[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] should build a house and not inhabit it for three years, should forfeit his right to the town. January 29th, 1688. The town by vote doth order, that every one here present at the town meeting shall have a piece of land consisting of four acres added to the former dividend, for their faithfulness in attending town meetings. Seventeen were present on this occasion. On the 9ih of January, 1699, the town agreed to give six acres of land for a grind stone. November 17ih, 1701, the town bought a mill for £15. The present village contains a court house and prison, two churches, an academy, two taverns, three stores, forty dwellings, and about two hun-dred and fifty inhabitants; it is fourteen miles from Sing Sing, and sixteen from Tiirrytown, on the Hudson, forty-four from New York, and twelve from Greenwich in Connecticut, on the sound. Near the western border of the town is situated the Bed-ford railroad station. The Bedford academy has been in sue-COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 19