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Annual Reports of the Town of Westford
-ALSO TOWN WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 16, 1903
For the Year Ending March First 1903
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1903.
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TO BE HELD MARCH 16, 1903.
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LOWELL, MASS. COURIER-CITIZEN COMPANY, PRINTERS. 1903.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD, 1902.
Town Clerk. EDWARD FISHER.
Selectmen.
WESLEY O. HAWKS, Secretary . Term expires March, 1903
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, Chairman .. Term expires March, 1904
ALBERT P. RICHARDSON . Term expires March, 1905
Assessors.
SAMUEL L. TAYLOR Term expires March, 1903
GEORGE H. HARTFORD, Chairman Term expires March, 1904
J. WILLARD FLETCHER Term expires March, 1905
Overseers of the Poor.
ALBERT R. CHOATE, Secretary Term expires March, 1903
LEONARD W. WHEELER, Chairman . Term expires March, 1904
CLARENCE R. P. DECATUR Term expires March, 1905
Treasurer. NAHUM H. WRIGHT.
Collector of Taxes. ARTHUR L. PRIOR.
Auditor. HUGH F. LEITH.
Constables.
JOHN A. HEALY,
ARTHUR L. PRIOR.
School Committee.
GEORGE H. HARTFORD Term expires March, 1903
HOMER M. SEAVEY, Secretary Term expires March, 1903 JOHN C. ABBOT Term expires March, 1904
ALBERT R. CHOATE, Chairman Term expires March, 1904
ELBERT H. FLAGG . Term expires March, 1905
T. ARTHUR E. WILSON Term expires March, 1905
Trustees of J. V. Fletcher Library.
JOSEPH R. DRAPER Term expires March, 1903
CATHERINE A. KEBLER . Term expires March, 1904
WILLIAM E. FROST, Chairman Term expires March, 1905
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Librarian. MARY P. BUNCE.
Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
GEORGE W. HEYWOOD
Term expires March, 1903
MELBOURNE F. HUTCHINS Term expires March, 1904
GEORGE T. DAY Term expires March, 1905
Tree Warden. WILLIAM H. H. BURBECK.
Field Drivers.
JOHN HALEY, JOHN A. HEALY, ARTHUR L. PRIOR.
Fence Viewers.
AUGUSTUS BUNCE,
ALVIN G. POLLEY, ALMON S. VOSE.
Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber.
HORACE E. GOULD,
MICHAEL L. McGLINCHEY,
WESLEY O. HAWKS,
DANIEL H. SHEEHAN,
JOHN A. HEALY, ALONZO H. SUTHERLAND,
WILLIAM W. JOHNSON, JUDSON F. SWEETSER,
HENRY O. KEYES, THOMAS E. SYMMES, CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
ANGUS McDONALD,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
WILLIAM H. H. BURBECK.
Inspector of Animals. GEORGE T. DAY.
Special Police Officers.
EUGENE DEROEHN,
SAMUEL H. BALCH, AI BICKNELL, MARK M. MORRISON, CLARENCE R. P. DECATUR, LINCOLN A. REDDICK, ANTHONY H. SAUNDERS.
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Fire Wards.
SAMUEL H. BALCH, M. JOHN A. HEALY,
WILLIAM H. H. BURBECK,
HARRY L. NESMITH,
HENRY A. FLETCHER.
Forest Fire Wards.
WILLIAM H. H. BURBECK, ALVAN FISHER.
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Weighers of Coal.
J. HERBERT FLETCHER, WILLIAM W. JOHNSON,
JOHN M. FLETCHER, CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
J. WILLARD FLETCHER.
Superintendent of Streets. BENJAMIN F. DAY.
Agent for Burial of Deceased Soldiers. GEORGE T. DAY.
Agents of the Board of Health.
WILLIAM H. H. BURBECK, WESLEY O. HAWKS.
Registrars of Voters.
QUINCY W. DAY Term expires April 30, 1903
ALFRED WOODBURY Term expires April 30, 1904
NELSON L. TUTTLE Term expires April 30, 1905
EDWARD FISHER, Clerk, ex officio.
Precinct Officers ..
