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Then the Meeting was dissolved.
At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston qualified to vote for Representatives to the Gen- eral Court of this Commonwealth and legally warned, in public Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall the 5th Day of Novem- ber A.D. 1804 being the 1st Monday of the same Month 11 O Clock A.M.
Prayer made by Revd Mr Channing. Warrant for calling the Meeting - Read
Paragraph of a Resolve of the General Court for the choice of Nineteen Electors of President and Vice President of the United States - and also for one Representative - Read.
It was then declared by the Selectmen that they proposed to have the Poll closed at 12 past 2 O Clock - the Bells to begin tolling at 2 O Clock.
Persons Voted for as Electors of the President & Vice Presi- dent of the United States. - Viz
At Large
Honbl David Cobb Esq of Goolsburough District of Maine 2277
Honbl Oliver Wendell Esq of Boston, Dis't of Massa- chusetts 2277
Honbl John Coffin Jones Esq of Boston Suffolk Dist - 2277
Essex Sº District 2277
Honbl Benjamin Goodhue of Salem
172
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
Essex Nº District Honbl Bailey Bartlet Esq of Haverhill 2277
Middlesex District Honbl Eleazer Brooks Esq of Lincoln 2277
[268.] Hampshire Nº. District
Honbl Eben Mattoon Jun' Esq of Amherst 2277
Hampshire Sº District
Honbl William Shephard Esq - 2277
Plymouth District
Honbl William Sever Esq of Kingston 2277
Barnstable District
Honbl Ebenezer Bacon Esq of Barnstable 2277
Bristol District
Honbl George Leonard Esq of Norton 2277
Worcester Sº District Joseph Allen Esq of Worcester 2277 Worcester Nº District
Honbl Josiah Stearns Esq -
2277
Berkshire District
Honbl David Rosseter Esq of Richmond 2277
Norfolk District
Honbl Cotton Tufts Esq 2277
York District
Honbl John Lord Esq of Berwick 2277
Cumberland District
Honbl Isaac Parker Esq of Portland 2277
Lincoln District
Honbl Thomas Rice of Wiscasset 2277
Kennebeck District
Samuel S Wilde Esq of Hallowell At Large
2277
Honbl James Sullivan Esq of Boston 1568
Honbl Elbridge Gerry of Cambridge 1568
Suffolk District
Honbl James Bowdoin of Boston 1568
Sº Essex
Col" John Hathorn of Salem 1568
Nº Essex
Dr Thomas Kitteredge of Andover 1568
Middlesex
Honbl James Winthrop of Cambridge 1568
Sº Hampshire
Jonathan Smith Jur of West Springfield - 1568
Nº Hampshire
Edward Upham Esq of New Salem 1568
Plymouth 1568
Honbl James Warren of Plymouth
[269.] Bristol District
Honbl Josiah Deane of Raynham 1568
Barnstable - 1568
Honbl John Davis of Barnstable -
173
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1805.
Sº Worcester
General Timothy Newell of Sturbridge 1568
Nº Worcester
General John Whiting of Lancaster - 1568
Berkshire
Honbl John Bacon of Stockbridge Norfolk
1568
Honbl William Heath of Roxbury York
1568
Honbl John Woodman of Buxton 1568
Honbl Charles Turner of Turner
Cumberland 1568
Kennebeck
Col" Thomas Fillebrown of Hallowell Lincoln 1568
John Farley Esq of New Castle 1568
Persons Voted, for as a Representative for the first Middle District of this Commonwealth in the next Congress of the United States Viz. -
Votes Honbl William Eustis Esq - Fifteen hundred sixty seven Honbl Josiah Quincy Esq - Nineteen hundred & twenty Honbl John Phillips Esq Three
Two attested copies of the Persons Voted for as above were sealed up, and sent to the Secretary of this Commonwealth by the Town Clerk - superscribed as follows - Viz -
For John Avery Esq Secretary of the Commonwealth
List of Votes, for a Representative for the first middle District of this Commonwealth in the next Congress of the United States, from the Town of Boston - (the other for Electors &c. of the same tenor)
Then the Meeting was dissolved
1805.
