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The Inhabitants of this villedge are Required in Hir majestyes name to meet to geather att ther useall place of meeting on thirdsday next being the Eleaventh day of this Instant march att nine of the clock in the four noone to chuse a comitty for ye year Insueing and to give them Instrucktions and to chuse a Clark to keep our Book of Records and to consider how the fence shall be repaired about the minestry pastuer alsoe to consider of some better way to warne our Towne meetings and wheather you will sell Capt Putnam and mr Joseph putnam the galleryes of the Old meetting House and to exsplane the votte that was passed for mr Greens sallery ye 20th of desembar 1697: and aggree upon some better way for the comittye to make up ther accounts and to chuse a comity to Regulatt the seatting of the meeting House and to give them Instrucktions alsoe to grant a pue for Decon Ingersoll likewise to grant Joseph Holtens former petishon and John Holten to Joyne with him Dath march 6th 1702 /3:
by order of comity
Daniell Rea Cla-

att a meeting of our Inhabitants of salem villedg march the 11th 1702:3

chosen for a comitty for this year mr Joseph Porter John Putnam tirs Jaspar Swinerton John Rea Henery wilkines John putnam tirs chose to keep our Book of Records for ye year Insueing

2 ly chosen for a comitty to Regulatte the fence of our minestry pastuer that every man may doe his proportion according to the votte in the Book and make retourn
Capt Flint Decon Ingersoll Joseph Herick Joseph Putnam

3ly Chosen for a comitty to seat the meeting House whearas the former comitty have mead nee Return of what they ded in that matter Capt Thomas Flint Capt Putnam Joseph Herick Lut Jonathan Putnam Capt Thomas Raiment Samuell nurse these or the major part of them to doe it according to ye best of ther Judgements and according to the instrucktions given them which are first Agge 2ly offise 3ly Reatt and make Return of it that it may be entred in our Book of Records

July

[120) Salem Villidge The 14th of July 1703

The Inhabitants of this villidge are Required to meet Together at There usuall place of meeting This day Imediately aftor Lecture to give The comitty Instructions for this year and to call those men to an acount That were Impoured to sell our old meeting house and to doe what may be needfull in that mattor:- And also to Answer the petition of severall yong men In granting them liborty to buld a seate in the Meeting hous
by order of the comitty
John Putnam

At a meeting of The Inhabitants of Salem Villidge July 14th: 1703:

The Instructions for ye comitty this year are as followeth That The Shall raise A Rate of: 70 : pounds for our ministors sallory and also to adde foure pounds to the rate for what mr green hath Layed out in reparing our ministry hous for the time past it being parte of that: 12: pounds mr green is to hev to keep our ministry hous in repare twelve years