be and hereby are and shall be vested with the same powers and privileges as Proprietors of lands Wharves & other real Estate undivided and lying in Common are by Law vested with, so far as the same do relate to the calling and holding of their Meetings, and choosing Needful Officers (who shall be sworn as in the s act directed. to the faithful discharge of their Officers) and for granting taxes upon their lands in such Townships & Plantations for the purpose of carrying forward and promoting the Settlement of them-Provided that the first future Meeting shall be notified in one of the Boston News Papers at least three Weeks before the day of Meeting, and in such other paper as they shall judge most likely to give the Proprietors in general due information thereof.

And be it further enacted by the Authority Aforesaid that when any Grantee or Proprietor of any such new Plantation or Township, which hath been, or shall hereafter be so granted (where the Conditions of the Grant are not fulfilled) shall neglect or delay to pay to the Treasurer or Committee of such Township or Plantation, such Sum or Sums of Money as by the Proprietors thereof have been or shall be voted to be raised by tax upon their said Lands or rights, for thirty days after such tax shall be published by posting the same in some public place in the shire Town of the County wherein such lands lie, and in the Town wherein the Clerk of such Proprietors shall dwell, as also in such other Town or Towns as have been, or shall be by them appointed for that purpose and by advertising the same in one of the Boston Newspapers, the Share or right of such delinquent Grantee or Proprietor may be sold; And the Committee chosen by such Proprietors, or the Major part of such Committee may, and hereby are fully empowered at a public Vendue (Notice thereof being publickly given in one of the sd News Papers and by posting the same as aforesaid at least three weeks successively before

such Vendue) to sell such delinquents' lots and after-Rights in such Plantation or Township, to such person or persons as may appear to give most for the same, and will give Bond to the Satisfaction of the Committee, or other persons appointed by the General Court to take Bond, for the performance of the Conditions of the original Grant; and the original Grantee shall have his former Bond given up and delivered to him, if he desire the same; the Money arising by such Sale to be applied to the payment of such delinquent Proprietors Rate or Tax; and the Overplus, if any there be (after all Charges arising about the same are deducted) shall be paid, to the said delinquent Proprietors, his heirs or Assigns.

Provis A Provided always, If any such delinquent Proprietors are not Inhabitants of this Commonwealth, that then there be reserved to them, their Heirs or Assigns, a Liberty of Redemption of such Rights; they paying the Purchaser or Purchasers, or his or their respective heirs, within Six Months, such Sum as the Lands Sold for, with the Costs arisen by Improvement made thereon, and double Interest, untill the same be redeemed.

Proviso Provided Also, That where any delinquent Proprietor or Grantee has brought forward a Settlement, and is in the Actual Possession of his Right, that then and in such case so much only, and no more, of his Right, shall be Sold as may be Sufficient to defray such Proprietor's or Grantee's Rate or Tax, and the charges arising on the sale And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the said Committee or the Major part of them shall be and hereby are impowered to execute (agreeable to the intention of this Act) a good deed or Deeds to the Purchaser or Purchasers of the Land Sold as aforesaid.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid that at every meeting of the Proprietors the votes shall be collected and numbered according to the Interests of such as

are present, where the same is known: and at any such Meeting, they may agree upon and appoint any other way or method than the one referred to in this Act, for calling and notifying Meetings for the future, that shall be most suitable and convenient to the Proprietors

In the House of Representatives June 23 1784

This Bill having had three several Readings passed to be Engrossed with amendment at A

viz at A

Sent up for concurrence

Sam A Otis Spk'

Dele the Paragraph from A to B & insert

Provided always, That there be reserved unto such delinquent Proprietor or Proprietors, their Heirs or Assigns, a liberty of Redemption of such Rights, they paying the Purchaser, or Purchasers, or his or their respective Heirs, within Two Years such sum as the Lands sold for- with the Costs arisen by Improvements made thereon, and double Interest, untill the same be redeemed, except the Proprietor, or Proprietors, shall happen to be beyond Sea at the time of such Sale, in which case the said Proprietor or Proprietors, shall be allowed Three Years for Redemption of such Lands sold in manner aforesaid.

Petition for Grant of Tract of Land on the River Cobscook. To The Honble the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

The Petition of the Subscribers in behalf of themselves and others,

Humbly Sheweth

That your Petitioners have been Employed, in the service of their Country, in the Late Revolution, and flatter them

selves to the Approbation of their fellow Citizens. The happy Period of Peace having arrived, your Petitioners with pleasure return to Civil Society & Employment, desireous and Anxious to sett down in such a situation as to help their familys & be Serviceable to the Community.

Therefore your Petitioners, humbly prays, that your Honours woud take it under Consideration, and Grant them a Tract of Land on the River Cobscook in the Bay of Passamaquaddy, in such Quantity, & upon such Terms, as in your Honours wisdom may think proper, And your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever Pray

Boston June 21st 1784

John Crane, Thos Vose, William Perkins, Lemuel Prescott, George Ingersoll, Cettarshall, Aaron Pardee, Eben' Brown, John R Stafford, W Tucker, A Warren, David Mason, Ezra Smith, David Jackson, John Tapkin, Edward White, Thomas Wells, Jn° Lillie, Paul D Sargent, Tho Jackson, John Callender, Edward Blake, J Woodbridge, Jn° Peirce, WTM Frothingham, Jno K. Smith.

In the House of Representatives June 29th 1784

Read & thereupon Ordered that this petition be committed to the Committee appointed by a Resolve of the 20th of Oct last to do certain business in the County of Lincoln Same day Read again & ordered that the Petitioners at their own request have leave to withdraw their petition.

House Journal.

Wednesday, June 30th 1784 Present in Senate. Order of the house that Mr Robbins & Mr Sullivan with such as the hon Senate may join be a Committee to consider what further measures are necessary to be taken relative to the British Encroachments in the Eastern parts of this Commonwealth.

Read & Concurred and Theodore Sedgwick Esq' is joinedReport of the Committee of both houses to whom was refered the consideration of the Petition of Phillips White Esq & the Answer of Will" White thereto & the papers accompanying the same by way of Resolve-Sent down for Concurrence, Came up non-Concurred —

The Secretary came into Senate & communicated a Message from his Excellency the Gov" (Vide Message) Resolves of Congress of the 3a inst. accompanying-Read & Sent down

Ordered that the Secretary be directed to lay upon the Senate Table the register of Council

Ordered that the Treasurer be directed to attend this board (to be enquired of — whether he has one or more of the reports of the Comittee on the late Treas Gardiners Accts in his Office)

Order of the house on the Message of his Excellency the Gov' that this Message be Comitted to the Comittee of both houses appoint yesterday to consider what further measures are necessary to be taken with respect to the British encroachments on the East" parts of this State to consider & report & what may be proper to be done thereon-Read & Concurred

An Engrossed Bill entitled "An Act for Naturalizing Tho Robison"-This Bill having had two several readings passed to be Enacted

An Engrossed Bill entitled "An Act directing the proceedings against forcible entry & detainer" This Bill having two several readings passed to be Enacted.—

An Engrossed Bill entitled "An Act regulating Bail in Civil Actions" This Bill having had two several readings passed to be enacted

Resolve of the House on the representation of John Lucas Com' of Pensioners in behalf of Cap' Sam' Clark entitling