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323
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1793.
Votes, being brought in for. Twelve Constables, It appeared That the following Persons were Chosen - Vizt_
Messrs Shubael Hews Benjamin Homans John Bosson John Cades John Butterfield Andrew Townsend Samuel White James Perkins David Lewis Thomas Stevenson Enoch May . Robert Smallpeace -
Then the Town Adjourned to 3. O'Clock P : M :
[344.] At 3 O'Clock P: M: Town Met According to the Adjournment -
The dangerous Attack on Saturday night Last, On the Safety of the Town, together with the Measures taken by the Gentlemen Selectmen on the Occasion, having been represented in the Meet- ing it was Moved and Voted, That Thomas Crafts Esq" Capt. James Prince Capt. Russell Sturgis John Andrews Esqr. Amasa Davis Esqr.
Be A Committee To take up this matter and report As Soon as may be, A Proper Vote or Votes to be passed by the Town on this Occasion -
Votes, being brought in for Five Assessors It Appeared, That the following Persons were Chosen Assessors for the Year Ensu- ing - Vizt.
Messrs. William Lowder Gyles Harris Esqr. Caleb Blanchard Samuel Ruggles Esqr. John R. Sigorney
[345.]
Messrs. John Champney Joshua Bentley Samuel Dyer Benjamin Page James Rogers Abraham Hayward Benjamin White
324
CITY DOCUMENT.
Daniel Ingersoll James Robbins Edmund Ranger James Blake John Cogswell
Were Chosen Surveyors of Boards for the Year Ensuing
Mess's James Perkins William Payne Thomas Crafts Jun". James Cutler
Edward Blake
Edward Cushing
John Webb Checkley
William Jarvis Thomas Amory Jun".
John Gardner
John Lothrop Jun". John Fox
Were Chosen Clerks of the Market for the Year Ensuing
The Committee relative to the Enormity of Saturday Night Last - Reported, Whereupon the following Votes were Passed, unanimously as Reported by the Committee - Vizt. -
Whereas. On Saturday Evening Last, Several of the Towns Fire Engines received Considerable [346.] Damage by Some Lawless Villain or Villians Unknown ; And other Daring and Dangerous Enormities were Committed against The Peace and Safety of the Inhabitants, - And Whereas the selectmen have given Publick information, That they would pay The Sum of Two Hundred Dollars, to Any Person or Persons who Should Discover and lead to Conviction, The Author or Authors of such daring Outrages. -
Voted, That the Town highly Approve, and Adopt The 'Con- duct of their Selectmen in this Respect; and, That the Town- Treasurer be, and he is hereby Order'd to pay Said Sum of Two hundred Dollars, whenever the Selectmen shall Issue their War- rant Therefor, - And further, in order to discover the Author or Authors of such Villainy, it is - Voted, That the Constables Imediately Divide themselves into Classes, and Visit the Several Publick Houses within the Town to know what Company Was there on Saturday Evening Last, and the Time, and Their behaviour, when they left the same, and in case they have any reasonable Suspicion of any Person or Persons, that they give Notice to the Selectmen, in Order that an Enquiry and Prosecu- tion may be Commenced against them : And as an Inducement to the Several Constables to be diligent in their Duty, it is [347.] Voted, That the Constable or Constables, who shall
325
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1793.
Discover, So as to lead to a Conviction of the Offender or Offenders, He, or they, shall be entitled to Fifty Dollars, to be paid by a draft from the Selectmen, on the Town Treasurer; And to Prevent a Repetition of Such Lawless Conduct in future, it is Voted, That the Representatives of the Town be imme- diately requested to use their Influence in the General Court, that a Law may be made, inflicting a severe punishment on any Person or Persons, who shall wickedly or wantonly destroy, or Damage any of The Town - Engines, Pumps, or Publick Ladders.
