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27. Patrick Costello, 38
Mar.
17 Mrs. Sophie Lanue,
74
5. Mrs. Mary Ingraham, 53
6. Nathan B. Wescott, 58
6. Mrs. Charlotte A. Reed,
48
24. Mrs. Catherine Wheelock, 75
26. Mrs. Euline Sherman,
56
11. Mrs. Dorsey Neville,
60
26. Mrs. Mary A. Jones,
71
11. John W. Beals,
81
27. Margaret Horrigan, 19
27. Mrs Sophia Hunter, 75
30. Mrs. Sarah Shaw, 58
Jan. 1896.
3. Joseph Burke, 34
4. James Birch. 62
7. David Wilcox, 20
8. Mrs. Annie G. Cheney,
. 31
23. Fred Langlois, 30
25 26. Mrs. Mary B. Wilbur, 76
49 30. Mrs. Mary A. Legrange, 38 30. Thomas O'Connell, 20
53
18. Bridget McGrath,
19. Mrs. Blanche E. Pratt,
35
21. David Pyne,
75
22. Frederick Ireland, 42
32
22. Roland E. Davis,
12. Albert Bunn,
13. Dennis O'Leary,
14. Mrs. Mary J. Luther, 65
28
28. Mrs. Sarah A. Easham Dec.
3. Louisa Stone,
32
20. John Patterson,
26. Mrs. Julia A. Darrow, 45
26. Mrs. Harriet A. Richards, 30
15. John F. Frasier,
42
19. Mrs. Olive Bly,
50
20. John Donovan,
24
10. David P. Shultis,
14. Mrs. Margaret Broderick, 55
18. John Bennett, 60
35
16. William Mascraft,
24
9. Mrs. Nettie E Puffer,
53 27. William Stiles, 91
65 2. Mrs. Odile Perra, 25
24. James Mclaughlin,
3. Geo. F. Hali,
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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY:
April. AGE. May
AGE.
1. Mrs. Mary K. Bowen, 85
2. Mrs. Margaret Rice,
28
4. Mrs. Mary H. Clements, 66
6. Louis Boullais, 19
7. Dennis Whalen, 20
7. Mrs. Catherine McConnell 38"
7. Daniel Dodd,
73
8. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilbur, 70
12. William Campbell, 71
22. James Fenton,
59
24. Gertrude Ryan,
19
24. Augustus Crane,
73
30. Edward C. Griffith, 27
June
1. Chas. Goldthwait, 23
6. Elizabeth Davis, 59
7. Agnes H. Hutton, 27
7. Sophie Lucier, 84
8. Mrs. Ella E. Stevens,
46
11. Paul F. Hogeboon, 63
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Steam Saw Mill at Mountain Mills on the Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington R. R., also at Wilmington, Vt.
MOSES NEWTON, President. D. H. NEWTON, Vice-Pres.
JOHN C. NEWTON, Treasurer. W. B. MCCLELLAN, Clerk.
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8. William Pyne, 86
10 Mrs. Margaret Fallon, 32
10. Mrs. A. Daignault, 50
10. Richard J. Chippendale, 23
,14. Mrs. Teresa Marrico,
35
21 Delight W. Douglas,
69
22. Henry J. Whitney, 58
22. Eugene Renault, 64
26 Arsene Thurell, 19
27. Ilarriet M. Crawford, 49
29. Mary F. Dennis, 56
29. Godfred Langnor,
70
29. Louisa Veazie,
84
May
2. Mary F. Osborne,
43
26. Laura A. Jones,
78
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
LICENSED MILK PEDDLERS
AND DEALERS .
