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History of Amesbury - Merrill.org

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234 HISTORY OF AMESBURV.<br />

"After some consideration on s d<br />

affair, we are unanimously<br />

agreed that it is best for the town, as soon as may be, to Pro-<br />

vide some proper place for the reception <strong>of</strong> all such poor, idle,<br />

or lazy persons as in the judgment <strong>of</strong> the overseers <strong>of</strong> the poor<br />

<strong>of</strong> s d town shall judge ought to be sent there ; and they are<br />

also further <strong>of</strong> opinion that there be overseers <strong>of</strong> the poor yearly<br />

chosen ; and are further <strong>of</strong> opinion that some one person or<br />

persons be chosen and appointed as master or overseer <strong>of</strong><br />

s d house, and there be received under his care all such parsons<br />

as shall be sent to him by the overseers <strong>of</strong> the poor, and to<br />

take care that such parsons be well imployed in such business<br />

as he shall think proper ; and are also <strong>of</strong> opinion that the over-<br />

seers <strong>of</strong> the poor provide such materall as the master or over-<br />

seer <strong>of</strong> s d house shall judge necessary for imploying all such<br />

parsons as shall be committed to his care, he giveing a receipt<br />

for all such materialls as he shall receive, and likewise that he<br />

yearly render particular account to the s d overseer <strong>of</strong> each and<br />

every one <strong>of</strong> there joining, as well as an account <strong>of</strong> what charge<br />

he has been at ; also that the overseers <strong>of</strong> the poor lay there<br />

accounts <strong>of</strong> the whole before the town yearly. All which is<br />

most humbly submitted."<br />

Signed by Thos. Rowell, Stephen Bartlett, jr., Ephraim Weed,<br />

Wm. Moulton, Stephen Sargent, David <strong>Merrill</strong>, John Bagley,<br />

committee.<br />

This report was accepted, but was never carried out further<br />

than to choose some citizen to receive those persons named<br />

in the report. It was a well-digested plan, submitted by some<br />

<strong>of</strong> the most prominent men in town, and ought to have been<br />

put into operation.<br />

July 7th was observed as a day <strong>of</strong> fasting and prayer by the<br />

Second church, by reason <strong>of</strong> the drought. [Church record.]<br />

1762.<br />

A committee was chosen to view the town's landings and<br />

renew the bounds, and, also, to view a piece <strong>of</strong> land petitioned<br />

for by Theodore Hoyt for a ship-yard on Powow river. The<br />

committee bounded out a strip four rods wide to high water<br />

mark, and the town confirmed their action, he paying £,6 law-<br />

ful money and keeping the bank wall in repair.

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