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Warrant for calling Meeting - Read.
Honb1 Thomas Dawes Esq was chosen Moderator by a Hand Vote
The Inhabitants were directed to withdraw and bring in their Votes for 6 Trustees for Towns Land, on the Neck, in addition to the Selectmen who conjunctly, are to Lease and manage said Lands in such manner as shall appear to them best for the inter- est of the Town - the Votes being brought in and sorted, it appeared that
Honb1 Thomas Dawes Esq Gen1 John Winslow Honb1 William Brown Esq Joshua Davis Jur Esq Honb1 William Phillips Esq Edward Tuckerman Esq
were chosen.
[305.] At a legal Meeting of Freeholders and other Inhab- itants of the Town of Boston at Faneuil Hall on Monday 10th day of March A : D : 1806 10 OClock A : M : Voted that the Sub- scribers " be and hereby are appointed a Committee to Audit the Accompts of the Town Treasurer Overseers of the Poor & the Board of Health; and said Committee are directed to report the sum necessary to be raised for the services of the present Year," having attended that service they submit the following Report viz
The Treasurer Credits the Town of Boston with
Dols Cts sundry sums of Money received by him to the Amt of
The Treasurer Charges the Town with the sum of - including a balance in the hands of the Treasurer of $1213,37 May 8th carried to new Account as represented in paper Nº 1
91998,67
91998,67
199
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1806.
Paper Nº 2 contains the particulars of Cash paid on sundry Drafts from June 1805 to April 1806 as pr Acct Currt - Ballance due to sundry Persons
4788.91
1085.98
and amount of Moneys paid the Proprietors of Sº Boston Bridge by Note pr Order of the Selectmen -
2277.
51251.89
By amt of outstanding debts pr the late Treasurer's Books
484.49
By sundry drafts from the Selectmen from June 1805 to April 1806 pr Acct Currt Amounting to - 50767.40
51251.89
Selectmens Drafts
Amt of Cash paid on sundry drafts pr Acct
Current from June 1805 to April 1806
10397. 3
Ballance due to sundry persons 2419.48
12816.51
To Cash paid on sundry drafts from June 1805 to April 1806 pr Account Current -
3301.75
To Ballance due to sundry persons 59.83
3361.58
Represents the Statement of State and County Taxes To Cash paid into the State Treasury from June 1805 to April 1806
$17672. 0
To Amt due the State
17718. 0
To Cash paid Ebenezer Seaver Cº Treasurer from June 1805 to April 1806 pr Acct Currt 10730.73
Amount due the County of Suffolk 6873.70
$17604.43
[306.] Paper Nº 4 Represents the Statement of Taxes for 1803
Amount due by the late Treasurers Books $1253.59
By Amt outstanding on Sundry drafts on the late Treasurers Books - 516. 3 - By Sundry drafts from the Overseers from April 1805 to June 1806 12300.48
12816.51
200
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
By Sundry Drafts from the Board of Health from April 1805 to June 1806 Amounting to - - By Amt due the Commonwealth by the late Treas- urers Books
3361.58
State Tax for 1805 Amt Assessed
$17672." 17718."
County Tax for 1805 By Amt due on this Tax to the County as by the late Treasurers Books - - 3765.43
Tax for 1805 pr Amt Assessed
13839."
$17604.43
By Cash received from June 26 to April 30th 1806 as pr Account Current 135.61
By abatement
4.10
By ballance due
1113.88
$1253.59
Tax for 1805 due pr the late Treasurers Books $22262.99
Tax for 1805 Amt Assessed
-
$96557."
Ballance of Tax 1803
$1113.88
Ballance of Tax 1804
8790.57
Ballance of Tax 1805
34475.40
$44379.85
Paper Nº 5 Represents the Income of the Towns Rents Viz
Old State House pr Year
4900."
Market Square pr Year
520."
4 Stalls at $2 pr Week
416."
4 D° at $1.50 p" Do 312. "
Deer Island pr Year
300."
Hay Market Income about
200."
Salt Marsh -
105."
$6753. 0
[307.] By Cash received from June 26 1805 to April 30th 1806 as pr Acct Current 13274.3 -
By abatements -
198.39
By ballance due
8790.57
$22262.99
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1806.
