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53 81
Balance in treasury,
$3,718 96
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Town Treasurer with the Trustees of the Public Library and find the same correctly stated and properly vouched.
JAMES E. PENDERGAST. ELTON O. CLARK, FRED A. SMITH,
February 12, 1910.
Auditors.
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HAROLD W. GAY, TREASURER OF NORWOOD, in
1909
DR.
Feb. I. Balance in Treasury,
$ 430 38
July I.
Borrowed from Sinking Fund,
3,000 00
Received from Town appropriation,
9,950
Received from F. S. Barton,
24,035 59
$37,415 97
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account with the ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
CR.
By Commissioner's orders, Balance in treasury,
$34,637 43 2,778 54
$37,415 97
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Town Treasurer with the Board of Municipal Light Depart- ment and find the same correctly stated and properly vouched. JAMES E. PENDERGAST, ELTON O. CLARK, FRED A. SMITH,
February 15, 1910.
Auditors.
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HAROLD W. GAY, TREASURER OF NORWOOD, in
1909
DR.
· Feb. I. Balance in Treasury,
$1,667 27
Received interest from Trust Funds, 222
48 Received Old Cemetery account, 91 00 Received from F. W. Talbot, lots and graves,
1,934 83
$3,915 58
OLD CEMETERY
1909
DR.
Feb. I. Balance in Treasury,
$ 25 77
Received interest from Trust Funds, 28 84
Received from F. W. Talbot,
5 00
Town appropriation,
100 00
$159 61
CEMETERY TRUST FUND FOR PERPETUAL
1909
DR.
Feb. I. Balance in Treasury,
$3,100 00
Received from estate of Hannah W. Morse, 100 00
Received from Martin Blasenak,
100 00
Received from William F. Burrows,
100 00
Received interest on Trust Funds,
222
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$3,622 48
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account with the CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS.
CR.
By Commissioners orders paid, Balance in Treasury,
$1,962 30 1,953 28
$3,915 58
ACCOUNT.
CR.
Paid F. W. Talbot,
$ 5 00
Paid Highland Cemetery account,
91 00
Balance in Treasury,
63 61
$159 61
CARE OF LOTS.
CR.
Paid Cemetery Commissioners,
$ 222 48
Balance in Treasury,
3,400 00
$3,622 48
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Town Treasurer with the Cemetery Commissioners and find the same correctly and properly valued.
JAMES E. PENDERGAST, ELTON O. CLARK, FRED A. SMITH,
Auditors.
February 15, 1910.
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GEORGE O. CAPEN, COLLECTOR OF TAXES, in
1909.
DR.
Amount of commitment tax,
$122, 152 95
Supplementary tax,
457 77
Street watering tax,
894 25
Street betterments,
5 29 39
Excise tax,
804 25
Interest on taxes,
217 31
$125,055 92
UNCOLLECTED TAXES, 1908.
DR.
Amount of uncollected taxes, 1908, Cash on hand,
$14,031 15
323 31
$14,354 46
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account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.
1909. CR.
Amount paid Harold W. Gay, Treasurer,
$102,499 3º 8,747 97
Abatements, 1909,
13,344 15
Uncollected taxes, 1909,
1 06
Uncollected supplementary tax, 1909,
69 25
Uncollected street watering tax, 1909,
388 39
Uncollected street betterments,
5 So
Fractional difference in commitment,
$125,055 92
UNCOLLECTED TAXES, 190S.
CR.
Amount paid Harold W. Gay, Treasurer, $5,819 78
Abatement tax, 1908, 473 04
$6,292 82
Balance :
8,061 64
Uncollected taxes, 1908,
$14,354 46
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of Geo. O. Capen, Collector of taxes of the Town of Norwood for 1908-1909, and find the same correctly stated.
JAMES E. PENDERGAST, ELTON O. CLARK, FRED A. SMITH,
Auditors.
March, 1, 1910.
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INVESTMENTS OF THE SINKING FUND.
1910
Feb. I.
