list of the
County for the year 1T93, granted by the Legislature in November
1792, and payable into the County Treasury by the first day of
December 1794." •' Ele.azer Claghorn, G.amaliel Painter,
SjiMurL MiLj-.ER. Jabtiz Roger.-^. Josepii Cooic, Samuel Jewett
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22 HISTORY OF A1>D1SUX COUNTV.
and Elijah Foot were appointed a committee to receive and lay
out the money."
Tlie legislature at that time being in the practice of removing
their annual sessions from one principal town to another, the court
house was built with reference to their use. One high room arched
overhead, with long windows, and seats rising towards the rear, and
a gallery over the entrance at the west end, constituted the whole
interior of the building. The General Assembly held its session in
it in the years 1800 and 1806. The inhabitants of the town having
contributed towardsits erection, it was used also as a town room.
And until the completion of the new church, in 1809, it was occu-
pied by the Congregational Society as a place of worship, and for
all meetings of the society. There being no other suitable room in
the village, it was used for public meetings of every character.
By the arrangement of the roads in the vicinity and the busi-
ness, which centered there, these buildings were left in an exposed
condition, without enclosures, and the v>-hole grounds around them
became a tliorouc;hfare for teams and other modes of travel. The
jail, especially, came to be regarded as too unsafe and uncomfort-
able for the purpose for whieli it Avas designed. Accordingly, in
November 1809, the legislature passed an act assessing a tax of
one cent on a dollar on