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ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will discontinue the striking apparatus connected with the town clock, in view of making the fire alarm striker more efficient, or take any action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will purchase a chemi- cal engine or combination wagon for the fire department, ap- propriate money for the same, or take any action in relation to the same.
. ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will appropriate $425 for the indicators located at the engine, hose, and ladder houses, or take any action in relation to the same.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will appropriate five hundred dollars to rebuild and re-lay the sidewalk on the southerly side of East Main street, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Se- lectmen to place in or near Memorial Hall, with appropriate public ceremony, a tablet or other memorial to the memory of the soldiers who served in the Spanish war to the credit of Milford, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to pave a por- tion of Main street, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the public meet- ing houses and at the post-office in said Town; also cause an attested copy to be published in the Milford Daily Journal, Milford Daily News, and Milford Gazette, 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 twenty-third day of February, A. D. 1899.
B. T. CLANCY, GEORGE S. WHITNEY, GEORGE P. COOKE, Selectmen of Milford.
A true copy. Attest:
OLIVER D. HOLMES,
Constable of Milford.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, March 6, 1899.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the in- habitants of the Town of Milford herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned by posting up attested copies of this warrant at each of the pub- lic meeting-houses, and at the post-office in said Town; and. I have likewise caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in the Milford Daily News, Milford Daily Journal, and Milford Gazette, 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 6, 1899.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, March 6, 1899.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Mil- ford, qualified by law to vote in elections and in town affairs, holden this sixth day of March, A. D., 1899, at six o'clock in the forenoon, the said inhabitants proceeded as follows :-
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant and the officer's return thereon.
Article 1. Balloting, the meeting made choice of Lowell E. Fales as moderator, the voting list being used.
(4 ballots cast, all of which were for Lowell E. Fales.) The polls were opened at 6.13 A. M.
Voted : To close the polls at 4.30 P. M.
Due notice having been given, the polls at 4.30 P. M. were declared closed.
P. H. Curran, who had been appointed to check the list, was duly sworn in by the Town Clerk.
S. A. Eastman and D. J. Sullivan, inspectors, and C. F. But- terworth and M. G. Lynch deputy inspectors, were duly sworn in by the Town Clerk.
Voted : That the moderator appoint a committee of 25 to act as a finance committee to make a report on appropria- tions for the year ensuing, and to report at adjourned meeting next Wednsday at 7.30 P. M.
The moderator appointed the following committee : C. L. Clark, C. A. Cook, George E. Stacy, George L. Cooke, C. A. Dewey, M. W. Edwards, Patrick Gillon, P. Lynch, M. E. Nel- ligan, J. H. Scott, J. F. Stratton, C. F. Claflin, J. Allen Rice, E. L. Wires, George P. Cooke, George F. Birch, Joseph F. Hickey, George B. Blake, B. T. Clancy, George S. Whitney, W. D. Leahy, G. B. Williams, D. J. Cronan,'Alfred A. Burrell, and Augustus W. Keene.
The following tellers were duly sworn in by the Town Clerk: J. J. Quinlan, J. H. Sidley, Arthur A. Jenkins, Archie Boyd, A. W. Shedd, W. F. Sherborne, C. W. Harris, A. D. White, George Littlewood, F. D. Field, D. H. Bates, W. H. Carey, C. A. Carpenter, F. W. Draper, Wm. H. Quinn, John F. Burke, P. Rabbitt, W. G. Pond, John A. Higgins, M. P. Nugent, W. H. Egan, Fred Cook, Fred Fitzsimmons, P. J. Crofton, D. P. Flynn, D. M. O'Brien, H. I. Carpenter, C. F. Wilkinson, E. J. Nutter, James Fitzsimmons, Geo. Larkin and Paul Doane.
Voted : That all articles in the warrant after Article 2 be postponed until next Wednesday evening, at which time the remaining articles are to be taken up, and that after the vote is declared the meeting stand adjourned until Wednesday at 7.30 P. M.
During the voting the ballot-box was opened by the unani- mous consent of the moderator and Town Clerk for the pur-
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pose of taking out, sorting and counting the ballots. First at 9.30 A. M., when it registered 568; then at 11.40 A. M., when it registered 1011; then at 3.01 P. M., when it registered 1722, and at the close of polls, when the box registered 1855.
List at polls : Males, 1849; females, 6; total, 1855.
List at table : Males, 1849; females, 6; total, 1855.
The ballot-box count and the count of the ballot clerks both agreed.
