Commonwealth of Massachusetts. IN SENATE, May 10, 1878. Ordered, That the opinions of the four Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, delivered in the Senate Feb. 22, 1781, and now in the archives of the Commonwealth, with the list of bills levying taxes, and bills and resolves appropriating money, which originated in the Senate between 1780 and 1790, together with the precedents extracted from the records of the General Court prior to 1780,- which lists and precedents have been collected under the direction of the Senate Committee, to which a communication of the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court was referred, be printed, and that copies thereof be transmitted to the justices. Adopted. Sent down for concurrence. IN SENATE, MAY 10, 1878. S. N. GIFFORD, Clerk. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 10, 1878. Concurred. GEO. A. MARDEN, Clerk. EXTRACTS FROM THE GENERAL-COURT RECORDS. [General Court Records, Vol. 7, Page 418.] "FRYDAY July 23, 1703. A Resolve of the House of Representatives in the Words following, was sent up together with the Tax Bill; Viz. Resolved that it is the undoubted Privilege of this House That their Concurrence be had in the particular Application & Disposal of all & Every Sum & Sums that are put into the Treasury, so far as it can be practical. Which Resolve was read at the Board." The above is an extract from the records of the Council. [Vol. VII., Page 168.] JOHN OTIS, Esq: brought down the following Vote of Council, viz. IN COUNCIL Feb. 14th 1750 It appearing that some Pieces of Silver called Pisterenes, and also larger and smaller Pieces of the same Stamp with Pisterines, being of a baser Allay than Dollars, have been paid out of the Treasury in exchange for the Province Bills; and it being probable that there may still remain a Mixture of such base Pieces in the Silver that is now in the Treasury: It is therefore Ordered, That the Treasurer shall not pay out any such base Pieces in any Payments whatsoever, but whensoever he shall meet with any of the same, shall retain them in the Treasury, for the further Order and Disposal of this Court. Sent down for Concurrence. Read and concurred. Extract from Message of the House in Answer to the |