Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	justice_n	peace_n	session_n	2,457	5	11.1315	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50071	Several acts and laws passed by the great and general court or assembly of Their Majesties province of Massachusetts-Bay in New England. Convened and held at Boston, the eighth day of June. 1692. Anno Regni Gulielmi, et Mariæ, Regis et Reginæ Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ, quarto; Public General Acts. 1692.	Massachusetts. Council.	1692 (1692)	Wing M1016; ESTC R217665	12,111	19

and Vessels Trading to this place from Abroad excepting Connecticut Rhode-Island Narraganset and New-Hampshire viz. Two Shillings Entring and Two Shilling Clearing 00 4 00 Examining and Recording Certificates that Bonds are given acording to the Act of Navigation Two Shillings 00 2 00 A Bond given according to the Act of Navigation and for the Copying of the same to be Transmitted for England Three Shillings 00 3 00 A Certificate of the Lading Two Shillings 00 2 00 For Entring and Clearing all Vessels Trading to and from Connecticut Rhode-Island Narraganset and New-Hampshioe Five Shillings per Year or Twelve-pence each Voy age at the Masters Choice 00 1 00 A Certificate for Vessels Lading of Goods carried in them from Port to Port within the Province One Shilling 00 1 00 A Certificate for Goods of the Growth of Europe carried out of the Province to other Plantations Two Shillings 00 2 00 For every Oath Administred Six-pence 00 00 6 And the said Naval Officer is hereby Impowred to Administer the Oaths required by said Act of Parliament Province of the Massachusets-Bay An Act For Making the Former Bills of Credit to Pass Currant in Future Payments WHereas Their Majesties Affairs within this Province do require a speedy advance for the Defence of the Province and the Prosecution of the War against Their French and Indian Enemies and there being no Stock at present in the Treasury to supply the same or to defray other the Necessary Charges for Support of the Government Be it therefore Ordained and Enacted By the Governour Council and Representatives Convened in General Assembly And it is Enacted by the Authority of the same That all Bills of Public Credit issued forth by Order of the General Court of the late Colony of the Massachusets-Bay shall pass Currant within this Province in all Payments Equivalent to Money for the sum in each Bill respectively mentioned excepting all Specialties and Contracts made before Publication hereof and in all Publick payments at Five Per Cent advance And for Encouragement to such Person or Persons as are Possessors of said Bills to lend them for the Service of the Publick It is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That they and every of them who shall so do be secured by the Publick Taxes and other Revenues arising within this Province already Granted and shall be reimburst and paid in money within the space of Twelve Moneths out of the said Taxes and Revenues such sum and summs as he or they shall Respectively so lend and deliver unto the Treasurer of this Their Majesties Province in Bills as aforesaid to be made to appear by Receipt Provided that such of said Bills and no other as shall be Indorsed by Capt. Jeremiah Dummer and Mr. Francis Burroughs shall be accounted Currant Excepting for payment of those Rates that were Granted before the Arrival of His Excellency the Govenour And the said Capt. Jeremiah Dummer and Mr. Francis Burroughs are hereby appointed to Receive in all Bills which any Person or Persons shall lend as aforesaid and deliver the same to the Treasurer Provided also that all Persons who shall lend their Bills as aforesaid shall have Credit for all Summs which they shall have to pay in all publick payments whatsoever being Bona Fide for their own account to be allowed them by discount upon a Note from the Treasurer Province of the Massachusets-Bay An Act For Transporting of part of the Militia of the Province Or Obliging Them to March to the Relief of the Neighbouring Provinces or Colonies FOrasmuch as in this time of War there may be Occasion for the Raising of Souldiers and Transporting or Marching of them out of the Limits of this Province into the Neighbouring Provinces and Colonies of New Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut Narragansett or New York for the prosecution of the French or Indian Enemy and the Defence of Their Majesties Subjects and Intrests Be it Enacted and Ordained by the Governour Council and Representatives Convened in General Court And it is Enacted By the Authority of the same That in the Vacancy of the General Assembly it shall be in the Liberty of His Excellency the present Governour by and with the advice and consent of the Council to Raise and Transport such part of the Militia of this Province as they shall find needful or Oblige them to March into any of the before-named Provinces or Colonies for the ends aforesaid at any Time or Times within the Space of Six months next and at no time afterward without their Free and Voluntary consent or the consent of the Great and General Court or Assembly any thing in this present Act contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding Province of the Massachusetts-Bay An Act For the Holding of Courts of Justice FOrasmuch as the orderly Regulation and Well-Establishment of Courts of Justice is of great Concernment And the Publick Occasions with reference to the War and otherwise being so Pressing at this Season that this Court cannot now conveniently Sit longer to Advise upon and fully Settle the same But to the Intent that Justice be not Obstructed or Delayed Be it Ordained and Enacted by the Governour Council and Representatives Convened in General Assembly and it is Ordained by the Authority of the same That on or before the last Tuesday of July next there be a General Sessions of the Peace Held and Kept in each Respective County within this Province by the Justices of the same County or three of them at the least the first Justice of the Quorum then present to Preside who are hereby Impowred to Hear and Determine all Matters Relating to the Conservation of the Peace and whatsoever is by them Cognizable according to Law And to Grant Licenses to such Persons within the same County being first approved of by the Select-Men of each Town where such Persons Dwell whom they shall think fit to be Employed as Inholders or Retailers of Wines or strong Liquors And that a Sessions of the Peace be successively Held and Kept as aforesaid within the several Counties at the same times and places as the County Courts or Inferior Courts of Common Pleas are herein after appointed to be Kept And it is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the County Courts or Inferior Courts of Common-Pleas be Held and Kept in each Respective County by the Justices of the same County or three of them at the least the first Justice of the Quorum then present to Preside at the same times and Places they have been formerly Kept according to Law for the Hearing and Determining of all Civil Actions arising or happening within the same Triable at the Common Law according to former Usage The Justices for Holding and Keeping of the said Court within the County of Suffolk to be particularly appointed and Commissioned by the Governour with the Advice and Consent of the Council And that all Writts or Attachments shall Issue out of the Clerks Office of the said several Courts Signed by the Clerk of such Court directed unto the Sheriff of the County his Under-Sheriff or Deputy The Jurors to Serve at said Courts to be Chosen according to former Custome by and of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants qualified as is directed in Their Majesties Royal Charter This Act to Continue untill other provision be made by the GENERAL COURT or ASSEMBLY FINIS