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Watertown April 2ª. 1744
Joseph Mason Nath1 Harris Jonas Bond Ebenez' Stone Jona". Brown
Commtee
May the 22 1744 Joshua Stratton gave bond to ye Town Treafurer.
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At a Meeting of ye Selectmen on ye 11th. Day of June 1744 At ye Houfe of Nath1. Harris Esq'. The Selectmen Sign'd an Ord' to ye Treaf' to pay out of ye Treafurey the Sum of 47£ 14 / 7 old Ten' To ye perfons hereafter Named to Satisfy y' Accts. granted at Laft March Meeting Vizt.
To M' John Sawin ·· - IO -..
To Joseph Harrington .I- 15 -··
To Sam1 Barnard .I- . I -.. The Henry Spring ye 3ª .. - . 8 -.. To Jofiah Starnes .4-14 -..
To Amos Bond .. - 19- ..
To Nath1. Harris Esq' To Jona" Church To Sam1. Fiske .5- . 7 -..
.8- . 5 -. 5 ·5- ..-..
To Oliver Livermore ·3- . 5 -. 5
To Joseph Mason .6- . 2 -. 5
To Sam' Benjamin ·· - 15 -·· ·· - 17 -..
To Dan1 Whitney
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To Eben' Thornton To John Bond
.2- .....
.. - . 4 -..
To Andw. White
.6- 11 -. 4
£47=14 =. 7 Old Ten".
Likewife to pay to Jonathan Bemis .4-18 -. 6
To Jonas Coollidge 19- . 8 -. 4
To Benj". Haftings 17- . 2 -. 6
To Mary Learned II-13 -. 3
To Edw. Harrington ·· - 19- ..
To Joseph Mason .. - . 8- ..
£54 =. 9 =. 7 Old Ten".
on Acct of ye Bridge.
The Selectmen having made Inquirey whether money could be got to procure what Ammunition is wanting for a Town Stock According to Law, and it being not likely to git in Money So as to Anfwer this End. And y' being a Necessity of procuring Abt. II0 lb of powder & 200 lb of bullets. to make up ye Town Stock According to the Law. And where as ye Law Impowers ye Select- men in Such Cafe to Make Afsefmt on ye Town to procure a Town Stock.
Accordingly ye Selectmen Agree'd to Afsefs on ye Ratable Poles & Estates in Watertown the Sum of £70 old Ten'. forth with to be Collected and paid to ye Selectmen &c (Agreeable to ye Directions of ye Law,) to purchafe So much Ammunifion as is wanting to make good the Town Stock Agreeable to Law.
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Houfe of ye Wid". Mary Learned on the 18th Day of June A.D. 1744.
The Selectmen Afsefst on the Ratable Poles and Estates in Watertown the Sum of Sixteen pounds Sixteen Shillings New Tenner in Order to procure Ammunition for a
Town
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Town Stock and Committed Lists of the Same (Signed by themfelves) to the Conftables of ye Town vizt.
To Sam1 Prentice Conftable ye Sum of 7=10 =. I £16=16 -.. To Edw Harrington Conftable ye Sum of .9- . 5- 1I
to Collect and pay in the Same to ye Chief Commifion officers & Selectmen of Sd Town by the Sixteenth day of July Next to procure Ammunition as aforesd.
At this Meeting Jofeph Harrington Daniel Whitney and Sam'. Barnard gave Bonds to the Town for the Island Granted & Confirmed to ye Sd Joseph Harrington at a Town Meeting on the 9th of May 1743. He ye Sd Harrington having Sold to Sd Whitney & Barnard to Each of them a Third part of sd Island. They gave Bond to the Treafurer as follow's vizt.
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The Sd Joseph Harrington gave a bond for 54 =. 7- .. old Tenner The Sd Whitney gave a Bond for 54- . 7 -.. Do The Sd Barnard gave a Bond for 54- 7 -.. Do
£163 =. I -..
which makes the Sum bid for Sd Island by ye Sd Harrington. And Agreeable to ye Conditions on w ye sª Island was granted to him.
