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Resolved 2nd, That Stephen L. Hedges, Samuel P. Osborn, Jason M. Terbell, William H. Tooker and Jeremiah T. Parsons, Jr., be a committee on the part of the Town of East-Hampton to obtain volunteers.or recruits into the Military or Naval service of the Unit- ed States, and to be credited to the quota of the Town on any further call of the President of the United States for such volunteers or recruits made previous to the first Tuesday of April, 1865.
Resolved 3d, That said committee be authorized and empowered to pay on the part of the said Town a bounty not exceeding four hundred dollars per man for every volunteer or substitute for a drafted man, or drafted man accepted into and actually entering into the Military or Naval services of the United States for a period of three years or more and credited to the quota of this Town, and a proportional bounty for every volunteer or substitute so accepted for any less period of time.
Resolved 4th, That said committee, if in their judg-
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ment it be deemed advisable, be authorized and re- ceive subscriptions from persons enrolled in this 'Town, and to furnish substitutes for the same to a number equal to the probable quota of the Town, giv. ing the priority in proportion to the amount of the in- dividual subscription made.
Resolved 5th, That the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of East Hampton are hereby authorized in accordance with the provisions of the Act known as the " Bounty Law," passed February 9, 1864, to issue bonds of the Town for the purpose of liquidating the indebtedness of said Town incurred under the forego- ing resolutions.
Resolved 6th, That the committee be empowered to procure additional aid as circumstances may require in carrying out the intention of the foregoing resolu- tions.
Adjourned.
HENRY B. TUTHILL,
Chairman.
SAMUEL P. OSBORN, Town Clerk.
Page 77, Book K .- At a special Town Meeting held according to law in the old church on Tuesday the 11th day of October, 1864. Present, Henry B. Tuthill and Jeremiah T. Parsons, Jr., Justices; Samuel P. Osborn, Town Clerk.
Meeting called to order by appointing Henry B. Tut- hill, Esq., Chairman. Samuel P. Osborn, Town Clerk, acting as clerk.
The minutes of the last special Town Meeting were read and approved.
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The following resolution was introduced and adopt- ed unanimously.
Resolved, That the Supervisor of the Town be au- thorized and empowered to pay on the part of the said Town a bounty not exceeding four hundred dollars per man, for every volunteer or drafted man or substitute for a drafted man, under the call of the President of the Unted States of the 18th July, 1864, for 500,000 men, accepted into and actually entering into the Mili- tary or Naval service of the United States for a period of one year or more, and credited to the quota of this Town.
Adjourned.
HENRY B. TUTHILL, Chairman.
SAMUEL P. OSBORN, -
Town Clerk.
Page 125-Samuel D. Miller enters for his ear mark, a square crop on each ear and a halfpenny the under side of the right ear and a nick the under side of the left ear. It being the mark of his father from page 70.
Also enters for his ear mark a crop on the left ear and a halfpenny on the under side of each ear. It be- ing the mark of his father, David H. Miller, from page 73.
Also enters for his ear mark a crop of the right ear and a halfpenny under the same, a crop of the left ear and a halfpenny over it. Bought of Mulford Parsons' heirs from page 92.
Recorded December 17, 1864.
SAMUEL P. OSBORN, Town Clerk.
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Page 78, Book K. At the annual Town Meeting held in the Town of East-Hampton on Tuesday the 4th day of April, 1865, the town officers elected and the town laws passed were as follows, viz:
Supervisor, Stephen L. Hedges.
Town Clerk, Samuel P. Osborn.
Justice of the Peace, David B. Van Scoy.
Assessors, David H. Huntting, Charles B. Barnes, William H. Tooker.
Constables, William S. Gardiner, Charles J. Conklin, Alexander S. Huntting, Sylvanus Miller, Jr., Abraham S. Parsons.
Overseers of Poor, Sylvanus M. Osborn, Sineas C. M. Talmage.
Collector, William S. Gardiner.
Commissioners of Highways, Thos. Osborn, Hiram L, Sherrill, Jeremiah Conklin.
Inspectors of Election, 1st District, John C. Hedges, George Hand; Thomas D. Barnes, appointed.
Inspectors of Election, 2nd District, James H. Price, Luther L. Sherman; Hannibal French, appointed.
Inspectors of Election, 3d District, Benjamin H. Barnes, Henry P. Osborn; Nathaniel S. Hand, appt.
Inspectors of Election, 4th District, Timothy L. Mil- ler, William H. Parsons; Isaac S. Miller, appt.
