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ART. 3 .- Any resident in town over fourteen years of age, may take books from the Library. Children under fourteen may take books on presenting Application Card signed by their parents or guardians, whom the trustees will hold responsible for the safe return of the volumes.
ART. 4 .- Every person so entitled to borrow books from the Library shall receive from the Librarian a printed Application Card, to be regularly filled out and returned, and in exchange for the same the Librarian will, if satisfactory, give a Call Card, to be retained as filled out by the Librarian. On this shall be stamped the date of "Loan" and "Return" of each book taken.
ART. 5 .- No person shall be allowed more than one book at one time; and no book can be exchanged on the same day on which it is taken out.
ART. 6 .- If a "Call Card" be lost, another will not be issued to the same person until the expiration of two weeks from the time the Librarian is notified of the loss, except on payment of ten cents.
ART. 7 .- No book shall be kept from the Library over two weeks under penalty of two cents for every day delayed. Un- labeled books renewable for two weeks. Labeled books not renewable. The Librarian shall notify any person witholding a book beyond the time allowed; and the expense of such notice shall be added to the fine.
ART. 8. - If any book shall be lost or materially injured, the person to whom it stands charged shall either pay the appraised value thereof, or replace it by a new volume or set (if it belongs to a set) of the same or a later edition, and of equal value, besides paying all fines that may have accrued on said book.
ART. 9 .- The Librarian sball withold the use of the Library from those persons from whom fines are due: and from all persons who misuse or damage books, and shall appraise the amount of damage done to books, subject to appeal to the Trustees.
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THE NINETY-SECOND 1309
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF WAKEFIELD, MASS.,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1904,
ALSO
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD
OF THE
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
DURING THE YEAR 1903.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1903-1904.
SELECTMEN. EDWARD J. GIHON, Chairman.
THOMAS G. O'CONNELL, Secretary ; ALBERT D. CATE,
RICHARD S. STOUT, ROY D. JONES.
TOWN CLERK-CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE.
TOWN TREASURER-ALBERT W. FLINT.
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD.
BENJAMIN A. WYATT, Chairman, . Term expires 1904
FRED A. SWAIN, Secretary,
66
1906
EUGENE E. EMERSON,
66
1905
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. WILLIAM A. CUTTER, Chairman; E. E. LEE, Secretary ; HORATIO BUMPUS.
ASSESSORS. ALSTEAD W. BROWNELL, Chairman ; FRED S. HARTSHORNE, Secretary ; CHARLES A, DEAN.
AUDITORS.
GEORGE W. LINNELL, WILLIAM O. ABBOTT, ARTHUR L. WILEY.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-CHARLES E. WALTON.
SEWER COMMISSIONERS.
WILLIAM H. LEE, Chairman, . Term expires 1906
WILLIAM B. DANIEL, Secretary,
66 1905
GEORGE M. TOMPSON, .
66 1904
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WATER COMMISSIONERS.
CHARLES A. DEAN, Chairman,
Term expires 1907
.J. H. KIMBALL, Secretary,
1906
W. H. BUTLER,
1905
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WILLIAM E. CADE, Chief; EDWARD S. JACOB, Clerk ; HARVEY G. BROCKBANK.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
CORNELIUS DONOVAN,,
Term expires 1906
FRED E. BUNKER, £ 1904
JAMES F. CURLEY, .
66
1905
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE (ex officio) .
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
IDA F. CARLISLE, Chairman,
Term expires 1904
ASHTON H. THAYER,
1904
CHARLES E. MONTAGUE, Secretary,
1905
EDEN K. BOWSER, Treasurer, . 1905
MARTHA F. BLANCHARD,
.6 1906
SAMUEL K. HAMILTON, ·
66
1906
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
WILLIAM H. BUTLER,
Term expires 1906
FRANKLIN NICKERSON,
66 1905
OLIVER WALTON,
66 1904
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
EDSON W. WHITE, Chairman, .
