1676-03-09th
At a meeting of the selectmen 9 of March 1675/6 it was ordered by the said selectmen that
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all swine belonging to the town of two months old and upward shall be sufficiently ringed by the 20
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of this instant March and shall be kept ringed the whole year and shall be yoked by the 10 April next
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ensuing and shall be kept yoked till the 16 of October next and in defect hereof everyone shall pay
for everyone of his swine contrary to this order being either unyoked or unringed 12d. per day for
every day’s deficiency and John Sampson is hereby pointed and empowered to see this order duly
executed and is to have the forfeiture expressed in the said order for his pains.
At the said meeting of the selectmen Josiah Roots Sr. and Benjamin Balch Sr. are chosen and
appointed by the said selectmen Surveyors of Highways to see that all highways that come under the
charge of Surveyors of Highways be kept in good repair as the law requires.
At the same meeting of the selectmen Humphrey Woodberry Sr. and Anthony Wood were
chosen and appointed by the said selectmen Surveyors of Fences and are required to take care that
all fences that come under the charger of Viewers of Fences be sufficiently made up and kept in repair
as the law requires and it is ordered that the general fence of the general field shall be sufficiently
made up by the fifth day of April next ensuing.