afore sd. that ye sd Comtee (viz) Patrick Douglas Allan Anderson and Liut Todd is hereby Impowered to sue or prossecut for ye same at any of His Maj'tes Courts of Judicattuer in sd province. and it is further to be Known by sa vote that ye proprietors of ye old meeting House of sd Londonderry is to bear all ye Coast and Charges that shall or may arise upon ye same (viz) those that are proprietors or adhears to the old meeting House afore sd the fifth article being Read and Consider'd it is Defear'd Recorded P. Jo" Wallace town Clerk Province of New.shire Londonderry June the 27th 1739 You are hearby Required to Warn the proprietor's freeholders and Inhabitants of sd Londonderry Within Your Respective bounds, to meet at the old meeting House upon thursday the twelth Day of July next Ensuing the Date hereof at ten o' the Clock before noon then & there 1st ly to see What method the town will take about those seats in sd old meeting House that is Returned to the select men to be sold 2: ly to see what meathod the town will take to pay their supliers 3: ly to see if the town will alow Rhods or High ways to Hugh Bolton Jo" Durham and the Cokses, and Charls Stuart and Robert Gilmore that they may have some Corespondance with their neighbours as others in s town. 4: ly to see what the town will Do With Patrick Douglas and James Callwell about a high way that the select men has laid out betwen them leading to Chaster, and has offered them the towns price for it and they will not take it but has stoped said high way till they be paid for it 5: ly to see what the town will Do with Hugh Willson that is trublsom to sd town and this shall be your Warrant Given under our hands ye Day and Year above mentioned Thos Willson Allan Anderson Hugh Willson Andrew Todd Moses Barnet Select men To Mr James Taggart Constable in the Westerly side of Beaver Brook Province of N. shire Londonderry July ye 12 1739 I have posted precept according to former Custom P James Taggart Constable [A duplicate of this warrant addressed to "Mr Sam" Alleson Constable for ye Easterly side of beaver Brook" is recorded on pages 133-4, Vol. 2, Early Records Londonderry. -ED.] Province of Newhampshire By virtue of the fore Going Warrants being leagally Called and Warned the proprietors freeholders and Inhabitants of Londonderry met at the old meeting House, July the 12th 1739, and voted for moderator Jon Morison ser modtr 1stly The first article in the fore Going Warrant being Read and Consider'd by sa proprietors freeholders & Inhabitants it is voted and agreed upon by s Inhabitants that there shall be a Comtee Chosen Consisting of five men. to treat & agree with those men (viz) James Aiken and Matthew Taylor that is to make Return of their seats or pews in ye old meeting House of sd Londonderry to the select men of Londonderry aforesd to be sold according to their Convenant or agreement With sd sealect men......and it is further to be known by sa vote that ye sd Comtee is to agree and buy s seats or pews at a Reasonable price. for the use and Benefit of sd Inhabitants the sd Comtee's Names are. Liut Andrew Todd Robert Boyes Esq Will Humphra Hugh Willson Jo" Wallace se❜ Comtee 2:ly The second article in the fore Going Warrant being Read and Consider'd by s proprietors freeholders & Inhabitants, it is voted & agreed upon by sd Inhabitants that they will Raise and asses money upon s Inhabitants according to law and Custom of sd province to pay their suppliers or preachers of the Gospel in the old meeting House of sd Londonderry 3: ly the third article in the fore Going Warrant being Read and Consider'd it is voted and agreed upon that the select men of s town shall Regolat and lay out What high ways is needfull for sa Inhabitants the forth and fift article being Read it was voted to Defare s articles (viz) the 4: and 5 & Province of New. shire Londonderry Septbr ye 18th 1739 You are hereby Required to Warn the proprietors freeholders & Inhabitants Within your Respective Bounds to Meet at the old Meeting House upon saturday the sixth Day of octbr next at nine o' the Clock before noon then & there 1st ly to see what meathod the town will take to Call a Minister ofthe