CHAP. LXI. Resolve authorizing William Eastman to convey Real On two petitions of William Eastman, of Granby, in the County of Hampshire, Administrator on the goods and estate, which were of John H. Dickinson, late of said Granby, deceased, intestate, praying that he may be authorized and empowered to make and execute good and sufficient deeds of certain parcels of lands, to several persons, as mentioned and described in said 'petitions, according to the several contracts entered into by said deceased, in his life time: Resolved, That the said William Eastman, Administrator as aforesaid, be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered to make and execute to Zebina Smith, of said Granby, a good and sufficient deed of the following described parcel of land, lying in said Granby, viz. : Beginning at the north-west corner of the home lot, of said deceased, and running north forty degrees east, eight rods, to a white oak stub; thence east three degrees south, five rods, to a stake and stones; thence south eight degrees east, six rods, to a stake and stones; thence west twenty two degrees south, ten rods, to the highway; thence northerly to the first boundary, containing eighty seven rods of land. Resolved, That the said Eastman, in his capacity, as aforesaid, be, and he hereby is authorised and empowered to execute to Eleazer Nash and Nathaniel Nash, both of said Granby, (they the said Eleazer and Nathaniel, first paying to the said Eastman, for the use of said intestate's estate, the sum of sixty dollars,) a good and sufficient deed of the following described parcel of land, lying in Springfield, in the County of Hampden, being a part of lot number one hundred and twenty four, in the Inward Commons, so called, formerly laid out to Jedediah Bliss, beginning at the northwest corner of said lot, and running east two degrees forty minutes north, forty eight rods, to the county road; thence south thirty two degrees east, thirty five rods; thence west thirty two degrees south, thirty eight rods; thence west twelve degrees north, thirty four rods and six links; thence north two degrees forty seconds west, forty one rods, to the first station; containing fifteen acres and eighty seven rods; and bounded north on Moses Chapin's land, and on land belonging to the heirs of Giles Montague; east on the county road, as it is now travelled, south on land lately belonging to the said Dickinson, deceased, and west on Joel Preston's land. CHAP. LXII. Resolve relating to the election of Members of Congress, after the Separation of the District of Maine. January 25th, 1820. Resolved, That in any election of Representatives to the Congress of the United States, which may be made after the District of Maine shall have been formed and erected into a Separate and Independent State, in the manner prescribed in and by the act, relating to the separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts proper, passed the nineteenth day of June last, and until a new apportionment of Representatives shall be made among the several States, the consent of this Commonwealth be, and the same is hereby given, that thirteen Representatives shall and may be elected within the said State of Massachusetts, and seven within the proposed new State; any thing in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding. CHAP. LXIII. Resolve on the petition of Peter Barras, and Elizabeth, his Wife. January 25th, 1820. Resolved, For reasons set forth in said petition, that all the right, title, and interest, which the Commonwealth has, or might have, in and to a certain small piece of real estate, consisting of a piece of land, in Salem; bounded southerly on land, late of George Crowninshield, deceased, fifty four feet six inches; easterly on land of Ward, forty four feet; northerly on land of said Crowninshield, and others, forty eight feet, and westerly on a private way in common with others, with the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, be, and the same is hereby granted and released to Elizabeth Barras, wife of Peter Barras, of Salem, in the County of Essex; the said real estate having lately belonged to Thomas Grandy, late of Salem, an alien, brother of said Elizabeth. CHAP. LXIV. Governor's Message. January 26th, 1820. Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, The Secretary will lay before you, a letter from His Excellency the Governor of Indiana, together with a copy of the resolutions of the General Assembly of that State, concurring in an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed to the consideration of the several States, by the State of Pennsylvania; the latter having been submitted to your consideration in my message, dated the thirteenth instant. Council Chamber, January 26, 1820. JOHN BROOKS. CHAP. LXV. Resolve on the petition of John Neal and others. On the petition of John Neal, John Dennis, Jesse Pike, Daniel Ring, Junior, Joshua W. Watson, and David C. Burr, all of Litchfield, in the County of Lincoln, representing that they have been united in matrimony with their present wives, viz. : John Neal with Polly Hutchinson, John Dennis with Betsey Walker, Jesse Pike with Sally True, (since deceased,) Daniel Ring, Junior, with Betsey Dennis, Joshua W. Watson with Judith Tibbetts, and David C. Burr with Catharine Fuller, having a lawful right so to do, and their intentions accordingly having been legally published, by the Town Clerk, of said Town of Litchfield, and that they have severally been married by Ministers of the Baptist or Methodist order, who were regularly ordained, according to the rules of said Societies, as Ministers at large; and that doubts have been expressed, respecting the validity of the said marriages: Resolved, That the several marriages aforesaid, of the said John Neal, John Dennis, Jesse Pike, Daniel Ring, Junior, Joshua W. Watson, and David C. Burr, solemnized in manner aforesaid, be, and the same are hereby declared to be legal, and valid, to all intents and purposes of marriages and the children of the said marriages are hereby declared to be legitimate, as if the said marriages had been solemnized by a person legally empowered for such purpose. CHAP. LXVI. Governor's Message. January 27th, 1820. Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, I have received a petition signed by John Greenough, and upwards of thirty other persons, who style themselves "Indian Natives," and appear to belong to the Town of Yarmouth. As the object of the petitioners is not cognizable by the Executive of the Commonwealth, the petition, and sundry papers connected with it, will be laid before you by the Secretary. Council Chamber, January 27, 1820. JOHN BROOKS. CHAP. LXVII. Resolve on the petition of the Trustees of Williams College. January 27th, 1820. Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Land Office be, and they hereby are authorized and empowered, to satisfy a grant of a township of land, of the contents of six miles square, made by a resolve of the nineteenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and five, to the President and Trustees of Williams College, by locating the same, and conveying to said Corporation, Township number three, second range, north of Bingham's Penobscot purchase, the same being number four, as surveyed by Alexander Greenwood: Provided, said grantees, or their assigns, shall first pay to said Commissioners, the expense of surveying and locating said township, and give security to the Commonwealth, in a manner satisfactory to said Commissioners, that they will, within one year from the passing of this resolve, cut out a road two rods wide, from the termination of the road, commonly called the St. John's road, (which has been opened under the direction of said Commissioners, from Penobscot River into township number two, the first range,) to said township, to be conveyed, and clear a travelled path therein, of one rod in width and that within two years, they will clear a like road through said township, so to be conveyed, and make the necessary causeways and bridges thereon, all in a manner to be directed by said Commissioners; and within three years, will place on said township thirty families, as settlers, of the description named in the act, for promoting the sale and settlement of the public lands, in the District of Maine; and also, reserving in said township the usual public lots. ; |
