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Resolve, That we do now form ourselves into a Board of Health, under the provisions of an Act for the preserva- tion of the public health, passed April 10, 1850.
[* This suit grew out of the Commissioners of Highways hav- ing removed the fence of Alexander Sammis adjoining a road, claimed to exist between his land and the shore, a little north of the old Town dock, on the ground that the road was en- croached upon by Sammis. I think the suit was never tried. The road was afterwards laid out anew and no appeal taken from the order .- C. R. S.]
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Resolved, That Doctor Wm. D. Woodend be and is hereby appointed Health Officer for the Town of Hun- tington.
Resolved, That Wm. H. Monfort, Esq., and Francis B. Olmstead, Esq., be a committee appointed to draft resolu- tions, prescribing the duties and powers of the Health Officer, and report to the said Board on Tuesday, the 19th day of June, 1866 at 2 o'clock, P. M., and all other regula- tions necessary and proper according to law."
Recorded by S. C. Rogers, Town Clerk.
(Town Meetings, Vol. III. p. 167.)
[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO GEO. R. JOHNSON.]
[Abstract.] [1866, June 4.]
Lease of Trustees of Town of Huntington to George R. Johnson, June 4th, 1866.
Premises described as follows : A certain piece of land, covered with water, around the dock on the east side of Huntington Harbor, built by Isaac S. Ketcham, and in- cluding said dock. Bounded as follows : commencing at high water mark at the southwest corner of the land now owned by Geo. R. Johnson, party of the second part, and adjoining which the aforesaid dock is situated, on the line of said land and the land of David C. Scudder, running south seventy-eight and one-half (781) degrees west, one hundred and eighty-three feet to the southwest corner of said dock as it now stands, including the new addition now building; thence north thirteen degrees west along the
[* The proceedings of the Board of Health for this and suc- ceeding years appear in the third volume of the Records of Town Meetings and in a separate book provided for the pur- pose, but are not considered of sufficient permanent importance to warrant their being printed .- C. R. S.]
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channel, one hundred and seventy-four feet; thence north seventy-eight and one-half degrees east, sixty-five feet to the dividing line between the land of said Geo. R. Johnson and the land of Stephen Brown & Brothers, at high water mark ; thence in a southeasterly direction to the place of beginning, including all the docks now standing and build- ing, which land is for the purpose of filling in and estab- lishing a dock.
Term, twenty-one years from June 4th, 1866.
Rent, ten dollars per year.
Renewal of the lease for the same term of years, at the option of the lessee, at a rate to be then determined.
Rates of wharfage specified.
(Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp 161-3.)
[THE COUNTY POOR HOUSE QUESTION.] [1866, June 5.]
At a meeting of the Supervisor of the Town of Hunting- ton, Dr. George White, C. A. Floyd and John Robbins, committee, held at the house of Smith & Co., in the village of Huntington on Tuesday, June 5th, 1866, to take into consideration the subject of a County Poor House ; after due deliberation and discussion it was resolved that they report that they are in favor of a County Poor House.
Resolved, That any two of the committee are author- ized to request the Supervisor to appoint a meeting at any future time .*
Recorded by Stephen C. Rogers, Town Clerk.
(Town Meetings, Vol. III, p 168.)
[* This result was not finally reached without considerable op- position. The poor had been maintained within the Town for two hundred years, and many opposed their change to the County Alms House, located in a distant part of the County .- C. R. S.]
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[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[1866, June 5.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting- ton, held at the house of Elbert Arthur, June 5, 1866,
Resolved, That the President of the Board be author- ized to sell to Elbert Arthur a piece of beach adjoining the line of the said Elbert Arthur, on Eaton's Neck beach, for the sum of $50. Also to give a lease to build a dock on the above land for a term of twenty-one years, at three dol- lars per year. Land sold bounded as follows : Beginning at a stake, distant from a cedar tree near the house of Elbert Arthur, seven chains and seventy-twolinks, bearing from said tree north eighty-four degrees west to the said stake ; thence north forty degrees west three hundred feet to a stake at high water mark, adjoining Northport Bay ; thence north sixty-seven degrees east five chains and seven- ty-two links to a stake near a cedar tree; thence south twenty degrees west five chains and ninety-one links, to the place of beginning.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 247-8.)
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[Abstract.] [1866, June 16.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting- ton, held at the house of Smith & Seaman, June 16, 1866,
Resolved, That the Trustees lease to Timothy S. Carll the islands called Oak and John Islands, lying in the South Bay, for the term of twelve years for the sum of fifty dollars per year, for the privilege of planting oysters in the drains and creeks of the said island, and erecting a
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house for some person to live in to protect said privilege. In making the said lease the Trustees reserve the right to sell the grass on the said islands the same as in former years, at the same time and place, the proceeds of the sale to be applied on payment of the aforesaid rent.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 248-49.)
