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At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at Cornt. Edw. Harringtons on ye 14th. of Dec. 1753. There wanting wood for ye School, and ye Town having Determined that thofe yt Send their Children & Servt. to School Should provid wood for ye fire. ye Selectmen judge 8d P head to be pd. by Each Scholler will be Sufficient to Supply ye School fire the money to be paid to Dean Sam1. Fisk to be Laid out for wood for ye School
Israel Mead brot. his Acct. of work done for Sam !. Coollidge Schoolmafter at ye Defire of ye Selectmen. ye Selectmen Alow'd
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ye Acct. which Amounted to two pounds Lawfull Money & ordred ye paymt. y' of to sd Mead and charge to m' Coollidges Acct.
[106] December 17. 1753. The Selectmen Meet at Capt. John Browns And Agre'd with him to board M' Samuel Coollidge our prefent Schoolmafter (Mr Whitneys Circumftances being Such that He refufed to board him any longer) till further order of ye Selectmen and to take him ye sd. Coollidge ye Twenty forth of this Inftant, and to be paid therefor out of what is or may become due to sd Collidge for keeping the School, the Sum of Six Shillings P week, for wch. ye sd. Brown Confented to Board him.
The Selectmen having been Served with a Copy of a Petition of A Committee of ye firft Parifh in Cambridge who petition ye General Court in behalf of sd Parifh and pray that Some of ye Eafterly Inhabts. of Watertown with their Eftates may be Annexed to sd parifh for reafons Set forth in sd. Petition, and ye sd Court having Appointed the 26th. of this Inftant for any Concerned to give reafons why the prayer of sd. petition be not Granted. In as much as what is pray'd for by the Parifh aforesd very much Affects Watertown the Selectmen judging it is moft proper & Necessary to Lay the Matter before the Town; Accordingly Ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed to ye Conftables of Watertown forthwith to Warn the freeholders and other Inhabts. of Watertown to met at the Publick Meeting houfe in Watertown on Munday the 24th. of this Inftant at one of ye Clock afternon for ye Ends following vizt .-
1. To Choofe a Moderator for sd. Meeting .-
2. To hear and take into Confideration the Petition of ye firft Parish in Cambridge preferred to ye Great & General Court (a Copy of wch Pet". the Selectmen have been Served with) wherein ye sd Parifh by y' Committee pray that Several of ye Inhabts. of ye Eafterly part of Watertown with their Eftates may be Annexed to ye sd. firft Parifh in Cambridge, as set forth in the Copy of sd. Petition. and for the Town to Act thereon (if they see meet) and do any & evry thing they shall judge or think proper & Expedient to be done relating to sd. Affair Petitioned for by the Parifh aforesd .-
(A Number of ye Inhabts. of ye Town having Petitioned ye Selectmen that ye following Article be incerted in ye Warrat for ye warning of this meeting vizt)
3. To know the Mind of ye Town whether they will Remove their Meeting houfe from the place where it now Stands, and where they will move it to, and Act evry thing Elfe Necesary to the Compleating Such a Publick Good.
(Warrants were Ifued out Accordingly)
At a meeting of ye freeholders and other Inhabts. of Water-
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town Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs Regulerly Afsembled and met at the Publick Meeting houfe in sd. Town on the 24th. Day of December AD. 1753.
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq. Moderator for sd. Meeting.
Then ye Second Article was read together with the Copy of ye Petion of ye firft Parifh in Cambridge and Confidred, and After Confideration, The Vote was put whether it is ye Mind of ye Town to set off any of their Inhabts. in the Eafterly part of ye Town with their Estates to the firft Parifh in Cambridge as pray'd for in their Petition, And the Vote paft in the Negative unannimusly.
Voted and chofe Joseph Mafon & Jonas Bond Esqrs. & John Brown Gentleman to be a Comtee. to make Anfwer at ye Great & General Court in ye Name of ye Town to sd. Petition of the firft parish in Cambridge.
