1770 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly | of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, begun and held at Boston, upon Wednesday | the Thirty-first Day of May, 1769, from thence | continued by sundry Prorogations to Thursday the | Fifteenth Day of March following, and then met at Cambridge in the County of Middlesex. [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by Richard Draper, and Green & Russell, | Printers to the Government. 1770. | Folio, pp. 561–568. 338 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of the Province of the MassachusettsBay in New England: Begun and Held at Harvard-College in Cambridge, on Wednesday the Thirtieth Day of | May, 1770, and continued by sundry Prorogations | unto Wednesday the Twenty-sixth Day of September | following, and then met. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by Richard Draper, and Green & | Russell, Printers to the Government. 1770. | Folio, pp. 569-575. 339 1771 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts | Bay in New-England: Begun and held at Cam- | bridge, in the County of Middlesex, upon Wednes- | day the Thirtieth Day of May, 1770; and conti- | nued by sundry Prorogations unto Wednesday the | Third Day of April following, and then met. | [Colophon.] Boston, N. E. Printed by Richard Dra- | per, and Green and Russell, Printers to the Go- | vernment. 1771. | Folio, pp. 577-563 for 589. 340 The second session of 1770-71. Page 585 to 589 are misnumbered 558 to 563. [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of | His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- | Bay, in New-England: Begun and held at Cam- | bridge in the County of Middlesex, upon Wed- | nesday the twenty-ninth Day of May 1771. | [Boston: 1771.] Folio, pp. 591–599. 1772 341 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of | His Majesty's Province of Massachu setts-Bay in New-England: Begun and held at Cambridge | upon Wednesday the Twenty-ninth Day of May | 1771, and continued by sundry Prorogations to | Wednesday the Ninth Day of April 1772, and then met. | [Colophon.] Boston, New-England: | Printed by Richard Draper, and Green and Russell, | Printers to the Government. 1772. | Folio, pp. 601-606. 342 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province of Massachusetts-Bay in | New-England: Begun and held at Cambridge | upon Wednesday the Twenty-seventh Day of May | 1772, and adjourned to Boston the 11th of June. | [Colophon.] Boston: | Printed by Richard Draper, and Green & | Russell, Printers to the Government. 1772 | Folio, pp. 607-623. 1773 343 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: | Begun and held at Cambridge upon Wednesday the Twenty- | seventh Day of May 1772, and continued by Adjournment to Boston and several Prorogations to the 6th of | January 1773, and then met. | [Colophon.] Boston, | Printed by Richard Draper, and Green and Russell, Printers to the | Government. [1773.] | Folio, pp. 625–642. 344 The second session of 1772-73. In some copies page 640 was misnumbered 140. This set contains both the corrected and the misprinted pages. [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts- | Bay, in New-England: Begun and held at Boston, | upon Wednesday the Twenty-sixth Day of May, | 1773. | [Colophon.] Boston, New-England: | Printed by Richard Draper, and Green and Russell, | Printers to the Government. [1773.] | Folio, pp. 643–650. 1774 345 [Royal Arms.] ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly | of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, | in New-England: Begun and held at Boston upon | Wednesday the twenty-sixth Day of May 1773, | and continued by sundry Prorogations to Wednes- | day the 26th of January following, and then met. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by Richard Draper, and Green and Russell, Printers to the Government. 1774. | Folio, pp. 651-666. 346 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assem- | bly of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, in | New-England, begun and held at Boston, upon | Wednesday the Twenty-fifth Day of May 1774, | from thence continued by Adjournment to Tues- | day the Seventh Day of June following and | then met at Salem, in the County of Essex. | [Colophon.] Boston: Printed by Draper, Green and Russell, | Printers to the Government. [1774.] | Folio, pp. 667-670. 347 The first session of 1774 and the last of the Colonial Assembly. 1774 [Royal Arms.] | AN ACT of Parliament | Passed in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third. 1774. | [Boston: 1774.] Folio, pp. 671-679. 