Term expires 1906
HARRY FOSTER,
1906
FRANK T. WOODBURY,
1906
ASHTON H. THAYER,
1905
RICHARD DUTTON, . . 61
1905
CHARLES F. MANSFIELD,
1905
EMMA F. HOWLAND,
1904
WILLIAM W. TAFT, Secretary, ·
6 6 1904
SARAH Y. MORTON,
1904
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FISH COMMITTEE ..
SAMUEL PARKER, W. H. WILEY, JACOB C. HARTSHORNE.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-HARRY A. SIMONDS.
TREE WARDEN-RUFUS KENDRICK.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
DR. J. W. HEATH, Term expires 1906
AUGUSTUS D. JENKINS,. 1905
WILLIAM H. McCAUSLAND, :
1904
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS-THOMAS HICKEY.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
GEORGE H. MADDOCK, EUGENE S. HINCKLEY, LEWIS E. CARTER.
POLICE. JOHN M. CATE, Chief;
JAMES A. MCFADDEN, ROY D. JONES,
EDWIN F. POLAND,
EDWIN McDUFFEE,
GEORGE H. POTTER,
H. G. BROCKBANK,
JAMES J. KENNEDY, ARTHUR H. GOULD, C. H. R. DUNN, HENRY DE ROCHE, FRANK H. ROBINSON, WILLIAM R. BARRY, EUGENE P. McDONNELL, SAMUEL T. PARKER, CALEB T. HILL, JOHN A. MELONEY, ANDREW A. MAGEE.
RUFUS F. DRAPER,
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CONSTABLES.
EDWIN F. POLAND, JAMES A. MCFADDEN, JOHN M. CATE.
INSPECTOR OF MILK-JOSIAH S. BONNEY.
TOWN COUNSEL-MAYNARD E. S. CLEMONS.
FOREST FIREWARDS.
THOMAS F. RINGER, GEORGE R. TYZZER, SAMUEL T. PARKER
For list of other town officers, not chosen by ballot, see report of Annual Town Meeting.
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LIST OF JURORS
AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN TO BE
ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN.
Abbott, George W. Anderson, Clinton O. Ayscough, Charles D. Ayscough, George Barker, Edward Bessey, William W. Blanchard, George A. Blanchard, John O. Bridger, William J. Brockbank, Harvey G. Brown, James W. S.
Brownell, Alstead W.
Bowman, William F. Braxton, George W. Branch, George E. Buckley, John H. Cary, George P. Casey, Peter Clapp, Frank A.
Classen, Charles E.
Cooney, Joseph R. Curley, James F. DeRoche, Henry Duffill, A. E. Draper, Rufus F. Dwyer, Thomas E. Eaton, Willard G.
Eaton, Everett W. Eaton, Jacob H. Evans, Charles A. Fell, Thomas W. H. Flanley, John Flint, Francis E. Florell, Henry Ford, Frank D. Foster, James B. Foster, Linnell
Farland, Walter R. Gihon, Edward J. Gilman, George K.
Gould, Thomas Gove, Merrill W. Grant, Frank E. Greenough, William S. Hall, Henry C.
Hartshorne, Charles F.
Hickey, James A. Hickey, Thomas Hill, John T. Hines, Nathaniel Howard, Justin Huddy, Joseph S. Hurley, John Jack, Peter
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Jack, Philip Jacob, Edward S. Jordan, Frank B. Keefe, James P. Kelley, Edward B. Kelley, Patrick J. Keough, James H. Kenrick, Alfred W. Kilgore, George L. Kimball, George W .. Kingston, David T. Lane, Maurice J. Lannergan, Patrick Lee, William H. Low, Joseph K., Jr. Low, Michael
Mansfield, Austin L. Mansfield, James F. Mansfield, William J. McDonnell, Eugene P. McMahon, John H. McCausland, William H.
