full for his own services, and the services of those who acted with him, in apprehending and securing Daniel Sawin, Junior, for trial, for passing counterfeit bills of the Union Bank, in Boston. CHAP. V. Resolve granting $10,000, for the State Prison. On the representation and petition of Gamaliel Bradford, Esquire, Warden of the State Prison, Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the public Treasury, to the Warden of the State Prison, for the use of the said prison, ten thousand dollars, in such sums and at such times as the Directors thereof may order; and His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Council, is hereby authorized and requested to draw a warrant or warrants for the same accordingly. CHAP. VI. Resolve on the petition of D. A. White, Esquire. On the petition of Daniel A. White, Esquire, stating that the Essex Agricultural Society were unavoidably prevented from filing the certificate prescribed by the act, entitled "an act for the encouragement of agriculture and manufactures," in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, within the month of October last, but that they have since duly filed such certificate: Therefore resolved, For reasons set forth in said petition, that His Excellency the Governor be authorized to issue his warrant to the Treasurer of this Commonwealth, upon the certificate aforesaid, in like manner as if the certificate aforesaid had been filed in the Secretary's Office within the said month of October. CHAP. VII. Resolve on the petition of Tertius Taylor. June 7th, 1822. Resolved, That there be paid out of the Treasury of this Commonwealth, to Tertius Taylor, a soldier in the tenth Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Colonel Marshall, in the American revolutionary army, twenty four dollars and ninety nine cents, in full of balance his due, as appears on the army books in the Secretary's Office. CHAP. VIII. Resolve to purchase Massachusetts Term Reports. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth be, and he hereby is authorized and directed forthwith to purchase so many of the volumes of reports of the decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court, at a rate not exceeding three dollars a volume, as may be necessary to furnish all towns, and the several officers of the Commonwealth, which have not been furnished with them, and by law are entitled to the same: And His Excellency the Governor is hereby authorized and requested to draw his warrant on the Treasury for the amount of such purchase. CHAP. IX. Resolve on the petition of Joshua Green. June 8th, 1822. On the petition of Joshua Green, of Wendell, in the County of Franklin, administrator on the estate of Joel Bent, late of said Wendell, deceased, praying to be authorized to convey by deed, to Morris Lincoln, of Barre, in the County of Worcester, a certain tract of land situate in said Barre, containing about ten acres, pursuant to an agreement made by said Bent in his lifetime, to said Lincoln: Resolved, For reasons set forth in said petition, that said Joshua Green be, and he is hereby fully authorized and empowered to convey by deed to the said Morris Lincoln, his heirs and assigns, the aforesaid land; which deed, when duly executed by said Green, shall be as valid and effectual to all intents and purposes, as if the said Bent had conveyed the same in his lifetime: The said Green accounting, as administrator of said Bent, for the sum paid to him for said tract of land, as part of the personal estate of said Bent, according to law. CHAP. X. Resolve on the petition of Washington Pierce. On the petition of Washington Pierce, of Weston, in the County of Middlesex, guardian of Horatio N. Lamson, of the same Weston, a spendthrift, praying for license to sell and pass deeds to convey the real estate of said Horatio N. Lamson, situate in said Weston: Resolved, For the reasons set forth in the said petition, that the said Washington Pierce, guardian of said Horatio N. Lamson, be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered to sell and convey the real estate of the said Horatio, in said petition mentioned, consisting of an undivided moie ty of two tracts of land, with the appurtenances, situate in said Weston; one tract containing about sixteen acres, near the public meeting house, and adjoining the great county road; the other a tract of pasture and tillage land, adjoining the road leading to the north part of said Weston, and containing about nine acres, subject to the dower of Abigail, formerly the widow of Isaac Lamson, deceased, now the wife of Isaac Warren, of Charlestown; and to giye and pass good and sufficient deeds of all the right, title and interest of the said Horatio in and to the same: Provided, the said Washington Pierce first give bond, with sufficient sureties, to the Judge of Probate for the County of Middlesex, or his successor in said office, that he will observe the rules and directions of law for the sale of real estates by guardians; and the proceeds of said sale, shall be put at interest, on good security, for the said Horatio N. Lamson's benefit, and the same to be accounted for according to law. CHAP. XI. Resolve on the petition of Mary Ring. June 8th, 1822. On the petition of Mary Ring, of Salisbury, in the County of Essex, mother of Nathaniel Ring, Samuel M. Ring, and Joseph Ring, minors, having no guardian, praying for leave to sell at private sale, certain real estate, situated in said Salisbury, on the north side of Pewen River, (so called,) and adjoining the same, devised to the said minors by the last will of Abner Ring, deceased: Resolved, That the said Mary Ring, for the reasons set forth in said petition, be, and she is hereby authorized and empowered to sell, in manner prayed for, the real estate described in said petition, and make and execute a sufficient deed of the same, and the proceeds of said sale to vest in other real estate, or put the same at interest for the use of said minors, as may in her opinion most conduce to their benefit; provided, the said Mary first give bond, with sufficient sureties, to the Judge of Probate for said County of Essex, with conditions, that within three months from the time of the sale of such estate, she will file in the office of said Judge of Probate, a true account of said sale, and that she will vest the proceeds thereof in other real estate, for the benefit of said minors, or otherwise account to them for the same and interest, whenever thereto legally required. CHAP. XII. Resolve on the petition of Daniel Stebbins and Wife. On the petition of Daniel Stebbins, and Elizabeth G. Stebbins, his wife, praying that some person may be authorized to sell certain real estate of Elizabeth Long and Charles Long, situate in Newburyport, in the County of Essex, the same having been conveyed to the said Elizabeth and Charles, minors, by their mother, the said Elizabeth G. Stebbins, previous to her intermarriage with the said Daniel: Resolved, For the reasons set forth in said petition, that Anthony Knapp, of said Newburyport, be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered to sell and convey, in fee simple, at public or private sale, the real estate described in said petition, and to make, execute and deliver a good and sufficient deed of the same: Provided, that the said Anthony shall first give bond, with sufficient sureties, to the Judge of Probate for the County of Essex, conditioned that he will account for, and pay over the proceeds of said sale, to such guardian or guardians of said minors, as shall be hereafter appointed. 1 CHAP. XIII. Resolve on the petition of the Town of Dalton. Resolved, That the Committee on Accounts be, and they |