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Life of John Ruskin, vol. 2. W. G. Collingwood 9302
Chas. Kingsley's Letters. By His Wife. 9303
Heine's Life Told in His Own Words 9304
9299
In the Wake of Columbus. F. Ober
9227
Penelope's Suitors. E. L. Bynner
68
Familiar Letters of H. D. Thoreau 9305
Victorian Poets. E. C. Stedman 9306
Natural History of Intellect. Emerson 9308 Poems. T. W. Parsons 9309
Memories of Dean Hole. 9310
Childhood in Literature and Art. 9311
Pearl of India, The. M. M. Ballou. 9317
Wandering Jew, The. Eugenie Sue. 9328
Raiders, The. S. R. Crockett. 9329 Marvale Eastman. A. W. Tonges 9354
Daffies. Edward Eggleston. 9355
Widow Guthrie. R. M. Johnston 9356
Lost Silver of Briffault, The. A. Barr
9357
Hallam Succession, The. Barr
9358 Two Salomes, The. M. L. Pool
9359
David Balfour. R. L. Stevenson
9360
Coast of Bohemia, The. W. D. Howells.
9361
Heather and Snow. G. MacDonald.
9362
A Leafless Spring. O. Shubin.
9363
Silhouettes of American Life 9364
Paul Patoff. F. M. Crawford. 9365
Marion Darche. F. M. Crawford . 9366 Katherine Landerdale. F. M. Crawford. 9367
Katherine Landerdale, Vol. 2. F. M. Crawford
9368
Ralstons, The, Vol. 1. F. M. Crawford
9369
Ralstons, The, Vol. 2. F. M. Crawford ..
9370
Two Bites of a Cherry. Aldrich
9371
A Native of Wimby. S. O. Jewett
9372
John Grey. J. L. Allen . 9373
The Opinions of a Philosopher. R. Grant 9374
Marcella. Mrs. H. Ward. 9375
Marcella, Vol. 2. Mrs. H. Ward 9376
The Potiphar Papers. Curtis 9377
Little Arthur's History of Rome. 9378
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero 9379
General Lee. 9380
With Fire and Sword. Sienkiemez. 9381
Lone House, The. A. Barr 9382
A Modern Adam and Eve in a Garden. Douglass 9383
A Bachelor Maid. Mrs. B. Harrison 9384
Out of Step. M. L. Pool 9385
Three Heroines of New England Romance 9386
Manxman, The. Hall Caine. 9387
Glimpses of the French Court. L. Richards 9389
The One I Knew the Best of All. Burnett 9390
When I Was Your Age. EL. Richards. 9391
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Perleycross. R. D. Blackmore. 9392
Trilby. Du Maurier 9393
Children of Gibeon. Walter Besant 9394
Doreen. Edna Lyall. 9395
Cadet Days. Capt. Chas. King
9396
A Daughter of To-day. Mrs. E. Cotes
9398
Potter's Thumb, The. F. A. Steele
9399
An Interloper. F. M. Peard. 9400
Matchmaker's Wife, The. Stockton
9401
Exiles, The. Richard H. Davis.
9402
Kent Hampden. Rebecca H. Davis.
9403
Mary Fenwick's Daughter. Whitby
9404
Diana Tempest. M. Cholmondeley.
9405
A Gentleman of France. Stanley Weyman 9406
My Lady Rotha. Stanley Weyman. 9407
Under the Red Robe. Stanley Weyman 9408
Benefits Forgot. Wolcott Balestier 9413
Matchmaker, The. Walford. 9414
Miss Lou. E. P. Roe. 9415
A North County Comedy. B. Edwards
9417
Katherine. F. M. Peard .. . .
9418
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
9420
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
9421
Refugees, The. Conan Doyle
9422
Far in the Forest. S. W. Mitchell
9425
Rumour, vol. 1. Elizabeth ·Sheppard
9426
Rumour, vol. 2. Elizabeth Sheppard.
9427
Cœur D'Alene. M. H. Foote
9428
Horace Chace. C. F. Woolson
9429
His Vanished Star. Craddock
9430
Story of Lawrence Garth, The. E. O. Kirk.
