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TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1916
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INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees
PAGE
Annual Town Meeting
10
Appraisers
183
Assessors .
165
Board of Engineers (Fire Department)
170
Board of Health
177
Building Inspector
173
Chief of Police
167
Collector
186
Forest Warden
174
High School Addition Building Committee
176
Inspector of Cattle and Milk
178
Inspector of Plumbing
179
Janitor
175
Librarian
181
Library Trustees
180
Overseers of the Poor
171
Presidential and State Election, November 7, 1916
7 40
Primary Election, Setpember 26, 1916
58
Public Works
158
Sealer of Weights and Measures
172
Selectmen
156
Sinking Fund Commissioners
126
Special Town Meeting, June 5, 1916
45
Special Town Meeting, September 11, 1916
53
Statistics of Town of Saugus
121
Town Accountant
81-120, 122-125
Town Clerk
79
Town Officers
5
Tree Warden
174
Financial Reports
Accountant's Department
89
Appraisers
183
Agency and Trust .
117
Assessor's Department
. 90, 165
Balance Sheet
124
Cemeteries
116
Collector's Department .
89, 186
Presidential Primary, April 25, 1916 .
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INDEX
PAGE
Collection of Ashes and Garbage .
100
Drainage, Lynnhurst
102
Education and Schools .
106
Election and Registration
92
Final Sa es
143
Finance Committee
88
Fire Department
94
Forest Warden
98
Gypsy Moth Extermination .
97
High School Addition (Bldg. Com.)
176
Highway Expenditures (table)
162
Highways and Bridges
96
Inspector of Milk and Cattle
100
Insurance .
113
Interest
117
Interest and Maturing Debt
116
Janitor
175
Law Deaprtment
91
Libraries
88
New High School Building
110
Outstanding Bonds
149
Overseers of Poor
103
Plumbing Inspector
100
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
113
Police Department .
93
Public Grounds
113
Refunds and Transfer
118
Sealer of Weights and Measures
97
Selectmen's Department
88
Sinking Fund Commissioners
126
Soldiers' Benefit
106
Special Hydrant
115
Stand Pipe
115
Surveying and Plotting Town
91
Tax Title Department
90, 133
Town Clerk
91
Town Farm
104
Town Hall
89
Treasurer's Department.
98
Tree Warden
122
Trial Balance
128
Trust Funds
118
Unpaid Bills
188
Unpaid Taxes .
113
Water Maintenance
Water Extension
115
101
Inspector of Buildings
111
Moderator
92
Elected Town Officers, 1916
Town Clerk
Henry A. Parker Term expires March, 1917
Selectmen
Herbert M. Forristall, Chairman Term expires March, 1917
Frank P. Bennett
66 66
66 1917
George L. Nourse
66
66 1917
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Assessors
Lewis J. Austin, Chairman
Term expires March, 1918
Horace H. Atherton
66 66
1919
Edwin K. Hayden
66
66
66 1917
Overseers of the Poor
George H. Ames, Chairman
Term expires March, 1917
Charles W. Bailey
66
66 1917
Anthony Hatch
66
66
1917
Treasurer
H. Dwight Bisbee Term expires March, 1917
Constable
W. Charles Sellick
Term expires March, 1917
Collector of Taxes
Henry A. Parker Term expires March, 1917
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Arthur C. Clark .
Term expires March, 1917
Kaler A. Perkins
1918
Henry E. Chase .
66
66 1917
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Trustees of Public Library
Ernest L. Edmands, Chairman Term expires March, 1919
John Husler
66
66
66
1919
Vernon W. Evans
66
66
66
1919
Clara J. Calley
66
66
66 1917
Raymond N. Porter resigned (Mortimer H. Meller) to fill vacancy Term expires March, 1917 66 66
W. Sanford Full .
1918
Board of Health
Charles E. Light, Chairman
Term expires March, 1918
George W. Gale .
66
66
66
1919
Tom D. Emmett
66
66 1917
School Committee
J. G. Bryer, Chairman
Term expires March, 1917
Ernest W. Homan
66
66
66
1919
Anna C. Parker .