Voted, That the foregoing Votes be published. -
Mees's Henry Purkitt Joseph Loring William Parkman Edward Burt George Singleton
Joseph Basset Thomas Barber
Thomas Foster Jonathan Cushing Lemuel Gardner John Bray Hezekiah Hudson James Barry
[348.] Adjourned to Monday 8th. day April 10. O'Clock A : M :
At a Meeting of the male inhabitants of The Town of Boston of 21 Years of age and upwards Qualified as the Constitution Prescribes, and Legally Warned in Public Town Meeting Assem- bled at Faneuil Hall on Monday The first day of April Anno Dom1. 1793 -
Prayer was made by the Revd. Mr. West -
Warrant for Calling the Meeting - - Read -
Paragraphs of the Constitution or Frame of Goverment relative to the Choice of Governor, Lieut. Governor and Senators - read -
It was then declared by the Selectmen -
That no Votes would be received but Such as are Unfolded; and That they Propose the Poll shall be Closed at half past 12 O'Clock. The Votes to be received at the Table and the Bells begin their Tolling at 12 O'Clock. -
Persons Voted for as Governor wth. the Nº. of Votes for Each Person
326
CITY DOCUMENT.
Votes
His Excellency John Hancock Esqr. -
1124
Honble. Elbridge Gerry Esqr.
34
Honble. Francis Dana Esq". -
15
Harrison Gray Otis Esqr. 1
Mr. Benjamin Adams -
2
[349.] Persons Voted for as Lieut. Governor with The Number of Votes for Each Person - Vizt.
Votes
His Honor Samuel Adams Esqr.
1171
Honble Thomas Russell Esqr.
5
Honble James Sullivan Esqr.
1
Honble Benjamin Lincoln Esqr. James Bowdoin Esqr. -
1
Mr. Joseph Lillie
1
Persons Voted for as Senators for the County of Suffolk, with the Number of Votes for each Person
Votes
Honble Thomas Dawes
Esqr.
1150
Honble Stephen Metcalf
Esqr.
1192
Honble Benjamin Austin
Junr.
679
Honble William Heath
Esqr.
336
Honble Oliver Wendell James Bowdoin
Esqr.
577
Honble Thomas Russell
Esqr.
61
Honble Cotton Tuffts
Esqr.
508
Ebenezer Thayer
Jur.
Esqr
512
Ebenezer Warren
Esqr.
16
Ebenezer Thayer
Charles Jarvis -
Esqr.
2
Honble Stephen Higginson
Esqr.
6
Honble William Phillips
Esq".
5
Honble John Coffin Jones
Esqr.
1
William Eustis -
Esq".
1
Honble Caleb Davis -
Esqr.
2
Jonathan Mason
Esq".
2
Honble Azor Orne
Esqr.
1
Esqr.
1183
John Read
Esqr.
846
58
[350.]
Attested Copies of The Persons Voted for As Governor, Lieut. Governor and Senators for the County of Suffolk, were Com- mitted to the Secretary of This Commonwealth and the Inclosures Sealed up in The Town Meeting, Superscribed as follows - Vizt. For
John Avery Esqr. Secretary of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
1
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1793.
The Number of Votes of The Town of Boston for A Governor, Lieut. Governor and Six Senators for the County of Suffolk. Certified within and Sealed up in the Town Meeting --
Then the Meeting was Dissolved
[351.] At A Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabi- tants of the Town of Boston Qualified to Vote for Representatives to the General Court of this Commonwealth Legally Warned in Public Town meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall. On Monday the first day of April Anno Domini 1793. 3 O'Clock P : M :
Warrant for Calling the meeting - read -
. Precept from the Supreme Executive for the choice of One Representative for the Congress of the United States for the first district of this Commonwealth read, and it was then declared by the Selectmen that the Poll would be closed at 6 O'Clock, That the Votes be received at the Table Unfolded and the Bells to begin tolling half past 5. O'Clock -
Persons Voted for as one Representative to Represent The first District Vizt. Suffolk. Essex and Middlesex in the Congress of the United States, all of whom are Inhabitants of one or other of said Counties - Vizt.
Honble. Samuel Holton 566
Hon ble. Benja. Austin Jun". - 770
James Bowdoin Esqr. 1
An Attested Copy of the Persons Voted for as A Representa- tive to represent the first District Vizt. Suffolk Essex and Mid- dlesex in the [352.] Congress of the United States, were Committed to the Secretary of this Commonwealth and the Return Sealed up in the Town Meeting Superscribed as follows -- Vizt.
