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8 00
H. R. Edgar, cow,
55 00
Frank E. Phillips, butchering,
I 50
R. Canton, fruit,
4 50
W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance, Geo. L. Gerrish,
31 00
Otis Bradford,
16 50
Mrs. Gay,
8 75
Mrs. Witherell,
13 00
W. M. Stetson, medicine,
5 95
W. Cushing, moving Otis Bradford to Almshouse,
I 50
Frank W. Anderson, care Otis Bradford,
4 60
Wm. J. Hastings,
2 00
F. L. Randall, shoes,
5 95
H. Miller, eyeglasses,
I 00
Geo. A. Delano, oil,
2 80
Sweetser & Arnold, clothing,
2 75
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Elisha Peterson, burial Otis Bradford, 25 00 Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., coal, 86 23
Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., lumber, H. A. Peterson, plowing and fertilizer, Rufus Holiday, fish,
9 94
II 35
21 93
$1,182 57
EXPENSES OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
Elisha Peterson, burial of Ziba Kingman, $ 20 00
L. B. Gardner, care of Ziba Kingman, 22 50
W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance Ziba Kingman, I 50
Robert T. Randall, wood for E. Snell,
L. B. Howe, supplies for E. Snell, 3 50
39 00
J. W. Baker, house rent for E. Snell, 16 months, 48 00
Town of Pembroke, aid to Cornelia Gardner, 10 00
Town of Bellingham, aid to Geo. L. Gerrish, 207 35
Town of Rochester, aid to Joseph Casey, 10 00
City of Brockton, aid to H. Harriman and family, 61 46
124 33
City of Brockton, aid to Wm. Randall and family, C. W. Bartlett, medical attendance Mrs. J. Murry, W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance Mrs. Winsor, W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance Mrs. Arderson, 22 85
9 00
Westboro Insane Hospital, board Annie Soule, 169 46
Medfield Insane Asylum, board Sampson and Churchill, 292 00
Taunton Insane Hospital, board Arnold, Met- calf, Sampson and Brewster, 508 38
N. M. Stetson, medicine for Mrs. Anderson and Ziba Kingman, 8 45
O. M. Arnold, board of Abbie F. Delano,
43 00
Mrs. Burt Lanpher, cash aid, 42 00
Massachusetts State Almshouse, care Mary Roland and child, 75 42
W. R. Amesbury, medical attendance Mrs. Soule, 20 00
Susan Leonard, rent for J. F. Randall, 1898, 9 00
E. Coleman Brown, medical attendance Mrs. H. Harriman, 15 00
City of Boston, aid to Marion G. Stearns, 18 00
Clarence M. Taylor, care H. P. Pratt, 4 00
30 00
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Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co., fuel H. P. Pratt, 3 75 Sweetser & Arnold, goods to M. Soule, 75 Town of Plymouth, aid to Aubrey M. Soule, 129 33
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE AND THEIR AGES.
Charity M. Brown, aged 88 years.
Lucy B. Chandler, aged 48 years.
Belina W. Gay, aged 77 years.
Rosina Witherell, aged 82 years. George L. Gerrislı, aged 38 years.
Average expense for week, $ 2 55
Tramps lodged, 343.
Expense of outside poor,
1,948 03
Expense of inside poor,
1,182 57
$3,130 60
AVAILABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR.
Appropriation,
$2,000 00
Due from Miss A. T. Brewster, board 1898 and 1899,
242 07
Received board, Mrs. Wadsworth,
154 00
Farm sales,
129 03
City of Fitchburg,
7 75
Received from town of Pembroke,
38 00
Received from Estate of Laura E. Holmes,
72 61
$2,643 46
Taken from incidental account,
487 14
$3,130 60
Amount of inventory and supplies in Almshouse and on farm, $315.53.
H. H. LEWIS, E. H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Overseers of Poor.
We have examined the accounts of the Overseers of Poor and find them correct.
A. E. GREEN, J. H. KILLIAN, Auditors.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Value of buildings assessed,
$968,241 00
Value of land assessed, 422,738 00
Total valuation of real estate assessed,
1,390,979 00
Total value of personal estate assessed,
228,849 00
Total valuation,
1,619,828 00
Real estate, increase from last year,
44,596 00
Personal estate, increase from last year,
12,565 00
Total increase,
57,161 00
Rate of taxation, $14.60 per $1,000.