201
By Cash received from October 1st 1805 to April 30th 1806 as pr Acct Current
$59355.78
By abatements - - By premiums allowed Oct" .
568.95
$1238.1 )
Novem™
777.87
Decem™
67.22
2156.87
Jany -
33.14
Febry
40.63
Ballance due
34,475.40
$96,557. 4
Paper Nº 6 Represents Amounts of Notes due Sundry Persons Viz Benjamin Barker 1544.17
Eliz Partridge
772.8
Selectmen of Boston
1230. «
Estate of Jnº Gray
107. ‹‹
Mary Hammond.
1050. “
Union Bank
8000. “
Tuthill Hubbart
3333.33
Russell Sturgis
2800. “
Sº Boston Bridge Corpa
2277. 66
Union Bank
1200. ‹‹
$22313.58
Paper Nº 7 Represents Tryal Ballance
Towns Powder -
1041.95
Town Treasurers -
6403.29
William Tewksbury
210.82
Notes Receivable
754.13
1803 Tax
1113.88
1804 -
8790.57
1805
34475.40
44379.85
Cash Account
1213.37
$54003.41
[308.] Notes payable -
22313.58
State Tax
17718.
County Tax
6873.50
Outstanding debts
7098.33
$54003.41
202
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
Paper Nº 8 Represents the Estimate for 1806
School Masters
13000. "
Town Watch
6500. ‹‹
Town Treasurers & Collector
1500. "
Assessors 3 at $8.16 each
2448. “ 1000. ‹‹
Police Officers -
Constables Services 300. «
Engines premiums Repaims &c -
600. "
Monies Voted by Town to Mr Hunt
2500. «
Repairs of Schools & Firewood 1100. "
5000. "
Town Clerk -
666.66
Messenger of Selectmen
300-"
Judge of Municipal Court & Advocate
700-16
Printing & Stationery
400-“
Bells and Clocks -
400-‹‹
Incidental Charges
1285-“
Paving Streets -
8000-“
Besides the above current charges there is due the Amt of award for widening Merchants Row after deducting Subscriptions - -
5000-‹‹
Towards Expence of Enlarging Faneuil Hall
10000. "
For Overseers of the Poor
15000. “
For Board of Health -
: 4000. "
Amount of Estimate
$80000. "
The Committee find the aforementioned Accounts to be well vouched and right cast (so far as they have time to proceed in the Business) all which will clearly appear from the Accounts exhibited when compared with the Books.
The Committee advise that the Statements by Mr. Treasurer Smith as reported be Recorded in the Town Book that is kept in the Selectmens Office, and the said record be [309] com- paired with said Accompts, as there have been several Treasurers within a few years many advantages may arise by having recourse to such records.
The Committee further report that from Estimates received there will be wanting for the Selectmen including $10,000 towards repairing Faneuil Hall - 61.000- «
For the Overseers of the Poor 15000- "
For the Board of Health
4000-«
Making
$80 000 - "
They therefore are of oppinion that the Town of Boston Vote a
46000-‹‹
Lamps Oil & Lighting
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1806.
Tax for $80,000 according to law for the above mentioned pur- poses ; which is humbly submitted.
Thomas Dawes Samuel Brown Commtee
N. B. It will be remembered that in addition to the above Eighty Thousand Dollars There will be a State Tax for the Seventeen Thousand Do and for County Tax Ten Thousand Do. making in the whole One Hundred and seven Thousand Dollars to be assessed for the Current Year.
The aforegoing Report having been read and considered - the Question was put "Whether the same shall be accepted " - Passed in the Affirmative - and on Motion Voted that the addi- tional Sum of ten thousand Dollars, be appropriated for widening and improving Battery March Street and other Streets of the Town to be applied under the direction of the Selectmen
Voted, that Eighty Thousand Dollars making with the above appropriation the sum of 90,000 Dollars be raised by a Tax to be assessed on the Polls and Estates of the Inhabitants of this Town to defray the Expences of the Current Year.
Voted, that the Sum of $300- be allowed and paid to the Honb1 John Phillips Esq for his services as Town Advocate the Year ensuing.
