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eral Court. At the session beginning on May 31, 1699, and 

 continued by several prorogations until March 13, 1 699-1 700, 

 the following enactment was passed : — 



An Act relating to liillcrica Bridge, in the County of fflitililcsr.r. 



T^OJ^ Issuing- of the Controversie behveeii the To7vns of Groton, 

 -*- Billerica and Ciielmsford, and the Inhabitants of the Farms 

 Adjacent, arising by reason of the refusal or neglect of the Agents for 

 the Town of Groton aforesaid^ to pay the Sum set and proportioned on 

 their Town, for and towards the Erecting and Building of the Bridge 

 in the said Town of Billerica, in the County of Middlesex; which 

 ought in Equity to have been paid ; the Sum being Twenty Four 

 Pounds, and Ten Shillings. 



13c it IHnacteti bu p^is CiccIIcnri) tlje (Sobernour, Council anli 

 iAtpvcscntatilJcs iu (!5cncral (Court Isscmtleti, anti fau tljc Hutljorito 

 of tljc same, That the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be 

 holden at Concord, in the said County of Middlesex, on the Second 

 Tuesday of jfune next, are hereby ordered and impowred to issue and 

 send forth a Warranty to the Select-men or Assessors of the said 

 Town of Groton, Requiring them forthwith to Levy and Assess the 

 said Sum or Twenty Four Pounds, and 2^en Shillings Money, on the 

 Inhabitants of their Town according to Law ; and with the Assessment 

 to deliver a Warrant to the Constable of their Town, Requiring him to 

 Collect and Gather the same ; and the said Sum so Collected, to de- 

 liver and pay in unto Major Thomas Hinksman, Major jfoJiathan 

 Tinge, and Mr. John lane. Undertakers for the Building of the 

 Bridge lately Erected in Billerica above-said ; and the said Constable 

 to pay in the said Sum, and issue and settle his Accompt with the said 

 Undertakers, at or before the First Day oi August next. And Groton 

 shall not be liable to Contribute anything further toward the Repair or 

 Rebuilding the said Bridge at any time for the future ; unless the Gen- 

 eral Court or Assembly shall Order the same. 



"Acts and Laws, of her Majesties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New- 

 England" (Boston, 17 14), p. 129. 



The town's exemption from liabilities on account of the 

 bridge, as implied in the last clause, however, did not last 

 long, as in the course of a few years this paragraph was 

 repealed. At the session of the General Court beginning 

 on May 30, T716, the following enactment was passed: — 



