67 May ye 31: 1747
Then the Selectmen met and appointed a Town meeting to Be at the meeting House on monday the eighteenth day of May at one of the Clock in the afternoon to Consider and Conclude on the following articles viz:

1	To see if the Town will Chuse a man to Represent them at the Great and Genrall Court this present year
2	To see how much the Town will add to the Revd Mr John Swifts Salary this present year
3	To see if the Town will Dismiss Mr Benjamin Lamson from serving as Constable and Chuse another in his Room [stead]
4	To see what the Town will Do Relateing to the Line Between Concord and Acton by Mr John Davis of Concord whether it shall Run as it did when said Mr Davis Belonged to Acton or to act upon Said article in any way as the Town Shall Think proper when met
5	To see what money the Town will Raise to Defray necessary Charges that shall arise within the same this present year
6	To see if the Town will agree to have a Reading and a writing School this present year or any part of it and also to see how much money the Town will Raise to support Said school and also to pass any vote Relating to the School that may Be thought proper when met
7	To see if the Town will agree to work at the Highway By a Rate this present year and also to see how much money the town will Raise for that purpose and pass any other vote that may be thought proper when met
8	To see if the Town will Give Mr Hezekiah Wheeler and Mr Samuel Hayward and Mr Ezekiel Davis Liberty to Build a Horse Stable on the Towns Land near the meeting House
9	To see if the Town will Chuse a Committe to adjust accounts with the Committe that was Chosen to finish the inside of the meeting House and the Same was Committed to the Constables

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May ye 18: 1747
At a General Town meeting at the meeting House in Said Town it being Legally warned as appeared by the Return of Constables on the warrants one the first article it was propounded whether the town will send a Deputy and it passed in the negative and then Deacon John Brook was Chosen moderator for said meeting and proceeded as follows
2 it was propounded whether the town will add Eighty pounds old tenor to the Revd Mr Swifts Salary this present year voted in the affirmative

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