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628 Kastner, Charles 2 00
638 Leavitt, Martin
2 00
639 Leavitt, Martin F. .
2 00
664 Lambert, James A.
2 00
667 Lunt, G. G. .
2 65
674 Landers, William D.
2 00
692 Long, J. Augustus .
2 00
693 Lewis, F. T. .
2 00
695 Leathe, George E. .
2 00
697 Lumkin, George
2 00
702 Lunt, P. S.
2 00
717 Martin, Levi P.
2 52
719 Murray, Michael, 2d
2 00
726 Marcy, William E.
2 00
738 Marden, F. A.
2 00
741 Maxwell, L. N.
2 00
749 Mackett, Frank 2 00
752 Moulton, E. F. $2 00
756 Mosher, D. & Son (personal) .
10 40
764 Mollyneaux, Robert W. .
2 00
768 McAlmon, Samuel E.
2 00
769 Mosher, Daniel
2 00
770 Mosher, James H. .
2 00
778 McIntyre, James W.
2 00
784 Mitchell, Harry
2 00
787 Murray, John M. .
2 00
790 Mayall, Miles (poll, $2.00 ; personal, $52.00) 54 00
794 Malcolm, Thomas H.
2 00 .
795 McQuinn, William .
2 00
797 Mitchell, William F.
2 00
799 Munn, T. J. . 2 00
. 815 McCormack, James 2 00
816 Moorhouse, Rev. D. A. . 2 00 .
817 Marooney, Thomas F. 2 00
819 Mason, Willis 2 00
820 Merrill, Charles E.
2 00
.
Amount carried forward .
$513 68
138
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
No. of tax-bill. Amount brought forward . $513 68
821 Merrill, J. A.
2 00
822 Mowray, Andrew 2 00
831 McMorrow, John 2 00
2 00
852 Nelson, Elwood W.
2 00
858 Noyes, F. J. .
2 00
863 Norrby, C. Oscar
2 00
864 Nichols, Frank G. .
2 00
871 O'Brien, Philip
2 00
872 Oliver, Antoine
2 00
874 Pratt, Daniel .
2 00
880 Peakes, Farwell B.
2 00
895 Parker, George F. .
2 00
896 Prentice, Lewis
2 00
897 Pratt, Nathan
2 00
913 Pickance, William .
2 00
920 Prentice, Charles W.
. 2 00
928 Pritchard, G. H.
. 2 00
935 Puncheon, Charles .
2 00
939 Pickett, W. B.
2 00
943 Quinn, Margaret, Mrs.
65
944 Richardson, A. P. .
2 00
945 Richardson, William Henry
2 00
950 Riley, William J. .
2 00
951 Russell, John
2 00
956 Robinson, George H.
. 2 00
965 Reardon, Daniel
. 2 00
968 Rourke, John C.
2 00
973 Roe, Ai .
. 2 00
976 Ray, George M.
2 00
978 Ratsey, W. J.
2 00
982 Richardson, Lewis H.
2 00
985 Rowe, Amos .
2 00
986 Rogers, A. B.
2 00
988 Rogers, Benjamin, jun. (poll, $2.00 ; personal, $3.90).
5 90
993 Robinson, H.
2 00
998 Riggin, Thomas
2 00
.
Amount carried forward .
