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30. To see what action the Town will take in the matter of venti- lating the Town Hall, and raise money therefor if necessary, on petition of John W. Farwell and others.
31. To see if the Town will build a Sidewalk on Main Street, from Masonic Hall, Wyoming, to Malden line and appropriate or raise money for the same, on petition of Henry Barron and others.
32. To hear and act on the reports of committees, and for the transaction of any other business which may legally come before this meeting ..
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the several places of Public Worship, and at the De- pots, seven days at least, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this seventeenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.
DANIEL NORTON, JR. Selectmen HENRY G. FIELDS. of JOSEPH F. BOYD. Melrose.
A true Copy. Attest,
A. B. PIERCE, Constable.
REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MELROSE
FOR THE
Financial Year ending December 31, 1883.
MELROSE: PRINTED BY THOMAS W. RIPLEY. 1884.
CONTENTS.
Page.
REPORT OF SELECTMEN 7
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK -Proceedings of Town Meeting 11
Appropriation 16
Vote for State and County Officers
17
Statistics of Births, Marriages, and Deaths
22
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Expenses of Public Schools
School Contingent
Contingent Expenses
Support of Poor
32
Fire Department
35
Public Library
School Building Corner Grove and Myrtle Streets
Town Hall
38 39
State Aid
Military Aid
39 40
Additional Street Lamps
40
Police and Night Watch
40
Perkins and Leeds Streets
41
First, Second, and Third Streets
41
Insurance
41
Suppression Liquor Traffic
42
Armory Rent
42
Interest
42
Melrose Water Fund
43
Main Street Sidewalk
43
Crossings and Gutters
44
Wyoming Cemetery
44
Main Street Cemetery
45
Town Officers' Salaries
46
Highways
47
25 26 27 30
37 37
Street Lights
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CONTENTS.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT (Continued): -
Drainage, Bridges and Culverts
49
Sidewalks
49
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS
52
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
53
Notes Given aud Paid during the Year
53
Statement of the Town Debt
53
Water Loan Sinking Fund
55
Treasurer's Account
56
AUDITORS' REPORT
58
ASSESSORS' REPORT
59
COLLECTORS' REPORTS
63
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
65
Report of Superintendent
68
Water-Rates
77
REPORT OF THE WATER LOAN SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
79
PUBLIC LIBRARY-Treasurer's Account Report of Trustees
80
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
87
Text-Books
104
School Regulations
110
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1883-84.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and. Highway Surveyors. DANIEL NORTON, JR. JOSEPH F. BOYD .*
HENRY G. FIELDS.
Town Clerk. JOHN LARRABEE.
Treasurer. GEORGE NEWHALL.
Collector. JONATHAN C. HOWES.
Assessors.
GEORGE C. STANTIAL. HENRY A. LEONARD. DEXTER PRATT.
Water Commissioners.
JOSEPH D. WILDE, Chairman
Term expires 1884.
W. IRVING ELLIS
. .
WILBUR D. FISKE
.
Commissioners of Water Loan Sinking Fund.
DANIEL RUSSELL, Chairman
Term expires 1884.
ROYAL P. BARRY
"
1885.
JOHN W. FARWELL
"
1886.
School Committee.
CLIFTON FLETCHER, Chairman .
Term expires 1886.
LEVI W. GILMAN (resigned)
JULIUS S. CLARK, Secretary
"
1885.
MRS. MARTHA A. ADAMS .
1886.
MRS. SARAH W. BRADBURY
1884.
MRS. A. K. MILLER
1885.
THOMAS W. RIPLEY
1884.
Trustees of the Public Library.
FREDERICK KIDDER. ELBRIDGE H. GOSS.
CHARLES C. BARRY. HANNAH LYNDE.
* Deceased.
B
/
1885.
1886.
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Auditors.
JOHN R. NORTON. FRANK E ORCUTT. GILBERT N. HARRIS.
Constables.
ANSEL B. PIERCE. JOSEPH HOLBROOK.
Representative in the General Court. WINGATE P. SARGENT.
