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Art. 29. To see if the town will accept the following streets as laid out by the selectmen :
(1) Street running from Grove street, southerly to Rogers street ( so called ) known as Argyle street.
(2) Street running from Foster street, southerly to Grove street, known as Cass street.
(3) Street running from Main street, easterly, seven hun- dred and eighty-nine and twenty-five hundredths feet (789.25 ), known as Reading Hill avenue, and to raise or appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ( $200 ) to put the same in proper repair.
(4) Street running from Botolph street, northerly, five hundred sixty-three and two hundredths feet ( 563.02), known as York terrace, and raise or appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) to put the same in proper repair.
(5) Street running from Reading Hill avenue (so called) to Farewell avenue, known as Fairview avenue.
30. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars ($175) for the pur-
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pose of constructing a padded cell in the basement of the town hall building. By request of chief of police.
31. To see if the town will sell A. E. Rogers a triangular piece of land on Franklin street, westerly from land now owned or leased by him, with frontage on Franklin street, and running to a point at the rear of the lot about one hun- dred and fifty feet ( 150).
32. To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and 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 eighteenth day of February, in. the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
EUGENE H. MOORE, SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK, HARRY A. BATCHELDER, SIDNEY D. FARRAR, JONATHAN C. HOWES, Selectmen of Melrose ..
Warrant served by A. B. Pierce, Constable.
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Annual Town Meeting, March 7th, 1898, 6 o'clock a. m.
Chairman Eugene H. Moore, of the selectmen, called the meeting to order and announced the illness of the town clerk.
Voted, That one ballot be cast as the unanimous choice of the meeting for W. DeHaven Jones, as town clerk pro tem. Polls opened and check list used. W. DeHaven Jones was declared elected, and was immediately sworn in by S. H. Buttrick, justice of the peace.
Article I. Levi S. Gould was chosen moderator, unani- mously. Polls opened and check list used.
Voted, To take up article 6.
Art. 6. Voted, To establish a sinking fund for the pay- ment of general indebtedness, in accordance with the pro- visions of law, and to proceed to elect three sinking fund commissioners, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years.
Art. 2. Voted, That the consideration of all business other than balloting for town officers be postponed until Monday evening, March 14th, and continue each Monday thereafter until all the articles in the warrant shall be acted upon. Sessions shall be from 7.30 to 10 o'clock p. m .; and that the finance committee be requested to report in print at the adjourned meeting.
Ballot clerks and tellers appointed by the selectmen.
Ballot Clerks.
D. E. Gibson, W. A. Burrell,
Samuel Lear, Curtis S. Gordon.
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Check List.
John J. Mccullough,
Peter Lynch,
Julian C. Woodman, George W. Carr.
Tellers.
James F. Fernald,
George F. Woodman,
Calvin W. Sawyer,
Edwin L. Cragin,
Oscar F. Frost,
Victor C. Kirmes,
William J. Duffy,
Maxime L. Bouret, H. H. Boerum.
Tellers Appointed by the Moderator.
George C. Stantial, L. C. Willis,
Frederic L. Putnam, Peter J. Curran,
Edward E. Babb, Orange H. Cook,
George G. Newhall.
All of the above were sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties by the moderator, with the assistance of Sidney H. Buttrick, justice of the peace.
Ballot box inspected and found to be empty. Polls opened at 6 a. m. Closed at 5.30 p. m.
At 10 a. m., 790 ballots were removed from the box, and counted. The ballot box registered as follows: 10 o'clock, 790; 3.34 p. m., 1433; 5.30 p. m., 1760.
Total number of votes cast, 1769
،، registered on box 1760
Error on box, 9
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Total number of votes cast, (men) 1691
.. .. .. (women) 78
Total,
1769
Result of the balloting as declared by the moderator in open town meeting :
Selectmen.
