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Westhampton mass. Annual Reports 1903
HAMPTON
WEST
M
ASS.
INCORPO
STET
9,1778
T
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
WESTHAMPTON, MASS.
FOR THE
Year Ending March 1, 1903.
ENTERPRISE PRINTING CO., EASTHAMPTON, MASS,
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
STATE HIGHWAY.
F. C. Montague, Supt. and team work $133 95
E. B. Clapp, team and labor 56 60
A. T. Edwards 40 00
George Benson 80 00
E. J. Hathaway
66 00
Levi Burt
23 60
William Adams
16 00
E. H. Montague
90 50
A. D. Montague
9 00
L. A. Howard
60 05
C. N. Loud, gravel
38 60
W. H. Riley & Co.
16 80
W. N. Potter, Sons & Co.
1 15
J. A. Sullivan
3 65
Edward Connelly
26 35
Fred Brooks
27 85
David Gaitenby
19 50
M. D. Welch
21 00
Edward Higgins
19 50
James Pollard
3 00
C. Vinning
19 50
4 70 ·
Calvin Hathaway
19 50
E. J. Burt O. Flint George Coleman Joe Patrick
10 05
1 00
2 00
1 25- $806 40
HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
SNOW BILLS FOR FEBRUARY, 1902. C. A. BARTLETT, SUPT.
S. D. Lyman
3 21
W. R. Lyman
2 55
Almon Benson
3 33
George Hathaway
5 70
C. N. Loud, on bridge
7 05
P. Connery
30 00
Henry L. Dodge
4 88
Arthur Damon
33
Charles Haunton
32
Arthur Edwards
5 93
C. A. Bartlett
2 00- $65 30
G. A. WITHERELL, SUPT.
H. C. Williams
4 50
E. J. Hathaway
11 50
F. Howard
61 12
Bridgman & Montague
25 27
I. O. Shaw
10 50
F. E. Holdridge
17 15
Charles Braman
79 66
Leonard Braman
2 67
George L. Hathaway
6 62
C. T. Williams
22 05
Fred Tilden
9 75
5
H. L. Dodge
121 82
M. J. Whelan
3 91
E. S. Gorham
21 75
Jack McCarthy
1 50
Obonier
6 00
P. Connery
74 16
A. Searle
3 50
A. L. Snow
42 13
S. D. Lyman
16 74
Julius Billeaux
7 50
P. Boucher
6 00
A. T. Edwards
30 08
Charles O'Connors
34 05
S. A. Rust
1 50
W. H. Lyman
7 50
F. Niles
3 00
A. E. Damon
12 56
H. M. Parsons & Son
6 22
Fred Weeks
26 65
A. Weeks
3 00
George Knight
1 50
George A. Witherell
232 47
N. Montague
50 31
H. M. Clapp
1 50
C. Benson
11 57
A. D. Rice
2 00-$ 979 71
TOWN OFFICERS.
F. A. Loud, clerk
$15 00
66
sealer
5 00
elector
4 00
66
registrar
6 00
6
F. A. Loud, recording births, deaths and marriages 6 10
paid for return of births 1 75-$ 37 85
A. K. Chapman, treasurer 25 00
A. D. Rice, selectman
18 50
assessor
17 50
66
overseer of poor 3 50
66 registrar 5 00- 44 50
F. C. Montague, selectman
14 00
assessor
6 00
66
overseer of poor 9 00
66
registrar 6 00- 35 00
E. B. Clapp, selectman
6 25
assessor
20 00
66
registrar
3 00- 29 25
H. M. Clapp, auditor
2 00
G. E. Knight, constable
4 50
N. L. Montague, election officer
1 50
John Pollard,
1 50
S. D. Lyman, cattle inspector
20 00
Levi Burt, 66
13 84
A. K. Chapman, election officer
1 50
Total,
$216 64
MISCELLANEOUS.
