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AT A General Court Held at BOSTON May. 16. 1683.
THis Court Considering that Cattle are Rated to the Countrey at a greater value than they will yield from Man to Man:
Doth therefore Order, that henceforth all Neat Cattle shall be Rated to the Countrey, viz. Oxen at four years old and above, at three pounds a piece; all Cows, and Steers at three years and above, at forty shillings a piece; and all of two years old, at thirty shillings a piece; and Yearlings, at fifteen shillings a piece; and Swine at a year old, at ten shillings.
By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr't.