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Art. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the commit- tee appointed at the annual meeting to consider the matter of sewer assessments.
To see what action the town will take in the matter of the assessment and apportionment of the estimated average cost of all the main drains or common sewers embraced in the sewerage system ; to determine what proportion shall be paid by the town and by the estates benefited ; to establish just and equitable annual charges or rents for the use of such sewer if deemed necessary, in accordance with the provision of Chapter 50, of the Public Statutes, and of Chap-
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ter 245, of the Acts of 1892, and to pass any vote or votes connected with the subject of sewerage which may be deemed necessary. On petition of the sewer commissioners.
Art. 4. To see if the town will vote to restore the salary of the board of selectmen to two hundred dollars each, and to authorize the treasurer to borrow money for the same. On petition of W. E. Barrett and others.
Art. 5. 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- testing 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 seventeenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
DANIEL NORTON,
EUGENE H. MOORE, C. W. COOK, JOHN P. DEERING,
SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK,
Selectmen of Melrose,
Warrant served by A. B. PIERCE, Constable.
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Town Meeting, April 25, 1895, 7.30 o'clock.
Art. I. Chose Levi S. Gould moderator by a unanimous vote.
Art. 2. Voted, unanimously, That the town hereby accepts the provisions of Chapter 274, of the Acts of 1895, entitled, " An act to authorize the town of Melrose to incur addition- al indebtedness for the purpose of constructing a system of sewerage."
That the town issue under the authority given by said act one hundred bonds of one thousand dollars ($1,000) each, bearing date of June I, A. D. 1895, payable in thirty years from said date, with interest payable semi-annually at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum; said bonds to bear on their face the words, " Melrose Sewerage Loan, Act of 1895," and shall be signed by the treasurer, and countersigned by the sewer commissioners of the town.
That the town treasurer be and is hereby authorized to sell and dispose of the issue of bonds which has just been authorized, from time to time as required, for the highest obtainable price, by giving notice by publication, or other- wise, to the purchasers of municipal bonds to make sealed bids for the whole or any part thereof; the offer of the highest bidder to be accepted if the same shall be satisfac- tory to the treasurer, the right being reserved by him to re- ject any or all of the said bids.
Art. 3. The report of the committee on sewer assessments was presented, debated at length and finally referred back to the committee with instructions to print and circulate it among the people and bring it up again at the next town meeting.
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Art. 4. Voted, To indefinitely postpone; a hand vote show- ing: Yea, 108; No. 101.
Voted, To adjourn sine die.
WARRANT FOR MEETING. JUNE 10, 1895.
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 tenth day of June, A. D. 1895, at 7.30 o'clock, p. m., then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
Article I. To choose a moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the town will accept an extension of Fletcher street from Emerson street, northerly to Porter street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 3. To see if the town will discontinue that portion of Poplar street, from the junction of Prospect street to Maple street, on the petition of Harry Hunt and others.
Art. 4. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 186 of the Acts of 1895, relating to the watering of streets in towns.
Art. 5. To see what action the town will take in regard to the watering of streets, and authorize the treasurer to borrow money, if necessary, to carry out the provisions of any vote that may be passed.
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Art. 6. To see if the town will require the Street or Electric Railroad Company, and their lessees, to water and keep in repair the streets used by them in town, On petition of A. V. Lynde.
Art. 7. To see if the town will vote the sum of eleven hundred dollars for a horse, and hire a permanent driver for Hose 3, and authorize the treasurer to borrow money for the same. On petition of Wm. H. Greenleaf and others.
Art. 8. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 331 of the Acts of 1895, entitled "An Act to author- ize the town of Melrose to make an additional water loan," and authorize the issue of the bonds, notes, or scrip, contem- plated in the act, designate their denomination, length of time, and interest, and pass any other votes necessary to carry out the will of the town.
Art. 9. To see if the town will discontinue the practice of allowing 5 per cent. discount on water rates, paid on or pre- vious to March Ist, on petition of the water registrar.
Art. 10. To hear and act upon the report of the commit- tee on the assessment and apportionment of the estimated cost of the sewer.
Art. II. To hear and act upon the reports of committees, and for the transaction of any other business that may legally come before this 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 be- fore 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.
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Given under our hands this 29th day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
DANIEL NORTON, CHARLES W. COOK, EUGENE H. MOORE, SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK, JOHN P. DEERING, Selectmen of Melrose.
