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Cornelius Holmes Thomas Jackson Lemuell Morton & Thos Cornish were chosen Fence Viewers & field Drivers.
And Ebenezer Spooner William Torrey Ephraim
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Holmes John Carver John Sturtevant Junr Thomas Bartlett & Jobb Cobb were chosen Hogreeves.
And John Harlow Job Morton & Silvanus Bartlett chosen Surveyors of Lumber.
And Abraham Jackson & Benjamin Cornish were chosen Informers Respecting ye Deer Act.
And Thomas Spooner & Melatiah Lothrop chosen Seal- ers of Leather.
And Elisha Doten Jeremiah Howes & Lemuell Morton chosen to take care of ye Beach (agreable to ye act of ye Provence. )
And Ebenezer Spooner Nathl Foster Timothy Burbank & Stephen Churchell chosen a Comitte to take care of ye Herring Brook; agreable to ye Town Act.
Then the Town voted That Capt Josiah Morton Deacon Joseph Bartlett Deacon Elisha Holmes Joseph Warren & Eleazer Holmes the Comitte Chosen ye 6th of August Last shall be a Committe to Consult the most proper methods, for the Regulation of ye Second School in Plym- outh they to make Report to ye Town at ye Time this meeting shall be adjourned to.
Then this Meeting was Adjourned to Monday The Twenty fifth day of this Instant March at two of ye Clock in ye afternoon.
N. B. at ye abovsd Meeting The Town gave in their votes for a County Register which votes was sealed up in ye Meeting by Timothy Burbank Constable.
And also Voted for a County Treasurer wch votes were also seald up in the Meeting by Josiah Morton Junr Con- stable.
[128] At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Plimouth at the Court House in said Plimouth on Monday the 25th of March A D 1751, by adjournment from the IIth of March Instant.
James Hovey was Chosen Clerk for sd meeting (Saml Bartlett Esq the Town Clerk being absent) and had the oaths by Law Required administered to him by Jno Mur- dock Esq.
James Holmes was sworn into the office of a Constable for sd Town for ye year 1751 By the sd Jno Murdock Esq.
Jeremiah Howes was chosen a surveyor of Highways for the year ensuing in the Room of Mr Leml Barnes now De- ceasd.
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The Committee appointed by the Town on the IIth In- stant to Consult the most proper methods for the Regula- tion of the Second school in Plimouth now Reported as fol- lows viz:
The Comtee Chosen at a Town Meeting held at Plimouth the 4th day of March 1750 to Consider where the Reading & Writeing School or the second school should be kept in the southward part of the Town, and to make Reports at the adjournment of the said meeting haveing mett and con- sidered thereof are of oppinion that it will be most Eaquall that three month and one halfe should be at Monument Ponds and three and halfe months at Eele River, and five months at Hobbs Hole in Each twelve months in the year, the school shall be Continued; and whereas some seasons of the year will suit Each part much the Best we are of oppinion that the Committee the Town shall choose to suply the said school with a schoolmaster have Regard thereunto, and suit each part of the Town accordingly. Signd Josiah Morton Eleazer Holmes Joseph Warren Elisha Holmes Joseph Bartlett Tunr.
Then the Town voated to accept the said Reporte and also Chose Capt Josiah Morton Dea Joseph Bartlett & Mr Nathl Bartlett a Committee to provide a schoolmaster for the said second school and to Regulate the said school ac- cording to the above Reporte, and that their Power should Continue for the Term of Twelve months from and after their Provideing a schoolmaster for said school and no Longer.
Attest Jas Hovey Cler of sd Meeting
At A Town Meeting Assembled and held In the Court House In Plymouth on Monday the 13th day of May Anno Domini 1751 for the Choice of a Representative.
At sd Meeting a Vote was Called to Know the Towns mind if they would send no Representative this year; voted in the Negative. And then the Vote was Called if they would send two Representatives. Voted in the Negative.
Then the Town proceeded and Brot in their votes for one Assemblyman and Edward Winslow Esqr was Chosen to Represent ye Town At ye Great and Generall Court or assembly appointed to be held at Boston on the Last Wed- nesday of May Currant.