Marshall, Alson L. Nickerson, Franklin Oliver, Henry N. O'Connell, Jeremiah O'Connell, Thomas Park, Calvin W. Parker, Moses P. Perkins, Joseph E.
Parker, Samuel Preston, Edward F. Reid, James R. Ringer, Josiah H. Sedgley, Alton R. Simonds, Harry A. Smith John W. Sullivan, Jeremiah J. Sullivan, William H. Sullivan, Thomas F. Walton, Charles E. Walton, Oliver Ward, Winsor M.
Welch, Charles E.
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Record of Town Meetings FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1904.
% ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 2, 1903,
PRECINCT ONE.
Meeting called to order by Town Clerk Chas. F. Hart- shorne at 6 o'clock, a. m., who read the warrant, and then swore in the following election officers :
WARDEN - Wm. B. Daniel.
CLERK - J. Fred Parker.
INSPECTORS - C. O. Anderson, William O. Abbott, Edward B. Kelley, J. J. Butler.
TELLERS - D. P. Rolfe, M. T. Lane, S. T. Parker, Geo. E. Hart, F. E. Bunker, H. A. Simonds, E. S. Jacob, A. L. Wiley, J. W. Kernan, A. L. Cutler, E. W. Rolfe, W. C. Skulley.
PRECINCT Two.
The Polls were declared open at 6 o'clock, a. m., and the following election officers were sworn in Warden W. G. Eaton.
DEPUTY WARDEN - Geo. E. Branch.
CLERK - Herbert W. Walton.
INSPECTORS - Chas. R. White, Frank Evans.
DEPUTY INSPECTORS-F. M. Staples, Geo. F. Leach.
TELLERS - R. L. Pitman, M. L. Harris, A. M. Baxter, Harry P. Alden.
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Following is the total vote with the vote of each precinct : *Indicates candidates elected.
Precincts. Totals.
I II
TOWN CLERK.
*C. F. Hartshorne
882
151
1033
J. B. Butler
3
J. McMahon
1
B. A. Tyler
1
H. Tyler
1
J. W. Ardill
1
John Hubbard
1
J. Holland .
1
J. Harrington
1
.
Blanks
543 83
626
TOWN TREASURER. 1
*T. J. Skinner
919
155
1074
J. J. Harrington
E. Dyer
.
1
1
J. P. Butler
1
E. C. Callan
1
C. Lindsay
2
J. Glines
2
Blanks
508
79
587
SELECTMEN.
* Albert D. Cate,
854
131
985
*Richard S. Stout
7.79
70
849
*Thomas G. O'Connell,
751
82
833
*Edward J. Gihon,
751
56
807
*Roy D. Jones
633
169
802
John A. Meloney
582
123
705
Nathaniel E. Cutler
520
72
592
George Willis Cooke
346
41
387
.
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Precincts.
Totals.
1
Lennie A. Carpenter
I 235
39
274
John M. Holden .
137
12
149
E. H. Walton
2
E. C. Mellen
1
Blanks
.
1584
375
1969
ASSESSORS.
*Charles A. Dean
838
162
1000
*Fredric S. Hartshorne
815
111
926
* Alstead W. Brownell
744
108
852
Elwin I. Purrington
662
62
724
George H. Dean
260
44
304
Silas Flint .
1
W. D. Logan
1
P. Farrington
.
1
H. W. Eustis
,
1
Blanks
982
215
1197
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
*Edward E. Lee .
792
121
913
*William A. Cutter
774
83
857
*Horatio Bumpus
615
39
654
Thomas F. Ringer
471
174
645
William F. Bowman
396
21
417
Bayard C. Dean .
190
24
214
J. Curran
-1
J. Harold .
1
L. Hatch
1
L. G. Hatch
2
Blanks
1062
240
· 1302
.
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II
12
Precincts.
Totals.
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II
TAX COLLECTOR.