Voted that the sum of $816 be allowed and paid to each of the three Assessors for the ensuing Year.
Voted, that the Honb1 William Smith Esq be allowed and paid as Town Treasurer & Collector of Taxes for the present Year the Sum of $1500 - he to pay his Clerk, Assistant, Office hire, and all expences of office.
[310.] Voted that the Selectmen, be empowered and directed to make the Town Clerk such Grants for Salary and the rise of Provisions as shall be equal to what has been allowed the Masters of the Writing Schools for the time past and the present Year -
Voted that the Thanks of the Town be given The Honb' Tom8 Dawes Esq 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 Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Friday the 4th Day of July A : D : 1806 9 OClock A :M :
204
CITY DOCUMENT No. 115.
Warrant for calling Meeting - - Read
William Cooper was chosen Moderator
The Committee appointed the last year to make choice of Gen- tleman to deliver an Oration on the Anniversary of Indepen- dence
Reported, that they had made choice of Francis Dana Chan- ning Esq, who has accepted of the appointment -
On Motion Adjourned to the Old South Church, when
AN ORATION
to commemorate the Independence of the United States, was delivered by Francis Dana Channing Esq at the Old South Church -
On Motion Voted that the Selectmen be a Committee to wait on Francis Dana Channing Esq and in the Name of the Town to thank him for the Elegant and Spirited Oration this day delivered by him at the request of the Town upon the Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America in which accord- ing to the Intention of the Town he considered the manners feel- ings and principles which led to that great National Event - and to request of him a Copy for the Press -
On Motion Voted, that the Gentlemen Selectmen be and hereby are appointed a Committee to apply to some able [311] and learned Gentleman to deliver an Oration on the 4th July A :D : 1807, that Day being the Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America, wherein the Orator is to consider the feelings manners and principles which led to this great National Event; as well as the important and happy effects whether general or domestic which have already, or will forever flow from that auspicious Epoch -
Then the Meeting was Dissolved
At a meeting of Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, duly qualified and legally warned in public Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall on the 3d Day of November A :D : 1806 9 OClock A :M :
Prayer was made by Revd Mr Lowell -
Warrant for calling Meeting
Read
205
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1806.
Paragraph of a Resolve of the General Court for the choice of one Representative for the Suffolk District of this Commonwealth in the Congress of the United States &c Read
It was then declared by the Selectmen that the Poll would be closed at 2 OClock P :M: the Bells to begin tolling at & past 1 OClock.
Persons Voted for as Representative for the Suffolk District in this Commonwealth in the next Congress of the United States - Viz
Honbl Josiah Quincy Esq Sixteen hundred seventy three Votes James Prince Esq Nine hundred & two Votes
Honbl William Eustice Esq Three Votes
Mr Caleb Bingham One D°
and declaration made thereof in the Meeting by the Selectmen a return of the doings of this Meeting, made out and put into the hands of Mr Sheriff Allen to be given to the Honbl Jonathan L Austin Esq Secretary of this Commonwealth, which return was in exact conformity to the one inserted in the last Town Officer.
Then the Meeting was Dissolved
[312.] 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 29th Day of December A :D: 1806-10 OClock A :M :
Warrant for calling Meeting - Read
Joseph Russell Esq
chosen Moderator by a Hand Vote -
The article in the Warrant viz " To take measures for renewing the Jury Box, according to law - Read - and after consideration -- Voted, that the Selectmen be a Committee to regulate the Jury Boxes-from the Names laid before the Town for that purpose-
The article in the Warrant "To consider & act upon the claim of the Heirs of the late Governour Hancock to Land on Beacon Hill" -read whereupon Voted, that the Selectmen be a com- mittee to examine and search into this claim employing such Counsel as they shall Judge proper - and report at March Meet- ing.
On the Application of Messrs Stutson & Seth Thayer for a portion of a Passage way leading to Ann Street &c -
Voted that this article in the Warrant, be referred to the Gen- tlemen Firewards, who are desired to Report thereon at March Meeting.
