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Voted
To raise fifteen hundred dollars to defray the necessary expenses of the Town the current year
Voted.
That the taxes be committed to the Collector within three days of the first day of September next and that a discount of three percent be allowed on all taxes paid into the Treasury within thirty days, and two per cent on all paid within Sixty days, next after the date of the Jax lists and after the expiration of ninety all Taxes be collected forthwith
Voted
That the list of names, prepared by the Selectmen for furious be verised by an entire new-list of names, by the Selectmen
Voted
To abate one dollar and sixty two cents of the Jax set to James M & Horatio Perry of Danvers in Collector Killam's of 1857.
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1860
Voted
To abate the Taxes set to Joseph Hale ir James Messer and George S Kneeland in Collect Killam list of 1859, and Barney Herrings and George Smith in list of 1858, Also the Highway Deficiencies set to Mehitable Dole Daniel Harriman Daniel J Harriman, Alonzo & Henley Thomas B Parker and Jonathan I Porter in list of 1859.
Voted
That the Treasurer be directed to pay five hundred dollars of the Town debt
Voted
That the law of 1857 relating to the catching of Pickerel and Iront be enforced for one year
Voted
To accept the following list of names for luvios
Samuel NAyers Daniel Gould John F Kimball Samuel Peabody John Pearl Peter Pearl Thomas B Parker William Sawyer.
Richard Spofford Issac Hale Joseph & Janes. John 2 Bootshelder John N Towne Asa Kimball Benjamin F Peabody Ephraimno I Cole
Chose Voted
William & Killamo } Treasurer & Collector
To Dissolve this meeting
Um & Killam } Town Clerk
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1860
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Butford in the bounty of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts qualified by the Constitution to vote for Senators and Representatives to the General Court of this Commonwealth, held in the Vestry in the first parish in said Boxford on Monday the Seventh day of May A. D. 1860 for the purpose of giving in their votes by ballot for ragainst two proposed Articles of Amendments to the Constitution of this Commonwealth
The whole number of Persons who gave in their votes was ascertained as by law directed and the whole number of ballots was Thirteen and the whole number of votes were received sorted counted and record and declaration thereof made in open Town meeting as by law directed and were as follows
Article First yes "
No Thirteen Article Second yes No Thirteen
Voted
To Dissolve the meeting
Um & H illano } Town Clerk
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At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boford qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs held in the vestry in the first Parish in Boford on Tuesday the sixth day of November A.D. 1860
Chose
Samuel Perley Moderator
Voted
To dispense with reading the warrant the second time
Voted Voted
To pass over the second article in the warrant
That the Selectmen be a committee to cause the road petitioned for by John K Cole and others, to be worked agreealty to the orders of the County Commissioners
Voted
To excuse Um R Bole from serving on this Committee by his request
Chose
Dean Andrews as one of this Committee
Voted
To excuse Joshua I Day from serving on this Committe by his request
Chose Voted
John F Kimball as one of this Committee That the Selectmen be authorized to paint the Alma-house
Patd
To Dissolve this meeting
Wm & Killar Town Clerk
59
Voted
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Butford in the Country of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts qualified according to the Constitution to vote for civil officers, holden in the vestry in the First Parish in said Botford Nov 64 A. D. 1860 it Being the Tuesday next after the first Monday of said month, for the purpose of giving in their votes for Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this Common- wealth , for one Senator for the third District in the bounty of Essex, for one Councillor fo councill dis-No 2, for a Secretary of State, for a Treasures of this Common- wealth, for Attorney General, for Auditor of Accounts, for a Representative of this Commonwealth in the Congress of the United States, for District number7, for a Representative to the General Court of this Common wealth, for North Andover district No 20, and for one bounty Commissioner for the County of Essex all on one ballot
At the expiration of two hours and ten minutes from the opening of the Polis that the Polls be Closed.
