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52
94.5
II
6
4th & 3d
66
66
Davis
53
48.8
58
54.3
56
94.2
o
4th & 3d
46
Guptill ..
45
39.1
52
39.7
46
91.2
IO
4
4th & 3d
66
Long ....
46
42.8
57
49.6
53
95.5
9
6
4th & 3d
66
Weeks ..
18
1 5.7
23
196
22
93
IO
7
3d & 2d
Plummer
53
38.5
57
48.2
54
96
7
2
2d & Ist
6
Miss Donkin .
70
52.3
59
51.3
58
93 4
7
2
2d & Ist
66
Hersey
53
34.9
64
53.3
59
93.1
6
4
2d & Ist
Nye .....
41
32.9
33
27.7
30
90.7
2d & Ist
Smith. . .
38
32.9
40
33.9
37
95.2
7
3
Ist
Randlette
59
40.4
63
49.6
59
S9.8
6
3
Ist
66
66
Ransom.
50
44
37
33.9
39
95
6
5
MIXED SCHOOLS.
Upham St., Miss Chadbourne Ripley School,
Morgan.
34
24.6
32
26.9
28
SS. 5
S
7
Totals
1248
1060.7
I320
1 162.9
1251
. .
2
5th & 4th Grade, Miss Mitchel ..
48
40.3
58
50.5
56
92.8
9
9 7
4th & 3d
66 Sweetser
34
28.5
36
31
33
94-4
89
8
2d
Mrs. Dermot .
43
38
42
38.5
4[
42
89.3
7II
43
33.6
48
42.5
the same time.
Jan. 1, 1888.
the same time.
Yrs. Mos.
. .
* Average.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
For comparison, attention is called to the following state- ment, showing the increase in school population :-
Total number of pupils enrolled Jan. 1, 1886
. 1,098
66 Jan, 1, 1887 · 1,15I
66 66 Jan. 1, 1888
1,25I
Increase during 1886 .
53
" 1887 .
100
TEACHERS.
NAMES.
SCHOOLS.
SALARIES.
Alonzo G. Whitman
High, Principal.
$1,700
Clarimond Mansfield
High, Assistant.
625
Hattie G. Ricker.
High, Assistant.
625
A. A. Ballou
High, Assistant. 800
900
Nellie H. Rogers
Eighth grade, Assistant ..
550
Lucy W. Bisbee
Seventh grade, Emerson St.
550
Alice M. Swett
Seventh grade, Emerson St.
550
Lydia Mendum.
Seventh and sixth grade, Franklin. .
550
Susan D. Melcher.
Sixth grade, Centre.
550
Helen J. Barrett.
Sixth grade, Grove St.
550
Mary J. George.
Fifth grade, Centre.
500
Kate W. Bascom
Fifth grade, Grove St.
500
Belle Mitchel
Fifth and fourth grades, Franklin .. .
500
Lillie J. Davis.
Fourth and third grades, Centre .. ..
450
Alma J. Guptill.
Fourth and third grades, Grove St ..
475
Effie C. Sweetser.
Fourth and third grades, Lynde St ..
4.50
Alice H. Long.
Fourth and third grades, Vinton St.
500
Emma A. Weeks
Fourth and third grades, Converse.
450
Mary A. Plummer.
Third and second grades, Franklin .. Second grade, Vinton.
450
Lucy F. Dermot.
500
Ella M. Donkin ..
Second and first grades, Centre.
500
Mary I. Hersey
Second and first grades, Grove St ..
500
Mary E. Nye ...
Second and first grades, Lynde St. .
450
Gertrude Smith ..
Second and first grades, Converse. .
450
Emma L. Randlett.
First grade, Franklin ..
500
Annie M. Ransom ..
First grade, Vinton St.
450
Annie Chadbourne.
Mixed school, Upham St.
450
Marion H. Morgan.
Mixed school, Ripley.
450
Harry Benson.
Teacher of music.
350
Wallace Bryant ..
Teacher of drawing.
225
Total
$17,050
Harriet C. Fairbanks.
Eighth grade, Principal ..
.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JANITORS.
1
NAMES.
SCHOOLS.
SALARIES.
