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48 00
Emily L. Hill,
48 00
Edwin J. House,
36 00
Mary E. Higgins,
48 00
Eliza McCaffrey,
48 00
Jane Richardson,
48 00
Mary D. Smith,
46 00
Agnes Adams,
48 00
Henry A. Bisbee,
48 00
Henry S. Leonard,
48 00
Adelbert Bailey,
6 00
$800 00
Paid month of February,
1908,
$67 00
66
66
March,
66
67 00
66
66
April,
68 00
66
66
May,
66
64 00
66
66
July,
66
64 00
66
66
September,
66
64 00
66
October,
68 00
66
66
November,
66
68 00
66
66
December,
68 00
66
January,
1909,
74 00
$800 00
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY W. HILL, Treasurer.
·
66
June,
64 00
64 00
66
August,
Selectmen's Report.
To the Citizens of Williamsburg :
Your Selectmen herewith present their report for the year ending February 1st, 1909.
It has been the aim of your Selectmen to keep within the appropriations made for the several items. We call your attention to the amount expended in excess of that avail- able for highways and sidewalks.
The past year the main road between the Villages of Williamsburg and Haydenville has been greatly improved by the placing of over 800 yards of new material on it. This work your board of Selectmen decided to do early in the season feeling that we could do it and still keep within the amount appropriated and available for highways. Later in the season the heavy rains damaged the highways to such an extent especially in the hilly sections that it was necessary to exceed the sum available.
In regard to the sidewalk account which was overdrawn as shown in the report we would state the walks were in such condition that the Town would be liable for any dam- age that might occur and it was for the best interest of the Town that this extra amount of work be done.
The street leading over Village Hill has been completed the past season. Gravel has been put on and rolled down, and the sewer for the surface water has been extended to the top of the hill. All expenses incurred have been paid by Mrs. Helen E. James. We as a board of Selectmen
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wish to express our appreciations, and we feel assured that the Town will extend to her a vote of thanks for her most generous aid rendered in this work.
The following is a list of the appropriations for the year 1908, with the itemized expenditures under the different heads.
ITEMS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1908.
Schools,
$4,300 00
special,
2,317 00
Superintendent,
375 00
Text-books and supplies,
450 00
Repairs,
600 00
Tuition,
250 00
Highways,
1,400 00
Contingent,
800 00
Poor,
1,200 00
Soldiers' Relief,
250 00
Memorial Day,
50 00
Sidewalks,
600 00
Fire department,
250 00
Street lights,
1,300 00
Library,
100 00
Watering tanks and hydrants,
800 00
School physicians,
100 00
Interest,
250 00
Sinking fund,
1,000 00
- $16,392 00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
W. H. Warner,
Geo. H. Thresher,
J. S. Graves,
H. H. Nichols,
E. P. Hemenway,
John O'Neil,
F. E. Sanderson, H. H. Cranson.
'
14
Paid H. H. Cranson,
labor,
$52 82
H. H. Nichols,
66
56 68
G. M. Bradford,
66
12 00
John Connell,
66
12 25
John O'Neil,
66
19 43
Edward O'Neil,
66
2 62
Harry Warner,
1 27
Fred Hemenway,
66
34 00
Avila Rainville,
66
19 25
E. P. Hemenway,
66
70 91
William Brown,
66
5 70
Alden Purrington,
1 28 .
