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* See above, pp. 149, 286. The case was not acted upon at the session of October, 1784. t See above, p. 303.
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£182. And that the whole of his Taxes arising on said £ 1000, Assesment and also three Quarters of said fourfold Assesment in said New Fairfield the amount of which is £698, ought to be Abated and that his Single List ought to stand at the Sum of £174 10 0 only which Report in January last was accepted.
Whereupon Resolved by this Assembly that all the Taxes of every kind of the Petitioner arising on his aforesaid List, given in to the Listers of said Kent in the Year 1779, And also all the Taxes of every kind arising on said £1000, Assesment and alson on three Quarters of said fourfold Assesment be and the Same are hereby Abated and that the amount of the Petitioners List for the Year aforesaid stand at the Sum of £174 10 0 as Part of the Grand List of said New Fairfield.
Upon the Memorial of Joshua Huntington Dudley Woodbridge, Joseph Howland Thomas Mumford William Coit Thomas Coit Chris- topher Leffingwell Joseph Williams Elihu Marvin John McBreed, Jabez Perkins Levi Huntington Andrew Perkins Jabez Perkins Jun" Nath1 Backus and Thomas Fanning-Shewing to this Assembly that it would greatly accomodate the Trade and Navigation of Norwich and Parts adjacent to have Wharves and Stores erected on the Western Shore of the River Thames (so called) on Land belonging to the Mohegan Tribe of Indians near the Barr or Shoal in said River about three Miles below the Landing Place Praying for Liberty to purchase the same of the Indians, under such restrictions as shall be deemed best and most con- venient as per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that Richard Law William Williams & William Hilhouse Esqrs and Mr James Haughton or any three of them be and they are hereby appointed a Committee with full Power and Authority to agree with the Memorialists on the Boundaries and Quan- tity of Land necessary for the purposes aforesaid and with the consent of the Major Part of said Tribe or their Council to Sell and dispose thereof by Deed or Lease under such Restrictions and on such Condi- tions and Considerations as shall be agreed on by said Committee and to make & execute a Proper Deed or conveyance thereof to the Memo- rialists and that the Overseers of said Indian Tribe be and they are hereby directed to receive Security on Payment therefor for the Use and Benefit of said Tribe.
Upon the Memorial of Esther Hill Shewing to this Assembly that her Husband William Hill was a Soldier in the Connecticut Line Con- tinental Army in Colo Philip B Bradleys Regiment for three Years, which Time he faithfully served and was then discharged soon after he went of and has not been heard of since, and left the Memorialist under needy and distressed Circumstances, And there appearing a Ballance on the Pay Table Books of £51 14 1 due to the said William for his Services aforesaid Praying for relief &c as per Memorial on File ----
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Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table Cer- tify the Treasurer the Sum due to said William Hill for his Wages as aforesaid, And that the Treasurer Issue his Notes Payable to the Select Men of Norwalk to be Improved for the Use and benefit of the said Esther Hill and paying the Just Debts due from said William Hill if any there be.
Upon the Memorial of Mary Babcock of Danbury Shewing to this Assembly that she is Administratrix on the Estate of Christopher A Babcock late of said Danbury Deceasd and that the said Christopher A Babcock acted as a Surgeons Mate in the Service of the United States from the second Day of September 1776 to the second Day of Novemb" 1780 when he dyed in said Service, and that he never received but part of his stipulated Wages for said Service and that in Con- tinental Bills, at their nominal value, Praying this Assembly to allow her as Administratrix on said Estate the residue of said Wages and the depreciation of what the said Babcock has received in Continental Money as aforesaid as per Memorial on File,
Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of Pay Table be Impowered and Ordered and they are hereby Ordered and Impowered to adjust the Accounts of the said Babcock allowing the depreciation of his Wages by the same Rules and Regulations as they have done to other Officers of the Army and draw Orders on the Treasurer of this State for Securities in favour of the Memorialist as Administrix aforesaid for the Ballance so found due of the same Tenor and kind as he has given to other Officers of the Army for depreciation and the Treasurer is likewise Authorized and directed to Issue Securities accordingly.