9431
Sweet Clover. C. L. Burnham
9433
Two Strings to His Bow. W. Mitchell.
9436
Marked Personal. A. K. Green
9437
Miss Hurd. A. K. Green
9438
Cynthia Wakeham's Money. A. K. Green
9439
Story of Music and Musicians, The. 9440
Home Studies in Nature. M. Treat 9441
Riverby. John Burroughs. 9442
9443
Brownies at Home, The.
9468
Brownies Around the World, The 9469
In the Child's World. Poulson .9470
Bimbi. L. De LaRami. 9472
Robinson Crusc. D. DeFoe 9474
No Heroes. B. W. Howard. 9475
At Sundown. J. G. Whittier
70
Victor Vane. H. Alger, Jr. 9476
Heart of the Rockies, The. Henty 9478
When London Burned. Henty 9479
Wulf the Saxon. G. A. Henty 9480
Famous Men of Science. T. K. Bolton 9483
Jack in the Bush. R. Grant. 9487
Camp Life and the Tricks of Trapping 9489
Mary. Mrs. Molesworth 9492
Children of the Castle. Mrs. Molesworth 9493
Little Peggy and Nurse Heatherdale 9494
Pere Goriot. Honore De Balzac.
9498
Duchess de Langeais. Honore De Balzac
9499
Cæsar Birotteau. Honore De Balzac 9500
Eugenie Grandet. Honore De Balzac
9501
Cousin Pons. Honore De Balzac.
9502
The Country Doctor. Honore De Balzac 9503
The Two Brothers. Honore De Balzac 9504
The Alkahest. Honore De Balzac. 9505
Modest Mignon. Honore De Balzac 9506 The Magic Skin. Honore De Balzac. 9507
Cousin Bette. Honore De Belzac 9508
Louis Lambert. Honore De Balzac 9509
Bureaucracy. Honore De Balzac. 9510
Seraphita. Honore De Balzac 9511
Sons of the Soil. Honore De Balzac. 9512
Fame and Sorrow. Honore De Balzac 9513
Lilly of the Valley, The. Honore De Balzac 9514
Ursule Mironet. Honore De Balzac 9515
An Historical Mystery. Honore de Balzac
9516
Albert Savarus, Honore De Balzac
9517
Balzac, A Memoir. Honore De Balzac
9518
Pierette and the Vicar of Tours. Honore De Balzac.
9519
Chouans, The. Honore De Balzac. 9520
Lost Illusions. Honore De Balzac. 9521
A Great Man of the Provinces. Honore De Balzac 9522
Brotherhood of Consolation. Honore De Balzac 9523
Village Rector, The. Honore De Balzac 9524
Memoirs of Two Young Married Women. Honore De Balzac. 9525
Catherine De Medici. Honore De Balzac 9526
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND,
FOR ITS
One Hundred and Sixteenth Municipal Year,
FROM
MARCH 1, 1895, TO MARCH 1, 1896.
R
A
TED
L
1635.
FOUNDr.)
EAST SUDBURY
0821
1835
CAMBRIDGE : LOMBARD & CAUSTIC, PRINTERS, 26a BRATTLE STREET. 1896.
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND,
FOR ITS
One Hundred and Sixteenth Municipal Year,
FROM
MARCH 1, 1895, TO MARCH 1, 1896.
RP
A
N
TED
LA
ND.
1635.
EAST SUDBURY
FOUNDr.
178
183
CAMBRIDGE : LOMBARD & CAUSTIC, PRINTERS, 26a BRATTLE STREET. 1896.
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS, 1895-96.
The following is a list of the officers of the Town of Wayland and when their term expires :
Town Clerk.
RICHARD T. LOMBARD,
Term Expires. · 1896
Treasurer.
HENRY F. LEE,
1896
Auditor.
LORENZO K. LOVELL, .
..
1896
Collector of Taxes.
WILLARD B. WARD, .
1896
Treasurer of Library Funds.
HENRY D. PARMENTER, . 1896
Selectmen.
THOMAS W. FROST,
1896
DAVID P. W. LOKER,
1896
DANIEL D. GRIFFIN,
1896
Overseers of Poor.
