Laws 1807, C. 47-139
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MAINE STATE LEGISLATURE The following document is provided by the LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DIGITAL LIBRARY at the Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library http://legislature.maine.gov/lawlib Reproduced from scanned originals with text recognition applied (searchable text may contain some errors and/or omissions) LAWS OF THE PASSED AT SEVERAL SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL COURT, HOLDEN IN BOSTON. PUBLISHED AGREEABLY TO A RESOLVE PASSED IN JANUARY, 1808. iUlUllIl\lluUH@l!nnllll\llIlll9! BOSTON: PRINTED BY ADAMS AND RHOADES, ;PRINTERS TO THE. ST4.TE • .... , ........... ... ···'>······· .. ·.111 1808. w· P~SSED AT THE SESSION COMMENCED ON TH~ s~xrrHOF lANUARY, 18080 COURTS IN OXFORD. Jan" 18, An. 18080 ;~ • >' • CHAP. XLVII. An aq to ef1:abliili the {hire town, and the times and place for holding the CC)urt of Comnlon Pleas, within and for the County of Oxford. SECT. 1. BE it enact~d by the Senate and Houfe of Repre~ fentat(ves, in General Court aJ!embled, and by the authority of shbirl'~ tOdwn e~~ ,j L, r; '1'1 h f P . f:' d b 1 ta hlle . IDe jame, . l?-t ~ 7e town 0 : ans, In al county, e t le ihire towp ; and thc~,t a!l the neceffary public buildings be eretled in faiq. town on lll.nd belonging to [aid county, withg in and for ~~lid county of Oxford. SECT: 2. Be. ~t further enacted, Th~t from and ~fter Nllm~cro1terms the pailing of th~s aCt, there fhall be three terms of the and times. Court of COll1nlon Pleas, to be holden at Paris, ,vithin and 1'or the' county of Oxford; one on the fecond Tuefdayof May; one on the fourth Tuefday of Septelnber, and the other <?11 the third Tuefday of February, annually. SECT. 3~ Be it further enacted, That all writs, proceifes, Writs, &c.tobe recognizances and other matters and things, returnable or returned, continued to the Court of Comul0n Pleas, by la'\v next to be h~olden at Pc:ris, \vithin and for faid ~ounty of Oxford, on the fecond Tuefday of May next, fhall be returned to, .~ontinued and have day in the court to be holden on the third'I'uefday of February next. SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That all laws heretofore ~nade and palled, fixing the times and places_ of holding the Laws =cpealea, raid Court of COllllTIOn Pleas, 'within and for [aid county of Oxford, be, and the fame are hereby repealed. a ,OJ • (This aCt paiTed Jan. 18, lSqS.] CHAP\' 2'3S- ,\VEST BOYLSTON. Jan. 30, An. 1808~ CHAP. XL VIII. An ,aCt to incorporate a part of the towns of Boylfton, Hal.. den and Sterling, into a feparate town, by the name of Weft Boy.lfron. , SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate ani l-Ioufe oj ReP7 ~eJentatives, in General Court ajfembled, and by the authority qf the fame, That the traB:: of land, deicribed within the following boundaries, \vith the inhabitants thereon, be, and they are hereby incorporated into a feparate town, by the ~daries. name of Weft Boylfion, viz.-.Begimiing at a black birch tree, on Shrewfbury line, at the [outh ~nd of the centre line of Malden fann, fo called; thence, on [aid centre line~ to a corner of the fecond precipB: in Boylfton, near the dwelling houfe of Reuben ·Dunton ; from th~nce, follow. ing the line between the faid firft and fecond precincts in Boylfron, t'C) Sterling line; thence, on Sterling line, to a. heap of frones, a e,:orner of faid precinct; thence, angling as the line now runs, between thefirft and fec0nd precinctS in faid Sterling, to Holden line ; then~e, from faid Holden line, one huhdred rods, tD a heap of Hones, a corner of faiq firft and fecond precincts in Holden ; thence on the line between the i~tid firft and fecond precinCts in Holden, to an apple tree, on \V orceiter line, near the dwelling houfe of Artemas Bartlptt ; thence, angling o!l the tOWIl lines of. W orceQer and Shrewibury, to the firft mentioned bound .