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The public school system is the best institution in Town or State and its support the best use that can be made of public money.
In this connection permit me to quote the following reply of Robert C. Winthrop made nearly fifty years ago to an English gentleman's inquiry as to the value of the public-school system in New England :
" I should find it almost as difficult to state the main grounds for my unqualified approbation of our common school system as I should to state the reason for cherish- ing the common bounties and blessings of Providence- the light, the air, or the seasons. I cannot conceive of our getting along without them under a political system like ours. They are a vital part of our government ; they are our most efficient police ; our institutions would not allow us to provide any substitute for them. But, apart from any consideration connected with the character of our government, they seem to me the only effective means of promoting the intelligence, develop- ing the energies and elevating the character of a whole people. Any voluntary system of education must leave great numbers of children untaught It may be that among these neglected children are the persons whose
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natural capacities would have enabled them to do most for their fellow men ; who, if their faculties could have been cultivated and developed, might have been fore- most in art or science, in invention or enterprise, in literary, civil or military pursuits. It is certain that our American common schools have given their earliest, and, sometimes their only, education to not a few of our most distinguished men in all conditions of life. Universal education freely offered to all, and of which all are in a manner constrained to partake, secures to society the benefit of all the powers which God has bestowed upon all its members and thus gives the strongest impulse to the progress of human civilization and improvement. If New England has made rapid strides in anything good or great or valuable since its settlement I think it has been primarily owing to her common school system."
LEWIS T. McKENNEY, Superintendent of Schools.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT OR TARDY. OR FOUR YEARS. Lossie E. Laird.
FOR TWO YEARS. Sumner Smith.
FOR ONE YEAR. *Kate Dempsey.
FOR TWO TERMS.
Helina Dempsey,
Gertrude Dempsey,
Mary A. Dempsey,
Murray Farnsworth,
Ethel M. Stone, *Ruth F. Welch,
Arthur F. Chapin.
FOR ONE TERM.
Edith Biggs,
Warren K. Blodgett,
Elizabeth Boyce,
Annie F. Ryan,
James W. Boyce,
Eugene P. Shevelyne,
Manley B. Boyce, Emma Conant, Esther Dempsey,
Grace Tyler, Bessie Tyler,
John C. Welch,
Herman Wheeler.
*Elizabeth F. Wheeler,
28 Names on Roll of Honor. * Tardy once.
Mary Ehlert, * Annie J. French,
Roderick B. Laird,
Frank T. Moynihan,
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1899.
Winter term opened January 2, closes March 24 ; 12 weeks.
Spring term opens April 3, closes June 16; 11 weeks.
Fall term opens September 11, closes December 22 ; 15 weeks.
Recess from Wednesday before Thanksgiving to following Monday.
Winter term opens January 2, 1900.
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ATTENDANCE AND STATISTICS.
SCHOOLS.
Terms.
Teachers.
Enrollment.
Average
Average
Per cent. of
Attendance.
Tardiness.
Dismissals.
Visitors.
Teachers'
Length of
Senool in
weeks.
( Winter,
Carrie B. Chapin.
42
41.43
36.95
89.18
25
26
8
$48.00
12
Centre Gram , .
Spring, / Fall,
Carrie B. Chapin.
42
38.61
34.37
89.02
16
11
13
48.00
11
Carrie B. Chapin.
35
30.68
27.83
90.71
21
15
13
52.16
15
( Harriette F. Sawin, Principal.
48
43.83
39.57
90.28
51
20
23
36.00
12
Centre Prim.,
Spring,
Harriette F. Sawin, Principal.
48
43.23
39.09
90 42
53
25
19
36.00
11
Fall,
Nellie M. Newton, Assistant.
31
28.39
25.96
91.44
19
1
5
44.00
15
Centre Sub .- Gr.,
Fall,
Harriette F. Sawin.
