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Auditor's Annual Report
FOR THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
TOGETHER WITH THE
Report of School Committee
For the Year Ending December 31, 1904
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LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1905
LOCAL HISTORY Ref. 352 Saugus v.17
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1904.
SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 295 Central St. Saugus, MA 01906
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1905
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Index to Auditor's Report.
Annual Reports. .
PAGE.
Assessors
162
Appraisers of Town Property
216
Auditor
38
Board of Health
179
Cattle and Milk Inspector
199
Cemetery Commissioners
190
Chief of Police .
170
Engineers of Fire Department
174
Hay Scales
200
Janitor of Town Hall
200
Librarian .
182
Overseers of the Poor
120
Sealer of Weights and Measures
200
Selectmen .
157
Sinking Fund Commissioners .
214
Superintendent of Streets
165
Superintendent of Cemetery
192
Town Clerk
203
Treasurer
205
Trustees Free Public Library
181
Water Commissioners' Report
185
Appropriations and Expenditures.
Appropriations for 1904
36
Board of Health
98
Cemetery .
102
Fire Department
87
Firemen's Salaries
95
Fire Alarm Box
97
Highways and Bridges
63
Highways and Bridges on account of Street R. R. and Excise Tax
Insurance on Town Buildings . .
71
116
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INDEX
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Lighting Streets
79
Keeper of Lockup
80
Memorial Day .
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New Floor in Town Hall .
107
New Tomb in Riverside Cemetery
106
Numbering Houses .
117
Overseers' Department, Outside Supplies
120
Police
79
Public Library ·
10I
Repairs on Town Buildings
107
Salaries
II7
Saugus Home Account
I33
Schools
61
School Signal Hook and Box .
97
Sealing Weights and Measures
116
Searching Records and Plans for Assessors
115
Selectmen's Incidentals
38
Sidewalks
113
Soldiers' Relief .
61
State Aid
59
Steam Roller
78
Superintendent of Schools
63
Tree Warden
II4
Water Department
81
Widening and Straightening Central Street
77
Miscellaneous.
Annual Town Meeting
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Special Town Meeting, July 29, 1904
30
Special Town Meeting, December 29, 1904
33
Collector's Department, Lewis J. Austin
219
List of Unpaid Taxes
223
Recapitulation of Selectmen's Department
118
Report of Committee on By-laws
201
Revised Jury List
2 I
Statement of Condition of Town
209
Statement of Town Debt
210
Statistics of Town
213
Town Officers for 1904
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Town Officers, 1904.
Henry A. Parker
Town Clerk.
Term expires March, 1905
Selectmen.
Henry F. Fiske
Isaac E. Graves
Frank P. Bennett
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66
Assessors.
Maurice F. Cunningham
Term expires March, 1905
Alonzo Penney
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66
1907
Overseers of the Poor.
James A. Halliday ·
Term expires March, 1905
George H. Ames
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Treasurer.
Joseph S. Meacom
Term expires March, 1905
Auditor.
George Parsons
Term expires March, 1905
Constable. Charles A. Blakeley . Term expires March, 1905
Collector of Taxes.
Lewis J. Austin
Term expires March, 1905
1906
LeviG. Hawkes
Term expires March, 1905
66
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Henry N. Oliver
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Herbert B. Newhall .
Term expires March, 1907
Herbert O. Pratt
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66
1905
William H. Belcher .
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66
66 1906
Trustees of the Public Library.
Levi G. Hawkes
Term expires March, 1906 ·
James R. Hughes
Arthur B. Coates
66
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1907
Roscoe S. Butterfield
George A. Learoyd
Joseph R. Gillan
66
66 1905
Board of Health.
Benjamin F. Robinson
Term expires March, 1905
Dr. George W. Gale
1907
Clarence Coates
1906
Water Commissioners.
Charles I. Hitchings . Term expires March, 1906
Dr. G. Clarence Parcher .
1905
George W. Caswell . .
1907
School Committee.
Judge George M. Amerige Term expires March, 1907
Henry J. Mills . ·
66 1905
Frank P. Bennett, Jr.
1906
Superintendent of Schools.
Charles E. Stevens
Term expires March, 1905
Superintendent of Streets.
