The by-laws and orders of the town of Boston, passed at several legal town meetings, and duly approved by the Court of Sessions : together with rules and orders passed by the selectmen, the rules and regulations of the Board of Health. Also, sundry laws of the Commonwealth, and other important information relating to the town of Boston / published under the direction of the selectmen.

  • Boston (Mass.)
Date:
1818
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The by-laws and orders of the town of Boston, passed at several legal town meetings, and duly approved by the Court of Sessions : together with rules and orders passed by the selectmen, the rules and regulations of the Board of Health. Also, sundry laws of the Commonwealth, and other important information relating to the town of Boston / published under the direction of the selectmen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    walls, except in those places reserved for gates and sluices. Which road over said Dam, shall within the same time, be estab- lished and finished, in the manner to be pro- vided by the act of incorporation. 3. That said corporation, or other per- sons having a right from said corporation, shall, within 5 years from 1st January, 1815, erect and employ Mills, with machinery of sufficient power to turn 14 pair of common sized mill stones, upon sluice wavs leading across Washington street; and in case said corporation shall fail to perform either of the above conditions within the time afore- said, then the grant from the town of Boston shall be wholly void, and the land and fiats shall revert to the town. 4. And if at any time, after the first Ja- nuary, 1820, either from the insufficiency of the Dams, want of water, or other cause, there shall fail, for one year, to be kept em- ployed a power sufficient to turn 14 pair of mill stones as aforesaid, then all said land and flats, shall revert to the town. But should, previous to such failure, any of the lands or ilats hereby granted under the aforegoing conditions have been sold by said corporation, conditioned to erect mills with their necessary buildings and establish- ments ; then, in order to do ample justice to the parties who may be injured by the non- fulfilment of the agreement on the part of the corporation, such lands shall be apprais- ed by commissioners to be appointed for that