Report of the city of Somerville 1901, Part 24

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1901
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 552


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There are 185 cows, one sheep, and 70 swine kept in our city for domestic purposes.


I have visited several stables where a large number of horses are kept, examined 896 animals where contagious disease was re- ported, and thoroughly cleansed all stables where horses were affected with contagious disease. Sixteen horses were quaran- tined, three of which were released, and the remaining thirteen were killed by order of the Cattle Commissioners as they proved to have contagious disease; thirteen additional horses were affected and were killed with the owners' consent ; making twenty-six diseased horses killed during the year. I am glad to report that contagious disease among horses was less than in any other year since my term of office began.


Notices have been posted in all grocery and provision stores, calling attention to the provisions of law embodied in the following enactments, copies of which were included in the notices :-


Acts of 1894, Chapter 491, Sections 15 and 16 : in regard to exposing for sale or selling articles of food unfit for use.


Acts of 1901, Chapter 391 : An act relative to the Inspection and Branding of the Carcasses of Animals Slaughtered for Human Food.


Acts of 1897, Chapter 344 : An act relative to the Adultera- tion of Food.


Acts of 1901, Chapter 396 : An act relative to the Labeling of Certain Articles of Food and Drink.


There are 339 grocery and provision stores in the city, to which I have made 691 visits during the year, and I have also inspected 692 pedlers' carts from which fish and produce are sold.


I have posted in all bakeries a notice containing a copy of


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Chapter 418 of the Acts of 1896, entitled, An Act relative to Bakeries and Persons Employed Therein, and have inspected the premises at least once every month. There are thirty bakeries in this city, many of which were in poor condition; but since the beginning of the monthly inspection their condition has been very much improved.


I have inspected, condemned, and caused to be destroyed 25 cattle, 465 pounds of beef, 31 calves, 33 livers, 6 kidneys, 9 sheep, 8 lambs, 36 pounds of mutton, 5 swine, 394 pounds of pork, 482 pounds of fowl, 1,601 pounds of fish, 63 salt mackerel, 890 fresh mackerel, 183 herring, 80 dozen smelts, 66 alewives, 22 lobsters, 2 quarts of oysters, 3 quarts of clams, 210 cabbages, 2 barrels potatoes, one barrel of greens, one bushel of greens, 3 bushel of string beans, 73 bunches of asparagus, 13 crates of tomatoes, 12 watermelons, 117 quarts of strawberries, 390 ban- anas, 7 barrels of apples, 17 boxes of oranges, 8 dozen oranges.


As agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to. Animals I have investigated 224 cases, and as a result of such in- vestigation have caused to be killed seventeen horses, thirty-seven dogs and fifty-nine cats, and have found good homes for four stray dogs.


Respectfully,


CHARLES M. BERRY, Inspector.


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR.


OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR, 310 BROADWAY, SOMERVILLE, January 6, 1902.


To the Board of Health :-


I herewith respectfully submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1901.


The work in this department has been much the same as in the previous year. I have added some improved chemical appa- ratus, and an electric motor, which enables me to do better work than I could by the old method.


I have collected and analyzed 720 samples of milk; 129 of these I found below the standard. Notices were sent to the parties from whom I took the samples, and in most cases their milk was brought up to standard at once.


Court Record.


Number of days spent in court Number of cases prosecuted


.


.


· 20


Fines Imposed.


Nine stores, for selling poor milk, $10 each .


$90 00


One store, for selling poor milk


20 00


Two stores, for selling poor milk, $25 each .


50 00


One store, for selling poor milk


30 00


Two stores, for selling poor milk, $5 each .


10 00


One store, for selling poor milk, placed on file.


Two milkmen, putting preservative in milk, $50 each .


100 00


One milkman, watered milk


50 00


One milkman, no license, placed on file.


Total fines imposed .


$350 00


I have collected for licenses and stamps, $139.42, which amount I have paid to the City Treasurer. This added to the amount of fines makes a total of $489.42 returned to the city through this office : deducted from the salary I received of $500 makes a net cost of $10.58 for salary.


