Voted To Chuse a Cōmittee to Prepare Instructions for the Representatives for their Acting at the General Court at their Approching Session, And to Lay them befor the Meeting in the Afternoon—
Voted: That John Alford Esqr mesrs Henry Dering and Nathll Cunningham be the Said Committee—
On the Petition of Sundry Inhabitants about the Situatian of the Grainery
Voted That mr Moderator and the Selectmen be Joyned with the Cōmittee appointed for Building the Grainery, Be desired to View the Place, And make Return of their Opinion thereof to the Meeting after Dinner this Day—
| mr John Jeffers | Excus'd | Chosen Assessors. |
| mr Thomas Moffat | Excus'd | |
| Edward Maycomb | Sworn | Clerks of the Market. |
| John Spooner | Sworn | |
| Nathanll Cobbit | Sworn |
Post Meridiem.
Voted That the Grainery be Erected and Set up Rainging with the Line of the Burying place on the Cōmon fronting Eastward, The Said Building to be not Less then [than] forty feet distant from the [South] Corner of the Brick wall of the Burying place—
| mr James Pemberton | Pay[111] | Assessors. |
| mr James Watson | Sworn |
In as much as the Gramer School at the North End of the Town of which mr Peleg Wiswall is the Master is much Increaced in the Number of the Schollers, and that no Usher is alowed to assist him in his School:
Voted That there be an Additian of Forty Pounds to the Said mr Wiswalls Salary—