$590 23
835 Noyes, Frank W.
139
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
No. of tax-bill. Amount brought forward . $590 23
1008 Sargent, George B.
. 2 00
1071 Simonds, Walter W.
2 00
1098 Smith, Taylor F.
2 00
1109 Sampson, James S.
2 00
1111 Slason, Frank W.
2 00
1112 Shaw, George D ..
2 00
1115 Sullivan, Timothy .
2 00
1117 Stillman, George
2 00
1118 Stillman, John J.
2 00
1121 Stevenson, John
2 00
1122 Smith, George A. .
2 00
1123 Story, William
2 45
1124 Sargent, William P.
2 00
1129 Tay, Aaron .
2 00
1134 Thompson, Charles M.
2 00
1155 Tukey, Greenleaf S.
2 00
1156 Twitchell, Maynard
2 00
1160 Turner, Thomas
2 00
1161 Temple, F. L.
3 30
1162 Towne, Thomas J. . 2 00
1163 Thomas, Daniel W.
2 00
1164 Tucker, Eben
2 00
1166 Tinkham, L. A.
2 00
1167 Taylor & Pratt
. 1 95
1169 Thompson, George
2 00
1174 Upham, H. W.
2 00
1184 Upham, Thomas N.
2 00
1193 Vincent, P. H.
2 00
1197 Van Buskirk, Lawrence .
2 00
1199 Vegelahn, Frederick Otto
2 00
1200 Wright, Harry
2 00
1201 Waitt, Charles A. .
2 00
1202 Woods, Richard .
2 00
1222 Wills, Mrs. H. G. (real estate)
68 25
1231 Wallis, F. O.
2 00
1240 Woodward, Samuel
2 00
1254 Whitney, Charles .
2 00
Amount carried forward .
$732 18
·
140
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
No. of tax-bill. Amount brought forward
$732 18
1260 Wilson, James Henry
2 00
1269 Woodward, Henry . 2 00
1272 Woodward, Henry W. 2 00
2 00
1285 Wheaton, George
2 00
1288 Worthley, James 2 00
1293 Walker, George
2 00
1302 Whowell, Joseph R.
2 00
1304 York, William B. .
2 00
1305 Young, Edward H.
2 00
1466 Holt, Freeman J. (personal)
11 70
1521 Mack, Orville
1 30
1537 Pratt, heirs of Oliver
3 90
1673 Irvine, G. H. 2 00
1679 Manuel, Leandro
2 00
$773 08
J. C. CURRIER. C. T. STEVENS, Assessors of Melrose.
1273 Wadsworth, Claudius
BY-LAWS
OF THE
TOWN OF MELROSE,
ADOPTED NOVEMBER 20, 1877 -- REVISED APRIL 4, 1878-AP- PROVED BY THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY
OF MIDDLESEX, APRIL 18, 1878, AND DULY ENTERED UPON THE RECORDS OF SAID SUPERIOR COURT.
ARTICLE I.
SECTION 1. The annual Town Meeting, for the choice of Town Officers and other purposes, shall be held on the first Monday in March in each year.
SECT. 2. Notice of the annual Town Meeting shall be given by posting an attested copy of the Warrant at the Town Hall, each of the Post-Offices and Depots in the town not less than seven days before the day appointed for said meeting, and by leaving printed copies of the Warrant at the dwellings of the legal voters before the day of meeting.
SECT. 3. At the Annual Meeting, after the choice of Moderator, the polls shall remain open at least three hours, after which a vote may be passed to close them in not less than ten minutes. At any election after the balloting has begun, no vote fixing the time for closing the polls shall be reconsidered, except for the purpose of extending such time.
SECT. 4. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, but to adjourn the meeting, to lie on the table, to commit or amend, to refer or to postpone to a day certain, or to postpone indefinitely, which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged.
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SECT. 5. No final vote shall be reconsidered except upon notice for that purpose made within thirty minutes after such vote has been passed.
SECT. 6. No person shail speak more than twice, nor shall any person speak more than twenty minutes 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 it.
SECT. 7. 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.
SECT. 8. All motions for the appropriation of money shall be voted upon by the use of the Check List, at the request of one- fourth of the legal voters present.
SECT. 9. The duties of the Moderator not prescribed by the Statutes, or by the foregoing By-Laws, shall be determined by the general rules of parliamentary law, so far as they may be adapted to town meetings.
ARTICLE II.
ON CERTAIN POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWN OFFICERS NOT PRESCRIBED BY THE STATUTES.
