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The cost of maintaining the system has been met by the appropriation for incidentals, and has not been any more than the price stated at the Town meeting at which the vote was passed to construct it.
LOCATION OF FIRE ALARM BOXES.
Box 12. Electric Light Station. Central Street. Break key at station.
Box 15. Milford Shoe Co.'s Factory No. 2, corner Central and Depot Streets.
Box 17. South end of Colburn, Fuller & Co.'s Shoe Fac- tory, North Bow Street.
Box 25. Lincoln Square, opposite main entrance to Music Hall.
Box 27. Corner Main and Cedar Streets.
Box 35. Corner West and Cherry Streets.
Box 46. Corner Fountain and Purchase Streets.
Box 54. Corner Main and Fruit Streets.
Box 65. Corner Grove and Forest Streets.
Box 142. "Private," inside Milford Shoe Co.'s Factory "S," Central Street.
Names of key holders will be found at the Boxes.
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. SCOTT,
Supt. of Fire Alarm Telegraph.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN LIBRARY.
NATHANIEL F. BLAKE, OWEN, F.CROUGHWELL, Term expires 1891 VALENTINE N. RYAN, NATHAN W. HEATH, Term expires 1892
CHARLES A. DEWEY, Term expires 1893
CHARLES A. DEWEY, Chairman, OWEN F. CROUGHWELL, Secretary, NATHAN W. HEATH, Treasurer, NATHANIEL F. BLAKE, Librarian.
At a meeting of the Trustees on the 13th day of February, 1891, it was unanimously voted to ask an appropriation by the Town of six hundred dollars ($600) for the benefit of the town library for the ensuing year.
CHARLES A. DEWEY, Chairman.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN LIBRARY.
GENTLEMEN : I hereby submit the report of the library for the year ending January 31, 1891.
The circulation for the year from Feb. 1, 1890 to Jan. 31, 1891 was 20,622 volumes, a gain over the previous year of 613 volumes. The largest daily circulation, Jan. 3, 1891, 228, and the smallest Oct. 24, 1890 and Dec. 26, 1890, 12 each.
The following is the classified list :-
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ABCDE
F
GHI JK
TOTALS.
Feb.,
1890
45
47
75
34
931
95
8
13
477
1725
March,
50
44
1
69
66
1090
102
13
22
628
1
2086
Apr.,
66
53
55
54
62
1009
92
6
27
510
1868
May,
48
36
3
68
44
1048
72
8
15
454
1796
June,
45
21
2
48
24
893
79
12
12
440
1576
July,
66
47
33
50
38
842
58
5
8
492
1573
Aug.,
66
43
25
41
40
903
59
3
16
487
1617
Sept.,
66
29
31
5
34
29
824
52
2
22
348
2
1378
Oct.,
66
34
22
4
57
28
939
45
6
16
359
1
1511
Nov.,
47
36
3
70
50
978
54
9
27
422
1696
Dec.,
"
23
43
2
55
39
1034
50
9
24
481
1760
Jan.,
1891
43
46
5
73
28
1144
67
10
22
598
2036
Totals,
507 439 25 694 482 11635 825 91 224 5696
4
20622
Number of days open, 305; average daily circulation, 67383 volumes. Amount received for fines, $54.20; for catalogues, $3.45; other sources, $6.01; total, $63.66. Number of books covered, 1307. Number of notices sent delinquents, 50.
The library contains, as by last report, 8,012 volumes, dupli- cates not included. There have been added during the year 312 volumes, classified as follows: History, 28; Biography, 20 ; Travels, 15; Science, 17; Fiction, 70; Miscellaneous, 124; Poetry, 1; Juvenile, 19; Public Documents, 18; Present number, 8,322 volumes.
The following books have been donated :-
State of Massachusetts
13
Smithsonian Institute
4
J. W. Candler
.
3
Gen. W. F. Draper, Hopedale, Mass.
.
