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Melrose Public Library Melrose, Massachusetts
REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MELROSE,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1879.
MELROSE : REYNOLDS & DUNTON, PRINTERS. 1880.
Cop 2
MELROSE FUDLAU LAJA MELROSE, MASS.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1879-1880.
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor. DANIEL NORTON, JUN. HENRY G. FIELDS. JOSEPH F. BOYD.
Town Clerk. JOHN LARRABEE.
Treasurer. GEORGE NEWHALL.
Collector. JOHN R. JONES.
Assessors.
GEORGE C. STANTIAL.
JAMES C. CURRIER.
DEXTER PRATT.
Water Commissioners.
JOSEPH D. WILDE, Chairman .
Term expires 1881.
W. IRVING ELLIS
1882.
JOSEPH R. SIMONDS
. 1880.
Commissioners of Water Loan Sinking Fund.
DANIEL RUSSELL, Chairman . Term expires 1881.
ROYAL P. BARRY
1880.
JOHN W. FARWELL.
1882.
School Committee.
ROYAL P. BARRY, Chairman .
Term expires 1881.
CLIFTON FLETCHER, Secretary
1880.
MOSES S. PAGE .
1880.
MISS PHOEBE A. NORRIS
1881.
MRS. ANN. M. KUNHARDT
1882.
MRS. E. M. SEAVER
66
1880.
LAFAYETTE BURR (resigned). MRS. MARIA W. CURRIER (resigned).
Highway Surveyors. GEORGE P. FULLER.
JAMES MARSHALL.
WALTER B. ELLIS.
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1879-1880.
Trustees of the Public Library. FREDERIC KIDDER. ELBRIDGE H. GOSS. CHARLES C. BARRY. HANNAH LYNDE. ADDIE A. NICHOLS.
JOHN R. NORTON. Auditors.
FRANK E. ORCUTT. ERNEST MENDUM.
Constable. ANSEL B. PIERCE.
Representative in the General Court. JOSEPH D. WILDE.
Engineers of the Fire Department.
JULIAN A. THOMAS. F. EDWARD HOWE. L. FRANK HINCKLEY. ARTHUR E. WORTHEN (resigned). RICHARD WHOWELL (resigned).
Measurers of Wood and Bark, Weighers of Hay and Coal. SETH E. BENSON. JAMES D. LITTLEFIELD.
Surveyor of Lumber. HENRY A. LEONARD.
Lock-up Keeper. SAMUEL L. WALTON.
Committee on Cemeteries.
GEORGE NEWHALL. NATHANIEL HOWARD. JOHN LARRABEE.
Field-Drivers.
OTIS HOWARD. HORACE W. CUSHMAN. FRANK GIBBONS.
MARCUS MALCOLM. HENRY B. NEWHALL.
Fence-Viewers.
AARON GREEN. CHARLES T. STEVENS.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. L. FRANK HINCKLEY.
Police Officers.
A. B. PIERCE. S. F. BARRETT.
H. B. NEWHALL. JOSEPH HOLBROOK.
J. D. LITTLEFIELD. AMI C. CHICK.
H. W. CUSHMAN. GEORGE W. WYMAN.
HENRY ROBINSON. SAMUEL L. WALTON. ANDREW J. BODGE.
Special Police. WALTER B. ELLIS. ALBON W. PARKER. CLIFFORD SARGENT. ROBERT GIBBONS, JUN. GEORGE H. ROBINSON.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
7
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
13
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK .
15
Proceedings of Meetings
. 15
Statistics
22
Births ·
25
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS
29
ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR 1878 AND 1879 .
31
REPORT OF COLLECTOR
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
37 39
Support of Schools
. 39
School Contingent Fund
· 42
Support of Poor
Contingent Expenses
Fire Department .
Highways
Melrose Water Fund
55 56
Town Hall
Drainage
. 57 58
Armory Rent
58
Street-Lights
58
Counsel Fees .
. 59
Insurance
59 60
Interest
62
Police
63
State Aid
63
Military Aid .
