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Wm Shurtleff Nathl Morton
Surveyors
At a Town Meeting Assembled & held at ye Court House In Plymo on Monday ye 20th of June A Dom 1748.
At sd meeting Messrs Saml Nelson & Thomas Spooner were chosen to serve on ye Grand jury at ye next Super Court of Judicature &c to be holden at Plymo within & for ye County of Plymouth on ye 2nd Tuesday of July next.
At sd Meeting Messrs Eleazar Churchell John Watson Barnabas Hedge Joseph Warren & Saml Bartlett Chosen to serve on ye Petit Jury of Tryalls for sd Court.
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At a Town Meeting assembled and held at ye Court House in Plymo on Monday ye 22d day of August Anno Dom: 1748.
At sd Meeting Capt* John Watson chosen Moderator.
At sd Meeting the Town voted to Raise ye sum of Two Hundred and fifty Pounds money New Tenour to defray ye Necessary Charges of the Town the present year.
At a Town Meeting assembled and held in ye Court House In Plymouth on Friday ye 16th day of September Anno Dom: 1748.
At sd Meeting Timothy Burbank & Michael Burne were chosen to serve on ye Petitt Jury for Tryalls at ye Court of General Sessions of ye Peace and Infer Court of Common Pleas next to be holden at Plymouth on ye Third Tuesday of September Currant.
At a Town Meeting Assembled and held in ye Court House in Plymouth on Monday ye 3rd day of October A Dom: 1748. James Warren Esq was chosen Moderator. And ye Meeting was adjourned To Monday ye 10th of Oct Currant at Three of ye clock In ye afternoon.
At a Town Meeting Assembled and held In ye Court House in Plymo on Monday ye 10th day of October A Dom: 1748, By Adjournment from the 3rd day of Oct Instant.
At sd Meeting a vote was called to know ye Towns Mind Whether They will Give Any Thing Towards the Building a New Court House In Plymouth more then their Propor- tion with the other Towns In ye County for Building sd House.
Voted In the affirmative.
៛ And Then voted to Give Towards ye sd Building Three
* John Watson was a great-great-grandson of Geo. Watson, who was in Plymouth as early as 1633, and married in 1635, Phebe, daughter of Robert Hicks of Plymouth. He was born in Plymouth in 1747, and married first in 1769, Lucia, daughter of Benjamin Marston of Man- chester and second in 1796, Eunice, widow of Lazarus Goodwin and daughter of John Marston of Boston. He graduated at Harvard in 1766, and died in Plymouth, February 1, 1826. He was the last sur- vivor of the Old Colony Club, the first Vice President of the Pilgrim Society and its President after the death of Joshua Thomas, from 1821 to 1825. Owing to the sickness of Judge Thomas he presided at the Forefathers Celebration in 1820, when Daniel Webster delivered the oration.
t The Court House here mentioned was the present Town House, which when built, was occupied jointly by the County and Town, until 1820, when at the completion of the Court House in Court Square, it was sold to the town.
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Hundred Pounds old Tenor provided that ye sd Town shall have ye free use and Improvement of ye said Building as Long as it stands to Transact any of ye Public affairs of the Town in.
And Then ye Town voted That ye Selectmen of ye Town Should Sell ye Watch House on Coles Hill To ye best ad- vantage for ye Town and that it shall be sold at a Public Vandue. [121.]
At a Town Meeting Assembled and held at ye Court House In Plymouth on Friday ye 16th day of December Anno Dom 1748. The sd Meeting was Adjourned to ye House of Saml Bartlett Esq to six of ye Clock* this after- noon (by Reason that But Two of ye Selectmen was Pre- sent. )
At which Adjournment Benjamin Cornish Elisha Holmes Jun Thomas Swift and Thomas Holmes Jun were chosen to serve on ye Petitt Jury for Tryalls at ye next Inferiour Court of Common Pleas to be holden at Ply- mouth on ye Third Tuesday of December Instant.
At a Town meeting Assembled and held at ye Court House In Plymouth on Monday ye 27th day of February Anno Dom 1748-9.
At sd Meeting Messrs Samuel Bartlett & Nehemiah Ripley were chosen Grandjurors for the year Ensuing.
And Elkanah Churchell James Holmes Ezekiel Rider & Joseph Rider Jun chosen to serve on ye Petitt Jury for ye next Inferiour Court of Common Pleas &c To be holden at Plymouth on ye first Tuesday of March Next.