At a Town Meeting Assembled & held at ye Court House In Plymouth on Monday ye 13th of May 1751 For ye
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Choice of Petit Jurors. And John Kempton Lemuel Mor- ton Benjamin Rider Junr and James Clark ye third were Chosen to serve on ye Petit Jury for Tryalls At ye Inferiour Court of Common Pleas next to be holden at Plymouth within & for ye County of Plymouth on ve Third Tuesday of May Currant.
At a Town Meeting Assembled and held at the Court House In Plymouth on Monday ye 24th day of June A Dom: 1751 for ye Choice of Jury men for ye next Supr Court; The Major part of ye Selectmen not being present. This meeting is adjourned to Wednesday ye 26th day of this Instant June at Three of the Clock in the afternoon.
[129] At A Town Meeting Assembled and held In ye Court House in Plymo on Wednesday ye 26th day of June. By Adjournment from Monday ye 24th of June Instant.
Messrs Joshua Bramhall Thomas Spooner Benjamin Bartlett & Jona Diman were chosen to serve on ye Grand Jury at ye next Supr Court of Judicature &c to be holden at Plymouth on ye second Tuesday of July next.
And Thomas Doty John Torrey David Turner Nehemiah Ripley & Perez Tilson were Chosen to serve on ye Petit Jury for Tryalls at sd Court.
We the Subscribers two of the Fence Viewers of the Town of Plymouth In the County of Plymouth; haveing been Complained to By James Hovey of sd Plymouth Gent. That he and Samuell Clark of sd Plymouth have Gardens in sd Town Contiguous, and that ye sd Samuel & he ye sd James ought to make and maintain a partition fence be- tween ye sd Gardens in Equal halves; but the sd Samuel neglects & Refuses to make the same fence, or any part thereof, and also that it is controverted between them which part of sd fence shall be made and maintained by the sd James and which by the sd Samuel; and we haveing been upon & viewed the Premises, do find the Line between the sd Gardens to be nine Rodds and nine Links Long, and that ye Easterly half of the sd fence being four Rods & seventeen Links in Length from the corner of Sarah Swifts Garden to a stake in the Line between sd Clark and Hovey's Gar- den, shall be made up and maintained by the said James and the Remaining part of sd fence in sd Land shall be made and maintained by the said Samuel. Witness our hands June 28th 1751.
Cornelius Holmes Thomas Jackson
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At a Town Meeting Assembled and held at ye Court House in Plymo on Monday the fifth day of August Anno Domini 1751.
At sd Meeting Thomas Foster Esq was Chosen Modera- tor.
At sd Meeting The Town Voted to Raise the sum of one Hundred and sixty pounds Lawfull money to defray ye necessary charges of the currant year.
And also voted that the assessors in makeing the Rate shall not exceed the sum of five pounds as Surplusage, viz over & above ye proper sums raised to be taxed for.
Memo the sum of Eight pounds for Mrs. Sarah Littles maintainance or allowance the present year is Included in ye above sum of 160-0-0.
At a Town Meeting Assembled and held at ye Court House in Plymouth on Monday ye 9th day of September A Dom: 1751 for ye Choice of Jurors Josiah Rider & Abner Holmes were chosen to serve on ye Petit Jury for Trialls at ye Inferiour Court of Common Pleas next to be holden at Plymouth within & for ye County of Plymouth on ye third Tuesday of Septr Currant.
At A Town Meeting Assembled and held at ye Court House In Plymouth on Monday the second day of Decem- ber Anno Dom : 1751 for ye Choice of Jurors Gideon White Elkanah Churchill Thomas Sears and Lemuell Holmes were chosen to serve on ye Petit Jury for Tryalls at ye next Court of Generall Sessions of the Peace and at ye next Inferiour Court of Common Pleas to be holden at Plymouth on ye third Tuesday of Decr Currant.
At a Town Meeting Assembled and held at ye Court House In Plymouth on Monday ye 27th day of February A D 1752 for ye Choice of Jurors. Abraham Jackson Thomas Davee Jonathan Eames Tunr and Jonathan Church- ell were Chosen to serve on ye Petit Jury for Tryalls at ye next Court of Generall sessions of the Peace; And at ye next Inferr Court of Common Pleas to be holden at Plymouth The first Tuesday of March Next.
And Benjamin Rider & Benjamin Bartlett were chosen Grandjurors for the year Ensuing.
[130.] At A Town Meeting Assembled and held In ye Court House In Plymouth on Monday the second day of March Anno Dom: 1752.
