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A motion was made and seconded, That the vote of the Town passed the thirty first ultimo, increasing the pay of the Watch- men be reconsidered ; - and that the subject be referred to the Selectmen to act on it as they shall think proper. - The question being put it passed in the affirmative. -
Voted, That the Thanks of the Town be presented to Stephen Codman Esq, for his able and impartial discharge of the duties of Moderator of this Meeting. -
Then the Meeting was Dissolved.
Attest, Tho' Clark, Town Clerk.
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CITY DOCUMENT NO. 128.
[228.] At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabi- tants of the Town of Boston, held at Faneuil Hall on Monday the 5th. day of July A.D. 1819 - 10 O'clock A.M.
Warrant for calling the Meeting, read.
Thomas Clark, was chosen Moderator.
The Committee appointed the last year to make choice of a Gentleman to deliver an Oration on the Anniversary of Indepen- dence Reported, That they had chosen Franklin Dexter Esq. - who had accepted the appointment. -
Adjourned to meet at the Old South Church at 12 O'Clock M.
Met according to Adjournment at the Old South Church, where an Oration was delivered by Franklin Dexter Esq. to commem- orate the Independence of the United States of America.
Voted, That the Selectmen be and hereby are appointed a Committee to wait on Franklin Dexter Esq. in the name of the Town, and thank him for the elegant & spirited Oration this day delivered by him at the request of the town, upon the anniver- sary of American Independence ;- wherein were considered the feelings, manners [229] and principles which produced the great national event, and the important and happy effects general & domestic, which have already, or will forever flow from that auspicious epoch ;- and to request of him a copy for the press.
Voted, That the Gentlemen Selectmen be, and hereby are appointed a Committee to apply to some able and learned Gentleman to deliver an Oration on the 4th. of July 1820 - That day being the Anniversary of the Independence of the United States of America ; - wherein the Orator is to consider the feelings manners & principles which led to this great National event, as well as the important and happy effects which have already or will forever flow from that auspicious Epoch.
Then the Meeting was Dissolved.
[230.] At a Convention of the Boards of Selectmen, Over- seers of the Poor & Board of Health, held at Faneuil Hall on Wednesday the 7th. day of July A.D. 1819 .-
Present a Majority of each Board, viz .-
Messrs. Phillips, Oliver, Lovering, Austin, Dorr & Shaw - Selectmen.
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1819.
His Honor W. Phillips, Mess's. Webster, Snelling, Mackay, Coolidge, Richards, Hall & Walley, Overseers of the Poor .- and, Messrs. Whitman, Loring, Jackson, Otis, Kilham, Colla- more, Fitch, Carver, Darricott, & Alley, of the Board of Health.
Voted, To proceed to the choice of a Town Treasurer, for the year ensuing .-
Messrs. Lovering & Dorr, to receive sort and count the Votes.
Votes being received for Town Treasurer ;- Andrew Sigourney Esq. was declared to be unanimously elected .--
[231.] It was then voted to come to the choice of a Collector of taxes for the year ensuing ;- and the votes being collected it appeared that Andrew Sigourney Esq. was unanimously chosen.
Mr. Sigourney having been notified of his appointment to the above offices, declared his acceptance ;- and proposed Hon. Jonathan Hunnewell & Benjamin Weld Esq. as his Bondsmen .-
Voted, That the above named Gentlemen be accepted as MT. Sigourney's Bondsmen, and that they execute a Bond of twenty thousand Dollars, as Treasurer, and another Bond for twenty thousand dollars as Collector of taxes.
Voted, That Messrs. Shaw, Mackay & Jackson, be a Com- mittee to examine the Bonds given by the Treasurer & Collector, see that they are correctly drawn and legally executed, and to report their doings to the Chairman of the Selectmen.
Then the Convention was Dissolved.
[232.] The following Report was received from the Com- mittee appointed by the Convention on the 7th. instant. - viz.
