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Holmes Hole District 104 = 11}
N W do
27 - 90%
South & S E
do
36 = 492
North Shore do
31-481
$200-00
Attest WILLIAM COTTLE, Town Clerk
At A Legal Meeting of the Town of Tisbury duly qualified by the Laws and Constitution of this Commonwealth to Vote for Governor, Lieutenant Governor Senators and Councilers on Monday the third day of April in the year 1826 at the Meeting House in the West Parish of Said Tisbury and the following Persons were Voted for governor Lieu- tenant Governor & Senators & councilers and the Votes were Sorted recorded & Sealed in open Town Meeting as the Law directs
Viz For Governor His Excellency Levi Lincoln forty Votes
40
66 Hon Samuel Hubbard three 3
For councilers & Senators
John Mason forty Six Votes 46
Solomon Pratt forty two do
42
Joseph Tripp twenty two do 22
James A Jones thirty seven do
37
Matthew Mayhew five do
5
Echobed Norton
Seven do
7
John Hancoch one do
1
Solomon Mason four do
4
Joseph Rotch five do
5
Attest WILLIAM COTTLE Town Clerk
445
TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
At A Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury duly qualified agreable Laws and Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts to Vote in the Choice of Town officers raise Money for to de- frey the expences of the Town and other Town affairs on Monday the the third day of april y 1826 at the Meeting House in the West Parish of Sd Tisbury and the following Votes were taken Viz
Voted Benjamin Allen to be Morderator
William Cottle to be Town Clerk
Trustram Luce
66 John P. Norton to be Selectmen
66 George Athearn
Voted that the Town Treasurer have eight dollars for his Services the ensueing year
Voted James Cottle to be Treasurer of the Town
Voted to but one Collector of Taxes for the Town of Tisbury
Voted John Cottle to be Collector of Taxes and to have for his Ser- vices three pr ct on the amount of Taxes
Voted George Dunham
Jabez Luce -
Benjamin Dexter
to be Constables
Eliakem Norton
Voted Elijah Hillman r
Seth Daggett
Thos Dunham
to be Health Committe
Thos H. Smith
John Holmes
Voted Matthew Merry.
Charles Look.
Surveyors of Highway
Elijah Hillman.
Voted Trustram Luce Charles Look
. John Cottle
Fence Veiwers.
Bernard Luce
Samuel Thompson Voted Bartlett Allen
William Downs
-
John Holmes
Titheing Men
William Lambert.
William S. Vincent.
1
W! S. Vincent.
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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
Voted Abijah Hammett
Shubal Merry Trustram Luce Edmund Crowell Alfred Norton Jerimiah Manter Whitten Manter
Pound keepers.
Feild Drivers.
Voted James Cottle
Trustram Weeks
John Lambert
William Andrews
Surveyors of Lumber
William Harding Ervin Luce
and all the preceeding Votes passed in the affirmative
Voted that this Meeting be adjourned to the first tuesday in May next at two oclock in the afternoon
attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
At A Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury duly qualified by the Law and Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts to Vote in Town affairs on Monday the third day of April y 1826 at the Meeting House in the West Parish of. Tisbury and the fol- lowing Persons were Voted for as County Treasurer and Register of Deeds for County
Treasurer Peter Norton 3ª had forty one Votes 41
William Jernigen " Nineteen do 19
George Athearn " two do 2
For Regester of Deeds Samuel Smith had fifty Votes
50
attest WILLIAM COTTLE Town Clerk
At A Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury on May th1 y 1826 at the Meeting House in Holmes hole pursuant to A legal Notice of the Selectmen for the Purpose of regulating the Jury Box Samuel Daggett was Chosen Morderator
William Fergursen
Seth Daggett were Chosen A Committe to regulate the Lathrop Merry Jury Box
Voted that the 174 names returned by the committe to regulate the Jury Box as eligable Jurors be excepted passed in the affirmative
Voted that this meeting be adjourned without day
attest WM. COTTLE Town Clerk
447
TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
" Pursuant to A Vinire from the Clerk of the Supreme Court to be held at Barnstable May term for y 1826 Benjamin Dexter one of the Constable of the Town of Tisbury duly notified the Inhabitants of Said Town to meet at the Meeting House in the East Parish of Said Town on Monday the first day of May y 1826 for the purpose of chooseing one Suitable Man for A Grand Juror and one Suitable Man for A traverse Juror to Serve at Said Barnstable Court the Inhabitants meet at the time and place and Bartlett Pease Jur was Chose Grand Juror Bartimus Luce was Chose Travers Juror attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
