At a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of the town of Otsego held at the Court House on the first
Tuesday of March 1826.
Present
Elisha Foote ) Just
Ariel Thayer ) of
Chancy Stevens ) P
Voted that the reading of the accounts audited and allowed by the board of Supervisors at their
meeting in Nov. last be dispensed with.-
Resolved
As the sense of the town of Otsego in annual meeting convened as to divide the County of
Otsego as is contemplated by an application to the Legislature cutting off Unadilla, Huntsville,
Otego and the better half of the town of Butternuts is not called for by expediency and would prove
injurious to the public interest.-
Voted, that the town choose three assessors and four Constables.-
Voted,
That the town raise Three hundred dollars for the support of the Poor for the year ensuing-
Voted,
That the Collectors fees at 4 pr ct
Voted
The height of Fence be 4 1/2 feet
Voted
That that School Inspectors shall receive ten shillings each pr day when engaged in visiting
schools
Voted
That the town raise double the sum for the support of Common schools that the law requires.
1826 - page 2
Resolved As the sense of the town of Otsego in annual town meeting convened, that the publication of the accounts of the county
in a pamphlet form, as prescribed by a statute of 1825 is an unnecessary expense, beneficial in no respect to the public and that
our delegates in assembly be requested to use their exertions to procure the exemption of the County of Otsego from so unnecessary a tax.
Path Masters
1. Miles Benjamin 31. John Williams
2. Elisha Doubleday 32. O. L. Williams
3. John Kellog 33. Asahel B. Davison
4. Timothy Waterman 34. David Waterman
5. E Van Benchoten crossed out, Mathew Van Benchoten added 38. Jonathan Perry
6. Levi Pearce 39. Nehemiah Hinds
7. Buckingham Fitch crossed out, Hezekiah B Sprague added 40. Zadoc Fitch
8. Zenas Chapman 41. William Patten
9. Joseph Cheney 44. John Hinds
10. William Williams 45. Thomas Stephens
11. John Adams 47. Nehemiah Mott
12. Zatty Andrus 48. James Johnson
13. John Abby 50. Orrin Bliss
14. William Rutenber 51. Ziba Birch
15. David Marvin 52. Joseph Rose
16. Israel Loomis Jr. 56. Jirah Carter Jr
17. David Peabody 57. Lawrence. Manser
18. Solomon Avery 58. Amon Tayler
19. Jared Allen Jr 59. William Crombie
20. Nathan Fisk Jr. 60. Olney Z. Andrus
21. John Bishop 61. Stephen Babbit.
22. Joseph Bissel 63. John Baily
23. A. R. Bliss 64. Jacob Gates
24. Benj. Allen 65. Ebenezer Spooner
25. Esek Page 66. George Pier
26. Ebenzr Kinson
27. Luther Lidle
28. Julius Warren
29. Anderson Weatherell
.
1826 - page 3
On the Canvass of the Ballots for town officers the following persons were declared duly elected.
George Morell Supervisor
George Pomeroy Town Clerk
Zebulon Gibbs )
Henry Beadle ) assessors
Ambrose Clark )
Abm Van Horne )
William Johnson ) Coms High Ways
Thos Tayler )
Buckingham Fitch )
Stephen Gregory ) Overseers Poor
Abm Van Horne )
Kent Jarvis ) Coms Com Schools
Henry Scott )
Elihu Phinney )
Geo A Starkweather ) School Inspectors
Ariel Thayer )
Homer Beadle Constable & Collector
Ira Tannar Constable
Samuel W. Cheney Constable
Miles Comstock Constable
Fence Viewers
Hezekiah Loomis
William Adams
Flavel Beadle
Silas Wood
Patrick Humaston
Erastus Tayler
William Thayer
Pound Masters
Thomas Fuller, Hart Seymour, David Marvin
1826 - page 4
Resolved
That Sheep, Hogs and Horses shall not be permitted to run at large during the year ensuing under the penalty of 25 cents
for each offence.
Resolved
That Cattle shall not run at large from the first of Nov to the 1st April under the penalty of 25 cents each.
Resolved
That no Ram shall be permitted to run at large from the 1st Sept to 20th Novr under the penalty of five dollars.
From the minutes
George Pomeroy
Town Clerk
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