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listers shall onely send the sum total of their several respective lists of estates, with the number of male persons in their respective towns, to the General Assembly in October yearly, under their hands, by the deputies of their several towns respectively; and that the said listers shall have power of inspecting their respective lists according to law from the first of October to the last of December annually.

An Act for regulating the Signing of Bills to the Treasurer and Constables upon the Colonie account.

Whereas it is found by experience that there is not due care taken in signing of bills to the treasurer and constables for debts due from the colonie, many persons having accounts signed without the sundry particulars mentioned therein, and unreasonable prizes are allowed for interteinment of men and horses, and for service done for the colonie: for the prevention whereof,

It is ordered and enacted by this Assembly, That for the future it shall not be lawfull for any assistant or justice of the peace within this colonie to sign any account or bill for any person whatsoever to be paid out of the publick treasurie, unless the several particulars with the prizes of them be inserted therein; and due care shall be taken by them that the colonie be not wronged by extravagant prizes for mens service and for such things that shall at any time be taken up for publick use. And all accounts and bills for debt from the colonie not signed according to law shall not be received at any time or accepted by the treasurer, or by any constable or constables, or by the auditors of the colonie accounts for the time being.

An Act for preventing of Fraud and Deceit in barrelling and vending of Tar and Turpentine.

It is ordered and enacted by this Assembly and the authoritie thereof, That the countie courts in this colonie shall in every town needfull thereof, appoint a suitable and fit person to search all barrels of tar and turpentine before it be exposed to sale or shipped on board any ship or vessel for exportation, who shall take care that all such barrels of tar and turpentine be of full gage according to law, and that they be filled with tar and turpentine, good and merchantable, free from all fraudulent and deceitful mixture of earth, stones, or other such deceitfull matter, who shall set his mark or brand upon all such barrels as he shall upon search find to be good and merchantable, and free from deceit as aforesaid, and for his pains therein shall have two pence per barrel, to be paid to him by the person that shall imploy him. And all barrels of tar or turpentine

exposed to sale or shipped on board any ship or vessel for transportation, not searched and marked as aforesaid, upon proof thereof shall be forfeited, one half thereof or the value to the complainer that shall prosecute his complaint to effect, and the other half to the treasurie of the countie where such tar shall be seized and brought to trial.

An Act concerning Purchasers of Land of the Indians without. grant from the General Assembly.

This Assembly being informed that several persons in this colonie have made purchases of land of the Indian natives [3] without any grant || or libertie of purchasing obteined from the General Assembly according as the law directs, and being sensible that such insufficient titles or claims to land may prove of ill consequence to the purchasers and their families: for remedie whereof, and for the quieting and better and orderly settlement of all such persons who have made any such purchases as aforesaid without any fraud or deceit, and whose purchases do not interfere with any grants made by this Assembly, and are not in themselves extravagant and prejudicial to any plantation already settled, or to the settlement of any plantation;

It is ordered and enacted, and declared by this Assembly, That if the said purchasers shall bring or send to the General Assembly in May next a true account of the respective purchases so made by them, there shall not any advantage be taken against them in the law by reason of their so sending to said General Court, but the General Court will be ready and willing to do all that for them for their more orderly settlement which may in justice be done, consonant and agreeable with the ends of the charter. And all such persons who have made any such purchases as aforesaid, and do not bring or send an account thereof to the General Assembly in May next, shall not have any benefit or advantage by this order.

An Order for altering the day appointed by law for the Freemen in the Countie of Newlondon to meet to give in their Proxies for the Nomination of Publick Officers.

Whereas the times appointed by law for holding the countie court in the countie of Newlondon, and for the freemen in the said countie to meet to give in their proxies for the nomination of publick officers, fall out to be both upon the same day, viz. the third Tuesday in September, which is found by experience to be very inconvenient: for remedie thereof,

It is ordered by this Assembly, That for the future, the day for the meeting of the freemen in the said countie to give in

their proxies as aforesaid shall be the second Tuesday in September annually, any former law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

An Act for the preventing and punishing of Tipling and

Drunkenness.