I have collected and analyzed fifty samples of vinegar, most of which conformed to the standard. A few did not, and notices were given to the parties selling it. They promised to procure new vinegar and not sell any more of the poor. No cases were prosecuted.


I have had a good many samples brought to my office by pri- vate citizens who thought their supply of milk was not right. I


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have analyzed all samples submitted and reported the results ob- tained to the several parties, for which I made no charge. That this work was very much appreciated by the citizens I am cer- tain from the thanks which I received.


I have inspected ten butter wagons and practically all of the stores-over 300-where butter and milk are sold. As I re- ported last year, some of the places are filthy beyond description ; and some rule should be made by which I can compel such parties to keep butter and milk in a more cleanly manner.


Notices were sent to all milk dealers licensed last year to renew their licenses the first of May. I was in my office every day in May from 3 to 6.30 P. M. and 7.30 to 9 P. M., except Thurs- days. There has been practically the same number engaged in the business as last year ; some new ones have started and several of the old ones sold out.


We use about 7,650 gallons of milk a day in the city, and as much more is handled and put up here that is sold in Boston and Cambridge.


The average quality of milk for the year has been better than it was the previous year.


JULIUS E. RICHARDSON, Inspector of Milk and Vinegar.


SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.


Board of Overseers of the Poor. EDWARD B. WEST, President. ALBERT W. EDMANDS, Vice-president. HERBERT E. MERRILL.


Committees. ON FINANCE, INVESTIGATION AND RELIEF, AND CITY HOME. - Mr. West Mr. Edmands, and Mr. Merrill.


Secretary. CORA F. LEWIS.


General Agent. CHARLES C. FOLSOM.


City Physician to September 7. ARTHUR R. PERRY, M. D.


City Physician, September 7 to December 31. ALVAH B. DEARBORN, M. D.


Warden and Matron "City Home." MR. AND MRS. J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN.


Office. City Hall Annex, Highland Avenue.


REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


OFFICE OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. - City Hall Annex, January 1, 1902.


To the Honorable, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-We hereby submit to you our annual report for the year 1901.


At the beginning of the year the Board of Overseers of the Poor made a careful estimate of what appropriation in their judg- ment would be necessary to meet the expenses of this department.


Their conclusion was that $20,000.00 would be sufficient for the miscellaneous account. The above amount was reduced to $19,000, and the rebates that we collected for the treatment of poor patients at the hospital, and which we had been credited with in vears past, by recommendation of His Honor, the Mayor, and an order of the Board of Aldermen, were paid to the hospital. Thus we were handicapped, and of course it became necessary to ask for a transfer.


The Board would respectfully ask that in the future a sufficient sum be appropriated to meet the legitimate needs of the depart- ment.


We have given temporary aid to two hundred and ninety- one families during the year. The aid consisted largely in food and fuel. We have found by investigation that in many cases the destitution was caused by desertion by the husband and father, he leaving his family without any provision whatever for their support. We have given more aid to the above class of cases, and to families where the head has been removed by death, than to all others,-in fact, wery few men have been out of work who really wanted it, and who could be relied upon by their em- ployers to do a fair day's work. We still find the rule of great benefit that requires the man in the family being aided (if there is one) to go to the City Home and do some work for the aid rendered. In some cases it is almost impossible to have this rule complied with, owing to the interference of those who under- stand more of the theory of charity giving than the real practical side of the work.


Insane.


The number of insane cases having a settlement in this city has increased during the last year more than for any year since the city was incorporated. We have, December 31, in the several hospitals in the state, ninety persons, and in private families, one,


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making a total of ninety-one, an increase of ten from last year. The laws for state support will go into effect in 1904.


Somerville Hospital.


Under the present arrangement with the hospital, the sick who are not able to pay for treatment are given permits by the City Physician, after their history has been obtained by our agent. This precaution is taken so that the proper notices can be sent to the state, or the city or town where the patient may be settled.


In cases of emergency, however, they are conveyed to the hospital immediately, and the facts as to the legal residence are obtained from friends or relatives later.