The whole number of ballots given in was one hundred and sixty nine
The whole number of ballots were sorted counted and recorded and declaration there of made as by the Constitu- tion directed and were for the following persons viz
For Electors at large (of President & Vice President George Morey of Boston One hundred and fourteen Reuben AChapman ofSpringfield one hundred and eri Lincoln of Worcester Thirty nine
fourteen Marshall PWilder of Dorchester Thirty nine Isaac Daris of Worcester four Charles Heebner of Lee four Chester W Chapin of Springfield seren Eben Sutton South Danvers Seven
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For an Elector for District number one Alfred Macy of Nantucket one hundred and fourteen Joseph Grinnell of New Bedford thirty nine Alexander Baxter of yarmouth four S. B Phinney of Barnstable Seven
For an Elector for District number two
fourteen, James I Mitchell of East Bridgewater one hundred and, Benjamin Hobart of Abington thirty nine Benjamin G. Chase of Somerset four P.2 Leland of Fall River Seven
For an Elector for District number three JohnM Forbes of Milton one hundred and thirteen Henry's Mansfield of Blackstone thirty nine I A Aldrich of Mendon four Roswell Gleason of Dorchester seven
For an Elector for District number four Charles B. Hall of Boston me hundred and thirteen Sanford M Hunt of Roxbury thirty nine W J Reynolds of Roxbury four BJ Hallett of Boston Seven
For an Elector for District number five Peleg V & wander of Boston one hundred and thirteen & Thomas Stevenson of Boston thirty nine KS Chaffee of Cambridge four George W. Parmenter of Boston seven
For an Elector for District number Six John & Whittier of Amesbury one hundred and thirteen Nathaniel Silsbee of Salem thirty nine George Upton of Salem four Henry Durant of Lynn Es Williams of Newburyport seven
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For an Elector for District number seven Gerry WCochraine of Methuen one hundred and thirteen N & White of Laurence thirty nine George W Dike of Stoneham four Richard Frothinghamer of Charlestown Seven
For an Elector for District number eight John Nesmith of Lowell one hundred and thirteen DS Richardson of Lowell thirty nine Ambrose Slaper of Natick four Peter Haggerty of Lowell Seven
For an Elector for District number nine Amaser Walker of North Brookfield one hundred and thirteen John F. Thurston of Lancaster thirty nine Leri Barker of Worcester four John Spurs of Charlton
For an Elector for District number ten Charles Field of Athol one hundred and thirteen Osmyn Baker of Northampton thirty nine Stephen & Bemis of Springfield four Wells Lothrop of South Hadley
For an Elector for District number eleven Charles Mattoon of Greenfield one hundred and thirteen William & Bates of Westfield thirty nine Phineas Allen of Pittsfield four Reuben Noble of Westfield Seven
For Representative to Congress for Dis number seven Daniel W Gooch of Melrose one hundred and fourteen Charles A Welch of Waltham thirty four George Johnson of Bradford Sixteen
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For Governor of this Commonwealth John A. Andrew of Boston one hundred and twelve. Amos A Lawrence of Brookline forty Erasmus & Beach of Springfield four Benjamin F Butler of Lowell Seven For Lieutenant Governor thirteen John I. Goodrich of Stockbridge one hundred and George Marston of Barnstable forty Charles Thompson of Charlestown four David N Carpenter of Greenfield Seven
For Secretary of State Oliver Warner of Northampton me hundred and thirteen Thomas Parsons of Brookline forty Samuel U Bowerman of Pittsfield four WW Comstock of Middleboro Seven
For Councilor for councill District number two John I Baker of Beverly one hundred and twelve Benjamin Ht Corliss of Gloucester thirty one William Nutting of Marblehead Seven
For Attorney General Dwight Foster of Worcester one hundred and thirteen Henry Morris of Springfield forty Samuel @ Lamb of Green field four & Washington Warren of Charlestown Seven For Auditor of Accounts Leri Reed of Abington one hundred and thirteen I Henry Hill of Worcester forty & Eastbrook of 11 four & N Mansur of Fitchburg Seven
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For Treasurer of this Commonwealth Henry Koliver of Laurence one hundred and four teen Samuel A Eliot of Cambridge forty Silas Pierce of Boston four
George Dennett of Boston of Seven
For Senator for the third district in the Country of Essex Christopher Tompkins of Haverhill one hundred and twelve NS Howe of Haverhill forty
Warner R Whittier of Haverhill four J & Mason of Methnen Seven
number twenty For Representative to the General Court for District John K Cole of Boxford one hundred and three Joshua I Day of Boxford Fifty nine.
