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amount which it is now authorized to issue. Said bonds, notes and scrip to be payable at the expiration of periods not exceeding twenty years from the date of issue, bearing interest, payable semi-annually at a rate not exceeding four per cent. per annum, to be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the water commissioners of the town.
The above vote was taken by check list, "yes " and " no" ballots being used, and resulted as follows :
" Yes," 108
" No,"
IO
Total number, .
118
Art. 6.
Taken up by vote, and the following sums raised and ap- propriated, together with balances as before stated, for Fire alarm .
$200
Health department
750
Highways, crossings and gutters
16,000 . Interest
· 5,400
Insurance
· 700
Numbering buildings .
50
Police department
6,450
Voted, That the patrolmen be paid $2.50 for each day or night of service.
Voted, To adjourn to Thursday evening, March 30, at 7.30 o'clock.
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Adjourned meeting, March 30, 1893, 7.30 p. m.
Met according to adjournment.
Art. 6. Washington street.
Voted, unanimously, That the selectmen be directed to build an extension of Washington street, as laid out by the county commissioners, about 900 feet, to the Malden line, with a sidewalk on the east side, as soon as the city of Malden is ready to commence the portion of the extension in their city, and that the cost thereof be paid out of the ap- propriation for highways.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the following sums for the purposes named, together with the unexpended balances remaining to the several accounts, viz. :
For support of the poor . $6,000
Public library, dog tax, and
. 1,000
For alcoves 200
Support of schools · 43,300
Concrete walks, the receipts, and 2,500
One-half the expense of laying concrete walks opposite estates to be expended as in previous years. The appropria- tion, balance, and receipts to be expended as follows, viz. : For repairs on existing walks, $500 ; for continuous walks, $1,500 ; the remainder to be expended under the direction of the selectmen.
For lighting streets, and new lamps, . $7,300
Street signs 100
Town Hall, receipts, and 675
Military aid 150
Soldiers' relief 650
Public parks, to be expended under the direction of
the park commissioners, · 750
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Reduction of town debt, the bank and corporation taxes, and
5,000
Deficiencies in accounts, viz. :
High school committee
$418.21
Insurance
125.95
Removal of lockup
17.82
Perkins street extension
2,000.00
Salaries
347.86
$2,909.84
Bills due.
Fire department
$650.02
Police
87.61 737.63
$3,647.47
Art 7.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand, nine hundred and fifty ($4,950) dollars, and that the salaries of town officers, for the year 1893, shall be as follows :
Board of assessors, $250 each, and $250 for clerk hire, $1,000
Auditor, .300
Board of health, $50 each, . 150
Town clerk, 300
Collector of taxes, 34 of I per cent. on real and per-
sonal property, and 5 per cent. on polls, esti- mated at 1000
Forest fire wards, $15 each, 75
Inspector of buildings, 100
Board of overseers of the poor, 300
Registrars of voters, $50 each, and $25 extra for clerk, 225
Board of selectmen,
1,000
Town treasurer,
500
$4,950
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The salaries of the water commissioners shall be $50 each; cemetery committee, $25 each; superintendent of streets, $1,000; water registrar, $800; superintendent of water de- partment, $1,100; treasurer of sinking fund, $50; to be paid from their respective departments.
Art. 8. Water.
Voted, To raise $4,000 for the use of water in hydrants, public buildings, etc.
Art. 9. Taxes, how collected.
Voted, That all single poll taxes be made payable on or before August 1, 1893; that all other taxes be made payable on or before October 1, 1893, and that interest be added upon all taxes remaining unpaid after that date, at the rate of six per cent. per annum; that all property on which the taxes remain unpaid on June 1, 1894, be sold by the col- lector, in accordance with the provisions of law, and that he be instructed to strictly carry out the provisions of this vote.
Art. 10.
Voted, That the treasurer be authorized to issue and sell IO water fund bonds, being the last 10 of the issue of $25,000, dated May I, 1892, for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing and extending the water works.
Art. II. Memorial day.
Voted, To raise the sum of $200.
Art. 12. Main street widening.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone, (aff. 90; neg. 3.) Art. 13. Hose house, Wyoming.
