Groton by Reason of the Difficulties they labour under being remote
from the place of the publick worship of God have addressed this
Court to be Sett off a Separate District whereunto the Inhabitants
of Said Town have Manifested their Consent Be it therefore enacted
by the Lieutenant Governour Council and House of Representatives
that the Southwestwardly part of the Town of Groton Comprehended
within the following boundaries viz begining at the the [_sic_]
mouth of Squanacook River where it runs into Lancaster [Nashua]
River from thence up Said Lancaster River till it Comes to Land
belonging to the Township of Stow thence Westwardly bounding
Southwardly to said Stow Land tilll it comes to the Southwest
Corner of the Township of Groton thence Northwardly bounding
westwardly to Luningburgh and Townsend to Squanacook River
afores'd thence down said River and Joyning thereto to the mouth
thereof being the first bound--Be and hereby is Sett off from the
said Town of Groton and Erected into a Separate and Distinct
District by the name of ... and that the Inhabitants thereof be and
hereby are Vested with all the powers priviledges and Immunities
which the Inhabitants of any Town within this Province do or by law
ought to Enjoy Excepting only the Priviledge of choosing a
Representative to represent them in the Great & General Court, in
choosing of whom the Inhabitants of Said District Shall Joyn with
the Inhabitants of the Town of Groton, as heretofore has been
Usual, & also in paying said Representative

Provided nevertheless the Said District Shall pay their
proportionable part of all such Town County Parish and Province
Charges as are already Assessed upon the Town of Groton in like
manner as though this Act had never been made.