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And the said parties having agreed to submit to our
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decision the amount to be paid by the said Board of Trustees of the Town of Huntington or their successors in office, to the said Henry Williams, in satisfaction of his damages by reason of the non-renewal of said lease of March 31, 1828, and of the non-fulfillment of the said covenant therein contained, as against said Board of Trustees and their successors, and the time for the pay- ment of the same and rate of interest ; which decision is also to be governed by said agreement to give and accept a new lease on the terms above mentioned.
Therefore we, the said Referees, after due considera- tion of the premises and of the allegations and proof of the parties, do determine and decide that the said Board of Trustees execute and deliver to the said Henry Williams a lease of the premises and for the time and with the cov- enant herein above mentioned and recited, and pay to the said Henry Williams or execute and deliver to him their obligation, binding them and their successors in office to pay to him the said Henry Williams, his legal represen- tatives or assigns, the sum of one thousand dollars, in five years from the date hereof, with interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, payable yearly .*
And that the said Henry Williams on his part execute and deliver to said Board of Trustees a release of all damages and claims for damages against said Board and their successors by reason of the non-renewal of said lease and of the covenant to that effect in said lease contained.
* This was a case where the Trustees of the Town had, in their lease to Henry Williams, bound the Board by covenant to renew the lease at the end of the term or take the buildings erected thereon at a fair valuation. When the term ended, Williams demanded a renewal of the lease, but the Trustees neglected or refused to grant the extension or provide for val- uing and paying for the buildings. This resulted in a claim for damages against the Town and the ultimate payment of $1,000 and a renewal of the lease .- C. R. S.]
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Witness our hand this fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
C. A. FLOYD, GILBERT CARLL, S. W. GAINES.
(Fite No. 388.)
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGES PAID H. WILLIAMS.]
[Abstract.]
[1863, Nov. 5.]
Meeting of the Trustees, held on the 5th day of Novem- ber, 1863,
To receive the report of Charles A. Floyd, Gilbert Carll and Stephen W. Gaines, referees heretofore appointed by resolution of this Board in the matter of a dispute between Henry Williams and the Trustees, in relation to the dock at Huntington Harbor, east side.
Resolved, That the Board of Trustees will execute to Henry Williams a new lease for twenty-one years for the premises mentioned in said report, at the annual rent of six dollars per year, and with the covenants in said report mentioned and execute and deliver to him an obligation binding said Trustees and their successors in office to pay to the said Henry Williams, his legal representatives or assigns, the sum of one thousand dollars, in five years from the date thereof, with interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, payable yearly on the release by said Williams, of all damages and suit for damages against said Board of Trustees, and their successors, by reason of the non-re- newal of his former lease and by the covenants to that effect in said lease contained, such sum being the amount.
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of damages awarded to said Henry Williams by said referees.
BREWSTER CONKLIN, Pres. Recorded by Gilbert Carll, Clerk. (Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 210-11.)
[1863, Nov. 5.]
I, Henry Williams, in consideration of the sum of one dollar to me in hand paid by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Huntington, and for other good causes me there- to moving, have and I hereby do, acquit and release the said Board of Trustees of and from all damages and claim for damages against said Board of Trustees, and their suc- cessors in office, arising by reason of the non-renewal of a certain lease bearing date March 31, 1828, heretofore granted by said Board to me, and of and from the cove- nant to that effect in said lease contained.
Dated, Huntington Nov. 5th, 1863.
In presence of S. W. GAINES. (File No. 390.)
HENRY WILLIAMS.
[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO HENRY WILLIAMS.]
[Abstract.] [1863, Nov. 5.]
Lease of Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Henry Williams, dated November 15, 1863.
Premises described as follows : A certain piece of land covered with water, around the dock on the east side of
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Huntington Harbor, and to include therein the present dock. Bounded as follows: beginning sixty feet south- east of the southeast corner of the dock as it now stands, thence running westerly to the channel, thence northerly by and with the channel, two hundred and forty feet, thence southeasterly to the common land, thence two hun- dred and forty feet to the place of beginning, which land included is for the purpose of maintaining and repairing the present dock.
Term, twenty-one years from Nov. 5, 1863.
Rent, six dollars per year.
Lease to be renewed for twenty-one years, at the option of the lessee, at a rate to be then agreed upon.
And the party of the second part by accepting the fore- going grant, agrees to maintain said dock in repair during the term herein granted.
Assigned by H. Williams to Geo. W. Scudder, Nov. 5, 1863. (See page 156.)
Recorded by J. A. Woodhull, Town Clerk.
(Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 142-44.)
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[Abstract.]
[1863, Dec. 17.]
Meeting of the Trustees held on the 17th day of Decem- ber, 1863.
Resolved, To call a Special Town Meeting of the voters of said Town, to take into consideration the propriety of raising by tax on said Town, money to pay bounty to vol- unteers, to prevent a draft in January next.
Resolved, That a vote be taken by ballot of the legal
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voters of the said Town, on the 22d day of December, 1863, at the house of Elias Smith, upon the question of empowering the Supervisor of this Town, if by such vote it appears that a majority of the legal votes cast at such election are in favor of such an appropriation, to raise a sum not exceeding $35,000 for the purpose of procuring volunteers to fill the quota of this Town under the last call of the President for 300,000 men, and if so decided in the affirmative, the Supervisor of this Town is hereby author- ized to issue the bonds of said Town to that amount, pay- able with interest in from one to ten years, with the privi- lege of redemption at any time by giving sixty days' notice thereof.
Resolved, That an invitation be given to the citizens of this Town to sign a bond indemnifying the Supervisor in raising said amount, by subscribing in such amount as they may feel willing so to do.
BREWSTER CONKLIN, Pres. Recorded by Gilbert Carll, Clerk.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 212-13.)
[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]
[1863, Dec. 22.]
At a Special Town Meeting of the Town of Huntington, held at the house of Elias Smith in said Town on Dec. 22, 1863
Resolved, That we the legal voters of the Town of Hun- tington, in Special Town Meeting assembled, do hereby authorize a vote by ballot to be taken this day, upon the question of authorizing the Supervisor of this Town-if by such vote it appears that a majority of the legal votes cast
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at such election are in favor of such an appropriation-to raise a sum not exceeding $35,000, for the purpose of pro- curing substitutes to fill the quota of our Town under the last call of the President for 300,000 men, and thereby avoid the pending draft, and if so decided in the affirma- tive, the Supervisor of this Town be and is hereby author- ized to issue the bonds of said Town to that amount, pay- able in from one to ten years, (with the privilege of re- demption at any time by giving sixty days public notice thereof, as may be deemed advisable), with interest from the date, and that an invitation be extended to all to sign a bond indemnifying the Supervisor against loss in carry- ing out the above.
December 30, 1863.
Recorded by J. A. Woodhull, Town Clerk.
(Town Meetings, Vol. III, p. 142 )
[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]
[1864, Feb. 22.]
At a Special Town Meeting of the inhabitants and tax- payers, held at the house of Elias Smith, on the 22d of February, 1864, to vote upon the question of raising an ad- ditional amount to fill the quota of this Town under the last call of the President for 200,000 men,
Resolved, That we the taxable inhabitants and legal voters of the Town of Huntington, do hereby authorize a vote by ballot of the taxable voters to be taken this day, upon the question of authorizing the Board of Town Aud- itors of this Town to raise a sum not exceeding $24,000, by issuing the bonds of said Town to that amount, to be made payable in from one to ten years, as in their judgment may
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seem best, and bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum. The money arising from the sale of said bonds to be used in procuring volunteers to fill the quota of this Town under the call for 500,000 men.
February 22, 1864.
Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,
(Town Meetings, Vol. III, p. 143.)
Town Clerk.
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[Abstract.]
[1864, Feb. -. ]
Meeting of the Trustees, held on the - day of February, 1864.
Resolved, That a vote be taken by ballot of the legal voters of said Town, on the - day of February, 1864, whether they will raise a sum of money not to exceed $24,- 000, to pay bounty to volunteers to fill the quota of this Town under the President's call for 200,000 men, dated Feb. Ist, 1864.
BREWSTER CONKLIN, Pres. Recorded by Gilbert Carll, Clerk.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 215.)
[NOTE .- Since the last measures were taken in this Town for putting men into the field, the tide of war had set strongly in favor of the North. The great battle of Gettysburg was fought July Ist, 1863, and on the 3d, General Lee's army retreated toward the Potomac. Vicksburg was surrendered to the Fed- erals, July 4th. General Grant was in command at the West, General Thomas in the East. Nov. 24th, the battle of Lookout Mountain was fought, and by the 15th of Feb., 1864, General Wm. T. Sherman was preparing to break through the Confed- erate lines in Georgia. This was the situation when this action was taken by the Town to furnish its quota of men .- C. R. S.]
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[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]
[1864, March 23.]
At a Special Town Meeting of the voters of the Town of Huntington, held at the house of Elias Smith on the 23d day of March, 1864.
