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James Warriner Ebenz Warriner John Burt Thos Stebbins
Selectmen
468
THE FIRST CENTURY OF SPRINGFIELD.
Which sd Return being Presented to this meeting and Read Voted that the Same be Accepted And the sd Highway there- in Expressed be And Hereby is Approved of as a Town Highway.
Att a Meeting of the freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Quallified and Assembled as the law Directs on ye Ioth day of May Anno: Dom: 1731 to Elect and Depute one or more Persons to serve for and Represent the sd Town in the Great and General Court to be Held at Bos- ton on ye 26th day of May next Also for the Choosing Such officers that Do Refuse to take there oaths or Serve in there offices they were chosen In General Town meeting In March Last, Likewise to Vote [III-364.] That Swine may go at Large under the Limitts that the law Prescribes, And to Consider whether they will Pay the Twenty Pounds to John Chapin for Lands Taken away by the Jury, or whether they will Petition the Gen1 Court for abatmt of the Same, And also Consider Whether those Persons that Have Taken up money out of the Town Bank may Pass there bonds to Pay there dues Into the Town Treasuary
Capt John Day was Chosen Moderatour by a Majority of Votes.
The Question was Put whether the Town would Pay to John Chapin the Sum of Twenty Pounds; being Directd Thereto by the Court of Gen1 Sessions of the Peace Held at Northampton on the First Tuesday of March Last, for a Country Rhoad laid Through the sd Chapins Improved Ground to the Great River. It Passed In the Negative.
Whereas The Town of Springfield are Directed by the Court of Gen1 Sessions of the peace Held at Northampton for ye County of Hampshire on the Third Tuesday of May Last Past to Pay to John Chapin the Sum of Twenty Pounds Dam- ages, Valued by the Jury for Laying out a Country Rhoad Running Through the sd Chapins Improved lands from the Country Rhoad on the East Side of Connecticutt River, West- erly to the sd River, which the Town Think not Proper to Pay, the sd Rhoad being but of Little or no advantage as they
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THE TOWN RECORDS.
Apprehend to any But the Town of Hadley [III-365.] And not a Proper Country Road, Therefore Voted That Lt James Warriner, Mr Joseph Wilistone Mr Saml Bliss Mr Thomas Colton & Mr Thomas Stebbins, the Present Select- men of sd Town be a Comtee In Behalfe of the Town of Springfield to Address the Gen1 Court as Soon as may be for Relief Therein.
Voted That the Several Sums In Bills of Credt Still out Standing In the Hands of Capt John Day Compll Trustees of the sd Towns Proportion of the £50,000, Now due from Sun- dry Persons In Bonds to the sd Trustees be by the sd Several Persons Paid Into the Treasury of the sd Town of Spring- field, by Giving the Treasurer (for the use of the Town) Bonds in Lieu thereof with a good Sufficient Surety besides the Principal, And the Treasurer is Hereby Directd to take the advice of the Selectmen Herein, Provided that the Sum due from any Person be not Less then Five pounds And not to Let out more then Thirty Pounds to any Part" Person.
Voted That Swine may Goe at Large within the Town of Springfield being yoakd and Ring'd as the Law Directs.
No Officers Chosen at This meeting.
[III-366.]
Att a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Quallified and assembled according to Law on the 13th day of August, Anno: Dom: 1731. To Choose a Surveyor of Highways to Serve in the Room of Pel- atiah Morgan who Refused to Serve in sd office.
Wm Pynchon Esqr was Chosen Moderatour.
John Day Jun' was Chosen Surveyor of Highways to Serve until the Annual Meeting In March next.
Att a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Quallified and assembled according to law on ye 18th day of Novem" Anno: Dom: 1731.
For the Granting Such Sum or Sums of money as they Shall think fitt to Defrey the Necessary and Contingent Charges that have arisen or may arise in sd Town and also to Choose a Committee to Reckon with the Town Treasurer an-
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THE FIRST CENTURY OF SPRINGFIELD.
nually Some time Before the meetings for Granting money to Defrey the Town Charges.
Mr Saml Bliss Chosen Moderatour.
Granted for the Support of the Grammar School the Sum of Fifty Pounds.
