At the Annual Town Meeting of the Electors of the town of Otsego held at the
house of William Lewis in Cooperstown on Tuesday, March 4th 1862
Present Hezekiah Sprague )
Zebulon G. Garlock )
Seth Doubleday ) Justices
William Wendell )
M. B. Angell Town Clerk
The Commissioners of Highways of the town having given public notice
according to law of their intention of applying to the Electors of Otsego
to raise the sum of Four hundred Dollars for the improvement of Roads and
Bridges - it was
Resolved that the sum of Four Hundred Dollars, in addition to the
amount allowed by law, be levied upon and raised in the town of Otsego,
the ensuing year in pursuance of said notice for the purpose therein mentioned.
The Report of the Special committee of the Board of Supervisors on
the Jail was read.
The Resolution of the Board of Supervisors, changing the time for
holding the Annual Town Meeting was read, and it was resolved
That, We, the electors of the town of Otsego, are opposed to changing
the time of holding the Annual Town Meetings from the first Tuesday of March.
The following Officers were elected to wit
Marias B. Angell Supervisor
Luzerne M. Bolles Town Clerk
Lewis Hinds Justice of the peace
Philip Roof Assessor
Everett D. Preston Commissioned of Highways
Silas W. Root Overseer of the Poor
Thomas Higby " " " "
Stephen L. Williams Collector
Stephen L. Williams Constable
Richard Thurston "
Norman L. Hyde "
Edward A. Olendorf "
Jerome B. Woods)
George Jarvis ) Inspectors of Elections 1st Dist
William Ruggles )
Jay E. Taylor )
Elon Denio ) Inspectors of Elections 2nd Dist
John B Hooker )
866 votes taken
List of Path Masters for 1862
Dist
1 Stephen Reynolds 33 Andrew J. Williams
2 Johnson Colburn 34 Albert Brockway
3 Erastus W. Warren 35 Jacob .C. Allen
4 James Delong 36 Andrew Jarvis
5 A. T. Van Horne 37 Peter King
6 Thomas Potts 38 Jeremiah Shaul
7 H. B. Sprague 39 Oliver Freeman
8 Orlo Underwood 40 Levi Russell
9 John Shumway 41
10 Lewis Davison 42 Isaac Pier
11 German Potter 43 Joel Squires
12 Chester Tuttle 44
13 Joseph A. Cheney 45 Lewis Hinds
14 Abram C. Van Horne 46 Napoleon Prosser
15 John B. Northrop 47
16 Hugh Seaton 48 Samuel Quaif
17 Lemuel Ackley 49 John Bunn
18 Pomeroy Judd 50 B. F. Austen
19 James M. Whipple 51 Allen Taylor
20 John Goodwin 52 A. W. Thayer
21 Daniel Richards 53 Menzo House
22 John Stevens 54 Elisha Gibbs
23 Hiram Barton 55 Chester Babbitt
24 Pliny Shepard 56 Henry Bristol
25 George Hull 57
26 Francis Hecox 58 Milo H. Gibbs
27 Pulaski Bates 59 Dorr Kinney
28 W. K. Warren 60 Fred. T. Jarvis
29 Wm. Edget 61 John A. Peasley
30 George Scribner 62
31 John Mc Ewen 63 Beecher Higby
32 Walter Van Horne
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Resolved
That the next Annual Town Meeting be held at the house of
William Lewis in said town.
The Board then adjourned
Marias B. Angell Town Clerk