March ye 3rd: 1739/40 At a Ginereil Town meeting
at ye meeting House in Acton being Legally warned
as appeerd by ye Returns of ye Constables Warrants
Mr Gershom Davies was Choosen modarator for Sd met-ing & proseeded as folloeth viz first Simon Hunt
was Choosen town Clerk Mr Gershom Davies Ammi
Falkner & Simon Hunt was Choosen
Select men --
Daniel Sheper & William Connant was Choosen
Constables Mr Jonathan Wheeler John Brooks Joseph
Wheeler David Furbush John barker Juner [junior] was
Choosen Survuers of highways: David Brooks
William Cutting Titus Law Mark White Juner was
Chosen hog reeves Jonathan Billing was Choosen town
Treasurer Nathan Robbens Choosen tiding [tything] man Samuel
Jones & John Davis Choosen Deersmen Mr John Barker
Choosen Seeler of waights & measures Samuel Hayward & Fens vivers [viewers] Josiah Piper pound keeper
and Saxton 2 propounded whether ye town will git waights
and measurers voted in ye Negative not at present
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Propounded Whether ye town woold have mr Falkners
Dam opened as ye Law Derects & ye article was Dismist
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Propounded whether ye Swine Shall Run at Large this yr
Voted in ye affermitive
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It was propound Whether ye town will Erect Scools for
Reading or Righting & Passed in ye Negative
then ye meeting was Dismist
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| Acton |
March ye 15th: 1739/4 |
Then ye Select men met & Appinted a Town meeting to
be on ye 24th of march Current at ye meeting House at
at four of ye Clock in ye after noon to Conclude on ye
articles after mentioned viz first to Chuse ofsers for ye
Insuing year 2 to se if ye town will Except of a way
Layed out by ye Select men to Accomadate ye South
west part of said town as will be made to appear by a
Return of said way at ye meeting: & ye Same was
Commited to ye Constables
Taken up by Leu
t Simon Hunt of Acton one
Black Ram with Horns Marked with a slit in the
End of the off Ear and a half Crop in the
Near Ear Acton, September ye 5th 1744
