the name of Mary McDonald; Sophronia Weston Lowe, of Charlestown, may take the name of Sophia Abby Weston Lowe; Amos Hartwell Hodgman, of Carlisle, may take the name of Celius Melbourne Hodgman; John Samuel Trickey, of Charlestown, may take the name of John Samuel Milton; Francis Louis Ringold, a minor, of Cambridge, may take the name of Francis Louis Lander,-all of the county of Middlesex. Ephraim Kingsbury Wetherbee, of Gardner, may take the Worcester. name of Ephraim Wetherbee; Mary Adaline Putnam, of Hubbardston, may take the name of Mary Putnam Clark; Simon Ephraim Willard Peck, of Hardwick, may take the name of Willard Peck; Josiah Richardson, of Leominster, may take the name of Josiah Carter Richardson; Silas Smith Hall, of Northbridge, a minor, may take the name of Silas Wood Smith; Ralph Patch, Junior, of Leominster, may take the name of William Ralph Patch; Almon Whittemore, of Leominster, may take the name of George Almon Whittemore; Charles Clarence Valentine Hyde, of Southborough, a minor, may take the name of Charles Clarence Hobart; John Henry Capron, of Uxbridge, may take the name of Henry Capron; Susan M. Blood, of Worcester, may take the name of Susan M. Thompson; Foster Walker, of North Brookfield, may take the name of Lyman Walker; Perez French, Junior, of Hubbardston, may take the name of Charles Willis Ashley; Mary Maley, of Upton, may take the name of Mary Jane Hall; Benjamin Munjoy, of Westminster, may take the name of Benjamin Blake; Dolly Munjoy, of Westminster, may take the name of Dolly Blake; Francis Munjoy, of Westminster, may take the name of Francis Blake; Calvin Munjoy, of Westminster, may take the name of Calvin Blake; Sarah E. Munjoy, of Westminster, may take the name of Sarah E. Blake; Harriet E. Munjoy, of Westminster, may take the name of Harriet Eliza Blake; Franklin Webster Adams, of Douglas, may take the name of Franklin Adams Fairbanks; William Jackson Davis, of Southbridge, may take the name of Andrew Jackson Davis; Lucy Woodward Harrington, of Paxton, may take the name of Lucy Alona Harrington; Edwin Munjoy, of Westminster, may take the name of Edwin Blake,—all of the county of Worcester. Jared Smith Bement may take the name of Henry Smith Hampshire. Nash; Abby Sophia Hawks may take the name of Abby Hawks Nash, both of Granby, in the county of Hampshire. Moses Eustis Hamilton, of Chester, may take the name of Hampden. William Eustis Hamilton; Adams Hamilton, of Chester, may take the name of Edward Everett Hamilton; Chauncey R. Gross, of Westfield, may take the name of Chauncey R. Franklin. Berkshire. Chauncey; Elias Smith Cook, of Wilbraham, may take the name of Ansel Wright; Jane Ann Cook, of Wilbraham, may take the name of Jane Wright; Ira Hinckley Cook, of Wilbraham, a minor, may take the name of Ira Hinckley Wright; Laura Jane Cook, of Wilbraham, a minor, may take the name of Laura Jane Wright; Austin Smith Cook, of Wilbraham, a minor, may take the name of Austin Smith Wright; Lucy Ann Cook, of Wilbraham, a minor, may take the name of Lucy Ann Wright; Mary Elizabeth Cook, of Wilbraham, a minor, may take the name of Mary Elizabeth Wright; John Rollin Alden, of Wilbraham, may take the name of Charles Harrey Gay; Mary Alden, of Wilbraham, may take the name of Emma Lucy Gay; Ella Maria Alden, of Wilbraham, may take the name of Ella Maria Gay; Jonathan Hoar, of Monson, may take the name of Jonathan Homer; Rodolphus Hoar, of Monson, may take the name of Rodolphus Homer; Pamelia Graves Hoar, of Monson, may take the name of Pamelia Graves Homer; Louisa Adelaide Hoar, of Monson, may take the name of Louisa Adelaide Homer; Martha A. Sumner, of Palmer, may take the name of Martha A. Converse; Caroline King Hoar, of Monson, may take the name of Caroline King Homer; Mary Robbins Hoar, of Monson, may take the name of Mary Robbins Homer; Albert King Hoar, of Monson, may take the name of Albert King Homer; George Adams Hoar, of Monson, may take the name of George Adams Homer; Lucinda Graves, of Springfield, may take the name of Mariah Luella Graves, all of the county of Hampden. David Allen Graves, of Ashfield, a minor, may take the name of Addison Graves; Charles Henry Fairbanks, of Rowe, a minor, may take the name of Myron Corbet Blodget; Mercy Mayhew Hawkes, of Charlemont, may take the name of Clara Isadore Hawkes; Benjamin Dunkley, of Sunderland, may take the name of Benjamin Franklin Dunkley; Younglove Bixby, of Leverett, may take the name of John Younglove Bixby; Sophronia Augusta Smith, of Sunderland, may take the name of Helen