[107] Nov. 28, 1748: Voted to sell the “Town's farm” at auction. This vote was reconsidered; and, May 15, 1749, “Andrew Hall, Capt. Samuel Brooks, and Richard Sprague, were chosen a Committee to manage the affairs for selling the town's farm.” It was sold soon after. The right of admitting inhabitants to the town was a jealously guarded right. It was the custom to warn every new comer out of town. A strange hospitality! This notification legally prevented such new comer from gaining “town-habitancy.” The notification was also sent to the Court of Sessions, and there recorded under the name of Caution. This habit continued till the time of the Revolution. Paupers were kept out by the most stringent prohibitions. The town voted that if any person, male or female, omitted to comply with the law respecting admission, such person should be fined forty shillings. 1750: Premium paid to the “collector of the town-taxes” was sixpence on the pound. 1753: We give here a specimen of the petitions offered by Medford to the government for grants of land:--
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[107] Nov. 28, 1748: Voted to sell the “Town's farm” at auction. This vote was reconsidered; and, May 15, 1749, “Andrew Hall, Capt. Samuel Brooks, and Richard Sprague, were chosen a Committee to manage the affairs for selling the town's farm.” It was sold soon after. The right of admitting inhabitants to the town was a jealously guarded right. It was the custom to warn every new comer out of town. A strange hospitality! This notification legally prevented such new comer from gaining “town-habitancy.” The notification was also sent to the Court of Sessions, and there recorded under the name of Caution. This habit continued till the time of the Revolution. Paupers were kept out by the most stringent prohibitions. The town voted that if any person, male or female, omitted to comply with the law respecting admission, such person should be fined forty shillings. 1750: Premium paid to the “collector of the town-taxes” was sixpence on the pound. 1753: We give here a specimen of the petitions offered by Medford to the government for grants of land:--
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