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SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK, SIDNEY D. FARRAR, EUGENE H. MOORE, JONATHAN C. HOWES, L. FRANK HINCKLEY, Selectmen of Melrose,
Warrant served by William L. Pierce, Constable.
WARRANT FOR MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1898.
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 elections and town affairs, to meet at the school house on Grove street, corner Myrtle street, on Tuesday, the eighth day of November, A. D. 1898, at 6 o'clock a. m., then and there to give in their votes on one ballot :
For governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of the com- · monwealth, treasurer, auditor, attorney general, councillor
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for the sixth councillor district, senator for the fourth Middlesex district, representative in the general court from thirty-first Middlesex district, county commissioner for Middlesex county, two special commissioners, district attor- ney, register of probate and insolvency, sheriff repre- sentative in congress.
The polls will be opened at 6 o'clock, a. m., and will be closed at 4.30 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 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-sixth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK, SIDNEY D. FARRAR, EUGENE H. MOORE, JONATHAN C. HOWES, L. FRANK HINCKLEY, Selectmen of Melrose.
Warrant served by Wm. L. Pierce, Constable.
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RESULT OF THE BALLOTING AS FURNISHED TO THE TOWN CLERK FROM THE SEVERAL PRECINCTS.
GOVERNOR.
Precinct
1
2
3
Total
Alexander B. Bruce, of Lawrence, Democratic, .
56
91
182
329
George R. Peare, of Lynn, Soc. Labor Party, .... Winfield P. Porter, of Newburyport,
4
2
6
12
Democratic Social Nomination Paper, . .
1
1
2
4
Samuel B. Shapleigh, of Boston, Prohibition,
6
9
4
19
Roger Wolcott, of Boston, Republican,
370
524
480
1374
Blanks,
10
16
36
62
Total,
447
643
710
1800
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Michael T. Berry, of Haverhill, Soc. Lab. Party, .
5
5
10
20
W. Murray Crane, of Dalton, Republican, .
364
504
455
1323
John L. Kilbon, of Lee, Prohibition,
9
13
13
35
Isaac W. Skinner, of Brockton,
Democratic Social Nomination Paper, .
2
3
12
17
Edward J. Slattery, of Framingham, Democratic,
45
77
170
292
Blanks
22
41
50
113
Total,
447
643
710
1800
SECRETARY.
Charles H. Bradley, of Haverhill,
Democratic Social Nomination Paper. Henry A. Inman, of Newton, Prohibition.
6
9
11
26
Henry Lloyd, of Boston, Democratic,.
49
81
146
276
William M. Olin, of Boston, Republican,
350
499
450
1299
5
3
10
18
James F. Stevens, of Boston, Soc. Lab. Party, ... Blanks,
32
48
82
162
Total, .
447
643
710
1800
. .
5
3
11
19
67
RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS.
TREASURER.
Precinct
1
2
3
Total
Martha Moore Avery, of Boston, Soc. Lab. Party,
1
3
11
15
Harry J. Jaquith, of Wellesley, Democratic, .... Edward P. Shaw, of Newburyport, Republican, . Herbert Morely Small, of Templeton, Prohibition, Charles W. White, of Winchester,
54
72
159
285
337
496
440
1273
13
11
9
33
Democratic Social Nomination Paper,
4
2
6
12
Blanks,
38
59
85
182
Total,
447
643
710
1800
AUDITOR.
Charles S. Grieves, of Amesbury,
Democratic Social Nomination Paper, . John W. Kimball, of Fitchburg, Republican, ... .
343
491
432
1266
John Palme, of New Bedford, Soc. Lab. Party, .. Charles F. Parker, of Boston, Democratic, .
54
80
159
293
Walter E. Sanford, of Attleborough, Prohibition, Blanks,
41
59
90
190
Total,
447
643
710
1800
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Patrick Kilroy, of Springfield, Democratic, . .
40
74
159
273
Hosea M. Knowlton, of New Bedford, Rep.,
367
509
466
1342
Clarence E. Spelman, of Westfield, So. Lab. Party, Blanks,
4
5
12
21
36
55
73
164
Total,
447
643
710
1800
COUNCILLOR, (Sixth District.)
