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Voted, That this meeting be disolved.
Attest : OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
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The following list of persons liable to do military duty in Brookline were returned by the Assessors in May, 1842 :
John Smith
Uriah Blaisdell
Sam'l A. Robinson
Benjn. Owen
Oliver Pray
Jesse R. Brown
Jacob Leavitt
Amos Whittemore
William Griggs
David S. Coolidge
Sam'l Bryant
Charles Guild
Charles Coolidge
Benjn. Gentleman
Sylvanus Kimball
David Weymouth
Robert Moody
Alford Page
Martin Carey
George Bartlett
Ira Lerow
Alford Bennitt
Joseph Pike
David Boynton
Freeman Ayers
William Low
Uriah Morrison
George Otis
Epriam Low
Timothy Dane
Charles Morse
Otis Withington
Nath'l Fry
Phineas Walker
Jacob Hurd
Elial G. Hatch
Thos. Bragnam
John Ford
Elkhannah Foss
Chas. Robinson
Albert Woodson
Nath'l Chapin
Franklin Chamberlain
Agel Lovejoy
James Fisher
Hollis Gerry
Clark L. Haynes
Samuel Clark
Charles Tolman
Benjn. Woods
Isaiah Folsom
Timothy Leeds
Stephen Hyde
Aaron Hanson
Isaac Burrows
John Hanson
George Hildreth
Edward Secomb
Zemri Worcester
Charles Whitney
John Gustin
Joseph L. White William White
Dean Fairbanks
B. Richardson
John Rice
Edward Allen
J. Webster
Samuel Page
E. A. Ranney Moody Page
John Gibbs
Benjn. Austin
Hiram Pettingals
Stone
John Boynton
George Merrill
Peter Tenan
Daniel Smith
William P. Brewer
Silas Piper
Aaron Hurd
Ralph Washburn
Miles Randal
Atmon Andrews
Charles Smith
Andrew Dearborn
Paul Mallay
Charles Heath
James Whitney
Stone
Russell Bean
Michael Whitney
James Ray
Alvin Loker
Aaron Cotton
Charles Reed
Hosea Bartlett
Calvin Smith
Ebenr. Reed
John Barry
Harrison Merrell
Jolın Nason
Thomas French
Daniel Walker Jolın Wilkins Chas. D. Perry
Frederick Miller Ira Box
Amisa Huntress
Isaac N. Fogg
George Brown
Sam'l Townsend Jr.
Moses Withington
William Brown
Thos. N. Woodward
John Kenrick
Oliver Whyte Jr.
Chancy Woodward
Royal Woodward
James Felker
Isaac Townsend
George Stoddard
Horace Cousens
Thaxter Prouty
John Dustin
Oliver Cousens
George Craft
T. T. Barker
Ivory Ross
Charles Craft
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P. J. Bachelor
Thos. Seaverns
Isaac Hooper
Swain Clement
Bradford Nason
Alva Hall
Charles Richards
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Militia List, 1842.
Aaron McIntosh Edward Haskell James Hanson
Charles Warren
John W. Warren
John Huntress
Simon Warren
Dexter Johnson
George Dunn
Wm. R. Lawrence
William Clement
John Evans
Charles Hoyt Cochran
David Whitney
Joel C. Pettingale
Oran Rice
Alanso Andrews
William Burnham Gulliver
Joseph Gutterson
Abijah W. Goddard
Samuel Sutton Jr.
William Whitton
Lyman Morse
George W. Goldsmith
Henry Whitney
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OTIS WITHINGTON,
Town Clerk.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Brookline in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts qualified by the Constitution to Vote for Representatives in the General Court, holden on the eighteenth day of July being the third Monday of said month, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty- two, for the purpose of giving in their Votes for a Represen- tative of said Commonwealth, in the Congress of the United States, for District Number nine.