At sd Meeting Doctr Lazarus LeBaron was chosen Mod-
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erator. And Saml Bartlett Esqr Chosen Town Clerk and sworn by Thomas Foster Esqr. Messrs Thomas Holmes James Warren Esqr Josiah Morton Lazarus LeBaron & John Torrey were chosen Selectmen, sd James Warren Esqr not being present The Town sent Josiah Morton Junr Con- stable to Coll: Warren to acquaint him that he was chosen a selectman who Returned and Informed the Town thatt Coll : Warren said that he should not serve. Then ye Town proceeded and made Choice of Capt John Watson to be a Selectman.
And Messrs James Hovey Nathl Bartlett & Perez Tilson were Chosen Assessors.
Thomas Foster Esqr Chosen Town Treasurer.
Messrs. Gideon White Thomas Cornish & Elka Churchell Chosen Constables.
And voted that the Constables shall have six pence on ye pound for their collecting the Publick Taxes and on ye same conditions as voted respecting the Constables allowance the Last year.
And Lemuel Jackson Benjamin Barnes John Harlow Thos Bartlett Thos Clark and Thomas Swift Chosen Sur- veyors of ye highways.
And Joseph Rider Junr Ebenezer Donham Jonathan Eames Junr Seth Swift & Nathl Warren chosen Titheing- men.
And James Holmes Jeremiah Howes Ephraim Cobb and Job Cobb Chosen Fence Viewers & field Drivers, and Stephen Samson Thomas Torrey Job Morton Josiah Rider and Josiah Torrey John Harlow Junr Josiah Morton the 3d and Thomas Bumpass Chosen Hogreeves.
And John Harlow Job Morton & Silvanus Bartlett were chosen Surveyors of Lumber.
And Abraham Jackson & Benjamin Cornish Chosen to take care of the Deer Act.
Ebenezer Spooner & Joseph Morton Junr Sealers of Leather.
Elisha Doten Jeremiah Howes and Lemuell Morton to Take Care of the Beach Agreable to ye Law of ye Province Respectg ye same.
David Turner Chosen Measurer of Plank Timber & Boards.
And Joshua Bramhall Benjamin Bartlett Ebenezer Spooner & Silvanus Bartlett Chosen to take care of the Herring Brook.
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Then the Town Voted as followeth viz the Town ordered & Directed the Treasurer to call in the money due To the Town on Bonds from any Person Whatsoever and Direct Him To settle The vallue of said Bonds according To the Rules In Such Case Pursued By The Executive Courts In The Province; And In Case any Person or Persons shall Refuse or Neglect To Pay of said Bonds accordingly or to Reduce Them to Lawfull Money According To The Aforsd Rules and Renew their Bonds, then the Treasurer Is or- dered To Put The Bond or Bonds of such Persons In suit That the same may Be Recovered Accordingly.
Then ye Town Meeting was Adjourned To Monday ye 16th of March Currant.
At A Town Meeting Assembled and held In the Court House In Plymo on Monday the 16th of March A Dom: 1752, By adjournment from Monday ye 2nd of this In- stant March.
Elkanah Churchell chosen on ye 2nd of March to serve as Constable Refuses to serve as Constable as declared in open meeting by his Brother Eleazer Churchell, he haveg heretofore served as Constable. Then a vote was Called to Know if the Town would choose a man to prosecute El- kanah Churchell for his sd Refusall. Voted in the Nega- tive.
[131.] At sd Meeting The Town made Choice of Mr. *William Watson to serve as Constable, sd Watson declared his non acceptance & Refusall to serve in sd office, and also Refused to pay the fine by Law Required in that behalf. A vote was Called to Know ye Town's mind if they would Prosecute the sd Wm. Watson in the Law for his Refusall of serving as Constable. Voted in the affirmative.
And then Voted That Deacon Joseph Bartlett shall in ye Towns Behalf Prosecute the sd Wm. Watson for his Re- fuseing to serve as abovsd.
At sd meeting John Harlow Junr was Chosen Constable accepted & sworn by Thomas Foster Esqr.