28
26.53
23.96
90.31
49
15
5
44.00
15
30
29.30
27.04
92.29
30
20
20
48.00
12
M. Agnes Maddocke.
28
24.59
22.07
89.75
19
17
20
48.00
11
M. Agnes Maddocks.
32
30.06
27.74
92.28
27
20
11
48.00
15
Hattie B. Heath.
31
26.26
23.13
88.87
13
16
12
44.00
12
( Winter,
Hattie B. Heath.
37
31.86
28.82
90.46
3
15
23
44.00
11
South Prim.,
·
Hattie B. Heath.
32
28.90
27.26
94.32
21
6
8
44.00
15
‘ Anna Prescott Sherman, Assistant.
16
14.95
13.28
88.83
9
4
89.48
12
Anna Prescott Sherman, Assistant.
14
12.93
12.20
94.35
13
7
89.48
AVERAGES FOR THE YEAR.
High,
Centre Grammar,
43
36.91
33.05
89.64 90.38
62
37
21
38
Centre Primary, .
60
38.46
34.87
123
46
47
38
Centre Sub. Grammar,
1
26.53
23.96
90.31
49
15
5
15
South Sub. Grammar,
32
27.98
25.62
91.44
76
57
41
38
South Primary,
44
29.01
26.40
91.22
37
37
43
38
Total,
196
173
157
90.76|
369
203
157
167
139
.
16
13.94
12.74
21.59
22
11
23
·
.
·
.
·
.
E. W. Small, Principal.
High,
·
.
§ Winter, Spring,
32.00
-
·
Winter,
Nellie M. Newton, Assistant.
44.00
. Nellie M. Newton.
Bessie F. Moore.
South Sub .- Gr.,
Winter, Spring, Fall,
Spring, ( Fall,
32.00
E. W. Small, Principal.
Membership.
Attendance.
Salaries per
month.
44.00
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
OF IPA
TOWN OF LINCOLN
From Feb 1893, to Fab. 1, 1900
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Report of the School and Other Committees
FOR THE YEAR 1899-1900.
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
From Feb. 1899, to Feb. 1, 1900.
ALSO, THE
Report of the School and Other Committees
FOR THE YEAR 1899 - 1900.
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BOSTON: "WASHINGTON PRESS :" GEO. E. CROSBY & CO., PRINTERS, 383 WASHINGTON STREET. 1900.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1899=1900.
Town Clerk. JAMES L. CHAPIN. Selectmen.
Chairman. WILLIAM S. BRIGGS,
JOHN F. FARRAR.
CHARLES S. SMITH. Overseers of the Poor.
JOHN F. FARRAR, WILLIAM S. BRIGGS,
CHARLES S. SMITH. Board of Health.
MOSES W. KIDDER,
Term Expires 1902
JOSEPH S. HART,
1900
SAMUEL H. PIERCE,
66 1901
Assessors.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, WILLIAM C. PIERCE, WILLIAM H. SHERMAN.
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. CHARLES S. WHEELER. Highway Surveyor. DANIEL H. SHERMAN. Auditor. S. RODMAN SNELLING. Constables.
LORENZO E. BROOKS,
FRANK M. DEMPSEY,
EDWARD BANNON, JOHN F. FARRAR.
School Committee.
JULIUS E. EVELETH,
Term Expires 1899
GEO. F. NEWTON, +
66
1900
EDWARD R. FARRAR, . ·
66 1901
t Appointed by the School Committee and the Selectmen.
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Water Commissioners.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Term Expires 1902
JOIIN F. FARRAR,
66 1900
JOSEPH S. HART,
66 1901
WM. S. BRIGGS, Chairman of Selectmen, ex-officio.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, Town Treasurer, ex-officio.
Field Drivers
JAMES. E. BAKER, CHARLES S. SMITH.
Fence Viewers.
JAMES E. BAKER, CHARLES S. SMITH.
Surveyors of Lumber.
GEORGE F. HARRINGTON,
NATHANIEL F. COUSINS.