The Committee appointed at a Meeting of the Convention on the 7th. instant to examine the Bonds offered by Andrew Sigour- ney Esq. as Treasurer & Collector of taxes for the town of Bos- ton, Report,
That A. Sigourney Esq. has delivered to them two bonds each in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars ; one conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as Treasurer, the other as Collector, each executed by said Sigourney as Principal, and by Jonathan Hunnewell & Benjamin Weld Esq,'s as Sureties. The
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said Bonds which are herewith transmitted, appear to your Com- mittee to be correctly drawn and legally executed, and that the Sureties are those approved by the Convention. - All which is respectfully submitted By order of the Committee Lemuel Shaw, Chairman.
Boston July 26th. 1819 -
1820.
[233.] At a Meeting of the Male Citizens of the Town of Boston held at Faneuil Hall on Monday the 13th day of March A.D. 1820 10 °Clock A.M.
Prayer by Revd. Mr. Sharp.
Warrant for Calling the Meeting read.
Law respecting the Election of Town Officers read.
Hon : John Phillips Esqr. was Chosen Moderator.
Thomas Clark was chosen Town Clerk, for the Year ensuing, the Oath of Office was administered to him by the Hon : Mod- erator.
The Moderator directed the Inhabitants to prepare and bring in their Votes for Nine Selectmen.
Voted, That the Poll shall be closed at 1 ºClock.
Voted, That William Little, Nathan Webb, Thomas Jackson, Thaddeus Page & Henry J. Oliver Esqrs. be a Committee to sort and count the Votes for Selectmen.
The Votes being sorted & counted it appeared that" Hon. Benjamin Austin Daniel Baxter Jonathan Loring Benjamin T. Wells Samuel Billings Eliphalet Williams George Brinley and Jeremiah Fitch Esquire
were chosen Selectmen.
Adjourned to Monday next 10 °Clock A.M.
[234.] Met according to Adjournment.
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1820.
Messrs. Wells & Brinley chosen Selectmen, at the last Meeting, having declined accepting the appointment. The Inhabitants were directed by the Moderator to bring in their Votes for three Selectmen.
On Motion, Voted, That the Poll be closed at 2 Clock.
On the close of the Poll it appeared that Abram Babcock Robert Fennelly and Samuel A. Wells Esqrs.
were chosen, to complete the board of Selectmen for the Year ensuing. -
Voted, That the Thanks of the Town be presented to the Members of the former board of Selectmen, for their able, faitlı- ful & impartial Services, during Years past.
Adjourned to tomorrow Morning at ¿ past 9 ºClock.
Met according to Adjournment. -
Hon. William Phillips Redford Webster
Thomas Perkins Samuel Snelling
William Mackay Joseph Coolidge Jr.
Jonathan Phillips Samuel May
Jacob Hall Edward Tuckerman
Edward Phillips and Henry Bass Esqrs.
were chosen Overseers of the Poor and of the Workhouse for the Year ensuing.
Voted. That the thanks of the Town be given to Joseph Richards & Samuel H. Walley Esqrs. for their faithful Services as Overseers of the Poor for several Years past.
[235.] Thomas Melville Stephen Codman
Daniel Messinger Joshua Davis
Benjamin Smith
Nathaniel Curtis
James Phillips Samuel M. Thayer
John D. Williams
Joseph Lovering Jonathan Loring John Mackay Lemuel Shaw Benjamin Russell
Bryant P. Tilden
Winslow Lewis
Thomas Jackson Amos Binney
Enoch Silsby Isaac Harris
George W. Otis
Joseph Jones
William Howe Jonathan Whitney
Jeremiah Fitch Samuel A. Wells
William Burrows Samuel Hichborn JunT.
Edmund Winchester & Jonathan Thaxter Esquires were chosen Firewards for the Year ensuing.
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CITY DOCUMENT NO. 128.