At this Meeting Israel Mead gave Bond for the Land granted to him Agreeable to the Conditions on which it was Granted.
The Selectmen Defired Mifsrs Joseph Harrington & Johna". Bemus two of ye Selectmen to take the Care that the Pound be Mended So as to Anfwer the end till the New Pound can be Errected, alfo to Se that the Stocks be mended.
At this Meeting ye Selectmen gave their Confent that the Tavern keepers & Retailers who were Laft year Sd Renew y' Licence for this year.
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at the Houfe of Jona" Bemis on ye 20th of July 1744. Sufanna Murch being und' very poor and Low Circumftances having Neither houfe or home to go to, Made Application to ye Selectmen for Some reliefe und'. her difficulty, She being very loth to be Chargable is defireous of doing w She can to Maintain her Self and Child yt is wth her, And hopes if She could have a Room She might with Some Smal help git a lively hood.
The Selectmen taking her Cafe into confideration, thot. it their duty to do Some thing for her, And Accordingly Agree'd wth. M' Jona". Bemis to let her come into his houfe wch Stands Empty, and Defired M' Bemis & M' Jofeph Harrington two of ye Selectmen to provid her a Load of wood and some meat and Some Meal for her prefent Subfistance till She can take care to provide (if able) for her Self, and they to be Satisfyed for what they do by ye Town, they to give An Acct to ye Selectmen.
The Selectmen Ordred ye Clerk to Isue out warrants to ye Conftables forth with to warn the Perfons hereafter Named forth- with to depart out of Watertown ye Selectmen refufing to Accept of ym to be Inhabts. in Sd Town. viz. Elizh Hacker & her Daughter Elizh who refides at ye houfe of Capt Thos Homans. Joseph Heirs a Child at W" Wards Honore Rook who Refides at Nath1. Cool- lidges Mary Heffery who refides at John Haftings who came all of them from Bofton Laft in ye County of Suffolk. Lyda Gage who Refides at Joseph Child who came from Wefton, and Sufanna Murch a Child of Wm & Sufanna Murch wch came from Cambridge Some time in May Laft.
Whereas Sundry Timber is Laid on the High way between ye Great Bridg & Tho Saltmarth whereby ye way is Incumbred Agreed to prefent the perfons y' Laid Sd Timber there, at Concord Cort, if it be not Removed before.
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1744. August 31st. At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at M' Jonas Bonds. At Sd Meeting the Selectmen Appointed Joseph Mason Esq' & M' Jonas Bond to Attend the Court of Sefsions at Concord on the firft Wednefday of Sep' Next in Order to take care relating to ye Prefentmt made Againft Elifh Fullum for Laying of Timber in the High Way in Watertown. And to Summon Such Evidences as is Necefsary. the Selectmen Appointed to Meet Next fryday at four of the Clock in Order to Stake out the place to Set the pound upon.
Sep'. 7. 1744. The Selectmen Met in the Town Way by the piece of Land belonging to Nath' Harris Esq' Called the two Acres. in Order to View a place for the Pound. And the Selectmen Agreed and Staked out a place to Set the pound on in the Sd Town Way. The place Staked out is two Rods Square, Leaving the Town way aforesd fourteen paces wide againft the front of ye Pound, the Southeafterly Corner of the pound to be at the North- wefterly Corner of Justice Harris two Acres aforesd. The Select- men Apprehending that the old Stuff of the prefent Pound will do Again, provided that it be Sett on Cells. Agreed Accordingly wth M' Joseph Harrington to procure the Cells for Sd Pound as Soon as May be wth Convenanice.
Watertown Augst: 5th: 1744
To Joseph Mason Esq' Town Treafurer.
