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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, 1907.
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LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1908.
LOCAL HISTORY Ref. 352 Saugus v.20
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1907.
SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 295 Central St. Saugus, MA 01906
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1908.
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Index to Auditor's Report.
Annual Reports.
PAGE.
Assessors
139
Appraisers of Town Property
203
Auditor .
15
Board of Health
158
Cattle Inspector
200
Cemetery Commissioners
188
Chief of Police
I53
Engineers of Fire Department
177
Finance Committee
54
Hay Scales
202
Inspector of Plumbing
16[
Janitor
202
Librarian
187
Overseers of the Poor
220
Selectmen
132
Sinking Fund Commissioners
198
Sealer Weights and Measures
201
Superintendent of Streets
149
Superintendent of Cemetery
189
Town Clerk
40
Treasurer
206
Trust Funds for Cemetery
IQ0
Trustees Free Public Library
IS3
Water Commissioners' Report
162
Special Report of Expert T. P. Parsons
134
Appropriations and Expenditures.
Appropriations for 1907 .
61
Assessors' Department
118
Board of Health
112
Cemetery
118
Concreting Sidewalks
1 26
Fire Department
103
Fire Hydrant Service
129
Firemen's Salaries
110
Fire Loss Lincoln Avenue Schoolhouse
125
Fire Loss Hose House No. 3
125
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INDEX.
PAGE.
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
99
Highways and Bridges .
80
Highways and Bridges on Account of Street R. R. and Excise Tax,
$4
Insurance on Town Buildings
124
Keeper of Lockup
92
Lighting Streets
90 128
New Hose for Fire Department
II2
Numbering Houses
I29
Overseers' Department
220
Police
91
Public Buildings and Grounds
123
Public Library
117
Repairs Interior of School Buildings
79
Salaries
122
Saugus Home Account
226
Schools
77
Sealing Weights and Measures
201
Searching Records and Plans for Assessors
129
Selectmen's Incidentals .
63
Soldiers' Relief
77
Special Appropriation for George Sewall
130
State and Military Aids .
75
Tree Warden .
I27
Water Department
94-96
Miscellaneous.
Annual Town Meeting
13
Special Town Meeting, July 25th .
31
Collector's Department, Lewis J. Austin, Collector
216
Collector's Department, Clarence Coates, Collector
218
List of Unpaid Taxes
261
Recapitulation of Selectmen's Department
130
Revised Jury List .
19
State Election, November 6 .
34
Statement of Condition of Town
215
Statement of Town Debt
2II
Statistics of Town .
215
Town Officers for 1907
5-6-7-8-9-10
Memorial Day
Elected Town Officers, 1907.
Henry A. Parker
Town Clerk. Term expires March, 1908
Selectmen.
Frank P. Bennett, Chairman Term expires March, 1908
Henry F. Fiske, Secretary
66
1908
Isaac E. Graves .
1908
Assessors.
Levi G. Hawkes, Chairman
Term expires March, 1910
Charles W. Amerige .
1908
Alonzo Penney .
66
1909
Overseers of the Poor.
James A. Halliday, Chairman, Term expires March, 1908
George H. Ames ·
.
60 1908
Charles W. Bailey .
.
.
6 6
66
1908
Treasurer.
Joseph S. Meacom . Term expires March, 1908
Auditor.
George Parsons
·
Term expires March, 1908
Constable.
Charles A. Blakeley
Term expires March, 1908
Collector of Taxes.
Clarence Coates
Term expires March, 1908
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Herbert B. Newhall, Chairman,
Term expires March, 1910
William H. Belcher
66
1909
Herbert O. Pratt
60
1908
Trustees of Public Library.
James R. Hughes, Chairman
Term expires March, 1909
Levi G. Hawkes
66
66 1909
Arthur B. Coates
66
1910
Lloyd M. Hendrick
66
1910
George A. Learoyd
66
1910
Clara J. Calley
66
66
66
1908
Board of Health.