At a Town Meeting Assembled and held In ye Court House In Plymouth on Monday ye 6th Day of March Anno Domini 1748.
At sd Meeting Mr. John Watson was chosen Moderator. and for Reasons he gave in he declined Serving. And then ye Town proceeded to a new Choice and Deacon Haviland Torrey was chosen Moderator for ye Present Meeting.
At sd Meeting Saml Bartlett Esq was chosen Town Clerk and sworn Before Edward Winslow Esq and Messrs Haviland Torrey Thomas Holmes Joseph Bartlett Lazs LeBarron and John Watson were chosen Selectmen.
* It was necessary that a majority of the Selectmen should be pres- ent at town meetings.
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And Messrs Josiah Morton James Hovey and Saml Bartlett Esq chosen Assessors.
Thomas Foster Esq chosen Town Treasurer.
The Town voted That ye highest in vote In ye south Precinct should be Constable for That part of ye Town the Ensuing year.
Also that ye Constables shall be Collectors for ye Ensu- ing year and shall be allowed six pence per pound for Col- lecting ye money, they Giving Bonds to save the Town Harmless as usual heretofore.
At said Meeting Messrs Thomas Mayhew Nathl Warren & John Sturtevant Jun were chosen Constables.
And sd Mayhew came into ye Town Meeting and Re- fused to serve as Constable; and the Town proceeded to choose another in his Room, and made Choice of Silvanus Bramhall (to serve in sd office) Constable.
At sd Meeting Messrs Joseph Warren Saml Bartlett Esq Solomon Silvester Deacon Joseph Bartlett & Saml Nichols Nelson were chosen Surveyors of highways.
And Lemuell Jackson Silas West Josiah Cotton Jun Thomas Cornish Jona Eames Jun and Lemuel Bartlett were chosen Tytheingmen.
And Joseph Warren Cornelius Holmes Nehemiah Ripley & Nathl Warren were chosen Fence Viewers & field Drivers.
And Michael Burne Silvanus Bartlett Ebenezer Bartlett Eleazer Churchell Jun Job Cobb Josiah Morton ye 3d Ama- ziah Churchell & Epm Cobb were chosen Hogreeves.
And Capt Stephen Churchell John Harlow and David Turner were chosen Surveyors of Lumber.
And Abraham Jackson & Benjamin Cornish were chosen to Inform about the Deer Act.
And Messrs Thomas Spooner & Melatiah Lothrop were chosen Sealers of Leather.
And Gersham Holmes was chosen Saxton and the Town voted to allow him five pounds new Tenor his Sallary for ye Ensuing year.
[122.] The Town Meeting Continued March ye 6th 1748-9.
At sd Meeting a vote was called to know the Towns mind If they would make any addition to the Three Hundred Pounds (old Tenor) already voted Towards The Building a New Court House. Voted In ye affirmative.
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And Then voted That ye Town will add to their former vote for Building a Court House In Plymouth The Sum of Seven Hundred Pounds, old Tenor and that one half of said sum be Levyed on ye Poles & Estates within the Town this year 1749 and the other half the next year after and that ye whole sum be paid in to ye County Treasury, Pro- vided That ye Court of General Sessions for this County at ye next Sessions shall order that ye sd Court House shall immediately be Built and That ye Town have the Priviledge of Transacting their Public affaires In ye same so long as the sd House shall stand.
Voted That Isaac Lothrop Thomas Foster & Saml Bart- lett Esq Present This vote To ye next Court of General Sessions of ye Peace to be holden at Plymouth &c.
At sd Meeting The Town made choice of Jeremiah Howes Thomas Bartlett and Elisha Doten to take Care of ye Town Beach agreable to ye Late act of the General Court for ye Preservation of sd Beach.
And Then ye Town Meeting was adjourned to Monday ye 27th day of this Instant March at Two of ye Clock In the afternoon.
At a Town Meeting Held in the Court House in Ply- mouth by adjournment from the 6th of March A D 1748 to the 27th Day of March A D 1749.
James Hovey was chosen Clerk for the Day in the Room of Saml Bartlett Esq who is absent & was Sworn before Jno Murdock Esq.
Saml Bartlett Esq who was chosen an Assessor for the year A D 1749 Refused to accept the sd Trust.
Then the Town chose Mr Thomas Mayhew an Assessor for the sd year in the Room of said Samuel Bartlett Esq.
