1858 Palmyra Town Meeting Minutes

 

At the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Palmyra held pursuant to adjournment at the Eagle Hotel kept by William Doran  March 2, 1858  Present  presiding J. W. Corning,  James Peddie,

A.    Salisbury, Enos Pomeroy,  Justices of the Peace and C. J. Ferrin  Town Clerk

VOTED  That four Constables be elected for the ensuing year

VOTED  That the Supervisors report be accepted and adopted

VOTED  That Three Hundred and fifty dollars be raised for the support of the poor the ensuing year

VOTED  That the Commissioners of Highways report be accepted and adopted

VOTED  That Seven Hundred and fifty dollars be raised in addition to the Two Hundred and fifty dollars allowed by law to meet repairs and indebtedness building bridges

VOTED  That the Commissioner of Highways be empowered to make a loan of four thousand dollars (added between the lines-to apply to the legislator for the passage ????) to pay Town indebtedness and to pay for Road and Bridges to be repaired and built here of ? and said loan to be paid by installments.

VOTED  That William Doran be allowed ten dollars for the use of house at this election

VOTED  That the Town Meeting do adjourn to meet at the Village Hall next year on the day appointed by law at Nine O’clock A.M.

The following named persons having received the greatest number of votes are declared elected to the several offices for which they are respectfully named to wit.

Arovestus P. Crandall---Supervisor,  William A. Cole---Town Clerk,  Isaac E. Beecher---Justice of the Peace,  Stephen Hyde---Assessor,   Alauson Sherman---Collector,  Gilbert Oliver---Overseer of the Poor,  A. R. Sherman, William F. Moore, William Sherman, Alfred Tibbetts---

Constables,  Thos. Knight & Hiram Van Dusen---Inspectors of Election District No.1,

Darius Pullman &  T. S. Hooper---Inspectors of Election District 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  Nathaniel P. Johnson, 

No. 4  James P. Horton,  No. 5  Thos. Galloway,  No. 6  J. D. Rogers,  No. 7  A. T. Goldsmith,

No. 8  Joel  Foster,  No.  9  T. S. Hooper,  No. 10  Nelson Reeves,  No. 11 Phillip Feller,

No. 12  E. D. Townsend,  No. 13  John Jordon,  No. 14  Richard Storms,  No. 15  James Shaw,

No. 16  Luther P. Jagger, No. 17  Marquis Cole,  No. 18  Isaac Howell,  No. 19  Smith Sweezey,

No. 20  William Rowley,  No. 21  Gurden T. Smith,  No. 22  James O. Stodard  

No. 23  Adam Rutherford,  No. 24  Hendee Parshall,  No. 25  Rufus Sweezey, 

No. 26  Phillip Mink,  No. 27  Brazilla Smith Sr.,  No. 29  F. Lakey,  No. 30  Austin Reeves,

No. 31  Daniel Beals,  No. 32  Geo. Smith,  No. 33  Ira Perry,  No. 34  Edwin Stacy, 

No. 35  Cyrenus Jagger,  No. 36  Henry M. Clark,  No. 37  Joel Gillett,  No. 38  Thos. W. Beebee,  No. 40  J. C. Pettitt

We the Board Officers of the Town of Palmyra  at the Annual Town Meeting held therein on the

2^nd day of March 1858 do certify that we have and do hereby appoint the following named           persons to be Inspectors of Election respectively in the two Election Districts  in said town

to wit.  William Foster District No. 1 and Nelson Reeves in District No. 2 in Palmyra aforesaid.

The said William Foster and Nelson Reeves having received the greatest number of votes for

Inspectors of Election for the respective districts to which they are named next to the inspector duly Elected by the People.  Given under our hands this 2^nd day of March 1858 at Palmyra

A. Salisbury, J. W. Corning, James Peddie, Enos Pomeroy   Justices of the Peace

C.J. Ferrin  Town Clerk

I certify the above to be a true copy of the original on file.

B.    J. Ferrin  Town Clerk