Frank M. Mclaughlin ..
High
$324
J. W. Davis.
Centre
175
Chas. H. Fuller.
Franklin
175
James A. Lambert.
Grove St.
175
Wm. F. Serrat.
Lynde St.
100
Anthony A. Rich.
Vinton St ..
175
Eri Upham ..
Upham St.
60
Joseph Emerson.
Converse
100
Davis
Ripley
60
Total
$1,344
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WARRANT.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Melrose, in the County of Middlesex: GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the Inhabitants of the Town of MELROSE, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the TOWN HALL, on MONDAY, the fifth day of March, A. D. 1888, at 7 o'clock, A. M., then and there to act on the following Articles, viz. :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator.
2. . To bring in their votes on one ballot for Selectmen, Over- seers of Poor, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, As- sessors, one Water Commissioner for three years, Library Trustees, Highway Surveyor or Surveyors, Water Loan Sinking Fund Commis- sioner for three years, three Auditors, two School Committee for three years, and Constables. Upon a separate ballot to bring in their votes in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" Form of ballots to be " Yes " or " No "
3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers.
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.
5. To hear and act upon the report of the Finance Committee appointed at meeting held Nov. 12, 1887.
6. To raise money for Schools.
7. To raise money for School Contingent, Expenses.
8. To raise money for Highways.
9. To raise money for Sidewalks.
-
IO. To raise money for Crossings and Gutters.
II. To raise money for the Support of the Poor.
I2. To raise money for the Fire Department.
13. To raise money for lighting and care of Street Lamps.
14. To raise money for additional Street Lamps.
15. To raise money for Police and Watchmen.
16. To raise money for Contingent Expenses.
17. To raise money to pay Interest on the Town Debt.
18. To raise money for the Reduction of the Town Debt.
19. To raise money for the Public Library.
20. To raise money to defray the expenses of the Board of Health.
2I. To raise money for the use of Water, in hydrants, public buildings, etc.
22. To raise money for Salaries of Town Officers, and to fix the compensation of all officers and committees elected or appointed by the Town.
23. To raise money for Drainage, Bridges and Culverts,
24. To raise money for any other necessary expenses for the ensuing year.
25. 'To determine the method by which the taxes for the year shall be collected.
26. To authorize the Town Treasurer to issue Water Fund Bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of construction for the en- suing year.
27. To see what action the Town will take relating to the pur- chase of land for a Public Park, and pass any vote or votes th reon which may be considered necessary in the premises, on petition of the Park Commissioners elect.
28. To see what action the Town will take in regard to expend- ing a sum of money on First Street, on petition of W. N. Folsom and others.
29. To see if the Town will grant to H. C. Richardson, without charge, the use of water from stand pipes, for the purpose of water- ing the streets, and also erect two stand pipes where needed, on petition of S. S. Bugbee and others.
30. To see if the Town will provide Police Patrol both Day and Night at Melrose Highlands, on petition of John G. Taylor and others.
31. To see what action the Town will take to establish Tele-
phonic or Electrical communication between the out-lying districts and the centre for Fire Alarm and Police Service.
32. To see if the Town will raise the sum of $200 for keeping in repair and decorating the graves of Soldiers on Memorial Day.
33. To see what action the Town will take in the matter of laying drain pipe through a brook which runs northwesterly, by Lin- wood Ave. opposite land of James Rendall.
34. To hear and act upon the report of the committee on " By Laws."
35. To see if the Town will purchase the whole or any portion of the Mountain House lot for a Public Square. and raise or appro- priate money for the same on petition of M. S. Page, E. H. Goss, Daniel Norton and others.
36. To see if the Town will provide for the surveying and num- bering ot the estates and lots upon the different streets of the town as a prerequisite for a Free Postal Delivery.
37. To see if the Town will accept the following streets as laid out by the Selectmen, viz :-
I. An extension of Mt. Vernon street easterly.
2 . Street running from Wyoming Ave. southerly to the proposed extension of Mt. Vernon St.