[270.] 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 Monday the 4th Day of February A.D. 1805.
Warrant for calling the Meeting Read.
Thomas Edwards Esq
chosen Moderator by a hand Vote.
174
CITY DOCUMENT No. 115.
A Communication from the Mill Proprietors as also the Act incorporating said Proprietors - were read -
It appearing to the Town, that the Hall was not sufficient to receive all the Inhabitants, that would attend the Meeting - the Selectmen were desired to prepare a suitable place for the Meet- ing of the Inhabitants at the proposed Adjournment.
The Meeting was then Adjourned to Thursday next 10 OClock. A. M : to meet at this place or such other as may be designated by the Selectmen.
Thursday the 7th of February 10 OClock AM : met according to adjournment.
The Selectmen Reported, several places where the Inhabitants might be accommodated, leaving it with the Town to determine which was the most convenient when the Town on Motion Ad- journed to Mr. Murray's Meeting House.
The Town as adjourned, met at Revd. Mr Murray's Church .*
The Report of the Committee on Mill Pond was again read, and after long debate thereon, the Question was put, Whether the same shall be accepted Passed in the Affirmative by a great Majority - (Memº the Report was printed and distributed, previous to this Meeting, which together with other Papers rela- tive to Mill Pond, are placed upon the Files Feby 4. 1805)
On motion This Meeting stands Adjourned to February 8 then to meet at this place 10 OClock A.M.
[271.] Town Met according to Adjournment Thursday the 8th of February 10 O Clock. A. M.
The Article in the Warrant. Viz " To Act upon the Petition of the Inhabitants of South Boston and others to take the sense of the Town, whether they will direct their Representatives, to use their endeavours to obtain a Bridge to South Boston, from South Street or the parts Adjacent"-was read, as also the petition and other papers relative thereto - And after full debate had thereon, it was moved and carried
That it will be a great advantage to the Town to have a Bridge from South Street or some place near it to South Boston, as soon as the same can be conveniently erected ; And that the Repre- sentatives of the Town and the Senators for the County of Suffolk be requested to solicit the Legislature from time to time, and procure an Act to be passed for that purpose, without delay -
* First Universalist, Hanover street.
.
175
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1805.
On Motion Voted, that the Thanks of the Town be and hereby are given to Thomas Edwards Esq for his good services, as Moderator of this Meeting. -
Then the Meeting was dissolved.
[272.] 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 Monday the 11th Day of March. A. D. 1805 9 OClock A. M.
Prayer was made by the Revd. Dr Lathrop
Warrant for calling the Meeting -Read
Sundry Laws to be read at this Meeting were accordingly - read
Thomas Edwards Esq was chosen Moderator by a hand Vote
The Inhabitants were directed to withdraw and bring in their Votes for a Town Clerk, and the Votes having been brought in and counted, it appeared, that
William Cooper
was chosen Town Clerk for the Year ensuing and the Oath of Office was administered to him by Thomas Edwards Esq
The Inhabitants were directed to withdraw and bring in their Votes for 9 Selectmen and the same having been brought in and counted it appeared that the following Gentlemen were chosen
Charles Bulfinch Esq
Mr. Ebenezer Oliver
David Tilden Esq Jonathan Hunnewell Esq
William Porter Esq John May Esq
Mr. John Tileston Francis Wright Esq
Jonathan Chapman Esq
Adjourned to 3 OClock. P.M.
[273.] Met according to Adjournment.
Edward Proctor Esq
Mr Samuel Snelling
Henry Hill Esq Mr Benjamin Goddard
William Smith Esq Samuel Clap Esq
Mr. Ozias Goodwin
William Phillips Esq Dr. Redford Webster Mr. William Mackey Thomas Perkins Esq Joseph Coolidge Jur Esq
were chosen Overseers of the Poor for the Year ensuing
176
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
The Inhabitants brought in their Votes for 24 Fire-wards, when it appeared that the following Gentlemen were chosen - Viz
Thomas Melvill Esq Mr. Amasa Davis Samuel Parkman Esq Henry Jackson Esq
Mr Thomas Dennie General Elliot Rufus G Amory Esq Jonathan Hunnewell Esq
William Scollay Esq Joseph May Esq Capt Robert Gardner
[274.] Capt Daniel Messenger Mr Ozias Goodwin Mr. Thomas Curtis
Samuel Bradford Esq
Joshua Davis Jur Esq
John Winslow Esq
Mr John D Howard
Mr Benjamin Coates
Stephen Codman Esq Andrew Cunningham Esq Mr John Bray
Mr Joseph Head
Thomas H Perkins Esq
Voted, that in addition to the Selectmen 12 Persons.shall now be chosen a School Committee, and the Votes being brought in and sorted, it appeared that the following Gentlemen were chosen - Viz.