At the Request of Nathl Warren who stands chosen to serve the Town as a Constable & Collector for the year 1749 that Joseph Morton Jun might be accepted to serve the Town in his Room in the said office of Constable & Collec- tor voated to accept the said Joseph in the said offices in the Room of said Nathl and that he have the Premium for Col- lecting the Taxes which the sd Nathl was to have and upon the same Conditions.
Voated that Messrs Thos Spooner Timo Burbank Joshua Bramhall Nehemiah Ripley & Silvanus Bartlett Take Care that the Several acts & Laws now in force about Alewives be Duely observed & kept.
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At a Town Meeting Assembled and Held at ye Court House In Plymouth on Monday ye 8th day of May Anno Dom : 1749.
At sd Meeting John Bartlett William Clark Thomas Rogers & Nathl Morton were chosen to serve on ye Petitt Jury for ye next Infer Court of Common Pleas &c to be holden at Plymouth on ye Third Tuesday of This Instant May.
At sd Meeting Thomas Foster Esq was chosen Represen- tative for the Ensuing year.
[123.] At a Town Meeting Regularly assembled and held (at the Meeting House of the first Precinct in Plymo) by the Inhabitants of the said Town qualified as ye Law Directs-June 29 1749.
James Hovey was chosen Clerk for the Day & sworn to the faithfull Discharge of sd office before John Murdock Esq.
Dea Haviland Torrey was chosen Moderator.
Capt Stephen Churchell Dea Haviland Torrey Mr. Thomas Holmes & Mr. Thos Spooner was chosen Grand- jurors to serve at the Court of assise &c to be Holden at Plimouth on the Second Tuesday of July A D 1749.
Capt Josiah Morton Leut Joseph Bartlett Dea Josiah Carver Mr George Watson & Mr Benj Rider was ap- pointed agreable to Law to serve on ye Jury of Tryalls at the said Court and at the Superiour Court of Judicature to be held at sd Plimo on said Second Tuesday of July.
Attest : Jas Hovey, Clerk.
At a Town Meeting Regularly Assembled & held (In ye Meeting House of the First Precinct In Plymo) By the Inhabitants of ye sd Town qualified as the Law Directs. On Monday ye 21st of Aug A D: 1749.
At sd Meeting Doctr Lazarus Le Barron was chosen Moderator.
At sd Meeting the Town voted to Raise One Hundred Sixty Two pounds Ten shillings money new Tenor to De- fray ye Currant charges of ye present year, which sd sum Includes what is supposed needful to Raise for ye poor; for this year; also for ye use of Mrs. Sarah Little.
At a Town Meeting assembled & held in ye Meeting House in Plymo on Monday ye IIth day of September Anno Dom: 1749. Frances Adams & John Atwood Junr was appointed to Serve on ye Jury of Trialls at ye next
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Infer Court of Common Pleas to be holden at Plymouth on ye Third Tuesday of September Currant.
At a Town Meeting assembled & held at ye Meeting House In Plymouth on Monday ye 18th day of December A Dom : 1749. Jonathan Darling Lemuell Barnes Zeph- aniah Holmes and Charles Rider was appointed to serve on ye Jury of Tryalls at ye next Infer Court of Common Pleas to be holden at Plymouth on ye Third Tuesday of December Currant.
At a Town Meeting Assembled and held In the Meeting House of ye first Precinct in Plymouth on Monday ye 12th day of February 1749.
Deacon Haviland Torrey was chosen Moderator.
*At sd Meeting was Laid before the Town a List pre- pared by ye Selectmen of the persons suitable to serve as Jurors at ye Superiour and Inferiour Courts out of which List was Selected 45 to Serve as Jurors at ye Supr Court viz :
Deacon John Atwood
John Harlow Elisha Doten
Capt John Watson
George Watson
Samuel Donham
Capt Josiah Morton
Saml Bartlett Senr
Deacon Haviland Torrey
Joseph Morton
Thomas Holmes
Eleazer Holmes
Joshua Bramhall
Thomas Jackson
Deacon Saml Nelson
Joseph Warren
Joseph Bartlett
Nathan Delano
Thomas Doty
Capt Stephen Churchell John Faunce
Thomas Spooner
* The last Act of the Provincial General Court relating to the choice of Jurors, was passed at the Session begun March 19th, 1760, and its first section provided "That the Selectmen of each town within the province shall within their respective towns, some time before the tenth day of April next, take a list of the persons liable by law, and which they shall judge able and well qualified, to serve on the petit Juries, and lay the same before the town, at a meeting in May next, to be called for that purpose; and the towns shall respectively, at such meeting, select out of the list, one quarter of the numbers so laid be- fore them, such as they judge most suitable to serve as Jurors at the Superiour Court of Judicature, Court of Assize and general goal de- livery, and put their names, written on separate pieces of paper in one box; and the remainder of such of them as the town shall think suitable, in the same manner, into another box, to serve as Jurors in the Inferiour court of Common Pleas and Court of General Sessions of the Peace, to be provided by the Selectmen for that purpose, and de- liver the same to the Town Clerk, to be by him kept under lock and key."
