Search -
History of the Town of Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New-Hampshire
History of the Town of Dunbarton Merrimack County NewHampshire Author:Caleb Stark Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Yoted, To raise no more money for school charges than the law requires. 1860. Votes for Governor: Ichabod Goodwin 142, Asa P. Gate 102. Voted, To raise fiv... more »e hundred dollars for town charges. Voted, To raise no more school money than the law requires. Voted, That the selectmen be authorized to appropriate a sum sufficient to pay for printing and binding one copy of the History of Duubarton, now being written by Caleb Htarlc, for each tax-payer in town. MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATING TO TOWN AFFAIRS. WARNING OUT. To prevent persons, having no legal residence and no ostensible property, from becoming town charges upon the places of their temporary abode, the law required that they should be warned to leave the town by a notice to that effect, served upon them by the constables; who, in several instances, were employed to convey them out of town. The records furnish many instances similar to the following, dated March 14, 1786 : Voted, To allow Israel Clifford's account brought in for carrying William Hogg to Weare, and allowed him £0 12s. Qd. For warning out Mrs. Dawson, 020 For warning out George Hogg, 030 For carrying George Hogg and family to Weare, 090 Voted, Not to allow David Story's account against Joshua Folsome, but to support said Story ia bringing an action against said Folsome, for bringing said Hogg's family unlawfully into town. Voted, To allow Ephraim Kinsman £0 19 5. 9 d. for sundry articles, and warning sundry persons out of town, and returning warrants. William Beard, as constable, warned out Alexander Nichols and others. DR. DUQALLS PETITION. To the gentlemen of estates, freeholders, and other inhabitants of Dunbarton, in the State of New-Hampshire, and at the March meeting on the second Tuesday of said month, in ...« less