At a general court held at Boston in the year [lacuna] by the court, Edward Rawson, secretary. Massachusetts. General Court. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B26623 of text R30049 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B26623 Wing M967 ocm 11239415

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 eng Educational law and legislation -- Massachusetts. Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources. eebo At a general court held at Boston in the year [lacuna] / by the court, Edward Rawson, secretary. Massachusetts. General Court. 1688 1 596 23 0 0 0 0 0 385.91 F The rate of 385.91 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2014-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-08 Sampled and proofread 2014-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
At A GENERAL COURT Held at Boston , in the Year 〈◇〉

JT is Ordered by this Court and the Authority thereof , that the following Order shall be directed and sent by the Clerks of the several Shire Courts , to the Constables of the To was within their Shire , who are enjoyned faithfully to Execute the same ; and if upon the Return made , it doth appear that the Select men are negligent in ex●cuting the Laws therein mentioned , the Court shall proceed against them by Admonition , or Fine , as the merit of the case may require and shall also dispose of single persons , stubborn Children or Servants to the house of Correction , according to the in●ent of the Law , any Law , Custome of Usage to the contrary notwithstanding .

To the Constable of 〈◇〉

WHereas the Law published by the Honoured Gen●●al Court Lib . 1. Page 67 , Sect . 3. Do require all Towns from time to time , to dispose of all single persons and in-●ates within their Towns to service , or otherwise , and in page 16. Tit . Children and Youth . 〈◇〉 It is Required of the Select men , that they see that all Children and You●h , under Fam●ly Government , be taught to Read perfectly the English Tongue , have knowledge in the Gapital Lawes , and be taught some Orthodox Ca●ec●●ism , and that they be brought up to some honest imployment , profitable to themselves and the Common wealth ; and in case of neglect on the p●rt of the Family Governours , after Admonition given them , the said Select men are required , w●th the help of two Magistrates , or next Cont of that Shire to take such Children or Apprentices from them , and place them forth , with such as will look more straitly to them .

The neglect whereof , as by sad experience from Court to Court abundantly appears doth occasion m●ch sin and prophaness to increase among us , to the dishonour of God , and the ensnaring of many Children and Servants , by the dissolute lives and practises of such as do live from under Family Government , and is a great discouragement to those Family Governours , who conscientiously endeavour to bring up their Youth in all Christian nurture , as the Laws of God and this Common wealth doth require :

THese are therefore in His Majestyes Name , to require you to acquaint the Select men of your Town , that the Court doth expect and will require , that the said Laws be accordingly attended , the p●evalancy of the former neglect notwithstanding : And you are also required to take a List of the Names of those young persons within the Bounds of your Town , and all adjacent Farmes , though out of all Town Bounds , who do live from un●er Family Government , viz. do not serve their P●●eats or Masters , as Children , Apprentices , hired Servants , or Journey men ought to do , and usually did in our Native Country , being subject to their Commands and Discipline ; and the same you are to return to the next Court to be held at 〈◇〉 on the 〈◇〉 day of 〈◇〉 and hereof you are to make a true Re 〈…〉 under your hand , and not to sayle .

By the Court , Ed●●●d ●●●son 〈◇〉 .