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Ebenezr Donham & John Donham Ap: 24th 1753
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John Torrey & Nathl Torrey July 24th 1750 Edwd Winslow Esqr & Gideon White 10th 1757
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William Holmes & Jeremiah Holmes Augst 2nd 1769
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Jonathan Churchill & Amaziah Church- ill Janry 26th 1767
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Eleazer Churchill & Josiah Churchill April 28th 1759
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Silas Morton & Ebenezr Nellson May 30th 1770
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Perez Tillson & Elekanah Watson April 10th 1753
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Daniel Diman & Andrew Croswell Octr 8 1770
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Thomas Foster Junr & Perez Tillson Febry 20th 1757
Perez Tillson & John Churchell Augst
17th 1753
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Abner Holmes, Nicholas Nellson & Eben- ezr Nellsons Note of hand Janry 6th 1761
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Thomas Foster Esqr Note May 9th 1757 Gershom Holmes & George Holmes bond Novr 19th 1751
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Solomon Bartletts Mortgage Augst 3rd 1767
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£403 14 61/2 38 8 434
We the subscribers being appointed a Committe to Ex- amine the town treasurers accounts allso to Give the town an account of what moneys is due to the town on account of bonds &c have attended that service & find said Treasurers accounts well vouched & right Cast & that there is a ballance
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due to the Treasurer of £4, 0, 33d & that their is still out- standing in the severall constables hands the sum of 496-9- 4åd viz-
1750 Timothy Burbank
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1752 Jonathan Darling
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1753 George Holmes
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1764 Ebenezer Donham
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1766 Jeremiah Holmes
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1767 Richard Cooper
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Zacheus Barnes
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1767 Jeremiah Holmes
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Seth Harlow
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Seth Washburn
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Jonathan Bartlett
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1769 Andrew Croswell Seth Holmes Robert Finney
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£496
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And that their is due to the town on bonds & other se- curetys a list of which we have herewith Exhibited the sum of £403, 14, 6}d Principal & the sum of 38, 8, 44d Intrest all which is submitted.
Geo. Watson, Thomas Foster,
John Torrey.
Plimo Novr Ist 1770
Then Voted to accept said report.
[274.] At said meeting Voted to raise the sum of two hundred ninety three pounds to drefrey the Charges of ye Town the Currant year. Allso Voted & directed the As- sessors to Include the County tax for this town in the town tax this year.
Allso Voted & directed the Assessors in making the taxes this year not to lett the Surplusage Exceed fifteen pounds Lawfull money.
Then the warrant for calling a meeting of this town on this day was red.
James Warren Esqr chosen moderator & sworn pr Esqr Cotton.
Then Voted and directed the school committe for Gram- mer school to agree with Mr. Alexander Scammell our pres- ant schoolmaster to keep the school the currant year & to al- low him sixty pounds Lawfull money therefor.
Then voted that the pest house in this town shall be rented
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out & that the selectmen procure a suteable tennant as soon as may be.
At a meeting of the town of Plimouth assembled & held in the Court house in Plimouth on fryday ye 7th day of Decembr 1770. Messrs. Timothy Burbank Jacob Taylor Levi Drew & Ezra Burbank chosen to serve on the petit Jury for tryalls at the next Inferiour Court &c to be holden at Plimouth on the second tuesday of Decembr Currant.
At a meeting of the town of Plimouth assembled & held in the Court house in Plimouth on Monday Febry 4th A. D. I771.
James Warren Esqr chosen Moderator & sworn by Thomas Foster Esqr.
Then the vote of the County of Barnestable respecting Eleriver bridge &c was red & is in the words following viz :
At his Majesty's Court of Generall sessions of the peace began & held at Barnestable in & for said County on the first tuesday of Decembr 1770.