Granted for the support of the Schools on the West Side of the Great River Thirty Pounds, out of which four Pounds is to be appropriated for the support of the School at the Place called Ireland and to be Paid for that End as it Be- comes Due.
Granted For the Support of the School at Longmeadow the Sum of Twenty Five Pounds.
Granted to Ebenez" Parsons Sen' for four Dayes Assess- ing the Sum of Sixteen Shillings.
Granted to Sam1 Colton for Three Dayes Assessing the Sum of Twelve Shillings.
Granted to John Ferry for Paper and Five Dayes Assess- ing one pound and Ten pence.
[III-367.]
Granted to WVm Colton for the Service of his Bull the Present year the Sum of fourty Shillings.
Granted to the Widw Jeremiah Colton for the Service of her Bull the Present year fourty Shillings.
Granted to Benjamin Cooley for the Service of his Bull the year Past fourty Shillings.
Granted to Increase Sikes Junr for the Service of his Bull the year Currant the Sum of one pound Thirty Shillings.
Granted to Joseph Parsons for the Service of his Bull the Present year fourty Shillings.
Granted to Luke Hitchcock Sen' for the Services of his Bull the Present year fourty Shillings and for Irons for the Stocks Two Shillings.
Granted to Benjamin Brooks for the Service of his Bull the Present year fourty Shillings.
Granted to John Hitchcock Sent for the Service of his Bull the Present year Thirty Shillings.
Granted to Jeremiah Horton for the Service of his Bull the Present year Two pounds.
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THE TOWN RECORDS.
Granted to Benjamin Chapin for the Service of his Bull the Present year Thirty Shillings.
Granted to Jonathan Chapin for the Service of his Bull the Present year Forty Shillings.
Granted to Benjamin Smith for the Service of his Bull the Present year fourty Shillings.
Granted to John Day for Repairing the Pound on the West side the Gret River Twelve Shillings.
Granted to Pelatiah Glover Jun' for mending Glass at the School Housees Eighteen Shillings.
Granted to Ephraim Stiles for Ringing the Nine Clock Bell &c and Sweeping the Town House Three Pounds.
Granted for the Support of the Widw Crowfoot and her Son Thomas Thirty one pound four Shillings.
Granted for the Support of Sarah Harmon the Sum of Thirteen pounds.
Granted for the Support of Sarah Stevenson the Sum of Ten Pounds.
Granted to Jonathan Stevenson for the Service of his Bull this year Twenty five Shillings.
[III-368.]
Granted for the Support of the School at the Upper Chic- cuppee the Sum of Five Pounds and that it be Paid to John Chapin as it becomes Due.
Granted to Henry Burt for his Service as Town Treas- urer the year the sum of Fifty Shillings.
Granted to Timothy Nash for Repairing at Longmeadow Pound three Shillings.
Granted to David Burt for Sundry Repaires of Long- meadow School House Eight Shillings.
Granted to Samuel Chapin for the Service of his Bull this year Twenty Shillings.
Granted for the Support of a school at the Loer Chiccuppe Four pounds And to be paid to Henry Chapin.
Granted for the Support of a School at Agawam the Sum of Six Pounds and to be paid to John White as it becomes due.
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THE FIRST CENTURY OF SPRINGFIELD.
Voted that there be Remitted to Joseph Ashley out of his Town Rate to Collect Seven Shillings and Two pence being the Sum Assessed to Joseph Brooks to Pay which ought not to have been the sd Brooks not being of age to act for him- self.
Granted to John Chapin the Sum of Nineteen Pounds Damges for a Highway Laid out through his Homelot Lately by order of the Court of Quarter Sessions.
Granted for Contingent Charges Fifty Pounds.
Voted that all Grants of money made at this meeting be Paid out of the Town Treasury.
Voted that there be a Rate Raised and Levyed on the In- habitants of sd Town the Sum of Two Hundred and Sixty Pounds, And that the Present assessors are Directd Hereby to Assess the Same according to Law on the Several Inhab- itants and that they Direct the Person or Persons to whom they Comit the sd Assessm's to Pay the Same to Henry Burt Treasurer of sd Town or to his Successor by the First of March next for the Defraying the Charges of sd Town.