DAVID P. W. LOKER,
1896
WILLARD B. WARD, .
1896
GEORGE B. HOWE,
1896
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School Committee.
LIZZIE E. MITCHELL, 1896
.
1897
L. ANNA DUDLEY,
1898
Assessors.
HORATIO G. HAMMOND,
1896
RICHARD T. LOMBARD,
1897
EDWARD CARTER,
1898
Water Commissioners.
HENRY G. DUDLEY, 1896
WILLIAM H. BENT, . 1897
CHARLES H. BOODEY,
1898
Trustees Public Library.
JOHN CONNOLLY, 1896
RICHARD T. LOMBARD,
1896
EMILY A. HEARD,
1897
LIZZIE E. MITCHELL,
1897
ELLEN M. BRAMAN, .
1898
ALFRED A. CARTER,
1896
Constables.
A. DAVID COLLINS,
1896
FREDERICK E. DEERING,
1896
THOMAS E. GLENNAN,
1896
CLINTON E. HIBBARD,
1896
JOHN E. LINNEHAN,
1896
LAWRENCE H. McMANUS,
1896
FRANK P. QUACKENBUSH,
1896
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Trustees Allen Fund.
ISAAC DAMON, . 1896
DANIEL D. GRIFFIN,
1896
LUTHER H. SHERMAN,
1896
Fence Viewers.
ALBION F. PARMENTER, .
1896
ISAAC DAMON, .
1896
EDWARD CARTER,
.
·
1896
Field Driver.
1896
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
RICHARD T. LOMBARD,
1896
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
GEORGE B. HOWE,
1896
WILLIAM S. LOVELL,
1896
EDWARD CARTER,
1896
Surveyor of Lumber.
FRANK HAYNES,
.
.
1896
Superintendent of North and Centre Cemeteries.
THEO. S. SHERMAN,
1896
Superintendent Lakeview Cemetery.
NATHAN S. WALTON,
1896
Committee on Finance.
LUTHER H. SHERMAN,
1896
RICHARD T. LOMBARD,
1896
EDWIN W. MARSTON,
1896
THOMAS W. FROST,
1896
CHARLES W. DEAN,
1896
·
IRA D. DICKEY,
.
.
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Committee on Decoration Day.
RICHARD T. LOMBARD, 1896
GEORGE E. SHERMAN, 1896
DANIEL W. RICKER,
1896
CHARLES H. THING,
1896
CHARLES H. MAY,
1896
Engineers of the Fire Department.
RALPH BENT, Chief, 1896
EDWIN W. MARSTON,
1896
HENRY B. PHALEN, .
1896
Inspectors of Cattle and Provisions.
THOMAS W. FROST,
1896
THOMAS BRYANT,
1896
.
Superintendent of Streets.
LEONARD A. LOKER,
1896
Registrars of Voters.
LUTHER H. SHERMAN, 1896
THEO. L. SAWIN, . 1897
DELOSS W. MITCHELL, 1898
RICHARD T. LOMBARD, Town Clerk, ex-officio, 1896
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TOWN WARRANT.
To DAVID P. COLLINS or either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the qualified voters of said Town of Wayland, to meet at the Town Hall, Wayland Centre, Monday, March 23, A. D. 1896, at 8 o'clock A. M., then and there to act on the fol- lowing articles :
ARTICLE 1. To choose by ballot a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose a Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Auditor, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer of the Library Funds, and seven Constables, all for one year. Also one School Committee, one Assessor, one Water Com- missioner, two Trustees of the Public Library, all for three years. Also one School Committee for one year, unexpired term of C. H. Boodey resigned. Also to answer the following question.
Shall licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors be granted in the town of Wayland for the year ensuing. For the purposes specified in this Article the poll will be opened immediately after the election of a Moderator, and will remain open continuously till 2 o'clock P. M., when it may be closed unless the meeting shall otherwise determine. All names must appear upon the official ballot and be voted for in accordance with Chapter 386 of the Acts of the year 1890.
ART. 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, Agents, and Committees, and hear reports of Town Officers, Trustees, Agents and Committees, and act thereon.