Charles J. Barton, 85 Meridian street, 511
Harry A. Batchelder, 41 North avenue, 723
Sidney H. Buttrick, 87 Essex street, IO28
Sidney D. Farrar, 42 Lynde street, .
776
L. Frank Hinckley, 123 Foster street,
745
Jonathan C. Howes, 71 E. Emerson street, 959
Eugene H. Moore, 220 Porter street, 914
Moses S. Page, 63 Lake avenue, 568
Frank F. Preble, 114 Trenton street,
602
William B. Whitney, 10 York terrace,
339
Scattering,
3
Blanks,
I 287
Total,
8455
Town Clerk.
Edward K. Bordman, 94 Cottage street. .
1553
Scattering,
I
Blanks,
I37
Total,
1691
Town Treasurer.
George Newhall, 94 Myrtle street,
I396
Scattering,
5
Blanks,
240
Total,
1691
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Town Auditor.
Edwin C. Gould, 12 Wyoming avenue,
I300
Scattering,
3
Blanks,
388
Total,
1691
Collector of Taxes.
Thomas T. Bailey, 27 Porter street,
435
William E. Keating, 40 Hurd street, 406
James W. Murray, 16 Union street, . 719
63
Charles O. Wheeler, 84 Essex street; Scattering,
3
Blanks,
65
Total, . 1691
Assessor, for three years.
Dexter Pratt, 64 Franklin street, 424
John J. Skelding, 77 Spear street, 366
Frank R. Upham, 131 Grove street, . 795
Scattering,
I
Blanks, 105
Total, 1691
Water Commissioner, for three years ..
Curtis C. Goss. 20 Chestnut park,
I 302
Scattering,
I
Blanks,
388
Total, 1691
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Sewer Commissioner, for three years.
John Larrabee, 34 Foster street. I334
Scattering, Blanks,
5
352
Total, 1691
Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioner, for three years.
John W. Farwell, 53 West Emerson street, I258
Scattering,
2
Blanks,
431
Total,
1691
Sinking Fund Commissioner, for three years.
John W. Farwell, 53 West Emerson street, I 190
Scattering,
2
Blanks,
499
Total, . 1691
Sinking Fund Commissioner, for two years.
Royal P. Barry, 53 Oakland street, . I 220
Scattering,
I
Blanks,
470
Total,
1691
Sinking Fund Commissioner, for one year.
Daniel Russell, 4 Russell street, 1186
Blanks,
505
Total, 169 1
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School Committee, for three years.
Sarah A. Day, 45 Ashland street.
1108
George N. Howard, 165 Green street, 885
William D. Stewart, 21 Woodland avenue, 807
Scattering,
I
Blanks,
737
Total,
3538
Trustees of the Public Library, for three years.
Ruby F. Farwell, 53 W. Emerson street, . I2II
Charles A. Patch, 30 Oakland street,
1186
Scattering,
2
Blanks,
983
Total,
3382
Overseer of the Poor, for three years.
Charles O. Boyd, 27 Willow street, . 637
Matilda E. Stantial, 23 Poplar street,
710
Scattering,
I
Blanks,
343
Total,
1691
Overseer of the Poor, for three years. .
Sidney H. Buttrick, 87 Essex street,
II82
Scattering,
5
Blanks,
504
Total,
1691
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Board of Health, for three years.
Henry W. Cain, 98 W. Emerson street, 680
John E. Sanborn, 68 Upham street, . 769
Blanks,
242
Total, 1691
Park Commissioner, for three years.
William S. Briry, 508 Main street, 177
D. Webster Dow, 8 Ashland street, . 508
Willis C. Goss, 122 Wyoming avenue,
675
Scattering,
I
Blanks,
330
Total,
1691
Constables.
Osborne E. Drown, 43 E. Foster street, III6
Charles F. W. Fogg, 122 E. Foster street, 1106
Frank M. Mclaughlin, 41 Upham street,
1056
Ansel B. Pierce, 10 E. Emerson street, 805
William L. Pierce, 16 Maple street,
1079
Scattering, 2
Blanks, 1600
Total,
6764
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License Question.