Thomas Foster Esqr and others a Committe of the town of Plimouth laid before said sessions an account of the re- pairs of Eleriver bridge, dated in November 1770, to the amount of Forty eight pounds, two shillings & 6d & desired an Allowance of the one half of said sum from the county of Barnestable, agreeable to the custom of mentaining sd bridge & the court on looking into sd account did not pass on the same, as their was some objections as to the reason- ableness of the same & other ways. Whereupon the Court continued the passing on sd account untill the next session of said Court to be held at sd Barnestable on the first tuesday of Aprill next & at the same time the sd sessions Appointed James Otis Thomas Smith & Edward Bacon Esqr a Com- mitte to confer with the Committe of the town of Plimouth as to the unreasonableness of said account & to see if they could settle the same, & at the same time to see if they could agree with sd town of Plimouth, so as to buy of the Incum- brance of said bridge, allso to explane a new way, so as to avoid the traveling over sd bridge for the future, sd com- mitte to report their doing hereon at the next Court of Gen- erall sessions of the peace to be holden at Barnestable aforesd., on the first tuesday of April next.
A True copy Attest Joseph Otis Clerk
[275.] At said meeting Voted this town will confer
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with the Committe of the County of Barnestable respecting the late repairs of Eleriver bridge & allso respecting sd County's giving this town a sum of money to acquit them said County from paying any charges for repareing or building said bridge in times to come. Then voted to choose a Committe of three persons for that purpose, and accordingly made choice of George Watson Esqr, James Warren Esqr & Mr. Silvanus Bartlett said Commite they to make report to the town the next town meeting.
At a meeting of the town of Plimouth Regularly as- sembled & held in the Court house in sd Town on Monday the IIth day of March Anno Domini 1771.
James Warren chosen moderator & sworn by Edward Winslow Esqr.
Ephraim Spooner chosen town clerk & sworn by sd Winslow Esqr.
Mr. John Blackmer, James Warren Esqr, Deacn John Torrey, Capt. Elkanah Watson & Ephraim Spooner chosen Selectmen, said Torrey & Watson took the oath by law appointed, it was Adminstrd by Edward Winslow Esqr sd Warren & Spooner took sd oath before.
Deacn John Torrey, John Cotton Esqr, Mr. John Black- mer chosen Assessors. They were sworn in town meet- ing ye 21st Instant by Thomas Foster Esqr.
Then the Votes for a County Register were brought in, after which the town voted to have them sorted & it ap- peared their were 76 votes for John Cotton Esqr and 23 votes for Pelham Winslow Esqr, then they were seal'd up in meeting by Mr. Benjamin Warren Constable, who took the same.
John Cotton Esqr chosen town treasurer & sworn by Thomas Foster Esqr.
Then the votes for a County treasurer were brought in & sealed up in sd meeting by Mr. Benjamin Warren Con- stable who took the same.
Then voted to have as many schools & under the same regulation as the last year.
James Warren Esqr, Deacn John Torrey, Capt. Elkanah Watson chosen a Committe to supply the Grammer school with a suteable schoolmaster.
Benjamin Rider Junr, Mr. John Blackmer & Mr. Stephen Doten chosen a Committe to supply the school at Manu- ment ponds with a suteable schoolmaster.
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Josiah Morton Junr, Ezekiel Morton & Capt. John Fin- ney, chosen a committe to supply the school at Eleriver with a suteable schoolmaster.
[276.] At sd meeting
Messrs Ichabod Holmes, Nathaniel Morton Junr, & Samuel Bartlett were chosen a committe to supply the school at Wellingsley with a suteable schoolmaster.
Messrs Ebenezr Nellson, Lemuell Jackson & Silas Mor- ton were chosen a committe to supply the school at the North End of the town with a suteable schoolmaster.
Stephen Mason chosen saxton.
Then voted to allow the premium of twelve pence per pound for collecting & paying in the towns money, they Giveing bonds with Good Securetys to save the town harm- less on their accounts. And allso they to pay in the whole of the money they may be ordered to collect and finish their accounts with the treasurer within two years from the date of the tax bills that may be delivered them. It is not Intended by this vote to prevent the treasurers Issuing their Executions against the person or persons that may not pay in the money he or they are to Collect by the time mentioned in their Respective Warrents.
