MAJOR TOWN MEETING

 ON APRIL 6, 1818 THE SECOND TOWN MEETING WAS HELD WITH BENJAMIN EDMUNDS AS MODERATOR.  IT WAS VOTED TO RAISE $150 TO BE WORKED OUT ON THE HIGHWAYS AT 10 CENTS PER HOUR FOR MEN'S LABOR AND EIGHT CENTS PER HOUR FOR OXEN.

IT ALSO WAS VOTED THAT THE TOWN SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS FOR HIGHWAYS AND IT WAS VOTED TO RAISE $60 FOR THE SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS AS WELL AS TO RAISE $80 TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE TOWN FOR THE PRESENT YEAR.  HENRY RUST HAD EIGHT VOTES FOR COUNTY TREASURER AND IT WAS VOTED TO DIVIDE THE TOWN INTO FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.  LAST VOTE TAKEN WAS THE DECISION TO HOLD ALL FUTURE MEETINGS AT ISAAC GLEASON'S HOUSE AND THAT ONE WARRANT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO "WARN A MEETING."

THUS THERE WOULD BE SCHOOLS FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE TOWN BEGAN IMPROVING ROADS.  IT WAS A BEGINNING.