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After consultation with the Selectmen of
Brands and janet to the Town nifer monde which resulted in the selection of war. War Rice to fill the ricancy on the commit. and he accepted the position.
It would seems that a fair interpretato of arts 20. would be the isking of the to the the compensation the Selectmen ch
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mars 2. 1892 adjourned meeting Moderator 16. 12 Harvey called metning to order at 7:00 clock.
6. 6. Bates moved to lay Out of on the table and take up art. 3. carried. ant 3, was taken up rac Ter. Water mirred hat the Report of Bon on Mars of Selectmen, made April 27, Te reconsidered carried
Har. P. Ab batt moved to amend said report Tystriking out 200, andinserting 490.60 and report as amended was adopted.
Ges. O. Brigham moved to take up art 8 and under this art moved to reconsider the vote whereby the town voted to issue Server Bonds, carried. Mr. " then moved to strike out from date" and misent from may 1 st 1892" carnet. and the who we arefixed was edaited ..
M. A. More moves to reconsider the vote, whereby the town voted to take was hig Laws in regular onder carmed Mr. More then offered as a new By-Law as follows "No touw employee working by the day or hour, shall be employed more than hive hours in any one day, except in cases of liver- - gency, ni which case the employee shall receive 50 % increase of pay for all over time worked . " adopted.
A. F. Brown moved to reconsider action on art1. carried
Mr. 7. tien offered an amentements regering anti- -¿ les relations te appropriations to a com of 5 mot carried.
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Mr. C. P. Adams offered the following as a new Of Law: "We Geven, school, corporation, or organiza By-Law - tion shall allow O want to remain on any dedopted public Concrete sidewalk adjoining his or their Premises for more than twelve hours from the deposits of the came or clearm. of the town."
to Beles moves to removed by striking out schools and organizations " carried. Har. B. further amende in udding after the word concrete "or Freck" cantried. In- Law as amended adapted.
art. 20, I. P. Abbott moves to amend mi 4 th, " or Com - mittees of the Town" lost. art. 20, adopted. Ont. 21, adapted. Art. 22, adapted. Vated to adjourn to the 18th of May at 7.30 accock P.M.
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are adjourn to Weilnesday evening, intry 25
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adjourned Meeting. Meeting called to order at 7.45 PM.
W. I. Forbes reported By tuve as
J. A. Fayerweather moved to anend by striking out the try Nocturno and inventing the words Semesters of down Library, in. No. 13 of the By-Laws. Last.
M. F. Morse moved to amend to starting out, $2.23 of the By- Laws. Last.
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K Wilson moved to recommit the if ant's 25026, of the march inceting, to - de committee.
2456. A.r. Those moved, to amend the rate of the the
The destruction system of balloting, so that ist officine so balloted for shall include Joun Break Selectmen
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Vated that this meeting he dissolved. attest
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By-Laws of the down as adopted Mar, 25,92 See page 110 for vote offactafation.
1. The financial year shall begin on the first day of February in each year.
3. The annual town meeting shall be held on the first Monday in March. The. polls shall be open for the election of Moderator at eight o'clock in the forenoon, and as soon as practicable there- after, the election of other town officers shall be entered upon, for which purpose the polls shall re- main open till three o'clock in the afternoon, when the time for closing may be fixed by vote.
3. The duties of the presiding officer, except as hereinafter prescribed, shall be determined by the general rules of parliamentary practice as laid down in Cushing's Law and Practice of Legisla- tive Assemblies, so far as applicable to town meetings.
1. The presiding officer may entertain motions without being seconded, whenever in his judgment such procedure is consistent with good order and the proper transaction of business.
5. The moderator in propounding questions in- volving different sums shall put the largest sum first.
6. No article in the warrant passed over, or un- dler which further action has been indefinitely post poned, shall be again taken into consideration un- less ordered by a vote of two-thirds of the voters present and voting.
7. No person shall speak more than once on the same question to the prevention of others; nor more than twice when objection is made, without first obtaining leave of the town.
