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And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing an attested copy thereof in each of the post-offices and one of the churches, or some other public place, seven days at least before the day appointed for such meeting, and to make seasonable return thereof with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk.
HEREOF FAIL NOT.
Dated at Lincoln, this twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and five.
CHARLES S. SMTIH, EDWARD F. FLINT,
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY,
Selectmen of Lincoln.
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By-Laws of the Town of Lincoln.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS
At the Superior Court, within and for the County of Middlesex, Anno Domini, 1897,
The following By-Laws of the Town of Lincoln, in said County, are presented to this Court for approval, to wit :-
"ARTICLE I.
TOWN MEETINGS.
Section 1. The annual town meeting shall be held on the first Monday of March in each year.
Sect. 2. Notice of every town meeting shall be given by - posting copies of the warrant calling the same, attested by the officer making service thereof, in each of the post-offices within the town, and in one of the churches, or one other public place, within the town, not less than seven days be- fore the day appointed for such meeting. But when, in the judgment of the selectmen, the interests of the town require a meeting to be held without giving so long a notice, a meeting may be called by posting attested copies of the warrant in the places above mentioned, and by leaving a printed copy thereof at each dwelling-house within the town, at least three days before the time appointed for the meeting; provided that in such cases the selectmen shall certify that, in their opinion, the interests of the town re- quire that a town meeting be called upon a notice of less than seven days, which certificate shall be made upon, or at- tached to, the original warrant, and shall be served as a part thereof.
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ARTICLE II.
FINANCES.
Section 1. The financial year shall commence with the first day of February and end with the thirty-first day of January annually.
Sect. 2. The town treasurer shall have the custody of all funds belonging to the town except sinking funds, trust funds and funds for which other provision is made by law; and he shall pay no money from the treasury except upon a draft signed by a majority of the selectmen, stating the ac- count to which the same is chargeable. Such draft shall be sufficient authority to the treasurer to pay the same, and the payment thereof shall discharge him from all liability on account of the money so paid.
Sect. 3. The water commissioners and all other boards, committees and officers shall, on the first day of each month, pay to the town treasurer all sums collected by them the month previous to the custody of which the treasurer is entitled.
Sect. 4. A majority of the water commissioners, school committee, or of any board, or committee, and any officer having charge of the expenditure of an appropriation, shall approve in writing all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls properly chargeable to such appropriation, and shall trans- mit the same with his or their approval to the selectmen. All other accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls shall be ex- amined by the selectmen and, if proper, shall be approved by them. The selectmen shall label all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls which have been approved either by themselves or by the other officers before mentioned, and shall keep a record thereof in a book kept for the purpose, stating the persons to whom payable, the amounts and dates thereof, and the funds, or appropriations, from which the same are payable.
Sect. 5. Drafts signed by a majority of the selectmen, stating the accounts to which the same are chargeable,
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shall be drawn upon the treasurer for the payment of all sums by law payable from the treasury to the common- wealth or county, final judgments of courts, bonds, notes. and scrip of the town and interest thereon and money pay- able to the commissioners of the sinking fund and to the trustees of the public library; and also for the payment of all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls which have been approved in the manner provided in the previous section Such drafts shall not be negotiated, but shall be trans mitted by the selectmen directly to the treasurer accom- panied by the approved bills or other documents for the settlement of which the drafts are drawn.
Sect. 6. The treasurer shall file and safely keep all ap- proved and receipted accounts, claims, bills, and pay-rolls. and all vouchers, cancelled bonds, notes scrip, and other evidences of indebtedness of the town which have been paid from the treasury.
Sect. 7. No draft shall be drawn by the selectmen un- less there is sufficient appropriation to pay the same, except for sums by law payable to the commonwealth or county, final judgments of courts, bonds, notes and scrip of the town and interest thereon, and money payable to the com missioners of the sinking fund.
Sect. 8. The selectmen and treasurer respectively shal' make a record, in a book kept for the purpose, of each ap propriation, with a list of the drafts drawn against such appropriation, and shall make a record of all bonds, notes, scrip or other evidence of indebtedness of the town, signed or countersigned by them.