Voted that Wm Pynchon Jun' Joseph Wilistone and Thomas Stebbins be a Comtee to make up accounts with the Present Town Treasurer And that the Selectmen that shall be Chosen next March be a Comtee to make up acctts with the Town Treasurer next year before the meeting for Grant- ing of money.
[III-369.]
Att a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Quallified and Assembled according to Law on the Seventeenth Day of Febry Anno: Dom: 1731- 32 To Grant to Several Persons money for the use of their Bulls, and for Preambulation And other Necessary or Con- tingent Charges.
Mr Natha1 Mun was Chosen Moderatour by a Majority of votes.
Granted to Natha1 Leonard for the use of his Bull the Past year Fourty Shillings.
Granted to John Fowler for the use of his Bull the year Past Thirty Shillings.
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THE TOWN RECORDS.
Granted to Christian Vanhornne for the use of his Bull the year Past fourty Shillings.
Granted to Nathal Dumbleton for the use of his Bull the year past Thirty Shillings.
Granted to Joseph Ely Jun' for the use of his Bull the year Past Twenty Shillings.
Granted to Obadiah Cooley James Warriner Jun' & Robert Harris for one Day Each to Run the Line Between Spring- field and Brimfield four Shillings Each.
Voted that all the Grants of money made at this meeting be paid out of the Treasury of the Town of Springfield.
Att a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Quallified and Assembled accord- ing to Law on the Fourteenth day of March Anno: Dom: 1731-2 For the Choosing of Town officers, also to accept of the Report of the Committee appointed to make up acctts with the Town Treasurer.
Wm Pynchon Esq' was Chosen Moderatour.
Joseph Wilistone John Worthenton, Pelatiah Bliss Thomas Stebbins and John Day were Chosen Selectmen for the Town of Springfield for the year Ensuing. [III-370.]
Mr Wm Pynchon Jun' was Chosen Town Clerk and Town Treasurer for the Town of Springfield for the year Ensuing.
John Glover John Horton Thomas Bliss 3d Caleb Parsons and James Mirick Jun' were Chosen Constables for the Town of Springfield for the year Ensuing.
Luke Hitchcock 2d John Ely and Ephraim Colton were Chosen Assessors for the Town of Springfield for the year Ensuing.
Benja Stebbins Joseph Parsons John Stebbins Sent and Nath1 Bliss 2ª were Chosen Tythingmen for the Town of Springfield for ye year Ensuing.
John Hitchcock Sen' Samuel Warner Ebenez' Colton Pel- atiah Hitchcock Eliakim Cooley Ebenz Jones Jun' Sam1 Ely Jun' and Sam1 Mirick were Chosen Surveyors of Highways for the Town of Springfield for ye year Ensuing.
474
THE FIRST CENTURY OF SPRINGFIELD.
Thomas Bliss 2ª Ebenez Hitchcock Jun" John Day Junt Pelatiah Morgan Jun Benja Chapin Japhet Chapin Natha1 Burt 2ª Thomas Day and Frances Stebbins were Chosen Fence Viewers for the Town of Springfield for ye year Ensu- ing.
Ebenz Parsons and Increase Sikes were Chosen Sealers of Leather for the Town of Springfield the year Ensuing.
The Report of the Comtee Appointed to make up acctts (Page 371.) With Henry Burt Treasurer with the Town of Springfield Setting forth that they had accordingly Done the Same And that there is Due to the Town according to the sd Treasurers acctt the Sum of £96:12:6, of which there is now in the sd Treasurers Hands the Sum of £40:14:6. And outstanding in the Hands of Several Constables not yet Paid into the Treasury the Sum of £55:18, Exclusive of the Last Rates and Tares Raised the Last, being to this Meeting Presetd And Read, Voted that the Same be accepted and al- lowed.
Att a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Quallified and Assembled according to Law on ye Monday the Fifteenth day of May Anno: Dom: I732.
To take unto Consideration the Circumstances of James Dorchester he having made application to the Selectmen that he is under Poor and Low Circumstances and Stands in need of Relief and to Pass Proper votes thereon as also to take in- to Consideration the Cost and Charges that Have been Ex- pended by the sd Town in Tendance &c In John Bedortha Deceasd Late Sickness in the Small Pox of which he Dyed and to Pass Such votes and Grants Respecting the Same as Shall be Judged Necessary, As also to Grant to Benja Smith Jun' what the Town Shall think Proper for the Use of his Bull the Last year, also to Give Instructions to the Treas- urer [III-372.] of Said Town what shall be done re- specting the money that is outstanding and due to the said Town from any Particular Person or Persons and to Pass Proper votes therein, also to Choose Such Town offi-
.