Amadon Geo. A., Notch road
- Bardwell W. E., E road
Bishop D. S., Clarksburg
Blanchard E. W., 87 E Union Blood E. M., Stamford Bordon A. D .. E Main
Briggs Richard, 150 S Church
Brown L. J., 53 North
Browne Chas. A., S Church Bryant Chas. Clarksburg Caldwell Peter, Clarksburg
Caldnell Adolphus, Briggsville
Carrey O. R. and C. W., 76 E Quincy
Church & Thompson, cor Holden and Center
Clark A. J., 13 Cherry
Clark Henry E., Walnut
Collins T. J. 41 W Main
Cook Louis H., 28 Houghton
Cook O. D., E road Crews Harry, Notch road
Curtis Herbert J., Clarksburg
Daivies R. H., 143 Ashland
Darling O. M., Clarksburg Davs Chas., E road Dooley Mary Mrs., Pattison st
Dunn Arthur G. Stamford
Farley T. J., 42 Liberty Flaherty J. J. E Union Frame Henry W., Stamford Freeman W. H., 55 Cady Fuller Andrew H., Stamford Fuller Geo. Mrs., 32 Fuller Greenburg H. I. & Co. E Road City Hall Albert, E Mountain road Hall C. W., E Mountain road Harrison E. M., 182 W Main Hewitt Elmer, Park house Hicks A. A., 211 E Main Hogan M. C., 90 W Main Hopkins A. E., Blackinton
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Horrigan Thos., Clarksburg Hosford Frank C. 59 Main Jewett Geo., 47 Walnut Jones David R., Blackinton Kimpton James E. 28 E Union Lanfair Geo. J. Clarksburg Lesure Albert, Stamford Lillie Bros., Notch
Macomb F. E., Clarksburg Marshall T. E. Clarksburg
McNamara Pierce, Clarksburg Mixer B. E., Clarksburg Mixer James, Clarksburg Odell C. E., 110 W Main Orr J. H., 16 Holbrook Paradise Francis, 167 E Main Parker G. W. Notch
Pattison F. A. 123 W Main
Pattison J. D. Williamstown Paul E. A., Notch Perkins Michael, Clarksburg Phelps Allen D., Blackinton
Phelps Henry, 4 Brown Phelps S. H., Williamstown Pickwell John S. 199 State Poiers J. H. 309 S State Potter C. E., cor Summit ave and E Quincy
Pratt Calvin, Clarksburg
Roberts Frank, 50 Houghton
Rounds J. F., Williamstown Rudnick G. 34 Rock Rudnick Moses, 8 Liberty
Sanford Wm. M. Stamford Shultis N. R. Clarksburg Smedley & Jones, Williamstown
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Smith Nathan A. , 44 N Eagle Sweeney John, 33 E Union Tower F. O., 90 E Quincy Wardwell Frank E., E Mountain road Vaughn Geo. B. W Main Vosburg Geo. W. Greylock Welch M. Clarksburg Wells D. M .. 131 W Main
Wheeler E. M., 10 Lawrence ave White Geo. W., 79 E Quincy Whitney K. Stamford Wilcox Goo., Burdickville Witherell A. J. 11 Church
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JAMES T. LARKIN'S
BUILDINGS AND BLOCKS.
Adams blk, Main Adams National bank blk, Main American House blk, Main Barber blk, Chestnut Beer & Dowlin blk, Eagle Blackinton blk, Main and Holden Blackinton blk, Holden
Boland blk, cor Main and Bank Bradford blk, Main Burlingame blk, Main Cavanough blk, Main
Chase blk, cor River & Brooklyn Clark blk, cor. State and Summer Collins blk, Main
Collins blk, State Davenport blk, Main F. M. T. A. blk, Center Flaherty blk, Center and Lincoln Haggerty blk, W Main
Hastings blk, River Hoosac Savings bank blk, Main
Jones blk, Bank Loftus blk, Center Martin blk, Main Meade blk, Center Moloney blk, Center
Mulcare blk, Marshall and Center North Adams Savings bank blk, Main
Richmond blk, Main & State Reardon blk, Bank
Sibley blk, Main Slattery blk, Main and Furnace
Sperry blk, Holden and Sperry ave Sullivan blk. Main
Thayer blk, Holden and Center Thayer blk, Eagle
Transcript blk, Bank
Wilson blk, Main
Wright blk, Bank
Y. M. C. A. blk, cor Summer and Morris
HALLS.
Academy ball, Drury heights A. O. H. Div. 10 hall, 35 Eagle A. O. H. hall, Div. 4, 51 Eagle A. O. U. W., No. Adams lodge over Columbia opera house, and Mountain lodge hall Martin blk
Bicycle Riding hall, rear 92 Main Bijou theatre, 18 State City hall, Summer and Morris Columbia opera house, 57 Center F. M. T. A. hall, rear Columbia opera house
Forrester hall, over Columbia opera house Franco American hall, Boland blk
G. A. R. hall, 68 Main Gatslick hall, 68 Main Houghton Memorial
building
Library
Knights of Pythias hall, 94 Main Labor Union hall, Father Mathew building Masonic hall, Burlingame blk Millers hall, Willow Dell Odd Fellow's hall, Main and State R. E. M. A. hall, 90 Main Salvation Army barracks, 47 Eagle St. Joseph's hall, Eagle St. Jean Baptiste hall, Bank st Wilson opera house. Main
Y. M. C. A. hall, cor Summer and Morris
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NORTH ADAMS DIRECTORY.
