History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . March 2. Voted to allow the account for the expense of thesmall pox, Allowed the account of Dr. A. Godding for vac-cinating inhabitants, March 2, Voted to repair the bell-deck and belfry. 1844, March 3. Voted to repair the bell. Expense of repairing,•$ Voted that the Assessors put the inhabitants upon their oathsas to the truth of their statements in giving their valuation. 1847, November 29. Chose a committee to see about building anew Town Hou
History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . March 2. Voted to allow the account for the expense of thesmall pox, Allowed the account of Dr. A. Godding for vac-cinating inhabitants, March 2, Voted to repair the bell-deck and belfry. 1844, March 3. Voted to repair the bell. Expense of repairing,•$ Voted that the Assessors put the inhabitants upon their oathsas to the truth of their statements in giving their valuation. 1847, November 29. Chose a committee to see about building anew Town Hou3e, or fitting up the lower part of the first Congrega-tional Meeting-house. 1845, March 6. Voted not to builda Town Hall, yeas, 78; nays, 28, Voted to relinquish all right and title the town may have, (if any,) to the first Congregational Meeting-house, to the firstCongregational Society. 1849, January 19. Certain rules were made respecting rabid were to be restrained three months. Those running at large wereliable to be killed. Any person for killing a rabid dog was to have abounty of a HISTORY OF WTXCHEyDOX. 201 March 20, Voted to have the bells on the First and the North Con-gregational churches rung at noon and in the evening. 1850, April 15. Took action respecting guide-boards. Chose acommittee with reference to new Town Hall. April 15, Voted to build a Town House to transact our town busi-ness in. Chose a committee of nine to purchase land, and contract forbuilding Town House, subject to the approval of the town; viz: , Jr., Joseph White, Levi Raymond, Ezra Porter, Seth Tucker,Jr., Levi Parks, C. C. Alger, Levi Greenwood, C. R. Whitman. May 13, The town moeting was held in lira. Lucy Rices barn. Atthis time, the old meeting-house was being taken down, that the mate-rials might be used in building a new one. May 21, The town meeting wa3 held in the basement of the NorthCongregational Church. The committee on Town Hall reported, a
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