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It was also voted that the sd Trustees Shall not let out the sd Towns Proportion of the sd bills to any Particular Person or Persons without a good Sufficient Surety besides the Prin- ciple.
Att a Meeting of the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Quallified and Assembled according to Law, at Springfield on the Eighth day of November An- noque Domini: 1728. To Consider and Grant what money may be thought needfull for the Defraying the Town Charge and for the use of the Town, and also to hear and Receive the Town Treasurers Accompts and to act upon it, Also to De- termine on the matter Relating to Ensign John Millars Broaken Legged mare to Hear the Petition of Joseph Rem- ington Respecting His Sons Schooling and act upon it, And also to Take Effectual Care that there may be Sufficient Pounds made and Kept in the Town, And also to Hear ye letter of Mr Sam' Day our Representative and to act upon it according as the Town Shall Think Best And Whereas there is a Highway through ye Land of ye Elys and Crannys at ye Place Called Ireland that ye Town Would Change it or Remove it or what ye Town Shall think Best, And also to [III-336.] answer The Desire of the Revd Mr Stephen Wil- liams in Giving Him a Quitt Claim of that Piece of Land at ye Lower End of Longmeadow Called the Commons.
Capt John Day Chosen moderator for this meeting.
Voted that there be allowed and Paid out of the Town Treasury To Robert Harris the Sum of three Shillings and four Pence for freight of Town Stock of Ammunition.
Voted and alowed that there be Paid out of ye sd Town Treasury to Wm Pynchon Jun' the Sum of Two Pound thir- teen shillings for three Records Books for ye Town.
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Voted that there be allowed and Paid out of the Town Treasury to ye Present assessors for there Service as Asses- sors for the Town this year (viz) To Sam1 Keep Six Shillings To John Ely Three Shillings, To John Fere for sd Service and for Paper Thirteen Shillings and Nine Pence.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of the Town Treasury to Jonathan Chapen for the use of his Bull this year the Sum of one Pound Ten Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be paid out of the Town Treasury to Henry Wright Sent for the use of his Bull this year the Sum of Ten Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of the Town Treasury to Henry Chapen for the use of his Bull this year the Sum of one Pound fifteen shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treasury to John Ferry Jun" for ye use of his Bull for ye year the Sum of fourty shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treasury To Frances Sikes for the use of His Bull this year the Sum of Fourty Shillings.
[III-337.]
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of the Town Treasury to Joseph Ashley for ye Use of his Bull this year the Sum of one Pound Ten Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treas- ury To Eliakim Cooley for the use of His Two Bulls this year the Sum of fourty Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treasury to Nathl Burt Jun' and David Burt Junt for the use of there Bull this year ye Sum of fourty Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treas- ury To Thomas Horton for the use of His Bull this year the Sum of fourty Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treasury To Joseph Parsons for the use of His Bull this year the Sum of Ten Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town
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Treasury to Nath1 Burt Sent for the use of his Two Bulls this year the Sum of Fourty Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of the Town Treasury To Ebenezer Jones Junt the Sum of one Pound Ten Shillings for ye use of His Bull this year.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of the Town Treasury to the Widow Martha Ferry for the use of her Bull this year the Sum of fifteen Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of The Town Treasury to Nath1 Dumbleton for the use of his Bull this year the Sum of one Pound five Shillings.
Voated and allowed that there be paid out of The Town Treasury to Ebenez" Parsons Sent for the use of His Bull this year the Sum of fourty shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treas- ury to John Bagg for ye use of His Bull this year the Sum of fourty shillings.
[III-338.]
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treasury To Ebenezer Miller Sent for ye use of his Bull this year the Sum of fourty Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be paid out of ye Town Treas- ury to Ebener Leonard Sent ye Sum of Twenty Shillings for ye use of his Bull ye sd Year.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treasury to Joseph Leonard Sent ye Sum of fourty Shillings for ye use of his Bull this year.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treas- ury To Nath1 Mun Sent and John Hitchcock Sent for the use of there Bull this year the Sum of fourty Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treasury, to Thomas Stebbins ye Sum of Six Shillings for his makeing an alphabet to ye Proprietors Book of Records.