Charles Florence
Term expires March, 1905
Board of Fire Engineers.
Charles I. Hitchings, Chief Term expires March, 1905
Frank M. Symonds
Maurice F. Cunningham
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66
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Chief of Police.
Charles O. Thompson · Term expires March, 1905
Board of Registrars.
Herbert B. Forristall Henry A. Parker
Arthur F. Jenkins
J. Wesley Paul
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66
1907
Fence Viewers.
Philip W. Farnham .
Term expires March, 1905 John Brierly Christopher C. Merrithew . .
Tree Warden.
Elbert H. Edmands . .. Term expires March, 1905
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
Frank H. Coburn
Term expires March, 1905
Philip W. Farnham
Herbert O. Pratt
66 66
Field Drivers.
Walter A. Pratt
Term expires March, 1905
Charles A. Driscoll
- Scott Winchenpaw
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Pound Keeper.
Term expires March, 1905 J. W. Wiggin .
Superintendent of the Saugus Home.
James B. Wiggin (resigned) Term expires March, 1905
J. E. Burnham · · Appointed to fill unexpired term.
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Term expires March, 1906
1905
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Report of Auditor.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
Having examined the accounts of the Treasurer, Tax Col- lector and Overseers of the Poor as required by the by-laws of the Town and having found proper vouchers for all payments made, I hereby submit the annual report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1904. At the last annual meeting the question was raised as to why the published list of unpaid taxes did not nearly amount to the balances as called for in the Collector's accounts. At that time I reported that I was then making a thorough investigation of the matter, and upon going carefully through the books with the Collector I found enough unpaid taxes in every year, which did not appear in the list as published to bring up the balance to what it should have been. Neglect to take proper time in which to do it and carelessness on the part of the Collector in drawing off the list, wholly accounted for the apparent deficiency.
I recommend that the sum of $8,500 be appropriated to meet interest charges the ensuing year. Three thousand dollars will be required for principal of Water Loan. Three thousand dol- lars for principal of Roby School-House Loan and $350 for Lynnhurst School-House Loan.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE PARSONS,
SAUGUS, February 12, 1905.
Auditor.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
ESSEX, SS.
To Charles A. Blakeley, Constable of the Town of Saugus.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the several voting precincts in the Town, on Monday, March the seventh, A. D. 1904, at six (6) o'clock A. M., then and there to bring in their ballots to the Wardens for the following Town Officers :
Town Clerk, three Selectmen for one year, Town Treasurer, one Assessor for three years, three Overseers of the Poor for one year, Tax Collector for one year, one member of the Board of Health for three years, Auditor, Constable, two Sinking Fund Commissioners, one for three years, one for two years, three Trustees of Public Library for three years, one Water Commis- sioner for three years, one Member of School Committee for three years, three Fence Viewers, Tree Warden for one year, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years. Also your answer " Yes" or "No" to the following question, "Shall License be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town for the ensuing year ?"
Also to appear at the Town Hall, on Monday evening, March fourteenth, A. D. nineteen hundred and four, at 8 o'clock, to hear and act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To hear and act on Reports of Committees.
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ART. 3. To choose all other Town Officers which Towns are, by law, required to choose in the months of March and April annually.
ART. 4. To revise the Jury List.
ART. 5. To choose a Committee on Appropriations, as required by the Town By-Laws.
ART. 6. To see what action the Town will take in relation to charging interest or making a discount on taxes assessed in the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To make an appropriation and raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see what action the Town will take in the mat- ter of fixing the compensation of any or all Town Offices and make an appropriation for the same.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to hire money and give notes of the Town for the same for the following purposes :
First. For the purpose of paying notes coming due the present year.
Second. To hire money temporarily, not exceeding seventy- five thousand dollars ($75,000), for one year, in anticipation of the taxes of the year 1904.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for Police Service.
