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TOWN DOINGS. 249 Samuel Kent and Josiah Torrey were allowed 15 shillings each for taking an account of the ratable estates of the town and making the rates for the town. James Adams was voted £->i, 4s. "for his wages as repre- sentative." The town voted " to stand by " any person who should be distressed in the collection of taxes by any constable or collector of Rehoboth, for neglecting or refusing to pay any taxes assessed for meadow lying in Barrington. " Voted, that Mr. Samuel Humphrey, Mr. James Adams and Mr. Zachariah Bicknell be allowed eighteen shillings for nine days that all of them spent as assessors, in making of rates." 1720. Moderators, Timothy Wadsworth, Josiah Humphrey. Lieut. James Adams, constable ; Josiah Torrey, Samuel Humphrey and Samuel Kent, assessors ; Samuel Humphrey, town clerk ; Joshua Kent, Zachariah Bicknell, and Daniel Allen, surveyors of highways ; Joseph Chaffee and Eben- ezer Martin, tything men ; Samuel Humphrey, town treas- urer; Recompence Tiffany, pound keeper and sealer of leather. Zachariah Bicknell was elected representative to the Gen- eral Court at Boston. John Torrey was voted £df for defending the town against Benoni Price. Zachariah Bicknell was allowed 16 shillings for money laid out at Boston " for a copy of the General Court Acts." Legal warrants for town meetings were ordered to be posted on the meeting-house and on John West's house, six days prior to meetings. 1721. Moderator, Josiah Torrey; Daniel Allen, constable; Josiah Torrey, James Adams, and Samuel Humphrey, select- men and asses^rs ; Samuel Humphrey, town clerk and