The whole number of persons who gave in their Votes was ascertained as is directed in the Revised Statutes (Chap. 4, Sec. 13) by counting the number of seperate ballots given in, and the whole number of ballots was ninety-five.
And the whole number of votes given in were sorted, counted, recorded, and declaration therefore made as by Law is directed, and were for the following persons :-
Samuel G. Goodrich, sixty.
Ezra Wilkinson, thirty-two.
William Jackson, three.
OTIS WITHINGTON,
Town Clerk.
Augustus T. Newell Benjn. Perkins Samuel Foss
Caleb Craft Jr. Joseph Kimball Stephen Perkins
Thomas Townsend
John H. Harvey
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WARRANT FOR NOVEMBER MEETING.
To Elisha Stone, Constable of the Town of Brookline, GREETING :
You are required in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the Male Inhabitants of the town of Brookline, being twenty-one years of age, and who having resided in the Commonwealth one year, and within the town six months next preceeding and who shall have paid any State or County tax which has been assessed upon them within two years last past, and also every citi- zen who shall by law be exempt from taxation and in all other respects be qualified as above : To meet at the Town Hall in said Brookline on the second Monday in November next being the fourteenth day of said month at One O'clock in the afternoon at which time the polls will be opened to act on the following articles, Viz. :
1st. To see if the town will send a Representative to the next General Court. 2. To give in their Votes to the Selectmen for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this Commonwealth, three Senators for Norfolk County, for a Representative to the twenty-Seventh Congress of the United States, for District Number Nine, in place of Hon. Wm. S. Hast- ings deceased, for a Representative to the twenty-eighth Congress of the United States for District Number eight, and for a Representitive to the next General Court, if approved of by the town, all the above officers will be voted for on one ticket.
The legal voters of the Town of Brookline are notified to meet at four o'clock P. M. to act on the following articles, Viz. :
1st. To choose a Moderator.
2d. To see if the town will grant and appropriate money to pay for the Hay Scales.
3. To see if the town will indemnify the former Selectmen for the expence of defending the suit at law, which was brought to recover damages for an alledged error in judgement while in the discharge of their duty as Selectmen in the year 1840.
Given under our hands and seals this thirty-first day of October eighteen hundred and forty-two.
DANIEL SANDERSON, [L.s.]
DAVID COOLIDGE, [L.S.]
THOMAS GRIGGS, [L.S.]
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Meeting, November 14, 1842.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, Nov. 8, 1842.
By virtue of the within warrant I have notified the within named per- sons to appear at the time and place for the purposes within mentioned. ELIZHA STONE, Constable.
Agreeably to the foregoing warrant, a meeting was held at the Town Hall.
Voted, To send a Representative to the next General Court.
For Governor :
Whole number of Votes given in were 163. John Davis of Worcester had One hundred and six votes.
Marcus Morton had fifty-six votes.
Samuel A. Walker had one vote.
For Lieutenant-Governor. Whole No. 165.
George Hull of Sandisfield had One hundred and seven votes. Henry H. Childs had fifty-eight votes.
For Senators. Whole No. 165.
Luther Metcalf of Medway had One hundred and seven.
B. F. Copeland of Roxbury had one hundred and seven.
Appleton Howe of Weymouth had one hundred and seven.
Artemas Brown had fifty-eight votes.
Benjamin V. French
Isaac H. Wright 66
For Representative to the twenty-eighth Congress for District Number eight. Whole No. 169.
John Quincy Adams had One hundred and eleven votes.
Ezra Wilkinson had fifty-eight Votes.
For Representative to the twenty-seventh Congress for District Number nine in place of Hon. Wm. S. Hastings deceased. Whole No. 168 Votes. William Jackson of Newton had one hundred and ten votes.
Ezra Wilkinson had fifty-eight votes.
For Representative to the next General Court.
Whole Number of votes One hundred and sixty-four. Thomas Kendall had one hundred and seven votes.
James Bartlett had fifty-six votes. A. H. Clapp had one vote.