Honbl Thomas Dawes Esq Arnold Wells Esq
Dr Thomas Welch
Edward Gray Esq
Revd Joseph Eckley DD
David Green Esq
Revd J T Kirkland DD
Josiah Quincy Esq
Dr Aaron Dexter
Revd William Emmerson
William Smith Esq
John Phillips Esq
Voted, that the above named Gentlemen who conjunctly with the Selectmen are termed the School Committee be and hereby are directed to carry the new System of Education which has been adopted by the Town into operation, and said Committee are also authorised and empowered conjunctly, to manage and regulate the Officers, and the Government of the Schools, and in future to execute all the power relative to the Schools & School- masters, which the Selectmen or such Committee were authorised by the Laws of the Commonwealth or the Votes of the Town to exercise, any former Votes of the Town notwithstanding.
[275.] The Votes for a Town Treasurer & Collector of Taxes being brought in it appeared that Mr Benjamin Sumner
was chosen.
Votes, for a Treasurer of the County of Suffolk brought in & counted by the Moderator & Town Clerk, when it appeared that the whole number was 383 of which 231 were for Ebenezer Seaver Esq & 152 for Mr Benjamin Sumner both discreet suita- ble Persons & Freeholders and Residents in said County.
The Votes being brought in for a Town Advocate for the Municipal Court it appeared that
John Phillips Esq was chosen.
177
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1805.
Messrs. Jonathan Bentley Benjamin White John Cogswell Daniel Ingersol
Messrs. John Butterfield Samuel Treat
Nathaniel Bradlee Jur
Noah Dogget Jur
Caleb Coolidge
William Clouston William Darracott William Ellison
Braddock Loring
Edward Allen
were chosen Surveyors of Boards ensuing
& Shingles, for the Year
[276.] Messrs. Benjamin White Moses Ayers Daniel Ingersol Jur William Darracot
were chosen Fence Viewers for the Year ensuing.
Messrs. Barney Connor James Cobbit
were chosen Hogreeves for the Year ensuing.
Messrs. Barney Connor James Cobbit were chosen Haywards for the Year ensuing.
Messrs. Samuel Emmons James Phillips
were chosen Surveyors of Hemp for the Year ensuing.
Edward Tuckerman Esq Mr Josiah Snelling
were chosen Surveyors of Wheat for the Year ensuing.
Messrs. John Wells William Cooper Hunneman
were chosen Assay Masters for the Year ensuing.
Messrs. Jonathan Cushing Joseph Doble Elisha Turner were chosen Cullers of Dry Fish for the Year ensuing.
Messrs. Henry Purkitt Lemuel Gardner Thomas Barbour James Eunson were chosen Cullers of Hoops & Staves for the Year ensuing.
[277.] The Selectmen
were chosen Surveyors of Highways for the Year ensuing
Mr Edward Rumney was chosen Inspector of Stone Lime for the Year ensuing.
178
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
The Article in the Warrant, viz " to consider the application of Mr Josiah Knapp, that the Town would relinquish to him part of their Flatts bounding on a passage way leading south of his dwelling House from Orange Street to Front Street, upon terms to be agreed upon" was read - Whereupon
Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to make such con- tracts with Mr Josiah Knapp relative to the filling up and mak- ing the Street leading through his Estate to Front Street, as they may Judge for the interest of the Town and to convey to him by Quit Claim Deed, such part of the Flatts adjoining the same as they may Judge proper reserving thirty feet in width for said Street.
