At the annual Town meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Palmyra held pursuant to adjournment at the Public House occupied by Butler Newton in the Village of Palmyra on tuesday the seventh day of April 1846.

 

Present and Presiding

Frederick Smith, Isaac E Beecher, Samuel Cole and James Hubbell justices of the peace in and for said town and Augustus Elmendorf Town clerk ?

 

Voted – that three constables be chosen for the ensuing year

 

Voted – that three commissioners of highways be chosen for the ensuing year and one overseer of the poor

 

The following named persons having received the greatest number of votes are declared duly elected to the several and respective offices for which they are respectively named – to wit –

 

          William Beal            - Supervisor

         

          Charles A Hach?      – Town Clerk

 

          Maltby Clark 1 year

          Jacob D Rogers 2 ? -  Assessors

          Leonard L ? 3 ?

         

          Isaac E Beecher      – Justice of the peace

 

          Elisha W Cobb

          Asahel? Millan

          Lyman? Reeves       – Commissioners of Highways

 

          William Walton         - Overseers of the Poor

 

          Joseph Allen            - Town Sealer

 

William Foster         - Town Superintendent of Common Schools

 

          Jason L Sanford      - Collector

 

          Stephen R Jordan

William H Southwick

Hazard W Rogers    - Inspectors of election for Election                              District No. 1

 

Luther Sanford Jr

Jacob Norris

James Reeves        - Inspectors of election for Election District No. 2

 

          Asher S Cray

          John Williamson

          Marlin W Wilcox       - Constables

 

Hazard W Rogers of Dist No 1 and James Reeves of Dist No 2 were appointed inspectors of election by the board of town officers.

         

          The following named persons were duly chosen overseers of highways in and for the respective road districts to which they are named as follows, to wit:

 

District No. 1 – Burton Foster

District No. 2 – William Adams

District No. 3 – William Evans

District No. 4 – Samuel J Horton

District No. 5 – Eron? Cornwell

District No. 6 – E W Cobb

District No. 7 – P D Taylor

District No. 8 – Hiram Foster

District No. 9 – Luther Sanford Jr

District No. 10 – Paul J Culver

District No. 11 – Jonathan Townsend

District No. 12 – Bailey Durfee

District No. 13 – James J Bromfield

District No. 14 – Eli Palmer

District No. 15 – Oliver Durfee

District No. 16 – Levi Warner

District No. 17 – Caleb Avery

District No. 18 –Stephen Mosher

District No. 19 – Jacob Norris

District No. 20 – William Rowley

District No. 21 – Gordon T Smith

District No. 22 – Bela Morgan

District No. 23 – James R Sanford

District No. 24 – George Wilcox

District No. 25 – James Reeves

District No. 26 –J L P Jackway

District No. 27 – Morgan Doty

District No. 28 – George W Cuyler

District No. 29 – Samuel Wilbur

District No. 30 – Austin Reeves

District No. 31 – Moses Hill

District No. 32 – D D ?

District No. 33 – Durfee A Sherman

District No. 34 – Edwin Stacey

District No. 35 – William Tripp

District No. 36 –Lyman Reeves

District No. 37 – Henry Whittington

District No. 38 – Charles Curtis

District No. 39 – James P Horton

District No. 40 – John Strong?

 

 

Voted – that the collector of this town be allowed three per cent for collecting of taxes the ensuing year after expiration of the time ?  ? for which said taces may be paid in at one per cent.

 

Voted – that the board of supervisors of this county are hereby authorized to cause to be raised by tax on this town the ensuing year three hundred and fifty dollars in addition to two hundred fifty dollars, the sum now allowed by law; to pay for constructing or repairing roads and bridges in said Town of Palmyra

 

Voted – That the fence? viewers be allowed twenty-five cents each for every service or view and a certificate of the change ascertained by them.

 

Voted – that the supervisor be directed to pay to Franklin Lakey, the amount of a tax which said Lakey said he was assessed when a farm ? by him in 1839 said farm lying partly in Macedon and partly in Palmyra upon be satisfied by affidavit or other satisfactory evidence that said Lakey was illegaly and improperly assessed for said farm in Palmyra and ? the taxes asses thereon in both towns.

 

Voted – that the supervisor referred to William B Johnson upon being satisfied by affidavit the amount erroneously assessed on 15 acres of land lying in Palmyra by reason of the ? having been twice assessed the last year and his having paid the ?

