1864-02-27 Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss. To one of the Constables of the town of Beverly-Greeting.
You are hereby required in the name of said Commonwealth to notify and warn in the usual manner
the qualified voters of said town to meet at the Town Hall on Saturday the 27th day of February
current, at Four o'clock afternoon for the following purposes;
1st. To decide the manner of choosing a Moderator, and to choose the same.
2d. To see what action, if any, the town will take upon a petition of the City of Salem now pending
before the Legislature, for authority to procure a supply of freshwater for said City from Wenham
Pond.
Hereof fall not, but make due return, of this warrant with your doings thereon
before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this 20th day of February A.D. 1864
John Meacom
Robert S. Foster
John Ober Selectmen of Beverly
Wm G. Woodberry
Beverly, Feb. 27,1864. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons therein named,
as therein directed, by posting notifications thereof at or near each of the public meeting houses and
at other places in town as required by the town regulations.
William P. Moses, Constable of Beverly.
At a meeting of the qualified voters of the town of Beverly legally warned, and held, in pursuance
of the foregoing warrant at the Town Hall on Saturday the 27th day of February 1864, at Four o'clock
P.M. it was
Voted, that the Moderator be chosen by hand vote, and John I. Baker was thus chosen.
Voted. That this town objects to the City of Salem, being allowed to take water from the Pond
situated in Beverly and Wenham known as Wenham Pond unless: the same shall be carried through
our principal village, and shall also allow our citizens facilities for procuring water therefrom for
protection from fires, and for domestic, manufacturing, and all other purposes, on equal terms with
those that may be allowed to the citizens of Salem.
Voted, that John Meacom, John I. Baker and Benjamin D. Grant, be a Committee to represent the
town before the Committee of the Legislature.
Voted that the meeting be dissolved.
A true record. Attest. James Hill, Town Clerk.