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?
"Yes," 321
"No," 1163
Blanks,
207
Total,
1691
Voted. To adjourn.
Attest : W. DE HAVEN JONES, Town Clerk, pro tem.
MELROSE, March 8, 1898.
Upon petition of James B. Dillingham and twenty-six others for a recount of votes cast for selectmen at the town meeting March 7th, the moderator ordered a recount to take place in the selectmen's room, town hall, Thursday, at 5 o'clock p. m. All the candidates interested were notified in writing.
SELECTMEN'S ROOM, March 10, 1898.
Recount of votes for selectmen, cast March 7th, at the annual election.
Levi S. Gould, moderator, W. DeHaven Jones, clerk, pro tem.
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Moderator Appointed the following Tellers :
Victor C. Kirmes,
Henry H. Boerum,
Joseph Remick,
Frederick L. Putnam,
Charles E. Gassett,
Peter J. Curran.
Tellers sworn by the moderator; clerk delivered key and the ballot box was unlocked and the ballots counted. All the candidates were present or represented with the excep- tion of Frank F. Preble and William B. Whitney.
MELROSE, March 10, 1898.
At a recount of the ballots cast for selectmen at the an- nual election the following was found to be the result of the ballot, viz :
Charles J. Barton, 512
Harry A. Batchelder, .
723
Sidney H. Buttrick, IO26
Sidney D. Farrar,
778
Jonathan C. Howes,
957
L. Frank Hinckley.
747
Eugene H. Moore,
920
Moses S. Page,
559
Frank F. Preble, .
608
William B. Whitney,
339
J. J. Skelding,
I
Samuel Damon,
I
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William Turner,
I
Blanks,
1283
Total,
8455
(Signed)
LEVI S. GOULD,
Moderator.
Attest :
W. DEHAVEN JONES,
Town Clerk, pro tem.
Adjourned Town Meeting, Monday, March 14, 1898, 7.30 p. m.
Met according to adjournment.
Article 3. Officers elected :
Measurers of wood and bark, weighers of wood and coal, Charles B. Goss, Fred H. Goss, Seth E. Benson ; fence viewers, Dexter Pratt, Walter C. Stevens; field drivers, Frank A. Vinton, Francis Gibbons ; pound keeper, Joseph Tyzzer.
Art. 4. Voted, unanimously, That for the purpose of pro- curing a temporary loan, to and for the use of the town of Melrose, in anticipation of the taxes of the present muni- cipal year, the town treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time, with the approval of the selectmen, a sum or sums in the aggregate amounting to seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made, with in- terest thereon, at a rate not exceeding four per cent. (4%) per annum.
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Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the town under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 5. Voted, unanimously, That the treasurer be author- ized, with the approval of the selectmen, to hire money to renew, replace, or pay any existing loan or loans, and issue · notes of the town therefor.
Art. 7. Report of finance committee presented and accepted.
Art. 8. Voted, That the following sums be raised and appropriated for the purposes named, viz. :
Bonds for Town Officers.
Treasurer's, $30,000; collector's, 1898, $20,000 collector's, 1897, $5,000 ; water registrar's, $5,000, from income of department, $325 00
Contingent expenses, general,
$3,500 00
Assessors' office, with balance added,
$300 00
Town clerk's office, with balance added, ·
$225 00
Deficiencies, contingent,
$738 16
Insurance,
732 71
Parks,
102 18
Sidewalks,
1,280 92
Soldiers' relief,
332 24
$3,186 21
Debt, principal, bank and corporation tax.
3
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Debt Interest:
School house loan,
$8,000 00
Sewer loan,
14,000 00
Town hall bonds,
1,800 00
Notes, permanent loans, 2,760 00
School house loan, sinking fund, 338 12
Sewer loan, sinking fund,
226 57
Cemetery trust funds,
178 50
$27,303 19 $25,072 36
With balance on hand added.