T. W. Collier, claim on highway $ 50 00
W. H. Lyman, housing road machine 2 00
Irwin & Hardy, T. W. Collier case 41 32
A. K. Chapman, bill for state 11 67
Enterprise Printing Co. 27 40
A. K. Chapman, district court 10 88
66 recording mortgage 1 00
Gladys Post, Clark scholarship 80
H. A. Parsons, insurance on library 22 50
E. W. Kingsley, mowing cemetery 6 00
J. J. Fisher, damage reopening highway 35 00
19 99
H. A. Parsons, st. lamps, oil, water tank Water Co., cementing
10 00
A. H. Rosenfield, damage to horse 25 00
E. B. Clapp, lumber for book case, labor and ladder 15 31
E. W. Kingsley, making bookcase 12 00
A. K. Chapman, dist. court, Morgan case 27 54
G. E. Knight, care of library 25 00
H. A. Parsons, k. oil, paint, etc. 15 43
G. E. Knight, care of hall 12 75 driving hearse 6 00
A. K. Chapman, stationery, assessors' books, etc. 7 63
F. A. Loud, stationery and postage
3 15
66 express 7 00
Thayer fund for parish 24 00
Dog fund for library
91 05
State Aid,
168 00
Street and Wright fund
88 50
A. K. Chapman, smith work
11 30-$ 778 22
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
William Lawler at Northampton
Hospital 169 46
Isadore Howard, at Worcester hospital 169 46
Margaret Duggan, at Northampton Almshouse 75 81
Fred Pittsinger, Dr. Williams 20 00
8
W. Wicks, Dr. F. C. Bruce
40 50
Henry Avery, taken to Hospital
6 00-$ 481 23
TAXES.
State tax
120 00
County tax
412 89
March 3. Note, borrowed money paid
1000 00
Interest
22 00
S. D. Lyman collector
45 74
Abatement
46
Levi Burt, collector 1901
47 66
Oct. 1. Note, borrowed money paid Interest
1000 00
22 20
Discount on taxes
121 36
Discount Thayer fund
24 00
Jan'y. 31. Note, borrowed money paid
1500 00-$ 4316 31
RECAPITULATION.
State highway
$ 806 40
Highways
1045 01
Support of poor
481 23
Town officers
216 44
State and county taxes
532 89
Discount on taxes
121 36
Abatements
46
Notes and interest
3544 20
State aid
168 00
Thayer fund
24 00
Dog fund
91 05
Street and Wright fund
88 50
Collecting taxes
93 40
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Miscellaneous
430 67
Total selectmen's orders
7643 61
School committee's orders
2324 24
Total expenditures
$ 9967 85
Balance Feb. 1st, 1902,
$2300 95
Assessment From treasurer's book
3647 99
5381 33
Balance Feb. 1, 1903,
$1362 42
E. B. CLAPP,
F. C. MONTAGUE,
Selectmen of
A. D. RICE,
Westhampton.
Westhampton, Feb. 1, 1903
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find that they have drawn orders and have vouchers to the amount of seven thousand six hundred forty-three dollars and sixty-one one-hundredths ($7,643.61).
HENRY MILLER CLAPP, Auditor
11,330 27
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List of Jurors.
Edward H Montague Orville Flint W. H. Lyman
Eugene J. Hathaway Mahlon K. Parsons F. C. Montague
Sereno D. Lyman
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Total Valuation
$215,002 00
Tax rate, $16.00 per 1,000.
Real estate tax
2,847 27
Personal estate tax
592 72
Polls
208 00- $3,647 99
TAX LEVY.
State tax
120 00
County tax
412 89
Highways
1100 00
Support of poor
400 00
Town officers
225 00
Schools
1,000 00
State highway
250 00
Discount on taxes
125 00
Overlayings
15 10- $3,647 99
E. B. CLAPP, F. C. MONTAGUE, A. D. RICE,
Assessors of Westhampton.
TREASURER'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1903. DR.
