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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
3 4860 00738 8785
Property of
Robbins Library
Arlington, Mass.
Founded by DR. EBENEZER LEARNED, 1835
Endowed by DR. TIMOTHY WELLINGTON,51853 NATHAN PRATT, 1875 HENRY MOTT, 1889 ELBRIDGE FARMER, 1892
Building Erected by MARIA C. ROBBINS in memory of ELI ROBBINS, 1892
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Arlington Mass, Selectmen
REPORTS
OF
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ARLINGTON
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1902
ALSO A LIST OF THE
PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE
ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1902
INCORP 18
CAMBRIDGE
INCORP 18IL
TOM
LAVITA
PROPYCNATIO
HEREDITAS
BOSTON : J. A. CUMMINGS PRINTING Co., 172 Oliver St. 1903
Basement Reference Collection
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1902.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways.
FOR ONE YEAR. WALTER CROSBY.
FOR THREE YEARS, GEORGE I. DOE.
FOR TWO YEARS, EDWIN S. FARMER.
Assessors.
FOR ONE YEAR. GEORGE I. DOE.
FOR THREE YEARS. FOR TWO YEARS. LUCIAN C. TYLER. OMAR W. WHITTEMORE.
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector. HARVEY S. SEARS.
School Committee. FOR ONE YEAR,
WALTER CROSBY,
TIMOTHY O'LEARY, WILLIAM H. H. TUTTLE.
FOR THREE YEARS, HATTIE F. HORNBLOWER, JOHN H. PERRY,
IDA F. ROBBINS.
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TOWN OFFICERS. FOR TWO YEARS, ANNA E. DODGE, HARRY G. PORTER, WALTER A. ROBINSON. Truant Officers.
GARRITT BARRY, DANIEL M. HOOLEY.
Water Commissioners.
GEORGE P. WINN, for one year. PETER SCHWAMB, for three years. GEORGE W. LANE, for two years.
Sewer Commissioners. WARREN W. RAWSON, for one year. WINFIELD S. DURGIN, for three years. EDWARD S. FESSENDEN, for two years.
Park Commissioners. FRANK W. HODGDON, for one year. THOMAS HOGAN, for three years. HENRY D. DODGE, for two years.
Board of Health. EDWIN P. STICKNEY, 2d, for one year. EDWIN MILLS, for three years. EDWARD S. FESSENDEN, for two years. Commissioners of Sinking Fund. THEODORE SCHWAMB, for one year. WILLIAM G. PECK, for three years. A. D. HOITT, for two years.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Trustees of Pratt Fund.
GEORGE HILL, for three years. JAMES A. BAILEY, for two years. WILLIAM G. PECK, for one year. WILLIAM E. WOOD, for five years. HENRY HORNBLOWER, for four years. HARVEY S. SEARS, ex-officio.
Trustees of Robbins' Library.
E. NELSON BLAKE, for one year. JOSEPH C. HOLMES, for one year. SAMUEL C. BUSHNELL, for three years. CHAS. A. KEEGAN, for three years. ARTHUR J. WELLINGTON, for two years. JAMES P. PARMENTER, for two years.
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund.
WM. E. PARMENTER,
WILLIAM G. PECK, WILLIAM E. WOOD,
EDWIN S. FARMER, JOHN Q. A. BRACKETT, JOHN H. HARDY.
Consolidated Board of Trustees of Robbins Fund, Soldiers' Monument Fund and Cemeteries.
FRANCIS S. FROST, for one year. WARREN A. PEIRCE, for three years. GEORGE G. ALLEN, for two years. HARVEY S. SEARS, ex-officio.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Registrars of Voters.
WILLIAM H. PATTEE, .
WM. A. FITZPATRICK, JOHN W. BAILEY, HARVEY S. SEARS, ex-officio. Auditors.
ALFRED T. MARSTON, JAMES R. MANN.
Town Counsel. WILLIAM H. H. TUTTLE.
Police. Chief, ALONZO S. HARRIMAN. GARRITT BARRY,
JOHN DUFFY, ANDREW IRWIN,
ROBERT H. FALLS, FRED E. SMITH,
DANIEL M. HOOLEY, JAMES E. WHITTEN, CHARLES H. WOODS.
Superintendent of Streets. SAMUEL E. KIMBALL.
Town Engineer. ROBERT W. POND.
Superintendent of Water Works. THOMAS RODEN.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Inspector of Buildings. LUCIAN C. TYLER.
Town Physician. CHARLES A. KEEGAN.
