HomeMy WebLinkAbout2100A.2 Order that a stray horse be appraised, July 18, with appended report on appraisal value, July 19, 1828Middlesex Ss.
To Leonard Proctor & Humphrey Simonds both
of Lexington in the aforesaid County,
Greeting.
You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts to appraise upon oath at
the true value, thereof in money, according to your best Judgement
a Horse taken up damage feasant [that is, doing damage] by
Jonas M. Muzzey of said Lexinton, and make return
of this warrant and your doings therein to the Town
Clerk of said Lexington within seven days from
the date hereof.
Given under my hand & seal (by virtue of
an act respecting lost goods & stray beasts passed
Feb. 13. 1789) this eighteenth day of July
A.D. 1828
Nathaniel Mulliken Town Clerk.
Middlesex Ss. personally appeared before me
the above named Leonard Proctor & Humphrey
Simonds and made oath that they would faithfully
perform the service to which they are appointed
in the above warrant.
John Mulliken Jus<sup>t</sup> Peace
Lexington July 19-1828
Lexington July 19 - 1828. pursuant to the above
warrant to us directed we have appraised the
above mentioned Horse at Fifty Dollars.
Leonard Proctor
Humphrey Simonds
Warrant of Appraisal
1828
2100 A.2