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North Adams City Charter.
VOTED APRIL 8, 1895.
IN FORCE, 1896.
AN ACT
TO
Incorporate the City of North Adams.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
TITLE 1. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
SECTION 1. The inhabitants of the town of North Adams, shall, in case of the acceptance of this act by the voters of the said town as hereinafter provided, continue to be a body politic and corporate, under the name of the City of North Adams; and as such shall have, - exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations, now per- taining to and incumbent upon the said town as a municipal corpor- ation.
SECTION 2. The administration of all the fiscal, prudential and municipal affairs of said city, with the government thereof, shall ex- cept the affairs of public schools, be vested in an executive depart- ment, which shall consist of one officer, to be called the mayor, and in a legislative department which shall consist of a single body, to be called the city council, the members whereof shall be called coun- cilmen. The executive department shall never exercise any legisla. tive power, and the legislative department shall never exercise any executive power, except as herein otherwise provided .
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SECTION 3. The territory of said city shall first be divided into seven wards, as hereinafter provided, but said number, upon any subsequent division of said city into new wards, may be increased by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the city council, passed previous to and in the year of such division.
TITLE 2. ELECTIONS AND MEETINGS.
SECTION 4. The municipal election shall take place annually on the third Tuesday of December, and the municipal year shall begin on the first Monday of January following. All meetings of the citi- zens for municipal purposes shall be called by warrants issued by order of the city council, which shall be in such form, and be served and returned in such manner and at such times, as the city council may by ordinance direct.
SECTION 5. At such municipal election the qualified voters shall give in their votes by ballot in the several wards for mayor and councilmen, and for the members of the board of assessors, board of trustees of the public library, and of the school committee then to be elected, and the person receiving the highest number of votes for any office shall be deemed and declared to be elected to such office; and whenever two or more persons are to be elected to the same office the several persons, up to the number required to be chosen, receiv- ing the highest number of votes shall be deemed and declared to be elected. If it shall appear that there is no choice of mayor, or if the person elected mayor shall refuse to accept the office, or shall die before qualifying. or if a vacancy in said office shall occur sub- sequently and more than three months previous to the expiration of the municipal year, the city council shall forthiwith cause warrants to be issued for a new election, and the same proceedings shall be had in all respects as hereinbefore provided for the election of mayor, and shall be repeated until the election of a mayor is com- pleted. If the full number of members of the city council has not been elected, or if a vacancy in the office of councilman shall occur subsequently and more than six months previous to the expiration of the municipal year, the council may forthwith elect some person or persons to fill the vacancy or vacancies until the next annual municipal election. The board of assessors shall consist of three persons, who shall be elected in a manner provided in section forty- one for the election of trustees of the public library.
SECTION 6. All meetings for the election of national, state, county and district officers shall be called by order of the city coun- cil, in the same manner as meetings for municipal elections are called.
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SECTION 7. The city council may, when no convenient wardroom for holding the meetings of the citizens of any ward can be had within the territorial limits of such ward, appoint and direct, in the warrant for calling any meeting of the citizens of such ward that the meeting be held in some convenient place within the limits - of any adjacent ward of the city ; and for such purpose the place so assigned shall be deemed and taken to be a part of the ward for which the election is held.
SECTION 8. General meetings of the citizens qualified to vote may from time to time be held according to the right secured to the people by the constitution of this Commonwealth, and all such meetings may, and upon the request in writing of fifty qualified voters setting forth the purposes thereof, shall be duly called by the city council.
TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 9. The members of the city council shall consist of twenty-one councilmen at large, who shall be elected by the inhab- itants of the city as follows : At the first municipal election held under this act twenty-one members at large of the council shall be elected by the qualified voters of the entire city, seven to serve for the term of three years, seven for the term of two years and seven for the term of one year, beginning with the first Monday in Janu- ary then next ensuing ; and thereafter seven members at large of said city council shall be elected in like manner at each annual mu- nicipal election, to serve for the term of three years beginning with the first Monday in January next ensuing, in place of the members at large whose term then expires. At the first municipal election no voter shall vote for more than five of the councilmen to be elected for each term, that is to say, not more than fifteen in the aggregate on one ballot, and the seven having the highest number of votes for each term sball be declared elected. At all municipal elections sub- sequent to the first election no voter shall vote for more than five of the seven councilmen to be elected at an annual election on one bal- lot, and the seven having the highest number of votes shall be de- clared elected. The councilmen shall hold office for three years, except as herein otherwise provided, beginning with the first Mon- day in January next succeeding their election, and until their suc- cessors shall be elected and qualified. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In case an election is held to fill a vacancy or vacancies in the council a voter may vote for the councilman necessary to fill such vacancies in addition to the number above provided.
