Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York
| 1804 | |
(all archaic spellings, punctuation etc. kept as given)
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Account of Bills Passed Feb 28th 1804 at the Settlement of the Poor Masters, Supervisor, Town Clerk and Justice of the peace as follows Viz.
One in favor of John MCLALLEN for $0..10
Do Do 2..40
Wm. VANNORMAN 5..00
Jonas WHITING 5..50
Recorded this March 5th 1804
Richd GOODWIN 2nd Town Clk
Feb 28th 1804 then Met the Overseers of the poor. Supervisors and Town Clerk of the Town of the Town of Ulysses and Dryden and Divided the Money Lodged in the Poor Masters hands at the time Sd. Towns was Divided and Delivered to Dryden as follows
One Note Against Andrew INGLISH for $14..37
Do Do Do Richd. MANNING 5..00
" " Do Do 5..00
" " Humphry SMITH 5..00
" " James BANFIELD 2..59
" " Robt. MCDOWL 10..00
" " Archer GREEN 26..56
" " Cash -- 1..11
Amounting to 69..63
Being the full Proportion Agreeable to the valuations of said Towns
Jonas WHITING Supervisors George ROBISON
Recorded this March 5th 1804
Richd GOODWIN 2nd Town Clk
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At the Annual Town Meeting for the Town of Ulysses Held at the House of Moses DEVENPORT on the first Tuesday in March 1804 Town Officers Chosen as follows, To wit, --
Jonas WHITING Supervisor Richd. W. PELTON Town Clerk David SMITH Assessors John LETTS Richd. MANNING Michl C. SNELL Collector Wm. VANNORMAN Overseers of Poor John MCLALLEN William VANORMAN Commissioners of John SMITH Highways Henry MCLALLEN Isaac HAMMEL Constable Michl C. SNELL
Overseers of Highways, and Fence Viewers
John ROODY Dist. No. 1 Wm. VANORMAN Dist. No. 13 Abner TREMAN 2 Mobery OWENS 14 Howard PUTMAN 3 Jepther LEE 15 John SEVERN 4 John RICHEY 17 Henry DEVENPORT 5 Wm. MEAD 18 Abrm. JOHNSTON 6 Willm. HUMPHREY 19 Archer GREEN 7 Jabez HAMMER 20 Ephrm. MANING 8 James HUNTER 21 Wm. PEW 9 Alex MCREARY 22 John LETTS 11 Jacob CHAMBERS 23 Richd GOODWIN 3rd 12 Joseph ROGERS 24
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Voted that five Dollars be paid by the Town for each Wolf or Panthers Calp Killed in sd Town
Voted - That Henry MARKLE, John TYLER be found Keepers and to erect a Pound
near Tobias GUILTNERS -
Voted That Rams & Stone Horses Subject to the regulations as Last Year Voted-
Voted That Town Meeting be held at Moses DEVENPORTS next year.
Recorded this 6th March 1804
Richd. W. PELTON Town Clk
County Seneca Town of Ulysses -
Statement of votes taken in at the Anniversary Election for Governor Lieutenant Governor and Senators which Commenced on the last Day in April - 1804
Aaron BURR thirty two Governor Votes Morgan LEWIS forty two Oliver PHELPS thirty one Votes for Lieut. Gov. John BROOM forty three Jedediah PEEK sixty Nine Votes for Henry HUNTINGTON sixty Nine Senators Jedediah SANGER four Moses KENT four
We Certify the above to be a true Statement and Estimate of the whole Number of votes taken at the Afforesaid Election. Aprl. 26th 1804
Archer GREEN Super Richd. W. PELTON Town Clk John LETTS Ass David SMITH Richd. MANNING
Recorded this 15th May 1804
Richd. W. PELTON Town Clk
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County of Seneca Town of Ulysses Statement of votes taken at the anniversary Election for Representative to Congress which commenced on the last Tuesday of April one thousand Eight hundred & four
Silas HALSEY Seventy Votes Peter HUGHES Twenty four Nathaniel W. HOWEL Six
We Certify the above to be a true Statement and Estimate of the whole number of votes taken at the Aforesaid Election for the Above candidates -- April 26th 1804
Richd. W. PELTON Inspectors of Archer GREEN Election - David SMITH
Recorded this 15th May 1804 Richd. W. PELTON Town Clk
County of Seneca Town of Ulysses Statement of Votes taken at the Annaversary Election for Member of Assembly which commenced on the Last Tuesday of Aprl. One thousand Eight Hundred and four
Cornelius HUMPHRY Eighty seven Votes Benajah BOARDMAN Eighteen
We certify the above to be a true Statement and estimate of the whole Number of votes taken the aforesaid Election for the above Candidates the 24th 25th & 26th Day of Aprl. 1804
Recorded this 15th May 1804
Richd. W. PELTON T. Clk
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At a Special Town Meeting held at the House of Moses DEVENPORTS on the 11 Day of May 1804 agreeable to publick notice given for that purpose of passing a Town Act to prevent People Keeping Cattle (belonging to Inhabitants of other Towns) in said Town to run at large and eat the Grass and Herbage necessary for the support of our own Cattle, and to nominate Suitable Persons for Justices of the Peace and for settling of the part of the Town East of the Inlet to Cayuga County & to be annexed to to the Town of Milton and any other Business that might come before the Meeting on said Day -
Voted - that Joseph S. SYDNEY Nathaniel DEVENPORT and Thomas MARTIN Esqr. Be a committee to Draw up an act to prevent persons harbouring or Keeping Cattle to run at large belonging to Inhabitants of other Towns, and prevent other Inhabitants of other Towns Driving in Sd Cattle with intent to Leave them
Whereupon the Committee Submitted the following propositions which were agreed to by a unanimous vote and ordered the Town Clerk to Record the same as a unanimous vote of the Town of Ulysses
1st -- That any person or persons bringing any Cattle into this Town to leave them to eat the Grass & herbage be fined four Dollars per Head
2nd -- That any person or persons salting or Keeping Cattle belonging to Inhabitants of other Towns without his own Enclosure be fined four Dollars per Head -
3rd -- That this Town Meeting - the same fines to be collected before any Magistrate in any other Town in this County after the Refusal of the person or persons Keeping or Leaving or Salting said Cattle (being duly notified by the Town Clerk at ten Days notice) to remove said Cattle -
Recorded this 15th May 1804
Richd W. PELTON Town Clk
To Be Continued.............................................
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