64
Relief to Soldiers .
64
Public Library
. 65
43 48 50 53
Drainage, Emerson Street
Wyoming Cemetery
Town Officers' Salaries
61
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CONTENTS.
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Concrete Crossings
65
Sidewalks
65
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER .
68
Statement of the Town Debt
68
Treasurer's Account
70
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
75
79
Report of the Superintendent Water Rates . 87
. 90
REPORT OF THE TREASURER WATER LOAN SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES .
93
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
. 101
School Statistics .
115
School Regulations
. 116
REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
THE Selectmen herewith submit their Annual Report for the finan- cial year ending Dec. 31, 1879 (twelve months).
POOR.
Your attention is invited to the classified list of paupers attached to this report.
It shows twenty-four less of those having legal settlements in our town than were aided, as reported, for the previous year. These all fall under Sect. II., Class 1. The number of those fully supported remains the same as last year. Of these, all but three are aged and infirm, and must remain a burden upon us. In the outside temporary- relief department, as under Sect. II., Classes 2 and 3, there has been an increase of eleven over the previous year. One has been dis- charged from the Asylum for the Insane, leaving four.
The tramps have shown their usual sagacity and shrewdness in forming the acquaintance of Mr. S. L. Walton, the efficient lock-up keeper, and have succeeded in keeping him well patronized. The tramp seems to scent this institution even in the distance, as does the bird of prey the battle-field, and hither turns his steps with the instinct of a canine to his kennel. Mr. Walton reports an increase of eighty-six above any previous year.
Of the amount - namely, $469.06 - which was to have been reim- bursed to this department, as reported last year, on account of the Waitt and Kelly estates, only $38.03 has been received. The ex- pense for outside relief, which is greater than for previous years, is to
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be reimbursed in full by cities and towns, and that on State account to the extent of the statute.
Number of Paupers fully supported within the Year ending Dec. 31, 1879.
SECTION I.
Class 1. Had a settlement in our town
11
2. In receptacles for the insane ·
5
3. Were State paupers .
2
-
Total number
.
18
Number of Persons partially supported within the Year.
SECTION II.
Class 1. Had a settlement in our town . 80
2. Had a settlement elsewhere in the State · 20
3. Were State paupers 15 ·
Total number 115
SECTION III.
Class 1. Truants in the State schools · 3
2. Tramps lodged in the lock-up 1,024
We anticipate better times in the spring, which must bring us relief in the temporary-aid department.
The poor complain of hard times, - that wages are no higher, and no more work than they had last winter. The times did look better in the fall ; but it was very unfortunate that, with the first signs of business activity, speculation, and a consequent rise in the prices of those staples and necessaries of life which we must nave, tended to victimize and oppress, rather than benefit, the poor. A full report of receipts and expenses may be found elsewhere.
RELIEF OF SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, OR FOR HEADSTONES.
The sum which was appropriated in 1878 for the purposes above named has been expended during the present year for headstones,
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which are being placed at the graves of soldiers in Wyoming Ceme- tery.
HIGHWAYS.
The appropriation for highways, we believe, has been expended as judiciously as possible by the three surveyors appointed by the town.
We would recommend that one efficient person be elected for the term of three years to the office. of highway surveyor, to have charge of the highways under the supervision of the Selectmen.
DRAINAGE.
The culvert on Winthrop Place, at the Highlands, has been taken up and relaid, and about 80 feet of 10-inch pipe laid from Franklin Street to the brook.
A continuation of the Emerson-street and Taylor drain has been made across Oakland Street, thence to the brook, about 207 feet 15- inch pipe being used. Nearly 200 feet of 10-inch pipe has been laid from Porter across Lebanon and Main Streets to the pond. Ell-pond brook, from its source to Malden line, has received its annual clear- ing-out.
The culvert at Wyoming Depot will require attention this year. For this and other necessary repairs, we would recommend $600.
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS AND CROSSINGS.