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Barnabas Hedge
Jonathan Diman
Ephraim Cobb
Nehemiah Ripley
Solomon Silvester
Benjamin Bartlett
Benjamin Rider
John Finney
Elisha Holmes Junr
Francis Adams
Joseph Bartlett Junr
Eikanah Morton
John Blackmer
John Torrey
Nathl Bartlett
John Atwood Junr
Ansell Lothrop
Perez Tilson
James Warren Junr
Ebenezar Spooner
David Turner
Silvanus Bartlett
[124.] At a Town Meeting assembled and Held at ye Meeting House In the First Precinct In the Town of Plym- outh (for ye choice of Jurors) on Monday ye 26th day of February Anno Domini 1749. Messrs John Harlow and Nathl Shurtleff were chosen Grandjurors for the year En- suing.
And Messrs Joseph King Isaac Doten Eleazer Holmes Junr & William Ellis Junr were chosen to serve on ye Petitt Jury for ye next Inferiour Court of Common Pleas &c to be holden at Plymouth the first Tuesday of March next.
At a Town Meeting Assembled & held at ye Meeting House In ye first Precinct of the Town Plymouth on Mon- day ye 5th day of March A Dom : 1749. Thomas Foster Esqr was chosen Moderator.
Saml Bartlett Esq was chosen Town Clerk and sworn Before Thomas Foster Esqr.
Messrs Haviland Torrey Thomas Holmes Lazarus Le- Baron John Watson and Joseph Bartlett was chosen Select- men.
Messrs Josiah Morton James Hovey & Thomas Mayhew chosen Assessors.
At sd Meeting the Town voted That ye Constables should be Collectors for ye year ensueing, and to allow them ye usuall premium of six pence on ye pound for Collecting ye taxes, they Giveing bonds to save ye Town Harmless as usual heretofore.
Thomas Foster Esqr was chosen Town Treasurer.
Jonathan Bartlett Stephen Churchell Junr and Lemuell Jackson was chosen Constables.
Then ye Town voted to choose six surveyors of ye high- ways & to choose them by nomination and Messrs Josiah Morton Timothy Burbank Cornelius Holmes Josiah
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Churchell James Clark Junr & Eleazer Ellis were chosen Surveyors of the highways.
Jonathan Eames Junr Thomas Cornish John Finney Nathl Torrey Eleazer Churchell Junr & Joseph Rider Junr chosen Titheingmen.
Deacon Haviland Torrey Joseph Bartlett Thomas Holmes and Joseph Morton were chosen fence viewers & field Drivers.
Caleb Shareman John May Nathl Warren Saml Clarke Ebenezer Churchell & John Atwood Junr chosen Hogreeves.
Messrs Stephen Churchell John Harlow & David Turner was Surveyors of Lumber.
Abraham Jackson and Benjamin Cornish was chosen Informers Respecting ye Deer Act.
Thomas Spooner & Melatiah Lothrop chosen Sealers of Leather.
Gershom Holmes chosen Saxton.
Jeremiah Howes Lemuell Morton and Elisha Doten to take ye care of Plymouth Town Beach for ye year Ensuing Agreable to ye Late Act of ye Provence Relateing to ye sd Beach.
Ebenezer Spooner Michael Burne Timothy Burbank Nathl Foster and Stephen Churchell Junr was chosen a Committee to take care of ye Herrings, Agreable to the Laws in force Respecting ye same.
Stephen Churchell Junr came into ye Meeting and de- sired ye Town to accept of Timothy Burbank to serve in his Room as Constable (sd Burbank being Present and Manifested his willingness to serve.)
The Town voted to accept sd Burbank as abovsd.
The Town voted before ye chose ye Constables that ye highest in ye votes for Constables in Monument Ponds Precinct shall be Constable for ye Ensuing year.