Then the Third Article was Read to the Town and After Debate thereon The Vote was put whether it is the mind of ye Town to Remove their Meeting houfe from the place where it Now Stands.
And the Vote paft in the Negative
[107] At a Meeting of the Selectmen at the Houfe of Joseph Mafon Esq'. on the Eleventh Day of Feby: 1754. There being two Petitions Delivred to ye Selectmen Each Signed by a Number of ye Inhabts. of Watertown praying the Selectmen to call a Town Meeting as Soon as May bee for ye Ends Set forth in Sd. Petitions the Selectmen taking Sd. Petns. into in to Confideration Ordred the Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed to the Conftables of sd. Town to Warn the freeholdrs. and other Inhabts. of Watertown Quallified According to Law to Vote in Town Affairs to meet at ye Publick Meeting houfe in sd. Town on Wednesday the 20th. Day of Feby: Currant at one of ye Clock Affer Noon for ye Ends following
1. To Choofe a Moderator for sd. Meeting. (2ly.) To See if the Town are willing their publick Meeting houfe Should be Removed from the Hill where it now Stands to the half Acre of Land lately given by Nath1. Harris Esq'. for to Set Said Meeting Houfe on; PROVIDED it be Done without any Charge to the Town as a Town. and that Safh Windows be made in lew of the Windows Now in the Meeting houfe & if they are willing there- for to See if they will then take the Proper Meafures for ye Effecting Such Removal (3ly) To know ye mind of ye Town whether they will Petit". ye Great and Gen". Court to Set off a Number of ye Inhabts. belonging to Newton to sd. Watertown and Choofe a Comtee. to prepare & prefer a Petit". to sd. Court, and do evry thing Needfull to Accomplifh sd. Affair. (4ly.) To know the mind of ye Town whether they are Willing to make
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An Exchange with Waltham that So the Inhabts. of ye Extreem parts of both Towns May be better Accommodated for ye Attend- ing the publick Worfhip of God than they now are. (5ly.) To know the mind of the Town wheth'. they are Willing to joine with Waltham to Pet". ye Great & Gen1. Court to Annex Such families or Perfons with their Eftates at ye Extreem parts of Each Town who Defire the Same to the Town they are moft Convenant to, Agreable to Such Bounds as the Towns may Agree to, or by Such Bounds & limmits as Said Court Shall Appoint in cafe the Towns do not agree. And to do any thing or things Necefsary relating to sd. Affair.
-Warrants were Isued out to ye Conftables and Returned and are on file-At. Joseph Mason Cler /
[108] At a General Town Meeting of ye Freeholdrs. and other Inhabts. of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs Regulerly Afsembled and met together at the Publick Meeting houfe in sd. Town on the Twentyeth of February AD. 1754 for the Ends Set forth in ye Warrants for ye warning of sd. Meet- ing .---
1. Voted and Chofe Jofiah Convers Esq'. Moderator for sd. Meeting.
2ly. Voted that the Publick Meeting Houfe belonging to this Town be removed from the place where it Now Stands on School- houfe Hill to the half Acrer of Land Lately given by Nath1. Harris Esq'. to the Town, and that the Sd. Houfe be A New Errected there and that Safh Windows be put in to the Houfe in lew of the Windows Now in it.
(This Vote paft in the Affirmative by three odds. ) --
3ly. Put to Vote whether the Town do Accept of ye Security given by Jofiah Convers & others to Indempnify the Town from all Charge that may Arife by the removal of the Meeting Houfe as abovesd .- and the vote paft in the Affirmative
4ly. Put to Vote whether it be the mind of ye Town to Choofe a Committee to Effect what the Town has already Voted refpect- ing the moving of yd Meeting Houfe
And ye Vote paft in the Affirmative
5ly Voted and Chofe the Gentlemen which gave the Security to the Town vizt. Jofiah Convers Esq'. David Baldwin, Daniel Whitney, Jonathan Bemis, John Brown, Edward Harrington and m' John Hunt to be the Committee for ye Ends abovesaid.