Marcellus H. Fletcher, of Lowell, Democratic ...
61
85
187
333
S. Herbert Howe, of Marlborough, Republican, . Blanks,
342
488
427
1257
44
70
96°
210
Total,
447
643
710
1800
SENATOR, (Fourth Middlesex District.)
George M. Buttrick, of Everett, Prohibition, ..
15
18
29
62
Samuel E. O'Donnell, of Malden, Democratic, .
48
75
176
299
George E. Smith, of Everett, Republican,
342
495
432
1269
Blanks,
42
55
73
170
Total, .
447
643
710
1800
1
1
S
10
3
3
10
16
5
9
11
25
RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS.
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT.
(Thirty-first Middlesex District.) Precinct
1
2
3
Total
Charles H. Adams, of Melrose, Republican,
368
526
496
1390
Arthur M. Willis, of Melrose, Democratic,
60
94
183
337
Blanks,
19
23
31
73
Total.
447
643
710
1800
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, (Middlesex.)
Francis Bigelow, of Natick, Dem., Rep.,
329
449
429
1207
Blanks,
118
194
281
593
Total,
447
643
710
1800
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS, (Middlesex County.)
Truman W. Hagar, of Framingham, Democratic,
39
57
139
235
David T. Strange, of Stoneham, Republican, ....
282
425
354
1061
Edward Everett Thompson, of Woburn, Rep., ..
260
399
347
1006
68
83
166
317
George W. Van Horn, of Melrose, Democratic .. . Blanks,
245
322
414
981
Total,
894 1286 1420
3600
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, (Northern District.)
Fred N. Wier, of Lowell, Rep., Dem ,
321
455
446
1222
Blanks,
126
188
264
578
Total,
447
643
710
1800
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.
(Middlesex County.)
Samuel H. Folsom, of Winchester, Dem., Rep., ..
340
465 446
1251
Blanks,
107
178
264
549
Total,
447
643
710
1800
SHERIFF, (Middlesex County.)
Henry G. Cushing,
319
448
448
1215
Blanks,
128
195
262
585
Total.
447
643
710
1800
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REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS. (Seventh District.)
Precinct
1
2
3
Total
Joseph F. Malloney, of Lynn, Soc. Lab. Party, ..
1
4
5
Walter L. Ramsdell, of Lynn, Democratic,.
89
145
278
512
Ernest W. Roberts, of Chelsea, Republican,
346
480
401
1227
Blanks, .
11
18
27
56
Total,
447
643
710
1800
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WARRANT FOR MEETING NOVEMBER 14th, 1898.
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 fourteenth day of November, A. D. 1898, 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 authorize the treasurer to pay all necessary expenses which may be incurred from January Ist, 1899, in anticipation of the annual appropria- tions, and authorize him to borrow money temporarily for the same if necessary, by request of the treasurer.
Art. 3. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to receive from the administrator of the estate of John Warren, late of Melrose, deceased, such sum or sums as may be in his hands, on account of the claim of the town of Melrose against the estate of said Warren, and hold said adminis- trator harmless by reason of his making payment thereof prior to the expiration of two years from the time of his appointment. On petition of the overseers of poor.
Art. 4. To see if the town will reconsider the vote passed October 3d, 1898, wherein the town voted to petition the general court for a city charter, and act thereon. On petition of A. V. Lynde and others.
Art. 5. To see if the town will reduce the number of
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selectmen to be elected in 1899 and thereafter, from five to three. On petition of A. V. Lynde and others.
Art. 6. To see if the town will change the assessments, the rates, times of payments and collection of sewerage assessments, and act thereon. On petition of A. V. Lynde and others.
Art. 7. To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed by the town to report upon the subject of addi- tional compensation for the Melrose men in the Spanish- American war, and to authorize the town treasurer to borrow money to carry out the vote of the town. By request of the committee.
Art. 8. To see if the town will accept the following street as laid out by the selectmen :
Beginning at a point on Richardson road about 200 feet north of the junction of Richardson road and Alpine street and running northerly about 350 feet to the Wakefield line, and when said street is accepted that it be called Renwick road.