Voted, That the premium on school bonds be applied to sinking fund school loan.
Fire department, of which $2800 is for call men, $11,340 00 Health department, 2,000 00
Highway department, highways receipts and
street sprinkling, an assessment of 3 cents per front foot as in 1897, in 1897, $3,268.46, and $1,000 00
Street lighting, 50 arc, 472 incandescent, $11,000 00
Voted, That the selectmen be authorized to make a con- tract with the Malden Electric Light Co., for three years at eleven thousand dollars a year, ($11,000) with the clause agreeing to surrender the contract at any time, if the town desires to start an electric plant of its own, Yea 153, Nay 57. Sidewalks, receipts and . $3,500 00
To be expended in such manner and where deemed necessary by the selectmen, for concrete, brick or crushed stone sidewalks, a preference to be given when walks shall be continuous, the appropriation with the exception of that used for necessary repairs, to be expended under provisions
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of laws accepted by the town relating to sidewalks, by which abutters pay one-half the expense of the walks laid opposite their estates, and that sidewalks shall not be laid until the applicant desiring same shall have deposited one half the estimated cost of walk applied for with the town treasurer, any excess in deposit to be refunded by the town, any deficit to be made good by the applicant.
Hospital, contract with Melrose hospital, $ 500 00
Insurance,
712 00
Memorial day, soldiers' graves, 200 00
Military aid, one-half amount expended re- paid by commonwealth,
250 00
Soldiers' relief,
1,250 00
Park department,
300 00
Police department, including $175 for padded cell, receipts for 1897, $742.38, receipts and
9,675 00
Poor department, receipts for 1897, $1,811.96, receipts and
7,500 00
Public library, dog tax for 1897, $1,077.80, dog tax and
2,600 00
School department.
Salaries,
$51,420 00
Printing;
300 00
Coal,
6,500 00
Furniture, etc.,
5,047 75
Books, etc.,
4,000 00
Tuition, .
200 00
Miscellaneous,
1,936 50
Business department,
647 00
Chemical department,
1,000 00
Physical department,
800 00
Repairs,
3,521 75
$75,373 00
Balance on hand, and the receipts of tuition.
$75,000 00
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Town hall, receipts for 1897, $465, receipts
and . $ 1,000 00
Water department, to be paid from income
of department, 23,000 00
Balance on hand in each department to be added to their appropriation.
Voted, To take up article 32.
Art. 32. Voted, That the water commissioners and the following named five citizens of Melrose : A. V. Lynde, Royal P. Barry, B. Marvin Fernald, John W. Farwell and George R. Jones, be a committee to represent the town in all matters pertaining to the taking of its water supply by the commonwealth, any portion thereof, or interest therein; that said committee have full power and authority to nego- tiate for a settlement, and adjust all claims of said town against the commonwealth of Massachusetts with the met- ropolitan board of water commissioners, to agree upon a price for the same.
Said committee shall not bind the town by any final adju- dication as to the value of any of its rights so taken, until the same has been reported back to the town, and duly ap- proved by it, but may accept partial payment on account of said damages, and in case they cannot agree as to the amount of damages, then to cause proper petition or action therein to be brought to recover damages for taking of said property.
Voted, That during the pendency of the report of the finance committee, the warrant shall be taken up in regu lar order, unless by unanimous consent.
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Art. 9. Salaries, to be paid out of general tax levy.
Selectmen, $200 each, $1,000 00
Town clerk, 400 00
Treasurer,
750 00
Auditor, .
.
450 00
Overseers of the poor,
Chairman $200; others $50 each, 300 00
Assessors, $300 each,
900 00
Assessors' clerk, not a member, . 750 00
Board of health,
Chairman, $200; others, $50 each, 300 00 Registrars of voters,
Clerk, $100; others, $50 each, 250 00
Inspector of buildings, . 100 00
Collector of taxes, one-half of one
per cent. on real and personal property, seven and one-half per cent. on polls.