Gospel to Labour a mongst them & Chouse Commissioners to Prossecut the same 2: ly to see what presbyterien Minister preacher or probationer they will Call to Labour a mongst them 3: ly to see what Incuragment they will Give for the settelment of sd minister preacher or probationer when Call'd 4: ly to see how much yearly sallary they will propose to Give to such Minister preacher or probationer as they will Call 5: ly to see if the proprietors freeholdher & Inhabitants. of L: Derry will vot that the money to be Raised for paying suppliers shall be Raised from the Inhabitants that attend the ordinances at the old meeting House only, or whether they will vot that the people that adhears to Mr mtt Gregore shall pay or be Exempted Considering their Erregullar Build ing a Meeting House at James Aikens to the Great Disturbance of the sd of peace town 6: ly to see if the town will vot that the town Clerk shall Record a protest Given in at a town Meeting held ye 12th of July last past, by Mr Jo" Bleair & others Considering the form that sd protest is Drod in 7: ly to see if the town will vot that the most Westerly Meeting House in the Westerly side of sd town shall be the place of publick Worship when set off by authority 8: ly to see how much money they will vot to be Raised to Defray The Charges of the town for this year 9:ly to see how much money the proprietors will vot to be Raised of the proprietors for to pay their Debts & Defray the Charges of sd proprietors for this year 10: ly to see if the Inhabitants will vot that their be an Equall Division of high ways according to the Number of men in the town and that their be a Comtee Chosen to Divied sa highways in Equall shars to Each Quarter in sa town 11: ly to hear our towns accounts Read that we may know how the towns money has been Disposed that has been Colected in the years 1738 & 1739. and this shall be your warrant Given under our hands the Day & Year above mentioned Allan Anderson Andrew Todd Select men To Mr Sam" Alleson Constable for the Easterly side of Beaver Brook Province of New: shire Londonderry octbr ye 6th 1739 I have posted the within precept according to former Cus tom P me Sam" Alleson Constable [A duplicate of this warrant was made out to "Mr James Taggart Constable for the Westerly side of Beaver Brook," and recorded upon page 136, Vol. 2, Early Records of Londonderry.-ED.] Province of New: shire By Virtue of the fore Going Warrants being legally Call'd &c. the proprietors freeholders and Inhabitants of Londonderry mett at the old meeting House octbr ye 6th 1739. and voted for Moderator..... ..Robt Boys Esq modtr 1st ly the first article in the fore Going warrant being Read and Consider'd by the proprietors freeholders and inhabitants of sa Londonderry, it is voted and a Greed upon by sd Inhabitants that they will adhear & a Gree to the Rules of the presbyt which is to held at Londonderry afore sa the 10th Day of this Instant Currant, (viz) in the Choise of a minister of the Gospel to Labour a mongst them, it is also voted and a Greed upon by sd Inhabitants that Rob Boys Esq Lieut Andrew Todd and Moses Barnet shall be a Comtee appoynted to Joyn with the sesion of sd Londonderry to prossecut a Call at the afore sa presbytr for Mr Willm Davidson probationer 2: ly the second article in the fore Going warrant being Read and Consider'd by the proprietors freeholders and Inhabitants of sd Londonderry, it is voted and a Greed upon by sd Inhabitants that Mr Willm Davidson preacher of the Gospel shall be their settled Minister of sa Londonderry if he the s Mr Davidson see caus to tak up with the Proposels that may be made to him on that account 3: ly the third article in the fore Going warrant Being Read and Consider'd by the proprietors freeholders & Inhabitants of sd Londonderry it is voted and a Greed upon by s Inhabitants that they will Give for Encuragment of Settlement to the sd Mr Davidson one Hundred & sixty pounds of passable Bils of Credite, the one half to be paid this Year & the other half to be paid next Year following. the s money to be assesed on the sd Inhabitants by the select men of s Londonderry, and to be Colectted by ye Constables |