6ly. Voted that the Committee Chofen to Effect ye Removal and Rebuilding of ye Meeting Houfe, do it as Soon as may be with Convenancy agreable to ye Vote of ye Town.
7ly. The Vote was put whether it is the mind of ye Town to Choofe a Committee to Petition the great and General Court,
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that a Number of ye Inhabts. of Newton may be Set off to Watertown
And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
8ly. Voted and Chofe M' John Hunt and Capt John Brown to be a Committee to petition yd Gen1. Court for ye Ends abovesd .- 9ly The Vote was put whether it is the mind of ye Town whether they are Willing to make an Exchange with waltham that so the Inhabts. of ye Extreem parts of both Towns may be better Accommodated for ye Attending of the publick worfhip of God than they now are. And the Vote paft in the Negative
10ly. Put to Vote whether it is ye Mind of ye Town to joine with Waltham to Petit". ye Great & Gen1. Court to Annex Such families or perfons with their Eftates at the Extreem partes of Each Town who defire the Same to ye Town they are moft Convenant to, Agreable to Such Bounds as the Towns may Agree to, or by Such Bounds and Limitts as sd Court Shall Appoint in Cafe ye Towns do not Agree. And ye Vote paft in ye Negative 11ly. The Vote was put whether it is the Mind of ye Town to reconfider any of the Votes that have paft at this Meeting. And the Vote paft in the Negative.
[109] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen on the Eleventh Day of Feby : AD. 1754. At Sd. Meeting ye Selectmen Ordred ye Clerk to Isue out Warrants Directed to the Conftables of Water- town, To Warn the freeholdrs. and other Inhabts. of Watertown who are Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs To Afsemble and Meet at the Publick Meeting houfe in Sd. Town on Munday the fourth Day of March Next at Nine of ye Clock in the Morning for the Ends following .-
1. To Choofe a Moderator for Said Meeting .-
2 To Choofe Selectmen a Town Clerk Town Treafurer a Conftable or Conftables Afsefsors and all other Such Town Officers as by Law are to be Chofen in the Month of March Annually .-
3. To Choofe a Saxton, and to Agree how he Shall be paid for his Service.
4. To put in their Votes for a County Treafurer .-
5. To know the mind of the Town whether Swine Shall Run at Large this Year under the Regulations of ye Law in Such cafe. 6 To hear the Town Treafurers Accts. & for the Town to país upon them
7 For the Town to Appropriate their Intereft money coming to the Town this Year the Year beginning the Eleventh of De- cember Laft
8 For the Town to Grant An Honourable for ye Reverend Mr Seth Storer (our Revd Paftor) for the Year Enfuing the Year beginning the firft of March Next .-
9. To Grant money for the Support of the School-
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10. To Grant money for the Support of the poor .--
11. To hear the Accts. of thofe perfons to whom the Town is Indebted, and to grant money to pay the Same.
12 To Grant money for ye Repairs of ye Great Bridge in Watertown.
13. To know the mind of ye Town whether they will mend the High Ways and Town Ways by Rate this Year Afseft on the Ratable Inhabts. & Eftates of the Town and if the Town See Caufe to Come into this Method, then to make a Grant of money for the Same, and that perfons have the Liberty to work out what they Shall be Afseft at for that Service (if they See meet) provided that it be work't out within the Year, at Such prices for Man & Teems as the Town Shall Agree upon, And to choofe the Suryers of High Ways to be Collectors of sd. Rate or to see that it be faithfully work't out within the Year in the way and Manner that the Town Shall or may Agree upon.
14 To hear the Report of ye Committee who were Chofen to Repair the Miniftral Houfe and Build a Barn on the Minifteral place. how far they have proceeded in Said Affair, And to grant money if Need be to pay what Yet May remain Due for sd. premifses there being forty pounds (old Ten') lefs in the hands of Col1. Brattle than what was judge to be when Appropriated for this Service.