3
Interstate Commerce Commission
1
Secretary of U. S. Treasury .
1
Wilford Woodruff, Salt Lake City
.
.
1
Ivison, Blakeman & Co., N. Y.
.
1
George W. Wheeler, U. S. War Department
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1
W. E. Griffis, Boston, Mass.
1
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.
The library has received weekly from the patent office The Official Gazette, and from the United Friends' Society, monthly, The Manifesto, the official publication of that society.
To our reference shelves have been added during the year 2
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volumes of The Earth and Its Inhabitants; The Riverside Natural History, 6 Vols .; and complete set of Harper's Maga- zine, 81 volumes and Index. The volumes of Harper's and Cen- tury Magazines have been brought down to date for the circula- ting department.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
N. F. BLAKE, Librarian.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF MILFORD TOWN LIBRARY FOR YEAR ENDING FEB. 3, 1891.
Receipts :-
Balance last year .
$ 15 66
Town appropriation
500 00
One half dog tax .
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386 91
Fines and catalogues
57 65
Books lost
6 01
Expenditures :-
N. F. Blake, librarian
$300 00
66 covering books
6 84
expense to Boston
2 00
Express and freight
5 40
Chemical fire pails .
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15 00
Repairing stamp
5 00
Printing ·
9 00
Electric light
63 89
Binding books
18 80
New books
527 74
Unexpended appropriation
1 56
$966 23
Respectfully Submitted, N. W. HEATH, Treasurer.
$966 25
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Rent of post-office box
2 00
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Report of the Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1891.
DR.
To cash on hand, Feb. 1, 1890
$44 36
Received for sale of lots
53 00
care of lots
15 00
wood sold
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38 94
Town appropriation
100 00
$251 30
CR.
Paid for labor
. $227 10
supplies
22 35
sundries
.
1 85
$251 30
HENRY C. SKINNER, Treasurer.
There have been fifty-four (54) interments in Vernon Grove Cemetery during the past year, an increase of twenty-seven (27) over last year.
The terms of the Committee expire as follows : Leonard Fairbanks and Isaac N. Crosby in 1891, Henry C. Skinner and John M. Wood in 1892, and George L. Maynard and Henry Han- čoek in 1893.
HENRY C. SKINNER, Secretary.
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Report of Town Park Commissioners.
DR.
. $200 00
Wm. Layman, rent of park
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22 00
Chester L. Clark, hay and grass
30 00
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$252 00
CR.
Patrick Jones, labor
$ 4 17
William Callaghan, labor
5 00
Thomas Hickey 60
11 70
Dennis Sullivan
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3 64
R. Danues
5 00
Michael McKeague
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35 41
R. C. Hill, lumber
9 40
Patrick Dempsey, labor
26 75
T. E. Morse, painting .
10 00
Mary E. Cutler, trees
78 55
Addison Aldrich, labor
7 10
S. A. Vant
10 80
Leahy Bros., printing ·
1 50
Cook & Sons,
1 25
James W. Burke, police
10 00
Wm. L. Billings, carting
41 50
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A. F. Putnam, carting .
12 65
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$274 42
Town appropriation
C. W. WILCOX, HENRY E. FALES, DWIGHT RUSSELL, Town Park Commissioners.
Report of the Board of Health.
In presenting the annual report, the Board of Health wish to extend their thanks for the courtesy shown by the people of the Town towards them. Many of the duties have been unpleasant, but with a solitary exception the Board has found a desire to co- operate among all.
The Board has to report an epidemic of Typhoid Fever dur- ing the summer and fall, and attended by more than the usual rate of mortality. Typhoid Fever, being essentially a "filth" disease and due in all cases to defective drainage, shows the necessity for some plan of sewers. When it is remembered that the necessary expense attending an epidemic of Typhoid,-in- cluding physicians' fees, nursing, with the stoppage of wages of the afflicted and others caring for them, loss to business, etc.,- would amount to the interest upon a much larger sum than the estimated cost, the need of some system is apparent.