Pursuant to the adjourned meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury held on may the third y 1826 the Inhabitants assembled at the Meeting House in the West Parish on tuesday the Second day of May y 1826 at 2 o clock in the afternoon the Moderator being present the following Votes were taken and passed in the affirmative Viz
Voted that thare Should be eight Men for School Committe Voted that Trustram Luce be the Committe 66 Nathan Smith
Voted that John Cottle
for Holmes hole District
be the Committe
for North Shore District
Voted that Presbury Norton James Cleveland
be the Committe
for the N W District
Voted that David Look
be the committe for the South and S E Districts
Abijah Hammett Voted that Lathrop Merry and Warren Lewis be Feild Drivers Voted that Jabez Smith & Thomas H. Smith, to be fence Veiwers Voted that Benjamin Allen ) be a Committe for getting from the 66 " John P. Norton S the Clerk of the Court of Sessions for Dukes County A Copy of the Treasurer of the Countys accts for two years last past and Charge the expence to the Town of Tisbury
Voted that Peter Norton Ju
David Look
George Smith
James Smith
66 Oliver Grinnel Ju
66 Wm Sanford Vincent
66 Seth Look
be Hog Reaves for the Town of Tisbury
66 Alfred Norton
448
TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
Voted that George Athearn Elijah Hillman & William Davis be A Committe to Settle the Selectmen and Treasurer Books
Voted that the Sum of Two Hundred Dollars be raised and assessed on the Inhabitants for use of Town Schools
Voted that the Sum of One Thousand Dollars be raised and assessed on the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury for to meet and defray the expences of the Town of Tisbury the ensueing year
Voted that Elijah Hillman be the Town of Tisbury agent for prose- cuting and defending Sutes for or against the Town of Tisbury
Voted that the overseers of the Poor to Hire A House to put all the Poor in
Voted that this Meeting be adjourned without day
attest WILLIAM COTTLE Town Clerk
At A Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury at the Meeting House in the West Parish on Monday May the fifteenth y1826 for the purpose of choosing A Representative to Represent the Town in the next General Court to be held on the last Wednesday of May
Voted to Send A Representative
and the whol number of Votes were forty one of which John P. Norton had thirty one Votes and was declared to be elected A Representative to the Next General Court
Voted Samuel Daggett
66 William Ferguson
66 Elijah Hillman
Benjamin Allen
66 Peter Norton
to be A Committe to advise the Repre- sentative what business the Intrist of the Town requires to be acted on the ensueing year in the General Court
attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
At A legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury held in the West Parish of Sd Tisbury at the Meeting House on the 22 day of May at 2 o'clock in the afternoon in the year 1826 and the following Votes passed in the affirmative Viz
Voted that George Athearn Esqur be Morderator
Voted John P. Norton Clerk pro tem
Voted that the overseers act in A manner that will be most condu- cive to the Town Intrist with the regard to the Poor in manner as they Shall See fit
449
TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
Voted that John P Norton write to his friend in New York for further information relative to the Wooster Family
Voted that George Dunham be Pound Keeper in Holmes Hole as pr returns of the Clerk Pro tem
attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
Pursuant to A Notice of Benjamin Dexter one of the Constables of the Town of Tisbury waring A Town Meeting for the Choice of five Jurors to Serve as Grand Jurors and five Jurors to Serve as Traverse Jurors at the Court of Common Please to be holden at Edgartown of the fifth Monday of May Inst. - the Inhabitants meet at the Meeting House in the East Parish in Tisbury on Monday at one o clock in the afternoon th on May 23 y 1826 (after the Meeting for regulating the Jury Box) and
drawed out of the Jury Box the following Persons to Seven as Jurors Viz
David Look
Abijah Athearn Thomas Cathcart
Grand Jurors
James Look
Stephen Luce Peter Norton 3d.