Engineers of the Fire Department.
F. EDWARD HOWE, Chief. L. FRANK HINCKLEY, Clerk. DEXTER PRATT.
Measurers of Wood and Bark, Weighers of Hay and Coal. SETH E. BENSON. JAMES D. LITTLEFIELD .*
Surveyor of Lumber. HENRY A. LEONARD.
Committee on Cemeteries.
GEORGE NEWHALL. DANIEL RUSSELL. JOHN LARRABEE.
Fence Viewers.
DEXTER PRATT. GEORGE P. FULLER.
Field Drivers.
OTIS HOWARD. FRANK GIBBONS. HENRY B. NEWHALL. W. TRUMAN HOWARD.
Pound Keeper. W. TRUMAN HOWARD.
Police Officers.
A. B. PIERCE. CHARLES T. STEVENS. H. B. NEWHALL. HENRY ROBINSON. JAMES E. SPEAR. A. WILBUR LYNDE. ARTHUR C. TAPLEY.
JOSEPH HOLBROOK. GEORGE CAMPBELL. GEORGE H. PUTNEY.
FRANK M. MCLAUGHLIN.
* Deceased.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
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The Selectmen present their customary Report for the financial year ending December 31st, 1883. The depart- ments coming under their immediate supervision will be found under their appropriate headings.
EXPENDITURE FOR POOR.
The whole number of those who have received more or less aid during the year is one hundred and thirteen. Of this number, twelve have received full support for the whole or a part of the year, and one hundred and one have been aided temporarily.
There are ten in the hospitals for the insane, which is a larger number than was ever before reported. One of these has reim- bursed the town in full, and another in part, - leaving $138.83 remaining in the assets to be collected.
Of those temporarily aided, seventy-six have their settlements in this town. The other twenty-five belong to the State, or cities and towns which have either reimbursed or from whom bills are now due.
The whole number of vagrants lodged in the lock-up for the year is eighty-seven.
There has been an unusual amount of sickness, both in the inside and the outside relief departments, which, with the excess of the insane, has made the expense to exceed our calculations when making up the appropriations for the year. While we regret that an overdraft renders a deficiency vote necessary, we beg to remind our citizens that this, in common with other departments of our town affairs, is likely to become of increased magnitude and importance with the rapid growth of a population like our own.
HIGHWAYS, NEW STREETS, AND DRAINAGE.
Previous to the death of our associate, General Boyd, the streets, sidewalks, bridges, etc., were under his immediate control, James Marshall acting as Superintendent over the workmen.
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The largest amount of labor performed upon any one street was upon our main thoroughfare, from Wyoming Avenue to Malden line, about 1,000 loads of gravel being used.
The remainder of the highway appropriation has been expended for repairing and keeping in order the streets throughout the town ; with the exception of $150 paid for drain-pipe, which would have been charged to the drainage account had we not been obliged to expend that appropriation entire for the replacing of old and the making of new drains. In our judgment, whenever drain-pipe can be used, it will be, in the end, economy for the town to lay the same in preference to wooden drains, which soon decay, fall in, and cause much labor and expense to renew and repair. The pipe referred to was purchased at a very low price.
Perkins Street and Leeds Street were built, and First, Second, and Third Streets were completed as far as accepted by the town ; labor being performed under supervision of Mr. Boyd.
The sidewalk on Main Street, from house of Warren Lynde to the new street leading to the Rubber Factory, was built within the appropriation, and the balance remaining was expended for lumber for the fence running parallel with the same. Over 2,000 loads of gravel were furnished by Hon. E. S. Converse without expense to the town. The amount paid to the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. was for the alterations made in Washington Street, near their factory, by order of the County Commissioners, which sum we were authorized by your vote to pay. The expense was much less than it could possibly have been had we undertaken to contract for or to build the same.
SIDEWALKS, CROSSINGS, AND GUTTERS.
We are pleased to report that applications for concrete side- walks, to be laid as per vote of the Town, continue to be presented. We have inserted in the warrant an article for your consideration as to the propriety of the Town paying a part of the expense of placing granite curbing on the sidewalk line opposite estates.