Number of houses assessed,
606 1-6
Number of acres of land assessed,
13,538
Number of horses assessed,
438
Number of cows assessed,
254
Number of neat cattle other than cows,
62
Number of swine,
73
Number of sheep,
27
Number of fowl,
1,62I
Number of persons paying tax on property,
1,068
Residents paying tax on property,
741
Non-residents paying tax on property,
327
Number of polls assessed,
556
State tax,
$900 00
County tax,
$2,288 31
In 1895 Lot Phillips & Co questioned the legality of their assessment on their stock in trade in this town, and asked for an abatement which was refused. They appealed from the decision of your Assessors to the County Commissioners, and the Commissioners decided against the town. The town, at a meeting held March 2, 1896, authorized the Assessors to carry the case to the Supreme Court, which was done, Arthur Lord, Esq., being employed as counsel. The case, after much delay, was decided in favor of the town; the expense of counsel being $272.00; $32.00 of this amount (the ex- pense of printing) being re-embursed by the County of Plymouth.
HENRY H. LEWIS, EDMUND H. SEARS, WENDELL PHILLIPS, Assessors of Duxbury.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
J. W. Swift, in account with the town of Duxbury.
1899.
DR.
Jan. I, Cash at settlement, $1,163 14
Uncollected taxes for 1898, 4,791 84
Uncollected taxes for 1897, 1,661 30
Uncollected taxes to 1897,
1,152 79
Tax deed, Accrued tax,
5 88
80
Jan. 17, Received of County Treasurer, dog dividend, 269 38
Jan. 26, Received of State Treasurer, in- come Massachusetts School fund,
229 62
Jan. 30, Received of town of Pembroke, 38 00
Feb. 3, Received of J. M. Cushing, auction license, 2 00
March, Received of State Treasurer, bal- ance of corporation tax, 1898, 76
March 29, Received of E. H. Sears, adminis- trator of estate of Laura B.
Holmes, aid to Laura B. Holmes, reimbursed, 72 61
May 4, Received of Selectmen, three butcher's licenses, 3 00
May 4, Received of State Treasurer, cattle inspection reimbursed, 125 00
May 8, Received of N. M. Stetson, drug- gist license, I 00
May 9, Received of Arthur Lord, County Treasurer check to reimburse the town for bill of printing in the case of suit Town of Dux- bury vs. County Commissioners,
32 00
June 12, Received of Selectmen, four butchers' licenses, 4 00
June 24,
Received of Superintendent of
Schools, salary reimbursed,
416 67
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July 3, Received of Third District Court, fine of A. \V. Simmons, 7 50
July 10, Received of Overseers of Poor, board of Deborah Wadsworth, 76 00
Aug. 3, Received of Foster L. Randall, pedlars' license, 6 00
Received of Town Clerk, billiard to Winslow Cushing, 2 00
Sept. 15, Received of C. E. Peterson, pro- ducts of town farm, 56 00
Oct. 16, Received of C. E. Peterson, pro- ducts of town farm, 47 00
Nov. 7, Received of George H. Stearns, pool license for Graham,
2 00
Dec. 9, Received of State Treasurer, cor- poration tax, 1,574 85
Received of National Bank tax,
486 37
Received of Military aid account, 1894, Chap. 279, 176 00
Received of State aid account, 1894, Chap. 301, 1,853 00
Received of State Treasurer, burial of indigent soldiers and sailors, 35 00
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Jan. I, Received of Selectmen, butcher's license, 1 00
Received of County Treasurer, bounty on seals, reimbursed, 84 00
Received of Overseer of Poor, board of Deborah Wadsworth, 78 00
Foot of tax bills for 1899, 24,760 70
Omitted taxes, 165 56
Interest on taxes,
I21 08
Temporary loan,
12,000 00
$51,501 85
J. W. Swift, Treasurer, in account with the town of Dux- bury 1899.
Paid- CR.