206
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
The article in Warrant. viz "To choose one or more Agents to appear in behalf of the Town to defend a Suit instituted by Oliver Wendell Esq for recovery of Land & Flatts in Battery March Street being part of the Sº Battery & Flatts before the same, conveyed and warranted by the Town to the late John Rowe Esq in the Year 1785 " - was read whereupon
Voted, that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and empowered to be Agents for the Town in this Matter, they to employ such Counsel as they may Judge to be needful -
The article in the Warrant " To empower the Trustees of the Neck Land, to make an exchange of Land with Messrs Isaac P Davis & William Pain, to render the boundary line between them and the Town more convenient - read & considered whereupon
Voted, that the Trustees of the Neck Land be authorized and empowered to make such exchange of Land with Messrs Isaac P Davis & Compy as will promote the Interest of [313] the Town in the arrangement of the Lots, and for that purpose they be authorized to execute Deeds, to convey so much of the Town Land as may be necessary & to receive of Messrs Davis & Compy a good and sufficient Deed of so much of their Land, as in the Judgment of said Trustees may be just and right.
The article in the Warrant "To empower the Trustees of the Neck Land to locate a suitable place on the Neck for a Meeting House & Burying Ground - was read - whereupon
Voted, that the Trustees of the Neck Land be authorized and empowered to lay out and assigne a piece or pieces of Land in suitable situations on the Neck for a Meeting House Lot and Burying Ground, and that they be empowered to execute Deeds to convey so much of said Lands as may be necessary to any relig- eous Association who shall first undertake to build and shall erect a place of religious worship -
On the article in the Warrant to confirm the proceedings of the Selectmen with Jonathan Harris Esq relative to a piece of Land & Water Course in Water Street -
Voted, that the Town would ratify and confirm the agreement made with Jonathan Harris Esq and for that purpose the Select- men are authorized & empowered to execute and receive such Deeds & Instruments as may be necessary -
Matters unfinished refered to March Meeting
Voted, that the Thanks of the Town be given Honb1 Joseph Russell Esqr for the good dispatch given by him as Moderator to the business of the Meeting
Then the Meeting was Dissolved
207
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1807.
1807.
[314.] 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 9th Day of March A :D : 1807 10 OClock A : M :
Prayer was made by Revd Mr Eaton
Warrant for calling the Meeting - Read
Sundry Laws to be read at this Meeting were accordingly (part of them) read
Stephen Codman Esqr was chosen Moderator by a Hand Vote. but by his desire was excused on account of a Cold
Honb1 Joseph Russell Esqr
was chosen Moderator of the Meeting & took the Chair accord- ingly.
The Inhabitants were directed to withdraw and bring in their Votes for a Town Clerk and the same being brought in and counted it appeared that
William Cooper
was chosen Town Clerk for the Year ensuing, and took the Oath of Office, which was administered to him by Mr Justice Bulfinch
The Inhabitants, were desired 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 - Viz
Charles Bulfinch Esqr. Jonathan Hunnewell Esqr
David Tilden Esqr John May Esqr
William Porter Esqr Francis Wright Esqr
Mr Ebenezer Oliver Deacon Joseph Kettle
Mr Jonathan Chapman
Previous to the counting the Votes for Selectmen a Motion was made, which did not obtain, that a Committee might be chosen to assist the Selectmen in counting and sorting their Votes .-
A Motion was also made & Voted, that the Poll for choice of Selectmen, be closed, at & past 12 OClock, but another that no Votes be counted untill the Poll was closed did not obtain -
[315.] Adjourned untill 3 OClock P.M.
208
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
3 OClock P :M : Town Met
Edward Proctor Esq
Mr Samuel Snelling
Henry Hill Esq
Mr Benjamin Goddard
William Smith Esq
Samuel Clap Esq
William Phillips Mr Ozias Goodwin
Dr Redford Webster Esq Mr William Mackey
Thomas Perkins Esq Joseph Cooledge Jur Esq
were chosen Overseers of the Poor for the Year ensuing.
