pealed.

more than ninety days imprisonment, in the jail of the county within which the offence was committed, at the discretion of the court before whom trial may be had.

SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, That the act Former acts re- for the due regulation of licensed houses, passed on the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and the several acts in addition thereto, and all former laws on the same subject, be and the same are hereby repealed. Provided however, that nothing herein contained shall affect any suit, indictment, or other legal proceeding now commenced or pending, or that shall be hereafter commenced for any breach of the laws which are by this section repealed, nor the rights of any person now licensed, for the remainder of the term for which they are licensed. [March 24, 1832.]

Proviso.

Chap. 167. AN ACT in addition to an Act relating to the Punishment of Convicts who may be sentenced to solitary imprisonment and confinement to hard labor.

seers of houses of correction.

BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That it shall be the Duty of the over- duty of the overseers of the several houses of correction in this Commonwealth, to oversee the execution of all sentences of persons convicted of any offence, and which, by the judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction, are to be performed and executed within the said house of correction; and all the duties of the sheriff in relation to the execution of the sentences of convicts to be performed in the houses of correction in their respective counties, and as provided by the law of this Commonwealth, passed on the nineteenth day ⚫ of February, one thousand eight hundred and

nineteen, entitled "an act relating to the punishment of convicts who may be sentenced to solitary imprisonment and confinement to hard labor," shall be done and performed by the overseers of said houses of correction; and the said overseers shall have the same power and authority to control and govern the said convicts, as by said law is given to the sheriff. [March 24, 1832.]

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Commonwealth

the choice of re

the Congress of

the United

AN ACT relating to the Congressional Districts of the Commonwealth. Chap. 168. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the operation of Extension of the operation of an the act entitled "an act to divide the Common- act to divide the wealth into Districts for the choice of Representa- into districts for tives in the Congress of the United States, and presentatives in prescribing the mode of election," passed the teenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, be, and the same is hereby extended to the third day of March next: Provided however, that so much thereof as requires the choice of Representatives to Congress, to be made on the first Monday of November next, be, and the same is hereby rcpealed. [March 24, 1832.]

States

AN ACT directing the mode of choosing Electors of President and Chap. 169.

Vice President of the United States.

SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House

of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and

by the authority of the same, That the selectmen Notification of of the several towns and districts in this Common- inhabitants, &c, wealth shall notify, in the manner prescribed by law for notifying town meetings, the inhabitants thereof, duly qualified to vote for representatives to the General Court of this Commonwealth, to assemble on the second Monday of November

Selectmen to

ings, count votes,

&c.

next, and give in their votes for the number of electors of president and vice president to which this Commonwealth may then be entitled, which electors shall be qualified according to the constitution of the United States; and the names of all the electors to be then chosen shall be written or printed on each ticket or ballot, and every such ticket or ballot shall contain the name of at least one inhabitant of each of the several congressional districts, into which this Commonwealth shall then be divided, and against the name of each person, on every such ticket, shall be designated the congressional district to which he belongs; and the preside at meet- selectmen shall preside at such meetings, and shall, in open town meeting, receive, sort, count and declare the votes given in, and the same shall be rccorded by the town and district clerks respectively, and exact lists thereof shall be made and certified by a majority of the selectmen, and the clerk, who shall deliver the same, sealed, to the sheriff of the county in which such election shall be held, within three days next after the day of such election, and the said sheriff shall transmit the same to the office of the secretary of this Commonwealth, within four days thereafter, or the selectmen or clerk may themselves transmit the same to the office of the said secretary, within seven days after the day of such election, and all votes not so returned shall be rejected; and the Governor and Council shall open and examine the said returns, and count the votes, and the Governor shall forthwith transmit to each person, who shall have received a majority of the votes so returned, a certificate of his election.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That if, upon an

chosen by the

Court shall

examination of the votes as aforesaid, it shall appear that a majority of the whole number of elecIf a majority of tors have not been chosen, in the manner herein electors are not before provided, it shall be the duty of the Gov- people, General ernor, by proclamation, to call the General Court choose. together forthwith, and the General Court, by joint ballot of the senators and representatives assembled in one room, shall choose as many electors as shall be necessary to complete the number of electors to which this Commonwealth may then be entitled.

of Boston.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That in the city Election to be of Boston, the said election shall be holden, and holden in the city the returns thereof made in conformity with the directions and provisions of "an act establishing the city of Boston," and the acts supplementary thereto. Provided, that such elections shall be holden, and the returns thereof by the mayor and aldermen of said city be made, at and within the times herein before prescribed.

The electors cho

cancies.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the electors, so chosen, shall convene at the state house in the sen shall fill vasaid city of Boston, on the Tuesday next preceding the first Wednesday of December next, at three of the clock in the afternoon, and in case of the death or absence of any elector so chosen, or in case the number of electors aforesaid, shall, from any cause, be deficient, the electors then present, or a majority of them, shall forthwith elect from the citizens of this Commonwealth, so many persons as shall supply such deficiency; and, on the said first Wednesday of December, all the said electors, convened as aforesaid, shall vote by ballot Shall for one person for president and one person for Vice President vice president of the United States, one of whom of the U.S.

vote for President and

How to make their return.

Governor to

tion of the num

to be chosen.

at least shall not be an inhabitant of this Commonwealth; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for, as president, and, in distinct ballots, the person voted for as vice president; and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as president, and of all persons voted for as vice president, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the president of the senate, and in all respects shall proceed, and con-duct conformably to the constitution of the United : States, and the laws in this behalf provided; and the said electors shall receive such compensation for their travel and attendance, as the members of the General Court of this Commonwealth are entitled to receive; and all laws now in force, in relation to the duties of sheriffs, town officers, and voters, in the election of Governor, Counsellors, Senators, and Representatives, shall, as far as the same are applicable, apply and be in force, in regard to the meetings and elections to be holden, and the returns to be made, under "this act. And like penalties shall be incurred for a violation. thereof.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That His Exmake proclama- cellency the Governor be, and he is hereby auber of electors thorized and requested to make proclamation, on or before the first of October next, by and with the advice and consent of the Council, of the number of electors to which the Commonwealth may then by law be entitled. [March 24, 1832.]

Chap. 170. AN ACT in addition to "An Act to establish the Warren Bridge Corporation." [March 24, 1832.]