CHAP. LXVIII.

Resolve authorizing Rufus Bacon, Esquire, to call a Meeting of the Congregational Parish, in Freetown. January 28th, 1820.

Whereas it has been made to appear to the General Court, that there are no Parish Officers in the Congregational Par ish, in the Town of Freetown, in the County of Bristol :

Resolved, That Rufus Bacon, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for said County of Bristol, be authorized to issue his warrant, directed to some principal inhabitant of said Congregational Parish, in said Town of Freetown, requiring him to notify and warn the freeholders and other inhabitants of said parish, who are qualified to vote in parish affairs, to meet at such time and place as he shall name in said warrant, to choose all such parish officers as are, by law, required to be chosen, in the months of March and April, annually. And that the aforesaid Rufus Bacon, Esquire, being an inhabitant of said parish, be authorized to open said meeting and preside therein during the choice of a Moderator, to regulate and govern said meeting.

CHAP. LXIX.

Resolve for Liberating John B. Stone, from Confinement. January 28th, 1820.

On the petition of John B. Stone, praying to be liberated from his confinement in the county gaol, in Worcester, to which he was committed, by a warrant of distress, in favor of the Commonwealth, which issued on a judgment recovered against him before the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, held at Worcester, in April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen :

Resolved, That, for reasons set forth in said petition, the Sheriff of the county aforesaid, is hereby authorized and directed to liberate and discharge the said John B. Stone from his said imprisonment; provided, he do not stand committed for any other cause than the judgment aforesaid.

CHAP. LXX.

Resolve on the petition of Daniel Hasty. January 29th, 1820.

Resolved, That the Committee on Accounts be, and they are hereby directed to receive, examine, and allow the account of the said Daniel Hasty, if the same appear to them correct, the time, by law, required for exhibiting accounts, having expired notwithstanding.

CHAP. LXXI.

Resolve on the petition of Laban Lewis, and others, authorizing Joseph Bemis, Esquire, to call a Meeting of the First Congregational Parish, in Canton. January 29th,

1820.

On the petition of Laban Lewis, and others, praying that a warrant may be issued for calling a meeting of the First Congregational Parish, in the Town of Canton:

Resolved, For the reasons set forth in said petition, that Joseph Bemis, Esquire, be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered to issue a warrant, directed to some principal inhabitant of said parish, requiring him to notify and warn the freeholders and other inhabitants of said parish, who are qualified to vote in parish affairs, to meet at such time and place as shall be named in said warrant, to choose all such parish officers as parishes are, by law, authorized and required to choose, in the months of March or April, annually.

CHAP. LXXII.

Resolve granting William Andrews, Junior, and others, Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, for prosecuting Doctor Thomas Sewall. January 29th, 1820.

On the petition of William Andrews, Junior, on behalf of himself, and others, stating that they were the complainants and prosecutors, upon two indictments, against Doctor Thomas Sewall, for knowingly receiving certain dead bodies which had been dug up and carried away from the graves in which they had been buried, praying that they may be allowed the fines, or a part thereof, which are now in the hands of the Treasurer of the County of Essex, having been paid by the said Sewall, pursuant to a sentence of the Supreme Judicial Court:

Resolved, That the Treasurer of the County of Essex be, and he hereby is ordered and directed to pay to the said William Andrews, Junior, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, out of the fines aforesaid, now in his hands; and that the receipt of the said Andrews, for the same, shall be a sufficient discharge from him, of that sum, and the same shall be allowed him in the settlement of his accounts with the Commonwealth.

CHAP. LXXIII.

Resolve on the petition of Joseph E. Foxcroft, empowering the Commissioners of the Land Office to convey certain Lands to him. January 29th, 1820.

On the petition of Joseph E. Foxcroft, stating that, by an act establishing Bowdoin College, five townships, each six miles square, were granted to its Trustees, who, for seven thousand and nine hundred and forty dollars, conveyed one of the said five, viz.: township number five, of the seventh range of townships, north of the Waldo Patent; and that the township does not contain the quantity of land as expressed, and praying that suitable aid and relief may be extended to him:

Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Land Office be hereby authorized to convey unto said Foxcroft, in fee, so much of the Commonwealth's unappropriated lands, as they shall find to be a just and adequate equivalent, in quantity and quality, to the deficiency of six miles square, in said township; the location and assignment thereof to be made at such place as he and they shall agree upon: Provided, however, that the said Foxcroft do and shall execute a complete release of all further claims, touching said deficiency, as well in relation to the Trustees of Bowdoin College, as to the Commonwealth: And, provided further, that no costs or charges accrue to the Commonwealth by reason of passing these resolutions.

CHAP. LXXIV.

Resolve on the petition of A. Gilman and J. Webster, extending the time for the Commissioners of the Land Office to make Deeds of Two Lots, in Bangor. January 29th,

1820.

On the petitions of Allen Gilman and Jonathan Webster, praying for further time to be allowed for the Commissioners of the Land Office to make deeds to the owners of lots numbered ninety three and one hundred and twelve, in the Town of Bangor :

Resolved, That the time for making and receiving the deed of said lots, be extended to the close of the first session of the next General Court, and no further; and the Commissioners of the Land Office are hereby authorized to make deeds to the lawful and rightful claimants of said lots, taking care to receive, at least, one half the consideration money, in hand, and good and sufficient security for the residue.

CHAP. LXXV.

Resolve on the petition of the Honorable Samuel Freeman. January 29th, 1820.

Resolved, That the Court of Sessions for the County of Cumberland, which is, by law, to be holden at Portland, within and for the County of Cumberland, on the fourth Tuesday of March next, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make such allowance to the Honorable Samuel Freeman, Judge of Probate for the County of Cumberland, for his services in said office, from the twenty eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, to the fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, (over and above his salary as now established by law) as they may think just and reasonable: Provided, however, that such allowance shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars per annum.

CHAP. LXXVI.

Resolve for Discharging Jonathan Forbes from Prison. January 29th, 1820.

On the petition of Jonathan Forbes, praying to be liberat ed from his confinement in the county gaol, in Worcester, to which he was committed, by warrants of distress, in favor of the Commonwealth, which issued on judgments recovered against him, before the Supreme Judicial Court, at Worcester, in April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen :

Resolved, That, for reasons set forth in said petition, the Sheriff of the county aforesaid, is hereby authorized and directed to liberate and discharge the said Jonathan Forbes from his said imprisonment; provided, he do not stand committed for any other cause than the judgements aforesaid.