to pack, &c. tatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That whenever the inspector-general or his deputies shall Inspectors, &c. have inspected and assorted beef as the law requires, the said beef. inspector or his deputies, with their own labourers and coopers, or such other labourers and coopers as they shall employ, and for whose conduct in said business they shall be accountable, shall cut, weigh, pack, salt and cooper the said beef, which they have thus inspected. &c. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the inspector- Inspectors not general and his deputies shall not, nor shall either of them, to brand, exbrand any packages of provisions, other than those which they cept they pack, have inspected, and have caused to be weighed and packed as the law requires, under such penalties and forfeitures as are provided by the several Acts to which this is an addition. [June 23, 1802.] Further add. acts-1803 ch. 139: 1815 ch. 9: 1820 ch. 34. An ACT dividing the Commonwealth into Districts, for the Choice of Counsellors Chap. 21. and Senators. [June 23, 1802.] Superseded by 1811 ch. 97. An Act in further addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act for supporting and punish- Chap. 22. ing Rogues, Vagabonds, common Beggars, and other idle, disorderly and lewd Persons." 1787 ch. 54. those committ SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the Courts of General Sessions of the Peace, in their Materials, for respective counties, shall provide and cause to be kept at the ex- the employ of pense of their counties, suitable materials, sufficient at all times ed to the house to employ and keep at work such as are or may be committed of correction, to the house of correction, by force of any laws of this Com- to be provided: monwealth; and shall from time to time make and establish all necessary rules and regulations, touching the employment of persons so committed; the procurement and preservation of said materials; the keeping of accounts of the expense and cost of such materials, and the labour performed by the persons committed to the said house, and the settling of the same. And the keeper of the said house and the overseers shall be allowed and entitled to such proportion of the neat earnings of persons committed as aforesaid, as is provided in the Acts to which this is in further addition. And after the first day of September next, no town, parent or master shall be allowed to furnish any such materials as aforesaid, without the consent of the keeper or overseers aforesaid, any thing in the Acts aforesaid to the contrary notwithstanding. and how he may recover and his pay. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenever there Keeper to be shall be due to any keeper of such house, for the care, trouble compensated, and expense of keeping, supporting and employing any per son committed as aforesaid, any sum or sums of money, the same shall have been allowed and duly certified by said court, or their committee, he shall have a right to demand and recover the same of such person, his parent, master or kindred, who may be liable by law to maintain him, or of the town wherein he is lawfully settled; and if such person, parent, master, kindred or town shall refuse or neglect to pay such sum, for 1793 ch. 59. Culprits who are punishable by imprisonment may be confined in the gaol, or house of correction. Culprits punishable by fine, who neglect to pay, to be committed to the house of correction. Chap. 23. Chap. 24. Chap. 25. the space of fourteen days after the same shall have been demanded, in writing, of him or them respectively, or of one of the selectmen of the town, the said keeper shall have and be entitled to an action of the case to recover such sum against the person so committed, or his parent or master, if any he have, liable by law to maintain him, or against the town in which he is legally settled, in case he has not sufficient estate nor kindred who are able and obliged by law to maintain him, and may declare therein, in a general indebitatus assumpsit, and recover judgment for such sum as shall be found due to him, with legal interest from the time the same was demanded, and costs. And if the person so committed have kindred who are able and obliged by law to maintain him, the said keeper may have like remedy for recovering such sums of them, as is provided for towns which have been at expense for the relief and support of paupers, by an Act, entitled, "An Act providing for the relief and support, employment and removal of the poor, and for repealing all former laws made for those purposes." SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That any person, standing convicted before the Supreme Judicial Court, or Court of General Sessions of the Peace, for any crime punishable in part or in whole by imprisonment, may be sentenced by either of said courts to suffer his imprisonment, either in the common gaol, or in the house of correction, at their discretion, to be employed and kept to work therein, in the same manner as persons committed to said house, pursuant to the Acts to which this is in further addition. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That either of said courts may sentence any person standing convicted before them respectively, of an offence punishable in whole or in part by fine, to pay such fine, with the costs of prosecution; and in case he does not pay the same within ten days, that he be immediately thereafter conveyed to the house of correction, therein to be safely held, employed and kept to work, in the same manner as persons committed to said house pursuant to the Acts to which this is in further addition, for any term of time not exceeding six months. And the expense of keeping, supporting and employing such offender, after deducting the neat amount of his earnings, shall be allowed by the Justices of the Court of Sessions, and paid to the keeper out of the county treasury, in the same manner, and with the same right of reimbursement from the treasury of the Commonwealth, as the accounts of gaolers for the prison charges of persons confined in gaol on charge or conviction of crimes and offences committed against the said Commonwealth. [June 23, 1802.] An ACT to divide the Town of Winslow, in the County of Kennebeck, and to incorporate the westerly part thereof into a separate Town, by the name of Waterville. [June 23, 1302.] An ACT authorizing Daniel Barret to make a Turnpike Road over Meguntekook Mountain, in the Town of Camden, in the County of Lincoln. [June 23, 1802.} An ACT to establish a Place for erecting a new Gaol in the County of York, and for altering the Place for holding one of the Terms of the Supreme Judicial Court in the said County. June 23, 1802.] An ACT to continue in force an Act passed in the year of our Lord, one thousand Chap. 26. seven hundred and ninety-six, entitled, "An Act establishing and regulating the Fees of the several Officers and other Persons hereafter mentioned, and for re- 1795 ch. 41. pealing the Laws heretofore made for that purpose." BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in Gen eral Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That the Former act An ACT to incorporate a number of the inhabitants of the Towns of Readfield, Chap. 27. An ACT to alter the Times of holding the Court of General Sessions of the Peace Chap. 28. and the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Kennebeck. [June 23, 1802.] An ACT for authorizing the Proprietors of Mills on Presumpscott River, to form Chap. 29. and keep Booms across the same River at certain Places. [June 23, 1802.] President, Directors Chap. 30. New act-1812 ch. 41. An ACT to incorporate sundry persons by the name of The An ACT to incorporate a number of the in abitants of the Town of Great Barring- Chap. 32. An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act directing the Mode of transfer- Chap. 33. ring Real Estates by Deed, and for preventing Frauds therein." BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That no title or estate, in fee simple, fee tail, for term of life, or any lease for more than seven years from the making thereof, of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, within this Commonwealth, shall be defeated or incumbered by any b nd or other deed, or instrument of defeasance, hereafter to be made, in the hands or possession of any person but the original party to such bond, deed, or other instrument, or his heirs, unless such bond, deed, or other instrument of defeasance be recorded at large in the registry of deeds, in which the original deed referred to in the said bond, deed, or other instrument of defeasance, shall have been recorded. [June 23, 1802.] 1783 ch. 37. Titles not to be defeated, ments of de- recorded. An ACT for establishing a Turnpike Corporation within the Town of Scarborough. Chap. 34. [June 24, 1802.] Add. act-1802 ch. 73. An ACT to authorize George Ulmer to build a Toll-Bridge at Lincolnville, in the Chap. 35. County of Hancock. [June 24, 1802.] Add acts-1804 ch. 93: 1810 ch. 99. An ACT to establish The Kennebeck and Penobscot Turnpike Corporation. [June Chap. 36. 24, 1802.] An ACT making Provision for the Payment of Pat of the State Debt. [June 24, Chap. 37. 1802.] See 1803 ch. 37: 1807 ch. 133: 1810 ch. 26. An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act to establish The Fourteenth Chap. 38. Massachusetts Turnpike Corporation." [June 24, 1802.] Further acts-1806 ch. 71. 90: 1807 ch. 129. An ACT for altering the Times of holding the next Sessions of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. [Jan. 28, 1803.] 1801 ch. 77. Chap. 39. Chap. 40. 1792 ch. 30. Chap. 41. Chap. 42. Chap. 43. 1796 ch. 56. Chap. 44. Chap. 45. Chap. 46. Chap. 47. Chap. 48. 1801 ch. 74. Chap. 49. Chap. 50. 1792 ch. 51. Chap. 51. 1789 ch. 51. An ACT in addition to the Act passed in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, entitled, "An Act to establish a Corporation, by the name of The Trustees of the Marblehead Academy." [Jan. 31, 1803.] An ACT to set off a certain Parcel of Land from the Town of Pepperell, in the County of Middlesex, and to annex the same to the Town of Groton, in the same County. [Feb. 3, 1803.] An ACT to incorporate the Owners of certain Lands in the Town of Longmeadow, in the County of Hampshire, for the purpose of managing the same as a Cominon and General Field. [Feb. 3, 1803.] An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act to incorporate a number of inhabitants of the Town of Sandisfield, in the County of Berkshire, into an Episcopal Society." [Feb. 3, 1803.] An ACT to incorporate Oliver Wendell, and others, together with the Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Boston, for the time being, by the name and title of The