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ART. 4. To see how much money the town will grant for paying interest and existing liabilities ; for roads, bridges and cul- verts, for sidewalks, for assisting and maintaining the Poor, for schools, school supplies and repairs, for transportation of scholars, for the fire department, for abatement of taxes, for paying Town Officers, for paying military aid, and assisting needy soldiers, sailors and their families, for decorating soldiers' graves, for lighting streets, for repairing and improving town property, for suppressing the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, for all necessary town use, and order the same to be assessed, or do or act.
ART. 5. To appropriate the license money on dogs, refunded by the County Treasurer, or do or act.
ART. 6. To authorize the Selectmen to consult counsel on im- portant town cases.
ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money, temporarily, in anticipation of taxes for 1896, and if so, in what manner and how much.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize its Tax Collector for 1896 to use all means for collecting taxes which are delegated to Town Treasurers when appointed to collect the taxes of a town.
ART. 9. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors as revised by the Selectmen.
ART. 10. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the purpose of erecting a stone tablet or monument on the Town Hall lot, to designate that in Wayland was established the first free Public Library in Massachusetts, or do or act.
ART. 11. To see if the town will build a school house at Wayland Centre, and appropriate money therefor, or do or act.
ART. 12. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to borrow money to build a school house at Wayland Centre and es- tablish a sinking fund, under Chapter 29 of the Public Statutes, to provide for the payment of said loan, or under any act of the Gen- eral Court, or do or act.
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ART. 13. To see if the town will order and direct the sale of the North and Centre High school buildings, Also order and direct the sale of the Centre Primary school building and land, the Rutter school building and land, and the Thomas school building and land. And that the Treasurer of the town be authorized and empowered to sign and execute a deed or deeds of said premises to the purchaser or purchasers for and in behalf of the town, or do or act.
ART. 14. To see if the town will elect a committee to inves- tigate the matter of introducing Water into Wayland Centre for protection against fire and for domestic use, and to ascertain if the present water supply is sufficient, or the water basin needs to be enlarged or improved, and the probable expense of the same and to report to a future Town Meeting, or do or act.
ART. 15. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to place a marker at the grave of each revolutionary soldier or sailor buried in this town, the expense not to exceed one dollar each; and to elect a committee, or do or act.
ART. 16. To see if the town will instruct its Selectmen to cause the Boston & Maine Railroad Company to remove all the piles in Sudbury river, within the limits of the railroad location, not required to support the railroad bridge, or do or act.
ART. 17. To see if the town will appropriate the money re- ceived from Superintendents of Cemeteries for the sale of lots for the purpose of beautifying the cemeteries, or do or act.
ART. 18. To see if the town will authorize the Water Com- missioners to replace the two-inch with four-inch pipe leading from the residence of B. S. Hemmenway to Charles H. May on Main street, so that hydrants can be attached for fire purposes, or do or act.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to except Chapter 417, Section 269, Public Statutes, relative to electing its Overseers of the Poor, or do or act.
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ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to raise the Salaries of the Overseers of the Poor to forty dollars a year, the Clerk to re- ceive ten dollars extra, or do or act.
ART. 21. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of two hundred and seventy-five dollars to paint the buildings at the Town Farm, or do or act.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to sell its lot of land adjoining Lake View Cemetery, and appoint a committee to carry said vote into effect, and to execute a deed of said lot to the pur- chaser for and in behalf of the town, or do or act.
ART. 23. To see what action the town will take relative to paying the tuition of its scholars attending High schools in adjoin- ing towns, or do or act.
ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to add the lot of land recently obtained from E. B. Loker, to the Cochituate Grammar school house lot or do or act.
ART. 25. To see if the town will appropriate a sufficient sum of money to fence the town lot in the rear of the Cochituate Grammar school house, and remove the school out buildings to the . western boundary of said lot, or do or act.
ART. 26. To see what action the town will take relative to the claims of Chester B. Williams and Henry B. Phalen for damage.
ART. 27, To see if the town will vote to enlarge the culvert near the residence of C. B. Williams, appropriate money for the same, or do or act.
