Minute Book, Volume 5
Tuesday 4th of April, 1848
1848
At the annual town meeting in the town of Palmyra held pursuant to adjournment at the house occupied by Butler Newton in the village of Palmyra on Tuesday the 4th day of April 1848
Persuant Presiding Ambrose Salisbury, Isaac E Beecher, W H Southwick Esq, Justice of the peace in and for said town Edwin M Anderson Town Clerk it vas
Voted – that four constables be chosen for the ensuing year
Voted – that the supervisor pay John Chapman the amount of tax overpaid by said Chapman for the year 1847
Voted – that the supervisors pay to Rev E A Plath? The amount of tax overpaid by said E A Platt? For year 1847
The report of the commissioners of highways having been read upon recommendation of said commissioners it vas
Voted – the supervisor be authorized and directed to raise by tax on said town the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars in addition to the sum allowed by law to pay for constructing and repairing roads and bridges
Voted – resolved that the supervisor be requested to institute an immediate and thorough search for the recent ? of this town and that there be an ? to ? any necessary ? for that object at the cost of the town
The following persons having received the highest number of votes are declared duly elected to the several and respective offices for which they are respectively named to wit:
Agustus Elmendorf – Supervisor
Amos C Sanford – Town Clerk
William H Southwick – Justice of the Peace
William Foster – Town Superintendent
Hendee Parshall – Assessor
Hazard W Rodgers
John H Gilbert – Inspectors of election district no 1
Charles Hudson
George Harrison – Inspectors of election district no 2
Shadrach Hildreth – Commissioner of Highways
Elisha Flower – Overseer of the Poor
William Walton – Town Sealer
William Drake – Collector
John Williamson
Walter Stephens
John S Brown
Durfee A Sherman – Constables
The following persons were duly chosen path master on overseer of highways in and for the respective district in which they are named
1 – William Parh
2 – James Galloway
3 – David Johnson
4 – Josiah Drake
5 – Thomas Galloway
6 – Rosman G Gordon?
7 – Willard Pulman?
8 – A Salisbury
9 – Tripp Ellisson
10 – George Harrison
11 – George Brown
12 – Peter Stupplebeen
13 – James J Bromfield
14 – Joab Drake
15 – James A Shaw
16 – Paul Jangger?
17 – Seymen I Monroe
18 – Stephen Mosien?
19 – William Snee?
20 – William Post
21 – Gurdon G Smith
22 – Ira Greenwood
23 – James R Sanford
24 – George Wilcox
25 – Rufus Sweezey
26 – William VanHusen
27 – Jacob M Hammond
28 – Natheniel Crandall
29 – A F Suchey?
30 – Luther R Benton
31 – Silus Taber?
32 - ? Smith ?
33 – Jacob Sherman
34 – Edwin Stacey
35 – William Tripp
36 – John Beal
37 – George Evans
38 – Charles M Addams
39 – Silvester Westfall
40 – Robert Hunt
We the board of town officers of the town of Palmyra at the annual town meeting held therein on the 4th day of April 1848 do certify that we have and do hereby appoint the following named persons to be inspectors of elections repsectively in two election districts to wit Samuel Palmer one of the inspectors of election for the election district number one in said town of Palmyra and Jacob Norris one of the Inspectors of election for district number 2 in Palmyra aforesaid the said Samuel Palmer and Jacob Norris having received the greatest number of votes for inspectors of election for the inspection district for which they are named ? so the inspector next ot the inspection duly elected by the people.
Given under our hands at Palmyra in town meeting aforesaid this 4th day of April 1848.
I E Beecher
A Salisbury
W Southwick – Inspectors of Elections
E M Anderson
Voted – that this meeting do stand adjourned until the first Tuesday in April 1849 then to be held at the Nottinghams Hotel Kept by William P Nottingham
I E Beecher
Ambrose Salisbury
W H Southwick – Inspectors of Election