Voted, To close the Poll at & past 3 O'clock.
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Voted, Mr. Abijah W. Goddard Moderator.
Voted, That a sum not exceeding 300 dollars be appro- priated for the payment of a new hay scales provided by the Selectmen, and that any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated be applied to that use, and if there should be none, that the Treasurer be authorized to borrow the same.
Voted, 68 to 56, by polling the house, That a Committee of five be nominated by the Chair to report at next March Meeting-on the third article in the warrant.
Voted, Samuel Philbrick, ) Harrison Fay, James Bartlett, Timothy Corey, George Griggs,
Committee.
Voted, To adjourn Sine die.
OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR DECEMBER MEETING. To Elisha Stone, Constable of the Town of Brookline, GREETING :
You are required in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to notify and warn the male Inhabitants of the Town of Brookline being twenty-one years of age and who having resided within the Commonwealth one year and within the town six months next preceeding and having paid any State or County tax which has been assessed upon them within the Commonwealth within two years last past ; and also every citizen who shall by law be exempt from taxation and in all other respects qualified as above mentioned, to meet at the Town Hall in said Brookline on Monday the Nineteenth day of December current, at One O'clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened, to give in their votes to the Selectmen, for one Representa- tive to the Twenty-seventh Congress of the United States for District Number Nine that is an inhabitant of the said Congressional District, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
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Meeting, December 19, 1842.
death of Hon. William S. Hastings, and to represent them in the Congress of the United States of America until the. fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
The legal Voters of the Town of Brookline are notified to meet at half-past three o'clock P. M. to act on the following articles, Viz. :
1st. To choose a Moderator.
2d. To revise the Jury Box.
3d. To see if the Town will make an alteration in the appropriation of money on the highway near the estate of Arby Hyde.
Given under our hands and seals this seventh day of Decem- ber, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
DANIEL SANDERSON. [L.s.]
DAVID COOLIDGE. [L.s.]
THOMAS GRIGGS. [L.s.]
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, Dec. 13, 1842.
By virtue of the within warrant I have notified & warned the within named persons to appear at the time & place for the purposes within mentioned.
ELISHA STONE, Constable.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Brookline, qualified by the Constitution to Vote for Repre- sentatives to the General Court, holden on the Nineteenth day of December, being the third Monday of said month, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- two, for the purpose of giving in their votes for a Representa- tive of said Commonwealth in Congress of the United States, for District Number Nine.
The whole number of persons who gave in their votes was ascertained as is directed in the Revised Statutes (Chap. 4, Sec. 13) by counting the number of seperate ballots given in, and the whole number of ballots was ninety.
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And the whole number of Votes given in were sorted, counted, recorded, and declaration thereof made as by Law is directed-
And were for the following persons :
William Jackson, fifty-seven.
Ezra Wilkinson, twenty-nine.
Theodore Lyman, three.
Samuel G. Goodrich, one.
Meeting dissolved by Vote at 14 past 3 O'clock.
Mr. Abijah W. Goddard was then chosen Moderator. The following names proposed by the Selectmen for the Jury Box were accepted by vote :
When Drawn.
Samuel Philbrick. Otis Withington,
March 6, 1843. Marshal Stearns.
Harrison Fay,
Dec. 19, 1842. Daniel Sanderson.
Michael Mellen,
Dec. 5, 1843.
Oct. 1844. David Coolidge. James Robinson,
Dec. 2, 1844. Bela Stoddard.
Moses Withington,
March 6, 1843.
April 15, 1843. George W. Stearns. Samuel A. Walker, Sept. 4, 1843.
Dec. 19, 1842. Moses Jones. George Craft,
Feb. 9, 1843.
Jan. 27, 1845. Simon Warren. George Bell,
April 8, 1844.
April 8, 1844. William Dearborn.
George Babcock,
April 15, 1843.
Voted, That the third Article in the warrant be indefi- nately postponed.
