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1G81.] TOWN RECORDS. 77
in times of exerciso on the Sabbath and other Publicjiie
meetings ;
and the Towne doe impowcr him if he see
any disorderly, for to keep a small stick to correct such
with ; oneley he is Desired to doe it with clemency
and if any are incoridgable in such disorder, he is to
present them either to their parents or masters ;
and
if they do not reclaime them, then to present such to
authority.
Attending Town Meetings.
At the same meeting it was voted and agreed by the
towne, that all persons that are members of Towne
Meetings, that shall neglect to attend meetings when
they are legally warned, within one houre after the time
prefixed by those that warne them, they shall pay one
shilling as a fyne, &c.
Fining the Majority for unlawful acts.
At the same meeting it was voted by the
towne that
all that land yett lying in Common ;
namely a full
mile out round from the corner of Richard Olmsted's
common fence and a mile out round from the iiouse of
William Lees, the sayd land to ly for ever in Common
and if the IMajor part of the towne shall give, grant, or
sell any land now soe lying in common within the sayd
limits, they shall pay five shillings a rod, for every rod
so given or sould, and so proportionabiy, for
any other
quantitie, they shall pay it to the Minor part of the
towne.
At the
same meeting it was voted and agreed by the
Towne, that there shall be a division of six acres to the
hundred granted to all the inhabitants, without the
limits of the mile excepted in the former order ; to take
it up where they can find it ;
provided they are not to