Estimate of salary omitted. Attorney,
500 00
Omitting collector's salary and bal-
ance on hand, $5,700 00 $6,500 00
Salaries to be paid from funds of the respective depart- ments.
Water commissioners, $50 each, $ 150 00
Cemetery committee, $25 each, 75 00
Superintendent of streets, 1,000 00
Superintendent of water department,
1,200 00
Water registrar,
1,000 00
Sewer commissioners, $100 each, 300 00
Treasurer water loan sinking fund,
50 00
Art. IO. Voted, To accept the provisions of Chapter
-
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264 of the Acts of 1890, relating to cemeteries, and elect by ballot, as provided in said act, a board of three commission- ers, one member for three years, one for two years, and one for one year
Art. II. Laid on the table, and a committee of three appointed to investigate the subject, and report at the next adjourned town meeting.
Committee.
John J. Mccullough, Moses S. Page, Charles H. Adams.
Art. 12. Voted, unanimously.
Art. 13. Voted, That an electric arc light be placed oppo- site the Gooch school, the expense to be paid out of the appropriation for street lighting.
Fixing up the square, referred to the park commissioners.
Art. 14. Indefinitely postponed.
Art. 15. Indefinitely postponed.
Art. 16. Voted, To refer to the selectmen; any expendi- ture thereunder to be paid from the appropriation for high- ways.
Art. 17 Voted, That the town authorize the cemetery com- mittee to transfer the Pratt farmhouse (so-called) with such portion of land as may be agreed upon for the use of the almshouse, to the overseers of the poor, and that they be empowered to establish said Pratt farmhouse, as an alms- house.
Meeting adjourned at 10 o'clock.
Attest :
W. DEHAVEN JONES, Town Clerk, pro tem ..
Total, $186,936.69.
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Adjourned Town Meeting, Monday evening, March 21st, 1898, 7.30 o'clock.
Met according to adjournment.
Article 18. Voted, That the town authorize the overseers of the poor to appoint a town physician at an annual salary of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350), to be taken from the poor fund. Yes, 105 ; no, 72.
Art. 19. Voted, unanimously, under article 8.
Art. 20. Voted, unanimously, under article 8.
Art. 21. Voted, unanimously, under article 8.
Art. 22. Voted, That the town appropriate from the in- come of the water works, the sum of twenty-three thousand dollars ($23,000), to be expended by the water commis- sioners for the maintenance and extension of said works.
Art. 23. Voted, To refer to the selectmen ; any expendi- ture thereunder to be paid from the highway appropriation.
Art. 24. Voted, unanimously, under article 8.
Voted, That the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) be appropriated to increase the pay of the board of engineers.
Art. 25. Voted, That the town appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to purchase a hose wagon and harness for Hose 4. Referred to the fire engineers.
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Art. II. Report of committee "The method by which the taxes for the year shall be collected," was read and ac- cepted.
The recommendations were adopted, viz. :
That the attention of the collector be called to the time and method prescribed for his duties in the by-laws of the town of Melrose, approved 1888, as found in Article 3, Sec- tions I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
That a list of all abatements made by the assessors be made a part of their report with the reasons therefor.
That the collector may, and is hereby instructed to exercise the power of taking real estate of delinquent tax payers, as provided in Section 77, Chapter 390, law of 1888.
That previous to the advertising of, or taking the real estate of delinquent tax payers, a list of the same shall be prepared and presented to the assessors for any correction, and notice be sent to all delinquents. That a sale or taking will be made on a specified date, unless the tax is previously paid. That all sales or taking of real estate for delinquent taxes of 1898 be made in the month of June, 1899, and at the same sale. That all tax bills present on the back an itemized statement of all real estate taxed, with valuation of same, and on face a summary of all appropriations for which the tax is levied. That the collector be instructed to collect the delinquent tax for street sprinkling for 1897, immediately, as provided by law, after due notice has been given.