[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO ELBERT ARTHUR.] 1
[Abstract.]
[1866, June 30.]
Lease of Trustees of Town of Huntington to Elbert Arthur, June 30, 1866.
Premises described as follows': A certain piece of land covered with water in Northport Bay adjoining Eaton's Neck beach in the aforesaid Town, near or adjoining said Arthur's land, which he purchased of the aforesaid Trust- ees, being sixty feet in front at highwater mark, and not to exceed one hundred and seventy five feet from said highwater mark out into the harbor, the longest sides to be parallel, which land included is for the express purpose of building a dock in such a manner as not to prevent or incumber the usual rights of the public to pass and repass at the head or shore end of the dock
Term, twenty one years from date.
Rent, three dollars per year.
Renewal of the lease for the same term of years at the option of the lessee, at a rate to be then determined.
(Deeds and Leases by Trustees, Vol. I, pp. 164.65.)
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[1866, Sept. I.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
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ton, held at the house of Selah Smith, Northport, Sep- tember 1, 1866.
Owing to the death of the President of the Board of Trustees, Brewster Conklin, Richard Sammis was chosen President pro tem.
Resolved, That in the death of Brewster Conklin, late President of this Board of Trustees, we, the members of the Board, and the public have experienced a great loss. That in him we always found a pleasant associate, a wise adviser and efficient officer. That we condole with the widow and relatives of the deceased in their sorrow, and request the Clerk of the Board to put this resolution on record.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Tol. I, pp. 249-50.)
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[1866, Sept. 14.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting- ton, held at the house of Smith & Seaman, September 14, 1866,
Resolved, That the President of the Board execute to Henry J. Scudder, of Northport, a lease of lands under tide water, adjoining and opposite the lands of the said Henry J. Scudder, at Northport Harbor, as described in the survey hereto annexed, on the following terms :
I. The lease to be for fifty years from October 1, 1866.
Il. At the expiration of the lease, the Town to renew the lease for fifty years longer upon such terms as may be agreed upon. Or will take the buildings that may be on the premises and pay a fair valuation therefor.
III. Fifteen dollars must be paid the Town per year rent, at the end of each year, and if not paid within three
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months after being due, the Town to re-enter the premises.
IV. Said Scudder to keep the dock and premises in a reasonable repair, and the matter of wharfage to be reg- ulated the same as in the lease granted to Geo. R. Johnson, June 4, 1866.
Description of the boundaries of a certain portion of the shore in Northport Harbor, belonging to the Town of Tuntington, as follows: Beginning at a stake by the stone wall, running north sixty nine and one half degrees west, to the channel, thence due north to a point intersecting the prolongation of the line adjoining Jesse Jarvis, thence easterly following the said line adjoining Jesse Jarvis, to the highway leading to the village of Northport, thence following the highway to the place of beginning.
Surveyed August 11, 1866, by Eben. G. Platt. (Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 250-251.)
[PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN AUDITORS.]
[1866, Sept. 29.]
At a meeting of the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of Huntington, held at the house of Elias Smith, on Saturday, the 29th day of September, 1866, on motion, it was
Resolved, That enough of the State bonds be sold to pay the principal on the amount of Town bonds due on the first day of April, 1867.
Resolved, That it be left discretionary with the Super- visor and Treasurer of the bounty fund, to sell the State bonds to pay any persons wishing their money, holding Town bonds due after April 1, 1867.
Recorded by Stephen C. Rogers, Town Clerk.
(Town Meetings, Vol. III, p. 175.)
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[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO HENRY J. SCUDDER.]
[Abstract.] [1866, Oct. I.]
Lease of Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Henry J. Scudder, dated Oct. 1, 1866.
Premises described as follows : "Beginning at a stake noted by Eben. G. Platt, Esq., surveyor, on the 11th day of August, 1866, and standing by a stone seawall on the road leading from Huntington towards the tavern at the village of Northport, and running thence north sixty-nine and one- half degrees west, to the main channel of the harbor of Northport ; thence north along said channel to a point where the prolongation of the southerly line of the lands now occupied by Jesse Jarvis, and to him demised and to farm let by parties of the first part, would strike said northerly corner; thence easterly and along said indicated and expressed boundary of said Jarvis to the highway, and thence southerly along said highway to the place of be- ginning."
Term, fifty years from the first day of October instant. Rent, fifteen dollars per year.
