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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 shall 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 book 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 ___ town re- ports, reports of all committees chosen by the tow.", 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, 1902-1903 .
3-5
Proceedings of Town Meetings, 1902
6-27
Town Clerk's Report
28-31
Recommendations for Appropriations
32-33
Selectmen's Report
34-38
Report of Overseers of the Poor
39
Auditor's Report
40
Expenditures for the year .
41-79
Report of Town Treasurer
80
Jury List
81
Report of Committee on Claims
113-115
Report of Highway Surveyor
82
Report of Assessors .
84-97
Report of Water Commissioners
. 98-107
Report of Board of Health
108-112
Report of Treasurer Geo. F. Bemis Lecture Fund
129-130
Report of Treasurer Commissioners Trust Funds .
132-133
Report of Commissioner of Sinking Fund
131
Report of Treasurer Cemetery Committee
83
Report of Treasurer of Lincoln Library
116
Library Statistics
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117
List of Accessions to Library
118-128
Report of School Committee
135-145
School Reports .
146-157
Roll of Honor
158
School Calendar Statistics
159-160
Tabular Statement
161
Warrant, 1903
162-165
By-Laws of the Town
166-173
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
From Feb. 1, 1903, to Feb. 1, 1904,
ALSO, THE
Reports of the School and other Committees FOR THE YEAR 1903 - 1904.
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BOSTON : GEO. E. CROSBY & Co., PRINTERS, 234-236 Congress Street, 1904.
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
From Feb. 1, 1903, to Feb. 1, 1904,
ALSO, THE
Reports of the School and other Committees
FOR THE YEAR 1903 - 1904.
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BOSTON : GEO. E. CROSBY & CO., PRINTERS, 234-236 Congress Street, 1904.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1903=1904.
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,
SAMUEL H. PIERCE,
Term expires 1904
STEPHEN H. BLODGETT,
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1905
JOSEPH S. HART,
. 1906
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Assessors,
CHARLES S. WHEELER, WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, WILLIAM H. SHERMAN.
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, CHARLES S. WHEELER.
Highway Surveyor, DANIEL H. SHERMAN.
Auditor, THOMAS L. GILES. .
Constables,
JAMES T. LAIRD.
FRANK M. DEMPSEY,
School Committee,
EDWARD F. FARRAR,
Term expires 1904 66 1905
JULIUS E. EVELETH,
· EDWARD E. BRADLEY,
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.
66
66 1906
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Water Commissioners,
JOSEPH S. HART,
Term expires 1904
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
66 1905
STEPHEN H. BLODGETT,
66
1906
CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman Selectmen, ex-officio.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, Town Treasurer. 66
Field Drivers,
C. LEE TODD,
J. WALTER NELSON,
JOHN P. BOYCE.
Fence Viewers,
FRED E. COUSINS,
SAMUEL FARRAR.
Surveyors of Lumber,
RICHARD A. SHEPARD, GEORGE F. HARRINGTON, SAMUEL FARRAR. Measurers of Wood and Bark,
SAMUEL FARRAR, RICHARD A. SHEPARD,
THOMAS L. GILES.
Cemetery Commissioners,
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Term expires 1904
CHARLES S. SMITH,
.
66 1905
HENRY BROOKS,
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66 1906
EDWARD F. FLINT,
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66 1907
HERBERT E. BARNES,
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66
1908
Commissioners of Trust Funds,
C. LEE TODD,
Term expires 1904
JULIUS E. EVELETH,
66 66 1905
SAMUEL H. PIERCE,
66 1906
Tree Warden, EDWARD R. FARRAR.
Trustees of Bemis Fund For Free Public Lectures,
GEORGE F. NEWTON,
Term expires 1904
JULIUS E. EVELETH,
66 1905
GEORGE FLINT, .
.
66 1906
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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.
JULIUS E. EVELETH, School Committee, ex-officio.
Registrars.
CHARLES S. SMITH, A. J. DOHERTY,
EDW. F. FLINT, GEO. L. CHAPIN.
Trustees Bemis Fund For Free Public Lectures.
Term expires 1904
GEORGE F. NEWTON,
JULIUS E. EVELETH,
1905
GEORGE FLINT, · . .