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THE TOWN RECORDS.
cers as are necessary to Serve in the Room of those officers as were Chosen in March Last and Refused, Also to take Into Consideration what may be done in answer to the Pre- sentment of the Grand Jury for not makin a good Feasable Highway from John Day Junrs to the Widw Mackrannys on the West Side of the Great River, as also to make and Pass such votes and Grants of money to any Person or Persons for any Consideration Whatsoever as shall be thought neces- sary as also to appoint to Hire as many Bulls as shall be Judged Necessary for the Service of the Town the year En- suing, also to take into Consideration what Proper meth- ods may be taken for Preserving and Securing the Lot Called the Town Wood Lot Lying Eastward of the Town Meadow on the East Side of Connecticutt River that no Incroachmts may be made thereon, And Pass all Such votes and Grants Respecting the Same as Shall be Thought Necessary and any other Particulars Lot belonging to the Town, as also to Choose a Representative to Serve for and Represent the sd town at the Gen1 Court the Last Wednesday of May Currant.
Wm Pynchon Esq' was Chosen Moderatour.
Dan1 Parsons, Saml Keep Jona Chapin James Mirick Tilly Mirick John Bagg and Ebenez" Millar Sen' were Chosen a Comtee to Hire as many Bulls as they Shall think Necessary In Every Part of the Town for the year Ensuing And that they [III-373.] Determine the Number in Each Part of the Town according to the Number of Cowes in Due Pro- portion, any three of the sd Comite agreeing upon there Meeting and Determination in ye affair Shall be valid and that they make Report to the Town as Soon as may be of there Transactions in ye affair.
Granted to the Widw Martha Ferry forty Shillings for the Service of her Bull in ye year 1731, Provided the same be not Granted Heretofore and that the Same be paid out of the Town Treasury.
Voted that the money outstanding in the Hands of Thomas Ingersole and David Ingersole be Still Continued in there Hands Provided they Give Further Security to the
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THE FIRST CENTURY OF SPRINGFIELD.
Treasurer of sd Town for the Same, the sd Treasurer Taking the advice of the Selectmen therein, and that the Same be forthwith Done.
Voted that the bond from Benja Ball for the Payment of a Considerable Sum be Pd to him without Paying any thing more, Upon his Executing a Good Deed of Sale to the sd Town of Four or Five Acres of Land Lying near Jehojadah Bartletts, being the Land he Had of Cornelius Webb, And that the Present Selectmen with the Town Treasurer be a Comtee In Behalfe of the Town to take the sd Deed upon sd Balls Cost.
Voted that the Present Selectmen be a Comtee to take Into Consideration the acctt of Disbursm's &c [III-374.] In John Bedorthas Late Decd Sickness and make Report to the Town as soon as may be what may be Proper for the Town to act in ye affair, And that they Represent the sd acctt to the Judge of Probates as Soon as may be with a De- sire that Admcon may be Granted on ye sd Estate that the sd acctt may be paid and refunded out of ye' Estate of sd De- ceasd If any there be.
Voted that the Treasurer of sd Town Deliver to John Bar- ber the bond and note he has in hands of sd Barbers upon ye sd Barbers Paying to the Treasurer the Sum of Five Pounds Provided he pays the same within one Months time from ye Date.
Capt John Day was Chosen Representative.
Voted that this Meeting be adjourned to Fryday the 19th day of May Instant at two Clock afternoon.
Att a Lawfull Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Holden by adjourmt upon ye 15th day of May 1732 To the 19th of sd Month.
Granted to Natha1 Dumbleton the Sum of Ten shillings more for the use of his Bull for ye year 1731, And that the Same be Paid out of the Town Treasury.
Granted to Benjamin Smith Junt the Sum of Twenty Shil- lings for ye use of his Bull In ye year 1731. And that the Same be paid out of the Town Treasury. [III-375.]
