Excerpt from Acts and Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1786-87 And whereas there are many persons who dwell or re side in some towns, within this Commonwealth, but are engaged in trade and negociate their business almost entirely in other towns, there hire sheps, stores or wharves; it is apparent that the Assessors of the towns [where such persons reside or dwell, cannot be so well acquainted with the business transacted by them, as the Assessors of the town] where the same is done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.