STREET LIGHTS.
The lamps have been lighted in the same manner and by the same Company as in previous years. We have often been re- quested to furnish gas-lights on those streets where gas-pipes are laid. Should the Town favor this project, a larger appropriation would be required than heretofore. Five lamps have been added during the year.
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POLICE.
Early in the year we appointed George Campbell and Frank N. McLaughlin members of the force. Upon the resignation of Mr. A. B. Pierce (who had faithfully served for many years), we appointed Mr. Campbell as night-watchman, and Mr. Mclaughlin as Chief of Police. They have both exercised good judgment, and discharged their duties with ability and promptness.
PERAMBULATION.
October 27, 1883, we met the Selectmen of the town of Wake- field, and perambulated the lines between the towns. We found the bounds in their proper places, and in good condition.
OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
State and military aid have been disbursed to persons entitled, and the amounts so paid have been approved each month by the Hon. Commissioners of State Aid.
Rent for Battery " C" has been paid, and refunded to the Town by the State.
The Fire Department has been economically managed, and its members have responded promptly when called upon.
Through the efforts of the School Committee, aided by counsel, a claim against the Town of Stoneham for the education of pupils in the Highland School has been paid.
The Town debt has been diminished by the payment of notes amounting to five thousand dollars.
OBITUARY NOTICE.
In closing this report, it is fitting that we express our high appreciation of the services rendered this Town by our lamented associate, General Joseph F. Boyd, who passed away Aug. 18, 1883, in the eightieth year of his age. Possessed of the most sterling integrity, and endowed by nature with great physical and mental activity, he zealously gave to your service an invaluable experience, gathered during a long and highly honorable career. General Boyd became a citizen of this town in 1869, and during · the past five years was a member of this board. Most of his life was spent in Charlestown, where his public life embraced the various offices of Assessor, Selectman, Councilman, Alderman,
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and Representative to the General Court. He was also Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, Captain of three different mili- tary organizations, and Adjutant-General of the Commonwealth under Governor Morton; in all of which positions he served with credit and distinction. His death creates a vacancy not easily filled.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL NORTON, JR. HENRY G. FIELDS.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETINGS.
Annual Meeting, March 5, 1883. 12 M.
ARTICLE 1 OF THE WARRANT. To choose a Moderator. Levi S. Gould chosen.
ART. 2. To bring in votes for Selectmen, Clerk, Treasurer, Collector, Assessors, and other officers ; votes for two School Committee to be on a separate ballot.
To bring in votes, also upon a separate ballot, in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" Form of ballots to be " YES " or "No."
Voted, That the officers elected by ballot this day, shall consist of three Selectmen, who shall also be Overseers of the Poor and Highway Surveyors, one Clerk, one Treasurer, one Tax Collector, three Assessors, one Water Commissioner for three years, one Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years, five Library Trustees, three Auditors, two Constables, and two School Committee for three years.
Polls opened.
Voted, That the transaction of town business, other than voting for officers, be postponed to 7.30 P. M.
Voted, To close the polls at 5.15 P. M.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors .- Daniel Norton, Jr., Henry G. Fields, Joseph F. Boyd. Town Clerk-John Larrabee. Town Treasurer - George Newhall. Collector of Taxes-Jonathan C. Howes. Assessors- George C. Stantial, Henry A. Leonard, Dexter Pratt. Water Commis- sioner for Three Years - Wilbur D. Fiske. Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioner for Three Years - Royal P. Barry. Auditors - John R. Norton, Frank E. Orcutt, Gilbert N. Harris. Consta- bles - Ansel B. Pierce, Joseph Holbrook. Trustees of the Public Library - Frederic Kidder, Elbridge H. Goss, Charles C. Barry, Hannah Lynde, Addie A. Nichols. School Committee - Clifton Fletcher, Martha A. Adams, for three years.
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LICENSE QUESTION.
" Yes," twenty-two votes (22) ; "No," one hundred and eighty votes (180).