ART. 28. To see what action the town will take relative to holding its Special Town Meetings in the evening, or do or act.
ART. 29. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to gravel the plain road leading from Isaac Damon's to the John Curtain place, or do or act.
ART. 30. To see if the town will appropriate six hundred dollars to fill and grade land in front of the estates of Samuel D. Reeves and Susan A. Pierce.
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ART. 31. To instruct the Selectmen to call upon and request the County Commissioners, of Middlesex County, to appoint an early day to report upon the grading of the "Pelham" or Heard's Pond road in this town, upon which a primary hearing was had and a survey made in November, 1891.
ART. 32. To see what action the town will take in reference to the Bill in Equity filed by Samuel D. Reeves, or do or act.
ART. 32. To see if the town will establish a High school, or do or act.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, and at each of Post offices in Wayland Centre and Cochituate Village, seven days, at least, before said March 23, 1896.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before the day appointed for holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this ninth day of March, year of our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
THOMAS W. FROST, Selectmen DAVID P. W. LOKER, of
DANIEL D. GRIFFIN, Wayland.
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WAYLAND BY-LAWS.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
In the Superior Court within and for the County at Middlesex, Anno Domini 1885.
The following By-Laws of the town of Wayland are presented to this Court for approval, to wit :
1. Notice of every Town Meeting shall be given by posting a copy of the warrant therefor in three or more public places in the town, at least seven days before the time appointed for such meeting.
2. The Town Clerk shall at the time and place appointed, call the meeting to order and forthwith proceed to read the warrant for the meeting, and the return of the person or persons who served it; he shall then call upon the voters present to bring in their votes for moderator (if one be required at said meeting) and shall preside until a moderator is chosen and assumes the office.
3. No vote fixing the time for closing a ballot shall be reconsidered after said ballot shall have begun; but an extension of the time may be had by vote without reconsideration.
4. Every motion or order which is of a complicated nature, or of unusual length shall be reduced to writing, also all other motions at the pleasure of the presiding officer.
5. The powers and duties of a presiding officer not especially pro- vided for by law, or by these By-Laws, shall be determined by the rules and practice contained in Cushing's Manual so far as they are adapted to the conditions and powers of the town.
6. The financial year shall begin on the first day of March and end the last day of the February following,
7. The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the fourth Mon- day of March in each year, at such time as the Selectmen may appoint, at the town hall.
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8. The Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, School Committee, Auditor, Water Commissioners, Treasurer of the Water Board, Collector of Taxes, Town Clerk, Treasurer of Library Funds and Treasurer of Allen Fund, shall, and such other town officers, agents or committees of the town as may deem it expedient may, make written annual reports of all matters pertaining to their several depart- ments, relating to the general interest and welfare of the town. All such reports shall be delivered to the Auditor on or before March 7th of each year, and the Selectmen shall deliver to the Auditor on or before March 10 of each year, a copy of the annual Town Warrant. The Auditor shall cause all such reports and the Town Warrant to be printed in pamphlet form and distributed to the voters of the town by leaving a copy thereof at each dwelling house, at least three days before the annual town meeting each year.
9. The Treasurer, Overseers of the Poor, and School Committee, shall report an estimate of the sums of money needed to defray the necessary charges of their several departments, and the Selectmen shall report an estimate of what other sums of money may be needed to defray the necessary town charges and expenditures for the year ensuing.
10. The Selectmen shall hold regular business meetings at least once a month, of which due notice shall be given.
11. All bills against the town shall be made out in detail with the proper date for each item and shall be approved by a majority of the Board contracting said bill and shall be presented to the Board of Selectmen for examination and approval and if found correct, they shall give an order on the Treasurer to pay the same, said order to specify from what appropriation the same is to be drawn.
12. The Selectmen shall notify the Treasurer of the amount of orders drawn at each meeting and the Treasurer shall not be required to pay the same until twenty-four hours after such notice.
