Acton Memorial Library


Acton Memorial Library

Early Town Records of Acton, Massachusetts


File/page number: 003

1735 November 3, 1735 Selectmen's meeting: warrant for November 10 Town meeting (continued from previous page)
1735 November 10 Town meeting
1735 November 24 Selectmen's meeting: warrant for December town meeting
1735 December first M Town meeting
1735 December 24 Selectmen's meeting: warrant for December 29 Town meeting (continued on next page)

 
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1 To se if the town will reconsider their vote that they will set thare meetinghouse on the Centre and agree to set it on sum other place near the Centre for convenancy
2 To se if the town will agree to make any preparation for ye year insueing towards towards building a meetinghouse or any other things relating thare to
3 To se whither the town will do anything further relating to the first article of the Last meeting And the warrants was directed to the two Constables viz Jonathan Wheeler & Amos Prescutt and the Inhabatants ofthe town of Acton met and proseeded as followeth

Acton Novbr ye 10th 1735
1 Att a Generall Town meeting of the Inhabitants of the above Sd town Propounded wither they will Reconsider thare thare vote that thay will set thare meetinghouse in the sentre voted thay will not Reconsider
2 To se if the town will make any prepareation towards building a meetinghouse voted thay will do nothing on that article
3 On ye third article voted that Cor[poral] Joseph Wright be added to Leut John Heald to manage the petition at the Grate and General Court Then the meeting was Dismissed

Acton November ye 24th 1735
The Selectmen of Sd town met and agreed on a town meeting to be on the first Monday of December 1735 And on the articles following viz
1 To have the surveyors report that was chosen to find the Centre
2 To se if the town will reconsider thare vote that thay set thare meetinghouse in the Centre and agree to set it a few Rods to the Northwest of a black oak marked with an ax and alleged to be the Centre by Ebnezer Prescutt or to se if the town will agree to measure from the most Extrem Corners and find the Centre and Chuse men for that purpose and the warrants was commited to the two Constables viz Jonathan Wheeler and Amos Prescutt and the Inhabatants did mete on ye day above to and proceed and dismissed the two articles above to and the the meeting was Dismissed

Acton December ye 24th 1735
The selectmen met on ye day above and agreed on a town meeting and on the articles following

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