George W. Gale, Chairman
Term expires March, 1910
William F. Belcher
60
1909
Benjamin F. Robinson
66
66 1908
Water Commissioners.
Horace H. Atherton, Chairman, Term expires March, 1909
G. Clarence Parcher
66 1908
Robert T. Allen
66 1910
School Committee.
Henry J. Mills, Chairman
Term expires March, 1908
Frank P. Bennett, Jr.
" 1909
George M. Amerige
66
1910
Cemetery Commissioners.
Horace H. Atherton, Chairman,
Term expires March, 1910
Joseph S. Meacom .
66 1908
Richard P. Whitcher
66 66 66 1909
Tree Warden.
Thomas E. Berrett .
Term expires March, 1908
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Finance Committee.
Edgar B. Oliver, Chairman ·
Term expires March, 1908
Fred C. Cheever, Secretary
66
66
1 908
Charles E. Putnam .
66
1908
Fred C. Newhall
1909
Horace H. Atherton, Jr.
66
1909
Edgar E. Chapman
66
1909
A. Clark Newhall
66
66
1910
Marion V. Putnam .
66
1910
Henry A. B. Peckham
66
1910
Fence Viewers.
Christopher C. Merrithew
Term expires March, 1908
Frederic Stocker
·
66
66
1908
660
66
1908
William F. Paul
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Appointed Town Officers, 1907.
Clerk of Selectmen. Henry A. Parker.
Clerk of Assessors. Michael J. McCafferty.
Town Counsel. Henry C. Attwill.
Regular Police. Charles O. Thompson, Chief. Roland L. Mansfield, Capt. Frank W. Joy, J. Henry Williams.
Special Police.
Arthur B. Mansfield, E. Curtis McKenney, Timothy J. Bannon, Frank H. Mosher,
Peter A. Flaherty,
John Brierley, George Upham,
Charles E. Torrey,
George W. Parker,
Henry N. Williams,
Charles W. Amerige,
Justin E. Mansfield,
Christopher C. Merrithew, Joseph P. Devine, Edwin P. Burnham,
Thomas E. Berrett, Charles L. Davis,
Arthur G. Copp,
Willie M. Penney,
John H. Townsend,
James W. Rea,
Thomas C. Southerst.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Engineers. John L. Weber, Chief. Thomas E. Berrett, Ist Assistant. Charles I. Hitchings, 2nd Assistant.
Keeper of Lockup. Justin E. Mansfield.
Forest Firewards.
Byron S. Hone,
Martin L. Penney,
George W. Blodgett,
Herbert O. Pratt, A. F. Sachsse, Charles N. Wormstead.
Matron of Lockup. Carrie L. Mansfield, resigned. Elizabeth Mansfield to fill unexpired term.
Superintendent of Streets Anthony Hatch.
Superintendent of Schools. Charles E. Stevens.
Field Drivers.
Charles H. Whittier, Thomas E. Berrett,
Frederic Stocker.
Pound Keeper. Carl F. Koch.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
Herbert O. Pratt, J. George Smith, Daniel B. Willis.
Superintendent of Cemetery. Charles L. Davis.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Board of Registrars.
J. Wesley Paul, Henry A. Parker,
Daniel S. Bannon, Peter J. Flaherty.
Constable. Tom D. Emmett.
Cattle Inspector. Arthur W. Sawyer. -
Sealer of Weights and Measures. Charles H. Mansfield.
Public Weigher. Justin E. Mansfield.
Weighers of Coal.
H. O. Pratt, George H. Pratt,
N. R. Stiles, C. H. Stocker.
Building Inspector. Charles W. Amerige.
Burial Agent. Charles L. Davis.
Plumbing Inspector. Thomas C. Southerst.