Resolved, That the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Huntington be, and by this meeting are hereby authorized to transfer and use the unexpended appropria- tion of $24,000, (or so much thereof as may be necessary), made by this Town on the 22d day of February, 1864, and in a manner as is therein set forth, for the purpose of pro- curing volunteers to fill our quota, under the call of the President of the United States for 200,000 men.
March 23, 1864.
Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,
(Town Meetings, Vol. III, p. 144.)
Town Clerk.
[TOWN MEETING.]
[1864, April 5.]
At an Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting- ton, held at the house of Elias Smith in said Town, on the fifth day of April, 1864, the following resolutions were passed and Town officers elected :
Supervisor, Charles A. Floyd. President of Trustees, Brewster Conklin. Trustees, Stephen C. Rogers, Richard Sammis, Gilbert Carll, Elias Bayhs, Thomas Ireland, El- bert Carll. Assessor, Richard J. Cornelius. Commission- ers of Highways, Townsend Wright (short term), Stephen Leek (long term). Town Clerk, Jeffrey A. Woodhull. Collector, Elkanah Soper. Justice of the Peace, Jarvis R.
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Rolph. Overseers of the Poor, Charles C. Tappen, Henry M. Purdy. Constables, Alexander Sammis, Henry Tilden, Charles O. Merrill, Timothy Oakley. Pound Masters, Nathaniel S. Wiggins, Charles E. Ketcham.
Resolved, That all persons be prohibited from putting down stakes and buoys in any of the waters of the Town of Huntington to mark the lines of oyster beds, that in any way obstruct fishing with nets, without the permission of the Trustees of said Town, under the penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents ; also raise those already put down ; one-half to go to the complainant, the other half to the Overseers of the Poor, for the use and benefit of the poor of said Town.
Recorded by J. A. Woodhull,
(Town Meetings, Vol. III, pp. 146-49.)
Town Clerk.
[ACCOUNT OF PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.]
BREWSTER CONKLIN,
President of the Board of Trustees,
In account with THE TOWN OF HUNTINGTON, for money raised to pay volunteers and their families from Aug. 23, 1862 to April 4, 1864.
1862
Dr.
Aug. 23, Borrowed on note
$ 1,000.00
Aug.
23, Borrowed on note 500.00
Aug. 23, Borrowed on note 2,000.00
Aug.
23, Borrowed on note
500.00
Aug. 23, Borrowed on note
1,000.00
Aug.
23, Borrowed on note
200.00
Aug. 23, Borrowed on note
175.00
Aug. 23, Borrowed on note
500.00
Aug.
23, Borrowed on note
350.00
501
Aug. 23. From Market Bank for 60 days 2,500.00
Aug. 26, Borrowed on note 500.00
Aug. 26, Borrowed on note
1,000.00
Aug. 27, Borrowed on note
500.00
Aug. 28, Borrowed on note
500.00
Sept.
2, Borrowed on note
Sept.
4, Borrowed on note
400.00
Sept. 4, Borrowed on note
300.00
Sept. 4, Borrowed on note
100.00
Sept. 19, Borrowed on note
150.00
Sept. 20, Borrowed on note 50.00
Sept. 20, Borrowed on note
200.00
Sept. 29, Borrowen on note
70.00
Sept. 29, Borrowed on note
I30.00
Sept. 29, Borrowed on note
4,000.00
Oct. 7, Gave note to Atlantic Bank, 6 mo.
7,000.00
Oct.
18, Borrowed on note
1,500.00
Nov. 4, Borrowed on note
1,000.00
Nov.
6, Borrowed from Huntington Mutual Insurance Company 1,000.00
Raised on mortgages held by Trustees 10,856.70
1863.
April
7, Borrowed on note 650.00
July
21, Borrowed on note 600.00
Aug.
22, Borrowed on note 800:00
Sept.
24, Borrowed on note 350.00
Nov.
I, Borrowed on note 225.00
Nov.
IO, Borrowed on note I 50.00
1863. Amount of notes given to volunteers 4,195.00 Received from Jesse Conklin, Collec- tor, from taxes 7,855.00
1 864. Received from Richard J. Cornelius from taxes 9,868.00
March 10. Received from J. Lawrence Smith per interest 242.93
$65,417.63
HUNTINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
500.00
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I862.
Cr.
Aug. 23-30 By cash to Geo. A. Scudder, Treas- urer of the Relief Committee for bounties, etc.
$16,170.00
Sept. 1-29, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder
7,450.00
Oct.
2, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 600.00
Oct. 18, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 1,500.00
Nov. 8, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder
1,036.00
1863.
Jan. 8, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 125.36
Jan. 25, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder
520.75
March 9, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 1,200.00
April
16, By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 714.27
April
24. By cash to Geo. A. Scudder 683.62
Amount of first appropriation $30,000.00
1862.
Sept. 13, By cash on note 2,008.75
Oct. 10, By cash on note 4,008.25
Oct.
25, By cash at Market Bank, N. Y. City 2,529.16
1 863.
April 9, By cash at Atlantic Bank, Brooklyn, 7,248.36
March 26,
'63 to Mch. By cash to Geo. A. Scudder for vol- unteers' families 5,349.53
14, 1864
By cash on volunteer notes in 1863 and 1864
3,588.00
By cash interest on notes 868.25
Apr.
5, By cash from Jesse Conklin, Collector By cash on hand
145.00
621.00
By mortgage against Dr. Pecke, held
by the Trustees, due I year from November next 5,621.00
By cash to be raised by tax
3,430.33
$65,417.63
(File No.392.)
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[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.] [Abstract.] [1864, June II.]
Meeting of the Trustees, held on the 11th day of June, 1864.
Resolved, That the Board of Trustees defend Mr. George W. Scudder in any trouble he may have in repair- ing the wharf at Huntington Harbor, leased to Henry Williams by said Board.
BREWSTER CONKLIN, Pres. Recorded by Stephen C. Rogers, Clerk.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Tol. I, p. 222 )
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[Abstract.] [1864, Oct. -. ]
Meeting of the Trustees, held on the - day of October, 1864
On motion, the President of the Board of Trustees was authorized to furnish means to defend the suit now pend- ing between Townsend Wright and others and Alexander Sammis, in respect to the lands claimed by said Alexander Sammis at Huntington Harbor.
BREWSTER CONKLIN, Pres. Recorded by Stephen C. Rogers, Clerk,
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 225 )
[POWER OF ATTORNEY BY HANNAH SMITH.]
[1864, July 4.]
Power of Attorney, Hannah Smith to Alex. Smith.
Know all men by these presents that I, Hannah Smith,
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of Amityville, Town of Huntington, County of Suffolk and State of New York, have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents, do make, constitute and appoint my beloved husband, Alexander Smith, of Amityville, Town and County aforesaid, to be my true and lawful Attorney for me, and in my name, place and stead, to enter into and take full possession of all that certain messuage of land, tenement, hereditaments or house, situated, located and being on the beach near Fire Island Inlet, opposite the Town of Islip, whereof I am now the sole and lawful owner; and I do hereby empower my husband, Alexander Smith, at any time now or after my death, to grant, bar- gain and sell the above described property at such sum or price and on such terms as to him shall seem meet and proper for me and in my name, and to make and execute a proper deed of conveyance for the same, and until the sale thereof to let or lease said house and lot for the best rent that can be procured for the same, and to ask, demand and recover and receive all sums of money which shall become due, by the rental, lease or sale of said property, and to take all lawful means to recover the same, giving and granting unto my husband, Alexander Smith, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary to be done in and about said premises. I also give unto my husband, Alexander Smith, the use of all said property during his lifetime, and after his death 1 order said property to be divided equally among my brothers and sisters, for each to share and share alike, after my said husband takes out enough to pay him for his services in taking charge of said property.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of July, one thousand and eight hun- dred and sixty three.
Amityville, July 4, 1863 Witness present HANNAII X SMITH, [Seal.] mark
her
R. J. CORNELIUS
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STATE OF NEW YORK, SS.
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.
On the fifth day of July, A. D., 1863, before me person- ally came R. J. Cornelius, who being by me sworn, doth depose and say he resides in the Town of Huntington, County of Suffolk, that he was present and saw the said Hannah Smith sign the within power of Attorney, and at her request subscribed his name as witness thereunto.
TIMOTHY S. CARLL, Justice of the Peace.
Recorded, March 12, 1864, by J. A. Woodhull,
Town Clerk.
(Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 51-52.)
[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]
[1864, July 13.]
At a Special Town Meeting held at the house of Elias Smith, Long Swamp, on the 13th day of July, 1864
Resolved, That we the legal voters of the Town of Hun- tington, in Special Town Meeting assembled on this the 13th day of July, 1864, do hereby, in accordance with Chapter 8 of the Session Laws of 1864 of the State of New York, and also with a resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors of Suffolk County on the 14th day of March, 1864, authorize and empower the Board of Town Auditors of this Town to issue the bonds of this Town, bearing seven per cent. interest, and to be made payable at such time or times as may be deemed advisable, and to sell and dispose of the same at not less than their par valve. The money raised by the sale of said bonds to be devoted to and ap- propriated for the sole purpose of paying bounties, pre- miums and incidental expenses in filling the quota of this
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Town, on the anticipated call of the President of the United States for men, and to such an amount as may be required for the specific purpose above mentioned.