ART. II. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225) for the observance of Memorial Day, the same to be expended under the supervision of Post 95, G. A. R., or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
ART. 12. To see what action the Town will take in relation to Street Lighting, and make an appropriation therefor.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to cover the cost of insurance on Town Buildings.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for Repairs on Town Buildings and Grounds.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Board of Health, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Superintendent of Schools.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum o one hundred ($100). for searching the Records and Plans and for Incidentals for the Assessors.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for Sidewalks, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for Tree Warden, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for Sealer of Weights and Measures, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 21. To see what compensation the Town will give the Collector for collecting the tax of 1904, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to adopt some rule for collecting taxes, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will defray the expenses of the Lock-up from Court Fines, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the salaries of Firemen of the Saugus Fire Department, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the expense of the Fire Department for the ensuing year, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) and dog tax for use of the Public Library, the same to be expended under the direction of the Trustees of the aforesaid Library, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a Steam Roller for the Highway Department, and make an appropriation for the same, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 2S. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for salary of Superintendent of Cemetery, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of four hundred dollars ($400) for Soldiers' Relief, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to lay a new floor in the Town Hall, and make an appropriation for the same, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.,
ART. 31. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the extermination of the brown tail moth by removing the nests from the trees, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of fifty dollars ($50) for numbering the houses in the Town not yet numbered, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) on account of the sinking fund for payment of the notes borrowed for the Cliftondale School House Loan (new), or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to locate incandescent lights in the following places, viz. : two (2) lights on Howard street and one (1) light on Main street north of -Howard street and three (3) lights on Wakefield avenue, one (1) light on Chestnut street, three (3) lights on Parker street, one ( 1) light on Prospect street, one (1) light on Franklin street and make an appropriation for the same, or to see what action. the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will vote to observe "Old! Home Week," appoint a committee of five (5) to make necesary arrangements, and make an appropriation for the same, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 36. To see if the town will accept and adopt the By- Laws as revised and amended by the Committee, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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ART. 37. To see if the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to make a Water Loan of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the extension of the water pipes, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for a Fire Alarm Box, to be placed at the corner of Main and Howard streets, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 39. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for an Arc Light to be placed at the junction of Broadway and Pleasant avenue, agreeable to the petition of R. P. Whitcher and others, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 40. To see if the Town will vote to pay the Assessors fifty cents (.50) per hour while assessing property, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 41. To see if the Town will vote to curb the grass plot surrounding the flag-staff in the public square in East Saugus, and make an appropriation for the same, agreeable to the petition of C. W. Fox and others, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 42. To see if the Town will vote to build a sidewalk on Winter street, from Macajah Newhall's house to Horace A. Nowell's, a distance of about seven hundred (700) feet, and make an appropriation for the same, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeble to the petitition of C. W. Fox and others.
ART. 43. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to make a five (5) years' contract for street lighting or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 44. To see if the Town will accept that part of Norton avenue not accepted as stipulated on plan and specifications filed with the Town Clerk, agreeable to the petition of William Sim and others, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
ART. 45. To see if the Town will vote to accept Robinson street as per plan and specifications filed with the Town Clerk, agreeable to the petition of B. F. Robinson and others, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 46. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to place a hook in the office of the principal of the high school, for sounding the no-school signal, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 47. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for repairs to the interior of the school-houses, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 48. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the erection of a receiving tomb in Riverside Cemetery, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 49. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400) for laying out of avenues, grading and care of Riverside Cemetery, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 50. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600), five hundred dollars ($500) of which is for salary of Superintendent of Cemetery, and one hundred dollars ($100) of which is for horse hire for work in said Cemetery, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 51. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to build a fire proof vault in the Town Hall for the use of the Assessors, and make an appropriation therefor, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
ART. 52. To see if the Town will vote to place two (2) catch-basins, one (1) at the junction of Mt. Vernon and Laurel streets, and one (1) at the junction of Laurel and Clifton streets, and connect the same with pipe, and make an appropriation for the same, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter. agreeable to the petition of Albert Sweetser and others.
ART. 53. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) to be expended on Central street, in connection with the laying of the tracks of the Boston & Northern Street Railway, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
The Polls will open at 6 o'clock A. M., and may close at 4.30 P. M., and you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies at the usual places seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting and to distribute copies as provided by the By-Laws at least four days before.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands and Town Seal this twenty-third day of February, A. D. nineteen hundred and four.
HENRY F. FISKE, HERBERT O. PRATT, ISAAC E. GRAVES, Board of Selectmen.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
ESSEX, SS.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SAUGUS, March 7, 1904.