Auditor's Report.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
In presenting you the annual Town report for the year 1907, I trust that every citizen that has the welfare of the Town at heart, will give it their most careful study and attention, so that at the coming annual meeting, all appropriations that will come before you, may be acted upon with that degree of intelligence, and discretion that the economical adminstration of the financial affairs of the Town at the present time demands. You will see that the deficiency the past year has been reduced by over $9,200 which is certainly a step in the right direction, but we must not forget the fact that this result has been brought about by a large assessment the past year and although the tax rate was $2.00, less per thousand than the year before, yet many of our citizens believe that the large increase in the assessed value of their property by the Board of Assessors in many cases ranging from forty to one hundred per cent, was entirely unjust and uncalled for and that it would have been much better and far more satis- factory to have kept the assessed value down and have raised the rate to corresponding figure. A low tax rate is liable to breed extravagance in expenditures, requiring larger appropriations and that fact has been demonstrated time and time again. This high assessed valuation and the general financial condition of the past few months may be responsible in a large measure for the fact that we have over $21,000 more uncollected taxes than a year ago.
I would call your especial attention to the report of Mr. Thomas P. Parsons, wherein he shows that during the past ten years the excess of expenditures over receipts of the Town was
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$25,637.08. During the past eleven years we have spent about $175,000 on school-houses, the water system, and the Hathaway place. Our funded debt on January 1, 1896 was $207, 150 on January 1, 1908, $268, 150 while the property held and owned by the Town on January 1, 1896 as per appraisal was $199,900 on January 1, 1908 it is appraised at over $420,000. Surely there is much food for thought in these figures.
I have examined the books of the Treasurer, Collectors, Overseers of the Poor and found proper vouches for all pay- ments made.
Repectfully submitted,
GEORGE PARSONS,
SAUGUS, Feb. 15, 1908.
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 4, A. D. 1907, at 5.45 o'clock A. M., then and there to bring in their ballots to the Wardens for the following Town officers :
Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Auditor, Constable, Collector of Taxes, Tree Warden, three Fence Viewers, for one year ; one Finance Committee for two years, one Assessor, one Sinking Fund Commissioner, three Trustees of the Public Library, one Board of Health, one Water Commissioner, one School Committee, one Cemetery Commis- sioner, three Finance Committee 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 II, A. D., 1907, at 8 o'clock, to hear and act on the following articles, viz. :
The polls will open at 5.45 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.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
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 hand and Town Seal this Eighteenth Day of February, A. D. 1907.
CLARENCE W. FOX, HERBERT M. FORRISTALL, CHARLES F. CLARK, - Board of Selectmen.
ESSEX, SS.
SAUGUS, March 4, 1907.
Pursuant hereunto I have served this Warrant as within directed.
.
CHARLES A. BLAKELEY, Constable.
Total Vote for Town Officers.
SAUGUS, March 4, 1907.
Pursuant to the Warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus met at the various precincts and voted as follows :
Town Clerk for One Year.
Precinct One.
Precinct Two.
Precinct Three.
Total.
Robert F. Colson .
13
28
6
47
Henry A. Parker .
199
156
106
461
Elmer B. Newhall
I
I
Blanks .
119
103
71
293
802
15
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Selectmen for One Year.
Precinct One.
Precinct Two.
Precinct Three.
Total.
Stephen Ant .
IO
4
4
18
Frank P. Bennett .
198
160
104
462
Charles F. Clark
.
154
85
62
301
Henry F. Fiske
156
179
95
430
Isaac E. Graves
178
153
II3
444
Leander D. Harding
60
72
38
170
Charles W. Pratt .
18
IO
8
36
Thomas H. Stidstone
IO
[I
I
22
Charles N. Wormstead .
88
105
63
256
Lewis J. Austin
I
I
Blanks .
·
123
82
61
266
2,406
Assessor for Three Years.
Levi G. Hawkes
200
106
73
379
Walter Pratt
94
149
72
315
Blanks .
.
.
38
32
38
- IOS
802
Overseers of the Poor for one Year.