Superintendent of Almshouse. JOHN B. TAY.
Engineers of the Fire Department. CHARLES GOTT, Chief.
Assistants.
GEORGE W. W. SEARS, TIMOTHY J. DONAHUE.
Inspector of Wires. REUBEN W. LEBARON.
Superintendent of Fire Alarm. REUBEN W. LEBARON.
Tree Warden. WARREN A. PEIRCE.
Inspector of Animals. LAURENCE L. PEIRCE.
Town Weighers. WARREN A. PEIRCE, WALTER H. PEIRCE.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Constables.
JOHN DUFFY, CHARLES H. WOODS, ALONZO S. HARRIMAN, GARRITT BARRY, DANIEL M. HOOLEY.
Inspector of Provisions and Slaughtering. FRANK P. WINN.
Inspector of Milk. CHARLES F. LUSK.
Undertakers.
JOHN H. HARTWELL, CHARLES T. HARTWELL, DANIEL W. GRANNAN, JAMES P. DALEY.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. CHARLES F. LUSK.
Fence Viewers.
JOHN H. HARTWELL, MATTHEW ROWE.
Measurers of Wood.
OMAR W. WHITTEMORE, LUCIAN C. TYLER, EDWARD I. MCKENZIE.
Fish Preserver. DANIEL WYMAN.
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON.
[Compiled by the Committee of Five as authorized by vote of the Town November 24, 1902.]
ARTICLE I.
NOTIFICATION OF TOWN MEETINGS.
Every Town meeting shall be notified by posting a copy of the warrant calling the same, on the doors of the Town Hall, seven days, at least, before the day appointed for said meeting ; and a printed notice containing the substance of the warrant shall be left at every dwelling house in the Town. Also notice of time of the meeting or of the date of its adjournment shall be published in the local papers.
ARTICLE II.
RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TOWN MEETINGS.
SECTION 1. No final vote shall be re-considered except upon notice, for that purpose, made by one of the majority acting thereon, within fifteen minutes after such vote has been passed ; and no article in the warrant shall be again taken into consideration after it has been disposed of, unless ordered by a vote of two-thirds of the voters present.
SEC. 2. No person shall speak more than twice upon any question, without first obtaining leave of the meeting, except for the correction of an error, or to make an explanation ; and not until others who have not spoken upon the question shall speak, if they desire to.
SEC. 3. All questions submitted for the consideration of the Town, involving the expenditure of money, shall be in writing, and all other motions shall be reduced to writing, if required by the presiding officer.
SEC. 4. Every person speaking shall address the Chair, standing and uncovered.
SEC. 5. No vote, fixing the period for closing a ballot, shall be re-considered after such ballot shall have commenced ;
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but it may be in order to extend the period without such re-consideration.
SEC. 6. When a question is under debate, motions shall be received, to adjourn, to lie on the table, the previous ques- tion, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a time certain, to commit, or to amend. Which several motions shall have pre- cedence in the order in which they are arranged. The first four shall be decided without debate.
SEC. 7. The duties of the presiding officer, not specially provided for by law, or by the foregoing rules, shall be deter- mined by the rules of practice, contained in Cushing's Manual, so far as they are adapted to the condition and powers of the Town.
SEC. 8. On all questions submitted for the consideration of the Town involving the expenditure of money, the ballot and check list shall be used when requested by twelve or more legal voters present at the meeting.
ARTICLE III.
FINANCIAL YEAR.
The financial year of the Town shall begin with the first day of January in each year, and end with the thirty-first day of December, following.
ARTICLE IV. ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
The Annual Town Meeting shall be on the first Monday of March, in each year, and all reports of Town Officers shall be made at that time.
ARTICLE V. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
No action shall be had at any Town meeting on the report of any Committee previously chosen, unless the same shall be specially notified in the warrant for calling said meeting.
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ARTICLE VI.
MEETINGS OF TOWN OFFICERS.
The Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of High- ways, Treasurer, and Clerk, shall meet for the transaction of the business of their respective departments, at their rooms in the Town Hall, on the last Monday evening of each month.
ARTICLE VII.
POWER OF THE SELECTMEN TO BORROW MONEY.
The Selectmen may authorize the Treasurer to borrow money temporarily, on the credit of the Town, in anticipation of the collection of the taxes, should the same be necessary, and to give Town notes for the same, signed by him as Town Treasurer ; said notes to be countersigned by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE VIII.