PRECINCT 1 .- Warden, George H. Hartford; Deputy Warden, Homer M. Seavey; Clerk, John M. Fletcher; Deputy Clerk, J. Herbert Fletcher; Inspectors, T. Arthur E. Wilson, William H. H. Burbeck; Deputy Inspectors, Clarence R. P. Decatur, Harry L. Nesmith; Tellers, W. F. Balch, Alec Fisher.
PRECINCT 2 .- Warden, Timothy D. Riney ; Deputy Warden, Albert R. Wall; Clerk, Walter C. Wright; Deputy Clerk, Bradley V. Wright; Inspectors, Henry A. Gurney, Joseph Wall; Deputy Inspectors, Victor Gurney, Henry J. Healy.
PRECINCT 3 .- Warden, Michael L. McGlinchey; Deputy Warden, Peter McGlinchey; Clerk, William R. Taylor; Deputy Clerk, Samuel L. Taylor; Inspectors, Edson G. Boynton, Amos B. Polley; Deputy Inspectors, Henry B. Reed, James O'Brien.
Superintendent of Almshouse. SAMUEL H. BALCH.
Janitor of Town House and Library Building. AI BICKNELL.
Committee to Appraise Property at the Town Farm. HORACE E. GOULD, HENRY J. MURPHY,
WILLIAM L. WOODS.
BIRTHS
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1902.
DATE.
NAME.
PARENTS' NAMES.
April 8,
Anderson, Cart Leon William
Gustof and Alma (Hesseland) .
Oct. 7.
Baker, Gladys May
Willianı and Elizabeth (Weaver)
Sept.
11,
Baker, Raymond
Charles and Rose (Norman)
Dec.
19,
Bolland, Mary Nellie Eva
April
14,
Boucher, Mary Beatrice Irene
Joseph and Zespherina (Dubeault) ... Hermeur and Lavinda (Benoit)
Aug. 2,
Bowker, John Gerald
John W. and Mabel A. (Longbottom) John T. and Rose M. (Constantino) .. Arthur E. and Margaret L. (Gunter) .. John and Mary (Foley)
April Feb.
22,
Field, Eva Belle.
Adelbert L. and Gertrude (Hunter)
July July
1. 1,
Fletcher, Mildred.
J. Willard and Etta (Whidden)
Nov. 30,
Girard, Bertha Elizabeth
Henry and Mary (Savoir)
June
23,
Griffin, Frederick Collins
Charles M. and Nellie M. (Collins)
Mar.
25,
Harrap, Rosanna May
William J. and Rose A. (O'Brien)
Nov.
9,
Harrington, Theodore Roosevelt
Charles E. and Josephine (Bassett)
May June
25,
Hunt, William
William and Elizabeth (Whighanı)
July May July
21,
La France.
Alfred and Alphoncine (Labishaw).
Apr.
10, 4,
Morton, Mary .
Femion and Lillie (Northrup)
Nov. Nov.
23,
()'Brien, Lloyd Florence.
John W. and Isabel J. (Johnson)
Mar.
6.
Payne, John Edward
Thomas and Sarah (Dovie) .
July
9, Perkins, Frederick Arthur
John and Lillian H. (Burchel!)
July
6.
Phelps, Ella May Angell
Frank A. V. and Lena (Longel])
Oct.
Plant, Marie Sarah
Joseph and Larantine M. (Tellier) Willian C. and Annie O: (Brown)
Jan.
15,
Ricard, Maria Exorgine
Peter and Anna (Garceaux)
June
19,
Seavey, Morton R.
Homer M. and Addie (Mitchel!)
Oct.
24,
Smith, Stanley
John and Alice ( Rivet.)
Dec.
28,
Sullivan, Mary Ellen
John and Nora F. (Sullivan)
7.
Doherty, Joseph Henry Patrick
6,
Elliott, Patrick
Matthew and Catherine (McQueeny) ..
June 7,
Crowley, Robert Henry
June
24,
Day, Alice Etta
Fletcher, Marion
J. Willard and Etta (Whidden)
13,
Hosmer, Adelaide May
William and Janey
30, Johnson, Florence Gertrude.
Frank T. and Mary (Ackerson)
16,
Le Duc, Frances
Lovell
Peter Edwin and Minnie K. (Bailey)
Oct.
