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1779-03-08th At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Beverly March 81779. Henry Herrick Esq. was chosen Moderator. Voted. That they would proceed in the same way and manner in their choice of Town officers as they did at their annual meeting the last year on the 9th of March 1778 which is as followeth. Viz. Then each district shall have the nomination of their Selectmen and Assessors by each district repairing by itself and their agreeing upon some person to by them nominated and the Town to choose them if they so cause. Town Meeting adjourned till half after one in the afternoon. Voted. That all the Town Officers shall be chosen by hand vote. And each district nominated their Selectmen and Assessors accordingly. And the several persons hereafter named were chosen to serve in the several respective offices annexed to each of their names for the year ensuing as followeth viz. SelectmenCapt. Caleb Dodge & Capt. William Langdell AssessorsCapt. Isaac Thorndike Mr. Thomas Stephens & Joseph Wood Town ClerkJoseph Wood Town TreasurerHenry Herrick Esq. and Voted that he should have 3d per pound for receiving and paying the Town’s money the ensuing year. ConstablesJohn Lovett 3d for Farms Ward Voted to excuse said Lovett and choose Benjamin Obear in his room going for said Lovett’s term. Capt. George Cabot for Ferry Ward Voted to excuse said Cabot and choose Jonathan Dodge 2nd in said Cabot’s room and stead it to go for said Cabot’s turn. Timothy Leech, Royal Side [Ryal Side] Ward Samuel Dodge, Bass River Ward Jeremiah Foster, Bald Hill Ward Surveyorsfor Ward No. 1 Nehemiah Presson. of No. 2 Paul Haskell Highways No. 3 Benjamin Smith No. 4 John Lovett 4th No. 5 Zachariah Gage No. 6 Francis Smith No. 7 William Butman No. 8 William Taylor No. 9 Joshua Balch No. 10 Capt. John Woodberry No. 11 William Elliott No. 12 John Batchelder HogreevesCapt. Ebenezer Ellinwood Joseph Baker Benjamin Balch Lovett Michael Dodge Jacob Edwards nd Jonathan Dodge 2 William Green nd William Trask 2 TythingmenEdward Trask Thomas Hovey Ebenezer Trask Jr. Samuel Stickney Fence ViewersNehemiah Presson William Green nd Jonathan Dodge 2 Richard Leech William Taylor Robert Woodberry Field DriversRichard Obear 2d Nathan Wyman Michael Dodge Archalus Dale Benjamin Balch Lovett James Patch Clerks of the MarketCapt. Edmund Giles Capt. Joshua cleaves Capt. James Lovett Mr. Richard Leech Cullers of Hoops, StavesCapt. James Lovett & HeadingCapt. John Lovett Capt. Caleb Dodge Surveyors of Boards,Capt. John Lovett Shingles, Clapboards &Capt. Asa Leech Lumber Sealers of LeatherCapt. Joseph Rae Lieut. Peter Shaw Cullers of FishCol. Larkin Thorndike Capt. Isaac Thorndike Mr. Simon Lovett Pound KeeperOsmon Trask The was put to vote to see if the Town will choose any Wardens or Deer Reeves and it passed in the negative Committee ofCapt. Caleb Dodge Correspondence,Capt. William Langdell Inspection and SafetyCapt. Isaac Thorndike Chosen by BallotMr. Thomas Stephens & Joseph Wood Voted for a County Treasurer brought in & sealed up as the law directs. Voted. That the Town will men their Highways the ensuing year by a The Polls and Estates of the Inhabitants. Voted That the sum of 30/ per day be allowed to each man performing a day’s work & 90/ per day for a good team of four cattle and man to drive the same performing a day’s labor on the highways the current year. Voted. That the sum of one thousand pounds be assessed and raised on the ratable polls and estates of the Inhabitants within this Town to defray the charge of repairing the Highways the current year. Voted. That the swine should have liberty to go at-large the ensuing year being yoked and as the law directs. Capt. Joseph Rae, Capt. John Low & Mr. William Hazeltine were chosen a Committee to provide necessaries for the soldiers’ families in the Continental Army agreeable to the resolves of the Great and General Court. Voted. That the Town Treasurer be empowered in behalf of the Town to hire a sum of money not exceeding five hundred pounds and deliver the same to the committee appointed to supply the soldiers’ families with necessaries the ensuing year to enable them to procure the same. They to be accountable for the said money. Voted. That Thomas Hovey should have liberty to work out his highway tax the current year on the way between the house he lives in and the country road under the inspection of the Surveyor of the Highways. Capt. Livermore Whittridge and Mr. Benjamin Shaw was 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 of March instant and at the several courts to be holden in said County for one year.