Trustees of John Boylston's Charitable Donations, for the Benefit and Support of aged poor Persons, and of Orphans and deserted Children. [Feb. 3, 1803.] Add. act-1813 ch. 171. An ACT to authorize the Justices of the Court of Sessions for the County of Suf- An ACT to direct the Assessment and Collection of Taxes on the Pews in the An ACT to incorporate certain Persons as Trustees of a Fund for the Support of a An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act for incorporating certain persons An ACT to authorize the Selectmen of the Town of Portland to appoint an addi- An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act empowering Charles Barrett, An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act to regulate the catching of Sal- An ACT to establish a Corporation by the name of The Belchertown and Greenwich Turnpike Corporation. [Feb. 7, 1803.] Add. act-1804 ch. 100. An ACT to divide the Town of Cushing, in the County of Lincoln, and to incorpo An ACT to regulate the taking of Alewives in the several Streams leading from Chap. 52. Chap. 53. Chap. 54: Chap. 55. Chap. 56. Chap. 57. An ACT regulating the taking the Fish called Alewives, in the several Streams emptying into Merrimack River in the Town of Haverhill. [Feb. 9, 1803.] An ACT to authorize the raising a Fund for the Support of the Ministry and a Grammar School, in the Town of Turner, in the County of Cumberland. [Feb. 9, 1803.] An ACT annexing the Gore of Land, commonly called Phillips' Gore, in the County of Cumberland, to the Town of Otisfield. [Feb. 9, 1803.] An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act to secure the Town of Boston Chap. 58. from damage by Fire," and repealing certain Parts thereof. Further add. acts-1810 ch. 21: 1811 ch. 73: 1817 ch. 119. 1817 ch. 171. [Feb. 9, 1803.] An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act establishing The Norfolk and 1804 ch. 106: 1805 ch. 106: 1820 ch. 29. 1798 ch. 23. Chap. 59. 1801 ch. 69. An ACT to incorporate John Codman and others into a Company, by the name of Chap. 60. The Suffolk Insurance Company. Feb. 12, 1803.] Add. acts-1803 ch. 67: 1804 ch. 24. All repealed-1817 ch. 112. An ACT to establish The Fifteenth Massachusetts Turnpike Corporation. [Feb. Chap. 61. 12, 1803.] See 1806 ch. 53. Add. act-1811 ch. 106. An ACT to incorporate William King and others into a Company, by the name of Chap. 62. The Lincoln and Kennebeck Marine Insurance Company. [Feb. 12, 1803.) An ACT to regulate the taking of the Fish called Alewives in Johnston's Brook, so called, emptying into Merrimack River, in the Town of Bradford, and for clearing the Passage Way of said Fish, from said Merrimack River to Johnston's Pond, and from thence to Little Pond, so called. [Feb. 12, 1803.] Chap. 63. Chap. 64. An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act to incorporate a number of the inhabitants of the southwesterly part of Petersham, and the northwesterly part of Hardwick, in the County of Worcester, and the northeasterly part of Green- 1800 ch. 50. wich, in the County of Hampshire, into a Town by the name of Dana." [Feb. 12, 1803.] An ACT in amendment of an Act, entitled, "An Act to preserve and regulate the Chap. 65. taking of Fish called Alewives, at Neguasset Falls, so called, within the Town of Woolwich, in the County of Lincoln," passed the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred. [Feb. 12, 1803.] 1799 ch. 68. An ACT in addition to an Act, entitled, "An Act establishing The Fifth Massa- Chap. 66. chusetts Turnpike Corporation." [Feb. 12, 1803.] Further add. acts--1803 ch. 23: 1810 ch. 39: 1815 ch. 20. 1798 ch. 85. An ACT to establish The Sixteenth Massachuseetts Turnpike Corporation. [Feb. Chap. 67. 14, 1803.] Add. acts-1807 ch. 87. 88: 1810 ch. 76. An ACT authorizing the Town of Deerfield to loan the interest of certain Monies Chap. 68. in the Treasury of said Town. [Feb. 14, 1803.] Add. act-1806 ch. 38. An ACT to establish a Corporation, by the name of The Portland Benevolent So- Chap. 69. ciety. [Feb. 15, 1803.] An ACT to incorporate John Pearson and others into a Company, by the name of Chap. 70. The Merrimack Marine and Fire Insurance Company. [Feb. 15, 1803.] An Act in addition to the several Laws heretofore made for the Preservation of Chap. 71. the Fish called Alewives, in Mattapoisset River, in Rochester, in the County of 1787 ch.33, &c. Plymouth, and for regulating the taking said Fish in said River. [Feb. 16, 1803.] Further add. acts-1811 ch. 60: 1817 ch. 136. An ACT to divide the Town of Pittston, in the County of Kennebeck, and to in- Chap. 72. corporate the west part thereof into a Town by the name of Gardiner. [Feb. 17, 1803.] An Act in addition to an Act, entitled, " An Act for establishing a Turnpike Cor- Chap. 73. poration within the Town of Scarborough." [Feb. 18, 1803.] 1802 ch. 34. An ACT in addition to an Act entitled, "An Act to incorporate Joshua Shaw and Chap. 74. others, for the purpose of building a Bridge across New Meadow River. [Feb. 1801 ch. 33. 19, 1803.] An ACT to set off Robert Hasty from the second, and to annex him and his estate Chap. 75. to the first Parish in Scarborough. [Feb. 19, 1803.] An Act to divide the Town of Harwich, and to incorporate the northerly part Chap. 76. thereof into a separate Town by the name of Brewster. [Feb. 19, 1803.] An Act to incorporate a number of the inhabitants in the Town of Buxton, in the Chap. 77. |