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 ACTS 
 
 AND 
 
 LAWS, 
 
 Of His Majesties Colony 
 
 o F 
 
 CONNECTICUT 
 
 1 N 
 
 New -England: 
 
 Passed by the 
 
 May 1J16 to May 1J^% 
 
 HARTFORD: 
 
 Thirty Sets Reissued in FaC' 
 simile bj Albert C. Bates. 
 
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 Actions, fees of juries in, 442. 
 Limitation of time for, 423. 
 Of 40s. how tried, 212, 227, 258, 268, 313, 357. 
 Of 10s. and 20s. no appeal, 227, 258, 313. 
 Real, where to be tried, 333, 334. 
 Act of Parliament, recited, 347, 371, 405, 480, 487. 
 Appeals, entering of, 537. 
 
 Restrained in some cases, 313, 357, 449, 463. 
 Apprentices, Indian, their indentures to be 
 acknowledged before authority or else void, 
 254. 
 Indian, to be taught to read English, 339. 
 Assembly, General, see Courts, General. 
 Assignees of debts, made void, 255. 
 Assistants, power and number, 227, 234, 268, 313, 
 314, 319, 326, 333, 334, 357, 360, 366, 369, 
 371. 
 When chosen, 473. 
 Attorneys, exempted from bearing arms, 386. 
 Members of General Court not to appear 
 
 there as, 386. 
 Number of limited, 373, 389. 
 To be assessed for their faculty, 312. 
 Auditors, to be appointed, 305, 443. 
 
 To be sworn, 324. 
 Baptists, exempted as Quakers, 366, 372. 
 Barberry bushes, to be destroyed, 320. 
 They to be fined who oppose, 320. 
 Bargains in land, made void in case, 337, 338. 
 Bastardy, how punished, 341. 
 Bayberry, tallow, 370, 378, 302, 375. 
 The time for gathering it, 303. 
 Trespass in destroying and gathering, 543. 
 Bayliffs, sheriffs also made such, 349. 
 Bills and bonds, good to the assignee, void, 255. 
 Bills of credit, called in to be exchanged, 229, 243, 
 250, 356, 368, 478. 
 Counterfeiting them prevented and punished, 
 
 336, 301, 404, 429, 439, 469. 
 Emitted, 211, 216, 220, 334, 235, 237, 241, 245, 
 253, 286, 289, 297, 302, 308, 311, 314, 327, 
 342, 350, 355, 363, 367, 370, 374, 386, 398, 
 402, 412, 475, 477, 478. 
 Form of altered, 485. 
 Not to be halved and quartered, 327, 367, 
 
 368, 441, 458. 
 Supporting the currency of, 553, 563. 
 Wording of explained, 430. 
 Bills of divorce, when to be granted, 235. 
 Bills or other currency, not to be emitted by 
 
 private persons or societies, 484, 505. 
 Boats or canoes, not to be used without liberty, 
 
 263. 
 Bonds, judgment on conditional, 439. 
 Bound line, punishment of such as oppose com- 
 mittees appointed to fix and ascertain, 374. 
 Bound marks, of towns and particular persons to 
 
 be kept up, 546. 
 Branders, fees of, 462. 
 
 To be chosen and sworn, 466. 
 Brands for horses and other creatures in Mans- 
 field, 219. 
 In Lebanon, Coventry, Canterbury, Durham, 
 Danbury, Kellingly, Groton, Colchester, 
 Hebron, Derby, Mansfield, Pomfret, Tol- 
 land, Stafford, Litchfield, Ashford, New- 
 town, Ridgefield, Bolton, Wellington, New 
 Milford, 342. 
 In Weataug, 358. 
 In East Haddam, 438. 
 In Sharon, New Fairfield, 473. 
 In Torrington, 514. 
 In New Hartford, 522. 
 Breach, of pounds, 327, 365. 
 
 Of the peace, 379, 380, 381, 284, 366. 
 Bread, not to be exported, 504, 507. 
 Bridges, toll of stated, 530, 564. 
 Canvas or Duck, making of encouraged, 426, 473. 
 Capital offenders, to be put to death, 528. 
 Cattel, fee for impounding, 551. 
 
 &c. Impounded, to be cried in 3 towns, 227. 
 To be branded, 250. 
 
 Clerks, of proprietors to be sworn, 226. 
 Of societies, 212, 298. 
 Of towns, 251, 269, 310, 370. 
 Coin, act for ascertaining rates of forcin, to be 
 
 published and observed, 479, 483. 
 And currencies regulated and stated, 513, 
 
 539. 
 Counterfeiting and uttering it, 256. 
 Rates of forein, stated, 480. 
 Collectors, new, to be chosen, 378. 
 Of rates, their power, 251, 353. 
 Power of executors or administrators of, 378. 
 Colony, provision for defence of, 531. 
 Commissioners of sewers, 358, 401, 447. 
 Common fields and fences, 377, 394, 399, 400, 418, 
 
 461. 
 See also. Fields and fences, Viewers of fence. 
 Commons, encroachments thereon, 299, 335. 
 Horses not to go at large on, 399. 
 How formed, 549. 
 No swine to go thereon, 257. 
 To belong to proprietors, 346. 
 Constables, carefully to inspect taverns, 293. 
 Fees of, 374, 543, 547. 
 
 Proceedings in executions, 355, 360, 517, 528. 
 To be water-bayliffs, 249. 
 To pay school money to select-men, 293, 328. 
 To post goods taken by execution, 255. 
 To present breaches of Sabbath, 363, 367. 
 To prevent riots, 379, 280. 
 To proceed against delinquents, 325. 
 To pull down secular notifications on the 
 
 Sabbath, S-c, 356. 
 To suppress lotteries, 351. 
 To suppress tumults, 281. 
 To take up negros in the night season, 291. 
 Copper mines, 264, 294, 385, 395, 432. 
 Counties, of Hartford, New London, New Haven 
 
 and Fairfield enlarged, 219, 285, 353, 363. 
 Courts, General, Superior, Inferior, Probate and 
 
 Equity. 
 (General) Allowance and privilege, 369. 
 
 Members thereof exempted from arrests, 322. 
 Members thereof not to appear as attorneys 
 
 before, 386. 
 To fix place to build meeting-house, 382. 
 To grant rates and taxes, 353. 
 To hear petitions and memorials, 234, 367. 
 When to chuse a speaker and clerk, 256. 
 (Superior) Commission and oath for judges of, 
 
 509. 
 Fees and privilege, 369, 398. 
 Of whom to consist, their power, 255, 283, 
 
 486. 
 Seals for, 509. 
 Stated and times and places for holding 
 
 them, 369, 321, 396, 438, 450, 486. 
 To appoint auditors to adjust accounts, 305. 
 To be opened by one judge or the sheriff, 334. 
 To grant writs of prohibition, 486. 
 (Inferior or Countv) Constitution and power, 255, 
 
 331. 
 Fees and privilege, 336, 367, 369. 
 Stated and times and places for holding them, 
 
 217, 235, 313, 331, 438. 
 To appoint auditors to adjust accounts, 305. 
 To appoint goal keepers, 394, 301. 
 To dispose of delinquents in service, 314. 
 To punish offenders, 229. 
 
 To see that a work-house be built, &c., 343. 
 (Probate) by whom to be held, 214, 221, 236. 
 Distributing estates to next of kin, 338. 
 Fees, 221, 236, 256, 400. 
 Inventory when to be given in, 306, 332. 
 May call assistance, 331. 
 Proceedings therein made valid, 285. 
 To appoint fit persons for apprizers, 215. 
 To appoint persons under oath to distribute 
 
 intestate estates, 226. 
 To appoint three free-holders, in case, 217. 
 Where to be held, 247, 290, 321, 355, 508, 514, 
 
 517, 529, 550, 561, 569. 
 
 (I)
 
 (Equity) Erected, 414. 
 
 Creditors, to recover their just debts out of, &c., 
 
 317, 332. 
 Criminals, charges of prosecuting, 570. 
 
 To be disposed of in service, in case, 314. 
 Who to do execution of judgment on, 325. 
 Curriers, Cordwaincrs and Tanners, 244. 
 Debtors, absconding, 317, 332, 463. 
 
 Lands of deceased, how disposed of, 405. 
 Not to be oppressed, 238, 361. 
 To pay debts by service, 314. 
 Depts, iby books, bills or bonds, how and when 
 
 recovered, 355, 328. 
 Deer, to be preserved, 223, 459, 469, 538. 
 Defence of Colony, provision for, 531. 
 Degrees of kindred ascendant and transverse, 
 
 who such, 338. 
 Delinquents, charges of prosecuting, 570. 
 Execution of judgment against, 325. 
 To be disposed of in service, provided, &c, 
 314. 
 Deputies, not to be arrested during their sessions, 
 322 
 Power, 6-c., 256, 369. 
 When to be chosen, 473. 
 Deserters, to be apprehended, fined and impris- 
 oned, 483, 536. 
 Detecting and punishing trespass, 329, 358. 
 Dissenters, indulged, 340, 366, 372, 519. 
 Dissolute and disorderly persons, to be set to 
 
 work, 343. 
 Disorders, by negro and Indian servants, 291. 
 In taverns, 293. 
 In the worship of God, 290. 
 In town meetings, society-meetings and pro- 
 prietors-meetings, 362, 366. 
 Distilling molasses, 341, 348. 
 
 Distracted persons and idiots, to be relieved. 344. 
 Distribution, of estates of intestates, 226. 
 Disturbance, in bargains of land prevented, 337. 
 
 See Disorders. 
 Ditches and drains, appointed by commissioners 
 of sewers, kept open, 358, 401, 447. 
 Proprietors of wet lands to meet, 359. 
 Divorce, when and by whom to be granted, 224. 
 Dower of widows, how secured, 216, 446. 
 Drunkenness, punished and prevented, 213, 248, 
 319. 
 See Strong drink. 
 Duty, on goods imported into Colony, 554. 
 On lumber exported out of Colony, 556. 
 See Impost and excise. 
 Ecclesiastical affairs. Disorders and disturbances 
 prevented, 262, 290. 
 How ministers shall be chosen, 362. 
 May lay tax for part time preaching, 423. 
 Regulating abuses and correcting disorders 
 
 in, 510, 523. 
 Sober dissenters therefrom, 340, 366, 372, 519. 
 Taxes how collected, 432, 433. 
 See Ministry. 
 Encouraging, destroying wolves, 214, 328, 362, 
 443, 525, 561. 
 The getting bayberry-tallow, 270, 278, 302, 
 375. 
 Encroachments, on high-ways, 299, 325. 
 On land sequestred for Indians, 333. 
 Estates, of heiresses not to be sold, 296. 
 
 Real, to be divided by 3 freeholders, 217. 
 See Insolvent estates. Intestate estates. 
 Excise, on liquors, 434, 446. 
 See Impost and excise. 
 Execution, how to be levied, 234, 283, 325, 360. 
 Executors, enabled to sell lands, 291. 
 May sue their co-executors, 365. 
 Neglecting giving in inventory to be fined, 
 
 306, 332. 
 Of wills, 217. 
 
 To have witnesses sworn, 243. 
 Exempting, members of General Assembly from 
 arrest, 322. 
 Persons 70 years old from being rated, 262. 
 Professors of the Church of England from 
 paying taxes for building meeting houses, 
 340. 
 Quakers and Baptists, 366, 372. 
 
 Explaining an Act, about listers, 225. 
 About joining issues, 253. 
 About ordering societies, 270. 
 About being four-folded, 273. 
 About town inhabitants, 282. 
 About burglary and breach of peace, 284. 
 About kindred in equal degree, 338. 
 About fence for common fields, 400. 
 About trespasses, 427. 
 About idiots, 468. 
 Exportation of grain, flour and bread prohib- 
 ited, 504, 507. 
 Faculty, who assessed therefor, 282, 312. 
 Fees, regulated, 326, 345, 360, 361, 365, 367, 373, 
 374, 400, 407, 436, 466, 505, 520, 538, 543, 
 547, 557, 563, 566, 571. 
 Ferries, granted and fares stated, 303, 323, 324, 
 341, 342, 349, 356, 369, 385, 398, 466, 484, 
 514, 520, 526, 529, 530, 542, 544, 547, 551, 
 560, 561, 564, 566. 
 Fields and fences, bounds lost to be settled by 3 
 free-holders, 246. 
 Of particular inclosures, 377, 461. 
 Proprietors to choose a clerk, 226. 
 What fence accounted sufficient, 334, 566. 
 See Common fields and fences. 
 Fines and penalties, how disposed of, 324, 371. 
 Fires, persons setting on any lands to pay for 
 
 damage done, 407. 
 Fish passages, not obstructed, 244, 274, 324, 376, 
 
 570. 
 Flour, not to be exported, 504, 507. 
 Flying from justice, who such, their punishment, 
 
 258. 
 Forceable entry and detainer, 275, 319, 388, 517. 
 Forciners, coming to trade in this colony, 227, 
 228, 270, 352. 
 Relief against designs of, 520. 
 Forgery, of coyn or uttering it, 256. 
 Of the bills of credit, 236, 301. 
 Forming, the House of Deputies, 256. 
 
 Societies when other societies are drawn off, 
 335. 
 Forms of writs and processes, 284, 353, 360. 
 
 Of oaths, 212, 226, 234, 247, 271, 282, 296, 324, 
 347, 348, 388, 398. 
 Fornication, its punishment eased, 341. 
 Fraud, in destroying wolves, 214. 
 
 In bargains and sales of land, 337. 
 Freemen, how qualified and admitted, 370. 
 
 When to meet, 372, 471, 473. 
 Gagers, wages of. 442. 
 General, liberty of appeal, 227, 258, 313, 357. 
 
 Issue of not guilty, nil debit, &c., 254, 305. 
 Goals and Coalers, by whom to be kept, 294, 300. 
 Perpetual confinement in, 378. 
 Their fees, 345, 466, 563. 
 Goats, doing damage impounded, 285. 
 Of some towns to go at large, 307. 
 To be ordered by a major vote, 320. 
 Governor and deputy governor, when chosen, 473. 
 Grain, not to be exported, 504, 507. 
 Grand-jurymen, fees of advanced, 538. 
 
 Their presentments good evidence, unless, 249. 
 
 To enquire after sellers of drink, 259. 
 
 To inform against killing deer, 224. 
 
 To inspect persons behaviour, 267. 
 
 To inspect taverns, 293. 
 
 To join with, 6-c., in chusing tavern-keepers, 
 
 248. 
 To post tavern haunters on tavern doors, 213. 
 To present breaches of Sabbath, 262. 
 To present persons for setting up lotteries, 
 
 351. 
 To present persons suspected for selling 
 
 drink, 230. 
 To present servants for being out unseason- 
 ably, 291. 
 To prevent excessive usury, 421. 
 To pull down secular notifications on the 
 
 Sabbath, fast, &c.. 356. 
 To see that Indian children learn to read, 339. 
 To suppress vice and immorality, 382. 
 Grants, of lands at town meetings, heretofore, 
 
 good, 287. 
 Guardians, how appointed, 439. 
 To divide lands, 254. 
 
 (ID
 
 Guilford, a Court of probate to be held there, 
 
 247. 
 Guns, not to be lent to Indians, 293. 
 Haddam, town divided, 424. 
 Hartford, county enlarged, 242, 285, 375. 
 
 Late riot at work-house, 284, 343, 389. 
 Hawkers, pedlars and petty-chapmen, 228, 270, 
 
 352. 
 Haywards, duty and allowance, 257, 365. 
 Hemp, encouragement of raising, 436, 473. 
 Hereticks, suppression of repealed, 366. 
 High-ways, how laid out or altered, 388, 431. 
 Not to be encroached on, 299, 325. 
 Penalty for not working on them, 314, 468, 
 
 547, 565. 
 Powers of surveyors of, 383. 
 Servants not to work on them, 294. 
 Surveyors of to account for forfeitures, 565. 
 Surveyors of to drein water from, 383. 
 Wages for laying them out, 323. 
 Home-lots, how to be assessed, 240. 
 Horses and cattel, doing damage when to be 
 impounded, 227, 365, 399. 
 Sale of stolen, void, 526. 
 That are stallions when to run at large, 328. 
 See Brands. 
 Houses, of correction to be built for setting to 
 work idle, lewd and disorderly persons, 343, 
 457. 
 Of entertainment, 259. 
 
 Of heiresses not to be sold without consent, 
 296. 
 Idiots and distracted persons, how relieved, 344, 
 
 468, 542. 
 Idle persons, &c., how to be disposed of, 239, 243, 
 
 343, 457, 524. 
 Immorality, suppressed and punished, 213, 239, 
 243, 251, 279, 293, 314, 319, 335, 343, 382. 
 Impost and excise, 231, 271, 276, 434, 435, 438. 
 
 See Duty. 
 Imprisonment, see Goals. 
 
 Indians, indentures to be acknowledged, 254. 
 Land not bought of them without allowance, 
 
 281. 
 Land not to be encroached upon, 333. 
 Not to have guns lent them, 292. 
 Purchasing native right, 221. 
 Strong drink not to be sold to, 230, 419. 
 To be sued, 307. 
 
 To be taught to read English, &c., 339. 
 Well ordering them, 229, 419. 
 Inhabitants, entertainment of transient persons 
 by, 395. 
 How and when admitted, 249, 282, 322. 
 How qualifyed to vote, 367, 362. 
 Not being warned out within 1 year, 250, 
 
 282. 
 Not to be disorderly in town-meetings, &c., 
 
 366. 
 Penalty for selling land to transient per- 
 sons, 322. 
 To destroy barberry bushes, 320. 
 To teach their Indian servants to read, 339. 
 Tryals limifted, 333. 
 When restrained from taverns, 293. 
 Insolvent estates, distribution of, 215. 
 Intestate estates, the next of kin in equal de- 
 gree explained, 338. 
 To be divided by persons under oath, 236. 
 When executors shall exhibit inventory, 306, 
 332. 
 Issues, when and how joined, 254, 305, 388. 
 Judges, allowance, privilege, 336, 367, 369, 398. 
 Any absent to be made up out of whom, 254. 
 Of Superior court stated, 331. 
 Jurors, allowance, 333, 336, 398, 443. 
 
 Explanatory act concerning them, 253. 
 Fees for summoning, 543. 
 How chosen, 536, 550. 
 See Grand-jurymen. 
 Justices of the peace, being removed before exe- 
 cution is taken out, 268. 
 Fees, ferriage free when, &-c., 326, 367, 369. 
 Personal knowledge good evidence, 319. 
 Power to dispose of delinquents, in case, 314. 
 Power to grant executions in small causes, 
 234. 
 
 Taxed for their polls, 346. 
 
 To grant no appeal to actions of 10.f. or 20.f., 
 
 237, 238, 313, 357. 
 To try all actions under ids., 227. 
 Where to try suits cognizable before them, 
 333. 
 Kindred, the degrees of such explained, 338. 
 Lands, disputes in partition of prevented, 409. 
 Exchanged by towns or proprietors, good, 
 
 397. 
 Fires not to be set on, 407. 
 Fraud in bargains of prevented, 337. 
 In western part of the colony, 383, 396. 
 Laid out, or boundaries lost, or to be re- 
 newed, persons to be sworn, 234, 246. 
 May be sold by executors, 291. 
 Not to be encroached on, 299, 325. 
 Of deceased debtors to be sold, 405. 
 Of heiresses not sold without their consent, 
 
 296. 
 Sequestred for commons, 329, 333. 
 Taxes on, how collected, 560. 
 Their titles confirmed, 387, 395, 296. 
 To be assessed, 240. 
 To be_ divided by guardians, 254. 
 Undivided to belong to proprietors, 346. 
 Unlawful entries upon them, 338. 
 See Common fields and fences. Commons. 
 Laws, amendment thereof, 305. 
 Law suits, preventing multiplicity of, 513, 527. 
 Learning, encouraged, 230, 338, 354. 
 Legataries, to sue for their legacies, 365. 
 Levying, executions, 334, 355, 283, 325, 360. 
 Lewd persons, &c., to be set and kept to work, 
 
 343. 
 Licensed houses, penalty for persons being there 
 on the Sabbath, 293. 
 Regulated, 213, 248, 259, 470. 
 See Taverns. 
 Linen, making of encouraged, 436, 473. 
 Listers, directed in their office and duty, 361, 445, 
 453. 
 Mav demand a list at any time of the year, 
 
 326. 
 Nine may be chosen in a town, 301. 
 To assess attorneys, 312. 
 To be annually chosen, 225, 249. 
 To be sworn, 236, 387. 
 Lists, errors in them relieved, 273. 
 
 To be preserved, 375. 
 Loan money, persons paying to be discharged, 
 425. 
 To be let out again, 425. 
 Lords-day. assistants, &c., plain view, good evi- 
 dence, 319. 
 Convicted persons refusing to pay to be 
 
 whipt, 268. 
 How children and servants shall be pun- 
 ished, 268. 
 Persons rude thereon to pay ids. and how 
 
 paid, 262. 
 Public worship to be attended on that day, 
 
 261. 
 Secular notifications not set up that day, 356. 
 Tything men and constables duty on said 
 day, 367. 
 Lords Justices, instruction from, 482. 
 Loss, by cattels straying, 250. 
 Lost goods, see under Strays. 
 Lotteries, prevented and suppressed, 351. 
 Lumber, duty on e.xportation of, 556. 
 Manslaughter, prevented and punished, 246. 
 Marriages, not allowed, their former consorts 
 
 living, 225. 
 Masters, to learn Indian children to read, 339. 
 Meeting house, how to proceed about building, 
 
 381, 568. 
 Memorials, how preferred to the General 
 
 Assembly, 367. 
 Military affairs, regulated, 437, 442, 458, 471, 
 
 483, 494, 550, 560. 
 Ministers, how chosen and supported, 340, 363, 432. 
 Ministry, contemners punished, 261, 390. 
 
 Dissenters from it indulged, 340, 366, 372. 
 Improving estate given for support of, 
 541, 545. 
 
 (HI)
 
 Molasses, not to be distilled, 341, 348. 
 Money, current, 256. 
 
 Paid to schools, 292, 328, 354. 
 Murder, of persons through guile, 246. 
 Native right to land, not sufficient title, 221. 
 Negro and Indian servants, ordered, 291. 
 New London, county court actions revived, 217. 
 County court altered, 312. 
 County enlarged, 219. 
 Ferries regulated, 323, 349. 
 New London Society for Trade and Commerce, 
 act constituting repealed, 403. 
 How members may obtain release of mort- 
 gages on their lands, 467. 
 Relief for possessors of bills of, 413. 
 Night-walking, of negro and Indian servants 
 
 and slaves, 291. 
 Nominations, for election, 218, 232, 240, 252, 260, 
 272, 286, 298, 310, 315, 336, 350, 364, 372, 
 379, 389, 402, 420, 429, 439, 447, 459, 466, 
 472, 484, 508, 517, 526, 544, 551, 564, 570. 
 Non-suit, may proceed, 306. 
 Notifications, on the Sabbath, 356. 
 Nuisances, in rivers, 244, 274, 324, 376. 
 Oaths, appointed by Act of Parliament, 347. 
 Of auditors, 324. 
 
 Of clerks of owners of sheep, 398. 
 Of commissioner of excise, 435. 
 Of committee to let out bills of credit, 416. 
 Of distributers of estates, 226. 
 Of free holders in finding bounds, 247. 
 Of judges of Superior court, 509. 
 Of jury about forceable entry and detainer, 
 
 388. 
 Of jury to lav out high-way, 388. 
 Of listers, 226. 
 Of masters of vessels, 271. 
 Of proprietors and purchasers clerks, 296, 397, 
 
 411, 464. 
 Of scavengers, 359. 
 Of society clerks, 212. 
 
 Of those carrying chains for surveyors, 234. 
 Of tything-men, 282. 
 Officers, fees, 326, 345, 360. 
 Oppression, of debtors, 238, 361. 
 Orphans, see Courts of probate. 
 Parliament, see Act of Parliament. 
 Petitions, serving of, 537. 
 
 To the General Assembly, 232, 367, 466, 570. 
 Physicians, to be rated, 282. 
 Pleas, disorders in them, amendment, 305, 442. 
 
 Of demurr regulated, 461. 
 Plough-lands, &c., assessed, 253. 
 Polvgamie and unchastity, prevented, 224, 341. 
 Poo'r, how to be provided for, 243, 343, 524. 
 Possessions, quieted. 257, 287, 295. 297, 299, 368. 
 Posts, in Colony service, 328, 369, 442. 
 Pounds, provided and maintained, 327, 365. 
 Preaching, sober dissenting from it, 366, 372. 
 Tax may be laid to pay for part time, 423. 
 The penalty for not duly attending it, 261. 
 See Lords-day and Sabbath. 
 Probate, see Courts of probate. 
 Processes and judgments, directing, 512, 529. 
 Proprietors, clerk to record conveyances of land, 
 466. 
 Of lands, 257, 287, 289, 295, 346, 383, 395, 461. 
 Quakers, &c., not unnecessarily to be entertained, 
 
 366. 
 Question, about proprietors clerks, 272. 
 About persons being four-folded, 273. 
 About house-lots, 286. 
 
 About servants working on high-ways, 294. 
 About rateable estates, 298. 
 About town officers, 311. 
 About bills and bonds, 328. 
 About grand-jurors making presentments, 
 
 328. 
 About killing of wolves, 328. 
 About free-trade, 336. 
 About county surveyors, 336. 
 About division of lands, 368. 
 About choosing a collector, 378. 
 About sober dissenters, 379. 
 About forceable entry and detainer, 379. 
 Quieting, of estates, 257, 287, 295, 297, 299, 368. 
 
 ( 
 
 Rates, how to be made, 301, 353. 
 
 See Taxes. 
 Rectors house, to be built and what applyed there- 
 to, 272. 
 Representatives, see Deputies. 
 Rescues, of swine, neat cattel, horses or sheep, 
 
 327. 
 Retailing, liquors without license, 214. 
 
 Of liquors regulated, 434, 446. 
 Reviews, restrained in some cases, 449, 463. 
 
 When to be granted, 212. 
 Rhum, the importation thereof prevented, 258, 
 271, 276. 
 See Impost and excise. 
 Riots, at Hartford work-house, 284, 343, 389. 
 
 How prevented and punished, 279. 
 Rivers, nuisances in prevented, 244, 376, 570. 
 Robinson. David, order concerning, 379. 
 Rogues and vagabonds, restrained and punished, 
 
 239, 319, 343. 
 Sabbath, see Lords-day. 
 
 Schools, encouraged and better supported, 408, 
 459, 483, 502. 
 In towns and parishes, 220. 
 Money to whom to be paid, 292, 328, 354. 
 Of learning regulated, 515. 
 Scire facias, how to be brought, 268. 
 Seamen, encouraged to enter service, 487. 
 Secretary, his office, fees and duty, 367. 
 Select-men, to bind out poor children, 243. 
 
 To cause the Act on page 206, for the Sup- 
 pressing of Immorality, to be annually 
 read, 251. 
 To receive the school money, 354. 
 To see that children be taught to read, 339. 
 To take care of the sick, 352, 391. 
 Sellers, see Licensed houses. 
 Servants, to be taught to read English, 339. 
 Service, done for the Colony, 369. 
 Sewers, commission and power, 358, 401. 
 
 See Ditches and dreins. 
 Sheep and Swine, 212, 216, 228, 257, 376, 420, 
 
 443. 
 Sheriffs, by whom appointed, 300. 
 Direction of, 517, 528. 
 Fees, 323, 361, 547. 
 How qualified, 300. 
 Levying executions, 255. 
 
 Not to return. They can't do execution, 283. 
 Their further direction, 360, 378. 
 To appoint executioners, 30O. 
 To be water-bayliffs, 349. 
 To command assistance, 283. 
 To have the custody of goods, 301, 355. 
 To open the Superior court, in case, 334. 
 To suppress tumults, 281. 
 Writs directed to them, giving a receipt, 360. 
 Ships, to be assessed, 320. 
 Sickness, infectious, how to be provided for, 352, 
 
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 Sign-post, the use thereof. 255. 
 Silk, act to encourage raising, 425. 
 Slaves, punishment of, 375. 
 Small-causes, of 40j. how tryed, 212, 268, 357, 44,5. 
 
 Of lOjT. and 20.r. no appeal, 227, 258, 313. 
 Societys, better ordered, 270, 366. 
 
 How qualified to vote in meetings of, 362, 
 
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 How to meet and form themselves, 335, 354. 
 How to proceed to build a meeting-house, 
 
 381. 
 If 70 families to keep a school, 220. 
 Regulated and the ministry supported, 231. 
 To choose clerks, 212, 298. 
 Where non-residents shall pay tax, 433. 
 Souldiers, secured from arrest, 530. 
 Stanford, a Court of probate to be held there, 
 
 355. 
 Stone wall, where it may be set, 377. 
 Strong drink, not to be sold to Indians, 230, 419. 
 Strays and lost goods, 227, 250, 393, 451. 
 Summons, their forms, 283, 360. 
 Surveyors, appointed, 328, 375, 398. 
 Assistants sworn, 234, 342. 
 To lay out grants of land, 419. 
 Wages, 244, 407, 445. 
 
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 Suspected persons, relief against, 520. 
 
 Swearing, profanely, 319. 
 
 Swine and cattle, to be marked, 250. 
 
 Restrained from going on the commons, 257, 
 350. 
 
 To be yoaked and ringed, 216. 
 
 West of Stratford river to go at large, 228. 
 
 See Sheep and swine. 
 Tallow, bayberry, 270, 278, 302. 
 Tanners, leather to be sealed, 244. 
 Tar and turpentine, fee of gagers of, 442. 
 Taverns, 214, 248, 259, 293, 434, 446. 
 
 See Licensed houses. 
 Taxes, granted for payment of minister, 423, 432. 
 
 How assessed and gathered, 417, 456. 
 
 How collected, 560. 
 
 Levied 211, 217, 218, 220, 224, 232, 235, 237, 241, 
 244, 246, 252, 253, 260, 274, 286, 290, 298, 
 302, 309, 310, 311, 315, 331, 350, 364, 370, 
 372, 379, 389, 402, 429, 439, 447, 459, 476, 
 477, 478, 486, 508, 539, 544, 551. 
 
 Of non-residents, where paid, 433. 
 
 On Church of England men, Quakers, Bap- 
 tists, 340, 366, 372. 
 
 On plough lands, 219, 251. 
 
 Overcharged (see Lists), 273. 
 Theft and burglary, how punished, 284, 433, 450. 
 
 What, 284, 389. 
 Timber, trespasses thereon, 233, 329, 358, 371. 
 Tipling and drunkenness, 213, 248, 259, 293, 435. 
 Toll bridge, see Bridge. 
 
 Towns, actions for non-perambulating bounds of, 
 546. 
 
 Clerks office, 251, 269, 280, 309, 370. 
 
 Divided, 424. 
 
 Inhabitants how qualified, &-c., 282, 322. 
 
 New, named and bounded, 396, 409, 463. 
 
 Not to entertain transient persons, 249, 395. 
 
 Officers when and how chosen, 366. 
 
 Schools, 220, 328, 354. 
 
 To choose treasurers, 418. 
 
 To warn out transient persons, 258. 
 Trade, regulating and encouragement of, 554, 567. 
 
 Securing and encouragement of, 487. 
 Traders, not inhabitants to pay import, 227. 
 
 To observe acts of navigation, 227. 
 Trainings, not to be warned on the Sabbath, 
 &c., 356. 
 
 Souldiers to obey sheriffs in case, 283. 
 Treasurer, how to collect taxes, 456. 
 
 Persons appointed to audit his accompts, 324. 
 
 To discharge persons paying loan, 425. 
 
 To seize counterfeit bills of credit, 236. 
 
 Towns to choose, 418. 
 Trespasses, by setting fires, 407. 
 
 In timber, 233, 329, 358, 371, 427. 
 
 Trials, to be in town only, in case, 333. 
 Tything-men, duty, 267, 291, 293, 350. 
 How chosen, 267. 
 To be sworn, 282. 
 Vacant lands, unlawfully entered upon, 238. 
 Vagabonds, how to be employed and punished, 
 
 239, 343, 457, 
 Vice, suppressed and punished, 382. 
 Viewers of fence, what fence accounted sufficient, 
 
 334, 566. 
 Voters, in town-meetings, 362, 366. 
 In societies, 231, 335, 363, 366. 
 Unlicensed houses, suppressed, 334. 
 Usury, excessive restrained, 421. 
 Wages, of county surveyors, sheriffs, jurors, 
 
 posts and witnesses, 244, 323, 328. 
 Wandering idle persons, to be taken up, 239, 343. 
 Warning, for trainings, etc., not to be on the Sab- 
 bath, &c., 356. 
 Warrants, for collecting rates, 353. 
 Water-bayliffs, who such, 349. 
 Water courses, not to be stopt, 303. 
 Wears, hedges, &c., in rivers, prevented, 244, 376, 
 
 570. 
 Western lands, proprietors and purchasers may 
 make partition of 396, 409, 463. 
 Meetings of proprietors of to be called, 383, 
 
 396, 410, 463. 
 Money received for may be improved for 
 
 schools, 408, 459. 
 Proprietors of may levy and collect taxes, 
 385, 397, 411. 
 Widows, their dowry, 216, 446. 
 Wills, inventory when to be taken, 306. 
 
 Witnesses to be sworn, 243, 248. 
 Windham county, 247, 321, 372. 
 
 Courts and surveyor, 331, 328. 
 Wine, impost thereon, 231. 
 Witnesses, fees of, 338, 442. 
 Wolves, fraud in killing prevented, 214. 
 
 Killing them, 362, 443, 525, 561. 
 Woodberry, a Court of probate to be there, 247. 
 Woods, act against firing repealed, 407. 
 Work-house at Hartford, ordered and regulated, 
 343, 457. 
 Perpetual confinement in, 378. 
 Use thereof, 344. 
 Writs, abatements thereof pleaded, 305, 332, 288, 
 442. 
 How directed, 428. 
 Of error when brought to the Superior court, 
 
 354, 465, 535. 
 Serving and returning of, 537. 
 See Forms of writs. 
 
 An Abridgment of the Titles of the Laws. 
 
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 Appointing Society Clerk 
 Concerning Small Causes 
 Preventing Sheep on Commons 
 Preventing Tipling and Drunkenness 
 Destroying of Wolves 
 Courts of Probate 
 Distribution of Insolvent Estates 
 Concerning Swine 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Division of Estate under Will 
 Actions at New London 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 Nominations for Election 
 Peculiars how Assessed 
 Enlarging New London County 
 Appointing Brand for Horses 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Appointing Schools 
 Purchasers of Native Rights 
 Courts of Probate 
 Preservation and Increase of Deer 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
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 Crying Horses and Cattel 
 
 Providing for Small Causes 
 
 Concerning Free Trade 
 
 Concerning Pedlars and Hawkers 
 
 Permitting Swine at Large 
 
 Bills of Credit Exchanged 
 
 Well-ordering of the Indians 
 
 Regulating Parishes or Societies 
 
 Excise and Impost 
 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
 Preservation of Timber 
 
 Petitions regulated 
 
 County Surveyors to take Oath 
 
 Justices to Grant Executions 
 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
 Time for holding Inferior Courts 
 
 Passing Counterfeit Bills 
 
 Courts of Probate 
 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
 Currency of Bills of Credit 
 
 Unlawful Entries upon Lands 
 
 Suppressing Rogues and Vagabonds 
 
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 Assessing of Improved Lands 
 Nominations for Election 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Bills of Credit Exchanged 
 Hartford County enlarged 
 Idle and Poor Persons 
 Witnesses of Wills may be Sworn 
 County Surveyors Wages 
 Regulating Tanners and Curriers 
 Nuisances in Rivers 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Punishment of Manslaughter 
 Loss of Bounds of Land 
 Appointing Courts of Probate 
 Witnesses to Wills 
 Regulation of Licensed Houses 
 Ease of Listers in Warning 
 Concerning Town Inhabitants 
 Loss by Cattcl Straying 
 Bills of Credit Exchanged 
 Suppressing of Immorality 
 Enabling Collectors to gather Rates 
 Procuring Bills of Credit 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 Nominations for Election 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Proceedings in Courts 
 Guardians to Divide Lands 
 Indentures of Indian Apprentices 
 Concerning Judges of Courts 
 Concerning Levying Executions 
 Concerning Bills or Bonds 
 Counterfeiting of Coin 
 House of Representatives 
 Courts of Probate 
 Bills of Credit Exchanged 
 Partition of Lands 
 Restraining Swine 
 Providing for Small Causes 
 Prevent Flying from Justice 
 Importation of Rhum 
 Regulation of Licensed Houses 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 Nominations for Election 
 Prophaning the Sabbath 
 Exemption from Poll Tax 
 Taking Boat without Liberty 
 Bills in Treasurer's hands 
 Copper Mines at Symsbury 
 Prophaning the Sabbath 
 Providing for a Scire Facias 
 Time for Holding Courts 
 Town Clerks to send Names 
 Regulating Parishes or Societies 
 Getting Bayberry Tallow 
 Concerning Pedlars and Hawkers 
 Duty of Impost upon Rhum 
 Clerk of Common Field 
 Nominations for Election 
 Persons Four- folded in List 
 Fishing-Cove in Lyme 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 Forceable Entry and Detainer 
 Duty of Impost upon Rhum 
 Getting Bayberry Tallow 
 Preventing Riots and Rioters 
 Purchasers of Native Rights 
 Keeping the Kings Peace 
 Oath for Tything-men 
 Concerning Town Inhabitants 
 Physicians and Chirugeons 
 Sheriffs meeting Opposition 
 Late Riot at Hartford 
 Concerning Goats 
 Litchfield in Hartford Co. 
 Courts of Probate 
 Bills of Credit Exchanged 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 House-Lots defined 
 Nominations for Election 
 Titles of Land Confirmed 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Disorders in Worship 
 Courts of Probate 
 Executors to Sell Lands 
 Disorder of Servants and Slaves 
 
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 Regulating Parishes or Societies 
 Guns not to be sold to Indians 
 School Money paid in Towns 
 Disorders in Taverns 
 Appointment of Coalers 
 Copper Mines at Symsbury 
 Who to work on High-Ways 
 Proprietors of Common Lands 
 Heiresses Real Estates 
 Exchange of Lands by Towns 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Societies to Choose Clerks 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 Abatement not Granted 
 Nominations for Election 
 Encroachment on High-Ways 
 Sheriffs Regulated 
 Concerning Listers 
 Counterfeiting Bills of Credit 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Getting Bayberry Tallow 
 Obstructing New-Haven River 
 Ferry at Rocky-Hill 
 Auditors and Pleas of Abatement 
 Settlement of Estates 
 Well-ordering of Indians 
 Relating to Goats 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Town Clerks to send Names 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 Nominations for Elections 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 New Clerk may be chosen 
 Time for Holding Courts 
 Assessing Attorneys at Law 
 Listers to be Chosen 
 Bonds and Small Causes 
 Delinquents put in Service 
 Repairing High-Ways 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 Nominations for Election 
 Absconding Debtors 
 Forceable Entry and Detainer 
 Swearing and Sabbath Breaking 
 Ships Set in List 
 Respecting Goats 
 Concerning Barberry Bushes 
 Windham County Stated 
 Concerning Town Inhabitants 
 Members of Assembly Exempt 
 Regulating Ferrys 
 Wages Laying out High-Ways 
 Oath for Auditors 
 Fines and Penalties 
 Cove at Middletown 
 Execution on Delinquents 
 Encroachment on High-Ways 
 Concerning Listers 
 Regulating Fees ... 
 Providing of Pounds 
 Bills of Credit Regulated 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Posts and Witnesses Wages 
 School Money paid in Towns 
 Surveyor in Windham Co. 
 Relating to Horses 
 Bonds and Small Causes 
 Grand-jurors to Present 
 Wolves and Panthers Destroyed 
 Punishing Trespass 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 Auditors and Estates 
 Absconding Debtors 
 Encroach on Lands of Indians 
 Trials before Justices remote 
 Directing Fence-viewers 
 Superior Court Opened 
 Regulating Parishes or Societies 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 Concerning Free Trade 
 County Surveyors 
 Nominations for Election 
 Frauds in Bargains of Lands 
 Intestate Estates 
 Indian Children Taught 
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 Fornication and Bastardy 
 
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 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
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 Distilling of Molasses 
 
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 Attorneys Regulated 
 
 386 
 
 Ferry at Middletown 
 
 341 
 
 Members of General Courts 
 
 386 
 
 Surveyors to give Oath 
 
 343 
 
 Concerning Listers 
 
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 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
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 Forms of Oaths . . . . . 
 
 388 
 
 Town Brands stated 
 
 342 
 
 Regulating in Civil Actions 
 
 388 
 
 Suppressing Rogues and Vagabonds 
 
 343 
 
 Late Riot at Hartford 
 
 389 
 
 Enlarging Coalers Fees 
 
 345 
 
 Attorneys Regulated . . . . 
 
 389 
 
 Taxing Justices Polls 
 
 346 
 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
 389 
 
 Proprietors of Common Lands 
 
 346 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
 389 
 
 Oaths Printed .... 
 
 347 
 
 Providing in Case of Sickness 
 
 391 
 
 Distilling of Molasses 
 
 348 
 
 Strays or Lost Goods 
 
 393 
 
 Water-Bayliffs created 
 
 349 
 
 Fencing Common Fields 
 
 394 
 
 Ferry at Niantick .... 
 
 349 
 
 Strangers and Transient Persons 
 
 395 
 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
 349 
 
 Copper Mines at Symsbury 
 
 395 
 
 Permitting Swine at Large 
 
 350 
 
 Time of Superior Courts 
 
 396 
 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
 350 
 
 Certain Proprietors Meetings 
 
 396 
 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
 350 
 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
 398 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
 350 
 
 Superiour Court payments 
 
 398 
 
 Preventing Lotteries 
 
 351 
 
 Ferry at Saybrook 
 
 398 
 
 Providing in Case of Sickness 
 
 352 
 
 Oath for certain Clerks stated 
 
 398 
 
 Concerning Pedlars and Hawkers 
 
 352 
 
 County Surveyors named 
 
 398 
 
 Waterbury in New-Haven Co. 
 
 353 
 
 Damage by Horses in Fields 
 
 399 
 
 Rates Assessed and Collected 
 
 353 
 
 Fencing Common Fields 
 
 400 
 
 School Money paid in Towns 
 
 354 
 
 Courts of Probate Fees 
 
 400 
 
 Time for Writts of Error 
 
 354 
 
 Dreins and Sewers 
 
 401 
 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
 355 
 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
 402 
 
 Regulating Office of Sheriff 
 
 355 
 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
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 Appointing Court of Probate 
 
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 Nominations for Election 
 
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 Trainings, when not to be held 
 
 356 
 
 New London Society for Trade 
 
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 Ferry at Rocky Hill 
 
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 Striking Bills of Credit 
 
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 Appeals and Small Causes 
 
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 Deceased Debtors Lands 
 
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 Brand for Horses stated 
 
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 Fees of County Surveyors 
 
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 Punishing Trespass 
 
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 Firing Woods and other Lands 
 
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 Ditches and Dreins 
 
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 Schools Supported and Encouraged 
 
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 Regulating Office of Sheriff 
 
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 Disputes about Lands 
 
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 Currency of Bills of Credit 
 
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 Partition of certain Lands 
 
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 Concerning Listers 
 
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 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
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 Destroying Wolves 
 
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 New London Society for Trade 
 
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 Voters in Society-Meetings 
 
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 Taxes how Assessed and Gathered 
 
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 Fairfield County Enlarged 
 
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 Fencing Common Fields 
 
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 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
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 Towns to choose Treasurers 
 
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 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
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 Directing County Surveyors 
 
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 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
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 Monhegan Indians 
 
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 Nominations for Election 
 
 364 
 
 Advance on Bills of Credit 
 
 420 
 
 Executor and Legataries 
 
 365 
 
 Concerning Sheep and Swine 
 
 420 
 
 Fee for Impounding Horses 
 
 365 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
 420 
 
 Sober Dissenters .... 
 
 366 
 
 Restraining Excessive Usury 
 
 421 
 
 Disorders in Meetings 
 
 366 
 
 Taxes for Itinerant Preachers 
 
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 Judges and Justices Salaries 
 
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 Limitation of Actions 
 
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 Memorials to Assembly 
 
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 Town of Haddam Divided 
 
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 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
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 Payment of Loan Money 
 
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 Currency of Bills of Credit 
 
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 Raising of Silk .... 
 
 425 
 
 Division of Common Lands 
 
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 Hemp, Canvas and Linen 
 
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 Encouragement of Post-Office 
 
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 Punishing Trespass 
 
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 Admission of Freemen 
 
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 Writs how directed 
 
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 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
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 Courts in New London County 
 
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 Fines how disposed of 
 
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 Striking Bills of Credit 
 
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 White Pine Trees 
 
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 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
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 Time for Freemens Meetings 
 
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 Nominations for Election 
 
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 Concerning Baptists 
 
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 Concerning High-ways 
 
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 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
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 Copper Mines at Simsbury 
 
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 Nominations for Election 
 
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 Society Rates how Collected 
 
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 Attorneys Regulated 
 
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 Taxes on Non-residents 
 
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 Assembly Committees Opposed 
 
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 Theft and Burglary 
 
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 Constables Fees Stated 
 
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 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
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 Duty of Impost on Rhum 
 
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 Hartford County Enlarged 
 
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 Sundry Fees stated 
 
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 Slaves not to Defame 
 
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 Guardians for Minors 
 
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 List of Polls and Estate 
 
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 Delinquent Military Officers 
 
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 Getting Bayberry Tallow 
 
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 Duty of Impost on Rhum 
 
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 Nuisances in Rivers 
 
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 Brand for Horses 
 
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 Concerning Sheep and Swine 
 
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 Striking Bills of Credit 
 
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 Common Fields and Fences 
 
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 Conditional Bonds 
 
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 Fencing particular Inclosures 
 
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 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
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 Collectors Executors 
 
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 Nominations for Election 
 
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 Work-house at Hartford 
 
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 Bills of Credit Regulated 
 
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 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
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 Auditors and Pleas of Abatement . 
 
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 Sober Dissenters .... 
 
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 Posts and Witnesses Wages 
 
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 Forceable Entry and Detainer 
 
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 Juries, Gagers and Witnesses 
 
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 Nominations for Election 
 
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 Regulating the Militia 
 
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 Building of Meeting-houses 
 
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 Destroying Wolves 
 
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 Vice and Immorality 
 
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 Concerning Sheep and Swine 
 
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 Surveyors to Drein High-ways 
 
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 Relating to Small Causes 
 
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 Certain Proprietors Meetings 
 
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 Fees of County Surveyors 
 
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 Copper Mines at Symsbury 
 
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 Concerning Listers 
 
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 Regulating of Ferries 
 
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 Concerning Dowry of Widows 
 
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 Ditciies and Drains 
 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
 Appeals and Small Causes 
 
 Time of Superiour Courts 
 
 Theft and Burglary 
 
 Strays and Lost Goods 
 
 Listers Directed 
 
 Treasurers Warrants for Rates 
 
 Work-house at Hartford 
 
 Relating to the Militia 
 
 Bills of Credit Regulated 
 
 Schools Supported and Encouraged 
 
 Preservation and Increase of Deer 
 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
 Regulating of Pleas 
 
 Common Fields and Fences 
 
 Fees for Branding Horses 
 
 Absconding Debtors 
 
 Towns in Western Lands 
 
 Trials on Writs of Error 
 
 Town Brands for Horses 
 
 Clerk of New Fairfield 
 
 Enlarging Coalers Fees 
 
 Petitions regulated 
 
 Ferry at Rocky Hill 
 
 Nominations for Elections 
 
 New London Society for Trade 
 
 Repairing High-ways 
 
 Referring to Idiots 
 
 Preservation and Increase of Deer 
 
 Passing Counterfeit Bills 
 
 Licensed Houses Regulated 
 
 Free-mens meetings appointed 
 
 Regulating the Militia 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
 Free-mens meetings appointed 
 
 Hemp, Canvas and Linen 
 
 Brands for Horses stated 
 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
 Rates of Forein Coins 
 
 Schools Supported and Encouraged 
 
 Punishing Deserters 
 
 Passing Bills on Private Credit 
 
 Ferry at Niantick 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
 Emitting Bills of Credit 
 
 Establishing Superiour Courts 
 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
 Encouraging Trade and Seamen 
 
 Regulating the Militia 
 
 Schools Supported and Encouraged 
 
 Exportation of Grain and Flour 
 
 Regulating Fees 
 
 Passing Bills on Private Credit 
 
 Exportation of Grain and Flour 
 
 Court of Probate established 
 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
 Superior Courts 
 
 Ecclesiastical Affairs 
 
 Rates of Forein Coins 
 
 Law Suits prevented 
 
 Court of Probate 
 
 Ferry at Say-Brook 
 
 Ferry at New-Haven 
 
 Brand for Horses established 
 
 Regulating Schools of Learning 
 
 Regulating Office of Sheriff 
 
 Court of Probate Established 
 
 Forceable Entry and Detainer 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
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 Trials on Writs of Error 
 
 Destroying Wolves 
 
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 Nominations for Election 
 
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 Regulating Office of Sheriff 
 
 Punishing Capital Offenders 
 
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 Fare of Hubbel's Ferry 
 
 Say-Brook Ferry Regulated 
 
 Defence of this Colony 
 
 Choosing Jury-men 
 
 Serving and Returning Writs 
 
 Advancing Grand-jurors Fees 
 
 Deputy-Sheriffs Fees 
 
 Preservation of Deer 
 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
 Estates for Ministers Support 
 
 Referring to Idiots 
 
 Fare of Nehantick Rope Ferry 
 
 Fees for Summoning Jurors 
 
 Gathering Bayberries 
 
 Fare of Windsor Wolcott Ferry 
 
 Fare of Smith's Ferry 
 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 
 Nominations for Election 
 
 Estates for Ministers Support 
 Bounds of Towns and Persons 
 
 Voters in Society-Meetings 
 
 Repairing High-ways 
 Sheriffs and Constables Fees 
 Constables Fees Enlarged 
 Fare of Smith's Ferry 
 Common Fields how established 
 Court of Probate 
 Choosing Jury-men 
 Soldiers secured from Arrest 
 Fare of Windsor Ferry 
 Fee for Impounding Cattel 
 Levying Tax on Polls and Estate 
 Nominations for Election 
 Currency of Bills of Credit 
 Encouragement of Trade 
 Duty on Exportation of Lumber 
 Regulating Fees 
 Regulating the Militia 
 Fare of Rocky-Hill Ferry 
 Taxes how Collected 
 Court of Probate established 
 Destroying Wolves 
 Fare of East-River Ferry 
 Currency of Bills of Credit 
 Enlarging Coalers Fees 
 Toll of Bridge at New-Milford 
 Fare of New London Ferry 
 Fare of Keeney's Ferry 
 Nominations for Election 
 Working on High-Ways 
 Directing Fence-viewers 
 Regulating Fees 
 Fare of Smith's Ferry 
 Encouragement of Trade 
 Building of Meeting-houses 
 Court of Probate established 
 Prosecuting Delinquents 
 Nuisances in Rivers 
 Petitions Regulated 
 Nominations for Election 
 Regulating Fees 
 
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 TTTk^ A30 anft iCatOS of OIannp£tirUt were first compiled in 1650, al- 
 ilL though this compilation was not printed until more than a century and a 
 ^■^ half later. The laws were first revised and printed in 1G73, and were 
 again revised and printed in 1703. The laws which had been passed since this 
 new revision until 1708 were printed at one time during the following year; 
 and beginning in 1709 the laws newly enacted were, as they still are, printed 
 after the close of each session of the General Assembly. A new edition of the 
 laws was printed at New London, the previous editions having been printed 
 out of the Colony, in 1715. This edition was a compilation rather than a 
 revision, being a reprint of the revision of 1703 followed, in a more condensed 
 form than their original issue, by the session laws passed subsequent to that 
 date. The text of tliis new edition ended on page 310. It was not until 1750 
 that the laws were again revised and printed. In this long period of thirty- 
 five years following the edition of 1715, a series of session laws were enacted 
 and issued which comprised almost one and three-fourths times as many 
 printed pages as the original edition to which they were annexed. These ses- 
 sion laws formed a part of the body of statute law of the Colony ; and they 
 show in detail, and as they were enacted, the changes in the statutes and the 
 growth and development of the whole body of statute law of Connecticut. It 
 is this series, comprising the laws enacted at and printed after the sessions of 
 the General Assembly from May, 171G, to May, 1749, inclusive, which is here 
 reissued in photo-zinc facsimile. No laws of a public nature were enacted at 
 the session of October, 1749. The laws enacted at each session of the As- 
 sembly were separately printed, except in 1740. In that year a portion of the 
 laws enacted at the May session and those enacted at the sessions of July, 
 October and November, were printed together ; although the laws of each 
 session bear an imprint as if they had been separately issued. 
 
 This series of reissues begins with page 311, the number next higher than 
 that of the last page of text of the edition of 1715, and runs with continuous 
 pagination to 574, the last page of the May, 1749, session laws. A number of 
 blank verso pages are included in this pagination. A few errors of pagination 
 occur; but they do not alter the final total. The original official issue of the 
 early sessions of the series was three hundred copies, a number that was doubt- 
 less increased in the later years. The issues of May, 1716, October, 1717, to 
 October, 1739, inclusive, and May, 1737, to May, 1739, inclusive, were re- 
 printed, some of them more than once, previous to the revision of the laws in 
 1750. It is reasonable to presume that some other issues, particularly those of 
 October, 1716, and May, 1717, were also reprinted. Pages 367 and 368 appear 
 to have been reset, without change of a letter or punctuation mark, during 
 their first printing, possibly owing to some accident to the form. Which of 
 the two was the earlier "set-up" it is impossible to say. The other two pages 
 of the signature were not reset. All of these issues, both originals and re- 
 prints, are rare ; and their rarity, including both original issues and reprints 
 in the computation, may be said to increase in a fairly even proportion from 
 the issue of May, 1716, to that of May, 1749, which is represented by a copy 
 believed to be unique. The copy of the original issue of October, 1717, is 
 also unique so far as is known. Only two copies of each of two other original 
 issues have come to light, although one of these is known in reprints. 
 
 These facsimile reissues are all made from the original issues, none of 
 the reprints issued while the series was being printed having been used, and 
 with a single exception they are all reproduced from examples in my own 
 collection. My copy of the October, 1737, session, which had been catalogued 
 as an original issue, proved to be a reprint, and the reproduction of this issue 
 is made from an original in the library of the Connecticut Historical Society. 
 The originals of certain of the page^ here reproduced are poorly printed in all 
 examples seen, and difficulty was experienced in securing satisfactory repro- 
 ductions of these pages, a few of them falling below the general average of 
 legibility and clearness. 
 
 No copies of the issues of the May sessions of 1737, 1728, 1731, 1734 or 
 1735 are known in which the three printed leaves are followed by a blank leaf; 
 but they were evidently so issued, and have here been reissued in that form. 
 This is evidenced by an examination of the originals, all known copies of 
 which are now included in bound volumes. The fold in which the sewing ap- 
 pears is between the second and third leaves; the first leaf is pasted to the
 
 second along its back edge ; the sheet mark appears at the foot of the first page 
 and is repeated at the foot of the third page followed by the figure 2, an 
 almost certain indication that the sheet contained not less than four leaves. 
 Whether, in any of the numerous instances in this series in which the laws of 
 a session were printed on one leaf only, or ended on the first leaf of a folio 
 signature, a similar method was followed, and the full folio signature was 
 issued by leaving the second and blank leaf attached to the printed leaf when 
 issued, is unknown. No evidence that such was the case has been found, and 
 therefore in these reissues the blank leaf does not appear in such instances; 
 yet it is not improbable that they were so issued. The blank leaf is found in 
 similar instances in the year preceding and the year following the period 
 covered by this series, in at least one copy that has never been bound or that 
 has remained unbound until recent years. It should be remembered that in 
 the early days a folio leaf of blank paper was too rare a commodity to be 
 often left unused ; and when a series of session laws was bound into a volume 
 the inclusion of a blank leaf would detract from its appearance and would 
 probably be considered unnecessary. It has been thought best in printing these 
 reissues to fold and separate the leaves, so that the sheets or signatures would 
 be the same as in the original issues. In preparing these reissues a variation 
 from the originals has been made by leaving a narrow stub attached to single 
 leaves, which may be used in binding or removed as is desired. 
 
 It is believed that the number of extant copies, both originals and reprints, 
 of any of the session laws in this series does not exceed twenty. To enable 
 owners of original examples of the earlier sessions of the series to complete 
 their sets, an increased number of copies of the later sessions of the series of 
 reissues have been printed. The additional numbers above the thirty full sets 
 of this reissue are as follows: for the sessions of 1726 to 1730, five copies; 
 1731 to 1735, ten copies; 1736 to 1740, fifteen copies; 1741 to 1749, twenty 
 copies. The plates from which this series of reissues was printed have been 
 destroyed. 
 
 An index to the series, based upon "The Table" printed in 1729, has been 
 added. This is followed, as was the index of 1729, by "An Abridgment of 
 the Titles of all the Laws in this Book." 
 
 ALBERT C. BATES.
 
 Amo Regm i^irgu GEO R Gil, Secundo. 
 
 Bills of Creuit* 
 
 211 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, 1919 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pa/led by the Geoeral Court or AiTembly of His Ma/efties Colony 
 of Conntilicuf in tfew England : Begun and Held at Hartford, upon 
 Thurfday the Tenth Day of May, in the Second Year of the 
 Reign of Our Soveraign Lord G£0/?G £. KING of Great- 
 Britain, &c. Anno Domini, 1716. 
 
 An Ad for Emitting Bills of Credit, for Pay- I^^Jf'^j^. 
 
 ing the Publick Debts of this Colony. ;^J;;|^;g» 
 
 '89.19), 197, 
 
 WHEREAS by an jiEt Tajjed by the General Affembly of iadXot, 
 this Colony, Holden at Hartford, May the Fourteenth, One 
 Thoufand Seven Hundred and "Thirteen, Entituled, An Aft for 
 Emitting Bills of Credit; the Sum of Twenty Thoufand 
 Pounds was Ordered forthwith to be Emitted^ and Delivered t» the Treafurer, 
 by a Committee affointed. 
 
 3t is ierebp €natteti bp t^e ((fotiemour, Countfl antj fitpttrentatitjtjf, 
 fn (Benetal Court SHCTembleD, and bp ttie ^ut^02itp of tlie fame, 
 That the Treafurer, be ; and is hereby Impowred, to Iflue forth and Emit 
 7'hree Thoufand Pounds of the faid Bills, towards the Payment of the Publick 
 Debts of this Colony, and the further neceflTary Charges thereof ; accord- 
 ing to fuch Orders as (ball be given hira from time to time according to 
 Law. 
 
 aOnb be ft ftirtbec CnacttlJ bp tlie aut^O^frp afojefaib. That as a 
 Fund or Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in of the faid Bills 
 into the Treafury again, this Affembly Grants a Tax or Rate, of Ti&rff 
 7houfand One Hundred and Fifty Pounds; to be Levied on Polls, and all other 
 Rateable Eftate within this Colony ; and to be Paid into the Treafury at 
 or before the LaftT)ay of Z^^)', One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty 
 Six : Which faid Rate (hall be Paid in Bills of Credit of this Colony, or in 
 Money as it PalTeth generally in the Country at the time of Payment j and 
 in no other manner. 
 
 Bills of Ccedic 
 CO be Emicced, 
 to the Value of 
 three Thoulini 
 Pound;. 
 
 Fund forDraw- 
 !ng in the Bills 
 again, by the 
 laftdayofMay 
 1716 
 
 Rates to be 
 
 paid in Bills of 
 Credir, or in 
 Monej as it 
 then Fades, 
 
 E e 
 
 An
 
 /4n»o RegHt Regit GEORGII, Secundo. 
 
 212 ^ocietv CierKs* ^mall Caufejs* ^!)eep» 
 
 sceAftcon. An Ad: for appointing a Society Clerk, in 
 cSfoSr" thofe Precinds where no Town Clerk is. 
 
 and Duty, Pag. 
 
 139 °^ X'KJHEREAS fame difficulty hath arifen in fame Societiet in this Covern- 
 V Y wwf, /or ip<i»r 0/ an ABofthis AJfemhly, to Enable them to Chooft a 
 Society Clerkj and be under Oath at the Town Clerk is. 
 
 TBt it tlieccfo^E (f natteU bp x%t dPotiernour, Council anb Beptefntta* 
 DiftinftSocie titcJJ, in (Pcnetal Couct ^ffembleo, anb bj t!)e aut^o^itpoE tl)e fame, That 
 tiVsto Choofe every diftindt Society that is or hereafter (hall be fetup for the Worfhip 
 'h^'^n r°*^ of God, by the Allowance of this Court, be, and is hereby Impowred to 
 I em c vrs. c^oofg a Society Clerk \ who fliall take the following Oath, Viz., 
 
 Vy Hereas you P. L. are Chofen and Appointed Clerk of this Society : 
 Soc'iety'sClerks You Swear that you will truly and faithfully Attend and Execute the 
 
 Oath. Place and Office of a Society Clerk for the faid Society, according to your 
 
 beft Skill \ and make Entry of all fuch Votes as (hall be there made accord- 
 fia'^s ^^^ ^^' '"§ *^ ^^ ' ^^^ deliver true Copies of the fame when they fiiall be 
 88, 89, 90, 91 jgq^^r^gjj of yoo, taking only your juft Fees. So help you God. 
 
 Which Officer fo Qualified, fhaH have the fame Powers, and be as 
 Society'sClerkJ EBeAual in the Law, as to the Bufinefs of the faid Society, as the Town 
 Power. Clerk is in his refpeftive Town. 
 
 An A£l for Reviving and further Continuing 
 the Law, Enticuled, An AO: concerning 
 ^^^;Pj,e« Small Caufes. 
 
 WHEREASanAB concerning Small Caufes jWas Made by this Jffemhly the 
 thirteenth Day of May, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Fourteen, 
 with this Provifo i ' That the fame be, and Remain in Force only for Two 
 ' Years next Enfuing. 
 
 iBe It (tnattcti bp t^e 45obernour, €ountfl anti fltpreCentatitee, in 
 OBeneral Court aitfemWto, anD bp tl)e 3lutl)0^up of tfje fame, That 
 the aforefaid Aft Ihall be, and Remain of full Force in all the Intents and 
 Conftruftions thereof, until this Court fliall Order otherwife. 
 
 Vide Page 19. 
 ao,&io9 
 
 An Ad for preventing Sheep going on the 
 Commons, without a Keeper. 
 
 Btf It (tnatteU bp ttie dPotjemour, Councfl anti HepcercntatiteiS, (ti 
 «6en£cal Court Sfitfembleli, anO b? t\}t autto?itp of tlie fame. 
 No Sheep to That no Sheep (hall go on the Commons without a Keeper, in any of 
 go on the ^Y\e Towns of this Colony, under the Penalty oiOne-peny per Head •, to be 
 wllh^ur'a P^'^i ^° ^"y perfon fo finding any Sheep on the Commons without a 
 Keeper, en Keeper, and Impounding the fame : Unlefs any Town fliall Agree and 
 
 Penalty. Order to the contrary within their Precinds. 
 
 ILilefs, 8(c. . ■ ■ _ 
 
 An
 
 Anno Regni Regis G E O R G 1 1. Secundo. 
 
 213 
 
 Vide page n j 
 
 An Ad in further Addition to the Laws for 
 preventing Tiplingand Drunkenne(s; and ,_^_,^ 
 for Repealing the Law, Entituled, An Ad \^li^lfi* 
 for the better Regulating Taverns, (^c. 
 
 WHEREAS this Afemhiy bath Made and Pa{fed fevcral ABs for Pre- 
 venting and Punijiiing Tilling and Drunkennefs \ and alfo to Prevent 
 "Unlicenfed Ter fans Retailing Strong Drinkyand for the due Regulation of Lie en fed 
 Houfes •, hut nocwithftanding there art many perfons that refufe to be Reclaimed 
 from their Exceffive Drinking^ and Expence of their Prcciotts Time. 
 
 Therefore that the fald Publick Mifchiefmay be more Effeftually 
 Proceeded againft and Puniflied : 
 
 2Be ft €nattet) tp tfie "©otiernouc. Council anD Kfprcrentatiiiesf, in „ . 
 (General Court affrmbleft, anb b^ tfte 3luft)ogitp of tfje fam?, Thatf.U^y ^ 
 whenfoever any perfon withouc Licenfe firft had and obtained from the any Strong 
 County Court, in the County where fuch perfon livech, thall Sell or Vend Drink without 
 any Strong Drink, contrary to the Firft Paragraph of that Law, Entituled, Licenfe, on 
 ./in Ail for Sttpprejjing Vnlicenfed Houfes,and for the due Regulation of fuch m pou^ j^ r ^ '^'I'* 
 are or jhall he Liccnfed ^ fliall pay a Fine of Five Pounds Currant Money, for firft "offence-* 
 the firft Offence ; and Tf» Pouni^i for the Second Offence ^ and fo double Ten pounds for 
 for every Breach of this A^ he (hall be Convicted of: Which Fines ihall the fecond 
 bedifpofed of, half to him that Complains and Profecutes to Effed ^ and ^ffencc and Co 
 the other half to the Town Treafury. And it is efpecially Recommended BrwhesoV" 
 to thofe who keep Licenfed Houfes,to Profecute all Breaches of this Aft. this Aft. 
 
 SCnO Be it furtbec 45na(teO ftp tfie 3!utt)0?ftp afo?efafa, That when Tavern baunt- 
 and fo often as the Magiftrates, juftices, Seleft-men and Grand-Jury- men "'stohave their 
 in any Town, or where no A/fiftant or Juftice are belonging to any Town, a^Xo^orj o*f 
 the Seleft-men and Grand- Jurors fhall underftand that any perfon is a an ,hc Tawns 
 Tavern-haunter, or fpends his Time Idly at any fuch Publick Houfe of in the Town, 
 Entertainment, they or the major part of them, fhall at their Difcretion, ''» P''*'"" °^ 
 caufe the Names of fuch perfon or perfons to be Ported at the Doors of J^l^''*""'',^ 
 every Tavern in the fame Town, byfectingup a Certificate under their meno%rw^ 
 Hands, Forbidding every Tavern-keeper on the Penalties contained in Jurymen: 
 this A&, to Entertain or Suffer any fuch perfon or perfons therein Named, Forbidding all 
 to have or drink any Strong Drink of any kind what foever, in or about ['"^'^^""^" 
 their Houfes ; until the faid Affiftants, Juftices, Seiea-men and Grand- Srong ^'" 
 Jurors, fhall agree to take off the Prohibition. Drmk to fucb. 
 
 SlInD ft fS further flD?lJfCt&, That if any Tavern-keeper (hall after Tavernkeepers 
 fuch Porting any perfons Name, and Notice thereof given by any of the fufFering any 
 aforefaid Sele£b-men or Grand-Jurors, fuffer any perfon ( Ported as afore- "hofe Names 
 faid) to drink any Rhum, Wine or other Strong Drink, in or about his ^^' ^^1'^'''^^" 
 Houfe, or in any of the Dependences thereof, they fiiall pay as a Fine the j^ink any fort 
 Sum of Five Poinds. And in cafe the perfon or perfons Warned as afore- ofstrong dnnk 
 faid, fhall not after fuch Warning, leave off and forbear fuch their Evil in or about 
 Praflifes, the Authority fhall Summon fuch perfon or perfons to Appear ^^'^^^^'^°",;" 
 before them, and demand of him or them fufRcienc Sureties, for their 
 Well behaving therein-, and in cafe fuch perfon or perfons fhall not find \!^^^o^^^°^^ 
 Sureties as aforefaid, fhall pay a Fine oT Twenty Shillings, or Sir in the Stocks ^o" Rccij'imfj 
 for the fpace of Two Hours, on fome Publick Time or Seafon. to be finedio s. 
 
 $nt> or fit inScocki.
 
 y4m9 Regni Regis G E O R G 1 1, Secundo. 
 
 2 1 4 moius. Court of i^robateiS* 
 
 RtpeaJing an Slntr Jt (0 IBLtrolbtti, That the Aft Made in ;% Laft, Entituled, /in 
 Aft in pag.aoj j4(i for the better Regulation of Taverns, be Repealed. 
 
 An Adt for preventing Fraud and Deceit, in 
 Vide pag 119 theDeftroying of Wolves. 
 
 WHEREAS it rnaj he fuj^tBed, that Wolves being Killed without the 
 Bounds of this Colony, are by Indians or others Brought in and Sold 
 for a fmall matter, to perfons defiitute of an Hofiefi Trincifle living voitbin 
 this Colony ; and by fuch Frauds obtain Bills drawn upon the Treafury of the 
 faid Colony, 
 
 For Prevention of fuch Frauds : 
 
 Be it (tnatte'o bg t^ ^obemout* CiuincJl antJ HrprerentatttjesJ, fn 
 M .- n VI *2nft:a[ Court ^ffnnbUli, anO bp tte autjiojfrp of tje fame. That 
 or°sS"man ^°^ the future, all Conftables and Selea-men within the refpeaive Towns 
 to grant a of this Colony, (hall when any Wolves Head or Heads are by any perfon 
 Certificate for or perfons, brought to them in order to obtain a Certificate for the fame, 
 any Wolves ftriftly Examine the faid perfon or perfons, how he or they obtained the 
 vcTitTbfh^^- ^^^'^ *"■ ^^^^5 °' ^"""^^ Wolf or Wolves, and whether they were Taken 
 ing ofthemlfe ^^^ Killed within the Bounds of this Colony ; and when upon faid 
 ftriaiy Exa. Examination, or by any other way or means there may be a juft Sut 
 mined where picion of the contrary, fuch Conftables or Sele£k-men aforefaid, fljall not 
 taken^killed- 8""^"^ Certificates to any perfon or perfons lb demanding the lame ; 
 j{c. ' ■ unlefs he or they take an Oath before an Affiflant or Juftice of the 
 
 Peace, that the faid Wolf or Wolves were Taken and Killed within the 
 
 Limits or Bounds of this Colony. 
 
 An A<5^ for appointing One Judge and Clerk 
 to Hold the Court of Probates in Each 
 
 vid^e Page ^4. Couiity of this Colouy. 
 
 One Judge and "D^ it CnatfeD bp t!)e <J5ot)Ecnottr, Cour.tfl anti Ulfprerentatftejf, fn 
 Clerk to hold |j ^entml Coiict 211f£mbleD, anUbpttje auttojfrp of tf)e fame. That 
 the Court of the Courts of Probates for the feveral Counties in this Colony, (ball 
 Unlefstn m. ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ Enfuing be Holden by One Judge and Clerk in each County •, 
 cult matters ' and that fo oft as any difficult and difputable Matter fhall happen 
 then Two before any of the faid Judges, fuch Judge where itfliall fo happen, hath 
 Jnaices of the hereby Power to call in to his Affiftance, any Two of the Juflices of the 
 
 Quorum to be r-» «, 
 
 NEfV.LONDON .• Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, near the 
 Meeting Houfe : where alfo is to be Sold the Bcdy of the Laws 
 of ComeHicut, newly Printed.
 
 Amo Regnt Regis G EO R G I I, Tertto. 
 
 215 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Paflcd by the General Court or Aflcmbly of His Majefties Colony 
 of ConHeSlicut in UewEngland : Begun and Held at NewHave»t 
 the Eleventh Day of Ofioher, in the Third Year of the Reign of 
 Our Soveraign Lord GEORGE, KING of Great Br i fain, Sxic 
 ^no Domini, 17x6. 
 
 An kSt for the Equal Diftribution of *«*« forth* 
 
 •r r t r>n Settlement of 
 
 IniOlVenC EftateS. InteftateEft«e$ 
 
 Pag. do, 128, 
 174, l^t, Sc 
 
 B€ (t ^natteO b? tte <<5oiernour, Council anbEepcefentatfljejf, '9$ 
 fn 4Benetal Court aJTcmtHcU, ano it i& (tnacteti anU iC^UafnetiTbeEftatejof 
 bp flje Sutljo^itg of tU fame, That when the Eftate of any Infolwnt Deb> 
 perfon Deceafed Ihall be Infolvent, or infufficient to Pay all juft <>" D«eared,to 
 Debts which the Deceafed Owed,the fame fiiall be fee forth and diftributed ""^ dlftributcd 
 to and among all the Creditors, in proportion to the Sums to them •" '''*'^'''^.'"f* 
 refpeaively Owing •, fo far as the faid Eftate will extend. proportion. 
 
 5<»v/«^, That the Debts due to this Government, Sicknefs and neceflary 4 c,„'.„ 
 Funeral Charges of the Deceafed, are to be firft Paid. ^' 
 
 And the Executor or Adminiftrator appointed to any fuch Infolvent 
 Eftate, before Payment to any be made ( except as before Excepted ) ftiall ^' ExKutor 
 reprefent the Condition and Circumftances thereof, unto the Judge of the torloTnfo'lvent 
 Probate of Wills and Granting of Adminiftrations, and the faid Judge fhall Eftates, before 
 Nominate and Appoint two or more fit and indifferent perfons to make a ^"J Creditor is 
 True and Equal Apprizement of fuch Eftate, and Adminifter an Oath to ?*"*• " "f^^" 
 them for that purpofe -, and (hall alfo Nominate and Appoint two or more cumftance'^of 
 fie perfons to be Comifltoners, with full power to Receive and Examine all fuch Eftate t© 
 Claims of the fevera! Creditors, and how they are made out : and fuch the Judge of 
 ComiflToners (hall caufe the Times and Places of their meeting to attend *''"°'"'."' 
 the Creditors for the Receiving and Examining of their Claims,to be made ^°^^'^°"*^ 
 known and publifhed, by Poftiiig up the fame in fome Publick Places in the to rewNvcTiIi 
 Town where fuch Deceafed perfon laft dwelt ^ and alfo in the County examine Claims 
 Towns of that and the next two adjoyning Counties. And Six, Twelve or of Creditors. 
 Eighteen Months Time ( as the Circumftances of any Eftate may require ) '^.<"'" '" •»« 
 Ihall be allowed by the Judge unto theCreditors,for bringing intheirClaims Tim" 'aiiowd 
 
 F f and therefor.
 
 ^HHo Regni RegU G E R G 1 1, Tertio, 
 
 2i6 3lnfol^enteftates(» ^V^int. jBiUg of Cremt. 
 
 and Proving their Debts : at the end of which limited Time, fuch Com" 
 To be R»com- mifTioners (hall make their Report, and Prefent a Lift of all the Claims 
 pcncd for rheir ^^^^^ ^j^^ ^^j^j^ judgg^ vvho fhall Order them a meet Recompence out of the 
 r^b°s"due to Eftate for their Care and Labour in that affair. And the Debts due to the 
 this Govern- Government, Sicknefs and neceflary Funeral Charges, as is hereinbefore 
 ment& Fiinfral Provided, being firft Subdufted, fhall Order the Refidue and Remainder of 
 fi''i>'^"d"h^ the Eftate to be Paid and Diftributed to and among the other Creditors 
 rcmsinder 'of ^^^^ ^^" ^^^^ made Out their Claims, in due proportion to the Sums unto 
 tbcEflate to be them refpeftively Owing, according as the Eftate will bear. Saving unto 
 divided among the Widow, ( if any be ) her Right, which by Law is already allowed ^ and 
 the Creditors, }^gy Dower,which at the Expiration of her Term, is to be alfo diftributed 
 to %t^ZZ" ^'"0"g ^^« Creditors in a like proportion. 
 
 Owing to'cm. Frovided, That notwithftanding the Report of any luch Commiflioners, 
 Executors may ^"^ Allowances thereof made, it ftiall and may be lawful to and for the 
 conteft Proof Executors or Adminiftrators to Conteft the Proof of any Debt at the 
 of any Debt at Common Law. And no Procefs in Law ( except for Debts due to the 
 Common Law. Government, Sicknefs and Funeral Charges ) fhall be allowed againft the 
 Creditors not Executors Or Adminiftrators of any InfolventEftate,fo long as the fame fhall 
 making out be dep°nding as aforefaid. And whatfoever Creditor fhall not make out 
 their Claims in his or her Claim with fuch Commiftioners, before the full Expiration of 
 ^^A "T r" ^^^ limited Time, fuch perfon (hall be forever after debarred of his or her 
 ever "after *de: Debti unlefs he or (he can find fome further Eftate of the Deceafed, not 
 debarr'd, 8cc before difcovered and put into the Inventory. 
 
 Unlefs, 
 
 An Ad in Addition to the A<51 concerning 
 
 Vide Page 1 5, SwinC. 
 
 & 109 
 
 Swire not fuf- 
 ficiemlyYoak'd 
 
 1% i$ ^nacteli li? t^e (Bofjftnour, Cotmcf! anu Itepcerentatiftesf, in 
 (Btneral Court 2!lffcmWeli, anu bp t!)e SSut^o^itp of tlje fame, 
 &Ring'd,doing That all Swine going at large upon the Commons, not being fufBciently 
 Damage.thcir Rjng'd and Yoak'd, doing damage in any Common Field or Particular 
 T^d^Mr' H«d Indofure, and being Impounded, the Owners of fuch Swine fhall pay One 
 & aiiDamages, Shilling per Head, and all Damages •, notwithftanding the infufEciency of 
 noiwithftand- jhe Fence : Any Law,Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 ing rh." inruffi 
 
 ing 
 
 tieocj of Fences 
 
 An Adi for Emitting Bills of Credit, for Pay- 
 
 vide pag 145, ins the Publick Debts of this Colony, 
 
 I55,171,17S. O J 
 
 'i99,''2oi,^lt \'\fHEREAS by an AEl Vaffed by the General AjftmUy of this Colony, 
 
 ■xii VV HoldenatWdiXtioxAjlAiLy the Fourteenth, OneThoufand Seven Hundred 
 
 and Thirteen, Entituled, An Aft for Emitting Bills of Credit ; the Sum of 
 
 Twenty Thoufand Pounds vjm Ordered forthwith to be Emitted, and Delivered 
 
 to the Treafurer, by a Committee appointed. 
 
 gt la l)EWbp (fnaiteU bp rl)e (Bobernour, Countfl onO Efprtr^ntatititjf, 
 fn CPenecal Court StCTembleti, auD bp t\)t 5Burl)o;itp of tlje famp, That 
 BiUsofCredit ^^^ j-gj^ Treafurer, be ; and is hereby Impowred, to IfPue forth and Emit 
 'o Ihe vXe of T^o Thoufand Pounds of the faid Bills, towards the Payment of the Publick 
 Two Thoufand Debts of this Colony, and the further necelTary Charges thereof ; accord* 
 Pounds ing to fuch Orders as fhall be given him from time to time according to 
 
 Law. 
 
 SSttft
 
 j4nHo Regni Regis G E O R G I I, Tertlo. 
 
 w 
 
 GSJills;, &c* iaei)it)iiis of Mictions f ptottis. 217 
 
 5Cnti be ft furtl)cc flCnatfeo bp tt)c SDutliojftp afojefai'D, That as a 
 Fund or Securicy for the Re; Payment and Drawing in of the faid Bills FundforDraw 
 into the Treafury again, this AfTembly Grants a Tax or Rate, of Tiro '"e.'i 'he Biifs 
 Thou fand One Hundred Pounds -^to be Levied on Polls, and all other Rateable ofMay It^iJ* 
 Eftate within this Colony •■, and to be Paid into the Treafury at or before 
 the Laft Day of May, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty To be paid in 
 Four : Which faid Rate fliall be Paid in Bills of Credit of this Colony, or Bills of Credit, 
 in Money as it Pafleth eenerally in the Country ac the time of Payment ; °^ '" ^°"^ " 
 and in no other manner. MtthenPaflh. 
 
 An Ad for Impo wring the Courts of Probates 
 to appoint meet Perfons in dividing Real 
 Eftates, when no Perfon is appointed byyiJ^p^eM, 
 Will, or when thofe appointed refufe or 
 neglea to make a Divifion. wli^i 
 
 'HERE AS it fametimes happens that Real Eft ate given by Willy ts 
 Ordered by the Tcftator to be divided amongft Two or more Legatees^ 
 and no perfon appointed in faid Willy for the dividing thereof \ or the perfon 
 appointed may Neglect or Refufe to make the faid Divifton^ or Dye before he 
 hath made the fame. Court of Pro* 
 
 JBt it (f nacten bp t^e (JPotemoutr, Council anb IRcpcefentatitjeiS, in ^l{^lr^^°g'l. 
 (Bmzta\ Court 3!l(fjmbleti, anO b? tfie autto'ij at tie fame. That jj^onffE- 
 when and as often as it fo happens, in either of thefe Cafes, it fliall and may ftates.when no 
 be lawful for the Court of Probate in the County where fuch Real Eftate perfon is ap- 
 is, to appoint Three Free-holders to make a Divifion thereof, according po'"'*"* by Will 
 to fuch Will, as the Law provides for the Dividing Inteftate Eftates. aJpSted neg. 
 -— — — ■ — —— — - left their Duty 
 
 An Act for Reviving of Actions and Procefs 
 lately depending in tiie Inferiour Court 
 of Common Pleas, appointed by Law to 
 have been Holden and Kept at 0tVD^ 
 HonoottjOn fme laft pad, Jnno i 7 i <5. 
 
 WHEREAS upon the failure of Holding a County Court in New-London See Aft for 
 in June laft,j-tijticemllbe Delayed, and greater Expences occafiontd Holding Coun- 
 to thofe voba had ASions depending there, by Review from, and Continuance by the ^^P°^^2i ^^^' 
 Adjourned Court in February before^if due Provifion be not made to prevent the 
 fame. 
 
 lS>t It tjjerefo^e (f natteS 6? ttic ^ofternour, Countfl anU I5eprefeft« 
 tatitresf, fn (©eneral Court iaffembleU, anfi bp tfte 2ut!)0^ftp of tie fame, 
 That all fuch Reviews as were Entered at the faid Court in February, ,. 
 and A£lions as were then Continued to the faid Court in June laft, fliall continued to 
 and are hereby Revived and Continued to the County Court in the faid November 
 jSfew-London, on the Fourth Tuefday in November next •, and fliall and Court, 
 may there be Pleaded, Heard and Proceeded upon. And all Parties 
 concerned in the aforefaid AAions, Revived or Continued at the Court ^l^^toTt 
 in February^ aforefaid, fball refpeftively Appear at the faid Court in t"ndLnNovcnr 
 j<Jovember next ; under the Penalty of Forfeiting any Obligation or Re- bet Couri. 
 cognizance, Conditioned for their Profecutions of their Review at the 
 
 County
 
 j4tine Regui Regit G EO R GI L Tcrtio. 
 
 218 %^jc 01 3Rate» domination* 
 
 County Court in 7««e aforefaid .• Provided^ That fuch party or parties be 
 
 Or Penaltj now within this Colony, or fhall come into it, Eight Days before the 
 
 Sitting Of the faid Court , and if any of them Ihall not return by that 
 
 Ric2>t cut of time, it fhall then be in the Powejf of the faid Court to Continue the Caufe 
 
 Colon) vvherein they are concerned, to the next County Court in that County. 
 
 And ail Bonds and Recognizances taken by any Juftio* of Peace for Mif- 
 
 demeanour, and Returnable at the aforefaid Court in June laft, are hereby 
 
 Continued to the faid County Court in November next 1 and the perfon 
 
 or perfons Bound over thereby, fhall Appear at the faid Court in Navem" 
 
 bety and anfwer for the MilUemeanour Charged on them j under the 
 
 Penalry of Forfeiting their Bond or Recognizance aforefaid. And that 
 
 all Appeals from the Judgment of Afliftants or Jufiices, which Fell with 
 
 the faid Court, are alio Revived. 
 
 And this Ad or a Copy thereof, left at the Place of the ufual Abode 
 
 A Copjof thu of the Parties concerned, in the Caules aforefaid, or Bound over for 
 
 Aft a fufficient Mifdenteanours to the Court in Jane Isft, fhall be a fufficient Notification 
 
 Notification. ^^ ^Yicm for their Appearance at the faid Court in Novernher. 
 
 An Aft for Levying a Tax on Polls, (s^c, 
 
 WHEREASfy M All Faffed hjtht Centrd jiJJetrAly of the Colony, 
 Holden at Ne«r-Haven, Oftober the Twetftbf One Tboufand Seven 
 Hundred, and ten^ Bntituledy An A£l for Maldng and Emitting of Bills of 
 VHe pag-i5s Publick Credit •» the Sunt of Five Thoufand Pounds »'« the faid Bills toas 
 Emitted,, which hath been jhst Paid out of the Treafvry for the fatiifying the 
 X>ehts of the Colmry. And wherett the faid Afjmlly^ for the Re-foyment and 
 Draniiig in the faid Sills into the Treafury again, by their Ait did Grant a Tax 
 or Rjite eflUve Thoufand Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds, as Money, to h 
 Levied en Polls, and all Rateable Efiate mthin this Colony, within the Jpace of 
 Eight Tears next Enfving the Date of the faid AB \ and jo much thereof in each 
 of the faid Eight tears ^ as this Affemhly fbould after Order and Affoint. 
 
 3|t 18 noto ^jDeceO anb (tmtxtH b? tW flSemlil?, That for the 
 
 Drawing in the remaining part of the faid Bills into the Treafiiry of this 
 
 A Rite or Colony, there fhall be Levied and Q>lieAed as the remaining part of the 
 
 Three. pcncf fsid Tax or Rate, Granted as aforefaid, the Sum ofthreeffence on the Pound 
 
 en the Found, on the Polls, and all the Rateable Eftate within this Colony, to be Levied 
 
 on Po"». !"<' in the faid Bills of Credit, or in Money as it fhall generally Pafs in Netp- 
 
 ableSaa"' England, at the time of Payment -, as is provided in an AS Pafled by the 
 
 General Aflembly of this Co!cny,Holdea SLtliew'Haven,Augurt the Fourth, 
 
 One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Ten, Entituled, An AH in Addition 
 
 unto, and for Reptalirg One Claufe or Paragraph in the Late, Made and Paffgd 
 
 Vd n by the General Affemhly of this Colony, Ssgua and Held at Hartford, May thi 
 
 ' ' '*^' ** Eleventh, One Thoufatid Seven Hundred and Ten, Entituled, An AH for the better 
 
 Regulatingyond giving a more effeduai Currency to the Bills of Publick Credit. 
 
 THE Gentlemen Nominated by the Votes of the Freemen brought in to 
 this ASembly, to ftand for Eleftion in May next, are as follows,Kz* 
 The Honourable GURDON SALTONSTALL £/?; The ffonouraile 
 NATHAN GOLD £/?,- John Hamlin Efq; William Pitkin £/?} 
 Jofeph Curtis Efq; Richard Chriftophcrs £/? ; Peter Burr Ef^i 
 J ohn Ailing £/q; Samuel Eels Efq; Matthew Aliyn Ef^; Jofeph 
 Talcot Eff, Abraham Fowier Sfq; John Sherman Efq; Roger 
 Wolcott Efq; Mr. Jonathan IxHtMr. John Hooker. Capt. Richard 
 Buihnell, Mr. Warham Mather. Capt Jofeph Wakeman, and 
 Capt. James Wadfworth. 
 
 hcv-linian: Printed byr,<7m»,P(iateTto bis Hoaoux the COV.&COUI^CIL. 1716
 
 Anm B.egnt Regis, G E R G I T, Tertio. 
 
 ;aDDitlOttai;att* New-LondonCOUntp* MansfieldBtantJ* 2 1 9 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C Bates. 
 
 Hartford. igiQ 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majeftles Colony of 
 Come^icut m'New-EnglanJ : Begun and Held at i^«r//W, upon 
 Thurfday the Ninth Day of May, in theThird Year of the Reign 
 of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE, KING of Great 
 Britain^ &c Anno Domini^ i 7 i 7. 
 
 An Ad in Addition to theLaw,EntituIed,An . 
 Ad direding how Rates or Taxes Granted a 
 by the General Affembly, (hall be Affeffed ^.^ p^ ^ 
 and Gathered in, in the Paragraphs thereof ^so'isnf;^, 
 relating to Peculiars. 
 
 Page 
 
 Vide 
 
 00,101, ro2, 
 and loj. 
 
 204. 
 
 1% fSf ^CDUfBEQ 6? t!)fg ^CTftnWp anft f^e autflOjftp tbe^eof. Peculiars lia- 
 That the faid Peculiars ftall in all Refpedts whatfoever which bletotheiiJce 
 have reference to Country and Minifters Rates, be in the fame Affefsments, 
 Circumftances, and liable to the like AOefsments, and ^owei o{\l^J°^"f 
 the fame Officers, which the Towns are where the faid Peculiars are by ficers^'^hicK 
 the faid Law Ordered to be Rated. Towns are. 
 
 An Ad for Enlarging ^m^%timm County. 
 
 \'ld£ P32C I 2» 
 
 RiJEfoltrt t)J tijiel ^ffemblg, That the Lands lying within this Colony 
 Eaftward of the Towns of Wocdfiock, KelHngly and PUJnfeld, ftall Miw-L:,nhn 
 be Annexed, and is hereby Annexed to the County of hiew-London. County En- 
 
 ■ — ■ ' • ■ Urged. 
 
 An Ad for appointing the Brand for Horfes 
 in the Town of {©auiSfieltr* 
 
 Vide Page 9, 
 
 1*1 1^ i3D?Dm6 anb (CnactetJ b? tW W^tmllh That the Brand for Horfes '°' ^^' ' ^" 
 in the Town of Mamfield (hall be this following Figure,w'i. JVIV^ 
 
 Gg
 
 /!m>o Regni Regis G E O R G 1 I, Tertio. 
 
 2 20 Bills of <lxtm. ^cfteoljg. 
 
 TlfJ\%. An ka. for Emitting Bills of Credit, for Pay. 
 Wl^'^M]. ing the PubLck Debts of this Colony. 
 
 189-19?. 199- 
 
 zoi. aniiii. ^^ jg iJDjtifreti aitO €natteD bp t^je CPobernour, <Ioiint(l ano ^fpre* 
 
 X rentat»tie0, in (general Court aUffembletJ, anD bp tl)e ^But^ojitp oE 
 
 ^''''°*"Credit tjje fame, that there be forthwith Emitted a certain Number of 
 
 totheValue ^*"? ^^ Ci&Ait On this Colony, from Tm Shillings to Five Pounds^ 
 
 of One Hun- ^vhich in the whole (hall amount to the Sum of One Hundred 
 
 dred Sixty Sixty Nine Pounds, Fifteen Shillings : To be of the Dills of Credit, 
 
 ^^"« founds Drawn into the Treafury by the Rate, Anno Dmini, One Thoufand 
 
 slilliJ!"" ^^^^" Hundred and Thirteen. And IVilliAm Tithin.and Jofeph Takot, E^qrs. 
 
 are hereby Ordered and Impowred to deliver the faid Bills, to 
 
 the Value of One Hundred Sixty Nine Pounds Fifteen Shillings^ to the 
 
 Treafurer of this Colony, tiking his Receipt for them. 
 
 5CnlJ lie ft futt^tc «nattt5 bj» t^« gfiuttiojftp afo^efafti. That the 
 
 faid Treafurer be, and is hereby Ordered and Impowred to Iflue 
 
 Treafurer to forth and Emit the faid Bills, towards the Payment of the Publick 
 
 rccwdiiTto' ^^^^^ *^^ ^^'5 Colony, and the further neceffary Charges thereof, 
 
 Order."'^ ° according to fuch Orders as (hall be given him from time to time 
 
 according to Law. And the faid Bills (hall Pafs out of the Treafury 
 
 at the Value exprelTed in the fame, equivalent to Money ; and (hall 
 
 be taken and accepted in all Publick Payments, at the advance of 
 
 Twelve-pence on the Pound more. 
 
 Fund for 5!Inli be ft Uxtt^tv <BnatteU 6p t^e Sutliojdp afo?cra(6. That as a 
 Drawing in Fund oT Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in of the faid 
 the Bills Bii]s to the Treafury again, This Afiembly Grants a Tax or Rate 
 *g^>"' l>v the qJ q„j Hundred and Eighty Pounds ; to be Levied on Polls, and 
 Artv 1714 a^^ the Rateable Eftate within this Colony ; and to be Paid into 
 the Treafury, at or before the laft Day of May, One Thoufand 
 Rates to be q^^^^^ Hundred and Twenty Four ; Which faid Rate (hall be Paid 
 of CiTdifor J" the Bills of Credit of this Colony, or in Money as ic PalTeth 
 in Moneyas generally Currant in the Country at the time of Payment ; and in 
 itthenPaffes.no other manner. 
 
 Vide Page 
 iio.ir I r4i 
 185, 184. 
 191,197 
 
 An A61 in further Addition to the Law, En- 
 tituled,An Aft for appointing Schools, (3?*^. 
 
 soriefv'. of D ifolteH b? tW alttmbl?, That every Society or Parifh within 
 70 Family's Ja the Colony (hall be Obliged to keep a School, where there 
 to keep a are Seventy Families in any Parifh, the School (hall be there kept 
 School 1 1 at leaft Eleven Months in a Year ; and where there is a lefs Num- 
 Wonths in 3 j^g^ ^^ FamiUes not lefs than Half the Year ; and the Major part 
 Power giant- of the Houfholdcrs in any Parilh or Society (ball have flill Power 
 edrotheMa- to Grant Rates for the Support of any fuch School, and choofe a 
 ior Part of Colleaot to gather faid Rates : and what the Major part of the Houfe- 
 liouftolders, j^^^^^j^ j„ ^^y Parif.! ihall Enad and Agree to, refpeQing the En- 
 Schoois"^ couragement and Support of the School amongft themfelves, fhall be 
 Obliging to Obliging to the whole Pari(h. 
 
 the whole. _______ 
 
 — ■ ■ Ah
 
 y4»Ho Reg»i RegU, G E O R G 1 1, Tertio. 
 
 ^uK^afe^gpf il!^att1)e aatjs!)tj8;> i^tobate^ 
 
 221 
 
 An Ad concerning Purchafers of Native 
 
 Rights to Land. ll'WlT^^ 
 
 THIS Ajftmhly ohferving many t>ifficuttles and Perplexities ariftng in thu 
 GovernmcHtybyreafonofmanyPurchafesofLand made of ]ndiin-TitUt 
 without the freceding jiUowanca orfubfejuent jipprobation ofthlt jijftmblj' * 
 
 Which to Remove: 
 
 3t JJf !)crelip<tnattei) ^nb 2DeclajeU bp tW atTemlilp anB i\z jBut^a^ftp tands HoM- 
 t!)CWOf, That all Lands in this Government areHoldenof theKiNG of ^""f^'f^e 
 Great Britain, as the Lord of the Fee; and that no Title to any lands In ^'^^• 
 this Colony 6an Accrue by any Purchafe made oi Indian t on pretence of ^'"'''"' Titles 
 their being Native Proprietors thereof, without the Allowance or Appro- T'^" '^°^<1» 
 bation of this Affembly. *^*^ except. 
 
 9BnO ft 10 liewbp RefoHjeU, That no Conveyance of Native Right or r„^ „ «• i 
 Indian T\t\c without the Allowance or Approbation of this Affembly, as notPieaS 
 aforefaid, Ihall be given in Evidence of any mansTitle or Pleadable in any in Com. 
 Court. 
 
 3llnl> furtfier fr fst EefolfieDi, That Cinafmuch as many fuch Parchafes A Committee 
 have been made, and the Perfons who have fo made them, or thofe who ^PPO'pted to 
 Claim under them, may think they have hard Meafures if they may cot fhe^Xru r'** 
 Retain feme confiderable Proportion thereof, or other Lands in Lieu derilanding"' 
 thereof Affigned to them, ] John Hamlin £% Mr. John Hookery and ofallClamers 
 Capt. James Wadfworthy fhall be a Committee, or any Two of them, *° ^*"'^ put- 
 by fuch Ways and Means as they fhall think fit, to Enquire into /„^,^'* " '^* 
 and gain a True Underftanding of all the Claims aforefiid, and And tolay 
 lay the True Circumflances of all the laid Claims before the Aflembly, before this 
 in OElober next, with what they may Underftand may be to the Affcmblyin 
 Satisfaflion of the Claimers, either within the Bounds of any Town ^u"-^^ "^'^5' 
 with the Confent of the Proprietors, or elfewherc within the Va- ing/therwn 
 granted Lands of this Colony ; Together with their Opinion that this Afi 
 thereon, to this End that the (aid Aflembly may Settle this whole fembjy ma/ 
 Affair, and Proceed to the Settlement of all the Undifpofed Lands ^".''^ *'l|?. 
 in this Colony, in fuch manner as fhall then be determined, that all Srevent fill 
 Future Troubles about our Settlements may be Avoided, ture Trouble' 
 
 An A6^ for appointing Onejudge and Clerk 
 to Hold the Courts of Probate in Each videPage24. 
 County of this Colony, and for Reftrain-lll"^"' 
 ing their Fees. 
 
 B€ ft (tnatfeO b? tijfsf affemWp, That the Courts of Probate in One judge & 
 this Colony, fhall for the Year Enfuing be Holdenby Onejudge CJerktohold 
 and Clerk in each County; and that fo oft as any difficult and dif- j^* Courts of 
 putable Matter fhall happen before any of the faid Judges fuch Judge '°''*"** 
 where it fball fo happen, hath hereby Power to call in to his Af- j. .^ p^ 
 fiflance, any Two of the Juflices of the Quorum. And that the Reftxained. 
 Judges of the Probate, fhall take but the One Half of the Fees allowed 
 by Law to the Judges of the Probate 
 
 K EV.L O If DO ff : Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, near the Meeting Houfe, 
 where alfo is to be Sold the Body of ConnedJifuNL A WS, with their Additions 
 finee the Book was Printed. 1717-
 
 jHWt Regni Regis GEORGTJ, Quarto. 
 
 ;%DDitional %ti fo? l^refetDmg 2Dcet* 223 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Paflcd by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefties Colony 
 of Conned icut in New England : Begun and Held at New Haven, 
 on the xoth Day of Odober, in the Fourth Year of the Reign of 
 Oar Soveraign Lord GEORGE, KING of Great-Britain. &c. 
 ^nno Domini, 1717. 
 
 An Ad in Addition to the Law, Entituled, 
 An Aft for the better Prefervation and 
 Increafe of Deer^ within this Colony. vide page 
 
 WHEREAS in an y^£?, Entituled, An ASi for the Better 
 prefervation and Increafe of Deer, within this Colony^ %t 
 i^ l^roiJitleD, ' That if any Venifon, SkJn or Skins of 
 'any Buck, Doe or Fawn, newly Killed, fliall at any 
 ' Time ( within the Months, wherein the Killing any Buck, Doe or Fawn, 
 ' are by the laid Aft Prohibited, ) be found with, or in the Poffeflion of any 
 'perfonorperfonswhatfoever, fuch perfon or perfons, (hall be held, and 
 'accounted Guilty of Killing Deer, contrary to the intent of the faid AOr, 
 •as fully as if it was Proved, againft fuch Perfons, by Sufficient Witnefles, 
 • Viva Voce, Unlefs fuch Perfon or Perfons, do bring forth or make Proof If thcfe in 
 ' who was the Perfon or Perfons, that Sold or Killed the fame. whofe pgC. 
 
 feflion any 
 
 5Ir »i* note «natteB bp tfje "Sotitcnour, Council anO lUeprefrntatltjeff, sSTroeer 
 in ©enetal Court affemblcD, an& lip il)£aiitJ)o?ftp o£ tljEfatne, That newiykiUed 
 if the faid Perfon or Perfons, in whofe PofTeflion any Venifon, Skin or Skins be found, caa 
 of any Duck, Doe or Fawn, Newly Killed as aforefaid, (hall be found, can ™*''* " ap- 
 Satisfy the Judge, before whom the Cafe isTryed, that he or they were not ^^^^i^\^ 
 the Killers, but that the faid Venifon, Skin or Skins, were Thruft into his "e" thereof 
 or theirCuftody or Poireflion,by fome other perfon to Infnare him or them, they to be 
 that then they (hall not incur the Penalty of the faid Aft. And ic (hall and excufed from 
 may be Lawful for any perfon on Juft caufe ofSufpicion of the Breach of the A^'Sh^^ 
 faid Aft, by Killing any Buck, Doe or Fawn, as aforefaid, to take out a be made on 
 Search from the next Afliftant, or Juftice of the Peace, as in ordinary Caies Sufpicion. 
 of Loft Goods, or the like, to Search for fuch Venifon, or Skins. 
 
 H h And
 
 Anno Regn't Regis G E O R G I J, Quarb. 
 
 524 BiilfJ of Cteuit ^oivQ^mit ^ ^ntftaftftp. 
 
 Grand Jury- And the Grand- Jury-tnen and Conftables in the Refpedlive Towns, are 
 * Ki* *"°"' ^^'■^''y ft"<^ly Required, to make Diligent Enquiry after, and make Pre- 
 Inform*&c fentment of, or Information againft any Breaches of the faid Aft. 
 
 prefumersto SJnti ft I'jS twt^tt CnttctjU fcg t^e 55utl^o?(tp afo^efaiD, That if any 
 killDeer.ad- Perfon whatfoever fhall Prefume to Kill Deer,concrary to the Aftaforefaid, 
 '"f'ffi&'S ^* ^^" ^'^ Adjudged Guilty of Firft,Second or Third Offence, according to 
 OffenM, ac- the Number of Deer, fo Killed»by him, although Killed in one Day, or ac 
 cording* to fo onc Place, or before Profecution of the Firft Offence had .• Any former 
 many killed. Law, Ufage or Cuflom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 ]l^f!:% An Ad for Emitting Bills of Credit, for Pay- 
 Vy\Ty,\lli ing the Publick Debts of this Colony, 
 
 i8<?,i9},r9S> 
 
 and'zio ^^'^ 13* ^^ ^natteU bp t^e ^otiecnour, Countil anti 3Reptcrehtatite0, fa 
 
 Jj (Benctal Court ^HembkD, anD b? tlje 3iutl)o?it? oE t^e fame, Thac 
 
 Bills cfPub- there be forthwith Emitted a certain Number of Bills of Credit on this 
 
 lick Credit Colony, from Two ShlHings to Five Poundsy which in the whole (hall Amount 
 
 tobeEmitted to the Sum of Twelve Hundred Pounds : Six Hundred Fifty and One Poundt 
 
 toTiioi ^""^ Shillings, being of the Dead Stock Received from the Treafurer, by 
 
 William Pitkin, and Jofefh Talcot, Efqrs-, and Major John Clark, Capr. John 
 
 To be deli- Hall,M.r. Richard Hubbell, and Mr, JohniVadfworth, a Committee Appointed, 
 
 vered to the by this AfTembly, to Receive the fame, which Committee are hereby Or- 
 
 Treafurer by dered and Impowred, to Deliver the faid Sum of Six Hundred Fifty and 
 
 appo^ted"" ^"^ Pounds, Four Shillings to the Treafurer of this Colony, taking his Receipt 
 
 ' for the fame, and the Remaining part of the £nid Twelve Hundred Pounds^ 
 
 which is Five Hundred Forty and Eight Pounds, Sixteen Shillings, fhall be out of 
 
 the Twenty Thou fand Pounds, Ordered to be put into the Treafury, May the 
 
 Fourteenth, One thoufand Seven Seven Hundred and Thirteen. 
 
 ana ft 10 fuctf)ec (Enatteo b? tge autfio^it? afo^efafD, That the faid 
 
 Treafurer to Treafurer be, and is hereby Ordered and Impowred, to IfTue forth and 
 
 ''*Mdi"°to '^™^'^» '^^ ^^'^ ^'"^ towards the Payment of the Publick Debts of this 
 
 Order.'"|Psee Colony, and the further Neceflary Charges thereof, according to fuch 
 
 Fag. 114, 142 Orders, as fhall be given him, from Time to Time, according to Law. 
 
 And the faid Bills fhall Pafa out of the Treafury at the Value Exprefled in 
 
 the fame. Equivalent to Money, and fhall be Taken and Accepted, in all 
 
 Publick Payments, at the Advance, of Twelve-fence on the Pound more. 
 
 SlnH be ft futtTjtc ^nacttU b? tfje 2utf)0?itp afo?£faiO, That as a Fund 
 Funa/of Qj. Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in of the faid Bills into the 
 Sie ^BilE a- Treafury again, this AfTembly Grants a Tax or Rate of Twelve Hundred and 
 gain, by the Sixty founds ; to be Levyed on Polls, and all the Rateable Eftate within this 
 laft of Colony *, and to be Paid into the Treafury of this Colony, at or before the 
 CWober ^gft ^ay oiOEloher,One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Six : Whicli 
 '7*^* faid Rate fhall be Paid in Bills of Credit of this Colony, or in Money as it 
 
 PalTes generally Currant in the Country at the Time of Payment ; and in 
 
 no other manner. 
 
 Vide Page Att A^ againft Polygamic and Unchaftity, 
 
 7.i?.54.74» 
 
 7S,&Ui. XjrfHEREAS the Violation of the Marriage Covenant, is Contrary to the 
 y V Command of God, and Pejfruilive tv the Peace ofFamilns,
 
 Mfto Regni Reps GEORGIJ. Quarto. 
 
 1^oli?gamie anD Bncljaftitp* Hiftets* 225 
 
 2Be It CnQcteO bp tl)e (Poternoiir, Counciil anD lRtpcefentat(t)e0, in 
 (Beneral Court 3IilTEtnl)ltti, anD bp tjje Sllutljoji'tp of ttie fame, That Peifons pre- 
 if any perfonor perfons in this Colony, being Married or who ftiall here- '^'"'"S »» . 
 after Marry, do at an> time Pre fume to Marry any other perfon, the for- foJ^^\ Co^ 
 mer Husband or Wife being Alive, or fliall continue to Live together fo forts being 
 Married, that then every fuch Offender, fliall Suffer and be Punillied, as yet alive, to 
 inCale of Adultery : And fuch Marriage (hall be, and is hereby Declared ^^ P""'^''*, 
 to be Null and Void. To be Heard and Tryed in the County, where Aduhfry! 
 fuch perfon or perfons are Apprehended. See Pag, 4. 
 
 Mwayi Provided, That ihi$ Ad Or any thing therein contained, ftall 
 not Extend to any perfon or perfons, whofe Husband or Wife, ihall be A Saving to 
 continually, Remaining Beyond the Seas, by the fpace of Seven Years ^"'^{l^"^"** 
 together, or whofe Husband or Wife fhall Abfent him or her felf, the one h« beeHb! 
 from the other, by the fpace of Seven Years together, in any part, within fent from 
 His Majcfties Dominion or elfewhere, the one of ihcm not Knowing the th« other 7 
 other to be living within that Time. Years. 
 
 Provided alfo. That this AA or any thing therein contained, fliall not 
 Extend, to any perfon or perfons whofe Husband or wife, has lately or 
 fliall hereafter go to Sea in any Ship, or other VcfTel, bound from one 
 Port to another, where the Paffagc isUfually made in Three Months j^" ^^*"^«* 
 Time, and fuch Ship, or other Velfel, has not been or (ball not be Heard Years 
 of within the fpace of Three full Years, next after their putting to Sea 
 from fuch Port, or fhall only be heard of, under fuch Circumflances, as 
 may rather Confirm,theOpinion Commonly Received of the whole Com- 
 panies being Utterly Loft : but in every fuch Cafe the Matter being 
 laid before the Superiour Court, and made to Appear, the pecfon whofe 
 Husband or Wife, is in this manner parted from her or him may be 
 Efteemcd Single andUumarried: and upon fuch Declaration thereof, and 
 Liberty Obtained from the laid Superiour Court, may Lawfully Marry 
 again : Any Law, Ufagc or Cuftom to the contrary notwilhftanding. 
 
 Provided alfo. That this k&. OX any thing therein contained, (hall not ASivingalfo 
 Extend, to any perfon or perfons, that are or ftiall be at the Time of fuch f°' Divorced 
 Marriage, Divorced by any Sentence had, or hereafter to be had as the f^h ^°* 
 Law of this Colony, has in that Cafe Provided, or to any perfon or Marry with- 
 perfons, where the former Marriage has been or fliall hereafter be by 'o the Age of 
 fuch Sentence had, Declared to be Void and of no Effeft ; nor to any Confent, 
 perfon or perfons, for or by Reafon of any former Marriage, had or made 
 or hereafter to be had or made, within the Age of Confent, That u to 
 fay. The Man Fourteen Years of Age, the Woman Twelve. 
 
 Anjrmaobe- 
 
 ann k fjJ itrrrfjet dnaatn b? tlie flutl)o?ftp afojefaitr, That if any BelSaJJ. 
 Man be found in Bed with another Mans Wife, the Man and Woman fo other mans" 
 Offending, being thereof Convifted fhall be Severely Whipt, not exceed- Wife, they 
 ing Thirty Stripes Unlefs it Appears upon Tryal, that one party was ^°''l 5° **« 
 Surprifed and did noc Confent, which Ihall Excufe fuch Party from the Unlefc ft& 
 Punilhment. ' 
 
 tot 
 
 An A(St for Explaining of, and Addition to^'^^<^f^g' 
 that Law ( Made £)ctobct, 1714-) con- ^J°;'^^.^^g 
 cerning Lifters. *'"* 
 
 WHEREAS tde Law {in Page 200 ) Required Lifieri in each Town to 
 Iranfmit the Lijis re^tSlively to the Gtncral Court inO&obsc ^nually. 
 Hhz ^C
 
 Anno Regnl Regis G E O R G I J, Quarto. 
 
 226 gitttettatc .cftates?. ^^roptieto^s ifieHi$. 
 
 %t iti fjcre6p<ffnatteD anfiSDetlareD Bp tijijg afTcmblp anb tfje flutF)ojttp 
 Lifters tore- tljecfOf, That for the Future, the Liflers in the feveral Towns, being 
 turn the Sum 5worn to a Faithful Difcharge of their Work, Oiall return the Sum Total 
 Lift to the' ^^ *^^ ^''^> ""^<^ ^^^ General Court in OCiohcr Annually, with a Cer- 
 Gen.Courtin tificate from the Affiflant, Juflicc of the Peace, or Town Clerk, before 
 Oftobcr An- whom the faid Lifters were Sworn, that they were Sworn to a Faithful 
 rualljr, with Difcharge of their Work ; and faid Return of the Sum Total, (hall be Ac- 
 from^luftice "pted asa fufficient Return of their Lifl : Any Law, Ufage or Cuftgra 
 or, ^c. *o the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 Lifters fail- 2nt» ft fjS tictebp fuctljer OBnaajO, That for the Future, every of the 
 ing in their aforefaid Lifters that (ball be Negligent, and Fail of fending of"^ the Sum 
 ftud 1 Vo '"^ Total as aforefaid, or the Certificate as aforefaid, (hall Forfeit and pay to 
 ■ * the Treafury of the Colony, the Sum of Ten Pounds ; and that if no Sura 
 ^^iwrein to T°^^' °^ *^® ^''*' ^^ returned from any Town, or not with fuch Certifi- 
 be doom'd&c ^ate, fuch Town (hall be Doomed by the ADembly. 
 Lifters to ^""^ ^^^^ ^°'* "-^^ Future, all Liflers (hall be Obliged to take the Oath, 
 take an Oath Made and Provided for Fence viewers, Clerks of Train -bands, &c. 
 as in Pag. pi Mutatii mutandns. 
 
 Vide Page ^^ ^^ ^^^ Requiting thofe appointed to 
 Vii^^fi Diftribute the Eftates of Inteftates, to take 
 li'^'ni' an Oath to be Faithful therein. 
 
 REfolved by this j^femhly. That for the Future, all Perfons that fhall be 
 Appointed, to Diftribute any Inteftate Effate, by Order of the 
 teftaw E-' ^°°" ^^ Probate, in the feveral Rcfpeftive Counties, ftiall take the fol- 
 ftates.to take lowing Oath, 
 en Oath- 
 
 YOu Swear by the Ever livIngGod, that you will, according to yonrBefl 
 Judgment and Difcretion, Faithfully and Equally Divide the Eftate 
 oiA. B. according to the Order of Court now given you. So hdpyouGod 
 
 An Adt concerning Proprietors Fields, and 
 videPageis for Impowring Proprietors to choofe a 
 S6"'ji,«9i Clerk, who fhall be Sworn to be Faithful, 
 
 B<t ft Cf nattclJ Bp tlie dPoftecnour, Council anli IReprffentatftiesf, fit 
 O^ncral Court afTemWel), anl» B? t^e "Butliojitp o£ tlje fame, Thac 
 Fields nfed all Proprietors Fields now Setled, Reputed or Ufed as Common Fields, 
 as Common fjjaH be Deemed Legally Stated, till by the Vote of the Major part of the 
 lyStateduU ^^'^^ Proprietors Collected according to Law, it fhall be otherwife De;» 
 g^f. ' ' termined 
 
 9B!\b!)e ft furt5fC(£natteb 5? tje 5tutlo?it? afo^tCafo, That for the 
 Proprietors Future, the Refpedive Proprietors of any Common Fields, Hiall have full 
 impowred to Power to choofe a Clerk, and hereby SufHcient Power is Granted to them, 
 ckrk t* Re *° choofe a Clerk, to Enter all the Ads and Votes of the faid Propdetors, 
 cord 'their ' Relating to the good Management of the faid Common Fields, which 
 Votes, S'f. Clerk Ihall be Sworn, to a Faithful Difcharge of his Office. 
 
 Aa
 
 ^nno Regtti PegHf GEORGIJ, Quarto. 
 
 R 
 
 An A6t for Crying Horfes and Cattel when vi^e Page 
 Impounded, if theirOwners are not known, 'sr'.'.^'.'/o! 
 
 (JEfoltoeb bp t^ijEt 311fIemWp, That for the Future all Horfes and Cattel Horfes and 
 that are Impounded out of any particular Inclofure, and the Owner Cartel Im- 
 n^t^ known, fuch Horfe, Horfe-kind or Creature, (hall be Cryed by the ^°^^'"^''\ * 
 ConRable in that Town where fuch Creature is Impounded; and the Con- owners are' 
 (tables of the Two next Towns, wiih the Age and Colour of the fald not known, 
 Horfe or Creature, and all his Marks, Natural and Artificial, and if no to be Cryed 
 Owner Appear within Twenty Days after the fettingup faid Crys,and the ^ ^^^^ ^on- 
 Fence, about the Inclofure, out of which faid Horfe or Creature, was Im- Xowns ** * 
 pounded, do well pafs the View and is found to be fufficient, by two Fence 
 viewers under Oath, then faid Horfe, Horfe-kind or Creature may be Sold, I" ^o Days 
 and the Overplufs Returned, as by Law already Exprefs'd "^^ ""^ ^''*« 
 
 yilw4ys Providedy That every Perfon Owning any of the aforefaid Horfes _., ^ 
 or Creatures, and coming wiihia Twenty Days, ftall be Obliged to Pay coming*in"o 
 for the Viewing of faid Fence and other Damages which by Law are Due. Days.tohave 
 And all Horfes taken up as aforefaid ftiall be Cryed in the Town where the his Creatures 
 Brand belongs, that is upon fuch Horfe ; Provided, Said Brand belong to E?.^'"^ *^« 
 any Town in this Colony. Charges. 
 
 An Aa for further providing for Small Caufes* l!gtf;f'j\l 
 
 I€ istnattt^} b5t^e<J?oti£tnour,4routtc(IanDm£pr£rentatfbfiS,fn^mn:aI au Anions 
 Court affembU?!, ant> bp t^e autt)oJit? of tlje fame. That all Caufes not above 
 wherein Title of Land is not Concerned, and wherein the Debt, Damage 4ox. to be 
 or other Matter, doth not exceed Forty Shillings, fhall be firft brought l'°'lh^°'^ 
 before fome Affiflant or Juftice of the Peace; and not at the County or Juftiw 
 Court ; Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithflanding. ^. 
 
 And that upon the Tryal of all fuch Caufes, wherein the Debt, Aftionsnot 
 
 Damage or other Matter does not exceed Ten Shillings, there fiiall be no to have „„ 
 Appeal allowed from the Judgment : Provided, Thai this Aft con- Appeal."" 
 tinue in Force only for Three Years next coming. Aft limited. 
 
 An A&. in addition to the Law, Entituled, vide page 
 
 An A^ concerning Free Trade. ii4,&»7o. 
 
 ItC fffitti ^nacteU i^ tie «©otjecnouir, Council anH Jtepcefentatfbfjf, 
 (tt ^tnetral Couct SUffembleD, anD bp the autjiojftp of tlje fame, 
 •That all perfons that come to Trade in this Colony, that are not lohabi- 
 'tants, before Sale of any Goods by them brought or imported into any 
 
 * Town, (ball pay Twelve Shillings and Six-fence per Cent for every Hundred 
 
 * Pounds worth of Goods brought by them to Trade, according to the In- 
 
 * voice thereof made, where they were laft bought and Exported, and fo 
 'proportionable for all greater and lelfer quantities, &c, 
 
 3|tiiS iwto fuctfjfr Cnattcb bp tlje autl^o?ftp afo?efafl». That for the ?*^?°f/?: 
 Future, all fuch Perfons coming to Trade as aforefaid, (hall give Oath be* cfio^y to 
 fore the Afliftant or Juftice to whom they are by faid Aft to prefeni Trade, to 
 sheir Invoyce, that the Invoyce fo prefented, is a True Invoyce of all the giveOath to 
 Goods, then Imported by them, and of the Coft thereof, at the Place '''«" No- 
 where they were laft Bought and Exported, and fliall then Pay to the p°J,"j^ g,, 
 faid Afliftant or Juftice the aforefaid Duty or Impoft, under the Penalty iefufii4. 
 of the Forfeiture, of all fuch Goods, as in the faid Aft is Provided, 
 
 And
 
 Anno Regit: Regis G E O R G I J. Quarto. 
 
 228 ^eiJlatjB?, mh ^nVoUts. ^Vjint. 
 
 And all AffiRants and Juftices of the Peace, Receiving the Duty of 
 A Certificate Goods Imporied as aforefaid, (hall give a Certificate thereof to the perfoa 
 tobe granted Importing the fame, who (hall be Obliged to fhew the faid Certificate to 
 «" R?>""8 any other AfliOani orJuRiceof the Peace that may QueHion whether be 
 Gwds"?m- ha'h Complied with this Aft, and if he Refufe to fhew the fame, he (hall 
 ported i to be be Lyable to Pay all Charges, that may Arife upon any laformation and 
 ihewn, &e. Profecution againft him, for not Complying therewith^ 
 
 An A6t concerning Pedlars, Hawkers, Petty 
 S^!*7o,l]ld Chapmen, or other Trading Perfons going 
 *'^'* ' frona Town to Town with Goods to Sell 
 
 B(£ ft^natteti b? f!)e(Bot)ernout,Councfl ant»!5epteCcntatiije3,(n(Beneral 
 Court aflrmbleiJ, aitO bp t\\e autt)0?itp of tljefame. That from and 
 
 ing from" after the Laft Day of December next every Hawker, Pedlar, Petty Chap- 
 Town to man or other Trading Perfon going from Town to Town, Travelling 
 Town carry- either on Foot or with Horfe or Horfes, carrying to Sell any Goods Wares 
 slfl w ^ve ^"^ Merchandizes, ftiall in the firft Town into which they (hafl Enter 
 Oath before wi'hin this Colony, before they Expofe any Goods to Sale, go to fome 
 fome Juftke Afliftant or Judice of the Peace, and Prefect and make Oath unto a True 
 to their In. and full Invoyce of all their Goods, Wares or Merchandize, and (hall Pay 
 T°^^' Pj?y- unto the faid Affinani or Juflice of the Peace, after the Rate of Twenty 
 tie^s of theiiT Shillings for every Hundred P ounds Worth of Goods, whether in greater 
 before they* or Icffer Quaiuities. (One fifth part of which fhall be to faid Afliftantor 
 expofe their Juftice of the Pcace for his Trouble ; and the remaining part (hall by the 
 Goods toSale fajd Aififlanl or Juftice of the peace, be paid into the Publick Treafury ) 
 Upon which, fuch perfon may have a Certificate thereof from onder the 
 ^b^"*ted ^^^^ °^ f"^^ Ailiftanl or Jufiice, which Certificate the perfon or perfons 
 to fuch*Ped- Oiall be Obliged to fhew to any perfon that (hall demand a fight of it t 
 lars, to be and his Refufal to fhew it, fhall be Warrant Sufficient for any perfon or 
 ihewn to any perfons, to Inform sgainft and Profecute fuch Offender. And all Charges 
 perfons upon of fuch Profecuiion to be born by fuch perfon or perfons that fhall tefufe 
 *"'**"°' as aforefaid, to fhew his or their Certificate. 
 
 Terfons pre- ^°** '^ ^"^ perfoD or perfons fhall Prefume to Expofe to Sale any fuch 
 fuming to ' Goods Wares, as aforefaid, without Certificate firft had and Obtained 
 Sell Goods from fome Afliftant or JuOice as aforefaid, all fuch Goods as fhall be 
 tefore they fo foojjd in the Hands of fuch Pedlar, Petty Chapman, &c. ihall be For- 
 ^a't h *'"' ^^"'^ •' *^°® Moiety thereof to be to His Majefly, to and for the Support 
 Certificate, ^f this His Majedies Colony, to be paid into the Publick Treafury ; and 
 to forfeit all the Other Moiety, to fuch perfon or perfons that fhall Inform of, and 
 fuch Goods. Profecute to Effeft any fuch Offender. 
 
 An Adi for Permitting Swine Weft of SwiiJfW-River to go at Large. 
 
 Vide Page 
 
 J5. 109, 216 T^ Efolved by this ^JfemUy, That after the RHing of this Court, all 
 & 157. J[\ Swine, that are in any of the Towns Weft of Stratford-KVftr^ and 
 Swine Weft £a(t of the Weft Bounds of this Government, fhall have Liberty to 
 of Stratford- go at Large in any part of the aforefaid Bounds, and (hall not be adjudged 
 River, may Damage Feafant, nor liable to be impounded ; Except faid* Swine are 
 fn any of the ^^^^^ '" fom^ Common Field or Particular Inclofure, Sufficiently Fenced ; 
 Towns, and Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 not to belm- Always Provided, That this Law have Force bus Two Years, 
 
 pounded.Ex- 
 
 ceptjEj'f. " ^- 
 
 AaAet
 
 j4Hn9 Regni Regis G E O R G I J, Quarto. 
 
 55iUjS of Ctemt DratbE in $ CjccDans'tr* Indians. 229 
 
 An A6t for Drawing into the Treafury the 
 Bills of Credit bearing Date fulj the nth. 
 1 709, only J and for Exchanging of them 
 with Bills of Credit of a later Date. Ss^iw? 
 
 WHEREAS bp cm M, MaJt and Faffed i« tht Gtniral Ajjtmhly HtUtn 
 at Hartford, May tht Fourtttmh, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and 
 ThirfttH, tht TriafureT was Imftwred at any TimCy within One Tear and a Hdf^ Pmmhle 
 after tht [aid Fourteenth of May, One Theufatid Stvin Hundred and Thirteen, to 
 Rective any tftht Billt cf Otdit ef this Colony^ bearing Datejnly the Twelfthfine 
 7htufand Seven Hundred and Nine, only ; and give in Exchange for them, the Bills 
 cf Credit offhii Celeny, bearing the Additional Date t/May One Thou [and Severt 
 Hundred attd Thirteen, /ind whereas by one other AS, Made and PaJJed in the 
 General Ajimhly Holdett at New-Haven, the Fourteenth Day cf Odober, in the 
 Tear One Thouftnd Seven Hundred and Fourteen, the faid Treafurer was further 
 Jmpovred^ to make the Exchange aforefaid, until the Firfi Day 0/ June, in the Tear 
 One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Fifteen ^ and no longer ; hj which means, it was 
 Hopedy that the (aid Bills of Credit, bearing Date the Tnelfth Day of July Om 
 Thoufand Seven Hundred and Nine, Only ; which have been Imitated byfevtral Falfe 
 and Counterfeit BillSf to the Damage of divers Fcrfons, might be Drawn in^ and 
 all fuch Frauds^ for tht Future prevented. And whereas notwithffanJing the Pro. 
 'vifitn made, as aforefaid, for the Drawing in the faid Bills of Credit by Exchange^ 
 fevtral Perfons have been Ntgiigtnt^ to bring them in, and have them Exchanged, 
 as aforefaid, by which means Opportunity has betn given to Evil Minded Perfons, 
 to frahic* the faid Cheats ana Forgeries, by Falfe Plates and eiherwife j which 
 has f roved J and may fi ill f rove a great Damage, 
 
 For Remedy whereof • 
 
 fS5t it <5natteb lip ttie (Boternour, Councd anti MlEprirmtatfte?, (n Receive" the 
 Ctntul Court affembUD, anO 6h t^t autfjojit? of t^e fame, That ^'"^ °f Cie- 
 £hc Treafiirer be, and hei$ hereby Impowred to Receive any of the faid ^'^ ''"""S 
 Bills of Credit, of the Date of July the Twelfth One Thoufand Seven Hun- only 'and'ta 
 died and Nmc only, and give in Exchange for ihetn, to their Value the Exchange 
 ftid Bills of Credit bearing the fame with the Additional Date of May One ^^^"* f°r o- 
 Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirteen, ai any Time before the Fifteenth '•^'^^'"s, by 
 Day of May next, and no Longer May « j. 17J8 
 
 flnb ft (0 ^mbp fuctjec «natteo. That from and after the faid Te„ r„^- 
 FiftceathDayofiW-jynext, no Creditor ftaU be Obliged to Receive in oblig'd to"°' 
 Payment, the faid Bills of Credit, bearing the Date of the Twelfth of 7«/« receive faid 
 One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Nine, only j and that a Proclamation ^'"'' "f'" 
 of the TcnOur with thii k& /hail be Publi(hed. May 15.1718 
 
 An A<a for the more Effedual Well-order- 
 ing of the Indians ; and for the bringing of y^'J's* 
 them to the Knowlege of the Gofpel. 
 
 W"J ^?^ ^ ^J^rfuant to an ASl of the Afemhiy HoUtn in Hartford on the 
 Ninth Day of Mzy, in ,his Prtfent Tear, One Thoufand Seven Hundred 
 andSevtnteen,The Governor and Council have Lid before this Ajfembly, feveral Preamble 
 Mafures^ for bringing th, Indiani in this Colony, to tht Knowledge of the Gofiiel 
 which ms the avowed Deftgn of thofe that Obtained the Pamt/tr thit CoiptH 
 ration, to hold m LatJd atti Gevtrn mint of th e Cchny, 
 
 Upon
 
 jiHHo Regnt Regis G E O R G I J, Qoarto. 
 
 230 Indians ^^tiftrndtti. 
 
 Upon Confideraiion of which Mearores, the Governour and Company of 
 this His Majeflies Colony in General Court Aflembled, Defirous of par- 
 fuing in the beft manner, the Solemn Profeflion of our Predeceffbrs, 
 ^a\it (Emttiti, 
 
 40tib it i0 ^ertBp <f natttO B^ tfie (Botetnouc Council anH TRtpvttentas 
 Each Town jj^ifg^ j^ Mineral Court 3fiffEmbltD, anti bp tf)e 2Sut^oj(tp of tlie rame,That 
 *h "''h 7n- ^"^ ^^ taken Annually by the Authority of each Town, to Convene the 
 dians'among Indians, Inhabiting in each Town, and Acquaint thetn with the Laws of 
 them be ac- the Government, for punifhiog fuch Immoralities as they (hall be Guilty of, 
 qoainted and make them fenfible that no Exemption from the Penalties of fuch Laws 
 r"^ *f^ h ''^^ ^°^ them any more, than for other His Majefties Subjects. 
 
 ^nifcrafmuch at Drunlennefs an J Idlenefsy may well be looV d uftn at amcngfi 
 the jirongeft Chaim,tbat hold them {aft in their Igmrance off and Prejudices againjt 
 the Religion of the Gofpel- 
 
 Penalty for ^^ ^^ tljf rtfocefinaitlj b? tfje autfjojitp efo?trai'D,That whofoever fhall 
 Selling be Convifted of Selling any Indian Strong Drink, by tbeTeftimony of any 
 
 Indians one Witnefs, OTith other ftrong Circomftances, or by the Accufation of any 
 Strong Drink Indian, ( unlefs fuch Accufcd perfon (hall acquit bimfelf by Oath ) (hall incur 
 the penalty of Tivfnf^SfciWwj ; Any Affiftant orJu(iice of the Peace to 
 TheTeftimo- j^gj^ gj^j Determine the lame. And in cafe the faid perfon fo Convift 
 Perfon or the ^^^^ Appeal to the County Court, there upon Trial had and Judgment 
 Accufation given againR the Appellant, ( from which no Appeal (halJ be allowed ) the 
 of an Indian, faid Appellant fhall incur a further penalty, Dot excee<liog Far;/ Shillings^ nor 
 with Con- under Twenty Shillings, lobe laid by the faid Court : And the penalties fo 
 ""'"8 ^J' incurr'd (hall be one Half to the Profecutor or Informer, whether an Eng- 
 toamount to 1>^ ni^n or an Indian, and the other Half to the Treafury of the County, 
 aConviaion, where fuch perfon (haU be Convift. 
 
 Unlefs, &e. And all Grand-jary>men, (haD take diligent Care, to make Prefentment 
 of any perfon or perfons, whom they Ihall know, or upon good grounds have 
 Grand- Jury, ^gafon ^q fofpefl, have Sold Drink to any Indian, contrary to this, or any 
 ftnt Sufpea' °^^^^ ^^ provided againft the fame. 
 
 edpeifons. And it ii further ProviJed, That nothing in this A3, (hall be taken to 
 
 „ Excufe any perfon whatfoever, from any Penalty whatfoever, which he 
 
 toexcufet'he "^^Y •"«^"'' ^^ Vertueof any other Law Prohibiting Selling of Dtink with- 
 
 Penaltiea of OUt LicCnfe 
 
 Selling with- Andforafmuchas Ulenefs appears to lea great OhfiruSion to the Indians Re- 
 
 cut Licence, ceiling the Cofpel of Truth, and it mi^ht very much Conduce to their Reformaticn 
 
 in that particular y if they were by Eafy and Agreeable Methodt brought off from 
 
 their "Pagan manner of Living, and Encouraged to make Settlementt in Convenient 
 
 Placety in tillages, after the Englifh manner. 
 
 Meafures to 3fr i0 ^tvtb^ Eefolitb, That Meafures (hall be nfed to Form Villages of 
 p ""^ VI? *^® Natives, wherein the feveral Families of them (hould have Suitable 
 ges'^for the' Portions of Land Appropriated to them, fo that the faid Portions ftould 
 IndianSiSfe. Defcead from theFather to his Children, the more to Encourage them to 
 
 Apply themfelves to Husbandry, and good Diligence therein, for their 
 
 Support. 
 
 And lohereas there is a Confiderable TraB of Land in the Totimfhip of New- 
 Tudees of London, which ii faid to be Suitable and Sufficient to make fuch a ViUagCy and 
 the Superior ufon vbicb there art now It ving the Largtfi Numberi of Indians, that Live together 
 Court to j„ a^y one Place in this Government, 
 "View thejr^ j^^^ tl)CC«for£ ©netteD, That T^lathan Gold, Efq. John Hamlin,ECq, Samuel 
 
 10 N London ^'^"*> ^'<1' 7'>"athan Lau>yE{q. J^igQS of the Superiour Court,"or any 
 Two or more of them, do make a View of the faid Traf 
 
 Traft of Land, ViGt 
 the hdians Living on it, take Account of the Number of their Fami- 
 lies
 
 Ahvo Regyii Regis G E O R G I J. Quarfo. 
 
 Societies o;t ^ui^tQ. Cjccife anD gimpoft. 231 
 
 I — ' " ' ' »^— ^— — ^— » 
 
 lies and Pcrfons, of the Quantity and Quality of faid Land, with other 
 Circumfiances thereof, in Refpeft of any Claims made thereto, or Poflef- Take an ic- 
 iions held thereon, and lay a Plana of the fame before the General Court, ^umbet and 
 for their further Diredion, that they may be the better Enabled to Families of 
 Proceed in Forming a Village ol the faid Indians there, and bringing Indians jhtre 
 them to fuch Civil Order, Cohabitation and !nduftry, as may Facilitate the ^nd lay the 
 fettjng up of the Gofpel Miniftry among them. And that they View, and ^he^Ge^erl! 
 make Report of all the Land formerly Sequeftred to faid Indians. Court, ^e. 
 
 An Ad for the better Ordering and Regu- 
 lating Parilhes or Societies, and for their vide Page 
 Supporting the Miniftry & Schools there. \Vu!li% 
 
 1^ {g <i^jDere5anD (EnattcUbp tie (Bofternour, Council anfi fieprefen; ^ ., j t . 
 tauten, inOJeneral Court adembUD, anB b^ tl)c SEut^o^ftp of tbe fame, bitants of 
 That the Setled and Approved Inhabitants in each Refpeftive Parilh or any Parifh or 
 Society within this Colony, (hall Annually meet together in December, at Society, to 
 fome time and place, according to the Notice thereof to be given them, at ^eet^ toge- 
 leafl Five Days before fuch Meeting, by the Committee for Ordering the ^^ V" ?^^ 
 Affairs of the Society, or for want of fuch Committee by the Clerk of the nuaiiy, to "" 
 fame; and the faid Inhabitants, thus Mett and Convened together, are choofe' a 
 hereby fully Impovvred, by ihesr major Vote, to Choofe a Clerk for their C"'^ and a 
 Society, and Three or more Difcreet, AbleInhabitants,to be a Committee, Committee. 
 to Order the Affairs of the Society, for the Year Enfuing, And alfo she thei!^*fiid^en. 
 faid inhabitants Aflembled as above, or the major Part of them, ftail have tial Affairs, 
 Power to Grant and Lay fuchf;Ratesand Taxes, on the inhabitants for for the Year 
 the Advancing fuch Sum or Sums of Money, for the fuppori of the Mi- «"f"»ng3 ani 
 ftiftty and School there, as the Law Direfts : And to appoint a CoUeaor pj^^ T/%ii 
 Or Colleaors for gathering thereof, who are hereby Ordered and !m- Inhabitants 
 powredto Proceed in Collefling the fame, according to the Dire(^ion of arelmpowr'd 
 the Law toColledors chofen for gathering the Town and Minifters Rates, '" '*)* * Tax 
 And in Cafe the Colledor or Colleaors fhall not Perform the Truft, fo" \'he'su°'* 
 hereby Committed to him or ihem, he or they, (hall be Accountable for port of "the 
 fuch Arrearages, by him or them ncg/cfted to be gathered, to the Com? Miniftry and 
 mittee of fuch Society, who are Impowred to Demand or Diffraxn for Schools a- 
 the fame, according to the Dirc£lion of faid Law. ™*>"S *'»''"• 
 
 An Ad: in Addition to, and for Emendation 
 of the Law, Made and Palled at this Af- 
 fembly Odober the 1 4.^/; ^nno Vomini^ 1 708, 
 Entituled,An Ad in Addition to, and for 
 Emendation of the Law Faffed in the Ge- 
 neral Afl'embly Holden at Hartford, May 
 the i^tk 1708, Entituled, An A<ft for I'.^^'p 
 Excife and Impoft. \^&:^t\ 
 
 1% 10 «nacteU anlJ<!^?Dameb 6p t|eOotjernour,Councrt auBRtpre&nta. 
 tfttft (5 (Jsneral Court alTtmblto, ano tip ibe «wl|02(tp of tjjr famt, 
 
 I » That
 
 ^nno Regui Regie G E O R G! J, Quarto. 
 
 w 
 
 232ejcctfe ^3lmpofl:» -jnajc o? laate* iRomination* 
 
 That all MaOers of VefTels Importing any Wine, Rum, or ether Liquorj 
 Mafters of fpecified in ihe faid AQ., and made liable to the Paytnem of the Duty or 
 Veffels Im- impoft therein mentioned, fhall before Landing any fuch Liquors, Enter 
 Wine fee""™ ^'^^'^ ""h the Officer that is, or (hall be appointed for the Receiving of 
 tefore Laiid- ^ich Duty or Import, and give Bond Sufficient to the faid Officer to pay to 
 ing faid Li- him ( before his Departure out of the Port where the faid Entry is made ) 
 quorsjtoEn- the fcveral Sums hereafter mentioned. Th^t u to (ay,Vj!rty Shillin£s in Cur- 
 Offi«V^nd' ""* Money of this Colony, for every Pipe of Wine, and Fifty Shttlings like 
 give Bond" to Money for every Hogfhead of Rum or other Diftilled Liquors fo Import- 
 pay, &c. cd, and Pro rata for other Casic of any of the aforefaid Liquors. 
 
 yllwayj Provided and Excepting only, Such Wine or Liquors as fhall be 
 
 Excepting, Imported Direftiy from the place of their making, or growth, and in Vef- 
 
 *^' fels, Part Owned by one or more Inhabitants of this Colony, in which 
 
 Cafe the faid Mafler /hall Pay for each Pipe of Wine Fiftttn ShilVmgs, and 
 
 for each Hogfhead of Rum or other Diftilled Liquors, the Sum of Twtnty 
 
 Shillings, like Money, and no more, and Pro rata for other Cask of faid 
 
 ^''"V**j°" Liquors; Any former Law, Ufagc or Cuftom to the Contrary notwith- 
 
 of this Ait. Handing And this Law to be in Force for Two Years and no more. 
 
 An Ad for Levying a Tax on Polls, O^c. 
 
 HEREASiyan AEl Vajjid by the Central Affemhly of the Colony Hold- 
 en at Hartford, May the Tenth, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and 
 Vid.Pag.tjs ^^''^'"i Evtituled, An Aft for Making and Emitting of Bills of Publick 
 Credit \ the Sum of Four Thoufand Pounds of the faid Bills nas Emitted, 
 which hath been fine e Paid out of t\ieTrtafury for the falsifying the Debts of the 
 Colony. And whereat the faid yiffembly, for the Repayment and Draroing in the 
 faid Bills into the "treafury again^ by their ylB did Grant a Tax or Rate of Four 
 Thoufand and Five Hundred Pounds, as Afoney to be Levied on Pells, and aU 
 Rateable Efiate mthin this Colony, xeithin the Q>ace of Nine Tears next Enfuing the 
 Date of the faid AU ; and fo much thereof in each of the faid l^ine Tears ^ su this 
 Affembly fhould after Order and yjppoint. 
 Rate of ^^ ^^ "®^ OcDftfD anU ^mttth 6p tljij^ SCffetnBIp, That for the 
 Two- pence Drawing in the remaining part of faid Bills into the Treafury of this Colony, 
 on the Pound there (hall be Levied as the remaining part of faid Tax, Granted as aforefaid, 
 the Sum ofTrve-pence on the Pound on the Polls and all the Rateable Eftate 
 within this Colony, to be Levied in the faid Bills of Credit, or in Money as 
 it (ball generally Pafs in Nfn7-E«g/4«i, at the time of Payment; as is provi- 
 ded in an Ad Pafled by the General AfTembly of this Colony, Holden at 
 Wfn>-«4vcw, ^:;^a/? the Fourth, One Thoufand Seven Hnndred and Ten, 
 ^. . _ Entituled, An Afi in Addition unto, and for Repealing One Claufe or Pa- 
 
 Vid.Pag. ry4 „gfaph in the Law, Made and PafTed by the General Aflembly of this Co- 
 lony, Begun and Held at Hartford, May the Eleventh, One Thoufand Seven 
 Hundred and Ten, Entituled, An Ad for the better Regulating, and giving 
 a more efFefiual Currency to the Bills of Publick Credit. 
 
 THENamesof the Gentlemen that by the Votes of the Freemen, are 
 to fland in Nomination for Eleftion in May next,are as followeth,w«.. 
 
 The Honourable GURDON SALTONSTALL, Efq. The Honourable NATHaN 
 GOLD, Efq. JOHN HAMLIN, Efq. WILLIAM PITKIN, Efq. JOSEPH 
 CUKTIS, Efq. RICHARD CHRISTOPHERS, Efq. PETER BURR, Efq. 
 SAMUEL EELLS, Efq. MATTHEW ALLYN. Efq. JOSEPH TAL- 
 COT. Efq. ABRAHAM FOWLER. Efq. JOHN SHERMAN, Efq. 
 ROGER WOLCOTT, Efq. JONATHAN LAW, Efq Capt JAMES 
 WADSWORTH. Mr JOHN HOOKER. Capt. JOSEPH WAKEmAN. 
 Capt. RICHARD BUSHNELL. Mr. WARHAM MATHER, and 
 C»pt. JAMES ROGERS.
 
 Maa Regni Regis GEORGII, Quarto. 
 
 Xrefpaffes in Ximber. 
 
 2^3 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, igig. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 PafTed by the General Court or AfTembly of His Majcfties Colony of 
 ConneHicut in New England : Begun and Held at Hartford the &th. 
 Day of May^ in the Fourth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign 
 Lord GEORGE, KING oi Great-Brita'tn, &C. Amo Dom. 1718. 
 
 An Ad for the Prefervation of Timber, and 
 preventing Trefpaffes relating thereunto. 
 
 B(E it€na(feT» bjtfje ®8T)etnOttr, Coantfl anli jRppcefentatftejf, 
 in General Couct alTembUB, anft b? t^e autfjo^jftp of tl)e fame. 
 That whatlbever Perfon or Perfons, (hall hereafter cut down or 
 fell any Tree, on the Land which appears to be the Property 
 of any other perfon or perfons, and hath been formerly Bounded outi and 
 the Lines between Corner and Corner Marked out, or Renewed within 
 Four Years next before the Felling of fuch Tree, without leave firft 
 Obtained, from fuch Owner or Owners, under his or their Hands, and be 
 thereof Convift before any Affiflantor Juftice of the Peace, by Confedion, 
 Evidence,or otherways, fhall Pay to the Proprietor or Proprietors of the 
 faid Land, for each Tree or Stadle, under one Foot over at the Scubb, 
 Five killings j for each Tree which is one Foot, and under two Foot, Ten 
 ShillingSy and for each Tree two Foot over and more at the Stubb, Twenty 
 Shillings, over and above the Value of the Trees fo Felled i to be Judged by 
 two Freeholders under Oath to be Adminiftred for that end, before faid 
 A/Gftant or Jufiice, who is hereby Impowred to Adminifter the fame, 
 and give Judgment and Execution for the faid feveral Sums, to be Re- 
 covered upon any Conviftion had before him .• And the faid perfon who 
 fhall be fo Conviaed,hach hereby Liberty granted him, of an Appeal to 
 the next County Court, and no further Tryal. Provided, Th&c if at the 
 faid County Court, he fhall not Obtain a Reverfion of the Judgment 
 Obtained againft him, he fhall be Adjudged to pay to the party Injured, 
 double Damages and Cofts. 
 
 Provided Always, BnU be ft (CnatteD, That this Aft or any thing therein 
 contained, fiial) in no wife alter or make void any particular Agreement, 
 upon Record of any Town or Towns in this Colony, refpefting their Tim- 
 ber or Wood for Fuel •, but that the fame Agreements, Votes or Grants of 
 the faid Towns, fhall be in the fameForce and State, as before the making 
 of this Aft : Any thing in this Aft to the contrary notwithffanding- 
 
 K k An 
 
 Vide Page 
 iii,iiz,zor 
 Z02,& i9i. 
 
 Any perfon 
 falling Trees 
 in anothers 
 Property, to 
 be fined 5 x. 
 for each Tree 
 under one 
 foot over at 
 the Stubb, 
 10 J. for each 
 Tree above 
 one & under 
 two foot, Sc 
 10 s for eac-h 
 Tiee above 
 two foot 
 over, befides 
 the value of 
 faid Tree : 
 To be prized 
 by two Free- 
 holders un- 
 der Oath. 
 Liberty of 
 Appeal. 
 
 This Aifl not 
 to alter any 
 particular 
 Agreement 
 of any Town 
 refpefling 
 then Timber.
 
 Anno Regyii Regii GEORGII, Quarto. 
 
 234 ^ctition0. ^utDeping* ejcecutions* 
 
 An Adl for preventing a Multiplicity of Peti- 
 ^i!\!i^loB tions being brought to the General Ailembly, 
 
 T 
 
 '///S AffemUy being fenfthle that the Puhlick Charge it much hcreafed, hy 
 a Multiplicity of Petitions, for things of lefs lvalue than the Charge of De- 
 ciding them, and the Publick Affairs alfo thereby further Obflruded. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 No Petition jt (g lUefolbeD 6? tW Court onH tf)c ?Cutt)0?ftp t^ntot. That 
 red to ''the * ^°' ^^^ Future no Petition fliall be Preferred to this Affembly, wherein the 
 General Af- Value of the Debt, Damage, or other Matter or Thing, about which the 
 fembly under Controverfy did arife, does not Exceed the Sum of Fifteen Pounds. 
 I J/. Matter. ^uD furtftcc (t I'S EtfoltitD, That for the Tryal of each Petition, fliall 
 j/.forTrying be paid the Sum ofThree Pounds. 
 
 a Petition. And this Law to be of Force for the Ipace of Two Years next, and no 
 Aft Limited, longer. 
 
 An Ad: for requiring thofe improved in 
 afliftinff County Surveyors in Meafuring 
 
 Vide Pages, t J 1 i-w 1 
 
 5o,.o8,io9. Land, to take an Oath. 
 
 and no. ' 
 
 Surveyors in "D ^tolbeli t^ tl)f£f StffemW^ That when and fo often as the County 
 layingout of X\ Surveyor Ihall be Imployed in Laying out any Grants of Land, or 
 ^"""- ^'j Renewing any Boundaries that are Loft, and there be Occafioi^ for the 
 to be affifted parrying the Chain to Meafure the Lines, that the Men Improved therein, 
 
 under Oath. ^^^ ^^"^^ ^he following Oath. 
 
 VOu A. B. and C. D. being defired to AfTift T. C Surveyor, in Carry- 
 ing the Chain, Do Swear by the Ever-living God, that you wiJlFaith- 
 The Form ^'^'V ^^'^ ^^® ^^^^ Surveyor in his Service, and that you will keep a True 
 Accountof all Lines or Meafuresby you taken, and the fame give up to 
 faid Surveyor, at his Defire, according to your beft Skill and Ability. 
 So help you God. 
 
 An A(ft for impowring Juftices of the Peace 
 
 to grant Executions in Small Caufes, to 
 
 ,94,i95.2u jun through all the Towns in this Colony. 
 
 Vide Pag. I J 
 
 194.195 
 and iij 
 
 Juftices to T>(tfoItjelJ bp t^fsf Sfifftmbl?, That whenfoever any Juftice of the Peace, 
 grant Execu- £^ f})aii give Judgment in any fmall Caufe, wherein he hath by Law 
 fl^U be*^*' Authority to grant Execution, he (hall grant forth Execution Purfuant to 
 fervedby any ^^id Judgment, direfting the fame to the Sheriff or any of the Conftables 
 Sheriff or that belong to the County within the refpeftive Precinft where the 
 Conftable in perfon Livcth, upon whom the Execution is to be Served, whether in the 
 the Colony County where the faid Juftice doth Inhabit, or any other County in the 
 Colony V which Sheriff or Conftable, fhall Faithfully Levy faid Execution, 
 Laying Ex- ^"^ Return the fame to fuch Juftice, according to Direftion in the Law 
 ecutions, in' formerly Provided for the Serving and Returning Executions : Any Law, 
 pag i6i,i6^. Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 An
 
 ^HHo Regrti Regis GEO R Gil Quarto. 
 
 aBllljg OfCrcDit Hartford f Fairfield Court alterU 235 
 
 An Ad for Emitting Bills of Credit. vMep^ge 
 
 »7S, 183,189 
 
 B€ It (fnatteU 6p tfie dPoternoUr, Council anti EeprefentatftfS, fn 195,199,^01 
 (Bmerfll Court HlffemblcD, anD bp t^e auttioji'tp o£ tlje fame, That ^i 1,^16,220 
 there be forthwith Emitted a certain Number of Bilisof Credit on this ^^'^'^'■^9' 
 Colony, from Two Shillings to Five Pounds, which in the whole fhall amount 
 to the Sum of N/w Hundred Fifty Eight Founds ^ Six Shillings, the Sum of ^jl's ofCre- 
 "Jliny Eight Pounds, Two Shillings, being in the Hands of Major Talcot, as *^'* ^°}^ ^' 
 appears on the laft A.u(i\t,May the Sixteenth One Thoufand Seven Hundred ^e Value°of 
 and Eighteen ; Seven Hundred Sixteen Pounds, Seven Shillings and Six Pence 958i 8c 6 s. 
 befng of the Dead Stock, received from the Treafurer by William Pitkiny 
 "Peter Burr, dndJofepbTalcot EfqrsjMr. John Edwards, C^pt- Aaron Cooke, 
 J^r- Samuel Clark, and Mr. E/'w^t.fr f/rc^, a Committee Appointed by this 
 Ailembly to receive the fame, which Committee or any two of them, are To be put 
 hereby Ordered and Impowred, to deliver the faid Sums, Amounting to >nto the 
 Seven Hundred Fifty Four Pounds, Nine Shi/lings and Six Pence, to the Trea- ^"'^^ °^ ^^^ 
 furerofthis Colony, taking his Receipt for the fame, and the remaining ^ chofeT ^ 
 ^Sirt of the Culd Nine Hundred fifty Eight Pounds, Six Shillings, which is. Two Committee. 
 Hundred and Three Pounds, Sixteen Shi^ings and Six Pence, (hal\ be out of the 
 Twenty Thoufand Pounds, Ordered to be put into the Treafury, May^ One 
 Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirteen. 
 
 «nO it i^ fuctjec CnatteU 6? t^e SCutto^ftp afo^tfafU, That the faid 
 Treafurer be, and is hereby Ordered and Impowred to Iffue forth and 
 JErnit the faid Bills, towards the Payment of the Publick Debts of this Co- To be iffuoil 
 lony,and the further neceflary Charges thereof, according to fuch Orders forth accord- 
 as fhall be given hiiti from time to time according to Law. And the faid ing to Order 
 Bills fhall pafs out of the Treafury- at the Value exprefled In the fame "f^aw. 
 equivalent to Money ; and fliall be lb taken and accepted in all Publick '^ ^"oI^^% 
 Payments, at the advance of 7wf/vf-pwc« on the P<!«nJ more. "4>«H*J 
 
 31In5 lie ft funtec ^Bnatteb, That as a Fund or Security for the Re- 
 payment and Drawing in of the faid Bills on this Colony into the Treafury 
 again. This AlTembly Grants a Tax or Rate of One Thoufand and Six Pounds 
 Four Shillings, to be Levied on Polls, and all the Rateable Efiate within this j""**- *""• 
 Colony \ and to be Paid into the Treafury of this Colony, at or before the the"'Bifls'a- 
 laft Day of OBober, Anno Domini, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and gain, by the 
 Twenty Seven i Which faid Rate fliall be Paid in the Bills of Credit of 1*^ o^OSoier 
 this Colony, or in Money as it Pafleth generally Currant in the Country ^^^^t 
 at the time of Payment ; and in no other manner. 
 
 An Ad for altering the Time for holding the 
 County or Inferiour Courts, appointed to 
 be held at IJartfo^ti, and at faivHtlD, 
 
 ' Vide Page 
 
 B€ it cPnacteli h? tfte ^oternout. Council ano firpwfenratftj??, in *'^^' 
 (Benecal Court Mimbkb, anD bp tfje aurf)0;ft? oE tje fame, That Court to be 
 the time for Holding the County Court ac Hartford in November, is hereby ,*'? *' ^f '" 
 Altered from the Third Tuefday to the Firft ; and at iv«/r^fW, from theSiuefday 
 Firft Tuefday of the fame Month, to the Third Tuefday. of tftvtmher, 
 
 & at Fairfitli 
 
 ■ ' "^^ . the third.
 
 ^nno Begyii Regis GEORGII, Quarto, 
 
 236 i^retentmg ifaife m\\% of €uXi\t. l^robates^ 
 
 An Ad for the more Effedual preventing 
 the Spreading or Faffing of Falfe 
 or Counterfeited Bills of Credit. 
 
 Vide page^ the Spreading or Faffing of Falfe, Altered, 
 
 THIS AJJemhly confidering the great Mifchief Suffered both by the Publick 
 and by f articular Perfons, by reafon of the many Altered^ Falfe and Count er- 
 feit Bills that are faffing among the People, notvoithfianding the great Care which 
 has been taken to Supprejs all Evil Practices upon the faid Bills. 
 
 The Treafu- "^^ '^ fuctlier ^cofeftiel) 6? tW ^ffemblp, auD tie ^ut^o^ft? t^ereaf, 
 rertoSeifeall That when and fo often as itlhall happen, that any fuch Falfe, Altered or 
 Falfe, alter'd Counterfeited Bills, fhall be brought to the Treafurer Of this Colony, or 
 T' ^d^n\7' ^^"'^'i ^'^ h''" '" Payment of Rates, or to be Exchanged, he fhall Secure 
 of Credit ^ them j and he is hereby Authorized toSeife and Retain them, entering the 
 when they're Name of the perfon in whofe PofTe/fion the Bill or Bills were, on the Back- 
 offer'd him fide thereof. And further, Every Affiftant and Juftice of the Peace in this 
 inpayment Coiony is hereby alfo Authorized and Impowred to Seife or take into 
 ill Excha'nsT ^^^ Cuftody every fuch Bill as aforefaid, which he fhall See, Obferve, or 
 ■ have Cognizance of, and the fame to Retain, Entering on the backfide 
 Afllftants & thereof the Name of him from whom he takes the faid Bill, and at hi? 
 Juftices alfo Difcretion to Adminifter an Oath to him to Declare the perfon of whom 
 to feife all he Received it, and to lend forth his Precept, or ocherways to Caufe the 
 thev ili'n*^ Perfon to come before him to be Examined in the Premifes, and to proceed 
 have Cogni- ^". ^'s Inquiries after the Author of this Mifchief as far as his Difcretion 
 zance of, £?'<•. will guide him. 
 
 An A6t for appointing One Judge and Clerk 
 to Hold the Courts of Probate in Each 
 Vide Page County of thls Colony, and for Reftrain- 
 Jl4."^'I"' ing their Fees. 
 
 B(£ it CnatfcO 6? tt)e (Bofefcttour, Council anO IRfprefentatiljeg, in 
 ©enccal Conct arTembko, ann bp tljC ^utbo^ftp of tlje fame. That 
 cie'rlcin each the Courts of Prolate for the feveral Counties m this Colony, fhall for the 
 County to Year Enfuing be Holden by One Judge and Clerk in each County, and 
 hold the that fo oft as any Difficult and Difpucable Matter fhall happen before any 
 Probate^s^ of the faid Judges, fuch Judge where it fhall fo happen, hath hereby Power 
 to call in to his Affiftance, any Two ot the Juftices of the Quorum. And 
 Their F«es that the Judges of the Probate, fhall take but One Half of the Fees allowed 
 Reftrained. t,y Law to the Judges of the Probate. 
 
 I^EfVLONDOM: Printed & Sold by 7. Green, i 7 i 8.
 
 Anno Regn't Regis G E O R G 11, Quinto. 
 
 wm of €xtm. 
 
 237 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pa/Ied by the General Court or AfTembly of kis Majeilies Cdldny 
 of Conned jcut in New EnglanJ : Begurt ?iQa Held at New Haven, 
 the Ninth Day of OSioher, in the Fifth X'ear of the Reign of Our 
 Sovereign Lord George, IUNG of <jreat Bnfah, &c 
 Amo Dmihii, 1718. 
 
 An Aa for Emitting Bills of Credit for Pay- 
 ing the Publick Debts of this Colony. vid^ page 
 
 ° ^ Uh '49 
 
 W 
 
 UXRJRjiS hy An A^ Paffed hy the Gener4 Affemhly of thii r7t,'i75,r8i 
 Colony^ Holden^t Hartford, May the Vmrtetnthfine Thoufand iSpripj, 199 
 
 Ordertd forthwUh to he Emittea^d- 
 dfpointta. 
 
 Sei/en HjwdredandThirtTen,i£ntuuiea, An ACt tor tmitting ^o'.^'-i.^'o 
 Bills of Credit \ the Sum of Twenty Thoirfand Pounds, w4i ^jf^^s! 
 'fidr ddivtred to rhiTreafitrer. bv a CommUtte 
 
 ti5j«s, fn Central «outt^C^e^tbIelJ, anti ^it t\t Hixiiiyapi aZ t\)z fam^, 
 That the Treafurcr be, and is hereby Impowred td lillie forth and Emit ^ , 
 
 0;ze tfooufand fwo Hundred Pounds of the laid BiDS) towards the Payment of g;nc ^ 
 the Publick Debts of this Colony, and the further neceflary Charges Credit to be 
 thereof i according to fiich Orders as ftafl be given him from time to time Emkted. 
 according to Law, 
 
 %nn IfT it furttier ^narteD lip ttje ^irtTjo^t? ^fo^cfaOi, That as a 
 Fund or Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in of the faid Bills Fund for 
 into the Treafury aga'in, this Affembly Grants a Tax or Rate, of One ^e*^„"LaJrt 
 Thmfmd Two Hundred and, Sixty Pounds^ to be |Leviedon Polls, and all other by't"he"iaft of 
 Rateable Eftate within this Colony •, and to be Paid into the Treafury at May, 1721. 
 or before the Laft Day of A^^Onft Thoufand Seven Hundredand Twenty 
 Tw6 : Which faid Rate fhall be Paid in Bills of Credit of mis Colony, or in 
 Money as it Palteth generally in the Country at the time of Payment. 
 
 L I 
 
 An
 
 ^rtno RegH/ Regis GEORQIl, Quinto. 
 
 238 Cttttenc^ of )!5Ulfl; oftttM* taacant iLant)^. 
 
 An Ad for the further Encouraging the 
 Vide Page j. Cuncncy of the Bills of Publick Credit, 6c 
 fndVjj/^*' for Preventing the OpprefTion of Debtors. 
 
 WHEREAS by reafon of tht great Scarcity of Money, ani the want of 
 other adequate Media for the neceffary Support, and carrying en the 
 jiffairS'of the Government, the Government did feveral Teart fwce ProjeB and 
 Order the Making and Emitting of Bills of Publick Credit, to be Accepted and 
 Eeceived in all Publick Payments Equivalent to Money, with the Advance of Five 
 Pounds per Cent thereon, upon good and fufficient Funds granted for the Calling 
 in and Anfxoeringofxhe fame; Which Bills havelikewife Obtained an Vniverfal 
 Currency throughout the Government, in all Private Trade and Dealing ; and are 
 found beneficial and ferviceable for Facilitating of the fame : The whole Courfe of 
 Trade from the Tear, One thoufand Seven hundred and Nine, having been generally 
 Managed And Regulated thereby ; And aS Debts fince Made and Contracted 
 ( vohere there has been no fpecial Atreement and Contrail ctherwife ) generally 
 vndirfiofd to be CentraHedfor thefiid Billt, 
 
 Now that Encouragement may be given to the faid Bills in the way of 
 Private Commerce and Dealings ; and to prevent Oppreffion by a 
 Rigorous Exaftion of Money ( which cannot be Procured but with great 
 Difficulty ) for Debts Contrafted with the real intent both of Debtor 
 and Creditor, to be Paid in Bills, though not Exprelsly mentioned : 
 
 »«rt ttft£fo?e«natfet! 6? ttie <Efct)crnouc,Count(l anti IRepwrentatftesf, 
 In 45enecal Couct alTembUli, ann b? tie autljo^ftj of tl)e fame. That 
 fi-om. and after the Frft Day of November now next enfuing, No Debtor 
 for any Debt Made or Contrafled fince the Twelfth Day of July, One 
 Thoufand Seven Hundred and Nine ; or that fhall be Made and Con- 
 trafted before the Twelfth Day oijuly, which will be in the Year of our 
 Lord,One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Seven •, ( Exprefs Con- 
 Bills of Cm* tjafb in Writing for Currant Silver Money, or Ibme Specialty always 
 '''Md'^^ll Excepted : ) That Ihall Tender Satisfaftion and Payment of his full Debt 
 f^yments 'of in g<^od and lawful Bills of Credit on this Colony •, (hall be lyable to have 
 Debts, Un- Execution Served and Levied upon his Eftate or Perfon ; or be Imprifcned 
 lels, &e. upon any Recovery of Judgment, to be granted againft him for fuch Debt ; 
 Any Law,U{ageocCufiomtodie contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 Tm'W/*' An A<a for the Preventing Unlawful Entries 
 i»,an 2ZI. ypQQ^ ^^^ Alienations of the Vacant Lands. 
 
 FOKASMVCH M Mvert ftrfenshavt Prefnmed to Enter upon. Improve 
 Di^ofe and make Sate ofdiverfe Trads of Land within the Bounds of thit 
 Colony, and belonging to the Gevernour and Company of the fame, by Grant from the 
 Grown of Great-Britain, under fretence ef their having a Right and Property in 
 the faid Lands, without any Legal Conveyance thereof firfi Obtained from this 
 Ctirf oration, whereby many Verfons have been greatly Defrauded, great Diforders 
 Occafimed, divers Quarrels Excited^ very confiderable Charge has been, and nov is 
 lUe to be brought upon the Government, and the Orderly Settlement of Plantations 
 Fruftrated, which Mifchieft are likely to continue and increafe, unlefs fuffcient 
 Remedy be Provided.
 
 y4nno Regm RegU GEORGIT, Quinto. 
 
 ^uppceffittg of mogueg, magabotiDg, &:c. 239 
 
 any part of laid Land, «-.iaiming Kjgnt, or Improve, Dilpole of, andP"'"'"' 
 Alienate any Trad or Parcel thereof, before he or they fhall Obtain a End wi h 
 J,egal Conveyance from this Corporation of the fame, fhall Incur the out a LTgaf 
 Penalty ofTfK Po««<ii for every fuch Offence, to be Recovered in any of Conveyance, 
 the Cpurts of Common Pleas within this Colony, One Moiety of which '° ^^ ^'"««1 
 Penalty fhall be to the Treafury of the Colony, and the other Moiety to ^^ 
 him or them who fhall Profecute the fame to EfFeft. And whatfoever The like 
 ^erlbn or perfons have Entred Claiming, and Improved any part or parcel '['^"^'ty for 
 of fuch Land, and ihall continue lb to ^o, at any time after one Year 3^^/* "^T 
 next enfuing the End of the prefent Sefllons of this AlTembly fhall be & con^tilw ' 
 Expired, fljall Incur the like Penalty for every fuch Offence ^ to be to hold II 
 Recovered and Difpofed of in like manner, a^id fo, as often as any of the '^S^LEnuies. 
 4aid Offences fhall l>e Committed* 
 
 and it a Ijerebp fuxtjjec ^DfcIareU anb (tnartcli, Thatnoperfon orf"'','"^" 
 perfons fhall be taken or efleemed by any Entry or PofTe/fion whatfoever, out aCai 
 to make to him or them a Title to an^ Publick Lands, or fucK as Kave Conveyance 
 jjot been LegaUy Conveyed by the Governoui: and Company of this "o^ to make 
 Colony. ^ * Title. 
 
 ALmays provided^ Nothing in this Ail be Conflrued to Refpeft any ^^ g • 
 Lands in any Townfhip within, this Colony, except in the Town/hip of fifir.^ExMpri 
 ji^ford. ing JJhford. 
 
 An Adi for the jnore Effeftual Suppreffing 
 of Rogues, Vagabonds, or Sturdy Beggars, I^t ^'l! 
 that fhall be found Wandering about in'"''^^- 
 any Town in this Colony. 
 
 ^T^THU It E As Idle Ter forts ^ P^agahonds, and Stwrdy ieggars, havr^cen of 
 V V i^^fy andftill are much Increafmg voithin this Government ^ and likety 
 more ta increafcj if timely Remedy be not Provided. 
 
 For the more Effe£hial Prevention and Punifhment whereof ' 
 
 5Be it Cnattrtt b? t^c <i5oternout, Council anti JReprcfentfltftifsf, 
 in (Stnnal Court altembleD, anO b? tpz autfjojitp of t^e fame. 
 That from and after the Publication hereof, if any Idle Perfon, Vagabond, 
 or Sturdy Beggar, fhall .be found Wandering up and down in any Town Vagabtmds, 
 or Parifli in this Colony, Begging or Idleing away his or their time, or ^^m^ 
 that Pra£Hce Unla\«rfiU Games, fet up and praftice Common Plays, Rogues. 
 Interludes, or other Crafty Sciences, &c. Sack perfon or perfons fhall be 
 takeri^ adjudged and deemed Rogues, and ihall fuftain fuch Pains and 
 Punifhmehts as by this prefent Aft inJiich cafe is Provided. . . 
 
 Vagabomls, 
 
 9Ilnli be it furf&ec ^nactcti bp tic 3!Iutl^o?ftp afo^tfaia. That fuch fSl^Z- 
 perfon or perfons as are Declared by this prefent Aft, to be Rogues, Vaga- tice Unlaw- 
 bonds, or Sturdy Beggars, and hereafter fhall be found Begging, Wandering *""• P'^ysor 
 or Mifordering him or themfelves, ufmg Unlawful Games, or fhall fet up L",'"|j"f"' 
 and pradice any Common Playes, Interludes, or other Crafty Science, ^Jj^^ -^"f^^ 
 within any Town or Parifh within Ebia Colony, ihall upon his or their Town, &c. 
 
 Appre-
 
 y4nno Regni Regis GEORGll, QuintO. 
 
 ?4o€auai:^(re(rmg3mprot)'DllanDjs.iIiiomination* 
 
 Apprehenfion, by appointmenc of any one Afllftant or JuOice of the 
 iy° Whipped', P«3«^e' be Stripped Naked from the Middle Upward, and fhall be Openl7 
 by Order of Whipped on his or their naked Body, noc exceeding the Nunnber of 
 one AlTiflant Fifteen Stripes •■, and fuch A/fiftant or Juftice of the Peace fhall give fuch 
 or Juftice of pg,.(Q^ ^^ perfons fo Puniflied,a Teftimonial of his or their Puaifhnrient,and 
 for" hwTth to Oi'^ler him or them forthwith to depart the Town or Parifh ^ and if fuch 
 Depatt the perfon or perfons fo Punirtied, fhall continue in any Place or Town in this 
 Place, with Colony more than Twenty-four Hours after Warning of any one of the 
 aJ^H'i^o"'*! Sele£t-men of faid Town to depart the faid Town, the next A/Tiftant or 
 i'lhme^rii &'c J^^^'^e of thePeace,are hereby impowred to punifh him or them as aforefaid. 
 
 v.de Page All Ad {oi tHc morc Equal and Juft Affefs- 
 
 ao'o.'.o^'l'' ing of Improved Lands and Houfe-Lots. 
 204. *^ 
 
 FORASMVCHcunotwithflanding the Laws already made. Providing how 
 Improved Lands jhall he Ajfcffed, this Ajfembly is Informed that in fundry 
 Towns in this Colony, the Lands put into the Lift are Accounted and Accepted by 
 the Lifters according to their Original Grants or Records,and not according to their 
 True and Real Content or Quantity within Fence or Improvement^ ( as the 
 Law DireSis, ) whereby the End of the Law is not attained^ nor tht Taxes 
 equally laid on the Inhabitants. 
 
 Which to Prevent ; 
 
 Improved ^jt (g noto <£natteD bp tlje <J5otietnour, Council ann (Seprtfetttatftejf, 
 Afrlr ^° ^' ''* (Betural Court affembUl>, ano bj tt)e autljojfrp of tlje fame, That 
 fording to" all Lands lyableby the Uw to be put into the Lift, Hiall be 'Entered in 
 their teal the Lift according to their Real Quantity within Fence or Improvement, 
 Quantity, as the Law direQs. 
 
 1 He Gentlemen Nominated by the Votes of the 
 Freemen brought in to this Allembly, to ftand for 
 Eledion in May next, are as follows, Viz. 
 
 The Honourable d^ttttlOtt ^altOtlftall, Efq; 
 
 The Honourable 0at\)tin <!50lD, Efq; 
 
 3fo!)tt I^amltn, Efq^ 
 {Hatlliam Within, Efq-, 
 3fofepl) €iitti^y Efq; 
 Bic!)arli C!)i:iftopljer jS,Efq; 
 #etet Burr, Efq; 
 Samuel eels, Efq; 
 
 :©attl)eXD :^llpn, Efq; 
 3lofepl) Xalcot, Efq; 
 :^bta!)am ^mut, Efq, 
 3fo!)n ^Dermati, Efq? 
 3lottat!)an llatb, Efq; 
 Barnes: CHaanfn)ortl),Efq. 
 
 SSiOQtt QJItolcott, Efq; Mr. 5ol)u l^oofeer, 
 
 Capt. 3lofepl) oaHafeeman, Capt. lIlici)arD BufbneU, 
 
 Capt. C !)r taop})er Cl)ngopt)erg, Mr.2:2Iarl)am ®atl)er. 
 
 NEW-LONDON; Primtd ^ Sold ^;/ T. Green. MDCCXVIll.
 
 Anno Regni Regis G E O R G 1 1, Quinto. 
 
 j5aifli of €xmt 
 
 241 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Vide Page 
 »4S,"t49, 
 
 171,175.181 
 189, 195,199 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 PafTed by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefties Colony 
 cf Conne6lkut in New EnglanJ : Begun and Held at HartforJ, the 
 Fourteenth Day of May, in the Fifth Year of the Reign of Our 
 Sovereign Lord George, KING of Great-Britatn^ &c, 
 Atno Dommi, I 7 I 9. 
 
 An Ad for Emitting Bills of Credit. 
 
 1'^ ijj iD^UertO ant) €na(tel> bp tlje <«5obertiouc, Council anfi BEprefttis 
 tatibeS,in(©eneralCouct affemblrt.anD I)pt{)eauttio?itpof tljetame, ^oi.m.ii^ 
 That there be forthwith Emitted a certain Number of Bills of Credit "^'",1'*^ 
 on this Colony, in fuitable Sums from Ttpo Shillings to Five Pounds^ 238.' 
 which in the whole (hall Amount to the Sum of One 'thoufand Two 
 Jiundred and F'lfly One Pounds and Six fencCy and no more j which ftall be of g.,, , p , 
 the Bills of Credit drawn in by Rates, and which have now been received i^[^ Credit 
 cf the Trealurer by a Committee appointed by this Court, which Com- tobeEmitted 
 jnittee are hereby Ordered to deliver again to the Trealurer the faid Sum amountingto 
 oi One Thoufand Two Hvndred And Fifty Om« Pean«/j and S»Vpra«, taking his **^* * ^ ' 
 Receipt for the fame, which One thoufand Two Handred and Fifty One Pounds 
 and Six-pence, the Trealurer is hereby Ordered and Impowred to Iflue 
 forth, and Emit towards the Payment of the Fublick Debts of this Colony, 
 and the further neceflary Charge thereof, attending to fuch Orders as ftiall 
 be given him from time to time according to Law. And the faid Bills 
 fhall Pafs out of the Trealury in Value Exprels'd in the fame, equivalent to 
 Money, and ftiall be Taken and Accepted in all Publick Payments, at the 
 Advance of Twelve-fence on the Pound more. 
 
 9tnD be it 45naaeD bp tl)e ^Cutljozfrp afojtfaiti, That as a Fund and Fund for 
 Security, for the Repayment and Drawing in the faid Bills into the Trea« J^"*^ing in 
 fury again, this AiTembly Grants a Tax or Kate of One Thoufand Three gain, by the 
 Hundred Thirteen Pounds, Eleven Shillings imd Six- fences, to hs Levyed on faftof,-^:^!*'* 
 Polls, and all the Rateable Eftate within this Colony ; and to be Paid into i?^?' 
 the Treafury, at or before the Laft Day of yiuguft, which (hall be in the 
 Year, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Seven ; Which faid 
 Rate (liall be Paid in Bills of Credit of this Colony, or in Money as it 
 Pafles generally Currant in the Country at the Time of Payment j and in 
 no other manner. 
 
 iJD^DtCell, That the Receipt which the above Committee fhall take of 
 the Treafurcr, be Lodged with the Secretary. 
 
 Mm An
 
 Jhho Regni Regis GEORGII, Quinto. 
 
 An Ad for further continuing the Exchange 
 of the Bills of Credit of 1709 only -, and 
 ^8%B^%9 for the New Imprinting the Sum of 
 JFottt XfjOUfantI IdOUUBS for that End. 
 
 WHEREAS by one j4n Made and Pajfcd in the General yijfemhly. Held 
 at Hartford, May the Fourteenth, One Jhoufand Seven Hundred and 
 Ihirtten, Entituled, An Aft for Emitting Bills of Credit, h was EnaQed, 
 Ihatfor Preventing the Damapes which might be Incurred by the Evil Prailices of 
 divers Verfons^in Altering, Changing and Counterfeiting the Bills of Credit of this 
 Colony, which vert before the jaid Court Emitted, there fhould be forthwith 
 Mmitted the Sum 0/ Twenty Thoufand Pounds »'» Bills of Credit of a certain 
 form. Provided in the faid A^y and fut into the Treafurers Hands, to Exchange 
 and take in. Value for Value, the faid Bills formerly Emitted j And whereas it wat 
 Provided in the faid AEl, that the Treafurer (hould accordingly continue to 
 Exchange thtm, at anytime within One Tear and a Half, after the Fourteenth Day 
 of the aforefaid Month : And whereas it wat afterwards by feveral other yliit 
 and Proclamations, Provided and Publifhed, that the faid Treafurer fhould 
 continue to tale in the feud Bids of Credit by Exchange as aforefaid, for fome other 
 times than that Limited in the aforefaid Ail : And whereas by an AH of this 
 Afembly in Oftober lajl. If wat Provided and Publifhed, that the Treafurer 
 fhould eontimie the faid Exchange to the Twenty fifth Day of thit frefent Ma.y , 
 and all Perfons were Affurcd, that upon their bringing any of the faid Bills of 
 Credit to he drawn in as aforefaid, at or before the (aid Twenty fifth of May, they 
 fitould Xeeeive New Bills in Exchange, to their Value ; And whereas divert 
 ferfons within the faid time lajt Limited did fwrfuant to the faid AS in Oftober 
 lajfybring divers Sums efthe aforefaid Bills to be Exchanged,to the Treafurer. who 
 for want of Sills in theTreafury to Exchange tbem,could not Receive them, and give 
 ether Bills in Exchange for them '. And whereat there may be fiill Extant feveral 
 Thoufand Pound's of the faid Bills to be taken into the treafury by Exchange. 
 
 15e it t^ergfo^ (CnatteD bp tl;e ^otutnour, Council ano Hepretenta^ 
 tiiwff, In <Benn;al Couct arTtmblrt, anH bptte 3Duttjo?ft? of tjefame, 
 4000 /. ia That there be forthwith Imprinted, a certain Number of Bills of Crfedit on 
 Bills of this Colony, from Two Shillings to Five Pounds, which in the whole, ftiall 
 f rth"ith^ not Amount to more than the Sum of Four Thoufand Pounds. Which Bilk 
 ImwinttS. flMll' *>6 Indented and Scamped, with fuch Stamps as the aforefaid Sum of 
 7venty Thoufand Pounds were Stamped withal •, and be Signed by the Com- 
 mittee appointed for the Signing of the faid "Twenty Thoufand Pounds, ot 
 any Three of thsm. 
 And put iato Sm it tU futt^ec (SnatfeD, That the faid Bills fo to be Imprinted Ihall 
 the hands of by the faid Committee be put into t2ie Treafurers Hands, taking his Re- 
 theTreafuier ceipt for them* And the {aid Treafurer is hereby Impowred at any time 
 before the firft Day of November next, to Exchange the laid Bills with any 
 Th® Time perfons, who ftall mthin the faid time offer him any of the aforefaid Out- 
 Ewhaneinc ^^^'^^"^ Billsof this Colony Appointed to be Exchanged as aforefaid. Value 
 (^itftajilinl for Value ibut not to give or difoofe of them to any other Ufe or End what* 
 3ills. foever, without the Order of this Aflembly. 
 
 An Ad for annexing the Lands Northward 
 Ti!'/^^6 of mmmfm, to I^attfo^^U^County. 
 
 OWittStt 6? tW Wembl?, That all the Lands lying to the North of 
 IValliniferd, and between that Town and Farmirgton, fliall belong to 
 and be part of the Coamy of Hmford>
 
 Anno Regni Regis GEORGII, Quinto. 
 
 An Ad lor the better Ordering of Idle and 
 Poor Perfons ; and to Enable the Seledl- 
 men in the refped^ive Towns to take into 
 their Management the Eftatesand Credits vid^Pagep^ 
 of fuch Perfons. lll^l\\V 
 
 B(£ it CnaoccH b^ t1)P Cotjecnouc, Council ant) Ueprefentatftiejr, in 
 ^netal <ouct SUffembUD, ano bp tljc 3!lurtio?ttp ot t^e fam?. 
 That theSeleft-men for the time being in the feveral Towns of thisColony, ,; , « 
 (hall from Time to Time Diligently Infpeft into the Affairs and Manage- infpJft int? 
 ment of all Poor or Idle Perfons, whether Houfe-holders or others. And the Aftirs of 
 if they Ihall find any perfon or perfons that are already Reduced, or P°o' andldle 
 that are likely to be Reduced, by Idlenefs and Bad Husbandry, unto P"^""** 
 Want, that then fuch Seleftsmen may with Advice of the next Authority, And where 
 and they are hereby with the Advice of the next Authority, Inapowred to *hey find any 
 take care of all.fiich perlbns, and their Families in Difpofmg them to Ser^ '^'•""d to 
 vice,or otherwife,as may be thought moft Advantageous for fuch perfon or nj^jy' f^ ^/^ 
 perfons :<and alfo fuch Seleft-men fiialltake into their Improvement all the fo,by Idlenefs 
 Eftate, Lands and Credits of fuch perfons y and take EfFeftual Care that the Sfe. then 
 fame ^Difpofed of, and Improved for the beft Good of fuch perfon or '[J'y'WVh 
 perfons being Owners thereof, either by themfel ves or others ; And if any \h\ nouAu^ 
 perfon or perfons, (hall detain or withhold from fuch Seleftmen any Eftate, thoriiy, to * 
 Land or Credits belonging to any fuch Poor and Idle perfons. That fuch take care of 
 Seleft men are hereby Impowred to Demand and Recover the fame by ^"^Vft''""^' 
 ASion or otherwife from time to time. And if any perfon or perfons rtiall bydifDofi" 
 be Aggrieved with the doings of any Seleft men in any fuch cafe, they may of them to 
 apply themfelves unto the next County Court in thatCounty forRelief,who Service, ot 
 are hereby impowred to afford fuch Relief as they fhall think convenient, o'heiwife. 
 
 /Itways Provided, No Seleft men (hall have Liberty ta Sell the Lands of Provifo. 
 any fiich Poor or Idle perfons, without the Order of this Aflembly. 
 
 2Be ft further ^BroWDcli anti <8natttD, That no perfon whole Eftate,Lands The Eftares 
 or Credits, are taken into the Hands of the Seleft men in any Town by «'f fuch per = 
 Vertue of this Aft.fhall have Power to Alienate, Exchange or put away any ^°"^ **. ^^^ 
 fuch Eftace, Lands or Credits, until fuch time that fuch perfon by his Ihe hand? f 
 Induftry and good Application unto his Bufinefs, fhall Qbtain under the Seleift men° 
 Hands offuch Authority aforefaid andSele^t raen.that fuch Eftate is for the "ot to be A_ 
 faid reafons put again into the Improvement of fuch Owner or Owners : ^""a'^d by 
 And all Bargains, Sales and Contrads, made contrary to this Aft /hall be, *^'f[Owners 
 and arc hereby Declared to be Null and Void. ""'"• *^'- 
 
 An A<5^ for granting Liberty to Executors of 
 Wills, to have the Witneffes Sworn before f^^sX^ 
 an Ailiftant or Juftice of the Peace. MMPj.and 
 
 III l& (Enattcb bp ttie Cotiernouc, Council anD iSfpcerenratlbetf, in 
 (Kenetal Court affcmbUD, anD b^ t!)e iautl)0;!itp of tfte fame, That 
 all Executors of Wills within this Colony, (hall have" Liberty to have the Executors of 
 Witnefles to fuch Wills, Examined and Sworn in the Ufual Form, before Wills, theit 
 the next AflSftant or Juflice of the Peace, which Afliftant or Juftice fhall poy^^r in 
 Enter the Oaths of the Witneffes on the Back fide of the WiU,and Atteft \vfrn rrr*^^ 
 the fame \ and the Oaths of the Witneffes fo taken Oiall be Accepted by the 
 Court of Piobate, as it they had been taken before the laid Court. 
 
 An
 
 Anno Regm Regis GEORGII, Quinto. 
 
 244Cottnt^ ^urt)epo?jB[» ^nnitional %ii&, xajc. 
 
 An Ad for dating the Wages of County Surveyors* 
 
 Vide page 8, 
 
 So,io8, 109, XTCr HEREJS it U found that there Uno certain Wage 1 flat ed in the Table 
 
 no &" 154 V V */ Fees, for the County Surveyors in thit Government, and Difficulty and 
 
 Dtfputes do many times arife thereupon. 
 Vide page j6 Which to Prevent for the Future: 
 
 Six shuiives ^^ ^^ Cnacteo bp x%t «©obernout;, Councfl ano HXepcefentatfteii, 
 ferDiemio '" (5tx\tu\ Couct afftmbUD, onti tip t|)e Sluttioji'tp of tie fame, 
 be theWages That each and every of the faid County Surveyors ia this Government, 
 of County that fliall at any time be called forth to Officiate in the faid Office, fhall 
 surveyors, & ^^ 5-^ Shilims ver Diem, and his NecelTary Charges born, while he is 
 no more. r ■ ^ c- ■ ^ ••>•» 
 
 upon laid Service, and no more. 
 
 An Ad in Addition to the Ac5^, Entituled, 
 
 Videpage66 Aq Adl for Regulating Tanners, Curriers, and Cordwainers. 
 
 B(£ ft cEnacteti lip tf)e (©otiernour, Council anU iScprefenratibeff, fn 
 (©enftal Court affemblcD, anO bp tlje aiutl)o;(tp of tije fame, 
 fufter any That whofoever doth, or hereafter fhall Ufe the Arc, Trade or Myftery of 
 L"^^"Tan. Tanning Leather, (hall not fufferany Leather Tanned by him, to go out 
 to R? ouTof of his Cuftody, before faid Leacher be Searched and Sealed by the Sealer 
 his Cuftody, of the Town in which faid Tanner dwells, upon the Penalty of Forfeiting 
 till Sealed by the Sum off JX'f Poundt ioT each Hide or Skin fo Difpofed of before 
 the Town Sealing", one Half to the Complainer, and theocher Half to the Town 
 Penalty!" ' Treafury where fuch Tanner dwells. 
 
 An Ad: in Addition to the Ad, Entituled, 
 
 An Ad to Prevent Nufances by Hedges, Wears, (sfc. in Rivers. 
 
 Page 20J. T>\7 H ERE AS an A^ Made and Pafs'd at Hartford,May the twelfth. One 
 
 V V Thoufand Seven Hundred and Fifteen, Entituled, An Aii to Prevent Nu' 
 
 fances by Hedges,WeArs,^c in the Rivers ; doth not Extend to the feveral Streams 
 
 that Empty themfelves into faid R ivers, -whereby the fiid A^ comes to be in a great 
 
 meafure Vfelefs. Which to Prevent : 
 
 2Be ft CEnactelJ bp ttie <!35obernour, Council anO IReprefenrati'besf ia 
 (Benecal Couct affemblrU anD bp tjje !31!urbo?ftp of t^e fame, That 
 all the Streams chat Empty themfelves into faid Rivers, (hall come under 
 the Regulations of faid Adf, and that the Fine mentioned in faid A&, (hall 
 be one Moiety to the Complainer, and the other Moiety to the County 
 Treafury where the Offence is Committed, and the faid County Court (hall 
 Determine how long the Padages in faid Streams (hall be kept open. 
 This Adt to take place on the Firft Day oi Apnl next and not before. 
 