66
66
66
1919
Arthur S. Edmands
66
1918
Lawrence E. Morse
66
66
66
1918
Cemetery Commissioners
Horace H. Atherton, Chairman Term expires March, 1919
Benjamin F. Fullerton
66 1917
William E. Ludden
66
66
66 1918
Tree Warden
Thomas E. Berrett Term expires March, 1917
Appointed Town Officers, 1916
Town Accountant
Granville A. Clark Term expires August 7, 1917
Finance Committee
Frank B. Sloan, Chairman Term expires December 1, 1919
Fred C. Johnson
66
1919
Francis M. Hill
66
66
1917
Arthur D. Hitchings
66
66
66
1917
Frank W. Price
66
66
66
1917
Karl L. Norris
66
66
66
1918
Henry O. Westendarp
66
66
66
1918
Town Counsel William E. Ludden
Regular Police Under Civil Service Charles O. Thompson, Chief Roland L. Mansfield, Captain
Frank W. Joy James P. Sullivan
Special Police
Timothy J. Bannon
Herbert Holland
Willie M. Penney
George W. Parker
Henry N. Williams James O. Cram
Arthur C. Clark
Morrin A. Hazel
Charles F. Clark
Charles L. Davis
Charles O. Popp
Thomas C. Sutherst
Christopher C. Merrithew
W. Charles Sellick Carl F. Koch
Peter A. Flaherty
Daniel B. Willis
Frank M. Symonds James F. Pratt Howard P. McAdoo Samuel C. Maddox William H. Semons
Thomas E. Berrett Justin E. Mansfield
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Special Police .- Cont.
Hervey Upham Mack Belliveau
Charles W. Woodbury
Frank Whitford
William J. Lumbert Robert T. Allen
Walter A. Hanson
Engineer
Ernest Stuart, Chief J. Walter Newhall Ernest M. Hatch
Forest Warden
Thomas E. Berrett
Keeper of Lock-up
Charles O. Thompson
Matron of Lock-up
Elizabeth Mansfield
Superintendent of Public Works William J. Lumbert
Superintendent of Schools
William F. Sims
Superintendent of Cemetery Charles L. Davis (Resigned) Charles E. Light (To fill vacancy)
Pound Keeper Carl F. Koch
Field Drivers
Willie M. Penney Charles L. Putney Daniel S. Bannon
Measures of Wood and Bark
Herbert O. Pratt Frederick Stocker
Frank H. Coburn
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
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Fence Viewers
Hervey Upham
Frank H. Coburn
Board of Registrars
J. Wesley Paul, Chairman
Term expires 1919
Henry A. Parker
66 1917
Leon B. Wade
66 1917
Herbert L. Robinson
66
66 1918
Sealer of Weights and Measures Evan Evans, Jr.
Cattle and Milk Inspector Arthur W. Sawyer
Public Weighers Justin E. Mansfield Crawford H. Stocker
Burial Agent H. Dwight Bisbee
Inspector of Plumbing Thomas C. Sutherst
Inspector of Buildings Daniel B. Willis
Janitor of Town Hall Justin E. Mansfield
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
ESSEX, SS. March 6, 1916.
To W. Charles Sellick, 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 Sixth, A. D., nineteen hundred and sixteen, at five forty-five 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, Constable, Collector of Taxes, Tree Warden, for one year; one Assessor, one Sinking Fund Commissioner, three Trustees of Public Library, one Board of Health, one Water Commissioner, two School Committee, one Ceme- tery Commissioner, for three years.
Also your "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 your "Yes" or "No" to the following question: Shall the Act passed by the general court in the year nine- teen hundred and sixteen, abolishing the water board and establishing a superintendent of public works in the town of Saugus be accepted by that town?
Also to appear at the Town Hall on Monday Evening, March Thirteenth, A. D., nineteen hundred and sixteen, at eight o'clock, to hear and act on the following articles, viz .:
The meeting will be opened with prayer by the Rev. Lynn V. Farnsworth.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
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ART. 2. To hear and act on reports of Committees.
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 see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee of not less than five citizens, the same to be chosen by the Moderator, said committee shall have full charge of all matters relating to the selecting and procuring of a site, the construction of a new school building thereon, the selection of an architect and plans therefor, and the providing of new and original equipment for said building and said committee shall have full authority to bind the Town in all contracts and obligations which they may deem necessary and ex- pedient to enter into in connection with said work, agreeable to the petition of Frank P. Bennett and others.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to acquire land to be located at or near the present High School and to con- struct thereon a new schoolhouse and provide new and original equipment therefor and by vote pass upon all mat- ters incidental thereto including the matter of borrowing in the name and behalf of the Town a sum of money not to exceed $75,000 and to issue the notes or bonds of the Town therefor, agreeable to the petition of Frank P. Bennett and others.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will appropriate and raise by borrowing thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars to be used on the streets of the town for macadam pavement under specifications approved by the Massachusetts Highway Commission and to issue bonds of the Town therefor or take any action in relation thereto, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $100 to repair the front of the building occupied by the Library, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of W. Sanford Full, and others.
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ART. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $75 the same to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, for the maintenance and care of such tower clocks as are now in active operation in the Town, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Horace H. Atherton and others.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to make an appro- priation for a Fire Alarm Box, to be placed at the corner of Ocean View and Summit Avenues, agreeable to the petition of Angelo Rossetti and others.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $100 for a Fire Alarm Box, to be located on Westford Street, at the corner of Laconia Avenue, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Thomas M. Coakley and others.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $100 for the erection of a Hydrant, to be located on Westford Street, at the corner of Laconia Avenue, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Thomas M. Coakley and others.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate and raise by borrowing $10,000 for water supply purposes under authority of Chapter 133 of the Acts of 1914 of the Massa- chusetts Legislature, or take any action in relation thereto, agreeable to the petition of Robert T. Allen and others.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $6,050, the same to be used in lieu of the income of the Water Department under authority of Chapter 91, Section 2, of the Acts of 1911 and of Chapter 133, of the Acts of 1914, of the Legislature of Massachusetts for the main- tenance and general account of the Department, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Robert T. Allen and others.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $9.91 for unpaid bill on account of Stand-pipe, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Robert T. Allen and others.
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ART. 15. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $60 in settlement of claim against the Town for gravel taken, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $105.82 in settlement of claim of H. H. Rogers for an illegal Tax Title, agreeable to the petition of Henry A. Parker.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $2,100 to cover the amount due on unpaid bills January 1, 1916.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to install a system of drainage from Cleveland Avenue to the Lynn Line on Washington Avenue, Lynnhurst, about seven hundred (700) feet of fifteen (15) inch pipe connected with catch basins as follows: Two at the junction of Cleveland and Washington Avenues; two at the junction of Harrison and Washington Avenues; one at the junction of Garfield and Washington Avenues; and to make an appropriation therefor not ex- ceeding seven hundred dollars ($700) or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Charles N. Wormstead and others.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $650 for the purchase of fire hose, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Ernest Stuart and others.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to purchase de- partmental equipment for the fire department, to wit: One Auto Hook and Ladder Truck for a sum not exceeding $6,500, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Ernest Stuart and others.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of seven hundred twenty dollars ($720), the same to be paid to the widow of the late Arthur L. Williams, said sum representing the balance of the year's salary which would have been paid to the late Principal of the High School had
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he completed the present school year, agreeable to the petition of Joseph G. Bryer.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $50 for the purpose of purchasing for an Athletic Field, the marsh land located near "Round Hill" so-called, owned by J. W. Wilbur or the Wilbur Land Company, as shown on plan of Saugus Terrace, Saugus, Mass., owned by J. W. Wilbur, April, 1911, Ernest W. Branch, C. E., or take any action in relation thereto, agreeable to the petition of Henry A. B. Peckham.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $250 to be used for grading and putting in suitable condi- tion for a playground that portion of "Round Hill" so- called that has already been cleared and purchasing play- ground equipment, or take any action in relation thereto, agreeable to the petition of Henry A. B. Peckham.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to cause the waste material taken from "Round Hill" so-called to be dumped on the Wilbur marsh land located adjacent thereto, whenever the Town has pur- chased said marsh land.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars from the Carnegie. Cor- poration, to be used in payment of the cost of erection of a public library building, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3,000 to be used as a reserve fund in accordance with Section 1, Chapter 645 of the Acts of the year 1913, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Frank B. Sloan and others.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to locate incandescent lights in the following places, and make an appropriation therefor, viz .: Two on Richard Street; one at the corner of Belair Street and Beachview Avenue; two on Seagirt Avenue, agreeable to the petition of Joseph Bucchiere, Jean Blanc and others.