Sir You Are hereby Ordred to pay out of ye Town Treafurey, To ye Revª M' Seth Storer the Sum of One hundred and five
pounds old Tenner being half a year Salery £105- 00- 00 To Mefurs John Taynter Dan' Whitney & Sam1 Stratton the Committee for Repairing the Minifteral houfe the Sum of Eighteen pounds 12 / 6 old Ten' to Repair Sª Houfe .18=12 =. 6
To YourSelf the Sum of Twenty pounds old Ten' granted to You for Your Service the Year 1743
And to procure the Three Books Voted to be bought ye Sum of .. 6- £149=12- ..
.20 =..- .
Which makes One hundred forty Nine pounds 12 / 6 old Ten"
Nath1. Harris Jona". Bemis Joseph Harrington
Selectmen of Watertown
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At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at Joseph Mafons on the 29th. Day of Novemb'. 1744. The Selectmen being Informed that there is one William Dennis a Lame Man come to Refide in Watertown He Came Laft from Boston in the County of Suffolk Some time in Sep' Laft and He Refides at ye Houfe of Henry Learneds in Sd
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Town, The Selectmen are Informed alfo that there is one Jane Oglesbee (Ales Coomes) a poor Widow Woman come to refide in Sd Watertown She Came Laft from Waltham in the County of Middx. She came to Said Watertown the Beginning of Sepr Laft and Now Refides in the Dwelling houfe of Sam Cooke of Said Watertown, the Circumftances of sd perfons being Such that the Selectmen Refufe to Accept of them to be Inhabts. in Sd Watertown. And therefore Ordred the Clerk to Isue out a War- rant to Warne the Sª Dennis & Oglefbee (ales Cooms) forth with to Depart out of Watertown and no longer to Refide there in.
A Warrant Was Isued out Directed to Edw Harrington Conftable which was Returned. And Caution Entred at the Sefsions Att Charlftown Decr. 19th: 1744.
Att. Joseph Mafon Clerk
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen At M' Jonas Bonds on the 18th of Feby: 1744.
The time Drawing Nigh for the ufual Annual Meeting of ye Town in March. Ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed to ye Conftables of Watertown To warn the Freeholdrs. and other Inhabts. of Said Town (within their Refpective Diftricts) who are Quallifyed to Vote in Town Affairs, To Afsemble and Meet at the Publick Meeting houfe in Sª Town on Munday the forth Day of March Next at Ten of the Clock before Noone for the Ends following. vizt.
To Choofe Selectmen to Manage the Prudential Affairs of Sd Town ye Enfuing Year.
To Choofe a Town Clerk a Treafurer a Conftable or Conftables Afsefsors and all other Such Town Officers as are by Law to be Chofen in the month of March Annually.
To Choofe a Saxton, and to Agree how he Shall be Satisfyed for his Service.
To put in their Votes for A County Treafurer. To Hear the Town Treafrs. Accts.
For the Town to Manifeft their Mind How the Intereft Money Coming to the Town this prefent Year, The Year beginning the Eleventh day of Dec' Laft paft Shall be Appropriated.
To Grant a Salary for the Revd M' Seth Storer for the Enfuing Year According to Contract. the Year beginning the firft of March Next.
To know the Mind of the Town what Addition they will Make to ye Revd M' Storers Salary for the Year Enfuing, And How the Addition they may Make Shall be paid.
To grant Money for the Support of the Gram' & Englifh School in the Town, for the Year Enfuing Or otherwife If the Town Se Meet to Apropriate So much of the Intereft Money Coming to the Town this Year as they Shall Se Meet for ye Support of Sd School for ye year Enfuing, the Year beginning the firft of March
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Next. To grant money for ye Support of the poor ye Year Enfu- ing. To grant Money for the Repairs of the Meeting houfe. There being a Necefsity of a further Repairing of ye Minifteral Houfe For the Town to Manifeft y' Mind what further Repair Shall be made, and to grant Money for the Same, And to choofe a Committee to Effect Such further Repairs as the Town Shall Agree upon. To hear the Accts. of Sundry Perfons which the Town are Indebted to; And to grant Money to Satisfy and pay ye Same.