 An Ad for Levying a Tax on Polls, $C» 
 
 T XT// ERE AS there was Emitted in Bills of Credit for the Payment of the Colony 
 Vid pag.i 55 y Y Debts,in May One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Eleven,the Sum o/Four 
 Thoufand Pounds, which Sum is not yet wholly drawn into the Treafury by about 
 Five Hundred Pounds' Now for the drawing in of that Remainder, and of One 
 Thoufand Pounds Emitted in Oftober One Thoufand Seven Hundred andThir- 
 teen, which was to be drawn in by the Lift Day o/May One Thoufand Seven Hun- 
 dred and Twenty One ; And alfo of a part of Six Thoufand Pounds, Emitted 
 A Rate of J""^ ^"^ Thoufand Seven Hundred and Eleven, to be drawn in in Nine Tears, 
 Two fence on 'it!)l0 Couit DO noto iD?Oec, T.hat there (hall be Levyed, the Sum of 
 thePound,on Two-pence on ihe Pound on the Polls, and all the Rateable Eftate in this 
 Polls, and all (Colony to be Paid in Bills of Credit of this Colony, or in Money as it 
 able Eftate' generally palfech in New-England at the time of Payment, 
 
 Neif -l-ondon, Pnnted &Soldby T.Creen, Printer to the GOV. & COMPANY, 1719
 
 Amho RegH* Regli GEOR Gil, Sexto. 
 
 ji^iUie^ of €nxiiu 
 
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 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or A/Iembly of His Majefties Colony 
 of ConneBicut in New England: Begun and Held at IfewHaven, 
 the Eighth Day of O^ober, in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Our 
 Sovereign Lord GEORGE, KING of Great- Bntaiit, (So 
 Anno Domini, 1719. 
 
 Vi'depsget4$ 
 
 »89.r9}.i99» 
 2zo,iZ4,ii9» 
 
 Bills of Credit 
 to be Emitted, 
 to the Value of 
 1400 pounds* 
 
 An Ad for Emitting Bills of Credit, for Pay- 
 ing the Publick Debts of the Colony. 
 
 B<£ ft (fnacteD bj t^e (©olaernour, Couttdl anO iSeprerenta- 
 titeg, in (Brnecal Court flffemblet», anD bg tlje aut^o^itp of 
 tlje fame, That there be forthwith Emitted, a certain Number 
 of Bills of Credit, on this Colony, from Two Shillings to Five 
 founds J which in the whole fhall amount, to the Sum of One Thoufand and 
 Four Hundred Pounds : One Hundred and Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings and 
 Six-pence, to be of the dead Stock Received from the Treafurer, by Richard 
 ChriftopherSy Efqi Cape. Jofeph Wakeman,zni. Capt. Jofeph VUtt, a Committee 
 appointed by this Affembly, to Receive the fame, which Committee are 
 hereby Ordered and Impowred, to deliver the faid Sum of One Hundred and 
 Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Six-fencp, to the Treafurer of this 
 Colony, taking his Receipt for the fame, and the remaining part of the 
 faid One Thoufand and Four Hundred Pounds, which is One Thoufand Two 
 Hundred and Ninety Pounds J'wo Shillings and Sixfpencey (hall be Out of the 
 Ttur 'Thoufand Pounds, Ordered to be put into the Treafury, May the 
 Fourteenth, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Nineteen. 
 
 flnD It 13 furtliec (tnacttti 6p tfje SButTiojftp afojCfatO, That the faid 
 Treafurer be, and is hereby Ordered to I flue forth and Emit the faid 
 One thoufand and Four Hundred Pounds, towards the Payment of the Pub- T"^^„^^g 
 lick Debts of this Colony, and the further neceffary Charges thereof; ^JU^rolU^ 
 acccording to fuch Orders as fhall be given him from time to time accord- 
 ing to Law. And the faid Bills (hall pafs out of the Treafury, at the 
 Value Exprsfibd in the fame, Equivalent to Money, and fhall be taken and 
 accepted in all Publick Payments, at the Advance oi'Twdve-vence on chs 
 Tatnd more. ^ ^ 
 
 N n 38na
 
 Avno T.egnt Regis GEORGII, Sexto. 
 
 i4<5 i®att'flaujB[{)ter* ftouuDs of %mt). 
 
 fflnO be it fuuttet (EnatttO bp tte flut^o?(t? afo^tfafU, That as a 
 
 Fund or Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in of the faid Bills 
 
 into the Treafury again, and for the Defraying the further necefTary 
 
 FundforDraw- Charge of the Colony : This Aflembly Grants a Tax or Race of 0»« 
 
 'a"^ain" ty^the' ^""M^ f""'' Hundred and Seventy Pounds ; to be Levied on Polls, and all 
 
 fTa"ofoLher Other Rateable Eftate v/ithin this Colony •, to be Paid into the Treafury at 
 
 1728. ' or before the Firft Day of OEiober^ One Thoufand Seven Hundred and 
 
 Twenty Eight : Which faid Rate fhall be Paid in Bills of Credit of this 
 
 Colony, or in Money as it PafTeth generally in the Country at the time of 
 
 payment, and in no other manner. 
 
 An A(ft for the Punifliment of Man-flaughtcn 
 
 WHEREAS the Lttwt of this Government, have not ffieciatly Provided for 
 the Punijhment cf the Crime., known by the Laws o/England,^^ the Name 
 o/Man-flaughter ; or the Wilful Killing an other y without Malice forethought, 
 
 IftidcS ^^ '^ Cnatfeti antt S)cclarctJ b? tfie ^oftetnour, €oMncn anb Kcprefjns 
 to forfeit their wtlb£)3,(n<©£neral€oucr afrimliUt),ant) bp tfteautfio^itj of tijz fame, That 
 Goods&Chat- whatfoever perfons fhall be Convided of the Crime aforefaid, by Con- 
 tels,tobcwhip- feffion Or Verdift, before any of the Superiour Courts of this Colony, (hall 
 redBo"dyTo'be ^°'^^'' '^ ^^^ ^^'''^ck Treafury of this Colony, all their Goods and Chat- 
 Burnt on the <^^^s whichto them belonged, at the time of their Committing the faid 
 Hand with the Crime, and be further Puni/hed by Whipping on the Naked Body, and 
 Letter M and Stigmatized or Burnt on the Hand with the Letter M on a hot Iron and 
 Difabied from be forever Difabled in the Law, from giving Verdift or Evidence", in 
 hmCwn. ^"y ®f "is Majeflies Courts in this Government 
 
 An A61 for Preventing great Inconveni- 
 ences, which may happen by the Lofs, 
 yidepa^ge 8, Qi Unccttainty of the Bounds of Land 
 
 B(S ft €naot£lJ 6p t^e (Boticimour, Council an& titpxtUnmiUg, in 
 «0£n«ral <ouct aiffemWeD, anD bp tfte SDurJojftp of tit fame. 
 Proprietors ^^^^ ^^S" the Proprietors of Adjoyning Lands, have Loft their Bounds, 
 having loft ^"^ cannot agree to the fixing ot them, upon Application made by one or 
 their Boundsto more offaid Proprietors to an AiTiftant, or Juftice of the Peace, fuch Af- 
 apply them- fiftant or Juftice of the Peace, ( notice being firft given to the Proprietors 
 feives to an Af- concerned in the faid Lands that they may be heard if they fee caufe ) 
 tice"to have j ^^" appoint three Freeholders, being Perfons Difmterefted, which Free- 
 Freeholders holders, or any two of them, being firft Sworn by the faid Affiftant or 
 appointed to Juftice of the peace,to Aft with Impartiality therein, (hall have Power and 
 r ■rf"'it!"* x*" are hereby Impowred, to fet up and fix fuch Bounds between them; and 
 '^'hich fr«- *^e Bounds which fhall be fo fixed, (hall be Entered in the Records of the 
 holders fhall Town where fuch Lands lie, and remain the Bounds of fuch Lands, and 
 be Sworn to be the whole Charge, that (hall arife by the Setling fuch Bounds as aforefaid. 
 Impartial, ihall (being allowed by fuch Afliftant or juftice of the Peace)be Recovered 
 if need be by Diftrefs, Granted by the faid Afliftant or Juftice, againft 
 fuch Proprietor or Proprietors, as (hall make Application as aforefaid. 
 
 Provided neverthelefsy That if any fuch Proprietor or Proprietors of Land 
 be Diflatisfied with the Boundis fo fixed, nothing in this AS or any Pro- 
 
 ceed 
 
 lings
 
 jHUi Regni Regis GEORGII, Sexto. 
 
 BouutDs; of HatiD* Coutw of ^tobate* 247 
 
 ceedings thereon, ftall be underftood to hinder fuch Proprietor from ^ ^^^.^ ^^ 
 bringing any Action whacfoever, for the Maintaining of his Right to, or DimtUfifa ** 
 Recovering the PofTeflion of fuch Land, as by thefettingup fuch Bounds Proprietotj. 
 as aforefaid fhall be taken or withheld from him. 
 
 Provided alfo, That when the Bounds fofet up, fhall happen to take any Afavingalfoto 
 Land, from any Proprietor, which he has for any time held Poffeffion of fu^-jj ^^,^^1^^^^ 
 againft the other Proprietor •, nothing in this A^ or any thing done there- ^^^j.^ ^j^^^ ' 
 in, fhall be taken to DifTeife fuch PofTefTor, but whenfoever any Aftion is 
 brought againft fuch PofTefTor, by the other Proprietor, to Recover from 
 him PofTeffion of faid Land ;if fuch PofTefTor fhall not prove upon the Trial, 
 that the Bounds or Line which he Claims to hold to, are the Juft and True 
 Bounds, Judgment in the faid Aftion fhall be given for the faid Pro- 
 prietor to Recover the PofTeflion, according to the Bounds let up as afore- 
 faid 
 
 3Cnti (t \& further CnattcD bp t!)e 35utt)02frj afojtralU, That the faid 
 three Freeholders, Iha]] take this following Oath, viz., 
 
 VOu A. B. and C being Appointed to Renew, Revive, dnd fetup Bounds, 2* J^*'."' **" 
 
 between the Land of D. E. and F. G. at according to the True, """^ 
 
 Real and Jufl Right of the faid Parties : You and each of you, Do Swear ^^ p^^^ ^^ 
 by the Name of the Ever-living God, that having Heard the Pleas of the Qaths, 87 88 
 faid Parties, and Evidences given in by them Relating to the faid Bounds, 8^. * 
 all Prejudice and Partiality being laid afide, you will Ereft the faid Bounds, 
 according to the True and Jufl Right of the faid Parties, by your befl Skill 
 and Judgment. So help you God. 
 
 An Ad for Appointing Courts of Probate 
 to be Held at CKUmDljam, d^uilfojtr, and 
 
 ttt, l}6. 
 
 B<£ it (JBnactrt bp t^e <©ot3frnour, Council eno Efprtfentatft£^ fn 
 d5£iutal Couct SClTtmblfti, antJ bptbe auttojftp of tfie fflme. That a Court of 
 there (liall be a Court of Probate, held at Windham, for the Towns of hj^j "jVinX 
 Windham, Lebanon, Coventry, Mansfield, Canterbury, Plainfield, Kellivgly, Pom- j^„ j,y ^^g 
 ^ff, and ^jfc/or^, to be held by one Judge and Clerk, with Powers and judge St Clerk 
 Priviledges as the other Courts of Probate have in this Colony : And ift ili«c. 
 fuch cafes, where the Law allows Liberty of Appeal, Appeal fhall be made 
 to the Superior Court in the County of Hartford, where niatters in Contro- 
 verfy n>all happen to be in the County of Hartford ; and likewife where the 
 matter of Controverfy fball be in the County of Na»-Z<o«</o«, Appeal? 
 fhall be made to ihe Superiour Court in New- London. 
 
 5Bf it alfo ^natttft bp tlj? (Pobernour, Council anli ^eprtfentatibcsf, 
 fn (©enftfll Court 5ClTfmbleti, anft bp tlie 5Jutljo?ft? oE rfje fame, That . « - 
 there fhall be a Court of Probate, held in Guilford, for the Towns of pr^°"""^f 
 Guilford, Ktllingworth, Saybrool, Branford, ^nd Durham, to be held by one Held ac ff"'/- 
 Judge and Clerk, with powers and Priviledges as the other Courts of Pro- h^^M one 
 bate have in thisColony : And in fuch cafes, where the Law allows Libert/ J"''e' * *'''* 
 of Appeal, Appeal fhall be made to the Superior Court in the County of "'"^' 
 New- Haven, where matters in Controverfy fhall happen to be in the 
 County of New-Haven ; and likewife where the matter in Controverfy 
 fhall be in the County of New London, Appeals fhall be made to the Supe- 
 rior Court in New-London.
 
 Anno Begnl Regis GEO R Gil, Sexto. 
 
 248 Wii\\&. ?licenfeD f ^iiUcenfeD i^oufejg^&c 
 
 antJ bt It alfo €nacteO bp tf)e (Botcrnour, council ani) 1Rfprfrmtaritf0, 
 
 (it dJjnera! Court 31llTetn6leD, onli bp tt)£ Slutl)o?ffp of t|)e fame, That 
 
 there (hall be a Court of Probate, held zt Woodbury, for the Towns of 
 
 A Court of Woodbury, Waterbury, New-MUford, and L/Vr^/fW, by one Judge and Clerk, 
 
 Probate to be with Powers and Priviledges as the other Courts of Probate have in this 
 
 Heldat»^ooi- Colony : And infuch cares,where the Law allows Liberty of Appeal,Ap- 
 
 Judge& Clerk P^^^ (hall be made to the Superior Court in the County ofi Han ford, where 
 
 there, matters in Controverfy (hail happen to be in the County of Hartford, and 
 
 where matters in Controverfy (hall be in the County of New- Haven, hp- 
 
 peals (hall be made to the Superiour Court in New-Have>i ; and likewife 
 
 where matters in Controverfy (hall be in the County of Fairfield , Appeals 
 
 (hall be made to the Superior Court in Fairfield. 
 
 yifi r^f Jf,° An Ad concerning Witneffes to Wills. 
 
 i9S,ii7Mi, Tl(£ ft (tnactetj b^ tit <0ot)ernaur, Council anU IReprefentatltjes, in 
 J3 <(5cneral court aCTembleti, anD bp t!je 3llutt)0?(tp of tlje fame. That 
 Wills to be no Wills or Teftaments, bearing Dace at any time, after the FirfV Day of 
 ^^^^jf.K January next Enfuing, the end of the prefent Seffions of this Affembly, 
 pSeofthe wherein there (hall be any Devife or Devifes of Real Eftate, (hall be held 
 Teftator.oreife good, and Allowed for any fuch Devife or Devifes, if they are not Wit; 
 to be void as to nelTed by three Witneffes, all of them Sienine in Prefence of the Teftator. 
 Real Eftate. ' i ^ ^ 
 
 An Ad for the better Regulation of Licenfed 
 
 Houfes,and the more Effedual Supprefling 
 
 lU'liy^^' or Unlicenie(i ones 5 and ia further Ad- 
 
 dition to the Law for Preventing Tipling 
 and Drunkennefs. 
 
 N' 
 
 [OTIVITHSTA ND ING the many ABs made hy thit Affemhly for the 
 _ Regulation of Licenfed Houfes, and for preventing perfons Retailing Strong 
 Drink without Licence ; yet many perfons, very unfit for that Employment, have 
 impofed on the County Courts, fo as to Obtain Licence for the keeping Houfes of 
 Publick Entertainment, which Houfes are Multiplied much beyond what are necrf- 
 fary,and many other perfons. Adventure to Sell firong Drink -without Licence,which 
 Pra^ifes have a great tendency to the increafe of Idlenefs and Debauchery. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 )Be it (Enacteli bp tte <Z5otecnour, Council anli l^prefmtatiljejJ, (n 
 The Civil Au- (Kenecal Court iaffembleti. anti bg tlje ISutfio^itp of t!)e fame. That 
 thorit/,( where the Civil Authority, Seleflmen, Conftables and Grandjurymen, in the re- 
 fuchbe)5elea- fpedive Towns in this Colony, (hall fome time in the Month of January, 
 menjConftabiM y^nnually. Nominate the perfon or perfons, whom they or the Major part 
 me^"ffach of them think fit and fuitable to keep a Houfe or Houfes of publick En- 
 Town, to No- tertainment, in the faid Town, for the enfuing Year, which Nomination, 
 minate fuitable fhall be fcnt by them, to the next County 6ourt, in that County, which 
 Houfo' o°f En- ^°"" ^^" S""^"*^ Licences, to the faid perfons, accordingly, for the Year 
 terTainment. Infuing, and to no Others : but if the County Court, think the Number 
 Nominated, in any Town too great, they fhall have Liberty to Leffen it 
 Such Nomina- always taking Bond, of thofe Licenced by them, as the Law dire£ls,and if it 
 riontobcfent /hall fo happen, that any Town be deftitute of Civil Authority in it, at 
 to the next tfjg time of Nomination, the faid Nomination, in fuch Town, £haU be 
 count, Court. ^^^^ . ^^^ abovefaid Town Officers.
 
 Anno Regni Regis GEORGII, Sexto, 
 
 %\Ux^. %oiCbn 3ul)abitant£;. 249 
 
 3Bnli (t 10 furtlier ^natted bp tit aut5o?(rp afojefallr. That whatfoever „ f. . . 
 perfon or perfonsj who heretofore have been, or hereafter thall be, Pre- frSed on^ 
 fenced by the Grand-jurors,to any County Court, on Sufpicion ofRetaih'ng Sufpicion for 
 firong Drink without Licence and thereupon brought under Recognizance 'f'l'ng Drinli^ 
 with Sureties for their good Behaviour, and that they fhall not Retail ^bfoughtun- 
 ftrongdrink,wichout Licence, if they {hall, after fuch Recognizance given, ^nce if°pre^ 
 be again prefented, as aforefaid, fuch prefentment fhall be Taken by the fcmed' agafn.to 
 Court, to be fufficient Evidence, againft the perfon fo prefented, to Con- be a Sufficient 
 vift him or her, of the forfeiture of their Recognizance, unlefs he or fhe, Evidence a- 
 ftall be acquitted by a Jury of Twelve Lawful men, of the Neighbourhood, h^f^Kbu 
 declaring upon theirOaths,that they believe faid perfon is not guilty ,which ^c. 
 Jury at their defire, and at their charge, they Ihall have the liberty of. 
 
 An Aa for the Eafe of Lifters, in Refped S,,^|y,°^ 
 of Warning the Inhabitants to bring in "^' 
 their Refpedive Lifts. 
 
 WHEREAS it ii found to he very Dijficulty Trouhlefome and Burdenfom, 
 for theLifiers of the reJpeBive Towns in this Government^ to Wdrn the lU' 
 habitant}, to bring in their ReJ^eilive Lifts, tu in the Law is Required. 
 
 Be ft t^erefo^e (f natteU bp t^e (toternour, Counrfl anD Eepcerentatftetf, 
 in <<5enernl Court ?fllIetnl)leD, atiD bp tlie^lutfjojftp of tte fame. That for tiders fettiog 
 the future it fhall be fufficient Warning to the Inhabitants, to bring in upontheSign- 
 their Lifts of their Rateable Eflatesas the Law requires, to the Lifters in m*'\^''* 
 the refpeaive Towns in this Government, for the Lifters fometime in the fbr'thelnh"b'- 
 Month of July annually, to fet up a Notification in Writing, under the tarns to bring 
 Hands of faid Lifters, upon the Sign Poft, and two or three places where in their Lifls, 
 it may be Judged moft likely to give Warning to the Inhabitants to bring a Sufficient 
 in the Lift of their Rateable Eftate, by the Twentieth of ^uguft as the ^^'^^S' 
 Law now requires ; this Law to be Read at the Annual Town Meetings, 
 Annually, by the Clerk of the refpedive Towns. Limitation of 
 
 this Ad. 
 
 This Law to continue in force for two Years aiid no longer. 
 
 -^ — .1 I - II I i,— ».pi— 
 
 An A£l: concerning Town Inhabitants. 
 
 WHERE AS this Afembty, hath fafed an AU, Intituled, An Aft for viJePacejft 
 the Direfling the Adnjiflion of Town Inhabitants, and for the co ij»; 
 
 better attaining of the good ends fropofed in faid A^ \ there vpos by the General 
 Affembly,holden at Hartford, May the Eighth One Tboufand Seven Hundred and 
 Seven,an Addition made to one certain Paragraph in faid AB •, and becaufe there 
 if no certain time Limited and Expreffed in faid Addition, wherein the Penalty and 
 Pumjhment therein mentioned, may be Jnflihed Turfuant to faid Additional ASt^ 
 upon fuch per fans that contrary to the Intent of faid AHyfhall continue or refidf in 
 any Town in this Colony, there hath been different Vnderftanding of faid A^, 
 which may tend to a Puhlick Mifchitf. 
 
 Which to Prevent : And that the faid Aft, as well as the feid 
 Addition thereunto may be better Underftood. 
 
 95<
 
 Anno Regfii Regit GEO R Gil, Sexto. 
 
 25^0 Muv Cattel, €]ccl)attgin0 Ji5ius of CreDit* 
 
 JB« ft (JJnatteU ftp t^e <5ol3Ctnout, Counrfl anti lBlepctfentat(te0, 
 Ferfons contr- (5 (penecal Couut afTtntbUU, and b? tl)e 2iittoj(tp o£ tte fame, 
 nulng in any jh^t if any perfon or perfons, hath continued or doth continue in any 
 ibTof one Town in this Colony contrary to faid Ad, and be not, nor hath not been 
 Year and not Wamed outoffuchTown, within one Year, from his or theit coming 
 WarnedtoDe- thereinto, to Refide there ^then it (hall not be Lawful, to Profecute anf 
 part out of it, fuch nerfon or oerfons, by Vertue of faid Aft, or the Addition thereunto, 
 to be account- "^ r » / 
 
 ed Inhabitants. ^^^ ^^ fjj further (fitflrteti ftp tte «tttt)0?(tp aEo?efaHi, That if any 
 Perfora conti- ^ach perfon (hail continue in any Town one Year after Warnmg given 
 nulng in any him or them to Depart, and be not within fach time Profecuted and 
 Town a Year Sentenced purfuant to faid Aft, that then every fuch perfon may con- 
 after being tj^ye in j-m-h Town, and fhall not be Profecuted for the fame. 
 & not Proie- Provided, That it (hall be the Duty of the Seleft men in the Refpeflive 
 cated, not to TownsoftheColony,to Profecute all fuch perfons as (hall continue in any 
 be moiefted. Town in this Colony,contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Aft. 
 
 Provided. 
 
 An Adfor preventing Lofs by Cattel Sray- 
 videpageij. Ing ffom thelf Owncfs. 
 
 107, a»7. *^ 
 
 FORASMUCH at mAny Neat Cattel Straying toTonns., Remote from the 
 "Towns where the Owner Livesyby means whereof ^ they are not Cryed where 
 the Owner LiveSf whereby they are Loft to the Owner. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 ©e(t(Cna(teti ftp t^e (HJotjetmouc, council ano Repcefentatiteff, fn (fcern* 
 Neat Cartel to ^ ^gu^t ^aembleU, ano tip t()e 1fitir|)o?rtp of titz fame. That for the future, 
 ^ ^raided ^ ^^^ Q^jjg^j of Neat Cattel, Living in any Town in this Colony, ( to 
 Brand as* which there is appointed a Brand for Horfes, ) are allowed tofetfuch 
 Horfo, and Brand on their Neat Cattel, and every Stray Beafl that is taken up, having 
 when taken up f^ch Brand on his near Shoulder, (hall be Cryed in the Town to which 
 c'*-Ti*°the* f"c^ Btsind is by Law appointed, under the fame Penalty, as is appointed 
 Town where by Law, for taking up any Stray Be aft, and not Crying the fame. 
 
 fuch Brand ___^ 
 
 belongs. _«_——— — . - 
 
 An Aft for lengthning out the Time for Ex- 
 changing the Bills ofCredit, of 1 7op,onIy. 
 
 IT Being Evident to the SatisfaStion of this AffemUy, that notwithftanding the 
 feverd AUs and Orders, that have been made, by this /iffembly, for the Ex. 
 changing, the Old outfianding Bills ofCredit of this Colony,of the Date abovememi- 
 onediyet there are many of them out^and theTtme for Ex changing them, in the A^ 
 #/May laftiXohich was limited to thefirjt o/November next, being near Exfired. 
 
 '^t^lS afftmWp iate t!)trefo?e tliouff^t 5t to ^pn, anD Ho fjeceftp #jBrt 
 
 anb i^natt. That the Time for Exchanging the old Outftanding Bills of 
 
 the Date aforefaid, (hall be, and is hereby lengthned out until the FirftDay 
 
 The time Pro- ^^j^ne, Anno Domini, One Thoufand Seven hundred and twenty, and the 
 
 cffing^the' Treafurer of this Colony, is hereby Ordered, to Exchange the faid Old 
 
 Biiisof 170P, Bills of Credit, that are not Counterfeit, with any perfon that (hall offer 
 
 only them to him, for exchange, fo far as he hath, or (hall have Stock, put into 
 
 his hands, by this Affembly for that End, until the faid Firft Day ofJi"ft 
 
 One Thoufand Seven hundred and twenty. 
 
 An 
 
 vide Page i8j 
 »*4» Mi-
 
 jinno Regni Regit GEORGII, Sexto. 
 
 3mmmlitv* Collecto^js of ^Rates; ^oitoer* 251 
 
 An Ad forEnforcing,&dueExecuting of the 
 Adt of this AffemDly,of j©ttotiet i ith^Amo 
 T>om. 1 7 1 5. Endtuled,An Ad for the mor^ ^t'*''^' 
 EffedualSuppi€fling of Immorality, &c, 
 
 1% id (tnwteli !)p tfie (Bottrnour, Councit anU fifprefentatftejf, in. 
 <B«teraI Court aJtrsmfaUD, anD bp tlje 58utf)02(tp of tie fame, Thatthe 
 Town Clerk, of Each refpeQive Town, in this Government, ftiall at the 
 Opening of the publick Town meeting, for Ele£ting Town Officers in Dt- j^it Town 
 cember annually, if the faid Clerk fhall beprefent, and if the faid Clerk ihalJ Clerk or Selcfl 
 be abfent, then the Sele£l-men for the Time being, who ihall be then pre- men, to caufe 
 fent, caufe the faid Afl:, and every paragraph thereof, to be pubiickly read, «&« mentiontd 
 in the faid Meeting. Read'Annually 
 
 3finli it 10 iettbp furtfiei; (j^noxtfti lip t|e 31Hitto?itp afo^fafU, That if the at ?he Town- 
 faid TowtuClerk when prefent as aforefaidL or Seleft-men prefent, in cafe meeting, on 
 of the Clerks abfence, fhallnegleft or refule, Pubiickly to cauie the faid AGt. ^^^<3 offo*- 
 to be Read, according to the above Aft, then the faid Clerk or Seleft-men, 
 fo refufing, or neglefting, being Convifted thereof, before any one AflSft- 
 ant, or Juftlce of the Peace, ftallfufFer the penalty, of Forty Shillings , Each, 
 One half of which penalty ,to the Complainer,that fhall profecute to efFeft ; 
 and the other half to the Town TreaUirv. And the Grandjuryimen^and 
 Conftables, in Each Town, fhall make d,ue Enquiry after, and Prefent- 
 ment of, every breach of this Aft. 
 
 An Ad for the better Enabling the feveral 
 Conftables and Colle<5lors in the refpec- 
 tive Towns in this Government, to gather videPagew* 
 the Country & other Rates, which they are '"* 
 by Law obliged to gather ; and for prevent- 
 ing Inconveniences & Damages that other- 
 wife may arife to faid Officers, by reafon 
 that many Perfons in this Government have 
 Eftates in divers parts thereof, & others Re- 
 moving from place to place, after they are 
 Lifted,before they have Paid their Rates. 
 
 B^ ft (tmitTj bp f^e (totjemour, Coujitll anU Etprcretitatrtesf, fit 
 (Brneral Coun SfitTtmbleD, anH bp tfje 5Cut5o?(tp of tlie fame,That the 
 feveral Conftables in the RefpeAive Towpns in this Colony, appointed to confhbfMaiid 
 gather the Country Race, and Colleftors of other Rates in the refpeftive coiieftori in 
 Towns in faid Colony, every of them fhall have the fame Power and Au- gatheringRatM 
 thority, in any of the Plantations in this Government, as faid Officers now ^"^fp^^^J* j^ 
 have in their own Precinfts, to gather the Refpeftive Rates of any perfon jnyTown in 
 or perfonSjwhofe Polls or Eftates are in their Lifl,and fhall be allowed Polt the Colony as 
 Wages for their Travel : Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom, to the contrary intheh owa 
 notwithaanding. j^^
 
 Jtmo Regiii titgU GEORGII, Sexto. 
 
 252 %ajc* %U 0^ ^titt. jl^ommatiott* 
 
 An A£l for the Procuring a certain Sum of 
 Bills of Credit, to be at the Difpofe of this 
 Government. 
 
 B(£ ft (Jnactcli B^ t\^t dpobrrttour, Countff ana IReprcfentati't^flr, fn 
 (iBnicral Court arTcmbUtijQnDbp tlje 5l!utl)0?ftp of tbf fame, That 
 ^yj^^(j-^^_ thercfliallbeaTax of Twa-pfMc?on the Fo««^, Levyed on the Polls and 
 ftncton the' Rateable Eftate in this Colony, to be Paid in the Bills of Credit of this 
 Pound, to be Colony at their Ufual Advance, or in the true Bills with Four Signers of 
 Paid in any jj^g Province of the Majfuchufetts-Bayfir in the true Bills oi New-Tor k^RUode* 
 Cr"dk "o°in ^/^^«^,o<' New-Hampfhire, without any Advance upon them; or in Currant 
 Monij. ' Silver Money, which fhall lie in the Treafurers Hands, to be Difpofed of 
 as the AfTembly fhall Order. Provided, That the feveral Conftables in the 
 refpeAive Towns in the Colony,appointed to Colleft Taxe$,be not allow- 
 ed Po/i Wages, for carrying any more than one Tax to the Treafurer. 
 
 Vide Page ij J 
 
 An AcS for Levying a Tax on Polls, and 
 other Rateable Eftate, 
 
 WHEREAS there wot Emitted in Bills of Credit, for the Payment of the 
 Colony Debts, in June One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Eleven, tht 
 Sum of Six Thoufand Pounds, to he drawn in, in Nine Tears, about One Thou- 
 fand Pounds whereof, is or mil be drawn into the Treafury, by the Rate granted 
 in May I4 ', """^ /<"' '^' drawing in more of the /aid Six Thoufand Pounds. 
 
 . - ,j. 'trtiftf court 60 €i?OPt,That there fliall be Levyed, the Sum ofTtve-pence 
 fend on thi OH the Pfla«^ on the Polls, and all the Rateable EOate in this Colony [ To 
 Pound, to be be paid in the Bills of Credit of this Colony, or in Money as it generally 
 Paidin thisCo- p^{[Q$'m Ntw-England at the time of Payment. 
 
 lovy Bills, or 
 Money. 
 
 THE Gentlemen Nominated, to (land for Ele(Sion in Alay next, as 
 fent in, ( by the Free-men of this Government ) to this AfTembly, 
 are as follows, Vix^ 
 
 The Honourable GURDON SALTONSTALL, Efq-, 
 The Honourable NATHAN GOLD, Eff, 
 
 'John Hamlin, Efq*, 
 William Vitlin, Efqi 
 "Jofefh Curtii, Efq-, 
 Eichard Chrijlofhers, Efq^ 
 Feter Burr, Eiq; 
 Sumuel Eels, Efqj 
 
 Mmhexv Myn, Efq; 
 Jofefh Talcot, Efq; 
 Abraham Fowler, Efq. 
 John Sherman, Efq; 
 Jonathan Law, Efq; 
 Jamei Wadfworth, Efq; 
 
 Roger Wolcott, Efq; Mr. 'John Uoohr ; Capt. Chriflofher Chrifiofhers j 
 Capt. 'jofefh Wakeman ; CapC. Eichard Bujhneil; and C^Dt. John Hal!. 
 
 J^txf'Londen, Printed and Sold by Ttmctby Green, Printer to his Honour the 
 GOV ERNOU R and COMPANY. 1 7 i 9.
 
 ^Hno Regni Regis G E O R G H, Sexto. 
 
 25iUS of Cremt. ^o^nmgjtoesi. ^59 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 PafTedby the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefties Colony of 
 Comeaicut in Uew England - Begun and Held at Hartford the 
 TwelfthDay oiMay,in iheSixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign 
 LordGEORGE, KING of Great BritaiH,&c- Anno Dom ini, 17x0. 
 
 "" An Aa for Emirti^"BriirofC^it. "HZZWl 
 
 (£ (t (Cnacteft bp tlie ^oljernour, Council eno iiepreuma- 189,195,199, 
 tlSjrg, in (Bentcal Court atftmljUU, ano fcp t^e auifjontg o£ "'."^"^. 
 t!)5 raine,Tha£ the Sum of O^cThcufand Three Hundred and rwwf; t„C j2'"f' 
 ^^ FoKw//, Two 5/w&»gj and Six-pence in Bills of Credit, which are j^ ^^j » ^ 
 
 a pare of chofe that were brought in by the Rate of One Thoufand Seven 
 Hundred and Eighteen, and have been again delivered into the hands of gjHj ^^f q^^ 
 the Treafurer by Order of this Court, be by him the faid Treafurer iffued dit to be E- 
 forth and Emitted towards the payment of the Publick Debts of this mined to the 
 Colony ,and the further neceffary Charge thereof, according to fuch Orders ^ ' ^* °^ ^^ 
 as foall be given him from time to time according to Law. 
 
 SLtiH be it fuctlier €n&sttH bp tliS Slutliio^ftp afo|£rai6,That as a Fund or 
 Security for the Re- payment and Drawing in of the faid Bills into theTrea- 
 fjry again. This Affembly grants a Tax or Rate of 0«e thoufand threehundred ^^^^ p^^ 
 eighty px Pounds, two Shillings and Eight-fence ',10 be Levied on Polls and all o- Ofa^ing it 
 ther Rateable Eftate withm thisColony ; To be paid into the Treafury at or again by the 
 before the Firft day of O^ober One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty fif ft of OHob. 
 Eight : Which Rate (hall be paid in Bills of Credit of this Colony, at the *7i8 
 advance of Twelve-fence on the Pound^ or in Money as it Paffeth generally in 
 the Country at the time of Payment ; and in no other manner. 
 
 An A(5l for Explanation, and in Addition to 
 an A6b,Entituled, An Ad for Regulating 
 Jurors and Witnefles in Civil Caufes,Pleas ^f ^*^' 
 in abatement of Writs, and Joyning Iffues. 
 
 FOR thg more clear Under jianding of and in Additian to the LaWj EntJtuled, 
 An AS fw SeguUting Jurors and Witnejfes in Civil Caafesy Pleas in Abate- 
 ment of IVrif}, and Joyning Iffues. 
 
 oo at
 
 Atmo BegHi Regh GEORGll, Scato. 
 
 254 (0uatt)ians, &c» Indian ::^pptenticejB^« €o\xxts* 
 
 ^t is ftirtljec 2)fc!ai-Jt) ano pirobiHeD, That the general IfTue of, Not 
 The Dffen- ^^'■^'Ji Nil Debet, No H^'rong or Dijfeiun, or any other general Plea, whereby 
 danttomake the whole Declaration is put upon Proof according to the nature of the 
 any General Aftion may be made by the Defendant, and whenfoever the General IfTue 
 Plea in Joyn- jj taken the Defendant fhall have Liberty to give any matter in Evidence 
 to^Kive%n^ "P°" ^'•' E^jcepting only that which he might have fairly Pleaded in hij 
 matter in Juftification ; and whenfoever any perfon fhall fuppofe he has miffed the 
 Evidence up- Plea, whether the General IflTue or Special Plea, which would have faved 
 onicEjccept, him in his juflCaufe, he fhall have liberty to alter his Plea ^ and the op. 
 Alfo to alter P°fi^* P^''t:y fhall have a reafonable Time afligned him for making Anfwer 
 his Piea.Ss'r. thereunto. 
 
 anD f tirtfjtr ft fjf l^rofefliPli, That if the new Plea be found infufficicnt 
 If the new for the Juftifyinghim that madeit, reafonable Satisfaftion fhall be awarded 
 Pleabelnfuf- to the Other Party for the greater delay which is made thereby to the other 
 ficient.Satis- Party, according to the Intereft ofMoney, or Rent of the Land, or Im- 
 made"to°the P'"Ov^"is"t ot any other thing Recovered by the Suit j to be awarded by the 
 ether patty, ^"urt before which the Tryal is. 
 
 An A<5t to Enable Guardians to Divide Lands, ^C* 
 
 Vide fizcCi 
 
 ^TljHEREJSthereare many parcels of Land in thUGovtrnmtnt which have 
 
 V V ^"" and fl ill are held by fever al ferfons in Fartnerfhlf, or as Tenants in 
 Common^ or in Joynt Tenancy *, and it hath often fo fallen out^ that one of the Part' 
 tiers or Tenants have died before any Divifion hath been made, and their Heirs left 
 toJnherit fuch Lands being Minors \ whereby the furviving Partners crTtnanti 4ri 
 kindred in their Improvement. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 TSe it CnacteD bp tbe <©ojjctrnour, Counrfl ana Ktprefentatfittf, 
 Guardunstoj„ (General Court afftmlileD, ana 6p tie aur^ojit? of tie Umt» 
 pow?ed to"' '^^^^ theGuardians of all Minors,fhall and are hereby (with the afCflance rf 
 make Divifi- fuch Perfons as the Court of Probate fhall for that end appoint ) fully im- 
 en of Lands powred to make Divifion of any fuch Land with the lurviving Partners or 
 •with Survi- Tenants, as fully and amply as the Original Partners and Tenants might or 
 nns^ could have done ■■, and all fuch Minors, their Heirs and AfDgns fhall be firmly 
 Bound and Concluded by any fuch Divifion made by their Guardians. And 
 Ccutts of the feveral Courts of Probate are hereby direfted upon the Application of 
 Probate to fuch Partner or Tenant, or Guardian to any Minor, to appoint fuitable 
 appoint per- any Perfons to aflifl fuch Guardians in making Divifion as aforefaid : And 
 GuLd^ns iff ^'' perfons having right in any fuch Land, upon fuch appointment fhall 
 the dividing forthwith come to a Divifion of the fame. 
 o/Lands. ' ' — "" ■ ~- 
 
 An Aci concerning the Indentures of Indian 
 
 Affrentices. 
 
 Indentures Yyt. it «na£t£l) B? tt)C (Kobemour, tfountil anb Htfprcffiitafiljfjf, fit 
 
 to' be Ac- ^ <<3tn£ral <Souct SUffembltli, ana bp tie aiutiojit? of tf)e fame, 
 
 knowleeed' T"hat for the future, No Indenture made by any Indian fhall be accounted 
 
 before An- good in the Law, except it be Acknowledged before Authority. 
 
 thohty. ■ , ■- I 
 
 An Ad concerning Judges of Courts. 
 
 THIS j^Jfemhly ohfcrving that difficulties do or may haffen tn the Supertour 
 and Inferiour Courts in this Government, byreafon of the ahfence or legal 
 except tons of or againfl fome of the Members appointed to hold the fame. 
 
 Which to Prevent : Jjgj 
 
 Vide Page J J 
 
 Vide Page 
 i,(S9,8c 170,
 
 ^HKO Regni Regis QEOVLGU,SeyiiQ, 
 
 flcbving €jcecuttonsf* j5tUfi o? JBcttDsf^ 253^ 
 
 IBe ft <Cna[teo anO SDeclareD bp t()e fflobernour. Council enU miprcfciK ^nce ofaty' 
 taribess,fn©eneral€ouct afrjmbUD,anl3 bp t^ie !autf)0?itp of tfte Came, That ju^geofSj- 
 when and To often as ic /hall happen thac a iiifiicient Number of the Gen- perJorCoyrts 
 Clemen appointed to hold any of the faid Courts fliall be wanting,by reafon to bemadeup 
 of necelTary Abfence or juft Exception, that the Qyorum in the Supetiour by anyAflia- 
 Court fhall be fupplied by any of the Afflftants of this Colony *, and the iII*i„fg,joyf 
 Quorum in the Inferiour Courts by any of the Juftices of the Peace of thac ones bj any 
 County to which the Court beiongeth. )i^c«. 
 
 An Ad concerning Levying Executions, ^r. 
 
 WHEREASin an AB^ Entituled, An AQ DireBing hew Officer* /*4fl Vide Page 
 proceed in Levying Execution : And in that fart of the faid Law that i6j| itf4 
 Commands t%e Officer to fee up the account of the Goods he or they Levf Execution 
 vfon, en the Sign Pofi of the "Town where ht fhall Seife the fame^ with a Peclaratiot$ 
 that the Goods Seifed are to be Sold at that place at dn Outcry at the end of Twenty 
 Days, and the Officers therein areflriiHy Commanded to make Sale of fuch Goodf 
 at the Sign Pojt, and in no other Place : And xohereat it is found by Experience^ 
 that by reafon of the fudden Kifing of the great River yit is many times very difficult 
 and fometimes next to impojfthley for the Officers to convey fuch Goods Seifed'H tb^ 
 place where the Sign Pofi it EreUed\ and e/peciaSyintheTownsofWiadCotf 
 Hartford, Middletown and Haddam. And for Relief herein : . _. _ 
 
 3!t (0(fna(ttiiljp ttie (BotJcrnour,Council ano I5epcefentatftwjf,(n(ffencral ^^^rJa^ 
 Court '3I!(femblet), anl} bp tt)e Ituttjo^it^ oC tl)e fame. That there OiaQbea on each fide 
 Sign Poft Erefted and Set up in fome convenient place on "each fide of the ?f the Eivei 
 faid River in each of the Towns aforefaid j and that the Officers ihall Poft »"^''«<^/<^^c 
 the Goods taken by Execution on the Sign Poft on the fame fide of the p^^JJ^ 
 River where the Goods are Seifed, and there Sell them according to the takenI>yEjt- 
 dire^ion of Law in that cafe provided. ecucion,oa 
 
 anD It is furtbfr(£nattcD 6p il)e^utf)o;Jtp afo^eraia,That theOfficersand '^« f«'i«o? 
 other Perfons direfted by Law,may or ftialiSet up,or Poft, fuch loft Goods ^^l ^*f Td 
 as are found, Stray Creatures taken damage feafant, and Creatures taken in & there^'sell 
 a fufFering condition, on the Sign Poft on the fame fide of the River where them, 
 the Goods are found.orCreatures taken up as aforefaid .• Any Law orCuftom ^Ifo thereto 
 to the contrary notwithftanding. P°ft L'ft 
 
 «nO it is ftetEbp Enacted bp tljc «ut|)0;itp afo^efaiO, That the Confta- K^es.'*' 
 bles in all the refpeftive Towns in this Colony, ihall keep a Book, wherein Conftablegto 
 they fhall make Entry of all fuch Creatures that fliall by them be Pofted as ^*^^ ^""^y 
 aforefaid, and fhall give attefted Copies thereof to any perfon demanding ^^^1!^°^**^ 
 the fame ; and the faid Officers fhall have for every Entry fomade by them g^e c^'pies 
 Sixipence, and Six-pence for each Copy by them given. xheir Fees. 
 
 An Aft for Repealing part of an Aft, Enti- 
 tuled, An Ad concerning Bills or Bonds, ^1%^^ 
 
 THIS AJfembly obferving that a Mifs-improvement is made of the Law, En- 
 tituled, An Att concerning Bills or Bonds •, * its giving liberty and au- 
 *thority to AlTtgn Bills and Bonds •, whereby evil minded Perfons take ad- 
 vantage for the putting Cheats upon others. Which to Prevent : 
 
 Be ft (Jnactctj bp tt)£ <J5ot)ecnour, Coantfl ano meptcrentatibrt fn 
 tfpneral Court aajmbUb anO bp tfje Mutljojftp of tlje fame. That 
 the laid Law, Enntuled, An AS concerning Bills or Bands, So far as it concerns The AtGgtt- 
 the AfTtgnment of them, fhall be and remain in Force for no longer than *""" ofBill, 
 S,x Months after the Se/Tion of this Affembly ; and thac from thence for- Z. ^"if * \'* 
 ward ,t fhall be Repealed and made Void ; and is hereby after the time Void 
 aforefaid Repealed, and declared to be Void and of none £ffe£t 
 
 All
 
 Mho Regnt Regis GEORGII, Sexto. 
 
 2^6 Coin, aaeprefentatitjes;* ^tobate^ %i\\%. 
 
 An A6i: againft Counterfeiting of Coin. 
 
 VidePageij. Tl(fe{t (tnactcU ant) iD^tiainet) D}? i%t (Boterllour, Countfl anft IReprt* 
 
 X3 ffntatlfacs, in<t5fncralCoiictafremblec,QnDBp t!)e3fiutf)0?itp of t^e 
 
 famt, That whofoever fliall Stamp, or any other ways Counterfeit any 
 
 of the feveral forts of Coin mentioned in a certain Law, Entituled, An j4B 
 
 Penalty for for jifccrtaining the Value of Coins Currant within this Colony j or any other Spc- 
 
 Countetfcit- ^.jgg ^^ j-q^j. of Coin ^ or that fhall Utter or put off any fuch Counterfeit 
 
 Uaerjng'it°' ^^in, knowing it to be Bafe, Falfe and Counterfeit ; and fhall be thereof 
 
 ■when known Convifted before any of the Superiour Courts in this Colony, fhall be Sen- 
 
 to be Bafe & fenced to fuffer Six Months Imprifonment, or fuch other Fine or Corporal 
 
 Counieifeit. Punifhment Q refpefl being had to the degrees of the Crime ] as the faid 
 
 Court fhall judge meet or infiift : Such Fines to be to the Publick Treafury 
 
 of t his Colony. 
 
 Vide Page All A61 fot fomiing the Houfe of Reprefen- 
 i7,i8. IJ4. tatives, on the Day of Eledion, Yearly. 
 
 Reprefenta- "TD^ it (tnaffto bp tTje (Fotjemout, councfl anO 3R£p«rentattbeg, (n 
 fives to meet JQ (Btntral Coutt SUffcmbfeD, anU bp tlje aiutt)o?(tp of tfje fame. That for 
 at their ufiwl ^j^g future, the feveral Deputies who are return'd from the refpedive 
 jj^o„°£)j " Towns in this Colony to Serve in the General Aflembly in May^ An- 
 Yearly, at 8 nuany,fhallineet at theufual Place of meeting for faidReprefentatives, til! 
 a Clock in fuch time as the State-Houfe fhall be fitted for their Entertainment, and 
 theMorning, afterwards at their Chamber in faid State-Houfe, at Eight of the ClocJc in 
 choofe a° theMorning on the faid Day of Eleftion •, when and where they fhall choofe 
 Speaker ac a Speaker and Clerk tor their Houfe for that Seffions, and do any other 
 Clerk,Srf. Matter proper and meet for them to aft before the Publick Service and 
 Eleftion on faid Day. 
 
 Vide Page ^q Ad rckting to Courts of Probate* 
 
 24,ui,iz8, *-' 
 
 2i4,zii,ij<5 "Qtf (t tfnattfUljp ti^fsf alTemblp, That the Courts of Probate in this 
 c *V' of D Colony, fhall for the future be holden by one Judge and Clerk in 
 Pr°obate to the refpeaive Places where they are appointed, and that fo oft as any 
 
 Probate to mc iciijw^ii»<- i lawj .rwv,.- «..-», ~..w -f-f-^....,,^, „..^ v.i^^v .w v^.i a» any 
 
 confift of but difficuU and difputable Matter fhall happen before any of the faid Judges, 
 one Judge & f^^^\^ Judge where it fhall fo happen, hath hereby Power to call into hij 
 £•*''*'. . AfTiftance any two or three of the JuHices of the Quorum, And that the 
 ISh^ Judges, have but Half the Fees as ufual. 
 
 Cafes, &c. And this Aft to continue in force for two Years and no longer. 
 Adt Limited. — ■ ■ — — . 
 
 An Adlfor lengthning out the Time for Ex- 
 changing the Bills ofCredit, of i yo^jOnly. 
 
 IT Being Evident to the Satisfaction of thii AJfembly, that many of the old out* 
 ftanding Bills ofCredit of this Colony, of the Date abovemencioned, arc not yet 
 brought in, and the Time limited for Exchanging them being Ex fired. 
 
 The time Pro- qi^[^ affcmblp ta^e tfjtrefo^e tl)o«5l)t fit to ^^6cr, ann Do fjeceDp <©^Dec 
 
 'haftn^°'«hr ^'^^ <<5na(t. That the Time for Exchanging the faid old Outftanding Bills, 
 
 Biii"^oM7o9, '^sill be, and is hereby lengthned out until the Firft Day of June,/lnno Dom. 
 
 only ' One Thoufand Seven hundred and twenty one •, and the Treafurer of this 
 
 Colony, is hereby Ordered, to Exchange the faid Old Bills ofCredit, with 
 
 any perfon that fhall offer them to him, for Exchange, fofar as he hath, 
 
 or (hall have Stock put into his hands,by this Affembly for that End, until 
 
 the (aid Firfl Day of J««f,OneThoufand Seven hundred and twenty one. 
 
 Hew-Lend»n ; f tinted and Sold by T.Green, Printer to the Gov. & COMPANY. 1 71.0.
 
 AvM Regni Regie GEORGTT, Septimo. 
 
 t^artition of HanDs, &c« $>KX)me* 
 
 2^7 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, igig. 
 
 Vide Page y4 
 
 Lands held 
 •n Partner- 
 ft"P to be di- 
 vided by writ 
 of Partition. 
 
 A Saving, 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefties Colony of 
 Comehicut in New England : Begun and Held ztMew-Haven the i -^th. 
 Day o{0^oier,in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign 
 Lord CEORGEyVdNGo^ Great Britain. &c AnnoDomini, lyxo. 
 
 An Ad: for the Partition of Lands, &c. 
 
 B<t ft (Enactcb bp tlje <t5otcrnour, (Touncil ana J^rprefcnra- 
 t(t£a, in (Bentral Court a[rcml)le&, auD bp t^e Slittfjo^ftp of 
 tlie fame, That all perfons having or holding,or that fball at any 
 time hereafter have or hold any Lands, Tenements, or Heri- 
 ditaments as Coparceners, Joynt- Tenants or Tenants in Common, may 
 be Compelled by Writ of Partition to divide the fame, where the Partners 
 cannot agree to make Partition among themfelves. 
 
 Provided always. That this Aft extend not to Town-Commons, or 
 Scquefircd Lands. 
 
 An A<^ for Reft raining Swine from going on J'ip.' «lt' 
 
 the Commons. "®' 
 
 B(t it ^nacteH bp tlie (Cotecnour, Council anb ^cprefematftieif, in 
 4Beneral tfourt tiffrmblfO, ano bp t^e Sfiut^ojitp o£ tlie fame, ^"^^*"« going 
 That from and after the Firft Day of Afril next enfuing ; No Swine (hall j^^^^^%"^''® 
 be Allowed to go on the Commons in this Government. And if any by^theH^ 
 ptfon or perfons (hall allow their Swine to go at large on the Commons wards or any 
 it (hall be the Duty of the Hay wards of the feveral Towns in this Colony o'^erPerfons 
 to Impound fuch Swine, and lawful for any other perfon fo to do. And A"*^ *''"' 
 the Owner or Owners of fuch Swine (hall pay Two ShiUings pr Head for pay""pe*° 
 fuch Swine before they are Releafed One Shilling and Ten-fence whereof Head, before 
 fball be to the Hay ward or other Impounder, and Tw«= Pence to the Keeper ^^'^y are re- 
 of the Key r . f j^^/,^_ 
 
 Provided always. That every Town in this Colony fliall have Liberty to 
 agree otherwife in their own Precin£ls. ^ Saving. 
 
 Provided, That if the Swine ( of fuch Town fo agreeing ) ffiatl come at p -j j ,<• 
 any time within the Bounds of any other Town they (hall in all Refpeds "''^'"*"*"° 
 be under the Regulation of this Ad as fully as if (uch Agreement had 
 never been had or made, Uniefs the Town wherein fuch Swine lliall 
 come into as aforcfajd, (hall alfo agree as aforefaid. 
 
 P P Aft 
 
 9c
 
 AttM Rtgti't Regu GEORGII, Scptimo. 
 An A(5t for Reviving and further Continuing the Law, 
 
 m^ i9u^ Entituled. An Ad for furiber Providing for Small Caufes. 
 
 212. & zzr. 
 
 WHEREAS an AH eoncermrig SmaU Caufes not made tht Tentlaf 
 Oftober, One "fhoufand Seven Hundred and Seven teeny nith this Prt- 
 vifo, ' That it (hould continue in force only for Three Years. 
 
 iPotu tt 10 (EnaffeU bj t^e <0oternour, Council finO Repterentatibei* fn 
 (Kenccal Court iafffmbled ano bp rt)e 38ut^o^itp of tije famt, That 
 the aforefaid A6t (hall be and remain of full Force in all the Infents and 
 The faidAft Conftrudions thereof, antil this Court Ihall Order otherwife 
 Revived, and - 
 
 Perpetuated, j^^ ^Q. ^^ prevetit (uch as have made their 
 Efcape from Juftice,or have been Convided 
 of certain Crimes in other Colonies, from 
 
 \ll'sc%. making their Abode in this Colony. 
 
 W 
 
 ' H EKE AS it hot been Ohferved that fever at per fans who have been 
 
 ConviBed in the Neighbouring Colonies of Crimes which are by the Lawt 
 
 of this Colony Punifhable with Corporal Punipment, or have made their Efcaoe 
 
 from their Proftcution effucb Crimes there \and come into this Colony, defigning 
 
 to taie up their Aboad here ; Which may prove of bad Confee^uence. 
 
 3£t0tl!ertfo?e (tnaotetj b? x\z (Boterttouc, Council anii fitprefmta- 
 
 v-fted of *^*'*' '" <E*n£raI Court Hfffmbltt), auu bp tlje 1iiutl)o?ftp of t\t fame, 
 
 Mifdemesn- That whatfocvcr pcrfons Convi£Ved,or making their Efcape as aforefaid, 
 
 ours.or male- or that at any time hereafter fliall be fo Convifted or make their efcape as 
 
 ing Efcape aforefaid j and come into this Colony and continue there for the fpace of 
 
 fromProfecu ^^^ Months without firft having Obtained Leave of the General ADembljr 
 
 Fm" and te-' and (hall not depart out of this Colony within one Month after they 
 
 for'ting to Ihall be Warned fo to do, cither by an Afliftant or Juftice of the Peace, 
 
 make their qj. ^y the Seleft men of the Town where they (hall rcfide at the time, and 
 
 Abode in ^^,j j^g thereof Convid, cither by fufficient Evidence or Confeffion 
 
 to be warned before the County Court of the County where the faid Town or Place 
 
 out, and to (hall lie ; (hall fufFcra Fine of ffK Pounds to theTreafury of this Colony, 
 
 Depart in jq be Recovered as other Fines : and in fuch cafes no Appeal /hall be 
 
 *^« |P*" °f Allowed,and whatfoever perfons (hall be Convifted, or Suffer fuch Fine, 
 
 aftM Warn- and be thcreon Difcharged \ and fiiall not within one Month next 
 
 ing, or pay a after fttch DUcViargc Depart out of this Colony as aforefaid i (hall be lya- 
 
 fine'of 10 /. ble to the likeFine,to be Recovered in like manner . And fo 'totiesQuoties. 
 
 provided. That all Profecutions upon this Law be within the fpace of 
 
 IfProfecuted three Years next after the time, that fuch pcrfons as aforefaid (hall come 
 
 in 5 Years. .^^^ this Colony. 
 
 An Adt concerning the Importation of Rhum, 
 
 Vide page 
 
 >S<5.i ?9>'5|» r-|-1 HIS Afembly Ohferving that many Mifchiefs are grown upon too many ef 
 176, i8z, & J^ ^y^ Inhabitants of thii Government, even to the Threatmrtg them in many 
 if not all their Inter e^s, by means of the great Quantities ef Rbum that Are 
 Imported into this Colony, and here Confumed ^ and that the Immoderate Vfe 
 thereof is a growing Evil, beyond the Redrefs of ail the good and xvholfom Laws 
 ef this Government hitherto made to Sufprefs it. 
 
 Which Mifchicf further to Prevent . 
 5Be ft (fnatteij bp t{)r (Boternouc, Council ano Rtpttfentatlbw, fn 
 (gtneral Court SSaembltb, anD bp tjit 5lluiboa^tp of tjit famt. That 
 
 trotn
 
 Anno Regni Regis GEORGll, Scptlmo. 
 
 5mpo;itation of l^uni* tE nlicenfeni^oufegAc^ 2^9 
 
 from and after the FirA Day of May next enfuing the Date hereof, 
 there ftall be Paid to the feveral Naval Officers in this Government ^ j^^^„ the 
 a Duty oi Fifteen Pounds per Hogftead for every Hogfhead of Rhum that firft day of 
 fhall be Imported into this Colony, and fo in Proportion for lefler Mayiiix^ a 
 Ouantiiies : One tenth pare thereof to be to the Naval Officer •, the ^"ty "fj J- 
 remainder to be Paid by the faid Naval Officer to the Treafurer of the fX ?aTd '* 
 Colony, for the Ufe of the Colony. tofome Na- 
 
 anD (t (0 fuctljec ^cotiDeD, That all fuch Liquor whatfoever, that val Officer 
 (hall be Imported or brought Into this Colony and Landed, or Offered ^f ""^ ^j, 
 to Sale therein, or in any of the Roads, Harbours, Creeks, or Rivers R^um aod fo 
 thereunto belonging, without firft Paying the Dutyr aforefaid, to fome proportiona- 
 Naval Officef of this Government •, fljall be Forfeited, the one half to the bly for a kf- 
 Iftformerthat fhall Profecutethe fame to Effeft, and the other half to fer Quantity 
 the Ufe of this Colony. And whenfoever any perfon fhall Inform any Jyj' Colony. 
 AfTiftant or Juftice of the Peace, of the breach of this Order ; He fhall or faid Ruta 
 forthwith Grama Writ to the Sheriff or Conftables, Commanding them to be For- 
 to make diligent fearch for the fame, with Power ( if need be ) to break f«"ed, one 
 open any Houfe or other Place to make fearch in any SufpeSed Place, i^f^rmer and 
 and to Seifethe faid Rhum, and Secure the fame, till the next County j^e other to 
 Court in the County where ic fiiall be taken, who fhall declare the the ufe of 
 fame to be Forfeited ; Unlefs the Owner thereof, fhall by Producing this Colony, 
 a Certificate from the Naval Officer, of the Entry thereof with hira, Naval Offi- 
 and making Oath before the faid Court, that the Duty laid by this Aft a"! Conda! 
 have been Aftually Paid for the fame, according to the true intent and bles to make 
 meaning thereof, or otherways fhew to the Satisfaftion of the Court that fearch. aad 
 the Duties have by this Aft been truly Paid. And all Naval Officers, f«»f« ^^^^ 
 Sheriffs and Conftables are hereby ftridly Charged to make Diligent '^'""' 
 enquiry after, and make true Information of all breaches of this Aft. 
 
 anD It is furtljcc (KnactjD, Thai whofoever fhall have Own or be p^f^ns 1,3^, 
 PofTeffcd of any Quantity of Rhum, lodg,ed in any part of this Govern- ing quanti- 
 menc, exceeding a Barrel in the whole, on or after the firfi day oi May ties of Rhunt 
 next, and fhalt negledto Pay the Duty laid by this AS on Rum Imported ^'''.^^"a^T 
 as aforefaid, tofome Naval Officer, or to fome Afliftant or Juftice of the J^^ ^^JJ^"' 
 Peace, to be Difpofed of as before Provided for the Duties of Importa- to pay fa'id 
 tjon •, or become Bound to the Treafurer of this Colony, to the {J(^ of Duty,or give 
 the Colony, in a Bond to Treble the Value of the faid Rhum,condi- Bond to 
 tioned for the Carrying or Tranfporting and caufing to be Tranfported *j^.P°^' ^^^f' 
 out of this Colony the faid Rhum, to fonje other Market within Two eife""to be 
 Months then next coming; the Rhum To neglefted to be Paid for, or Bond Foifeited. 
 given for it as aforefaid, to fome AfTiflant, Juflice of the Peace, or Naval 
 Officer, as aforefaid, fhall be equally liable to be Seifed and Forfeited, as 
 is in this Aflt provided for the Regulating the Importation thereof: Any 
 LawjUfageor Cuftom to the contrary not with (landing. 
 
 An ACt in Addition to an Aft, Entituled, An Ail for SuppreJJiytg 
 
 Vnlkettced Henfes,and for the due Regulation 0/ fuch as are orjhall^^f^ J**Se 
 be Z./Vf»fe^ : And alfo in Addition unto one certain Adl, Enti- I;/, 177) 
 iuled,^« A 61 for the letter Regulation of Licenced Houfes, and the *'J>* ^i^' 
 more Effectual Supprefing Vnltcenced ones : And in further Addi- 
 tion to the Law, For Preventing Tipling and Drunkennefs* 
 
 B<C ft (f natteli bp i^z dfotccnour, Council anO Keprefentatibea, (n mln"to Lke 
 (Berieral Court '^fifCembtet!, ana bp tlje -Hlut^o^itp of t^e fame,That the Diligent En- 
 Grandjury-men in the Refpeflive Towns in this Colony ; fhall from '^"'7^'^'*^'''^ 
 time to time make diligent Enquiry after all perfons, that are Reputed pu'Vd to Sell 
 to Sell or Vend Strong Drink, by Retail, without Licenfe ; and make Drink with- 
 
 Ftefentment
 
 Anno RcgHt Regis GEORGII, Septima 
 
 260 ^tiiicencet) ^mit^y &c» Xajc* i^omfnatiott. 
 
 out Licenfe, prcfcntmcni of all fuch pcrfons to the next AffiRant or Jufticeofthe 
 and m»ke Peace i which Affiftant or juflice of the Peace, (hall by a Writ direaed 
 fhereofTo an '° ^^^^ fuitablc Pcrfon, caufe fuch perfon or perfons fo Prefented to 
 Amftant appear before him, and caufchim or them to give Bond with a furety 
 or Juftice of to the Value of "Tmnty Founds, that he or they will not Sell or Vend any 
 the Peace, Strong Drink by Retail without Lycence firft Obtained, and be of good 
 ^omed'to ' behaviour until the next Counly Court in fuch County where fuch 
 Fend for fuch pcfon Ihall Live ; And al(b appear before the faid Court and lake up 
 fufpefled his Bond, except fuch Court (hall fee caufe to continue the fame : And 
 perfons, and if any fuch perfon or perfons fhall rcfufe to become Bound as aforefaid ; 
 To^l e*Bond ^^^^ ^^^^ '^^ Authority before whom they are brought, (hall by a 
 wifh'fure'ty Mittimus Commit fuch perfon or perfons to the Goal in that County, 
 •fzo / and there to continue upon his own Charge, until he or they will give 
 bind them to Bond as aforefaid. 
 
 |heir good jjijjj, ,'t ,'g ijtf jbg {nrtfjtc €nacttU b? ttie 51 ut|io?itp afo^ffafB, That 
 j'll^jjg^^Jgjj, whatfocver perfon or perfons who (hall be Prefented by the Grand- 
 County jurors to the County Court where fuch pcrfon or perfons (ball Live, 
 Court, &'f. on Sufpition of Retailing Strong Drink without Lycence, at any time 
 p^ . p after Bond has been given by him or shem before an Affifrani or Juftice 
 fe*nted^ by ^ ^^ *^^ Peace as aforefaid : Such Prefentment (hall be taken by she Court 
 the Grand- to be Sufficient Evidence againft the perfons fo Prefented, to Convift 
 jurors, for him Of her of the Forfeiture of their Recognizance; Unlefs he or fhe 
 Selling /],aji jje Acquitted by a Jury of Twelve Lawful Men of the Neighbour- 
 
 after'^ond" ^<^odL ; Declaring Upon their Oaths that they Believe fuch perfon is not 
 is given, to Guilty: which Jury at iheir Defue and at their Charge they (hall have 
 be a fuffici- the Liberty of, in like manner as they might or could have had, if fuch 
 ent Evidence Prefentment had been firft made to the faid County Court, as by the 
 pfrfons aforefaid Aa, Entiiuled, An Mi for the better RcguUtion of Lieenfei 
 
 XJnicfs, &c. fi^'if'h &c is Provided. 
 
 ■ ' ■■■■■'- ■ «■ ■ ■■«■■■ ^M-M-MiBHi ■ ■!, ,„. ,1 'n ,. ,a ^mmm^ 
 
 Vid.Pag.2jz An A€t for Levying a Tax on Polls and other Rateable Eftate. 
 
 Be ft <tnaat^ tip tfie ^etiecnour, CmintU anQ.{itprei:entatftȣr,fit 
 ^tneral Court affembleo, ano b? t|3? ^ut^ojftp oE tl^e Came, That 
 Two-fence on for the defraying the Publick Charge of this Colony, there be a Tax of 
 the Found to Two-feme on the Pound, Levied on Polls and all other Rateable Eflate in 
 ^'^'b'ii"'?" *^'^ Colony, To be Paid in the Bills of Credit of this Colony at their 
 Credit *Sil- "^"^1 Advance, or in the True Bills with Four Signers of the Province of 
 ver Money, the M^facloufetts- Bay ; or ilfthe true Bills of New-Tarky Rhode-Ifltnd, or 
 or Grain, NeW'HampJhiref without any Advance upon them ;or in Currant Silver 
 Good and Money; or in Grain at the Prices following •, v«?. Wheat zt Four Shillings 
 tlll'^ '""' and Six-fence fer Bufhel, Ry 6 at Two Shillings and Nine-fence per Bu (hel,lndian 
 
 Corn at TtvoShilUngf and Three-pence per Bufhcl •, all to be good and Mer- 
 chantable : To be Paid unto the feveral Conftables in this Colony at or 
 before the lail day of ^p7 next en fuing, and to be by them Difpofed, 
 as the Treafurer in his Warrant by Direction from the General Af- 
 fembly ihall Order. 
 
 THE Gentlemen Nominated to ftand for Etedion in May next,as 
 fenc in by theFreemen of thtsCoIony to this A(rembly,are as follows. vit. 
 
 The Honourable Gurdon Saltenjlall, Efq. The Hon. Nach4n Gold, Efq. Jeha 
 J:Iamlin,'E,((l.iVtlli'imPitkin,ECq. Jefeph Cunis,ECq RichtrdChriftaphers^ECq. 
 Peter Burr, Efq. Samuel Eels, Efq Matthew AUyn, Efq. Jofeph T«lcot,E(q. 
 John Sherman^ Efq Roger Wolcstt, ECq. Jonathan Lav, E(q James IVcdf. 
 worth,Efq Mr. John Hooker. Czpt- John Hall- d^t.Chn^tpher Chrijitphert. 
 Cz^tJofephWakeman. Cz^C Richard Bujhnell. And M.cHez.ekiah Braiiterd. 
 
 New-London •.fnniedznd Sold by r.Cr«B, Printer to the GOY. 8c CouPANr. 1710.
 
 Anno Regn't Regis GEORGII, Septlmo. 
 
 2< 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majeflies Colony 
 of Come^icut in Nfw England : Begun and Held at Hartford, the 
 Eleventli Day oi May, in the Seventh Year of the Reign of Our 
 Sovereign Lord G£0/?G£, KING of Great- Britain, &c. Anno 
 Domini, i 7 z X. 
 
 An Ad: for Preventirsg and Punifhing the vide page 
 Pfophanation of the Sabbath or Lords Day. '°''^"' 
 
 WHE RE A Snoiwithftanding the liberty by Law granted to allperfons 
 to vforjhif God in fuck Places as they fliall for that end frovide,and 
 infuch Manner as they fliall judge to be mofi agreeable to theWord 
 of God'. And notmthfianding the Laws already provided for the 
 SanBification of the Lord's Bay or the Chrifiian Sabbath^ many Diforderly perfons 
 in abufe of that Liberty and regardlefs ofthofe Laws, negle^ the Publick Worfhip of 
 Cod on the [aid Day, and Prophane the fame by their rude and unlawful Behaviour. 
 
 TBe ft tljtrefoje (fnarteti 0? ttie (Botjerttouc, Council anti IBlcpcefentatftesf, An°nding' 
 (n ilBf ncralCoact jaffcmWeDjanti bp tfje 'Hut^ojitp of tlje fame,Thac whatfo- the publick 
 ever perlon fhall not duly attend the publickWorfhip of God on the Lords Worfhip oa 
 Day in fome Congregation by Law allowed; unlefs hindred by Sickne(s, or •'"°/'^'^^^^^' 
 otberways necelTarily detained i and be thereof Convift before an Affiftant gregation°b/ 
 or Juftice of the Peace, either by Confelfion or fufficientWitnefles^or being Law allowed 
 Prefented to fuch Authority for fuch negleCt, fliall not be able to prove to except pre- 
 the fatisfaftion of the faid Authority, that he or (he has attended the faid X?"^^'^^ ^ 
 Worlhip.fhall incur the penalty oi Five Shillings Uor^^y for every fuch offence, tobcfin'dsxl 
 
 TBc it alfo funljec <Cna(tcD bp tfje ^ur^o^itp afo?ffai&, That whatfoever Perfons go- 
 perfon flial! go from his or her place of abode on theLord'sDay,unlefs to or Jng to or 
 from the publick Worlhip of God attended or to be attended upon by fuch ^^°^ ''^"'' 
 perfon in Ibme place by Law allowed for that end •■, or unlets it be on fome r °rTs^Drv 
 other work necelfary then to be done, and be thereof Convifted asaforefajd ex°cept,&'r' 
 ihall incur the penalty cf fr^e ShiUi„_^s Money for every fuch offence. tobefin'd5 j.
 
 Anno Regni Regis GEO R Gil, Septimo. 
 
 162 i^etfctts Seventy geats: £)lli not to be Xajceu. 
 
 ©e (t fuct!)ec(Cnaff«li bptjcautlio^it? aEo;efaiD,Thac whatfoever perfons 
 Perfons Af- fhall on the Lord's Day under any pretence whatlbever,afremble themfelves 
 themfelves ^" ^"^ °^ '^^ publick Meeting Houfes provided in any Town, or Parifh,or 
 in any Meet- Society, for the ufe of the Minifter and Congregation of fuch Town, Pa- 
 ing-Houfe rifh or Society, without the leave or allowance of fuch Minifter andCongre-> 
 ■without li- gation firft had and obtained,and be thereof Convift as aforefaid,every fuch 
 fi"'d ' '0 x** perfon or perfons ihall incur the penalty oiTwenty Shillings Money for every 
 fuch offence. 
 
 Perfons guii- 'Bt It alfo tfnacteU Bp t^e 5!ltittio?{t? afozefafti, That whatroever perfon 
 ty of any rude {hall be guilty of any rude and unlawful Behaviour on the Lord's Day,either 
 behaviour on jn word or aftion, by clamorous Difcourfe, or by Shouting, Hollowing, 
 a^DanckT' Screaming, Running, Riding, Dancing, Jumping, Winding Horns, or the 
 Tumping, Ji^^e, in any Houfe or Place fo near to any publickMeetingHoufe for Divine 
 winding ' Wor(hip,thac thofe who meet there may be difturbed by fuch rude and pro- 
 Horns, &"<• fane Behaviour, and being thereof Convifted in like manner, Ihall incur the 
 to be fia'd penalty o{ Forty Shillings Money for every fuch offence. 
 
 Perfons Con- ^^ll it fsJ (jctcbp futt^etfiCnaitelJ.That whatfoever perfon (hall be prefent 
 viftedof any at any unlawful Meeting, or be guilty of going from the Place of his other 
 breach of this abode, and unlawful Behaviour,on the Lord's Day, contrary to this Aft.and 
 A<»«crefufing j^gj^g thereof Convift and Fined as aforefaid ■■, and Ihall refufe or neglefl to 
 foie.tobe fent P^/ ^^ °'^ ^^' ^''^*» ""^ tender to the Afliflant or Juftice of the Peace before 
 to the Houfe whom fuch perfon fhall be Convift, fuch Security as the faid Authority fhall 
 of Correi^ion judge fufficient for the payment of it, within the fpace of one Week after 
 * there be jjj^h ConviQion •, fuch AfSflant or Juftice of the Peace fhall immediately 
 lAbw&c *^"^^ ^^^ Convifted perfon to be fent to the Houfe of Correaion,there to 
 ° ' ly at his or her own Charge, and be imployed in Labour not exceeding a 
 
 Month for any one offence ( and lela as the offence is ) at the difcretion of 
 Sher'fFs tofee ^j^g Judge : The profit of fuch Labour to be to the Town Treafury ; Ex- 
 Labou "fjc! cept paying the Charge of Profecuting the Delinquent And the Sheriff of 
 ' * the County to fee that the faid Delinquent do fo Labour as aforefaid. 
 
 %xCti it iS t)crcbp flEnattet) bp t^e autl)ojftp afo?e{aili,That all Grand- jury 
 Grand-jury men, Conflables, Seleft-men or Committees of Parifhes, fhall duly Prefent 
 men.Gj'*. to jq j-^j^g Affiftant or Juftice of the Peace, all perfons guilty of any breach of 
 ch« of this' this Aftj And that no Delinquent Convift by this Aft fhall have the liberty 
 Aft. of any Review or Appeal And that all Fines accruing by this Aft fhall be 
 
 Fines to be paid into the Treafury of the Town where fuch Offence is comnutted, and 
 paid to the foj t^g ufg of tj^g faid Town. 
 T. Treafurer, 
 
 Profecution Provided neverthdefs, ftxiti ft f0 Ijertbg ^natttU b? tit Xut^O^ftp afoJtfafU, 
 to be made in That no perfon (hallbePonsihed for any breach of this Ad,unlefs he or fhe 
 one Month. |jg Profecuted for it wi^ia one month after the commiflion of the fame. 
 
 vide page i, 
 78, 100, 138 
 
 An A^ for Exempting Perfons at the Age 
 of Seventy Years, from being Lifted, or 
 paying Taxes for their Polls. 
 
 Perfo ns 70 "D <trolbeD b? tW 3!ltrembI?,That for the future, all perfons of the Age of 
 Yearsoldnot J^ Seventy Years be Exempted; and they are hereby Exempted from be- 
 to be ^^^^'^ jng Lifted, or bearing any part of the Publick Charge for their Polls. 
 
 — — _^
 
 JtiHo Hegni Regit GEORGII, Scptjmo 
 
 l^oatjS til Cannoesf. %il\^ in tje ICreafurp. 2^3 
 
 An Ad for the Puniftiment of thofe who 
 Take and Ufe either a Boat or Cannoe, 
 without Liberty from the Owner. yif 7.!^'^ 
 
 WHEREASthe taking and ufwg of Boats And Cannoes without liberty from 
 the Owner Syis too frequently fraUiftd in this Government in fuch Places 
 jthere fuch Boats and Cannoes are ufed. 
 
 For Prevention whereof: 
 
 ^e it<iEna(teti Ip tt)e(15ofiernour,CountiI ant)lSlfprefcntat(t)eS,fn(]5cneral 
 Couct 3Bnembl£U, ano bi? tjje 3Ilut^o?itg of t!)j Came, That whofoever Ihall Perfons u- 
 take and ufe any kind of Boat or Cannoe, other than fuch as fliall be taken ^'"^^"^^^^^^ 
 up going a drift and loofe from any Shoar,without liberty from the Owner, cannoe* 
 he or they fo offending, Ihall for every luch offence forfeit the Sum of Tive without the 
 Shillings to the Owner thereof, over and above the damages the faid Owner ownersleave, 
 Ihall fuftain by his Boat or Cannoe being taken as abovefaid ; To be re- ^^^^^ts^'^^^' 
 covered by an Aftion of Debt. damages^ 
 
 An A6t Referring to the Bills in the Trea- 
 furer's hands, brought in by a Rate made 
 inOfl:ober i/ip ; and to aRate oiTrpo-pence^.^^^^ ^ 
 on the pound made in Odlober laft. *=*'• '^°- 
 
 ItE fOJDjUeceD bp tdfjfffOurt.That the remainder of a Trpo-;)f»yRate grant- 
 ed in O^ober^One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Nineteen, now in the "^^^ »<^4» '• 
 Trearurer'shands,beingtheSumofO«e7l)oa/<i»</5»Ar//a«^rf^Forf>r7iPoPoB»<if ■'*• ^^: '* 
 Thirteen Shillings and Four-fence, as received into the Treafury, fliall be paid the"Treafury 
 out by theTreafurer for thefatisfyiug the Salaries of the Members of this by aRate.fo 
 Court, and other lawful Debts of the Colony, according to fuch lawful Or- t° bepaidout 
 ders as he (hall receive for the fame. *sa^n« 
 
 And the Treafurer Ihall at the next Audit give a true account how _. 
 much he received of the abovefaid Sum in Bills of this Colony, in order ![" a uue 
 to allow the twelve- fence on the Pound Advance that the faid Bills were Account how 
 received at. many Bills of 
 
 this Colony. 
 
 31 (3 alfo flDjUereU bp tW Couct, That the Grain, received in part of the 
 Two peny Rate granted in oaober laft, (hall be difpofed of by the Treafurer Grain brou't 
 or others appointed by him,for as much as it will fetch in Money •, provided '" (°^ "tes, 
 it be not lefs ( clear of all Charges ) than it lliall be taken at : And if it will '? ^I ^°^^ *''" 
 not fetch fo much, it ftiall ly under the care of the Treafurer in the Places rrr mmfev or' 
 where ic is received until further Order from this Court. And what- to abide till 
 foever ihall be received in Bills of Credit towards the faid Rate, granted in f"'th" ot- 
 O^uber laft, together with the Money that may be taken for Grain ( if any '^"•^'' 
 of it ftxouldbeSold )ftiall remain in the Treafurer's hands until further 
 Order from this Aflenibly. 
 
 Aa
 
 na 
 
 Anno Regnl RegU GEORGll, Septimo. 
 
 264 Copper ^mt%. 
 
 An Adi Appointing and Impowring certain Comnniflioners to divide 
 the Copper Mine ztSymsiury, to and amongfl; the feveral Leafees, 
 their AfTigns or Attorneys ; and for the Dire(Sting and Regulating 
 the Management of faid Mines and the Mills and Works belong- 
 ing to fome of the Undertakers of faid Mines : and alfo for the 
 more eafy determining all Suits and Controverfies that may hap- 
 pen between the Leafees and their AfTigns.and between the Leafees 
 VidePag »4J 2"'^ ^ny of them, or the Workmen, Miners or Labourers, that are 
 or may be improved for the Carrying on and Managing the 
 Mines aforefaid. 
 
 WHEREAS Major Abram Sydervelt, Attorney Agent to Mr. Andrew 
 Frefnean 0/ New-York, /Wfrcfc<:«f, (Wii Mr. Charles Crommelin of 
 faid New-York, Merchant^ have made ^application to this AJJembly,fetting forth 
 the neceffity in order to the well Carrying onand Regulating of the affairs of the Copper 
 Mines at Symsbury •■, that this Affembly aptoint certain Commifj'ioners for the di' 
 vidirtg the faid Mines, and for the determintng Controverfies and Suits that may 
 happen to arife amongfl the Proprietors, Leafees^Workmtn or Labour tn^or Ser- 
 vants by them imployed. 
 
 This AfTembly having thereupon Confidered the ftate of the affair, have 
 
 <JEnaffeli,santi it is tfjfbp ^nacteo bp ti)e<Boti£rnouc,€ouncil anD IReprcfcns 
 
 Cornmiffio- tatitijg,tti Central <rourt ^frtmblcUjanU b? tlje 3lut^2itp of t\)z famc,That 
 
 e"to5re°ar& Mathexo Myn, Efq-, Co\. WilliamWhiling, Capt. AaronCook, and Capt. Samuel 
 Judge of faid Mather, be Commiffioners, to Hear, Judge, and Determine, refpefting all 
 Affair. and every of the above Affairs in the following manner 
 
 That if the Leafees or their Alfignes, holding the faid Copper Mines in 
 Company, do not within ( from and after the rifmg ofthis AiTembly ) the 
 fpace of Twenty one days divide and fet out theShares and Parts of the faid 
 If the Leafees JVlines in (everalty, to each Leafee or their AfTigjns, according to their ref- 
 er their Af- peif^ive Shares therein, that any of the faid Leafees or their Affigns or At- 
 fignesdonot jofngyg^ may make Application to faid Commiifioners, praying them to 
 ma'ke'Appli "lake divifion of the JVlines aforefaid. Whereupon the faid Commiflioners 
 cation to Or the greater number of them,fhall draw up in Writing under their hands 
 faid Coin- or their Clerk,the Application fo made to them ^and alfo therein hifert the 
 miflioners, i\j^q wherein they will proceed to make a Divifion of faid Mines •, which 
 Writing{hallbePoftedintheTownsof//4rt/or<^andSywj-i'ttryatleaftTwenty 
 Days before fuch Divifion be made : And at the Time inferted in faid Wri- 
 ting, faid Commiflioners or the greater number of them,(hall repair to faid 
 Mines and View them, and alfo hear the Pleas and Allegations of the Pro- 
 prietors, Leafees, and their Affigns or Attorneys that are prefent and that 
 ihall defire to be heard concerning the Premifles, and thereupon fhall pro- 
 Commifno- ^eed to make a full Divifion of faid Mines and Lands belonging thereunto,to 
 neis Power ^^^ amongfl the faid Leafees and their Affigns,or as much thereof as ihall be 
 th^Premiffes. thought neceffary according to each and every their refpeftive Proportions 
 ' and Shares. Ai:id all and every the faid Leafses and their Affigns fhallbe 
 by fuch Divifion fixt and concluded. 
 
 Always Provided,The faid Commiflioners ihall put in Writing the Divi- 
 Commimo- fion fo made, and deliver Copies thereof by themielves or Clerk, unto all 
 nerstoput in and every the faid Leafees, their Afligns or their Attorneys that Ihall defire 
 writing the xht fame, and caufe the fame to be Recorded. 
 
 divifion, £5'f. anx, jjg u fuctl)Er(£nncccD--I)p t?)e autljo^itp afo;eraiD, That if at any time 
 hereafter, the faid Leafees, their Afliigns, or Attorneys, do not agree and 
 effeftually carry on and ketp in Repair all the Mills, Works,Damms,Build- 
 ings andTools, or whatfoever is neceflary for the more efYeftual carrying on 
 
 the
 
 J?mo Regnl Regii G E O R G 1 1. Septlmo. 
 
 Coppct 530mcs» 265 
 
 the faid Mines, and the faid CommifTioners be thereof informed by any of 
 
 faid LeafeesjOi-theirAlTigns orAttorncys,that then the faid ConDmiflioners ^'^^^ ^^ 
 
 or the greater number of them.fhall appoint a Time for the Repairing fuch ^^ y^^^^^ 
 
 defeft that may be in any of faid Mills,Damms,Works,Buildings or Tools, Repair. 
 
 belonging to faid Mines. Whereupon Notice (hall be given to the Leafees, 
 
 their Ailigns,or Attorneys concerned in faid Mines ( if within thisColony) 
 
 And in default of fuch Reparations or Amendments as /hall be ordered by 
 
 faid Commiffioners, and in the Time by them appointed, that then any of £,^1, Leafee» 
 
 the Leafees, or their Afligns or Attorneys concerned in carrying on faid ^c.to beat 
 
 Mines,fliall and may make every fuch Reparations and Amendments in the ''j^"'j^J'*][ 
 
 Mills, Damms, Buildings or Tools,aswas ordered by the Commiffioners to P^'°jP°j ^^ 
 
 be done \ the Charges of which Reparations or Amendments being Valued pajations. 
 
 byThreefuitablePerfons under Oath,appointed by faid Commiffioners, ftiall 
 
 be born and defrayed by the faid Leafees or their Afligns concerned in the 
 
 carrying on as aforefaid, according to their refpeftive Proportions. 
 
 T2>S it furtf)eCJ(£natt£l» 6p tl)e?fltitl|03ftj> afo:craiD,That the faid Commiffi- 
 oners fliall from time to time upon any difagreement that may happen or 
 arife amongft the laidLeafees or theirAfligns concerned in theMines afore- 
 faid, about making any Levels or clearing or cleanfing faid Levels orShafts 
 neceffary to be made, for the more effeftual carrying on faid Mines and 
 Works, that the faid Commiffioners or the major part of them, fhall have 
 Pov/er, and are hereby impowred to Order all fuch Levels and Shafts to be 
 made and cleanfed as they {hall judge needful,for the more effeftual carry- 
 ing on ( at the Charge of faid Leafees or Affigns ) faid Mines and Works,ac- 
 cording to their refpeftive proportions of Benefit in faid Levels or Shafts. 
 
 2Be(t furtliet; (SnatteD bp t!jt iaiutftozltp afo?erafD,Thatwhen and fo often 
 as it fhall fo happen that any of the faid Leafees or their Affigns^eing Un- 
 dertakers in the Copper Mines aforefaid,niall be found in Arrearage in not 
 paying their proportion or proportions inReparations or Amendments as be- f°u^/j*„ "* 
 fore expreffed, or for Making, Clearing or Cleanfing the faid Shafts or Le- rearages in 
 velsjor alfb for their proportion of Charge for divifion of faid Mine,that in not paying 
 any fuch cafe uponApplication made to the faidCommiffioners,by any of the their propor- 
 Undertakers who (hall have disburft more than their proportion in carrying £°e**i° '^'^ 
 on fuch afFair,the faidCommiflloners,or the major part of them, (hall grant Levied on 
 forthExecutiondireaedtotheSherifFof//<rrr/orii- County, or to the Con- them theie- 
 flable oiSymsburyy to be levied on the Eftate or Lands of fuch perfon,found for. 
 by the Judgment of faid Commiffioners in Arrearage as aforefaid : And any 
 fuchSum or Sums ofMoney fo Ievied,(hall be delivered to fuch Undertaker 
 or Undertakers as fhall have disburfed the fame in the carrying on any of 
 the aflfeirs aforefaid ; Unlefs fuch perfon or perfons upon whom faid Exe- Except Aqr 
 cation (hould have been ferved,do forthwith giveBond f6r double the Sum |7nd 1°©^^ 
 mentioned in faid Execution, that he or they will abide the Judgment of the judgment of 
 Governour and Council for the time being,in that affair -, which he or they the Govei- 
 may have if the matter be brought before them by the aggrieved Party or no"' '."* 
 Parties, within Six Months from the taking faid Bond. And if any perfon Council. 
 givingBond as aforefaid,do not within the time aforefaid procure the Judg- 
 ment of the Governour andCouncil purfuant to fuch Bond.then fuch Officer 
 Ihall aflign over fuch Bond to the aggrieved party or parties,which the faid 
 Officer is fully enabled to do; and any fuch Affignment (hall be good to any 
 fuch perfon or perfons, their Heirs Executors or Adminiftratorstowhoni 
 theAffignment is made: And every fuch Bond may be recovered with aQ 
 incident Charges in the Courts of Pleas,as full as any other Bond might or 
 could be ; any thing in theLaw againft the Affigning Bonds to the contra- 
 ry notwithftanding. And when Judgment fhall be given by the Governour 
 and Council in any affair brought before them as aforefaid, fuch Judgment 
 ihall as well include all Charges, Cofts and Damages, as well as the Sum or 
 
 R I Sums
 
 Ahmo Kegai Regis GEORGTI, Septlmo. 
 
 266 Copper j^ineg^ 
 
 Sums of Money in controverfy, or fuch part thereof as (hall be found due ? 
 
 And Execution fhall accordingly go forth from the Secretaries Office in 
 
 form as in other cafes. 
 
 If theLeafors 2Be it fuctfiec (EttattcU 6p t^e aut^ojit? afo^ttatU, That when it fliall 
 
 andLcafees happen that there be any matter or thing in controverfy between the 
 
 any frthek ^eafors and Leafees or any of their Aflignes Undertakers in faid Mines, or 
 
 Affigns,Gj'«.<^e Miners, Workmen, Labourers, or Servants, or any of them, and the 
 
 Commiflio- matter or thing in Controverfy, by Judgment of the aforefiidCommir- 
 
 WK-^htzt fioners, exceed not the Value of HyePo«»(//, that in any fuch Cafe, faid 
 
 mine foch Commiffioners, or the major part of them, fhall and are hereby fully 
 
 matters If Impowred to Judge and Determine in all fuch matters, and to grant out 
 
 not more Execution accordingly, and no Appeal to be allowed. But when the Mat- 
 
 than J. I. va- ter or Thing in Controverfy doth exceed the Sum oiFive founds^ and doth 
 
 pe\*l'f°om ' "0*1 exceed the Sum i^ Fifty Founds ^Then the faid Commi/Tioners or the 
 
 their Judg- "Jajor part of them,lhallSummon and Impannel a Jury to Try luchMatters 
 
 mentjif a- in form of Law,and accordingly enter up judgment and grant outExecuti- 
 
 bove 50. /. on as aforelaid, and no Appeal to be allowed i But if the Thing or Matter 
 
 & no mo" '" Controveriy doth exceed the Sum ofFifly Pounds,then there fhall be one 
 
 Appeal to the next Superior Court, in the County ,and Tryal there and no 
 
 more. 
 
 72>e it futt|cr<Cna(teliI>ptTje atit^ojft? afOJerai&.That If any of the Lea- 
 fees or their Affigns, Undertakers aforefaid, ffiail not ufe and improve the 
 ^cYon^t' ftid Mills, Damms, Works, Buildings or Tools appertaining to their ref- 
 imp';ove the peftive Company they have or do belong Unto, it fhall be no hinderance or 
 Mills, bar to any other Undertaker, Leafee or Affign therein concerned, from the 
 
 Damms.GV. improvement of them, or any of them -, unlefs fuch perfon or perfons fiiall 
 Sem*otle« fee caufe to Sell his Share or Intereft in any fuch Mills,Damms, Buildings, 
 to make ufe Works or Took to fuch party or parties that will Improve them. And if 
 of them, cK- the parties do not agree upon the Price of fuch Matter or Thing to be Sold, 
 ceot thev'l then the faid Commiilioners or the major part of them,fliall appoint Three 
 ftareVin faid J"^ic'°"' Perfons to apprize fuch Mills,Damms,Buildings, Works or Tools, 
 MiMs^&e. according as they fliall think the Value of them may be to the Buyer,which 
 Valuation Ihall be the Price offuch Matter or Thing fo to be Sold, and 
 (ball be accordingly accepted by Buyer and Seller. 
 Always Frovided, Said Commidioners ffiall not make any divifion of 
 A Ptovifo, f"C^ P^'"^ Of P^rts of faid Copper Mines that have been heretofore divided 
 by the Undertakers or their Attorneys being regularly done. 
 
 ^nd it is hereby further PrcviJedy That nothing in this Aft ihall be under- 
 fioodto regulate 7fl»«tfc<«« Sf/c^f*", Elq; or any perfon under him, nor one 
 A Saving, certain Aflign to the Leafees living in Great'Bfitain,vrhoCe af&irs refpeftmg 
 faid Mines are under the care of Col. John Alford oiBoJlon in the Province 
 oftheMajfachufetts-Bay/^T hinder them or either of them from maintaining 
 their own proper MiIls,Damms, Buildings or Tools, at their beft difcretion ; 
 but the iaid Belcher, and the faid Aflign in Great-Britain^ is hereby allowed 
 to manage their own properMills,Damms,Bui!dingsandTcolsin (everalty 
 as they think beft for their Intereft •, and not be concerned in Building, 
 Maintaining or Repairing any otherMsIIs or Tools but only their own .-Any 
 thing in this Aft to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 5Be (t furtfttc (CnacteO lip t^e aiul)iJ?Itp afc?2fai&, That faid Commlf- 
 A Cletk to fioners, fliall have power to choole a Clerk, who fball be Sworn to a Faith- 
 be Chofen St ful difcharge of his Truft by one of faid Commilfioners. And the Fees of 
 Sworn. faid Court, Clerk and Jury, fhall be as the Fees of the County Court. 
 
 Provided alwaysy No Charge by this Aft fliall arife to the Government 
 A<!iLimited. ^j County, jilways Provided, That this Aft ftall continue in force for two 
 Years and no longer. 
 
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 MElV-LONDOtf : Printed and Sold by r. Credit, i7%t.
 
 Anno Regtti Regis G E O R G I J, 0(flavo. 
 
 j^ropijatiatioa of t|?e HojD's SDa^, ace, 267 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford. 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefties Colony 
 oiCoKneillcut in New-England .-Begun and Held at New-Haven, the 
 Twelfth Day of oader, in the Eighth Year of the Reign of Our 
 Soveraign Lord GEORGE, oi Great-Britain, ^c. KING. Anno 
 Domini, 1711. 
 
 An Ad for the more Effefluai Preventing 
 
 the Prophanation of the Lord's Day, andy^^^pg^^,^ 
 any Diilurbance of thePublick Meetings *^'^'* 
 by Law Eftablilhed, or Allowed, for Di- 
 vine WOrfhip. TwoTything 
 
 ^ men to be 
 
 BCit<£nact£liI)pt5e <©oi)etnour, Countfl antt Eepcefmtati'tcjJ, (n nuaiiy"for"' 
 (FtneralCourt aff0m6l£l),ant) tip tlje^utjjojltp of tlje fanie,That every patiih 
 each Town at their Annual Meetings in December {hall choofe Two or Society, 
 or moreTything-tnen, in each Parifh or Society for Divine Wor- q^ their Re- 
 fliip, wiihin did TowD,who thall forthwith be Sworn to a faithful Difcharge fuf^g to* 
 of the work hereby allotted to them \ or if they negleft or refufe to take ferve, to be 
 faid Oath Ihall pay a fine of Forty Shillingt to the Treafury of faid Town ; fi"«'^ 4o-^- 
 
 To be Recovered in manaeras other Fines. _ ,,. 
 
 Ty thing men 
 
 anD It i& Ijewlip dBnacteft, That each of the Grand Jury-men, and the fped the"Be- 
 faid Ty thing-men and Conftables of each Town, Ihall carefully infped the haviour of 
 Behaviour of all Perfons on the Sabbath or Lord 's Day ; efpecialJy between f «{;f°"s «" 
 the Meetings for Divine Worfhip on the faid Day, whether in the Place of ^ J^°^*!JP^^ 
 fuch publick Meeting or elfewhere ; and due Prefentment made of any j^gg* ^^^^Z 
 Prophanation oftheWorfiiip of God on the Lord's Day, or on any Day ings.&make 
 of publick Fail or Thankfgiving ; or Breach of Sabbath, which they Or any Prefentment 
 of them thall fee or difcover any Perfon to be guilty of to the next Afliftant ofProphana- 
 orjuftjce of the Peace; who is hereby impowred upon fuch Prefentment JJ°"°"p';^lJ| 
 to him made, to caufe fuch Offender to be brought before him, and upon xhanksgiv- 
 due Convidtion of fuch OiTence, to impofe a fine upon him to the Treafury, ings orf afts. 
 of faid Town, not exceeding Five ShUlingj in Money. 
 
 anrx
 
 Mno Megni Megit G E O R G I J, OAavo. 
 
 .68 %mB-^^^Vy ^c. ^n're jFactas* 
 
 SBnti it is! ^ntbv fuctl^ec CnattcO, That each Grand;Jury=man,Tythiag- 
 manor Conftable, fhall be allo\fed two Shillings per Diem for each Day he 
 OneOfficerto Tpends in Profecuting fuch Offenders ; to be paid by the perfon Offending, 
 beallowdz.joriheParentorMaftcroffuchperfon : And upon negleft or refufal of 
 fer diem, for Payment thereof or of other Charge of fuch Offenders or Delinquents Pro- 
 each Day he fgcution fuch Afliftant or Juniceof the Peace fhall grant Execution for the 
 fpendsinpro- ^ ^ 'j^j^ j-^^j, perfon,or bis Parent or Mafter. 
 Offender Provided JhitM perfon Profecuted on this Aft, (hall be Charged with 
 
 Provided, more than for One perfon Profecuting him for fuch Offence 
 Providedalfo provided,Thit all Piefentments for any of the aforementioned Offences, 
 be within one Month afier the Comraiffion thereof- 
 
 PerfonsCon- jjj^j, j( (jj Q[fy [jjcelij futtljer CEnattfS, That whenfoever any perfon fhall 
 b!eachof°his ^^ lawfully Conviaed of any Offence againft this Ad, or any other Aft pro- 
 Art,^ or any vided for the Punifhingof any Prophanation of the Sabbath, or of any 
 other A<a re- Difturbance to any Congregation allowed for the Worfhipping of God, du- 
 lating to the ^j^g the time that they are AfTembling for, or Attending on fuch Worfhip, 
 ^^^^fined for ^^^ ^^'^ ^ ^^'"S ^^^^ ^°^ ^^'^^ Offence ) negka or lefufe to pay the faid 
 fuch offences Fine, or prefent fotne Efiate on which Execution for faid Fine may be 
 gcrefufing to Levied, fuch Court, or Affiftant,or Juftice of the Peace, before whom fuch 
 pay, to be Convidlion fhall be had, are hereby Impowred to Sentence fuch Offender 
 ^^!»ckly ^Q jjg publickly Whipp'd ; with any number of Stripes, not exceeding 
 Whipp d Twenty, refpedt beinghad to the nature and aggravation of fuch Offence. 
 
 Provided, Provided, SCliD ft fS ^ttth^ ^cotiOefi anil (tnattelr, That if any Children 
 children and ^^ Servants not of the Age of Difcretion, fhall be Convifted of any of the 
 der A« of' Offences mentioned in this Aa, they fliall be Panifhed there for in fuch 
 fending a M anner and Way as is provided for their Punilhment when Convifted of 
 gainftthis Lying, and in HO other way As alfo. That no Execution fhall be Served 
 Aft, to be Qj, any Parent or Mailer by Virtue of this A€t, for the Fault of any Child or 
 Punilhed as ggf^gnt^ within One Month next after fuch Child or Servant fiiall be 
 *"[see pa"|.68] CoDvifted of fuch Faulty 
 
 An AA for Providing how a Scire Facias 
 fhall be brought to the County Court, 
 when Juftices are Removed by Death, or 
 
 Tltt^lA-i? otherwife, before Execution be taken out, 
 
 "^ "-''' after Trial 
 
 A Juftice re- 
 moved by T)^fol6etJ Bp t^f0 flffcmblp, When any Juflice of the Peace upon a 
 E^^wife be^ JA. 'r*'*^^ before him, has given Judgment for any Sum of Money to be 
 foi^Executi" Paid, and before Execution be taken out thereon is removed by Death, 
 on be taken or otherwife ; the Patty recovering fuch Judgment, fhall have Liberty at 
 out, on atry- any time Within Twelve Months after fuch Removal, to bring a Scire 
 a) hadbefore p^^j^^ ^^ ^^^ ^gj^j Couoty Ckjutt, in faid County where fuch Juftice did or 
 tyToncer^nVd" doesLive, againft the Perfon or Perfons againft whom he has recovered 
 may take out fuch Judgment : and upon his producing the Record of the faid Judgment, 
 a5«reFa<rij5 or aCopy thereof, in faid Court, AtteJJed by the Perfon making it, fhall 
 & have Exe- ^^^^^ Execution thereon granted him by faid Court, for fo much of the 
 
 ted' him *"' ^^*"* ^""' ^^ '* ^^" ^PP^^"" *° ^^^ ^^'"^ ^°"'"' "^^^ains Unpaid j and for 
 the Cofts atifing upon the faid Scire Facioff 
 
 An Aft
 
 Juno Megul Regis G E O R G T J. Oftavo. 
 
 Courts: :^ltcreD* %oXon Clerfes* 26^ 
 
 An Ad: for Altering the Time for Holding 
 the Superiour Courts, in the Counties of 
 ifairficlD, il5eiiD^!^at)cn, and i^artfo;iD. 
 
 'HERE AS of Late Years it h/u been founti, that the time for Holding the _ , . 
 Superior Court in the County of Hartford ha4 been too much Streightned^ 
 fiiverjperfons afler havingWaited fill the lafl Day oj" the Courts ftting, have had 
 their AEl ion Continued till the next Term, xphich hof greatly Irthanced the Charge ^"^^ P^g* 
 u:id ha* proved very Inconvenient. And whereas the Altering the time for Holding iT^'initli 
 the Superiour Court in the County of New-London, and appointing it to be held a, 
 Week later than the time already fiated, would interfere with the County Court at 
 New-Haven in the Spring, and with the General Court in the FalU 
 
 %t i& ttetetoie (fnatfeo bp tfje (Botjeritour, Council anU Jleprcfcnw- /•'iij/fw'obe 
 titles, in General dourr SUTembltO, anQ bp ttje fDutljojitp of tlje fame, the laftTuef- 
 That the Time for Holding the faid Court m the County of Fairfield, fliall d^y in Fehu- 
 be the lafl Tuefday of February, and the laft Tuefday in Augufi Annually .- '/f/'^^;„ 
 And the Time for Holding the Superiour Court in the County of Nftp- the fi/ftTuef- 
 Haven, ftall be on the firft Tuefday in March ZT\d September Annuci\]y : d^y inMarcft, 
 And the Time for Holding the Superiour Court for the County of Hart- & Sep/emher. 
 ford, Qiall be on the fecond Tuefday in March &ni September Annually : fi^^^jjnltt 
 Any former Law, Ufageor Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding dsr/^'ut AlTrcl 
 
 AND all parties concerned in any Actions depending in any of the faid at September 
 Courts, either by Continuance, or Review, or otherwife ^ fhall appear ac 
 the faid Courts in February and Anarch next, -n the faid relpeftjve Counties All Perfonr 
 under the Penalty of Forfeiting any Obligation or Recogizance, Conditio- having any 
 ned for their Profecution of their Reviews, at the Superior Courts in the ^^^°"^ P"- 
 aforefaid Counties of Fairfield, New-Haven and Hartford, in March next as any cf^he" 
 has been ufual. Provided, That fuch party or parties be now within faid Courts, 
 
 this Colony or fliall come into it Eight Days before the Sitting of the faid '° app«r at 
 Superior Courts now ftated as aforefaid ;and if any of them fliall not return J^^ ^**'' 
 by that time, it Ihall then be in the power of the faid Court, to continue „o^' luted 
 thecaufe wherein they are concerned, to the next Superior Court in that oh Penalty of 
 County ■• And all Bonds and Recognizances taken by any County Court, f^°ff"t'ng »- 
 Affiflant,or JufticeofthePeace,forMifdemeanours,and for the Appearance U^ ^"l"* °^ 
 of any Criminal at the Superior Court in either of the aforefaid County's, z^tf^^' 
 as already Stated by Law, fhall be, and hereby are made Returnable to the 
 Superior Courts in the County's aforefaid, in February and March next ; as 
 now Stated : And the perfon or perfbns Bound over thereby, fhall appear 
 at the faid Superior Courts in the faid refpeftive County's, as now Stated 
 by this Aft, and Anfwer for the Mifdeameanour Charged on them, under 
 the Penalty of forfeiting their Bond or Recognizance aforefaid. 
 
 An Ad for Requiring Town Clerks to fend 
 to the Treafurer, Annually, the Names ofyj^, p^^^ 
 the ConftabIes,who are Chofen to gather &i\;i'''^ 
 the Country Rates, 
 
 Town Clerfc 
 
 R«foIttU b?t!)l« SltTcmMp, That for the future, the Town Clerk of Tiearie°rS^ 
 each Town in this Colony, fhall Annually in May, fend to the is chofen to 
 afurer theName of the Perfon in their Town who is chofe a Conflable gatherCoun- 
 to gather the Country Rate. tfy Rates. 
 
 An
 
 Mho Reg»l Regis G E O R G 1 J Odavo. 
 
 ^rro society collecto^g^JS ap^berryg^ i^eDtar g, &c. 
 
 An k&- in Addition to and for Explaining 
 
 an A<ft, Entituled, An Adi for the better 
 
 Ys^ipifip? Ordering: and Reeulatino; Societies and 
 
 ^^'^ Parifhes, and for the Support of the Mi- 
 
 niftry and Schools there. 
 
 In (jJ Eefoltetl b? tW 511ff«mll?, That every Colleaor chofcn by any 
 Society or Parilh, that fhall refufe to ferve therein, fuch Colleftor 
 finVio Serve, Of Collcftors fo refufing, (hall fufFcr the fame Penalty as is Provided by 
 theit penalty'. Law in cafe of Town OiScers refufing to Serve. 
 
 An Ad for Encouragement of the getting 
 Bay-berry Tallow, 
 
 WHEREAS the gathering of BAysbenysat mfeafonalle Times oftbeYear 
 bath been very much to the frejudict of fundry Towns itt this Colony Uirge 
 Quantities of them having been gathered before they are Rife, or come toferftttion. 
 
 Which to Prevent: , ^ 
 
 Be ft (£netf«o »IJ »^« <2oternoucCouarif an**«v.eprf rente tIfieiJ, in (rent- 
 B»y-t.«ry s tal Court «ffetnbUO, atWi b? tje SSatbeiitB of «»« wme. That if any per fon 
 not to be a»- or perlons fhall at anytime befor«theTwentiethDay of ^a|»/?. Annually, 
 «h"e<l before Gather any of faid Bay-berries growing in any Place of this Colony, he 
 Aueltkn- «' ^^^y ^° Offending, flisll pay a Fine of Tm Shillings and Six-fence for each 
 niMliy, on Peck of faid Berries, gathered as aforelaid ; and p'o Rata for greater or lefler 
 Penalty of Quantities : To be to the Treafury of the Town where fuch Berries ftiall be 
 *'r^^-^\fV gotten. 
 
 prorarll ^ny One A/Tiftant or Jufiice of the Peace to Hear and Determine all 
 
 ^ ' Offences againft this Aft. 
 
 An A<5t for preventing the Small Pox being 
 Spread in this Colonyj by Pedlars, Hawk- 
 y/?f,T& Gfs, and Petty-Chapmea 
 
 WHE RE AS notwithSianding the froclamatien Tfued out by the Covtrnm 
 and Council^ for the Treventing Tedlars and Petty Chapmen bringing itt 
 faid Difiemfer ia thii tSoverntmnt ; Evil minded Perfons have carry ed Goods from 
 Town to Town, and have Vended thim in tnany places of this CoUny^to the great 
 tiitamrd of His MajefHttgOKd Subjects, 
 
 For the Preventing of which Danger for the Future : 
 
 TBe ittfnacteli bp ttie(IE!ol>eTnouc,Counci! an6Beprefentat{tjeg,fnd5fne«l 
 
 Pedlars, S'f. ^'S"" SfintmbUU, an5 bg tie Hutfiojltg of tljt feme. That if any Pedlar, 
 
 ' not to Sell Hawker or Petty Chapman, that ufeth or fhall ufe the Trade of carrying 
 
 Goodsinthis Goods from Town to Tov.'n,or from Houfe to Houfe, fhall bring into any 
 
 Pe°nS' °f ^^^" *'^^'" ^^^^ Colony, or (hall Sell or fhall offer to Sell any Goods in any 
 
 ,0. /. Place whatfcfiver within this Colony, fhall pay a Fine of Ten Pounds : One 
 
 half whereof fhall be to the County where the Offence fhall be Committed, 
 
 and the other half to the Ferfon that Ihall Profccute to EfFeft. 
 
 All
 
 ^«M BegHt Regis G E R G I J, Odava 
 
 ^mpoft on 3^l)ttm» 271 
 
 All Breaches of this Ad: to be Profecuted before the County Court in jvj,, Appeal 
 the County where the Offence fball be Committed ; which Court ihall not or Review ta 
 allow of or grant any Appeal or Review in any luch Caft. be Allowed. 
 
 UriO (fri^ littth^ (CnatfeU, That this Aft fhall take place from and after Time of thi» 
 the firft day olNovtmber next, and continue in force for three Years, and nQjnc^e"""' 
 no longer. 
 
 An A(St for the better Regulating the Duty 
 of Impoft uponRhum -, and for Repealing 
 all other Ads relating to the Duty of^jj^p^g^ 
 Impoft, thereon. ;r6:l8'z;zli 
 
 and z;8, 
 
 B<it it (fnactcft bp tlje ^tjecnour, Countil anD Etpcefcntatibesf, f" „ „ 
 OPenetal court 5finembU», anO bp t!)E flutt)0?ftp of t^t tame. That y'^^^s fj 
 from and after the firft Day of November next, all Matters of Veflels or importing'^' 
 other Perfons Importing any Rum into this Colony, ftall in the firft Rum, ftiall in 
 Port where he fhall Enter his faid VelTel, and before fuch Entfy, produce th« fitftpoit, 
 to theNavalOfficer ofthefaid Port,a true Invoice of the number of Gallons ^"JS"^, ^^"l 
 of Rum Imported in fuch VefTel, To which he ftall make Oath before the Swear'to « 
 faid Naval Officer in the following manner : Invoice. 
 
 VOu A. B. Swear by the Living God, that the Invoice now produced by The form of 
 •^ you, is a true Invoice of the Quantity of Gallons ot Rhum now Im- the Oath, 
 ported in your Veflel. So helpyo-u Cod. 
 
 Which Naval Officer is hereby impowred to adminifler the fame : _ ^ 
 And the faid Mafler or Importer fhall pay to the faid Naval Officer Four- ofRc^*ta 
 fence per Gallon for every Gallon of Rum lb Imported by him as aforefaid ; Adminiftec 
 Excepting only fuch Rum as fhall be Imported direSly from the Weft- faid Oath. 
 Indies, in forae Veflel part Owned by one or more Inhabitants of this 
 Colony, in which cafe the Mafter or Importer, {hz\] -piy Three-vence per The faid Tm- 
 Gallon and no more .• Any thing in this Aft before mentioned to the S^um^o pa» 
 contrary notwithftanding. One tenth part of which Duty, fhall be to the 4. j. per GaU 
 faid Naval Officer, and the remainder to be paid by the faid Naval Officer ion to the 
 to the Treafurer of this Colony for the ufe of the Colony. And all fuch ^*^*J O"*- 
 Mafters or Importers of Rum as aforefaid, ftiall be allowed for waft. Five I"' Ru^^' 
 ferCtnr. for every flundred Gallons Imported direftly from the Weft- camedireftly 
 Indies, and Two per Cent, for every Hundred Gallons Imported from the from the 
 Neighbouring Governments. And whenfoever it fhall fo happen that the Weft-Indies, 
 faid Maimer or Importer, fhall not have the ready Money to Pay the Duty V"dJcT^"QiU 
 aforefaid, he fhall become bound to the Treafurer of this Colony to the ion*. 
 Ufe of the faid Colony, in a Bond to Double the Value of the faid Rum, The tenth 
 Conditioned for the Payment of the faid Duty, or for the carrying or P*" «f faid 
 tranfporting the faid Rum or caufing it to be tranfported out of this Naval Offi- 
 Colony to feme other Market, within two Months then next coming, and cer, the reft 
 in cafe it fhall be fo tranfported, the faid Mafter or Importer, fhall produce to the Ttea, 
 a Certificate thereof under Oath to the faid Naval Officer firom fbme 'u'"' 
 Affiflant or Juftice of the Peace,that he hath fo Exported the faid Rum as H«[c/nr!a* 
 aforefaid ; And that all Owners of Rum for which the aforefaid Duty has lo^'d for 
 been paid, fhall upon the Exportation and producing a Certificate thereof Waft. 
 as aforefaid, be allowed a draw back of the whole of the Duty which has 
 been Paid for the faid Rum fo Exported, Excepting only the Oficers Fees. A Drawback 
 
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 j4nHo Regni RegU G E O R G I J, Odavo. 
 
 272 ginipofl: on laum* ^lueftion* il^ommation. 
 
 9!lnb It (gfnrtljer l&roWtiett, That all fuchKum as ftiall be Imported 
 or brought into this Colony and Landed, or Offered to Sale, in any of the 
 Rom bro't ^ Roads, Harbours, Creeks or Rivers thereunto belonging, without firft 
 lony &hnd- Paying ^^''^ Duty aforefaid to fome Naval Officer of this Government, fhall 
 ed.or offered be forfeited, the one half to tlie Informer that lliall Profecute the fame to 
 to Sale, in a- efFe(9^, and the other half to the Ufe of this Colony. And whenfoever any 
 "V H"^°"f» perfon fhall inform any A/Tiftant or Juftice of the Peace of the breach of 
 the'buty is thisOrder.he (hall forthwith grant a Writ to the Sheriff orConftable,Com. 
 Paid, to be manding them to make diligent fearch for the fame, with power ( if need 
 Forfeited. be)to break open anyHoufe or VefTel.or other Place,to make Search in any 
 fufpe£led Place \ and to feife the faid Rum, and fecure the fame till the 
 Power to next County Court in the County where it fhall be taken, who fhall declare 
 anyHoufe" or ^^^ ^^^^ ^°^^ Forfeited ^unlefs the Owners thereof /hall by producing a 
 Veffelifneed Certificate from the Naval Officer, that the Duty laid by this Ad has been 
 be. aftually paid for the fame, according to the true intent and meaning there- 
 
 of, and make Oath that the Rum for which the Certificate is produced is 
 that very Rum for which the Duty has been paid : or otherwife Ihew to the 
 Satisfaftion of the Court, that the Duties laid by this Aft have been truly 
 paid. 
 Officers to And all Naval Officers, Sheriffs, Conftables, and GTand-jurors,are hereby 
 make en- ftriftly charged to make diligent Enquiry after, and make true Information 
 quiry, &e. ^j ^U Breaches of this Aft. 
 
 REnelo* ^^^ *' '^ lercbp Etartltr <Siiattrtf,That all other A&s of thisGovernment, 
 Rum.is here relating to the Duty of Impoft on Rum, now in force, Ihall be Repealed ; 
 by Repealed, and the fame are hereby Repealed and made Void. 
 
 The ufe of Tfovided alfo,Th&t what fhall be gained by the Impofl on Rum for Two 
 
 for thi°two ^^^" "^^"^ enfuing, fhall be applied to the Building of a Reftors Houfe for 
 firft Year^** YaU College. 
 
 a Quefiien fut. Whether a Clerl Chofen by the Proprietors of any Common 
 Field and Sworn as the Lam direSlethy he not a Lawful Cleri of faid Pro^ 
 frietorSf until another Perfon be Chofen and Sworn as aforefaid^ although he 
 he not Chofen and Sworn every Tear ? 
 
 R 
 
 Efolved by this AfTembly in the Affirmative. 
 
 r-p»] 
 
 'He Gentlemen Nominated to ftand for Eledlion in JUay next, 
 fent in, (by the Free men of this Government ) to this Af- 
 fembly, are as follows, Fiz. 
 
 The Usnourahle GURDON SALTONSTALL, Efar 
 The HouDurahle NATHAN GOLD, Efr, 
 John Hamlin, Efg; 
 
 WiBiam Pitkin^ Efq; 
 Jofepb Curtis, Efq; 
 Richard Cbriflepbtrs, Efq; 
 Teter Burr^ Efq; 
 Samuel Etli, £ 
 
 ■Jq; 
 
 Matthew AHjn, Efq; 
 Jofefh Talcot, Efq; 
 ^ohn Sherman, Efq; 
 Roger Wolcott, Efqj 
 Jonathan Law, Efq;, 
 James IVaifwortb, Efq; 
 
 Capt. John Hall ; Mr. John Hoohr ; Capt. Jofefh Wakeman ; Mr. Hez.eh*b 
 Brainerd ; Capt. Cbrijlofher Cbrijfopbers, and Capt. Richard BufhneB. 
 
 "^ent-Lmdon, Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to his Honour the 
 GOYERNOUR and COMPANY, i 7 » '•
 
 Anno Regnl Regis GEORGIJ, ©(ftava 
 
 ejcplanato^p %(ji aijout tftofe iTout-foitieD* 273 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Paffcd by the General Court or AlTcmbly of His 
 Majefty's COlOUp of COttttetttCttt, Begun and 
 Held at 3^attf0^6, on the '^Cetttl) Day of £0a^. 
 In the Ctfijtl) Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign 
 Lord GEORGE, King of (I5reat^ji5ritain, &:c» 
 
 c^nnoaue SDomint, 1722^ 
 
 An A6t for Explaining fome Claufes in an 
 Adi,Entituled, AnAdi for Relieving thofe 
 that may be Overcharged in the general 
 Lift of Eftates. 
 
 A 
 
 QVESTJON arijirtg upon the Law, Made in the Twelfth Year 
 of QUEEN AlrJNEy Entituled, jIn ji5i for Relieving thofe 
 that may be Overcharged in the General Ltfi of Eftatet, C Whether 
 any may be Relieved thereby in any thing, for which the 
 Lifters have laid the Fourfold Affefsments ? 3 
 
 Vide page 
 188 
 
 Jt fss Bcfoltei tjp t^iel MtfcmWp, That Relief ought to be given 
 in fuch Cafes only where the Eftate (hall appear not to have be- 
 longed to the Perfon Four-folded on the Twentieth of jiuguft pre- 
 ceding •, or that it was not left out by him through his Wilfiilnefs 
 or Negligence, but from fufficient grounds to conclude the Eftate to 
 be Loii ; and that fo foon as he was fenfible of his Duty therein, he 
 did offer his faid Eftate, bona fide, to the Lifters to be Entered in the 
 publick Lift ^ in which Cafes they may be Relieved, and fingly Charged 
 in the Lift. 
 
 PerfonsFour- 
 folded to be 
 relieved,onl7 
 when the E- 
 ftate appears 
 not to belong 
 to emon^u- 
 gvfi 10 pre- 
 ceding,ornot 
 left out yfiil- 
 fuUy^butg^r. 
 
 Vv 
 
 An
 
 Amo Reg»i Regis GEORGIJ, Octavo. 
 
 274 5fifl)irtB^^0De at Lyme. %^% o;t IXate, 
 
 An Ad for allowing the Fifhing^Cove ( fo 
 called ) in %'^xixt^ to be under the fame 
 Regulation as Q^intJfoj-Ferry -River and 
 lli^'^" £lttmnebaus-Rivers are, in refped^ of pre- 
 venting Nufances in (aid Cove. 
 
 tymeFifhing T*^ I'S 6? tfifs ^CffcmBIp tfnatteU aitO SDetlarett, That the Fifhing-Cove 
 Cove to be A ( ^o called ) in Lyme^ adjoining to Mr. Seldings Farm, fhall be under the 
 under the fame Regulations, Reftriftions, and Encouragements, as Wifidfor-Verry 
 fcmeRegula- River, and Quinnebaug-RWei, are by an Aft of this AfTembly, Entituled, 
 %T8i'Ir!,",e' -^^ ^^ *° prevent Nufances by Hedges, Wears, &c. in Rivers \ ( As may be 
 iflH^ Rivers found in the 205- Page of our Law-book ) And if any Perfon what- 
 are. fbever, /hall by Wears, Hedges, or Seins, or any other way whatfoever, 
 
 . Difturb or Hinder, or any ways Obftruft the Natural or Ufual Courfe of 
 
 *^'"^' the Fifh up faid Cove, fliall be deemed a Common Nufance : ( Except with 
 Obftru(flions a licenfe from the County Court in the County of New-London ) Any of 
 in faid Cove faid Obflruaions fhall be Removed, and the Perfon found guilty thereof 
 *v°d, &''™°' '° ^« Puniftied, as by faid Law is provided. 
 
 An A(5l for Levying a Tax of One-peny on 
 the Pound, on Polls, and all other Ratea- 
 ble Eftate within this Colony, to be paid 
 So.' ^'^' in Bills of Credit, Silver Money or Grain. 
 
 BcSB It enfttt£U 6p tlie ^tcrnour. Council ano IReptcrentatitjes, in 
 (Bniccai (Eouct 3inrnibleD, anU bp t|)e fliitio^i'tp of t%z fame. That 
 for defraying the Publick Charge of this Colony, there be a Tax oi One' 
 One-feny on ^^^^ ^^ ^jjg pound, levied on the Polls and all other Rateable Eftate in this 
 to fkvied Colony \ To be paid in Bills of Credit of this Colony at their ufual Ad- 
 en Polls and vance \ or in the true Bills with Four Signers of the Province of the Majfa- 
 all other E- chufetts- Bay, or m the true BiUs ofNew-Tork, Rhode- IJland or New-Hampfhiref 
 **.*".' *°*^ without any Advance upon them i or in Currant Silver Money, or Grain 
 Sf cJ^dit at the Prices following-, Wheat at Five Shillings and Six-pence per Bufhel, Rye 
 SilverMon'ey, at Three Shillings and Six-pence per Bufhel, Indian Corn at Three Shillings per 
 orinGrajn.' Bufliel, all to be good and Merchantable ; The Grain to be paid to the 
 feveral Conftables at or before the laft Day of June next enfuing, and not 
 after ; To be difpofed of as the General AfTembly Oiall Order. 
 
 NEW-LONDON: 
 
 Timothy Green, Printer to the 
 VERNOUR and COMPANY, j 72 2. 
 
 Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the Honourable the GO- 
 "INOUR
 
 Jmo Regni Regis GEORGIJ. Nona 
 
 ^o^ceable entti? atiD S)etainet« 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majeftles Colony 
 of ConneSl'icHt in New England : Begun and Held at New Haven, 
 on the nth. Day of O^oler, in the Ninth Year of the Reign of 
 Our Soveraign Lord G HO /?(?£, KING of Great-Britain, &c. 
 Anno Domini, 17x1. 
 
 An Ad direding Proceedings againft Force- 
 able Entry and Detainer. 
 
 B^ tt (f nartcii anO SDeclarrt bp tlie (Bobcrnout, Countfl anu Bt- 
 prefentatlt)e0, m (Bentcal Court SKTembUD, and bp tbe 3Cutt)ojftp 
 of t^e fame. That upon Complaint made to any one or more 
 Afliftants or jufticesof the Peace, of any Forceable Entry made 
 into any Lands, Tenements or other Poffefiions, lying within the County 
 where fuch Afliftant or Affiftants, Joftice or Juftices dwell or refide ^ or 
 of any Wrongful Detainer of any Lands, Tenements, or other Pofleflions, 
 with Force and flrong Hand ♦ that it to fay, with Words or Aftions, which 
 have a Natural Tendency to Affright or Terrify, Every fuch Affiftant or 
 Affiftants, Juftice or Juftices, within Convenient Time, at the Coft of the 
 party Grieved, fliall go to the place where the Force is, taking with him 
 the Sheriff or his Deputy and other Sufficient Power of the Town or 
 County,at his difcretion ( if need be ) toaid him. And all the People of the 
 Couiuy as well the Sheriff as otiiers, IhaU be Attending to the faid A/fiftant 
 or AlTiftaftts, Juftice or Juftices, and AlTift him or them to Arreft fuch Of- 
 fenders when thereunto Called, upon Pain of Imprifonment, and to pay a 
 fine o( Forty Shillings to the Treafury of the County. And that two Af^ 
 fiftants or two Juftices Quorum Vntts, or one Afltftant and one Juftice, (hall 
 have Authority and Power to Enquire by the Oaths of the People of the 
 fame County, as well of them that make fuch Forceable Entry into 
 Lands, Tenements or other Poffefiions, as of them that hold the fame by 
 Force. And if it be found on fuch Enquiry,that a ForceableEntry is made 
 into any Lands, Tenements or other Poffefiions, or that the fame are 
 Held with force, then fuch AfSftants or Juftices ftiall Caufe the fame Lands, 
 Tenements or Pofieflions to beRefeifed \ and thereof the party to be again 
 put in the PofFeiCon.who in fuch fort was put out ot holden out, 
 
 X X Ana 
 
 On Com- 
 plaint made 
 to an Affift- 
 ant or Juftice, 
 of any Force- 
 ableEntry in- 
 to any Land, 
 &c to take 
 with him the 
 Sheriffor his 
 Deputy.with 
 others ( if 
 need be J to 
 aid him, and 
 toArreft faid 
 Offenders. 
 
 Two A (Eft- 
 ants or two 
 JufticesJ^p- 
 rum Unv{, to 
 Enquire into 
 faid For. 
 ceable Entry, 
 Sc caufe faid 
 Lands. Sfc. 
 to be Re- 
 feifed, & the 
 Party Dif- 
 feifed tu be 
 put into Pof- 
 teHion again.
 
 AfiHo Regni Regrf G E O R G I J, Nono. 
 
 .76 goitt^W€nttv^^ttMntt, 31mpoft otiasittm. 
 
 yind to the End that Encjuiry be Jo made at aforefaid^ Such Affiftants or 
 Afliftants or Juftices, (hall make out their Warrants or Precepts direfted to the Sheriff 
 Juftices to of the fame County, or his Deputy, Commanding him on the Kings behalf, 
 ^ue out jjj j.j^jj-g £q ggjj^g before them Eighteen Sufficient and Indifferent Perfons, 
 thes'heriff or dwelling near unto the Lands or Tenements fo entered or held as before, 
 hisDeputy.to whereof Fourteen at leaft to be Impannel'd to enquire in this Behalf, 
 caofe 18 free- each of whom to have freehold Lands or Tenements, of the Yearly 
 ^°'^*' be*f* ^^liifi of ^'"''y Shillings at the leaft, who fliall be Sworn by fuch Afiiftants or 
 themV i4°of J"^'*^®'» ^^^^ ^^'^ ''"'^ to Enquire of fuch forceable Entry orforceable 
 'emtobelm Detainer, and to return a True Verdift according to their Evidence, and 
 panel'dtoen- if the Sheriff ftia 11 make Default in not duly Executing fuch Warrant or 
 ?" 'r f "*** Precept to him direfted, he (hall be fined the Sum of TVs Pounds for every 
 j,le£„f°y^^' Default, and every Juror Summoned by the Sheriff, making his Default 
 Sheriffs fail- by non Appearance, ihall pay a fine of Twenty ShiSin£s. Every AfTiftant or 
 ing herein to Juftice to be paid Seven Shillings per Diem, and the Sheriff Five Shillings per 
 befin'dio/. DjfOT. and every luror 7^r«Sb»//»wr upon every Enquiry to be made as 
 And every _r ?• -j <s *■ 
 
 Iurorio/ aforefaid 
 eesof, &c. fflnU be ft futttetdnatteo bp tlie autto?it? afo^eCafO, That any AfEftant 
 or AflSftants, Juftice or Juftices as aforefaid, may Impofe a Fine on every 
 Afliftants, Offender Committing fuch Force as aforefaid, not exceeding the Sum of 
 (^c. to levy Farfy SW//»w^^, and bind them to the good Behaviour, and Iraprifon fuch 
 a fine not ex- Offenders till they pay fuch Fine, and find Sureties for their Behaviours, 
 InOfffnders' ""'^'^ ^^^ "^^^ County Court to be Holden in the fame County, and 
 commiting then to Appear, and if the Offence be Aggravated by any Open or High- 
 fnch Force, handed Breach of Peace, or otherwife, may bind the Offenders over to 
 asGs'f.Except Appear at the next County Court in the faid County, to anfwer for the 
 Aeeravated f5fl»c»"who may Increafe the fine according to the Aggravation or Circum- 
 and bind 'em ftanccs of the Offence •, All fines arifing by Vertue of this Aft, to be to 
 over to the 2nd for the life of the County for Defraying of County Charges, and the 
 next County party Grieved, (hall recover treble Damages and Coft of Suits by Aftion 
 ^rlS'&id"' ofTrefpafsagainft the Defendant or Defendants, if it be found by Verdift 
 offenders! <>' '" ^ny Other manner ^ due form of Law, that they Entered into his 
 Lands or Tenements by Force or after Entry did hold by Force ; Any 
 Said fines for Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 ■the ufe of Provided always^ That this Aft fhall not Extend or be Conftrued to 
 the County. Extend, unto any Perfon or Perfons that have had the Occupation, or 
 A favine ^*^® ^^" '" Qyiet Poffeffion of any Lands, Tenements or PofTeflions, by 
 the fpace of three whole Years together next before, and his, her or their 
 . Eftate or Eftates therein not Ended or Determined. 
 
 This Aft to Provided alfo. That this Aft, Continue of Force for two Years and 
 
 contmae z <> 
 
 years and no no Longer. ^ 
 
 °"^ ' ^ An Ad for the more Effedual Collecting 
 'Jf\l?h ^^^ Duty of Impoft upon Rhum. 
 
 272'. ^^TTfiEREjiS Hotrsithfianding the Proviflon already made by Law, divert 
 
 V y Mafiers of open Boats, and other Coafiing Veffelsy do frequently Import or 
 bring into thii Colony Urge Quantities of Rhum, and Land or offer the fame to Sale 
 in feveral of the Roads, Harbours, Creeks and Rivers thereunto belonging, without 
 Ptiamhle, frh Entering the faid Rhum and paying the Duty thereof, or giving Bond for that 
 end to fome Naval Officer of this Government, at the Law direEis • and by that 
 means Vndtr-fell all fuch as punUually Comply with the Law and pay the Duty 
 thereby required of them, vhich U very Prejudicial and Injuriow to all fuch as are 
 Concerned in the Foreign Trade of this Government ( which principally cenfff-s in the 
 Weft India Trade ) and alfo to divers other Perfons.
 
 j4ano Regtii Regis G E O R G I J, Nona 
 
 3mpoft on JSinm* 277 
 
 T5e Itrlititofe (CnarteD B? tit (Botetnour, Council anu Efprefcntatftitrf, 
 fn (JBenecQl Court affemWeD, anQ bp tlie ailut|)0?(tp of tjie fanu. That ^Kr^'^"L 
 icora and after the firft Day ot January next ; All Mafters of Ships and Boats com' 
 other Veflels, as well Open Boats as others. Coming into any Harbour, irig into any 
 Port or River within this Colony, from beyond Sea or from any other Haibour or 
 Province or Colony ,bcfore bulk be broken, and within Twenty four Hours ^'^^^ before 
 after his Arrivalin luch Harbour, Port or River, fliall make a Report to g^^l '*'"'' 
 feme Naval Officer of this Government, of the Contents of the Loading of nuke Report 
 fuch Ship or VefTel, which Report fuch Mafler Ihall give in to the faid to fome Na- 
 Naval Officer under his Hand, and fliall therein fet down and exprefi the ^*' Officer of 
 Quantity of Hognieads,Tearfes, Barrels or other Cask of Rhum Loadenon "''^iLh''*'^ 
 fuch Ship or VeiTel, with the Marks and Numbers thereof, and to whom wlmnzl 
 the fame is Configned, and alfo make Oath, that the faid Report or hours after 
 Manifeft of the Contents of his Loading, fo to be by hira given in under f^"^ arrival 
 his Hand as aforefaid. Contains a Juft and True Account to the beft of his L" ^^^^ **''" 
 Knowledge, of the whole Loading taken on Board and Imported in the ''°"'*"^"*'' 
 faid VefTel, from the Port or Ports fuch Veflel came from, and that he 
 hath not broken Bulk, nor Delivered any of the Rhum Loaden on fiid Ship 
 or VefTel Direftly or Indireftly, and that if he fhall know of any more And to make 
 Rhum to be Imported therein, before the Landing thereof, he will Caufe Oath to their 
 it to be added to his Manifeft ; Which Oath the faid Naval Officer, is '^^"»f«ft> oa 
 hereby Impowred to Adminifter, after which fuch Mafler may Unload, Taiooi °^ 
 and not before, on Pain ot One Hundred Pounds to be Forfeited and Paid 
 by each Mafler that (hall Negleft his Duty on this Behalf. 
 
 ^ r , Mm , ^° R""! to 
 
 flnti fie ft ftirtljec (CnattttiB? t|e 5!Itit^o?itp afo;eraftF, That from be Larxiedoa 
 and after the faid firft Day of January next, no Rhum Ihall be Landed on V'^ WharfF, 
 any Wharff or into any Warehoufe or other place but in the Day Time ^/j''"!*'* 
 only, and that afber Sun rife and before Sun fkty unlefs in the Prefence of Unlefi' e^f' 
 or with theConfent andPermiflion of the Naval Officer, to whom the onpenahyof 
 Duty is Payable onPain of Forfeiting all fuch Rhum,and the Lighter,Boat f°"eiting all 
 or VelIel,out of which the fame /hall be Landed or put into any Ware- ^^'"^ ^"'"* 
 houfe or other Place ; And if any perfon or perfons Ihall not have and 
 produce an Invoyce of the Number of Gallons of Rhum by him or them ^'^^ *o be 
 Imported, or to him or them Configned, and make Oath to the fame, ^^Sed.atthe 
 according to the direftion of the Law in that cafe already Provided, then im V^'*'® 
 the Cask wherein the fame is, fhall be Gaged at the Charge of the Importer ***""• 
 that the Quantity thereof may be truely known. 
 
 5llnlJ lie ft ftirtljtc (EnacrtU bp tfte 5Butf)o?itp afojefafli. That the ".ft . 
 Mafter of any Ship or other VefTel Importing any Rhum, fhall be lyable Veflii" , 
 to, and fhall pay the Duty for fuch and fo much thereof Contained in his pay theDufy 
 Manifeft, as fhall not be Duly Entered, nor the Duty Paid for the fame, °^Ri»n when 
 by the Perfon or Perfons to whom fuch Rhum is or fhall be Configned, ^''"''S''«d to 
 and it (hall and may be Lawful toand for theMafler of every Ship or other &\o^i[et'- 
 VefTel to Secure and Detain in his Hands at the Owners Rifque, all fuch faid Rum^at 
 Rhum Imported in fuch Ship or VelTel until he fhall Receive a Certificate ^^^ Owners 
 from the Naval Officer to whom he Delivered his Manifeft, that the IV'^"* ""'U 
 Duty for the fame is Paid, and until he be Repaid his NecefTary Charges pa^j "'* ^*" 
 in Securing the fame, or fuch Mafter may Deliver fuch Rhum as is not ^ ^""* 
 Entered as aforefaid, unto the Naval Officer in fuch Port or his Order, ^[^ ^^^'^^^ 
 who is hereby Impowred and Direfted to receive and keep the fame at the Naval" 
 the Owners Rifque, until the I mpofl thereof with Charges be Paid, and Officenillits 
 then to Deliver fuch Rhum as fuch Maimer (hall Direft. Duties are 
 
 paid.
 
 g 
 
 ^KTio Regnl Regis G E O R G I J, Nono. 
 
 ^nUbe it further (CnattflJ tijtlje autliojdp afo;efa(0, That the Naval 
 Naval Offi- Officer or Receiver of the Impoft in each Port, (hall be and is hereby 
 cers 'o Sae Impowred to Sue the Mafter of any Ship or Veflel for the Impoft or Duty 
 Ve(Rl"for ^°'' ^° niuch of theRhum Imported therein according to the Manifeft by 
 the Impoft ^i"! to be given upon Oath as aforefaid, as (hall Remain not Entered, 
 ofRum, in and the Duty or Impoft thereof not Paid by the Perfons to whom it is 
 cafe,©^f.aiid Configned as aforefaid. And that the Ship or Veflel, with her Tackle, 
 lUbletoAn- Apparrel and Furniture, the Mafter of which fiiall make Default, in any 
 Iwerall For- thing by this Aft Required to be Performed by him, ftiall be lyable to 
 feitures and Anfwer and make good the Sum or Sums Forfeited by fuch Mafter 
 f^vi*" A* °^ according to this Ad for any fuch Default, as alfo to make good the Impoft 
 laidMafters. ^^ q^j.^ ^^^ ^ny fuch Rhum not Entered as aforefaid, and upon Judgment 
 isj nm R^*^overed againft fuch Mafter, the faid Ship or Veflel, or fo much of the 
 cerVto make "^^^^^^ °^ Appurtenances thereof, as ftiall be Sufficient to Satisfy faid 
 Seifute of Ju'^gment may be taken in Execution for the fame. And the Naval 
 VelTels, till Officer or Receiver of the Impoft is hereby Impowred to make Seifure of 
 fufficient Se- f^ch Ship or Vefl*el and Detain the fame under Seifure until Judgment be 
 curity be g»- gj^gjj j^ any Suit to be Commenced and Profecuted for any the ftid For- 
 For'feltures f^Jfures Of Impoft, to the Intent that if Judgment be rendered for the 
 of theMafters Profecuter Of Informer, fuch Ship or Veflel and Appurtenances may be 
 Ciallbefatis- Expofed for Satisfaction thereof as is before Provided, unlefsthe Owners 
 *'*^' or fome on their behalf, for the Releafmg of fuch Ship or Veflel from under 
 
 __ „ ,. Seifure or Reftraint, fhaU give Sufficient Security to the Naval Officer 
 ble tSsued ^^-^^- '^^^^^^ ^^^ fame, toRefpond and Satisfy the Sum or Value of the For- 
 k? their feiiiure and Duties with Charges that {hall be Recovered againft the Mafter 
 Owners. thereof, upon Suit to be brought for the fame as aforefaid •, And the 
 
 Mafter Occafioning fuch Lofs and Damage -unto his Owners through his 
 
 Default or Negleft Ihall be Lyable unto their Aftion for the fame. And 
 Bij^ofStoie the IJaval Officers or Receivers of the Impoft in the feveral Ports of this 
 atSe difcre- Government are hereby Impowred to allow Bills of Store to the Mafter 
 lion of the * of £ny Ship or Veflel Importing any Rhum for fuch Private Adventures as 
 Naval Offi- Ihall Bern fide belong to the Mafter or Seamen of fuch Ship or other Vefle!, 
 cef* at the Difcretion of the faid Naval Officer, not Exceeding Two per Cent. 
 
 of the Loading, and the Duties Payable for fuch Rhum in fuch Bills of 
 
 Store Mentioned and Exprefled fhall be Abated. 
 
 SnB bt it fuctljtt ^natltU b? tSje atufjojftp afo?cfafb. That all Penalties 
 Said Foifei- and Forfeitures Accruing or Arifmg by Virtue of this Aft, fhall be one 
 one^toif S ^^^^ thereof to the Treafurer of this Colony for the Ufe of the faid 
 ihe Informer Colony, and the other Half to him or them that fhall Seife, Inform and 
 ("excepting Sue for the fame by Aftion, Bill, Plaint or Information in any of His 
 the Charges Majefties Courts of Record, wherein no Eflbign, Proteftion or Wager of 
 of Profecuti- j^^^ ^^^j^ jjg aUowgd . The whole Charge of Profecution to be taken out of 
 
 Sher half to the Half belonging to the Informer. 
 
 tbfe Colony. " — — «-•— ^— .^— — — — — ■ ■ 
 
 An A& in Emendation of an Adi Made and 
 Paffed at an Affembly, Holden at jl5etb- 
 y^de page Ijat)en5€)tt0bet 12th, 1721, Entituled^AnAdt for 
 Encouragement of the getting Bay^berry Tallow. 
 
 WHEREAS the Time Limittei in the faid AEi, for gathering faid Ber- 
 riety being the Tventieth Day o/Auguft, Annually^ is found by Experience 
 tcofoon \ the faid Berries not being then Ripe, or come to fuch Ferfetiion at to render 
 the gathering themlrofitable \fo that the good End in the faid ji3 intended if maeh 
 Objirufled, 
 
 For
 
 ^««o Regul Regis G E O R G I J, Nono. 
 
 T^ii^Mnitu. %ititu* 27? 
 
 For Remedy thereof 
 %t ie (fnattett bg t^t dJoftEtnoac, Council anU Hfprffcntatifcesf, in Bav-berries 
 <Kftnecal Court afTemblea, aiiQ b? tlje 9ilutl)0?{tp of t!)C famc^ That the not to be g»- 
 Timefor gathering faid Berrys fhall begin on the Tenth Day of September thered till 
 Annually •, And if any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever Jhall prefume to Sept. 10. An- 
 gather faid Berrys fooner, he or they (hall be lyabje to the Penalties in p^^y "of 
 the faid Aft mentioned : Any thing in faid Aft to the contrary not- ^c. ' 
 withftanding' 
 
 An Aft for Preventing and Punifliing Riots J^^^ f;|; 
 
 and Rioters. ^ '^^' ' 
 
 W 
 
 H'E'RE AS of late there hath teen within this Colony, fame Riototu and 
 Tumultuoat Meetings and ASiionsjto the dijlurbance of the fublick Peace. Preamlle, 
 
 For the Preventing thereof for the Future : 
 
 2Be tt «na(teti bp t^e ^otjecnoutr, flftirtantjS anh 3Dcputff£f, in ©pneral three per 
 Court 3IlffeinbleD, anU bp t^e autfjoJit? of tlz fame, That when Three fonsormore, 
 perfons or more,(hall Come or Aflemble themfelves together to the Intent Aflembling 
 to do any unlawful aft with force and violence againft the perfon of another, \° '^° *"y ""• 
 3s to killjbeatjor otherways to hurt,or againft his pofleffions or goods,as to wUhForcea 
 break open or pulldown anHoufe or Fence "wrongfully, or to cut or take Violence.as 
 away Corn, Grafs, Wood, or other Goods wrongfully, or to do any other toBeat.Hurc 
 unlawful Aft with Force or Violence againft the Peace 9 or to the manifeft °^ ^'^' *"y 
 Terror of the People at any Time after the firft day of November next, and ^Vod"/ if 
 being Required or Commanded by any of the Civil Authority, or by any 7o°tAe or 
 SherifForUnder-Sheriif,orany one or more of theSeleftmenorConftable hurt any of 
 of any Town where fiich Aflembly fhall be, by Proclamation to be made in ^^^ Goods, 
 the Kings Name in the form herein after direfted, (hall not difperfe them- ^■'' °'^ '"^ 
 felves and peaceably depart to their Habitations,or to their lawful Bufinefs • tie'luwtck^ 
 or being fo aflembled as aforefaid,(hall do any unlawful aft againft any mans Peace, & be- 
 Perfon, or Pofreflions,or Goods,or againft the Publick Intereft in any parti- ^"jS •" 'be 
 cular,in manner as aforefaid,and be thereof Convifted by due Courfe of Law ^'"^^ Name 
 before the County Court or before the Superiour Court to be holden in the DeMrt do 
 refpeftive Counties where this Law (hall be TranfgrelTed and Broken, Ihall any unlawful 
 be punilhed by Fine, not exceeding for each perfon Twenty Pounds ; Im- A<ft, fhall be 
 prifonment, not exceeding Six Months ; or by Whipping, not exceeding P^"'^^'^ by 
 Forty Stripes : Any or all of the faid Puni(hments at the difcretion of the ^n"men?^or" 
 Court that have Cognizance of fuch Offence, as the Nature and Circum- Whipping, 
 ftance of the Faft (hall require. 
 
 311nD 6e it furtljcc <Ciia(tcU 6p tftt HIut]^o?iti> afojefaio. That the Order Silence to be 
 and Form of the Proclamation aforementioned, (hall be as foltoweth ; That Commanded 
 is tofay-yThe perfons authorized by this Aft ihall among or as near as he or ^ Proclama- 
 they can fafely come to the faid Rioters, with a loud Voice Command or made "with a 
 caufe to be Commanded, Silence to be whilft Proclamation is making •■, and loud Voice. 
 after that ihall openly and with a loud Voice make or caufe to be made 
 Proclamation in thefe words, or like in effeft, Viz., 
 
 QZ;r Sovereign Lord the KING, Chargeth and Commandeth all Perfons being The Form of 
 y^fembled, immediately to dijperfe themfelves, and Teacedly to depart fo the Procla- 
 their Habitations, or to their lawful Bufinefs, upon the Pains containsd in the ASl maiion, 
 w Law of this Colony, Made in the Ninth Tear of King GEORGE, for 
 Preventing and Tuvifimg Riots and Riottrs. 
 
 Y y And
 
 Amo Regni RegU GEO R G I J, Nono. 
 
 2S0 Btotio;. 
 
 And every Afliftant.Juftice of the Peace, SherifF, Under-SherifF, Seleft- 
 Afliftants&'c tnan or Conftable. within the limits of their refpeaivejurifdiaions are 
 ito refort to jjereby Authorized, Impowred, and Required, on notice or knowledge of 
 Rio«%Ter&any fuch Unlawful and Riotous Aflembly, to refort to the place where 
 there make fuch Aflembly (hall be, and there make or caufe to be made Proclamation 
 Proclamation Jn manner aforefaid. 
 
 ataforeliid. ^^^ 5,^ (j fuctljEC <fitxact£5 Op t^c autl)9?ft? afajctaiti, That if fuch pcr- 
 IffaidRiotors ^^"^^ ^° Unlawfully and Riotoufly alTembled, or any three or more of them, 
 or any } of after Proclamation made as aforefaid, (hall continue together and not 
 them do con- difperfe themfelves *, that then it fliall and may be lawful to and for every 
 tinue toge- Afliflant, Juftice of the Peace, SherifF, Under-SherifF,Selea-man or Confta- 
 J'j^^;^^j"jJ;^ble, where fuch AfTembly {hall be, and to and for fuch other perfon or 
 fe\ves after perfons as (hall be Commanded to be affifting unto any Adiftant, Juftice 
 Proclamation of the Peace, SherifF, Under-SherifF, Seleft- man or Conftable, who are 
 is made as a- hereby authorized and impowred to Command all His Majefties SubjeJls 
 f^M A^irft^^t of age and ability, to be affifting to them therein, to Seife and Apprehend, 
 fifr to Com-' and they are hereby required to Seife and Apprehend fuch perfons fo Un- 
 niand all His lawfully and Riotoudy Continuing together after Proclamation made as 
 Majefties aforefaid -, and forthwith to carry the Perfons fo Apprehended before 
 Sublets to j-Q^g Affiftant or Juftice of the Peace, in order to their being Proceeded 
 ips fUdiRb- againft according to Law. And that if any of the Perfons lo Unlawfully 
 tous perfons, and Riotoufly affembled, fhall happen to be Killed, or Maimed, or Hurt, 
 in Order to in difperfing or apprehending or in endeavouring to difperfe or apprehend 
 their being ^^gp^ by reafon of their refifting the perfons fo difperfing Or endeavour- 
 cainft *!(:-*' ^"8 ^^ difperfe or apprehend them ', that then every Afliftanr, juftice of 
 fording to the Peace, SherifF, Under SherifF, Seleftman or Conftable, and all and 
 law. fingular the perfons being aiding andaflifting to them, or any of them, 
 
 (hall be Freed, Oifcharged and Indemnified, as well againft the Kings 
 Anyoffaid Majefty, His Heirs and Succe (Tors, as againft all and every other perfon 
 Riotors hap- jjj^jj pef fons of, for, or Concerning the Killing, Maiming or Hurting of 
 V.\\\t^i&c any fuch perfon or perfons fo Unlawfully and RiotouQy AfTembled, that 
 fuch to be (hall happen to befo Killed, Maimed or Hurt, as aforefaid. 
 
 Indemnified, provided always^ IBno bc it fuwljec (f nattcD l)p tf)e 1lut5o?frp afo^ffartr. 
 That if any perfon or perfons do or ftiall with Force and Armes, Wilfully 
 They that g^d Knowingly Oppofe, Obftruft, or in any Manner Wilfully and Know- 
 ihall wilfully . . Lgj.^ Hinder or Hurt any perfon or perfons that fhall begin to Pro- 
 peTnmak- claim, or goto Proclaim according to the Proclamation hereby DireSed 
 ingProclama- to be made, whereby fuch Proclamation fhall not be made, and be thereof 
 tion as afore- Convided by due Courfe of Law, (hall Forfeit, Suffer or be Puniflied in 
 faid.ordonot j^anner and Form as aforefaid, and that alfo every fuch perfon or perfons, 
 felves aftw fo being Unlawfully and Riotoufly Affembled to the Number of three as 
 fuch oppofi- aforefaid, or more to whom Proclamation (hould or ought to have been 
 tion.tobcpro. made if the fame had not been Hindered as aforefaid, (hall likewife in 
 lecuied a. ^^^^ they Of any of them to the Number of three or more (hall continue 
 FaVd"^pro'ch- together and not Immediately Difperfe themfelves after fuch Lee or 
 mation had Hinderance fo made, having Knowlege of fuch Let or Hindrance fo made, 
 been made, and be thereof Convifted by due Courfe of Law, fliall Forfeit, Suffer or be 
 
 punifhed in Manner and Form as aforefaid. 
 This Aft to UnB be (t fucttiec Cnaocrtl)? rte iautl)o?ftp arojefaiD, That this Aft 
 be Openly (hall be Openly Read by the Town Clerk in the Town Meeting for the 
 Read by the Choice of Town Officers in each Town Annually. 
 
 Tovvn Clerk, frovided always, That no perfon or perfons (hall be Profecuted by 
 Annually. yertue of this Aft for any Offence or Offences Committed contrary to 
 'A A the fame; UnlefsfuchProfecutionbeCommenced within Twelve Months 
 Ftoviae . ^^^^^ ^^^ Offence Committed. Provided alfo. That all fuch Afirays,Riots, 
 provided Routs, and Breaches of the Peace not Punifhable by this Aft, fhall and may 
 alfo. be Proceeded with and Puniflied as before the making thereof. 
 
 An
 
 j^nm Regni Regis G E O R G I J, NonO. 
 
 Indian Haittl* *|)etlf 5^ atltj COUftablCS^* 281 
 
 -An Adt for preventing Trefpaffes on the 
 Lands of this Colony,by Illegal Purchafes videPag.94. 
 thereof from the Indtans. tlhlxziV.' 
 
 WHEREAS this JJfcmhly have been informed, that notwlthfianiing the 
 Ancient Laws of this Colony to the contraryy fome Per font have fret ended _ .. 
 tofurchafeoflnivms their Rights as Natives, of tnany Confiderable Iratlsof 
 Land lying witinn this Colony \ and although all fuch Deeds when okainedfWithout 
 the Leave and Confent of this Affemhly are by the faid Law declared to be ipfo 
 iaflo, l^oid. Tet under Colour of fuch Deeds, ferfons unactjuainted with the faid 
 Laws may be Impofed vpon. Deceived and great lyWrongedy at well as the Settle- 
 ment of fuch Lands in Plantations j furfuant to the End ex^reffed in our Charter , 
 hindered' 
 
 For the Prevention whereof t 
 5Be ft €natt«l» b? tte (Bobernotir, Council anH EcprcrcntatftejJ, in 
 (Bencral Court aUTcmljUt!, anU ftp ttc aiutljojit? oEttc fame, That who-Perfons pre- 
 foever fhall prefume to Purchafe any Lands within theBoundsof this f^ni'ns to 
 Colony, of any Indians whatfoever, without the Leave of this -'^^^'"b'y* ^'^'ndsofany 
 hereafter firft had and obtained, under colour or pretence of fuch Indians i„dians, or 
 being the Proprietors of faid Lands by a Native Right ■, or (hall having making Sale 
 Purchafed ot any Indians Lands in fuch manner, without Leave of this Af- of f"cn _ 
 fembly firft had, or the Confirmation of this Aflembly afterwards obtained, ^^"f^^"^ 
 prefume to makeanySaleoforany Settlements upon any Lands fo Pur- the General 
 chafed, every perfonwho /hall in any fuch Manner Tranfgrefs, and be Aflembly, to 
 thereof ConAnfted in the County Court, or in the Superior Court of that beFined 50./. 
 County where fuch Lands fhall lye, fliall Incur the Penalty ofFtf}y Pounds Perfons fuf- 
 to the Treafury of this Colony. And whatfoever perfon or perfons, fhall feringWrong 
 fuffer any Wrongby Means of fuch Sale or Settlement as aforefaid, fhall ^y^chSaks, 
 Recover in either of the faid Courts upon Proof of fuch Wrong by hitn xrebleDarn. 
 fufFered,Trfible Damages againft the perfon or perfons fo Wronging ot him. ages. 
 
 Vide Pag. 20, 
 
 An A& Impowring the Sheriffs and Confta- ]z""Sill: 
 bles in keeping the Kings Peace. ii'i'^*')^* 
 
 Bd ft tfnarttB 6p tSe (Stibttnam, Countil emtt fir ptttentatiftc*?, f n sheriffs fun 
 (P^ntra! Court anembleli, anO ftp t^e flutl)o;itpoftf|erame, That power toEx- 
 the Sheriffs in their refpeQive Counties in this Colony, fliall have full ecuteLawful 
 Power to Execute all Lawful Writs to them direfted, coming from Lawful "W^'i^s. 
 Authority. «:i«r;ff, ,„ 
 
 55nb it is fmltt «natteb 6p tfie 35utl|0?ttp ofojefaflJ, That the Sheriffs conferve the 
 aForefaid^all have full Power within their Refpeftive Counties,toConferve Kings Peace, 
 the Kings Peace, and to Supprefs with Force and Strong Hand, when the feioSupprefs 
 Neceffity of the Cafe fhall fo Require, all Tumults, Riots, Routs and other 1°™"' *!% 
 Unlawful Affemblys, and to Apprehend without Warrant,all fuch as they fnd" wi^out 
 ftall find fo appearing in Difturbance of the Kings Peace as aforefaid. Warrant to 
 and Caufe them to appear before the next Affiftant or Juftice of the Apprehend 
 Peace, who may as the Cafe fhall Require after Examination, bind over {A^** P*^"^" 
 fuch Offenders to the next County Court in that County where the Offence p^cc. 
 is Committed, by whom, fuch Offenders being duly Convifted of the Such to be 
 Breach of the Peace in any of the kinds aforefaid, fhall bePunifhed by Fine punilhed by 
 or Imprifonment at their Difcretion, as the Nature of the Offence fhall Fine or Im-
 
 Anno Regnt Regis G E O R G I J, Nono. 
 
 2S2iE:vtl)ittS^mcttj£(£)atl).3n!)abitatttiS*l^l)pGcian;S» 
 
 anHitf^SewtipfUrttiErCKnactEtl, That the Sheriffs aforefaid,fhall have 
 Sheriffs to full Power ac their Difcretion, to Command fuch affiftance as they (hall 
 have full judge Needful of fuitable perfbns within their Refpeftive Counties, to a/Tift 
 Command them in the Execution of their Office, and whofoever being fo Com- 
 afliftance in manded, fhall Negleft or Refufe to Affift any Sheriff in the Execution of 
 the Executi- ^jg Office according to his ability, and be thereof Ccavifted in the County 
 on of theu Court of that County where the Offence is Committed, fhall pay a Fine 
 Penalty on of f'"''> S/3«/%i to the Treafury of faid County, befides Charge of 
 iefufmg40i. Proftcution. 
 
 anD it (<J farttifC Cnarteti, That each and every Conflable in this 
 Conftablesto Colony in their Refpeftive Towns, have equal Power given them, as by 
 have Equal ^^ni Aft is given to the Sheriffs in their Refpeftive Counties, in all the 
 Shetiff/Gfc Particulars therein Mentioned. 
 
 An Adi for prefcribing a Form of the Oath 
 [seeAapag. for Tything-Meti. 
 
 i6t. where ' ^ 
 
 twoTything 'T^'iB ft ^nflCtcD 6? tS^ <!5oi)ecnour. Council and IRpptrerentatitjesf, in 
 «»«" *■■*=/*"* 13 (15£neral Court. 3lllTem6Ie6, onDDp tf)e 31(Utl)o?itp o£ tlje fanu, That 
 Chofen. for the Oath for Ty thing-men be adminiftred in the following Form, Viz., 
 every Pariffi 
 
 oi Society. ] "VOu A.B, do Swear by the Ever*living God, that for the Year 
 
 ■*• Enfuing, and until new be Chofen and Sworn : You will Faithfully 
 
 Execute the Place and Office of Tything-Man, for and within the Town 
 
 ^*'*hf*'^T^'^ ofH or Limits whereto you are Appointed, and that in and by all the 
 
 thing-meny' Particulars mentioned in the Law, whereto your Office hath Relation ; 
 
 and that you will do therein Impartially according to Law, without Fear 
 
 or Favour, according to your beft Skill and Knowlege. So help you God. 
 
 .1 - .. — ■ ■ ^~i ■ , , 
 
 An Ad in Addition to, and Explanation of 
 the Law, Entituled, Aa Ad concerning 
 Vide Page Towtt Inhabitants. 
 
 itg^&WV.^KT^^^^^^^''^ ^Jf''"^^ ^t their Sejftons in Oftober, One Thoufatid 
 ' W Seven Hundred and Nineteen, did Ena^ that any Ferfcn coming into 
 any Town, and being there thejpace of One Tear and not Warned out of fuch 
 Town, that then it Jbouldnotbe lawful to Frofccute any fucbFafon, 
 
 Treamih. ffie tt (Enattrt b? tit (Botiernotic Ceuncil ants Kt pr«rentatftf0, in (Bene* 
 
 ral Court ^embleo, anD bp tlie %ntli9)it2 of tf)E fame, That the faid Law 
 
 ihall not Intend any fuch perfon or perfons as come into any Town as 
 
 Perfonscom- Tenants, nor fuch as remain there under Bonds taken to the acceptance of 
 
 xlw'nS ^"^ the Authority and Selearaen of faid Town,that he {hall not be Chargeable 
 
 Tenants,6'c. to fuch Town, but every fuch perfon Remaining under any or either of the 
 
 may be aforefaid Circumftances, fhall be lyable to be Warned out of Town, any 
 
 Warned out jj^ie within the fpace of one Year after faid Leafe or Bonds are out, 
 
 if fe ■^'out notwithftanding their Remaining in Town as aforefaid ; AnyLaw,Ufage 
 
 'or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 Vide Page 
 
 An Ad concerning Phyficians &Chiurgeons. 
 
 loo, & "ipS- -p ^foltjctl bj tl)i33iIffCmblH,That for theFuture,anphyfitians and Chirur^ 
 *o be Rated l\ 8^°"^ now allowed or hereafter to be alIowed,fhall beRated and Taxed 
 as others. ' for their Polls in all Publick dues,as other Inhabitants in this Colony are. 
 
 An
 
 j4ii>}0 Kegn't Regis G E R G I J, Kom. 
 
 An h€t for the more Effectual Enabling 
 Sheriffs to do Execution on final Judg- 
 ments given in the Law; and for the Serv- vide Pagc 
 ing of Writts and Proceffes in the Law. '^ '^'*'^'* 
 
 ^ , Sheriffs 
 
 B45 it (JPnatteH ana SDecIareU op tfie <©ol)crnouc, Council and Eeprcren= meeting with 
 ratitjesfjinQjencral €oiitt afTcmbleD.ano Dp t^c 2fliuIX2itp oE tlje fame, Oppofition 
 Thai when and fo x)ften as the Sheriffs in the feveral tounsies in this '" '''^^''^'^"- 
 Colony, ihall meet with Oppofition in doing Execution of Lawful Writts o^"^/^|^"' 
 Signed by Lawful Authority, or in Serving other Lawful Writts and Pro- have full 
 ceffes Signed as aforefaid, or (hall have grouud to them Satisfying, to fear Pov/er and 
 and fufpe£t that Obflrudion and Oppofition will be made, Hiall have full Authority t» 
 Power and Authority 10 Command NecefTary AlTiftancefor the Enabling ^'^T^"'* 
 ihem to Execute their Office therein. And all Perfons who are of Age and 40 \ Fine 
 Ability are hereby required to Obey the Sheriffs therein on the Penalty of for Refufing. 
 Tarty Shilliugs^to be paid into the CountyTreafury for refufing, on their Con- O" g'eatOp- 
 viftion thereof before the County Court of the Tame County And in cafe P?'''?°">'he 
 of great Oppofition, or fufpicion thereof, it (hall be within the Authority of theAdvr"'f 
 the SherifFjby and with the Advice of one Afilftani and a Jufiice of the Peace, an Affiftant 
 and of the AffiOants and Juftices prefent, in cafe more are prefent, to Raife andjuftice of 
 the Militia of the County, or fo many of them as they ftiall judge Needful, j'^^.*'"«,to 
 for the removing all Oppofition out of the way -.and Ihall therein proceed, wVliti'''^ 
 and be Indemnified, as is Provided by the Aft, Entituled, /in AH for the theCoun°y 
 preventing and Puniflnng Riots and Rioters, See Page xya 
 
 And all Military Officers and Souldiers are hereby Commanded to yield MiiitaryOfli- 
 Obedience thereunto, on the Pains and Penalties hereafter mentioned, that '^■'^ * ^°"'* 
 the End of the Law and Government be not fruflrated. thelher^ff^'^ 
 
 Jnd it Is aljo hereby ffecially Provided, That upOn the Motion of Major John " '* 
 
 Clark of Say brooi, that Execution may be donCjUpon a certain Judgment Re- 
 covered by him, before the Superior Court at HartfordyOn the Third Tuefday 
 of March lafl, againft Capt. Jeremiah Fitch, Living near the South Bounds of Sheriffs no 
 Coventry,thQ SherifFof theCounty of Hartford^do proceed in manner as above» "lore to Re- 
 f3id;unlefsthe Sheriff fliall be well alTured that Execution may be done with- ^^'" '''«/ 
 out it. And that the Sheriffs no more Return that they cannot do Execution. Exeau^" 
 
 j4nd it is furtherPrttvidedjJhzi if any CommiOlonated Officer fliall Neglet^ , '""*. 
 orRefufe toObey theCommand of theSberiff,under theRegulation asaforefaid, tarV^°Offi'^*' 
 and be thereof convifted before theCounty Court.fliall pay a ^neoi FivePouftds, refuffng 4" * 
 and every other Souldier convifted as aforefaid, (hall fuffer the penalty of for others. 
 Forty Shillingf. 
 
 Jndit is hereby further Provided, That the Charges .vfhich fhall arife. and Offenders ta 
 Damages which (hall be fudained. upon fuch an Occafion, fhall be Paid and P^y 'JjeChar- 
 Satisfied out of the Eftates of him or them who are the occafion of it : And or out of the 
 in cafe noEftate, or not fufficient, to Anfwer the Charges and Damages afore- the County, 
 faid.can be found,it fliall be Paid and Satisfied out of the County Treafury, of Colony* 
 where fuch Cafe (hall happen ; and in want of Money in the Treafury of faid ^^"f"ry. 
 County.it (hall be defrayed out of the Publick Treafury of this Colony. ,^ 
 
 And it is further Provided, That the Wages Slated in the Tenth Year of offif" ^°'a 
 the Reign of Queen ANNE, /or Officers and Soiddiers, fijall be Allowed and Soujdier^s. 
 Paid in the cafe aforefaid. 
 
 And /«rr/)fr ,There is hereby Allowed unto all Perfons Commanded to the Allowance 
 Afliftance of the Sheriff, at his difcretion, the fame Wages for Each Days *°°'.''"S' 
 Service, as is hereby Allowed to Souldiers. And the Sheriff is hereby Au- I^t'o/^j 
 thorized to Seife a Sufficiency of the Offenders Eflaic to anfvfer IheCbarges, ers Goods* 
 if it can be found. ^e, * 
 
 Z z An
 
 ^ttno Regni Pegis G E O R G I J, Nono. 
 
 284 Sluns^flf, &c, Cjcpianato^v ^rt. 
 
 An Ad for Appointing the Judges of the Superior Court to Enquire 
 VjdePageir into, Hear, and Determine all Crimes committed in a late Riot 
 12, 91.168, ac Hartford i^n^ for the Explanation of feveral Laws here to* 
 i<5p,ijj2,5x. j^i^g made, concerning Burglary and Breach of Peace. 
 
 THIS Ajfemhly being fully Certified, that on this hfiunt OGtohtr, the Trifoti 
 Uoufe and Common Goal for the County of Hartford, j« Hartford, in a 
 Tumultuotts manner^ rcith firong Hand was Broken Of en, and divers perfons there 
 Preamlle, Committed for the ^on- payment of certain Charges arifing upon their Profecutioa 
 before the County Court of and for the County afore faid, Purfuant to a Sentence of 
 thefaid Court ^were 'taken ^ Refcued and Delivered, out of the Cufiody of the Law : 
 And in that Riotous TranfaUion and Affray y hefides the breaking open of the Houfe 
 and Prifon afore faid, in a Riotous Manner, voith an open and high handed Contempt 
 of this Hit Majejiies Government^ other high Mifdemeanours and Noteriout 
 Breaches of the Peace and other Crimes xtere Perpetrated and Committed. 
 
 To the End that fuch Wickcdnefs may be Supprefs'd^nd the Guilty thereof 
 may be duly Punifhed, according to their feveral Crimes and Infolencies : 
 
 3z ft(fnQrtel» antJ JID?Damc6 6? t^c<J5o\3ccnour,91fn(lant«anl) SJeputftsf, 
 (n 43£netal Court a(femt>Uti. ana tlje 3(utt)0j(tp of t|)C fame, That the 
 The Judges jyjggj gf the Superior Court, or any three of them,are hereby fpecially Au* 
 TiorComt'to thorized andAppoinied by a Jury or oiherways according toLaw,io Enquire 
 Hold a fpe- into,Hear,and Determine all Crimes Committed in theTranfa(ftion aforefaid, 
 cial Coutc at and all things relating thereunto ; as alfo to award Execution thereupon ac- 
 Hartford. cordingly : Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding 
 
 And for this end, the Chief Judge, or either of them, or any Affiftant, 
 
 . . f ftall Iflue out the proper Wriits for the Apprehending, Securing, and 
 
 The Chief Bringing before the faid Judges in Court, as aforefaid, any and every perfoo 
 
 ny Affiftant they (hall think proper to be called in Queftion for any Mifdemeanour b/ 
 
 to ifTue out ihem Committed, on the Occafton aforefaid : and every perfon fo taken 
 
 "Wrjtts, &c. /],aii give Bond with fufRcieni Sureties to the Value of One Hundred Pounds, 
 
 thai he (hall Appear before the Court fo Confticuted and Appointed as 
 
 aforefaid, when called by the faid Court thereunto, and fot the Peace and 
 
 good Behaviour in the mean Time, or be Committed to the Goal of any of 
 
 the Counties in this Colony, there to remain till thefaid Court, or till be 
 
 (hall be olherwife Lawfully Difcharged. 
 
 And further. The faid Judges are hereby Authorized and Direfted to cacfe 
 
 Precepts 10 be ifRied forth, for the Summoningjurorsto ferve on the faid 
 
 And Tutors Occafions, oos of fuch places in ihe faid County as they (hall think moft 
 
 tobefum- free from being Privy 10, or having a Favour for, the Tranfgreflors they 
 
 jnoned. ihall have to pafs upon. 
 
 jiad further it is hereby Provided, That the faid Judges may give fuch Or- 
 ders for caoliog any number of the Cfllicers and Souldiers of the Miliria 
 within (aid County, to attend the faid Court, in the Quality of a Guard, as 
 they Jhall Judge needful, for the Security of the Court ; and both Officers 
 and Souldiers are hereby Commanded to yield Obedience to the faid Orders. 
 SBntt Be (t fuctttt €na(tja anH 2Detlaceti bp t^e SBiJtSo^t'tg afojefafa. 
 That it is the true Intern and Meaning of the fecond Paragraph in the Law, 
 Enlituled, Jn ACl againfl theft and Burglary, to provideagainft the breaking 
 Vide pag. 11 ^jjy dwelling Houfe, as well in the Day Time, as in the Night. 
 Vide pae 91. ^nd furthrr,Ti\at it is the true Intent and Meaning of the Law Entituled,>^» 
 A^ againfl breaking of the Pfrfcf,Thai the Peace is broken by Tumultuous and 
 Explanation OfFcnfive Carriages,Traducing,Q.uarrel!ing,Ch3llenging,as well as by AlTault- 
 oflomeparsi ing.Beatingj-^c.Whatever the Punifhmenl Provided by theLaw is,whether by 
 graphs in the fjijfjjng Sureties of the Peace or by Fine. And all Jurors are hereby Diredled 
 *'*"'• and Required to find accordingly, againfl all perfons Indifted or Prefented 
 
 A Direaion j hroughl OH theirTtval for the Breaches of either of the Laws aforefaid. 
 toJuroiSjtTf " /i„i
 
 Anno RegHt Eegts G E O R G I J, Nono. 
 
 d^oatg* Litchfield* |^to!3ate. 1M\% of CretJit* 2^5 
 
 jind further it isTrovided^ That unlefs the Perfons who have at the time 
 aforefaid made their Efcape oat of the Prifon aforefaid.do render themfelves 
 loPrifon, or pay the Charges, for v^bich they were Committed, with the A Direi^ion 
 Charges of their Committment, to the Sheriff, and Goaler, at or before the ^'f '^!'lJf°^'^ 
 lixth day of t^ovember next, that the Sheriff is hereby direfted to Purfue, ^""' • 
 aod Apprehend, and Re commit them •, And if need be, to Raife the Power 
 and Militia of the County for his Adidance therein. 
 
 An kO: concerning Goats. 
 
 B(£ (t€naCcti I)g tlje (Bol)£t:nour,Countil anbEcpctfentatiicjJjmfScntrQl Goats doing 
 Couct affembleo, anu bp i\\t iautl)o?ifp of tl)£ fame That all Goats i^amageto^be 
 found doing Damage in any Inclorure,and being lmpounded,the Owners of '2^t^°e"o"wners 
 fuch Goats ftiall Pay Four-ferce per Head Poundage j and all Damages. to pay, ©"r. 
 
 An A(3; for annexing Litchfield to the County of Hartford, &c. Vid.pag.24* 
 
 B<E ittfnatteU bp tI)e<SDbEcnour,€ountiI anai!Jtprcrentatiij£Sf,in<J5£nerar 
 Court atfcmbUU, anO bp tlje aut{)o?ftp of ttjc fame. That Litchfield be tUchfieU to 
 annex'd to the County of Hartford ; and that the vacant Lands which lye beannexedto 
 North andEatt and Weft o( Litchfield^sni Weft oiFarmington and Symsbury^ Hartford^c 
 be annexed to the County of New-Haven. 
 
 An Adt for Reviving and further Continuing the Law.EntituIed.An vide page 
 Ad: relating to Courts of Probate. ^^'^' 
 
 WHERE AS tiotrtithftanding the Appointment of One Judge cnly, hy thk 
 Ajfemhly in May UBy to hold each Court of Probates within this Colony, 
 And their being accordingly Commiffioned to hold faid Courts '^yet in-as-mucH at Preamhig, 
 the ASl of this Affembly, Made May One thou f and Seven Hundred and 'Twenty^ 
 Appointing faid Courts to be held by one Judge and Clerk, Expired in May lafh, 
 fame Doubts might arife concerning the Legality and Validity of the Doings and, 
 proceedings of (aid Courts (ince that Time. 
 
 For preventing all Dlfputes and Controverfies of that: kind, which 
 might at any Time hereafter arife ; 
 
 ^ (g tfjetcfoje O^natica anu ©cclarcb bp t|)(0 ^fronM?, That the faid ^jj p„„jj. 
 ftveral Judges fo Appointed and Commiffioned as aforefaid, were well ings of the 
 Authorized and Impowred to hold faid Courts by themfelves and Clerks Courts of 
 only, without other AfCftance ( except as in faid Afl is Provided. ) And ^°''"* ^^^ 
 that all the Doings Proceedings, Sentences and Determinations of faid vafid &^f 
 Jeveral Courts fmce May laft, are as Good, Valid and Effeftual in the Law, fe(Sual3s ^'c 
 to all Intents, Conf^ruftjons and Purpofes whatfoever, and (hall at all times 
 hereafter be fo Reputed, Adjudged and taken as if faid Aft made May, 
 One Thoufand Ssven Hundred and Twenty, had not in May laft Expired, 
 or had been then Revived. ThcfMAA 
 
 flnU ft W futt^ecCnaaeo bp tlje aut^ojit? afo?cfaf!j,Tha£ the faid kBt to Revived.'till 
 Expired,beRevived,and the fame is herebyRevived and Enafied to continue ordered o- 
 ofForcefor the future to all Intents, until this Court (hall Order otherwife. therwife. 
 
 An AdJ: for New Imprinting Four Thoufand Pounds in Bills of Credit, t jS.iSdfj^ 
 
 WHEREyiS feveral oftheBills of Credit of this Colony^are Torn^Defaced^and ^ ^^^' 
 Unfit to Pafs j and that they may be taken into the Treafury by Exchange, ^reamhle 
 
 %t w (tnattta bp tbe <t5obEtnour, Council anH Utpreftmatftttf, fn4ooo/ to be 
 <0tnEcal Court afftmbleD, ano bp tie siuttio?it? of tl)t fame. That newiroprim. 
 there be forthwith Imprinted a certain Number of Bills of Credit on «<^> &'< 
 this Colony, in fuitabte Sums, from Two Shillings to Five Pounds, which in 
 the whole (hall amount to Four Thoufand Founds, and no more. Which 
 
 BiUs
 
 Jnrto Regal Regis G E R G I J, Nono. 
 
 286 ji>\m of Cretiit, %ti%. <lElueftiott* iBominatton^ 
 
 Bills (hall be Indented and Stamped, with fuch Stamps as the Governour 
 and Council fhall Order, and be Signed by the Committee, appointed for 
 the Signing the Bills of Credit of this Colony laft Emitted ; they or any 
 three of them. And of the Tenour following, "TbatUtofay^ 
 
 m- ( ) »o s. 
 
 CpHts hdeMid Bill cf Twenty ShWVm^, due from the Colony of Conne&\c\it 
 Foi'mof the »« New-England, to the Popfor thereof , Jhall be in f^alue e^ual to Money, 
 Bills. y^n^ jj^// fjg accordingly accepted by the Treajurer and Receiver/ Subordinate to 
 
 him i and for any Stock at any time in theTreafury. Hartford, July the Twelfth, 
 _ . AnnoDom. 1709. By Order of the General ^ffembhi 
 
 ?n°to!hr May,l7i3. 
 
 hands of the 5Inll It I'iJ futlTjer tfnattED, That the faid Bills ^o to be Imprinted 
 Treafurer. by this Aft, (hall by the faid Committee or any three of them, be Delivered 
 "'^"^^mV to the Treafurer, who fhall give them in Exchange, for fuch torn and 
 ToXS <lefaced Bills that are not fit for Ufe ; taking his Receipt for the fame. 
 
 Vid.Pag.143, An Ad for Emitting of Bilfs of Credit. 
 
 149.15j.158 TJ(gct(fnatfcU bpt!)e<5otecftoi(r, Council anlilR«prerentatib£iS,in<(5eneral 
 
 J89'i9?'i99 D Court afTemblEO, That the Sum of 0«e Thoufand Five Hundred Pounds^ 
 ioi',2iiUi'5i"'^^ ^''^^°^^''^^''' "'^''■'^ have been brought in, or are to be brought 
 aio'iiV.iiP into the Treafury, by the Rates granted by this AfTembly, for the 
 ijs. 137,241 gathering a Sum of Money into the Treafury, to be difpofed of by this 
 14S.& 255- Aiiembly, (hall be Emitted for the payment of the Publick Debts of this 
 / to be Colony and the further NecefTary Charges of the fame ; and the Treafurer 
 Emitted. is hereby Ordered to IflTue out and make payment thereof according to fuch 
 Orders as ihall be given him, from Time to Time according to Law. 
 
 Vid.Pag,274 An Ad for Levying a Tax on Polls and all other Rateable Eflate. 
 
 B(£ ft (f nacteQ %t t^e dBotecnour, Council anti IRcptcfentatitjcs, (n 
 4Bcnecal Court alTemBleD, an& bj tie 3llutl)0^itp of t^c fame. That 
 for the defraying the Publick Charge of this Colony, there be a Tax of 
 A Tax of j^g, fence on the Pound, Levied on Polls and all other Rateable Eftate in 
 i^tfonndZ this Colony, To be Paid in the Bills of Credit of this Colony at their 
 bePaJd either ufual Advance, or in the True Bills with Four Signers of the Province of 
 in Bills of jjie MaffachufettsiBay \ or in the true Bills of New-rorkj Rhode- Ifl^nd, or 
 
 Credit, Sit- i^g^.Hamvjhire^ without any Advance upOn them ; or in Currant Silver 
 TgIS^' Money ; or in Grain at the Prices following ; viz.. Wheat at Five Shillings 
 Good and r,er Bufhel, Rye at Three Shillings and Three-pence per Bufhel, Indian Corn at 
 
 Merchantable Kj-^„ shillings and Six-pence per Bufhel ; all to begood and Merchantable : To 
 be Paid unto the feveral Conflables in this Colony , at or before the laft day 
 o^ April next enfuing, and to be by them Difpofed, as the Treafurer in his 
 Warrant by Direflion from this AfFembly (hall Order. 
 
 /I Oueflion being Propounded to this Ajfemhly, What may he intended by Houfe- 
 ?lif Houfe. Lots.inthe Law reverting Lip of Efiates, Page Zoo- metier it be fuch 
 L,J^j Lots whereon any Inhabitant Dwells ? 
 
 * TJ Efolved, That every fuch Lot having firft been under Improvement 
 
 Refolved. *^ Four Year, fhall be deemed a Houfe-Lot ; and the Owner thereof, be 
 
 Lifted therefor accordingly. 
 
 EN Nominated to ftand forEleflion in Mity next, fent in ( by 
 
 THE Gentlemen JNommated to itano rortiecuonm /riiry next, lent 
 the Frppmenof this Government) to this AfTembly.are as follows, viz 
 
 Can ChriftopheTchriftophers. Afr. Hezekiah Brainerd. C<i;>.'jofei)h Wakem'aii.' 
 ^r, John Hooker. Ctipt. Jofeph Whitjng. JndMr, Samuel Bifliop.
 
 Jtino Regni Regis GEORGIJ, Nono. 
 
 a>tfpo ^tton of Hanug ttH CoKbtt^meetiittgg, &a 287 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, iqig. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefties Colony of 
 Comehicut ia New-England. -Begwa and Held it Hart forJythe Ninth 
 Day of May, in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Our Soveraiga 
 Lord GEORGE, KING of Great'Britain,&LC. Anno Dom. 17x5. 
 
 An Act for the better Eftabliihing and Con- 
 firmation of the Titles of Land, anciently ^.^^p^ ^ 
 obtained in Townfhips according to the|f;^§;fj';^' 
 manner or cuftom heretofore ufed ; and for vk i*,^* 
 preventing Contentions about the fame. * ^** 
 
 WHEREAS it was anciently Cufiomaryfor 'towns to he Setled,and 
 the Lands in tbem contained, to he dijpofed of hy Divifion or 
 otherrvifej to particular Perfons or fpecial Vfes, by the Inhabitants 
 of the faid Towns in Town-meeting yijfembled j afier which 
 etiftom or manner, particular Perfons obtained to themfelves certain Quantities 
 of the faid Land, which they held and difhofed of at their own proper Eftatc of In- 
 heritance \ and other Quantities or Parcels of the faid Land in fuch Towns which 
 remained in Common, without being Divided or Di^ofed of to any Ptrfon or Ufe 
 whatfoever, wereftill confidered and allowed to be in the Difpofltion of the faid Jrp» 
 habitants yiffembled in (uch Town-meetings, by the major Vote of thofe frefent. 
 
 And Whertoi it was afterwards thought needful that the Properties and Eflates 
 tbtctined in the aforefaid Manner or Cuftom within our Townfhips, fhould he Con^ 
 frmed to the fever al Proprietors of them, and Ratified by Deeds or Patents 
 under the Seal of this Colony, to Them and their Heirs for ever, ( in at much at 
 His Afajefly King CHARLES ffe« Second, had under the great Sm/o/ England, 
 Gt^anted the whole TraB of Land, comprehending faid Townfhips, to the Governour 
 and Company of this Colony ) that the Proprietors of fuch Eftates fo obtained, 
 and held by f^ote and Confent of fuch Towns in their Meetings, might be thtrebv 
 furnlfhed with Vnconttftible Evidence of their having and holding the fame 
 under the Crown of Great Britain- 
 
 Sy means of which Deeds or Patents (0 granted to fuch Perfons, who were alfo 
 according to the ancient Cujlom or Manner of difpofing of Lands in our Town- 
 mtftingSf the true and lawful Owmrs and Poplars of fueh Eftates, the faid 
 
 Preaaaie^ 
 
 A a a 
 
 Utrndt
 
 Jittfio Regm Regit G E O R G 1 J, Nono. 
 
 288 20iTpo(ittoaof %mt}S in Xotbti-meetfttgil, &c» 
 
 Lands which they held in fuch Towns, either in Severalty or in Common, became 
 both by Cuftom and by Seal of this Colony, an undoubted lawful Efiate of Inheri- 
 tance, to them and their Heirs ; and the Undivided and Common Lands in fuch 
 Towns, fuch Proprietors might have Divided immediately among themfelves, or 
 otherwife di^ofed of agreeably both to the ancient Cufiom and the Title Ratified 
 and Confirmed by the faid Deeds or Patents, and not fuffered any other Perfont 
 to have any fart in them, er any right or title to f^ote or Aii in the Dividing 
 or Difpofing of fuch Common Land. 
 
 And Whereas notwithflanding the faid Deeds or Patents obtained, the Pro- 
 prietors of fuch Common Lands^ who had according to the ancient Cuflom fuch art 
 Efiate in them, that they might Divide them among themfelves, or otherwife 
 Difpofe of them ; and had alfo obtained by Patent a Grant and Confirmation of the 
 Efiate which they had in thofe Common Lands, at well as in their particular Pro- 
 terties, to themfelves and their Heirs for ever^ by f^irtue of which they had jufi 
 Power and Right to aH and do by way of Dividing or Dijpofmg of fuch Common 
 Lands, without fuffering any other Per fans who jhould afterwards become Inhabi- 
 tants of the faid Towns, to he concerned and a^ with them therein ', the faid 
 Proprietors did for a confider able dumber of Tears in many of our Towns, truly 
 Confent and agret^ that the faid Common Lands mighty in whale or in part, be 
 ntlually Divided or Difpofed of by the major Vote of the Inhabitants of fuch Ttvint 
 in Meeting /iffemhled,and did themfelvet ASi and f^ote with others in fuch Town 
 Meetings, in the Dividing and Dijfofing of fuch Common Lands, by Means of 
 irfcjcfo AUs aniyotes many perfons have obtained particular fflaies to themfelves, 
 which if they {hould be called in Qutflion and Defeated, becaufe not obtained by the 
 fole A£l of the faid Proprietors,would be Contrary to the True Intent and Meaning 
 cf the faid preprietors,and prove very prejudicial to thofe per fon: or their Heirs 
 oho have been brought into them with the Real Confent of the faid Proprietors 
 by which Real Confent faid Proprietors and all that hold under them ought to be 
 Ejlopped and Barred againfi all Pretentions or Pleat of Right which they may 
 ^^tledge to the Contrary. 
 
 Be ft t1)crefo?c (Enstteti Bj tte (Bobernour, Cottncil antJ IRfprerentatfbfsf, 
 
 in <©fnecal Court afftmbUD, anft bp ttie aut^o?ftp of rlje fame. That 
 
 .,,_ . all fuch Grants, Divifions, or Difpofitions of fuch Common Lands made 
 
 Divifions of according to Ancient Cuftom in any Town-Meetings, fhaH be Held 
 
 Land, here and Taken, to be good and Lawful to all Intents and as Effeftual in Lavr 
 
 tofore Grant. 35 if the Full and Ample Confent of the faid Proprietors had been in any 
 
 ed at Town. ^^^^^ ^^y fj^an tiy fuch their Aftingor Real Confent Obtained •, and all 
 
 be' goolV° fixates in Land obtained and holden in fuch Manner by the Voces and 
 
 valid. Afts of Town- Meetings, as well fince as before the Confirmation of the 
 
 Proprietors in fuch Towns, in their Eftates there, by Patent under the 
 
 Seal of this Colony as aforefaid,are hereby declared to be, anD ft (0 fjerebj 
 
 tfnait£li that they fliall be Accepted and Taken to be good and Lawful 
 
 Eftates to fuch as fo have and hold them,as they might or could be if the 
 
 Confent of the faid Proprietors in the granting of them could be proved 
 
 under the Hmd and Seal of fuch Proprietors. 
 
 3Ilnl» ft 13 Ij£tcbj alfo furrljtr SDecIareD anil <8nattc5, That whatfoever 
 All Undivi- Part or Intereft the aforefaid Proprietors by Cuftom as well as Deed, have 
 ded Common in any Common or Undivided Lands in any Towns, which they have not 
 Lands to be- by their free Confent as before Exprefied, or otherwife Difpofed of or 
 ^°" V?s^Ex Suffered to be Divided or Difpofed of, is and fliall be allowed and TaTcen to 
 clufiveoV all ^^ ^^^^^ proper Eftate ;and that no perfon whatfoever by becoming an 
 other Town Inhabitant of fuch Town, or by any other Means againft or without the 
 Inhabitants. Confent of fuch Proprietors fhall be Taken or Efteemed to have any E- 
 ftate, Title, Right, or Intereft therein .• And all fuch Proprietors of any 
 remaining Common or Undivided Lands in any Town or Place whatfoever, 
 
 or
 
 Mno Regni Regis G E O R G I J, Nono. 
 
