1839-1861 Town Records Book 9 (typed transcription) (TC-57P)

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Art . 15e ) To see if the town will defray the expense of having the Bell rung at nine o ' clock in the even- ing - for one year - Art . 16 . ) To hear reports of Committees & act thereon- Arte 17 . ) To see if the town will allow Isaac Muzzey to work his highway tax on the town road from the Park- hurst house ( so called,) to its termination near said Muzzey ' s house for the term of five years from the first of March A . D . 1838 - Hereof fail not - & make return of this war- rant with your doings thereon , on or before the time prefixed - Given under our hands at Lexington this eighteenth day of February A . D . one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine ( Signed ) Philip Russell ) Selectmen Isaac Mulliken ) of Sidney lairence ) Lexington Lexington March 4 , 1839 - Agreeable to the above I have notified & warned as directed ( Signed. ) Jonas M. Muzzey ) Constable 18390 3 Town Meeting . March 40 At a legal meeting of the qualified voters of the town of Lexington , warned to assemble at the Old Meet- inghouse on Monday the fourth day of March Ae D . 1839 at nine o ' clock A. M . the several articles in the war - rant for said meeting were disposed of as follows ; viz : Article l . ) Col . Philip Russell. was chosen Moderator - Those Arte 2 . ) *John Mulliken Jr . was chosen Town Clerk- persons ' Col ® . Philip Russell was chosen first Se- ) Se - having le✓ctman- ''Isaac Mulliken was chosen second Select- ) lect - this man Sidney Lawrence was chosen third Select - ) men mark* man *Capt e Isaac Mulliken was chosen first ) As- prefixed Assessor *Jacob Robinson was chosen second Assess - ) sess - to their or *Charles Tidd was chosen third Assessor ) ors names , At twenty minutes past 12 o ' clock the have been meeting was . journed for one hour - qualified by taking Attest C . Tidd , Town Clerk oath , as the Law The town met according to the above ad- directs . journment ; & resumed the balloting for town officers - Nathaniel Mulliken Esq . was chosen first ) Over- Overseer of the Poor ) seers Joseph Davis was chosen second " 94 ) of the David Tuttle was chosen third " t? ) Poor- Voted to dispense with choosing Town Treasurer untill the town had decided in what way taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year - *Jonas M . Muzzey was chosen Constable After the aforementioned decision was made inregard to collecting taxes ® A `Jonathan S . Parker was chosen Treasurer & Collector ° Art . 3 . ) Voted to defer action on this article untill the next town meeting- `