Massachusetts.

Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, passed by the General Court, at their Session which commenced on Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of May and ended on the twentieth of June, 1816.

Boston: Printed by Russell, Cutler and Co., 1816. [2], 185-281, 5 pp. Index. 8vo. Stitched. First edition. A very good copy, lacking the wrappers. Shaw & Shoemaker 38165. Item #35285

Includes two very important pieces of legislation. The first, "An act concerning the separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts Proper," was the second attempt to provide for voting by the citizens of Maine to become a state. The first vote was positive, but less than half the citizens eligible voted; Harision Gray Otis led a joint committee which concluded "that the great majority of the people are in a state of indifference to the question," and thus submitted the current bill to allow for another vote by the people of Maine. Second was "An Act to empower the town of Boston to choose a Board of Health and to prescribe their power and duty." Along with the first public health bill of 1799, the bill of 1816 (a revision of the earlier law based on hard won experience) became the model for boards of health and the municipal ordinances nationwide. Also includes acts concerning: Cede to the U.S. Piers in Merrimack River; Probate Courts; Atherton Manufacturing Co.; Hancock Aqueduct Association; Island of petit Manan Light House; Kennebunk Bank; Southbridge Factory Co.; Cummington Woollen Manufactory; Fees of Office; U.S. Ordnance Depot; Bridge at Sebasticook River; Franklin Charitable Society; Liverpool Wharf; India Insurance Co.; Keeping of Gunpowder; Merrimack River Association; Belle Island Bridge; Merrimack Boating Co.; Housatonic & Hudson Turnpike Corps.; Standish School Fund; Nanatucket Academy; Bank Bills; Training of Militia; U.S. Light Houses; many others.

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