The names of those on the list of voters which had been checked were audibly counted, and found to be eighteen hun- dred and fifty-five (1855).
The ballots having been sorted and counted, the modera- tor declared the following officers elected :---
Town Clerk-John T. McLoughlin, 1 Sumner street.
Town Treasurer-Clifford A. Cook, 9 Church street.
Tax Collector-William P. Foley, 15 Sumner street. Auditor-Thomas F. Manning, 30 West street.
Selectmen-Benjamin T. Clancy, West street ; George P. Cooke, 10 Church street; Abbott A. Jenkins, 29 Congress street.
Assessors-John F. Barrett, 331 Main street; George E. Stacy, 74 School street; Sullivan C. Sumner, 11 Chestnut street.
Overseers of the Poor-James W. Burke, 137 West street; Chester L. Clark, 61 Purchase street; John Smith, 41 West street.
School Committee (3 years) Richard A. Gilfoyle, 156 Main street; Waldo B. Whiting, 14 Church street.
Trustees Town Library (3 years)-Charles A. Dewey, 14 Chestnut street; Patrick F. Sweeney, 44 Pearl street.
Board of Health (3 years)-Alfred A. Burrell, 108 Con- gress street ; (2 years) Charles H. Cole, 177 Main street.
Trustees Vernon Grove cemetery (3 years)-George L. Maynard, 83 School street; William C. Morrison, 5 Green street.
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Constables-Martin Broderick, 45 Sumner street ; Roland J. Burke, 43 Beach street; Charles Caruso, 17 Main street ; David E. Casey, Purchase street; Lawrence V. Corbett, 110 East Main street; Edward J. Dalton, 299 Main street ; Michael W. Edwards, 23 Spring street; Nahum E. Gaskill, 26 Beach street; Oliver D. Holmes, 8 Leonard street; James Howard, 52 Depot street; John L. Keefe, Spruce street; Thomas F. Kelly, 26 South High street; John Moore, 25 North street ; Philip P. O'Donnell, 67 Central street; Charles H. Waters, 8 Carroll street.
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?- Yes.
The following is the number of votes cast for the several candidates for Town officers :-
FOR TOWN CLERK.
Votes.
Walter S. V. Cooke,
735
John T. McLoughlin,
1066
Henry Cahill, 1
Joe Coffey, 1
Blanks, 202.
Blanks, 47.
FOR SELECTMEN.
Benjamin T. Clancy, 1312
Clifford A. Cook, 1430
Henry Cahill, 2
John J. O'Melia, 1
Geo. A. Larkin, 1
Blanks, 415.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
William P. Foley, 1389
Henry L. Cahill,
6
J. P. Gallagher, 1
Geo. A. Larkin, 1
John Corbett, 1
P. J. Crofton, 1
Thomas Glennon, 1
Blanks, 448.
FOR AUDITOR.
Thomas F. Manning, 935
Eben Williams,
Votes. 710
A. Boyd, 1
Geo. P. Cooke, 1183
Abbott A. Jenkins, 1139
Harris H. Lent, 919
W. D. Leahy,
2
Geo. A. Larkin,
1
E. J. Prentice, 1
1
J. B. Leonard, 1
P. Gillon, 1
E. F. Lilley, 1
Henry Cahill, 1
John F. Barrett, 1
Blanks, 985.
FOR ASSESSORS.
John F. Barrett, 1331
Geo. E. Stacy, 1299
Sullivan C. Sumner, 1281
Henry Cahill, 2
FOR TOWN TREASURER.
10
Votes.
L. E. Heath,
1
Walter Walls,
1
Charles Cahill,
1
Frank Mann, 1
Blanks, 1630.
FOR OVERSEERS OF POOR.
James W. Burke, 1242
Chester L. Clark, 1302
John Smith,
1247
Henry Cahill, 3
W. E. Staples, 1
I. E. Mason,
1
Thos. O'Brien,
1
Blanks, 1750.
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Richard A. Gilfoyle, 1199
Waldo B. Whiting, 1249
Henry Cahill, 2
Benjamin Adams,
1
H. K. Bullard, 1
H. C. Tilden,
L
Blanks, 1257.
FOR TRUSTEES OF TOWN LIBRA- RY (3 years).
Charles A. Blaisdell, 710
Charles A. Dewey, 1023
Patrick E. Sweeney, 871
Henry Cahill, . 2
John Quirk,
1
James O'Malley,
1
George A. Larkin,
1
Stephen Reynolds, 1
Blanks, 1088.