[125.] At his Majesty's Court of General Sessions of the Peace Began and held at Plymouth within and for sd County on the First Tuesday of March Being ye Seventh day of sd month, Anno Dom: 1748.
At sd Court Isaac Lothrop Saml Bartlett & Thomas Foster Esqrs Presented a vote of Town of Plymouth to sd Court which is in the words following, viz :
At a Meeting Assembled & held at ye Court House in Plymouth on Monday ve 6th of March A Dom 1748.
At sd Meeting a vote was called to know the Towns mind
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if they would make any addition to ye Three Hundred Pounds (old Tenor) already voted Towards the Building a new Court House.
Voted In the affirmative for buildg a Court House in sd Plymo. And then voted That the Town will add to their former vote the sum of Seven Hundred pounds old Tenor, and That one half sd sum be Levied on the Poles & Estates within ye Town the year 1749, And the other half the next year after, and that ye whole sum be paid in to ye County Treasury Provided that ye Court of General Sessions for this County at ye next Session shall order that ye sd Court House shall Immediately be Built and that ye Town have the Priviledge of Transacting their Public affairs in the same, so long as ye sd House Shall Stand.
At said Court voted to accept of the sd additional Grant of Seven Hundred pounds old Tenor of the Town of Ply- mouth towards the Building of a Court House.
A True Copy from the Minute Book,
Attest : Edward Winslow, Clerk. At a Town Meeting warned to be assembled and held at ye Court House in Plymo on Monday ye 7th day of May A Dom: 1750 for ye Choice of four Jurors to serve on ye Petitt Jury for Tryalls at ye Inferiour Court of Common Pleas &c to be holden at Plymo within & for ye County of Plymo-on ye Third Tuesday of this Instant May-The Major part of ye Selectmen not being present at This meet- ing; sd Meeting is adjourned to Tomorrow ye 8th of May at 5 of ye Clock in ye afternoon.
At a Town Meeting held at ye Court House In Plym- outh May the 8th 1750 By adjournment from ye 7th Instant Elias Trask Thomas Torrey Job Morton and John Harlow Jun were chosen to serve on ye Petitt Jury for Try- alls at ye next Inferiour Court of Common Pleas to be hol- den at Plymo on ye 3rd Tuesday of this Inst May.
At a Town Meeting Assembled & held at ye Court House In Plymouth on Monday 14th day of May Anno Dom: 1750.
At sd Meeting Thomas Foster Esq was chosen Assem- blyman To Represent The Town at the Great & General Court or Assembly appointed to be held at Boston &c.
At a Town Meeting Assembled and held at the Court House in Plymouth on Monday ye 18th day of June Anno Dom : 1750. Messrs Joshua Bramhall Thomas Spooner
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John Torrey & Jonathan Diman were chosen to serve on ye Grand Jury at the next Superr Court of Judicature &c to be holden at Plymouth on ye Second Tuesday of July next. And Saml Nelson Elisha Doten Joseph Warren Elisha Holmes Junr & Benjamin Bartlett were chosen to serve on ye Petitt Jury of Tryalls for sd Court.
At a Town Meeting assembled and held at the Court House in Plymouth on Monday ye 6th day of August Anno Domini 1750.
At sd Meeting Doctr Lazarus LeBaron was chosen Mod- erator.
At sd Meeting The Town voted that ye Grammer School shall be continued & kept in the Center of the Town, where it now is,for ye Term of Seven years from this date, and that Messrs John Watson Lazarus LeBaron & Thos Foster Esq Be a Committee to supply ye sd school with a suitable School Master from time to time for ye sd seven years. Then a vote was Called to know ye Towns mind if they will have a second school set up and Continued in ye Southerly part of the Town, To be under such Regulations as the [126.] Town shall think proper & shall order at the time This meeting shall be adjourned to.
Voted In ye Affirmative. And then voted That Deacon Joseph Bartlett Deacon Elisha Holmes Joseph Warren Capt Josiah Morton & Eleazer Holmes to be a Committee to Consult the most proper methods for the Regulation of ye sd Second School and make Report to ye Town at the time this meeting shall be adjourned to as aforsd.
At sd Meeting the Town voted That ye sum of four pounds Lawfull money be allowed & paid to or for ye use of Mrs. Sarah Little widdow of ye Rev Mr. Epm Little De- ceased in Consideration that what has been heretofore annually given her by the Town was not sufficient for her support. Then the Town voted that ye sum of Eight pounds Lawfull money be allowed to Mrs. Sarah Little abovenamed for and towards her support and maintainance for the present year.