Then voted to procure a Collector or Collectors for the four Northern districts, viz the person or persons that will do it for ye lest sum of money over & above the premium abovesd, he or they Giveing bonds with Sufficient Surety's to save the town harmless as abovesd & accordingly made choice of Deacn John Torrey, Thomas Foster Esqr & Mr. Ephraim Cobb a committe for that purpose they to report to the town at the time this meeting shall be Adjourned to.
Messrs John Waterman & Ichabod Shaw were chosen to serve on the Grand Jury the year Ensuing, & Messrs El- kanah Churchill, Thomas Savory, James Shurtleff & Jesse Harlow were chosen to serve on the petit Jury at the next Court of Generall sessions of the peace &c to be holden at Plimouth within & for the County of Plimouth on the second tuesday of April next.
At sd meeting
Pelham Winslow Esqr, Deacn John Torrey Thomas Foster Esqr, Joshua Swift, Benjamin Rider Junr & Thomas Ellis were chosen Surveyors of highways.
At sd meeting the Town Voted to conduct Respecting the
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Alewives Going through the same as the last year, & made choice of Zacheus Curtis, Silvanus Harlow & Stephen Churchill a Committe to take care of the town brook agree- able to the law of this province respecting alewives.
Allso Voted sd Committe shall lett the fishermen belong- ing to this town take needfull bate as they shall Judge Proper. Then this meeting was Adjourned to thirdsday the 21st current at 2 o'clock p. m.
[277.] At a meeting of the town of Plimouth assem- bled & held in the Court house in Plimouth on thursday the 2Ist day of March 1771 by Adjournment from the IIth Currant. the Act Respecting the Choice & duty of Wardens & the observation of the Lords day was red after which Messrs Thomas Mathews, Thomas Lothrop, Stephen Churchell, Nathaniel Morton Senr & James Clark were chosen wardens.
Messrs James Drew, Benjamin Churchell & Stephen Churchell chosen Guagers of Casks & Packers of Fish.
Then the Committe who were chosen to procure a Col- lector or Collectors for the four Northern districts Reported they had attended that service & hired Bartlett Lebaron & Benjamin Warren as Collectors for sd districts for the sum of Eleven pounds ten shillings Lawfull money on the condi- tions & to be aded to the Premium as before Voted ye IIth currant. Their districts as Collectors to be as follows viz sd Warren's district to be the North side of the street leading from Revd Mr. Robbins meeting house down to the waterside by the waterside & all to the northward of sd street as far as Kingston line & all the westward in the range of the Northerly side of the street aforesd.
And the sd Lebarons district to begin the southerly side of said street Including it down to the waterside & by the wa- terside & all to the Southward of sd street as farr as Manu- ment Ponds Precinct.
Then John Cornish was chosen Constable & Collector for Manument Ponds Precinct.
Then George Holmes, Seth Harlow & Ezekiel Rider were chosen Tythingmen.
Then Benjamin Drew, William Coye, Lemuel Barnes, Junr, Levi Drew, Stevens Mason, Lemuel Holmes, Samuel Morton, George Bramhall. Phillip Leonard & Nathaniel Bartlett Junr were chosen Hogreeves.
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Then William Rider & Thomas Spooner were chosen Sealers of leather.
Then John Russell & Samuel Cole were chosen Clerks of the Market.
[278.] Messrs Ebenezr Nellson, Richard Cooper, Thomas Bartlett, John Sherman & Branch Blackmer were chosen fence viewers & field drivers.
Messrs George Watson Esqr, James Warren Esqr, Deacn John Torrey, Capt. Elkanah Watson, Ichabod Holmes & Zacheus Bartlett were chosen firewards.
Messrs John Kempton, David Lothrop, David Turner, Lemuel Drew & Abial Shurtleff were chosen Surveyors of Lumbr.
