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Ibabeag Corpum fufpeneb. XaMh rtbbtbI,                             .o1
ACTS and LAWS
'Faflcd by the Great and General Court or A ffembly of
theCommonwealth of Mafacbufettt : Begun and held
at~ofton, in theCounty of Suffolk, on Wednefday the
Twenty-ninth Day of May, A. D. 1783                ; and frorii
thence continued by Adjournments to W ednefday
the Twenty-ninth Day of 7anuary following, and
then met.
C     H     A      P,       I.
Au A1 to fufpend the Privilege of the Writ of Habean
Corpus for four Months.
W tIHER FS foint late Diflurbances ig' this COmmoauveatb and OppiJ
jftio?; to the legal lutbority thereof, render it expedient and Necef- ?raamh
Jary that the Benefit derived to the Citizens fren the fieting of
Writi cf Mabeas Corpus /ihould be fulpendid for a limited- rime i,
.ertaib Cafes :
Be it therefore onafled by theSenati and You/t of Reprefntaives in Geftral The Govim
Court a)Temhledand by thehtethority of the fame, That hisExcellency theGover- nor and
nor, with the Confent and Advice of Council, be, and he hereby ii authorifed Council etnv
and empowered by Warrant under the Seal of this nommonwealth, by him powered by
fublcribed, to apprehend and fecure in any Goal in the Commonwealth, any Warrant to
PYapprehen~d
Perfon or Perfons whatfocver, whofe being atLarge may be judged by his Ex. appreen,
cellency and the Council to be dangerous to the Peace and Well-being of this ons dangeri
or any of the United States of America. Any Law, Ufage, or Cuttom to tn to the
the contrary notwithfanding.                                       P     of the
This A& to continue in Force for four Months and no longer,      LinitdState*
!bis 411 paj§td F'ruary 51b, 1783.
C      1    A      P      IL
An A& for reviving and continuing fundry Laws that,
are expired or near expiring.
717'RREA        the feveral klts herein after mentiergi,  hbie& at'e ,vowbt
:p'    it id, or xear expiring, have bee*Iound uJiful ad inefici4, ix.--  PreamblC
One At made in the Year of our Lord, one Thoufand feven Hundred SurndryLsi,
04 Tirt-filx, ctitid, !6 4kn Aa to enable the eVrfWr of the aor and r4vivedt

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