Warrant served by
A. B. PIERCE, Constable.
Town Meeting, Monday Evening, June 10 1895, 7.30, o'clock.
Article I. Chose Levi S. Gould moderator by a unanı- mous vote.
Art. 2. Voted, To accept Fletcher street extension as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 3. Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 4. Voted, unanimously, That we accept the provis- ions of Chapter 186, of the Acts of 1895, relative to the water- ing of streets of towns.
Art. 5. Voted, That the selectmen be instructed to water Main street from the Wakefield to the Malden lines, and that they exercise their discretion as to watering other streets of the town. Also Votcd, unanimously, That the town treasurer be authorized to borrow the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, ($1,500) for the purpose of carrying out the above vote.
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Art. 6. Voted, unanimously, That a committee of five be appointed to consider the watering of certain streets of the town by the street railroad company, and report at the next town meeting.
The following named gentlemen were appointed as that committee : John J. Mccullough, chairman, Hon. B. Marvin Fernald, M. S. Page, Charles H. Adams and Walter Babb.
Art. 7. Voted, That the sum of eleven hundred dollars, ($1,100) be appropriated for the purchase of a horse and the hire of a permanent driver for Hose 3, at the Highlands. That the town treasurer be authorized to borrow the money and that the expenditures be made under the direction of the board of selectmen and fire engineers.
Art. 8. Voted, That the town accept the provisions of Chapter 331, Acts of 1895, entitled, "An act to authorize the town of Melrose to make an additional water loan."
Voted, unanimously, That the town issue under the au- thority given by said act, fifty bonds of one thousand dol- lars, ($1000) each, bearing date July 1, 1895, payable in thirty (30) years from said date, with interest payable semi- annually at the rate of four per cent. per annum, said bonds to bear on their face the words, "Melrose Water Loan, Act of 1895," and shall be signed by the treasurer and counter- signed by the water commissioners of the town.
Voted, unanimously, That the town treasurer be author- ized to sell direct from time to time, ten (10) of the water loan bonds, Acts of 1895, for the highest obtainable price, by giving notice by publication, or otherwise, to the purchasers of municipal bonds to make sealed bids for the whole or any part thereof; the offer of the highest bidder to be ac- cepted if the same shall be satisfactory to the treasurer; the
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right being reserved by him to reject any or all of the said bids. The proceeds arising from the sale of said bonds to be used for the purpose of defraying the cost of construct- ing and extending the water works for the current year.
Art. 9. Voted, unanimously, To discontinue the practice of allowing five per cent. discount on water rates paid on or previous to March I.
Art. 10. Voted, To accept and adopt the system of as- sessment and apportionment as recommended by the sewer committee; and the following vote was passed:
"That the Town of Melrose hereby estimates that the average cost of all the sewers constructed and to be con- structed and embraced in the system of sewerage hereto- fore considered and adopted by the town, especially by its vote and action of January 4, 1894, as appears of record, is the sum of $1.70 per foot of assessable lot frontage and that the benefits received shall be paid for as follows:
One-half of the estimated cost of all the sewers to be paid for by the town, the remaining half of the estimated cost to be assessed upon the estates directly benefited wherever the sewer shall be laid, by the frontage and area plan com- bined, viz .: Twenty-five (25) cents to be assessed on each foot of lot frontage of estates on any street or way where- ever a sewer is constructed, and six (6) mills per square foot upon the area of said estates extending back to a depth of one hundred (100) feet from the front of the same.
Upon all estates in the town where the front of a lot of land is upon one street or way and the side upon another leading from the first, assessments for lot frontage shall be assessed as before stated upon the whole frontage of such estate which abuts on the street where a sewer is first con-
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structed, and where a sewer is afterward constructed on the other street or streets or ways upon which such corner lots or estates abut, an exemption of not exceeding fifty (50) feet of the frontage shall be made of such corner lots on such streets or ways, and the assessment as before provided shall be levied on all the rest of the frontage on such streets or ways, the exemption of not exceeding fifty (50) feet as above is deemed just and equitable and this action is taken pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of Chapter 245 of the Acts of 1892."
Art. II. No business. Voted, To adjourn sine die.
WARRANT FOR MEETING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1895.
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 fifth day of Sep- tember, A. D. 1895, at 7.30 o'clock p. m., then and there to act on the following articles, viz .:
Article I. To choose a moderator.
