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1774-03-14th At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly on March 14 1774 Capt. Henry Herrick was chosen Moderator of said meeting and the several persons hereafter named were chosen to serve in the following respective offices for the year ensuing, viz.: Selectmen and Assessors Capt. Caleb Dodge, Mr. Richard Obear, Captain William Langdell, Dea. Caleb Wallis & Joseph Wood. Voted that the Remainder part of Town officers should be chosen by hand vote. Town Clerk. Joseph Wood. Town Treasurer. Capt. Henry Herrick ConstablesFarm Ward, James Obear Ferry Ward, Edmund Giles Royal Side [Ryal Side] Ward, Jonathan Dodge 2d Bass River Ward, Joseph Woodberry Bald Hill Samuel Woodberry 3d Wardens. Benjamin Beckford and Ebenezer Francis Surveyors of the Highwaysfor Ward No. 1 Ens. James Woodberry For No. 2 Mr. Peter Dodge For No. 3 Mr. Benjamin Smith For No. 4 Mr. Isaac Thorndike For No. 5 Mr. Josiah Batchelder Jr. For No. 6 Capt. Henry Herrick For No. 7 Mr. Andrew Cleaves For No. 8 Mr. William Tayler For No. 9 Mr. Ebenezer Francis For No. 10 Mr. Jonathan Dodge For No. 11 Mr. Noah Creesy For No. 12 Mr. John Batcheldor Hogreeves.Capt. Jonathan Hart, Richard Leech, Samuel Woodberry, Benjamin Leech, Robert Dodge 2nd, Charles Dodge and William Dike. Tything menJohn Byles, Samuel Dane, Joseph Perkins, and Asa Dodge. Fence ViewersMalachi Woodberry, Nehemiah Presson, Richard Leech, John Woodberry 2nd, and Benjamin Leech. Field Drivers or Haywards.Jonathan Standley, Samuel Cole, Samuel Woodberry, Asa Herrick and Benjamin Leech. Clerks of the MarketCapt. William Bartlett, Capt. James Lovett, Samuel Goodridge, Josiah Batcheldor Jr., Capt. Joshua Cleaves, Ebenezer Francis. Cullers of Hoops and Staves.Capt. John Lovett, Capt. Caleb Dodge, Capt. James Lovett Surveyors of Lumber Boards, Shingles and, Clapboards.Capt. John Lovett, Samuel Goodridge & Ens. Joshua Batcheldor. Sealers of Leather. Lieut. Joseph Rae, Peter Shaw. Cullers of FishSimon Lovett, Capt. Larkin Thorndike and Isaac Thorndike. Informers of Deer.Benjamin Raymond and Capt. Caleb Dodge. Pound Keeper. Osmon Trask Also at the said meeting voted that the Town will mend their Highways the year ensuing by a tax on the Polls and Estates of its Inhabitants. Voted that the sum of ,200 pounds should be assessed and raised on the Polls and Estates of said Town for the above said purposes. It was put to vote to see if the Town will give Liberty for the swine to go at-large the year ensuing being yoked and ringed as the law directs and it passed in the negative. Voted that the Report of the Committee appointed to examine and make inquiry into the Town’s interest in the flats, ground and landings of this Town be accepted - which Report is as follows, viz.. To the Inhabitants of Town of Beverly in town meeting Assembled. Gentlemen. - Whereas we, the subscribers, were appointed a committee to examine and make inquiry into the Town’s interest in the flats, ground and landings in said Town and make Report have in observance of the trust in us reposed proceeded in that affair accordingly by and report as follows viz..- th 1ly. That there is a Town landing at Brackenbury so-called laid out on the 14 day of the 9th month 1682 in the Second Book of Records of this Town will more fully appear. th 2ly. That there is a Town Landing at Tuck’s Point so-called as appears in the 314 page of the Third Book of Records. th 3ly. That there is a Town Landing at Jonathan Woodberry’s Cove so-called as appears in the 316 page of the Third Book of Records of this Town. nd 4ly. That there is a Town Landing at Draper’s Point so-called as it appears to be settled in the 122 page of the Fourth Book of Records. 5ly. That there is a Town landing at Frost Fish Brook so-called as appears by a copy of it recorded in the Fifth Book of Records in page 405. 6ly. We find that there is a landing for the Ferry place the easterly boundaries are near the easterly part of Richard Ellis’s garden as by the return of a jury appointed by the Court of the General Sessions of the Peace to lay out a highway leading to the Ferry. Returned and accepted by said court at their session held in Salem by adjournment January the fifth 1698/9 as by copy hereof presented may more fully appear. th Beverly Mar. 14 1774.Caleb Dodge Benjamin Lovett Jr. Joseph Ward Voted that Capt. Caleb Dodge, Benjamin Lovett Jr. and Joseph Wood be a committee fully empowered in behalf of this Town to petition the honorable Court of the General Sessions of the Peace of this county praying that they would lay out the Ferry Landing in said Town as also the Town Landing - adjoining thereto if any there be. Voted that Benjamin Jones Esq., Mr. Ebenezer Trask and Capt. John Lovett be a Committee to take under consideration the six last articles in the warrant for this meeting and make report at next May meeting. Lieut. Joseph Rae and Ens. Bartholomew Trask were chosen to serve on the grand jury at the Court of the General Sessions of the Peace to be holden at Ipswich on the last Tuesday in March and at the several Courts of the General Sessions of the Peace successively to be holden within the County of Essex for the term of one-year. Meeting dissolved.