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OF SUFFIELD. may be comfortable to keep School in it this winter, and also Do pass the Bills of charge therefor:3dly. Voted, that the Great Bridge over Stony Brook by Samll, Copleys mill* be Repaired, and that the Town be at the Charge of Plank and other materials necessary therefor. 4thly. Voted, that the copy of the ¥ Report of the General Courts committee and the sanction of the Court thereon Respecting the Late Establishment of the Dividend Line between Springfield and Suffield be Recorded at length in the Towns Book of Records to perpetuate the memory thereof; and that all the evidences and copys and ¥¥ papers Relating to that affair be kept upon file in the Town Clerks office until there shall happen to be occasion to use them in some future Controversie Respecting said Line.§ 5thly. Voted, that the Town Clerk (for the time being) for the future Do Record all perambulations that hereafter shall be made Between this and ally of the Neighboring Towns. 61hly. Granted to the several persons hereafter named in Town Pay at Old Tenor price the sum affixed to each ones name. Viz: To William Austin (for plank) 34 feet Last year 4s / 2d. To Lt Josiah King One pound Ten shillings per year for his service in the Town Treasures Office.--To Abraham Granger for Timber for Bushes Bridge 12/,--To Joseph Fuller for Timber Bushes Bridge 4/. To Thomas Norton Constable for warnig Sundrey persons out of Town 55/. To Mr. Abraham Burbank for Nailes and work Done to Repair the School House 26/3d.---To Samll Sikes for 120 foot of plank for Bushes Bridge 13/.---To Mr. Samll Kent 2d Four pound for service he has Done for the Town in the Genl Court &c in the Controversie between Springfield & Suffield Respecting the Dividing line. Also to Mr. Samll Kent 2nd 10/ for Timber for the Highways.--To Jared Huxley for Timber for Highways 2/. To Samll and Benjamin Remington for Timber for Highways 10/. To John Granger for Timber for Highways 4/. 7thly. Granted to Mr Samll Kent 2nd 40/ money old Tenor over and above what he hath already Recd of Joseph King which was Three pounds Old Tenor for money he has Expended at ye Genll Court for Copys &c in the Controversie between Springfield and Suffield. 8th1y. Voted, that the Assessors Do Assess the Town in the sum of Forty Pounds in Town pay at Old Tenor price to Defray the Town Charg. 9thly. Voted, that the assessors Do assess the the Inhabitants of the town In the sum of One Hundred Pounds in Bills of Credit to Defray the Necessary Charges arising and happening within the same. 10thly. Voted, That the several Species hereafter mentioned shall be accounted for and Received in the Town Treasury as Town pay to Discharge the Towns Debts at the several prices affixed to each particular in the old Tenor. Viz: good Bar Iron at Four pounds Five shillings per hundred Wheat at 16/ Rye at 12/ Indian Corn, at 8/ Barley at 12/ and oats at 5/ pr bushel And flax at 2/ pr pound. __________ *This was probably a fulling mill. The bed timbers of the dam are to be seen north from the bridge at South St. R. R. Station. ¥ See Appendix G. Also Book-No. 2, Town Acts, p. 498. ¥¥ See Appendix F. Some of these papers are preserved. § It remains the Town and State Line to this day. See Town Lines, p. 12.
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