Lease to be extended at end of this term 50 years longer, at option of lessee, on terms of rent then to be agreed upon, or Trustees to take the buildings erected thereon, at a valuation to be determined by arbitration, such value not to include earth fillings.
Recorded by Stephen C. Rogers, Town Clerk.
(Leases and Deeds, Vol I, pp. 166-67.)
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[1866, Nov. 17.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting-
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ton, held at the house of A. W. Hudson, Deer Park, No- vember 17, 1866,
Resolved, That the President of the Board be authorized to raise sufficient money to defray the expenses of notes and interest thereon, and expenses of suit now pending between Townsend Wright and Alexander Sammis and others.
(Trustees Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 252.)
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[1866, Nov, 24.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting- ton, held at the house of Smith & Seaman, Nov. 24, 1866,
Resolved, That the President of the Board be authorized to lease a piece of land to Brown & Brothers, for the pur- pose of building a dock in front of their premises, 50 feet wide, commencing at highwater mark and bounded on the south by Capt. Geo. R. Johnson's dock, and running into the harbor as far as said Johnson's dock ; then 50 feet north ; then parallel with the shore : at the annual rent of $4 per year for the term of 21 years.
Recorded by
Stephen K. Gould, Clerk.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 252.)
[TOWN MEETING.]
[1867, April 2.]
At the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Hunting- ton, held at the house of Elias Smith, the 2nd day of April,
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1867, the following resolutions were passed and Town offi- cers elected :
Supervisor, Stephen C. Rogers. Town Clerk, Hiram V. Baylis. Collector, Gideon Seaman. President of Trus- tees, Elbert Carll. Trustees, Elias Baylis, Stephen K. Gould, Elkanah Soper, Thomas Ireland, Samuel O. White, Richard Sammis. Justice of Peace, Charles V. Scudder, to fill vacancy ; Charles V. Scudder, for full term. Asses- sor, Richard J. Cornelius. Overseers of Poor, Wm. D, Woodend, Sidney L. Seaman. Commissioner of Highways, Joel S. Davis: Constables, Henry Tilden, Peter M. Trainer. William Bunce, Alexander Sammis. Town Sealer, John C. Totten. Pound Masters, Ist Dist., Henry Tilden ; 2nd Dist., Charles E. Ketcham.
Resolved, That the sum of seven thousand dollars be raised for the support of the Poor, and one thousand five hundred dollars for contingent expenses.
Recorded by Stephen C. Rogers, Town Clerk. (Town Meetings, Vol. III, pp. 177-79 )
[TRUSTEES' ACCOUNT.]
[1867.]
ELBERT CARLL, President of Trustees,
in account with the
TOWN OF HUNTINGTON. Dr.
I 866.
Sept. II, Paid Sam'l Hall interest on 2 notes, $ 14.00
Oct. 3, Townsend Wright, for expenses in suit with Alexander Sammis, 50.00
Oct. 16, Townsend Wright, for Sammis suit, 75.00
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Oct. 23, T. S. Carll for affidavit, stamp and post- age, .81
Nov.
24, Townsend Wright, for costs in suit with Alexander Sammis, 103.00
Nov. 24, Elias Baylis, interest on note, 35.00
Nov.
24, Solomon Smith, interest on note, 35.00
Dec. 8, G. P. Williams, interest on note,
60.00
Dec. 8, Elma Titus, principal, interest on note,
155.54
Dec. 8, Fifty dollars of principal and interest on Jesse Raynor's note, 60.50
Dec. 12, Mrs. Louisa Lefferts, interest,
29.40
Dec. 15, Townsend Jones, interest,
35.00
Dec. 22, Noah Seaman, interest,
140.00
Dec.
22, Henry T. Seaman, interest, 42.00
1867.
Feb. 14, Unice Harned, interest, 22.75
Feb.
23, Sam'l Hall, principal on two notes and interest to date, 207.40
March 26, J. R. Rolph, principal and interest on note,
269.25
March 26, J. R. Rolph, for drawing dock lease and stamp, 2.50
March 26, Elias Baylis, interest,
45.00
March 26, Trustees' bill,
164.85
March 26, Elias Smith, for use of house,
50.00
March 28, Gideon Scaman, interest on borrowed money, 9.99
April I, Cash on hand to balance, 57.06
Total, $1,664.05
1866.
Cr.
Oct. 15, Received of Geo. A. Scudder, from the estate of Brewster Conklin, dec'd $ 32.05
1867.