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THE TOWN RECORDS.
Voted that the Present Selectmen be and are Hereby or- dered to Dray money out of the Treasury of sd Town for the Support of James Dorchester Sent and his wife until the Town Shall otherwise order.
Voted that Luke Hitchcock Junt be agent or Attory In Behalfe of the Town of Springfield to take Effectual Care that no Enchroachments be made on the Tract of Land Cald the Town or School Wood Lot Lying near the North End of the Town plat Easterly of the Town Meadow, And he Hereby is fully Impowered in ye Towns Behalfe to Prosecute or Sue any Person or Persons that shall at any time Trespass on ye sd Land or be found in ye Improvemt of the Same or any Part thereof at any time Hereafter.
Granted to Joseph Wilistone L' Pelatiah Bliss and Thomas Stebbins three of the Selectmen the Sum of Twenty Shilings for there Expenses In ye affairs of John Bedorthas Expences in his Late Sickness and James Dorchesters Circumstances &c And that they Pay out of the Same to Natha1 Atchinson for his Trouble one Day Going to Paucatuck in ye affair. And ordered that the Same be Paid out of the Town Treas- ury. [III-376.]
Att a Meeting of the freeholders and other Inhabitants of ye Town of Springfield Quallified and assembled according to Law on the 25th Day of Augt 1732. To Give orders and Instructions to the Treasurer of the sd Town Respecting what money Is now Due from any Particular Parson or Parsons and to Pass Such Votes Respecting the Same as they Shall think proper also to Pass Proper votes for the Re- pairing the Court or Town House, also to accept of the Report of the Comtee appointed to take into Consideration the acctt of Disbursments &c In John Bedortha Decds Late Sickness and to Pass Such votes Respecting the same as they shall think Proper.
Capt John Day was Chosen Moderatour
Voted that the Present Town Treasurer Deliver up to John Barber his bond and note he having Paid Five Pounds to ye treasurer which ye Town accept in full Discharge thereof.
478
THE FIRST CENTURY OF SPRINGFIELD.
Voted that the Treasurer of sd Town Taking the advice of ye Selectmen Delivered up Dan1 Baggs and Thomas Inger- sols bond to ye the sd Town taking a bond of Pelatiah Hitch- cock in Liew thereof.
[III-377.]
Voted that L' James Warriner Luke Hitchcock and Wm Warriner be a Comtee to take Effectual Care that all Such Repairs as are Necessary about the Town House be as Soon as may be Effected and that the Charge thereof be paid out of the sd Town Treasury.
Nothing was actd at this Meeting Respecting the Report of the Comtee appointed to take Into Consideration the act of Disbursm's In John Bedortha Decd Late Sickness.
Att A Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Springfield Quallified and Assembled accord- ing to Law on the 30th Day of November Anno: Dom: 1732.
To Grant and Raise all Such Sums and Sums of moneys as shall be Judged Necessary for the defreying the Debts and Charges of said Town also to Give Instructions to the Treas- tirer of Said Town Respecting the money that is Still out- standing and Due from any Person or Persons to the Said Town and to Pass Such votes Respecting the Same as shall be thought Necessary, also to accept of the Report of the Comittee appointd to make up Acctts with the Treasurer of said Town, and to Pass Proper votes Respecting the Same.
Wm Pynchon Esq' was Chosen Modertatour.
Granted to John Worthenton John Ely & John Burt for there Service as Trustees two years Past forty Shillings to Each [III-378.]
Granted For the Support of the Grammar School the Sum of Fifty Pounds.
Granted for the Support of the Schools on the West Side of the Great River Thirty Pounds.
Granted for the Support of the School at Longmeadow Twenty five pounds.
Granted for the support of the poor Sixty Pounds.
Granted For Ringing the Nine Clock Bell three pounds
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THE TOWN RECORDS.
to be Dispossed off according to the Select mens Discretion.
Granted to John Worthenton For Paper and Glass Six Shillings and Four Pence.
Granted to Wm Warriner for his Extraordinary Trouble about the Crowfoots Twenty shillings and for his trouble about Cornelius Webbs wife Nine shillings And for Two Load of Stone for the Court House Sixteen Shillings.
Granted to Jonathan Church for his Bull one year Forty Shillings.