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To know the Mind of the Town Whether they will Mend the Publick & Town Ways by Rate this Year as has been the Method of the Town of Late. And in Cafe the Town Shall Agree So to do, Then to Grant Money for Said Affair, And to Choofe the Survey's of High Ways to be the Collectors, for to Collect or to Se that the Rate be work't out Agreeable to Such Directions as the Town May give.
To know the Mind of the Town Relating to Dilinquant Survey's & Collectors for ye Mending of ye High Ways, And to Act and do whatever the Town Shall think Just and prop" thereon.
To Hear the Report of ye Commtee. who were to Agree wth Perfons w' they Should give for Land Lying to the Ways againft the front of their Lands, what the Sd Comtee: have further done in Sd Affair, And the Town to Act their pleafure with Relation there unto.
To hear the Requeft of Some of the Late Conftables for Abatmts in their Lists of Rates and for the Town to Act their pleafure relating thereunto.
To know the Mind of ye Town whether Swine Shall Run at Large the Year Enfuing being Regulated according to ye Law in that behalf made & provided.
To know the Mind of the Town Relating to Horfes Runing at Large. And for the Town to Act and Do whatever they Shall judge Necefsary & prop' to prevent y' doing of Damage.
To Hear the Petition or Petitions of Sundry Perfons (To whom the Town Granted Lands on Condition of yr paying Such Sums as was Agreed upon &c) for the Abating of Some of their Intereft for Such Reafons as they may offer to the Town, And for the Town to Act their pleafure with Relation thereunto.
To Hear the Petition of David Sanger praying that the Town wld Grant to Him a Smal piece of Land Lying between the Town way and the River againft His Dwelling Houfe for Such Con- fideration as Shall be agreed upon. And for the Town to Act their pleaf'. thereon.
And to ord' the Conftables to Notify Such Perfons as have any Demands on ye Town to bring in their Accts. to ye Selectmen at the Houfe of ye Widw Mary Learned Inhold'. on Fryday the firft day of March Next at three of ye Clock After Noon where the
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Selectmen will Receive them in ord'. to Lay them before the Town at ye Meeting Abovesd.
Warrants were Isued out to the Conftables bearing Date ye 19th. Inftant,
# Joseph Mason Town Clerk.
At a Meeting of ye Selectmen of Watertown at ye Houfe of ye Widw. Mary Learneds on the I. of March 1744. To Receive in the Acct. of thofe Perfons yt ye Town are indebted to. the Accts. Recd are as follow's. vizt.
The Afsefsors viz. Nath1 Harris Esq'
Mefsrs Jona" Church & Sam1 Fiske for Making the Town Rate Taking ye Invoice & perfecting ye Same Making the Province County & Sur- veyers Rates, five pound Each old Ten' £15= .. - ..
Nath1 Harris & Joseph Mafon Esqrs. for Making ye Ammunition Rates
.I- ....
Joseph Mafon Esq' for the Warning out & Cautining againft Joseph Harris and Sufanna Murch Miners 22 / And for Drawing a Report to be Laid before ye Town 2 /
Edw Harrington for Serving Conftable ye Year paft
I- IO -.. .- . 6 -..
for Warning Two Town Meetings
for Notifying the Gentl". Appointed to take care of ye Law about the other Provinces Money &c. to be Sworn
.. - IO -.. .2 -. 6 -..
Jonathan Brown for 2 pieces of Timb' and crofs pieces for a Whelm by Joseph Whitneys
..- 12 -..
James Dix for Timb' & plank for a Whelm in ye Meeting houfe Lane
.2 -..-..