Messrs Ebenez Samson, Robert Bartlett, Thomas Davie, Lemuel Jackson, Thomas Jackson Junr, Ichabod Holmes, Amaziah Churchill, Eleaz Churchill, & Samuel Bartlett were chosen Cullers of Fish.
Messrs Benjamin Churchill, James Drew & Thomas Jack- son Junr were chosen Surveyors of Clapbords & Shingles & Viewers & Cullers of Staves & Hoops.
Messrs William Ellis, Thomas Clark & Samuel Donham were chosen deer reeves.
Messrs John Sherman, Nathaniel Morton Junr & Josiah Morton were chosen to take care of Plimouth Beach agree- able to the Province Law.
Then made choice of Thomas Foster Esgr, William Wat- son Esqr & Deacn John Torrey a committe to examine the scholars that shall desire to be admitted into the Grammer school in the same manner as voted the last year.
Then Voted & directed the Town Treasurer to conduct Respecting Gathering in the money due to the town from the Collectors & other persons on Bonds, Notes &c in the same manner as voted by the town at March meeting 1769. Then voted to choose a Committe to prepair & lay before the town at the next town meeting a draft of a Proper regula- tion for the town to come into Respecting lodging in the Powder house the powder that may be in this town in time to come being Private property & accordingly made choice of Thomas Foster Esqr. George Watson Esqr, Deacn John Torrey a Committe. for that purpose.
[279.] At said meeting voted this town will Petition the Great & Generall Court desireing they will Grant us a lot-
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tery or lotterys for building a wharf in this town, into the bay or Harbour, so as to secure the wharfs & Vessells in this harbour from damage by storms &c.
Then voted to choose an agent to join with our Repre- sentative in Prefering a Petition to the Generall Court for the purpose abovesd and accordingly made Choice of George Watson Esqr sd Agent.
At sd meeting Nathan Savory by his frind Mr. Lemuel Jackson desired Liberty to withdraw the Petition he pre- fered desireing this town will Give him liberty to build a Saw mill on the stream belonging to this town that runs out of half way pond so Called. And accordingly sd Petition was withdrawn. Then voted & Directed the Selectmen at a proper time to Advertise in this town the law of the Province Respecting Preventing Carrying * about the Im- mage of the pope &c in night time & for Preventing Riots & unlawfull Assembleys. Then Voted to continue the Consideration of that parragraff in the warrent Respecting the towns assisting the owners of Meadow at Eele river in stopg the beach from breaking away & dammageing their meadow & the bridge untill the next town meeting. Then made choice of James Hovey Esqr, Pelham Winslow Esqr & Deacn John Torrey a committe to take into Considera- tion the parregraf in the Warrent being the request of Ly- dia Boult desireing the town will confirm to her & her chill- dren the land which her father Mr. Francis Curtis Junr Bought of Deacn John Foster in 1734, he then being town Treasurer & one of the towns Committe for the sail of lands as appears by sd Fosters Rect, they to report to the town what they Judge proper to be done in sd affair to the next town meeting. Messrs Benjamin Warren & Bartlett Le- baron, who were Chosen Constables & Collectors at this meeting were sworn in town meeting by Esqr Winslow.
Then this meeting was Adjourned to Wednesday the 27th Currant at 3 oclock p. m.
At a meeting of the town of Plimouth Assembled & held
* This offense probably came under an Act passed in 1756-57, pro- hibiting "any persons, being more than three in number, (from) being armed all or any of them with sticks, clubs or any kind of weapons, or disguised with vizards, so called, or painted or discolored faces, or being in any other manner disguised and assembling together, having any kind of imagery or pageantry with them, as a public show." The Province Charter provided "that there shall be a liberty of conscience allowed in the worship of God to all Christians (except Papists)."