13,
Newman, James William Leonard
William H. and Nellie (Foster)
Nov.
12, 16,
Precious, Annie Permelia
Nov.
13, Shea, Herbert Joseph
Frank and Inez F. (Kimball)
Two stillborn. Number recorded: males, 16; females, 23; total, 39. Of native parentage, 11. Foreign parentage, 18. Native father and foreign mother, 6. Native mother and foreign father, 1.
EDWARD FISHER, Town Clerk.
July
MARRIAGES
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1902.
Date.
Names.
Age.
Residence.
Birthplace.
Oct. 7,
Anderson, Oscar II ..
31
Westford.
Sweden
Cushman, Susie D.
24
Westford .
Trowbridge, Vt ..
April 14,
Benoit, James
27
Westford .
Canada
Aug. 9,
Bochenko, John
25
Westford.
Poland
Remiszewska, Alexandra
22
Westford.
Poland
Nov. 26,
Boisvert, Abraham Warren, Sophia
45
Westford .
Vermont
Feb.
8,
Bournival, Armidos
25
Lowell
Canada
Bastarache, Aldea
19
Westford.
Canada
June 16,
Daley, Martin
29
Portsm'th, N.H. Westford
Westford.
June 27,
Darling, Hudson
20
Westford
St. John, N. B.
O'Connor, Sarah
21
Westford
Springfield
June 25,
Dunn, Thomas F ..
25
Westford
Westford.
Shirley, Luella E.
24
Westford.
Worcester
Oct. 15,
Green, William E.
31
Westford.
Berks., Eng.
Murray, Rose E.
24
Westford .
Ireland
July 14,
Hagberg, Ernest V.
23
Westford
Sweden
June 18,
Hale, Alfred H. Pelsue, Louisa F.
26
Lowell
Brookline, N. H. Westford.
July
2,
Hunt, Edmund J. Whigham, Annie M.
25
Westford
Currie, Scotland .
Mar. 31,
Le Clair, Louis.
24
Westford
Biddeford, Me
Aug. 27,
McDonald, Alexander
27
Westford
Groton.
Oct. 13,
Plante, Louis
18
Westford
Canada
Parmeton, Marie L.
18
Westford
Canada
July 21,
Prue, Felix
28
Westford
Canada .
Nov. 8,
Purcell, Herman L.
27
Westford.
Acton
Hodgdon, Emma F.
33
Westford
Boston
Feb.
4,
Reed, Willard T
48
Westford
Westford .
Oct.
8,
Sargent, Willie E.
41
Boston
Lowell
May
7,
Saunders, Heber H.
23
Westford
Canada. .
Aug. 21,
Sherman, George E. Smith, Emma
38
Westford .
Lowell
Dec. 31,
Thompson, Joseph S.
34
Westford .
Bangor, Me.
Sept. 24,
Voter, George H ..
23
Westford .
Lewiston, Me
Reed, Hattie E.
29
Acton
Acton
Nov. 27,
Wuatheuaha, John
23
Westford
Finland
Flinkk, Lena
22
Westford.
Finland
20
Westford
Stanfold, Canada
Riney, Margaret E.
29
Westford
Milford, N. H.
Le Clair, Victoria
23
Westford
Canada ..
Compton, Hope
40
Boston
Clementsf'rt,N.S.
Gardner, Mary
38
Westford
Scotland
Cunningham, Edith A.
21
Lowell
Lowell
38
Westford
Lisbon, N. H ..
"Murray, Ellen T.
26
Westford.
Ireland
One omitted.
Number of marriages recorded, 25.
EDWARD FISHER, Town Clerk .
Canada
Ricard, Glorianna
22
Westford .
40
N. Cambridge .
Canada
Gloucester
Hanley, Hannah T.
25
Chelmsford
Sweden®
23
Westford.
23
Westford
Oxfordshire, Eng.
LeFrance, Melviney
Abrahamson, Gertrude V.
20
DEATHS
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1902.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES, ETC.
Yrs.
Mos.
{ Days
Dec. 13, Mar. 6,
Atwood, Daniel, son of William and Betsey (Cutter) Baker, Leo, son of Charles and Rose (Norman)
80
3
22
Oct. 2,
Blaisdell, Hannah Maria (Vose), widow of Joel S.