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
SECTION 1. The assessment of all taxes shall be completed, and a list of the same delivered to the Collector on or before the first day of August, and all tax bills shall be delivered on or before the twentieth day of August of each year.
SEC. 2. All single poll taxes shall be paid in fourteen days after demand. Interest shall be charged on all unpaid taxes after November first of the year in which they are assessed.
SEC. 3. The Collector shall collect all taxes, including street watering and apportioned sewer assessments, levied in any year, before June first of the following year.
SEC. 4. The Collector shall hold no other Town office.
ARTICLE IX. PUBLIC WAYS.
SECTION 1. All persons intending to erect, repair or take down any building, on land abutting on any way which this
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Town is obliged to keep in repair, and who desire to make use of any portion of said way for the purpose of placing thereon building materials or rubbish, shall, ten days at least before so placing any building material or rubbish, give notice, in writing, to the Selectmen, of such wish, and thereupon the Selectmen may grant a permit to occupy such a portion of said way to be used for such purpose as in their judgment the necessity of the case demands, and the security of the public allows such permit in no case to be in force longer than ninety days, and to be on such conditions as the Selectmen may require ; and in every case, upon condition that during the whole of every night, from twilight in the evening until sunrise in the morning, lighted lanterns shall be so placed as effectually to secure all travellers from liability to come in contact with such building material or rubbish.
SEC. 2. Whoever shall use any portion of any way which the Town of Arlington is obliged to keep in repair, without the permit, in writing, of the Selectmen, as above provided, or having obtained such permit, shall fail to comply with the con- ditions thereof, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each offence, and shall also reimburse the Town for all damages and expenses which the Town may be compelled to pay by reason of the way being encumbered.
SEC. 3. Whoever shall move, or assist in moving, any building more than ten feet high, over any way in this Town, which this Town is obliged to keep in repair, without the writ- ten permit of the Selectmen being first obtained, or, having obtained such permit, shall not comply with the restrictions and provisions thereof, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for every such offence.
SEC. 4. Whoever shall suffer horses, goats, or grazing beasts, or swine to run at large in this Town, or to feed by the roadside, either with or without a keeper, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for every such offence.
SEC. 5. Whoever shall drive. or draw any coach, cart, or wheel-barrow, handcart, velocipede, bicycle, or any carriages of burden or pleasure (excepting children's carriages drawn by hand, or children's velocipedes), upon any sidewalk, in the Town, or permit any horse, cattle, swine, sheep or goats, under
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his or her care, to go upon any sidewalk in the Town, so as to interfere with the convenient use of the same by all passengers, shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than two dollars, or more than twenty dollars for every such offence.
SEC. 6. Whoever shall behave himself in a rude or dis- orderly manner, or use any indecent, profane, or insulting lan- guage, in any public place in the Town, or near any dwelling house, or other building therein, or be, or remain upon any sidewalk, or upon any doorstep, portico, or other projection of any house or other building, not his own, to the annoyance or disturbance of any person, or by any noise, or other means, wantonly and designedly frighten any horse in any street, or other public place in the town, or shall throw stones, snow- balls, sticks or other missiles, or kick at foot ball, or play at any game in which a ball is used, or fly any kite in the public ways in the Town, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, not less than three dollars, and not more than twenty dollars.
SEC. 7. Whoever shall stand in any public way in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage for passengers, or shall make any bonfires in any public way or place in the Town, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, not less than three dollars, and not more than twenty dollars.
SEC. 8. Whoever posts, affixes, or in any way attaches any poster, handbill, notice, advertisement or placard to or upon any post, wall, fence, building or structure not his own, without permission of the owner or proprietor of such post, wall, fence, building or structure, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, not less than three dollars, and not more than twenty dollars.
SEC. 9. Whoever paints, draws, or stamps any letter, notice, figure, advertisement, or marks upon or into any wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure not his own, without the permission of the owner of such wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure, or without said permission mars, defaces, or disfigures in any way such wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, not less than three dollars, and not more than twenty dollars.
SEC. 10. Whoever shall place or cause to be placed upon any of the public ways of the Town, or shall place or cause to
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be placed upon any public way, footpath or sidewalk within the Town, any lumber, iron, coal, trunks, bales, boxes, crates, casks, barrels, packages or other things, or shall otherwise obstruct such way by placing things therein, for more than fif- teen minutes after being notified by a Constable, Police Officer, or the Selectmen, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, not less than two dollars, and not more than five dollars.
