Minute Book, Volume 5
Tuesday 5th of April, 1853
1853
at the annual town meeting of the town of Palmyra held pursuant to adjournment at the Eagle Hotel kept by William Dorran in the village of Palmyra on Tuesday April 5th, 1853. Present and presiding, Isaac E Beecher, Ambrose Salisbury, Frederick Smith, James Peddie, Justices. Henry S Flower – Town Clerk it vas
Voted – that four constables be chosen for the ensuing year
Voted – that the supervisor be instructed to pay William Dorran five dollars for use of his house at this (election) town meeting
Voted – that the supervisor be instructed to refund the following taxes to Gordon W Buck, fifty cents, military tax. To Josiah Hathaway, fifty cents, military tax.
Voted – that the report of Commissioners of Highway be accepted and adopted and that five hundred and fifty dollars be raised in addition to the sum allowed by law for repairs of roads and bridges.
Voted – that the five hundred dollars for the repairing and improving of the road between the canal bridge at Huxleys Tavern and the creek bridge and for the improvement of said creek bridge as applied for by some of the electors of this town, be raised
Voted – that the report of the supervisor and town clerk be accepted.
Voted – that when this meeting adjourns it adjourns to meet at its next annual town meeting at Eagle Hotel in the village of Palmyra now kept by William Dorran.
The following named persons having received the greatest number of votes were declared duly elected to the several and respective offices for which they are respectively named to wit
Supervisor – Abraham S Carle
Justice of the Peace – George G ?
Town Clerk – Luther M Chase
Commissioner of Highways – Elijah Ennis
Assessor – Luther Sanford
Overseer of the Poor – John Strong
Collector – David P Sanford
Inspectors of election - Hazard W Rogers
For district number 1 - Jacob C Pettit
Inspectors of election - Darius Pullman
For district number 2 - Henry J Foster
Constables – Jacob Sherman
Nelson D Ackley?
Walter Stevens
David P Sanford
Town Sealer – William F Parke
The following named persons were duly chosen path masters or overseers of the highways in and for the respective districts for which they are named
1-Lorenzo Sanders
2-Darius Pullman
3-Nathaniel Johnson
4-Jas P Horton
5-Thomas Galloway
6-J D Rogers
7-H W Palmer
8-Ambrose Salisbury
9-Silas Culver
10-Stephen Post
11-George Wilcox
12-Norman Lapham
13-James Durfee
14-Samuel Sherman
15-Stephen Bromfield
16-Robert Patrick
17-N S Burbanks
18-Isaac W Howell
19-William Luce
20-John Jagger
21-William Durfee
22-Jas O Stoddard
23-James R Sanford
24-A D Bromfield
25-Asa White
26-Thomas Chapman
27-John McDuffie
29-George Parsons
30-Luther P Benton
31-Silas Taber
32-George Smith
33-David Holmes
34-Edwin Stacey
35-Jetur Jagger
36-Newton Foster
37-Hunting Post
38-Charles Adams
40-Silas J Pettit
We the board of town officers of the town of Palmyra at the annual town meeting held therein on the 5th day of April 1853 do certify that we have and do hereby appoint the following named persons to be inspectors of elections respectively in the two election districts to wit, Augustus Elmendorf to be one of the inspectors in and for district no 1 and Charles Hudson to be one of the inspectors in and for district no 2 in town of Palmyra aforesaid. Said Elmendorf and Hudson having received the greatest number of votes for inspectors of election next to the inspectors duly elected by the people.
It was also resolved that in the opinion of the people of the town of Palmyra it is expedient and desirable to change the day for the holding of the annual town meetings in the county of Wayne to the first Tuesday in march and that the supervisor of this town is instructed to advocate such change in the board of supervisors.
Ambrose Salisbury
I E Beecher
Fred Smith
James Peddie – Justices of the Peace
H S Flower – Town Clerk
I certify the proceeding minutes to be a true copy of the original in file in this office this 7th day of April 1853.
H S Flower – Town Clerk
Appointments of Pathmasters
Wayne County SS
Town of Palmyra
By virtue of the powers vested in the commissioners of highways of said town and pursuant to the statute in such cases made and provided we do by these presents appoint the following named persons as overseers of highways in and for road districts numbers 9, 20, 24 and 29, to supply the vacancies occasion by the refusal of Silas Culver number 9, John Jagger number 20, A P Bromfield number 24, and George Parsons number 29, to serve.
To wit: Luther Sanford – District number 9
Henry Post – District number 20
David I Rossman – District number 24
A J Lakey – District number 29
Dated Palmyra May 7th 1853
Samuel Miller
Elijah Ennis – Commissioners of Highways
A true copy of the original filed in this office May 7th 1853
L M Chase – Town Clerk
Appointments of inspectors of election district number 1
Wayne County SS
Town of Palmyra
Thereas at the last annual town meeting held in and for the town of Palmyra in the county of Wayne Jacobg C Pettit and Hazard W Rogers of the said town of Palmyra were chosen inspectors of election for assembly district number 1 in said town and whereas the said Jacob C Pettit and Hazard W Rogers neglected or refused to file their acceptance of the said office of inspector according to the law in such case made and provided
We the Supervisor, Town Clerk and three of the Justices of the Peace of the said town of Palmyra do hereby appoint Jacob C Pettit and Hazard W Rogers inspectors of election of assembly district number 1 in the said town of Palmyra
Given under our hands at Palmyra this 5th day of November 1853
Abraham I Carle - Supervisor
L M Chase – Town Clerk
Fred Smith – Justices of the Peace
I E Beecher
A Salisbury
A true copy of the original on file iin this office Palmyra November 5th 1853
L M Chase
Town Clerk