Agreed with leftenant shearmon to ceep an inglish scoole this year and to begin the (9th) of eaprill at the scoole house and the town to alow him twenty pounds in the town Reat that shall be raized in this yeare (77) and if the said leftenant dezireth to lay down his imployment at the years end then he shall give the town a quartur of ayears warning, and if the town dezyreth to chang ther scoole master thay shall give the like warning. The select men agree allsoo that the said scoole shall be cept from the furst of may to the last of august, 8 owers in the day, to witt, to begin at seven in the morning, and not to break up untill five at night, noone time acsepted; and from the last of august untill the last of octobur 6 ouers in the day, soo allsoo in the munths of march and Eaprill and the 4 winttur munths to begin at tenn of the clock in the morning and continnue untill 2 a clock in the afternoone. (31) At ametting of the select men at the house of gregory coock: this (7th) of Janiwary 1678: The select men sent anoote to leftenant Shearmon and allso anoote to Mr goddard to signify to them thay had agreed with another man to ceep the scoole when thear year was oute, and that thay did thearby give them aquartur of ayears warning according to the ordur uppon the town Booke. The select men agreed with mr Richard Norcros to ceep the Scoole at the Scoole house for the year foloing and to begin the 9th of Eaprill 1679, and to teach both Lattin and inglish Scollurs, so many as shall Be sent unto him from the in habitants once aweck to teach them thear catticise: only in the munths of may, June, July and august he is to teach only lattin scollurs and writturs and them at his owne house and thear to afford them all needfull help, and the other 8 munths at the scoolehouse both lattin and inglish scollurs, for which the select men agree that he shall have twenty pounds out of the town Reat to be mead for the yeare 1679, and the town at the Jenarall town metting to meak thear anuall Choyse for time to cum: this agreement Consented unto by Mr Richard norcros as witnis his hand.... FOOTNOTES: [47] Had the Assistants legal right, under the charter, to appoint such officers and define their powers? It is worthy of note, that, Nov. 30/Dec. 9, 1630, Sir Richard Saltonstall was "fyned V £ for whipping 2 severall persons without the presence of another Assistant, contrary to an act of Court formerly made." [48] Cf. _American History and Government_, ## 62, 64, 77, note, etc., for several illustrative quotations not given in this volume. [49] Cf. No. 65 (9). [50] A marginal note in the manuscript, in Winthrop's handwriting, adds "chosen by papers." This election of Winthrop's rival, by a secret ballot, was the democratic answer to Cotton's argument above. [51] For the significance of the difference between this oath and that in (1) above, cf. _American History and Government_, # 64.