In compliance with the vote of the town, concrete sidewalks have been laid opposite estates whose owners were willing to pay one-half the expense of laying the same, to the full extent of the appropria- tion : 5,920} square yards have been thus laid, a detailed account of which will be found in this report. With so good results from the last two years' appropriations for this object, we would recommend a further appropriation of $1,000 the present year.
About 400 square yards of concrete crossings have been laid under the direction of the Board at the following places : -
From Worthen's store to Centre Depot; across Cedar Park, near depot ; from west side of Poplar Street, across Emerson Street ;
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across Vinton Street, near residence of D. W. Gooch ; across Vinton Street, near residence of H. N. Perkins ; on Franklin Street, near Highland Depot ; across Essex Street, to Town-hall lot ; across Main Street, from corner Essex Street ; across Myrtle Street, near Foster Street ; across Willow Street, at junction with Foster Street ; across Emerson Street, to High-schoolhouse lot; across Lake Avenue, to High-schoolhouse lot.
STREET-LIGHTS.
Our streets have been lighted by the Globe Gas-Light Company of Boston.
The first five months of the year were included in a contract made with the same company last year. The present contract includes the furnishing of ten additional iron posts and frames, with copper lanterns and fixtures, erecting the same, and the lighting and keep- ing in repair of all the street-lamps for one year, from June 1, 1879, for $1,470, - a saving of over $300 from the appropriation made at the annual town meeting of March last.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
This department is in good condition, - good officers and good men.
A full report is made by the engineers.
TOWN HALL.
All necessary repairs have been made ; and the building is now in good condition, and likely to stand for centuries.
Full report of receipts and expenses will be found elsewhere.
MILITARY AID.
Under the provisions of chap. 282, Acts of the Legislature of 1878, $117.75 was disbursed in January, 1879. This much abused Act was promptly repealed by the Legislature of 1879 ; and soon after an Act was passed entitled, "An Act for the Benefit of Indigent
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Soldiers and Sailors" (chap. 252), which provides that cities and towns may pay or expend for persons entitled to relief under said Act, having a settlement within their respective limits, under the pauper laws, such an amount as will relieve actual want or distress. A board of commissioners, appointed under the Act, are charged with the supervision and investigation of all payments ; and monthly returns are required to be made to them showing sums paid, to whom, and reasons for expenditure. Upon the approval of the board of commissioners, ONE-HALF of the amount expended by any city or town will be refunded by the State, and the other half of the expense must be borne by the city or town disbursing the same. We have expended $126 for the past year, and have received the ap- proval of the commissioners in each case.
The law relating to the payment of State aid to invalid pensioners of the United States, and dependent relatives of soldiers and sailors who served to the credit of Massachusetts in the war, was repealed by the same Legislature, and an Act similar in character passed (chap. 301), which provides that monthly returns of the sums, cir- cumstances, and reasons for expenditure in each case shall be made to the board of commissioners before mentioned ; and, upon their approval, the total amount paid shall be reimbursed to the city or town expending the same.
ARMORY RENT.
For rent of Armory to Jan. 1, 1880, $625 has been paid, making a total amount paid by the town for rent of buildings for the accoin- modation of Battery C, M.V.M., since the year 1872, of $3,737, all of which has been refunded to the town by the State.
BOUNTY-CLAIM.
The claim of William H. Pearson for bounty, which was referred to William B. Burgess, C. B. Baldwin, and Board of Selectmen, was carefully investigated : and, while not admitting the legality of the claim, we were satisfied that the soldier did not receive from the town any remuneration whatever for enlistment, and therefore
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deemed it advisable to pay to his attorney the amount paid others who enlisted .at the same time; viz., $125.
POLICE.
The frequent burglaries occurring the past year seem to have awakened the citizens to the importance of having the town more thoroughly protected by police or night-watchmen, and urgent de- mands have been made to the Selectmen to increase the service ; but the meagre appropriation has, in a measure, been a bar to com- plying with the demands in full.
We would recommend for the present year $800.
SUITS.