 BUlsi of (ItttsiU 289 
 
 or fuch as Legally Reprefent them, are hereby allowed to have their Meet- 
 ings in fuch Refpeftive Towns, to choofe their Clerk to Enter and Record Proprierorj 
 their Votes and Doings, who (hall be Sworn before an AfTiftant or Juftice " ''^y* *heir 
 of the Peace : And all Records of their Votes and Doings Attefted by choofe"% • 
 him be admitted as Lawful Evidence. And the faid Proprietors in fuch Clerks, Ret" 
 IWeetings (hall have full power ( after the Ancient Cuftom and Manner in wd their 
 Towns) by their Major Votes in fuch their Meetings (to be Reckoned yot"& Do- 
 according to their Intereft in fuch Common Land ) to Regulate, Improve, Mf*', , 
 Manage, and Divide fuch Common Land in fuch Manner and Proportion b« Reckoned 
 as they ftall fee good. by Intereft. 
 
 Provided^ That where the Proprietors in any Town have by any Vote 
 of theirs upon Record in their Town, Obliged themfelves to Aft for the 
 future ill any othei* Method in Dividing the Undivided Land in fuch P'w**^^* 
 Townfliips, fuch Vote being the Aft of faid Proprietors, ftall be and re- 
 main Valid and Binding againft fuch Proprietors and their Heirs, and the 
 Undivided Lands referred to in faid Vote Divided and Held according 
 toluch Vote-, Any thing in this Aft to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 Jlfo Provided^ That this Aft nor any thing therein Contained, fttal! not ProvIdedaMb 
 be taken to intend that any Power is given to any Proprietors co Divide 
 and Set out any Lands Sequeftred for Towns Commons. 
 
 An Ad for Emitting Bills of Credit. r;?^4'',f?„ 
 
 158,181, 17J, 
 
 B(t ft €naitta 6p t^e (Bobetnour, Council anb tteprefentatftifsf, fn ',|l'Ioi'i?|' 
 (Benecal Court a0embl«tJ, anft ftp t^e autijo^trp of t||e fame. That xt6\izo\xz^ 
 there be forthwith Emitted the Sum o( Six Hundred Fifty Three Pounds 2i9,i)y,zj7 
 Seven Shillings and Six-fence, of the Bills of Credit drawn in by Rates and *4i.i4J.»S| 
 which have now been Received of the Treafurer by the Committee Ap- * *^'^* 
 pointed to Audit the Treafurers Accompts, which Committee are hereby g ^, 
 
 ordered to deliver again to thtf Treafurer the faid Sum of Six Hundred of the'sills 
 fifty Three Pounds Seven Shillingt and Six-pencCy Taking his Receipt for the drawn in by 
 fame,which Receipt is hereby ordered to be Lodged with the Secretary. *^"."> 'o beE. 
 
 "uttedagaia 
 jind Whereas hy an /i3 of the General JJfembly held at New-Haven in 
 Oftober Lajly Entituled, Jn /IB for New Imprinting Four Thoufand Pounds, Vid.pag.»8j 
 in Bittsef Credityit rvas Enaiiedtbat the faid Four Thoufand Pounds by that 
 jitl Ordered to be Imprinted, fliould by the Committee appointed to Sign the faid Preamile, 
 Bills, be delivered to the Treafurer, who jhiiuld give them in Exchange for fuch 
 Torn and Defaced Bills as are not fit for ufe\ and the faid Exchange Bills Jiilt 
 remaining in the hands of the faid Committee. 
 
 3lr i0 €na(teD bp tijt <$otecnour, Council finU Uttprefentatftit)}, in 
 General Coutt MembleD, and bp tlje flutt)o;ftp of t^e fame. That 
 there fhall be Emitted of the faid Exchange Bills, the Sum of Eight Hundred 84tf tz 0$ 
 Tony Six Poundt,Twelve Shillings and Six- pence ; which the Committee ap- o-n'*^"^* 
 pomted by this Aflembly to Sign the faid Bills, or any Three of them, Emitwd'alfo 
 are hereby Ordered to deliver to the Treafurer, taking his Receipt for paying 
 for rhe fame ; Which Sums of Eight Hundred Forty Six Pounds, Twelve the PuWicfc 
 5fc/V//«^jandSi*:-ffwe, of the faid New Bills, and Six Hundred Fifty Thrts ^^^^^ °^ ^^f 
 pounds. Seven killings and Six-.fence, of the Bills drawn in by Rates and now ^°'fu^ V^"* 
 Ordered to be delivered to the Treafurer ; the faid Treafurer is hereby neceffary" 
 Ordered and Impowred to Iffue forth and Emit towards the Payment of charges 
 the publick Debts of this Colony and the further neceilary Charges ^'>"eofi 
 thereof, attending to fuch Orders as Ihall be given bim from time to time 
 according to Law. 
 
 A a a * %fai
 
 Amc Regnl Regis G E O R G I J, Nono. 
 
 W^ 
 
 apo SDifo^uets in tlje tlXXoi^ii(^ of <5oD* l^tobatejS* 
 
 %nt} It it futt^ec (tmatt 65 tijc gCutfjo?itp afojcfaitj, That as a 
 Fund and Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in the faid Sum of 
 AT»x of Ei£ht Hundred Forty Six Founds Twelve Shillings and Six'pence, into the Trea- 
 846 " ^jfury. This Afiembly grants a Tax or Rate of Eight Hundred and Ninety 
 for Drawing P<'""^^> ^^ ^^ Levied on Polls and all the Rateable Eftate within tliis Colony, 
 in the Bills and to be paid into the Treafury at or before the Laft Day oi /lugufl which 
 again by the will be in the Year of Our Lord One Thoufand Stveo Hundred and Twenty 
 
 >'**'/? 78 ^'^^'» ^^^''^^ ^^^'^ ^^** ^^^^ ^^ P^*'^ '" ^^"^ of Credit of this Colony, or in 
 Jiugvjt 171 ^oney as jt pafTes Generally Currant in the Country, at the Time of pay- 
 ment •, and in no other manner. 
 anH l)E (t fuctljec (Enatfeli D? tfie SCtttfioji'tp afo^efafO, That the 
 
 . Refidue of the Four Thoufand Pounds newly Imprinted, being Three Thoufand 
 der oTftid"' ^"' ^^""'^''^'^ ^H^y T'^*'" Pounds Seven SbilUngs and Six-fence, and no more, 
 Bills, to be fliall be by the Committee appointed by this Aflembly to Sign the faid Bills, 
 Exchanged or any Three of them, delivered to the Treafurer, who fliall give them in 
 ^i" To'" ani Exchange for fuch Torn and Defaced Bills that are not fit for life ; Taking 
 Detaced Bills j^j^ Receipt for the fame '■, Any thing in the aforementioned Adl made in 
 
 OBober Laft to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 ' 1 , 
 
 vidpagioj An A<3: for preventing Diforders in 
 1,'tC' the Worfhip of God. 
 
 'HE RE AS notrcithflanding the Liberty attowed hy LaxOyhoth to Mi- 
 nifiers and People to Wor^ilp God, agreeably to their own Confciences, 
 thereare fame perfoni, who without Qualifying them fehes at the Law direRs for 
 Vrtamhlt. ^^^ En'ioyment of fuch Liberty, prefume to form themfelves into Separate Meetings, 
 and NegleS to attend upon any Puhlick Worfhip of Cod on the Lords day, under 
 Colour of gathering together in Private Houfes for Preaching and other parts of 
 Divine Worflitf. And whereas fome perfons ( without the Leajt Pretence or Colour 
 ef being Ordained in any form whatfoever Minifters of the Cojpel, ) have neverthe- 
 lefS pre fumed to gather Together in a Tumultuous Manner, and Take upon them to 
 ^dminifier the Sacrament of Baptifm, to the great Abufe and Prophanation of that 
 Holy Ordinance. 
 
 P"fo"s n^s- ffie it tgf refo^c <Cnacteb bp t!)e (Bobernouc, Council anli Rrpcefentatitses^, 
 PubHfkwor. ^i^ <«5eneral Court affembltti, ano bp t!je aiutljojitp of tt)e fame, That 
 ^ip of God' whatfoever perfons fhall Prefume on the Lords Day to negleft the publick 
 in feme Con- Worihip of God in fome Lawful Congregation and form themfelves into 
 gregation, & Separate Companies in private Houfes, being Convifted thereof before any 
 form them- Afiiftant or Jufticc of the Peace, (hall Each of them for every fuch offence 
 vate'Houfe's to^feit the Surtl O^Jwemy Shillings. 
 
 tobe fin'dios 3!in& it iS fucttEi- <2nact£ti bp tlje SCutfjOjttp afo^efai'D, That whatfoever 
 Perfon, not being a lawful or allowed Minifter of the Gofpel, fiiall prefume 
 f^t\d\)idnm- J.Q prophane the Holy Sacraments,by Adminiftring or making fhew of Ad- 
 nlfte? th?*" miniflring them to any perfon or perfons whatfoever,and being thereofCon- 
 Holy Sacra- vift before the County Court in fuch County where fuch Offence ftial) be 
 ments.to be Committed, fliall incur the Penalty o^Ten Pounds for every fuch Offence ; 
 Fined to /. ^^ j-yfje^ Corporal Punifliment by Whipping, not exceeding Thirty Stripes 
 ^^^^ f^each Offence. ^ ^__^ 
 
 "' ' An Adt for impowring the Judges of Courts of Probate, 
 TfzJllzW ^o Hold their Courts in any Town in their Diftrids. 
 
 rzr.156,156 ip (jJfoiijEti b^ tfjliS SCff^mblp, That the Judges of the feveral Courts of 
 JA. Probate within this Colony, have Power by themfelves and their 
 Clerks, to Hold their faid Courts in any of the Towns within the refpedive 
 Diftrifts to which they are appointed. 
 
 An Aft
 
 Anno RegHi Regis G E O R G I J, Nono. 
 
 exttums of miM. Negro ^ Indian MtMtitS. 291 
 
 An Ad: Enabling part of the Executors of Wills, to Sell Lands 
 Devifed to be Sold.where part of them refufe Executorfliip. 7i8fi'^"'i*^ 
 
 WHEREAS Lands and Tenement J are by fame ferfons in their lafi Willi &z48. 
 and Testaments devifed to be Sold by their Executors after their JDeceafCf 
 for payment of Debts^ Legaciesy or other Vfes. And whereat it fometimes happens ^tttmllt. 
 that part of the Executors named by fuch "Teftator^ refufe ExecutorPiip j whereby 
 it becomes very difficult if not impraiiicable to fulfil faid Willsy part of faid Ex' 
 ecutorsnot having Jufficient Power in the Law to SiBJaid Lands fo DtvifedfOt 
 aforefaid. 
 
 For preventing all Difputes and Controveriies that might here- 
 after arife concerning the Validity of fuch Sales : 
 
 Se ft (Cna(teti,EefoltieO,Gni!S9etItireo,bH t|)e(BaDernour, Council ann Ht^ Sales ofLand 
 pC£f«ntatit)e0,m(BenecaI Court HffembleD,anD tip tfteHutJogftgoEtlic fame, heretofore 
 That all Sales of any Lands or Tenements that have here to- fore been made '^ Ic?' . 
 or hereafter fhall be made within this Colony, by any Executor or Execu- bemad" t» 
 torsjbeing part of the Executors Named by fuch Teftator, (hall be as good begood,*tho' 
 and Effectual in the Law where part of the Executors refufe as aforefaid, as part of the 
 if thofe who lb refufe had joined in the Sale of fuch Lands or Tenements. *''*^'"<"'? . 
 
 Provided^ This Aft Extend not to Confirm any Sales of Lands or Tene- -^ ^J^ siusl 
 ments made,or that Ihall be made by any £xecutor or Executors,otherwife 
 thanaccordingtoandinfulfilmentofthe Will of their Tefiator allowed Proviiti, 
 and approved in Court : but that all Sales, Alienations^ k€t or AAs of an/ 
 Executor or Executors tending to the Prejudice or Defiruftion of the 
 Right of any Legatees to any Lands or Tenements made otherwife, (hall 
 be and remain Void, and of no Force in the lAvr, as they were before the 
 making of this Aft. 
 
 An Ad to prevent the Diforder of t^egro and JndiaaServants vid.pag.a? 
 and Slaves t'lxx the Night-feafon. t?8,' kj^*, 
 
 &Z09. 
 
 B4t ft (Cnaiteti bp tlte (Sotiernoat, Council anti Beprcrentatftes?, fn Noitf^^ro.ot 
 ((^tnetal Court SfFemti(eD,anlibptl)e 3IIut^o;U; oE t^e fame. That /'x'ion Ser. 
 from and after tlie Publication of this Aft, if any Negro or Indian- Setvznt *'"'* *«''* 
 or Slave, (hall be found Abroad from home in the Night-feafon after Nine p. a°^t:k || 
 of the ClockjWithout fpecial Order from his or their Mafier or Miftrefs, it night.except 
 fliall be lawful for any perfon or perfbns,toApprehend and Secure fiich Negro by fpecial 
 or /»«/i(S»-Servant or Slave fo offending, and him or them bring before the ^J^ftftom 
 next A/Gftant or Juftice of Peace, which A/fiftant or Juftice of Peace, e„ o? «?« 
 ihall have fiill Power to pafs Sentence upon fuch Negro or Indian- Servant or of (aid Ser- 
 Slave fo oflending, and order him or them to be publickly Whipp'd on his vants being 
 or their naked Body, not exceeding Ten Stripes, and pay CofV of Court } Whipped, ot 
 Except his or their Mafter or Miftrefs fhall Redeem them by paying a ^^^^^^""^ 
 Fine not exceeding Twenty Shillings. 
 
 5lnftiti0ljetebj<Cnaffit5bgtfjeaut]^ojitpafo|eraitJ, That if any foch i^egroet not 
 Negro or Indian-Serwant or Slave as abovefaid, (hall have Entertainment in Indiam to be 
 any Houfe after Nine of the Clock as aforefaid. Except to do any Bufinefs Entertained 
 they may be fent upon, the head of the Family that Entertalneth or T o- afjg"^**""^ 
 lerates them in his or their houfe or any the dependences thereof,and being clock.on pe>> 
 Convifted thereof before any one Afliftant or Jufiice of the Peace, who fhall nalty of 20 i 
 have Power to Hear and Determine the fame, fhall Forfeit the Sum of 
 Twenty Shillings, one half to the Complainer, and the other half to the Grand-Ju- 
 Treafury of the Town where the offence is Committed ; Any Law or '""j? fi" '• ^^ 
 Ufage to the contrary notwithftanding. And that it (hall be the Duty of Breac'hes of 
 the feveral Grand-jurors, and Conftables, and Tything-men, to make this Aft. 
 diligent Enquiry into and Prefenc all Breaches of this Ail> 
 
 An Aft
 
 Anno RegHt Regii G E O R GI J, Nono. 
 
 292 i^atld) jOPaetlttSS?. Indians* ^cDojl ^tmt^. 
 
 An k€t in Addition to.and for the Alteration of the Time Appointed 
 Vid.Pag.i8? for Parifh Meetings, Entituled, An Ail for the letter Ordering and 
 i9i,i97.iii Regulating Parifhes or Societies, ^c. 
 
 
 TreamlLe. 
 
 WHERE AS it has been found inconvenient to have the Meetings of Parifhet 
 for attending the fariftt Affairs Limited to the Montb of December. 
 
 T5t (t tijectfoje (tnactcti !ip tlie45oljetnour, Countft anO EeprerfntatfteU, 
 
 Parifhes to ^^ ^entu\ Coiirt Jlffeniblefi, anft bp t|je auttojitp of t^e fame. That 
 
 Mo"th"in"' *°f ^^^ f"^""^^ ^"^ '"^y ^"'^ ^^^'' ''^ Lawful for any Parilh, to hold their 
 
 the Year. Meetings for fuch affairs in any Month of the Year, as they /hall Judge 
 
 moft Convenient for them. 
 
 And whereas it hat htipned that in fame ParijheSj Meetings have been held in 
 fotne other Months than the Month of December, and feveral l^otes and jilli 
 faffed infueh Meetings ; the Validity of which m*y be therefore Queflioned. 
 For the preventing all fuch Difputes : 
 3*^ ^^ ^^"^P (fnactcd Ip tlje autljo^itj afojefaiO, That all fuch Votes 
 Arts tffed ^"'^ ^^^' P^^^'^ '"^^^ ^'^^ ^°"^ '" ^"'^^ Parilh Meetings in any other 
 in Parifh Month, ihall be held, accounted and efteemed, good and valid, as they 
 Meetings to Ihould or could have been, if the Meetings at which they were paffed and 
 be good tho* made, had been holden in the Month oi December ; Any other Law Ufage 
 ^ecen^tr '" ^^ Cuftom to the contrary nocwithftanding. 
 
 An A(5t for prcventingLending Guns, Ammunition,Q5'c. to the Indians* 
 
 Vid. Pag. 94 
 
 i2o,zii,iiS> TTCTHEKE^S it may be juflly Sujpc^ed that fame Indiansm thisColony 
 
 zjS* 2J4, \j \ xoho borrowed Gum and Ammunition of the Englifli, do withdraw them- 
 
 it iSi. Jelvesfor a time to the Enemy Indians and Joyn with them. And whereas the 
 
 , . faid Indians are Generally Suppofed to be guilty ( though it is hardly to be proved^ 
 
 Treambte, ^j j^-^-^^ ^^^y p^,^^ ^^ Ttmet of the Tear forbidden by Law. 
 
 35e (t t^erefoje €nactet) 6p tlje^otjernourjCountll anti ISlepEcfentatftesf 
 No perfon f^ (general <ffouct SfiffembleD, anU Bp tbe ^lut^o^itp of tlie fame, Thai 
 allowed to j^p Perfon or Perfons within this Colony, fliall be AUowed or Admitted to 
 Vnw^Indiin, Profecute before any Affiftant or Juftice of the Peace or Court of Judicature 
 for Guns or in this Colony, any Aftion of Debt, Detinue, or other Aflion whatlbever, 
 Ammunition for any Gun or Guns, or Ammunition Lent, Sold, or any ways Trufted 
 lent to faid ^q j^y j„£an or Indians whatfoever, till this Court (hall fee caufe to Order 
 Indians. otherwife •, and that every fuch Gun Lent as aforefaid, (hall be forfeited .- 
 SachGuns to One half to him that ihall Profecute to Effeft, the other to the County 
 be forfeited. Treafury where fuch ProfecutiOn is- 
 
 An A<J^ for paying the Money allowed by Law to Schools in 
 vid.Pag.iio Towns and Societies, to be paid by the Conftables to the Com* 
 ^90 &f jzo^' »>/Vrf« or Selefi Men, in laid Towns and Societies. 
 
 B(£ (t €nacteO Bp tfjt (Bobecnour, Council ano JReprcfcntatftifsf, in 
 (©metal Court alTemblea, onH Bp tlje SEutljo^itp of tfie fame. That 
 pay the the Treafurer of this Colony fhall make out his Orders to all the Coa- 
 School-Mo ftables of this Colony,that they Pay the School-money due to each School- 
 meVor^^ ' Committe:^ or Selea-men, in each and every refpeftive Town or Parifh 
 SchooN where they live, that is due out of the Colony Treafury, and take their 
 Committee. Receipt for the fame •■, which Receipt being brought to the Treafurer, Ihall 
 be fufficient to Acquit faid Conftable from the demands of the Treafurer, 
 for the whole Sum Paid as aforefaid by any Conftable. 
 
 An Aft
 
 AmO Kegnt Regis G E O R G I J, Nono, 
 
 An hOi for preventing and punifhlng Diforders in Taverns, or 
 
 Houfes wherein Drink is Sold. 7/^ o*^f„ 
 
 B« ft (Cnacteb 6? t6e dPobecnour, CoitncU anO IBLeprefmtatitciJ, in »77.(io?Re- 
 eenecal Court affemWeO, ano ftp tfte autljo?ftp oE the tame, That ^ g, & zjp* 
 the Grand-jurors and Conftables in each Town, Carefully InfpeO: all Ta- „ ' . 
 verns or Houfes Licenftd for Selling of Drink, and prefenc to the Civil ^^,"^^^1^"^^°!^ 
 Authority any perfon or perfons that fliall be found there Tranfgrefllng to infpeft 
 againft any Law, by being there Unfeafonably or by Exeflive Drinking. Taverns. 
 
 Be ft airo <£na(te6 6g tfie 51IutJo?(tH afojerafo. That if any Inhabl- peff^ns ^e- 
 tant or Perfon belonging to any Town, (hall be found in any Tavern or ing at Ta- 
 Houfe Licenfed for Selling of Drink in any fuch Town,at any Time either veins the 
 of the Night next before, or the Night next after the Lords Day or the "^S^t be/<»e 
 Firft Day of the Week, or after Nine of the Clock in any other Night, after thesfb- 
 Except he or <he fiiall Satisfy the Authority before whom they may be bath, or after 
 brought, that there was Extraordinary Occafion for his or her being there 9 a clock any 
 at fachTime, and be thereof Convift before fuch Aathority, /hall incur ^^l^" ^^^ 
 the penalty of F*w Shillings for every fuch offence ,• to be Applied to the |o befin'd jx! 
 relief of the Poor of the Town where fuch offence fliall be Committed. 
 
 Se it alCb (fnatteH bp tte autt)0?(tg afojefaflr. That Conftables, or any Conftables & 
 other perfons having a Special Warrant from Authority for that End, fliall others witha 
 have power and they and each of them are hereby Impowred,to Enter into fp^^ial Waf- 
 and Search any Tavern or Houfe Licenfed for SeUing of Drink, and for ""tch'"*''* 
 that End to Require Affiftance, and to break open any Lock or Door as he beaking opeo 
 ihall judge there is Occafion ; and fliaH Command and Caufe any Inhabitant any lock or 
 or perfon belonging to the Town where fuch Houfe is, who (hall be found ^°°^* ''> f»id 
 there contrary to this or to any other Afl-, to depart forthwith j and all "^^yerns.^'f. 
 fuch perfons who fhall refufe to depart from fuch Houfe on the Command "ft flid In- 
 fo given them, fhall be forthwith Arrefted by fuch Conftable or Perfon habitants, 
 having fuch fpecial Warrant,and fafely kept till they can be brought before 
 an Affiftant or Juflice of the Peace, and upon Convidion ftall fuffer the Said offend- 
 Penalty of ten Shillings to the Treafury of the County where fuch offence "^ ^'^^^ 
 ihall be Committed. fi"'<' i" '• 
 
 Be it alfo CnatteO ii? tte flut^oaftp afojefafb, That Conftables, or any ^ifo v 
 other Perfons having a fpecial Warrant for {o doing, fhall Enter into any and make 
 Houfe rufpefted to Retail Strong Drink without Licenfe, and Search the Search into 
 faid Houfe, ia like manner as they are by this Aft Impowred to Enter into '"V Houfe 
 and Search any Tavern or Licenfed Houfe ; and if any Inhabitant or Perfon feir^^n -^t' 
 belonging to fuch Town where fuch Houfe is, fliall be found there Offend- &Arrlft peL' 
 ing in like manner as is before Exprelfed concerning Houfes Licenfed, by fons fijund * 
 being there at the aforefaid Times and Hours of the night, or by Difobey- '***"» &e- 
 ing the Command of fuch Officer or Perfon with a Warrant as aforefaid, 
 he (hall be dealt with in like manner as is before provided in cafe of ^"'i'^ l",^**" 
 perfons offending in Taverns or Licenfed Houfes, and upon Conviftion abovefaid^ ^ 
 incur the fame Penalty or Penalties. 
 
 Be ft alfo (EnattED b? tl)e autfiojitp afo^efaiD, That if any Conftable Conftables 
 or Grand-jurors being Comraanded,orOrdered by any in Civil Authority, &«. negleft- 
 to Infpea fuch Houfes, and there perform the duty belonging to his Office, '"g their du- 
 or any other Perfon,Coramanded as above Exprefied,does refufe or negleft Vf *'*,'"nt to 
 fo to do, he fhall incur for every fuch Offence the penalty of Forty Shillings ""''*4o ■». 
 to the Treafury of the County where fuch offence fhall be Committed. 
 
 ^nS ft is \)t\:tbs fuctfjec Recommended to all AfTiftants, Juflices of CivlUutho- 
 
 Peace and perfons_in Civil Authority, to take care that Conftables and '[^^ '° See 
 
 a in this ^ 
 norality. i 
 An A€t 
 
 Grand jurors and Tything men attend the duties required of them in this ^uf ^ 
 Aa,and in any other Aft for cheSuppreffing all kind of Vice and Immorality, le^ndci*"
 
 jitiM Regm Regit G E O R G T J, Mono. 
 
 294 (5n^hijittptxs* Copper ^tne£^. llueition. 
 
 An A& to Enable the Judges and Juftices of the County Courts, to 
 YTitS.pag. 37. Appoint Keepers of the Common Goal in the refpe<Sive Counties 
 47. 187. in this Colony. 
 
 Be ft tfnaffrti 6? t|t de^obetnour, Councfl ant IKrprerentatftetf, fit 
 tftnerel Court «flembleD, anU bp tt)e Aut^^itp o£ tlje fame. That 
 Courtstoap- for the furure,the Judges and Juftices of the County Courts in each County 
 pointKeepers in this Colony, (hall be Impowrcd and are hereby Irapowred, to appoint 
 of Qo3ls. Koonpre rtFthe Crtmrnnn Goals in their Counties refDeftivelv. 
 
 Vid pag. 14) 
 
 Keepers of the Common Goals in their Counties rcfpeftively. 
 
 An Aft for the Reviving and farther Continuing of an A&, 
 Entituled, A» aH Appointing and Impowrinz certain CommiJJivters 
 to Divide the Copper Mine at Symsbury, CflV. 
 
 w 
 
 'HERE AS for the Eneouregment of the Trofrieters and Vniertakm 
 , ^ cf the Cmer Mines at Symsbury, jin ASi t04s Pajfed at the Central 
 Praamlk AffemUy balden in Hartford, May the Eleventh, One thoufand Seven Hundred, 
 and ftoenty One^ Entituled, An Aft Appointing and ImpoWring certain 
 Conuniffioners to divide the Copper Mine at Symsbury^ to and amongft the 
 feveral Leafees, their Affigns or Attorneys •, and for the Direding and 
 Eegulating the Management of faid Mines and the Mills and Works be- 
 longing to fome of the Undertakers of faid Mines i and alfo for the more 
 tafy determining al! Suits and Controverfies that may happen between the 
 Leafees and their Afligns, and between the Leafees and any of them, or the 
 >Votkmen, Miners or Labourers, that are or may be improved for the 
 Carrying on and Managing the Mines aforefaid : ^nd ctrtAin Ccmmijfunen 
 tftri thereby Affointed and Powers given to them far the Ordering, Doings and 
 Executing divers things 4bout and Relating to the faid Minety And the faid Pre 
 frietorSf Undertaker s^ and Miners, as is therein fortieularly Specified and Declared 
 Jind ivhereas the faid ASl was Temporary, and is mm Expired ; ^nd whereat Maj^ 
 Abraham Sydtrvclt, for hitnfelf and in behalf of fundry Gentlemen dwelling at 
 Amfterdam in Holland, and John Jacob Lathroth Attornty to Andrew 
 Frefnean of New- York, Otinert and Proprietors effort of the Ccpper Mines and 
 Worh at faid Symsbury, have Reprefented to this Affemblyjthat the faid AB and 
 Xxercife of the Powers thtrebyy granted to the faid CommifftonerSy hat been a great 
 Benefit and Encouragement to the Vndertaler* i and Prayed that the [aid AH 
 my be Revived. 
 
 iBe it t^tzzto^e (tnatteU bp ttit dBobrcnour, Councfl anfi fieprtfentorftie* 
 in «tntral Cou« aflhnKgfi, anQ bp tlje ^utSo^ft? oE t[>e fame, Thar 
 
 ThesfoTeraJd the afore recited Aa and all the Claufes and Paragraphs thereof (hall be 
 Aft Revived Revived,and the fame is hereby Revived, and to continue in force for the 
 for 7 Years. Space of Seven Years from the End of the prefent Sefitons of this Aflembly. 
 
 ., ^ r SlIoB be ft further €naaca ftg t^e «ait5o?itp ttfb?rfaf&. That the 
 
 f rs"to be Commiflioners mentioned in the faid Aft, ftall be Sworn before the Ho- 
 Sw" rn before nourable the Governour of this Colony, to a faithful difcharge of the Truft 
 theHonours thereby Committed to them, 
 2)letheQov. ____________ _»»_«_______^————^-^— ——»___^, 
 
 rid oaae to A Q^'P"^ P*^ "?"" *''* ^*^y Entituled, An Aft for High Ways, H^ether 
 •P 8 » a ^^^ feveral Per font from Sixteen Tears of age to Sixty Tears of age ^ that are 
 Queftion a- fg y^ called out to work at the Repairing of the High Ways, according to the ^rSt 
 bout Slaves^ P<jr<jgr4pb of the faid LM-ydoet include Indian and Negro Slawf : 
 
 High-w2ys, Rgfjjivejj by this Aflembly in the Affirmative, 
 
 Refoived. 2^j^.^5„^jp^Pfin^Qr3oW by r.(?K««»,Princer tothe Gov.65C0MP.17i3.
 
 ^Muo Regm Regit G E O R G I J, Decimo. 
 
 Due aElegttlatiott of ^ropi^ieto^s^meetinss^* 2^5 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Vid. Pag. 54, 
 J9. 6$, 96, 
 
 2J7,i8i,287 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflcmbly of His Majefties Colony of 
 Comeilicut in New-EngUnJ : Begun and Held at New-Haven, on 
 the Tenth Day of O^ober, in the Tenth Year of the Reign 
 of Our Sovereign Lord G£Oy?G£, KING oi Great-Britain, &ic. 
 Anno Domini^ x 7 ^ 3. 
 
 An A(ft in Addition to an Aft Made and 
 Faffed in the General Aflembly, in the 
 Ninth Year of His Majefty's Reign, Enti- 
 tuled^ An Ad for the better Eflrablifliing 
 and Confirmation of the Titles of Land, 
 anciently obtained in Townfhips accord-i 
 ing to the manner or cuftom heretofore 
 ufed 5 and for preventing Contentions 
 about the fame. 
 
 WHEREAS it is in faid AU Treviiei,* Thzt 2\\ fuch ^^0- p.^^^^j^ 
 * prietors of any remaining Common or Undivided Land 
 * in any Town or Place whatfoever, or fuch as legally Re- [ SeeAfl 287 
 * prefent them, are hereby altowed to have their Meeting 
 
 * in luch refpeftive Towns, to choofe their Clerk, to Enter and Record 
 
 * their Votes, &C' And Wbereoi there ii no dircBion given in [aid ^il for 
 their Regular Calling together fuch Proprietors Meeting. 
 
 git 10 tf)tr£fo?e oEnactei) &p tte (Boternonr,CountiI anli IReprtfentarfbtisf, 
 fn i<3tnetal Court iaCfemblcD, anD bp t^e ^utjio^ltg of t^e fame. That 
 when and fo often as any Five or more of the Proprietors of fuch Common 
 or Undivided Lands ftiall judge a Proprietors Meeting to be Neceflaryj they 
 make Application to an Aiiiftant of a Juftice of the Peace within the 
 County wherein fuch Lands lie, for a Warrant for the calling of a M;et- 
 
 B b b ing 
 
 Five(or more 
 Proprietors 
 making Ap« 
 plication to 
 anAfllftantoi 
 Juftice, for a 
 Warrant to 
 call aMeeting
 
 JtiMo Regni Regis G E O R G I J, Dcclmo. 
 
 296 3Real e( tat<^g of ^^eireffeg. 
 
 ine ot the Proprietors, Expre/Ting the Time and Place, Occafion and 
 ofProprietors gyij^efg of the Meeting : And fuch Affiftant or Juftice is hereby impowred 
 .Wimcfnd to grant a Warrant for fuch Meeting accordingly, Direfted to One of 
 occafiorof the Proprietors asking the fame ; Requiring faid Proprietors to Warn all 
 faid Meeting, the Proprietors Refiding in faid Townfliip, of the Time, Place and 
 Such Affift- Occafion for faid Meeting, at leaft Six Days before laid Meeting: And 
 ant orjuftice ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ up a Notification in Writing, pofted up in fome Publick Place, 
 WaSac. under the Hand of fuch Affiftant or Juftice, ac leaft Twenty Days before 
 cordingly. fuch Meeting, together with the Time, Place, and Occafion thereof j 
 which Warning and Notification made and given according to faid 
 Warrant, fhall be deemed fufficient Warning of a Proprietors Meeting, 
 Proprietors according to faid Aft. And the Proprietors in any lawful Meeting fo 
 power to or- y^jigmbled, (hall have full Power to agree upon any other way or method 
 f "^efutme for Warning their faid Meeting for the future as they think fie. 
 
 And the Proprietors Clerk fhall take the following Oath. 
 
 Proprietors .TryHereas you N. B. are Chofen Clerk of this Propriety, You swear 
 
 Swoin ^° by the Name of the Everliving God, that you will truly and 
 
 faithfully Attend and Execute the Place and Office ot a Propriety's 
 
 TheirOath. Clerk for the faid Proprietors, according to your beft Skill j and make 
 
 Entry of all fuch Votes as Ihall be made according to Law, and deliver 
 
 true Copies of the fame when they (hall be required of you, taking 
 
 only your juft Fees. So help you God. 
 
 w 
 
 dofizs^.VV. An A<Sl for preventing the Sales of the Real 
 S^H.i"? Eftates of Heireffes, without their confent. 
 
 'HERE A Sin the frft Settlement of this Colony ^ Land was of lit tie Value, 
 in comparifon with what it now is '■, by which means it became a general 
 . T Cufiowy that the Real Efiate of any Perfon, which either by Defcent er by Will^ 
 
 Vream $. ygcame the Efiate of his Daughtersy whether they were Seifed of it at the time 
 of their Marriage ; or whether it defcended or came to them during their Cover- 
 twey became thereby the Trover and Sole Efiate of their Huibandsy and might 
 he by him Alienated or Dijpofed of without the Knowledge or Confent of futb 
 Wives •■) and a great Number of Eftates having been thus Setledy fo remain 
 at this Day. 
 
 And Whereas by reafon of the frefent Valuey Vfefulnefs, and Security, of Real 
 Efiate, the fufering of fuch a Cufiom any longer to obtain would be attended 
 •with much Inconveniency and Wrong, although for the time faji the Cufiom 
 which has obtained ought to be holden good, 
 
 A" Ef »*", . Be ft tf)£cefo?e €natt£U bp tfie (Bofeernour, Council anU fieprerentatfteiS 
 
 a'c"rding to '^^ (Benetal Court ialTembleO, anU bp tlje 3Butl)o?(tp o£ tte fame. That 
 
 Cuftom.tobe all Eftates which have been Alienated andSetled according to the faid 
 
 good& valid. Cuftom, (hall be, and are hereby, declared to be Good and Valid. 
 
 And that for the future, any Real Eftate, whereof any Woman at the 
 
 For the fu- ^\^q of her Marriage is Seifed as her Eftate of Inheritance, or does during 
 
 Eftate"to be ^"'^^ Coverture become fo, either by Defcent or otherwife, fhall not be 
 
 Alknated, Alienable by her Husbands Deed, without her Confent, Teftified by 
 
 whereof a her Hand and Seal to fuch Deed, and Acknowledgement of the fame 
 
 Woman was before an Adiftant or Juftice of Peace: And that all Sales or Alienations 
 
 M'?rU^e&c °f ^^^^ Eftate, whether Abfolute or Conditional, which fhall hereafter 
 
 wiVhou^ her be made without fuch Confent, Witnelfed and Acknowledged as afore- 
 
 Confent6'<r. faid, are hereby declared and made to be iffo faUo, Void. 
 
 Provided
 
 Amo Regtti Regis G E O R G I J. Decimo. 
 
 Cjccljanse of ICoMJti HauDs* mil^ of €um. 297 
 
 Provided tjeverthelejJ, That if any Wife at the Time of fuch Alia- The Wife not 
 nation of fuch Eftate to her belonging, did aftually Refufe to give ^°'''*''t'''g 
 her AfTent to fuch Sale made by her Husband, that then (he fhall be ZRoi^l^^T 
 underftood and taken to Hold the fatd Eftate ; and neither (he nor flate bewl 
 her Heirs (hall be barred from Recovery of the fame: Provided^ They ingtoher.not 
 bring an Adion for it within the Time limitted by the Law, Entituled, Jf° ^^ barred 
 ^n Aa ( or Ms ) concerning Pojfeffton of Houfes^^ Lands, &c. Any Law, ^qv^^ "A^*" 
 Ufage orCuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. ^°If4»4-9$ 
 
 An Aft Declaring the Exchange of Lands 
 
 made by Towns or Proprietors, to bef^^'^i'^ 
 Good and Valid. «= ^87!^'' ' 
 
 WHEREAS fame Per fans have in Time f aft ^ moved to fever al Towns 
 in this Colony, to Exchange Lands with them, for their particular 
 Conveniency ; and the Cuflom hath been for the Town, in compliance with their 
 Motion, to vfe no other Formality therein^ fave only to make an Entry 
 thereof, or of the Land given by them in Exchange, in the Records' of the Preamile. 
 Town : And fome are or may he fo Unjuft, as to Retain or Re-enter upon 
 the Land frofofed by them to he given in Exchange as aforefaid, having 
 other Lands in lieu of them to Them Secured by the Grant or Record of the 
 faid Town, as afofefaid. 
 
 Which Injuftice to Prevent : 
 
 IBe it €Mttti bp tlje ^tecnour, Councfl anli lleprermtatiiieis, in Lands given 
 4Bmetal court affi-mtirfti, ana bp t^e aut^o?itp of tlje tame, Thati" Excfiange 
 whenfoever it (ball appear on the Trial of any Cafe, that the Land '° Towns or 
 in Controverfie was Given or Surrendred up unto the Town, in manner *'f°P"*'J?«, 
 as aforefaid, and other Lands Secured to him or them by Grant and waLng^w 
 Record thereof, as aforefaid, that he who makes Claim thereto Ihall to faidLand 
 be concluded thereby, and be Eftopped from Pleading any precedent ^^ anyprece- 
 Title which he had thereunto ; Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the ^"pl"'*' *° 
 contrary notwithftanding. °^ tftopped 
 
 Vid.pag 14 f 
 
 An Ad for Emitting Bills of Credit,for Pay*',5^';,|^,;[|» 
 
 ment of the Publick Debts of this Colony AlV'^^?Ji 
 
 110,114,129, 
 
 WHEREAS by an AB Pajfed by thii Affembly, Holden at New- ^"'^'7,a4r 
 Haven, in Oftober bfi, Entituled, An Aft for New Imprinting ilsi!'* 
 pour Thottfand Pounds in Bills of Credit \ there has been Imprinted and tut 
 into the Hands of the TreafuYer, the Sum of Four Thoufand Pounds, inPreatniU. 
 the Bills of the Publick Credit of this Colony. 
 
 T&t ft Cnactftj bp t!)e dSoternour, Council anU Sleprefentatftjjd, fit 
 General court affembleti. anD bp tl^e -Sutfjo^itp of t\)i fame, Thatzooo/ to be 
 the Treafurer be, and hereby is Ordered and Impowred to Ifllie forth Emitedofthe 
 and Emit the Sum of Two Thoufand Pounds of faid Bills, towards the ^'"^ 4ooo /. 
 Payment of the Publick Debts of this Colony and the further NecefTary '*"\^'^- 
 Charges thereof, according so fuch Orders as fliall be given him from ^""' * 
 time to time according to Law.
 
 Anno Regni Regis GEORGIJ, Declmo. 
 
 298 ^ocietp'fiJClerUs;* %^%. £lueftiom jgominattom 
 
 25e it further CSnatteU b? tftc aiutl)o?ftp ofo^efaiD, That as a Fund 
 
 or Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in faid Bills into the 
 
 2100" to be Treafury again, this Aflembly Grants a Tax or Rate of two Thaufand 
 
 a Fund (or and One Hundred Pounds, to be Levied on the Polls and Rateable Eftate 
 
 drawing in within this Colony ; To be Paid into the Treafury at or before the 
 
 ff'd Bills by Twentieth Day of Otiohtr, jinno Domini, One Thoufand Seven Hundred 
 
 S?X 17V0 2"^* Thirty ; Which faid Rate fhaU be paid in Bills of the Publick 
 
 ' Credit of this Colony, or in Money as it generally PafTech Currant 
 
 in the Country at the time of Payment, and in no other manner. 
 
 vid.pag.i8?, An KQi for Enabling diftind: Societies to 
 W'-oZViil Choofe their own Clerks. 
 
 B* ft ^nacteiJ bp tljc (Bobernour, Council ana Erpctfentatibtjr, m 
 (©cnecal Court iafTemblcl), ano tjp He aut|)o?itp of ttje fame, That 
 
 tochoore its where there are more Societies than One in any Town in thisGovern- 
 own Ckfk. xnent, every fuch Society are Enabled, and they hereby have full Power 
 to Choofe their own Clerk. 
 
 An Aft for Levying a Tax on Polls, &c. 
 
 THIS Affembly Grants a Rate of Three-pence on the Pound, to be 
 Levied on Polls, and all the Rateable Eftate in this Colony ; To 
 
 be Paid in the Bills of Credit of this Colony, at their ufual Advance, Or in 
 A Tax of *^fi 'f**® ^^^^ °^ ^°^^ Signers of the Province o^ Mafachufetts-Bay, or 
 Tbree.penet in the true Bills of New-Tori, Rhode-JJland, or New Hampfiire, without any 
 on the Pound, Advance upon them •, Or in Currant Silver Money ; Or in Grain at the 
 Bilb of'cfi" ^"^®^ following, vit. Wheat at Five Shillings per Bufhel, Rye at Three 
 dit, Silver 'Shillings per Buftiel, and J»^w« Corn at Tm Shillings pjr Bu/hej ; all to be 
 Money, or in Good and Merchantable : To be Paid unto the feveral Conftables of this 
 Grain. Colony, at or before the Laft Day of April next Enfuing, and to be b"' 
 
 them difpofed, as the Treafurer in his Warrant by Direftion from thi's 
 
 Aflembly fhal) Order. 
 
 [ See othei A Queflion Propounded to this j4Jfembly, That when and fo often at it [hall 
 Queftions. j-g happen that Rateable Eftate he Loft after the Twentieth of Auguft 
 
 L°f",\\°'Ji^ yVf^ether a BiS of Abatement (haU be Granted i J b > 
 
 zS6,8cisi REfolved in the Negative. 
 
 THe Gentlemen Nominated to ftand for Eleaion in May 
 next, fent in by the Freemen of this Government, to this Aflembly, 
 are as followeth, f^iz.. 
 
 The Honourable GVRDON S A LTO N ST A L L, Efq. Jofeph 
 Nomination Tallcott, Efq. John Hamlin, Efq. Peter Burr, Eiq. Samuel Eells Efq 
 t^^^cv^"^: ^''"^^^ ^'ly"> Efq- ^'S'^ mUott, Efq. Jonathan Law, Efq. James 
 *rthe E- ^^<if-^orth, Efq. John Hall, Efq. Clmftofher Chriftophers, Efq Hciekiah 
 
 Jeftion in Bravnerd, Efq. John Hooker, Efq. Capt. Jofeph lVakema,s, Mr. Samuel 
 
 May 1714. Bifhop, Capt. Jofeph Whtting, Capt. Vmiam Clark, Capt. James Rofers, 
 
 Mr. Nathaniel Stanly, Mr. Warham Mather. 
 
 Nfo-LottdonjVtinti^ ^ Sold by TCrien, Printer to the CovQiCoMPijz}
 
 Anno Regni Regis G E O R G I J, Dedfflo. 
 
 encroachment on 3^ii5l>Xd$VjSi oz Commons?* 2^9 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Faded by the General Court or AiTembly of His M a j e s T y** 
 Colony of Conne^icut in New England : Begun and Held at Hare, 
 for J, on the Fourteenth Day of May, in the Tenth Year of the 
 Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE, KiNGof Great- 
 Britain, &C. ^nito Domini, i 7 24. 
 
 An Ad to prevent Encroachment on HiVh- videpag.,o 
 
 ^ /-> J TT J. ^ , JO, SI, 191, 
 
 ways, or upon Common and Undivided llj'^^)^ 
 Land. 
 
 <t it CCnactelJ Br tfte dSotjecnouc, Council antt IReprefentatftcsf, 
 (n General Couct3E(TembleD,anl> bp ttje -Jlutto^iig of t^c fanw' 
 That if any Perfon hath within the fpace of Fifteen Years,taken 
 or Ihall take any pare of any High-way or Common or undivided 
 Land into his Field and IncIofure,or Ereft any Fence thereon in fuch man- 
 ner that the faid High-way is ftralghtned and made narrower than before • 
 or any part of the Common Undivided Land intrenched upon, the Selefl:- 
 men of fuch Town where fuch Offence fliall be committed, or a Committee 
 appointed by fuch Town for that purpofe ; or a Committee appointed for 
 that end by the Proprietors of the Common or undivided Land in fuch Town 
 ( which Committees fuchTownand alfo fuch Proprietors are hereby enabled 
 to Choofe ) or any Three of the faid Proprietors in fuch Town, are hereby 
 direfted and impowred to give Notice or Warning to the Perfon or Perfons 
 fo oiFendingjthac if he or they ihall not caufe the faid Fence to be removed 
 in fuch convenient time,as they the faid Seleft-men or Committee,or Com- 
 mittees or Proprietors giving Notice as aforefaid ihall (et,not exceeding the 
 fpace of One Month after fuch Notice or Warning given, they the faid 
 Perfons giving fuch Warning as aforefaid, ihall caufe fuch Fence to be 
 pulled down. 
 
 Any perfon 
 who has 
 within ij 
 Years,or who 
 fhall, Inclofa 
 byFencing in 
 any part of 
 ihcHighway 
 or Commons 
 theSeleftmeji 
 or aCommit- 
 tee appointed 
 by the Town 
 orby thePro- 
 rietorsjoraoy 
 J Proprietors 
 to Warn faid 
 perfons tore- 
 move faid 
 Fence wirlijn 
 the fpace of 
 I Month} 00 
 negle(fl, to 
 pull it down 
 themfelves.
 
 Jnno Regn'i Regit G E O R G T J, Declmo. 
 
 3Be it alfo <Snaftcli, That if fuch Perfon or Perfons Warned as aforefaid. 
 If the perfon fhall not caule fuch Fence to be removed within the time fo to be let and 
 prefiime to united as aforefaidj it (hall and may be lawful for the faid Seleft-men, or 
 rkT OffenTe Committee, or Committees,or the faid Three Proprietors as aforefaid ; and 
 by Erefling ' they and either of them are hereby impowred to caufe the faid Fence to be 
 his Fence in pulled down and removed. And if the Perfon fo offending fliall prefiime to 
 the fame commit the like Offence in the fame place,he Ihall incur the Penalty oiTen 
 ^u^r'1he°w-' P"""^^ '■) to be recovered by Bill, Plaint or Information, by fuch Seleft-men 
 nalty of 10 1. or Committee or Committees,or Proprietors as aforefaid, who gave the faid 
 In whichTri. Warning and caufed luch Fence to be pulled down, in the County Court of 
 al no Appeal ^|^g ^gjj County where the faid Offence is committed ( in which Trials no 
 n ''Sto'^ Appeal (hall be allowed) One half of which Penalty (hall be to the faid Pro- 
 the profecu- fecutors, together with the Cofts of Profecution •, and the other half of 
 tors, t'other faid Penalty (hall be to the County Treafury of fuch County. 
 
 ty Tt^eSmJr Trovidcd alfo, 3finl> (t (3 Ijecebg (EnottfH, That if any Perfon or Perfons 
 whofe Fence ihall be pulled down as aforefaid,(han bring any Aftion againft 
 Any perfon thofe that pulled it down, as Trefpa/fing in fo doing j fuch Seleft-men, or 
 puUingdown Committee, or Committees,or Proprietors as aforefaid who caufed the faid 
 faidFencebe. p^j^^g j.jjjjg pyllgjj jo„n^ njay Plead the general IfTue, Not guilty j and 
 Trffoaffe' to bring this Aa in Evidence. And any Perfon or Perfons who (hall bring 
 plead, Not any fuch Suit, if he or they (hall not prove that the faid Fence flood well 
 guilty, and ^^ j-j^e Bounds of his or their Land, or of their Land for whom he holds 
 bring this Aft ^j^^ ^^^q ^ g^^j fo jg not any Encroachment on faid High- way or Undivided 
 And to re"co- Land, Verdift (hall be given againft him or them, and in cafe Verdift be 
 ver double given againft fuch Perfon or Perfons, or fuch Perfon or Perfons fuffer 
 Cofts -, in themfelves to be Nonfuit, Judgment (hall be given againft him or them 
 cafe, &c, £(jf (he Defendents to recover double Cofts. 
 
 videpag^i? ^n Ad for better Regulating the Office of 
 ll9.i&i Sheriffs, and (afe Cuftody of Prifoners. 
 
 WHEREAS many Complaints have been madey and much Wrong 
 fttftained by reafon of Miftales, NegleSs and Failures, in Serving of 
 Writs and Executing Judgments of Courts, or Levying Executions. 
 
 Sheriffs only For the better Regulating thofe Affairs, and to prevent fuch 
 
 or their De, Injuries for the Future ; 
 
 puties.to le- fljj j^ (gnaitct) B? tl)C <Bot)jcnour,Council anli EcpcerentatibE^jfn^eneral 
 nL S'above' Court aCfmiI)Ieti,antJ Up t^e 3lutl)0?(tp of tlje fanie,That from and after the 
 10 /Debt or Fir ft Day of j^uguft next,no Writ of Execution wherem the Original Debt 
 Damage. or Damage exceeds the Sum of 7«m Pounds, (hall be Served by any Conftable 
 Sheriffs to be ^^ j^jg Deputy *, but by the Sheriff,or fuch as he (hall Depute for that end. 
 
 die°G"vern- 55e it alfO (CnaCteO, That from and after the faid Firft of Auguft next, no 
 
 onr & Coun- perfon fhall be efteeraed duly Qualified to execute the Office of Sheriff, or 
 
 cil.and to be g^^^^ ^^^ ^^.j. ^^ Sheriff i unlefs he (hall firft be Appointed by and become 
 
 of ReMe^i-'' Bound by Recognizance before the Governour and Council, with Two 
 
 zance with fufficient Sureties, Freeholders in this Colony, in the Sum of Two Thoufand 
 
 iwofufficient Pounds to theTreafurer of theColony,for the faithful Admmiftration of the 
 
 Sureties, in ^^jj q^^^ .^ g^^ foj anfwering all fuch Damages as any Perfons may fuftain 
 
 looo/Toan- hy any Unfaithfulnefs or Negleft in the fame : Nor before fuch Perfon has 
 
 fwer ail da- taken before the Governour aforefaid, the Oaths by Law required of fuch 
 
 mages, as Execute the faid Office ; who (hall thereupon receive a Warrant or 
 
 Sheriffs to be Commiffion ( exprefling him to be Qualified as aforefaid, Signed by the 
 
 Commiffion- Governour of the Colony for the time being, or in his abfence by the 
 
 ated by the pgpyty.Qovernour ) impowring him to Execute the faid Office,
 
 Ahm Regni Regis G E O R G I J, Declmo. 
 
 HiftetjS* Cottttterfeiting BiUg of CreUit 301 
 
 156 ft Blfo <£na(teft,That Sheriffs Appointed, Qualified and Impowred by 
 the Govemour as aforefaid ( or in his abfence by the Deputy-Governour ) Sberiffi coIut« 
 and CounciI,(han haye the Cuftody of the Goals in their refpeftive Coun- JJ^^g^J^j^^ 
 ties ; and Hiall put in fuch Keepers of the faid Goals as they fee caufe, and UieirrefpeQiK 
 (hal) be RefpoDiihte for all the Damages that any Perfbn fbaU fuftain by the Counties,Scto 
 Efcape of any Piifoner out of fuch Goal, through the Fault or by the Con- P"' >»Keepei\ 
 nivanceof fuch Keepers, or any Perfons whatfoever having the Charge of fL'r ^*!wf^ 
 fiid Goals under fuch SheriSs. ^ 6 ye for than. 
 
 An A& ia further addition to the Aft, 
 Emimleci, An Ad dirediDg how Rates and Si.^^^.',7«J 
 Taxes Granted by theGeneral Affembly,"'''^'''" 
 (hall be Affeffed and Gathered in 5 more 
 efpecially that part thereof, which re- 
 fpeds the choofing of Lifters. 
 
 WHERE AS inthe i4». Page loo, It is EnaBed, * That each Tovm 
 *ac their Annual Meeting fliaD choofe Three or Four of their 
 ' Inhabitants to he Lifters* 
 
 %t tH note (Cnatteu l^i^t ^otientour, Cotincil anli Beprefentatibetf, fit ehookviaen 
 <DeneTBl Court 9ll(rembUD,anli bp tte3Cut^o;(tp of tOe ranie,ThateachTown not exceedii^ 
 fliall choofe luch a Number of their Inhabitants to be Lifters, as they Oiall 9 to a Tovia, 
 think fit, not exceeding Nine : and each Perfon fo chofen Ihall be Sworn to f^^'^ "* ** 
 a faithful Difcharge of their Office,as the Law direfts j or fuffer the Penalty aSfotto 
 for refuting as in the cafe of refuting a Town Office. Towd office™ 
 
 refufing to 
 
 ' ' """• Serve. Pag,ti| 
 
 An Aft againft Counterfeiting Bills of Credit, y^^^ ^^ 
 
 169,236, ij^ 
 
 Be ft «nattch !ip tlje (Botrrnour, Council ani ReprcCmtatltJtjf, fn p , 
 45cnetal Court affemliUti, anD Bp tte autf)o?(rg of t^e tlaiiu, Thai tolii "«•«*' 
 whofoever fhall prefuaje to Forge, Counterfeit, Alter or Utter any Bill or Counterfm* 
 Bills of Credit of this Colony, or of the Bills of Credit of the Provinces of Alter or Utter 
 the Majfachufetts-Bayy New-H^mffljire, Nexf-Yorky Rhode-lpnd^ and the2^7«p. '"y ?'"' .of 
 Jtrfiesy knowing them to be fuch, that now are or hereafter fhall be by the of'JhisCoi"'"' 
 Law Eflabliflied,either in this Colony or either of the aforefaid Provinces \ r>t of'tbeNe"'- 
 or that (hall Counfel, Advife, Procure, or any ways A/fift in the Forging, bouring Go- 
 Counterfeiting, Imprinting,Stamping,Altering or Signing of any fuch falfe vernmentj, by 
 Bill or Bills, knowing them to be fuch •, or Engrave any Plate, or make any *■?" '^^'i''?'- 
 other Infirument to be uftd for that purpofe, every Perfon or Perfons fo t^^, 10°"^^ 
 ofFending,being thereof Convifled before any of the Superiour Courts in this Falfe ; or QiaH 
 Colony ,fhal] be Punifhed by having his right Ear cut ofF,and fhaH beBranded ?ny ways affift 
 on the Forehead with the Letter C and be committed to a Work-houfe c^*^^^,^' 
 and there be confined toWorkunder the care of aMaf^er till the day of [J^^gnJjfj 
 his Death ; and never depart from faid Houle without fpecial Leave from with the letter 
 this AJrembJy,under the penalty of being feverely Whip't '■, and that all the C. hisEnate to 
 Eftateofany Perfon offending as aforefaid, (hall be Forfeited to this Go- ^'V°i'/'"'c'*^ 
 vernment : Alfo the Perfon fo offending as aforefaid, fhall be for ever de- J, , work-^ 
 barred of any Trade or Dealing within this Colony in any wife, upon the houfe to the 
 penalty of being feverely Whip't, 4ayo{hi$icath 
 
 An Aft
 
 Anf)o Regni B^egU G E O R G I J, Decimo. 
 
 !02 emittius I5iUjS of Credit. jBap^tierrpXaUoiD* 
 
 An Ad for Emitting Bills of Credit. 
 
 Vid.pag- 145, 
 
 J^9.i55,i 5^8 -yj^HEKEAS by an M of thii A{fcmhly^?fl(fcd at New-Haven in Oaober 
 
 jgp],p/,pp VV One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Twoj Entituled, Pin Aft for 
 
 201, i 1 1, 2 16 New Imprinting Faur Thoufand Pounds •■, there was Ordered to be Imprinted and 
 
 2zo,2i4,ii9 Signed by a Committee appointed thereunto of the Bills of the Publick Credit of this 
 
 23J.i?7,z4i Colony, the Sum of Four Thoui'^nd Pounds, of which Sum there ti ftitl remaining 
 
 289' 297. *" '^' hands of the Committee for the Signing faid Billsy the Sum of Six Hundred 
 
 and Forty Pounds And whereoi upon Auditing the Publick Accounts with the 
 
 Treafurer,the Auditors have reported to this Affembly, that there is drawn in by the 
 
 Rate, of good Bills and fit for further Service, to the Sum of Six Hundred Ninety 
 
 freamhle. Nine Pounds, Three Shillings and Nine-pence •■, which Bills they have received 
 
 of the Trcafurer upon the account of the Rate, and have fine e put them into the 
 
 hands cf the Treafurer,for the further Order of this Affembly,and have taken the 
 
 Treafurer's Receipt for the fame. 
 
 TBt it 42nQCtetJ fep t1)e dPoternotir.Counci'I ano IRepwfentatfljegjfn (General 
 Court SldembltU.anti b)> tfje 2lliit^o?itp of tl)C fame, That the Committee 
 ^000'/ htcl appointed for the Signing of faid Bills, are hereby Ordered to deliver the 
 ImpHnied', Vo aforefaid Sum of Six Hundred and Forty Pounds, unto the Treafurer, taking 
 beEmitied, as his Receipt for the fame And the Treafurer is hereby Ordered and Im- 
 aifo 699 1, i.s pQ^,,red [q IflTue forth and Emit the faid Six Hundred and Forty Pounds, with 
 R 11* ^ h^p"^ the aforefaid Sum of Sja: Hundred and Ninety Nine Pounds, three Shillings and 
 m'ictcd. * " Nine-pence, Ki^Kt Bills,delivered into his hands by the Auditors as aforefaid, 
 towards the Payment of the publick Debts and neceflary Charges of this 
 Colony, upon fuch Orders as he fhall trom time to time receive according 
 to Law. 
 ATaxof 1400 9Ent) It J0 fitcttcr ^nactca bjj tlje 5£utIjo?Up afo?efaii!,That as a Fund or 
 &6 /. 5, 1. & Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in faid Bills into the Treafury 
 9(/. a Fund for again, this Aflembly Grants a Tax or Rate of One Thoufand Four Hundred 
 drawing in faid ^^^ ^'^ Pounds, Three Shillings and Nine-pence ; to be levied on the Polls and 
 lo't'h S M% Rateable Eftate within this Colony : To be paid into the Treafury at or 
 I7J0 before the Twentieth Day of May, which will be in the Year, One Thou- 
 
 fand Seven Hundred and Thirty ^ Which faid Rate (hall be paid in the Bills 
 of publick Credit of this Colony, to be received into the Treafury at 
 Twelve-pence on the Pound Advance •, or in Money as it generally Pafleth 
 Currant in the Country at the time of Payment, and in no other manner. 
 
 An A61 in further addition to the Adt, En- 
 yid^=pag.27o. ^-ituled, An Aa for Encouragement of the 
 getting Bay-berry Tallow, 
 
 w 
 
 H ERE AS an JB in Addition to an AB, Made andPafed by thlsAffem- 
 hly at New- Haven in Oil:ober,0«? Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty 
 Two, in Emendation of an Act Made and Paffed by this Affembly,in Oftober One 
 P e ble Thoufand Seven Hundred andTwenty One,Entituled,kn Ad for Encouragement 
 of the getting Bay-berry Tallow \ in which Law it is Provided, ' That who- 
 
 * foever (hall gather any of faid Berries growing in any Place in thisGovern- 
 
 * ment, at any time before the Tenth Day of September Annually, Ihall pay 
 
 * Two Shillings and Six-pence per Peck.and after that rate for greater or leffer 
 'Quantities tTct notwithftanding faid Law, great Quantities of faid Berries are 
 gathered before faid Tenth of September ; and y it fuch Offenders are not brought 
 to Punifhrnent, becaufe of the difficulty of Proving that the Offender gathered faid 
 Berries within thk Colony. *
 
 Anno Regnt Regis G E R G IJ, Declmo. 
 
 New^Haven Caft^i^et^ ifetrp at Rocky^hilL 303 
 
 caifieLefo^e (t i& noto <£nadeJs anU SDeclarcO b? tIjfiS affemblp, aim tbe atis 
 t^O^itp tt)eteOf,That whatfoever PerTon or Perfons (hall have any Quantity ^''"'""^ ^^^vlng 
 of laid Berries found in his or their PonefTion orCuftody,acany time before '"^ Qi'^ntity 
 faid Tenth Day oi Stptember,{h^\] be judged guilty of the Breach of faid tunlh'lu^t 
 A(ft of One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty One, afore recited to, PofTefTlon any 
 and fliall futfer accordingly, as is Provided by faid Aft \ Except faid Offen- timebcforethe 
 ders when complained of, fhall Prove that he or they gathered faid Berries '°°''^^/"^'"*- 
 out of this Colony. '°J;/;^§1'^ 
 
 An A(£t for preventing the Obftruding the 
 Paffage of New-Haven Eaft-River. 
 
 Up ON the Memorial of John Hall Efcj\ in behalf of himfelf and many others 
 of the Town of Wallingsford, (liewing to this Ajfemhly, That himfelf and Preamble. 
 Tartners have Subfcrihed to Clear at their own Cofi, the Paffage 0/ New- Haven 
 Etifl River y for carrying down faid River fv.th l^effeli at they (})a/l Build upon faid 
 River ; and praying this Affembly that none tnay be allowed in any way to Step or 
 Objlra^ faid Paffage after they have fo Cleared the fame, 
 
 %z ft tJjcrtfojc (£nacteU b? tljr (Botjertiottr, Councif anS I5f ptefcntarftest 
 in (Bcneral Court alTembleD, anb bp tlje aiutjjo^itp of tfie fame, Thar 
 if any Perfon or Perfons fhall wittingly and willingly, Stop or Obf^ruft the Perlons that 
 PafTage of faid River in any place betwixt the Mouth thereof and fo far up ^1";'"^'' ^^^ 
 faid Stream as fhall be fo Cleared, by falling any Tree or Trees thereinto, or'obnn/ftihe 
 or caftingany other Matter whatfoever thereinto ; he or they fhall forfeit Paflage of taid 
 the Sum of Twenty Shillings : The one half to the Complainer, who (hall Pro- R"vcr,by fal- 
 fecute to E{Feft,and the other half to the County Treafury of New Haven ; '|"8 T"""' 
 and alfo (hall Clear the fame out of faid River, or pay the Coft of clearing' Sinrwher 
 the fame •, as (hall be allowed by an Adtftant or Juffice of the Peace. And Matter into*^ 
 jf anyTree (hall be felled as aforefaid,ofFany particular mans Land into faid tobf fin'dzox. 
 River,the Owner of faid Land Ihall be taken to have felled the fame ; unlefs ^ ^'" ^'"'" 
 the faid Owner fhall pofitively affirm before the Authority before whom he o!ffaldRive°"' 
 fliall be called, that he did not direftly nor indireftly fell faid Tree, nor pa/thecoftrf 
 confent it (hould be felled. Any one Affiflant or Juftice of the Peace, other clearing the 
 than fuch as (hall be concerned in Clearing or Ufing faid Paifage as afore- ^"^* 
 faid, to hear and determine all Offences againft this Ad. 
 
 An A£k for granting Liberty to fetup a Ferry 
 at RockyHill in mtt\)tt&Ulh ; an(i for 
 ftating the Fare thereof. 
 
 THIS Affembly grants Liberty to Jonathan Smith of Wether sfield, to fet up ^ ^^"^ ^«' "P 
 a Ferry acrofs Co«wi?/c«NRiver,at Rocky.Hill in Wethersfield aforefaid. ^' '^«''y-'>'"« 
 
 ^llntldjfg -Kfremlil? bo notoi Ecfolftc, That the Fare of the faid Ferry for "^^^ ^^^^^^ '' 
 the future,fhall be Four-pence Money for each Man and Horfe and Load, and Hfrf^'^j"^ 
 "Two.pence for each fingle Perfon or fingle Horfe •, Any former Law, Ufage f,n°gie 'p*ron ' 
 or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. or Horfe. 
 
 SllnU it (S Ijtrebp further Ktfolbeb, That if any Perfon or Perfons what- 
 foever ( who (hall for the future have and keep the faid Ferry ) (hall Penalty onFer. 
 demand and receive any more than what is hereby allowed them, he or ry-n"" who 
 they fhall fufFer the like Penalty, as is provided by the Law of this Colony, Jha^^be""^? 
 Entituled, An Ali for Regulating Ferries ^ againft fuch as take or receive more aiiow'dby law 
 than their allowed Fare. See pag. 34 
 
 ;v,Xo«rf<»»jPrinted&Soldby7',Gr«p,Prlnter to theGov.&CoMPANY, 1724
 
 ^nno Regnt Regis GEORGIJ. Undedmo. 
 
 'Mmm^ appointeD tti %{i\m% of:^ccottnt,&:c*305 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majeflics Colony of 
 Conner/cut in New England : Begun and Held at New Haven^ on 
 rhe Eighth Day of October, in the Eleventh Year of the Reiga 
 of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE, KING of Great-Britaia, &c, 
 jimo Domini, 17x4. 
 
 An A<Jt for Amendment of the Law ;( Pro- 
 viding Auditors fhall be appointed inX^n^Mol', 
 Anions of Account, &c. and for Amend- p.*«|*« 
 ing the Writ upon Pleas of Abatement. ) ^^^>^^^' 
 
 W HE RE AS it is Provided, 'that an AHion of Accour.t may be 
 Troftcuted, and no Special Authority given to any of the Courts _ , . 
 of Judicature Eflabliflied by the Lam of this Colony, to jipfoint ' " '• 
 Auditors to Hear, Jn[peS and Adjujt the Accounts \ for want , 
 
 whereof, that AS ion becomes Vnfervlceable, whereby fomt fail of their Right. £j,^°j. ^J jj^ 
 
 County orSu- 
 
 Whj'ch to Prevent 
 
 perior Conrr, 
 
 IBt ft €nartrt b? flje ©oiiecnour, flfCffantsf anti SDtputfeJf In vvhere Deferi- 
 ^Bjneral Court affemWrO, anD bp rte 2utt)o?it? of tT)e fame. That dams in piead- 
 when and fo often,as fuch an Aflion /hall be brought to the County Court, «"§ they oughc 
 or by Appeal to the Superiour Court, in any of the Counties in this "°v|^*" j"J"' 
 Colony, that when any Defendant fliall plead in his defence, any Plea ju,y ^ ;„„(•' 
 which being True, he ought not to Accompt, it (hall be Trycd by a Jury •, the Verdift be 
 and in cafe the Verdift be found againft him, the Court (hall enter up found againft 
 Judgment agajwft him, that he fliall Accompt i and the Court are hereby to"'Enter°'Dp 
 Impowred, and Direfted, to Appoint Three Able Judicious and Indifferent judgment a- 
 Men, who fhall have a Proper Oath Adminiftred to them, to Hear, Ex- ga'mft 'em that 
 amine,and Adjuft the Accounc,or Accounts •■, and the Auditors Appointed tlwy fhall.&'i!. 
 asaforefald, have hereby Authority given them to Appoint Time, and j^^ Court fa 
 Place, for the Hearing, and Adjufting the Accompts aforefaid ; and upon Appoint? men 
 the Defendants refufal,due Notice being given him of the Time and Place to be Audi- 
 as aforefaid, to Attend upon them and Produce his Accompts j that theV">**^*'^>^« 
 
 Ddd Auditors ''"»«s«*>'"-
 
 Anno Regut Regis G E O R G I J. Undcclmo. 
 
 306 gjnteftate caates* 
 
 Auditors fliall Award to the Plaintiff the whole of his Demands ; 
 Auditor! their and upon the Parties Producing to them their Accompts, that the 
 Power, and to ^\uditors (hall have Power to Adminifter an Oath unto them, to Anfwer 
 Court"their * t^o f"ch Interrogatories as they (hall think proper, refpefting their Ac- 
 Award.Toge- compcs j And upon either of the Parties refufal to take fuch Oath, or to 
 tber with fuch Anfwer direftly to (uch Interrogatories, it (hall be in the Power of the 
 reafonableCofts Auditors to Commit the Party fo refufing to Goal ; there to remain ac his 
 vice a*"^ihe"' °^" 'Charge till he will Account or Anfwer, as aforefaid. And when the 
 Court (hall a- Auditors have adjufted the Accounts, or Awarded as aforefaid, and Re- 
 ward, which turned the fame to the Court, either at the fame Seffions or the next, that 
 pi^- ^'ff^h'^ ^^^^ Judgment fhall be made up tor the Recovery of the Sum Awarded and 
 pairdown to ^o^s •, together with fuch reafonable Cofts for the fervice of the Auditors 
 the Auditors, as the Court (hall award, which (hall be by the Plaintiff then paid down to 
 
 the Auditors. 
 All Aftions of SIlnD jt l& fuctfjfC ^COl)(tietl, That in all Anions on Book Account, 
 above 10 /. if the Account be alledged to be above Tw Pottw^r, that the like method 
 like^met"od'^' ^^^ ^' "'^*" '" Appointing Auditors, for the Adjuftment of their 
 refpeft to Au- Accounts between them; and whofoever fhall be Awarded by them to 
 ditors. be in Arrears the Court (hall enter up Judgment for the recovery of 
 
 the fame, with additional Cofts as aforefaid. 
 Pleas made in %nti futtftec it iH J^iCoWtstU, That when any Plea (hall be made in 
 Abatement of j^jjatement of the Writ, that if it be ruled, in favour of the Defendant, 
 'w favo^/"'o1' ^^^ Plaintiff (hall have Liberty on his paying down to the Defendant 
 the Defendant his Cofts to that Time, to Amend that D€feft,and to proceedas he miglit 
 theplamiffpay have done if no fuch Defeft had been made And in cafe of Appeal 
 ingtheDefen- from a Judgment on Pleas in Abatement, the Appellant (hall not make 
 dant Cofts till gggj JjIj p|g3 (,y j.he Judgment of the Superior Court ; Cofts (hall be 
 prec^^' &l Awarded againft him, however the Caufe (hall happen to IfTue. 
 
 Limitation of 
 this A&. 
 
 This Aft to continue of Force for two Years and no longer. 
 
 ^.^ ^ ^ An Acf^ in Ad(dition to an A(5^,Entituled,An 
 60,1 z8, 174.' A(5^ for the Settlement of Inteftate Eftates. 
 
 I9Z,I9>> iij 
 217, & iz6, 
 
 WHEREAS it,U Provided by the Piid AEl^ ' That the Executor 
 * or Executors, Named by the Teftator, (hall make or caufe to 
 
 * be made a True and Perfed Inventory of all the Eftate of the Perfon 
 
 * Deceafed,as well Moveable as not Moveable whatfoever ; Whicn Inventory 
 by the [aid Executor or Executors^ upon his or their Oath or Oathsy fhall be 
 
 S«epig. tfo. by him or them Delivered io the Court of Probates ; and there being no 
 Sufficient penalty Provided in the Law to Inforce the fame, it hat become 
 a Cuflom for Executors to Neglect that part of their Duty, to the Prejudice 
 of fome that may be Intertfied in fuch Eftate. 
 
 Which to Prevent for the Future : 
 
 g|r \$ OjuecttJ anil (CnacteU 6p He (Boternoiir, Council anU Ee- 
 caufe"i°vemo- pcefentatftes, (n <©tneEal Court flCTembUD, ana bp tt)e 2ButJ)o?ftp of tlie 
 ry'stobemade fame. That if the Executor or Executors of any Laft Will andTefiament, 
 in I Months that (hall be brought for Probate into any of theCourts of Probates in this 
 ifter the Pro- Colony, from and after the Firft Day of November next, (hall not within 
 w»ls o^ '!2^ ^^^ ^P^*^® °^ '^"'° Months, next after the Probate of fuch Laft Will and 
 fwUy'of"j!/i Teftament, caufe fuch Inventory to be made as aforefaid, and the fame to 
 per Month! ' be Exhibited in the Regifters Office of the. fame. Court of Probates 
 
 where
 
 Anno Regni Regis G E R G I J. Undeclma 
 
 3fttti<an g^ <goatg> 307 
 
 where the faid Will was Accepted and Recorded •, Every Executor fo 
 Neglefting his or her Truft and Duty in that behalf, (without juft Excufe To be Reco- 
 made to the Judge of faid Court and Accepted for fuch delay) Ihall vered by A«i. 
 Forfeit the Sum of Five Pounds per Month, from and after the ^i^ °"^'"^i^^^^J^' 
 Two Months are expired ; until he or they (hall Inventory the faid Eftatc, pieas^one moi. 
 and Exhibit the faid Inventory as aforefaid : Every fuch Forfeiture to «y for the ufe 
 be Recovered by A£tion or Information in the Court of Common Pleas of the Poor of 
 in the County where the Teftator laft Lived, and to be Difpofed of, „j^„e jhroe- 
 one Moiety thereof to the Ufe of the Poor of the Town where the ^^^^ pj^fj,* 
 Deceafed Perfon lafl Dwelt, and the other Moiety to him or them that jatl dwelt, & 
 ihall Inform or Sue for the fame, and Profecute to full EfFeft. the other moi- 
 
 ety lohim that 
 This A£l to continue of Force for two Years and no longer. ihill Sqc for 
 
 the Came. 
 
 '— —^— '————— —^^—^—^■^—— ■^——— ■ ■ Aft Limited. 
 
 An A<ft for Repealing the Aft made in the 
 Seventh Year of the late Qyeen Anne, En- vidpag, ^y, 
 tituledjAn Adi for Repealing the laft Para- %\^'J^!is; 
 graph of the Law, Entituled, An Aft for 
 the Well-ordering of the Indians, in their 
 feveral Places and Plantations 5 and for 
 Reviving the aforefaid Paragraph 
 
 THIS Court do now fee caufe to Repeal the faid Aft, anli^natt anU No perfon al- 
 SDetlare, That after the firft of Manb next, no Perfon fhall be '°*"* " Pro- 
 allowed or Admitted to Profecute before anv AfTtftant, Juf^ice of the ^^aTr^^^'- 
 PeacejOrCourt of Judicature in this Colony,any A<ai0n of Debt or Detinue, Good« Le^^or 
 for any Goods which ftall be Sold, Lent or Truf^ed out, to any Indian or Sold onto 'em', 
 Indians whomfoever, at any Time after the firfl of Fibruery next. after the firft 
 
 ———_—____-_ ■ - of FeJ.iMXt. 
 
 An Ad Relating to Goats. vidpag.zgj 
 
 THIS jijfenAly tonfidtring the great Benefit that Gtott are of^ ifvteU 
 Manititdyfor the Subduing of rough Land y and Iringing inrf Englifli Graft, ^^'""^l'' 
 Vlbieh it much wanted in New Flantationt ; And that dvt EtKouragement may be 
 given to theft that {halt keef Goats far the Ends aferefaid. 
 
 3ft W^errfip €na(teB Bp t^fst ^fftmMp, ( Upon the Motkm of the Re- i„f "to S' 
 prelentativea of the feveral Towns in the North-Eaft part of this Govern- Towns of 
 ment, viz. Ntrwich^ Windham^ Canterbury, flain^eld, Pomfrett and KeHingly, ) ^.'^•Y^* 
 That aU Goats that are or may be within the faid Townfhips, ft»an have J^",*^^' 
 Liberty to go at large, and not be Judged Damage Feafant, nor lysble to pisin^ei/, 
 be Impounded, from and after the Fifteenth Day of September, in this Pomfrett,' & 
 Prefent Year, One Thoufind Seven Hundred and Twenty Four : And fo f'^^'V^- 
 from the middle of Sef«»in*«r till the Fifteenth Day of ^pril annually, ^'','j*^'^'^ 
 except, they be found in Winter Corn fufficientJy Fenced, either in Com- f,om the jfii 
 mon Fields, or Particular Inclofures, and being fo found and Impounded, of Sept. to the 
 the Owners (hall Pay One-feny fer Head and Juft Damages •• Any Law, i5»*.of^«ri7 
 Ufege or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. t"T§'e 
 
 JUMyi Trnided, This Aft be of Force but Three Years. Aalimhed. 
 
 An 
 
 S«P9gJ8,ijj 
 
 After the firft 
 ofAfarcinext,
 
 jitmo RegHt Regis GEORGlJ, Undecima 
 
 los mxx^ of CreDit* 
 
 An A<a for Imprinting jfout XlJOttfano 
 
 yfel.Vji l^OUntJiS in Bills of Credit, 
 
 and z8;. 
 "SrittmhU. 
 
 WHEREAS feveralofthe Bills of Credit of this Colony are TortiyDefaced 
 and Unft to Pafiy whereby it becomes nccejptry that fucb Bills may bt 
 taken into the Trtafury and Exchanged. 
 
 %t ig€nacteii 6p t%t (Boternour, Council anti 1Reprefcntat(6«d, (n 
 
 4000 /.of Bah dPenetal Court affembleU, an6 bp tJjt aiutt)0?ftp of t^c fame, That there 
 
 be N**''^'i'° ^ forthwith Imprinted a certain Number of the Bills of Credit on this 
 
 pt'mti'^T' Colo"y> in fuitable Sums, from Tvo Shilling) to fwr Pounds, which fhall 
 
 amount to the Sum of Four Thoufund Poundiy and no more. Which Bills 
 
 ftall be Indented and Stamped, with fuch Stamps as the Governour and 
 
 Council fhall Order, and Signed by the Committee appointed for the 
 
 Signing of Bills of the Pub! ick Credit of this Colony j they or any three 
 
 of them. And of the Tenor following, 
 
 iPO- ( ) 20 s. 
 
 (rfJis Indented Sill of Twenty Shillings, due from the Colony of ConneQicoC 
 
 »■» New-England, to the Toffeffor thereof, fhaU be in lvalue equal to Money, 
 
 Form of the and fhall be accordingly acctfted by the Treafurer and Receivers Sulordinatc t0 
 
 ""* him ; and for any Stock at any time in the Trtafury, Hartford, July the Twtlftbf 
 
 Anno Dom. 1709. By Order of the General jijfembly. 
 
 May, 171 J. 
 
 w^hilS- *"^ ^ ^' ^""^^"^ *nattc», That faid Bills fo to be Imprinted and 
 «toBxchar!ge Signed by this Ail, (hall by the faid Committee or any three of them, be 
 for Torn & Delivered to the Treafurer, taking his Receipt for the fame ', and the 
 DcficedBiUi. Treafurer fliall give them in Exchange for fuch Torn and Defaced Billf 
 as are not fit for Ufe. 
 
 ^'fsfiWs An Aa for Emitting Bills of Credit. 
 
 201*2^1' M6 T*^ '* <lD?l>cteti anl) (f natftU bp tl&e «6ofeecnftur. Council ant) IRcpre- 
 
 2io'224,'2Z9 L ffntatjbeff, in >(5rnetal Court ^ffembleo, anD bp tf)e 31iut})o;(t? of tje 
 
 25s,2}7,24i fantf, That there be forthwith Emitted, a certain number of Bills of 
 
 245.»5?.i86 Cfgjjt On this Colony, in fuitable Sums from Two Shillings to Five Poundf^ 
 
 a8j>,i97,}oi ^jjj^jj ;^ j}^g whole (hall Amount to the Sum of Two Thoufand and Three 
 
 Hundred Pounds and no more i Three Hundred Pounds whereof (hall be of 
 
 the Bills of Credit of this Colony Made and Imprinted, Purfuant to an 
 
 . Aa of this Aflembly in OEiober, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and 
 
 Imictcd "o Twenty Two, Entituled, An AB for New Imprinting Four Thoufand 
 
 pay the' Pub- Pounds, in Bills of Credit. Which Three Hundred Pounds are now in the 
 
 lick Debts of Treafurers Hands, and the remaining Two Thoufand Pounds Ihall be of 
 
 the Colony, the Bills of Credit which are Ordered to be Made and Imprinted by the 
 
 Aft ot this Aflembly at their Prcfent Seflions, and the Committee for 
 
 Signing the Bills of this Colony are hereby direfted to Sign the faid Snm 
 
 of Two Thoufand Pounds as foon as may be, and deliver them into the 
 
 Hands of the Treafurer, to be by him Paid out towards defraying the 
 
 Publick Debts of this Colony, taking his Receipt for the fame ; And the 
 
 laid Treafurer, is accordingly hereby Inipowred and Ordered,to Iffue forth 
 
 and
 
 Mm Regrii Regis GEORGTJ, Undeclmo. 
 
 ICotDri Cletft0* 309 
 
 and Emit the fame, towards the Payment of the Publick Debts of this 
 Colony ,and the farther neceflkry Charges thereof, attending to fuch Orders 
 as fiiall be givea him, from time to time, according to Law. 
 
 3lttlr Cti)Sruct5cr€aatt£6&2tBe 3SutI)0?itp afo^cTaiB^ That as a Fund a Tax of 
 and Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in thefaidSum of Two i^i% I. to be 
 fhnfaadznd "tkree Btauired Pourtdsy into the Treafury, This Affembly » ^"n** f^c 
 grants a Tax or Rate of Tm Jhcufmd Four Hundred and Fifteen Pounds, to ? ^^"0! '" . 
 be Levied on Polls and all the Rateable Eftate within this Colony, and to IheLaft of 
 be paid into theTr^futy at or before the Laft Day of /lugufi, which will Ju^uji 172^. 
 be in the Year of Our Lord, O/re fhoufand Stvtn Hundred and Twenty Nincy. 
 which faid Rate (hall be paid in Bills of Credit of this Colony, or in Money 
 as it pailes Generally Currant in the Country, at the Time of Payment • 
 and in no ether manner, 
 
 2 coo /. of the 
 Srm ft isi fucti^nr CnattsS, That the refidue of the Four Tboufand Pounds Bills of Credit 
 in Bids ofCiedit,Ordei«d to be Made and Imprinted, by the Aft of this ""^ 0''<'ef«' 
 AiTemWy at their PrefencSeffions, being Tifo Thcufand Pounds^and no more, ed''wT'"l 
 fhall be Signed by the Committee Appointed to Sign the Bills of Credit of iiv«ed to'the" 
 this Colony, or any Three of them, and delivered to the Treafurer, who Treafurer, to 
 fiiall give them in Exchange for fuch Torn and Defaced Bills that are not ^' Exchanged 
 fit for Ufe ; Taking his Receipt for the fame. *°'" ^""^ ^'"*- 
 
 ain\J fe m furtfjec fl?^cr^. That the Receipts aforefaid fiiall be lodged i!?w*'A'P' •*? 
 mth the Secretary. ^ E^^'g^tj^* 
 
 San ft fH ftot^cr ^esdl. That the Sum of One thoufand and Five mox%oot. 
 Hundred Pounds jin the Bills of Credit,which have been brought in, or are to °^ '^'= Bills of 
 be brought in, by the Rate granted in OSiober laft, fhall be alfo Emitted for P^^'^jL*'''* 
 the Payment of the Publick Debts ot this Colony, and the further neceflary ar Jto be'br<% 
 Charges of the fame And the Treafiirer is hereby alfo Ordered to Iffue in, by {heRate 
 out and make Payment thereof^ according to fuch Orders as Ihall be given » Wo^"- latt, 
 bim, fiom time to time, according to Law. '<* •>« £mitttd 
 
 * * o topaythepnb- 
 
 _— _^___ lickOebts,erf. 
 
 An A<ft in Addition to, and for better En- 
 forcing an Adl; Pafled by this Affembly, rl^:?;!,^ 
 held at iBtlto-l^alJeil, 0(tOhtt i2th. in the 
 Eighth Year of the Reign of His Prefent 
 Majefty, King GEORGE, Entituled, An 
 Ad for Requiring Town Clerks to fend 
 to the Treafurer, Annually, the Names of ^"^ ^^' '^ 
 the Conftables, who are Chofen to gather 
 the Country Rates, 
 
 WHEREAS for the Eaft of the Treafurer of this Colony^ in finding out his 
 Warrants for gathering the Country Rates, and that be may more readily PreamlU* 
 inm the Name of the Conftable efpeciaUy Chofen in the reff>eliive Towns in this 
 Colony, AnnuaHj, forgathering the Country Rates, * ^t fjJ <£n3Ctel» anD ^COtlDtO, 
 
 E e e ,Thac
 
 Anno Regni Regis G E O R G I J, Undecimo. 
 
 *»!■ ■ ■■ III ■ ■ - ■ — . 
 
 310 %ax^ Motninuion. 
 
 Fieamhle, 
 
 * Thatfor the Future, the Town Clerk in each Town in this Colony, 
 
 * Ihall Annually in Afa_y, fend to cheTreafurer the Name of the Perfon in 
 
 * their Town who is Chofe a Conflable to gather the Country Rate. Ani. 
 whereof there is no Penalty Provided in [aid AEl, to be Infliiled upon fuch at fhall 
 Negle^ his Diuy in [aid A^ mentioned \ whereby the [aid jlil in iti Trut 
 Dejign and End is Eluded. 
 
 For Remedy whereof : 
 
 Town Clerks 
 
 ftnff "fhe° 3f ftf noto (finarteti It t^e *oliecnour, Council anU. mfprcfenratiije^, 
 Trejfurer.An- '" (Fenecal Couct ^fllTembleo, ariDfap tfjE 1tutl)0?itp of tf)e fame. That if 
 niially, the at any time hereafter, any ToWn Clerk fhall negleft his Duty,as by faid 
 Name of the Aft he is required ; and be thereof ConvifV before any AflGilant or Juftice 
 fcn"w'''7th« °^** ^^^<:^, he fhall pay a Fine of Forty ShiUingi Money, one half thereof 
 ihe Country*'^ ^° ^^ ^0 ^^^^ Complainer that fhall Profecute to EfFefl, and the other half 
 Races, »o for- to the Town Treafury where the Convift Clerk dwells- 
 ieit 40 s, 
 
 vidpag.rtfo An A<f^ for Levy ins; a Tax on Polls and all 
 
 Rateable Eftate. 
 
 A Tax of } d. 
 
 ub9*p^w''fn npHIS AfTembly Grants a Rate ot Three-pence on the Pound, on all the 
 Bills of Credit X Polls and Rateable Eftate in this Government, to be Paid into the 
 either of this Treafury in the Bills of Credit of this Colony, with theufual Advance of 
 Colony, or of Twelvetpence on the Pound, or the good Bills of Credit of Four Signers of 
 bourb''^ Go- ^^^ MaJpichufettS'Bay, or in the Bills of Credit of New-Tork, Rhode-Ifland, or 
 verntnents • J^tvf-Hamp^ire, without advance on them, or in Silver Money as ic pafTeth 
 or in Silver generally in the Country • 
 Money. 
 
 T 
 
 He Gentlemen Nominated to (land for Eledion in May next, 
 fent in by the Freemen of this Government, to this Aflembly, 
 are as followeth, yi^. 
 
 The Honourable JOSEPH TALLCOTT, Efq, 
 The Hoa ^O^AlHAU LAW, Efq; 
 
 !K%S"^?«*'' Hamlin, Efq; Peter Burr, Efq; Samuel EeUs, Efq; Matthem 
 Nominated' Allyn, Efq; Roger Wolcott, Efq; James Wadfwortb, Efq; John 
 fortheEieaion ff^n ^^^. chriHopber Chronophers, Efq; Hezekiah Braineri, £fq; 
 mKoy 171 J. ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^_ ^^^^^^ Wakeman, Efq; Capt. Jofepb Whiting, 
 
 Capt. Nathaniel Stanly, Mr Samuel Bijhop, Capt. James Rogers, 
 Capt. Wif/iam Clark, Maj. John Burr, Mr. Warham Mather. 
 
 NE W' LONDON: 
 
 Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to the Governoor 
 and Company. 17x4.
 
 Jnno Regni Regie GEORGIJ, UnJecFmo. 
 
 %x\\% Of CreDit mueiKott about 5i:oXbtt £>f ficets 
 
 311 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Paflcd by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefties Colony of 
 CoBHeilicut in New-EngU»J : Begun and Held at Hartford, on the 
 Thirteenth Day of May, in the Eleventh Year of the Reigri of Our 
 Sovereign Lord C£0 /?(?£, KING oiGreatBritain^SccAnnoDom. lyze 
 
 An Ad for Emitting Bills of Publick Credit. I|;|;| 
 
 B<C ff (f nacteU B? tfie (Sotecnour, Councfl an5 %t^vtUnmmt&, 2oi|I?i,'i?<f 
 in ©eneral Court affemMeD, ana h^ tjjj 3£ut5o?itp of t{)t fame, *»o.2i4,»»9 
 That the Sum of One ThoufandTw a Hundred and FortyThree Pounds *'^'*'7,24| 
 F«/ff*« Sfc.V/w^i and Stx-ptnce^ in Bills of Credit, which are a part iSp'iol'jor 
 of thofe that were brought in by the Rate in OneThoufand Seven Hun- josiic jo9. 
 dred and Twenty Four, and have been again delivered into the hands of 
 the Treafiirer, by Order of this Aflembly ; and alfo the Sum oiStven Hun- 2000 Pound* 
 drtd Fifty Six Pounds Four Shillings and Six-penceyin Bills of Credit of this tobeEmitted 
 Colony, out of the Four Thoufand Poundsy Ordered by this Aflembly to be *° pay the 
 Printed in Oilobtr, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Foar P"'?}'=I'«l>'s 
 and by their Committee to be delivered into the faid Treafurer's hands ' °""^^°^°"y 
 being in the whole Two thoufand Pounds, and no more : Be by the faid 
 Treafurer Iflued forth and Emitted toward the Payment of thePubhcfc 
 Debts of this Colony, and the further necelTary Charges tliereof, according 
 to fuch Orders as fliall be given him from time to time according to Law. 
 
 SlInU (t tsf futttfr €mtttn 6? tfjc S!iit5o?irp afo^tfafti. That as a Fund 
 or Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in of the faid Bills into the p °^ 4 
 
 Treafury again, this Aflembly Grants a Tax or Rate o( Two Thoufand Vohll°FTd. 
 One Hundred Pounds, to be levied on Polls and all Rateable Eftate within fof Drawing 
 this Colony ; to be Paid into the Treafury at or before the laft Day of *"'*''^ ^'"*» 
 Oiloher, which will be in the Year One Thoufand Seven Hundred and ^'^ ^Hnft, 
 Thirty: To be Paid into the Treafury in Bills of Credit of this Colony, r/Jo. 
 or in Money as it Paflech generally in the Country at the time of Payment* 
 and in no other manner. 
 
 A CJueftioB 
 
 ^ QUESTION Profounded to this Afembly, Whether upon the Death or lie- about Town- 
 
 moval of any Toan-Cierk, or other ordinary Town or Society-Officer in any Officers. 
 Town in this Colony^ fuch Town or Society may Regularly AJfetnble torethtr and ^'^/x?'''" 
 Choofe a New to M up fuch Vacant Place f Queftions.ia 
 
 ■n ^ . pag.iio.ijz 
 
 KESOLVED by thisAUembly in the Affirmative. 149,272,17^ 
 
 Fff A««k"=''"^'"'
 
 Anno Regnt Regis GEORGI J, Undecimo. 
 
 '312 New-LondonCountyCOttrt %ttiiint^^ ^tftetg. 
 
 An Ad for Altering the Time of the Sitting 
 of the County Court, appointed by Law 
 to be Holden in the County of /l^etb^ 
 flonnon, at iI5eXU:^|lont)on, on the Firft 
 ^uejday of ^me^ Annually. 
 
 WHEREAS :t u found by Experience that far the faid Court to be ft 
 Holden there J on the faid Firft Tuefday o/" June, is very inconvenienty by 
 J67.I70, i?S reafen of its Nearnefi to the time of the Sejfun ofthu ji^embly in May •, it often 
 aS4i* *^P' happening that many of the Judges for Holding [aid Court, and Ptrfons concerned 
 therein, prove Members of this Ajfembly. 
 
 For Remedy whereol : 
 KewLondon 3t H tfnocttl) bp tT)c (Eoljcrnour, Council anU 1Repreffntatf1»f«, In 
 CountyConrt (Jpenetal Couct affcmbleD, ano bp tjje 3Butl)0^itp of tfec fame, That for 
 tobeHoldeii the future, and until this Aflembly fhall Order ocherwife, the faid Court 
 Tuefd?"^^n'^ fhall be Holden at faidiVm-iLw^ow on theSecondTaf/^-J^f of3ra»f,Annually ; 
 Tune, Anno Any former Law, Ufageor Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 »Uy.* Provided wft/errfeWeyJ, The faid County Court that is to be Holden there 
 
 -, on the Firft Tuefday oijime next, fhall be fo Holden accordingly ; Any 
 
 Frovided.&c thing in this Aft to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 An Ad for Aflefling Allowed Attorneys ac 
 1^1;%! "^ the LaWjin the AnnualLift,for their Faculty. 
 
 R€fe®I,3a(ta> Iptljf^ atfembl^, That for the future, every o! the 
 Allowed Attorneys at the Law, in this Government, fhall be fee 
 kVir fT d* ^" *^® Annual Lift for their Faculty, TW «, Thofe that be the lead 
 lor theiiVa- ^''^Qitioners, the Sum oi Fifty Pound*^ and the others in proportion accor- 
 culty.accor- ding to their Pradice : To be Afleffed at the difcretion of the Liters of 
 ding to their the refpeftive Towns where faid Attorneys live, during their Praflifing as 
 PiaOice, &c. fuch'. Any former Law,Urage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 An Ad for Requiring the feveral Towns of 
 lo xslloo ^ft^'^^^j^^l'^ott, l^iDgfielts, iBetb^Xotton and 
 irj'.M?;*?? iBel[D^^ilfo^l»5 to Choofe Lifters for faid 
 Towns, as other Towns are provided. 
 
 kIR a&C ft<£ 2) bp tIjiS SBflemblp, That the Towns of Afhford, Hebron, 
 _ ' Ridgfidd, Ntw.Tewn and NexoiMilford, (hall proceed to taJce and make 
 TheTownsof a Lift of all the Polls and Rateable Eftate by their Lifters this "refent 
 bron°Rid"el ^^*'"' ^* °'^^'"' "^""'"s in this Colony do. And if either of the faid Towns 
 fidd', Ne J- ' of '^/^/*''*'» ^'^'''"'> R'dg field, New-Toron znd Nevo-Milferd, are deftitute of 
 Tow'n&New Lifters, as the Law direfts, to do the Work, that then in fuch Cafe fuch 
 Milford, to Town fo deftitute, fhall fome time in the Month of June next, Meec 
 "f^p* n ^' J together and Choofe a fuitable Number ot their Inhabitants to be Lifters; 
 Rattable *E- *^° ^^'^ ^^ Sworn to that Office accordingly ; who fhaJl talce the faid Lift 
 fttfe,»soth«r and tranfmic the fame to this AJfembly, to be Hoidea at New-Haven in 
 Towosdo,&c Oiiober next- 
 
 N.Lo7KZ«n,Printcd 5c Sold by T. Gr*w,Primef to the GOV. & COMp. 1715 
 
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 O'
 
 Anno Regni Regis GEORGIJ, Duodecimo. 
 
 9 
 
 Thirty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majcfty's Colony 
 of Come^icut in l^exxi'England : Begun and Held at New-flaven, 
 on the Fourteenth Day of Oiloler, in the Twelfth Year of the 
 Reign of Our Sovereign Lord G£0/JG E, KING of Great- 
 Britain, &c. Anna Domini, i 7 z $. 
 
 An Ad for Reftraining the Liberty of Ap 
 
 peals and Reviews, in fome Cafes 5 and in y^-^p;!* »f« 
 Addition to the Law, Entituled, An Ad ^jKSsS 
 for further providing for Small Caufes. 
 
 VidPag. 7,itf 
 204, rjj, 
 
 Krs 
 
 HIS AffemUy ohftrving the great Exfence of time and Moneys 
 by means of divers Trials allowed bi the LavD in Small and plain 
 Cafes ; improved too often, only to delay Jujlice, and keep men out of 
 their Jufi Dues. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 wnicn CO rrevenc : jg-^ A<flion 
 
 3Be it (tnatfeB 6p t^e (Rotjfrnouc, Council anU Eepcerentatftjtsf, in bro't upon 'a 
 Mineral Court flffcmblea, anD lip tie 3!lutl)0?lt? of tfje fame. That bju or Bond 
 in no Aftion, brought upon any BiH or Bond, Conditioned for the jorMoneyon- 
 Payment of a certain Sum of Money only before any County Court nyR^evkw or 
 in this Colony, (hall there be any Review or Appeal allowed from the Appeal al- 
 Judgment therein given, cither on Pleas in Abatement or in the Caft. lowed- 
 
 «nl» furtllttr it i& ^COtlHreD, that vhereas in the AB for farther Providing 
 for Small Caufes, gt iff ^natteti, ' That in all Cafes wherein the Debt, 
 
 * Damage or other Matter in demand, Exceeds not the Sum of Ten Shillings, 
 
 * no Appeal fhall be allowed. 
 
 3|t \& notD CnatteD, in Addition to the faid Law, That for the 
 future, in no Cafe, as aforefaid, wherein the Demand is not of more 
 than Twenty Shillings, fhall any Appeal or Review be allowed j Any 
 Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 This Aft to continue for Three Years and no longer. 
 
 The foregoing Adt not to take Effeft and ftand in Force, until the 
 Fitft Day of Dtctmber next. 
 
 G g g An A£k 
 
 Vid.pag.2i7 
 
 2j8 
 
 NoAflion of 
 Debt, under 
 iO t to have 
 any Appeal 
 or Review. 
 This A(ft's 
 Continuance.. 
 The forego- 
 ingA(SCom- 
 mencjng.
 
 jinne Regn'i Regis GEORGIJ, Duodecimo. 
 
 An A<ft for the Enabling the feveral Courts, 
 AfTiftants and Juftices of the Peace in this 
 47/.1S1V Colony, to difpofe of Delinquents in Ser- 
 »34^j8;i68 yjce^ for defraying the Charges of their 
 Profecution, when they are Unable other- 
 ways to Refund and Satisfy the fame. 
 
 B42 it (Cnacttb bp tT)e (SEfoternour, Council atiD R£p«rmtatftejf, fn 
 (EtiiEcal Court MembUD, anb bp tlje 311utj)ojitp of tljc Tame, Thac 
 nants, and when and fo often as it fhall happen, thac any Perfon ihall be Prolecured 
 Juftices, to fQj. j.}^g breach of any Penal Law, before any of the A/fiftants, Juftices 
 Dernaue°n'ts °^ ^^^ Peace, Of County Courts in this Colony, or the Superiour Court, 
 in* Service, and the Charge thereof ought by the Law to be born and fatisfied by 
 for defraying him-, that it rtiall and may be Lawful for the faid Afliftant, Juftice of 
 the Charge jhe Peace, or Court, to difpofe of any fuch Perfon in Service, to any 
 f^ution'*ir '"habitant in this Colony, for h long a Time, as to the Affiftanc, Juftice 
 othe/wife ot Court, /hall feem Convenient ; thereby to procure Money fufficient, 
 Ur.able. to Anfwer the Charges of their Profecution. 
 
 vid 10 50. An Ad in farther Addition to the Ad, En- 
 i9^;.98,2i8 tituled, An Ad for High-Ways. /^^. 50. 
 
 p f cr 15'^ ff Cnaffffi I)? tfie (Boternout, Council enU BEprcfrntatfted, (n 
 leaing' To r> <5enetal Court MemWtD, anftbj tljt aut^o^itp o£ ttjcrame, That 
 work on high if any Perfon fo Warned ( as in faid Aft is Provided ) fhall Refufe or 
 Wajs, to for- Negleft to attend the Service, in manner, ( as is in faid Aft Provided ) he 
 ^it 41. fer ^jjj fojfeit for every Days negleft. Four SoUlingt for a Perfon, and Eight 
 Perfon &8*f 5fc«//»«gi for a Man and Team. Which Forfeitures (hall be Improved as in 
 for Man and faid Aft ; Any Law, Ufagc or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 Team. ^^ 
 
 An Ad for Emitting Bills of Credit. 
 
 T4o'n?'t1s T"^ W <JI)?BErelJ anil (2naitcli b? tfte <0obtrnour, Council anli Eepre- 
 
 175,181', 1 83 X fentatit€0, in iSeneral Court ^ffemblco, anU bp tie 31ut^o?(tp of tje 
 
 1 89, 1 9 J, « 99 tamt, That there be forthwith Emitted a certain Number of Bills of Credit 
 
 ioi,xii,ii6 ojj j^jg Colony, in fuitable Suras, from Tm SbiUhgs to Five Pounds •^v/hich 
 
 "j'^Yv"^! J" the whole ftall amount to the Sum of Two Thoufand Pounds, and no 
 
 z\^]ii{,i86 more. Twelve Hundred Pounds whereof fhall be of the Bills of Credit of 
 
 i8p,i97.P'' this Colony, now in the Treafurer's hands, for the Exchange of the Bills 
 
 ^o8,pj>,jii. of this Colony of the firft Impreflion •, and Eight Hundred Pounds of tJie 
 
 Bills of Credit, now in the faid Treafurer's hands, brought into the 
 
 loooPouadf Treafury, by the Aft of this Aflembly, Ofl^&<rr, yinno Domini, One Thou- 
 
 to defrTi'the ^^^^ ^^^^" Hundred and Twenty Four, Entituled, /in Aii for Levying a 
 
 Public Char- Ttx on Polls and all Rateable Eftate. To be put into the faid Treafurer's 
 
 ges of the hands by the Committee hereafter to be appointed in this Aft, taking 
 
 Colony. his Receipt for the fame. And the faid Treafurer is accordingly hereby 
 
 Impowred and Ordered to IflUe forth and Emit the fame, towards the 
 
 Payment
 
 j4h>h> Regtt't Regis GEORGIJ. Duodecimo. 
 
 ^Cajc* iSominattom 31$ 
 
 Payment of the Publjck Debts of thisColonyj and the futther neceflary 
 Charges thereof, attending to fuch Orders as ftall be given him from time 
 to time, according to Law. And Roger ff'okott, Nathaniel Stanly, Efqr34 
 and Mr. Oz.iaf Pitkin, are appointed a Committee, by this AlTembly, to 
 Receive of the faid Treafurer the Sum ot Eight Hundred Pounds, in good 
 Bills of Credit, brought in by the Rate aforefaid, that are Undefaced and 
 fuitable to be Iffued forth in Publick Payments, giving him a Receipt 
 thereof ; and again to put the fame into the faid Treafurer's hands, for 
 to be Iflued forth in Payments, as is before in this Aft provided, taking 
 his Receipt therefor. 
 
 sunn (t 10 furtjet Cnattclr, That as a Fund and Security for the j^ ^^^ ^p 
 Re-payment and Drawing in the faid Sum of Two Thoufand Pounds into jioo Pounds 
 the Treafury, this AlTembly Grants a Tax or Rate, of Two Thoufand One to be a Fund 
 Hundred Pounds, to be Levied on Polls and all the Rateable Eftate within for Drawing 
 this Colony ; and to be Paid into the Treafury at or before the Laft Day j," [he**]5ft *' 
 of Juguft, which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thouftnd Seven day of Aug. 
 Hundred and Thirty Five : Which faid Rate fliall be Paid in Bills of i 7 j s- . 
 Credit of this Colony, or in Money as it Paffes generally Currant in 
 the Country at the time of Payment, and in no other manner* 
 
 An A£t for Levying a Tax on Polls, and^^axofzi 
 all Rateable Eftate. * ut'llA 
 
 Bills of Cre- 
 
 THI S AlTembly Grants a Rate oitwo-^tnce on the Tound^ on all J/^ ^/'^"''f 
 the Polls and Rateable Eftate in this Government : To be Paid o" of the"^* 
 into the Treafury, in the Bills of Credit of this Colony, with the ufual Nei'bouring 
 Advance of Twelve-fence on the Pound j or the good Bills of Credit of Four Govern. 
 Signers, of the Majfachufettt-Bay \ or in the Bills of Credit oiNew-Tork, si"*^j '"'''* 
 Rhode-FJlend, or New'Hamfjhire, without Advance on them •, or in Silver '^"'*>°"'=y« 
 Money, as it Pa/Teth in the Country. 
 
 TH E Gendemen Nominated to ftand for 
 Election in Maj next, fent in by the 
 Freemen of this Government, to this Affem- 
 bly, are as foUoweth, vt^. 
 
 The Honourable JOSEPH TALLCOTT, £/f, the Hon. JONATHAN 
 LAW, E/f , John Hamlin, £/^-, Samuel Eells, Efq\ Matthew Allyn, Eff^ TheNames of 
 Roger Wolcott, Efj; James Wadfworth, Epj; John Hall, Efqj Chriftopher the Perfons, 
 Chriftophers, Efy; Hezekiah Brainerd, Eff, John Hooker, Efq-, Jofeph ^"j'Jg"^"^- 
 Wakeman, Eff^ Nathaniel Stanly, E/"^-, Jofeph Whiting, Efj} Capt, James ^n in Jtf«, '' 
 Rogers, Maj, John Burr, Capt. Timothy Pierce, Mr. Samuel Bifliop, x 7 1 <5. 
 Mr, Warham, Mather, Capt, Ozias Pitkin. 
 
 NElV-LONDONf 
 
 Printed and Sold by T. Gree w. Printer to the GOVERNCUR and 
 
 COMPANY* I 7 » J.
 
 Amo Regni Regis G E O R G I J, Duodecimo. 
 
 ^bfconDms Debtors;* 
 
 317 
 
 Thirty-five copies 
 
 reissued by 
 Albert C Bates, 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Comeflicut in Neiv-Efjgla»ci : Begun and Held at Hartford^ on 
 the Twelfth Day of May, in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord G EO RG £,KINGof Great-Britain^ &c. 
 Annoque Domini, 1716. 
 
 An Ad to enable Creditors,to recover their ^.^^ ^ 
 iuft Debts, out of the Eftate or Effeds of «^5,*''l;28 
 
 J ^ 04 1 204* 2X1 
 
 their abfent or abfconding Debtors. ^*'^- 
 
 FO R th« better preventing of Fraud and Deceit^ fometimes deftgned^ and 
 alfo praBifed, by Ill-minded Debtor s^ who betrufi their Goods, Eftate p^ga„i2e 
 or EffeUsy in the hands of Others, with intent to Referve and Secure the 
 fame to their own Vfe ; and thereby defeat their Creditors of their juft 
 Dues ; Or not being Inhabitants within this Colony, and their Goods and EffeHs 
 Concealed, fo that they cannot be Attached or made lyable to the Payment of their 
 Creditors^ by ordinary trocefi of Lave. 
 
 IBc ft (Enarftli Lp tfie ^Dljsrnout:, Countfl ant! JRcpcefentatftit^, (n 
 Mineral Court %^tm\\\iQ, anti t^ tlie !las6o^(tg of t\z Imnti That 
 for the future, ic ilialland may be Lawful, to and for any Creditor, to 
 caufe the Lands, Goods or Effe<^s, of his abfent or abfconding Debtors, not 
 Refiding within this Colony, to be Attached, in whofe Hands or Poffeffion 
 foever the fame are or may be found : And the Attaching of any part 
 thereof, ftiall Secure and make the whole that is in fuch Perfons hands, 
 liable in the Law to Refpond the Judgment to be Recovered upon fuch 
 Procefs ( if fo much there be ) and no farther -, and fhall be fubjeft to be 
 taken in Execution for Satisfaftion thereof, or fo far as the Value thereof 
 will Extend : And the Perfon in whofe hands any fuch Lands, Goods or 
 Effefts are, fhall accordingly Expofe the fame 
 
 flnD Iz it fuctljer (EnacteD fi? t^e autfio?(t? aCo^^rafO, That where 
 no Lands, Goods or Effefts ot any abfent or abfconding Debtor, in the 
 hands of his Attorney, Faftor,Agent or Truflee, fiiall be expofed to View, 
 or can be come at fo as to be Attached, ic fhall and may be lawful for any 
 Creditor to bring his Adlion againft his abfent or abfconding Debtor, for 
 
 Hhh the 
 
 Creditors to 
 caufe the 
 LaEsds Qoods 
 or Effefts of 
 abfconding 
 Debtors, ta 
 be Attached 
 in whofe 
 Hands foever 
 they oiay be 
 found, & the 
 Attachingof 
 a part, toSe- 
 cure for the 
 whole Debt. 
 
 Where no 
 Lands.fij^c.of 
 Abfconding 
 Debtors can 
 be come at.
 
 jinno Regni Regis G E O R G 1 J, Duodecimo. 
 
 318 ^bfcottHmjg 2Debto?j0?» 
 
 the Recover/ of his Dues And in every fuch Cafe, the Creditor fhall 
 The Creditor by fome proper Officer, leave an AttcftedCopy of his Writ, at leaft Four- 
 tobring his jggjj q^^^ before the time of Tryal, with fuch abfenting or abfconding 
 Miilft'fuc'h Debtor, Attorney, Agent or Truftee; or leave the fame at the Place of 
 Debtor, or his or their ufual Abode ; which fiiall be a fufficlent Citation for the Cre- 
 his Attorney djtor to bring forward his adion upon, to Tryal, unjefs the Debtor be an 
 ^'' A ft J Inhabitant oF this Colony or haih for fome Time dwelt therein, in which 
 A," " hf Cafe a like Copy, as abovefaid, fhall be left by the Officer at the dwelliog 
 Mt by the Houfe, Lodging, or Place of his laft or ufual Abode. 
 Officer 14 
 
 days before ^jjj fuch Attorney, Faftor, Agent or Truftee, upon his dcfire, fiiall be 
 the time of g^njifted to defend his Principal in fuch Suit, through the Courfe of Law, 
 pE of fuch according to the nature of the Aaion ; but if the Debtor be not in the 
 Debtors ufu- Colony,aad noAltorney appears to defend in theSuit.theCourt fliallCon- 
 al Abode, tinue theA<3ion to the next Court,and then,ifneed be,fhall Continue the 
 
 fame once more to the next Court ( thai thereby fuch Attorney majr 
 Abfconding j^Tg^ify hisPrincipal) and then without fpecial matter alledged and allowed 
 Sly wde- in Bar or Abatement,theMatter fhall come to Tryal ; and if Judgment be 
 fendhisPtin* Rendered for the PlantifF, all the Goods or Effeds which are in the hands 
 cipal- of fuch Attorney,Faftor,Agenc or Truftee to the value of fuch Judgmentj 
 
 if Co much there be, (hall be Liable and Subjefled to Execution granted 
 The Mion ypQ^ fuch Judgment,for or towards the Satisfying the fame, and from the 
 Med in Cafe Time oiferving the Summon$,as afotefaid,(hall be Liable and Secured in 
 Sec. to the the Law In his hands.and may not be oihetwife difpofed of by fuch Attor- 
 uexi Court, ne/jFaftor, Agent or Truflee. 
 orfurther, & 
 
 to TreaL""^ And in Cafe any Attorney,FaAor, Agent or Truf>ee,froni and after the 
 ^ Time of his being ferved with a Summons aforefaid, againft his Principal 
 ( being an Abfent or Abfconding Debtor ) fhall Transfer, Remit Difpofe 
 Attorney's of,or Convert any of the Goods or EfFefts of fuch Debtor in his hands at 
 Dilpofmg of the Time of fuch Service, within what fhall Satisfy the Judgment, the 
 their Princi- debt being aherwards Afcertained by Judgment of Court given for 
 pal's Goods, jj^g fame,or that (ball not difcover,Expofe or Subjeft theGoods or Effefls 
 mens bei'ng of the Debtors in his hands, to be taken in Execution, for or towards the 
 Served.gfe, Satisfa^ion of the Judgment, fo far as what is in his Hands or PolTefUon 
 will Extend,fha\l be Liable to Satisfy the fame of his own proper Goods or 
 A "Writ of Eftate,asif it were his ownDebt; And a Writ of Sdr* Faciat may beTaken 
 ^"^"he f'^'d outfrom theClerk of theCourt where thejudgment was given,to be ferved 
 on foid At- upon fuch Attorney, FaSorjAgent or Truftee, requiring him to Appear 
 torney's, in before fuchCourt,and fhew caufe,if any he have to the Contrary thereof, 
 cafe. Where, upon default of Appearance of fuch Attorney, Faftor, Agent or 
 
 They tomake Xruftee, or refufal to difclofe upon his Oath ( which Oath the Court are 
 To mike f?' hereby Authorized to Adminifter ) what Goods or Effefts of the Debtor 
 tisfaaion out are in his Hands or Poffeffion, then Judgment (hall be entred up againft 
 of their own him,of his own properGoods or Eftate,and Execution ftall be accordingly 
 
 ^"«- granted. 
 
 Provided ftevertheteptf That if the Perfon Summoned, as aforefaid, had 
 JiaJ'tTff S or have not any Goods or EfFefts of the Debtor in his hand, nor any ways 
 in his Hands Remitted, Difpofed of or Converted the fame,from and after the Serving 
 of CiidDebt. the Summons,the Party that Commenced the Suit, (hall Pay and Satisfy 
 ots, the Par- the Cofts and Charges that fuch Attorney,Faftor,Agent or Truftee,hath 
 dng S'a^ been at in fuch Suit, and to be allowed and Taxed by the Court ia the 
 gainft him, Ufual Form, 
 to anfwer all 
 
 Cofts, &c. ant» tt 1(S tuttljcc CnatteU Dj» tie ?Cutt)o;ftg afojefaia. That the 
 Goods or ElFeas of any Abfent or Abfconding Debtor,fo Taken as afore- 
 faid.
 
 Anno R.'^i Regis G E O R G I J, Duodecimo. 
 
 ifo^ceable etittp^&c* ^t%\UXi* ^tbeatitiff, &c» 319 
 
 faidjby Procefsand JudgmencofLawr, out of the hands of his Attorney, 
 faftor, Agent or Truftet,by any of his CrcditorSj (hall fully Acquit and Goods of ab. 
 jDlicharge fuch Attorney, Faftor, Agent or Trultee, his Executors and Jconding 
 Adminift raters, from all and every Aftion, Suit, Tryal, Payment and De- ^'''f°" "jf- 
 mand whatfoever, to be brought, or that may be brought or Commenced hamhof At- 
 by his Principaljhis Executors or Adminiftrators,of or for the fame : And if toijieys, by 
 any Attorney, Faftor, Agent or Truftee, (hall be Molefled, Troubled or Pfocefaof 
 Sued by his Principal, for any thing by him done in Complyance of this ^'^ ' ^^^ 
 Aflr, he may plead the General Ifliie, and give this Aft in Evidence for his 5^ A°quitM4 
 Juftification,Any Law,Cuftom or Ufage to the Contrary Notwithftanding & bring this 
 Always Provided, That in every Aftion, or Suit, that the Creditor may A(3 for iheit 
 bring againft his Debtor for theReco'/efy of his debt, and wherein the Law t''*'A'^*^°'* 
 hath ( before the palling this Mk) provided for the Carrying on the ftroe ^^/ 
 to final Judgment, the Creditor ihal) not be obliged co conform himlelf ' 
 to the Rules provided in this Aft, 
 
 flnti ft fjJ (trntsa 6p tie SButftoiftj? afajeftfli. That Every Perfon taking J^^„*^ 
 a Power of Attorney from any Peribn that is not an Inhabitant In this from fu^h as 
 Colony, ftall Record the fame in the County Records in the County are oot In- 
 wherethe Attorney doth Live, beforehedotbCommenccany A&Jon of {>3l>^"nts to 
 Suit in behalf of his Principal. be Recorded. 
 
 And that this Aft be and contmue of Force,for Five Years and no longer. This Afls 
 
 — Contknusac& 
 
 An Ad: for Reviving, and further Continu- 
 ing the Law, Entituled, An Ad direding 
 Proceedings againft Forceable Entry and ziti^ll 
 Detainer. 
 
 WHERE AS ein JB eorteerning Forctahle Entry and Detainer , root made 
 by the General Court or jfimbly of this Cclonjy Begun and Held at Premhlt, 
 New- Haven the Eleventh Day o/Odober, Anno Domini, One fheufand Seven 
 Hundred and "Tv/enty Two^with this Provifo, ''That it fiiould Continue in force only 
 *fsr 'txso Teavs^ 
 
 3[t iaf €n£Cf£ti Bi» 4^^ (^otietnour, Council ant» IBlepcermtatlbe^, frt "^^Jf. Aft dj- 
 tfStiuealCcuctflfinttbkU, anfttiH t^c SluttjojUB oCtlje fame, That the "^Ss^I^' 
 aforefajd Aft ihall be Revived, and ic is hereby Revived, and flball remain gainftForce. 
 in full Force in all the Farts and Paragraphs thereof, until this Court able Entry Se 
 fhall Order othcrwife. Detainer, is 
 . Revived and 
 
 An Ad in Addition to the Law for the Try- "^"""^ 
 alsof Perfons forProphane Swearing^Gor- 
 fingjDrunkennefs and Sabbath-breaking. ,^'Jf;P3fJ 
 
 187 106,11 J, 
 
 B4t it <©natttli Jg t^t (Pobetnour, Council anU »ipKfefttatf6£!J, (n ^19,^67,190 
 ^netalCouct acrcmMeU anQ ftp tjt SCutJojitg oftlif fame. That **>?- 
 when any Afliftant or Jufiice of the Peace, (hall have plain View or per- Profane 
 fonal Knowledge, of any Perfons being guilty of profane Swearing and Swearing.ftc 
 Curfmg, Drunkennefsand Sabbath Breaking, it {hall be good and fufficient *» ^'^^'^^J^ 
 Evidence in the Law for faid Afliflanc or juftice, to make up Judgment °"j?" ^™*" 
 againft any Perfon or Perfons Offending, by any of the Crimes or Mif- jufUc« Pet- 
 demeanours aboveraentioned j Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the Contrary fonai Know- 
 not withftanding. 'ege thereof. 
 
 An Aft
 
 Jim Regnl Regts G E O R G I J, Duodecimo. 
 
 20 iSimUQ^W^A^* <Boat^.1BatUuv^^nii)t$. 
 
 yio?8o^t99 An A6t for the more juft and equal Affeffing 
 ':']iV^ & Setting in theLifts,Ships& other Veffels. 
 
 »15 
 jot 
 
 Preamhle. 
 
 WHERE JS the Lifters in the feveral Towns in thU Government ^ are by 
 Law Obliged to fet in the common Lift^ aU Ships and ether refels, ef 
 the Stocks, and fit for Sailing ; But no Rteleftated to Regulate them in that jijjair, 
 h reafon of which Uncertainty, the Lifters in fame Towns, fet them at above Four 
 iimts the Value^by the Ton, as the Lifters in other Towns do. 
 
 For Remedy whereof ; 
 
 An Ad in Addition to an Aa,PalTed by this 
 X^:iS^ Affembly,in 0(ftober,i7Z4.,refpeaingGoats. 
 
 Ireamlle. ^WJ fJE RE JS Sundry Towns in this Colony, have Liberty to fufer their 
 y V Goats to go at Large, as by fa'fd Ati affeareth. 
 
 n t to be 3t ^^ IjerctJp <Cnactet» ip tW Siinim!)!?, That for the Future, it fhall 
 Retained, and may be Lawful for the Inhabitants of either of the faid Towns, by 
 ac<;ording to their Major Vote, in any of their Town Meetings, to Reftrain the faid 
 the Vote oi Goats; Any thing in faid Acft to the Contrary notwithftanding. 
 the Towns. ______ -—_« 
 
 An Ad concerning Barberry Bufhes. 
 
 WHEREAS the abounding of Barberry Bujhss,is thought to be very hurt- 
 ful 't It being by plentiful Experience found, that where they are in large 
 mamvtf. Quantitietf they do Occafion, or at leaft Increafe the Blaji on all forts o/EngUfh 
 
 Grain. 
 Power of In- ijg (t tljercfoje (£natt«U 6p t^e (Botetnour, Coitncfl ant) lElr pre fentatite^, 
 habitants, at (^ ^jnctalCouct afTcmbUD, and l)g t!)e fliitf)o?(tp oE tlje fame, That 
 T ^" ^Meet- *h^ Inhabitants of the feveral Towns within this Colony, may, and they 
 ^ie*to agree', afe hereby fully Iropowred, at their Annual Town MeeiiDgs,to Determine 
 in utter ' and Agree upon the utter Dedroying of the faid Bufhes within their re- 
 deftroying of fpgfjjve Townfliips, and the Time when, and Manner how And if any 
 Barberry ofgj^e Inhabitants of fuch Town or Towns fo Agreeing, (hall Oppofethe 
 Buih«. Cutting down faid Buflies within their Fields and Inclofures, and forbid 
 
 Penaltyofio the other Inhabitants of coming thereinto for that end, they fhall incur 
 J. for perfons the Penalty oiTwenty Shillings, to be paid into the Treafury of the Town 
 to Oppofe wherein they dwell. And if any fuchPerfon (hall thence forward continue 
 the Cutting jq Qppofe the Cutting faid Bu(hes as aforefaid, they fliall alfo incur the 
 B^ft^ after Penalty oiTen Shillings fer Month, until they fhall declare to the Seleft-mea 
 lown^s a. their free confent, for their eniring into fuch Inclofures and deftroying the 
 greeing. faid Bufhe? therein growing. Said Penalties to be Recovered by Diftraint, 
 And \os.peT ^^ ^■^^ Goods or Chattels of the Perfon or Perfons fo Offending. 
 Ihev 'dSare Provided neverthelefs. That if any Perfon or Perfons have any of faid 
 to the Seieft Bu(hes,the which they make ufe of, or depend upon 'for a Fence, fuch 
 Men, their perfon or Perfons Ihall not incur either of the afoiefaid Penalties, till after 
 free Confent j^q Satisfad^ion to them made by the Town, as they and the Sele<9-men 
 thereto. ^^^ agree, or as by Two orThree indifferent Men chofen by faid Parties,oK 
 Srgv'ided j Appoinwd by the Civil Authority, fhall judge Reafonable. 
 
 An A&
 
 /4nf>o Regnt Fegu C E O R G I J, Duodecimo. 
 
 ■Windham:^Count|> ^tateii aut) M^mfO, 3 2 1 
 
 An Aft for the Setting off and Eftabliihing, 
 a New County in the North-eafterly part 
 of this Government ; Declaring and Set-^.^^ ^^^^^ 
 ling the Boundaries and Limits thereof, 
 granting the Priviledges thereof j ^Q<^ ^^e county 
 Siving a Name thereto. oimiMam 
 
 c3 O includes the 
 
 Be (t «na(teo bp tDe <0otecnouc, Council ana mEprefenrtitffefJf, in J^"*"" ''?'* 
 (Benecal «outt 3fiITcmblE&, anti bp tl)e iCutljojitp of t^e fame, That ^^^S^' 
 the Weft Bounds of the Town of Lebanon, the North Bounds of Coventry, Letanov' 
 the North Bounds of MMsfieU, till it meet with the South-weft Bounds Plai7,fieU, 
 ot J^ord, the Weft Bounds of A^jford, the Eaft Bounds of Stafford, the ^"'""J"."/* 
 ;i/4/rtr/;i//em-Line on the North, and Rhode- JJland-Uwe on the Eaft, the ^^"^j^*'* 
 Korth Bounds of Prefton, and North Bounds of Norwich ; Containing the femfrettl 
 Towns of Windham, Lebanon, Plainfield, Canterbury, Mansfield, Coventry, Kellingly, 
 fomfrett, KclUngley, Afford, l^ohntown and Martlake, (hall be one Entire ^M°"i, 
 County i and called by the Name of, The County ot Windham. S"';"/'!!? 
 
 SBnOfuttljcr it is ^Euattea bp tf)e Ifiiitljojttp afojerniu, That the faid 
 Town of Windham, fhall be, and remain the County or Head-Town of the ^e' "hec'' ^* 
 faid County ; and that there (hall be There, Held Annually Two County ty Town°""" 
 Courts, One on the Fourth Tuefday in 7«nf,and One on the Second Tuefday Two Inferior 
 in £'<'£''»(>?)', in each Year i and Two Superiour Courts, for the Tryal of^^woSupe- 
 all Caufes both Civil and Criminal ; as,and Endowed with the fame Powers J'°k^h"M* 
 and Authorities, wherewithal the Courts in the other Counties in this there Ann u- 
 Colony are by Law impowred; The Superiour Courts fhall be Held on al/y. ' 
 the Third Tuefday in /W^rcfe,and the Third Tuefday in S^/>ff«»i'«', Annually. The diftrift 
 
 of Windham, 
 
 ana futtticcft IsJCnacteO, That the Diftrift of Wmdham, heretofore bJtesof ^"'' 
 Appomted and Limited for the Probates of Wills and TeftamentSjC^c. ftiall Wills, to be 
 be Extended to, and Limited by the Bounds of the County of Wmdham t extended to 
 And all Cafes therein now Depending, or in any of the Neighbouring ^^^ County. 
 DiftriSs, ftiall be determined in the Probates where they are already j?[" *l^''h"" 
 brought i and all Appeals.which (hall be Granted,fhall be to the Superiour iiPufd as for. 
 Courts in the Counties, as they are now Stated. meriy. 
 
 janC ft fg furtljcc tfEnacteU, That all Officers Civil and Military, proper OfficersCivii 
 to a County, and allowed and Improved in otherCounties,fliall be Allowed, ^^ be*^'!] * "^J 
 Appointed and Eftablilhed for the County aforefaid. as in other 
 
 ^ntj it IS ftirtl)fc ^nacteU Op tfje 8ut^o?itp afo?£fafD, That the Counties. 
 Sheriffs ot the Counties of Hartford and New-London, ftiall have Power to 
 ferve all fuchExecutions,asare in theirHands,or may hereafter be direQed Jl^^fff^S^lf 
 to them, upon fuch Judgments as are already Recovered, againft anyPerfon %. t^^ondon, 
 or Per fons, that Live in any of the Towns, which of late were within to ferve fuch 
 their Refpeftive Precinfts, and are by this Aft within the Limits of the Executions, 
 County of Wmdham, as fully to all Intents and Purpo(es,as though this Aft ^^ "^^i ^9^^ 
 had not been made. ^,1 ^^{^^^ 
 
 ana (t is furtl)et (EnflCtea, That ail Anions, Caufes and Matters what- ^c now dc-* 
 foever, now Depending in the County Court in i^^rt/br^ and New-London, pending in 
 by Appeal, Review, Continuance, or any other Way whatfoever, fhall be ^}}^^?^'} °^ 
 IfTued and Determined in the faid County o[ Hartford and ^'^'L''"'^'"'^ ^''io"'dg°\o 
 refpeftively ; either in the faid County Courts, or as the Cafe may require ^e iffued i'a 
 ( in due Courfe of Law ) by Appeal, in the Superiour Court, to all Intents, faid Coun. 
 3s though this Aft had not been had or made* "". 
 
 1 i i An Aa
 
 Anno Regnt Regis G E O R G I J, Duodecimo. 
 
 32 2XoiDti3lti!)al)itattt£(.^eml3er5of(jp>cn»CDUtts» 
 
 Vid. pag. 59 
 
 9(5. 13*. ^49. 
 281. 
 
 An Adi in Addition to the Laws, concerning 
 Admiflion of Town Inhabitants 5 and for 
 Repealing one Ad: Relating thereto. 
 
 The A(\ inT^HIS ASSEMBLY,Vpo»Co}ifderation,hadofthej^Boftf)Uj^Jfcmhly, 
 page 281. J. Made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of King G E O R G E, EmituUd^ 
 
 which re- //« /i^ in Addition to, and Explanation of the Law^ Entituled^ An A^ con- 
 fpeas Town cerning Town Inhabitantj, Do now fee caufe to Repeal the fame ; and it is 
 is "Replied.' ^er«by Repealed and made Void accordingly. 
 
 And whereat it it Provided in the Third Paragraph of the Lam^ iSmituledy ^n 
 Atl for direSing the Admiffion of Town Inhabit ant s^ ( Tag, 5^9 ) ' That if any 
 Fehearfal of « Perfon or Perfons, (hall contrary to the intent of this Law, Entertain or 
 a Paragraph < fjire any Stranger or Tranfient Perfon, or Lett any Houfe or Land to 
 concerning'*' f"ch Stranger or Tranfient Perfon, except he or they fhall firft give 
 the Admirti- * good Security, to the acceptance of the faid Authority and Seleft men, 
 on of Town * that fuch Town or Plantation fhall not be Burthened and Charged by 
 Inhabitants, < hj^, ^^ t)^^^^ he (hall forfeit and pay to the ufe of the Poor of the 
 *"P»gS9- * Town whereto he or they belong, the Sum of Tn)<'«f)/ SW//»«^x per Week, 
 * for every Week, he (hall Harbour, Entertain, or Hire any fuch Perfon. 
 
 The Autho. '3^ ^s noto fuurl^et €nattfl) Bp rfje ^ohtvnouv. Council anli IRcprcfenfa- 
 tity and UIJC0, (ii ciBfncral Court aiTrmbleD, nnD b? tl)e 3liutf)o?fcpof rijcfame, 
 Sdcit men That notwithftanding faid Paragraph, and any thing contained therein, it 
 Kl'for* (hall be in the Power of faid Authority and Sele^-men, to Refufe fuch 
 TranfienY Bonds and Sureties, as in faid Paragraph is provided j unlefs the Perfon or 
 Perfons. Perfons have firft obtained the Approbation oi the Authority and Seleft- 
 men of the Town. 
 
 aof.Fine for jjni, ]^g (t futttjec € nocteti lip tit autIjo?(tp flfoj£ra(&, That if any 
 °°'''^S Land pejjoij Qj Perfons, within any of the Towns or Plantations of this Colony, 
 Perfons. ^^^' ^^^^ ^"'^ Convey any Land to any Perfon or Perfons, who contrary tOi 
 the Second Paragraph in the Law, Entituled, An AEi for diretling the Adm 
 One half to W'^*" of town- Inhabitants •, who would Under colour of fuch Purchafe, make 
 the Poor of his or her Abode in fuch Town, he or they Selling, as aforefaid, (hall for 
 theTown.the every fuch Offence, Pay as a Fine, the Sum o( Twenty Pounds Money: One 
 them t'hat" ^^'^^^V thereof,to theTown Treafury, for the ufe of the Poor of the Town 
 a all Profe- where fuch Offence is committed j and the other Half to him who (hall 
 cute the Of- Profecutc the fame to Effeft. 
 fender. »■ ■ — — •-■ ■■ ■ ■ ^ 
 
 vid.pag.17.An Ad: for Exempting the Members of the 
 j«.«s4. m\ General Affembly, from being Arretted, 
 T^o Member durlng thc tlmc of their Seffions. 
 
 ofthe Gene. ^ 
 
 »al Affembly 
 
 tobeAreftedT'Jt {g ^natfttt B? t^e (fofiemour, tfewncil anO Efpcefentatfte?, fit 
 cither in the 1 (Bjnctfll CouEt alTEmbUli, an& bp tlje ^ut^o^ltp ottfte t&mi, That 
 ?«irff rV "°^«niberof the General Affembly, during the Time of their Seflionsj 
 slung thi'the" '^'^ ^oing to, and from thence, (hall be Arrefied, Sued, Imprifoned, ox any 
 and coming ways Molefted or Troubled, or Compelled to make Anfwer to auy Snit, 
 from thence. Bill,Plaint 01 Declaration, or otherwife. Cafes of HighTjreafou or Felony 
 Except, Ce't. Excepted. 
 
 An Aft
 
 ^fino Regni Regti G E O R G I J, Duodecimo. 
 
 Stuit&. ^DenlfjB;, &c* lapingout i^iflD-^tbapfi;. 323 
 
 An Ad in Addition to the Adl for 
 
 Regulating Ferrys. J'j^; p^s- h. 
 
 W 
 
 JO}, 
 
 HEREAS thtre is a coofiant Recourfe ef TrxvtUtrs^ and others, for 
 faff^ge over the Ferrys in this Colony, 
 
 Freamile, 
 Therefore for Prevention of the great Inconvenience and Damage, that 
 doth or may happen to Perfons, by being Hindered and Delayed at 
 thefaid Ferrys, for want of fpeedy Tranfportation over the fame : 
 
 15e ft Cnatteti ftp tge (Botecnour, Council anO IRfprcrrntatfte!?, fn p„fo.s 
 <BrneraI Court MembUn, anti tp tlje autljo^ftp of tlje fame, That keepingWiw. 
 the Perfon or Perfons that are, or from Time to Time (hall be, Imployed London Ferry 
 for keeping N«w-Xff»</o» Ferry, (hall conftandy maintain a Boat or Boats 'ok^^P'^*"' 
 in good Repair, as the Law requires, fiiitable for thefaid Ferry, on each °r A'*^^ ^"^* 
 fide of the Water. And that for the more fpeedy Tranfportation of Paf- ^""' 
 
 fengers, the Ferry-men Imployed in every of the Ferry-boats within this ^^ p^^^ 
 Colony ,RefpeQiveIy,areRequired to give conftant and diligentA-ttendance, men to g£v« 
 from Sun rife until Nine of the Clock at Night, from the Fir ft of jipril^ conftant At- 
 Until theFirft of OSofc«r,and until Eight acNight.from the Firft ofOHober, tendance 
 to the Firii of Aprll^ Annually, and not Deny or Delay the fpeedy carrying tiif^ „"" 
 over any PafTenger or Paffengers, according to the true Intent andMeaning Night, from 
 hereof, on pain that every fuch Ferry-man orFerry-men, being complained ■^pril i. to 
 of,and convifted, before any one or more of HisMajeftiesAffiftants or Jufti- 9^''^-Jx f* 
 ces of the Peace, of negled of hisDuty,in notCro/fing the faid Ferrys, with- JlD'^^J', ' 
 in the Time Limitted as aforefaid, (hall Forfeit and Pay the Sum of Twenty tin g at* 
 Shillings, one half to the Informer or Complainant, and the other half to Night Oo 
 the ufe of the Poor of the Town in whieh the faid Ferry is kept, and fuch Penalty of 
 Afliftantor Juftice of the Peace, may Refirain the Ofienderor Offenders, *°'* 
 tintil he or they (hall pay the faid Sum. 
 
 frovieled neverthelej!. That fuch Ferry-man or Ferrysmen, (hall not be provided it 
 obliged to put off from their refpeftive Shoars and pafs the faid Ferrys benotMani- 
 when it manifefVly Appears to be Hazardous for them fo to do, by Reafon feftiy Hazar. 
 of any Storm or Tempeff, or that in the Winter, the Ice do hinder the ^°"^ ^y '«•* 
 paffing ot any Boat acrofs the faid Ferry. |n ofStorar 
 
 An Ad ftating the Wages of Sheriffs and vw. pag.,<» 
 Jurors, that are Imployed in Laying out sl'M'l'il'i: 
 
 H» i_ .# «-» 108.181, i8a 
 
 igh-ways. zkjii ' 
 
 B< ft (EnactEti lip t^t (Bohrtnour, <ff(runc(l anti Igtrptermtatftr?, f« ?h«^*n **'' 
 45£neral Court affcmbtro anO bp tje am!)0?itg otttetmt. That jr^'j^g^' 
 when the County Courts in any of the Counties, (hall order the Sheriff to ^^^ ^„ £).j^^ 
 Irapannel aJury,to lay out anyHigh-way or Ways,the Sheriff or his Deputy, & Jurors 4 /.* 
 Ihall be allowed Six Shillings per Diem, for the Time hefliall attend the when em- 
 Jury on thatService ; And every Juror fhall be allowedFo«r Jfc»7Kw^* ferDiem, ployed »" 
 for the Time he is imployed in that Service, to be paid in Currant Money. H-^UVafs, 
 
 antmei'tfuctl^ec <Bna(teB, That if any Perfon being Summoned, to ^^^ p^^^jj^ 
 Serve as a Jury-man, to lay out any High-way or Ways, Ihall negleft to for jurors 
 attend the fame, (hall incur the Penalty of Twenty ShiUngSf to the County neglefting. 
 Treafury where fuch Perfon dwells. 
 
 AnAa
 
 yiiiHfi Rfgni Regit G E O R G I J, Duodecimo. 
 
 An Ad appointing a Form of Oath,for fuch 
 "Ts^of^" as fhall be appointed to Audit the Colo- 
 oa'th/,Jag. nies Acconnpts with the Treafurer. 
 
 BCi'f (Enarfeb bp tit (Bobecnour, Council ana IBLepwftntatftjerf, fn 
 (©enetal Court Membleli, anb bj tbe 3!iutl)o?ftp of t{)e fame, That 
 r*Aud°*"T ^" '"^'^ Perfons,as now,or (hall hereafter be appointed to Audit theColonics 
 Colonies ' ^ Accounts with the Treafurer,(hall before their entering upon that Service, 
 Accounrs, to take the following Oath. 
 
 takeanOath. ^0^ A. B. C D. being by this AfTembly appointed to Audit the publick 
 
 Accompts with the Colony Treafurer, and likewife to Receive of faid 
 
 Treafurer, what Money hath been brought into the faid Treafury, by 
 
 _ Rates, Finesj imports, or other ways, and the fame to Difpole of as this 
 
 The Form. Affembly fhall Order, Do Swear by the Name of the Ever living God, 
 
 that you will in the whole of faid Affair, Diligently and Faithfully Attend 
 
 faid Service,and that you wjUduely and faithfully Difpofeof what Money 
 
 you fhall receive as abovefaid of the Treafurer, according to the Order of 
 
 this AlTembly now given or to be given you,Rendering a true Account to 
 
 this Af&mbly of your Doings, Relating to the PremilTes. So help you Cod. 
 
 An Aft in Alteration of, and in Addition to 
 vid.pag.B8. jheLaw, Entituled, An A(ft concerning 
 Fines and Penalties. 
 
 Penalties to "Q €& Jl>1L©(E3l> b? tW aCfemilp, That for the future, all the Fines 
 be paid in J\ and Penalties laid on any Perfon or Perlbns, for the Breach of any 
 whoi?fu^* of the Penal Laws of this Government, fiiall be in Money, as to the whole 
 without" any S"*" mentioned in fuch Penal Laws, without any Abatement upon their 
 Abatement, being mentioned or underflood to be Pay j Any thing in fuch Laws or 
 Cuflom, or PraSice thereon had to the Contrary notwithflanding. 
 
 An Ad for allowing the Cove or Creek at 
 vid. pag. MMIetown.c2i\led Sumner s Creek, to be under 
 the fame Regulations as ^/»^or-Ferry-River 
 and Qulnnebaug Rivers are,in refpecft of pre- 
 venting of Nufances in faid Creek or Cove. 
 
 The fifhiiig 
 
 CteekojCove T^ fjf CnattcD BnH 2D£claceDl)p tfiigf Sli(remIiI?,That the Fifliing Creek, 
 ^L ,1 ^ A <^r Cove in Middietown, called Skmners Creek, ihall be under the fame 
 
 Sumners ^ Regulations, Reftri£lions, and Encouragements, as Windfcr-Feir^ River, 
 Creek, to be and Qainnebaug-Kiver, are, by an Aft of this AfremblyjEntituIed,-/^» ji^ 
 undei the to prevent Nufances by Hedges, IVears, &c. in Rivers ; ( As may be Ibund in 
 ti^n asS- ^^g^ ^°y of o"*" Law-book ) And if any Perfon whatfoever, fhall by 
 fo, andci^'un- ^ears, Hedges, or Seins, or any other way whatfoever, Difturb, Hin- 
 jifW^Rivers der, or anyways Obftruft the Natural or Ufual Courfe of the Filh up 
 ate 'aid Cove, or Creek, it fhall be deemed and accounted a Common Nu- 
 
 Obftruflions fance :( Except with the Licence of the County Court in the County of 
 itmovVft?/ ^""'f""^ ) Any of faid Obftruftions (hall be Removed, and the Perfon 
 found guilty thereof to be Punifbed, as by faid Law is provided. 
 
 AnA^l
 
 Amo Regfii Regis GEORGIJ, Duodecimo. 
 
 SDelittdttetitsJ* enctoactjmentjS on ^iQl^-VD^v^. 32$ 
 
 An Aft for Repealing the laft Paragraph ia 
 an Ad:, Entitulec!^ An A6t concerning y;f^p^e;^«. 
 Delinquents 5 and for the further and^36!;406 
 effedlual Providing that Execution may 3 '4.' 
 be done on Delinquents. 
 
 B 
 
 The laft Pa- 
 
 < ft tfnartcSr bp tfic <J5otJccnf)ur, Council anti EcprefentatttjeiS, in ragraph in 
 itmnal Court Hlflemdlefe, anU bg t^e 3fiut!)02(i^ of t|)e fams, That ^^^ ^,^*"°"* 
 the laft Paragraph in the Law of this Colony ,Entituled,An Aft concerning od/nquents, 
 Delinquents, be Repealed j and it is hereby Repealed. is Repealed. 
 
 and (t W fuctficr CnacteO Bp th Slutlio?(tp fitojcralb. That when Sheriffs, &*<:. 
 any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff or Conftable, Ihall receive a Warrant from any receiving a 
 Court, A/nftant or Juftice ( that hath Lawful Cognizance of the Offence ) ^Execution, 
 to do Execution of Judgment, by them given agajnft any Delinquent, fuch fg proceed 
 SherifFjDeputy Sheriff or Conftable,{han Proceed to do Execution hirafelf, therein them* 
 or by fome meet Perfon by him to be procured, to the acceptance of faid felves &e. 
 Court, AflSftant or Juftice, according to fuch Warrant. 
 
 To be paid fot 
 
 flnti ft f0 futtfjcr (f naffeb lip t^e flutt)02ftH afojefaili. That all Perfons their feryice 
 as arc Required to do Execution on Delinquents,(hall be paid for his Service '^\- 
 out of the Delinquents Eftate •, or for want of Eftate, out of the Councy EftateoTftV, 
 Treafury, as the Court, Affiftant, or Juftice fliall Allow. ' 
 
 M_ ir r ■ I r- - - — - ■ ■ , —■ n ^i— ^m^m^m^— a^i ■ i n ^ 
 
 An A<5t in Addition to, and Explication of 
 an Adi, Entituled, An Ad to prevent En- Sfip^f;?!*. 
 croachments on High»Ways, or Eponw^S 
 Common and Undivided Land. 
 
 WHEREAS it is in the Second Para£rafh in faid ^& "Bfovidei^ 
 * That if the Perfon fo Offending, fliall prefume to commit the like ^gamble 
 •Offence in the fame Place, he fliall incur the Penalty of Tw founds, &c. 
 And vthereoi it « oftentimes very di^cult to obuin Legal and Ordinary Proof 
 againft fuch Offender i, 
 
 ISe ff (tnatten bp t^t «J5ot£rnour, Council anH Eepccrcntatitifsf, fn deet^d 
 4E(EneraI Court ^(TembUD, ano bp t!)e 3iluttio;{tp or t^z Tame, That Guilty, un- 
 every fuch Perfon (hall be deemed Guilty of fuch Offence j unlefs he can '^'^' "jf 
 Satisfy the Court that hath Cognizance of fuch Offence, that he did it not [;°fied to fhe 
 himfell^ nor by his Order nor Confent, Caufe or Procure faid Offence to contrary. 
 be Committed. 
 
 Perfons ta- 
 
 TBe ft furrier €na(t£b bp t\t flut^o^ftp afo^etafe, That if the faid king in 
 
 Perfon ftjall Commit faid Offence, by taking in a lefler or greater, or exaftly High- ways,^ 
 the fame Quantity ot any High- way, Common or Undivided Land, where tity"to^*'" 
 hisFence was according to faid Aft pulled down and removed, he fliall in- fined tol. 
 cur the Penalty of7V« Poundt iot every fuch Offence, as often as he fliall j^q Review. 
 Commit the lame (In the Tryal whereof no Review ftall be allowed j ) to be granted 
 Any thing in faid A3 contained to the Contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 Kick AnAa
 
 A»no Regrit ^Regii G E O R G I J, Duodecimo. 
 
 7^6 Hiftetjg. :^DDi'tionai %ti about if eejs* 
 
 An A(fi: for impowring and requiring Lifters, 
 to Demand a Lift of any Perron,( whom they 
 isoiSin had forgotten or negleded, within the time 
 ordered by Law, ) any time of the Year. 
 
 WHEREAS it doth fomttimes happen, that the Li(iers in the re/pcHive 
 Torvns^ do forget to demand a Lift of the Ejiates of fame Terfons, that by 
 Law ought to be entered in the General Lifts, fo that thereby fach Efiates are £x- 
 empted from being Rated, 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 I-ifters foT- 
 
 E"|'"8 °' ffie It €i»atteti 6^ tfie (Bobernottr, Council anU IRfpreferttatnjKf, in 
 demand'any** OfHctal Court affemblcD, nnO bp tl)E autDo?ftp of tlje fame, That 
 PerfonsLift, if any of the Lifters in che refpeftive Towns, Ihall Forget or Negleft 
 within the within the Time, ordered by the Law to Demand any Perfons Lift within 
 tjme ordered jjjg Precinfts whereto fuch Lifters are appointed, that then in every fuch 
 proceed''" "'^J ^^^^ Lifters fhall and are hereby required at any time in the fame 
 therein, any Year, before the firft Day of May next following, to demand fuch Lift of 
 time of the every Perfon forgotten, as aforefaid ■ And if any Perfon of whoni fuch Lift 
 ^h*fi ft* f*'' ^^ aforefaid is demanded, fhall negleft to bring in a true Lift of his or their 
 J^((j ' Eftates unto the Lifters demanding, wirhin Five Days after the Demand, 
 
 following, that then fuch Lifters fhall make up a Lift for the Perfon fo neglef^ing, ac- 
 Such Perfons cording to the beft of their Difcretion, and Return the fame to the Genera! 
 to bring in AlTembly : And all Perfons fhall be accordingly Affeffed in the feveral 
 
 Da s time" ^^"^ ^° ^^ "^'^^ "P°" *"^^ '-'^• 
 Or a^LiftTo ^nD ft f0 fuct^ec |Bcotit)Et), That where-ever any Perfon or Perfons have 
 
 bemadeupfor been left out of the laft Years Lift, and are fince difcovercd to the Lifters, 
 
 them. that they are hereby direfled to give Warning to him or them, to bring in 
 
 felfout'The^ the Lift of their Eftates •, which if they ftiall negieft to do for the fpaceof 
 
 l!aft*Year to ^'^^ Days, after the Warning given, the faid Lifters Ihall proceed as it 
 
 bring in their above Provided for the Time to come. 
 
 An Adt in Addition to the h€t for Regu- 
 lating Fees- 
 
 THIS Court Conpdering that the Fees of the County Courts, and Jufficetf 
 and Jurors, heretofore allowed them, are too fmall. 
 
 , iBe ft <ffnatfc6 bp tfjt (Bobecnour, Councf! ano lRt9vtUnmibt0, In 
 
 "of every ^fictal Coutt alTfmtileti, anotiptlje^iuttiojirpof tic fame. That for the 
 Aflion. future, the Fees of the Refpeftive County Courts in this Colony, for the 
 
 Tryal of every Aftion, fhall be Twelve Shillings Money. 
 The Judge of That the Judge of the Refpeftive County Courts in this Colony, ftaU 
 the Court to hiVe Seven Shillings per Diem, during his Sitting in Court. 
 
 Juft^c«^7f That Each Juftice of the Quorum, fhall have Six Shillings Money ftr 
 the Quorum, Diem, during their Sitting in Court. 
 
 6 X. a day. That the Fees for the Jury, for the future, fhall be Eighteen Shtllwgs 
 l^''"l^n"' ^oney, for every AQion, by them Tryed. 
 
 Amlt.'X" "^^^^ ''''"y Magiftrate or Juftice offhe Peace, fhall have f«r Shfllmg,, 
 Comu,4 s. ^°^ ^^^ Tryal of every AQion. 
 
 Grand jurors That the Grand- jurors fhall be Allowed Three Shillings per Diem, for 
 i '- a Day. each Days Attendance at the Superiour and County Courts, 
 
 An Aa 
 
 Liftin sDays 
 Vid. pag. 36. 
 
 freamile.
 
 Jhmo Rsgm Regu G E O R G I J, Duodecimo. 
 
 |^Ottnt)iS.2Dit)it)ing25ill0ofCreDitemittin5tl)cm»327 
 
 An Ad in Addition to an Ad: , Entituled, hn Ad for providing of 
 
 Pounds, and to prevent Rcfcues and Pound Breach. Vid. pag 95, 
 
 WHERE AS it U EnnBedy that there Jh<tll he tnade, (md from time to 
 time, tnaintaitted in every 7own in this Colony, a fuffcient found or 
 Pounds J at the Coji and Charge of the Town ; and no Penalty annexed to faid Preavihle. 
 Law to Enforce the fame. 
 
 »e it cEnactetJ fip tf)e (Botccnour, Council anti EepcefentatlteU, in Seka mento 
 General Court aHemblctJ, anO l)g tde 1Jluti)0?(tp of tlje fame, That ent pUnd'^lt 
 the Seleft-men in each Town, (hall from time to time, as Need (hall ,|,e q^j^ ^^ 
 call for, Ereft and Maintain a fufficient Pound or Pounds, as the Towns faid Towns, 
 hath or (hail agree, ac the proper Colt and Charge of faid Town. 
 
 anl» licit fuctljec tfnattcli, That if any Town beat any Time with- jowns being 
 out a Sufficient Pound, after the fir ft Day of the next enfuing Augu(i .- That without a 
 the Towns-men of fuch Town, (hall forfeit the Sum o( Twenty Shtllinis per fufficient 
 Month, for fuch time as they are not Provided, with a Sufficient Pound or ^"""'^ *^"'^ 
 Pounds, fo agreed upon by fuch Town or Towns ; One half to him or L^Vr^tf 
 them that fhall Profecute the fame to Effeft, and the other half to the theirTowns- 
 County Treafury. Any AlTiftant or Juftice of the Peace, to Hear and men to forfeit 
 Determine the fame. lo/.aMonth 
 
 Provided Neverthelef?^ That if any Town ha%'e or fhall, Grant to any pars 
 ticular Parifti, Hamlett, Vicinity or part of any Town, Liberty at their .. 
 own Charge and Coft, to Ereft a Pound or Pounds for their Conveniency, *'' ' * 
 that the faid Pound or Pounds fhall be Maintained by the faid Pariih, 
 Hamlect, Vicinity, or part of any Town ; And the faid Towns-men fhall 
 
 not be Punilhable for any defefts in them. ,,. . 
 
 i Vid.pjg. tf. 
 
 An Ad to Prevent the Dividing the Publick Bills of Credit, of Jof;'^*^'*^* 
 this Colony into Quarters 
 
 WHERE ASit is found by Experience, that the Dividing the Fuhlicl Bills """ '* 
 of Credit of this Government into Quarters, hath been Detrimental to the 
 Fublick, and alfo to Particular Perfons. 
 
 For Prevention hereof: No Quarter 
 
 TBe it €maitt Ip t^r (Bottrnour, Council anD IRfprtrentatfttJ*, (nofBiUsto 
 tffeneral Couct affnnSlfD. anti t? tfje %mmit2 of tj)e fame, That ?f/''" ^"'»- 
 no Quarter of any of the Publick Bills of Csedit, fhall Pals or be Accepted jaenu.Iftet 
 in any Publick Payment, either by the Treafurer of this Colony, or any of the firft of 
 theConftableg in the refpeftive Towns in this Colony, at any Time after May 1727. 
 the Firft Day of May next enfuing ; Except it (hall be by way of Exchange E«:ept,ate. 
 with the Treafurer. 
 •''■ • ■ ■" Vid. pag. 
 
 An Ad forEmitting Bills of Credit, for Exchanging Torn and Defaced 145.149, rj$ 
 Bills ; and for Paying the publick Debts of this Colony. [SSIpj 
 
 'HERE AS there is in the Hands of the treafurer, the Sum of One Thou- 199, loi ,i 1 1 
 fand Seven Hundred Tv?enty Nine Pounds, Ten Shillings and Five ^^J'" j'"< 
 
 Pence Half-peny, of the Quick flock brought into the Treafury by fundry Means, j^j'j^y '^ J^ 
 
 %t fa €nacttD B? tJje <!5obecnout, Countil anU IRcpccfcntatibtitf, fn i86,289',297 
 <Benecal Court airrmbleo, onft bp ttie 31iutf)oj(tp of tfje fame. That ?oi,jo8,jo9 
 the faid Treafurer take Four Hundred Pcundi of the beft and brighteft of J"» Ji4« 
 faid Bills for Exchange, which he fhall Exchange (as there fhaii be occafion ) chanPefor 
 for fuch Torn and Defaced Bills, as are brought to the Tieaiiiiy for Ex- torn Bills an J 
 change ; and the remaining part of faid Sum, being One Thovfand Thrae Hun- i jip Pounds, 
 
 w 
 
 to IfTueout and make Payment thereof according to fuch Orders as fhall Uck Debts. 
 be given him from Time to Time according to Law. An Aft
 
 Juno RegHt Regis G E O R G I J, Duodecimo. 
 
 An A(3: for enlarging and dating Pofts Wages, and Witnefles for 
 ViJpjg. 54. their Travel. 
 
 'Vi'd.pag. " 11 (£ g) ^X iH (C2D bp tftfg 'HllTemWp, That for the fatnre, all Ports Im. 
 j(K7,ii8ii9. J^ ployed in the Publick Service, (hall be allowed five Pf««pfr Mile out 
 WknefTes.io ^"^ "° '"°*'^ • ^^^ that Parties or Perfons that are Witnefles in Civil or 
 have 5 Pence Criminal Caufes, fhalialfobe allowed five Pence prr Mile our, and no more 
 a Mile. fbr their Travel 
 
 _ ., Always Provided, This Aft (hall not be underftood to extend to any other 
 
 A f lovjio. j^a^^ej or Perfon but to Parties, Pofts and Witnefles- 
 
 Vid pag. •^" '^*-* '^^ Repeal an A6t made in the Ninth Year of King GEORGE, 
 x^i. ' Entituled, An Ail for Paying the Money at/owed by Law to Schools 
 
 See pag. no, j„ Towni and Societies, to be Paid by the Ccn^ables to the Commit tte$ 
 141,1 i.ijj ^^ Sele^-meu i» /aid Towns and Societies. 
 
 The Aa in fY^H IS ASSEMBLY Ohftrving, that the Law for paying theMcney attowii 
 refoeftinK JL *" Schools, to the Committees or SeteSf-men^ doth Occafim fame difficulty 
 
 the Payingof in the Audit, and fame Money ii or may be by this means taken when no School in 
 I.Ionay, to Legally kept. Do therefore now fee cauft to Repeal faid AS ; and it is hereby 
 the Seled:- Repealed and made Void accordingly. Provided, That this ASt fliall not 
 
 Vid. pag: 1 10 An A6t for appointing a Survey or of Lands in the County of Windham, 
 Silit'e'^or oV npHIS Affembly do Appoint Mr. Jefah Conant, to be Surveyor of Lands 
 WindhTm" X in the County ot Windham, 
 
 An AGt for Repealing one Paragraph id the Law, Entituled, An fiSt 
 Vid. pag. 5j, Relating to Horfes. 
 
 * ^^' fTHHlS Court Considering the Damage and Inconveniency that arifeth from that 
 The Para- -*■ Pf<''*i''aph in the L<*ip, pag. $y for upholding a good breed. of Horfet, 
 graph in pag. * Prohibiting Stone Horfes Running on the Commons at Liberty above Two 
 5} beginning * Years old, unlefs Thirteen Hands high, (jfc. Do Repeal that Paragraph 
 at Hn 10 is in faid Law ; and it is hereby Repealed. 
 Repealed. 
 
 jf Qutflion Propounded to this AJfemhly, Upon the AB Made and Pafs'i ax the 
 A Queftion jiffemhly. Held at New-Haven in Oftober Lafi, Entituled, An AH for the 
 
 Refolved. Refiraining the Liberty of Appeahand Reviews, in Anions brought on Bonds and 
 zeLr^Sf^- ^''^' ^^"^^'' ^°'" of f:far,d are included within faid A£i } 
 See other 3(t <0 notO JltfoIbcD, That all Bonds that are Conditioned for the Payment 
 
 Queftions, in of Monty only, and Bills given for the Payment of Money, and Notes of 
 pag.izo.ijz, Hand given for the Payment ofa Sum of Money only, being all Witnefled 
 186 i94'i98 ^"^ "^*'' Avouched thereby, arethofe things that comes within the Intent 
 311' of the Law above Referred to. 
 
 A Oueftion /I Qu'fiion being propounded to this AJfembly, Whether the Grand-jurors of Each 
 Refolved. Town in thit Colony, are Obliged to make Prefentment of the Mifdemeanours or 
 
 Vid.pag. 177 Breaches of Law ( that come to their Knowledge ) although faid Mifdemeanours or 
 and tlie Page Breaches of Law, were Committed before the faid Grand-Juror or Grand-Jurors 
 Immediately ^^^^ Chofen and Sworn to faid Office 1 Provided it be within the Limitations of the 
 theTA bI E ^"^^ "''■'"^^ Eflablijhed ? R E S O L V E D in the Affirmative. 
 
 A Oueftion jl ^'fi'"" "P"" ^^' ^"^ "f ^^^ Co-vernment, Entituled, An jiS to Encourage 
 Retted! '*" Defiroying of Wolves ; where it U faid, * That if any Perfon (hall Kill 
 
 Vid pag. up * and Deftroy any grown Wolf or Wolves,Cattamount or Panther : Whether 
 S^t- the faid Law Intends by Cattamount or Panther, any other Creature than a 
 
 Panther ? RESOLVED by this Affemby in the Negative. 
 
 if.Londm, Piiiited ftSold t>y X. CRE EN. Printer to the GOV. & COMP. tji6.
 
 ^^^0 RggHz %« G EO R G I J, Decimo Ter lio. 
 
 Mtmim atiD puniib,in^ 
 
 329 
 
 Thirty-five copies 
 
 reissued by 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 Hartford, igig. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Come^icut in tJeiv England : Begun and Held at tfewHaveu, 
 on the Thirteenth day of Oiloier, in the Thirteenth Year o{ the 
 Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE, of Great-Britain, &c. 
 KING. Annoque Domini, i y x 6, 
 
 An A<ft for the more Effeftual Dete<5^ing'"/J8,i65, 
 and Punilhing Trefpals. zpj'.ip^j^j'. 
 
 B 
 
 tf ft Cna(t£ti lip tl^e d^obernout, Council ants Eepretentatitts^ 
 in General Couct Slf embleO, ant! b? tie Kut^ojit? of t$e Tame^ 
 That from, and after, the Laft Day of Dscember nest, no Peribn No Perfon, 
 or Perfons do, or fiiall. Cut, Fell, Deftroy or Carry away any to cut, fell or 
 Tree or Trees, Timber or Underwood whatfbever, Standing, Lying or ^^"y *way 
 Growing on the Land of any other Perfon or Perlbns, or off, or from any xjnderwwjd* 
 Sequeftred Lands, for Town Common, or any Common, or Undivided ftanding or' 
 Lands, in any Town, without Leave or Licence of the Owner, or OwnerSj lying on the 
 of fuch Lands whereon fuch Trees, Wood, Timber or Underwood, v/as ^^"^°^°^^" 
 Standing, Lying or Growing, on pain that Every fuch Perfon fo Cutting, onSequkred 
 Felling, Deftroying or Carrying away the fame, or that fhall be Aiding or Lands for 
 Affifting therein, ihall for Every luch Trefpafs, Forfeit and Pay to the Town comf 
 Party or Parties Injured or Trefpaffed upon, the Sum of Twenty Shillings for "'°".^« w"''" 
 every Tree of One Foot over •, and for all Trees of greater Demenfions, On'SaiS^' 
 Three times the Value thereof, befides twenty Shilling, as aforefaid •, and of 10 f for e- 
 Ten Shillings for every Tree or Pole under the Demenfions of One Foot very Tree or 
 Diameter. Which feveral Penalties, Forfeitures and Damages, (hall and Po'^'V'"^" * 
 may be Recovered by Aftion, Bill, Plaint or Information, upon Conviftion And toT for 
 of the TrefpafTer or TrefpafTers, as is hereafter efpecially Provided and E- fuch as are 
 rafted, before any AfTiftantor Juflice of the Peace, if the Penalty and Da- larger, befides 
 mage exceed not the Sum of Forty Shillings ^ but if it be above that Value, ^^['""^5 the 
 then before the County Court in the fame County. jree! 
 
 LIl 
 
 ^nd
 
 j48ho Regni Regis G E O R G IJ, Declmo Tertlo. 
 
 "^ Detecting anr» puniiC^ing Xtefpafg* 
 
 anD it is fucc()ec Qlmmb anD HDecIai-eO, That the Proprietors of the 
 Proprietors Common and Undi</ided Lands in the feveral Townfhips, are the Perfons 
 & u^dh-ld°ed TrefpafTed upon, by Cutting, Felling, Defiroying or Carrying away any 
 Lands, ad- Timber, Tree or Trees, growing or lying on the Common Undivided 
 Judg'd' Tref- Lands in Taid Towns •^ and that the Inhabitants of the Refpeilive Towns, 
 pafj'd on, if ^^^ ^^^ Perfons Trefpnfled upon by all fuch Trefpaffes as aforefaid, done in 
 cuTo'ii^'^faid Sequeflred Lands for Town Commons in fuch Towns. 
 Lands, & In- , .r ^ 
 
 liabitants,efV 2Be (t fiirtljei: flBnatteb bp rTje 2utl)0?ftj afo^efafb, That u any Perfon 
 or Perfons, fhall Unlawfully Throw down or leave Open any Bars, Gates, 
 Perfons who pence or Fences, belonging to or inclofing any Lands held in Propriety, or 
 & k^ve op "n Common •, or belonging to any particular Perfon or Per fonc, within this 
 any Gate/or Colony, (hall for every fuch Trefpafs, upon Conviftion thereof, as is in and 
 Bart, ro pay by this Aft hereafter Provided, Forfeit and Pay to the Party or Parties 
 doubleDaraa- jnjured thereby double Damages, and alfo a Sum not exceeding Fifty 
 fot 'Seeding ShUUugj, according to the Nature and Aggravation of the Trefpafs ; To be 
 ios. recovered in Manner as aforefaid. 
 
 jind foy «u much as it u very hard and difficuU to DeteFl or ConvilJ- Any 
 Trefhajfer or Ti'elp^jfcts, agahifl th'u Ail in the ordinary Method or Courfe of 
 ^t smile. fj^g LtxOt byreafori the Tre^aJJcs are generaSy Committed where Pofidve Evidence 
 can fcarcely ever be had. 
 
 Difoutes ari- ^^ ^t €nattett Bj? tTje flutta^ftp afo?ef«ift, anb ft ifi (jccedp tfnatfeU, 
 
 fing on any That in cafe any Difpute arife upon any^A^ion, Bill, Plaint or Infornoa- 
 Aftion, for tion, brought as aforefaid, where the PlalncifT, Complainant or Informer 
 Trefpaffes, in {i^^\] charge the Defendant in Trefpafs, in Cutting, Felling, Deftroy Ing or 
 f ""'d^ftro'' Carrying away any Tree or Trees, parcels of Timber or Underwood ; 
 in"gforcarry- or o{ unlawfully Throwing dowii or leaving Open any Fence or Fences, 
 iiig'away any Gates or Bars, as aforefaid •, or aiding or afiitting therein, then and in fuch 
 TreeorTrees, cafo if the PlaintiJT, Complainanc or Informer, fhall make Oath that 
 Tinnber or (here hath been Cut down, Felled, Deflroyed or Carried away fuch Tree, 
 oro/'throw- or fo many Trees, parcels of Timber, Wood or Underwood? ; or that any 
 ing down & Fence or Fences, Gates or Bars, have been Thrown down, and that he 
 leaving open SufpeSs the Defendant to have Committed the faid Trefpafs, although the 
 any Gates, pjai^tiff^ Complainant, or Informer, may not be able to Produce any other 
 ce^orS- Evidence thereof than to render it highly Probable to theCourt, Afliftant, 
 ing therein, or Juftice before whora the Tryal is, then and in every fuch Cafe, unlefs 
 the Plain- the Defendant Ihall acquit himfelf upon Oath, that he did not do, nor 
 Ji'f }° °i^^« Caufc to be done, the Fafts that are Charged againft him in the Writ or any 
 Scover dI- ot them, whichOath the Court,Amftant or Juftice that fhall Try the Cafe, 
 mage^ unlefs are hereby Enabled to Adminifter to him, the Plaintiff fhal) recover againft 
 thebefendant the Defendant the Penalty and Damage as aforefaid, with his Coft \ but if 
 Til^'b *^'l^* t'^* Defendant (hall in fuch Manner acquit himfelf upon Oath, as aforefaid, 
 Oath,&to re- the Court, AfTiflant or Juflice, may and (hall, enter up Judgraent for the 
 cover* double Defendant, to recover againft the Plaintiff double his Coft occafioned by 
 Damages. fuch Profecution. 
 
 Perfons com- JJnO It fJJ fuctljJC (£nattc9, That if any Perfon or Perfons, having their 
 mittingTref. Faces blacked, painted, or any ways difguifed, flial! either by Day or 
 ih?rFrce Night, Commit any of the Trefpaffes, aforefaid ; or ftiall beat or abufe 
 DJfguife'dNo any of HisMajefty's goodSubjefts, and be thereof Convided by due Courfe 
 be publickly of Law, fuch Perfon or Perfons fo TrefpafHng, fi^all over and above the 
 whipt.be- Penalties and Damages beforefaid, be Publickly Whipp'd, not exceeding 
 ^jfj^j'^ ^'' Twenty Stripes ; as the nature of the Trefpafs may require : Any Law, 
 lovefaid.' Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwichftanding. 
 
 Alaaft
 
 JuHo Reg»t Regit G EO R G IX Dedmo Tertlo. 
 
 Jlrvay! TrovUed, anil It I)* Tjecebp JScotlDJtJ attU (fnattett, That the pfoprietcrs 
 Proprietors of the Common Undivided Lands in the refpedlve Towns, of Commoa 
 (hall and may grant Liberty for the Cutting or Felling any Tree or Trees ; Undivided 
 or Carrying away any Timber, Wood or Underwood, growing Or lying in ^^^"^t 'ji^^^y 
 their Common or Undivided Lands, under fuch Regulations and Reflrifti- ^^ c"ut,&car- 
 ons, as they or the major part of them,in their Legal Meeting fliall fee caufe ry away 
 and appoint ; and impower their Agents or Attorneys in their Place or Trees, &'<•. 
 Stead, to Prcfecute any Perlbn or Perfons that fhall Trefpafs on their Vn- "^f/^'i^^j' 
 divided Lands, contrary to this Ad •, and the like Power and Liberty is f|"|,tbitants 
 hereby declared to be Vefted in the Inhabitants of the feveral Towns in Power, f^f. 
 their Town-Meetings, with refpeft to the Timber, Tree or Trees, Wood Both to ap- 
 or Underwood, growing or lying on Land within their Town(hips P°'"'*^''V^^ 
 Sequeftred for Town Commons, wi. to appoint Agents or Attorney's, to ^"^g j cv^." 
 Proiecute any Perfon or Perfons that fhall Trelpafs upon Lands Scqueftred * 
 
 for Town Commons, as aforelaid. 
 
 Provided alfo, flnD ft fS gecBlip fl$im(te&, That no Town fliall have ^ ^^^. ^^ 
 Power in any of their Meetings, to Prohibit any Perfon or Perfons Inhabi- the Inhabi- 
 ting in fuch Town, from cutting Fire-wood, or getting Fencing-f^ufF for tants to cut 
 their ownUfes only, ofFand from any Lands Sequeftred for Town Com- Fire- wood 
 mons, under fuch reafonabie Regulations as they Ihall appoint and agree and^Fencing- 
 to; Any thing in this Adv to the Contrary in any wxfe notwithflanding. 
 
 Provided alfoy anH It (g Ijtcebg tutt^n protjtticli anU ^nattcli, That 
 when the Court, AfTiftant or Juftice, before whom any Tryal, upon this ^pj_yjr r. 
 Aft (hall be had, (hall be well fatisfied that the Defendant was only guilty fuch as Coin- 
 through Miftake ; and that he really believed that the Timber complained mit Trefpafs, 
 of, was when growing, upon his own Land, that in fuch cafe the Defendant ^V Miftake, 
 fliall be Sentenced to pay to the Plaintiff only the jufl Value of the Timber, 
 Felled or Taken away, and Cofl of Tryal and no more* 
 
 an8 fuctljer Ct t0 ^coijftieti atiH tfnatteU bg t^t autgcjitj afo^efafD, Agreements, 
 
 That all Agreements upon Record, in any Town in this Colony, concerning of Towns up- 
 any the Timber,Wood,c^(r. in this Aft mentioned, (hall fo far, as faid Ads bout ^^WMd' 
 or Agreements concern the Inhabitants of fuch Town getting Timber, Qfc. to be * 
 Wood, &c. for their own life only, be and be holden good and valid j any good&valici, 
 thing to the Contrary in this Aft notwithflanding. fo far, &c, 
 
 jind Finally/^t i0 fijfoIteO, That this Aft, be of Force for Two Years, This Aas 
 and until the End of the next Seffion of this Aflembly after laid Two Years Continuance, 
 are Expired, and no longer. 
 
 An A6t for Levying a Tax on Polls, and^^^^^^^^ 
 all Rateable Eftate. tS'^M 
 
 BillsofCredit 
 
 THIS AfTembly Grants a Rate of Three Pence on the Pound, on all °'^*'?'%9°/r* 
 the Polls and Rateable ERate in this Government : To be Paid M^Kor 
 into the Treafury in the Bills of Credit of this Colony, with the ufual j^,rork orin 
 Advance of Twelve-fence on the Pound; or in the good BillsofCredit of Silver Money 
 Four Signers, of the Majfachufetts Bay or in the Bills of Credit of New 
 rork, without Advance on them j or in Silver Money, as ic palTeth in 
 the Country. 
 
 . L 1 1 a An Aa
 
 jinnt Regn't Regit G E O R G I J. Declmo Tertio. 
 
 Vjd.pag. J 06 
 
 vid. z OS ^" ^^ ^^^ Reviving one certain Law of this 
 Colony, Entituled, An Ad for amendment 
 of the Law ;( Providing Auditors fhall be 
 appointed in adlions of Account, &c. and 
 %y'f:tt: for amending the Writ upon Pleas of A- 
 loilosl?!: batement;) and alfo for Reviving one 
 Ijat^sSoj* other Law of this Colony, Entituled, An 
 3*J- Adt in addition to an Adf, Entituled, An 
 
 A(5^ for the Settlement of Inteftate E- 
 see pag. 19. flates ; both which Laws were Made and 
 ill]^!;:^'; Palled at a General Affembly Held at 
 «7."6.,o6 y^^^u^^Q^ jhe Eighth Day of Odober, 
 
 in the Eleventh Year of His Prefent Ma- 
 jefty s Reign. 
 
 ^Tl^ HERE AS the above Recited Lawt, were to Continue ef Force for 
 Treamlle. y y j-^,^ Years And no longer ; which Time is now Expired. 
 
 3t iff tfnatteo 6? t|c <5fitiernouc, Countfl an6 Rcpccffntatftiftf, in 
 Reviving one (BtMisl Couft 5fiffemMrtif, flttti lip tlz SC«tt)o;(tp of ttiz fame, That 
 Aft, in pag. the aforefaid Laws ftall be Revived ; and they are hereby Revived, and 
 joj.and an- flial) remain in full Force, in all their Parts and Paragraphs, until this 
 other in pag. Court ftall Order otherwife. 
 
 206' , , . . 
 
 An A<5^ in addition to the Law, Entituled, An 
 vid.pag.ji7. Aft to Enable Creditors, to recover their 
 Vi 15 null juft Debts, out of the Eftate or EfTefts oif 
 «4.jos,;tj; their abfent or abfconding Debtors, Made 
 May iji6 ', and for Repealing one Para- 
 graph in faid Ad^. 
 
 WHEREAS bythe Lavffofthti Coktpff Made hy the General Affemhly 
 Htld in Hartford the Twelfth Day of May, One Thoufand Seven 
 freamVe. Hundred and Twenty S*, Entituled^ An k(X to enable Creditors, to recover 
 their juft Debts out of the Eftate or EffeiJ^s of their abfene or ibfconding 
 Debtors ; in the lafi Pantgrafh of faid Lai^^. ^t 10 CiiattzU, * That every 
 Rehoatfa! of ' perfon taking a Power of Attorney from any Perfon that is net an Jnhabi- 
 ? 'Jj'^g^Pj « tant in this Colony, (hall Record the fame m the Count)' Records in the 
 P g' "**« County where the Attorney doth Live, t?efore he doth Coxnmsnce sny 
 'Aftion or Suit in behalf of bis Principal. 
 
 3t
 
 ^nfto Regnt Regis G EO R G I J, Decimo Tertio. 
 
 ^ecun'ns indm%mhs. Xriais; ftp 'jufticejB?* 353 
 
 5lt fa note ^Enattct! fino SDPcIattr> Bj? t()e (JUoticrnotit:, Council imu Eepre- g^j^ p 
 fmratiteg, fii <©enEcal Court affcmWeD, nnD bj? tlje aUtittojirp of tfje fame, graph r^ " 
 That the laid Paragraph in f aid Law ftiall be Repealed ^ and ic is hereby pealed. 
 Repealed and made Void. 
 
 anfi It fjf ^errfjp CEnatfeU 6? tlje 2ut!)02ft? afojcfaiti, That at all Times P^fons not 
 hereafter, when any Perfon not being an Inhabitant in this Colony, ^^" '„ [hh c"o?o- 
 bring any Adtiorj or Suit whatfoever, to any Court within this Colony ; „y^ bringing 
 citherbya Wric or Appeal or Review, or any other way whatfoever, the any Adion, 
 Clerk ofthefaid Court, fliall in his making Entry in the Records ot the toanyCourt, 
 Court, the Aftion, Caufe, Matter or Thing, brought by any Stranger, and ^° '^^'"^ ^" 
 fhall Enter by whom or what Attorney he did Appear : And when any thVeof,'"^by 
 Clerk of any Court Ihall make Entry of any Attorney appearing for any tiie cieVk of 
 Stranger, as aforefaid, the faid Records of faid Court, or a Copy thereof, f^'d Court, in 
 (hall be as good Evidence in Law, that he was the Attorney for faid J**^ /""""^j 
 Stranger, as though faid Paragraph had remained of Force and had not been ^f^^^j Atnar- 
 Repealed, and his Power of Attorney had been Recorded at large in the neys appear- 
 County Records where faid Attorney did live. '"g for him. 
 
 An A6t for preventing Encroachments on Sf.nfi/s! 
 Lands Sequeftred for the Indians. S.l?.':^' 
 
 THIS Ajfemhly being Informed that fever d TraBs of Lands Setjueflred 
 for feveral Tribes of Indians within this Government y are Incroachd upon ; 
 and fame of the Natives Complaining to this Ajfemhly^ That they are lately In- 
 formedy that according to the Laws of this Colony ^ if any man fuffer another to be Pi'^""^!'' 
 Quietly on his Land for t he ^ace of Fifteen Tears, that hemaylofe his Land •, by 
 which Means through their Ignorance of the EngWh Laws and Cufioms, they 
 are and may be in Haz.ard of being holden out of thofe fmall TraBs of Land 
 which they have RefervedforthemfelveSyOrbytheCareofthit Government hath 
 beenfet apart and Sequefired for the Ufeofthem and their Poflerity, 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 Iniiantbting 
 
 !5e ft dfnatfeti lip tfte <0oijEcno«r, Council anU llcptefmtatftJtS fn ^"f f?"^ ^*^* 
 dBenecal Court atrcmtJleO, anD b? t^z 311utto?{tp of ttje fame. That Lands Refer- 
 
 when and fo often as any Suit fhall be brought by any Indian or Indians, ved for them 
 for the Recovery of any Land reftrved by the Indians, as aforefaid •■, or Se- Tlieir Oefen. 
 queftred for the Ufe and Benefit of the Indians, by Order of this Aflembly, J*"*^ ".°f ^° 
 or by any Town agreeable to the Laws ot this Colony, that the Defendant ^g pie'^d", 
 or Tenant, fhall not be admitted to Plead in his Defence that he hath Years Poflef- 
 holden the Demandants out of the Lands Demanded, for the fpace of fion ; or the 
 Fifteen Years ; or any way to take Benefit by the Law, Entituled, An AB Benefit of the 
 for the Quieting mens Efiates and Avoiding of Suits, Made May the Eighth, %l?ln\ g. 
 One Thonfand Six Hundred and Eighty Four. ^' *^" * 
 
 An Ad to prevent Trials, before Tuftices Vumf^^\\ 
 remote from the rarties» j'j.}^<s 
 
 COMPLAINT being made to (his AfemblytThat it it too frequently the 
 PraBife of fame ill-minded Per font, to take the Liberty they fuppofe the Law Prtamlle. 
 dtth give them, to Vex their Neighbours^, by Suing (htm before (he Remvte Jufiiccs 
 
 in th( Jame Ctunty' .,,.., 
 
 Wnicn
 
 Mfio RegHt Regis G E O R G I J, Decimo Tertio. 
 
 334 jS>ttffictent jfence^ ^uperio? Court iDpen et)> 
 
 Which to Prevenc ; 
 
 %t to noto (Snattfti ana 2Dec!acet) Bp ttie (tfoternour, ^Tottncfl anli IRepre- 
 Ail Suits, fentatlbeg, in (Bcneral <Coiut JiflTembleti, anO bp tf)e ISiuto^itp o£ tfjc famr. 
 Cognizable That ail Suits, Demands and Profecutions whatfoever, Cognizable before 
 before^a Juf- any Jufti'ce of the Peace, or Afliftant, or other higher Civil Officer, who 
 be"rolfc*utId a''^ hereby Endowed with the full and ample Authority of Juflices of the 
 in the Towns Peace, fhall be Made and Profecuted before fuch Authority, asaforefzid, in 
 ■where the thofe Towns only, where the PlaintifFor Defendant dwells; unlefs there 
 Pkntiff or be no Authority which may Lawfully Try the Caufe in the Towns where 
 dwelh ;"un. **?* PlaintifFor Defendant dwellcth ; in which cafe the Plaintiff may apply 
 lefs, i/e. himfelf to the Juftices in one of the next adjoining Towns to the Place of 
 his Abode. 
 
 vid.pag. ,<$, An Ad for directing Fence-viewers, whac 
 199! °'" ' Fence lliall be accounted Sufficient. 
 
 THIS j4Jfemhly ohfervingy that Fence-Fitwers art fometimes in Doubt by 
 vohat Lav or Rule they are to be guided in Determining Fence to be 
 Su^cient or hfuffcient 
 
 Which to Avoid : 
 
 15e ft ^nacteti bp tl^e (Botccnouc, Cottncfl anO Eeprefentatltei^r, (n 
 
 General ^Tourt ^iTcmbleti, aUD bp tl)e 3Sutt)0^it^ of t\t fame, That 
 
 whenfoeverand fo often as any Fence- Viewers (hall on occafion of anyCattel 
 
 Fence equi or other Creatures, being Impounded as Damage feafant, be called to paft 
 
 Five"Ra?l their Judgments on the Sufficiency of the Fence, inclofing the Land from 
 
 Fence, to be Whence faid Cattel or other Creatures v/ere Impounded, they fiial) adjudge 
 
 adjudged that Fence to be Sufficient ; which they (hall find to be as Effediual againft 
 
 Sufficient by f|,g Creatures Impounded, as a Five Rayl Fence four Foot high and well E- 
 
 ets""'^**^* ^^^^^i Mentioned and Provided in the Law, Entituled, An Atl concerning 
 
 Common Fields and Fences^ would have been. 
 
 SCnU ft itf fuctljec ^cotJlUeS!, That notwithftanding the faid Fence 
 A Direaion ^eingin fome place or places not fully anfwerable to the Five Rayl Fence, 
 to Fence- aforefaid, yet if it be made to appear to the faid Fence-Viewers, that -the 
 vienrers Creatures did not enter the Encloftd Lands at the Deficient place, but over 
 themn. fome pjace which was Sufficient, as aforefaid ; then they fhall in that cafe 
 declare the Fence to be Sufficient: Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the con- 
 trary notwithftanding. 
 
 II 11 I I ^ II '11 * III mmmm^^mmm 
 
 An hiQi for Opening and Adjourning the 
 ^^tx67%nl Superior Court, by one or two of the 
 %69> »84. Judges, or by the Sheriff, in certain cafes. 
 
 It being Refrefented to thU jifemhlyt by the Honourable the Judges oftbe 
 Superior Courts that many times it happtns in the Circuit, that they are much 
 p „ Expofed ft DijficuUies tofave the Sejfion of the Court at the Ttme appointed, by 
 
 ' rtafon of the NeceJJity the Laa putteth upon them to have a Quorum of the Judges 
 en thtj^ftfor Opening the Court and Mjourning it. 
 
 Which
 
 Anno Regn2 R(gu G E O R G J I, Declmo Tertlo. 
 
 Calling ^ocic t to )g@eetmg0, ^iCvilliS of Crtmt* 335 
 
 Which Inconveniency to Prevent : 
 
 5t fjJ (^nacteO anO <0;nainc& bp tfje dSotiernouc, Council onU tJcptefcn* Any One of 
 jatibea, m <0mctal (JTourt SflCfcmbleb, anO Op tt)c 'JCucIjojiti? of tJjc fame, the judgesof 
 That for the future, any Two or One o{ the Judges of the Superior Court, '^^ Superior 
 being on the Spot for the Opening of the Superior Court, fliall have full er°"o'o7en'& 
 Power and Authority to Open and Adjourn the faid Court- adjoum it. 
 
 5fint> it (g fuctljec ^rotituH, That if all the Judgesof the faid Court in the judges 
 fhal) be Providentially hindred, or (hall not be there, that it (hall be the Abfence, the 
 duty of the Sheriff of the County ; and he is hereby Authorized and Im- couiifv"*^^!© 
 powred, to Adjourn the faid Court by Proclamation, to the next Day, till adjourn' faid 
 the judges may arrive at the Place .• And all Parties concerned m the Court. 
 faid Court are to take Notice thereof accordingly 
 
 An Ad for direding how Societies (hall 
 
 Meet and Form themfelves, after other '9^5?? '"* 
 Societies are Drawn off from them. 
 
 THIS Court ohferv'tng that many Towns in this Colony y have leen divided 
 into feparate Pariflies or Societies^ and the New Society fo fet off^ have by Vnamhle. 
 this AJjembly been direSied how to form themfelves into fuch SocietieSf by a 
 fecial. Law of this Colony^ C^s in Page 2ji j but no Provifion in faid Lav 
 directing the Firfi Society^ after the faid Pariflus or Societies are Drawn off'toForm 
 themfelves into a Society ; or hew to ffarn the Firft Society Meeting in the faid 
 Society. 
 
 A Warrant 
 
 3Be ft tljewfoje (Enactcu hv t^e (Kofe£cnour, Council anlj ^eprcfentatfftetf, ""^er the 
 m (JJmeral Court fiiffzinbkU, ante bp tje flut|}o?it? ot t^e fame, That^'"J°* *" 
 when any Society or Societies, are Legally fet off, in any Town or Towns in juftice"wid» 
 this Colony, any Affiftanc or juflice of the Peace, together with Three of j of the 
 the Principal Inhabitants in any fuch Firft Society, fhal] by themfelves or Principal la- 
 others whom they Ihali Depute, by a Warrant under the Hands of faid }?*^".^"^*'» 
 Afliftantorjuflice and Three Inhabitants, aforefaid. Warn all the Inha- tV*^t"on ^ 
 bitants in the Limits of faid Society, to Meet together at fuch Time and the Fitft So- 
 Place as they fhall appoint ; When and where they fhall firft choofe a ciety to meet 
 Moderator and then a Clerk, who fhall by fome Afliftant or Juftice of Peace *?S"''^''' -* 
 be Sworn to a faithful Difcharge of his Office ; Which being efFefted, they 5™^'^^» ^^^ 
 may proceed to aft any thing Lawful and Proper for fuch a Society to do, clerk &e 
 as in cafe of other Societies, 
 
 FirftSociety 3 
 
 Provided never theleJS, It any of the Firfi Societies, in any of the Towns J^aving afted 
 aforefaid, have already afled as Separate Societies, their Afts fhall be good their Aft"^' 
 and valid ; and this Aft fhall in no wife be Conftrued to their Prejudice ; be good and 
 But they fhall ftill continue to Aft as they have done, according to the valid. 
 former Law for Societies. V1d.pag.14f. 
 