Murtie and Frank O'Brien,
66
3 00
John Kinney,
66
15 00
John Kearney,
3 00
Joseph Fobear,
66
7 00
James O'Donnell,
66
8 75
George Brazill,
66
7 00
Frank Wells,
66
36 00
L. B. Lawrence,
66
7 00
Frank Loomer,
66
33 65
Adelbert Wait,
66
13 13
F. L. Guilford,
104 89
Fred Brazill,
66
15 75
R. G. Bradford,
66
8 00
Henry Dahmke,
2 70
Charles Merritt,
66
6 75
Geo. H. Cole,
66
5 25
Frank Cowing,
66
29 17
Edward Black,
66
12 25
John Black,
10 50
Lawrence Dolan,
6 39
Jerry Lanashall,
1 75
Dwight Clary,
66
11 13
Collins Graves,
66
8 00
Wendell Clary,
2 74
Geo. H. Warner,
66
2 34
66
James Welch,
15
Paid H. E. Bradford,
labor,
$0 50
Almon Everett,
66
10 00
H. C. Ranney,
66
5 75
August Lobello,
66
% 15
Thomas Stone,
5 76
Frank Sanderson,
66
62 82
John Breckenridge,
66
26 20
Dennis Brazill,
66
40 25
Joseph Zaskey,
9 35
W. H. Warner, labor and material,
92 68
W. E. Pillinger,
labor,
81 65
Geo. A. Thresher,
66
192 67
J. S. Graves,
66
46 78
C. S. Damon,
66
6 30
Shumway & Riley, akron tile,
3 24
W. H. Riley & Co., 66
68
Reuben Dewey,
labor,
22 00
C. W. Warner,
66
28 00
Henry Dewey,
66
16 75
Harry Dewey,
66
4 00
Henry Gould,
8 50
J. T. Rood,
66
13 12
John Gezer,
66
40 25
Wm. O'Brien,
66
8 75
Thomas Dolan,
66
24 21
W. H. Harris,
66
74 86
Leon Sanderson,
66
24 85
James Stone,
66
2 62
F. W. Thayer, picks and handles,
3 75
Byron Loomis, team,
1 00
C. R. Damon, sundries,
4 52
W. J. Sheehan, 66
8 46
J. J. Handfield, blacksmithing,
2 70
G. M. Bradford, lumber,
3 71
F. C. Miller, gravel,
10
L. C. Graves, 66
85
Emil H. Miller, "
9 80
Thos. Culver, 66
2 20
-- $1,827 24
16
SPECIAL HIGHWAY WORK.
Paid Myron Adams,
labor,
$37 40
W. H. Warner,
66
24 00
Harry Warner,
66
20 00
Reuben Dewey,
8 75
Henry Dewey,
66
10 50
Henry Gould,
66
7 00
John Aldrich,
3 50
Lewis Prince,
66
2 55
John St. Laurent,
66
1 75
G. M. Bradford,
66
8 00
John Riley,
16 75
John J. Ryan,
15 80
John Gezer,
25 50
Frank Loomer,
66
26 05
John Connell,
25 50
William O'Brien,
25 50
Dennis Brazill,
66
18 50
Leon Sanderson,
66
57 81
Geo. A. Thresher,
66
57 85
Michael Phillips,
66
14 05
H. H. Nichols,
66
28 35
C. S. Damon, 836 yards gravel,
83 60
$518 71
Total Highway Expenditures,
$2,345 95
AVAILABLE FOR HIGHWAYS.
Town Appropriation,
$1,400 00
Street Railway Franchise Tax, 304 69
66 Excise 66
428 66
-
$2,133 35
Appropriation recommended, $1,400 00
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EXPENDITURES UNDER CONTINGENT ACCOUNT
Paid H. H. Nichols, for inspecting
beef, pork and veal, 6 40
$66 75
M. D. Patteson, surveying,
Cecil T. Bagnall, stationery,
11 83
66 66 order books,
5 85
Hobbs & Warren Co., record books,
4 50
Haydenville Fire Co., services at R. F. Burke's fire,
10 80
Haydenville Fire Co., services at Brass Shop fire, 6 00
Williamsburg Fire Co., services at R. F. Burke's fire, 5 60
Williamsburg Fire Co., services at Stabb's fire, 9 60
Williamsburg Fire Co., services at Lussier's fire,
2 00
Sanford, Putnam Co., books,
2 75
H. H. Nichols, Cattle Inspector,
30 25
F. P. Crosby, wood for Town Hall,
2.25
Oramel L. Davis, Precint Officer A,
2 50
Walter H. Thayer, 66
66
2 50
Arthur P. Miller,
66
66
2 50
Frebun E. White,
66
66
2 50
Frank L. Bisbee,
66
66
2 50
Fred P. Crosby,
66
B,
2 50
Charles W. Warner,
66
66
2 50
Thos. Linehan, Jr.,
66
66
2 50
Richard O'Neil,
66
2 50
Harry L. Wells,
66
2 50
E. Cyrus Miller,
66
2 50
Raymond Connell,
66
2 50
Martin G. Mullaley,
66
66
and expenses,
3 00