Voted, that the Honb1 Thomas Dawes Esq Joseph Russell Esq Samuel Brown Esq
be and hereby are appointed a Committee to Audit the Accompts of the Town Treasurer, and also the Accompts of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, & Board of Health and said Committee are also directed to Report the sums necessary to be raised for their services for the present Year.
The Article in the Warrant viz "To act upon the Petition of Samuel Hunt, that the Rent of the House might be allowed him, as the House of the Latin Grammar Master was taken down to accommodate the Town with a place for a School house ; and that he might receive the advantage of a Vote of the Town, passed [278] in his favour in the Year 1782 - was read whereupon
Voted, that Honb1 Judge Dawes Dr. Warren Mr. William Dall Caleb Bingham
Mr. Ticknor Stephen Codman Esq
Capt Barnard
be a Committee to take up this matter & Report at the Adjournment
The Article in the Warrant viz " To hear and determine on the request of the Fire Wards, for a Grant of a reasonable com- pensation to their Secretary read, and
Voted, that Benjamin Austin Jur Esq Coln Proctor Thomas Edwards Esq Deacon Brown
Col" May
be a Committee to consider this application and to Report at the Adjournment
On the request of the Assessors, "that, a further allowance may be made them for their services," -
179
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1805.
Voted, that General Winslow Major Stutson
Joseph Cooledge Jur Esq Stephen Codman Esq Capt Brazier
be a Committee to consider this request and Report thereon at the Adjournment
The Clause in the Warrant, viz. " To consider the expediency of providing a more convenient place for Assembling the Inhabi- tants " - read - and on Motion
Voted, that the Selectmen consider this matter and report thereon when they shall judge proper -
Adjourned to Wednesday the 27th March Inst 10 O Clock A.M.
[279.] Wednesday the 27th of March 1805 -- 10 O Clock A.M. Met according to Adjournment
The Committee on the Petition of the Assessors for a further allowance for their services, Reported, That having heard the Assessors, and examined the business & the time they are obliged to spend therein, are of opinion in consideration of the increase of duty & high price of living, that there be granted the Sum of five hundred Dollars to each which is at the rate of 166 Dollars 66 Cents Pr Year in addition to their Salaries, as a full considera- tion for past services.
John Winslow, Chairman per Order
The Committee on the Petition of Mr. Samuel Hunt - Reports That upon conferring with him found that by some mistake in that petition, it does not comprehend the object which he in- tended - they therefore advised him to withdraw it, and prefer a new one should he think proper to a future Meeting, to which he has consented ; and the Committee Report accordingly.
Thomas Dawes Jur per order
This Report having been read, was accepted by the Town .-
Colº Gardner, having sent in his resignation as a Fire Ward. It was moved & Voted, that the Thanks of the Town be given to Colº Robert Gardner for his good and faithfull services as a Fire Ward a number of Years past.
The Committee on the request of the Fire Wards for the grant of a reasonable compensation to their Secretary Report, That two hundred Dollars be allowed as a full compensation for his ser- vices the Year ensuing to be paid by the Selectmen in Quarterly draughts on the Town Treasurer -
Benjamin Austin Jur per Order
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CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
[280.] Moved & Voted, almost unanimously, that the said Report be accepted.
Voted, that all matters which shall remain unfinished at this Meeting, be referred for consideration to May Meeting
Voted, that the Thanks of the Town be given to Thomas Edwards Esq, for his good services as Moderator of this Meeting.
Then the Meeting was dissolved.
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 Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Monday the 1st Day of April Anno Domini 1805 9 OClock. A. M.
Prayer by the Revd Dr. Eliot -
Warrant for calling the Meeting - read
Paragraph of the Constitution or Frame of Government relative to the choice of Governor, Lieut Governor & Senators - read
It was then declared by the Selectmen that no Vote would be received but such as are unfolded and that they propose the Poll shall be closed at { past 1 oClock P. M. The Votes to be received at the Table and the Bells to begin ringing at 1 oclock and to continue for half an hour.