John Cottle -
Ira Dexter
Traverse Jurors
William Downs James Cottle
attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
Pursuant to A Notice of Benjamin Dexter one of the Constables of the Town of Tisbury warning A Town Meeting for the choice of four Persons to Serve as Traverse Jurors at Court of Common Pleas to be held at Edgartown in Dukes County of the Second Monday of October next the Inhabitants meet at the Meeting House in the East Parish in Said Tisbury on Monday the 25th day of September y 1826 at two o clock in the afternoon and the following Persons were drawn to Serve at Said Court as Traverse Jurors Viz
Jabez Luce. Jonathan Athearn Jr Charles Look & Ervin Luce
attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
450
TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
At A Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury duly qualified by the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts to Vote for A Representative to Congress of the United States at the Meeting House in the East Parish of Tisbury on November th6 y 1826 it being the first Monday of Said Month and the following Per- sons were Voted for Viz
Hon John Reed twenty Votes 20
Walter Folger three 3
66 John P. Norton Esqur one 1
Attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
At A Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury, duly qualified by the Constitution and Laws of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts to Vote for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Senators and coun- cilors on Monday the Second day of April y 1827 at the East Parish of Said Tisbury and the following Persons were Voted for Governor, Lieu- tant Governor Senators & counclers and the Votes were Sorted counted recorded and Sealed in open Town Meeting as the Law directs Viz
For his Exellency Levi Lincoln for Governor Forty Eight Votes 48
" William C. Jarvis Esqur do four 4
For Lieutenant Governor Hon Thomas L. Winthrop Forty Eight 48
For Senators & Councilors
Joseph Tripp Sixteen 16
William Wood thirteen 13
Noah Claflin thirteen 13
George Athearn five
5
John Hancock five
5
Echobed Norton Sixteen
16
Matthew Mayhew twelve
12
William Davis Eleven
11
Thomas L. Winthrop one
1
Attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
At A legal Meeting of Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury held at the Meeting House in the East Parish of Tisbury on Monday the Second day of April y 1827 duly qualified to Vote for County Treasurer by the
451
TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
Constitution & laws of this Commonwealth the follow Persons were Voted for.
Viz For County Treasurer
George Athearn Esqu had twenty Six Votes 26
William Jernigen Esqu fourteen do
14
Seth Daggett Esqur one do 1
Attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
At A Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury held at the Meeting House in the East Parish of Sd Tisbury on Monday the Second day of April in the yr 1827 for the Choice of Town officers and to raise Money for Town Schools Support of the Poor and to meet the Current expences of the Town the ensueing year the following Votes were taken and passed in the affirmative and officers choose were as follows viz
Voted Benjamin Allen Esqur Morderator
William Cottle Town Clerk
66 Trustram Luce
Selectmen Assessors &
66 John P. Norton Overseers of the Poor
George Athearn
James Cottle, Town Treasurer
Voted that the Salary of the Town Treasurer Shall be eight dollars pr Annum
Voted George Dunham
66 Eliakem Norton
66 William S. Vincent
to be Town Constable
Benjamin Dexter
66 Jabez Luce
Voted that thare be but one Collector of Taxes for the Town of Tis- bury the year Ensueing
Voted Jerimiah Crowell William Downs
John Holmes
Edmund Crowell
Titheingmen®
Peter Norton Ju
Zachariah Smith
Isaac Luce
1
452
TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
Voted Elijah Hillman
Seth Daggett be A Health Committe
66 Thos Dunham
Voted, that the Petition of W? S. Vincent & others for A new School District, be laid on the Table
Voted Thomas Dunham
be A Committe to examine the order
Elijah Hillman of Notice on the Herring Fishery from
Alfred Norton the General Court and to make their report at the Adjournment
Voted Elijah Hillman
60 Matthew Merry
66 Belcher Athearn
Voted James Cottle
William Andrews
Trustram Weeks
Voted Tristram Luce
Charles Look
Bernard Luce
Matthew Lambert
Voted Tristram Luce
Thomas H. Smith
Jethro Hillman
66 Shubal Merry
66 Matthew Merry
George Athearn
66 Wª S. Vincent
Shubal Weeks.