3. Street running from Upham St. southerly to Grove St. now known as Fourth St.
4. Street running from Upham St. southerly to First St. now known as Tenth St.
5. Street running from the boundary line between Mal- den and Melrose at a point near Lebanon St., norther- ly and easterly around Swain's Pond, then westerly un- til it intersects with Swain's Pond Avenue known as the " Old Road," or " Back Street."
6. Street running from Upham St. northerly to Porter St. now known as School St.
7. Street running from First St. southerly to Grove St. now known as Fifth St.
8. Street running from Melrose St. northerly and easter- ly to Franklin St. now known as Albion St.
9. Street running from Wyoming Avenue southerly to Borneo St., (so called) now known as Pleasant St.
10. Street running from Washington St. easterly to Pleas- ant St. (so called) now known as Borneo St.
II. Street running from Washington St. northerly to Bor- neo St. now known as Para St.
12. An extension of Second St. easterly, about 700 feet.
38. To raise money for the building of new streets which may be accepted at this meeting.
39. 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 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 legal voters before the day of 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 eighteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.
LEVI S. GOULD, Selectmen of
JOHN B. SOUTHER,
JOHN P. DEERING, Melrose.
A true Copy. Attest,
ANSEL B. PIERCE, Constable.
REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MELROSE
-FOR THE-
FINANCIAL YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1888.
MELROSE : DUNTON & POTTER, PRINTERS. 1889.
一
CONTENTS.
Town Officers
5 & 6
Report of Selectmen
7
Report of Board of Health
II
Report of Overseers of Poor
I3
Report of the Town Clerk .- Proceedings in Town Meetings
14
Vote for State and County Officers
28
Appropriations
34
Statistics of Births, Marriages and Deaths
36
Registration of Voters
38 40
Financial Statement
Expenses of Public Schools
School Contingent Expenses
Fire Department
Sidewalks
Support of Poor
Highways
Main Street Cemetery
56 60 60 61
Drainage, Bridges and Culverts
Contingent Expenses
State Aid
Military Aid .
Street Lights
Crossings and Gutters
Additional Lamps
Malden and Melrose Boundary Line
Insurance
Drain, Franklin and Warren Streets
Surveying and Numbering Estates
70 70 71 71
Fire Alarm .
Melrose Common
71
Memorial Day
72
Maple Street Widening
72 72 73
Interest
75
Police and Night Watch
75
Water Fund
76
40 44 48 50 52
Town Hall
63 66 67 68 68 69 69 70
Main Street Widening
Salaries Town Officers
Wyoming Cemetery
4
CONTENTS.
Tax Sale
77
Public Library
77
State and County Taxes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Report of Police Department
Report of the Town Treasurer Statement of Debt
Dr. and Cr. Statement
Report of the Treasurer of the Water Loan Sinking Fund
Assessors' Report
Collectors' Reports
Auditors' Report
Report of Engineers Fire Department
Report of Water Commitsioners
Superintendent's Report
Maintenance Account
Construction Account
Water Rates
Tables showing location of pipes, etc.
Report of the Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners.
II6
Report of the Trustees of the Melrose Public Library.
II9
Horatio Nelson Perkins Fund .
I26
Report of School Committee, Addenda page
3
Laws relating to sanitary provisions, ventilation of build- ings, etc.
9
High School Statistics
20
Financial Statement
23
Agent's Report
24
School Statistics
25
Salaries of Teachers
26
79 79 80 81 81 83 85 86 88 89 90 95 98 IO6 109 III II4
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1888-9.
SELECTMEN AND HIGHWAY SURVEYORS. LEVI S. GOULD. JOHN P. DEERING. CHARLES W. HIGGINS.
TOWN CLERK. JOHN LARRABEE.
TREASURER. GEORGE NEWHALL.
COLLECTOR. PARKER MERRILL.
ASSESSORS.
JOHN R. NORTON. MOSES BRIGGS.
ALBON W. PARKER.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
WINGATE P. SARGENT, Chairman, WILBUR D. FISKE,
Term expires 1890. 66
JOHN R. JONES, deceased
GEORGE L. MORSE, to fill vacancy.
COMMISSIONERS OF WATER LOAN SINKING FUND.
DANIEL RUSSELL, Chairman,
Term expires 1890.
ROYAL P. BARRY, .
1891.
