[67] of this Colony, assembled at Saybrook, September 9th, 1708, and by their order presented to the General Assembly holden in Newhaven, the 14th of October last, and approved by the said Assembly; and being revised, that the same shall be forthwith printed.

Upon consideration of the petition of John Hollister, senior, of Glassenbury, now presented to this Assembly, praying that an action of debt upon a bond of arbitration late depending between the said petitioner and Thomas Treat of Glassenbury, may be revived and heard and tryed at the court of assistants to be holden at Newhaven in October next, or else that the last judgment of the county court in the county of Hartford, upon the said action, be reversed; and this Assembly having heard the pleas of the said parties upon the said petition, do not see cause to grant either of the matters petitioned for ; and this Assembly do adjudge the petitioner to pay to the said Thomas Treat the sum of seventeen shillings in pay, for his attendance at this Assembly upon the said petition, and that execution shall be granted for the same accordingly.

Upon consideration of the petition of Samuel Hale, John Hubbard, and Joseph Hollister, of Glassenbury, presented to this Assembly, praying that an action of trespass late depending in the court of assistants held at Hartford the 3d day of this instant month of May, between the said petitioners and Ephraim Goodrich of said Glassenbury, and there dismissed, may be revived and heard and tryed at the court of assistants to be holden at Newhaven in October next; and upon consideration of the pleas of the said parties upon the said petition: this Assembly do order, enact, and declare, that the said action is and shall be revived and heard, tryed and issued, at the court of assistants to be holden at Newhaven in October next, and that the said petitioners shall pay to the said Goodrich his cost of attendance at the said court of assistants held the third instant, and also the cost of his attendance at this Assembly at this time, which cost of attendance at this time is now allowed to be nineteen shillings in pay.

Upon consideration of the petition of John Dyxx, jun', of Hartford, presented to this Assembly, praying that an appeal may be granted to him from the judgment of the county court held at Hartford in March last past, given against the said John Dixx upon an action there depending between the said petitioner and Zachariah Sandford of Hartford; and this Assembly having heard the pleas of the said parties upon the said petition, do now grant and order, that the said John Dixx shall have an appeal granted to him by the county court of

the said county of Hartford, from the said judgment, to the court of assistants to be holden at Newhaven in October next; provided he shall give bond as the law requires in such case. And this Court do now order that the execution issued out upon the said judgment shall not be further prosecuted until the said appeal shall be heard, and the case tryed at the said court of assistants; and that the said John Dyx shall pay to the said Zachariah Sandford the cost of his attendance at this Assembly, which is allowed to be twenty two shillings and six pence in pay. Execution was granted November 4th, 1709.

This Assembly doth appoint and impower Mr. Ichabod Wells of Hartford, to survey and lay out unto and for Mr. Benjamin [68] Woodbridge, (or his || son, Mr. Samuel Woodbridge of Hartford,) the quantity of one hundred acres of the Colonys land, for the one half of two hundred acres of land granted to him by the General Assembly of this Colony, May 12th, 1681. Provided it shall be laid out where it may not prejudice any former grant, and at the cost and charge of the said Benjamin or Samuel Woodbridge.

This Assembly do nominate and appoint Doctor Jacob Read of Simsbury, Mr. Duran of Derby, and Mr. Wheelar of Stratfield, to be chirurgeons and physitians to go with the army in the expedition against Canada, or any two of them.

This Assembly do allow and grant that the commissary who shall march with the army from this Colony in the expedition against Canada, shall be allowed and paid out of the publick treasury of this Colony, the sum of five shillings per day for his wages, in country pay.

It is ordered and enacted by this Assembly, That Doctor Jacob Read shall be allowed and paid out of the publick treasury of this Colony, the sum of five shillings per day for his wages, in pay, provided he do go as doctor in the expedition against Canada. And this Assembly grants lycense to the said Jacob Read to practice phisick and surgery.

Whereas the General Assembly of this Colony, held at Hartford, May 8th, 1701, did give and grant to Mr. John Blackleach of Hartford, (administrator on the estate of his son, John Blackleach, late of Farmingtown, deceased,) full power to sell one certain piece or parcel of land of about twelve acres, lying and being in Hartford aforesaid, (which did sometime belong to Thomas Wells of said Hartford, deceased, and was by him mortgaged to John Sad, sometime of the same Hartford, deceased, who in his lifetime did bargain, sell and assign the same land so mortgaged to the said John Blackleach of Farmingtown, deceased,) to produce money to

pay a debt due to the executors of the said John Sadd, deceased, and the residue of the produce thereof the said Assembly did order to be improved for the benefit of the relict and children of the said Thomas Wells, deceased: And whereas the said Jno Blackleach, then of Hartford, notwithstanding the said power given to him, did omit and neglect to sell the said land and to pay the said debt, which yet remains due and undischarged, Therefore, this Court do now give and grant full power and authority to John Olcott of Hartford, the present administrator on the estate of the said John Blackleach late of Farmington, deceased, to sell the said parcel of land, and to make, seal and execute the necessary and lawfull deeds thereof, and of the effects thereof, to pay and discharge the said debt due to the executors of the last will of the said John Sadd, and the residue of the produce upon his sale to secure and improve for the benefit of the said relict and children. Provided always, the said John Olcott shall not make sale of the said land, nor dispose of the effects thereof, but by and with the advice and approbation of the court of probates in the county of Hartford.

