the Selectmen provide the same and carry them to the commanding officer of the company for his inspection before the first of May.
At the annual town meeting, March, 1808,
Voted, to grant $400 to defray town charges; $300 for the use of schools, and $500 for repairing roads.
At a legal town meeting, June 13th,
Voted, to grant $1,500 to build a county road, and pay the damages, laying between Winchendon and Westminster.
In 1812, the town granted $50 to build a powder-house.
In 1814, a vote was taken by the town, that if any damage be done to any of the school-houses in town, by a scholar, the parent or guardian shall repair the same.
In 1816, the town granted $200 to repair the meeting-house. A meeting was called November, 1817, for the purpose of selling the new pews in the meeting-house.
In 1818, the town voted to choose a Committee of nine, to divide the town into school districts.
In 1819, the town voted to sell the oak trees (eight or ten in number) on the common, and in the burying-ground, to the highest bidder: they were struck off to Mr. Benjamin Heywood, at $9.99.