JOHN W. FARWELL,
LI889.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JOHN O. NORRIS, Chairman.
Term expires 1890.
MRS. SARAH W. BRADBURY,
·
66
1891.
MRS. ARETHUSA K. MILLER,
66
1891.
CHARLES F. LORING,
66
66
1889.
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ELBRIDGE H. GOSS. CHARLES A. PATCH.
CHARLES C. BARRY. MARY L. CHARLES. RUBY F. FARWELL.
AUDITORS.
FRANK E. ORCUTT. WALTER I. NICKERSON. GILBERT N. HARRIS.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
HENRY G. FIELDS, Chairman. JOHN_SINGER, JR. MRS. MARTHA D. BALE.
16
1889.
MRS. A. B. P. WATERHOUSE,
.
- 1890.
JOHN C. MAKER,
·
66
66 1889.
6
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1888-89.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
NATHANIEL P. JONES,
Term expires 1891. WILLIAM N. FOLSOM, ·
1890.
JOHN W. FARWELL, .
1889.
CONSTABLES.
ANSEL B. PIERCE. FRANK M. MCLAUGHLIN. HENRY B. NEWHALL.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
ALFRED HOCKING, Chairman. Term expires May 1, 1890. WALTER BABB, 66 1889.
VICTOR C. KIRMES,
JOHN LARRABEE, Town Clerk.
ENGINEERS. OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
A. WILBUR LYNDE, Chief. WALTER B. ELLIS. SAMUEL LEAR, Clerk.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK, WEIGHERS OF HAY AND COAL. SETH E. BENSON. M. F. EASTMAN.
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER. POUND KEEPER. HENRY A. LEONARD, W. TRUMAN HOWARD.
COMMITTEE ON CEMETERIES.
GEORGE NEWHALL. DANIEL RUSSELL.
JOHN LARRABEE.
FENCE VIEWERS.
DEXTER PRATT. WALTER C. STEVENS.
FIELD DRIVERS.
OTIS HOWARD. HENRY B. NEWHALL. FRANK GIBBONS. W. TRUMAN HOWARD.
POLICE OFFICERS.
FRANK M. MCLAUGHLIN, Chief.
HENRY B. NEWHALL. W. A. CASWELL. REDFORD M. RAND. A. WILBUR LYNDE.
JOHN W. DAVIS.
OSBORNE E. DROWN.
D. T. STOCKWELL. CHARLES H. FULLER.
CHARLES F. W. FOGG. ANSEL B. PIERCE. HENRY BARRON.
JAMES MARSHALL.
FOREST FIRE WARDS.
DEXTER PRATT.
ÇALVIN LOCKE.
CHASE C. WORTHEN. JAMES MARSHALL.
HENRY BARRON.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. ANSEL B. PIERCE.
66
66 1891.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
To the Citizens of Melrose :
Herewith we respectfully submit our annual report for the financial year ending Dec. 31, 1888.
HIGHWAYS.
Your appropriation of $6,000 ($500 less than in 1887) to- gether with $2,750 appropriated for the purpose of rebuild- ing Gooch, Sewall, School, Larrabee, Albion, Swains Pond Avenue and Second streets, has been carefully, economically, and we think, judiciously expended. The town still suffers from lack of suitable gravel at convenient points, and the cost of transportation from where it is found, adds very ma- terially to the expense of road-making. The only blue gravel pits now available are those belonging to the Boston & Maine Railroad, at Island Hill, Malden, and two at the Highlands near the Wakefield line, involving in either case a very long haul. Common gravel unsuited to heavily traveled thoroughfares can be obtained at other and somewhat nearer points, but the best article is very rapidly disappearing, and it is evident that crushed stone must be resorted to as the principal material in the near future. This method of road- making will give far better results, but at increased expense. At the November meeting we were instructed to purchase a stone crusher. To operate this machine it would be wise to make a liberal appropriation.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
WIDENING OF MAIN STREET AS ORDERED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Following your instructions voted at the November meet- ing we advertised for proposals and received the appended bids, viz .:-
From Amos W. Lynde, Melrose, $4,737
66 Robert Philpot, 66
3,700
Levi H. Carter, Lawrence, 3,475
66 Walter B. Ellis, Melrose, 2,795
66 Edw. McKenna & Co., Hyde Park, 2,550
The contract was consequently awarded to the lowest bidders, Messrs. Edw. McKenna & Co., who are making ex- cellent progress with the work which, when completed, will give a broad avenue from the Malden line to Mount Vernon street, at a nominal expense to the town, considering the value gained as a great public improvement.
