Chap. 0085 An Act to incorporate the Second Parish of Ipswich into a town, by the name of Essex.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That all that part of the town of Ipswich,-in the County of Essex, called the Second Parish, and lying within the boundaries hereinafter mentioned, together with the inhabitants thereof, be, and the same hereby is incorporated into a town, by the name of Essex, and invested with all the powers, privileges and immunities, and subject to all the duties and requisitions to which towns in this Com-, monwealth are by law entitled or subjected ; the said

town of Essex being bounded and described as follows, to wit : Beginning at the north-westerly corner of i William Coggswell's land, at a small stone bridge in the road at the head of Choate's Brook, so called; thence running south-westerly on the boundary of said Second Parish, to Hamilton line ; thence running on different courses easterly and southerly, by said Hamilton line till it comes to Manchester line; thence running easterly by said Manchester line, to a heap of stones on Gloucester line ; thence by said Gloucester line to the sea ; then beginning again at the bound first mentioned, and running down said brook to the creek, so called ; thence continuing down said creek to the river; thence down the channel of said river on the north side of Hog Island to the sea.

Sec 2. Be it further enacted, That the said town of Ipswich shall have, hold and enjoy, to their own use and benefit forever, the court house, situate in said town; the powder house, with the military stores therein; the grammar school house, with the lands, hereditaments, rents and profits heretofore received and belonging to the said grammar school; and also the farm, with the buildings, stock and utensils, and all other personal property thereon and thereto belonging, lately purchased by said town of Ipswich, for a public poor house.

Sec 3. Be it further enacted, That the said town of Essex shall pay to the Treasurer of the said town of Ipswich, within the term of six months, their proportion of the debts due by and from the said town of Ipswich, and outstanding at the passing of this act, in the proportion of thirty-one cents per dollar on the whole amount thereof, which amount shall be ascertained by a committee of three persons from each of the said towns; and iu case of their disagreement, then to be ascertained by three referees to be appointed by the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said County of Essex ; and the said town of Ipswich shall pay to or set off with the said town of Essex, the sum of twenty-two hundred and seventy dollars.

Sec 4. Be it further enacted, That the said towns of Ipswich and Essex, shall respectively support and maintain all such persons as now are, or hereafter may

be inhabitants of the said towns respectively, or who were born in, or have a derivative settlement through any person born in, or deriving a settlement from any ancestor, and are or may become chargeable as paupers, according to the laws of this Commonwealth, and who have not gained a settlement elsewhere.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all taxes assessed, and not collected at the time of the passing of this act, shall be collected in the same manner, and paid to the Treasurer of the town of Ipswich, as if the separation of the said towns had not taken place.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the agreement between the said town of Ipswich, and the said Second Parish, made on the twenty-first clay of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifteen, be, and remain as before the separation, and unaffected hereby in any respect whatever.

Sec. 7' Be it further enacted, That any Justice of the Peace for the said County of Essex, is hereby authorized to issue his warrant, directed to any freeholder in the said town of Essex, requiring him to warn the inhabitants thereof, to meet at such time and place as may be appointed in said warrant, for the choice of all such town officers as towns are by law required to choose at their annual meetings.

[Approved by the Governor, February 15,1819.]