8. At any town meeting held for the transac- tion of town business, no person whose name is not on the list of voters shall be admitted to the floor of the hall, and it shall be the duty of the constables and police officers to enforce this by-law, but the same shall not apply to the annual state and town elections while the voters are cast- ing their ballots and pending the declaration of the same.
9. The town shall elect annually an auditor of accounts, who shall audit the accounts of the treas- urer, collector and selectmen, and in verifying the same, he shall examine the records and ac- counts of the several boards of officers and com- mittees of the town. He shall arrange and issue in print in convenient form at least five days be- fore the annual meeting next succeeding his elec- tion, the annual reports of the town officers report- ing to him. He shall also report any facts relative to the management of the finances of the town which he may deem important.
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10. It shall be the duty of the selectmen on or before the fifth day of -February in each year to cause to be prepared a full and accurate statement of the sums of money paid out of the treasury during the preceding financial year, and to sub- mit the same with vouchers to the auditor. It shall be the further duty of the selectmen, over- seers of the poor, school committee, fire engineers, trustees of town - library, cemetery trustees, and other town officers on or about the fifth day of February in each year to report in writing to the auditor, giving specific facts and information rela- tive to the condition and management of their re- spective departments, and carefully prepared estimates of appropriations required for the year ensuing.
11. The selectmen shall have authority as agents of the town to prosecute or defend all suits in its name, unless it is otherwise ordered by vote.
42. The velvetmen muy authorize the treasurer
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notes of the town
13. The selectmen shall have charge of the town house, the grounds about the same, and the buildings thereon.
14. No money shall be paid from the treasury, except the state and county taxes, and notes and interest thereon, without an order therefor, signed by a majority of the selectmen and des- ignating the appropriation from which said order shall be drawn, nor-until the bills-for the-same shall have been audited; and it shall be the duty of the selectmen and the treasurer to keep a cor- rect account of all the appropriations made by the town, and all sums drawn from such appropria- tions shall be charged against such account on the selectmen's and treasurer's books kept for such purpose, and it shall be the duty of the town clerk to notify in writing the selectmen and treasurer of all appropriations made by the town within seven days from the time such appropria- tions are made.
15. The amount of orders drawn against any appropriation shall not exceed the amount of the same.
16. Whenever it shall be necessary to execute any deed conveying land, or any other instrument, required to carry into effect any vote of the town, the same shall be executed by the treasurer in be- half of the town, unless the town shall vote other- wise.
17. The collector of taxes shall pay to the treasurer on the first Monday of every month the amount of taxes in his possession.
18. The collector of taxes shall have all the powers conferred by law on a town treasurer when acting as collector.
19. Poll taxes shall be due and payable in four- teen days after demand. All other taxes shall bo dne and payable on the first day of November in each year. On all taxes not paid on or before the first day of November in each year, interest shall be collected at the rate of six per cent. per annum.
20. Each board of town officers and every com- mittee shall choose its own chairman and clerk, or secretary, who shall keep records open to the inspection of the voters of the town.
21. It shall be the duty of the assessors to ap- praise all the property belonging to the town in the month of January in each year, and enter the appraisal in a book to be kept for the purpose. . They shall give a copy of said appraisal to the treasurer, who shall report the same to the town, in connection with his annual report.
29. The care of the public library shall be in- trusted to a board of nine trustees, three of whom shall be elected annually, who shall have power to make laws for their own government, and to make and enforce rules and regulations for the management and usage of the library.
23. The management and care of the ceme- teries of the town shall be intrusted to a board of five trustees. At each annual town meeting a trustee shall be chosen who shall hold his office for the term of five years.
The proprietor or proprietors of any lot or lots in either of the cemeteries of the town may be- queath to the town, or deposit with the treasurer of the town, any sum of money, not exceeding five hundred dollars, for the purpose of providing for the perpetual care of such lot or lots and ap- purtenances of the same, and the treasurer, in the name of the town, shall give a proper agreement to said proprietors that the income of said money shall be appropriated for such purpose.