For John Avery Esq". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
List of Votes for one Representative to Represent the First District - Vizt. Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex from the Town of Boston in the Said District -
Then the Meeting was Dissolved -
[353.] Monday, April 8th. 1793. 10-O'Clock in the Fore- noon ; Met According to Adjournment of March meeting -
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CITY DOCUMENT.
Mr. George Cammell was Chosen A Hogreave for the Year Ensuing -
Mr. Edward Wild was Chosen A Sealer of Wood for the Year Ensuing -
Mr. Job Wheelwright was Chosen A Culler of Hoops &c. for the Year Ensuing -
Mr. Samuel Hewes was Chosen A Clerk of the Market for the Year Ensuing -
The Selectmen Laid before the Town A Letter from Mr. [blank ] of Rotterdam together with A Pamphlet Containing Prescriptions for Mitigating the Malignity of the Small Pox, - whereupon Voted, That the Selectmen be A Committee to make reply to said Letter and To Convey the Compliments of the Town, for his benevolence in Communicating said Prescriptions. -
Voted, That all matters and things wch remained unfinished be referred over to the Next General Town meeting in May Next -
Voted That the Thanks of the Town be and hereby are given to the Hon1. Thomas Dawes Esqr. for his good Services as Mod- erator
Then the Meeting was Dissolved -
[354.] At A meeting of the freeholders and Other Inhabi- tants of the Town of Boston duly Qualified and Legally Warned in Public Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Wednes- day the 24th day of April. Anno Domini 1793-at 10. O'Clock A : M :
Warrant for calling the meeting - read Honble Thomas Dawes Esqr.
Chosen Moderator by A hand Vote -
The Inhabitants required to bring in their Votes for five Assessors ; the Poll to be Closed at 1. O'Clock A : M :
On Motion Voted, that The Honble. Benjamin Austin Jun". Esqr. Honble Thomas Dawes Esq". William Tudor Esqr. Thomas Edwards Esqr. Thomas Walley Esqr. Henry Hill Esqr. Mr. John Kneeland
329
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1793.
Be A Committee to Consider and report at the Adjournment the best mode for the Collecting of the Town Taxes -
The Article in the Warrant Vizt. - To Consider what measures shall be taken for the more Effectual Security of The Town by Night - read [355.] Whereupon - Voted, That the article be referred to The Selectmen, they to Act thereon as they shall Judge best : for the regulation of the Watch and Security of the Town, by the Addition of men, or any New Arrangement of the Watch. - -
Votes being brought in for Five Assessors It appeared That Gyles Harris Esq". Mr. William Lowder Samuel Ruggles Esqr. John, R. Sigorney Esq". Mr. Caleb Blanchard
Were Chosen Assessors for the Year Ensuing -
Adjourned to Monday Next being the 29th Instant at 10 O'Clock. A : M : -
Monday April 29th 1793. 10-O'Clock A : M. Town Met ac- cording to Adjournment -
The Committee to Consider the mode of Collecting the Town Taxes, Report as their Opinion, That The Mode for Collecting the Town Taxes be continued as usual untill Some Measures are Adopted for the Regulating the Town in its County Capacity Benja Austin Jr Hr order -
This Report being read The Question was Put - Vizt_ whether the Same shall be accepted. Passed in the Affirmative -
[356.] Votes, being brought in for Four Collectors of Taxes. It appeared that -
Messrs. Benjamin Henderson Thomas Bayley James Thompson Benjamin Jepson
Were Chosen Collectors of Taxes for the Year Ensuing -
On Motion Voted, That the Thanks of the Town be given to The Honble Thomas Dawes for his good Services as Moderator
Then the Meeting was Dissolved -
At A Meeting of the Freeholders and Other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston duly Qualified and Legally Warned in Public
330
CITY DOCUMENT.
Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall, On Wednesday the 8th. day of May. Anno Domini 1793. 10. O'Clock A : M
Prayer was made by the Revd. Doctr. Belknap
Warrant for calling the Meeting - read -
[35%.] That part of the Constitution or Frame of Gover- ment which relates to the Choice of Representatives, read .