Maria Wright; Edwin Blakeslee, of Heath, may take the name of Edwin Louis Blakeslee, all of the county of Franklin. Josiah Hamilton Leonard, of Peru, a minor, may take the name of Josiah Hamilton Butts; James Munroe Wilcox, of Sandisfield, may take the name of Munroe Wilcox; Lucy Wilder, of Peru, may take the name of Lucy Ide Cone; Silas Bingham Bottom, of Hinsdale, may take the name of Silas Bingham; Mary Charlotte Bottom, of Hinsdale, may take the name of Mary Charlotte Bingham; Marion Bottom, of Hinsdale, may take the name of Julia Marion Bingham; Elizabeth Nelson Bottom, of Hinsdale, may take the name of Elizabeth Nelson Bingham; George S. Moulton, of Lee, may take the name of George Moulton Bradley; Margaret Joy, of Hinsdale, may take the name of Margaret Loomise,―all of the county of Berkshire. John King, of Roxbury, may take the name of John Crook- Norfolk. shanks King; Eliza Boyden Bullard, of Walpole, may take the name of Adaliza Maria Curtis; Calvin Cutler, of Dorchester, a minor, may take the name of John Calvin Cutler; George Sampson, of Dorchester, a minor, may take the name of George Alfred Sampson; Martha Ann Batchelder, of Quincy, may take the name of Martha Ann Brown; Hannah Maria Shepherd, of Milton, may take the name of Hannah Josephine Shepherd; Lucy Ann Ambler, of Dedham, may take the name of Lucy Ann Priest; Mathew H. Stanley, of Cohasset, may take the name of Charles H. Stanley; Emma Josephine Weeks, of Quincy, a minor, may take the name of Emma Josephine Cole; Charles William Miles, of Roxbury, a minor, may take the name of Charles Appleton Miles; Theodore Dunn, Junior, a minor, of Roxbury, may take the name of Theodore Leonard Dunn; Richard White, of Roxbury, may take the name of Richard Guilford White; Charles Francis Atkinson, of Brookline, a minor, may take the name Charles Follen Atkinson; James M. Tucker, of Roxbury, may take the name of James Tucker Dudley,-all of the county of Norfolk. Gideon Tripp, of Westport, may take the name of Gideon Bristol.. Wait Tripp; John Wood, of New Bedford, may take the name of John Franklin Wood; Bathsheba Dean, of Fall River, may take the name of Annie B. Dean, all of the county of Bristol. William Brigham Tappan, of Marshfield, may take the Plymouth. name of William Bingham Tappan; John Perkins, of Middleborough, a minor, may take the name of John Jasper Perkins; Eugene Bray, of Abington, may take the name of Henry Warren Hill; Eliza Vaughan Harvey, of Plymouth, a minor, may take the name of Eliza Sutton Vaughan Harvey; Martin Packard, of North Bridgewater, may take the name of Martin T. Packard; Martin Sumner Orcutt, of East Bridgewater, may take the name of Martin Sumner; Susan Orcutt, of East Bridgewater, may take the name of Susan Sumner; Newton Sumner Orcutt, of East Bridgewater, may take the name of Newton Sumner; Susan Mercy Orcutt, of East Bridgewater, may take the name of Susan Mercy Sumner,-all of the county of Plymouth. Sukey Crosby Sparrow, of Orleans, may take the name of Barnstable. Susan Maria Sparrow; Ella Theodora Crowell, of Yarmouth, a minor, may take the name of Abigail Hedge Crowell; Edward Hallet, 2d, of Yarmouth, may take the name of Edward Bangs Hallet; David Smith, 3d, of Provincetown, Dukes County. Chap. 250 Boundaries. Name. Powers and duties. may take the name of David Augustus Smith; Thankful C. Foster, of Brewster, may take the name of Emily C. Foster; Thaddeus F. Young, of Brewster, may take the name of Charles F. Young; Edward McLaughlin, of Chatham, may take the name of Edward Howard; Emily McLaughlin, of Chatham, may take the name of Emily Howard; Emma Augusta McLaughlin, a minor, of Chatham, may take the name of Emma Augusta Howard; Marcus William McLaughlin, a minor, of Chatham, may take the name of Marcus William Howard; Agnes Ann McLaughlin, a minor, of Chatham, may take the name of Agnes Ann Howard,-all of the county of Barnstable. Edwin Coffin, a minor, of Edgartown, in the county of Dukes County, may take the name of Edwin Russell Coffin. And the several persons before named, from and after the passing of this act, shall be known and called by the names which by this act they are respectively allowed to assume as aforesaid, and the same shall hereafter be considered as their only proper and legal names. May 23, 1851. AN ACT to incorporate the Town of West Roxbury. SECTION 1. That portion of the city of Roxbury lying south-westerly of a line commencing at a point in the line which divides the city of Roxbury from the town of Dorches ter, which point is directly