Sect. 9. When the bills contracted or approved by any board, committee, or officer have exhausted the entire ap- propriation for such board, committee or officer, they shall incur no further expenditure, except in cases where such expenditure may be required by law; and it shall be the duty of each board, committee or officer before the close of the financial year to approve all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls chargeable to their appropriation. During the in-
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terval between the thirty-first day of January in each year and the time of making the next annual appropriations, the selectmen, school committee and water commissioners, in order to meet the liabilities of their several dpartments, incurred in the carrying on of the work entrusted to them, shall have authority to make expenditures and payments from the treasury from any available funds therein, and the same shall be charged against the next annual appropria- tion. Such expenditure and liability incurred for any pur- pose shall not exceed one-fourth the entire amount appro- priated for that purpose in the previous year.
Sect. 10. Unless the town shall expressly otherwise vote, no extension of water pipes shall be made unless be- fore 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, condi- tioned to pay to the town for five years next following the completion of such extension and the letting of water into the same, a sum sufficient, together with the net annual in- come from such extension, to amount annually to five per centum of the total cost thereof.
ARTICLE III.
TOWN SEAL.
Section 1. The design of the town seal shall be: a circle, in the border the words "Lincoln. Incorporated in 1746 as a precinct: in 1754 as a Town;" in the center, a shield, in the chief or upper part of which on a cross, gules, a fleur- de-lis, gold, from the old seal of Lincoln, England, and in the base of the shield a view of the present town hall; crest, the old chestnut tree standing upon the common in Lincoln; in saltire two shepherd's crooks; the device thereof being as follows:
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Sect. 2. All deeds and other legal documents made, given or entered into by the town requiring a seal shall be sealed with the town seal, and signed in behalf of the town by a majority of the selectmen.
Sect. 3. The town clerk shall have the custody of the town seal.
ARTICLE IV.
RECORDS.
Section 1. The town clerk shall record in full in a bool kept for the purpose all written contracts, deeds and other instruments to which the town is a party except such in- struments as may by law be recorded in the Registry of Deeds; and it shall be the duty of any board or officer exe- cuting or receiving such written contract, or other instru- ment, to deliver the same forthwith to the town clerk for the purpose of record. It shall be the duty of the town clerk to see that all conveyances of real estate to the town are properly recorded in the Registry of Deeds.
Sect. 2. The town clerk shall keep a file of u !! town re- ports, reports of all committees chosen by the town, and all original documents relating to the affairs of the tow. which may come into his possession.
ARTICLE V.
BOOKS.
Section 1. Books, records and laws received by the town from the commonwealth shall be deposited in the public library building.
Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the town officer by whom any book mentioned in the preceding section is received, to cause the same to be at once deposited in the public library building.
Sect. 3. Such books may be used by the inhabitants of the town within such building, and may be taken therefrom upon written receipt to the librarian for a period not ex- ceeding one day at any one time for use in any town meet- ing, or by or before any committee or official of the town.
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ARTICLE VI.
SUITS AND CONTROVERSIES.
Section 1. The selectmen may compromise claims and suits to which the town is a party, provided that they shall act upon the advice of counsel when the amount claimed by or against the town exceeds $200.00.
Sect. 2. The selectmen shall have, unless it is otherwise voted by the town, full authority as agents of the town to institute and prosecute suits or other proceedings in the name of the town before any tribunal, to appear and repre- sent or defend the town before any tribunal in all suits and other proceedings against the town or in which the town has an interest, to employ counsel for the purpose aforesaid and for other purposes when it may be expedient to do so, and to take all necessary and proper measures for the pro- tection of the interests and rights of the town.
Sect. 3. If the town shall, at any meeting called for the purpose, choose, a committee on claims, such committee shall have and exercise exclusively all the powers and duties conferred upon the selectmen by the two preceding sections.
ARTICLE VII.
REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS BY THE TOWN.
Section 1. The annual reports of the town officers, boards and committees shall be prepared in form suitable for printing on or before the tenth day of February in each year. The selectmen shall cause such reports to be printed and distributed to the legal voters of the town seven days at least before the annual meeting.