Balance from last year $2,300 95
E. J. Burt, hay on town lot
1 50
Clark scholarship 2 40
A. G. Jewett, interest on Wright fund 25 00
First National Bank, Northampton 1,000 00
Northampton Institution for Savings 1,500 00
Levi Burt, interest on taxes 6 60
Trustees Whiting Street fund
52 50
N. A. Kingsley, int. on Wright fund 25 00
George E. Knight, rent of hall 1 00
State Treasurer, insane poor
216 11
66
66
inspection of animals
8 50
66
66
for State highway 767 00
66
66
Corporation tax
24 36
66
66
National Bank tax
194 55
66
66 tuition children small towns
435 00
66
State aid
126 00
66 income Mass. school fund 884 76
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County Treasurer, dog fund
91 05
George E. Knight, int. on Thayer fund
Amount of assessment
20 00- $7,682 28 3,647 99
$11,330 27
CR.
By paid orders of Selectmen $7.643 61
66 School Committee 2,324 24
Balance in treasury 1,003 99
due from collector 358 43-$11,330 27
A. K. CHAPMAN, Treasurer
Westhampton, Feb. 1, 1903
I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct, showing disbursements to the amount of nine thousand nine hundred sixty-seven dollars and eighty five one-hundredths ($9,967 85) for which proper vouchers are on file, and a balance of cash on hand of one thousand three and ninety-nine one-hundredths dollars ($1,003.99). Due from Collector three hundred fifty-eight and forty-three one- hundredths dollars ($358.43).
HENRY MILLER CLAPP, Auditor
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS.
1902 / Jan. 8.
Albert Charles Challet.
2 Mar. 13.
Marie Henriette Billieux. Y
3 Apr. 15.
Walter Herbert Snow.V
4 Apr. 17.
Alice Cora Connery. v
5 May 19.
Bernice Margaret Delisle.V
¿June 27. Edith Jane Graves. V
7Aug. 8. Doris Susan Clapp.v
gAug. 10.
Samuel Justin Hathaway.V
9 Aug. 23. Arnold Dwight Williams. Y
/0Nov. 1. Mary Walter Post. Y
//Nov. 23. Albert Fleury ..
12Dec. 27. Eunice Wright Loud. Y
13 Dec. 30. Edward Alfred Montague.V
Births in recent years,
92
93
'94
'95
'96
'97
'98
'99
'00
'01
15
15
12
9
16
9
9
8
11
MARRIAGES. 1902
/ Sept. 30.
Peter Delisle, Jr., Southampton, Mary F. Gingrass, Westhampton.
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1902
2 Oct. 16. Francis A. Loud, Westhampton, Minnie I. Howard, Westhampton.
Marriages in recent years.
'92
'93
'94
'95
'96
'97
'98 '99 '00
'01
4
5
5
2
4
4
4
5
1
5
DEATHS. 1902
/ April 4. Charlotte P. Blakesley,
73- 2-13
2 April 26. J. Drancis Norton, 86- 9-26
3 June 24. Walter Herbert Snow, 2- 9
4 Nov. 7. Harriet F. Clapp,
77- 9-28
5 Nov. 8. Henry C. Avery,
58 - -
Causes of death-Renal dropsy, senile gangrene, senility, fatty degeneration of heart, whooping cough.
Deaths in recent years.
'92
'93
'94
'95
'96
'97
'98
'99
'00
'01
13
12
11
11
5
6
10
12
3
8
Mortgages of personal property, 3. Other papers, 1.
15
DOGS LICENSED.