Sundry Laws to be read at Said Meeting were accordingly - read -
The Town having determined by Vote for to Choose Several Persons to represent them in the General Court of Massachusets to be held in the State house in Boston, On the Last Wednesday in May current, agreeably to the Constitution or frame of Gover- ment for the Massachusets -
The Inhabitants were directed by the selectmen to withdraw and bring in their Votes for Seven representatives, and then it was declared by the Selectmen That no Votes would be received but such as are unfolded and that they intend the Poll shall be closed at half past 12-O'Clock - the Bell to toll A Little before that time -
The Votes being brought in for Seven representatives the Number of the Same were found to be 337 - and upon sorting them it Appeared, That the Seven following Gentlemen [358.] Obtained A Majority of Votes - Vizt.
Votes
William Tudor
Esq". 324
Charles Jarvis
Esq".
325
Jonathan Mason
Esqr. 303
John Coffin Jones
Esqr.
336
William Eustis
Esq".
335
Joseph Blake
Esq". 300
Thomas Edwards
Esq". 292
Declaration was Then made by the Selectmen of the Town, That the Seven aforenamed Gentlemen Were Chosen representatives by A Majority of Votes -
The Meeting was then Adjourned to 3. O'Clock P : M :
At 3. O'Clock P : M : The Town Met According To Adjourn- ment -
The choice of Representatives being over it was moved and Voted, That the Town will now come to the choice of A Modera-
-
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1793.
tor by A hand Vote to Transact the other business mentioned in the Warrant -
The Honble Thomas Dawes Esq!
Was Chosen Moderator accordingly -
The Committee to Audit the Town Treasurers Accots had leave to report at the Adjournment of this meeting -
[359.]] Capt. Roger Bartlet Capt. Joseph Doble
Were Chosen Cullers of Dry fish for the Ensuing Year -
The Petition relative to the Pulling down of The Towns Shop Opposite to Concert Hall was read and Considered, when the. Petitioners had Leave to withdraw their Petition -
The Article in the Warrant Vizt. whether any Measures shall be taken for the Preservation of the Dam on the East side of the Neck -read -
Whereupon - Voted, That the
Honble. Thomas Dawes Esqr. Thomas Craft Esqr. Mr. Ebenezer Seaver Deacon Boardman Collo. William Scollay
Mr. William Little Thomas Walley Esq".
Be A Committee to Consider this Article and report Their opinion thereon at the Adjournment -
The Article in the Warrant relative to Continuing Lighting the Lamps - read, and after some debate
Voted, That the lighting the Lamps be discontinued until the Last day of September Next -
[360.] The Article in the Warrant-Vizt. Whether any, and what measures shall be taken for the Speedy Collection of the Arrears due on the Taxes for the Years 1791 & 1792 - read Whereupon - Voted, That the
Honble Thomas Dawes Esqr. Mr. Herman Brimmer Joseph Russell Jur. Esqr.
Be A Committee to Consider this matter and to report at the Adjournment --
Adjourned to Friday the 24th day of May Instant at 10. O'Clock in the Forenoon -
Friday the 24th. day of May Instant the Town Met according to Adjournment ---
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CITY DOCUMENT.
The Committee appointed to take into Consideration the Article in the Warrant Vizt. Whether any measures shall be taken for the Prevention of the Dam on the East side of the Neck, having Attended that Service and ask leave to report as follows - - Vizt.
That the Gentlemen Selectmen be requested to take such measures for the Speedy repairing the Dam on the East side of the Neck, as to them shall [361.] Appear most for the Interest of the Town. The Sum not to Exceed Three Hundred Pounds ; and also that they see the Contract on the part of the Lessees on Each side of the Neck fully Adhered to
Thos. Dawes Ør. order.
The aforegoing report having been read and Considered The Question was put - Vizt. Whether the Same shall be Accepted ; Pass'd in the Affirmative
The Committee on that Article in the Warrant Vizt. Whether any or what measures shall be taken for the Speedy Collection of Arrears due on the Taxes for 1791 & 1792.