parallel to the last angle in Seaver Street before its intersection with the Brushill Turnpike; thence running from said point till it meets the north-easterly side of Seaver Street; thence running in a north-westerly direction, and following the north-easterly line of Seaver Street, until it strikes Walnut Street; thence continuing across said Walnut Street, in the same general direction, and following the north-easterly side of a new street recently laid out, and which forms a continuation of said Seaver Street, until it strikes the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike; and from the last named point, said point being the intersection of the said new street and the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike, the said line then running in a north-westerly direction, and in a straight course, including the dwelling-house of Leonard Hyde, Esq., and twenty-five feet from the rear thereof, and thence continuing in the same straight course and direction until it strikes the line which separates the town of Brookline from the city of Roxbury, is hereby incorporated into a town by the name of West Roxbury; and the inhabitants of the said town of West Roxbury are hereby invested with all the powers and privileges, and shall be subject to the duties and requisitions of other incorporated towns, according to the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. of taxes to Rox and state taxes proportion of the SECTION 2. The inhabitants of the said town of West Shall pay arrears Roxbury shall be holden to pay all arrears of taxes which bury. have been assessed upon them by the city of Roxbury, before the passing of this act, and also their proportion of all county shall pay county and state taxes that may be assessed upon them previously till next valua to the taking of the next state valuation; such proportion to tion. be ascertained and determined by the last city valuation; Holden to pay and the said town of West Roxbury shall be holden to debts of city of pay their proportion of the debts due and owing, at the time Roxbury. of the passage of this act, from the city of Roxbury, and shall be entitled to receive of the city of Roxbury their proportion of all the corporate property now owned by said city of Roxbury, such proportion to be ascertained by the last valuation of said city of Roxbury: provided, however, that Proviso. the city of Roxbury shall be authorized to collect the tax City of Roxbury which is assessed by virtue of law on the first of May, this lect the tax of current year, upon the inhabitants and owners of property shall pay over, in said West Roxbury; and the said city of Roxbury, after &c. deducting the reasonable expenses of assessing and collecting the same, shall account with and pay over the same to the town treasurer of said West Roxbury; and the said city of Roxbury shall incur no liability for the said town of West Roxbury, after the passage of this act. authorized to col current year, and SECTION 3. The said city of Roxbury and the town of Liability for West Roxbury shall be respectively liable for the support of paupers. all persons who now do, or hereafter shall, stand in need of relief as paupers, whose settlement was gained or derived from a settlement gained or derived within their respective limits. greement, court erees, &c. SECTION 4. In case the said city of Roxbury and town In case of disaof West Roxbury shall disagree in respect to a division of of common pleas paupers, city property, city debts, or state and county taxes, to appoint refthe court of common pleas for the county of Norfolk are hereby authorized to, and shall, on application of said city of Roxbury, or of said town of West Roxbury, appoint three disinterested persons to hear the parties and award thereon, which award, when accepted by such court, shall be final. In the division of the city property, the Brook Brook Farm and Farm and the land known as the Forest Hills Cemetery etery, how disshall be assigned to the said city of Roxbury, if desired by posed of. the city authorities, provided that the said city of Roxbury shall assume and discharge the debts created by the purchase of said farm and cemetery, and the incidents thereof; and the same shall be free from taxation so long as they shall be occupied for the purposes of a poor farm and a cemetery respectively. Forest Hills Cem shall remain a SECTION 5. The town of West Roxbury shall, for the West Roxbury purpose of electing the representatives to the general court part of Roxbury |