George H. Ames .
.
262
178
100
540
Charles W. Bailey
.
189
166
I16
471
James A. Halliday
203
220
114
537
Timothy Johnston
28
34
19
8I
Eugene Stevens
·
III
79
50
240
Sabino Snow
.
I
I
·
.
2,406
-
16
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Treasurer for One Year.
Precinct One.
Precinct Two.
Precinct Three.
Total.
Joseph S. Meacom
256
216
138
611
John C. Pitnam
31
37
II
79
George Bannon
1
I
Blanks .
43
34
34
III
802
Auditor for One Year.
George Parsons
253
217
123
593
Walter Pranker
I
I
Blanks .
.
.
78
70
60
298
802
Constable for One Year.
Charles A. Blakeley
263
207
126
596
Charles Torrey
·
8
8
Rufus Fiske .
I
I
Blanks .
68
72
57
197
802
Collector of Taxes for One Year.
Clarence Coates
240
249
145
634
James Rafferty
I
I
E. W. Rea .
I
I
Abram Williams
I
I
J. Ward
I
I
Blanks .
90
37
37
164
802
Sinking Fund Commissioner for One Year.
Herbert B. Newhall
223
202
119
544
Blanks
. 109
85
64
258
802
.
.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Trustee of Public Library for Three Years.
Precinct One.
Precinct Two.
Precinct Three.
Total.
Arthur B. Coates .
195
209
109
513
Lloyd M. Hendrick
187
198
IO2
487
George A. Learoyd
·
205
195
107
507
Elmer B. Newhall
I
I
Blanks .
.
408
259
231
898
2,406
Board of Health for Three Years.
George W. Gale .
·
195
207
IIO
512
James A. Kennedy
·
45
33
22
100
Blanks .
.
92
47
5I
190
Water Commissioner for Three Years.
Robert T. Allen
103
139
66
308
William Barber .
16
IO
6
32
Patrick Bresnahan
I4
5
29
48
George W. Caswell
125
I16
47
288
Blanks
.
74
17
35
I26
School Committee for Three Years.
George M. Amerige
18c
202
103
485
Donald H. Gerrish
·
I
I
Blanks .
.
152
84
80
316
802
Fence Viewers for One Year.
Christopher C. Merrithew
184
183
93
460
William F. Paul
194
178
IO2
474
Frederic Stocker
192
185
I16
493
Blanks .
426
315
238
979
·
802
.
2,406
2
802
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Tree Warden for One Year.
Precinct One.
Precinct Two.
Precinct Three.
Total.
Thomas E. Berrett
218
189
I 20
527
George F. Townsend
61
45
14
I 20
Blanks .
.
53
53
49
155
.
802
Cemetery Commissioner for Three Years.
Horace H. Atherton
189
204
I22
515
Blanks .
·
143
33
61
287
802
Finance Committee for Three Years.
A. Clarke Newhall
196
207
113
516
Henry A. B. Peckham .
195
203
107
505
Marion V. Putnam
·
192
222
108
522
Blanks .
·
413
229
22 I
863
2,406
Finance Committee for Two Years.
Edgar E. Chapman
·
205
200
103
508
Blanks .
.
127
87
80
294
802
License.
Yes
104
55
40
199
No
177
203
94
474
Blanks .
51
29
49
129
·
802
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Annual Town Meeting to act on Articles in Town Warrant was held Monday evening, March 11, 1907, at 8 o'clock P. M. The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, Henry A. Parker.
After the reading of the Warrant by the Town Clerk Article One was taken up.
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Chose Thomas P. Parsons who after being duly qualified by the Town Clerk, took charge of the meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on reports of Committees. Voted, To accept the report of the Finance Committee.
ART. 3. To choose all other Town Officers which Towns are, by law, required to choose in the months of March and April annually.