Feb. 12, Received from Elbert Arthur, for sand on Eaton's Neck Beach, 1,625.00
March 26, Noah Seaman, dock rent, 4.00
March 26, Jesse Carll, dock rent, 3.00
Total, $1,664.00
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 254-55.)
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[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[1867, April 13.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting- ton, held at the house of Charles Duryea, on April 13, 1867,
Resolved, That consent be given to lay out a public high- way, three rods wide, along the shore of Huntington Har- bor from where the highway stands recorded near the barn of Alexander Sammis, to the wharf of Geo. R. John- son, below highwater mark, and that we release to the public the said lands.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 256.)
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.] [Abstract.]
[1867, August 25.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting- ton on August 25, 1867,
Resolved, That we sell to Caire & Johnson a piece of Town land, adjoining their premises, running 75 feet north from their present line and 130 feet west, for the sum of $100.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Tol. I, p. 257.)
[PROCEEDINGS TOWN AUDITORS.]
[Abstract.] [1867, Sept. 28.]
At a meeting of the Board of Town Auditors held Sept. 29, 1867,
Resolved, That the amount of twenty-five hundred dol- lars be raised by tax for payment of notes and interest held
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against the Board of Trustees of the Town of Huntington.
Resolved that $5,000 of Town Bonds be sold to pay in- terest and principal on the town bonds, $10,039.53, for the year ending April 1, 1868, and that the Supervisor be au- thorized to ask for that amount to be put in the tax for 1868 .*
Recorded by H. V. Baylis, Town Clerk. (Town Meetings, Vol. III, p. 187.)
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[1867, Oct. 4.]
At a meeting of the Trustees of the Town of Hunting- ton, held at the house of Elias Smith at Suffolk Station, on Oct. 4, 1867.
This meeting was called to look after the lands sold to Dr. Peck and others, belonging to the Town, which was this day sold under a mortgage and was bought by the same parties again.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, p. 258.)
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.] [1867, Oct. 12.]
At a Trustees' Meeting of the Town of Huntington,
[* The Legislature of the State by chapters 8, 72, 182 and 390, Laws of 1864, and by concurrent resolutions same year, made appropriations to reimburse advances made by towns, cities and counties to a certain extent. Again the Legislature, by chapters 29, 41 and 226, Laws of 1865, provided for paying bounties by the State, to a certain extent, to drafted men. This State aid diminished, considerably, the burdens of the war upon the towns .- C. R S.]
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held at the house of Charles Duryea, Oct. 12, 1867,
Resolved, That the Trustees forbid Ezra C. Prime from drying up the old Flue Pond used as a public watering place. And also forbid his erecting his water pipes above ground.
Resolved, That the Trustees tender to the Long Island Railroad Company, a right of way over the Town property. The following was unanimously adopted.
Whereas, the Long Island Railroad Company has caused to be explored and surveyed, divers lines with a view of extending the branch road from Hicksville into Hunting- ton village, two of which pass over a portion of the Town property, called the Poor House farm, indicating a termi- nus or depot, to be located either on Main Street near the said property, or directly on it, at or near the northwest side or corner thereof ; and duly considering the value of such accommodations to the inhabitants, as well as the great benefit which would accrue to the freeholders and commonalty of the Town by largely enhancing the value of said property, therefore,
Resolved, That we hereby tender to the said Railroad Company the right of way over the said Town property, on the line last surveyed, passing through the woods near John Alsop's barn ; and also sufficient ground, not to ex- ceed two (2) acres or thereabout for a depot, in case it is determined to locate on said land.
And if the offer is acceped as to right of way, or for both purposes named, we do hereby authorize the Presi- dent of the Trustees of the Town of Huntington, for a nominal consideration, to make and execute a deed for the necessary land, for the right of way, or for both said pur- poses, the quantity not to exceed two acres or thereabout as above named, and deliver the same to the said com-
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pany of its agent or a committee acting therefor .*
And whereds, the said line or survey indicates a gore or triangle of land. to be leit adjoining John Alsop's land, thereare.
Resolved. That the President of the said Trustees is hereby authorized. at his discretion. to sell the said strip of land to the said John Alsopor others and execute a deed or deels for the same.
Traces Proceedinge. Tol I. pp. 258 2
[TRUSTEES PROCEEDINGS.]
[ISES. Jan. 10.]
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Huntington held at the house of Charles Durvea, on the roth of January. 1865.
Resolved. That the Trustees lease to Charles A. Ches- brough the land formerly leased to Samuel P. Hartt, in Northport. used for dock and railway, for the term of 21 years, at Sh per year.