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Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 14. Lebanon street sidewalk.
Voted, That this article be referred to the selectmen; that they be instructed to construct a sidewalk on Lebanon street, the expense of same to be paid out of the highway appropriation.
Art. 15. Common.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 16. Fire alarm.
Voted, That this article be referred to the engineers of the fire department, any expenditure, if they see fit to make it, to be paid out of the appropriation for fire alarm.
Art. 17. Ell pond brook.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 20. Altamont ave.
Voted, That the street be hereafter called Altamont ave.
Art. 21. Deficiency Highlands school-house.
Voted, To raise the sum of $92.51.
Art. 22. Fire-alarm.
Voted, That this article be referred to the engineers of the fire department ; any expenditure, if they see fit to make it, to be paid out of the appropriation for fire-alarm.
Art. 23. Botolph street.
Voted, That the name of said street be changed from West Hill avenue to Botolph street.
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Art. 24. Day street.
Section 1. Voted, To accept the street as laid out by the selectmen, and that it be hereafter known as Day street.
2. West Hill ave. Voted, To accept the street as laid out by the selectmen, and that it be called West Hill ave.
Art. 25. Alarm-bell, Hose Co. No. 4.
Voted, To raise the sum of $350 for the purpose of fur- nishing a bell, with electric attachments, and the building of a bell-tower on hose-house occupied by Hose Company No. 4.
Art. 26. Pay to Hose Company No. 4.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 27. Cleaveland street.
Voted, That this article be referred to the board of select- men to examine, and report at the next town meeting.
Art. 28. Overseers of poor and board of health.
Voted, That this article be referred to a committee of three to investigate, and report concerning same at some subsequent meeting.
Committee appointed : F. S. Hesseltine, Gilbert N. Harris, Joshua T. Nowell.
Art. 29. Guide-boards ; tax coll. 1890 and 1891.
Report of selectmen on guide-boards in town received and accepted.
Voted, That the board of assessors be a committee to set- tle with the collector of taxes for the years 1890 and 1891.
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WARRANT FOR MEETING, APRIL 25, 1893.
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 Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of April, A. D., 1893, at 6 o'clock, a. m., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
Article I. To bring in their votes for a representative in Congress for congressional district number seven, to fill vacancy existing by reason of the election and qualification of Henry Cabot Lodge as a senator in the Congress of the United States, who was duly chosen as such representative. Polls to be kept open until 5 p. m.
Art. 2. To choose a Moderator to preside for the trans- action of town business.
Art. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the selectmen dividing the town into voting precincts.
Art. 4. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen on behalf of the town, to execute and deliver a release to Louisa S. Cabot, of any right the town may have in and to the unnamed narrow way which lies between Sewall Woods road and Vinton street, as shown on a plan of Sewall Woods park duly recorded.
Art. 5. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to petition the legislature for authority to issue bonds to the amount of $50,000 for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing and extending the water works.
Art. 6. To see if the town will accept the following
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streets as laid out by the selectmen and raise money for the building and grading of the same, if necessary.
I. An extension of Florence street southerly from Wyoming avenue to street known as Jefts street.
2. Street running from Trenton street westerly to ex- tension of Florence street, now called Jefts street.
3. A widening and straightening of East street, which street runs from Upham street to Porter street.
Art. 7. To hear and act upon the reports of committees and for the transaction of any other business which may legally come before the 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 the 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 fourteenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
DANIEL NORTON,
E. H. MOORE,
W. A. WATERHOUSE,
C. W. COOK, SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK,
Selectmen of Melrose.
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Meeting, April 25th, 1893.
Polls opened at 6 a. m.
Daniel Norton elected to preside, by the selectmen.
Officers appointed and sworn :
Inspectors-Henry Osborne, Victor C. Kirmes. Deputy inspectors-Albon W. Parker, Curtis S. Gordon. Polls opened under
Art. I.
By unanimous consent, Voted, To take up article 2.
Clerk authorized by vote to deposit one ballot for Levi S. Gould, who was declared elected as moderator.
