from meetings of the inhabitants of said town, and praying that authority may be given for calling a regular and legal meeting of the inhabitants and members of said parish or precinct :

Resolved, That any Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester, on the application of ten or more of the members of said precinct or parish, being the Second Precinct in Boylston, Sterling and Holden, which was incorporated by an act passed on the fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, to be made within one year from this date, be, and he hereby is authorized to call a meeting of the members of said precinct, for the purpose of choosing officers, and transacting such other business as may regularly come before them; and for this purpose such Justice is authorized to issue his warrant, directed to any one of such applicants, requiring him to summon and warn a meeting of the members of said precinct, at such time and place as shall be therein specified.

CHAP. XLIV.

Gentlemen of the Senate, and

Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:

In compliance with the request of the Senate, of the twenty first instant, I would observe, that on examining the records of Council, 1 find, that by virtue of the authority derived from the act of February twenty sixth, eighteen hundred and fourteen, in addition to an act, entitled an act, in addition to an act, granting a lottery for the purpose of completing the locks and canals at Amoskeag Falls, in the State of New Hampshire, three Managers were appointed and empowered by the provisions of the said act, to sell and draw six classes of said lottery, to be appropriated agreeably to the provisions of the second section of this act. But it appears that the drawing of the said classes has not been completed, and that one of them is now before the public, and in a course of drawing.

A report from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, accompanied by a letter from the Chairman of the Managers, contains all the information I at present possess on the subject of the Senate's inquiries.

Council Chamber, January 25th, 1823.

JOHN BROOKS.

CHAP: XLV.

Resolve on the petition of R. Crosby.
January 28th, 1823.

The Committee of both Houses on Eastern Lands, to whom was committed the petition of Robert Crosby and Joseph Kinsman, praying that some person or persons may be authorized to convey to them four thousand acres of land, in conformity to a contract made by Samuel Reddington and Moses Greenleaf, the Agents of the Commonwealth, with Ichabod Thomas, and by said Thomas assigned to said petitioners, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to report the following resolve:

Resolved, For reasons set forth in said petition, that the petition and papers accompanying the same, be referred to the Commissioners appointed under the act of separation of Maine from Massachusetts proper, to act upon and decide in such manner as to them may appear to be just and equitable.

CHAP. XLVI.

Resolve on the petition of Lucinda Pool.
January 28th, 1823.

On the petition of Lucinda Pool, of Wellington, in the County of Bristol, spinster, setting forth that James C. Holt, late of said Wellington, mariner, died a short time

since, possessed of a small personal estate, and without any heir, and praying, for the reasons therein stated, that the right of the Commonwealth to such personal estate may be granted and released to her:

Resolved, That all the right, title and interest of the Commonwealth in and to the personal property left by the said James C. Holt, be, and the same is hereby assigned, granted and released to the said Lucinda Pool; and the Administrator of the estate of said Holt is hereby authorized to account with, and pay over to said Lucinda Pool, the balance of said personal property in his hands, in the same manner as he would have been authorized to pay the same to this Commonwealth, had this resolve not passed: Provided, that the amount of such personal property shall not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars; and provided further, that this resolve shall not affect or impair the right or claim of any person to the said property, or any part thereof, other than that of the Commonwealth.

CHAP. XLVII.

Report and Resolve of the Committee of both Houses on Eastern Lands. January 30th, 1823.

The Standing Committee of both Houses on Eastern Lands, to whom was referred the message of His Excellency the Governor, accompanying the report of the Commissioners appointed under the act for separating the District of Maine from Massachusetts proper, have had the same under consideration: And whereas it appears by said report, that said Commissioners have made a division of a certain portion of the lands in the State of Maine; and in conformity to the fifth article of the first section of the act of separation, have set off, by metes and bounds, so much of said land as has fallen to the share of this Commonwealth, in the division, as in their estimation is of the value of thirty thousand dollars: And whereas by said fifth article and first section of said act, it is provided that this Commonwealth shall assign the same to the State of Maine, or in lieu thereof, may pay the sum of thirty thousand dollars at

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its election, which election of the said Commonwealth shall be made within one year from the time that notice of the doings of the Commissioners on this subject, shall be made known to the Governor and Council'; and if not made within that time, the election shall be with the State of Maine. The Committee therefore ask leave to report the following resolves: Which are respectfully submitted.

JONATHAN DWIGHT, Per Order.

Resolved, That the doings of the said Commissioners be, and they are hereby approved and confirmed, and that the documents and other papers in relation thereto, be placed on file in the Land Office.

Be it further resolved, That the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, for the time being, together with George W. Coffin, Esquire be, and they are hereby appointed as Agents, with power and authority to cause to be sold, at public auction, in the City of Boston, and convey, by good and sufficient deeds, so much of said land set off as aforesaid, as will raise the sum of thirty thousand dollars, after deducting all expenses: Provided, however, that no part of said land shall be sold unless the whole of said sum is raised in money, or good securities, payable in annual instalments, at the Treasury Office of this Commonwealth, with interest' annually; and said Agents are hereby directed to give notice, in the public newspapers, of the time and place of said sale, allowing sufficient time for distant purchasers to attend said sale, and make report of their doings at the first session of the next General Court.

Be it further resolved, That said Agents be, and they are hereby authorized to sell, at public sale, at such time or times, place or places, as they may designate in the advertisements published by them in the public newspapers aforesaid, all the residue of the said lands so set off as aforesaid, after raising the above sum of thirty thousand dollars, and also all the lands, reserved lots, and islands, which have fallen to the share of this Commonwealth in the division aforesaid, with authority to make and execute good and sufficient deeds thereof, for such consideration as they may be able to obtain, and complete the sale of the same, if practicable, before the close of the present year.

Be it further resolved, That the said Agents be, and they are hereby directed to give notice to all persons who have

unsettled contracts for the purchase of any of the public lands that have fallen to the share of this Commonwealth, that unless they pay the balances due thereon, before the first day of July next, said contracts shall then be declared null and void, and free for sale to any other person or persons.

And be it further resolved, That said Agents be, and they are hereby authorized, in connexion with such Agent as may be appointed by the State of Maine, to sell and convey a small tract or parcel of public land in the Town of Portland, with the buildings thereon, upon such terms and conditions as said Agents may judge reasonable.

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CHAP. XLVIII.

Resolve on the petition of Lydia Rowell.
January 30th, 1823.

On the petition of Lydia Rowell, of Salisbury, in the County of Essex, legal Guardian of Moses Rowell, a minor, praying that she may be empowered to sell, at public or private sale, the undivided share of the said Moses in certain real estate in said Salisbury, consisting of a mill site, and heretofore occupied as a forge, the said Moses deriving his title to said estate partly by descent, and partly by purchase:

Resolved, For reasons set forth in said petition, that the said Lydia Rowell be, and she is hereby authorized and empowered to sell at public or private sale, the share and interest of the said Moses Rowell in said real estate, and make and execute a good and sufficient deed thereof to the purchaser or purchasers of the same, in fee simple: Provided, that the said Lydia first give bond, with sufficient sureties, to the Judge of Probate for the County of Essex, conditioned, that within three months from the time of the sale of said estate, she will file in the office of the said Judge of Probate, a true account of said sale, and that she will account with the said Moses for the proceeds thereof and interest, whenever thereto legally required.