1805-1821 Town Records Book 7 (TC-55P)

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No.56 At a Meeting of the Selectmen Aprl 15th, 1805 Passed I.Smith the following Orders (vizo) To Mro Isaac SmithD20 as 20.5O Extra Consideration for Bourding Miss Prudence Adams for the year 1804 & 50c for removing said prudence ty Nom 57 Saml Stones : - granted an order to Mfr, o Joseph Mason JLMason for 414.62 for Bourding Lydia Mason from Janymist (14062 1805 to April 1st (viz) 13 weeks at one Dollar & twelve No.58 Cents pr week® granted an Order to Leiutm Peter Harring- P oHar- ton for 18.37 for seven days wok at the highways over rington his high-way tax 47. & one Dollar & thirty seven cents S8037 for Powder used at said highways granted an Order to No®59 - Mr° Ebenezer Munroe for D3 for laying up the wall round E .Munroethe Towns land. granted an Order to pay Mr. Joseph Har- )3 rington >11.81 viz for the use of a room for the school Igo ®60 in the East part of the town Nine weeks 33c pro week J 0Har- 3® to one Cord & five feet of wood found said School° rington $'8,81: granted an Order to pay Mr, Joseph Loring $2.for X11®81 two days work blowing rocks on the Highways by order of No.61 the Surveyors Granted an Order to pay TEs° o Jonathan J oLoring ship tg33.25 which sum Compleats hall of his pay for building the school-house in the East part of the town: J . Win- also Granted an Order to pay Capt Joseph Smith Tow Hun- ship dred thirty two Dollars which sum Oompleats half his $83.25 pay for Building two school-houses (viz one on the J.Smith middle of the town & one in the South part of the townt 42320 To Mr® Amos Muzzy Jur® Constable of the Town of Lexing- ton Greeting May You are Hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth warrant of Massachusetts to Notify & warn all the male Inhabi- 1805 tants of said town being twinty- one years of age & resident in said town for the space of one yearnext preceding having a Freehold Estate Within said town of the Anual income of three poun4 or any Estate to the value of Sixty pounds, to meet at the Meeting- house in said town on Monday the sixth day of May next at one oClock PoM. for the Purpose of Choosing a Rep- resentitive to Represent them at the General Court to be Convened & held at Boston on the last wednesday of may A.D. 1805- And at three oClock to act on the following Articles (Viz) Art. 1 To Grant money to defray Town Charges the present year; 2d To see what method the -town will take to school their Children .the present year & see what some of money they will grant for ye same 3d To see if the town will Reconsider their vote passed Novr®5th 1804 respecting the school Houses in the Stones Quarter. & set said house in Mro Amos- Marrettsmbrush pasture or in any other place that may be Proposed: 4thTo see if the town will give the Selectmen any direction 5threspecti ng the property of the widow Perry Decd, to see if the town will give Mr. Joseph Mason any extra Con- 6thsideration for bourding his Sister Lydia Mason: to hear Reports of Conmittes Hereof fail not & make return of this warrant with doings thereon before the time Prefixed Given under our hands & Se& at Lexington 15th of Aprio A D 1805. Jno Mulliken ) Josiah Smith )S.M. Nathn Russell )