The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-03-26


eigh. hundred and t5scnty-three.
An ACT in addition to the several Acts
now in force, regulating the Limits of Pris-
on Yards, and the Discharge of Poor Deb
tors from Prison.
SEC. 1. Be IL enacted By The Senate and
House of Representatives an General Court as
senbled, and by the authority Of the same, That
from and after the fifteenth day Of May
next, the boundaries of the Gaol- Yards, in
the several Counties of this Commonwealth,
shall be assigned and limited as follows, viz
In the County of Suffolk, the gaol-yard shall
be co-extensive with the exteriour boundary
of Ward number FIVE, in the city of Boston,
as the same is now defined and in all other
Counties of this Commonwealth, it shall be the
duty of the Court of Sessions to determine
and establish anew, at their first meeting after
the first day of April next, the limits Of the
saol-yards, in their respective Counties IN such
manner that the same shall in no instance ex-
tend more than fifty rods from the gaol, to
which gaol-yards may be assigned and estab-
lished PyOrided, that it shall not be incum-
bent on the Court Of Sessions in any County,
70 ro- establish the limits of the gaol-Yard of
any prison, whore tho came have been assign
ed and established conformably to the provis-
ions Of this Act.
SEC. Q. Be ii further enacted, That the gaol
limits to the several gaols in this Common
wealth, shall remain as now assigned and es-
tablished, until confirmed or established agree
ably to the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 3. Be 1t further enacted, That in all
cases where any person has been or shall be
hereafter imprisoned on execution for debt, in
any of the gaols within this Commonwealth,
and shall not within one hundred and twenty
days from the passing of this Act, if now in
prison, or within ninety days from such COM
mtment, if hereafter committed, be discharg-
ed from such imprisonment, agreeably oAhe
provisions of an Act, entitled 6 An Act for the
relief of poor prisoners who are committed
by execution for debit passed on the nine
teenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty
seven, and the several Acts supplementary
thereto such person shall forthwith be put
into close confinement by the person having
the care Of the gaol to which such commit
ment NAV have been made, and shall continue
in such confinement until discharged from the
same by payment Vi all the executions on
which such person may stand committed in
close confinement, or otherwise discharged
from such Imprisonment by due course of law.
SEC, A. Be ii further enacted, That III all
bonds hereafter given by any debtor, for his
continuing a prisoner within the limits of the
prison-yard, there shall also be inserted as
condition of the bond, that the said debtor
shall, at the expiration of ninety days from
the day of his commitment, surrender himself
at the gaol-ho for the purpose of being
committed to close confinement, unless he
shall before that time have been discharged
by payment of said execution orb by order OF
law.
SEC. 5. Be II further enacted, That the
eral Acts and parts of Acts, so far as the same
are inconsistent with the provisions OF this Act,
be and the same are hereby repeated.
.4ppfOred bythe GOrsmO,sr, Feb. 10, 1923.
An ACT to prevent the destruction OF
Fish in the Hoosick River, within the towns
of Willamstown and Adams.
SEC. /. Be 1t enGeted by the Senate and
House of Representatives. IN Geneca! Court as
sentbied, and By The authority Of the same,
That from aud after the first day Of May next,
it shall not be lawful to take or catch any Fish
with nets or seines in the Hoosck River, with
in the towns of Wiliamstown and Adams;
and every person so offending, contrary to the
true intent and meaning Of this Act, upon con-
viction thereof, before any Court OF competent
jurisdiction, shall pay fine OF two dollars
one half to the complainant, the other halt to
the town in which such offence Is committed.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the in-
habitants of the aforesaid towns of Williams
town and Adams, may, at their annual March
or April meeting, by a concurrent vote, sus-
pend the operation Of the prohibitions and re
strictions contained in this Act, for such term
of time. not exceeding one year, as to them
shall seem expedient: Pfeuided, holcerer, that
the foregoing Act shall not be so suspended
within two years from the passing of the same.
.4pprored by the Gorcnoar, Feb. g. 1928.