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Acts, 1789.
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9, 10.
and all sums so reof Plijmouth, proper to try the same
covered, shall be appropriated to the use of said Town
& in case any minor or minors shall offend against any
part of this act, and thereby incur any or either of the
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penalties atoresaid, ni all such cases the parents, masters
or guardians of such minor or minors, shall be answerable
therefor
and in case of a prosecution of such minor
or minors, for any such offence, the action shall be commenced against the parents, masters or guardians of such
minor or minors respectively, and judgment be rendered
against any parent, master or guardian in such case, in
the same manner, as for his or their personal offence.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that
no person by reason of being an inhabitant of said town,
or one of said Committee, shall be thereby disqualified
from being a Witness, in any prosecution for a breach of
this Act.
June 20, 1789.
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1789.
— Chapter
[May
9.
Session, ch. 9.]
AN ACT IN ADDITION TO AN ACT MADE AND PASSED IN THE
YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED &
EIGHTY SEVEN, INTITLED, "AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF
POOR PRISONERS WHO ARE COMMITTED BY EXECUTION
FOR DEBT."
Be it enacted by the Senate & House of Representatives
in General Court Assembled and by the authority of the
same, that any Person standino' committed on an Execu^
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tion issued upon a confession before any Justice of the
Peace agreeable to Law, shall be intitled to all the benefits allowed by the said Act to which this is an addition,
to persons standing committed by force of any Execution
issuing from any Court in this Commonwealth on a judg-
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ment rendered by such Court.
1789.
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on execution,
aii'the'benefits"
of^t^e former
June 22, 1789.
10.
Session, ch. 10.]
AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE THE MANUFACTURE & CONSUMPTION
OF STRONG BEER, ALE & OTHER MALT LIQUORS.
manufacture of strong beer, ale and other
promote the purposes of husbandry and
cotnmerce, by encouraging the groiuth of such materials as
Whereas
malt liquors
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Preamble.
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are pecidiarly congenial to our soil and climate and by
])j'oducing a valuable article of exportation ; And tvhereas
the wholesome qualities of malt liquors greatly 7'ecommend
them to general use, as an important means of preserving
the health of the citizens of this Commonwealth and ofpreventing the pernicious effects of spirituous liquors:
Be it therefore enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Court assembled (& by the authority of the same, that all brew houses, wherein shall be
made and produced for sale annually, a quantity of strong
beer or ale not less than one hundred barrels of thirty
one and an half gallons each, beer measure, with the utensils employed in such l)rew houses and the immediate
dependencies thereof, also all monies and stock of every
kind employed and improved in such brew houses, with
the strong beer, ale & other malt liquors which shall be
there made and produced for sale as aforesaid, with the
faculty or annual profit of such manufacture, shall be, and
they herel^y are exempted from all taxes and duties of
every kind, for the term of five years next after the passing of this Act.
And be it further enacted, that all brewers or others
who shall be owners or occupiers of such brew houses,
shall as soon as may be after the passing of this Act, and
afterwards at least once in every year, produce to the
several assessors of the towns and districts wherein such
brew houses shall be situate, satisfactory evidence of the
quantities of beer or ale made in their said houses, respectively, for one year then next preceding, in order that
they may have the benefit of the exemption aforesaid.
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All brew houses
that produce
100 barrels of
beer annually
to be exempt
from taxes and
duties for five
years.
Brewers to produce to town
assessors, evidence of the
quantities of
beer or ale
made in their
houses annually.
June 22, 1789.
1789.
— Chapter 11.
[May
Session, ch. 11.]
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIMS OF
EXECUTORS & ADMINISTRATORS IN THE PROBATE COURT
BY REFERREES.
Preamble.
Whercas executovs & administrators, having claims
against the estate of their testator or intestate, cannot commence & prosecute an action at lata for the determination thereof, and it may tend to the furtherance of justice,
as well as the satisfaction of the parties interested, to have