Upon the Memorial of Richard Hubbell Jun" of Fairfield in the County of Fairfield Shewing to this Assembly that for a number of Years next before the Year 1783 he was and still is Collector of the State Taxes in said Fairfield, and that after his utmost Exertions hath not been able to Collect the whole thereof but there still remains a considerable part thereof uncollected and that by means of Infermity of Body he is unable to Collect the Same Praying that he may be Impowered to Depute and appoint some suitable Person to Collect said Taxes in the room and Stead of the Memorialist,
Resolved by this Assembly that the Memorialist be and he is hereby Authorized and Impowered to appoint and depute Some suitable Person in his Stead to Collect said Taxes which Person so appointed shall have the Same Power and Authority to Collect said Taxes that remain uncol- lected as the Memorialist by Law now has
Provided the Person or Persons who may be appointed pursuant to this Resolve give Bond to the acceptance of the Select Men of said Fairfield to Indemnify said Town in the Premisses, And that said Town of Fairfield and the Memorialist be and remain responsible to this State
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for said Taxes in the same manner as though this Resolve had not been passed.
On the Memorial of Elizabeth Twedy Adminis" on the Estate of William Tweedy late of New Port Deceasd Shewing to this Assembly that the said William was in his Life Time, possessd of a Sum in the Bills of Credit of this State which were called out of Circulation said Sum amounting to £68 17 0, that at the Time of calling said Bills out of Circulation the said William being in said New Port therein possession of the Enemy, had it not in his Power to bring in said Bills and pray- ing that the Treasurer may be Authorized and directed to receive said Bills and to give her a Note for thim and the Interest as per Memorial on File,
Resolved by this Assembly that the Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized to receive said Bills from the said Elizabeth and to give her a Note for the Same with the Interest in the same manner as if said Bills had been brought in on the last Day of the Period within which the said Bills were by Act of Assembly Ordered to be brought in.
Upon the Memorial of Experience Storrs Judith Huntington and Jabez Clark Administrators on the Estate of Jabez Huntington Esq" late of Windham Deceasd Shewing to this Assembly that in the Year 1776 the said Huntington by Order of Assembly received of the Treasurer of this State four hundred Pounds and therewith purchased ninety nine good Fire Arms and Accoutrements for which said Administrators have in their Hands proper Vouchers, That said Arms were by said Hunting- ton Issued out from Time to Time as occasion required to divers Military Officers, that forty six of said Arms were returned to said Huntington and were in his possession at the Time of his Death and that the Memorialists are possessed of Military Officers Receipts for forty seven of said Arms that have not been returned, that the other six being the residue of said ninety nine fire Arms, they are unable to account for in any other manner than the highest probability, that on some sudden emergency said six Arms were taken by some Persons without giving any Receipt therefor, Praying this Assembly that some suitable person be appointed to receive said forty six fire Arms now in their Hands, and to direct the Committee of Pay Table to receive said Receipts for said forty seven Arms as good Accounting and not Charge said Huntingtons Estate with said six Arms for which no receipts can be produced
This Assembly do appoint Elisha Abbe of Windham to receive said forty six fire Arms of the Memorialist and on the Memorialists lodging his receipt therefor and said Receipts for said forty seven Arms with the Committee of Pay Table, they are hereby directed to receive the Same as good Accounting for and on Account of said Money by said Huntington Received as aforesaid, and not Charge said Estate of said Deceasd with said Six Arms for which no Receipts can be produced.
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Upon the Memorial of Samuel Hull, Daniel Holbrook, John Hum- phrys and Joseph Riggs Jun" all of Derby shewing to this Assembly that the Tickets in Derby Lottery, are not Sold agreeable to their expecta- tion, and thereby not expedient to draw said Lottery at the Time pro- posed, and that the Time limited to said Town for drawing said Lottery expires on the first Day of June next Praying that the Time Limited to said Town be postponed untill the first Day of March next as per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Time limited to said Town of Derby for drawing said Lottery be and it is hereby postponed untill the first Day of March next and all Powers rested in the Committee or Managers of said Lottery are hereby continued accordingly.