SECT. 1. The Selectmen shall have full authority as agents of the town, to institute and prosecute suits in the name of the town, and to appear and defend suits brought against it, unless it is other- wise specially ordered by a vote of the town.
SECT. 2. The Selectmen may authorize the Treasurer to borrow money temporarily, in anticipation of the collection of taxes, and to give promissory-notes therefor in behalf of the town, the same to be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen, and all promissory-notes of the town shall be executed in like manner.
SECT. 3. No money shall be paid from the treasury except the State and county taxes, and notes and interest thereon, except upon the presentation of a proper voucher which shall require the ap- proval of a majority of the Selectmen; after such approval, it shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to draw an order upon the
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Treasurer for the required amount, retaining the voucher in his possession. And the said orders so drawn upon the Treasurer, shall, upon presentation to the Auditors, be considered his sufficient vouchers for the amounts which they severally represent.
SECT. 4. The town Treasurer shall issue no note in the name of the town, unless it is approved by a majority of the Selectmen.
SECT. 5. The Selectmen shall cause to be printed in one volume, and distributed ten days, at least, before the annual Town Meeting, the reports of the officers of the various departments of the town, and when practicable, the reports of all committees, appointed by the town, shall be included therein.
SECT. 6 The Selectmen shall keep a record of all bills disap- proved by them, and no such bill shall be considered by any subse- quent board, except by a special vote of the town.
SECT. 7. There shall be chosen, at the Annual Meeting, three Auditors of Accounts, who shall audit the accounts of the Treasurer and Collector; and for this purpose they may have access to and examine all accounts of the different departments of the town.
ARTICLE IIL.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
SECT. I. All taxes shall be assessed and committed to the Col- lector, on or before the fifteenth day of August in each year, and tax-bills, in the form as adopted by the town, July 22, 1875, shall be delivered by the Collector within twenty days after such commit- . ment.
SECT. 2. All taxes shall be due whenever a bill of the same shall have been presented to any person taxed, or his agent, or the tenant of any non-resident proprietor of any property taxable in the town, or left at his usual place of abode, and interest, at the rate of eight per cent per annum, shall be charged from Oct. 1, on all taxes not paid on or before that date; provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the Assessors, in case of doubtful credit, from exercising the powers given them in the fourth section of the twelfth chapter of the General Statutes.
SECT. 3. In all cases where tax-bills for poll, or for poll and per- sonal tax only, are not paid on or before the fifteenth day of October in each year, it shall be the duty of the Collector to forthwith issue
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a summons to each delinquent, and if such delinquent do not pay the amount with twenty cents added for the summons, within ten days from said summons, the Collector shall issue a warrant to an officer, who shall forthwith proceed to collect the amount due in the marmer provided by law.
SECT. 4. The delivery of a tax-bill as directed in the preceding section shall in all cases be deemed a demand for payment of the tax.
SECT. 5. Every Collector shall pay over to the town Treasurer all taxes by him collected, except State and county taxes, at least once a month until the collection is completed.
SECT. 6. Every Collector shall complete and make up an account of the collection of all the taxes committed to him, and present the same to the Selectmen on or before the first day of January in each year.
SECT. 7. The financial year shall begin with the first day of January in each year, and end with the last day of December fol- lowing.
ARTICLE IV.
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.
SECT. 1. No building shall be removed over a public street without a written permit from the Selectmen; and no permit shall be given by the Selectmen when such removal will cause the de- struction or injury of any tree or shrub stan ling on the street, or owned by any person and projecting over the street, unless the written consent of the person on or in front of whose premises such tree or shrub may stand shall first be obtained.
If any building shall be removed over or through any public street or square, the owner of such building and the person or per- sons moving the same shall be jointly and severally liable to the town for all damages, costs and expenses for which the town may be liable, or which it may be compelled to pay in consequence of snch removal.
SECT. 2. No person shall build sidewalks on any of the streets or ways of the town without a written permit from the Selectmen, which permit shall specify the width, material, and mode of con- struction of the same.