All suits against the town are now settled, to the best of our knowledge and belief, including lawyers' fees. In the action of F. W. Judkins for damages, for injuries alleged to have been received through a defect, said to have existed, in sidewalk near the Town Hall, by agreement, referees were appointed, who awarded him the sum of $50.
The award, and other expenses connected therewith, excepting bill of counsel, have been paid from the contingent fund, as was also the bounty-claim before mentioned.
Respectfully submitted.
DANIEL NORTON, JUN. HENRY G. FIELDS. JOSEPH F. BOYD.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
DURING the past year, we believe, our town has been free from con- tagious diseases, excepting several cases of diphtheria resulting in five deaths. Those cases were attended to by the Board as soon as they became known, and necessary precaution taken to prevent its spread. Complaints having been made of a filthy and dirty stable and barnyard on Main Street, with stagnant water in its vicinity, detrimental to the public health, and very offensive to the whole neighborhood, after several interviews with the occupants, the nui- sance, in a measure, has been abated; but still there is room for improvement. This case, we understand, is one that has been fre- quently complained of in former years ; and the Board questions whether any citizen has the right to maintain so offensive a place in the centre of the town under such circumstances. Several com- plaints arising from hog-pens, stable-vaults, &c., have been before the Board, all of which have been attended to by the owners on being notified.
EXPENSES BY THE BOARD.
" Melrose Journal "
$6 00
J. V. Smith, M.D.
2 00
J. H. Smith, M.D
3 00
G. W. Bartlett
4 00
E. A. Alden
50
$15 50
Respectfully submitted.
JOSEPH F. BOYD. DANIEL NORTON, JUN. HENRY G. FIELDS.
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
CIRCULAR BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Diphtheria.
When a case occurs in any family, the sick person should be placed in a room apart from the other inmates of the house, and should be nursed, as far as possible, by one person only. The sick chamber should be well warmed, exposed to sunlight, and well aired. Its furniture should be such as will permit of cleansing without in- jury ; and all extra articles, such as window drapery, woollen carpets, and the like, should be removed from the room during the sickness. The family should not mingle with other people. Visitors to the infected house should be warned of the presence of a dangerous dis- ease therein ; and children especially should not be admitted. All clothing and bedding worn or used by the patient or nurse should be cleansed by boiling for at least one hour ; or, if that cannot be done, by free and prolonged exposure to out-door air and sunlight. The walls of the room should be dry-rubbed, and all the cloths used for the purpose should be burned without previous shaking. The ceiling should be scraped and whitened. The floor should be washed with soap and water, and carbolic acid may be added to the water (one pint to three or four gallons). The infected clothing should be cleansed by itself, and not sent to a laundry. In case of death, the funeral services should be strictly private, and the corpse should not be exposed to view. The Board also require that physicians should report all cases to them, and that children should be excluded from the schools until such times as a physician may decide is neces- sary to insure freedom from contagion.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETINGS.
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 3, 1879.
ARTICLE 1. - Chose Levi S. Gould, Moderator.
ART. 2. - Voted, To choose three Selectmen, who shall be Overseers of the Poor ; one Clerk ; one Treasurer ; one Collector ; three Assess- ors ; one Water Commissioner for three years; three Highway Surveyors ; two School Committee for three years, and one for two years ; one Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years ; five Trustees of the Public Library; one Constable; and three Auditors.
ART. 3. - Voted, That the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dol- lars ($12,500) be raised and appropriated for the support of schools, for the purpose of paying salaries, for fuel, care of buildings, and including also compensation of School Committee.
ART. 4. - Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes, with the approval of the Selectmen.
ART. 7. - The committee appointed to settle with the Collector of Taxes for the years 1875, 1876, and 1877, submitted their report. Voted to accept. Committee discharged on years 1875 and 1876.
Voted, That the Board of Assessors are hereby directed to furnish the Collector of Taxes, on or before the first day of July of each year, a list of all persons who are assessed a poll tax only, together with the names of such other persons as in their judgment the inter- ests of the town may require, and that the Collector proceed fortli- with to collect the same. This order shall remain in force until repealed by a majority of the legal voters of this town.
