At a meeting of the freeholders and Inhabitants of the town of Otsego held at the
Court House in the village of Cooperstown in said town on the first Tuesday of March 1836.
Present Seth Doubleday Jr
Chester Jarvis Justs.
Resolved that will choose Three assessors & four Constables for the year ensuing
Resolved
That the Collector be allowed five p cent for collecting
Resolved
That the town raise one hundred Dollars & that the sum be paid to the Coms of High Ways.-
Resolved
That 4 1/2 feet in height shall be requisite to constitute a lawful fence.
Resolved
That each school Inspector be allowed 50 cents for each School Teacher he
assists in Inspecting or Examining.
Resolved
That each School Inspector, not exceeding two, shall receive one dollar for each
school inspected & examined - provided no more that two schools are examined in one day.
Resolved
That the School Coms. be allowed Ten shillings pr day
Resolved
That after the first Inspection by one or more of the Inspectors, they nor either
of them shall be entitled to any pay unless the visit of Inspections was requested by a
majority [end page]
1836 - page 2
of the Trustees of the district, then, and in that case they shall receive one dollar each.
Resolved
That it is highly proper and in our opinion for the benefit of the District schools if
the Inspectors would give the Trustees of the District notice when they intend to examine the school
Resolved
That no cattle sheep Hogs or Horses shall be permitted to run at large at any
time during the year under the penalty of Twenty five cents for each and every offence
Resolved
That Rams shall not be permitted to run at large from the 1st of August until the 25th Novr.
under the penalty of Five dolls -
Resolved
That our representatives in assembly be requested to use their influence in
obtaining a law to tax all Incorporated Companys on the High Ways and to make them liable to
be sued before a single Justice -
[Minutes continue in a different hand writing]
The meeting then proceded to ballot for Town Officers for the ensuing year, whereupon the
following persons were duly elected to
fill the Several offices opposite their respective names. Viz.-
Elihu Phinney Supervisor
George Pomeroy Town Clerk
James J. Paul )
Jared Clark ) Assessors
Leander Plumb )
Jabex Chapman )
William P. Johnson ) Com's of Highways
Erastus Taylor, 2d )
1836 - PAGE 3
Elisha Doubleday )
Garratt Olendorf ) School Commissioners
Chester Jarvis )
George A.C. Luce )
William Stork ) School Inspectors
Erasmus D. Richardson )
Benjamin Ruggles Collector
Benjamin Ruggles )
Ira Tanner )
Lewis Nash ) Constables
John Hard )
Caleb Thayer )
William Williams ) Overseers of the Poor
four years from Jany 1837 Seth Doubleday Jr. for four years
Hezekiah B. Sprague for three years Justices
to fill the vacancy of Chancy Stevens
Elery Cory Town Sealer
Path Masters
Daniel Barney
Ward No.1 Joseph Bennet 20 Linsley Kinney
2. Elisha Doubleday 21. Jacob Wiley
3. Caleb Thayer 22. John Mallard
4. Lester C Doubleday 23. Albert Matteson
5. Abrm Van Horne 24. William Fitch
6. William P. Johnson 25. Marcus H. Scribner
7. Ira H. Tanner 26. Nathaniel Hicock
8. Richard Bates 27. Jas. D. Colt
9. Joseph Cheney 28. Julius Warren
10. John C. Williams 29. Caleb Brown
11 Thomas Higby 30. Isaac Russell
12. Zatta Andrews 31 Henry Bingham
13. David Hicock 32 Jonathan Harvey crossed out, John Williams added
14. William Rutenber 33 Samuel Scott
15. David Marvin 34..Demas Doubleday
16 John Loomis 35 James Weldon
17. Ebenezer Kinson 36 Benjamin Roberts
18 Charles Sumner 37 William Hinds
19 Cornelius Van Horn crossed out, Avolian Van Horn added
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38. Henry Newcomb 57. Alexander Hicock
39. Huron Olmsted 58. Daniel Card
41. Daniel Roberts 59. Isaac Tucker
42. Erastus Taylor 2nd 60. James Morris crossed out, Olney Andrews added
44. Calvin Coonrod 61. Philip Morris crossed out, Josiah Babbit added
45. Nehemiah Hinds 63. Lester Taylor
46. John Clark 64. John Patten
47. Ira Hide, Jr. 65. Benjamin Bissell
48. Herman C Jones 66. Cyremus Warner
50. William Russell 67. John Wilson
51. Samuel Hicock, Jr.
53. Isaac House
54. Benedict Price
From the minutes Chester Jarvis
Geo Pomeroy Justices
Town Clerk Seth Doubleday Jr.
[The bottom half of page 2, all of page 3 and the names at the top of page 4 appear to
have been written by Seth Doubleday, Jr. The following is in the original handwriting, probably
George Pomeroy.
It had been crossed out with a single large X]
Relative to Road district No 27 & 48
Henry G Herkimer is taken from Road District No.27 and attached to district No 48
Relative to Road District No.63 & 33
Erastus Tayler and Lester Tayler are taken off of Road district No 63 and put on district
No 33 from the north line of the Thornton farm to the house of Erastus Tayler attached
to district No 33
Relative to Road District No 10
A new district formed of part of District No 10 commencing at the Forks of the road south of
Platt St Johns and leading to the high way near Philema Shepherds also the road leading from the forks
said St. Johns north to Levi Pearce south line also a High way leading from the point near Adam
Countrymans to the highway near Zadok Fitch. No of said district 49 inhabitants who live .
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on said district are as follows
Adam Countraman
Platt St John
Zadok Fitch
James Kelley
Eleazer Bowen
Many Bowen
Recorded 1st March 1837, the paper not signed by the Coms. was however left with me by
Mr. Chapman to be recorded
George Pomeroy T Clk
a part of District No 33 from the forks of the road south of Silas Williams mills to ``
the four corners near Corys pail Factory attached to road district No 10
Jabez Chapman
[the above crossed out with one large X and several smaller marks]
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