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Early Town Records of
Acton, Massachusetts |
File/page number: 138
1757 May 9 |
Selectmen's meeting (warrant for May 20 Town meeting) |
| 1757 May 20 | Town meeting |
then the Select men appointed a Town meeting to be at the Meeting House in said Town on Friday the twentieth Day of May Currant at three of the Clock in afternoon to Consider and Conclude on the following articles (viz)
| 1 | To See if the Town will agree to Chuse a Representative
this present year |
| 2 | To See How much money the Town will Raise to Defray
the Nesecary Charges arrising in the same this present
year |
| 3 | To See How much money the Town will Raise to Support
a Reading and Writing School this present year and also to
See how many parts of the Town shall be Devided into for
the School to be Kept in |
| 4 | To See if the Town will find the Reverand mr John
Swift the Cutting and transport of his firewood for the
future by granting annualy money sufficient to
Defray the Charges or pass any other vote Relating
to that affair that they may think proper when met |
| 5 | To See if the Town will agree to Chuse a New Committe
to Seat the meeting House this Present year to assign to
all the Inhabbitants their Respective Seats Excepting that
those that have pews and to give to Said Committe Such order
as they Shall think fit and pass any other vote that they
may think proper when met
and the same was Commited to the Constables |
May ye 20th: 1757
at a General Town meeting at the meeting House in Said Town it being Leagualy warned as appeared by the Constables Returns on their warrants
| 1 | it was propounded whether the Town will Chuse a Representative
and it was voted in the Negative and then Deacon Heald
was Chosen Moderatour for Said Meeting |
| 2 | it was propounded whether the Town will Raise Ten pounds
to Defray the Necesary Charges arisening in the Same this
Present year and it was voted in the affirmative |
| 3 | it was propounded whether the Town will Raise Twelve
pounds to support a Reading and Writeing School this present
year and it was voted in the affirmative
also it was propounded whether the Town Shall be Devided into six
parts for the School to be kept in and it was voted in the affirmative |
