The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-03-24
AN ACT establishing salaries for County

Attorneys.
SEC. l. Be ft eRacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives. in General Court as
ssmbled, and by the authority of the same,
That from and after the first day of May next,
the Attorneys of the Commonwealth, in tho
several Counties thereof, shall receive, for their
services, stated annual salaries, which salaries,
in the several Counties herein after mentioned,
shall be as follows: for the County of Essex,
three hundred dollars; Middlesex, two hun
dred and fifty dollars; Worcester, two hundred
and fifty dollars Bristol, two hundred dollars;
Plymouth, one hundred and fifty dollars; Barn
stable, seventy-ive dollars; Dukes County,
twenty dollars Nantucket, fifty dollars Berk-
shire, one hundred ard twenty-five dollars !;
Franklin, one hundred dollars; Hampshire, one
hundred dollars Hampden, one hundred dol
lars; Norfolk, two hundred dollars.
SEC 2. Be it further enacted, That the sal
aries aforesaid shall be paid, sem-annually, out
of the County Treasures of the respective
Counties of this Commonwealth, and the same
shall be in full compensation for the services
of the said County Attorneys, and in lieu of
all fees and charges heretofore received by
them. And the said County Attorneys shall,
from and after the first day of May next, rem
der a semi-annual account to the Treasurers of
their respective Counties, of all fees received
by them, and the amount SO received by them,
shall he deducted from their respective salaries,
or If they exceed the amount thereof, the bal
ance shall be paid by them into the County
Treasury, and in the settlement of the accounts
for expenses in criminal proceedings between
the Commonwealth and the Counties respec-
lively, there shall no more be charged to the
Commonwealth for the services of the County
Attorneys, than their salaries aforesaid.
SEC. 3. Be IL farther enacted, That when
ever, by reason of the absence of the Attorney
and Solicitor General, at any term of the Su-
preme Judicial Court, the County Attorney
shall be required TO perform any service in said
Court, he shall be entitled to receive therefor,
the usual taxable fees, as by law now establish
ed.
Approved by the Governor, March g, 1880.
AN ACT concerning Town and County Bridges.
Sec. ]. Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House
of Representatives., in General Court assembled,
and by the authority of the same, That the sew
eral towns in this Commonwealth shall have
power at any legal meeting in the months of
March and April annually, to establish bylaws
to prevent any person or persons from riding or
driving any horse or horses over any Bridge
within the limits of such towns, of value not
less than five hundred dollars, at a rate faster
than walk, and to annex penalties for breach
thereof, not exceeding one dollar, TO be recov-
cred by an action brought in the name of the
Town Treasurer, in any Court of competent
jurisdiction: Provided, That such bylaws shall
first be approved by the County Commissioners
for the County in which the town making the
same may be at the next session after the same
shall be made find provided, also, That no
person shall be liable to such penalty unless the
town shall cause to be posted up and kept at
each end of such Bridges, in some conspicuous
place, board painted with white ground,
containing in black letters, the substance OF
such bylaw.
SIC. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That the
County Commissioners, in their respective
Counties, shall have authority to establish by
laws to prevent any person or persons from rid
ing or driving any horse or horses at a rate
faster than walk, over any Bridge maintained
by such Counties, of value not less than one
thousand dollars, and to annex penalties for the
breach thereof, not exceeding one dollar, to be
recovered by an action brought in the name of
the County Treasurer, in any Court of compe-
tent jurisdiction: Prooided, That no person
shall be liable to such penalty unless said Gem
missioners shall cause TO be posted, boards of
the description, and in the manner provided in
this act in relation to Town Bridges, and this
act shall take effect from and after the first day
of April next.
Approved by the Governor, March 9, 1885,
AN ACT in further addition to an Act, entitled
Gan Act describing the duty and power Of
Coroners.''
SEC. 1. Be t enacted By the Senate ana
House of Representatives, an General Court
| assembled, and By the authority of the same
That from and after the first day of June next.
it shall be the duty of Coroners to take inuuests
upon the dead bodies of persons supposed to
have come to their deaths by violence only ;
| and not when the death is believed to have been
| occasoned by casualty. And that so much of
the Act to which this is in addition as is incon.
slstent with the provisions of this Act, be, and
the same is hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the fees
OF Witnesses who shall attend and give evidence
before any Jury ofinquest, shall be thirty-three
Cents for each days attendance, and four Cents
for each Miles travel TO and from the place of
taking such inquest, and such fees shall be paid
IN the same manner as other expenses of taking
inquests are required by law to be paid.
Approved By the Governor, March 5, 1880.
AN ACT to repeal " An Act TO incorporate
the President, Directors, and Company
of the Sutton Bank"
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives., an General Court assembled.
and by the authority Of the same, That the act
entitled " An Act to incorporate the President,
Directors, and Company Of the Sutton Bank, y
passed on tho eleventh day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and twenty-eight, is hereby declared forfeited
and void, and from and after the passing of this
act is and shall be taken to be wholly repealed
Approved by the Governor, March G, 1880.
RESOLVE requiring Towns to make Surveys
OF their Territory, and return Plans of the
same into the Secretary's Office.
Rssotced, That the Inhabitants of the CITY
OF Boston, and the several Towns and Dis
tricts IN the Commonwealth, be, and they here
by are, required to make, or cause to be made
by their Selectmen, or some other suitable per.
son or persons, appointed for that purpose ac.
curato Plans of their respective towns or dis.
tricts, upon scale Of one hundred rods to an
men, upon minute and accurate survey, here.
after actually to be made, or that has actually
been made within the last five vasvs no - 80