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH (3
years).
Alfred A. Burrell,
798
Robert H. Cochran,
717
Votes
Fred Eagan,
1
Blanks, 338.
FOR
BOARD
OF
HEALTH
(2
years).
Charles H. Cole,
1092
C. L. Barnard,
1
Thomas Tracy,
1
Henry Cahill,
1
Blanks, 754.
FOR TRUSTEES VERNON GROVE CEMETERY (3 years).
George L. Maynard,
1026
William C. Morrison, 1016
Tim Comba,
1
P. Gillon,
1
J. P. Gallagher,
1
Henry Cahill,
1
Blanks, 1652.
FOR CONSTABLES.
Martin Broderick, 1200
Patrick J. Burns, 445
Roland J. Burke, 851
Charles Caruso, 549
David E. Casey, 869
Charles Alton Cheney, 493
Lawrence V. Corbett, 769
Edward J. Dalton, 901
Michael W. Edwards, 1041
Nahum E. Gaskill, 527
William Edward Hogan, 413
Oliver D. Holmes, 783
James Howard, 772
John L. Keefe, 612
Thomas F. Kelley, 807
Raphael Marino, 469
John Moore, 724
Joseph Morcone, 415
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Votes.
Votes.
Caleb S. Sherman,
400
George V. Rogers,
1
Philip P. O'Donnell,
732
W. J. Lieber,
1
Charles H. Waters,
794
Edw. Carney,
1
F. H. Carter,
6
Edw. H. Carnie,
1
Henry Cahill,
3
Peter J. Walpole,
1
Roy Burbank,
2
Wm. C. Gilman,
1
W. J. Murphy,
2
James Johnston,
1
Geo. W. Ellis,
1
John L. Powers,
1
L. V. Gillon,
1
Irving E. Mason,
1
Harry C. Tilden,
1
John M. Norris,
1
Rufus Rogers,
1
A. C. Hussey,
1
Geo. L. Gardner,
1
Blanks, 13,112.
D. B. Rockwood, jr.,
1
SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED
James Gilmore,
1
E. B. Bates,
1
FOR THE SALE OF INTOXI- OATING LIQUORS IN THIS TOWN?
John Jackson,
1
1 Yes, 962
Geo. A. Larkin,
1
No, 588
Fred W. Fitzsimmons,
1
Blanks, 299.
Patrick Jeffers,
1
The ballots cast and the lists of voters used at the elec- tion were then sealed up and endorsed by the moderator, Town Clerk and tellers, and delivered into the custody of the Town Clerk, as provided by law.
The unused ballots remaining, all soiled, canceled, and certified by the ballot clerks to be such, were sealed up and delivered to the Town Clerk, as provided by law.
The oath of office was administered to John T. McLough- lin, Town Clerk, in open meeting by L. E. Fales, moderator. The result having been declared, the meeting was adjourned until next Wednesday at 7.30 P. M.
A true record. Attest:
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,
Town Clerk.
A true copy of the records. Attest:
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN, Town Clerk.
Austin Bane, .
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 8, 1899.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester ss.
Milford, March 8, 1899.
In pursuance to a vote passed at the annual town meet- ing, held March 6, 1899, the inhabitants of the Town of Mil- ford met in the Town Hall, and proceeded to act upon the va- rious articles in the warrant.
The meeting was called to order by L. E. Fales, moderator. The warrant was then read by the Town Clerk.
Under Article 2, I. N. Davis, Chester L. Clark and George S. Whitney were chosen fence viewers. William H. Bourne, Charles W. Wilcox and Timothy Kirby were chosen park commissioners. John J. Shockrow and Edmund Murphy were chosen field drivers. Edmund Murphy was chosen pound- keeper.
Article 3. Voted :-
To accept the report of the Selectmen.
To accept the report of the School Committee.
To accept the report of the Overseers of the Poor. To accept the report of the Town Treasurer. To accept the report of the Tax Collector.
To accept the report of the Assessors.
To accept the report of the Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery.
To accept the report of the Trustees of Public Library.
To accept the report of the Auditor.
To accept the report of the Park Commissioners.
To accept the report of the Board of Health.
To accept the report of the Town Clerk.
To accept the report of the Engineers of Fire Department.
The committee appointed at the last annual Town meet- ing to report "a better system of repairing Main street," sub-
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mitted the following report in writing, through W. D. Leahy, secretary of said committee :---
TO THE VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF MILFORD.