*C. E. Walton
853
143
996
C. Lindsey .
·
1
H. Jones
1
W. J. Smith
1
T. White
1
P. J. White
1
Blanks
577
91
668
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 3 Years.
*Martha F. Blanchard .
628
115
743
*Samuel K. Hamilton .
511
72
583
Melvin J. Hill
505
49
554
Stephen N. Mason
275
30
305
George O. Sanborn
192
21
213
J. G. Jack
1
J. J. Butler
1
Blanks
855
193
1048
SEWER COMMISSIONER, 3 Years.
*William H. Lee
658
63
721
Harry H. Hawkesworth
340
131
471
Michael Low
240
4
244
B. Wiley
1
1
Blanks
196
36
232.
BOARD OF HEALTH, 3 Years.
*Joseph W. Heath
1025
166
1191
W. W. Whittredge
1
Dr. E. J. Brett
1
J. J. Hadley
1
Blanks
407
68 475
13
Precincts. Totals.
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MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD, 3 Years.
*Fred A. Swain .
·
1025
134
1159
C. L. Sopher
1
W. W. Whittredge
1
-
Dr. Sopher
1
J. J. O'Hea
1
C. O. Anderson
1
Blanks
405
100
505
LIBRARY TRUSTEES, 3 Years.
*Frank T. Woodbury .
966
131
1097
*Harry Foster
890
132
1022
*Edson W. White
872
129
1001
J. Griffin
1
R. Godfrey
1
J. Daley
1
Blanks
1634
311
1945
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TOWN AUDITORS.
*George W. Linnell
906
127
1033
* Albert W. Flint
884
142
1026
*Everett W. Eaton
872
132
1004
Blanks
1643
301
1944
CONSTABLES.
* James A. McFadden .
1060
127
1187
* Edwin F. Poland
989
133
1122
*Edgar A. Hallett C. Townley
746
137
883
.
2
J. J. Kennedy
3
C. A. Townley
1
D. Madden
.
1
.
14
Precincts.
Totals.
I
II
T. Madden
1
F. Robinson ·
.
Blanks
1501
304
1805
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
*Lewis E. Carter
706
105
811
*George H. Maddock .
615
68
683
*Eugene S. Hinckley
587
65
652
D. Henry Madden
586
62
648
Andrew A. Magee
212
38
250
H. Walker
1
T. J. Lally
1
W. Lally
1
J. J. O'Hea
1
E. S. Jacob
1
Blanks
1594
364
1958
FISH COMMITTEE.
* William Harrington Wiley
802
108
910
*Samuel Parker .
792
117
909
*Jacob C. Hartshorne
794
110
904
J. Jack
2
H. Waits
2
W. J. Dyer, Sr. .
1
T. G. Dyer, Jr. .
1
D. Sweeney
1
J. J. Reagan
1
E. S. Jacob
1
G. Ardill
1
W. Lally
1
E. J. Dyer .
1
L. A. Foster
1
15
Precincts.
Totals.
I II
L. L. Hosmer
1
F. A. Ford
1
Blanks
1902
367 2269
TREE WARDEN.
* Rufus Kendrick
939
158 .
1097
C. E. Lindsay
1
E. Sweeney
1
G. Hutchinson
1
W. Murray
1
A. Hanbus
1
S. Parker
1
S. T. Parker
1
Blanks
489
76
565
CEMETERY COMMITTEE, 3 Years.
*W. H. Butler
564
83
647
Harry F. Peck
471
75
1 546
W. Atherton
1
E. A. Taylor
1
J. J. O'Hea
1
H. Flood
1
M. Roach . .
1
E. Eaton
1
Blanks
394
76 470
CEMETERY COMMITTEE, 2 Years.
*Franklin Nickerson
538
59
597
Frank P. Cutter .
390
64
454
W. Atherton
1
E. A. Taylor
1
J. J. O'Hea
.
1
16
Precincts.
Totals.