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ART. 28. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $275 for the purchase of an adding machine, to be used in the Town Clerk's, Town Accountant's and Collector's offices, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Henry A. Parker and others.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
ART. 30. To see what compensation the Town will give the Collector for collecting the taxes for the year 1916.
ART. 31. To see what action the Town will take in re- lation to the collection of taxes for the year 1916.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept so much of Section 37, Chapter 19, of the Revised Laws as applies to permanent firemen, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to change its voting precincts according to a statement giving the bound- aries, the designation of the proposed precincts and number of voters registered in each, and filed with the Town Clerk as called for under Section 167, Chapter 11, of the Revised Laws.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will accept Beech Street, beginning at the junction of Beech and Vine Streets and running thence easterly to a point 325 feet, east of Elmwood Avenue, a total distance of 695 feet, according to plan and specifications filed with the Town Clerk.
ART. 35. To see what sum of money the Town will appropriate and raise by taxation for Town charges and for any other purpose for which the Town may lawfully expend money.
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
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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 said meeting.
Given under our hands and Town Seal this twenty-first day of February, A.D., nineteen hundred and sixteen.
[Town Seal]
GEORGE L. NOURSE HERBERT M. FORRISTALL FRANK P. BENNETT Board of Selectmen.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ESSEX, SS.
SAUGUS, March 6, 1916.
Pursuant hereunto, I have served the within Warrant as directed.
W. CHARLES SELLICK,
Constable.
TOTAL VOTE FOR TOWN OFFICERS
SAUGUS, March 6, 1916.
Pursuant to the Warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus met at the various Precincts and voted as follows:
Town Clerk
Precinct One
Precinct Two
Precinct Three
Total
Henry A. Parker
379
395
184
958
Daniel S. Bannon
1
1
John C. Holt
1
1
Blanks .
83
84
61
228
462
481
245
1,188
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Selectmen
Precinct One
Precinct Two
Precinct Three
Total
Frank P. Bennett
266
247
163
676
Herbert M. Forristall
287
356
162
805
George L. Nourse
319
373
186
878
Frank M. Ramsdell
268
254
119
641
Blanks .
246
213
105
564
-
Assessors
Horace H. Atherton .
379
409
202
990
Charles N. Wormstead
1
1
Blanks .
82
72
43
197
1,188
Overseers of the Poor
George H. Ames .
366
342
184
892
Charles W. Bailey
340
336
179
855
Anthony Hatch
348
364
183
895
Blanks .
332
401
189
922
3,564
Treasurer
H. Dwight Bisbee
291
304
161
756
W. George Greenlay
128
152
60
340
Blanks .
43
25
24
92
1,188
Constable
J. Oscar Crowell .
97
194
65
356
W. Charles Sellick
1
337
256
158
751
Blanks .
28
31
22.
81
1,188
Tax Collector
Henry A. Parker
386
385
201
972
Blanks .
76
96
44
216
ยท
1,188
3
17
3,564
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Trustees of Public Library
Precinct One
Precinct Two
Precinct Three
Total
Ernest J. Edmands
224
293
100
617
Vernon W. Evans
183
295
178
656
John Husler
229
155
75
459
George A. Learoyd
136
93
33
262
Clayton W. Rees
115
90
43
248
William E. Snow
131
164
114
409
Blanks .
368
353
192
913
3,564
Board of Health
George W. Gale .
342
380
173
895
Blanks .
120
101
72
293
1,188
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Ray P. Junkins .
3
3
William R. Combie
1
1
William P. Tilden
8
8
John M. Lyons
1
1
Thomas W. Leopold
1
1
Luke E. Thompson
1
1
Charles N. Wormstead
1
1
Blanks .
450
475
244
1,169
Water Commissioner
Marion V. Putnam
13
13
26
John T. Brady
13
13
Patrick Lyons
5
5
John E. Price
6
6
Alfred Axtell, Jr.
1
1
Blanks .
443
449
245
1,137
Marion V. Putnam
2
2
John McCarthy .
1
1
1,188
1,188
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Cemetery Commissioners
Precinct One
Precinct Two
Precinct Three
Total
Horace H. Atherton
51
51
Ray P. Junkins
1
1
Patrick Lyons
8
8
Blanks .