15. To Grant Money for ye Repairs of ye Meeting houfe if Need Be ---
16. To know the Mind of ye Town whether they will Let out the Little Island and other Lands by the River, which were Let for ye Laft Year and choofe a Comtee. for that end. And order the Conftables to Notify prions ye Town is Indebted to to bring in y' Accts. to ye Selectmen at ye Widw. Mary Learneds on the 27th of this Inftant at two clock After noon-
Warrants were Isued out Accordingly and return'd and are on fill-
Att. Joseph Mason Cler //
[110] At a Meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Houfe of ye Widw. Mary Learned on the 27th. Day of February AD. 1754. In order to take in the Accts. of thofe Perfons to whom the Town are Indebted in order to there being Laid befor the Town. The Se- lectmen Ordred the Treafurer to pay to ye Widw. Mary Learned the Sum of 2/2 and charge the Same to m' Sam1 Coollidges Acct. (wch was paid immediatly). The Acct Taken in at this Meeting are as follow's
Vizt. Enfn. Jona". Bemis for Stone for Two Bridges (Lawfull money) ..-. 5 -. 4
Jona". Child for Serving Conftable 2/8 warning 3 Town Meetings 1/3 and for trouble carrying one Mary Davis to Waltham +/ -
1
-. 7=11
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Jacob Caldwell for Serving Conftable 2/8 for warning 2 Town Meetings 9d. & for Carrying one Child Wife & two Children to Newton 5/4 Lt. Daniel Whitney for 60 feet of plank & Sundry pieces of Timbr ..-. 8 -.. 34 Amos Bond for Six Loads of Stones for the ...-. 5 -.. Whelm near Sam1. Jenifons Joseph Mafon Sam1 Fisk & Nath1. Bright .2 -..-.. Afsefsors for Making all ye Rates &c. for ye Year 1753. 13/4 Each
- ..-. 8 =. 9
John Kembal jun'. for Serving Conftable & warn-
ing 3 Meetings
..-. 3=10
David Livermore for Speeks & Dogs for ye Great Bridge ..-. 2 -. 9 Sam1. Whitney for Serving Conftable & Warning ..-. 5 -. 4 6 Meetings
Added at the Town Meeting vizt
Benjamin Haftings for work Done at
the great Bridge the Year 1753
1" .8" 8 .-. 3=4
for work at the School houfe
for Bords for sd School houfe .-. 3=4
for Nails for Ditto ..-..-. 93/4
.1-16 =. 13/4 Sam1. Stratton for Serving Conftable & warning
4 Meetings ..-. 4 -. 8
£.6 =. 7 =. 41/2
Joseph Mafon for Serving the Town in the Office of Clerk & Treafurer for ye Year 1753 £.2=13 =. 4
[111] At a General Town Meeting of ye freeholdrs. and other Inhabts of Watertown Quallified to Vote in Town Affairs Afsembled at the Publick Meeting houfe (or Reamains of sd Houfe) on the fourth Day of March AD 1754 being yr An- nvafsary Meeting. for Choice of Town Officers &c. -
Voted and Chofe Josiah Converfe Esq'. Moderator for sd Meeting.
Upon a Motion made & Seconded The Vote was put whether it is the mind of ye Town to Adjourn this Meeting & remaining bufines of to three clok afternoon to ye Houfe of Thos Saltmarfh And ye Vote paft in ye Affirmative
Accordingly ye Meeting was Adjourned to ye time & place abovesd.
The Town being met on ye 4th. of March abovesd. three clok afternoon at ye Dwelling Houfe of Mr Thos. Saltmarfhes, The Moderator having opned the Meeting, the Second Article in ye
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warrat red Relating to ye Choice of Town Officers, the Votes were Called for ye Choice of Selectmen
Voted and Chofe for Selectmen
Enfª. Jona". Bemis Dean: Sam1. Fisk Cort. Edwd. Harrington Mª Josiah Stearns Joseph Mason Esqr. who undr.
