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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, 1907-1908 -
3-5
Proceedings of Town Meetings, 1907-1908
6-42
Town Clerk's Report
43-45
Recommendations for Appropriations
46
Selectmen's Report -
- 46-54
Jury List - -
- 47-48
Auditor's Report - -
63
Expenditures for the year -
64-83
Report of Assessors
- 96-111
Report of Town Treasurer
84
Report of Commissioner of Sinking Fund
85
Report of Treasurer Commissioners Trust Funds -
- 86-91
Report of Treasurer Geo. F. Bemis Lecture Fund
- 92-93
Report of Treasurer Cemetery Commissioners
94
Report of Water Commissioners
115-126
Report of Tree Warden -
127-132
Report of the Board of Health
95
Report of Overseers of Poor -
55
Report of Supt. of Streets
59-62
Report of Committee on Claims
112-114
Report of Inspector of Animals and Provisions
56
Report of the Fire Engineers
57-58
Report of Trustees of Lincoln Public Library
133-136
Library Statistics
138
Report of Treasurer of Lincoln Library
- 137
Report of Librarian
- 139
List of Accessions to Library
140-146
School Reports
147-168
Report of School Committee - -
149-152
Summary of School Expenses
168
School Calendar and Statistics
168-167
Roll of Honor -
165
Tabular Statement -
- 168
Warrant, 1908 -
169-172
By-Laws of the Town
173-180
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Report of the Officers
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1908-1909.
Town Clerk. GEORGE L. CHAPIN.
Selectmen and Overseers of Poor.
CHARLES S. SMITH, CHARLES LEE TODD,
ROBERT D. DONALDSON.
Board of Health.
CHARLES LEE TODD
Term expires 1909
MARTIN M. WELCH
66 1910
EDWARDS W. HERMAN .
66
1911
Assessors.
CHARLES S. WHEELER
Term expires 1909
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE
66 1910
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
1911
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
CHARLES S. WHEELER.
Auditor.
JAMES W. LENNON.
Constables.
JAMES T. LAIRD, WILLIAM C. ROBUS, WINSLOW EATON.
Commissioners of Trust Funds.
SAMUEL H. PIERCE
Term expires 1909
C. LEE TODD .
.
1910
JULIUS E. EVELETH
·
66 1911
GEORGE E. CUNNINGHAM,
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Tree Warden. EDWARD R. FARRAR.
Committee on Claims.
MOORFIELD STOREY, JULIUS E. EVELETH. CHARLES S. WHEELER,
Trustees for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures.
GEORGE FLINT
Term expires 1909
C. LEE TODD
66 1910
JULIUS E. EVELETH
66
66 1911
Trustees of Grammar School Fund.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, HERBERT E. BARNES.
Trustees of Lincoln Library.
CHARLES F. ADAMS, JOHN F. FARRAR. CHARLES LEE TODD,
CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman of Selectmen, ex-officio.
REV. Edward E. BRADLEY, Chairman School Committee, ex-officio.
Registrars.
CHARLES S. SMITH,
C. LEE TODD,
ROBERT D. DONALDSON, GEORGE L. CHAPIN.
School Committee.
REV. EDWARD E. BRADLEY
Term expires 1909
EDWARD R. FARRAR
66
1910
HENRY E. WARNER
1911
Water Commissioners.
CHARLES F. EVELETH
Term expires 1909
JOSEPH S. HART
1910
GEORGE L. CHAPIN
66 1911
· CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman Selectmen, ex-officio.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, Treasurer,
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Field Drivers.
JOHN W. ROONEY,
A. HENRY HIGGINSON
Fence Viewers.
JOHN F. FARRAR,
MARTIN M. WELCH.
Surveyors of Lumber. RICHARD A. SHEPARD.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
SAMUEL FARRAR,
HAROLD S. COUSINS
JOHN F. FARRAR. .
Cemetery Commissioners.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN
Term expires 1909
CHARLES S. SMITH
1910
JULIUS E. EVELETH
1911
EDWARD F. FLINT
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66 1912
HERBERT E. BARNES
1913
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
The following is a copy of the Town Clerk's records for the year 1908
A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Lincoln Public Library was held at the house of Mr. Sam- uel H. Pierce, on Saturday, Feb. 8. 1908, at 4 P. M. Present: Mr. Adams, Mr. Farrar, Mr. Pierce, the three Trustees chosen under the instrument of trust of Mr. Tarbell.
