[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Marv P-inckncy, Murtba Osburn, Benjamin Green, pound masters. David Montross, Nathaniel Wright, Reuben Wright, Thomas Sea" niour, Nathan Brown, Abram Hrown, Joseph Griffin, Archer Heed, Win. Powell, John o. Bryant, fence and damage viewers. Thadileus Mead, William Teed, Jr., John Uallock, Joseph Horton, Joseph Gritton, David Montross, John Montross, William lleadle, William Horton, William l'owell, Levi Parent, Moses Tompkins, Joseph Iladen, Abram I nderhill, Jonathan Travis, overseers of highways. " Yoted at the above meeting, that no person is to block Croton River untill the 15th day of May next in the forfeiture of Ten Pounds." It would seem to have been a practice to place logs of wood or walls of stone in the streams, nearly "blocking" them, and in the narrow aperture thus produced for the waters to flow through, to cause nets or huge wicker-baskets to be placed to catch the fish. Thus we find that one of the first town or-dinances related to fisheries. Even then protection had extended to fish. Again : Yoted also, that no j rams are to run at large from the 20th day of August untill the 5th day of November following. Also voted, that the next meeting be held at the house of Benjamin Green, Innkeeper, in Stephentown." This record of the first meeting held in the town is con-tained in a ledger kept for the purpose, and is in clear, careful, old style handwriting and concise in expression.