58 May ye 15: 1745
Then the Select men met and appointed a Town Meeting to be at the meeting House on the twenty first Day of may at one of the Clock in the afternoon then and there to Consider and Conclude on the following articles viz

1	To see if the Town will Chuse a person to Represent Them at the Great and General Court this present year
2	To see How much Money the Town will Grant to the Revd Mr Swift to make Good His salary this present year
3	To see what Money the Town will Raise to Defray Necessary charges that shall arise within the same this presant year
4	To see what Money the Town will Raise for Finishing the Remainder of the Meeting house this presant year
5	To see How or in what Maner the Town will Dispose of the pew Ground Next to each Stairs in the Meeting House and the Same was Committed to the Constables

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May ye 21: 1745
At a General Town Meeting at the meeting House it Being Legally warned as appeared By the Returns of the Constables on their warrant on the first article it was propounded whether the Town Chuse a Deputy voted on the Negative and then Deacon Joseph Fletcher was Chosen Moderator for said meeting and proceeded as follows on the Second article

2	it was propounded whether the Town will Grant the Revd Mr Swift forty pounds old tenor to make Good his Salary this present year voted on the affirmative
3	it was propounded whether the Town will Raise forty pounds old tenor to Defrey Necessary Charges that shall arise within the Same this present year voted on the affirmative
4	it was propounded whether the Town will Raise Seven pounds old tenor for finishing the Remainder of the meeting House this present year voted on the affirmative
5	it was propounded whether the Town will sell the pew Ground Next the mens stairs to the Highest Bidder voted on the affirmative and mr John Brooks Bid Ten shillings old tenor and mr Jonathan Billings Bid Eleven shillings old tenor and mr Jonathan Fuller Bid Two pounds Two shillings old tenor and promised to Build the pew and plaister up to the Girt and pay the Money By the Last of July Next and then the meeting was Dismist

 

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