I II
W. Jones
1
F. F. Cutler
1
Blanks
538
110
648
CEMETERY COMMITTEE, 1 Year.
*Oliver Walton
869
119
988
E. Sweeney
1
A. E. Jones
.
.
1
F. B. Ford
1
Blanks
562
115
677
LICENSE VOTE.
*No
710
91
801
Yes
.
.
521
45
566
Blanks
.
·
204
98
302
TOWN MEETING, MARCH 9, 1903.
Article 1. To choose a moderator, by ballot, to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell was elected moderator.
All articles involving the appropriation of money were, by the moderator, declared referred to the town Finance Committee.
Voted. That the articles be taken up in regular order as printed in the warrant. 1
Art. 2. To act upon the reports of town officers as pub- lished.
Voted. To accept the reports as printed and lay on the table.
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S. B. Dearborn
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Art. 3. To choose all town officers not required to be chosen by ballot.
Voted. That the moderator appoint a committee of five to nominate town officers not chosen by ballot, said committee to report at the next session of this meeting. The moderator later in the evening appointed the committee, as follows : W. A. Cutter, Albert R. Per- kins, Rev. T. W. Illman, John A. Meloney, George M. Tompson.
Art. 4. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to hire money to pay all demands in anticipation of taxes.
Voted. That for the purpose of procuring temporary loans to and for the use of the town of Wakefield the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed with the approval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the txaes of the present municipal year, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefor. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be paid from the said taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriations for the same.
The Finance Committee recommended the following appropriations and for which the town voted to raise and appropriate :
School department, general
$39,000
Fuel
4,127
Business Course
1,600
Contingent
3,000
Books and supplies
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.
2,600
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Special appropriation for last year
coal .
$2,000
Interest .
21,500
Highways, concrete sidewalks, stone crossings and edgestones, voted $4,000 and the street railway tax.
Poor Department, voted $6,000, receipts of farm and all other receipts.
Police Department, including expense of a horse, voted $1,800.
Night Watch, voted $1,800.
Fire Department, voted $4,500 and earnings of the department.
Forest Firewards, voted $350.
Park Department, voted $500.
Rental of Hydrants, for year ending June 1, 1903, voted $3,825.
Street Sprinkling, voted $800, abutters to pay $400. Miscellaneous expenses, voted $3,500.
Printing and advertising, voted $1,500.
Town Hall expenses, voted $3,300, and the Select- men instructed to increase the rental price of the hall and to have the gas fixtures altered so as to secure more illumination and a material saving of gas.
Richardson Light Guard expenses, voted $600.
State Aid, voted $4,000.
Soldiers' Relief, voted $3,500.
Military Aid, voted $875.
Insurance, voted $750.
Town Library, voted $500 and dog tax.
Public Reading Room, voted $200.
When the items for salaries were reached, Col. E. J. Gihon moved that they be taken up separately, and it was so voted.
For the Board of Health, the Finance Committee
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recommended $100 for salaries and $300 for extra services.
Voted to refer back to Finance Committee, salary of Board of Health.
Salary of Board of Auditors, voted $215.
Salary Board of Registrars, voted $215.
Salary Board of Assessors, voted $900.
Salary Board of Overseers of the Poor, voted $300.
Salary Board of Fire Engineers, voted $160.
Salary Forest Fire-wards, voted $75.
Salary Board of Municipal Light Commissioners, voted $250.
Salary Board of Selectmen, voted $500. Salary Clerk of the Board, voted $200.
Highway Surveyor, $900.
Town Treasurer, $400.
Town Clerk, $200. Town Counsel, $500.
Tax Collector, $650.
Inspector of Milk, $100.
Collector of Milk Samples, $50.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, $100. Secretary of Finance Committee, $50.
Art. 6. To see what method the town will adopt for the collection of taxes for the ensuing year.
Voted. That action under this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Art. 7. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to appoint a Night Watch and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what action it will take thereon.
