TITLE: Town Warrant, Rochester, NH 1864 SOURCE: Rochester Courier, Issue March 4, 1864, Microfilm held at the Rochester Public Library SUBMITTED: Transcribed by Theresa Annis 8/23/2000 **************************************************************************** TOWN WARRANT. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE To the Inhabitants of the Town of Rochester in the County of Strafford, in said State qualified to vote in town affairs. You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in said Rochester, on Tuesday the eight day of March next at nine of the Clock in the forenoon to act upon the following subject: ARTICLE 1 -- To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting. ARTICLE 2 -- To bring in your votes for Governor, Rail Road commissioner, Councillor, Senator, County Treasurer, Register of Deeds, and one county Commissioner. ARTICLE 3 -- To choose three representative to represent the town in the General court to be holden at concord, on the first Wednesday of June next. ARTICLE 4 -- To choose town clerk and all other necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year. ARTICLE 5 -- To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise for the support of the Poor and other necessary Town purposes, for the ensuing year. ARTICLE 6 -- To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for the repairs of roads and Bridges, and how expended. ARTICLE 7 -- To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise, in addition to what is required by law for the support of common schools, and how divided among the several school districts. ARTICLE 8 --To see what action the town will take in regard to the collection of Taxes. ARTICLE 9 -- To see if the town will vote to build two reservoirs at East Rochester and appropriate money for the same. ARTICLE 10 -- To see if the town will vote to build one reservoir on Wakefield Street in Rochester village, and appropriate money for the same. ARTICLE 11-- To see if the town will vote to ?? annex Joseph Hanson from School District No. 10, and annex him to School District No. 8. ARTICLE 12 - To see if the town will vote to build an Engine House for Torrent engine No. 2, and if so to see what sum of money they will vote to raise for that purpose. ARTICLE 13 -- To see if the town will vote to pay volunteer soldiers, who were mustered into the Service of the united States, as part of the quota of Rochester and have or shall have served for the space of two years without having received a town bounty, the same as those who have enlisted or been drafted into the United States, since the town voted to pay the same. To see if the town will vote to Instruct the Selectmen to hire a sum of money, not exceeding Ten Thousand dollars, on the note of notes of the town to be expended for the above named purpose if necessary. ARTICLE 14 -- To see if the town will vote to accept the Road leading from the Cochecho Rail Road, by the houses of Reuben Tilton, George Pearl and George W. Varney, to William A. Kimball’s Gate and known as Summer street. ARTICLE 15 -- To see if the town will vote to dis annex the property of Enos L. Glidden and Sarah H. Haven, from school district No. 10 and annex the name to school district No. 8. ARTICLE 16 -- To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to convey by deed, the lot known as the John Richards Lot, in Rochester Village. Given under our hand and seal, this twentieth day of February, in the Year Eighteen Hundred and sixty-four. Selectmen of Rochester Walter B. K. Hodgdon, William J. Roberts, Stephen F. Hayes, **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.