Art. 9. To see if the town will accept the laying out of certain main drains or common sewers, as laid out for public use by the sewer commissioners, as provided in Chapter 50, Section 2, of the Public Statutes, as amended by the Acts of 1895, Chapter 423, Section 24, in the following courts and private ways, viz. :
Oliver court, from Vine street southerly over land of Mary E. Oliver. Franklin street, northerly to Botolph street, across land of Chester Shepard, W. S. B. Maine, and George W. Crawford.
Art. 10. To see if the town will accept the jury list as revised by the selectmen.
Art. II. To see if the town will appoint a finance com- mittee for the ensuing year.
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Art. 12. To see what action the town will take with refer- ence to the invitation of the city of Malden to join with them in the 250th anniversary of the incorporation of Mal- den as a town.
Art. 13. To hear and act upon the reports of committees, and for the transaction of any other business that may legal- ly 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.
Given under our hands this twenty-third day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK, JONATHAN C. HOWES, L. FRANK HINCKLEY, SIDNEY D. FARRAR, EUGENE H. MOORE, Selectmen of Melrose.
Warrant served by William L. Pierce, Constable.
Town Meeting Monday; November 14, 1898, at 7.30 p. m. Meeting opened by the town clerk.
Article I. Unanimously elected Levi S. Gould to be moderator.
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Art. 2. Voted, unanimously, That the treasurer be, and is hereby authorized to pay all necessary expenses which may be incurred from January Ist, 1899, in anticipation of the annual appropriation, said amounts to be charged to the several appropriations. Also to authorize him to borrow money temporarily for the same if necessary.
Art. 3. Voted, unanimously, That the town treasurer be authorized to receive from the administrator of the estate of John Warren, late of Melrose, deceased, such sum or sums as may be in his hands on account of the claim of the town of Melrose against the estate of said Warren, and hold said administrator harmless by reason of his making payment thereof, prior to the expiration of two years from the time of his appointment. On petition of the overseers of the poor.
Art. 4. Reconsideration refused.
Art. 6. Not a vote.
Voted, to adjourn, sine die.
E. K. BORDMAN, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR MEETING DECEMBER 12th, 1898.
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
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Melrose, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the town hall, on Monday, the twelfth day of December, A. D. 1898, 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 the jury list as revised by the selectmen.
Art. 3. To see if the town will appoint a finance com- mittee for the ensuing year.
Art. 4. To see what action the town will take with refer- ence to the invitation of the city of Malden to join with them in the 250th anniversary of the incorporation of Mal- den as a town.
Art. 5. To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed by the town to report upon the subject of addi- tional compensation for the Melrose men in the Spanish- American war, and to authorize the town treasurer to borrow money to carry out the vote of the town, by request of the committee.
Art. 6. To see if the town will accept the laying out of certain main drains or common sewers, as laid out for public use by the sewer commissioners, as provided in Chapter 50, Section 2, of the Public Statutes, as amended by the Acts of 1895, Chapter 423, Section 24, in the following courts and private ways, viz. :
Oliver court from Vine street, southerly over land of Mary E. Oliver. Franklin street, northerly to Botolph street, across land of Chester Shepard, W. S. B. Maine, and George W. Crawford.
Art. 7. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the highway department.
Art. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to
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borrow the sum of five hundred dollars for the payment of salaries to the tax collectors.
Art. 9. To hear and act upon the reports of the com- mittee on city charter.
Art. 10. 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 fifth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
SIDNEY H. BUTTRICK, JONATHAN C. HOWES, EUGENE H MOORE, L. FRANK HINCKLEY, SIDNEY D. FARRAR, Selectmen of Melrose.
Warrant served by William L. Pierce, Constable.
Town Meeting. Monday, December 12th, 1898, at 7.30 p. m.
Meeting called to order by Sidney H. Buttrick, chairman of the selectmen, in the absence of the town clerk, on
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account of illness. W. DeHaven Jones was unanimously- chosen town clerk, pro tem. Polls were opened and ballots used.