Wm. M. Cochran & Co., for Col-
lector's Bond, 12 00
2
66
2 50
Clarence D. Loomis,
18
F. A. Brooks, teams to R. F. Burke's fire, $5 00
W. M. Purrington, insurance, 83 00
Geo. P. O'Donnell, legal services, 80 00
Hammond & Hammond, legal services, 5 00
Gazette Printing Co., printing,
69 90
Thayer Manufacturing Co., re-
pairing Town Hall roof, 2 35
Thos. P. Larkin, Auditor, 3 00
3 00
J. Walter Nash, 66
H. E. Bradford, Registrar, 5 00
Stephen Jorgenson, 66
5 00
Henry W. Hill, 66
10 00
Mary L. Carter, stamped envelopes,
21 24
W. M. Purrington, Bond Treasurer Sinking Fund, 8 00
Harry L. Wells, Ballot Clerk,
2 50
Martin G. Mullaley, 2 50
Frebun E. White,
2 50
C. W. Warner, 66
2 50
Walter H. Thayer, 66
2 50
E. J. O'Brien, 66
2 50
T. I. Breckenridge, coal for Town Hall, 3 75
E. E. Davis, surveying, 4 40
H. C. Pomeroy, Tree Warden, 30 00
C. S. Damon, sundries, 15 55
Norton Extension Stepladder Co., 1 6 ft. ext. stepladder, 7 50
Herald Job Print, printing, 7 00
Mrs. F. L. Bisbee, School Committee,
75 00
H. P. Goddard,
75 00
T. F. Dunphy, 75 00
W. C. Pomeroy, Elector,
10 00
Lawrence Malloy, Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, 100 00
H. H. Nichols, Selectman and Overseer of the Poor, 100 00
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C. S. Damon, Selectman and Over-
seer of the Poor,
$125 00
F. C. Richards, Moderator, 2 50
S. J. Edwards, Special Police, 100 00
Lawrence Malloy, Assessor,
21 55
H. H. Nichols,
15 00
Henry A. Bisbee, Constable,
27 50
66
66
Special Police,
25 00
66
66
Janitor,
35 00
labor, express,
and fixtures for Town Hall, 3 47
Henry W. Hill, Town Clerk and Treasurer,
125 00
Henry W. Hill, sundries,
5 25
66
66 for birth returns,
10 50
66
recording births,
marriages and deaths, 34 00
J. R. Mansfield for return of deaths, 1904-5-6-7-8,
20 00
C. M. Brewster, team to Stabb's fire,
3 00
R. F. Burke, sundry abatement,
1907 tax,
127 68
District Court fees,
114 24
R. F. Burke, Collector, 1907,
125 00
$1,973 46
AVAILABLE FOR CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
Appropriation,
$800 00
National Bank Tax,
569 20
Corporation
497 59
Rent of Town Hall,
32 00
District Court Fines,
140 06
Sundry licenses and articles sold,
37 50
Compensation of Inspection of Animals,
15 00
$2,091 35
Appropriations recommended, $800 00
and State Corporation and Bank Tax,
C. S. Damon,
25 00
20
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
EXPENDITURES.
For Mrs. Annie O'Brien, $214 39
Mrs. Bridget Dehey, 180 00
Henry Grise and family, 103 93
William Mattras and family, Hatfield, 117 10
Richard Harvey, Worthington, 18 00
Mrs. William Wright and family, 59 92
Mrs. Mary L. Thayer, 186 35
James Pine and family, State, 84 76
Mrs. William Maher, 34 00
Mrs. James Ellsworth, 37 10
Mrs. M. Fahey and family, North- ampton, 26 21
$1,061 76
AMOUNT AVAILABLE.
Appropriation, $1,200 00
Received from Town of Worthington, 18 00
66 66 Hatfield, 117 10
Due from Northampton, 26 21
Appropriation recommended, $1,200 00
$1,361 31
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Paid Mrs. Emily Hill,
$224 85
Myron Ames,
90 00
$314 85
AMOUNT AVAILABLE.
Appropriation, $250 00
Received from Mrs. Hill, 126 00
Appropriation recommended, $250 00 .- $376 00
21
STREET LIGHTS.
Paid Mill River Electric Light Co., for electric current, $1,253 99
For lamps, 32 40
$1,286 39
Appropriation, $1,300 00
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS.