Adjourned Meeting, March 5, 1883. 7.30 P. M.
ART. 4. To choose all other necessary Town officers.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Measurers of Wood and Bark, Weighers of Hay and Coal - Seth E. Benson, James D. Littlefield. Surveyor of Lumber - Henry A. Leonard. Committee on Cemeteries-George Newhall, Daniel Russell, John Larrabee. Field Drivers- Otis Howard, H. B. Newhall, Frank Gibbons, Samuel Lear, W. Truman Howard. Fence Viewers-Dexter Pratt, George P. Fuller. Sealer of Weights and Measures - A. B. Pierce.
Report of Committee on Appropriations read and accepted.
ART. 4. Laid on table.
ART. 5. To raise money for schools.
Voted, To raise fourteen thousand five hundred dollars for the support of schools.
ART. 6. To raise money for school contingent expenses.
Voted, To raise two thousand three hundred dollars for school contingent expenses.
ART. 7. To raise money for highways.
Voted, To raise three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars for highways.
Voted, That two thirds of the sum raised be expended before May 30, 1883.
ART. 8. To raise money for sidewalks.
Voted, To raise one thousand dollars for sidewalks, said sum to be expended for concrete walks, under direction of the Selectmen, according to provisions of laws accepted by the Town, relating to sidewalks.
ART. 9. To raise money for crossings and gutters.
Voted, To raise five hundred dollars for concrete crossings and gutters.
ART. 10. To raise money for the support of the poor.
Voted, To raise four thousand dollars for the support of the poor.
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ART. 11. To raise money for the Fire Department.
Voted, To raise two thousand dollars for the expenses of the Fire Department.
ART. 12. To raise money for the lighting and care of street lamps.
Voted, To raise fifteen hundred dollars for the lighting and care of street lamps.
ART. 13. To raise money for additional street lamps.
Voted, To raise one hundred dollars for additional street lamps.
ART. 14. To raise money to pay watchmen and policemen.
Voted, To raise one thousand dollars for police and night watch. ART. 15. To raise money for contingent expenses.
Voted, To raise nine hundred dollars for contingent expenses.
ART. 16. To raise money to pay interest on the Town debt.
Voted, To raise six thousand three hundred dollars to pay interest on the Town debt.
ART. 17. To raise money for the reduction of the Town debt.
Voted, To raise five thousand dollars for the reduction of the Town debt.
ART. 18. To raise money for the Public Library.
Voted, To raise eight hundred dollars, and to appropriate the dog tax when received, for the Public Library.
ART. 19. To raise money for water, maintenance and use of same.
Voted, To raise two thousand dollars for the use of water, hydrants, etc.
ART. 20. To raise money for salaries of Town officers, and to fix the compensation of all officers and committees elected or appointed by the Town.
Voted, That the salaries of town officers be the same as paid last year, with the exception of salary of Treasurer, which shall be fixed at three hundred dollars.
Voted, To raise eighteen hundred dollars for the payment of salaries.
ART. 21. To raise money for drainage, bridges, and culverts.
Voted, To raise one hundred and fifty dollars for drainage, bridges, and culverts.
ART. 22. To raise money for deficiencies in accounts for the past year, and for all other necessary expenses of the ensuing year.
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Voted, To raise for deficiencies five thousand four hundred and ninety-three dollars and seventy-one cents ; viz. : for water, cost of constructing works, 1882, $4,685.28 ; balance of cost in 1881, $7; total, $4,692.28 ; for military aid, 1882, $398; Town Hall account, $403.43.
Voted, To raise two hundred dollars for removing snow.
Voted, That the unexpended balances from last year be added to the appropriations for this year, and credited to the several departments.
ART. 23. To determine the method by which the taxes for the year shall be collected.
Voted, That all taxes be made payable on or before Oct. 1, 1883, and that interest be added upon all taxes remaining unpaid after that date, at the rate of six per centum per annum. That all property on which the taxes remain unpaid on June 1, 1884, be sold by the Collector, in accordance with the provisions of law.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will appropriate a further sum of money for the drainage of Otis Street, on petition of R. F. Maxwell and others.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Voted, To adjourn to Tuesday evening, March 13, 1883, at 7.30 P. M.