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
WARRANT.
Proceedings of a Town Meeting, held March 2, 1903.
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 Commonwealthlof Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhab- itants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in Town affairs, to assemble in Bemis Hall, on Monday, March 2, at 12 o'clock M., to act on the following Articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2 To see if the Town will accept the provi- sions of Section 335, Chapter 11, of the Revised Laws, with reference to the election and the duties of Town Clerks; and the provisions of Section 339 of said Chap- · ter with reference to the election of Selectmen, Asses- sors and Overseers of the Poor, and will fix the number of persons constituting any or all of such boards.
ART. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
ART. 4. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Com- mittees, Commissioners and Trustees for the ensuing year.
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ART. 5. ' To act upon the Jury List presented by the Selectmen.
ART. 6. To appropriate money for necessary and expedient purposes of the Town, and enact anything in relation thereto.
ART. 7. 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. 8. To determine the manner of collecting taxes the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To determine the compensation of the Col- lector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 10. 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. 11. To see if the Town will choose a Commit- tee on Claims under the provision of Section 3 of Arti- cle 6 of the By-Laws.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will revoke its accept- ance of the provisions of Chapter 374 of the Acts of 1895, and accept such other Acts or Provisions of the Statutes of Massachusetts as may be necessary in order to elect three Road Commissioners in the Town; and elect three Road Commissioners, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years, or take any other action that may be necessary to place the high- way's in charge of three Road Commissioners instead of a single Highway Surveyor; also to see if the Town will add to the equipment which it now has for the use
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on the highways and other work which the Town may at any time have to do.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will purchase or rent a suitable place where the Town teams may be kept, or take any action in relation to the matter.
ART. 14. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the repairs of the highway near the house of Roger Sherman, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.) to main- tain a Free Bed in the Waltham Hospital, or take any action or appropriate any money to aid citizens of the Town, who may at any time require hospital treat- ment.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to adopt the meter system in connection with the water works, and make an appro- priation for the same.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to extend the water pipe from the present terminus near the house of Geo. L. Cousins, to near the residence of Geo. F. Harrington, and make an appropriation for the same,
ART. 18. To see if the town will borrow any money by an issue of bonds, under Chapter 337 of the Acts of the year 1902, for the purpose of providing money heretofore appropriated or heretofore expended, and to be refunded to the treasury, under votes of the Town heretofore passed.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will appoint a commit- tee to prosecute persons for keeping liquor nuisances or selling intoxicating liquors within the Town; and
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appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.) to defray expenses.
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 twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and three.
CHARLES S. SMITH, EDWARD F. FLINT, ANTHONY J. DOHERTY. Selectmen of Lincoln.
Attest :
JAMES T. LAIRD, Constable.
Return of Warrant. Lincoln, Feb. 21, 1903.
I have served this warrant by posting an attested copy at each of the Post Offices, and at the First Par- ish Church seven days before the meeting.
JAMES T. LAIRD, Constable.
In accordance with the above Warrant, the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, and the War- rant read, with the return of the Constable.
The following votes were passed.
ARTICLE 1. Chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator, the Check list being used.
ART. 2. Laid on the table.
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ART. 3. The printed reports of the different officers were taken in order and the following votes passed.
Report of the Town Clerk, accepted. 66 66 66 Selectmen, accepted.
66 66
Overseer of Poor, accepted.
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66
Auditor, accepted.
Voted. That the Auditor is hereby instructed to see that the salaries of the Town Officers and all other payments made by the Town, are charged to the ac- count to which they belong.
Report of the Treasurer, accepted.
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66 " Highway Surveyor, accepted.
66
66
Cemetery Commissioners, ac- cepted.
66
66
66
Assessors, accepted.
66
66 Water Commissioners, ac- cepted.
66
66
Committee on Claims, ac- cepted.
66
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Board of Health, accepted.
66
66
" Treasurer, Lincoln Library, accepted.
66
School Committee, accepted.
66
66
Treasurer, Bemis Lecture Fund, accepted.
66
Treasurer, Sinking Fund, ac- cepted.
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" 66
Treasurer, Trust Fund, ac- cepted.