Adjourned without day.
OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
PETITION OF JEREMIAH LYON AND OTHERS TO BE ANNEXED TO BROOKLINE.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled :
The undersigned, inhabitants of that part of Roxbury which adjoins the east part of Brookline, and residing in the immediate vicinity of the churches, school houses, and the Post Office of Brookline :- Respectfully petition your Honorable body that a line may be drawn dividing Roxbury and Brookline, through the centre of Muddy Brook, so called; beginning where the said Brook runs near the intersection of the Mill Dam Road with the County Road, and pursuing the line of the said brook through
When Drawn.
Mch. 6, 1843.
Feb. 9, 1844.
March 6, 1843.
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Meeting, February 15, 1843.
the estate of Mr. Henry Ward, until it meets an old dam; from thence running straight, nearly in a southwesterly direction, to Perkins Street, thence upon Perkins street to the monument which marks the present boundary line.
Your petitioners would thereby become inhabitants of Brookline, and able to avail themselves of churches, school houses, and the Post Office near to them, very much to their convenience, and without injury to any one.
They therefore pray that the said described line may be established as the boundary line hereafter, between Roxbury and Brookline.
And as in duty bound, will ever pray.
JEREMIAH LYON, and others. ROXBURY, Jan. 25, 1843.
ORDER OF NOTICE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
IN SENATE, Feb. 8, 1843.
On the Petition aforesaid, Ordered, That the Petitioners cause an attested copy of their Petition, with this order thereon, to be served on each of the Town Clerks of the towns of Roxbury and Brookline seven days, at least, before the twentienth day of February instant, and also like copies to be published twice in the Bay State Democrat and Boston Atlas, the last publication to be five days, at least, before the 20th day of February instant, that all persons interested may then appear, and show cause, if any they have, why the Prayer of said Petition should not be granted.
Sent down for concurrence.
LEWIS JOSSELYN, Clerk.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTITIVES, Feb. 9, 1843. Concurred.
L. S. CUSHING, Clerk.
A true Copy.
Attest : LEWIS JOSSELYN, Clerk of the Senate.
WARRANT FOR FEBRUARY.
To Elisha Stone, Constable of the Town of Brookline,
GREETING :
You are required in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to notify and warn the Male Inhabitants of said town being twenty-one years of age, and who having resided within the Commonwealth one year and within the
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town six months next preceeding and having paid any State or County tax which has been assessed upon them within the Commonwealth within two years last past ; and also every citizen who shall by law be exempt from taxation and in all other respects qualified as above, To meet at the Town Hall in said town on Wednesday the fifteenth day of February instant, at three o'clock in the afternoon, to act on the following articles, Viz. : 1
First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To hear and act on the Order of Notice from the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the Petition of Jeremiah Lyon and others, relative to being set off from Roxbury and annexed to Brookline.
Given under our hands and seals this tenth day of February eighteen hundred and forty-three.
DANIEL SANDERSON, ـالا
L.S. 7
DAVID COOLIDGE, L.S. ] Selectmen.
THOMAS GRIGGS, [L.S.]
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, Feb. 13, 1843.
By virtue of the within warrant I have notified & warned the within named persons to appear at the time and place for the purposes within mentioned.
A true Copy.
ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline.
Attests : OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clk.
At a meeting of the Inhabitants of Brookline, legally warned and assembled on Wednesday, the fifteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three,-
Deacon Thomas Griggs was chosen Moderator. Voted, 42 to 12, That we accede to the prayer of the Petition of Jeremiah Lyon and others.
Voted, That we instruct our Representative to inform the Court's Committee of the doings of the Town.
OTIS WITHINGTON, Town Clerk.
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Meeting, March 6, 1843.
WARRANT FOR MARCH MEETING.