76
9
May 15, Brown, Munerver (Holman), widow of Amos T ...
76
10
Dec. 6, Aug. 29, Dec. 28,
Champaign, Clifford, son of Louis and Mary (Denone) Clough, Moza A., son of Moza and Nancy (Williams) Coolidge, Orin, son of Orin and Rebecca (Frost)
77
10
6
4,
Crowley, Robert H., son of John T. and Rose (Constantineau) . Desmond, Fanny, widow of Jeremiah
74
8
- 2
April 2,
Dunn, Catherine, widow of Thomas
69
11
Feb. 27,
Flint, Augustus, son of Herman and Rhoda (Cheever)
78
Feb.
11,
Harris, Albert M., son of Charles A. and Sarah A. (Turnbull) Hayden, Daniel, son of Luther and Betsey (Austin) Hildreth, Henry A., son of Abijah and Susan (Hildreth) Holt, Edward. .
87
5
Aug. 26,
Keavalo, Alfred J., son of John J. and Hannah (Yoakola) Lafrance, ----- , daughter of Alfred.
74
1
24
Nov. 18, Nov. 30, Mar. 26, Nov. 11, April 17, Aug. 4, Mar. 5,
Longlois, Mary L., daughter of Joseph and Adelina (Collins)
1
1
21 9
Dec. 31,
Putnam, Marion A., daughter of Barnes and Sarah E. (Dean) . Richardson, Sarah Elizabeth, widow of Solomon
85
11
Jan. 28,
Seavey, Sarah Jane, widow of Orrin
70
9
10
Seymour, Mary, wife of Pliny
50
8
45
7
26 -
Splain, Daniel E., son of Patrick and Lizzie (Sullivan)
65
9
24
Sweatt, Emily S., widow of Samuel D
23
9
18
Feb.
3, 8, 18,
Whidden, Waldo A., son of Walter A. and Bessie (Parker)
5
4
20
Dec. Mar. Jan.
23,
Wright, Gilman J., son of Jesse and Sibyl (Stevens) Two stillborn.
73
4
Males.
Females.
Total.
Whole number recorded
22
19
41
Number of deaths in town
21
18
39
Residents of Westford
22
19
41
Nonresidents brought into town for interment.
4
4
Number of interments in town
14
8
22
-
75
6
2
Feb. 28,
86
9
79
7
13 19 6 3 13
Feb. 26,
Longbottom, Arthur, son of Thomas and Matha (Ryder)
51 3
78
6
102
Peno, Oelanire, wife of Alick.
32
Poisson, Joseph, son of Omer and Emma (St. Pierre).
2
57
3
27
Mar. 10, May 1, 22, 31, 10, 3. June July Aug. Dec. Aug. 18,
Smith, Lyman A., son of John and Mary (Harris) .
30
Tyrell, Rosanna, died at Carney Hospital, Boston. Vose, Mary S., wife of William M . .
79
72
9
12
Whittier, Sarah A., wife of Abel C
1
7
Aug. June 9, Dec. 14,
Carroll, Bridget A., daughter of Michael and Bridget (Ryan)
56
6
24 -
May 21,
Lawrence, Angeline B., widow of George M ..
20
1
Dec. 15, April 28,
8
McCoy, Henry A., son of Frederick J .. and Leitty (Cann). McLeod, Matthias, son of John and Mary O'Tool, Catharine, widow of Patrick
Shugrue, Charles F., son of Patrick and Helen (Hodigan)
71
EDWARD FISHER, Town Clerk.
NOTE.
All persons interested are respectfully requested to examine the foregoing reports of births, marriages and deaths, and report to the Town Clerk any errors or omissions that may be discerned therein, so that the records may be corrected. An error in the record, other than a mistake in copying a certificate or return, can be corrected only in accordance with a deposition under oath, made by one who was required by law to furnish the information for the original record, or by three or more creditable persons having knowledge of the case. (See Revised Laws, Chapter 29, Sections 9 and 14.)
Births occurring late in the year are sometimes returned without the Christian name. In such cases parents should return the name to the Town Clerk as soon as selected, as incom- pleteness of the record may involve some trouble in the future.
