From Mar. 17, 1785 to Mar. 7, 1791.

Extracted from the accounts of the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands,

CHAP. CXXXI.

Resolve for the payment of Eight Thousand Dollars to the District of Maine, conditionally. February 25th, 1820.

Resolved, That if the District of Maine shall become a Separate and Independent State, on or before the last Wednesday in May next, the Treasurer of this Commonwealth be, and he is hereby authorized to pay to the Treasurer of said State of Maine, on the tenth day of June, the sum of eight thousand dollars, as part of the State Tax, assessed and levied on said District, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, which sum, so paid and received, is to be accounted for, and allowed by said State of Maine, in the distribution and division of the public property, according to the provisions of the act of separation, passed the nineteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen: Provided, however, that the Legislature of said State of Maine, shall first pass a resolve, authorizing their Treasurer to receive said sum, to be accounted for, and allowed in manner aforesaid.

CHAP. CXXXII.

Resolve to facilitate a Settlement with Maine.
February 25th, 1820.

Resolved, In order to facilitate the future settlement between Massachusetts and the District of Maine, according to the act of separation, of the nineteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, that it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of this Commonwealth, and all receivers of public monies, belonging to the same, to make up, and cause their respective accounts to be made up and stated, to the day on which the said District shall be admitted a Separate and Independent State, exhibiting the funds in the treasury, the several sums due, to and from the Commonwealth, as of that date.

CHAP. CXXXIII.

Resolve on the petition of David Dunbar and Jeremiah Wardwell, for the Town of Penobscot, granting a tract of Land. February 25th, 1820.

On the petition of the inhabitants of the Town of Penobscot, by David Dunbar and Jeremiah Wardwell, their committee:

Resolved, That the Commissioners of the Land Office be, and they hereby are authorized to make the inhabitants of the Town of Penobscot, an allowance and satisfaction for the just proportion of the public taxes on all the lands within said township, released to the Commonwealth, by the heirs and legal representatives of the late Leonard Jarvis, Esquire, (said public taxes having been assessed upon the inhabitants and estates within said town, during the exemption of such released lands from taxation,) by conveying unto them, in fee, a parcel or tract of said land, at its just value, equivalent thereto, for the use of the schools within said town.

CHAP. CXXXIV.

Resolve on the petition of Joseph Bridgman, Junior.
February 25th, 1820.

On the petition of Joseph Bridgman, Junior, of Belchertown, in the County of Hampshire, one of the Administrators on the estate of Henry Dwight, Esquire, late of said Belchertown, deceased, praying that he may be authorized to convey to Simeon Dwight, of said Belchertown, one undivided half of a certain pew, in the congregational meeting house, in Belchertown aforesaid, according to a contract of the said deceased:

Resolved, That the said Joseph Bridgman, Junior, Administrator as aforesaid be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to make a good and sufficient deed of the said half of a pew, according to the prayer of the said petition.

CHAP. CXXXV.

Resolve relating to the Distribution of Books, Maps, &e. belonging to the Commonwealth. February 25th, 1820.

The Committee of both Houses, appointed to consider what copies of the laws, resolves, records, and other documents of this Commonwealth, and territorial plans of eastern lands, ought to be furnished and delivered to the government of Maine, have investigated that subject, and ask leave to report the following resolve.

Resolved, That the Secretary of State of this Commonwealth be, and hereby is authorized to deliver, as soon as may be, after the time when said District of Maine shall be admitted, by Congress, as a Separate and Independent State, to the Secretary of State, pro tempore, for the proposed State of Maine, for the use of said proposed State, one third part of all the copies of the laws, resolves, term reports, and all other books and maps belonging to said Commonwealth, and not appropriated by any previous law or resolve, except in cases where there are but two copies, to deliver one. And that authenticated copies of all the plans, papers, deeds, records, and other documents, in any of the public offices of this Commonwealth, or elsewhere, which may be necessary or convenient for the said proposed State of Maine, be furnished by the proper officer or officers, to the said Secretary of State of the said proposed State; and the expenses thereof to be divided in the proportion of two thirds to this Commonwealth, and one third to said proposed State of Maine; provided, the whole expense of such authenticated copies, shall not exceed one thousand dollars: Provided, however, that this Commonwealth shall not be charged with any part of the expense, for any copies, which shall not be ordered before the expiration of two years from the time of such admission.

CHAP. CXXXVI.

Resolve to pay Chaplains, &c. February 25th, 1820.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the public treasury of this Commonwealth, to the Reverend John G. Palfrey, Chaplain of the Senate, and to the Reverend William Jenks, Chaplain of the House of Representatives, sixty dollars each, in full for their services in said offices, the present year. Also,

Resolved, That there shall be allowed and paid out of the public treasury, to the gentleman who shall preach the Election Sermon, in May next, fifty dollars; and that His Excellency the Governor be authorized to draw his warrants on the treasury, for said sums.

CHAP. CXXXVII.

Resolve to pay Thomas Walcutt. February 25th, 1820.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid to Thomas Walcutt, a Clerk in the Lobbies, for the assistance of the Members of the Legislature, one hundred and twenty five dollars, in full for his services during the present session of the General Court.