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1910,
$1,000 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 16, 1910, 2,000 00
Town of Norwood, note due July 1, 1911, 1,500 00
Town of Norwood, note due July 1, 1912, 1,500 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1910, 600 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1912,
1,500 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1913,
2,200 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1910,
1,000 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1911,
1,000 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 19:12,
1,000 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1913,
1,000 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1914,
1,000 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1915,
1,000 00
' Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1916,
1,000 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1917,
1.000 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1918,
1,000 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1919,
1,000 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1920,
1,000 00
Town of Norwood, note due Dec. 1, 1910,
1,850 00
Deposit in Dedham Inst. for Savings,
893 95
Deposit in Warren Inst. for Savings, 978 SI
998 47
Deposit in Suffolk Savings Bank,
1,005 55
Deposit in Franklin Savings Bank,
935 º5
Deposit in Home Savings Bank,
SS3 SI
Deposit in Boston Five Cent Savings Bank,
903 63
Deposit in Roxbury Inst. for Savings,
Deposit in Norwood National Bank Savings Dept., 11,365 44
$41, 114 71
23 AUDITORS' REPORT.
We the subscribers, Auditors of the town of Norwood, have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Col- lector of Taxes, Cemetery Commissioners, Water Commissioners, Trustees of the Public Library, Trustees of the Sinking Fund, Sewer Commissioners, Municipal Light Commissiones, and all the original vouchers on which moneys have been paid from the Town Treasury for the year ending January 31, 1910.
We find and report that all orders drawn by the Selectmen, Water Commissioners, Municipal Light Commissioners, Ceme- tery Commissioners, Sewer Commissioners and the Trustees of the Public Library have been duly vouched and that the forego- ing is a true statement of the sums received and payments made by Harold W. Gay, Town Treasurer, and Geo. O. Capen, Tax Collector, and the accounts kept by them have been correctly cast and the payments duly vouched, and that there remains in the Treasury, Jan. 31, 1910, the following amounts :
Town account, $8,417 57
2,778 54
Electric Light account,
1,953 28
Cemetery account,
63 61
Old Cemetery account,
14,829 98
Water account,
53 81
Library account,
$28,096 79
$28,760 57
Sewer Dept. account,
That the amount invested in the Sinking Fund is $41, 114.71.
JAMES E. PENDERGAST, ELTON O. CLARK, FRED A. SMITH,
Auditors.
March Ist, 1910.
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Record of Town Meetings, Vital Statistics and List of Jurors
OF THE
TOWN OF NORWOOD
FOR THE
Year Ending January 31, 1910.
RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS.
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS :
To either of the Constables of the Town of Norwood, in said County,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elections and town af- fairs, to assemble in Village Hall, in said town, on Monday, the first day of March, A. D., 1909, at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the fol- lowing articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, namely: Three Slect- men, who shall be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of High- ways, one Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, one Collecor of Taxes, three Auditors, three Park Commissioners, two Con- stables, one Tree Warden, one Moderator, all for one year; one Assessor for three years; one Sewer Commissioner for three years; one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years ; one member of the Board of Health for three years ; one Water Commissioner for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, and two Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years; and also upon the same bal- lot to vote upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town ?"
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Article 2. To hear and act on reports of the Auditors, on Selectmens', Treasurer's, Tax Collector's, Water Commission- ers', Sewer Commissioners' accounts. Municipal Light Board and Cemetery Commissioners' accounts.
Article 3. To hear and act on reports of Town Officers and Committees.
Article 4. To see what action the town will take in regard to unexpended appropriation of the past year.
Article 5. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow dur- ing the municipal year beginning February first, A. D., 1909, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Collector of taxes to use the same means as a Town Treasurer may use when acting as collector.
Article 7. To see what sum or sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the following purposes or take any other action in the matter :
First. The support of the Morrill Memorial Library.
Second. The use of George K. Bird Post, No. 169, Grand
Army of the Republic, for the purpose of decorating sol- diers' graves on Memorial Day.
Third. The support of the Fire Department the ensuing year. Fourth. The support of the Fire Alarm System the ensuing year.
Fifth. The purchase of fire hose.
Sixth. The support of the schools the ensuing year.
Seventh. Conveying children living in the outlying districts to
the Norwood schools, and to place its expenditure in the hands of the School Committee.
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Eighth. The expenses of children at the Truant school.
Ninth. To meet the expenses of the Board of Health.
Tenth. To be expended in trimming and care of shade trees the current year.
Eleventh. The prosecution of illegal sales of liquor. , Twelfth. The repairs of highways, culverts and bridges the ensuing year.
Thirteenth. Building sidewalks and setting edgestones the · current year.
Fourteenth. Paving gutters the ensuing year.