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in the Court house in Plimouth on Wednesday the 27th March A D 1771 by Adjournment from the 21st Currant. Then Voted & Reconsidered the Vote Respecting Petition- ing the Great & Generall Court for a Lottery to build a wharf as entred ye 21st currant & allso put of & referred the Consideration of said affair of a Lottery to the next May meeting. Then the Committe who were chosen by the town at a meeting ye 4th of Febry last to confer with the Committe of the County of Barnestable to settle the ac- counts of the late repairs of Eleriver bridge & concluding upon a sum of money to be paid by said County to their town & thereupon they to be excused from any expence on account sd bridge in time to verbley reported they had At- tended that service & have settled the accounts of the last repairs of said Bridge as they were rendered in & they were Informed by sd
[280.] Countys Committe they as a Committe chose rather to referr the matter of buying of the Incumberance the mentainance of sd bridge is to sd County to the Consid- eration of the next Court of Generall sessions of the peace for sd County to be holden in April next.
John Cornish who was chosen Constable &c., ye 21st Cur- rant, not haveing declared to the town his acceptance or refusall to serve in the office. Said meeting was Adjourned to Fryday ye 29th Instant at 2 oclock p m. John Cornish above named came to the town Clerk ye 28th Currant & In- formed him had been before Edward Winslow Esqr & tak- en the oaths of Constable & Collector.
At a meeting of the town of Plimouth assembled & held in the Court house in Plimouth on Monday ye 6th day of May A D 1771.
Messrs Silvanus Bartlett, Lemuel Morton, Silas Morton, Joshua Swift, John Kempton & Thomas Lothrop were chosen to serve on the petit Jury at the next Superiour Court &c to be holden here ye 3d tuesday of May Instant. Then Deacn John Torrey was chosen Moderator & sworn by the town clerk, no justice of the peace being in meeting.
Then made choice of Messrs Nehemiah Ripley, Ephraim Cobb & Andrew Croswell to serve on the Grand Jury at the Superiour Court of Judicature &c to be holden at Plimouth within & for the County of Plimouth on the 3d tuesday of May as abovesd.
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At a meeting of the town of Plimouth Regularly assem- bled & held in the court house in Plimouth on fryday ye 24th day of May A D 1771. A vote was Called to know if the town will send two Representatives to the Great & Gener- all Court the presant year. It passed in the Negative.
Then made choice of James Warren Esqr to serve as Representative for sd Town at the Great & Generall Court or Assembly of this Province to be Convened & held at Cambridge upon the last Wednesday of May Instant. Then made choice of James Warren Esqr Moderator of this meeting; the oath by law appointed was Administered to him by Esqr Cotton. Then the Committe viz Thomas Fos- ter Esqr & others appointed to prepare a Draft of a proper regulation for the town to come into respecting lodging in the powder house the powder being private property re- ported but for reasons the town voted to recommit sd af- fair to sd Committe & directed them to prepare a nroper bill therefor, to be laid before the town at the next town meet- ing.
Then the Committe appointed to Consider the Petition of Lydia Boult viz, James Hovey Esqr & others Informed the town that they were not ready to report. Then voted that said Committe Attend sd service & report to the town at Next town meeting.
[281.] Then voted to reconsider the vote of this town at March meeting last so far as relates to the town Treasur- ers prosecuteing the delinquent Constables & Collectors, And voted & directed the town treasurer not to issue Execu- tions against the delinquent Collectors till the first day of July next, & in case they by that time pay one full half of what remains due, that then Execution be suspended for the remainder till the Ist of Septembr; by which time they are to perfect their accounts or be prosecuted; but if they fail of the above payment b" the beginning of July, that then Execution be Immediately Issued for the whole.
Then the Petition of Messrs William Crombie & John Thomas Junr was red, is in the words following viz : To the Selectmen of the town of Plimouth.
Gentlemen.
We the subscribers having engaged in the leather dress- ing buisness, or that of manufacturing deere skins & sheep skins find that a mill much like that of a clothiers, is highly
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Necessary in order for perfecting the same, and being in- formed that the stream on which the two Grist mills stand is the town property & at their disposal, we earnestly re- quest of you to Insert a clause in the Warrent for the next town meeting, desiring the town would Grant us liberty to erect one upon sd stream, at a place Called deep water, or any other place that shall be more convenient, a Complyance with the above will be gratefully acknowledged by your ver- ry humble servts
William Crombie John Thomas Tunr
Plimouth May 9th 1771.