RICHARD A. SHEPARD, EDWARD R. FARRAR.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
WALTER F. BAKER,
EDWARD R. FARRAR,
RICHARD A. SHEPARD, THOMAS L. GILES.
Cemetery Committee.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Term Expires 1904
CHARLES S. SMITH,
66
1900
JOHN TASKER, .
.
66
66 1901
EDWARD F. FLINT,
1902
HERBERT E. BARNES,
66
1903
Commissioners of Trust Funds.
JULIUS E. ELEVETH, .
66
1902
SAMUEL H. PIERCE, .
·
66
1900
OGDEN CODMAN,
1901
Registrars.
WILLIAM S. BRIGGS,
CHARLES S. SMITH,
JOHN F. FARRAR, JAMES L. CHAPIN.
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Trustees of Lincoln Public Library. GEORGE G. TARBELL, President.
SAMUEL H. PIERCE, JOHN F. FARRAR, WILLIAM S. BRIGGS, Chairman of Selectmen, ex-officio.
JULIUS, E. ELEVETH, Chairman of School Committee, ex- officio.
Trustees of Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures.
JULIUS E. ELEVETH,
Term Expires 1902
GEORGE FLINT
66 1900
GEORGE F. NEWTON,
66 1901
Trustees of Grammar School Fund.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, HERBERT E. BARNES. ALBERT A. COOK.
Public Improvement Committee.
CHARLES F. ADAMS, SAMUEL H. PIERCE.
HERBERT E. BARNES. Committee on Claims.
CHARLES F. ADAMS, WILLIAM S. BRIGGS. CHARLES S. WHEELER.
APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN. Sealer of Weights and Measures. JAMES L. CHAPIN. Janitor of Town House. GEORGE L. CHAPIN. Forest Fire Wardens.
CLARENCE A. BROOKS. CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR. Inspector of Provisions and Animals. MARTIN M. WELCH.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Lorenzo E. Brooks, or either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln, in said County :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in Town affairs, to assemble in Bemis Hall, Monday, March 5, at one o'clock, P. M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees for the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To act upon the jury list presented by the Selectmen.
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ART. 5. To appropriate money for necessary and expe- dient purposes of the Town, and enact anything in relation thereto.
ART. 6. To give in their votes by ballot in answer to the question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this Town?" The check list shall be used as provided by Section 5, Chapter 100 of the Public Statutes.
ART. 7. To determine the manner of collecting taxes the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes of the current year, and to be paid therefrom.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will choose a Committee on Claims under the provision of Section 3 of Article 6 of the By-Laws.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will adopt the provisions of Chapter 264 of the Acts of the year 1890, entitled, " An Act relating to Public Cemeteries," and choose thereunder a board of three Cemetery Commissioners, one member for three years, one member for two years, and one member for one year, the said terms to expire with the end of the official year of the Town, according to the provisions of the said Act; and to see if the Town will take any other action in reference to the matter.
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ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate any money to settle claims for damages for land taken for water pur- poses or for highways, and will authorize the Selectmen to execute any deeds or releases to persons claiming such damages in order to compromise their claims, or will take any other action in relation to the matter.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to acquire any lands or rights therein for water purposes, and to erect a new pumping station and to install a pumping plant therein, and to lay the necessary pipes and connections ; and to see if the Town will appro- priate any money for the said purposes, and to see if the Town will borrow any money and issue bonds, notes or script therefor in the manner authorized by the Acts, enab- ling the Town to borrow money for water purposes, or take any action in relation to the matter.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take with reference to the order of the County Commissioners made Nov. 11, 1899, laying out a road from the land of Matthew Ellsworth to Story's corner.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof at each of the Post Offices and in one of the churches, or one other public place within the Town, not less than seven days before the day appointed for such meeting, and to make seasonable return thereof, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk.
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HEREOF FAIL NOT.
Dated at Lincoln, this twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred.
WM. S. BRIGGS JOHN F. FARRAR, CHARLES S. SMITH,
Selectmen of Lincoln.