One hundred and thirty-one persons were treated during 1901 on the city's account, time there amounting to 579 2-7 weeks. We collected from other cities, towns, and the state, $1,388.12 for treating patients, which was turned over to the hospital. The procuring of histories, sending official notices within the time prescribed by law, visiting, and the extra book- keeping, all take time, but we are satisfied that the present ar- rangement is the best that can be made for the hospital, as well as for the city, and we gladly do all in our power to make this indispensable institution a source of comfort and a blessing to the poorer people in Somerville.


City Home.


The "Somerville City Home" has been in existence a little over two years, and has fully demonstrated the fact that it is a real home to those who have been sheltered under its hospitable roof. Mr. and Mrs. J. Foster Colquhoun, the warden and matron, have been in charge of the Home from the first, and their faithful services are appreciated by this Board. We are fortunate in having for a matron a lady who is not only com- petent to do the work incumbent upon her in her position, but is thoroughly qualified to kindly care for those who are sick, she being a trained nurse.


During the year some $875.25 worth of vegetables has been sold from the farm. There have also been other incomes, in all amounting to $1,473.20.


The Board is planning to enlarge and extend the work so that a much larger amount will be produced during the coming year. Some new sash, covers, and mats have been purchased, also quite a large lot from Irving G. Russell by sanction of His Honor, the Mayor. These in addition to those bought last year make our outfit for this work all that could be desired in this direction.


The farm has been improved in various ways, and the build- ings have been kept in good repair. We wish to call the atten-


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tion of your Honor and the Board of Aldermen to the fact that the house is overcrowded. On the men's side every space is filled with a bed, and every bed occupied, and we have two ap- plications on file now from men who wish to go to the Home.


The Board earnestly recommend that an ell be erected as soon as possible to relieve this overcrowded condition. This new part should be, in the judgment of the Board, about thirty by seventy feet-two stories high with pitch roof. This new part will be for the exclusive use of the men, and need not be a very expensive building. This will be all the additional room we shall require for many years.


When this much-needed building is supplied, a bathroom for the warden's family and the hired help can be provided. The absence of separate accommodations of this character for the family has been a source of great inconvenience and annoyance.


We wish again to call attention to the fact that a fire escape is very essential to the safety of the inmates, and we earnestly hope one will be constructed as soon as possible. The State Board of Charities call attention to above fact in their annual re- port on almshouses.


We wish to extend the thanks of the Board to your Honor and the Board of Aldermen of 1901 for the prompt recognition of our application for and need of a shed at the City Home. It has proved of great benefit since it was completed.


The appropriation for the Home was $4,000. We pur- chased permanent supplies and paid assessments to other depart- ments amounting to nearly $1,000. We also had an unexpended balance of $350.7. We were able to do this only because a transfer of $1,500 was made in the latter part of the year.


The Board wish to commend the faithful services of our general agent, who has been the executive officer of the Board since 1885, and the secretary, who has kept the books and done the writing in an accurate and satisfactory manner since 1893. We respectfully refer to the following tables for the details of our work.


We also enclose herewith the report of the Warden of the City Home to this department. It contains a more detailed ac- count of the work done at the Home and on the farm. We ask to have it printed and bound with the report of the Board.


EDWARD B. WEST, Overseers ALBERT W. EDMANDS, of the


HERBERT E. MERRILL, Poor.


312


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE NO. 1. Full Support (During the Year).


In our City Home (men 25, women 12)


37


In private families


2


In Somerville Hospital In hospitals for the sick in other cities and towns .


22


In Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded


4


Insane persons in private families


1


Insane persons in hospitals


123


TABLE NO. 2. Full Support (at present time, December 31, 1901).


In Somerville City Home (men 16, women 7)


23


Insane in hospitals (we are reimbursed for 6)


91


Insane in private families


1


In hospitals, sane


12


TABLE NO 3. Partial Support (Outdoor Relief).


Families


291


Persons aided


1,423


Burials


12


Permits to Tewksbury almshouse


6


TABLE NO. 4. Reimbursements.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


$2,160 63


City of Boston


66


66 Cambridge


.