During the months of January and February the town has been 'suffering from the extended epidemic of Scarlet Fever. Fortunately the epidemic has been more than usually mild, and has been attended by a very light rate of mortality. In deal. ing with it the Board has followed the laws of the State and the practice of the Boards of Health in other towns and cities of the State, and with satisfactory results to all.
W. J. CLARKE, M. D., MICHAEL PAUL BURNS, Board of Health.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have made a monthly examination of the different depart- ments as near as possible; the Town Library, Vernon Grove Cemetery, Town Park, and Janitor of Town Hall, as often as I thought necessary.
Having obtained permission from the Selectmen to arrange a book, I have one that will suffice the Town for the keeping a condensed account of all financial transactions for a period of 10 years. I also record the taxes in an itemized manner, with date thereof, and at end of a month or six months you can at a glance find out the amounts of collected and uncollected taxes, and side- walk betterments.
I have had several meetings with the Selectmen and Town Solicitor, and will say that they deserve a great deal of credit for the willingness to correct any grievance I might complain of ; and on the contrary, when I asked for a change which they thought was not for the best interests of the Town, they were on the alert to correct me. I may have shown a little too much zealousness in my official capacity, but I assured all parties con- cerned that I thought every change was for the best interests of the Town.
The Town Clerk's and Treasurer's departments were, in past year, as near to perfection as possible; and taking into considera- tion the amount of business each had to transact, it is surprising to announce that only one clerical error happened in said depart- ments. The Town Clerk has spent a vast amount of time in arranging records in Town vault. As soon as you enter you can find a book indexed indicating where everything is kept, and so nicely arranged are the different compartments that a child that can read and write can get any desired information. If you want a birth or marriage certificate from the year 1734 up to pre- sent time, you can with equal readiness obtain same.
Your contract with Milford Water Co. expires May 7, 1891 Your contract with Milford Electric Light &
Power Co. expires . Mar. 5, 1893
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Your lease of barn on Spruce street expires G. A. R. lease of Memorial Hall expires
July 1, 1892
July 1, 1896
Lease of Militia Co. Hall expires
Aug. 1, 1893
Lease of Lower Hall expires
Sept. 1, 1893
Lease of land, Gillman Hose building, expires
Mar. 10, 1899
One of your notes for $5,000 at 32 per cent, comes due .
Sept. 1, 1891
Bills approved, but not paid :-
Highway department
$576 24
Town Park .
21 42
On salaries .
424 90
TAXES DUE TO PRESENT REPORT.
1888.
Real estate
$ 54 54
Personal
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106 57
259 polls at $2
518 00
5 polls at $1
5 00
Total .
$683 11
1889.
Real estate
$1,191 13
Personal
230 19
405 polls at $2 .
810 00
Total .
$2,131 32
1890.
Real estate
$4,656 40
Personal
1,197 04
1090 polls at $2
2,180 00
40 polls at $1 .
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40 00
Total .
$8,073 32
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I thought to report the taxes in this manner would be more to the satisfaction of the people to see just what was due. 1886 and 1887 taxes are in a mixed up condition, and the books as yet remain as they were left by Collector Gleason. I have gone over the same carefully, and left a report with the Selectmen as the books stand.
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I would suggest that in all departments the majority of offi- cers sign and approve all bills. Also that the Town procure a large Platform Scale, as it has been said that there is a question in regard to actual weights of coal that has been purchased by the Town.
I wish to return my thanks to the officers of the different de- partments for courtesy shown me during the past year, and if re- elected will endeavor to perform my duties for the interests of the Town to the best of my ability.
THOMAS J. LYNCH, Auditor.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
LICENSES.
Liquor licenses recorded :-
First class
8
Fourth class .
2
Sixth class
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-16
Auctioneers' licenses recorded .
4
Pool and billiard licenses recorded
8
Oleomargarine licenses issued .