Clifford M. Bartlett, Mar. 10 S. D. Lyman,
April 30
Alger R. Loud,
10 Mrs. S. D. Lyman 30
H. W. Montague,
April 7
Julius Billieux, 30
M. S. Norton,
12
C. T. Williams, 30
A. K. Chapman,
12
George Coleman, 30
Mrs. G. Tower,
14
E. B. Clapp, 30
S. A. Rust,
16
P. F. Carmody, 30
A. J. Griffin,
18 Lena B. Witherell, May
1
Geo. L. Hathaway,
18
O. W. Bartlett,
1
J. H. Kingsley,
21
Elmer Lyman,
1
Wm. R. Lyman,
22
A. S. Bridgman,
30
Almon Benson,
26
H. J. Payson,
1
George Benson,
26
George Graves,
1
Eugene Hathaway,
26
A. D. Rice,
1
J. Hathaway,
26
E. H. Montague,
1
Fred Gagnon,
26
N. Damon, 2,
10
Geo. Witherell, 2,
29
J. Andrews,
15
Levi Burt,
30
J. Boucher, June 23
C. A. Bartlett,
29
F. W. Niles,
Aug. 4
E. W. Payson,
29
F. Pitsinger,
15
F. C. Montague,
29
Charles Conners, 25
Frank Howard, 2,
30
John Gravelin,
Sept. 15
Fred Weeks,
30
F. H. Judd,
25
Chas. H. Bartlett,
30
M. A. Coleman,
25
H. M. Clapp,
30
E. C. Blaksley,
30
H. L. Dodge,
30 Mrs. M. Hall,
Oct. 4
H. W. Hemenway,
30 Chas. Conners, 4
Ira O. Shaw,
30
J. Boucher, 4
16 FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
F. A. Loud in account with town of Westhampton.
DR.
To cash received for 6 months ending
June 1, 1902,
For license of 46 dogs at $2, $92 00
For license of 2 dogs at 5, 10 00
$102 00
CR.
By clerk's fees, 48 at 20 cents, 9 60
By cash paid county treasurer,
92 40
102 00
DR.
To cash received for 6 months ending
Dec. 1, 1902,
For license of 11 dogs at $2, 22 00
22 00
CR.
By clerk's fees, 11 at 20 cents,
2 20
By cash paid county treasurer,
19 80
22 00
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Paid to county treasurer on this account for five previous years :
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
$95.40
98.40
90.00
94.80
106.80
Respectfully submitted,
F. A. LOUD, Town Clerk.
Westhampton, Feb. 2, 1903.
I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk and find them correct.
HENRY MILLER CLAPP, Auditor.
Report of the Joint School Board.
TO THE DISTRICT COMPRISING THE TOWNS OF EASTHAMP- TON, SOUTHAMPTON AND WESTHAMPTON, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JULY 1, 1902.
Received from State Treasurer, $1,250 00 Credited to Superintendent's salary, $750 00
to towns of district on basis of average membership of all the schools of the district for year ending July 1,1902 :
To Easthampton, $411 65
To Southampton, 51 60
To Westhampton, 36 75- $500 00
$1,250 00-$1,250 00
Received from towns of district on same basis as above: Town of Easthampton's share Superintendent's salary, $699 80 Town of Southampton's share Superintendent's salary, 87 73
Town of Westhampton's share Superintendent's salary, 62 47- $850 00
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State Treasurer, credited to Superintendent's salary, 750 00
$1,600 00-$1,600 0C
Paid Superintendent's salary for year ending July 1, 1902,
$1,600 00
Net cost to Easthampton,
$288 15
Net cost to Southampton,
36 13
Net cost to Westhampton,
25 72-$ 350 0C
C. H. JOHNSON, Chm., Joint Committee.
C. N. LOUD, Secretary,
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REPORT of the Superintendent of Schools.
To the School Committee.
Gentlemen :
I respectfully submit the regular annual report of the superintendent of schools for the year 1902-1903.
In September all the schools excpt one opened with new teachers, although Miss Shaw had taught in another school in town before. The following are the teachers now in the schools :
TEACHER. SCHOOL. Center
WHERE EDUCATED.
Edith T. Shaw
Minnie H. Bridgman
Northeast
Laura G. Turner Hill South
Ella W. Hadley
Mae Pollard Northwest
Westfield Normal Mt. Holyoke College 66 Framingham Normal Northampton High
Although some of the teachers had not had experience before this year, all of the schools are believed to be in good
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condition. A table showing the number enrolled, average membership, etc., for the fall term s given below.
REPORT FOR FALL TERM.