RETURN.
I have served this warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and in one other public place seven days before the day appointed for said meeting as directed.
JOHN F. FARRAR, Constable.
(COPY OF TOWN RECORDS.) Proceedings of the Town Meeting, March 6, 1899 WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
T. Lorenzo Brooks, or either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln, in said County :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in Town affairs, to assemble in Bemis Hall, on Monday, March sixth next, at one o'clock, P. M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
Chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator.
After which the meeting by vote of 58 to 0 votes
Resolved, That we, the citizens of Lincoln, in Town Meeting assembled, tender to our fellow townsman and friend, Samuel Hartwell, our earnest, hearty thanks for his fidelity and devotion to the interests of the Town during his twenty-three consecutive terms as Selectman, and that, as he brought to that duty his best thoughts and energies in the past, we extend him our best wishes for the future.
Resolved, That these resolutions be entered in the Town Records and an engrossed copy, duly attested by the Select- men, Town Clerk and Moderator of this meeting, be sent to Mr. Hartwell.
ART. 2. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Offi- cers, Committees, Commissioners, and Trustees.
Report of Town Clerk, accepted.
" Selectmen, accepted.
" Overseers of the Poor, accepted.
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Report of Town Treasurer, accepted.
66 " Committee on Claims, accepted.
66 " Public Improvement Committee, accepted.
66 " the Board of Health, accepted.
" Highway Surveyor, accepted.
66 " Assessors, accepted.
66 " Water Commissioners, accepted.
66 " Treasurer, Commissioners of Trust Funds, accepted.
Report of Treasurer George F. Bemis Lecture Fund, accepted.
Report of Treasurer Cemetery Commission, accepted.
of Lincoln Library, accepted.
" Trustees of the Public Library, accepted.
66 " School Committee, accepted.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Com- mittees, Commissioners, and Trustees for the ensuing year. Chose the following Officers : -
Town Clerk, James L. Chapin, sworn.
Selectmen, William S. Briggs, John F. Farrar, Charles S. Smith, all sworn.
Overseers of the Poor. Voted, To omit choosing. Assessors, Charles S. Wheeler, William C. Pierce, Wil- liam H. Sherman, all sworn.
Board of Health, Moses W. Kidder.
Treasurer, Charles S. Wheeler, sworn.
Collector of Taxes. Voted, That the Treasurer be ap- pointed Collector.
Auditor, S. Rodman Snelling, sworn.
Highway Surveyor, Daniel H. Sherman, sworn.
Constables, John F. Farrar, Lorenzo E. Brooks, Edward Bannon, Frank M. Dempsey, Isaac B. Cook, all sworn. School Committee, three years, Julius E. Eveleth.
Water Commissioner, three years, George L. Chapin.
Field Drivers, James E. Baker, Charles S. Smith, both sworn.
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Fence Viewers, James E. Baker, Charles S. Smith, both sworn.
Surveyors of Lumber, George F. Harrington, sworn, Nathaniel F. Cousins, sworn, Richard A. Shepard, Edward R. Farrar, sworn.
Measurers of Wood and Bark, Thomas L. Giles, sworn, Richard A. Shepard, Edward R. Farrar, sworn, Walter F. Baker, sworn.
Cemetery Commissioner, five years, George L. Chapin.
Commissioner of Trust Funds, Julius E. Eveleth.
Sinking Fund Commissioners, Julius E. Eveleth, three years, Ogden Codman, two years, Samuel H. Pierce, one year.
Trustee of Bemis Lectureship, Julius E. Eveleth.
Committee of Claims, Charles F. Adams, Wm. S. Briggs, Charles S. Wheeler.
Public Improvement Committee, Charles F. Adams, Sam- uel H. Pierce, Herbert E. Barnes.
ART. 4. To act upon the Jury List presented by the Selectmen.