 

 

 

Voted – that this meeting stand adjourned until the first Tuesday of April next then to be held at the public house (Bunker Hill House) now kept by Butler Newton in the village of  Palmyra at 10 o’clock a.m. 

A Elmdendorf                              Fred K Smith

Town Clerk                                 Isaac E Beecher

                                                  Samuel Cole  - Justices of the Peace

 

Whereas at the town electing held in the town of Palmyra in the county of Wayne this 7^th day of April 1846 the following persons to wit ? Leonard L Seaman, Jacob D Rogers and Maltby Clark were duly chosen assessors of said town for the year ensuing the date here of and whereas the town board of C? for said town did on this 7^th day of April 1846 in persuance of the act entitled. an act to reduce the number of town officers and town and county ex? And to ? abuses in auditing town and county accounts payed May 10 1845 review to divide by lot said assessors and upon such division into three ? it was determined that the fence of officer of the said Maltby Clark be one year that the term of officer of the said Jacob D Rogers be two years the the term of office of Leonard L Seaman be three years from the date hereof and and until a ? be elected or chosen

          Given under our hands at the town of Palmyra this 7^th day of April 1846.

 

          A Elmendorf – Town Clerk

         

Fred K Smith

          Samuel Cole

          Isaac E Beecher – Justices of the Peace

         

          James Hubbell – town ?

 

Whereas at the town meeting held in the town of Palmyra in the county of Wayne this 7^th day of April 1846 the following named persons to wit: Asahel Milland, Lyman Reeves, and Elisha W Cobb were chosen commissioners of highways for said town for the year ensuing the date hereof and whereas the town board of cau? For said town did on this 7^th day of April 1846 in persuance of the act payed May 10 1845 entitled. An act to reduce the member of town officers and town and county excuse and to ? abuses in auditing town and county accounts. ? to divide by ? said commissioners and where such division in vas determined that the term of office of Elisha W Cobb be one year, the term of office of Asahel Milland be two years and the term of office of Lyman Reeves be three years from the date hereof and until a successor shall be elected or chosen – Given under our hands this 7^th day of April 1846.

 

          A Elmendorf – Town Clerk

 

          Fred K Smith

                    Samuel Cole

                    Isaac E Beecher – Justices of the Peace

 

                    James Hubbell – town ?

 

We the board of town officers for the town of Palmyra in the county of Wayne do certify that the following is a correct statement of the result of the votes given for and against “license” warrant to the act entitled “an act relating to excise ?” passed May 14, 1845; at the election held in said town on the 19^th day of May in the year on thousand eight hundred and forty six.

 

That the whole number of ballots received at said election was four hundred and ninety seven and that the whole number of said ballots having thereon the word “license” alone was one hundred thirty five, and that the whole number of said ballots having thereon the words “no license” was three hundred and sixty two.

 

We do hereby certify that the above statement is in all respects, correct.

Dated at Palmyra May 19^th 1846.

 

Samuel Cole

Fred K Smith

James Hubbell

Isaac E Beecher – Justices

 

Charles A Hart  - Town Clerk

 

A true copy of the original in file in this office dated March 27 1849.

 

A C Sanford – town clerk

 

We the board of town officers of the town of Palmyra as the annual town meeting held therein on the 7^th day of April 1846 do certify that we have and we do hereby appoint the following named persons to be inspectors of election respectively in the two election districts to wit: Hazard W Rogers one of the Inspectors of election for election district number on in the said town of Palmyra dn James Reeves one of the inspectors of election for distict number two in palmyra aforesaid.

 

The said Hazard W Rogers and the said James Reeves having received the greatest number of votes for inspectors of election for the respective district for which they are named next to the inspectors of duly elected by the people

 

Given under our hands at Palmyra in town meeting assembled this 7^th day of April 1846

 

James Hubbell

Isaac E Beecher

Fred K Smith

Samuel Cole – Justices of the Peace

 

A Elmendorf – Town Clerk

 

Broke into the enclosure of the subscriber about 4½ miles north of the Village of Palmyra on the Pultneyville Road about the 27^th day of May last a middle-sized sorrel mare with a very small white star in her forehead about 5 years old.  Palmyra, June 5^th, 1846.

                              James A. Shaw

 

A true copy of original on file in this office recorded June 5^th, 1846.

                              Charles H. Hart, Town Clerk