Voted. That the Thanks of the Town be given to John Bray, Nathan Webb, Joseph Austin & Turner Phillips, Esqrs. for their faithful Services as Fire Wards for many Years past.
Doct". Thomas Welsh Henry J. Oliver Esq".
Doct". Aaron Dexter Rev : John Pierpont
Rev : Charles Lowell Lemuel Shaw Esqr. and
William Wells Esqr. Rev. Daniel Sharp,
were chosen on the School Committee. -
Voted. That the above named Gentlemen who conjunctly [236] with the Selectmen, are termed the School Committee, be and hereby are directed to carry the System of education adopted by the Town into Operation : and that said Committee be also authorized and empowered, conjunctly to manage and regulate the Government of the Schools; and to execute all the powers rela- tive to the Schools and Schoolmasters, which the Selectmen, or such Committees are authorized by the Laws of this Common- wealth or by the Votes of the Town to exercise. -
Votes. Were received for a Treasurer for the County of Suf- folk ; which were sorted & counted by the Moderator & Town Clerk. - the Votes given in were for
Col. Thaddeus Page - - 873 Charles Newell 1
Benjamin Weld Esqr.
752 Washington Munroe 1
Charles Hammatt - - John Colton 1
283
Turner Phillips Esq". 93 James Savage 1
Nathan Webb Esqr. 32
2037
Adjourned to half past 3 °Clock. P. M.
Met According to Adjournment at & past 3 oClock.
Messrs. Benjamin White William Clouston Nathaniel Bradlee Noah Doggett
Thomas Christie Bradock Loring
William Green Eleazer Homer
Allen Bowker
Joseph Stodder William Ellison John Howe Junr. Richard Thayer
Nathaniel Glover
[2377.] Edward J. Robbins Henry Blake
Joseph Tucker Moses Eayres Jun".
Benjamin Harris and Oliver Mills were chosen Surveyors of Boards and Other Lumber. -
Messrs. Henry Purkitt Benjamin Owen Nathaniel Howe Benjamin Clark James Brown and Charies Pook
were chosen Cullers of Hoops and Staves.
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Messrs. Benjamin Clark Nathaniel Howe
Charles Pook Benjamin Owen James Brown John F. Bannister William Spear, Jacob Barstow & Eben. Perry were Chosen Cullers of Dry Fish.
Messrs. Benjamin White Nathaniel Bradlee
Romanus Emerson Abel Hewins Rolun Hartshorn and John Howe Jun".
were chosen Fence Viewers for the Year ensuing.
Messrs. Joseph Cabot John Kimball William Andrews and Royal Oliver
were chosen Hogreeves, Haywards & field drivers for the Year ensuing.
Messrs. Michael Homer, Francis James and Samuel Sprague were Chosen Inspectors of Lime.
Samuel Emmons and James Phillips Esqrs. were Chosen Sur- veyors of Hemp.
Thomas Howe and John Tuckerman Esq. were chosen Sur- veyors of Wheat.
[238.] John Wells and Nathaniel Alley Esqrs. were Chosen Assay Masters.
The Selectmen were chosen Surveyors of Highway.
Voted, That Stephen Codman, Francis J. Oliver and Robert G. Shaw Esquires be and hereby are appointed a Committee to Audit the Accounts of the Town Treasurer; and said Com- mittee 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 the May Meeting .-
James Prince, Isaac Winslow & Samuel May Esqrs. were ap- pointed a Committee to examine the report of Receipts & expen- ditures made by the Committee of Finance, in Order to Ascertain whether any savings or retrenchments may be made in the public expences and Report at the May Meeting.
The Article in the Warrant "To consider the request of a number of the Inhabitants for permission to continue the Range of Tombs in the South Burial Ground, under the direction of the Board of Health " was taken up and committed to the Selectmen, to report thereon at the May Meeting. --
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CITY DOCUMENT NO. 128.
The Application of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Corporation, to be allowed further time to complete their Works, was also Committed to the Selectmen.
