Translation:
At a legall town meghting held at meramake 1669 march 9 David Haseltine was chos constable for yeare next ensewing At the same town meyhting John Gage Robert haseltine Rober Savory John Griffing and John ___ was chosen Select men in the town for y year insewing ___ it was voated and granted that mister Simms should have 40 ___ of land layd out for him of of the coman land that lays at ___ hill At the same mayhting John Simmons and beniamin Gage were chos[en] for Surveyors of fences and and high ways for the year insewing At the same time it was voated and granted that if any fall timber upon the coman land with out leave from the Select men shall pay 10 shillings a tree five to the town five to the informer. At a legall town meeting held at meramake 1670 Aprill the 18 it was voated and granted that in case that the ___ or the country shall see good to give ___ to land any of the country ___ for the present year that the Select men shal have full powr for ordering and disposing of the same as they shal see good for the use of the town. Also at the same town mayhting Sargeint Gage Robert Haseltine beniamin kimble Thomas kimble John Simmans & Nicholas Walinton & John Griffing wear chosen for the ordering siting up and fin ishing of a meyhting hous acording to ther best descreshion for the good of the town. Also John Simmons was chosen for to joyn with John Grifing for the laying out of Mister Sims medow and for the geting of [de]eds for the land and medow. ?zouez it was voated and granted that two men shal be chosen from year to year for the time to com for the order ing of mister Simmses afairs for his comfortable carying on and that the 2 men shal have powr to Reqire any man ac cording to his proportion for to help to cary on his work that was so ___ at two ___ warnings. Also it was voated and granted that the commity that was chosen for the meeting hous shal have power for the ___ting and confirming of the agreement that was betwixt mister Sims and the town. [Also] it was voated and granted that the way betwixt ben kimbles [hous] and barn may be laid out at the bak Side of his hous provieded he maks a bridge as pasable as the other was in the other way and it shal be laid out acording to the discresion of John Simmans and John Griffing