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

continued for building the bridge and for collecting money.
 "December Is, 1737. Nathan Gay lord, Daniel Bostwick and Azariah Cantield were chosen committee to take care of the bridge and they shall have power to employ men on the towns cost to secure the bridge." This was not a tolI-bridge, but free, and resisted the floods about three years, when part of it was carried away by flood, and the town voted to 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 of toll.
 At the same time, they granted Rev 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 aScertained when quite number of families first came into the town.
 At the same time, after appointing Samuel Cantield, Nathaniel BoStwick and James Hine a committee to take care of and order the affairs of the bridge for year, they ordered that ''Gideon Benedict and Robert BOSt- wick shall pass and repass over the the said committee, each Qf them, ten shillings old tenour currency, and also pay their part in repairing the said bridge according to their said list of esta te; 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 a bridge-building mood as well as in need of bridges, they ordered at this time that there should be a bridge built over the Aspetuck near It's mouth, and that the surveyors should have ''liberty of calling out the inhab- iJants from MT Stephens house, talk ing the east lane so far northward as including Giles Oviatt'S house and eX- tending SOuthward as far as the Great Brook, including Nathaniel BOStwick and MT 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 Welch are chosen committee for ordering the affair Of building said bridge."
 Another vote for the freedom of the toll-bridge is found in March, l743, in favor of George Mecune, Partridge Thatcher, Justus Miles and John Con- 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, a 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 lawful congrega- tion in New Milford, shall pass free from paying toll over the great bridge in said town for the ensuing year. 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 h. dian natives shall pass and repass over the bridge toll-free."
 In 1750, 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 1755, ,this bridge was carried away, most of it, and new bridge built by the taxpayers of the town; and the Assembly granted, in February, 1756, the privilege of taking toll of all per sons except the taxpayers of the town;