CHAP. XV. Resolve on the petition of Elizabeth Ryan. On the petition of Elizabeth Ryan, praying that all the right and interest of the Commonwealth, in and to a certain house and lot of land on which it stands in Marblehead, in the County of Essex, now in the occupancy of said Elizabeth, may be released to her : Resolved, For reasons set forth in the petition of the said Elizabeth Ryan, that this Commonwealth do hereby release to the said Elizabeth Ryan, her heirs and assigns, all the right, title and interests of the Commonwealth, in the house and land of her late husband, situate in said Marblehead, and in her occupancy as described in her petition. CHAP XVI. Resolve on the communication of the Commissioners appointed to make sale of Eastern Lands. June 13th, 1823. The standing Committee of both Houses on Eastern Lands, to whom was committed the Report of the Agents appointed by a Resolve, passed the 30th January last, to make sale of the lands set off and estimated by the Commissioners appointed under the act for the separation of Maine from this Commonwealth, to be of the value of thirty thonsand dollars, have had the subject under consideration, and we find, by the provisions contained in the fifth section of said act, this Commonwealth was obligated to assign said lands to the State of Maine, or in lieu thereof, pay to said State the said sum of thirty thousand dollars, but as the lands aforesaid have been sold conformable to said resolve, as appears by said report; it of course follows that provision must be made for the payment of said sum to the State of Maine, on or before the first day of October next. And we have also considered that part of said report which suggests the propriety of authorising said agents to sell certain lots and islands at private sale, and we judge the same to be proper and expedient. The Committee therefore ask leave to report the following Resolves: Which are respectfully submitted. THOMAS L. WINTHROP, Per order. Resolved, That the Commonwealth do elect to pay to the State of Maine, the sum of thirty thousand dollars in lieu of the lands assigned and set off to the State of Maine, by the Commissioners, under the act of separation, as an indemnification to the said State, for the duties and obligations assumed by the same towards the Indians therein. Resolved, That the sum of thirty thousand dollars be paid out of the Treasury of this Commonwealth, to such agent or agents of the State of Maine, as may be duly authorized to receive the same, in full consideration for assuming the obligations of this Commonwealth, towards the Indians within said State; and His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of Council, is requested to draw his warrant for said sum on the Treasurer, conformably to the fifth section of the act for the separation of Maine, from Massachusetts, in favor of such agent or agents; and the Treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum or any part thereof, if necessary. Be it further resolved, That the agents appointed by resolves passed the 30th day of January last, be and they are hereby authorized to sell the Islands and lots of land, situate in the State of Maine, belonging to this Commonwealth, at private or public sale, as in their opinion may be most for the interest of this Commonwealth, and for the parties concerned, and on such terms and conditions as they may judge reasonable, with authority to convey the same by good and sufficient deeds. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth be requested, and he hereby is requested and instructed to communicate the foregoing resolves to the Governor of Maine, for the information of the Government of that State. CHAP. XVII. Resolve on the petition of Nathaniel S. Ruggles. Upon the petition of Nathaniel S. Ruggles, of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island, representing that he has made sale of, and received the purchase money for a certain parcel of land situate in the City of Boston, which was set off on a writ of execution to said Nathaniel, and one Benjamin, Ruggles deceased, and with whom said Nathaniel was copartner in trade, and that by reason of the decease of his said partner the purchasers' title in said land is defective: Resolved, That for the reasons set forth in said petition, the said Nathaniel S. Ruggles be and he is hereby authorized and fully empowered to execute, acknowledge and deliver a good and sufficient deed to grant and convey unto Asa Clark, of the City of Boston, Painter, his heirs or assigns, all the title, interest and estate, which the heirs at law of said Benjamin Ruggles deceased, have or can claim in a certain parcel of land in Boston aforesaid, bounded easterly, on Temple Street twelve feet; Southerly, on land, now or formerly of James Sumner, fifty-two feet; Westerly, on land now or formerly of Joseph Powers, twelve feet; and Northerly, on land formerly of Martin Blake, fifty-two feet; being the same parcel of land which was set off to said Nathaniel and Benjamin, to satisfy a writ of execution in their favor against Martin Blake, issued by the Boston Court of Common Pleas, on the twenty-ninth day of July, in the year eighteen hundred and sixteen; and such deed, when duly recorded, shall pass to and vest in said Clark, his heirs, or assigns, all the right, title and estate, which the heirs at law of said Benjamin Ruggles, deceased, derive and obtain through said Benjamin, under and by virtue of the levy of said writ of execu tion in and to the land aforesaid. CHAP. XVIII. Resolve on the communication from the Governor. The standing Committee of both houses, on the subject of Eastern lands, to whom was referred the communication of His Excellency the Governor, with the documents accompanying the same, consisting of a report, made to His Excellency by the Commissioners under the act relating to the separation of the District of Maine, from Massachusetts, proper, and forming the same into a separate and independent State, together with two instruments by them signed, of their further proceedings under their Commission, one of which is dated the 21st ult. and is an assignment of one moiety of sundry townships, and tracts of land to this Commonwealth, and the other of the same date, is a distribution and assignment which remained to be made in the division of the personal property in the proportion of two thirds to the part of Massachusetts, and one third to the part of Maine. The Committee, having considered in detail the various subjects contained in the above mentioned report and documents, ask leave to report the following resolves, Which are respectfully submitted, THOMAS L. WINTHROP, Per order. Resolved, That the report and other documents be placed on file, in the Secretary's office, and that the agents appointed by a resolve passed the 30th January last be, and they are hereby authorized to cause the land divided to the share of this Commonwealth, by the aforementioned instrument, to be sold in like manner, and with the same authority as is provided in the resolves of said 30th January: Resolved, That the agent of the Land Office be, and he is hereby directed to notify George Downes and Joseph Lee, Esqrs. in whose hands certain demands were placed for collection by the late Commissioners of the Land Office, to deliver to the authorized agents of the State of Maine, when called for, the demands that have been assigned to the said State, or the amount that may have been previously received therefor, and also to require of said Downes and Lee to collect the several demands assigned to this Commonwealth, as soon as may be, and transmit their accounts for adjustment. Resolved, That the agent of the Land Office be, and he hereby is directed to take such measures in relation to a process now pending at Castine, upon the petition of the late Commissioners of the Land Office, for partition of certain lands in Penobscot, Surrey and Ellsworth, as the said agent shall think advisable, and for the interest of this Commonwealth. CHAP. XIX. On the petition of Elijah S. Curtis. Whereas, Elijah S. Curtis, has presented a petition to the Legislature, praying, for the reasons in the petition stated, that he may be released from the debt due by him to the Commonwealth, for the labour of convicts in the State Prison; and said petition is not yet definitely acted upon, and suits for said labour have been commenced against him, and are now pending: Therefore, Resolved, That all such suits shall be continued, until the Legislature shall have definitely acted on said petition, and the courts in which such suits are pending, are directed to take notice of this order and govern themselves accordingly. CHAP. XX. Resolve for $4,630 31 cts. to repair the wall of the State Prison Yard. June 14th, 1823. Resolved, That there be paid out of the public Treasury, for the purpose of finishing the new wall at the State Prison, |