Voted, That the transaction of town business be postponed until Friday evening, April 28, 1893, at 7.30 o'clock, and that when this meeting adjourns it shall be to that time.
Voted, That the time for closing the polls be extended until 6 p. m.
On a motion to reconsider, not a vote-affirmative, 32 ; negative, 54 ; tellers being appointed.
Polls closed at 6 p. m. Result of balloting as declared :
Total number of ballots cast I396
Total number of names checked on voting lists I 396
Ballot-box register I 396
For Representative in Congress-Seventh District.
Louis A. Banks, of Hyde Park, had . 27
William E. Barrett, of Melrose, 822
George H. Carey, of Lynn, 13
William Everett, of Quincy, 507
Blank votes 27
I396
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A certified transcript of the number of votes cast for each candidate, as recorded, was made out and signed by the officers ; the ballots and check-lists used were securely sealed, as required by law, after which it was voted to ad- journ to time previously stated, viz., Friday, April 28, at 7.30 p. m.
Adjourned Meeting, April 28, 1893, 7.30 p. m.
Met according to adjournment.
Art. 3.
Laid on the table.
Art. 4. Sewall Woods release.
Voted, That the selectmen be authorized, on behalf of the town, to execute, acknowledge, and deliver a release to Louisa S. Cabot of any right which the town may have in and to the unnamed narrow way shown on plan of Sewall Woods park, Melrose, by Walter C. Stevens, recorded with Middlesex South district deeds, book of plans 73, plan No. 21, which way lies between Sewall Woods road and Vinton street (as shown on said plan).
Art. 5. Water bonds.
Voted, unanimously, That the selectmen be authorized to petition the legislature for authority to issue water-fund bonds to the amount of $50,000, the proceeds to be used to pay for the construction and extension of the water works.
Art. 6.
Voted, To accept the following streets as laid out by the selectmen, viz. :
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I. Florence street.
An extension of Florence street southerly from Wyoming avenue, to be known as Florence street.
2. Chester street.
Street running westerly from Trenton street to Florence street as extended, to be known as Chester street.
3. East street.
A widening and straightening of East street, in accord- ance with plan submitted.
Damages and betterments.
Voted, That the settlement of land damages and the assessment of betterments under the betterment laws, accepted by the town, be left with the selectmen ; any expense necessary to be paid from the highway appropria- tion.
Art. 3. Precincts.
Voted, unanimously, To accept and adopt the report of the selectmen dividing the town into voting precincts. same being as follows :
Precinct No. I. Beginning at a point on the Stoneham line near the northerly line of Perkins street, thence running south-easterly by an imaginary line to a stone post at the corner of Main and Melrose streets, thence across Main street to Short street, through and including Short street to Green, through and including Green to Avon, through and including Avon to Elm, across Elm by an imaginary line running due east to a stone post at the Saugus line, thence northerly by the Saugus line to the extreme north- east corner of the town at the Wakefield line, thence westerly by the Wakefield line to the Stoneham line, thence
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south-westerly to the point of beginning ; and this precinct contains at the present time 402 legal voters.
Precinct No. 2. Commencing at the south-west corner of . precinct No. I, thence south-westerly by the Stoneham line to Baxter street, thence easterly to Maple, thence through and including Maple, Foster and Second streets to the Saugus line, thence northerly to south-east corner of precinct No. I, thence westerly by the boundary of precinct No. I, to point of beginning and contains 925 legal voters.
Precinct No. 3. Commencing at the south-west corner of precinct No. 2 at the Stoneham line, thence running south- westerly to the Malden line, thence easterly by said Malden line, thence northerly by Malden and Saugus lines to the south-east corner of precinct No. 2, thence westerly by the boundary of precinct No. 2 to the point of beginning, and contains 687 legal voters.
Art 7. Cleaveland street.
The selectmen appointed to examine and report concern-
1 ing Cleaveland street at meeting held March 30, made a verbal report as to estimated expense.
Electric light committee.
On the petition of Eugene F. Carpenter, for extra remuneration for services rendered the electric light com- mittee in 1891, it was voted that the matter be referred to the electric light committee to investigate and report at the next town meeting.
Voted, To adjourn.
