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 174 THE HISTORY OF BAEEINGTON, neck within ye fence & yt all Cattel yt are found tiiere- after ye 3d of June & brought to Pound shall Pay for every beast or horse 2. s. 6. p." 1675. " Finding that Joseph Kent had Trespassed upon ye Lands of ye sd Town, fencing it in & calling it his own contrary to the order made against any such actions, It is therefore ordered that Hugh Cole & Samuel Luther doe forthwith demolish the said fence & forbid the said Kent to Improve the Land aforesaid and this our order shall save harmless & warrant the aforesaid Cole & Luther, and defend them in any action or actions arising thereupon." Lieut. John Brown, Nathaniel Peck and Samuel Luther were chosen town auditors to go to Plymouth, to note all the charges of the town. "At a Town Meeting of ye Townsmen ye 13th of March, 1675, There was granted unto Mr. John Miles, Pastor of ye Church one Acre of Land at ye lower end of New Meadow Neck, vizt : The South Lot on ye East side for to build upon." 1676. "According to a former agreement that ye meeting house, If removed should be removed to ye lower end of New Meadow Neck ; It is now ordered & agreed that ye meeting house shall be set upon ye place appointed vizt : upon New Meadow Neck." 1677. "John Allen, John Butterworth, and Hugh Cole are Chosen to agree with a Carpenter to build Mr. Miles a house. John West is accepted as an Inhabitant ; Dormit Smith is Granted ten acres at Kecamuet and is to yield up ten acres of yt lot formerly granted at Mattapoisett in Lieu of it." Voted that the townsmen shall give no more land without the approbation of the town." January, 1677-78. The order of the town for fining ab- sentees from town-meetings was renewed and the following vote was passed : " It is agreed, voted and ordered, that