the amount which she shall thus be entitled to receive, in case any further debts or demands against the estate of said William Patten, shall hereafter appear, for which the said Administrator may, in any way, be liable. CHAP. CXII. Resolve allowing Davis Sumner and Wife, to Sell Real Estate. February 17th, 1820. On the petition of Davis Sumner and Dorothy, his wife: Resolved, That Davis Sumner of Bellingham, in the County of Norfolk, son of Seth Sumner, late of Milton, in said County of Norfolk, Esquire, deceased, and Dorothy, the wife of said Davis, who are Trustees, to the use of their children, of a farm in said Bellingham, described in a deed made to them, by John Miller, on the seventeenth day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, duly recorded in the Registry of Deeds for Norfolk County, be, and hereby are authorized and empowered to sell and convey to Caleb Hobart, of Milton aforesaid, trader, thirty acres and three fourths of an acre of land, part of the aforesaid farm, in such manner as the Judge of Probate for Norfolk County, shall direct and approve; said sale being necessary to remove incumbrances on said farm, existing at the time the same was purchased; and a deed of the aforesaid quantity of said farm from said Trustees, duly executed, with the approbation of said Judge of Probate certified therein, shall vest the fee of the same in the purchaser or grantee, his heirs or assigns. CHAP. CXIII. Resolve Laying a Tax on the Several Counties. Whereas, the Treasurers of the following counties, have laid their accounts before the Legislature; which accounts have been examined and allowed; and whereas the Clerks of the Courts of Sessions for said counties, have exhibited estimates made by said courts, of the necessary charges which may arise within the said several counties for the year ensuing, and of the sums necessary to discharge the debts of said counties: Resolved, That the sums annexed to the several counties, contained in the following schedule, be, and the same are hereby granted as a tax for each county, respectively, to be apportioned, assessed, paid, collected and applied, for the purposes aforesaid, according to law, viz. : County of Washington, one thousand eight hundred dollars, $1,800 00 1 4.800 00 9,000 00 County of Hancock, three thousand five hundred dollars, County of Bristol, five thousand dollars, County of Hampshire, three thousand dollars, 3,000 00 County of Penobscot, two thousand seven hundred and forty dollars, 2,740 00 County of Barnstable, one thousand five hundred dollars, County of Berkshire, five thousand dollars, 5,000 00 County of Lincoln, four thonsand seven hundred dollars, County of Essex, seven thousand dollars, County of Suffolk, thirty thousand dollars, County of Cumberland, fourteen thousand two hundred dollars, 14,200 00 7,000 00 - 30,000 00 Resolve Laying a Tax on the County of Oxford. Whereas, the Clerk of the Court of Sessions for the County of Oxford, has exhibited an estimate made by said court, of the necessary charges which may arise within said County the year ensuing, and of the sum necessary to pay the debts of said county: Resolved, That the sum of four thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby granted as a tax on the said County of Oxford, for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, to be apportioned, assessed, paid, collected and applied for the purposes aforesaid, according to law. And whereas said estimate is not accompanied by the Treasurer's account for said county; Therefore, Be it further resolved, That the Treasurer of said county be, and he hereby is required to produce his account as Treasurer of the county aforesaid, at the first session of the next General Court. CHAP. CXV. Resolve giving the Supreme Judicial Court, at their adjourned term, in the County of Bristol, cognizance of Crimes and Offences, and authorizing Appeals to be entered at said term. February 17th, 1820. Resolved, That the Supreme Judicial Court, which shall be holden in the County of Bristol, at the adjourned term thereof, on the last Tuesday of May next, shall and may have cognizance of all crimes and offences committed within the said County of Bristol, in the same way and manner as they would have at any regular and established term of said court, and may direct the Clerk of said court to summon a Grand Jury, to attend at the said adjourned term, if, in their opinion, the number of prisoners in the gaol, in said county, or other circumstances, shall render it expedient or necessary. Resolved, That all appeals which have been made from any judgment, decree or sentence of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, which was holden in said County of Bristol, on the second Monday of December last past, and all appeals, which shall be made from any judgment, decree, or sentence, of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, which will be holden in said county, on the second Monday of March next, shall and may be entered, have day, and be proceeded upon and determined, at the adjourned term of the Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden in said county, on the last Tuesday of May next, in the same way and manner as by law, appeals may be entered and acted upon, at any regular and established term of said court. CHAP. CXVI. Resolve on the petition of Allen Durfee. On the petition of Allen Durfee, to His Excellency the Governor, praying for a reward for apprehending Thomas Daniels, one of the supposed murderers of the late Jacob Gould, of Stoneham, which was referred by His Excellency to the consideration of the General Court: Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth, to the said Allen Durfee, the sum of two hundred dollars, which shall be in full for the services stated in his petition; and that the Governor, with advice of the Council, be requested to draw his warrant accordingly. CHAP. CXVII. Resolve providing for the Removal of Deaf and Dumb Persons, from the American Asylum, at Hartford. February 19th, 1820. Whereas, it appears that Benjamin Tripp, one of the number of deaf and dumb persons designated to participate the advantages of the American Asylum, at Hartford, for the instruction of such persons, by virtue of a resolve of this Commonwealth, passed on the nineteenth day of June last past, is wholly incapacitated to improve those advantages, and to derive the benefits thereof; Therefore, Resolved, That the appropriation in favor of the said Benjamin Tripp, by virtue of the resolve of the nineteenth day of June last, shall cease and be discontinued, from and after the fifteenth day of March next; and that His Excel lency the Governor be requested to communicate the substance of the advice received from the Principal of the said Asylum, on this subject, and also the substance of this resolve, as soon as may be, to the parents of the said Tripp, and request them to take immediate measures for his removal. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested, and he is hereby authorized, on receiving advice from the Principal of said Asylum, after the said fifteenth day of March next, that the said Tripp has not been removed by his parents, to cause him to be removed, and returned to his parents, in such manner as he may think proper; the expense of which removal, and also that of his board and instruction at the said asylum, until such removal, shall be paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth, and deducted from the general appropriation under the resolve of the nineteenth of June last, respecting deaf and dumb persons. Resolved, That in all like cases, in future, the appropriation in favor of any such person, shall cease in twenty days next after advice thereof shall be received by the Executive Department, from the Principal of the said Asylum: And the same proceedings shall be had in every such case, as is herein above provided, respecting the said Tripp. And all expenses incurred under, and by virtue of these resolves, shall be examined and allowed by the Governor and Council; and His Excellency the Governor is requested to draw his warrant on the Treasurer for the same. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to cause these resolves to be communicated to the Principal of the said Asylum, at Hartford; and request his immediate advice of the neglect of the parents or friends of the said Tripp, or of any other person in like circumstances, to cause their removal, by the time when the appropriation in their favor shall cease, agreeably to the foregoing resolve. |