RESOLVE TO PAY EXPENSES INCURRED ON THE BUILDINGS OF THE Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, to the treasurer of the School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth, the sum of three thousand dollars, to be applied on the debt already incurred for building purposes, under the direction of the trustees. Approved March 22, 1861. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF THOMAS F. CORDIS AND OTHERS. Chap. 28. Chap. 29. Resolved, For the reasons set forth in said petition, that Trustee may sell John J. Clarke of Roxbury, in the county of Norfolk, the property. surviving trustee under the will of Thomas Cordis, late of Longmeadow, in the county of Hampden, deceased, be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to sell, at public or private sale, and on such terms and conditions as he shall think proper, and to execute all necessary deeds and instruments to convey, in fee simple, or any less estate, to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, free and discharged from all trusts and claims, arising under or by virtue of the will aforesaid, and from all liability for the application of the purchase money, the real estate on Myrtle Street, in the city of Boston, numbered twenty-seven, with the buildings thereon, and the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, and the same described in a deed of conveyance, from John H. Trowbridge to said Thomas Cordis, dated the first day of January, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and recorded with Suffolk Deeds in liber five hundred ninety-seven, folio six, and all the right, title, interest, estate, claim and demand, of which said Thomas Cordis died seized and possessed therein; and to invest and Investment of hold the net proceeds of such sale, during the lives of the four sons of the said testator, in the same manner as is provided in said will, and for the use and benefit of the same persons, as the said property itself, if it had not been sold, would have been holden under the provisions of said will; and to pay over the income received on said proceeds, to the Income. persons who would have been entitled to the income, and rents and profits of such real estate, had there been no sale or proceedings as are hereby authorized: provided, that the Proviso. said Clarke shall first give satisfactory bond to the judge of probate, or judge of probate and insolvency for said county of Hampden, for the faithful execution of the power hereby conferred on him. Approved March 25, 1861. proceeds. Chap. 30. Allowance for mileage. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF MICHAEL F. NEY. Resolved, That for reasons set forth in the petition of Michael F. Ney, there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, to said petitioner, the sum of eighty dollars. Approved March 26, 1861. Chap. 31. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF COMPANY B, THIRD BATTALION OF INFANTRY. Resolved, That for the reasons set forth in the petition of H. W. Pratt, commander of Company B, Third Battalion of Infantry of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, there be allowed and paid from the treasury of the Commonwealth, to said company, the sum of one hundred and sixty-eight dollars and ninety-six cents, for mileage to the military review given in honor of the Prince of Wales, at Boston, in October last. Approved March 27, 1861. Chap. 32. Expenses under liquor law munerated. re Chap. 33. Secretary Com monwealth to RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF JOHN C. WILLEY. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid from the treasury of the Commonwealth, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, to John C. Willey, as remuneration for expenses incurred by him, in defence of a suit under the liquor law of eighteen hundred and fifty-five. Approved March 27, 1861. RESOLVES IN AID OF THE STATE LIBRARY. Resolved, That the secretary of the Commonwealth be furnish statutes. authorized to furnish the state library, for domestic and international exchanges, upon the request of the librarian and trustees of said library, copies of the General Statutes of eighteen hundred and sixty; also of the annual statutes, law reports, public documents, scientific reports, and whatever works shall hereafter be published by the authority of the legislature. Alcoves, protection of. Clerical assistance. Resolved, That the librarian and trustees of the state library be authorized to provide further protection to the alcoves and books in said library, and that a sum not exceeding seven hundred dollars be appropriated for this purpose. Resolved, That the librarian be authorized to employ additional clerical assistance, to perform such labor as he may require, and that a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars per annum, be appropriated, and the same is hereby appropriated to defray the expense thereof. Approved March 27, 1861. Chap. 34. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF COMPANY B, NINTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Resolved, That for reasons set forth in the petition of John W. Kimball, commander of Company B, Ninth Regi Allowance for mileage and attendance. ment of Infantry, of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, RESOLVE MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO MEET DEFICIENCIES IN Chap. 35. 1859, '60 Resolved, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and For years of the same hereby is appropriated, from the current revenue of the Commonwealth, for the use of the trustees of the state reform school at Westborough, to pay deficiencies in the appropriations for the years eighteen hundred and fiftynine and eighteen hundred and sixty. Approved March 27, 1861. RESOLVE IN AID OF THE NEW ENGLAND FEMALE MORAL REFORM SOCIETY. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, one thousand dollars, in aid of the New England Female Moral Reform Society, to be used by its officers in furtherance of the benevolent designs of that corporation. Approved March 27, 1861. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF INCREASE N. EMERTON. Resolved, For reasons set forth in the petition of Increase N. Emerton, that there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth to said petitioner, the sum of fifty dollars. Approved March 27, 1861. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF SOLOMON THAYER. Chap. 36. Chap. 37. Chap. 38. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the Expenses of suit treasury of the Commonwealth, the sum of twenty-nine remunerated. dollars, to Solomon Thayer of Southbridge, as remuneration for expense incurred in defence of a suit brought against him as an officer executing the law concerning the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. Approved March 28, 1861. RESOLVE DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH TO DISTRIBUTE CERTAIN SPECIAL ACTS. Chap. 39. Resolved, That the secretary of the Commonwealth be Acts passed subdirected to furnish one copy each of the special acts of the sequent to 1848, legislature, passed subsequently to the year eighteen hun- scribed. distribution pre Chap. 40. Appropriation authorized. dred and forty-eight, to the members of the senate and house of representatives; the masters in chancery; the commissioners of insolvency; the judges, clerks, and registers of the judicial courts; the trial justices; the districtattorneys; the county commissioners; the sheriffs and keepers of jails; the registers of deeds; the keepers of the houses of correction; the warden of the state prison; the county treasurers; Harvard University, for the use of the law library; Harvard University; Williams College; Amherst College; Tufts College; Wilbraham Academy; Historic Genealogical Society; Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Massachusetts Historical Society; Boston Athenæum; American Antiquarian Society in Worcester; Pilgrim Society in Plymouth; Old Colony Historical Society in Taunton; the law library societies in each county; the judges of the supreme court of the United States; the judge of the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts; the clerks of the courts of the United States for the district of Massachusetts; and four copies, each, to the secretary of State of the United States; three copies, each, to the secretary of each State of the Union, for the use of the state; and three copies to the library of congress. Approved March 28, 1861. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF F. G. TOWLE AND S. S. SEAVY. Resolved, That for reasons set forth in the petition of F. G. Towle and S. S. Seavy, there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, to said petitioners, the sum of twenty dollars and fifty cents, as compensation for the use of a carriage at the military review at Concord, in September, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. Approved March 28, 1861. Chap. 41. RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR INDEMNIFICATION FOR CATTLE KILLED BY Commissioners to certify facts to governor. ORDER OF COMMISSIONERS. Resolved, That the commissioners appointed under the act approved April fourth, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty, and entitled "An Act to provide for the extirpation of the disease called pleuro-pneumonia among cattle," be and they hereby are required to certify to the governor and council, the names of all persons whose cattle were killed by their authority, for the reason that they appeared to be affected with the disease called pleuro-pneumonia, and not paid for, together with the number, description, and fair value of such cattle at the time they were killed. Upon tionary. the receipt of such certificate, the governor, with the advice Warrants discreand consent of the council, may draw his warrants in favor of such persons, and for such sums as shall appear to them to be justly due. The money so appropriated shall be taken from the appropriation for carrying into effect the provisions of the laws concerning contagious diseases among cattle. Approved March 28, 1861. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF THE GUARDIAN OF THE PUNKAPOG TRIBE OF Chap. 42. INDIANS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF SALLY BURR, OF CAMBRIDGEPort. authorized. Resolved, That for reasons set forth in the petition of Appropriation Sally Burr, of Cambridgeport, a member of the Punkapog tribe of Indians, there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, to the guardian of said tribe, the sum of fifty-two dollars, for the benefit of said Sally Burr. Approved March 28, 1861. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF THE GUARDIAN OF THE PUNKAPOG TRIBE OF Chap. 43. INDIANS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF POLLY CROWD. propriation au Resolved, That for reasons set forth in the petition of Additional apPolly Crowd, a member of the Punkapog tribe of Indians, thorized. there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, to the guardian of said tribe, in addition to what she now receives, under a resolve passed in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, the sum of fiftytwo dollars, for the benefit of the said Polly Crowd. Approved March 28, 1861. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF DENNIS S. HOGAN. Resolved, For reasons set forth in the petition of Dennis S. Hogan, that there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, to said petitioner, the sum of two hundred dollars. Approved March 28, 1861. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF THE GUARDIAN OF THE PUNKAPOG TRIBE OF INDIANS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHARLOTTE E. MYERS. Chap. 44. Chap. 45. authorized. Resolved, That for reasons set forth in the petition of Appropriation Charlotte E. Myers, a member of the Punkapog tribe of Indians, there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, to the guardian of said tribe, the sum of fifty-two dollars, for the benefit of the said Charlotte E. Myers. Approved March 28, 1861. RESOLVE IN RELATION TO THE STATE PRISON. Chap. 46. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the Appropriation treasury of the Commonwealth, the sum of four thousand authorized. for expenditures |