Upon the Memorial of Barnabas Munson of Watertown in said State Guardian of the Persons and Estates of Jubal Munson and John Munson Children and Heirs of John Munson and Mary Munson late of Southington Deceased, Shewing to this Assembly that he was neces- sitated to put out the said Children to be nursed and boarded immediately after the Death of their Parents the One being but about twelve Weeks old, and the other about two Years old at that Time, that the expence of supporting the Youngest 250 Weeks at five shillings per Week, and the other untill he arrived to five Years of Age being 152 Weeks at 3/6 per Week, amounted to £89 2 0 LMoney, That the Inventory of the Estate deducting Debts Charges and for lost Estate amounted to £81 10 0 LMoney only, And Praying for Liberty to Sell the whole of the real Estate of the said Minors amounting to £61 10 0 to enable him to pay and satisfy the said Expence as far as the Avails thereof might extend as per Memorial on File Dated the 5th Day of May 1783 may fully appear-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Memorialist have Liberty and Liberty and Authority are hereby Granted to him to Sell the whole of the real Estate of the said Minors at Public Auction and to appropriate the Avails thereof to defray the Expence incurred for their Support as aforesaid, and to execute an Instrument or Instruments sufficient in the Law to secure the Title in the Purchaser or Purchasers.
Upon the Memorial of Samuel Hutton and David Webb of Stam- ford in Fairfield County Shewing to this Assembly that they supplied the Troops under the command of General David Wooster in the Fall of the Year 1776, with seven hundred and twelve Pounds of Lead Pray- ing for Pay for the Same as per Memorial on File --
Resolved by this Assembly that the Committee of the Pay Table be and they are hereby directed to Liquidate the Accounts of the Memo- rialists respecting the aforesaid Lead and draw Orders in favour of the Memorialists on the Treasurer for what they shall find to be Justly due to the Memorialists therefor and Charge the same to the United States.
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May,
Upon the Memorial of John Welton and Eleazer Prindle Shewing to this Assembly that they have given Bonds for the faithfull Per- formance of the Office of Deputy Sheriff by Abraham Hickox and that said Hickox Estate has been confiscated and that they can not ascertain what Sum is due to them from said Estate for their Indemnity untill they can know what Claims are against the Sheriff for the neglect of said Hickox Praying that a Time may be Limited &c as per Memorial-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Sheriff of New Haven County shall not be answerable for or on Account of any neglect or miscon- duct of said Decd Hickox in the Office of Deputy Sheriff unless there be a Suit commenced therefor before the first Day of December next and no Suit shall be maintained for any such neglect or misconduct unless commenced by said Day,
Provided nevertheless that this Act shall not operate as a Bar to any such Action unless said Wilton and Prindle cause this Act to be printed in one of the Public News Papers of the City of New Haven and one other Public Newspaper of this State not published in said City at least three successive Weeks before the first of July next,
Provided also that this Act shall not operate to Barr any Suit in favour of any Persons that shall be legally incapacitated or shall be beyond Sea during the Time aforesaid, but such Person or Persons may bring their Suit notwithstanding any Time within three Months after their return or after their incapacity shall be removed.
Upon the Memorial of Reuben Lum of Derby Shewing to this Assembly that he was possessed of a State Note dated January 1st 1780 payable June 18t 1782 and numbered 7523 and for the Sum of £12 11 3 LMoney and the Interest for one Year being indorsed thereon which Note was given to Joseph Smith of Derby for Service in the Connecti- cut Line of the Continental Army and that on or about the 30th Day of December 1782 he the said Lum was at the House of M' Jonathan Downs in New Milford where he left his Pocket Book in which said Note was contained and afterwards found his said Pocket Book near the Door of the House of said Downs and some of the Papers that was in said Book torn and Chewed in Peices by the Hogs which was by said Downs Dore, but could not then or ever since find any thing of said Note but supposes it to be entirely destroyed by said Hogs, Praying that the Treasurer be directed to Issue a new Note of the same Tenor and Date of the Note aforesaid as per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Treasurer of this State be and he is hereby Authorized and directed to Issue a new Note of the same Tenor and Date of the Note aforesaid the said Lum first giving suf- ficient security to said Treasurer to indemnity this State in Case the said first Note should be found.
Upon the Memorial and Petition of Isaac Bird of Salisbury in Litchfield County Shewing to this Assembly that some Time in the
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Month of April 1783 he took and killed a full grown Wolf within the Township of said Salisbury, and some Time in the Month of March 1784, he took and killed one other full grown Wolf within the Town- ship of Salisbury aforesaid and praying for a Proper Sum as a reward for his Trouble and an encouragement to his future Endeavours to destroy so viscious an Animal as per Memorial on File,
Wherefore Resolved by this Assembly that the Sum of four pounds LMoney be granted to the said Isaac Bird on each of the aforesaid Wolves taken and killed and that the Treasurer of this State is directed to pay the Same out of the State Tax of of one shilling on the Pound Granted in May 1783 on the List 1782.