Paid V. S. Merritt, M. D., $62 00
J. G. Hayes, M. D., 39 50
$101 50
Appropriation, $100 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid Thayer Mfg. Co., for guttering
Engine House in Williams- burg,
$25 00
Damon & Brooks, for wood,
6 00
Mill River Electric Light Co., electric current and meter charge for Williamsburg and Haydenville Engine Houses, 64
Williamsburg Fire Co., 20 men,
40 00
Haydenville Fire Co., 20 men,
40 00
J. I. Kelso, 1 9 1b. wool blanket, 5 50 John Quinn, labor and material Haydenville Engine House, 8 25
Geo. H. Cole, labor on Hayden- ville Engine House, 7 20
Fred W. Warner, labor on Hay- denville Engine House, 8 00
Merrick Lumber Co., lumber for Haydenville Engine House, 10 67
G. M. Bradford, lumber for Hay- denville Engine House, 4 05
22
Paid Foster Bros., hardware for Hay- denville Engine House, $2 70 Bryon Loomis, 1 business wagon for Haydenville Fire Co., 27 50
Consolidated Dry Goods Co., 45 sq. yds. linoleum for Hayden- ville Engine House, 24 75
Appropriation, $250 00
$217 26
SIDEWALK ACCOUNT.
Paid Luther G. Stearns, for building
and repairing walks in Wil- liamsburg, $439 07
Luther G. Stearns, for building and repairing walks in Hay- denville, 442 29
William H. Warner, labor and material,
22 22
Henry Dewey, labor,
8 27
$911 85
AMOUNT AVAILABLE.
Appropriation,
$600 00
Rec'd from J. E. Bennett,
9 24
66 J. R. Mansfield, 9 53
66 Mrs. Lucy Rising, 14 15
$632 92
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid David W. Hill, Committee, $50 00
Appropriation, $50 00.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES S. DAMON, Selectmen LAWRENCE MALLOY, of Williamsburg.
HALLECK H. NICHOLS, ~
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ALMONERS OF WHITING STREET FUND.
Amount received,
$280 00
Paid 38 beneficiaries $5.00 each,
$190 00
5 66
10.00 66
50 00
1
15.00 66
15 00
Balance,
25 00
$280 00
Respectfully submitted,
F. L. BISBEE, P. P. DUNPHY,
Almoners
REPORT OF SINKING FUND OF WILLIAMSBURG
DR.
February 8, 1908.
Balance,
$129 24
July 1, 66 Interest on bonds, 80 00
September 3, "
Town Treasury, 1,000 00
January 1, 1909.
Interest on bonds,
100 00
January 12, "
Interest on Savings
Bank account, 6 85
- $1,316 09
CR.
Sept. 3, 1908. Paid Haydenville Sav-
ings Bank for bond 46, $1,015 90
Accrued interest, 7 00
Balance,
293 19
$1,316 09
ASSETS FEBRUARY 10, 1909
Williamsburg bonds, Nos. 50, 49, 48, 47, 46, $5,000 00
Cash Haydenville Savings Bank,
293 19
$5,293 19
BYRON LOOMIS, W. M. PURRINGTON, C. B. HOSFORD,
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Assessors' Report.
Total value of Assessed Estate,
$717,340 00
66 66 Personal Estate, 235,620 50
-$952,960 50
66
66
Buildings,
$490,015 00
66
66
Land,
227,325 00
-$717,340 00
No. of Male Polls assessed, 565
residents assessed on property, 322
All others (corporations, etc.), 45
No. of non-residents assessed on property, All others,
13
No. of persons assessed on property, 431
66 for Poll Tax only, 317
Rate Total Tax, per $1,000 00,
$17 00
No of horses, assessed,
288
cows,
434
66 neat cattle, 66
213
66 sheep,
41
66
swine,
66
39
66 fowls, 66
1,644
66 dwelling houses, 66
413
State Tax, County Tax, 1,424 11
$1,727 65
$952,960 50 Value of Assessed Real Estate,
--
51
25
Town Grant,
$13,577 00 602 05
Overlayings,
$17,330 81 -
Northampton St. Ry. Co., Excise Tax,
428 66
$17,759 47
Bank and Corporation Tax,
1,066 79
VALUE OF PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
CHAPTER 12, SECTION 5, REVISED LAWS.
Literary Institutions, $27,350 00
Church Property, 52,300 00
Petticoat Hill Park, 1,500 00
$81,150 00
Estimated value of Public Buildings, Water Works, Fire Apparatus and Sinking Fund, $86,979 24
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES S. DAMON,
LAWRENCE MOLLOY,
HALLECK H. NICHOLS,
Assessors of Williamsburg.