(a). All moneys deposited with the treasurer, or bequeathed to the town for the perpetual care of any lot or lots and appurtenances, shall be kept apart from other funds of the town, and shall be designated The Cemetery Trust Fund, and shall be invested by the treasurer, with the advice of the selectmen, in such securities as by law savings banks in this Commonwealth may invest in, and the interest accrued on each of the several sums so invested, or such part as deemed necessary by the trustees, shall be expended annually for the care of the lot or lots and appurtenances entitled thereto.
(b). The lots in the cemeteries shall not be used for any other purpose than a burial place for the (lead. Proprietors shall keep their lots, trees, fendes, shrubbery and monuments in a condition satisfactory to the trustees; and if the proprietors fail to place them in such a condition, on being requested to do so, the trustees are authorized,; and it shall be their duty, to enter all such lots and properly care for them, and charge the expense of doing the same to the several owners thereof.
((). The trustees, in making sales of lots, shall insert in the instrument of sale such restrictions and conditions as appear to them suitable and proper, and all moneys received from such sales shall be paid into the treasury.
(d). No person shall tear or injure any fence or erection enclosing any cemetery or place for the burial of the dead in the town, or shall trespass upon such place by resorting thereto to engage in any sport or game, or by crossing any such enclos- ure for convenience or otherwise; except in the avenues and walks, or appropriate any part of any such enclosure to any use other than for burial purposes. Whoever violates the provisions of this by-law shall be liable to a fine of not less than two nor more than twenty dollars for each offence.
(e). It shall be the duty of the trustees to ex- amine into all trespasses enumerated in these by- laws relating to cemeteries and to complain of all persons offending against the same, as well as against the statutes of the Commonwealth relating to the preservation of cemeteries and places of burial.
24. The town of Westborough hereby avails it- self of the several provisions of the statutes of this Commonwealth, now in force, relating to habitual truants and absentees from schools.
(a). All children between the ages of seven and fifteen years, residing in said town, wandering about in the streets or public places of said town, having no lawful occupation, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance, shall be committed to thre Worcester County Truant School for a . term not exceeding one year.
(b). Two or more truant officers shall be ap- pointed annually, whose duty it shall be to inquire into all violations of the truant laws, and of the laws reitting to compulsory education, and to do all the acts required of them by the laws of the Commonwealth.
(c). It shall be the duty of every truant officer, prior to making any complaint under these laws, to notify the truant or the absentee from school, also his parent or guardian, of the offence com- mitted, and of the penalty therefor; and if the truant officer can obtain satisfactory pledges for the restraint and reformation of the child, he may forbear to prosecute so long as such pledges are faithfully kept.
(d). It shall be the duty of the truant officers to keep a full record of all their official acts, and make an annual report thereof to the school committee.
25. No town employe working by the day or hour, shall be employed more than nine hours in any one day, except in cases of emergency, in which case the employe shall receive fifty per centum increase of pay for all such overtime.
· 26. No building shall be moved over a public street without a written permit from the select- men or road commissioners; and no permit shall be given by the selectmen or read commissioners for moving any building when it will cause the destruction or serious injury of any tree or shrub standing on the street, or owned by any citizen, or. projecting over the street, unless the written consent of the person on or in front of whose premises such tree or shrub may stand, shall first be obtained. If any building shall be moved over or through any public street, the owner of such building, and the person or persons moving the same, shall be jointly and severally liable to the town for all damages, costs and expenses for which the town may be liable, or which it may be compelled to pay in consequence of such act, or of any obstruction, encumbrance or injury oc- casioned thereby.
27. No person shall break or dig up the ground in any street or square in the town, nor set up any post, fence, tree, or edgestone, in any street or square in the town, without a license from the' selectmen or road commissioners.
28. No person shall suffer any animal under his control to pasture on any public way, pro- vided nothing herein shall affect the right of a .person to use his land within the limits of the way adjoining his premises.
· 29. No person shall suffer a horse under his control to go at an immoderate rate in any public way within the town, so as thereby to endanger the life, safety or convenience of any person right- fully being or passing therein.
