CHAP. XLIX. Resolve on the petition of the Selectmen of Dudley. Whereas the Commissioners of this Commonwealth, with Commissioners on the part of the State of Connecticut, during the last year, perambulated and run the boundary line between the two States, the final establishment and settlement of which was not agreed to by the Commissioners on the part of the State of Connecticut; and whereas it appears that there are several persons, with their estates, which, by the running of said line are within this Commonwealth, over whom the State of Connecticut attempts to exercise jurisdiction: Therefore resolved, That this Commonwealth will protect the persons and property aforesaid, in the free enjoyment of their rights, privileges and immunities, of citizens of this Commonwealth, against all attempts of the State of Connecticut to exercise jurisdiction over them; and that they will defend, at the expense of this Commonwealth, a suit now pending in the Court of Common Pleas, to be holden in Worcester, in the County of Worcester, in which Peter Richards, of Dudley, is plaintiff, and Stephen E. Tift is defendant; which suit was commenced in consequence of the Town of Thompson, in the State of Connecticut, having taxed the said Richards, and by their Constable, Stephen E. Tift, aforesaid, distrained the goods and chattels of said Richards, for the satisfaction of the same. Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of Council, be, and he hereby is empowered and requested to appoint one person, as Agent of this Commonwealth, to prosecute said suit against said Stephen E. Tift to final judgment. 77 CHAP. L. Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: The Treasurer of the Commonwealth having rendered an exhibit of the state of the Treasury on the first day of the present month, the Secretary will lay the same before you. JOHN BROOKS. Council Chamber, January 8th, 1823. CHAP. LI. Resolve for paying the Members of the Legislature. Resolved, That there be paid out of the Treasury of this Commonwealth, to each member of the Senate and House of Representatives, two dollars for each and every day's attendance the present session, and the like sum for every ten miles travel from their respective places of abode, to the place of the sitting of the General Court; and also to each member of the Council, two dollars for each day's attendance at that Board, at every session thereof during the present political year, subsequent to the session of June last, and the like sum for every ten miles travel from their repective places of abode, to the place of the sitting of the General Court. And be it further resolved, That there be paid to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives, each, two dollars for each and every day's attendance the present session, in addition to their pay as members. CHAP. LII. Resolve respecting the edition of the General Laws. Resolved, That the present members of the Honorable Council, the Senate and House of Representatives, who were not members of the Legislature the last political year, be, and hereby are authorized to receive, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth to deliver one copy each, of the laws of this Commonwealth, now publishing, agreeably to a resolve passed February twenty second, eighteen hundred and twenty two. Resolved, That whenever the said edition of the General Laws be completed, and delivered into the Secretary's Office, pursuant to the aforesaid resolve, all accounts for the expenses of said work, being laid before the Governor and Council, and by them approved and allowed, His Excellency, with advice of Council, be, and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasury, for the payment thereof. CHAP. LIII. Resolve on the petition of the Trustees of Leicester Whereas the Trustees of Leicester Academy, in the County of Worcester, by their petition, have represented the occasion of aid to the funds of that institution; and have further represented, that one Archibald McDonald, late of Paxton, in said County of Worcester, was seized and possessed of a small estate, consisting of about thirty acres of land, with a small house and barn thereon, situate in Paxton aforesaid, and two pews in the gallery of said Paxton Meeting House; and that the said Archibald was a foreigner, and has died intestate, and without heirs, whereby the said estate escheated to, and became the pro perty of this Commonwealth, and now belongs thereto, except one third part thereof, which heretofore, by a resolve of the General Court, has been granted to the widow of the said McDonald; and the said Trustees have requested that the residue of said estate may be granted to them in trust, for the benefit of said institution, and the promotion of the interests of learning and instruction therein: Therefore resolved, That the Commonwealth do hereby grant, assign and transfer to the corporation of the Trustees of Leicester Academy, all the right, title and interest which hath accrued to the Commonwealth in and to the said real estate, of which the said Archibald Mc Donald died possessed, in Paxton aforesaid, except the third part thereof, - which the Commonwealth had heretofore granted to Hannah McDonald, the widow of said Archibald, as aforesaid: Provided, that this resolve shall not affect or impair the right or claim of any person to the said estate, or any part thereof, other than that of this Commonwealth. CHAP. LIV. Resolve to pay the Funeral Expenses of Stephen Pynchon, Resolved, That the sum of eighty dollars be paid out of the Treasury of this Commonwealth, to Mr. Jacob Kuhn, Messenger of the General Court, in order to defray the expenses of the last sickness and funeral expenses of Stephen Pynchon, Esquire, late a member of this House; and that His Excellency the Governor be requested to draw his warrant for that sum on the Treasurer. 1 CHAP. LV. Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: Pursuant to the authority vested in the Executive, by a resolution of the fourteenth of February, eighteen hundred and twenty one, such measures have from time to time been pursued, as seemed best calculated to effect the contemplated object. And it is with much satisfaction that I have it in my power to lay before you a communication from the Honorable James Lloyd and the Honorable Elijah H. Mills, Senators of the Commonwealth in Congress, from which you will perceive that a reference has been made by the President of the United States, of the claim of this State against the United States, for disbursements for the services of the militia, during the late war, to the department of the TreasuThe act of the President will at the same time be laid before you by the Secretary, together with the memorial of the members of Congress from Massachusetts and Maine, therein referred to, dated the twenty sixth of March, eighteen hundred and twenty two. ry. I will further observe, that the vouchers and documents to support that part of the claim for which eleven thousand dollars were advanced by the Executive of the United States, in the year eighteen hundred and seventeen, are now under examination at the Treasury Department; and that hitherto no expense has been incurred in conducting the business under said resolution. But an opportunity being now offered for presenting the whole claim to the consideration of the National Executive, whatever course may be adopted by the Legislature, for the future prosecution of that important concern, some pecuniary provision for that purpose will be required. In addition to the documents already referred to, I have just received a note, addressed by the Senators of Massachusetts and Maine, to the members of the House of Representatives of the same States in Congress, and the answer of the latter to the same, relating to the course to be pursu 4. |