Thomas Melvill Esq
Amasa Davis Esq
Henry Jackson Esq
Daniel Messenger Esq
Joseph May Esq Mr Ozias Goodwin
Andrew Cunningham Esq
Mr. Thomas Curtis
Samuel Bradford Esq
Joseph Head Esq
Joshua Davis Jur Esq Mr John D Howard Mr Benjamin Coates
Thomas H Perkins Esq
Gen1 John Winslow Esq
Stephen Codman Esq
William Sullivan Esq Mr Benjamin Smith
John Bray Esq John T Apthorp Esq Mr Thomas Dennie Ignatius Sargent Esq
were chosen Fire Wards for the Year ensuing
[316.] On Motion Voted that the Thanks of the Town be given to Mr John Tileston for his good services as a Selectman, a number of Years past
Voted that the Thanks of the town be given to Samuel Park- man & William Scollay Esq for their good services as Fire Wards, a number of Years past
The Votes for a Town Advocate in the room of Honb1 John Phillips Esq who had resigned that Office; being brought in counted and sorted, it appeared that
Peter Thatcher Esq
was chosen into that Office
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
Honb1 Thomas Dawes Esq Revd Joseph Eckly D D Dr Thomas Welch Esq Reyd J T Kirkland D D Dr Aaron Dexter Esq William Smith Esq Arnold Wells Esq David Green Esq
Gen1 Simon Elliot Esq Jonathan Hunnewell Esq
209
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1807.
Honb1 John Phillips Esq Revd William Emerson John Heard Esq Charles Davis 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 Commee are also authorized and empowered conjunctly to manage and regulate the officers, and the Government of the Schools, and in future to execute all the Powers relative to the Schools & Schoolmasters, which the Selectmen or such Committee were authorized by the Laws of the Commonwealth or the Votes of the Town to exercise, any former Votes of the Town notwithstanding
[317.] The Votes for a Town Treasurer & Collector of Taxes, being brought in & sorted, it appeared that William Smith Esq
was chosen -
Votes for a Treasurer of the County of Suffolk brought in and counted by the Moderator & Town Clerk when it appeared that the whole number was 306 and that they were all for Ebenezer Sever Esq a discreet suitable Person, and a Freeholder and resident in said County
Messrs Benjamin White Moses Ayers Daniel Ingersol Jur
were chosen Fence Viewers for the Year ensuing
Messrs Barney Connor Joseph Cobbit
were chosen Hogreeves for the Year ensuing
Messrs Barney Connor Joseph 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 Hemp for the Year ensuing
Messrs John Wells William Cooper Hunneman
were chosen Assay Masters for the Year ensuing
210
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
Messrs Jonathan Cushing Joseph Doble Thomas Barbour David Rich were chosen Cullers of Dry Fish for the Year ensuing
Henry Purkit Esq Capt Lemuel Gardner Mr Thomas Barbour Mr James Eunson were chosen Cullers of Hoops and Staves for Year ensuing
[318.] The Selectmen were chosen Surveyors of the Highways for the Year ensuing.
Mess Benjamin White Mess Noah Dogget Caleb Coolidge
John Cogswell
Eleazer Homer John Butterfield
William Green Daniel Ingersoll
Thomas Christy William Clouston
Edward Alline William Ellison Nath1 Bradley Jur Joseph Stodder
Braddock Loring
were chosen Surveyors of Boards & Shingles for the Year ensuing.
Voted that Honb1 Thomas Dawes Esq Joseph Russell Esq Samuel Brown Esq
be and hereby are appointed a Committee to Audit the Accounts of the Town Treasurer and also those of the Overseers of the Poor; and the Board of Health ; and said Committee are directed to Report the Sum necessary to be raised for the services of the present Year -
Voted, that the consideration of all Money Matters be referred to May Meeting -
Voted, that all Matters, unfinished at this Meeting be referred to May Meeting.
Voted, that the Thanks of the Town be and hereby is given to Joseph Russell Esq for his good services as Moderator of this Meeting -
Then the Meeting was Dissolved
[319.] At a Meeting of the Male Inhabitants of the Town of Boston of 21 Years of age and upwards, qualified as the Constitu- tion prescribes & Legally warned in public Town Meeting Assembled at Faneuil Hall on Monday the 6th Day of April Anno Domini 1807 9, O'Clock A : M :
211
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1807.
