The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-07-02
Latus Of aeassaebusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

In the gear Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and t1oenty-three.
An Act to continue in force, for the
term of FIVE years, an Act, eatitled " An
Act for the encouragement of Agriculture
and Manufactures"
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives., IN General Court assembled,
and by the authority Of the same, That an
Act for the encouragement of Agriculture and
Manufactures, passed on the twentieth day
Of February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and nineteen, shall
continue and be in force for FIVE years from
the twentieth day of February, which will be
IN the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty.iour any thing in the
seventh section of said Act to the contrary
notwithstanding.
approved by the Gorernour,l
June IA, 1923.
An Act to change the Names of per-
sons therein mentioned.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives., an General Court assembled,
and by the authority Of the same, That from
and after the passing Of this Act, the several
persons herein named, shall be known and
called by the names they are respectively al
lowed to assume, namely THAT William
Adams, of Boston, schoolmaster, may take
the name of William Joseph Adams that
Guy Middleton, of Lee, labourer, may take
the name of John Middleton that John An
drews, of Boston, founder, may take the
name of George Canning Franklin Andrews
that Mary Poor, of Haverhill, single woman,
may take the name of Mary Sergeant Poor;
that Minerva Parker, of Hawley, may take
the name of Catherine Minerva Lilley that
John Bridge, jr. of Boston, may take the
name Of John Dana Bridge; that Timothy
Morrill,, jr. of Salisbury, trader, may take the
name of Timothy Pilsbury Morrill, that
Catherine Hannah Adams Willard Of
Charlestown, may take the name of Gather
inc Hannah Adams that Peter Dow, of Ha-
verhill, housewright, may take the name of
Charles w. Dow; that Ezra Gates, of Ashby,
may take the name Of Ezra Coolidge Gates
that John Stevens, of West-Newbury, may
take the name of Luther Green Stevens THAT
Reuben Stackpole, of Boston, may take the
name of Reuben Markham Stackpole that
Tabitha Henderson, of Charlestown, single
woman, may take the name of Tabitha
Wilder; that Elisha Williams. OF Boston,
may take the name of Elisha Scott Williams
that Edmund Colburn, of Boston, may take
the name of Edmund Wesley Colburn that
William Trowbridge, Of Worcester, mechan-
ick, may take the name Of William Frederick
Trowbridge that Mariet Jones, of Boston,
single-woman, may take the name of Maria
Jones that Asa Green, of Marlborough,
may take the name of Asahel Wood Green
that Oliver Webster, of Otis, minor, may
take the name Of Oliver Post Webster; that
George Wells, member Of Harvard Univer-
sity, may take the name Of George Wads-
worth Wells. And the said several persons
before named shall hereafter be called and
known by the names which by this Act they
are respectively allowed to assume as afore-
said and the same shall be considered as
their only proper and legal names.
.4pprOrsd by The Gorerlour,(
June ID, 1923.