For County Commissioner for Essex County George Wilson of Marblehead fifty-one James kimball of salem ninety seven
Voted to To Dissolve this meeting Um & Killam Town Bleck.
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1861
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boxford duly qualified to vote for town officers and in town affairs held in the vestry in the second Parish in said Town on Monday the fourth day of March A.D.1861.
Chose
William R. Kimball } Moderator.
those
William H. Wood Town blesk.
Chose
William R. Cole William E. K illamo John K. Cole
Selectmen.
Chose
Joseph H. Janes Benjamin Woodbury
Constables.
Chose 11
Daniel Russell William E. Killam Joseph H. Janes William R. Kimball Gilman P. Parker John Blodget
Jythingmen
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11
Chose
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Orville L. Hovey James Carlton Richard F. Gurley George Perley Joseph K. Farley Samuel B. Carleton William J. Savage JosephN. Pope
Field Drivers.
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1861 Chose
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Chose
Samuel Perley Thomas Sawyer John Peabody Orville L. Hover George F. Pearl É phraino F. Cole
Edward Howe Samuel B. Carleton Dean Andrews Daniel Word John Pearl John A. Day Augustus Hayward Daniel F. Harriman Daniel Andrews Cornelius Pearson Benjamin Hood Jonathan E. Foster Samuel Perley jr Richard F. Gurley Oliver P. Killam John D. B nown William A. Howe Charles Q. Foster John Hale John Fiske 11
Field Drivers.
Fence Viewvers.
Surveyora
of
Highway.
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11
11
George W. Chadwick Isaac W. Andrew Caleb M. Cole Timothy Fuller William R. Kimball
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11
Chose
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11
11 11 11
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1861
Chose
William Lowe Sammel Bixby Augustus Hayward Aaron Spoford Orville L. Hover Joshua J. Day Dean Andrews Thomas Sawyer William Sawyer Samuel Kimball George S. Cole Benjamin S. Barnes Daniel F. Harriman
Chose
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11
George F. Pearl Samuel Bixby John Pearl Amos Stevens Daniel F. Harriman William A. Howe
Measures of Wood and Bark
Chose 11
John Hale
Isealers of Leather
William R. Kimball
Chose
William A. Howe Orville L. Hovey
Pound Keepers
11
Chose 11
Ancill Dorman Richard Spoford
Auditors
6
Surveyors of Lumber
William &. Killam and Gabriel H. De Bevoise esigned serving as is chool Committee
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67
1861 Voted
To adjourn the meeting forty five minutes
Afternoon Session The qualified Voters met according to adjournment and proceeded to business.
Voted
Chose
Voted
To choose a school Committee of three persons Phineas W. Barnes for three years scholl Committee To allow each school district to choose their own Prudential Committee.
Voted
To suspend further action on the third article in the warrant and proceed to business.
Voted
To allow the Prudential of each School District to Contract with the Teachers for their respective Schools.
Voted
To accept the report of the Selectmen relative to Guide Posts and Boards Boades
Voted
I accept the report of the Committee on School Funds.
Voted
To allow a bill of charge presented by Um &. Killam for service as Chairman of the board of Assessors Selectmen and Overseer of the floor the past year and incidental expenses. $65,86 Also for Service as Treasurer and Collector 40.00
$105.86
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1861 Voted.
