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Early Town Records of
Acton, Massachusetts |
File/page number: 070
| 1747 October 25 | Selectmen's meeting: warrant for November 2 Town meeting |
| 1747 November 2 | Town meeting |
| 1747/8 February 2 | Town accounts |
| 1748 March 1 | Town accounts |
Then the Selectmen met and appointed a town meeting to Be at the meeting House on monday the second day of November next at three of the Clock in the afternnon to Consider and Conclude on the following articles (viz)
| 1 | To see How much money the town will Raise to
Defray the Charges that have arisen Relating to the
Line Between Concord and Acton |
| 2 | To see if the town will agree to Chuse a Committe
to seat several persons that moved in to the town
since the meeting House was seated and also what
instructions the town will give said Committe Relating
to that affair and the Same was Committed to the Constables |
November ye 2: 1747
at a General town meeting at the meeting House in Said town it being Legally warned as appeared by the Returns of the Constables on their warrants Deacon John Brooks was Chosen moderator for Said meeting and proceeded as follows
| 1 | one the first article it was
propounded to see whether the town will Raise thirty
five pounds old tenor to Defray the Charges that have
arisen Relating to the Line between Concord and Acton
and it passed in the Negative |
| 2 | it was propounded whether the town will Chuse
a Committe to seat several persons that have moved
in to town since the meeting House was seated and it
passed in the Negative and then the meeting was dismist |
| February ye 2nd: 1747/8 To an order to Daniel Shepard for thirteen pounds and ten shillings old tenor for keeping the widow Shepard from the 10 of march 1747 until this day the whole of his demands |
13-10-0 |
| March ye 1: 1748 To an order to Mr Phinehas Osgood for ten pounds old tenor for his services in keeping School in the middle of the town the whole of his demands |
10-0-0 |