Gentlemen: The committee appointed at the annual Town meeting held on the tenth day of March, 1898, to "make a re- port to the town at some future time for the better system of repairing Main street," has attended to that duty and begs leave to make the following report :----
After considering the various systems of highways, your committee has arrived at the conclusion that the most satis- factory, and in the end the most economical, way to repair Main street is to have it paved.
To obtain as accurate an idea as possible of the cost of construction of a paved street, the committee sent for and re- ceived replies from the superintendents of highways in several cities, giving the total cost per square yard for street paving in their respective localities. From the figures thus obtained, together with those furnished by a Milford contractor, the committee is of the opinion that Main street can be paved in a first class manner at a total cost of $2 per square yard. The committee has had Main street measured from Pearl street to South Bow street, and finds that it contains 8566 square yards.
The Milford, Holliston and Framingham and the Milford, Woonsocket and Attleboro Street Railway companies, who have been given permission to locate a double track through Main street between the above-named points, will, it is expect- ed, pave between the tracks and eighteen inches on either side, or, in other words, 3022 square yards, leaving the Town to pave 5544 square yards, the cost of which, at $2 per square yard, would be $11,088.
The committee therefore recommend that the paving sys- tem be adopted for Main street; that the work be commenced when a double track is laid on said street, and that the same be paid for in sums not exceeding $2000, with interest, in any one year, and that Town notes be issued for the payment of the same.
Respectfully submitted, B. T. CLANCY, GEO. S. WHITNEY, GEO. P. COOKE, JAMES F. STRATTON, GEORGE F. BIRCH, M. E. NELLIGAN, W. D. LEAHY.
Committee.
Milford, Mass., March 6, 1899.
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Voted to accept the report of the committee.
Article 4. The finance committee, through James F. Stratton, secretary, reported the following recommendations, which were taken up and acted upon separately :-
Recommended. Appropriated.
Highways (including damages and lay-
ing out of Prospect street)
·
$11,500
$11,500
Incidentals
·
.
3,000
3,500
Memorial Hall
600
600
Street lights
5,700
5,700
Town Library (and entire dog tax)
600
600
Schools .
28,000
28,000
School repairs
2,000
2,000
Poor department
12,000
12,000
Interest .
3,000
3,200
Water for fire purposes
5,400
5,400
Vernon Grove cemetery
150
150
Military aid
200
200
Fire department :-
Pay of members
5,600
· 5,600
Incidentals .
1,900
1,900
Memorial Day
150
150
Town Park
200
200
Sidewalks
1,000
1,000
Town debt
7,700
7,700
Chap. 447, 1894, Soldiers' Relief
4,000
4,000
Expenses, Chap. 440, Acts 1890
650
650
Town Hall
500
500
Emergency fund
·
500
500
Salaries .
8,000
8,000
$102,350
$103,050
·
·
.
Article 5. Voted: That the Treasurer be and is hereby authorized to borrow money at any time during the municipal year in various amounts not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in all, and give the negotiable notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date of their incur- rence, the same to be paid out of the taxes assessed for the year 1899.
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Article 6. Voted : That the taxes become due Sept. 10, and that all taxes paid on or before that time shall be dis- counted 2} per cent, and interest at the rate of one half of one per cent per month be added to all taxes not paid by Sept. 10, and that the Collector be authorized to use all means of col- lecting taxes which a Town Treasurer when appointed Col- lector may use.
Voted: That the Collector be paid for collecting the first seven tenths of the taxes committed to him one half of one per cent; for the next two tenths, one per cent, and for the re- maining one tenth, five per cent of all taxes collected or abated.
Article 7. Voted: To pass over.
Article 8. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to take charge of all legal proceedings for or against the Town.
Article 9. Voted : To accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of State street.
Voted : To appropriate four hundred dollars to build the street. ‹
Article 10. Voted: To widen and lengthen the bridge on Dilla street, and appropriate two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) therefor.
Article 11. Voted: That the Town take a lease of the land, for a term of ten years, at the rate of fifteen dollars per year.
Article 12. Voted: The article be laid upon the table.
Article 13. Moved : That the sum of $1800 be appropri- ated to purchase a chemical engine. Motion lost on a hand vote, 95 voting in the affirmative, and 96 in the negative.
Article 14. Voted: That the sum of four hundred and twenty-five dollars ($425) be appropriated for the purchase of the fire alarm indicators now used in the town.
