annexed to their names respectively, in addition to their pay as members of the legislature: Hon. Nathan Willis, nine days, nine dollars. Hon. Israel Bartlett, nine days, nine dollars. David Perry, nine days, nine dollars which sums shall be in full for their services aforesaid respectively. Resolve for paying the Clerks of the General Court. June 14, 1810. Resolved, That there be paid out of the publick treasury, to Nathaniel Coffin, clerk of the Senate, and to Charles P. Sumner, clerk of the house of Representatives, one hundred, and fifty dollars each, and also to Samuel F. M'Cleary, assistant clerk of the Senate, and to Thomas Wallcut, assistant clerk of the House of Representatives, one hundred dollars each, in full for their services in said offices the present session of the General Court. XXVI. Resolve establishing the pay of the and Treasurer's Offices. Clerks in the Secretary's Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the Treasury of this Commonwealth to the first Clerk in the Secretary's Office, three dollars and eighty-four cents per day, and to each of the other Clerks in said office three dollars per day, for each day they are respectively employed therein for one year, commencing the first day of the present month of June. And be it further resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury aforesaid, to each of the two clerks in the Treasurer's office, the sum of three dollars and eighty-four cents for each day they are respectively employed therein, for one year commencing the first day of the present month of June. XXVII. Resolve granting Jacob Kuhn 750 dollars, to purchase fuel, &c. June 14, 1810. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth to Jacob Kuhn, messenger of the General Court, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, to enable him to purchase fuel and such other articles as may be necessary for the use of the General Court, together with the Governor and Council Chamber, the Secretary's and Treasurer's offices, he to be accountable for the expenditure of the same. XXVIII. Resolve in favour of Sylvanus Lapham. June 14, 1810. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the publick treasury of this Commonwealth unto Sylvanus Lapham, assistant to the Messenger of the General Court, for extra service, twenty-five dollars over and above his usual pay, in full for said service the present session of the General Court. XXIX. Resolve on petition of the Trustees of Sandwich Academy, extending time for locating lands. June 14, 1810. Upon the petition of the trustees of Sandwich Academy, praying for further time to locate the land granted to said Academy February, 1804. Resolved, For reasons set forth in said petition, that there be allowed to the said Trustees, for the purpose of locating said land, the further time of two years from the passing of this resolve. XXX. Resolve for paying the commissioners appointed to inspect the Penobscot Bank. June 14, 1810. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the publick treasury to the several persons hereafter mentioned, the sums set against their names respectively, amounting in the whole to one hundred and one dollars and twenty-five cents, in full discharge and satisfaction for their services and expenses in examining the doings of the Penobscot Bank, in pursuance of a resolve of the last General Court, viz. To Nathan Reed, Esq. To Phineas Ashmun, Esq. - To John Davis, Esq. $31 75 31 75 37 75 And that the Governour with the advice of Council be requested to draw his warrants on the Treasurer for the several sums aforesaid, in favour of the said persons respectively. XXXI. Resolve granting Roger Hunnewell 10 dollars in addition to his pension. June 14, 1810. On the petition of Roger Hunnewell who has been a pensioner for more than sixty years, and has received the sum of forty dollars annually from this government, and prays for further allowance. Resolved, For reasons set forth in said petition that there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth to the said Roger Hunnewell, the sum of ten dollars annually in addition to his present pension, and that the Governor with advice of Council is hereby requested to issue his warrants on the Treasurer for the payment of the same. XXXII. Resolve on the petition of James Bowdoin, and Thomas L. Winthrop, Esquires. June 14, 1810. Upon the petition of James Bowdoin and Thomas L. Winthrop, Esquires, as they are executors of the last will and testament of Elizabeth Lady Temple, late of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, deceased, praying that said Thomas may be authorized to execute certain contracts for the transfer of real estates which were the property of the said Elizabeth Lady Temple. Resolved, That the said Thomas L. Winthrop be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to perform and execute any contracts (whether the same be under seal or otherwise) which were duly made and entered into by the said Elizabeth in her life time, for the conveyance of any real estate, or where any such contracts were made by said Elizabeth Lady Temple by attorney, or where the consideration was actually paid or secured to be paid to her by bond, note, or otherwise. And for this purpose to make and execute good and sufficient deeds of conveyance, which deeds when so inade and executed, shall be good and valid to pass any such estate as fully and effectually, as the same might have been conveyed by the said Elizabeth Lady Temple in her life time, and the said Thomas L. Winthrop shall be holden to account before the Court of Probate for the use of the heirs or legatees for all monies he may receive in the completion of such contracts. XXXIII. Resolve on the petition of Augustus Johnson, authorizing the Supreme Judicial Court to grant a review. June 14, 1810. On the petition of Augustus Johnson of Cambridge, in the county of Franklin, and state of Vermont, trader, praying that he may be allowed to review an action against him, in favour of Rufus Harvey, of Granville, in the county of Hampshire, in which judgment was rendered at the Court of Common Pleas holden at Northampton, within and for the said county of Hampshire, on the Monday next preceding the second Tuesday of January, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred, against the said Augustus upon default, and stating that he had no knowledge of the said suit, until after the rendition of said judgment. Resolved, For reasons set forth in said petition, that the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, are hereby authorized to grant a review of the cause aforesaid, upon the application of the said Augustus, in the same way and manner they might have done, if the said Augustus had applied therefor, within three years after the rendition of the judgment aforesaid: Provided, The said application shall be made to the said court at the next term thereof, holden within and for the said county of Hampshire. XXXIV. Resolve making an appropriation for the State Prison. June 14, 1810. Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of Council, be, and he is hereby authorized to draw warrants upon the Treasurer of this Commonwealth, in favour of the superintendant of the State's Prison for such sums, at such periods as may be deemed expedient by the Governor and Council, not exceeding six thousand dollars, to enable said superintendant to perform his contract and defray the expenses of said prison the present year, he to be accountable for the same. XXXV. Resolve granting a tax for the county of Norfolk. June 14, 1810. Wheaeas it appears from the representation from the members of this House from the county of Norfolk, that the estimate for a county tax, together with the Treasurer's account, were exhibited at the last session of the last General Court, and that the same have been mislaid and are not to be found on the files of the house, and the clerk of said county of Norfolk has now exhibited an attested copy of said estimate made in December 1809, amounting to three thousand five hundred dollars. Therefore, Be it resolved, That the estimate made by the Court of Common Pleas for said county in December 1809, amounting to three thousand five hundred dollars, be granted as a county tax, for the county of Norfolk, for the current year, to be appropriated, assessed, collected, paid in and applied for the purposes for which it was granted, and according to law. And it is further resolved, That the Treasurer of said county shall be obliged to exhibit at the next session of this Court, an attested copy of his account current for the expenditure of the tax for the last year. XXXVI. Resolve on the petition of William Bucknam. August 15, 1810. On the petition of William Bucknam, administrator on the estate of Mary Bucknam, late of Columbia in the County of Washington. |