WIDENING OF MAPLE STREET.
We have paid the sum voted by the town as land dama- ges for the widening of this street opposite the Vinton street school house, and it will be necessary to appropriate $508 to cover that amount.
DRAIN AND CATCH BASINS ON FRANKLIN AND EMERSON STREETS.
These much needed improvements have been constructed in accordance with your votes, and we are pleased to say serve their purpose admirably.
NUMBERING OF STREETS.
Following your instructions the streets of the town have been properly numbered, and accurate plans of the work are in the hands of the Town Clerk for examination of parties interested. These plans will serve as a guide whereby to number all new buildings hereafter erected, and should be consulted in every instance to prevent confusion.
FIRE ALARM.
Your committee contracted with the Gamewell Co., who
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
performed their work in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, and we congratulate the town on the possession of as good a system as the amount appropriated could possibly obtain.
SOLDIERS' LOT IN WYOMING CEMETERY.
The following communication, addressed to the Cemetery Committee, by the Selectmen of 1887, is self-explanatory :
To the Cemetery Committee of the Town of Melrose.
GENTLEMEN :- Whereas, at a meeting of the inhabitants of the town held on the ninth day of June A. D., 1863, under Article 6 of the warrant, which was "To see if the Town will set off and appropriate as a free burial place a portion of the new cemetery for the use of those soldiers engaged in the present war, and the families of such as may choose to use the same," it was voted,
"That the Selectmen be authorized to set apart a portion of the new cemetery for the use of those soldiers engaged in the present war and the families of such soldiers as may choose to use the same." (Town Records, Book I, Page 425, ) and whereas, application has been made to this Board by a soldier who enlisted on the quota of this town and ren- dered service, for a suitable burial place for a member of his family, and upon examination we find that the vote of the town, with one exception, has not been complied with; we have therefore set apart in Wyoming Cemetery, a plot of land which embraces lots numbered from 648 to 664, on the plan of said cemetery, to be hereafter known as the "Sol- diers' Lots," to be given such persons as may apply for the same in accordance with the vote passed by the town.
LEVI S. GOULD, Selectmen
JOHN B. SOUTHER. of
J. P. DEERING. Melrose.
We recommend that the town inake an appropriation to put these lots in suitable condition, as this portion of our cemetery has never been properly laid out and graded.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
MAIN STREET CEMETERY.
The Cemetery Committee have moved the hearse house, put in a new fence on the Main street side, and made other re- pairs rendered necessary. The sidewalk should be raised to correspond with the line of the fence at that point, and a specific sum for that purpose should be added to the appro- priation for concrete sidewalks.
MELROSE COMMON.
We have expended in conjuction with the Improvement Society, the sum of $150, voted at the annual meeting, for the purpose of planting trees, etc., and also take pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of a donation of $50 from George W. Farnsworth, Esq., which was applied to the same general improvement.
MELROSE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.
This organization under the management of its public spirited president, W. N. Folsom, Esq., still continues its good work, and is entitled to the support and encourage- ment of every citizen.
GIFT TO THE MALDEN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
In accordance with your direction we forwarded to the treasurer of the city of Malden a check for the sum of $100 to which the engineers added $100, as an acknowledgment of the valuable service rendered at two fires in our town by the Steam Fire Engine Co. These checks were respectfully returned and the sum of $100 appropriated still remains in the hands of our treasurer. We await your instruction as to its final disposition.
THE CASE OF EDWARD HARRIMAN VS. THE TOWN OF MELROSE.
This suit was for personal damages alleged to have occur- red near the bridge on Howard street. The town was de- fended by Col. F. S. Hesseltine, and won the case.
II
REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
SUITS NOW PENDING.