348 "An Act for the better regulating of the Government of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay." 1780 A | CONSTITUTION | or | Frame of Government, | Agreed upon by the Delegates of the People of the State of | Massachusetts-Bay, | in | Convention. | Begun and held at Cambridge on the First of September, 1779. | And | Continued by Adjournments to the Second of March, 1780. To be submitted to the Revision of their Constituents in Order to the compleating of the same, in Conformity to their Amend- | ments, at a Session to be held for that Purpose, on the First | Wednesday in June next ensuing. | Boston: State of Massachusetts Bay, | Printed by Benjamin Edes & Sons, in State-Street. | M,DCC,LXXX. | 8vo. 349 Collation: Half-title, 1 leaf; Title, 1 leaf; text, pp. 5–53. The Half-title reads: A CONSTITUTION | OR | FRAME OF GOVERNMENT, | AGREED UPON BY THE DELEGATES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. | Bound with it is: AN ADDRESS | OF THE | CONVENTION | FOR FRAMING | A NEW | CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT, | FOR THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, | TO THEIR | CONSTITUENTS. | Boston | Printed by White and Adams, next Door | to the Cromwell's-HeadTavern, in School | Street. M,DCC,LXXX. | 8vo. pp. 18. 1789 THE | PERPETUAL Laws | of the | Commonwealth | of | Massachusetts, | From the Commencement of the Constitution, | In October, 1780, | To the last Wednesday in May, 1789. | To which are prefixed, | The Declaration of Independence, the Articles | of Confederation, the Constitution of the | Commonwealth, the Treaty of Peace, between | Great-Britain and America, and the Constitu- | tion of the United States. | Published by Order of the General Court. | [Arms of Massachusetts.] | Boston: | Printed by Adams and Nourse, | Printers to the Honourable General Court. | M,DCC,LXXXIX. | Folio. 350 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; The Declaration, pp. (4); Articles of Confederation, pp. 3-7; Constitution of Massachusetts, pp. 9-27; Treaty of Peace, pp. 29-34; Constitution of the United States, pp. 35-48; Laws, pp. 1-495; 1 p. blank; Index pp. i-vi. TEMPORARY LAWS. 1742 TEMPORARY | Acts and Laws | Of His Majesty's | Province | of the | Massachusetts-Bay | in | New-England. |[Royal Arms.]| Boston, N. E. | Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, by Order of His Excellency the Governour, Council and | House of Representatives. MDCCXLII. | Folio. 351 Collation: Title, 1 p.; Authorization, 1 p.; Table (to p. 74), pp. 4; Table (to p. 205), pp. 4; text, pp. 1-74. 1743 [Royal Arms.] | An ACT, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province of the MassachusettsBay in New-England: Begun and Held at Boston upon | Wednesday the twenty sixth Day of May 1742. And continued by Ad- | journments and Prorogations unto Thursday the thirty first of March following. [Colophon.] Boston, N. E. | Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, by Order | of His Excellency the Governour, Council, and House of Representatives. MDCCXLIII. | Folio, pp. 75-76. 352 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws, | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: Begun and Held at Boston upon | Wednesday the twenty-fifth Day of May 1743. | [Colophon.] Boston, N. E. | Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, by Order of His Excellency the Governour, Council, and House of | Representatives. MDCCXLIII. | Folio, pp. 77-81. 353 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: Begun and Held at Boston upon | Wednesday the twenty-fifth Day of May 1743, and continued by Ad| journment to Thursday the eighth Day of September following. | [Colophon.] Boston: N. E. | Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, by | Order of His Excellency the Governour, Council, and House of Representatives. MDCCXLIII. | Folio, pp. 83-89. 354 [Royal Arms.] | AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: Begun and held at Boston upon | Wednesday the twenty-fifth Day of May 1743, and continued by Ad- | journment to Thursday the eighth Day of September following. | [Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green. 1743] | Folio, p. 83. 355 [Royal Arms.] | ACTS and Laws | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: Begun and Held at Boston upon | Wednesday the twenty-fifth Day of May 1743, and continued by Adjournment and Prorogation to Thursday the twentieth of October following. [Colophon.] Boston: N. E. | Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, by Order | of His Excellency the Governour, Council and House of Representatives. MDCCXLIII. | Folio, pp. 91-97. 1744 356 [Royal Arms.] | AN ACT | Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesty's Province | of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England: Begun and held at Boston upon | Wednesday the twenty-fifth Day of May 1743, and continued by Adjourn- | ment and Prorogations to Wednesday the eighth Day of February following. |[Colophon.] Boston: N. E. | Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland |