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SECTION 56. No loan except such as may be incurred in anticipa-
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tion of taxes shall be made except upon and after the written rec- ommendation of the mayor, made to the council and passed by a two-thirds vea and nav vote. All bonds and notes issued by the city shall be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the mayor, and any conpons attached thereto shall bear the signature of the treasurer either in the original or a fac simile.
SECTION 57. The board of public works shall fix and establsh the prices of rents for the use of water, which shall not be made less irany instance than the prices and rents now established by the prudential committee of the North Adams Fire District, until the bounded indebtedness now or herefter created by said district or city for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of said district or city with pure water shall have been paid ; and the income received therefrom. in each vear, after de lucting all'expenses and charges of distribution of such year, shall be applied as follows : First, to th . payment of the interest on the debts and loans now or hereafter incurred, by the said city and by the North Adams Fire District for the purpose of supplying said city and said district and the inhabi- tants thereof with water. and of such part of the principal sum thereof as shall become due in such year ; second, after paying such interest an principal sums the residue of such income shall be used to supply the city and inhabitants thereof with pure water in the discretion of said board and any balance of such residue not so used shall b . paid into the treasury of the city for general city pur- poses. As long as there shall be any debt of the city that shall have been incurred in supplying said district or said city or the in- habitants of either with water there shall be raised each year by taxation a sum which, together with the said income, shall be suffi- cient to pay the interest on all such debts and such part of the prin- cipal sum as shall become due in such year.
SECTION 58. Upon an acceptance of this act, as herein provided, the selectmen of said town shall forthwith divide the territory there- of into seven wards, so that the wards shall contain as nearly as may be consistent with well defined limits to each, an equal number of voters, and they shall designate the wards by numbers. They shall, for the purpose of the first municipal election to be held there- under. which shall take place on the third Tuesday of December next succeeding such acceptance. provide suitable polling plrces in the several wards, and give notice thereof, and shall at least ten days previous to such third Tuesday in December appoint all proper election officers therefor, and they shall in general have the powers and perform the duties of the mayor and board of aldermen sf cities, under chapter four hundred and seventeen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, the provisions of which shall so far as appli-
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cable apply to said election ; and the town clerk shall perform the duties therein assigned to city clerks. The registrars shall cause to be prepared and published according to law lists of qualified voters in each of the wards established by the selectmen,
SECTION 59. All laws relating to the town of North Adams when this act shall be accepted as herein provided, shall. until altered, amended or repealed, continue in force in the city of North Adams, so far as the same are not inconsistent herewith.
SECTION 60. All special laws heretofore passed concerning the fire district in the town of North Adams, shall be in force in said fire district when this act shall be accepted, as herein provided, shall, so far as the same are not inconsistent herewith. be extended to and continue in force in the city of North Adams until altered, amended or repealed .
SECTION 61. Upon the first day of January next after the ac- ceptance of this act, as herein provided, the North Adams Fire Dis- trict in said town shall cease to exist, and all the property. powers and privileges of the said district shall vest in the city of North Ad- ams, and all the debts, duties and liabilities of the said fire district shall become the debts, duties and liabilities of said city
SECTION 62. The passage of this act shall not affect any right ac- cruing or accrued, or any suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding pending at the time when this act shall go into operation, and no penalty for forfeiture previously incurred shall be affected thereby . All persons holding office in said town or in the fire district in said town at the time this act shall take effect shall continue to hold the same, notwithstanding the passage thereof, until the organization of the city government hereby authorized shall be effected and until the successors of such officers shall be respectively elected or ap- pointed and qualified.
SECTION 63. The selectmen shall notify the persons elected at such first election, and shall provide and appoint a place for the first meeting of the mayor and city council on the first Monday in January next ensuing ; and shall by written notices left at their re- spective places of residence at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting notify thereof the mayor-elect and councilmen elect, who shall immediately proceed to organize and carry into effect the pro- visions of this act, which shall then have full force and effect. The selectmen shall, in like manner, appoint a place and time for the first meeting of the school committee and notify the members thereof. Nothing herein shall affect the annual meeting in said town for the
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election of national, state, district and county officers, which may be held next after the acceptance thereof.
SECTION 64. The question of the acceptance of this act may be submitted to the legal voters of said town at any time within two; years after the passage thereof at an annual meeting or any meeting called for that purpose, except in the months of November and- December. At such meeting the polls shall be open not less than eight hours, ahd the vote shall be taken by ballot in accordance with the provisions of chapter four hundred and seventeen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three and acts in amendment thereof and in addition hereto, so far as the same shall be applicable, in answer to the question :- "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, en- titled 'an act to incorporate the city of North Adams,'be accepted ?"" and the affirmative votes of a majority of the voters present nd voting thereon shall be required for its acceptance. If at any meeting so held this act shall fail to be thus accepted, it may, at the expiration of three months from any such previous meeting, be again thus submited, but not after the period of two years from the pass- age thereof.
SECTION 65. So much of this act as authorizes the submission of the question of its acceptance to the legal voters of said town shall take effect upon its passage, but it shall not take further effect un- less accepted by the legal votes of said town as herin provided. [Approved March 22, 1895.
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An Act to abolish The Board of Public Works of The City of North Adams, and For Other Purposes. CHAP. 76. ACTS 1897.
Be enacted, etc., as follows :
SECTION 1. The board of public works of the city of North Adams is hereby abolished, and the powers and duties now exercised and discharged by said board, except the powers and duties exercised and discharged by the members of the board as overseers of the poor and commissioners of public burial places, shall hereafter be exer- cised and discharged by one commissioner of public works, who shalt be appointed by the mayor without confirmation by the city council, during the current year upon the passage of this act, and thereafter on or before the first Monday in February in each year. He shall hold his office for the term of one year unless sooner removed from office by the mayor in the manner prescribed in section twenty- nine of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninty-five, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall receive a salary of eighteen hundred dollars each year. A person not a citizen or resident of said North Adams may be appointed such commissioner or superintendent of outdoor work
SECTION 2. The mayor of said city shall appoint without confirma" tion by the city council of North Adams, during the current year upon the passage of this act, and thereafter on or before the first Monday in February in each year, one oveerser of the poor, who shall exercise and discharge all the duties and powers prescribed by law for everseers of the poor, and shall also be the city ahnoner of said city and exercise and discharge all the duties and powers now exercised and discharged by the auditor of said city of North Adams. as city almoner. He shall also be the commissioner of public burial places of said city. He shall hold his office for the term of one vear unless sooner removed from office by the mayor in the manner prescribed in section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty- eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety -five, and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars each year. The city physician of said city shall hereafter be appointed solely by the mayor.
SECTION 3. The chief engineer of the fire department of said city shall also be assistant inspector of buildings, and as such assistant inspector be under the direction and control of the inspector of buildings. He shall devote his whole time to the city and shall receive a salary of nine hundred dollar each year.
SECTION 4. Anything contained in chapter one hundred and forty- eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, so far as it interferes with this act, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved February 18, 1897. 1
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CITY WARD LINES.
WARD 1 .- Includes the villages of Blackinton and Greylock east to the point where the old Williamstown road crosses the Hoosac river near the Fitchburg railroad crossing in Braytonville. The line then runs north to Clarksburg town boundary. From the railroad crossing the line follows the Hoosac river eastward past the fair grounds to Brown street, passing southward along that street and along the east boundary of the cemetery, thence due south to the Adams line.
WARD 2 .- The western boundary of Ward 2 begins at Clarksburg and runs south to the junction of the old Williamstown highway and the Hoosac river, with the river from that point to Brooklyn street for its southern boundary. Thence the line runs northerly to Lib- erty, easterly on Liberty to Phillips street and northerly along Phil- lips street across the hospital grounds due north to the Clarksburg line.
WARD 3 .- The easterly boundary of Ward 3 starts at the Clarks- burg line and follows Franklin street to Eagle down Eagle to the Hoosac river, thence westerly along the river to Brooklyn street, up Brooklyn to Liberty, to Phillips thence due north to the Clarksburg line.
WARD 4. - The easterly boundary of Ward 4 is the line between Florida and North Adams south to a point opposite the Five Roads thence due west to the East Mountain school, thence north-westerly to East Main street down East Main through Willow Dell to the Hoosac river, thence along the river to Eagle street up Eagle and Franklin streets to the Clarksburg line.
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WARD 5 .- Bounded on the east by the Florida town line, on the south by Adams as far west as the south branch of the Hoosac river, thence northerly along the river to a point opposite J. H. Flagg's property on State street. The boundary line then runs due east to Ashland street and north-westerly along Ashland street to Washing_ ton avenue to Church down Church to the junction of Main, thence in a general easterly direction along East Main to the East Moun- tain school and thence due east to Florida line.
WARD 6 .- Starting at the Holden street bridge the lines of Ward 6 run alongside the north branch of the Hoosac river to and through Willow Dell to East Main, thence to the junction of East Main and Church, and down Church to Washington avenue; thence along Washinton avenue to Ashland street ; thence northerly along Ash- land street to Quincy, westerly through Quincy to its termination ; thence northerly across Summer street to and through Holden street to the bridge.
WARD 7. Starting at the Brown street bridge the boundary of Ward 7 runs along the north branch of the Hoosac river to Holden street thence through Holden across Main to the western terminus of Quincy street ; thence through Quincy to Ashland southeasterly through Ashland to the point opposite J. H. Flagg's proprety on State street thence southerly along the south branch of the Hoosac river to the Adams line ; thence westerly to a point equi-distant from the Adams turnpike to the Notch road ; thence due north through the Tinney and Witherell properties to the easterly boundary of the cemetery; thence along Brown street to the bridge, the point of be- giuning.
Location of Number 100 on the different streets.
100 Main street, at Harper & Kane's.
100 Eagle, corner Eagle and Prospect streets.
100 State street between Bartlett's (88) and Dibble's (110.)
100 W. Main street, entrance to Fair Grounds.
100 Church street, opposite Thomas O'Shea, (Kehoeville.)
100 River street, Stone mill.
100 Ashland street, opposite Fire District Pump House.
100 Union street, Miner School House.
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GEO. D. CLEVELAND,
Contractor AND Builder,
General Jobbing of All Kinds. Plans and Spec_ ifications Furnished.
P. O. Box 243. Residence, 24 State St., North Adams.
JOHN R. BUTTON, Contractor and Builder.
Plans and Specifications Furnished. Esti- mates Cheerfully Given.
5 YALE STREET, - NORTH ADAMS.
MILLER & MORRIER, MANUFACTURERS OF Carriages and Sleighs. REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. . Blacksmiths and horseshoers. Union Street, Cor. Willow Dell, North Adams, Mass.
M. BOULGER, Artistic = Taxidermist. AND NATURALIST.
Skins Dressed and Made into Robes or Rugs. Animals and Birds Naturally Stuffed. 60 ASHLAND STREET, NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
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The LOEBER=ALGER Collecting Company,
Hoosac Saving Bank Block, 90 Main Street.
JAMES LOEBER, Prop. NORTH ADAMS.
Collections made in all parts of the United States, Canada and in the Principal Cities of the World.
CHRIS. D. TIETGENS; HARNESS MAKER
Harness, Robes, Blankets, Whips, Etc., OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. No. 1 Furnace Street, - North Adams, Mass.
HOWLAND HOUSE,
HARRY DONOHUE, PROP.
This Hotel, situated between North Adams and Adams, is fitted up in first-class style. Hot. and Cold Water and all the modern conveniences. Electric Cars pass by the door.
Choice Ales, Wines, Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars. ZYLONITE, MASS.
WM. HASENFELDER, Practical Shoemaker and Repairer.
All work done in a first-class manner at reason- able prices. Also dealer in Boots, Shoes and Rubbers.
9 MARSHALL STREET, NO. ADAMS.
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JOHN H. BOULGER,
Bottler of Finest Brands of
LAGER, ALE, PORTER, ETC,
MANUFACTURER OF
ALL FLAVORS SODA WATER.
3 and 5 Marshall Street, North Adams, Mass.
T. MULCARE & 28 MARSHALL STREET.
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Bottlers of all Flavors Soda and Mineral Waters, Selling Agents A. J. Houghton Co.'s Pavonia Royal and Vienna Lager Beer, Sterling Pale Ale.
Kissingen Saratoga Water. Philadelphia Porter.
Evans' Cream Ale.
Long Distance Telephone 268-3.
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P. HARPER & eo.,
RETAIL DEALER IN
ALES, WINES AND LIQUORS
TOBACCO AND CICARS. 53 State Street, North Adams, Mass.
PETER SNYDER & -FINE
ALES, WINES, LIQUORS.
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
39 Centre Street, North Adams, Mass
BERNARD & CUMM,
25 CENTER STREET, NORTH ADAMS.
Choice Ales, Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Consult the following Directories at Larkin's Directory Office.
IN Massachusetts-Boston, Leominster with map, Clinton and Lancaster with map, Gard- ner with map, Pittsfield with map, Springfield, W. Springfield, Chicopee, Northampton and Easthampton with map, Boston Almanac and Business Directory with map, Business Direc- tories of Pittsfield, Lenox, Lee, Adams, Dalton, Great Barrington, also History of Berkshire County, and New England Business Directory.
In New York-Rochester and Monroe County Business Directory, Buffalo, Albany with map, Bath, East Albany, Greenbush, Saratoga Springs, Tarrytown, Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Yonkers Hoosick Falls, Hoosick, North Hoosick, l'otter Hill, Troy, Lansingburgh West Troy, Green Island, Cohoes, Waterford, Schenectady, Alpious, Aqueduct, Ballston Lake, Burnt Hills, Belleuve, Edson Park, Delanson, Haynes Junction; "Mariaville, Mohawkville, Mont Pleasant, l'attersonville, Quaker Street, Rexford Flats, Scotia, South Schenectady, also Historical sketch of Hoosick. New York city directory .
In Michigan- Muskegon, North Muskegon, White Hall and Montague.
Mobile, Ala., Danville and North Danville, W. Va., and Charlotte, N. C., white and col- ored departments; Philadelphia, Pa., Portland, Me., with map.
. In Connecticut-Bridgeport with map, Meridan with map, Norwich and Preston with map. Other directories will be added during the year. Brock's Credit Guide. North Adams House Plate Maps. North Adams ward map.
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THOMAS QUINN,
CHOICE
HLES, - MINES, - LIQUORS AND CIGHRS,
22 Union Street, -
North Adams, Mass.
BOLDUC & ROBERTS,
1 Marshall Street, Corner Main Street.
Choice Ales, Wines,
Liquors and Cigars.
Penrose & McEniry's Celebrated Ale on Draught.
BARRY & PURTELL,
.... CHOICEST ....
Ales, Wines
and Liquors.
LAGER, STOCK ALE AND PORTER,
Havana and Domestic Cigars.
51 State Street, North Adams, Mass.
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JOHN BARRY & .... DEALERS IN ....
Ales, Wines, Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars.
12 Holden Street,
NORTH ADAMS, = = = MASS.
WHALEN & CO., BLUE GRASS WHISKEY A SPECIALTY. BEST OF
ALES and LAGERS
ON DRAUGHT. TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
I West Main Street, North Adams, Mass.
LLOYD & KEANEY,
ALES, WINES,
LIQUORS and CIGARS.
29 CENTRE STREET,
NORTH ADAMS . MASS
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WHY?
YES, WHY DO BICYCLISTS BECOME ....
KEATING
ENTHUSIASTS ?
They note the quick response as the pedal is touched, the smoothness of motion as they glide along, the perfect true- ness of the frame under the hardest strains and then dis-9 cover why we ask them to
(SEE THAT CURVE.)
No Swaying Frames. No Binding of Bearings. "365 days ahead of them all" Catalogue.
KEATING WHEEL CO., Middletown, Conn. BERKSHIRE CYCLE CO., North Adams Agent.
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NORTH ADAMS
Streets and Avenues
Adams street, from 5 Hathaway west to River ex
Armstrong avenue, east from 7 East Brooklyn to Phillips Arnold place, east of 14 Church Ashland street, from 13 Summer southeast to city line Ballou street, from Veazie east to Brooklyn
Bank street, from 67 Main south to Summer
Barth street, from 32 N. Eagle east Beaver street, continuation of Union left
Beach street, north from East ave to Franklin
Beacon street, from 36 Prospect east to Summit Bethel street, from 5 Franklin south Blackinton street, from Church west to Ashland Bliss street, from Glen ave to Summit Bond street, from 160 Ashland east to Corinth Bracewell avenue, from 109 Eagle west to Brooklyn Bradford street, runs south from Bradley Bradley street, from 94 S. Church east to Kemp ave Briggs street, east from N. Eagle Brooklyn street, from River north to Houghton Brooklyn Terrace, from Brooklyn to Chase ave east Brown street, from W. Main north to River Braytonville, located at the west end of Main Bryant street, from 41 Houghton west Burdickville, hill northwest of Johnson M'fg Co.'s works 1.
