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[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