 . . 149,1 sy.ijS, 
 
 An Ad for Emitting Bills of Credit. isp.'tVt w^ 
 
 *-' 2oijZir,ii^, 
 
 WHERE/IS there was left in theTreafurer's hands irt Uiiy Ufl; in Bills 2j5'j}7'z4i* 
 of Publick Credit, fit for further ufe, the Sum of Out Thoufand Six 245,iyj,z8i5| 
 Hundred Twenty Four Pounds, Two Shillings <»»<< Six-pence, ip^/c/? were fo *8|,z97,?oi. 
 Lodged for the further DiJJ>ofe of thtt JJJembly. IhI^^S!"*
 
 A>iHo Regni RegiA G E O R G I J, Decimo Tertlo. 
 
 336 XTDo ^ttcftton^ mefoll»eD» jl^omiuation. 
 
 ^t (8 <gnoctei3 bj? tfie €iotiecriour, Council ont) Ecpcefcnratffeesf, in 
 
 (Bnucal Court 5linemlili:&, onO bp tlje 2lutt)o?itp of t|)C fame, That 
 
 totioVounJs the faid Treafurer (hall, and he is hereby Impowred, to Ifllie out and 
 
 tobeEmitted Deliver the faid Sum of One Thoufand Six Hundred Twenty Four Pounds^ Two 
 
 toanfwerthe Shillings and Six-pencc\togethei wkhThree Hundred Seventy Five Pounds, Seven^ 
 
 Ees'"^of ''the '"" Shillings and Sixpence more, to be of the Bilfs brought into the Treafury 
 
 Colony, by the Rate granted by this Affembly in OHober Jaft, or by Import ; for 
 
 and towards the payment of the Publick Debts of this Colony and the 
 
 neceflary Charges of the fame, according to fuch Orders as (hall be given 
 
 him from time to time according to Law. 
 
 fo?veoFothe'r J^ QUESTION Art fmg upon an M, Entituted, An Aft concerning Free 
 Qieftions,iii Trade, on the following word! in the laft Paragraph, viz.. * That all Perfons 
 pag. 120,132. 'that come to Trade in this Colony that are not Inhabitants Whether 
 '49'i7ii73. hy all? erf ont U to be underjiood all Per[ons,in Central^wiihout Exception i 
 
 3"'. 318- ' 
 
 iT.^'heArt^' Resolved in the Negative. 
 
 concerning 
 
 Free Trade, siixti it i& tutttitt ^tccbp (JtiattjB ant) SDetlatflii, B? tljc (fcotfrnotir, 
 P^^'Jj'.'^ ,, Ccimcil ano EepcefentatffafS, In <IBcnfral Couct Mmblti, anU b? tbe 
 Petfon", in- 5Ilut{jo?{tp Of tU fame, That by all Perfons, hath, is, and fhall be under- 
 tends 'thofe ftood, only thofe who come into this Colony out of fome of the Neigh- 
 belonging to bouring Governments. 
 
 other Govern ■ - 
 
 ments. A QjJ E ST ION brought to thU jiffemblyy viz. Whether tt County Surveyor 
 
 qualified as the Law direUsy being at any time called out to run any Line 
 
 between adjoyning Proprietorxy and the /aid Surveyor not knowing the true courfe 
 
 from Boundary to Boundary, or through the Variation of his Compafs it obliged. 
 
 Vid. pag.iro (g yun an uncertain courfe to find the certain and true courfe between faid 
 
 jis'^''^''^^^ Proprietors, and in fo doing runs upon the Lands of the adjoyning Proprietors, 
 
 to him or them calling out faid Surveyor, the running of faid uncertain or Traverfe 
 
 Line upon faid adjoyning Land, ought to be accounted a Trefpafs in the Surveyor, his 
 
 Imployer or lmployers,or thofe the faid Surveyor improves as his jiffipants ? 
 
 1> ESOLVED in the Negative. Provided, the above Service be done in 
 ■"^ the Months appointed by Law for Running or Renewing Bounds. 
 
 THE Gentlemen Nominated to ftand for Ekaion 
 in ^ai> next, fent in by the iTteemett of this 
 <I50l)etttmetlt-, to this Affembly, are as follows 
 cth, t)l5. 
 
 TheHonourable^OSfPHTy^LZ/COrrjEfqitheHon.yON^^rAf^N 
 
 LAW, Efqi John Hamlin, Efq; Samuel Eells, Efq; Matthew Allyn, Efa-, 
 
 P.oger Wolcott, Efq; James Wadfworth, Efq; John Hall, Efq; Chrtftopker 
 
 TheNamesof Chrifiopbers, Efq; Hez.ekiah Brainerd, Efq; John Hooker, Elq-, Jofevh 
 
 the Perfons, Wakeman, Efq^ Nathaniel Stanly, Efqi Jofeph Whiting, Efq; Capt. Oziat 
 
 STJeSi- •'^''^'"' ^^P*^- '''»'"<"^> ^'■^'''^^i Cape. James Rogers; Maj. John Burr ; 
 on in May Mr.Samuel Bi[hop ; Mr. Warham Mather. 
 
 *^^^' NEW-LONDON: ^' 
 
 Printed and Sold by T. Gr E e N, Printer to the GOV. & COMPANY, 
 
 1 7 2 C.
 
 Amo Rtgni Regie G E O R G I J. Declmo Tcrtio. 
 
 pxtHntinB jftattDjg in^mQains of !lauDs!Ac»337 
 
 Thirty-five copies 
 
 reissued by 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 Hartford. 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 PafTed by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colofly 
 of Conne^icut in Mw England: Begoa and Held ac Hartford, oa 
 the Eleventh Day of May, in the Thirteenth Year of the Reiga 
 of Our Sovereign Lord G S R G St of Great- Brifairu &c. 
 KING. Anttoqnc Pomigit I 7 x 7' 
 
 An Aft to Prevent Frauds, Qyarrels and 
 Difturbances, in Bargains, Sales, Leafes, ^^.p^g. ^^ 
 or other Alienations of Land, O-c^ in thisSftfi'IJ^ 
 Government. IsllHttr 
 
 THIS ^fftmbly Obftrving the grdsivg Inconveniency en this Covtm- 
 mentf bjr means of too many Taking in handy Bearing »/», or Uf holding 
 of Quarrels and Sides \ to the Dtfiurbance of the Common Bight and 
 the Peace and Quiet of the good People in this Government, Whitb 
 Tendetb t» tbeir Jttifoverifimentf by the Mi^evte of Time and Treafure. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 Preaalte. 
 
 f^ ft tf nffttet anti SDrtlsreti 6? tl^t ^otemour, Countil anti Eeprrrrn- 
 iBtltw, In general Court alTcmWeD, anD fjg tje ^uitojttp of tlje fame, 
 That all Bargains, Sales, Leafes, or other A Uenations, for Years, Life, Lives 
 or for Ever, or for any other Term or Time whatfoever, of any Lands, 
 Tenements, or Heriditaments within this His Majefties Colony ofConne- 
 Qicuty whereof the Leflbr, Vendor, Grantor, or that does otherways Exe- 
 cute any Inftruroent in Writing, for the Transferring any Right or Title 
 to any Lands, Tenements, or Heriditaments, to another Perfon or Perfons, 
 the Prefent PolTenbr thereof only Excepted, is Difleifcd or Outed, of the 
 Pofle/lion thereof, by the Entry, Pofleflion and Improvement of any other 
 Perfon or Perfons ; or that does Claim or Challenge to have Right or Title 
 to any Lands, Tenements or Heriditaments, by Force and Venue of any 
 Title or Claim, Aliene from and in Oppofjtion to the Title granted by the 
 
 M m m Royal 
 
 All Bargainj, 
 Sales, Leafes, 
 or any other 
 Alienations 
 of Land.fif'tf, 
 for Years, 
 Lives, or for 
 ever.pnade by 
 any LelTor, 
 Vendor, or 
 Q ran tor, the 
 prefent Pof- 
 ieffor thereof 
 only Except- 
 ed, Alienf 
 from&inOp" 
 pofition to 
 the Title 
 Granted by 
 Che Royal
 
 jSatio Regfii Regis G E O R G I J, Decimo Tcrtlo. 
 
 338 C]cpia!ttinjg a i^acasrai^l) tti 3nteftate0* 
 
 Royal Charter to this His Majefties Corporation, and not Warranted by 
 ^'' w'na'n"^ the Laws of this Colony, ftall be Null and Void j and of no EfFcd in the 
 •d'b.'Vhr' Law for the Transferring and Conveying any of the Pretended Rights or 
 Laws of this Titles above Defcribed,to any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever. 
 Colony, to be 
 
 Null & Void 1^^^ ^f, {f fuftlitr <naftet! B? if)? aiut6o;(t? afojeralU, For the more Ef- 
 « tTn"'b ftftual Preventing the Mifcliiet aforefaid. That whofoever fhall Attempt, 
 any* liftfu- ' by any Inftrument in Writing under his Hand, to Alienate any of the 
 ment of Wri- Claims or Rights above Defcribed, in any fuch Manner as is above Decla- 
 ting.toAlie- jgd to be Void and InefTeftual in the Law, or (hall receive any Conveyance 
 "*'* "V °^ thereof to him or them ; fhall forfeit one half of the Value of the Lands 
 Rights'rbe^' Attempted to be Alienated, as aforefaid. To be Recovered by Bill,Plaint or 
 fere defcribM Information,in any Court proper to Hear and Determine the fame *, where" 
 Oi receives- of the onc half fhall be to the Informer that (hall Profecute the fame to 
 ny fuch Con- gffeft . and the other half of the Penalty to the Trealury of this Colony. 
 
 veyance, to _ ' ' ' ' _ 
 
 '' A n A ft in explanation of, and addition to, the 
 Law, Entituled, An A& for the Settlement 
 tfofnSyt; ofInteftateEftates;particularly,thatClaufe 
 l??:uMoS in the fifth Paragraph, in thefe words, vii^, 
 "* • The refidue both of Real and Perlonal E= 
 
 s«p.g 6,. c ftate, Equally to every of the next of Kin 
 * of the Inteftate in Equal degree. 
 
 In the djftri- 
 
 butionofPer- •q^ (j ^natteli 6p tht (^obecnotir, ffounffl and Sltpceffntatltt!?, in 
 tolhiS^' P 4StneMlCouctfl«tmbIe6,autib? t^e |ButJ)0?U? of ite faiiu, That 
 ofKiii in e- in the Diflribution of the Perfonal Eftate, is, and (hall beUndeiftood,Con- 
 ^ual degree, 11 rued and Intended, by the faid Words ^ next of Kin in Equal Degree ] 
 »"t«"^sthofe Thofe Perfons which are next in the Line Afcendant and Tranfverfe ( i «.) 
 iw« in*the Accounting the Father in the firft Degree Afcendant, and the Brother in 
 Line Afcen- the firft Degree Tranfverfe ; and fo Onward,without any Diftinftion to be 
 daotSsTranf- made in the Quantity, that is the Totality or Partiality of the Blood. 
 veff«. 
 
 jind In the Defcint^ Jiiviflen And SettUment if Eftata ef Inherit ance, tr Rt»\ 
 tjlate^ nbfre any SeitUmem of any Real Eftate remains yet to he done ; and at oM 
 frumiit, times hereafter when any Debates fliallarife among the next of Kin to the htejtate^ 
 about the Settlement of the Real Eftate, aforefaid. 
 
 Real Eftates !3t H tf^tb^ tfnatteti anU (D^liaimli, That the fald Real Eflate, which 
 
 ■which came came to the Inteftate by Defcent, (hall Defcend to and be Setled upon the 
 
 to the In- whole Blood and half Blood Equally, vathout Diftinftion ; when it fhall 
 
 teftate byDe- happen that thofe of the half Blood, are of the Blood of the Anceftor to 
 
 d«f"end to ^^^ Inteflate, from whom the Eftate Defcended. And on the Contrary, 
 
 the whole & C » ' ) when tha hslf Blood is not of the Blood of the faid Anceftor, the 
 
 half Blood e- half Blood fliall not be Admitted to divide the Inheritance with the whole 
 
 Bun'n'Eftu'' ^^°°^ '" ^'^'^ ^*'"* Degree : But in Cafe the Real Eftate came to the In= 
 
 Purchafed," tef^ate by Purchafe, tne Totality or Partiality of the Blood (hall not be 
 
 then, £?*r. Confidered. 
 
 Th half ^"^ '^ '^ fuct!)Et ^roiiOeU, That if there be none in Equal Degree 
 Blood 10 In» °f kindred with the half Bloody in the Line Tranfverle, ai atwrtlaid, ti^ 
 hcrit.in cafe. ^^^^ ^\qqA fhall be admitted to Inherit.
 
 Anno RegHt Regit G E O R G I J, Declmo Tertb. 
 
 In dian C!)ilt)ren to U SasijsDt to3aeat> Englim.339 
 
 an6 it a furtl^er Pi:ot3ftic&, That the next degree of Kindred in the The next da- 
 Line Tranfverfe, fhall be admitted to the Inheritance before the next de- 8'*^ ?^ ^'"" 
 gree of Kindred in the Line Afcendant ; and the next degree of Kindred lT^c Tranf- 
 jn the Line Arcendant, ftall be admitted to the Inheritance before a Re- verfe, to in- 
 jnoter degree in the Line Tranfverfe \ (»-«•) The Brothers and Sifters herit before 
 Ihall Inherit before the Parent; and the Parent from whom the Inteftate '^^^"^^f ,vg' 
 defcended, (hall be admitted before the Uncle or Coufin German, or £j^^\ "^f'g^. 
 Brothers Children ; and the Brothers Children before the Uncle •, and in dantjfiff. 
 the like manner the Remoter degrees of Kindred (hall Inherit. 
 
 An A<3 for requiring Mafters and Miftreffes 
 of IW/<?» Children, to ufe their utmoft^.^ 
 Endeavours, to Teach faid Children to4'"F^*I 
 Read Engli/h ; and to Inftrud them in the^5,4^,;9i.t9^ 
 Principles of the Chriftian Faith. 
 
 WHER E /IS this /SffetrMy is Informed, that msfiy of the Indians in this httmliU* 
 Governmenty fut out their Children to the Englifh, to he brought up b^ 
 them t And yet Sundry of the Perfons having fuch Children^ do Ntglttt to Liarn 
 them to Read and to InfiruU them in the Principles of the Chriftian Faithffo that 
 pick Childrta areftitl in danger ts eontime Heathens* 
 
 Wlilth to Prevent : 
 
 IBe ft (ffnartiB IB? t|e ^gfoijewour, Countfl anti ErprefentatCfiesf, in 
 ^tncral Court UlTemliUli, ens fc^ t^t 3IIut!)0?(tp pf tftg feme. That 5J?J"i'"''f 
 every Perfon in this Colony ,that hath tal(en,or (hall take, any of the Indian ^fi /^^j^^ 
 Children of this or the Neighbouring Governments, into the care of their Children, to 
 Families, are hereby Ordered to ufe their utmoft Endeavours, to Teach Teach them 
 them to Read E»|J«/fe ; and alfo to Inflruft them in the Principles of the ^°,R^ ^^S' 
 Chriftian Faith, by Cates^izing them, together with other proper Me- ^^^{^(XmtnSt 
 thods. And the Seieft-men and Grand -jurors, in the RefpeSive Towns, Qtand jurors 
 Ihall make diligent Enquiry, Whether the Indian Children, that are or to make di- 
 may be, put oct ss above, are by their Mafters or Miftreffes that have ligentEnqui- 
 the Care of them, lnfiru£led and Taught, as abovefaid. And if "pon'f^aue/'&if 
 Enquiry, faid OfHcers (hall find that any fuch Mafter or Miftrefs, hath ^^^^ fj^d j^y 
 Neglefted their Duty herein, after due Warning given ; then faid Officers, negleft their 
 or any two of them, (hall Inform the next Affiftant or juftice of the Peace j Duty in this 
 Upon which the faid Authority (hall Summon fuch Mafter or Miftrefs, fo f^'^P^'^^'" J^^ 
 Informed againft, to appear before them ; and if upon Examination, it ap- AmhorltT.fc 
 pear that faid Mafter or Miftrefs hath NegleSed to Inftruft any Indian ^iH Mafters 
 Child or Children, put to them, as atorefaid ;they (hall be Fined, attbe tobefin'd&'tf 
 Difcretion of faid A(riftant or Juftice j noc exceeding the Sum of Forty i°^ l^^\^^J\°^ 
 muings: To be to the ufe of the School in the Town where the Mafter *^^"°"'^* 
 or Miftrels Lives, 
 
 M m m X An Aft
 
 Mho RegHt Regh G E O R G I J. DfiCtmo Tcriio. 
 
 340 ^tOfellOJjS^ of tlje CJUtCl) of England. 
 
 Fid.pag t34 
 
 An Adt for providing how the Taxes Levied 
 on Profeffors of the Church of enj5lanD, 
 for the Support of the Gofpel, (hall be 
 difpofed of 5 and for Exempting faid Pro- 
 feffors, from paying any Taxes, for the 
 Building Meeting-Houfes, for the prefent 
 Eftablifhed Churches of this Government 
 
 U TON the Prayer of Mofes Ward cf Fairfield, Church-Warden, und tie 
 refl of the Church-Wardensy Veftry-Men and Brethren, Refreftnting them' 
 [elves under Obligatitn by the Honourable Society and Bi^iof of London, to ?ay 
 JPreamHe, to the Support of the EJlablifhed Church '-, Praying this ^Jfembly by fomt AEl, or 
 othtrwife,tofree them from Paying toDlffeniing Mini (iers^and for Building DiJJhi' 
 ting Mee ting- Houfes ^andComplaining that Money hat been lately taken from them 
 hy difireJS ♦ Praying that the faid Money might be returned unto them, 7he faid 
 Ward appeared, and by his Attorney^ declaring to this Affembly, that he fhould not 
 Jnfji on the return of the Money Prayed for. Afferted it to have altvays been E- 
 fieemed as an Hardfliip, by thofe of the Profeffion Eftablifh'd by this Government, to 
 be Compelled to Contribute to the Support of the Church of England, where that it 
 the Church Eflablifh'd by Law \ and thereupon Vrged that no fuch thing fhould be 
 here Impofed^upon any Dijfenting from the Churches here Approved and Sftabljfh'd 
 by the Law of this Government : Further "Urging, that there might be fomt 
 Provifion made by the Law, for the Obliging their Parifhionerj to Pay to the Support 
 ef their Minifiers. 
 
 I8e ft €nattctj Ip tit <!5t)tJCTO0ur, Countfl anH Keprefcntatffie*, fn 
 
 ,, ^j,„s <lcnecal Court affemWcB, anD b^ tjie aut^o^it? of ttje tame, That 
 
 Choafc of all Perfons who are of the Church of England, and thofe who are of the 
 
 the Chutch Churches Eftablifhed by the Laws of this Government, that Live in the 
 
 ofEti^Uni.se Bounds of any Parifh allowed by this Aflembly, fhall be Taxed by the 
 
 rh°^^ hes E- P*' i^^'on*" of the faidPari(h,by the fame Rule and in the fame Proportion, 
 
 ftablifti'<i by for the Support of the Miniftry, in fuch Parifli \ but if itfo happen, that 
 
 the Laws of there be a Society of the Church of England, where there is a Perfon in 
 
 this Govern- Orders according to the Canons of the Church of EngUnd, Settled and 
 
 ment, to \x Abiding among them and Performing Divine Service, fo near to any Perfoa 
 
 ftnw Rule & *^' ^^th Declared himfelf of the Church of England,Khzt: he can Conveni- 
 
 in the fame cntly and doth Attend the Publlck Worfhip there ; then the Col1e(ftors, 
 
 Proportion, having firft Indifferently Levyed the Tax, as abovefaid, /hall deliver the 
 
 for the Sup- Taxes, Collcfted of fuch Perfons Declaring themfelves and Attending, as 
 
 pott of the aforefaidjunto the Minifter of the Church of £B|/4«^,Living near unto fuch 
 
 Cou'eaois to Perfons •, which Minifter Ihall have full Power to Receive and Recover the 
 
 deliver tothe fame, io order to his Support in the Place AHigned to him. But if fuch 
 
 Minifter of Proportion of Taxes be not fufficient, in any Society of the Charch of 
 
 *of En* W ^"£^'*"'^i *<* Support the Incumbent there, then fuch Society may Levy and 
 
 &c when^&c Colleft of them who Profefi and Attend, as aforefaid, greater Taxes, at 
 
 their own Difcretion, for the Support of their Minifter. 
 
 of tlJc"ho" h And the Parifhoners of the Church oTErgtand, Attending, as aforefaid, 
 of England, wc hereby Excufed from Paying any Taxes, for the Building Meeting 
 Excus'd from Houfes for the Frefeac Eftafaliftx'd Churches ojf this Government. 
 
 AnAei
 
 Ahmo Re^l Regit G E O R G I J, Declmo Tertlo. 
 
 iFomicatiOtt* Bidtillins <SBolaf[tS. fnt^. 541 
 
 An Adl in addition to an ad^, Entituled, AnTA^;t^\\\ 
 ad againft Fornication and Baftardy. »wo^.«'} 
 
 Be it (f nattfU Bp tfie dFoternour, Council anlr IRfprefentatftcsf, m Married per 
 (©cncral €ouct KlffembleD, anD fcp t^e SHuttjO^itp of t!)E fame, fons bro'ton 
 That when and fo often as any Married Pcrlbns, ftal) be Accufed and Trial forFor 
 brought to Try a!, before any County Court, for Committing Fornication "'^*"°" .'* 
 with each other before Marriage, if fuch Perfons fhall at their Tryal, Plead pY/aJlng"^* 
 Guilty, they fhall fuffer but the one half of the Penalty by Law Ordered Guilty, to 
 againft fuch Offenders ; and the Court fliall give Sentence accordingly, Any fuffer but hal( 
 Law, Ufage, or Cuftom to the Contrary notwithftanding. the Penalty. 
 
 An Ad to prevent Diftilling of Molaffes 
 
 into Rhum* 
 
 WHER EAS Sundry Per font in thk Government, Attempting to Dlftill and . 
 
 Drarv of Spirits from MoUffcs, to the grcAi Damage of Hit Majcfiies """''"' 
 SubjeBs 'y for that by faid PraSlice, MoUffes it made Scarce and Dear, and the 
 Spirits drawn off therefrom^ it ufually very Vrtwholejome and of litttlt Valuv, 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 5Bc ft tfnaitrb !ip t|e ^ofternoiir, Countfl «inU Eeprerentatfftecf, fn 
 ^tneral Court affembUD, ano bp tfie SLut^^i%p_ of t\t fame, That P^f"" Di- 
 if any Perfon or Perfons, (hall Difli!) and Draw off any Rum or Spin'ts "oSolafff 
 from Molaffes, they ffiall pay as a Fine to the PubiicJc Treafury, the Sum to'befin'd it 
 of Three Shillings fer Gallon, for every Gallon of Rum or Spirits that fliall be per Gallon. 
 drawn ofF, as atorcfaid. And the feveral Conftables and Grand- jurors in Conftables St 
 the Refpeftive Towns, (hall make diligent Enquiry in their Precinfts, of all ^''"^J^'^* 
 Breaches of this Aft, and gitre Information to the next AfEftant or Juftice g^ Enquiry 
 of the Peace,againft all and every Perfon and Perfons, that they, or any two of allBreach- 
 of faid Officers, (hall be fatisfied arc Guilty of the Breach of this Aft; " ofthisAft 
 Which Authority, fliall by Writ, Require fuch Perfon or Perfons, fo ^n- ^jj"^"'"'*"^ 
 formed againft, to appear before him or them. And if upon Examination, j to Require 
 the faid Afliflant or Juftice, ftiall fee a Probability of the Complaint being theXtanfgref 
 proved, if the Quantity Diftilled, be fuch as that the Penalty wiU Exceed fofs to come 
 the Sum of Fourty Shillings, the faid Affiftant or Juftice, (hall Bind him or ^'?°'= *'^*?'» 
 them over to the next County Court in the County, to Anfwer for the sen"ence ' *'^ 
 fame-, otherways the faid A/Tiftant or juftice, Ihall Proceed to Sentence to pay faid 
 him or them to pay the Penalty, aforelaid. Penalty. 
 
 era 
 
 An A6i for ftating the Fare of the Ferriage, vid.pag.j4. 
 for Man, Horfe and Load, acrofs Con- josi^ij^],^* 
 nedlicut-River, at Middletorpn. 
 
 UPON the Prayer o/Ifrahiah Wetmorec/Mtddletown, fo rvhom *htt pi.g„„if 
 Affcmhly in Odobcr lajt^ Cranttd a Ferry atro^ Connefticuc-/?»vfr, *" 
 
 (n Middletown* 
 
 This
 
 Anno Regnt Regis G E O R G I J. Declmo Tertio. 
 
 """i^r ^ttrtjeyo^g^ Wllg o f Ctebit. li:oift)n)5rant)g. 
 
 TheFeitiftge This Aflemby do now Grant, that the Fare of faid Ferry, during the 
 from the laft time the faid Ferry is Granted to the Petitioner, ftiall be from the Laft 
 of oaohr to Pay of OElober, to the Firft Day of May^ Annually, for Man, Horfe and 
 ^^'t "Man Load, To»cJve-p««ce; and for a fingle Perfon or fingle Horfe, foar-pwee: 
 &cA4lior Any former Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the Contrary notwithftanding. 
 fingle Perfon ■ ' ■' ' " " ' 
 
 An Ad: for Impowring County-Surveyors, 
 *jV'^i'^" to adminifter the Oath to fuch as aflift 
 them in carrying the Chain. 
 
 County Sur- »T>HIS Aflembly do fully Impower the County Surveyors, In the feveral 
 veyors to ad- j[ Counties in this Colony ,for the time being, to Adminifter the Oath, 
 minifter the provided by Law, to fuch Perfons, as (hall be Improved to aflift any fuch 
 £ wVry the f^v^y^f '" Carrying the Chain. 
 
 An Aft for Emitting Bills of Credit, for the 
 S's^'/s. payment of the publick Debts of this 
 isp,m 199. LyOlony. 
 
 a.zo,ti^ tig, 
 
 X35.437«4i, TTCTHEREAS there it in the ffands of the Trtafurer, the Sum of One 
 *45»*53 *86, y Y Thoufand Two Hundred and Fourteen Pounds, Eighteen Shillings 
 J Itooiu' ""'^ ^'"^ Pence, of good BiBsfit for further Service ; which was brought in by the 
 |i4*;i7'?SJ' ^'^''j Granted OSober OneThoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Five, 
 and are Lodged in the Treafuryfor the further DiQ>ofal of this jifftmhly. 
 
 TheTreafurer ^t f jf (CnatteH Jp tfte ^Pcitjecnouc, CDuntil antt fieprtCentatitejf, (n 
 to iflue out ^£netal Court flffiembkli, ana &? tt^ ^wtljojit? of tlje fame. That the 
 *"4 »8 p faid Treafurer fhall be, and he is hereby, Authorized and Impowred, to 
 ?bHands!Jj. ^^^^ °"t ^"^ Deliver the aforefaid Sum, of One Jhoufand Two Hundred 
 ■wards pay- Fourteen Pounds Eighteen Shillings and Nine Pencey towards the Payment of 
 ing publick the Debts and the NecefTary Charges of this Colony ; according to fuch 
 Debts of the Orders as (hall be given him from Time to Time, according to Law. 
 
 Colony. 
 
 vidp8g.9.jz An Ad for afcertaining the Towns Brands 
 j^l'^i"? hereafter mentioned. 
 
 »»7 250,3x8 
 
 B*(t^ttatfe^ bp tlje (SPotjecnoitc, Caunci! anli EeprefentatfbejBf, fn 
 €(eiural Court flilcmSiiie^, ana 1)? tl^e $8ut^o^iep or t\t fame. 
 That the Towns hereafter mentioned, ihall have a Town Brand, to 
 & Figures"* Brand tJieir Horfes, and other Creatures ; which fliall be the Letters and 
 ■which are Figures hereafter made j That is to fay, Lebanon^ 4 Coventry^ \j 
 be^theBrands*^'"""'^«''J'> "C Durham^ E) Banbury, II KeBingly, ^ Crotortf » 
 ^^''SL'^ Colchejler,^ Hebron, Q J^'^h* B Mansfield, [^ Pomfrett, ^ 
 •ures.in thttottand,'^ Stafford, 6 Litchfieldy o jifbford, 3 Newtown, 7 
 
 ^*"^ " ' Ridgfeld, ^ Bolton, T Wellington, S New-Milftrd, x 
 
 NEW-loi<idon: 
 Printed and Sold by T, G r e e m. Printer to the GOVERNOUR and 
 
 COMPANY. I 7 » 7.
 
 ^»no Regni negtg G E O R G I J, / /. Primo. 
 