July 13, 1864. Recorded by J. A. Woodhull, Town Clerk.
(Town Meetings, Tol III, p. 150.)
[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO WM. G. GARDINER.]
[Abstract.] [1864, Nov. 12,]
Lease of Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Wm. G. Gardiner, Nov. 12, 1864.
Premises described as follows: all that part of Eaton's Neck beach belonging to the Town of Huntington, bounded as follows : on the east by lands of Elbert Arthur, north by Long Island Sound, west by lands of Charles Jones, south by Northport Harbor, hereby conveying only the right to sell sand and gravel from said premises and the further privilege of erecting such dock or docks and railways as may be necessary for the purpose of shipping said sand. Also the further privilege of erecting such barn, sheds or other ontbuildings that may be necessary for carrying on said business.
Term, five years from Feb. 7th, 1865.
Rent, one thousand six hundred and twenty five dollars per year.
Recorded by J. A. Woodhull, Clerk. (Decds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 150-53 )
[ NOTE .- General Grant was now in command of all the armies of the North and a series of battles had taken place in the Wilderness, in which the loss on both sides was great. Sherman was steadily moving towards the Gulf. Both sides were putting forth all their strength and the people here sympathized in the demands of the struggle by voting un- limited supplies of money .- C. R. S.)
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[PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF TOWN AUDITORS.]
[1864, Dec. 31.]
At a meeting of the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Huntington, held at the house of Seaman & Smith, in the village of Huntington, on Dec. 31, 1864,
Resolved, That we the undersigned, composing the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Huntington, in accord- ance with a resolution, passed at a Special Town Meeting, held on the 31st day of December, 1864, do hereby ap- point J. A. Woodhull, Martin Willets and Timothy S. Carll, Commissioners to procure volunteers and substi- tutes to fill the quota of this Town under the call of the President, of December 15, 1864, for 300,000 men, with power to establish such bounties and premiums as may appear to them for the best interest of the Town.
And we do also hereby appoint J. A. Woodhull Treas- urer of our said Board, to have the custody and disburse- ment of all money raised by the sale of the bonds au- thorized to be raised and sold by this Board under said resolution; as also transfer our right to sell and dispose of said bonds to the best advantage, as in his judgment may be necessary to accomplish the desired fulfillment of the resolution as passed by said meeting.
Dec. 31, 1864. TIMOTHY S. CARLL, WM. H. MONFORT, FRANCIS B. OLMSTEAD.
Recorded by J. A. Woodhull, Town Clerk. (Town Meetings. Vol. III, pp. 152-3 )
[SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.]
[1864, Dec. 31.]
At a Special Town Meeting held at the house of Seaman
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& Smith, in the village of Huntington, on the 31st day of Dec., 1864,
It was Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to draft resolutions to express the sense of the meeting in relation to filling the quota of this Town. Fayette Gould, Wm. E. Underhill and Wm. H. Monfort were appointed said committee. On motion, Timothy S. Carll was added to said committee.
The committee reported the following resolutions, which were carried unanimously :
Resolved, That the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Huntington be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of this Town, as authorized by Chapter 8 of the Session Laws of the State of New York, passed Feb. 9, 1864, and Supervisors' Resolution passed March 14, 1864, said bonds to bear seven per cent. interest, payable semi-annually, (if the same cannot be negotiated at an annual interest) and the period of re- demption to be fixed at such time or times as may be deemed advisable, and to sell and dispose of the same, and the money arising from the sale of said bonds to be devoted to and appropriated for the sole purpose of paying boun- tie's, premiums and incidental expenses in filling the quota of this Town on the call of the President of the United States of December 15, 1864, for 300,000 men. And said Board of Town Auditors are hereby authorized to fill said quota by procuring volunteers or substitutes, or both, and to establish such bounties and premiums as to them may seem for the best interest of the Town .*
Dec. 31, 1864. Recorded by J. A. Woodhull, Town Clerk.
(Town Meetings, Vol. III, pp. 151-52.)
[* Again the Town voted unlimited appropriations. On Nov. 16 Gen. Sherman began his great march from Atlanta to the sea, the army of 60,000 men advancing in two columns under Gen-
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