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1704.J TOWN RECORDS. 99
the meeting house for to be wrung ther for the probation
of the goodnes of the Bell.
At the same meeting the towne made choyse of
Ralph Keeler and James Stewart to hang the bell in
the meeting house,
and to doe all that is necessary respecting
the hanging the sayd bell, and allso to put a
new tongue into the bell if it shall in there judgments
soe need it.
Ringing the bell, and beating the drum.
Dec. 1704. William Lees did eno-ao-e with and unto
the towne to beat the Drum or ring the bell, and that
on all publique occasions. And also to sweep the meeting
house every week decently ; and the towne engages
to allow and pay unto sayd Lees the next yeere the sum
of one pound ten shillings.
Fetching arms from Stanford.
Allso the towne engages to pay any damage that may
be done, or happen to be done, in the armes that are to
be fetcht from Stanford ; and allso to pay those persons
as shall fetch them, reasonable satisfaction for their
labor.
Seating the meeting house in 1705.
Voted, that the meeting house shall be seated with
as much conveniency as may be ; and that the order or
method of seating the meeting house shall be in the act
of the towne bareing date Feb. 21, 1698 ;
only further
agreed that noe person shall be degraded, or brought
lower than they are now seated.
Allso voted and agreed that the first long seat in the
gallery of the meeting house shall be accounted and
deemed as the fifth long seat below, and those as sitt
below have liberty there to sitt still.
Also that there shall be twelve men seated in the lonsc