David Livermore for Irons A mending Irons for ye Bel help taking down and puting up & Nails for ye Meet- ing houfe
for Speeks for the Great Bridge
I- . 9- 6 .. - 16 -. 9 .2 -. 6 -. 3
Jofiah Stearns for mending the Irons of ye Stocks Mending ye pound Mending the hangings for ye Bel and for a Stick of Timb' for a Whelm in Whitneys Lane all .. - 15- ..
Jofeph Harrington for Summoning 4 Witnefs for Concord Court & for their Attendence one day Each .2 =.. -..
.I =. 4- ..
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The Committee who were Chofen to Repair ye Minifteral Houfe viz. Capt John Tainter Enf Dan1 Whitney & Sam1. Stratton for what they Ex- pended more than ye Grant made Laft year for Sª Repairs
(this to be paid out of ye Grant for Sd Houfe mad ys year)
.6 = . 9- . 6
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Benjamin Haftings to Ballance his Acct for Sundry work done at the Meeting houfe Since the Year 1742 to this day &c
for work done at ye Great Bridge ye year 1744
£9 -.. -.. 6 -. 8 -. 6
for the Abatt. of one pole by ye Afsef- sors in his Lift of Rates 11 / 3 Abatm' Eb Perry Rate 3 / 5 ..- 14-8 16- 3- . 2
Added at ye Town Meeting
Sam1 Prentice for Serving Conftable ye year past 30 / warning 2 Meet- ings 6 /
.I-16- ..
nas Bond for prefaring a Petition at ye Court of Sefsions about ye Way by the Crik 32 / & for Enter- tainment of ye Comtee who Came to View ye Way 58 / 6
.4- 10- . 6
the whole is Take out ye Comtee
£56- . 2- . 5 .6- 9- 6 £49=12=1I
The Selectmen Ordred ye Treafurer To pay out of ye Town Treafurey as follow's
To ye Revd M' Seth Storer the Sum of £105 -.. - .. (64- .. - .. Intreft Money 41- .. - .. of ye Afsefmt)
To M' Nath1 Harrington the Sum of .90 -.. -.. Intreft Money To ye Wid". Mary Jenifon for board- ing Widw. Webb &c .24 -..-..
At a General Town Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhab's. of Watertown Quallifyed to Vote in Town Affairs. Regu- lerly Afsembled at the Publick Meeting houfe in Sd Town on the 4th. Day of March 1744. for the Choice of Town Officers &c.
Voted and Chofe M' Jonas Bond Moderator of Said Meeting.
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Voted and Chofe for Selectmen
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L Joseph Mason Esq' M' Jonas Bond Nath1. Harris Esq' M' Jona". Bemis Enf Dan1. Whitney
Voted and Choofe for Town Clerk Joseph Mafon Esq'. Voted & Chofe for Town Treaf'. Joseph Mafon Esq"
Voted to Choofe Two Conftables.
Voted & Chofe Capt Thos: Homans Ist Conftable
Voted & Chofe M' Jnº Hunt 2ª Conftable
Voted & Chofe for Afsefsors
Joseph Mafon Esq' Math1. Harris Esq' M' Thomas Saltmarth
Voted & Chofe M' John Haftings Sea' of Lea".
Voted & Chofe for fence Viewrs
( Nath1. Bright
Amos Bond
Voted & Chofe for Survey's HighWays
James Bayley § Sam1 Stratton
Voted and Chofe for Tythingmen
Sam1. Cooke
S Joshua Stratton
Bez1. Learned
Voted & Chofe for Deer reives
David Livermore
Voted & Chofe for Survey's and Meafurer of Timber
S Jonas Coollidge
Eben' Thornton
§ Eben' Chenry.
Voted & Chofe for Hawards
Joseph Wellington
Voted and Chofe for Gager of Cask Wª Gammage
Voted & Chofe for Collecters of ye ( Sam1 Barnard
Rates for ye Mending ye High Ways James Bayley Voted and Chofe Eben' Haftings for Saxton
Voted to pay the Saxton this Year by Two Contrabution as has been ufual.