66


Chelsea


4 25


66


Everett


9 46


66


Fall River


35 00


66


Fitchburg


3 25


66


Haverhill


14 75


66


Lowell


79 38


66 Lynn


62 50


60


66 Malden


119 09


66 Marlboro


54 10


60


66 Medford


9 20


66


Taunton


11 25


66


66 Waltham


84 18


66


66 Woburn


128 98


66


Ashburnham


78 57


66


Berkley


41 43


66


Canton


8 10


66


Dennis


8 14


66


Hardwick


3 00


66


Lancaster


3 60


66 Methuen


4 00


66


66 North Andover


44 00


Wakefield


79 65


Amount carried forward


$5,163 26


66


66 Worcester


49 75


Town of Agawam


12 86


66 Gloucester


32 65


.


1,186 07


835 42


131


313


SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.


Amount brought forward


$5,163 26


Guardians, relatives, and individuals


1,179 06


Soldiers' relief Money not called for


81 25


6 86


$6,430 43


TABLE NO. 5. Somerville Hospital.


Cases on City's account


131


Cases having settlement in Somerville .


38


Cases having settlement in other cities or towns .


26


Cases having no settlement (chargeable to State)


67


Money paid Hospital by the City for patients settled in Somerville


$5,000 00


Amount reimbursed to the City and paid to the Hospital for patients not settled in Somerville .


1,388 13


Total paid to the Hospital


$6,388 13


TABLE NO. 6. Population and Gross Expenditures, 1883 to 1901, Inclusive.


Year


Population (Estimated)


Expenditures


1883


27,000


$15,959 80


1884


28,000


17,272 52


1885


*29,992


16,430 32


1886


32,000


14,341 83


1887


34,000


13,430 89


1888


36,000


13,375 98


1889


39,000


14,610 92


1890


*40,117


15,261 14


1891


43,000


15,980 49


1892


46,000


17,015 30


1893


48,000


17,799 58


1894


50,000


19,733 13


1895


*52,200


20,755 46


1896


54,000


21,999 79


1897


56,000


25,681 47


1898


57,500


28,522 21


1899


60,000


28,924 39


1900


*61,643


City Home,


5,528.83


1901


62,500


City Home,


6,622.43


35,793 58


*Census.


Miscellaneous, $23,697.62


29,226 45


Miscellaneous, $29,171.15


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TABLE 7. Expenditures, in Detail, for the Year 1901.


.


1901.


Dry Goods.


Board.


Groceries.


Towns and Cities.


Boots and Shoes.


Medicine.


Burial.


Salaries.


Fuel.


Sundries.


Public Institutions.


Total.


January .


$3 00


$79 43


$410 13


$588 72


$11 60


$87 85


$319 33


$192 70


$79 46


$2.947 64


$4,719 86


February


162 50


452 12


141 85


9 00


48 90


$22 00


308 66


186 39


103 20


557 23


1,991 85


March


4 00


92 0S


563 99


9 85


202 85


30 00


283 34


115 40


3,013 54


4 345 05


79 73


367 36


12 10


8 45


15 00


283 33


196 92


43 37


41 79


1,053 55


April .


·


.


.


·


.


.


.


·


.


·


2 00


25 29


216 72


489 38


4 50


78 15


5 00


283 33


92 53


143 50


1,340 40


August


11 50


25 29


327 03


13 15


283 33


55 30


504 22


1,219 82


September


67 58


376 16


17 10


15 00


283 33


·


·


·


73 59


557 38


1,325 13


October .


·


2 00


28 58


181 08


.5 95


36 20


18 00


283 35


340 70


29 75


137 99


1,700 97


December


·


.


. ·


25 29


420 86


402 88


Totals


.


$30 75


$807 90


$4,312 75


$1,658 33


8 80


$523 95


$150 00


$3,461 33


$916 71


$789 05


$15,043 45


$27,783 02


To this total amount should be added $1,338.13 paid to the Somerville Hospital from miscellaneous appropriation, making total expenditures $29,171.15.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


3,808 48


4,710 34


June .