[239.] The Votes for four persons to complete the School Committee, were received sorted & Counted ; when it appeared, the whole number was 1582. necessary to make a choice 792. The highest number of Votes given for any candidate was 754. There being no choice .- It was Moved & Voted, That the choice of four Gentlemen to complete the School Committee be referred to the May Meeting .-
The Article in the Warrant "To see if the Town will Lease to the Freemasons the Rooms over the First Storey in the Old State House for a long term of Years." was taken up and the Subject referred to the Selectmen to consider and report thereon at the May Meeting. -
Voted, Unanimously. That the Thanks of the Town be pre- sented to the Hon : John Phillips Esq". for his able and impartial services as Moderator of this Meeting.
Then the Meeting was Dissolved.
Attest Thos. Clark. Town Clerk.
[240.] At a Meeting of the Male Citizens of the Town of Boston held at Faneuil Hall on Monday the third day of April. A.D. 1820. 9 oClock A.M.
Prayer by the Rev : Paul Dean.
Warrant for calling the Meeting and the return thereon read by the Chairman of the Selectmen .-
Thomas Clark Esq". Town Clerk being absent by reason of indisposition, Samuel F. Me.Cleary Esqr. was chosen Clerk pro tempore and the Oath of Office was administered to him in open Town Meeting, by Zebedee Cook Jr. Esq". a Justice of the peace for the County of Suffolk.
The Constitution and Laws were read respecting the election of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Councillors & Senators.
The Selectmen presiding, the Chairman requested the legal Voters to prepare & bring in their Votes for Governor, Lieuten- ant Governor & Six Senators for the County of Suffolk.
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1820.
On Motion made and seconded, it was Voted. That the poll shall be closed at 2 oClock P.M.
Persons voted for as Governor, with the number of Votes for each person vizt.
His Excellency John Brooks -
3521
Hon : William Eustis
John Phillips
1
Benjamin Parsons
1
Daniel Adams 1
Hosea Ballou
1
Parson Channing
1
Benjamin R. Grosman
1
5209
[241.] Persons voted for for Lieut. Governor, with the num- ber of Votes for each person vizt. His Honor William Phillips 3489
Hon. Benjamin Austin
1701
William Eustis
1
Levi Lincoln
1
William Sullivan
1
John H. Smith
1
Elias Smith
1
Joshua Sears -
1
Stephen Shelton
1
5197
Persons Voted for as Councillors and Senators for the Dis- trict of Suffolk, with the number of Votes for each person viz'.
Hon. John Phillips -
5187
Peter C. Brooks
5151
John Welles 5112
" Jonathan Hunnewell 3301
Benjamin Gorham
3387
William Sullivan Esq".
3398
Hon. William Gray -
Samuel A. Wells Esq".
1813
James T. Austin
59
Josiah Quincy
32
Henry Dearborn - 8 Abram Babcock 1
Thomas Badger - 3
Artemas Ward 2
Jacob Rhodes -
1
Nathaniel Goddard 2
William Phillips - 2 Henry Orne 8
William Ingalls - 4 Isaac Winslow 2
Samuel P. Gardner 1
Joseph C. Smith
Thomas L. Win-
Josiah Salisbury 3
throp - 2 Russell Sturgis
3
1818
1793
David Sears Esqr.
1682
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CITY DOCUMENT NO. 128.
Joseph Coolidge
Benjamin Hunnewell 1
Jr.
1
James Lloyd -
2
Samuel Brown -
4 Jeremiah Evarts 3
Isaac Dupee -
1 Joseph Tilden
2
Samuel Hubbard - 5
Moses Wallack
1
[242] Amos Binney - 1 David Townsend -
Jesse Putnam
3
William Gale
1
Lemuel Shaw - -
1 Samuel A. Walley
1
Peter O. Thacher -
2 James Perkins
1
James Prince - -
1 Charles Willis
1
George Blake - - William P. Felton 1 Benjamin Whitman
1 Henry White -
1
2
Benjamin T. Wells
1 Charles Davis
1
John Minchin - -
1 William Jennings
1
Ebenezer Kick-
Samuel Salisbury
1
shins - -
1 Eben". Clough
1
Attested Copies of return of Persons Voted for as Governor Lieutenant Governor, Counsellors & Senators for the District of Suffolk, were sealed up in Open Town Meeting, (after the Vote had been declared) to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, as prescribed by Law, and directed as follows, vizt.