Chose Carl F. Koch, Pound Keeper; Thomas E. Berrett, Charles H. Whittier, Frederic Stocker, Field Drivers; Herbert O. Pratt, J. George Smith, Daniel B. Willis, Measurers of Wood and Bark.
ART. 4. To revise the Jury List.
Voted, To accept the list of Jurors as revised and amended :
Winslow D. Adlington
Charles B. Austin
Lewis J. Austin
Charles W. Bailey Timothy J. Bannon
George W. Blodgett
Edwin P. Burnham
Everett H. Day
N. D. Dearborn
James M. Maxwell
I. M. Merrithew
Elmer B. Newhall
Everett H. Newhall Joseph Newhall Thomas Newhall
George L. Nourse
Cyrus W. Oliver Frank E. Parker
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Harry F. Deshon
John T. Parkins
George H. Durgin
George Parsons
Ralph H. Dyer
John L. Poole
Willard L. Fiske
Charles O. Popp
Peter J. Flaherty
Charles L. Putney
Charles Florence
George M. Raddin
Levi Florence
Frank M. Ramsdell
Frank W. Foss
James W. Rea
Albert A. Foster
Walter E. Rhodes
Joseph F. Frisbee
Francis D. Riblett
Walter S. Gay
Benjamin F. Robinson
Aaron A. Gill
Alfred F. Sachsse
Isaac E. Graves
William M. Sanborn
Joseph M. Hall
Arthur W. Sawyer
Leander D. Harding
Charles H. Sawyer
Harry E. Hartich
Levi G. Hawkes
J. George Smith Eugene Stevens
Lewis W. Hawkes
Willard H. Stocker
John W. Hitchings
Albert Sweetser
Byron S. Hone
Frank M. Symonds
M. H. Johnson
Charles E. Torrey
David T. Knox
Courtland H. Turner
Edwin D. Leighton
John L. Weber
Frank H. Little
C. D. Whittredge
Arthur B. Mansfield
Daniel B. Willis
Charles H. Mansfield
Charles N. Wormstead
ART. 5. To see what action the Town will take in relation to charging interest or making a discount on taxes assessed during the ensuing year.
Voted, All taxes shall be due and payable on Oct. 1, 1907 and interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum be charged on all taxes remaining unpaid Oct. 15, 1907.
ART. 6. To make an appropriation and raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year.
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Voted, That the sum of $79,350.00 be and hereby is appro- priated for Town charges as called for under Article 6 and recommended by the Finance Committee.
ART. 7. To see what action the Town will take in the matter of fixing the compensation of any or all Town officers, and make an appropriation for the same.
Voted, To lay Article 7 on the table.
Voted, To reconsider Article 6.
Voted, That the sum of $72, 150.00 be and hereby is appro- priated for Town charges as called for under Article 6, as follows :
Schools, including Salary of Superintendent $34,000 00
Selectmen's Incidentals
6,000 00
Overseers of the Poor .
·
3,000 00
Assessors 1,800 00
Water Loan, Principal
3,000 00
Roby School House Loan, Principal
3,000 00 ·
Lynnhurst School House Loan, Principal 350 00
1905 .
2,000 00 .
Interest
11,000 00
State and Military Aid
3,000 00
Highways and Bridges
.
3,000 00
Fire Department .
2,000 00
Voted, To take up Article 7.
Voted, That the sum of $4,225.00 be and hereby is appropriated for salaries as called for under Article 7, and recommended by the Finance Committee, as follows :
Town Clerk
$100 00
Selectmen .
350 00
Treasurer
· 500 00
Auditor
300 00
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Overseers of the Poor
$300 00
Water Commissioners
100 00
Board of Health
75 00
Chief Engineer Fire Department
100 00
Assistant Engineers Fire Department
100 00
Constable
50 00
Secretary of School Committee .
50 00
Secretary of Finance Committee .
50 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures .
150 00
Firemen, 10 men to each Company $50 to each man
2,000 00
$4,225 00
ART. 8. 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 :
Ist. For the purpose of paying notes coming due the present year.
2nd. To hire money temporarily, not exceeding ninety thousand dollars ($90,000), for one year, in anticipation of the taxes of the year 1907.
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 of 1907, and give notes of the Town for the same, and that all money so hired shall be expressly made payable from taxes of 1907. The whole amount so hired under this vote not to exceed the sum of $90,000. Yeas, 58; nays, o.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of forty-two hundred and fifty dollars ($4,250) for police service.
Voted, That the sum of $4, 250 be and hereby is appropriated for police service.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for the observance of Memorial
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
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.
Voted, That the sum of $250 be and hereby is appropriated for the observance of Memorial Day, the same to be expended under the supervision of Gen. E. W. Hinks Post, G. A. R.
ART. II. To see what action the Town will take in relation to Street lighting, and make an appropriation therefor.
Voted, That the sum of $6,800 be and hereby is appropriated for Street lighting.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $690 to cover the cost of insurance on Town buildings.
Voted, That the sum of $690 be and hereby is appropriated for insurance on Town buildings.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,000 for repairs on Town buildings and grounds.
Voted, That the sum of $500 be and hereby is appropriated for repairs on Town buildings and grounds.
Voted, To adjourn at 10.15 o'clock to Monday, March 18, at 8 o'clock.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,600 for the Board of Health, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
Voted, That the sum of $1,600 be and hereby is appropriated for the Board of Health.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Superintendent of Schools.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone, acted on under Article 6.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $150 for searching the Records and Plans and for incidentals for the Assessors.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Voted, That the sum of $150 be and hereby is appropriated for searching Records and Plans for Assessors.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $500 for concrete sidewalks, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
Voted, That the sum of $200 be and hereby is appropriated for concrete sidewalks. -
ART. 18. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $300 for Tree Warden, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
Voted, That the sum of $200 be and hereby is appropriated for Tree Warden.
ART. 19. 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.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone, acted on under Article 7.
ART. 20. To see what compensation the Town will give the Collector for collecting the tax of 1907, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
Voted, If less than 75 per cent. of the taxes of 1907 are collected before May Ist, 1908, 1 per cent. If 75 per cent. or over are collected before May Ist, 1908, 14 per cent. To be paid from the Selectmen Incidentals.
ART. 21. 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.
Voted, That the expenses of the Lock-up be defrayed from the Court Fines, and if not sufficient that the balance be paid from the Selectmen's Incidentals.
ART. 22. 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.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone, acted on under Article 7.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $2, Soo for the expenses of the Fire Department for the ensuing year, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone, acted on under Article 6.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $800 and dog tax for the 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.
Voted, That the sum of $500 be and hereby is appropriated together with the dog tax for the Public Library.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $500 for repairs to the interior of the school houses, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
Voted, That the sum of $400 be and hereby is appropriated for repairs interior of school houses.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of $450 for soldiers' relief, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
Voted, That the sum of $450 be and hereby is appropriated for soldiers' relief.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of $25 for numbering the houses in the Town not yet numbered, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
Voted, That the sum of $25 be and hereby is appropriated for the numbering of houses in the Town, not yet numbered.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $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.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Voted, That the sum of $1,000 be and hereby is appropriated on account of the sinking fund for payment of the notes bor- rowed for the Cliftondale school house loan (new).
ART. 29. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $2,600 for the running expenses of Riverside Cemetery for the year 1907 the same to be expended under the direction of the Cemetery Commissioners.
Voted, That the sum of $2,400 be and hereby is appropriated for Riverside Cemetery, same to be expended under direction of of the Cemetery Commissioners.
Adjourned at 10.15 P. M., to Monday, March 18, 1907 at 8 o'clock P. M.
Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER, Town Clerk.
Adjourned Town Meeting.
Monday, March 18, 1907.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 8 o'clock, P. M.
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