-Houses, Or Places Of Public Worship, Where Such Ministers Officiate.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0011. An Act For Reviving And Continuing An Act, Intituled "An Act For Allowing Necessary Supplies To The Eastern Indians, And For Regulating Trade With Them, And Preventing Abuses Therein."

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0012. An Act For Empowering The Commissioners And Assignees Of The Estates Of Concealed And Absconding Debtors, And All Others Concerned, To Complete The Business Assigned Them By An Act Made And Passed In The Thirty-First Year Of The Reign Of His Late Majesty King George The Second, Intitled "An Act Providing Remedy For Bankrupts And Their Creditors."

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0013. An Act For Reviving And Continuing An Act Intitled "An Act For Establishing And Regulating The Fees Of The Several Officers, Within This Province, Hereafter Mentioned."

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0014. An Act For Annexing To, And Incorporating With, The District Of Lenox, In The County Of Berkshire, A Number Of The Inhabitants Living On Grants Of Land Adjoining To The Said District, And Their Lands.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0015. An Act For Setting Off Nathaniel Littlefield And Amariah Harris, Of The South Precinct In Stoughton, With Their Lands, From Said South Precinct In Stoughton, And Annexing The Same To The North Precinct In Bridgwater.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0016. An Act For Enabling The Proprietors Of A Tract Of Land Called The Lisburn Propriety, To Raise Money For Making Recompence To Sundry Proprietors Who Had Their Supposed Rights Cut Off, In Part, By The Late Run[n]ing Of The Lines Of The Town[s] Of New Salem And Shutesbury; And For Paying Other Proprietary Debts And Charges, And For Enabling Them To Levy And Collect The Same.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0017. An Act To Enable The Assessors Of The District Of Hubbardston To Collect The Taxes Granted On The Lands In Said Hubbardston.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0018. An Act To Enable The Proprietors Of The Town Of Westminster To Collect Certain Taxes.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0019. An Act To Enable The Inhabitants Of The Town Of Sherbourn, In The County Of Nantucket, To Choose A Collector To Collect The Several Rates Or Taxes, Not Collected, In A List Of Province Taxes, Set On Said Town, Committed To Thomas Arther, A Delinquent Collector, For The Year [S] One Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Five, And One Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Six.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)
1770-71 Chap. 0020. An Act To Authorize And Impower The North Parish In The Town Of Haverhill To Grant Certain Land To The Rev'D Gyles Merrill.

Massachusetts. (Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1770)