SECTION 10. The mavor and the councilmen elect shall annually, on the first Monday in January, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, meet
.
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and be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties. £ The oath shall be administered at their first meeting after the acceptance of this act, by the town clerk. and in subsequent years by the city clerk, or, in his absence, by any justice of the peace, and shall be duly certified on the journal of the city council. In case of the absence of the mayor elect on the first Monday in January, or if a mayor shall not then have been elected, the oath of office may at any time thereafter be administered to him, and at any time thereafter, in like manner, the oath of office may be administered to any member of the council who has been previously absent or has been subse- quently elected; and every such oath shall be duly certified as aforesaid.
SECTION 11. After the oath has been administered to the council- men present they shall be called to order, at their first organization by the town clerk, and in subsequent years by the city clerk, or in case of the absence of the city clerk, by the oldest senior member present. The council shall then proceed to elect one of their own number president of the council by ballot. If no quorum is present an adjournment shall be taken to a later hour or to the next day, and thereafter the same proceedings shall be had from day to day until a quorum shall be present. If any person receive the votes of a ma- jority of all the members of the council, such person shall be declared chosen president thereof. If on the first day on which a quorum is present no person receives the votes of such majority, they shall pro- ceed to ballot until some person receives the votes of such majority, or an adjournment to the succeeding day is taken, and on such suc- ceeding day a plurality of those voting shall be sufficient for an election. No other business shall be in order until a president is chosen. The president shall be sworn by the town or city clerk, as the case may be, or in case of the absence of the clerk, by any jus- tice of the peace. The council shall then proceed to the choice of a city clerk, in the same manner as above provided for the choice of president. The president may be removed from the presidency of the council and the clerk may be removed from office by the affirma- tive vote of two-thirds of all the members of the council, taken by roll call. The president of the council shall have the same right to vote as any other member thereof.
SECTION 12. The mayor may at any time call a special meeting of the city council, by causing written notification thereof, together with a statement of the subjects to be considered thereat, to be de- posited in the post office, postpaid, and addressed to the persons to be notified, or left at the usual place of residence of each member of the council, at least twenty-four hours before the time appointed for such meeting.
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SECTION 13. The city council shall determine the rules of its own proceedings and shall be judge of the election returns and qualifica- tions of its own members. In case of the absence of the president the council shall choose a president pro tempore, and a plurality of votes cast shall be sufficient for a choice. The council shall sit with open doors, whether in session as a council or as a committee of the whole, and shall cause a journal of its proceedings to be open to public inspection. The vote of the council upon any question shall be taken by roll call when the same is requested by at least three members. A majority of the members of the council shall be re- quired to constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. The council shall, so far as is not inconsistent with this act, have and exercise all the legislative powers of towns, and have all the powers and be subject to all the liabilities of city councils, and of either branch thereof, under the general laws of the Commonwealth, and it may by ordinance prescribe the manner in which powers shall be exercised. They shall receive no compensa- tion for their services as members of the city council or any com- mittee thereof.
SECTION 14. Neither the city council nor any member or commit- tee thereof shall directly or indirectly take part in the employment of labor, the making of contracts, the purchase of materials or sup- plies, the construction, alteration or repair of any public works, buildings or other property, or the care, custody or management of the same, or in the conduct of any of the executive or administra- tive business of the city, or in the expenditure of public money, ex- cept such as may be necessary for the contingent and incidental ex- penses of the city council, nor in the appointment or removal of any officers, except as herein otherwise provided; but nothing in this section contained shall affect the powers or duties of the council in ralation to state aid to disabled soldiers and sailors and to the fami- lies of those killed in the civil war.
SECTION 15. The city council shall in the month of January choose an auditor of accounts, who shall hold office for the term of one year beginning with the first Monday in February next ensuing, and until his successor is chosen and qualified. A majority of the votes of all the members of the council taken by roll call shall be necessary for the choice of the auditor of accounts and he may be removed by the council.