Article I. Unanimously elected Levi S. Gould to be. moderator.
Art. 2. Voted, To accept the jury list as revised by the selectmen, excusing the following at their request :
Thomas T. Bailey.
J. Augustus Barrett.
George Berry. Oscar F. Frost.
Frank Messenger. Charles E. Palmer.
Edwin S. Small.
And adding
Frank E. Morton. Charles A. Messenger.
Art. 3. Voted, That the finance committee, which served the town so faithfully last year, be re-elected for the next year, and have the same powers.
Art. 4. Resolved, That the citizens of Melrose, in town meeting assembled, accept the cordial invitation of the city of Malden, to join with them in the celebration of the 250th anniversary of its incorporation as a town, on the 22d and 23d days of May, 1899, and it is therefore
Voted, That a committee of nine, including the moderator of this meeting, be appointed by the moderator, to meet with the committee of the city of Malden, to make such arrangements as may be necessary to co-operate with them in the celebration of the 250th anniversary of its incorpora- tion as a town.
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Art. 5. Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 6. Voted, To accept the laying out of certain main drains or common sewers, as laid out for public use by the sewer commissioners, as provided in Chapter 50, Section 2, of the Public Statutes, as amended by the Acts of 1895, Chapter 423, Section 24, in the following courts, and private ways, viz: Oliver court from Vine street, southerly over land of Mary E. Oliver, Franklin street, northerly to Botolph street, across land of Chester Shepard, W. S. B. Maine, and George W. Crawford.
Art. 7. Voted, That the town treasurer is authorized to borrow the sum of fifteen hundred ( $1,500.00 ), dollars for the highway department.
Art. 8. Voted, That the town treasurer is authorized to borrow the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars for the payment of salaries to the tax collectors.
Art. 9. Committee on city charter reported progress.
Voted, That when this meeting adjourn it be until January 3, 1899, when the committee on city charter will report.
Art. 10. No business under this article.
Meeting adjourned until January 3rd, 1899, at 7.30 o'clock, p. m.
Committee appointed by the moderator to co-operate with Malden in the celebration of its 250th anniversary of its incorporation as a town.
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Committee.
Levi S. Gould.
Sidney H. Buttrick.
George R. Jones.
Charles H. Adams.
Elbridge H. Goss.
John Larrabee.
B. Marvin Fernald.
Stephen F. Keyes.
Willis C. Goss.
Attest : W. DEHAVEN JONES,
Town Clerk, pro tem.
REPORT OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS,
FOR THE YEAR 1898.
Number of names on voting lists per last report, November 1, 1897, 2,439
Number registered February 16, 1898,
3
.. 23, 27
.. 26, ..
45
75
Total March 1, 1898,
2,514
Number dropped in September (not includ-
ed in assessors' list May I, 231
Registered September 22, 1898.
23
October 6,
I4
..
I3, ..
5
. 6
..
20, ..
13
29, . 6
120
175
Total November 1, 1898,
2.458
Divided into precincts as follows : Precinct I,
. 570
.. 2,
· 907
",
3,
. 98 1
2,458
2,283
80
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
WOMEN VOTERS.
Number of names on voting list as per last
report, November 1, 1897, 331
Number dropped, removed, .
7
324
Registered February 26, 1898,
5
Total November 1, 1898, 329
Divided into precincts as follows : Precinct I,
78
2. · . 173
3,
78
329
Respectfully submitted,
VICTOR C. KIRMES,
CHARLES W. COCHRANE,
EDGAR R. SOMES, W. DEHAVEN JONES, (Town Clerk, pro tem.)
Registrars of Voters.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
To the Inhabitants of Melrose :
In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 221 of the Acts of the year 1889, I have the honor to report as follows :
I have examined the books of the treasurer, collector, water registrar, and sewer department, and find them cor- rectly kept and proper vouchers for all the transactions they contain.
In compliance with the vote of the town, I have compiled the annual town report, and submit the same.
Respectfully, EDWIN C. GOULD, Auditor.
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EXPENSES OF THE TOWN OF MELROSE
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1898,
As compiled by the auditor from the original vouchers.