Trustees-Edward Dayton, Jeremiah J. Mulford, Abraham B. Dayton, David H. Huntting, Albert L. Hedges, Isaac W. Miller, Joseph H. Barnes, Charles J. Mulford, Anson King, David Talmage, Calvin King, John N. Osborn.
Resolved, That the canvass be postponed until after the usual business of this meeting is transacted.
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Resolved, That the sum of three thousand dollars be raised for the use of the Overseers of the Poor.
Resolved, That the sum of two hundred and fifty dol- lars be raised to defray the contingent expenses of the Town.
Resolved, That the sum of thirteen hundred dollars be raised for the use of the Commissioners of High- ways to pay their indebtedness.
Resolved, That the Trustees be authorized at their discretion to defend the title of the Town to Hicks Island, or to abandon the same, or to sell the interest of the Town in the same, so that the whole disposition of the Island shall be left entirely to said Trustees, and that the sum of three hundred dollars be raised by tax to maintain a suit for the same if the Trustees shall determine to prosecute one before the 1st day of October next.
Adjourned to meet again on the first Tuesday of April, 1866, at 12 o'clock M.
HENRY B. TUTHILL,
Moderator. SAMUEL P. OSBORN, Town Clerk. JEREMIAH T. PARSONS, JR. JAMES H. PRICE, Justices.
Marks, 126-George Bushnell enters for his ear marke a cropped L over the right ear, purchased of Joseph H. Barnes.
Recorded June 24th, 1865.
SAMUEL P. OSBORN, Town Clerk.
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Book of Ear Marks, Page 126 .- Cornelius C. Conklin enters for his ear mark, L under the left ear, slit in right, halfpenny over it; formerly of his father, Elisha H. Conklin.
Recorded February 22nd, 1866.
SAMUEL P. OSBORN, Town Clerk.
Page 81, Book K .- At the annual Town Meeting held in the Town of East-Hampton, April 3rd, 1866, the town officers elected and laws passed were as fol- lows, viz:
Resolved, That we will elect two Overseers of Poor and three Commissioners of Highways.
Resolved, That the usual business of the meeting be done before the canvass of the votes.
Supervisor, Stephen L. Hedges.
Town Clerk, Samuel P. Osborn.
Justice of the Peace, Samuel B. Gardiner.
Assessors, David H. Huntting, 3 years; Charles B. Barnes, 2 years; David Congdon, 1 year.
Commissioners of Highways-James H. Topping, Jeremiah Conklin, James M. Hedges.
Overseers of Poor, Sineas C. M. Talmage, George Hand.
Inspectors of Election, 1st District, John C. Hedges, Alexander Gould; John D. Hedges, appointed.
2nd District-James H. Price, Hannibal French; Luther L. Sherman, appt.
3rd District-William H. Strong, Charles W. Rack- ett; Jeremiah T. Parsons, Jr., appt.
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4th District-Julius D. Parsons, Timothy L. Miller; Isaac S. Miller, appt.
Constables-William S. Gardiner, John Homan, Syl- vester Miller, jr., Alexander S. Huntting, Abraham S. Parsons.
Trustees-David H. Huntting, Isaac W. Miller, Jas. I'. Mulford, Jeremiah Lester, Benjamin Barnes, Samuel N. Edwards, Edward Dayton, Isaac King, Al- bert L. Hedges, Nathaniel S. Hand, David Talmage, Alfred D. Ranger.
Resolved, That the sum of two thousand dollars be raised for the support of the poor for the ensuing year. ยท
Resolved, That the question as to the practicability or expediency of a County poor house be referred to the Supervisor, to act with the Board of Supervisors of this County.
Resolved, That the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars be raised to defray the contingent expenses of the Town for the year ensuing.
Resolved, That the Supervisor of the Town be au- thorized to liquidate the Volunteer Bond debt by transferring the Town Bonds for State reinbursement Bonds, or to sell the same, not below par, giving the preference of the transfer to the holder of Town Bonds.
Resolved, That the money now in the hands of the Commissioners of Highways of the Town be retained by them to defray the expenses in a suit now pending against the Commissioners of Highways of the Town of East-Hampton and the Town of Southampton.
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Adjourned to meet again on the first Tuesday of April, 1867, at 12 o'clock M.
HENRY B. TUTHILL,
Moderator. SAMUEL P. OSBORN,
Town Clerk. JAMES H. PRICE, JEHIAL K. PARSONS, D. B. VAN SCOY, Justices.
Page 83, Book K .- At a special Town Meeting held in the old church on Friday the 28th day of Septem- ber, 1866, for the purpose of electing an Overseer of the Poor.
John H. Youngs, by the greatest number of votes was duly elected such overseer.
Adjourned.