SECTION 16. The city council shall appropriate annually in the months of March and April the amount necessary to meet the expen- ditures of the city for the current municipal year. It shall take care that no money is paid from the treasury unless granted or appro-
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priated, and shall secure a just and proper accountability by requir- ing bonds with sufficient penalties and sureties from all persons en- trusted with the receipt, custody or disbursement of money. It shall as often as once in each year, ten days at least prior to the annual election, cause to be published for the use of the inhabitants a particular account of the receipts and expenditures of said city and a schedule of all city property and of the city debt. Any ap- propriation made by the city council for the erection of a city hall, or for land for a location of such building, shall be subjected to rati- fication by the legal voters of the city voting.in their respective pre- cincts at an annual municipal election. The city council may ap- propriate money from time to time in aid of the North Adams Hos- pital, and in return for such appropriations the said hospital shall receive persons for the reception of whom the city may erect, estab- lish and maintain a hospital; but such appropriations shall not ex- ceed in any one year a sum amounting to one-tenth of one per cent. of the valuation of the city for the preceeding year.
SECTION 17. The city council shall have the power within said city to make and establish ordinances and by-laws, and to affix pen- alties as herein and by general law provided, without the sanction of any court or justice thereof : provided, however, that all laws and regulations now in force in the town of North Adams shall, until they shall expire by their limitation or be revised or repealed by the council, remain in force. Complaint for the breach of any ordin- ance or by-law may be made by the mayor or any head of a depart- ment or any resident of the city.
SECTION 18. No vote of the city council granting or bestowing an exclusive franchise of any description to any person or corpora- tion shall be valid unless the same shall be approved by a vote of the qualified voters of the city, voting at large in their respective precincts at the annual municipal election.
SECTION 19. The city council shall not authorize the erection of a school-house, or of any addition thereto, nor pass any appropriation for such purpose, until plans for the same has been approved by vote of the school committee, and such approval has been certified in writing to the council by the chairman of said committee.
SECTION 20. The city council shall establish a fire department for said city, to consist of a chief and of such officers and members as the city council by ordinance shall from time to time prescribe; and said council shall have authority to define their ranks and duties and in general to make such regulations concerning the conductand gov- ernment of such department, the management of fires and the con-
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duct of persons attending fires, as they may deem expedient, and may fix such penalties for any violation of such regulations or any of them as are provided for breach of the ordinance of said city. The appointment of all the officers and members of such department shall be vested by the mayor exclusively, who shall have authority to remove from office any officer or member for cause. The chief and the officers shall be the firewards of the city.
SECTION 21. The city council shall have power to establish fire limits within the city, and from to time change or enlarge the same, and by ordinance they may regulate the construction of all build- ings erected within said fire limits, stipulating their location, size and the material of which they shall be constructed, together with such other rules and regulations as shall tend to prevent damage by fire ; Provided, that such rules and regulations shall not be incon- sistent with the laws of this Commonwealth.
SECTION 22. The city council shall establish by ordinance a police department, to consist of a chief of police and such officers and men as it may prescribe, and make regulations for the government of the department. The appointment of all the members of such department shall be vested in the mayor exclusively, who shall have power to remove any member for cause.
SECTION 23. The city council shall, with the approval of the mayor, have exclusive authority and power to order the laying out, locating anew or discontinuing of all streets and ways and highways within the limits of said city, and to assess the damages sustained by any person thereby, and further, except as herein orherwise pro- vided, to act in all matters relating to such laying out, locating anew, altering or discounting. Any person aggrieved by the as- sessment of his damages, or other action of the council under this section, shall have the rights and privileges now allowed by law in such cases in appeals from decisions of the selectmen of towns.
SECTION 24. In case any ordinance, order, resolution or vote in- volves the appropriation or expenditure of money to an amount which may exceed two hundred dollars, the laying of an assessment or the granting to a person or corporation of any right in, over or under any street or other public ground of said city, the affirmative votes of a majority of all the members of the city council shall be necessary for its passage. Every such ordinance, order, resolution or vote shall be read twice, with an interval of at least three days between the two readings before being finally passed, and the vote upon its final passage shall be taken by roll call ; provided, however, that upon and after the written recommendation of the mayor, the city council may pass such ordinance, resolution or vote upon the same day, by a two-thirds yea and nay vote.
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