Bodly Weaknefs Refufed to Serve M' John Hunt
Voted and Chofe Joseph Mafon Esq'. Town Cler. Voted and Chofe Joseph Mason Esq' Town Treafurer
Voted to Choofe Two Conftables for this prefent Year. Voted and Chofe Edmund Foul firft Conftable .- who Accepted Voted and Chofe M' Nath1. Harrington Second Conftable, But upon his pleas the Town See meat by a Vote to Difmifs him from being Conftable this Year .-
Voted and Chofe Seth Haftings to be Second Conftable. Mr Haftings Declared to the Town that he had Agree'd with m' Jacob Caldwell to Serve in his room if the Town wld. Accept of sd Caldwell. Who Declared yt he wld. Serve if ye Town Accept of him. Voted and Accepted of m' Jacob Caldwell to Serve in the office of a Conftable in the Room of Seth Haftings .-
Voted & Chofe for Afsefsors
Dea Sam1 Fisk Thos. Saltmarfh Nath1. Harrington
Voted and chofe Edmd. Foul Sealer of Leather
Voted & chofe for fence Viewers
Jonan Learned Ebenezer Wyeth
Voted and Chofe for Surveyrs. of Highways
Lt. Dan1. Whitney Benjn. Haftings
Joseph Harrington
Voted and chofe for Tything men
Simon Coollidge Ephm. Warrin
Voted and Chofe for Hogrieves Abel Benjamin
Voted and chofe for Surveyers of Timbr plank board slitwork &c
S Jonas Coollidge 1 Bez1. Learned
Uriah Clark
Voted and chofe for Hawards Edwd. Richardfon
Voted and chofe Sam1 Cook Gager of Cafk
Voted & Chofe Sam1 Cook Culler of hoops & Staves
James Dix Voted and Chofe for Deerrieves ? Thos. Saltmarfh Voted and Chofe Ebenezer Goddard Saxton
Voted yt there be two Contrabutions as Ufual to Satisfy ye Sax- ton for his Service ye 1st to by the firft Sabbath in Sep". & ye other on ye Laft Sabbath in Feby .-
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Voted that Swin run at Large this prefent Year under ye Regulations of ye Law in Such Cafe provided.
Then
[112] Then the Treafurers Accts. were Laid before the Town and Red vizt
The General Acct. And ye Sum the Treafurey was Charged when all paid in was 221" 14" 3-3
The Treafurey had Credit for paymts. the
Sum of 147 "10"10"3
And y' was out Standing in
Conftables hands ye Sum of - 74" 3 -. 5 3
221" 14:3-3
Voted and Accepted and Alowed the Treafurers General Acct .-
An Account of ye Intereft Money Recd by ye Town Treafurer red to ye Town, and by ye Acct. It Appeared that ye Treafurer had recd. ye Sum of - £11=10=3 3/4
And yt ye Treafurer had paid the Sum of - 11-10-3 3/4 Voted and Accepted this Acct. and Alowed the same.
Voted and Appropriated the Intreft money Coming to the Town for this prefent Year ye Year beginning the Eleventh of Dec' Laft viz £15 -. 4 .. to ye Miniftry and £15=1-8. To ye School.
Voted and Granted for a Honourable Salary for ye Revd. Mr Storer for ye prefent Year the Sum of Sixty Six pounds 13/4 the Intreft money Appropriated for ye Miniftry to be part of sd. Sum. Voted and granted forty pounds for ye Support of the School- the Intreft money appropriated for ye School to be a part of sd. Sum-
Voted and Granted for ye Support of ye poor ye Sum of Twenty Pounds.
Then ye Accts. of thofe Perfons to whom the Town is indebted to was red to the Town Amounting to the Sum of Six pounds 7/4 3/4 And Alowed .-
Voted and Granted ye Sum of Six pounds 7/4 3/4 to Satisfy and pay ye sd. Accts.