66 Wª Davis.
Voted Charles Smith 66 Abijah Hammett Voted Charles Smith
Seth Daggett
Thomas Dunham
66 Thomas Cathcart
66 Abijah Luce
66 Benjamin Dexter
John Cottle
66 David Look .
66 Benjamin Allen
Surveyors of Highways
Surveyors of Lumber
-
Fence Veiwers
Field Drivers
Pound Keepers
Hog Reves
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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
Voted Charles Smith
be A Committe to Settle with the
Seth Daggett Town Treasurer & Selectmen and to
Elijah Hillman report on the Same at the adjourned Meeting
Voted, that this Meeting Stand adjourned to the fourth Monday of April Inst, y 1827 at one P M
Attest, W" COTTLE Town Clerk
Pursuant to A Vinire from the Clerk of the Supreme Court to be holden at Barnstable May term y 1827 Eliakim Norton one of the Con- stables of the Town of Tisbury duly Notified the Inhabitants of Said Town to Meet at the Meeting House in the East Parish of Tisbury on Monday th 23 day of April y 1826 for the purpose of Choosing One Suitable Man as a grand Juror and one Suitable Man to Serve as A Traverse Juror at Said Court, the Inhabitants Meet at the Time & place and the following Persons were drawn to Serve at Sd Court from the Juror Box
Viz William Furgeson Grand Juror
Willard Luce Traverse Juror
Pursuant to the Adjourned Town Meeting of April th2 y1827 unto April the fourth Monday being the 23ª of Said Month at A one P. M. the Inhabitants Meet the Morderator being present, opened the Meeting and the following Votes were passed in the affirmative Viz
Voted Richard Luce be added to the
Edmund Crowell Health Committe
Voted John Lambert Surveyor of Lumber
that the first Section of the report of the Committe on the Chopoquonsett Herring Fishery - to remonstrate Against the Petition of John P Norton and twelve others (as pr order of Notice from the General Court) be accepted
that A Committe be chosen to draw A remonstrance against the Petition of John P Norton and twelve others and that Thomas Dunham
Elijah Hillman and
Seth Daggett be that committe
to draw that remonstrance against the Said Petition of John P Norton and others above named
Voted that the Second Section of the Herring Fishery be not ex- cepted
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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
Voted that the last Vote be reconsidered
that George Athearn Esqur be the Collector of Taxes for the Town of Tisbury for the year ensueing and to have for his Services three & three eighths pr Cent on the whole Sums assessed upon the Town
Voted that George Athearn, Thomas Dunham & Daniel Fisher be the School Committe for the Town
Voted that Seth Daggett be the prudential School committe for the Holmes hole District
that Matthew Merry, be the prudential School committe for the North Shore District
that James Cleveland be the prudential School committe for the N W. District
. that Belcher Athearn be the prudential School Committe for the South & South East district
that Six hundred Dollars be assessed and raised in the Town for the Support of the Poor of Sd Town of Tisbury.