" To Alden Bradford Esq". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Votes of the Town of Boston, for Governor & Lieutenant Governor, sealed up in Open Town Meeting."
"To Alden Bradford Esqr. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Votes of the Town of Boston, for Six Senators and Counsellors, for the District of Suffolk, sealed up in Open Town Meeting." -
The Meeting was then Dissolved.
Attest S. F. MeCleary Town Clerk pro tem.
[243.] At a Meeting of the Male Inhabitants of the Town of Boston of twenty one Years of age & upwards qualified as the Constitution prescribes, held at Faneuil Hall on Monday the 15th day of May A.D. 1820.
10 °Clock A.M.
Prayer by the Revd. Mr. Eaton.
Warrant for Calling the Meeting, read.
1
-
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BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1820.
Paragraph of the Constitution relative, to the choice of Repre- sentatives, read. Also the Laws of the Commonwealth regulat- ing Town Meetings and relating to the qualification of Voters, were read. -
A Communication from the Assessors was read, wherein it was stated that " they have not yet completed taking the Polls in all the Wards the present Year. - the whole number found the last Year was eleven thousand one hundred & ninety Seven, and so far as they have already progressed, they have no hesitation in saying, that the number will not be diminished the present Year. - "
Voted to proceed to the Choice of Fifteen persons to represent this Town in the General Court the present Year. -
Voted, That the Poll be closed at 2 °Clock P.M.
The Votes being collected, Sorted & Counted it appeared that the whole number given in was 2498
Necessary to make a choice 1250 the following Gentlemen had the number of Votes set against their respective names and were declared to be duly elected.
Representatives for the Year ensuing - vizt.
[244.] Josiah Quincy 1482 Benjamin Russell - 1500
Warren Dutton 1551 William Tudor - - 1549
Lemuel Shaw 2446 William Sturgis - 1555
Samuel Hubbard 2460 Joseph Coolidge Jr. 1556
Heman Lincoln 2464 Edmund Winchester 2445
Nathan Hale 1570 George Bond - - 1522
Joseph Austin 1542 Francis C. Gray - 1567 and Theodore Lyman Jr. 2377 -
The following Gentlemen, had the number of Votes set against their respective Names. - vizt.
Benjamin Whit- man - 938
Josiah Salisbury - 953
David Sears - - 931
James T Austin 936
Jeremiah Evarts 953
John Brazer - - 897 Thaddeus Page - 913
James Loring
. 950
John P. Boyd - 902
3
2
Benj. Rich
1
1 Sam1. L. Knapp 2
Js. Thorndike -
1 Jos. Hall Jr. -
1
Wm. R. Gray -
1 Jonª. Whitney
1
Thomas Badger - 5
B. P. Tilden -
-1
Joseph Eustis -
1 Thomas Baldwin
3
Henry Dearborn L. Packard Jr. 1
2
S. E. Dwight - Theodore Lyman J. Lovering - - George Hallett -
1
Samuel A. Wells D. Messinger
- 923
2
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CITY DOCUMENT NO. 128.
