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1709.] TOWN RECORDS. 103
Dec. 15, 1709.
The Tide Mill.
The town grants by a major vote, to
Joseph Birchard, Thomas Bctts, John Betts,
and John
Gregory, jr., the liberty to Damm up ye crick lying before
ye sd Gregory's, with also the privilege of the stream
that runs into ye said crick and through the said damm :
provided that they the said Joseph, &c. * * do sett upon
the said work in order to the erecting a grist mill upon
the damm that they shall so erect, within one year from
this date ; and do accomplish the work of the said mill
within ye term of three years from the day of these presents
; and so long as they the said undertakers do
maintaine a good sufficient grist mill, the said stream
shall remain to them and to their successors that shall so
maintaine ye same : they to grind all grain into good
and sufficient meal for the town, for the toal stated in
ye law ;
and not to grind for any strainger coming with
his grain to said mill, so long as any of ye inhabitants of
this Towne's grain is lying in said mill unground ; excepting
any of said inhabitants shall allow any strainger
their turn.
A Platform to the Gallery.
Dec. 15, 1709. The town by major vote grants to
John Bartlet, James Lockwood, and Samuell Keeler, jr.,
a liberty to erect and build on ye west side of the meeting
house, a plattform from ye gallery unto the north
Griswold and Reinold Marvin."
" The arbitrators awarded that
one half the horses should be equally divided between them, and
that the other half should go to the colony, and Marvin should look
them up ; and appointed a committee to sell the horses and execute
the award." Upon this Mr. Hinman remarks :
" The arbitrators
must at least have resided at Dutch Point, if they were not
Dutch Justices."
This record may explain the matter without the
necessity of so uncharitable a supposition.