To Elisha Stone, Constable of the Town of Brookline,
GREETING :
You are required in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the Male Inhabitants of said town, being twenty-one years of age, and who having resided within the Commonwealth one year, and within the town six months next preceeding and having paid any state or County tax which has been assessed upon them within the Commonwealth within two years last past. And also every citizen who shall by law be exempt from taxation and in all other respects qualified as above mentioned,
To meet at the Town Hall in said town on the first Mon- day of March next, being the sixth day of said month, at One O'clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the Polls will be opened, to act on the following articles, Viz. :
1st. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2d. To hear the reports of Committees.
3d. To give in their votes for County Treasurer.
4th. To choose Town Officers as the law directs.
5th To see if the Town will grant to the Rev. John Pierce, D. D., a lot in the Cemetery.
6th. To see if the Town will grant to the Congregational and Baptist Societies each a lot in the Cemetery, and authorise the Cemetery Com- mittee to execute deeds accordingly.
7th. To see what measures the Town will take relative to providing an establishment for their Poor.
8th. To see if the town will take any measure relative to enlarging the School House yard in the North District.
9th. To see what the Town will do respecting the Centre School.
10th. To see what the Town will do relative to a School Library.
11th. To see what the town will do relative to the alleged grievances of several Individuals in connection with the Cemetery.
12th. To raise money for the expences of the Town the current year, and make appropriations for the same.
Given under our hands and seals this twentieth day of Feb- ruary, eighteen hundred and forty-three.
DAVID COOLIDGE,
L.S. L.s.7 Selectmen.
THOMAS GRIGGS, L.S. BROOKLINE, March 4th, 1843.
NORFOLK, SS.
By virtue of this warrant I have notified & warned the within named persons to appear at the time & place for the purposes within mentioned. ELISHA STONE, Constable of Brookline.
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At a meeting of the Inhabitants of Brookline legally warned and assembled on the Sixth day of March, 1843, for the purpose of choosing Town Officers, receive reports of com- mittees, give in their Votes for County Treasurer, raise money for the expenses of the Town the current year, and act on other business specified in the warrant,-
Meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. John Pierce, D.D. After reading the warrant,
Mr. Abijah Warren Goddard was chosen Moderator-13 votes.
Otis Withington, Town Clerk, 37 out of 38 votes, sworn.
The Treasurer and Auditor's report was read and accepted by vote as follows :-
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Agreeably to a Vote of the town at the last Annual Meeting the Treasurer would respectfully Submit the following report of the receipts and expenditures of the town during the past year :
There was cash on hand at the last auditing of the accounts in February, 1842 $1143 54
Rec'd from the State Treasurer, on a/c State Paupers ·
21 28
Rec'd from the State Treasury the Town of Brookline's pro-
portion of the income from the Massachusetts School Fund for 1842 32 70
Whole amount of taxes levied for 1842 . $4660 71
less the amount of abatements by assessors 198 08
4462 63
Rec'd from Mr. Stephen S. C. Jones proceeds of Hay Scales 75 82 Rec'd of Mr. Jones for Gun Powder belonging to the town which has been stored for several years . 8 25
Rec'd of Dea. Thomas Griggs, Treasurer of the Brookline School Fund, the income for the past year 252 37
Making the whole amount of receipts into the Treasury during the past year, including the balance on hand at the last Auditing of the accounts 5996 59
There has been paid from the Treasury by order of the Selectmen, for sundry expences as will appear more in detail in this report . 4656 64
Leaving a balance in the Treasury at the present time of . 1339 95
The different items of the expences of the town have been separated and will appear, under their proper heads as follows :-
PAUPERS.
There have been supported, and relieved by the town during the past year, twelve persons at an expence, including medical attendance, of 745 63
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Meeting, March 6, 1843.
As the town may not generally know the situation of the poor of the town, I herewith give a more particular account, with the expence attending the support of each.