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Town Clerk's Report.
BIRTHS IN 1908.
January
12. Joseph Godomski.
24. James Paul.
31. Nelson Doris Lepine.
February March 66
4.
Dorothy Manship,
3. Charles William Greene.
7. Adolph Fontaine.
66
13. Louis Prince.
66
14. Burnett Joslyn.
66
25. Estelle Bernadette Fontaine.
66
25. Edwin C. Breckenridge.
April
12.
Joseph Sink.
66
17. William Quinn.
66
29. Albion C. Cranson.
May
9. Helen Kearney.
66
8. Lindell Lester Cranson.
66
12.
Edward Russell Jondreau.
July 66
6. Gladys Wright Rood.
9. Benjamin Jablonski.
66
26. Susie Mary Wade.
66
27. Constantine Konlis.
22. John Larkin.
August 66
23.
- Trueheart.
66
30. Robert Jesse Loud.
June
20. Mary Magdalinski.
27
September 1. £ Bernhardt John Malm.
4. Robert C. Wells.
66
6. Frederick W. Brewer.
66
9. Vera May Deming.
66
14. Raymond Heath.
16. Bridget E. Burke.
October 22. Alexander Kalka.
66
23. Laurence Coogan.
November 7. Steif Kovaltskek.
11. William Andrews.
66
13. Elizabeth Mary Kempkis.
66
17. Steplika Steweski.
19. Charlotte Burke.
December
9. Nicholas Vasawreck,
10. Frederick L. La Valley.
30. Mary B. Cranson.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN 1908.
January
1. Walter E. Kellogg, Hadley. Eleanor B. Warner, Williamsburg.
16. Ernest S. Cranson, 66
Annie H. McCalman,
February 10. Alexander Slirzewski, 66
Jadwina Jedziswicz,
66
17. Val Augustowski, Mary Cotrage,
66
66 18. Ernest D. Whitcomb, Amherst. Winola V. Herbert,
March
11. Franklin E. Main, Florence. Mary L. Graves, Williamsburg.
April
11. Ernest Oscar Clark, Springfield. Mabelle Jane Limebeck. Williamsburg.
66
16. Arsene J. Labarge, Northampton. Delia Lafreniere,
May
11. Alexander Stefanik, Williamsburg. Mary Lintna, 66
66
28
June
1. Walieti Kulas, Williamsburg. Franciska Kuklienska,
3. Frederick J. Dansereau, 66
Delphine E. Lafreniere, Northampton. 66
66
4. Joseph G. Bean, Lucena C. Clark, Williamsburg.
July
6. Arthur J. Tilton, Alice P. White, 66
66
30. Fred T. Johnson, Northampton. Ina A. Dewey, Williamsburg. Ernest G. Rood, Emma L. Scott, Wilbraham.
September 2.
Percival F. Goddard, Williamsburg.
Dorothy F. Ewing,
66
8. Peter Henry Lampro. Dulciana Greenwood, Northampton.
66
9. Thomas J. Coogan, Williamsburg. Mary H. Welch, 66
66
30.
John J. Trainor,
Elizabeth Bartley, Northampton.
66
October
3. Frank D. Weeks, Westhampton. Annie E. Elliott, Williamsburg.
12. Joseph Mach, 66
Sophy Kostk, 66
66
14. Peter Coyer, 66 Adil Babineau, Canada.
26. Mike Bye, Williamsburg. Julia Novakowicz, Williamsburg.
November 26.
28. Edward L. Lampron, Amherst. Regina Allaire, Williamsburg. Howard F. Baker, Northampton. Wistella D. Adams, Williamsburg.
DEATHS RECORDED IN 1908.
Name Yrs. Mos. Dys.
Date January 6. John Christopher, 90
66
13. Joseph Gozecek, Mary Godomski, 66
August 12.
29
January 8. Pierce Larkin, 28
66
9. Mary P. Graves,
91
66
14. Luthera E. Wait,
89
6
14
66
24. Rachel Jeffords,
49
11
24
66
31. Rosezella Baker,
86
February 66
4. Pearl Trueheart,
4
16
4. Salome W. Warner,
76
10
1
16.
Mary Larkin,
68
19
James D. Leonard,
72
2
17
66
19. Levi B. Nash,
64
3
1
66
22. Thomas Ryan,
50
March 9. Amelia Cooley,
78
66
13.