Reported; and after debate the Question being put, Whether said report shall be accepted, and it passed in the Negative -
Then the Town Adjourned to 4. O'Clock P : M :
At 4 O'Clock P : Met according to Adjournment -
On Motion - Voted. That the Honble James Sullivan Esqr. Charles Jarvis - Esqr. Honble Benja. Austin Jur. Esqr. Judge Tudor Joseph Blake Jur. Esqr. Mr. Treasurer Russell Doctor Welch --
be A Comtee To take up at large the Article in the Warrant rela- tive to Arrears. due on Taxes & Report thereon Next Town Meeting -
[362.] The Committee to Audit Town Treasurers Accounts & Reported - whereupon it was moved and
Voted, The Consideration of this report and any other matters unfinished at this meeting - be referred over to the Next Town Meeting -
Voted, That the thanks of The Town be given to the Honora- ble Thomas Dawes Esqr. for his good Services as Moderator --
Then the meeting was Dissolved -
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1793.
At a meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston. on Friday the 24th day of May Anno Domini 1793-11. O'Clock A : M : duly qualified and Legally Warned in Public Town meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall
Warrant for calling the meeting - read -
The article in the Warrant - Vizt. To Consider the application of the Proprietors of West Boston bridge, That the high way leading from said bridge into Town may be put into such repair as to make it convenient for Passing & repassing was - read, and also said Application -
[363.] Voted, That the Gentlemen the Selectmen be A Com- mittee to Consider on this matter and report thereon at the Adjournment -
.
The Article in the Warrant-Vizt. - Whether it will not be Expedient for the Town for to Instruct its Representatives to have the Excise Laws on Wheel Carriages and Licenses for Taverns, retail Houses &c to be repealed or Modified, That the Profits arising therefrom Be in future appropriated to the re- pairing the Streets and high ways of the Towns in which they are Collected - Also, and Whether the Law for the Valuation of Estates passed in the Last Session of the Legislature &c. ought not to be so Varied That the Sum Doom'd against any Town on account of any Inhabitants who have Since removed, Should not be set off to those Towns in which they Now reside As no Tax has been yet laid by Virtue of This Valuation - were read - Whereupon -
Voted, That the
Honble James Sullivan - Esqr. Charles Jarvis - Esqr. Honble Benjamin Austin Junr. Esqr. Judge Tudor - Esqr. Mr. Treasurer Russell &
Joseph Blake Jun". Esqr. Doctor Welch
[364.] Be A Committee to take these Articles into Con- sideration. and to report thereon at the Adjournment of this meeting -
Adjourned to Friday Next being the 31st day of May Instant. at 10 O'Clock A : M : -
Friday May 31st. 1793-10 O'Clock A : M: Town Met ac- cording to Adjournment -
Coll- Dawes the Moderator of the meeting not being able to Leave the Senate -
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CITY DOCUMENT.
Thomas Craft Esqr. was Chosen the Moderator Pro. tempore -
The Committee relative to Arrears due on Taxes Report as follows - Vizt. -
At a meeting of the Committee appointed by the Town On Friday the 24th. day of May, Inst. to consider what measures will be proper for the Town to take for the Speedy Collection of the Taxes for 1791 & 1792. It was moved and -
Voted, That the Town Treasurer be A Committee to Apply to the Several Collectors of Taxes and obtain from them A List of the names of such Persons as have refused to pay their Taxes, And then that he apply to the respective Persons whose Names may be on Such List, to know the ground [365.] of their refusal, and what abatement they are desirous to have made, And report to the Committee
In Compliance with the above Vote. The Town Treasurer Im- mediately Applied to the Collectors and Obtained from them the Names of the following Persons who had refused Payment as aforesaid, with the Sums they were respectively Assessed, to- gether with the abatements already made them by the Assessors - Vizt. William Phillips Sen". -
For 1791 Tax £756 2 5
1792 ditto - 353 ,, 13 2
Abated £182 " -
William Phillips Jun".
For 1791 Tax £149 18 5
1792 ditto - 82 ,, 17„, 4
Abated £17 ,, 10-
Joseph Barrell
For 1791 Tax
317 ,, 4 5
1792 ditto - 155
5
8
Abated £35 " -
Samuel Breck
For 1791 Tax
309
12 ,, 10 14 „, 4
1792 ditto - 150
Abated -£21 ,, -
Theodore Lyman
For 1791 Tax - 120 10 ,, 5
1792 ditto - 50,, 1 ,, 10
Abated £10 ,, 10 -
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1793.