Then the Town Treafurer Laid his Accts. before the Town and wer Red.
And It Appeared that the Sum
Total of the Debt was
£650=II=11
And that the Sum Total of ye
Credit was £419 =. 5 -. 3
& that there was Out Standing in
ye Conftables hands
231 =. 6 -. 8 £650=1I= 1I
The Vote was put whether the Town do Accept of ye Treafures Acct. & ye Vote paft in ye Affirmative.
Voted and Appropriated the Intereft Money wch is Coming to
§ Sam1. Barnard
Voted & Chofe for Hogrieves
§ Thos: Saltmarth
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the Town this prefent Year from the 1 1th of Decemb'. Laft to help Support ye Miniftry & ye School in ye Town.
Voted and Granted One hundred pounds old Ten' for ye Revd M' Seth Storers Salary for the year Enfuing According to Contract £100 =.. -..
Voted One hundred & Ten pounds as An Addition to ye Revª M' Storers Salary for the Year Enfuing and to be paid out of ye Intereft Money abovesd
IIO- .... Voted
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Voted that Ninty pounds of the Intereft money Appropriated aforesd Should be for the Support of ye Grammer and English School for ye Year Enfuing from ye firft of March Currant
Voted and Granted the Sum of Thirty Pounds old Ten' for the Support of ye poor for this prefent Year
Voted and Granted Ten pounds old Ten' for the Repairs of ye Meeting houfe
Voted to Make Some further Repairs to ye Minif- tearal Houfe &c.
Voted and Granted the Sum of Thirty pounds further to Repair the Minifr. Houfe and to pay wt the Comtee. Expended more than ye Laft Grant for Repairs
Voted and Granted the Sum of Six pounds & fifteen Shillings to Satiffy the Acct of Jonas Bond & Joseph Harrington for Money Expended at Concord Cort Laft & their time
A List of ye Acct. of Sundry Perfons taken in by ye Selectmen wth wt was added at this Meeting was Laid befor the Town amounting to ye Sum (old Ten') of £49=12 -.. -
Voted and Granted the Sum of forty Nine pounds Twelve Shillings to Satiffy and pay Sd Accts
Voted and Granted the Sum of Twenty Pounds to Joseph Mafon Esq'. for his Service as Clerk & Treafurer the Year past
49=12 -..
20 =..-..
Voted to Mend the High Ways by Rate this Year as has been the Method of ye Town for Some Years past.
The Vote was put whether it be the Mind of ye Town to Dif- mifs David Coollidge who was Chofen one of ye Surveyers & Collectors Laft Year (He being under great Infirmity of Body) and that He Deliver up his Lift of Rates to the prefent Afsefsors and that Sª Afsefsors Tranfmit Sd Lift of Rates or the Contents of them over to M' James Baley who is Chofen one of ye Survey's and Collector for this prefent Year, to be Collected or work't out by him According to ye Directions of ye Town hereto for given and the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
£90- .. -..
30- .. -.. IO =.. ...
30 -.. -..
£.6=15 -..
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Voted that all the other Dilinquent Survey's and Collectors Shall work out their refpective Arereges this prefent Year or Collect them So as to make up and Compleat their Refpective Lift wth the prefent Selectmen Agreable to their Warrants.
