THE

Perpetual Laws

OF THE

COMMONWEALTH

OF

MASSACHUSETTS,

From the ESTABLISHMENT of its CONSTITUTION,

IN THE YEAR 1780,

To the END of the YEAR 1800;

WITH THE

CONSTITUTIONS of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA,
and of the COMMONWEALTH, prefixed.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

ACTS AND CLAUSES OF ACTS, FROM THE LAWS OF THE LATE
COLONY, PROVINCE AND STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,
WHICH EITHER ARE UNREVISED OR RESPECT
THE TITLE OF REAL ESTATE.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

Containing the LAWS, from NOVEMBER, 1780, to March, 1788,
inclusively.

Ignorantia legis neminem excusat.
The ignorance of Law is an Excuse for no One.

The Law is the Subject’s best Birthright.

PRINTED AT BOSTON,

BY I. THOMAS AND E. T. ANDREWS.

Sold by them, at their Bookstore, No. 45, Newbury-Street, and by said THOMAS,
at his Bookstore, in WORCESTER.

MARCH, 1801.

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There is currently no available "Beginner" label. The following is the default level label: The section of the Commonwealth's "Perpetual Laws" regulating taverns and tavern keepers states that the responsibility for their enforcement was the duty of the Selectmen of each town. Each town had its share of taverns in the 18th and 19th centuries. They served as communication centers, post offices, social clubs as well as a place for eating and drinking and often for overnight accommodations, and served travelers as well as local residents.

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