At this meeting Mr. Pierce stated his desire to resign his position as a member of the Board of Trustees; naming C. Lee Todd as his successor.
Voted, that Mr. Pierce's resignation be accepted, and Mr. C. Lee Todd chosen as his successor.
LYDIA J. CHAPIN, Secretary.
March 9, 1908. The oath of office of Superintendent of Streets was this day administered to John F. Farrar by GEO. L. CHAPIN, . Town Clerk.
March 16, 1908. William C. Harding was this day sworn as Special Police by
GEO. L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
March 14, 1908. John F. Farrar was this day sworn as Special Police by
GEO. L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of a Town Meeting, held March 2, 1908.
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 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 second, at one o'clock P. M., to act on the following Arti- cles, 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, Com- mittees, Commissioners and Trustees for the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will choose a Committee on Claims under the provisions of Section 3 of Article 6 of the By-Laws.
ART. 5. To act upon the jury list presented by the Selectmen.
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ART. 6. To appropriate money for necessary and expedient purposes of the Town, and enact anything in relation to the same.
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 for the ensuing year.
ART. 9. To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning February first, 1908, in anticipa- tion 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 the said year, giving the notes of the Town in payment thereof, payable within 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. 11. To determine the manner of repairing the high- ways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 12. To see what action the Town will take, if any, in regard to lighting the streets.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will accept and allow a way as laid out by the Selectmen and filed with the Town Clerk on Feb. 17th, 1908.
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ART. 14. To see if the Town will give any instructions to the Schoolhouse Committee, or take any action on the erection of the new schoolhouse, or with regard to the grounds adjacent to the same.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will select, designate, or ac- quire any lot of land for the site and grounds of a school- house near the center of the Town.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will establish rates for water sold by meter.
ART. 17. To see what action, if any, the Town will take in regard to collecting water rates.
ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to the sale of water, and the regulation of rates.
ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to the future method of conducting the business at annual Town meetings.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will widen the road and construct a sidewalk from the center of the Town to the house of Mr. James T. Laird.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to prosecute persons for selling intoxicating liquors in the Town, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of section 339 of the Revised Laws, with reference to the election at its annual meeting of its Selectmen, Assessors or Overseers of the Poor, and in place of the present manner of electing the above officers, elect one Select- man for the term of 3 years, one for the term of 2 years and one for the term of 1 year, or take away action in relation to the same.
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And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting 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 eight.
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. LEE TODD, R. D. DONALDSON,
Selectmen of Lincoln.
The return on the Warrant is as follows:
Lincoln, Feb. 22, 1908.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post offices and one in the Railroad Station seven days before said meeting.
JAMES T. LAIRD, Constable of Lincoln.
Pursuant to the above Warrant, the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, and after reading the Warrant, the following votes were passed at the meeting, and the adjournments thereof.
The meeting was adjourned after considering a por- tion of Article 2, and the election of the officers, to March 21, and a second adjournment was made to March 28.
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As some of the Articles were considered at the first meeting, and also at the adjournments, the record is made as though all the business was transacted at one meeting.
ARTICLE 1. Voted and chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator. (The Check List was used.)
ART. 2. The various Reports of Officers and Com- mittees and Commissioners as printed in the Town Report, were all accepted, with the exception of the Report of the Water Commissioners, which was laid on the table.
The Committee on By-laws made a report that no changes had been asked for by the Town Officers during the past year, and no changes were recommended.
The report was accepted, and the Committee con- tinued for another year.
ART. 3. Voted and chose.
Geo. L. Chapin, Town Clerk (sworn.)
SELECTMEN :-
Charles S. Smith (sworn.) C. Lee Todd (sworn.) Robert D. Donaldson (sworn.)
Voted to omit choosing Overseers of the Poor.
BOARD OF HEALTH. 3 years. Edwards W. Herman, M. D.
For 1 year .- Charles S. Wheeler (sworn.) ASSESSORS .- For 2 years, William C. Pierce (sworn.) For 3 years .- William H. Sherman (sworn.)
TREASURER .- Charles S. Wheeler (sworn.)
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES .- Voted that the Town Treas- urer be the Collector of Taxes.
AUDITOR .- James W. Lennon.