30. No person shall tie or fasten any horse, cattle or team to any of the trees planted in any highway, street or public lands in the town, nor drive into the same nails, hooks or staples, nor affix any advertisement or signboard thereto.
31. No person shall permit any animal or vehi- cle of any description belonging to him, or under his care, to stand upon any public street or side- walk so as to obstruct the free and convenient use of the same.
32. No person shall ride a bicycle upon any sidewalk; nor shall any person continue to ob- struct any sidewalk or public place after having been requested by a constable or police officer to move away.
33. No person shall make any bonfire or other fire, or kick football, or play at ball, or throw stones or snowballs, or other missiles, or coast on sleds or otherwise, in any public way.
34. No person or corporation shall allow snow to remain on any public concrete or brick side- walk adjoining his or its premises for more than twelve hours from the deposit of the same, or clearing of the storm.
35. No person shall in any manner affix any bill, placard or poster, or paint, draw or write any words, figures or devices upon any property in the town not his own, without first obtaining the consent of the owner thereof.
36. No person shall by indecent or disorderly conduct, or by the use of profane, indecent or in- sulting language in any public way or place, annoy any person peaceably being or passing therein.
37. No person shall place or cause to be placed in any public way or place in the town, any ashes, garbage, carrion, shavings, filth, offal, or any kind of rubbish, except in such place and in such man- ner as may be directed by the selectmen.
38. No person shall conduct an open drain, pipe, or conduit, or empty any filthy water or other un- clean matter into or upon any street or way in the town.
39. No person shall throw any carcass of any animal into any of the ponds, streams or waters within the limits of the town, or leave any carcass · to decay on the surface of the ground, or to be in- sufficiently buried therein, near any building, street, or public way or place.
40. Every violation of any of the foregoing by- laws, from number 26 to 39 inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two nor more than twenty dollars.
41. These by-laws shall take effect upon their approval by the Superior Court, and thereafter all existing by-laws of the town shall be repealed.
attest Henry L. Chase O stonne tor K.
Feb. 7. 1893 approved and or- dered Published in Theethard news- paper!
John H. Corcoran Quetice Superior Court
Recorded Feb 21. 1895 & copy, attest J. S. Ichuson Clark Sup. Court
Il true copy- attest: Feverty L. Those Town devk
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( ale 25. 1892.
Worcester I.S. do any Constable of the voren of Heather" on the Go. of Worcester, Directing
In the name of the Commonwealth of Maverchusetts, you are directed to notify and moon the lahabitants of the sein " "i cattiero, qualified to vote di elections budt town offering to meet or the union Ifull " Westboro, on Monday the 115 days of July at 4,30 colock in the after andow, then fund there to act on the following articles :
Out 1 20 choose a Moderator. 200 hear and not upra reports of conduttrice 1 of the town. So nice if the town with extend its comer = from south It to central, thing in relation to the same. To see what action the town in relation to the newer ted or act any - thing in relation to the same. a) see what action the town will take 1 = to provide fonds to pay for the sims Steam Fire Engine, or get any thing i lative to the pame.
wre directed to serve this ferment & porting in attested cafres thereef at the Road tysice ind Town Hall in sauce Your, seven At least, before the trives of holding a meeting. At ent have not and make seti ru of this Way . with your doings thereon, to the Town toler I said Westboro' on or before the time of Kolding said meeting. hunde this. 8 to day
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Ix. W. Walther moved to las motion on the table waiting report triton. Engm's Tam.
. a. Kelley moved that the Server. he extend. ed now Mouth It To Sentral It. Ir A walker voured to bay on table pending sort of Server Com. Javed By to 26
Usted Sono Stark read in robert from C. C. allen. 2. Weuse, waved that Out of the
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august 1. 1892 adjourned westing. Meeting called to order at 7,30. P .? by the the oderatot S. R. Harvey.
art & Reports of Committees. Wir Breadwas reported for the om apporte to everchase pervane, de falters; At a meeting of the tourmittee, for the kun chase of a Steam Fire Sname, Heell Tuesday July 20, 1592 it was opted unanimously to accept the La France strum tiro long at a cost of $3400.