Article 15. Voted : To appropriate the sum of five hun- dred dollars ($500) to rebuild and relay the sidewalk of the southerly side of East Main street.
Article 16. Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to place the names of all the soldiers and sailors who served to
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the credit of Milford in the Spanish war, on tablets in Memo- rial Hall, and that the sum of two hundred dollars be appro- priated for the same.
Article 17. Voted: To pass over the article.
Voted: To dissolve the warrant.
A true record. Attest:
JOIIN T. McLOUGHLIN,
Town Clerk.
A true copy of the record. Attest:
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN, Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT, APRIL 25, 1899.
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 Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of April, A. D. 1899, punctually at 7.30 o'clock in the evening, to act upon the following articles, namely:
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to the uncollected taxes for the years 1886 and 1887, during which P. A. Gleason was tax collector.
Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to make a contract with the Milford Electric Light and Power company to furnish incandescent electric lights in place of the present oil lamps, and to discontinue such arc lights as in their judgment seems wise and to substitute there-
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for incandescent lights, and to relocate lights, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will purchase a chemical engine or combination wagon for the fire department, appro- priate money for the same, or take any action in relation to the same. r
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the public meet- ing houses and at the post-office in said Town; also cause an attested copy to be published in the Milford Daily Journal and Milford Daily News, 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 April, A. D. 1899.
B. T. CLANCY, GEORGE P. COOKE, ABBOTT A. JENKINS,
Selectmen of Milford.
A true copy. Attest:
OLIVER D. HOLMES, Constable of Milford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, April 25, 1899.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhab- itants 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 meeting houses and at the post-office in said Town, and I have likewise caused an attested copy of this warrant to be pub- lished in the Milford Daily Journal and Milford Daily News,
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newspapers printed in said Town, two Sabbaths before the time set for said meeting.
Attest: OLIVER D. HOLMES,
Constable.
A true copy of the warrant and the return thereon. Attest:
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, APRIL 25, 1899.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, April 25, 1899.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Milford qualified by law to vote in elections and in Town affairs, met in the Town Hall in said Town on Tues- day, the twenty-fifth day of April, A. D. 1899, at 7.30 o'clock in the evening, and were called to order by the Town Clerk, who then read the warrant and the officer's return thereon.
Article 1. The meeting made choice of Lowell E. Fales as moderator, the check list being used.
Article 2. Voted: That the Assessors be instructed to abate the uncollected taxes for the years 1886 and 1887.
Article 3. Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 4. Moved: That the Board of Fire Engineers be authorized to purchase a chemical engine or combination wagon, and that the sum of $1800 be appropriated therefor. On a hand vote the motion was lost, 98 voting in the affirma- tive and 154 in the negative.
On motion of R. Folger, the following resolution was adopted :---
Resolved, That it be the sense of this meeting that the
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Assessors abate the 1898 poll taxes of the soldiers and sailors of Milford who served in the Spanish war.
On motion of William J. Corbett, the following resolution was adopted :-
Resolved, That the thanks of the citizens be tendered the Selectmen for their successful efforts in securing slow speed of Hopkinton trains passing over the Main street crossing.
Voted: To dissolve the warrant.
A true record.
Attest:
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,
Town Clerk.
A true copy of the record.
Attest:
JOHN T. McLOUGHLIN,
Town Clerk.
TOWN WARRANT, SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, AUGUST 21, 1899.
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 af- fairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the twenty-first day of August, A. D., 1899, punctually at two o'clock in the afternoon, to act upon the following articles, namely :-
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to put in filter tanks or basins to purify the sewerage
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now collected by its present sewers or take any action in rela- tion thereto.
Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer to borrow a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, ($3000) and give a note of the Town for one year with interest payable semi-annually, at a rate not to exceed four per cent per annum, for the purposes mentioned in the preceding arti- ticle.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the public meet- ing houses and at the post-office in said Town; also cause an attested copy to be published in the Milford Daily News and Milford Daily Journal, 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 11th day of Au- gust, A. D. 1899.
B. T. CLANCY, GEO. P. COOKE, ABBOTT A. JENKINS, Selectmen of Milford.
A true copy. Attest :
CHARLES H. WATERS, Constable of Milford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Worcester, ss.
Milford, August 21, 1899.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the in- habitants of the Town of Milford herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at each of the public meeting houses and at the post-office in said Town, and I have likewise caused an attested copy of this warrant to be pub- lished in Milford Daily News and Milford Daily Journal, news-
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