* William Watson was a great grandson of George Watson, who appeared in Plymouth in 1633. He was born in Plymouth, May 6th, 1730, and graduated at Harvard in 1751. He was appointed by the Provincial Congress the first Postmaster of Plymouth in 1775 and in 1782 was appointed by the General Court, Naval Officer for the Port of Plymouth. In 1789 he was appointed by Washington Collector of the Port and in 1790 Deputy Postmaster, acting as the Postmaster of Plymouth. He married in 1756 Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Marston of Manchester, and died April 22, 1815.
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At sd meeting Capt Gideon* White declared his Refusall to serve as Constable and promised to pay the fine in that case by Law Required.
Then the Town proceeded to chuse Another Constable and made Choice of Jonathan Darling to serve as Constable for the present year, he accepted & was sworn By Thos Foster Esqr.
At sd Meeting The Town Voted That ye Selectmen pro- cure a House viz to hire such a House as they may think most suitable (The Town to pay the hire or rent) to be Improved as a pest House In case it should be needed by any person that may have the smallpox in ye Town.
Then The Town Voted to Choose Firewards and made choice of Messrs Lazarus LeBaron Samuell Nelson James Hovey Joseph Bartlett Joseph Warren Eleazer Holmes and Nathl Goodwin to be firewards.
At sd meeting Isaac Thomas & John Churchell were chosen Tytheingmen. And Gershom Holmes Saxton.
At a Town Meeting Assembled & held in the Court House In Plymo on Tuesday ye 31st day of March A Dom : 1752.
At sd Meeting Doctr Lazarus LeBaron was chosen Mod- erator.
At sd Meeting a vote was Called to Know the Towns mind If they would choose two Persons to be Selectmen that dwell in or near the Centre of the Town. Voted in the Affirmative.
And then ye Town made choice of Messrs Thomas Foster Esqr & James Hovey to be Selectmen for ye year Ensuing.
At a Town Meeting Assembled and held In ye Court House In Plymo on Monday ye 4th of Mav Anno Domini 1752.
At sd meeting a vote Called to Know ye Towns mind if they would Choose two Persons to serve for and Represent them In a Great & Generall Court or assembly to be held at Concord on Wednesday ye 27th of May 1752. Voted In ye Negative. Then a vote was Called to Know if ye Town
* Gideon White was a descendant of Peregrine White, born on board the Mayflower. He was born in 1752 and married in 1787, Deborah, daughter of Miles Whitworth, a Surgeon in the British Army. He be- came a Captain in the British Army and afterwards settled in Shel- burne, N. S., where he was a member of the Assembly and Judge of the Common Pleas Court. He died in 1833.
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would choose one Representative. Voted in ye affirma- tive.
And then made choice of Thomas Foster Esqr to be their Representative. Mr. Foster offered his thanks to the Town for their Respects shown him in the choice; desiring ye Town to excuse him and Declined serving. Then ye Town proceeded and made choice of Edward *Winslow Esqr To serve and Represent them as abovsd. And the oath ap- pointed to be taken In ye Act for Calling in ye Publick bills of credit, was Administered to him by Saml Bartlett Justice of ye Peace.
Then The Town made Choice of Doctr Lazarus LeBar- ron Moderator.
A vote was Called to Know ye Towns mind If they would Build a House suitable for a Hospital. Voted In the Nega- tive.
Then a vote was Called to Know if the Town would build a House suitable for a Hospital provided a suitable place may be agreed upon to fix sd House on. passed also In the Negative.
At sd meeting John Waterman and John Rider were chosen to serve on the Petit Jury to serve at the Inferiour Court on ye 3d Tuesday of May Currant.
[132.] To the Selectmen of The Town of Plymouth, Gent. We the Subscribers Having Determined To Build a +Distill House; For the Carrying on the Distilling Buise- ness within sd Town Do purpose to Erect the same over against ye House of Nathaniel Foster, Between the High Way and The Town Pond; & Westward of his Warehouse & if you Judge it a Place suitable & Convenient we Desire you with two Justices of the Peace For the County of Plym- outh Would Be Pleased To approve & allow of the same agreeable to the Province Law In this case Provided. We are Gentelmen your Humble servants.
Nathaniel Foster Jonathan Diman
Plymouth, Aprill 23d 1752.
We the Subscribers Having Considered the above Re-
* For an account of Edward Winslow see footnote on page 328 of volume two.
t The Distill House stood on the site now occupied by Gale's Block on Sandwich Street, near the foot of Spring Hill and was built by John Foster in 1711.