Adjourned Meeting, March 13, 1883, 7.30 P. M.
ART. 25. To raise money for the building of the extension of Foster Street, as laid out and accepted.
Voted, To postpone indefinitely.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will accept a street as laid out by the Selectmen, leading from Melrose Street, northerly to Franklin Street, and raise money for the building of the same.
Voted, To postpone indefinitely.
ART. 27 and ART. 28. To see if the Town will accept a street as laid out by the Selectmen, leading from Lebanon Street, east- erly, over Home Association lands (so called), now known as Second Street, and raise money for the building of the same.
To see if the Town will accept a street as laid out by the Selectmen, leading from Lebanon Street, easterly, over Home Association lands (so called), now known as Third Street, and raise money for the building of the same.
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Voted, To accept Second and Third Streets, as laid out by the Selectmen Oct. 28, 1882.
Voted, To raise five hundred and fifty dollars, said sum to be expended, during April and May, in repairs upon Second and Third Streets, under the supervision of the Selectmen.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will build a school-house on land recently purchased by the Town, on Franklin Street, Highlands, and raise or appropriate money for the same, on petition of J. G. Taylor and others.
Voted, That a committee of five be appointed to procure plans and estimates, so far as may be necessary for the information of the Town, for a school-house to be built on lot of land recently purchased by the Town, on Franklin Street, Highlands, at a cost not exceeding eight thousand dollars; committee to report to Town at meeting in November.
Committee chosen .- Joel Snow, Rufus A. White, W. Irving Ellis, William Boynton, Clifton Fletcher.
ART. 4. To authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow money for the purpose of meeting the demands of the Town, with the approval of the Selectmen.
Voted unanimously, To authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow money, with the approval of the Selectmen, in such sums, and on such terms, and for such time, as may be found for the interest of the Town, as a temporary loan in anticipation of the taxes of the current year, which loan is hereby made payable from such taxes,- the amount borrowed not to exceed eighteen thousand dollars at any one time.
ART. 30. To see what action the Town will take in the matter of ventilating the Town Hall, and raise money therefor if neces- sary, on petition of John W. Farwell and others.
Voted, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be appro- priated, and that the Selectmen be authorized to expend a sum not exceeding that amount, for improving the ventilation of the Town Hall.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will build a sidewalk on Main Street, from Masonic Hall, Wyoming, to Malden line, and appro- priate or raise money for the same, on petition of Henry Barron and others.
Voted, That the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars be raised and expended, under the direction of the Selectmen, for the build-
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ing of a sidewalk on Main Street, from Masonic Hall, Wyoming, to Malden line, walk to be built of gravel or other material.
ART. 32. To hear and act on the reports of committees, and for the transaction of any other business which may legally come before this meeting.
Voted, That the sums received during the year 1882 as bank and corporation tax, be appropriated toward the payment of debt incurred for school building at Wyoming.
Report of Selectmen concerning guide-boards, received and accepted.
Voted, To adjourn sine die.
APPROPRIATIONS, 1883.
March 5.
Schools, support of .
$14,500 00
School contingent expenses
2,300 00
Highways
3,650 00
Crossings and gutters
500 00
Sidewalks
1,000 00
Poor, support of
4,000 00
Fire Department
2,000 00
Street lights
1,500 00
Additional street lamps
100 00
Police and night watchmen
1,000 00
Contingent expenses .
· 900 00
Interest on Town debt
6,300 00
Reduction of
5,000 00
Public Library
Dog tax and
800 00
Water, use of
2,000 00
Salaries, Town officers
1,800 00
Drainage, bridges, and culverts
150 00
Deficiencies in accounts
5,493 71
Removing snow
200 00
March 13.
