The Town Officer 1802 Accounting: Earliest known American treatise on municipal accounting

1802.Original Fifth Edition Publisher-Printing Location: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Boston Date: 1802 Size and Page Count: 4 X 6.5 Tall 312 Pages, by Samuel Freeman Condition: Fair , Full Calf Leather Bound, hinges have been repaired, spine leather is cracked and pieces missing, text block tight, pages well used, worn on edges, yellowed, some tears, but No Pages are Missing !

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----- The earliest known American treatise on municipal accounting, The Town Officer, was originally written in 1791 by a Maine judge, Samuel Freeman. Judge Freeman suggested a "plain and regular method of accounting that is strikingly similar to current municipal accounting. This publication is the 5th of 8 editions (1791,1793,1794,1797,1802,1805,1808,1815)
1802 Contents Preface Advertisement of the Second Edition, Third Edition, Forth Edition, Fifth Edition
Constitution of the CommonWealth of Massachusetts established in the year 1780

Constitution of the CommonWealth of Massachusetts established in the year 1780

Preamble

Declaration of Rights

General Court

Senate

House of Representatives

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Council

Secretary, Treasurer, Commissary, &c.Judiciary
Power

The University

Encouragement of Literature

Miscellaneous Chapter

The Town Officer or the Power and Duty ofSelectmen

Town Clerks

Town Treasurers

Overseers of the Poor

Assessors

Constables

Collectors of Taxes

Surveyors of Highways

Surveyors of Lumber

Fence Viewers

Tythingmen

Firewards

Sealer of Weights and Measures

Viewer and Sealer of Moulds for the making of Bricks

Assay Masters

Measurers of Wood and Bark

Measurer of Charcoal

Gaugers, Viewers and Surveyors of Casks

Surveyors, Gaugers and searchers of Tar, Pitch,
Turpentine and Rosin

Measurers of Salt

Field Drivers

Measures of Wood

Searchers and Packers of barrelled Beef, Pork and Fish

Cullers of Dry Fish

Engine Men

Weigher of Onions

Overseers of a Workhouse

Hog Reeves

Pound Keeper

Field Drivers

School Committee

Watchmen

Inspector of Lime imported by Water

Inspector of Lime manufactured within the TownHealth Officer or Health Committee

as contained in the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a Variety of forms, for the use of such officers
Towns
Parishes
Plantations
Journal
Accounts
Table of Crimes and Punishments
Appendix
Index
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The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the fundamental governing document of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the 50 individual state governments that make up the United States of America. It was drafted by John Adams, Samuel Adams, and James Bowdoin during the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention between September 1 and October 30, 1779. Following approval by town meetings, the Constitution was ratified on June 15, 1780, became effective on October 25, 1780, and remains the oldest functioning written constitution in continuous effect in the world. The Massachusetts Constitution was the model for the Constitution of the United States of America, drafted seven years later. The Massachusetts Constitution was the last of the first set of the state constitutions to be written. Consequently, it was more sophisticated than many of the other documents. Among the improvements was the structure of the document itself. Instead of just a listing of provisions, it had a structure of chapters, sections, and articles. This structure was replicated by the United States Constitution. It also had substantial influence on the subsequent revisions of many of the other state constitutions. The Massachusetts Constitution has four parts: a preamble, a declaration of rights, a description of the framework of government, and articles of amendment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Constitution