Sect. 2. The selectmen shall cause to be printed and bound each year with the annual reports of the town officers, boards and committees, a copy of the records of the town meetings during the preceding year; a statement of all devises, bequests and donations to the town during the
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preceding year; a list of all laws of the commonwealth ac- cepted by the town during the year; all by-laws adopted by the town since the preceding annual report; copies of the laying out, alteration, locating anew or discontinuance of any highway or townway within the limits of the town dur- ing the preceding year; and a statement of all outstanding bonds, notes and obligations of the town for the payment of money.
Sect. 3. The selectmen shall from time to time cause to be printed a sufficient number of copies of the by-laws of the town and shall incorporate therewith a list of the laws of the commonwealth which have been accepted by the town.
ARTICLE VIII.
TRUANTS
Section 1. Any minor being an habitual truant, and any child between the ages of seven and fifteen years found wandering about the streets or public places within the town having no lawful occupation or business, not attend- ing school, and growing up in ignorance, and such children as persistently violate the reasonable rules and regulations of the public schools, may upon conviction thereof be com- mitted to the Middlesex County Truant School at Chelms- ford, Mass., or to any other place provided by the town within its limits, for confinement, instruction, and disci- pline.
ARTICLE IX.
PUBLIC REGULATIONS.
Section 1. No person shall coast upon any public street or part thereof after the selectmen have posted a notice prohibiting coasting upon such street or part thereof.
Sect. 2. No person, unless authorized by law, shall break or dig up any part of any street without a written permit therefor from the selectmen. Every person who
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after obtaining such permit shall obstruct or render unsafe any public street, shall guard the same by a proper fence or railing, and by lights during the night time, subject to the approval of the selectmen. Such permit may be revoked at any time.
Sect. 3. No person shall be or remain in any doorway, or upon any stairs, doorstep, portico or other projection from any house or building, or upon or against any wall or fence on or near any street or public place, after having been requested by the owner or any occupant of the premises or by any constable or police officer to remove therefrom.
Sect. 4. No person shall make, write, print, paint, cut or post any indecent or obscene marks, words, figures or signs upon any fence, building, post, tree or other object exposed to public view.
Sect. 5. No person shall wilfully injure, mar, deface or destroy any fence, signboard, guideboard, lamp-post, lamp or lantern in any street or public place, nor extinguish any street light, nor extinguish or remove any light placed to denote an obstruction or a defect in any public street or way, without proper authority to do so.
Sect. 6. Any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of this article shall forfeit and pay, for each offense, a sum not exceeding twenty dollars."
Which said By-Laws being seen and understood by the Court, are on this nineteenth day of June, A. D. 1897, ap- proved.
In testimony that the foregoing is a true copy of record, I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this twenty-second day of June, A. D. 1897.
RALPH M. SMITH, Ass't Clerk.
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INDEX.
PAGE
Town Officers, 1904-1905 -
3-5
Proceedings of Town Meetings, 1904 -
- 6-30
Town Clerk's Report - -
- 31-33
Recommendations for Appropriations
34
Selectmen's Report
34-41 -
Jury List -
35
Auditor's Report -
42
Expenditures for the year -
- 43-81
Letter regarding early Town Records
82-85
Report of Town Treasurer -
86
Report of Commissioner of Sinking Fund -
87
Report of Treasurer Commissioners Trust Funds
88-89
Report of Assessors .
- 90-103
Report of Treasurer Cemetery Committee -
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104
Report of Water Dept. Comptroller
105-107
Report of Water Commissioners
108-114
Library Statistics -
115
List of Accessions to Library
116-125
Report of Treasurer of Lincoln Library
126
Report of Treasurer Geo. F. Bemis Lecture Fund
127-128
Report of Supt. of Streets -
129-130
Report of Overseers of Poor
131
Report of Committee on Claims -
132-133
Report of Board of Health -
134-145
Report of Tree Warden
146-149
Report of School Committee
151-158
School Reports .
159-169
Roll of Honor
- 170
School Calendar and Statistics
171-172
Tabular Statement
173
Warrant, 1904 .
