Warrant to John Dunnell Constable of Scarborough
1826
Warrant no. 1
Recorded
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To John Dunnell Constable of the Town of Scarborough.
You are hereby required in the name of the State of Maine to summon and notify the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in town affairs to assemble at the meeting house in the first parish in said town on Monday the third day of April next at eleven o’clock A.M. to act on the following articles viz.
1st To choose a moderator to regulate said meeting.
2nd To see if the town will restrict cattle from going at large the year ensuing and vote accordingly
3rd To see if the town will except a bill from Joshua Libby in regard to building a house for the widow Moody and her daughters town paupers & vote accordingly.
4th To pass and vote or votes relative to the above.
Given under our hands this twentieth day of March 1826.
Joseph Fogg } Selectmen of
Joshua Libby } Scarborough
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Scarboro March 23 1826
By virtue of this warrant I have notified the inhabitants of said Town to meet at the time & place & for the purpose within mentioned.
John Donnell } Constable.
[Transcription by Betty McKown, Scarborough Historical Society: Encapsulated Collection #38 – Note to the Constable to notify inhabitants of town to vote regarding building a home for the widow Moody.]