CONSTABLES-
James T. Laird (sworn.) William C. Robus (sworn.) George E. Cunningham (sworn.) Winslow Eaton (sworn.) George S. Avard (declined to serve.)
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 3 years. Henry E. Warner.
WATER COMMISSIONER, 3 years. George L. Chapin.
FIELD DRIVERS-
John W. Rooney (sworn.) A. Henry Higginson.
FENCE VIEWERS-
John F. Farrar (sworn.) Martin M. Welch (sworn.)
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER .- Richard A. Shepard.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK-
Samuel Farrar (sworn.) Harold S. Cousins (sworn.) John F. Farrar (sworn.)
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, 5 years-Herbert E. Barnes
COMMISSIONER OF SINKING AND TRUST FUNDS, 3 years -Julius E. Eveleth.
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TREE WARDEN .- Edward R. Farrar.
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS-
Moorfield Storey. Julius E. Eveleth. Charles S. Wheeler.
TRUSTEES FOR BEMIS FUND FOR FREE PUBLIC
LECTURES, 3 years .- Julius E. Eveleth.
ART. 4. Voted to choose a Committee on Claims.
ART. 5. Voted to accept the Jury List as amended.
JURY LIST.
James E. Baker
occupation, Superintendent.
George L. Cousins,
Farmer.
Michael Boyce,
Farmer.
James T. Calkins, 66
Farmer.
Patrick J. Malone,
Teamster.
Charles P. Farnsworth,
Farmer.
Herbert G. Farrar, 66
Farmer.
D. Lincoln Hamilton, 66
Farmer.
Joseph S. Hart,
Physician.
A. Henry Higginson,
No occupation.
Charles O. Sargent,
66
Farmer.
Herbert W. Farrar,
Farmer.
Daniel H. Sherman, 66
Farmer.
Thomas W. Smith,
Farmer.
Moses F. Underwood,
Farmer.
C. Edgar Wheeler,
Farmer.
James B. Wheeler,
Farmer.
Martin M. Welch,
66
Farmer.
Charles A. Walley,
Farmer.
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ART. 6. The following appropriations were made: For Schools, including Transportation of
Pupils
$8,500.00
Support of Poor
700.00
Highways and Bridges
5,500.00
Library, Dog Tax and
500.00
Interest
600.00
Cemeteries
300.00
Tree Warden
3,500.00
Board of Health
300.00
State Aid .
96.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
2,500.00
Contingent Fund
1,500.00
Hydrant and other public water service
2,000.00
Street Lamps .
600.00
Fire Department
500.00
Payment of Water Bond (from Water Works' Treasury)
1,500.00
Sinking Fund (from Water
Works'
Treasury) .
.
2,173.37
Waltham Hospital Free Bed
250.00
Voted, That of the sums already appropriated, the sum of $1,800 be taken from money in the Treasury.
Voted, That the sum of $1,780.18 be appropriated as a fund to be held by the Commissioners of Sinking and Trust Funds with which to retire the debt incurred on account of the erection of the new school building.
Voted, That the sum of $2,000 be appropriated to provide for the legal expenses of the suit against the Town of Concord; the same to be expended under the direction of the Committee on Claims; and that the same be charged to and taken from the Construction Account of the Water Works; in case there is not a sufficient sum in the
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Treasury of the Water Works received from the sale of bonds, the same shall be taken from the Town Treasury, temporarily, pending an issue of bonds.
Voted, That the School Committee be authorized to expend, out of the appropriation for the support of schools a sum not exceeding $250 for the school physician and inspection.
ART. 7. In answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
Yes, 6. No, 53. The Check List was used.
ART. 8. Voted, That the taxes be collected in the same way and manner as last year.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer be the Collector of Taxes.
ART. 9. Voted, That the compensation of the Col- lector of Taxes be 12% of the list collected.
ART. 10. Voted, unanimously. That the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized with the approval of the Select men to borrow, during the municipal year, beginning Feb. 1, 1908, in anticipation of taxes, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total levy for said year, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year after the dating thereof from the taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 11. Voted to pass over the Article.
ART. 12. Voted, That the streets be lighted in the same way and manner as last year, and better, if possible.
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ART. 13. Voted, unanimously. The Town regrets that Mr. Roger Sherman felt it necessary to move his barn to such close proximity to the schoolhouse lot, but the Town declines to accept and allow a way as laid out by the Selectmen and filed with the Town Clerk, Feb. 17, 1908.
