APPENDIX TO ROLL OF FREEMEN. 1695-1774. No. 1. At a Common Council held the 8th. of July, 1695. Upon Reading an Order from his Excellency the Governour, Directed to the Mayor & Magistrates of this Citty, Requireing them forthwith to summons in all the Freemen of this Citty who by themselves or servants are to be Immediably Imployed In the Repaire of ye Fortifications, Bulwarks, Flankes & Batteries thereof & that they are to see that all the Guns Mounted upon any of ye Fortifications be ready and fitt for present Service, Powder, Ball, and Gunners proper and fitt to Answer the Present Occasion for the Defence and Security of this Citty &c. And the same being Considered, itt is the Opinion of this board that itt is Requisite and Convenient the Fortifications be put in Repaire and that the Freemen &c. of ye said. Citty be forthwith ordered to Labour in the Reparation of ye same; but are also humbly of Opinion that they have not power to Raise Money upon the Inhabitants for the Materialls that will be wanting and Needfull for the Effectual doeing thereof. No. 2. City Records. At a Common Council held the 19th. of November, 1695. Ordered that the several Laws hereafter named be fairly Engrossed and Printed viz :-[See Jan. 16. 1695.] No. 10 Freemen to be Inrolled & Sworne 66 II Apprentices to be bound before ye Mayor or some Aldermen. No. 3. City Records. At a Common Council held the 10th. of December, 1695. The following Laws were read and approved and Ordered to be forthwith Published. No. 3 Concerning Freemen. 66 66 22 Freemen to be Inrolled. 23 Apprentices to be bound before ye Mayor, &c. The above named Laws were after the Ringing of three Bells Published according to Order. No. 4. City Records. At a Common Council held the 12th. of December, 1695. The following Oath of a Freeman was read and Approved and Ordered the said be Printed and Administred to all such as shall be made Freemen of this City. THE OATH OF A FREEMAN. [Blank in City Records.] No. 5. City Records. At a Common Council held the 13th. of December, 1695. Resolved, That the Inhabitants of this Citty their Apprentices and Children that were here at the time |