Voted and allowed That There be Paid out of ye Town Treasury to Doctor John Leonard ye Sum of twelve Shillings for Sundry visits and Directions to Sarah Stevenson Last Spring in Her Sickness.
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Voted and allowed that there be Paid To John Day out of ye Town Treasury the Sum of fifteen Shillings and two pence Thirteen Shillings and two Pence for Rhum used In Sarah Stevensons Sickness Last Spring At his Expence, and Two Shillings for mending ye Pound on ye West Side of the Great River.
Voted and allowed That There be Paid out of the Town Treasury Three Pounds for Dreining the Town Meadows To Thomas Stebbins.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of the Town Treasury to Henry Burt for his Service as Town Treasurer this year the Sum of fourty Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treasury for ye Support of ye Grammar School ye Sum of fourty five Pounds.
Voated and allowed that there be Paid Out of the Town Treasury for the Support of ye Schooll on the West side of the Great River the Sum of Thirty Pounds.
[III-339.]
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treasury for ye Support of ye School at Longmeadow ye Sum of twenty five Pounds.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treasury for ye support of ye School at ye upper Chickuppe the Sum of four pounds Ten Shillings.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of the Town Treasury to Benjamin Ball the Sum of Three Pounds Eight Shillings and Eleven Pence Three Pounds Thereof allowed him for His Trouble and Tendance of Sarah Stephenson In Her Sickness at his house Last Spring, and ye Remaind' viz Eight Shillings and Eleven Pence for Druggs for her Sickness which he Pd for at Majt Pynchons.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town Treasury to Capt George Colton ye Sum of fifteen Shillings for his Trouble in Bringing The Towns Proportion of tlie Last Bank from Boston.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of ye Town
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Treasury the Sum of fourty Pounds To be Imployed for ye Use of the Poor of ye Town, for Contingent Charges and for Defraying the Charges for ye Killing of Wild Catts.
Voted that there be allowed and Paid out of ye Town Treas- ury the Sum of four Pounds, for the Repairing or New Build- ing of Pounds in ye Town.
Voted that the Present Treasurer of the Town Lend out of the said Town Treasury To Mr Sam1 Day the Present Repre- sentative of the said Town ye Sum of Twenty Pounds.
Voted and allowed that there be Paid out of the Town Treasury to the Present Selectmen of the sd Town of Spring- field the Sum of Three Shillings Each for There Trouble in makeing up of acctts with the Treasurer.
The Report of ye Committee appointed by the Town to Take Into Consideration the Memorial of Mr Wm Pynchon Respecting a Mare of Ensign John Millard, that Broake Her Legg in his Service through the Defect of a Bridge at Pauca- tuck, being Present and Read at this meeting, the Substance of the sd Report is as follows: [III-340.] They having Con- sidered the sd memorial think that ye Town ought to allow ye sd Wm Pynchon fifteen pounds for the Damage he shall Sustain by the mares legg Being Broaken as aforesaid Voted that the sd Report be accepted, and that there be allowed and Paid out of the sd Town Treasury to ye sd Wm Pynchon Je Sum of fifteen Pounds for the Damage by Him Sustained as aforesaid.
Voted that the Present assessors for the sd Town assess the Inhabitants thereof as well there Polls as Estates the Sum of One Hundred Eighty three Pounds Eight Shillings and Nine Pence, and to make a Distinct List of Each Persons name and Proportion Thereof under there Hands whom they are to Committ unto the Constables of the sd Town to Levy and Collect the same, And thatt the sd Assessors in there war- rants Directed to the Said Constable or Constables to whom they Commit the Said Assessments, for the Levying and Col- lecting ye Same, Direct the sd Constable or Constables to Pay In there said Collections to Henry Burt Treasurer for the sd
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Town or to His Successor in sd office for yd use of the Said Town according to ye Grants for ye Same.