ASSESSORS' CONTINGENT.
Balance, 1897,
$228 90
Appropriation,
300 00
$528 90
EXPENDED.
Bankers and Tradesman Co., weekly, . $5 00 Cash, sundries, expenses, paper, inks, etc., 45 13 Cox, Mabel S., transfers, 122 75
Deering, J. P. & Co., stock for desk, 2 42
Dunton & Potter, printing cards and polls, 184 00 Maynard & Noyes, stationery, 3 70
Ripley, T. W., street books, 13 00
Upham, F. R., horse hire, 65 00
Woodward, D. R., labor on desk, .
3 25
$444 25
Balance,
$84 65
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EXPENSES OF THE TOWN.
CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
Cash for dressing, .
$3 50
foundation,
III 56
٤٠ single graves, .
III 00
interments,
531 50
labor,
II 00
66 care of lots,
1,295 25
sale of lots,
1,530 00
rent of Pratt farm, .
105 00
..
vaults,
100 00
66
wood,
17 00
$3,815 81
EXPENDED.
Benson & Co., S. E., lime, cement, etc., $45 85
Boston & Maine R. R., freight, 34 16
Boardman & Co., W. W., hacking, 4 00
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries, . 6 45
Burrell, W. A., paper for Pratt house,
7 II
Casey, C., flowers, . 26 25
Dunton & Potter, printing,
3 50
Goss, C. B. & F. H., cement,
10 00
Gould, Edwin C., services, 1898, 75 35
Hildreth, H. V., covering stones, . 65 22
Hocking, A., P. M., stamps, . 18 00 .
Kunhardt, L. Henry, salary, 1898, 25 00
Larrabee, John, salary, 1898, 25 00
Larrabee & Stearns, telephone,
50
Amount carried forward,
$3,815 81
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EXPENSES OF THE TOWN.
Amount brought forward, $3,815 81
Library bureau, lot book, $10 00
McCoubry, Thomas, stock and labor, .
2 58
McDonald & Co., D., capstone, 19 25
Maclachlan, A. L., repairing strap, 50
Marshall, James, manure, 12 50
Melrose Hardware Co., pump,
8 00
Newhall, F. E., cap stone, . 52 00
Newhall, George, salary, 1898,
25 00
Norton, Daniel, duck,
4 20
Osgood & Hart, grates,
14 13
Perry, H. J., hardware, .
12 77
Riley, J. W., manure,
18 00
Sargent, Wingate P., and estates of D. W. Gooch and George W. Heath, deed for lots as per vote of town, Dec. 9, 1897, . · 500 00
Smith Bros., repairing lawn mower, 3 00
Stevens, W. C., survey and contour map, 52 00
Upham, F. R., manure, . 12 00
Washburn & Son, D., brick, .
II IO
Williams, H. B., repairing lawn mowers,
5 00
Marshall, Thos., Supt., 5 mos., $325 00
Labor, men and teams, as per
pay rolls, 3,371 30 - $3,696 30
$4,804 72
Expenditures exceed receipts, $988.91
85
EXPENSES OF THE TOWN.
CONTINGENT.
Appropriation, $3,500 00
RECEIPTS.
Cash, auctioneers' licenses,
$32 00
" milk,
50 00
carriage, II 00
collections on flag staff, 86 25
Transfer from numbering buildings, 68
$179 93
$3,679 93
Less amount overpaid, 1897,
60
$3,679 33
EXPENDED.
American Express Co., expressage,
$2 60
Benson & Co., S. E., cement for flag staff, 26 00
Burlen, Robert, binding poll list, I 25
Burnett, A. J., stock and labor, polling place, I 97
Carrie & Co., W. A., treasurer's check book,
30 00
Cheever, F. H., ringing bell,
8 00
Dill & Co., Jesse A., lunches, election officers,
225 75
Dimond & Co., H. C., stamps,
2 98
Amount carried forward, . $3,679 33
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EXPENSES OF THE TOWN.
Amount brought forward, $3,679 33
Dunton & Potter, printing,
$33 20
advertising,
49 00
town reports, 650 40
١١
collectors, 135 50
06
registration, .