Voted and Granted to Joseph Mafon Esq. the Sum of Two pounds 13/4 for his Service as Clerk & Treafurer for ye Year 1753 .-
Voted and Granted ye Sum of four Pounds for to help repair ye Great Bridge in Watertown
Voted to mend the High Ways and Town ways by Rate this Year as Ufual
Voted and Granted the Sum of forty Pounds for ye Mending ye High ways & Town Ways to be Afseft on ye Ratable Poles & Estates in the Town
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The Vote was put whether it is ye mind of the Town That the price of Labour in Mending ye High Ways & Town ways be as follows vizt four Shillings & nine pence 1/2 for a man and Teem a Day, and for a Single Man two fhillings & 4d 3/4 Pr Day. and ye Vote paft in the Affirmative.
Voted and Chofe Lt. Dan1. Whitney & M' Benjn. Haftings (the prefent Surveyers of High ways &c) to be Collectors of Said Rate or Grant or See yt it be work't out faithfully within the Year at the prices that the Town has Set And to make up their Accts. with the Selectmen within the Year.
The Vote was put whether it is the mind of ye Town to Grant the Sum of three Pounds to make good the Deficecy in the Ap- propriations for ye repairing of ye Minifteral houfe and building the Minifteral Barn, and if there be any overplufs the Comtee : Chofen to manage sd Affair be Accountable to ye Town therefor. And the Vote paft in the Affirmative.
The Vote was put whether the Town will grant any Money to repair the Meeting houfe and ye Vote paft in ye Negative.
e
Voted to Let ye Little Island & ye other Land belonging to
y Town
which was Let for ye Laft Year.
Voted to Choofe A Committee to Let out ye sd Island & other Land for this Year.
Voted and chofe Mefsrs. Joseph Harrington Andw. White & Dean. Sam1. Fiske to be a Committee for ye Ends abovesd .-
[113] March the 8th. 1754. The Perfons undernamed all of them refpectively took the Oath Relating to ye Bills of Credit of other Provinces &c. before Nath1. Harris Esq' .-
Enfn. Jonathan Bemis
Dean Sam1. Fisk -
Cort. Edwd. Harrington
Selectmen
Mr Jofiah Stearns -
M' John Hunt
Joseph Mafon took ye Oath of Town Clerk & Treafr.
Edmund Foul ye Oath of a Conftable & Sealer of Lea".
Jacob Caldwell ye Oath of a Conftable
Dean. Sam1. Fisk ye oath of Afsefsor
Thomas Saltmarfh ye oath of Afsefsor & Deerrieve Nath1. Harrington ye oath of Afsefsor
Befor Nath1. Harris Justice of peace /
Jonan. Learned ye Oath of fence Viewer Ebenezer Wyeth ye oath of fence Viewer Lieut. Dan1. Whitney the Oath of Surveyer of Highways & Collector A
Benjn. Hafting the Oath of Surveyer of Ways & of Collector
Abel Benjamin the Oath of a Hogrieve
A
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Jonas Coollidge ye oath of Surveyer & Meafurer of Timber plank &c Bezaleel Learned ye oath of Surveyer & Meafurer of plank &c Uriah Clark ye oath of Haward
Edwd. Richardfon the oath of Haward
Sam1. Cook the Oath of Culler of Hoops & Staves
Befor Nath1. Harris Justice of peace /
At a meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Widow Mary Learneds on the 1st. Day of April 1754.