School
Teacher
Enrolled
Av. Mem- bership
Av. Attendance
12 days absence
Cases of Tardiness
Center
Edith T. Shaw
25
23.8
21.1 plus
340
5
Hill
Laura G. Turner
23
18.9
16.1
75
16
South
Ella W. Hadley
16
13.1
10.6
310
48
North-east
MinnieH. Bridgman
17
13,5
12.2
19
8
North west
Mae Pollard
13
11.9
10.1
281
23
Tota
94
81.2
70.1
Such a table has not been published before in this report, but a similar table is published annually in many towns, and this may be interesting to the citizens of the town.
All of the school rooms are now provided with slate blackboards. They are a great convenience to the teacher and to the pupils, and are economical in the end, because no repairs are required. It costs, on the average, about $3 a year to keep the plaster blackboards in a school room in re- pair. The new slate blackboards at the Center school cost about $20, as is shown in the report of the committee, but they will last as long as the schoolhouse stands, without further expense.
Very respectfully, W. D. MILLER.
REPORT of the SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS, TEACHERS EMPLOYED, WAGES.
CENTER SCHOOL.
Abigail P. Curtis, Edith T. Shaw.
No. of pupils enrolled 29
23
Average membership 66 attendance No. of pupils over 15 years
20.5
1
66 66 under 5 years
2
66 between 7 and 14
21
No. of weeks school
34
Wages of teachers
$306 00
Fuel, 2 3-4 cords hard, 1 cord soft
$15 75
Repairs
4 75
Slate blackboards
22 61
23
Freight on same
3 00
Labor on same 33 days
5 25
Material for bands
1 25
Janitors
8 00
An entirely new set of blackboards have been put in this school house covering a space of over 160 square feet.
The boards were ordered before the close of the spring term, to be delivered during the summer vacation, but in some way were mis-sent and we did not get them until the winter term. We were fortunate in ordering them early, as the price advanced nearly 20 per cent during the summer.
All our school houses have now been supplied with slate blackboards.
SOUTH SCHOOL
Mary A. Lyman, Ella W. Hadley.
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No. of pupils enrolled,
14
Average membership, 66 attendance,
13.5
No. of pupils over 15 years,
0
66
under 5 years,
11
No. of weeks school,
34
Wages of teachers,
$272 00
Fuel,
14 00
Repairs,
7 20
Janitors,
8 00
1
between 7 and 14 years,
The seats in this school house are much worn and are in need of repair. Your committee recommends the removal of them and the replacing of them by the modern seat and desk,
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making them much more comfortable for the pupil and giv- ing more room for blackboard work.
More damage is done to this house during vacation time than to any other school house in town. In the summer va- cation more than a dozen lights were either badly cracked or broken out, and it is impossible to keep a rope on the flag staff in good repair for more than one term.
HILL SCHOOL.
Ruth S. Mitchell, Laura G. Turner.
No. of pupils enrolled, 24
Average member ship,
18
66 attendance, 15
No. of pupils over 15 years,
0
:6
under 5 " 1
" between 7 and 14 years,
19
No. of weeks school,
34
Wages paid teachers,
$272 00
C. H. Bartlett, fuel,
16 00
Repairs,
2 75
Cleaning school house,
3 00
Janitors' services,
7 00
The roof on the west side of this house is in bad condi- tion and will need to be shingled in the near future, and the repairs necessary in plastering the hall have not been made on account of the extra expense incurred in the Northeast and Center school houses.
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NORTH-EAST SCHOOL.
Minnie H. Bridgman.
No. of pupils enrolled, 18
Average membership,
13
66 attendance, 12
No. of pupils over 15 years.
0
66 under 5 years, 0
6 between 7 and 14 years,
13
No. of weeks school,
34.
Wages paid teachers,
$272 00
Fuel,
4 72
Janitors,
7 70
Shingles,
34 85
Shingling and repairs,
15 82
Your committee found that this building would not an- swer for another year and we have made all necessary re- pairs. The building is now in good condition, but the seats are much worn and need repairing and we hope the time is not far distant when they can be replaced with more modern and comfortable seats.