3
Received for oleomargarine licenses and paid Town Treasurer
$1 50
DOG LICENSES.
Whole number licensed (males, 373 ; females, 45)
418
Amount received for same
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$971 00
Amount sent County Treasurer ·
. $887 40
MORTGAGE RECORDS.
Chattel mortgages recorded
51
Assignment of wages
16
Transfer of mortgage, 1 ; mortgages discharged
14
Attachment of bulky articles
1
Bills of sales
2
MARRIED WOMEN.
Certificates recorded of married women doing business
on separate account
1
Descriptions recorded .
2
JURORS DRAWN.
For Grand Jury, Isaiah C. Soule.
For Traverse Juries, Perley P. Field, Frank J. Hoyt, Joshua W. Roberts, Patrick Smith, Irving W. Sweet, Thomas J. Swift, Thomas F. Waters, Henry J. Bailey, William H. Pyne, Charles W. Smith, John Smith, John McEnany.
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS.
Marriage intentions issued
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TOWN RECORDS 1890-91
TOWN RECORDS 1800-91.
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 3, 1890.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
To either Constable of the Town of Milford, in said County, GREETING =
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified by law to vote in Elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the third day of March, 1890, punctually at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following articles, namely :-
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting-
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing. All officers to be voted for upon one written or printed ballot, and the use of the check list.
Article 3. To bring in their ballots "Yes" or "No," in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Article 4. To hear and act upon the reports of Selectmen, School Committee, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Engineers of the Fire Department, and any other Officers and Committee of said Town.
Article 5. To raise and appropriate such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town expenses for the year ensuing.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes of the current year.
Article 7. To determine when all taxes shall be collected and paid into the treasury the year ensuing, and to fix the com- pensation of the Collector of Taxes for collecting the same.
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Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money to pay town debt, or any part thereof ; or take any action in relation to said debt.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate one hundred dollars towards defraying the expense of Memorial Day.
Article 10. To see is the Town will appoint the Selectmen to take charge and control of all legal proceedings in which the . Town shall be interested.
Article 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Chapter 298 of the Acts of 1889, and if so, how much.
Article 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to build an addition to the barn at the Town Farm and make other necessary repairs thereon, or take any action in rela- tion to the same.
Article 13. To see if the Town will grant the free use of the Town Hall one night in each week, in the interest of temperance and labor.
Article 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to extend the Lincoln street sewer from where it now ter- minates to the Milford and Hopkinton railroad.
Article 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate one hundred dollars to defray the expenses of the parade drill of the Fire Department.
Article 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to establish a Fire Alarm Telegraph, or take any action in relation to the same.
Arucle 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate noney to extend the concrete sidewalk on East Main street, to Medway street.
Article 18. To see if the Town will establish a police force of not less than four men, and make an appropriation for the same.
Article 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to purchase new settees for the Town Hall.
Article 20. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to a Town seal.
Article 21. To see if the Town will accept and allow the
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. report of the Selectmen on the laying out of an extension of Vine street.
Article 22. To see if the Town will accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of an extension of Park- hurst street.
Article 23. To see if the Town will establish a salary for any or all of the Town Officers, or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to paint the Town House, and to fit up suitable offices therein for each board of Town Officers, in which to do Town business.
Article 25. To see if the Town will reimburse Hannah Crowley for sidewalk betterment paid in 1888, in excess of the amount which was required by law.
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And you are hereby directed to serve This Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and at the Post-Office in said Town ; also cause an attest- ed copy to be published in the Milford Daily Journal, Milford Daily News, Milford Gazette, and the Milford Times, newspapers printed in said Town, two Sabbaths at least before the time set for said meeting.
Hereof Fail Not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Clerk of said Town, at the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Milford, this fourteenth day of February, A. D., 1890.