Art. 2. To determine whether the town will vote to issue its negotiable notes in an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, which amount the treasurer was authorized
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to borrow at the town meeting held the 19th of March, 1895, and to fix the terms of said notes, and to take any other action relating thereto.
Art. 3. To see if the town will accept the laying out of certain main drains or common sewers as laid for the public use by the sewer commissioners, as provided in Chapter 50, Sections I and 2, of the Public Statutes, as amended by the Acts of 1893, Chapter 423, Section 24, in the following courts and places, and over certain private lands, viz: I. Adams place; 2. Charles street, northerly; 3. Florence street exten- sion; 4. Linden place; 5. From Maple street, southerly, through an old bridle path; 6. An extension of Otis street; 7. From Emerson street to Oakland street, through land of D. L. Taylor; 8. From Cedar park to North High street, through land of Eben A. Walton and William Morss.
Art. 4. To see if the town will borrow the sum of twenty- five hunderd dollars for necessary repairs on the highways.
Art. 5. To see what action the town will take in refer- ence to the disposition of the unexpended balance left from the purchase of the steam road-roller.
Art. 6. To see if the town will borrow the sum of five hundred dollars for necessary repairs in the Town Hall.
Art. 7. To see if the town will accept a street running from Lebanon street to Fairmount street, known as Apple- ton street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 8. To see if the town will accept a street running from Beech avenue to Appleton street (so called) known as Harvard street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 9. To see if the town will accept a street running from Beech avenue to Appleton street (so called) known as Irving street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 10. To see if the town will accept a street running from Beech avenue to Appleton street (so called) known as Fairmount street, as laid out by the selectmen.
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Art. II. To see if the town will accept a street running easterly from Main street, known as Pearl street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 12. To see if the town will accept an extension of Charles street, northerly to proposed extension of Otis street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 13. To see if the town will accept an extension of Otis street, westerly to proposed extension of Charles street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 14. To hear and act upon the reports of commit- tees, 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 twenty-seventh day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
EUGENE H. MOORE, SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK, JOHN P. DEERING, DANIEL NORTON, C. W. COOK,
Selectmen of Melrose.
Warrant served by A. B. PIERCE, Constable.
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Town Meeting, Thursday evening, September 5, 1895, 7.30 o'clock.
Art. I. Chose Levi S. Gould moderator by a unanimous vote.
Art. 2. Voted, unanimously. That in order to carry out the vote passed at the town meeting held March 19, 1895, whereby the treasurer was authorized to borrow the sum of $20,000, the treasurer of the town be and he is hereby au- thorized and directed to issue negotiable coupon notes of the town, in the aggregate principal sum of $20,000, in de- nominations of $1000 each, bearing date the Ist day of Au- gust, 1895, payable to the bearer thereof-$10,000 on the Ist day of August, 1901, and $10,000 on the Ist day of August, 1902, at the National City Bank, in the city of Boston, bearing interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, payable at the said bank semi-annually on the first days of February and August in each year to the bearer of the inter- est coupons to be annexed to the said notes, upon presenta- tion and surrender thereof as they severally become due.
The said notes shall be signed by the treasurer, counter- signed by a majority of the selectmen of the town, and shall have the seal of the town attached, and shall be in such form, containing such recitals or certificates as to the due issue and validity thereof as the selectmen shall determine ; and the execution thereof by a majority of the board of se- lectmen shall be deemed a sufficient determination of such form. The coupons annexed shall bear the fac simile signa- ture of the treasurer.
The said notes shall be sold and delivered by the treas- urer, with the approval of the selectmen, or a majority there- of; and the proceeds of the sale thereof shall be used solely
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for the purpose of the erection of a building for the Central fire station, as voted at the said town meeting.
Art. 3. Voted, To accept the laying out of certain main drains, or common sewers, as laid for the public use by the sewer commissioners, as provided in Chapter 50, Sections I and 2, of the Public Statutes, as amended by the Acts of 1893, Chapter 423, Section 24, in the following courts or places and over certain private lands: I, Adams place; 2, Charles street, northerly; 3. Florence street extension; 4 Linden place; 5. From Maple street, southerly, through an old bridle path; 6. An extension of Otis street; 7. From Emerson street to Oakland street, through land of D. L. Taylor; 8. From Cedar park to North High street, through land of Eben A. Walton and William Morss.
Art. 4. Voted, unanimously, That the town treasurer be authorized to borrow the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500) for necessary repairs on the highways.
