At a General Court on adjournment, held at Boston Feb. 13 1683[/]4. That for incouragement to build in Boston with brick and stone according to a law made the last session ...

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AT A General Court ON ADJOURNMENT, Held at BOSTON Feb. 13 1683/4

THat for Incouragement to Build in Boston with Brick and Stone according to a Law made the last Session; As an Addition to the said Law:

It is Ordered and Enacted, that whosoever shall so Build, shall have liberty to set half his Partition-Wall in his Neighbours Ground, leaving Jagges in the Corners of such Walls, for the Neighbours to Adjoyn their Building to; And that when the same shall be Built unto, the Neighbour Adjoyning shall pay for half the Wall so far as he shall Adjoyn: And in case of Difference, that the Select Men have power to appoint Persons to make Valuation, or lay out the Line between such Neighbours.

By the COURT, Edward Rawson Secr't.

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