The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884Various
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The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884
Various
Massachusetts -- Periodicals; New England -- Periodicals
BE _it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in
General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same_, That
_Caleb Woods, Silas Blood, Amaziah Swallow, Nathaniel Cummings,
Ebenezer Procter, Silas Blood_, jun. _Silas Marshall, Levi Parker,
Amos Woods, Isaac Lawrence, Peter Blood, Caleb Blood_, jun. _Henry
Blood, Caleb Woods_, jun. and _Silas Marshall_, jun., together with
their families and estates, and also the estates of Doctor _Jonas
Marshall_, the heirs of Captain _Solomon Woods_, deceased, and
_Joseph Parkhurst_, which they now own in said _Groton_, be, and
they are hereby set off from the town of _Groton_, in the county of
_Middlesex_, and annexed to _Dunstable_, in said county, and shall
hereafter be considered a part of the same, there to do duty and
receive privileges, as the other inhabitants of said _Dunstable.
Provided, nevertheless_, That the persons above-mentioned shall pay
all taxes that have been legally assessed on them by said
_Groton_, in the same manner as if this Act had never been passed.
[This act passed _February_ 25, 1793.]
The zigzag line caused by this act was somewhat modified by the two
following ones, passed at different times a few years later. I think
that the very irregular boundary between the two towns, with its
eighty-six angles, as mentioned by Mr. Butler, was produced by the
subsequent annexations to Dunstable.
An Act to set of _Nathaniel Lawrence with_ his Estate, from the
Town of _Groton_, and annex them to the Town of _Dunstable_.
BE _it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in
General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same_, That
_Nathaniel Lawrence_ of _Groton_, in the county of _Middlesex_,
together with his estate, which he now owns in that town, be, and
hereby is set off from said town of _Groton_, and annexed to the
town of _Dunstable_, in the same county; and shall hereafter be
considered as part of the same; there to do duty and receive
privileges as other inhabitants of said town of _Dunstable:
Provided nevertheless_, That the said _Nathaniel Lawrence_ shall be
holden to pay all taxes that have been legally assessed on him by
said town of _Groton_, in the same manner as if this Act had not
been passed.
[This act passed _January_ 26, 1796.]
An act to set off Willard Robbins with his estate from the town of
_Groton_, in the county of _Middlesex_, and to annex the same to
the town of _Dunstable_, in the same county.
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