On the Memorial of Samuel Wilcox of Cornwall and Joel Howe of Canaan Shewing to this Assembly that on the first Day of Instant May they killed and destroyed a full grown Wolf Pray a Bounty &c as per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Sum of four Pounds lawfull Money be granted the said Samuel Wilcox and Joel Howe in abatement of the said Petitioners State Taxes which are now become due and the Treasurer is to give Order accordingly.
Upon the Memorial of Capt Daniel Bouton of Stamford, Shewing to this Assembly that on the 30th of May 1781 he received a Wound in his Shoulder by a Grape Shot from the Enemy whereby he has lost the Use of his Arm and rendered unable to Labour to Support himself and Family Praying for Releif &c as per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Memorialt have all his Con- tinental and State Taxes abated that have been laid on the Lists for the Years 1781, 1782 & 1783, and that said Memorialist receive out of the Treasury of this State twenty Pounds per Annum for three successive Years from this Time, and that he have his State and Continental Taxes that have or shall be laid on the Lists 1784 1785 & 1786 Abated and the same is hereby Abated accordingly.
Upon the Memorial of the Inhabitants of the Town of East Windsor on File dated 29th Day of April 1784-
Resolved by this Assembly that the Town Clerk for said Town forth- with Certify to the Treasurer of this State the Names of the Select Men of said Town, and the same do from Year to Year when new Select Men shall be Chosen during the Pleasure of the General Assembly, and when any Tax shall be laid by this or any future Assembly, the said Treasurer shall Certify the same to the Select Men of said Town together with the Sum total of the List of said Town, and what Sums said Town shall Pay and the Rate per Pound of such List and Charge the Same to said Town And upon the said Select Men having said List and Tax Certifyed to them as aforesaid they shall proceed to appoint a Collector or Collectors to Collect the same and shall prepose a Rate Bill
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or Bills for said Tax and procure Warrants for the said Collectors, Signed by an Assistant or Justice of the Peace directed to said Collectors in manner and form as Warrants to other Collectors are and the sª Col- lector or Collectors shall have the same Powers to execute sd Warrants as other Collectors by Law have to execute Warrants directed to them and the said Collector shall be accountable to the Select Men of said Town for the Time being,* and the said Select Men or either of them shall be Accountable for said Taxes To said Treasurer and in Case the Select Men shall not pay said Taxes to said Treasurer by the Time that shall be Limited for paying the same their Persons and Estates shall be liable to Execution for said Taxes, and said Treasurer shall Issue his Executions against them therefor to Collect the said Taxes of the said Select Men and said Town shall be ultimately liable for said Taxes and to pay said Select Men what they shall Suffer without their fault in the Matters aforesaid, And if such Collector or Collectors upon their being appointed as aforesaid shall refuse to execute their said Office they or either of them so refusing shall be liable to the same Fines and Penalties as other Collectors by Law are who refuse to execute their Offices, and if said Collector or Collectors shall undertake to Collect said Taxes they shall severally render their Account thereof and pay and settle the same with said Select Men when thereto required And if such Collec- tor or Collectors shall refuse to render his Account as aforesaid, upon Complaint made to an Assistant or Justice of the Peace, such Assistant or Justice of the Peace shall Issue his Warrant directed to the Sheriff his Deputy or Constable them commanding to Levy and Collect of such negligent Collector or Collectors the Sum Total of his or their Rate Bill, or such Part thereof, as shall then remain unaccounted for and pay the same to said Select Men,
Always Provided that said Taxes be Subjected to the Same Abate- ment as other Taxes laid by the General Assembly, and the Select Men have the Same allowances for Collecting and paying said Taxes as the Collectors of State Taxes have.
And that said Collectors before they pay over to such Select . Men any public Securities they shall receive on said Taxes shall make out a List or Lists of the Same and the Rates at which they received them and the same make Oath to before some Assistant or or Justice of the Peace which List or Lists being brott in to the Treasurer with the Securities therein entered shall ascertain the Rates at which he shall receive the Same.