To allow a bill of charge presented by " ~ R. Cole for service as one of the Selectmen Assessors and Grenseers of the Poor the past year $ 44.50
Voted
To allow a bill of charge presented by Joshua J. Day for service as Selectman Assessor and Overseer of the Poor the past year $ 49.25
Voted
That Town Officers the current year recieve such compensation as the law allows.
Voted
That Surveyors of Highways when the roads are encumbered with snow, be directed to break them out eight feet wide, and that twelve and a half cents per hour be allowed for a man, and twelve and a half cents per hour, be allow ed for a yoke of oven while employed under the direction of a Surveyor of Highways, and that all bills for such service be presented to the Selectmen for allowance previous to the 20th of Feb. 1862.
Voted Voted
To raise nine hundred dollars for the support of schools the current year.
That all school money be divided equally among the seven school Districts
Voted
To raise one thousand dollars for repairs and amendments of the Highways the current year.
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861 Voted
To allow a man while working on the Highways twelve and a half cents per hour, for a yo ke of oken twelve and a half cents, for a horse and horse cart twelve and a half cents, for an Ox shovel twelve and a half cents, for a plough, twelve and a half cents, and for an of cart five cents per hour while used on said Highways.
Voted
To raise fifteen hundred dollars to defray the necessary Charges and expenses of the Town the current year.
Voted
That the collecting of the Taxes the current year be let out to the lowest bidder.
Voted.
That the collecting of the Taxes be let out in twolists
The north list was bid off by WME. Killam at one and four tenths per cent
The south list was bid off by um E. Killam at one and four tenths per cent.
Coted Chose Chose
To take up the second article in the warrant William E. Killar HCollector of Taxes William E. Killam Ja veasurer
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1861 Voted
To accept the following list of names as Jurors Richardit. Gurley Leveretts. Howe William R. Kimball Arnos Berry
Daniel WConant Ancill Dorman Joshua G. Day Daniel Gould Izrael Herrick George Pearl
Thomas B. Parken John V. Robinson Peter Strout William J. Savage
Thomas L. Spofford
Chander A. Shefford
Voted To choose a committee of me to investigate the affair relative to the settlement of Andrew Berry.
Chose Voted
Mases Dorman } Committee
To choose a committee to appropriate a sum of money not to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars to repair the Highways within the limits assigned to Nathan K. Fowler The past year
Voted Voted
That the selectmen be this Committee
That the altering the water course in the road west of the brook running from Rush Pond (so called) and the measures for draining the Brook below, and in the road leading from the Meeting house in West Boxford to North Andover be referred to the Selectmen.
Voted
That the amount of the Town debt due Andover Savings Bank be paid as soon as convenient
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That the 20th article in the warrant be passedover. To take up the third article in the warrant To take up the 14 article in the warrant
That the taxes be committed to the Collector within three days of the first day of september next and that all Taxes be collected in sixty days after the date of the tax list.
Moses Kimball for two years. Samuel Kimball for one year IS chool Committee To take up the 2 nd article in the warrant Qwilli L. Hovey declined serving as found Keeper Aaron L. Parker } Pound Keeper instead of Qnville L. Hovey declined
To dissolve this Meeting
William H, Wood Town Clerk
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861, Voted Voted Voted
Voted
Those
Voted
Chose
Voted
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First meeting relative to the Civil War.
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boxford qualified to vote in Elections and in Town affairs held in the Vestry in the second Parish in said town on Monday the sixth day of May A.D. 1861.
George W. Chadwick } Moderator
Chose Voted
To raise the sum of five hundred dollars to be assessed on the Polls and Estates of said Town for the purpose of furnishing each of those persons who have Volunteered in the service of their Country from this Town or who may Volunteer within the present year, with such clothing and other things as they may need
To choose a committee of three to carry this into Effect That the Selectmen be this committee
Voted Voted
Voted
That the committee furnish the Volunteers with such things as they need to give them a good outfit.
Voted.