67 12


46; 73


30 00


14 35


30 65


283 33


78 20


708 18


15 00


283 34


.


.


·


26 5S


3,301 68


4,108 88


65


15 00


283 33


.


.


.


·


.


·


·


15 00


283 33


49 00


·


·


·


558 99


November


8 25


129 72


257 21


5 50


May .


25 29


276 36


42 67


·


·


July .


·


·


21 45


315


SUPPORT OF POOR DEPARTMENT.


TABLE NO. 8. Recapitulation (Miscellaneous).


Appropriation


$19,000 00


Transfer


4,000 00


Reimbursements


6,430 43


Total receipts .


$29,430 43


Total expenditures


29,171 15


Balance unexpended


$259 28


Net expenditures


22,740 72


TABLE NO. 9. Running Expenses of City Home for 1901.


Seeds


$111 37


Groceries and provisions


1,354 38


Dry goods and clothing


80 49


Boots and shoes


37 10


Salaries and wages


1,497 93


Medicine


63 06


Extra help


68 52


Hay and grain .


456 82


Shoeing horses


34 63


Telephone 'service


73 08


Cash paid by Warden for railroad fares, etc.


69 13


Sundries


33 22


Ice


14 91


Repairs on wagons


72 41


$3,967 05


CREDITS.


Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Board) .


$6 00


Board of sundry persons, etc.


355 70


Produce, etc., raised on farm


875 25


Wood (for poor families)


226 25


Cash for groceries returned


10 00


1,473 20


$2,493 85


TABLE NO. 10. Supplies on Hand at City Home December 31, 1901.


Groceries and provisions


$105 51


Clothing and boots and shoes .


223 20


Hay and grain


42 25


Fertilizer and seed


87 00


Wood


Vegetables as per list in Warden's report.


170 00


316


ANNUAL REPORTS.


TABLE NO. 11. Property at the Somerville City Home January 1, 1902.


Land


$31,200 00


Buildings


6,400 00


Three horses


.


360 00


Two cows


95 00


Eighteen pigs and hogs


97 00


Twenty-five hens


15 00


Wagons, carts, etc.


444 00


Harnesses, blankets, etc.


160 16


Hay and grain


42 25


Hot beds, sash, mats, etc.


1,582 00


Fertilizer and seed


87 00


Wood


170 00


Groceries and provisions


130 51


Medicine


33 75


Hardware, scales, fire extinguisher, hot water heater, etc.,


198 49


Farm utensils


470 07


Kitchen utensils, crockery, etc.


335 00


Furniture and carpets


561 55


Bedding


328 87


Clothing, boots and shoes


223 20


Vegetables (see Warden's report).


$42,933 85


TABLE NO. 12. Recapitulation (City Home).


Appropriation


$4,000 00


Transfer


1,500 00


Reimbursements


1,473 20


Total receipts


$6,973 20


Total expenditures


6,622 43


Balance unexpended


$350 77


Net expenditures


5,149 23


TABLE NO. 13. Reimbursements (City Home).


Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Board)


$6 00


Board of sundry persons, etc.


355 70


Produce, etc.


875 25


Wood (for poor families)


226 25


Cash for groceries returned


10 00


.


.


$1,473 20


.


REPORT OF WARDEN OF CITY HOME.


CITY HOME, January 1, 1902.


To the Overseers of the Poor, City of Somerville :-


Gentlemen,-I would submit the following as the report of the Warden of the City Home for the year ending December 31, 1901 :-


Owing to grading the lawns and the wet, backward spring, we were put to great inconvenience in cultivating our lowlands near the marsh, but we hope for better conditions during the coming season.


During the past year the Irving Russell estate was pur- chased and added to the farm. About one acre of the marsh land was broken up and prepared, which, with the Russell estate, will give us about three acres additional of tillable land.


The new shed built during the year gives ample storage for our farm wagons, and also provides shelter for the men who pre- pare the wood which is delivered to the outside poor.


The wash house for preparing vegetables for the market is now complete, having been heated and provided with hot and cold water, which will make quite a saving in time and labor.