Voted. That the Selectmen be authorized to appoint a Night Watch.
Art. 8. To determine the compensation of engine men for the year ensuing.
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Voted. To refer this article to a committee of three.
C. H. Hawes, Cornelius Donovan, C. A. Bowser, appointed on this committee.
Art. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate two hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of Memorial Day.
Voted. $250.
Art. 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate twenty-five dollars for the use of the Fish Committee for the present year.
Voted. $25.
Art. 11. To see what action the town will take in relation to renewing its contract with the Wakefield Water Company for hydrant service.
Voted. That the contract be renewed.
Art. 12. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to appoint a Town Solicitor, or what they will do about it.
Voted. To so authorize the Selectmen.
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred dollars for street watering, and determine what proportion of the cost shall be assessed on the abutters, or what they will do about it.
Voted. That the money already appropriated be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Art 14. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase all the coal for the town, with the exception of that used by the municipal light plant under one bid or contract, or what they will do about it.
Voted. That the Selectmen be authorized and instructed to purchase all the fuel for the town, with the excep-
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tion of that used by the municipal light plant, under one bid or contract, or otherwise if necessary.
Voted. To adjourn for one week.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 16, 1903.
Art. 3. Voted to take up Article 3.
Mr. W. A. Cutter, for the committee on nomination of non-elective officers, reported the following list, which was accepted and adopted by the meeting :
Field Drivers-Lester K. Finney, George K. Wal- ton, Alexander Glass, George F. Hanright, J. E. Hopkins, Charles E. Classen, W. F. Shedd, Fred Perry.
Measurers of Wood-George W. Killorin, Charles Talbot, Austin L. Mansfield, J. C. Kalaher, William O. Evans, Henry N. Oliver, George E. Donald, Wind- sor M. Ward, W. C. Crocker, T. E. Toomey, Henry A. Feindel.
Measurers of Lumber-A. T. Locke, Hoyt B. Parker, James B. Foster, Elwin I. Purrington, Wil- liam A. Prescott, J. C. Kalaher, Henry A. Feindel.
Weighers of Coal and Merchandise - Charles E. White, H. A. Simonds, J.' Toomey, W. C. Crocker, J. C. Kalaher, T. E. Toomey, Albert A. Mansfield, Charles A. Cheney, John M. Perley, Austin L. Mans- field, N. E. Cutler.
Finance Committee, 3 years - Thomas F. Ringer, Samuel T. Parker, Frank J. Henkel, Warren B. Wiley, George M. Poland.
Article 5 (the annual appropriation budget) was then taken up.
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Voted. On recommendation of the Finance Committee, that the town raise and appropriate for the use of the municipal light department, the income of the plant, also that the commissioners be authorized to borrow from the income of the plant for extensions, if necessary.
Voted. To add to town hall appropriation the income from the hall.
Voted. Tree warden, $100 for salary, and all services and . expenses.
A motion to reconsider the vote whereby it was voted to pay the Town Treasurer $400, was rejected, yes, 79, no, 92.
Art. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate five hundred dollars to rebuild Prospect street and side- walk, from Railroad street to Nichols street, according to the decree of the County Commissioners.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 16. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen in relation to laying out a new town way from New Salem street southerly to the northerly side of the Salem branch of the Boston & Maine railroad.
Report accepted and laid on table.
Art. 17. To see if the town will raise and appropriate five hundred and fifty dollars to build Preston street and pay land damages, as recommended by the Selectmen. Voted. To lay on table.
Art. 18. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of sixty-five dollars to pay land damages on Nahant street, fifty dollars to H. E. Harper and fifteen dollars to H. L. Cassidy, as ordered by the County Commissioners, Feb. 10, 1894.
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Voted. To raise and appropriate $65.
Art. 19. To see if a committee shall be appointed to inves- tigate the furnishing of the town hall with new seats, or what they will do about it.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 20. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to purchase new seats for the town hall, or what they will do about it.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to accept the provi- sions of Sections 20 and 21 of Chapter 25 of the Re- vised Laws. The said sections relate to municipalities furnishing facilities for bathing.