NORTH-WEST SCHOOL. Elizabeth C. Dugdale, Ida May Pollard.
No. of pupils enrolled,
14
Average membership,
10
66 attendance,
9
No. of pupils over 15 years,
0
66 under 5 years,
0
between 7 and 14 years,
12
No. of weeks school
34
Wages of teacher
$249 75
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Janitors 6 30
Freight on blackboards
1 19
Repairs and material for blackboards 6 50
Window shades
2 55
This school house is now in good condition, new black- boards have been put in, the windows have been repaired, and new window shades have been put in, so that the repairs should be light for several years.
EXPENSES.
Teachers' salaries
$1,375 75
Loudville school
. 286 €6
Tuition 255 00
Salary Superintendent
25 72
Fuel, C. H. Bartlett
20.00
C. N. Loud
14 19
66 H. A. Parsons
5 56
66 M. G. Crandall 6 00
6 A. D. Montague 4 75
Easthampton, school supplies
65 31
Ordinary repairs
21 20
Permanent repairs, blackboards
22 61
G. R. Miller, work on blackboards, 2 days
3 00
C. N. Loud, 13 days
2 25
C. N. Loud, material for bands
1 25
Freight
3 00
Florence Furniture Co., shingles 34 00
L. W. Clapp, laying shingles, nails, etc.,
13 10
A. D. Montague, drawing shingles Water Co.
3 91
6 00
Janitors
37 00
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Books of reference
7 50
Cleaning schoolhouses
13 75
Express and freight
2 85
1 dozen brooms
3 50
Postage and stationery
3 50
Window glass
3 60
Sundries
4 00
F. D. Bridgman, services
7 00
A. D. Montague
8 00
C. N. Loud
26 00
Unpaid from last year
38 28
$2,324 24
RESOURCES.
Town appropriation
1,000 00
Income Mass. School fund
544 00
Extra pay of teachers
340 00
Tuition
435 00
Balance from last year
297 95
Permanent repairs
83 12
$2,699 87
The balance shown as remaining for school work will be more than taken up, as we received from Northampton on Monday following the settlement a bill of one hundred and twenty dollars for tuition, and one from Easthampton for about sixty dollars for school supplies, and there will be an- other bill soon for one hundred and twenty dollars more for the spring term tuition.
If we deduct from the thousand dollars raised by the town the amount of the Loudville school, $286.66, the balance
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remaining would not be enough to pay our teachers only about $4.00 per week, and counting out all other necessary expenses there would not be enough remaining to pay $3.00 per week.
A. D. MONTAGUE, F. D. BRIDGMAN, School Committee.
C. N. LOUD.
Westhampton, Feb. 1, 1903.
I find on examination of the accounts of the School Com- mittee that they have given orders which have been paid by the Treasurer to the amount of two thousand, three hundred twenty-four dollars and twenty-four cents (2324.24).
HENRY MILLER CLAPP, Auditor.
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ARTICLES
IN THE
Warrant for Town Meeting, March 2d, 1903.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Art. 2. To choose a Town Clerk.
Art. 3. To act upon all reports presented at said meet- ing.
Art. 4. To choose all necessary Town Officers to serve the town the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see if the town will rescind the vote taken at the annual March meeting, 1898, to accept the provisions of Chapter 374, Sec. 1, Acts of 1895, to place the administra- tion of the highways under a single Highway Surveyor.
Art. 6. To take any other action in regard to High- ways.
Art. 7. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors as revised by the Selectmen.
Art. 8. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.
Art. 9. To vote "Yes" or "No" on the question, Shall
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license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town.
Art. 10. To hear the report of a committee appointed by vote of the town three years ago, to procure and place markers on the graves of any Soldiers or Sailors of the Rev- olutionary War that may be buried in this town, and to take such action as may be thought best in the matter.
Art. 11. To take action in regard to the collection of Taxes.
Art. 12. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to borrow money to meet current expenses in anticipation of Taxes.
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