Voted, To accept the list of Jurors, which is as follows :
George H. Hoar, James T. Calkins,
Charles E. Nelson,
John R. Hartwell,
Charles S. Smith, John F. Farrar,
James B. Wheeler, Charles S. Wheeler,
Clarence A. Brooks, Albert A. Cook,
Louis H. Whitney, Thomas L. Giles,
Charles P. Farnsworth, Martin M. Welch,
Ephraim B. Flint,
S. Rodman Snelling.
ART. 5. To appropriate money for necessary and expe- dient purposes of the Town, and enact anything in relation thereto.
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Voted, The following appropriations, viz. : For School Purposes · . $6,000 00 .
Miscellaneous Expenses (from the Treas- ury) . 3,000 00
Counsel Fees (from the Treasury ) . 1,000 00
Support of the Poor . ·
1,200 00
Highways and Bridges the ensuing year 4,000 00
Library Dog Tax and 500 00
Intrest
500 00
Payment of Water Bond (from money in Treasury . 1,000 00
Sinking Fund (from money in Treasury) 500 00
Cemeteries 300 00
Street Lamps .
,
150 00
Board of Health
250 00
Public Improvement Committee, unex- pended balance of appropriation for 1898 from the Treasury . and 100 00 State Aid . 100 00
Contingent Fund, for snow work and other emergencies including sum now due for snow work .
2,500 00
Grading, widening and straightening the Weston road 1,000 00
To pay for drawings, etc., for new school- house and repair of old 400 00
ART. 6. To give in their votes by ballot in answer to the question, " Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this Town?" The check list shall be used as provided by Section 5, Chapter 100 of the Public Statutes.
Vote taken in the registering ballot box and was, Yes, 8 votes ; No, 62 votes.
ART. 7. To determine the manner of collecting taxes the ensuing year.
Voted, To collect the taxes in the same manner as last year. That the Treasurer be appointed Collector of Taxes.
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ART. 8. To determine the compensation of the Collector . of Taxes the ensuing year.
Voted, That the compensation of the Collector be one and one half per cent. on his list.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer under the direction of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of taxes of the current year, and to be paid therefrom.
Voted, That for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to and for the use of the Town of Lincoln, the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time, with the approval of a majority of a board of Selectmen, a sum or sums in the aggregate amounting to $15,000, and execute and deliver the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made, with interest thereon at a rate not exceeding six per cent per annum. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will choose a Committee on Claims under the provisions of Section 3 of Article 6 of the By-Laws.
Not acted upon.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will purchase a road-roller for use upon the public highways, and appropriate money for the same.
Laid on the table.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will construct and maintain a sidewalk upon one side of the road leading from the centre of the Town to the depot of the Fitchburg Railway and widen the road at points if too narrow for such construction. Laid on the table.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will (before laying the water pipe on the Weston Road) have such a survey, grad-
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ing and widening of the road as may seem wise on the part of the Town, to the Civil Engineer employed by the Water Board, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, That the Town appropriate $1,000 for grading, widening and straightening the Weston Road, from house of E. W. Pope to Kidder Brothers.
Voted, That the matter be left in the hands of the Select- men to be let to lowest responsible bidder.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will revoke its. acceptance of Chapter 374 of the Acts of 1895 and accept the provi- sions of Chapter 158 of the Statutes of the year 1871, and choose three Road Commissioners.
Laid on the table.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $400 to pay for drawings, specifications and estimates for a new school building, and also for remodelling the old Centre School building, ordered and duly approved by the Special Committee appointed by the Town, and accepted by the Town Meeting, March 1, 1896.
Voted, To appropriate $400 for this purpose.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will extend the water pipes along the road from Mr. Ogden Codman's east gate to his west gate, and provide for the payment of such extension.
Laid on the table.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will provide the necessary room and teachers in South Lincoln to fit the children be- longing in South Lincon for the High School, or take any action in relation to the matter.
Laid on the table.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will settle with the owners for land taken by the Water Commissioners on the shores of Sandy Pond, on the same terms as they have settled with Geo. G. Tarbell and Helen V. V. Warren.