HENRY B. TUTHILL, Chairman. SAMUEL P. OSBORN, Town Clerk. JAMES H. PRICE, J. K. PARSONS, D. B. VAN SCOY,
Justices.
126-George Hedges enters for his ear mark a hol- low crop of the left ear.
Recorded January 7th, 1867.
SAMUEL P. OSBORN, Town Clerk.
Page 84, Book K .- At the annual Town Meeting held in the Town of East-Hampton April 2, 1867, the
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town officers elected and laws passed were as follows, viz:
Resolved, That we will elect two Overseers of the. Poor and three Commissioners of Highways.
Resolved, That the usual business of the meeting be transacted before the canvass of the votes given for Town Officers.
Resolved, That the amount of funds now in the hands of the Supervisor, known as the Volunteer Bounty Fund, be applied toward the contingent ex- penses of the Town for the year ensuing.
Resolved, That the sum of nine hundred dollars be raised to pay the indebtedness of the Overseers of the Poor.
Resolved, That the sum of two thousand dollars be raised for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
Supervisor, Samuel P. Osborn.
Town Clerk, Samuel M. Gardiner.
Assessor, William H. Tooker.
Commissioners of Highways, Edward Dayton, Jas. M. Hedges, Nath'l S. Hand.
Overseers of Poor, John H. Youngs, Sineas C. M. Talmage.
Constables, Abraham S. Parsons, David C. Barnes, Charles J. Conklin, William S. Gardiner, Joseph Os- born.
Collector, Abraham S. Parsons.
Justices of the Peace, Henry B. Tuthill, Merry A. Parsons (vacancy).
Inspectors of Election, First District, Charles B. Dayton, Edward Osborn; John D. Hedges, appt.
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Second District, Wickham S. Havens, Edward M. Cooper; Brinley D. Sleight, appointed.
Third District-Jeremiah T. Parsons, Sr., Henry P.
. Osborn; Geo. S. Schellinger, appointed.
Fourth District-Julius D. Parsons, Seth F. Par- sons; Geo. S. Miller, appointed.
Trustees-Edward Dayton, David H. Huntting, Samuel D. Miller, Nath'l S. Hand, Samuel H. Ed- wards, John Dayton, George Hedges, Jonathan F. Gould, Abner D. Strong, Charles J. Mulford, Isaac W. Miller, Erastus T. Jones.
Adjourned to meet on the first Tuesday of April, 1868, at 12 o'clock M.
HENRY B. TUTHILL,
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Chairman. SAMUEL P. OSBORN, Town Clerk. JAMES H. PRICE, D. V. VAN SCOY,
Justices. Page 279, Book G.
County of Suffolk, Town of East Hampton, ss:
Whereas a road leading from the eastern end of the village of Wainscott, in said town of East-Hamp- ton, through the main street of said village to the line highway between the towns of East-Hampton and Southampton, has been used for twenty years as a public highway but has never been recorded.
Now, therefore, we, the undersigned commissioners of highways of said town of East-Hampton, all the commissioners having been duly notified to attend and deliberate upon the subject of this order,
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Do Order, that said road be ascertained, described and entered of record in the clerk's office in the said town, according to the survey which has been made under our direction, as follows, to wit:
Beginning at A of the map hereunto annexed, which point A bears from the south corner of James Os- borne's house N. 782 degrees W. dist. 1.45 chains, and from the south corner of Jonathan Osborne's house S. 72 degrees E. dist. 4.43 chains, and running from the said point A on a corner S. 62 degrees W. 21 chains to a point marked B on the map, which point B bears
from the west corner of Benjamin I. Hopping's house N. 83} degrees W. dist. 1.36 chains, then on a course N. 613 degrees W. dist. 28.62 chains to a point marked C on the map, which point C bears from the south door of Isaac King's mill S. 142 degrees E. dist. 1.31 chains; then on a course S. 554 degrees W. dist. 9.58 chains to a point marked D on the map, in the center between the ditches on each side of the lane; then on a course S. 55 dgrees W. dist. 4.00 chains to a point marked E on the map, which point E is in the center between the corners of the land of Isaac King on the north and land of the heirs of Albert Hand on the south and on a line with the east side of the road or highway between the towns of East and Southamp- ton. And we do further order that the line of said survey be the center of said road, and that the said road be of the width of one chain and five links from the point A to the point C, then gradually and uni- formly narrowing to the point D, where it is seventy- five links wide, and then from the point D to E sev- enty-five links wide.
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Given under our hands this 17th day of June, 1867. JAMES M. HEDGES, NATHANIEL S. HAND, EDWARD DAYTON,
Commissioners.
Recorded this 29th day of June, 1867, S. M. GARDINER, Town Clerk.