Second and Third Streets, building of
$550 00
Town Hall, ventilating of
150 00
Sidewalk, Main Street
950 00
$54,843 71
Sums appropriated Nov. 15, 1882, for the building of First, Perkins, and Leeds Streets, were by vote directed to be assessed in taxes of 1883.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
Meeting, Tuesday, November 6, 1883, 7 A. M.
ARTICLE 1. To bring in votes for State and county officers. Vote, as declared in open town meeting, was as follows : -
For Governor.
Votes.
George D. Robinson of Chicopee
622
Benjamin F. Butler of Lowell
377
Charles Almy of New Bedford
10
For Lieutenant-Governor.
Oliver Ames of Easton . 641
James S. Grinnell of Greenfield
360
John Blackmer of Springfield
6
Chas. R. Codman of Boston
1
Charles Almy of New Bedford
1
George Dutton of Boston
1
For Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Henry B. Peirce of Abington 649
Charles Marsh of Springfield .
354
Solomon F. Root of Douglass
6
A. B. Brown of Worcester
1
For Treasurer and Receiver-General.
Daniel A. Gleason of Medford 648
Charles H. Ingalls of North Adams
355
Thomas J. Lothrop of Taunton
6
Washington Wendell of Orange
1
For Auditor.
Charles R. Ladd of Springfield
648
John Hopkins of Millbury
355
Jonathan Buck of Gloucester
6
Geo. W. Kimball of Natick
1
For Attorney-General.
Edgar J. Sherman of Lawrence
647
John W. Cummings of Fall River
355
Samuel A. Fairfield of Malden .
6
Charles A. Taber of Lynn .
.
1
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For District Attorney - Northern District.
William B. Stevens of Stoneham 631
Samuel K. Hamilton of Wakefield . 372
B. F. Briggs of Stoneham . 5
For Sheriff.
Henry G. Cushing of Lowell .
1003
Edgar Hemmenway of Framingham 5
Sheriff, for unexpired term.
Henry G. Cushing of Lowell . 14
For County Commissioner.
William S. Frost of Marlborough 648
Lewis P. True of Everett
355
W. W. Sherman of Lowell 5
For Special (County) Commissioners.
Leander M. Hannum of Cambridge 648
Edward E. Thompson of Woburn . 634
Edward T. Thompson of Woburn 14
Samuel Staples of Concord 355
Sylvanus Pond of Holliston
355
C. B. Travis of Natick .
5
J. W. Barber of Sherburn
5
For Register of Probate and Insolvency.
Joseph H. Tyler of Winchester
1003
John Hall of Watertown 5
For Commissioners of Insolvency.
Frederic T. Greenhalge of Lowell . 648
John Haskell Butler of Somerville . 648
Clark A. Batchelder of Ayer . 648
Clement Meserve of Hopkinton
355
John H. Ponce of Cambridge .
355
Edward B. Quinn of Lowell
355
J. W. Bathford of Newton
5
E. B. Saunders of Natick 5
A. D. Norton of Framingham
5
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For Councillor - Sixth District.
James W. Bennett of Lowell . 646
Charles S. Lilley of Lowell 356
Amos Cummings of Woburn . 5
For Senator, Sixth Middlesex District.
Onslow Gilmore of Stoneham . 630
William F. Young of Wakefield
370
Ammi Cutter of Stoneham 5
For Representative to the General Court, Ninth Middlesex District.
Wingate P. Sargent of Melrose 615
Charles W. Ellison of Melrose 389
John W. Farwell of Melrose . 1
Meeting adjourned to Tuesday, Nov. 13, 1883, 7.30 P. M.
Adjourned Meeting, Nov. 13, 1883. 7.30 P. M.
ART. 2. To choose a Moderator to preside for the transaction of Town business.
Levi S. Gould unanimously chosen.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to ascertain the cost of a new water main from Spot Pond, also the cost of a new gate-house at the pond, and report at the next town meeting.
Voted, That the Board of Water Commissioners, with John W. Farwell and Royal P. Barry, be a committee to ascertain the cost of a new water main from Spot Pond, also the cost of a new gate- house at the pond, -to report, with recommendations, to next Annual Meeting.
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