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174-177
By-Laws of the Town - -
178-185
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Report of the Officers
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
From Feb. 1, 1905, to Feb. 1, 1906
ALSO THE
Reports of the School and other Committees
FOR THE YEAR 1905=1906
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Report of the Officers
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From Feb. 1, 1905, to Feb. 1, 1906
ALSO THE
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FOR THE YEAR 1905=1906
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BOSTON : GEO. E. CROSBY CO., PRINTERS 234-236 Congress Street 1906
TOWN OFFICERS, 1905=1906.
Town Clerk, GEORGE L. CHAPIN.
Selectmen,
Chairman, CHARLES S. SMITH, EDWARD F. FLINT, ANTHONY J. DOHERTY.
Overseers of the Poor,
EDWARD F. FLINT, CHARLES S. SMITH,
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY.
Board of Health,
STEPHEN H. BLODGETT,
Terms expires 1908
JOSEPH S. HART,
66 1906
SAMUEL H. PIERCE,
66 1907
Assessors,
CHARLES S. WHEELER, WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN.
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, CHARLES S. WHEELER.
Auditor, THOMAS L. GILES.
Constables,
JAMES T. LAIRD, ISAAC N. MCRAE,
EDWARD DEMPSEY, RICHARD A. SHEPARD.
School Committee,
EDWARD E. BRADLEY,
Term expires 1906 66 66 1907
EDWARD F. FARRAR,
HENRY E. WARNER,
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66 1908
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Water Commissioners,
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Term expires 1908
STEPHEN H. BLODGETT,
66
1906
JOSEPH S. HART,
66
1907
CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman Selectmen, ex-officio.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, Town Treasurer,
Field Drivers,
W. W. JOHNSON, DR. JOSEPH S. HART,
PATRICK J. LENNON,
GEORGE M. CAMP.
Fence Viewers,
FRED E. COUSINS,
SAMUEL FARRAR,
HENRY R. PAGE,
ROGER SHERMAN.
Surveyors of Lumber,
RICHARD A. SHEPARD, GEORGE F. HARRINGTON,
SAMUEL FARRAR.
Measurers of Wood and Bark,
SAMUEL FARRAR, H. S. COUSINS,
RICHARD A. SHEPARD, THOMAS L. GILES.
Cemetery Commissioners,
CHARLES S. SMITH,
Terms expires 1908
JULIUS E. EVELETH,
66
66 1907
HERBERT E. BARNES,
66 1908
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
66
1907
Commissioners of Trust Funds,
JULIUS E. EVELETH,
Terms expires 1908
SAMUEL H. PIERCE, .
1906
C. LEE TODD,
66
66 1907
Tree Warden,
EDWARD R. FARRAR.
Trustees of Bemis Fund For Free Public Lectures,
JULIUS E. EVELETH,
Term expires 1908
GEORGE FLINT,
1906
C. LEE TODD,
66 1907
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1906
EDWARD F. FLINT,
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Trustees of Grammar School Fund, CHARLES S. WHEELER, HERBERT E. BARNES.
Committee on Claims,
CHARLES F. ADAMS, MOORFIELD STOREY, JULIUS E. EVELETH.
Trustees of Lincoln Library,
CHARLES F. ADAMS, SAMUEL H. PIERCE, JOHN F. FARRAR.
CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman Selectmen, ex-officio.
REV. EDWARD E. BRADLEY, " School Committee, ex-officio.
Registrars,
CHARLES S. SMITH, A. J. DOHERTY,
EDW. F. FLINT, GEO. L. CHAPIN.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Proceedings of a Town Meeting, held March 6, 1905.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX SS.
To James T. Laird, or any other Constable of the Town of Lincoln in said County :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, 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, at 1 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 expedient purposes of the Town, and enact anything in relation to the same.
ART. 6. To give in their votes by ballot in answer to the question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating 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 for 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 the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning Feb- ruary first, 1905, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town in payment thereof, payable in one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will choose a Com- mittee on Claims under the provisions of Section 3 of Article 6 of the By-Laws.
ART. 11. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee to prosecute persons for selling intoxicating
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liquors in the Town, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will amend the By- Laws so that the Town Treasurer may pay money on account of the water works upon orders drawn by the Water Commissioners on the water works treasury, ór amend the By-Laws in any manner.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take if any, in regard to lighting the streets.