Then voted That Deacon John Atwood Deacon Joseph Bartlett and Mr. George Watson be a Committee to Ex- amine the Town Treasurers accts. and to make Report at ye next Town Meeting.
Then a vote was called to know ye Towns mind if they would Rail ye Southerly side of the Road from Ebenezer
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Spooners to or against Nehemiah Ripleys as mentioned in the warrant; voted that it should be done.
And then voted That John Torrey Nathl Shurtleff and Joseph Morton Junr shall procure the said worke done viz: Suitably to Rail sd piece of Way, and the Charge and Cost to be paid by the Town.
Then the Town voted to Raise the sum of Eighty five pounds to defray the necessary Charges of the Currant year.
And also voted that ye assessors in making the Tax shall not Exceed the sum of five pounds as Surplusage, viz over & above the proper sums Raised to be taxed for.
And then this Meeting by vote was adjourned to ye first Monday in October next at Two of ye Clock in the after- noon.
At a Town Meeting assembled & held at ye Court House in Plymouth on Tuesday ye IIth day of September Anno Domini 1750.
At sd Meeting Cornelius Holmes & Edward Stephens Junr were chosen to serve on ye petitt jury for Tryalls at ye next Superior Court of Common Pleas &c to be holden at Plymouth on ye 3rd Tuesday of this Instant Sept.
At a Town Meeting Assembled and held at ye Court House In Plymouth on Monday ye 10th day of December Anno Domini 1750.
At sd Meeting Ebenezer Holmes Junr Ezra Allen Sil- vanus Bramhall & Job Cobb were chosen to serve on ye Petitt Jury for Tryalls at ye next Inferiour Court of Com- mon Pleas &c to be holden at Plymouth, on the 3rd Tues- day of this Instant December.
At a Town Meeting assembled & held at ye Court House In Plymouth on Monday ye 25th day of February Anno Domini 1750 Eleazer Holmes & John Harlow Junr were chosen Grandjurors for the year Ensuing.
And Thomas Clark Israel Clark Solomon Atwood & Thomas Morton chosen to serve on ye Petitt Jury for ye next Inferiour Court of Common Pleas &c to be holden at Plymouth on ye first Tuesday of March next.
At a Town Meeting Assembled & held at ye Court House In Plymouth on Monday the 4th day of March Anno Dom: 1750. Doctr Lazarus LeBaron was chosen Modera- tor.
The weather being (by reason of a snow storm) difficult
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for ye Inhabitants Remote to attend a vote was Called to know if the Town would adjourn the Meeting to Monday ye IIth day of March Currant at Ten of ye Clock In ye forenoon, which passed in ye affirmative; and accordingly this meetg is adjourned to sd IIth day of March as abovsd (This being a thin meeting. )
[127.] At a Town Meeting Assembled and Held at the Court House In Plymo on Monday the 11th day of March Anno Domini 1750, By adjournment from Monday ye 4th of March Instant.
At sd Meeting Samul Bartlett Esqr was chosen Town Clerk and sworn Before Thomas Foster Esq.
And Messrs Thomas Holmes Lazarus LeBaron John Watson Joseph Bartlett & John Torrey were chosen Select- men.
And Messrs Josiah Morton James Hovey & Thomas Mayhew chosen Assessors.
Thomas Foster Esq chosen Town Treasurer.
Then the Town voted that ye highest in vote In the Sec- ond Precinct In voteing for Constables should be ye Con- stable In that part of ye Town.
Francis Adams James Holmes & Josiah Morton Junr were chosen Constables, also voted that they shall be al- lowed six pence upon ye pound for ye Town money that they shall Collect they giveing bonds to ye Town Treas- urer to Endemnify & save the town harmless from any Loss or charges that may arise by vertue of their neglect or deficiency.
At sd Meeting Messrs Theophilus Cotton Jonathan Di- man Lemuell Barnes John Finney John May & William Ellis were chosen Surveyors of the highways.
Capt Francis Adams made a desire to the Town that they would accept of Josiah Carver to serve as Constable in his Room & accordingly the Town voted to accept of sd Josiah Carver to serve as Constable in the Room of sd Adams. Then John Finney Lemuell Bartlett Nathl War- ren Thomas Clark Josiah Churchell Daniel Diman & Jona- than Eames Junr were chosen Titheingmen, and the Town voted to Excuse John Finney from serveing as Titheing- man The year Ensuing.
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