Art. 5. Voted, unanimously, That the sum of seven hun- dred dollars, ($700) unexpended balance account steam road roller, be transferred to the highway department; pro- vided, that a sufficient amount of this sum be used to lay concrete walks around the schoolhouse on Upham hill.
Art. 6. Voted, unanimously, To authorize the town treas- urer to borrow five hundred dollars ($500) for necessary repairs to the Town Hall building.
Art. 7. Voted, To accept a street running from Lebanon street to Fairmount street, known as Appleton street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 8. Voted, To accept a street running from Beech avenue to Appleton street (so called) known as Harvard street, as laid out by the selectmen.
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Art. 9. Voted, To · accept a street running from Beech avenue to Appleton street (so called) known as Irving street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 10. Voted, To accept a street running from Beech avenue to Appleton street (so called) known as Fairmount street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. II. Voted, To accept a street running easterly from Main street, known as Pearl street, as laid out by the se- lectmen.
Art. 12. Voted, To accept an extension of Charles street, northerly, to proposed extension of Otis street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 13. Voted, To accept an extension of Otis street, westerly to proposed extension of Charles street, as laid out by the selectmen.
Art. 14. No business.
Voted, To adjourn sine die.
WARRANT FOR MEETIEG, NOVEMBER 5, 1895.
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 Precinct One, of the town of Melrose, qualified to vote in elections. and town affairs, to meet in the School House, Franklin street, west of the B. & M. Railroad station, on Tuesday,
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the fifth day of November, A. D. 1895, at six o'clock a. m., then and there to give in their votes, on one ballot:
For governor, lieutenant governor, councillor for the sixth councillor district, secretary of the commonwealth, treasurer and receiver general, auditor, attorney general, senator from the sixth Middlesex senatorial district, and for a represent- ative in the general court from the eleventh Middlesex rep- resentative district; for district attorney for the northern district, sheriff of Middlesex county, county commissioner for Middlesex county, and for two special commissioners. Also to give in their votes on the same ballot, "Yes " or "No," on the question of granting municipal suffrage to women.
The polls will be opened at six o'clock a. m., and will be closed at thirty minutes past four o'clock p. m.
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 be- fore 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, before the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-fifth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
DANIEL NORTON, EUGENE H. MOORE, SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK, JOHN P. DEERING, CHARLES W. COOK,
Selectmen of Melrose.
Warrant served by A. B. PIERCE, Constable.
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WARRANT FOR MEETING, NOVEMBER 5, 1895.
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 Precinct Two, of the town of Melrose, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, on Tuesday, the fifth day of November, A. D. 1895, at six o'clock a. m., then and there to give in their votes, on one ballot :
For governor, lieutenant governor, councillor for the sixth councillor district, secretary of the commonwealth, treasurer and receiver general, auditor, attorney general, senator from the sixth Middlesex senatorial district, and for a represent- ative in the general court from the eleventh Middlesex rep- resentative district ; for district attorney for the northern district, sheriff of Middlesex county, county commissioner for Middlesex county, and for two special commissioners. Also to give in their votes, on the same ballot, "Yes" or " No," on the question of granting municipal suffrage to women.
The polls will be opened at six o'clock a. m., and will be closed at thirty minutes past four o'clock p. m.
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 be- fore 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
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your doings thereon, to the town clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-fifth day of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
DANIEL NORTON, EUGENE H. MOORE,
SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK,
JOHN P. DEERING, CHARLES W. COOK,
Selectmen of Melrose. Warrant served by A. B. PIERCE, Constable.
WARRANT FOR MEETING NOVEMBER 5, 1895.
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 Precinct Three, of the Town of Melrose, qualified to vote in elec- tions and town affairs, to meet at the store corner Grove and Berwick streets, on Tuesday, the fifth day of Novem- ber, A D. 1895, at six o'clock a. m., then and there to give in their votes on one ballot:
For governor, lieutenant governor, councillor, for the sixth councillor district, secretary of the commonwealth, treasurer and receiver general, auditor, attorney-general, senator from the sixth Middlesex senatorial district, and for a representative in the general court from the eleventh Middlesex representative district. For district attorney for northern district, sheriff of Middlesex county, and for two
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special commissioners. Also to give in their votes on the same ballot, "Yes, or No," on the question of granting municipal suffrage to women.
The polls will be opened at six o'clock a. m., and will be closed at thirty minutes past four o'clock, p. m.
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.
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