Granted to Henry Wright for the use of one Bull the year Past twenty Shillings and for two Bulls Three years Past twenty shillings.
Granted to Increase Sikes Jun' for the use of his Bull the year Past one pound Ten Shillings.
Granted to James Warriner Jun' for Two Days Preambu- lation ten Shillings.
Granted to Thomas Mirick Jun' Joseph Wilisteone Jun™ Joseph Millar David Chapin Jonathan Chapin Wm Smith Jonathan Miller Jonathan Taylor and Thomas Colton for one Day Each for Preambulation to Each of them five Shil- lings.
Granted to David Burt Jun' for the use of his Bull the year Past Forty Shillings.
[III-379.]
Granted to Benja Chapin for the use of his Bull the year Past forty Shillings.
Granted to Wm Colton for the use of his Bull the year Past Forty Shillings.
Granted to Benja Smith Sent for the use of his Bull the year Past the Sum of Forty Shillings.
Granted to Widw Jehannah Colton for the use of her Bull the year Past one pound Ten Shillings.
Granted to Jonathan Chapin for the use of his Bull the year Past Thirty five Shillings.
Granted to Ebenezer Hitchcock for the Use of his Bull the year Past thirty five shillings.
Granted to Eben' Parsons Jun" the Sum of one Pound five Shillings for the use of his Bull the year Past.
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THE FIRST CENTURY OF SPRINGFIELD.
Granted to Joseph Ely junr for the use of his Bull the year Past Twenty five Shillings.
Granted to Natha1 Dumbleton for the use of his Bull the year Past forty Shillings.
Granted to Christian Vanhornne for the use of his Bull the year Past forty Shillings.
Granted Widw Martha Ferry for the use of her Bull the year Past forty Shillings.
Granted to Jonathan Stevenson for the use of his Bull the year Past Thirty Shillings.
Granted to Benja Brooks for the use of his Bull the year Past forty Shillings.
Granted to Joseph Morgan for Carrying Joseph Hodge out of Town Seven Shillings.
[III-380.]
Granted to Pelatiah Glover Jun' for mending the School House Glass on the West Side the Great River Six Shillings.
Granted for the Support of a School to the Inhabitants of Paucatuck and Tattum the Sum of Five Pounds and to be paid to Ebenezer Millar Sent as it Becomes Due.
Granted for the Support of a School at the Upper Chic- upe Sum of Five Pounds and to be Paid as it becomes Due to John Chapin.
Granted for the Support of a School at Ireland Four pounds and to be paid as it becomes Due to Joseph Ely Sent
Granted for the Support of a School at Agawam Six Pounds and to be paid as it Becomes Due to Tilly Mirick.
Granted to Wm Pynchon Jun' for his Services as Town Treasurer this year three pounds.
Granted to John Ely for Reparing the School House on the West side the Great River thirteen Shillings.
Granted for the Defreying the Charges of Wolves and Wild Catts Twenty Pounds.
Granted for Contingent Charges Ten Pounds of Which the Selectmen are ordered to Pay what shall be Due to the Present Town Assessors for there Service as Assessors this year.
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Granted to Thomas Field Six Pound Six Shillings and Eight Pence being a fine he Paid Into the Treasury of said Town Which the Town Remit to him.
Voted that all Grants of money made at this Meeting be Paid out of the Treasury of said Town.
Voted that the Treasurer of the said Town Discharge Isaac Frost from the Paym' of One Years Interest Due on his bond to the Town In Consideration of his Extraordinary Difficulty by Sickness Lately In his Family.
[III-381.]
Voted that the Treasurer of said Town Put In Suit at the next May Court all Bonds from such Persons as are Indebt- ed to the Town that fail of Paying there Interest Due on there Bonds, before the time of Serving writts be Past for that Court, And that Christ" Jacob Lawton be Sued for both Principal and Interest Due on his Bond In Case he Pays not the Same by the time aforesaid.
Voted to Remit to Wm Pynchon Esq' the Sum of twenty Pounds Due by his note of that Sum to the Town, and that Wm Pynchon Jun' Treasurer of the Town Deliver the said note to the Said William Pynchon Esqr being In Consid- eration of his Extraordinary Expence In the year 1731 as Representative of Said Town.
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