Fifteenth. To be expended in sanding sidewalks during winter months.
Sixteenth. Street Signs.
Seventeenth. To be expended in operating stone crusher for the present year.
Eighteenth. Watering streets the ensuing year.
Nnineteenth. Free Band Concerts.
Twentieth. Paint and repair Hose House No. 2; paint hose wagon No. 2; moving hydrants and setting new hydrants. Twenty-first. Maintenance of Sewer Department the present year.
Twenty-second. Operation, maintenance, repairs, interest on notes, amount for depreciation and new construction work of the Municipal Light Department for ensuing year.
Twenty-third. To meet the expenses of suretyship on bonds furnished by the Town Treasurer and Tax Collector.
Twenty-four. To defray the incidental and other necessary ex- penses, not otherwise provided for, the current year.
Article 8. To see what disposition the town will make of money received as excise tax from street railway companies.
Article 9. To see what disposition the town will make of money received for dog licenses.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Pleasant street and raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guarantee.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to extend the
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sewer system from Washington street through Winter street as far as Bullard street, and from Bullard street as far as Becon street, and to raise and appropriate or borrow money for the same, or take any other action in the matter.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer system in Chapel street from Washington street as far as the Winslow School, and raise, appropriate or borrow money for the same, or take any other action in the matter.
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $800 to reimburse the sewer treasury for money paid for interest on sewer bonds.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Railroad avenue extension, and to raise and 'appropriate or borrow money for the same, subject to the usual guarantee.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to accept an act passed by the General Court in the year 1908, being chapter 209, entitled "An Act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire."
Article 16. To see whether the town will appoint a com- mittee of three, who shall investigate the financial condition of the town and make report thereon at a later meeting, with rec- ommendations.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to build a side- walk on the easterly side of Walpole street, from the house of Ernest Ellis to the house of G. Wittreich, and to raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to build a side- walk on the northerly side of Railroad avenue, in front of the house of John Naughton, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to accept Winter street, from the entrance to Highland Cemetery to the land of E. B. Webber as relaid out, widened and established as to
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grade by the Selectmen, and to raise and appropriate money to so change and construct said portion of said street.
Article 20. To se if the town will vote to accept Cross street, from the land of Michael J. Hennessey to Pleasant street, as relaid out, widened, and established as to grade on the south- erly side by the Selectmen, and to raise and appropriate money to so change and construct said portion of said street, and pay land damage.
And the polls shall be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon and shall be kept open until thirty minutes past four o'clock in the afternoon, when they may be closed.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies in ten public places in this town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before the time and day of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Norwood, this 19th day of Feb- ruary, A. D. 1909.
RICHARD E. OLDHAM, SAMUEL W. WINSLOW, JAMES A. HARTSHORN, Selectmen of Norwood.
A true copy, attest :
MICHAEL D. CREED, Constable of Norwood. Norwood, Feb. 20,1909.
NORFOLK, SS :
By virture of this warrant I have served the within warrant by posting attested copies in ten public places in said town seven days before the time of said meeting.
WARREN E. RHOADS, Constable of Norwood.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
In' pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elections, met in Village Hall, in said town, on Monday, March first, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and were called to order at five forty-five o'clock in the morning by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant calling the meeting and the return thereon of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.
MODERATOR OF MEETING.
· Clifford B. Sanborn was moderator of the meeting.
BALLOT CLERKS.
Frank W. Talbot, Bernard Corbett, George H. Dexter, Norman J. Stone, Hugh C. Foley, Thomas H. Hayden, Eben F. Gay, William J. Mahoney.
TELLERS.
Frank M. Readle, Arthur N. Hartshorn, Irving Reid, John H. Donohue, Patrick J. Slattery, Conrad Readel, Thomas H. Mahoney.
CONSTABLE IN CHARGE.
Constable Walter A. Readel had charge of the ballot box and the space inside the railing.
SPECIMEN BALLOTS, CARDS OF INSTRUCTION, ETC., ETC.
In accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts governing elections, Village Hall was fitted up as a polling place, a space railed off and compartments provided for the convenience of voters in marking and examinging their ballots, and each compartment was supplied with cards of in- struction and other necessary facilities. Cards of instructions and specimen ballots were also posted in different parts of the building outside the rail. The Town Clerk delivered to the
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Ballot Clerks one sealed package marked two thousand (2000) official ballots, March first, A. D., 1909, and one package marked five hundred (500) ballots for School Committee only, March first, A. D., 1909, and took their receipts therefor. The ballots were provided with duplicate sets of lists of registered voters of the town, one for men voters and one for women voters, as prepared by the Registrars of Voters for use at this election. They were also supplied with the official ballots taken from the packages received from the Town Clerk and stationed at the entrance to the polling place with instructions to deliver such ballots only to voters whose names were found and checked on voting lists. The ballot box used in elections was then opened in public meeting, examined by the Moderator and other election officers and found to be empty. The register was set at zero and the box locked. At six o'clock A.M., on motion by Richard E. Oldham, voted that the polls be now opened for the election of officers designated in article two, and to vote on the question of license, and also to vote on article fifteen of the warrant; and by vote the polls were kept open until fifty minutes (50) past four in the afternoon, when after due notice they were declared closed. By unanimous consent of the Moderator, Town Clerk and other election officers, the ballot box was opened at ten forty-five o'clock A. M. for the purpose of removing the ballots to be counted.
TOTAL VOTE CAST.
The ballot box was opened at the close of the polls and the register stood at fourteen hundred and fifty-one (1451). The exact number of ballots deposited was fourteen hundred and fifty-one (1451). The names checked on the voting lists by the ballot clerks at the entrance to the polling place and by the checkers at the ballot box were counted and compared and found to agree, and the total number of names so checked was fourteen hundred and fifty-one (1451), of which two hundred and forty-nine (249) were women votes for School Committee
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only, which were sorted, counted and declaration thereof made in the open town meeting at forty-five minutes past seven o'clock in the evening, as follows :
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SURVEYORS OF
HIGHWAYS.
James A. Conger had six hundred and thirty-three (633), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk. James A. Hartshorn had six hundred and four (604), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk. Richard E. Oldham had five hundred and ninety-seven (597), elected; sworn by the Town Clerk. Charles B. Williamson had four hundred and eighty-eight (488). Samuel M. Winslow had four hundred and twenty-seven (427) ; scattering, 2 ; blanks, 855.
MODERATOR.
Clifford B. Sanborn had eight hundred and sixty-one (861), elected ; sworn by Town Clerk ; blanks, 341.
ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS.
Ernest W. Ellis had four hundred and sixty-one (461). Aaron L. Goodwin had six hundred and four (604), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk; blanks, 137.
TOWN CLERK.
John F. Kiley had nine hundred and thirty-nine (939), elected ; sworn by the Moderator ; blanks, 263.
TREASURER.
Edgar L. Bigelow had three hundred and forty-five (345) . Harold W. Gay had seven hundred and twenty-six (726), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk ; blanks, 131.
TAX COLLECTOR.
George O. Capen had nine hundred and thirty-one (931), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk ; blanks, 271.
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AUDITORS.
Elton O. Clark had seven hundred and thirty one (731), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk. Michael Hawkins had five hundred and forty-nine (549). James B. Pendergast had eight hundred and thirty-two (832), elected; sworn by the Town Clerk. Fred Smith had five hundred and seventy-eight (578), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk ; blanks, 916.
WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS.
William F. Baker had eight hundred and twenty-nine (829), elected; sworn by the Town Clerk; all others, 2; blanks, 371.
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS.
Fred B. Colburn had seven hundred and three (703), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk ; blanks, 499.
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR ONE YEAR.
William F. Baker had six hundred and twenty-two (622), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk. Joseph F. McManus had three hundred and eighty-nine (389) ; blanks, 191.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS.
Mrs. Mary J. Alden had six hundred and eighty-one (681). Alfred N. Ambrose had eight hundred and fifty-eight (858), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk. Emily C. Fisher had six hundred and ninety-one (691), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk ; blanks, 672.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Walter D. Chickering had two (2), elected. George H. Corbett had seven hundred and five (705,, elected. Fred S. Sackett had two (2), elected ; scattering, 64 ; blanks, 2833.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS.
Mary J. Nagle had seven hundred and eighteen (718), elected; sworn by the Town Clerk; Lewis H. Plimpton had six hundred and seventy-four (674), elected; sworn by the Town Clerk; scattering, I ; blanks, IOII.
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CONSTABLES.
