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HISTORY OF AMESBURY. 5 I<br />

towne shall have for their full part and portion <strong>of</strong> the said<br />

common all those lands which lie upon the west side <strong>of</strong> the<br />

pawwaus river up to Haverhill bounds & the said river to divide<br />

the bounds between the new town and the old town <strong>of</strong> Salis-<br />

bury, viz. : that branch <strong>of</strong> the sayd river on which the mills<br />

now stand and all the remaynder <strong>of</strong> the common besides what<br />

is before expressed is agreed and concluded upon by both par-<br />

ties aforesaid to bee the full part and portion <strong>of</strong> the inhabi-<br />

tants <strong>of</strong> the old towne for their bounds.<br />

2ly : It is, also, concluded & agreed upon between the afore-<br />

said inhabitants <strong>of</strong> each towne that all the lands in the p r sent<br />

possession <strong>of</strong> either parties shall be rated unto y l towne only<br />

wherein the proprietors now dwell, as also the saw mill shall be<br />

rated to that towne wherein the owners live, according to their<br />

parts and proportion <strong>of</strong> the said mill provided the owners live<br />

in one <strong>of</strong> the said townes.<br />

3ly : It is further agreed upon by the said inhabitants <strong>of</strong><br />

each towne that three parts <strong>of</strong> the yearly rent <strong>of</strong> the p r sent<br />

saw mill shall belong unto the inhabitants <strong>of</strong> the old towne and<br />

the other fourth part <strong>of</strong> the yearly rent <strong>of</strong> the said mill unto<br />

the inhabitants <strong>of</strong> the new towne forever.<br />

4ly : It is also concluded and agreed upon by y* inhabitants<br />

<strong>of</strong> y e new towne that the inhabitants <strong>of</strong> the old town shall have<br />

full power & libertie to feed the after grass <strong>of</strong> all the meadows<br />

or marshes that doe or shall belong unto the said inhabitants<br />

<strong>of</strong> y e new towne in that tract <strong>of</strong> ground meadow or marsh<br />

which lies from the hog house to Merrimack Rivers mouth &<br />

so to y e extent <strong>of</strong> y c bounds to Hampton Rivers mouth, and<br />

the said inhabitants <strong>of</strong> the new towne them their heirs & assigns<br />

shall not at any time any ways lett or hinder or interrupt the<br />

inhabitants <strong>of</strong> the old town from feeding the said meadows or<br />

marshes as aforesaid.<br />

5ly : It is also agreed upon by the inhabitants <strong>of</strong> the new<br />

towne that William Osgood a present inhabitant <strong>of</strong> the old<br />

towne shall have libertie for himself his heirs and successors to<br />

keep eight cows upon the new town common with their cow-<br />

heard allowing to their heardsman the like pay that the said

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