The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish parents, householders, physicians and midwives applying therefor with blanks for return of births as required by law.
EDWARD FISHER,
Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.
Number of dogs licensed during year ending November 29, 1902 :- 156 males at $2.00 $312 00
14 females at $5.00 70 00
Total $382 00
Clerk's fees, 170 licenses at 20 cents 34 00
Balance paid into County Treasury. $348 00
Number of licenses since last return, November 29, 1902: 2 males, 2 females; total, 4.
Number returned by assessors: males, 153; females, 15; total, 168.
Owners and Keepers of Dogs Who Have Procured Licenses Since Last Report, Feb. 8, 1902.
Licenses are for the year commencing May 1, 1902, unless otherwise specified.
Abbot, Alice C.
Abbot, Edward M.
Abbot, John C.
Balch, Samuel H.
Barlow, Frank (1901) (f.)
Comey, Arthur H. (2)
Bik, Parvel
Connell, John H.
Blodgett, Josiah W.
Couture, Charles E.
Bridgford, Ralph
Crowley, John T. (f.)
Brisson, Arthur
Craven, Eva S.
Burbeck, John
Cummings, Alvin L.
Burnham, Arthur H.
Cummings, Charles M.
Bussey, George W.
Cummings, Edward M.
Butterworth, William L.
Decatur, Clarence R. P.
Cameron, Donald M.
Decatur, John H.
Carkin, Isaac W.
Decatur, Nathaniel J.
Carkin, R.
Carkin, Warren E.
Carmichael, James H. (2)
Carmichael, John, Jr. Catchpole, Henry
Caunter, Elmer
Champaign, Louis
Decatur, William H. (1901 and 1902) (m. & f.) Defoe, Edward D.
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Defoe, Fred M. Delorenzo, Celeste (1901) (2) Desmond, David
Marden, L. Everett
Marden, Lewis J. Martin, Fred
McCoy, Frederick L.
Drew, Frank C.
McDonald, Angus
Driscoll, Michael D.
McDougall, Alexander
Edwards, Charles
McGlinchey, Frank (1901)
Edwards, Frrederick W.
McLeod, Donald J.
Eliason, Lars J.
McMaster, Harry C.
Elliott, Matthew
Mellor, Thomas
Feeney, John
Merritt, Daisy S. (f.)
Felch, Frank P.
Miller, Frank
Field, Adelbert L.
Mountain, Ernest and 1902) Murphy, Henry J.
(1901
Fisher, Alvan
Fletcher, Harry N.
Fletcher, Henry A. (3)
Newman, William H.
Fletcher, J. Herbert
Nesmith, Harry L. (f.)
Flynn, John
Noyes, Irving E. (1901)
Goode, Jonathan
Nutting, Benjamin F.
Gower, William
O'Brien, James (2) O'Brien, James H.
Gregory, Frank
Greig, John S.
Guffin, Charles M.
Gurney, Henry A.
Hall, John
Harriman, Maynard S. (f.)
Harrington, Henry. P.
Hartford, Ida F.
Healey, Frank, (1901)
Healey, John A. (2)
Healey, Henry J.
Purcell, Herman L.
Pyne, Olive Quinn, John W.
Howard, Calvin L.
Read, Henry B.
Reddick, Lincoln A. (f.)
Reed, Charles W. (2)
Richardson, Joseph T.
Roper, E. H. Sargent, Charles G. (2)
Johnson, William W.
Kendrick, George W. (f.)
Knight, Joseph E.
Knowles, John H. Ledwith, Edward
Leland, George A.
Longley, Joseph Lorman, Robert E.
Mann, Evelena L.
O'Brien, John 2nd O'Brien, John W. (2) Orange, Abraham (1901) Page, A. M. Polley, Alvin G.
Prescott, Albert
Prescott, Waldo F.
Prior, Arthur L.
Provost, Thomas N.
Healey, Ruby A. (f.)
Hildreth, Herbert V. (1901)
Hutchins, Stephen E.
Jarvis, Everett P. (f.)
Jesson, Thomas Jenne, Albert E.
Seifer, William F. Shorey, Fred H. (f.)
Shugrue, Charles F.