William C. Breen had six hundred and eighty (6So), elected ; sworn by Town Clerk. Harry J. Corbett had seven hundred and fifty-seven (757), elected; sworn by Town Clerk. Simon P. Donnelly had seven hundred and seventy-six (776), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk. Emil Gustavenson had four hundred and forty-six (446); John J. Hayes had five hundred and three (503), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk. Lewis M. Pierce had five hundred and sixty-seven (567), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk ; Warren E. Rhoades had seven hundred and seventy (770), elected; sworn by the Town Clerk. Henry N. Fales, had eight (8). All others, 7 ; blanks, 2698.
SEWER COMMISSION.
Patrick J. Lydon had seven hundred and seventy-one (771), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk ; all others, 2 ; blanks, 429.
TREE WARDEN.
H. Frank Winslow had seven hundred and sixty-seven (767), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk ; blanks, 435.
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD.
James Berwick had eight hundred and eighteen, (SIS), elected ; sworn by the Town Clerk ; all others, I ; blanks, 383.
LICENSE QUESTION. No, 691 ; Yes, 307 ; blanks, 204.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF FOREST OR SPROUT LANDS.
No, I; yes, 15 ; accepted.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
H. Frank Walker, qualified ; Aaron L. Goodwin, qualified ; Milton H. Howard, qualified.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
Eugene M. Murphy, qualified; L. Herman Beaver, quali-
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fied ; Daniel E. Callahan, qualified ; Marcus M. Alden, qualified ; Harvey L. Boyden, qualified.
PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
John Connolly, qualified ; L. Herman Beaver, qualified ; James A. Hartshorn, qualified ; James E. Doyle, qualified ; L. M. Newman, qualified ; J. Fred Boyden, qualified ; Leon Mor- rill, qualified ; Henry M. Dean, qualified.
FIELD DRIVERS.
Albert Fales, Frank W. Talbot, F. M. Readel.
POUND KEEPER.
Bernard Corbett.
FENCE VIEWERS.
Sumner Bagley, qualified ; H. Frank Walker, qualified.
Article 2. On motion by Mr. Cornelius Callahan.
Voted-That article two be referred to Committee of Fifteen.
Article 3. On motion by Mr. Richard E. Oldham. Voted-That article three be laid on the table.
Article 4. On motion by Mr. James A. Hartshorn.
Voted-That the unexpended appropriations of the past year be returned to the treasury.
Article 5. On motion by Mr. James A. Hartshorn.
Voted-That the Town Treasurer be and hereby is author- ized with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money dur- ing the municipal year beginning February Ist, A. D. 1909, in anticipation of taxes, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from taxes of the present municipal year.
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Article 6. On motion by Mr. Cornelius M. Callahan.
Voted-That the town authorize the Collector of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treasurer may use when acting as collector.
On motion by Mr. F. A. Morrill.
Voted-That the taxes assessed for the year 1909 shall be paid to the Collector of Taxes and paid over by him to the Treasurer of the town on or before January 31, 1910.
That all taxes assessed for the year 1909, except taxes by omitted assessments, shall be paid on or before November 1, 1909.
That on all taxes assessed for the year 1909 remaining un- paid on November 1, 1909, interest shall be paid at the rate of six per cent. a year from that date until the date of payment, and that such interest shall be added to and be a part of such taxes.
Article 7. On motion by Mr. James A. Hartshorn.
Voted-That article seven and all articles remaining except articles fifteen and sixteen be referred to the Committee of Fifteen.
Article 15. Vote of town : Yes, fifteen. No, one. Ac- cepted.
Article 16. On motion by Mr. Marcus M. Alden.
Voted-That the Moderator appoint a committee of three, who shall investigate the financial condition of the town and make a report thereon at a later meeting, with recommendations.
COMMITTEE.
George F. Willett, Hon. Frank A. Fales, Cornelius M. Callahan. Committee notified March 2, 1909, by Town Clerk.
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE.
Under article two (2), sections one (1) and two (2), of the town by-laws, the Moderator appointed as the Appropriation
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Committee, to whom all articles involving the expenditure of money should be referred, namely : Frank G. Allen, Herbert M. Plimpton, Edward L. Fay, Mahlon R. Perry, Eben C. Norton, Thomas A. Houllahan, Herbert H. Miller, William H. Murphy, Guido A. Stuntzner, J. Stearns Cushing, A. A. Appleby, Patrick J. Mahoney, Dean street, Frank A. Morrill, Frank E. Everett, William A. Williamson.
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