Excerpt from Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Vol. 5: Passed at the Several Sessions of the General Court Holden in Boston, Beginning 31st May, 1809, and Ending on the 29th February, 1812 I hereby certify that, agreeably to the direction of the Legislature expressed in their resolve of the l6th January last, I have carefully examined and collated that part of the printed copies of the Laws, comprising the fifth volume, included within the 30th May, 1810, and 1st March, 1812, with the original acts passed by the General Court, and find them correct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.