Smith, William (1901) Snow, Fred L. Splaine, Daniel E. Stephens, Reinhold Sullivan, Catherine
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Swanson, Noah Sweat, Fred A. (1901)
Sweetser, Judson F.
Sweetser, Warren P. Toper, Samuel L.
Valentine, Mary
Valley, Joseph (1901)
Vinal, Charles E. (2 m & f)
Ward, John E.
Wayne, William Whidden, Elmer H.
Whigham, William (2)
Whitcomb, Charles E.
Whitney, Charles H. (m & f)
Whitney, Hamilton (f.) Whitney, Nathaniel Whittier, Abel C. (f.) Wilkerson, Lizzie Wilson, T. Arthur E. Woods, William L.
Wright, Flora M. Wright, Frank C.
Wright, Hammet D.
Wright, William E.
Wyman, George W.
Wyman, Walter W.
York, Mabel C.
EDWARD FISHER, Town Clerk.
Westford, Feb. 16, 1902.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 17, 1902.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, Mass., qualified by law to vote in town affairs, held at the Town House, March 17, 1902, the following business was transacted :-
1. John M. Fletcher and Waldo F. Prescott, Tellers appointed by the Selectmen, were sworn by the Town Clerk pro tempore and took charge of the check list and ballot box respectively.
2. Chose Sherman H. Fletcher, Moderator.
3. The Selectmen appointed George W. Hartford and Joseph Wall, Ballot Clerks. They were sworn by the Town Clerk pro tempore and received from him the official ballots and gave their receipts therefor. The ballot box was opened and found to be empty and the register was placed at zero. The polls were declared open at S.15 A. M., and the voters then pro- ceeded to bring in their ballots for the officers named in Article 2, and on the following question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" At 1 o'clock p. M. the polls were declared to be closed. The register stood at three hundred and forty-three (343).
Number of names checked on ballot clerks' list : Males, one hundred and forty (140); females, none (0).
Number of names checked on ballot box list : Males, one hundred and forty (140); fcmales, none (0).
Number of ballots cast by males, one hundred and forty ; by females, none (0).
4. Voted, to take up the remaining articles of the warrant while the votes were being counted.
5. Voted, to accept the report of the Selectmen as printed, with the proviso that the Selectmen consult counsel as to whether or not they have the right and authority to dig a well at the Stony Brook School House as voted at a town meeting held a few years ago.
6. Voted, to accept the report of the Selectmen on guide boards as printed.
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7. Voted, to accept the report of the Overseers of the Poor as printed.
8. Voted, to accept the report of the School Committee as printed.
9. Voted, to accept and adopt the report of the Trustees of the Public Library as printed. The report recommends that the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) be raised and appropriated for the purchase of books and periodicals during the ensuing year; that the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) be raised and appropriated for preparing printer's copy and printing the new catalogue; and that the trustees be authorized, if the expense of making the catalogue exceeds three hundred dollars ($300), to defray the additional expense out of the money received from dog licenses in 1903, the remainder to be expended as heretofore for books.
10. Voted that the report of the Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds be accepted and adopted. The report recom- mends that the town raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for the coming year, the same to be expended for the care and improvement of the various cemeteries.
11. Voted, to accept the report of the Auditor as printed.
12. Voted, to accept the list of jurors as reported by the Selectmen. The list is as follows: Ernest H. Dane, painter; Quincy W. Day, farmer; Thomas F. Dunn, engineer; Elbert H. Flagg, farmer; Joel A. Fletcher, farmer; John M. Fletcher, mer- chant ; John Feeney, harness maker; Edwin E. Heywood, farmer; Frank H. Hildreth, farmer; Samuel M. Hutchins, farmer; George A. Kimball, farmer; Henry J. Murphy, farmer; Elmer E. Nut- ting, machinist; Charles E. Osgood, carpenter; William H. Petherick, mill hand; Nathan Prescott, painter; Waldo F. Pres- cott, farmer; Amos B. Polley, farmer; Ossian V. Robey, car- penter; Homer M. Seavey, farmer; Walter J. Sleeper, physician ; William R. Taylor, clerk; Almon S. Vose, farmer; John Wilson, farmer; J. Everett Woods, farmer; Bradley V. Wright, farmer.
