Acton Memorial Library


Acton Memorial Library

Early Town Records of Acton, Massachusetts

File/page number: 072

1747/8 February 19 Selectmen's meeting: warrant for March 7 Town meeting (continued on next page)

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February ye 19: 1747/8
Then the Select men met and appointed a Town meeting to be at the meetingHouse on the first Monday of March at Ten of the Clock in the forenoon to consider and conclude on the following articles (viz)
1 To choose Town officers for the year ensuing
2 To see if the Town will raise so much mony to defrey the charges that have arisen relating to the Line between Concord and Acton as may be made to appear at Said meeting
3 To see if the Town will discontinue a bit of way leading from the Northeast part of said town beginning at a white oak tree against where Mr Davis’s Sawmill formerly stood till it comes to the westerly end of Said Davis barn and also to see if the town will accept of the way from Said oak streight to Mr Davis’s house and go between Said house and barn to the former road the same to be three rods wide
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To see if the town will discontinue the way from – Littleton Road till it comes to the westerly end of Mr Timothy Farrars Barn and accept of the way where it now goes by Said farrars house to streight to this farrars Barn the same to be three rods wide

5 To see if the Town will discontinue a part of the way leading from the southwest part of Said town beginning at a grey oak near the path that leads from the Rev. Mr. Swift to mr barkers from Said oak to the meeting House and also accept of a way laid out by the Select men Beginning at the Said grey oak through the land of Mr John Cragin to the meeting house as shall be made to appear by the return of said way at the meeting
6 To see if the Town will discontinue a peace of the way that leads from mr Stephen Travers to Concord Beginning at the Northerly side of a pond hole in the Grounds of mr Samuel Hayward south through said Haywards new field till it comes to the lane at Timothy Brooks fields and also accepts of a three rods way laid out by the Select men beginning at a white oak tree marked near said pond hole so as the way now goes to a grey oak and from thence to the lane above said the marks are on the southern side of said way
7 To see if the Town will give mr David Asrook and mr Timothy Brooks Liberty to build a horse stable on the town lands at the westerly end of the meeting House
8 To see if the Town will accept of the men whose names the Select men have taken these down to serve on the petty [jury] at the Inferior Courts as they shall be called for from time to time


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