 erettmg a aiHojfe^Joufe f o? S^ifo^mip |Betfong,343 
 
 Thirty-five copies 
 
 reissued by 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 Hartford, 19 1 9. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefties Colony 
 oi Conne^icut in New England, Begun and Held at New Haven on 
 the Twelfth Day of O^oher, in the Firft Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the SeccnJ^ of Great Britain^ &c. 
 KING. Annoque Domini^ 1717. 
 
 ~~~ cITa p. I. 
 
 An A<ft for Supprefling and Punifliing of 
 Rogues, VagabondsjCommon Beggers,and vidpagryr. 
 other Lewd, Idle, Diffolute and Diforderly iS^&iit 
 Perfons ; and for fetting them to Work, 179 pj'.YiV 
 
 THIS /ffemhly Obferving many gromng Difficulties and Tncortvtni' 
 encies on thii Celonyt ly means of many Straggling and Vagabond 
 Felhwst that are Strowling to and fro in this Colony^ ^'WHy "^d pfgamll? 
 committing many Infolencies ; and the increafe of Idle and Diffoluie 
 terfons among our felvesyfor nant of fuitable Means and Place to Refirain and 
 Imploy them. 
 
 Which to Prevent: 
 
 TE>t ft ^BnacttH i? t^e ^ot>ef nouc. Council ano IK^prcfentatrfieir, in 
 <B!enecal Court flffembleD, anO b? the flutbojup o£ tte fame. That 
 there (hall be Ereaed,Built,or otherways Provided,in the Town otHanfordy 
 jn the County of Hartford •, and that in cafe the Town or Proprietors of 
 H<ir(|/ir<l,do not within Six Months after this Court,Procure and Setout,or 
 Sequefter Lands Sufficient andConvenient, for fuch an Improvement, that 
 then fuch Building or Buildings, Ihall be at the Town of New Haven in the 
 County of New- Haven, on the fame Conditions ; and on their Neglcft for 
 thefpace of Six Months then next coming, then it fhall be at New-London, 
 in the County of NfiF-X'on<^on, On the fame Conditions, the faid Town or 
 Proprietors thereof,providing for and difpofing to fuch an ufe andimprove- 
 nient,a conveniency of Land for that Purpofe :at the Charge of this Colony, 
 a fit and convenient Houfe or Houfes of Correaion,to be ufed and imployed 
 for the Keeping, Correfling, and fetttng to Work, of Rogues, Vagabonds, 
 Common Beggets,and other Lewd, Idle, Diffolute and Difoidejly Perfons, 
 
 N n n tlnH 
 
 A Conveni- 
 ent fJoufe of 
 Correftioii.to 
 be Built at 
 ffmford, N: 
 Haven or //. 
 London^ iat 
 tfieCorreaing 
 and fetting 
 to Work, 
 Idle, Lew'd 
 andDifor- 
 derlyPeifons.
 
 A»»e Regnt Regis GEORGIJ, //. Primo. 
 
 344Ctectinj5 a QHJojIt-Dottfe fojSDifojilietlp i^etfong. 
 
 ^iHjbE (t furtfiec "gnattelj bg tfje «utt)0^it? afo^efaili, That the County 
 The County Court cf the faid County ,are hereby Authorized and Direfted,to take care 
 Sie &'diSl of' ^^""^^ ^""^ ^'■^^'^ '" ^^^ Building of the faid Houfe. both as to the 
 in Building Figure and Dimenfions of the faid Houfe or Houfes.as from Time to Time 
 faid Houfe. they may fee Needful. 
 
 «no fie ft fuctljEC (EnatttD lip t^t autl^o?ftp afo?ffaiO, That the faid 
 And to ap- County Court, may Nominate and Appoint, at their Will and Pleafure, an 
 pejfon%o be Honeft fit Perfon, to be Mafter of fuch Houfe of Correaion. And it ftiall 
 Mafter of it. and may be Lawful for the faid Court, or any other County Court in this 
 Colony, or any Two Jufiices of the Peace, Quorum Unm, or an Afliftant 
 and Juftice of the Peace, to fend and commit unto the faid Houfe,to be kept 
 and govern'd according to the Rules and Orders thereof, all Rogues, Vaga- 
 Thefaid bonds, and Idle Perfons going about in Town or County Begging,or Perfons 
 Couit.orany ufing any Subtil Craft, Jugling, or Unlawful Games or Playes ; or feigning 
 other County themfclves to have knowledge in Phyfiognomy, Palmeftry ; or pretending 
 lattices &c '^^y *^*" **^' Deftinies,Fortunes,or Difcover where Loft and StoUen Goods 
 to (end 'idle' "lay be found ; Common Pipers, Fidlers, Run- away s, Stubborn Servants or 
 Perfons, &c. Children, Common Drunkards, Common Night-walkers, Pilferers,'Wantoa 
 to be kept & and Lafcivious Perfons, either in Speech or Behaviour, Common Railers or 
 Eld Houfe" f Brawlers, fuch as neglefl their Callings, Mifpend what they Earn, and do 
 Correftioii? not Provide for themfelves or the Support of their Families : Upon due 
 PerfonsunderConviQion of any of the Offences orDifordersaforefaid j Asalfo Perfons 
 riftraSion, under Diftraftion and unfit to go at Large, whofe Friends do not take care 
 **'* for their fafe Confinement. 
 
 ■mUKM a r ^BnO U (t twt^it tMtUt B? tte Stot8o?ftp afo|efaftr. That the Mader 
 SidHouSto ^^ '^^ ^^'^ Ho'jfe,ftallhave full Power and Authority, and ftall fet all fuch 
 havefuU Pow Perfons as (hall be duely lent or committed unto htsCuftody,to"Wbrk, and 
 cr to fet all Labour ( if they be able ) for fuch Time as they fhall be ordered to Con- 
 fuch Perfons tinue and Remain in faid Houfe ; and to Punifh themjby putting Fetters or 
 toLabourfij'f shackles upon them ; and by Moderate Whipping, not exceeding Ten 
 Punifh Sd Stripes at once ; Which ( unlels the Warrant of Commitment (hall other- 
 Idie& Oifor. wife direCl ) (hall be Inflicted at their firfi coming in, and from Time to 
 derly Perfons Time, in cafe they be Stubborn, Diforderly or Idle, and do not perform 
 tji &f» their Task, and that in good Condition, according as they fliall be reafo- 
 nably Stinted ; or to Abridge them ot their Food,as the caufe diall require, 
 until they be Reduced to better Order, 
 
 Preemlle* jini for the better Governing cf the faid Houfe ofComSUn, and, for Implojwg 
 fuch Perfons at fhall be Committed, to the fame, 
 
 The r««ntv ffie it fmln <tMm ft? tit aurtOJftp flffl^», That the faid 
 Court to County Court, are hereby Authorized and Impowredjto make neceflfary 
 make necef- Rules and Orders, from Time to Time, as they (hall find occafion, for the 
 fary Rules 8c Ruling, Governing and Puniihing,of fuch Perfons fo to be Committed, 
 Orders, to be according to the Laws of thisC3olony,and fuch Rules and Orders as /hall be 
 fei4 Houfe! made in that behalf, by the faid County Court, flsall be of Force, and be 
 duly Performed and put in Execution* 
 
 SlnoBe ft tmltt «nattett 6? tie aur|8?ltp ftfojefafo. That when any 
 In cafe fuch perfon fhall be Committed to the faid Houfe cf Correft!on,iu cafe he or (he 
 belong not to ^gjong ^ot to any Town in this Colony, fuitable Materials, fuch as are Ne- 
 thfs Co Wy . celfary and Convenient for the keeping fuch Perfons to work, during their 
 M ateriais for aboad there, fhall be defrayed out of the Colony Treafury ^ and in cafe he 
 Employing or (he belong to any Town in this Colony, that futh Materials as afore- 
 Ih' p' KP 1,°^ faid,(hall be provided at the Charge of the faid Town ; and the Seleft-men 
 Tteffury Or of the faid Town,(hall deliver the fame to the Mafter of the faid Houfe, or 
 &c. ' be accountable to him for the Charge and Expence thereof, and AiTefs the 
 
 Inhabitants
 
 ^mo Regtil Regis G E O R G I J, / /. ^ntim 
 
 iBmltts Jfeeg enlargep. 34^ 
 
 Inhabitants for the fame ; and when any Stubborn Children or Servants Two tJiirds 
 /hal) be fent thither as aforefiiid, the aforementioned materials fhal) be of their ear. 
 Provided ftt the Charge of their Parents or Mafters ( if able ) during their "f.^S^*" J= 
 aboad in the faid Houfe. And e.ach PerfonConimitted as aforefaid.fhall be ^-^ ^afe au 
 allowed out of their earnings,but two Thirds thereof for their Support, and they earn, if 
 making Satisfaft ion for the Charge expended in the bringing in and fur- Heads of 
 nifhing with Materials : And Overplufs of fuch earnings to be to the Fa«ii'j«,^t 
 Mafter of the Houfe to account for. And if fuch Perfons are Mafters or JJe^P*"^ 
 Heads of Families, then and in fuch cafe, the whole profit and benefit of 
 their Labours, or fo much thereof as the faid County Court fliall think 
 neceflary and dired, fliall be for the Relief and Support of their Families, j^p^ ^^^^ 
 And if any perfon or perlbns to be Committed to the faid Houfe, (hall be committed 
 Unable to Work,or be Weak or Siclt,then to be relieved by the Mafler or iofaid Houfe 
 Keeper of fuch Houfe, who fliall be again Reimburft what he (hall fo ne- be unable to 
 ceflarily Expend for the Relief of fuch perfon or perfons, out of the Pub- JJ^^g^gj^ij ^^ 
 lick Trealury of this Colony, if the Perfon belong not to any Town in this fajd^ivuftef 
 Colony. And if the Perfon belong to any Town or Precinft in this Co- and he to be 
 Jony,then by the Seleft-men of that Town or Precinfl:, and the Sele£V men Reimburlled, 
 to AfTefs the Inhabitants of fuch Town or Precinft, except the Perfon fo p"^°^^!j5 
 committed being Unable to Work, or being Weak or Sick, were at the {-."^''jj^^'^^e* 
 Time of his or her Commitment, in their Minority and under the Care ^c or by the 
 of Parents or Mafters, then and in every fuch cafe, the Parents or Mafters Seleifl men, 
 of fuch Perfons, ftall Reimburft what neceflary Charges the Mafler or Parents or 
 Keeper of the faid Houfe of Correaion (hali n«ceflatily expend for their '^^^ft^"- 
 
 Sln6 ft ie furt^tt dnmth iip tit autfiojftp efojefafli, That the ISSe 
 
 Mafter or Keeper of the faid Houle, (hall be allowed for his Care, Labour of Correaion 
 and Service, in Looking after thofe committed to his Care, and for Re- to be allowed 
 lieving them who IhaU happen to be Sick or Weak, fuch reafonable Satis- f°f ^^^ 5^'® 
 faSion made him by the Country, Seleft-men, Parents or Mafters as the astheCourTty 
 County Court fliall direft and appoint,if the earnings of fuch perfon or per- Coiutihall 
 fons fhall not be fufficient to Difcharge the fame, over and above what is Order, 
 allowed them out of their Earnings, for their Relief. And the Mafter or -, faidWa. 
 Keeper fliall keep an exa£b Account of all Profits and Earnings that fhall fterto'keep" 
 be made by the Labour of thole under his Cuftody, from time to time, an exaft ac- 
 and Prelent the fame ( upon Oath if requited) unto the faid County count of all 
 Court, out of which Earnings the faid Mafler or Keeper of the faid Houfe f^^^^^ffgj^* 
 ftall have his Allowance, and until that fhall amount to a Sufficiency for (J^efaine'^up- 
 hiro,what is wanting fhal! be made up to him out of the County Treafury, on Oath. 
 to be drawn in again out of the Overplufs of the Earnings hereafter. 
 And the Mafler or Keeper of fuch Houfe of CorreSion, that fliall refule The faid Ma- 
 te Account, as aforefaid ; or fhall otherwife be negligent of his Duty iier refufing 
 required by this Aft, fliall be liable to fuch Fine or Punifhraent, as by the ^"^^^^1^^}'^^ H 
 difcretion of the faid County Court fhall be awarded. beTin'V&''' 
 
 Vid. pag. 37 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 An Ad for Enlarging Coalers Fees* 
 
 THlSAffemhlj tahitig into CanfJemha theFeeJofGoalirt^by Lm aVoreti pfgnnUg^ 
 for Dyeting Prifontrs, 
 •^^t^S aflemblp Bo notD CnaCC That for the Future, each Goaler io the Goalerstobe 
 fefpeftive Counties within this Colony fhall be allowed Four Shillings prr allowed 4^. 
 Week for Houferoom and Dyeting each Prifoner: any Law, Ufa^e or ^'' ^««''^« 
 Cuftoratothe Contrary Notwithftanding. fmonet.. 
 
 N n n » CHAP. Ill-
 
 A«no RegHi Regk G E O R G I J, / /• Primo. 
 
 346 ^ixftitts ^om ^ropricto?jg> 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 vid pag.z.An Atft for Talcing the Pollsof Jufticesof 
 Uy^ssS the Peace, as other Polls are Taxed, 
 
 B(C it ^natteli 6p t^e "iBotjecnoar, Council ana Keprefentatitesf in 
 ©cneral court iaffjmbUlJ, anD b? tlj? $iutto?it? of tliefamt, That 
 for the Future, all the pollsof His Majefties Juftices of the Peace In this 
 JufticesTax- Colony, be Taxed as other Polls are by Law, and on the like Penalty, ia 
 ed for their ^j-g ^f Neeleft and Refufal, as others are by Law Un-exempted; Any 
 w o!h«s!* Law, Ufage or Coaom to the Contrary notwithnandlDg. 
 
 CH A P. ,IV. 
 
 An Aft for Enabling the Proprietors of the 
 59.^5?!^^!'*' Common and Undivided Lands, declared 
 zSy.'xsl.Va'y' by an A& of this Aflembly at Hartford, in 
 the Ninth Year of the Reign of K I N G 
 GEORGE the FirH, to belong to the 
 PfOprietors,and not to the Towns, to make 
 Rates to defray the neceflary Charges ari- 
 fing in the Defending, Proteding or Ma- 
 naging the fame; alfo to make Exchanges 
 of faid Common Land, for the procuring 
 needful and convenient High Ways. 
 
 BQg (t <Enattca Ijp the <0oi)entimc, Council anu Sfprerentatitjfjy, in 
 <!5fnttal Court ZSemhltti, an5 6p tte eut&o?itp ot t!?e famr. That 
 Power to the Proprietors of the faid Common or Undivided Land in any Town ia 
 make Rates jj^js Colony, are hereby fully Impowred,atany of their Legal Meetings, by 
 * |«^P°l,"* their Major Vote, to make a Rate orRates,as Occafion ftull require,for the 
 thecSerin^g defraying the NecefTary Charges arifing on faid Propriety ; and to appoint 
 the Tame. Colleftorsfor the gathering in the fame, who ihall be Invefted with the 
 fame power as ibe Colleftors of Town Rates are by Law Invefted with, and 
 Colleftors fhall make payment of the Money by them Collefted, to the Proprietors 
 Power and appointing them,or to their Order, on the fame Penalties and to be under the 
 ^"*^' fame Regulations as the CoUeftors of Town Rates are. 
 
 p!)we"rVo°" ^^^ »^ i^futtftcc^nattiUftp % aCut^o^itp afo|efa(8. That the faid 
 make Ex- Proprietors, are hereby fully Impowred, at their Meetings, as aforefaid.to 
 changes of make exchanges of any of the commoa Land, for needful and convenient 
 
 changes tobe the Proprietors 
 ertred in the prietors Book of Records,and (hall be held good aod valid to all Intents and 
 Proprietors Purpofes, to the ufe of the perfoQ or perfons receiving the fame, aod to 
 ^A Ivs **" ^"'^ ^*'^"' *^"" 3"'* AflBgns for ever. And all Ex-changes here- to- fore 
 Exchanges ^^^^ ^^' ^^^ ««*J aforefajd, (hall alio be held good and valid, to aU Intents 
 e/c. good.' and purpofes.
 
 ^»H0 negni %«GE0RG1J. //. Primo. 
 
 €)atj)s; idrot)ttieii bp %ti of i^arliament. 347 
 
 Always FrovlJeJ, That the Major part of the Proprietors ( lo be Com- 
 
 £uted by their Intereft of fuch Common and Undivided Land ) do not Pro- Provided a 
 ;ft againft fuch exchange, and enter their Proteft with the Clerk of fuch P^^'^^J btn't 
 Propriety ,withiQ Fourly Days after fuch Exchange is granted. j^'J^ '^ '" ^° 
 
 See Forms of 
 Oiths, peg. 
 87.83,8j),99, 
 
 OATHS ap- 
 
 C H A p. V. 
 
 An A£l for Printing and Publifhing the 
 following OATHS. 
 
 RC&flDUU<t SD 6p tlj!0 5IlfffmW?, That the Oaths Provided by Ad potnT^/tX 
 ofPat'IiameD4,inllead of »h£ Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy, and taken by a4 
 alfo the Oath of Abjuratioa and Declaration agaiuft Popery be Printed with °f Parliament. 
 the Aas of this Affembly. 
 
 X A B. "Do finccrely Proroife and Swear, That I will be faithful and bear J"?*" ^"'""^ 
 * true Allegiance co His Majefly Kl'i^G C £0 R6 £ ihe Second. *°"°'^' 
 
 So Help me GOD. 
 
 X A B. Do Swear, That I do from my Heart, abhor, detefl and abjure 
 as Impious and Heretical, that damnable Doftrine and PoCrion, that 
 princes Excommunirated, or deprived by the Pope or any Authority of the 
 See of Rome, may be Depofed or Murthered by their Subjefts, or any 
 other whatfoever : And I do declare that no Foreign Prince, Perfon, 
 PrelatCjState or Potentate, hath or ought to have an^ Jurifc5i£lion, Power, 
 Superiority, Preeminence or Authority, Ecclefiaflical or Spiritual, within 
 theRealmotGREAT BRITAIN. 
 
 So Help me COD. 
 
 J A. B. Do folemnly and fnicfrely in the prefcnce of G O D, Profefs, 
 "*■ Tefiify and Declare, That I do believe that in the Sacrament, of the 
 L O R D*s S U P P E R, there is not any Tranfubflantiation of the Ele- 
 ments of Brwii andl^as into the Sody znd Blood of C H R I S T, at 
 or after the Confecration thereof by any Perlbn whatfoever : And that 
 the Invocation or Adoration of the Virgin Mary^ or any other Saint, and 
 the Sacrifice of the Mafs^ as they are now ufed in the Church of Rome, are 
 Superflitious and Idolatrous, Andl do fokmnly in the Prefence of GOD, 
 Profefs, Teitify and Declare, That 1 do make this Declaration and every 
 part thereof, in the plain and ordinary fenfe of the Words Read unto me, 
 as they are coromonly unded^ood by Er.gUjh Protejlant s, without any E- 
 vafion. Equivocation or mental Refervation whatfoever ; and without any 
 Difpenfatlon already grarited nse for this purpofe by the Pope, or any Au- 
 thority or Perfon whatfoever ; or without any Hope of any fuch Difpenfa- 
 tion from any Authority or Perfon whatfoever, or without Thinking that 
 I am or can be-acquitted before GO D or Man, or abfolved of this 
 Declaration or any Part thereof, although the Pope or any other Perfon 
 or Perfons or Power whatfoever, fhould difpenfe with or annul the fame, 
 or declare that it was Null and Void from the beginning. 
 
 T J. B. do truly and fincerely acknowledge, profefs, teftifie, and 
 *■ declare in my Conlcience, before G O D and the World, That Our 
 Sovereign Lord KING GEORGE thi Second, h Lawful and Rightful 
 KING of this Realm, and all other His Majefty's Dominions and Coun- 
 tries
 
 ^Mno Regnt Regit G E O R G I J, //. Primo. 
 
 H^ a^epeating att :^tt. 
 
 tries thereunto belonging ; And I do folemnly and fincerely dedare.That 
 I do believe in my Confcience, That the Perfon pretended to be Prince of 
 Wales during the Life of the late King James, and fnice his Dcceafe pre<- 
 tending to l^, and taking upon himfelf the Stile and Title of King of £»^- 
 tandf by the Name of James the Third, or ofSeotland, by the Name of 
 James the Eighth, or the Stile and Title of King of Great Britain, hath not 
 any Right or Title whatfoever to the Crown of this Realm, or any other 
 the Dominions there-to belonging v And I do Renounce, Refufe and 
 Abjure any Allegiance or Obedience to him. And I do Sv/ear, That I 
 will bear Faith and true Allegiance to His Majelly KING GEORGE 
 the Second, and Him will defend to the utmoft of ray Power againft all 
 Traiterous Confpiracies and Attempts whatfoever which fhal! be made 
 againft His Perfon Crown, or Dignity ; And I will do my utmoft endea- 
 vour to difdole and make known to His Majefty and His SicccfTors, ail 
 Treaibns and Traiterous Confpiracies which 1 fhall Icnow to be againft 
 Him, or any of them ; And I do faithfully promife to the utmoft of my 
 Power, to Support, Maintain and Defend the Succeflion of the Crown, 
 againft him the faid Jarms, and all other Perfons whatfoever; which 
 Succeftlon by an Aft, Intituled, An AH for the further Limitation of the 
 Crows, and better Securing the Rights and Liberties of the SuhjeSl, is and ftand.^ 
 limited to the Princefs Sophia, ElecSrefs and butchefs Dowager of Hanover, 
 and the Heirs of Her Body, being Proteftants. And all thefe thir^g^ 
 I do plainly and fincerely Acknowledge and Swear, according to thefe 
 exprefs Words by me Spoken, and according to the Plain and Common 
 Senle and Underftanding of the fame VVoids, without any Equi/ocation, 
 Mental EvaGpn, or Secret Refervation whatfoever.:^ And I do make 
 this Recognition, Acknowledgment, Abjuration, Renunciation and 
 Promife, Heartily, Willingly and Truly, upon the true Faith of a 
 
 C3irifiian. 
 
 So Helf me C OD. 
 
 VJd.pag.j4i. 
 
 CHAP. VL 
 
 An Ad for Repealing an A& Made and 
 Faffed by this Affembly, Holdeo at Hart^ 
 iordyMaj the Eieventhj Jmo Vomtm, 1727, 
 Entituled, An aft to prevent Diftiiling 
 Molailes^into Rhum. 
 
 ^J^HEREAS this Ajfernhly in faffing the AH aforefaid, ohferving agrow- 
 y V *"& Mifchief tike to Accrue to the Govern??)ent,nct only hy the Diftiiling 
 frrtttXtv. c^Molaffes in this Colony and Vending the Spirit, to the hurt of the Colony, and 
 tendering Molaffet fcaree, but the TraUifing the fame in the Neighbouring Go- 
 vernments, great Quantities of faid Liquor being hnparted into this Colony, and 
 Rendering the Melaffes alfo more (carcc, hoping the faid Governmetit would come 
 into the fame meafvres mtb this Colony for Prohibiting the Difiillirg of Melaffes, 
 tet neyertheteH the faid Neighbouring GozjernKenis JiiU alkteitig the Difiilling of 
 Molaffes,while Prohibited here in this Colcny^dm^^s cr is like t^ draw, the whole 
 Traie of Molajfes from the We&'lndies^xsherdy tlxAB aforefaid is £.ludid,and 
 thegood Ends profofed therein Frevented. 
 
 I'herefore,
 
 Ahmo Begnt Regti G E O R G ! J. //. Primo. 
 
 JHCTatet^Bai^Uf 5,NiantickifCtrp*l5lUS of CrcDit. 349 
 
 Therefore, 
 
 gt W (CnarttlJ f)?tl^e (Botecnouc, Council ms i6leprffcntat(tj£0, fn 
 (Btnreal €ouct iaiffmltUti, onto bg tte «8utbO?it? ot tljc fame, That the ^^^j^^" *^«- 
 aforefaid AA be Repealed ; aud the fame is hereby Repealed and made ' 
 Void 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 An Adi for Tmpowring Sheriffs ( as well as 
 
 Conftables ) to be Water-Bayiiffs. "^^ »"« "• 
 
 Bet ft <ffnatre5 6p tfte (Boijftnout, Councfl anD Eeprffentatftf^, fn The Power of 
 ^Bencral Couct jafTemfaitD.anD bgtlje SSutJojitgoE tfee tfiiw. That Jfi'" ^^y* . 
 the Power ofWater bayliifs^e hereby Annexed to the Sheriffs Office, as lotheSheiife 
 fully as il already is to the Office of Goaiiable ; any Law, Ufage or Office. 
 Cuftomtothe Contrary Kotwithftanding. 
 
 CHAP VIII. 
 
 An A61: to afcertain and determine the Fare ^oi^lfof 
 of the Ferry at Niantickin New-London, IJi:**^""* 
 called the Gutt. 
 
 B^ ft (Pnactrtf 6p fgc (BotErncuir, <ffounciI anO IRfprefentatffct^, fn The Fare of 
 <©En£cal €mit SfdemWeD, en3 bp t^i Sut^o^ifg of tfjg fonu» That faidFerry/oc 
 for the Future, the Fare of faid Ferry ihall be, for Man, Horfe and Load,^^^"/^* 
 Tfro.pr»cf,and no more ; and for each fingle Perron,0«e-fif»y, and no more ; r^a^ngi^Q 
 and for each Score of Sheep or Goats, Twelve- fitice per Scoie, and no more ^ perfon one 
 And that during the Shree Winter Mon4hs,of December^Jamary and Fibruary^ P^^% for tQ 
 the Fare of faid Ferry ffiall be, Three-fencg for Man, Horfe and Load ; and Sheepor 
 for each fingle perfors, Two-pncei and for each Score of Sheep or Goats excertinRthe 
 Eigkten-fince. . ^\„^^ "^ 
 
 Mgnths. 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 An A61 for New Imprinting Four Thoufand ^.^^^ ,,g. 
 Pounds in Bills of Credit. isJS.m* 
 
 and 23 J. 
 
 WHEREAS feverd of the BiSt of Credit of this Colony, are Torn, De- 
 faced, aud unfit to Paji j and that they may be taken into the ti-eafury ^'"""^l^- 
 by Exchange. 
 
 3t (3 «nacteti bp tfie dJohernour, Council arib Kepcefentatibts in 
 (©enccal Court afTfmbUD.ano bptl)e«ut|)o?itp oftjEfame, That there 
 be forthwith Imprinted a certain Number of Bills of Credit on this Colony, ^°°*' '• *<> ^ 
 in luitable Sums, from Two Slnaings to Five Pokw^/, which in the whole fhalj {'Tf?''^ '"* 
 amount to fc)«r T/w«/<3«<;i Poa»ix, and no more Which bills fhai) be In- ' '^'' 
 dented and Stamped, as the Governour and Council fha|! Order, and be 
 Signed by the Committee, appointed for the Signing the Bills of Credit of 
 this Colony laft Emitted •, they or any three of them. And of the Tenour 
 following, I'wf M tojuy,
 
 ^HMo Regui RegU G E O R G I J. /^ Primo. 
 
 350 ^tt)ine* asuig of Cret)tt» ^ajc» ^ominattom 
 
 ^0- ( ) 10 s. 
 
 ^Hu Indented Bill cf Twenty Shillings, due from the Colony o/ConncfticuC 
 
 in New- England, to the Pojftjfor tbneof, (liall be in lvalue tqual to Meney^ 
 
 Fojmofthe and fhall he accordivgly accepted by the Treafurer and Receivers Subordinste %o 
 
 Bills. him \ and for any Stock at any time in the Treafury. Hartford, July the Twelftht 
 
 Anno Dom. 1709. By Order of the General /ijftmbly. 
 
 May, 171 J 
 Tobedelive- ^"^ ^^ ^^ ftinljfr (Sttatteb, That the fald Bills fo to be Imprinted 
 led to the by this A<ft, (hall be by the faid Committee or any three of them, Deli- 
 Treafurer, to vered to the TrCafurer,who (hall give them in Exchange,for fuch torn and 
 Exchange, defaced Bills that are not fit for life*, taking his Receipt for the fame. 
 Cr'. , . ,. ^ 
 
 C H A P. X 
 
 i^'Jti'Jzi An A^ for Reviving the Ad, Enrituled, An Aft for permitting 
 and'ij7. Swine Weft of Stratford Kivcr to goat Large. 
 
 Fresmile Xy^T HEREIN faid A^ wot Limited for the f^ace efTm tears in fuch 
 
 VV Cafe. 
 An Aft Re- <^t f£( IRefolbeU bp t!)(tf afTf mllp. Thai faid Aft (hall be Revived and be 
 vived for of Force, and is hereby Revived and made of Force Provided^ This Aft 
 Two Years. Continue of Force for two Years next and no longer. 
 
 Vid.pag.145, CHAP. XI. 
 
 W^^i&l A" ^^ ^°'^ Emitting Bills of Credit. 
 
 189,193, /99 XJTTHER EAS there wm left in the Ireafurers handt in May/*/, in Witts ef 
 
 "o,«4'."9 » ^ '*"*'"* '^'■"^"' fi^ ^"' ^'"■'*"'' "^'^ '*" ^'"" "f ^"^ Thoufand, one 
 2jj,*i;7'*4' Hundred, Thirty Eight Pounds, Seventeen Shillings, 4«^ Seven-pence Half- 
 »45.2J5.i86 peny, cfthe Quick Stoti and Jmfofi Money, and Monty brought in for the Sale 
 '89,i97,50z of Country Lands; nhichxpere fo lodged for the further di/pofe ef this AJftmbly. 
 
 jtfli7'j3« 5^ ^^ tfnatteO bp tlje <i5ot!crnour, Council attb Eepcefentatlbes tn 
 
 Ld'Ul' <^intul Court IJlTemblcO, atiD bp tlz ^utl)o?(tp of tlie fame, That 
 
 the faid Treafurer (hall be, and he is hereby Impovfred to iflue out and 
 
 1000 Pouijis deliver the faid Sum of 0»ff TTooufand^ one Hundred^ Thirty eight Pounds, Severi' 
 
 tobeEmined teen Shillingi and Seven-pence Half-feny ^ together with Eight Hundred Sixty 
 
 Puhl-'^^Ch'''^ «Hf PoBB*// Two Shillings &ndi Four-fence Half ^sny more, to be of the Bills 
 
 geso/the '* brought in to the Treafury by the Rate granted by this AlTembly in OBober 
 
 Colony. laO, or by Impoft for aad towards the payment of the Publick Debts of ihis 
 
 Colony and theNecefTary Charge of the fame, according to fuch Orders as 
 
 (hall be given him from Time to Time according to Law. 
 
 A Tix ef irf CHAP. X 1 1. 
 
 on the/'oani,' An Aft for Lcvying a Tax on Polls and Rateable Eftate. 
 
 BiUso/credU 'T'HIS AlTembly Grants a Rate of Two-pence on the Pourd^on all the 
 ofthisColo. i. Polls and Rateable Eftatc in Ihis Government: To be Paid into the 
 ny,the/^<7/.» Treafury in the Bills of Credit of this Colony, with iheufual Advarceof 
 '^Nnrko^'Ta f»«'*"-p"'" on the Pound-, or in good Bills of Credit of Four Signers, of 
 Siiv«Mo°ney! ^^^ Maffdchufetts Bay, or in the Bills of Credit of NtwsTVr-t, without Ad- 
 vance ; or in Silver Money, as it FafTeth in the Country. 
 
 f 
 
 the Petfons, 
 Nominated 
 fortheEUcSi 
 on in May, 
 1718. 
 
 i/isri/erj .-Piinted and Sold by r.Grtfen, Printer to the GOV. &COMPANlf,t7Z7,
 
 jimO Regni Re^ GEORGIJ, / /. Prlmo. 
 
 l^teDetiting atiD Cupptefliittjff Hottetifeig* 9f > 
 
 Thirty-five copies 
 
 reissued by 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 Hartford, 19 19- 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Coft»e£iicut in Ntta BnglaaJ, Begun and Held at Hartford oo 
 the Ninth Day of May. in the Firft Ytar of the Reign of Our 
 Sovereign Lord GEORGE the SeeonJ^ of Great Britain^ &c. 
 KING. Anneque Dotami, 17x8, 
 
 '" CHAP. XIII. " 
 
 An Ad: for preventing and fupprefTmg of 
 
 Lotteries* 
 
 WHEREAS flttmthftanding the fnclammicit Jfuid entbytbe 
 Govirmu9 iind Council, far frtunntita^ thu Mi [chiefs thttt feem'd 
 to he kaflming upon the Peofle in thit Governmentf by mtans of Preamble^ 
 many Perfom {too greedy of Gain ) Exf oftn^ their Goods and 
 other Tbi»g' *o Sale by way of Lotteries ; fome Perfom unwilling to fubmit them» 
 ftlvtt to good Order^ have f>een fo hardy as to f rotted therehi' 
 
 Which more EflfeduaUy to Prevent for the Future s 
 
 ■ffie ft Cnaitfti anti #?l>ainelj bp t%t 4Bobemout, Countd anH Rrprfftn* 
 tatitee, fn «©eiural Coutt IfifTtmbUO, aufi bp tje HuttOjttp of tie fame, 
 That whotbever (hall prelurae to fet up any Lstrery for the Sale of Goods, 
 ot to Sell Of Vend any Parcel, Parcels or Quantity at Qoods, Monies, or 
 other Things whatfoever, by Lottery j or by Wagers, or Shooting, or any 
 other Way or Exercife whatfoever, fliall offer to Vend, Put off or Difpofe 
 of any Goods or Monies CoUefted or Expofed to be Run at fuch Adven- 
 tures ; or fet up Notifications to Entice People to bring in and depofit 
 their Money for the tarrying on the Defigns aforefaid, and be duly Con- 
 vifted thereof before any of His Majefties Courts, proper to Try the fame, 
 Ihall forfeit the Value of the Goods or Monies, or other Thing fo Expofed 
 or propofed to be Expofed to Sale : The one half thereof to him that fliaH 
 Profecute the fame to Effeft, and the other half to the County Treafury 
 ttfbere the Conviftion (Viall be had. 
 
 ^nO furtJjiPi:, All officers, as Grand-Jurors and others Ordered to make 
 Prefentmenl of Breaches of Law, are hereby direfted ( when no Informer 
 appears) to make Prefentmentof the Breaches of this Aft, 
 
 Coo CHAP. 
 
 Who ever 
 fliall Prefume 
 to fet up any 
 Lottery for 
 the Selling of 
 Goods, Q!*f. 
 toForfeit the 
 value theieaf 
 
 All Officers 
 to makePre- 
 feniment of 
 Breaches of 
 this Law.
 
 Anno Regni Regit G E O R G I J, / /, Prlmo. 
 
 3^2 ^icMtig. ^eDlars, ^n^UtSy &c» 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 An Adlin addition to theLaw, Entimled, An 
 
 vid.ptg.i6o, Adt providing in cafe of Sicknefs, Made 
 
 in the Tenth Year of the Reign of Queen ANNE* 
 
 BCS it <tSna(tto anO (DjUafneD bp tlie ^fotiernour, Council anti Eepreren^ 
 tatttir0,(n <0tncralCout:td(renibUD,anti tip c|)e autgo^itp of tt^t Tamr, 
 "fenT^he* ^^^^ **'®° '^ **" *'^PP^" ^Y '«*'<>" **f *"/ Infcftious or other Difeafe, 
 Sick,on their that it (hall become Neceflary in the Judgment of the Sele£t-men of the 
 Refa'fal to be Town, that Tenders (hould be Imprefled into that Service, and a Warrant 
 committed jj accordingly granted, and any Peifon or Perlons ImprefTed, that upon his 
 men ao°r **^ '^^'^ KeiuM or Negleft to attend che faid Service •, That it (halJ be in 
 tin they'i' the Power of them who granted the Warrant ( if fuSicient caufe of Excufe 
 beitei con. to them fatisfying be not Ihewn ) (o commit him her or them to the 
 form theni- Common Goal of the County where it happens to be \ There to remain ac 
 "• his her or their Charge, till they will better Conform themfelves, or the 
 
 oocafionof Impre/Cng Ihall be over : And (ignified by them who granted 
 The Chifoes ^^ Warrant lo the Keeper of the Goal under their Hands, 
 tobeadiuffed Andfurthir^Tbtt ohirnnit iinot frovidtiin tht faid A& how SatiifaSlion 
 ^1 the jfufti- psaUbe made for Ttndanct or other Neceffariet, The Charges fhall be Adjuf^ed 
 "* **!f u ^ ^^^ ^^^^ Juftices who granted the Warrant, who are alfo hereby Im- 
 fi/anant* * powred to fend forth a DiArefs for Levying the fame. 
 
 And it is further Providedy That when and fo often as it ihall happen, 
 OneAmftant that occafiop (hall b«forfuch Warrant, and but one juftice of the Peace or 
 fuffieien" ' Affiflant can be come at in the Town where any fuchRelief (hall beNeeded, 
 cafe, ^f.' that any One Afliftant or Juflice of the Peace, ihall be fufficientaod 
 
 effeSuai for Signing che Warrant. 
 
 ^cITaT^x v! — — 
 
 An A& for Reviving and further Conrinu- 
 ing one certain Law, relating to Fediars 
 »7S,»V1 Hawkers, &c. And alfo for Repealing one 
 other Law, Entituled, An Aft concerning 
 Pedlars, Hawkers, Petty-Chapmen, or o« 
 ther Trading Perfons going from Town 
 to Town with Goods to Sell. 
 
 heamiU. TKJ H E R E A S the Law^ Entituled, An AR for Pr event fn£ theSmaU Pox 
 V V being Ifffead in thii Coleirfjiy PedLtri^ Hawker i and Peii^-Chapmen^Made 
 
 by this Ajfemhly^ ike Twelfth Day o/OSober, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and 
 
 TwtHty One, with thii Provifty * That this Aft Ihall take place from and after 
 See page 171 'the lirfl day of Navtmber next, and eostiuue an force for three Years, and 
 
 ' no longer. * 
 TheAAin Be it ^ix&fttt t? tfie ^ottmour. Council anb Keprertntatlbes, (n 
 p»g ^70.17, ^tnecal Court 2ff«inblfl5, anti b? tde aurl)o?(cg of tlje fame, That 
 concerning jhc aforefaid A£>, Ihall be and remain of full Force, in all the Intents 
 Revived." *"** Conftruaions thereof, from the Rifing of this General Affembly, until 
 
 this Court (ball Order otherwife. 
 That in 118, it i0 fatten tfnatttb tg tlie 3lut%o?ftj afojefalb, That the Law, 
 is Repealed, (in P-|e zi8. ) Entituled, An Aft concfrning Pedlars, Hawkers, ^c be 
 
 Repealed •, and it is hereby Annulled and Repealed. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 Amo B£g»i Regis G E O R G I J, / /. Pruno. 
 
 XOtbtl of Waterburjr* :^l>t)l'tl'Ottal %tji^, 3^3 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 An A& for annexing the Town of Waierbury^ 
 
 to ihe County of New-Haven. 
 
 UPON Rtfreftnt Alien made to this AjfemUy., by the Inhabitants oftht Town 
 of Waterbury, that they an at much grtattr Dijiancefrom the County and 
 Suf$rior Court Holdtn at Hfarcford, in and for faid County to rvhich County they Preamlle, 
 mrt belong, than they are from the County and Suf trior Court Holden in New- 
 Ijaven, in and for that County -^ whereby they are grieved and hurthened with 
 great and ntedliji Travtls. 
 
 To Prevent Which : 
 
 T5t ft ^itatteft t? tlje 45oi)ecnour, Council anti EepreCentatfttsf fit 
 Crnrcal Court WtinbUJj, anli bg tl)e Uluttiojitp of ttie fame, That 
 for the future, the To^vn of IVaterburyy be, and is hereby Declared to be The Town of 
 Annexed to the County of New- Haven. And that all Afliions hereafter '^'"'^'■*"'^J' 
 Commenced to be Tryed before the County Court, ftall be Trycd by the ^""^^'^ '<» 
 County Court Holden at New-Haven, in and for faid County : And when- New^Havln 
 foever any Suit or Af^ion is Removed from faid Court by Appeal or Re- 
 view, that it be brought before the Superiour Court in the County of 
 Hew- Haven aforefaid. 
 
 Always Provided, That this Aft and nothing therein contained, (hall be a Saving on 
 Conftrued to the hurt and prejudice of faid Town, in its Priviledges as it accountofthe 
 liei within the Dil^riS: of the Court of Probate Holden at Woodbury : Counoifio' 
 And that Appeals from the Sentence and Decree of faid Court of Probate, ^**^^/^ 
 be brought before the Superiour Court in the County aforefaid. Woodbury. 
 
 CHAP. XVII. " " 
 
 An Ad in addition to the Twelfth Paragraph 
 of the Law, Entituled, An A<ft directing 
 how Rates or Taxes granted by the Gene- 
 ral Affembly (hall be afTeffed and gathered 
 in, C in Pag. 1 00 ; ) and for altering the vi<i pag.ioo. 
 Diredlion of the Warrant formed for the 
 CoUeding Town Rates, ( in Pag. 4.4.. ) vid. pag.44 
 
 Bt. (t €na(teb anb #?l)afneti bii tl)e <lfofiecnouc,COuncfl ano Keprefen- 
 tatibejj,(n<8Btneral €ouct flltcmMtB ano bj t^e 1fiut5o|(t» of t|8 fame, Coiieaors of 
 That all Colleftors, Authorized by the Laws and Orders of this Govern- Rates, to 
 ment, for the Gathering and Collefting any Rates or Taxes whatfoever, have the fame 
 dtiely Laid andAflefTed on any of the Inhabitants of this Colony, or others, P°w^f "> 
 Ihall have the fame Power and Authority to Command the Affiftance of "rni^ance i 
 any Perfon or Perfons, in the Execution of their Office ( when need fhaji their Office" 
 fo require ) as is by Law given to the Sheriffs and Conflables in the asisgiven to 
 Execution of their Offices. And all Perfons are hereby Required to Sheriffs and 
 3»ield Obedience thereunto, and Immediately to afford their Affifiance : Conftabiesin 
 n Provided, The faid CoUedors Shew and Read to them their Warrant ^ ""' 
 or Authority, 3 On the fame Pains and Penalties as are provided in the r,. , 
 Law for inforcing Obedience to the Commands of the Sheriffs orConfiables. iSa'&fU 
 ■ anO ft f8 furtljtr ^rolJiDtti, That the Juflices, «^c. Authorized by 
 the Law to Sign any Warrant for the Collefting any Rate or Tax., fhall Warrants to 
 direft his Warrant to the CoUeftor of fuch Rate or Tax j Any Lav, bedireftedto 
 Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary Notwithftanding. Colleilsrs,»c 
 
 Q Q 2 CHAP.
 
 ^tiitt Rt^i Regis G E R G I J, / /. Primo. 
 
 3S4 i»fjKoi ^ oney* dSltits of erro^ 
 
 CHAP. XVI II. 
 
 An Ac9 for Enabling the Treafurer of this 
 JJ? fsfVt Colony, to pay rhe School-Money to the 
 «*o*j»8. School-Committees, or Seled' men in each 
 Town, refped^ively ; and for Repealing 
 Two other Ads relating to School-Mo- 
 ney, (o far as they relate to the 4.0 x. on 
 each 1000 /. 
 
 B* 
 
 \€ ft (CnattfH hg tie (BtAtvnttut, tfcuncil ant) lRe?rer«ntatitejf, fn 
 
 ) Otnttal Court StfftmbUt), and bp t\it %mtiopt^ ot tt)e fame, Thac 
 
 the Treafurer of this Colony, fhall deliver the Sum of Forey ShiU'ings upon 
 
 The School every Thoufand Pounds in the Lifts oi the refpeftlve Towns in this Colon/, 
 
 Money,tobcand proporcionably for lefler Suros, out of the Rate cf each Tou/n, as the 
 
 Paid to the fame fliall be brought into the Publick Treafury, by the feveral Con- 
 
 ^*jjj'°jj^°^'"' ftables, unto the School-Committees ; or for want of fuch Committees, to 
 
 SeleA-men. *^^ Seleft-men of faid Towns refpeGively, to be by them Diftribuced to 
 
 the feveral Pariflies or Societies in each Town, for the Benefit of their 
 
 refpedive Schools, in proportion to the Lifts of Eftates in faid Parilhes or 
 
 ProviitJ, Societies : Frovidtd the faid Committees or Seleft-men, fiial) deliver their 
 
 Certificaces, that there hach been a School K.cptin each of the PariOies 
 
 or Societies, they defire to take Money for out of the Treafury, in the 
 
 Year pad, according co Law. 
 
 The Aaiti Add that, That part of the Law. Entituled, An X&. for Appointing 
 P'8' *,'?»* Schools, and for the Encouragement of School- Maflers, fo far as it relates 
 B» ^ ,4 '" . ^° '^6 ^^'y ShiBingi upon every Thoufand Pounds ; and proportionably for 
 boat Schoofs, '*Ter Sums, >" ^^^ Country Lifts, being added by the Treafurer to the 
 fo far tsthe^ Country Rates. And atfo, One other Ad m Addition to the afore- 
 teJars to the mentioned Laws, made in the Seventh Year of the Reign of the late Queen 
 loooUiRe- ^ ^^^' '^l^'ing *« ^^^ ^^'^'^ ^"^'J ShiSings upon the Tho-^and founds^ fhall 
 pealed. * ^^ Repealed *, and the fame are hereby Repealed and made Void. 
 
 CHAP. XIX. 
 
 vid.pag.tt An A(ft for Limiting the Time for Writts of 
 
 40. 167,154, o 
 
 Jnd'm.'*** Error, to be brought to the Superior Courc. 
 
 P^tamhU ' I ^mS ^Jfembly being Tnfcrmei by the'jvdget of the Suftricur Court^ that 
 X. f^f^f being tic Limitaticn in Writtt of Enor^ krav^ki jo- the Revtr/ing of 
 Jad^menttf many Diffcultitf do and may arife. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 3|t ftf nota Htfolbeb anS> '^nattcti 6g tit (Botiernottr, €,mmH ano Repws 
 
 jyearsLimi. feniat(tje0,fn etneral €mvt %iismUsl\um &? tft£ SutlprUF of the fame. 
 
 Writ" of ^^^ **^' *^^ ^"^'^'"® «° ^"* ^^ Error fball bebrough: vo-the ReverfaJ 
 
 Eiror. of any jttdgmem, after the fpace of Three Years, ne::j rStsv the giving 
 
 ofthejudgmens are Expired; Asjy L?. jy, Ufsge or Cujio/ii sothscoa- 
 
 ^ CHAP.
 
 ^Mno Regni Reg U GEORGIJ, / /. Prlmo- 
 
 mm of Ctem't j&Deti'ffs?* i^roDate at Stanford. 3^J 
 
 CHAP. XX. 
 
 An Aflr for Emitiing Bills of Credit, for the Payment of the „ -j 
 
 PubJick Debts of this Colony. mI^.mS 
 
 WHEREAS thtrt if in tkt Treafu rer's fJandty tht Sunt of Two Thoufand »89. ' 9} , « 9P 
 One Hundred Ninety Seven Pounds, Eighteen Shillings a»d Nine- "o;*[''^[J 
 pence, in gocd BiHsy ft for further Service j which was brought in by the R'*'f zi{,ii-j[i^z 
 granted Oftober, One Theufand Seven Hundred and Twenty SiXf and are z4i',i^i,iSS 
 Lodged in the Treafurjfor tht further Dijpofal of this AJfembly, 289,197, joi 
 
 3t W tfnaittD J? tlje *ot)tmour, Ccuntll antt «eprfffntfltiijf 0, fn WiiHUt, 
 tf enseal Court sfTembUDj anD ti? tit 9ut|)o;itp of t^t famt. That the 
 faid Treafurer ihallbei &nd he is hereby Authorized and Impowred, to zi97'i8^9i 
 IDlie out and Deliver the aforefaid Sum of Two ThoufandyOne Hundred '^ ''*?'""!'* 
 ninety Seven Pounds^ Eilhteen Shillings and N<»«-p<»«,rowards the Payment *F^bnc*Char- 
 of the Debts and the necefTary Charges of this Colony, according to fuch ges of che 
 Orders as fhall be given him from time to time according to Law. Colony. 
 
 C H A P. X X I. 
 
 An A<9: in Addition to an A&. Eotituled, An A& for belter i7,'ilf\ll. 
 Regulating the Office of Sheriffs, and fafeCuftody of Prifoncrs. »8i,i8j,jij. 
 
 WHEREAShyanAB ifthu JJfembfyf made in the Tenth Ytcr rf His late 
 Majtfiy^t Rtign^ Enticuledf An A^ for better Regulating the Office of 
 Sheriffs andfafe Cufiody of Prifoners -^ <^t l^ (tnattti, * That no Writ . of ^W"**' 
 « Execution, wherein the Original Debt or Damage exceeds the Sum of Ten 
 
 * Poundif (hall be Served by any Conftable or his Deputy ; but by the Sheriff 
 
 • or fuch as he fhall Depute for that End- * And whereM there may be oscafim 
 to Levy Execution upon the Sheriffs themfelvet^ for more than the Sum of Ten 
 Pounds J and no Perfen being Authorix.ed in the La» to Levy the fame. 
 
 3t (3 t!)er£fo?e<fncttrtilip tit (Bofetrncut, Countflflnb l&tpcefrntfitftiejf, Conflibin 
 
 fn<<B«ntral CouttaffOTtbkl5,8nBbHtl)eautlio?itp ofrlirrame. That the powertoievy 
 
 Conftables in the fevcral Towns in this Colony, fhaU be Impowred ; and ^^^^c^.^'^^'^ 
 
 they are hereby Authorized and Impowred to Levy Execution upon the ^"*^"^""*» 
 
 Perfons or Eftates of the fcveral Sheriffs within their refpeilive Towns, as 
 
 there may be occafion, for any greater Sum whatfoever j Any thing in the 
 
 aforementioned Aft to the Contrary thereof notwithftanding. . , . , 
 
 iina on lUctl 
 
 And that when the Sheriff hath any Execution, wherein he himfelf Is Sheriffs are 
 Concerned, the Conftable is hereby Impowred to Levy the fane. concerned. 
 
 CH AP. XXIL Tzt,ni\% 
 
 An Aft for Appointing a Court of Probate to be Held at Stanford. »ii!xj6',is6 
 
 B^ (t (Cnatleo t? t^e ©obtrnour. Council anu RrpcerentatibeU, in 
 (Bentral Court. flffcmhUa, anD bp t^e ?llutbo^(tp cf t\is Camr, Thai A court of 
 there fhall be a Court of Probate Held at Stanford^ for the Towns of StM- Probate to bt 
 ford, Greenwich and Ridgefeld ', to be Held by One Judge and Clerk, with ?'11-"fhr 
 Powers and Priviledges and Fees, as the other Courts of Probate have in XownVfe'*'. 
 this Colony : And in fuch Cafes where the Law allows liberty of Appeal, ' 
 
 Appeals fhall be made to the Superior Court in the Coonty otFairfieUi. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 Anno Rtgnt Regis G E O R G 1 J, / /. Primo. 
 
 356lCT:atni(njD(S!,&c. not tbarn'D on tl)eS)al)batI)»irettp 
 
 C H A P. X X I I L 
 
 Vid.pag.78, ;4n hGt for Prohibiting the Warning of Trainings, Town Meeting 
 j97VA',iY» ^^y^' ^'- °" ^^^ Sabbath or Lord's Day ; or on Faft or Thankf- 
 z6\tiil^^T* giving Days. 
 
 *9ji>98'335' TTl/'^ERS'^^ it hath been the PraEliee in fome of the towttsin thu Colony, 
 \ \ to iVarn thiir Trainings Town Meeting DaySy and Society and Profriettr 
 Trtamilt, Mtetirgs, en the Sabbath or Lord^t Day, 
 
 Which Evil Praftice to Prevent : 
 
 . - lB>e (t (fnatteb b? tlje (Bobetnouc, Comuil nnU ^cprcrenratibcjf fit 
 JSininis, ^tneral Coiiit affcmblcD, anh bp tl)e ?tutljo?iti? of tl)c fame, That for 
 &e. on the ^^^ Future, aU fuch Warnings ar>d Notifications, Except Publications of 
 Sabbaihllle- Intents or Purpofes of Marriage, (hall be deemed Illegal and of none 
 K.I, Except, Effeft. 
 
 ^'' ^nti ft f& fifrebp further (Cnacteb, That it (hall be Lawflil for an/ 
 
 Any perfon P^'^'°"> ^^^ *he Duty of the Grand-Jury mcn,Confkables and Tything-men, 
 efpecially * '" the feveral Towns and Societies in this Government, to pull down and 
 Qrandjurors, deftroy any and every Written or Printed Notification or Proclamation, 
 &c. to pull about Secular Affairs, that ihall or may be fixed upon the Door or any other 
 ^^"nings as ^^'^ °^ ^^* Meeting Houfe or Houfe ot God, in any of the Towns or 
 «rc fet on the Societies within this Colony, on the Sabbath or Lord's Day, or on Faft or 
 Meeting houf Thanksgiving Days ; and not fuffer ftch Notifications or Warnings to 
 on the Sab- ftand or abide thereon upon the Lord's Day. 
 
 bath^Ss'f. And every Perfon that ftall Prefuine 10 Set up or Fix any fuch Written 
 
 Notification, as abovefaid, on the Lord's Day, in order to be Seen and 
 fe?t 'r ^^"'^ °" *^® Lord's Day by the People, contrary to this Aft, being Con- 
 fucK ^otifi- vi^sd thereof, before any one Affiftant or juftice of the Peace, {hall pay a 
 cations on Fine of Ten Sbillinis Money, for every fuch Offence, to the Town Treafury 
 the Sabbath, of faid Town, for the ufe of the Poor in faid Town. 
 
 &C. : ; 
 
 CHAP. XXIV. 
 
 Ab Ad for Releafing Jonafhatt Smith, and for Allowing Nathan 
 Vid. pag.jo) Smith, to Keep a Ferry at Kock;f Hid in Wether sfeU ; and for 
 Advancing and Stating the Fare thereof, 
 
 WHEREAS Jonathan Smith «/ Stepney »» Wethersfield, hingfer- 
 merly Affointedbythit Jff«mbly,to fet up a Ferry atroJS Connedticut- 
 River, at Rocky-Hill in Wethersfield, aforefaid, being nohnger able to ptrform 
 futh Service, Moves to this ^Jfembly, for a Releafe therefrom % and Recjutfiing 
 that faid Service tnight be Intfofed ufon his Son Nathan Smith, tpl>o Ctnfenttalfo 
 to Undertake the fame ; further Moving the fare of faid Tsrry might be Ad- 
 vanced. 
 
 Whereupon this Affembly grants Liberty, and Appoints Nathan Smith, 
 Kaihan aforefaid, in the Place of faid Jonathan Smith, aforefaid, to Set up a Ferry, 
 Smith aWovr- and Continue it, at the Place before defcribed. 
 ed^to fet DP a g^^^^^^g meCoIteti bp tW affembl?. That the Fare of faid Ferry, for 
 the Futute, /hall be Five-pence Money, for Man and Horfe and Load ; and 
 The Fare Three'pence for each fingle Perfon or fingle Horfe ; Any Law, Ufage or 
 thereof. Cuftom to the Contrary notwithilanding- 
 
 3£nB It fs licreBp furtfjec Efifolbcfr, That if the faid TSIath,m Smith, or 
 
 penalty for any other Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, who (hall for the future have and 
 
 **'^'"8 .'"°'* keep the faid Ferry, fliall demand and receive any more than what is 
 
 La*i" allows. *''^'^«by Allowed him or them, he or they fhaU fufFer the like Penalty, as is 
 
 'Seepag. 31.* Provided by the Laws of this Colony, Regulating Ferriof, againft fuch as 
 
 take and receive more than their allowed Fare. 
 
 N.Lo«DON,Printed&SoW by r.<?refff,Printer to theCOV.&COMp.iyaS
 
 Jma B£g«3 Regu G E O R G I J, / /, Sccun^o. 
 
 X|)e :^ct: coficcctiing Entail Caufes^ iaet)tloeD. 357 
 
 Thirty-five copies 
 
 reissued by 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 Hartford. 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pa/Tfd by the General Court or Aflcmbly of His Majcfties Colony 
 ot CotiHcdtciit in New-ErtglaAcI, Begun and Held at New HAven on 
 the Tenth Day of OHoher, in the Second Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, oi Great- Britain, ^o, 
 KING. Aunoque Domini, 1728. 
 
 CHAP. XXV. 
 
 An Aft for Reviving and further Continuing 
 the Law, Entituled, An A£tfor Reftrain- vid.ptg7,i, 
 ing the Liberty of Appeals and Reviews, '°'''''*'^'* 
 in fome Cafes 5 and in addition to the Law, I^^t^fizV; 
 Entituled, An ASt for further providing \T'''''' 
 for Small Caufes. 
 
 WHEREAS the Luxo, Entituled, An PJk for Rcftraining the 
 Liberty of Appeals and Reviews, in fome Cafes ; and in 
 Addition to the Law," Entituled, An Aft for further provi- 
 ding for Small Caufes, which xvat Made and Vajjed by this Premhlc. 
 /Iffemhly, Holder! at New-Haven, the Fourteenth of Oftober, in the Twelfth 
 Tear of tbt Reign of Hit late Aiajefly 7c7;;^ GEORGE the Fiift, j^nno Domini 
 One ThOufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Five \ was made with that 
 Prnvifo, * That it (hould Continue and be of Force for Three Years and no 
 * longer, yinti for-at-much at upon Trial, the [aid Law is found to be of general 
 Benefit to His Majefl/s Subjeils in this Government, 
 
 Therefore, 
 
 Court (hall Order otherwife. 
 
 Ppp 
 
 CHAP.
 
 Juno Reg»i Re^is G E O R G I J, / /. Secundo. 
 
 358 !^o?fesi Btant), Xtefpafs?» SXtcJciS f 2Drcin0. 
 
 Vid. pag 9, 
 
 JI. I2Z, iz% 
 
 118.154. J74 
 
 2I9,2Z7,IJC 
 
 } 18 and 342 
 
 CHAP. XXVI. 
 
 An Pi& for afcertaining the Brand for Horfes 
 
 belonging to the Inhabitants of a Place, 
 
 zi?,2Z7,^jo commonly known by theName oiWeataug. 
 
 Ofiftf rtO anU (f noctcti bp tt)ftf aETtmblp.That the Brand for Horfes for 
 the Inhabitants living ac Wtataug on Ow/Jatunnuik River in this 
 for iretaug Colony, fhall be this Figure, + And the faid Inhabitants fhal) have full 
 °' ^^' Power to choofe a Brandcr, who fbaU have full Power to Brand and Record 
 A Brandfrto Horfes, as by Law provided for Towns : And the Choice of faid Brander 
 be Chofen by f}jali be made by a Subfcription ot the Mames ot the greateft part of faid In- 
 & Swor^n"""' ^abitants,and be returned to theTownCIerk of New-Mlford,ro be Recorded, 
 and that the faid Brander fo Chofen fhall be Sworn as the Law direfts 
 
 5^9. 
 
 VreamlU. 
 
 CHAP. XXVII. 
 
 Vid. Pag. 86. An kdi for Reviving and further Continu- 
 l\l!x66\\X ing one certain Law of this Colony, Enti- 
 ^pJiipp.jzj: tuled, An Ad for the more Effedual De- 
 teding and Punifhing Trefpafs, Made in 
 the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of His 
 late Majefly GEORGE the Firft. 
 
 WHEREAS the ahovt-mentioned Law was to Continat and bt ef Force 
 for Tv>o Years, and until tht End of the next Sejfions of the General jijftm- 
 hlj after faid Two Tears was Exfirid^ and no longer \ which Time is now very near 
 Expired : jind the faid Law having bttn found for tht Benefit of His Majeflfs 
 SubjtUi in this Colony^ in itntraL 
 
 „, . „ . 3t fj( ttifrefo?e€nattrt ijp t\t tfSotjernout, Council anb Eepcefentatitw, 
 pa * ^f^J^jQ fn 4Benecal Court flJtfmbltti,anDt)pt^eflutt)0?(t? of tit fame, That the 
 j^i'isRcvi. aforefaid Law Ihajl be Revived, and the fame is hereby Revived ;and fhalj 
 ved. remain in full Force in all the Parts and Paragraphs thereof, until this 
 
 Court fhall Order otherwife, 
 
 CHAP. XXVII I. "" 
 
 An Aft for the more EflFe<ftual keeping open 
 vidpag.tdz Ditches and Dreins,that have been made, 
 or hereafter (hall be made, by Commif- 
 fioners of Sewerst 
 
 FO R ASMVCH as the Ditches or Dreint that are made hj Cemmijftoners of 
 ^'^trs,are aft to grow out of Repair J and fill upland there ie no provifion 
 Preamilt. made in the Lan for the Proprietors of the Dreined grounds, to appoint Perfens 
 among themfelves for the Clearing and Repairint fuch Dnches and keeping them 
 in HefAtr, " * 
 
 2e
 
 Anno RegHt Regis G E O R G I J, 7 /. Secundo. 
 
 ^ittf^tfS auD 2Drein£?* 3^9 
 
 iBe it (f iiatteft bp tBc dJotjecnour, tfountfl anti iSeptefentatitcef, fit Proprietorsof 
 Crneca! Court SlffembieSi, anH h^ tSe 3SutF)o?ft? of t[)e fame, That the dreinedLand 
 Proprietors of fuch Wet or Dreined Lands,as have been, or fiiall hereafter ^° ^^" ^"<1 
 be Ditch'd or Drcinedjby Gommiffioners of Sewers,may Meet and AfTemble ^r the keep- 
 themfelves as there ftall from Time to Time be cccafion, to make Orders ingopen fuch 
 for the effeftual keeping open fuch Dreins as have been made and ordered Dreins. 
 to be made by the Commifiioners of Sewers. 
 
 And at every Proprietors Meeting, Lawfully Warned, as in this A£k is a Clerk to 
 hereafter provided, it {hall be Lawful for them by their Major Votes, to be be cbofen by 
 Computed according to their Intereft in fuch Wet or Dreined Lands, to the Major 
 choofe a Clerk, who fhall be Sworn to make true Entries of all fuch Votes ^°^^ °^ the 
 as are paffcd in fuch Meetings, and alfo of the Returns or Report of the **"P""''"? 
 Proprietors Committee, of their Proportioning out and Stating to each. 
 Proprietor his part of fuch Dreins and Sewers. 
 
 And the Proprietors at any fuch lawful Meetings, are hereby Impowred, 
 to Choofe two or three men,a Conimittee,to Sec out and State to each Pro- 1° choofe 9 
 prietor his part or proportion of fjch Ditch or Ditches, to be computed °°""" *^ 
 and done according to his Intereft in fuch Wee Lands : And the Com- 
 mittee are to make their report of their doings therein unto the Clerk, 
 in Writing under their hands, who fliall enter the fame upon Record, that ^ • 
 it may be known : And each Proprietor, his Heirs and Afligns, fhall for to° make Re. 
 ever after, fufhciently Clear and keep Open his part of fuch Ditches and pott,&c^ 
 Drtins,ftated to him, as aforefaid. 
 
 AlvDAys Proi;i^<<ii, The Proprietors may at any time afterwards cau(e a new 
 Stating of the fame, at their lawful Meetings, as they /hall fee occafjon, 
 
 2 Scavengers 
 3lnB (t'ss fuctfjfc ^r.a(te6&? t^e fiuttiojftp afo^cfaiS, That the Proprie- tobechofenSe 
 tors at their lawful Meeting, ftiall be, and are hereby impowred, to choofe ?^°I'"' ^** 
 Two or more Perfons among themfelves, to be Scavingers, for the clearing *-*^'"P8&S» 
 up and keeping in Repair fuch Dreins and Sewers •, and the Scavingers fo Scavingers 
 chofen, fhall take the Oath provided for Fence-Viewers, Mutatii mutandU. to give war* 
 And the Scavingers, (hall fromTiriie toTime, diligently Infpeft the Dreins "^PS *« ^'°' 
 and Sewers that they are kept Open and in good Repair, and if at any ^""°" j!**. 
 time they find them or any part of them out of Repair, they fhall forth- de^^c^ent 
 with give Warning thereof unto fuch Proprietors whofe part is Deficient, Ditches in $ 
 that they forthwith Repair and Amend the fame ; And if any Proprietor Days, 
 fhall not within Five Days next after fuch Warning given,CIear and Repair *^" Preptla* 
 the fame fufficiently, to the Judgment of the Scavingers, the Scavingers £h"scaffn 
 are hereby appointed forthwith to caufe the fame to be fufficiently Re- gets, forth- 
 paired: And the Perfon or Perfons to whom it belongs, fhall pay double with to caufo 
 Cofis to the Scavingers for Repairing the fame ; and in cafe of Refufal or " ?° ^^ ^^' 
 Negleft of Payment thereof for the fpace of Ten Days after an Account pr"^,'|;f **^* 
 thereof prefented and a demand thereof made, fuch Coft and Charges fhall pay 'double** 
 be Levied by Diflrefs, and Sale of the Offender's Goods, by Warrant from cofts in 10 
 any Aififlant or Jufiice of the Peace, and for want of Goods or Perfonal ^^ys ; To ba 
 Eftate, the Officer fhall deliver to the Scavingers fo much of the Lands of j^j J^^^fj ''^ 
 the Perfon deficient, as will anfwer the fame, with Additional Cofts, by a theOff/nders 
 Reafonable Extent. Goods, ^e, 
 
 jilfvays Provided, If any Proprietor thinks himfelf Aggrieved at the 
 Account of the Scavingers, he may at his own Coft, within Ten Days 
 after fuch Account fhewed him, make Application to the Seleft-men of 
 tlie Town where the Land lyeth, who being no ways Parties to the Con- ^- "^"^,f ^" 
 troverfy, fhall a new Apprize the Coft of fuch Repairing 5 and the Party mayTe'tnade 
 deficient fhall pay double Cofts, according to their Apprizenaenc ; to be by theSeleft. 
 Recovered as aforefaid. me", &'<•. 
 
 P p p 2 Jnd
 
 jimo Regtti Regis GEORGIJ, // Secundo. 
 
 360 ^i)ttifSs ant> Confta!)le^» 
 
 And for the more Regkhr Ajfemhling a Proprietors Meeting, 
 
 5It (jl 4BnatttD Bp tfje ^utf)0?itp afojefalD, That when and To often 
 3 Proprietors as three Proprietors of fuchWec Lands, Judge a Proprietors Meeting 
 on Applica- wanting, they may apply thetnfelves tothenexc A/fiftantor Jufticeof the 
 tion to an Peace, who upon fuch AppIication,is hereby Impowred to Iffue forth his 
 Affiftant ot pfgj.gpt- to fome meet Perfon,for to Warn a Proprietors Meeting, declaring 
 calUPropri- the Time, Place and Bufinefs of fuch Meeting i and the Perfon to whom 
 etorsMeeting. fuch Precept is delivered,giving Warning to all the Proprietors of fuch 
 The Time, WTet Lands, that Live in the Town where the Land lyeth, by Reading the 
 Place &Bufi- pjg^ept to them, or leaving an Attefted Copy thereof at the place of their 
 feVud! "' "f"^l Abode, at leaft Three Days before fuch Meeting, (hall be a lawful 
 
 Warning thereof. 
 No Perfon 5Cno 5e 1 1 furtt)Et <5natf tt» 6? tfie fiut^ojlt? afojefafD,That if any Perfon 
 •without li- or Pcrfons without Liberty of the Proprietors iirft had or obtained, fhall 
 berty of the ^^j. g^^^ Fence,Hedge,or other lncurabrance,on the Bank of fuch Drein or 
 to'iei'up'ariy Dreins, to the Annoyance and Incumbrance of it, or to make the Clearing 
 Fence,&'f.on up and keeping the fame in good Repair more difficult, it ihall be Lawful 
 fhe Bank of for the Scavingers to Remove the fame as a Common Nufance. 
 fuchDreins. ■ •■ ' • ■ 
 
 CHAP. XXIX. 
 
 An A6b for the further Diredlion of Sheriflps 
 ^^,'4^^'^^l and Conftables, in the Execution of their 
 
 3.ftr 7.8? 2i2 ' 
 
 aiid'iii.' Offices 5 and Enlarging their Fees in fome 
 Cafes. 
 
 Sheriffs and T^flf (t tfnacttb ant) <t^?liafrtEli lip x%t (IP(Jtjetnour,Count(I ano Ecprefen- 
 Conftabies to |^ tatfbf)tf,m4B£nEral ^ouct ilIT£mbIeli,anB tip t^e 5tutl)0jit? of t|e fame, 
 exccmealL That Sheriffs and Conftables IhaU Receive all manner of Writs, in any 
 WritsiniAciV Place and at all Times within their Courities or Precinfts, when and 
 Precinfts.at wherefoevcr they (hall be Tendered to them; And when aWrit is delivered 
 any Time. ^^ ^ sheriff or Conftable, to Execute, he (hall Execute the fame, and make 
 
 P Returnthereofaccording to the Direftions therein given. 
 
 ejwjus fear- ^^^ .^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^3^ ^Y\e Malice, Indireft dealing, or Negljgence 
 
 honeftyoftVe of the Sheriff or Conftable,in the Execution of any Writ, he may demand 
 
 Sheriffs and of the Sheriff or ConftabIe,to lign a Receipt thereof, in which Receipt the 
 
 Conftables, f^gi^es of the Parties, the Sum or Thing in demand, the Date of the Writ 
 
 may Demand ^^^^j ^f j^g Delivery ,{hall be contained,without taking any thing therefor, 
 
 a Receipt. ^^^ ^^ j^.^ xt^vihX others that are prefent may fet to their hands as Wit- 
 
 If the Officer ^^^^^ p^^^ -f^jjg fajj Sheriff or Conftable,{han not Execute the Writ, 
 
 neSofhis or neglea to make Return thereof, or Ihall make a Falfe or Undue Return, 
 
 Duty, the on Complaint thereof made to the Court or JuOice ( to which it was made 
 
 Court or Returnable ) the Court or Juftice may Enquire thereof,by the Evidence 
 
 Jufticetofet pyodm-ed ^^^ 5f he be found in Default, the Court or Juftice may fet a 
 
 him^'accT" fuitableFine upon him, and award Damages to the Party aggrieved, ha- 
 
 dingly. ving refpea unto the Quantity and a^ality of the A<aion, and the Peril 
 
 that might have chanced unto him by the delay which he fuffered. 
 /-.nftoMe. Sllnti it W alfo fHctljEr pcobfOeli, That for the Future,it fliall be in the 
 Power Power of Conftables to Execute any Writ of Execution ( within his own 
 
 Precinfts ) that the Sheriff may or can do. 
 Writs cfEx- anil f uct^er H i9 iBcotoiDeD, That all Writs of Execution fliall be 
 ecution Re. ^^^^ Returnable within Sixty Days, or to the next Court ( in cafe Sixty 
 turnable ^ ^^^ remaining between the Date of the Execution and the next Court) 
 Daysr&°. at the Eleaion of him that prays for it.
 
 Autto Reg«i Regif G E O R G I J, / /• Secunda 
 
 l^retenting tl)e€)pp reffiOrt of5Debto;tg>lliaerg. 361 
 
 38n8 it (iS l)ec£b? fuctfjec CnnrtctJ bp tljc iautl)o?itp flfo^efaiD, That every 
 Officer that Levies Execution, (hall be allowed to Demand and Take for FeesEnhr- 
 every Execution for above Ten Pounds, and not exceeding Twenty Pounds, 8^°^ '^°^''^^*- 
 Six Shillings % and for every EKecution for above Twenty Pounds^not exceeding ^.^y Execu- 
 Fourty Pounds, Ten Shillings ; and for any greater Sum he fhall be allowed ijons. 
 Three Shillings more, advanced on every Twenty Pounds, above the Sum of 
 faurty Pounds, which (hall be Leyied by the faid Execution. 
 
 CHAP. XXX. 
 
 An Ad in addition to a Law of this Colony 
 C in Page 238,) Entituled, An Ad for the 
 further Ericooraging the Currency of Bills ^;f,f'f/jf; 
 of Pubiick Credic ; and for the prevent- '"'''^^' 
 ing the Oppreffion of Debtors. 
 
 WHEREAS it u Provided hy the Lafi Paragraph of faid Law, * That 
 * from and after the Firft Day of Navembtr tl\en next Enfuing, no 
 
 * Debtor for any Debt Mnde or Contrafted fince the Twelfth of July, One pip 
 
 * Thottfand Seven Hundred and Mm, or that (hould be Made or Contrafted the'^laftpara. 
 
 * before the Year 0«i; Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Seven, Exprefs giaph in the 
 ' Contrafis in Writing, Current Silver Money, or fome Specialty, always Law, Page 
 
 * excepted ; that Ihali tender Satistadtion and Payment of his full Debt in ^j8. 
 
 * Good and Lawfu! Bills of Credit on this Colony, fhall be Liable to have 
 
 * Execution Sei-ved and Levied upon his Eftate, or be Imprifoned, upon 
 
 * any Recovery of Judgment to be granted againft him for luch Debt. 
 
 55e it fuctt?c €iTatte& I'? t§£ ^otetnouc, Council anU Kcpte renffttitesf, 
 fn <Bcnecal Couve jSiTembka, ana 6j t^z 5iur|o?ftg of t&e fame. That „.,, 
 ai! the Debts that have besa ConEracled fince the Twelfth Day of July, in ^i^\°l ^ 
 the Year One Thonfand Se-^icn Hundred and Twenty Seven, or that fhall cepte°d in all 
 be Contrafted at any tim'.' before the Twelfth day of July m the Year Payments of 
 OneThoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Five, fhalJ be under the Regu- Debts, I'- 
 lation of the Lawatore Recited, any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the Con- '''^^* ^' 
 trary notwithftanding. 
 
 Un- 
 V. 
 
 CHAP. XXXI. 
 
 An kdi for the further Direftion of Lifters vi 
 
 in their Duty and Office. \%'Xn"i\ 
 
 and )2.6. 
 
 WHEREAS fundry Per fans have Farmt in thii Coltny, Remote from the 
 Towns where fuch Per font Dwell; and upon fuch Farmt have Horfe-kind 
 and other Creatures, hy Law Rateable, under the Occupancy and Improvement of p , . 
 a Tenant there, and Di/putes have art fen where fuch Horfe-kind and ether Rate- 
 able Creatures, (Inutd be put into the General Lift, And whereas fundry Per fans 
 in this Colony, that Summer-feed their Horfe-kind and other Rateable Creatures, 
 out of the Limits of the Town where they dwell, have refufed tofutfuch Creaiuret 
 into the L*fi oftktir Polls wi Raueblt ^fiate. 
 
 All
 
 j4nw Regni Regis GEORGIJ, //. Secundo. 
 
 362 acioltjes* ^oterjS iti |i>Dciet^^i^eetmgg. 
 
 All which to Prevent : 
 
 Aiiti 5lt ftf fiertlip tfnattf ft bp tlie dPotfcnour, Council anft fifp«rentatlt)e^, 
 
 k" d f J n- '" *'n«al *0"" afTcmbleft, anD bp tie Hutbojitj of tfje famt, That 
 der the'^Im- ^" Horfe kind and other Creatures, Rateable by Law, that are put upon 
 provement any fuch Farm, or under the Care, Occupancy or Improvement of a 
 of a Tenant, Tenant there, (hall be put into the Lift of the Polls and Rateable Efiate of 
 * h ''V"' '" '"'^^ Tenant in the Town or Peculiar where fuch Farm lyeth •, and that 
 Lift ; but"if '" ^" °^^^^ Cafes, all Horfe-kind and other Creatures, Rateable by Law, 
 other'wife, to ft»alj be put into the Lift of the Polls and Rateable Eftate of the Owners 
 be put in the thereof in the Towns where they Dwell i Any Law, UfageorCuflom to 
 Owners Lift, j^g contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 CHAP, XXX IT. 
 
 An Aft in Addition to an Adl,Entituled,An 
 vidpag.irp, /^£j. fQj. the further Encourag-ement of 
 
 Deftroying Wolves. 
 
 B 
 
 ,-^ ft (Enattttt bp tlje <©obetnout. Council anft Heprefentatftes, in 
 above °Thal O <15fn«al Court fllTemliUft, anft bj tljc auttiojttp of tlje fame, That 
 is already if any Perfon (hall for the future, Kill and Deftroy any grown Wolf or 
 allowed Wolves, within any Town or Plantation in this Colony, he ftall receive 
 ^r killing a as a further Encouragement, over and above what is already allowed by 
 Town ft"* in Law, for every fuch Wolf, the Sum of Ten Shillingi, out of the Publick 
 this Colony. Treafury of this Colony, and Ten Shillings out of the Town Treafury, in 
 
 whole Bounds fuch Wolf fliall be Killed and Deftroyed, as aforefaid j and 
 
 half fo much for every Wolf's Whelp. 
 
 CHAP. XXX 111. 
 
 T^tTfllUhn Aa directing how Perfons ihall be 
 ln!V,f:''° Qjialified to Vote in Society- Meetings. 
 
 perfonj not |^^ jj (Cnatteft 6p t^t (l5obernour, Council anft IRcprcrentatibeff, fit 
 SocietyMeet. D ^tnccal Coutt SSffemWcft, anft bp tie SJut^o^itp of t^efamr. That 
 ings for So- for the Future, no Perfon or Perfons fhallprefume to Vote in any Society* 
 ciety-Offi- Meeting for the choice of Society-Officers, Grants of Rates, Erefting of 
 rr"'f''h""* Meeting Houfes, Regulating Schools, or any other thing proper to be 
 perfonf have Voted in a Society, unlefs fuch Perfon or Perfons have a Free hold in the 
 a Freehold in fame Society Rated at Fifty SbiHingtt or Fourty Pounds in the Common Lift, 
 the fame So- or are Perfons that are in full Communion with the Church, on Penalty 
 ciety, Rated that every Perfon fo Offending Ihall Forfeit Tw Shilliȣs for every fuch 
 arePerfons in Offence, one Moiety thereof to the Informer who Profecutes to Effeft ; and 
 full Commu- the other Moiety thereof to the Treafury of faid Society where the Offence 
 niofl. ihall be committed. 
 
 ^nft further ft is (Enacteft, That if any Perfon or Perfons (hall Pre- 
 
 JNot to y°*^ fume to Vote in any Society-Meeting, for the Choice of a Minifter,withouC 
 
 exo%t oJr *'«'"S Qualified as the Law direfts to Vote for the Choice of a Minifter, 
 
 lifted, &v. he or they (hall fuffer the Penalty as above Provided j To be diljpofed of as 
 
 aforefaid. 
 
 CHAP
 
 Jf}»o Regui Regis GEORGIJ, // Secundo. 
 
 FairfieldCottntp.3Jmprmting,&c*J5iUiSofCtemt363 
 
 CHAP. XXXIV. 
 
 An ka for Enlarging the County of ifaitftelD* ^JS."' 
 
 I'3E iiS iD^ftccf B ana (ffnattcl! 6p t|)e (Bobfrnour, Council antt Eeprcfenta? p • ^ , . 
 ii'tips, (n <(5enecal Court 3inembleD,ano Bp t^e 3lutOo?itp of tlje fame, bounty En- 
 That all that Traft of Land called New-Fairfield, lying t^onh oi Danhury, larged. 
 Weft of New-Mil ford, and Eaft of the Government Line, fhall be Annexed 
 to the County of Fairfitld. 
 
 CHAP. XXXV. 
 
 Vidpag.tjS. 
 
 An Ad for New Imprinting Four Thoufand '^^^^IH^''' 
 Pounds in Bills of Credit. 
 
 WHEREAS fever al of the Bills of Credit of this Colony, are 'forttf Dt- p^^^^^j, 
 faced, and unfic to Pajl j and that they may be taken into the Trcafury 
 by Exchange. 
 
 3fc ig -Snatteti b? tte ©oijeritour, Council anli Etprerentat{tJC£$, fti 
 <^£neral Couct ^(Tcmblea, ana li? tte ^fiutbo^itp oE tl)C fame, That there ^ ^^ ^^ 
 be forthwith Imprinted a certain Number of Bills of Credit on this Colony, ^ew imprin- 
 in fuitable Sums, from Ten Shillings to Five Poundsy which in the whole fliall ted, i^c. 
 amount to Four Thoufand Foundry and no more. Which Bills fliall be In- 
 dented and Stamped, as the Governour and Council fhall Order, and be 
 Signed by the Committee, appointed for the Signing the Bills of Credit of 
 this Colony laft Emitted ; they or any three of them. And of the fame 
 Tenour of the Bills of Credit of this Colony, of the like Value here-to- 
 fore Emitted. 
 
 9Bna It's furtfjec €nacte&, That the faid Bills fo to be Imprinted by To be delivers 
 this Ad, fhall be by the faid Committee, or any Three of them, delivered red to the 
 Co the Treafurer, who fhaU give them in Exchange, for luch Torn and De- J'"^"'"* *** 
 iaced Bills as are not fie for further Ufe i taking his Receipt for the fame. ^^^ *"^^* 
 
 An AA for Emitting Bills of Credit. 
 
 CHAP. XXXVI. Vid.pag. 14? 
 
 149.15 J, »S8 
 175,181,185 
 189,195,199 
 aoi,iii,zi(5 
 
 WHEREAS there remains in the Treafuren hands of the QuicJi Stoci, as ^-^^'^i-^-l^z^z 
 may appear by the laji Audity befdes what was drawn out by the Affembly 245,'ij?.i8(S 
 injuly /-^/f.ffceSaiM «/- Nine Hundred and Fourteen Pounds Six Shillings 289, i47,?o2. 
 and Eight Pence. !*>..,,.. 
 
 g|t iJf ^nactea &^ tfie (jEictiernour, Council ana JRepreffntatifttisr, fn 
 General Couct Memblea, anD bp tlje jauttjojitp of tfje famt,That the faid 
 Treafurer fhall be Impowred, and he is hereby Impowred, to Iflue out and 
 Deliver the faid Sum of Nine Hundred Fourteen Pounds Six Shillings Znd Eight- i°oo Pouvis 
 fence ; together with a Thoufand Eighty Five Pounds, Thirteen Shillings and j" gp^f^e^ht 
 Four pence more, to be of the Bills brought into the Treafury by the Rate public Char- 
 granted by this AITembly in OSlober lafl, or by Impoft y for and towards gesof the 
 the Payment of the Pubhck Debts of this Colony,and the neceffary Charges Colony, 
 of the fame, according to fuch Orders as fliall be given him from Time to 
 Time as the Law direfts.
 
 j4finc Regtt', Regis G E O R G I J, / /. Secundo. 
 
 3 64 Xajc* ^ominUian, 
 
 15t (t fuctliet (tnatfeU bp tlie aut^o?(t? afo?ffa(Ii, That there be 
 
 forthwith Emitted a certain Number of Bills of Credic on this Colony, in 
 
 fuitable Sums from Ten Shillitigs to Five Pouniii, which in the u/hole fhall 
 
 amount to the Sum of Three Thoufand Four Hundred Pounds, and no more, 
 
 of the Bills of Credit Ordered to be lmprinted,purfuant to an Aft of this 
 
 3400 of the prefent Affembly, Entitulcd, An AEl for new Imprinting Feur Thoufand Pounds 
 
 laft 4000 inBills of Credit, and the Committee for Signing the Bills of this Colony are 
 
 ^ani, to be hereby direfted to Sign the faid Sum of Three ThoufandFour Hundred Pounds, 
 
 wards p"" *° ^^ ^'"'" ^^ '^^y "^ receive them, and deliver them into the hands of the 
 
 the^ Public'^ Treafurer, to be by him paid out towards Defraying the Publick Debts of 
 
 Debts of this this Colony, taking his Receipt for the lame : And the faid Treafurer is 
 
 Colony, hereby Impowred and Ordered to Tflue forth and Emit the fame, towards 
 
 the Payment of the Publick Debts of this Colony, and the further Necef- 
 
 fary Charges thereof, attending to fuch Orders as fliall be given him from 
 
 Time to Time, according to Law. 
 
 Fund for 5lnti •(t'0 fuctftit (Cnacteb 6? t|e ?IIut||0?Up afojefuCD, That a$ a Fund 
 
 the*^'u^ '" ^"*^ Security for theRe-payment and Drawing in faid Sum of Three Thoufand 
 gain by the '''""' f^ufdred Pounds into the Treafury, This Aflembly Grants a Tax or 
 laft of ^«^. Rate of Three Thoufand Six Hundred Pounds, to be Levied on Polls and all the 
 >???• Rateable Eftate within this Colony, and to be Paid into the Treafury at 
 
 -J • **' before the laft day of jiuguft, which will be in the Year of Our LORD 
 Briu'o^f Cre" ^"* Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Three, which faid Rate fhall 
 dit.or*in Mo- ^^ ^^^^ '" ^'1^* o^ Credit of this Colony, or in Money as it pafles 
 ney'as it then Generally Current in the Country at the time of payment, and in no other 
 fiiTti, manner. 
 
 CHAP. XXXVH. 
 
 An A<ft for Levying a Tax on Polls, &c^ 
 
 I 
 
 THIS AfTembly Grants a Rate of Ttwr-prwf* on the P««»//, onall the 
 Polls and Rateable Eftate in this Government : To be Paid into the 
 f /onVhe ''''■^^•"'■y in t^« Bi^s of Credit of this Colony, with the ufual Advance of 
 found, on all Ttfelve-ftnce on the Pound -, or in the good Bills of Credit of Four Signers, 
 thePolis,€»'# of the Majfachufettt Bay, or in the Bills of Credit of New-rorl, without Ad- 
 vance on them \ or in Silver Money, as it Pafleth in the Country. 
 
 The Gentlemen Nominated to ftand for CltCttOtt 
 in !©av Next, fent in to this Affembly by the 
 Freemen of this Colony, are as followeth, 1)15. 
 
 The Honourable JOSE^n TALLCOTT Efq^The Hon. JONATHAN 
 LAW Efq; John Hamlin Efq\ Samuel Eells Efq; Matthew 
 The Namei Allyn Efq; Roger Wolcott Efq\ James Wadfworth Efq; John 
 of the Per- Hall Efq; Chrittophcr Chriftophers Efq; John Hooker Efq-, 
 ffedfoMh; Nathaniel Stanly Efq; Jofeph Whiting Efq, Ozias Pitkin Efq. 
 Eieflion in Timothy Pierce Efq; Capt. Samuel Mather, Maj John Burr, 
 ^y, 1 7x9. Mr. Edmund Lewifs, Capt. James Rogers, Capt. Thomas Seymour, 
 an d Afr. Thomas Kimberly. 
 
 Piinted and Sold by r. Green, Piintei to the eOVERNOUR and COMPANY, lyzp.
 
 jHTtff Regnt Regii GEORGIJ, // Secundo. 
 
 fleduuar^ Hegatartejs* '^mit^^ 365 
 
 Thirty-five copies 
 
 reissued by- 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 Hartford, igig. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majeftics Colony 
 of CMnellicut in New England, B^gun and Held at Hartford on 
 the Eighth Day of May. m the Second Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, oi Great- Britain, &:c* 
 KING Annoqae Domm, 1719 
 
 CHAP. XXXViTl 
 
 An k^ for Enabliog Executors, being Refi- 
 duary Legataries, to bring their Aftion of 
 Account agaioH: their Co-Executors, toS'firsfrrJ 
 Recover their ReGduary Legacies out of ^^t.^^SI 
 the hands of their Co-Executors 5 and for^^*'*"^^^ 
 enabling Refiduary Legataries to Recover 
 their Refiduary Legacies againfl Executors. 
 
 « (t €nacte& 6p i\i ^ofceenourjj Council anU Erprerentarftifsf, RjfijuarvLe 
 fit <^enecal CCuct Sdembkfi, ona fcg tjje Stirljojitj of t\t fame, gatiries whe- 
 That Executors, who are alfo Refiduary Legataries, when all or ther Execu- 
 _____ any part of their Legacies are widvholden from them, by their ^""^^ or nor, 
 Co- Executors, may bring their Aiftiors of Account againft their Co-Exe- [^^^ ^^^if 
 cutors for the Recovery thereof ; And the fame AAion is alfo hereby ofAccount to 
 allowed to Refiduary Legataries, againft Executors ; Any Law, Ufageor Recovenheir 
 Cuftom to the contrary notwifchftanding. Legacies. 
 
 CHAP. XXXIX. 
 
 An Aft for afcertaining the Fee for Impoun- v,dpag„ 
 
 ding Horfes. ''''''^ * 
 
 Be ft (fnatteti bp the <©otEcnour, Coumil anO lUeprermtatittsf, fit The Fee for 
 (Btueral Couct Mem6lE!3,ani}tivt!)e Sluttcjitpof ttjefame, That impounding 
 the Fee for Impounding Horfes, fnaii be Two ShiHings per Head •, Any LaWj "Hoii^ is. 
 Cuftom or Ufage to the contrary notwithflanding, ^" ^* * 
 
 <iq^ CHAP.
 
 jifiHO Regm Regis GEORGIJ. //. 5ecundo. 
 
 366 ^obet 2E>i(fenterg. Xotbn-<!geetmgg, gcc, 
 
 CHAP. XL. 
 
 An Adi in Addition to, and for the Alteration of an Ad", Made in 
 the Seventh Year of the Reign of Queen ANNE, Entituled, 
 Vid.p3g.134. ^„ ^^ for the Eafe of fuch as Soberly Dijfent from the Way of War- 
 Jhip, and Minijlry, Eftahliped by ihe Lam of this Government, 
 
 WHEREAS it $6 Provided in [aid JSl, * That nothing therein fhallbe 
 ' Conftrued to the Excufing any Perfon from paying any fuch Mi- 
 *nifter or Town Dues,as were then, or afterwards fhould be due from them* 
 
 ^T'll^ai^*"" ^t i9 note KefolbtD atili <f naffeli Ii? tlje dSobpcnottr, Council anu fitpre' 
 Sed Qua- frntatitjefl, In OSfntcal Court flfTtmbUfijanD bp t^e 3!ut[)o;itp of rfje fame> 
 kersfwhodo That where there are fuch Diflenters, as are commonly called Quakers, 
 really attend who do attend the Worftip of GOD, in fuch Way as is allowed by faid 
 *Mj^d°1i'nd ^^' within this Colony, or are fo Situated by the Borders thereof as that 
 canproducea they may, and do attend the Service, out of the Limits of this Govern- 
 Certificate ment, in any fuch Meeting as aforefaid, and fhail produce a Certificate, 
 from asociety from fuch Society, of their having joined themfelves to them and that 
 "^'h^'"'''^^' they do belong unto their Society, That he or they fhal! be Excufed from 
 tolhem jex! Contributing to the Support of the Eflablifhed Miniftry, and from Con- 
 cufed from tributing or Paying any Tax Levied for the Building any Meeting Houfe 
 paying fome or Houfes, in the Society or Pariftj wherein they dwell. 
 Taxes. _-^_^_____-___-.^— — ^^^— ^__-^^^— — ^^— ^— ^-^_i_^^ 
 
 CHAP. X L I. 
 
 SJifpl.z?! An A<a to prevent Tumults and Diforders 
 lls"i\\]]H in Town-Meetings, Society-Meetings, 
 ^*'* and Proprietors-Meetings. 
 
 WHEREAS the Peace and good Order, of Towns and Societies, do very 
 much defend upon their Peaceable and Orderly Managing the Affairs of 
 fuch Meetings • yet neverthelefs, fome defgning Per fans, ofVngoverned Tern f err, 
 are often Endeavouring, to Hinder or Defeat the Bu(t»efs of fuch Meetings, either 
 Erettmlle, hy TwnuUuotu Noife, or by Oppofing, Abupng or Interrupting the Moderator of 
 fuch Meeting in the Difcharge of his Office. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 Se it (Cnactefc ftp tlit dPoternour, Council anti IJeprefentatftjejf. fn 
 
 Oenecal Court «trnnl>lc8,anD bp t{je 3Sut!jo?Itp of tlje fame. That when 
 
 P f n bv °"y Town-Meeting, Society- Meeting, or Proprietors- Meeting, is Lawfully 
 
 Tuinultuoas Aflembled, if any Perfon or Perfons whatfoever, in fuch Meeting, by Tu- 
 
 noifeoro- multuous Noife, Quarrelling, or any Unlawful Aftion, (hall difturb fuch 
 
 therwifedif. Meeting, or hinder the Members thereof from proceeding Peaceably to 
 
 turbingTown ^y^^ choice of their Moderator, or after the Moderator is chofen, (hall 
 
 aet""Meet* Vilify or Abufc fuch Moderator, or Interrupt him in the difcharge of his 
 
 ings, or Pro- Office, or after he hath Commanded Silence, (hall Speak in fuch Meeting, 
 
 prietors- without hls Icavc firft had and obtained, ( unlefs to ask realbnable Liberty 
 
 h"fi^'d ^°^ ^"'^^ Perfon to fpeak his Mind ) fuch Perfon or Perfons fo Offending, 
 
 to be ne .^ ^^^ of the Particulars above-mentioned, (hall for every fuch Offence,pay 
 
 a Fine of Five Shillings, in Current Money, to theTreafury of the Town, 
 
 in which the Offence is Committed. „ , , ^^ . , , _ 
 
 AU Offences againfl this AQ, to be Heard and Determined by any One 
 
 SuchOfTencesAffiftant.or JufticeofthePeace : Unlefs the Offence be Aggravated by 
 
 by whom fome Notorious breach of the Peace, in which Cafe, the C.Tenders fhall be 
 
 to be heatd. ^q^^^ over to the next County Court, to Anfwer for their Offence. 
 
 « 'AU ■ ainO U fjJ furtfjtc #rotJitieU, That no fuch Meeting fhall be Adjourn'd 
 
 KwAdjSd or Ptorogu'd, but by the Voice of the Major part of the Members thereof, 
 
 there prefent. ^^
 
 Anno Regni Regis GEORGIJ, // Secundo. 
 
 3lufl:ices^alarie9.^cmo?iais;. 151116 of Ctetiit. ^67 
 
 CHAP. X L n. 
 
 An Adl for further Enlarging the Salaries o[^.^^^^^^^ 
 thejudges,andjuftices of County Courts. ^^'• 
 
 THIS Affembly do Grant to the feveral Judges of the Refpeaive ^'"({"^^"to 
 County Courts, Nine Shillings per Day while they attend the Coun^ have 9 j and 
 ty Courts; and to the Juftices of faid Courts, Seven Shillin^t per Day [hejuftices;^ 
 while they attend the faid Courts, to be paid out of the County Trea furies, Z^'^'' ''^[^".^f"^ 
 Refpeftively •, Any Law.Ufage orCufiom to the contrary notwithflanding ['jnlin^courr. 
 
 CHAP. X L I 1 1. ' 
 
 An Adl for limiting the Time for preferring 
 Memorials to the General Affembly. 
 
 THIS Affembly Obfervlrtg it hath often hapned, near the Clofe of the Ajjem- 
 bly^ that tiiitny Memorials are brought irt^ which only Relate to Private 
 affairs, fo that the Publick Bufinefs is thereby ObfiruEled. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 3t ijS Eerolfeeb bp tgiiS affemWp, That for the Future, all Memorials Memorials 
 that may be Preferred to this Affembly, fhall be lodged in the Secretary's 'vhen to be 
 Office, on, or before, the Eighth Day of the Affembly's Sitting. brought. 
 
 Always Provided^ That this Refolve, (hall not be Extended, to make 
 any Alteration, refpeSing the Entering and Hearing Petitions, as by "^'"''''' 
 Law already Eftabliflied. Vid.pag.14y 
 
 CHAP xlTv I'^^'sl''!^ 
 
 An Ad for the Emitting Bills of Credit forlHl?§ 
 the Payment of the Publick Debts of ih\s\\\%]':,\\ 
 
 /^^lr%«Tr 245,2.55,286 
 
 doiony. 289.297.301 
 
 WHEREAS there is in the Treafurer's hands, the Sum of Fifteen Hun- 5°?;5°5',m 
 drsdand Five Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Nine-pence, in good ^^z\-}so,i^s 
 Bitlf, fit for further Service^ which woi brought in by the Rate^ Granted Odiober, and j6j. 
 One Thoufand Seven flundred and Twenty Seven, and are lodged in the 
 Treafury, for the further dijpofal of this Affembly. 
 
 g|t fS tfnatten 6y tlje <©obernour, Councif anti Ecprtfcntatftes, (a 
 4Btneral Coutt SflfemMcJi, an& ftp tfje flutljo^ttj? of tfje famr,Thac the faid I ^°^ '■ '*^.'* 
 Treafurer fliall be, and he is hereby, Authorized and Impowred, to Iflue Emitted °o 
 out and Deliver, the aforefaid Sura of Fifteen Hundred and Five Pounds Six- anfwer the 
 teen Shillings iind Nine-pence, towards the Payment of the Debts, and the Public Char- 
 Neceffary Charges of this Colony, according to fuch Orders as (hall be^^^"^'^*^ 
 given him from Time to Time, according to Law. Colony. 
 
 C H A P. X L V. 
 
 An Adl for the Rendering the Bills of Pub- 
 lick Credit on this Coiony,of better Cur- 
 rency,and for preventing Fraud and Deceit 
 in putting off Torn and Defaced Bills. 
 
 WHEREAS feveral of the Bills ef Credit, Emitted by thts Colony, arePreamtle. 
 Torn in Pieces, and do ufually pafs from Man (o Mm, which Ufage is 
 th»ng,ht net to be for tublitk Advantage* 
 
 tfOK
 
 ^«i(, Regf^ Regit G E O R G IJ. / /• SecUodo. 
 
 368 milU of CreDit^ ^lueftion. 
 
 Form 
 
 Blili. 
 
 For the Preventing whereof : 
 25e ft tfttatttH lip t^e (©otecnrouc, Council anD Etprefentatftftf, in 
 4Btntx&l Couct aKTcmbUD, anti b? tte 38utt)0?it? of tte fame, That there 
 be forthwith Imprinted a certain number of Bills of Credit, on this Colo- 
 ^000 1 to U ny> in fuirable Sums, from Two Shillitip to Five Poundi^ which in the whole 
 new Imprin- fhall amount to the Sum of 5«x Thoufand Poundi, which Bills (hall be Inden- 
 t«d, fft. ted and Stamped, with fuch Stamps as the Governour and Council fhall 
 Order, and be Signed by the Committee appointed to Sign the Bills of 
 Credit on this Colony laft Emitted, they or any three of them, and of the 
 Tenor following. i^O ( ) ao s. 
 
 . ^Hh IndtntU Bill of TyMtniy S\\\\\\n%%y dut from thi Colony of Corm^dtxcut 1 
 ojm of the X .^ New- England, to the Pojfffor thereof , (hall be in Value e^ual to Money, I 
 and JhaU be accordingly accepted by the Treafurer and Receivers Subordinate to I 
 him ; and for any Stock at any time in the Treafury. Hartford, July the Ttpelfth, ' 
 AnnoDom 1709. ByOrder of the General /4Jfemhly, May, I7r3. 
 
 ikriU it fd further €nfl£teD, That the faid Bills fo to be Imprinted by 
 Said Bills to '^" ^^' ^^'^ ^^ ^^^ ^^'^ Committee be put into the Treafurer's hands, 
 be delivered talcing his Receipt for the fame ^ and the faid Trcafurer is hereby Impow- 
 to the Trea- red at any time within one Year after the Twenty third Day of Mayj Anno 
 ^rer.ache to Domini, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Trventy Nine, to Exchange any, and 
 5f«mfor¥oTn *" 0^ *^« ^^^^ ^»"s, and all other Out-ftanding Bills of this Colony, that 
 atOut-ftand- are not Printed on the Backs of them, with any Perfon, who fhall within 
 ing one». faid Time, offer him in Exchange any of the Outsftanding Bills of Credic 
 ofthis Colony, Torn, as aforefaid. Value for Value : But not to give or 
 difpofe them to any other Ufe or End whatfoever, without the Order of 
 this Aflembly. 
 
 9lnD ft (S furtl^et (toattcli, That as foon as the Bills to be Imprinted 
 A Pfoclama- and Signed by this Aft, (hall be put into the hands of the Treafurer, a Pro- 
 tion tobe if- clamation be printed and Publifhedjpurfuant to this Aft, direfting allPer- 
 
 calune in ^°"' '^^'' ^^^^ ^"^ ^"'^^ ^'^'^ ^" '^*^'' ^^"^^ Out-flanding as above-men- 
 Outftanding tioned, to bring in their faid Bills into the Treafury, to be Exchanged by 
 Bills. the Treafurer as abovefaid, on Penalty of having their Demands upon the 
 
 Treafury, by Reafon of fuch Bills, Refufed. 
 
 ' HEREAS the Proprietors of fame Ancient Towns in this Government^ 
 
 vhich were Set led before any Patents icere granted out to them, did agree 
 
 or accuftom themfelves to divide the Common or "Undivided Lands, within their 
 
 Townjhtps amongji themfelvety according to the Methods, and the Intertfisy and 
 
 Vid. pag. 54, Troportitns,as bji themfelves were agreed on,orconftnted to\ and did not grant their 
 
 ^J> 94» *^'t lainds in Town- Meetings ^as fame other Towns in this Colony have done, and have 
 
 ali'iSriOJ tontinuei to VraHife according to their faid Ancient Cufloms in the Divifions of 
 
 a97'»99'3»J *^^ Common Land from Time to Time to this Day. And whereas many of the 
 
 ill* & J J7' Ancient Proprietors in fuch ToivnftiipSyhave Sold not only Divifions fo obtained, but 
 
 alfo a confiderable fart of their Inter efls and Proportions in faid Common Land, 
 
 and thereby the Purchafers thereof, have obtained confiderable EJlatet to them' 
 
 f elves, in the Manner and form aforefaid. And whereas fame doubt hath arifen 
 
 vhethtr the Law made May the Ninth, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and 
 
 Twenty Three, EntHuled, An Aft for the better Eftablilhing and Confir- 
 
 Sec pag. 195. Motion of Titles of Land, anciently obtained in Townfhips according to 
 
 * Cuftoms heretofore ufed ; and for the preventing Contentions about the 
 
 {&me,dolh EfeSuallj Quiet and Confirm Titles obtained in the form aforefaid. 
 
 Whereupon a Queftion arifes and is put to this Aflembly, namely, 
 
 Queftion a- "U^f^ether Difpofitions of Lands, made by the Proprietors of any Town m thie Gt» 
 
 boiit divifion vernment, and the Divifions and Inter efls obtained in the Form aforefaid, be 
 
 efaid, a Confirmation of fuch Interejlt «; 
 by this Aflembly in the Affirmative. 
 
 w 
 
 of Lands. nithinthe Equity of the AB aforefaid, a Confirmation of fuch Inter ep and 
 Divifions > RESOLVED by this Afler 
 
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 Jmo Regnt Regis GEORGIJ. // Tertio. 
 
 :^titirti0ual ::^ct relatins to t!)e pmmut. 3^9 
 
 Thirty-five copies 
 
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 Albert C. Bates, 
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 AcSs and Laws 
 
 Faded by the General Court or AfTembly of His Majefties Colony 
 of Comedicut in NewEnglanei : Begun and Held at New-Haven on 
 the Ninth Day of Odoier, in the Third Year of the Retga of 
 Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, of Great Britain, dic^ 
 KING. Amoque Domim, 17x9. 
 
 CHAP. X L V r. 
 
 Vide page 
 
 An Aa in Addition to anAcft, Entituled, ''^^^f * 
 An Ad for the Encouragement of £hevidepa.«34 
 
 Poft-office. iiirSr 
 
 THIS ^femhlyOhferving that theVrlviUdge of IPerrp are agromng 
 and Profit Able Efiate to the Owners of them, and ttot Ordered to be 
 Taxed in the Publkk Lifis of Eftates, the Fare of which is alfo within ^^''wWf 
 the Regulation of this Court : And that by a Late ^d of Parliament, 
 the Rtding Vo/ls appointed by the Pofi-mafien, are Ordered a free PaJJage over all 
 the Ferries in the Plantations, and the feveral Ferry-men obliged to give due jitten- 
 dance upon them withoi£t any Demand upon them for their Ferriage, on the Penalty 
 of Five Pounds. 
 Be (t (Cnactctr anU <©^lia{nEft bp t^e (Botjernottr, Cotmcfl eno Eeprefm- 
 
 tfltilJESf (11 (PenecaKTouct MtmbleD, That after the Firft of 7<jKii^ry Who may 
 next Enfuing, that the Honourable the Governour, Deputy Governour, ^^^^ Ferriage 
 Afliflants, and Reprefentatives for the Time being, Alfo the Judges of the ^'^*^' 
 Superiour, and Judges and Juftices of the InferiourCourts,when and fooften ., _.,, 
 asth«y ftiall have Occafion, to Pafs and Re-pafs over the faid Ferry's, or Jg^AlWd 
 any of them upon the Publick Bufineft ofthe Colony ; alfo all Pofts and for the Fer- 
 other Perfons that ihall have Occafion on Publick Service, whofe Ferriage nage of any 
 Fare has been wont to be Paid out of the Publick Treafury, (hall after the °" ■P"t'l>ck 
 firft of January aforefaid, Pafs and Re-pafs Ferriage free, as aforefaid : And ^"^'*^^ 
 no Bills drawn on the Treafury ,{hall be Paid by the Treafurer, nor Allow- 
 ed by the Auditors, nor Signed by any Affiftant or Juftice of the Peace, 
 for any ofthe Ferriages above-mentioned ; Any Law, Ufage or Cufiom 
 CO the Contrary aotwithfianding. 
 
 R r r CHAP
 
 Ah»9 Regnl RegU G E R G I J, / /.. Tcftlo. 
 
 ' — — CHAP. XLVII. 
 
 An AS: for Regulating the Admiflion of 
 
 Jifif'fip Freemeo, and to prevent any Perfons that 
 
 149.191 gfg jjQt VmQ of this Corpoi'atioo, from 
 
 giving their Suffrage in any Free-mens- 
 
 Meetiog, 
 
 FORASMVCH as isu Provided by One Lav ef this Colony^ Entituled^ 
 An Aft R«Ming so Freemen, * That the Nar^ss cfc!! iUch Perfons 
 
 • as arc Admitted, and made Free of this Corporation, fhaU be Enrolled 
 
 * in the Secretary's Office, ' which mm by reafon of the gnat defiance offtme 
 Towns is very di^kult ta be done' 
 
 Freemen to 
 
 25e It <ffna(t?b W tit <0oternouc. Council anC Efjnrerenfatfbejf, 
 
 (n (Smtral Court ^((tmbUt), anH bp tfte 2IlutI}o?{tp of tfje fame. That 
 
 SrEnroird the Town Qerks in the feveral Towns in this Colony, fball £r,rolI in their 
 
 in sheTown- Office, the Names of all fuch Perfons, in their Refpeftive Towns, as are 
 
 Ckikt Office already admitted Freemen of this Corporation ; fuch Enrolltoent to be 
 
 made in the op^n Frcemens-Meeting , Legally AflesnMedj, by the direftion 
 
 of the Authority and Seleft-men of the Town- 
 
 %i\ti it tsl fiiCtSjsc €naftett. That no Perfon or Perfons (hall hereafter 
 Freemenhow jjg Admitted sndi made Free of this Corporation, but in the open Free- 
 Admitted. niens-Meeting of the Town whereunto he belongs, Regularly AiTembled : 
 And all fuch Perfons as are in fuch Meeting Lawfully Admitted and Sworn 
 Freemen, Ihail have their Names Enrolled with the Town Clerk ', Any 
 Law, Ufage cr Cuftom to the Contrary notwithflanding. 
 
 CHAP. XLVII I. 
 
 See chap. 44 An Aft fof Emitting Bills of Credit. 
 
 I'd itf fiDjfistee anb (BvMth Bp tje (goUrcneut, Countfl snJ> Eepr«rcnta< 
 tiics, in ©enetal Court SflflmitU !!,ano 6p tfjc 3fiutIjo?{tp of t^t Came, 
 That there be forthwith Emitted, a certain Number of Bilk of Credit on 
 aooo I to be jj^js Colony, in fuitable Sums from Two killings to Bw Founds^ which in 
 ^™'*vf Vs the whole fhall amount to the Sum of Two Thoufand Pounds and no more, 
 EcVoebts which Sum is and fliall be a part of the Bills of Credit of this Colony, now 
 in the Treafurers Hands, for the Exchange of the Bills of this Colony of 
 the firft Iraprefiion ; And the faid Treafurer is accordingly hereby Im. 
 powred and Ordered to IlTue forth and Emit the fame, towards the Pay- 
 ment of the Publick Debts of this Colony, and the further Necefiary 
 Charges thereof, attending fuch Orders as fhall be given him from Time 
 to Time according to Law. 
 
 ^nO it (g fucttet (gnatteO 65 tfie Slutfjo^it? afojefaio. That as a Fund 
 
 and Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in the (aid Sum of Two 
 
 Thoufand Pounds into tlie Treafury, This Affembly Grants a Tax or Rate 
 
 Fund for oiTmThoufand One Hundred Pounds jto\>&LQnQAxi^on Polls and all the 
 
 DrawiiTg in Rateable Eftate within this Colony, and to be paid into the Treafury, at 
 
 faidBillsintOjj^{jg{Q^g jhelaftDay of y^Kfay?, which will bsin the Year of our Lord 
 
 the Treafury ^^^ jhoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Six ; which faid Rate fhsll be Paid 
 
 ^^^'"* in Bills of Credit of this Colony, or in Money as it paflech Generally 
 
 Currant in the Country at the Time of Paym£nt,and in no other manner. 
 
 CHAP
 
 Anno Regnl Regit G E O R G I J. r L Tertlo- 
 
 CHAP. XL IX. 
 
 An Adi direfling how Fines and Forfeitures, 
 
 recovered before any one Afliftant ox^i^Xf^f^ 
 Jufliceof the Peace, (hall be difpofed of! 
 
 Be ft Cnattelj Iij tl)c «®ot)ernour. Council anli Beprcfentntitesf, fn Fines and 
 dJeneral Couct affemftltti, ano b? tije ^uti)0?(t? of tlje fame, Forfeitures 
 
 That all Fines and Forfeitures that (hall be recovered by Judgment before f^^°^"^'^h" 
 any one Afliftant or Juftice of the Peace, fhall belong to the Treafury of ,°4^3^^''or 
 the Town where fuch Judgment is given- And it Ihall be the Duty of the Juftice of the 
 TreaGirer of fuch Town, to apply himfelf to fuch Afliftant or Juftice of the Peace, to be- 
 F^ace, at leaft within one Year after fuch Judgment is given, for an Account ^"8 '° *he 
 of all fuch Fines and Forfeitures,and receive the fame for the Ufe of fuch j-^^" •'^"** 
 Town i Any former LaWjUfage orCuftora to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 CHAP. L. 
 
 An A&. for preventing the Cutting down 
 or Deftroying, any White Pine Trees, 
 growing in the Bounds of this Colony 5 
 ( Excepting fuch as are any Perfons Pro- 
 perty ) and for Publifliing an A6t of 
 Parliament relating thereunto. 
 
 WHEREAS the Honourable the Governour^ hat Communicated to thit p 
 Courts M M of the Parliament of Grent-bTitAmt Tranfmitted to him 
 from our Agent Jeremiah Dummer £/^; Made for the Plantations^a Fart vherem 
 of concerns thit Government^ and u as foUoweth, vit. " Anno Secundo 
 "GeobgiJ, n. Regis. An Aft for better Regulation of 
 *' His Majefly's Woods in America^ and for the Encouragement of 
 « the Importation of MaflJ, Yards and Bowlprits, from that part 
 " of Great- Britain C9.\]ed Scotland, 
 
 « By the King'/ Most Exceilent Majesty, 
 
 « Se ft Cnatteb, 6? anft toi'tft tbe SBfitice attb tfonfent of ti^e 
 ** %ojD£J spiritual anD i^rmpoEal, HtiO CommonsJ, In t\)l<s prrfent 
 « ^aiUamtnt HffemWeO, anft bp t\)t afiutl^o^itp of tlje fame. That R«itai of aa 
 «« from and after the Twenty ninth Day of September next, no Perfon or y^ °^ ^''' 
 " Perfons within the Colony of Cw^fff/cut, &c. do or (hall Prefume to "™^"^* 
 *' Cut, Fell or Deftroy any White Pine Trees ; except only fuch as are 
 ** the Property of Private Perfbnp, notwithftanding the faid Trees do 
 ** grow within the Limits of any Townfhiplaid out, or to be laid out 
 *' hereafter in the faid Colony, without His Majefty's Royal Licence for 
 " fo doing, flrft had and obtained •, And thofe who ftiall be Aiding or 
 " Aflifting therein, or in Drawing away the faid Pine Trees, after the 
 " fame (hall be Cut and Fell, (hall be all fubjeft to the like Penalties and 
 ** Forfeitures as are Provided in an Aft in the Eighth Year of His Late 
 " Majefty, Entituled, An AH giving further Encouragement for the Importation 
 *' eflifival Stores, and for othsr Putpofes therein mentioned. 
 
 - Which
 
 An»D Regnl Regis GEORGIJ, //. Tertio. 
 
 Which Aft of Parliament, all Courts, Judges and Juftices in this Colony, 
 Thefaid Aft are bp x^Z (Botjttnouc, Countil nnb Eepcefentatibe^, (n General Court 
 ♦ *^''h'''*iT"' *'^*"'''J«^> ""^ ^? *^^ 2utl30?»tp of tt)e fame, Uireaed to Obferve and 
 led on the ^''""'c, as the Law of this Colony : And all Perfons are Required to Con- 
 Penalties form themfelves thereunto, on the Pains and Penalties above-referred to* 
 therein men- Which Penalties are as followeth, x/ix.. For every White Pine Tree of the 
 tioned Growth of Twelve Inches Diameter and under, the Sum of Five founds • 
 
 thofe from Twelve Inches Diameter to Eighteen Inches Diameter, Ten 
 
 Founds ; and thofe from Eighteen to Twenty Four Inches Twenty Pounds ; 
 
 and thofe from Twenty Four Inches Diameter and upwards, the Sum 
 
 of F'fty Founds, 
 
 CHAP. LI. 
 
 Vide page An A6t fof altering the Day appointed by Law, for the Free men 
 5'* *^' in the Counties of Hzrtford and Windham to Meet to give in 
 their Votes, for tlie Nomination of Publick Officers. 
 
 1C is iDjDcceU Bp \\z dPotemour, Countil ann ttcpcerentatftttf, itt 
 45enetal Coutt SfiffemMeO, anO bp tte Hui!)o?(tH of t^e fame, That 
 of Hartford for the Future, the Time for the Freemen in the County oiHurtferd to 
 & Windham j^ieet in Seftember, fhall be the Third Tuefday ; And the Time for the 
 when' to' Freemen in the County of Wsndham to Meet in September , fhall be the 
 Meet Second Tuefday ; and the Time for faid Freemen in the County of Windham 
 to Meet in April, (hall be the laft Tuefdaj; Any Law to the contrary noc- 
 withftanding- 
 
 CHAP. L 1 1. 
 
 An Ad concerning the People called Baptifts, 
 
 UPON the Memorial of the People called Baptijfs, Praying that they may 
 be Difcharged from the Payment of Rates and Taxes fer the Support of the 
 
 (jofjjel Mnifiry in this Government, and fer Building Meeting- Houfes 
 
 %t (0 EefolbeD Irp t^e Ootiernour, Council anfi RepceCentatrtje©, fn 
 The people ^metal Couct aCftmbkU, anO bp tlie autfto^itp of t$e famt, That 
 called Bap. for the future, the fame Privilege and Exemption from the Charges afore- 
 *'d^ ^ oT' ^*''*' '* ^'* Granted by this Aflembly in May Laft, unto the People 
 ker's*^ *' "I'ed Quakers, is hereby allowed unto them, under the like Regulations; 
 &e chap 40 Any Law, Ufage or Cuftora to the Contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 " CHAP. L 1 1 L 
 
 An ASt for Levying a Tax. 
 
 THIS AfTembly Grants a Rate of Two- fence on the Found^ on all the 
 Polls and Rateable Eftate in this Government. To be Paid into 
 ARateofx<*the Treafury, in the Bills of Credit of this Colony with the ufual 
 »"*^*«f'^'"'' Advance of TwWv^.pwe on the Found-, Or in the good Bills of Credit of 
 ^'' Four Signers of the Majfachufetts-Bay ; Or in the Bills of Credit of 
 
 New-Tcrkf without Advance on them j Or in Silver Money as it 
 pafTeth in the Country. 
 
 THE Gentlemen Nominated to ftand for Eleilion in jtfay next, fent in to this 
 Affembly by the Freemenof this Colony, areas followeth, l^iz. The Hoiioorable 
 JOSEPH TALLCOTT,E{q; The THon- JON ATH AN L Atf^Efq-, 
 K - f- John Hamlin Efq; Samuel Eells Edi; Matthew AUyn ECq; Roger Wolcott Efo' 
 of°Gov and James Wadfworth Efqv John HaU Efq; John Hooker Efq; Nathaniel Stanlj Efqj 
 AfTiftants Jofeph Whiting Efq; Oz,i« Pitkin Elq; Ttmothy Ptirce Efq; John Burr Efq; 
 for 1730 jvir. Edmund Lewifs. Mr. Samuel Lynde. Capt« Samuel Mather. Mr* Thomas 
 Kimberh, Capt- Thomas Seymour. Capf Roger Newton. 
 
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 :attomepj5 aaegulateB^ tljeir ^\xuiUt^M^. 373 
 
 Thirty-five copies 
 
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 Albert C. Bates, 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or AfTembly of His Majefty'sCoIony of <:<w- 
 nedicut ini^f ».£»g/<i«</,Begun and Held ^iHartfordon tbeFourteenth 
 day of ^^y, In the Third Year of theReignof OurSoverejPn Lord 
 GEORGE the Second, of Great-Britain^ dCc KING. AmnDcm.ijio. 
 
 C H A P. LIV" ~° 
 
 An Ad relating to Attorneys. 
 
 WHEREAS many Vtrfons cf late have taken upon them to be 
 jiitorncys at the Bar Jo that Quarrels and La^ Suits are MuU 
 tifUed, and the King's good SuhjcBs Difiurhed. To the End 
 therefore that fatd Mifchief may be Prevented, and only trover 
 Ferfoni allowed to Plead at the Bar, a* well in Behalf of our So- 
 vireign Lord the King, M of hit good SttbjeSsy and that the Fees of ^ttcrtieys 
 maybe Stated and Known, and for the better Regulating aU Pleading at the Bar 
 
 Be (t (gnaitJtr Bp t^e (Botecnour, Council anH ll8pj^£rfn£6i{fc^&', in 
 General Court ^fltmbko, ano 6p tfie 3liut|)ojiij» of t^z is.xnu Ths: 
 there (hall be Allowed in the Colony Eleven Actorneys. and no moxe wz. 
 Three Attorneys in the County of Hartford, and the other Fcui- Comities 
 to have Two Attorneys to Plead at the Bar in each relpe£Viv2 Ccuntv r.nd 
 no more, which Attorneys ftiall be Nominated and Appointed froa 
 Time to Time as there (hall be Occafion by the County Goure 5 esch 
 County Court to appoint the number of Attorneys hereby alJcwsd, in the 
 County where fuch Court doth Prefide. 
 
 Be (t funliec (Enartta Ip tlje flutiio?(tp afojjfam, Thzim all ASions 
 where the Title of Land is not concerned and the Demand is not above Ten 
 Founds, there (hall not be allowed to Plead at the Bar more than Two At- 
 torneys ; Each Party to improve One Attorney, and no raore t And in all 
 Aftions where Title of Land is concerned, Or the Demand be above Ten 
 ?(>««<//, there Ihall be allowed to each Party Two Attorneys to Plead ac 
 the Bar, and no more. 
 
 23e (t furtl)tc <CnaffE6 bp tte autl)0?frp aro^eiafU, That the Attorneys 
 Fees at the County or Inferior Court, in each Aftion Pleaded by fuch At- 
 torney, (hall be Ten Shillings, and no more; and at the Superior Court Trscrf' 
 Shillings, and no more. And for the future, the Party which ftall Reccver 
 Judgment in any of the faid Courts, (hall have Attorneys Fees, according 
 to the above Regulation, allowed as part of Cofts of Trial. 
 
 Sfs j^g 
 
 Vid.pag.ii8 
 1355165,31* 
 
 treamlle. 
 
 Three Attor- 
 neys tobeia 
 Hartford 
 County, and 
 z in each of 
 the other 
 Counties. To 
 be appointed 
 by County 
 Courts. 
 
 Two to Plead 
 in feme Cafes 
 & 3 in others. 
 
 Their Fees 
 both at Inf. 
 ScSiif.Comts
 
 /^««o Regni RfgU G E O R G I J, / /. Tcrtlo. 
 
 374 Committeefii* Conftablei^* ai5ill£i of Creoit. 
 
 25e ftfurtf)tr(£natt£b tptie^fiutljo^ft? afOjjfaiJj.Thaiin cachCounty theie 
 One Kiiips '^^" ^^ ^"'^ King's Attorney, which Ihall Pk-ad and Manage in the County 
 Attorney to where fuch Attorney is Appointed,inall Matters proper in behalf of our So- 
 be in each vereign Lord theKing,which Attorneys ftiall liQ Appointed Ly the rtfpective 
 County. County Conrts,and be of the Number of Attoineys Allowed as ?.forefaid. 
 
 36e ft futtljf r tfnatteU b? tl^e aut!)t>?it? atmMU, That ihe reverai At? 
 
 Attorneys to torney s that fhal) be Allowed and Appointed as aforefaid.ffjnli from Time to 
 
 be under the Time be under the Direftion of iheCourtsaforefaid, before whom they fhall 
 
 piteftion of piead,whoupon juft Reafon (hall and may Dif-place and wholly Sufpend any 
 
 aid Courts, ^^ ^^j^ Attorneys, or otherwife Proceed againft them,or any of them, that 
 
 fhall Tranfgrefs the Orders and Rules of any offaid Courts as the Lawdirefts. 
 
 C H A P. LV. " ' 
 
 An A<a for Punifhmg fuch as Oppofe Comralteees, Appointed by 
 the General Aflembly to Fix and Afcertain the Bound Line be- 
 tween Townfhips or particular Perfons, 
 
 WHEREAS it often happens, that Committees Appointed by thU /Jfemhiy, 
 to Run, Fix or Afcertain the Bound Line between particular Proprietors, 
 or Torrnjhips, are Interrupted, Oppofed and Hindered in (heir Worl, by feme 
 Evil minded and Ungoverned Perfons. Which to Prevent : 
 
 25e it (JnacttB bp x^t ^otitrnour, Council ant> ^tpctfentatitieij, 
 
 (n (JBeneral Court fUTembUO, anO Ii? t^e autj)0jitj» tl t%t finw, That 
 
 whatfoever Perfon or Perfons, fhall by any Ways or Means Oppofe, 
 
 Hinder or Interrupt fuch Committees, or any other Perfon or Perfons by 
 
 tmuptCom' ^^^"^ ^"^Pi^oved, to Alfift or Aid them in Running and Fixing ary fuch 
 
 mittees Ap- L'"^ or LinejjOr any other Bufinefs which laid Committer are Appointed 
 
 pointed by to do, fiiall Incur the Penalty of Tf» Pott«<i//, and be Bound to their Good 
 
 Gen. Courts Behaviour with one or more Sureties at the Difcretion of the Court that 
 
 w'rk'toFor- ^^^^ Cognizance of fuch Offence : The one Moiety offaid Penalty to 
 
 feit'io/ i^'c ^^ ^^^^ '"'^o ^^^ Publick Treafury, the Remainder to him or them that 
 
 ■ ihall Profecute fuch Offender to Effeft. 
 
 CHAP. L V I. 
 vid pag. 17, An Adi for the better Regulating and Stating the Fees allowed to 
 loj. M*- the fcvcral Conftables, for the Colleifling the Publick Taxes. 
 
 B€ ft €nactc6 bp t^e 45ot)«nouc,Count!l anfi Ecpwrentatft^.'?, In <Bt9 
 neral Court atrfmbUli, anU lip t5e aurl)0?ftp of t%t fame, That the 
 Allowance fcveral Conf^ables in the refpeftive Towns in this Colony, appointed to 
 fortheirTra-CQllgft t|,g prefent Country Rate, granted in Offpi^fr JafV, and that fhall 
 thering the hereafter be appointed for that Service from time to timej fball be allowed 
 Country ouc of the publick Treafury of thisColony, for their Travel, to account 
 Rate. with the Treafurer, Tfc»-«-p<»« p«r Mile out and in j Any Law, Ufageor 
 
 Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 CHAP. L V I r ' 
 
 See chap. 48 An k€t for Emitting Bills of Credit, 
 
 WHEREAS there is in the Hands of Mr-JohnWhk'mgjTreafiirer oftbisCo- 
 lony,the Sum of Two Thou fandThree Hund red Eighteen PoundsThree 
 treambie. Shillings and Seven-pence,»»|eo^ Bills ft for further Service ;wbich vm brought 
 in by the Rate granted Oftober, One Thoufind Seven Hundred and Twenty 
 Eight, rfn^ are Lodged in the Treafury for the further Diffofal of this jiffernbly, 
 
 2t f3 (CnaiTtU bp t!)e (Fottcnour, Council anfi StprEfentatiitjS, in 
 *3'8'- 5/-&(Bentrnl<rouctflfFembl£li,ant»bp tlie 3Sut|)0j!t? of t^e lame, That the 
 Jo AnfTvcff^''^ Treafurer fhall be, and he is hereby Authorized and Impowred to 
 Public Debts IfTue out and Deliver the aforefaid Sum of 7wo Tbcvfand Thrcs Hundred 
 & Charges, and Eighteen Pounds Three Shillings and Seven-pence, towards the PayiTsnt of 
 the Debts, and the Neceflary Charges of this Colony, according to fuch 
 Orders as Ihall be givfen him from Time to Time, according to Law- 
 
 CHAP
 
 Ahuo Regni Regis GEORGIJ, / /. Tertio. 
 
 Hartford COtttlt^^ MtjlDtS. %iitS* ^^V^UttitS. 37$ 
 
 CHAP- L V 1 r I. 
 An k€t for Enlarging the County ol HartforJ, and Appointing a Vid. p«g. jo 
 
 Surveyor for faid County. Is^'.'jiS*'** 
 
 Be (t <ffnflttHi Bp tlje (Softctnour, Council anfl IRtptefrntatitttf, (i» 
 <Drnrra\ tfouct SStCemMcti, anO b? t^e SCutDojit^ oE t^t Tame, That couoty of 
 all that part of the Weftern Lands now beloagiiig to the Proprietors o( mnfordin^ 
 Hartford and Windfar^ lying Weft of Farminiton and Symsbury, and Eaft larged. 
 and North of Litchfield, be Annexed to the County of Hartford ; Any 
 Law to the Contrary Notwitbftanding. 
 
 This AlTembly do appoint Mr. Jonathan Burnham to be County f^jJ^J.^^^^ 
 Surveyor for the County of Hartford. ^ 
 
 CHAP. Lix! " 
 
 An AGt for the Punirtiment of Negro, Indian and Molatto 
 
 Slaves, for fpeaking Defamatory Words vid.p«g.i}8 
 
 Be ft ^iiaaed bp ttie <®otjmiouc, Countll anU EepcefentatfijeiJ, fit 
 <0eneral court 3il(remblrti, anU bp t|e 3fiut!jojftp oE tfte fame. That 
 if any Negro, Indian or Molatto Slave, fhall Uttor, Publifli and Speak fuch si e f fc. 
 wordjof any Perfon, that would by Law be Adionable if the fame were ing^Defema- 
 Uttered, Publiftied or Spoken by any Free Perlbn, of any other ; fuch tory words, 
 Negro, Indian or Molatto Slave being thereof Conviaed before any one howPuniih'd, 
 AlCftant or Juftice of the Peace, ( who are hereby Impowred to Hear and 
 Determine the fame, ) fhall be Punirtied by Whipping, at the Difcretion of 
 the AlCftant or Juftice before whom the Trial is,( Refpeft being had to the 
 Circuroftances of the Cafe,) not Exceeding Forty Stripes ; and the faid Slave 
 fo Convifl, fhall be Sold to Defray all Charges arifing thereupon ; Unlefs 
 the fame be by his or their Mafter or Miflrefs Paid and Anfwered 
 
 Provided NevertbekJ!,Thit fuchNegro,Indianor Molatto Slave, be not De- Provifo. 
 barred from making fuch Pleas, and offering fuch Evidences in his or their 
 Defence or Jufiification, on fuch Trial, as any other Perfon might make ule 
 of, being Sued in an A£lion of Defamation, fo far as Relates to the Trial 
 before faid Juftice ; any thing above to the Contrary notwithflanding. 
 
 . -■ CH*A P. '£"£ ' " 
 
 An A<a to Prevent the Lift of the Polls and Rateable Eftate yoJTl^*"* 
 in the feveral Towns from being Altered or Loft. 'm.iojVmj 
 
 BtSft CnatftO IiBt^s ^otecncutrjCeuncilanB IRcprcfentatfljeg, fn "^•*''9'^2' 
 (Stmvtil €mtt Mtmb\t^fit(& bg t|^e ^ut|o?tt? of sfje fanw,That the j^*. '**" 
 Liifers in each of the refpe«Sive Towns in this Co!ony,{hall Annually forae 
 time in the Month of January, ^cViytt the Lift ol the Polls and Rateable Es Direftion to 
 flare of the Inhabitants of their Town by them made, to the Clerk of the Lifters. 
 Town.taking his Receipt for the fame; upon Penalty that every Lifter that 
 fliall refufeor negleft the fame, (hall pay to the Treafury of fuchTown,the 
 Sum of Ten Tounds : To be Recovered by Aaion,Bili,Plaint or Information. 
 
 Unft it i& furtftec€nflitel>,That theTown Clerk in the refpeaive Towns „. „. 
 ftallgiveto the Lifters a Receipt of fuch Lift to them Tendered or Delivered XownClerki* 
 as aforefaidjunder the like Penalty ^to be R.ecovered as aforefaid: and fafely 
 keep fuch Lift for the ufe of the Conftables, Rate-makers,and Colleftors of 
 the Minifter, Town and Society Rates, for them to make faid Rates by. 
 
 ' ~~~ CHAP. L XL 
 
 An Aa for Repealing an Aft concerning Bay-berries. li's.^lf'jJi 
 
 THIS Aflembly Obferving the Mifislmprovement of one Law in this^jj 
 Colony, Pile 270. Entituled, yin v4fl for Encoura£ement of rfce Jating to "' 
 Getting of Bay-herry Taltom^ Do Repeal the faid Law, and all Afts in Ad- Bay. berries 
 <lition thereunto, andic is hereby Repealed and made Void, Repealed. 
 
 CHAP
 
 Mho Rtgtti Regis G E O R G I J, / /. Tcrtlo. 
 
 376 mtaxs in 33iiy)tvs* ^D^p, &c» 
 
 CHAP. L X 1 1. 
 
 vid.pag.205 An Ad In Addition unto one Law of this Government, to Prevent 
 M4.i74.3i4 Nufances by Hedges, Wears in Rivers, G^c ( Pag. loj ) 
 
 WHEREAS in faid AS no Frovifion it made to Regulate the Building 
 of Wean, &c. for the Catching of Fi[h on the Flat ts of ftvtral River} 
 freamHe. Coves and Harbours within this Government, fo that the Peofle not only run into 
 Contentions and Quarrels about the fame, but the Benefit of Catching of Fip> in 
 that Way it Liable wholly to be Frufirattd. Which Co Prevent : 
 
 "Bz it€nottfl> b? tJie <<!5oi)tcnour,€ouncil antilBleiiicefentat(bej5,(n(Brnfral 
 
 They who ^DUtt 3Cfftml)l2li, anD b? tl)e 3flui|)0?(tp of tjie fame, That whofoever 
 
 Weafto"^ ^ ^^" firftSec up a Wear for the Catching of Fifti, on any Flatts within 
 
 Ca"h'°Fifli 2ny of the aforefaid Rivers, Coves, &c. ftjall not be Interrupted by any 
 
 en any flatts Others Setting a Wear on the fame Flatt, in the Way or Courfe of the 
 
 fif'rnot to be pifh, coming to the faid Wear firft Built, nearer than at Three Quarters 
 
 Obftru(;ied, ^^^ jyjj|g Djflance ; and that whofoever (hall Prefume to Build or Set up 
 
 a Wear or Wears, nearer to the Wear firft Set up as aforefaid, than Three 
 
 Quarters of a Mile, in the Way or Courfe of the Fifli coming to the faid 
 
 fir ft Wear, without Liberty firft had and obtained from the County Court 
 
 in the County where the faid Wear is Set, the fame fhall be Deemed a 
 
 common Nufance, and fhall be Proceeded againft in all Refpefts, as the 
 
 abovefaid Law has Provided for the Removal of Nufances by Hedges, 
 
 Wears in Rivers, &c. 
 
 CHAP. LXIir. "~" 
 
 Vid.pag. 18, An A.^ in Addition to an A(k, Entituled, Aa Ail concerning 
 JO?. »'*• Sheep and Sivine. 
 
 B<C ft (CnatttD bp tlie <J3obernour, Council anU Srpctfentatfbeff, in 
 General Couct afftmbUti, ant> b? tjie aut^o^ftH oE tl)z fame, That 
 Owners of the Owners of Sheep, Living within the Limits wherein any Flock of 
 Sheep toMeet Sheep is already Ordered, or Ihall hereafter Lawfully be Ordered to be, 
 & chufe a ftiall bc Allowed and Impowred, and they are hereby Allowed and Im- 
 ^^"v^'Af\° powred, to Meet together within their Limits as often as there fhajl be 
 Orders to ff^ Occafion, and in fucti their Meetings, by their Wajcr Vote, according to 
 cure theflock their Intereft, to be Computed according to the Number of Sheep each 
 in cheir limits Voter hath, to choofe their Clerk, who (hall be Swcrn to maie True 
 Tv"* ''""S Entries of all fuch Votes and AAs as (hall be Made by faid Owners of 
 Ss°^£?* Sheep : And alfo to Choofe Sheep Mafters for the Hiring a Shepherd, 
 ' ' and Letting out the Flock to Fold, and other Prudential Affairs relating 
 to the Flock. And alfo in fuch their Meetings to make Orders for the 
 Warnings of the Meetings ; and alfo to make all NecefTary Orders, 
 proper for the better Managing their Flock, ReRraining Rams from 
 going at Large within their Limits, and Securing the Flock from 
 being Deftroyed by Dogs. 
 SinU it (0 fuctljtc ^cobitieU, That no Damage fiiall be Recovered 
 V If n againft any Perfon or Perfonsfor Killing any Dog or Dogs, according to 
 KjllingUogs. ^jjg aforefaid Order of the Owners of any Fiock. 
 
 SDnb ft l!S futtljec (EnacteD, That the Fee for Impounding Sheep 
 
 that are not of the Flock, taken Damage Feafanc, fhall be Two-pence per 
 
 Head : And that every Town that do not Agree to have any Flock, fhall 
 
 oundinR * ^^^® ^^^ ^^""^ Power to make Afts relating to the Reftraining Rams, 
 
 Sheep, I J. and Securing the Sheep from being Defl royed by Dogs, as the Owners of 
 
 pe^Head. Sheep have that live within the Limits of any Flock as aforefaid : And 
 
 that the Fee for Impounding Sheep in fuch Towns, that are taken 
 
 Damage Feafanc, (hall be Tvco-pence fir Head as abovefaid; Any Law, 
 
 Ufage or Cuftom to the Contrary r.ocwi;hfLand int;. 
 
 iV LOJSDON : Printed & Sold by T. Grccnjfrinter to the Gov. &:.Comp. 17 jo
 
 Anno Regni Regk G E O R G I J, / /. Quarto. 
 
 Thirty-five copies 
 
 roiasaed by 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 Hartford, 1919- 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefties Colony 
 of CetmeHicut in New England : Begun and Held at New Haven, on 
 Thurfday the Eighth Day cAO^ober. in the Fourth Year of the 
 Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, of Great- 
 Britain,SiC. KING. Annoque Dcmini, 1730. 
 
 CHAP. LXIV. 
 
 An A& in addition to the Law, Entituled, 
 An AA concerning Common Fields and v«dep3g.f6' 
 rences* 190,116.354 
 
 Be (t <tnam l? tfje «ot)crnour, Countrt anu mcprefentatitjes, ?o°fTo""t<, 
 (n (Benetal Couct iaSembUH, ano bp tlje 1l«t6o?(tj of t^e fame, puichafers of 
 That the Committee annually Cholen according to the diredion J^*""^' ^^'^^ 
 of faid Law, (hall have Power, and they are hereby Impowred, P'°J"'"i°" 
 when and fo often as any perfon or perfons fliall Purchafe any Lands within how "he 
 fuch Common Field, they ftiall fet out to fuch Purchafers their proportion Charges of 
 of Fence, according to the Quantity of Land Purchafed, and the Charge the Commit. 
 
 of the Committee therein to be defrayed by fuch Purchafer- <.^^" '"^ ^^' 
 
 ' frayed. 
 
 CHAP. LXV. 
 
 Vid pag. JJ, 
 zo. 
 
 An Aft in Addition to an Aft, Entituled, |4.{/f' 
 An Aft concerning Fencing particular '^' '^' 
 Inclofures, 
 
 WHEREAS in faid AH no Frovifion is made, or Liberty given for ferfons Preamble, 
 whofe Lands border on each other, to fet any part of a Stone Fence or Wall, 
 gt any di fiance from the dividend Line between fueh Perfonf. 
 
 Ttc ^t
 
 j4hho Regu} /?(grf GEORGIJ //. Q"3rto. 
 
 :j78CoUe(tD^g€)cccuwg^ |^erConigpetp et uaUy€£;afin*ft. 
 
 ' - ' Beit tljereCo^c fuctttcr €nflctea iJp tO? (Bofeectiottc, Caurtcf I cnD IRf pr eftus 
 Liberty for torfbej^.Jn dPenecalCourtanfmbleMti" b? tlje ^utf)0?(tp ftf ffje fflrnf.Thai 
 either Party ^Yyere (hall be a Liberty tor either Party fo bordering on each other, to fet 
 Mch"thfr°ro the one half of the Wedth of fuch Stone Fence or Wall, on each fide from 
 fet on^ehalf" the dividend Line between fuch Perfons, Provided it exceed not One Fooc 
 StoneWallon and an Half from faid Line on his Neighbours Land, 
 each fide from — - — — 
 
 l"''"' chap Lxvr. 
 
 An Ad for granting the fame Power to the 
 
 Executors or Adminiftrators of deceafed 
 
 8^.o*fitl: CoUedors, in gathering any part of the 
 
 M'.jsj 3 5 ^jjj.g5 committed to fuch Colleftors to 
 
 gather, as they in their Life-time had. 
 
 THIS Afftmbly ebferving,That mtnithfianding it wot Refotved by th'u Ajfemhly 
 in the Seventh Year «f Queen AliNE, * That allColleftors of Rates and 
 Fteemtie. t Xaxes, have full Power and Authority toCoIleaany part ofthe Rate after 
 * their Year is up •, Tet if the CoUtUor be by Death Removed after the Tear is 
 Expired, there it no Provifton in the Law for the CoUeUivg that which may then 
 hafpen to he behind. 
 
 Collectors ^g fj noto (jnaitftt b? t^e (tototrnouc, CotincU anu IReprerentatttftf, in 
 f*"^'°L* °/<3£neraI Court «llTembIcD, and B? rge 31luf!)o;itp of tl)e feme. That the 
 tobTve the Executors or Adminiftrators of fuch deceaied Colleaors, fhal) have the 
 famePowerto fame Power and Authority to Colleft any and every part of the Rate, noc 
 gather Rates, paid to the faid Colleftor in his Life time, as the faid CoUeftor would 
 it Colleaors ijjyg ^^^^ ^^^ ^e been then Alive. 
 
 themieives. ^^^ furtljcc ft «g f toWBeU, That this Aft fhall Enure to the Benefit of 
 Benefit of this ^j^g Executors or Adrainittrators of fuch deceafed Colle£lors for the time 
 xothlu&t paft. as well as for the time to come. 
 
 p ' ' 3finti it 10 furtl)ec pcotiOeH, That all Executors and Adminifirators of 
 ^Refponfible Colleaofs, fliall be Refponfible for the Rates, as the CoUeftors are by Law. 
 fet Rites. 
 
 AND the Quef^ion being put, Whether it be in the Power and is the Duty of 
 A Queftion every Town and Society in this Colony, on the Death of any CelleBor before their 
 lelaiing to Year be tip, and the Rate rot fully CoUeBed, do proceed forthwith to the Choice of 
 TheChoiceof _ QotitSor for the fathering the remaining part of the Rate < 
 newColleftors / <» o 
 
 on the Death RESOLVED in the Affirmative. 
 
 offoimeroiKS . — -^ „ 
 
 CHAP. LXVIL 
 
 An k& for requiring Sheriffs, to take care 
 Videpagjtfo ^^^^ ^^^j^ Perfons as are Sentenced to 
 
 perpetual Confinement in the Goals of 
 the feveral Counties of this Colony, be 
 conveyed to the Work-houfe at Hartford^ 
 
 THIS jiffembly obfervingf That divers Per fons in this Colony have formerly 
 been Sentenced to perpetual Confinement in fome or other of the Goals ofihii 
 Colony, thtre being then no tther fuitablt Place of Confintmtnt for them.
 
 Juno IRegn't Regis GEORGIJ // Quarto 
 
 5i:ajC.Xtbo^ueftiOttSi3aefolt)eD»iI5omination»379 
 
 gt a noto IRefolbeft fij tljfs 3lllTcmDlp, That they fhall be Removed to 
 the Work hoiife ^t Hartfsrd^ there to be Confined at the difcrecion of the Perfons who 
 Mafier, and Imp'oyed according to the Orders of the Houfe- ""^'^ \° ^^ 
 
 3i!nD (t itf t'uctJjec f coWDeD, That the Sheriffs of the feveral Counties, G"ji"''*fo 5^ 
 take care to fee this Order put in Execution, and lay an account of the removed to 
 Charge thereof before Nathaniel Stanly, E(q; for his Correflion ; who is the Work- 
 hereby direftcd to make out an Order on the Treafurer of this Colony ^'^'■^^^ ^c 
 for the Payment thereof. Hartford. 
 
 2nU furtljer. The Mafter of the Work-houfe is Ordered to forbear the 
 Punifhment on their firft AdmiiTion. in removi'ng 
 
 SfinO it ig fuctfjcr ^roWDf tl, That whereas David Robinfon of Durham, {^ch petfons. 
 VPOi Ordered by this /ijfemhly, to Confinement within the limits of his own Farm, on 
 fain of being fent to New-Hflven Goal^ by any of the Jufiices of this Colony, when a new Order 
 he (hould be found rambling beyond his Limits. 5!' ^^ f^O^ iX'^Of rcD, That he refpcding 
 Ihall be fent to the Work-houfe aforefaid, by any of the Affiftantsor JuHices DavidRohin- 
 of this Colony, on the Conditions aforefaid •■, there to be Confined and fonofDurham 
 Improved according to the Orders of the Houfe: And that he fhall be 
 Excufed from the Punifliment Ordered by the Law at his firft Enterance. 
 
 CHAP. LXVIII. 
 
 An A(ft for Levying a Tax on Polls, &c, 
 
 THIS Aflembly Grants a Rate oftao-pence on the Pound, on all the 
 Polls and Rateable Eflate in this Government To be Paid into the A Rate of : d 
 
 PublickTreafury,in the Bills of Credit of this Colony with the ufual Advance ^Yow^Paid* 
 otTrpelvesfence on the Peund,or in true Bills of Credit of Four Signers of the ° * 
 
 M'^f'tchufetts- Bay,. or in true Bills of Credit of New York, without Advance 
 
 on them j or in Silver Money as it pafTeth in the Country. 
 
 jO QVESTION propounded to thi/ JJfsmhly, on the Law of this Colony, Entitoled, ^^^J'^^''' ^^' 
 '^ An A£t for theEafe offuchasfoberlyDiflent from the way of Worlhip ^'='^^P4o.J» 
 and Miniftry, Eflabliftied by the Laws of this Govern ment;i'/z„W%ef^fr any a Queftion 
 fuch perfons as Vroft^ themfehes of the Congregational or Presbyterian Perfwafon RefolvoJ. 
 ( fo called ^ftnce they are ^Hotved and under the ProteClion of our Laws, ought to 
 Qualify themfelvts at mentioned in the aforefaid ^Sl, in Order to their Meeting 
 to perform Divine Worfhip ? RESOLVED in the Negative. 
 
 ___________________________^___^_____^________^____^___^_____ Vidpag.rzo, 
 
 I3i,i49,27i 
 a QfVESTlON being propounded t» thit Affembly,upon the Law,EntituUd,kn Aft j^g^^tYi'g 
 ** direfting Proceedings againft Forceabie Entry and Detainer ; Whether jj^^^^sjyg 
 the /Authority before whom any perfon or perfons are ConviCled in due form of Lnw 
 ef any Forceabie Entry or Detainer, in fuch Caufes only where the nature of the FaB A Queftion 
 or Fails, are fuch as are Cognizable before thefaid Authority, fuch Authority (hall Refolyed. 
 Tax Bills ofCoft, and grant Execution accordingly ? Refolved in theAffirmative. , 
 
 THE Gentlemen to ftand in Nomination for Eleftion in May next, as 
 brought in by the Votes of the Freemen, in the feveral Towns of Nominatioa 
 this Colony, to this Aflembly, are as followeth, viz.. The Honourable 0^ the Gov. 
 'JOSEPH tALLCOTTy Efq; the Honourable JONATHAN LAW, Efq;^ '^^'^^"" 
 Samuel Etns,n(q\ Matthew AUfn,Efq', Roger lVotcott,ECq;JameslVadfworth Efq; "' '^^' 
 
 John Hooker,Efq, Nathanael Sc<<n/y,Efq; Jofeph lVbiting,Efq;Oziaf Pitkin,E{q; 
 Timothy Pierce, Efq, John Burr, Efq; Samuel Lynde, E(q-, Edmund Lewifs^E^q; 
 Capt. Roger Newton, Capt. Samuel Mather, Mr. Thomas Fitch, Capt. Thomas 
 Seymour, Mr. Richard Chrifiophers, Mr. Ebenezer Weft. 
 
 iV/Z,ON£»ON,Printed &Sold by T Green j?tmw to the GevACempanj^ijio
 
 Anno Regni Regis GEORGIJ, // Quarto. 
 
 a5ttUl)mijof®e&tm3^l)OuCesfo^2I>tt)tttelHa[oj(3)ip.38! 
 
 Forty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, K)ig. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Paflcd by the General Court or AflembJy of His Majefties Colony 
 of ConneHicut in New England : Begun and Held at Hartford, on 
 the Thirteenth Day of May^ In the Fourth Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord <j£0/iG£ the Seccnd, oi Great^Britain^Sae. 
 KING. Juntque Dominit I 7 ) I. 
 
 CHAP. LXIX. 
 
 An A<5I: diredHng how to proceed, when it 
 (hall be neceffary to Build aMeeting-Houfc 
 for Divine Worfhip. 
 
 W 
 
 HE RE AS many Centtntiont and QuarreU^ave arifen in fame of 
 the Pari^ts or Religious SecUtUs, allowed by thit jt^tmbly, 
 reff>eSing the Places proftr ftr EreSingthtir Metting-Haufts i 
 to the great Diftjuiet of many People of this Ctvtmmtnt» 
 
 Which to Prevent r 
 
 IBe ft Cnatctb &p tfte (fobctncuc, Ctntncfl anfe 1^epre(4nttttftf£(. in 
 Ocneral Court SBlTemWeft, ana feg t%z Sutjojitp of t\it fame. That 
 when any Parifh or Religious Sociecy, allowed to be luch by this Affembly, 
 Or Eftablilhed and Approved by che Laws of this Colony ( tliofe only To- 
 lerated by the Laws of this Colony and Diffenting from us Excepted ) ftall 
 by their Vote ( wherein Two Third parts of the Inhabitants Qualified by 
 the Law to Vote, and Prefent in the Meeting of fuch Parilh or Religious 
 Society ) declare it to be neceffary to Build a Meeting- Houfe, Every fuch 
 Parilh or Society rtiaU apply themfelves tothisAflembly to AppointjOider 
 and Affix the Place whereon their Meeting-Houfe (nail be EreQed and 
 Built i which being done, concluded and afcertained by the Aft of this Af- 
 fembly, the Committee of fuch Pariih or Society, (hall forthwith give due 
 Notice to the PariJhoners to Meet at foroe fuitable Time and Place, to 
 Authorize and Appoint fome meet Perfons to be a Committee for the fec- 
 ting up,building and finilhing an Houfe proper and fuitable for fuch an Im- 
 provement on the Place appointed, as aforefaid. At which Meeting the 
 faid Society (hall proceed to grant and levy a Tax on the Parilhoners or In- 
 
 U u u habitants 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 Two Thirds 
 of a Parifh or 
 ReligiousSo- 
 ciety.agreing 
 to Build a 
 .^eeiing- 
 HoufCjtoap- 
 plf tbemfeivs 
 to tlieGene« 
 ral Court, for 
 them to Or- 
 der the Plac« 
 where faid 
 iWeeting 
 Houfe IhiU 
 be £[e(fle<l. 
 
 A Commit 10 
 to be chofen 
 to Negoiiatt 
 that AS-Ai.
 
 jiHM Regni Regit G E O R G I J, / /. Quarto, 
 
 382 3>ttftice5, (lEJranij^jtttojs, %t. W^tn to m^t 
 
 habitants offuch Pari(h,tobe Colleaed and Paid to the faid CommjtteCf 
 ri fc f the '° Enable them to go forward with the faid Building : And the Clerk of 
 ?arifl»t'okeep the Parifh or Society (hall keep the Account of their Disburfements. And 
 an accovjntof it fljall be the duty of every fuch Clerk to Certify this AfTembly the doings 
 Disbnrfe- of the Society, at their Seflion next after their fixing the Place, as afore- 
 ments, 8e to j-jjj j 35 jUq jhe Progrefi of the Committee in Building fuch Houfe, to 
 Affem^ly at ^'^'V Gen«"l Court, ac their ftated Sefiions, til) the Houfe be finiftied : 
 every Seffiofi, And for every Negleft of his Duty therein, fhall incur the Penalty of T« 
 whaiPiogrefs Toundt to the Publick Treafury \ to be Recovered offuch Clerk before the 
 ismade.until Superionr Court in the County where the Parifh or Society is Situate, by 
 finifhed on Aftion, Bill, Plaint or other ways, as the Law will allow : In which cafe no 
 penalrtofiol Review fhal) be admitted, 
 
 3inO (t i0 tetehp fuctljer ^BcoblDtO, That if this AfTembly do find by the 
 TheAffembly CIcrk's Certificate, that the Inhabitants of fuch Society do not proceed 
 to Affefs the to Set up and Finilh a Meeting-Houfe, ac the Place appointed, as aforefaid, 
 Inhabitants This AfTembly will Affefs and Levy upon fuch Society from time to tinne, 
 ?n cafe ft'f'^ fuch Sum and Sums of Money, as may be needful to Sec up and Finifh fuch 
 '• Meeting- Houfe^ Which (hall be by Order of this AfTembly accordingly 
 
 Improved .- And every fuch Sum of Money fhall be by the Treafurer of this 
 Howfaidmo- Colony added to the Publick Tax of the Society, and gathered as a part of 
 ney fliall be the Publick Tax by the Conftable who gathers the Country Rate, and paid 
 Iropioved. into the Publick Treafury, to be Re-imburfed for the ufe aforefaid •, who 
 /hall by Order of this Af&rably deliver the fame to fuch Perfon or Perfons 
 as by this AfTembly Ihall be appointed. 
 anb ir isfTjEC^bP furt^tc (Cnacctti, That for the future, it (hall not be 
 p It f n ^^^^"^ ^°*^ *"y of the Societies, aforefaid, or any part of fuch Society, to 
 100*// laid Build or Set up any Meeting-Houfe for Religious Worfhip, without pro- 
 onthofe who curing this AfTembly firfl to Afccrtain the Place for it, as in this Aft is 
 Tranfgiefs limited and provided. And whofoever (hall Tranfgrefs this Order, (hall 
 this Order, jncuj the Penalty of 0»# Hundred Founds to the Publick Treafury of this Co- 
 lony ; To be Recovered by ASion, Bill or Plaint, before any of the Supe- 
 riour Courts in the County where the TranfgrefHon (hall be coitunitced. 
 
 cTa p. lxx. 
 An A<ft for Requiring the Juftices, Grand- 
 Jurors, &c,'m every Town in this Colony, 
 to meet together Twice in a Year, to advife 
 what may be moft proper to fupprels Vice 
 and Immorality. 
 
 WHE ttEAS is u Ohfcrved by rfci Ajftmllj^ tUt m*ni Lavs vUch are i» 
 Force in this Colony, for the fuppre£in^ of Flee and Jmmordlityy are not 
 duly Executed. 
 
 Be It 42nattrtj 6p tlie dPobecnouc, Countfl ani IRrprcfenratibtS, fn 
 Juftices of General Court jBITfmbUlj, anU tig tbe autfjojttp of ttic fame, That 
 the peace, f^gn^ and after the jafl Day of Cwtrafefr next, All the Juflices of the 
 &'T'TwiTe" Peace, Grand-jurorsjConftables and Tything-men, in the refpedivc Towns 
 Annually to i" this Colony, (hall Annually Meet in the refpeftive Towns to which they 
 meet, to pro. belong, on the Firft Monday of January, and on the Firft Monday in June, 
 pofewhatis j,. jj^g pjafg where their Annual Town^Meetiags are held •, or at fome 
 Su^'^refsVice P'*" ^y them appointed, there to Advife, Confjdcr and ufe their Joint- 
 aimmorality Iniereft in Supprcfiing of Vice and Immorality, and the due Execution of 
 all the Laws of this Colony to which their tefpeitive Offices have relation. 
 
 CHAR
 
 Ami Regn't Regis G E O R G T J. //. Quarto. 
 
 ^urt3e^o;ts. proprietors; ItanDS of Hariford^windrou385^ 
 
 CHAP. L X X I. 
 
 An A6lfor impowring Surveyors of High- J/f^j^;?:;" 
 Ways, to drein Water through particular [l\'\f^:]lt 
 Perfons Land. '''"''''' 
 
 WHERE JS many Water Ceurfes,and Places where Waters in wet times do 
 Drein cjf^ do oftentimes through the Wa\hirjg of the Streets and Improved Preamble. 
 Lands^ fill up fo that the Hiih-Ways are flowed and damnified. 
 
 Which to Prevent: 
 
 Surveyors of 
 
 TSz ft (fnattcti B? tfie (Bobernotir, Countd anti EcpccfcntaUbesf, in Highways, 
 45E»ei-al Court 3ClTenil)lED, attD by t^c 5Iliitt)ojit2 of tfjc fame. That it (hall [l^-j'^^";,"" 
 be Lawful for the Surveyors of High-Ways, to Clear fuch Water Courles w^ter'thrcf' 
 ( or Places where Water may Drein off from fuch High Ways ) into or particular 
 througti any Perfons Land fo far as may fufficiently Drein fuch High-way. pctfons Land 
 
 CHAP. L X X 1 1. 
 
 See chap. j8 
 S 
 
 An Ad for appointing and impownng cer-64'&t 
 tain Perfons in the Towns o{ Hartford and 
 Wind/or^ to call a Proprietors Meeting, in 
 either of faid Towns, &c, 
 
 WHEREAS Jofeph Tallcott, Nathaniel Stanly, Ozias Pitkin, and He- 
 zekiah Wyllys, Ef<jrs of Hartford, and furrdry other Pcrfcnsjnhabitants 
 tf the Town u/ Hartford, obtained a Pattnt for one moiety »r half part of a large 
 "TrailofLand^Boundin^NorthuponthePrevinceoftheMai^uhuietS'^Ay^Weflfartly Preamble. 
 on Land belonging to the Governeur and Company of the Colony of Connediicut, 
 partly on Licchfteld, South partly on Litchfield, p(trf/y on Waterbury, partly on 
 Farmington ; Eafi partly en Farming ton, partly on Symsbury, partly on Land 
 belonging to the Gevernour and Company of Connefticut. 
 
 And Matthev7 Allyn, Roger Wolcott, Samuel Mather, Efcjrs. and fundry 
 other Perfons Inhabitants of the Town of Windfbr, obtained in the faid Patent, the 
 other moiety or half part of faid Lands, as by faid Patent duly Executed under the 
 Seal of this Corporation,Dated May lid. One Thoufand Seven Hundred andTwenty 
 I^irte, doth more fully appear. And whereas the faid Patentees have moved to thit 
 Afftmhly, that by reafon they are fo Numerotts it is very difficult and almofi impof- 
 fible,for them to A^ in Dividing, Defending and Setling faid Lands, in any other 
 way, than the Proprietors of the Common and Vndivided Lands in the feveral Town- 
 (hifsin thii Colony are Enabled to do j and praying to this Ajfembly for Relief ta 
 that Affair, 
 
 ^t (iS (finactcti anil EcfolteO, That It fhall be Lawful for the faid Jofeph 
 
 7aUeott,Matthew Ally", Roger Wolcott, Nathaniel Stanly Sind Qzias Pitktn^ov any Power of any 
 Four of them, to call a Proprietors Meeting of the faid Proprietors, at fuch 4 ofthe jm- 
 Time and Place in the Town of Han ford, or in theTovrn oiwindfor,zs they '"^'^ Gentle. 
 fhall appoint; Which Meeting (hall be called by a Warning thereof given in p"o" ,'° "" ^ 
 Writing under the Hands of the faid Jofeph Tallcott, Matthew Allyn, Roger Mzzlllg!'' 
 Wolcott^ N*thamel Stnnl)flMas f ;/A»«,Efqrs. or any Four of them, dedarmg 
 
 U u u z che
 
 Mho Regtii Regis G E O R G I Jj / T". Quarto. 
 
 384llanD2;belonsittj3toiatopneto?s!atHartford$windfor» 
 
 the Time and Place of faid Meeting, and the Bufinefs to be done in faid 
 Notification Meeting •, Which Writing fhall be fet up in Three Publick Places in the 
 to be fet up Town of Hart for d^ and in Three Publick Places in the Town of Windfor at 
 in 6 Publick igg^ Fifteen Days before fuch Meeting. 
 
 ' ' ainb ft fjj fuctl)ec(£tiact£5,That the faid Proprietors in this their Meet- 
 ing, affembled as aforefaid, fhall have full Power, and they are hereby fully 
 Impowred, by their major Vote ( to be computed according to their In- 
 A Clerk for ^^'^^ ) ^° choofe a Proprietors Clerk, who (hall take the Oath appointed 
 faid Proprie- for the Proprietors Clerk ■■, and alio to choofe, appoint and impower their 
 ters to be Agents or Attorney's, in their Name and Stead to Sue,Profecute or Defend, 
 chofen and ^^^j jg ^^al Judgment and Execution to Purfue in any Adion or Cafe, be- 
 Sworn. i^^g gj^y Court or Judge, for the Defending and Maintaining their Title 
 
 or Poffeflionoffaid Land. As alfo to Divide the faid Land in Two Parts 
 or Attonie?s between the Proprietors of the faid twoTowns,in fuch manner as they (hall 
 tnaybechofen Agree and Order,as aforefaid:And fuch Divifion when made and perfetted, 
 by faid Pro- fhall be and remain a full and lawful Partition of faid Lands, between the 
 prietors. Proprietors of the faid two Towns for ever. The faid Proprietors in their 
 faid Meeting, are alfo impowred to Levy Taxes and Rates on the Proprie- 
 F''^.^^"'!^ 1^" tors, for the raifmg fuch Sum or Sums of Money, for the defraying the 
 Two parts."' Charge of any Law-Suit or Law-Suits, and for the making Partition of faid 
 Lands,and any other needful Charge about their faid Propriety, as the faid 
 ATaxto be Proprietors fhall order and agree upon: As alfo to appoint Rate-makers and 
 Leviedonthe Colleftors of faid Taxes, who are hereby impowred to Gather and Colleft 
 Proprietors, ^^^ j-^j^g ^ ^^^ j^g accountable for the fame to the Proprietors Committee 
 the neceS °^ Treafurer, by them to be appointed, as fully as the Colleaors of the 
 Charges, Town-Rates are impowred and obliged to. And the faid Proprietors in 
 their faid Meeting, are impowred to Adjourn their faid Meeting, or to call 
 after Meetings, in fuch manner as they (hall order and agree, as aforefaid. 
 
 After divifi- ^ntJ be ft furt^ec 4Etta(te&, That after Partition and Divifion of faid 
 on of the land Lands is made between the Proprietors of the faid Two Towns, as afore - 
 the Proprie- fajd^it fhall be lawful for the Proprietors of faid Lands of the Town of Hart- 
 tors in each .^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ Proprietors of the faid Lands of the Town ofWindfcr, ref- 
 ^Siogby peaively, to call a Proprietors Meeting of themfelves, in their refpedive 
 themfelves, Towns i to be Warned and Called together in fuch manner as the Meetings 
 &:choofea of the Proprietors of the Common and Undivided Lands, are by Law 
 Clerk for the ^\]Q^f^^ ^q ^g . and in their Meetings to choofe a Proprietors Clerk, who 
 ofTchTown ftall be Sworn, as aforefaid : And by their major Vote ( to be computed 
 whofliall be according to their Intereft ) Order how their Meetings fhall be Warned ; 
 Sworn.asa- and alfo make Orders for the Regulation, Improvement or Divifion of the 
 forefaid. J^zni. fet out and divided to them, as aforefaid, according to and with as 
 
 full Power as the Proprietors of the Common and Undivided Lands in the 
 How faid Ancient Towns of this Colony are allowed and impowred to do of their 
 Lands fliail Lands, by one kdi of this His Majelty's Colony, Made and PafTed in the 
 be Improved. ^-^^^^ year of the Reign of His late Majefly KLing GEORGE the Firft, En- 
 
 tiuled, jin AU for the better Efiablifliing and Confirmation of the titles of Land 
 ^RS^R^^^^^ (jn«m/y obtained inTotvnfliips according to the Manner and Cujfom heretofore ufed ; 
 aofi'* ^'^'^ and for the preventing Contentions about the fame. And one other Aft made in 
 
 Addition to faid Ad, that was Made and Faffed in the Tenth Year of His 
 
 faid late Majefly's Reign. 
 
 The Proprie- jflpj {|£ f j fuctljec (Jnacteli, That the Proprietors in the Two refpeftive 
 tors of each 7ovvns,in their Meetings, as aforefaid, have full Power given them to Levy 
 a Ta"/on a Tax or Taxes on themfelves, the faid Proprietors, by their major Vote, 
 themfelves. as aforefaid, for the Raifing fuch Sum or Sums of Money, for the defraying 
 
 the
 
 Anno Reg tti Regit G E O R G I J, //. Quarto. 
 
 Coppet i^mes;* ^mfs. 385 
 
 the Charge they (hall think needful in their Defending in the Law, or 
 making Divifion and Partition of faid Lands : and to appoint Collcftors for Collectors to 
 the Gathering fuch Tax or Taxes : And fuch Colleaor or Colleftors are ^* appointed 
 hereby impowred to perform their faid Ofiice, and /hall be Accountable for fa7/ Taxes"® 
 faid Taxes to faid Proprietors or their Treafurer ( to be chofen by the Pro- 
 prietors, as aforefaid ) as fully as the Town-Colleftors are Enabled and TheirPower. 
 Obliged by Law, in the difcharge of their Office. 
 
 CHAP. LXXIII, 
 
 An Ad for Reviving feveral Ads, relating y4t5l:i8 
 to the Copper Mines at Sjmsbury, '"'^^ 
 
 UPON the Memorial of Mr ]o(e^h Pitkln,/^wt /or hit ExcdUncyJonithsn 
 Belcher, Eff, jhewing to this yiffembly. That tha Afftmbly did formerly by 
 certain ASs by them paft'd, EreSi and Eftablifh a Commijftoners Court , for the 
 more Expeditious Determining of Controverjles arifing about the Copper Mines at 
 Symsbury, and for the dividing the faid Copper Mine among the feveral Leaffes^ Pieamble. 
 their Affigns^ &c. And that when [aid AUs ( vohich were Limited (or a, ctrtain 
 Time ) were Expired, this Affembly did at their Sejfion at Hartford, in May, One 
 Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Three, Revive faid A^s, and Order that 
 they fhould continue in Eorce from the End of faid Seffion, for the fpace of Seven 
 Ttars j which Time being now Expired, and there being now the like need cf faid 
 jilis as formerly, the Memorialifi prays for the Revival thereof. 
 
 Whereupon, %t i& IBLefoltjeft 6? t|)f0 3!lfl£m6lp, That Roger Wolcott, Efq; 
 be added to the former CommiiTioners, inflead of Col. William Whtting \ The faidAfts 
 and the faid Aft or Afts formerly in Force, refpefting faid Copper Mine at ^'^°"^ ^jl* 
 Symsbury, are hereby Revived and made of Force to all Intents and Purpofes Revived for* 
 as formerly, for the fpace of Four Years next coming. Four Years. 
 
 C HAP. L X X I V. 
 
 An A6V in Emendation ot one certain Para- W^ll^f^lH 
 graph in the Law, Entituled, An Ad for \-^\\iJ,% 
 the Regulating of Ferry's. ( Page 34.. ) 
 
 B(t it tfnattca ftp ttie (Cofeecnouc, Council anit fiepteftntatlfitsf, tn Ferrymen ta- 
 (General Coitct SUTcmbUO, anO b? t^c 3Butt)0?it? oftDefame, That king more * 
 whcnfoever any Ferry-man fhall demand and take more than the Fare Af- than theFare 
 felTedby the General Court, from time to time, and Publiflied according ^^^^^ by the 
 to Law,and be thereof Convifted before any Afliftant orjultice of the Peace, Government^ 
 fhall for every fuch Offence, forfeit the Sum of TtPtwry Shillings Money ; one to forfeit zo 
 Moiety thereof to the Publick Treafury, and the other Moiety thereof to s. for every 
 him or them who (hall Profecute the fame to EfFeft : To be Recovered by fuch Offence. 
 Bill, Plaint or Information. And fuch Afliftant or Juftice of the Peace, 
 may Commit the Offender or Offenders, until he or they fhall pay the a Tender of 
 aforefaid Sum, and cofl of Profeeution. And in every fuch cafe no Ap- BillsofCredit 
 peal or Review fhall be allowed. And that the Payment or Tender of any 9^ Copper, to 
 of the Bills of Credit that pafs Currant amongft us, or Copper according jg^^ij^^'f^j, 
 to the common currancy, fhall be n lawful Payment or Tender, for the Fare 
 the Fare aforefaid. aforefaid. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 Anno Regnl Regis GEORGIJ, //. Quarto. 
 
 386 Bills of CreDit* :^tt02ne^5» (General Courts. 
 
 ~~ ~ CHAP. L X X V. 
 
 An Ad for Emitting Bills of Credit. 
 
 w 
 
 Vide chap. 57 
 
 'HE RE AS there is in the hands of Cap. John Whiting, 7rM/ar;r oftUit 
 Colony, the Sum of Two Thoufand Five Hundred and Thirty One 
 Preamble, Pounds,Sixteen Shillings and Three- pence.rn^sd^i Bills, fit for further Service 
 nhich xoas brought in by the Rate granted Oftober, One Thoufand Seven Hundred 
 and Twenty Nine, and are lodged in the Trea fury for further Difpofal of this 
 ^ffembly. 
 
 3It f0 (CnafffU t)P tfie <!?obfrnour,CountiI anbl!Jcprfrcntatft)e«,{ii dfencral 
 <ffourt iarn?mbUi),anD bp t^e Jllutljo?it? oE rf)e fame.That the faidTieafurer 
 »jjt/. j6s. ftall be, and he is hereby Authorized and Impowred, to IflLe out and De- 
 ie%d in Bills liver the aforefaid Sum oi Two Thoufand Five Hundred and Thirty One Founds 
 ofCredittobe Sixteen Shillings and Three-fence, towards the Payment of the Debts and 
 Emitted. neceflary Charges of this Colony, according to fuch Orders as (hall be given 
 him from time to time according to Law. 
 
 Vid.chap.j4, 
 
 CHAP. LXXVI. 
 
 An Ad^ in addition to the Law of this Colo- 
 ny, made in the Third Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, 
 Entituled, An Ad relating to Attorneys, 
 
 Attorneys "R^J^ ^?^f '^ ^^ Jl^ ^otemour. Couticil atiU EepceCeiuatfteS, m 
 ExeJJted L3. ^f""''^ Coutt SUTembhO ano l.p tf)e autl)0?.rj? u tlje Tame, That 
 from bearing »" the Attorneys at the Bar in this Colony, who are, or hereafter fiiail be 
 Arms& at- allowed and appointed, as in and by the faid Aft is provided (hall be Ex- 
 
 laSSes IT'^n^^' '"A'/-f''"^^J' ^^^'f^'^ ^'°"' ^"''^'"S ^^"^^ '"-'^ attending on the 
 SeHn the ?^"^t" 1"'^ ^''^"'y Exerc.fes of the Troops or Companies to which they 
 Troop or 0° refpeftively belong ; Any Law, Ufage or Cuflom to the contrary noc- 
 Couipany. withflanding. 
 
 CHAP. LXX vn. 
 
 videPagez? Att Ad for Relttaining the Members of the 
 \lfx^l'iso General Courts, from appearing as Attor- 
 2o8..54.i56. neys lor Clients in laid Courts. 
 
 369 
 
 THIS y^ffetnbly Obfervitig the great delay of the Publick Jffeirs of this Govern' 
 menty by reafon that feveral of the Members of the Lower Houfe, do often 
 appear at the Bar in behalf of their Clients, whereby Comnutteei are often very 
 much Retarded in their Proceedings, and other necejjary Buftne^ Clogged. 
 
 Which to Prevent ; 
 No j^/ember %t ft (tnattcB lip tljC dPoijfcnouc, Ccuntil anD EeprtCcntatibeiS, in ^e- 
 oftheGenerai ntral Court afTenibleD, ant) b? tlje aut!)o:itp of tlj? famc.That no Member 
 e°a"rThe^''' ^^ ^^^^ Aflembly ftall appear as an Attorney at the Bar of this AlTembly, 
 an Attoniey ""'^^5 it be in their own Caufe, or in the behalf of the Towns which they 
 for Clients. Reprefent ; or in fuch Cafes wherein the Law will not allow them to Sit as 
 Judges : Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwitliftandmg. 
 
 NZ,^;VZ?ON;Printcd 8c Sold by TCreen, Printer to Gov SiCompany, 17^1.
 
 ^»no Regn't Regis G E O R G I J, / /. Quinto. 
 
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 Forty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bales. 
 
 Hartford. 1911; 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Paflcd by the General Court or Aflcmbly of His Majefties Colony 
 of Connedicut in New England : Begun and Held at Hew Haven 
 on Thurfday, the Fourteenth Day of OHoher, in the Fifth Year of 
 the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, oi 
 Creat-Brita'iH, &C. KING. Anntque Domini^ i 7 j I. 
 
 CHAR LXXVIII. 
 
 An Aft in Addition to an Ad, Entituled, vid 
 An Ad for Explaining of, and Addition looS'.!^? 
 to that Law made Odober 1714.. con- "^'^'''°' 
 earning Lifters. 
 
 ■ pjg.too 
 
 6, 561 
 
 WHERE AS it is Frtvided in fald /itl, * That the Lifters Pfjjcble.Or 
 * in the feveral Towns, being Sworn to a Faithful Dif- Rediai of 
 ' charge of their Work, fhall return the Sum Total of the part of the 
 * Lift, unto the General Court in OHobir^ Annually, with A<ft, pag 225 
 *a Certificate from the Afliftant, juftice of the Peace, or Town Clerk 
 
 * before whom the faid Lifters were Sworn, that they were Sworn to a 
 « Faithful Difcharge of their Work. 
 
 JInd it u further Provided in fald AB, * That if no Sum Total of the 
 
 • Lift, be returned from any Town, or not with fuch Certificate, fuch Continniti- 
 < Town fhall be Doomed by the Affembly. And it is not Frovtdedin T'"'^ Rec!uU '"^ 
 Jiif, That the Time of Jucb Lifters bttng Sworn (hall be Certified. 
 
 25e ft noto fiictfitc <f nacttti ip tlc ^ofef rnoiir, Cfiuncfl anb IReprfffnta- 
 titrs, in <&cncral Court aflEmblrC, anD bp t^e flut|o?itp of t^t fame, That Certificate 
 in fuch Certificate, it ihall be Certified that fuch Lifters were Sworn, as concerning 
 afore raid, before the firft of >/^; or otherwife fuch Certificate Ihall not ^'^'^'^/I'^^'^'J^^ 
 be accepted : And fuch Town fhall be Doomed by the AlTembly accord- J^^^ „,!_*" 
 ingly. 
 
 Xxx 
 
 CHAP.
 
 jHUO Regtii Regis GEORGIJ, //. Quinto. 
 
 ^ss £>ut^^^%Wiit>ml ^Ct* 
 
 CHAP. L X X I X. 
 
 vid pag 48. An Ad Prefcribing the Forms of feveral Oaths* 
 
 lll\l<iUi6 TTlTHf RE AS it is ProviAed hy the Laws of t hid Colony, That f»veral 
 
 134,147.271 y Y Officers and Jurors in feveral Cafes fliaU be Sworn, and no form of Oaths 
 
 281,196. ?i4 /,^f^ yit been Provided to he Adminiflred to ther/j. 
 ^47,548,559 ' ■■ 
 
 3It (J5 tl)£C£fo^e (tnactfB iv tlje dBotitcnouc, Council finB iSeprtrentattbeS, 
 7 rsiaviim '" (f cnecaKTourt MitnUth, anD bp ttie 3lutl)0^itp of tljefamc. That the 
 out°High. Oath to be Adminiftred to a Jury appointed to Lay Out, or Alter High- 
 -ways,to take Ways, dial] be in the following Form, l/iz. 
 
 snoati. vrOu Swear by the Name of the Ever- living God, That you will Lay 
 out the Way mentioned in the Precept byr which you are now Sum- 
 The Form, nioned, according to the beft of your Skill and Judgment ; with moft Con- 
 venience to thePublick, and leaft Prejudice to any particular Pecfon or 
 Perfons : And that you will make a Juft Eftimacion of the Damages done 
 to the Property of any particular Perfon, by your laying faid Way, 
 according to your beft Judgment. So help jou God. 
 
 Jurors Im- an6 it isi futtfjec (Cnaffeli bj tlje aiitf)D?(t? afo^cfalti, That the Oath to be 
 panel'd on Adminiflred to a Jury Impannelled to Enquire into Eorceable Entry, or 
 
 Forcable En- Porceable Detainer, {hall be in the following Form, viz,. 
 Iiy.or Detai- ' ° ' 
 
 iier,to Swear. VOuSwear by the Name of the Ever-living God, That you will well 
 and cruely Enquire of the Forceable Entry or Forceable Detainer no«^ 
 The Form of Complained of, and Return a True VerdlA thereof according to your own 
 ■theirOath. View, and to the Evidence given you in Court. So help jouGod. 
 
 C~H A P. L X X X. 
 
 V3dp.g2,?, An Ad: in Addition to an Ad Made and 
 '43.>J4;?'oj' p^(f£^ jn t]^g 5jxth Year of the Reign of 
 
 His late Majefty King GEORGE ^k Firfi, 
 Entituled, An Ad for Explanation of and 
 in Addition to an AcSt, Entituled, An Adt 
 Regulating Jurors and Witneffes in Civil 
 Caufes, Pleas in Abatement of Writs, and 
 Joining Iffue. 
 
 TltTHEREAS in faid JH it is Provided ctnd Declared,*' That when 
 RccS of a V V * the General IfTue is taken in any Aftion, the Defendant fhall 
 partofanAft ' have Liberty to give any matter in Evidence upon ic. Excepting only 
 in pag 2J4 < what he might have fairly Pleaded in his Juflification. Vfon which many 
 
 Disputes have arifen. 
 
 Which for the Future to Prevent: 
 15e (t noto (Enatteti 6p tte (BotiEcnour, Cmmcil anu Etprefentatitjesf, in 
 When tjiege. (jjentral Couut 2CiT£ml)lcD, anD Bp t^c 3flutt)02itp of tlje fame. That when 
 ^YnJd the' '" ""y Adion the General liTue is Joined, the Defendant fhall be allowed 
 Def€ndanc*s ^^ give in his Title in Evidence, or any other matter in his Juftification, 
 liberty what as the nature of the Aflion may be, Excepting only a Difcharge from the 
 toofterinhis PlaintifF, or his Accord, or fome other fpecial Matter whereby the De- 
 Tuftification, fendant by the Aft of the Plaintiff is Saved or Acquitted from the Plaintiffs 
 Expiamed. c>eman(i in his Declaration. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 /9mo Rtgn'i Rfgis G E O R G I J. r f. Qo'imo, 
 
 ^ixtQlatv* ':^ttointv!i* ICajc. il5omrnation. 389 
 
 d.pag. ir. 
 
 CHAP. LXXXl. 
 
 An Ad for Repealing one Paragraph of an 
 Ad, Faffed in the Affembly at their Sef- "^^^ 
 fions in Odober, 1722, Enticuled, An Ad 
 for appointing the Judges of the Superior 
 Court, to Enquire into, Hear, and Deter- 
 mine, all Crimes, committed in a late Riot 
 at Hertford ; and for the Explanation of 
 fevcral Laws heretofore made, concerning 
 Burglary and Breach of Peace. 
 
 WHEREAS in thefaidAtlitit Provided and Dtciaredj * That it is Pfe*mble. Or 
 ' the true Intent and Meaning of the Second Paragraph of the ^^cital of a 
 
 * Law, Entituled, An AB againft Theft and Burglary^ to provide againft the pag'^jS?. *" 
 
 * breaking up any Dwelling Houfe, as well in the Day Time, as in the 
 
 * Night. 
 
 IBf it not) (CnattflJ 6p i%t dFofttrnour, tfeuncfl «nD Hepreff ntatfbe «, in 
 dUeneral <touct SfiffemWeD, anU bp t^t SEutljojit? 9it\t famt ■■, ano it ifi The faid Pa- 
 Iccebp Cnatteb and 2Detlar£D, That the faid Paragraph Explaining the d j^'^'j^V* 
 Law, as aforefaid, be Repealed j and the fame is hereby Repealed. *^" ' ' 
 
 C H A pTlXXXiT 
 
 An Ad for Repealing fome part of the Lawv 
 of the Colony, Entituled, An Aft relating ' 
 to Attorneys. 
 
 B(C ft Cnattrt bp t^e 4B(otetnouc, Council anb EeprrfentatCties. ftt 
 <0en«tal Court aiflimbUD, anO b? ttje ftut^jjitp ot cfje fame, That ^he Number 
 the faid Aft or Law, fo far as it Relates to the Limiting or Reftraining pot L mTd^ 
 the Number of Attorneys in this Colonyj ihal] be Repealed ^ and it is 
 hereby Repealed and made Void. 
 
 CHAP. LXXXIIL 
 
 An Aft for Levying a Tax on Polls, &c. 
 
 THIS Aflcmbly Grants a Rate of T«Ffl.p*»w on the Pob»</, on all the ARateofr 
 Polls and Rateable Eftate in this Government. To be Paid into the fmct en the 
 Fublick Trcafury, in the Bills of Credit of this Colony with the ufual Ad. Pound,andin 
 vance of Taelve-ftnee On the Pound^or in true Bills of Credit of Four Signers ^^" Specie 
 of the Mcffachufeitt-Bajy or in true Bills of Credit of N*w-r»r*, without Ad- ^ ''^ ^*^'*« 
 vance on them \ or in Silver Money as it PafTeth in the Country. 
 
 THE Gentlemen Nominated to ftand for Eleftion in May next, as fent in by the 
 Freemen of the refpeftive ToWns in this Government, to this Affembly, are as N oiTiination, 
 followeth,».r TheHonourable JOSEPH TALLCOTT,E{q., the Hon JONJTHJN of the Gov 
 LA\y, Efq; Samuel EeHs, Efq; Mttthtw Allyn, Efqj Roger Wokott, Efq, Jama Wadf Dep Gov & 
 '»>orth, Efqi John Hocktr Efq^ Nathaniel Stanly, Efq; Jofeph If^hitivg, Efq; O-^i'^w Af^ftants foi 
 I'itkin.E{q,T7mothy Pence, Efq, Join Bun, Efq; Seninel Lynde,Z{q-,EdmundLcwifsS.tq^ ^^y ^J,^ 
 Capt. Rpgtr Hcwton, Mr. Thomcu Fiteb^lAr. Ehentzet W^efi, C»pt. Samuel Mather, ' '' * 
 Mr. Richard ChnHophers, Capt- ViUiam Pitkin, 
 
 A'.LON&ON,Priatedd(SoldbyT.GReENjPn'n(crcocheG«v.ScC«wp.j73i 
 
 Vid.pag.tiS
 
 1
 
 Mm Rfgni Regis GB OK CI J» / /. Q^Ima 
 
 |Dro»itiing <n cafe of iBE>tcfeitefj5 
 
 391 
 
 Forty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C Bates, 
 
 Hartford lyifj. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or AfletnWy of His Majefties Colony of Con- 
 ntQicut'm New-England : Begun and Held at Hartford, on Thurfday the 
 Eleventh Day o( May^ in the Fifth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign 
 Lord 6 EORGE the SecondfifGreat'Britain.&c. Kl^G. /innoejueDtmini^i'j ^z 
 
 CHAP. LXXXIV. 
 
 An Adt providing in cale of Sicknefs. 
 
 B 
 
 Vid pag.ttfo, 
 
 <£ It <fiiia(teB bp tlie i<5otjccnour, Countil attbUcptefentatfted. fit 
 
 <©eneral Court icncmbleli,«m» bp tfie «UTt)9?itj of tlje fame, That Perfons com- 
 
 for the better preventing theSpreading of Infeftion, when it fhall ffomAbroad, 
 ■ . '^ r ** r • c Auir or from any 
 
 happen that any perfon or perlons coming from Abroad, or from xown or 
 
 any Town or Place within thisCoIony,are Vificed, or that lately have been piace.where 
 
 Vificed with the SmaU PoX, or other Contagious Sicknefs j or that may be theSinallPoK 
 
 Sufpefted to have taken the Infedion of any fuch Difeafe, which Infeftion °^ °^'{,"s';°j|l 
 
 may probably be communicated to others, the Seleft men of fuch Town n'efs°h or 
 
 be, and hereby are impowred by Warrant from Two Afliftants or Juftices may be fuf- 
 
 of the Peace •, or by any One where Two cannot be come at, to take Care pefled they 
 
 and make effeftual Provifion in the beft manner they can for the Preferva- "*^f^ f^^A*" 
 
 rion of the Inhabitants, by removing and placing fuch Sick or lnfe<£)ed per- Jheseleameri 
 
 fonor perfons, to and in a feparate Houfe or Houfes, and by providing of of fuchTowti 
 
 Nurfes, Tendance and other Affiflance and NecefTaries for them, at the v/ith a War. 
 
 Charge of the Parties themfelves, their Parents or Mafters ( if able ) or 0- '/II'/^"'" *'* 
 
 therwife at the Charge of the Town or Place whereto they belong : The juftice"\r 
 
 Accounts to be adjufted by the Juftices who granted the Writts \ and the Order hid 
 
 Money to be levied by Diftrefs Signed by them. And in cafe it hap Perfons to a 
 
 pen that any perfon or perfons be Vifited with Sicknelsin any other Town h'**?"/'^* 
 
 or Place chan chat wheteunto they belong, and thereby occafion a Charge """"■ ^''' 
 
 to fuch Town, the Seled-mCn fhall lay the Account thereof before the 
 
 County Court where fuch Town lies to which fuch perfon or perfons be- Se'efl men to 
 
 Jong •, and the faid County Court having adjufled the Accounts of fuch '"^ *" '^°*, 
 
 Charge, and allowed fo much thereof as they (hall judge Reafonable, Ihall chargeVfore 
 
 order Payment thereof to be made by the Treafurerof fuch Town, or in iheC. Court, 
 
 want of fuch Treafurer, by the Seled men of the fanne( when the faid who ftzll 
 
 Court (hall judge that the Perfons themfelves, their Parents or Maifters are °"^*'' ''"^r 
 
 not able to make fuch Payment ) And in cafe of the Death of the perfon "ade"nd by 
 
 who fhould have flood charged with the debt, the faid Town fhal! Recover whom. 
 
 the fame of the Executors or Adminiflrators of the deceafedjand for wane 
 
 Y y y of
 
 J»na Hegfii Regit G E O R G I J, / /. Qumto. 
 
 392 ^rot)iDins in cafe of ^icfenefg* 
 
 of Afletts in their hands of his Heirs-And when it (hall happen fuch indi- 
 Ifthe indi. gent perfons prove noctobe Inhabitants of this Colony, or belonging to 
 Cpe''n'no?to ^"V "^o^^" ^^ ^^^'^^ "''t'^"" '^'' ^°'°"y ^"'^ "^^'^ V^°?^r Charge thereof in 
 beof thisCo- cafe they need Relief, then the charge of their Sicknefs fliall be defrayed 
 lony, then to Out of the publick Treafury of this Colony, by Warrant from the Gover- 
 be reliev'd nour with the Advice and Confent of the Council, 
 public Treaf. ^"^ ^* '* furtfjtc ^nattcb bp ttie flutl)0?ftp afo^cfaiO, That if need fo Re- 
 * quire,any Two Juftices of the Peace, or where but One Jufticeof the Peace 
 Oue Juftice *>' Affiftant can be come at in the Town where the occafion fhall happen, 
 •wherei can't may make out a Warrant, direSed to the SherifFof the County,or his De- 
 becomeat.to puty, or Conftable of the Town or Place where are any fuch Sick perfon or 
 fj,^"3^j.^yj^- perfons fliall be, Requiring them or any of them, in His Majefties Name 
 preOingNurr ( With the advlce and dircSion of the Seleft^men of the fame ) to Imprefs 
 fes.gs'f. ' and Take up convenient Houfing, Lodging, Nurfes, Tendance and other 
 If one Town NecefTaries, for the accommodation of the Sick. 
 
 ^\ fuffe'nl" 58nO H (0 |)£P£bg fuceljec pcablDeb, Thai if any Town or Place Vifited.as 
 for want of aforefaid, be in danger of fuffering for want of fuitable Nurfes or Tenders, 
 Fendance, a which can't be procured in the fame Town, that a Warrant fljall be granted 
 Warrant to by the Authority abovefaid, at their difcrecion, for the Impreffing any 
 be granted ^neet perfon or perfons and other NecelTaries out of any other Towns. 
 o?h« Towns 38"^ ^« " alfo f""&« ^nacteD b? tf)e fliitljo^itp afo^erat&. That if any 
 
 perfon or perfons, Seaman or PalTengers belonging to or tranfported in any 
 Perfons com- Ship or Veffel, arriving ac any Port or Harbour within this Colony,happen 
 "g h'°u (tI *^° ^® Vifited with the Small Pox or other contagious Sicknefs, during the 
 or"from any ^'^^Y^ge, or to come from any Place where fuch Sicknefs prevails and is 
 Town or common ; or if any pCrfon whatfoever (hall come from any Town or Place 
 place,where either in this or any of the neighbouring Provinces, where any fuch In- 
 theSmallPox fcaious Difeafe doth or lately hath prevail'd : Or when any Perfon or Fa- 
 ta<»*iousSick- "'''j^ ""^^ ^® \yi&\Y SufpeSed and Feared to have taken the Infe£lion 
 nets is, the of any fuch like Contagious Sicknefs, it (hall be in the Power of the 
 Seleft men of Seleft-men of the Town to Order fuch Perfon or Perfons, or Fa- 
 fuchTown to mily, to Confinement in fuch Veffel and fuch Place as they (hal) think pro- 
 Pe'^rfons t be P^*" ' °'' ^" ^^^^ Houfe or Place for (o long a time as they (hall think moft 
 confin'd. convenieac aud fafe: And if fo need require, upon their Application to a 
 
 Juftice of the Peace or more ( if they may be readily come ac ) he or they 
 And if Need may, and hereby are Authorized to make out a Warrant to the Sheriff of 
 be.toobtaina the County cr the Conflable of the Town, or in want of fuch Officers, or 
 ^^"*"n^; any other fpecial Reafon, to feme other fuitable Perfon, who is accordingly 
 dueled to'^^ hereby riquired and jmpowred with the fame Authorities and under the 
 the Sheriff, fame Penalties as the proper Officers are invefted with or are liable to, 
 Conftable, or both for the Remanding fuch perfons on Doard again and Confining thera 
 fome Other (.q ^j^g places afligned them on Board or on the Shoar ; as aUo for prevent- 
 confinefaid ^"S pcrfons coming to or going from them, contrary to the orders given, 
 perfons. 55^^, f j jg futtftec ^I^CObfUeb, That ia cafe the Diftrefs (hould be fo great 
 
 In times of that any furtherProvilion (hould be found neceffary than in this Ac^ is pro- 
 gieat diftrefs vided,upon Application to the Governcur or Commander in chief for the 
 theGov. and time being, he is hereby impowred to take fuch further Order ther€in,with 
 m°ke7lrther '^^ Advice and Confent of his Council, as they (hall think fit, for the pre- 
 Provifion, as venting the fpreading of fuch Infeftion, or any thing relating thereto, 
 they fhall SlnU bc tt fuctljce (£iia(tel) bj tt)c Surbojir? afo?efa(D,-Thar if any penon 
 think fit. wharfoever,(hall willingly Tranfgrefs againft any Rule or Method made by 
 
 this Aft,or provided by Virtue thereof, to prevent the Spreading of fuch 
 Perfons wil- ^ifeafes, whether by refufing to Nurfe or Tend fuch Sick perfon, or by re- 
 Sng thU Porting to any fuch Sick perfons, or the Places where they are ; or Oiall 
 Aft, to be ( without licenfe firft had or obtained from a Juftice of the Peace or Selett- 
 fin'd JO. ;, men) come on Shoar from fuch Ship or VeOel^or other Infeaed place where 
 ' ^ they
 
 Anno Regfti Rtgu GEORGIJ, // Quinto. 
 
 ^ttti^S 01 %0^ (3ms* 393 
 
 they are Confined asaforefaid ;or being appointed to Tend or be with fuch 
 Sick perfons, fhall dare to go abroad from the Houfes where fuch Sick per- Pe^fons ap.- 
 fons are kept and go into any other Houfe or Company, every fuch pcf Ion Ten"/thestck 
 fhall incur the penalty or fine,to the Town Treafuty where any fuchOffence notfufFer'dta 
 Ihall be committed, as the County Court of that County wherein the gointo otiier 
 Town is (hall judge meet ; not exceeding the Sum oiTwenty Pounds. houfes or 
 
 SfinO it a fuutljec^l-OtiDeDjThat if any petfon or perfons be Impreircd,as'^°™P^"^* 
 aforefaid, to Nurfe or Tend , {hall refufe or neglcft to enter upon the faid 
 Service, that it Ihall be lawful for him or them that granted the Warrant, 
 as aforefaid, ( if fufficient Excufe to them fatisfying be not fliewn ) to com- PerfonsRefu- 
 mit him her or them to the Common Goal ot the County where it happens fmg to Tend 
 to be, there to remain at his her or their Charge, till they better conform theSick.tobe 
 themfelves, or the occafion of imprcfling ftiall be over and fignified by them toThe^com- 
 who granted theWarrant to the keeper of the Goal,under his or their hand. n,on Goal. 
 
 3t 10 alfo furtfjec (£txfltteti,Thai when and fo often as it fbali happen thai Except,&'f. 
 any perfon in any Houfe, Family Or VefW, in any Townfliip, Harbour or 
 Road within this Colony ,fball be taken Sick,and do fear and fufpeft it to be On perfons 
 with the Small Pox, or other contagious Sickncfs,as aforefaid,it (hall be the K'"S Vificed 
 duty of the Head of fuch Family, or Mafter of the Veflel, immediately tosmailPox or 
 put forth a Signal ( viz., ) at every fuch Houfe, a white Cloth of two Foot otiier con'ta- 
 ^uare, or larger, extended on a Staff or Pole,at leaft ten Foot high, by the giousDifeafe, 
 Houfe, between the Houfe and Street or High-way ; and on Board a VefTel ^hether m z 
 the Signal fhall be the fame, hoiflcd on the Shrouds ; Which Signal (hall be board a Veffd 
 fo continued, till by Order of a Juftice of the Peace, or the Seleft-men of to haag up » 
 the Town they ftiall be difcharged therefrom. And on failure hereof, the white Cloth 
 Head of fuch Family, or Mafter ot fuch Veflel,on conviftion thereof before ^°' * Signal, 
 the County Court in the County where fuch omiffion fhall be,ftjall incur the °egUa. '^ 
 Penalty the faid Court fliall adjudge them to, not exceeding fhirty Pounds. 
 
 38nD It 10 fuftljecProtiilJtti, That in every Town and Place where any fuch 
 Infeftious Difcafe fhall break out, that to prevent thefpreading tfiereof, all A^tiuch times 
 Owners of Dogs ftiall deftroy them,or caufe them to be killed; and in neg- deft°oy their 
 leS thereof, it fliall be lawful for any pcrfon to kill the faid Dogs. Dogs. 
 
 CHAP. LXX X V. 
 
 An h& concerning Strays or loft Goods. J^.'^p,!"^' 
 
 B<t itCnartcD by tl^e (toijcmoucCOuntff an!J !'Tepcefmtatihe<s,in(Bf ntral 
 €ourt aiffemble5,ant)t)jtl)C®utt)02rtpo£t|3£ fame, That wbofoevcr 
 Ihall take up any Stray Beaft, or find any Loft Goods, being worth Two ^ r /; j 
 Shillings, whereof the Owner is not known, he fhall carry a true difcription i^g any ftray 
 of fuch Stray Beaft or Loft Goods, with the Natural and Artificial Marks Beaft or loft 
 to the Regifter of theTown where fuch Goods or Beaft were found, within Goods.worth 
 fourteen Days after the finding fuch Goods or Beaft, who (hail Regifter the ^ '■ '" ""^ 
 fame, with the Name of the Perfon in whofe keeping fuch Goods ot Beaft ^^nmion^' 
 (hail be, to the end the Owner thereof, by applying to faid Regifter may tUerereofto 
 have Notice thereof ;upon Penalty that the perfon fo finding or keeping the Town 
 fuch Goods or Beaft, and failing of his duty therein, (hall for fuch default ^^E.}^" •" 
 forfeit the Value of fuch Loft Goods or Stray Beaft ^ one half to the Com- '"* '^*^'' 
 plainer,and the other half to the Town Treafury. And if the Owner fliall 
 appear within Six Months after the Regiftring fuch Loft Goods or Stray app'ea^ITgTn 
 Beaft,and make good his Title and Claim, he fhall have Reftitution of the 6 Months to 
 fame he paying all necelTary Charges for the pains and care taken about haveReftitu- 
 fuch Goods or Beaft, as the next Aftiftant or Juftice of the Peace (ball ad- .''o". he pay- 
 judge- And if no Owner fhall appear within the faid Six Months, the Re '"gCharges. 
 gifter aforefaid (hall appoint two Freeholders, who (hall under Oath Ap- j,^^ Resif^er 
 prize faid Goods or Beaft,according to the prefcnt true and juft Value there to have faid 
 of in Money ; and if the Owner (hall appear within Six Months next after GoodjPiiz'd, 
 
 Y y y i fuch
 
 Mfio Regnl Regis GEORGIJ, //. Qumto. 
 
 394 equal ifettci'ng Common ifjcltis. 
 
 fuch Apprizement, and make good his Title and Claim, as aforefaid and 
 The Owner pay all necefTary Charges for the pains and care taken about fuch Goods or 
 ^PP"''"S *" Beaft to that time ( to be adjudged of, as abovefaid ) he (hall have Reftitu- 
 after°Appf'ze tJo" of ^he fame,or the Value thereof.at the eleaion of the finder, accord- 
 meiit, (hall ing to the Apprizement aforefaid. And if no Owner ihall appear within 
 haveReftitu- Twelve Months and a Day after the Regiftring of fuch Loft Goods or Stray 
 tion,oi,&c. geaft^ the Value thereof, according to the Apprizement aforefaid, ftall 
 ( after all jaft Dues to the Keeper, Finder and Regider are defrayed ) be 
 No Owner j-q the ufe of the Treafury of the Town where fuch Goods or Beaft were 
 iz^'Mondis*" found. And the Selefl-men of fuch Town are hereby fully impowred, to 
 & I Day. the Recover and Receive the fame for the ufe of faid Town. And when there 
 Goods &c to dial) be found on any Beaft ( either Neat-kind or Horfe-kind ) the Brand- 
 teSold.&put j^^j.j^ Qj gjjy Xown in this Colony, that is more than Twenty Miles diftant 
 TreVfury?''" from the Town where fuch Stray Beaft is Taken up and Regiftred, it 
 ihall be the duty of the perfon who fliall have fuch Stray Beaft in keeping, 
 Any Strays to fend a Copy of the Entry made by the Regifler of the Town where fuch 
 beJoigBraiided Stray Beaft was taken up, to the Regifter of the Town where fuch Brand 
 \vith,&c. a jQth belong, to be there Entred within Three Months after the taking up 
 tobefete^Jf^'^h Stray Beaft. 
 
 Jlways Provided yThit the Keeper of fuch Loft Goods or Stray Beaft, be- 
 
 A Provifo. ing faithful in his taking care of them, fuch Goods or Beaft ftiall be at the 
 
 Rifque of the Owner thereof, during the firft Six Months after fuch Goods 
 
 or Beaft are firft Regiftred. 
 
 A fiirther 3£nt> ft {0 alfo fuctfjcr ^cotjlDjD. That no Beaft fhall be taken up as s 
 
 Provifo. Stray, except it be found in a Suffering condition. 
 
 . And all former Laws relating to Strays or Loft Goods ( except fuch 
 
 AasconcVrn. Creatures as are found Damage Feafant and Impounded ) are hereby Re- 
 Strays, Ex- pealed and made Void. 
 
 cept.Repeald — — . '■ ' ■ ■: — ■» ■ i 
 
 C H A P. LXXXVI. 
 
 videpag.Kj. An A A for the better Managing and Securing 
 V9oVi6m6, and more equal Fencing Common Fields. 
 
 354.J77. ^ O , , , 
 
 FOR ASM UC H as particular Enclofures in many Placet are Bounded upon and 
 fartly Fenced by the Line of Fence Enclofing Common Fields, by which means 
 
 the adjoining Parties Mffcr about Making and Maintaining the Dividend Fence, 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 Fence encio- <jj {jj(tnatfeti 1)? tl)e^ot£rnoui;,Countil enii»epcefentatf6e0,(n^neral 
 morSr '^^^^^ alTembUMnS bg t'ee autpojitp of t^e fame, That when the Line of 
 Tunning iu* Fence Enclofmg an/ Common Field runs in the Bounds of the Land of any 
 thcBounds of perfon making fuch particular Enclofure, and the Land of the Proprietors 
 any perfons of theCommon Field -.the one moiety of the Dividend Fence (hall be made 
 ciofure. to be 3"^ maintained by the Proprietors of the Common Field, and the other 
 made e'qually moiety by the Owner of fuch Enclofure. 
 between 'em. ^Sntj be it funt)£C CnettcD bp ttje^ut^o^itp afoj£fafB,That where the Line 
 
 of Fence Enclofing any Common Field,runs acrofs the Land of any perfon 
 The Fence ^^^- j-^^h EnclofuTe,leaving part of his Land within the CommonField, 
 lTz"!\Ze in fuch cafe, in proportioning out the Fence to fuch Enclofure, Confide- 
 confideration ration Ihall be had to the advantage or difadvantage the Owner of fuch tn- 
 to be had on cloture hath by the Fence running crofs his Land : And the Committee ap- 
 the Advan- jntej to proportion out the Fence of the Common Field. ^^^11 alfo pro- 
 Xntae? " portion out to ihe Owners of fuch Enclofures their part of the D.v.dend 
 thereo"^ Fence, according to the Rules aforefaid. And the Fence- Viewers are 
 to Infpeft and Repair the fame as part ol the Fence of the Common 
 
 Committee .^j^ ^ r 
 
 'vfew^crs duty And to prevent Damages that my arife, by eiiUr of fucb Parties laying r« 
 their Field er Enclofure. *
 
 Anno Regni Regis G E O R G I J, //. Quinto. 
 
 %ran!iettt ^ttims* Copper fSdints* 39^ 
 
 3t 10 fitrtf)tc iD^fiereD. Thas neither the Proprietors of fuch Common 
 Field, nor itie Owner of fuch Endofure, by laying open their Field or En- Pfop,ietcrs 
 dofure, fhall Excufe themfelves from Making and Maintaining their part of of Common 
 fuch Dividend Fence, wiilioui Liberty fo so do firO had and obtained from Ficlds,aiidof 
 the Couniy Court in the County where fuch Fence is. Enclofurcs. 
 
 jind whereai there is many times occafion for the Proprietors of Common Fields to (,"gum cju^tj 
 Jl4eet more than once in a Tear, to order the Affairs of their field, 
 
 5be it fitct^er ^natceli bp tlje 3!Iutl)0jitp aEo?efaift, Thai the Committee 
 appointed for any Comraon Field, may call a Meeting of the Proprietors of 
 fuch Field, when they fhall judge it Needful, by giving Warning unto the Committe to 
 Proprietors of fuch Field as live in the Town where fuch Field is, at leaft call Meetings 
 Three Days before fuch Meeting, of the Time, Place and Bufmefs of fuch 
 Meeting. And the Proprietors of Common Fields, at any of their Lawful 
 Meetings, are hereby impowred to Levy Taxes upon themfelves, according pfop^jetorsto 
 10 their Intereft in fuch Field, for the defraying the Charge in felting oci i^vy xaxej, 
 iheFence for fuch Field,and for making Gates and Bridges for iheir Field,or 
 any other publick Charge about the fame,as they fhall judge needful ; and to 
 appoint Rate*makers and Colleftors for the making and gathering fuch Rates : 
 And fuch Colleftors are hereby Ordered to accept their Office,and toColJeft Co!Ie<ftort to 
 fuch Rates and Pay out the fame to the Orders of the Propriciors,under the ^^ '^^°^'^"' 
 fame Penalties and with as full Power, as ColleAors of Town- Rates ate. ^^"'^ P"''"''"* 
 Jnd for the Encouragement of making Quick- fet Fence. 
 3It fuCnattfO bp t%t aut^o^ftp aE0?EfafU,Thai fuch Qj]ick-feiFence,as Oiall 
 be accounted fufficieni in the judgment of the Fence-Viewers, toFence againft FencViewers 
 rulyHorfes,neaiCaJtleaQdSheep,fhall be accounted fufficient according toLaw judgment re- 
 
 „___ i^ -^ ■ — fpedingFens 
 
 CHAP. LXXXV II. 
 
 Ad Aft relating to Strangers, Inmates and Tranfient Perfons. 
 
 THIS JffemhlyObferving^Tiiat notrnth/landing all the Provifion made for the yjj p^g jp^ 
 preventing Charge being brought ufon the Towns in thu Colony, by StraB£ers, 1 58,^81, jiz. 
 Inmates and Tranfient Perfons j by reafm of fuch Perfons being Entertained and fet 
 on Work by them abo live in the Skirts of our Towns and other Obfcure tUcts^ out Preamhle. 
 fifthe View and Obfervation of the Officers who fhould tale care thereof. 
 
 ^tf£(notatena(te!)Eipt|e®oternouc,CDunciIanblKrpcerentatJbe0,in<]BcrierB[ 
 Coutt^ffemblfD.anD b? f&jIfluttJO^it jot l\jt fame.Thal whofoever fhall after 
 the tenth oijuly next, Entertain any fuchPerfon orPerfonsby thefpace ofFour Perfons En- 
 day$,and the faidPerfon (ball bySicknefs,or any Accident be reduc'd to neceffi- "rtammg of 
 tousCircumflances whereby he fhall waniReJief,the perfon thai foEnteriain'd (|jy*"fo*R5.t 
 him (hall fuftain the Charge thereof. Excepting only when the perfonEnters Ueve'thcmat 
 lainingjas aforefaid,has within Four days, as aforcfaid.given fufficieniNoiice their own 
 thereof unto the Officers appointed by the Law, to take Notice ihereof,Thai charge Ex- 
 in every fuch Cafe,if the Officers aforefaid,upon Notice given them, as afore- "^P^> &'*• 
 faid, do not ufe the proper Methods provided by Law to fave fuch Towo 
 from Charge,then it fhall be defrayed by the Town wherein it happens. 
 
 CHAP. LXXXVIII. ~ Vid.p3g.r4j 
 
 An Aft concerning the Proprietors of the Copper Mines at Symshury. 164, ip^, 385 
 
 W HERE AS this Affembly hath bf their /lSl(^in?i%e i^^^bave) Enabled the Pro- 
 frietors of the Copper Mines in Symsbury,foCo7»v«w* together on theThird 
 Tuefday of April, Annually, to chaofe a Committeej and oftner, at faid Proprietors Preamile. 
 fhall fee caufe ; but are not enabled to ehoofe a Clerk to enter the Votes of fajd Pro- 
 prietors onRecord' by which means theEndof the afortfaid AU U wholly frufirated. 
 
 3lt id €naae& bp tlie (0ot!etnour,CounciIanli l!!eiu:ercntatlt)e0,fn (Senecel 
 <routt2lfrfmbrD,anI)bptic'aiuiiiO|it?o£tl)efame,ThasthefaidProprietorsare AClerktobe 
 hereby impowred and enabled, in their Annual Lawful Meeting, to ehoofe a Sw°orn. '" 
 Clerk toenterVoies and grantCopies,<^c.and that the faidCIerk fhall have the 
 Oath adminiltred to him that is provitJed forProprietotsClerkjWHfrff/^ mutandis. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 ^w %»/ l^tfjt G E R G I J. //. Quinfo. 
 
 396S)ttpcriOttC COtttt :aiterell» Torrington il^atuct)* 
 
 CHAP. L X X X I X. 
 
 S^'iIt^mV ^" ^^ ^°'' Altering the Time of the Sitting of the Superiour Court 
 269,184.- J05 in thcMonth o'i March in the Counties oi/:/artfor J znd New London. 
 3?4.?S4, J8p I c f« ^nacrrD li? tie <5ot£cnour, Council ant) Eepcefcntatibe3,(n <©ene* 
 I ral Court affenibUD, anD bp tl)e aut iiojitp oE t^c fame. That the Supc- 
 Harth^U^h. '■'°"'" ^°"''' '^^'^ hereafter be Holden at Hanferd, on the Fourth Tuefday ia 
 & at N.Lond. March ; and at New- London, the Second Tnefday of vWarcfc, AnnuaUy • Arry 
 zd Tuefday Law, Ufage or Cuftofii to the Contrary noiwjihflanding. 
 
 w 
 
 in March. 
 
 C H A P. X C 
 
 An A(5t appointing and impovvring fundry Perfons In the Town of 
 Wind/or, their Heirs and Afllgns. that arc Proprietors of feveral Par- 
 See chip. 58, eels of Land, lying Weflward of FarmingtoH and Symshury, to Meet 
 ^* ^'^* and make Partition of faid Parcels of Land amongfl themfelves. 
 
 'HERE ^ SMatthew Allyn,RogerWo]cott,'«»^Samuel Mather Eftp-t. 
 of the TovcH o/Windfor, with fundry other Inhabitants of [aid Windfor 
 Trttmlle, Obtained a "Patent duly Executed under the Seal of thit Corforatian, Dated May 
 ■zid. One Iheufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Nine^ of the Mtitty or Half part 
 of a large TraU of Land^Bounded North on the Province of the MafTachufectS- Bay, 
 Weft partly on Land belonging to the Governour and Company of the Colony ofCon- 
 nedlicuc, and partly en the Tovcu e/LitchficId, South partly on the Jorvn of Litch- 
 field, partly on the Jovn of WatCrbury, and partly on the Town of Farmington, 
 Eafi partly on theTotvn •/Farmington,p4rf/yon theTown ofSymshury and »n Land 
 belonging to the Governour and Company aforefaid : The other Moiety being granted 
 to fundry perfons Inhabitants of theTown o/Hartford as by faid Patent doth appear. 
 j4nd whereat the faid Matthew Anyn,Roger WolcotC and Samuel Mather 
 Ef^rs. and the refi of the faid Patentees in the Town 0/" Windfor, bj one Deed of 
 fartition^ duly Executed, Dated February 1 1 ffc- OneThoufand Seven Hundred and 
 Thirty One, Two, have made Separation and Partition of faid Lands between them- 
 felves and the (aid Patentees ofthtToan »/" Hartford; in which Partition Four 
 leffer Panels of Land ( lying within faid Urge TraEl of Land ) wat parted^ fet out 
 and divided to the faid Patentees in the Town of Windfor. j^nd whereat the 
 faid Patentees in theTown o/Windfor,in their lawful Proprietors Meeting,holden at 
 Windfor, April Jth- One tltoufani feven hundred and thirty two, did maie Parti, 
 tion and Divtfion cf faid Four parcels of Land amongfi themfelves. Allotting out each 
 of the faid Four parcels to a eertain Number of faid Patentees and Proprietors^ ^0 
 ^flte ant) to ^0l8 the fame in Severalty^to them and their Heirs for ever, as by anln- 
 firument of Partition made ani faffed in faid Proprietors Meeting,more fully appear. 
 
 Now that the faid Proprietors of each of £he faid Four parcels of Land,may be 
 enabled and icipowred in their Proprietors Meetings, to make further Parti- 
 tion and SeverancethereofintoparticularShares and Alloimentsamongft them 
 felvesjin order to their making ImproveraenI and Settlement upon the fame: 
 
 Torrington "St (t ^rtatfeU B? x%z ^otiernouir,CountiI ant) 1Rt{)refenfatftPS,fnd5enEraI 
 
 Bounded and COUCt ^ffcniblE!3,anD ftp t\£ 28utt|0;ftJ of t^e fflmc,That the Firfl parcel of 
 Named. Land mentioned in faid Inftrumentof Partition, containing 10924 Acres.and 
 Bounded South partly on Litchfield, partly on Land belonging to faid Paten- 
 lees in tr;W/or,cal]ed the half Townftiip, Ead and North on Land belonging 
 to the Grantees of Hartford ; Wefl on Land belonging to the 
 Hsw the firft Governour and Company of the Colony of ConneUicut, is hereby Named, 
 J(°P''ng°j^„ and fliall for ever hereafter be called and named Tfimr|j<j». And /v^^ff^fw 
 be cali'd to-'^*''')"»>%'r Wolcott, Efqr,. and the reft of the faid Proprietors of faid Tor- 
 gether and rington, or any Five of them, are hereby Enabled to call a Meeting of faid 
 where. Proprietors, to be Held in the Town ofmndfor, by applying themfelves, or 
 
 any Five ofihera, 10 fome Afliflant or Junice of the Peace in the County of 
 Hertford,iQ: a Warrant for the calling fuchMeeiing. Such Affidant or Juflice 
 
 b
 
 Anno Regn't Regis GEORGIJ, // Quinto. 
 
 Barkhempftead % Cokbrook iJ^amcH f BOUUDCtl^ 397 
 
 is hereby impowred to grant his Warrant, exprefTing the Time,Pkce and Bu- 
 fincfsof fuch Meeting, lo One of the Proprietors asking for the fame ; Re- 
 quiring fuch Proprietor, to Warn all the Proprietors of Torrington, of fuch [^°lJ'|"'J''" 
 their Meeting, by fetcing up Altefted Copies of fuch Warrant, under the j^^piacesm 
 Hand of the AflSflant or Juftice granting the fame, in Three publiclt Places days before 
 in the Town oitVindfor, at leart Ten Days before fuch Meeting faid Meeting. 
 
 SffnD be itfuctljer(£nacttJijThat the faid Proprietors of ro?-r«>;^fon,in theirPro« 
 prieiors Meeting^Afiembled asaforefaidjby their major Vote,to be computed AClctk tobe 
 according to their Iatereft,(hall be Impowred, and they are hereby Impowr'd j-onin«oM. 
 to choofe their Proprietors Clerk, who (hall take the following Oath, f'iz.. 
 VOu N.H^. being chofen Clerk of the Proprietors of Tomngton, do Swear 
 by the Name of God, that you will truly and faithfully Execute the Of- 
 fice of Clerk for faid Proprietors, according to your beft Skill. You rtiall The Form of 
 make true Entries of all Votes and Orders of faid Proprietors, made accord- fiid Clerks 
 ing to Law ; as alfo of all Grants, Deeds of Sale or Gift, Mortgages and Ali= ^*^^* 
 enalions of Lands lying in faid Tenington, and give true Copies of the fame 
 wbea you are fo required, taking only your jq(> Vees. So help you God. 
 
 ^nO it iStetcbp (EnacteDanO SDedaceD, That theEntringof any Deed, 
 Mortgage or Alienation of Lands lying in romV/^fo». in the Office of faid TheEntry cf 
 Proprietors Clerk, (hall fully Secure the fame from being Avoided by any fj"^ Berks'" 
 Grant, Deed or Mortgage from the Grantor, Entred on Record afterwards- Office, fuffi. 
 
 ana be It further (EnactelJ, That the faid Proprietors oiTorrhgton be im- dent fbi.G'f. 
 powred, by their major Vote, as aforefaid, and they are hereby impowred, 
 at iheir Proprietors Meeting to choofe One or more Agents or Attorneys, in 
 their Name and Stead toSue,Profecute orDefend,bcfore any Court or Judge, 
 and to final Judgment and Execution to purfue in any Adion or Cafe, for the ^9°^"jJ°"t„ 
 Maintaining or Defending their Title or PofFedion in faid Lands ; as alfo to choofeAgent" 
 make Orders for the Improvement or Divifion of their faid Lands i as alfo to or Attomies, 
 levy Taxes upon themfelves, according to their Interefts, for the raifing fuch toAft jntheir 
 SuroorSums ofMoney,as they fhall judge needful,for the defraying theCharge ^^'^*'^' 
 of any Suit or Suits and for the making Partition of faid Lands ; as alfo to ap- 
 point Rate-makers and Colleftors of fuch Taxes, who are hereby impowred 
 to Gather and Colleft the fame, and (hall be accountable for fuch Rates to the Ajfoto choof 
 Proprietors Committee orTreafurer,under the fame Penalties,and as fully as Rate makers 
 theCoUeaors of theTown Rates are impowred and obliged to. And the laid & Colleftors. 
 Proprietors at their Proprietors Meetings,are impowred to Adjourn the faid 
 Meetings to fuch Time and Place as they (hall think proper ; and to call after 
 Meetings in fuch manner as they fhall order and agree. And all Partition of 
 Lands, made according to their Intereft, by faid Proprietors in their lawful All Partjtioo 
 Meetings,bytheirmajorVote,asaforefaid,are hereby declar'd valid and lawful ofLandsnazde 
 
 ainb be ftfuctlltc (CnaCteD, That the Second parcel of Land, mentioned p^'j^f'^'J^ ^J°i 
 in faid Inflrument, containing 20531 Acres, Bounding EaOerly on the s:''vaUd.^°° 
 Town of Sym/^ory, South and Weft on Land belonging to HarcforJGrantees, 
 Northerly partly on Land belonging to//<jrf/tfr^Grantees,and partly onLand Berkhcmfleai 
 belonging to the faid Grantees in Windfor^K hereby Named,and (hall for ever Bounded and 
 hereafter be called and named Barkkempfie/id. And Capt. Thomas More and Named. 
 Liev "Jonathan Elfeworth, and the reft of the Proprietors of Barkhemffiead, _, ^ 
 are hereby as fully impowred to call a Proprietors Meeting, and to choofe power grant: 
 their Clerk, Rate-makers and Colleftors.Ageni or Attorneysjgrant Taxes and ed to Bark-. 
 make Partition of their Lands, and to Adjourn their Meetings, and Call after hempjlead as 
 Meetings,as is in this ASt provided and granted to the Proprietors of Torring- ^oTomngton. 
 ton ; and their Officers are alike Impowred and under the fame Penalties, 
 ani) be it furtl)eu€nartel),That the Third parcel of Land, mentioned in faid 
 Inllrumeiit,containing 18199 Acres Bounded Northerly on the Colony Line, Cdehrook 
 Southerly partly on Land belonging toH.jrf/or^ Graniees,and partly onLand Bounded and 
 belonging to the Grantees Q{iVir:dlor,WeOed^ onLand belonging to she Go. Nam'd. 
 vernour and Company of CwwfS^car.EaOerly on Land belonging to iheGran- 
 lees of fJartforM, is hereby Called, and (hall for ever hereafter be called Coic^ 
 
 brctk
 
 Anno Regn't Regis G E O R G I J, //. Quinto. 
 
 398 Her\vinton.ai5ills»Court,if etrp.^l)eep. ^utDepo^ 
 
 brook. And the fame Powers and Privileges are hereby granted to Cant. Srf- 
 The fame muel Mtther,Mr-HehryWolcott,and the reft of the Pvopaetori of Calebrooi 35 jj 
 Power f;rant: j^ this Aft above provided for and granled to the Proprietors ofTorrin^tcn 
 IroJt af/r ^"^ ^^ " futti)£r (£na(tcD,That the Fourth parcel of Land, mentioned la 
 Jorrivgton. ^'^ Inltrumcnt, Containing 9^60 Acres,Bouiided beginning at the North-eaft 
 
 corner of Litchfield ^\n the Forks of ^T-jfo-fcury-RWer.and from thence it runs 
 k'^Iw^"" a ^^^ ^'^^"^ Degrees and Thirty Minutes South, Seven Hundred Seventy-eighi 
 Na"M RodSj'f' 3" l^eap ofStones laid about aWhite-oakTree.thence South SixMiles 
 
 andFortyRods.loa heapof Stones,thenceWeft to Waterbury thenceNoriherly 
 The fame by tbeRiver to the firftCorner.is hereby Called,and (hall for ever hereafter be 
 Power given named Hirmnton. And the fame Powers andPriviiegt-s are hereby granted to 
 to Herwtntoi Samuel AHyttyPamel BiftB.and the reft of the Proprietors oi Hemtnton^ as is ia 
 as js granted jj^jj y^^ above provided and granted to the Proprietors of Torrinvton 
 
 ttilorrvigton, »_ ^ ^ i ' 
 
 CHAP. X C I. 
 Videchap.7j An Adl for Emitting Bills of Credit. 
 
 WHEREAS there U in the hands of Mr.]o\\nWK\ung^Treafurer of thit Co. 
 lony,theSum of two thoufand eight hundred and (i'jen Pounds fifreea 
 Shillings and Eleven-pence half-peny,t«^<)o<i Bills fit for further Service, which 
 yfos brought inby the Race granted Oftober,0«e ehoufandSeven hundred andTxoen- 
 ty niiiey and are lodged irt the Treafury far the further dtfpofal of thit Affembly. 
 
 ii?V&l j'. court 'HKTetnblfD.ano 6? tge 'aiuc|)0^itj of tl)e fame,That the faidTreafurer 
 
 in Bills ofCr! ftia" be,and he is hereby Authorized and Impowred to iffue out and deliver 
 
 to beEmited ihe aforefaid Sum of two thoufand eight hundred and (even Pounds, fifteen ShiU 
 
 lings diX\<\ Eleven-fence half-peny, towards the payment of the Debts and the 
 
 neceflary Charges of this Colony, according to fuch Orders as fhall be givetx 
 
 him from time to time according to Law. 
 
 Vid. Pag. 22, . — . _ 
 
 46,167,154. CHAP. XCII. 
 
 2(59,z84, j?4 y^n A(9: relating to the Judges and Jury of the Superiour Court. 
 
 Tufticesof "P <£fOltJ£D bp t^iS alTrmblj, That there be allowed and paid to the 
 
 itheS.'coua to Av J"^g^s of the Superiour Court.the Sum of Fifteen Shilling] per DUm^fot 
 
 iiave I J J ]>f r every Day they are on the Circuit, in lieu of any former Allowance ; and to 
 
 dum,vi'\i\\Lo the chief Judge Trtenty Pounds mote Yearly- 
 
 ''""r^h^'f' 2nD(tiS fuctf)rrEffolb'0,That the Fees paid tothefaidCourt, fhall berm#;7fy 
 
 Tudee '^ A^nd ^'"''"'>?^ ^°^ iheTrial of every Aftion,which fhall go toward Payment of the 
 
 how paid. Judge$Salary,and what that falls fhort,/hatlbe paidouc of thePublickTreafury. 
 
 The Fees for ^"^ ^^^^ furtt)erKefolb'D,rhat theFeesfor ihejury in the Superiour Court 
 
 tne Jury 24 J. for the future ,fhall be TiPfiBf^ /«urSWj>7^r^/o«<^.for every A61 ion by them tried- 
 
 ver A<Sion. • ■ ■ ■ ■ 
 
 C H A P. XCIII. 
 
 Vid.pig. j4. An AA for taifing and dating the Fare of Sayhrook Ferry. 
 
 J03,3»M4'. X\ 4Efelt)£D aitO ^nacteD bptftffl afiftnblp.That the Fare of the Ferry atS.i>- 
 ?49.J56, 369 Jj^ broo*,for the fulure,(hali be in the Months of December, 'January and Fe- 
 TheFareof tra<«r^, for Man, Horfc and Load, Thirteen-pence Money \ and in the oiher 
 SayirookFe^y Momhs in the Year,ihe Fareoffaid Ferry fhall be Nme-penceMoney^for Man, 
 i}</.inWint. HorfeandLoad. Which Fares ftaled,as aforefaidjiheFerry-man may demand 
 ^^h^erMo" t^iis^ receive and take; AnyLaw,Ufage orCuflom to the contrary notwithf>anding 
 
 C H A p. XCIV. 
 
 looTiflh ^"^^ prefcribing the Oath for Clerks of the Owners of Sheep 
 oaths, iee "Q 'CfOltcD &? tfjifl atrcniblp, That the Oath to be Adminiflred to the 
 chap 79, 90, J[\ Clerks of the Owners of the Sheep, fhall be the Oath provided in the 
 Clerks Oath Ljyy Book, for Clerks of Trainbands, Gaeers, &c Mutatit rnuiandis. 
 
 j'l psg. 9' Z ■ 
 
 Vid.chap 58. rTpHlS Affembly do appoint Capt- T^oOT;M Welles and Mr. Roger Newbury^ 
 Surveyors of I go be Surveyor? in and for the County of Hartford, for the future- 
 
 //rtrr/ county ."^ _. 
 
 NLONDON,?tiMeii andSoMby T. G R E E N, Piinter to cheGov.iScCcmpaoy.ijji
 
 An»o Regni Regis G E O R G I J, //. Sexto, 
 
 ^t^tit% runnins at JLu^t m tl)e Commons. 399 
 
 Forty copie« 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert" C Bate*. 
 
 Hartford, 19IQ. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefties Colony 
 of Comellicut in New- England : Begun and Held at New Have»t 
 on Thurfday the Twelfth Day ot 0£loher, in the Sixth Year of 
 the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second^ of Great- 
 Britain, &c, KING. Anneque Domini, 1751. 
 
 CHAP. X C V» 
 
 An A£t to prevent Damage being done in vid.pag.9,,. 
 Common Fields and particular Enclofures, Is'^V.',''?; 
 by Horfes being fuffered to go at Large Y^^k^it 
 on the Commons. 
 
 I9h 
 
 B4S (t €naaeb hp tl)e dSoiiernour, Council ano IKepreCentatfteitf, fit 
 (PenecaKTourt aftemWeti, ano l? t^z glutijo^itg of tge fame, 
 That all Horfe-kind which being fuffered to go at Large on the 
 Commons, do break into any Common Field or Particular In- 
 clofure, and are there found doing Damage, and are from thence Im- 
 pounded % the Owner of fach Horfe or Horfes, (hall pay for the Poundage 
 thereof One SbilUng p<r Head, whereof Tv/o- fence (ball be to the Keeper of 
 the Pound, and all Damages notwithflanding the infufficiency of the Fence. 
 And in cafe the Owner of fuch Horfe or Horfe kind, cannot be known 
 within the fpace of Twenty-four Hours after the Impounding the fame, 
 fuch Horfe or Horfe kind (hall be liable to be proceeded with as Strays, 
 according to the k6t ot this AfTembly in May laft^ 
 
 Morfesgoiag 
 at large on 
 theCommon, 
 breaking into 
 any Inclofure 
 to be impoun 
 dedjtheFence 
 being infuffi. 
 cient not- 
 wihftanding. 
 
 In 24 Hours 
 tobeprocei/e^ 
 witliasStrays 
 
 Hint) ft (S fucthec ^^cobi'DeUj That upon the Replevin of any fuch Horfe 
 or Hor(e-kind, or other difpote in the Law arifing on any fuch Matter, as 
