Springfield 1636-1886, History of Town and City, by Mason A. Green ...

90 SPRINGFIELD, 16S6-1S86.
to y"^ said purchase. For y'= Saleant did not compell y"^ said combined jurisdic-
tion to pay such & such rates to him for y^' said purcliase, until! every inhabitant
in y'^^ said combined jurisdiction, liad fullj' agreed uppon y" summ & manner of
payment. They all gave consent, for they all had liberty to choose their depu-
tyes, to transact their bargains av*'* y^ Saleant in their Generall Court; but y*^
Saleant cannot challenge y^' like consent of us. he cannot, therefore, in justice
challenge us to be joynt purchasers m"' tliem, & therefore he cannot compell
them to pay an equall share w"' them of all sucli goods as passe out of y"^ Elvers
mouth.
2. We answer, y' there is not any one inhabitant in y'' combined juris-
diction, but by their deputyes, y' have a continued right to advise & vote in their
Generall Court touching y well ordering of y^^ said pattent & fort — namely, how
all things shall be governed, maintained, repayred. or demolished, as 3"-' major
})art of y^'" shall thiuke best. This benetit y Saleant cannot give to us, for we
being freemen of another jurisdiction, can have no right in their courts to give
any advise & vote — therefore, in equity he cannot coTupell us to pay as joynt
purchasers w*'' y*^^ combined Jurisdiction.
3. We answer y' if any of y'^' subjects of y combined Jurisdiction shall tind
themselves over rated to y'^ said purchase, or other wise shall find themselves
aggreived about y" government or maintenance of y*^ said patent or fort, they
have by their deputyes a continual right to transact such greivances, by w*^'^
meanes their greivances may easily & speedily be amended in a familiar orderly
way, but y'^^ Saleant cannot give us y'= like right full benefit in your courts to
transact our greivances; therefore, if we shall joyne w='' them in y