ARTS. 14 AND 15, considered at the same time.
Voted, That a committee of three persons be, and hereby is chosen, consisting of Charles F. Adams, Charles S. Wheeler, and Howard Snelling, who shall investigate and report to the Town, all matters with respect to the erection and location of the new schoolhouse, the necessity and cost of all grading and new roads or changes in roads incidental to the construction of the schoolhouse and the proper method of meeting the expense; such reports with their recommendations thereon to be made at the ad- journed meeting.
At the adjourned meeting the Committee made a written report, after which it was Voted, That the report of the Committee be accepted, and that it be printed, charging the same to the Contingent Fund, and distributed among the voters, and the Committee be discharged.
Voted, That the thanks of the Town be extended to the Committee for the able manner in which the matter has been handled.
". ARTS. 16, 17 and 18 considered together.
Voted, That the Water Board be instructed to install - water meters on its pumping main, and distributing main in order to secure data on water distribution and cost of same.
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Voted, That the Water Commissioners be instructed in addition to its charges by fixtures already fixed, to establish rates for takers of metered water, other than that charged the Boston & Maine R. R. Company, based on the cost as ascertained under the foregoing vote.
Voted, That the Water Commissioners be instructed to collect all uncollected water rates forthwith, and in the future all fixture water rates be collected by the 20th day of December in each year, and that all water bills due July 1 and January 1, shall be paid by the 20th of the respective month or the water to be shut off by the Water Commissioners after ten days' notice in writing.
ART. 19. Not acted upon.
ART. 20. Not acted upon.
ART. 21. Voted, That Wm. A. Blodgett, Joseph S. Hart and George L. Cousins be a Committee to prosecute persons for selling intoxicating liquors in the Town, and the sum of $250 is hereby appropriated for the same.
ART. 22. Not acted upon.
Voted to adjourn.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
April 11, 1908. Matthew H. Doherty was this day sworn as Sealer of Weights and Measures by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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John Rocks was this day sworn as Special Police by GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
April 18, 1908. John F. Farrar was this day sworn as Forest Fire Warden by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
May 22, 1908. James E. Baker and Joseph Delory were this day sworn as Special Police by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
Sept. 17, 1908. Oral J. Whitney was this day sworn as a Public Weigher by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
Sept. 14, 1908. Roger Sherman was this day sworn as a Public Weigher by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of a Town Meeting held Aug. 8, 1908.
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 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 Saturday evening, August eighth, at 7.30 o'clock, to act on the following articles, viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will appropriate $4,000.00 on account of the building and furnishing of the new schoolhouse.
ART. 3. To see what action, if any, the Town will take with reference to issuing bonds in payment for the new schoolhouse and furnishing same.
ART. 4. To see what action, if any, the Town will take with reference to the gypsy and brown-tail mo+' and to see if the Town will make any further apr- in connection with the work of the tree wa
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And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting 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 thirty-first day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eight.
CHARLES S. SMITH, ·C. L. TODD, R. D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
The return on the Warrant is as follows :-
LINCOLN, MASS , Aug. 1, 1908.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested- copy thereof in each of the Post Offices and in the Railroad Station seven days before the day appointed for said meeting.
WM. C. ROBUS.
Pursuant to the above Warrant, the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, and after reading the Warrant, the following votes were passed
ARTICLE 1. Voted and chose Charles S Wheeler, Moderator. (The Check List was used.)
ART. 2. Voted, 15 Yes; 6 No.
That in addition to the sum of $53,000 already ap- propriated for the purpose of preparing plans, purchasing
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and grading land, and constructing a new schoolhouse thereon, a further sum of $3,000 be and hereby is appro- priated, and the Treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow the same, temporarily, pending an issue of bonds.
ART. 3. Voted, 14 Yes; 0 No.
That for the purpose of building a new schoolhouse, the Town Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to issue and sell the bonds of the Town to the aggregate principal amount of $55,000, dated Jan. 1, 1908, and payable $3,000 thereof on the first day of January in each of the years 1909 to 1923 inclusive, and $2,000 thereof on the first day of January in each of the years 1924 to 1928 inclusive, bearing interest at the rate of 4% per annum, payable semi-annually. Such bonds shall bear on their face the word "School House Loan"; said bonds shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen.
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