That this committee be instructed to pay those who have Volunteered a sum of money equal per month to their pay after being mustered into service during their elementary drill
Voted
To approforsale fifteen hundred dollars for the purpose of making provisions for the Families of such persons within the Town as have volunteered and of such as may volunteer in the service & then Country during the present year.
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To reconsider the last vote
To raise fifteen hundred dollars for the purpose of making provision for the Families of such persons within the Town as have volunteered and of such as may volunteer in the service of their Country during the present year
That it be left discretionary with the Selectmen how this money shall be appropriated.
Voted
To choose a surveyor of Highways in the Distinct where Samuel Perley gr was chosen at the annual Town Meeting
Edward & Batchelder IS moreyor of Highways To take up the third article in the warrant
Chose Voted Voted
To reconsider the vote whereby the Town voted to raise fifteen hundred for the purpose of making provision for the Families of such persons within the Town as have volunteered and of such as may volunteer in the service of their Country during the present year.
Voted
That all votes passed on the third article be reconsidered.
Voted
That the Selectmen be instructed to give the Families of such persons within the Town as have volunteered and of such as may volunteer in the service at their Country during the present year such assistance as they may need, and draw orders on the Treasures.
Voted Voted
Voted
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Voted Voted.
Voted
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To take up the second article in the warrant
That this committee inform themselves from Military men conversant with the matter what is necessary for a complete outfit for soldiers when mustered into service and govern them- selves accordingly
That this Meeting be dissolved William H. Wood } Town Clerk
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At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boxford in the bounty of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts qualified according to the Constitution to vote for civil Officers holden in the vestry in the second Parish in said Boxford on Tuesday the fifth day of November it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday of said month, for the four- pose of giving their rotes to the Selectmen for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the Com- monwealth, for a Councilor for District No. tivo, for Secretary of State, for Treasures &Reciever General, for Attorney General, for Auditor of Accounts, for Senator for third Essex district, for Representative to General Court for North Andover District No. Twenty for Clerk of Courts, for Essex County for five years for one Country Commissioner for three years, for me Special Commissioner, for County Treasurer for three years for Register of Deeds for five years" all on one ballot.
Voted
At the expiration of two hours and fifteen min- utes from the opening of the Polls that the Polls be closed
The whole number of ballots given in was seventy four
The whole number of ballots were sorted counted and recorded and declaration thereof made as by the constitution directed and were for the following persons viz.
For Governor of this Commonwealth John A. Andrew of Boston Fifty three Isaac Daris of Worcester Twenty one
For Lieutenant Governor John Nesmich of Lowell Fifty three Edwin C. Bailey of Boston Twenty one
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For Secretary of State Oliver Warner of Northampton Fifty three Frederick Q. Prince of Winchester Twenty one
For Treasurer and Receiver General Henry K. Oliver of Salem Fifty three Emery Sanford of Oxford Twenty one
For Attorney General Dwight Roster of Worcester Fifty three
Edward Avery of Braintree Twenty one
For Auditor of Accounts Leri Reed of Abington Fifty three Moses Bates of Plymouth Twenty one
For Councilor-Second District Gerry V. Cochrane of Methuen Fortynine Daniel Saunders of Lawrence Twenty six
For Senator-Third District- County of Essex Christopher Tompkins of Haverhill Fifty Charles Barnes of North Andover Twenty three Warren Ordway of Bradford One
For County Commissioner Jackson B. Swett of Haverhill Fifty three Albert Courrier of Newburyport Twenty four
For Special Commissioner Zeno A. Appleton of Hamilton Fifty four Twenty five
John Choate of Essex
For County Treasurer Allen W. Dodge of Hamilton
For Register of Deeds Ephraim Brown of Salem
Seventy seven
Seventy seven
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For Clerk of Courts Ashael Huntington of Salem Seventy eight