After sum debate on the subject of sd Request & making a Grant, A vote was Called to know if the town will choose a Committe to take sd affair into Consideration & report there- on, it Passed in the Negative.
Then Voted that the prayer of sd Petition be so far Granted, that they be allowed to erect a mill for the purposes & at the place therein mentioned, to stand dureing the pleas- ure of the town, they keeping open a sufficient way for the alewives to pass, and repass, in the season of their going up & down, without any obstruction. Then voted to refer the Consideration of Petitioning the Generall Court for a lot- tery to build a wharf as Entred in March last, to the next town meeting.
At a meeting of the Town of Plimouth Assembled & held at the Court house in Plimouth June 25th Anno Domini 1771 Messrs Jonathan Harlow & John Nellson were chosen to serve on the Petit Jury at the Next Court of Generall ses- sions of the peace & Inferiour Court of Common Pleas to be holden at Plimouth on the first tuesday of July next.
[282.] At a meeting of the town of Plimouth Assem- bled & held in the Court house in Plimouth on Saturday ye 28th day of September A D 1771
Messrs Nathaniel Shurtleff, Nathaniel Churchill, Stephen Doten & Joshua Shaw were chosen to serve on the Petit Jury at the Next Court of Generall Sessions of the peace, & Inferiour Court of Common pleas, to be holden at Plimouth, within & for the County of Plimouth on the first tuesday of Octobr Next.
At a meeting of the town of Plimouth Assembled & held in the Court house in sd Town on Monday ye 28th day of October A D 1771.
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Doctr Lazarus Lebarron was chosen Moderator & sworn as the law Directs pr James Hovey Esqr. Then this meet- ing was Adjourned to 3 a clock P. M.
At a meeting of the town of Plimouth at 3 a clock in the afternoon of the 28th day of Octobr An Estemate of the Charges of the town for the Currant year was laid before the town by the Town Treasurer, viz
Town Schoolmaster Sallery
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Schoolmaster at Ponds 8, o Do at Eellriver £8
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Capt Waites & wifes bord I year
27
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Widdow Lydia Mortons bord I year at 4, 8d
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Jean Allen House rent I year
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Selectmen's Disbursements to the poor about Assessors Wages about
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Treasurer's Commissions about
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The Constables Commissions for Collecting Taxes about
30
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Further Allowance to the Constables for Col- lectg about
II
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Assessors Wages for taking the valuation this fall about
7
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Deficiency by reason of Abatements about
30
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Doctors bills for Attendance on the poor while sick about
8
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Mr Nathaniel Lothrops Intrest I year
4
15
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Widdow Shurtleffs bord I year at a Doller pr week Saxtons wages I year
15
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Then voted to raise the sum of three hundred pounds for Defraying the Charges of the town the Currant year.
Then voted that they would not procure a person to assist Mr. Alexander Skammell our presant Schoolmaster in Keeping the Grammer school.
Then a vote was Called to Know whether the town will Chuse Agents to Prosecute the County of Barnestable or the Southern towns for what is due from them for Re- building & Repairing Eell river bridge, & to do & act Every Thing Necessary towards recovering their proportion of what has been Expended in sd work, it Passed in the affirmative & then made Choice of James Hovey Esqr, Thomas Foster Esqr & Capt Theophilus Cotton Agents for that purpose.
[283.] Then voted they would not build a workhouse as mentioned in the Warrent for Calling this meeting.
Then voted to Chuse a Committe to Consider about mak- ing a way for herring from South pond into Eellriver. And
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accordingly made Choice of Thomas Foster Esqr Lemuel Jackson Ichabod Holmes Stephen Samson & William Wat- son a Committe for that purpose, they to view the place & report to the town what they think best to be done in sd affair at the next March Meeting.
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