ART. 4. Voted and chose :
TOWN CLERK .-
George L. Chapin, sworn.
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SELECTMEN.
Charles S. Smith, sworn. Edward F. Flint, sworn. Anthony J. Doherty, sworn.
Voted, To omit choosing Overseers of the Poor.
BOARD OF HEALTH .- three years, Joseph S. Hart, M. D.
ASSESSORS .-
Charles S. Wheeler, sworn. William C. Peirce, sworn. William H. Sherman, sworn.
TREASURER. -
Charles S. Wheeler, sworn.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES .- Voted unanimously that the Treasurer be the Collector.
HIGHWAY SURVEY OR .-
Daniel H. Sherman, sworn.
AUDITOR. -
Thomas L. Giles.
CONSTABLES. -
James T. Laird, sworn. Frank M. Dempsey, sworn.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE .- three years, Rev. Edward E. Bradley.
WATER COMMISSIONER .- three years, Stephen H. Blodgett, M. D.
FIELD DRIVERS .-
Charles Lee Todd, sworn. J. Walter Nelson, sworn. John P. Boyce, sworn.
FENCE VIEWERS .-
Fred E. Cousins, sworn. Samuel Farrar, sworn.
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SURVEYORS OF LUMBER .-
Richard A. Shepard, sworn. Samuel Farrar, sworn. George F. Harrington, sworn. SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND BARK .-
Samuel Farrar, sworn. Richard A. Shepard, sworn. Thomas L. Giles, sworn.
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER .- five years, Herbert E. Barnes.
COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUND .- three years, Sam- uel H. Peirce,
TREE WARDEN.
Edward R. Farrar.
TRUSTEE OF BEMIS LECTURE FUND .- three years, George Flint.
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS .-
Charles F. Adams.
Moorfield Storey. Julius E. Eveleth.
ART. 5. Voted to accept the following List of Jurors:
Herbert E. Barnes,
Clarence A. Brooks,
Moses F. Underwood,
William H. Sherman, .
George F. Cook, Edward Dempsey, James T. Calkins,
Martin M. Welch, -
Wallace M. Brooks,
George B. Cunningham,
Edward F. Flint,
Frank M. Dempsey,
Thomas J. Dee,
Mason P. Hunter,
Thomas W. Smith,
Charles Lunt,
Isaac B. Cook,
Charles S. Wheeler,
Edward R. Farrar, George H. Hoar.
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ART. 6. Voted the following appropriations:
For Schools for all dep'ts
$6500
Miscellaneous Expenses .
. 3000
Support of Poor . 1000
Highways and Bridges
5000
Public Library. The Dog Tax and
500
Interest
200
Cemetery · 300
Street Lamps
600
Board of Health . 300
State Aid
48
Contingent Expenses
1500
Public Water Service . . ,
1500
Tree Warden, to be taken from the Treasury.
500
Sinking Fund, to be taken from the Treasury 1125
Hydrant and other Public Water service 1500
Voted, That $1500, or so much of said sum as is necessary, be used of the appropriation made for High- ways and Bridges, for the purpose of purchasing three horses and all necessary appliances required in connec- tion therewith, to be used by the Highway Surveyor in connection with the repairs of highways, and that the Selectmen and Highway Surveyor be a committee to purchase said horses, teams, etc.
ART. 7. It was voted unanimously that the Town Clerk be instructed to cast one vote for No License.
The Check List and Ballot Box were used, and the ballot counted as follows :
Yes, 0. No, 1
ART. 8. Voted, That the Treasurer be the Collector.
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Voted, That interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum be charged on all taxes not paid on or before Nov. 1, 1903. And the Collector be authorized to col- lect the tax of any person, after said first day of No- vember, either by distress or imprisonment, and all taxes remaining unpaid on the fifteenth of January, 1904, to be collected forthwith at the cost of the delin- quent.
Poll taxes to be collected forthwith.
ART. 9. Voted, That the compensation of the Col- lector be one and one-half (1}) per cent of the amount collected.
ART. 10. Voted, That for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to and for the use of the Town of Lincoln, in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the Town Treasurer is hereby author- ized and directed to borrow from time to time, with the approval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen, a sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate $15,000. and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made.
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