SEC. 11. Whenever complaint shall be made to the Selectmen that coasting on any street or sidewalk in the Town, has become dangerous to the public safety, they may post up a notice in some conspicuous place on the side or corner of any such street or sidewalk, forbidding all persons to coast upon the same ; and if any person shall be found coasting upon the same after such notice, he shall forfeit and pay not less than one dollar, and not more than five dollars.
SEC. 12. No person shall tie or fasten any horse to, or have the same standing by any ornamental or shade tree in or near any of the streets, lanes or places of this Town, so near as to injure any unprotected tree, or wrongfully injure or abuse such tree in any manner; and whoever violates the provisions of this section, shall forfeit and pay not less than one dollar, and not more than ten dollars.
ARTICLE X. PUBLIC HEALTH.
SECTION 1. No person shall drive, or cause to be driven, any cart or wagon containing night-soil or offal, or any cart or wagon used for that purpose, through any public way in the Town, between the hours of six A. M. and nine P. M., except an odorless tank, nor permit any such wagon or cart to stand, between said hours, in any street, lane or alley in said Town.
SEC. 2. No person shall keep any swine within a distance of fifty feet of any public way or place, or within a distance of one hundred feet of any dwelling house not his own, or within a distance of twenty-five feet of his own dwelling house. No person shall, after January 1, 1902, keep within the limits of the Town, more than five swine, exclusive of offspring less than four months old of said five swine. Whoever violates any of
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the provisions of this section shall be punished by fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.
SEC. 3. No person shall put or suffer to accumulate on his premises, any refuse, animal or vegetable matter, rubbish or filth, whereby any offensive or noxious stench or effluvia shall be created, and the health or comfort of the citizens be injuriously affected, or shall throw any such substances into the ponds, streams or brooks of the Town, or shall allow the con- tents of any vault or house drain, or the refuse of manufactur- ing or slaughtering process to drain into such ponds, streams or brooks.
SEC. 4. No person, without the license of the Board of Selectmen, shall throw into, or leave in, or upon any street, court, square, lane, alley, public square, public enclosure, vacant lot, or any pond or body of water within the limits of the Town, any dead animal, dirt, manure, oyster, clam or lob- ster shells, ashes, cinders, waste water, rubbish or filth of any kind, or any refuse animal or vegetable matter whatever.
SEC. 5. No vehicle used for collecting or conveying swill or house offal, shall be drawn over, or allowed to stand upon any sidewalks in this Town.
ARTICLE XI.
TRUANTS AND ABSENTEES.
SECTION 1. Any child between the ages of seven and fif- teen years, who shall absent himself from the public school to which he is assigned, three times, within the period of one month, without sufficient excuse from his parent or guardian, shall, in each case, be deemed to be an habitual truant.
SEC. 2. Any child convicted of offending under the pre- ceding by-law, shall be committed to the Institution of Instruc- tion and House of Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, in the city of Lowell, for such time not exceeding two years, as the Court or Justice having, by law, jurisdiction may determine.
SEC. 3. The said Institution of Instruction and House of Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, in the city of Lowell, is hereby provided as the place for the confinement, discipline and instruction of habitual truants.
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SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of every truant officer, before making any complaint for offences under these by-laws, to notify the offending child and his parent or guardian of the offence committed, and of the penalty thereof, and if the truant officer can obtain satisfactory pledges for the restraint and reformation of the child, he may, in his discretion, forbear to prosecute, so long as such pledges are faithfully observed and kept.
SEC. 5. All children between the ages of seven and fifteen years, wandering about in the streets and public places of this town, having no lawful occupation or business, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or by commitment to any institu- tion of instruction, house of reformation, or suitable situation, provided for the purpose under the authority of the tenth section of chapter 48th of the Public Statutes.
ARTICLE XII.
No person shall bathe or swim in Spy Pond, or in any public or exposed place in the Town, without wearing a proper covering to the body.
ARTICLE XIII.
SECTION 1. No person shall blast any rock or other sub- stance with gunpowder, or other exposive material, at any place within fifty rods of any public way or building, without a written permit from the Board of Selectmen, specifying the terms and conditions on which such permit is granted.
SEC. 4. No person shall, except in the performance of some legal duty, discharge any firearms upon or across any public park, play ground, street or way, within the limits of the town, except by permission of the Board of Selectmen.
SEC. 5. No person shall be a dealer in, or keep a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals, or second hand articles, unless licensed by the Selectmen.
