Thomas's Massachusetts spy, or, Worcester gazette. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1811-1821, 1821-04-11
eumuiuahsaitb Of assssatbasttts,
In The year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and tspenty-one.
AN ACT establishing the law of the

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AN ACT establishing the law of the
Road.
sac u Cit enated BY tie Seadte and HorE Of
~ RsPxjtatatives, in General Csuyt a1sn,
6AI, and BY the authority Of tie (an<, Tha. in all
Gales OF Perions meeting each Other ON any bridge.
turnpike, or other road, within this Common.
wealth, travelling with carriaees. wagons. car,,.
iIsds, ieighs. other vehicle the perloa 10 meet.
ins ihsll ieaionabiy turn, drive and convey their
Carriages. wagons, cafs, leds, Ieigh.. OF other ve.
hcle TO the right OF the centre of the tfayeed usrt
ct tUch bridge. turnpike, or road, 10 q. to en-.
sble each Others carriages, wagons, csgs, feds.
ielghs, or other vehicle, to pals each other with
out interference or interruption.
Sac e.. Ben further enaaed. That no perion
inali &c allowed to travel on any bridge. turn
pike, or other road within this Commonwealth:
with any l=igh or ned drawn BY horfe or mort
ca, unIeIs there ha be three OF more bells attach.
ed to The horie or hories, or TO lone pan Of ,he
. harnels thereof.
Sac 9. Be i, further ena7td, That every Bef.
lon offending sgaina any OF the prosifions Of sh,
act, ihsl forfeit and pay tor each offence or neg.
lea hne not leis than one dollar, nor more thsn
twenty dollars to the uie of the Commonwealth.
to be recovered on complaint before any ioRice
be committed; and fhall, moreover. be held a..
twerable TO any party for all dsmsees which m,v
be iuffained in conieq aenee Of i1ch off nee Or
negea: PROVIDED, thar no proletution fisll BE
iuitained under this al, halsis upon complaint
duly made within ninety days from the time
when The otfsnce mall have been committed. nor
any action for damages unlefs the fame fhall be
eommtnced within one year after the csufe of
inch aetion hall have accrued And brOuided aL6.
that no pToiecutiou ihail be iuifaineo tor any vi;
olatien Of the pTovifons Of the O lection az hi.
act, except on the complaint of the perlon or
peIbns sggrieved, or lone ore duly au,bor,xed
by ihe perion or perions aggrisved.
SIC. 4. Belt further tHaaed, That this ia fhall
take sHe4, and be In force from and alter The
fTf day of June next, and not before.
approved By tie GcUs,noHr, FEB. u, 1851:
AN ACT to establish Court of Coins
mon Pleas for the Commonwealth Of Maaa-
chuietta.
-. DEn sudaed 6y the Senate and Aouk OF
~ Representatives. in Gsaerat Court agsm.
lied ana BY tAs authority Of tie ams That there be.
and heteOy is eitabl,ihcd Couito Common Pleas
for the Commonwealth OF Msiiachuietu, and that
there NAL be held and Kept in each County within
the Commonwealth, at iOeh times and place. a.
are now BY law appointed for holding the Boi-
ton Court OF Common Pleas and the Crcuit
Courts of Common Pleas, within the respective
Counties of laid Common wealth, Court of Com.
mon Pleas, which Court fhal be holden by
one or more Iuhices of the Coun of Com
mon Pleas, who nall be Citizen of laid Com.
monweal,h. ana fhall be appointed aad commit
Toned p0rfuant to the proVifons OF this al. and
fhsll have original jurifdi6ion of ali civil &C.
tons, arifing OF happening within the Conntiss
Of iaid Common wealth, respectively, except
ing tuch Actions wherein the supreme Iud,c,sl
Court, or where Iuitices OF The Peace now have
original juriidiaion $, and fhal ALTO have ia, IL
detioh OF all iuch offences, crimes, and miide
meanoD, as, before the pafhng of tiil, al. were
eognissble by the Bottom Court of Cor,mo,
Pleas and the reipeefive Circuit Courts Of Com.
mon Pleas; aud fhalI ALTO have appellate
iuriidiefion Of ell civil a4ions aud of al
crimes and offences, wher az sppsS. NAV NOV,
By law be made to the Bottom Court of Com.
mon Pleas and the Circuit Courts Of Com.
mon Pleas; from the ientenee or ;udgmeu,
ofa Iuiiice of the Peace. And the iafd Court Of
Common Pless are hereby fully authorized TO
give judgment, award execution, adminiiEer ali
neceiiary oaths and afdrmatons, and to do. eye
cute, perform and order whatever BY the Coniii:
tusian and laws it hall be their duty 10 do. or
whatever the Bottom Court of Common Pleas and
the Circuit Court of Comulon Pleas. before the
isflng of this AZ, were authorized % do. exe.
cute and perform PROVIDED, nothing 10 this al
lhaIl be 70 confirmed as to sffs9 the original Or
appellate jurfdi2ion given by law to the MuniS
cipal Court for che town of Bottom.
Sac. =. Be further taa7td, That there fall
be appointed, Communicated and qualified, in
manner provided by the Conffitation. fosr meet
pericns to be Juitices of the Court of Com mon
Pleas within this Common wealth, who Gaall be
men Of fobriesy Of manners, and learned in the
law Doe Of whom fhal be appointed and com.
miIioned Chief Jaifice OF iaid Coart, and who
ihali hold their Office during good Behaviour.
And either OF faid J6ilices, 70 appointed, com.
niiioned and quslifed. lha have power to hold
the Courts OF Common Pleas within any County
in CHS Common wealth, at the fame times and
places % the Bottom Court of Common Fieas.
and the ieveIa Cilcuit Courts OF Common Pleas.
are now by Law TO be holden therein. And
whenever it Gall 10 happen that no Juflite OF
iaid Court fhall attend at the time or place ct
which iaid Court bv law rby previous adiourn-
msn, was to have oeen held, then, and in fuch
! cafe, the Sheriff Of the County may adjourn the
iaid Count from day 10 day, or time to time, as
the siIcomasuces of the che may require, and
ihall make pubick not ica.ion thereof In wnsiog,
OF by pubhfhing the iame in newspaper printed
in the County.
Sac. 8. BsHfnther enaasd, That Ill writs md
pvocrHe. ifluing from the Court of Common
Pleas, fhsll I've in the name of The Commonwealth
Of MsfschaieI,s mall bear tel Of one of the luf-