The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1822-07-10
GOntaOulneaIi1 Of a5assatbusstts.
In the gear Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and tz0eaty-tgo.

AN ACT to divide the Comm
into Districts, for the choice of Representa-
tiyB in the Congress Of the United States,
andprescrbing the mode of election.
SEE. l. BE ii enacted by The Senate and
House Of Representatives. an General Court as
Sentled, and by The authority of the same,
That this Commonwealth be, and hereby is.
diviied into thirteen districts, as are in this act
defined and described, for the purpose of choos-
ing Representatives. to represent this Common
wealth in the Congress of the United States.
after the present Congress, in each of which
districts one Representative, being an inhab-
liant Of the district for which he shall be elect
ed, shall be chosen in the manner hereinafter
described.
SEC. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That the
said thirteen districts shall be formed and Inn
tied in manner following-that is to say,
The city of Boston shall constitute one dis
trict, to be called Suffolk District.
The towns of Salem, Beverly, Gloucester.
Manchester, Danvers, Lynnfeld, Lynn, Mar
blehead, and Saugus, in the County of Essex.
together with the town of Chelsea, in the
county Of Suffolk, shall form one district, to be
called Essex South District.
The towns and districts in the county of
together with the towns of Dracut, Tewks-
bury, Billerica, aud Wilmington, in The coun-
ty Of Middlesex, shall constitute one District,
to be called Essex North District.
The towns and districts in the county of
Middlesex, excepting the towns of Ashby,
Townsend, Shirley, Pepperell, Groton, ORA
cut, Tewksbury, Billerica, Wilmington, 2righ-
ton, Newton, Natick, Sherbarne, Holliston,
one District, to be called Midd7esex District.
The following towns and Districts in the
county of Worcester, viz: Marlborough,
Worcester, Shrewsbury, Paxton, Oakham,
New-Braintree, Hardwck, scarborough,
Marlborough, Leicester, Brookfield, North
Brookfeld, Spencer, Ward, Grafton, Western,
Upton, Charlton, Oxford, Sutton, Milford,
Sturbridge, Northbrdge, Dudley, Douglas,
Uxbridge, Mendon, MiIbury, and Southbridge,
shall constitute one District, to be called Wor-
cester South District.
The towns and districts in the county of
Worcester, not included in Worcester South
District, together with the towns of Ashby.
Shirley, Townsend, Pepperell, and Groton,
in the county Of Middlesex, shall constitute
one district, to be called Worcester North
District.
The towns and districts IN the county Of
Franklin, together with the towns of Pelham,
Prescott, Amherst, Hadley, Hatfield Williams
burg, Goshen, Greenwich, Chesterfield, and
Enfield, in the county of Hampshire, shall
constitute one district, to be called Franklin
. District
The towns and districts in the county of
Hampden, together with the towns of Belcher
town, East-Hampton, CRANKY, northampton,
Norwich, South-IIadley, Southampton, Ware,
and Weshampton, in the county of Hamp-
shire, shall constitute one district, to be call
ed Hampden District.
The towns and districts in the county of
Berkshire, together with the towns of Mid
dlefield, Cummington, Worthington, and
Plainfeld, in the county Of Hampshire, shall
constitute one district, to be called Berkshire
District.
The towns and districts in the county of
Norfolk, excepting the towns Of Weymouth,
Cohasset, and Quincy, together with the
towns of Hopkinton, Holliston, Sherburne,
Framnghsm, Natick, Newton, and Brighton,
in the county of Middlesex, shall constitute
one District. to be called Norfolk District.
The towns and districts in the county OF
Plymouth, excepting Wareham, Rochester,
and Carver. together with the town of Rayn-
nam, III the county Vi Dtlsloi, anu the Towns
of Weymouth, Cohasset, and Quincy, in the
county of Norfolk, shall constitute one dis
trict, to be called Plymouth District.
The towns and districts in the county of
Bristol, excepting the town of Raynham, shall
constitute one district, to be called Bristol
District
The towns and districts in the counties Of
Barnstable, Nantucket, and Dukes County,
together with the towns of Wareham Roches-
ter, and Carver, in the county Of Plymouth,
shall constitute one district, to be called
Barnstable District,