Voted, That the Assessors be directed to enter upon the back pages of the Assessors' books the names of parties receiving abatements, with the date, amount, and the particular portion of tax abated, whether poll, real estate, or personal, and for what reason. Such
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abatement to be noted opposite the name of the party in the assess- ment.
Voted, That the Treasurer, or such other officer having authority, be authorized to waive any claim the town may have against Mr. Aaron Green, Collector of Taxes for the year 1867, provided he waives any claim he may have against the town, and passes into their custody the book used by him when Collector.
Voted, That the Committee appointed to settle with the Collector of Taxes for the years 1873 and 1874 be requested to attend to that duty, and report at the next town meeting.
Selectmen's report on guide-boards accepted.
Voted, To close the polls at 5.30 P.M.
Voted, That the matter of claim of William H. Pearson for bounty be referred to the Board of Selectmen, Mr. William B. Burgess, and the Commander of Post 4, G.A.R., for adjustment.
OFFICERS DECLARED ELECTED UNDER ARTICLE 2.
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, Daniel Norton, jun., H. G. Fields, Osmore Jenkins. Town Clerk, John Larrabee. Treasurer, George Newhall. Assessors, Dexter Pratt, George C. Stantial, J. C. Currier. Collector, John R. Jones. Water Commissioner (for three years), W. Irving Ellis. Highway Surveyors, James Marshall, George P. Fuller, W. B. Ellis. School Committee, Mrs. Ann M. Kunhardt, Mrs. J. C. Currier, Miss Phobe A. Norris. Trustees of the Public Library, Frederic Kidder, E. H. Goss, C. C. Barry, Han- nah Lynde, Addie A. Nichols. Water Loan Sinking Fund Commis- sioner (three years), John W. Farwell. Constable, Ansel B. Pierce. Auditors, John R. Norton, Frank E. Orcutt, Ernest B. Mendum.
Voted, To adjourn the meeting to 7.30 P.M.
ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 3, 1879, 7.30 P.M.
ART. 3. - Voted, To raise and appropriate the following sums for the purposes named : -
School contingent
. $1,700 00
Support of poor
. 2,400 00
Sidewalks (reconsidered)
. 1,500 00 Fire Department
. 2,200 00
Fire Department, for the purchase of new hose · 400 00 ·
Street-lights, including the addition of ten new lamps
1,800 00
. 4,000 00
Highways
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Contingent expenses
.
·
$800 00
Water, use of
. 2,000 00
Water, maintenance
- 1,500 00
Reduction of town debt
6,000 00
Public library, dog tax, and .
400 00
Drainage
600 00
Salaries of town officers
1,880 00
Interest on debt
8,000 00
Case of Waitt Brothers, paupers
· 2,135 46
Drainage of Emerson Street (near D. L. Taylor's)
. 829 19
Deficiencies in accounts ; to wit, -
Poor account
$389 61
Highways
1,000 00
Town Hall
698 73
School contingent ·
216 48 .
Construction water-works
462 08
2,766 90
Police .
200 00
Voted, That concrete crossings be laid, under the direction of the Selectmen, where thought advisable, and that two hundred dollars be raised and appropriated for that purpose.
Voted, That the interest collected by the Collector upon taxes for the year 1878 be credited to the interest account for the year 1879.
Voted, That the unexpended balances from last year be added to the appropriations for this year, and credited to the several depart- ments.
Voted, That the town officers be paid the same salaries as last year.
Voted, That the ballots and check-list used this day be placed in the custody of the Town Clerk ; and that the Moderator and Clerk be requested and directed to count the ballots, seal them up, and hold them subject to the order of the town. That they be requested to report the result of their count at the adjourned meeting.
Voted, To adjourn to Wednesday, March 12, 1879, at 7.30 P.M.
ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 12, 1879.
ART. 3. - Voted, To reconsider the vote whereby fifteen hundred dollars was appropriated at former meeting for concrete sidewalks.