It is ordered and enacted by this Assembly, That if any person be found drunken so that he be thereby bereaved and disabled in the use of his understanding, appearing in his speech or gesture, he shall forfeit the sum of ten shillings; and if any person or persons shall continue tipling in any publick or private house, after nine of the clock at night, every person so offending shall forfeit the sum of five shillings, and the master or mistress of the familie where such tipling shall be, shall forfeit the sum of fortie shillings. The fines to be to the treasurie of the town where the offence is committed, for the use of the poor therein. And for want of goods whereon to make distress, the offender or offenders to be set in the stocks, there to continue not exceeding three hours, and not less then one hour. All breaches of this law to be heard and determined by any assistant or justice of the peace.

Stocks to be made and maintained in every Town in this Colonie.

It is ordered and enacted by this Assembly, That every town in this colonie shall make and maintain at their own charge a good pair of stocks sufficient to hold such offenders as shall be sentenced thereto, with a lock and key to secure offenders therein; and if any town be without a pair of stocks as aforesaid after the first of March next, the selectmen of such town shall forfeit the sum of ten shillings to the countie treasurie, and so ten shillings for every month they are defective therein, to be heard and determined by any assistant or justice of the peace.

Criminals brought to the Countie Court and condemned there, to have libertie of one Review to the same Court and no

further.

It is ordered and enacted by this Assembly and the authoritie thereof, That all criminals who are brought directly to the [4] countie court and condemned there || shall have the libertie of one review to the same court and no further. Provided they give sufficient securitie to prosecute their review to effect, and to abide the judgment of the court therein.

This Assembly grants a rate of four pence upon the pound, for the defraying of the charges of the colonie, to be paid in

wheat at six shillings per bushel, Indian corn at three shillings per bushel, rye at three shillings and six pence per bushel, pork good and well repackt at four pounds per barrel, beef at fortie five shillings per barrel, being good and well repackt; and if any person will pay in money, fifteen pennie weight for six shillings shall be accepted two for three in the payment of rates.

Persons nominated for Election in May next.
Majr. General John Winthrop, Esq.
Colon Robert Treat, Esq.

James Fitch, Esq',
Daniel Wetherell, Esq',
Nathaniel Stanly, Esq',
John Hamlin, Esq',
Nathan Gold, Esq',
William Pitkin, Esq',
Joseph Curtis, Esq',

John Chester, Esq',

Josiah Rossiter, Esqr,

Richard Cristophers, Esq',
Peter Burr, Esq',

John Alling, Esq',
John Hains, Esq',
Eleazar Kimberly,
Capt. Abraham Fowler,
Capt. Samuel Eells,
Jeremiah Osburn, Esq',

Lists of Persons and Estates exhibited in this Assembly.

Capt. Mathew Allin.

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Saybrook,
Derby,
Addition to New Haven list for this year, 1706, £360: 58. Od.

At the General Assembly in May, 1707, added to the sum total of Saybrook list, £623 by estate left out of the list in October: to the sum total of Norwich list (through former miscast) £320.

This Assembly appoints the last Thursday in this present month to be kept as a day of publick and religious thanksgiving throughout this colonie.

The reverd and worthie gentlemen intrusted by the honbl corporation in England with the stock that is given to promote the conversion of the natives in this land, having signified their earnest desire that some methods may be religiously pursued for the promoting of that good work in this colonie, and their readiness to do the best they can for the support of the expensive part thereof: this Assembly being very desirous to promote a work so religious and charitable, do recommend it to the reverd ministers in this colonie at their countie meetings, to consider what may be the best way and means for carrying on so good a work, and to prepare such proposals as in their judgments may be most conducive to that end, and to present them to this Assembly in May next for their concurrence. Copies hereof to be sent to the ministers in the head towns in each countie, to be communicated to their brethren respectively.

[5] The Governour and Council appointed in May last are hereby impowered to order the affairs of this colonie, and to deal in all sudden exigencies during the intervales of this

court.

This Assembly grants to our honrd Governour one hundred and fortie pounds for his sallerie for this year. And to our honrd Deputy Governour fortie pounds for his sallerie for this

year.

This Court, considering the very good services for many years done and performed by the honoured and religious gen

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