ART. 15. To see what action the Town will take in regard to securing land to be used for school pur- poses ; also to see if the Town will take any action in regard to a new schoolhouse or suitabe grounds for the same, or take any action in regard to providing additional school accommodations.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will approve award offered by the Selectmen for the apprehension and conviction of burglars.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate $2,000.00 from the money in the treasury, belonging to the water works, to the general treasury of the Town in order to re-imburse the general funds with money heretofore advanced for account of the water works.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will increase the number of Trustees of the Bemis Lectureship by the addition of two ladies.
ART. 19. To see what action, if any, the Town will take towards having a typewritten copy of its
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records from the 13th day of May, 1793, to April 29th, 1844, inclusive, and to appropriate money therefor.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee to investigate the propriety and cost of printing the records and vital statistics of the Town during the first century of its existence, and report thereon.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will choose a Comp- troller or Accountant for the Water Department, and define his duties.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will amend the By- Laws so as to provide for a Comptroller or Accout- ant for the Water Department, or take any other action in relation to the matter.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will construct a side- walk from the Town Hall to Farnsworths Corner, and appropriate money for the same.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing an attested copy thereof in each of the post-offices and one of the churches, or some other public place seven days at least before the day appointed for such meeting, and to make seasonable return thereof with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk.
HEREOF FAIL NOT.
Dated at Lincoln, this twenty-third day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and five.
CHARLES S. SMITH, EDWARD F. FLINT, ANTHONY J. DOHERTY. Selectmen of Lincoln.
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February 25, 1905.
Return on the Warrant is as follows:
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in each of the postoffices and one in the vestibule of the First Parish Church seven days before said meeting.
JAMES T. LAIRD, Constable of Lincoln.
In accordance with the above Warrant, the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at one o'clock, and after the reading of the Warrant and the return of the same, the following votes were passed.
ARTICLE 1. Chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator (The check list was used.)
ART. 2. The reports of the different officers and committees as they appeared in the Town Report were taken up, and each one accepted. After the acceptance of the Water Commissioner's Report, the following vote was passed.
Voted. That the Water Commissioners be in- structed to report to the town, in future years, a list of the takers of water, with the manner, price and amounts paid for water.
ART. 3. Voted, and chose TOWN CLERK .-
George L. Chapin, sworn.
SELECTMEN.
Charles S. Smith, sworn. Edward F. Flint, sworn. Anthony J. Doherty, sworn.
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BOARD OF HEALTH, 3 years .- Stephen H. Blodgett, M.D.
ASSESSORS. -
Charles S. Wheeler, sworn. William C. Peirce, sworn. William H. Sherman, sworn.
TOWN TREASURER .-
Charles S. Wheeler, sworn.
AUDITOR. - Thomas L. Giles.
CONSTABLES. -
James T. Laird, sworn. Edward Dempsey, sworn. Isaac N. MacRae, sworn. Richard A. Shepard, sworn.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 3 yrs. - Henry E. Warren.
WATER COMMISSIONER, 3 yrs .- George L. Chapin FIELD DRIVERS. -
Walter W. Johnson, sworn. Joseph S. Hart, M.D., sworn. Patrick J. Lennon, sworn. George M. Camp.
FENCE VIEWERS. -
Fred. E. Cousins, sworn. Samuel Farrar, sworn. Henry R. Page, sworn. Roger Sherman, sworn.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER. - Richard A. Shepard, sworn. George F. Harrington. Samuel Farrar, sworn.
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SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND BARK. -
Samuel Farrar, sworn. Harold S. Cousins, sworn. Richard A. Shepard, sworn. Thomas L. Giles.
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, 5 yrs. - Charles S. Smith.
COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS, 3 yrs. - Julius E. Eveleth.
TREE WARDEN. -
Edward R. Farrar.
TRUSTEE OF BEMIS FUND FOR FREE PUBLIC LEC- TURES, 3 yrs .- Julius E. Eveleth.
After the election of School Committee, the follow- ing vote was passed.
Voted, Unanimously, That the Town extends its vote of thanks to Mr. Julius E. Eveleth for his faith- ful services on the School Committee during the past nine years.
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