The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18
continued for building the bridge and

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for collecting money.
| "December II, 1877. Nathan Gay
lord, Daniel BOStWick and Azariaf
Garfield were chosen committee tt
take care of the bridge and they shall
| have power to employ men on the
| towns cost to secure the BRIDGE"
This was not toll-bridge, but free
and resisted the floods about three
years, when part of it was carried
away by a flood, and the town voted tc
repair the breach, but to petition the
General Assembly to grant the liberty
OF toll bridge, and if this should be
secured the toll should be distributed
among those who paid tax to repair
The bridge. The privilege for taking
toll was granted, but it was so little
that they petitioned the next spring
for an increase or toll.
Daniel Boardman the privileges of the
bridge free OF cost; and to several
families the same privileges, on paying
ten ShillingS the first year; after that
they were taxed as all others. By this
arrangement it has been aScerta1ned
when quite number of families first
came into the town.
At the same time, after appointing
Samuel Garfield, Nathaniel BoStwick
and James Rlne a committee to take
care of and order the affairs of the
bridge for a year, they ordered that
''Gideon Benedict and Robert Bost-
wick shall pass and repaSs over the
said bridge tOll-free, they paying to
the said committee, each OF them, ten
shillingS old tenour currency, and also
pay their part in repairing the said
bridge according to their said list OF
estate; also Charles Duncombe shall
pass toll-free over said bridge, he pay
ing ten Shillings; and also John Near
ing on the same conditions. And,
being in bridge-bulldlng mood as well
as in need OF bridges, they ordered at
this time that there should be bridge
built over the Aspetuck near It's
mouth, and that the surveyors should
have elderly of calling out the inhab-
iUants from Mr. Stephens house, TAX
ing the east lane SO far nOrthward as
including Giles Oviatt's house and ex-
tending southwark as far as the Great
Brook, including Nathaniel BostWick
and Mr. Fisk and their families for one
day, and all within said limits shall be
allowed one day for the said work, and
also Nathan Gaylord, Capt Stephen
Noble and Joseph WEIGH are chosen a
committee for ordering the affair OF
building said BRIDGE
Another vote for the freedom Of the
toll-bridge is found in March, 1743, in
favor of George Mecune, Partridge
Thatcher, Justus Miles and John Com
stock, provided they should pay ten
shillings; receive no benefit from the
toll-mOney, and afterward sustain their
proportion of the cost Of repairs on the
bridge.
In December, 1743, dividend was
made of the receipts from the toll
bridge to the proprietors upon the list
Of TAO.
December, 1743. All persons that
shall pass and repass on the Sabbath
or Lords day, between sun-rising and
sunset, in order to attend the public
worship of God in a lawful congrega-
ton in New Milford, shall pass free
from paying toll over the great bridge
February 6, l743-4. Voted that
Roger Sherman shall pass and repass
over the bridge and his family; he pay
ing ten shillings.
December, 1743. Voted that all In
dian natives shall pass and repass over
the bridge toll-free.''
In 1850, the Assembly fixed the toll
of the bridge in proclamation money!
(Quite different from old tenor at
1.-TWO pence farthing for each man,
horse and load, one penny for each SIN
gle person, and one penny per head for
each horse and neat kline, and half
for each sheep or swine, for five years. -
In 1855, this bridge was carried away,
most Of it, and a new bridge built by
the taxpayers of the town; and the
Assembly granted, in February, 1855
the privilege of taking toll Of all per.
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