In answer to the Petition of Jeremiah Horton Timothy Horton Benjamin Horton John Horton and Thomas Baylis Desiring Liberty to Build a Horse House at ye foot of the Hill at the meeting House by Maj' Pynchons Lot. Voted that the sd Parsons have Liberty to Build a Horse House at ye foot of the Hill in ye Lane by ye sd Maj" Pynchons Lott ac- cording to there Petition.
The Report of ye Committee appointed to make up Acctts with ye former Town Treasurer Mr Pelatiah Bliss and the Present Town Treasurer Being Presented and Read voted that the accus mentioned in ye sd Report be accepted, and that the sd Pelatiah Bliss ye former Town Treasurer be and Hereby is Discharged From ye se sd accompts. [III-34I.]
Voted and Granted to the Revd Mr Stephen Williams & to his heires and assignes forever all the Right and Title that the sd Town Hath to five or six acres of the narrow Strip of land that Lyeth below Long Meadow Brook as it formerly Run which was formerly Sequestred by the sd Town to Lye Com- on and free for Passage into The woods and for feed forever, The sd Town Hereby Reserving Liberty for Necessary High- ways upon Condition that the sd Stephen Williams acquit and Convey to ye said Town all the Right and Title he Hath to the Ministry Land.
The Question being Put whether ye Town would give Lib- erty that Joseph Remington of Suffield might send his Son to School in this Town, It Passed in ye Negative.
With Respect to the Highway aforesaid, There was not any thing done at this meeting.
Voted that the Land in Long meadow Comonly Called ye Comons be Continued in ye Improvement of the Revd Mr Stephen Williams for and in Compensation of His Part of ye Ministry Land during ye time of His Ministry in Long- meadow.
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Att a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Quallified and assembled according to Law on the Twentieth day of February Annoque Dom: 1728-29 To Consider and if the Town think itt Needfull to make Choice of Some man or men to Lay before the General Court what Right the Town Hath to That Piece or Tract of Land below the New Loin and East of Enfield and to man- nage That Affair for the Town before the sd Court.
Mr Thomas Horton was voted and Chosen Moderator.
Voted That Mr William Pynchon, Mr John Higgins and Mr Sam1 Ely Sen' be a Committee to take into Consideration the Title of the said Town to That Tract of Land East of En- field below the New Line, and to Lay the Same before the General Court by the Representative of the sd Town for the Time being.
[III-342.]
Att a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Quallified and assembled accord- ing to Law at Springfield on the Eleventh day of March An- no: Dom: 1728-29 To Choose all such Town officers as is obliged by Law and Such as shall be thought needfull and Beneficial, and also to make Choice of a Committee to Let out or Lease out the School or Town lots for Some Term of yeares, and Give Instructions upon what Terms it Shall be Let if the Town Shall Think Best.
Mr. William Pynchon was Chosen Moderatour
Voted to Choose five Selectmen.
Lt James Warriner Capt John Day, Ebenezer Warriner John Burt and Lt Ephraim Colton was voted and Chosen Se- lectmen for the year Ensuing.
Mr William Pynchon Jun' was Chosen Clerk for the year Ensuing.
John Stebbins Sen' Joseph Ashley Timothy Nash Joseph Ely Jun' and Sam1 Mirick were Chosen Constables for ye Year Ensuing.
Voted to Choose Three Assessors.
Thomas Stebbins John Ely and L' Ephraim Colton were Chosen Assessors for ye year Ensuing.
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Voted to Choose five Tythingmen.
Daniel Parsons Simon Smith Jonathan Ely Henry Rog- gers and David Chapin were Chosen Tythingmen for the year Ensuing.