Art. 26. Voted, That the sewer commissioners, in behalf
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of the town, are hereby authorized and instructed to petition the general court for an amendment of Chapter 323, Acts of 1894, so that the apportionment of payments provided in Section 3 of said act may be increased and made into not exceeding ten equal parts or instalments, and for such other changes in the Acts of 1894 and 1896 as may be deemed necessary, including the right to levy the assessment upon valuation.
Art. 27. Report of committee accepted.
Vote presented by the committee : "That one-third of the estimated cost of all the sewers shall be paid for by the town. Two-thirds of the said estimated cost shall be as- sessed upon the estates directly benefited wherever the sewers shall be laid, by the frontage and area plan com- bined, viz :
Twenty-five cents to be assessed on each foot of lot front- age of estates on any street or way wherever a sewer is con- structed, and seven mills (7) per square foot upon the area of said estates extending back to a depth of one hundred feet (100) from the front of same.
Upon all corner lots, assessments for lot frontage shall be levied, as before stated, upon the whole frontage of such estate which abuts on the street where a sewer is first con- structed, and when a sewer is constructed on the other street or streets, or ways, upon which such corner lots or estates abut, an exemption, as may be determined by the sewer commissioners, of not exceeding fifty feet (50) of the front- age assessment shall be made 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.
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Upon such estates as shall receive a direct benefit from the sewer, and have no assessable lot frontage, and are not located within one hundred feet (100) of a street or way. such an amount of the area of said estate shall be assessed as may be deemed just and reasonable by the board of sewer commissioners for the benefits received."
Motion handed the chair making the "one-third" in the first line read "two-thirds," and the "two-thirds" in the second line read "one-third," and all after the word "laid" in the fourth line, down to the twentieth line, be stricken out and the words, "The assessment to be upon the valua- tion of the property" substituted.
Meeting desired the motion separated.
I. Motion. That one-third of the said estimated cost shall be assessed upon the estates directly benefited, wher- ever the sewers shall be laid, Yes 110, No 131, defeated.
2. Motion. That all after the word "laid" in the fourth line down to the twentieth be stricken out and the words, "the assessment to be upon the valuation of the property" substituted. Carried, Yes, 158, No, 89.
Motion read as amended, and found to have assessed four-thirds. Motion defeated, Yes, 76, No, 132.
Notice given that reconsideration will be requested.
Meeting adjourned upon the annoucement of the vote, at IO o'clock.
Attest :
W. DE HAVEN JONES,
Town Clerk, pro tem.
Total, $187,636.69.
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Adjourned Town Meeting, Monday evening, March 28th, 1898, 7.30 o'clock.
Met according to adjournment.
Voted, To take up article 27.
Article 27. Voted, That one-half of the estimated cost of all the sewers shall be paid for by the town. One-half of the said estimated cost shall be assessed upon the estates direct- ly benefited, wherever the sewer shall be laid, by the front- age and area plan combined, viz: Twenty cents to be assessed on each foot of lot frontage of estates on any street or way wherever a sewer is constructed, five mills (5) per square foot upon the area of said estates extending back to a depth of one hundred feet (100) from the front of same.
Upon all corner lots, assessments for lot frontage shall be levied, as before stated upon the whole frontage of such estate which abuts on the street where a sewer is first con- structed, and when a sewer is constructed on the other street or streets or ways upon which such corner lots or estates abut, an exemption, as may be determined by the sewer commissioners of not exceeding fifty feet (50) of the front -· age assessment shall be made 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. Upon such estates as shall receive a direct benefit from the sewer, and have no assessable lot frontage, and are not located within one hundred feet (100) of a street or way, such an amount of the area of said estate shall be assessed as may be deemed just and reasonable by the board of sewer commissioners for the benefits received.
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