G. King -
1 T. K. Jones -
1
Jonª. Simonds
1 T. L. Winthrop -
J. N. Howe -
1 D. Hale Jr. -
David Mosely
2 Jos. Coolidge
1
Fitch Tufts
1 William Gray
8
Mat. M. Hunt
1 Henry Orne -
8
Sam1. Dorr
4 James Savage
2
Issac Stevens
1 R. B. Callender -
1
J. C. Rainsford -
1 WVm. Ingalls -
1
F. Welsh -
4 Josiah Vose -
1
E. Ticknor
1 David W. Bradlee
1
Henry Rice - 1
1 Dan1. Wild -
1
John Fox -
1 Otis Everett -
1
James Prince
1 Sam1. F. Armstrong
4
John Campbell D. W. Child - 2
H. Purkitt L. Tappan
1 J. C. Ballard
1
Chs. Tappan -
1 Alfred Curtis
1
Joel Thayer
1 George Odiorne -
4
Joseph West - Arnold Welles
2 Dean Willis -
1
D. Baxter
4 Geo. Frothingham
1
Jacob Hall
1 Fra James
1
Sam1. Hitchborn
1 D. Vinal -
1
Henry H. Fuller
1 Win. Gale
2
Jacob Rhodes - Wm. B. Bradford
1 John Lovering
1
H. G. Otis
2 Elijah Morse -
1
Joshua Child
1 Thomas Wigglesworth -
1
Alex Bliss -
1 Thomas Jackson
1
Caleb Adams
1 Jas. Carter
1
Timothy Wil- liams
1 Archibald McNeill
1
Aaron Hill
2 Elias Smith
1
John Dorr
1 Tho. Melville
1
Jos. Grafton -
2 Jos. Foster
1
John D. Dyer -
1 James Phillips
1
John Brown - -
1 Asa Whitney
1
John Cotton - -
2 Barz Holmes -
1
Elisha Ticknor - 2 Phineas Upham -
1
T. Vose -
1 Edmund Wright JE. Jas. Adams
1
Eben Frothing- ham -
1 Peter C. Brooks - 4 T. Goddard -
1
Fredk. Cabot
1 Turner Phillips
1
Sam1. Brown - -
4 Sam1. Appleton
1
R. G. Shaw - -
5 Jonª. Phillips
1
Jona. Loring - -
1 Eben'. Francis
1
S. Parkman Jr. - 1 Josiah Whitney -
1
[245]
4 wm. Little
4
1 G. W. Otis
1
3 S. H. Walley
2
James S. Lovell -
1
1
1
Sam1. Whitwell -
4 1
1 Wm. Minot
1
BOSTON TOWN RECORDS, 1820.
143
Franklin Dexter 1 David Hale
1
Jesse Putnam -
2 James Smith -
Ephm. Marsh 2 Dan1. Dunton
1 1
Geo. Burroughs - 1 Henry Emmons
Jos. Tilden -
2 wm. Wells
1
Nath1. Curtis 1 Jonª. L. Austin -
S. Snelling
1 Redford Webster
1
J. Kilham
1 W. Jackson
6
Theo Bainbridge
1 Isaac Winslow
1 1
John G. Rodgers
1 J. C. Ransford -
1
James Sabine -
1 Jos. Woodward - Ensign Lincoln
1 2
B. Rand
1 Moses Grant -
1 1
Amos Fitch
1 Fredk. Weld
こ
David C. Mosely
2
Jos. Grafton -
1
Martin Brimmer
1 E. Jones
2
Sam1. Billings -
2 T. Motley
1 1
Jona. Loring -
1 Jerh. Fitch
J. Dorr 1 H. G. Otis Jun".
2
Gidney King -
1 John Cotton
1
D. Webster
1 F. Bassett
1
A. Peabody
1 John Clark
1
John Fitch 1 J. Phillips
1
Declaration of the State of the Votes being made, The Meeting was Dissolved
Attest Tho' Clark, Town Clerk.
At a Meeting of the Male Citizens of the Town of Boston. liable to be taxed, held at Faneuil Hall on Monday the 29th. day of May A.D. 1820 - 9 Clock A.M.
Warrant for Calling the Meeting - read.
Stephen Codman Esqr. was chosen Moderator.
