Hatchets fifty Tin Kittles Twenty Thred Twenty Large Needles one Thousand wormers sixty Steels to strike Fire sixty one Hundredth of Tobacco Ten small Arms Commonwealth of Massachusetts Resolves in re Abatement and Assessments of Taxes. day of In the House of Representatives Feb 13th 1783. Resolved that the selectmen & assessors of the several Towns & districts within this Commonwealth, shall meet together at some place within their respective Towns or districts, on the next, of which meeting they shall give previous notice seven days at least before the said time of meeting, by posting the same up in two or more public places, within their respective towns or districts, at which meeting they shall abate and discharge one fifteenth part of the quota, of their said towns or districts of the second moiety of the continental Tax, granted in the last session of the general court, & that the said abatement shall be credited and allowed on the taxes of those persons who in the Judgment of said selectmen & assessors, would be most distressed by the Collection thereof. And the said Selectmen shall forthwith make out fair & legible duplicate lists of the names of the persons whose Taxes they may abate as aforesaid & the sums to be to them respectively credited in the said Tax, one whereof they shall deliver to the constable or Collector in whose hands the assignments of the said Tax are & the other to the town Clerk where any such officer is, and where there is not, shall be retained in the hands of the said selectmen or assessors, And it is further resolved that the Treasurer of this Commonwealth be & he hereby is directed to credit to the several Towns, who now stand charged their respective Quota, of the tax aforesaid, one fifteenth part of their said Quotas and that he likewise give the same proportion of credit to the constables & collectors to whom the said Tax hath been committed. And whereas there will be a deficiency occationed by means of the said Abatement prescribed & directed by this resolution, It is further resolved that the said Deficiency occationed by means of the premises shall be allowed & granted in the next continental Tax. And it is further resolved that the said selectmen & assessors before they enter on the Execution of the trust hereby committed unto them shall take an oath before some Justice of the peace or the Town Clerk of their respective Towns or districts, (who are impowered to administer the same) faithfully & impartially to execute the business hereby committed unto them. And if any Selectman or assessor shall neglect or refuse to do & perform the duty hereby devolved on him or them he or they so neglecting shall severally forfeit & pay the sum of pounds to be recovered by action of debt, by any person who will sue for the same before the court of common pleas in the county where the said forfeitures shall be incurred & the said selectmen & assessors shall be intitled to receive from their respective towns the sum of shillings by the day for their service in the performance of their Trusts herein (if they shall demand the same) And it is further resolved that the Constables & Collectors of the several Towns & Districts in this Commonwealth to whom the assessments of the said tax hath been or may be committed shall by the selectmen & assessors of the towns to which they severally belong be notified to attend & shall accordingly attend the sa meetings of the Selectmen & assessors & if any Constable or Collector shall neglect or refuse to attend as aforesaid, being duly certified thereof, the Constable or collector so neglecting or refusing shall forfeit & pay the sum of pounds, to be recovered by action of Debt in the Court of common pleas in the County where said delinquent Constable or collector lives, by any person who will sue & prosecute for the same.— Resolve on Petition of Samuel Cobb. Commonwealth of Massachusetts On the petition of Samuel Cobb In Senate Feb 17 1783 Resolved that Samuel Cobb be and he hereby is Impowered to receive from the Treasurer of this Commonwealth a Silver Tankard and a large Silver Cup belonging to the Estate of William Tyng an Absentee giving his receipt therefor and it is further Resolved that the Said Samuel Cobb be Impowered to make Sale of A so much of the Real Estate of the Said William Tyngs as B will be sufficient with the said Tankard and Cup D to pay the Creditors of the said Williams and to reimburse the said Cobb the Charges of his Agency, he to be accountable for the same Sent down for Concurrence S Adams Presid In the House of Representatives Feb 17th 1783 Sent up for concurrence Tristram Dalton Spk" Read and concurred wth amendments from A to C at A insert "the sa Tankard & cup & at B insert "with the proceeds of the sa Tankard & cup at C dele from C to D. Resolve Relating to Trespassers. Commonwealth of Massachusetts In Senate Feb 15 1783 Whereas there is a Tract of Land adjoining the Town of Sanford & between the Town of Lebanon and the lands lately Confirmed to the Proprietors-claiming under Nicholas Shapleigh, containing about Two thousand Acres, without the bounds of any Incorporated Town the Property of this Common Wealth, upon which Land there are many Valuable masts, and as it is said that some Persons have made Strip and Waste thereon and are preparing to Carry off the Mast Trees aforesaid by cutting them into Loggs and for other uses Therefore to prevent any further destruction of the said Timber, and also that such as have heretofore trespassed on the said Land may be called upon to make speedy satisfaction therefor. It is Resolved that Dominicus Goodwine Esq' and William Frost Jun' Gent. both of Berwick in the County of York, Be & hereby are appointed Agents to Commence and prosecute to final Judgment and Execution, in the name and behalf of this Commonwealth any Person or Persons, that hath or have Committed any Trespass on the said Land since the 25th day of October one thousand seven hundred and Eighty; or that hereafter may Commit Trespass thereon, And the said Agents may Submit to reference any Action or suit, or supposed Cause of Action, in the same way and manner they can Submit their private Suits, and to Account with the Judge of Probate for the County of York for all Sums of money that may recover and Receive in Consequence of this Resolve, and to pay into the Treasury of this Commonwealth, Such Sum or Sums as may on their acct so examined and allowed appear to be due to the State, and the Treasurers Receipt shall be a full discharge, for all such Sums as they may pay. And to prevent any Alteration respecting the manner of bringing Actions; The State shall be, "To Answer to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who sue by Dominicus Goodwine Esq and William Frost Jun' Gent. both of Berwick in the County of York, Agents in that behalf specially appointed." and the personal appearance of either of the said Agents in Court or such Council learned in the Law as they may Appoint shall be sufficient to sustain any action Sent down for Concurrence S Adams Presid In the House of Representatives Febr 18th 1783 Tristram Dalton Spk' Approv'd John Hancock. Resolve in re Incorporation of Pearsontown. Commonwealth of Massachusetts House Representatives Feb 19th 1783 Whereas it has been Represented to this Court that the Plantation called Pearsontown in the County of Cumberland is every way sufficiently qualified to be incorporated into a Town but neglect to Apply for Incorporation only to avoid paying Taxes Therefore Resolv'd that the Inhabitants of the said Plantation be notified to appear on the first Wednesday of June next to shew cause (if any they have) why they should not be incorporated & that A Mr Stephen Longfellow Esq' be directed to notify the said Inhabitants by leaving a Copy B |