The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-06-27
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,,


In the year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and t'renty-One.
AN ACT to provide for the discharge Of
Officers Of the Militia.
SEC. l. Be 1t enacted By the Senate and
House of Representatives an General Court as
sembled and The authority Of the same, That
the Commander in Chief may discharge from
Office any person holding commission in the
Militia, whenever he shall thereto be request
ed by such officer in writing. And whenever
the Major-G eperal or commanding officer Of
any Division shall certify that any officer chos-
en- or appointed to command in the militia be-
longing to his division, has removed his resi-
dence out of the bounds of his command to
such distance that such Major-General shall
think it inconvenient for him to discharge the
duties of his Office, or that any officer has been
absent from his command twelve months with
out leave of the commanding officer Of. his di-
vision, such persons shall be considered as.
having abdicated their Offices, and the Com
mander in Chief shall discharge them accord
ingly. And whenever any corps is disbanded
by law, the officers belonging to the same shall
be discharged.
SEC. 9. Be ii further enacted, that whenev-
er any officer who is or shall be chosen TO COM
mand in the militia, or is or shall be appointed
TO Office in the same, shall, after ne shall have
been chosen or appointed, and before recelv-
ing his commission, remove out OF the bounds
of the corps to which he is chosen or appoint
ed, to such distance that his Malor-Generai
shall think it announcement for him to discharge
the duties of his office, or whenever any officer
shall refuse to accept his commission, and TO
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Constitution, it shall be the duty Of the Major
General to certify the facts upon the back of
the commission, and to return the same to the
Adjutant-General's Office, and cause the va
cancy to be filed.
SEC. 3. BE II further enacted, That officers
duly commissioned to command in the militia
NAV be removed from their offices by the adj
dress of both Houses of the Legislature to the
Governour, or by fair trial in Court-Martial,
pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth
for the time being.
.4pprOred by the GOrernoatr June 10, 1921.
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AN ACT in addition to an Act TO relieve
towns from the expenses of persons imprison-
ed for debt.
SEC. !. BE 1t enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives. an General Court
assembled, and By the authority of The same,
That when any person hereafter confined i'll
close prison, on nlesne process or execution, is
sued upon cause of action, accruing after the
fourteenth day of March, IN the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty,
shall claim relief as apauper, the keeper of the
prison in which such poor debtor is confined
shall, after twenty-four hours from the time
such claim is made furnish relief and support
to said poor debtor, at the charge and expense
of the creditor, SO long as he or she shall remain
in close confinement at the suit of said creditor,
at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents
per week; and no town or district in this Com
monwealth shall hereafter be liable for the
support of any poor debtor confined in manner
aforesaid.
SEC. 9. Be Il further enacted, That when
the keeper of the prison at the time of the
commitment OF any person, upon mesne pro-
cess, or execution issued in manner aforesaid,
shall require Of the creditor, his or her attor-
ney, or the officer committing, security for the
expense of supporting such debtor, in case he
or she shall claim relief as pauper, unless sat
isfactory security is given, or the money adj
vanced. he shall be under no obligation to fur
nish support for said debtor as pauper; and
said keeper may, after twenty-tour hours from
the time SAID poor Qeplor snail Clalm relieI as
pauper, discharge said debtor from imprison-
ment.
SEC. 8. Be ii further enacted, That when
execution shall be hereafter issued upon judy
ments rendered upon causes OF action which
accrued previous to the fifteenth day of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty, the Clerk or Justice issu-
ing such executions, shall certify on the back
thereof that the cause of action accrued pre-
vious to said time.
SEC. a. Be 1t further enacted, That when
debtors shall be discharged from their impris-
onment, in the manner mentioned in this act,
the debt and cost shall not thereby be dis
charged, but the debt and cost, together with
all sums which the creditor may have paid for
the support of the DEB or while confined in
close prison, shall be and remain legal claim
against the goods and estate of the debtor, but !
not against his or her body.
.4pprored By the GorernOar June 16, 1891.
AN ACT, in further addition to an Act,
entitled, An Act to establish a Court of