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	February ye 7th 1763 Then the Select men met and appointed a Town Meeting to be at the Meeting House on the first Monday of March Next at one of the Clock in the afternoon to Consider Conclude on the following articles {viz}
1	To Chuse Town officers for the year Ensuing
2	To See if the Town will agree to Work at the High ways by a Rate this Present year and also to See How much money the Town will Raise for Said High ways and pass any other vote that may be thought Proper when met Relating to that affair
3	To See if the Town will agree to Build a new Pound this Present year or pass any other vote that may be thought proper when met Relating to that affair
4	To See if the Town will Free mr Samuel Wheeler from working at the High ways this Present year upon the account of his not Haveing a High way or pass any other vote that may be thought Proper When Met Relating to that affair
5	To See if the Town will free mr Samuel Wright from working at the High ways this Present year upon the account of his not Having a High way
6	To See if the Town will agree to give Lieut Jonathan Billing Libberty to Build a Horse Stable upon the Towns Land near the Meeting House
7	To See if the Town will agree to Let the Swine Run at Large this Present year and the Same was Committed to the Constables

March ye 7th 1763
At a General Town Meeting at the Meeting House it Being Legally Warned as appeared by the Returns of the Constables on there Warrants and Proceeded as follows Capt Daniel Fletcher was Chosen Moderator for Said Meeting and Francis Faulkner was Chosen Town Clerk and first Select man and Capt Samuel Hayward and Capt Samuel Davies was Chosen Wardens and mr Joseph Farr was Chosen Constable for the Southwest Part of the Town and mr John Heywood was Chosen Constable for the Northest Part of the Town and mr John Heald was Chosen Second Select man and mr Ephraim Hosmer was Chosen third Select man and the Select men was Chosen Assessors and mr Robert Chaffin and Samuel Wright was Chosen Tiething men Lieut Billing was Chosen Town Treasurer mr Robert Chaffin was Chosen Surveyor of Claboards and Shingles and mr Mark White and mr Simon Hunt was Chosen Cullers of Staves and Hoopes and mr Mark White

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