Town of Palmyra

1833 Minutes

1833 Minutes: At the annual town meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Palmyra held at the Presbyterian Meeting House in the Village of Palmyra in said town on Tuesday, April 2^nd, 1833, present: Frederick Smith and Marlin W. Willcox, Esquires, Justices of the Peace of said town and Inspectors of said election.

Voted that we choose three Assessors.

Voted that we choose four Constables.

Voted that the Town Sealer and Justices of the Peace be elected by ballot and on the same ticket with the other officers.

Voted that the Commissioners and Inspectors of Common Schools be allowed $1 per day for them.

Voted that the collector have 5% for collecting.

Voted that the Fence Viewers be allowed two shillings each for each time they are called upon to act and do act.

The following persons having received the greatest number of votes are declared to be duly elected to the several and respective offices: Frederick Smith – Supervisor

Hiram Niles – Town Clerk

William Rogers, Jr., David H. Sherman, & George Coughlin Assessors

Wells Anderson, James R. Sanford, & Benjamin Cole

Commissioners of Highways

Dennis Clark, Isaac E. Beecham, & James Hubbell

Commissioners of Common Schools

Jacob H. Quimby, Jonathan S. Eggleston, Hiram Lester

Inspectors of Common Schools

Eldridge Harris and Caleb Beal – Overseers of the Poor

Truman Heminway – Collector

Truman Heminway, Francis Bartles, & James Culver – Constables

Hiram P. Thayer – Town Sealer

Joel Thayer and William Willcox – Justices of the Peace

Voted that the following persons serve as Overseers of Highways in the several road districts for which they are severally chosen:

No. 1 Orlando Sanders 13 Lyman Post

2 David H. Sherman 14 John Patrick

3 Benjamin Drake 15 James S. Bromfield

4 Joseph Willcox 16 Daniel Chatman

5 Eson Cornwall 17 Seth Parker

6 Jacob D. Rogers 18 Jacob Howell

7 Joseph Parshall 19 Israel Y. Howell

8 Caleb Beal 20 James Green

9 Robert Penuke 21 Gordon Smith

10 Newton Foster 22 Benjamin Burris

11 Kingsley Miller 23 Matthew Dailey

12 Aretus Lapham 24 Elery Hicks

25 George Howell

Voted that milk cows be free commoners between April 1st and November 1st.

Voted that fences in order to be sufficient shall be 4½ feet high.

Voted that this meeting stand adjourned until the first Tuesday of April next, then to be held at the Presbyterian Meeting House in the village of Palmyra at 10:00 a.m. T. R. Strong, Town Clerk

Marlin W. Willcox and Frederick Smith, Justices

I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original on file.

H. Niles, Town Clerk

Broke into the subscriber’s enclosure on or about

November 15^th last, three yearling steers with no ear marks, described as follows: 1^st, a yellow steer with a white face; 2^nd, a black spotted with white on the belly; 3^rd, a red steer with star on the forehead. Bailey Durfee

I certify the above to be a true copy of the original paper on file in this office. H. Niles, Town Clerk

Broke into the enclosure of the subscriber about September 15^th, last, a red and white two-year-old heifer. Dated December 19^th, 1833. Samuel Moore

I certify that the above is a true copy of the original paper on file in this office. H. Niles, Town Clerk

Took up a two-year-old bay colt: left forefoot and right hind foot white and white on the left side of his mane as a stray on November 23^rd, 1833. Palmyra, December 7^th, 1833.

Marquis T. Cole

I certify that the above is a true copy of the original on file in this office. N. Niles, Town Clerk