At this Meeting the Selectmen Appointed the Surveyers of High Ways their Deftricts, which are as follow's, vizt. Benjamin Hafting Surveyer His Diftrict to be All the High ways & Town Ways on the Eafterly Side of the Town way that Leads a Crofs the Town from ye Country Road Near m' Goddards so up the hill where ye Meeting houfe did stand so by Mr Storers down to Cambridge Line near Thos. Wellington's .-
Lieu. Daniel Whitney Surveyer his Distt. to be all the Town Ways and High ways on the Wefterly Side of the Town way Leading acrofs ye Town from ye Highway by Mr Goddards to Cambridge Line Near m' Thos. Wellingtons, alfo the whole of sd. way Acrofs ye Town as alfo the HighWays on ye South Side of Charles River. But Since the Country Road in the Eaft Diftrict Is under prefentment, and it is thought that ye proportion of ye Grant for mending the Ways that may be afsign'd to ye Eaft Surveyer will not be Sufficient to mend ye ways So as to save the prefentmt. To Accommodate sd. Affair ye Selectmen Agreed That m' Whitney Surveyer of ye Wefterly District Should work out Two pounds 13/4 (Lawfull money) of His Rate, in the Eaft Diftrict in the High way yt is under Prefentmt. And that the Afsefsors in the Warrant they give to Surveyer Whitney Order the Same Accordingly .-
Capt. John Taynter brought in his Acct. of what he had pro- vided for ye Widw. Webb amounting to thirteen Shillings and five pence, wch. ye Selectmen Allowed .-
Chriftopher Grant brought in his Acct. of Boarding ye Widw. Mary Maddocks Twenty two Weeks at 4/P week he gave Credit for 4/2. Ballance Due to sd. Grant is £4 ==. 3=10. wch Acct. the Selectmen Alowed.
The Selectmen Agre'd wth. Capt. John Taynter to board the Widw. Webb for one Year from the Second of this Inftant (if she Survive) at (24 Pr week old Ten") 3/2 14 Pr week. to be paid by the Town, and to be Allowed Reafonable Satisfaction for Ex- traordinary Charge if any should Happen. to which Agremt Mr Taynter Confented.
The Selectmen Agreed with Joseph Coollidge, to Let ye Widw. Mary Maddock make his Houfe her place of Abode (when
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Diftatute of other place) for the space of a Year, that is to Say when she
Is
[114] Is Deftitute of work abrod or at other places, but if She can Obtain work any where to incourage her undertaking it, that She may git what She can to help Support her Self, and what work She Shall do for him ye sd. Coollidge, he to give a true Acct yr of to ye Selectmen and to be in part of his pay, and ye sd. Coollidge to keep an Exact Acct. of ye weeks he shall board her, and to be Alowed (24/ Pr week old Tener) 3/2 1/4 Pr week for ye weeks He Shall board her .- to ye which ye sd. Coollidge Concented .-
At a meeting of ye Selectmen at ye Widw. Mary Learneds. on ye 9th. Day of May 1754
The Selectmen prepared a Lift of perfons for Juriors to be Laid before ye Town for their Acceptance if ye see Meet, and to be added to the Boxes.
At this Meeting ye Selectmen Ordred ye Clerk to Isue out a Warrant to Warn one Lois Boyington who refides at Nath1. Brights & one Hannah Smith who Refides at ye Houfe of Ebenezer Hinds forthwith to Depart out of Watertown ye Selectmen Re- fufing to Accept of them to be Inhabts. in Watertown.
(wch. was Done the tenth day. and Caution Entred at ye Sesions in Cambridge)
[115] At a General Town Meeting of the freeholders and other Inhabts. of the Town of Watertown Quallified to Vote in the Choice of a Representative Regulerly Afsembled on the 13 Day of May 1754 at the place where the Meeting houfe was burt.
The Major part of the Selectmen being Prefent, The Vote was Called for to be brot. in for ye Choice of a Perfon to Reprefent the Town at a Great and General Afsembly Appointed to be Con- vened at ye Court Houfe in Boston on the 29th. of this Inftant .- After the Votes were brot in, Sorted and Numbred it Appeared that Mr John Hunt was Chofen to represent the Town at Said Afsembly. P ye Major part of ye Voters prefent.
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