~ .And the faid town of vVeii Boylfton, ihall have and exer-, die all the rights, powers and privileges, and be fubject to aU the eluties which appertain to ot~er towns, according to the conftitution and laws of this commonwealth. SECT~ 2. And be it further enacted, That any perfons~ Cerdiicates re~ ,,,ith their refpeB:ive fall1ilies and eftate'l, who d\vell ""'ith1n qnifite. the limits of the faid town ofWefr Boylfton, and who vvere not originally incorporated in faid fecond precinCt, by the provifions in faid act, anq. who {hall choqfe to belong to the to\vn to vvhich fuch perfons now belong, and ihaH certify fuch choice in writing, to the clerk of hid town of vVeft Boylfron, ""'ithin fix 1110nths from the firft Monday in March next, fuch perfons, 'who fo certify, ihall continue to be inc habitants of fuch to"",Tns re[peCtively, according to fuch choice. SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That the inhabitants~ dwelling \vithin that part of the tOvvn of Sterling, 'which is by this aCt ~11.ade part of th~ to\vn of -\}l eft Boyliton, iha~ hay~ WEST BOYLSTON. Jan. so, An. 180S-p have their equal proportion of all the pU91ic .f)foFer.ty of the town of Sterling, (excepting real efiate, weights ant! meafures} and {hall 'Pay their proportiona~e ,part. ~f all rae Puplic propeny frate, county and town taxes, and ether taxes and clebts equally divided. due from the town of Sterling, previous to, th~ firflMoncla¥ of Man:h next, according to the propo])tions in which they l1ave neretofore paid all public taxes, and town debts ; and the faid inhabitants {hall fupport their due proportion of the poor perfons, who are now fupported by the tOWfl of Sterling : And that any perfon who. may have gained an inh:lbitancy at any time before thefaid firH: Monday of March next, within that part of either the faid towns, whkh 1s by this act incorporated into the town of Weft Boylfton, r" ...1 DelCrJptlOD of and vvho ihall h ereafter need to be fupporteu as poor' :per~ poor to be fup"" fons, {hall befupported by the town of Weft Boyl:fl:on. And ported by\Ve[~ In. t If'1e uture proportlon 0 f fr ate taxes, until'1 a new g.enera·1 Boylfton. valuation ihaU be made, twenty-feven cel1ts {hall be taken from the tOV\Tn of Sterling~ as it fiands in the aggregate, and fet to the town of vVeil Boylfion; and the payor rep refentatives {hall be adjufredin the f~mepropor1:it)n, until: this act fuall be in force. SECT. 4c. Be it further enacted, That all that part of the town of Holden, which is by this act Inade part of the faicl to"vn of Weft BoyHton, fhall not be entitled to an:ypart of Town property the public property of the town of Holden, nor chargeable ;~~~~~';~~~~~.taA- with any part of the expenfe of fupporting' thofe poor per:.. " fons who are now fupported by faid to\vn; and any perf(n~ who hath, or v~ho lTIay hereafter gain an inhabitancy cr fettlement in that part of Holden, which is by this act madE:: part of the town of Weft Boylfton, ihan be fupported b:v the faid town of \iVeft: Boylfion ; and. allInonies HOW raif~ ed, or which may be hereafter raifed, for public purpofe3;; and aU tax bills, which ll1ay be fent by legal authority, tCJ faid town, before the firfr I\10nday in March next, :thaD. bc affeffed and paid in the falne manner aR though this act had :not paffed. And in the future proportion of flate taxes, previous to a ne\v general valu:1tlon, there ihall be feven~ teen cents deduCted froIn the tOVlll of Holden, as it nO'w Hands in the aggregate, and fet to the faid tOV-ll1 of V'len: Boylfron. And the expenfe of reprefentative, until this act {hall be in force, thaU be paid by the faid to\\TDS of ~Holden and "Vell Boylfton, in tbe faIlle proportion ''i~hich they have heretofore paid. SE(;T. 5. Be it jurt/:Jcr CJwllcd, rl'lut the faid t01vn . Ii).f \A.r eft BoylHQn fllall ,re'Ge1vc and f'nprort four tenths of the. 240 BRIDGE" Feb. 8, An. 1808.' the poor perfons now chargeable to the town of Boylfton ... and that they {hall receive the fame proportion of all th; military frores, and of all monies- in the treafury of [aid Sc;hooI fundo , town, excepting the donation from vVard Nicholas Boyl-t: ton, E£q. as a fund for the fupport of fchools in [aid town. And the faidtown of Weft Boylfton fua.ll pay their propor.... tion of all debts and taxes now due, and oyving by the faid town of Boylfion, previous to this act being in force; and until a general valuation {hall take place, of the proportion in the ftate tax, feventy-fix cents !hall be taken fro111 the town of Boylfron, as it fiands in the aggregate, and fet to the town of Weft Boylfion; and the expenfe of reptefenta tive, {hall be paid in the proportion in which it has been heretofore paid. SECT. 6. Be it further enatled, That the provifions in the fourth [pcrion of this aa, concen1ing inhabitancy, ihaU have an equal and uniform effect and operation, alike to the feveral towns lnentioned in this aCt. SECT. 7. Be itfurtherenacted, That either ofthejufHces ;llC;:ice to iifne of the peace for the county of Worcefter, be; and he is :l,varra.nt.