Cady street, north from 47 North
Canal street, from cor River and Eagle to Union Card street, from Cemetery west parallel with W. Main Central avenue, from 10 Franklin north Center street, from 55 Eagle west to Marshall Chase avenue, from River to N. Holden Cheesbro avenue, from 17 North north
Cherry street, from 27 Pleasant east to Meadow
Chestnut street, from 9 Spring west Church place, from 121 Main to Summer, next Congregational Ch
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Church street, from monument south to city limits Clark street, from Harrison ave to Greylock ave Cleveland avenue, from Gallup to Kemp Cliff street, from Union at Print works north to Glen ave Corinth street, from Lawrence ave south Crossey place, from 40 River north Crowley avenue, west from 31 Ashland Davenport street, from Ashland north to Church Dean street, west from 187 S. State Dennis street, south from Frederick to N. Veazie Dover street, from Elinwood ave to Cherry
Dowlin place, off Pleasant west Duggan street, west to Hathaway East avenue, east from Glen ave East Cliff street. from Cliff east to Glen ave
East High street, from Summit ave to Kemp ave
Eagle street, from Main north to Franklin East Johnson street, east from 32 E. Union
East Main street, from monument east to beyond Five Roads East Quincy street, from 7 Pleasant east to Kemp ave East Union street, east from Union East Brooklyn street, from 41 Brooklyn north to city limits Elm street, from Grant north to Sperry ave
Elmwood avenue, east from Willow to Dover across Church Estes street, from N. Eagle west to Hospital Fairfield avenue, west from 76 Holden Fairground avenue, north from W. Main Feige street, west from 28 E. Brooklyn to Houghton Fern street, from Summit ave to Glen ave First street, west from West End Terrace Fleming street, from Park ave east to Kemp ave Folsom street, north from Cleveland ave
Forest street, south from Richmond ave
Franklin street, from Eagle and Liberty northwest to Wells ave Francis street, from 77 State west
Frederick street, from 31 Houghton west
Freeman avenue, from 204 River north to Bracewell ave Fuller street, from 46 Houghton west Furnace street, from Main south Gallup street, from 194 E. Main to E. Union Glen avenue. from Clarksburg road to north branch of Hoosac river
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Goodrich street, north from 122 W. Main Grace street, from Richmond ave south Grant street, from 13 Lincoln west to Elm Granite street, from Rock south Greylock street, from State south and west to city line Grove street. from Bracewell ave north to Hall Grover street, north from Cleveland ave Hall street, west from 123 Eagle to N. Holden Harris street, north from River ex Harrison avenue, south from 61 E. Quincy Hathaway street, from North south to Harris High street, from 10 W. Main south Highland avenue, from Lawrence ave to Davenport Hodge's crossing, from south end of State east Holbrook street, from 12 Wall east to Meadow Holden street, from Main north to River Hooker street, from 109 State west Hoosac court, entrance 92 Main Hoosac street, from S. Church west to Ashland Houghton street, from Brooklyn north into Clarksburg Howland Farms, formerly Zylonite, end of S. State Hudson street, from 120 Eagle east to Prospect Irving avenue, from Whitman west Jackson street, from 110 Eagle, Larkin corner, east to Prospect. James street, west from River ex
1 John street, north from Front to Maple Johnson street, northeast from E. Union Jones Hill, in Clarksburg, N. Houghtonville Kemp avenue, south from 213 E. Main to Bradley Kemp street, north from 210 E. Main to E. Union Knox street, off of High Lake street, runs south, east side of Park Lamoureux place, from High west Larkin corner, cor Eagle and Jackson Lawrence avenue, from 135 Ashland east Lincoln street, from 76 Center north to River Liberty street, from 35 Brooklyn east to 135 Eagle Loftus street, north from 36 River Lloyd street, from 107 State west Luther street, from 83 Eagle west and north Main street, from Five Points west to Braytonville Maple street, each from Beach
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Marion avenue, south through West End Park from W. Main Marshall street, from 12 Main north to River Marietta street, from 8 Franklin north Meadow street, from Cherry north to E. Quincy Millard avenue, from Bradley north Miner street, east from cor E. Main and pleasant Montana street, from 10 Porter south to Lawrence ave Montgomery street, from 25 Prospect east to Cliff Morris street, from Summer south to Quincy Morton Hill, continued from Walnut south Mowbray avenue, west from Whitman North street, from 41 Brooklyn west to Tyler North Eagle street, from 143 Eagle north to Clarksburg line North Church street, from monument north to Eagle North Hoiden street, from 156 River north to Liberty Northern Lights avenue, from 22 Franklin north Notch road, from D. M. Wells' house south ('Brien lane, off 29 Eagle Olds street, from Harrison ave to Greylock
Palmer avenue, west from Hathaway
Pahner avenue, west of 95 S. Church Park avenue, south from 207 E. Main Pattison street, west from Notch road Pearl street, from 9 Main south Pebble street, from Robinson south Perry street, from Washington ave south to Elmwood ave
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