Persons Voted for as Governor with the number of Votes for each person -
Votes
His Excellency Caleb Strong Esq
2587
Honbl James Sullivan Esq - 1253
Honbl Elbridge Gerry Esq - 5
[281.] Persons Voted, for as Lut. Governor with the num- ber of Votes for each Person
Votes
Honbl Edward H Robbins Esqr 2520
Honbl William Heath Esqr 1312
Honbl Henry Knox -
10
Christopher Gore Esqr 7
Persons Voted, for as Senators for the County of Suffolk with the number of Votes for each Person
Votes
Honbl Oliver Wendell Esq -
2556
Honbl Harrison G Otis Esq 2407
Honbl William Brown Esq - 2300
181
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1805.
Honbl John Phillips Esq 2543
Thomas H Perkins Esq 2534
Honbl David Tilden Esq 1315
Samuel Brown Esq 1310
Russell Sturgis Esq 1522
Samuel Clap Esq 1209
Dr David Townsend -
1270
Jonathan Hunnewell Esq 68
Stephen Codman Esq 38
Attested Copies of the Persons Voted for as Governor, Lieut Governor, and Senators for the County of Suffolk sealed up in Town Meeting after the Votes had been declared and transmitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth Subscribed as follows - Viz.
For John Avery Esq Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The number of Votes of the Town of Boston for Governor Lieut Governor and five Senators for the County of Suffolk Certi- fied within & sealed up in Town Meeting after the Vote had been declared,
Then the Meeting was dissolved.
[282.] At a Meeting of the Male Inhabitants of the Town of Boston of 21 Years of Age and upwards qualified as the Constitution requires, and legally warned in public Town Meet- ing Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Friday the 3d Day of May A. I). 1805, 10 OClock A.M.
Warrant for calling Meeting - read - also the Section of the Law relative to choice of Representatives.
Honbl Thomas Dawes Esq chosen Moderator of the Meeting by a hand Vote -
The Petition for a Town Meeting, signed by Stephen Higgin- son Jur Esq and others - read
The Article in the warrant viz "To take into consideration the propriety of increasing the customary number of Representa- tives, and of ascertaining & determining upon the number to represent the Town in the next General Court" - was read - and after some debate- it was Voted, That the Town will exer- cise its Constitutional privilege, in the choice of Representatives -It was therefore Voted and by a handsome majority, that at the ensuing Town Meeting the Citizens shall bring in their Votes for Twenty six Representatives.
182
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
The Moderator, had a Vote of Thanks for his good services Then the Meeting was dissolved.
[283.] At a Meeting of the Male Inhabitants of the Town of Boston of 21 Years of Age, and upwards qualified as the Con- stitution prescribes, and legally warned in public Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Wednesday the 8th Day of May A. D. 1805 - 9 O Clock. A. M. -
The Meeting opened with Prayer by Revd. Dr. Baldwin -
Warrant for calling Meeting -read
That part of the Constitution or Frame of Government which relates to the choice of Representatives - read
The Town having determined by a Vote to choose Persons to Represent them in the General Court of Massachusetts to be holden in the State House in Boston on the last Wednesday of May Current agreeable to the Constitution or Frame of Govern- ment for Massachusetts; the Inhabitants were directed by the Selectmen to withdraw and bring in their Votes for Representa- tives not exceeding 26 ; then it was declared by the Selectmen that no Votes would be received, but such as are unfolded and untill the names of the Persons entering shall be marked on the List by the Gentlemen who assist for that purpose from the several Wards, and that they propose the Poll shall be closed at 2 O Clock the Bells to begin ringing at 12 past 1 O Clock and to continue until half an hour is expired.
The Votes, being brought in for 26 Representatives the whole number was found to be 1051 and upon sorting them it appeared that the following Gentlemen were chosen, having obtained a majority of the Votes. Viz
Votes
William Smith Esq -
1043
Jonathan Hunnewell Esq
1042
Dr William Spooner
1043
Mr John Wells
1046
William Sullivan Esq
1047
Honb1 George Cabot Esq Theophilus Parsons Esq.
1049
[284.] Honb] JJonathan Mason Esq - Stephen Codman Esq
1036
John Winslow Esq
1041
Daniel Sargent Jur Esq
1020
William Phillips Esq 1036
James Lloyd Esq - 1033
1037
1027
183
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1805.