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Any person violating this section shall, upon notice from the Selectmen, make the necessary alterations, and failing so to do, the Selectme.i shall cause the requisite changes to be made and shall assess the cost upon the abutting estate.
SECT. 3. Whenever the Selectmen shall grant a permit and a sidewalk shall have been built in accordance therewith, they may allow toward the expense of building the same a sum not to exceed one half the cost thereof, provided, that in case of any violation of the permit the town shall pay no part of the cost. Nothing in this article shall prevent persons from building sidewalks at their own expense under the approval or permit of the Selectmen.
SECT. 4. No person except the Highway Surveyors or the water Commissioners, in the lawful performance of their duties, or those acting under their orders, shall obstruct any sidewalk or street, or any part thereof, or break or dig the ground of the same, without first obtaining a written license from the Selectmen; and all persons so obstructing any sidewalk or street or any part thereof shall put and keep up a suitable railing around the parts so obstructed, and shall place a substantial and convenient walk around such obstruc- tions, and keep lighted lanterns fixed at proper places through the night, as the Highway Surveyors or Selectmen shall direct.
SECT. 5. No person shall place or cause to be placed in any public or private way of the town the contents of any sink, cess- pool, or privy, nor place any rubbish or garbage in the same, except for the purpose of immediate removal therefrom.
SECT. 6. No person shall leave any team or vehicle in any of the streets or ways of this town for the space of more than sixty minutes,
SECT. 7. No person shall suffer any gate to open outward over any sidewalk or highway of this town.
SECT. 8. No person shall pasture any cattle, goats, or other ani- mals, either with or without a keeper, upon any street or way in the town; provided that nothing herein shall affect the right of a person to the use of the land within the limits of a street or way . adjoining his own premises
SECT. 9. No person shall ride or drive any horse or other ani- mal, either alone, or attached to a vehicle, at a rate exceeding seven miles per hour, along any public way; nor permit any dangerous animal to go at large.
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SECT. 10. No street or public way shall hereafter be opened in the town of a less width than forty feet.
ARTICLE V.
TRUANCY.
SECT. 1. Every child between the ages of seven and fifteen years, found during school hours in the streets or public places of the town of Melrose, a truant from school, shall be arrested by any truant officer of the town and taken to the school to which the child belongs and delivered to the teacher thereof.
SECT. 2. The teachers of the schools shall report every scholar guilty of habitual truancy to the school committee who may prevent prosecution under the law by satisfactory pledges from the parent or guardian for the reformation and future good conduct of the child . If such pledges are not given or kept, the committee may notify the truant officer who shall make complaint against such child before the proper legal tribunal. All minors who are habitual truants, and children between the ages of seven and fifteen years who may be found in the streets or public places of this town, having no lawful occupation or business, not attending school and growing up in ignorance, shall be committed to the House for the Reception, Instruction, Employment and Reformation of Juvenile offenders in the City of Lowell, in the County of Middlesex, for such time not exceeding two years as the Justice of Court having jurisdiction may determine. Any child so committed may upon proof of amend- ment or for other sufficient cause shown, upon a hearing of the case, be discharged by such Justice or Court.
ARTICLE VI.
POLICE REGULATIONS.
SECT. 1. It shall be the duty of the Selectmen to appoint annu- ally three or more Police Officers, who shall hold office one year, or until others are appointed, unless sooner removed by the Selectmen, and who shall receive such pay as the Selectmen shall order.
It shall be the duty of these officers to notice all offences against the By-Laws of this town, and the statutes of the commonwealth, and to cause prosecution to be commenced forthwith against all offenders, under the direction of the Selectmen.
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SECT. 2. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to report in writing, annually, to the board of Selectmen.
SECT. 3. No person shall throw stones or other missiles, nor un- necessarily make any tumultuous or alarming noise in the street, to the annoyance of passengers, nor by noise otherwise disturb the quiet of any person or persons, by day or by night.