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quest; and viewed The Proposed Place For Erecting the Distill House above mentioned, Do allow and approve of The same as a Place suitable & Convenient For that Pur- pose; Provided that It Be No Annoyance to the Alewives in their Passage up the Town Brook In Plymouth aforesd. Dated Plymouth May 4th 1752.
Josiah Morton Thomas Holmes Lazarus Lebaron James Hovey John Torrey John Watson
Selectmen of ye Town of Plymouth.
We the Subscribers two of His Maj'sts Justices of The Peace For the County of Plymouth Do concurr with the Selectmen of the Town of Plymouth; In their approbation and allowance of the Above Place For a Distill House under the Provision above mentioned; wittness our Hands at Plymouth ye 4th of May 1752.
Thomas Foster Samuel Bartlett
At A Town Meeting assembled and held In the Court House in Plymouth on Monday ye 6th day of July A Dom 1752 for the Choice of Jurors.
The Major part of ye selectmen of sd Town not being present The Constable viz Thomas Cornish adjourned the sd meeting To Tuesday ye 7th day of July Instant at four a Clock in ye afternoon.
At A Town Meeting assembled & held In ye Court House in Plymo on Tuesday ye 7th day of July A Dom : 1752. By adjournment from July ve 6th Currant.
Messrs Thomas Holmes Barnabas Hedge David Turner & Nathl Torrey were chosen to serve on ye Grand jury at ye next Superior Court of Judicature &c to be holden at Plymouth for ye County of Plymo on ye 2nd Tuesday of this Instant July. And Messrs John Faunce Thomas Jackson Ebenezer Spooner Nathl Bartlett & Jonathan Di- man were chosen to serve on ye Jury of Tryalls at sd Court.
[133.] At A Town Meeting Regularly Assembled & held at ye Court House in Plymouth on Monday the 17th day of Augst A D 1752 Doctor Lazarus LeBarron was Chosen Moderator.
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At sd Meeting The Town voted to allow to & for ye use of Mrs. Sarah Little Relict widdow of the Revd Mr. Ephraim Little Late of Plymouth Deceased the sum of Eight Pounds Lawfull money For and Towards her sup- port for the next year.
At sd Meeting The Town Voted to Raise the sum of one Hundred & thirty two pounds six shillings & eight pence Lawfull money to defray ye necessary charges of ye Cur- rant year; which is Includeing the above Eight pounds Granted to Mrs. Sarah Little. Also voted that the Asses- sors in makeing the Taxes shall not exceed the sum of five pounds as surplusage. Respecting The Petition of Perez Tilson Requesting that ye Town would sell him fifteen or twenty feet of Land (in Breadth) adjoyning to the North side of the wharfe which he purchased of John Murdock Esqr. A vote was Called to Know if the Town would dis- pose of any of the sd Towns Land adjoyning to the North- erly side of sd wharfe; voted in the affirmative.
And then voted that a Committee be chosen to take into Consideration Mr. Perez Tilsons Petition Respecting the Towns selling him 15 or 20 feet in Breadth of Land next adjoyning to the North side of ye old Wharfe that was John Murdock Esqrs To examine the Records Concerning sd Land; and to Lay a true state of the same before the Town, as also to give their opinion what particular Person or Persons the sd Grant may Prejudice as also the best way to dispose of the same, and to make Report at the next Town Meeting. The Committe Chosen for that service are Capt Josiah Morton Thomas Spooner Thomas Foster Esqr
And Respecting The Towns Building yard and the Towns Land at Wellingsley below Deacon Bartletts as mentioned in ye Warrant for this meeting. Voted that the Town choose a Committe to Consider ye affair of sd Building yard and Land and to Rent out the said Building yard and piece of Land to ye Best advantage for ye Town and to make Report of their doings thereon at the next Town Meeting. The Comitte chosen for that End are Thomas Foster Esqr James Hovey John Torrey.