13. Voted, that the compensation of the Tax Collector be one per cent. upon the amount collected.
14. Voted, to raise and appropriate three thousand dollars ($3,000) and to appropriate one thousand dollars ($1,000) addi- tional for the repair of roads and bridges.
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15. Voted, to raise and appropriate two thousand dollars ($2,000) for town debts and charges.
16. Voted, to raise and appropriate six thousand dollars ($6,000) for public schools.
17. Voted, to raise and appropriate fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) to pay tuition of high school scholars, residents of the town, at Westford Academy.
18. Voted, to raise and appropriate two thousand dollars ($2,000) and to appropriate four hundred dollars ($400) addi- tional for the support of the poor.
19. Voted, to raise and appropriate six hundred dollars ($600) for school text books and supplies. .
20. Under Article 18, which reads as follows: "To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the written direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time to meet the demands on the treasury, and act in relation to the same,"' voted, that the Town Treasurer be so authorized to borrow money.
21. Voted, that the taxes of those who pay only a poll tax be payable at sight, and all other taxes shall be payable on the first day of January next, and if any taxes remain unpaid after that date the Collector shall charge interest on such taxes over- due at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and collect the same according to law. There shall be allowed a discount on all taxes assessed of five (5) per cent. if paid on or before October 1st, and three (3) per cent. if paid on or before December 1st next, if the whole tax assessed to them is paid at one time. The Auditor shall audit the accounts of the Tax Collector within three days after the first days of October and December, and said Col- lector shall pay to the Town Treasurer all the money he may have received on or before the fifth days of October and December. And furthermore, the Auditor shall audit the accounts of the Collector between the fifteenth and twentieth days of February next, and the Collector shall pay to the Town Treasurer all money he may have received within five days after the said twentieth day of February, and the Assesosrs are instructed to complete the assessment of taxes on or before July 1st next, and issue their warrant to the Collector of Taxes with a list of persons assessed, with their places of abode, within five days after the said first day of July.
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22. Chose the following officers by hand vote :-
Field Drivers-Arthur L. Prior, John Haley, John A. Healy.
Fence Viewers-Alvin G. Polley, Almon S. Vose, Augustus Bunce.
Measurers of Wood and Bark and Surveyors of Lumber- Charles E. Whidden, Horace E. Gould, Michael L. McGlinchey, Thomas E. Symmes, Alonzo G. Sutherland, Henry O. Keyes, William W. Johnson, Angus McDonald, Judson F. Sweetser, John A. Healey, Wesley O. Hawks, Daniel H. Sheehan.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-William H. H. Burbeck.
23. Voted, to appropriate fifty dollars ($50) to commem- orate Memorial Day.
24. Voted, to authorize the Trustees of the Public Library to pay not more than one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per week for the distribution of library books among the citizens of Granite- ville, Forge Village and Brookside, after the catalogue now in process of being made is completed.
25. Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to settle the suit of Henry O. Keyes against the town for injuries to a horse.
26. Under Article 24, which read as follows: "To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agents in any suit or suits that may arise during the current year, also in such other matters which may arise requiring in their judgment the action of such agents, and act in relation to the same," voted, that the Selectmen be so authorized to act as its agents.
27. Under Article 25, which was as follows: "To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to give official names to the streets in the several villages and to all roads leading to adjoining towns, and report the names and localities in the next Town Report, to be accepted or revised at the next annual meeting, and act in relation to the same," voted, that the Selectmen be so instructed to act.
28. Voted, to raise and appropriate two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) to paint the Town House and fence around the Town House lot.
29. Voted, to appropriate one hundred and twenty five dollars ($125) to paint the Forge Village school house.
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30. Voted, to accept the provisions of Section 335, Chap- ter 11, of the Revised Laws, in regard to choosing the Town Clerk for a term of three years.
31. The votes having been counted, the following named were found and declared to be elected to the respective offices.
Town Clerk-Edward Fisher.
Selectmen-Albert P. Richardson.
Assessor-J. Willard Fletcher.
Overseer of the Poor-Clarence R. P. Decatur.
Town Treasurer-Nahum H. Wright.
Collector of Taxes-Arthur L. Prior.
Auditor-Hugh F. Leith.
Constables-John A. Healey, Arthur L. Prior.
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