Thomas Perkins Esq -
1040
Simon Elliot Esq -
1040
Samuel Parkman Esq
Joseph Hall Esq - 1028
1046
Edward Tuckerman Esq
1046
Mr Francis Wright
1041
Dr Redford Webster -
1041
Mr Thomas C Amory
1026
Edward Gray Esq
1048
William Parsons Esq
1019
John Callender Esq - 1021
Benjamin Russell Esq
1001
Mr Thomas W Sumner
1002
The choice of Representatives being over and declared by the Selectmen -
The Meeting was dissolved.
[285.] 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 Thursday the 9th Day of May, Anno Domini 1805 10 OClock A.M.
Warrant for calling Meeting - Read
Honb1 Thomas Dawes Esq was chosen Moderator by a hand Vote
Votes for one Fire ward in the room of one who had declined serving - being brought in and counted, it appeared that
Mr Judah Hays - was chosen a Fireward for the Year ensuing.
The Inhabitants were directed to withdraw and bring in their Votes for six Trustees for Town Land on the Neck in addition to the Selectmen, who conjunctly are to Lease and manage said Land in such manner as shall appear to them best for the Interest of the Town. the same being brought in and sorted it appeared that
Honb1 Thomas Dawes Esq General John Winslow Esq Honb1 William Brown Esq Josiah Knapp Esq Joshua Davis Jur Esq Honb1 John Phillips Esq
were chosen.
Petition of Purchasers of Land on Neck - read, together with a Statement from the Trustees of said Land whereupon
184
CITY DOCUMENT No. 115.
Voted that the Statement be printed, with an abstract of the original conditions of Sale.
The Selectmen having laid before the Town a proposal for, together with the Estimate of the charge of enlarging Faneuil Hall it was moved and Voted, that the [286] same be printed for the inspection of the Inhabitants
The Petition of Samuel Hunt late Master of Grammar School for an allowance for House Rent &c was read, and committed to
Stephen Codman Esq Joseph Russell Esq Mr Elisha Ticknor
they to examine, and Report thereon to the Town
The request of the Town Clerk "that an allowance may be made him on account of the rise of Rents and the high price of the nescessaries of life " was read whereupon Voted, unanimously that the Selectmen be impowered and directed, to make him such allowance therefor, as has been allowed and drawn for the School Masters and other Town Officers for a number of Years past .-
On Motion, the Meeting was adjourned to Thursday the 23d of May Inst 10 OClock A.M.
Thursday the 23d of May 10 OClock A.M. Met according to Adjournment
The petition of a number of Purchasers of the lots of Land on the Neck " that the condition of their purchases may be altered " read - as also the Communication of the Trustees, which by order of the Town was printed and distributed among the Inhabitants - viz " That they have considered this subject generally, and upon enquiry and examination, find, 'That the mode of purchase by Lease is not conformable to the practice and habits of our Citizens -
That the conditions of payment of a perpetual ground rent so embarrasses and encumbers the title that the original pur- chasers will find it difficult to subdivide their lots and thereby obtain that assistance in building upon which many of them cal- culated -That considering the quantity of Land lately added to the Town, it is important that the Lands of the Town for sale should be offered on as good terms and if possible upon more favourable terms, than the Lands of Individuals - The Trustees therefore would recommend, that the Sales of Lots in future should be by Deed in Fee Simple - That ten per cent of the purchase money should be advanced within Thirty days from the Sale, and ten pr cent be paid annually at some stated period in each Year ; untill the whole [287] shall be paid ; and that a mortgage deed
185
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1805.
should be taken for the regular payment of principle & Interest with proper obligations for the full security of the Town --
The Trustees having also considered the great importance of vesting the proceeds of the Towns Land in such a manner as shall create a fund, the interest of which may in future defray a large portion of the expences of the Town, would recommend that the Town should empower the Trustees to vest the proceeds of the land in Stock of the United States, of this State, or of any public institution, to be held in the names of the Trustees, the interest to be received annually by the Town Treasurer, and appropriated as the Town shall direct-
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