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RECOUNT OF BALLOTS.
On petitions duly filed, as required by law, asking for a recount of the ballots cast April 25, 1893, for a representa- tive in Congress, the selectmen, after giving notice to the several candidates, met on Tuesday, May 2, 1893, at 4 p. m., in the selectmen's room, Town Hall, and proceeded to examine and recount the ballots with the following result :
William E. Barrett, of Melrose,
820
William Everett, of Quincy,
507
Louis A. Banks, of Hyde Park,
27
George H. Carey, of Lynn,
I3
Blanks,
27
Total,
1,394
A certified transcript of the above was made out and forwarded to the secretary of the Commonwealth. The ballots were again placed in envelopes and re-sealed as re- quired by law.
WARRANT FOR MEETING JUNE 15, 1893.
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 Thursday, the 15th day of June, A. D. 1893, at 7.30 p. m., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
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Article I. To choose a moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the town will accept Chapter 309 of the Acts of 1893, entitled "An Act to provide an Additional Water supply for the town of Melrose."
Art. 3. To see if the town will authorize and empower the water commissioners of the town to take, hold and use for an additional water supply, the waters of the great pond known as Ell pond, otherwise Crystal pond, situated in this town, and the waters which flow into and from the same, and to take and acquire, by purchase or otherwise, such land bordering upon or near the said pond, as may be deemed necessary for holding, preserving and protecting the said waters, and for the sinking of wells, the erection of works and machinery thereon, and to authorize them to erect and fit up a pumping station on said land so acquired, and to lay pipes and to do all work that is necessary to supply water to the inhabitants of this town.
Art. 4. To see if the town will vote to issue bonds to the amount of $75,000, authorized by the aforesaid act, and in- struct the water commissioners to countersign and the treas- urer to sign and sell $50,000 of the said bonds, to pay for the land taken or purchased, or to pay for all the work which the commissioners are authorized to do.
Art. 5. To see if the town will vote to accept an act en- titled " An Act to authorize the town of Melrose to make an additional water loan," and will vote to issue the bonds to the amount of $50,000 authorized by said act, and instruct the water commissioners to countersign and the town treas- urer to sign and sell $15,000 worth of the said bonds, for the purpose of constructing and extending the water-works of this town.
Art. 6. To see if the town will, in conjunction with the cities of Malden and Medford, release unto Arthur N. Mc-
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Geogh a portion of the land in Stoneham, heretofore taken by this town and the said cities.
Art. 7. To see what action the town will take in the mat- ter of completing the widening and deepening of Ell pond brook, building culverts, etc., and appropriate or borrow money for the same, on petition of George W. Farnsworth, the board of health, and others.
Art. 8. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to water Main street, from the house of Henry Lynde norther- ly, and other heavily-traveled streets, as the selectmen, in their judgment, may decide; and authorize the treasurer to borrow the money necessary for that purpose, on petition of Levi S. Gould, Edwin S. Small and others.
Art. 9. To see if the town will complete Cleaveland street, from Baxter street to Wyoming avenue, according to the original plan, and appropriate or borrow money to pay the expense of same, on petition of J. N. Lombard and others.
Art. 10. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to properly define the boundary line between the land of the town, occupied by the Russell Hose house and the Baptist church property, and cause the same to be recorded in the Middlesex Reg. of Deeds, on petition of George Newhall and others.
Art. II. To see if the town will accept the extension of Park street, from Meridian street to Spear street, also a portion of Spear street (so called), as laid out by the select- men.
Art. 12. To see if the town will build a house for Hose Company No. 2, on land corner of Main and Lynde streets, and borrow money for the same, on petition of George T. Brown and others.
Art. 13. To hear and act upon the report of the electric
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light committee, on the petition of Eugene F. Carpenter, for extra remuneration for services rendered said committee in 1891.
Art. 14. To see if the town will properly drain Cedar park, and borrow money for the same, on petition of E. H. Goss and others.
Art. 15. To see if the town will build a shed for horses, on land in the rear of the Town Hall building, and appro- priate or borrow money for the same.