March 12, 1868.
Page 86, Book K-At a special Town Meeting held this day at the Academy, according to previous legal notce by the Town Clerk, " for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of aiding in the con- struction of a railroad to connect either with the south side railroad or the Long Island railroad."
Henry B. Tuthill, Esq., was chosen Chairman, and David H. Huntting, Town Clerk, acted as Clerk.
On motion, the clerk read the call for the meeting.
On motion, Messrs. Hand, Glason and Havens, of the Southampton railroad committee addressed the , meeting, after which the following resolutions were moved and seconded, to wit:
Resolved, That the Supervisor of this Town and his successor or successors in office, be authorized to is- sue bonds upon its credit, bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, to aid in the extension of the Southside railroad, from the western bounds of the Town of Southampton to the Village of Sag Harbor, and that the said bonds or the proceeds thereof to the amount of twenty-eight thousand dol- lars, be and is hereby donated to said company, on the condition that they signify their acceptance of the same within sixty days after their receipt of a
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copy of this resolution and also agree to commence the extension of said road from the western bounds of Southampton to the Village of Sag-Harbor within one year from the 1st day of January, 1868, and to complete the same within three years from said 1st day of January, 1868.
Resolved, That in case the said company refuse the donation and its terms as proposed in the foregoing resolution, then the same amount, subject to the same conditions, be given to any local company that shall first accept the same, either to build a road connect- ing with the Southside railroad, or from Riverhead to Sag-Harbor, in which latter case the road shall touch a point near the head of Quantuck Creek at or about where the road from Riverhead to Quoque crosses the so called country road which runs from Canoe Place to West-Hampton.
Resolved, That the Supervisor of this Town and his successor or successors in office, be authorized to is- sue bonds upon the credit of this Town bearing inter- est at the rate of six per cent. per annum, to aid in the extension of any road that may be constructed to Sag-Harbor in connection with the Southside rail- road, or with the Long Island railroad at Riverhead, from said Village of Sag-Harbor to the main Village of East-Hampton, and that the said bonds or the pro- ceeds of them to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars be and the same is hereby donated to any com- pany that will agree to build, equip and run such ex- tension from Sag-Harbor to East-Hampton, the same to be completed in three years from the 1st day of January, 1868, provided that these terms shall be ac- cepted within six months from January 1st, 1868.
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On motion it was agreed that the vote on the above resolutions should be by ballot and a poll list kept ..
The meeting then proceeded to vote by ballot aye or nay, and the resolutions were negatived by a large majority.
A motion was then made to adjourn, and a vote by voice being taken the motion was lost.
The following resolution was then moved and sec- onded, to wit:
Resolved, That the Supervisor of this Town and his successor or successors in office, be authorized to is- sue bonds upon its credit bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, to aid in the extension of any road that may be constructed to East-Hampton in connection with the Southside railroad or with the Long Island railroad at Riverhead to the main Vil- lage of East-Hampton, and the said bonds to the amount of forty thousand dollars be and is hereby donated to any company that will agree to build, equip and run such extension to East-Hampton, the same to be completed in three years from the first day of January, 1868, provided that these terms shall be accepted within six months from January 1st, 1868.
On motion the meeting proceeded to vote by ballot on the resolution.
The vote being taken was negatived by a small ma- jority.
Adjourned without day.
HENRY B. TUTHILL, Chairman.
DAVID H. HUNTTING, Clerk. '.
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March 26th, 1868.
Page 89, Book K .- At a special Town Meeting held this day at the Academy Hall, according to previous legal notice by the Town Clerk, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety. of aiding in the construction of a railroad to connect either with the Southside railroad or the Long Island railroad.
Henry B. Tuthill, Esq., was chosen Chairman, and David H. Huntting, Town Clerk, acted as Clerk.
On motion the Clerk read the call for the meeting.
A resolution was then moved and seconded to don- ate the sum of forty thousand dollars to aid in the construction of a railroad to connect with the South- side railroad and to terminate in East-Hampton be- low the Hook mill. (The resolution as written out was taken out of the hands of the Clerk and not re- turned.)
Pending the consideration of this resolution it was voted that all resolutions involving the appropriation of money shall be voted on by ballot.
After considerable discussion and debate on the resolution, it was by viva voce vote laid on the table.