Whereas the General Assembly of this Colony in sometime past did lycense and allow the executors of the last will and testament of John Hallam, late of Stoningtown, deceased, to sell some lands of the estate of the said deceased to procure money wherewith to pay his debts; and Fergus Medowell executor, and Prudence Minor executrix of the said will, having sold four acres and one rood of the land of the said Hallam to William Cheesbrough of Stoningtown, and one hundred and fifty two acres to the said William Cheesbrough, and four acres to Elnathan Minor, and one hundred and one acres to William Denison, and having improved the effects thereof in [69] paying the debts of the said || deceased: This Court do therefore now ratify, approve and confirm the several bargains and sales of land aforementioned, made by the executors aforenamed.

It is ordered and enacted by the Deputy Governour, Council and Representatives, now in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That all collectors and naval officers appointed in the several ports within this Colony shall have for entering and clearing vessels and other things, the fees hereafter mentioned and set down, that is to say,

For entering one shilling, and clearing two shillings, t. s. d. coasting vessels,

For entering and clearing vessels trading to foreign parts, each two shillings and six pence,

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For every certificate to take up bond given in for 1. s. d.

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This Assembly desire and impower Major Peter Burr, of Fairfield, and Mr. John Copp of Norwalk, and Mr. Josiah Starr of Danbury, to make a survey of the tract of land granted by the General Court in May, 1708, unto some of the inhabitants of the town of Norwalk, and to lay it out for a town plat, and to make return to the General Assembly at Newhaven in October next, of their doings therein, and of their opinion how many inhabitants the said tract of land may admit and contain.

It is ordered and enacted by the Deputy Governour, Council and Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the constables in the several towns in this Colony shall from time to time take direction and advice from the authority and selectmen, when to set up and when to lay down the constables watch.

Whereas the General Assembly of this Colony, setting at Newhaven, October 10th, 1706, upon the report of a committee to them then made, did conclude, consent and agree with the Honbi John Winthrop, Esqr, (then Governour of this Colony,) on behalf of himself and his brother, Wait Winthrop, Esq, for the issuing of all differences concerning the Queenabaug lands, in manner and form as in and by the record thereof then made, may and will appear: and whereas it was then concluded and agreed, that a resignation or release should be made by the said John Winthrop and Wait Winthrop to this corporation, of all their lands and rights which they claimed by the purchase of their father of and from Hyames, Aguntas, &c., Indian sachems, (except what is excepted in the said agreement,) by sufficient writings under their hands and seals, which hath yet and hitherto been omitted and neglected to be done and executed; and the said John Winthrop, Esqr, being since deceased, and the said Wait Winthrop now being his survivor, and heir of the said lands and rights, hath appeared before this Assembly and offered to fullfill his part of the said agreement, provided that this Assembly shall fullfill their part thereof: therefore,

The Deputy Governour, Council and Representatives, now in General Court assembled, have resolved, and do resolve and conclude to abide by and fulfill the said agreement made Octo

ber 10th, 1706, and do now order and enact, that upon the said Wait Winthrop his making and executing a resignation or release as aforesaid, that then a full release shall also be made and executed to and for the said Wait Winthrop by the Secretary of this Colony, under the seal of this corporation, in the name of this Assembly, pursuant to the intent of the said agreement aforementioned. And this Assembly do now hereby declare, that the lands which by the said agreement the said John Winthrop and Wait Winthrop did therein reserve for themselves, never was, neither is, nor shall be esteemed or [70] accounted to be || granted, or intended to be granted by this Assembly, unto the inhabitants or proprietors of the town of Kellingley, or to any other person or persons whatsoever, by any act or grant of this Assembly whatsoever, at any time made and passed since the said 10th day of October, 1706. And this Assembly do appoint and impower Mr. John Plumb, surveyor of the county of New London, and Mr. John Smith of Plainfield, as speedily as may be, (at the cost and charge of the said Wait Winthrop) to survey and lay out, to and for the said Wait Winthrop, the two farms of one thousand acres apiece, granted unto and confirmed upon him and his heirs by the said agreement, and by this Assembly at this time, the one lying north of the town of Plainfield, and the other lying north of the town of Canterbury, and to make sufficient monuments for bound marks of the same.

This Assembly do adjudge the selectmen of the town of Wethersfield to pay to the selectmen of the town of Farmington twenty two shillings and nine pence country pay, for the cost of their attendance upon the petition of Wethersfield at this Assembly in May, 1708, and that execution be granted for the same.

This Assembly do adjudge Capt. Samuel Eells of Milford to pay to Mr. John Read of Stratford the sum of twenty four shillings, for the cost of his attendance upon the petition of the said Eells now at this Assembly, and that execution be granted for the same.

It is ordered and enacted by this Assembly, That all those persons who do inhabit within the bounds and limits of the village called the Great Swamp, in or near the town of Farmingtown, shall pay their ratable proportion of the charge of setting up and maintaining the publick worship of God there, as it shall arise upon their persons and estates by list thereof made as the law directs; and also that all persons whatsoever, who do improve lands within the said village limits, shall for such lands pay their ratable proportion of the said charge, althô they do not personally inhabit there.

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