Thomas Colton William Stebbins Obadiah Cooley Samuel Warner Sam1 Terry Japhet Chapin Saml Ely Sent Ebenez Day Sen' Ebenz Morgan John Hitchcock Jun' John Bedor- tha & Joseph Wiliston Jun' were Chosen fence viewers for ye year Ensuing.
Henry Woolcott, Joseph Colton John Ely 2ยช Thomas Mir- ick Jun' John Glover Gershom Ferry Wm Smith Thomas Miller 2d and Henry Chapin were Chosen Surveyors of High- wayes for the year Ensuing.
Voted That Jonathan Ely be Excused from Serving In the office of a Tythingman And that another be Chosen in his Room John Bliss Chosen Tythingman for ye year Ensuing In the Room of Jonathan Ely.
Henry Burt Chosen Treasurer for the Year Ensuing.
Sam1 Thompkins and John Ferry Jun' Chosen Hogg Reaves for the year Ensuing.
Ebenz Parsons Sent and Increase Sikes Sent Chosen Seal- ers of Leather for the year Ensuing.
Voted to Choose a Committee to Let or Lease out the Town or School Lotts to any suitable Person or Persons that will Hire the Same for Some Term of years, Not Exceeding Twenty years [III-343.] And also voted That the Present Selectmen be a Committee to Let or Lease ou the sd Town or School Lots, and that the sd Committee use there best Dis- cretion in the said Service and that they be accountable to the Town for said Service.
Att a Meeting at Springfield of the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Said Town Quallified and Assembled ac- cording to Law on the Eighteenth day of April Annod: Dom: 1729. Firstly to Choose a Constable In the Room of John Stebbins who was Chosen at the Town Meeting in March Last that office but Refused to Serve in sd office, for the year Ensuing. Secondly to vote and Give liberty for Swine Going
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at Large within the Bounds of sd Town. Thirdly to Give In- structions to the Present Selectmen and also to the Selectmen for the future for the sd Town For the ordering the Paymt of money out of the sd Town Treasury from time to time as there shall be occasion, Fourthly to Choose a Committee to make up acctts with the Present Town Treasurer.
Mr William Pynchon was Chosen Moderatour.
Joseph Willistone Jun' was voted and Chosen Constable In ye Room of the sd John Stebbins for the year Ensuing.
Voted that Swine may Go at Large within the Bounds of sd Town being yoaked and Ringed according to Law.
Voted that the Present Selectmen and the Selectmen of the sd Town for the future from time to time be and Herby are fully Impowered to order the Payments of money out of the sd Town Treasury as there shall be occasion from time to time for the Defraying the Charges of sd Town Conformable to the Grants of the sd Town from time to time, And also for the Necessary Releif of the Poor of the sd Town from time to time
Voted that the Present Selectmen be a Committee to make up Accounts with the Present Town Treasurer.
Att A Meeting at Springfield of the freeholders and other Inhabitants of sd Town Quallified and Assembled According to Law on the Twenth day of May Annoque Domini: 1729. To Choose one or more Persons to Serve for and Represent the sd Town In a Great and General Court assembled Ap- pointed to be Convened Held and Kept for his Majesties Ser- vice at the Court House In Salem upon Wednesday the Twenty Eighth day of May Currant [III-344.] And also to give Instruction and Directions to the Selectmen of sd Town about the Poor of sd Town there being Some Particular Per- sons in the sd Town the Selectmen of the sd Town think stand in need of Releif therefore they Desire and think It may be Prudent to take the advice of the Town Herein, also to Give orders for the Repairing the Court House there being need thereof, Also to vote and Conclude upon all Proper Methods to obtain a Release from Mr John Huggins of his Priviledge to him of the Ferry at the upper Wharfe Some-
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THE FIRST CENTURY OF SPRINGFIELD.
time Heretofore Also Give Instructions to the Town Treas- urer if the Town should think Convenient to Sue out the sd Huggins Bond, also to Choose a fence viewer In ye Room of Ebenz Day And to Direct the Selectmen How the Highway at Ireland should be whether to Run Through the Field above Chickuype Field as it Now Does or to Alter the Same.