For Representative Jo GeneralCourt- District Number Twenty Moses J. Stevens of North Andover Thirty seven Samuel K. Johnson of North Andover Thirty three
Voted
To Dissolve This Meeting
William H. Wood & Town Clerk
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1862
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boxford duly qualified to vote for Town officers and in town affairs held in the vestry in the first Parish in said Town on monday the third day of March A. D. 1862
Chose
Ancill Dorman } Moderator William & Killamo & Town Clerk
Chose
Chose 11 11
Um[William&. Killam George W. Chadwick Thomas L. Shofford
Selectmen
Joseph Ho. Janes Jonathan & Porter
Constables
11
Benjamin S. Barnes Leverett S. Howe Daniel Russell Um William & Killam Daniel W Conant Franklin Jaques William R. Kimball
Tything men
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11
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Jonathan & Porter Moses Dorman Elisha & Bunker Joseph & Janes Daniel Bixby Thomas & Shofford Francis & Whittier
Field Drivers
11
Alonzo & Henley Ancill Dorman Thomas Sawyer George Perley Joshua J Day William R. Kimball George S Cole
Fence Viewers
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1862
Chose
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11
William N Cleaveland Charles A Spoford Moses Dorman Joseph P Cole Benjamin & Peabody Charles Perley John Sawyer
Surveyors
11 11 11
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11
Highways
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James Carleton Francis Marden George S Cole Benjamin S Barnes Andrew Frame
William Lowe
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Augustus Hayward Daniel Andrews Samuel Kimball Joshua J Day Jonathan & Porter John Pearl Daniel F Harriman
Surveyors of Lumber
Samuel Bixby Amos Stevens John Hale Daniel F. Harriman John Pearl Moses Kimball Thomas Sawyer William R Kimball
Measures of Wood YBank
Jonathan & Porter Leander Perley Samuel Iwisden William Lowe Thomas & Spofford Albert Perley Horace Berry John F Kimball
80 1862 those
William A Howe
Pound Keepers Robert B Anderson 11
ISealers of Leather
11
John Hale Caleb M Cole
Ancill Dorman Joshua J. Day
1 Auditors
11
Voted
Moses Kimball Is chool Committee for three years To allow each School District to choose their own Prudential Committee
To allow the Prudential Committee of each School District to contract with the Teachers for their respective Schools.
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To allow the several School Districts to appropriate their proportion of School money as they see fit for the support of Summer and winter terms of school
To accept of the report of the Selectmen relative to Guide posts and Boards
To accept of the report of the Committee on school Funds
To allow a bill of charge presented by William R Cole for Services as Chairman of the board of Selectmen Assessors and Overseers of the Poor the past year including incidental expenses and Committee on roads $66.00
To allow a bill of charge presented by Um & Killam for services as one of the Selectmen Assessors and Overseers. of the Poor the past year $43.63
10.00
also for services as Treasurer the past years $53.63
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1862
Voted
To allow a bill of charge presented by John K. Cole for services as one of the Selectmen Assessors and Overseers of The Poor the past year including a journey to Jewsbury $ 32.00
Spenrich and Amesbury
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To allow a bill of charge presented by Joseph H. lanes for warning two Town meetings and notifying Joun Officers for 1861, $6.00
To allow a bill of charge presented by John Hale for making over a bridge near the house of Joseph Hale that was filled up with earth $10.15
To allow a bill of charge presented by Edward &. Batchelder for extra labor on Highways $10.00
To allow a bill of charge presented by Oliver P. Killam for labor done on Highways more than amount of tax list $6.20
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Ivallow a bill of change presented by John W. Brown for extra labor on the road $ 6.00
To pass over the 9th article of the warrant
That Surveyors of Highways when the roads are encum- besed with snow be directed to break themo out eight feet wide, and that twelve and a half cents per hour be be allowed for a man, and twelve and a half cents per hour be allowed for a yoke of oxen while employed under the direction of a Surveyor of Highways, and that all bills for such service be presented to the Select- men for allowance previous to the 20th of Feb 1863
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