The following resolution was then moved and sec- onded, to wit:
Resolved, That the Supervisor of this Town and his successor or successors in office, be authorized to is- sue bonds upon its credit bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, to aid in the extension of the Southside railroad from the western boundaries of the Town of Southampton to the Village of Sag- Harbor, and that the said bonds or the proceeds of them to the amount of twenty thousand dollars be and is hereby donated to said company on the condi-
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tion that they signify their acceptance of the same within six months after their receipt of a copy of this resolution, and also agree to commence the extension of said road from the western bounds of Southamp. ton to the Village of Sag-Harbor within one year from the 1st day of January, 1868, and to complete the same within three years from said first day of January, 1868. Provided, that the Island of Gar- diner's Island be excepted from any tax necessary to raise the said twenty thousand dollars.
After discussion the vote being taken by ballot the resolution was negatived by a small majority.
The following resolution was then moved and sec- onded, to wit:
Resolved, That we are opposed to calling any more meetings to test this railroad question, as we are de- . sirius of attending to our own business and allow- ing other people to attend to theirs.
On motion it was voted to lay this resolution on the table.
On motion the meeting then adjourned.
H. B. TUTHILL, Chairman. D. H. HUNTTING, Clerk. East Hampton, April 7, 1868.
Page 91, Book K .- At the annual Town Meeting held this day at the Academy, Henry B. Tuthill Esq., was chosen Chairman, and David H. Huntting, Town Clerk, acted as Clerk.
Voted 1st-To elect three Commissioners of High- ways for the year ensuing.
Voted 2nd-To proceed to the election of town of- ficers and that the polls be closed at 2 o'clock.
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Voted 3rd-At the closing of the polls it was voted to postpone the canvass of votes until the general business of the meeting is finished.
Voted 4th-The Overseers of the Poor made a re- port of the state of their finances, which was ap- proved and adopted.
5th Voted-To raise the sum of two thousand dol- lars for the support of the poor for the year ensuing, and six hundred dollars to pay the present indebted- ness of the Overseers.
6th Voted-The Supervisor made his report from which it appeared that there was a balance of debt against the contingent fund of about twenty-one dol- lars, which report was accepted.
7th Voted-To raise the sum of three hundred dol- lars for contingent expenses of the Town for the year ensuing.
8th Voted-That the dog tax money now in the hands of the Supervisor and subject to appropriation, so much as is necessary be appropriated to pay the present indebtedness of the contingent fund and the balance to the Commissioners of Highways for the use of roads and bridges.
9th Voted-A resolution was moved and seconded to aid in the extension of the Southside railroad to the Village of Sag-Harbor, which, after amendment and a vote to vote on the same by ballot, was passed as follows, to wit:
Resolved, That the Supervisor of this Town and his successor or successors in office, be authorized to is- sue bonds upon its credit bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, to aid in the extension of the Southside railroad. from the western boundaries
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of the Town of Southampton to the village of Sag- Harbor and within the bounds of the Town of East Hampton, and that the said bonds or the proceeds of them to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars be and is hereby donated to said company, on the con- dition that they signify their acceptance of the same within six months after their receipt of a copy of this resolution, and also agree to commence the extension of said road from the western bounds of the Town of Southampton to the Village of Sag-Harbor and with- in the bounds of the Town of East-Hampton within one year from the 1st day of January, 1868, and to complete the same within three years from said 1st day of January, 1868. Provided, that the Island of Gardiners Island be exempted from any tax necessary to raise the said sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.
10th-That the Overseers of the Poor pay to Ellen Gardiner the sum of ten dollars and fifty cents for the support of Harriet Jackson from May 16th to June 27th, 1865, at $1.50 per week.
11th-Resolved, That all persons not inhabitants of this Town be liable to a penalty of twelve dollars and fifty cents for taking fish, eels, clams or any other production of the waters of this Town, and the Super. visor is instructed to prosecute for the same, the pen- alty, one-half to go to the Overseers of the Poor and the other half to the complainant.
12th-The canvass of votes was taken and declared, from which it appeared that the following named per- sons were elected town officers for the year ensuing, to wit:
Supervisor, Hannibal French.
Town Clerk, David H. Huntting.
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Justice of the Peace, William L. Haynes.
Collector, Sylvester Miller.
Assessor, David Talmage.
Overseers of the Poor, Sineas C. M. Talmage, Jere- miah T. Parsons, Jr.
Inspectors of Election, 1st District, Samuel F. Filer, elected; John D. Hedges, elected; Charles B. Dayton, appointed.
2nd District-Abner D. Smith, elected; L. L. Sher- man, elected; James H. Price, appointed.
3rd District-George S. Schellinger, elected; Jere- miah T. Parsons, elected; George B. Conklin, appoint- ed.
4th District-Julius D. Parsons, elected; Seth F. Parsons, elected; Timothy L. Miller, appointed.
Commissioners of Highways, Benjamin H. Barnes, Jacob O. Hopping, George S. Miller.
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