 aforefaid, when the Impounder has under his Qath declared the Place from A Provifo 
 whence he made the Diftrels, that unleis the Owner of the Horfe or 
 Horfes, can fhew to the facisfatSion of the Ccurc or juftice before whom 
 the Trial is, that the Horfe or Horles were not fuffered to go at large on 
 the Commons, and did Enter into the fame through the infufficiency of 
 fome other part of the Fence aor adjoining to the Commons, 
 
 Z z z 
 
 CHAP.
 
 /fnm Regni Regu G E O R G I J. / /. Sexto. 
 
 400 Common if ielt)S,6cc» Courts of ^robattifas. 
 
 CHAP. X C V I. 
 
 An Ad in Addition to and Explanation of an 
 HiTsZlt Aa, Entituled, An Adl for the Regulation 
 l^i'lfco of Fence for Common Fields or ocher En- 
 [^{intVy, clofures. Made in the Twelfth Year of the 
 Reign of Our late Soveraign dueen jinng. 
 
 ?78.?94.395, 
 
 * ding Fence between them : bat nc Provifian it madt in (aid ^H^ ahtrt ihtrt 
 It a Fence made between Vrofrieteri ef adjoining Lands, and no legal Divifion hath 
 been made thereof ^ how fuch a Divifion jhaU bt attained, 
 
 propriftoisof Be it ^itarteb tip ftie 4Boternour, Councfl ant» RfpcfffntnrftjeiS, fn 
 Adjoining (general Court ^tlTfmbleD.ano bp t%t iCutiopit? of tjjt fnmf , That whcxc 
 '*ry *d'"d"'^ ProprieiOrs of adjoining Lands have, or wane a dividend Fence between 
 Fence' &tlieir them, and one of the perfbns fo adjoining cannot be prevailed v/ithal to 
 Neighbours agree with his fatd Neighbour to make a legal Divifion thereof, it fhall be 
 won't agree in the Power of the perfon or perfons aggrieved, to call out Three of the 
 in dividing, Seleft-men of the Town where fuch Lands lye, that are Un-intercfted, 
 feiea.ine'i). ^ who fhall divide and fee out to each and every perfon or perfons his or 
 who fhall fet thcir Part of the faid dividend Fence, in equal proportion : Always having 
 outioeaciiat regard to that part of the faid Fence ( if the one part be better than the 
 every Pej|o." other part thereof ) to fet the faid better part thereof to him who made 
 ^'^ "f fa^id "^ '^* ^*'"* '^^ derived his Title from him who did ercft it, And the Charge 
 dfviden fence thereof (hall bc paid by hi 01 or them that wilfully Refufed to make fuch 
 Tlie Charge Divifion, And a copy of faid Charge Under the hands of the faid Seleft- 
 who fliail men (hall be a fufficient Evidence in the Law to lecovcr faid Charge And 
 A R " d f ^^^^ ^" Divifions of fuch Fence, Made as aforefaid, and Recorded in the 
 what^'the Se- Records of the Town where fuch Divifions are made, fhall be as effeftual 
 Ic^ men do, in the Law, as if it were written under tiw hands of the Parties. 
 Cj'f.fuflicieni 
 
 CHAP. X C V 1 1. 
 
 vid Page 14. An A<ft for Regulating Fees in the Courts 
 "7.I78.1I4 ol rrobate. 
 
 zt{.2i6 ZI7 
 
 247,156,18} T>(£ ft(tnotfrt lip tl^e (to6ernour,Countff antt fieprerfntatitejSjfndJenfrfl! 
 290,506, ?2i Q Court ^(femblcO.ana I»p t^e Hurljo^itg oC t^e fame, That the Fees ia 
 JJi.JjS, HP ,he fcveral Couris of Probale in this Colony, fliaH be as foUoweih, Fix^ 
 
 For granting Adminiflration Bond and Letter of Ad- ") /. /. d. 
 
 miniflration, if the Inventory amount toThirty Pounds ( 
 
 or upwards, to the Judge Four Shillings, to the Regifler Q 00 07 06 
 
 Three ShiUings and Six-pence. J 
 
 If the Inventory be under Thirty Pound/, Five SkiRinit, 00 of o* 
 
 Probate of Will, where the Inventory amounts to Tlirty i 
 Pound), or upward, to the Judge Three Shillings and Six- f met, Zoo 06 00 
 to ihe Kc$\AeT Tvt ShiSingf 2ni Six'ftntt. j 
 
 iX
 
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 ^caljetigerg of2)tei'ttjg,&c « to be utiDet £>at!), 401 
 
 /, X. d. 
 If under Thirty Pounds , tour SWtllings, oo 04 00 
 
 Recording a Will or Inventory of one Page and Filing \ 
 the fame. Two ShiUings and Six pence. 5 
 
 If more, Each Page of Twenty- eight Lines, Ten Words i 
 I a Line, One Shilling. ■> 0° 
 
 02 06 
 01 00 
 
 in 
 
 For a CoDV of a Will or Inventory. Tmelve-oencp a > 
 
 Oo 01 00 
 
 00 
 
 Of 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 CI 
 
 00 
 
 CO 
 
 04 
 
 00 
 
 For a Copy of a Will or Inventory, twelve-fence a ? 
 Page, Each Page to contain, as aforefaid. J 
 
 Allowing of Accounts, Setling and Dividing of Inteftate ? 
 Eftates, Five Shillingi. S 
 
 Every Citation, One SkiBing. 
 
 Every Quiet/u, Four Shillings. 
 
 Making out a Commiffion to Receive and Examine the ^ 
 Claims of Creditors to Infolvent Eftates, and Regiftring ^ 00 03 00 
 the fame, Three Shillings. ^ 
 
 Regiflring of the Commiffioners Report, after the rate t 
 of 0''fSfc«7/»«gp«''P3ge, to be accounted as aforefaid. j 00 01 oo 
 
 For Entring of an Order upon the Adminiftrators to pay / 
 out the Eftate, in proportion unto the feveral Creditors, Re- ^ 00 01 06 
 turned by the Commiflioners, One Shilling and Six-pence. ) 
 
 CHAP. XCVIII. 
 
 An A<9 for the obliging Scavengers of Dreins 
 and Sewers, to take the Oath and perform vid.pag.5j8. 
 the Service belonging to their Office, jj9.j<5o,j8j; 
 
 WHERE j4S hyan AEi Made and Pafed in this ^pmhty, on the Tenth 
 Day o/Oaober,f» the Second Tesr of Hu Majt^ies Reign, Entituled, Preamble Or 
 Jin yiCl for the more Efeiiual keeping open Ditches and Dreins, that have been recital oF a 
 madef or fliaU hereafter be made, by Commijponers of Sewers, It «r Provided, * That Paragraph, 
 
 * the Proprietors of fuch Wet Lands may choofe Two or more perfons a- '" ?*&• i^9' 
 'mong themfelves to be Scavengers, for the Clearing up and Ikeeping in 
 
 * Repair fuch Dreins and Sewei^ ; and the Scavengers fo cholen, (hall tale 
 ' the Oath provided for Fence- Viewers, Mutatis tnutandis : But no Penalty 
 M laid in faid jiEi^ on fuch as pall refufs the foid Oath and undertake [aid Strvies* 
 
 ]5e ft tljetefoje <?n8(t(Ii&p i$t ^otitrnouc, CTouncflanH Eeptrfi^iitdtftiesf, 
 fn (acnetal Court SfiffemtiUd, anfi ^ tiss S3ut^o|itp oC tlie fame, That Scavengett 
 Scavengers (ball be Chofen and Appointed once m Two Years. And if to be chofen 
 any per(bn or perfons Lawfully chofen to faid 0£Sce of Scavenger, ft all ""y » Year, 
 refufc or negleft to talie fuch Oath, being required thereunto, by a Ci- _ , . 
 ration from lome Aflifiant or Jufiice of the Peace, fuch perfon or perfons ^ fake^e 
 fhall each of them pay a Fine of Forty Shillings current Money to the Pro- Oath provi- 
 prietors of fuch Wet Lands, to be delivered to their Committee, for the ded for faid 
 ufeofthe Proprietors : The fame to be levied by a Warrant from fome ^"^"'F^P^jT 
 AfTiftant or Jufticc of the Peace. And the Proprietors of fuch Wet Lands, ^° '■ ^'"^* 
 (hall proceed to Choofe other perfon or perfons Scavengers, in the room jj^^ L^yj^j 
 of fuch as have refufed, as aforefaid* 
 
 CHAP*
 
 Ahho RegKi Regis G E O R G I J, / /. Sexto. 
 
 402 a5ais of €n}^it. %ti%. iBomittation. 
 
 CHAP. X C I X 
 
 An A(ft for the Emitting Bills of Credit for 
 videch.p.9' the payment of the publick Debts of this 
 Colony. 
 
 WHERE AS thu jijfembly hting Informed from the Treafurer of ibis Co. 
 lotrff that he hath not a fufficiency of Monty in hit hundt t» defray the 
 Charge of thit Afftmbly. 
 
 Preamble, 
 
 25e (t (tnatteo b? ttie (Joternouc. Councfl anD Ecprcfcntatites, in 
 2 ^Q,^^f,j,g(©«nEtalCouct 3fiflemWfD, ano 6p tl}e 3fiutl)0?ftg of tfje rome. That the 
 Exchange faid Treafurer fhall be, and he is hereby authorized and impowrcd, to iflue 
 Bills to be oui and deliver the Sum of Two Jhoufand and Five Hundred Psurdj^ of the Ex. 
 Emitted, for change Bills now in his hands, towards the Payment of the Debts and necefla- 
 
 ''ubl? kDebts ""^ Charges of this Colony, according to fuch Orders as (hall be given hira 
 pu ic e ts ^^^^ ^.^^ ^^ ^j^^ according to Law, 
 
 2nb fie it tuxtltt <natt£tJ bp t^e 3!Iutl)02itp afojefadJ, That as a Fund or 
 P , f. , Security for the Re-payment and Drawing in of the faid Bills into the 
 drawing' in Treafury again, this AfTembly Grants a Tax or Rate of Tteo Jhoufand znd 
 the faid Bills S»x Hundred Pounds, tohc Levied on the Polls and all other Rateable Eflate 
 again, by the within this Colony ; and to be Paid irjto the Treafiiry at or before the laft 
 laft o(.M.ij £)3y Qf ji^ay^ One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Seven : Which faid 
 *^^^* Rate (hall be Paid in the Bills of Credit of this Colony, or in Money as it 
 
 PafTeih generally in the Country at the Time of Pay meal, and in no other. 
 
 manaer* 
 
 CHAP. C. 
 
 An A& for Levying a Tax on Polls, &c. 
 
 THIS ASSEMBLY Grants a Rate of rtPo-p?n« on the Po^w^, on all 
 the Polls and Rateable Eftale within this Government, to be Paid into 
 ^7n7« on the the Publick Treafury, ia the Bills of Creditof this Colony, with the ufual 
 Poani.and ia Advance of Twelve-pence on the Pound ; or in true Bills of Credit of Four 
 what Specie 5jg[jgjs ^f |he Maffachufetts Bay y or in true Bills of Credit of ATrw rori, 
 to be paid. ^j,|jom Advance on them ; or in Silver Money as it Pafleth in the Country. 
 
 The Gentlemen Nominated to ftand for Ef 
 le<ftion rnMaj next, as fent in by the Free- 
 men of the refpedtive Towns in this Govern- 
 ment, to this Affembly, are as followeth, vi^* 
 
 THE Honourable JOSEPH TA.LLCOTT, Eftj; tie Honourable JONA- 
 THAN LAW, E/'^i Samuel Eells, E/^; Matthew Allyn, E/f, Roger 
 Wolcotr, E/"^; James Wadfworth, Efc]- John Hooker, f/"-?; Nathaniel 
 Stanly, £/f; Jofcph Whiting, E/f, Ozias Pitkin, Efcj; Timothy Peirce, £/^-, 
 Nomination John Burr, E/"^; Samuel Lynde, Efcj; Edmund Lewifs, Ef^\ Mr Thomas 
 for Mayin-i Pitch, Ca^t. William Pitkin, Capt. Roger Newton, Mr. Ebenezer Weft, 
 Mr. Richard Chriftophers, Capt. Samuel Mather. 
 
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 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefties Colony of 
 CoHneilkut'm New'E»gland : Holdea { by Adjournment, and by 
 fpecial Orderof the Governour and Council )&tHartfor^,the i^th. 
 Day of February, \n the Sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign 
 LordGEORGEtheSeco>jJ,ol6reatBritai?t,&c,K\NG.^m0Dom.i2j2,i 
 
 " CHAP. CL ' 
 
 An A^ for Repealing the AcS, Conftituting 
 a Society, by the Name of the New- 
 London Society, Made in May laft. 
 
 ON the Citation of the New-London Society for Trade and Com- 
 merce United, To {hew by what Authority they had Emitted fame 
 Thoufands o/Pounds,in like Manner with the Bills ofPublick Credit f''^"'"^''' 
 on thi4 and the Neighbouring Provinces^ and to fhew caufe why they 
 pieuld net Refund to the PoJfefJ'ors oftheirtf according to the face of the faid Bills 
 in a prefer Currency ; and why they [liould not be Amerced for their Mif-manofe- 
 fnent and Ceafe to be a Society. The Society appeared by their Agents, and the 
 Connftl for this Government ; and the faid Agents were heard thereon. The Counm 
 fel for the Society took Exception to the JurifdiBion of the Court, and Wav'd it • 
 and Pleaded in their Jufiiftcation, That the Bills Emitted by them, were not of 
 the Nature and Tenor of the Bills of the Provinces, but only of the Nature of Bills 
 of Exchange^ which they had a natural Right and Authority to do. On Confidera' ^ Qoeftions 
 tion wheretf, the Quefiions following -U'sre dijlinBlj put and Refolved. Propofed & 
 
 1 . Whether it be Lawful for any Society in thii Government, or particular Per fan '*^^^^" 
 cr Perjoniyon their own Private Credit or Fund, without the Authority of thii Govern' Oueft 
 t,at leafl to Emit Bills of Credit of the Tenor of the Bills of Credit ofthisColons ' 
 
 meni,> 
 
 IRtfoltoeD b? ttjiS QOfiVmblp in the Negative. 
 
 2. Whether ihe Bills Emitted by tfce New- London Society for Trade and 
 Commerce, are of the Tenor and Nature of the Bills of Credit of thii Colony ? Queft. z. 
 
 TRcfoltiEO in the Affirmative ; and that the laid Bills are no ways 
 agreeable 10 Bills of Exchange, as has been Pleaded before this Aflembly. 
 
 5. Whether the (aid Society are bcinid in Juftice and Equity, to Refund and Pay 
 back to the Pofjejjors of the Society Billi, [0 much in Currant Money or Bills 0/ Queft. j. 
 puhlick Credit of thu or the Neighbouring Governments, at by the faid Society 
 Sills is Mentioned and Expreft ? JUf folteD in the Affirmative, 
 
 A a a a 4 Whethtr
 
 Anno RegHt Regis G E O R G I J, / /. Sexto. 
 
 404 ^trtliittg atiu emitting Biilsf of CreDit. 
 
 e 
 
 4 Whether it be not Expedient for this Government^ to Paf$ an M fgj. ,j,^ 
 Oueft 4 preventing the Emiffion and Uttering Bills of Credit on any Fund or Credit of any 
 ' ' Society or Per [on or Per fans, within this Government, fortnd for a general Currency 
 in lieu of Atone) or Medium of Trade i 
 Etfoltea Jn the Affirmative. 
 
 Q.ueft. J. 5. Tbf /<£?■ or Grant of this Court, Confiituting the New-London Society, and 
 
 alfo the Records of the (aid Society being Read and Confidered, It was Qbfcrved 
 'ThacaScock was neceffary tobemade.by the Proportion of which Stock 
 * put in by the Members thereof, all their Votes were to be Computed • 
 and that nothing but Mortgages were pat in by the Members thereof to make this 
 Stock. On aktcb the following Oueflion was fut ; Whether by the faid Mortgages 
 any Stock vcere made, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the Grant ? * 
 KefoltiEtl in the Negative. 
 
 6, The Oueflion being fut. Whether f fee New- London Society by their Mif- 
 Queft. 6. management, have Forfeited the Triviledges Cr Anted or Enabled in their Favour by 
 this Affemhly in May lafl^ for which the faid Grant or A^ ought to be Kepealedi 
 3BlefoltJ£D in the Affirmative. 
 
 TheAa for Whereupon ic is Confidered by this Aflembly, That the Aft of this 
 Conftituting AfTembly in Mayh&, Allowing and Granting unto T<;oot/» Sd)if»are, John 
 the N London Curtifs, John Biffed, Solomon Coit, &c. Memorialifts to be a Society for 
 Society, Re- Xrajg and Commerce, be Repealed and made Void ', and it is hereby 
 pealed. Repealed and made Void accordingly. 
 
 CHAP. C 1 1. ' 
 
 vid.pag tjj An Aa for preventing and punifliing any 
 
 i69,ij6.joi perfon or Society, who fliall Strike or E- 
 
 mit any Bills of Credit of the Nature and 
 
 Tenor of the Bills of Credit on this 
 
 Government. 
 
 THIS Affemhly obferving the great Diforelers and Confttftons that have arifen 
 in this Government, byreafon of the New- London Society United for 
 P amhle Trade and Commerce, their frefuming to Strike and Emit a certain Number of 
 Bills of Credit on their own Society ; whereby many honeji Peofle are in danger of 
 being Defrauded, and the Peace of this Government Subverted \ whereby alfo the 
 Credit of the Government may fink, and the Government thereby be difenabled to 
 Perfons Stri. Defend it felf, or to procure Necejfaries en any Emergent Occafion, 
 kingorEmif Which Inconveniences to Prevent for the Future: 
 
 of"ctldk' of Be ft "JEnaotsU 5? t^e S»eputp <)5ot)ernouc, <roun til anH IXf prefentatftesf, 
 the Nature of jn ©enetal Court affEmtiUU, ana bj tlje SLmf}(t;it^ oftlje fame. That who- 
 Bills of this joever fhall Prefume to Strike or Emit any Bills of Credit, of che Nature or 
 fhe Fund°of Tenor of Bills of Credit on this Government, on any Fund or Credit of 
 anyPerfonor any Perfon or Perfons, or of any Society, to be u fed and improved as a 
 Society, and general Currency or a Medium of Trade and in lieu of Money, Jhall be 
 improve in f^bjea to the fame Pains and Penalties, as thofe that are guilty of Forging 
 io be ouniftt and Counterfeiting Bills of Credit on this Government. And if any perfon 
 as.pag. 301. orperfons fhall Utter or Vend any fuch Bill or Bills, which either have 
 Perfons that been or (hall be Emitted,he or they fhall forfeit double the Sum mentioned 
 utter or vend jj^ fuch Bill or Bills; the one half to him that fhall Profecute the fame to 
 forfeSble Efff^' the Other half to the Town or County Treafurer, according as 
 the Sum of where fuch Offence fhall be Profecuted. 
 
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 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majeftles Colony of 
 Connedicut in New England: Begun and Held at Hart far d^on the Tenth 
 Day oiMay, in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord 
 G E0R6 E the Second o^Great-Britain.^c KING. Annoq; Detn, 1735 
 
 CHAP. CIII. 
 
 An A<^ for direfting how deceafed Debtors SaV'^pag! 
 Lands may be difpofed of to pay their ^tAvi'^^g. 
 Debts, where Perfonal Eftate is not fuffici- "'^''^p ^ ' 
 ent; in compliance to an Ad of Parliament, 
 which is alfo recited. 
 
 T 
 
 HE RE being laid htfore thit Ajjemhly^ by the Honourable the Cover'' 
 tiour a late Ad of Parliamentjin the nords following; '' AnnoQuintO P''eamlte if 
 " G E o R G I J . 1 f . Regis. An Aft for the more Eafy Recovery "!' "^^ "f^"'' 
 " of Debts in His Majefty's Plantations and Colonies in America. '""""''• 
 
 *' Whereas tlis Majtfiy'iSuhjells Trading to theBtltidi Plantations »» America 
 " lye vnder great difficulties, for want of more eafle Methods of Proving, Recover- 
 *' ing and Levying Debts due to them, than are now ufed in fame of the faid Plan- 
 ** tations And vohereas it will tend very much to the Retrieving of the Credit 
 *'■ formerly given by the Trading SubjeBs ofGreat-Britainj to the Natives and In- 
 " habitants of the faid Plantations, and to the advancing of the Trade of this Kingm 
 *' dam thither, if fuch Inconveniences were Remedied, 
 
 *' May it therefore Pteafe Your MAJESTY that it may he EnaOed, 
 
 " 2nli Be ft <£nartea Bp t\\tTk\ng'S ^o(! <zBj;tenertt gi^aitflp ftp arib toftft 
 " tf)f '^bbite ano Corife nt of ifje "Hop's fepSritual an&'(IEEnipocal anD Com* 
 " mon0,intl)i0 ^UEfcnt PacIiament^flfCemblcO anD b? t^e SiHtt)ojitj> of tjjr 
 " fame, That from and after She Twenly-ninih day oi September, which (hall Recital of 
 " be in the Year of Our Lord One thoufand Seven hundred and thirty two, f*'*^ Aft. 
 *' in any AQion or Suit then depending, or thereafter to be brought in any 
 "Court of Law or Equity, in any of the faid Planiatiofls, for or relating 10 
 
 B b b b "any
 
 ^»m Regni Regis G E R G I J, / /. Sexto. 
 
 406 Deceafeti is>tuni^ natiD*^. %\i of parliament. 
 
 "any Debt or Account,wherein any perfon Reflding in Great' Britain fhal) be 
 "a Party, it fiiall and may be lawful 10 and for the PlaintifT or Defendant 
 "andalfoio and forany Witnefs to be Examined or made ufe of in fuch 
 "Aaioii or Suit, to Verify or Prove any Matter orThing by Affidavit or Af- 
 *' fidavitsia Writing upoa Oath; or in cafe the perfon making fuch Affida- 
 *' vii be one of the People called Quakers, then upon his or her folemn Affir- 
 **mation made before any Mayor or other chief Magiftrate of the City, 
 " Burrough or Town Corporate in(7)'Mfifirj>i3»»,where or near to which the 
 •'perfon making fuch Affidavit or Affirmation fhall Refide, and Certified and 
 " Tranfmitted under ihe Common Seal of fuch City, Burrough or Town 
 " Corporate ; or the Seal of the Office of fuch Mayor, or other chief Ma- 
 *' giftraie: Which Oaih and folemn Affirmation every fuch Mayor and chief 
 " Magiftrate (hall be,aod is hereby Authorized and fmpowted to adminifter. 
 ** And every Affirmative or Affirmation fo made, certified and tranfmitted, 
 " fhal) in all fuch Aftions and Suits be allowed to be of the fame Force and Ef- 
 *' fe6t,as if the perfon or perfons making the fame upon Oath or folemn Af- 
 *' firmation, as aforefaid, had appeared and Sworn or Affirmed the matters 
 "contained in fuchAffidavil or Affirmalion(wT'a voceYm OpenCourtjOr upon 
 *'a Commiflion iffued for the Examination of WitnefTes, or of any Party in 
 "any fuch Adion or Suit refpedively : ProvideJ,Thit in every fuch Affidavit 
 "and Affirmation, there (hall be exprefs'd the addition of theParty making 
 ** fuchAffidavit or Affirm3tion,aDd the particular Place of his or her abode, 
 
 *' SBnB be it further djnatteti tp tit SJurfiojftp afo^craio. That in all Suits 
 "now depending,or hereafter to be brought in any Conrt of Law or Equity, 
 "by or in behalf of His Maiefty,Hi$ Heirs and SuccclTors, in any of the faid 
 " Plantations, for or relating to any Debt or Account that His MajefJy,Hij 
 "Heirs and Succeffors (hall and may Prove His and Their Debts and Ac- 
 •' counts, and Examine His or Their Witnefs or WitnefTes by Affidavit or 
 " Affirmation, in like manner as any Subjed or Subjedis is or are Impowred 
 " or may do by ibis prefent Aft. 
 
 " Provided alaays,%T\ti it iS |)ec8bpfuct5er€nattcD,Thal if any perfon ma- 
 " king fuch Affidavit upon Oath or folemn Affirmation, as afotefaidjfttall be 
 ''guilty of falfely and wilfully Swearing or Affirming any matter or thing io 
 "fuchAffidavil or Affirmation, which if the fame had beenSworn upon aoEx- 
 " amination in the ufaal Form would haveaiuouaied to wilful and corrupt 
 " Perjury ; Every perfon fo offending, being thereof lawfully convlded, ftall 
 *' incur the fame penalties and Forfeitures as by the Laws and Statutes of this 
 "Realm are provided agaioft perfons coQvidted of wilful and corrupt Perjury. 
 
 "ant> Be ft furtl)et(f naetfDlipt^e SSat|io;itpafo;eraf5,Thai from and after 
 " the faid Tweaiyninth Day oiSe^t ember, Oae ihoufand fevea hundred and 
 " thirty-two, the Houfe$,L8nds,Negroes and other Heriditamenis, and Real 
 ** E(}ates, Situate or being within any of the faid Plantations, belonging to 
 " any perfons Indebted, (half be liable to and chargeable with all juft Debts, 
 *' Duties and Demands of what nature or kind foever, Owing by any fuch 
 " perfon to His Majefty or any of His Subjeds, and (ball and may be Alfetis 
 •• for the fatisfaQion thereof, in like manner as Real Eftates are by the Law 
 **oi England liable to the fatisfaiftion of Debts due byBond or other Specialty, 
 *' and (ball be fubjeft to the like Remedies, Proceedings and Procefs in 
 *' any Court of Law or Equity, in any of the faid Plantations refpfftively, 
 *' for SeifingjExtending, Selling and Difpofing of any -fuch Houfes,Lands,Ne- 
 "groes and other Heriditaments and Real Effaies,toward$ the fatisfadion of 
 " fuch Debts, Duties and Demands, and in like manner as Perfonal Eftates, 
 " in any of the faid Plantations refpeAively are Seifsd, Extended, Sold or 
 
 *' Difpofed of for ibe faiijfa«Siofl of Debts. " 
 
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 Antio Regn'i Regis G E O R G I J, 7 /. Sexto- 
 
 ^uri3epo;is.3Kepeaiitig an:act.1i:refpaf'Bf bp $\u^, 407 
 
 This A^embly taking Notice, That although by the faid AU of Parliament ^t (3 
 <!Ena(t0li, " That from and after the Tweiity-niath Day of September, One 
 " Thoufand Seven Hundred and ThirtyTwo, the Hcufcs.Lands Negroes and 
 ** other Heriditaments and Real Eftates, ITtuate or being within any of faid 
 " Plantations, belonging to any perfon Indebted,lhail be chargeable with his 
 *' Debts, and fhall be AlTetts for the falisfaaion th£reof,and may be Seifed, 
 '• Extended, Sold or Dirpofed of, for the fatisfying Debis due by Bonds and 
 *' other Specialties, in like manner as Real EflaJes are by the Law of Eng- 
 *' [ani,zna in like manner as Perfonal Eltates, in any of the faid Plantations 
 " refpeftively, are Seifed, Extended,Sold or Difpofed of for the fatisfaiftion 
 *' of Debts- " Tet no Method ( affearing to this /ijfembly } being provided by the 
 faid Statute whereby the Title to the deceafed Debtors Land may be Transferred to Admiiiiftra- 
 any other ferfon for raiftng the Money needful to anfwer faid Debts, *°f* fhewing 
 
 IBr it €nmtr3 6? ttie dPotjecnour, Council anH TS^mttcnmiU&.in ^tm- °J Affembiy 
 tal Court alTcmbUO, attb tip tl)eaut|)o;itp of t|je fame, That when and fo AtteftedCo- 
 often as the Adminidrator on the Eftate of the faid deceafed Debtor, or his P'*' ^'°'n the 
 Executor, Ihall fhew to this Aflembly.by Attefted Copies from the Probate, fil^n' ^'*J*.^ 
 that the deceafed Debtor did Owe more than his Perfonal Eftate would fatis- Debtor"did 
 fy, and obtain the Order of this Aflenibly for the Subftituting the faid Admi- Owe more 
 niRrator,orany other perfon whom this AQembly (hall appoint to make Sale ^^^'^ hisPer- 
 offo much of the deceafed Debtors Lands, as by the faid AlTembly (hall be '"°"»' Eftate 
 direaed, mediately or immediately, (hall be a good and fufficient Evidence Then hisu^d 
 in the Law, of his or her Title to whom fuch Deed fhall be given. tobefdd&its 
 
 , . , ritJe valid. 
 
 C H A P. C I V 
 
 An A(ft for Enlarging the Fees of County SapP'ifji^s 
 
 Surveyors. 
 
 B€ it €tratffl) bp tfie d^oijcrnonr, Council fino Efpreffntatibtjgl, in Slng^'in' 
 (Bcnecai Court fllTembleti, and bp tje Autfjo^itp of tlje Came, That tiieir office, 
 each and every of the County Surveyors in this Government, that fhall tohaveioi. 
 at any Time be called forth to officiate in the faid Office, (hall have Ten Maif&H f"^ 
 ShsUings per diem, Man and Horfe, and his NecefTary Charges borne while &^Charges 
 he is upon faid Service, and no more : Any Law, Ufage, or Cuftom to the bor'n them. 
 contrary notwithftanding. And that each County Surveyor in this Colo- 
 ny, fhall for the Future take the following Oath, yiz. ^''«V to take 
 
 ' an Oath. 
 
 Y"Ou A. B. do Swear by the Ever-living God, That you will faithfully 
 
 Attend to, and Difcharge your Office of Surveyor, unto which you form of their 
 are appointed, without Favour and Refpeft to Perfons, taking only your ^*^''* 
 Juft Fees, as by Law allowed. So help you God, 
 
 C H A P. CV. 
 
 An Ad for Repealing an A<f^,EntituIed, An 
 A(S^ againft firing the Woods, ^ c. And for Sf'^'^* ^^' 
 preventing Trefpaffes and Damages by fet- 
 ting Fires on Lands lying in Common, or 
 belonging to particular Perfons. 
 
 ^.<£ it CnartcD bp t^e (PoUernouc, Councft atiu EfpccfentatftesP, fn TheAfl,En- 
 XJ Central Court 9!llTembleD,ano Uptge 11ui|)0^itpo£tljelame,Th3tonc li'i^d AnAa 
 Act, Entituled, An Ail agmji Eiong (he Witdh &c. be Repealed, and it ti^e'woods^ 
 is hereby Repealed. i, Repealed'. 
 
 Ani 
 
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 Arito Regni Regis GEORGIJ, //, Sexto. 
 
 408 ^t\^m\Q ^uppo^teu ann CncourageD. 
 
 in 
 
 Jnd whtretti notwithfianding the fetting Fires on the Vn-improved handle 
 this Colony, is very Imfoverifhing to the Soil and Deftruilive to the Wood and 
 Preamile. Timbtr graving on fucb Lands ; yet many fuch Fires have been kindled^ and mav 
 kereafttr be kindled, to the grievous Damage of His Majeftys Subjeils. ' 
 
 Which to prevent : 
 Perfons fet- 35^ (t further (tnacteh, That every Perfon or Perfons, that fhalJ after 
 a?L"nds°" t^^ Tenth Day of Auguft ntxt coming, fet Fire on any Lands in this 
 that Oiall run Colony, that fhall run into any Common and Undivided Lands, or Town 
 & do damage Commons, or Lands belonging to any particular Perfon or Perfons, fuch 
 to any others perfon or Pcrfons fetting fuch Fire, or that (hall be Aiding and Afliftfng 
 ftthf *the" therein, (hall pay and fatisfy to the Owner or Owners of the Lands, aU 
 Owners Damages that (hall be done by fuch Fires, to be Recovered by Aaioi> of 
 thereof. Trefpafs. 
 
 And fordfmuch as fuch Fires are often fet in fuch Wildtrnefs Vlacet and 
 Thickettj, where Witntfjes can't be exfciltd to be had. 
 
 Treamhle. 
 
 %e It furtljrt <f nacteU, That when any Perfon or Perfons are Profecuted 
 How the for fetting Fire contrary to this Aft, the Judge or Court before whom the 
 Judge or jjja) of fuch A^ion is, fliall proceed in the Trial by the fame Rules and 
 **roceed See Evidences as is provided againft TrefpafTers, by an Aft Entituled, jin aEI 
 pag-3^9 for the more effcSual Detecting and Funifhing Trefpafs; Any Law, Ufage or 
 
 Cuflom to the Contrary notwithftanding. 
 Towns not to 
 
 be hindred ^nH ft fjSfuttljer ^robftielJ, That nothing fhall be conflrued from this 
 fromagjeing ^^^ {.q prevent or hinder any Town in this Colony, from Agreeing in 
 infiringrheir t^eir annual Town Meeting for fetting Fires in their own Commons as 
 Woods, pro- formerly, in which cafe, the Inhabitants ot the Town fo Agreeing, fhall 
 vided they Pay all Damage that fhall be done by fuch Fires running and burning in 
 pay damages ^ adjacent Townlhip. 
 
 (ifanyjtoo- ^ ' ^ 
 
 therXowns. C H A P. C V L 
 
 An Acft for the Encouragement and better 
 >4^!'i8^V5 Supporting the Schools that by Law 
 35<i ' ought to be kept in the feveral Towns and 
 Pariflies in this Colony, 
 
 B" 
 
 \<t it tfnattrt 6p tit <lBot)ftnDur, CouncrT anti Rcprermtarfijeii, fti 
 (General Court aifremWcD, anD fejt^eautfjojitp of tf)e fame, That 
 the Seven Towns lately laid out in the Weftern Lands (as commonly 
 The Seven called) fhall be Difpofed of and Setled according to fuch Time and Re- 
 Towns lately guiations as this Affembly fhall Order, and that the Money that fhall be 
 tli"^ Wefter 8''^" ^V '"'^^ ^^ may be allowed to fettle in faid Towns for the Land 
 Lands, to be there, (han be Improved for the Support of the aforefaid Schools, vii.. 
 difpofed of& thofe Schools that ought to be kept in thofe Towns that are now Settled, 
 fetled as the and that did make and compute Litis of their Polls and Rateable Ef^are in 
 bI*"fti^lfo" *^® ^^^^ '^^ P^^' ^"^ ^^''^ Towns fhall receive faid Money, every Town 
 der- and the according to the proportion of faid Lift, and each Parifh to receive in pro- 
 Moner given portion according to their own Lift given in as aforefaid the lafl Year ; all 
 therefor, be which Money fhall be let out, and the Interefl thereof improved for the 
 improvedtor Support of the refpeftive Schools aforefaid forever, and to no other ufe; 
 Tnco^jragiVg ^"'^ ^^^ Committee of each Parifh or Town ( where there is but one 
 &Supponing Parifh ) fhall receive the proportion of Money arifing as aforefaid, and 
 of Schools, give a Receipt ( which Receipt Ihall be delivered to the Secretary and kept 
 
 ia
 
 J»no Regit} Regis GEORGIJ, // Sexto. 
 
 SDrfputejs ai)out %mr)S* i^aitition of jLm^s, 409 
 
 in his Office ) that they have received fuch a Sum of Money to be let 
 out and improved for the Support of a School in fuch Town or Parilh ^e tm,,rovId 
 v/here they are a Committee as aforefaid : And that if at any time the i,y any Town 
 faid Money or Interett thereof, (hall be by Order of fuch Town or Parilh or Pariih, for 
 or the Committee chofen by them, put to or imployed for any other life anyother ufe 
 than for the Support of a School there, that then fuch Sum of Money fhall ^°^^^ [hecol 
 be returned into the Treafury of the Colony, and the Treafurer of the ?onyTrcafu?y 
 Colony (hall upon refufal thereof, recover the fame Sum of fuch Town or & fuch Town 
 Parilh for the ufe of the Colony : And fuch Town or Parilh that have mif- lofetheBcne- 
 improved fuch Money, ftiall for ever lofe the Benefit thereof. fhe futm!'^°' 
 
 C H A P. C V 1 1. 
 
 An Ad for the preventing Difputes which Jha^Sxivl: 
 might arife in the Partition of Lands. 
 
 THIS Ajjemhly Obferving^that Di(putes do or may arifeyXoherehy tht Partition 
 of Lands whereof there are many Proprietor Sy may be very much perplexed Preamik 
 for want of a fixed and determinate Periodj rsherein the Right and Property of 
 faid Lands are changed from a Common to a. Particular Inter ejly hy meant of En- 
 tries which may he made thereon, either hy Strangers or any of the Proprietors in 
 Oommony after an agreement to make Partition, and before the a£lual Surveys are 
 Made and Recorded in the feveral Towns where the Lands lie. 
 
 Which Inconvenience to prevent : 
 
 "Bt it €nattcti bj) tfie <©ottrnour, Council anfi IRcprcfentatfuejsf, I'lt partjtign .r 
 (Bcnetal Couct IfitfemWeD, anU bp ifie Hlutl)o;(tp of t\)e fame. That Parti- L^^ds not 
 tionof the Lands,aforeraid, (haH not be deemed and looked upon as perfe£l compleat.tUl 
 and compleat in the Law, until the Surveys, as aforefaid, are actually made Surveyed and 
 and Recorded, as aforefaid ; and (hall be Efteemed as an Eftate in Common Recorded, 
 and Undivided in the hands of the Proprietors. 
 
 CHAP. C V 1 1 1. 
 
 An A6i: for appointing and impo wring fundry y^^Pffap.^^ 
 Perfons in the Town of Hartford^ihck Heirs '»"•*«• 
 and AiTigns ( that are Proprietors of feveral 
 parcels of Land lying Weft ward oiFarrnhg- 
 ton and Sjmsbury^xo Meet and make Partiti- 
 on of faid Lands to and amongft themfelves. 
 
 W' 
 
 ' HERE AS the Honourable Jo feph Talcott, Nathanael Stauly and 
 , , Hezekiah Wyllys, Ef^rs. with divers others of the Town of Hartford, PnamUe, 
 Obtained a Patent duly Executed under the Seal of this Corporation, dated May 
 the Twenty fccond. One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Nine, of one Moiety 
 or half part of a large TraU of Land, BoundeJ^ North on the Province of the 
 Maffachufetts-Bay ; Wefl partly on Land belonging to the Governour and Com- 
 pany of this Colony, and partly on LitchReM; South parti; on the Town 0/ Litch- 
 field, partly on Waterbury, and pa-tly on Farmington; Eafl partly on Farming- 
 ton, pirt/^ow Symsbury, partly on Land belonging to the Governour and Com- 
 pany of this Colony : Ihe other Moiny or half part being Granted to fundry Perfons 
 oftheTown «/Windfor, as by faid Patent doth appear, 
 
 C c c c jjnd
 
 Jimo Pegni Regis GEORGIJ. / l Sexto. 
 
 Tro Hartland jSounDen atiD i^ameST 
 
 jind whereat the faid Jofeph Talcott, Nathanael Stanly and Hezekiah 
 Wyllys, and the reft of the Patentees of the Town of Hartford, havt made Pan 
 tiiion, Stfaration and Divifion of faid Landi^ between themfelvei and the Paten- 
 tees of the Tovin of Windfor, at bf a certain Deed of Partition duly Executed^ 
 Dated February the l i»fc. One ihonfand Seven Hundred and Thirty One, Two^ 
 doth appear^ by which Partition and Divifion, four lefftr parcels of Land, lying 
 viithinfaid large Traii of Land, wai fet cut to the faid Patentees of the Town of 
 Hartford. 
 
 jind vhereas the faid Patentees of the Tawn o/" Hartford, at their lawful Pre- 
 ffietors Mteting,holden in H^niotd^on the fifth Day of AptW^OneThoufand Seven 
 Hundred and Thirty Two, and by fever al Adjournment t to the Twenty fevtnth Day 
 cf September following, did by their Votes jigree. Order and Determine in what 
 Way and Manner the afore faid four Parcels of Landfhould be parted and divided 
 to and amongft themfelves, into four dtftinU Proprieties, which was accordingly 
 performed and done, as by a certain Deed of Partition, dated September ^th^ 
 One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Two, doth appear, which Partition and 
 Divifion at expreffed in the aforejaid Deedy wat Eftahlijhed and Confirmed by the 
 aforejaid Proprietors, at their Meeting holden by Adjournment the lyh Day of 
 September, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Two^ ( Neminc Contra^ 
 dicente) at by their Vote on Record doth apfear. 
 
 Now that the faid Proprietors of each of the aforefaid Foor parcels of 
 Land, may be Enabled and Impowred in their Proprietors Meetingj,to 
 make further Partition and Severance thereof into particular Shares and 
 Allotments to and amongft themfelves!, in order to their making Im- 
 provement and Settlement on the fame : 
 
 56t It €natfe& bp tit lEfotemour, Council anb Btprerentatftfsf, fn ^f- 
 
 neral Court afTemWeti, anti bp tjje autjjojitp of t^e fame. That the Firft 
 
 parcel of Land mentioned in the aforefaid inftrumenc of Partition, called 
 
 the North Eaft part, containing by Eftimation. Seventeen Thoufand Six 
 
 Hundred Fifty four Acres, and Bounded, South on Barkhempffe ad, and Weft 
 
 on Coltbrookf Eaft partly on Symsbta-y Weft Line as ftated by Col. David 
 
 Goodrich and Mr. Thomas Kimherly, Deceafed, and partly on Land belonging 
 
 Marthni to the Govemour and Company of this Colony, and North on the Colony 
 
 N^d*** '""^ Line, is hereby Named, and {hall for ever hereafter be called and named 
 
 Hartland, And the Honourable Jofeph Talcott Efq; and Cipt.John Shelding, 
 
 and the reft of the Proprietors of faid Hartland, or any five of them, are 
 
 hereby Enabled to call a Meeting of faid Proprietors, to be holdcn in the 
 
 Howthe firft Town of Hartford, by applying themfelves, or any five of them, to fome 
 
 Proprietors Afliftant or Juftice of the Peace in the County ot Hartford, for a Warrant 
 
 ^'^^'^jj'^8*^j*^ for the calling fuch Meeting, and the faid Afliftant or Juftice, is hereby 
 
 gether, and I™powred to grant his Warrant for calling the fame, always exprefiing 
 
 where* therein the Time, Place, and Bufinefs of fuch Meeting ( to one of the 
 
 Proprietors asking for the fame ) requiring luch Proprietor to Warn all the 
 
 Proprietors of Hartland of iiich their Meeting,by fetting up Attefted Copies 
 
 of fuch Warrant under the hand of the Afliftant or Juftice granting the 
 
 fame, in three publick Places in the Town of Hartford at leaft Ten Days 
 
 before fuch Meeting. 
 
 A Clerk to ^"^ ^^ ^t fuctber ^naffeU, That the faid Proprietors of Hartland in their 
 bechofen for Proprietors Meeting, to be AfiTembled as aforefaid, by their major Vote to 
 Hartland, «c be computed according to their Incereft, fhall be Impowred, and they are 
 to take an hereby Impowred to ctiooie their Proprietors Clerk, who fhall take the 
 following Oath, Viz., 
 
 You
 
 ^tiM Regnl Regis GEORGIJ, II. Sexto. 
 Winchefter BOUUlietl atlU 0amzh* 41 1 
 
 \70u N. S. being chofe Clerk of the Propriety of Hartlaad, do Swear by 
 
 the Name of God, thatyou will truly and faithfully Execute the Office p j. , 
 of Clerk for faid Proprietors, according to your beft Judgment and Skill ; Qath. 
 You fliall mate true Entry of all the Votes and Orders ot faid Proprietors, 
 made according to Law, as alfo all Grants, Deeds of Sale,Gifc or Mortgage, 
 Or any other Alienation of Land lying in faid Hartland^ and give true 
 Copies of the fame, when you are fo required, taking only to your felf 
 fuchFeesas the Clerks of our refpe<aive Towns in this Colony by Law 
 take for the like Service. So help you God. 
 
 flnli it W Ijftcbp «na(teb anU SBecIateb, That the Entring any Deed, JJj dS, il 
 Mortgage, or Alienation of Land lying in faid Hartland^ in the Office of faid Clerics 
 faid Proprietors Clerk, (hall fully fecure the fame from being Avoided by Office, fuffici- 
 any Grant, Deed, or Mortgage, from the Granter, entred on Record after- «"t)fofi &<^' 
 wards. 
 
 SfinU ht it furtfiec (CttatteU, That the faid Proprietors of HartUtid be 
 Impowred by their Major Vote as aforefaid, and they are hereby Impow- 
 red at their Proprietors Meeting, to choofe one or more Agents or Attor- ^l°F,"^\°^^, 
 neys, in their Name, Place, and Stead, to Sue, Profecute or Defend before ^^ choofe \- 
 'ny Court or Judge, and to final Judgment and Execution to purfue, in any gents or Ar- 
 Aftionor Cafe for the Defending and Maintaining their Title and Pof- torneys.to 
 fe/fion in faid Land, as alfo to make, order, and prefcribe Rules for the ^^ |" '*>"'' 
 Diviiion and Improvement of faid Land, as alfo to Levy and grant Taxes * 
 
 to be Levied on themfelves, according to their refpeftive Interefts, for the 
 taifing fuch Sum or Sums of Money, as they (^all judge Needful, for the 
 defraying the Charge of any Suitor Suits, or for the making Partition and . 
 Divifion of faid Land, or any other Charge properly arifing thereon j as choofe°Rate- 
 alfo to appoint Rate-makers and Colledors of fuch Grants or Taxes, who makers and ~ 
 are hereby Impowred toGather and Coiled thefame,and jhall be account- Colledlors. 
 able for fuch Rates or Taxes, to the Proprietors, Committee, or Treafu- 
 jrer to bechofen by them for that end, under the fame Penalties and as 
 fully as the Colleftors of the Town Rates are Impowred and Obliged to. 
 And the (aid Proprietors at their Meeting, are hereby Impov/red to Ad- Allpartition 
 journ faid Meeting from time to time, to fuch Time and Place as they of Lands 
 ihall judge mofl proper, and to call after Meetings in fuch way and man- pf^''^ri^j ^^'^ 
 neras they (hall order and agree: And all Partitions of faid Lands, made good&\alid 
 according to their Intereft, by faid Propriecors in their lawful Meetings by 
 their major Vote as aforefaid, are hereby declared valid and lawful. 
 
 Sfin&fielt fuctfjer ®nattca, That the Second parcel of Land mentioned jr.nchejier 
 in the faid Inftrument of Partition, called the Middle Weft part, contain- Bounded and 
 ing by Eflimation, Twenty Thoufand Three Hundred and Eighty Acres, Named. 
 Bounded, Weft on Land belonging to the Governour and Company of this 
 Colony •, Eaft on Barkhemjifiead ; North on CoUbrook •, South on Torrirtgtofjy is 
 hereby called, and Ihall for ever after be named and called W'mchefier ♦ And 
 Capt. Thomas Saymore and Capt. John Whitings and the reft of the Proprie- 
 tors of Winchefier,zxQ hereby as fully Impowred to all Intents and Purpofes, 
 and in the fame manner and way, to call a Proprietors Meeting of all the 
 Proprietors of faid IVimhefiery to choofe a Clerk, Treafurer, Agents or 
 Attorneys, Committees, Ratemakers and Colleftors, and to grant Taxes, J^^ fame 
 and make Partition and Divifion of faid Land to and atnongft themfelves, y?|Y^'"*^?"" 
 and to Adjourn their Meetings, and call after Meetings, as in this ASt is toJffneheJlcrl 
 Made, Provided and Granted to the Proprietors of Hartland : And their as is granted 
 Officers are hereby alike Impowred and under the fame Penalties, and all to Hart lewd.. 
 their AQs and Doings of like Force and Value as the faid Proprietors of 
 Hmlatii'. 
 
 c c c c 2 atrtu
 
 y^HtiO Regui Regit G E O R G I J. 7 /. Sexto* 
 
 41 sNew-Hartford f Herwinton S^^mtXi.%\\\% ofCreDlt* 
 
 Unb Be It fuctier (tnattfb, That the Third parcel of Land memioned 
 in the Inftrumenc of Partition, called the South Eaft part, containing by 
 New Hart- Eftimation, Twenty Three Thoufand Nine Hundred and Forty Acres 
 ^'"dM°""d^'^ Bounded, South partly on //«rip»nfen, and partly on Land fct out and di- 
 anUNamed. ^jjgj ^^ ^j^g Proprietors of the Town of Hartford by faid Inftrument of 
 Partition, and part on the Town of Farmington ; Eaft on Symihury Weft Line 
 as ftated by Col. David Goodrich and Mr. Thoma/ Kimberly^ Deceafed ; North 
 OD Barkhempjiead; and Weft on Torringun, is hereby Named, and fhall for 
 ever hereafter be named New-Hartford; And iV<i/fc<«««/ Sf^n/yEfq; and 
 €^pt.j0hnMarffi, and the reft of the Proprietors of New-Hanford, are 
 hereby as fully Impowred to all Intents and Purpofes, and in the fame way 
 and manner, to call a Proprietors Meeting of all the Proprietors of faid 
 p ^^ '■5'p . New-HartforJ to choofe their Clerk, Ratesmakers, Collegers, Treafurer, 
 vilege given ^ommittecs. Agents and Attorneys, and to grant Taxes, and make Par- 
 te Neip. tition and Divifion of faid Land to and amongft themfeWes.and to Adjoorn 
 HarfforJ.is their Meetings, and call after Meetings, as in this Aft is Made and Pro- 
 is granted to vided and Granted to the Proprietors of HartUnd, and all their Officers a- 
 " like Impowred, and under the fame Penalties, and all the AdVs and Doings 
 
 of faid Proprietors of like Force and Virtue as the faid Proprietors of 
 Hartland. 
 
 tftrwinton Unli bt ft fuctl^ei; tf nflltcB, That the Fourth parcel of Land mentioned 
 Cinconjonfti- Jq faid Inftrument of Partition, called the half Townfhip, containing 
 ther'arceUf *''' Eftimation, EightThoufand Five Hundred and Ninety Acres, Bounded, 
 l^nd"dmn- Eaft on the Town of Farmington ; South on Land belonging by the Parci- 
 ing thereto, tion Deed aforefaid, to the Grantees of Hartford and Windfor \ North on 
 called by this New- Hartford ;and Weft on Land being the other hall part of this parcel 
 d'^n *''d*d ^^' *""" '° '^® Grantees of Windfor, now called Herwinton^ is hereby named 
 and Named. ^"'^ called, and (hall for ever hereafter be named and called Herwinton, to- 
 gether and for Name only in Conjunftion with the other part of this par- 
 cel of Land belonging to the Grantees of the Town of Windfor^ which is 
 PowfS gi"n already named and called Herwinton: And Hez.ekiah WyUys Efqjand Mrjofeph 
 to them as is Skinner , and the refi of the Proprietors of Herwinton^ within the Bounds 
 gfiBtetlto a- aforementioned, are hereby Granted the fame Powers and Priviledges to 
 ay P[0P"«- all Intents and Purpofes, and in the fame way and manner, as is by this 
 befoiemeoti! ^^ Provided and Granted to the Proprietors of any of the parcels of Land 
 oned. ' beforeraentioned, 
 
 CHAP. CIX- 
 
 SJpr^"* An Aa for Emitting BUls of Credit. 
 
 WHEREAS there ii in the hands of the Treafurer, the Sum of Three 
 Thoufand Two Hundred Ninety One Pounds, Eight Shillings 
 freamile. and Five-pence Half-peny, in good Billt brought in by the Rate granted in 
 Oftober One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty One^ and Lodged there for the 
 further DiJ^ofal of this /iffembly- 
 
 %z it ^natttti 6p t^e 45ot)ernour, Cotmcil anti Eeprefentatftifsf, in 
 jipi /. 8 s. 4Bene7aI Court MembleD, ana bj tje autfto^itp of tte fame. That the faid 
 si.half.peny Treafurer be, and he is hereby Authorized and Impowred, to iflue out 
 ^ut^'b 't'h"e**' *"** deliver the Sum of One Thou[and Two Hundred Ninety One Pounds, 
 Tieafurerto- '^'^*' Shillings ind Five-fence Halfsfeny, otlt of the faid Bills, toward the 
 wards paying Payment of the Debts and the NecefTary Charges of this Colony ac- 
 the Debts of cording to fuch Orders as fhall be given from Time to Time accor- 
 the Colony, ding to Law. 
 
 CHAP
 
 Anno Regni Reg» G E O R G I J, / /. Sexfo* 
 
 ;i5lllS of tf^t late New^London ^OCietp. 413 
 
 CHAP. ex. 
 
 An Aft for theReliefof thePoffeflbrsofthe 
 Bills of the late New-London Society {or:i^'c^.^l 
 Trade and Commerce, and appointing a'"* 
 Court of Chancery, to Hear and Deter- 
 mine according to Equity, all Controver- 
 fies about faid Bills,and the Doings of faid 
 Society and the feveralOfficers and Mem- 
 bers thereof^ 
 
 WHERE AS fundry Ferforti have of late Mortgaged their Lands to Mr. 
 John CuxnceyTreafurer to the /<j(eNew- London Society /<>/• Trade and 
 Commercey and to his SucceJforSy or to Daniel Coit, with a deftgn to form iheni- Preamble. 
 felves into a Society for Trade and Cornmtrce, under the Privikdges Granted to 
 lohn'R\ii^\,'Y]\omisS&ymortyand others their AfociateSyUnder the Name of 
 the New- London Society for Trade 2nd Commerce : /tnd the faid Mortgagers 
 thereupon have ajfumed themfelves to be a Society for Trade and Commrrce, and as 
 fvch have Struck and Emitted Bills of Credit upon themfelvei, under the Name of 
 the NewsLondon Society for Trade and Commerce, to the value of many Thou~ 
 fands of Poundsy which BiOs they have put off and Sold to Hu Majejiy's good Sub- 
 jeilsy as a Medium of Trade Curranty and equal in value to Silver at Sixteen 
 Shillings per Ounce, or the Bills of Publick Credit of this and the neighbouring Go- 
 vernment Sy and for the fame have received in Provifions and other valuable Com- 
 modirits of Hit Maje/tjs Sub fe£ls, many Thoufand Pounds worthy as for a Currant 
 Medium of Trade of the value afore faid. 
 
 And whereas the Deception of faid Mortgages were foon difeoverei, by nhieb 
 means the Credit and Currency of faid SiUs was lofty and the Pojfejfori thereof ut' 
 terly defraudedy to the great damage of many of his Majefiy^s good Subject Sy For 
 Jlemedy whrrtof, and to prevent fuch Frauds and Mifchiefs for the future, the 
 General /Jffembly of this His Majejiy\t Colony of Connecticut, "wa* convened at 
 Hartford, by fpecial Order of Hie Honour the Governowy on the i^th Day of 
 February lafl pafiy at which Sefjions it voas Declaredy that the NcwsLondon So- 
 ciety for Trade and Commerce, had no Power given them to Emit Bill/ ofCredity 
 and thereupon faid Society by yill of faid AJfembly was Diffolved. And the Ce- 
 neral ^jf^fihly at their Scffiont aforefaid, did further Rcfolvc, that in Equity the 
 faid Society ought to Refund and Pay back to the Pojfeffors of fuch Eillsy fo much 
 in Currant Mone/ or Bills of Publick Credity as by faid Society Bttli is mentioutX 
 and exprefi. 
 
 And Forasmuch at no Penalty was then laid en any Terfon or Perfont as 
 fliottld negleCl to pay back to the Poffeffors of fuch BiUs the Sums aforefaid, nor 
 any effeUual way provided, whereby the Poffeffors of fuch Bills might recover the 
 (.lid Sums of the faid Mortgager Sy or any of thtmy and the faid Mortgagers have 
 hitherto negUUed and du (liU ncgleSi to pay b^ck to the Poffejfort of fucb Billj the 
 Sumi aforefaid, or any part thereof, whereby Hit Majeflj's good SuhjtQs th/it are 
 the Poffeffors of faid Bills, jiill lyi under the Fraudr and Damages aforefaid, with- 
 out Reliefs the aforefaid A^ oj this Ajfetntly in February la{i paft potmihjland- 
 imr 
 
 ?0t
 
 An»o negni /?f^« G E R G I J, //■ Sexto. 
 
 414 ai5tU5 of tl)e l ate New-London ^OCie t|>. 
 
 For Retnedjr whereof, and that Right may be done to the PofTefTors 
 of faid Bills, and to the faid Mortgagers, their fevcral Officers and 
 Receivers : 
 
 IBeft ^natteUanU SDeriareU bp tte dPobtcnour, Council anH RtpreTens 
 TheMort- ^atitiEiJ, iti ^Bentcal douct fllTembUtJ anD bj tfje autt)o^ltp of t^e fame, 
 gagersof the That the faid Mortgagers and every one ot them in Equity, are liable to 
 S/y in pay back to the PofTefTors ot fuch Bills in Silver at Sixteen ShiUmgs j„r 
 what manner Ounce, or in Currant Bills of the Publick Credit of this or the Neighbouring 
 to Refund Governments, the Sura or Sums mentioned in fuch Bills, unlefs the faid 
 «*!*", ^'"1,1 Mortgagers Ihall fliew to the Judges of the Court of Chancery, hereafter 
 Teaio°nTothe ih this Aft Gonftituted and Appointed, that in Equity fuch particular 
 Court of Mortgager fliould pay no part of it or a lefler part of it than is demanded, • 
 Chancery in j^ which cafe the Suit may be delayed, till the Judges can be informed 
 the Affair. ^^ ^^^^ manner beft to give Judgment according to Equity between the 
 Parties. 
 
 ^nd Fora/mueh as faid Mortgagtrt have fundry Bondsy OhU£ations, Goods and 
 frtamile. jnitrehandiz.efthattlity have received for faid Bills, which are lodged with their 
 Officers, Committees or Receivers, of which no Account hath yet been rendred. 
 
 ^t ig further (tnarteS anb |DtcTar£6> That the faid Mortgagers ftaU 
 The late ^^^ ^^^ hereby Enabled to meet together one time,viz.. on the third Tuef- 
 K«f "to- day of June nexc,at fuch Place as their late Moderator Capt. Saymore (hall 
 gether once appoint, which Mortgagers by their major Vote fhall choofe a Moderator 
 more to Ne- to lead them in ihat Meeiing, and likcwife a Clerk to enter their Votes, 
 gotiate their ^^^ ^^^^ q^^\] proceed «o fettle their former Accounts, Reckonings and 
 Afiaus. Dealings as far as they can* 
 
 Sut forajmuch as faid Mortgagers, hy Virtue of thk Ati, are only to Meet 
 rormerOffi- hut ence, which Meeting (hall lafinot above Three Days, Therefore by their 
 cers & Com- major Vote as aforefaid, they are Impowred to choofe proper Committees, 
 initiees to ^qJ gj^g t{,ejij inftruftioas to call any of their former Officers, Committees, 
 be called to j^^gj-jjygjj^ or Other Perfons that are any ways Indebted or Accountable to 
 ^ Accoan , ^^^^^ ^^ ^^j^^ ^p Accounts, and make Payment of the Sums that are Due, 
 and alfo to make Sale and Difpofition of any Wares,Goods and Merchandize 
 of faid Mortgdg,ers, and of ihe Debts they fliall Receive, and alfo of the 
 PofTefTors of Produce of the Goods or Merchandize to be difpofed of by them, to pay 
 their Bills j^ jhe Pofleflbrs of their Bills what is due in the bed and moft fpeedy Man- 
 howSecuied. ^^^ ^j gj{jj jq Sue before the Court of Chancery in this Aft to be hereafter 
 Appointed, all fuch Perfons as are Indebted or in Arrears unto the faid 
 Mortgagers, and that will not Account and make Payment of the fame. 
 
 EqukV 0° And this AfTembly do hereby EreS and Conflltute a Court of Chancery 
 Chancery E- q^ Equity, to be holden in any of the Counties of this His Majefty's Colony 
 reaed, and ^j QonneElicut, with full Power to Hear and Determine according to Equity, 
 thereof t"be and award Execution thereon, all CauQs and Controverfies between the 
 CommifTio- PoirefTors of faid Bills and the Mortgagers, as alfo between the Mortgagers 
 rated bj the themfelves, their Officers, Committees, Debtors or Receivers, refpeiSing faid 
 Governour, g,j|5 q^ |[,e Doings of the faid New-London Society, upon any Suit between the 
 c* ^es*be-'' Parties, the Procefs to be Signed by one of the Judges, And this AfTembly 
 twee"the do Appoint Nathanael Stanly, OzJas Pitkin, Timothy Pierce, John Burr, Samuel 
 PoffeiTots of Lynde, and Edmund Lewifs, Efqrs. or any Three of them, to be a Quorum to 
 the Bills of |je Judge of faid Court, who are to be Commiffionated by the Governour 
 *^^'*'^^'^"!' of this His Majefty's Colony accordingly, who are Impowred to Appoint 
 e^y &the late the Times and Places for the Holding faid Conrt, as lliey jhall think moft 
 wo'neaeeis, convenient J as alfo to Appoint their ov?n Clerk. 
 
 And
 
 ji»H0 Regni Regis G E R G I J. / /. Sexto* 
 
 Blilai of tl)C laf e New^ London ^OCtetp. 41 $ 
 
 And thai jhe faid Mortgagers may have convenient Time for gathering 
 in of their Debis, and Sale of their Effeas, or any other lawful Way to 
 draw in all eras many of their Bills as they well can before ihey arc 
 Sued by the PoflelTois ; 
 
 2De Uftirt{)tir «nattf6, That noPoflefTor orPoflefTorsoffuch Bills fhall tii^e'^^*^ 
 be allowfd to bring any Aftion or Aftions againft any fuch Mortgager or 
 Mortgagers, within Six Months next after the rifing of this Aflembly. TheMortea- 
 
 25e ft furtjec (JnatteD anD SDetlarett, That if ihc faid Mortgagers by S^s by iheir 
 their Committees or otherwife,fhall (hew to the judges of the faid Court Committee, 
 of Equity, to what Sums they have formerly put ofTof their Bills, and what j°Vorm1ng' *' 
 Sums they have drawn in, producing and lodging fuch Bills with the Clerk the Judges of 
 cf the Court, as alfo the particular Sums the feveral Mortgages were given 'he Coutt of 
 for, and by fuch means inform the Court how they may in Equity lay the Equity. "hat 
 out-ftanding Bills upon the particular Mortgagers, according to their Mort- gX' are pit 
 gages one with another, the Court (hall make a Record thereof that it may off, & what 
 be manifeft to the PofTefTors of the out;ftanding Bills, how much every par- drawn in a- 
 lic'ilar Mortgager is Oil) in Arrear of paying his whole Proportion accord- g3in,aRecot«£ 
 ing to his Mortgage, and the PofTefTors of the out-nanding Bills are to take ^^^^ '""^' 
 notice thereof, and bring their Suits accordingly. 
 
 Before Judg- 
 
 %t\t t\in\n (fnaeteU, That in every Aftion brought by the PofTefTors ^,ll\'^ \ll 
 of fuch Bills, before the entring up Judgment, the Plaintiff ftiall produce puin"iff to* 
 the Bill upon which he brings his Suit, an Entry whereof Ihall be made produce the 
 on Record, and the Bills lodged with the Clerk. Bi'lo" wi'i^'* 
 
 he brings his 
 
 And that the faid Mortgagers may be the better enabled to draw in ""* 
 the faid Bills without Suit, and to Anfwer the Judgments that fhall be 
 given againft them in Chancery : 
 
 15f it fuctttr «enflafl> b? t\t aut^o^tt? afojcfaitt, That the Com;; TheCommii- 
 mittee for Signing the Thirty Thoufand Paundsy Bills of publick Credit on "! 'hejofo"^ 
 this His Majefty's Colony, Ordered to be Stamped and Signed, by A€t of PounJs of 
 the General Aflembly in February laft paft, (hall depofit Fiftten thoufand Bills of the 
 founds of faid Bills in the hands ot the Treafurer of the Colony, taking his Colony.to de- 
 Receipt for the faine, that faid Bills may be ready to be Lent out to any t ° bVl.et'm 
 of faid Mortgagers, according as ic is hereafter in this Aft provided. faid Mortga. 
 
 geis. 
 
 ^nb ft f* icrell? fUrttlfi; tfnattcU, That Nathanatl Sranty, Efq; dpt.Jehn 
 Whitingy and Capt. John Marfliy or any two of them be Appointed and Im- 
 powred ; and they the faid Committee, or any Two of them, are hereby 
 Appointed and fully Impowred, to Let out the faid Fifteen Thoufatid Pounds, TheCommit- 
 or any part thereof, to any of the faid Mortgagers, as (hall defire the fame tee appoint- 
 and deliver into the hands of faid Committee of the Bills hitherto Emitted the^'i'iro^"* 
 by faid Society the full Sum that fuch Mortgager (hall Borrow of the fhe Colony 
 Committee in the Bills of the publick Credit on this Colony,and alfo make to any of the 
 and deliver to faid Committee a Deed of Mortgage well Executed and Re- fa'd Mon- 
 corded, of the Land of fuch Mortgager, that is free from other Claims and S^S^". 
 Incumbrances i faid Land to be double in Value to the Sum to be Borrow- 
 ed : Which Mortgages (hall be made to cheGovernour and Company of His 
 Majefly's Englifh Colony of Conneilicut \n New- England in /Imerico ; Des 
 fezable on Condition of the Mortgagers or their Heirs,Executors or Ad- Tobepaldia 
 miniltrators Payment of fuch Sums asfhall be taken up, to the Treafurer bffore theVil 
 of this Colony for the Time being, for the ufe of this Colony, at or be- Day of Muf 
 fore the Firft Day of May, in the Year of our Lord CHRIST, One Thou- »74« 
 fand Seven Hundred and Forty One, in the Bills of this Colony, or in 
 Silver ac twettty Shillinis per Ounce, Troy Weight, 
 
 And
 
 Jnno RegHt Regis GEORGIJ, // Sexfo. 
 
 416 BlU5 of tlje late New-London ^OCI ttp. 
 
 Land to be 
 
 And the faid Committee are hereby Ordered and Inftrufted, to take 
 fpecial care that all Lands tendered to be Mortgaged, as aforefaid, is ac 
 luc to'^'the* ^^^^ double in Value to the Sum Borrowed •, and that the Title is clear and 
 SumBorrowr the Land free from Incumbrance : And that they do not Lend any of faid 
 ed. Bills to fuch Mortgager under the Sum of Fifty Pounds. 
 
 3IInli be it fuctl^ec (CnactcB, That for all Sums Borrowed, as aforefaid. 
 
 The Borrow- ^\^q Borrower lliall pay to the Mortgagee, after the Rate of S«x p«r Cent, per 
 
 V rCt^t r'* •^'""'"' 'ntceft, to be paid Yearly into the publick Treafury, on or before 
 
 Annum iJii t^c Firft Day of May^ and to be Computed from the Time the Money is 
 
 Received. 
 
 And the faid Committee are hereby further Inflrufled and Ordered to 
 ftonds with talce Bonds with Surety, to their Acceptance, of fuch Borrower for the 
 Sureties. Payment of the Intereft accordingly- 
 
 Committee Slni be It futtj^fr (EnafftB, That the faid Committee fhall Each of 
 to be Sworn, them take the following Oath, fiz., 
 
 VOu j4. B. being Appointed by an Aft Made and PafTed in the General 
 Affemb]y of the Colony of Cnnnefticuty'm May One Thoufand Seven 
 Form of their Hundred and Thirty Three, to Let out the Bills of Credit of faid Colony, 
 *' ' Do Swear by the Name of God, that you will do therein in all refpefts 
 
 according to the true Intent and Meaning of faid Aft, by your beft Judg- 
 ment. So help you God, 
 
 Th n A e ^^^ "^ ^^ furtljfc 4BnaetfU, That the faid Committee fhall lodge all 
 Mortgage to '^^^^^ of Mortgage they fhall take with the Secretary of the Colony for 
 be lodg'd t:he Time being, as alfo keep fair Accounts of all their Proceedings herein 
 •with thesec. ready to be rendered to the General AfTembly when required. 
 
 And all the Society Bills that fhall be hereby brought into the hands 
 Bilf^*"^b'^ of the faid Committee, or intothehandsof the Clerk of the Chancery, 
 confumed in ^^" ^^ '^^P'^ ^'^^'^ ^"'^ delivered up to fuch Perfons as this Aflembly (haU 
 the Flames. Appoint, to Confume them in the Flames. 
 
 And this Aflembly do hereby Appoint his Honour, the Governour of 
 Deed of Re- this Colony for the Time being, with the Secretary, to Execute to any 
 sTvai^b "^"^h ^"^*^ Mortgager or his Heirs, a Deed of Releafe under the Seal of the Cor- 
 Governom ' poi^^tion, of any fuch Lands Mortgaged to the Corporation, as aforefaid, 
 with theSec. "pon full Payment of the Sum for which faid Mortgage is given. 
 
 N. LO N D O N: 
 
 Printed and Sold by T. G r e e N, Printer to his Honour the GOV. and 
 COMPANY. 1753.
 
 ^»»o Regm Regis GEORGIJ, //. Septimo. 
 
 :^t)r> itiotiai met retatiug to jf our4oit>:^irefgmentg«4^7 
 — g 
 
 Forty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Parted by the General Court or AfTembly of His Majefties Colony of 
 ConneilicHt in New England : Begun and Held at New Haven, on 
 the Eleventh Day of O^oher, in the Seventh Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, oi Great Britain^ &C, 
 KING. An»oque Domini, I 7 5 3. 
 
 CHAP. C xT 
 
 An Ad in addition to the Law of this Colony, 
 Entituled, An A6t in addition to the Law, 
 MadeM^^ the %th. 171 z, Entituled, An Ad 
 in addition to the Law, Entituled, An Ad 
 direding how Rates and Taxes granted by 
 the General A(rembly,fhall be Allefled and 
 Gathered in ; and for Repealing every 
 Claufe in faid Law concerning Inf pedors. 
 
 WHEREAS it ii provided, in one certain Varagrtifh in faid 
 jlEl, * That one half of all Sums arifmg upon Four- fold 
 ' Affefsments, fhall by the Conftable and other Colleftors 
 ' of Rates, that (hall be made upon fuch Lift, be paid to 
 * the Lifters as a Reward for their Trouble ; ' and no Provifion made how 
 the Lifters fhall recover the fame of fuch Confiable and Colieitors, in cafe they neg- 
 lc[i orrefufeto Pay the fame. 
 
 SDc it tbcttfoje <ffnattet) bp t^r ©o\3etnour,CountU anli Ecpctfctitatibetf, 
 in <©enetal Court ailemlilrB, anD bp tf)e aut^ojirp of tlje fame, Thai when 
 any Conftable, Colleftor or Collectors of Rates^ fhall negleft or refufe to 
 make Payment co the Lifters, of any fuch Sum or Sums of Money, as is or 
 fhall become due from faid Conftable or CoileeSor to the Lifters, on ac- 
 count of fuch Four-fold Aftefsmencs, it (hall be lawful for fuch Lifters to 
 make Application to the next AfOftant or juftlce of the Peace, who fhall 
 be,and is hereby impowred to grant out a Writ ofScirt facias for fuch Con- 
 ftable or Collector, to fhew caufe ( if any he hath^ why Execution (hall not 
 
 D d d d be 
 
 Vid.pag TOO 
 101,102,180 
 
 Preamlh, 
 
 A Conftable 
 otCollc(ftor 
 ofRates,neg- 
 Icdingor re- 
 fufing to pay 
 the Liflers 
 what istlieir 
 Duc,to be li- 
 able roaWrit:
 
 AtiHO Regn't Regis G E O R G 1 J, / /. Septlmo. 
 
 418 Common fitinsi. XotiJti Xtcafurers* 
 
 be granted out againft fach Conftable or ConeSor, for levying fuch Sum 
 TheConfta- or Sums, with the neccffary Charges, out of fuch Conftable or Colleftor's 
 ble or Col- Eftate-, and if fuchConftable orColleftor (hall not appear,according to fuch 
 leftor not 5^^,.^ Facias, before fuch Adiftant, Juftice of the Peace, or County Court 
 'TvtF/n°/ ( according to the value of the Aaion ) and (hew fuflBcient Caufe why Exe- 
 to ftew caute cution fhould not be granted out, as aforefaid, it fhall be in the Power of 
 why Execu- fuch A/Dftant, Jufticc of the Peace.or County Court, to grant oat Execution 
 tion ftould direfled to the Sheriff of the County, or his Deputy, or Conftable of the 
 not be grant* j^^j^ ^^jjcre fuch Conftable or Colledor dwolk, to levy fuch Sum or Sums 
 Rainft'hfm fo neglefted to be Paid,with neceflary Charges arifing thereon, out of fuch 
 ft fliall, &c. Colledots Eftate, and pay the fame to the Lifters. 
 
 Vid.pag 394, 
 ?95.?99.4oo 
 
 CHAP. C X I I. 
 
 An A61 in addition to a Law Faffed by this 
 Ailembly, May 1731, Entituled, An Adl 
 ch?p ixxxvi. Relating to Common Fields. 
 
 WHEREAS it is provided in faid My * That all Indofures abutting 
 * on the Common Line of Fence, fiiall bear half the Fence. And 
 I'reamHc, x^hereas by fuch Indofures, the proforiicn of Fence in the Common Line belonging to 
 the fever al Proprietors of faid Common Fields is rendred very UnciTtain ; which is 
 found to be a common mifchief to the Proprietors of faid Fields. 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 Where the 
 
 Common line jSe ft ^itattfU bp t!)e ^flotjernour, council anO ISltprefentatltirir. fn ^c- 
 cf Fence has netal Coutt ^klTcmbUD, anU Ijp ttie "Hutttoiit^ of tlje Came,That where ever 
 hTf ' ^'J^^^ the Common Line of Fence belonging to the faid Common Fields has been, 
 cording 'to <"" hereafter fhall be, fetled and proportioned agreeable to the Votes and 
 the Refolves Refolves of the Proprietors of faid Fields, made in any of their Meetings, 
 of the Pro- regulated according to Law in that behalf provided the fettlcment and 
 tj'^M^ *" proportioning of faid Fence, fo made ihall be held good, until the Proprie> 
 to bl hdd"'* tors of faid Fields, in their Meeting, by their Votes regulated,3s aforefaid, 
 good,till^«. conclude on a new fetling and proportioning ot faid Common Line of Fence 
 
 CHAP. CXIIL 
 
 An A(S for Requiring Towns to choofe 
 Town Treafurers. 
 
 lachTown T)<5 (t €natteb bp tfie (Botecnouc, Councrt ano tteprcfe ntarftiejar, I'lt 
 in this Go- Xj (Ctnfcal 'Court anfembUti, ano t^ tlje Hlut^o^itp of tlje famf. That 
 •wrnmein.at ea^h Town m this Government, fhall at their Annual Town Meeting for 
 Town- meet- ^^^ choice of Officers, choofe a Town Treafurer, who fliall hare Power to 
 ing for tlie teceive all fuch Monies as (hall become due unto faid Town, either by 
 chuling of Rates. Aflefsments, or otherwife ; and it Ihall be the Duty of luch Trea- 
 Officers, to furer to Pay and Deliver out all fuch Moneys accordiag to che Order of 
 Town Ties- ^^''^ Town, or the Seleft men of fuch Town, from time to time, Iiecping 
 furer. ^ j'jft Account ol fuch Receipts and Deliveries, and fhall account with 
 
 fuch Town or Seleft-mcn at leaft once a Year. And the faid Treafurer 
 His Power, /hall call all Collefiors of Town Rates to account for fuch Rates as fliall be 
 
 in fuch ColleSors hands, and if any fuch Colleiior fliall be in Arrears any 
 His Duty, part of fuch Rate, on the Month of November^ faid Treafurer ftiall take 
 Tg be Sworn, o"f ^ Warrant for Diftraining fuch Arrears out of the Eftate of loch Col- 
 Scepag. 91 leftor: And fuch Treafurer fhall take the Oath appointed for Clerks of 
 
 Trainbands, &c. 
 
 CHAP
 
 ^M»o RegKi Regis GEORGIJ, // Septimo 
 
 COUntp :a»Utt)CpO?S^. Monhegan JnDianS* 419 
 
 CHAP. C X I V- 
 
 An Adt Limiting and Direding the County 
 Surveyors, refpeding their laying oucv.dpag^o; 
 
 ^~» r T 1 • '-f chap, civ. 
 
 Grants or Land in Towns. 
 
 Bd it (EnatteU bp tjjc <i5otiernour, Council antt lBlepcefentat(tif0, fn When Pro- 
 (E'jnecal Coucr SflffemblcD, an& b^t(je;aut^o?itp oEtfje fame, That prietorsneg. 
 when foever the Proprietors in any Town Oiall refufe or negledt to choofe '"^"^ °'' '^'^^^^ 
 Perfonsto Lay out any Grant of Land, heretofore Obtained from the ^° ^q{°^^ r' 
 Town or Proprietors of fuch Town,fince the Year of Our Lord, One Thou- Land'^obui- 
 fand Seven Hundred and Twenty, and not yet laid our, or if fuch Perfons nedfrom'em, 
 LeChofen, and do negieS the fpace of one Year, after being defired to ^'"<^^ '7io, 
 Lay I ut any of the Lands aforefaid, by the Perfon concerned, then in fuch su%^*"7^ 
 Cafe and no other, the CountySurveyor of thatCounty in which faidTown la/^om ludi 
 fhal) lye, (hall (if thereunto required) Lay out any fuch Grant.which Lay- grant, which 
 ing out fhall be Good and Valid to all Intents and Purpofcs, as if the Com- fiiaUbegood 
 mittee chofen,as aforefaid, had laid out the fame. * ^*'''** 
 
 ' CHAP. C X V. 
 
 An Ad: for the more Effedual preventing the Selling 
 
 Strong Drink to the flgOtlDesatt Indians. vidpagzi, 
 
 WHEREAS Benn Uncafs, Sachem of faid Indians, Inn cempUined tt thU 
 Jffemhly^that notwithflanding the Laws now in Forcf,ta frtvent Stlliug Preamble. 
 Strong Drink to the Indians, there u now continually much Strong Drink Sold to the 
 Monhegan Indians^by means whereof their Eftatu are Impoverifhedttheir Manners 
 Debauched,and themf elves rendered more umraClahU to receive theChriJiiati Faith. 
 
 For Remedy whereof: 
 
 5Be ft <Bnatteb b? tl)e ^obecnour, Council au8 IRfprcrentaribesf, {ti ah Cyder, 
 d^eneral Court %Stmbki, ano bj t^e 3Duttio?itp of tie fame, aitD Jt ie ^"'"'''n''' ^ 
 5rrcbp ^gnatCED mH SDttlareD, That all Cyder, Rhum, and other Strong f^°ll^ ^l^'^ 
 Drink, that Ihall hereafter ( till this Aflembly Order otherwife) be found the Indians 
 with any of the faid Indians, without the Allowance of Meilieurs Adettijah at Monhegan, 
 Fitch and Abraham Avery, living in faid Monhegan^ fliall be Forfeited to Our without ihe 
 Sovereign Lord the KING; the produce of it to be improved for the good Mcffieu"s"Jff 
 of the Monhegan Indians. And the faid Adonijah Fitch and Abraham Avery, donijah Fitch 
 and each of them, are hereby Appointed and Impowred to make fearch ScAbraviAve- 
 afrer fuch Strong Drink, and to Seife and Secare the fame, and to Libel a-' '>» '» be f^^r- 
 gainft it as Forfeit, before any Affiftanc or Jaftice of the Peace, where the sovefeij?"^ 
 Forfeiture is not above Forty Shillings^ otherwife before the County Court LotdthefCiTig 
 in the County of New-London. And the faid Adonijah Fitch and Abraham 
 Avery, are hereby chofen and appointed Grand- jurors for the County of The faidf»/<r* 
 Nerv-London, until this AiTembly ihall Order otherwife, who (hall be Sworn Qf^,l'/l°^^l 
 accordingly ; and they are directed efpecially to make diligent Search after fj theCoun! 
 and due Prefentment.of all Breaches of the Laws made to prevent the tyofNLond. 
 Selling StiOng Drink to the Indians. &tobeSworn 
 
 SDnQ be U fuctfier CEnacttO, That when any Strong Drink Qiall be Seifed, 
 as aforefaid, in the Cuftody of any of faid Indians, if fuch Indian or Indians Indian Evi- 
 fhall inform of whom he Bought fuch Drink, and give Evidence thereof, denceagaiuft 
 fo as fuch Vender (hall be Convi(2ed,fuch Vender befidesthe Penalties al- Venders of 
 ready by Law Eftabli(hed for fuch Offence, fhall forfeit to fuch Indian «fo"g^Drink 
 Twice the value of the Drink Seifed, as aforefaid, and the Authority be- """'*S« • 
 fore whom fuch Vender is Convidt, (hail give Sentence accordingly. 
 
 This Aft to continue in Force, until the Firft Day of May in the Year ^^ limiied. 
 One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Five; 
 
 CHAP
 
 ^nMo RegHt RegU GEORGIJ, //. Scptimo. 
 
 420 Bills of CretiitBiUmg^ljeepj&oiltlominattott* 
 
 T 
 
 CHAP. C X V I. 
 
 Vid.pag,i4j An kO: for the Explanation of one Claufe in an Ad Relating to 
 146 Bills of Credit. 
 
 '^HIS Ajjemhh Ohferving, that fame difficulty has arifen in Vnderflanding 
 
 one certain Claufe in an /iEiy Entituled, An All for the Mahini and Emit. 
 
 , ting Bills of Publick Credtt, Made in the Eighth' Year of the Reign of Queen 
 
 ' ^ '' ^i^l^E, in the third Paragraph thereof, viz.. In all Publick Payments at the 
 
 * Advance of Twelve- fence on the Pound, ' whereon Doubts have arifen, whether 
 
 the allowance of Five per Cent, (hould be allowed on the Payment of the faid Bilit 
 
 into the Publick Treafury, by any other way or meant befides the Publick Taxes. 
 
 Which to Remove : 
 The Fire pr ^ -j. ^^gj^fj, ^ t|,j (gotetnouc, Countil anu Etpr£rentatited,(n iBma 
 
 Tweive^fence tal COUtt ialTemWetl, anO bp t^t autljOjiip of tl)e fame That the faid Five 
 en the Pound per Cent, or Twelve-pence Advance upon the Pound, on the Payment of the 
 Advance on Bills of this Colony into the Pablick Treafury, fhall be allowed in no other 
 theBiUs of Publick Payments than that which is Paid in by Publick Taxes on the 
 tobeSowed People ; and theTreafurer of the Colony, and all Receivers of any Publick 
 only inTaxes Dues, are to take notice hereof and conform themfelves accordingly. 
 
 Vidpag.rr, " cll A P C X V II. 
 
 12,284, 176, An Aft to Prevent Fellonioufly Taking and Killing of Sheep, &c. 
 38p 
 
 TH IS Affembly being Informed that fome per fans of Evil Fame in this Govern- 
 ment, having been furprized Killing and Drefflng Sheep, Swine, &c. have 
 Freamhle "^"^ means to conceal the Markr, thereby giving jujl eaufe to fufpect them of having 
 fellonioufly taken the fame. 
 
 Which to Prevent for the Fature : 
 25e ft (CnatteU bg tje (Botoernotic, Council anD fleprerentaKtcsf, in 
 Any Perfon ^Jenecal Court HHTembUD, anu bp t^e Uluttio^itp of tfje fame. That when- 
 foundkiUing foever any Perfon (hall be found Killing or Dreffingany Cattle, Sheep or 
 nVcank*^ Swine, and fhall wilfully Deface any of the Marks, whether Natural or Ar? 
 Sheep or ' tificial, defignedly to conceal the fame, or fhall refufe to expofe them to 
 Swine, who the View of any credible Perfon when rcquefled thereto, ic fliall be the 
 deface the Duty of the Conflablcs and Grand-jurors in the Town where fuch Crea- 
 of either Na- '"'^ '^^^ ^® ^^ Y^Vi\Q^ and Concealed as aforefaid, upon credible Informa- 
 tural or Ar- tion thereof, to make Prefentraent thereof to fome Court, Afliftant or 
 tificial,or re- Juftice of the Peace, who may caufe fuch fufpeAed Perfon to be brought 
 
 fufe " - - - - .-.-._„„_ 
 
 then 
 
 fired, 
 
 Prefented .. 
 
 fome Joftice, or that he had good Right fo to do, he (hall be adjudged Guilty of Felo- 
 en fufpicion nioufl/ taking the fame, and fhall Pay to theTreafurer of the Town where 
 ofFelloniouf- ^ych OfFence is Committed.Treble the value of fuch Creature fo Killed,bei 
 iamc, '^c ^"les fuch Fine as the faid Court,.AfD£iant or Juftice fhall Order,not exceed- 
 ing Forty ShitlingSy or be Publickly Whjpp'd not exceeding Fifteen Stripes. 
 
 If the f id ^"^ ** ^^ funfiec <&na(te6,Th3t if any Perfon fliall within one Year after 
 Perfon can in ^"^^ Conviftion, make it appear to the Satisfadion of the faid Authority, 
 12 Months that he was the true and lawful Owner of fuch Creature (b Killed, he (hall 
 make it ap- receive of faid Treafurer the threefold Damages adjudg'd, as aforefaid. 
 
 fenty^c. . . '. . . 
 
 THe Gentlemen Nominated by the Freemen of this Government, to ftand for E- 
 leftion in May next.are as fol]ows,wzT*f Honoitrahle JOSEPH TALCOTT.^j; 
 men Nomi- she Hon JONATHAN LAW,£/j; Samuel Eeils, Matthew Allyn, Roger Wolcott, 
 nated for the James Wadfwoith, John Hooker, Nath»niel Stanly, Jofeph Whiting, Qzias Pitkin, 
 Eleiftion in Timothy Pierce, John Barr, Samuel Lynde. Edmund Lewjfs,fyjrj Mr. William Pitkin, 
 Ma^ 1734 ^'^ "^^(""^s Fitch, Mr. Ebenez,er Weft, Mr. Roger Newton, Mr. Richard Chriftophers, 
 and Mr. Samuel HiH. 
 
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 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pa/led by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Conneilicitt in Uew-England : Begun and Held at Hartford on 
 the Ninth Day of May, in the Seventh Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord 6 EO R6 E the Second^ KING of Great' 
 BritatHt &c. jinao^ue Domiiti, 1754. 
 
 CHAP. cxvm. 
 
 An Adi in addition to an A<3:, Entituled, An 
 
 A6t for Reftraining Exceffive Ufury, vid.p8s.,itf 
 
 WfJEREjiSexce^veVfuryjTiotmthfiAnJfngthe Trovifim madi 
 for fnventing the famty is a prevailing Evil \ and many iH-minded pfigj^^u 
 ferfons not contenting themfclves^ with a jufi and reafenabU Pay', 
 ment to be made- thtm for the Goods they have Sold » or Lawful 
 Intercfl for their Money lent^ have ufed maay fubtile and clande/tine Methods t9 
 Offr«0 their por Debtors or Borrower j ; asto urge and compel them to give Aitrt- 
 gageSyBondiyBiBs or Notes under Handjvr the-fajment of great and unlawful Sums 
 for forhearancey or to Trade farther with thenifVifon unreafonahlt Advance j ta tbi 
 great Oppreffion and Vndoing of many FamiJies : And that they might the better 
 avoid the Penalties of the Law, made againjl excefftve Vfury and Opp-eJJiottg have 
 taken advantage r>f the Difireji and poverty of their Debtor s, tofu£ier them craftiljf 
 to Conceal from Witnejfes what was the real Center aiion for ahiebfueb Mortgagep 
 Bondy Bill or other Injirument wot given. 
 
 For Remedy whereof, aad to preveat the like Mifchief for the fature : Grand -iurorg 
 
 to make Ea«> 
 
 )8e ft Enacted 6? t^e <Sol)ernouc, Council ano EtprcftntatfbtjS, (n ^""y "f"*^ 
 Cmecal Court 3fiffembleti, ano b? tfje 3!lutl)0?(tg of tfie fame. That the [f oP"ef" 
 Grand-jui-ors ia their refpeQivePreciDfts fhall makeEnqairy after aQ perfons othels^by ta- 
 ihai are of evil Name and Fame, for OppreflSng their poor Debtors or Bor- king Excef. 
 rowers, or of taking exceflTive Sniereft for forbearance ; and fliall Prefeat fuch five Ufury,a. 
 perfoo or perfons to the next Alfiftant or Juflice of the Peace, as being guilty ^""^"^^ 
 of faid Crimes |aad if thereupon fuch perfon or perfons Ihall not fatisfy the oj*f*^«'^* 
 
 £ e e e Authority ^
 
 Anno RegHJ Regis G E O R G I J, f f. Scptlmo. 
 
 422 :aDi)itionai %d tcfpecting ejcceffiDe mnt^. 
 
 Authority before whom he or they are brought to be Examined, ihat he or 
 - . , they are not guilty, it ftiali be lawful for fuch Authority to Bind over Tuch 
 
 fo Bind oTer pcrfoii Of perfons, with two good Sureties, in a Recognizance not exceeding 
 fuchperfons the Sum of 0«f //««</''*^ /'"«'««/', to appear at the next County Court to be 
 
 iiidii i.wmujii iiiu. »*. ....... — .. nty, there to re- 
 Said perfons jj^aj,, untji he or they conform themfelves, and become Bound, as aforefaid : 
 ^"•^"^R^ '*' And if upon the Trial before the Court, one credible Witnefs fliall come 
 beimprKon'd and depofe againft fuch perfon or perfons, that he or they have taken excef- 
 
 five Iniereft or Security cherefof, or otherwife have OppreOed their poor 
 Upon Trial r Debtors or Borrowers ; fetting forth the Faft before the Court, it fhall be 
 credibleWit- lawful for the Court to Bind fuch perfon or perfons with Sureties, in a Res 
 nefs depoling cognirance, not exceeding the Sum of One Hundred Foundry to his or their 
 fuch perfons gQQjj Behaviour,and that he or they fliall offend no more in the like kind.for 
 
 the Court to olfend again in like manner, while he or they are under fuch Recognizance, 
 Bind over to to be proved againft him or them by one credible Witnefs, fuch perfons (hall 
 their good ^^^ adjudged to have forfeited their Recognizance •, unlefs fuch perfons (hall 
 Behaviour. ^^ Acquitted by a Jury of Twelve lawful raea of the Neighbourhood, deda;: 
 ^ . , J. ring upon their Oaths, that they believe he or they are not guilty : Which 
 ofTend^nRr Jury be or they, at his or their requeft, and his or their own charge, they 
 gain. £^ir. may have the liberty of- And in cafe Judgment (hall be given againtt fuch 
 perfon or perfons, the Cotjrt tnay at difcreiion chancer down the Recogai- 
 zance, having regard 10 the Aggravation of the offence more or lefs. 
 
 The Defen- SCfiO It i£f fuctfiec €nflcte&, That in any Adioa brought on any Bond, 
 dant's filing Bill, Mortgage, or other loftrument whatfoever, that fliall be made and 
 his Com- executed after the iirft Day ofjune next,it ftiall be lawful for the Defendant 
 plaint with -jj ^yj.f^ Aftion, to inform the Court before which fbch Aftion is brought, by 
 theCour't'^rn fi^'i'-S ^^^ Complaint with the Clerk of fuch Court, on the firft Day of the 
 the firft Day Courts fitting, that the Mortgage, Bond, or other InHrument on which the 
 of its fitting, Adion is brought, is Ufurious and OpprefTive, and was given for no juft or 
 that the Bond ^gafonable Confideration ^ and then in fuch cafe the Court is direfted and 
 or Mortgage, j^pg^^jjed 10 proceed in Searching out the Truth of fuch Complaint, as a 
 ftrument su- Couft of Chancery or Equity, by Examining the parties upon Oath, or in 
 ed for, is any Other way proper to a Court of Equity ; Andif thePlaintifFfhall refufe 
 Oppreffive, ^ ^g Examined upon Oath, his Aftion (hall be Nonfuit, and the Court (hall 
 the Court to gjy^ Judgment for the Defendant to recover his Coft. And if upon the 
 SiTking En- Trial, the Court (hall find fuch Mortgage, Bond or Note, &c. to be Ufuri^ 
 quiry into ous Of CpprelTive, and for which the Defendant had no reafonable Confi- 
 thecafe.asa deration, they (hall adjnft the fame in Equity ; and give Judmeni that the 
 Courc of Plaintiff (hall recover no more than the jult Value of the Goods Sold, &c. or 
 Chancery. ^^^^^ ^^^ Principal Sum which the Defendant receivedof the PlaiatifF, without 
 Interel?, or any Advance thereupon. 
 
 S Ad to ^^^"P provided, That nothing in this Aa be conflrued to prevent any 
 hinder per- perfons from proceeding upon full Evidence againft exceffive Ufury and Ufu- 
 fonsSuing on rious Contracts, and Recovering as heretofore, by Law they might have 
 
 foil proof, as ^ ^, 
 fermerly. 
 
 CHAP
 
 Mho Regni Regis G E R G I J. //. Septlmo. 
 
 Stiuerant tdreacDer^i* Htnutatioti of :^d;ion0»423 
 
 CHAP. CXIX. 
 
 An Ad to enable fuch Inhabitants of Towns 
 and Societies,as have obtained, or hereafter yo&^;,8d 
 fliall obtain Liberty of the General Affembly ;;?:;^.l'ji^ 
 to procure the Preaching of the Gofpel a- zpiixSjK 
 mongfi: themfelves for certain Months in the %\\v-%^i 
 Year, feparate from the Eftablifhed Place of 
 Worfhip in fuch Towns or Societies, to grant 
 Taxes or Rates for the payment of the Mini- 
 fter who ftiall preach to them during fuch 
 Months. 
 
 B<6 it €naiteD lip l^e (Rotifcnouc, Countfl ano Eepreffntatfbfjsf, I'n . 
 (Kcncral Court fllTembleD, afio bj ttje SSutljo^itp of ilje lame, That ,3"', j"S',; 
 an fuch Prccinds, or Inhabicancs of Towns or Societies as have, or hereafcer or Societies, ' 
 Ihall have liberty from this Afiembly to procure the Gofpel preached a- as obtain li- 
 nongft them for any number ofMonths in the Year, feparate from the Town '^'^"y *^f^'" 
 or Society to wliich the faid Inhabitants do belong, fhall and raay, when 'yJ'^,^i^"*\o 
 and fo often as there may be occafion, Meel together at fuch Place and ac- prooKc d\l° 
 cording to the Notice thereof to be given thera, at leafl five Days before Gofpel to be 
 fuch Meeting, by their Committee, or for want of fuch Committee, by one preached a- 
 of the faid principal Inhabitants ; and the faid Inhabiiants thus Met and '"""'8 t'l^fn 
 Convened, are hereby fully Impowred, by their major Vote, to grant and t,er of^on^'hs 
 lay fuch Rates and Taxes on the faid Inhabitants for the advancing fuch i,, a Year.fe- 
 Sum or Sums of Money as fhall be needful for the Support of the Minifter parate frJm 
 whom they /hall fo hire Co Preach with them for fuch Time,and for other necefs t lie Town or 
 faryChargesarifing amongd ihem;and to appointaColleaororColledtorsfor •^o'^'^^y' ^^ 
 the gathering thereof, who are hereby ordered and impowred to proceed in ^^^^^ to°^evy 
 . collefiing the fame,according to the dircaion of the Law to Society Collectors. Taxes, and 
 And fuch Coile(ftor or Colle£lors (hall upon failing to perform that Ttuft, be choofe Col~ 
 proceeded agair.ft, according to the Law refpet^ing Society Colledors. leflors, fift. 
 
 Sn&ft 13 Ijttebp fiictljcc fiEnatrtJi, That the aforefaid Inhabitants fliall be 
 and are hereby Enabled to choofe a Clerk to enter their Votes, and a Com- Alfo to 
 mitteeof Three or more difcreet and able men, of the Inhabitans aforefaid, choofe 3 
 
 to order the Prudential affairs of the faid Inhabiiants, for the End aforefaid. '^"^ ^/"^ ^ 
 
 . , . Commuiee. 
 
 CHAP. CXX. 
 
 An Ad for Limitting Adions upon Bonds, 
 Bills or Notes under Hand ; alfo A£lions ^j^'^f^k 
 of Trefpafs, Slander and Defamation. 
 
 B(£ it (fnatttlJ 6p t^e (©oternour. Conn til anU Upprcfentatibf?, ftt Perfons neg- 
 (general Court ^OCfcmbleCi, an& b? t!)eautl)o;ftp o£ tlje fatne, That i«'f^"'g to 
 whofoever fhall negleft to bring his Aftion on any Borid,BilI,or Note under ^^^? 'li""" 
 Hand, which fhaU be Executed ac any time after the ficft Day of Jvne j^^^M^l ^' 
 next after the Opening of this Court, for the payment of any Sum or Sums Bond, after 
 of Money, not having any other Condition therein, and Ihall negleft to 17 Yeais.to 
 Sue for and Recover the fame, within the fpace of Seventeen Years next j^^°' *Y*"^ 
 after an Attion for the fame (hall accrue, fhall for ever be debarred and * ^"^ ' 
 fecluded from their Adlion. 
 
 £ e e e 2 And
 
 jinno RegHt Regis GEORGIJ. //. Sept i mo. 
 
 424 Haddam 2Dit)iDeD3 anl» Eaft-Haddam flKxntD^. 
 
 Bonds. Bills ^'^^ ^^' Bonds, Bills, and Notes of Hand, that are now ourfianding, or 
 &c. that are '^a" be on the firft ot June next, given only for the Payment of Money 
 now Out- as aforefaid, fhall be put in Suit within the fpaceof Seventeen Years as 
 b^Su'dt '° aforefaid : And whofoever fliall negleft to Sue out the fame within the 
 37 Years"" Time limited, as aforefaid, (hall be forever barred of his Adion; Excepting 
 
 only thofe Bonds or Bills, which were payable Fifteen Years before this 
 Except &c ^^^^ i on which an Aftion may be brought within the fpace of Two Years 
 
 next after the Rifing of this Court ; Provided^ the ipace of Twenty One 
 
 Years lince they were Payable be not already Eiapfed. 
 Provifion ' 
 
 fuch as'arc Provided neverthekfs^ That perfons over Sea, or legally unable to bring 
 
 legally una- their Aft ions for their Debts, aforementioned, any time wichin the fpace 
 
 ble to bring of Four Years after their coming from Over-Sea, or are legally capable to 
 
 theuAftions, brjng an Adtion, notwithftanding the Time limitted, as aforefaid, be 
 or are over- r? • . ' 
 
 Sea. Expired. 
 
 Aaions of 9Ilnl> it J0 l^crjljp (EnacteO, That no Aflion of Trefpafs, or of the cafe 
 Trefpafs.De. for Slander and Defamation, fhall be brought but within Three Years after 
 famation or jbe matter of Faft was committed or tranfafted. 
 
 Siander,to be 
 
 Profecutcdjn _ 
 
 3 Years. 
 
 CHAP. CXXI. 
 
 An A6^ dividing the Town of Haddam in 
 the County of Hartford, and making the 
 fame into Two diftind Towns. 
 
 B^ 
 
 \<& It finatttU Bp tl)c dFoiecnour, Countil anD IReprcrentatftesf, in. 
 
 General Court ailtcmtileD,atto 6? tfic^uttjo^itp of tlje fame, That 
 
 what part of faid Town oi Haddam lieth on the Weft-fide of ConneOicut- 
 
 Haiim di- Rivet, and the Ifland in the faid River, with all thofe Lands on the Eaft- 
 
 vidcd.andits fide of faid River, Bounded Weflerly by the faid River, Southerly by the 
 
 Bounds He- ^^^g ^^^ Salmon. R i ver unto MiddUtown- Line •, and Northerly by Middle 
 
 town-LinC unto faid Cortne^icut.Rher ; (hall be and remain to be a dif)in£t 
 
 Town, with all Powers and Priviledges proper to other Towns in this 
 
 Colony i and be known by the Nam.e of Haddam, 
 
 One Deputy -^Ixeays Provided, That the faid Town o( Haddam, do not fend more 
 on the Colo- than One Deputy to this Affembly, at anytime for the future, on the 
 nies Charge. Publick Charge Of this Colony. 
 
 ainti it a fiectb? furtfjrr (JnatttU, That all that part of the faid Town 
 
 F If ff jj of Haddam, which lieth Eaft of a Line drawn from Middletown.lln^, on 
 
 Named''and" ^^^ North by S<j/fWM-River to the Cove into which faid Sa/won- River Emp- 
 
 its Bounds tieth it felf, and by faid Cove until it comes to the great River of Conne^i- 
 
 Determined, cut, and fo by CenneUicut-Kwex to the South Bounds of Haddam, (hall foe 
 
 ever be and remain one diftinft Town, with all Powers and Priviledges 
 
 proper to other Towns in this Colony j and (hall be called and known by 
 
 the t^ame of Eaft-Haddam. 
 
 To fend but 
 
 One Deputy yilwayT Vrovided, That the faid Town of Eaft-Haddam do not fend more 
 ni"e! Change." ^^an One Deputy for the future, upon the Publick Charge of this Colony. 
 
 CHAP
 
 AttHo Regni Regis G E R G I J. //. Septimo. 
 
 CHAP. CXXII. 
 
 An A6i ordering the difcharge of fuch perfons 
 as bring in the Loan Money received of this vid.pag4iy, 
 Go vernment,and directing how fuch Money 
 may go forth again out of theColony Treafury 
 
 Bdt it Cnattea bp t5e dEfoternour, Council anli Eeprcff ntati'fte?, in 
 <«e»emral Court anembled anti tip tf)e flutl)0?it? of tlje fame. That 
 any perfon or petfons that have taken any of the faid Money, (hall at any Vi^lJ'f^ 
 time, upon their being at the Charge thereof and paying the Principal of^th/ Colo- 
 Sum received, with the Intereft due for the fame, ftiall be difcharged ; and ny's Money, 
 upon the Receipt of any fuch Sum and Intereft, the Colony Treafurer Schas Mort- 
 ( who hath been appointed to receive the fame ) he fliall under his Hand g^ged Land 
 Certify the Governour for the time being, of the fame, and fuch perfon uLy^mie 
 or perfons fliall be difcharg'd by the Governour,<^c. in manner as hath paying the * 
 by this Affembly been provided, in one certain Aft Paffed by this AfTembly Principal & 
 in May laft •, and all further Intereft /hallceafcj and the Bonds given for q-V"j^'^' ^? 
 the fame (hall be by the faid Treafurer delivered to the perfon or pcrfons ' ^ "^^ ' 
 fo difcharged : And what Money fliaU be brought into the faid Treafury, 
 upon the Mortgages before the Expiration of the Term for which it went fj^,^ fajj 
 out, the Committees in the refpeflive Counties already appointed, fhall Money to be 
 Let out the fame again, to the end of faid Term, and not longer, to fome let outagain. 
 perfon of the fame Town that brought it in, taking the lame Security as is 
 provided in faid Ad, both in refpeft to the Principal Sum and Interefi. 
 
 CHAP. CXXIII. 
 
 An A(ft for the Encouragement of the Railing 
 of Silk in this Colony* 
 
 THIS AJJ'emhly obferving and being well ajfured^ That good Silk may he here 
 made, and that by proper Improvements afufficiency thereof may be ^ifi^ Vy(gg,irf 
 and Produced amongjl our felves,whereby Indufiry may be promoted and the Wealth 
 of this Government in time much increafcd \ and confidering that the Beginning of 
 things Beneficial and Profitable, are aitendedgenera/ly with Difficulty and Charge^ 
 which Vfe and Experience may remove, jibate, and render eafy and profitable. 
 
 25e it tt»erefo?e <ffinacteo bj? tljei^otiecnour, Council antiEepcefeiitatfbfSf, 
 In oDtnecal Court ailembleD, anO Dp t^e fiiut^ojir? of tfte fame, That there 
 Ihall be paid out of the Pubiick Treafury of this Colony, as a Premium, 
 for the raifing Silk; That i^ to fay. For every Ounce of good SouingSilk, ^oZTTt 
 One Shtlling and Six-pence ; For every Pair of Silk Stockings weighing four of the Public 
 Ounces, ^nd fo pro Rfito, Seven Shiffingjind Six-pence; For every Yard of Treafury, for 
 Silk Stuff, OncShi/ling; and for every Yard whereof the Warp is all Silk.Toxj sHk made in 
 Shillings and Thre.pence ; For every Yard of Silk, half Yard wide, v/eighing "^ ^°'°"5^' 
 lefs than one Ounce, Three Shillingt and Nine-pence •, For every Yard weigh- 
 ing one Ounce, and lefs than two Ounces, Six ShiSings ; For every Yard 
 weighing two Ounces, or more. Nine Shillings, ( all to be well Wrought ) 
 Which Premium fhall be paid on an Order obtained of the County Court 
 on the Pubiick Treafury .atorefaid; to be given by the Court in the County 
 where the perfon dwelleth that (hall produce the faid Silk, and fliew to the 
 faiisfaGion of the faid Court that it is ( bcna Fide ) the Growth and Produdl 
 of the Silkworm bred and nourifhed in this Colony, and that no Premium 
 hath been before taken or allowed for the fame, or any part thereof. 
 
 This Aft to continue of Force for the fpace of Ten Years and no longer* Aft limited. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 Anno Regnl Regis GEO R G I J, // Septimo. 
 
 426 laaifmg !&emp,mafeingCanDaf«,^ fine Hineti* 
 
 CHAP. CXXIV. 
 
 An Aft for the Encouragement of raifing 
 Hemp, making Canvafs or Duck -, and 
 alfo for making fine Linen. 
 
 THIS Ajffmblyconfidering t he great Propt and Advantage that might in time K- 
 crue to His Majeft/tPeople in this Gevernmenr^by raifing efHemp,makingCan' 
 "" vajs and Fine Liti*»f&ic. if the fame maj/ be fufficiently Encouraged and Promoted. 
 
 IBe it €na(tel) bp tje (Bobetnouc, Council ano IRepcerentatit^jj, in. 
 APremium (f gnj^ai (jouct affcmburi, ano bp tfte autfjo^itp of t!)e fame, Thai there 
 wrpou/d.for fti^tl be paid out of thePublick Treafury of this Colony, to every perfon 
 every Pound or pCrfons Inhabiting in this Colony, as a Premium, the Sum of Four. pence 
 of good wa- per Pound, for every Pound of good well drefs'd water rotted Hemp, thac 
 tet '^"^^^ fliall be by him or themRaifed,or procured to be Raifed, and fhall be the 
 H*n>p proper Growth of this Colony ; Provided^ There be no Premium allowed to 
 
 any man for any Quantity lefs than Fifty Pounds- 
 
 9&e it alfo furtljec <Cnatte6 bp tjie aut^o^itp afo^eCaiO, That there (hall 
 be likewife paid out of the Publick Treafury, the Sum of Twenty ShilUngt, 
 Tu;«n*y 5ii7- for every Bolt, or Piece of well wrought Canvafs or Duck fit for ufe, and 
 lings for eve- jhircy Six Yards in length, and Thirty Inches wide, and weighing not lefs 
 C ^afs or *^*" Forty Five Pounds, made of the Hemp, aforefaid, or well drefs'd 
 Duck. water rotted Flax ; to be paid to him that (hall door procure the fame to 
 
 be done and manufafiured, as aforefaid- 
 
 2Be ft alto furtiet CnacctO bp tlie ^utljo?itp afo?£fatD,That as a Premium 
 
 (for theEncouragement of making fine Linen) there ftiall alfo be paid out of 
 
 And Two t. ({jg Publick Treafury of this Colony, to every perfon or perfons, that fhajl 
 
 'ver^Ya^/of ""^ke, or procure to be made, within this Colony, any Fine Linen Cloth, 
 
 Fin7whited as followeth, ( viz.. ) For every Yard that is well Spun, Wove and Whited, 
 
 Linen Cloth, and is a Yard wide and made of Yarn that is Eigbt Runs to the Pound, 
 
 Tvo SbiBings per y ardf and fo (pro Roto) for wider omarrower Cloth fo 
 
 made *, and alfo for all Fine Cloths and of the fame width, a proportion to 
 
 the Finenefs thereof, to be determined by the number of Runs to a Pound. 
 
 Provifi. Prffvidedf tio(\e be allowed to bc Narrower than Three Quarters of a 
 
 Yard, and that no Deceit or Fraud be impofed upon the Publick. 
 The faid jBe it (\xttf)tt «Cnaoce5 t? tfje flutl)0^trj> afojefailf, That every perfon 
 Hemp, Can- or perfons, in order to his or their being intituled to the Premium, afore- 
 IndFin^LU ^*'^> ^" *^ *"^ prefent to the View of an Afliftanc and one Juftice of 
 nen. to be '' t^© P^ace in the County where the fame is Raifed or Manufaflured, or to 
 prefented to two juftices, whereof one fl»all be of the Quorum, all fuch Hemp, Duck or 
 the View of Canvaft and Fine Lhien ; who if they Judge the fame to be Raifed, 
 &A^ftice Wr<»"|ht or Manufaftured, according to this Aft, and ftall alfo upon a 
 or to I JunV- ^''^ Examination of the Party or Parties producing the fame under Oath, 
 ces of the ( which the faid Afilftant or Juilices are hereby impowred to Require and 
 Peace.Sc they Adminifter ) or upon other Evidence, be fully fatisfied that the fame Hemp 
 ^draw an jj ^j f^^ proper Growth of this Colony, and the faid Canvafs and Fine 
 theTre3?urer Linen Manufaftured in the fame, according to the intent of this Aft, and 
 forfuchSums that no Premium hath before been allowed therefor, or any part thereof; 
 of Money, as then and in every fuch cafe and in no other,{hall draw an Order upon the 
 5*V^y 'd*'' Treafurer of thisColony,to pay to fuch perfon or perfons, fuchSum or Sums 
 a'pfwnium*^ of Money ,as fliall be judged due to them as a Premium,according to this Aft, 
 therefor. by thsRule aforefaid. Which faid Afliftants and Juftices fhali be allowed cue 
 Afliftants 8c ot the Publick Treafury ,a reafonableSatisfaftionfor theirService in the Pre- 
 judices to be milTesiTobe paid by the Parties prefenting and /hewing the fame to them, 
 paid, & how. provided^ This Aft Ihal! continue and be in Force for the /pace of Five 
 AALimited. Years, from the Rifing of this AITembly, and no longer. 
 
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 Anno Regnl Regis G E O R G I J. 21. Odavo. 
 
 Tit^minml Zd tonutnints XtefpalTe*;* 427 
 
 Forty copies 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartfotd. 1919. 
 
 Vid. pre &tS, 
 111.116,117 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 PafTed by the General Coart or Aflcmbly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Conne^icut in Neiv England: Begun and Held at Mew Haven, 
 on Thurfday the Tenth Day of O^eher, in the Eighth Year of 
 the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord G BO RG Exhs Second, of 
 Great-Britain &c KING, Anntque Domini, 1734, 
 
 CHAP. CXXV. " 
 
 An A(ft in Explanation of the ninth Par; 
 
 graph of the Law, Entituled, An Ad for \fi\\\tti 
 the more Effedual deteding and punifli- jjmomh 
 ing Trefpaffes. 
 
 WHEREAS inthe faid Varagrafh, ft {& ^t6\tltitn anU tnam, « , , 
 * That all Agreements upon Record, in any Town in this '^'""'''"' 
 ' Colony, concerning any the Timber, Woodjdc infaidAft Red.al of a 
 * mentioned, ftiould fo far as faid Agreements concern the Paragraph, 
 * Inhabitants of luch Towns getting Timber, Wood, &c for their own Ufe ^^ P*S« J J» 
 ' only, be and be holden good and valid. Vfon which Two Qutfiiont do arife^ 
 Viz- U'hcther the faid Agreements are to hi underfiood to Extend to Lands divided 
 and impropriated to particular Perfom^ and to give Libtrtf to fuch Inhabitants to get 
 "Timber, Woad^ &c. onfaiJ Landsi And, Secondly, Wbttherwhtn the Dilute « TwoQaefti- 
 cmerning the Vfe for vhich theTtmberylVood,6cc. itgot,aBowed by faid Paragraph *'"* '"^** 
 to be got by faid Inhabitants, on whom the Onus Probandi doth lie, the Plaintiff or 
 Defendant ? On whitlo Vncertainties in faid A^ Dilutes andCtntroverfiet do arift. 
 For the Preventing whereof; 
 
 25e ft K)etIaceU ann laefoIbeD lip t|)is 38frfmb!p, That faid A&$ or v/'^J>t&c, 
 
 Agreements, are not to be underflood to be confirmed or holden good, "ot to be got 
 fo far as to Extend to give any Licenfe to any Inhabitants, to get fuch o" <J'vided 
 Timber, Wo<3d,&c on any Lands divided and appropriated to particular '-*"f''^"'** 
 Perfons, without their Licenfe had and obtained. And that when any k Difputw 
 Difputedoth an fe concerning the Ufe for which fuch Timber, Wood,eJ-/. arife concer- 
 is got, allowed to be gotten by faid Paragraph, That then the burden of '»"e the Ufe 
 Proof doth and ought to lye on hira who Pleads or Avers the Ufe he fiot ''^^'L^^ X'™c 
 it for, That the faid Timber Wood, c^.. was got and improved for fuch f^lfon hi^ 
 Ufe -, unlefs he can (hew a reafonable Excufe of hfs not improving it to whoVrua- 
 the Ufe for which faid Timber, Wood, &e, is Avened to be got. I'fs, &t, 
 
 f f f f CHAP.
 
 ^tino Regni Regis G E O R G I J, II. OAavO. 
 
 428 mxxi% WretteD &c* Courts at Norwich. 
 
 CHAP. CXXVT. 
 
 vidp3g4.4i An Aft Ordering how Writs (hall be 
 
 joj,?o6,53r directed, 
 
 WHEREAS by a Cuflom that hath ohtahed in fame Flaces in this Govern- 
 went J many Writs have been needUJly direRed to ferfant not QHaltRti 
 to Servey or duely to Return fnch Writs. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 IBe ft ^naaeD 6? tie OBoternour, Council anD IReprerentatlteg, fit 
 ^'"A^d'* ^^ <<Bfneral Court fflCTemWelJ, anD bp tjie flutljojitp oE itic fame. That all 
 the Sheriff Writs and Proceffes that fliall be granted and go forth, from and after the 
 his Deputy, Firft Day oi January next, fliall be direfted to the Sheriff, his Deputy, or 
 or fomcCon. fome Conflable, if fuch Officer can be had without great Charge or Incon. 
 ^^i^A^ff" ^° venience. And in every cafe wherein any Magiftrate, Juftice of the Peace, 
 Perfon men- Of Clerk ofany Court, ihall find it neceffary to direft any Writ to any 
 tioned by his indifferent Perfon, fuch Officer (hall infert the Name of the indifferent 
 Namethere- Ferfon in the faid Writ, and alfo the Reafon moving fuch Officer fo to 
 in.oitoAbatc direA his Writ: And if any Writ be othetwife direSed, it fhall Abate. 
 
 Always Providedj Nothing in this Aft fhall be underflood to Extend to 
 . g . Writs diredled to ColleSors of any Rate, or to Writs to Summon Wit- 
 
 aving. jjg^eg .^ ^^ ^q 2jjy Warrants that may be granted by any Military Officer 
 or Officers. 
 
 Vid.pag.2,3 
 
 4.»Y5^'J». CHAP. CXXVII. 
 
 Jp! "IVzj! An A£t for altering the Place for holding 
 
 il'liy'is ^^^ Superior and County Courts, in and 
 z29!i?o;i5j fQj. i)jQ County of iBttt):?JLottDon» 
 
 305,J",3i4 
 
 3"'5^^'54? rrfff I s AJfembly Confidering that the Holding of faid Courts, feme Timet in 
 
 389 596, 414 X *^^ *^'"*"' "/Norwich in/aid County, wiltmU Accommodate Hit Majtjiys 
 
 SubieSii- Therefore, 
 
 rteamlle. 
 
 )Be It (Jnatfrt 6p t%z (BoUecnfiut, Countfl anB Eeprefrntatfijesf, in 
 ,5 , . (feeneral Court fflrOEtntiUD, anU fej tJje aut^ojftp of tte fame. That for the 
 Court" in future,the Superior Court to be Held in and for faid County of Mw London 
 March, and on the Second Tuefday of March, Annually : And that the County Court, 
 County Court to be Held in and for faid County, on the Fourth Tuefday of Hovember, 
 in Novemher. Annually, after the End of the SefSons of the next County Court to be 
 be Holden It Holden in IQewiLondonfiiiW be Held in the faid Town of mrmch,kmvz\\y. 
 Normch, for And that all Aftions or Caufes depending in the Superior Court, in faid 
 the County County, either by Continuance or Review, {hall be Entred and Tried in 
 oiN. London, (he Superior Court to be Holden in faid Ncrwiffc, as though the fame was 
 not Removed from NewsLcndon. 
 
 Provided, That the Judges of the faid County Court, fhall have liberty 
 
 C cfurt may " Adjourn to and Hold their Adjourned County Courts, either m the 
 
 Adjourn to Town of New-London or Norwich, as they judge convenient. 
 
 Hew Londgn. .. , 
 
 J>rovide4
 
 jinHO Regni Regit G E O R G I J, //. OAivo. 
 
 ^ttmm BiUiS 0^ 0(Mts* Xajc. il5omination» 429 
 
 pyovid€d alfo. That the faid Town of Norwich, at their own proper Coft ^T^'^'f^'J^! 
 and Charge, without putting the faid County or the Pubh'ck to any Charge, „fcJ,"£j^^''l 
 do Make and Provide a good and fufficicat Goal in faid Town for the fnfficiemtCoa/ 
 fafeCuftodyof Prifoners, before the Laft Tuefiny of February next ; and forPrifoners, 
 alfo Build and Provide a fufficient and convenient Houfc, for the Enter- f„^^lljg}ll 
 taining and Holding of the faid Courts in faid Town, at or before the Laft Holding the 
 Tuefda7 of Fftr«<irj( next come Twelve Month. And that the Judges of Courts there, 
 the refpeftive Courts, for want of fuch Conveniency for Holding faid O" failure 
 Courts in, (hall have liberty to Adjourn to and Hold fuch Courts in the q"^^°1' ^^ * 
 Town of NtW' London J aforefaid ; Anything in the above Aft notwith- be'held at'^ 
 flanding. N,London, 
 
 CHAP. CXXVIll- 
 
 An A<ft in addition to the Law, Entituled,vid.pag.,jj 
 An Ad for the preventing and punifhing iojljotln 
 any Perfon or Society, who fhall Strike or 
 Emit any Bills of Credit, &ff made and 
 paffed in the Sixth Year of His prefent 
 Majefty King G E O R G E ^te Second. 
 
 B<t it SDfcIareU anH ^natteti 6? tijt iKobecnour, Council anH Ke- p , . 
 prefentatitesf, in i&tmval Court afTemtJleD anD lip t\it autt)0?it? j^lke. Emit 
 of tlje fame. That if any Perfon, Society or Number of Perfons, fhall or Put out 
 prefuoie to Strike, Emit, Put out or Vend, any Notes to be Ufed and im- Notes ialieu 
 proved as a Medium of Trade and in Lieu of Money, that every fuch of^°"^y » ^o 
 Perfon. Society, or Number of Perfons, fliall be fubjeft to the fame Pains Forging,6V. 
 and Penalties, »i fuch are vfho are Convifted of Forging, or Counterfeiting 
 Bills of Credit Emitted by this Government! 
 
 Tfovidtdy That this Aft continue in Forseforthe fpace of One Year, ^j""'*? *i°2 
 a nd no longer. ^_ 'ofthi.Aft, 
 
 CHAP. CXXIX. 
 
 An A<ft for Levying a Tax on Polls, &c^ 
 
 TH I S Affcmbly Grants a Rate of Ont-pmy on the Pounds on aU the Peny on zo *. 
 polls and Rateable Eftate in this Government. To be Paid into the to be paid in 
 Treafury in the Bills of Credit of this Colony, with the ufual Advance of BillsofCredit 
 Twelvt ptnee on the Pound ; or in good Bills of Credit of Four Signers of the °l^. ^"^^fj* 
 MaJpichuftttS'Bay ; or in the Bills of Credit of Ntw-York, without Advance feukey, Ne» 
 on them ; or in Silver Money as it now pafleth in the Country. r»rfc,otSilvet 
 
 The Gentlemen Nominated by the Freemen of this Colony, to 
 ftand for Ejecf^ion, in Aiay next, are as follows, viz. 
 
 TH E Honourable JOSEPH T A LCOTTy Efq; the Honourable 
 JONATHAN LAW, Efq; S&mud E^Us.^fci) Rogtr micott, Efqj The Gentle- 
 Jamti IVadfworih, Efq ; Nathanatl Stanly^ Efq; Joftph Whiting, "Efq; Oziof men Nomi« 
 Pitkin, Efq;Timo:hy Pcirce, Efq; John Burr, Ei'q ; Samutl Lyndt, Efq; Edmund nated for the 
 Lewifi,E(q; WtSiam Pitktn,-Efq; Thomas Fitch, EH^; Mr, /Jogjr JV^i^tok, ElsftioQ "» 
 Mr. Ebentztr IVtfi, Mr. SamuclHiHt Mr. Richard Chrifiofhtn^Mr.Andrem Burr, M^yijl $• 
 Mr. John Curtifi, 
 
 llLONDOif,innxti & Sold by T. GRBen, Piintei t9 theCOV.&COMPANY.i??*
 
 ^«/w Rfgni Regit G E R G I J, / /. Odlavo. 
 
 :^t)tiitional :^ct concermng ^I's^^xua^j^* 43 
 
 Forty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1919. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 oi CoHne^icut in New England : Begun and Held at Hartford ^ 
 on Thurfday the Eighth Day of May, in the Eighth Year of 
 the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, of 
 Great- Britain, &c. KING, Amcque Domini, x 7 3 y. 
 
 Vid.pag. lOj 
 
 CHAP. CXXX. 
 
 An kdi in addition to the Adi relating to Vo^^'f^lu 
 
 High-ways» ^^^.g^^^s 
 
 WHERE A shy faid An, it (& ^cotJitM, * That when Com- p^^ , . 
 * plaint is made to any of the refpeaive County Courts, "^^ '' 
 ' that a High-way from Town to Town, or from Place to Recital of a 
 • Place is wanted ; or that a High-way before laid out may Paragraph, 
 with greater conveniency be altered, fuch County Court fnal) Appoint '"P»S'Jo> St 
 
 * Two or Three Free-holders to Enquire into the nece/Tity and conve- 
 
 * niency of fuch Way, c^c and no Provifion by faid ASl it made for the No- 
 tiffing the Town through whofe Bounds faid Highiway it to be laid, or in Ifhifh the 
 fame it to be altered j wberthy many Difficulties have arifen. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 iBc ft <l!naitel> b? t^e <©ofternour, Countil anD Efpcefentatifjej*, fit 
 (Brntcal Court 3IIffembUt), antt b? tl)e 5lut5o;Ug of tlie fame, That when 
 and fo often as any perfon or perfons ftiaU move to any of the refpeftive 
 County Courts, to have a new High-way laid out, or for the alteration of 
 an old one, it fhall be the duty of fuch perfon or perfons, at icafl Twelve 
 Days before the Sitting of the Court to which he or they (hall make Ap- 
 plication, as aforefaid, to caufe a Citation to be Served on one or more of 
 the SeleS-men of the Town within whofe Bounds the fame is to be laid out 
 or altered, to Appear ( if they fee caufe ) at fuch County Court, and 
 make their Objections (if any they have) againft fuch High-ways being 
 laid Out or altered. 
 
 Any perfon 
 moving to 
 the C. Court 
 to have anew 
 High- way 
 laidouc,oran 
 old «7te ihet» 
 ed,ro cite one 
 or more of 
 thfSeleftmefi 
 1 2 days be- 
 fore the Sit- 
 ting of faid 
 Coait, 
 
 G g 86 
 
 CHAP.
 
 ^>JH0 Regn't Regis GEORGI J. 7/ 0<aavo. 
 
 4^2 Copper <S0xm$^. mates; in cccleKafticai ^t^txttm. 
 
 CHAP. CXXXI. 
 
 An Ad for Reviving and further Continuing 
 
 an Ad: made in the Seventh Year of the Reiea 
 
 of King GEORGE I. Entimled,An Ad ap- 
 
 264,^94. 38J pointing and impo wring certain Commiffio- 
 
 nersto divide the Copper Mines 2xSimshury^^^ 
 
 -ru kti- 15^ •' Cnattett Bp t^e dPotiernour, Council anb IXfpctrentatfbest, in 
 pagM?26s ^ <«5en£ral Court 511lTemblfD,anD Bp t^e 1Cutto?itpof tfje fame,That the 
 &f66,Revi^ aforefaid Aft relating to the Copper Mines at Sywtary, and every Claufe 
 ved&Conti- and Paragraph thereof, ftiall be Revived and further Continued ^and the 
 nued for four fame is hereby Revived and made farther to Continue in Force, for the 
 Years next ^pg^-g ^f pgy^ Years next coming .* And that the Commiffioncrs ftall be 
 coming. ^j^g j.^^g g^ formerly. 
 
 CHAP. CXXXI I- 
 
 An Addirefting how the Rates that may be 
 vid pag 84, granted in any Town or Ecclefiaftical So- 
 34o;j61hI} ciety for the Support of the Gofpel Mi- 
 niftry, (hall be Colleded. 
 
 Every Town ji dg (j ^nattf b tp tfte dJobccnouc, Countil anil IRfprefentatfiiejEf, fn 
 
 &Ecciefiafti £^ (Bcntcal Couct aJTenibicD, anD bp t{)e ^utljojlt? o£ tlje fame, That 
 
 take care''° ^^^''y Town where there hach not been by this AUembly feveral Pariflies 
 
 Annually,' to made therein, and alfo every Ecclefiaftical Society allowed by this Affem- 
 
 grant Taxes biy, (hall for the future, by their proper Votes and Afts, Annually, take 
 
 and levy the care to grant Taxes and levy the fame by their Officers, \wjthin their ref- 
 
 <*'"'^oft of^^ peifiive Precinfls, for the Support of the Gofpel Miniftry, according to the 
 
 the'cofpel- Votes, Grants or Agreements of fuch Town or Society made or pafled for 
 
 Miniftiy.ac- the Support of their Minifter. And it fhall be the duty of the Selefl-men 
 
 cording to of every of the Towns aforefaid, and alfo the duty of the Committees of 
 
 **^'" ■^11^®' every of the Societies aforefaid, to take all proper care in their refpeSive 
 
 ments, zs'- prednfts, that Rates be Annually granted and collefted for the Support of 
 
 S left men& ^^^^^ Minifter. And when any fuch Rate is granted and made, as afore- 
 
 Committee's f»id, the OfHccrs aforefaid ftall repair to fome Affiftant or Juftice of the 
 
 duty therein. Peace in the County where fuch Town or Society doth lye, for a Writ, di- 
 
 refted to the Colle<9or or Colledors chofen and appointed to colleft fuch 
 
 CoHeftors to Rate, enabling him to Levy faid Rate; which Affiftant or Juftice fhall forth- 
 
 ^^'h*f '^ed" *'^^ proceed to grant out, the faid Writ j And every Colleftor fhall with 
 
 ^" P^'' • convenient fpeed Levy and CoUe{l every fuch Rate committed to him. 
 
 N Minifter ^° Minifter (hall be kept out of any part of his Yearly Salary more than two 
 
 tobe kept out Months after his Year is expired. And if at any time the faid two Months 
 
 of his Salary (hould be expired and run out and fuch Minifter hath not received his Sale- 
 
 more than i ry for that Year, then it (hall be the duty of the Seledt-men in every of the 
 
 months after -fowns, aforefaid, and likevvife of the Committees aforefaid, forthwith to 
 
 theyear is up ^^^^ ^^^ ^ Diftrefs Upon the Colleaor or Colleftors that (hould have col- 
 
 C lleftors to '^^^<^ ^"*^h Rate, direQed to the Conftable o( the Town, or SheriflF of the 
 
 be°diftrained County \ which Officer (hall forthwith proceed to levy fach part of fuch 
 
 upon, in cafe Rate as then remains unpaid, to the Minifter, out of fuch CoIle<Sor or 
 
 of negieft. Colleftors Eftate and pay the fame unto fuch Minifter,
 
 Mho Regni Regis G E R G I J, / /. Odavo. 
 
 ^ajcesouuoti^reUDentt^topt:ieto;tjB?,'3E:iieft^l5utg»435 
 
 Sllnb it (g fiiut^CC dEimCteU, That- ifany of the Seleft-menor Coramtctees 
 aforefaid, fhall negleft their Duty in not taking out a Diflrefs, as aforefaid. Select menor 
 upon theColleftor or Colleftors, fuch Sum or Sums (hall be paid by fuch n°gTefting"o 
 Seleftmen or Committees fo neglefting ; together with a Fine of Five takeadiftrefs 
 Founds for every fuch negleA : The Fine to be to the County Treafury. o"t agajnft 
 All which fhall be Recovered by Adion, brought by the King's Attorney c*n''^^"^ 
 to the County Court in the County where fuch Town or Society do lye ; p° *the Sum 
 and no Appeal or Review in fuch cafe fhall be allowed. &befia'dj /. 
 
 CHAP. CXXXIII. 
 
 An A£t for direding where Taxes arifing and 
 levied on Lands in Pariflies or Ecclefiaflical mi^Jf Sv. 
 Societies,belonging to Proprietors Non-red- 'jm'S's^^ 
 dent in fuchParifhes or Societies ftiali be paid. '*'^'^' '^'* 
 
 B€ ft €na(tctt bp tl^e (Coljernouc, Council ano EEprEfentatftejtf, in 
 (general Court flfffmbleD, ano ftp tje aiut|^o?itp of iljc fame, Thai 
 for the future, all Taxes arifing and that fhall be levied upon any Lands rands to be 
 Jying in any Parilh or Ecciefiaftical Society in this Colony, belonging to any ,axed to ihe 
 fuch Non-relidcnc Proprietor or Proprietors, and in the fame Town, fhall Society 
 be paid by him or them in thatSociety.and for and by Order of that Society whereto the 
 only to which he or they belong and are Refident in, according to his or fg'^ps^Ex" 
 their Lifl in the grand Levy ; only where fuch Non-refident Proprietor or cept there be 
 Proprietors hath Lands lying in fuch other Society or Societies, and there anHoufe and 
 be a Tenantable Houfe or Houles thereon, and alfo a Tenant or Tenants Tenant, then 
 aftually living in and upon the fame, then and in every fuch cafe the Taxes j njatiiye- 
 arifing upon fuch Lands in the Improvement of fuch Tenant or Tenants, 
 (hall be paid in the Society or Societies where fuch Lands lye and Tenant 
 or Tenants do live 
 
 Provided nevertheU/Sj That where any fuch Society or Societies have ever 
 Jince their being firft fet off and conftituted, fteadily and uninterrup- 
 tedly ufed and praftifed otherwife in paying Taxes arifing on fuch Lands, „ ^^., 
 this Aft fhall not be underflood to effeft or prejudice fuch a Aeady and unin- 
 terrupted pra(Sife ;but the fame fhall be accounted a praSical Agreement^ 
 and be holden good and valid accordingly ; any thing to the contrary in 
 this Aft contained notwithftanding. 
 
 SBnft be ft fucttier ^nacteo b? t^e aiut5(j;ttp afo^cfafU, Thai if fuch Non- 
 rcfident Proprietor or Proprietors, live in any other Town than that in Non refident 
 which fuch Lands lie, he or they fhall pay in and be Taxed for the fame, Proprietors 
 by that Society in which it lies : And that when fuch Lands Jye in Two oth°rT"wT° 
 or more Societies in any othrr Town than that in which fuch Proprietor to pay lothe 
 or Proprietors live, then and in every fuch cafe, he or they in their Lift, Societywfcere 
 Annually given in, fhall particularly mention therein the Sort andQuan- theLandslie. 
 tity of his or their Lands in Each of fuch Societies, refpeftivcly, and fhall 
 pay therefor in foch refpeftive Societies accordingly, 
 
 CHAP. CXXXIV. 
 
 An Aft in addition to the Law, Entituled, vidpag.ir. 
 An Aft againft Theft and Burglary. 4-"''^''' 
 
 WHEREjiS notwithfianding the pains tind penalties i» faid AB/nnny Dif- 
 folute and Idle per/ons are guilty ofnotoriousTktfts and breaking up of Sloop t Pnamllt, 
 and Dw tiling Houfet in this Colony, to the Prtjudict of Hfs Mafejlietgood SubjeH^s. 
 
 G g g g a Which
 
 j4ti»o Regm Regit GEORGIJ, // Odavo. 
 
 434 ejccife, &:c. aUctailctsi ^ Xatern^ftapers. 
 
 Which Mifchief to Prevent : 
 3Be it dPnactett Bp tlje (EoUecnour, Council anb Eeprefentaiibejj, in 
 dPeneral Court flfTmibUD, anb bp tl)e aut()o;(tp of tfje fame, That whofo- 
 Peifonsfteal- g^g^ fhall Steal any Money, Goods or Chattels,co the value o(Twenty Shillings 
 of\o j^ta"^ and be thereof convifted by fufficient Evidence, every fuch Offender fhall 
 pay treble forfeit to the Owner of fuch Money,Goods or Chatteis,Stolen as aforefaid 
 andbewhip- Treble the value thereof, as is provided in faid Aft, and alfo be further 
 ped. punifhed by Whipping, not exceeding ten Stripes lor one Offence. 
 
 Committing 25e ft fuctljec <Cna(teb bp tl)e autflO^ltv afo^efaft), That if any perfon 
 Burglary, to fhaij commit Burglary,by breaking up any dwelling Houfe.or Shop wherein 
 whi'T& one G°°^s, Wares and Merchandize are kept, or fhall Rob any perfon ^ fuch 
 Zar'cut off. perfon fo Offending, for the firft Offence (hall be Branded on the Forehead 
 Onthci<fOf- with the Letter B, and have one of his Ears nailed to a Poft and cut off 
 fence, to be and alfo be Whipt on the naked Body Fifteen Stripes i and for the fecond 
 ckd&\othet Offence fuch perfon fhall be Branded, as aforefaid, and have the other of his 
 Earcut°off. Ears nailed and cut off, as aforefaid, and be Whipt on the naked Body 
 On the third Twenty Five Stripes ; and for the third Offence, fuch perfon fliall fuffer 
 Offence to be Death, as is provided in faid Aft. 
 put to Death. . . 
 
 CHAP. CXXXV. 
 
 An AQ. for laying an Excife on divers forts 
 5^jtni.V76 of Liquors, appointing Commiilioners of 
 »7Mjm3« Excife, lycencing Retailers, and further 
 regulating Tavern-keepers. 
 
 Six-fence fit T^^t it (Enattrt 6? tfte ^obernour, Council anti Kfprtfentatftetf, (n 
 Gallon to be |^ (penfCfll Coutt StfTembUO, an6 bjtlje autl)o?ttp of tljc fame,* That 
 ^^•f ^Vt^' ^^^^^ ^^^" ^® P*^'^ ^* ^" Excife on all Wines and Rhufti, and all other 
 ve'rn-keepers Liquors DiftiUed from the growth of any other Country than this Colony, 
 for all ftrong Six-pence per Gallon, by all Retailers and Tavern-keepers in every Town in 
 Drink Sold this Colony to the refpeftive Town-Trcafurers, for the ufe of the Town •, 
 leff '&f.""" '^° ^^ CoUeaed as in this Aft is provided. 
 
 3finti ht it further (CnatteU, That a leffer quantity of any of the 
 Nolefsquan- Liquors aforefaid Qiall not be Sold by any perfon whatfoever, Retailers and 
 GallonTto be Tavemers only excepted, than a Qiiarter Cask.containing Twenty Gallons, 
 Sold by any under the fame Penalties as are by Law already provided againfl Retailing 
 other perfons Strong Liquors withotit licenfe. 
 
 Retailers not ^^^ ^^ W furtjcr (tnattcB, That no Retailer of Strong Liquors fliall Sell 
 to Sell lefs a lelfer quantity of any of the Liquors aforefaid, than a Quart, nor fuffer 
 than a Quart any of the Liquors by him Sold to be drank in his Houfe or any of the De- 
 pendencies thereof, under the Penalties above referred to. 
 
 SfoJrthat ,, ?^ " ^^^^^" €nact£ll, That the fame Perfons ia each Town in this 
 naminateTa- *-o'ony. appointed by Law to Nominate Tavern-keepers, (hall in their An- 
 ••"" keepers ""31 Meetings (if they think fit) Nominate fome perfon or perfons within 
 .min.r. thcif faid Towns to be Retailers, as aforefaid ; as alfo fome fuitable perfon 
 m fuch Town to be a Commiflioner of Excife, to colleft and receive the 
 
 vern 
 
 toNominate their faid Towns to be Retailers, as aforefaid ; as alfo fome fuitable perfon 
 ComS.o r"!"^^ '^°^" ^° ^^ * Commiflioner of Excife, to colleft and receive the 
 nersofExcife "''^ ^^'^'f °^ ^^'='^^ >" the Town where he dwells ; who-is hereby fully im- 
 
 powred and authorized for the Management thereof, to whom ftiall be 
 Commimo- adminiftred by fome AfGflant or Juflice of the Peace, before he enter on 
 ncrs losweat the Execution of his Office, the following Oath, wi. 
 
 You
 
 JriHD Regnt Regu G E O R G I J, 1 1. O^ViO. 
 
 Dtttp on '^m'^^%tM\tin of 3S!)um» 435 
 
 \rOu A. B. being chofen Commi/Iioner of Excife for the Town of H for 
 ''" the Year enfuing and until another be chofen and fworn, Do Swear, 
 you will faithfully difcharge your Office therein, in colleftlng all fuch Sum ^°'2a°th''"' 
 and Sums of Money, as fiiall become due by Law from the Retailers of * * 
 Strong Drink and Tavern-keepers within the Town aforefaid, and give a 
 true account thereof, and pay the fame to theTreafurer of faid Town 
 vonce a Year- S? help you God. 
 
 ant) it \& ^Eccbp ftirtl^Cc i&rofefliea, That the faid Commidioner of Excire CommifTloners 
 (ball receive of the Town Treafurer, one Fifth part of the Money he IhaU fo JherrServke 
 colleft and pay into the Town Treafury, for his Service therein. 
 
 SIttli ft 15 fuctfjer (Cnatfeb, That all perfons Nominated, as aforerald, to 
 be Retailers, fhall before they Retail any Strong Drink, as aforefaid,obtain 
 a Licenfe therefor of the County Court of th6 fame County ; who are 
 hereby direfted to demand and take fufficient Bonds of all Retailers and Ketailers to 
 Tavern-keepers to whom they grant a Licenfe, in fuch Sums as they (hall obtain a Li- 
 think fit,Conditioned that the faid Retailer or Tavern-keeper (hall obferve ^oi'^f (^^Jt 
 the Laws which are or (hall be made, to promote good Order in Licenfed andgiveBond 
 Houfes i as alfo that they render a true and juft Account upon Oath to g^c. a I foTa- 
 the Commiffioner of Excife in the Towns where they dwell, of all fuch vern keepers 
 Liquors, asaforefaid, which they have at the time of their obtaining their |P ^° ^^^ 
 faid Licenfe and do afterwards take into their Cuf^ody, to be Prefented to '" * 
 the faid Commiflioner once in every Quarter of the Year, if deir.anded by 
 him: As alfo that he the faid Retailer or Tavem-Iceeper, will pay to the 
 faid Commiflloner the Duty laid thereon by the Excife A€t, SubflraSling 
 only one Fifth part thereof for Leakage and WaiJage. 
 
 StIuO it IS Inth^ ^COtiiliell, Nevmhele/i^Thzt in cale the faid Retailer or Abatement of 
 Tavern-keeper,{han Sell and difpofe of any of the Liquors aforefaid.by the Excife fo;Re- 
 Quarter Cask, as aforefaid, or by any greater Quantity, and render an " thequa/tet 
 account thereof in his Account, abovefaid, to the faid Commiffioner, the q^q^^ 
 faid Commiifioner (hall deduft the Excife thereof out of the faid Account, 
 and receive the remainder only, 
 
 3it i^ alfo fuct^EC pcoti&sO, That the Names of all thofe Perfons which The names of 
 by an Aft of this Afietnbly, palTed in the Second Year of the late King peffo"^ re- 
 G £OSGE, were direfled to be Pofted at the Tavern-Iceepers Doors, by K T°pTeTs 
 fetting up a Certificate, as therein provided, (hall alfo be Pofled at each to be Pofted 
 Retailers Door .• The faid Retailer fliall be liable to pay the &me Penalties, on the doors 
 and to be proceeded againft in like manner as Tavern keepers, in cafe the ofRetailers. 
 faid Retailer (hall Sell to them by Retail, any Strong Liquor mentioned 
 in this Aft. 
 
 C H A P. CXXXVI. 
 
 An Ad further providing for the more effedlu- yy 
 al Colledting the Duty of Impoft on Rhum, ''h*'" 
 and for impofing a greater Duty thereon, 
 
 B« (t Cnactea Bp t^e (Botjtrnonr, <rouncil anU IReprefentatftresf, m-'^fterthe tjf 
 Cientral Court afilTemblf MnD 6? t^e 3JlutJ)tj?ftp of t^e fame. That ^ '^•'/l^i 
 from and after the Firft Day of Au^ufi next, there fhallbe a Duty of S««^«rGaiionIfor 
 t:en-fe>ice per Gallon, for all Rhum Imported by any Mafterof any VefTelallRhumim- 
 into this Colony, excepting only fuch Rhum as (hall be Imported direSly Poj"<i into 
 from the Wefi-lndies, in fome VeiTel the major part whereof is Owned by 'hisCol. Ex- 
 fome perfon or perfons in this Government ; in which cafe the Mafter of aKe^nthey 
 fuch VefTel (hall pay Eight-pence per Gallon, and no more j aily thing in to pay only 8 
 any Law heretofore made to the contrary notwichftanding. d.^erGilloa. 
 
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 j4^>fi> Fegrr Regis GEORGIJ. // 0(5bvo. 
 
 436 3Diit|> on aai)ttm» ifees. 
 
 And all fuch Mafters of Vefleis or Importers, (hall have the fame Allow- 
 
 ance for Waft and Bills of Store, as are by Law already granted ^ and fhal'l 
 
 M ft f ^^^^ ^" ^^^^ adminiftred to them, as by Law already provided ; and fhajl 
 
 VeO-el^fo be ^ ""^^"^ ^^^ Regul3tions,3nd be liable to the Penalties as are provided in 
 
 Swotn. one Law of this Colony, Entituled, W« AS for the more EfcBual Collet, n^ the 
 
 Dtttj of Irrpoji on Rhum, Made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of the late 
 
 pag. 171,276 King GEORG EyioT Naval Officers. 
 
 31InlJ it iQ furttier ^EnatteO bp i^e auttio?itp afo^efoni. That all Rhom that 
 
 Diftillers of (hall from and after the Firft Day of Augu[i, aforefaid, be Diflilled by any 
 
 fi'Tn'f per P*^""^"" °'' Perfons within this Colony.OjaU be liable to pay a Duty olTwelve. 
 
 cJon"oT3\\ T'"" f" Gallon ; and that the perfon or perfons Diftilling the fame, (hall 
 
 Rhum they be obliged to take the fame Oath to give a true and juft Account of aQ 
 
 diftil,& to be Rhum by them (o DiftiHed, as is provided for thofe that Import any Rhum 
 
 iTr^Ta'"!'"' ^"^ ^^tex into this ColOny ; which Oath Ihall be adminiftred to them by 
 
 of whatThTy ^^^ 'mpoft Officer, in the Place where the fame is Difiilled. And in cafe 
 
 diftil. of any fuch perfons refufing to take fuch Oath when required, and give a 
 
 true Account to fuch Officer, of the Rhum by him or them fo Diflilled, he 
 
 or they (ball fuffer the fame Forfeiture and be liable to the fame Penalties 
 
 as thofe that Import Rhum, are- 
 
 /ini that t-ffitlual Care may be taken in Col/eilivg the aforefaid Duty 
 
 3t 10 ftirtljer (EnatteO l>p t!)e 3fiut|jo;itp efo^efaio. That his Honour the 
 
 His Honour GoVER NoVR for the Time being, (hall appoint, and he is hereby im- 
 
 theGovernourpowred to appoint fuch a Number of I mpoft Officers, as he (hall judge 
 
 t^jngjjgp* needful, for the putting this AA in Execution, and adminifter a proper 
 
 point Import O^tf' fo them ; which Officers (hall have full Power and Authority, and 
 
 cfh'cers. are hereby Required to make diligent Search after aD Rhtjm Imported into 
 
 this Colony or Di(\il]ed within the fame, the Duty whereof is not paid: 
 
 And to that end to break open any Houfe or Veffel, or other (ufpefted 
 
 Place ; to Enter and to Seife all fnch Rhuro, as they ihaH find Imported 
 
 They to be or Diftilled, as aforefaid, and Secure the fame until the next County Court 
 
 under Oath, jn the County where the fame fhall be fo Seifed, who (haH declare the fame 
 
 . to be Forfeit ; unlefs the perfon Importing, DiftiDing, or in whofe Cuftody 
 
 Jf *'[gjP*'"'" the fame may be found, (hall (hew to the Satisfaaion of the Court that 
 
 the Duties laid by this Aft upon the Rhum Seifed, as aforefaid, have been 
 
 paid, according to the true intent and meaning thereof j and On refofal or 
 
 failure whereof, the Rhura declared to be Forfeited, as aforefaid, fhaU be 
 
 difpofed of. the one half to the Officer Seifing the fame, as aforeiajd, and 
 
 the other half to the ufe of this Colony. 
 
 Vid pag.56 CHAP. CXXXVII. 
 
 VtullllHi ^^ ^^ ^Of ^^^ further fetling of Fees. 
 
 ja;, 400,407 0(£ff (fnacteU by m ^otjernour, Counnl anb Erprcrmtatibesf, in 
 D <£mital Court aKfembleD, anD ip t|je fiut^ojitp of tfte Cinw, That 
 for the future, there fhall be allowed to Each Affiftant or Jufliceof the 
 Peace, /. 
 
 For Signing each Summons, Eight-fence. 00 
 
 And for each Attachment where Bond is given. One Shilling, 00 
 And that there (hall be allowed in the Bills of Coft,for 7 ^^ ^g 
 
 each Summons, One Shilling and Eight-fence, y 
 
 For each Attachment where Bond is given,Ttt'o-Si>ft"wgi j ^^ ^^ ^g 
 and Eight-fence. 5 
 
 And that the Fees in the refpe£live County Courts in 7 
 this Colony lor taking the Acknowledgment of each / co 07 00 
 judgment, including the Clerks Fees, Seven Shillings. •* 
 
 And for Entring Judgment On Default, Seven ShlUings. 00 07 ^ oo 
 
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 Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majcfty's Colony 
 oi Cenne^icut in t^cw England : Begun and Held at t^ew Havtn, 
 on the Ninth Day of OUoler, in the Ninth Year of the Reign 
 of Our Sovereign Lord G E R G £ the Second, of Great- 
 Brifahy &c. KING, Annoque Domini, 1735'. 
 
 CHAP. CXXXVIII. 
 
 Aq Ad^ refpeding the appointment of Qmi-^tJ^SW, 
 dians for Minors of the age of Difcretion, z's'.Im:'!^ 
 
 Btf it Cnattrt bp t^e <CJotiECnout, Council atiD EfprefentatltJES, fn ^i,\ jji.jjS 
 "©tnccal Court flCfemblEts, anO ftp Vit Slutljo^itp of tljefamc, -joo. 
 That when and fo often as it (hall happen, that there be any Male 
 perfon or perfons, between the Age of Fourteen and Twenty One The Judges 
 Years, or Females between the Age of Twelve and Eighteen Years, who ^*^p^Qt>j,7s't" 
 have neither Father, Guardian nor Mafter, Then Each and every of the appointGuar- 
 Judges of the refpeflive Courts of Probate in this Government, within whofe dians forMale 
 JDittrid fuch Minor or Minors, Male or Female live, Ihall Notify fuch Minor perfons be- 
 or Minors to Appear before him, and Eleft forae meet perfon or perfons, ''J'"" the age 
 for his, her or their Guardian or Guardians •, and upon Reiufal or Negleft yeals, a*id for 
 thereof, fuch Judge (hall Appoint (and the refpecftive Judges, aforefaid, are Females be- 
 hereby Authorifed and Impowrred to Appoint ) Guardian or Guardians in all tween the 
 fuch Cafes, taking the ufual Bond by Law already provided upon the ^^ of li & 
 Appointment of Guardians. And the Power and Authority of fuch u„,/f"7hey 
 Guardian or Guardians, ftaU be as good and effeftual, to all Intents and chufe Guar- 
 Purpofes, as if Elefted by fuch Minor or Minors and EftabJi/hedAy the Court dians for 
 of Probates ; Any Law, Ufage or CuRom to the contrary notwiihftanding. tlumfelves. 
 
 CHAP. CXXXIX. 
 
 An A(S for impofing a Fine or Penalty on vid. pag 78, 
 delinquent Military Officers. \]\!Z%\ 
 
 l8t 1 07 
 
 WHERE AS it is found by Experience, That often Times the Under- 
 Military Outers in the Troopi and Foot-Companies in thu Colony, Niglttl fffamile, 
 and Rtfufe to Attend on the Duties of their RcJptEUve Pofls, and there is as yer no 
 frovifian made in the Law to Impofc any Fine vr Penalty en fuch Detinqnent Officen, 
 
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 Anno Regvi Regis GEORGIJ, //. Nono. 
 
 438 ji£ll)Um,&c* ;5rantJ tOl i^0?fC5 in Eaft-Hadda 
 
 m» 
 
 215e it tljtccfojc (EnaaeO b^ tlje ©otcrnoiir. Council anD IRtprcfenta- 
 
 Lieutenant t'^fS'j >" (Bfiurol dourt 3l(rrmblcli, anD bp tl)e 2ur!jo;iirp of iljc fame, 
 
 of a Foot or That if any Lieatenanc or £nfign, Cornet or Quarter-Mafter, fhsll Negleft 
 
 Troop to be the Truft repofed in them, or any of them, fliall Forfeit totheufe of the 
 
 fined 1 5 i per Company or Troop to which they refpeftively belong, the Fines hereafter 
 
 7m!)\n "°' '^'^P'"^^'^'^' ^''^- A Lieutenant of Foot or Troop, for One Days Abfence from 
 
 raining Training or Appearing, the Sum of Fifteen Shillings Money ;, for any Enflgn, 
 
 Enfign, Cor- Cornet or Qiiarter-Mafler, for One Days Abfence from Training, the Sum 
 
 net or Quar- of Twelve Shillingi Money. And the Diftrefs tlierefor to be granted by the 
 
 ter-Mafter to jviajor of the Regiment to which fuch Company or Troop doth belong; 
 
 be fined 1 1 s, Unlefs fuch Lieutenant, Cornel, Enfign or Quarter Mafter, (hall make fuch 
 
 Excufe within Twelve Days as fuch Major or the Captain of the Company 
 
 to which he or the-; belong, fliall think it Reafonable why fucli Diftrefs 
 
 (hould not be granted 
 
 3ilnli it (0 fiictiec ^cobiBeli bp t^c 3Cut^o?itp afojefaiD, That every 
 
 ^erjeant of Serjeant of the Foot, or Corporal of the Troop, fhall for One Days Negleft, 
 
 por^aVof the' P^^ ^ ^'"^ °^ ^^" ^^'^^^"1' Money, to the ufe of the Con'-pany to which they 
 
 Troop, 10/ fJo refpeftively belong. And the Diftrefs tobe granted by the Captain and 
 
 Lieutenant of fuch Company, or the Two Chief Military Officers in fuch 
 
 TroOp or Company to whicli they belong : Unlefs they (hall make Excuie 
 
 within Twelve Days after fuch Negled, to the Satisfaftion of fuchTwo 
 
 Chief Officers. 
 
 CHAP. CXL. 
 
 An AcH: for Repealing a certain Ad Made and 
 ^.^ ^ Paffedby the General Affembly of this Colo- 
 4jV^ ny, at their Seffion in Hartford, on the '^th, 
 Day of M^Y^y^moVom. ij^i, Entituled, An 
 Ad further providing for the more eflFe(3:aal 
 Colledingof theDuty of Impoft on Rum, 
 and for impofing a greater Duty thereon. 
 
 •n, Art r 'R^ *' <Jttatt£lif)p t!)e <«5obrrnour. Council anO 3Rtptcfcntati6££f, fn 
 pTaineRum ^J (Bf tiEtal Coutc 51l£&mlil£t),an& b? t^c ■aiutto;ttj of tbe fame, That the 
 in pag 4^58c afotefaid Aft, Eniituled, An Aft further providing for the more Effedua! 
 4?6,Repea!M Collcfting the Duty of Impoft oaRhum, and for impofing a greater Duty 
 tic the Duty thereon, and every Claufe and Paragraph thereof, be Repealed and made 
 of^lmpoft ^on Ypjj . 2qJ jj^g ^^jjjg jj hereby Repealed and made Void accordingly. And 
 
 lyT.'&ijlf ^^^ ^^^^ ^"'^ ^^'' ^^ P^'^ '° ^^^ Naval OiEcer, as was Provided by aa 
 Confiimed.' A<a of this Aflembly, JMade in the Eighth Year of the Reign of the Late 
 
 King G EORG E, Entituled, An Aft for the better Regulating the Duty 
 
 of Ira pod on Rhum, &c. 
 
 CHAP. C X L I. 
 
 vidpag.4M An Ad for appointing the Brand for Horfes 
 
 in the Town of Eajl-Haddam, 
 
 Brand." '"" y^ i«5 ^^bftelJ an6 (Enattcfi bp tJ^fjS afTemblp, That the Brand for 
 X Horfes and other Creatures ia the Townoi £aJl'Haddam,{h?il\ be the 
 following Figure, yim, r) 
 
 CHAP-
 
 Anno Regn't Regh G E O R G I J. fl Nono. 
 
 mil^y^c. Conmtional ^BonDjg. Xajc ^il!^omination.439 
 
 c H A~pr~cxiriT ~~ 
 
 An Ad for Reviving and further Continuing 
 an Ad Made in Odober, in the Eighth Year vapag.r?? 
 of His Majeftys Reign, in addition to the 404 ^nJi 
 Law, Entituled, An Ad for preventing and 
 punifhing any Perlon or Society, who fhali 
 Strike or Emit any Bills of Credit, C]rr. 
 
 B(C ft 4Ena(t£D fjp tl)e (35otcmouc, Council ano IReprerenracfbCiBf, fit 
 (General Court aiTtmbkli, anb lip tl)c 2llutlio?ifj> of (l)c famc,That the t>.„-_^ 
 aforefaid Aft, relating to faid Bills, &c. fhall be Revived nnd further Conti- ^" ^=viv«a. 
 nued ; and the fame is hereby Revived and made of full Force for the future. 
 
 CHAP. CXLIII. 
 
 An A(5tdire£ting the rendering Judgment on vu pag 7.3, 
 Bonds conditioned for fecuring Damages,'"'^"' 
 "which may happen at feveral Times. 
 
 B(t h (EnattfiJ Bp tbe (Fotjcrnour, Council anD IRrpcerentatitjesX, In 
 40£neral Court 511ITf mbl£lj,flnD D? tljc 3lluif)0^tp o£ tbe fame, That in ^^'"^^^^''^^'j^ 
 fhall be Lawful for the Obligee, to bring his Aftion on the Firft Breach pf the Aftionfnthe 
 Condition mentioned in any Bond, given for the purpofes mentioned in the firftBrejchot 
 Title of this Ad ; And upon the Forfeiture of the Bond, found on Demurrer, the Condition 
 Tryal or Confeffion, on any Motion made for the Chancery of the Bond, the "i=n"°"'-d ^^ 
 Court fhall proceed to Confider wrhat is due in Equity on the Bond at that ^ * 
 Time, and Enter up Judgment for the fame, with Coffs, and Award Execu- 
 tion thereon. And upon any further Breach or Negleft of Performance of 
 any other Condition Annexed or Indorfed on faid Bond, the Obligee or his breach " 
 Executors or Adminiffrators, may take out a Scire Facias againfl the Obligor, ntghdc, the 
 his Heirs, Executors or Adminiftrators, from the Clerk of the Court where Obligee or 
 the Ad ion was firfl brought, to fhewCaufe why Execution fhould not be A- hrsExecutors, 
 warded for the Money then due, or for the Damages then fuf^ained, and the j^t a°Scire 
 Court (hall proceed to make up Judgment for that which fliall by them be Facias a- 
 fouad due,with Additional Cofts ^ And fo from lime to time till all the Con- gainft the 
 ditions mentioned in or annexed to the faid Bond are Performed and Com- P'^u^?'^ %], 
 pleated; Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. ^ eirs.fcjT 
 
 CHAP. CXLIV. ^ 
 
 An Adl for Levying a Tax oh Polls, ^c» 
 
 THIS AfTembly Grants a Rate of One-peny on the Pouni, onall the p^^^"^"^''"^ 
 Polls and Rateable Eflate in this Government. To be Paid into the to be paid in 
 TTreafury in the Bills of Credit of this Colony, with the ufnal Advance of Bills of Credit 
 Twelve-pence on the Pound; Or in good Bills of Credit of Four Signers of the °^f^°I'^fl"'^ 
 M^Jfachufettr-Bay ; Or in the Bills of Credit of NewYori, without Advance i[j^Sroyk. 
 on them ; Or in Silver Money as it now paffeth in the Country. or Silver. 
 
 THE Gentlemen Nominated to ftand for Eleftion in May next, fent in by 
 the Fteeinen of this Government to this Affembly, are. The Honourable JOSEPH , „ , 
 TALCOTT, £/j; rheHon. JONATHAN LAW, Efq; Samuel Eells, Efq; Roger Wol- -^"^ ^^" • 
 cott, £/?; James Wadfwbrth. £/"?; Nachaiiiel Stanly, £/?; Jofcph Whiting, £/j; Ozias men jNomi- 
 Pitkin,£/?iTimothyPeirce,£7?sJohnBurr,£/j;SamuelLynde,£/5;EdmuiidLewifs,£/'?-,"*/^^/°^ T"*^ 
 William Pitkin, £/j; Thomas fitch, Efq. Capt. Roger Newton, Mr. Ebenezer Weft, ^i " ,,^ 
 Caft. Samuel Hill, Ca^t. Andrew Burr, ^fr.Richard Chriftophers, Ca/r. John Bulkley. ^^"^ ^'i°' 
 
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 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Coart or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Cmneliicut in Uew 'E«glanJ : Begun and Held at Hartford, on 
 the Thirteenth Day of May^ in the Ninth Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord GBORGEt^t Second.of Great-Britain, (Sc. 
 KING* Annoque Deminf, 1736. 
 
 ^ c"h a p. cx lv! 
 
 An A(5l for the further prevention of dividing 
 
 the publick Bills of Credit on this Colony, i69.i36.M6 
 
 into Halves or QjLiarters. 
 
 Vid.pag ij, 
 
 ?bMi7.404- 
 
 W HERE AS the BiUt of Credit en tbii Colony, of fundry Dtno- 
 minationSf have hen Counterfeited and Vtttred by EvU' minded 
 Verfont ; and further to carry on the Fraud and Deceit, it hath PreanUe^ 
 beenoieiedly FraSiifed, to break ftud BiOs into Halve t andQuar- 
 tert, vherehy osr publick Officers and frivate Per fans are rendred unable to difcover 
 the Counterfeit BiBff and the Cheat and Deceit therein- 
 
 Which Evil PraOile the better to Prevent : 
 
 SSe ft (f naaeti !ip tit <&tibtmtiut, Countfl anb Eeprernttatffiesf, tn 
 l^fneral Court 9i(&mi)Itt!, anti fe^ t^z flutl^o;Itp of tge fame, That do 
 Perfon hence forward do adventure to Halve or Qijarter any of the Bills 
 ot this Colony, of the Denominations of F>v( Pounds , Forty ShiUings, Twenty 
 Shillings, Ten ShiBings, or Five ShiBitigs^ on paio of the Difpleafure of this 
 Affcmbly. 
 
 ^tib it ifi irtebp fuctl|£t;(£nflttett,That theTreafurer of this Colony ftall 
 
 not after the Twentieth Day of May next, Receive any Halves or Quar- 
 ters of any of the BiHs of this Colony, of the Denominations above-men- 
 tioned, in any Payments to the Publick Treafury whatfoever. 
 
 SDnU furt^rt. The Treafurer is hereby forbidden to Emir and Payout of 
 the Treafury any Halves or Quarters ot the Bills of this Colony, of the 
 aforefaid Denominations •■, Who is alfo hereby direfled to Receive any of 
 the Halves or Quarters of the True Bills of this Colony of the faid Deno- 
 minations, and give in Exchange for them the Bills lodged in his hands for 
 Exchange, at any Time before the faid Twentieth Day of May nest, and 
 no longer. 
 
 I i i i CHAP. CXLVf. 
 
 No Perfon to 
 Halve or 
 Quarter any 
 Bilb ofCredit 
 onthisCeloni' 
 of 5/.40X.IO/. 
 tot or 5 t, 
 
 Treafnrer not 
 to Receive a- 
 ny Halvesor 
 Quarters of, 
 &eAftejMay 
 10, I7J7. 
 
 But ordered 
 to Exchange 
 them at any 
 Time before 
 faid Date.
 
 j^iHo Pfg»i Regh G E O R G I J, //. Nono. 
 
 442(Harit5.l^oft2xaa0e5«3jtttie5,<l5asersi,6cc»£0uttia» 
 
 Vid pag 2.J, 
 
 CHAP. CXLVI. 
 
 An A6t in addition to an AdljEntituled, An 
 A6t for amendment of the Law providing 
 W'v'hi Auditors (hall be appointed in a61:ions of 
 liiikil Account, &c, and for amending the Writ 
 upon Pleas in Abatement. 
 
 v, A V JKjHEREASinfali AEl, special Reftrenee ftimt to bi htitt ASins 
 irrcambie. y y brought to the County And Supinour Courts. 
 
 Writs Aba- gjt fg nott) BefoIiJCU anil «natteb bp tW 5B(&mWp anHt^e 5IutI)0?ftp 
 ex"fnd to all t5«l^fOf, That for the future, the laft Paragraph of faid Law refpeaing the 
 Anions be Amendment of Writts ordered to Abate, (haQ Extend to all Aftions 
 foreanAfTif. brought bcforc any AfUftant Of Juftice of the Pcacc • Any Law, Ufage 
 tantorjuftice or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 ^ c H A P. C X LV II. 
 
 y.^ ^ ^ An Aft in addition to an A<&, Entituled, An 
 li,;,';?:!!? Adit for enlarging and ftating Poft Wages 
 and Witneffes, for their Travel. 
 
 Poft3&Wit- 'D^^iBE^'CSD 6p t^fS ailTemWp, That for the future, AUPofls 
 Tieffes Six- £\ imployed in the Publick Service, CbaQ be Allowed Six-ftnct per Mile 
 ftncejrtrmilt out, and no more 
 
 CHAP. CXLVin. — — — 
 
 Vid pag Z.J, An A<ft for the better providing for Juries in 
 Vzy^i2% Tryals in Civil Caufes ; and for the better 
 liMofi'.jn payment of Searchers and Gasers of Tar 
 
 398.4J9, *^"S-ir^ . :a r f 1 ^ It 
 
 and Turpentine,, and for further allowance 
 to Witneffes. 
 
 }t]J». 'Q^JS>^%Witt^ !ipt!jlj*3CiremBlH, That the Juries ia the feveral 
 
 4 d.ferBiutl l\ Courts of Tryals, ftiall have Thirty Shillings for each ASion they fljall 
 alWd to Try; and that the Searchers and GagersofTar and Turpentine, ihall 
 Gaiers" "^^ *°^ ^^^^^ Searching and Gaging each Barrel of Tar or Turpentine, 
 3 t.fer dim Four-pence : And that Witneffes that attend at any of the Conrts of Pleas, 
 to Witneffes. ft^H be allowed Three Shillings fir Diem^ for their Attendance. 
 
 Vid.pag.78, CAAP. CXLIX. 
 
 J4r,tz6, 1 j8 An ACk referring to the Law, Entituled, An A6t in Addition to the 
 
 ;6?;I!I:!8? Law, Entituled, An A<a for Regulating the Militia. 
 
 197,198,437 
 
 r • I 1 ^ 'i* flD^tJCccD antJ (EnacteD Bp t^e (BoUernOBr, Countfl ana HtprfOmta* 
 
 vcwVoidR? A tlies, m (Bentrfll Court arrnnbltti, antih? tl)t autljo^itpoftlieramf, 
 
 leas'd from ' That every Cencinal above the Age of Fifty Years, Ihall be Releafed 
 
 Trainings, Out of the Train-bands within this Colony ; but not from keeping Arms 
 
 but not frent^ and Ammunition, &c, as mentioned in faid Aft. 
 
 ktpingAim. CHAP- CL.
 
 /inno Regnt Regis GEORGIJ, // Nono. 
 
 W^tVot^. Dogs IDojrpitig ^ijeep o? CattcL 443 
 
 CHAP. CL. 
 
 An Aft in addition to an Adl*, Entitaled, ^'fpfs^^^ 
 
 An A6t to Encourage the Deftroying of Wolves, f C» 
 
 B<1K it "iBnatteD bp tlje <(0ol)ecnouc, Council anO IRepccfentntitfff, (n Ficxr Poanix 
 (Bsnetal Couct SJffetnbleli.anD bp tbe 2fliut)o;(tp of t^e Tame, That if outoftheco- 
 any perfon or ptrfons Oiall Kill or Deflroy any grown Wolf or Wolves, '"^^"^^f ^'?J' 
 within the Bounds of any Town in this Colony, fuch perfon or perfons ihall ^^('^^"aTowrt 
 receive out of the Publick Treafury, the Sum of five Pounds, and no more ; Trcafury, to 
 and Tivtnty Shillings^ and no more out of the Treafury of the Town within be given as a 
 the Bounds whereof fuch Wolf (hall be Killed, as a Reward for Killing the Reward to 
 fame ; and half fo much out of each of the aforefaid Treafuries, for every ^j^at fhali kill 
 Wolfs Whelp that (hall be Killed, as aforefaid. a Wolf.Gs'tf. 
 
 C H A P. C L I. 
 
 An Adl In further Addition to an Ad, Entituled, An Ad in Addi- ^^'^,^^yj^\ 
 tion to an Adt concerning Sheep and Swine. 2iL,i'i6. zi8 
 
 FOR AS MUCH as great Damages are often done amongji Cactet and Sheep, ^ 5°»* ' 7i 5 JO 
 by their being Worried or Killed by Dogs, in the Woods or elfembere, whereof 
 full Proof of the Fa^ls cannot be had, by means whereof the Owner or Owners "f Preamhle. 
 fucb Sheep and Cattel are ivithout Kemedy for their Damages, and the Dogs fuffered 
 io live in cafes where there is great caufe to fufpe^ what Dog or Dogs votre the 
 doers of fuch Mifchief, 
 
 For Remedy whereof : y^„y perfon 
 
 IBe ft <Cnact£ti bp t^e (BoliErnouc, Council anli IRrpccCentatltcS, fn complaining 
 <5enecal Couct aiTenibleD anH faj rlie 2utl)ojit? of tfte fame. That when to a Seka- 
 any perfoh or perfons living in any Town in this Colony, fhal! Complain manorSheep- 
 toany one of the Seleft-men of fuch Town, or to any one of the Sheep- mltc'bc'mz 
 Maftersofthe Flock within the limits whereof fuch Mifchiefs are done, done by Dogs 
 that the Cattel or Sheep have been greatly Worried, or have been Killed on Cattelor 
 or Wounded by Dogs, and that there is fulpicion what Dog or Dogs did Sheep, giving 
 faid Mifchief, and informs fuch Seleft-man or Sheep-Mafter what Dog or 3"J"^count 
 Dogs they are that are fo fufpefted, fuch Sejea-man or Sheep-Mafter ^efufperted, 
 Ihall confider what fuch Complainant fhall offer, as caufe of fuch fufpicion, with Reafons 
 and if he judge it needful of any other matter that may convince him of for fufpicion, 
 the Reafonablenefs or Unreafonablenefs of fuch fufpicion; and when he f^^liSeleft 
 ihall be fatisfied that there is great fufpicion the Dog or Dogs com- mafter to"mi 
 plained of have done the Mifchief mentioned in fuch complaint, fuch flder&declare 
 Seleft-manor Sheep-Mafter, is hereby direfted to declare his Opinion that the faid 
 that he hath Confidered fuch Dog or Dogs fhall be Killed ; after which Dogs ihall be 
 Sentence given, it is hereby declared Lawful for any perfon or perfons to '"^'*- 
 kill fuch Dog or Dogs. j- . ^ 
 
 SDnll Be (t furtDer "lEnacteli, That if after fuch Sentence given, fuch Dog sentence gf- 
 or Dogs Ihall not be killed by the Owner or Owners, or by fome other ven.theown- 
 Perfon, and fuch Mifchief (hall again be done by Dogs, the Owner or "^ "'faid 
 Owners of fuch Cattel or Sheep Worried, Killed or Wounded by Dogs, fh!f >\4°^ °' 
 Jhall recover all his Damage again ft the Owner or Owners of fuch Dog or kilifaidDogs 
 Dogs fentenced to be Killed, as aforefaid ; Unlefs upon Tryal the Owner & more da- 
 or Owners of fuch Dog or Dogs fhall fatisfy the Court, Affif^ant or Juflice, magebedone 
 before whom the Tryal is, that the Damages were not done by his or their ]vd*n"^^^°^ 
 Dog or DogSjSentenced, as aforefaid. pay, uS - 
 
 Alvoay% Provided, That the Owner or Owners of fuch Dog or Dogs be ' * 
 
 Notified of the Sentence of fuch Seleft-man or Sheep-mafler, before the Provifo. 
 Damage Sued for was done; and that no Profecution for Damage by virtue of 
 this Aftjbe made after Four Days from the time fuch Damages were done. NoProfecuti.- 
 
 .- - — -.. , onafter4days 
 
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 Forty-five copies 
 
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 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or AlTembly of His Majefly's Colony 
 of CcmeH'tcut in N«p Ettglaiid'. Began and Held at New Havtn on 
 the Foartcenth Day of OHoher, in the Tenth Year of the Reign of 
 Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, of Great-Brit ain^ &c. 
 KING» Anne^ue Domini^ I 7 3 6. 
 
 ' CH A P. GUI. 
 
 An Aft in addition to one Law of thisCoIony, JJf Kf i:j 
 Entituled, An Ad relating to Small Cauf es. J^if 4Jf: 
 
 B<£ ft €n&(£sts hf t^e (tfobemour, Countfl ens Eeprefnttatibtiff, (n 
 General €ourtSUlcmMeMnt I>S tlieSut^^ft; of c|e rame,That Not« of 40/. 
 in any Aftion brought before any Affiftant or Juftice of the «{ Money 
 Peace, upon any Bond, Bin, or Note ( and the fame be well K wAp" 
 WitneiTed ) for Money only, and the Demand doth not exceed the Sum of peal. 
 forty SlnUingSy that in fuch Aftion there fhatl not be any Appeal allowed ; 
 Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithianding. 
 
 CHAP. CLIII. Vid.pige5o. 
 
 An Aa for Enlarging the Fees of County Surveyors* iSjxs m. 
 
 Be ft^natteH bp tlie^tnmour.Counta anblleprefmtatite!S,(n(Ptntral jJ^'^^'Mo?. 
 Court $l(remliUt!,anti bp t|rt 3llut||o;(tp of t^e faine,Tha8 each and every 
 of che County's Surveyors in this Colony, that fhalJ at any time be called ***\R^ ^i**" 
 to officiate in their Offices, (hall have tmlvt ShiUings^tr Ditm, for Man and ciiSw al? 
 Horfe, and his neccITary Charges bom, while he is upon faid Service, and lowed to the 
 no more ; Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithflanding. County Sur. 
 
 *■ " ■ ■ '■ I veyors- 
 
 CHAP. CLIV. 
 An Aft in Addition to an Aft ( in Page ixe, ) Entituled, An Aa ysf^'p^zo? 
 for Explaining of and Addition to. that Law made O^eter 17x4, izsUiaVp. 
 concerning Lifters, 273.301312. 
 
 Be it CnactcD bp tjie ^otcrnour, dountd ans JReprefentatftjesf, m 387*.^ '"^^^* 
 -©encral Court aCTembleD, anbbgtlieflurljojuH of tbt fame. That the 
 Lifters fliall incur the fame Penalty upontheirNeglefting to fend the Addi- Lifteratofend 
 tions and Fourfold Aflefsments to the General AfTembly in A/^j, Annually, !° 'heG.Cou. 
 as upon their Neglefting to fend the Sura Total to faid Court in OSohir. Unahf fi^t ° 
 
 Kkkk CHAP •
 
 Amtd Regm Regis GEORGIJ. //. Declmo. 
 
 CHAP. CLV. 
 
 vid pag rp. A n hdi in addition to one Law of this Colony, 
 ^i6%l^^' Entituled, An Adt concerning the Dowry ofWidows! 
 
 WHEREAS it it VrovUd irt the firfi Paragrdph of falJ yta, « That 
 * evety Married Woman ( living with her Husband in thisCoIony, 
 Rehearfalof * or elftwhcre Abfent from hJra with hii Confent, or through his meer 
 a PaTagra*ph * Default, or inevitable Providence^ or in cafe of Divorce, where fhe is 
 inpag. 2p, * the Innocent Party ) that fhal] not before Marriage be Eftated by 
 
 * way of Joynture in fome Houfe, Lands, Tenements, Heriditaments for 
 
 * term of Life, or with fome other Efiate in lieu thereof, (hall imraediateiy 
 
 * after the Death of her Husband, have Right and Intereft by way of 
 
 * Dower, in and unto One Third part of the Real Eftate of her Deceafed 
 
 * Husband's Lands, &t. to be to her during her Natural Life ; u^nd ya 
 infaU AUt thtreie no trovifion mnit iewfuch ff^emanptaU have htr /aid Douitr 
 ftt out to htr ifo that fome Widows have bein put to their Suif, and others not hcing 
 able info Chargeable a manner to Recover their Dowries Jioave fuffcred grettt Wroni- 
 
 WWch to Prevent : 
 widows.hs. Be ft ^nattji Jig tje <»otottiwjur. Council anli Heprtfcntatftjtg, (it 
 vine a righr (Jffnttal Coutt 3i(bmbleli, anO bg tl»e «utiJo?ltH at fije fame. That 
 J^^^,'^"^ upon the Death of any Man Poffcflisd of any Real EAate, and that his 
 Thjrdf fat Widow hath by the above-mentioned Law a Right of Dower in fuch Eftate, 
 out to them and the Perfon or Perfoni that have by Law a Right to Inherit faid Eftate, 
 intfotUysaf. do not within Sixty Days next after the Death of fuch Perfon, by Three 
 If the- H*'** Sufficient Frce-holders of the fame County, to be appointed by the Judge 
 bjnds,to male ©f the Probate ( in whole Difirift the Efiate doth lie ) and to be put under 
 i\ppi'ication Oath, Set out and AfcertJun fuch Dower, that then the Widow may make 
 to the Judge her Complaiatto the Judge of the Probate in whofe Diflrift the Eftate 
 «f iheProbate \\^(^ . y/jij^h Judge (hall Decree and Order, that fuch Worcans Dowry 
 powied \o' ^*" ^^ Set out by Three fuflidsnt Freeholders of the County. Which 
 Order three Perfons fhall be Swom faithfully to proceed in the faid Aflfair, according to 
 Free-holders their heft SWW. And when any Widows Dowry is Set out, by either of 
 f°d Th "d '^* Methods, aforefaid, the laoe (hall be Returned to the Judge who 
 All perfons Oi'^ercd fuch Dowry to be S©t out j and upon Approbation thereof by the 
 concerned are ^^id Judge, fuch Dower Ihall remain fixed and certain : And aU Perfons 
 conciudedi concerned therein (hall be thereby Concluded. 
 
 CHAP. CLVL ~~~~ 
 
 An Aft for the Repealing one certain Law 
 of this Colony, made and pafled by this Af- 
 vidpag.,23 fembly, holden at Hmfrrd the 8^A, Day of 
 ^^JMi^l Afcy, Mno Vom 1735, Entituled, An Ad for 
 laying an Excifeon divers forts of Liquors, 
 appointingConimifIionersofExcife,licenfing 
 Rctailers,^^. And for Reviving fundryLaws 
 made for the Regulation of Tavern-keepers. 
 
 The kCt in "R^"^ ^^ (f nartel! bp tte (Boiiecnour, Council nnU l&epKrentatfteis, fn 
 pag. 434, & D <©eneral Court SrfembleU, enD Bp rfje atttl)o?trp o£ t^t fame, Thai 
 43; Repealed, the aforefaid Law. with every Claufe and Paragraph thereof, be Repealed 
 and made Void j and the fame is hereby Repealed and made Void, 
 
 Ahajt
 
 Amo Regm Regis GEORGIJ, //. Decimo. 
 
 2r)ttcj)ej$ ant) Dtet'ttg, %ax* iBominatfon. 447 
 
 Always Provided, ^ntl ft (JJ Itveh^ ?9rOt(I3£ti,That all the Licenfes alread y 
 granted to any Retailer, by any of the County Courts, fhall be and remain Licenfes al- 
 to be Good and Valid for fuch Time as they were refpeftively granted, readygfanted 
 And every fuch Retailer Ihall for fuch Term pay the Excifc mentioned Retailers to 
 in the aforefaid Law. And no Perfons in thofe Towns that have any pay Excife. 
 Licenfed Retailer but only fnch Retailer, (hall Sell or Vend any of the Nopcrroato 
 Liquors mentioned in faid Law, during faid Term, upon the fame Penalty ^'^'^/-'?"°r? 
 as was provided in faid Aft. butfuch.ts'.. 
 
 ^nH itig^ittbn furtdcr 3^COt)l8f&, That the feveral Commlflioners of co^^l^^. 
 Excife, in the refpeQive Towns, fhall be, and are hereby declared to be ners accoun- 
 Accountable to the Treafuter of the Town where they Live, for all Excife table to the 
 due to fuch Town, for the Term aforefaid, as fully as if the above- Town Tieaf. 
 mentioned Aft had not been Repealed, as abovefaid. 
 
 sunn be it (CnatfeDbp tlz SCutDuiftp afo^efaiUj That all the Laws Made All the Laws 
 and Faffed by this Affembly, for the Regulating of Tavern Keepers and ""^f^J^l J*' 
 their Taking out their Licenfes, and were in Force at the Enafting of faid vern keeper's^ 
 Law, (hall be Revived ; and the faid Laws are hereby Revived, and fhall areRevived.' 
 hereafter remain in full Force> 
 
 CHAP. CLVII. 
 
 An A6t in AdtJition to an A&, for the Tiiore Effedua! keeping open vid.pag t6t 
 Ditches and Dreitis,thac have been made, or hereafter ^all be 358^01, ' 
 made, by Commiflioners of Sewers. 
 
 TH ATin as much as the Clearing faid Ditehet and Dreint^ in fame Cafes, 
 may he more Eafty and more EjfeSlually performed in a General and more Breamhle, 
 PupUck manner ^ than is Provided infaid jiit, 
 
 25e ft (Cnatteu b? tit <5otjernouc, Councfl anti EeprefcntatfbejJ, (n » • 
 General Court altcmWeH, anD bg rje 2utl)0?itg of t!)e fame. That when- AErthat 
 foever any fuch Proprietors fhall in their lawful Meeting, Vote and Agree, Ducbes and 
 by their Major Vote ( to be computed by their Intereft ) than the faid DremsbeRe- 
 Ditches and Dreins fhall be Repaired at the Publick Charge of the Pro- P*"*** '^ '*•' 
 prietors, that the Commiffioners of Sewers fhall be Enabled, and they are ''"'J' A<f ff^d 
 hereby Impowred, to Imploy Perfons to do the fame; and to AfTefs the Ihcre^^Forfby 
 Proprietors therefor, and to Levy the fame in the fame Form, as they are theCommifll. 
 by Law Enabled to do for their ^rft Making the faid Ditches and Dreins. "^^ of fewers 
 
 """""*"""" CHAP. CLVIIL 
 
 An Ad for Granting a Tax on Polls, ^c, 
 
 THIS AfTembly Grants a Rate of One-peny on the Pound, on all the Polls /en/ on the* 
 and Rateable Eflate in this Government j To be Paid into the Pound,xo be 
 Treafury in the Bills of Credit of this Colony, with the ufual Advance of P^'**'"^'"^"^ 
 rwelve-pence on the Pound : Or in good Bills of Credit of Four Signers of r'un£^. 
 the Majfachufttts- Bay r Orio the Bills of Credit of Mu'.rorl, without Ad- X/Vm ?«/• 
 vance on them : Or in Silver Money, as it pafTeth in the Country. /W«» A.oiSUv. 
 
 T 
 
 HE Gentlemen, Nominated, by the Votes of the Freemen of 
 this Government, to (land for Eledtion.ia May next, fcnc In, 
 to this Aflerably, are as followeth, Hz. 
 
 Petrce, Efq; John Burr, Efq; Samuel Ljnde, Biq; Edmund Letvifs, Efq. Eleftjon in 
 mUiam Pitkin,Efq; Roger Newton,E{q',Tbtrnas Fitch,£fq', Captjohn Balkley. ^^/» «7J7. 
 Mr.Ebenez.tr ff^eJt,Cnpt.Samucima,Capt.jindrewBurr^MT»Ebentx.cr^lliman, 
 
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 DeclmO. 
 
 
 Forty-five copies 
 
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 Albert C. Bates, 
 
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 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Eng/ijh 
 
 Colony of CcnneHicut in tieiv England : Begun and Held at Han-. 
 
 ford, on Thurfday the Twelfth Day of May, in the Tenth Year of 
 
 the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord G E R G E the Second ^ of 
 
 Great Britain, &C. KING, /innoque Domini, I 7 3 7- 
 
 " ' C~H A P. CLIX^ 
 
 An Aft for the further Reftraining of Ap» vidpagj.4 
 peals and Reviews, in fome Cafes. zll'/jliissr 
 
 WHEREAS many Evil minisd firfonSy byfritertci cf great Darna* 
 ges, in their jiElions of Dtht, 7rtjpa^, of the Cafe, and in othtr 
 Ferfonal Anions, have had opportunity of Removing (aid yjSlions ' *" ** 
 fiom Court to Court ; whereby ^aflict hash long been JDelayedy and 
 Bilh ofCofis much Enhanced f centrary to the trug Intent of the Laws oft hit Colony. 
 
 'Which to Prevent : 
 
 ©fit Cnaitfi Ijp ttjc <iPotietntiuc,4rountrt aniilleprefcntatifceX.inClfncral 
 Cottct aCfembUli,antJ tip t^tmitlopt^ o( tit rome,That when any AQion of NoAppe2ito 
 Debt,Trefpafs, of the Cafe, or any other Perfonal Aftion, is brought before ^ granted, if 
 any Affiflant or Juftice of the Peace.and uponTryal of the Cafe.the debt or J^^t^e' "ex- 
 damage is foupd not to exceed the Sum of Taenty ShiilingSy there (Hall be no ceed'not'zo*. 
 Appeal aUowed,anyLaw,Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwiihftanding. 
 
 antJ it 10 futttec Cnacteti bp tie Sutfjo^i'tp afo?£faiD, That when 
 any Aftion, as aforefaid, is brought before any of the County Courts in jsjorwhen 
 this Colony, and upon Tryal of fuch Adion, or upon a Demurrer the Debt thcdebt or 
 or Damage doth not exceed the Sum oi Forty Shillings others (haJI be no Ap- damage ex- 
 peal or Review allowed. But if it fo happen, that any fuch Aftion be "®<^ "5" '^^ 
 Removed to the Superiour Court, upon Pleas of Abatement, and upon ""^ * ^°*' 
 Tryal of the Adtion there, the Debt or Damage found, exceed not the 
 Sum oi Forty Shillings^ there jhall be no Review. 
 
 L 1 II 
 
 3fin9
 
 Anno Regyti Regis GEORGIJ. // Dcclmo. 
 
 4f o ^gpetiourCoitrtg altered. Xl)cft ^ Burglarp* 
 
 _ aino ft f0furtl)ec4Bna(t«l>bptf)caiutfjo?itpaCo^eCaiD, That in every fuch 
 oneAuorney "^'y^' ^^^°'^^ ^^^ Superiour or Infenour Court, if the Debt or Damage 
 when the found, doth not exceed thcSnmoi Ten Pounds, there fhall not be allowed 
 debt or da- in the Plaintiffs Bill of Coft, for more than One Attorney \ Any Law, U- 
 mage exceed fage or Cuftom to the contrary notwichftanding. 
 not 10 / . - . _^ 
 
 CHAP. CLX. 
 
 Vid.pagz,i4, 
 
 ^piitz.'ils; An Aift for altering the Times for holdinz 
 
 170,177,180. l1^ C • rf^ . ° 
 
 i87,i98,ii7. the ouperiour Courts. 
 
 194,50 (,30 jj 
 
 312,314,321, XJ^TH BR E A Stht BvJinefsintheSuperiourCourtjhoUinin the Countiefof 
 
 3i'5,343,354. V Y Hartford and New-London, u increajed, andcannot be finifhtd -within 
 
 i^T^l^9tio9^ ijge Week Apf aimed, ; vhict hatb occafioned tliverfe Adjournnuntjy to the irrtat 
 396,4 14, 41B ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^.^^ .^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ 
 
 "Which Inconvenience to prevent : 
 
 23e (t (PnacteB bj tjc <Bot3ernour,Councf I anDHep«fentat(b£0,In(Bfn?rfll 
 Court a(lcm!rte6,anD bg t Jrc aut^o^ftp of tl)e ratne,That for the future, the 
 Superiour Court in the County of F^irfelJ fiizW be Annually hofden at Fair- 
 field, in faid County, upon the laft tuefday excepting one, in the Months of 
 /iugufi and February. And that the Superiour Court in the County of N*u^- 
 Haverty {ball be Annually holden ^tNttr-Haven in the County of New-Haven^ 
 upon the laft Tutfday in the Months of Auguji and February. And that the 
 ^h^ 'j^"*^ Superiour Court for the County of //ar'/"-^, ff«all Annually be holden at 
 Places where H^'^ford, in the County o( Hartford, upon the firft Tae/H^ of the Months 
 theSuperiour of September and Marsh. And that the Superiour Court in the County of 
 Court fliallbe lVindiiamfi\ti\] Annually be holden at fVindham,mth'm the County ofWindc 
 Annually /,<}«, upon the third Tjif/y^iy in the Months ofSfptember and March. And 
 that the Superioor Court in the County of New^LtnJen, fhall be Annually 
 holden at NeV'LoHdon^ in faid County of NewLondon^ upon the fourth 
 Tuefday in the Month of Seftembtr^ and at Norvich upon the fourth Tuefday 
 of March, any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 SnO lie it furtj^tc Cnutet) lip tielBut^O^ft? afojefaiO.Tbal all Aaioos,Suits 
 
 and Tryals whatfoever.now depending in any of the Superiour Courts, fliall 
 S^\ &t'*"I* "'* Heard, Tryed and Determined, at the Times above appointed for the 
 to"' be Heard *^olding faid Court: And all Bonds already taken for the Appearance of any 
 &Deterrain'd perfon before faid Court, or Bonds upon Appeal or Review,fhall be under- 
 ar faid Places ftood,taken and held,to oblige all perfons concerned to Appear before the 
 
 faid Courtjin the feveral Countie5,at the abovementioned Times and Places. 
 
 And the Judges of faid Superiour Court, ihall take notice thereof and pro> 
 
 ceed accordingly. 
 
 CHAP. CLXI. 
 
 a84 3%S8j; An Afl: in further addition to the Law, En- 
 4»o;«i* ' tituled. An A<ft againft Theft and Burg- 
 lary. 
 
 freomik. \J^^ FREASltk amofi^fl other things EnaEied in one Law ofthu Colony, 
 V V Bntitultdt An AH againfi theft and Burglary, * That every Afliftant, 
 
 * and
 
 Anno Regni Regh G E O R G I J. / / Declma 
 
 ^tmi^s anu Hoft (^ojDsf. 45 ' 
 
 II 
 
 * and Jufiice of the Peace in the County where fuch.OfTence is committed, 
 
 * or where the Thief (hall be apprehended, is hereby Authorized to Hear Rehea.ralof 
 
 * and Determine all Offences againft faid Law, provided chat the Damage * ^'»" ' ' 
 
 * exceed not the Sum of Forty Shiltings. Which CLaufe in faid Law this Afftm- *^»* 
 *// U now infcrmti hath been differently Vndtrflood ; and feme of tfoe Jufiicts of 
 the Pcace,have Committed or Bound ever to the County Court ,fer fen f that have been 
 
 uilty of Theft, when the f^alui of the things StoUeny hath not exceeded the Sum of 
 "orty Shillings ; tthereby 'jufiice bath bctn delayed^ to the Damage of many of 
 tdisMajeflies good SvhjtUs. 
 
 Which Mifchief to prevent : 
 
 f: 
 
 %t it CnactcO anti 2D£tlarcti bp tlje <<5ot)«rnour,Council anb Hfpreff n- If the Value 
 tatlbetf, in <<p£nEt:al Court •aHembkO, onU &p ttje aut^o^itg of tjjefame, of the Goods 
 That in every fuch Cafe, if the Value of the Goods, Money, or Things ^^"^'JJ"^^^*^ 
 Stollen, doth not exceed the Sum oi Forty Shillings; the Afliflant or jufiice ^^^^ Affiftant 
 of the Peace, before whom fuch Matter or Complaint is brought, (hall ©r Juttice, to 
 proceed to Hear and give Judgment therein according to Law, any Ufage give Judg- 
 to the contrary notwithftanding. '"''"' therein 
 
 C H A P. CLXII. 
 
 An Adi in addition to and alteration of. An 
 A(ft Made in the Fifth Year of His Majefty*s l;,'lf^i;°^^ 
 Reign, Entituled, An A& concerning Strays 
 and Loft Goods. 
 
 WHERE A Sin faid ASl it it Vrtvided^ * That the finder of any Loft 
 • Goods, or Stray Bcaft, (hall carry a true Defatption of fuch ^'^"V'^*^ "^ 
 Goods, or Stray Beaft, to the Regifler of the Town, &c. Which it found Lg. 303 
 inconvenient for the Inhabitants of the Towtts of Hartford, Windfor and 
 Middletown, on the Eafi fide of the River, 
 
 2Bc ft ttjectfoje €na(teli tp tje <0ot>miouc, CfluncII eni tteptcfeh- cieriofthe 
 tflttteis, in (fientral Couct SUttfinbleli, anD bp t^t 35ut|jo?ftp of t^e fame, fi'ft Society 
 That the Clerk of the firft Society in Harsford.thc Clerk of the /irft Society }rm/7br and 
 in Windfor y and the Clerk of the firfl Society in Middhtown, on the Eaft MidiUtown, 
 fide the great River, Ihall be the OfHcer in faid Towns, refpeSively, to on the Eaft 
 receive the Defcription and Marks of faid Goods or Beaft found, within the ^'^ of the 
 Bounds of faid Towns refpeftively on the Eaft fide of the River ; and the f^'e Officer'rt> 
 faid Clerks, refpeftively, are hereby direfled and impowred to Enter the receive ^he 
 fame, and to proceed in the fame Manner and with the fame Power as the Defcription 
 Regifters of the Towns in faid Aft are direfted and impowred to do* ofStrajs.fij'f. 
 
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 reissued by 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Made and Pa (Ted at a General AHembly Holden at Hartford, in His 
 Majefly's Englifl) Colony of Cottneilicut in Uem-EngUnd in America^ 
 on ibe Second Tburfday of May ( being the Eleventh Day of fatd 
 ^lonth, and Continued by feveral Adjournments till the Thirty- 
 fir£i of the (ame ) Annoque Domini, 1738. 
 
 CHAP. CLXXl. 
 
 An A£t for the regulating of Pleas. Tjt^Jf.Vs 
 
 HERE AS it is found by Experience, That aJmit i ing Demurrers * ^8, } i ? , j j 7 
 to the Declaration to be made in any Cafe after Iffue iaatb been^^^'^^^ 
 Joined and p^erdi^ thereon giviny tetids greatlj to the Delay of ^ 
 JuflUe and Enhancing Bill, ef Coft, JTeamble. 
 
 •^t ss <?naa:£& bj tt)e®ol3ernour,CountiI anH Efprercntatfbed, (n dPenetal Defendants 
 €ouct affembleii.eno f>j t^eautDojftp of t^e fame.That ao Defendant (hall not toDemut 
 ia the Trya! of any Caufe be admitted to Demurr to the Declaration after fffer Iffue 
 he hath pleaded to IfTue and a Judgment thereon hath been given hy any YT^ ""^ ' 
 Court ; Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary nocwiihftanding. gl'vlaT^"* 
 
 CHAP. CLXXII. 
 Anhdt in further Addition to the Ads and Laws of this Government vid.pag.t 5 
 Klatiog toComtnon Fields and Fences ; and for Repealing an Aft '9, ji, \to, 
 of this Government, Entituled, An aS in. Addition to an Ad con \ll\\l°\V^l 
 cerning Common Fieldi and Fences, in Page ij "J, Made at NfW- 377ij9^,'4oo 
 Hoven^Oilober, 1730, 
 
 WHEREAS hitherto no Troviflon hath been made in the Law of this 
 Government^ direiling how or in what manner Non'refident Vrofrit- Pfej^ble 
 tors of Common Fields of arty Towns in this Colony, fhall become Obligtd to 
 Maintain and kttp in fufficient Repair, their fart or froportion of Common 
 Fence, whereby many Difficuliies and Inconveniences have accrued- 
 
 Which to Prevent : ^^„ refident 
 
 55eft<Bnflrt£bIijtl)c<©otiernout,CountnanU«epceffnfat/tea,fn(BffneTel Proprietors 
 Court 2!lfffmbleli, anft b^ t'je ^ur^ojdp of t|)f fame, Thai the Non-refideni to certify to 
 Proprietors of any Common Field within this Government, (hall Annually the Clerk 
 ceriify to the Clerk of faid Common Field, under his or their hands.whom ^^^°^ 'hey 
 he or they have appointed and impowred to be his or their Agent or A- ,^P°/^^^°°/ 
 gents, 10 aft in his or their behalf in all Affairs refpeSing his or their ^c " * 
 
 M n n n Common
 
 ^««o Regril Regh Q E O R G 1 J, //• Undecimo. 
 
 452 if«s fo;t )5icattwn5 ^axiz^* 
 
 Common Intereft therein \ Which Agent or Agents (hall be by ihe Non- 
 
 refidenis firft brought to the Clerk and Cerrilie hh acceptance to be A- 
 
 They to be- gent or Agenis in behalf of faid Non-refidents. who fhall become oblig«d 
 
 come obliged ^^ ^^ ^^ 0^;^, and attend all Orders of faid Proprietors, as fuIJy as the 
 
 ^OtltzTRc Refident Proprietors by Law are. And if faid Non-refident Proprietor or 
 
 Proprietors (ball negleft or refufe to Conftitute his or iheir Agent or A« 
 
 Non-refident gems in theTown where fuch Common Field lies,and Certifie the fame, as 
 
 Pfoprietots aforefaid.ihat then and in that Cafe, il (hall be the duly of the refpeaitre 
 
 oointAKentj Fcnce-viewers upon Tiew of the Common Fence, and finding any part of 
 
 the Fence- 'faid Non-rcfident Proprietors Fence infufficienc, to Notify the Clerk of 
 
 viewers to faid Field of the infuScienc/ thereof under their hands ; which Noti6ca« 
 
 attend the ^:^^^ ^^ given, (hall be deemed legal Warning to the aforefaid Noa-refidene 
 
 Cde^tPropril Proprietors, to take due care to keep in fufficient Repair fuch Fence ; and 
 
 etors, on Failure thereof, the faid Fence-viewers are direfted to attend the law 
 
 made and provided in cafe of Refident Proprietors negleft or default. 
 
 j4l»ajt Proviitng, That if at any Time the lence-riewers, aforefaid. ffiaU 
 
 Repair any Fence belonging 10 Non-rffidents, as aforefaid, an Account 
 
 Account of Qf the Coft thereof rendered to and demand made of the Clerk, abovefaid, 
 
 be rendrfd to ^^'^ ^^ll make Eotty thereof, which fhall be deem'd as Effeaual as if 
 
 the Clerk, made to fuch Non-relident Proprietor or Proprietors. 
 
 fttiixlt \i fuct^ec^aaoceU bj) t^ Hutfeo?(tp afo^cfa(D. That when and fo often 
 
 On altering as the Proprietors of any CommonField in this Governmencat their lawful 
 
 ornewlaying Meetings, agree by their major Vote, computed as the Law direSs, to alter 
 
 Pen^rThe ®'' ""^^ '^'^ ^^^" Common Fence, the Committee to EfFeft the fame, (hall 
 
 Cornniittee caufe their doings to beSntred with the Clerk of faid Field- And that the 
 
 to lay out to Proprietors Committee from time to time, as occafion requires, Ihal] have 
 
 the Purchafer power ao J are hereby impowrcd.vvben and fo often at any pcrfon or per- 
 
 *he F*" °^ ^''°* '^^^ Pijrchafe any Land* within fach Common Ficld,ibey fhall ftt out 
 
 2nd givfan **^ ''*' PurchafcTS their proporiioo, at the defire and charge of the Gran* 
 
 sccounr to te.-,«irljo fha52 maintain faid fence, till fuch time as he procure the fame to 
 
 thecicfk.fiff be done, and caufe Erscry thereof to he tnsde by the Clerk of faid Field. 
 
 '^isQ it i^ fuct^et CtiacceDiiptf;? %ut|)^|ftpefo;rratO, That the Proprietors 
 
 ofeaci^ and everyof the Gomtnon Fields in this Government, (hall have foil 
 
 Povver,ared arc hereby Aathorized and Impoiyred.at their Annual Meetings 
 
 Proprietors on the fin^ ASonJUf oft Match { or fach other time as they fliall appoint ) to 
 
 choofTlh'* '° <^^o°''* ^^*''' °*'^ Fence- vieweri and Haywards, our of their own Number 
 
 Fence'vil'vi- ^^ Propricsors. who fhall be Sworn to a faith/til Difcharge of the Duties 
 
 ers, ^c. belor^ging to thdr refpeftive OiHces : And if any perfon or perfons (hall 
 
 Refufe to Serve, as aforefaid he or they (hall incur the fame Penalty, ar 
 
 b by E^w made and provided in cafe of Towa Officers Reftifal. 
 
 SeitfawUec «rt8(tc0lj?tl)e Sut^ojtt^afojeCafB.That theQerkof each 
 
 fsT Clerks" CoraraonFieldin thisGover»meal,rcfpeai7ely,(hali be allowed for all En- 
 
 ^- tri esb/hlm made and Copies given oat,as by La 97 is alio wed toTownClerks. 
 
 UlnQi it (3 Cuct^tE €naSe9 bp tite Sutl^O^p afojsfani, That the A&y En* 
 
 The Aa,pag_ titttled, An A[i in Additita to the AH etneerning Common fields and Ftnctt, 
 
 ?77,Repeai d ;„ p^g. ^jj^ jvjajjg ^t NwHavtn, OSchr, One Thoufend Seven Hundred 
 
 ,, . and Thirty, be Repealed, aad the fame is hereby Repeal^] and made Void. 
 
 liz,ii^,ii8 C H A P. CLXXIIL 
 
 hm'jmVs' An a (ft for Regulating and Statbg the Few for Branding Horfes. 
 
 B(£(t(£na(teBb?tl>r<Bobecnour,Couiitil antt Wpreretttatfttg.lndSrntral 
 eourt anetnblGl5,QnO b? tjie flutljohtp ot t^t fame. That for the foture 
 _ the Fee for Brandiog one Horle or Horfe kind and Entering the fame tMi 
 
 & Allowance Rccord.ftiall be M^nt-ptru per Head -.and S.r-pence for each Copy given out 
 fot Tiavrel. hy faidBrandcrofanvHorfeof Horfe-kind, Entered, as aforefaid '.AndFonr- 
 p//TCf per Mile for his Travel from his own Houfe to Brand any Horfe or 
 Horfe kindjany Law, Ufage or Cuflom to the contrary nocwichflanding. 
 
 CHAP
 
 ^mto Regn't F^^ir G E O R G I J. // Ufldecimo. 
 
 CHAP. CLXXIV. 
 An Aftfor Reviving and furtbe? Continuing one certain Law of this 
 Cohny ,^nt\ux\QA, An A £i to mahleCredUon to recover their juJlDeln 
 out of the Eiiate or Efeils of their ahfent cr alfcondir.^ Dehm, Made \\^^ ^^^ 
 ID the I ^tb. Year of the Reign of His Late Majelly George the I. And 
 air© for Reviving the !aft Paragraph of the Law,Enti{uled./4« Ail^ tn 
 Jidditio-4 to the /aid tau/,M^dQ at ^^^ Have»,0^lol>£r,i726,tdimg 
 to rbe Rfcordingihe Names oi thofe that appear as Attorney's to Pro* 
 fecute any Adion in the Name of any perfon not being aninhabitanc 
 of this Colony, in fuch Courts where luch Attorney's fhall appear. 
 
 WHERE AS the [aid Lam mt to Continue and be of Force for Five p^^^^^yi^^ 
 Teari and no longer^ which Time is now Expired ', and the [aid Lars Leing 
 found needful for the Benefii of His Majcfiies Subject in this Colony, tK general. 
 
 3fti'eftf)fr£foj£<Ennitet)&pt]&e^oti£rnouc, ^TouncllanliEeprefentatititS, 
 in (&tnml Court laffcmbUD, mh b? t|je 31!titl)0?(tp of tjje fame. That the f "^'^^i''^"* 
 aforefaidLaw fhall be Revived j and the fame is hereby Revived and fball f^onj,f[|, 
 Teniain in full Force in all the Parts and Paragraphs thereof, vniil this Dcbtois, Re 
 Court ftal) Order otherwire : Excepting the laft Paragraph in faid Law, viv'd, except 
 which was Repealed by this AflTerably, in their SeflTions in New-Haven m the ha ("ara. 
 oaobtr. One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Twenty Six. And the did lafl S'J^PJ^ p^;;° 
 Faiagraph in the Law made at New-Haven, OStober One Thoufand Seven graphin Ad- 
 Hundred and Twenty Six, in Addition, as aforefaid, is alfo heteby Re- diiiontofaid 
 vived, and fhall be in full Force until this Court fhall Order other wife. Law Reviv'd 
 
 CHAP. CLXXV. 
 
 An A6k for the Repealing a certain Law of this Colony.tnade and pafled ^ ^ j ^ 
 by this AiTcroblysHoIden at fJarrford, the jzth. Day of May^if^y, ' P'S^-I? 
 Eutituledj^w/^^fip/- the further Refiraining of Appeals and Reviews ^dzc. 
 
 B<£ft<2nattebliptfie<Botjecnoui;,(£ountllani!lRepr£rentatfbeiS,fn<iBcnfral TheAftcon- 
 Couct affemblctJ, anD bp tlje Sutljont? of the fame, That the aforefaid '^pZ\''%c{s 
 Law, with every Claufe and Paragraph thereof, be Repealed \ and the Repealed, 
 fame is hereby Repealed and made Void. 
 
 CHAP. CLXXVI. 
 AnAftAppoimingand Impowringlundry perfons that are Purchafers 
 of theSixTownfhips, lyingin the W^e/?ef»/.o»£^j, local led, that have 
 been Sold by Order of the General Aflembly at their Seffions inOtioher 
 la(l, to meet and make Partition of faitl Land among themfelves. 
 
 B(£it(f natretJ dp t{)e(iPot)£rnouc,CounciiantjlBlfprefeutatfbejj,fn (General The Tomj" 
 Court SEIlfmbUD, anO 6p ttle aiutt)o?frp of tl)e fame, Thai the Town- J^f,?;^'/ f^ 
 fhip Sold at IJariford, by Order of this Aflembly, upon the Second Tuefday ^f^,v laft-l* 
 of /ipril laft, Ihali be called and known by the Name of Norfolk ; And /iiaiibecall'ed 
 that the Purchafets thereof fhall have Liberty, and Liberty and fall Power & know n by 
 is hereby granted to them to Alfemble themfelves •, Notice being firft Vl*^*.'?^ °^ 
 given to them in the following manner, viz>- That when any five ot them ^*''/<''«. 
 ihall apply themfelves to any Affiflant or Juflice of the Peace in the County 
 oi Hartford, Said Affiftant or Jufiice is hereby direfled and imrowred, The Purcha- 
 to grant a Warrant direfted to one of faid Purchafers that Ihall make fers thereof 
 AppHcaiion, Commanding him fo give Noticeto every of faid Purcha- f^''^'^.^'^'^^^ j.^ 
 fers, to Meet at fuch Town and Place as they flul! appoint, at leatl Ten their cieik. 
 Days before fuch Meeting ; and faid Purchafers being fo Warned and 
 Convened, Iball have Liberty, and are hereby fu"y Impowred to choofe said CJeikto 
 their Cierk, who fhall take the foilo wing Oarh, Vtx.. be Swoin. 
 
 You
 
 ^/.«tf Regui Regis G E O R G I J, I /. Uodccimo. 
 
 4^4 SSIeaetn %mri%. 
 
 VOu A.B.hzing chofen Clerk of thePurchafers of theTown of N«rfo/i,Do 
 
 Swear by the Name of the ever livingGod.that y ou will truly and faith- 
 
 fully Execute the Office of Clef k for faidPurchalers,according to your beft 
 
 Oath. * *^''^ • ^**" ^^" '"^''^ '"""^ Entries of all Votes and Orders of faid Purchafers 
 
 made according to Law, as alfo ofallGrants.Deedsof Sale orGift,Mortga- 
 
 ges and Alienations of Lands lying in faid Town, and give true Copies of 
 
 the fame when you arefo rcquired,taking only your juftFees Ss h$lpyouGod» 
 
 Said Clerk's 3llnD (t f« fuct^cc (tnatteO anb SDetlateli, That all and every Entry and 
 
 EffeftuaUs ^^^°'^ '"^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^'^'^' m^n^one^ «n faid Oath, (halt be as Effeaual 
 
 an/other*T. ^^ ^^e Record offuch Deed, c^c. are when Entered on Town Records in 
 
 ClerksRe- " any other Town in ihis Colony. 
 
 cords. 3JnD be it fuct1)et<8nattt6,Tha» the faid Porchafcrs ofNerfelk be impowred 
 
 by their major Vote, to be computed according to their Intereft, to make 
 P"'chakrsto Partition of faid Land, and to lay out theThree publick Lets In faidTown- 
 M of th'eir f^'^P'^^^ to choofe Commitrcesjlevy Taxe5,appoinc Agents and CollcSors, 
 Townfliip. as fully to all intents and purpofes,as the Proprietors of Common and Un- 
 divided Lands in any Town in this Colony may do- And all Partitions of 
 Tlieir Divi Lands made,according to their Intereft, by faid Purchafers, in their lawful 
 fion to be Meetings, by their major Vote,as aforefaid are hereby declared Valid and 
 *' * Lawful And the faid Purchafers, at their Meetings, are impowred to 
 
 Adjourn their Meetings to fuchTime and Place as they {hall think proper, 
 and to call After-meetings in fuch manner as they ihall Order and Agree. 
 The Town- jgg ft furt^tc <fna(teO, Thai the rownfhip Sold at Ntw Haven by Order 
 N.flavc frd °^^^^^ AfTombly, on the Firft Tuefda^ of December lafl, is hereby Named 
 Gefhen ' ^"^ ^**' ^°'" ^^^' hereafter be Called and Named Gfjbtn And that the 
 That atiViw- Townfhip Sold at New- London, by Order Of the Affembly, on ihefirll 
 Land, called Tuefday of^ January laft, is hereby Named, and (hall for ever hereafter be 
 Canaan. Called and Named Canaan. And thai the Townfttip Sold at Fairfield, by 
 ThatatKrir. Order of ihe AlTembly, on «he Firft Tuefday of February lafi, is heteb/ 
 /«/i, called Named, and ftiall for ewer hereafter be Called and Named ComweB. And 
 Cornwelt. jj^^j jj^g Xownfhip Sold at Windham^ by Order of the Affembly, on the 
 hamcS P*"^ Tor/aay of Ai^-cfc laft, is hereby Named, and (li all for ever hereafter 
 Kent. be Called and Named Kent. And that the Townfhip Sold at Hertford, by 
 
 That 'at^arr/ Order of the Affembly, on the Third Wedaefda>f of Inftanl May, is hereby 
 Salkittrj. Named and (hall for ever hereafter be Called and Named Salisbury. 
 
 ^nD be ft fucc^et CnscCeD,That the Purchafers of the Five laft meoiioned 
 Purchafers of Townftiips, viz.. Gojhen, Canaan, Carttwell,Kent and Salisburt, Each and every 
 each Town, of them, are hereby fully Impowred to call Meetings and choofe their 
 chuf!°thr^' Clerks CommitleesjAgents and CoUeftors, grantTaxes,and make Partition 
 Clerks, ^" of their Lands ; and to Adjourn their Meetings, and call After-meetings, 
 & make Par- as is in this Aft provided and granted to the Purchafers of Norfolk j and 
 tition of alfo to Lay out the Three publick Lots in Each of faid Townfhips. 
 theirLands. g^eU fuctljtr CnattfD,Thai iheSoothermoft TowDftip lying on ibeWeD- 
 py , f Gde of Ouffxtunnuck- River, to he S>o\d at NeW' Haven on iheThudlVednefiay 
 oft'heTown- of OSober next,The Purchafers thercof,after fuch Purchafe made,(hall have 
 ftiptobcSold the fame Power to call a Meeting.choofe their Clerks,Committees, Agents 
 AtNewHaven and Colleftors, grant Taxes, and make Partition of faid Townftip, and to 
 oaoh. next, ^0 every other A& and Thing, as fully to all Intents and Purpofes, as the 
 fame Powe! Pu'chafers of the aforefaid SixTovtfnlhips have by this AS to them granted. 
 as abovefaid. Froviied never chelef^s,Thai this kSt not any thiog therein contained noiwith- 
 flanding,(haU make any Eftate to faid Purchafers, but by their fully Com- 
 A Provifo. plying with the Aft of Affembly made in oaobtr laft, diteSing the Sale 
 
 of faid Townlhips. 
 he A ""' ^A ^^ '^ fuctl)cr «nacteB, Thai the Five Townlhips lying on the Eaft fide of 
 10 the Coun Oujfatunnuck-River, Namely, Gofhen, Canaan, Cornwelt, Kent and Norfolk, fliall 
 
 ty oiHatif be^ and are herebjr Annexed to the County of Hartford. 
 
 W/.ONi30;V,Printed8iSold^/T.GREEM,/»r;o«r »p tbtGOy.& COMP- 17}8-
 
 Anno Regni Regit G E O R G I J, / /. UndecifflO- 
 
 %mx^ SDitecteD in tjeifr Dffice, 
 
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 Forty- five copies 
 
 reissued by 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 Hartford, 1918 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Faffed by the General Court or AfTembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Comeilicut in New England : Begun and Held at New-f/aven, on 
 the Thirteenth Day of Q^loher, in the Eleventh Year of the Reign 
 of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, of Great- 
 Britain, &Ci KING. Anooque Domini, 1757. 
 
 CHAP. CLXIII. 
 
 An kdi Direding Lifters in their Office and 
 
 Duty. 
 
 B(t (t Cnattcd Bg i^t 2Dtputp ^ottenour, cotintfl aim Reprffm- r •«„. ^,.„„ 
 tatJj)ca,(n ©jntcal Court $Bl!rmIik&, ant 6? t^e «Iutl>o|fti? of I;;!"" oS 
 t\t fame, That the Lifters in she feveral Towns of this Colony fome time in 
 ( being Sworn to a Faithfbl Difcharge of their Office ) fball by 7"0'»'o wara 
 tbemfel ves, or one or more Depated by them, fome iJrae in the Month of ^^^ Inhabi- 
 >/7, Annually, Warn all the Inhabitants proper to be Lifted in their l^"their £ito 
 Towns, or leave Hotice at their Houfeser places of ufual Aboad, to give 
 in their refpeftive Lifts : And the faid Inhabitants being fo Warned, SiaD Inhabitants 
 give in to the Lifters in Writing, a true Account of all the Rateable Eftate ftall give in 
 being their Property, or belonging to them, on the Twentieth of /io^/? l|l*^f ?-^"'" 
 following, at or before the Tenth of Seftmbir following ; particularly 2er'"thdr"' 
 xnentioniag therein all fuch Things as are in this Aft hereafter exprefly hands of what 
 Valued, Signed with their Names or Marks ; Which Accounts the faid they poffefs'd 
 Lifters ftiall accept, adding according to their beft Judgment, for all things ^"i"^ ^°^^» 
 hereafter mentioned in this Aft to be Lifted that are not particularly Vs\/^* 
 Valued, and make the whole into one general Lift. " '^ 
 
 Be it fuctfier (tnatteO 6p t|)e ^utfjo^itg afo?efailr, That the Liflers in the Lifters tore. 
 refpeftive Towns, fhall return the Sum Total of the Lift unto the General turn the ram 
 Anembly in OUtbery Annually, with a Certificate from the Affiftant Juftice T°tal to the 
 of the Peace, or Town Clerk before whom the faid Lifters were Sworn, §^"1^°"'^^" 
 That they were Sworn to a faithful difcharge of their Work, fome time cer°tifica"e,* 
 before the firft of July preceeding : And that every of the aforefaid Liflers fifeannual'ly 
 that Oiall be Negligent and ftil offending of the Sum Total, as aforefaid, 
 ortheCertificate, as aforefaid, Ihall forfeit and pay to the Treafury of this O" Penalty 
 Colony, the Sum of Tin Pounii. And that if no Sum Total of the Lift be On hiLe aF. 
 jeturned from any Town, or not with fuch Certificate, fuch Town ftiall be foVow'nrto 
 Dooin'd by the Aflembly' be OoojdU 
 
 M m to m %z
 
 Anm Jiegni Regit GEORGIJ, //. Undecimo. 
 
 25e it ftitt^cc CUnacteD t? t^e a!ut5o?ftp afo^efaiir, Thai itfhaii be the 
 AftertheRi ^^ty of the faid Lifters,afcer the Rifing of the General AfTembly in OElober^ 
 «"g of tjl'^p- Annually, carefully to Infpea the faid Lift, till the laft day of Decembtr 
 SuaHyfhe following. Annually, and to add Fourfold for all the Polls and Enace Rate- 
 Lifters to in- able they fliall find left out of the Lift, by any particular perfon or perfons, 
 fpefltheLifts the Property whereof did belong unto any of the perfons aforefaid, on the 
 tilthe laftof j^^g^jjgjjjQf ^„^ajj preceeding, And if any Doubt thereon (hall arife, 
 Sd 4 fold the faid Eftate (hall be adjudg'd or reputed the Property of the perfon 
 foreftatesleft AfTcfled for the fame, unlefs he can fliew it to have been the Property of 
 out on Jug. fome other perfon on the faid Twentieth o{j4u£ufi, aforefaid ^ and alfo add 
 preceding, (.q ^]^q fajd Lifts, Fourfold for the v/hole Rateable Eftate and Polls of all 
 ,. fuchas have given in no Lifts at all, as a Penalty on the faid Inhabitants 
 Ibch ^sVavc ^°^ th^''' negleftjWho {hall pay Rates for the fame according to their Four* 
 in^no Lift at fold Aflefstnents. And the one half of all Sums arifing upon fuch Additions, 
 all. fiiall by the Conftable and other Colleftors of Rates, that fhall be made 
 
 To Tranfmit yp^j, fy^j^ Lifts, be paid to the Lifters, as a Reward for their Trouble, and 
 
 of airAddT-' ^^^ °^^" ^^^^ ^^" ^^ ^°' *^^ ^^^" ^°^ '"^^'^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ '"^''*- ■^"^ 
 tions to the the faid Liflerj fhall Tranfmit the Sum Total of all the Additions they fhall 
 
 G Court in fo make, to the General Court in May following,incurring the fame penalty 
 
 May, on pe- {q^ jheif negleft hereof, as is provided in the Second Paragraph of this Ad: 
 
 nalty of lo /. ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ neglctt to fend the Sum Total of the Lifl to O^cbcr Court. 
 
 Lifters fome jBc ft futtticc tf nattrt Dj t^cautl^O?(t? afO?cfatti>That the Lifters in each 
 time injana, of ^he rcfpeftive Towns in this Colony, (hall Annually, fome time in the 
 5he T ''cier^k ^''"^^ of January, deliver the Lift of the Polls and Rateable Eftate of the 
 the Lift,&'f. Inhabitants of their Town,by them made, to the Clerk of the Town,taking 
 taking his his Receipt for the fame, upon Penalty that every Lifter that fhall refufe 
 Receipt. and negleft the fame, fhall pay to the Treafury of fuch Town the Sum of 
 On jjenalty j-^^ peunds ; to be Recovered by Aftion, Bill, Plaint or Information. 
 
 T5e ft fuctllPi; <nacte&, That when and fo often as any perfon or perfons 
 Lifters to are Overcharged in their Lift, it (hall be the duty of the Lifters to grant 
 giveRelicf in Relief in fuch cafes only where the Eftate (hall appear not to have belonged 
 fome cafes, to the perfon on theTwentieth o[jiugu(t preceeding,or that it was not left 
 _ out by him through his Wilfulnel^ orNegligence,but from fufficient ground 
 
 refufe t^Ewe *** conclude the Eftate to be loft, and that fo foon as he was fenfible of his 
 Relief, the ^^^Y therein, he did offer his faid Eftate, yonefiM to the tifters to be En- 
 Aggrieved to tred in the publick Lift : But if fuch Lifters will not give juft Relief, then 
 apply themf. upon Application ma<?€ by the aggrieved party to an AfSftant or Juftice of 
 toanAffiftai^ ^jjg pgace, with two of the Seleft men of the Town ( Notifying two oc 
 z Sel'eSen "ao^e of the Lifters, to ftew Reafon ( if any they have; why Relief fliould 
 whoihaii Re- not be granted them ) they (hall confider the Cafe, and give fuch Relief 
 lievethemas as they (hall judge Juft; And the fame Liberty is allowed for any that may 
 they lie juft. |,g Overcharged in the Lift now brought in, or ought to be brought in to 
 
 this AfTembly. 
 
 Lifters f r ^* ** fuct^ec Cnatteh b? t^e 5llut5o?ftp afo^efafb. That if any of the 
 
 getting to ' Lifters in the refpeftive Towns, fhall forget or neglcft, within the time 
 
 demand aLift Ordered by the Law, to demand any perfons Lift, within the Precinfls 
 
 ■within the whereto fuch Lifters are appointed, That then in every fuch cafe, fuch 
 
 b T °'''ft'» Lifters fliall and are hereby Required, at any time in the fame year,before 
 
 doitary'time ^^^ ^^^ ^'^^ °^ ^"T "^'•^'^ following, to demand fuch Lifl of every perfon 
 
 beforeWa;' tjl forgotten, as aforefaid. And if any perfon of whom fuch Lift, as aforefaid, 
 
 is demanded, fhall negleO: to bring in a true Lift of his or their Eftates 
 
 Lift to be unto the Lifiers demanding, within Five days after the demand, that then 
 
 d^I after^or *""^^ Lifters (hall make up a Lift for the perfon fo ncglefting, according to 
 
 ^l "* ^ the beft of their Difcretion, and return the fame to the General AlTembly. 
 
 And all perfons ftiail be accordingly AffefTed in the feverai Rates to be 
 
 made upon fuch Lifl. 
 
 38e
 
 Jinno Regn't Regis G E O R G 1 J. / /. Undecimo. 
 
 %itittsi SDirerteD in tljeir jDffice* ^ss 
 
 25e it fuctlicc Cnattrtl)? tTie lEut^ojftg afoj^fatO, That all the Male. Perfonsfrom 
 perlons in the fevcral Towns in this Colony, /rom Sixteen Years old to "^ ^"" °''* 
 Seventy ( Except the Governour, Deputy Govemour, Affiftants, Miniflers [llc'^".'-!^^ 
 of the Gofpel, the Reftor and Tutors ot the Collegiate School, School- Gov! a ma" 
 Mafters and Students of the College, until the expiration of the time for J^lin-Re(flor', 
 talcing their Second Degree ) (hall be fet in the Lift each perfon ac Eightem ^"f^fs.fdjool 
 Pounds : Every Ox or Steer of Four Years old and upward, at Four Pounds sJude'f ^"^ 
 ftr Head : each Cow, Steer or Heifer of Three Years old and upwards, at be let in'ihe 
 Three Pounds; every Steer or Heifer of Two Years old, at Tao Pounds ; Lift at i8/. 
 each Steer or Heiferof One Year old, acO»e Pound; each HorJe or Mate ^^°(^ y«" 
 of Three Years old and upwards, ztlhree Pounds -, all Horfe-kind of Two Cow^ ''c' 