Eliza Thompson, a young woman boarding in a fam- ily in Westborough at an expence for board exclu- sive of 1 doll. per week, there has been paid for her support, including some arrearages for board last year 78 00
Sarah Bond, a woman who is at present in Boston, there has been paid for her support, mostly for board in the House of Correction . 24 23
Two children of Amasa Jackson, boarding in a fam-
ily in Newton, there has been paid for their support 66 75
Within the past year there has been provision made for one of them, so that at present he is no ex- pence to the town.
Mrs. Kenrick, occupies a part of Mr. Hersey's house and boards herself at an expence to the town during the past year, including Med. attendance, of . .
78 20
William C. Aspinwall boards with his mother, the widow Anna Aspinwall, in this town, there has been paid for his support, including medical attendance 6.70, and nurses to attend him in his sickness, with some arrearages for board last year . 271 25
Samuel Thompson & his wife board with Mr. Hiram Bean, in this town, at an expence for board exclu- sively of $2.75 per week, there has been paid for their support, including medical atttendance, cloth- ing, &c. . 155 31
Samuel Walcott in the House of Industry in Boston, there has been paid for his board in the House of Industry during the past year . . 36 42
Frederick Miller, a foreigner, who was taken sick while in the employment of Mr. Corey, and was sent to the Mass. Gen. Hospital, and there was paid by the town for his board there ·
. 17 57
Amasa Jackson is not at present any expence to the town except while sick. There has been paid for medical advice and medicines during the years 1841 & 42 7 90
Anna Dana has received some trifling assistance dur- ing the past year, amounting to .
10 00
Making the amount that has been paid from the Treasury during the past year as above for the Poor
$745 63
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[Brought up] 745 63 SCHOOLS.
The amount paid for the expence of Education during the year
1502 34
Expence of teachers & fuel &c. in South School Dis- trict . . 262 44
Expence of do. North School District 652 11
Expence of do. Middle School District 343 29
Expence of do. Centre School
. 244 50
Making the amount paid from the Treasury since last Audit
$1502 34
2247 97
HIGHWAYS.
The expence of Roads during the past year has been
1040 50
There has been paid to Sam'l Hills for the first South District
. 60 00
Paid Phineas Goodnough for the 2d South District . 80 00 John W. Warren for the third South District . 120 00 Charles Stearns, Jr., for the first North District 100 00 Elijah Corey, Jr., for the Second North District 170 00 Oliver. Whyte for the third North District .
77 00 Charles S. Pulsifer for the First Middle District 100 00 Thomas C. Quimby for the Second Middle district 20 00
Joseph White for the Third Middle district ·
40 00
Hugh M. Sanborn for Eastern Turnpike . 160 00
Daniel Pierce for Western Turnpike . 100 00
Nathaniel Pulsifer for repairing the road be- tween the turnpike and the Newton line, not belonging to any district . . 13 50
Showing the expence of Repairs of Roads as above to be
1040 50
N. B. Should the town make any alteration in the districts by connecting the first and second middle districts, as many think advisable, it would perhaps be well to annex this last named piece of road (between the turnpike & Newton Line) to the same district.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Under this head has been included the making and collecting Taxes, Stationary, Blank books, & Print- ing, rent of room for Selectmen and Assessors, Salary of Officers, &c., amounting in all to . 385 61
Paid for casting Taxes and for entertainment of As- sessors & other expences of assessing Taxes during the time .
. 36 00
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[Brought up] Paid to Elisha Stone for warning town meetings and other services as constable during the year . . Paid to the Selectmen for their services during the year at 25 dollars each 75 00
17 50
Paid to Mr. Otis Withington for services as Town Clerk, and Recording Births & Deaths, &c. . 25 00 Paid Lyceum Hall for the use of a room for Select- men & Assessors during the year . 25 00
Paid A. Newell for Collecting Taxes & services as .
Treasurer, and with the Selectmen during the year 166 51 Paid Charles Stearns, Jr., Timothy Corey and A. W. Goddard for their services as Assessors during the year at $5 each 15 00
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