[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Marvin, in Southeast, the following directors were elected: Darius Crosby, Enoch Crosby, Joshua Purdy, Joseph Owen, Joseph C. Field, David Baldwin, Daniel Howes, Nathaniel W. Marvin, Russell I. Minor, Peter Crosby; Joshua Purdy, president; Russell I. Minor, clerk. It was here " itetoived that Joshua Purdy, Esq., wait on his Excellency, the Governor, and request him to appoint the commission to lay out the said turnpike road mentioned in the Parliamentary Act relative to the Croton Turnpike Road." In October, j 1809, a gate was ordered to be " erected on and across the said road on Somers Town Plane, near the house of Hachaliah Bailey." On May 22, 1813, a reward of two hundred dollars was offered "for the apprehension of the persons who set fire to a house intended for a toll-house, and have made threat* against the property of the company." In 1829, Hachaliah Bailey was elected secretary and John ( hvens, president, and the following toll gatherers or gate-keepers appointed: No. 1, Medad Palmer; No. 2, Thomas Betties; No. 3, David Adams. The numbers refer to the gates. November 8, 1833, John Reed was appointed toll-gatherer at the gate erected at Owensville. During the year 1839 there was re-ceived for tolls at Gate No. 1, §586; No. 2, $519; No. 3, $274. At this time there were two thousand shares of the stock held and a dividend of forty cents per share was paid. At the incorporation, in 1807, the original number of shares was five hundred, at twenty dollars per share.