1856 Palmyra Annual Town Meeting Minutes

 

At the annual Town Meeting of the Town of Palmyra held pursuant to an adjournment at the Eagle Hotel kept by Wm. Doran in the Village of Palmyra on Tuesday March 4^th 1856.  Present presiding, Ambrose Salisbury, Jas. Peddie,  J. W. Corning,  Geo G. Jessup  Justices of the Peace and L. D. Nims  Town Clerk

VOTED  That four constables be elected for the ensuing year.

VOTED  That the report of the Supervisor be accepted

VOTED  That the report of the commissioners of Highways be accepted

VOTED  That Wm. Doran be allowed Twelve dollars for the use of his house for the present Town Meeting

The following named persons having received the greatest number of votes an declared duly elected to the several and respective offices for which they are respectfully named to Wit

Arovestus P. Crandall---Supervisor,  Henry S. Flower---Town Clerk,  James Peddie—Justice of the Peace,  Henry J. Foster—Supt. Of Common Schools,  Maltby Clark---Assessor,

Jeter Jagger---Commissioner of Highways,  Abrah I. Carl---Overseer of the Poor,

Charles B. Bingham---Collector,  Charles B. Bingham, William F. Moore, Edwin Stacy, George C. Williams---Constables,  John H. Gilbert and Luther M. Chase---Inspectors of Election Dist. No 1,  Luther Sanford and Darius Pullman---Inspectors of Election Dist. No 2

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,  No 2. James Galloway,  No 3.  Merrett Sherman,  No 4.  Myron Pulver,  No 5.  Thos. Galloway,  No 6.  I. D. Rogers,  No 7. H. T. Goldsmith,  No 8.  A. Salisbury,  No 9.  Cephas Jagger,  No 10.  Wm. Peller,  No 11.  A. C. Butler,  No. 12  Aretus Lapham,  No 13.  John Jordon,  No 14.  P. D. Peller,  No 15.  Avery Durfee,  No 16.  Baldwin

Jagger,  No 17.  Myron Avery,  No 18.  Jas. Vannys,  No 19.  Thos. Hooper,  No 20.F. Rowley,  No 21.  M. H. Luddington,  No 22.  Lorenzo Wamer,  No 23.  Adam Rutherford, 

No 24.  Hendee Parshall,  No 25.  Asa K. White,  No 26.  Sidney Hecox,  No 27.Gilbert Budd,

No 28.  Elijah Ennis,  No 29. F. Lakey,  No 30.  Oliver Henien,  No 31.  Thos. Ragnier,

No 32.  Geo. Smith,  No 33.  Jas. Reeves,  No 34.  Maltty Clark,  No 35.  Jeter Jagger,

No 36.  Franklin Reeves, No 37.  Geo. Evans,  No 38.  David Johnson,  No. 39 none,

No 40.  J. C. Pettitt

We the Board of town officers of the town of Palmyra at the annual town meeting held therein on the 4^th day of March 1856.  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 in said town to wit   Hiram Van Duzen on of the Inspectors of Election for Dist. No 1 in said town of Palmyra and  Thomas S. Hooper one of the Inspectors of Election in District No 2 in Palmyra aforesaid,

The said Hiram Van Duzen and the said Thomas S. Hooper having received the greatest number of votes for Inspectors of Election for the respective Districts to which they were named next to the Inspectors duly elected by the people.

Given under our hands at Palmyra this 4^th day of March 1856.

A. Salisbury, J. W. Corning, Jas. Peddie,  Geo. G. Jessup   Justices of the Peace

L. D. Nims   Town Clerk

I certify the above to be a true copy of the original minutes on file in theis office

L. D. Nims    Town Clerk