"I've seen constables appointed and constables elected, but highway surveyors were generally elected." The University of Virginia scholars (quote below) seem to think constables were appointed. Could Mr. Chandler show me an example of an elected constable? In my Plymouth Colony Records volumes the "Surveyors of the Heighwayes" are always listed together with other groups of court appointments. Could Mr. Chandler find some evidence to convince me otherwise? Surely land surveys and highway surveys were one of a kind. "The Governor and seven Assistants were elected annually in the March General Court session. They then appointed a number of lesser officials, including "Constables" for the keeping of peace in individual towns (e.g., PCR 11: 7). Also appointed were "Messengers" who held a variety of duties, from publishing announcements of intended marriages, executing punishments, acting as jailers, maintaining standards of measures, and conducting land surveys (PCR 11: 18-19)." BC