IN COUNCIL, NOVEMBER 7th, 1775. Whereas by an Act of this Colony, made in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of George the Third, intitled, An Act impowering the Courts of General Sessions of the Peace, within this Colony to grant Licences, to Innholders and Retailers ... Resolved, that before any such licences be granted to Innholders, Retailers or common Victuallers, every person applying ... shall produce a Certificate from the Major Part of the Selectmen of the Town where they dwell, recommending them to be Persons of sober Conversation ... and particularly, that they be firmly attached to the Rights and Interests of their Country; and that this Resolve be Published in Hand Bills, and sent into each Town in this Colony.
[Watertown, Mass: Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1775] Imprint supplied by Evans. Broadside. 21 1/2 x 16 1/2 cm. A true copy, signed in type, and sent down for Concurrence by Perez Morton, Dep. Sec'y., in the House of Representatives, November 7, 1775. Read and concurr'd and sent up by J...... More