Maynard's First Warrant
27 April 1871

Town of Maynard

Town Warrant No. 1

I, Joseph W. Reed, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex, do issue the following warrant:

"In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to warn and notify Inhabitants of the Town of Maynard, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at Riverside Hall in said Town on Thursday, the twenty-seventh day of April current at one of the clock in the afternoon to act on the following articles, to wit:-

"First, to choose a moderator to preside at said meeting."

"Second, to choose all such town officers for the year ensuing, as towns are by law authorized and required to choose at their annual meeting."

MAYNARD

27 APRIL, 1871

Mr. Asahel Balcom was unanimously chosen as Moderator.

The following Town Officials were chosen:

SELECTMEN: Asahel Balcom, Henry Fowler, Jonathon Bent

 

CLERK: Eli Chase

 

TREASURER AND COLLECTOR: Lorenzo Maynard

 

ASSESSORS: Asahel Balcom, Artemas Whitney, Benjamin Conant

 

CONSTABLES: Fred Fletcher, Artemas Whitney, Benjamin Conant

 

SCHOOL COMMITTEE: John Vose, John Hillis, William Harding

 

FIELD DRIVERS: Benjamin Smith, Hollis Balcom

 

FENCE VIEWERS: Joel Abbott, Jonathon Bent, Silas Brooks

 

HIGHWAY SURVEYORS: Thomas Brooks, Artemas Whitney, Henry Fowler

 

SURVEYORS OF LUMBER: Abel Haynes, Asahel Balcom, B.R. Moore, Samuel Potter, J.H. Allen

 

FIRE WARDENS: George Cutting, J.K. Harriman, William Cullen.