Voted that Four hundred Dollars be assessed and raised in the Town of Tisbury for the Support of Town Schools
.6 that three hundred Dollars be assessed and raised in the Town of Tisbury to pay the Intrist money due from Sd Town to individials and Towns debts and Incidental Charges
that this meeting be Adjourned unto the Second Monday in May at 2 PM
attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
Pursuant to the adjourned Town Meeting of April th23 y 1827 to the Second Monday of May th14 at 2 P M the Inhabitants meet the Morder- ator being Present the meeting was opened and the following Votes were taken Viz
Voted that William S Vincent Abijah Hammett Edmund Crowell Lemuel Luce Voted that John Cottle Charles Look
James Cleveland
Voted that James Cottle Trustram Weeks John Lambert
be titheing Men in Lieu of those chosen at the Annual Meeting
be fence Viewers in lieu of those Chosen at the Annual Meeting - Excepting Trustram Luce
be Surveyers of lumber with Wm Andrews chosen at the anuel Meet- ing
455
TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
Voted that Matthew Manter
Zackariah Smith 1 Pressberry Norton Lathrop Merry Joseph Smith -
be field Drivers with Trustram Luce and Thomas H. Smith and Jethro Hillman and in lieu of those chosen at the Anuel meeting that were not Sworn
Voted to receive the report of the Committe for Petitioning the Gen- eral Court against the Petition of John P Norton and others and that the Said remenstrance be Sent on to Said General Court
Voted that the Fisheries of Chopaquensett remain in A State of Nature as they are
Voted that the petition of William S. Vincent and others be put on the files
Voted that the Selectmen provide for the Poor in the best manner & way that they deem proper
Voted that this Meeting be Adjourned without day
attest W" COTTLE Town Clerk
The whole Number of children in the Town of Tisbury in August 1827 were (Males under twenty one & Females under Eighteen) Five Hundred & Fifty Seven (557) as pr returns of the different School Com- mittes
Viz Holmes Hole School District were children 304
North West do
66 70
North Shore do
83
South & S E do
100
Scholars 557
At the Anual Meeting of the Voters of the Town of Tisbury in the Spring of 1827 Four Hundred Dollars was Voted to be raised & assessed on the Inhabitants for the Support of Town Schools $400
Proportioned, pursuant to the Number of children in the Several Dis- tricts as follows Viz -
Holmes Hole District $218 =31
North West do 50/27
North Shore
do
59 ,, 602
South & S. E do
71 1, 812
$400=00
Attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
456
TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
At A Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury held at the Meeting House in the East Parish of Said Town Pursuant to A Vinire from Cornelius Merchant Esqu. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Dukes County holden at Edgartown to appoint five good Men as Grand Jurors and four good Men as Travers Jurors all to be of good Moral Character and the following Persons were drawn from the Jury Box and duly appointed Viz
Thomas H. Smith
Bernard Luce
-
Grand
Abijah Hammett
Jurors
James Cleveland
Alfred Norton
John Holmes
John Baxter
Traverse
Abijah Luce
Jurors
Trustram Luce
May 1827
Attest W" COTTLE Town Clerk
at a legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury warned & Notified according to the Laws and Constitution of this Common- wealth for the purpose of Sinking a peir in Holmes Hole Harbour to lay before the Town the proposals of the Selectmen of Edgartown relative to the lines between the Towns and to take into Consideration the Peti- tion of Sundry Inhabitants in the South East School District they meet at the meeting House in Holmes Hole on June th16-1827 there being but few present they organized the Meeting by choosing Elijah Hillman Esqur Morderator and Voted to a adjourn the Meeting unto Monday June th18 - 1827 one oclock in the afternoon
attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
Pursuant to the adjourned Meeting on the 16 June 1827 the Inhab- itants meet on Monday June th18 - 1827 at one o clock in the Meeting House at Holmes Hole the Morderator being present the Meeting was opened and the following Votes were passed in the affirmative Viz
Voted that Individuals have liberty to Sink a Peir (pursuant to a petition of Seth Daggett and six others to warn a Town meeting to have liberty to Sink a peir in Holmes Hole Harbour any where between a line due east from Samuel Daggetts House and a line due east from Thomas
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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
Dunhams House in Said Harbour) agreeable to Said petition any where within Said limetts in depth of water not exceeding Nineteen feet
Voted that Said Peer shall not exceed in length on any one Side three Hundred feet within Said limetts.
