And said Committee are further authorized to consider and report what alterations, if any, ought to be made in the rate of toll taken at the second gate: Provided, that thirty days notice of the time and place of the first meeting of said Committee, be given by publication thereof in the Hampden Federalist, printed at Springfield, and the Berkshire Star, printed three weeks successively before the meeting of said Committee.

CHAP. XCVII.

Governor's Message. February 9th, 1820.

Gentlemen of the Senate, and

Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,

The Secretary will lay before you, a communication I have received from the Governor of the State of Ohio, refering to several resolutions of the General Assembly of that State, relating to an Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, proposed by the State of Pennsylvania, for restricting the power of Congress, in establishing any bank or other monied institution, to the District of Columbia.

I avail myself of this occasion, to inform you, that the resignation of Major General Amos Hovey, has created a vacancy in the office of Major General, in the second division of the militia.

Council Chamber, February 9, 1820.

JOHN BROOKS.

CHAP. XCVIII.

Resolve granting Fifty Dollars to the Town of Attleborough, for Support of J. Barnard. February 9th, 1820.

On the petition of Lemuel May, Esquire, praying for allowance for the support of Joseph Barnard, a Commonwealth's pauper :

Resolved, For reasons set forth in said petition, that there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth, to said inhabitants, the sum of fifty dollars, in full for the support of the said Joseph Barnard, to the twentieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

CHAP. XCIX.

Resolve on the petition of Benjamin R. Nichols.
February 9th, 1820.

On the memorial of Benjamin R. Nichols, of Salem, in the County of Essex, in behalf of the Commissioners of the Legislature, for arranging and transcribing the Plymouth Colony Records, stating that they, or any one of them, were appointed by the Legislature, in June, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, a Committee to cause the said records to be arranged and transcribed, and for that purpose, were authorized to remove the records from the Register of Deeds' Office, in Plymouth, and to return them when completed, to the same place, and to deposit the copies in the Secretary's Office in Boston; that the said Nichols, at the request of the other Commissioners, undertook the aforesaid trust, and performed part of said services, as by his report heretofore made to the Legislature; since which time he has completed the same Therefore,

Resolved, For reasons set forth in said memorial, that there be paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth, to the said Benjamin R. Nichols, the further sum of one thousand dollars, the same being in full for repairing, arranging, transcribing and indexing the Plymouth Colony Records, including expenses for paper, binding and stationary, cases for the records, travelling, and all other expenses in relation to that subject, by the said Nichols, and his assistants, and the other Commissioners. And His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of Council, is requested to issue a warrant on the treasury accordingly, for the payment of the said sum.

CHAP. C.

Resolve on the First Precinct in Middleborough.
February 10th, 1820.

On the petition of the First Precinct in Middleborough, praying to be authorized to raise money for a ministerial fund, by tax:

Resolved, For reasons set forth in said petition, that the inhabitants of said precinct be, and they hereby are authorized and empowered to raise by tax, a sum of money, not exceeding three thousand and five hundred dollars, to be agreed upon, assessed, and collected in the usual way of raising money for parochial purposes; which sum, with other money now in the treasury of said precinct, may be placed in the hands of Trustees, to be kept as a fund for the use of those inhabitants of said precinct, who shall be incorporated into a new parish, agreeably to the petition of John Tinkham and others, now pending before this General Court.

CHAP. CI.

Resolve on the petition of Joseph Raynes, for an Old Soldier's Gratuity. February 11th, 1820.

On the petition of Joseph Raynes, praying that a gratuity for revolutionary services, performed by Jonathan Tyler, Junior, may be paid him:

Resolved, That, for reasons set forth in said petition, there be paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth, sixteen dollars, in full for the gratuity mentioned in said petition; and the Governor of this Commonwealth is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer, in favor of the said Raynes, for that sum.

CHAP. CII.

Resolve on the petition of John Spring.
February 11th, 1820.

On the petition of John Spring, in behalf of himself, and Seth Spring:

Resolved, For the reasons set forth in the said petition, that two thirds of the amount of monies for which the Commissioners of the Land Office were authorized by resolve of this Legislature, passed February twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, to pay Seth Spring, Andrew M. Spring, and John Spring, be paid to Seth Spring and John Spring, on their complying with the proviso of said resolve; and the remaining third, be paid to Andrew M. Spring, on his compliance with the condition aforesaid, by appearing in person, or by proper attorney.

Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be, and he hereby is authorized to draw his warrant on the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, in favor of the said Commissioners of the Land Office, for such sum of money as they shall require, to enable them to carry the foregoing resolve into effect.

CHAP. CIII.

Resolve on the petition of Lydia Rowell, authorizing her to Sell Real Estate. February 11th, 1820.

On the petition of Lydia Rowell, widow:

Resolved, That the said Lydia Rowell, in her capacity of Guardian to Moses Rowell, a minor, be, and she is hereby empowered to sell so much of the real estate of the said Moses Rowell, her ward, as shall amount to and produce the sum of four hundred dollars, and incidental charges, necessary to purchase certain rights in the iron works on Powow River, in the Town of Salisbury, and thereby to relieve the premises from the incumbrances stated in her said petition; the said Guardian to post notifications, thirty days

before the sale, and to give bonds to the Judge of Probate for the County of Essex, to be under oath, and to observe the rules and regulations relative to said sale, in the same manner as is provided for, in cases where executors and administrators shall have been empowered by court, to make sale of the real estate of deceased persons, for the payment of their just debts.

CHAP. CIV.

Resolve on the petition of Amos G. Baldwin.
February 11th, 1820.

On the petition of the Reverend Amos G. Baldwin, of Ogdensburgh, in the County of St. Lawrence, and State of New York, praying that he may be exempted from all liability in law, in consequence of having illegally solemnized a marriage, in this Commonwealth :

Resolved, For reasons set forth in said petition, that the aforesaid Amos G. Baldwin be, and he hereby is exempted from all liability, in law, to any prosecution or penalty incurred by him, in consequence of having solemnized a marriage, in the Town of Great Barrington, in this Commonwealth, on the twenty seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventeen, between the Reverend Samuel Griswold and Miss Maria Riley, both of Great Barrington, aforesaid.

Resolved, That the marriage aforesaid, of the Reverend Samuel Griswold and Maria Riley, solemnized as aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby made good and valid in law, any statute of this Commonwealth to the contrary notwithstanding.

Resolved, also, That the issue of the marriage aforesaid, if any, be, and they are hereby declared legitimate, and made capable in law, of inheriting and of transmitting by inheritance, through or from them, in the same way and manner as though such marriage were originally solemnized according to law.