 Years old, at Two Pounds ; each Horfe-kind of One Year old, at One Pound, ? jrar°oId w! 
 C Except Troopers Horfes freed by Law ) every Swine of One Year old Steer oiHeif! 
 and upwards C except Boars ) at One P«a»</, Each Dwelling Houfe, having ^^*y^^rszi. 
 Three Acres of Land adjoining, the Land to be fet in the Lift at Twcniy JjJ °7 ^^^ 
 Shillinis per Acre •, and each Dwelling Houfe having Land adjoining in lefTer Horfe 'at j 
 Quantities, in proportion. All the Meadow Lands in the County of y«rs j /. Of 
 ^tfn/or</, both Ploughing and Mowing, at Fiftttn Shillings by the Acre •, * years z/.of 
 Except Boggy Meadow, which if Mowed at Five Smivgs by the Acre : And ^H^H ^' t 
 all other Plough Lands within this Colony at I'en Shillings by the Acre. PbwUnd at 
 And all Meadow Lands, both Salt and Frefli, within the Counties oiNew lo s. But at 
 Havtn^ New London, Fairfield and Windham ( except Boggv Meadows ) at Ifanfcoum^ 
 Seven Shillings and Six fince by the Acre j the Boggy Meadows if Mowed, at ll'/fO^^L^ 
 Five Shillings by the Acre. P^ooggy 
 
 /Aw&p Provided J That all Plough Land Ihall be fo AflTelTed only for that j Saving, 
 Year in which the Crops are taken ofFor feparated from the faid Land, but 
 in the next Year following, it Ihall be Affefled as and for Pafture Land, at 
 Might Shillingt fer Acre ; and fo from Year to Year till the Year wherein the 
 faid Land Ihall be Ploughed for another Crop ( except Lands in Common 
 Fields not Improved ) in which it (hall be Rate free : And in the Year in Pafture Land 
 which the Crop is to be taken off or feparated from the faid Land, it Ihall at 8*.anAcr. 
 be Rated at Ten 5fc»7%j , as aforefaid. All Upland Pafture, cither for *'^'^P^' ^'' 
 Feeding or Mowing,ihall be Affefled it Eight ShiBingi by the Acre, excepting ^^^^^ j^ 
 only fuch Lands as are much overgrown with Wood, Bufties, Briars, and fed ex^empted 
 the like, whereby the Land becomes Unferviceable for Pafture ; which 4 Years. 
 Lands (hall be AflefTed at Two Shillings fer Acre, All Lands Inclofed for 
 Improvement, either for Ploughing or Feeding.(haU be Exempted for Four Hotfckind 8c 
 Years. That all Horfe kind and other Creatures Rateable by Law,that are °^Jj.*' ^''*«- 
 puc upon any Farm in this Colony, Remote from the Towns where the mo" FarmV 
 Owners dwell, and under the Care, Occupancy and Improvement of a under the 
 Tenant there, fhall be put into the Lift of the Polls and Rateable Eftate of care of a Te- 
 fuch Tenant in the Town or Peculiar where fuch Farm lyeth- And that "^"'i '<■ ^9 
 in all other cafes, all Horfe kind and other Creatures Rateable by Law, Ihall Lift of °faid 
 be put into the Lift of the Polls and Rateable Eftate of the Owners thereof Tenant, 
 in the Towns where they dwell. And all Pecaliars or Lands not as yet Peculiars to 
 laid within the Bounds of any Town, thofe Lands with the Perfons andP^vR^" to 
 Eflates thereupon, Ihall be Affencd by the Rates of the next Town unto Town?* 
 it, the Meafure or Eftimationto be by the diftance of the MeetingHoufes. Lands to be 
 AH Lands liable by the Law to be put into the Lifis, (hall be Entred in the pot in accor- 
 Lift according to their Real Quantity within Fence or Improvement. All dingto their 
 Ships and other VefTels off the Stocks and finifhed fit for Sailing, (hall be fet '"'UiJ»"t'ty. 
 in the Lift at Fifteen Shillings the Ton,according to the true and juft Burthen ghips.gff to 
 of them \ to be computed by the Carpenters Rule. That all the Miniflers beAffeffedat 
 oftheGolpel, that now are, or hereafter (hall be Setled in thisColony, ij*. per Ton 
 
 M m ra ra a during
 
 Arttto negui Regis G E O R G I J. / /. Undeclmo 
 
 456 %uM\xut's maxuntsi fo^ abates. 
 
 during the continuance of their publicJc Service in the Gofpcl, fhall have 
 „. -ft L all their Eflates lying in the fame Town where they dwell,and all ihe Polls 
 ^laoZme belonging to their Teveral Families, Exempted ', and alfo that the Reftor 
 College, their of Taie College for the time being, his Eflate {hall be under the fame Rcgula- 
 Lands & o- dons as Miniflers of the Gofpel ; and in like manner fhall all Lands in cbis 
 ihers for pi- Colony Sequeftred to or Improved for Schooh and other Pious UTcs. 
 
 25e ft furrlicr<8nattcD bp tlie %ut^o;it^ af(i?£ra(0,That all allowed Auor- 
 Attorniej at "ies at the Law, in this Government, Ihall be fee in the Annua! Lift for 
 the Law to their Faculty, the leaft Praaitioner, the Sum of FiftyPaunds, and the others 
 bcAflefTedat jn proportion according to their Pra£tice ; to be AflefTed at the difcretion 
 5"/. at leaft ^j- ^j^g Lifters of the refpeftive Towns where faid Attornieslive, during 
 for Faculty, ^j^^.^ praftifing as fuch. And aU Traders, Tradefmen and Artificers, fhall 
 •r d d be Rated in the Lifl proportionable to their Gains and Returns : In like 
 
 Artificei/for manner all Ware-houfcs.ShopijWork-houfes and Mills, where the Owners 
 theirs, have particular Improvement or Advantage thereof, according to the befl 
 
 Judgment and Difcretion of the Lifters. Such perfons who are difabled by 
 Polls oFLame Sicknefs, Lamenefs or other Infirmity, their Polls are Exempted. Servants 
 perfons, &c. ^^^^ Children who lake not Wages, their Matters or Parents Ihall pay for 
 Exempted, ^j^^^^^ j^^. ^^^^ gj ^gj^g ^gggj fhall pay for themfelves. 
 
 MkclheOath *n^ ^^ ^f f°^^^ *^ tfnacteU tp tie ^uttiojftp afoyjfaio, That all Liners 
 in pag. 51 fhall be obliged to take the Oath made and provided for Fence- Viewers, 
 Clerks of Train-bands, &c. Mutatis mutandk ; and that all other Laws of 
 Former Laws this Colony direfting Lifters in their Office and Duty, fhall be Repealed, 
 lu"^ uf"^ *"** ^^^ hereby Repealed, made Void and of none Eflfea. 
 
 CHAP. CLXIV. 
 
 nt^t?:,4j An A<ft declaring and further direfling how 
 ^^6o,m,xi6 ^j^g Colony Treafurer (hall proceed in refe- 
 fence to Taxes granted by this Affembly, 
 
 Tresforer's T) (f ft tf nfitteb bg t\t 35tput? 45rtietnouc, CDuncfl anU fltp«rentatftje)J, 
 Warrant fuf- j^ ^^ (Benctal Courr SiSsmUiti^ an5 b? t^e «uiftDj(tp of tlje famt. That 
 bSnftabiS *^^ Colony Treafurer's Warrant, direSed to the Conflables ia the feveral 
 to CoUeft TownSjChofen to CoUeft the pubiick Taxes or Rates, it and fhall be fufficient 
 Rates. 10 Enable the faid Conflables, refpeftively, to Collefl and Fay la all fuch 
 
 Rates to the faid Treafurer. 
 
 SyiccwT- 5finb ft \9 Dere6? 3DfcIare5, That the faid Conflables IhaU proceed ac- 
 ingiy. cordingly« 
 
 %z ft f utt^cc 4lnactrt bp tfie SCutfjOjlt? afojeranj, That when this AlTem- 
 ?'^df *h h* hly doth grant any Rate or Tax, to be levied upon the Inhabitants of this 
 Wfits°^DHis Colony, the Treafurer of the Colony, for the time being < without any 
 Majefty's further Notlce to him given ; fhall fend forih his Writ In His Majef}y's 
 Name, di- Name, direSed to the rcfpedtive Conftables, chofen as aforefaid. Requiring 
 rcaedtoCon. ^^^^ ^^ Levy and Colled fuch Rales or Taxes, and Pay them in to the faid 
 ringthem&c! Treafurer, according to Law. And if any fuch Conftable fhall Ncgleft to 
 Colled and Pay in fuch Tax, then the faid Treafurer Oiall fend out his 
 If Conftables Diftrefs, direfted to any of the Sheriffs in this Colony, Requiring them, or 
 negiea, then any of them, to levy fuch Tax of the Conftable fo Negledlog ; and the 
 ♦^^•^•Sheiiff. sherifffhaU forthwith levy the fame. 
 
 CHAP
 
 Anno Regni Regis G E O R G I J, IF. Undecimo. 
 
 :atiMioniiil :^d: about t\yt CKKoife^ljoufe at Hartford 457 
 
 CHAP. CLX V. 
 
 An A61 in alteration of and addition to,an A 61-, 
 Entituled, A n Acfl for the fuppreffing and pu- vip pag ?4? 
 nilhingRogucs,Vagabonds,common Beggars 
 and otherLewdjIdle, Diffolute and Diforder- 
 lyperfons 5 and for fetting them to Work. 
 
 B(£ ft <SnaJteb bp t^e 2Deputp «I0obetnour,CounciI anti Eeprf CenfatflJCff, j^. q^„ 
 fiKBencral Court aiffemWeO, anQ b? tbe 3fiuifjo;{tp of tbe fame, That feers to be 
 for the better Ordering the Houfe of Corredion ac Hartferdy there ftjall be appointed 8c 
 appointed by this Affembly, Two meet perfons Overfeers of faid Houfe, Sworn, 
 who fhall take an Oath before the County Court at Hartfordyfor a faithful 
 Difcharge of their Truft, which Overfeers fhall from time to time provide 
 Materials, Tools and fuitable Bedding, for the Keeping and Imploying the j^^-^^ j^ <i 
 Pdfoners that (hall be there Committed; and alfo make a Yard on the Back- & Duty, ° 
 fide, or at the End of faid Houfe, fuitable for fuch Prifoners to Work in 
 and fufficient to keep them from Running away ; And in order to Enable 
 them thereunto, the Governour and Council are defired and impowred to 
 Draw out of the publick Treafury fuch Suras as Ihall be needful.not exceed- Pa«>cularly- 
 ing the Sum of Fm Hundred Poundi, and deliver the fame to the Overfeers, Rafter of faid 
 to be by them laid out, asaforefaid. And the faid Overfeers are hereby Houfe keeps 
 Ordered,carefully to obferve and fee that the Mafler of faid Houfe keepeth good Order 
 good Order, the Prifoners under due Correction and hard to Labour (<» tb§ therein. 
 Law direEls ) and alfo to fee that no Embeztement or Mifimprovement be 
 made of the Stores, Bedding, &t. or Earnings of the Prifoners ; and to 
 difpofe of the Effefts, of the Stores and Earnings of the Prifoners that are y^j Mafter 
 over and above the Charge of their Support, for the procuring further Unfaiiiiful, 
 Stores, or paying the Matters Salary ; or they may order the Mafler to t» be Com- 
 difpofe of them, to tbe Ends aforefaid, rendringbis Account for shem to f,5"c Cour? 
 faid Overfeers : And the faid Overfeers are hereby impowred, to call the ^^^ '^^^^ * 
 faid Mafter to his Account on Oath, once in Three Months, for the Stores, power tc A- 
 Earnings of the Pri(bners, and other things committed to his Truft .• And merce orDiC. 
 if they find the Mafter Unfaithful, they are to Complain of him to the Pla« him. 
 County Court ac Hartford \ and if upon hearing the Caufe, the Court (hall 
 find him Guilty, they (hall amerce him according to his Offence, or difplace 
 
 Ann be it further dJnattcu anU ^tofiitiefi lip tfie autio;(tgQfojefa/&,That fjl"^"^*** 
 when the Earnings of any Prifoner (hall not anfwcr the Charge of his Sick* 
 reft and Support in faid Hou(e,the overplufs (hall be born by fuch Pri(bner, Order from 
 his Parents, Mafter, or Town to which he belongeth, as the Law direfts. Overfeersbe* 
 
 2nU ft i^ furi^tc |9co\J{5eD,That when any Idle and Diforderly perfoos ReT^feV^^ 
 are Committed to faid Houfe, they (hall not be Releafed therefrom, 
 without fpecial Order from the Overfeers. 
 
 JBnD it fg futtSec tm^t^ 6p t^e ^utf)o^ff?afo?era(l»,Thai if the Mafler ^^^ &crreo 
 of faid Houfe (hall Wilfully or Negligently fuffer any of his Prifoners to ^ made after 
 Efcape, he (hall by frefh Suit or Hue and Cry Recover them back again at fuchas make 
 his ownCo(t,or be Amerced by the County Court,aforefaid,for his offence, their Efcape. 
 not exceeding Ttn founds ; to be dedufted out of his Salary. And that all „ . . 
 fuch Prifoners as (hall Efcape and be brought back again, by any lawful ^hip?four 
 Means, upon his Re-entrance into faid Houfe, (hall receive Ten Stripes on weeksgoing. 
 his naked Body ; and fo every Monday morning lor the fpace of Four 
 Weeks next Enfuing. 
 
 flno
 
 Am Regtt} Regit G E O R G I J, / /. Undeclmo 
 
 458 i®iliti'a. 2Dit)itiins 26iU)S of €xMu 
 
 SSnD lie ft fuctljcr (Jnatte bp t^e autljojltp 0fo;?«fai'D, That no perron 
 r law- lawfully Sentenced to be fent to the Houfe ot Corrcdiion, ftall be taken 
 fully f"nten^d out of the Cuftody of the Officer conveying him there, or out of the Houfe 
 to the Houfe by Attachment, or any Writ in Civil Cafes ( Excepting a Writ of Exccu- 
 ofCotreftion, jjon ) ncr (hall fuch Prifoner be Taken out of the Cuflody of the Officer 
 b°"°^ciwr °'' ^°"^® of Correaion.by Execution, until he have received theCorredlion 
 Wrh!exept of faid Houfe, if he be not Excufed from fuch Correftion by his Mittimus. 
 Execution. %t fs furtjcr J!i£folti£D,Thai a fuitable Salary, as the County or Inferiour 
 
 Court in the County of Hartford fhall determine, fhall Annually be allowed 
 The MaUers ^q the Mafler of faid Houfe; to be paid out of the publick Treafury, or 
 Salary, and ^j^^ Earning! of the Prifoners. 
 
 tow pam. ^^^^^^ ProviJtJ, Sfint! ft iJJ fjercli? ¥>robiDEl>, That this Aft be in Force 
 Continuation ""''' ^^* Rifing of this Affcmbly at their Se/Tions in OSober^ which will be 
 of this Ait. in the Year of our Lord One Thou/and Seven Hundred and Forty One j and no 
 
 longer. 
 
 CHAP' C L X VI. 
 
 y"ni MP An A&, in addition to the Laws of thisGolony 
 
 ;^x\';^?; IpJ relating to the Militia. 
 
 437 
 
 B(t ft €nfltfft» Ip t^e SDtputp dFoiernour, Countfl ano Efprcfr nratftirjtf, 
 fn «5tn£ral Court alttmbUD, anD fcgtfje Sluttojitpof tbe fame, Thai 
 Troopers for ^^^ ^^^ future, the Fine for Troopers r.egled of Trooping on fuch Days 
 their negled, as flia'l be legally for thai End appointed, fhall be Twelve SbtUingtfcr Diem • 
 to be Fined and for Foot Souldiers negleft of Training on fuch Days as for that End fhall 
 *V"r ^^^* ^* legally appointed, fhall be Six ShiUingt fer Diem ^ Any Law, Ufage or 
 loldieiTfi / Cufiom 10 the contrary notwiihflanding. 
 
 CHAP. CLXVII. 
 
 An ASt for the more Effcdual preventing the Dividing Into Halves 
 Vid » 2 ^"^ Quarters the Bills of publick Credit on this Colony, of the 
 »(59,i*ii2j6 Denoininations of five Pounds ^ Forty Shillings, Tyotnty ShiOitigs, 
 joi|ji7,4o4 Ten Shillings and Five Shillings ; and for Calling in the Halves 
 ^' and Quarters of luch Bills that are yet OutQanding» 
 
 WHEREAS notwhnfiandirjg !>>« Trovifm htrt-tt-fvrt mttdt^ to frtvent 
 the diviiHitg *^* Bills ef this Colony , of the Denominations afortfaid, and 
 fTiamete, ^^^ Exchanging f^*b at vttrt Divided, many Evil mindtd ferfent prt fuming, 7hat 
 the time fcr Exthanging fueb Bills would be from time to time frolongtd, have 
 tontinuid to fare and Divide thtm ; and the Halves and Quarters of the Bills fa 
 divided, to Utter and Receive ; whtrtby not only tbt Charge of making fuch BiBs it 
 greatly Enhanced, hut Offort unity given of imfofmg Falfe and Ceunftrfeit Bills m 
 His Majtfiy's good Subjects. 
 
 Which Mifchiefs more EffeQually to Prevent ; 
 l"'J"" IL 3B« *t CnaiteU bp ttit 2Deputp (»otitmfiur, <oun tf I ano EeprefentatitieiJ, 
 Halves and In «tmral Coutt afTfmWtl), anDbpttt aut^o^ftpof tljefame, That the 
 Quarters of Trcafurcr of this Colony fhall Receive into the publick Treafury, by way of 
 Bills.tiil the Exchange, the Halves and Quarters of the True Bills of this Colony, of the 
 ^janJat^ ex DeaominatioDs aforcfaid,uniil the Firfl Day oi January next,and no longer. 
 And that this jiEl may bt the more EffttiuaUy Puhlifheil, 
 
 Sn A in ^* ^^ ^"'^''^" €nntttt) Ip tfje «utl)0?(tp afojefaiD, That the Secretary of 
 
 the publick ^^" Colony, as fooa as conveniently may be, fhall caufe to be Inferted iti 
 
 News papers One or more of the publick News-Papers, a Copy of this Aft, that fo all the 
 
 PofTelTors of fuch divided Bills may be Acquainted therewith, and Conform 
 
 tbemfelves thereto, on ibe Penalty of lofing fuch divided Bills. 
 
 CHAP
 
 j9mo Regm Regis G E O R C I J, / /. Undeclmo. 
 
 ^c!)a3i5» Deen Xajc* jElomtnation* ^^^ 
 
 CHAP CLX VI II. 
 An AdJ In Addition to aa Aft. Entituled, /in Ail far the Encourage- 
 mtHt and better Supporting the Schools that hy Law ought to It Kept 
 in the fever at Tow«s and Parijhcs in this Colony; Which Aft was^^'^f ^^%^°^ 
 Made in May, I 73 3. 
 
 WH ER E jiSin fat J jiB:, the Money Rat ft J fcy the Sale of the Seven town' 
 (hips Laid out in the Wcflern Lands and Ordered by this Ajfemhly to be 
 SoUy -wot /ipprepriated to the Support of the ftveral Schools in the Towns that gave PrtamtU. 
 in their Ltfls in the Tear then lafl paft • and upon the Improvement of [aid Money 
 to any other Ufe, the Money to be Returned into the Treafury of thit Colony. 
 
 3t fs noto 2Df clarcti anO EcfolbcD tip tl)(sJ SDfi'fmblp ana tf)e Qfiutfjopitp 
 thereof, That in cafe any of the Towns or Parifhes, as aforefaid, by iheir Towns and 
 major Vote, in any of iheir Meetings, regularly AfTembUd, fhall well and P*"^« 'jf- 
 truly Sequefter their Proportion of fuch Money to the Support of the Ui^J^/y^onhe 
 Golpel Miniftryr,as by the Laws of this Colony Eftablifhed, and fhall from weftern 
 time to time continue to Improve it to that End, This AfTembly will not Lands, for tlie 
 proceed to take the Forfeiture, as aforefaid \ but do hereby Releafe the faid ^^'^f'^'}.°^^'^^ 
 Money to the Support of the Miniflry, as aforefaid i Any former Aa of JJiJPjyj"'"'- 
 this Affembly to the contrary noiwithflanding. 
 
 CHAP. C L xTx! ' 
 
 An Aft in Addition to a Law ofthis Colony, Entituled, An -<4'7/<"' vid pag.joy 
 the Better Prejervatien and Increafe of Deer in this Colony- i^j, "4 
 
 B(f It (f naoceD bp t^e H^eputp (Koternour, Council anti aepcefentatited, 
 fn (Bencral Court flflembleO, anO bp t\te auiljo^ftp of tfte ramc, That 
 when any perfon or perfons Ihall be Convided of killing any Buck, Doe or Perfons kil- 
 Fawn, contrary to faid Aft, ftall pay and forfeit for every fuch Offence, the ^^^ orp^awn* 
 Sum of Fiije Poimdf. The one Moiety to the perfon or perfons as fliali Pro- to°fo°rfeit^5 /. 
 fecute the fame to Effed j the other Moiety to the Treafury of the Town or be fee to 
 in which the Conviaion Is made. And if any perfon or perfons fa Con- work jodajs. 
 viOed,fhall be unable to fatisfy fuch Judgment, fuch Offender ihall be by the 
 A /lifiant or Juflice of the Peace before whom the Offender is Convifted, 
 put to Service to the Complainer, or other perfoo, for the fpace of Fifty ,y^(jjfta„jQy 
 Days, for the defraying the. fame. Juftice to 
 
 3flnD be it furttier tfnatttti bp tftc «utl^o?itH a£o?tfa(5, That any One hear & deter- 
 AfTiftanc or JuJlice of the Peace, Tball Hear and Detcrm'me any Offences mine (or any 
 committed againft this, or any other Law of this Colony, made 10 prevent preach of the 
 the Killing of Deer. ^cZl 
 
 ' ' ""^ CHAP. C L X X. 
 
 An Aft for Levying a Tax on Polls, &c. 
 
 THIS Affembly Grants a Rate QiOne-petty on the Pound, on all the Polls ^ 
 and Rateable Ef>4te in this Government. To be Paid into the Trea- Onc-pcnj on 
 fury in Bills of Credit of this Colony, with the ufual Advance of Twehe-penct the fbund, & 
 on the Pound; Or in good Bills of Credit of Four Signers of ihtMajjachnfettt. in what to be 
 Baf ; Or In Bills of Credit of NewTorky without Advance upon them ; OrPa^^* 
 in Silver Money as it now paffeth in the Country* 
 
 THE Gentlemen Nominated by the Freemen of this Government, to 
 ftand for Eleftion in May next, are as follow, rsz. 
 
 The Honourahk JOSEPH TALCQTT, Efq\ the Honourable JONATHAN LA"W,£/?; yj^g Gentle- 
 Samuel Eells, £/V; Roger Wolcott,£/?i James Wadfworth. £/"?; Nathaniel n,^^ Nomi- 
 Stanly, £/?; Jofeph Whiting, £/"?; Ozias Pitkin, £/?; Timothy Peirce, £/?; „ated for the 
 John Burr, £/?; Samuel Lyiide, £/?; Edmund Lewifs, £/f, William Pitkin, ^/fifiedlion in 
 Roger Newton, £/}i Thomas Fitch, £/?; /»fr. Ebenezer Silliman, Cfl/>;. John ^ . g 
 
 Bulkley, Mr. Ebenezer Weft. Capi. Samuel Hill, Capt. Andrew Burr. 
 
 N.L0NDON,?iinti<i and Sold bjT.G REBS, Ptmtei totheGOV.8cCOMPANY,i757
 
 Mno Regni Regis G EO R G I J, //. Duodecimo. 
 
 mefittiati'ns %tn^% ou mxxt% of etto^ 4^5 
 
 Forty-five copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1918 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Cofjneliicut in Neu)-E»gland, Begun and Held at New Haven on 
 the Eleventh Day of O^ober, in the Twelfth Year of the Reign oF 
 Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, of Great- Brit am, Sac. 
 RING, Annoque Domini, I 7 9 8. 
 
 An Ad for the better Regulating Tryals on Writs of Error. ^''^P'^S ^^4 
 
 WHEREAS fundry Dehors and other Litigious Perfont, intending to 
 delay and bring great Cofi upon them that have Suits againfi them in ^^^'"" ^' 
 the Law, haveTaken outWrits of Error and have Profecuted them Wj-tj ^f ■£j_ 
 fromCourt t o Court \by which the jiSHcn laid in the Original Writ ,or"bro't to' 
 hcthheen long Delayed or Defeated ; and great Cofi thereby occafioned to the Con- the Sapeiior 
 tending Parties. Which for the Future to Prevent : Coutts.if th( 
 
 55e it&mfttnbis tt)C<25otecnoui:,CountU anti lacprefentatltjesfjfncBcncral Defendant 
 Court 2ff£mbIel>>ano bp tlje autt!0?(tp of tfie famf,That when on any Writ menr'thar 
 of Error, now (depending in the Superiour Court, or that hereafter fhall be the former 
 brought Ijefore faid Court,the Defendant in faid Writ of Error IhalJ recover Judgment 
 Judgment that the Judgment Complained of is in nothing Erroneous.he fhall ^" "" ^'' 
 recover his Cod againfi the Plaintiff: But if uponTryal it Ihali be found that Recover Cofts 
 the Judgment Complained of is Erroneous, Judgment (hail be given that faid ButifonTry- 
 Erroneous Judgment ftiaU be Reverfed, and that the Plaintiff in Error fhall aiit prove to 
 Recover all that he hath been damnified thereby; That is the whole that was ^^ Efroneous 
 Recovered againfi him in faid Erroneous Judgment,on whichExecution hath !^* Waint'.B" 
 been done ; and no Coff ftaU be Taxed, but each Party Ihall bear his own SeSe 
 Charges ; Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 3I!nU be ft fitctfjtr CnaaeD bp tlje SDutljo^itp afojtfaiD, That when any when any 
 Judgment (hall be Reverfed, as aforefaid, the PiaintifFin the Aftion, in the Judgment is 
 Citation on which fuch Erroneous Judgment was given, may Enter his Aaion p|a^'^'"'^'^i'!''^ 
 in the faid Superiour Court, for which he fhall pay the fame Fees as if he the'a'tation 
 had brought his Aftion by Appeal ; and the Court fhall proceed to Try faid mayEnterhis 
 AQionas if il had or could have been brought there by Appeal : And the Aflion as by 
 whole Co(t in faid Aaion ( Excepiing the Cofi on the Writ ot Error ; fhall '^PP"' 
 be Taxed for him that fhall Recover final Judgment. N° perfon 
 
 ^nD be it further CnactcDbptlje 3ilurho^iip afo^efafD, That afier the ^^"Y^*^'' '" 
 Rifingof this AlFembly, no perfon fliallbe allowed to Review upon any WrY/<,TE°"op 
 Judgment given on a Writ of Error. 
 
 /Iliuayr Provided^ That this Ad continue of Force for Four Years nexl Aft to be in 
 after the Rifiog of this Affembly, and no longer. fotce4Yearf; 
 
 O o o An Aft
 
 Anne Regtu Regis GEORGIJ, //. Duodecimo 
 
 466BrattDerjg*i^et(ttong. Cierfeg>3fertp«jElomtnatiott> 
 
 An Aft in Addition to the Law of this Colony .Entituled.^w All for 
 VJdpag,p,io Afcertaining the Tcwu Brand for Horfei and providing BranderS. 
 
 WHERE AS in faid AEl there it no Frovifion made to impowcr the rejpetlive 
 Towni in this Colony to choofe more than Two tranJtn in each Town. And 
 whereas the Inhabitants of many (if faid Towns, are Expofed(^ ^y reoTon of their 
 living very Remote from faid Branders') to great TrottbU and Charge to obtain their 
 Horfesto be Branded. Which Inconvenience lo Remove: 
 
 ft IS CEnatteO Bp t^e(Bo!j£cnout,Council nnDEcpcercntatttjetfJndfeneral 
 liberty to CToUtt SflflfmbUD, flnU bp tSje '21Utr)0^U}) OE tl)£ fame, Thac for the future, 
 *?chTown in £ach Town ia ihis Colony fhall have Libercy and are hereby Impowred, at 
 ttenttochufe ^''^"" difcretion,to choofe a fuitable Number of perfons, not exceeding Six,to 
 6 Branders b^ BranderS for Horfes In laid Town Which Branders beiug Chofen and 
 for Hoifes. Sworn, as the Law direds, (hall be Regulated in all things relating to their 
 Office, by the Laws of this Colony already Edablifhed •, Any Law, Ufage 
 or Caflom to the contrary notwithflanding* 
 
 The Proprie* — — -^ — — , m 
 
 %ll^fair%fd ^° ^^ Impowring the Proprietors Clerk of t7etv Fairfield to 
 to have the Record Deeds, Mortgages. &c 
 fame Power T^^ it tf nflttttt 6g tlje (iBotJECnout, tf ouiictl flnti Htpctfentatibej?, in 
 with refpea ^j (©entcal Court afftmblto anD bp tijt 3JlntJ)0?it? o£ t jjt Came.Tbai the 
 Deeds efe"af P'^prieiors Qerk of N^jt/.f^jr^f/*/, fhall have the fame Power, with refpeO: 
 Town Clerks to Recording of Deeds, Mortgages and other Inftruments, as the Town 
 have, and to CSerks have in this Government, and be as Effedual in the Law to all Intents 
 takethefame and Purpofes: And that the Proprietors Clerk of N#M/-F<3<>/f«/«/ fhall talcc the 
 Oaihas.fij'c. fame Oath provided by Law for the Proprietors Clerk of Wart/<iH</. 
 mpag. 411 '^ / ^ 
 
 Vid.psgj;, An A6t fcr Enlarging Goalers Fees. 
 
 34s Ty^ ft «BnaiteD lip tlje OPotiecnour, council anD Eepnrentatlfirjj, fn 
 
 _ , ,13 <3eneral Couct affcmbua, anb b? t^e flutjojltp of t^e farte, That 
 SwdTx *°'" '^® f««ure, the Goalers or Keepers of the feveral Goals within this 
 /ei'week for Colony, fhall be aUowed Seven Sbilli^t fer Week for Dieting each Ptifoner j 
 Fiifoners. Any Law, Ufage or Cuffom to the contrary notwichflanding. 
 
 Vjd.pag.z34 An Ad to Revive one Law of tbisCoIony,Entituled,/^o Aflfer pre* 
 
 venting a multiplicity of Petitions ieing hro ught te theGenerolAjfemhly. 
 ?Rcvive(f '^ "D^C ft (Enacted Sp %%t (Bobernour, Csuncil flnH rSepctftntatfbtjs, fn 
 till the Gen. Jj <Bmm\ ^ouct jaffttnWtD, anti Bj? tftt autgo^ftp of t|je fame. That 
 AiTembiy Or- the faid Law be Revived ■-, and the fame is declared to be Revived and lo 
 dexothetwife continue in Force tiO this AlTembly ihall Order to the contrary. 
 
 Vid.pag. 3s6 An Ad flating the Fare of the Ferry over ConneSicut lUver at 
 IheFareof Racky HiU io StepnyFariJh mWetbersfield. 
 
 the Ferrv at lD(£<t€na(teQbptIie<]3ob£tnouc,CountiIanli1£ltprer£ntat(be0,fn (Btnttal 
 /?o*fer//i5, to IJ Court affembUU, anO bptjg 3But!)o;ftp of t^e fame, That the Fare 
 be 6 i. for of the Ferry at Rocky-fiitt in Sre/>»>.Parilh in Wetbetsfkld, for the future, fljall 
 H ^fe&LoaT ^^ StX'ftnceiox each Perfon Horfe and Load ; and Three, fence for each fingle 
 & ? d. for a' Perfoo or ^orfe j Any Law» Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwith- 
 fingle Perfon flaading. And that if any Ferry-man of the faid Ferry, fhall prefume to take 
 or Horfe. more, he (hall be liable to fufTer the Penalty already in fuch cafes provided. 
 
 THE Gentlemen Nominated by the Votes of the Freemen of this Corpora- 
 tion,to ftand forEleftion in May nejct.are as folIov/s.tjja.TheHononrable JOSEPH 
 men Nomi TALCOTT Efq; the Hon, JONATHAN LAW £/ji Samuel Eells f/ji Roger Wol- 
 nated for the "" ^/?' Jam« Wadfworth f/f, Nathanael Stanly £/«; Jofeph Whiting £/j-, Ozias 
 rieaion in Pitkin £/?i Timothy Peirce£/?; JohnBurr £/ji Sauinel Lynde£/^EdraundLewifs£/jj 
 Mar I7J0 William Pitkin £/f ; Roger Newton f/ji Thomas Fitch f/j; Mr. Ebenezer Sillimsm. 
 "'• Mr. John Bulklej, Mr. Ebenezer Weft, Mr. Andrevir Borr, ^fr. Samuel Hill. 
 
 ]S.LOKDQN,?vaV:i and Sold by T.GRsBit, Printer to the GOV,& COMP,i7;8.
 
 Amo Regni Regis GEORGIJ, //, Duodecimo. 
 
 laeleafe of ^o^tgages^of tlje lateNXondon^ocictp. 467 
 
 Forty-five copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford. 1918 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony of 
 ComeSlicutin New England Begun aadHeld at Hartford on the Tenth 
 day oi/Uay in theTwelfth Year of theReign of Our Sovereign Lord 
 GEORGE the Second, oi Great Britaw^&c.KlNG. Amo Dora. 1755), 
 
 Aa Ad direcSling how the Members of the 
 hte Ner^-Londm-Socicty, who according ^"•^'S'^*' 
 to the Ad of this Aflembly, made in May 
 in the Sixth Year of His Majefty s Reign, 
 have Mortgaged their Lands to the Cover- 
 nour and Company of this Colony, fhall 
 obtain Releafes of their feveral Mortgages. 
 
 WHEREAS many of the Member t of the late New- Londoit- 
 Sociecyi have Mortgaged their Lands to the Covermur and 
 Company of this Colony ^ for the feveral Sumt of Money by them 
 had and Received of the Treafurer of the [aid Colony ^ pwfaant to 
 the AS of thsf AJftmbly above referred to ; ^nd mtvoith^anding the Provijion Prettnlt 
 made by thefaid Att for the Rsdemftion of the faid Mortgages^ great Difficulties 
 have arifen by reafon that certain Committees by the faid Members ef faid Society 
 have given their Bonds for the Payment of the Annual Interefi of the feveral Sums 
 of Money which the faid Mortgagers received^as aforefaid, and for which the faid 
 Mortgages were made : And there being no Method yet provided in the L*w^ for 
 the Dif charging fuch Committees giving fuch Bonds from the Payment of the Interefi 
 ef the feveral Sums Borrojifed^ as aforefaid, included in their Bonds afore faid* 
 
 For the Prevention whereof, and that the faid Mortgages may be 
 Releafedy and the faid Committees indernpnified : 
 "Bzit (gnatteO 6g tl^e (©otjcrnouc, €ountil anti Erpreffntatibcsf, in A"y°f *^ 
 <5tBeral Court aCfembltD anO bp tFje 9ilutl)0?itp of tl)e fame. That any of SwVJ- 
 the aforefaid Members of the late New- London- Society ^ that have taken any London &d* 
 of the faid Money and made their Mortgages of their Lands, as aforefaid, tij that have 
 Ihall at any time, upon their heing at the Charge thereof and Paying the Mortgaged 
 PrhxBipal Sum received, into the hands of the Treafurer of faid Colony, ^Jjf^oma 
 
 P P P P and * '
 
 Amm Regni Regis G E O R G I J, //. Duodecimo. 
 
 468 :^DDitional :a(ts about j^islj^tba^fi f 3lDiots» 
 
 and alfo Paying the Intereft of the faid Suras unto the Committee or Coro- 
 may at any mittees who gave the Bonds, aforefaid.in which the faid Intereft is inclu- 
 time, paying ded,and Pay the paft Cofts thereon, and Secure what their proportionable 
 the Principal ^^^^ ^jy be of future Loffes, and producing a Certificate under the hands 
 ed & Inmdi of Tuch Committees that the faid Intereft is fully paid to that time and all 
 for the time the Cofl arifen thereon^'if any there be) and Security for what future 
 paft, & give Lofles may appear, (hall and may be Releafed and Difcharged : And upon 
 Security for j-^j-j, Mortgager or Mortgagers producing a Certificate under the hand of 
 ti^onabl 'e°p° tt ^^6 Treafurer, aforefaid, that the Sum or Suras in the Condition of his or 
 offuturtLof- tbeir Mortgages are fully Paid to him, and alfo producing a Certificate 
 fes, (hall be under the hands of fuch Committee, as aforefaid, that the faid Intereft is 
 Releafed and f^^\\y paid to them to that time, he or they, or his or their Heirs, (hall ob- 
 Difcharged, j^jjj ^ pggj of Releafe of the Lands fo Mortgaged, under the band of the 
 Governour, (^c as is provided in and by the Ad before in this Aft refer'd 
 to : And that the Intereft of fuch Principal Sum fo paid to the faid Trea- 
 furer (hall thenceforward for the future ceafe And theTreafurer,aforefaid, 
 or Secretary ( in either of whofe hands the Bonds fhallbe) is hereby Or- 
 . dered to Endorfe the Intereft of fuch Sum upon the feveral remaining 
 t^^b^^'iffued" Bonds of that Committee or Number of men who gave their Bonds for the 
 out for Inte- Payment of fuch Mortgagers Intereft. And no Execution for any Interefl 
 left after fuch fiialJ from and after fuch Releafe, be ifTued out of the Clerk's Office of the 
 a Releafe is Court of Commiflioners lately held at New-London, rcfpefting the AflFairs 
 given. jjf j-jjj Mortgagers, nor Levied againft fuch Mortgager who has fo ob- 
 
 tained a Releafe of fuch Mortgage j any Law, Ufage or Cuflom to the 
 contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 Vid. pag. JO. An A(St in further Addition to an A(ft,EntituIed, An A6t for High ways. 
 
 3»4»4>^ rnpH/S Affmhly being informed^ That the HlghtWayi and CountryRoads are 
 Prt'nih. \. tiot [uitably Repaired ; for that many prfont who by Law ought to Worl in 
 thinly rather chufe to pay their Fine ( the fame being but fmaU ) than to Labour in 
 Petfons by the High-Ways by order of the Surveyor. Which Mifchiefs to Prevent : 
 
 M wo?k in JBe ft cKnattjU 6? tleC5otietntmr,Countil anu aepc£fentatibe0 f n dJenecal 
 the High- <rouct: alTcmbUU, ano 6? t\}t aut^oiitp oC tSe rame,That if any perfon ob- 
 ways, negle- jjgg^ ^3y lj^ to work in the High-ways, and be thereunto lawfully War- 
 fiing ^^V^^^ ced, fhall refufe or negleft to attend fuch Service according to the War- 
 fSzh t° ptr' lung given, he (hall forfeit lor every Days negleft. Six Shillings Money for 
 aay foi'aper- a Perfon, and Twelve Shillings for a Man and Team : Which forfeiture fhall 
 fon,&i2.».for be Recovered and Improved as in faid Aft is provided j Any Law, Ulage 
 Man s: Team. ^^ CuftoTO to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 An A<a in Addition to and Explanation of the Law.Entituled.An h6t 
 X^^lJ,\r* in Addition to and for theExplaningof theLawreferring to Idiots. 
 
 WHEREAStheProvifion made infaidAHfer theSupport ofToorJmpotent 
 perfensy is litnitted to Idiots and BifiraUed perfotts ; and no Vrovifion is 
 therein made for the Support of Perfons rendred Impotent and unable to Support 
 Aged or poor themfelves by Age or Sicknef!. Which to Remedy : 
 
 Sick people, )3£ (t Cnafleo ftp t5e(Bol)ecntmc,Ccuncil anDKtprEftntatftjejBTjfn "©sneral 
 that have no ^j„pj afTembUfijanD ft? t^e 2ut|)0?it2 of t^e fame,That whatfoever perfon 
 porTthem to or perfons fhall through Age, Sicknefsor otberwifc, be rendred Impotent 
 beMaintained and unable to Support and Maintain themfelves, and having no Eftate to 
 by their Re- Support them withal, that then and in fuch cafe, the Relatives of fuch Im- 
 latives, on potent pcrfon or perfons in fach degree of Kindred, as in faid Aft is men- 
 «Ta"iveVfot. tioned, fhall Relieve and Support them, in fuch manner as in faid AS l& 
 feiting jo*. provided, on pain that every one failing therein (ball forfeit Thirty Shittings 
 per Week, per Week, for every Weeks negleS ; to be levied as in faid AGt is provided. 
 
 £f.LONDON,?nnx&i8iSolihyJJSt^s.Eit, Printer to the GOV Ji COMP. i 7 J 5*
 
 Jmo Regm Begb GEORGIJ. 7/ Decimo Tcrtia 
 
 ^m* Couttterreit 25ilts« 469 
 
 Forty-five copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Paffed by the General Court or Aflembly, of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Connellicut in New Engl an J : Begun and Held at New Haven^ 
 on the Eleventh Day oiO^aier, In the Thirteenth Year of the 
 Reign of Our Sovereign Lord G E OR G E the Second, KING 
 of Great Britain^ 6fC- Annoque Domtrti, 1739. 
 
 An Adt in addition to one Law of this Colo- 
 ny, Entituled, AnA6i for the better prefer- "t 4sl"^ 
 vation and incr eafe of Deer in this Colony. 
 
 Be ft(fnattctj!)ptte <8totjernour, Council anU U^cpwfentatftes, in ¥v»a^f ^° 
 (Benccal Couct afiembUU, ana t>p ttje autl)o?itp of t^e fame, the firftD^ 
 That for the future, the Time prohibiting the Killing of Deer, of January to 
 (hal) be ftom the Firft Day of ^a/joary, co the Fir ft Day ofAugvft^ the firft Day 
 Annually, upon the fame Penalty as is by Law already provided. Any '^^ -^'i^fi ^^■ 
 Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. ""* ^ 
 
 An Ad to prevent Injuftice by ^z^mg'',llHI\l\ 
 Falfe and Counterfeit Bills. Xit^'^'^ 
 
 WHERE yi S fame perfons through Ignorance ani Inadvertency^ receive 
 for their Debts and in their Dealings and Bufinefs, Falfe and Counterfeit « it . 
 Sills, made in Imitation of the Bills of this or the Neighbouring Governments ; and "^ 
 there being no Expedite Remedy already provided in the Common Courfe of the Laa 
 for the Poffcjfor or Poffcfjors^ againfi fuch per [on or perfons that fjaaihave Delivered 
 and Pajfcd piid Bis or Bills ; thereby great Injupce is done. 
 
 For Remedy whereof ; 
 15i it dHnatttti 6p tfie 4Hotjecnour, CountH anU IRppw'.fnraffbeJf, in 
 <^ttttt&\ Court aCfcmlilED anO iip t^e "autljojitp of f|)e tame. That when- PoffeiTors of 
 foever any perfon IhaH be the PoffclTor of any Falfe or Counterfeit Bill, Falfe Bills to 
 made in Imitation of the Billsof Credit of this or the Neighbouring Go- Deliver them 
 vemments, it (hall he the Duty of fuch Perfon, upon his dilcovering the toa'iAfTIftanc 
 fame to be Falfe or Counterfeit, to carry and deliver the fame to fome ^Jep''*'"?^^ 
 Affiftant OP Juftice of the Peace, and Inform him that he concludes the ^^'^^'^^^ 
 fame to be Falfeand Counterfeit ; and if fijch Alfiftant or JiJlice of the 
 
 0.9 qq Peace
 
 Anno Rtgnt Regis GEORGTJ, 77. 'Deciroo Tcrlra 
 
 470 JLittnith ^utts. 
 
 peace (hall fuppofe the fame to be Falfe, as afotefaid, he fhsll Seife the 
 The Bill Tup- fame, and write the Name of the Perfon of whom he Received it on the 
 poredto be back fide thereof, and that it was delivered to him as a Counterfeit BiU; 
 falfe, to be And fuch perfon that fo delivers up fuch Bill, may after fuch delivery go 
 back*(!de of '•* ^^^ perfon of whom he received the fame, and denoand of him Pay for 
 -whom it was faid Bill, informing him where fuch Bill is : And if the perfon of whom he 
 Received, «: Received the faid BiU, fliall refufe or ncgleS to make him Satijfaftioa 
 kept fecore. therefor, or without fuch Demand and Refufal ( if need fo require ) may 
 bring his AAion for hie Damages in not paying bitn for faid Bill, or for 
 A(!tion to putting off fuch Bill to him, before any Court, AfSftant or Juflice of the 
 commence.in peace, proper to Try the fame ; alledging the fame to be delivered up, as 
 "/bf nof i! »fo^«fa'd. And in the Try al of any ficb Caufe, if the Bill be found to be 
 "en by'°him ^^'^^ °'' Counterfeit, to the Sati&faaion of the Court that Tries the ^me, 
 who pafTed the faid Court ihall proceed to Enquire into the Equity of the Caufe, by 
 laid falfe Bill Examining the Parties under Oath, and raking any other Evidence, as they 
 fhall Judge juft and right ; and upon their finding to their Satisfaftion, 
 CaufJ^to 'be^ that fuch Plaintiff received the fame Bill of the Defendant, they fhall give 
 Inquit'dinio Judgment for the PlainiifF, for his juft Damages and Coft for the Deli- 
 vering ap the faid Bill to the riuthority and Profecating his ACtion* 
 ^ p .- Provided altpayt. Said Bill was delivered up, as aforefaid, before the 
 
 °' Plaintiff offered faid Bill back to the Perfon of «»hom he received the fame. 
 SlnDtieft fuctf)eciena(teDhpttieautf)o;itp atojttaiu. That it (hall be 
 The faid Bill the duty of every Afliftant or Juftice of the Peace, that fhall have fuch Bill 
 *ed''inCourT. ^^^''^^f^d to them, fafely to Convey the fame Bill to any Court where the 
 ^ no* ^jKpg jjfjgy jjg «,anted. And all and every perfon that hath had any fuch 
 Liberty for ^'"» ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^® PofrefTor be delivered up, as aforefaid, and harh 
 faid perfon Satisfied the perfon to whom be delivered faid Bill for the fame (hall have 
 to Profecute the like Liberty in Profecuting and taking Remedy, as aforefaid. 
 others. Provided atweyt, Thatnopcrfonfhall bcProfecuted, in Form aforefaid, 
 
 but within One Year after he puts off fuch BiU, which Fad may be 
 AProvifo. Enquired of, in Form aforefajd. 
 
 Unb 6f ft f ucitjet (fnaffrfi bp tj^c SSut^jftp afojeratU, That if any Conrt 
 bed^ftroyer °' Affiflant, or JufViceof the peace hath had the PofTeOion of fuch Coun- 
 in I Year. terfeic or Falfe BiU for the fpace of One Year, he (hall deflroy the fame. 
 
 Vidpag.Tij, 
 
 An Ad in addition to the feveral Ads made 
 and paffed by this Aflembly, for the Regu* 
 
 =»7<5,4j4,43j latioa of Licenfed Houfes. 
 
 B" 
 
 (f ft (fnattet) b? ttie ^bernour. Council anb firpntentarfbrir, fii 
 General Couct ^OTemtilrli, anD bptti^auttio^dpof t^e Came, Thac 
 ConftaMes & the Conftablcs and Grand-jurors, in the refpefiive Towns, ftalJWarn all 
 Grand jurois Tavern-keepers in their refpeftive Towns, that they Obferveall the Laws 
 TavemVeep. "^^^^ to Regulate Licenfed Houfes; and that they do not Entertain any 
 erstoobferve 'nbabitants of the Town where they dwell, contrary to Law .• But if the 
 the Laws faid Officers fhall find fuch Tavern-keepers doth not Cbferve the Laws, 
 made to Re- aforefaid, then they fhall make Prefentment thereof to the next County 
 ^^I'lt^j^^^"- Court in the County, at their firft Sitting -, and fuch Court fhall Summon 
 
 e ou es. jj^g perfon fo Prefented forthwith to Appear before them : And if upon 
 And to Pre Try al, fuch perfon or perfons be found Guilty, the Court (hall Enter up 
 fent fuch as Judgment for the Forfeiture of the Bond given by fuch perfon for his due 
 are defective, Obfervance of the Laws, <^c. and forCoft of Tryal ; and fuch perfon fhail 
 Enter into a Bond of f»/<)i PtfOHfix, to be forthwith Acknowledged before 
 B nd 'if '7 ^^''^ Court, in due Form, for their Keeping and Obferving the Laws, &e, 
 
 so . ^ij^^ij 2qj^^ jjj^j, j^ i^j^g maonor be Piolecuted in cafe of a Forfeiture.
 
 Jtttio Eegvi Regis GEORGIJ // Decimo Tertlo. 
 
 jFm-meitjs Meeting* ^ilitia Ecfiulateti^ 471 
 
 9IlnU furtllEr it (£f JSrotiDeDj That whenfoever any Complaint is made by 
 iuchConft^bleor Grand- juryimen, and therein it be Inferted, Thac the Conftables 
 perfoti fo Complained of, had been by him Warned, as aforefaid, fuch ^'. . <^°'V^' 
 Complaint Ihall be fufficient Evidence for the Proof that Warning had {'^^'J'^y|^*j^^''j 
 been given, as aforefaid. g^c. 
 
 SDnb furttier (t fS <3D?tierfli, Thai faid Conflables and Grand- jurors, 
 refpeftively, who fhall make Complaint, as aforefaid, fball by faid Court be J;°^/^j'"'^*j 
 Ordered to Appear ac faid Try al, and be allowed to give Evidence for the 
 Proof of thofe Diforders Complained of. 
 
 3(nti fuctjerft W IReroltcH, Thar the Court before whom the Trya) is, Court to al- 
 ftall allow the ConfJables or Grand- jurors, who (ball Piefent, as aforefaid, Xj^Jbie'^).' 
 a meet Reconpenre for their Trouble and Charge. * 
 
 An A6t appointing the Days for the Free- vid. p3g jo, 
 men in the Counties of Hartford^ NeVf-Lon- JJp.'pi/no 
 don and fFindham, to meet for the ElecSing 
 publick Officers in the Month of J^ril, 
 Annually. 
 
 BUB it <Bna(teD lip t!)e (Botjemour, Council ana Eeprtrrntotltjejj, (n fheColJntv'of 
 4!Dtnccal Court aCTtni&UD, anb lip it)e autjiojltp ot t^e fame, Thai for Hanf to meet 
 the future, the Time for the Freemen in the County of Hartford^ to meet on the ift, 
 in the Spring for the Elefting Publick Officers, (hall be rhe Firft Tuefday Tuefd. Jp,ii, 
 in yipril : And in the Counties of New- London and fVindham^ fhall be the ^'"J^f/"'^' 
 Second Tuefday of y^pnV, Annually, Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the * li^'e j_d* 
 contrary notwithftanding. Annually/ 
 
 An Aft for the better Regulating the Militia TliTSJ^^ 
 of this Colony, and putting it in a more IJI;,'!?'; 
 ready poilurs for the Defence of the fame. '♦57.^4».458 
 
 B€ ft (tnattetJ ftp t^c <]?ofttrnour, Council anb Hfpreffntatfties, fn The Gov. to 
 (BentcalCoutt?Dlt£mbkb,flnD bp ttclCuiljo.jiip of ijie fame.That the ^Cap« Gen. 
 Covernour of this Colony, for the Time being, (hall be Captain General, Liev'^'Qen°e'I-* 
 and the Deputy-Governour, for the Time being, Iball be Lieutenant The Miiita^ry 
 General, over all the Military Forces within this Colony. Corapanie» 
 
 %ni bt ft furtlier (£ra(teb bp tfje HftiUjo^ltp afo?tfafD, That all the ?« be Foim'd 
 Military Companies in this Colony, Ihall be Formed into Rfgi^ients, as ^J° r'^^?^'^" 
 followeth, yiz. The Companies in the Towns of Hartford, Windier, symh. Bolton 
 Symsbury^ Boltcn, Tolland, Harwintonf Twrirgton, New- Hartford, Barkhempfled, TolUnd.H.%r~ 
 Hartland, Colehrooi, Winchejler, and the fitil Society in Farmingten. be, and vht.Totting, 
 hereby are Made and Conflituted One entire and diflintt Regiment ; and j^^^'^^f?^ 
 fhall be diftinguifhed by the Nanne of the Firft Regiment. The Military Colhookirinl 
 Companies in the Towns of New-Haven, Milford^ Branford and Derby, (hall chifl. Farming 
 be, and are hereby Made an Entire Regiment ; and fhalJ be diftinguiflied 'ftRegimcit 
 by the Name of the Second Regiment. The Military Companies in the g^.^'^r'J^''^' 
 Towns of New-LondoTiy Nortfich and Lyme, fhaU be. and hereby are Made id^Regiment 
 One Entire Regiment ; and fhall be diftinguiflieJ by the Name of the ;/Lo7,IVar- 
 Third Regiment. The Military Companies i" tbe Towns of Fair- tvicb, Lyme, 
 fcld, Stratford, Danbury and Ncw-Tewn, ftall be an Entire Regiment i ?d.Regiment 
 difniiguilhed by the Name of the Fourth Regiment. The Military Com- ^'jjy fj"'^'^' 
 panics in the Towns of Windham, MamfdH, Coventrj, -^i^/cr</, JTiWngrow, ^/l^egi^'gnP 
 
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 472 lopilttia BesttlateD* domination* 
 
 WindhJIavi/i Sttiford and Vnion, ttiiW he One Entire Regiment; diftinguifhed by the 
 Cov./ifif Wii- Name of the Fifth Regiment. The Military Companies in the Towns of 
 ''t"hR?rmm *r«ibfn/f*/<<, Middlttown and GUftnburf, and in the PariQi oiKtnpngton, fhall 
 lyeth^^iddtt. be a diftinft Regiment ; diftinguiftied byr the Name of the Sixth Regiment. 
 ClafKenfing. The Military Companies in the Towns of Saybrook, Guilford, KiUinjiverth 
 6thRegimen g^j ffaddam, fhall be a diftin£t Regiment, and (hall be Called the Seventh 
 Killing HadJ. Regiment. The Military Companies in the Towns of Stonington^ Prifion 
 7thRegimen. and Grofon, (ball be one Entire Regiment, and fhall be Called the Eighth 
 Stonlng.Prej- Regiment. The Military Companies in the Towns of Norwali, Stanford^ 
 ton. Groton, Gretuwioh and RiJgfitldy fhall be one Entire Regiment ,• and fhall be 
 No^7sT^Tf. diftinguifhed by the Name of the Ninth Regiment. The Military Com. 
 oleena-R'tdg. panics in the Towns of iValliniford, Wattrburj and Durham^ and the PariHi 
 pthRegiment oi Soitthington, fhall be an Entire Regiment, and fhall be Called the Tcntl^ 
 Wailin fTaier (Regiment. The Military Companies in the Towns of FUinfield^Canttrbutyy 
 ^"'xMRi'nn ^'""■^'"» ^'1'^»g^y ^nd Voltntovpn, fhall be one Entire Regiment, and (hail 
 I^ailf.cTnu'. be Called the Eleventh Regiment. The Military Companies in the 
 Kd.i'omfl^ol Tov/mof Lebanon, Celchefttr^ Htbromnd EaJl-HddJantyihiWbe one Entire 
 iitiiRegim. Regiment, and (hall be Called the Twelfth Regiment The Military 
 Hel^fnafj Compat)iesintheTownsof»r<;o<i{>a7,NfW-/li«//or<i, Lircfc/ffW, Kent, Corn- 
 izth Re/im ""''^ Gofl}cit,Cana*n,Norfolkf Salitburj, Sharon 9nd t^tw- Fairfield, (hzW be one 
 V^ooJIt NMiif Entire Regiment ; and fhall be diftinguiftied by the Name of the Thir» 
 LichfiiUKeni tecnth Regiment- 
 
 S' ^ffiT ^"^ *' *'' fut^f^^f <f nacteb b? t|e «ut5o?ftp afo^efafo. That where by 
 ^^^^^^^^^-"rthe Oivifion, aforefaid, it hath, or by any Divirton that hereafter may 
 ijihRegim. ^^ made.it (hall fo happen that any of the faid Companies ofFootSouldiers 
 
 have, or (hall be divided and left part in one Regiment and part in another. 
 Regiments to in fuch cafe the Minor part of fnch Company fo divided, (hall be added to 
 taKe the mi- that Regiment to which the Major part of (aid Company doth belong 
 Company S*f ^' '^ ^^^^ furtDtt CnatttU bp lie «urDo?ftp afo^tfalD, That there (hall 
 happeiis.gr'tf ^^ '" E*ch of faid Regiments, appointed by the General AlTembly, a 
 
 Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel and Major, who fhall be Commifltoned by 
 Bach Regi the Governour, for the Time being -, Which Colonel or Chief Officer of 
 menttohave Each Regiment, fhall be Invelfed with the fame Power and Authority in 
 a Colonel, his Regiment, and fhall be Obliged to the fame Duties, and Liable to the 
 Colonel*"and ^'"'® Penalties, as by the Laws of this Colony the Majors in the feveral 
 a Major. Counties have heretofore been in their refpeftive Counties And faid 
 
 Chief Officers are impowred and direfted co Dignify the Companies 
 Their Duty, belonging to their refpeftive Regiments. 
 
 91ino l)e it fuctUf r €naccea Bp t%t Uutliojfrp afojtraiD, That Each Regi- 
 
 Liberty ment.where there is noTroop of Horfe already Formed,lhall have Liberty, 
 
 Foimin a' with the Advice and Direaion of the Chief Officers of faid Regiment, to 
 
 Troop"of* Porni a Troop, confifting of a fuitable Number, not Exceeding Sixty Four 
 
 Horfe in "len, including Officers : And that the Chief Officers fhall Lead, or caufe 
 
 Each Regi. fuch Troop to be Led, to the Choice of Officers necelTary lor faid Troop, 
 
 raent. and make Return thereof to the General AlTembly. 
 
 The Gentlemen Nominated by the Votes of the Freemen o\ this 
 Colony, to (land for Ele<f^ion in May next, are as follows, ws. 
 
 TH E Honourable JOSEPH r A LCOTT "E^f^; the Hononrable 
 JONATHAN LJU'Efq; Samuel Etlls Efq; Roger Wolcott Efq; 
 The Gentle- <Jame$ Wadfmrth Efq^ Nathanatl Stanly Efq; Jofepb H^hiting Efq; Oziai Pit iiwEfq; 
 
 ITa'edfbrThe ^"""'""y ^«^" ^^^1; >*"» ^'"'•' ^^^i ^""""^ ^y"/' Efq; William Fithn Efq; 
 Elertion in ^'^"' ^t^*"" Efqi Ebenezer Silliman Efq; Thomat Fitch Efq; Mr. Jonathan 
 May,i-j^o. Truroble, Mr. Htz-tkiah Huntingtcrif Capt. John Bulklty, Capt. Samuel BiS, 
 Mr. Ebentxjer Weft. 
 
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 Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or AflemblycfHis Majetty's Colony of 
 Comedicut in N^w England Begun and Held at Hantord on the (econd 
 Thurfday tAMay in iheThirtecni hYear oft he Reign of out Sovereign 
 'LoidGi.oKGZtheSecond.oiGreat Britain ©. KING. An noDomini 1 74O 
 
 An Ad direding when the Freemen in the feveral Towns in this videpagjt. 
 Colony fliall meet, in order to their putting in their Proxies; ^°'"{' '/oj* 
 and for theChufmg Deputies tor to attend ttie General Aflembly 370,47,', 
 in May. 
 
 Be it (tnatteU b? t^ dFoternouc, Counttt flt\b mrpcfrctttatftictf, in JifeachTown 
 (Bentcal Court SltctnbleD, aiift bp clje 13fluttJ0?iip ot t^e fame, to meet An- 
 Thac the Freemen in the feveral Towns, fhall Annually meet nually,onihe 
 at Nine of the Clock in the Morning, on the Monday next fol- "«t '^'"^^1 
 lowing the Firft Tucfday in April, when they (hall proceed to the Choice xuefdaV in 
 of their Deputies ; and alfo to put in their Votes for the Choice ot a Go- ^pru^ at 9 a 
 vernour, Deputy-Governour, the Twelve AlTiftants, the Treafurer and Clock. A M. 
 Secieiary ; Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwuhftanding. «o '^.'^"'^^ps- 
 
 An A& for Reviving and Jurther Continuing an Ad, Eniituled, 
 
 An Ad for the Encouragement of Raifing of Hemp, making of ^jj ^^ 
 Canvafeor Duck; and alfo for making fine Linen. 
 
 WHEREAS the fdd AB tbos made in Maj^ One Thoufand Seven fTun- 
 dred and Thirty Fourj with this Provifo,^ That it (hould continue in 
 • Force only for Five Years ; And thii Ajjemhly conjidering the Profit and 
 Jldvantage that hath accrued to His Majefty's People in this Government , by En- 
 couraging the raifing of Hemp, making Canvafs and fine Linen,SiC. and the Benefit 
 that may accrue from the further Encouragement thereof ^ according tofaid Ait. 
 
 TS>t it CnatteD bp ttie(Botjecnour,<irouncilanli CJeprcrcntarftea.fncBeneral 
 Couct aiTtmlJleli, ano bp tiie autljojitp of tlie famt. That the Uid Adl and 
 every Part and Paragraph thereof, (hail be in Force co all Intents and 
 Purpofes, for the fpace of Five Years next coming from the Rifing of this 
 Affembly, and no longer, 
 
 RflEfolbeD bp tbts affemblp Thai the Brand for the Horfe-kind in the 
 Town 01 Sharon fhall be two g And ilwt she Brand for the Horfe- 
 kiod in the Town of New- Fairfield fhall be NF 
 
 Preamhte. 
 
 The AO for 
 Encouraging 
 taifingHemp 
 ^c Revived 
 for 5 Years 
 next coming, 
 
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 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony of 
 Conneilicut^ in New England, Begun and Held at Hartford^ 
 on the Eighth Day of May, in the Thirteenth Year of the 
 Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second ^ of Great' 
 Britain, &c. KING. Anmque Domini, 1740. 
 
 An A(5t for Making and Emitting Bills of 
 Publick Credit. 
 
 FOR AS MUC H as the Expertces of this Government are lihly to he 
 very great and heavvj))/ reafon ef the intended Exf edition dirtCied bj His 
 Majcfiy againfl tbcSpanifl) Wc&.\nd\Qs,and the neceffarj Preparations 
 for a proper Defence of our Borders, Sea-Coejis and Navigation ', and 
 alfobyreafonof a great Scarcity of a Medium of Exchange^ the fame bearirga 
 very fmall proportion to the Extent cfthe Demand therefor in order to the Carrying 
 en the Bufinsft and /jff'airs in %his Colony, 
 
 Therefore, 
 5Se ft <£nattj5 bp t^e dfofeernour, Councfl anU Etpceftntatfljetf, fn 
 (Ifeneral Couct ^fTemWeSj, anU b? %lt 31ut5o?»tp o£ t^e fame, That 
 there be forthwith Struck, Imprinted and Stamped, a certain Number of 
 Bills of Credit on this Colony, in fuitable Sums, from One Shilling to Three 
 PoM»J/,which in the whole (hall amount to the Suns ofTbirtyThoufand Pounds 
 and no more % Wbieh Bills Ihallbe Stamped with fuch Stamps as the Go- 
 vernour and Council (hall direa,and Signed by a Committee of this Aflem- 
 bly : And the Honourable Jofepb Talcott Efq; Natbanitl Stanly Efq WiJ/iam 
 Pitkin Efq-, and George WyByr, or any Three of them, are appointed and im- 
 powred to Sign the fame. Which Bills (hall be of the following Tenor, vin.. 
 
 JfiO. CpHis Bill by a Law of the Colony ^/Connedicut (hall pafs current witbin 
 the fame, for Twenty Shillings in Valus equal to Silver at Eight Shil- 
 lings per Ounce Troy Weight Sterling Alloy, in all Payments, and in the 
 Treafury. Hartford May 81^. 1740. ji ) 
 
 B > Committee. 
 c. S 
 
 And fo mutatis ntutandis, for greater or lelTer Sums. 
 And the faid Committee are hereby impowred and direfted to take care 
 with all convenient fpeed, to caufe the faid Bills to be prepared and to Sign 
 
 S s s s the 
 
 Preamlle 
 
 ^0000 /. of 
 Bills of Cred. 
 on thisColo> 
 ny to belm« 
 printed. 
 
 Committee 
 to Sign faid 
 Bills. 
 
 Form of faid 
 Bills.
 
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 Bills: of Crctiit 
 
 the fame, and then deliver them into the bands of the Treafurerof this Co. 
 t e to lo"y5 taking his Receipt for the fame : And the faid Committee fhall be 
 STe'rOath under a proper Oath for the faithful performance of the faid Trufl in them 
 hereby repofed- 
 
 anD ft is futtljtc 4Bnatt£& bg tte 2utf)0?ltp afo^efafD, That the 
 Treafurer of this Colony (liall IITue forth and Pay out of the publiclc Trea- 
 8000 I of fury, Eight Tboufand Voundt of the faid Bills, for and towards the payment 
 faid Bills, to ^^ ^^^ publick Debts of this Colony and other necefTary Charges and Ex- 
 the°'^ ubilcic^ pences thereof, according to fuch Orders as fhall be given him from time to 
 T>lh\%o^ tiie time according to Law. And the faid Bills (hall be paid and pafs out of the 
 Colony, eftf. publick Trea fury at the Value therein exprcfled, equivalent to Silver at 
 Eight ShiUings per Ounce^ Troy Wr/igif, as aforefaid, and (hall be Taken and 
 To be piid Accepted in all publick Payments into the Treafury, at the advance of Ont 
 Tz'^iT Shilling on the Pcund more. 
 
 Ounce. yind that in order to Enable this Govtrnmsnt for the Rtpayment an J drawing in 
 
 faid Eight Thoufand Pounds again^ This Affembly bert by grants a Rate or 
 
 Tax of EigbiTboufand Four Hundred Poi4nds,a$ Silver Money ac Eight Shillings 
 
 per 0(/»«, as aforefaid, to be Levied and Collefted on Polls and all other 
 
 Zn'^o'lheTrll" Rateable Eflate within this Colony, within the Term of Five Years next 
 
 fury again in afcet the Date of this Aft \ the whole Sum to be Levied and CoUefted An- 
 
 Five Years, nually, in Five equal Payments : And the Treafurer is hereby ordered and 
 
 direfted to fend forth his Warrants according to Law, for the Collefting 
 
 the faid feveral Payments, at or before the firft Day of May, Annually. And 
 
 liberty is hereby given and granted to any perfon to pay his Rate or Tax 
 
 At five fqual in the Bills of Credit, by this A£t Emitted in good Silver at Eight shillings 
 
 Payments. „^ Ounce Troy (freight Stirling ADoy^ as aforelaid, in Gold equivalent thereto, 
 
 or in Bills of Credit on this Colony of other Emiflions according to their 
 
 Value at the time of Payment, compared with Silver at the Rate aforefaid. 
 
 / SDno fie ft furttiJt (UnatteU lip tje Sfiutgo^it? afo^efaiti, That the remain- 
 to be^Lo°a°'d derof the faid Thirti Thoufand Peunds, being Tu'ffif^ Two Thoufand Pounds of 
 oat. the faid Bills, fhal^ be Loan'd out to particular Perfons, Freeholders and 
 
 Inh^itants in this Colony, oa the Terms and oQder the Regulations in this 
 A€t provided. 
 J5e it tljerefo^c fuctfiec (Cnatt£5 6? t^e Znt^^itu afo^Efafb, That the 
 
 TobeLoan'd f^\^j^enty Two Tboufand Peundsyihil^hQ Loan'd in each of the Five Coun- 
 
 7 Counties ^ ties, in fome near proportion to fuch Counties general Lift, and in fome 
 
 in the Colony near proportion to eachTowo, according to their general Lift, if Perfons 
 
 according to appear to take the fame; and if not, then in any other County : And for 
 
 their general ^^^^ ^^^ |(,gjg (jj^jj jjg ^ Committee appointed in each County, who (hall 
 
 ' " have the Management of the faid affair of Loaning the faid Bills and taking 
 
 A Commute Security of the Borrowers therefor ; none of which (hall Borrow more than 
 
 led in^^a°ch" On, HundreJ, nor lefs thanTiPfsr; Five founds of faid Bills; Which Security 
 
 County, to (hall be either double Land Security, to which the Borrower (hall have a 
 
 have the Ma- cIearTide,and of which the faidCommittee (hall be wellCertiried,or Bonds 
 
 ragemtnt of fg^ c^^\^„ Money, as aforefaid, double the Sum borrowed, with Two fufii- 
 
 faid aitiir ^j^^^ Sureties : The faid Land Redeemable and faid Bonds Conditioned and 
 
 Noperfoitto Avoidable by payment of the fame Sum Borrowed, either in the Bills by 
 
 fhanTo™"" '*''* ^^ Emitted, or Silver at the rate aforefaid, or Gold equivalent ; or in 
 
 or^lefs iiiari 30? Bills of Credit of this or the Neighbouring Colonies parting current in 
 
 2? /. of faid this Colony, according to their current Value in Silver at the rate aforefaid 
 
 Bills. at the time of Payment j or in good Water-rotted Hemp and well wrought 
 
 The Specie Canvafs or Duck, Raifed and Manufaftured according to the Diredions of 
 
 what when ihc LaW,Enticuled,i4« A£t for tbi Encouragement of raifmg Hemp, making Can. 
 
 paid again. ^^^, ^^ Q.^^k, and alfo for making fne Limrj, at the current Market Price at 
 
 The one half ihe time o( Payment in Silver, as aforefaid, to be delivered at fuch Place as 
 
 1.1 FouiYcars n^ij ^j^ ihis Aflerably be appointed ; the one Half in Four Years next after 
 
 the
 
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 TBillS of €vmt. Ml 
 
 the Date thereof, and the other Halfin Eight Years after the faid Date .• 
 And where Bonds are taken, there (hall be Two, «/». One for each Half And the o- 
 AU the Securities to be taken in the Name of the Governour and Company tl>er hjlf in 
 of this Colony : The Deeds thus taken to be Recorded in the Town where E'ght Yeajs 
 the Land lies, before accepted by faid Committee. And the Loanor Inteief} ^^[g 
 that fuch Borrowers (hall Annually pay for the faid Bills,fhall be Three ?oundt 
 per Cfwfw'", in Silver ai the rate aforefaid, or Gold equivalent : And they Securities to 
 Ihall give Bonds accordingly for the feveral Annual Payments of the fame, be given to 
 All which Deeds and Bonds being given (ball be lodged with the Secretary «heGov and 
 of this Colony, by faid Committee^ and then the faid Committee fiiaD give ^""P^'^y* 
 an Order to the Treafurer for fo much of the faid Bills to be delivered to Borrowers 
 fuch ptrfon as he hath given Security for,in the Form aforefaid ; which (hall to pay 3 nr 
 be a faflScient Order for him to deliver and pay out the fame Sum therein Cemuvi, &e. 
 mentioned. 
 
 3llna be it tutt^tv (tmfttb hp tte^utljo^itp afo?erafo,That the faid Bills 
 by this Ad Emitted, (ball pafs current in this Colony in all Payments, and o-.t r 
 
 In the Treafory, equal to the Value thereia exprelFed; Excepting for the fo'I tVe vrfue 
 dif charge of former CcntraSs by Specialty for Silver only, and the Bonds expteffed in 
 to be given to this Colony for the Intereft of this Emiifion, and for payment them Excep- 
 of Duties and Impoft that (hall be Ordered by this Afliembly to be paid in *'"S» ^'' 
 Silveror Gold only ; and (hall accordingly be Accepted and Received in 
 the fame proportion to other Bills of Credit pafling in this Colony, as the 
 faid other Bills bear to Silver at the Rate aforefaid, ac the relpedive times 
 of Payment. 
 
 AnAdformakiogandemittiagBiUsof Credit. 
 
 B4B it ^natfeti Bp tfie (SoUtnouty Council anU IRfpwrcntatftJftf, fit 4000/ to be 
 (tSemval €ourt aflfemblfD. anUliu tlje flutj)0^(tp ottue fame. That struck, under 
 there be forthwith Struck a certain Number of Bills of Credit on this Co- 'he care of a 
 lony, in fuitable Sums, from Ten SblUmgs to Fm Fcundsy which in the whole ^°'"'"*"^«' 
 flial! amount to the Sum of Four "Thoujand Peunds^ and no more ; and ihall be r 
 Stamped on the New Plate, with the addition of the Date of this AfTembly, toKwSn 
 and his Honour the Governour, NdtSanie/ s*Wy and William Vitkin 2.if{r%-^ 
 and Capt. George W^Uys^ be a Committee under Oath for the faithful Ma- Bills to be 
 nagcment: of the affair ; and any Three of them to Sign the faid Bills, and put into the 
 to deliver them into the hands of the Treafurer, taking his Receipt for the ^^^^ °^ the 
 fame. Treafurer. 
 
 3Ent> (t fsf furtljer ^natfrt l^ t^z SCut^ojitp afojefafU, That the Trea- ^ k. wr 
 furer be, and is hereby impowred to ifTue forth and pay out the faid Sum 0° j ""* 
 of FflMf Iboufand Ponnds, towards the Payment of the Pramia granted for the tL^PrllYa,^ 
 Encouragement of fuch Soldiers as (hall Voluntarily Inlift themfelves to go &<:■ as o'r- 
 on the intended Expedition Ordered by HisMajefiy againfV theSpani(hWeft- **" ^^^' ^^ 
 Indies, when they (hall be called forth to Exercife, and for other fpecial ^}^^Yi,°^' 
 OccaCons of this Colony, according to fuch Orders as (hall be given hiai '"^ ° ^^' 
 from time 10 time according to Law. 
 
 Md as a Fund and Security for the Repajrr.int andDraving inoftLe faid 
 Billi into the Treafury again. 
 
 This AlTembly grants a Tax or Rate of Four Thoufand Two Hundred 
 VoundtyXo be levied on Polls and all other "Rateable Eftaie of this Colony, To be drawn 
 and to be paid into the Treafury at or before the laft Day of May, jimo '"'° theTrea. 
 Dominr, One Thoufand Sevin Hundred and Forty Seven ; which faid Rate ^^u' ^^(t^^ ^'^^ 
 (hall be paid in Bills of Credit ot this Colony, or in Money as it palFeth Mayiy^J 
 generally in the Country at the time of Payment- [S s s s 2] ^'^'' 
 
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 %^ DIEU EIMONDROIT 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 Pafled by the General Coart or Aflembly of His Majefly's Colony of 
 ConneHicut in i^ew England, Begun and Held at Hartftrd (by fpecial 
 Order of his Honour the Govemour ) on the Eighth Day of 7«/y, 
 in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord 
 George the SeconJ,oi Great Britaia,(^c}S\NG.Annoque Dom 1740. 
 
 An k€t for Emitting Bills ot Credit for paying the publick Debts 
 of this Colony, and for Exchanging Old and Torn Bllis that are 
 not fie for Faffing 
 
 (£ it (Cnactto 6p ttie ^Boljcrnour, Council ana fie pretentatltejf, 
 in (Ptneral Court Hiffcmbuo en& ijp ilje aiurljojirp o£ iDe Came, 
 That there be forthwith liDprinted a certain Number of Bills of 
 
 Credit on ihij Colony, which in the whole (hall amount to the 
 
 Sum of fifteen Tboufani Poundr, and no more ; Which Bills fhall be Printed 
 and Siaroped in the fame Manner and Form, and of the fame Tenor and 
 Tjooo I. to Dale, and Signed by the fame Committee under Oath, as the Four Thoufani 
 be Imprinted Pounds in Bills of Credit were Emitted by Ad ot this Aflembly Held at 
 and put into fj„tford'mM<iy Uft : And the faid Committee are hereby impowred to 
 thelleafuru'^ take care, as foon as may be, to Imprint the faid Bills, to the Valae of /»/- 
 teen Tboufand Founds, as aforefaid ; and to Sign and Deliver the iame to the 
 Jreafurer of this Colony, taking his Receipt for the fame. 
 Sfino be it furtljec €nattcD bp t^elButtjojitp afo^efadi Thar there (hall be 
 jooo /. of lodged in the hands of the faid Treafurer the Sam of Five Thailand Poundt 
 h"f ^"k"'f'° oiiiii Billsjto Exchange for all true Bills Struck on any Plate made before 
 changing oW ^^^ ^eat One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty Three and fuch torn 
 ectornBiUs. Bills as are noi fit for further Service ; and the remaining Te^j Ti6#«/j«<| 
 Pe«i»A,(hall be by the Treafurer Iflued forth and Emitted towards payment 
 The other of the publick Debts of the Colony, according to fuch Orders as ftall 
 joooo / to from time to lime be given him according to Law. And the faid BiHs (hall 
 pay Debts of p^pj q^ of the Treafury at the Value exprefled in the fame, equivalent to 
 the Colony. ^^^^^^ gnj ^^\] be taken and accepted in all publick Payments at the Ad- 
 vance of Twelve- pence on the Pound more. 
 
 3IlnU be it fuctljci: (JBnatteb 6p tlz Mutfiojttp afo^erafft That as a Fund mi 
 
 Fund for the Security of the Repajrnent and Drawirg in the faid TenThoafindPoMnds of faid 
 diawing faid BiBs to tbeTreafury agaWflhh Aflembly grants aTax or Rate of Tf» Tfjoufand 
 looco I into pi^^ Hundred ?ounds,x.o be levied on Polls and all the Raieable Eflate within 
 ihe Tieafury ^j^j^ Colony, and to be Paid into the Treafury zi or before the laft Day of 
 bffore tht Af4gufl<Ont Thoufand Seven Hundred and Fifsy : Which laid Rate ihall be 
 jaft day of paid in the Bills of Credit of this Colony,or in Money as it patfeth generally 
 jugvft 17 JO. Current in the Country at the time of Payment, and in no other manner. 
 
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 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bales, 
 
 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefl:y*s Colony of 
 CenKehicut, in Niew England, Begun and Held at If em Havens 
 on the Ninth Day of Oflober, in the Fourteenth Year of the 
 Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GfiO/iGfi fj&e 5fcca</, o( Great' 
 Britaia, &c» KING. Annoque Dotntnit 1740. 
 
 An A<Si for printing and publiftiing an A6fc 
 of Parliament of the Sixth Year of Her 
 late Majefty Queen ANNE, Entituled, 
 An A<ft for afcertaining the Rates of Fo- 
 rein Coins in Her Majefty's Planta- 
 tions in America^ and the Inftrudions from 
 the Lords Juftices of the Regency to the 
 Govemourand Company of this Colony, 
 requiring the Obfervadon and Execution 
 of faid A<^* 
 
 B€ ft ^naiteti Bp tf)e ^ofjttnour, ^Touncfl anti IRtprefentatitcsf, 
 in 43enecal Court SlffembleD anH bp tt)e Slutljopitp of ttie fame. 
 That tfie faid Aft of Parliamenc,Enciculecl,i4» A3: for afcertain- 
 ing the Rates of Fvrein Coins in Her Mnjefly s Plantations in Atrserica, 
 and tne faid Inftrudions from the Lords Juflices of the Regency to the 
 Governour and Company of this Colony, given ac Whitehall the Twenty- 
 fir fi Day of /iugaft. One Thouland Seven Hundred and Forty, ftiallbe 
 printed and publifhed with the Afts ot this AlTembly ; and the Secretary 
 ofthis Colony is directed to Tranfmic to Mr. Timothf ffretn^ Printer to 
 the Governour and Company of this Colony ,Copies of the faid Aft and In- 
 ftruftions for that purpofe 
 
 The Aft of 
 Parliament, 
 Entiiuled.J/n 
 Jff for afcer- 
 taitiing the 
 Jfates of Fo- 
 rein Coins, 
 Sfc.with the 
 Iiiftruffions 
 of (he Lords 
 Juflices of the 
 Regency, to 
 the Gov & 
 Comp. to be 
 publifhed. 
 
 « 
 
 ACT
 
 A»»o Reg»i /Je^« G E O R G I J / /. Declmo Quarto. 
 
 480 aaateis of 5fo?ein Coins :ai:ccrtaincD* 
 
 "ACT OF PARLIAMENT. 
 
 " Anno Regn't A N N ^ Regitue, SeXio, 
 
 " An Aftfor afcertaining the Rates of Forein 
 " Coins in Her Majefty's Plantations in 
 
 « \T€TH E RE A Sfor Remedying efcf Ineonveniencei which had arifen from 
 y y '* the different Rates at which the fame Species of Forein Silver Coins 
 " did Pafi in Her Majuft/s feveral Colonies and Plantations in America, Her 
 ** Moji Excellent Majefly has thought fit by Her Rojal Proclamation, bearing Date 
 **the Eighteenth Day o/june. One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Four, and 
 ** in Third Tear of Her Reign^to Settle and Afctrtain the Currency of Forein Coins 
 •* in Her faid Colonies and PlantatienSf in the Manner and Words following ; 
 
 •* We having had under Our Confideration the different Rates at which 
 
 " the fame Species of Forein Coins do pafs in Our le/eral Colonies and 
 
 *• Plantations in America, and the Inconveniences thereof, by the jndireO: 
 
 *' Pradlice of Drawing the Money from one Plantation to another ; to the 
 
 " great prejudice of the Trade ot Our Subjefts : And being (enfibIe,That 
 
 " the fame cannot be otherwife Remedied than by Reducing of all Forein 
 
 " Coins to the fame Current Race within all Our Dominions in America \ 
 
 ** And the principal Officers of Our Mint having laid before Us a Table of 
 
 " the Value of the feveral Forein Coins which ufually pafs in Payments 
 
 ** in Our faid Plantations, according to their Weighr ; and the Affays 
 
 *' made of them in Our Mint, thereby (hewing the juft Proportion which 
 
 *• each Coin ought to have to the other ; which is as followeth, vi^ Sevii 
 
 " Pieces of Eighr, Old Plate,Seventeen.peny. weight Twelve Grains, Four 
 
 " Shillings and Six-pence ; Sevill Pieces of Eight, New Plate, Fourteen- peny 
 
 *' weight. Three Shillings Seven-pence One-farthirg ; Mexico Pieces of Eight, 
 
 ** Seventeen-peny-weight Twelve Grains.foKr Shillings and Six-pence ;Tillar 
 
 "Pieces of Eight,Seventeert-peny-we>ght Twelve Grains,Fej/r ShilUngs ani 
 
 " Six- fence Three-farthings ; Peru Pieces of Eight, Old Plate, Seventeen* 
 
 ** peny- weight Twelve Grains,F«r Shillings and Ftve-pence, or thereaboutsj 
 
 " Crofs Dollars, Eightecn-peny-weight, Four Shillings and Four-pence Three- 
 
 *' farthings ; Ducatoons of Flanders, Twenty- peny-weight and Twenty One 
 
 "Grains, Five Shillivgs and Six-pence •^'Ecu''i of France, otSihsi Lewis, Se« 
 
 ** venteen*peny-weight Twelve Grains, Four Shillings and Si*-pence ; Cru* 
 
 " fadoes of Portugal, Eleven- peny-weight Four Grains, Two-Shillings and 
 
 *' Ten-pence One-farthing ; Three Gilder Pieces of Holland, Twenty^pCny 
 
 " weight and Seven Grains, Five Shillings and Two-pence One-farthing ; Old 
 
 " Rix Dollars of the Empire, Eighteen peny-weight and Ten Grains, Fovr 
 
 *' Shillings and Six.pence : The Halfs, Quarters and other parts in propor- 
 
 " tion to their Denominations, and Light Pieces in proportion to their 
 
 •• Weight : We have therefore thought fie for Remedying the faid Incon- 
 
 *' veniences, by the Advice of Our Council, to Publifh and Declare, That 
 
 *' from and after the Firft Day of January nQxt enfuing the Date hereof, 
 
 *' no Sevill, Pillar or Mexico Pieces of Eight, though of the full Weight ot 
 
 " Seventeen-peny-weight and an Half,fhall be Accounted,Receitfed,Taken 
 
 "or Paid, within any of Our faid Colonies or Plantations, as well thofe un- 
 
 "der Proprietors and Charters, as under Oar immediate CommifTion and 
 
 " Government, at above the Rate of S** Shillings per Piece Current Money, 
 
 " ior the Difchargeof any Contrafts or Bargains to be made after the faid 
 
 *' Firft
 
 ^»w RegHt Regis GEORGIJ// Decimo Quarto. 
 
 Bates of jfo^ ein Cotns :^rcet:tamet)> 4^ 
 
 *' Firft Day of January nexc, the Halfs.Quaners and other lefTer pieces of 
 " the Coins to be Accounted, Received, Taken or Paid in the (ame pro- 
 " portion : And the Currency of all pieces of Eight of Peru^ Dollars, and 
 " other Forein Species of Silver Coins.whether of the fame or bafer Alloy, 
 *• (hall, after the faid Firft Day ofjovuary next.fland Regulated.according 
 ** to their Weight and Finenefs, according and in proportion to the Rate 
 *' before limited and fet for the pieces of Eight of Sevill Pillar and Mexico ; 
 «'So that no Forein Silver Coin of any fort be permitted to exceed the 
 " lame proportion upon any account whatfoever. And We do hereby Rc- 
 *« quire and Command all Our Governours, Lieutcnant-Governours, Ma- 
 " giftrates, OflBcers, and all other Our good Subjefts, within Our faid Co- 
 **lonies and Plantations, to Obferve and Obey Our Dircftions herein, as 
 " they Tender Our Difpleafure. 
 
 " And whereas notwithlianding the faii Proclamation^the fameindireSl PraUi' 
 ** ces as are therein mentioned^ are ftill Carried on with fome of the faid Colonies 
 *' or PtantationSf and the Money thereby drawn firom one Plantation to another, in 
 *' Prejudice oftbeTrade of Her Majcfiyi Subjeils : IVherefore for the better In- 
 '^ forcing the due Execution of fJer Majejly^s faid Proclamation throughout all the 
 *^ faid CoUniei and Plantations \ and for the more Efftilual Kfmedpng the faid 
 " Inconveniences thereby intended to be Remedied : 
 
 *' 25e it (CnattcU 6? t§e iKuencs gt^ott (Brcellcnt S0afet!p, Ijjj anti tofth 
 " t|)e aotfce anO Confent oE t|)e ?Lo^&0 fepirftual ano "^empojal. anO 
 " Commons in tljisS pcefent parliament anremblED,anO bp tlje 3fiutl)o^f- 
 "tpcf tfteCame, That if any petfon within any of ihe faid Colonies or Penalty for 
 « Plantations, as well thofe unfier Proprietors and Charters, as under Her J j^°"v'in"^ta- 
 ** Majefty's immediate CommifBon and Government, ftaU after the Firfl j^^j'g cf'j,a y. 
 " Day ol ^Wijy,, which fhall be in the Year of Our Lord, One Ihotsfand Seven i„gany of the 
 ** Hundred and Nine, for the Difcharge of any ContraQs or Bargains to be fsvcral Spe- 
 *« thereafter made, Account, Receive, Take or Pay, any of the feveral Spe- ^^^^^ °^ ^ °'J.'^"^ 
 ** ties of Forein Silver Coins mentioned in the before-recited Proclamation, ^^^^^J^ J|^'„"f 
 •' at any greater or higher Rate than at which the fame is thereby Regu- tioacd,at any 
 ** lated, Setled and Allowed, to be Accounted, Received, Taken or Paid, greater or 
 ** every fuch perfon lb Accounting, Receiving, Taking or Paying the fame higheiRate. 
 ** contrary to the OireStons therein contained, Ihall fufFer Six Months Ira- 
 " prifonment, without Bail or Mainprize ; Any Law, Cuflom or Ufage in 
 "any of the faid Colonies or Plantations to the contrary hereof in any 
 ** wile notwithftanding : And (hall likewife forfeit the Sum of Ten Pounds 
 *' for every fuch Offence ; One moiety thereof to Her Majefty,Her Heirs 
 ** and Sue ceffors ; the other moiety to fuch perfon or perfons as Ihall Sue 
 " for the fame, to be Recovered with full Cofls of Suit, by Aftion ot 
 •• Debt, Bill, Plaint or Information, in any of Her Majefty's Courts of 
 •' Juftice within any of the faid Plantations, or in any of the Courts of 
 ** Juftice of the Charterer Proprietary Governments where fuch Offence 
 *' fliall be committed. 
 
 *' Provided neverthele/l, and it is hereby Declared^ That nothing in the be- 
 *' fore recited Proclamation, or in this Aft contained, Ihall Extend or be 
 '* Conffrued to Compel any perfon to Receive any of the faid Species of 
 "Forein Silver Coins, at the refpe£tive Rates in the faid Pi oclamation 
 " mentioned. 
 
 " Provided alfo, and it is hereby further Decland, That nothing m this Att 
 "contained, (hall Extend or be Conftrued to Reflrain Her Majefty from 
 " Regulating and Setling the feveral Rates of the faid Species of Forein 
 "Silver Coins withm any of the faid Colonies or Plantations,in fuch other 
 " Manner and according to fuch other Rates and Proportions as Her 
 
 " Majefly
 
 ^tinD Regni Regis GEORGIJ //. Declmo Qiiarto, 
 
 482 %\)z %tiits^ 3liiftices 3nfl:ni(tiott, 
 
 " Majefty by Her Royal Proclamation for that purpore to be IfTued, fhall 
 " from time to time judge proper and necefTary •, Or from giving Her 
 " Royal AfTent to any Law hereafter to be made in any of the laid Colo- 
 " nies or Plantations,for the Selling and Afcertaining the current Rates of 
 " fuch Coins within the faid Colonies or Plantations; but that fuch further 
 " Regulations may be made, and fuch AfTent given, in as full and ample 
 ** manner, to all intents and purpofes as the fame might have been done in 
 *' cafe this Aft had not been made, and no otherwifc ; Any thing herein 
 *' before contained to the contrary hereof in any wife notwithQanding. 
 
 • By the Lords Juftices, 
 
 * Je. Cant. iVilmtngten P. 
 
 ! Hervey C.P.S. * I N STR U CT 1 N to theGovernouraod 
 
 • Dorfet • Company of His Majefty's Colony of 
 
 « Grafton * Connellicut in Uew- England in America; 
 
 « RicbmondLenox^ Auligny * for the better Oblervationol the Adiof 
 
 c Bolton. * the 6th of Queen Anne ; For Afcertaining 
 
 * the Rates ot Fore in Coins in America. 
 
 • Given at Whitehall the 21/ Day ofyt:i£uJ},ij^o, 
 • In rhe Fourteenth Year of His Majefty '5 Reign. 
 
 *W^ 
 
 HERE AS an AB of Parliament was Pajfed 
 ^ in the Sixth Tear of Her Late Majefty Queen 
 
 * ANNjE, EntituUdy An Aft for Afcertaining the 
 
 * Rates of Forein Coins in Her Majefly's Plantations 
 
 * in America ; And whereat Complai/its have been made 
 
 * that the faid has not been Ohferved at it ought to have 
 
 * been, in many of His Majefiis Colonies and Plantations in America, by means 
 
 * whereof many indireCi TraBicei have growt up j and various and illegal Curren- 
 *cigs have been introduced in fever al cf the faid Colonies and Plantationsy contrary 
 
 * to the true Intent and Meaning of the faid ASy and to the Prejudice of the Trade 
 
 * of His Majefty's SubjeEls l In Confequence of wbieb ComplaintSy an Humhle 
 
 * Addrefs was Trefented the laji Seffions by the Houfe ef Commons to His Majefiy, 
 *' That He would begracioufli Pleafed, to Require and Command the refpeSive 
 ** Covemours of His Colonies and Plantations in America, EffeQuaBy to Obferve 
 '• the faid Aa of the Sixth of ilueen ANNE." 
 
 * It is therefore His Majefly's Royal Will and Pleafure, and you are 
 JJ^p,°''r* 'hereby flriftly Required and Commanded to take the mofl Effeaual 
 quir'dtotake * Care for the future, that the faid ASt be PunSually and Bona Fide 
 effsilual care ' Obferved and put in Execution, according to the true Intent and 
 the aforefaid « Meaning thereof. 
 
 Act be Ob* 
 
 * And to the End that His Majefiis Commands herein may be fuUy made 
 ' Known to aS Hit Suhjetls xfithin your Government, and thai none of them may 
 
 * pretend Ignorance thereof ; 
 
 And to pnb- 
 
 lifli this In- You are hereby further Required and Commanded, to PubH(h this 
 ftruaion in * loflruftion in fuch Manner as may beft anfwer His Majefty's Gra- 
 the beft man. «cions Intentions herein fignified. 
 
 ner to anfwer » 
 
 the King's .-,-,,„„ ^ « 
 Intention !?• C. W. P. D. B, 
 
 herein. * H. C, P. S. 
 
 An Aa
 
 Anno Regnl Regis QEORGIJ //. Decimo Quarto. 
 
 An AS( for the Repealing one certain Law of 
 this Colony, Entituled, an Ad in addition 
 to an Adt, Entituled, an A£t fof the Encou- 
 ragement and better Supporting theSchools y;Jp'«^'^ 
 that by Law ought to be kept in the feveral 
 Towns and Pariflies in this Colony. 
 
 WHERE j9S tint jlftmblf at thtir Sefftms In May, Anno Domini, One 
 Tbou/and Stvtn Umdrti and Thirty Tbney did (JnatC anD (D)ittV, 
 
 • That the Money ihal foould be Raifed by the Sale of the Seven Towns "'"'«^'*» 
 
 • in the Weftern Lands O)ould be Sequeflred and fet apart for the Support 
 ' of the Schools ia the fcreral Towns and Parilhes in ibis Colony. 
 
 And whtreMthit AffetfAh in OQober, Anno Domini, One Theufand Seven 
 Hundred oatl thirty Seven, did (gnatt onJJ 3D?tl8re, * Thai if any Town or 
 
 • Parifll in this Colony ( that b^ Law of f aid Colony art eblindto knpa Scbeet) 
 
 • (hould by their major Voce, Sequerter their part of the faid Money for Recital of 
 
 • the Support of iheGofpelMiniftry by the Laws of this Colony EflabliOied, ^°'"'J'o\r.^ 
 
 • that then this Affembly would not take ih© Foifeiiure of fuch Money, ojohr Id. 
 
 • according to the import of the Aft firft mentioned. And for at much at ^^^j ' 
 {bit Affembly art now informed^ That the faid jiife art differ eatly Vnderfiead, and 
 
 tttf like [0 to be FraOifcd «f os, to the DiffatitfaSiea ef masij' 
 
 Wherefore this AflVmbly do Repeal and make Void the faid Aft of this 
 Aflefflbly made and palled is Odober^ Amo Damini, One Thoofand Seven Said Aft Re. 
 Hundred axA Thirty Seven ; and the &ld Aft is hereby Repealed and made P"l«>. 
 Void. 
 
 An A& in addition to the Law of this Co- 
 lony, Entituled, an Aft for the punifliing 
 Deferters. 
 
 Vidpag.ijy 
 
 w 
 
 HE RE AS the Tranfgrtffort of faid AS generally go Vtipunifhed, for _ 
 vwittf a fuffcient Provifm in pud L»u> ftr the Proficution thereof. ^"""f' 
 
 Bt It tliecef02e<tna(tel8 6p tjc ®JtJtrn€ur,Countll flnttCeprcfentatftJCi*, Conftabies at 
 fn^Jencral Coutt 38(retnWe6, ina bg tjje aut|)0|Jtp oE ttje Came, That the *^'*'"* m- 
 Conftables and Grajid-jury-men ia the refpedive Towns in this Colony, ^I^Unxm''^^ 
 ftall diligently Enquire after and make Prefeniment to fome Afliftam or tofomeAfllf. 
 Juftice of the Peace,of all fach perfons as are or fbal! be guilty of the Breach tantorjuftiee 
 of tbe faid Aft : Who are alfo Required opoa fuch Prefentmenc, to grant *>f Deferters. 
 due Proceft againft fuch OfFenders, in order to bring them to a proper 
 Tryal ao fuch Prefentment- And the King's Attorney's of the refpeftive ^nd King's 
 Conaiies are hereby Authorized and Required to make Enquiry after fuch m"t"D'*r "* 
 Offenders % and if not Prefensed and Informed againft, as aforefaid, to St of fuch 
 laform againft them to the County Court; who are hereby Oireiled to tocheCoua- 
 ifliie forth due Procefs againft ibcm, and them to Apprehead and proceed '> Court*. 
 againO In doe Form of Law. 
 
 T 6 t « An Ad
 
 Anno Regnt Regis GEORGIJ//. Dedmo Quarto. 
 
 484 il^oteiB! on pritjate CireD* ifctrp, domination* 
 
 An Adl to prevent the pafling of Bills, 
 Notes, or any other Currency Made or 
 vid p.g 404 £jjjjtted oj^ private Credit. 
 
 An7 perfon 
 
 that ihtiiut- r)€ ft €na(Cct) hn t^t ^Elotecnour, ^Tountd anO Eeprerentatilied, (0 
 ter. Vend or J) (©cneral Court atfembleo, an& bg tfje 3But||o;itp of the fame. Thai 
 Bulsorw't '^^"^ perfon or perfons in this Colony fhall Utter, Vend or Pafs any Bills, 
 made^'Vor'a" Notes or Other Currency whatfoever, which Either have been, or fliall be 
 general Cur- made for a general Currency or Medintn of Trade and Emitted on the 
 rency in fund Of Credit of any Private perfon or perfons, Society or Company 
 Ied'^''^h"^ whatfoever, Either in this or any of the Neighbouring Governments, fuch 
 ",jj°" of p* J, perfon or perfons fhall forfeit double the Sum mentioned in fuch Bilh, 
 vate Peifons Notes, &c. The one half to him or them that IbaU Profecaie the fame to 
 or Societies, Effeft, and the other half to the Town or County Treafury, according as 
 to foreit.gs'f. where fuch Offence (hall be Profecuted. And all Grand- jurori and Con- 
 Grjnd jurors ftables ate hereby Required to make due Ptefentmeni of all Breaches of 
 
 & Conftables jhis Aft- 
 
 dut,, &c. ProvideJ, This Ad continue in Force until the Riling of this ADTembly ia 
 This Arts ^^- nejt, anci ^o longer. 
 
 eont 1 n uance , . . .__— -■ . , _ 
 
 An Ad for Raifing the Fare of Nianticl^ 
 
 Vid pag. 549 M^Ctty* 
 
 OTBibtttti bp t^ifi SBfliunUp, That for the future, the Fare ofNiantki 
 Ferry from (he Firft of Afrii to the LaS of Ntvtmbtr^ fluD be Tbrte. 
 The Fare of feAct for Man Horfe and Load, and from the Laft of iJovtmbtr to the 
 faid Ferry i^^ft oS MsreL (hall be Ftur-ptact i and Twp-fme for a fiogle Man all the 
 "•"<*• Year. 
 
 The Gentlemen Nominated by the Votes 
 of the Freemen of this Colony, brought 
 in to this Adembly, to ftand for Ele^on 
 in Maj next, are as followetb, vis^. 
 
 Tht HonoarMt JOSEPH TALCOTT E/f, 
 Thi OmourMt JONATHAN L A W £/f. 
 
 o^f'tle cr' Roger Wolcot Efy; 
 tiemen No- Jamcs WadfwoTth £/«i 
 
 minated for 
 
 the Eiedion Nathanael Stanly f/f? 
 
 Czias Pitkin Efy; 
 Timothy Pierce E/j; 
 
 Samuel Lynde Eff^ 
 WiUiam Pitkin Efyi 
 Thomas Fitch Efj; 
 Ebenezer Silliman Efqi 
 Jonathan Trumble Eff, 
 Hezekiah Huntington Effi 
 
 Col. JohnBulkley,G(?/. Samuel Hill, ilf*;. Andrew Burr, Air.Ebcnezei 
 Weft, Mr. John Grifw<^, C0I. Jabez Huntington. 
 
 NXwiflP,Printed&Sold by T GREEK,Printer to theGOV.&COMP.i74o
 
 jimeRegni Riga G t OK G\ J II Declmo Qua r to. 
 
 mii& of €tmu 
 
 485 
 
 Forty-five copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 AcSs and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflcmbly of His Majefty's Colony of 
 Connenicut in Neva England, Begun and Held at Hartftrd (hy fpecial 
 Order of his Honour the Govetnour ) on the Tweniy-fixth Day 
 of November, in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of Our 
 Sovereign Lord G EO RG Etbe Secetuf, of Great Britain^ (Sc, 
 KING. Anmque Domini, 1740. 
 
 An A6^ for the Repealing part of the Ad 
 Faffed by this Affembly m i^ji ]aft,for the 
 
 EmifTion of SCHttt^ %!|9Ufant)]aonut»jS^ Bills 
 of publick Credit, Entituled, an A£t for 
 Making and Emitting Bills of publick Cre- ^" f'^ ^" 
 dit; and for the Amendment of fome part 
 thereof 
 
 THIS AffemUj btkig InfiruBtd frtm the LtrJtJufHeet of the Segenej, 
 That it is His Maftftyy Royal WiB and PUa/Hre chat tie Atl efPaf 
 lismtnt mede m tbt Sixth Te0f ofHtr Latt Majt^y Queen jltJNE^ 
 EntituleJyKxx Ad for AfcertainiDg the Rates of Forein Coios in 
 Her Majeily's Plantations ia America, fbould for tie future be PunSneBy and 
 Bona Fid I Obfirvtd and put in Execution ; ^nd being alfo Informed from the Preamlh, 
 Lords CommijjioniTs for Trade and Plant at ions ^ of the Refolvi$ of tbt Houfe of 
 Comment, rtjptSiing the Err.ijftons ofPajfet Currencies in many of the BritiOi Colo» 
 nits and Plantations in America, and making it Obligatvryto aBperfors to Take tie 
 fame in Payment of Dtbts^ &c. lVbicb(heiiis hew raucb tbif Affrebtnd tie good 
 Intentions of tbt faid AS of tbt Siicth of Queen jiUNE bath been Frufirattd, and 
 tie Commerce of Gxt^t-^nuinAfftSed by tbeftfd Emiffions of Paper Currencies, 
 u aforeftfid. 
 
 Oa Confideration whereof, this ^ffemblf do apprebend^ that that part of the faid 
 ^a of this Afftmbly pafsd in May £,<»/?, which males it Obligatory in all perfons 
 uTake the /aid BiUs in payment ef Debti^ Dues and Demands, doth not Compart 
 %nxb His Majt^fsfaid Intentions and the Senfe of the Heufe of Qommmt on tbaf 
 Octajim.
 
 ^Hfio Regnl Regis GEORGIJ // Decimo Quarto. 
 
 Be (t t^ereCoje Cnacteo bp tfjf <Botetnour, Council anU i&eprerenra- 
 The Particle ^Voz^^in <Bt\\n9X Couct affjmbteMnD bp t(je 2utl]ojUpo£tl)efftme, That 
 r^^ifjin faid tli« Word or Particle ^And"} ja the Form of the Bill Ordered by faid Aft 
 BiURepeiled of May U^ to be Emitted, be Repealed and made Void, and the fame is 
 hereby Repealed aad made Void; and the faid Bills (hall be made Confor- 
 Alfo thofe mable thereto : And the Word or Particle C And 3 in the laft Paragraph of 
 '^°' r ^/""ff »he faid A& of May laft, that flands between the Words C ^^ Payment, ] 
 l"sfcTJty and the Words C « the Trtafxry :] And alfo ihofe Words in the faid laft 
 forSilvtr only Paragraph, viz. C Former Contract by Specialty for Silver enlj, and ] be Rc- 
 and-^Kcpeil'd pealed, and the fame arc hereby Repealed and made Void. 
 
 The Bonds to JInti De U fuctgcc Cnattett Bp tie flutj^o^ft? afO^cfafU, That the Bonds 
 be taken for Ordered by faid Aft of May lali, to be Taken to this Government, Either 
 Pfincipal or for Principal Loan'd Of Inlcreft ihcrcof, (hall be Taken for Lawful Moneji 
 {"'«'*5^.'°^%f this Colony, Conditioned as in faid Aft is provided : And the Com- 
 ofthiiCoW raitiee for the Loaning the faid Bills in the refpeflive Counties are to. 
 ^ ' • take Notice hereof and Conform hereto in Taking faid Bonds i Any thing 
 ro°«k!: No- in the faid Aft to ibe contrary notwiihOanding. 
 tice hereof. — — — • — ^ - - ' - "T^Z 
 
 An Act in addition to the Law of this Colony 
 
 paffed in theTenth Year of the Reign of Her 
 
 vid.p2g 167 late Majefly Queen i^«»ff,Entituled, an A^ 
 
 for the Eflablifhing Superiour Courts, O'c. 
 
 in the feveral Counties of this Colony. 
 
 B(E (t (Eitattrt bg t^e (BotJtmout, «outtcU anO fStptetmt&tlfitfS, in 
 ^zntnl Court Sittmlltr), anUBgtJe flutUojU? ot tte Camt, Thai 
 Tethns fug- tvhen any perfoa or perfons ihsl! make Suggeflion to the Superiour Court of 
 geaing to jfudicature over this Colony, or in the Vacation to the Chief Judge, or to 
 Chi ?■ ?Xl' any Two of the A(fif»ing Judges of faid Court, That any other Court held 
 ox liming' within this Colony, do Exceed gheir jurifdiaion, or do hold Plea of any 
 Judges, that Matter, Caufe or Thing, whereof by Law fuch Court hath no Jurifdiftion, 
 any other that io every fuch Cafe She faid Superiour Court, Chief Judge or Two 
 Court exceed Affifling Judges, to whom fuch Suggeftion is made, fiiall be and are hereby 
 ]imon!&'c. Impowted, to grant a Writ of Prohibition to the Court that haih Taken or 
 faid Court or do Take Cognizance in any fuch Cafe whereof they have no Right to hold 
 Judges to Plea, as aforefaid : And the faid Superiour Court it hereby further Im- 
 ^fp^Vi-^''' powred, from time to time, to proceed and give Judgment in every fuch 
 oiFrobtiition ^^^^ according to the Courfe of she Common or Statute Law, as the nature 
 Superiour of the Cafe may require, as Fully, Abfoluiely and Entirely, as the Court of 
 Court fur- Kings Bench in that pan of. Gnat'Britain called England by Law may do ; 
 ther impow- And the faid Superiour Court (ball Award-Co(U>^a other Cafes brought 
 '*''• before them, and grant Execution accordingly. 
 
 An Ad for levying a Tax upon Polls, &c, 
 
 THIS Aflembly Grants a Rate or Tax oi One-half- fenj on the Toufid^ 
 on all the Polls and Rateable Eflaie in this Government ; To be paid 
 into the publick Treafury in OldTenour Bills of Credit of this Colony with 
 Tax of One- ghe ufufal Advance ofTwehe-psnce on the PounJy or in True Bills of Credit 
 the fw'" °* ^°^^ ^'6°^" °^'h^ Mafachufttt}-B4yf or in True Bills of Credit of tievi- 
 Tork. without Advance on them ; or in Silver Money as it pafleth in the 
 Country, 
 
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 MW Kegtti Regis G E O R G I J //. Declmo Quarto. 
 
 4ct lai printing ati ^ct of i^arUamcnr^SCraDe Ac 487 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, Igi8. 
 
 " DIEU ET MONDROlf^t 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 PafTed by the General Court or AfTembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Cemte^icut in tfew England : Begun and Held at f/artfcrJ, on 
 the Fourteenth Day ofMay.'m the Fourteenth Year of the Reign 
 of Our Sovereign Lord GEO RGB the Second^ Great-'Britain^ix, 
 KING. Anmquf DomM, I 7 4 I. 
 
 An Ad for printing and publifliing an A<S of 
 Parliament ofthe Thirteenth Year of His 
 prefent Majeftys Reign, Entitaled, An kdi 
 for the Effe6iual Securing and Encoura- 
 ging the Trade of His Majefty's British 
 Subjeds to^«^nV<i,and for Encouragement of 
 Seamen to Enter into His Majefty's Service. 
 
 B<C it <ffnatteT> e? t!)e ^ot3etnout,€otmc(lanlJ Eepteffntatttoejf.iti 40.^- 
 General Co«ct affcmbieD anU bp tt}£ 1flut6o?it? o£ tfte fame, fjj^^ f"t>e 
 That the above-mentioned AS (hall be printed and publifiied printed and 
 with the Afts of this Aflembly : and the Secretary of this publirfwd. 
 Colony is direfted to Tranfmit to Mr Timothy Cretn Printer to the Gover« 
 nour and Company of this Colony, a Copy of faid Aft for that purpofe. 
 
 '• Anno Rtgni Decimo Tertio G EORG Ij II. RegU. 
 
 «ACT OF PARLIAMENT 
 
 ^' An Aft for the more effedual fecuring and 
 
 *' encouraging the Trade of His Majefty's TBtiti^ 
 "^ ^ttbiectg to America, and for the Encourage- 
 ** mentofScamcn to Enter into His Majefty's Service* 
 
 " \Af^ ^RE/iSihe Trade of Hk M^iftfs SuhitEis in America hAth for 
 
 V V " manyYtarr bun greatly Janoygd by tk Spaniards, thtir vndoubtei ?'«''»•*'*• 
 
 u a u « Righf
 
 Juno Regni Regit G E O R O I J //. Decimo Qaar fo. 
 
 48S XraDe Mvxxt\\ attD teamen cttcourajseD* 
 
 '* Right to Navigate in tbofe Stat without any Mokfiation^ hath bten VnjuflU 
 " interrupted, on PreCencts altognbir Groundlifs au/Vnwarrantaile ; Jivirr Shift 
 ** and ^effcls belonging to Briti(h SubjtSlt have been SUfed and Con/ucated, tbt 
 " Sailerj have been Injurionfly Imprifoned and Barbarcujlf Treated ;and the BritiQl 
 '* Cotonri have bten Infulttd in the mo ft Ignommioui manner : And ivbtteai Hit 
 ** Majefiy bat been Obliged to Declare War agiinfi the King «/ Spain, hit f^affalt 
 '* and SubjtSitf to Revenge the Injuriei and Obtain Ample Satit/aSiien for tbt 
 " tVrtngt done to Hit Subjeds, 
 
 " Now for ihe belter carrying on the faid War with Vigour and for the 
 " Encouragement of iheOflicers and Seamen of His Majefty's Ships of War, 
 ** and ihe Officers and Seamen of all other Britifh Ships and VelTils having 
 " Commiffions or Letters ofMarque,aDd for inducing all Britifl) Seamen who 
 *' may be in any Forein Service, to Return into this Kingdom and become 
 *' Serviceable to His Majefty ; and for the more EfFcftual Securing and Ex- 
 " tending the Trade of His Majefty'sSubjefts to America and Ekfewhere : 
 
 The Flag- " 2Bc ft tfnatfeU bp tf)e Hfng's 3?oft itxaWtut g^ajcllp, ftp and toft!) t^e 
 Officers and « %mte anil Confent of r|)£ %Kt]isi ;&ptrltual anU "QTempo^al ana «ottt;» 
 mVndingOf. " tnon0,fn tf)f0pcerent f acliament flffentblED, apo bp tf)C Slitrtjojitjof 
 ficers.SMtnen " t^C fame. That the Flag-Officers, Commanders and other Officers, Sra- 
 6'<.on Board ** men. Marines and SouMJeis on Board every Ship and Veflel of War in 
 every Ship & « His Majcfty's Pay, fliaD have the fole Intereft and Property of ai«l in ail 
 in His Ma- " ^""^ every Ship, Veffel, Goods and Merchandize which they fhaUTake 
 jefty'spay.to " ^fter the Foupth Day of January^ in the Year of Our Lord One Thou- 
 havethe fole *' fand Seven Hundred and Thirty Nine, in Europe ; and after the? Twenty- 
 Intereft and « fourth Day oijune, in the Year of Our Lord One Thoufand Seven Hundred 
 I'vTsli °& "^"'^ Forty,ia any other part of the World (being firft adjudged lawful Prize 
 
 Veflel they ** '0 ^Qy of His Majefty 's CoQrtS of Admiralty in Great.Britain,or io-His Plan- 
 Take from " tatioas in America, or tlfewbere ) 10 be divided in fuch proportions and 
 Ihe Eoemy ** after fuch Manner a» RU Maiefty* H»» Heirs and Succeflbrs (hall tbiak 
 ** fit to Order and D'ueCt, by Proclamation to be IfTuerf for that purpofe. 
 
 The Lord " ^^^ ^^ ^* fuf t^ec €n8ttrt Bp tie flut^o^Ctp afo^CaiD, That the Lord 
 HiphAdmirai " High Admiral o( Great-Britain, or the Commiffioners for Executing tbe 
 oiGrtatBri^ «« Office of Lord High Admiral oi Great-Britain, for the Time being, or any 
 rain or^e cc Three or more of them, or any perfon or perfons in any pan of America 
 ^e^r^forExe- " O' elfewhere,by him or themlmpowted and Appointed, Ihall, from and af- 
 "uting that' " ter the Fourth Day of Jamary, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Thirty 
 Offict, or any *• Nine, 9t the Reguefl of any Briti(h Owner or Owners of any Ship orVeflel^ 
 Perfons in J. « giving fuch Bail and Security as have been ufually taken upon grantingCom- 
 "'f'** fP; ** miifioDS or Letters of Marque( except only for the Payment of the Tenths 
 Wm or them " of the Value of Prizes which ftalF be Taken to the Lord High Admiral or 
 ihailat the '* CommifGoners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, for ihe 
 Requeft of «c j'uac being ) cauled to be Iflued forth in the ufual Manner, one or more 
 any *""^ « Commiflion or Commiffions to any perfon or perfons whom fuch O^Mt 
 nv Ship* ot' " or Owner Ihall Nonunate, to be Commander, or in cafe of Death fuc- 
 Veflel, grant ** ccflSvely Commanders of fuch Ship or VefTel, for the Attacking, Surpri. 
 Comtniflions «< ^ing, Seifing and Taking, by and with fuch Ship or Veflel, or the Crew 
 to any perfon it thereof, aoy Place or Fortrefs upon Ihe Land, or any Ship or Veflel, 
 by°him"foJ ** Goods, Ammunition, Arms, Stores of War, or Merchandizes belonging 
 the»tta!cking *' to or poflefTed by any of Hii Majefty's Snemies, in any Sea, Creek, Haven 
 S: Taking a- *» or River : And that fuch Ship or Ships, VefTel or Veflels^ Arms, Ammu- 
 ny Place oD «< nitjon, s«orcs of War» Goods and Merchandizes whatfoever, with all 
 Vcffd at Sea '* their Furniture, Tackle or Apparel fo to be Taken by or with fnch Pri- 
 'belonging to " vate Owner or Owners Ship or VefTel. according to fuch Commiflion and 
 the Enemy « Commiffions, being firft adjudged lawful Prize ia any of His Majefly's 
 
 ♦* Court!
 
 Jh»o Regni flfgcf GEORG IJ //. Dedmo Quarto. 
 
 Xtatjc ^ecuteu anti ^eainctt eticoutageti. 489 
 
 << Courts of Admiralty, as aforefaid, (hall wholly and Entirely Belong to 
 *' and be Divided between and among the Owner and Owners of fuchShlp 
 *' or Vefl'el and the feveral Perfons which (hall be on Board the fame and 
 *< be Aiding and Affifling to the Taking thereof, in fuch Shares and Pro- Captures be- 
 " portions as (hall be agreed on with the Owner or Owners of fuch Ship or ingAdjudg'd 
 " Vcdel, as (hall be the Captor thereof, their Agents or Faftors as the ".'^^^^Jjl ,. 
 " proper Goods and Chattels of fuch Owner or Owners, and the Perfons Jh^L and 
 *' that (hall be thus Entituled thereto by virtue of fuch Agreements among entirely be- 
 •* themfelves : And that neither His Majefty, His Heirs or Succeflbrs or any long to the 
 ♦' Admiral, Vice Admiral, jGovernour or other Perfon Commifltoned by ^w"ers and 
 " or Claiming under His Majefty, His Heirs or SuccelTors, or any perfoQ or [he sh^,p ^f 
 " perfons whatfoever, other than the Owner or Owners of fuch Ship or veffel that 
 " VelFel being »he Captor of fuch Prize Ship or Veffel, Arms, Ammunition, wete theCap- 
 " Stores of War, Goods and Merchandizes jand the Perfons Claiming under 'of^ thereof. 
 " them (hall be Entituled to any Pari or Share thereof, Except as to the 
 *« Cuftoms and Duties hereafter mentioned ; Any CuRom, Statute or other 
 *• Law to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 *' And for the more [peetly proceeJing to Condtmnation or other Dftermifiatiort 
 " of any Priz.t Ship or Veffel^Coodtor M<rcb>inelizeiy Taken at aforefaid, and for Pracmite. 
 " Lefjwing the Expences that have been ufual in the Uh Cafej, 
 
 « 25e ft fuctljrc ^natfeU bp the ti!uttio?itj afojefafU, That the Judge or 
 " Judges of fuch Court of Admiralty, or other perfon or perfons thereto 
 ** Authorized, (hall within the fpace of Five Days after Requeft to him or 
 ** them for that purpofe made, Finifh the ufual preparatory Examination 
 " of the perfons commonly Examined in fuch Cafes, in order to prove the l*^. J"^^",. 
 *' Capture to be lawful Prize, or to Enquire wh«ther the fame be lawful ofAdmir'allty 
 "Prize or not, and that the proper Monition ufual in fuch Cafes (hall be within Five 
 " Iflued by the perfon or perfons proper to iflTue the fame, and (hall be Days aftei- 
 " Executed in the ufual Mant^er by tV\e petfon or pej fotis proper to Execute R^queft being 
 " the fame, within the fpace of Three Days after Requeft in that behalf {^^ tL^o'™ 
 " made : And in cafe no Claim of fuch Capture Ship, Veffel or Goods (hall pofe.fliaH fi- 
 " be duly Entred or Made in the ufual Form and Attefled upon Oath, nifhtheufual 
 ** giving Twenty Days Notice after the Execution of fuch Monition : Or preparatory 
 *' if there be fuch Claim and the Claimant or Claimants (hall not within Five ^^""'"atiofi 
 *' Days give fufficient Security ( to be Approved by fuch Court of Admi- eoSnW ^ 
 " ralty ) to pay double Gofts to the Captor or Captots of fuch Ship, Veffel Examined in 
 *' or Goods, in cafe the fame fo Clainied (hall be adjudged lawful Prize, fuchcafes.ia 
 "that then the Judge or judges of fuch Court of Admiralty, (hall upon °''^®'* *° 
 «* producing to him or them the faid Examination or Copies thereof, and caplure'to bo 
 *' upon producing to him or them upon Oath all Papers and Writings which lawful prise, 
 ** (hall have been found Taken in or with fuch Capture, or upon Oath made ot "ot* 
 " that no fuch Papers were found", immediately and withouc further delay 
 ** proceed to Sentence, Either to Difcharge and Acquit fuch Capture, or 
 *' to Adjudge and Condemn the fame as lawful Prize, according as the Cafe 
 " (hall appear to him or them upon perufal of fuch preparatory Examina- 
 " tions and alfo of the Writings found Taken in or with fuch Capture, if 
 '* any fuch Writing (hall be found : And in cafe fuch Claim (hall be duly 
 " Entred or Made and Security given thereupon, according to theTenour 
 '« and true Meaning of this Aft and there (hall appear no Occafion to Ex- 
 " amine any Witneffes other than what (hall be then near to fuch Court of 
 " Admiralty, thai then fuch Judge or Judges (liall forthwith caufe fuch 
 *' Witneffes to be Examined, and wiihin the fpace of Ten Days after fuch 
 *' Claim made and Security given, proceed to fuch Sentence, as aforefaid 
 •' touching fuch Capture i but in cafe upon Making or Entring fuch Claim 
 •' and the Allegation and Oath thereupon, or the producing futh Writings 
 
 U u u « i "as
 
 Anno Regni Regis G E O R G I J //. Declmo Quarto. 
 
 490 Xtatie ^ecttteD atiD $)eamett cncourageti* 
 
 " as (hall have been found Taken in or with fuchCapture,or upon the laid 
 " preparatory Examinations it ftiall appear doubtful to thejudge or Judged 
 " offuch Court of Admiralty, whether fuch Capture be lawful Prize or 
 In cafe it ap- « ^^^^ gjjj j^ jj^jj appear Neceffary, according to the Circumflances of 
 fuf'to "he" " ^^^ "^^ ^°'^ '^^ Clearing and Determining fuch Doubt, to have an Ex- 
 judgesofthe " amination of WitnefTes that are Remote from fuch Court of Admiralty, 
 Admiralty " and fuch Examination fhaH be defired, and that it be ftill Infifted on, 
 that fuch «« on behalf of the Captors that the faid Capture is lawful Prize, and that 
 hwfuTprize, " '^^ Contrary be ftill Perfifted in, on the Claimants behalf, that then the 
 to «ufe faid " ftid Judge or Judges (hall forthwith caufe fuch Capture to be Appraifed 
 Capture to " by pcrfons Named on the part of the Captor, and Sworn truly to Ap- 
 be forthwith « praife the fame, according to the beft of their Skill and Knowledge : 
 ttt^lnTm- " ^°' ^^^'^^ purpofe the faid Judge or Judges Ihall caufe the Goods found 
 der Oath, " on Board to be Unladen and put into proper Warehoufes. with feparate 
 " Locks of the ColJeiSor and Comptroller of the Cuftoms, and where there 
 " is no Comptroller, of the Naval Officer : And the Agents or Perfons 
 " imployed by the Captors and Claimants, at the Charge of the Party or 
 " Parties defiring the fame, and fhall after fuch Appraiferoent made and 
 " within the fpace of Fourteen Days after the making of fuch Claim pro- 
 " ceed to take good and fufficienc Security from the Claimants to Pay the 
 " Captors the fuU Value thereof, according to fuch Appraifement, in cafe 
 " the famefliall be adjudged lawful Prize; and after fuch Security duly 
 "given, the faid Judge or Judges Ihall make an Interlocutory Order for Re- 
 *' leafing or Delivering the fame to fuch Claimant or Claimants, or his or 
 " their Agents, and the fame (ball be aftuaUy Releafed or Delivered accor- 
 " dingly. 
 
 Complainant , ^ ?"^ ^* ^^ tuttfitt <2natt£li b? t\z autjo^itp afo?efafti, That if any 
 refufing to " Claimant or Claimants fhall refufe to give fuch Security, the Judge or 
 giveSecurity, " Judges (hall caufe the Captor or Captors in like manner to give good 
 ^j '''^" ','J^ " and lufEcient Security, to be approved of by the Claimant or Claimants, 
 cau^" the " " ^^^ ^^^ ^*''* Claimant or Claimants the full Value thereof, according 
 Captors * " F° ^^^ Appraifement, in cafe any fuch Capture or Captures fhall be ad- 
 thereor to '* judged not to be lawful Prize ; and the faid Judge or Judges fhal! there- 
 give fuch Se- " upon proceed to make an Interlocutory Order for the Releafing and 
 cunty. « Delivering of the fame to the faid Captor or Captors or their Agents* 
 
 « 5Bn6 (Hsf further €na(tetili!» tie «ut|lo?(tp afojeCafft, That all fuch 
 
 " Captures, as aforefaid, which ihall be brought into any of His Majefty's 
 
 All Captures " Colonies or Plantations in America, fhall without breaking Bulk, ftay 
 
 brought into a there and be under the joint Care and Caftody of the CoUeaor and 
 
 hSefty'sCo. " Comptroller of the Cuftoms j or where there is no Comptroller, of the 
 
 lonies in A- " Naval Officer of the Port or Place where the fame fhall be brought ; 
 
 merica, to be »« and all the Captors thereof and their Agents, until either the fame fhall 
 
 ""5t Care & ** ^^^ ^"^^ Sentence have been either Cleared and Difcharged, or Adjudged 
 
 Cuftody of " and Condemned as lawful Prize, or that fuch Interlocutory Orders, as 
 
 theCoUeftor " aforefaidfliall have been made for the Releafing or Delivering of the 
 
 and Comp- " fame : And upon the Condemnation or Adjudication thereof as lawful 
 
 r°ft"°^or " Prize, (hall in cafe the fame were Taken by any fuch Private Ship or 
 
 NavaTo'fficer ** Ships, CommiOioned as aforefaid, be immediately Delivered unto the 
 
 of the Port " Captors thereof and their Agents, to be by them difpofed of as their 
 
 where fuch " Goods and Chattels : And in cafe the fame were Taken by any of His 
 
 Capture is « Majefty's Ships of War, unto fuch perfon or perfons, and to be fodivi- 
 
 btoughc, „ jgjj ^^^ difpofed of as His Majefty, His Heirs andSucceffors fhaO bjr 
 
 *' Proclamation to that purpofe Order and Dired. 
 
 " %ntiU it further (Cnactebliptlie?IIut5ompafo?EraiOi That if any 
 
 *' Judge or Judges, or other Officer or Officers in any of His Majefty s. 
 
 ^ " ' ' « Plantations
 
 Amo negm Regis G E O R G I J // Declmo Quarto, 
 
 XtaDe Minute anD S>eamen entontaQzD, 4^1 
 
 (( 
 
 « 
 
 iC 
 
 ** PUutatiens or Dominions Abroad, to whom refpedively it (hall apper- 
 « tain, fttatl delay the Doin^, Performing, Making or Pronouncing any of P<:"a''7 °J 
 « the feveral Proceedings, Matters or Things, for, towards or relatinj:; to p'^^"^"^^" 
 «' Condemning Or Difcharging, Releafing or Delivering of any fuch Cap- any judge or 
 " tme, in Manner aforefaid, within the refpeftive Times herein before Judges of the 
 •' limited, or as foon as the fame, or any ot them ought to be done, ac- Admiralty 
 " cording to the Tenour and true Meaning ot this Aft, all and every fuch '" ?J'^ '^^^'^ 
 ** Joilge and J^-dges, and other Officer or Officers (hall for every fuch lonies.^who' 
 " Offence forfeit the Sum oi Five Hundred Ponndt: One moiety thereof to ihall belay 
 ** His M^jefty, His Heirs and Succeffbrs ; the other moiety thereof with their pro- 
 « full Cofts 01 Suit, to fuch perfon or perfons who fhaVl Inform or Sue for "^'£'"S^Jj ' 
 *' the fame in any ot the Courts in or for any of His Majefty's Colonies or Cure's" be yond 
 " Plantations, or in any of HisMajefiys Courts of Record within His the Umitted 
 ** Y^An^AomoiCrtat' Britain, Time. 
 
 *• SCnDit i)S!)£ttb?futt^et€nact£aiig t\t 3But5o?itg fifo?etafO, That The jadg«s 
 •* there (hall not be Paid unto or among all the judges and Officers of fuch and Officers 
 Court of Admiralty in any of His Majefty's Plantations or Dominions ofthcAdmi- 
 Abroad, for, towards, or relating to the Adjudging or Condemning of [!'^^/i".^'* 
 fuch Capture, as aforefaid, as lawful Prize, above the Sum ot Ten Pound*, piantauons 
 in oafe fucb Prize Ship or Veflel be under the Burthen of One Hundred toreccivenot 
 " Tons, nor above the Sum of Fifteen Pounds^ in cafe the fame be of that or above Ten 
 " any greater Burthen : And that upon Payment of either of the faid ^''"!"^^' ^<"^ 
 « refpeaive Sums, as the cafe thall rcqiire. to the faid Judge or Judges or J3em!m.g 
 any ot them, to be by him or them difpo'ed or divided, as he or they any Capture 
 ** than tbir k fit„ among the OfEcers of fuch Court : Such Judges and Offi- under One 
 " cers and every of them fljall be liable to all and every the feveral Penal- HundredTow 
 " ties hereby impofed for Ncgleaing or Delaying to do and perform J?/„*^*„* 
 « their feveral and refpcdive Duties or Offices in and relating to the ■'^.anjgrea- 
 feveral Proceedings aforefaid, within the refpeaive Times herein for ui ButUiett. 
 ** chat purpofe Limited. 
 
 « Providtd ntvirthtUPt aits ft 10 j^ljp fyctjfc €na(tc5 6p tje Sfiut5o|(t? 
 *' afo^efafd. That if any Capeor or Capiorj, Claimant or Claimaou, (haH 
 ** not reft fatisfied with the Sentence given in fuch Courc of Admiralt7, 
 " in any of His Majefty's Plantations or Dominions Abroad, it IhaU and 
 ** may be Lawful for the Party or Parties thereby aggrieved, to Appeal - . 
 " from the fdid Court of Admiralty to the Commiffioners, Appointed or '* 
 " to be Appointed under the Great Se^lof G'-^n Sr»/4w, tor Receiving, 
 " Hearing and Decermining Appeals in Caules of Prizes : Such Appeal to 
 ** be aUowed in the 1 ke manner as Appeals to fuch CommifBoners are 
 ** now allowed from the Court of Admiralty within this Kingdom ; fo as 
 " the fame be made within Fourteen Days after Sentence and a good 
 « Security beUlcewife given by the Appellant or Appellants, that he or 
 *' they will efFeSually Profecute fuch Appeal and Anf^ver the Condemnation 
 « and alfo pay Treble Cofts as (hall be Awarded, in cafe the Sentence of 
 « fuch Court of Admiralty be Affirmed ; Any thing in thi» A<a before 
 ** to the contrary hereof in any wife notwithftanding. 
 
 ** Provided always, That the Execution of any Sentence fo Appealed 
 « from, as aforefaid, (hall not be Sulpended by reafon of fuch Appeal, in 
 « cafe the Party or Parties Appelate (hall give fufficient Security, to be VrovtSeialJi>. 
 " Approved ol by the Court in which faid Sentence Ihall be given, to Re- 
 "^ fiote the Ship, VefTel, Goods or Iffefts, concerning which lijch Sentence 
 " ihall be Pronounced, or the full Value thereof, to the Appellant or Ap- 
 " peljants, in cafe the Sentence fo Appealed from (hall be Reverfed. 
 
 " SintJ It ft fuct^ec (£naitfli ft? tte flut!)0?ltpafo?efa(li, Thatifaa^ 
 Commanuer or COiumanaerj, Officer or Officers, Sewnen, Marines, Soul-
 
 Mho RegKz Regis G E O R G I J //. Declmo Quarto, 
 
 492 iTratie ^eciirct) ann teamen cncourageD* 
 
 " diCrs or Ochers, ftiall break Bulk on Board, or Em'bezel any of the 
 Comman- " 1^°"' V, Jewels, Plate, Goods, Merchandize, Tackle, Furniture or Ap- 
 ders.Scainen, " parel, of Or belonging to fuch Prize or Prizes fo Taken, fuch Com- 
 &V. breaking " niander, Officer, Seamai),Marine, Souldier or Other?, flial) forfeit Treb'c 
 Bulk of any " jhc Vajuc of all fuch Money, Jewels, Plate, Goods Merchandize ,Tackle, 
 VtIt\\\!^iTny *' Furfi'fJre or Apparel, as he or they fliall Embezel, one Third part there- 
 of the Money, " of to be to the ufe o{ Greenwich Hofpital, and the other two Third parts 
 ft'^.tofarfeit '* thereof to him or them that will Sue for the fame by Aftion of Debt 
 Treble the <« Plaint or Information, in any Court of Record in Great- Britain, in which 
 Value. t( jjQ Effoign, Proteftion or Wager of Law, or more than One Imparlance 
 
 *♦ (hall be allowed. 
 
 " «nb6e ft furtjcr (tna(tetibptIie3Dut5o?(tp flfojcfaiti, That all Ap- 
 
 " praifements and Sales of any Ship or Ships, Goods, Wares or Merchan- 
 
 " dizes, as (hall be Taken by any of His Majefty's Shipsof War (h^Il be 
 
 Appraife- « made by Agents, or perfons Nominated and Appointed in equal Num- 
 
 slus'hoi " ^^" ^^ ^^^ Commander, Officer or Ships Company and Otiiers Enti- 
 
 made. ** tuled thereunto ( Tt<«r K to fay) That if the Commander or Comman- 
 
 " ders of fuch Ship or Ships as (hall Take any fuch Prize or Prizes, (hall 
 
 " Nominate and Appoint One or more Perfon or Perfons, Agent or A- 
 
 ** gents, to Sell or Appraife the fame, as aforefaid, then the Officers En- 
 
 ** tituled thereunto, or the Majority of them, (hall Nominate and Appoint 
 
 *' the like Number of Perfons or Agents to M^ for them, and the Ships 
 
 ** Company and Others, or the Major part of them (hall alfo Nominate 
 
 " and Appoint the fame Number of Perfons or Agents to Aft on their 
 
 " behalf in fuch Appraifement or Sale. 
 
 " Provided^ That nothing herein contained, (hall Extend or be Con- 
 |Voft/b. ** drued to alter or make void any Agreement or Agreements, made or to 
 
 " be made in Writing between the Owners, OfEcers and Seamen of any 
 '♦ private Ships or VefTeis of War. 
 
 *' SBnt be (t furtj^tr ^fnatttb B? t^e flfuttio^ffp afojcfafo, That after tho 
 
 " Sale or Sales of fuch Prize or Prizes as fhai) be Taken from the Enemy 
 
 " by any of His Majefty's Ships of War, publick Notification (hall be given 
 
 After Salt " by the Perfons or Agents appointed, as aforefaid, of the Day appointed 
 
 public Noti- *( for the payment of the feveral Shares to the Captors aforefaid ; after 
 
 made?"" * " which publick Notification, if any Mens Share (hall remain in the hands 
 
 " of the perfons or Agents appointed, as aforefaid, and (hall not be legally 
 
 *' Demanded within Three Years, then fuch Share or Shares fo remain- 
 
 *' ing in the perfons or Agents hands, (hall go and be paid to the Ufe of 
 
 " Cretnmch Hofpital. 
 
 *' Trovidtd always, antJ bc (t SJecIflrcC anU tfnattcti fip tfje SCutIjo;ftg 
 " fifojeraill, That nothing herein conJained fhallExiend or be Conftiued to 
 Provided at- «' Extend, to Exempt any Ships, Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, which 
 wajs. «» jjjgjj [.£ Taken as Prize and brought or imported into this Kingdom, or 
 
 ** any of His Majefly's Plantations in Amnica, from the payment of any 
 " Cufioms or Duties, or from being fubjefi to fuch Rcftriftions and Regu- 
 " lations to which the fame now are or (hall hereafter be lyable, by 
 " Vertue of the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, 
 
 " ^"^ for the "Encouraging Hit M^ijefly's SubjeBs to Engage in Joint and 
 Vrxaullt, " United, as well m Stparati Expnces, Exf editions and Adventures, 
 
 " 23f (r l\xx\\tt tf nacftb bp t^z iSut|)C?ftp afojefaiD, That His MajefJy 
 " b«, and He and His Heirs and Succdfors are hereby Impowred, from 
 ** Tim« to Time, during the Continuance of the prejTent or any future 
 
 « War,
 
 Anno Rignt Rtgis GE0RGIJ7/ Declmo Quarto, 
 
 XraDe decureti anti teamen cttcoutageD* 4^3 
 
 •• War, to grant or make any Charters Commiflions or Grants for the 
 •• better or more efFeftual Enabling any Society or Societies, or particular 
 ** Perfons to Join in any Expeditions or Adventures by Sea or Land,and toSaJl 
 " to and in any of the Seas in jimtrica, for the Attacking, Surprizing, Ta- 
 " king or Defiroying any Ships, Goods, Moveables and Immoveables, 
 •* Settlements, Faftories, Creeks, Harbours, Places of Strength, Lands, 
 •* Forts, Cafiles and Fortifications now belonging, or hereafter to belong 
 ** to or to be PofleiTed by any Enemy of His Majefiy, Hh Heirs or Suc- 
 " ceffors, in any Part or Parts of Amtrica, 
 
 •* And for the bttter Mating and Carrying on any Prtfarations for fuch Vur- 
 ** foft And Purpofei, and for the Mating and Ajfuring to tie Soeittia and Ptrfont 
 *' vthich may be Concerned^ their Heiri, Suectjfort, Executorjf Adminifiratort ty^^^j/^, 
 ** and Affigntf full and undoubted Prof ertiesj Rights and Titles, ofyinandtOyand 
 *' the full Enjoyment ef all and every the Ship, Ammunition, Stores ofWdr^ 
 *' CoodSf Chattels f Moveables and Immoveables^ Settlements, FaSlorieSy Places of 
 " Strength or Security, Lands, PortSy Cafiles or fortifications novf Belonging to tr 
 *' Pojfejfedby, or hereafter to Belong to or to be Peffcjjed by any Enemy of Hit 
 " Majijly, Hie Heirs or Saccejfors, in any of the Parts of America, which fuch 
 '* Society or Vtrfoni fhaH Tale or eaufe to be Taken from any fuch Enemy, together 
 ** ttith all the proceed Promts and Advantages tehicb may Accrue of or by the fame, 
 ** or any of them veith and under fuch Regulations and in fuch Manner and Form 
 " as Hit Majtfiy Hit Heirs and Succeffhrs fhaB think ft, and at anv Time or 
 " Times afterwards by any further^ Grants or Charters to Confirmy Corroborate 
 " and farther Affure the Premijfes and every or any of them, to the [aid Societies 
 *' or Ptrfoni concernedytheir and every of their Heirs, Succeffon, Executors, Ad- 
 *• minifirators or Afjtgns, fo a* to Enable them and every of thtm to Have, Hold 
 ** and Enjoy the fuB Benefit thereof according to the true Intent and Meaning of 
 " thsi ASl ; Any Latur, Statute, Proviiion or Declaration to the contrary 
 " in any wife notwithftanding. 
 
 Provided always. That nothing (hat! be Contained in any Charter, Com* 
 ** miffion or Grant made in purfuance of this Ad, to Exclude or Reftrain jvaeira 
 " any of His Ma jefty's SubjeSs from having a FuU and Free Trade to and * 
 
 in any Part of America. 
 
 « 
 
 <( 
 
 And as a further Encouragement to the Offkers, Seamen, Marines, Soulditn PreMmhU. 
 " and Others, on Board His Majefty's Ship of War, at alfo of Privateers, U 
 •* Attack, Take and Defiroy any Ship of Force belonging to the Enemy, 
 
 ** TBt it Cnattet) l^ t^^ $&utlgo?ttp aCojetalb, That there (hall be paid by 
 ** the Treafurer of His Majefty's Navy, upon Bill to be made forth by the 
 « Coramiffioners of the Navy, to be paid according to the Courfe thereof, pjj,g fbo,^, 
 " without Fee or Reward, unto the Officers, Seamen, Marines, Souldiers to be paid 
 ** or Others, that (hall have been AftuaUy on Board fuch of His Majefty's by the Trea- 
 " Ship or Ships of War, or Privateer or Privateers, in any Adion nrhere ^"'"P^Hl* 
 « any Ship or Ships of War or Privateers, Ihall have been Taken from "^^JJ^yeVy' 
 " the Enemy, Sunk, Burnt or otherwife Deftroyed, Pivepounds for every Mtfon on 
 «* Man which was Living on Board any Ship or ^ips fb Taken, Sunk, Board any of 
 " Burnt or otherwife Deftroyed, at the beginning of the Engagement be- l^'^'^^^Sj'* 
 « tween them : The Numbers of fuch Men to be Proved by the Oaths of t'S^ftlu 
 *' Three or mqre of the Chief Officers or Men which were belonging to Take, Sink, 
 *• the faid Ship or Ships of War or Privateers of the Enemy at the time Burn or De- 
 " of her or their being Taken as Prize, Sunk, Burnt or otherwife De- ftroy any ship 
 " flroyed, before the Mayor or other Chief Magiftrate of the Port where, "^'^^jj^* JJ- 
 *' unto any Prize or. Officers or Men of fuch Ships as were Sunk, Burnt thecnwjy, 
 •* or otherwife Deftroyed ihall be brought ; which Oaths the faid Mayor 
 ** or other Chief Magiftrate of any fuch Pore is hereby Iropowred and 
 
 •« Requited
 
 ^ano Regni /?tf^flf G E O R G I J //. Dedmo Quarta 
 
 494 ICraDe S)ecuteD anD teamen cncouragcD. 
 
 •' Required to Adminifter; and (hall forthwith grant a Certificate there- 
 " of, without Fee or Reward, direQed to the Comminioners of the Navy, 
 " upon producing which Certificate to the Commillioners of His Majefty's 
 " Navy, together with an authentick Copy of the Condemnation of 
 *' fuch Ship fo Taken ; or if fuchSbip b'e'Sunk, Burnt or othcrwife De- 
 *' ftroyed, on producing only a Certificate from the Mayor or other 
 " Chief Magiftrate, as aforefaid, the faid Commiflioners of His Majefty's 
 ** Navy, or fuch perfon or perfons as they fhall appoint for that Purpofe, 
 " Ihall according to the Courfe of the Navy, within Fifteen Days make 
 " out Bills for the amount of fuch Bounty, dircfted to the Treafurer of 
 " the Navy, Payable to and to be Divided amongft the Officers, Seamen, 
 «' Marines and Souldierson Board His Majefty's Ships of War, in Manner, 
 « Form and Proportion as by His Majefty's Proclamation to be IlTued for 
 " that purpofe Ihall be direfted and appointed ; and amongft the Owners, 
 " Officers and Seamen of any Private VefTel or Ship of War in fuch Man- 
 " ner and Proportion as by any Agreement in Writing they fliall have 
 " Entred into for that purpofe IhaU be direfled. 
 
 " JBnlilie Jt furtitc (tnacteb bgtte?Dutl^o?itg afojeraio. That ihe Bid 
 
 The Bill ot " or Bills to be made out for the Bounty hereby granted to the Comman- 
 
 Bills to be " ders. Officers, Seamen, Marines, Souldiers and Others of His Majefty's 
 
 made out for " Ships ot War, for Taking, Sinking, Burning or otherwife Deftroying 
 
 gVarue°d"'to " ''"^ ^^'P' "^ ^^f °' Pnvateers, belonging to any of His Majefty's Ene- 
 
 Commanders " "^i"} A^^U be made Payable to fuch perfon or perfons as (hall be Autho- 
 
 Seamcn.g^f. " rizcd and Appointed by the Commander and by the majority of the 
 
 on Board His " Officers and the major Part of fuch Ships Company and Others that 
 
 Sh/^f ofWar " ^*'' ^^^^ Taken, Sunk, Burnt or otherwife Deftroyed the fame ; to be 
 
 on their Ta- *' Diftributed and Divided by the faid perfon or perfons fo Authorized 
 
 king, sinking " and Appointed amongA the Captors, in fuch Manner, Form and Pro- 
 
 crDciiroying " portion, as aforcfaid ; The feveral Shares of which Captors, if not Le- 
 
 any Veflels «t ggijy Demanded within Three Years after publick Notification, (hall be 
 
 an yof H?s'° " applied to the Ufe of Greenwich Hofpital ; and that the Bill or Bills to 
 
 IMajefty's E- " be made out for the Bounty hereby granted to Privateers for Taking, 
 
 nemiej, tobe " Sinking, Burning or otherwife Deftroying any Ships of War or Priva- 
 
 madepayablc « teCrs belonging to any of His Majefty's Enemies, ftiali be made Payable 
 
 eents*" ^ " '° fucb perfon or perfons as {hall be Nominated and Appointed by the 
 
 •'Owner or Owners, Officers and Seamen of fuch Privateer or Privateers 
 
 " who Ihal) have Taken, Sunk, Burnt or otherwife Deflroyed the fame, 
 
 *' or the major part of them ^ to be Divided in fuch Manner and Propor- 
 
 " tion as fhall have been Agreed by them, as aforefaid. 
 
 Provifo, 
 
 " TrovlieimverthtUP, anil k fi furtift €na(tcli bp tfie 3EutT)o;ftp afoje^ 
 »* fiafU, That nothing herein contained (hall Extend or be Conftrued to Ex- 
 «* tend, to Oblige or Authorize any Judge of any of His Majefty's Courts of 
 «' Admiralty in the Plantations or Colonies in America, or elfewhere out of 
 " Great' Britainy to Adjudge or Determineconcerning the Validity of the 
 ** Capture of any Ship or Ships, whether Men of War or Merchant Ships 
 •* commonly called Flota Ships or Galleons, or any Ship having a Regiffer 
 •* Bound from Buenos Ayris or Haniurat, or any Goods on Board any fuch 
 ** Ship ; but that all fuch Ships called Flota Ships or Galleons, and every 
 '* Ship having a Regifter Bound from Buenos Aynt or Rantiuraf, which 
 " fhall be Takenby any Ship or Ships, fhall with their Cargoes be Tryed 
 " and Adjudged in His Majefty's High Court of Admiralty •, Any thing in 
 " this Aft to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. 
 
 PreviiedaU " Provided always^ anil be it €n8ttet», That if any Ship, Veffel or Boat 
 trajt. « Taken as Prize, or any Goods theiein fli^ll Appear and be Proved in 
 
 " the
 
 AnnoRegm Regis G E O R G I J //. Decltno Quarto. 
 
 %vatit ^ecttten atiD teamen encouraseti* 49^ 
 
 *' the Courtof Admiralty, to be Belonging to any of His Majefty's Sub- 
 *' jeQs oi Great- Bntatn or helanJyOr any of the Dominions and Territories 
 *' remaining and continuing under His Majefty's Proteaion and Obedience, 
 " which VFcre before Taken or Surprized by any of His Majefty's Enemies 
 " and afterwards again Surprized and Re-taken by any of His MajeOy's 
 " Ships of War, or any Private Men of War, or other Ship, VefTel or Boat 
 *' under His Majefly's Proteftion or Obedience, that then fuch Ships, Vef- 
 *' fels, Boats and Goods, and every fuch part and parts thereof, as afore&id, 
 ** Belonging ro fuch His Majefty's Subjefts, (hall be adjudged to be Refto. 
 " red, and fhall by Decree of the faid Coon accordingly Reftored to fuch 
 ** former Owner or Owners, or Proprietors, he or they paying for and ia 
 ** Lieu of Salvage, if Taken by one of His Majefty's Ships of War, an Eighth 
 *' part of the true Value of the Ships, Veflels, Boats and Goods refpeftively, 
 *' fotobe Reftoted ; Which Salvage fhal! be anfwered and paid to the 
 " Captains, Officers and Seamen in the faid Man of War ; to be Divided ia 
 " fuch Manner as before in this Aft is direded touching the Share of 
 *' Prizes belonging to the Flag-Officers, Captains, OfBcets, Seamen, Ma- 
 *' rines and Souldiers, where Prizes are Taken by any of His Majefty's 
 " Ships of War ; and if Taken by a Privateer or other Ship, Vellel or Boat, 
 " after having been in the Pofleffion of the Enemy Twenty-four Hours, an 
 *' Eighth part of the true Value of the faid Ships, VciTels, Boats and Goods ; 
 " and if above Twenty-four Hours aad under Forty-eight Hours, a Fifth 
 *' part thereof •, and if above Forty-cighl Hours and under Ninety-fix 
 " Hours, a Third part thereof : All which Payments to any Privateer, or 
 " other Ship, Veffel or Boat, fhall be without any Deduftions : And if 
 ^' fuch Ship fo Re-taken fhall appear to have been after the Taking by the 
 "Enemy, hy shcm fet forth as a Man of War, the former Owners or 
 ** Proprietors to whom the fame (hall be ReKoied, (hall bs Adjudged to 
 " pay and fhall pay for Salvage, the full Moiety of the true Value of the 
 " faid Ship fo Taken and Refiored, without Dedodton, as aforefaid i Any 
 '* Law, Cuftooi or Ufage to &he cootrary ootwlthfianding. 
 
 *' SBnli btit tntttex €m(ta, T4jat io cafe any Ship or Veffel, or any 
 " Goods or Merchandizes fiiall be Taken by any Privateer, ihroagh Coo- 
 " feni or Clandeftinely, or by Collufion or Connivance, fuch Ship and Vef- syn v f 
 «* fel and fuch Goods and Merchandizes, and alfo the Ships Tackle, Ap- feis fakeo' * 
 " parel, Fnrniture and Ammnnition of fuch Privateer, {hall upon Proof eiandeftine- 
 " thereof to be made in His Majefty's Court of Exchequer, or in the Couck ^7' ^'* 
 ** of Admiralty, so be Dedared and Adjudged to be good Prize to His IVfa- 
 •• jefly .• One moieSy thereof (hall be to the Ufe of His Majefty, His Heirs 
 *' and Succeflbrs ^ and the other moiety to the Ufe of fuch perfon who IhalL 
 ** Difcover and Sue for the fame : And the Bond given by the Captain 
 *• of fuch Privateer, (hall be and is hereby adjudged to be Forfeited to His 
 *( Majefty. And In caie any fuch Ship or Veflei, or any Goods or Mer- 
 *« chandize,as aforefaid, (hall be Taken by any Man of War, through Con« 
 *» fent Clandef^inely, or by Collufion or Connivance of the Commander or 
 ** Captain, fuch Connmander or Captain fhall Foifeic the Sura of 0»e Thau* 
 *• land Vouneif ; One moiety thereof to the Ufe of His Majefiy, His Heirs 
 *« and SuccefTors ; and the other moiety to the Ufe of fuch perfoa who (hall 
 " Difcover and Sue for the fame : To be Recovered by Aftion cf Debt, 
 " Bill, Plaint or lnforraaiion,in any of His Majefty's Court ofRecord^whereia 
 " no Effoign, Protcftion, Priviledge or Wager of Law, or any more than one 
 *' Imparlance fnall be allowed -, and fuch Captain or 0(ficer fhall forfeit his 
 " Command and Employment, and fhall be and is hereby Dif-abled and made 
 *' incapable of any Office or Employment under His Majefty,during the Ipace 
 »' of Seven Years : And the faid Goods and Merchandizes, and the Ships 
 " Tackle, Apparel, Furniture, Guns and Ammunition fo Taken by Collufion, 
 *• (hall be and is hereby adjudged fo be good Prize to His MajeJly. 
 
 X X X X *• Aid
 
 j4>tHo Regni Regis GEORGIJ IT. Declmo Qaarto. 
 
 494 aaesttiatioti of tl)e militia. 
 
 Vrtamile. 
 
 *' Aid whereat good andneceffary Law* have bun Mtdt and fliU art in Force 
 *' -within ftveral of Hts Ma^efiy^ t Colonies or Ptantationi in America, for the frt» 
 " venting the Carrying off from the faiS. t^eloaitj or Plantatiofii^aty Servant or Slave 
 " without the Confent of the Owner \or tbeCarrying off from thence any other ferftn 
 " or per font whatfoevtr^ until fucb ftrfon have taken out hit Ticket from the Secrt- 
 ** tary^i Office within fucb refpt£iivt Colony or Plantation^ in fucb Manner anti under 
 *' fuch Penalties and Forfeitures as in Mid by the faid feveral Laws is Declared and 
 •' Provided. 
 
 " 25e ft tjercfo^e futtjcc (tnatttb ftp t^t 5Duito?(tH afo?riiiio, That al! 
 Letters of ti Commanderj of Private Ships of War, Or Merchanc Ships having Letters 
 ing"'iMtlan» " of Marque,(haU Upon their going into any of thofe Pons or Harbours, bt 
 Port, to be " Subjeft, and they are hereby determined lo be Subjefl: to the feveral Di- 
 fubjeft tothe " leftions, Provilions, Penalties and Forfeitures in and by fuch Laws made 
 Dirertioiis •» gnj provided ; Any thing in this Aft contained to the contrary thereof 
 ihejeof. ,t j„ a„y ^jj-g notwiihftanding. 
 
 An A(ft for Regulating the Militia. 
 
 WH E R E A S for tit Honour and Service of Hit Majefly^ and for the 
 Security, of this Hit Majefly't Colony^ againfi any ytolence or Invafton 
 Preamble. yvbdtfoever^ it is Neceffary that due Core be taken. That the Inhabitants thereof be 
 Armed^Trainedy and in a futiable Pojiure and Readinefi for the Ends afore faid i 
 and that every ferfon may know his Duty and bt Obliged to perform tbtfame^ 
 
 V^t it Cnacteti dp rl^e (Bobecnour, Council ano 1Rrprefentatftie$f» in 
 (Bentval Court iJCTembleli, auD bp tfte autjio^itp of t§e fame, Thai all Male 
 All Male oer- P*^ ^°'^* ^'^^^ Sixteen Years of Age to Fifty, (hall bear Arms and duly attend 
 fons from i6 a" Mufters and Military Exercifes, of the refpeftive Troops and Companies 
 Tears old to where ibey are (nlifled or do Belong C Except Afliflaats, Juflices of the 
 50, to bear Peace, tbe Secretary, Church Officers, «he Redor, Tutor and Students al 
 Arms, Ex- |t^g Collegiate School, Mafters of Art, Allowed Pfayficians and Surgeons, 
 eepting, £}'«. [^^prefencaiives or Deputies for the Time being, School-Mailers, Attornies 
 at Law, One Miller to each Grift-Mill, conftanc Herdfmen, and Mariners 
 «vho make it their conftaat Bufinefs to go to Sea, Sheriffs, Conflables, con* 
 flanc Ferry^men, Lame perfons, or Others difabled in Body producing Cer- 
 tificate thereof from Two able Phyficians or Surgeons, to the acceptance of 
 the Two Chief Officers of tbe Company whereto the perfons feeking Dif- 
 miflton appertains •, ot of the Chief Officer of the Regiment to which Com- 
 pany belongs, Indians and Negroes ; ) and every perfon Lifted in any. 
 Troop or Company, fhaU fo continue and attend all Doty in fuch Troop or 
 Company, or otherwife fuffer the Penalty by Law provided until orderly 
 Diftnrfs'd or Removed out of the Town or Precioft ; and in cafe of Rcmo* 
 val into the Precinft of another Company in the fame Town, to produce a 
 Certificate under the hand of the Chief Officer of the Company in the Pre- 
 claA where he b Removed, that he is Lifted there. 
 
 a That every Lifted Souldier and other Hcufe-holdcr (Except Troopcn) 
 fhall always be provided with and have in continual readtnefs, a well-fixed 
 AH Houfe- Firelock,the Barrel not lefs than Three Feet and a Half long, or other good 
 holders & Fire-Arm5,to the fatisfaftion of the Commiffion Officers of the Company to 
 Lifted Soul- ^yjjjch hg jqjj^ belong, or in the Limits of which he dwells, a good Sword or 
 vide & ke°p Cutlafs, a Worm,Primer and Priming- wire fit for his Gun, a Carlridgesbox, 
 Arms and Ooc Pound of good Powder, Four Pounds of Bullets fit for his Gun, and 
 Ammunition Twelve Flints, on penalty of Ter, Shillings for want of fuch Arms and Am- 
 munition, as is hereby Required, and Three Shillings for each Defefl ; and 
 the like Sum ot Sums for every Four Weeks he fliall remain Unprovided.
 
 Juno Rtgm Regis G E O R G I J //. Declmo Qaarto, 
 
 mesttiatioti of t!)e i®ilitia. 495 
 
 ;. That every Trooper fhall always be provided with a good ferviceable 
 Horfe, not lefs than Fourteen hands high, to the acceptance of the Two 
 Ch\ti Commiflion Officers of the Troop to whith he belongs, cove ed ^^^ Troop. 
 with a good Saddle with Houfing and other proper Furniture thereto, g^j n\\A be 
 Bitt, Bridle and Holfters, and furniflied v»ith a Carbine, the Barrel not lefs furnifljcd. 
 than Two Feet and half long, with « Belt and Swivel, a Cafe of good 
 Piftols, a Sword or Cutlafs, a Flask or Cartouch-box, One Pound of good 
 Powder, Three Pounds of fizeable Bullets, Twenty Flints, a good pair of 
 Boots and Spurs, on penalty of ft/ir«« S)9t7?«ffgf for want of fuch Horfe, at 
 is hereby Ordered, and Ihrte Shillings tor each other Defeft ; and the like 
 Sum for every Six Weeks he (hall remain Unprovided : And that each 
 Trooper Lift his Horfe, and (hall not difpofe thereof without the ConfehC 
 of the Chief Officer, on the penalty of Five Pounds : And for Non-ap- 
 pearance at the Time and Place appointed for Exercife, every Lifted 
 Trooper (hall pay a Fine of Ttftlve ShiUingt for each Days Negleft. 
 
 4. That each Company or Troop Ihall Choofc fome fuitable Perfon to Clerks to be 
 be Clerk, who Ihaltbe Sworn to a faithful Difcharge of his Office, before ^^^^^^ '"* 
 fome Afiiftant or Juflice of the Peace, in the Words foliowing. Viz.. 
 
 VOu do Swear truly to perform the Office of a Clerk of the Military ^ 
 
 Company under the Command of A. B. to the uttnofl: of your Skill Th^ir Oath. 
 and Power, in all things appertaining to faid Office according to Law. 
 So help you God. 
 
 And every Clerk fo Chofen and Sworn, (hall givehis attendance in the 
 Field with his Sword by his fide on every of the Mufter or Training Days 
 by his Captain or Chief OfBcer appointed, to call over the Roll Of the 
 Souldiers, and to take notice of their Defefts by their Abfence orvOther- 
 wife. And every fuch Clerk fliall take an exaft Lift of all the Souldiers C*«ks Dutj. 
 within his Limits, Twice in every Year at leaft, and deliver totVie Captain 
 or Chief OfSter of the Company of which he isCle»k, a true Copy of 
 fuch Lift Twice in every Year, if thereto required, and alfo deliver a trut 
 and exaft Account of the number of Officers and Souldiers contained in 
 bis Lift, to the Colonel or Chief Officer of the Regiment to which faid 
 Company belongs under his Hand and Teft, as Clerk, fome time in the 
 "Month of Septembery Annually, and oftner if by fuch Chief Officer required, 
 on penalty of forfeiting the Sum o( Twenty Shillings for every fuch Negleft, 
 to the life of the Company or Troop to which he belongs ; which Fine 
 Dial] be levied by Diftrefs and Sale of the Offenders Goods, by Warraiit 
 from the Chief Officers of faid Company or Troop direfted to the Con- 
 ftable of the Town m which faid Clerk dwells : And every fuch Clerk is 
 hereby Aurhcsrizedand Required to execute all lawful Warrants by his 
 Supcriour OfFcers to him direQed, for the levying any Fine or Fines, oa 
 Delirquenta, together with the necelTary Charges arifing thereon, being 
 by virtue of foch Warrants as fully Tmpowrcd thereto as Conflables are in 
 other Cafes, and fhall have the fame Fees and ftiall account for fuch Fines 
 to the Chief Officer of the Company whereto he belongs. 
 
 y. That in every Trainband where there are Sixty Four Souldiers be- 
 fides Officers, there fhallbe a Captain, Lieutenant, Enlign and Four Ser- Trainbands 
 jeants : and where- there arc Thirty Two Souldiers, theie (hall be a Lieute- how to be 
 nant and Enfign,andTwo Serjeants 'land where there are but Twenty Four ^"'"^^ 
 Souldiers, there fiiall be but Two Serjeants, which Officers the rcfpedive ^^^^J^ * 
 Companies have liberty to Nominate : And all fuch as are by Law obliged 
 to keep Arms, (Kail be Notified of and have liberty to Vote in the Choice 
 of fuch Commiffion Officers : And all Coromiffion Officers fliall be Eftab- 
 lilbed by the General Court. And where there fhall be in any Company 
 
 X X X X 2 %
 
 Ahm» Regnt Regis G E O R Q I J //, Decimo Quarto. 
 
 496 saegulatton of ti)e ^tlttta. 
 
 a fufBcient Number of Souldiers for Two Companies, and where there 
 When there "^^''^ ^°"'P^"'^s that have a fufficicnt number of Souldiers for Three 
 is a fufficient Companies, the Colonel or Chief Officer of the Regiment to which Corn- 
 number of pany or Companies belong, (hall with the Advice of the Commiffion Offi- 
 Souldiers to ^ers of fuch Company or Companies, Eftablifh a Line or Lines by which 
 TwoorUiree ^''^^°™P*"yor Companies fhall be Divided and to which the Power of 
 Ooiopaaies. the Chief Officer in fuch DiviAon fhall Extend. 
 
 6- That the Chief Commiffion OfHcer of each Company and Troop 
 
 fhall appoint the Days of Training and Trooping, and the Souldiers fhall 
 
 Chief Com- have Three Days Warning, which Warning fhall be given by the Clerks of 
 
 njiffion Of- the refpeSive Bands and Troops, or by fome ether perfon appointed by the 
 
 ficer to ap. chief Officer of the Company or Troop, or in fome other way agreed on by 
 
 Sg D«"'"* ^"*=^ Bands or Troops : And the Days of Training and Trooping (hall be in 
 
 fome or either of the Months of Marchf April, May, Stpttmbir, Oiiober or 
 
 Hovembtr : And every Centinel fhall appear compleac in his Arms oa 
 
 every fuch Day, as on Days appointed for Viewing Arms, and under th« 
 
 fame Penalty for every Defed. 
 
 7 That every Captain or Chief Officer of any Company or Troop, ffiall 
 xu r • ^ Obliged ( on Penalty of Five Povndsy to be Diflreined by Warrant from 
 or ChkFof- the Chief Officer of each Regiment direded to either of the Conflables of 
 ficer of any the Town in which fuch Captain or Chief Officer dwells, and paid into the 
 Company or Treafury of faid Town ) to draw forth his Company or Troop, or caufe 
 Troop, to tijen, jq i,g drawn forth Four Days in a Year, to Exercife them in 
 Comply for t^eUfe of Arms, Shooting at Marks and other Military Exercifesj 
 ExercifeFour And every perfon liable to Train, having been duly Wam'd and not Ap- 
 daysin aYear pcaring and Attending the fame, fhall for each Days Negled pay a Fine of 
 on penalty of 5,,, Shillings ( except fuch perfon (hafl within Twelve Days make an Fxcufe 
 Five Pmnds. ^^^^^ Satisfaftion of the Chief Ofacet of the Company to which he be- 
 longs, for his not Appearing according to Warning given him. ) 
 
 Officers not 8. That if any CommilHon Oificer of any Military Company or Troop 
 
 to lay down ftall lay down his Place, or give in his Commiffion without liberty from 
 
 their Places jjjg Captain General; and if any Serjeant of Foot or Corporal of Troops 
 
 wthout Li- py Qjgj^ pf ^jjjej Troop or Foot, fhall lay down his Place without liberty 
 
 ^^* from the Colonel or Chief Officer of the Regiment whereto fuch Serjeant, 
 
 Corporal or Clerk doth belong, every fuch Officer fltall be Lifted in the 
 
 Ron of the Company in the Limits whereof he Refides,and do all Duties 
 
 and Services as Private Centinelsate by Law required to do. 
 
 9. That all fuch perfons that are not Fifty Years of Age, who have been 
 Serieants of Foot or Corporals of Troop, in any Company or Troop in 
 this Colony, or fuch as have been in either of faid Offices in any War, 
 
 Inferior Of- ^Jjq fljaU dwcll in the Limits of any other Company than that in which 
 fw^&Duty '^^y ^^^® fufiained fuch Offices, Ihall be and are hereby freed horn doing 
 ^ ^' Duty as Private Centinels, and (hall be regoired only to be prefenc to at* 
 
 tend the Exercife in fuch Place or Office as they have before Served in : 
 And if any fuch Officer ibaU refufe or neglea to be Prcfent en Days of 
 Exercife, when requited, and to attend the Duty of his Office, he ihall be 
 liable to the fame Fine as others that fuAain the fame Office in any par- 
 ticular Company are liable to. 
 
 10. That the Chief Officer of every Troop DiaD caufe the Arms and 
 Viewing of Ammunition of all under his Command J and the Chief Officer of every 
 Arms* Am- Company of Foot, ftall caufe the Arms and Ammunition of aU urdet his 
 muoitfoa, . Q,n„^ajjd, and alfo of all others dwelling in the Limics of his Company, to
 
 Jttuo Reg»i Regji G E O R G I J //. Decimo Quarto. 
 
 Begulatioti of tje ^iiitia* 497 
 
 be Viewed on the Fird Monday of May, Annually, by Requiring fuch per- 
 fons to bring forth their Arms and Ammunition ai a certain Place and 
 Hour, by fuch Officer appointed : And if any perfoa be belonging to or ia 
 ihe Limits of any Foot Company, (hall not appear, being thereto Required 
 artd duly Warned, he fliall pay as a Fine for Jvlon-appearance, Six Shiliings ; 
 and for deficiency ia Arms and Ammunition ttn Shillings. And every 
 Trooper fhaU pay as a Fine for Non-appearance Jaehe ShiUitigt \ and for 
 deficiency in Arms and Ammunition Ten 5iiW»{j, Except fuch perfoa (hall penalty for 
 appear within Twelve Days after the day appointed for Viewing Arms and Non-appcar- 
 make a faiisfaflory Excufe for his Non-appearance on faid Day, and alfo ance. 
 Ihew bis Arms and Ammunition to the Chief Officer ot the Company to 
 which he belongs or in the Limits whereof he refides, and Avouch them to 
 be his own, and that they had not been by any perfon whatfoever carried 
 forth to be Viewed upon or after faid Day : And every Captain or Chief Of- 
 ficer of any Company or Troop, that (hall negledi or relufe to Viewer 
 caufe to be Viewed the Arms and Ammunition of all under his Command or 
 within the Limits of his Company, as above required, (hall forfeit and pay 
 Che Sum of five Pounds Money for fuch Negle£l -, to be levied and difpofed of 
 to the fame Manner as the Penalty io this hSt provided for Captains not 
 atteading on Regimental Mufters. 
 
 11. That if any Lieutenant, Cornet, Enfiga or Quarter-mafler of any 
 Company or Troop, (hall negleQ or refufe to appear oq any Mufter Day p^^jj^ P^ 
 or Day of Exercifeby the Captain ot fuch Company or Troop appointed, Lieotenams , 
 and attend the Duty of his Poft, be (hall pay for each days Negleft Ftftten Comets. Eu- 
 ShiUingt Money ; Ihe diftrefs therefor to be granted by the Colonel or Chief figns&QLuar- 
 Officer of the Regiment to which fuch Company or Troop doth belong ; '^'q^*J"/, . 
 Unlels fuch Excufe be made within Twelve Days as fuch Colonel ot Chief ^j °ce oa days 
 Officer (hall think ic reafonable thai DinreA fliould not be granted : And of Mufteuo^ 
 every Serjeant of the Foot and Corporal of the Troop, that (hall aegleO: 
 
 10 appear and attend the Duty of his Place, (baV^ for each Days negledl, pay 
 a Fine of Twelve Sbtliings ; ihe Diftrefs therefor to be granted by the Two 
 Chief Officers of fuch Company or Troop, UnleG Excufe be made wiihia 
 Twelve Days after fuch Mufter Day to the fatisf»^iaa of faid Two Chief 
 Officers. 
 
 12. That there may be One Troop of Horfe in each Regiment^ not cx- 
 ceedingSixly Four Men, including Officers ; and where there is no Troop 
 already Formed, the Chief Officers of fuch Regiment (hall have liberty to 
 
 Form a Troop : And in any Regiment where there is but part of a Troop, OneTroop of 
 faid Officers fhall have liberty to fill up fuch Troop to the Number afore- Horfe to be 
 faid, and to lead or caufe fuch Troops fo Formed or Filled up to be led to allowed in 
 the Choice of Officers proper and neceffary, and make Return thereof to the "ch Regi- 
 Gencral AfTembly : And therefpeSivc Troops in this Colony are hereby "*"'• 
 impowred. Two Thirds at leaft of fuch Troops agreeing to pafs Voles for 
 the Regulaiing faid Troops with refpeft to the Colour of their Cloaihiog, 
 and to impofe Fines, not exceeding Twenty ShtOings fer Day, on fuch as neg- 
 leS or refufe to comply with fuch Votes ; and fuch Fines Oiall be Levied in 
 the fame Manner, and be Difpofed of and Improved for the fame Ufcs at 
 other Fines and Penalties in faid Troops by Law are. 
 
 H- That there fhall be in each Regiment, from time to time appointed 
 by the General AfTembly, a Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel and Major, who T^je General 
 (hall be CommiflTioned by the Govcrnour for the time being : Thai the ^pjSnt co- 
 Colonel or Chief Officer of each Regiment, as often as he fhall fee caufe, lantU^ Licu- 
 fhali Require the Captain or Chief Officer of each Company in his Regiment, tenant Colo- 
 to Meet at fuch Time and Place as he fhall appoint, to Confer with them nels&Majois.
 
 Ahho Regfii Btgh G E O R G I J //. Decltno Quarto. 
 
 498 
 
 Colonel or 
 ChiefMilift- 
 ry Officer of 
 each Regi- 
 ment, to 
 Mufter the 
 Companies 
 of his Regi- 
 nient toge- 
 ther Once in 
 Foui Years. 
 
 aaeguiattott of tHe lO^tlttta; 
 
 and give in charge fuch Orders as fhall by them or the major part of them 
 be judged Meet, for the better Ordering Militwy Affairs and promoting 
 Military Difcipline in faid Regiment. 
 
 14 That the Colonel or Chief Military Officer of each Regiment, is 
 hereby Auchorized and Required, toMufler together the feveral Compa- 
 nies in his Regiment, or fuch a Number of them as he fliali judge proper. 
 Once in Four Years, for Regimental Exercife ; wkich Mufters the feveral 
 Captains or ChiefOfficeraof faid Companies are required to Attend with 
 their Companies, on penaly of Five Vounds ; mhich faid penaly ftall be 
 diftreined by Warant from the Chief Officer of faid Regiment, dircfted to 
 either of the Conftables of the Town in which faid Captain dwells, and 
 be paid into the Treafitry of faid Town* 
 
 Upon an In- 
 vafun of an 
 Enemy, the 
 Colonels to 
 aflemblc the 
 wholeMili- 
 tia in Mar- 
 tial Array, & 
 Kepair to 
 fach Places 
 to Deftrof 
 faid Enemy, 
 
 t$. That the Colonel or Chief Officer of each Regiment, (ball be, and 
 is hereby Impowred and Authorized, upon any Alarm, Invafion, or notice 
 of the Appearance of an Enemy, either b? Sea or Land, to aflemble in 
 Martial Array and put' in Warlike Pofture the whole Militia of the Regi- 
 ment under his Command, or fuch part of them as he fhall think Needful, 
 and being fo Armed, to Lead, Condud aifd Employ them as well within 
 the Regiment i^hereto they belong, as in any other adjacent Place in this 
 Colony, tor the Affifting, Succouring and Relieving any of His Majefly's 
 Subje£is, Forts, Towns or Places that fliaO be Allaulted by an Enemy or in 
 Danger thereof; and with them by Force of Arms, to Encounter, Repel, 
 Pcrfue, Kill and Dfiftroy fuch Enemy, or any of them, by any fitting 
 Ways, Enterprizes or Means whatfoever ; And the Colonel or Chief Of- 
 ficer of any Regiment, fo caking to Arms or Leading forth any party of 
 Men, ftall forthwith Poft away the fntelligence and Occafion thereof, to 
 the Captain General or Commander in Chief for the time being, and fliall 
 attend and obferve fuch OiieOions and Orders as he fhall receive from hini> 
 
 1^. That when any Tonro or Place in this Colony fliall be AfTaulted 
 by htiians or any other Enemy, ic fhall be Lawful for and in the Power of 
 the Chief Commiffioo Officer or Officers of the Company or Companies 
 in fuch Place (b Affaulted, to call forth all the Souldiers under his or their 
 Command, and to Martial Order and Dlfpofe them in the beft manner to 
 Defend the Place AiTauIted, and to Encounter, Repel, Purfue and Deftroy 
 the Enemy ; and if need fo require, to Affift a Neighboar Town when 
 AfTaulted, as aforefaid : And that fuch Officer or Officers fo Taking to 
 Arms, fhall forthwith difpatch Notice to his or their Superiour Officer of 
 his or their Motion and the Occafion thereof, and obferve fuch Commands 
 and Orders as he or they fhatt receive from him. 
 
 17. That the Chief OfBeers of each Regiment, fhall order the Cor- 
 reSing and Punifhing Difbrders and Contempt on Days of Regimental 
 Exercifes : And the Two Chief Officers of any Company or Troop, fhall 
 order the CorrcQing and Puniflling Diforders and Contempt on Training 
 Days, or on a Military Watch ; the Punifhment not being greater than 
 Laying Neck and Heels, Kding the Wooden Horfe,orrffw»>Si»tf»ffgxFine. 
 
 Fines* Pe. 1 8. That all Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures arifing by Virtue of this 
 naities how Aft or any Breach thereof, fhaD be levied on the Goods or Chattels of the 
 Difpofed'^ refpeftive Delinquents, if upwards of Twenty One Years of Age ; and on 
 P the Goods or Chattels of the Parents, Maflers or Guardians of fuch Delin- 
 
 quents as have not arrived at the Age of Twenty One Years , and fhall be 
 for the Ufe of the refpeSive Companies or Troops to which the perfons 
 Fined do belong ( Except fuch Fines as are otherwift diftofed of in this 
 
 Aao 
 
 If Indian E- 
 neaiies Af- 
 faalt any 
 
 Place, the 
 Optains of 
 Companies 
 to call forth 
 the Souldiers 
 and Paifue 
 faidEnemies. 
 
 Diforders 
 how Puni<h< 
 ed.
 
 jlHHt Rtg>,i Regis G E R G I J //. Declmo Quarto. 
 
 lacgulattott of tl)e iS0xlitia, 499 
 
 Aft ) Ti<r ri io fay, For the Procuring and Maintaining Trumpets, Colours, 
 Banners and Halberts; and for paying Drummers and Trumpeierj, or 
 other Charge of faid Company, by dire(f\ion of the Commiflion Officers of 
 fach Company : And where there are not Fines fufficieni to provide Hat- 
 bens and Colours and to pay Drummers, what is wanting fhall be had out 
 of the Town Treafury : And every perfon Chofen by any Company for 
 their Drummer, upon his accepting faid Services, ttiali provide himfelf a 
 good Dram, and confiantly attend Services when required cq penaly of Ten 
 Si»llinj(t Fine for each Days Negleft j lo be levied by Warrant from the 
 Two Chief Officers of the Company to which fuch Drummer bebngs ;and 
 (hall be paid for each Days Service Six SbtUtngt. 
 
 Affd wbtrtat the providing a fuffcietit Stock of jimmunition or Afifttary Stores Preamhte, 
 for the Colosff atdfo for the feveralTowns within the fame^ i$ Utceffarf for the 
 Defence thereof, 
 
 JBe (t tfnacteU bj tljc (Fobecnour, <tounti! anti fieprefentatfbetf, in 
 (Central Court aiTemWcD, anO bp tte autt)o;itp of tlje fame, That the 
 Treafurer of the Colony for the time being, (hall at atl times hereafter, at The Colonf 
 the Publick Charge of this Colony, Procure. Keep and Maintain a Maga- J^agj^j'ne of* 
 line of Powder and Shot, to be ready for the life of the Colony, as Occafion powder and 
 may call for the fame •, and the faid Treafurer i$ hereby Ordered and Oi- shot, 
 rcfted to take DireQion from time to lime of the Governour and CoonciI| 
 refpefling the Quantity and Proportion of faid Stores of Ammuaition* 
 
 anil (t m furtljer Cnartfli bp tte aut!)o;irp afo;tC(i(», That the Seleft- 
 men of the fevcral Towns in this Colony, and they are hereby Ordered and 
 Direflcdjto Provide,Keep and toRenew.from time to lime as Occafion Ihall 
 require, a fufficient Stock of Ammunition or Military Stores, io (he /everal ^h^ SeleA- 
 Towns iri this Colony to which they do refpefti»ely belong ; which fhall men in each 
 toe be lefs thanFiicy Pounds of good Powder, Two Hundred Weight of Towotopro- 
 Bullets, and Three Hundred Flint* for every Sixty Lifted Souldiersj ^'^'^ **>'»**■ 
 and after that Proportion for all the Lifted Souldicrs in each Towi^ whether 7^wesf« 
 they be more or lefs ; And the Seleft-inen of any Town thai arc nol able *"**'****"*• 
 ( open Information made to the Colonel or Chief Officer of the Regiment 
 to which fucb Town belong) to make il appear to faid Colonel or Chief Of- 
 ficer of fuch Regiment, that ihey arc Provided with fuch Stock of Ammu- 
 nition, as aforefaid, within Three Months after the Publication hereof, /hall 
 pay a Fine of Five PounJi lawful Money, One Third part of which Fine fhall 
 be to him that fhall Inform againft them ; Ihc Remainder ftiallbe Laid out 
 and Improved towards ihc producing fuch Stores ; Which faid Penalty (hall 
 be diftreined by Warrant, Signed by faid Colonel or Chief Officer of faid 
 Regiment, dirrfled to ihc Sheriff of the County in which fuch Town is, bi* 
 Deputy, or either of the Conttablcs of faid Town, and fhall l)e accordingly 
 Collected and Paid into the hands of (aid Colonel or Chief Officer, afotefaitf, 
 for the Purpofes aforefaid. 
 
 fllnb ft io fuctljcr €nn(trti lip tljcHutfto^itp ofojefaiU, That the St]e^Z 
 men of any Town, as aforefaid.fhail incur ihe fame Penalty for every Three Fenahy fot 
 Months that they (hall remain Unprovided, as aforefaid ; to be Levied and Negleft, 
 Improved as afoiefaiJ. 
 
 Jind for at much as it may be Neteffarj for the detttr Deftnce of the Colony ^er 
 any Parts tbtredf Exp'fed to Invafian, fitc. titt tVatcbet and Wards bt kept up at Pteatihle. 
 Times and PUtet witiin the fame 
 
 ®f ft tl)£rrfo;e ftirttjrr iCnactfO hi' tfit Silutt)0?itT afo;trafl>. Thai when 
 and foofttnas the Authority and SeicA-mcn in any Town in this Co- 
 lony,
 
 Mm Regtii iiegis G E O R G I J //. Declmo Quarto. 
 
 502 ^Ci)CDl;6!. 
 
 lony, or the major part of them, (hall judge it NecefTary or highly Con- 
 venient for the Safety offach Town, to have Watches and Wards therein, 
 they are hereby Authorized and Impowred, by Warrant to Command the 
 "^y &"sele"a Conftable, or fome other Meet perfon by them appointed, to Warn fuch 
 men to Ap- ^ Number of Men to appear at fuch Time and Place in faid Town as they 
 point&Order ftiall think Neceflary ; and aU and every fuch perfon or persons that fhall 
 Watches and be Notified to Watch or Ward, as aforefaid, ftal) appear at the Time and 
 Wards. Place, with a good Firelock and Sword, a Qoarter of a Pound of good 
 
 Powder, and one Pound of BuDets fie for his Gun, and ftiall obferve fuch 
 Direftions as Jhall be given by Order of iajd Authority and Selea.men, 
 who are hereby Impowred to give fuch Orders and Direftions relating to 
 the Regulating fuch Watching and Warding and the Continuance thereof 
 as they ftiall judge Needful : And it any perfon or perfons being Warned, 
 as aforefaid, or in any other Manner which the Authority and Seledi-men 
 Ihall agree and conclude upon, fhall negleft and r.efule to attend at Time 
 and Place, Armed and Furniih'd, as aforefaid, or to obferve the Orders to 
 them given by the Conf^able or any other perfon appointed by the Au- 
 thority andSele£l-men,as aforefaid, (hall for every fuchNegleft or Offence 
 pay a Fine of T<« Shillings^ which by Warrant from an AflSflant or Juflicc 
 of the Peace, fhall be levied by the Conftable and difpofed of for the Ufe 
 of the faid Watch; 
 
 SOnti ft fs( furtl^eK tfnatfein, That all Laws heretofore made refpeSliag 
 Military Affairs ( Excepting an AS, Entituled, An AEi rtUting to Alarms^ 
 Repealing ^^^ ^^ Aft, Entituled, An Ati for Encouraging MtUtary SkiBy &e. and an 
 Adts&Laws. Aft, Entituled, An AS to Enable SeltQ.mtn to AJfefs tht Inhabitants ; and 
 alfo an Aft, Entituled, An Ad for the bttttr Regulating the Militia^ 6c 
 Made and PafTed by the General Affembly in the Thirteenth Year of His 
 Prefent Majefty's Reign ) (hall be Repealed, and they are hereby Re- 
 pealed and made Void. 
 
 Aa A<St in addition to the Law of this Colo- 
 ny, Entituled, An Ad for the Encourage- 
 ment and better Supporting the Schools 
 that by Law ought to be Kept in the feve- 
 ral Towns and Pariflies in this Colony* 
 
 WHEREAS by the faid A51 it it Oriereiy « That the Money given 
 *• for the feveral Towns lately laid out in the Weflern Lands (/« 
 ' caiieA ) fhall be Difpcfed of and Improved for the Support of the Schools 
 
 * that ought to be Kept in the feveral Towns and Parifties in this Golony, 
 
 * that made and computed a Lift in the Year of Oar Lord One Thoufand 
 
 * Seven Hundred and Thirty Two, in proportion to fuch Lifl ; hj means 
 whereof^ together teith other Frovifion made for the Support of Schools^ there is a 
 confiderahle Ejiate and Inter e(i fequtfirtd for the Support of the Schools in thit Co» 
 lony : To tbt End therefore that the (aid Monty, Bonds and other Efiate, Granttd^ 
 Sequeflrtd and Given for the Support and Maintenance of Schools may ht the 
 bttter and more effeSlually Improved for tht Purfofe aforefaid, 
 
 25e ft^nartrt ip tT)e ^ofeerirouc, €ouncll anti Efptefentetifje^, fit 
 The selea- J^f 1]^ t^^l ^^^urt afffmbkB, anD tptlie flutfiojftp ct t^e i&mt, Thai the 
 mtnorSocie. SeJed-men of fuch Towns wherein there is but One Ecclefiaflical Society, 
 lies Com- and the Society Committee of fuch Societies where there are more thaq 
 " Qn« in any Town ( for the Time being ) or a Conjraictee b^. fuch Tovrn 
 
 AT 
 
 Vid.p3g.408 
 459485 
 
 mittee to
 
 Anno Kegni Regis G E O R G 1 J //. Declmo Quarto. 
 
 ^cDcolsi. 503 
 
 or Society appointed for that purpofe, (hall be and are hereby Impowred 
 and Direfted to Take and Receive fuch Bonds and Monies as fhall be 
 Divided and'sec out to fuch Town or Society for the purpofe aforefaid, 
 and give their Receipts thereof, to be lodged in the Secretary's Office of Take the 
 this Colony ; and of their Improvement thereof Ihall from time to time be ^°^J^ f"^ 
 accountable to the Town or Society by whom they are or (hall be appoin- ^^^^ \^^f^ 
 ted- And fuch Town or Society fliall be accountable for the fame unto jown and 
 and before this Aflembly when thereto required, and be liable to be dealt parifh. into 
 with for their Mif-ufe thereof, according to the Direaion and their hands, 
 Declaration in the Aft aforefaid : And fuch Seka-men and Com- \\l\l^^^;^r 
 mittee are hereby Authorized and Impowred to Ufe and Improve luch Schools. 
 Bonds and Monies as they Ihall Receive, purfuant to the Aft aforefaid : 
 And to Take and Receive into their Care and Cuftody, all other Eftates, 
 Lands or Interefts that have been Given, Granted, Sequeftred or do Be- 
 long to the School in fuch Towns or Societies, or fliall hereafter Belong 
 thereto for the Support thereof ; and Ihall Ufe, Improve and Difpofe of 
 the Intereft, Increafe, Profit or Rent arifing upon any fuch Monies, 
 Lands or Interefts for the Support of a School in each of fuch Towns 
 and Ecclefiaftical Societies ; which ftiall be difpofed of either to the 
 School-Mafler or luch Committee for the Purpofes aforefaid. 
 
 And that the /aid SeltEiMen or Society-Committee for the time being, or a Com- 
 mittee by fuch Town or Society Affointed for that furfofe, may be the better "<""»e^ 
 Enabled to do the Services aforefaid^ 
 
 2Be (t tuti^tt €mfttrs 6g tlie Hutl^o^tt? atojcraiH, That they^ or the 
 major part of them fliall be, and they are hereby Impowred and Autho- 
 rized to Leafe all fuch Lands and Real Eflates, and Loan fuch Monies as 
 do or fliall appertain to fuch School and is or fliall be given for the Ufe 
 aforefaid ; and to Commence and Profecute fuch Suit or Suits as may be Seleft-nsen 
 uecefTary for the Recovery and Obtaining fuch Lands, Monies or other orCommit- 
 Eftates ; and to take Leafes, Bonds or other Securities to themfeWes and ^'" Reti e! 
 their Succeflbrs, for the Ufe of fuch Schools : Which Leafes, Bonds or ftate & Loan 
 other Securities, the faid Seledl-itien or Committees, as aforefaid, who Monies, 
 Take the fame and their SucceflTors, viz,, the Seleft-men and Committees^ 
 as aforefaid, for the time being, as Succeffors of thofe in whofe Name the 
 lame are Taken and they Succeed, (hall have full Power and Authority to 
 Profecute as fully as though Taken in their own Name ; And the faid 
 Seleft-men and Committees are Ordered and Direfted to lodge the faid 
 Bonds, Leafes and other Securities with the Town, or Society Clerk of 
 fuch Town or Society ; who is directed to keep an Account thereof, and 
 hold the fame under the direftions of the Seleft-men and Committees for 
 the Purpofe aforefaid : And fuch Seleft-men and Committees fliall render 
 their Accounts of their Improvement of fuch Eflate and Interefl unto 
 fuch Town and Society when thereto Required. 
 
 Provided tievertheUliy That this A A fliall not Extend to any Particular 
 Grants formerly made for the benefit of any School or Schools in any 
 Town or Parifh in this Colony by Particular perfons, where the Granter ^ „ ^ 
 in faid Grant hath committed the Care, Overfight and Improvement of ^ P^<»"M 
 fuchEftatefoby him given to particular Perfons with particular Direfti- 
 ons for a conftant Succeffion in faid Truft; neither /hall it Extend to any 
 Eftates or Profits wherewith any particular Towns or Parifhes are En- 
 dowed by Grants from particular Perfons for the Support of Schools, as 
 aforefaid, where this Aflembly hath heretofore Interpofed, and committed 
 the Difpofition of the profits of fuch Eftates to a Committee in a conti- 
 nual Succeflion j Any thing contained in this Aft to the contrary not- 
 withftandmg. 
 
 V y y jr AnAa
 
 y4»>te Reg»i Reg it G E O R G I J 7/ Decimo Quarto. 
 
 '^^ p^oljibiting tl)e ^jcpo^tation of (5ram. 
 
 An Ad to prevenc the Exportation of Grain, 
 Plowei & Bread out of thisColony in a time of Scarcity ♦ 
 
 WHERE AS the Exportation of Wheat and otbtr forts of Grain and Flowtr 
 out of this Colony in a time of great Scarcity , may reduce many of our In- 
 habitants greatly to Suffer or Peri^ with famine. Which to Prevent: 
 
 His Hononr j5g (j (fnattCD, That his Honour the Governour, by and with the Advice 
 tlie Gov^f- of the Council, be Defired and Impowred, from time to time, as Occafion 
 outVrocla- fl^all be, to IfTueouchis Proclamation, therein to Prohibit and Forbid the 
 mation to Tranfporting or Shipping on Board for Tranfportation out of this Colony 
 ForbidGrain any Wheat or Other fort of Grain and Bread or Flower, for the Time 
 noin being j-^^. j„ f^^h Proclamation. 
 
 Tranipoited. jia,ays Provided, Such Proclamation fhall not Extend to hinder any 
 
 Frovifo. Wheat, or other Grain or Flower being put on Board any ol His Majefty's 
 
 Ships of War, or other Ship or VefTei in His Majefty's Service, or to 
 
 necelTary Scores for any Privateers or Merchant Ship or VelTel belonging 
 
 to His Majefty's Subjects i Such Bills of Store always to be allowed by fome 
 
 Afliftant or Juflice of the Peace ; Confideration being had to the Number 
 
 of Men and the Length of the Voyage intended. 
 
 J further yind it ii further Provided^ That fuch Proclamation or Prohibition be not 
 
 Provifo. Extended more than Twenty Days after the Opening the General Af- 
 
 fembiy that fhall be next after the Date of fuch Proclamation. 
 On ubiica- ^^^ ^^ ^^ fuctl)tr (EnattcO, That upon the publiQiing any fuch Proclama- 
 tion''of faid t'OHj ^" Maftcrs of Ships or Vefleis in any of our Rivers, Ports, Harbours 
 Proclamati- or Creeks,fhal) forthwith Land all forts of Grain, Bread or Flower that they 
 ons.Mafters have on Board for Tranfportation contrary to fuch Proclamation, or give 
 U Toa^'^aiid" '" ^ ""^ Invoice to fome Naval Officer, A/Tiftant or Juflice of the Peace, 
 Landfall the of the Grain and Flower they have on Board, and become Bound withTwo 
 Grain that fufficient Sureties to the Treafurer of this Colony, in a penal Sum to Five 
 they iiave on times the Value of the Grain and Bread and Flower they have on Board 
 ^•°*^ r' °d " (excepting theKing'sShips andStores,as above excepted)fuch penal Sum to 
 give Bono, :^^ forfeited upon Condition fuch Grain or Flower fhaU not be Landed in 
 fome place in this Colony, Exprefsly mentioned in the Condition of fuch 
 Bond for the ufe of the Inhabitants thereof: And if the Mafter of any Ship 
 On penalty, or VefTei, (hall refufe or negleft to Conform himfelf accordingly,it fiiall be 
 lawful for an Afliftant or Juftice of the Peace, and they are hereby Ordered 
 in fuch cafe, by their Warrant to the Conftable or Water-Bailiff to Seife, 
 Unbend and Land the Sails of fuch Veflels,and them in fafeCuftody to keep 
 until the Mafler Conform to the Order aforefaid, and pay all Cofts occa- 
 Mafters of ftgned by his defed ; the Coft to be allowed by fuch AfEftant or Juftice. 
 «SnB a^ny ^^ ^^ ftictficr Ognatte&.That if any Ship or VefTei, after fuch Prodamatioa 
 Gtai'ii on made, fhall receive on Board any Grain, Bread or Flower contrary to fuch 
 Boaid.after Prohibition and without or until the Matter of fuch Ship or VefTei (hall give 
 Proclamation gond, as aforefaid, that the fame fhall be Landed in force place in this Co- 
 hibitVt° fucii ^0"y fo"^ ^^'^ "'^ °* '^^ Inhabitants thereof, fuch Grain and Flower ftall be 
 Grain to be forfeited ;jthe one half to the Informer that fhall Profecute his Information 
 forfeited. to EfFeft,and the other half to the publick Treafury of this Colony : And 
 when any perfon fhall Inform any Affiftant or Juftice of the Peace, that 
 
 ? 11,hT!' Grain or Flower is Shipped on Board any VefTei contrary to fuch Prohibi- 
 tion made to . ,,,_,. *•! , . , r i^ • ^ ^r- !_•*-» 
 an Affiftant tion, and give fufficient Bond to fuch Authority to Profecute his Com- 
 
 orjuiticcthat plaint and Anfwer all Damages if he make not his Plea good, fuch Affiflant 
 
 Grain is on or Juftice fhajl llTue forth his Warrant to the Conftable or Water-BailifF 
 
 ^r'seardi to ^° Search fuch Ship or Veflel for fuch Grain or Flower, and upon finding 
 
 be made & a *^® fa^e, to Land and fafely Secure to a Tryal : And fuch Informer ftall 
 
 Special Court forthwith Libel againft fiich Grain or Flower to the Judge of the County 
 
 to be called Court in the County where the Seifure was made : And in fuch Cafe, the 
 
 Judge
 
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 jFe^s?^ :^ct m^yiUt), so^ 
 
 Judge before whom the Libel is made, fliall fpeedily CalU Special Court, 
 in foitie Place in the County, toTry faid Caufe ; At which Court all Parties Courts Pow- 
 concerned ( as far as they are known ) (hall be Cited to Appear : And fuch er.and noAp- 
 Courc is Ordered and Direfted to Hear, Confider and Determine fuch P"! there- 
 Caufe, from which Judgment no Appeal or Review Ihall be granted. *'^'"- 
 
 An Ad for Regalating Fees. 
 
 Bit It (fnatteU b? t^c (Poternour, Council anO ReprefcntatlteiS, ftt judges of the 
 (Benecal Court ^WTembleD.anQ ft? tfie 3fiutl)ojirp oEtfje fame, That for §up|rioui 
 the luture there (hall be allowed and paid out ot the Colony Treafury, in Court's Fea» 
 Bills of Credit on ibis Colony, of the New Tcnour, to the Chief Judge of 
 the Superiour Court, Ten SbiUitigt per Diem ; and to the Affiftuig Judges of 
 faid Court, Eight ShiOings per Diem, during their Attendance on the Service 
 of faid Court. Judges of the 
 
 And that for the future,there fliall be allowed and paid out of the County Count.Coiuts 
 Treafuries in this Colony,to each Judge of the County Courts, SevenSbilllingt Fees. 
 ptrDiem^BTid to each Juflice of the Quorum ^FiwSiSiffiwg; perDiemyia faid New 
 Tenour Bills, during their Attendance on the Service of faid Courts. g ^ per diem 
 
 That there fliall be paid out qf the Colony Treafury, in faid Bills, to each to AiFiftanta 
 Afliflant, Six ShiUtngs per Diem^ and to each Reprefentative, Few Shillings p'r & 4 ». to Re- 
 Viem, for each Days Atttendance at the General ACembly, and Two-pence P,hiirme2 
 per Mile for their Travel to and from faid AiTembly. dingG. Court 
 
 Thai the Juries that Attend at the Superiour and County Courts,fliall be 
 allowed in faid Bills, for the Tryal of each Adion, Twelve Shillings. Juries Fees. 
 
 That each Sherifl, Deputy-SherifF or Conftable, (hall have for Serving 
 each Summons, by Reading the fame, Four-pence^ for Serving by a Copy, 5^^'l^^*"* 
 Six-pmt^ for Serving an Attachment, Eight-pence jfor Travel if above One pj"j^ 
 Mile, Two-pence per Mile out j for Taking Bail or Bond, Six-pence, 
 
 That the refpeSive Coalers be allowed for Commitment and Difcharge Q^^j^^^gg^ 
 of each Prifoner, One Shilling and Six-pence j for Dieting each Prifoner, Two 
 Shillings and Four>pence per Week. 
 
 That each Evidence Summoned to Attend at any Court, (hall be allowed 
 Tnt'pence per Mile for their Travel to Court, and One Shilling and Six-pence witneffes.- 
 per Day for their Attendance. 
 
 That each Afliflant and Juflice of the Peace, fhall be allowed for Tryal Affiftantst 
 of each Aftion, Two Shillings ; and for each Judgment on Confeffioo, Eight- jufticesFees, 
 pence j for each Judgment on Default, One Shilling. 
 
 That each County Surveyor fliall be allowed for Each Days Service, Five j j, pr iUm 
 Shillings per Day and his Keeping, to Surveyor?. 
 
 That the refpedive Town Clerks fliall be allowed the one half of the Fees 
 mentioned in anAa,Entituled,/4« M concerning Town Clerks Office and Duty. Jowo Clerks 
 
 And that all the before- mentioned Fees be paid in Bills of Credit of the *««.pag.roj 
 New Tenour, Emitted by Aft of this Aflembly in May Laft ; or in Bills of j^ (^^ -^ .^ 
 Credit that pafs Current in this Colony Equivalent thereto j Any Ufage gms Jf ^^^ 
 or Cuflom to the contrary notwithftanding. NewTenour, 
 
 An A<StforRcvivingone certain Law of this Colony, Made and Pafled 
 by this Aflembly, in O^ohr, Anno Domini, 1740, Entituled.^n A^ 
 to prevent the Pajfing of Bills, Notes er any other Currency ^Made or E Vid.pag.40* 
 muted on Private Credit ',v\/)^\c\\ Law was to Continue inForcc until ^ '** 
 the End of this Aflembly and no longer,which Time isnow near Expired. 
 
 Be tt Cnatfcli bp tl)e «©oDEcnour, Council anD IBltptefentatitcjf, in 
 JBcntial Court JCfftmblcO, anD bp tfic aatbo?ttg o£ t^e Came That the ^^ ^^^-^^^ 
 aforefaid Law fhall be Revived; and the faid Law is hereby Revived, and 
 ftaH remain in full Force until this Court Ihall Order otherwife. 
 
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 Ads and Laws 
 
 Made and Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's 
 Colony of Comeiiicut in t^ew-England : Begun and Held at N«w- 
 Haven, on the Eighth Day of OHeher, In the Fifteenth Year of 
 the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord G EO RG Ethe Second , of 
 Great*BrttatH, (^c. KING. Annoque Domini, 1741. 
 
 An AA in addition to an A<f^, Enticuled, An 
 Adt to prevent the Exportation of Grain, viipag. $04 
 Flower and Bread out of this Colony in a 
 time of Scarcity. 
 
 WHEREAS infaiJAB thtreu only a libtrty given to any Perfon 
 to Complain of and Proftcute any Breach of f aid ACiyprovidtd he 
 fhaBgivefufficient Bond to Profecute his Complaint to E^H ; but 
 it ii mt made the Duty of any Officer or Officers to Complain of or •'^**"*«» 
 Trofteute any Breach of (aid Ati : And whereas the Ohligationt byfatd /iH laid en 
 tbt Authority to proceed ( ex Officio ) are limited to that Grain, Flower or Bread 
 that (hall be Shipped before the Publication effucb Proclamation ei in faid A^ ii 
 Ordered and Dirtied for the prohibiting the Tr an [port at ion of Grain, &c. 
 Which Inconveniences to prevent .• 
 %t ft €natttD 6p r|)e (Rotjernour, Countil ano IRfprefcntaifbtEf, fn conftau «, 
 d5fnera! Court ailEmbleo.anb b^ tfte aut^o^itp of t^e fame,That when any Grand jnroS 
 Grain, Flower or Bread Oiall be Shipped on Board any Ship or Veflel, in duty to make 
 any of our Ports, Harbours or Creeks, contrary to the true intent and Prefenrment 
 meaning of faid Atl, it (hall be and is hereby made and declared to be the ^^^^ Giajn, 
 Duty of all Conftables and Grand- jurors, to Complain or make Prefentment ^°*l^ -^l^ 
 of the fame to fome Afliflantor Juftice of the Peace i Which faid Affiftant shipp'd on 
 or Juftice to whom faid Complaint ftall be made, fhall proceed thereupon Board any 
 as in and by faid Aft they are direfied to proceed when any perfon fhall Veflel for 
 Complain of any Breach of faid Ad and give Bond to profecuce his Com- "^nfpoitation 
 plaint to Effea. 
 
 flnD It 10 ftittljet (f nartcO Dp tlje 9Cutho?ft? afojcfaiO, That when any a^^j^jj 
 Afliftanc or Juftice of the Peace, fhall have any Notice of any Grain,Flower juftjcej ya. 
 or Bread being Shipped on Board of any Ship or Veifel after any fuch Pro ving Notice 
 damation (ball be made and pubii(hed, as aforefaid, it (hall be lawful for of any Gisia 
 
 Z z z z any
 
 A»n0 Regnl Regis GEOftGIJ // Decimo Quinta 
 
 508 Couit of probate* %^%. il^ominatiom 
 
 any fuch Affiftant or Jufiice , and they are hereby Ordered, by their War- 
 orFlowerbe- rant dircQed to theConOableor Water-BailifT, to Search in any fuch Ship 
 I'ngSh'ipp'don or VefTel, for any Grain, Flower or Bread Shipped, as aforeraid, contrary to 
 board any the true intent and meaning of faid Aft : And the Officer upon finding any 
 VefTd.Sj'^ to Grain, Flower or Bread Shipped, as aforefaid, he is hereby required toSeife, 
 grant out a ^and and fafely Secure the fame to a Trial. 
 
 a Search "o ^tiH ft 10 futtljet ^KnatteH bp tfie aut^o^it? afojeCafD, That when any 
 be made. Officer fhall by virtue of any Warrant to him directed, by any Afltftantor 
 
 Jufiice of tfie Peace, proceeding ( ex Officio) or opon the Complaint of any 
 Pro efi CO be Conflablc or Grand-juror, Seife any Grain, Flower or Bread, Shipped as 
 Cel'iified to aforefaid, he fhall fpeedily make Return of his doings thereof, unto that 
 the King's A ffiftani Of Juftice that Signed foch Warrant : Which faid Affiftant or 
 Attorney of juRJce fhall fpeedily Certifie fuch Procefs to the King's Attorney in the 
 the County, qq^^^^ „j,gfe fuch Seifure is made \ Which faid Attorney fhall as foon as 
 
 may be, Libel againfl fUch Grain, Flower or Bread to the Judge of the 
 
 No Appeal County Gourt of the fame County : Which faid Judge is hereby Ordered to 
 
 or Review to proceed in the fame manner as in the laft Paragraph of faid Aft is direSed. 
 
 e granted. From which Judgment no Appeal or Review (hall be granted. And all 
 
 Penalties and Forfeitures that fhall be made and declared by the proceeding 
 Court to in Manner and Form aforefaid, fhall be paid into the Treafury of this 
 cieTt' Allow ^o'°"y ' A-"<i ^i<5 Court are hereby Ordered and Impowred to grant anto 
 ance to faid ^^} ^^'*^ King'j Attorney, a fufficient and reafonable Allowance for his Ser- 
 Attorncy . vice in the Affair, to be paid out of the Treafury of this Colony. 
 
 ^l^JoWl' ^"^ ^^ appointing a Court of Probate in 
 x\\:il:\i ^^^^ CouQty of Hartferd ; and for Limiting 
 the Diftrici thereof. 
 
 B(£ (t CnacttO bp i\z dpotiecnoui:, Cdunefl anti lleticerentatffiejf, in 
 (Senetal dDouct ^(TemWeti.anii bv tic 3fiut^?it?ot t^s Came, That the 
 A Cou.-t of Towns of Eafi'Haddam, Colchefter and H<iro», including the Parilh of MU' 
 probate to be dU'Haddam, ail in ihe County of HartforJ^be One indre DiRriSt for hold- 
 called the ing a Courc of Probate i and fhall be kaowa by she Name of the Difirift of 
 EatHadiam E'tfi-Haddam ; And faid Court (hall be held by Gae Judge and a Clerk, 
 with Powers and Privileges as the other Courts of Probate in this Colony 
 have : Aad in all Cafes where the Law allows of Appeal, they ffiall be made 
 to the Superiour Court to be Holdea at Hartford. 
 
 An ACt for levyiog a Tax on Polls, f c^ 
 
 '"ff^HIS AfTembly grants a Rate of Ont'peny on the PouhJ^ on all the Polk 
 OnJttnf Q ^ ^°^ Rateable Eftate in thjs Government ; to be paid Into the publick 
 the P«»/wi/.*' Treafury in Bills of Credit of this Colony, with the ufual Advance of 
 Twelve.pence on the Pound: Or in True Bills of Credit of Four Signers of 
 the Majfacbufeth.Bay^ or ioTrue Bills of Credit of New-Tbri, withoai Ad- 
 vance on them ; or in Silver Money as ic Pafleth in the Country. 
 
 ' ■' ■ ■ ■ "—■ — ' I " ■ ■ " ' * 
 
 The Gentlemen Nominated by the Votes of the Freemen of this 
 Colony, brought in to this Aflembly, to (land for EkStioa ia 
 May next, are as follows, viz 
 
 mtn Nomi-T'^^ Honourable JO N AT H J N LAW Efq; the Honourable ROGER 
 natedfor the * ^OLCOTT'£.i<];.,JameiWaif»arthZ^q\Nathanaal Stanly ^^(i:,Jof)fbKn:miigEiq;, 
 Eieftion in Oz/ja- /'irtin Efq; Timothy Pierce Ziq^Sttmuel Lynde^[(\}, William Vitkin Efq; Tbomat 
 May 1741 ^'^'^ I.(ci\EhenezerSillimanE(q-t Jonathan TrumbleEfq; /fezekisb ffuntington E(qi 
 ' '^ Roger Neivton. Efq; Col. John Bulkley, Mr. John Grifaold, Col. John CbeUe^, 
 Maj. AndfCiv Bun, Col. Samuel HiH, Mr. Elifba Williamt. 
 
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 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafledby the General Court or Aflembly of HisMajcfly's Colony of 
 Cemelltcut in Ucw England : Begun and Hsld at Hartford, on the 
 Second Thurfday of May, in the Fifteenth Year of the Reigrt of 
 Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, of Great- 
 Britain, (^c. KING. Annoque Domini, i 7 4 x. 
 
 An A<51 for the providing aCommiffioa and vidpag.iir. 
 Oath for the Judges of the Superior Court, ^^^el^tifil 
 and Seals for the refpe(5live Courts in this ^^* *'*' 
 Colony. 
 
 Be It <ffna(t£U Bg tlje ©otjerncut, Council antt lltptefentatitiejf.ftt Judgetoftho 
 General Cotict affembleO. antt 6? tfje 3Buttlo;itp of t^z fame, c"''".'^"v. 
 That for the future, the "Pcrfons from time to time appointed Authorized 
 by this Aflembly to be Jodges of the Superiour Court o»er this to perform 
 Colony, (hall be Conftituted, Authorized and Impowred to perform and that Office, 
 execute their Office of Judges of faid Court according to the Laws of this ^f.J ^°": 
 Colony, by a Commiflion under the Seal of this Colony, Signed by the EJ, tts qot, 
 Governour and Secretary of this Colony for the time being ; which Com- «cSecietary.* 
 minion (hall be a fufficient Warrant and Authority to the faid Judges 
 to perform and execute the Office aforefaid. 
 
 ^nB ft fjtf futtfjer <Cnatteai)p t^ ^ut^Mft? afo^ffafb. That the faid tf^in. ^ 
 Judges Appointed and Commiffidned, as aforefaid, before they aQually 
 Execute their faid Office fhall tajce the following Oath, viz., 
 
 yJOM • — being appointed Judges of the Superiour Court over this TheJForm of 
 •'■ Colony for the Year enfuing, Do Swear by the Name of the Ever- *^*" ^"''» 
 living God, that as Judges of the faid Coutt,you will indifferently Minifter 
 jultice to all men according to Law without tefpeft of Perfons, take no 
 Bribe, give no Counfel in any matter that (hall come before yon, nor deny 
 Right to any ^but wel] and truly perform your Office of Judges, as afore- 
 faid, according to your befl Skill and Judgment. 59 helf you God. To be Sv/orn 
 
 Which Oath the faid Judges fhall take before the Governour of this go°v7r.D%. 
 Colony, Dcputy-Governour,or Two Afliftants for the time being j who Gov. or Two 
 are hereby Authorized and Impowred to Adminiftei the fame* Alliilanu> 
 
 A a a a a Sc .
 
 Anno Itfgni Regis GEORGl J If. Declmo QuJoto. 
 
 fio aaegttiatmg :^btiftg(ttCccie(iatticai ;affa(tg> 
 
 St a further ^nactrt 6p tje flutfio^Jt? afojcfatt, Thai the raid Sape- 
 
 riour Court, and the feveral and tefps&ive County Courts and Coorts of 
 
 Superiour Probate in this Colony, (hall have a proper Seal belonging to each of the 
 
 Coutt.Coun- jgj-pgQjyg Coartj^ (3 fgyveandufe for all Caufes Matters, Things and 
 
 Coun""oV* Affairs proper for the faid Courts refpeaively ; Each of which Conrts are 
 
 Fr^obate to hereby impowred to procure their rerpeftive Seals, and the fame being fo 
 
 hare a pro- procared, ihatl belodged with the Clerks of the refpedive Courts for the 
 
 per Seal for ^fy ©f fuch Courts. to be improved by their Direftion. 
 laid Couns. ' 
 
 yr,i , 24 An A& for Regulating abufes, and Cor* 
 ?io'?i!:5J? reding diforders in Ecclefiaftical Affairs. 
 
 WHERE ASthk AfftmUyiii h} tbtir/Sl Made in tii Stventh Ttar 
 of $hi Rtign of Her late Majtfiy Quttn ji hi N E, Eftdblifk 
 « ,. aniConprm aCenfe^on of Fauh anian AgrtttKtnt of Ecclffiafiical Difciptinef 
 " '* tnade at Say-brook, Anno Domini, One Thoufand Stvtn Hundnd and Eighty by 
 the Rtverend Eldtn and tkt Mefftngtrt DeUgAtid bj the Churches in thu CcUnj 
 for that purpofe ; andtr xohicb Efiablifhwettt Hit Majtfift SubjeSs inhabiting in 
 thit Colony have Enjoyed great Peace and QuietnePy till of latt fundry Perfons have 
 been guilty of Dif orderly and Irregular PraSifet ; Whirtupon thit jijjimbly in 
 Oftober laft^ did direSl to the CaUing of a General Confociation lo Sit at G u ijford 
 in November lajl, which faiJ Confociation vat Convened aceerdivgly : jit which 
 Convention it ivat Endeavoured to prevent the growini Diferdtn amen^fi the 
 fidinifieri that have hten Ordaittedor LittnfeA by tl)» /ifociationt in thit Governm 
 mem to preacbf and lihewife to prevent JJivifiont and Diforders among th$ 
 Cburekts and Ecclefiajiicat Societies, Sttled by Order of thit Afftmbly : Not' 
 vithfianMng vohich^ divert of the MinifJers Ordained^ at aforefaid^ and ethers 
 Licenfed to preach bf feme of the Affociatiens aBovftd by Law^ have taiin upon 
 them mtko&t any lawful CaB, togo into Parifkes immediately under the Care of 
 ether Mtnifiers, and there to Preach to and Teach the PetpU ; and dfa fundry 
 Fir font, fomt of whom are very Biter ate and have no Ecclefiaftical Charafftr, or 
 any Authority tvkatfoevtr to Preach or Teacb^ bave tahn tifon them Pubbcily to 
 Teach and Exhort the Ftofle in matttrs of Religion, both as to DeSrine and 
 fraSifi } vshich fratliett have a Tendency to make Diviftom and Comentiont 
 among tfee People in thh Colony, and to Jtfiroy the Eccleftaj^ieal Con/fitution 
 Ejiablifhed by the Lavs of thit Government^ and lihewife to hinder the grovth and 
 increafe of Vital Piety and Qoilintfs in theft Churches^ and alfo to introduct 
 Vn<jualifed Perfons into the Minifiry ', and more e§eiiaBy where one Affociation 
 doth intermeddle with the Affairs that by the Platform and Agreement abovefaid, 
 made at Say- brook afore faid, are prepsrty mtbin the Province and JurifdiSien of 
 
 , anatbtr Affociation^ as ti the LicenRng perfons to Preach and Ordaining Minifitrt* 
 AnyOrdaind 
 Minifleror Therefore, 
 
 foMoPrtach' Se ft (£nattti! i? tie «oti«nour, Council antJ ^tptttmmi^t0, in 
 entiing into (Bmecal Couct flnembUH, anD dp tie Sutlio^fep of t$£ Tame, That if any 
 anyParitb not Ordained Minifter or other perfon Licenfed, as aforefaid to Preach, (hall 
 '"T**^ h-'^'^ enter into any Parifh not immediately under his Charge, and fliall there 
 Charge, and Preach or Exhort the People, fliaU be denied and fecluded the Benefit of 
 theie Preach any Law of this Colony made for the Support and Encouragement of the 
 &£xhort the Gofpel Minifiry ', except fuch Ordained Minifier or Licenfed perfon (hall 
 People, tcbe {,g gxpreHy Invited and Defired fo to enter into fuch other Parifli and 
 £"£ of the f^'fi ^° Preach and Exhort the people, either by the Setlcd Minifter 
 Law, &c. and the major part of the Church of faid Pari(h ; or in cafe there be oo 
 Except, &e, Setled Mioiiter, then b; the Church or Society within fuch Pariflt. 
 
 %n9
 
 An>io Regni Regit G E O R G I J . II Decimo Quinto. 
 
 meQulatmg ^Xbufcs m (i^ccleCiaftical "Mtjit^. 5 
 
 II 
 
 anbiti^ fuct^ec (f nattea b? ttie mt502itH afo?cfaiO, That if any Ary^^^.O".^^ 
 Aflbciation of Minifiers (ball undertaJce to Examine or Liccnfe any Candi- ^^ Minifters 
 date for the Gofpcl Miniftry, or affuitie to themfclves the Decifion of any affuming to 
 Controverfie, or as an AflTociation to Counfcl and Advife in any Affair invade jhe^ 
 thac by the Platform or Agreement abovementioned, made at Saj-brooh ^pJ^^j^'eMa 
 aforefaid, is properly wichin the Province and JurifdidtiOn of any other ^^ fjciude'd 
 Aflbciation, then and in fuch Cafe every Member that Ihall be prefent in the benefit of 
 fuch Aflbciation fo Licenfing, Deciding or Coanfelling, fhall be each and the Law for 
 every of them Denied and Secluded thS benefit of any Law in this Colony, Jj'PP°^"|"2 
 made for the Support and Encouragement of the Gofpel Miniftry. 
 
 flnD ft i^ futt^cc 45na(tel> bp tie fllut^a^it? a&)?era{B, That if any Mi- Any Mimfter 
 niBer or Minifiers, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Ad, prefuming to 
 fhall preftame to preach in any Parifh not under his immediate Care ^"^ pa';^^no*'''^ 
 Charge, the Minifter of the Parifli where he (hall fo Offend, or the Civil ^^^'^^j^-.j^^ 
 Authority, or any Two of the Committee of fuch Parifhlhall give Infor- meduieCare 
 nation thereof in Writing under their Hands to the Clerk of the Parifh informition 
 or Society where fuch Offending Minifler doth belong; which Clerk /hall thmof t^ be 
 receive fuch Information, and lodge and keep the fame on File in hjs f'n^g"^" hJ*' 
 Office : And no Affifiant or Jufticc of the Peace in this Colony, fhall Sign d^^ of the 
 any Warrant for the Colledingany Miniflfif's Rate, without firfl receiving Parirh whe«e 
 a Certificate from the Clerk of the Society or Parifh where fuch Rate isfuchoffender 
 to be Collefted, that no fuch Informations as is abovementioned hath been be^onBs.ts-f . 
 received by him or lodged in his O^ce. 
 
 ainU ft f3 further (Bnattea bg t^e autto^itp aro?tfail>, Thai if any perfon An, peifon 
 whatfoever that is not a Setled and Ordained Miniftcr, fhall go into any whatfoevet 
 Parifh and without the cxpreft Delire and Invitation of the Seded Minifter ^^^M !?,"> 
 of fuch Parifh ( if any there be ) and the major part of the Church ; or if ^j,o ftall go 
 there be no fuch Setled Minifler, without the exprcfs Defire of the Church jn^o a^y p°_ 
 or Congregation ( within fuch Parifh ) publickly Preach and Exhort the lifti & there 
 people, fhall for every fuch Offtnce, upon Complaint made thereof to any without the 
 AlBflant or Juff ice of the Peace, be Bound to his peaceable and good Bcha- "^^^^^^ <J^^."^' 
 viour until the next County Court in that Ceunty where the Oflfence^jf an^ 5^"*' 
 Ihall be committed, by faidAfSftant or Juftice of the Peac«, in the penal th«re) and 
 Sura of Ob« Uundr$d ftundi lawful Money, that he or they will not again »aior part of 
 Offend in the like kind : And the faid County Court may if they fee meet ^? ^''u'ci* 
 further Bind the pcrfon or perfons, Offending as aforefaid, to their peace- ,ob^Sdt» 
 able and good Behaviour during the pleafure of faid Court. their good 
 
 an& ft ijf furtjec «nattcli ijt^e SfiutgojitH afo^tfaiU, That if any 
 
 Foreiner or Stranger thac is not an Inhabitant within this Colony, An yForeiner 
 including as well fuch Perfons that have no Ecclefiaftical Charafter or J'^^"^" »" 
 Licenfe to Preach, as fuch as have received Ordination or Licenfe to j^ thisCoio, 
 Preach by any Aflbciation or Presbytery, fhall prefume to Preach, Teach ny, whethec 
 or publickly to Exhort in any Town or Society within this Colony, he has no Ec- 
 without the Defire and Licenfe of the Setled Minifler and the major part cleCaftical 
 of the Church of fuch Town or Society i Or at the Call ff ^e ^as " 
 and Defire of the Church and Inhabitants of fuch Town or Society, prefuming to 
 provided ihat it fo happen thac there is no Setled Minifler there, thac Pieach, with 
 every fuch Preacher, Teacher or Exhorter, fhall be feat as ( a Vagrant °"^ ^•'^"y» 
 Perfon ) by Warrant from any one Affiftant or Juflice of the Peace, ^^ vaPiant 
 from Conftabk to Conflable out of the Bounds of this Colony. ^c^ ^ 
 
 B b b b b An Aft
 
 j4fino RegHi Regis G E O R G I J //. Declmo Quinto. 
 
 P2 Co^ttfif ^ €nntncv% anti tutettins ^vocclTcs. 
 
 An Ad for the Afcerraining and Regulating 
 vidpag^Ha the Coyns and Currency's ; and for di- 
 recfling Proceffes and Judgments in this 
 Colony. 
 
 WH ER E AS the Governour and Company of this Colony^ by Infltufliom 
 from the Lords Ju(iicet of the Regency, given at White Hall the Twenty. 
 Frtamblt. p^.^ pay of Auguft, Anno Domini, One Thouland Seven Hundred and Fotiy^ 
 were Informed that it was Hn Majejiy's Royal Will and Pleafure, and were thereby 
 ftriBlj Required and Commanded to take the mo(i Effeilual Care for the future^ 
 That the Ail of Parliament faffed in tie Sixth Tear of Her Late Ma. 
 jefty Queen ANNE, EntituUd, An AH for /ifcertainini the Rates of Forein 
 Coynes in Her Majeltfs Plantations in America, (hotttdbe puncfuallji and bona fide 
 ObferveJ and put in Execution according to the true. Intent and Meaning thereof : 
 And in Compliance therewith^ by Order of this Ajferrrbly, at their Sejfions ik Oflo- 
 ber, Anno Domini, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Forty, the faid AS of 
 Parttament, with the (aid hdruil tons are Printed, and have been PitbUpied wit ft 
 the A£lsof this Affembly ^ Nottetthjlanding ■which the Currency's in this Govern, 
 ment continue verylJnfiable, and thereby many Difficulties ar^d Inconveniences arife. 
 
 For Remedy whereof.* 
 