John Codman -
For 1791 Tax -
125
12 ,, -
1792 ditto
77 ,, 3 ,, -
Abated 11 ,, 10 -
The Town Treasurer having obtained the foregoing List [366.] in further compliance with the above vote of the Committee, waited on the respective Gentlemen therein Named, and in- formed them of the business whereto he was appointed, Observ- ing to them Individually the unhappy situation of the Treasury, being totally Exhausted of money, and the only Source Left of A Supply was from the Taxes outstanding, of how much Impor- tance it would be to the Town by Discharging their Tax bills - That if they felt themselves Overburdened with the weight of their Tax, It would be the wish of the Committee That they should be relieved, and that if they would name any Particular Sum as A reasonable Abatement, The Committee would report to the Town, and Urge A Compliance with their Wishes, by passing A Vote Authorizing the Assessors to make such abatements as would be most conducive to the Interest and Safety Of the Town -
The Answers the Treasurer, upon the Applications as above received were as follows - Vizt.
Mr. William Phillips Junr. said he had paid his Taxes with Chearfulness. That he was willing to Pay A reasonable Tax, but the Tax of 1791 Assessed on him was Cruel, and that he had Never denied Payment, but Expected an abatement, but did not Name any Sum, - Mr. Theodore Lyman mentioned as the ground of his not [367.] paying his Tax, that it was unjustly Assessed on him in his Opinion, and that he had reported his Property to the Assessors 1790, and in Consequence thereof, that he was Assessed in that Year £24 -That in 1791, Although he had made Very Little Addition thereto, he was Assessed £120 ,, 18 ,, 5 Which he Considered unreasonable, That he had Often applied to the Assessors for relief but Could obtain but A Trifling Abate- ment, -
Mr. John Codman said he thought himself greatly Over taxed for the Year 1791. That if the Assessors Would take off £25 - from that Tax, he would pay the Ballance immediately, Otherwise he would not pay the Tax Unless he was Obliged to.
Mr. Samuel Breck Junr. informed, that he had Sometime Since received Letters from his Father Not to pay his Tax, but that he had Very Lately received Letters from him to Pay his Taxes for 1791 & 1792, Provided the Assessors would take off 15 er. Cent -
William Phillips Senr. said he had no proposition to make, That he had no favour to ask of the Town, That he thought himself cruelly treated, That if the Collectors insisted on his Pay- ing his Tax as it now stood, he should Comply on his Signing A certain receipt, the form of which he had given Lately to the
336
CITY DOCUMENT.
Collector, That if the Committee should [368.] Report to the Town giving Authority to the Assessors to make any abatements on his Tax, he would Consider them but said at the same time he did not feel himself at all Obliged for the abatement already made -
Mr. Joseph Barrell said he should not Pay a farthing more than what could be recovered by Law of Either 1791 or 1792. And Looked on the abatement made him by the Assessors to be an Insult - The above being the Names of all the Persons who had refused Payment of Taxes, by the returnes of the Several Collec- tors, and the facts Stated ahoue, are the reasons and Grounds they gave for non Payment, which is most respectfully Submitted to the Committee for their Consideration
Joseph Russell
Sub. Committee to the General Committee -
The aboue report being refered to the General Committee at their Adjournment on Thursday the 30th of May Inst. was then and there unanimously Accepted -
Whereupon, it was resolved, That the Collectors be Impowered and directed forthwith to distrain upon the Persons thus refusing to discharge their Tax bills and That the Town will indemnify the Collectors from any Damages that may Arise from such dis- treining and Collections, All which is most respectfully sub- mitted
Benjamin Austin Jun" pr. order-
The Aforegoing report having been Considered the question was . put Vizt. whether it shall be accepted - Passed in the Affirma- tive-
[369.] The Committee relative to Excise Laws on Carriages and reported - Whereupon, Voted, That the representatives of the Town of Boston be and they are hereby Instructed to use their Influence at the Present Session of the General Court, to have the Excise Laws on Wheel Carriages repealed or so Modified that the revenue arising therefrom be in future appropriated to repairing the Streets or high ways of the Towns in which they are Collected -
The Committee appointed on the application of the Proprie- tors of the West Boston Bridge for repairs of the High ways leading from said Bridge into this Town beg leave to report -
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