SECT. 4. One or more persons standing on any sidewalk or street in such a manner as to obstruct the same shall move on immediately when ordered by any of the constables or police officers of the town.
SECT. 5. No person shall behave in any indecent, or disorderly manner, nor use profane, indecent, or insulting language in any public place or building, or on any sidewalk or street in the town, to the annoyance or disturbance of any other person there being or passing in a peaceable manner.
SECT. 6. No person shall kindle any bonfire or other fire on the highways or lands belonging to this town, or on any other lands, streets or ways not his own, without permission from the Select- men or from the owners of said streets, ways, or lands.
SECT. 7. No person shall at any time fire India crackers, torpe- does, or other explosive articles, or discharge any fire-arms or can- non, in or across any street or way, nearany vehicle passing there- on, or any dwelling-house, except in performance of some legal duty, nor carelessly use guns or other firearms, at any time, or in any place within the limits of the town.
SECT. 8. No person shall post, affix, nor in any way attach any poster, hand-bill, notice, advertisement or placard to or upon any post, wall, fence, tree, building, or structure not his own, nor mar, deface, or disfigure the same without the permission of the owner.
SECT. 9. No person shall wilfully or maliciously deface or tear down any bill, placard, or notice posted for a lawful purpose, ex- cept the same be affixed to premises owned by him or under his con- trol.
SECT. 10. No person shall bathe in any waters of the town be- tween the hours of sunrise and sunset in a state of nudity, in places which are exposed to public view, or in the immediate sight of the occupants of any dwelling-house.
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ARTICLE VII.
SECT. 1. Any person guilty of violation ofany of these By-Laws, wherein no penalty has been provided, shall pay a fine not exceed- ing twenty dollars for each offence and all fines recovered shall be paid into the town treasury.
ARTICLE VIII.
SECT. 1. These By-Laws shall go into effect from and after their passage and approval by the Superior Court, or by a Justice thereof, and with such approval entered and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Courts in the county of Middlesex.
REPORT OF THE BOARD
OF
WATER COMMISSIONERS
FOR
1869-70-71.
MELROSE. 1871.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
ELECTED SEPTEMBER 24, 1869.
WINGATE P. SARGENT. JEREMIAH MARTIN. DEXTER BRYANT. ELBRIDGE GREENE. JOEL SNOW.
President : WINGATE P. SARGENT.
Secretary : DEXTER BRYANT. Superintendent : JEREMIAH MARTIN.
[By invitation of the Water Commissioners, Mr. E. H. Goss has acted as Clerk of the Board.]
REPORT.
Fellow-Citizens :
The Board of Water Commissioners submit the following report:
SPOT POND.
For a few years past, as our citizens have realized the necessity for a supply of fresh and pure water for domestic purposes, wistful eyes have been turned toward the beautiful sheet of water known as "Spot Pond,"- so named two hundred and thirty-nine years ago, by Gov. John Winthrop,1 - as being one which possessed the requisite quality and quantity to meet such an emergency. Here it was, a natural reser-
1 By the following extract from Gov. Winthrop's Journal, we learn when, how and why this pond was so named : -
Feb. 7, 1632. The governour, Mr. Nowell, Mr. Eliot, and others, went over Mistick river at Medford, and going N. and by E. among the rocks about two or three miles, they came to a very great pond, having in the midst an island of about one acre, and very thick with trees of pine and beech; and the pond had divers small rocks, standing up here and there in it, which they therefore called Spot Pond. They went all about it upon the ice. From thence (towards the N. W. about half a mile), they came to the top of a very high rock, beneath which, (towards the N.) lies a goodly plain, part open land, and part woody, from whence there is a fair pros- pect, but it being then close and rainy, they could see but a small distance. This place they called Cheese Rock, because, when they went to eat some- what, they had only cheese, (the governour's man forgetting, for haste, to put up some bread)
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
voir, a hundred feet higher than our dwellings, and at our doors, only awaiting action before making wel- come entrance.