410
473
245
1,128
1.188
School Committee
William F. Belcher
27
98
25
150
Everett C. Coombs
19
32
25
76
Ernest W. Homan
269
186
103
558
George I. Hull
179
116
104
399
Anna C. Parker .
77
329
51
457
Samuel A. Phinney
13
47
12
72
C. F. Nelson Pratt
189
124
79
392
Julia Barnard
1
1
e
Blanks .
222
236
119
577
2,682
Tree Warden
Thomas E. Berrett
326
350
163
839
Ray P. Junkins
1
1
Blanks .
135
131
82
348
1,188
Yes
115
76
12
243
No
300
364
158
822
Blanks
47
41
35
123
1,188
Abolish Water Board
Yes
233
218
116
567
No
121
178
65
364
Blanks
108
85
64
257
1,188
License
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Number of Male voters that voted, 1,188.
Number of Female voters that voted 153. Total vote cast, 1341.
A true copy. Attest:
HENRY A. PARKER, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 13, 1916.
The meeting was called to order at eight o'clock P.M., by Town Clerk, Henry A. Parker.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Lynn V. Farnsworth.
The Warrant was read by the Town Clerk, omitting the reading of the articles, as upon motion which was carried that the reading of the articles be dispensed with.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
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.
George L. Nourse, chairman of the Playground Committee made a majority report, which was voted to accept.
Joseph G. Bryer, of the same committee, made a minority report which was voted to accept.
Finance Committee on article referred to them by the meeting of Nov. 8, 1915, to combine the offices of Superin-
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tendent of Schools and Principal of the High School, re- ported it was not advisable to combine, voted to accept report.
Finance Committee on articles referred to them by the meeting of Nov. 8, 1915, to abolish the Coaching Teachers, the Manual Training, Domestic Science, and Commercial Teachers, reported not to abolish, the report was accepted.
Finance Committee on article referred to them by the meeting of Nov. 8, 1915, to combine the offices of Super- intendent of Water Board and Superintendent of Streets, had nothing to report as it was acted upon at the annual election of March 6, 1916.
Finance Committee report on appropriation was voted to lay on the table, and to be taken up section by section.
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; Willie M. Penney, Daniel S. Bannon, Charles L. Putney, Field Drivers; Frank H. Coburn, Hervey Upham, Fence Viewers; Herbert O. Pratt, Frank H. Coburn, Frederic Stocker, Measurers of Wood and Bark; Board of Selectmen as appraisers of Town Property.
Moderator appointed and swore in the following citizens as tellers, Frank E. Parker, Frank P. Bennett, Jr., Justin T. Mansfield, Fred C. Sanborn, and Henry A. B. Peckham.
Voted, To take up Article 5.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to acquire land to be located at or near the present High School and to con- struct thereon a new schoolhouse and provide new and origi- nal equipment therefor and by vote pass upon all matters incidental thereto including the matter of borrowing in the name and behalf of the Town a sum of money not to exceed $75,000, and to issue the notes or bonds of the Town there- for, agreeable to the petition of Frank P. Bennett.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
Voted: That the Town appropriate and raise by borrow- ing the sum of $75,000 for the purpose of acquiring land and constructing thereon a new school house and providing the same with new equipment and that the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized and directed, with the approval of the Selectmen, to issue serial coupon bonds of the Town therefor with interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent. per annum. Said bonds to be dated May 1, 1916, $4000 thereof maturing and payable annually on the first days of May, 1917, to 1926, inclusive, and $3500 thereof maturing and payable annually on the first days of May, 1927 to 1936 inclusive, with interest coupons attached to said bonds bearing the facsimile signature of the Town Treasurer. Said bonds to be denominated on their face "Town of Saugus School House Loan 1916." All other matters in relation to the issuance and form and sale of said bonds to be determined by the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen. Yea, 321; Nays, 3.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee of not less than five citizens, the same to be chosen by the Moderator, said Committee shall have full charge of all matters relating to the selecting and procuring of a site, the construction of a new school building thereon, the selection of an architect and plans therefor, and the pro- viding of new and original equipment for said building and said committee shall have full authority to bind the Town in all contracts and obligations which they may deem nec- essary and expedient to enter into in connection with said work, agreeable to the petition of Frank P. Bennett.
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