Pursuant hereunto I have served this Warrant as within directed.
CHARLES A. BLAKELEY, Constable.
Total Vote for Town Officers.
SAUGUS, March 7, 1904.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus met at the various precincts, and voted as follows :
The polls were opened at 6 A. M. and closed at 5 P. M.
Town Clerk for One Year.
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Precinct One,
Precinct Two.
Precinct Three.
Total.
Robert F. Colson
13
31
7
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Henry A. Parker
185
148
108
441
Herbert O. Pratt
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I74
IOI
72
347
Elmer B. Newhall .
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I
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2
Blanks
.
18
43
14
75
Selectmen for One Year.
Frank P. Bennett
.
253
153
I33
539
Washington L. Bryer
15
38
IO
63
Henry F. Fiske
187
197
105
489
Herbert M. Forristall
I72
175
67
414
Issaac E. Graves
219
151
158
528
Timothy Johnston
II
15
II
37
Charles W. Pratt
27
24
22
73
Benjamin F. Sanborn
· 147
68
35
250
Blanks .
. I39
15I
65
355
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Assessor for Three Years.
Precinct One.
Precinct Two.
Precinct Three.
Total.
Levi G. Hawkes
291
228
142
661
James A. Kennedy .
38
39
25
IO2
Blanks
61
57
35
I53
Overseers of the Poor for One Year.
George H. Ames
300
182
II7
599
Stephen Ant .
33
28
23
94
James A. Halliday .
251
234
I22
607
Henry N. Oliver
232
168
I54
554
Thomas H. Stidstone
36
43
26
105
Byron S. Hone
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I
Blanks
· 317
307
164
788
Treasurer for One Year.
Joseph S. Meacom
287
225
152
664
Herman P. Russell
52
45
26
I23
Frank E. Parker
I
I
Ernest L. Noera
I
I
Blanks
50
53
24
I27
Auditor for One Year.
George Parsons
289
222
I45
656
Blanks
IOI
IO2
57
260
Constable for One Year.
Charles A. Blakeley
317
138
I26
581
Maurice Pratt
23
23
23
69
James H. Stewart
23
124
21
I68
Blanks
27
39
32
98
Collector for One Year.
Lewis J. Austin
291
192
107
590
J. Wesley Paul
72
88
78
238
John C. Pitman
7
I5
8
30
Blanks .
20
29
9
58
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Sinking Fund Commissioner for Three Years.
Precinct One.
Precinct Two.
Precinct Three.
Total.
Herbert B. Newhall
251
210
140
601
Blanks
I39
II4
62
315
Sinking Fund Commissioner for Two Years.
William F. Belcher
206
201
II3
520
Patrick Lyons
I
I
Blanks
·
183
123
89
395
Library Trustees for Three Years.
Roscoe S. Butterfield
228
I47
98
473
Arthur P. Coates
2II
214
I18
543
George A. Learoyd
175
96
6I
332
Bayard T. Read
123
II4
82
319
Blanks
433
40I
247
1,08 I
Library Trustee for One Year.
Joseph R. Gillan ·
· 209
182
IIO
50I
George Eaton
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I
Frank P. Bennett, Jr.
.
I
I
Blanks
. 179
142
92
413
Board of Health for Three Years.
George W. Gale
238
206
I32
576
Charles H. Mansfield
I
I
Blanks
15I
118
70
339
Water Board for Three Years.
William Barber
58
4I
3I
130
George W. Caswell
·
208
214
99
521
Blanks
· I24
69
72
265
School Committee for Three Years.
George M. Amerige
·
235
215
135
585
Frank P. Bennett
I
I
Blanks .
I54
109
67
330
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20
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Cemetery Commissioner for Three Years.
Precinct One.
Precinct Two.
Precinct Three.
Total.
Horace H. Atherton
257
202
157
616
Blanks
.
I33
122
45
300
Fence Viewers for One Year.
John Brierly .
232
166
108
506
Philip W. Farnham
204
164
I34
502
Chris C. Merrithew
·
195
182
108
485
Frank E. Parker
2
2
' Charles H. Mansfield
2
2
Frank P. Bennett
I
I
Herbert O. Pratt
I
I
Dana B. Walker
I
I
Blanks
532
460
256
1,248
Tree Warden for One Year.