Capt John Day was Chosen Moderatour by a Majority of votes.
Mr Sam1 Day was by a Majority of Votes Chosen Repre- sentative to serve for and Represent the sd Town at the Court as aforesaid.
With Respect to the Poor Nothing was acted.
Voted that the Present Selectmen of the sd Town be a Comittee to Repair the Court House in the sd Town And that they be Paid for the Same out of the sd Town Treasury.
Voted that Henry Burt the Present Town Treasurer with- draw the Suit Commenced by him as Treasurer of the sd Town agt John Huggins upon the sd Huggins Paying all Charges as yet Expended on sd Suit.
Voted, That the Highway at Ireland on the West side of the Great River be Altered and Turn'd West'ly And the Se- lectmen to alter and Lay out the same, And to begin at the foot of the Hill where the Rhoad Now Goes a Little South Westerly from the Brook Called Rylyes Brook And to Run West'ly where they shall Judge it Convenient And that the Rhoad Running through the Field above Ireland be Discon- tinued
Att A Meeting of the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Quallified and Assembled According to Law at Springfield on ye 20th day of November Anno: Dom: 1729. For the makeing & Passing all Proper votes for ye Granting and Raising of money for the Defreying the Debts and Charges of sd Town. Also to Consider [III- 345.] Is Requisite to be done with Reference to the money that yet Remaines unpaid of the Rate Comitted to Joseph Ashley Deceased Late Constable of sd Town and to vote thereon as Shall be Judged Necessary. Also to accept of ye
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Report of ye Comittee appointed by ye sd Town to make up acctts with the Present Town Treasurer and he to make Pro- per Votes Thereon. Also to Lease or Let out ye School lot So Call on ye West side of the Great River in ye Plain Called the Plain Field Either to Joseph Morgan of sd Springfield or to any other Person or Persons for a Longer or Shorter Term of Time as Shall be Judged Necessary and to Pass Proper Votes for that End, Also to Consider and act as to ye Con- tinueing or Discontinueing the Cart way a Cross mens lots from ye Lane at the Middle Houses so Called to the Lower End of the Longmeadow or So much of it as may be thought fitt and to vote therein as Shall be Judged Necessary. And also to Take into Consideration Cornelius Webbs Dwelling upon the lot Called the Town Lot at ye upper End of the Town Platt near the Causeway he having Lived on ye Same for Sometime In ye House he hath Erected And to Make & Pass such votes herein as Shall be Judged most for the ad- vantage of sd Town.
Capt John Day was Chosen Moderatour by a Majority of votes.
Voted and Granted to John Colton for ye Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound five Shillings.
Voted and Granted to Eliakim Cooley for ye Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound five shillings.
Voted and Granted to Benjamin Cooley for ye Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound.
Voted and Granted to Nath1 Burt Sen' for ye Service of his Bull the year Past Two Pounds.
Voted and Granted to Jonathan Ely for Repairing ye school House at Longmeadow Two Shillings & Eight Pence.
Voted and Granted to Thomas Horton for ye Service of his Bull the year Past Two Pounds.
Voted and Granted to Henry Burt for his Service as Town Treasurer the year Past fifty Shillings.
[III-346.]
Voted and Granted to Natha1 Dumbleton for ye Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound.
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THE FIRST CENTURY OF SPRINGFIELD.
Voted & Granted to Ephraim Stiles for Ringing ye Nine of ye Clock Bell ye year Past Two Pound fifteen Shillings.
Voted and Granted to Wm Warriner for I Load of Stone about Mr Mallifords Tomb Seven Shillings.
Voted and Granted to David Chapin Benjamin Chapin, Thomas Colton Isaac Colton Jun' James Mirick Jun' Jona- than Taylor Joseph Colton Jonathan Ball Jun' Joseph Leon- ard Sent Lamberton Cooper Wm Smith & Ebenz Millar Juin the Sum of four Shillings Each for one Days Preambulation.