Diana B. Damon,
65
9
9
66
25. Louis Prince,
13
April
15.
Joseph Zink,
3
66
17.
Leonard J. Winch,
79
6
66
30. Susan E. Wade,
63
11
27
May
14. Carrie L. Clark,
59
11
10
66
28. Samuel A. Merritt,
82
1
29
June
20.
Rudolph Vignault,
24
July
30. Dolly T. Rhodes,
78
4
24
August
24. John StLaurent,
68
66
24. Nelson Doris Lupine,
6
September 7.
Dorothy Manship,
3
66
7. Helen Kmit,
1
66
12.
John F. Burk,
1
1
October
1. William S. Brown,
66
9
16
66
25. Harriet L. Stevens,
81
28
November 25.
Estelle B. Fontaine,
8
December 15.
Catherine Reilly,
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY W. HILL, Town Clerk.
11
23
26. Edward McCaffrey,
2
6
19.
William Mattrass,
32
18. Forest B. Cranson,
8
10. Margaret Hickey,
73
11
23. Edith May Leonard,
25
Report of Library Trustees.
The Trustees of the Haydenville Public Library give below the annual report for that institution for the past year.
We have added sixty-two books and were very careful to select the best books both in regard to reading matter and quality of books. Ten volumes were added especially for the young people as there are about forty between the ages of twelve and sixteen who take books from this library.
We have made some improvements this year in the out- ward appearance of the building, but next year there should be considerable work done inside. We need more shelving and there are several volumes which should be re- bound, and it will require considerable time and expense to go all over our list and sort out such books as are worth rebinding and to lay aside or give away such old books as are of no value now.
We hope that $150.00 at least (and more if possible) will be appropriated this year for this purpose.
Following is a report of the money expended during the year :
To Balance last report, $ 3 92
" Received from Town Treasurer, 93 44
$97 36
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By paid for insurance,
$11 22
J. Quinn, for painting,
15 00
66
J. Noracek, care of grounds, 2 00
66 Mrs. Richardson, cleaning,
2 00
T. H. Ives, librarian,
20 00
66 For books,
46 04
66 W. G. Loomis, sundries, 1 10
$97 36
Respectfully submitted,
T. J. CURRY,
T. H. IVES,
Trustees. W. G. LOOMIS,
Water Commissioners' Report.
RECEIPTS.
Bal. cash on hand last report, $2,141 76
Received for water rent,
1,969 55
Interest on deposits,
39 74
Use of sewer pump,
8 00
Water rents (hydrants and water tanks),
800 00
Service connections,
209 00
-
$5,168 05
EXPENDITURES.
Paid The Haydenville Co., brass goods, $75 39
Thayer Mfg. Co., labor and plumbing, 26 43 P. J. Murphy, 66 66 206 14
Frank Cowing,
1 26
Will O'Brien, 66
1 36
Thomas ('Brien, 66
8 19
E. Kearney,
8 55
Mrs. E. M. Chandler, labor of Tanner & Loomis, 3 00
Dennis Brazell, labor,
4 08
Peter McGowan, 4 22
Bingham & Taylor, curb boxes,
9 10
C. J. Hills, rebate, 1 31
Helen M. Wells, clerical labor,
2 00
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Paid E. Leonard, painting hydrants, and sundries, $7 15
N. E. Plumbing and Supply Co., lead pipe, 8 25
Norwood Engineering Co., repairs on hydrants,
16 50
Postals and printing, 2 30
Bassett & Shaw, expenses in Vaughn suit, 287 16
Mary E. Halpin, stenographer,
216 07
A. H. Latham, auditor, 392 27
Witnesses, engineers and expenses in Vaughn suit, 1,270 45
A. S. Hills, expenses, 83 35
F. A. Brooks, 66
94 97
J. W, Hill,
70 24
H. W. Hill, Treasurer,
2,100 00
Balance cash on hand, 268 31
-- $5,168 05
A. S. HILLS, F. A. BROOKS, Commissioners. J. W. HILL,
By-Laws of the Town of Williamsburg
AS AMENDED BY VOTE OF THE TOWN
AT A MEETING HELD JUNE 10th, 1907.
TOWN MEETINGS.
SECTION 1. All warrants for Town Meeting shall be served by posting attested copies thereof in three or more public places in said Town at least seven days before the day of said meeting.