Selectmen's orders for highways, $3,897 46
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Selectmen's orders for removing snow,
$2,713 40
Support of schools,
4,252 87
Incidentals,
3,551 13
School incidentals, Repairs school houses,
700 45
265 73
Overseers of Poor,
3,146 47
Temporary loan and interest,
8,737 99
Railroad loan and interest,
3,225 00
Gurnet Bridge loan and interest,
1,180 00
Almshouse loan and interest,
1,040 00
E. P. Shaw, Treasurer, State tax,
900 00
Albert Davis, Treasurer, County tax,
2,288 31
Selectmen's orders for State aid,
1,856 00
Military aid,
298 00
Soldiers' and sailors' relief,
975 58
Superintendent of Schools,
500 00
To Elisha Peterson, Treasurer cemetery fund, 300 00
L. C. Baker, Jr., Treasurer Ashdod cemetery fund, 50 00
E. H. Chandler, Treasurer Duxbury Free Library,
200 00
Wm. Wadsworth 165, G. A. R.,
75 00
Bounty on 28 seals,
84 00
Bounty on Hawks,
23 50
Bounty on Crows,
II 40
Planting clams,
31 75
Discount on taxes,
390 74
Uncollected for 1899,
5,850 59
Uncollected for 1898,
1,476 84
Uncollected to 1898,
1,266 86
Tax deed and accrued tax,
6 68
Cash on hand,
2,206 16
$51,501 85
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer to January 1, 1900, and find them correct.
A. E. GREEN, J. H. KILLIAN, Auditors.
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MARY SIMMONS CEMETERY FUND.
1900.
Jan. I. Amount on deposit, Paid for care of lot,
$56 70
I 00
Balance,
$55 70
HENRY W. HATHAWAY CEMETERY FUND.
1900.
Jan. I. Amount on deposit, Paid for care of lot,
$947 82
2 50
Balance, $945 32
JOHN PORTER CEMETERY FUND.
1900.
Jan. I.
Amount on deposit,
$III 28
Paid for care of lot, 2 50
Balance, $108 78
HAMBLETON E. SMITH CEMETERY FUND.
1900.
Jan. I. Amount on deposit, Paid for care of lot,
$114 20
2 50
Balance, $III 70
JOHN BRADFORD CEMETERY FUND.
1900.
Jan. I. Amount on deposit,
$106 66
Paid for care of lot, 2 50
Balance, $104 16
LYDIA W. CHANDLER CEMETERY FUND.
1900.
$120 64
Jan. I. Amount on deposit, Paid for care of lot,
II 00
Balance, $109 64
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SUSAN B. NICKERSON CEMETERY FUND.
1900.
Jan. I. Amount on deposit, Paid for care of lot,
$175 37
3 00
Balance, $172 37
FERDINAND EMERSON CEMETERY FUND.
1900.
Jan. I. Amount on deposit,
$IIO 52
Paid for care of lot,
3 00
Balance, $107 52
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
DUXBURY, Mass., Jan. 24, 1900.
To the Board of Health of Duxbury, Mass.
DEAR SIRS :- As agent of your board for the twelve months ending December 31, 1899, I would respectfully sub- mit the following report :
There have been reported to me from all sources during the past twelve months the following cases of contagious diseases :
I case of membraneous croup.
I case of diphtheria. I case of scarlatina. 7 cases of typhoid fever. 25 cases of measles.
All of these cases have been placarded, and directions given for proper disinfection and fumigation, except in the typhoid cases the placarding was omitted. The typhoid cases except the two in the Randall family at West Duxbury have all been separated by considerable periods of time, and have also been widely separated as to location, so that there is nothing to indicate that they had any relation one to an- other, except in the exception before mentioned.
The cases of measles were all in the early summer, and were located chiefly at West Duxbury. Some cases of chicken pox and pertussis, (whooping-cough), have come to
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my knowledge, and while I have made no effort to placard or to see the parents in every case, I have endeavored to pre- vent their spread in the schools, taking the ground that all contagious diseases are preventable, and that no one suffer- ing from a contagious disease, however mild or simple it may appear to him, has either a legal or a moral right to ex- pose any one else.
I have kept on hand some culture tubes furnished by the State Board, and in the cases of diphtheria and in suspected cases, have used the culture test, and have required a nega- tive report to be secured from the State Board before dis- charging the case.
