TOWN OF PRATTSBUKGH. 



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notice is hereby further given that said election will be opened at ten 

 o'clock A.M., and closed at sunset, of the said 20th day of February, 

 1877, and that said election will be held in pursuance of the statute 

 above mentioned, by virtue of a resolution in accordance with said 

 statute, duly adopted by the board of trustees of said village, at a 

 regular meeting of said board, held Feb. 6, 1877. 

 "Dated Feb. 7, 1877. 



(Signed) 



'' E. T. Watkins, 1 

 '' Job Arnold, | 

 " W. S. Foster, 

 " J. A. Bennett, 

 " Z. J. Terry. 



(- Trustees. 



" Wm. W. Green, VUIage Cleric. 



" And we do further certify and return, that at such Special 

 Election, held as aforesaid, fifty-six ballots were cast, of which said 

 number fifty-three were cast with the word 'Yes' thereon, and three 

 were cast with the word ' No' thereon. 



** In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 20th day of 

 February, in the year 1877. 



" E. T. Watkins, \ Trustees of 

 '^ Wm. S. Foster, I the Village of 

 "A. J. Arnold, J Proftsburgh. 



" State of New York, ] 



' r ss : 



County of Steuben, i 



"On the 27th day of February, in the year 1877, personally ap- 

 peared before me Elijah T. VVatkins, Wm. S. Foster, and A. Job 

 Arnold, to me personally known to be the same persons who executed 

 the foregoing return, and severally acknowledged the execution 

 thereof. 



"D. D. Waldo, Justice of the Peace. 



ss 



** State of New York, 

 County of Steuben, 

 " Elijah T. Watkins, Wm. S. Foster, and A. Job Arnold being duly 

 sworn do depose and say, each for himself, that the foregoing return 

 by him subscribed is true. 



"E. T. Watkins, 

 "Wm. S. Foster, 

 " A. J. Arnold. 

 " Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day of February, 

 1877. 



" D. D. Waldo, Justice of the Peace. 



"State of Neav York, 



ss : 



Steuben Co. Clerk's Office, 



''I, Archie E. Baxter, Clerk of said County, and also Clerk of the 

 County and Supreme Courts therein. Courts of Record, having a 

 common seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing 

 copy of the Incorporation of the Village of Prattsburgh with the 

 original of the same now remaining in my ofl&ce, and that it is a cor- 

 rect transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original. 



" In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and 

 r 1 aflixed my official seal, the seal of said Courts, at Bath, this 

 31st day of March, 1877. 



"Geo. H. Parker, Dep. Clerk. 



Recorded February 28, 1877, at 1 p.m. 



"A. E. Baxter, Clerk." 



VILLAGE OFFICERS. 



On account of the loss of the village records by fire, we 

 find no ofiicial list previous to 1870. From that date the 

 village officers have been as follows : 



Trustees. 



1870.— Wm. B. Boyd, Martin Pinney, Elijah T. Wat- 

 kins, Elijah Allis, Andrew K. Smith ; Wm. B. Boyd, 

 President ; A. C. Montgomery, Clerk ; Chas. F. Grennell, 

 Collector; J). W. Baldwin, Treasurer. 



1871.— Martin Pinney, Elijah Watkins, Elijah Allis, 



Jas. A. Bennett, Uri L. Hurd ; Martin Pinney, President ; 

 Wm. W. Greene, Clerk; Wm. H. W. Cox, Collector; Geo. 

 McLean, Treasurer. 



1872.— Thomas Yan Tuyl, Z. J. Terry, E. T. Watkins, 

 James A. Bennett ; Thomas Yan Tuyl, President ; Wm. 

 W. Greene, Clerk ; Geo. McLean, Treasurer. 



1873.— A. H. Yan Housen, Paul C. Howe, Henry A. 

 Ackerson, Peter F. Paris, J. L. McCarrick ; A. H. Yan 

 Housen, President; R. M. Yan Tuyl, Clerk; George Mc- 

 Lean, Treasurer. 



1874. — Martin Pinney, Paul C. Howe, L. M. Nichols, 

 Oliver N. Chapell, Abram H. Yan Housen ; Martin Pin- 

 ney, President ; Wm. W. Greene, Clerk ; George McLean, 

 Treasurer. 



1875.— E. T. Watkins, Spencer Francis, W. S. Foster, 

 J. A. Bennett, A. K. Smith ; E. T. Watkins, President ; 

 Wm. W. Greene, Clerk ; George McLean, Treasurer. 



1876.— E. T. Watkins, J. A. Bennett, Job Arnold, Z. 

 J. Terry, W. S. Foster; E. T. Watkins, President; Wm. 

 W. Green, Clerk ; A. K. Smith, Treasurer. 



NEW CHARTER. 



1877.— E. T. Watkins, President; Wm. S. Foster, A. 

 H. Yan Housen, Henry A. Ackerson, Trustees; Wm. W. 

 Greene, Clerk; A. K. Smith, Treasurer. 



1878.— Uri L. Hurd, President; H. J. Pineo, W. T. 

 McLean, William S. Foster, Trustees ; Wm. W. Greene, 

 Clerk ; A. K. Smith, Treasurer. 



Prattsburgh is beautifully situated in an upland valley, 

 and in one of the healthiest locations in the State. It is 

 eleven miles from Kanona, the nearest railroad station on 

 the Rochester Division of the Erie Railway, ten miles from 

 Naples, in Ontario County, and sixteen miles from Bath. 

 It is also accessible from the railroad at Blood's. A daily 

 mail-stage runs regularly between this village and Kanona. 

 The population of the village is about 2500. It has an 

 enterprising weekly newspaper and job printing-office ; four 

 churches — Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, and Catholic ; 

 a prosperous Union Free School and Academy ; a fine 

 hotel, adjoining the Park, — the Park Hotel, kept by D. B. 

 Yan Auken ; two private banks ; and a score or more busi- 

 ness houses, shops, etc., for the various trades and occupa- 

 tions. 



The principal business houses are as follows : Six dry- 

 goods and grocery-stores, of which the following-named 

 gentleman are the proprietors : T. Yan Tuyl, M. Pinney, 

 G. R. R. Ainsworth, Baldwin & McCarrick, Watkins & 

 Turner, and C. F. Grennell ; two drug-stores, Bennett & 

 Warfield, and C. F. Hayes, proprietors ; two hardware 

 houses, J. H. Hotchkin & Co., and Geo. H. Look ; two 

 grocery-stores, C. H. Randall, and J. H. Greene ; two fur- 

 niture houses, W. S. Foster, and Z. J. Terry. The bankers 

 are A. K. Smith and G. R. R. Ainsworth. Insurance, W. 

 F. McLean. Loan-office, Francis & McLean. A public 

 hall is kept in the hotel. 



PHYSICIANS. 



The physicians are as follows : P. R. Stoddard, M.D. ; 

 B. F. Williamson, M.D. ; J. A. Bennett, M.D. ; and 