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An Estimate of money to be Raised as supposed needfull, viz :
£
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For Mrs Little
8
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schools
53
6
8
poor
26
I3
4
small pox bill
8
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Bridges
13
6
8
Saxton
2
I3
4
Assessors
5
0
0
Commissions &c
I3
6
8
I30
6 8
More
2
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I32 6 8
These Present Witness An Agreement made Between Lemuel Morton of Plymouth Yeoman and Robert Bartlett of said Plymouth Shoresman. They two Being owners of Certain pasture Lands &c Lying In Plymouth aforesd on ye Easterly side of the Cuntry Rhoad to The Southward of Wellingsley So Called; the said Lands are adjoyning and the Bounds and Range Between them is the Parti- tion Fence as Now It stands which Fence Ex- tends From the Water Side or Bay on the Southerly side of said Roberts flake yard and so up about South west till It comes to ye Land that Lemuel Bartlett Lately Bought of Jonathan Morton; Now as To the sd Partition Fence, the said Lemuel Morton and Robert Bartlett have mutually agreed and oblige themselves as Followeth viz: Said Robert Bartlett and his Heirs & assigns To Keep up and mentain Forever :
[134.] One half of sd Particion Fence That Is To Say the North Easterly half; and the sd Lemuel Morton and his Heirs and Assigns to Keep up & mentain the other Half viz the Southwesterly half of sd Particion Fence Forever. In Wittness Whereof the said Partys have hereunto Sett their hands & Seals the Eleventh Day of October, Anno Domini 1752.
Lemuel Morton (seal)
Robert Bartlett (seal)
Signd Sealed & Dd In Presence off Samuel Bartlett Ephraim Spooner
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At a Town Meeting Assembled & held In the Court House in Plymo on Monday ye 4th day of December A Dom: 1752.
Lazarus Samson Josiah Morton Junr George Holmes & Nathl Goodwin were chosen to serve on ye Petit Jury for Tryalls at the next Court of Generall Sessions of ye Peace, and Inferiour Court of Common Pleas To be holden at Plymouth on ye Third Tuesday of this Instant December.
At a Town Meeting Assembled & held In the Court House in Plymouth, on Monday ye 26th Day of February A Domini 1753 for the Choice of Jurors, David Turner & Joseph Morton were Chosen Grand jurors for the year En- suing. And Thomas Bartlett John Sturtevant & Caleb Sherman were chosen to serve on the Petit Jury for Tryals at the Next Court of Generall Sessions of the Peace and at the Next Inferiour Court of Common Pleas To Be holden at Plymouth the first Tuesday of March Next.
At a Town Meeting Assembled & held at ye Court House In Plymo on Monday the fifth day of March Anno Domini 1753 Doctr Lazarus LeBarron Chosen Moderator, & sworn Saml Bartlett Esqr Chosen Town Clerk & sworn by Thomas Foster Esqr.
· Messrs Josiah Morton Thomas Holmes Lazarus LeBar- ron Thomas Foster Esqr & James Hovey chosen Selectmen and sworn Before Samuell Bartlett Justce Peace, Messrs James Hovey Joseph Bartlett & Perez Tilson Assessors.
Thomas Foster Esqr chosen Town Treasurer.
Then the Town voted to choose Three Constables viz : one Inhabiting on ye North side of ye Town Brook, one Between ye sd Brook & the second Precinct Line and one in sd 2nd Precinct, and the Majority of the Voters in Each of sd Divisions Respectively to be the Constables. George Holmes Barnabas Churchell Junr and Wm Elles Junr chosen Constables.
And then ye Town Voted that ye Constables should be Collectors, and be allowed for Collecting ye Taxes (as has been usuall) six pence on ye pound they giveing Bonds to save ye Town Harmless from any damage that may happen, by their Deficiency of seasonably paying in ye Town's money.
Messrs Joseph Bartlett Thomas Swift Nathl Warren Josiah Churchell Epm Cobb and Josiah Rider chosen Sur- veyors of ye highways.
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Then Barnabas Churchell Junr Come into ye Meeting & Requested the Town to accept of Joseph Morton Junr to serve as Constable & Collector In his Room. According- ly ye Town accepted him In ye Room of sd Churchell, and sd Morton was then sworn before Thomas Foster Esqr.
Messrs Josiah Torrey Jonathan Eames Junr Thomas Sa- vory Nathl Churchell Willm Clark and James Clark were chosen Tytheingmen.
[135.] Town Meeting March ye 5 1735 Continued. At this meeting Cornelius Holmes John Nelson Silvanus Bart- lett Elka Churchell Thomas Bartlett & Benjamin Rider were chosen fence viewers & Field Drivers.
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