The grain room has been remodeled to accommodate two cows, the old cow stall being used for an extra farm horse.


Electric lights have been placed in the barn, wash house, wagon shed, and root cellar.


A cupola with weather vane has been built which adds greatly to the appearance of the barn.


A new board walk for winter use has been laid from the street to the side entrance of the Home.


The following repairs have been made during the year, the only expense being the cost of material :-


The Warden's dining-room walls and woodwork painted and ceiling whitened, the side entrance corridor walls painted, and woodwork painted and grained.


The kitchen, inmates' dining room, men's bathroom, women's bathroom, men's sitting room, and corridor, walls painted and ceilings whitened.


A retaining wall sixty feet by four feet has been built in the rear of the barn which acts as a foundation wall for the wagon shed.


A door has been cut in the brick partition wall between the barn cellar and root cellar.


A retaining wall forty-one feet by five feet has been built on the west side of the barn to protect the root cellar from the ex- treme cold weather.


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


A harness and tool room has been built on the west side of the barn, the box stall having been used temporarily for harness and tools.


Recommendations.


An addition for men should be built this year, as the Home is overcrowded beyond the limits required by the state, and no space left to set up another bed.


A system of ventilation should be provided for the men's dormitory, as the existing conditions are not what they should be.


Some action should be taken at once to provide a private bathroom for the Warden's family.


Inmates of " Home."


Number of weeks' board 995 2-7


Number males admitted during 1901 . 17


Number females admitted during 1901 9


Number males discharged during 1901 12


Number females discharged during 1901 5


Number males supported during 1901 25


Number females supported during 1901


11


Number died during 1901 2


Number inmates in home January 1, 1902 23


Products of Farm.


The following is the amount of produce raised on the farm during the past year, but which does not include the abundant quantity of vegetables used in the Home :-


25,000 roots of celery ; 8,006 cucumbers; 7,092 heads of let- tuce; 3,268 bunches of radishes; 1,785 bunches of beets; 35 bushels of beets ; 1,728 bunches of carrots; 42 bushels of carrots ; 1,002 bunches of onions; 54 bushels of onions; 330 bushels of dandelions; 46 bushels of turnips; 14 bushels of parsnips; 259 bushel of tomatoes; 87 bushels of spinach; 140 barrels of cab- bage; 10 barrels of squash; 662 crook-neck squash; 2 barrels of apples.


The following produce remained on hand January 1, 1902 :-


16,000 roots of celery ; 18 bushels of beets; 38 bushels of turnips ; 28 bushels of carrots ; 6 bushels of onions ; 30 barrels of cabbage; 4 barrels of squash; 3-4 ton of loose hay; 1 ton of marsh hay. Very respectfully,


J. FOSTER COLQUHOUN,


Warden.


REPORT OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN.


OFFICE OF THE CITY PHYSICIAN. JANUARY 1, 1902.


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


Gentlemen,-Having been appointed City Physician Sep- tember 6, 1901, I assumed the duties of the office at once. £


The following is a summary of the work I have performed to Decem- ber 31, 1901 :-


Three hundred and seventy-nine visits have been made. Two hundred and ten persons were treated at my office. Five hundred and thirty-three persons were vaccinated. Eighteen persons have had teeth extracted. Five women were attended in childbirth. Number of visits at the police station, seven. Six- teen persons were examined for permanent men in the Fire De- partment.


The first case of smallpox which appeared in the city was discovered November 21. The patient was removed at once to the smallpox hospital. There have been four other cases. I at- tended them as City Physician until December 4, when I ap- pointed Dr. Leonard H. Pote as an assistant, and from that time he has attended, under my direction, the smallpox cases. He has performed his duties faithfully and to the satisfaction of all con- cerned. No fact is better established than that a recent success- ful vaccination is a perfect protection from smallpox ; therefore, it is very important that all who have not been recently successfully vaccinated should be vaccinated at once. The Board of Health is doing all within its power to prevent the spread of the dreaded disease, and it is a duty incumbent upon all citizens of Somerville to promptly comply with its requests, and thus aid the Board in accomplishing its purpose.




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