The following act was then passedWhereas complaints have been made to this Board of Trustees of Brookhaven that people in getting Oysters have been in the practice of leaving a part thereof on the ice to be destroyed to the injury of the South Bay and the Oyster men Now therefore it is Ordered by the Authority given us in our Patents to protect the rights of the Town That whoever shall hereafter take and leave Oysters on the ice in the South Bay shall forfeit the sum of Five dollars to be sued for and recovered in any court. Chas. S. Havens Esq. Supervisor, presented Resolutions against the division of our County, which were approved and signed and then the following Resolution was passed and ordered entered and a copy to be furnished under Town Seal to our said Supervisor. Whereas the subject of a New County to be formed out of the Two west Towns of Suffolk and Three Eastern Towns of Queens County is again before the Legislature by the Application of a portion of the residents of the said Towns in Queens County and a small Page 194. minority of the people of said Two Towns in Suffolk, while against the wishes of the people of all parties and classes of the other eight Towns of our County of Suffolk and of the majority of the said other two Towns; and while our Board last March unanimously remonstrated against the lessening of our County and fully set forth our reasons therefor, we now again unanimously remonstrate in behalf of the great Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County which we have the honor to serve, and have signed Resolutions to that effect to be presented to the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New York by Chas. S. Havens Esqr. Supervisor of our said Town, and we authorize him to act for our Town in every just and proper way in aid of the just cause of preventing the dismemberment of our good and beloved County of Suffolk. The following Memorials in respect to former Trustees lately deceased were adopted. Whereas Coll. Charles Woodhull Died October 3d 1876 -And whereas he was a Trustee of this Town Two years, being one of said years President of the Board a faithful officer and good Townsman, a son of Merritt S Woodhull a former esteemed Town officer and a descendant of Capt Richard Woodhull a prominent officer in the early history of our Town we render this token of respect to the departed and extend our sympathy to the bereaved widow and relatives to whom we send this copy of the Record Page 195. Whereas Dl. Downs Swezey died December 1876 And whereas he was a Trustee of this Town Two years, a faithful officer and worthy Townsman, we tender this token of respect to the departed, and extend our sympathy to the Widow and other bereaved relatives of the deceased, and we order that this token of Respect be entered in the Town Records, and a copy thereof with the Town seal affixed be sent to the widow Whereas Philip Hallock Died January 12th 1877. And whereas he was long an officer of this Town being first elected Trustee in 1835 and since then has been Assessor three years, Commissioner of Highways six years and Trustee Thirteen years up to 1868 when he declined a reelection and ever finding him a faithful officer and a kind affable man, we render this token of respect to the departed and extend our sympathy to the widow and other bereaved relatives, and we order that this Token of respect be en tered on Record and a copy thereof with the Town seal affixed be sent to the widow Adjourned to Tuesday March 6th next Entered by me Benjn. T. Hutchinson Town Clerk Page 196. Trustee Meeting. March 6th. 1877-Trustees met pursuant to adjournment whole six present. Lester H. Davis reported temporary aid to Henry Van Wart & family during the past month $4.00 Granted to Jeremiah Glover the Out Shore Ridge in the South Bay for one year from this date for $6.00— The application to discriminate between our Townsmen and those of Eastern Islip in the South Bay as to the Oyster Privileges was again made, and it was ordered that the question be submitted to the vote of the legal voters of this Town at Town meeting first Tuesday in April next It was ordered that the Toleration fee for Oystering in the South Bay from the first of March inst. to March 1st 1878 shall be. Two Dollars, except that those Oystermen who reside east of Howells point may oyster for $1. Adjourned to first Tuesday in April next— Benjn. T. Hutchinson Clerk-— Auditors Appointed. Whereas at the annual Town Meeting held on the 4th day of April 1876-John M. Price, Chas. A. Davis and Holmes W. Swezey were chosen Auditors of Town accounts for one year from that time and whereas the said Auditors having failed to qualify according to law, thereby causing a vacancy in said offices, Now therefore I, Charles S. Havens, Supervisor of the Town of Brookhaven by virtue of the authority vested in me by law do hereby appoint John M. Price, Charles A. Davis and H. Sidney Longbotham to fill said vacancies and to do and perform all acts which may by law be performed by such auditors untill the next Annual Town Meeting-Given under my hand this fifth day of March 1877 Charles S. Havens Supervisor of the Town of Brookhaven Entered March 6th 1877 Benju. T. Hutchinson Clerk Notices to all sent March 7th '77-B. T. H— April 3d 1877. Page 197. Trustee Meeting. Trustees met pursuant to adjournment Present Wm. H. Clark, President Henry W. Carman, Lester H. Davis, Elbert Woodhull, Alfred Price and Wm. F. Brewster Trustees-the two latter being also Overseers of the Poor. Minutes of last meeting read and approved-The Clerk reported that he had advertized the Resolution of the Board to submit the question of discrimination as to Oyster Privileges in South Bay to the People. Lester H. Davis Trustee reported temporary aid to L'Hommedieu Smith to the amount of $3 in wood-approved Granted the privilege of building and maintaining a Dock at the foot of Patchogue Lane where an old dock is now to Lewis B. Baker of Patchogue for the Term of Ten Years at the annual rent of Three Dollars per year in advance from April 1st 1877. Voted to exempt Isaac Bellows of Mt. Sinai from paying his small tax this year he being poor, sick and destitute of means having formerly been helped by the Trustees. Voted to return to Mrs Brewster Tooker of Mt. Sinai Ten Dollars it being an over tax through mistake, and the Collector agrees to pay it to her out of back taxes collected by him The question relative to South Bay Oyster Privileges was submitted to the people and by a majority vote the voters decided that they advise the ensuing Board of Trustees to discriminate in the price and charge the people of Eastern Islip more for Oystering and for Lots than they do our Townsmen Adjourned Sine die Benjn. T. Hutchinson Town Clk Page 198. Town Meeting. April 3d. 1877-at Coram We the undersigned Justices of the Peace of the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County do hereby certify that at the annual Town meeting held the 3d day of April 1877 at the house of Lester H. Davis in Coram in said Town the following officers were elected to the respective offices named as follows viz. 4 yrs. Charles E. Goldthwaite 4 yrs. Charles A. Davis for vacancy of 2 yrs. &c Assessors William H. Hait-3 yrs. Commissioner of Highways Richard T. Osborn-3 yrs. Town Clerk Benjn. T. Hutchinson Collector Charles E. Rose |