Voted & Granted to Obadiah Cooley for help Building the Pound Twenty Eight Shillings.
Voted & Granted to Dan1 Parsons for help Building the Pound Seven Shillings and four Pence.
Voted & Granted to Frances Sikes for ye Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound fifteen Shillings.
Voted and Granted to Joseph Ashley for ye Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound fifteen Shillings.
Voted & Granted to Ebenz Jones Jun' for the Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound Ten Shillings.
Voted & granted to John Ferry Junt for ye Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound fifteen Shillings.
Voted & Granted to Ebenez' Parsons Sent for ye Service of his Bull ye year Past one Pound fifteen Shillings.
Voted & Granted to John Bagg Sent for ye Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound fifteen Shillings.
Voted Granted to Widow Martha Ferry for ye Service of her Bull the year Past One Pound Ten Shillings
Voted & Granted to Benjamin Chapin for Keeping ye Widw Crowfoot & her Son Thomas Sometime Past Eighteen Shillings & 3d.
Voted & Granted to Luke Hitchcock Sent for Keeping Widw Crowfoot & her Son Thomas from March Last Nine- teen Pound Three Shillings.
Voted & Granted to Ebenez" Millar Sen' for ye Service of his Bull ye year Past One Pound fifteen Shillings. [III-347.]
Voted & Granted to Joseph Parsons for the use of his Bull the year Past One Pound Ten Shillings.
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Voted & Granted to Nath1 Mun Sen' & John Hitchcock Sen' for the Service of there Bull ye year Past one Pound Ten Shillings
Voted & Granted to Jonathan Chapin for ye Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound fifteen Shillings.
Voted & Granted to Ebenez" Leonard Sen' for the Service of his Bull ye year Past Eighteen Shillings.
Voted & Granted to Thomas Bliss Sent for Keeping Sarah Harmon ye year Past Ten Pound.
Voted and Granted for ye Support of the Grammar School fourty five Pound.
Voted & Granted For ye Support of the School on ye West Side of the Great River Thirty Pounds.
Voted and Granted for ye Support of School at Long- meadow Twenty five Pound.
Voted and Granted to Jonathan Stevenson for Keeping Sarah Stevenson five Pound.
Voted and Granted to ye Inhabitant of ye Upper Chic- cuppee Four Pounds Ten Shillings for ye Support of a School There
Voted & Granted to the Inhabitants of Agawam for the Support of a School There Ten Pounds.
Voted & Granted to Henry Chapin for ye Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound fifteen Shillings.
Voted and Granted to Dr John Leonard for visits &c to one John Stuart in his Sickness Sixteen Shillings & Six pence
Voted & Granted to John Pynchon Esqr for Druggs to One John Stuart for sickness Nine Shillings and Three Pence.
Voted and Granted to Joseph Leonard for ye Service of his Bull ye year Past one Pound fifteen Shillings.
Voted & Granted to John Sikes for ye Service of his Bull the year Past Ten Shillings.
Voted and Granted to Thomas Stebbins for Dreining ye Town meadow Three Shillings.
Voted & Granted to Wm Stebbins for mending ye Win- dows of Longmeadow School House four Shillings & Six Pence.
[III-348.]
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Voted & Granted to Abel Chapin for ye Service of his Bull the year Past Twelve Shillings.
Voted & Granted to Jeremiah Horton for ye Service of his Bull the year Past Twelve Shillings.
Voted & Granted to John Lamb for ye Service of his Bull the year Past one Pound five Shillings.
Voted & Granted to the Present Selectmen of sd Town Three Shillings Each for making up acctts with the Town Treasurer.
Voted & Granted for Contingent Charges Twenty Pounds.
Voted and Granted to James Warriner Jun' Late Constable Six Shillings being what was assessed upon Joseph Wright Sen' and Comitd to him In his Rate to Collect ye sd Wright not being able to Pay ye Same.
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