From the beginning of town government it was necessary to choose agents to look after the affairs of the community during the interval between town meetings.
Even in the council, tax laws were passed with difficulty, and the people of Essex County, notably in town meetings at Topsfield and Ipswich, protested vigorously against the levying of a rate without the consent of an assembly.
Town meetings continued to be held in the meeting-house, and land was distributed by the town in its collective capacity.
Men tilled the soil, went to church, gathered in town meetings, and ordered their ordinary affairs as they had done for half a century.
Corporate bodies, town meetings, and provincial conventions sent them letters and addresses applauding their conduct and exhorting them to perseverance.
This measure had already been proposed in town meetings, both in New York and Boston.
Such declarations give people an idea, that as individuals, or in town meetings, they have a power paramount to that of the Legislature.
But they are chosen at town meetings,--and to a certain extent must carry out the wishes of their electors.
Unreasonable men in town meetings and in boards of trustees must be answered, and reasonable men and women need to understand thoroughly the subject in order that their answers may be discriminating and wise.
He happened to be one of the selectmen at Falmouth, whose business it was to give notice of Town Meetings.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "town meetings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
