1856-02-01Commonwealth 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 legally qualified voters of said Town, to meet at the Town Hall on Friday the first day
of February next, at two o’clock afternoon, for the following purposes, viz..
1st. To decide the manner of choosing a Moderator, and to choose same.
2d. To see what action the Town will take in regard to altering or amending the Bylaws of the town
as regards the letting of the Town Hall for dancing or for any other lawful purpose for which it may
be required - per petitioner J. S. Haskell and others.
Hereof fail not, but make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, before the time
of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this twenty-fourth day of January in the year of our Lord
Eighteen Hundred & Fifty Six
Lawson WalkerSelectmen
Warren Prince of
George S. Millett Beverly
st
Beverly Feby. 1, 1856. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant I have notified the persons therein
named of the time and place of said meeting by posting notices at each of the public meeting houses
in said Town according to the Town Regulations.
Levi Cole, Constables Beverly.
A true copy of the original warrant and return thereon.
Attest.James Hill, Town Clerk.
At a legal meeting of the qualified voters of the town of Beverly held in pursuance of the warrant
recorded on the proceeding page, at the Town Hall on Friday the First day of February, 1856, at two
o’clock afternoon, it was voted
That a Moderator be chosen by hand vote, & David C. Foster was then chosen,
The following motion was offered by Joseph T. Haskell
Voted. That all festivals, social gatherings, levees, or other gatherings of the citizens of this Town
to which the Selectmen shall let the Town Hall, dancing and other innocent amusements, may be
allowed til 12 o’clock.
A motion to indefinitely postpone Mr. Haskell’s motion was offered by Jonathan Batchelder
& rejected 75 in favor 109 opp.
Mr. Haskell’s motion was then adopted.
On motion of Joseph T. Haskell it was then
Voted. That all acts, or votes, inconsistent with the foregoing heretofore passed, the same are hereby
repealed.
Voted. That this meeting be dissolved, and it was so declared.
Attest.James Hill, Town Clerk