129 30
warrants,
6 00
city charter,
20 25
Eastman's Express, expressage, . 60
Edwards, Joseph, stakes and ropes,
IO 76
Ellison, C. W., distributing circulars, citizen's caucus,
9 00
Election officers' pay roll, March,
145 00
May, .
25 00
" Oct.
40 00
" Nov.
220 00
Fuller, G. E., ringing bell, 8 00
Gately, John H., returning deaths,
26 00
Gould, E. C., stationery, etc.,
3 65
Goodnow, W. A., moving polling
booths, 6 00
Greenough, Adams & Cushing, record ink, I 50
Hawkes, L. G., trees, 4 00
Hocking, A., P. M., stamps, 2 00
Hooper, Lewis & Co., books, 7 50
Jones, W. DeHaven, salary, town clerk pro tem, 50 00
Jones, W. DeHaven, salary, clerk for selectmen, 50 00
Kehoe, Thomas, repairing cushion, 3 50
Amount carried forward, $3,679 33
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EXPENSES OF THE TOWN.
Amount brought forward, $3,679 33
Knights, Samuel, ringing bell, $8 00
Lambert, J. A. 8 00
Lancaster, J. J., repairing damages to Gobel house, 33.51
Lane, Addison, postage, 29 18
Larrabee & Stearns, sundries, 2 80
Lawley & Son Corporation, Geo., flag pole, 295 00
Lucey Bros., damage to horse, 15 00
Melrose, Town of, highway department,
labor on foundation to flag pole, . 69 00
Massey, A. P., damage to building rais- ing grade, 38 50
Melrose, Cooperative Bank, safe, 87 50
Melrose Journal, sundry printing, 26 75
advertising, 97 72
66 warrants, 161 50
Mitchell, A. W. Mfg. Co., band dater, . I 58
Mitchell, Henry, new town seal, . 12 00
N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co., telephone, 96 53
Newhall, George, internal revenue stamps, 7 00
Pay roll, forest fire wards,. 62 85
Cain, H. W., M. D., returning births, I 25
Clark, J. S.,
4 75
Cowdrey, A. H.,
50
Deal, George F., .. .6
25
Fish, E. C.,
16
2 00
Harlow, C. W.,
١١
2 75
Heath, J. W., 66
١١
25
١١
..
Amount carried forward,
$3,679 33
.
88
EXPENSES OF THE TOWN.
Amount brought forward, . .
$3,679 33
Jack, E. S., M. D., returning births, $1I 00
Jones, L. C.,
66 4 50
McCarthy, C. D.,
66
25
Nickerson, G. W., 66 16
25
Odlin, C. C., 66 66
15 50
O'Leary, J. A.,
25
Randall, F. D.,
1 00
Rosson, E., 66
25
Selee, A. M.,
..
3 25
Sullivan, J. S.,
..
١١
2 50
Townsend, W. M.,
.6
I 75
Wadsworth, P., 60 66
25
Palmer, D. C. V., standard yard stick, . I 50
Perry, H. J., tacks, 28
Pierce, A. B., posting and distributing town reports and warrants, 65 00
Pierce & Son, A. B., returning deaths, 23 25-
Pierce, W. L., posting and distributing warrants, 172 50
Ricker, J. E., sundries, . 8 10
Ripley, T. W., record book, .
4 50
Stone, Mrs. J. E., damage to dress,
4 50
Sturges, F. P., salary, inspector of cattle, 100 00
Troemner, Henry, standard scales and weights, $43 85
Tucker, E. E., ringing bell, 8 00
Walton & Son, O., returning deaths, 7 00
Warren Co., M. R., books,
13 69
Washburn, F. L .. salary, town council, .
125 00
Wilkinson & Co., A. J., door numbers, .
15 40
Woodward, Mrs. J. E., repairing flag, .
I 50
Yawman & Erbe M'f'g Co., blank cabinet, . 12 50
$3,646 20
Balance . ·
$33 13
89
EXPENSES OF THE TOWN.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Balance, 1897, $1 31
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