Upon the Petition of John Alden of Lebanon in Windham County preferred to this Assembly in January last,t shewing that by various misfortunes in Trade and by the Operation of the late War he is much reduced and rendered unable to pay his Just Debts, great part of which
* In the margin of the MS. at this point, preceded by an index hand and an asterisk, is written: "Insert the last Paragraph of the Bill at the Asterism." The reference is to the paragraph below beginning: "And that said Collectors before they pay over . . . " where another index hand appears in the margin of the MS.
t See above, p. 302. No action is reported on this case in October, 1784.
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are Company Debts due from the late Company of John and Judah Alden, which said Judah ended his Life bravely contending for the Safety of his Country, without leaving any Estate whereby the whole of said Debts devolve upon the Memorialist, and that he is Imprisoned on an Execution in favour of Clark & Nightingale of Providence in the State of Rhode Island That he is willing to deliver on Oath all his Estate and property for the Benefit of his Creditors, that he Labours under great Bodily Infirmity which must greatly endanger his Life if continued long in Prison, which Petition was continued to this Time, and the Memorialist Ordered to be Liberated on his procuring sufficient Surety for his return to Prison at the rising of this Assembly in Case this Assembly should not otherwise Order and direct, and this Assembly being at this Time unable fully to hear and attend to said Petition-
Resolved by this Assembly that said Petition be Continued to the General Assembly to be holden in October next and that said John Alden be further Liberated from any Imprisonment on said Execution untill the rising of the Assembly in October next upon his procuring Sufficient Bond for his Return to Prison on said Execution
Provided his Petition shall not then be granted or the Assembly shall not otherwise Order and the Keeper of the prison in Windham is required to conform to this Resolve and the said John is also hereby protected from Arrests and Imprisonment for any Debt contracted Previous to the Date of said Petition untill the rising of said Assembly in October next.
Upon the Memorial of William Danielson and Obadiah Clough Agents for the Town of Killingley, Shewing that Ebenezer Green of sd Killingley in May 1777 since Deceasd paid fifty Pounds lawfull Money to the Select Men of the Town of Killingley which he owed to Abijah Willard Levi Willard and Samuel Ward on a Note to them Jointly, that said Select Men paid the same into the Treasury agreeable to the Statute respecting Inimical Persons, the said Willard having Joined the Enemy and the said Ward being then reputed Inimical, which since proves to be a Mistake, that said Ward before the Adjourned Superior Court at Windham in December last Recovered a Judgment and Execution against Mary Green Executrix of said Ebenezer for said fifty Pounds and the Interest and Cost, and for which the said Town of Killingley are become liable to said Mary, Praying for Releif in the Premisses as per Memorial-
Resolved by this Assembly that said Execution against said Mary and all proceedings in the Law thereupon be and the Same are hereby Stayed and Suspended untill the rising of the General Assembly in October next and said Agents are hereby directed to Cite said Ward or his Attorney in this State to appear before the General Assembly in October next to Shew Reason if any he hath why the prayer of said Memorial should not be Granted .*
*In October the case was postponed to May, 1785. See below, p. 477.
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Upon the Memorial of Philip Nichols of Stratford in the County of Fairfield Shewing to this Assembly that at the Superior Court holden at Danbury in said County on the third Tuesday of August 1781, he was convicted of signing a certain Paper purporting that he would take up Arms under certain Circumstances in favour of the King of Great Britain, and that by said Superior Court he was sentenced to pay a fine of £150 and Cost of Presecution Praying that this Assembly would remit said fine &c as per Memorial on File-
Resolved by this Assembly that said fine be remitted and the same is hereby remitted to said Nichols, and he exempted from the Payment thereof on his paying the Cost on said Prosecution and the Cost on the Execution issued on said Judgment.
Upon the Memorial of William Packwood of N. London Preferred to this Assembly in January 1783. Shewing to this Assembly that in the Year 1776 Nathaniel Shaw Esq" Agent of this State employed him in behalf of the State to procure Powder and other Military Stores for the Use of the State and at great Hazard & Expence executed said Trust and that his Accounts were unadjusted and considerable Sums due to him Praying a Committee to adjust his Accounts and that the Bal- lance may be paid &c on which Memorial Jabez Perkins Esq" & Capt John Deshon were appointed a Committee to examine said Accounts and Report the Ballance due &c* which Committee have Reported that there is Justly due to the Memorialist to Ballance said Accounts the Sum of £380 9 112 As per Memorial and Report on File which Report is accepted
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