Minute Book, Volume 5

Tuesday 1^st day of April 1836

At the annual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of Palmyra held at the Town house in the Village of Palmyra in the said Town on Tuesday, April 5^th, l836.

Present

Ambrose Salisbury Supervisor Frederick Smith William Willcox and Isaac E. Bucher(?)Justices of the Peace and Inspectors of said Meeting.

Voted – That we choose three Assesors.

Voted -- That we choose three Constables.

The following Persons having Received the greatest number of votes are declared duly elected to the several and respective Offices

Ambrose Salisbury - Supervisor

Isaac E. Bucher – Town Clerk

Thomas Lakey – Asesor

Thomas Rogers – Asesor

Lyman Reeves – Asesor

George Culver – Commissioner of highways

Draper Allen – Commissioner of highways

Samuel T. Horton – Commissioner of highways

Johnathan S. Eggleston – Com of Schools

Isaac E. Bucher – Com of Schools

Dennis Clark – Com of Schools

Samuel Cole – Inspector of Schools

Joseph Hyde – Inspector of Schools

Nathaniel Corwin – Inspector of Schools

Frederick Smith – Justice of the Peace

Isaac Gardner – Overseer of Poor

Caleb Beals – Overseer of Poor

James Culver – Collector

William M. Howell – Constable

John Beals – Constable

James Culver – Constable

Durfee Chace – Town Sealer

Voted -- That the several Persons serve as overseers of highways in the following Road Districts, for which they are severally chosen, viz.

District No. 1 – Orlando Sanders

District No. 2 – John Trim (?)

District No. 3 – David Johnson

District No. 4 – Joseph Willcox

District No. 5 - Duane Galloway

District No. 6 – Dire (?) Rogers

District No. 7 – Ira Parker

District No. 8 – Maltby Clark

District No. 9 – Dennis Clark

District No. 10 – Newton Foster

District No. 11 – Edwin F. Townsend

District No. 12 – George Brown

District No. 13 – Nathan Durfee

District No. 14 – George P. Stephens

District No. 15 – Oliver Durfee

District No. 16 – John T. Tripp

District No. 17 – Seth Parker

District No. 18 – Jacob Howell

District No. 19 – William Luce

District No. 20 – Henry Post

District No. 21 – Gordon T. Smith

District No. 22 – Beta Morgan

District No. 23 – Silas Bulls

District No. 24 – Thomas Lakey

District No. 25 – Austin Reeves

District No. 26 – John Batcom

District No. 27 – Daniel I. Rosman

District No. 28 – George W. Cuyler

District No. 29 – George I. Carpenter

Voted – That Cattle be not free Commoners.

Voted - That the Asesors Enforce the Law relative to Dogs.

Voted - That this meeting stand adjourned until the first Tuesday in April next then to be held at the Town House at 10 O’clock A. M.

Isaac E. Bucher, T. Clerk Given under our hands and Seals this 7^th day, April, l836 Frederick Smith (S)

William Willcox (S)

Isaac E. Bucher (S)

Ambrose Salisbury (S)

I Certify the above to be a true Copy of the original on file in this Office.

Dated April 7^th, 1836 -- Isaac E. Bucher, T. Clerk