Thomas E. Berrett .
108
58
58
224
Albert H. Edmands
158
I35
68
361
Patrick Murphy
61
24
9
94
Blanks
.
63
107
67
237
License.
Yes
109
62
51
222
No
221
221
115
557
Blanks
60
4I
1
-36
137
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Annual March meeting opened March 14, 1904, at 8 o'clock P. M., by Henry A. Parker, Town Clerk.
ARTICLE I. Chose Thomas P. Parsons, Moderator, who after being duly qualified by the Town Clerk, took charge of the meeting.
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ART. 2. Voted, To accept the report of the By-Law Com- mittee appointed March 9, 1903, and the report be placed on file.
ART. 3. Chose James B. Wiggin, Pound Keeper ; Walter A. Pratt, Charles A. Driscoll and Scott R. Winchenpan, Field Drivers ; Frank H. Coburn, Herbert O. Pratt and Philip W. Farnham, Measurers of Wood and Bark.
ART. 4. Adopted the Jury List as follows.
Winslow D. Adlington
Arthur B. Mansfield
Charles W. Bailey
James M. Maxwell
C. H. Berrett
Charles H. Mansfield
George W. Blodgett
I. M. Merrithew '
John W. Hitchings
Benjamin F. Newhall Dennis S. Newhall
Clarence Coates
Everett H. Newhall
David H. Cheever
George L. Nourse
Everett H. Day
Jonathan A. Newhall
N. D. Dearborn
Thomas Newhall Henry A. Oliver
Joseph F. Frisbee
E. Chester Parker
Frederick W. Feakins
Frank E. Parker
Charles Florence Levi Florence F. W. Foss
George Parsons
Aaron A. Gill
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C. O. Popp Frank M. Ramsdell
Harry E. Hartich
Levi G. Hawkes
James W. Rea
Elmer B. Newhall
W. E. Rhodes Francis D. Riblett
Maurice F. O'Neil
Benjamin F. Robinson
Byron S. Hone M. H. Johnson David T. Knox
B. F. Sanborn Arthur W. Sawyer
George A. Kimball Frank H. Little
William F. Sawyer Frank M. Symonds
Edwin D. Leighton
Albert Sweetser
John Brierly
Albert F. Dikeman
Henry A. Parker
Joseph M. Hall
J. Wesley Paul Walter H. Raddin
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
C. E. Torrey John C. Townsend
George A. Valpey Daniel B. Willis
C. D. Whittredge Charles N. Wormstead J. H. Williams
ART. 5. Chose as Appropriation Committee : Frank H. Coburn, Elmer B. Newhall, Albert H. Hayden, Edgar B. Oliver, Martin J. Penney.
The following articles were referred to the above committee : 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53.
ART. 6. Voted, That a discount of two per cent. be allowed on taxes paid on or before October 10, 1904, and interest at the rate of six per cent per annum be charged after January 1, 1905, on taxes for the year 1904.
ART. 9. Voted, That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to hire money temporarily not exceeding one year, in anticipation of the taxes of the year 1904, and give notes of the Town for the same. The whole amount so hired under this vote, not to exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000). Yes, 68. No. o.
ART. 22. Voted, To instruct the Collector to collect taxes 1
according to law.
ART. 36. Voted, To take up the By-Laws, article by article, and the following articles were adopted : 1, 2, 3, 4.
Voted, To adjourn at 10.14 P. M. to March 21, 1904.
Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
SAUGUS, MARCH 21, 1904.
Adjourned Town Meeting called to order at 8.05 P. M., by the Moderator, Thomas P. Parsons.
Voted, To lay on the table, the By-Laws that were not taken. up at the last meeting.
Voted, To accept the report of the appropriation committee.
Voted, To take up the appropriations article by article.
ART. 7. Voted, To accept Article 7 as a whole and that the sum of fifty-nine thousand dollars ($59,000) be and hereby is appropriated.
ART.' 8. Voted, That the sum of five thousand and fifty dollars ($5,050) be and hereby is appropriated for salaries for the year 1904, as per recommendation of the appropriation com- mittee.
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