Several complaints have been made to me in regard to sewerage being discharged into the creeks and marsh land near the cable office, but only one was in writing, and that was transmitted to your board. All cases of contagious disease coming to my knowledge are promptly reported to the State Board.
Very truly yours, N. K. NOYES,
Physician to the Duxbury B. of H.
CEMETERY TRUSTEES REPORT.
Number of lots taken by citizens, 3.
Number of lots sold, 2.
Interments in Town Cemetery, 42. Interments in Ashdod, 2.
The Trustees would call attention to a rule which re- quires all stone work erected after this date, have founda- tions put in satisfactory to them.
We would also call to your notice the article in warrant, and recommend that the town hearses be sold, the proceeds from sale of hearse and house at Ashdod be given to that Association towards repairs on receiving tomb at that place, and house at Duxbury used for tool building.
Printed copies of By-laws approved by the Town can be obtained of Secretary at any time.
For the Trustees. E. PETERSON, Secretary.
Duxbury, January 20, 1900.
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CEMETERY TRUSTEES' REPORT.
ELISHA PETERSON, TREASURER.
Town Cemetery, Dr.
May, To Cash at last settlement, $62 OI
Town appropriation, 250 00
Donations, Bradford,
Stebbins and Ford, 3 00
Nov.
Sale of Bryant lot, 10 00
Sale of wood and logs,
4 00
Dec. Sale of Shirley lot,
10 00
$339 OI
Cr.
Jan.
By Cash to Isaiah Walker,
$2 55
S. B. Chandler & Co.,
I 50
W. S. Freeman & Co., I 33
George Faunce,
20 30
A. F. Peterson,
22 IO
A. M. Wadsworth,
40 95
Wm. J. Alden, Jr.,
58 30
John Ellis,
56 10
John K. Parker,
6 00
Henry F. White,
6 80
John H. Glover,
2 44
Elisha Peterson,
98 80
Care of Town and Sol-
diers' lots,
10 00
Cash on hand,
$327 17 II 84
$339 OI
STANDISH CEMETERY.
Dr.
To Appropriation, $50 00
$50 00
Duxbury
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Cr.
April. By Cash paid W. J. Alden, Jr., $1 80 Otis Farwell, I 80
Walker Bros., 13 00
E. Peterson, 14 75
$31 35
Cash on hand,
18 65
$50 00
TOWN MEETING.
Copy of articles in the warrant received for insertion pre- vious to February Ist, for annual town meeting to be held March 5, 1900.
Art. I. To choose a moderator.
Art. 2. To choose all necessary town officers.
Art. 3. To hear the annual reports of the several town officers and committees and act thereon.
Art. 4. Will the town grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as will be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
Art. 6. To revise and accept the list of jurors.
Art. 7. Will the town appropriate $75.00 to be expend- ed under the direction of William Wadsworth Post No. 165, G. A. R., for observance of Memorial Day.
Art. 8. Will the town authorize their treasurer to hire money in anticipation of taxes.
Art. 9. Will the town accept the highway as laid out by the selectmen commencing at Tremont Street, near the house of Deborah Hunt, thence across West Street to Tremont Street near the house of N. Ford and sons.
Art. 10. Will the town accept the highway as laid out by the selectmen being an extension of Water Street to the shore.
Art. II. What action will the Town take regarding re-
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commendation of Committee on Town Landings in relation to wharf near Blue River Bridge.
Art. 12. To choose a tree warden and appropriate a sum of money for the expense.
Art. 13. Will the Town take any action in regard to planting, and cultivating, and digging clams ?
Art. 14. Will the Town authorize the purchase of a new road machine.
Art. 15. What action will the Town take in regard to sale of hearses and buildings. By request of Cemetery Trustees and others, E. Peterson, Secretary.
Art. 16. Will the Town authorize the sale of any of its vacant lands.
Art. 17. What action will the Town take in regard to building the road from Powder Point Avenue to road built by J. W. Wright?
REPORT ON TOWN LANDINGS.
To the Voters of the Town:
GENTLEMEN :- Your committee on Town Landings take pleasure in stating that in addition to the landings re- ported last year, the town owns a part of the wharf situated at the southeast corner of Blue River Bridge, and that the present owner of the other part, Mr. J. H. Killian, gener- ously offers to transfer his part to the town provisionally up- on the wharf being put and maintained in good repair, and further providing, that should the town ever surrender its rights to the wharf, that the property revert to him or his heirs.
