Acton Memorial Library


Acton Memorial Library

Early Town Records of Acton, Massachusetts

File/page number: 006

1735/6 March 22

Town meeting (continued from previous page)


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David Procter / Jonathan Billing / Jonathan Knight / Hezekiah Wheeler / and Daniell Shepard / was Chosen Surveyors of highways tything man Jonathan Hosmer fence viewers Samell Jones and Nathan Robbnes John Cragon was chosen surveyor of Hemp and flax Benjamin Brabrook William Cutting and Enoch Cleveland was chosen Hogreves and each of the above Sd officers was Sworn as the Law Directs
2 on the Second article after reading the account of the ways propounded whither the town would except of the severall ways Layed out by the selectmen in the severall parts of the town voted on the afarmitive voted att the same time that the account of the ways as they was taken by the Selectmen be Recorded in the Town Book
3 on the third article Propounded wither the town will work Each man three Days a man at the highways this preasent year voted on the aformitive
4 on ye forth article Propounded whither the town of Acton will agree to stand a Sute [suit] in the law with the town of Concord if need be on the widdow Elisebeth Shepards account voted on the afirmative
The ways was voted ^on and Excepted of Each way Separate first on the way that was Laid out from Simon Hunts new house to the meetinghouse Place [ strike]
Propounded wither the town wiher the town will Except of Said way voted on the afarmitive voted allso for ^way should be Recorded Secondly Propounded wither the town will Except of a way Layed out by the Selectmen in acton on Febuary the 3th 1735/6 voted on the aformitive from Stow Road to the widdow Rusell house

Thirdly Propounded wither the town will Except of a way Layed out by the Selectmen from Mr Samell Prescuts Land to the way that was laid out from Simon Hunts New house [also?] voted on the afirmitive forthly Propounded whither the town will Except of a way Layed out by the Selectmen from William Pirces Land to the meeting house Place voted on the afirmitive Fifthly Propounded whether the town will Except of a way Layed out by the Selectmen from Thomas Farrs to the meeting house place voted on the afirmitive Sixthly Propounded whether the town will Except of a way Layed out by the Selectmen from Samell Wheelers Land to Groton Road voted on the afirmitive and the town voted att the Same time that the account of the ways Should be Recorded as they was taken by the Selectmen of Said town
John Davis Enters his Decent [dissent] against the severall vots that have been past relating to ways whare they go through the Davis’s Land. Thomas Wheeler Clar [clerk]

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