The committee sold the old, Jackson Steam to Var. Owa La France for "100."
Server Com submitted to the Down the fal- lowing recommendations. et That fu ther extension of the server orgestern. mexpedient at present 2nd That two acree be prepared for i semer is De soon as practicable. 3rd That the mode of payment, for use of sem; we by annual tak ments, to The car- -lected with other taxel . U
Ho Willson Chaurmaio I. S. Nason Clerk
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Extension of Server- HM: Brigham moves to wieso over not comme 29to M. A. More moved to reconsider. Gerrard. rated to midefinitely postpone. 02.44
Jewer Bed. M. A. Worse moved that the town me - diately, under direction of the Selectiven in free wares ar a thever ged ...
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to wilson moved that the town adebt the recommendation of the what of Server Dum relative to payment for entering the server
55 Payment of Steamer
Mation of HM. Brigham on the table - July 25th M.d. Ingham moved to take motion from the table. commed.
The Moderation put the motore of 8. M. Twee to am that the Engine he paid from Contingent Fun !. not carried.
2. O. Brigham moved:
That the Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selection, To have money and issue notes of the town there for to lon amount not exceeding thirty four hundred. dollars at a rate of not beccedigit To Ner. annun: said noter to be croce dice and Day- -able as follows
1000. iv 1893 1000. mi 1894. 1000. in 1895, 400. i 1896. Carmen
Meeting was then dissolved
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Herany 2. Thuse Down Clerk
ang. 25. 1892 I this day destroyed, by Turning, the ballots Meed und iused at the Town meeting, feld March 7.1892
Herny L. Chase Town Clerk
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The New England telephone and integrated to. of mudrank cette. You are hereby notified that you are duly authorized by vatel of the Howard of Selection of the token of Heat ford' to create and maintain pales and wines thereon in the following notmed strato und inhumans mi the words town of Acetford'
the poste shall be of the materials of the pole now standing in said locations, or other sirital material, and shall not be lis than twenty five feet in length. The wires shall not be less than twenty feet from the ground and located substan hodin as now men. A copy of this permit is recorded mi the records of the Town of Westboro"
Herum 2. Chase Town Check.
Textboro Sept 2.4. 1892 Following are the streets and high- mayer above referred to: "In old Boston Yourulike From the Street to Southborough boundary line"
3. A. Reilly J John S. Ndzou J Selection
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EVENING PROGRAMME.
Town Hall. 7.45 o'clock.
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BY THE BAND
ODUCTORY REMARKS.
L. E. DENFELD, Chairman School Com. "Columbus," . MRS. O. W. JUDD ( Read by Rev. J. J. McCoy.)
MUSIC.
LESS. JUDGE W. T. FORBES
LESS. REV. GARRETT BEEKMAN
MUSIC.
RESS. . M. H. WALKER
LESS. JOHN W. SLATTERY, EsQ. MUSIC.
RESS. MR. HUBBARD WILLSON
RESS, REV. J. J. MCCOY
"America,' AUDIENCE LED BY BAND
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Columbus Day
WESTBOROUGH, MASS., OCTOBER 21, 1892
PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES
Columbus Day Committee :
Superintendent of Schools, True W. Wbite; School Committee, Louis E. Denfeld, D. P. Cilley, MI. D., Beo. D. bero; Rev. 3. 3. Mccoy, Charles Drayton, M. b. Walker, fra M. BBeaman.
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FORENOON.
9.00. Exercises in the different schools.
10.30. Parade starts from Main Street, at head of School Street, down Main to South, South to School, up School to High School Building.
10.50. Exercises in High School yard:
PROGRAMME.
1. Reading of President's Proclamation.
Raising of Flag.
Cheering by the Veterans. Singing of "America" by audience led by pupils.
3. Salute to Flag by pupils.
4. Lord's Prayer.
5. "Song of Columbus Day," by pupils.
6. Address.
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