Your committee believe the wharf could be put in satis- factory repair for $300.00, and advise the acceptance of Mr. Killian's offer.
That the town owned a part of this wharf is no new dis- covery, but your committee never felt until now that they had any authority to claim it as a Town Landing. Should the town see fit to accept Mr. Killian's offer, your commit- tee advise that the wharf be recorded as a Town Landing,
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and that a plan of the property be filed in Plymouth with the copy of the deed.
Your committee recommended the acceptance of the lay- ing out of Water Street to the shore.
This recommendation is made with the approval of Mr. Charles C. Clapp, who kindly gives the land for the purpose, simply asking in return that a sidewalk be constructed for the convenience and safety of the public.
The laying out of Mattakeeset court as a public thorough- fare is still in abeyance.
Your committee have interviewed several shore property owners with the view of procuring other Town Landings.
Those interviewed, while found to be in hearty sympathy with the desired objects to be attained; a sympathy which has long and well been attested by their permitting the public to reach the water through their several properties, looked with disfavor upon the idea of sacrificing any rights they possess, and prefer that the conditions of approaching the water remain as they are.
But, unfortunately for the town, these kind and well- meaning citizens will in due course of time be gathered to their fathers, and your committee feel that they would be derelict in their duty if they did not remind you that every year the attractions of this old, historic town, with its beau- tiful bay are drawing to its shores more and more people, and that in the march of events the shore properties will come into possession of those seeking rest and recreation, and who are in quest of summer homes.
When this happens, unless you, gentlemen, bestir your- selves to acquire outlets to the bay, the shore will be closed to the public from Josselyn Avenue to the Kingston line, with the exception of the Town Landing at the South of Captain's Hill, which is out of the route of travel.
The distance here mentioned is probably about three miles. Now the bay is not meant for pleasure seekers alone. There are those, and there always will be, whose livelihood de- pends on the water, and as an act of justice to these people, and to the residents of Hall's Corner, Border Street, Island Creek, and the interior villages who can now only reach the water by sufferance, without in many cases going miles out of their way, your committee recommend that one Town
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Landing be obtained in the vicinity of Hall's Corner, and two on Border Street, a suitable distance apart, and your committee urge these landings, honestly believing them to be a public necessity.
The stone bounds were delayed in delivery, and will be set as soon as weather permits.
Respectfully submitted, A. E. GREEN, LAURENCE BRADFORD, HAMILTON WADSWORTH.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
TOWN MEETINGS.
At the annual town meeting, held March 6, 1899.
Chose Edmund H. Sears, Moderator.
John K. Parker, Elisha Peterson and James L. Mc- Naught were appointed tellers and sworn by Town Clerk.
Chose George H. Stearns, Town Clerk.
Chose Henry H. Lewis, Edmund H. Sears and Wendell Phillips, Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
Chose Joshua W. Swift, Treasurer and Collector.
Chose Alfred E. Green and James H. Killian, Auditors.
Chose Thaddeus W. Chandler, William J. Alden, Luther W. Sherman, William J. Turner and Charles W. Crafts, Constables.
Chose Henry Barstow, School Committee for three years. Chose Elnathan Delano, Cemetery Trustee for five years.
Voted-That the Selectmen be the Highway Surveyors.
Chose Harrison G. Weston, Surveyor of Lumber.
Chose Henry L. Cushman and Horatio Chandler, Sealers of Wood.
Chose the Selectmen, Fence Viewers.
Voted-That the Selectmen appoint twelve field drivers, also the firewards and sealers of weights and measures.
Voted-That the Keeper of the Almshouse be pound- keeper.
Voted-That the Selectmen be instructed to appoint the keeper of the almshouse a special police.
Voted-To accept the report of the Selectmen.
Voted-That a committee of three be chosen to report on a revised form of town report at the next annual town meet- ing.
Chose the Selectmen as this Committee.
Voted-To accept the reports of the other town officers.
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Voted-To accept the report of the Committee on Town Landings, which is as follows :-
Report of Committee on Town Landings.