Art. 16. To hear and act upon the reports of committees, and for the transaction of any other business which may legally come before the meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting at- tested 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 the 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 sixth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninty-three.
DANIEL NORTON, CHARLES W. COOK, E. H. MOORE, WM. A. WATERHOUSE; SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK, Selectmen of Melrose.
A true copy. Attest,
ANSEL B. PIERCE. Constable.
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Meeting, June 15, 1893, 7.30 p. m.
Art. I. Chose Levi S. Gould moderator, by unanimous vote.
Voted, To take up.
Art. 8. Street sprinkling.
Voted, That the town authorize the selectmen to water Main street, from the house of Henry Lynde, northerly, and other heavily traveled streets, as the selectmen in their judgment may decide; and that the treasurer be authorized to borrow fifteen hundred dollars for this purpose. Vote, affirmative, 74 ; negative, 56.
Voted, unanimously, That the selectmen be requested to ask the East Middlesex Street Railway to contribute toward the expense of watering the streets.
Voted, To take up.
Arts. 2, 3 and 4. Water supply (Ell Pond).
Motions submitted and discussed.
Voted, To adjourn to Saturday evening, June 24, 1893, at 7.30 o'clock. Vote, affirmative, 79 ; negative, 64.
Adjourned Meeting, June 24, 1893, 7.30 p. m. Arts. 2, 3 and 4. Laid on table.
Voted, To take up.
Art. 16.
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Voted, That the board of water commissioners and Daniel Russell, Stephen F. Keyes, Dr. Chas. C. Odlin and John Larrabee be a committee to examine into, and consider the matter of an additional water supply, including the proposi- tion of Mr. Sibley, relating to Martin's meadows (so called), the taking of water from Bennett's pond or meadows, the Wakefield water company, or any other source deemed feasible, and report upon the same at an adjournment of this meeting.
Art. 5. Laid on table.
Voted, To take from the table.
Art. 5. W. F. Bonds, 1893.
Voted, unanimously, That we hereby accept the act en- titled " An act to authorize the town of Melrose to make an additional water loan," same being chapter 433 of the acts of 1893, and we hereby authorize and direct the issue of fifty bonds, each of the denomination of one thousand dollars, bearing on the face the words, " Melrose water loan act of 1893," payable not less than five nor more than twenty years from the date of issue, bearing interest payable semi- annually at four per cent. per annum ; and the treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to sign said bonds, and the board of water commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to countersign the same ; and the treasurer is also authorized for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing the water works from time to time as the town may direct, to sell and dispose of the said bonds at public or private sale, on such terms and conditions as he may deem proper, the proceeds to be applied as before stated.
Voted, unanimously, That the treasurer be authorized to issue and sell as many as may be necessary, not exceeding
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fifteen of said bonds, for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing and extending the water works for the current year.
Art. 6. Release to McGeough.
Voted, That the town of Melrose unite with the cities of Malden and Medford in releasing to Arthur N. McGeough, 20,589 square feet of the land in Stoneham, heretofore taken by this town in conjunction with the said cities, the land to be released being the lot marked "A," shown on a plan marked April 10, 1893, surveyed by G. A. Wetherbee, C. E., and is released in consideration of an allowance made in settlement with said McGeough.
Voted, To take up.
Art. 8. Sprinkling streets.
Voted, That the vote of the town passed at the last meet- ing, made under this article, be hereby rescinded. Unani- mous vote.
Art. 13. Electric light committee report.
Laid on table.
Voted, To take up.
Art. 11. Spear and Park streets. No action.
Voted, To take up.
Art. 7. Ell pond brook.
Voted, That this article be referred to the selectmen to ex- amine and report upon the same at some future meeting, as to what ought to be done in the premises.
Voted, To adjourn to Thursday, July 20, 1893, at 7.30 p. m.
MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY MELROSE, MASS.
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Adjourned Meeting, July 20, 1893, 7.30 p. m.
Met according to adjournment.
Article 16.
Verbal report of water committee by their chairman who stated that the state board of health had not completed its report and asked further time.
Voted, unanimously, That when this meeting adjourns it shall be to Monday, Sept. 11, 1893, at 7.30 p. m.
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