E. L. WIRES, AMARIAH A. TAFT, Selectmen of Milford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, March 3, 1890.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabi- tants of the Town of Milford herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by post- ing up attested copies of this warrant at each of the public meet- ing houses and at the post-office in said Town, and I have like- wise caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in
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the Milford Daily Journal, Milford Daily News, Milford Gazette, and the Milford Times, newspapers printed in said town, two Sabbaths before the time set for said meeting.
Attest : OLIVER D. HOLMES,
Constable of Milford.
A true copy of the Warrant and the return thereon. Attest : JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 3, 1890.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, March 3, 1890.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Milford, qualified by law to vote in elections and in Town affairs, holden this, the third day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, the said inhabitants proceeded as follows :-
ARTICLE 1. The meeting made choice of Henry E. Fales as Moderator, the Check List being used.
Voted, That the Moderator appoint a Committee of sixteen (16) to retire and make up a list of appropriations for the year ensuing. The Moderator then appointed the following persons, viz. :-
E. L. Wires, L. E. Heath, A. A. Taft, E. A. Fisk, J. H. Scott, P. P. O'Donnell, G. E. Stacy, Chester L. Clark, G. G. Parker, C. A. Dewey, C. W. Wilcox, Patrick Gillon, P. H. Cur- ran, M. W. Edwards, D. J. Cronan, Clifford A. Cook.
ARTICLE 2 .- Voted, To elect three (3) Selectmen.
Voted, To elect seventeen (17) Constables.
At 9.20 A. M. the polls were opened and the meeting pro- ceeded to vote under Articles 2 and 3, the Check List being used.
Voted, To close the polls at 4 o'clock r. M.
S. C. Sumner, C. A. Sumner, A. F. Sadler, P. M. Hunt and W. II. Pyne were appointed as Tellers by the Moderator, and duly sworn by the Town Clerk.
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Voted, That the general articles in the Warrant be taken up at 2 o'clock, P. M.
At the opening of the polls and before any ballots were re- ceived, the ballot-box, required by law to be used in taking the vote on the question of granting licenses for the "sale of intoxi- cating liquors, was opened in public meeting, and shown to be empty, and examined by the election officers and found to be empty. The register of the box was then set at 0000, and the box locked and the keys thereof delivered to Oliver D. Holmes, Constable, in attendance at said meeting.
At 2 o'clock P. M. the several articles were taken up, and acted upon as follows :-
ARTICLE 4 .- Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen.
Voted, To accept the report of the Assessors.
Voted, To accept the report of the Tax-Collector.
Voted, To accept the report of the Treasurer.
Voted, To accept the report of the Board of Health.
Voted, To accept the report of the Overseers of Poor.
Voted, To accept the report of the Board of Engineers.
Voted, To accept the report of the Trustees of the Town Library.
Voted, To accept the report of the Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery.
Voted, To accept the report of the Town Park Commission- ·ers.
Voted, To accept the report of the Town Clerk.
Voted, To accept the report of the Auditor.
Voted, To accept the report of the School Committee.
ARTICLE 5 .- George E. Stacy, for the Committee on Appro- priations, reported the following recommendations for appropria- tions :-
For Highways
$10,000
Incidentals .
2,500
Salaries
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5,000
Memorial Hall
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800
Town Hall .
200
Gas and Street Lights
4,800
Town Library
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600
Schools
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22,500
Poor Department
. 10,000
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Interest
$ 4,800
Water for Fire Purposes
3,300
Vernon Grove Cemetery
100
Military Aid
800
Fire Department
5,300
Memorial Day
100
Town Park .
200
Sidewalks .
2,000
Town Debt .
5,000
Completion of Arranging Town Records . 250
Aid under Chap. 298, Acts of 1889
800
- $79,050
Each item in the above report was then taken up and acted upon separately, as follows :-
Voted to raise and appropriate :-
For Highways, Ten thousand dollars
$10,000
Incidentals, Two thousand five hundred dollars .