Resolved. That we lease to Henry S. Ketcham the old Henderson dock and shore in front of his premises. for the
"It had been decided by the Long Island Railroad Com- pany to extend their road from Syosset. then the termins of the branch road. to the village of Huntington at a point on the Potr House farm, a little south of the Union school grounds, in case the grounds for a depot were donated to the company and certain contributions made for the right of way. The Trustees of the Town promptly offered the company the required land for a depot. Subsequently the President of the road and certain landholders came into collision concerning the right of war, and Mr. Charlick, with characteristic obsti- nacy. declining to yield anything, the arrangement for extend- ing the road to the village fell through, and Northport having offered liberal aid in procuring the right of way, the route was directed further south on the present line to Northport .- C. R. S.]
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term of 21 years, at the sum of Sio per year. Recorded by Stephen K. Gould, Clerk. (Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 260-61 ;
[LEASE. TRUSTEES TO CHARLES A. CHEESEBROUGH.
[Abstract.] [1868, Jan. 20.]
Lease. Trustees of the Town of Huntington to Charles A. Cheesebrough.
Premises described as follows : All that certain parcel of land lying on the east side of harbor of Northport, which was leased by the Trustees of the said Town of Hunting- ton to Samuel P. Hartt, bearing date August 1. 1844, de- scribed at this time as follows: Beginning at the boundary line of Edward Lefferts on the north where the filling of the dock begins, and running westerly on the course the dock now runs to the channel; thence southerly along the channel to opposite the north line of the dock of Henry Sammis; thence easterly on the line of said Sammis' dock to the land of Elkanah Soper; thence northerly along the line of original highwater mark to the place of beginning. Term, twenty years from Jan. 1, 1868.
Rent, six dollars per year.
Renewal of lease on such terms as may be agreed upon. ELBERT CARLL, [L. S. ] President Trustees
We hereby mutually consent to the surrender and can- cellation of the foregoing lease and the term therein grant- ed, in consideration that no claim for rent be made against the party of the second part thereof.
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Witness our hands and seals 6th day of June, 1885. Witness, CHAS. CHEESEBROUGHI. [L. S.]
HENRY S. SAMMIS.
(File No. 403.)
[TRUSTEES' PROCEEDINGS.]
[1868, Jan. 25.]
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Huntington, held at the house of Selah Smith, in the vil- lage of Northport, Jan. 25, 1868,
Resolved, That the Trustees sell to the Universalist So- ciety, in front of their church, a piece of land belonging to the Town of Huntington, for the purpose of building a church, for the sum of $350.
Resolved, That the Trustees lease to Charles A. Chese- brough a piece of beach in front of his premises, at the head of Eaton's Neck Beach, for the privilege of building a dock 150 feet long and 200 feet deep, for the term of twenty years, at $5 per year.
Resolved, That the Trustees lease to Henry S. Lewis and H. J. Scudder, a piece of beach in Northport Harbor, adjoining his meadow, for the term of twenty years, at $5 per year.
A committee of five was then appointed, to meet at Elias Smith's, to examine his farm for the purpose of making an exchange of land in place of the present Town Poor House property.
(Trustees' Proceedings, Vol. I, pp. 261-62.)
[DEED. TRUSTEES TO TRUSTEES OF THE FIRST UNIVERSALIST CHURCH.]
[Abstract.] [1868, March 6.]
This Indenture, dated March 6, 1868, between Elbert
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Carll, President of the Board of Trustees of the Free- holders and Commonality of the Town of Huntington, by and with the consent of Elias Baylis, Elkanah Soper, Rich- ard Sammis, Stephen K. Gould, Thomas Ireland and Sam- uel O. White, Trustees as aforesaid, for and in behalf of the Town of Huntington, party of the first part, and George A. Scudder, Hiram P. Crozier, Isaac Sammis, James E. Wood, William A. Conant, and Jarvis S. Lef- ferts, Trustees of the First Universalist Church of the Town aforesaid, parties of the second part. Consideration $350. Description : all that piece of land lying in the vil- lage and town of Huntington, County of Suffolk and State of New York, situated on the south side of Main Street, next east of the old burying ground, being all that triangu- lar piece of land there situated unenclosed ; subject to all the rights of the public in the highways on either side of the same.
ELBERT CARLL, [Seal.] President of Board of Trustees.
Acknowledged. (File No. 404 )
[PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF AUDITORS.]
[Abstract.] [1868, March 14.]
At a meeting of the Board of Auditors and Board of Trustees of the Town of Huntington, held March 14, 1868,
Resolved, That the Treasurer of the Town bonds be authorized to sell the amount of five thousand dollars of State Bonds, the ensuing year.
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