TOWN TREASURER.
SEC. 1. The Treasurer of the said Town shall give no note as Treasurer unless authorized by vote of the Town to borrow money and under the certified approval of the Selectmen.
SEC. 2. The Treasurer shall pay no draft or order drawn · on the Treasury unless the same specifies out of what fund or appropriation it is to be paid ; and when so drawn he shall not pay thereon more than the balance remaining to the credit of such fund or appropriation ; and whenever any appropriation is exhausted shall give immediate notice to the Selectmen ; except for monies required to be paid or advanced under the general laws of the State.
SEC. 3. The Treasurer shall before entering upon the duties of his office, give bonds for the faithful discharge of the said duties to the satisfaction of the Selectmen,
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which bond may be that of a surety company, or if signed by persons as individuals it shall be signed by those whose unencumbered estates as shown on the valuation book of the Town shall be equal to the sum of five thousand dollars.
AUDITORS.
SEC. 1. The Town shall annually choose two Auditors, whose duty it shall be to audit the accounts of the Treas- urer, the Selectmen and School Committee of the Town and report at its annual meeting.
COLLECTOR.
SEC. 1. The Collector shall prepare the bills for each year within seven days from the time the taxes are fur- nished him by the Assessors. And the same shall be forth- with distributed to the tax payers ; said distribution to be completed at least twenty days before the time fixed in the said bills for the time of payment.
SEC. 2. The Collector of Taxes shall settle with the Treasurer on or before the first day of February of each year, and for all taxes not collected at that time the Col- lector shall give his note with his bondsmen's names, with interest, and the fiscal year shall close on the first day of February.
SEC. 3. The Collector of Taxes shall before entering upon the duties of his office give a bond to the satisfaction of the' Selectmen, which bond may be that of a surety company or if signed by persons as individuals, it shall be signed by parties whose unencumbered estate as shown on the valuation book of the Town shall be equal to the sum of five thousand dollars.
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.
SEC. 1. The Highway Surveyor shall in addition to his ordinary duties as Surveyor have charge of all Town prop- erty used in his department and be responsible for the same.
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SEC. 2. When extraordinary repairs or improvements are deemed advisable but too expense to be undertaken without special authority from the Town, he shall indicate in his report the character of such improvements with a careful estimate of the cost.
LICENSED OBSTRUCTIONS.
SEC. 1. The Selectmen may grant licenses in writing for such obstructions of any part of the highway or streets or such excavation of the same as may be needful for the purpose of erecting, repairing or removal of any building or for any purpose which to them may seem reasonable.
SEC. 2. In all cases in which a license may be given for obstructing or excavating any highway or street the au- thority granting the same may impose such conditions or limitations as it shall see fit in regard to erecting barri- cades, maintaining lights and taking other precautions for the security of travellers and other persons. Such license shall also express the time for which it shall continue in force.
SEC. 3. Every person receiving such license shall exe- cute a written agreement to indemnify and save harmless the Town against all damages or costs by reason of any claim for damages or any process, civil or criminal, on ac- count of such obstruction or excavation or any injury to any person occasioned thereby. And the authority grant- ing the license may in its discretion require sureties for the performance of such agreement.
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.
SEC. 1. The tenant or occupant and in case there be no tenant or occupant the owner of any estate abutting any street within the limits of the villages of Williamsburg or Haydenville as shall be designated by the Selectmen on or before the first day of December of each year, and public
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notice thereof given shall not allow any snow or ice to re- main upon any sidewalk abutting upon such estate for twenty-four consecutive hours, but shall cause the same within that time to be reasonably removed from the entire width of such walk or cause same to be made even and covered with sand to prevent slipping.
SEC. 2. No person shall dig up, cut down, climb, break, peel, cut, deface, injure or destroy any ornamental or shade tree growing or being in any of the streets or highways or on any of the public grounds of the said Town, without the consent of the Selectmen or persons having the said grounds in charge first being obtained in writing.
SEC. 3. No person shall course, coast, or slide down, across, in or along any of the streets in said Town upon any hand-sled, board or otherwise except in such places and under such restrictions as the Selectmen shall designate and require.
SEC. 4. No owner or person having the care of any swine, sheep, goats, horses, mules, or neat cattle shall suffer or permit the same to go at large in any street or highway, common, square or other public place within the said Town.
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