13. A list of all taxes shall be committed to the Collector on or be- fore August 1, and the Collector shall pay into the treasury, one-half of said taxes on or before October 1, including the County tax, and the balance of the taxes on or before January 1, and shall settle with the town on or before the first day of the following July. On all taxes remaining unpaid October 1, interest shall be charged at the rate of
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six per cent. per annum. In enforcing the payment of taxes, the Collector shall proceed by sale of the property. The Collector shall make weekly payments to the Treasurer, provided the sum in his hands amounts to one hundred dollars or more. The Collector shall have and possess all the authority, powers and privileges delegated to Town Treasurers when they are made Collectors of Taxes.
14. The Collector shall within thirty days after receiving the list of taxes, make out a tax bill to every person, corporation or company of persons named in such tax list, in which bill shall be printed the rate of taxation, the time when all taxes are due and payable, and the time when interest will be charged, and shall deliver, or mail through the Post Office to every person so taxed, his tax bill.
15. All unappropriated money paid into the Treasury shall be carried to an account to be kept by the Treasurer, called the " Con- tingent Fund," and no money shall be drawn therefrom except by a vote of the town ; and all balances of appropriations of the preceding year, remaining unexpended June 1 each year, shall be carried to said account, except the unexpended balances of the poor account, schools, abatement of taxes, and interest which shall remain to the credit of said accounts. All moneys for soldiers' aid shall be drawn from the Contingent Fund, on orders from the Selectmen, as if especially appropriated.
16. The Town Treasurer shall not borrow any money on behalf of the town upon any promissory note or other obligation executed by him, as such Treasurer, unless the same is first countersigned by the Selectmen or by a majority of them.
17. No town officer or board of officers shall contract any debt or obligation on behalf of the town, beyond the appropriation to which said debt or obligation would be chargeable except on the unanimous vote of the Board so contracting said debt and the unanimous approval of the Board of Selectman, and in such case not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars in any one year; and the Selectman shall in their annual report state what emergency required such action.
18. All Boards of standing town officers shall cause records of their doings and accounts to be kept in suitable books and the persons having charge of the same shall transmit them to their successors in office. Whenever any vote affecting any town officer or officers is
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passed, the Clerk shall transmit a copy of the same to such officer (officers), and the said copy shall be kept by said officers and be trans- mitted to their successors if anything therein contained shall appertain to their duties.
19. The Water Commissioners shall choose a Clerk and Superin- tendent. The Clerk shall keep a record of said Board under its direction and shall keep a set of books in which shall be entered - all receipts and expenditures of the Water Works, and shall collect all bills for the use of water or ortherwise pertaining to said Water Works, and shall on the last day of each month, pay the same over to the Town Treasurer. The Clerk shall give bond with sufficient sureties in not less than two thousand dollars, for the faithful perform- ance of his duties, said bond to be filed with and kept by the Select- men. The Superintendent under the direction of the Water Commis- sioners shall have the general superintendence of the out door work connected with the Water Works.
20. The Treasurer of the Water Works' Sinking Fund shall give a sufficient bond with sureties for the fathful performance of his duties ; said bond to be filed with and kept by the Selectmen.
21. The Water Commissioners shall have authority to draw orders on the Town Treasurer for such sums of money as may be required for the proper maintenance of the Water Works; and said orders to be paid by the Treasurer from money received from water rates.
22. At the Annual Town Meeting the town shall choose, by ballot, the Treasurer of the Library Funds.
23. The Auditor and any voter shall, at all reasonable times, have access to the books of the town, and have the right to examine them and take copies thereof.
24. No person shall pasture or tether any animal upon any street in the town, except within the limits of such streets adjoining his own premises, without the consent of the owner or occupant of the land adjoining the street where pasturage is wanted; in either case the animal must be in charge of a keeper.
25. Whoever wilfully, maliciously, or wantonly, without cause, destroys, defaces, mars or injures any school-house or other public building, or any out building, shed, fence, wall, furniture, apparatus
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or other property belonging to or connected with such school-houses or other public building, shall be punished by a fine not less than five dollars, nor exceeding fifty dollars. No occupant of any house where there is or has been recently small pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria or other infectious or contagious diseases shall be permitted to attend any public school in the town, until a certificate of a regular physician that there is no longer danger of infection is obtained and presented to the teacher. The School Committee shall post or cause to be posted a copy of this section in every school room in the town.
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