Voted not to except the propositions of the Selectmen of Edgartown respecting the boundery line between the Towns
Voted that the Town take no further notice of the petition of Jona- than Athearn & others for a new School District as thare was not any of the petitioners in Town Meeting
Voted that this meeting be adjourned without day
Attest W# COTTLE Town Clerk
At A legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury - qualified agreable to the Constitution and Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the purpose of appointing Jurors at the Meeting House in the East Parish of Tisbury on September th 18 = 1827 Pur- suant to A Warrant or Vinire from Cornelius Merchant Esqu to George Dunham one of the Constables of the Town of Tisbury to appoint four Judicious Men of good Moral character to Serve as Traverse Jurors at the Court of Common Pleas to be holden at Edgartown on the third Monday of September Inst and the following Persons were drawn Viz
Presberry Norton, Matthew Merry, Peter Norton Ju5, and Thomas Bradley
Attest W" COTTLE Town Clerk
At A Legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury duly qualified to Vote for Govenor Lieutenat Governor, Senators and Coun- cilors agreable to the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth held at the Meeting House in the West Parish of Said Tisbury on Monday april th7 - 1828 the following Persons were Voted for and the Votes were Sorted counted recorded & Sealed up in open Town Meeting Viz
For Governor His Excellency Levi Lincoln forty Seven Votes - 47 For Leiutenant Governor Hon Thomas L Winthrop thirty two - 32 For Senator & Councilors
Howard Lathrop eighteen 18 Votes
William Wood twenty eight 28 Votes
John A Parker twenty eight 28 do Levit Thaxter four 4 do
John P. Norton four 4 do
Timothy Daggett one 1 do
attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
458
TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
At a legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury at the Meeting House in the West Parish of Tisbury on Monday the 7 day of april 1828 for the purpose of Voting for a County Treasurer the Mod- erator being chosen the following Persons were Voted for Viz
George Athearn had ten Votes 10
William Jernigen had twenty
20
Seth Daggett do nine 9
Peter Norton 3ª do one 1
attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
At a legal Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Tisbury duly qualified by the constitution & Laws of the commonwealth of Massachu- setts to Vote for Town officers and to Vote money to be assessed to defray the expences of the Town and other Town affairs on Monday the Seventh day of april - 1828 at } past two o clock P M at the Meeting House in the West Parish of Said Tisbury and the following Votes were taken and passed in the affirmative Viz
Voted John P Norton to be Moderator
William Cottle to be Town Clerk
66 Trustram Luce /
66 John P. Norton to be Selectmen
66 Matthew Lambert
66 that the Town Treasurer have for his Services the ensueing year Eight Dollars and one dollar extra for each and every execution that he Shall issue against delinquent Collectors
Voted James Cottle to be Town Treasurer and give bonds in the Sum of Two Thousand dollars for the faithfull performance of his duty
66 Jabez Luce
Charles Smith
George Dunham Shubal Luce 1 Constables
Voted that the Selectmen be a committe to cut twenty Loads of Wood off the plain Lands and Cut the Said quantity and de- liver the Same to the use of the Poor
Voted on the Petition of the Selectmen Viz Trustram Luce & George Athearn and James Rogers & Eighteen others have liberty to erect two gates across the Town Road petioned for
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TISBURY TOWN RECORDS.
Voted the Petition of Seth Daggett and others be laid on the table until an adjourned Meeting
66 the Sum for Collecting Taxes be Sold at auction and was Sold to David Look at two and Six Eights 2&6/g pr Cent on the Sum assesed, he to give bonds in the Sum of three Thousand dollars to the Town
Voted James Cottle
Trustram Weeks William Andrews John Lambert
1 to be Surveyors of Lumber
Bernard Luce Ervin Luce Charles Look Samuel Thompson Trustram Luce
to be Fence Veiwers
Thomas Dunham Willard Luce Charles Smith Ervin Luce
Hog Reeves
66 John Luce Abijah Hammett
Pound keepers
66 Charles Smith Trustram Luce John Hursell A bijah Luce sworn
to be Field Drivers
Hovey Luce
Abijah Athearn James Look Willard Luce Thomas Dunham Daniel Fisher
to be central school committe.
John P Norton
Stephen Luce
Bernard Luce
John Cottle
Prudential Committe for the South district N. W and North Shore Dis- tricts
Voted that this Meeting be adjourned to the Second Monday of May next at 2 P. M
Attest WH COTTLE Town Clerk
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