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Excerpt from Historical Sketch of the Town of Hopkinton: From 1757 to 1876, Comprising a Period of 119 Years And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all and every of the justices of the peace, that were chosen and appointed such for the town of Westerly, and who live in that part thereof, that is now made Hopkinton, be, and they hereby are, continued in their offices, with full power and ample authority, in every respect as they had, in consequence of their being chosen into and commission ated for said office; and that the eldest of them issue his warrant to call the freemen of said town of Hopkinton to meet together at some convenient place within the same, in order to choose and appoint officers necessary for managing and conducting the prudential affairs of said town. Pursuant to the above Act of Incorporation, the freemen of said town were convened at the dwelling house of Joshua. Clarke, on the 4th day of April 1757, for the purpose of choosing and appointing officers necessary for managing and conducting the prudential affairs of the new town of Hopkinton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.