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Voted, That the sum of one thousand dollars be raised to make concrete sidewalks opposite all estates whose owners will obligate themselves to pay one-half the expense of the same, at a price not exceeding thirty-three cents per yard, - work to be performed under the supervision of the Selectmen in the order applied for.
ART. 5. - Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 6. - Referred to the Selectmen.
ART. 7. - Voted, That all taxes be made payable on or before Oct. 1, 1879, and that interest be added upon all taxes remaining unpaid after that date, at the rate of seven per centum per annum. That all property on which the taxes remain unpaid on June 1, 1880, be sold by the Collector, in accordance with the provisions of law.
Voted, That the Treasurer shall keep an account with the Collector. That the Assessors sliall certify to the Treasurer the amount of taxes given to the Collector for collection ; also certify montlily the amount of abatements made by them, if any. That the Collector shall turn in to the Treasurer, with his collections, the stubs of the tax-bills, giving him the amount collected for interest, the stubs to be held by him subject to the call of the Auditors.
Voted, That the Selectmen cause the bell upon the Town Hall to be rung every evening at nine o'clock, said ringing to be included in the duties of the Janitor, without additional expense to the town.
The Selectmen submitted a list of persons for the offices named below, which was accepted and adopted : -
Measurers of Wood and Bark, Weighers of Hay and Coal, Seth E. Benson, James D. Littlefield. Surveyor of Lumber, Henry A. Leon- ard. Committee on Cemeteries, George Newhall, Nathaniel Howard, Jolın Larrabee. Field-Drivers, Otis Howard, Horace W. Cushman, Frank Gibbons, Henry B. Newhall, Marcus Malcolm. Fence-Viewers, Aaron Green, Charles T. Stevens. Police Officers, A. B. Pierce, H. B. Newhall, Joseph Holbrook, H. W. Cushman, Ami Chick, Henry Robinson, Samuel L. Walton. Sealer of Weights and Measures, A. B. Pierce. Lock-up and Pound Keeper, Samuel L. Walton.
ART. 2. - The Moderator presented a report showing the result of a recount of the ballots cast at meeting held March 3. He thien defined his position as presiding officer, and amended liis former declaration by declaring the time for which the School Committee were chosen, - Mrs. Ann M. Kunhardt and Mrs. Maria W. Currier for three years, and Miss Phobe A. Norris for two years, - and that
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J. F. Boyd was elected to the office of Selectman, in place of Osmore Jenkins, erroneously declared elected at former meeting.
Voted, To adjourn sine die.
MEETING, MARCH 26, 1879.
ART. 1. - Chose Levi S. Gould, Moderator. A letter was read from Mr. Osmore Jenkins, in which he resigned the position to which he was declared elected by the Moderator at meeting held March 3, 1879.
ART. 3. - Voted, To reduce the several sums raised and appro- priated March 3, 1879, as follows : -
For lighting streets
$300 00
drainage . .
200 00
highways
400 00
Public Library
200 00
salaries of Board of Selectmen, Overseers of Poor,
and Board of Health 250 00
salaries, Assessors . . . .
50 00
salaries, Water Commissioners . .
50 00
Voted, To dissolve the meeting.
MEETING, Nov. 4, 1879.
ART. 2. - Chose Moses Briggs, Moderator.
ART. 3. - Voted, To accept and adopt the jury list as presented by the Selectmen, and revised by the meeting.
ART. 4. - Voted, That the vote passed be rescinded, and that the bell be not rung as directed.
ART. 5. - Referred to the Selectmen, with full powers to act ac- cording to their best judgment.
ART. 6. - Voted, That the matter be referred to the Selectmen, with full power to act in the premises, and that the Treasurer be authorized to borrow such sum of money as the Selectmen may deem necessary to pay the expense of same.
ART. 7. - Voted, That the bill be referred to the selectmen, and that the Treasurer be authorized to borrow such sum to pay the same as the Selectmen shall approve.
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