Voted, that the Town settle with the owners, for land taken on the shores of Sandy Pond by the Water Commis-
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sioners in March, 1896, and not previously settled for, on the same terms as settlement has been made with Geo. G. Tarbell and Helen V. V. Warren.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will reconsider any or all votes under Articles 3, 4, 8 and 9, passed at a Town Meet- ing held October 28th, 1898, or take any action in relation to the subject matter of said Articles.
Not acted upon.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will make any appropria- tion to pay bills contracted during the last financial year, in excess of appropriations, or take any action in relation thereto.
Not acted upon.
The following resolution was adopted. Resolved, that the Treasurer be requested and directed to keep the ac- counts pertaining to the Water Works, separate from all other accounts, and to make a separate report thereof.
Adjourned.
JAMES L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
Proceedings of the Town Meeting, April 29, 1899.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX SS.
To Lorenzo E. Brooks, or either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln, in said County :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in Town affairs,
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to assemble in Bemis Hall, on Saturday evening, April twenty-ninth, at seven o'clock, P.M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
Chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will accept and allow the relocation of the Town Way, as laid out by the Selectman, between the houses of John R. Hartwell and Kidder Brothers on the Weston Road.
Voted, to accept and allow the relocation of said way as reported by the Selectmen, as follows.
To the Town of Lincoln. We the undersigned, Select- men of the Town of Lincoln, and appointed at a regular meeting of the said town March 11, 1899, a committee to relocate a portion of the road running from the middle of said town to Weston, hereby certify, that at a meeting of said committee holden this day we relocated, and do hereby relocate said way for the use of said town and the inhabi- tants thereof, over certain parcels of land belonging to John R. Hartwell, Kidder Brothers, the said town, and Edward W. Pope. The relocated way is bounded and described as follows : The westerly side of said way begins at a point in the old road way, in line with the southerly side of the driveway, to the house of said Hartwell, and 6 feet from land of said Hartwell. Thence running southerly upon a curve to the left of 280 feet radius 100 feet to a point upon said old way, 13 feet from land of said Hartwell. Thence upon a tangent to said curve, south 294, east 125 feet upon said old way, and 175 feet upon land of said Hartwell to a stake. Thence southerly upon a curve to the right of 160 feet radius 93 feet to a stake. Thence upon tangent to last mentioned curve south 7º East to a stake. Thence upon a curve to the right, to which the last line was tangent with a radius of 80 feet to a stake, 20 feet from westerly wall of said old road way, thence south 272, west 130 feet still on
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land of said Hartwell, to said westerly wall at the old road. Thence southerly along said wall as the wall stands 117 feet to a telephone pole, and to the end of said relocation. The easterly line of the relocation runs parallel with and 40 feet from said westerly side, over lands of said Kidder Brothers, the old road, and said E. W. Pope to a point opposite of and 40 feet from the point first mentioned.
Our proceedings in the matter are hereby reported to the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln as, required by law, to the end the said laving out may be accepted and allowed.
Dated at Lincoln, this thirteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety- nine.
JOHN F. FARRAR, CHARLES S. SMITH,
1 Committee.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will extend the water-pipes from the terminus at the house of J. E. Eveleth to the house formerly occupied by Daniel Haynes.
Voted, That the Water Commissioners be authorized to extend the water-pipes from its present terminus opposite Mr. Eveleth's to a point opposite the Daniel Haynes place, so called, provided that before the work of construction is begun one or more of the persons whom it is proposed to supply with water by means of such extension shall file with the Town Clerk a bond with, sureties satisfactory to the Water Commissioners, in the form and manner required by Section 10 of Article 2 of the By-Laws :
That the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) be ap- propriated to extend the water-pipes from opposite Mr. Eveleth's house to the Daniel Haynes place, and that the same be taken temporarily from the money in the Treasury pending an issue of bonds.
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