Monday, September 11, 2017

Massachusetts Act against Monopolies, 1641

Source:
The Charters and General Laws of the Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay. Carefully Collected from the Publick Records and Ancient Printed Books. To which is Added an Appendix, Tending to Explain the Spirit, Progress and History of the Jurisprudence of the State; Especially in a Moral and Political View. Published by Order of the General Court (T.B. Wait and Co., 1814), p. 170

These charters and general laws were collected by a committee consisting of Nathan Dane, William Prescott and Joseph Story.


CHAPTER LXXI

AN ACT AGAINST MONOPOLIES.

It is ordered, decreed, and by this court declared, that there shall be no monopolies granted or allowed amongst us, but of such new inventions that are profitable to the country, and that for a short time. [1641.]

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