In addition to the undersigned, John S. Loring was on this committee, who has since died. Your committee would now respectfully make this report in acordance with the vote of March 6, 1893, and would first say as a partial excuse for the delay that they met soon after their appointment to con- sider what was best to be done, having procured from the town records a list of the landings, as there recorded, and Mr. Loring being a local surveyor, besides an old resident in the town, the whole work of locating these several landings was placed in his hands. He, however, neglected to do any- thing about it, although the subject was referred to from time to time by him and the members of the committee. The list of landings that came within this order, and what your committee has found in the town records, are six in num- ber, as follows :-
No. I. At Powder Point End, by new bridge.
No. 2. At foot of lane, by land formerly belonging to Reuben and Clark Peterson, by Duck Hill River.
No. 3. At foot of lane, through land formerly belonging to Simeon Soule, by Duck Hill River.
No. 4. At foot of lane, through land now belonging to E. F. Adams, near what was formerly Drew's Salt Works, at Duck Hill River.
No. 5. At Old Cove, bordering on land now belonging to Samuel Weston and others, by new town road leading to Abram's Hill, and on right of way extending around the foot of said hill, by Duck Hill River.
No. 6. At Mill Pond, by Blue Fish River, by town high- way adjoining land formerly belonging to Amherst A. Frazar.
Your Committee did not consider the landing place at Captain's Hill, traded off to Stephen M. Allen. Plans of these several town landings have been made and will be filed with the Town Clerk agreeable to the foregoing vote, and concerning each of these landings your committee would make these brief comments :
No. I is of recent origin, having been laid out by the County Commissioners in January, 1870, one of the marks
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being a stone that is still standing, the lines being easily de -. fined.
No. 2. This is an old town landing, with date on the town books, as having been defined in 1834.
No. 3. This is a very old town landing, with the dates on the town books of 1803 and 1834.
No. 4. This is an old town landing, with the date on the town books as having been defined in 1834.
No. 5. This is an old town landing, bearing date on the town books of 1834. In the opinion of your committee it is the most valuable one that the town possesses. There is quite a history to this landing since the above date, the gist of which is that there was a larger landing place here, part of which was transferred to George Loring, his heirs and as- signs, on condition that the Old Cove road, so called, that now goes through the land of the late George W. Wright, called Garden Street, should be forever kept clear from bars and gates, but it is expressly stated by deed, December 30, 1843, Plymouth Deeds Book, 215; page, 28-Town of Dux- bury to George Loring, that the present landing place shall be forever reserved to the town. This was the result of a town meeting held November 13, 1843.
No. 6. This is believed by your committee to be the oldest landing in the town, being first defined in 1715, and then being of much larger extent than when later defined in 1822 and 1834. It was considered in town meetings held November 23, 1840, and December 7, 1840, "Whether the town would sell a portion or the whole of this landing," and they authorized the Selectmen to sell, under certain condi- tions, a part of it, but it was also thought at this town meet- ing that it might be necessary to get permission from the Legislature to sell any portion of a town landing. A portion of this landing, however, was sold to Samuel A. Frazar and others, December 30, 1840, and recorded in Plymouth Deed Book, 201; page 87. In conclusion your committee would say that they believe that the town has a good and legal right to the town landings as here enumerated, and they have ob- tained legal advice supporting them in this opinion. At one town meeting, held January 3, 1835, the question came up regularly by a warrant article whether the town would sell all or any of these landing places, which includes all the
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foregoing list but one, and they declined to consider the question, and your committee can find no record except the above instances of portions of two landings that any of them have ever been sold.
Respectfully submitted, LAURENCE BRADFORD, HAMILTON WADSWORTH,
Committee.
January 21, 1899.
Voted-That in regard to town landings Mr. Laurence Bradford be employed to do whatever is necessary so the town may know just what they own.
Voted-That the town adopt the town landings as laid out by Mr. Bradford, that they be marked by proper stones, and the surveys be recorded in Plymouth and Town Clerk's office.
Voted-That the committee be made a committee of three, locate other landings that now exist and see if they can ob- tain other landings.
Chose Alfred E. Green on this committee, to fill vacancy caused by death of John S. Loring.
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