SEC. 6. No wagon shall be used for the collection of junk, metals, rags, or second hand articles, unless licensed by the Selectmen. Every such wagon shall bear conspicuously the
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owner's name, and the number of the license, on the outside and on each side. Every license shall designate the person employed to drive such vehicle. Such driver shall not be changed without the consent of the Selectmen.
SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to keep a record of the name and residence of every peddler licensed by the Town.
SEC. 8. No person shall permit any team under his care or control to stand across any public highway or street in such a manner as to obstruct the travel over the same, and no person shall stop with any team in any public street at the side of or near to another team as to obstruct public travel, and no person shall stop with any team or carriage upon or across any cross- walk in any street or highway in the Town.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of these by- laws, or who shall refuse or neglect to obey any order of the Board of Health, duly issued under these by-laws, and directed to him and properly served on him, shall, in cases not other- wise provided for, forfeit and pay for each offence a fine not exceeding twenty dollars. (Note. This paragraph comprises the whole of Article XIII. as approved November 11, 1882.)
ARTICLE XIV.
Prosecutions for offences under these by-laws may be made by any Constable or Police Officer of the Town, and all fines shall be paid into the Town Treasury.
ARTICLE XV.
Upon the approval of the foregoing by-laws by the Superior Court, all by-laws heretofore existing, except the by-laws relating to the Public Library, the Cemeteries and the Fire Department, shall be annulled and repealed. (Note. This Article was approved November 11, 1882. )
ARTICLE XVI.
SECTION 1. Beginning with the year 1903, only one Auditor shall be elected. It shall be the duty of the Auditor, in addition to the duties imposed on him by law, to make state-
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ments to the Selectmen, at regular intervals during a financial year, of the conditions of the several departments of the Town ; to inspect all bills presented against the Town, see that they have the approval of the board or committee contracting the same, and are in proper form, indicate the account to which they are chargeable, and if there are available funds, shall transmit the same with his certificate to the Treasurer, and draw a warrant authorizing payment thereof; to examine the books of the Treasurer, Collector, Water Board, Sewer Depart- ment, and all departments holding funds or trust funds for the benefit of the Town and report at the next annual Town meeting in detail, under their respective heads, all the receipts and expenditures by the Town for the previous year. Said report shall be printed by the Selectmen with the annual reports of the Town Officers before the annual meeting. Said Auditor shall receive for his services such compensation as the Town shall determine. The term of the present Auditors shall terminate with the annual Town Meeting of 1903.
No money, except State and County taxes, and principal and interest of Town notes, shall be paid from the Town treasury without a warrant therefor, signed by the Auditor.
All promissory notes of the Town shall be signed by the Treasurer, and countersigned by the Selectmen.
On the first secular day of each month, and as often as the amount in his hands reaches five hundred dollars ($500) or upwards the Collector shall pay over to the Treasurer of the Town all taxes by him collected, and shall on or before the first secular day of January in each year, make up his annual account. and render the same to the Selectmen.
The Treasurer shall, on the first secular day of January, annually render to the Selectmen, in writing, a full account of all his receipts and disbursements for the financial year last past.
At the conclusion of any Town Meeting the Town Clerk shall send to the Auditor a certificate stating the amounts of the several appropriations made by the Town.
ARTICLE XVII.
The Treasurer shall hold no other Town office.
BY-LAWS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUC- TION OF BUILDINGS IN THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON.
[Approved by the Superior Court, April 22, 1901.]
SECTION 1. An Inspector of Buildings shall be appointed annually by the Selectmen during the month of March, and he shall continue to hold his office until his successor has been appointed and qualified. He shall not be interested in any contract or engagement for furnishing labor or materials or plans for the construction or alteration of any building in the Town. Until such time as the Town makes an appropriation for the salary of such Inspector, the Board of Selectmen shall perform the duties of the office.
SEC. 2. The Inspector shall have free access to and examine all buildings in course of construction, alteration and repair and see that all by-laws of the Town in relation thereto are complied with, and when necessary, shall take proper measures to secure such compliance. He shall make an annual report of his work to the Selectmen, with such recommenda- tions as he may deem best. Upon hearing that any building is in a dangerous or unsafe condition, he shall examine it and if he deems it necessary, shall notify the owner, agent, or other party interested therein, to make it safe and secure, and if they do not comply with his notice, he shall notify the Select- men of the facts. He shall from time to time examine all buildings used or proposed to be used for public assemblages or for school or manufacturing purposes, to see if the State requirements as to such buildings are complied with, and in case of any non-compliance he shall at once notify the State Inspector of Factories and Public Buildings. He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by these by-laws.
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