2,500
Salaries, Five thousand dollars
5,000
Memorial Hall, Eight hundred dollars
800
Gas and Street Lights, Four thousand six hundred dollars 4,600
Town Library, Five hundred dollars
500
Schools, Twenty-two thousand five hundred dol- lars .
22,500
Poor Department, Ten thousand dollars .
10,000
Interest, Four thousand eight hundred dollars 4,800
Water for fire purposes, Three thousand three hun- dred dollars 3,300
Vernon Grove Cemetery, One hundred dollars .
100
Military Aid, Eight hundred dollars ·
800
Fire Department, Five thousand three hundred dol- lars 5,300
Memorial Day, One hundred dollars ·
100
Town Park, Two hundred dollars ·
200
Sidewalks, Two thousand dollars .
2,000
Town Debt, Five thousand dollars .
5,000
Completion of Arranging Town Records, Two hun- dred and fifty dollars, 250
Aid Under Chapter 298, Acts 1889, Eight hundred dollars 800
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ARTICLE 6 .- Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to borrow not exceeding Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the same to be paid out of the taxes for the year 1890.
ARTICLE 7 .- Voted, That all taxes be paid on or before Sep- tember 15 next, and that a discount of 3 per cent be allowed on all taxes paid on or before that date; and that all not paid after October 15 next be charged at the rate of one half of one per cent per month. And that the Collector be authorized to use all means of collecting the taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use.
Voted, That the pay of the Collector be one per cent of all taxes actually collected.
ARTICLE 8 .- Voted, That the Town Treasurer be authorized to borrow money on Town of Milford Notes as follows :-
Five thousand dollars ($5000) due Sept. 1, 1890;
Five thousand dollars ($5000) due Sept. 1, 1891 ;
Five thousand dollars ($5000) due Sept. 1, 1892;
Twenty-one thousand five hundred dollars ($21,500) due Nov. 1, 1893;
The money so received shall be used to pay all notes now outstanding against the Town.
The above vote was passed unanimously.
ARTICLE 9. - Passed over. See list of appropriations.
ARTICLE 10 .- Voted, That the Town appoint the Selectmen to take charge and control of all legal proceedings in which the Town shall be interested.
ARTICLE 11 .- Passed over. See list of appropriations.
ARTICLE 12 .- Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose stated in the Article.
ARTICLE 13 .- Voted, That the Town authorize the Board of Engineers to put in a Fire Alarm Telegraph system of seven (7) boxes, and that we raise and appropriate fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) for that purpose.
Voted, That the Selectmen act with the Engineers in loca- ting the seven boxes of the Fire Alarm Telegraph system.
ARTICLE 14 .- Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate two hundred dollars ($200) for the purposes of the Article.
ARTICLE 15 .- Voted, To pass over the Article.
ARTICLE 16 .- Voted, To allow the Engineers of the Fire
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Department to illustrate and demonstrate the workings of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph system.
ARTICLE 17 .- Voted, To pass over the Article.
Voted, That it be the sense of this meeting that the Select, men build the concrete sidewalk on East Main street.
ARTICLE 18 .- Voted, To pass over the Article.
ARTICLE 19 .- Voted, To pass over the Article.
ARTICLE 20 .- Voted, That the Selectmen procure designs for a Town Seal and submit the same for the consideration of the citizens at some future meeting.
ARTICLE 21 .- Voted, To accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of the extension of Vine street.
ARTICLE 22 .- A motion to accept and allow the report of the Selectmen was made and lost.
ARTICLE 23 .- Voted, That a Committee of ten (10) be ap. pointed by the Moderator, to take into consideration the subject matter of the Article, and report at some future meeting.
The Moderator appointed as that Committee the following persons, viz .: Patrick Lynch, E. L. Wires, J. H. Wood, J. F. Stratton, C. W. Shippce, L. E. Heath, P. Gillon, A. A. Taft, B- E. Harris, D. J. Cronan.
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