Justus Geist for alleged damage by overflow of Ell Pond brook ; A. V. Lynde for alleged trespass or dam- age to his property by the combined boards of water com- missioners; Noyes Ames for damages on Washington street, occasioned by the water pipe of the city of Malden, which is being defended by their city solicitor, and will be settled by them, if judgment should be obtained, and the case of Fox & Boerum for damages to a horse, which the selectmen did not feel justified in settling.
POLICE.
We recommend an increased appropriation for this de- partment, as the citizens are continually demanding extra protection which it is impossible for the selectmen to furnish under the present limited amount at their command.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
(J. P. DEERING, Chairman.)
There have been reported to the Board 66 cases of con- tagious diseases during the year, classified as follows :
MONTHS.
Scarlet Fever.
Typhoid Fever.
Diphtheria.
January
7
February
I7
March .
9
I
April
6
I
May
4
June.
I
July .
1 I
2
-
August
I
I
September
2
October
I
I
4
November
2
I
-
December
I
3
-
49
7
IO
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
With the exception of the prevalence of scarlet fever, which at the close of the previous year was fast assuming an epidemical form, the record of this class of diseases cer- tainly speaks well for the general sanitary condition of the town. The Board desire at this time to acknowledge the timely and efficient service rendered by the school com- mittee and teachers in their efforts to suppress the further spread of this dread disease among the children attendant upon our public schools.
During the year thirty-seven notices have been issued to owners or agents regarding nuisances existing on or about their premises. These orders from the Board have in all cases received the immediate attention of the parties on whom they were served.
At the November meeting the Board were directed to examine into and cause to be removed, all drains emptying into Ell Pond brook. Acting under these instructions we made personal inspection of all the territory bordering thereon, also of the brooks and ditches that were tributary thereto. As the result of our investigation, twenty-five notices were served directing the immediate removal of such drains and nuisances there existing.
Upon the proper drainage of our town depends largely its future sanitary condition; this subject is one that is now being widely discussed, and the report of the committee ap- pointed by the town to investigate the North Metropolitan System now before the Legislature, will be awaited with in- terest.
The Board recommend that the sum of two hundred dol- , lars be appropriated for the use of this Department, for the ensuing year.
In conclusion we are happy to state that the town is in excellent condition financially and otherwise, and none of the appropriations have been exceeded.
Respectfully submitted, LEVI S. GOULD. JOHN P. DEERING. CHAS. W. HIGGINS. Selectmen of Melrose.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Twelve insane persons have been boarded in different State Hospitals during the whole or a part of the year, at a cost of one thousand five hundred and ninety-one dollars and eighty-four cents. See financial column of this report. The whole number of those who have received more or less aid during the year, is ninety-two, sixteen of whom have their settlements in other places, for whose support we are reimbursed. Of the entire number, sixty-four belong to the class temporarily aided, although several of these have been aided to an extent almost bordering upon full support. The number of persons fully supported is twenty-eight. Of those who are at present fully supported, and who would properly become inmates of an almshouse, there are nine males and seven females, most of whom are aged and infirm, and wholly incapaciated for labor.
We will not take the time or space to report the argu- ments or reasons that might be urged, or that were sub- stantially given in former reports, that a more efficient relief of our fully supported poor might be had by having alms- house accommodations of our own. The Board recommend an appropriation of $5,000, together with receipts and unex- pended balance to the credit of this fund.
H. G. FIELDS, M. D. BALE, JOHN SINGER, JR., Overseers of Poor.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETINGS.
Annual Meeting, March 5, 1888, 7 A. M.
ARTICLE I OF THE WARRANT. To choose a moderator. Chose Levi S. Gould.
ART. 2. To bring in votes on one ballot for selectmen, overseers of poor, clerk, treasurer, collector, assessors, and other officers.
To bring in votes, upon a separate ballot, in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors in this town ?" Form of ballots to be "Yes" or "No."
Voted, That the officers elected this day shall consist of three selectmen, who shall also be highway surveyors, three overseers of the poor, one clerk, one treasurer, one collector of taxes, three assessors, one water commissioner for three years, one water loan sinking fund commissioner for three years, two school committee for three years, five trustees of the public library, three auditors, and three constables.
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