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CHAP. XXIX.

An act for paying the wages of the members of this present session of Assembly.

WHEREAS by an act entitled "An act for fixing Wages of members of the allowance of the members of general assembly,' general as passed at this present session by authority from the sembly, how body of the people, it was provided that the said al

estimated

and paid.

lowance should be of fifty pounds of neat tobacco by the day for attendance on assembly, two pounds of the like tobacco for every mile they must necessarily travel going to or from the same together with their ferriages, to be paid to them in money out of the publick treasury, at such rate as shall be estimated by the grand jury at the session of the general court next, before the meeting of each respective session of assembly, governing themselves in the said estimate by the worth of the said tobacco, and the competence of the same to defray the necessary expenses of travelling and attendance; but no mode was pointed out for estimating the said tobacco for this present session: Be Grand jury it therefore enacted, That the grand jury which shall at general be sworn at the first session of the general court after the passing of this act, shall make the said estimate as price of to- well for the present, as for any session which may enbacco, paya- sue; and such estimation being made it shall be lawful ble to mem- for the several members to receive payment of the same sembly. of the treasurer, for their attendance at, and travelling

Court, to estimate the

bers of as

to, and from, the present session, and their ferriages, observing the forms heretofore prescribed by law. No person shail henceforward be capable of serving on any grand jury in the general court while he shall be a member of either house of assembly or a candidate for a seat therein. The grand juries of the general court shall be sworn by the clerk to make the estimate directed by the said act, honestly, impartially, and according to the plain intention of the said act; and if they shall differ in opinion as to the price at which the said tobacco shall be estimated, the sum at which every of the said jurors estimates it, shall be distinctly noted in writing and the whole added together, and

the amount thereof divided by the number of those who shall have given in their estimate, and the quotient or How, if they disagree. average value which shall result from this operation or such other sum near thereto as to avoid fractions, shall be approved by a majority of them, shall be the estimate at which the said allowances shall be paid.

CHAP. XXX.

An act for continuing an act entitled An act to empower the governour and council to lay an embargo for a limited time.

nor and

WHEREAS the act of assembly, passed in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, enti- Act empow ering gover tled "An act to empower the governour and council to lay an embargo for a limited time," will expire at council, to the end of this present session of assembly, and it is lay an em necessary the same should be continued; Be it there- bargo, fur. fore enacted, That the said recited act shall continue ued. and be in force from and after the expiration thereof, until the end of the next session of assembly, and no longer.

ther contin

VOL. X.

CHAP. XXIX.

An act for paying the wages of the members of this present session of Assembly.

WHEREAS by an act entitled "An act for fixing Wages of members of the allowance of the members of general assembly," general as passed at this present session by authority from the sembly, how body of the people, it was provided that the said al

estimated

and paid.

timate the

lowance should be of fifty pounds of neat tobacco by the day for attendance on assembly, two pounds of the like tobacco for every mile they must necessarily travel going to or from the same together with their ferriages, to be paid to them iu money out of the publick treasury, at such rate as shall be estimated by the grand jury at the session of the general court next, before the meeting of each respective session of assembly, governing themselves in the said estimate by the worth of the said tobacco, and the competence of the same to defray the necessary expenses of travelling and attendance; but no mode was pointed out for estimating the said tobacco for this present session: Be Grand jury it therefore enacted, That the grand jury which shall at general be sworn at the first session of the general court after court, to es- the passing of this act, shall make the said estimate as price of to- well for the present, as for any session which may enbacco, paya- sue; and such estimation being made it shall be lawful ble to mem- for the several members to receive payment of the same of the treasurer, for their attendance at, and travelling to, and from, the present session, and their ferriages, observing the forms heretofore prescribed by law. No person shail henceforward be capable of serving on any grand jury in the general court while he shall be a member of either house of assembly or a candidate for a seat therein. The grand juries of the general court shall be sworn by the clerk to make the estimate directed by the said act, honestly, impartially, and according to the plain intention of the said act; and if they shall differ in opinion as to the price at which the said tobacco shall be estimated, the sum at which every of the said jurors estimates it, shall be distinctly noted in writing and the whole added together, and

bers of as

sembly.

the amount thereof divided by the number of those who shall have given in their estimate, and the quotient or How, if they disagree. average value which shall result from this operation or such other sum near thereto as to avoid fractions, shall be approved by a majority of them, shall be the estimate at which the said allowances shall be paid.

CHAP. XXX.

An act for continuing an act entitled An act to empower the governour and council to lay an embargo for a limited time.

WHEREAS the act of assembly, passed in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, enti- Act empow ering gover tled "An act to empower the governour and council nor and to lay an embargo for a limited time," will expire at council, to the end of this present session of assembly, and it is lay an em necessary the same should be continued; Be it there-bargo, fur. fore enacted, That the said recited act shall continue ued. and be in force from and after the expiration thereof, until the end of the next session of assembly, and no longer.

ther contin

VOL. X.

CHAP. XXIX.

An act for paying the wages of the members of this present session of Assembly.

WHEREAS by an act entitled "An act for fixing Wages of members of the allowance of the members of general assembly," general as passed at this present session by authority from the sembly, how body of the people, it was provided that the said al

estimated

and paid.

timate the

lowance should be of fifty pounds of neat tobacco by the day for attendance on assembly, two pounds of the like tobacco for every mile they must necessarily travel going to or from the same together with their ferriages, to be paid to them iu money out of the publick treasury, at such rate as shall be estimated by the grand jury at the session of the general court next, before the meeting of each respective session of assembly, governing themselves in the said estimate by the worth of the said tobacco, and the competence of the same to defray the necessary expenses of travelling and attendance; but no mode was pointed out for estimating the said tobacco for this present session: Be Grand jury it therefore enacted, That the grand jury which shall at general be sworn at the first session of the general court after court, to es the passing of this act, shall make the said estimate as price of to- well for the present, as for any session which may enbacco, paya- sue; and such estimation being made it shall be lawful ble to mem- for the several members to receive bers of asof the same payment sembly. of the treasurer, for their attendance at, and travelling to, and from, the present session, and their ferriages, observing the forms heretofore prescribed by law. No person shail henceforward be capable of serving on any grand jury in the general court while he shall be a member of either house of assembly or a candidate for a seat therein. The grand juries of the general court shall be sworn by the clerk to make the estimate directed by the said act, honestly, impartially, and according to the plain intention of the said act; and if they shall differ in opinion as to the price at which the said tobacco shall be estimated, the sum at which every of the said jurors estimates it, shall be distinctly noted in writing and the whole added together, and

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