1850

 

At the annual town meeting in the town of Palmyra held pursuant to adjournment at the Bunker Hill Hotel kept by B Newton in the village of Palmyra on Tuesday the 2^nd day of April 1850

 

Present Presiding Ambrose Salisbury, Isaac E Beecher, W H Southwick Esq, Fred K Smith, Justices of the peace in and for said town Amos C Sanford Town Clerk, it vas

 

Voted – that five constables be chosen for the ensuing year

 

Voted – that fifty dollars in addition to the sum allowed by law be raised for constructing and repairing roads and bridges

 

Voted – that one 15? Dollars be repaid to supervisors to Jas. Webb? For tax collected twice.

 

Voted – that when we adjourn this meeting be adjourned until the first Tuesday of April next at the public house kept by Francis Bortles.

 

Voted – that the supervisor be instructed to pay Butler Newton five dollars for use of house this day

 

Voted – that the supervisor be instructed to refund the following erroneous taxes; to John Hurlbut one 15/000 dollars for error in copying; to C C Thurber three dollars for tax paid on J Rogers dogs; to Michael Eggleston seventy five cents for tax on property assessed twice; to Erastus Hazen seventy five cents for same cause; to Lorenzo Saunders seventy five cents for same cause.

 

Voted – that the supervisor be instructed to ? for the town correct standards of weights and measures

 

Voted – that the supervisor be instructed to oppose the rebuilding of the county buildings at Lyons.

 

Voted – that this meeting is in favor of dividing the county

 

Voted – that the supervisor be directed to secure by ? the old town burying ground

The town clerks report of bills audited and funds on hand was read and accepted

 

The report of Commissioners of Highways to town auditors was read and estimates objected to.

 

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:

 

Supervisor – Augustus Elmendorf

 

Town Clerk – Peregrine Sanford

 

Assessor – Luther Sanford

 

Justice of the Peace – Isaac E Beecher

 

Commissioner of Highways – James P Horton

 

Inspectors of Election – Samuel Miller Jr

In District No. 1             Nelson Drake

 

Inspectors of Election –  Isaac G Hudson

In District No. 2              Durfee A Sherman

 

Overseer of Poor – Elisha Flower

 

Collector – Albert G Myrick

 

Town Sealer – William F Parke

 

Superintendent of Common Schools – William Foster

 

Constables –  Charles Hudson

                      Walter Stevens

                      David H Lown?

                      William S Jackways

                      Charles B Bingham

 

The following persons were duly chosen path master on overseer of highways in and for the respective district in which they are named

 

1 – Orlando Saunders

2 – Robert Adams

3 – George Lard?

4 – Ira Hedsdell

5 – Eason Cornell

6 –J D Rogers

7 –Hiram Spalding

8 – William Beals

9 – Luther Sanford

10 – George Harrison

11 – George Brown

12 – P M Stupplebeen

13 – Hendee Parshall

14 – Aaron Hosmer?

15 – Volney Hinman

16 –  Levi Warner

17 –  William VanAlstyne

18 – Sydney Tripp

19 – Caleb Beals

20 – Franklin Rowley

21 – Charles Allen

22 – Isaac McAmber?

23 – Arza S Pullman

24 – William R Johnson

25 – Stephen Sweezey

26 – Sydney Hecox?

27 – Barzillai Smith Jr

28 – (left blank)

29 – Abraham Carl

30 – Asa K White

31 – Thomas Rainier

32 – George Smith

33 – Byram Sherman

34 – Henry M Clark

35 – Jeter Jagger

36 – Newton Foster

37 – James Mumford

38 – Isaac Gifford

39 – (left blank)

40 –Jacob C Pettit

 

We the board of town officers of the town of Palmyra at the annual town meeting held therein on the 2^nd day of April 1850 do certify that we have and do hereby appoint the following named persons to be inspectors of elections respectively in two election districts to wit Peter M Stupplebeen one of the inspectors of election for the election district number one in said town of Palmyra and Aaron Hosmer? To be one of the Inspectors of election for district number 2 in Palmyra the said Stupplebeen and Hosmer having received the greatest number of votes for inspectors of election for the inspection district forinspectors of election next to the inspectors duly elected by the people.

 

A Salisbury

I E Beecher

William H Southwick - Justices

 

A C Sanford - Clerk

 

I certify the preceeding to be a true copy of the original on file in this office filed April 2^nd 1850

 

A C Sanford – Town Clerk

 

Wayne County

Town of Palmyra

 

          By virtue of the powers vested in us Commissioners of highways of said town and pursuant to the statutes in such cases made and provided we do these presents appoint the following named persons as overseers of highways in and for road district Number 4, 6, 18, 35 to supply the vacancies occassioned by the refusal of Samuel Acker, Timothy Tripp, and Cyrenus Jagger to serve of James Van Ness Taken in the village of Palmyra to wit C C Thompson for District number 4, H W Rogers no 6 Truman Clark, No 18, Jeter Jagger No 35.

Palmyra May 10^th, 1849

 

Jas P Horton

S Hildreth

James Galloway – Commissioners of Highways

 

A true copy of the original on file in this office may 10, 1849

 

A C Sanford – Town Clerk