As the subject of the quantity and quality of the water introduced is of vital importance, your Com- missioners will here state a few facts and statistics concerning the Spot Pond water. While the matter of introducing fresh water for the city of Boston was being agitated, as it was for many years previous to the introduction of the Cochituate water in 1848, many reports were made by engineers and chemists concerning the different sources examined, regarding the quantity and quality. Spot Pond, with one exception, always ranked the highest for purity, and was very often recommended as the best source of supply. The following figures give some of the results of these different examinations.
The average daily supply was given, -
In 1825, by Prof. Daniel Treadwell, as 1,600,000 gallons.
In 1834, by Col. Loammi Baldwin, as 1,600,000 66 In 1836, by Mr. Robert H. Eddy,
as from 2,500,000 to 3,000,000
66
In 1837, by Messrs. Daniel Treadwell and
Nathan Hale, as from 1,600,000 to 2,600,000
66
In 1838, by Messrs. Daniel Treadwell and Nathan Hale, as
1,700,000
66
In 1838, by Mr. James F. Baldwin, as
1,500,000
66
In 1845, by Messrs. John B. Jervis and
Walter R. Johnson, as
1,500,000
Calling the number of inhabitants of the three towns of Malden, Medford and Melrose 17,000, and
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OF MELROSE.
· estimating the quantity of water to be used by cach person at 40 gallons per day, and the total con- sumption of water would be 680,000 gallons, or con- siderably less than one half of the lowest of the above estimated daily supplies.
Regarding the quality, Mr. Eddy, in 1836, re- ported as follows: " The purity of the waters of Spot and Mystic Ponds will be better understood by comparison with those introduced into some other cities. 41,666 grains of Spot Pond water yield one grain of solid matter. 27,397 grains of Mystic Pond water yield one grain of solid matter. 16,826 grains of water of Croton River, the source of supply for the city of New York, yield one grain of solid matter. 6,666 grains of Verulam and Wandle water, the rivers proposed by the late Mr. Telford for a further supply of the city of London, produced one grain of solid matter. It will be perceived by the above that in the same quantity of Spot Pond and Croton River waters, the former contains but one-third the foreign matter of the latter. * * Spot Pond is to Lon- don water as 7 to 1, and Mystic Pond to London as 9 to 2. Should the city resolve to bring water from these sources, we might boast with some truth of being supplied with pure water."
In 1837, the analysis by Dr. A. A. Hayes gave Spot Pond water as the most transparent of all sources then examined. In 1845, the counsel for the remon- strants in the hearing against the "Long Pond Act" said: "The water from this source (Spot Pond) is fully shown by the concurrent testimony of all the
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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
commissioners, as well as by the results of chemical analysis, to be superior to every other, on account of its transparency, freedom from color, and the absence to an unusual degree of foreign matter. "
The same year an analysis by Prof. Silliman placed Long Pond water first and Spot Pond second.
In 1838, Mayor Samuel A. Eliot gave the follow- ing favorable testimony in behalf of Spot Pond over all other sources: "A pond which has been known ever since the continent was known, and which has continued through all the causes of depression which have operated upon it for the last two hundred years, is not very likely to fail from those which are to oper- ate upon it for the next two centuries. Especially is a pond which, like Spot Pond, at such an elevation as to preclude the necessity of pumping, and is of so pure a quality as to be almost unequalled in that respect, preferable to any source of supply which is neither pure nor elevated. "
The high water mark of Spot Pond is one hundred and forty-three feet above marsh level, and its area when full is two hundred and ninety-six acres; at five feet below high water one hundred and ninety- six acres. The area of the country draining into it, including the pond, is 1,100 acres. There are no manufactories, mills or other buildings upon its borders to contribute foreign matter and thus impair its quality.
TOWN MEETING, SEPT. 24, 1869.
The first action taken to introduce this water was in 1867, when, on the 4th of May, in that year,
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OF MELROSE.
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