Prayer was made by the Revª Dr Lothrop -
The Town Clerk informed the Meeting, that all the Gentlemen chosen Selectmen for the present Year agreeable to a late Act of the General Court qualified themselves for that Office by taking the following Oath Viz " That they would faithfully and impar- tially discharge the duties of their Office respecting all Elections and the returns thereof " which Oath was administered to them by John Gardner Esq Justice of the Peace
Att William Cooper Town Clerk
Warrant for calling the Meeting - Read
Paragraph of the Constitution or Frame of Government rela- tive to the choice of Governor Lt Governor & Senators - Read
It was then declared by the Selectmen that no Votes shall be received but such as are unfolded, and that they propose the Poll should be closed at 2 OClock the Bells to begin tolling at ¿ past 1 OClock and to continue for } an Hour - the Names to be marked off before given in
Persons Voted for as GOVERNOUR with the number of Votes for each Person
Votes
His Excellency Caleb Strong Esq
3149
HonbI James Sullivan Esq -
2806
Elbridge Gerry Esq -
5
Harrison G Otis Esq
1
Theodore Sedgwick -
1
Thomas Lewis -
1
Charles P Sumner Esq
1
Benja Austin Esq -
1
Persons Voted for as Lieut Governour with the number of Votes for each Person Viz
Votes
Honb1 Edward H Robins Esq
3110
Honb1 Levi Lincoln Esq George Cabot Esq
2108
2
David Cobb Esq -
2
[320.]
John C Jones Esq
3
John Q Adams Esq
4
William Eustis Esq -
1
Richard Edwards
1
Elbridge Gerry Esq -
1
Thomas O Selfridge -
1
-
Persons Voted, for as Senators for the County of Suffolk with the number of Votes for each Person Viz
212
CITY DOCUMENT NO. 115.
Votes
Honbl Harrison Gray Otis Esq 3063
Honbl Christopher Gore Esq - 3146
Honbl William Spooner Esq
Honbl John Phillips Esq 3132
Honbl Peter C Brooks 3133
Honbl William Eustis Esq -
2112
Honbl David Tilden Esq 2110
Samuel Brown Esq - 2110
Russell Sturgis Esq - 2104
Col" Edward Proctor 2103
Thomas Lewis
1
Thomas H Perkins
1
James Sullivan Esq -
1
Thomas K Jones -
1
James Lloyd -
1
Ben ja Russell -
1
Dr John Warren -
2
Oliver Wendell Esq -
1
Capt John Prince
1
Stephen Higginson Esq
1
Jonathan Mason Esq
1
Thomas Welch
1
John Wells Esq -
1
Augustus Hunt
1
Dr David Townsend
2
Stephen Gorham Esq
1
John Tileston
1
Samuel Clap -
1
James Prince Esq
1
Benja Bussey -
.
1
John Winslow Esq
1
Henderson Inches
1
Stephen Thayer -
1
Attested Copies or returns of the Persons Voted for as GOVERNOR LT GOVERNOR & Senators for the County of Suffolk, sealed up in Town Meeting after the Votes had been declared ; to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth as prescribed by law and directed as follows Viz
For Honbl Jonathan L Austin Esqr Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The number of Votes of the Town of Boston for Governour Lut Governour & Five Senators for the County of Suffolk, Certi- fied within and sealed up in Town Meeting after the [32 1 ] Votes had been declared .-
Then the Meeting was Dissolved
3140
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1807.
At a Meeting of the Male Inhabitants of the Town of Boston of 21 Years of age and upwards qualified as the Constitution prescribes & legally warned in public Town Meeting Assembled at. Faneuil Hall on Wednesday the 13 Day of May A :D : 1807- 9 OClock A :M :
The Meeting opened with prayer by Revd Dr Elliot
Warrant for calling this 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 27 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 bring in their Votes for Representatives not exceed- ing 27 ; and then it was declared by the Selectmen that no Votes would be received but such as are unfolded and untill the Name of the Person entering shall be marked on the list by the Gentle- men assisting for that purpose from the several Wards, and that they propose the Poll should be closed at & past 1 OClock, the Bells to begin ringing half an hour before, and to continue untill the close of the Poll
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