 25e h (JEnattfa Dp tl^e dSoljernour, Council nno EfprefentatlUcU, in 
 Covn'dsilver <!5'^neral ^oiirt iaOfembleD.anO t»p tge auttio;Uj) of the fame. That Coyn'd 
 topafsat6j. Silver of SietUog Alloy, IhaH pafs Current in this Colony at the Rate of 
 &a i per Six ShiStngs zni Eight pence per 0«»fe Troy Weight in all Bufinefs, Trade 
 Ounce Troy and Dealings; and that the fame be and fhall be Accounted, Deemed and 
 ^Bufinefl" ^^^^" ^^ ^^ Lawful Money of and in this Colony : And that all Silver 
 Tiade'and' Coynes that do or may pafs Current in this Colony (halJ fland Regulated 
 Dealings, thereby, and be Taken and Received in proportion to iheirFinenefs whether 
 of the fame or of a bafer Alloy : And that fuch Bills of pubUdk Credit oo 
 this Colony that now are or may hereafter be Emitted, Ihall alfo be Regu- 
 lated in their Currency by the faid Standard, according to their current 
 Value, to be by this Aflembly from time to time declared. 
 
 3Jlnl»b£it further Cnattili bp tijc mut^o^itp afo^efaio. That after the 
 
 Firft Day of J<«»jMiary next all Bargains, Contrafts, Accounts and Dealings 
 
 After the ivhatfoever ( where not otherwife Specially Exprefs'd ) fhall be Taken, 
 
 Firft of J« Deemed and Underftood to be Made, ContraQed, Enired and Reckoned in 
 
 aU^B "gains* ^°"®^ ^^ ^^*^^^''^^^°'^^^'^' ^"^ ftall be AnfwCred and Difcharged by 
 ^e. ( where the payment of fuch Sum or Sums as are in faid Bargains, Contrafts, Ac- 
 iiot other- counts and Dealings, eltlier Exprefs'd or Underflood in the faid Silver 
 w'Jcexpres'd Coynes of the Value aforefaid, at the Rate aforefaid ; or in Bills of publick 
 deiftood.^"" Credit equivalent thereto. Regulated and Declared as aforefaid. 
 
 _95e it ftittl^cc (SnacteD bp tl^e 9iIutSo?itp afO^efaiU.That all ProcefTes and 
 
 Proceffes and Suits brought for the Recovery of any Debtor Damage, after tin. faid Firfl 
 
 Suits to be of January next ( Suits on Bonds and penal Bills or ContradVs taken for 
 
 ^'""g"^' J^' other Specie or Species of Coyne or Currency's excepted ) (hail be brought 
 
 [■j'J^^j^ J "^y for the Recovery of Lawful Money ,• by which fhall be underflood the 
 
 Exceptjgff. Money aforefaid. of the Value aforefaid : And the Court and Jury in 
 
 Aflcfling Damage and the Court in making up Judgment in fuch Cafes 
 
 ihall con fader ihe Value of the Currency, ExptelTed or Underftood by the 
 
 Parties Coatrading or Dealing at the time of doing the fame} and fiod and 
 
 |irf:ihfe^iais» Value in the Lawful Money alorefaid.
 
 Anno Rignt Regis GEORGIJ, // Declmo Qulnto. 
 
 ^PKt)p Doing 3lufl;!cc ^pi:et)entingllatb^uit2.5i3 
 
 An Aft for the more fpeedy doing Juftice, v.dpag.,,. 
 and preventing the Multiplicity of Lav^^Suits. ^'''''"' '*"' 
 
 Any Aftjoo 
 
 Be it (tnacteD Bp x%z (Goternour, douncll anti IRepccrentatitej*, (n not exceed- 
 <Cenccal couct HffemWeD, anD l)p tfje 111utl)0?(ig of tjje fame, That J^g 40 z- 
 in any Procefsor Aftion wherein che Debt, Damage or other Matter in 3 °^" ^ g'^ 
 demand, doth not exceed in Value the Sum of Forty Shillings CoywQ^ p^^ Oimce 
 Silver Sterling Alloy, at the Rate of 5** Shillings and Eight-pence fer Ounce Ttoy Weight 
 Troy Weight, may be Heard, Tried and Determined by any One Affiftant C wbereTitle 
 or Juftice of rhe Peace ; who are hereby Impowred to do the fame within pot ^Q„j.g|t 
 the Limits of their Authority ( except only where Title of Land is con- ned ) ma/be 
 cerned ) And when the Debt, Damage or other Matter in demand doth Tried before 
 not exceed the Sum of Twenty Shillingt ^ or if it be due by Bond, Bill or an Afllftanc 
 Note for Money or Bills of publick Credit only, Avouched by Two Wit- ^^[^p^^^l °^ 
 nefles, and doth not in Value exceed the Sum of Forty SWtliings Money, of Appeal when 
 the Value aforefaid, no Appeal fljall be allowed from the Judgment given not gianud. 
 thereon. 
 
 25f ft fuctfjec ^BnacttO ip t%z aiutfjojitp afo?tfafD, That any One juftice"" t* 
 Afliilant or juftice of the PeacCj fhal) have full Power, and they are take & ac- 
 hereby Authorized and Impowred to take and accept a Confeflion and ceptConfeffi. 
 Acknowlegement of any Debt from a Debtor to his Creditor, either upon °"^ ^ ^^- 
 or without an antecedent Procels,as the Parties (hall agree ; which Con- jn"ents o^f the 
 fefTion ftiaU be made only by the pevron ©( the Debtor himfelf : And on Debtors in 
 fuchConfeffion fo made,the Affiflant or Juftice (hall make a Record thereof, pcrfon. either 
 and thereon grant out Execution in due Form of Law : And if it fo happen "P*" *" w"h 
 that fuch Executions (hall be Levied on the Lands of any fuch perfon Con- °"jg*" p"*_^ 
 fefling, as aforefaid, according to the Laws directing the Levying Execu- cefs,& make 
 tions on Lands, Oiall be Returned to and Recorded in the Office of the a Record 
 Clerk of the County Court in the fame County where fuch Land lyeih; *'*""f»»n<* 
 and being fo done and Recorded, (haD be good Evidence of a Title to gra"»E'^«c"- 
 fuch Creditor or Creditors for whom it /hall be caken^ as aforefaid, their ''""* 
 Heirs and AOigns. Provided. 
 
 Providedy No ConfefHon fhatl be made or taken in che manner aforefaid, 
 for more than the Value oiTwenty Pounds in Money, as aforefaid. Adions bro't 
 
 totheCounty 
 
 5CnB lie ft furtfjcc <8natt£li Bp tit flutl)0?ftp afo^crafU. That when ^".'ie oSnd 
 any Aftion wherein the Title of Land is not concerned, is brought to any jsnot con- 
 of the County Courts in this Colony, wherein the Debt, Damage or other ctined^^of 10 
 Matter in demand, doth not exceed the Value of Ten Pounds Money, of 'o^ theValue 
 the Value aforefaid, and Judgment thereon (hall be given, no Appeal to ha"e an' 
 from fuch Judgment (halJ be allowed. Api^eal. 
 
 SBnO (t 10 furtficr €nacteti 6p t^e 3IIutt)0^(tp flfo?efaib, That no NoSheriffor 
 Sheriff, Under- Sheriff, Sheriff's Deputy or Conflable, (hall be allowed to his Deputy, 
 draw ot fill up any Writ, Procefsor Declaration in any Cafe whatfoever: orCorftabie, 
 nor appear in any Court as an Attorney for and in the behalf of any other fjn „„ any 
 perfon or perlbns whatfoever : And if it (h 11 appe>r in any Cafe, thst the Wiit in any 
 Writ, Procefs or Declaration was drawn or filled up by any Sheriff, Under- P'tccfs.nor 
 Sheriff Deputy or Conflable ( their own Cales only excepted ) the fame ^''('^0^^/ r 
 (hall Abate and be Difmifs'd i Any Law, Ufagcor Cuftom (.0 the contrary 3„y*pe"(on.*' 
 in any wife notwithftanding. 
 
 Provided, That this Aft do not take Place until the Firfl Diyofjuly TheAOwhen 
 next. ia Ffrrcc. 
 
 An Aft
 
 ^tiHo Regni Regis GEQRGIJ //. Dccimo Qui n to 
 
 5 1 4l^tobate7Say.brook jf errp.N^HavcoiFertp* BtanD» 
 
 An Ac^ to enlarge the bounds of the Diftricft 
 videpassos f^f holding a Court of Probate, called the 
 
 Diftria of eaa'!^ai»uam* 
 
 ]?i];7/*'" Vl^ ftCnattftJ i)p tie <5otfrnour, Council anfi mfprtfenfatitejJ, fn 
 ivinron the i> <2BrmTaI <routt MeitiWift, flnb Iiptlie flut|)omp of tOefamt. That 
 South fidt, 3" ^'i^ Lands in the Town of Middlitown thai lye on ihe South- fide of jhe 
 Annex'd to River called ^o/ww-River, ftall be, and they are hereby Annexed to the 
 E^fl Hadiam aforcfaid Diflcift of EaJi-fJdJJam. 
 
 An A(ft for advancing and determining the 
 Fare of the Ferry at S>ap^brcDfe, called 
 
 Videpag.j4, 
 
 ?i9'5 56:?6p ^ap?btCDfe Ferry. 
 
 "D<C it (f nattfb tp tie ^oternour, Council anb fifptcfcntatJtfiBr, (n 
 ManH'tfe*' *-' ^fn^calCoucr ancmbuu, ano bptfjeflutlio^ltp of t^e fame. That 
 Load One for the future, the Fare of faid Ferry (hall be for Man, Horfe and Load, 
 shiitiiig^tiiin Out SbiUing, and for a Cngle Horfe Itim-ftnce, and forafingleMan Six- 
 itx pence, in pence j and that during the Monthi of Novtmbery December, January, February 
 nZ ^eTe^l ^"^ ^''"'^' Ihe Fare of faid Ferry flial) be for Man, Horfe and Load, 0« 
 tioiieo'7'^ ^^'^'"If and for a fmgleMan Nifl^-wwe, and no more in Bills of Ihe Old 
 
 Tenour. 
 Provided, The Ferf y-man at faid Ferry ( for Ihe time being ) (hall at fome 
 fravided, convenient Place on the Weft-fide of faid Ferry keep and maintain in good 
 
 and fafEcieni Repair, a Wharfi'for the good Accommodacioo of Travelfers 
 
 over faid Ferry ; Any Law,urage,Cuftom,to the contrary noiwitbftanding. 
 
 vidH-ef^ An Adlftating theFare of the Ferry over the 
 
 Eaft River in MtVo^^aUU. 
 
 For eachPer- T><£ »« (ttt^^tli 6? t^e O^otitmouc, Couocrt mH HtptcftntatftfjJ, (II 
 fon, HotCe & O (Benttal Court ^(TcmWcD.anti bp tit 55ut5o?ftp of t>e fame, That the 
 Load Tiro- Fare of the Ferry over ihe Eaft Ki^fcr ia New- Havtn for the ftiture, (hall 
 feme. One jjg Two-pence for each Perfon, Horfe and Load ; Ont-ptnj for each (logle 
 JrHcrfe 0«" ^"^"1 o"" ^°^^* » 0/rf-?<»; Nalfftny for each Ox or Cow or other Neat 
 peny halfpeny Caiiel, Onc-balf-fefiy for Sheep or Swine per Head, in New Tenour Bills, 01 
 ForOxcrCow an Equivalent thereto in Old Tenour Bills, and no more ;i%nyLaw, 
 & haif.feny ufagg or Cuftoffl to the contrary notwithftanding. And if any Ferry-man 
 SwinerNew °^^^^^ ^'"^ ^a" prefumc fo take any more, befliallfuffer the Penalties 
 Ttnour Bills of the Law in fuch Cafe. 
 
 ¥r«videdy l>JoihiDg herein to be Extended to Ihofc Exempted by Law 
 jf Provifo. from paying Ferriage, nor to the Inhabitants of the Town of Ncv/-Haven» 
 
 Vide pagj96 Ad A(ft for appointing the Brand for Horfes 
 
 45^^66. 47J in jjje Town of %minQton* 
 
 Torrhiton -,^ jjj ^Jtcreb an!) (CnflCtci b? t^y Court, That the Brand for Horfes 
 noriesBrand j[ ;„ the Town ofrornffgws, (hall bc the following Figure, C 1/1%.; "^ 
 
 NLO N DP N, Printed and Sold by T, Green, Printer to the 
 GOVERNOUR and COMPANY. 174*.
 
 ^nno Regni Regh GEORGIJ///. Decl mo Sem 
 
 Befittiatins MfloJig o^ Hcarning^ s ^ $ 
 
 ^J' D7EU ETMONDROIT " 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford. iqi8 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Conntilicut in Ne» England : Begun and Held at Nifw Haven t 
 on Tburfday the Fourteenth Day of OSioler, in the Sixteenth 
 Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, 
 of 6reatBritatHf (Sc, KING. Anntque Domini, 174*. 
 
 An hdi Relating to and for the better 
 
 Regulating Schools of Learning. vidpagip? 
 
 -408,459.48? 
 
 WHERE A Shy funiry Mt and Lams of tbft jifftmhlyy they ^°*' 
 hav$ Founded, ErtSieJ^ Endowid and Provided far the Main- 
 tainance ofaCoUtge dt NewsHaven ; and Inferiour Schotls of 
 Learning in every ttwn or Varifhy for the Education and In- « r, 
 (IruUien of the Touth oj this Colonf \ which have i by the BUff^ng of God) been "" '' 
 vtry Strviceahle to promote Vftful Learning and Chriftian Knowlege ; and mort 
 tJpeciaDy to Train up a Learned and Orthodox Miniflry for the Sufply of our 
 Churches, jind, in at much as the weU Ordering of fuch fubliek Schools it of «g(.;t3, of 
 great Importance to the Publick Wtal^ thtt ^ffemblf by one A^^ Entituled^ An fomc Paffage* 
 Aft for the Encouragement and better Improvement of Town Schools, in »n Aft, 
 (^page\<)-jy) did Order and Prm*/*, * That the Civil Authority and Seleft- En"tale£!, 
 
 * men in ever? Town,(hould be Vilitors, to Infpeft the State of fuch Schools, |"*^ ^°' '^^ 
 
 * and toEcquire into the Qualifications oi cheMafters of them,and the Pro- m"en°&b!ttec 
 
 * ficicncy of the Children ; to give fuch Direaions as they ftall think need- Improvment 
 
 * ful to render fuch Schools moft Serviceable to increafe that Knowlege, of Town 
 
 * Civility and Religion, which is defigned in the Erefting of them. And Schools, in 
 in cafe thofe Vifitors \hall apprehend that any fuch Schools' ar* fo Ordtredat not to ^^^' *^^* 
 he likely to obtain thofe good Ends propofed, they (hall lay the Stale thereof before 
 
 tkit Afftmhly^ tpfco fhaQ give fuch Orders thereupon at they (hall think proper: jis 
 by the (aid AH naaj more fully appear. 
 
 And whereat the ErtBing of any other Schools, which are nAt under the Efiah- 
 Ufhmint and In^eBion afortfaid, may tend to Train up Touth in ill Principlej and 
 fntElifes, and introduce fuch Difordtrs as raay be 0/ fatal Conftqutnce to the 
 Publick Peace and Weal of thv Colony. 
 
 B b b b b Which
 
 Mno Begni Regit G E O R G I J, // DcCittio Sexto. 
 
 5 1 6 ^esalattittjj ScI)(d15 of Heatn^ns. 
 
 Which to Prevent ; 
 
 No pfrfons jge ft dfnaitfU b? t^e (Bobernour, <rouncil anU <!eprtrfntatlt)r0. fn 
 toprciumeto (pgnffaj (foyrt aiTcmbUD, ani 6p tje 2utj)o;ftp of tie fame. Thai no 
 i'p 3nV°Co[' P'^'culaT Perfons^ whatfoever, jhall prefume of themfclvcs to Ereft, 
 lege or pub- Eftablish, Set Up, Keep or Maintain any College, Seminary of Learning, or 
 lick Semina any PubUck School whaifoevcf, for the Inftruflion of Young Perfons, other 
 ty, without ihan fuch as are EreOed and Eftablifted or Allowed by the Laws of this 
 xY^gIIIIIx^ Colony, without fj^ecral Licenfe or Liberty firft had and obtained of this 
 AffemWy. Aflembly. 
 
 An Derfun ^"^ ^' ^* CnattfH 6j tfie aut^O^ft? afojefafD, That if any Perfon fiiatl 
 prefuming to P'^fiimc to aQ as a Matter, Tuior, Teacher or InftruAor, in any nnlawful 
 aA as Mafter School Or Seminary of Learning, Ereded as aforefaid, he OiaD fuffenhe 
 or Teacher of Penalty ofFivt ?ouvds Lawful Money ftr Month, for every Month he ihall 
 fuch ScheolcoQ,jnuet„^£j.^2,aloreraid. And every Grand-jurj within any County 
 °ofuffir"*?c W'here fuch School or Seminary of Learning is Ereaed, fliaU make Prefeni- 
 penaicy oF j ">'QC of «11 Breaches of this Ad to the next Aififiaot, Juflice of the Peace, 
 /. per Month. Of CoOOtf Coort< 
 
 $6ndt>efr CEirtler (tnatte^ lip t^e 9lut|o;ftp afo^tfaio, That the Civil 
 The Civil Auibority and Seie£l-ireo in each Town, or the major part of ihcm, iball 
 Authority & infpeft and ViGt aD fuch unlawful Schools or Seminaries of Learning, 
 to inrpTA"*& Breftcd « a^orefaid, and (haD proceed with aU fuch Scholars, Students or 
 Viflt fuch Refidents in focb School, and all fnch as Harbour, Board or Entertain them, 
 tinlawrui Se. according to the Laws of this Colony lefpeding Tranfient perfoos or la- 
 aninaries.&f mates Refidtog in any Town witbont the Approbation of the Seledi-men. 
 
 «n& It it finrt^ertfnattrt ft? t\z ?fiut5o;ltg afo?jfa(li,That if any Student 
 
 or Refident in fuch School, Oiatl pretend that he is Bound, as by Indenture 
 
 Studenti or an Apprentice to Learo aoyMaooal Art orTrade,and the faid Civil Authority 
 
 Refidents io q, Selefl^mea IhaD fufpeft that fuch Indenture was given only as a colour to 
 
 rfendin°e an ^^^^^^ '° ^'^ ToviUy contrary 10 Law, that then it feall be in the Power 
 
 Ldenturebe oliht faid Civil Authority to Examine all the Parties to fuch Indenture 
 
 ing given to oodcr Oaifa, in aU fuch Queftions which they fhaH think proper, rclaiiag to 
 
 lc«m anyMa- (he true Intention of fuch Indenture and their Praftife thereon ; and it it 
 
 be*Etom' ed ^^^ app^^f to tbe faid Authority or Scka.aneo, or the major part of them, 
 
 uiider OaTh. ^^^^ ^^b Indenture was given upon a Frasdalent defign, as aforclaid, that 
 
 ' then fuch Aothority fhal) proceed as if no fuch Indenture had been matle. 
 
 Perfont not SCnO U it futcl^ec <Sna(ttb l^ tge ^utlio^ftp afojefafb, That no 
 Educated at perfon that has not been Educated or Graduated in Yalt-CoUege or Harvard- 
 r^f/'^r n^"" Co&ege in Cambridge^ or fooje other Allowed Foreia Proteflant College or 
 or iJrnS Univerfity, ihaU take the benefit of the Laws of this Government, refpeftiog 
 have (he be- <be Settlement and Support of Minifters. 
 nefit of, &c. 
 
 Always Provided^ Nothing in this ASk be ConRrtied to forbid or prevent 
 
 any Society Allowed by Law in this Colony, to keep a School by a major 
 Provi/o. Vote in fuch Society, to order more Parilh Schools than one to be kept 
 
 therein, and appoint the School or Schools to be kept io more Places than 
 
 one in fuch Society. 
 
 This Aft to Thia A& to continue in Force for the fpaceofFour Years from the 
 Yean "' * ^^^^& 0^ ^'''* Aflcmbljr, and no longer, 
 
 An Aft
 
 Anno RtgHt Begis G E O R G T J. //. Dcclmo Stxto. 
 
 Ad Ad: in addition to an A(St for the further 
 
 direding SheriflFs and Conflables in the vid pjg^.jz 
 Execution of their OfEce 'il':,T' 
 
 BiffircfnaxTfU £ip t^e <ffiotJErnour, Countn and IRtprefentatiteg, in sheriffs or 
 (BfneralCoiicc^irnnbUt), anDbpti)e 3fiatl)o;Up of t|)e Tanu, Thai conftabio 
 \whenfoevcr any Sheriff or Conftable fliall be Sued for their not Executing Sued for not 
 any Writ of Execution delivered to him to be Executed, there (hal) be no ''^y'^sE^e- 
 Appeal or Review allowed in any fuch Caufe i any Law, Ufage or Cuftom '^^o^lk l^ 
 to the contrary tiotwitbftanding. App«al. 
 
 ^/iP4^iFreWfd,That a Receipt in Writingbe demanded or received of filch 
 Officer at the time ofthe delivery offuchWrit,as the Law direfls in that cafe. FroviJeJ, 
 
 An Adt appointing a Court of Probate to be 
 
 held at 3LttCl)fieltl* vidpagt^. 
 
 B(t It CnarteD 6? tlje ^tJcrnouc, <rouncll anU Hfprermfat/iesf, fn \ls°gl"l6 
 ((Bcniral Court MnnbUD,anQ bptftt siutiio^ftp oftfje fame, Thai i^il^ti\^^6 
 there (hall be a Court of Probate held at Litchfield^ for the Towns of Litch- so8, $14 
 fieldy Kent, Sharon, SaUtbury^ CanMan, Cofhen, Torringten and Harwinton ; To be . rovxt of 
 held by one Judge and Clerk, with Powers and Privileges as the other probate to be 
 Courts of Probate have in this Colony : And in cafe where the Law allows heidattiV(^> 
 liberty of Appeal, Appeal (hall be raade to the Superiour Court in the )^''> 
 Coifoty of f/<irt/'or<{^ where matters in ControverCc ihall happen to be in 
 the County of f/4rr/or</; and likewife where matters in Controverfie fliatl 
 happen to be in the County ofN«9-/i/«vf», Appeal fliaP be made to the 
 Superiour Court in the County of tJeW'Havin s And the fame /hall be 
 called by the Nanoe of the DiQrift of Liichfiild. 
 
 An A6t in addition tea Law, Entituled, An v><i.p.g ^7, 
 A£it diredling proceeding againfl Forceable ^y^^s.'.'fs? 
 Entry and Detainer. ?79,4»8 
 
 w 
 
 HERE AS infaid AB no DirtSieti it given for froceetUng in tbofe PreumtU. 
 Cafes oberi tb* Sheriff te a ?artj concerned. 
 For Remedy whereof ; 
 <!5e it «na(tt6 Bp t^e <£>obecnour, Counca ano Reprefentatniesf, in ^il^'^'ff • '''* 
 <BentcaI €mn MtmWfO.anD bg tfte autfio^ftH of fllf fame. That when it theTa Pa!ly 
 iball fo happen that theSherifFis either Party, or fhaU ftand in the Relation Reladon.Te- 
 ef Father or Son, by Nature or Marriage j or of a Brother in the like kind, "»"» otLand. 
 Uncle or Nephew,Land!ordor Tenant to either ot the Parties ;then and in ^°^^ •? *"y 
 fuch Cafe, either of the Conftables in the Town where the Fafts are faid to fbble im-"" 
 be done, (hall have all the Powers and Authorities that the Sheriffs by Law powered la 
 are vefted with, any Law, Ufage or Cufiom to the contrary notwithftanding. Aft thereiih 
 
 The Gentlemen Nominated by the Votes of the Freemen of this Colony, 
 ( brought la to this Affembly > to ftand for Eleftion in Mitj aext.are as follow.C'* J 
 
 T//£//onouraJ?* JONATHAN LAW £/j;r4(r^o»20ttrjW« ROGER WOLCOTTE/^: The Gentle- 
 James Wadfwoith £/j; Nathanael Stanly £/ji Jofeph Whiting £/j; Ozias "'" Nomi- 
 Pitkin fyVi Timothy Pierce £/j; Samuel Lynda £/f; William Pitkin £/j; Thomas ""d'o'the 
 Fitch £/j; Roger Newton Efq; Ebenezer Silliman £/j; Jonathan Trumble Efq\ EI«"»on >« 
 Hezekiah Huntington Efq\ Col, John Bulkley,/»fi;. Andrew Burr, Co/. Joho Chefter. ^^ '74J> 
 Col. Samuel Hill, Mr. John Grifwold, Mr. Elilha Williams. 
 
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 mcpeaims an Zit atiu ptotjimag otDet Belief. 5^9 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
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 Albert C. Batest 
 
 %U DIEU ETMONDROIT ^^ 
 
 ACTS and LAWS 
 
 PafTedby the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony of 
 CoHtieilicut in t^ew England : Begun and Held in Hartford, on the 
 Second Thar fday of May, in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of Our 
 Sovereign Lord GZOB^GZthe Sccett4^otGrtat'Bfitainy&c.Kiag,ADAj4j 
 
 An Aa for Repealing the Law, Enmuled,^., ^^^ ,^^ 
 An A(Stf(xr the Eafe of fuch as foberly Dif- ^<°'»^' "» 
 fent from the way of Worihip and Miniftry 
 eftablifli'd by the Laws of this Government, 
 and providing other Relief inftead thereot 
 
 THIS j^jfemhly obfirvittg the growing Diffcukies in thu Colony tlreulh 
 the Mifundtrftanding of the Law, EtttitHkd, kn. Aft for the Eafe d_.-^»^ 
 of fuch as foberly Diflent from the way of Wor/hip aad Miniftry •^'"'»"'* 
 Ef^abliQied br tbe Laws of this Government j Made in favour </ 
 fuch M it foberly Diffent from tbe way ofWorfhif and Minifiry Efiablifhed in this 
 Colony : And notmthfiandtng this Afftmbly have Refolved that thoft commonly 
 called Presbyterians or Congregationalifis, (heuld not take Benefit by faid Law, YeC 
 fomeoftbeParifkes Efiahli^edby the Lavs of this Colony, threugh tbe faid Af*f' 
 undtrfiMdingyhttve bcengreatly DamnifieJ,and bf indireSi Means divided and parted 
 without any fufficient Reafonfor the fame \for that thofe which have gone fromfueb 
 Fari{hes,were of the fame Opinion with fuch as could not take Benefit by faid Law- 
 . Which Mifchief to Prevent: 
 
 25e it enattrt 6p tfje d^otiernour, Council ano Eeptefcntatfbegf, flf rhsr,^ {„ 
 pneral <!rouct aOTemtileD. fln& ti? tfie Sut^ozftp of tge fame. That the faid pag.ijZ reS 
 Law, Entilulcd, An Aa for tbe Eafe of fuch as do foberly Diffent, &c. ffiaU be pecting Dif- 
 Repealed aad made Void ; and ihe fame is hereby Repealed and made Void. ^^''"", Re- 
 
 ii/r^l^.''^ *t fwct^ec «nactell, That for the future, that if any of His ^**^*''* 
 Majeftg s good Subjeas, betag Proteftants, Inhabitants of this Colony, that 
 IliaU foberly DifTeac from the way of Worihip and Miniftry Ettabliihed by Sober Diflen- 
 * /^ J^^ Colooy, thai fuch perfons may apply ihemfelves to this t"s to appijr 
 
 Aflembly for Relief, \wherc they ihall be heard ; And fuch Perfons as have f !;""£'/" '? 
 any diftmguifliing Charafter by which chey may be known from the Pref- Court S 
 rrtl^ju" °'" <^oDgregacionalifis and from the Confociated Churches Eftab- they ftaU be 
 li u^^- * ^*'* '^^^^'^ Colony may exped the Indulgence of this A-ffem- he»rd. 
 bly ; having firft before this AfTembly taken tbe Oaths and fubfcribed the 
 Declaration provided in the M\ of Parliament in cafes of the like nature. 
 
 C c c c c AnAa
 
 /tirto Riga! Regii OEORGIJ //. Deciino Sexto. 
 
 520 5fo;emersf» iFees;, 5fine5, jfertiagejs, &c. 
 
 An Ad providing Relief againft the evil 
 y.'tj'zf.z'/a and dangerous Defigns of Foreiners and 
 516 oulpected perlons. 
 
 WHERE/} Slhts Aj]tmhly it informed^ 7bat thire are feveral Strangtrt 
 which It is fuppoftd are not the SuhjtElt of Our Sovereign Lord the King^ 
 freauHe ^"' '"^* Foremen ftraglwg eboMt in this Colony upon evil and dangerous Dtpgntf 
 Endeavouring to /owe andfpread Falfe and Dangerous Doltrinis of Religion among 
 us, to flir up Difcord among f be People, to promote Seditions De/i^ns againfi the 
 Covcrnment^to Alienate and Ejirange the Minds of the Indians from us, or to Spjf 
 cut our Country : And whereas there is danger many times arifing from Foriin Ships 
 or other Veffels coming to Spy out our Coafis, or in fame Cltnde/iine manner to carry 
 en an Unlawful Trade. 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 Be (t Cnacttb ft? tfie dJoljernouc, ^Touncil anD HeprErjntatftesf, fn 
 (Bentual Couct iarfemblcD, fliiD bg tie autl}0?{tp of tlje fame, That all 
 Foreiners or fuch Foreiners or fufpeflied Pcrfons, as abovefaid ; and all fuch Capcains of 
 Sul"pe«ned Ships, Maflers of Veflels or Seafaring men, fufpeded as aforefaid, may be 
 ptrfons to be ^gj^^j, ,,p gnd carried before the Governour of this Colony and fuch other 
 carr^"dbcfo"e '^^ *^^ ^'^'' Authority as bis Honour Hiall think proper to call to his 
 his Honour Affiflance; before whom any fuch fufpefted Perfon, as aforefaid, may be 
 iheGovernor Examined : And the Governour with ihe Advice of the Authority aforefaid, 
 is Authorized and Impowred co take and ufe fuch Means and Melhods a$ 
 may be proper to prevent the Mifchiefs and Dangers which may arife from 
 fuch Foreiners or lufpettcd Pcrfons, and fecure His Majefty's Iniereft in thi« 
 Colony. 
 3InO ft t0 further (CnatreD, That any Affiftant or Juf\ice of the Peace, 
 T ftices'*of°' who is Informed and hach good Reafon to think there is any fuch fufpefted 
 ihtPeacemay perfon Refiding near hjm, may ( Ex Officio) Enquire after,Take up and fead 
 IX o^cio,^c. fuch perfoa before the Governour, as aforefaid. 
 
 An Adl for regulating Fees, Fines, Penalties, 
 
 li'-'^^t.^P. Ferriages, &c. 
 
 ?<55,5i4, "pc it (f nnrtfti Bp ttje <?Bot3£rni)ur, Council anO !Rep«rentatitiesf, (11 
 J3 dPcncral viourt 3fi£fcml)leti, anUbptfie 3Iltttlia?(tp of tje fame, That 
 The Fees of ine Eftablilbmeni of the Fees belonging to the feveral Officers in Ihii 
 Colony be as follows. 
 
 AfTiftants Fees. 
 
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 Affiftants. pOr attending the General Aflcmbly ftr Ditm, 00 06 00 
 
 For Travel per Mile out, 00 00 04 
 
 Reprefentatives Fees. 
 
 Rfpfefcnta- pOr attending the General Affcmbly per Ditvf, 
 lives. A- For Travel ffr Mile out, 
 
 Super iour Courts Fees. 
 
 r^Hicf Judge per DUm, 
 Superiour AfGftant Judges per Dltt)}, 
 
 Courr. Trying each Adion, 
 
 Each Default or ConfeffioD, 
 
 To ibe Jury, 
 
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 Clerk of the Superiour Courts Fees. 
 
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 CNtermg each ASion and Judgment, 
 
 Filing each individual Teftimony, 
 Each Execution, 
 
 Entering Judgment Acknowledged, 
 Copy of each Tcftimony, 
 
 County Courts Fees. 
 (^Hief Judge per Diem^ 
 
 Juftices of the Quorum per Ditm^ 
 Trying of Each Aflion ( whereof to the Jury, iz s, ) 
 Each Judgment on Default or Confeflion, 
 For a LicenfetoeachTavernkeeper(whereofto theCIerk,i ijoo 
 
 Clerk of County Courts Fees. 
 pNtering every Aflion, 00 
 
 Entering every Judgment, 00 
 
 ForAttachments, Summons and Execution and other things? 
 proper 10 him, as in the AfliAants and Juflices Fees. | 
 
 Court of Probate Fees. 
 
 ^^anting Adminiftration, to the Judge, 
 
 Receiving and Probate of every Will and the Inventory > 
 of Fifty Pounds Of under ( whereof to the Clerk 9 d ) \ 00 02 
 Receiving and Probate of every Will iind Inventory of 7 
 
 above Ftfcf Pomdt ( whereof to the Clerk, i <• ) S 00 
 Each Quutut ( whereof to the Clerk 6 d.) 00 
 
 Recording every Will and Inventory of Fifty Pounds,or under,oo 
 Recording every Will and Inventory of above Fiftf Pounds? 
 
 and not exceeding 0»f Hundred Pounds y ^ 00 
 
 Alio Six.ftnce per Hundred ior asxy Hundred PeiyMff after V 
 the firft Hundred,aryd half fo much for Copy of the fame. J 
 EachBondfoTAdrainiarationandeachLetterof Admioiftralioo^ o ox 
 Every Citation, 00 00 
 
 Making out a Commifllon.Receiving and Examining the Claims i 
 of Creditors colnfolvent Eftates and Regiftringthe fame, ^o 01 
 Regiftring the Coramiffioners Report prr Page, for each j 
 
 Page of Twenty- eight Lines, Ten Words in a Line* J 00 00 
 Entering an Order upon theAdminiftrator to Pay oat iheEffate fa ? 
 proportion unto the feveralCreditors return'd by theCommiffioners, ^o 
 Allowing of Accouncs,Secling and Dividing of InieftaieEflates,oo 
 Appointing Guardians and taking Bond, 
 
 AfTiflants and Juflices Fees. 
 
 A Ttachments or Summons for Aftion 
 *^ When Bond l 
 
 A Waviant for WitnefTes, 
 Entry and Trial of an AQion, 
 Every Execution, 
 Every Warrant for Criminals, 
 Bond for Appeal, 
 Copy of Evidences the haft. 
 Copies of Judgments, 
 Every Recognizance, 
 lodgment on Confeffion or Default, 
 Affidaviw taken out of Court, each. 
 
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 Ackjiowledging a Deed, Mortgage ot other InRrument, 00 
 
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 jdauo Regm Regit G E O R G I J // Declmo Sexta 
 
 522 I^OZfeS BrattH fojt New-Hanford. 
 
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 Secretary's Fees. 
 
 D EcordingLaws and Orders of Poblick Concernment •% 
 SeeretarjV in the Colony Records, each, i 
 
 Affixing the Colony Seal each Time, 
 Each Military Commiffion, 
 Each Commiffion for the Juflices in each County, 
 Commiffion for the Judges of the Superiour Court, 
 Commiffion for the Judges of the County Court 4 
 and Court of Probate, Each, ^ 
 
 Each Petition or Memorial to the General AfTembly, 
 To the General Affembly for every Petition, 
 
 Sheriffs and Conftables Fees. 
 CErving every Summons, 
 
 Sheriffs and ^ . , ^ ^^1 Copy, 
 
 Conftibles. Serving every Attachment, 
 Bait Bond, 
 
 Levying every Execution not exceeding Tivi Tounds, 
 Levying every Execution more than Five Foundi ? 
 
 and not exceeding Ten Toundt^ i 00 03 00 
 
 Levying every Execution more than Ten Founds j 
 
 and not exceeding Twenty Poundif 5 00 oy 00 
 
 Levying every Execution more than Twttt'y Pounds 7 
 
 and not exceeding Forty Pounds^ ^ 00 07 06 
 
 For any greater Sums than forty Poundthi (ball be allow'd after the^ 
 rate oiTwoShillingi more advanced on every Twenty p»undt above^ 
 the Sum ot Forty pomJi which (hall be Levied by the faid Exccu-J 
 tions And the abovefaidFees on Executions (ball be taken in che( 
 fameCurrency that is to be levied by each refpeftive Execution- 
 Attending at a Judices Court whea obliged to attend, ? 
 
 for each A^on Tried, 5 00 01 00 
 
 Each Mile Travel out, co 00 01 ^ 
 Plaintiffs De- SheiifFattcnding the General AlTefrbly, Superiour Court? 
 
 ^.'^^"'^ °f or County Court per Drew, 5 00 o; 06 
 
 thdrxravel Conftable for the like Service ftr Diem, ^ 00 03 00 
 
 to & At ten- Fees for Plaintiff, Defendant or Evidences attending ? 
 
 dance on any any Court ftr DitMf y 00 01 06 
 
 Travel for PlaintifT.Defendant or EvidenceiQanyConrtferMile,oo 00 01 \ 
 Jurorsiaying Pegj foj g jy^y emplo/ed in laying out High-ways ? 
 w"ays*'^ ftiall be for every Juror per Diewy j 00 o; 00 
 
 And the Sheriff attending on faid Jury jer Diem, 00 04 00 
 
 anU be It fuctfjcr "SnatteD h? tie Sfiut^o^itp afojECalU, That all Fees and 
 Fines, For- Allowances by this Aft not provided for, and all Fines, Forfeitures and 
 Sid« ' and Penalties, and the Fairs of the RefpeSive Ferries in this Colony, fliall be 
 Fairs of Fer- P^id in Bills of Publick Credit of the Old Currency, excepting where fome 
 ry's,howpaid Other Currency is by Statute exprefly Ordered and Provided for, until this 
 
 AiTembly Aall Order otberwife. 
 
 An Ad for afcertaining the Brand for Horfes 
 ^",?4i.j58 in the Town of l<let»»Bartfora. 
 
 Brand for the R^ ^^ (foatttn lip tl)C (Bobtcnouc, Council anti ReprEfrntatltjeiS, in 
 Horfcs.&cin P <Pcneral Court ^frembleU.anO lip tl)c9CutIjo?iip of x\t fame, That 
 Nt0 Hartford the Brand for Horfes, &c. in the Town of Niw-Hartf or d, ftiaQ be /W 
 
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 Anftf Regni Regis GEORGIJ //. Decimo Septlmo. 
 
 €mt(tinsl^it(^iut& tn eccuGafticai:affatts^. 523 
 
 %^" DIEU ETMONDROIT ^h^ 
 
 Pifty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Conne£licut in tfetO'Ef^land : Begun and Held at /fpw Haven on 
 the fecond Thurfday of OSloher, In the Seventeenth Year of the 
 Reign of Oar Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, of 
 GreatBritain, ^ff. KING. Anneque DomiHi^ \ 745, 
 
 An Adt io addition to one Law of this^.^ 
 Colony, Entituled, An Adt for regulating '•*^^*" 
 Abules and correding Diforders in Eccle* 
 fiaftical A£Eairs. 
 
 WHERE AS in tht lafl Paraff-afh offaid AS it W |9tOtrftKll 
 anO CnatteO, ' That if any Foreiner or Stranger that is 
 * not an Inhabitant in this Colony, including as well fuch 
 * Ferfons that have no Ecclefiaftical Charafter or Licenfe 
 
 * to Preach, as foch as have received Ordination or Licenfe to Preach by 
 
 * an? Adbciation or Presbytery, (hall prcfume to Preach, Teach, or pub- Recital of» 
 
 * liclcly to Exhort in any Town or Society within this Colony, without Paragraph ia 
 
 * the DeGre and Licenfe of the Setled Minifter and the major part of the P'S* J'^» 
 
 * Church of fuch Town or Society ; Or at the Call and "Defire of the 
 
 * Church and [nhabicants of fuch Town or Society, provided that it lb 
 
 * happen that there is noSeded Minifter there, that every fuch Preacher, 
 
 * Teacher Or Exhorter, (hill be fent Has a Vagrant Perfoa 3 by Warrant 
 ' from any One Afltftant or Juftice of the Peace, from Conftable to Con- 
 
 * fiableoutof the Bounds of this Colony. And it being found bf Exftritncty 
 float for wttiT of further Provifiin the good Ends propofed art dtfeattd ; and fame 
 Ferfons that purfuan: to the aforefaid Law have been T-tktn and Carried oat of 
 the Bounds of this Colony^ have immediately Returned ag^ain^ and by Preaching and 
 Exhorting^ at aforefaid^ bavt greatly Difquieled and Difturbedthe People. 
 
 D a d d d 
 
 Which
 
 ^nKO Regnl Regis GEORGIJ //. Dccimo Septlmo. 
 
 524 26ettet ^lUtin^ ^Ule aiiD ^m t^erfons* 
 
 Which for tne Future 10 Prevent : 
 
 Be it (CnatttD Ii? t^ OESotjernouc, Council anB fiv^xtUM&XVazi, in 
 Aoy perfon ^Pci^ff^l Couct afltmbUO, oao Dp tjje auttjojltp Of tte fame, Thac when 
 that is a Fo- it ihall fo happen thac any perfon thac is a Poreineror Stranger and not 
 raiiier or a an Inhabicanc in this Colony, ihal) ac any Time after he has been by Order 
 Stranger, & of Authority, as aforefaid, Tranfporced out of the Bounds of this Colony 
 b°* nt'ofthii K,ecurn into the fame again, and fhall in any Town or Society in this 
 Colony who Colony PrCach, Teach or Exhort, contrary CO the true Intent and Meaning 
 has by'Otder of the aforefaid Law, it /hall be the Duty of any One Affiftant or Juftice of 
 of Authoiity the Peace thac fhall be (nformed thereof, to caufe fuch Perfon to be Appre- 
 **"" J'u'^ f tended and brought before him j and if he ihall be found guilty, to give 
 I he Bounds of J '^'^S'"^"' ^^^ ^^^^ perfon fliall become Bound in the Penal Sura of On« 
 this Colony Hundred Founds^ Lawful Money, to his peaceable and good Behaviour, until 
 Return again, the nexc County Court in the County where the Offence fhall be Com- 
 and aall Ex- ^itjeJ^ and that fuch perfon will not Offend again in like manner, and 
 be'boi^d to° alfo that fuch Offender fliall pay down the Coft of hisTranfportation : And 
 his good Be- the County Court may ( }f they fee caufe ) further Bind fuch Offender to 
 hjviour.Sf'c. bis peaceable and good Behaviour during the Pleafure of faid Court. 
 
 vidpag.24j An Ad in addition to and for explanation 
 of the Law, Entituled, An A<ft for the bet* 
 ter Ordering of Idle and Poor perfons. 
 
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 ''HEREASin faid Law thert it no ^icial DirtElion given for a Rule t» 
 the SeleEl-mtn to proceed by when thef (hall juJit it Necejfarj to take into 
 Preamble. jhrir Care tkt Perfon or Eft ate of any fitch Idle Perfon^ nor to make certain their 
 Doings therein^ nor any fufficient Trovifion to freferve the Eftate of fuch Perfon 
 taken 6f the DutfHon of (aid Law from Verifhing in the hands of fueh Selt[l-men 
 or their Sttccejfors, which may eceajson great Wrong and Injuftice to fuch Perfon or 
 bis Htirt' 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 25£ it ^natfeU 6p tfje OJotiernour, Councft anD HfprEfentatftoesf, fit 
 Seiea-men (Kcnccal Coutt affemblPD, anD hgtfte iautjjojitp of tge fame, That whea 
 finding any and fo often as the Seleft-tnen in any Town in this Colony, or the major 
 perfons in part of them (hall find an? perfon thac through Idlenefs and bad Husban- 
 ^'''h id'i""& '^^y* ^^^ '"'^^ '° ^^ reduced to Poverty and Want, they are hereby direSed 
 bad Huibands to make Application to the nexc Affiflant or Juflice of the Peace and In- 
 to make Ap- form him thereof; which faid A/Tiftant or Juflice is hereby direded, at 
 plication to the Requeft of fuch Seled-raen) to IflUe forth his Warrant, direSed to the 
 fta "*or T\ ^^^"^ °^ ^^'^ County, his Deputy, or either of the Conftables of faid 
 tice of "the" Town, Commaading them to take the Body of fuch perfon and bring him 
 Peace! before fuch AfEflant or Juftice, in order that fuch perfon may be dealt 
 
 with according to the direAion of faid Law : And in cafe fuch Idle perfon 
 Said Adlftant who fliall be fo Informed againfl, fiiall Abfcond fo that he cannoc be taken 
 or Juftice to Bodily, then and in fuch cafe the Sheriflc, his Deputy or Conftable, (hall 
 Wa^ru'it iJc Serve fuch Warrant by leaving a True andAttefted Copy thereof at the 
 ufual or laft place of his Abode. 
 
 seira men to jjuD fi tg furtljec €n9Ctcli bp ttie Sllut^ojirp afojefaiO, That the 
 difpofeinSer. Seleft-mcn, or the major part of them, after and upon the Proceeding 
 Pc"ousatFa- abovc-direaed to, are hereby direfted and impowred, by and with the 
 milies of the Advice of faid Affiftant or Juftice, to take fuch Perfon and his Family, if 
 Idie&poor. any h: has, and him or them difpofe of in Service, as they (hall judge beft.
 
 ^nno Regni Regis GEORGIJ //• Decimo Septlmo' 
 
 mxita of enoi* SDettrormg GZlloitjeg, &c* 525 
 
 anD (t tsj furtljec (CnatteO bp tfte flutlja?(tp afo^jfalD, That when any 
 Seleft-men (hall have taken into their Care any* Idle perfon or perfonsseleft-men 
 ( agreeable to the directions in this Aft provided ) and Difpofed of him or touke into 
 them, as aforefaid, the faid Seleft-mcn for the Time being, are Authorized ^h"^. H*"'^» 
 and fully Impowred, by and with the Advice of faid A(fiftant or JuKice of f!jj^j2u"i!d 
 the Peace, to rake into their Hands and to Improve, by therafelves or any poor perfoHs 
 by or under them, all the Lands, Goods, Chattels and Credits of any fuch & Improve 
 Idle perfon for the beft good and benefit of fuch Perfon or his Heirs, them. 
 
 ProvideJy The faid Scleft-nien ftiall make certain their Doings upon fuch 
 Eflate, by forthwith fetting up a Certificate thereof in Writing, under the p^jviVji, 
 Hands of the faid Anthority and Seleft-men, on the Sign-poft or fome 
 other publick Place in faid Town, and lodge a Copy thereof in the Town- 
 Clerk's Office of faid Town. 
 
 Provided dfo^ The faid Seleft-men within Ten Days after the talcing of 
 luch Eflate into their Hands, Ihall make a true and perfeft Inventory of all 
 and fingular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of any and every fuch Idle '^'^""*'''' 
 perfon as (hall come into their Hands, with a juft Eftimate of the true 
 Worthand Value of every Article thereof, by the Apprizement ot Two 
 indifferent Perfons, Freeholders under Oath, being thereunto appointed 
 by faid Afliftant orjuftice; Which Schedule or Inventory taken, as afore- 
 faid, fhall be lodged in the Town Clerk's Office in fuch Town where focb 
 perfon (hall be taken, as aforefaid 
 
 «nO it is fucttjec (Enattrt bj» t^e «ut8o?ftp afoiefaili. That all fuch Suchldleper- 
 Pcrfons as (hall be Taken and whofe Eftate fliall be Difpofed of according ^^^^^h^^^ 
 to the dircflions of this Aft, (hall be difabled to make any Aft or Deed djfpofing of* 
 binding upon his Peribn or Eflate, as Minors onder Guardians by Law are. tbeii Eftates. 
 
 An A(S for Reviving and Continuing an Aft, ^-^^^^^ ^^ 
 Entituled,An Ad for the better tegalating 
 Trials on Writs of Error. 
 
 H ERE AS the time limitttd for tbeCeBtinuatien of faid ji£l it p^f^^ij. 
 Expired, 
 
 ficfolbeb hp tfji;* SfifremWp, Thai faid Aft be Revived ; and it is 
 hereby Revived and lo coaiinue of Force until this Allembly fliaD Order Said Aft R«. 
 oiherwife. *"«*• 
 
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 An A£t in addition to an Aft, Entituled, viipag 
 An Adt to encourage the deftroying of 
 Wolves, (^c. 
 
 Bj, , r- ^ Pcffons |(il. 
 
 (E it €nn(teo bp tTjc <J3otifrnour, Council anU EcprEfenfatitiEjf, In Hng a grown 
 <©Eneral ^oiict atfcmblefi, nnO bp t^e autljojitg of t^e fame, That Woif to have 
 if any perfon or perfons (hall Kill or Deltroy any grown Wolf or Wolves <5'.iof-out of 
 within the Bounds ot any Town in this Government, fuch perfon or xleaSf Jld 
 perfons (hall receive out of the pubiick Treafury, the Sum of Six Pounds Tenor, wd 
 7tn Shilltvg!, old Tenor, and no more \ and Thirty SbiDiuis^ and no more 3° *• •« of 
 out of the Treafury of the Town within the Bounds whereof fuch Wolf ^^^ T*^" 
 fhall be Killed, as a Re^vard for Killing the fame .• And half fo much out of h/l?f ^'*°h 
 each of the aforefaid Treafuries for every Wolfs Whelp that IhaH be for a wSSi, 
 Killed, as aforefaid. - 
 
 An Aft
 
 Mm Regn't Regii GEORGIJ //. Declmo Septimo. 
 
 ^26 !^0?fej^» Chapman's $ Stratford ifett^ jBominatton* 
 
 Vid.{)8g 
 
 An A<Ji for Repealing one.certain Paragraph 
 ** in the Law, Entituled. An A(ft relating 
 to Horfes. 
 
 THIS ^jfembli Obftrving thi groving Mifuft that it made *f the Sixtk 
 Paragraph in faid Statuttf whirtin it Ig <&n&ttz^, * That ifanyHorfe 
 Recital oPa * '^^ Horfe-lcind which is ScoIIen, fball be ac any time Sold without being 
 Paragraph in ' Entered in the Brander's Book, as in and by faid Law w required^ fuch Sale 
 pag. 5J. * fliall not in any wife alter or change the Right or Property of fuch Horfe, 
 
 * or Horfe-kind ; but the right Oivner or Owners of fuch Horfe or Horfe- 
 
 * kind, his or their Executors or Adminiftracors may Seife and Recover 
 
 * the fame, wherefoever the fame (hall be found,fach Sale notwithflanding. 
 
 Said Para. ^t it (Cttacteli If t^t d^otitcnour, Councn anti Keprerentatit£0, (tt 
 gnph Re- (Jijneral Court SfiffembUU, anQ 6? ttie 9llut|^o?ftp o£ tit fajne, That the 
 pealed. above-tccited Paragraph of faid Statute be Repealed j and the fame i& 
 hereby Repealed and made Void accordingly. 
 
 An A& tor advancing the Fare of the Ferry o* 
 verConneaicutRivercalledCHAPMANvFerry. 
 
 The Fare of T><tfoltjeb Bp t|lsJ ^BffnnWp, That the Fare of faid Ferry for the 
 
 theFerrycal- I^ " - ... — -- .- - ..._.- ... 
 
 n'A^sF^rrs *•"* Tvt- fence iot each Horfe ,Ox or "any Neat Cattle, and Oncfeny for a 
 
 TheFerrycal- |^ future, fliall be Twe.pince Half-peny for each Man Horfe and Load, 
 
 fiatetf. finglc Perfon, all in Lawful Money, and no more ; Any Law, Ufage or 
 
 Cuftom to the contrary notwithfianding. 
 
 via.p»g,35 An Aft for advancing the Fare of 
 
 Stratfor D«Ferry. 
 
 S T R A T- T? ^fcIbelJ 6p t\x$ ^HcmBIp, Thai for the future the Fare of the Ferry 
 Fo ft D Ferry .^ at Stratford for Man, Horfe and Load, and alfo for a iingle Horfe, 
 advanced & Cow or Ox, or other Neat Cattle, fliall be Tn»o-fe«cc Lawful Money j and 
 ftatcd. One-feny like Money for each fingie Perfon> 
 
 /Xr Gentlemen Nominated fy the Votes of the Freemen of this 
 Colony to fi and for EleSlion /»May next, are as folhseth ^Wiz, 
 
 THe Honourable ^ONAT H^A NLA PFEfq; the Honou- 
 rable ROG ER IVO LCOTTEiq, James Wadfworth Efq; 
 men Nomi- Naihanael Stanly Efq; Jefeph Whiting Efq: Ozias Pitkin Efq; Timothy 
 mtiln in' ^^^''" ^^^' ^^w«f/ Lynde Elq,- WiStam Pitkin Efq; T/bow^ Fitch Efq; 
 ^"7 1744 ^'S^ Newton Efq; Bhenezer SiDiman Efq; Jonathan Trumhle Efq; 
 jFo/;« Bulkley Efq. Hezekiah Huntington Efq. Maj Andrew Burr, 
 Col JohnCheJler, Mr. £///^4 WtHtams, Col, 5aw«/ ///^, Mr. jf<»ib/» 
 
 i\7Xjff4w,Pfinted &'Sold by T.GKBEN,Printer to the GOV.&COMP.174?
 
 ^.«. Regu't RezisGEORGU tl Decimo Septlmo. 
 
 muDttional %t concerning jLa^^^mtg^ ^27 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, 191 8. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Afletnbly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Conneilkut in Vcw England : BegUa and Held at Hartiorti, oa 
 the fecond Thurfday of May, in the feventeeoth Year of the 
 Reign of Our Sovereign Lord G EORG S the Second, KING of 
 G R E A T B R I T A I N, &c. Anno^ue Domlnit i 7 4 4^ 
 
 An A(5): ia addicioo to an Afi, Eotituled, An 
 Ait for the more fpeedy doing Juftice and vidpag.sij 
 preventing the multiplicity of I^^v-Suits. ^^^^.^„^^ 
 
 B€ it €na(teti 6? tl)e <$otet;nour, tf ountfl anb Hepcefentatitinft in ,, new Tenor 
 •General Court affembleQ ano b? c^e $(ut^o?it? o£ t^t Cam?, or 8 /. 014. 
 That in any Procefs or Aftion wherein the Debt, Damage os may b« Wi 
 other Matter doth not exceed Forty Eight Shillingt of New Tenor °»f"^/r£: 
 Bills of Credit, or Eight Ponnds in Old Tenor Bills of Credit, may be of the Pea<S 
 Heard, Tryed and Determined by any one Affiftant orjuftice of the(ifTitleof 
 Peace ; who are hereby Impowred to do the fame within the Limits of Land it aoe 
 their Authority ( Except only where ihe Title of Land is concerned ; ) SJ"T"^/f 
 And when the Debr, Damage or other Matter in demand doth not exceed J^" SmT *ant 
 the Sum of Tmntj Four sbilitngs in New Tenor, or Four Pounds in Old Tenor ; mare than 24 
 or if it be due by Bond, Bill or Note, for Bills of Credit of either faid*. new Tenor, 
 Tenors, avouched by Two Witnefles, and doth not in Value exceed the «' 4 ' Old : 
 Sum of Forty Eight ShiUingr in New Tenor Bills, or Eiibt Pound, in 0>d°g';^^^"jj 
 Tenor Bills, no Appeal ftiall be allowed from the Judgment given therein g /.oidTenor 
 
 95£ it fucttec (tnaaeD bp t^e autfjojitp afojefaio. That Confeffion of 
 Judgment made and taken, in the manner dire£led in the Second Para- Confeffion of 
 graph of the aforementioned Aft, fball or may be taken for Tivmiy Four Judgmeot m 
 Pounds in New Tenor Bills of Credit, or Eighty Pounds in Old Tenor ' ^i'^jT^' 
 Bills of Credit, and no more. 
 
 TSt it fuctftEc^nacccD bp ttje^utfiojifp afojefai&.That when any AAion No Appeal 
 wherein the Title of Land is not concerned, is brought to any of the from the c. 
 County Courts in this Colony, wherein the Debt, Damage or other Mat- Court wh«n 
 ter in demand, doth not exceed the Value of Tvi^et've Pounds in New Tenor ^^^ ^^^' " 
 Bins of Credit, or For,y Pounds in Old tenor Bills of Credit, and Judgtrent ""rNw1.t 
 thereon Qiall be given, no Appeal from fuch judgment (hall be allowed. 4o/.oidTeaaf 
 
 £ e e e e ^t
 
 j4>uif RegHt Regu OEORGIJf //. Dcclmo Sept'mo. 
 
 528 5)!ltcifffi! f ConaalOlCiS. Capital idDffenDers* 
 
 ©elifiirffjfCCuaaeDtipttjE aiut^o?irp afo^efatD, That any AQ made 
 
 in this Colony for the Stating o| the Fees' of any Courc> or Officers Fees, 
 
 GrantstotheColIegc, or Fairs of Ferry 'ijC^c in Silver Sterling Alloy, ac 
 
 Stated Fees, the Rate of Six ShiUingt and Eight-pence ftr Ounce Troy Weight, flial) be 
 
 Qranis,&c. taken and accounted in New Tenor Bills at the Rate that Eight ShiBing' 
 
 how paid, bears to Six ShiSittgs and Etght-pence, and in Old Tenor Bills at the Rate 
 
 of Four Shillings for One Shilling, 
 
 SfinO ht it furtI)et<2SnaaeD 6? tfie flutl^o^ftp afo^rfaitiiThat every Execu- 
 tion granted by an Afliftanc or Jufiice of the Peace, on a Judgnoent for 
 E^t^cutions n^ore than Forty Shillings in Silver at the Rate of Six Shillings and Eighi-'penct 
 iniftant or" f"" Ounce Troy Weight, founded on the Confe/Son of the Debtor, accor- 
 Juftice"of the ding to the Aft above-mentioned, Aall be duly Served by the Officer who 
 peace, for receives the fame : And in cafe fuch Officer fliall not Serve fuch Writ of 
 more than Execnrion according to the direft'on therein given, or ftian make a falfe 
 vtr't^6 f'& or undue Return, the aggrieved Party fljall and may have Relief on Cora- 
 Sdper Ounce plaint thereof made to the Affiftant or Juftice from whom it IfTued and to 
 founded on whom it was made Returnable ; who is hereby iropowred to Enquire 
 Confefllon of thereof, by the Evidence produced ^and if the Officer be found in Default, 
 bcSMl'ed'and t^c Affiftant o^ Jufticemay fet a fuitable Fine upon him, and award Da- 
 RetBincdfij'f wages to the Party aggrieved, having refpeft unto the Quantity orQiiality 
 of the ASion and the Peril that might have happened unto the aggrieved 
 Party by the Delay which hefuffered- 
 flnO tt fQ furtl^et; IptotiiDtD. Thar either of the Panics in the Complaint 
 parries com- aforefaid, /hall or may have gtaaced to bim an Appeal to the County 
 plaining Q,y^j j^ j^c fame County. 
 mayAppeal. ______ * 
 
 An A<ft in addition to an Adi for the further 
 vidp,g.p7 direction of Sheriffs and Conftables in 
 their Office. 
 
 Goods or O < « (Cnaoctti lip tfie «(rt!tttiout, Counta antt Heptfftntatitfsf, in 
 Chattels tt- |j (general Couct WtmbUB, anD bp tlje ^nttjojltp of tje tanu. That 
 ken by Exe- ^,^^0 ever any SherifforConftable, by virtue of any Execution (haU feife 
 CTtJon and jjjy Goods or Chattels to Anfwer and Satifie fuch Execution, and any perfon 
 perfo^s^to'be ^aH appear to receive fuch Goods into his Care, and ftall give to fuch 
 kept under ShetifF Or Conftable a Writing by him well Executed, exprefling the Re- 
 their Care, ceipt of fuch Goods taken by fuch Sheriff or Confiable, and therein pro- 
 and fail in ^jjg ^^ Re. deliver fuch Goods to the faid Sheriff or Conflable, and {hall 
 ing of them ^^'^ °^ performing accordingly, and any Adion be brought by fuch Sheriff 
 to be, &c. or Conftable againft fuch perlon upon fuch Writing, there fhall not be 
 
 allowed any Appeal or Review in iuch Cafe. 
 brS'r Sailft 25e ft futt^tt (tnacteH b? tit n\xtWt2 afojefaiH, That when any 
 a Sheriff or Aftion or Complaint is brought againft any Sheriff or Conftable for Neg- 
 Conftable for leQ'in his Service of any Writ of Execution, or a falfe or undne Return 
 negleft. &c. thereon, the Writ or Complaint brought againft fuch Officer fhaD be 
 be s^^JeVbe- ^^^^^'^ ^^ '^^^ Founeen Days before the fitting of the Court wherein it is 
 fJre"ra'id *" to be Tryed. 
 
 Court fits. 
 
 Vid pag iz 
 
 An A& in addition to theLaw, Entituled, An 
 A<ft for punifliiog Capital Offenders. 
 
 B(C (t CnatttO bp t^e ^ot}frnour, tfouncfl anti Rcptcftntatitjcjf, (it 
 45£necal ^Touct /atTembU^} auO bp tte Sluttio^itg oC t^ U^mt, That 
 
 if
 
 Amo Regni Kegk GEORGIJ T T Declmo Septlmo. 
 
 l^tobate* :^tt laepealeD^&c* Brockway^crrj? .529 
 
 if any perfon of Malice forechought, and by lying in Waic, fliall cue or dif- 
 able the Tongue put out an Eye or Eyes,fo that the perfon is made Blind, Any perfon 
 or by cutting off all or any one of his privy Members, with an intent to theT"np°e"V 
 Maim him or Disfigure him i or that (hall be Aiding or Aflifting therein, another pc°r- 
 
 fliaD be put to Death. iaxu&e.io be 
 
 ■ — ■■ ■ ■ put loDeath. 
 
 An Aft appointing a Court of Probate in the 
 County of F A I R F I E L D, and for limiting ^.^^^^ ^^, 
 the Diftrifl: thereofi 
 
 B€ it (EnattclJ 6p tfie -©otemout, Counfil ami fifprtfentatfttiof, fn 
 ^enecal Cduw a(&mblcO, anD b? c^e flut()o?{t? of tQe fame. That a Court of 
 the Towns of Ombury^ Nevttown and New'Fairfield, an in the County of Probate to be 
 Fairfietd, be One entire Diftrift for holding a Court of Probate, and fhall be \L^^^ f« 'h« 
 known by the Name of the Diftriftot DAnburf.&nd laid Court (hall be held i°Xry 
 by one Judge and a Clerkj with Powers and Privileges as the other Courts Nemawn and 
 of Probate in this Colony have r And in all Cafes where the Law allows of Ntta-Fairfieid 
 Appeals, they fliall be made to the Super iour Court to b£ holden at Fairfitld. 
 
 An Ad for Repealing an k& of this Affembly 
 made and pafled at Hartford Maj i y^z^ En- 
 titXiIedyAn Ad; for the afcertaining and te^yni-m-sit 
 gulating the Coynes and Currencies, and 
 for diredting ProcelTes and Judgments in 
 this Colony ;aad for further diredting Pro- 
 cedes and Judgments in this Colony* 
 
 WHEREAS there bath hien divert ConflruBiam put m the aforcmmioned „ 
 A^ttnMde in May,0»c thoufand Seven Hundred and Forty Two, and *^""*''* 
 great Inconveniences happened thereby. 
 
 For Remedy whereof.* 
 SefcCnatteo lip tlie <Kot)emouc, Council anti Erprefentatlbr!;;, f n » 
 45£necal Court «tr«ntl«ft» ano bp tje autjoiltp oflgefame. That the aK'"^? 
 faid Aft be Repealed ; and the fame with every Part and Paragraph siz. 
 thereof is hereby Repealed and made Void. 
 
 %t ft furt'^er (Cnacteti bp tie flutfio^itp afO^efalD, That al) ProcelTes and Bills. Bonds 
 Suits on Bills, Bonds, Notes and other Contrafts, ihall be brought for the ^°'" °' °- 
 Recovery of that Coin or Currency which is Exprefled or plainly Under- Jobebr°o"J"ff 
 flood to be the Coyn or Currency contraftedfor in fuch Bill, Bonder for *th° Curl 
 Note, or other Contraft. rency expref- 
 
 This Aft not to take place tiD the Firfl Day of July next. ^^^ therein. 
 ■ . AftCommen. 
 
 An A<ft ftating the Fare of Brockway's Ferry. ""^ 
 
 B€ n «na(teb Bp tfte (Botjernour, Councfl an5 Eeprefentatnjtjy, in ^*^' ^^^ 
 (Beneral Coutt aCTtmWeO, an6 bp tile auti)o;ltp of t^e fame, That Ferriage for 
 the Fare of faid Ferry ftiaU be as follows, viz. For Man, Horfe and Load, Man, Horfe 
 Fmrteen.ptnce during the Three Winter Months, and half fo much for a ^^oad 14 d. 
 Man-, and during the relidue of the Year Teiupence for Man, Horle and ^&:jdln^h 
 Load, and Bm-ftm foi a Man ; aU Old Currency. Sammei Or 
 
 An Aft * *
 
 ^««<i RegHt Regis G E O R GIJ 7/. Decltno Sepffmo. 
 "TaoHubberg jfetr p. Say brook jfcrry.Simsburyjl$rtt)ge> 
 
 An Adt for Advancing the Fare of the Ferry over StRaTFoRD* 
 Vidpagsi6 Rivcf at Potatuck, called HuBBEL's Ferry. 
 
 The Fare of T") ^folbeb 6p tfiisf afTemBIp. Thai the Fare of faid Ferry for the future 
 faid Ferry for J< ^^\] be {q^ j^^an, Hoifc and Load, Thm-ptnu Lawful Money, or 
 l.l'^SdUw. Tu^lve.pence Old Tenor ; for each ftngle Perfon, Horfe, Ox or Ofher Neat 
 furMoney.or Caule, Two-pence Lawful Money, or Eight-pence Old Tenor i and Oat-ptty 
 II J. Old Lawful Money, or F<i«r-p«»« Old Tenor for each Sheep or Swine- 
 Ten or.&'c, .1 »— — ' ■ ' ■ '— ' ■■ 
 
 An A<a for the more Ettedual Regulation of oatBrooK. 
 Vidpag. S14 Ferry, and Advancing the Fare thereof. 
 
 B^ it (tmtttti f}2 t$^ <Botecnour» Councft finti Sepcefrntetftiecr. in 
 (general Court ^ir£m6le0,an6 fag t|jE3fiutl)Djfrpo£ tlje fame, That 
 ofSaybreokio for the commodious Tr an fpor cation over faid Ferry at Say-brook, theFerry- 
 Ereft a good men thereof fhaO on or before the Firft Day of Stptembir next, fufficiently 
 WhaifFanhe Erea and Repair the WharfF at faid Ferry-place, on the Wefl-fide, and 
 Weft fide.and gjfg provide and conflantly Maintain good and proper Boats, weU Manned, 
 Ks wfiT "'ich fufficienc Tackle and Furniture to fuch Boats, for the fafe and expedite 
 Tackled and Tranfportacion of Travellers over faid Fcrr? *, all to be done and xnaio- 
 Mann'd, to tained by the Owners of faid Ferry, to the Acceptance o( Samutt LjndeEiq^ 
 the Accep- q^^^ Jedidiah ChapmM, both of Say-brMk, and Cape Elifha SMdm of Lymt^ 
 Comm°tt Je ^ ^^° '""^ hereby appointed a Committee for that purpofe ; who are alfo de- 
 appointed to fired to fee thatfuitable Provifions be made, as aforefaid, and from time to 
 iiifpea raid time InfpeQ faid Affair- And upon the Performance chercof,f2idCofflmittee 
 Affair. fl,ai) a^j ^jgy give a Certificate under their Hands to faid Ferry-men, that 
 
 faid Ferry is weU and fuficiently Provided, as aforefaid : Then the Fare 
 _, „ - of faid Ferry IhaH be as follows ; «»«. For Ntatj, Hoife and Load, Fowftnee 
 JiidlenyfoT Lawful Money, and Thrtt-ftnee for each Foot-man i and for each Horfe 
 Man.Horfesc Thret- pence Half ftnf fir Head; and during the Months of Nevevibery D«- 
 Load 4 (/ Jaw ctmber^ January, February, March and April, the Fare fliall be Six-pinet Law- 
 fulMoney.for fjl Money for Man, Horfc and Load j and for each Fcot-naaa Four-p:nee 
 ' ^°a Hoff" Lawful Money ; and for eacii Hoife Vive-pinet per Head : The above Fare 
 \ d ha/fplny; to be accounted ar the Rate of ttur-ptnce in Old Currency, for One-ptny 
 but during 6 Lawful Money, and no more • and to be paid in Lawful Money or Old Cur- 
 Months VIZ rency : And the Committee aforementioned are defired to make Report to 
 November uc jj^^ General AlTembly in OS«fc«r next, of the Circumflances of faid Ferry. 
 "recs-^- gjnDftisfurt^csCnatteUbgtljeaw^oiftgafojefalD, That in cafe ihe 
 
 faid Ferry- men alter they have obtained a Certificate, as aforefaid, fhall at 
 ***"f A ^f *"^ ^™® ^* deficient in any of the Particulars abovementioned, the faid 
 faidFeiy men Committee may, and they are hereby Impowred to impofe a fuitable Fine 
 
 on them, or either of them, not exceeding the Sum of Bvt founds. 
 Nothing in this k& extend to thofe that by Law are Exempted from 
 APtov^fo. paying Ferriages. 
 
 An Ad for Advancing the Toll or Fare of the Bridge that 
 ^, _ ,, . crofles the River in Symsbury. 
 
 TheTolifora 
 
 ol Cow^harf" O (f Coltttl 6p t5i3 ^filTf mblp. That for the future the Toll or Fare of 
 peny.forMan |\ faid Bridge, fliall be for each fingle Perfon, Ont'balf.peny,lA'»fa\ 
 Horfe&Load Money, or Twe-penee in Old Tenor Bills; and for each Man, Horfe and 
 \ d laJf^r ^°^^' ^'"-^"> Lawful Money, or Fow-penet in Old Tenor Bills \ and for 
 Money.orif in «ach Team Three, fence Lawful Money, or Twelve-pence in Old Tenor Bills 5 
 old tenorBiiis and for Cattle 04e-ib<i//.pen;f per flead in Lawful Money, or Two-pence in 
 Four pence Old Tenor BiUs. 
 for One. . 
 
 l4M0ND0N,Printed tf* Sold by T.G REBM,Prw;«r to $b9 GOr.&C0MPA7^
 
 /!l»»0 Regni Rfg^ GEORGII //. Decimo Octavo. 
 
 5fuctl)cc latoMioti foi SDefenDmg tl)c Colonv^ir^i 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 B 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of ComeSIicut in Neiv England ; Begun and Held at t^ew Haven, 
 in faid Colony, on Thurfday the Eleventh Day oiO^oher, in the 
 Eighteenth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord G£0/?Gfi 
 the Second, KING of Great Britain^ &C. Annoque Dentini, i 7 4 <^. 
 
 An A& further providing for the Defence 
 of this His Majefty s Colony. 
 
 ^ ft <Cnatteti b j tlje <<5obernour, €ottttcfI anti Hcprefcntatibegf, in 
 ■©eitcral Court affembletr anD 6g t^z 3Butf|o;itg of tfie fame,That 
 hisHonounhe Goveraour, forche Time being, with the Advice ^'s Honeaf 
 -^ — of JoFtph Wbuing, Roger Newton^ Ebtnex.tr SiUiman^ Jthn Ftwler aad ^^^ G"ver- 
 jiobtrt Treat, Efqrs. or the major part of them, be impowred, and he is SceTf&c 
 hereby itnpowred from time 10 lime, to Order what number of Meu (bdil toOrderwhat 
 fcrve in the Sloop Defence; as alfo co appoint the needful Officers Number o£ 
 over the fame, and Commiflionate or give Warrants to fuch Officers as that ?*^" *all 
 Affair {hall require ; and further, to Appoint and Limit the Time and Place sTo^'oVDefellce 
 for the Cruize of faid Sloop, and Order when ihe fliall put to Sea, or be &giveord"rs 
 laid up ; alfo to give Orders for the Repairing faid Sloop, and fupplying when fhelhal 
 ner with Cables, Anchors, Sails, Rigging and all other Furniture, as the P""°S">**^' 
 cafe may require 10 render her fit for Service. 
 
 ainU be it fuctljec (^nacteti That there Jhall be from time to time, One 
 or more Commiflaries appoinied by this Aflembly, to purchafe and procure ^ -(r ■ ^ 
 needful and proper Provifions for the Support of the Company on Board faid to b^ ap- " 
 Sloop ( as ihey fhall receive Orders from theGovernour ) and to fend and poioted. 
 deliver them to the Purferon Board faid Sloop at New-London, taking his 
 Receipt; which Receipt (hall be lodged with one of the Committee hereafter 
 appointed lo adjuft and fettle the Accompts with the Purfer ( who ihdW give 
 Certificates if required ) to the CommiiTaries, that they hav5 received fuch 
 Receipts of the Purfer : And in cafe the Defincthe on a Cruize when the 
 Provifions arrive at Nivj- London, the Provifions flrall be delivered !o Colonel 
 CurJa/< SaUonfiall, who is hereby appointed to receive them and deliver them 
 to the Purfer and take his Receipt, who alfo (hall give a Receipt to the 
 CommiflTary of ihe Provifions he fiiall receive. 
 
 Fffff 4^4
 
 J^o Beg.i Regis GEO RGlJ //, Dec l mo Odavg 
 
 ^~5Fttrtt)er idtoDifiOtt fo^ ^efcntimg t!)e Colony 
 
 /4»j<^ /or the procuring and lijing in a fubhck Stock of Ammuoitien^ 
 
 %t isi (EnaoCtl), Thai Jobn WhiUngy Efq; Trcafurer of this Colony, be 3p- 
 poimed.ancl he is hereby appointed and impowred lo Purchafe OoeThoufaad 
 TheTreafurer p|^g Hundred Pounds of Powder,Two Thoufand Pounds of Leadjand Three 
 P° ^d^^'tead Thoufand Flints,and to lodge OneThoufand Pounds of ihepowdei at New- 
 &Fiints,and London^ under ihc Care of Colonel GWw S<i/fa»)?4//, Jaking his Receipi for 
 lodge looo /. the fame ^ and the remaining Five Hundred Pounds of the Powder and ihe 
 of iiziH.L. Lggj and Flints at Hartfor J^vgith Natbanttl Stanly Efqj caking his Receipt for 
 the fame : and the Stores lodged at Hartford fhall from time to ilme, as occa- 
 fion Ihall require for iheufe of this Colony, be drawn out in fuch manner 
 Th main ^^^ ptoportion as the Commiuee of War there ftalJ direft : and the Stores 
 duMHartf. at Neiv- London, (hi\] for the ends and purpofcs aforefaid,be drawn out by the 
 direSions of his Honour the Governour,or in cafe of Exigency,b7 Order of 
 the Colonel of the Third Regiment of the Militia in ihisColony : And the 
 Store-keeper at each Place (hall render an Account of faid Stores to this 
 Ailembly, from time to lime, as he Ihal) be tbereumo Required. 
 
 jiud for rindering tbt Fort at New •London tbt mere Deftnceahle^ 
 
 %t i$ ^Enacted, That John LtdyarJ Efq; be appointed, and he is hereby 
 ? Large appointed and impowred, to purchafe Two Cannon Eighteen Pounders, 
 ^"h 7eA%: ^^^ Three more of the largeB Guns in the Towns in this Colony ( the 
 lo'mo^eCar- Town of Ssybreok excepted ) and Plant the fame in Carriages on the fiaicery 
 liageGuns S£ at Nev^-Lortden; and alfo to procure Ten Carriage Guns, fome Six and fome 
 Shot,f5't:. for Four Pounders,3nd provide thera with Carriages fie for Shipping on Board, 
 *h'^l'%"^^ "^ *'^*^ *" proper Furniture; as alfo to provide Partridge Shot and Ball for the 
 "• "* ""' Cannon and the Carriage Guns,to be (hipped on Board.as aforefaid,and deli- 
 ver them to the Captain of the Fort at Ntw-Londo»^iakiDg his Receipt : and 
 he is further Ordered, to fit up for Service the Fire. Arms it New- London 
 ( belonging to this Colony ) and deliver them to the Captain of the Fort at 
 New.LMdoB, taking his Receipt; which Receipts he fhal) lodge with 
 Jiremiab Millir Efqr. 
 flntJ tt iJJ furtlJtcl^CflWJtll, That the Captain of the Sloop Dtftnet^ fhaU 
 TheCapt. of give a Receipt of the Scores he (hall receive on Board faid Sloop, to 7«r«- 
 theSloopDe ^i^b MtUtr Efq; And at all times when faid Sloop (hall be laid up, the 
 fence to give Q^^^^\y^ /jja]] deliver the remaining Stores on Board to Colonel Curdon 
 all StorS he SaltonfiaU , taking his Receipt: And the forfcrftall deliver the remainder 
 receives on ol the Proviiions Under his care to the faid ColoncI SaltenJiaO, taking his 
 Board £»id Receipt ; which Receipt (hall be lodged with the faid Mr. Miller. 
 
 And for the defraying th* Charge of procuring the Cannon^ Carriage Guns, Prff- 
 vi^ont ini Stores^ m afore faid, and for Vtevting the Batteryy 
 
 C^t}^ SBfTemiilp do appoint and impower Nathanatl Stanly, William Titlin 
 and Jofejh Buehngham Efqrs. or any Two of them, a Committee to draw 
 ACommittee °"' ^^ ^^* publick Treafury, fuch Sums as they (ball find iicedful to anfwer 
 appointed, the fame ', and deliver fuch Monies to the Commiflaries and other Perfons 
 appointed by this Aft for the faid Service, taking a Receipt of fuch Sums as 
 they fliall fo deliver : And the Perfons appointed to purchafe Guns, Stores, 
 Provifions, &c. as aforefaid, (hall fettle their Accounts with the faid Com- 
 mittee ;and the faid Ck>mmittee (hall lay the fame before this AQembly. 
 
 jirtd incafean Enemy fbaU appear in the Port 0/ New- London ; or that it 
 it known that there be a Vtffd of Force of the Enemy near, vf hereby that Port may 
 be Endangered, 
 
 Notice of an ^^ *^ «na(tfti anU l&totJflteb, That upon the firR Notice thereof 
 Znemvnear given by the Colonel of the Third Regiment in this Colony, his Lieutenant 
 ihtCol of the Colonel or Major, or the Captain of the Fort at NewsLondon ; the Militia 
 jd Regiment, jn the Third Regiment, or fo many of the Companies in faid Regiment as 
 
 (hatt
 
 ^rtno Fegn'i Regis G E O R G I 1 / /. Declmo 0(l>avo. 
 
 f\xit\)tt isrotJilion fox 3DefeuDing ttje Colonp,533 
 
 fhall be fent co, fhall immedMiely repair lO the Water-fide in faid Harbour, 
 well fixed with their Arms for Service, co attend the Ordeti of their chief 
 Officer in the Defence of faid Porc and the Annoyance of the Enetry : And 
 the Colonel of die Third Regiment-, and in his Abfence his Lieutenant J'Inj),'o,^/ 
 Colonel, and in his Abfence the Major of faid Regiment ; and in cafe none torai'fethe * 
 of the Field Officers, aforefaid, fliall be prcfent, then the Eldeft Captain in Militia, S^.-. 
 faid Regiment prefenr, or next Military Officer fliail Prefide and Command 
 until a Superiour Officer come ; and fuch Chief Officer prefent is hereby 
 Ordered and fmpowred to Command all the Officers and Souldiers then 
 prefent 5 as alfo to Imprefs any VelTel or VefTcls, and Men fufficient to 
 Man fuch Veffels for the Service ; as alfo to take and fhip on Board fuch 
 Veflei or Veflels, the Carriage Guns, with their Powder, Ball and Furni- 
 ture, provided as aforefaid, and appoint the Officer or Officers of fuch P"^*^"^" *"<' 
 VcflTei during the Aftion ■■, and alfo to ufe the Fire* Arms to the beft Ad- o\"mthe° 
 vantage ; as alfo to give all the neceffary and proper Orders to the Forces penL " "' 
 on Land, and to the Veflels on Sea, for the Repelling of the Enetry: 
 Which Orders the Officers and Souldiers are hereby enjoyned to Obey 
 upon their Peril ; And when the Aftion is over, the Officer that Prelides 
 during faid AAion, (hall take care that the faid Carriage Guns, Small Arms 
 and their Furniture, and remainder of Powder and Ball, be again returned 
 to the Perfons who by this Aft have the Charge of the fame. 
 
 /Ind that the Captain of the Fort and the Inhabitants of the Town of New- 
 London, may have timely Notice of the Approach of an Enemy, 
 
 2It i» mefolUcD. That his Hononr the Governour do appoint. an«J by His Honour 
 his Commiffion or Warrant,Authorize a meet Perfon to have Command of the Gover- 
 the Battery on Harrii\ Point, where a Flag. Staff fhall be Erefted, and the nour to Corn- 
 King's Flag provided : Which Officer is hereby Ordered carefully to mifTionate a 
 obferve all Veffels that pafs into laid Harbour ; and when he Sufpefts any ""^^^ P^*^^?" 
 Veflbl going in to be an Enemy, he (hall raife the King's Flag, which lha\1 coJ^^^and of 
 be a Signal to all Veflels to firike, corae to, and fend their Boac with their the Battery 
 Papers to faid Officer : And if any VefTel fhall negleft ( after the Signal is at Hanifi'i 
 given ) CO come co and fend the Boac on Shore, as aforefaid , the Officer ^*>'"'* 
 fliall Fire, according to the ufual Cuflom in fuch cafes, and the Captain or 
 Matter fhall pay for every Shot occaHoned by hisnegleft, as aforefaid. a Flag and 
 
 3JnD ft ig( furtljcr (CnacteC, That Jeremiah Miller Efq-,be appointed, and flag Staff to 
 is hereby direfted to procure a Flag, and caufe a Flag-Staff to be Ereded ^^ P'ovided. 
 at faid Place, at the Charge of this Colony. 
 
 5!lnl> ft {0 fuctl^ec <Snatt£D, That the Charge of Maintaining a Watch 
 conftantly at faid Place, fhall be defrayed by the Town of New- London : a conftant 
 And in cafe faid Town (hall refufe or negleft to do the fame, the Treafurer Watcb to be 
 of the Colony (hall fend forth his Warrants to the Conflable of that Town, kept at faid 
 who ftiall Colleft fo much on the Polls and Rateable Eflate of the Inhabi- ^'**^'^' 
 tants of that Town, with their Country Rate, and pay it into the hands of 
 faid Officer or Watchman as fhall be fufficient to defray the Charge thereof. 
 
 /Ind that all Embezzlements of the Provifions or Stores on Board the Sloop 
 OcfSocC, and the Scores belonging to the Fort may be prevented or pumflied, and 
 that a juft Accompt may be fetled witf) and Puyment made to the Officers and 
 Souldiers implnyed in the Service, 
 
 5(t \$ fiefoltoED, That Nathanael Stanly, WtUiarn Pitkin and Jofepb 
 Buckingham Efqrs be impowred, and they, or any Two of them are hereby 
 Eppoinced and impowred to take into their hands, the Receipts of the Pro- ACommlttcc 
 vifions and Stores that have been put on Board the Defence Sloop ; as alfo appointed, 
 of the Stores put into the hands of the Captain of the Fort •, as alfo of the 
 Remainder of the Stores and Provifions left on Board the Sloop Defence, 
 when the is laid up at the Years End : And the Captain of the Sloop De- 
 fence Ihall give in to the faid Committee, his Mutter Roll of the Officers 
 
 and
 
 j4Hfio Regm Regis GEORGIJ //. Decimo Odavo. 
 
 534 ifarttjcr i^toDifion foj SDefentimfl tl)e Colonp. 
 
 and Souldiers in the Service on Board faid Sloop, containing the Time of 
 each man's Service, and what they have already received ; as alfo an Ac- 
 count of any Embezilements that have been made by any of the Officers 
 or Souldierj; and the faid Committee (hall fettle the Accounts, as well 
 with the Captain and Company, as with the Purfer and the Capcain of the 
 Fort, dedufting out of their Wages for all Embezzlements that have been 
 made ; and they fhall draw an Order upon the Treafurer for what (hall 
 be found due : And the faid Committee (hall from time to time lay their 
 Accounts before this Aflembly, 
 
 And for a* much at it may be needful that the Company en Board the faid 
 Sloop (hould be fupplicd with frefi) trovijions when tht^ return into the Harbout 
 from a Cruiz.e, 
 
 3|t 10 fiefoltJeb, That upon Application made by the Caplain to Colo- 
 nel Sthonfiall for fuch Provifions, the faid Col. Saltonftall may Allow and 
 Frelh^ Provi- Order fuch Provifions to be made ; Provided^ The Coft doth not exceed 
 AHowed/ Common Allowance, and to be Accounted for in fettling the Accounts 
 with the Purfer for the Provifionf, 
 
 /ind for M much m the Jreafury it in this time of War charged nith a great Ex- 
 pence, in Defending the Port of New-London and the Ve^elt that arc therein 
 from the Emmy. 
 
 25e ft (EnatteO bp tpe autfiojitp af02efa(&, Thai all the VefTels that (ball 
 Clear out at any Port in this Colony for any Place between PhiUdcl 'tia and 
 - - , p, Portfmoutb in Nev- HampflnrCf including all the Ports in thofe Colonies, (hall 
 ingoutatany P^X towards fupplying Powder for the Defence of New. London Harbour, 
 Porttopaja '" manner following, (viz.) Each Veffel exceeding the Burthen of Ten 
 Duty to Tuns, and not more than Fifty Tuns, Ihall pay Four SbiUings : Each Veflel 
 wards fup. exceeding Fifty Tuns and not more than One Hundred Tuns, fhall pay 
 del fof thT' ^'i''^ ShiUingj : Each VelTel more than One Hundred Tuns, fhall pay Twelve 
 Defence of Shillings : And in Wke manner all Veffels Clearing out, as abovcfaid, for any 
 N.London Places more remote than the Ports of the Colonies aforefaid, Oiall pay for 
 Haibour. the fame ufe as followeth, ( viz.) Each VelTel exceeding the Burthen of 
 Ten Tuns and not more than Fifty Tuns, fliaU pay Eight Shillings : Each 
 Veffel exceeding the Burthen of Fifty Tuns and not more than One Hun- 
 dred Tuns, fhall pay Sixteen ShiBingt : Each Veffel more than One Hun- 
 dred Tuns and not more than Two Hundred Tuns, fhall pay Thirty Tim 
 Shillings ; And all Veffels of a greater Burthen (hall pay in the fame propor- 
 tion : Which Duty fhall be paid in Bills of Credit, Old Tenour ; The Mo- 
 ney becoming due, as abovefaid, ftiall from time to time be paid to and 
 colleQed by the Naval Officer of the Port where any fuch Veffel ftiall Clear 
 out •, which Officer is hereby direSed to pay the fame to the Treafurer of 
 this Colony, for the purpofe abovefaid, deducting for his Fees as he is 
 allowed for Colleaing other Duties, 
 
 And xfhereoi it may bt for Hit Majefifs Service that the Officers and Souldiert 
 on Board the Shop Defence^ receive fome part of their Wages before their YtMTi 
 The Com- Service be Expired y 
 
 mittee to or- 'Jx i$ <f natTcD, That Nathanaet Stanly^ William Titlin and Jofeph Bucking' 
 tier the Offi feajw, Efqrs be impowred, upon their receiving a Mufter-Roll from the 
 dters^f thl Captain, Ihewjng what is then to each Man due, to pafs an Order upon 
 Sloop Defence '^s T^rc^'"''^'^ for ^^^ payment of fuch Sums as they fhall think Meet; 
 to have their ( always keeping within the Sum then faid to be due ) to the perfon the 
 Pay as they Captain fhall order to Receive the fame ; and the fame (hall be reckoned 
 want it. in ji^e Adjuftment of the Accounts at the Years End 
 
 j9ndxohtreas this Afembly at their Stfions tn May lafl.^ did appoint A Council 
 for the War in the County of Hartford, impowring the faid Council to ProttS our 
 Frontiers from the Enemy ^ and to lend Men into the Qounty of HamptbirC, »tf 
 (afe (f a Defcuit of the £nemy m their Fremitrs,
 
 Jhm Regui Regis GEORGII IT. Dccitno Oflavo. 
 
 5Futtf)er ^totoiCon foj Defculiittgtlj e Colony- 5^^ 
 
 3Bt J0 fletolOEb anD Cnatteti, That ihe faid Council, or any oiher Coua- 
 cil or Committee to be appointed for that purpofe, be impowred, and 
 they are hereby impowred, from time to time, as occalion may bC} 
 to Iraprefs into His Majefty's Service, fuch Numberof effedive Menas rmprelling 
 they (hall judge neceffary for the Service aforefaid ; by fending a Warrant Men.fis'e. 
 Signed by the Clerk of the Council, to the Colonels of the Regiment or 
 Regiments, as they think beR, Requiring him to Imprefs for His Ma- 
 jefty's Service, fuch a Number of effeaive Men, as fuch Warrant Ihall 
 appoint ; and to have them at fuch Time and Place as the Warrant (haO 
 appoint: and the Colonels upon Receipr of fuch Warrant, fhallconfidec 
 what Number of the Quota demanded to draw out of each Company, and 
 accordingly fend his Warrant to the Captains or chief Officers of fuch 
 Companies for Imprefljng the fame j Which Warrants the Captains or 
 chief Officers (haQ Obey, by Imprefling the Men and fending them to the 
 Eendezvouz, according to his Warrant, and Certify the fame on the 
 Back of the Warrant to the Colonel, who fliall Return the fame to the 
 Council : And the faid Coujicil fliall appoint Officers over the Men that 
 ftall be fo Iraprcfled and Detached for His Majefty'5 Service ; ( the Com* 
 ini/Iion Officers to receive their Gommiflions from the Governour ) and 
 elfo appoint them the Place and Time for their Service; asalfo to 
 adjuft their Accounts when die Service is ended, and draw an Order on the 
 Treafurer for the payment of the fame, and alfo to pafs the Accounts for 
 their Bitietting : All which Accounts from time to tiroej the faid Council 
 (ball Jay before this Aflembly. . 
 
 Always ProvideJ, No man be fent into the County of HampfhWe^ until "^"'A* 
 Information be given to faid Council of the approach of an Enemy from 
 fbme that are chief in Authority in that County. 
 
 And the faid Committee are hereby impowred, to take the Overfight 
 and Care of the Frontier Towns in this Colony, and to Order the Inha- 
 bitants to refide in their Fort«, and to Watch and Ward, as they Ihall 5"'**^ '""> 
 judge to be moft for the Safety and Benefit of the Inhabitants : And if ^'* 
 any Man that is an Inhabitant in any ofthofe Frontier Towns in which 
 Forts are built by Order of the Government, (hall not obey the Orders of 
 faid Committee, or the Orders of fuch Officers or Perfons whom the 
 Committee (hall appoint for that purpofe, and (hall refofe or negSeS to 
 refide at the Fort, or to attend Watching and Warding according to fudt 
 Orders to him given, each Man ofiending, as aforefaid^ for every fuch 
 Offence (hall pay a fine of Tvimty SbiHings,OWL Tenottr, to the Trcafuiy 
 of the Town where the Offence is committed' 
 
 And for the Securitf of fueh Indians tu are in tritni^f with Hk 
 Majcfif^s SuhjtQs^ and to Trtvint their being mifiaktn for the Emmy Indians^ 
 snd Ftrtd upon M fucb^ 
 
 %t U CnadeO, That the faid Commiiiee (had, by themfelves or fome 
 meet Perfons, Treat with the Indians that live within our Frontier Towns tndJdns t« Be 
 for their Safety in this cafe, and appoint the Limits where fuch /^Wmm Treated with 
 may Range and the Badge by which they (hall be known j and take 
 care to publiih fiich Limits and Badge to the adjacent Indians, that they 
 may be careful .• And if any of the Indians in Friendihip through miftaking 
 fuch Indian for an Enemy (hall be Slain out of the Limits fer, or not 
 having on the Badge appointed, no Blood (hall be ihed for him. 
 
 jind to frevent Diforders in the Souldiers and Mariners in Hk Aiaje^ft 
 Service^ 
 
 ^t t$ (tnatteU, That if any Souldier or Mariner ia His Ma)efly*s p,eventina 
 Service (hall be guilty of Mutinying againfl, or of Reproaching or Con- Difotderj. 
 temning the Perfon of his Officer, or of Oifobeying bis Command, or of 
 QiiarreUiog, profane Swearing or Curling, Lying, Stealing or Druakennefs, 
 
 G S g S S ikcb
 
 ^»no Regn'i Regit GEORGIJ //. Declmo Odavo. 
 
 536 Cfjoifinfi 3^tvmtn. 
 
 fach Offender (hall be puniflbed by running the Gauntlope, or riding the 
 Wooden-horfe, or being put under a Guard, or being put upon the Guard, 
 as any Two of the Three chief Officers of the Regiment or Company to 
 which fuch Offender belongs (hall determine 
 3flnD (I i0 fuctljEt iCnatteli, That if any Souldier (hall Embezzle any 
 Punifhments Arms, Ammunition or Stores of War, fuch Souldier (hall be ca(hiercd of 
 foiEmbtzile- hi« Wages to the amount of fuch Embezzlements, and be further puniflied 
 mtiits. by running the Gauntlope, riding the Woodenshorfe, or being put on 
 
 the Guard ; as any Two of the Three chief Officers over bim in the 
 Service (ball determine. 
 
 jtnd for funifhiri^ Dtfcrtertg 
 
 25j (r (tnattcU bj t^e mut|o?(tp afo^efaiO, That no Souldier or Mariner 
 
 r n r t Imprefled or Inlifted for His Majefty's Service,{hall depart without Licenfe 
 
 forDeierters. ^^ ^.^ Commander and Defert His Majefty^s Service, on pain of forfeiting 
 
 to the Treafurerofthis Colony the Sura of Twenty Pounds, equal to Old 
 
 Tenour. 
 
 SDnli 6c (t «nacteD ijp tje 3fiutl^o?{tp afo^EfaiH, That the Conftables and 
 
 Grand-jury-roen in the refpeSive Towns in this Colony, (hall diligently 
 
 Enquire after and make Prcfentment to forae Affiflant or Jufliceof the 
 
 Such to be Peace, of all fuch perfons as are or fliall be guilty of the Breach of this 
 
 Enquired af Aft; whoarealfo required upon fuch Prcfentment, to grant due Procefs 
 
 ter 8c Profe- againft fuch Offenders, in order to bring them to a proper Trial on fuch 
 
 cutcd. Prcfentment : And the King's Attornics of the refpeSive Counties are 
 
 hereby Authorized and Required to make Enquiry after fuch Offenders ; 
 
 andifnotPrefented and Informed againft, as aforefaid, to Inform againft 
 
 them to the County Court •, who are hereby direSed to iffue forth due 
 
 Frocefs againft them, and them to Apprehend and proceed againft in due 
 
 Form of Lavr. 
 
 His Honour $IInti it i0 iutt^tt €na(CeIl, That his Honour the Goveroour, by and 
 
 the Gover- with the Advice of the Council, before appointed to affift his Honour, be 
 
 Ad"'' ^ff^c 'niP°*'f*^> ^"^ ^® is hereby Irapowred, todo all thofe things that the 
 
 toOrderwhat Exigencies and Nece/fitiBs of the Government Ihall require, relating to 
 
 is further ne- the War, not provided for by any Aft of this Afifembly, until the Seffions 
 
 ceirary,gff.^ of this A/Tembly in May next. 
 
 An A<a diredliog how Jury's to attend the 
 Courts of Trial, fhall for the future be 
 chofen and appointed. 
 
 CivjiAutiio- jyt it CitacteD 6? t^e ^tirrnotnr, €ount« ann fltptefentatfijesf, fn 
 rirysde£imen O <6eneraI<rouct iatTem&kd, anb tip t|e nuttoiit^ ttt^e fame, Thai 
 ConitablesSc the CivU Authority, Sele^- men, Conftables and Grand- jury- men, in the 
 Grand jury, j^vcral Towns hereafter Named, fome time in the Month of January, 
 Towns tr' Annually, (hall aiTemble and choofe to Serve as Jury-mco atthefeveral 
 meet in ja- County and Snperiour Courts, of their able judicious Freeholders, each 
 Tiwflf/tochufe having a Freehold Eftate, Rated in the Common Lift at Fifiy siiiUings^ 
 Jury men. the Number to each Town hereafter mentioned. 
 
 And in order thM the Jury*s may be indifferently appointed to Serve at tht 
 
 Jtveral County and Snperiour Courts, 
 
 A box ro be 51^ i^ tJtCEbp fuurfiEi: tfeattctJ, That in each Town hereafter 
 
 piov»ded,6'f Named, there (hall be a Box provided at the Coft of the Town, with a 
 
 Lock to it, which ftjall be put into the Town Clerk's hand ; and when 
 
 any Number of jury* men are chofen, the Town Clerk ihaU write each 
 
 Man's 
 
 IS 
 
 ce 
 
 tillMajt next.
 
 ^^fti Begnt Rfgis G E O R G 1 1 f 4 Dcclmo 0(3ava 
 
 ^ert3mg anD Beturmng QZIlrits, &c* 537 
 
 Man's Name on a piece of Paper by it feU, aad put the feveral Names into 
 the faid Box, and keep it in his PofTelfion : And when any of the feveral 
 Confiables fhall receive a Summons to Summon any certain Number of _ 
 Jury-men to attend any offaid Courts, he fhall repair to the Town Clerk, ^f j^^y.^^^ 
 and there in his Prefence ( and in cafe of his Abfence, then in the Pre(i;nce kept Iq f*id 
 of one of the Sdedi-men of fuch Town) draw cut the Number he is Box,and|jow 
 obliged to Summons, without feeing who he draws, until he hath drawn <1'»wq out 
 them, and then fhali proceed to Summons the Men whofe Names he has 
 drawn , but if any or all of the Men thus drawn (hall at that time be gone 
 from Home, Sick, or otherwife unavoidably Hindred from attending fuch 
 Court, bis or their Names fljall be returned into faid Box, and others ia 
 manner aforefaid. Drawn and Summoned in his or their room. 
 
 ^no ft ijBT tiercbp furtfjec ^nottCti, That if any Juror Chofeo, Drawn 
 and Summoned, as aforefaid, (hall make default of Appearance, according Penalty fot 
 to the diredion of fuch Summons, he fliaU forfeit and pay to the Treafury /"ws De- 
 of the Count jr wherein fuch Juror dwells, the Sum of Three Pounds., Old * '* 
 Currency ; unlefs the Court to which he was Summoned, upon hearing 
 the Sxcufes fhal) judge them fufBcient. 
 
 1£nD ft isf tcwbp further €nacceD, Thttif any Town hereafter Named, 
 fhall negUiSt or refufe to provide fuch Box, or their Officers, aforefaid, ihall 
 ncgleft to choofe fuch Jury- men; fuch Town (hall forfeit and pay to the P°' Town». 
 Treafury of the County to which fuch Town belongs, the Sum of Twenty 
 Poundi, Old Currency ; to be Recovered by the King's Attorney of the 
 County to which fuch Town belongs, by Adion to be brought to the 
 Gounty Court *, in which Trial no Appeal or Review (hall be allowed. 
 
 Here followeth a Lift of the Towns, wKo by this A.€k ace to cboofie 
 Jury- men j and the Number that each Town is to choole. 
 
 Hartford 
 
 County. 
 Hartford Twenty 
 Wei^ersfie IdTtienty 
 Windfor Twenty 
 ParmivgtonTwenty 
 JUUdleiownT^eaty 
 Symthury Twelve 
 Clajfenhury Ten 
 Hebron Ten 
 
 INew-Haven 
 County. 
 NetvlIavenTwenty 
 IMilfori Twelve 
 WallingfordFihztn 
 Brenford Ten 
 ' Guilford Twelve 
 I Durhtm Six 
 
 I Derby Six 
 Waterbuty Six 
 
 NeW' London 
 County* 
 
 NewLonionFiheea 
 Norwich Fifteen 
 Preftan Fifteen 
 Stonington Fifteen 
 Groton Fifteen 
 Lyme Fifteen 
 Say brook Fifteen 
 Killingirortbp'iSteea 
 
 Fairfield 
 
 County. 
 FairfieU Twenty 
 StratfordTwenty 
 Norwalk Twenty 
 Stanford Twelve 
 Danhary Twelve 
 Actf /own Twelve 
 
 1 Windham 
 County. 
 Windham Twelve 
 Lebanon Twelve 
 Coventry Twelve 
 PlainfieldTwehe 
 Canter buryTfielvc 
 Pomfrett Twelve 
 VoUntoan Twelve 
 Jfiford Twelve 
 I MansfieMTvteWe 
 
 This Aft to continue in Force fbrthe Ijpaceof Two 7«ars, from the 
 Rifing of this Aflembly, and no longer. 
 
 An A<a for the regulating the fcrving and 
 returning of Writs and Petitions, and 
 entering Appeals. 
 
 B<e It <0naffe& bp t^e ©oternouc, €ountH anir HtptttewtatiU^, in 
 Central Court afTembUD, anti bg tfte «uti)0?ftp of tfte Came, Thai ^ . 
 from and after the Firft Day of M^rch next, all Original and Judicial S'/d'^.J* 
 Writs (except Executions) in Civil Caf« and Petitions and Memorials, Days b^re 
 wherein there (hall be any Party or Parties to be Notified, Returnable to the Court, 
 any Supenour or County Court, or to the General AfTembly, (hall be 
 Served, at leaft Twelve Days iacluGve, before the Day of fuch Courts 
 Sitcing or Day of Appearance ; and that fuch Writs as are made Returna- 
 ble
 
 jMoRigHi Regis GEOKGl J tl, Declmo Oftava 
 
 538 (iPcanD^SIucojSifeesf.aDep^^tietiffs; ifees* Deer. 
 
 ble to the County Courts, ftiall be Returned to the Clerks of faid Courts 
 on theday before the Sitting of fuchCountyCourt$,and not afterwards. And 
 that all Appeals to any of the Superiour or County Courts, (ball be 
 Entered in fuch Courts, refpcftively, before the fccond Opening of fuch 
 Court, and not after ; unleft the Appellant (hall pay to the Appellee all 
 his Coft in fuch cafe arifen to that Time, to be Taxed by the Court ; 
 which being done, the Aftion may be Entered by the Appellant, before 
 the Jury attending luch Court are Difmiffed, and not after ; Whieh 
 Coft fo taxed and paid, ihall not be confidered nor allowed in making 
 up the Bill of Coft in the final Determination of the Cafe ; Any Law, 
 Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. 
 
 An A& for advanciag Grand-jurors Fees. 
 
 Be it (f na(te5 l^ tit ^obttnour, tf'duncil snu tUvvcUntattbe^, in 
 ^tnecal Court flfTembUD, and bp tlje flutiio^itpof t^e Came, Thai 
 10 nave o*. gjjpi^ Grand-juror that ftiali be Summoned to attend on any Superiour 
 ftr itm. ^^ County Courts, IhaU be allowed 5iAr S<>i7?»«fj^r 2?»ew> for their Atten- 
 dance on fuch Courts, in Old Tenour Currency i Any Law, Ufage or 
 Cuftom in any wife to the contrary notwithftanding 
 
 An A(S dirediog what Fees (hall be allowed 
 the Deputy-Sheriffs, for ferving and re- 
 turning Writs and Executions. 
 
 WHEREJtS ithMt httn Cuftmary for the DefutfSbirifs in tia 
 Colonff to Cloargt for thtir Ftts, to Serve and Return Writs *ni Extcitf 
 tionsj from the Pltct ohere the Sheriff lives 5 and it often happens that fuch 
 freamlte. Writs art Served and Returned in the fame Town ithere fuch Defuty-Sherif 
 lives -, which Fees Jo Charged have been often ate9td^ Mid tktrehf the Bills tf 
 Cofl have been much inereafed. 
 
 T&e it tltretoft CnacteD Ci? tl^e ^oitvrmv, Countfl atio fteprefema- 
 No more for jj^jg^ |,^ <Bmtxd\ <ttiutt flf&mWeH, anti bg t^ flutiio^itp of t^e fame, That 
 fhanwhafis^o'^'^*^ future, No Deputy-Sheriff in this Colony, (hall be allowed any 
 aftnally Tra- more for his Fees for Travel to Serve and Return any Writ or Execa- 
 velied. tion, than he doth aQually Travel to Serve and Return the fame j Any 
 
 Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 An Aft for the prefervation of Deer kept 
 in Parks or other Inclofures 
 
 WHERE A Sfundry Terfonsin thit Colony have lately EreStJ Tarh T 
 Inch fur esy for keeping and pre ferving Deer^ xehieb U like to he for tht 
 publici Good ; and Deer being wild by Nature^ and heretofore in thit Land having 
 frenmHe. been no perfons Property till taken in Hunting j ttfany perfens fuppofe they may 
 take them wberefotver they may be found m well in Parks at in the open Woods } 
 upon which great Damages aserutto tht Oatntrt of futh Parks and Jrtetofurtt, 
 
 Which to Prevent: 
 
 55e ft Cnatteft bp tlie ^Bobernour, Council anb Erprefentatfbetf, in 
 
 atn£ralCou(tMtmtiIe^anOtipti( »m\mi9tt\ft fami, That no 
 
 iperfon
 
 AiiHi BegHi Regis CEORGII //. Dcclmo Odavo. 
 
 Dgec> 1La)c> iBomirtattoti> 5 39 
 
 Pcrfoo or perfons (hall kill or deftroy any Deer, Buck. Doe or Fawn 
 kepi ift any paik or Indofure in this Colony ; or courfe, hunt or 
 wound any fuch Deer, or wilfully throw down any Fence, or open any 
 Gaie or Barrs indofing fuch Park or ladofure.whereby fuch Deer may efcape 
 without leave from the Owner or Owners of fuch Park or Indofure, on pain 
 thai every pcrfon fo killing or deftroying,or thai fhall be aiding or affifting 
 therein,(halj for every fuchTrefpafs forfeii and pay lo the Owner or Owners Penilty for 
 of fuch Paik or Indofure Fifty Pounds Money, bcfidcs the Price of fuch Deer ^^i"'"? Deer 
 fo kilied or deftroyed ; and on pain that every fuch perfon fo conrfingj 0!!"!'"^-." 
 hunting or wounding fucb Deer, ftall for every fuch Trefpafs forfeit "*^'' 
 and pay unto the Owner or Owners of fuch Park or Indofure Ten Feundt 
 Money, bcfides all fuch Damages as (hall accrue by fucb coorling, hunting 
 or wounding ; and alfo on pain that every fach perfon fo pulling dowa 
 Fence, opening Gates or Barrs, as aforefaid, (hall for every fuch rref)}als 
 forfeit and pay to the Owner or Owners ot fuch Park or Indofure Otti 
 Hundred Poundt Money, beGdes aD fucb Damages as fliall accrue by 
 throwing down fucb Fence, or opening fuch Gates or Barrs : To be 
 Recovered by Bill, Plaint or Information, upon ConviQioa of the 
 TrefpafTer or Trefpaflers : And in the Trial of any and every kStioa 
 brought for any of the Trefpafles in this AEt mentioned, the Court: 
 before whom fuch Afiion fhall be brought, may proceed according co 
 the Method and Rules provided in the Fourth Paragraph of the Law, 
 Eniituled, j^n ji^for the mert EffeRHal DeteSing and Pumfhing Tr#^4/r. pJP*^ 1**1 
 Trovidedy That in cafe the Defendant in any Adion brought upoa any ^ 
 Trefpafs in this A£t mentioned, being an Indian or other Perfon that 
 ftall be ignorant of the Nature of an Oath, then the Court that (hall 
 bave Cognizance of fuch Adiion, ihall refufe his the Defendants Oath 
 of Acquittance, provided in faid A£k teferr'd to, and (hall proceed oa 
 the Defendants part to enquire according to and by «ay other proper 
 Evidence that may be produced by the Defendant 
 
 An A<St for levying a Tax on Polls, trc. 
 
 THIS ASSEMBLY Grants a Rate of tivt-pme on the Touni^ 
 in Bills of Credit, Old Tenour, on all the Polls and Rateable a Tax oft tf 
 Efiate in this Government ; To be paid into the Treafury in Bills on the k qU 
 of Credit of this Colony, with the ufual Advance of Tu^/vrpewf onthe^^°o^* 
 fcuad; or in good Bills of Credit of Four Signers of the Majfuhuftut^ 
 Say •, or in Bills of Credit of NewTerk, without Advance opoo theme 
 or in Silver Money as it now paHeth in the Country* 
 
 The Gentlemeti Nominated by the Votes of the Freemen of this 
 Colony, to fiand for Election in Mi^ next, are as follovrs, {viz.) 
 
 TH E Honourable ^OtJ ATHaU i /4 W' Efq; the Ho. 
 nourable ROGER PVOLCOfTECq James Wadfioarth ETq; The Geatl - 
 Haihanaet Stanly Efq,- Jofeph Whiting Efq; Oztos Pitkin Efq; Timothy °>^f<»^. 
 Fierce Elq; Samuel Lynde Efq; mStam Pitkin Efq; Tbmas Fitcb EiTcj; mlfUenS 
 Ro^T ticwton Efq; Ehenezer SiOiman Elq, JonathM frumhle Efq ^ i74f» 
 John Bnlkley Efq Hczekiab Hknttngton Efq Major Andre» Burr^ 
 Colonel 7»^» Chener^ Mr. Eli[ha WtBtami^ Colonel Smutl Hilf, 
 Mr. JohB Grifwtld. 
 
 NEfflONDONy Printed and Sold hy Timothy Green, ?rinttr t$ tbe 
 GOfTERSOUR md COMPAtfT. 174^
 
 Aitnt Regm Regis GEORGIJ //. Declmo Odavo. 
 
 3mprot)in3<?^ftate5git)eti fo;i i©miaei;55>uppo^t54^ 
 
 Fifty cop«qs 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. BaieS. 
 
 Hartford, 1918 
 
 ACTS AND LAWS 
 
 Paffed by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony of 
 Cmnefficut in tiew Evglaud : Begaa and Held at ffartfor d on the 
 Ninth Day of Ma^^'xw the Eighteenth Year of the Reign of Our 
 SovereignLordGEoRGEffceS««nrf,ofGr*<it5»'»r<tt'»^e^e.King-/f«»oDtfro,i74y 
 
 An Act for the impownng of perfons to take ;H.|4t.^i|j 
 Care of and Iniprove Eftates given for the "'^^^^^^^l 
 Support of the Miniftry. st^'.sx^'.sxj 
 
 WHEREAS there have hen divers GrMtSyVoftalhtts er SequeftrH' 
 tions cf LAtids^MonieSy cr ether Efiates or Inter efis^ made fur the 
 Vft oftht Minifiry^Sttltd and Efiablijhedbf the Lawtofthis PreamUe. 
 Colony ; bf means ahcreof, in fundry of the Towns and Societies in 
 t\sh Colony, there are conjiderable Efiatei btlongini tofuch Towns or Societfsfor the 
 Vfe of the Minifirjthertin Setled^ at afore fatd \ but for vfont offuffeitnt Vrovifion 
 in the Lav toEnable fome fttitable Ptrfoas to take ^are of and Improve fuch Efiates 
 for the vfe afatefaid^ the fame are iiable to great Lofs and Wafie^ and are much 
 Ufs Projitable than othtrwife they might be rendered. 
 
 %z ft tlrrrfoje «naiteti Bp t^e (Botecnour, couccfl ana Hcprermta- Lands or o- 
 \Vat$t f n d^cneral Court M£ntI)!co,anD bp t^e flutljojltp of t^e fame, Tbat tiier ERate 
 where there are any Lands, Monies or other Eftaces Granted, Given or 8*'^" °^ 
 Scqueftred, according to ancient Cuftom.Ufage or Praftife, or fliall here- f^eSu ortlf 
 after be Given, Granted or Sequeftred, for the Ufe and Support of fuch the Miniftry, 
 Miniftry in any Town or Society in this Colony, then and in every fuch Eftablifted * 
 cafe, the Select- men for the time being of fuch Towns in V7hich there is byLaw.tobe 
 but one Ecclefiafiical Society j and the Committee for the time being of *^'?^'' ^^re of 
 fuch Ecclefiafiical Society, as have or may be Conftituted by this Affembly, b/XS- 
 or a Committee Appointed by fuch Town or Society, ( which they meoorCosn- 
 refpeflively are hereby Impowred to appoint for that End ) fliaU have mJtteeof faid 
 full Power and Authority to Demand, Recover, Receive, take Care of and ^^" °} *°~ 
 Improve all fuch Lands, Monies or other Eftates, to and for the Ufe and funyfin° "!" 
 Support of the Miniftry, Setled as aforefaid in fuch Town or Society which red to take" 
 theyrerpeaivelyReprefenc,according to the true and real Meaning,lntent, into their 
 End and Defign in fuch Grants, Donations and Sequeftrations of fuch handsallfoch 
 LandsjMonies or other Eftates contained, and of their Improvement there- ^.°"**'°"5 * 
 of, and of the lncreare,Profit8 and Interefls thereof, to be Accountable from f fthe^wfit? 
 time to time to luch Town or Society as they refpedively Rcprefent. &V. * 
 
 And that fuch SiUa-TBen and Committee may be Enabled mere EffeQuaBy front 
 lime to time todo the Service aforefaid^ Pittvile, 
 
 H h h h b ^t
 
 jlaao Eegni Regit GEORGTJ //. Decimo Oftavo. 
 
 5^42 :aDDitionai:act concerntttg3lm'oW.Nehanrickjrerc^. 
 
 3e it furtljec (fnacteti b? tjje SCutfto^Up afo^cfaiD, Thai the Selefl-men 
 jaid Selert- and Commitrec, aforelaid, or the major pare of them, ftial! and may make 
 men or Com gjj proper and necefTary Confraflj, and commence, profecutc and purfuc alt 
 make Con- needful Suicj, Alliens and Caufes in the Law for the purpofe aforefaid : 
 irafls. com- And fuch Selcft-men and Committees, 3s fhall from time to time Succeed 
 rnence Sujts and come into the Room and Stead of others removed by Death or other- 
 v!nh\^Ml ^'^^' ^^'^ ^^"^^ ^^^ Power to Aft, Appear, Profecute and Purfue in 
 
 power^ as ^"^ "P°" ^"V Contraft, Suit, Aftion or Caufe, for or concerning the 
 thofe whom matters aforefaid, as fully as thofe whom they Succeed in the Office aforc- 
 they Succeed fajd might or could do, if they had not been Removed, as aforefaid. 
 ^^^- Ani akertas divers of tloi Sicieties aforefaid are Made, or hereafter niaj he 
 
 Made jind Cofifiituttd out efTtoe or more adjoining Towns yfo that fart of the 
 Prtamllt. Society live in one Town and fart it* another : And whereas hji Virtue of the Crantt^ 
 Donation J or SecjueftrationSf aforefaid ^ fuch part of a Society that live in one of the 
 faid adjoining Townt, have or may have fame Lands, Monitt or other Eftates^ 
 belonging to that pert difiitiB from the reft of the Society ^ for the Vfe aforefaid, 
 
 Se it tf)ereCo?e furtiet CnacCEfl Bp tge 3fiutl5o?ftg afo?££ai&, Thai fuch 
 P J. _ parrs of Societies having fuch diftinft Incerefts, fnall and any Meec among 
 cietie5°ha-° thcmfelvcs, and from time to time A6t, Order and Direft refpefling fuch 
 ving diRinii thcjr diflinft Interefts, for the life aforefaid, according to the Provifion by 
 Inierefts.to this Afl made for Societies in regard to fuch Intercfts : And for tJiat End 
 xnect chufc a j^^y chuCt a Clerk, who (hall be duly Sworn to a faithful difcharge of his 
 Commntee Trufl •, alfo may appoint a Committee to take Care of and Improve the 
 to take care Interefti, aforefaid, for the life aforefaid, Who fhall have the fame Power 
 cf& improve and Authority, and be under the fame Regulation, refpefting the faid 
 their ebove- Interefta belonging to fuch part of a Society, as IS given and provided b/ 
 faidinttreffs. ^^-^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ concerning the Committee or Committees of the Societies 
 aforefaid, refpefting the Matters and Intcrefls aforefaid. 
 
 vidpagsj. An A6I in addition to and emendation of an 
 >o4.Hi 468 ^^^gj^j-jtuied, An AA in addition to and for 
 explaining of the Law referring to Idiots. 
 
 WHEREAS in faid AB it it Trovidtdy ' That fuch Relations 
 * relpeflively, fhall Relieve fuch Poor perfons in fuch manner as 
 
 • the County Court in that County where fuch fufficient perfons dweO, 
 
 * fhall AlTefs ; and it fo kapptns that fuch fufficient perfons dweO. in feveral 
 Coicnties^ by meant xfhereof Difficulties arife. Which to Remedy : 
 
 ^t it (SnatttD b? t%z 45oternouc, ^ountfl ano IRepctrcntatibe?, in 
 Coantycoujts <&zTxzx^\ ^Touct MembUB, onH bp tl)E aut^ojitp of tlje fame, Thai the 
 to Affefs fuf- County Court in that County where fuch poor and impotent Perfon 
 Sonsreflft dwells, (hall have power to Affefs fuch fufficient Relations refpeaively, 
 3n^"hfthpoor whether they live in the fame or any other County, in fuch manner as 
 Relatives, jf faid Court (hall Judge juft for the Relief of fuch Poor perfons ^ and the 
 ihtyijvein faid Courts are hereby full 7 Authorized and Impowred to do the fame, 
 Milder Coun- g^j g^anc Execution thereon accordingly, any Law, Ufage or Cuftora to 
 the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. 
 
 S^ry^fofivian An Adl to advance the Fare of tJekantick Ferry, called the R^pe Ferry 
 
 T/^To^Z^n T^^^ ileroltct) bj) tl)i|J ^mmlllp, That the Fare of faid Ferry fhall 
 4<<'oxo°rCow A be for the future, For Man, Horfe and Load, Six-pence j and for Foot- 
 1 >. Sheep or men Four. pence ; and for each Ox or Cow One Shilling ^ and for each Sheep 
 SvKinej rf a or Swine Ont-peny\ and for a fingle Horfe Six-pence^ all in Old Tenor i 
 
 ^j^]f. 5°'^'^ any Law. Ufaee or Cuflom to the contrary notwithHanding. 
 
 to Oldlenor " - — ,--— . _—____—— 
 
 Ji.LONDO N, Printed android by T.GREbn, Printer to the GOV. *: COMP. 17 ii
 
 An»o Regni Regis GEORGIJ //. Decimo N^no. 
 
 ^^^^^^^^^■^—i ^^^— — ■ " ■ '^ " ■■■III ■ — ^^— III ■■ — I ■■ ■ I . I I ■■ , ^— ^^^-^W ^B^^^i^M^ 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, igiS. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Paflcd by the General Court or Adembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of CottneSlicut in New Errand : Bcguo and Held at t^evo Haven 
 on the fecond Thurfday of Octcher ( hein^ the Tenth Day of fa'id 
 Month ) In the Nineteenth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign 
 Lord GEORGE the Second, KING of Great Britain, 6iC. /imoque 
 Domini, 1 7 4 5, 
 
 Aq A<5t allowing and dating Conftablcs Fees for 
 
 ^Summoning Jurors. „ „ 
 
 (JHit€nacteOt>p t^ (]5ot»mtour, (gounttlanft Bcptefentattbc;!^, ^O.^^^^^i" 
 in (Benttal Court 9titrembletJ,anD bp fi^z lEatljojitp oE t|)e Tame, for Summon- 
 That every Conftable in this Colony who fince the firft Day of ing Jurors 
 
 December laft, hath Summoned, or hereafter fhall Summon ( by *«> attend che 
 
 Summons lawfully Iflued ) any Juror or Jurors to attend any of the Su- ^upetiour or 
 periour or County Courts in this Colony, fhall be therefor allowed ( fave rhT'fa^e" as 
 only for Return of fuch Summons ) the fame Fees for Travel and Serving, by Law al- 
 as by Law are allowed in Procefs in Civil Caufes ; To be paid out of the lowedin pro- 
 County Treafury of the refpedtive Counties where fuch Jurors are to attend. ""^ l.^ C'^*' 
 
 An A(5t for preventing Trefpafs in gathering and 
 deftroying Bay-berriesy and efFed:ualJy detecting 
 Trcfpafles about the fame. 
 
 B«C ft CEnacteO bp tte ©otictnour, Council atiH Seprtfematiteff, in No perfon t<» 
 <©enecal Court afTemhleti, anD Dp the 2utl)o:itp of tlie fame, That gather, de- 
 no perfon or perfonsdo or (hah gather, deftroy or carry away any Bay- ^\'°yofc3zty 
 berries (landing or growing on the Land of any other perfon or perfons, Bl^.^be*"^ 
 without leave or hcenfe of the Owner or Owners of fuch Lands whereon growing en 
 fuch Bay -berry's were (landing or growing, on pain that every fuch perfon the Land of 
 gathering, deftroying or carrying away the fame, or that fhall be aiding- or °*.^^''P^'^^''5 
 afTiding therein, fhall forfeit and pay to the party Injured or Trefpalled Jeave°of Ihe 
 upon. Three times the Value of the Bay-berries fo gathered, deftroycd or Owner, on 
 carried away, and alfo the Sum of Forty Shillings for every Bufhcl fb penalty of j 
 gathered, befides Three times the Value, as aforefaid ; and fo after that*''"*^ the 
 Rate for a greater or lefTcr Quantity : Which feveral Penalties, For- ^^^'g**^'^^ *" 
 feitures and Damages, fhall and may be Recovered by Action, BilU Plaint ^"^^ "'*"'"• 
 or Information. 
 
 I i i i i j^J
 
 Ano Regni Regis GEORGIJ //. Decimo Nono. 
 
 544 iferries, SCajc, il^ommation* 
 
 Jlndforafmuch as it is very hard and difficult to Detei? or Convin any TrefpaJTer 
 PreamhU. ^gdi^Ji this A51 in the ordinary Method or courfe of the Law, by reafon the Tref- 
 
 pajfes are generally commitledwhere pofitive Evidence can f care ely ever be had. 
 Damages to ^^ " (EnarttD lip t\z Tlutljojitp afo?efafO, anD it j0 Ijert by «nattE&, 
 be Recovered ^^'^'^ whenfoever any Aftion is brought for Recovering of any of the 
 by the fame Damages and Forfeitures, as aforefaid, the fame Rules and Methods of 
 fhod ^ ^^ ■^''y^' ^^^ AffefTing Damages, may and ftiall be Obfcrved as are provided 
 provided 'in a '" ^ certain Statute made and enafted in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign 
 Stanit?, pag of King George the Firft, Entituled, An A£l for the more effe£iual 
 J^9.J3o, jji I)ete5ling and Punifhing Trefpafs ; reference thereunto being had. 
 
 An A(5t for dating the Fare of the Ferry over the 
 
 The Fate for Rlvcr of ConneWicm and Rivulet in Windsor ^ 
 
 ''CtiZl granted to Roger Wolcon Efq; 
 
 iirfoidTen. T'STriS CnatrtD bp tlje <0ol3crnour, <rounc» anO Evcprcrtntatitjetf, in 
 
 for Man, ^ i&enctal Couct affemlileD, anD I)fj tlje S3tit!)0.i(tp Of tfjE fame. Thai 
 
 iioifc&Load the Fare of the faid Ferry, for carrying Horfe, Man and Load acrofs the 
 o'rHo^fe'^6 rf" faid two Rivers, fhall \)tl'welve-pence,0\^ Tenour ; for each fingle Perfon 
 NeaiKincS i Six-pence, for each fingle Horfe Six-pence, for Neat Kine Eight-pence per 
 Sheep 2 </. & Head, and Two-pence per Head for Sheep : And when carried acrofs 
 ■when only a Conne5licut-Kwer only. For Man, Horfe and Load, Ten-pence, for each 
 vcVfor'ft'' ^"S'^ Perfon Five-pence, for each Horfe Five-pence, for Neat Kjne Six- 
 10 V. ^c. pence per Head, and Two-pence per Head for Sheep. 
 
 An A61 for raifing the Fare of the Ferry commonly 
 
 The Fare of calkd SmitW s ( now Timothy Smith's ) Ferry. 
 
 faid Feuv to DC it CnattcD b? t^t (FoDrrnour, Council anO REprerfntatitjejS, in 
 be in ou Ten. £> (EtticTai Coun 'aflmww, 8310 6? t^c ami^oritsot tecomic, That 
 
 forMan,Horfe the Fare of the faid Ferry, which is acrofs Conneilicut-River at or near the 
 & Load 9 d Southern End oi Hartford, called Timothy Smith's Ferry, fhall for the future 
 an^o" ft /> b^ ^^ follows, (viz.) For Man, Horfe and lx)?id. Nine-pence, for a Man Four- 
 Nat^ Ciu le pence, for an Horfe Five-pence, for Neat Cattle Seven-pence per Head, and Two- 
 7<f pcrHead, pence perYied^A for Sheep, and iopro rato for other things,all in Old Tenor. 
 Z J- for Slieep . . . _— » ___ 
 
 An Adt for levying a Tax on Polls, f C. 
 
 pen,Sp-nJ nPHlS AfTembly grants a Rate of One-peny Half-peny on the Pound, in 
 on the Pound X Bills of Credit of this Colony, of the New Tenour, on all the Polis 
 en Polls and and other Rateable Eftate in this Government : To be paid in Bills of 
 hi'^lrt^*'" Credit of this Colony of the New Tenour, as aforefaid ; Or in Bills of 
 bepaid !n3ih Credit of this Colony of the Old Tenour, at the proportion of Three 
 cfCieditNcw Shillings and Six-pence Old Tenour for One Shilling of the New, and fo 
 Ten or in Old proportionably, with the ufual Advance oi One Shilling on the Pound ; Or 
 ^o.crinSiiv j „qqJ silver at Eight Shillings per Ounce Troy Weight Sterling Alloy ; Or 
 Sj.pet Ounce • ^ ,1 • I . »u .. 
 
 oriiiGsMc ^" ^°^<^ equivalent thereto. 
 
 «2uiva en:. ^^^ Gentlemen Nominated by the Votes of the Freemen of this Colony, 
 to fi and for EleSion in May next, are as follow, (wxx.) 
 
 THE Honourable ]O^ATUA^ LAW Efq-, the Honourable ROGER 
 WOLCOTT Efq; Jamis Wadsworth Efq; Nathanael 
 The Gtmle. Stanly Efq; Joseph Whiting Efq; Ozias Pitkin Efq; Timothy 
 "!'^?'*'"p' Pierce Efq; Samuel Lynde Efq; William Pitkin Efq. Thomas 
 Jediion in/fay Fit CH Efq; Roger Newton Efq; Ebenezer Silliman £/ji Jona- 
 174'=. THAN Trumble Efq; John Bulkley Efq; Hezekiah Huntinc- 
 
 ton Efq; Col. Andrew Burr, Col. John Chester, Mr. John 
 
 Gr 1 s woLD, Mr. Eltsha Williams, Col. Benjamin Hall. 
 
 Ar.owdoH,PiiiU«U and Solo iiiTimoihyGree*,9fir\ietio theGOVarid cOmPaNY.i 7^j
 
 Anne Regni Rtgis GEORGI/ //. Dcdmo Nono. 
 
 aDDittonal 7i(t telattttg to tfte fuppo^t of ^mift^s^s 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Made and Pafled by the General Court or Aflcmbly of His Majefty's 
 Colony of Ccnneffieut in New-EuglanJ : Begpn and Held at 
 Hartiord, on Thurfday the Eighth Day of May, In the Nineteenth 
 Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Secentf, 
 KING of Great'Britain, &C. Annoque Domini, i j ^6* 
 
 An A<S in additioa to the Law, Entituled 
 an Ad for the Impowiing of Perfons to 
 take care of and improve Eftates given 
 for the Support of the Miniftry. 
 
 Viap»g.J4f 
 
 W 
 
 HERE A Sin the laSf Paragraph offaid ASl refpeSfing Parts 
 cf Societies made and conjiituted out of 'Two or more adjoining VrtanlU^ 
 Towns, there is no particular DireSlion given howfuch Parts 
 cf Societies fhall from time to time Warn their Meetings. 
 
 Therefore, 
 
 Be it (CnattK) (f t^^ (Botiemour, Council anD Eepcefcntotitrier In to^wfrniSne. 
 43enccal Ceuct IfifTembUtr, anb tip t^e Kutf}o;itp of t^ fame. That tings & tp* 
 for the future, the Committee for the time being, appointed to take care point Time & 
 of and improve the Interefts belonging to fuch Part of Societies, are Im- ^'*^* 
 powrcd to Warn fuch Meetings and appoint Time and Place for that pur- q^ jjjej, f,i, 
 pofe ; and in cafe the faid Committee fhall negleft or refufe to Warn fuch lure, j Inha. 
 Meetings, that then any Five of the Inhabitants of fuch Parts of Society's, b'tjntsioap- 
 making application to the Clerk, defiring fuch Meeting may be Warned, ^j'^/'?"^!^ 
 the faid CJerk fhall fet up a Warning in fome proper place or places, in cie,k offaid 
 fuch Parts cf Society's, therein appointing Time and Place of Meeting ; Society, ^e, 
 at which Meetings the Inhabitants of fuch Parts of Society's may proceed 
 to aft in any matters proper for them to aft in -, Provided, No fuch Meet- s Days warn- 
 ing be held within lefs than five Days after Warning given or fet up, as "og gWen. 
 aforefaid. And that no perfon be allowed to Vote or Aft in fuch Meet- j^^^^ toVote 
 ing that is not Qualified to Vote in Society Meetings, or that doth not be- tut foch as 
 long to and pay towards the Support of that Miniflry, for the Support and are Qualified 
 Maintenance whereof the diftinft Intereft belongijig to fuch Parts of So- &.b«ie"g t© 
 cieties, have been or fhall be Granted, Given orScqueftrcd. faidSocitiy. 
 
 K k k k k SinO
 
 j4uho Reval Regk QEORGIJ //. Dcclmo Nono. 
 
 5j6 XoXdiiBouui^Sj&c* Meters m^octetp^matmus* 
 
 3fin0 (t 10 furtl^ec €na£t£D 6p t!)e ilot^ojltj afo^cfafo. That where 
 
 any fuch Parts of a Society have not akeady Formed themfelves, they fhall 
 HowParts of jj^y^ Liberty and are hereby Directed to take the fame Method to Form 
 may' Form themfelves as Societies by Law are Direfted to take, Any Law, Ufage or 
 themfelves. Cuftom to the Contrary in any-wife notwithftanding. 
 
 Vid. pag 8 
 
 An A<5t in addition co an A<St, Entituled an Adt 
 relating to the Bounds of Towns and particular 
 Perfons* 
 
 All Af^ions 
 
 concerning |3€ it (£natt£li Dp t^e «<Bo6ernour, Councfl ani IRfprcfenfatitesf, fn 
 the non pe- (j (Bcneral Court SlffemWsS, anD bp tijz 5iinti)0?ltp of tje fame. 
 
 rambuUting j^^^ ^jj ^(C^i^ns that fhall hereafter be brought for and concerning the 
 tw«n Towns Non-perambulating Bounds between Towns and particular Perfons, fliall 
 & particular be brought to the County Court : And that there fhall be the fame Liberty 
 Perfons, to be of Appeals and Reviews as in the Title of Lands, Any Law, Ufage or 
 bro'c to the Qufloni to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 Coun Courts. •' ° 
 
 An A6t in addition to the Law of this Colony, En- 
 vidpag.35z tituled an A<5t directing how Perfons (hall be 
 Qualified to Vote in Society-meetings* 
 
 WHEREAS there are matiy Perfons in this Colony, who by reafon of 
 their Biffenting from the way of JVcrfhip and the Mimflry of the 
 titanilt. Prefbyterian, Congregational cr Confociated Churches of this Covernmenty are 
 Exetyjpted from the payment of Taxes granted for ihe Maintenance and Support 
 cf theWorfmp and Minifiry of the faid Churches : And whereas although fuch 
 Exempt Perfons ought not to Vote refpeSling the Maintenance and Support^ 
 cforefaid, yet there being no Exprefs Dire^ion in the Law, prohibiting them 
 from Voting in thofe Matters, feme Perfons Exempted, as afcrefaid, have ad- 
 ventured to Vote and A£l therein. 
 
 Which for the future to Prevent : 
 
 25t fr(fna£??& Ip tfjr (^oUtrnonr, Councfl anO Sfprtrfntati6c^,«in 
 
 4BmrraI <tQMXi 38tt>mble&, anD fc?- tie 2utiiOj(tp of tfte Came. That 
 
 no Perfon who is, or hereafter fhall be by the Law of this Government, 
 
 No perfon Freed or Exempted from the payment of thofe Taxes granted by any Town 
 
 exempted _^ or Society, for the Maintenance and Support of the Worfhip and Miniftry, 
 
 Rates 'for the aforefaid, and for the Building of Meeting-houfes for fuch Worfhip, on 
 
 Support of account or by realbn of his DifTenting from the way of Worfhip and Mi- 
 
 the way cf niftry, aforefaid, fhall be allov/ed or admitted to Aft or Vote in any Town 
 
 M °nift'r^ *'be °^ Society-Meeting in thofe Afts or Votes which refpeft or relate unto the 
 
 dilTents from, Matters aforefaid, nor in the Choice of any Officers neceffary to be ap- 
 
 roVote or Aft pointed for the Management of or Carrying on the Affairs aforefaid : And 
 
 in any Matter the Afts and Votes of fuch Town and Society-Meetings, refpefting the 
 
 r'rfs"^ t" Matters aforefaid, made and pafTed, without computing the Votes of fuch 
 
 Aifal °s?^ ^ Exempt Perfons,- fnall be deemed and accounted the Afts and Votes of 
 
 fuch Town and Society, Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary in 
 
 any wife notwithftanding. 
 
 An kdt
 
 Amo Regnt Re^u GEORGIj //. Decimo Nono> 
 
 j^igij'lDapiS. ^Ije riffg f ConftaMeg^ Smith's jFerry. 557 
 
 An hd in further addition to an A<5t, Entituled an 
 
 A(5t for High-ways. ( fag, 50, fag. 468* ) vidpag. 468 
 
 Be it (gnocteli Bp tfie dE-otecnour, Council cnD HepreientctfUeJ*, (n Peifons obii- 
 OElenecal Court flffemliko. flnD bp ttie auttojitHoftfje fame, Thai fJ^^ikZ 
 if any Perfon obliged by Law to work in High-ways and be thereunto ^j. ^.^^^ 
 lawfully Warned, ftiail refufe or ncgled to attend fuch Service according jq forfeits x! 
 %o the Warning given, ne fliall forfeit for every Days negled Eight Shil- pd dum foe 
 lings. Old Tenour for a Perfon, and rwenty Shillings, Old Tenour for a fefufing, and 
 Man and Team : Which forfeitures fliall be Recovered and Improved, as ^°'je°^, 
 in faid Aft is provided. Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to tlie contrary not- 
 withftanding. 
 
 An A(5t for regulating the Sheriffs and ConflaWcs viupag. jz2, 
 
 Fees* '^' 
 
 B<2 it (f nattrt b? tfjc (Soternour, CouncH anls KcpcerentatftcjJ, in 
 (general Court OfiSTembleti, anO bp tt^ 3aut!)0?tt? o£ t^c fame. That Aiiowaaceto 
 the Sheriffs and Conftables within this Colony, flaall be allowed to take and Sheriffs and 
 receive for their Fees for levying every Execution not exceeding Twenty {^°''ig* 1^*" 
 Pounds, Eight Shillings and no more ; and for every Execution exceeding cuiions. 
 Twenty Pounds and not exceeding Forty Pounds, Twelve Shillings -, and for 
 every Execution exceeding Forty Pounds and not exceeding Eighty Pounds^ 
 Twinty Shillings ; and for every Execution exceeding Eighty Pounds 
 and not exceeding One Hundred and Sixty Pounds^ Thirty Shillings •, and for 
 every greater Sum they fliall be allowed to take and receive Two Shillings 
 for every Twenty Pounds, levied over and above r he Sum of One Hundred 
 and Sixty Pounds : The faid Fees to be taken in the fame Currency for sheriffs all w 
 which the Execution is. And that the Sheriffs Ihall be aikrwed for their ance' for At^ 
 Attendance on the feveral Courts in this Colony, Sixteen Shillings fer Diem, tending aowe 
 
 An Adt for the Enlarging Conftables Fees, for their viipag. $« 
 attendance on the feveral Courts. 
 
 B« it CtnatteU bp tie 4BoJjernoutr, Council aati aepcefematftejtf, in ^ 
 •©enccal Court flirEmBteU, anH bp the flut5o?ftp of t^e fame, Thai a*?! " 
 the Conftables Fees for Attendance on the General AlTembly, and on Jury's for Atten- 
 at the Superiour and County Courts, fhall be Fourteen- Shillings, Old Tenor dance on 
 
 fer Diem, Any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. Courts and 
 
 ° Juries. 
 
 An A(a ftating the Fare of the Ferry called Smith's^ 
 Ferry J between the Towns of IVethersJieU and V''« p's- hi . 
 Glalfenbury. 
 
 Be (t Cnaffco Isp tlje (Boternonr, Councfl anb Eeprefentatibesf, in 
 (Bene ral Court alTcmbleD, anO bp ttc authoji'tp of t\\t fame. That TheFare of 
 the Fare of faid Ferry for the Time to come, fhall be Nine-pence for Man, faid Terry (ox 
 Horfe and Load ; and for fingle Man or Horfe, Four-pence : All Money ^^^ *'■"* '* 
 of the Old Tenour. come. 
 
 N,LO ND O N, Printed and Sold by Timothy Green, Printer to 
 theGOVERNOUR and COMPANY, i 74 5,
 
 AriMO Rtgni Regit Q E O R G I J / / Vigeflimo. 
 
 Common jFietD0« 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1918; 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the Geocral Court or Aflembly of His Majefty*s Colony 
 of Ccnnedieut, in Utro EngUnJ % Begun and Held at New-Havem, 
 on the fecoDd Thorfday of OHeher ( being the ninth Day of laid 
 Month ) in the Twentieth Year of the Reign of Our -Sovereign 
 Lord G E O R G E //&f Seetndt K 1 N G of Great Britatn, &c, 
 AnHtque Dimini, 1746. 
 
 An Aft direding Proprietors of Lands, lying 
 convenient for a Common Field, when no ^'^ ?•«♦<" 
 Common Field has been before made and 
 ufed, how they ihall be enabled to Form 
 fuch Lands into a Common Field* 
 
 B^ (t dPnaseb bp tge (f otirrnouc. Council ant Heprtfentatififl}, (n 
 (Benctal Court aflTfmWtD, anu fip tfje IButtjozft? of tge Came, 
 That when any Number of Proprietors within tius Colony have 
 fuch Landj lying convenient to be improved as a Common 
 Field, wherein five Sixth Parts of faid Proprietors Ihall agree to improve 
 their faid Land as a Common Field ( always accounting their Votes by 
 their Intcreft in faid Lands ) are hereby DireSed to reprcfent the Circnm- 
 flancet ot their faid Lands to the County Court in the fame County 
 where faid Lands do lie, and Notifie the other Proprietors of faid Lands 
 to Appear at faid Court, to make their Objeftions ( if any they have ) 
 agaiofi faid Lands being Improved, as abovcfaid : And on faid Proprietors 
 obcait\ing the Approbation and Allowance oi the County Court, to Im- 
 prove faid Lands, as above faid, the Proprietors of fuch Lands arc hereby 
 Allowed to Improve faid Lands as a Common Field, and fhall have the 
 Benefit o{ the Laws of this Colony made for Regulating and Protcfting 
 Common Fields* 
 
 i fixth Parts 
 ofProprietorf 
 ( to be com- 
 puted by In- 
 tereft)having 
 Lands lying 
 convenient 
 for Commoa 
 Fields.toNo. 
 tifie the other 
 Proprietortft 
 Apply them- 
 felvei to the 
 County Court 
 forAllowance 
 to form faid 
 Lands iatu 
 Common 
 fields, ^c. 
 
 X 11 1 1 
 
 An Aa
 
 j^nno Rtgpt Rtgh CEORGfJ //. Vigeflimo. 
 
 An Aft for Enlarging the Diftri<5fc of the Court of 
 v.dpagjis> Probate at Vanbitry m Fairfield'Qouniy ^ 
 
 Btf it (£na(t£l) bp t!)e «0otfrnour, Council anti EfprtrentatiteS, in 
 (Ffn?rai Court Uffcmt)leD,anD bp tfje 3Ilutl)0?itp o£ i^t fflme,Thac the 
 
 exed to the Diflridl 
 ing. 
 
 D.a'ntr f^^ ^***^" °^ '^'^if^^^b^ Annexed, and ic is hereby Ann 
 Danl'ur,!' of Danbury, any Law to the contrary notwithftandii 
 
 An Ad for the Reviving and further Continuing the 
 vidpasjjd Law, Entituled an Ad dircding how Juries to 
 attend the Courts of Tryal for the future (hall be 
 Chofen and Appointed, PalTed by the General AfTcm- 
 bly at Hew'Naven^ OMer i \th^ In the Eighteenth 
 Year of His Majefty's Reign, G EO RG E the Se- 
 
 tond, &c KitiG. :^nnociue s^ommt, i744» 
 
 WHEREAS the above-mentioned Law is; as to Continue for the /pace 
 of Two Tears from the Rifing of the JJembly abcvefaid^ and no 
 Preamhlt. longer j which Time is now nea*- Expired : And the faid Law having beex 
 found for the Benefit of His Majefty's SuhjeHs in this Colony. 
 
 T&e it thtteio}i (Enacted bg tt)e (Poucmour, Council ant fLeprefenta^ 
 
 tibeja In fl!5eneral <Court ^ffemblcD, flnb bp t^e a!uttjo;itp of ifje fame. 
 
 Said Aft Re- That the aforefaid Lawfhall be Revived, and the fi-me is hereby Revived 
 
 ^""<* and fhall remain in fuB Force in aU the Parts and Paragraphs thereof until 
 
 this Court fhal) Order otherwife. 
 
 An Ad foe fecuring Souldiers Lifled and taken into 
 His Wajerty's Service from Arrcfts* 
 
 WH E R E A S a Number of Troops have been Raifedy and more may 
 he Raifei in this Colony for His Majefly*s Servitey who may be liable 
 to he taken out of His Majefiy's Service by unjuH cr fraudulent Arrejts, 
 wbtreby His Majefiy and. the Publtck may bt deprived of their Service. 
 
 Which to PiCvBnc : 
 
 23f it <f nattcb lip i\z ©otrrnour, €onnnl anb fifprefentatibtjj, in 
 
 ^rncral Court afTtmbUD, anD bp t^e Sut{)O^UpDf the fame, That no 
 
 Perfon urh«tfoetftf who is Lifted, or ftlalJ Lif^ and Enter himfelf as z 
 
 preJfed'or Vohinticf, or (ball be frnpred^d into His IVlajefiyV Service by the Order 
 
 Lifted Into oT Ditcftjon 6f this Govemmcnt, or in purfuance thereof, during the 
 
 His Majefty's ContinuancCof this AS, Ihall be liable to be taken oat of Hia Majefly's 
 
 rrbeAneft" " ^f^'"^* ^1 ^"V Procefj Of Execution, other than lor fome Criminal 
 
 Unlefs, &e. ' Matter ; unlcls tor a real Debt or other juft Caufe of AAion arifen before 
 
 their Bncry into fuch Service, and unlets before the taking oat of fuch 
 
 Procefs or Execution, ( not being for a Criminal Matter ) the Plaintiff or 
 
 PlafntifTs therein, or fomc other Perfon or Perfons on his or their behalf 
 
 ftall make Affidavit before the Anthority or OfEcer granting fuch Procefs 
 
 or Eiecutipn ( who are impowred to Adminifter the fame ) or before 
 
 fome other proper Authority, that to his or their Knowlege the Original 
 
 Sum juftlyXDue and Owing to the PlaintifFor Plaintiffs from the Defendant 
 
 pr Defendants, in the Adion Or Caufe of A<9ion, on which fuch Procefs or 
 
 Execution fhall Ifllie, amounts to the Value of Fifty Pounds Old Tenour 
 
 Bills of pubiick Credit at leaft •, a Memorandum of which Affidavit (hall be 
 
 itufked on the Back of fuch Procefs or Execution: And if any Perfon fhall 
 
 be neverthclcfs Acrcfted contrary to the Intent^of this Aft, it ftall and 
 
 nay 
 
 fitamhk. 
 
 Perfons Im
 
 y4»r,o Regvi Regis Q E O R G I J //• VigefTimo. 
 
 ifcrtp, j!5cat Cattel. ICajc. iBotninatioiu 5^1 
 
 may be Lawful for any oneAffiftanc and one Juftice of the Peace, or 
 two Juftice$( Quorum Vnut } upon Goaiplainc made thereof by the Party 
 himf«lf, or by an? of his Superiour Officers, to Examine into the fame by 
 the Oath of the Parties or otherwife, and by Warrant under their Hands 
 to Difcharge fuch Souldier fo Arrefted contrary to the Intent of this ASt, 
 upon due Proof made before them, that fuch Sooldier (o Arrefled was 
 legally Lifted or Impreffed at a Souldier into His Majefly's Service and 
 Arrefled contrary to the Intent of this Ad, and to Award Veafonable Co£b 
 to the Party Coroplaining, and grant Execation therefor accordingly. 
 
 Provided uevsrthtUfi, That nothing in this Aft (ball be ConArued to . _ 
 Extend to prohibit or hinder any Procefs or Execution going out againft "ovifo. 
 the Eftatc of fuch Souldiers in due F©rra of Law. 
 
 This Aa to continue in Force till theRifing of this AfTcmbly at their A,f{s Coqti- 
 SelFions in Map next. nuance. 
 
 An Ad for ftating the Fare of the Ferry acrofs the 
 little River at ^inc/forj at the ufual place of crofling^ 
 
 B<E ft «na(telj tp m ^otjecnouc. Council anb Reprerr ntatfUtsf, fn P/iffl* '*" 
 (General Court aflfemblea, ano b? tte flutfjo^ltp of tlie fame. That Horfci "for 
 the Fare of faid Ferry for Man, Korfe and Load, fhall be Foar-ftnce and Man Hotfese 
 no more ; and for each fingle Perfon, Tran- fence and no more : To be paid '-'^'^ 4 '^^Oli 
 in Bi»8 of pablick Credit of the Old Tenour, Tenour. 
 
 Aa Adt for afccrtaining che Fee for Impounding 
 Neat Cattel lakcn Damage Fcafanr^ 
 
 R<tJk^'SMt^ 6? tljfg affemblgs That the Fee for Impounding Neat , , per Head 
 Cattel that are taken Damagi: Peafant, (hall be Two SltilUngt for each for impound- 
 Head, in Bills of Credit of the OSd Tenor ; whereof ffw-ptnfe fltallbtto the ingneatCat- 
 ]{eeperofthtKey,any Law',UfagcorCaSorntothe contrary notwithflandiug. "'• ^^ ^'^'* 
 
 An A(5t for levying a Tax on Polls, ^f» «pero.Ten 
 
 THIS ASSEMBLY Grants • Tax on all the Polls and Rateable 
 Bflate in this Colony, on the Lift of this Current Year, of T»0 pence 
 on the Po«i»'< in Bills of Credit of this Colony, New Tenour j and at the J^plfni °" 
 proportion of Three Shillings and Six pence Old Tcnour for One ShiBing New jj j^ "rcnou?. 
 Tenour, and fo proportionably ; with the ufual Advance of One Shilling on 
 the Pound : Or in good Silver at Ei^be SbiSings fer Ounce Troy Weighc 
 Steiling Alloy, or Gold Equivalent. 
 
 , ^. , , , -■■ ■■ I .■ _l_lMM-r» —■■■—■IN ■"" I]- !■ -■ |,_, 
 
 TheGentlcmen Nominated by the Votes ofiheTrccmenof this 
 Colony, to (land forEk(5tion inMtfynext,areas follow^r/^. 
 
 The Honourable JONATHAN LAW Efq; )/'Ebenezer Silliman E/q^, 
 rhe Honourable ROGER WOLCOTT£/jj A Jonathan Trumble E/q; 
 James Wadsworth E/q: VJohn Bulkley Efq-y 
 Nathaniel Stanlv Efqi vy Andrew Burr Efqi 
 OziAS Pitkin E/q'y J^Hezekiah Huntington Efq, 
 
 Timothy Pierce Efqi ^(Col. John Chester, 
 Samuel Lyndb Ef^ /\Mr. Elisha Williams, 
 
 William Pitkin E/q; ViWr. John Gbiswold, 
 Thomas Fitch Efq; \.^Col. Benjamin hall, 
 
 Roger Ne\wton E/q; JvCoL Gurdon Saltonstall. 
 
 N. I,o»</(7»,Printed & Sold by fimothy Cw»,Pfinter to the GOV. & COMPAN Y , 1 746
 
 Anno Regnt Regit G E O R G f J II Vigefflfflo. 
 
 ^uppo^titts tlje Curtencp of t^cMB^ni dLxMt ss^ 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert CBateti, 
 
 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafledby the General Court or Aflembty of His Majefty's Colony of 
 Conneilieut, in Nlfw BngUndi Begun -and Held at HartforJ, on tho 
 iecond Tharfday of Mjy, being the Foortcenth Day of the fame 
 Month ) in theTwcntieih Year of the Reign of Oar Sovereign Lord 
 ijEORQEthe SecondMingO^ Great Britain &C. AtmequeDomiui.ij^f 
 
 An A A for the better fupporting thcCurreoqr of the 
 Bills of publick Credit on this Colon/^ 
 
 WHEREAS the Bills of puhlick Credit on the Neighbouring f^fgj^^i^^ 
 Governments of New-England, have obtained a Currency in 
 this Colony,, and have been received and pajfed by the Inhabit 
 tants of this Colony ^ promifcuotjly with the Bills of Credit on 
 this Colony ; by which means this Colony Bills have funk in their Credit 
 with the Bills of the Neighbouring CevemmtnlSy and thereby the Medium 
 of Trade has become very Unftable. 
 
 Which loeoDveniency for tlie fiiturd Co Prevent. 
 
 IBz it (Cnaaeti bp tl^e ^otjrrnour, Council anti fieprefrntatflie^, fa 
 C(en£cal ^Toun SKTembUD.and ^ t^ )lut^o?(c? of t^ iamt. That for th^ 
 future, the Bills of publick Credit of this Colony only, or Silver or GoldBiU^fP^ 
 equivalent thereto, fhaO be accepted, taken or receivedin this Colony for fj|f ^|ij^*' 
 and in Payment of Court and Jnry'» Fec», and for Impofts, Duties, Excife, onlJ,«rSilm 
 and other Payaoents to be made for the Ufe of the Colony or County orGoId eqii- 
 Treafuries: And all Judges and Ofiiccrs who (hall receive any Fees, Im. v*l">t, <ball 
 poftj, Duties, Excife or other Payments for the Uf« aforefaid, are hereby *"^*" 'oj 
 llriftly forbid to take or receive any other Bifis of Credit of the Neigh- ju°iis 'fmj 
 boBring Governoients for theaforefaid Fees, loipofls, Duties, Excife, or Impofts.&f* 
 other Paymenti for the Uf«s aforcfaid. 
 
 Provided neverthelefs^ That nothing herein (ball be underflood to pro- 
 hibit or forbid the taking and receiving the aforefaid^Bills of Credit of the 
 faid Governments into the publick Treafury,in Payment or Difcharge of A fiving. 
 Bonds or Mortgages heretofore given to the Governor and Company of 
 this Colony, exprcfly allowing the Receipt of the Bills of Credit of the 
 aforcfaid Governments in Payment or Difcharge thereof: But the faid Bills 
 may be received according to the Expreffions in fuch Bonds or Mortgagct 
 contained, this Aft notwitbftanding. 
 
 M m m m m QSntI
 
 jiHHi, Uegni negU GSORQIJ //. VlgefTifflo. 
 
 554 cncotttaaement of Xtat)e m t!5?s Colony* 
 
 38nD be it fucil)tc^RSCeD bg tlje flutflo;U? uf3?crai3,That aU and ever; 
 AiiyContrad Bond, Cill, Note, or othtr Contraft which (haU be niadi in this Colony 
 cxprefTingiheafcer the firft Day oiOHober next, wherein or whereby the Payment of 
 payment in guj, of Credit of any of the aforefajd Neighbouring Governments, or New- 
 of'lhe Srb ^'"'^' (hall be cxpreO? Contrafted for, fhaHbeNuD and Void; any Ufage 
 Gov. Void, or Cuftora in any wife heretofore to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 
 An Ad for the regulating and encouragement of 
 Trade in this Colony* 
 
 B' 
 
 i(C (td^naecete Ip tin *ot«t:nour, Countfl anD flfprtrrntatfbtjs, fn 
 
 \ (Btnttal Court ^JlfteijiWeD, anC &ptl)£ ^ut|)0?UH o£ tije fame, That 
 
 from and after the P.rft ©ay d January next, «U and every pcrfon and 
 peifons, who JbaO impoi t or bring into this Colony, either by Water or 
 
 Importers ofLandrcarriagc, any Goods, Warssor Merchandize:, above the Value of 
 Goods, Wares Fifteen PoiitidSi New Tenor, from the KeighbouringGovernmentj in New- 
 ^c from the En^landy ©r fjora the Go'/2rnnients of New-Tork^ New-Jer/ies or Penfl- 
 Neighbourtng ^^^^^^^ q^^jj ^^^ ^ jj^^^ ^^ p-^^ Pcunds for every Hundred Pounds worth of 
 
 ,opa*y",7rr''riJch Goods, Waves aL)«l Merchandizes by him or them fo imported or 
 
 CfnfKw.if In brought into this Colony from the aforefaid Govsramentsiuiilefs the fame 
 
 habitjnrs cf be fo imported 0? brought in by a perfbt! that is not an Inhabitant of this 
 
 this Colony, Colony . j^ ys^ntVL czfc the Duty by him £o bs paid fhall be Seven and half 
 
 hiSts 7 & P^ Centum. The Value of which Goodz, Wsxes and Merchandizes at the 
 
 hi\t[et Cent. Place or Pore from whence they (haU be brought, ^M be efteemed the 
 
 Value thereof; and the faid Value being computed in Bills of Credit of this 
 
 Colony, the faid SSuties (hall be paid m fuch Bills as at the faid Races of 
 
 Five and Seven and half pfr Centum. 
 
 /indthat the faid Duties hereby laid may beeffeHually colleScedandpaid^ 
 
 ^t U Ivxt^tt Cmntl bf t'ge £uti;o;ft? atoiefaio. That there Ibai) be 
 
 Colleflors toj CoUeSor of CoUe^ors of Duties apoointed in each of the refpcdire 
 
 in eichCoan^ Counties in this Colony, who fiiaD colleft and receive aU fuch Duties as 
 
 ty, by the* (hall become du« or payabltby Virtue of this Aft. And the Governour 
 
 Govtrnour of this Colony for the titne being, is hereby fu9y impowred and defired to 
 
 of theColony Appoint and Authorize fuch Colleaors, and fo cnanv of them as orcafion 
 
 Aall require : That every perfon or perfcns who &2II after the faid firft 
 
 Day of January next, import or bring into this Colony any Goods, Wares 
 
 Goods"Wf»®' Merchandizes, from any of the aforefaid Neighbouring Governments, 
 
 v°thin'; days fii^U within three Days next after fuch iirportatjcn or bringing into this 
 
 to give a Ma- Colony, £nd before any Sale er Difpefition th@s'eof, or of any Parcel 
 
 niieft under thereof be madi?j deliver to fuch Collcaer a Manifeft under his or theii 
 
 ''^^l^'g Q*"^^' Hand, containing a true Account of the Quantity and Value of fuch 
 
 befe^e fuch Goods, and aake Oath before fuch CoSleaor to tho Truth thereof ; which 
 
 Colieaor.and Oath fuch CoDe&or is hereby impowred to Require and Adminifier .- Ac 
 
 P?y the Du- which time the iraporter or owner of faid Goods {hall pay to fuch CoDeQor 
 
 oood^o'Eive ^^^ DutiCS l«id by this A<a for fuch Goods, Wares and Merchandizes ^ ot 
 
 lond^'wlth^' giv* ^ond. with a good Surety, to the Treafuter of the Colony for the Pay. 
 
 Surety. ment thereof, within three Months at the furtheft from that Time 
 
 That if any psrfon or perfons Ihall negteS or refofe to Cooform to this 
 Importers of ^^» ^^ "°*' S^''"S ® Manifeft, cr Atcefting thereto, or in not Paying 
 Goods neg the faid Duties, or giving Security therisfor according to the Direftion in 
 lefling to thjs Aft Contained, ftich Goods, Wares and Merchandizes by him or them 
 conform to fo imported or brought into this Colony, from any of the aforefaid Gover- 
 Fot Wt' faid° roentj, Ihall be Forfeited •, one halt to the Colony Tteafurer lor the Ufe of 
 Goods. the Government, and the other half to him or them who (hall Inform 
 
 thcto! and profecute fuch Information to £ffeft. 
 
 That
 
 Ahh9 Regnt Regis GEORGIJ // Vigefllmo. 
 
 emmxmtmmt of %ratje in tW Colonic, sss 
 
 That the faia Goods, WarCs and Merchandizes, or any pare tTietCof 
 may be accordingly Seifed by fach Colleftoror Colleftors, or by Warrant 5 ;j Goods 
 from any onc Afiiftant or Juftice of the Peace ; and on Informationr made may be Seis'd 
 CO the next Superiour Court, or County Court in the County where luch by CollefJors, 
 Seifure flial) be made, or where the Importer, Owner or Claimer of fuch orby Warrant 
 Goods rcfide*, when the fame cannot be Seifed, as aforefaid, the faid Supe- H^^l" ^ 
 iiouror County Court may proceed to hear and determine the Caufe and Juftice of the 
 give judgment therein, cither for the Forfeiture of fuch Goods, Wares and Peace. 
 Merchandizes as (hall be Seifed, and order She fame to bf Sold for the 
 Furpofes aforefaid; or in caie there be no Seifure, then they Hiall give Saperieur or 
 Judgment for the Forfeiture of the Value of faid Goods, Wares and Mer- CountyCaurt 
 chandizes fo imported and brought imo this Colony, for which no Duties \^^^i\l^^^' 
 have been paid, or fecured to be paid, as aforefaid, againfl fuch perlbn or eUherfo"he 
 perfons as hath imported or brought the fame into this Colony contrary forfeiture of 
 CO the Intent and Meaning of this AG, and award Execution thereon *he Gooat or 
 accordingly : In the Trial whereof, the burthen of Proof refpeaing the «heiiValue. 
 Conformity to this AS, fealllie on the importer or Claimer of fuch 
 Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, 
 
 That the CoUeaors of fuch Duties Ihall deliver the faid Duties and Cellefton ta 
 SecuriiieJ by them refpedively coIleiSed orreceived, to the Treafurer of deliv«r the 
 this Colony, taking his Receipt for the fame : Which Duties (hall lie as Duties and 
 a Fund in the Treafury to anfwcr the Premium hereafter in this \6l ^heyVe'ceive 
 granted for or upo.i the Importation of Goods, Wares and Merchandizes to ihrireaf. 
 from Great-Britain and Ireland 
 
 Provided rieverthelefsy That nothing in this Aft feall be underflood to 
 lay a Duty oa the Importation or bringing into this Government CafI Bar 
 and Slit Iron, Nails, Salt, Steel, Beaver, Leather, Deer fkins, Fith both A faving. 
 Dry and Pickled, Train-Oyl, Whalebone. Rice, Tarr, Turpentine, Wia- 
 dow-Glafs and Lumber, from any of the aforefaid Neighbouring Govern- 
 ments ; but the fame fliaH be free from fuch Duties, any thing in thi» 
 AA before contaioed to the contrary notwithflanding. 
 
 j^nd whereas the encouraging and prcmottng c Trade to Gr eat-Britaia an& 
 Ireland, will likely be greatly j or the IntexeH of His Majefy' s Sutjelts berCt p,eauHi 
 MS well as incriafe the Trade of thoje Kingdoms^ 
 
 25e it furtjjet CnatrtD bg t^e 3lmbo;itp atotrfaiO, That if any perfon 01 
 perfons belonging to this c olony. fhall on his or their Own proper Rifquc Goods In- 
 and Account, import from Great-Britain or Ireland into this Colony, any potted b> an- 
 Goods, Wares or Merchandizes, and difpofe of the fame for the life of the P«'*°" b«'cog 
 Inhabitants here, he or they fhall recede as a Premium therefor, out of ColJny''f>om 
 the pubiick Treafury Five Pounds \^ Bills ot publjck Credit for &i^xy alut Britain 
 Hundred Pounds worth of fuch Goods Wares and Merchandizes, in the like or Ireland, to 
 Bills of Credit The faid Goods to be Valued according to Invoice taken ai ••**'= « S'rc. 
 the place of Exportation, and a jofl Exchange therfon to be computed. ^|."? ** ' ^' 
 
 And for the preventing of Fraud in paying in the faid Premiuntt ^^nt for'" """"• 
 DireSJion therein^ 
 
 T£>t It t\xxt%tt (Enattcti bp tie 9Ilut})o;itp Qfo;rfait>, That the perfon or 
 perfons Importing any Goods, Wares and Merchandizes into Ibis Colony, faid importer 
 froo) Great-Britain or Ireland^ (hall before he or they fiiall be entituled to J^o "i*^' O"'" 
 the faid Premium, make Oath before an Affiftant and Juftice of the Peace, (!«,»' Tn±^' 
 or before Two |uftices of the Peace, ^orum Unus, that fuch Goods, Wares j uft'ct, "or t 
 and Merchandizes were imported from Great-Britain or Ireland en his or Juftice's,^u» 
 their own proper Rifque and Account, and have bceo difpofed of and bona '"" ^nu. 
 Fide, Sold in this Colony for the ufe of the Inhabitanis here ; which Oath J^t^ ^^ 8'^* 
 the faid Authority are hereby irap«wred to Adrainifier, and thereupon to *heTfeafurer. 
 draw an Order on the Treafurer of the Colony for the Psf menc of fo much 
 as (hall appear to them to be juflly due to fuch Importer at « Fremium by 
 
 virtue
 
 AiHo Reg>i't PegU GEORGIJ //. VigefTlnlo. 
 
 $$6 |^tcl)cnttng t!)c Cjcpo^tation of number. 
 
 virtue of this Art ; Which Orders iheTreafurer fhal) pay out of the Monies 
 or Bills of Credit that fhall be brought into the Treafury for tl^p Dutiet by 
 this Aft laid on the importation or bringing in of Goods from the Neigh- 
 bouring Governmenrs, and for the Duties laid by an Aft of this AfTcmbly 
 on the ExportatioB of Lumber, fo far as the faid Duties will anfwer, and 
 Treafunr to "° f"f tfi^r. And that the Treafurer may be the better able to obferve 
 keep a fepa and conform to this Aft, he is hereby ordered and direfted, to make and 
 rite&diftinft keep a feparate and particular Account of the Duties he (hall receive and of 
 Account, &'c the Premia he (hall pay out, purfuant to this Aft. 
 
 3lnD it Jjj iMzt^tt (tnatteH bp tl^e flurto;itp afo?eCaiB, That the afore- 
 
 faid Colleftors (hall be Sworn to a faithful difcharge of their Truft, and 
 
 bfwn'Ind ^^" ^^"^ ^ Reward for their Service in CoUeaing and taking Security, as 
 
 ReJardedfor afcf*id, Five /-frCra/ww, and (hall render an Account to this Court when 
 
 theirSetvicc. thetCtO required : And the Charges arifing on the Premia, aforefaid, Jhall 
 
 be defrcyed by the perfon or per Jons receiving the fame. 
 This Afli This Aft to continue in Fofce for the fpace of Five Years, from the 6rft 
 Continuance. Day of June next. 
 
 An A6fc for laying a Duty on the Exportation of 
 Lumber to the Neighbouring Governments. 
 
 WHERE AS great ^antities ofdiv rs forts of Lumber, are frequently 
 Exported out of this Colony to the Neighbouring Governments, to the 
 ffeamfte. great deJlruHion of 'Timber, to the prejudice of building of Shipping, and tc 
 the great damage of our Wefl-India Trade. 
 
 Therefore, 
 55t it (CnatrtD bp \\t (BobEcnout, Couittil anU fieprefentatibeitf, ta 
 All Lumber <5fnrral Court SUTfrnblfb. ano bp x\z autbopitp of tf)e fame, That for all 
 "f'j^ffowth Lumber of the Growth of this Colony, that fhall at any time after the firft 
 thltSl b^e of OEloier next, be Shipped on Board any Veflel in any Port, Ri«€r Har- 
 Sh/pped on bour. Road Or place of Lading in this Colony, for Exportation to cither of 
 Board any ths Governments of the Maffachufetts, New-Tork, Rboad-Jfland or New- 
 Veflel fof Ek Hatftpjhire, (haH be paid a Duty for the life of this Government, as follows, 
 K^of the < V'^- > ^^f^^^*^ ShiW^s for each Thoufand of Barrel Staves Twenty Shil" 
 Government! ^^i^ for each Thoufand of Hogthead Staves, Thirty Shillings for each 
 of the Majfa Thpufand of Pipe or Butt Staves, Thirty Shillings for each Thoufand of 
 €hufttts,New Hogfliead Heading, Fifteen Shillings for each Thoufand of Barrel Heading, 
 /^ti^i*/?'' 7w^«/)' Shillings for every Ton of Ship- Timber, Five Shillings for ever/ 
 Hampfilre'to Hondred Pooc of Plank, Two Shillings and Six-pence for every Hundred 
 have a Duty Foot ol Boards, and Twenty Shillings for every Cord of Bark ; all in Bills of 
 paid therefor. Credit of this Colony, New Tenor, or in other Bills of this Colony 
 equivalent thereto. 
 
 jjnd that the faid Duties may be effeElually colleElei and paid, 
 o 11 n 3* 'i^ futtl)e5 Cnacrebtjp i|)t )Butto?itp afO«fflfb,That the ftver»l Duties 
 
 KcefveTaid'* ^^ ^'^^ ^^ '^'^» *^*^ ^^ P^'** ^^ *"^ received by fuch CoUeaor or Col- 
 Duties, leSori of Duties as (hall be appointed by the Governour of this Colony for 
 the time being, for the colle^ing of Duties ariiing on the Importation and 
 bringihg in ofGoods from the neighbouring Governments; out of wbieh Do> 
 tics fuchCoUeftors (hall receive Five /if r Cf«r«»? for their Trooble thercio. 
 That if any Petfon or Maimer of a VeOel (hall Ship or take on Board any 
 tVo'f l" mb! ^*^^^ '" ^"y '°"' ^wti. Harbour, Road or place of Lading iD thisColo- 
 Shipp'don ' ny, any Quantity of the aforementioned forts of Lumber, for Exporta. 
 Board any tion to any of the aforefaid Neighbouring Governments, befoie Entry 
 VeCTel forEx- thereof made with one of the aforefaid Colleftors of Duties and Bond with 
 portauon&f Surety given, not to Export fuch Lumber to the faid Neighbouring Go- 
 vernments,
 
 Ahuo Regui Re^ls GEOROIJ // Vigedlmo. 
 
 ifees:. 
 
 557 
 
 veriimentJ, or Qial) Exporc the fame to any of the faid Governments before 
 the Ducy by this K€t laid (hall be paid, the faid Lumber fo Shipped .and 
 puc on Board, contrary to this Aft, or the Value thereof, fhall be For- 
 feited; one half to the Treafurer of this Colony, for the Uk of the 
 Government, and the other half to the Informer who (hall profecute 
 the fame to Effeft. That the faid Lumber fo Shipped, may be Scifcd by 
 fuch CoUcaor, or by Warrant from any AflSflant or JuRice of the Peace, ^*''*^"s'^^*^ 
 and Secured for Trial at the next County Court, in the County where ^^^ol^e<^*o,j^ 
 fuch Seifure fliall be made: Which Court on Information made of thcotbyWarranc 
 Tranfgreffion of this Adt, may hear and determine the fame, and give from an Af- 
 Judgment for the Forfeiture and Sale of fuch Lumber as (hall appear ^'^s!** °' 
 to be Shipped contrary to this \Gt : And in cafe no Seifure be made, {,"3^" " ' 
 they (hall give Judgment for the Value of faid Lamber fo Exported, againft 
 him or them who Exports the fame contrary to this Ad, and award 
 Execution thereon for the Ufes afore faid accordingly. 
 
 And that if on the Trial of any fuch Caufe, there (hall arife a Dilpute jf^-f ^„„ 
 abont the Growth of faid Lumber, the burthen of the Proof (hall lie on happen about 
 the Shipper, Owner or Claimer of fuch Lumber •, and if no Claimer or the growth 
 Owner appear, or no Plea or Difpute happens about the Growth of fuch °f^^^ ^um- 
 Lumberj it (hall be prefumed and taken for granted, that fuch Lumber was ^^en't'olic'on 
 of the Growth of this Colony, any Law, Ufage or Cuflom to the contrary the ciaimej. 
 in any wife notwithflanding^ 
 
 n~- - 
 
 An A(5t for regulating Fees! 
 
 B(B it (CnatttD bp tfje ^oternour, Council anti fieprefentatltjei*. (n 
 <©eneral Court flffeniblcu, anb bp t!)C 311utl)0?itp of tlje (amr, That 
 the Eftablifhment of the Fees belonging to the feveral Officers in this 
 Colony, be at foUoweth, in New Tenor Bills, Viz. 
 
 JJJiftants fees. 
 
 "COt Attending the General AfTembly per LUm^ 
 ^ Travel per Mile out, 
 
 Reprefentatives Fees. 
 
 'pOr Attending the General AfTembly /«• Diem^ 
 ■*• Travel per Mile out, 
 
 Superiour Courts Fees. 
 ^Hief Judge, per Dierrty 
 ^^ AlTiilant Judges, per Diem, 
 Trying each Aftion, 
 Each Default or ConfelTicn, 
 To the Jury, 
 
 Clerk of the Superiour Courts Fees. 
 
 pNtering each Aftion and Judgment, 
 *^ Filing each individual Teftimony, 
 Each Execution, 
 
 Entering Judgment Acknowledged, 
 Copy of each Teftimony> 
 
 County Courts Fees. 
 f^Hief Judge, per Diem^ 
 ^^ Jufticts of the Quorum, per Diem^ 
 For Trying each A6tion, 
 Each Judgment on Default or Confeffion, 
 For a Licenfe to each Tavern-keeper, 
 To Clerk for each Licenfe, 
 To the Jury for Trying each Aftion, 
 
 N n n n n 
 
 00 
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 06 
 
 02 Superiour 
 gOouii Fees. 
 
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 Annt HfgHi Regis GEORGIJ //. VigeHimo. 
 
 55S 
 
 JFees. 
 
 C/erk of the County Courts Fees. 
 
 Clerkofthe T;Ntenng every Aftion, 
 CodntyCourr Entering every Judgment, 
 
 Fe«j. For Atcachnnenc, Summons and Executions, and other things ? 
 
 proper to him, as in the Afliltants and Juftices Fees. •> 
 
 /. 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 Court of Probates Fees, 
 
 00 
 
 Court ofPro- 
 bares Fees. 
 
 A^nfiantsand 
 
 ]nfti«s Fees. Entry 
 
 'Every 
 
 Every 
 
 Bond 
 
 Copy 
 
 r^Ranting Adminiflration, to the Judge, 
 
 Receiving and Probate of every Will and Inventory ? 
 oi Fifty Pounds or rmder, whereof to the Clerk ^ d, ^ oq 
 Receiving and Probate of every Will and Inventory of above > 
 
 Fifty Pou»ds,v/hereQf to the Clerk i s. and 6 d. ioo 
 
 Each Quietus, whereof to the Clerk i s. 00 
 
 Recording every Will :md Inventory of F^^ Ptfa»</j,or under, bo 
 Recording every Will and Inventory of above Fifty i 
 
 Pounds^and not exctedingOns Hundred Peunds^ > 00 
 Alfo Nine-pence per Hwddred for every Hundred Pounds after > 
 the firft Hundred^ and Julf fo much for Copy of the fame. * 
 Each Bond fcfr Adminiftration and eachLetter of Adminiftratiotuoo 
 Every Citation. Oo 
 
 Making out a Commiflion,receiving and examining theCIaims/ 
 of Creditors to Infolvent Eftates, andRcgiftring the fame,? o« 
 and making the Average, vshereof to the Clerk, is. 3 
 Regiftring the Commiflloners Report per Page, for each i 
 Page of TwentyEight Lines, Ten Words in a Line, ■* 
 Entering an Order upon the Adminiftrator to pay out the 
 Eftate in proportion unto the feveral Creditors 
 returned by the Commiflioners, 
 Allowing of Accounts,Setling ana Dividing of InteftateEftates>oc 
 Appointing Guardians and taking Bond, 
 
 Jfjifiants and JvJiUe: Pees* 
 li Ttachments or Summons for A<Sion, 
 
 When Bon3 is fjcitOt 
 A Warrant for WitRelTes, 
 
 aod Trial of an AClIon, 
 
 * d. 
 
 00 Of 
 
 01 C9 
 
 02 08 
 
 03 q6 
 Of 03 
 
 04 04 
 
 0; 03 
 
 or 09 
 00 07 
 
 04 00 
 
 \ 
 
 Secretary's 
 Fees. 
 
 ExtCUtion, 
 
 Wartam for Ctiminftls^ 
 
 for Appeal, 
 
 of Evidences the leaft, 
 Copy ot Judgment, 
 Every Recognizance, 
 Judgment on ConfeiEoQ or Ddistik, 
 Affidavits taken cut of Court, each, 
 Adnowlcdging a Deed, Mortgage of ethec TofimacAl^ 
 
 Secretary's Fees. 
 
 I) Ecordifig Laws and Orders of pubjick Concemmflit ? 
 in the Colony Rec«rd$, each, j 
 
 Affixing the Coloay Seal eaeh Time, 
 Each Military Commiffioii, 
 Each Commiffion for the JufSices in each County, 
 Commiffion for the Judges of the Superiour Court, 
 Commidion for the Judges of the County Conrt and Court ? 
 ef Probate, each, ] 
 
 Each Petition or Me."nori2l to the General Alfcmbly. 
 To the General Aflembly foi every fctiiiw. 
 
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 Sheriffs
 
 ^nno Regnt Regis GEORGIJ // Vigeffirho. 
 
 ifees. 
 
 5r9 
 
 } 
 
 Sheriffs and CovJlaUes fees. 
 
 CErving every Summons, yd. ff by Copy, io d. Serrmg 
 
 every Attachmenc lo d. Bail Bond, i s.andzd. 
 Attending ata JufticesCourc when obliged to aitcfid, i 
 for each Adion tried, ^ 
 
 Each Mile Travel our, Two-pence Half-piny, 
 
 Fees for Plaintiff, Defendant or Evidences attending ? 
 any Court, per Diem, \ 
 
 Travel for plaintiffdefendaat or evidencein any Court^tTmne,oo 
 Fees for a Jury imployed in laying out High-ways, ) 
 (hall be for every Juror per Diem, ) 
 
 And the Sheriff attending on faid/ury, per Diertii 
 
 Town Clerks Fees. 
 pOr Recording a Deed, 
 
 for Copy of Deed, 
 To Survey BilJ, 
 To Recording a Marriage, 
 To Recording a Birth and Death, 
 
 pOr each Dicker, 
 
 For a fingie Hide, 
 Half a Dicker, 
 
 Leather Sealers Fees. 
 
 
 
 
 Sheriffs and 
 
 Conftabki 
 
 Fees. 
 
 oo 
 
 oo 
 
 of 
 
 oo 
 
 09 
 
 oi 
 
 2 
 
 oo 
 
 ,00 
 
 02 
 00 
 
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 Plaintiff, De- 
 fendant and 
 2 Evidences Fee 
 
 oo 
 
 00 
 
 07 
 
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 00 
 
 Jurors in 
 liyirg out 
 HWays Fe«. 
 
 oo 
 
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 00 
 
 00 
 
 01 
 01 
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 04 
 
 04 
 107 
 06 
 
 Town Clerics 
 Fees, 
 
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 01 
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 06 
 04 
 
 Leather Sca- 
 lers Fees. 
 
 oo 
 
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 00 
 
 
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 16 
 08 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 Attorney's 
 Fees. 
 
 County Sur- 
 
 00 05 06 Sheriffs and 
 Conftablcs 
 
 Fees. 
 
 00 Oj 06 
 
 Attorney's Fees. 
 
 IN Taxing Bills of Coft ( the Parties that Recover ; 
 * For Attorney's Fee at County Court, ) 
 
 In the Superiour Courts, 
 
 County Surveyors Fee per Diem, befides his Expenccj, 
 
 Sheriffs and ConJiabUs Fees, 
 
 CHerifFfor Tending General Aflembly, Superiour and ) 
 
 ^ County Court prr Dim, ) 
 
 GinftablfS Fee for Tendance, <f'e. 
 
 For Levying every Execution not exceeding Five Pounds^ 00 o} 00 
 
 For every Execution of more than Five Pounds, and not ) 
 
 exceeding Twenty Pounds, )oo 04 00 
 
 For aU Executions more than Twenty Pounds, not ) 
 
 exceeding Forty Pounds, _ ) OQ o3 00 
 
 And for every Twenty Pounds above Forty, Two ShiUings, ) 
 and fo proportionably foe greater or iefl«r Sums, ) 
 
 Sealers of Weights and Meafxrej Fees. 
 
 Scaler ofMSi- 
 
 For each Weight and Meafure, 00 00 04 WelghtTFee. 
 
 Recorder of 
 Horfes Fee. 
 
 Recorder of Horfes Fte. 
 For Branding and Recording every Horfe-kind, 
 
 00 00 06 
 
 This Aii to continue in Force for the fpace of one Year and noThis Afl's 
 lender. CoB„r,Lunce.
 
 Anno Regyii Regis GEORGIJ //. VIgeffimo. 
 
 560 Ugt utta^ aiocliy^f^tu ftxty. CoUectmg1la]ces> 
 
 An A6t in addition to an Ad, Entituled an Adt for 
 regulating the Militia, ( pag, 4^4* ) 
 
 B<f it (Enacteti bp tl^e ^ottcnottr, Councfl atiD Bepcerrntattbed, fn 
 i.u .uuc a,u (Btncral Court 3!lfreml)lfli, anft Bptlje '3Ilut|)0?ttp ot ttje Came, Thac 
 for each days 'f ^"y P^rfon belonging to any Foot Company and liable to Train, or 
 Neglea to be Viewed on Dayj appointed by Law for Viewing of Arms, having b«en 
 Train. duly Warned and not Appearing and Attending the fame, Oiall pay a 
 
 Fine of Tbree Shillings, in New Tenor Bills for each Days Negle&, 
 any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwichflanding. 
 
 Drummers to And alfo that Drummcrs ihall have Three Shillings New Tenor 
 
 bepaid; J \n piy DJem. 
 
 Nexv Tenor, ^ 
 
 fer Diem. "" '■ — 
 
 An Ad for raifing and dating the Fare of the Ferry 
 acrofs Conne^icut-?K iwcr^ commonly called Rocky- 
 Hill-Fcrry, m WethersfieU. 
 
 T3€ it €natfe6 6p tBe (Bobernour, Councfl anU lleprefenratfbesf, fn 
 Ferry for the *^ O^f rtctsl «Couct 9Sitmt\t\3, an& b? tjie autt)0?Up of the fame. That 
 future." * f°f '^^ future, the Fare of faid Ferry fhall be as followerh, viz. For Man 
 
 Horfe and Load, Nine-pence, for a Foot-man Five-pence, and for a led 
 
 Horle Six-pence -, all Old Tenor, 
 
 An Ad direding how Taxes granted by the General 
 /jembly to be levied upon Lands in fome of our 
 Towns and Societies, (hall be colledcd^ 
 
 TliJHEREJS this Jfemhly for the fpeedy Setlittg of and more equal 
 PreamMc. yy Rai/tng the Taxes in fome of our Towns and Ecclefiajlical SocietieSy 
 have granted a Tax upon the Lands in fuch Town or Society, and for want of 
 particular direilion how fuch Taxfhould be Collet ed,much difficulty hath arifen. 
 
 Which to Prctent j 
 
 Se rt €nftttcti bp t\t tRolJCtnour, Countil anti fieprffentatibeiJ, fn 
 
 . dPf njcal <ouct ftffemWeD, anD bp t^c 1lutJ>o?ltp of t^e fame, That when- 
 
 Colleflors, in fogy^f jhis Affembly fliall grant a Tax te be levied upon the Lands of any 
 
 themfe°lv« ^ fuch Town Of Society, the fame ftall be demanded as other Rates or 
 
 toanAfilftant Taxcs by Law ought to be; and if the Owner or Owners of fuch Lands 
 
 or Juoice of do not pay fuch Tax to the Colledor chofen to gather the fame, then fuch 
 
 the Peace. Officer may apply to fome Affiftant or Jutice of the Peace, who fhal) 
 
 grant him a Writ, by Force whereof fuch CoUeSor may proceed to levy 
 
 the Tax or Taxes not paid, as aforefaid, in the fame form and manner as 
 
 Town or Society Taxes ought to be Levied* 
 
 Colledots 
 
 v^oiieaots *"^ ^' ^^ further €natttti, That in every cafe wherein thisAfTembly 
 how to pro- ^^^'^ 8'^2"'*'^ ^"y T^x. as aforefaid, and the fame is not already Levied, 
 ceed. the CoUeftor or Colleaors of fuch Tax fhall proceed to ColUa the fame, 
 
 as above-mentioned* 
 
 Always
 
 Anno Regni Regis GEORGIJ // Vigeffimo. 
 
 l^robate^ gHlolDes^ Eaft^Havcn jfeccy^ s^i 
 
 Always provided^ That if the Owners of any Lands Taxed, or that 
 fliall be Taxed by Order of this Aflembly, as aforefaid, and fuch Owners 
 be or (hall be Taxed, or greater Taxes levied of them than what this a Ptovifo. 
 AfTembly hach or (hall grant, then In every fuch Cafe, fuch Owners may 
 make Complaint to the County Court in the County where fuch Lands do 
 lie •, which Court (hall proceed to hear fuch Complaint, and grant Relief 
 to all per fons they (hall find Wronged and Opprefled by any ColleAor, 
 Tovtrn or Society, aod Tax Cofts Co the perfoos unneceHarily Vexed in 
 fuch Affair. 
 
 All A6t appointing a Court of Probate in the 
 County of Windham^ and for limiting the Diftridt 
 thereoh 
 
 B(t ft €na(teD 6? t^e 45ot)ecttour, Council anti ^fpcerentatittjer, (n 
 ^Benccal Court atTembleO, atiD bp tbe Jfiuttiojitp of the fame, Tha? ^ ^^^^^ 
 the Towns of Plainfield, Canterbury^ Kil/in^ly, Pomfreti and Foluntozan, probate in 
 all in the County of IFindham be one entire Diftnd for holding a mniham 
 Court of Probate, and (hall be known by the Name of the Diftrift of County.toib 
 Plainfield: And faid Court (hall be held by one Judge and Clerk, with o/d^f^'^ 
 Powers and Privileges that the other Courts of Frobate in this Colooy fitl^Stll. 
 have -, and in all Cafes where the Law allows of Appeals, they (ball be 
 made to the Superiour Court holden ac IVindham, 
 
 An A<^ giving further Encouragement for the 
 deftroying Wolves in this Colony* 
 
 Be it <Cnatt£0 6p tlje *oljecnonr, Council anU EfprcCentatitejf, tti ,5 /. forkii* 
 <<5eneral Court afTtmWtO, anD b? t^e autljo^itp of ttie fame. That ing % Woif, 
 for the future, the Premium allowed for killing any Wolf or Wolves, (^c »"<* half fa 
 fhall be the Sum oiTen Pounds^ Old Tenor, out of the Publick Treafury ^^ ^"^ * 
 of faid Colony, and tbe Sum of Five Pounds out of the Town Treafuries ; * ^ 
 and all under the fame Regulations as is by Law alrcadf provided; aad 
 half fo much for every Wolf's Whelp. 
 
 An A(5t advancing the Fare of the Ferry over 
 NeW' Haven £aft- River. 
 
 1% isf UcfoIbtO bp tfji^ ^fTeinHp, That the Fare of faid Ferry for the 
 future, (hall be for Man» Hotfe and Load, Ninf-pence ; each finglcfbg Ferriage, 
 Horfe Seven-pence^ each Foot-man Six-pence ; all Old Tenor. Old Tenorf 
 
 Always Provided^ That this AG extend not to intermpc any Agree- 
 ment between the Town of New-Haven and the Ferry-man of laid Ferry. A Ptovib. 
 
 N. L O N D O Ny 
 Printed and Sold by Timothv Green, Printer to the GOV. & COMP. 
 
 1747-
 
 AnM Rtf^tl Reiu GEOROIT It, Vlgetrnno Prima 
 
 Slepealftig patt of an :a(t ^oalet^ Stz&. 5^^ 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
 reissned by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Pafled by the General Court or Aflcmbly of His Majcfty/ Colony 
 of ConneSlicut, in Utw England: Begun and Held at Ne to- Haven, 
 on the Second Thorfday ot Oilthr, in the Twenty firft Year of 
 the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord GEORGE ne Second, of 
 Great Britain, 6iC KING. Annoque Domtai^ I 7 4 7> 
 
 An A<ft for Repealing part of the Law, En- 
 tituled aa Ad for the better fupporting ""''''^ *" 
 the Currency of the Bills of pubiick Credit 
 oa this Colony, made and paded in Maj lafL 
 
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 « tt«na(teti Bpt^e (Bofitrnout, CountH ano RtprtrentatJbtff, -p^^ i^^p^^, 
 in denntA Court anemblKB. and bp tHe aut|)o;ltp of ifte fame, ^raph o» faii 
 That the laft Paragraph of the faid Aft be Repealed ; and the a« u Re- 
 fame is hereby Repealed and made Void accordingly. pealed. 
 
 An A(ft in addition to the Law, Entituled vid.pag jos 
 an A& for Enlarging Coalers Fees, 
 
 B(E (t (BnacteD ftp t^e «irtitcnout, Council ana RpprertntatftfU, In ooaiers ai- 
 (Penrr.U Court -mirfmblrt, anU bptbe ^utbozftp of tUc fame, That lowtd ^t per 
 for the future, each Goaler in the refpeftive Counties within this Colony, Week, New 
 Ihall be Allowed Four Shillings New Tenor per Week for Dieting each '^."°J ^°' ^^* 
 Frifoner, any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. pSeu. 
 
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 Ao AQ
 
 y4r,,o Rtgni RegU GEORGIJ^A Vigenimo Primo. 
 
 ^64X0U26rit^gC.N.London^Ke€ncy*sjrctri>«ji^0mi«atl0n 
 
 An A6t for the tiating the Toll of the Bridge over the 
 great River at IJerv-Milfcrc/^czlkd the Toll-Bridgc* 
 
 r T}<£ it €nn(tcol>p t^t ©obernour. Council ant> l^rprcfcntatltr^tf (n 
 ,\MiB.id\; B atneral-Couct affemblED. nnUbp ttCSutho^ltp of the fnnic. That 
 
 atV Miifcrd for the future the Toll of faid Bridge for each Team fliall be One Shilling 
 ftated.aiid toand Two-petice, for each Man Horfe and Load Nine-pncty each fingle 
 ht naid in jyj^j^ Fcur-pencCy and for each Horfe and Neat Kine that fhall be lead 
 Old Tonor. ^^ ^xovc Four-pence per WtdAy and for each Sheep or Swine One-petiy 
 per Head -, all Old Tenor. 
 
 V'd P^sjj.An A(5t for raifmg the Fare of the Ferry at New' 
 ^*' LonJoTiy called New-lom/on-V^ny, 
 
 B<S it €itattrt hp tljE 45oternnur, Council anil fiepcErentatlte;^ fa 
 (©cnecal Couct affemblct. anO bp tlje 5Butlio?itp of the tame, Thac 
 N^r» LoTJon for the future, the Fare of faid Ferry fhall be, for Man Horfe and Load 
 Ferry ftated, £ighteen-peKce, for each fingle Perfon Eight-pence, for each lead Horfe 
 *OMt"'' 'r'u;elve-penceJovQd.c\\Oxrwo Shillings, and for all other Neat Cattel 
 "* *"'°'' Eighteen-per.ce per Head, and for all Sheep, Hogs or Goats Two-pence 
 
 per Head, and no more ; all to be paid in Old Tenor Bills. 
 
 The Ferry 
 
 called/r««n;'' 
 
 An A(5t for advancing and (latins the Fare of the 
 Ferry called /ree»o''s-Ferry5 palling over Co7z;ze^/V;<r- 
 River from Hartford co WethenfieU* 
 
 B^ it tfnacctb bp t^t (Kolirrnctir, ^Touncil anti fippcefentatttej^, (n 
 (Bcnecal <(rouct flfftmMet), anD bp t^e Iturtojftp of tlje fame, That 
 Fe try from jj^g pare of faid Ferry for the future, fhall be T'wehe-pence, Old Tenor, 
 Wcthni<ic]i f°^ ^^" Horfe and Load, and Six-pence for a (ingle Perfon or fingle 
 
 flated. a«d be Horfe. 
 
 piid in Old ' ~~* 
 
 ^'"°'" The Gentlemen that (land in Nomination for Elcdion 
 in May next, as fent in to thit Afliembly by the 
 Freemen, are as follow^ 
 
 The Honourable JONATHAN LAW E/q; 
 The Honourable ROGER WOLCOTT Efq; 
 
 JamesWadsworth£/j, -Roger Newton E/q. 
 N AT H AN aelSt ANL v£/j. y\ Ebenezer SlLhlta Ait E/q. 
 Timothy Pierce E/q. ^Jonathan Trumble E/q- 
 Samuei. Lynde E/q. ^ )John Bulkley E/q. 
 William Pitkin E/q. \/ Andrew Burr E/q. "-l 
 Thomas Fitch E/q. ^John Chester E/q. 5": 
 
 HezekiahHuntinct oti E/q. Col.Gu K donSaltonstall, 
 Mr. John Griswold, CoL Eltsha Williams, Co/. Ben- 
 jamin Hall, Capt. Roger Wolcott. 
 
 N LoWc;;. Printed & Sold by Twio/hy G?w«,Printer to the GOVERNOUR 
 and COMPANY, 1747.
 
 Anno Re^Hl Re^is GEORGIJ ^ I Vigeflimo Primo. 
 
 SCto^feins on ^iQl^^Muvs. 
 
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 Fifty copies 
 reissued by- 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 Hartford, igiS. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 Paflcd by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Colony 
 of Come^icut in tJew-En^lanJ : Begun and Held at Hartford on 
 the fecood Tfiurfday of May, in the Twenty firft Year of the 
 Reiga of Our Sovereign Lord G BO RG E the Second, of Great- 
 Britain, (^e, KING. Anno^ue DomiMt, 1748. 
 
 Vidpag.J47 
 
 An AA in further addition to an AA Enti- 
 tuledan A<ft for High- Ways. 
 
 ^ it €na(ttti Bp tfje (BotJtrnour, Councrt arm IReprefentfltfbfSf, 
 (n (Brnetal ^Tourt alTemWcD, anO bp t|je autjio^rtp of tfte fame, Pe'fons'efu- 
 Thac it arty Perfon obliged by Law to work in High- Ways in"firhw°'s 
 
 and be thereunto lawfully Warned,(hall refufe or negkft to attend to jotfehjt^ 
 
 fuch Service according to the Warning given, 4ie fliall lorfeic for<''»r newTfor 
 every Days Ncgleft the Sum of five Shilling! New Tenour, and Ten * *^j.". ^^^ 
 Shilltngs of the lame Tenour for a Man and Team : Which For- ^ ^ 
 feitutes fhaU be Recovered and Improved as in faid A£l is Provided. 
 
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 10^ ditto for 
 a Team. 
 
 flnU It is furttltr ^natteH, That the Tevoral Surveyors of High- 
 Ways in this Colony, Ihall be liable to render an Account of the 
 improvement of al) fuch Forfeitures as Ihall by them be Recovered 
 to the Afliflonc or Juflice who granted out a Diftrefs for the fame, 
 within Twentv Days after the Recovery of fuch Forteiture. And if 
 it appear to fuch AlTirtanc or Juftice, thac any fuch Surveyor hath 
 neglcflcd to Improve fuch Money according to the diredtion of faid 
 Att, that then in fuch Cafe fuch Alfiflant or Juftice ate hereby Au- 
 thorized and Impowred to grant a Diftrefs againft the Goods or 
 Chattels of fuch Surveyor, tor colleaing fuch Sum or Sums as fhal) 
 be found not to be Improved as aforefaid, and the fame to be de- 
 livered to the Trejfurer ot the Town where fuch Diftrefs is made 
 
 Surveyers to 
 render an Ac» 
 count how" 
 Forfeitures 
 have been 
 Improved. 
 
 An AfTiftant 
 or Juftice to 
 giant a Di- 
 ftrefs againft 
 Surveyors, irj 
 cafe, ^c. 
 
 P P P P P 
 
 An Aa
 
 /f»//* RfiHi Ref^ls G EOllGIJ //. Vigeflimo Primo. 
 
 An A£t in addition to an Acft Entituled an 
 vid pag 377 Ad^ for the direfting Fence-viewers what 
 Fence ihali be accounted Sufficient. 
 
 n .1 \l\f^ E R E A S Di^utei have arifen in many Tartt ef this Colany, Whether 
 tTtamblu y Y itont-WaS. four foot High, (hall he adjudged good and fufficient Fence ? 
 
 Which to Prevent : 
 
 <:. w 11 *^ ^^ (Bnatteft bp tt^t dSotfcnour, Councfl anti Rfprerentatitts, (n 
 4 feet HiBh *«"''^^^ ^^^O"" arTembUD, anU bp t|)t 3fiut5o?itp o£ t^e fame, That 
 goodacfuffi.^U Scone- WaD four feec High, well and fubftantialiy Ereaed, fliall be 
 cient Fence, adjudged good and liifficienc Fence. 
 
 An A& for Reviving and further Continu- 
 vid p,g. 557 ing an Aft Entituled an Ad for regulating 
 of Fees, made in May laft* 
 
 _ „ TAr f^ ^ R E -A $ faid jiil was made to continue for the /pace ef 
 PttamhU. y Y One Tear only, which is ma Expired. 
 
 ]Se (c tfitttto^e €tta(teb bp tge d^otiernoor. Council ant IS^tptiUnmlbtfl 
 
 ... ... in general CouctfllTembleO, anb bp t^e autfto^up ottje fame, That 
 
 WH tiViS!; ^^''* Aft be Revived, and the Jume. in aU ,thg Part? and Paragraph! 
 viv d tiUMty thereof is hereby Revived and maiae or iull^orce tiU the Riling of 
 
 '^^*'* this Affembly in May next. 
 
 An Ad for flating the Fare of Smith*s Ferry 
 vi4pagj47 ^j. Qiaffenhuryy acrofs Co««e5/V«/-River. 
 
 TheFaretti "p(j (t <5nattcb6p tf)e <5obecnonr, CeuncH anb IRcpcefentatffieiaf in 
 l\^TcZ\li-^ <0en£CQl court affembUb, anb bp tlie SCutftojUp of t^e Came, That 
 Man 6 7 an ^he Fare ot faid Ferry tor the (uture, fliall be One Shilling for Man, 
 Horfe 9 i all Horfe and Load ; for fingle Man Six-(tnee, and for fingle Hotfe Nine- 
 Oldrenor. pence: All Old Tcnour- 
 
 Printed and Sold by Timothy Greeny Printer to the 
 
 GOVERNOUR and COMPANY, 
 
 17 4^-
 
 Anttf Rtgne Regit GEORGIJ //. Vigeflimo Secundo. 
 
 ;^DDi'tional :^ct refpecting XraDe I'ti tl)e Coionp. 5^7 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates, 
 
 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 Ads and Laws 
 
 PafTed by the General Court or Aflembly of His Majefty's Englijh Colony of 
 ConneSlicut in New- England \ begun and held at A^if»-//<zw« on rhefecond 
 Thurfday oiOSiober in theTwenty fecond Year of theReign of ourSovereign 
 Lord George the Second,of Gr^fl/-£r/Vfl/Wj&c,King. AnnosueDcm.iy/^Z 
 
 An Ad for the alteration of and addition to an Acft 
 made and paffed at the Seflions of this Affcmbl^ 
 held in May 1747, Entituled» An A^ for the Regw vidpag,,^, 
 lating and Encouragement of Trade in this Colony^ 
 
 Be it ttnattta b^ttfi (Bofiechour, Council artH Rfp»«r«nt«ti\»»«, 
 In (Brnttal Court flIlcmMEO.anU bp tgg aurjo^itp of t^e famr, . 
 That there fhall oot be Demanaed, Coik&ed or Received by "jri cfVtfis 
 anyCoUeftor or Colleftors appointed Orthatfliall bcappointed Inn,ni,o<?U, 
 in purfuance of faid A<5b, toColIeft the Duties laid by the fame, any Du- noCoiiertor' 
 ties for any Goods, Wares and Merchandifes, that fliall by any Perfon or to demand or 
 Perfons be Imported into this Colony from any of the Neighbouring Go- ^"Yci f"^ 
 vernments, mentioned in faid Aft, after the Thirteenth Day of this Inftant Goods im- 
 OHober ; but the faid Aft fo far as it concerns the laying of Dutie3 on the ported from 
 Importation of Goods from the Neighbouring Governments from that "^'^ Neigh- 
 time (hall be and the fame is hereby Sufpended. That the feveral Col- Jaumfn,f °" 
 ieftors of fuch Duties, who have been appointed in purfuance of faid Aft, 
 (hall, and they are hereby required to deliver unto the Treafurer of this (- n ^ 
 Colony the feveral Sums of Money or Bills of publick Credit,and alfofuch d^iivertothe 
 Bonds or Securities as they have refpeftively taken for Duties on Goods Im* Colony Trea 
 ported, as aforefaid,at or before the SefTions of this Aflembly in MayT\fxx.'. '"'«'' '" ^*y 
 And the faidCollcftors are alfo hereby required to Colleft of all fuch Per- "^''*^''gj^„j' 
 fons as have Imported any Goods, Wares and Merchandifes into thisCoIo- JhL have"e' 
 ny before tlit faid thirteenth of Ofl'<'^«-,Inftant,fince the firft day oijanunry ceived, ^c. 
 lad, for which the faid Duties ought to have been paid or fecurcd to be 
 paid, as aforefaid, and hath not as yet been paid or fccured to be paid. 
 
 And that fuch ColUlTorj may he the better enabled to Exeeute the Truji fuimllt. 
 repofed in them, and effeSluaUy ColleSl the Duties not yet Colle£led acccrding 
 to faid AP, and to Profecute fucb at refufe a Compliance therewith. Perfons hs- 
 
 fif ft fuccner CnaatO tp tbe ^luttiojiip afojeraiD.That if fuch Perfons f'fg 'n>p<»r 
 who have Imported fuch Goods, Wares and Merchandifes, for "which the ^^^ Goods, 
 faid Duties ouglit to have been Paid, or Secured, as aforefaid, Ihall noc^jle DMri'i'' 
 within Three Days after Demand fhall be made of fuch Duties by any fuch thereef, fhait 
 
 Q. q q q q Coue^or
 
 Anno Regrti Regit GEORGIJ //. Vigefllmo Sccando. 
 
 568 BuilDingH^ating^i^oufes fo;t mtjitie QZUo^fbip. 
 
 Colkftor or CollecSlors, cither Pay the faid Duties or givc.Sccunty thtrc- 
 withln three for, according to the Diredtionr in faid Adl, fiich CoUedpr or CoUedors 
 Days after a may procccd againft fuch Perlon or Perfons according to the Dircftion 
 Dtrmand by a given in faid Ad: : And in cafe there Ihall arife any Difpute about the 
 be'''*ro ceded Q,^^"^^/ ^^ Value of the Goods Imported, the Quantity or Value thereof 
 3gi^v^!&r fhall be deemed, accounted and judged to be what the , Informer or Pro- 
 fecutor in his Information ftiall alledge and declare the fame to be ; unlefs 
 Dilputes a- the Importer thereof will (hew and produce in Evidence, an Account of 
 bout the Va ^|^g ^j-^g ^nd real Quantity or Value under Oath, ( if thereto required ) 
 tkv^of fatd' which being done may be accepted as Evidence of fuch Quantity or Value. 
 Goods, how' And fuch Coliedors fhall deliver fuch further Duties and Securities unto 
 decided. the Colony Treafurer, with a fair Account of their whole Proceedings in 
 their faid Office, as foon as may be ; out of which ftiall be dedufted and 
 allowed to fuch Colledors the Five per Centum allowed by faid Ad for their 
 Service. That if any fuch CoUedor ftiall negled or refufc to perform his 
 Collertors Truft in the Office aforefaid, fuch Colledor ftiall and may be Sued in the 
 neg!eif}ing Name of the Governour and Company of this Colony, to render his reafo- 
 be^SiId"&V "^'^^^ account of his Doings in fuch Office ; and being found in Arrears ftiall 
 pay the fame, and forfeit the whole of the faid five per Centum allowed by 
 faid Ad for his Service, which ftiall be accounted as part of his Arrears. 
 ^nd whereas divers Perfons have not only Imported Goods into this Colony 
 Preamlk f''^'"' Great-Britain or Ireland, but alfo have on the Encouragement given in 
 faid A^y aUually Engaged and Adventured for the Impbrtalion ofGoodSy 
 Wares and Merchandifes into this Government^ for which they are or may be 
 Entituledto the Premium ofYwt per Centum, granted by faid A£l for the 
 Importation of Goods from faid Kingdoms : And whereas the not Paying the 
 fame according to the Tenour of faid A£i would be doing [njuflice to thofe 
 Perfons^ as well as be a Breach ef the publtck Faith^ 'which ought to be 
 preferved as far as pojfiblt Jnviohtz . 
 
 fee rt ttjfrrfcje eaatteOSp t^e ?5utboj(tp flfoifraf& That all fuch fn- 
 Perfons Im- Habitants of this Colony as have fince the Date of faid Aft Imported into 
 ported Goods this Colony on their own proper Rifque and Account, any Goods, Wares 
 from G.Brit, or Merchandifes from Great- Britain or Irelandy for which the faid Pre- 
 on their own jnium is juftly Due, or ftiall fo Import any Goods, Wares or Merchan- 
 aul?ved*t°he ^^i^" before the Firft Day oi January next, ftiall receive the faid Premium 
 Prcmium.till o^ Five per Centum therefor, according as is provided in faid Ad, out of 
 the firft of the Duties mentioned in faid Ad as a Fund for the Payment of the faid 
 Jcnuaty next Premium, fo far as they will anfwer the fame, on their producing Orders 
 on the Treafurer, as in faid Ad is provided- 
 
 vid a 81 ^" ^^ dire<5ting how to proceed when k (hall be 
 iLr^'^ ' neccffaiy to buildaMecting-houfe for divine Worfliip* 
 
 T T. • ^ R* '^ «nacrei) b^ t\it ©otrrnour. Council an6 EeprEffnratlttjff, m 
 ofTparifhor *-* <&? "^ cal Court flfffmbleD an!) bp rfje Xuthoj.tpof m famr. That 
 religious So- "^^^^ ^"y '"'^"'^ ^^ religious Society allowed to be fuch by this Aflembly, 
 ciety agree or EftaUiftied and Approved by the Laws of this Colony ^ thof^^ only 
 to build a Tolerated by the Laws of this Colony and Difttnting from us Excepted ) 
 houffto'ao* ^^'^ ^y their Vote ( wherein two third Parts of the Inhabitants Qualified 
 ply them- ^^ ^^^ ^^'^ ^° ^°^^ ^"^ P'"^^^"^ 'f^' ^^e Meeting of fuch Parifti or reliTJou? 
 fclvey to the Society ) declare it to be neceftary to build a Mceting-Houfe, every^fucli 
 c Court in Parifti or Society ftiall apply themfelves to the County Court 'in the County 
 '^h^T7 where fuch PariOi or Society is fituate, to appoint and affixTtbe Place 
 Mee^iag '^'^^'"^O" ^^^'^ Meeting-Houfe ftiall be Ereded and Built ;.and thdCounty 
 houfe .s to be Courts in the refpedive Counties are hereby Authorized and Iijipowrcd to 
 bu.h.fij'f. hear all Concerned and take proper Meafures for the affixing fudi Place 
 
 and'
 
 /Inao Regni Regis GEORGIJ //. Vigeflimo SecUilda 
 
 Crectins a Court of probate at Norwich. s^9 
 
 and to appoint, order and affix the Place whereon their Meeting-Houfe 
 fliall be Ercftcd and Built: Which being done, concludeasandjafcertaincd 
 by the Judgment of the County Court m the County where lir^h Parifh 
 or Society is fituate -, the Committee of fuch Parifh or Society/ Jhall. forth- ACommittee. 
 with give due Notice to the Parifhioners to Meet at feme fuitabJe Xime »o ^^ chafen. 
 and Place, to authorize and appoint feme meet Perfons tobeaCom-' 
 mittee for fetting up, building and finifhing an Houfe proper and fuitable 
 fcrjfuch an Improvement on the Place appointed, as aforefaid : At which 
 Meeting the faid Society fhall proceed to grant and levy a Tax on the In- 
 habitants of fuch Parifh, to be collefted and paid to the faid Committee, 
 to enable them to go forward with the faid Building : And the Clerk of 
 the Pari fli or Society fhall keep the Account of their Difburfements : The CIe;k to 
 Anil it-fliall be the duty of every fuch Clerk to certifie the County Court '^^^P an ac- 
 which gave/fuch Order, the doings of the Society at their next Sellions f °"rj '^^ ^^S' 
 ^ictfthe fixing the Place, as aforefaid ; as alfo the progrefs of the Com- ^ ^'"^"' ^ 
 niitte^Hn building fuch Houfc, to each County Court in the County, at 
 their Hated Sefl]ons,till the Houfe be finifhed. And for every negleft of his 
 duty therein, fhall incur the Penalty of Ten Pounds to the County Treafury jy^ . „. 
 in fuch County ; to be recovered of fuch Clerk before the County Court tbejf dutt"^to 
 in the County where the Society is fituate, by Adion, Bill,Plaint or other- be fin'd lo /. 
 wife,.asjhe Law will allow ; in which cafe no Review (hall be admitted. 
 
 Kino It i? netfhp futtljer PcoiiDeD, that if the County Court in fuch 
 County do find by the Clerk's Certificate, that the Inhabitants of fuch So- 
 ciety do not proceed to fet up and finifh a Meeting-Houfe at the Place The General 
 appointed, as aforefaid, and certifie the fame to this Aflfembly, this Affem- Aff^mbly to 
 bly will AfTefs and Levy upon fuch Society, from time to time, fuch Sum p^f^J"'^^ 
 and Sums of Money as may be needful to fet up and finifli fuch Meeting- ^^^ ^^^ '" 
 Houfe ; which fhall be by Order of this AflTembly accordingly Im- * 
 proved : And every fuch 5um of Money IhaU be by Sie-TreoTurer of the 
 Colony added to the publick Tax of the Society, and gathered as a part of 
 the publick Tax by the Conftabl? who gathers the Country Rate and paid 
 into the publick Treafury, to be re-imburied for the Ufe aforefaid ; who 
 ihall by Order of this Aflembly deliver the fame to fuchPerfon or Perfons 
 as by this Affembly fhall be appointed. 
 
 ainU It 155 ttcebn futil)Er«naaeD,That for the future it fiian not he lawful p^ , 
 for any of the Societies aforefaid,or any part of fuch Society to build or fet up , q"/ J^^ f|,'? 
 any Meeting-Houfe for religious Worfhip, without procuring the County as tranfgrefs 
 Court in the County where fuch Society is fituate, firft to afccrtain the Place •''« O'der in 
 for it,as in this Aft is limited and provided. And whofoevcr (hall tranfgrefs ''^'^ Affair, 
 this Order, Ihall incur the Penalty of One Hundred Pounds to the Treafury 
 of fuch County j to be recovered by Aftion,Bill or Plaint.before any ol the 
 County Courts in the County where theTranfgrefCon Ihall be committed.. 
 
 MnD it ftf tjerebpfUflfjcr (fnarttD, That rhe proceeding in Secrltng an'd '^''^ ^'.p*'"'^! 
 Affixing fuch Meeting-Houfe Place, Ihall be at the Charge of the Parifh F^ee, for their 
 or Society where fuch Houfe is needed : And fuch County Court Ihall be Judgment, 
 aUowed Fees for their Judgment thereon, as in the Trial of other Caufes. &f' 
 
 anotns J)ftebp fttriuer cnaaeD, That the Law, fintituied, /in /iH 
 how to proceed when it Jhallbe necejfary to build a Meeting-Houfe for divine F"<'«'"'^rA/lin 
 IfTorJhip, Made and Palfed by this Aflembly in May 1731, be Repealed, ReSd.'^' 
 and the fame is hereby Repealed. 
 
 An Ad: appointing a Court of Probate in the County 
 ofAeiP-Z.07/yo«,andfor limiting thcDiftridt thereof* v*d pag 517 
 
 B 
 
 «C ft (SCnacrrD Dp tijc (Bobrinour. Council ant Eqirfff ntatfUeS, in 
 ^fnera! Court afftrnMeD, anti bj t^t autljo^itp of tit famf. That 
 
 the
 
 Aunt Regni Regis G E O R G I J / /. VigeOimo SccUndo. 
 
 5 7o2Delinque ntg.^ttrattceg.^etitiong,^ominati'on« 
 
 the Towns of: Norwich and Prejion, both in the County of Nevj-Lcftdon^ 
 
 Xa^wJ^^ and be one-entire Diftrift for holdii,g a Court of Probate, r.nd (haU be known 
 
 Prcjicn to be by the' Nam^ of the Diftrift of Norwich ; and faid Court fhali be hefd by 
 
 one entire oi- ^^^ jfudge and Clcrk, With Powers and Privileges that the other Courts of 
 
 **''^i°Court Probate in this Colony have : And in all Cafes where the Law allows of 
 
 tf^Probate" Appeals, they fhall be made to theSuperiour Courts holden in the County 
 
 of New-Lcndon ; and that all the Bufinefs that is now Enter'd in the 
 
 Court.of Probate in iVi?w-Z,ff»^(?;r, Ihall be finifhed in faid Court. 
 
 • \^ . - ". * * ^ ' ' .———.— . ^"^ 
 
 An Ad providing for defraying the Charges of pro- 
 
 vi(3.p3g.i?«. fccuting Criminals and Delinquents in the Supc- 
 
 riour Courts in this Colony. 
 
 nSouentr Vl"^ ^^ <I^natttl» bp tfte Cobrrnour, Council anb EcpcefentafitfC, in 
 unable to »n- JD <CenfcaI Coutt ^(TfmWtt), anl) 6p t^ie ■3Etitl)o;(r? of the fame, Thac 
 fwer by their when any charges arife upon the Profecution of any Criminal orDelinquent 
 fervi,ce,&:the jn the Superiour Court and fuch Criminal orDelinquent hath noEftate for 
 charges for paying the fame, and is unable to anfwer the fame by Service, as the Law 
 fo'bepaid out provides, fuch charges fhall be paid out of the Treafury of this Colony ; 
 of the public any Law, Ufage or Cuftom to the contrary notwithftanding. 
 Tteafury. • 
 
 vid ag.s44 ^" ^^ ^" addition to an A(5t, Entituled, An A^ to 
 prevent l^ufances by Hedges, Wears^ &c, in Rivers* 
 
 Term of "iwa IDC it <nQttCD bp x^t (Fotctnour, Council anl» fieprefcnratlbej^, in 
 Years next D (Bcncral «ourt atTemblefl, anD bp tlje Hutjiojitp of the fome. That 
 coming, no for and during the Term of two full Years, to commence from theRifing 
 Sein nor Tra- ^f (hij Aflembly, r^o Sein at an>' place \nWindfcr Little-River ( fo called; 
 "^ d"" n°o^ -within one Mile from \.he Mouth thereof, fhaJl be ufed or drawn, jior in 
 fetinO^ni/of CoTjneSficut-Kiver on the Weft.fide thereof, within one quarter of a Mile 
 Little Rivei, below the Mouth of faid littIeRivcr,fave only in the Day time between the 
 only in thcday rifmg and fetting of the Sun -, nor any Tramel-Net put down or fet for the 
 time between ^^^^j^jj^g ^f pjj]^ within faid diftance, up faid little-River or below the 
 rSi'nEof the Mouth thereof, at any time by Night or by Day within faid two Years, on 
 Sun, nor by the Penalty of Twenty Shillings New Tenor Bills, for every Tranfgrefllon 
 night nor day of this Ad -, to be Recovered by Bill, Plaint or Information, the one half 
 in fome part [hereof to be to and for the Complainant, and the other half to and for 
 nluyoTzol the ufe of faid Town of PTindfor. 
 
 vidpag 466 An A(5t for preventing a multiplicity of Petitions to 
 
 the General Affembly^ 
 
 No Petition X^d it (tnactt& bp ttifdPotJecnour, Council anblllcprerentati)3etf,in Oe* 
 to be pfef"^'^ jQ nccal Court afftmbleU, an&bp t!je «uttjo?irp of tlje rame, Thar for 
 »atterofcon ^^^ ftiture no Petition fiiall be preferred to this Aflembly wherein the value 
 iroveify does of the debt, danaage or othermatter about which the contrcverfie did arife, 
 not exceed 1 s do not exceed the Sum of Fifteen Poinds in Bills of Credit New Tenor. 
 /. New Tenor 
 
 T 
 
 'He Gentlemen Nominated by the Votes of the Freemen (fent into this 
 
 Aflembly) to fland for Eleflion in May next,are as follow, C^;z. )The 
 
 Th r tl Honourable Jonathan Law Efq; the Honourable Roger WoLcoTtElqj 
 men Nomina 7^'"^^ Wadfivorth Efq; NathanaelStanlyKfq; Samuel LyndeEfq; IViHiamPil- 
 ted for ihe kin^fq-ShomasFitchEic^; RogerNe'cvtonEfq-, EicnczaSillmafiEfq; Jonathan 
 Eleflion in Trumble Efq; Hezekiah HuntingtonEfq; John Bulklcy Efq-, Andrew BurrEia; 
 Ma, 1749- John Chejier Efq-, Col. Gurdon Saltonjlall, Col. Benjamin Hall, Capt. Ro- 
 ger IVolcott, Mr. John Grifwold, Col. Ellpa miliams. Col. Jcfeph Pitkin. 
 
 iV.Z.w;</«'»,Printed&Sold by Timothy Grf«i, Printer to theGOv.&coMP. 1 ^48
 
 jinno Kegni iff gri G E O R G I J IF. Vi'gefllmo Secondo. 
 
 aaesttlation of jfees* 
 
 An Ad 
 
 571 
 
 Fifty copies 
 
 reissued by 
 
 Albert C. Bates. 
 
 Hartford, 1918. 
 
 PalTed by the General Ck)urt or AfTembly of His Majcfty's EngliPt 
 Colony o{ Conneilicut in N?nj-E«g/fl«//.- Begun and Held at 
 Hartford, on the Second Thurfday of May, in the Twenty- 
 fecond Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord G£OfiG B the 
 Second, of Great- Britain,&c. KING. Annoque Domini, * 7 4 9« 
 
 An A& for Regulating Fees. 
 
 B(t (t €naiteiJ B? ttie (drtjetnoar, dtouncil anti Eepreftnta- Eftabiifhing 
 tli«0, in <^enecal Couct affemblen antt Bp ttie 3ut^o?itp the Fees of 
 of the Came, That the Eftablifhment of the Fees belonging thefeveral 
 to the feveral Officers in thU Colony be as foUoweth, {viz. ) JJJf/colony. 
 
 /iffijiants Fees. 
 
 L s. d. 
 
 pOr Attending the General Aflenibly/«- I)/V/»,5«f iM/Zn^j, oo 06 00 AfTiftanta 
 
 Travel per Mile out, Feur-pencey 00 00 04 ^ «s. 
 
 Reprefentatives Fees. 
 
 rjOr Attending the General Aflembly/.»rD/«»/(3«r5i'«///»^J, 00 04 00 Rgpreffnta- 
 Travel per Mile out. Four-pence^ 00 00 04 lives Fees. 
 
 Superiour Courts Fees 
 
 r^Hief Judge, /wD/fw, twelve ShilUngSy 00 12 00 
 
 ^^ Affiftant Judges, per Diem^ Nine Shillings^ .... 00 09 00 Superiour 
 
 Trying each Adtion, twelve Shillings, 00 12 00 Court .fees. 
 
 Each Default or Confefllon, Six ShillingSy ...... 00 06 00 
 
 To the Jury, Sixteen SbillingSy 00 16 00 
 
 Clerk of the Superiour Courts Fees. 
 
 J^Ntering each Aftion and Judgment, Twa Shillings and ? d^^j^ ^j. -j,^ 
 
 Six-penccy S 00 02 06 ^^^^^ ^^^^ 
 
 R r r r r Filiog
 
 j4nno Rtgui Regit G EORGIJ //- VigefHrno SecuncJo. 
 
 ^72 laegulation ofiFerg^ 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 Filing each individual Teftimcny, Jwo-pence, 00 00 02 
 
 Each Execution, One Shilling and Six-pence, 00 01 06 
 
 Entering Judgment Acknowleged, One Shillings ... 00 01 00 
 
 Copy ot each Teftimony, Four-pence, 00 00 04 
 
 County Courts Fees, 
 
 /^Hief Judge, per Diem, Seven Shillings, 00 07 00 
 
 County Juftices of the Quorum, per Diem, Five Shillings^ 00 05 00 
 
 Court Fees. Trying of each Aftion, Seven Shillings, 00 07 00 
 
 To the Jury, Sixteen Shillings, 00 16 00 
 
 Each Judgment on Default or Confeflion, Three Shillings j 
 
 and Six-pence, J 00 03 o5 
 
 For Licenfc to each Tavern-keeper, Three Shillings, 00 03 00 
 
 ( whereof to the Clerk, One Shilling, ) 00 01 00 
 
 Clerk of County Courts Fees, 
 
 pNtering each A6tion, Three-pence, . * 00 00 03 
 
 Clerk of the Entering each Judgment, 0«^ 5ii;7/;»^, ..■,,., 00 01 00 
 
 Counry Court Por Attachment, Summons and Execution, and other things I 
 Fees. proper to him, as in the Afliftant and Juftices Fees. > 
 
 Court of Probates Fees. 
 
 /^Ranting Admlniftraton, to the Judge, One Shilling 7 ^ 
 
 ^^ and Six-pence . .. ^ °o "» "O 
 
 Receiving and Probate of every Will and the Inven- > 
 Court of Pro- tory of Fifty Pounds, or under. Two Shillings, f 00 02 00 
 
 bates Fees. ( whereof to the Clerk Nine-pence, ;...,..*<. qo 00 09 
 Receiving and Probate of every Will and Inventory 5 
 
 of above Fifty Pounds, Three Shillings, . , . | QO 03 00 
 
 C whereof to the Clerk, One Shilling, .,.,,, 00 01 00 
 
 Each Quietus, One Shilling ...*... 00 01 00 
 
 ( whereof to the Clerk, utx-pence, ^ . , . , , , 00 00 o5 
 Recording every "Will ard Inventory of i^(/"/y P<?«»<&, 7 «« «« 06 
 
 or under, TwoShillings and Six-pencCy J 
 
 Recording every Will andlnventory of above Fifty Pounds, ? oq 02 00 
 
 and not exceeding OneHundred Pou»ds,Three Sbilliftgs, * ^ 
 
 Alfo Three-pence per Hundird for every Hundred Pounds 
 after the firft H«»Jre(f j and half fo much for Copy 
 of the fame. [ Such Wills and Inventories always 
 to be computed by Proclamation Money. J 
 Each Bond for Adminiftration, and each. Letter •> Oo Oi 00 
 
 of Adminiftration, One Shillings . , . 5 
 Every Citation, Four-pence, .... 00 00 04 
 
 Making out a Commiffion, Receiving and Examining > 
 
 the Claims of Creditor to Infolvent Eftates, and ^ 00 or 00 
 Regiftring the fame. One Shilling, . . » . . ' 
 Regiftring the Commiflioners Report per Page, ^^ 
 for each Page 6f Twertty Eight Lines, Ten > 00 00 06 
 
 Words in a Line, Six-pence, J 
 
 Entering an Order upon the Adminiflrator to pay ") 
 out the Eftate in proportion unto the feveral Creditors > 00 00 06 
 Returned by the Commiflioners, Six-peme, ^ 
 
 Allowing
 
 Aunt Reqtii Regis GEORGTJ // VigefllimotSecnndo. 
 
 I I I '11 I 111 .1 1 1 I 
 
 laesttlatioti of 5Feefi?* 57^ 
 
 01 
 OI 
 
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 oo F««5« 
 
 05 
 
 oo 
 
 /. s^ d. 
 
 Allowing of Accounts, Setling and Dividing of ■% _ 
 
 Intt^ztc E^m?.^ Otie SbilUng md Six-pence, i OO oi p6 
 
 Appointing Guardians and taking Bond, Ow 5,6?/////^, , oq o( 00 
 
 Jjjtftants and Juftices Fees. 
 
 A Ttachments or Summons for A<5tion, Six-pence^ oo oo 06 
 
 When Bond is given. Nine-pence, 00 00 09 
 
 A Warrant for Witnefles, Four-pence, .... 00 .00 04 A/iiftant 
 
 Entry and Trial of an Adion, Two ShillingSy .... 00 02 00 and Juftiaes 
 
 Every Execution, One Shilling, , 00 01 00 Fees. 
 
 Every Warrant for Criminals, One Shillingy .... 00 01 qo 
 
 Bond for Appeal, Six-pence, - . 00 00 06 
 
 Copy of Evidences the leaft. Four-pence^ .... 00 00 04 
 
 Copy of Judgment, Six-pence, 00 00 06 
 
 Every Recognizance, Six-pence, 00 00 06 
 
 Judgment on Confeflion or Default, One Shilling, 00 oi 00 
 
 Affiaavits taken out of Court, each. Six-pence, 00 00 otf 
 
 AcknowlegingaDeed,MortgageorotherInftrument,5/;c-/i^«f<f,oo 00 06 
 
 Secretary's Fees. 
 
 p Ecording Laws and Orders of publick Concernment 7 
 
 ■^ in the Colony Records, each. One Shilling, S 00 01 00 
 
 Affixing the Colony Seal each Time, One Shilling, 00 
 
 Each' Military Commifllon, One Shilling, 00 
 
 Each Commiffion for the Juftices in e!ichCountY,FiveShilli»gS, 00 
 
 Commifnon for the Judges of the Superiour Coxirt, 1 ^^ 
 
 Three Shillings, T , . , . "^ f 00 03 00 
 
 Commiflion for the Judges of the County Court and j - 
 
 Court of Probate, cach,Ow SBtlling and Six-pence^ $ ° °' °^ 
 Each Petition or Memorial to the General i 
 
 Affembly, One Shilling and Six-pence, ^ 00 oi 06 
 
 To the General Affembly for every Peddon, One Pound, 01 00 oo 
 
 Sheriffs and Confabks Fees. 
 
 CErving every Summons, Four-pencCy , , . , 00 00 04 
 
 If b/ the Copy, Six-pencey ,,.... 00 00 06 
 
 Serving every Attachmenr, Six-pencey 00 00 o5 ^^^l^l, ""^ 
 
 Bail Bond, Eight-pence, 00 00 08 peet 
 
 Levying every Execution not exceeding Five I • 
 
 Pounds, Two ShillingSy C 00 02 00 
 
 Levying every Execution more than Five Pounds^ziA not S 
 
 exceeding Ten Pounds, Three Shillings^ , . , ^ 00 03 00 
 Levying every Execution mote than Ten Poundty and not S 
 
 exceeding Twenty Pounds, Five Shillings, V° ®5 00 
 
 Levying every Execution more than Twenty > 
 
 Pounds, and not exceeding Forty Pounds, r 00 07 06 
 
 Seven Shillings and Six-pence, ^ 
 
 For any greater Sums than Forty Pounds, (hall be allowed 
 after the Rate of Two Shillings more advanced on every 
 Twenty Pounds, above the Sum of Forty Pounds, which 
 Ihall be Levyed by the faid Execution : And the above- 
 faid Fees on Executions fh'all be taken in the lame Cur- 
 rency that is to be Levied by each refpcdive Execution. 
 
 Atteodin^
 
 ^ntto Regni Regis GEORGT]"// Vigcfnmo Sccundo. 
 
 I . — - — * 
 
 574 aaesulation of ifees* 
 
 _. _ __ 
 
 Attending at a Juftices Courr when obliged to attend, t^^ q, oq 
 for each Adion Tried, One Shillings ... C 
 
 Each Mile Travel out, three-pence, oo oo 03 
 
 Sheriff attending the General Aflembly, Superioiir Court ? 
 
 or County Court, -per Diem, Four Shillings, •> ^^ °° 
 
 Conftable for the like Service, per Diem, Three Shillings, 00 03 00 
 fendtS;FeesforPlaintiff, and Defendant att^^^^^ 
 
 per Dtem, One Shilling md. Six-pence. S " "^ °° 
 
 WitoeflesFee. Witnefies attending any Court per Diem, Two Shillings, 00 02 00 
 Their Travel Travel for Plaintiff, Defendant or Evidence in any Court, ? 
 
 p^rMile, Two-pence, ^00 00 02 
 
 jurors Iayir)g Fees for a Jury employ'd in laying outHigh-ways,lhall be ? 
 outH wayFee for every Juror, per Diem, Three Shillings, ... 5 00 03 00 
 
 And the Sheriff attending on faid Jury, per Diem, > 
 
 Four Shillings^ ^ 00 04 00 
 
 Town Clerks Fees. 
 
 ipOr Recording a Deed, One Shilling, , 00 01 00 
 
 Town Clerks ^^'^ ^ ^°Py °^ ^ ^^^^■> One Shilling,. 00 01 00 
 
 Fees. To Survey Bill, Six-pence, 00 00 06 
 
 To Recording a Marriage, Three-pence, 00 00 03 
 
 To Recording a Birth or Death, Two-pence^ .... 00 00 02 
 
 Attorney's Fees. 
 
 IN Taxing Bills of Coft, the Patties that Recover for ? 
 Attorney's Attorney's Fees at County Court, Four Shillings, i°° 04 00 
 Fees. Ill the Superiour Court, Eight Shillings, ^o ^g ^^ 
 
 Post Wages. 
 
 Poft Wages, Por Man,Horfe and Expences, each Mile out. Four-pence, 00 00 04 
 
 Recorder of Herfes Fee. 
 
 Tlecnrder of pOr Branding, Recording every Horfe-kind, Six-pence, 00 00 06 
 
 Hoife* Fee. For Recording each Sale or Exchange, Three-pence, 00 00 03 
 
 For each Copy of Record, Three-pence^ 00 00 03 
 
 Coalers Fees. 
 
 _ , ^ 170r Committment of a Prifoner and Difcharge,7woSi'////«w, 00 02 00 
 Coalers Fees T p^^ Dieting each ?n(oner per Wcck» Two 7 
 
 Shillings and Stx-pence, ...... r 00 02 06 
 
 County Surveyors Fees. 
 
 County Sur- FOr himfelf and Horfep^ Diem, befides Expences, ? 
 
 vcyofsFees. ^^^^ Shillings, > 00 04 00 
 
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