The Committes Report Relating to Land Lying to the Ways was Red. And the Vote was put whether it is the Mind of ye Town to Accept of Sd Report And that the Town do grant and Confirm ye Land there in Mentioned, To Nath1 Harris Esq' & M' Jonas Bond Named in Sd Report y' heirs & Afsigns upon the Conditions Mentioned in Sª Report, and that ye Sª Report be Recorded And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted and Abated in Chriftopher Grants List of Rates vizt. Thads. Coollidges Rates which is 7 / 9 and M' Galcumbs Rates 7 / 9 wch makes 15 / 6
Voted and Granted the Sum of fifteen Shillings & 6ª old Ten' to make good w' was Abated in Conftable Grants Lift ..- 15- . 6
Voted that Swine Shall Run at Large this Year under the Regulations in the Law in that behalf made and provided.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of ye Town, That No perfon or Perfons Shall Suffer their horfes or horfe kind above ye Age of Six months to Run At Large within the Limits of Water- town without their being well fettred from the firft day of April Next to the Laft of October following under the penely or forfiture of Two Shillings & Six pence for evry one found with out fettors. And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted that Nath1 Harris & Joseph Mafon Esq's are Appointed & Defire to Lay the Vote of ye Town Relating to horfes before ye Court of Gen' Sefsions of the peace to be held at Charlftown on the Second Tuefday of March Inftant for their Confirmation.
The
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The Petition of M' Jonas Bond and others praying that the Town would Abate Some of their Intreft on their bonds given to ye Town was Red. and After debate thereon. The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of the Town to grant the prayer of ye Petition. and the Vote paft in the Negative.
Upon the Motion of Henry Spring jun' made to the Town To Abate part of his Intreft due to ye Town, upon Sd Motion
The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of ye Town to Abat to Sd Spring the Intreft of His fifty Eight pound bond to the Eleventh day of December Laft which is fifty three Shillings and 6ª old Tenner. And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted and Granted the Sum of fifty three Shillings and 6ª to make good what was Abated of M' Henry Springs In- treft.
£2=13 =. 6
The Petition of David Sanger was Red to ye Town praying that the Town wld Grant to him a Smal piece of Land lying between
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the Town way and the River againft his houfe. After Some Debate thereon
Voted that the Selectinen take a View of ye Land prayed for by Sd Sanger and Report to the Town at the Adjournmt of this Meeting what they think proper for the Town to Do relating to ye pray' of Sd Petition. Then
Voted and Adjourned this Meeting to fryday the fifteenth of March Inftant at three of the Clock Afternoon to this place.
The Committes Reporte vizt. Watertown Sept. 7. 1744.
We the Subfcribers the Committee Appointed by Sd Town to Agree wth perfons what yy Sld give for Land Lying to ye ways againft the front of y' Lands &c Meet And Agreed wth Nath Harris Esquire, That He move out his fence againft the Town way Lead- ing by his piece of Land caled the two Acres So far as to Rang wth the front Line of ye piece of Land Staked out for the pound to be Errected on and to Run from Sd piece of Land for ye Pound aforesd Southward on a parrelell Line with the front Line aforesd Twenty three Rods to a Stake three paces Weft from his wall as it Now Stands the Town way being their Sixteen paces wide and from thence to the Corner of his Land a little Rounding which Line Inclofes abt Thirty one Rods of Land He to pay therefor into the Town Treafurey for the ufe of ye Town the Sum of three Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Six pence old Ten'. when the Town Confirms the Same to him.
At the Same time Agreed wth M' Jonas Bond That he move out his front fence in Said Lane to the front Line of the piece of Land for ye Pound as aforesd And to Run parrelell with Sd front Line Nothward to his fence to A Notch Cut in a Rayle in his fence as it Now Stands, And He the Sd Bond to Leave out to the Said Way a Small piece of Land at ye Bend of the Wall for the better Accomodating of ye Sd Way, the Land Inclofed by sd Line is abt Seven Rods of ground befides allowance for what he is to Leave out as aforeSd. Agreed that He the Sd Bond Should pay into the Town Treafurey therefor, for the ufe of ye Town the Sum of Seventeen Shillings & Six pence old Tenner when the Town Shall Confirm the Same to him.
Joseph Mason r Comtee
Jona" Brown Ebenezer Stone
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At a Meeting of ye Selectmen on the Eighth Day of March A.D. 1744. at M' Learneds The Perfons undernamed were Sworn to their Refpective Offices. vizt.
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