Voted. To adopt the statutes.
Art. 22. To see what amount, if any, the town will vote to raise and appropriate for providing facilities for bath- ing, and determine what facilities shall be provided.
Voted. To refer the subject to a committee of five (to be appointed by the moderator) to investigate and deter- mine what facilities, if any, shall be provided,- said committee to report at an adjournment of this meeting or at a subsequent meeting.
Committee appointed by chair : M. E. S. Clemons, C. H. Howe, Jas. F. Curley, Wm. E. Rogers, John Flanley.
Art. 23. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to appear before the General Court in favor of, and by the representative to the General Court, to support the petition calling for the passage by the General Court and submission to the people of a constitutional amend- ment to allow municipalities to establish fuel yards. Voted. To instruct Selectmen as above.
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Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to immediately elect by a yea and nay vote a committee of five to obtain in- formation in regard to the minimum amount of money necessary to establish a coal and wood yard ; such com- mittee to serve without pay and make a report at the next town meeting.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 25. To see if the town will vote to instruct the repre- sentative to the General Court that the Congress of the United States be memorialized to secure national owner- ship of the coal mines.
Voted. To lay on table until the Congressional committee make their report.
Voted. To adjourn for one week.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 23, 1903.
Art. 26. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Select- men to refer their action as to granting street railway locations to a referendum vote.
Voted. To instruct the Selectmen to refer their action as to granting street railway locations to a referendum vote.
Art. 27. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars to repair the roadbed and sidewalk on Lowell street, from Salem to Vernon street, or what they will do about it.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $500, to be taken from the regular highway appropriation.
Art. 28. To see if the town will appoint a committee of three to consider and investigate the charges made against the management of the Municipal Light Plant.
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Voted. That a committee of three to consider and investi- gate the charges made against the management of the Municipal Light Plant be appointed, this committee to serve without pay.
Chair appointed Louis Blumenthal, George Willis Cooke, William W. Whittredge on this committee.
Art. 29. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the maintenance and operation of sewers within the town.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $2,800. The Town Treasurer to set aside this sum for maintenance and operation of the sewers, in anticipation of receipts from abutters, and reimburse the town from abutters' assess- ments.
Voted. To take up Article 8.
Charles H. Hawes, for the special committee to whom the subject had been referred, reported in favor of the town paying $50 per man, per year, to members of the steamer company, hook and ladder company, Carter hose company and Volunteer hose company,- 44 men in all.
This report was amended: That ten men of the Greenwood hose company receive the sum of $35 each. Voted. That the report of the committee be accepted and its recommendations, as amended, be adopted.
Voted. To adjourn for one week.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 30, 1903. Voted. To take up Article 3.
Voted. To add the names of L. E. Bennett and David L. Phinney as weighers of coal and measurers of wood ;
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Charles H. Brown weigher of coal and merchandise ; A. A. Mansfield measurer of wood.
Voted. To take up Articles 21 and 22.
The committee appointed under the vote on Article 22, report as follows :
The committee report that after investigating they have concluded that fair facilities for bathing may be provided at the cove at the south end of Lake Quanna- powitt, adjacent to Church street, it appearing that a beach 50 feet or more, may when cleaned, be well adapted for bathing. We found from the examination we could make that the bottom of the lake opposite is a flat table, the surface appearing to be coarse gravel and sand, with stones scattered about. There is a row of willow trees skirting the lake at this place, and the beach ends at the last tree of this row on the west. Your committee is of the opinion that the interest is such in this project that ample funds would be donated by the public to provide facilities in the nature of a bath house, cleaning out the beach, etc., to accommo- date 100 boys and provide 25 lockers for 25 other persons, which we estimate could be done for a sum within $500, provision being made at present for men and boys only.
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