William Dall Joshua Davis
Thomas Dawes Peter O. Thacher
Barzillai Homes and George Bond Esqrs.
were chosen Trustees of Neck Lands.
George Darracott Esqr. was chosen a Fireward.
1
Benja. West -
[246]
H. Homes
1 1 Benj. Rich
S. Bean -
1 R. Faxon -
1
R. D. Tucker 1 Chs. Davis
1
Thos. Sawyer -
1 David Henshaw
1
1
David Stanwood 1 Tho. Hunting
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[247.] Francis J. Oliver Esq". Rev. Nath1. L. Frothingham Benjamin Russell and John G. Coffin Esqrs. were chosen to supply the vacancies in the School Committee.
Thomas Hammond, was chosen Pound Keeper at South Boston.
Voted, That the Selectmen be a Committee to cause a Pound to be built on G Street South Boston.
Thomas Hammond Jeremialı Cotting and Simon J. Stoddard
were appointed Hogreeves, Haywards & Field Drivers for the Year ensuing.
Joseph Cabot John Kimball Joseph Harris and William Andrews
were chosen Field Drivers for the Year ensuing.
The Petition of a number of the inhabitants "That a new School House may be erected at the Westerly part of the Town " was referred to the School Committee.
The Committee to whom was referred the Application of John T. Apthorp & Benjamin Gorham Esq's. in Behalf of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Corporation have attended the duty assigned them & ask leave to Report.
At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the town of Boston on the 11th. day of June 1813. - on the Petition of Isaac P. Davis and others for liberty to build a Mill Dam & Turnpike Road from the bottom of Beacon Street and for other Mill Improve- ments. - it was Voted, to refer the same to a Committee, con- sisting of the [248] Board of Selectmen & one Gentleman from each Ward in the Town, to consider the subject and report at a future Meeting. -
The Committee thus appointed reported in favor of the request of the petitioners on certain conditions expressed in their report, allowing them five years from the first day of January 1815 - to complete their Work - Provided however, that in case said Cor- poration shall fail to perform either of the above conditions within the time aforesaid then the grant from the Town of Boston shall be wholly Void, and the land and flats shall revert to the town. - Your Committee are well aware that the Work is not completed, and that the property then conditionally conveyed has reverted to the Town.
Your Committee have confined themselves principally to the consideration of the interests of the town, and as they are satis- fied the delay in the completion of this Work was not the fault of the corporation, but the effect of circumstances, beyond their
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control, they recommend that an extension of time be allowed the Proprietors of the Boston & Roxbury Mill Corporation, under all the conditions, limitations & restrictions originally prescribed. of Two Years from the first day [of ] January 1820. - submitted by Eliphalet Williams, by order of the Committee.
The foregoing Report was Read & Accepted. - And Voted, That the Proprietors of the Boston and Roxbury Mill Cor- poration be allowed two years from the first day of January 1820 - to complete their Works, agreeably to the Report. -
[249.] The Committee to whom was referred the Application of Joseph Balch and Others to continue the range of Tombs in the South Burying Ground - have attended that service and ask leave to Report. -
That by a Law of this Commonwealth passed 20th. June 1816 - The Board of Health of the Town of Boston are fully authorized & empowered from time to time to make and establish, such rules orders and regulations, for the interment of the Dead in said Town, - to establish the Police of the burying grounds, appoint and locate the places for the deposit of the dead in said town, and to cause the burying grounds to be repaired and prop- erly enclosed. -
Your Committee are therefore unanimously of opinion that the application of the petitioners ought to be referred to the Board of Health who only are empowered to act in the premises.
Submitted by Eliphalet Williams, Chairman of the Committee.
The above Report was read and Accepted. -
The Committee appointed to consider the application of Daniel Baxter and Others "To see if the Town will Lease to the Free- masons the rooms over the first Story in the Old State House. " made a report against the petitioners which was not accepted : the subject after a lengthy debate was indefinitely postponed.
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