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ART. 4. Voted, That, when this meeting adjourns, it stands adjourned to 8 o'clock on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 12.
Voted, That the Tree Warden be requested and in- structed to prepare a special report upon the present situation as respect the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth pests within the limits of the Town, explaining approximately the infested localities and the points from which danger of invasion from adjoining towns is most to be apprehended and that the same be accompanied with a plan of the Town upon which such localities shall be clearly indicated.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to send a copy of the above report and plan, when prepared, to each voter and property holder in the Town, charging the cost of the preparation and circulation of the same to the Contingent Fund.
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Voted, That the Selectmen and Tree Warden be re- quested to invite Prof. A. H. Kirkland, Superintendent of the Gypsy Moth Work, and any other expert he may deem advisable, to attend and address such adjourned meeting, advising the Town as to the situation and the course proper to be pursued.
Sept. 12, 1908. Met as per adjournment. After listening to a very instructive address by Professor Kirk- land, the following votes were passed.
Voted, That a committee of five be ordered and ap- pointed to act in cousultation with the Tree Warden, in accordance with his request.
Voted, That the special report of the Tree Warden submitted to the present meeting in accordance with the vote of the Town of August 8, be referred to the Committee aforesaid, and that such Committee be requested to take the whole subject of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths into consideration and report on the policy the Town shall pursue in respect thereto, and on the appliances and course of action necessary to deal effectively with the pest, and the estimated cost of the same.
Voted, That the report and recommendations of the Committee made and presented in accordance with the foregoing vote, be published as part of the Report of the Tree Warden in the next Town Book.
Voted, That the Committee aforesaid be appointed by the Moderator after due consideration and on consulta- tion with the Tree Warden; and the members thereof notified by him accordingly.
Voted, That a further sum of $3,000 be appropriated, to be used in whole or in part, under the direction of the Tree Warden, and the Advisory Committee above pro-
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vided, in the work of destroying and suppressing the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths during the balance of the town year.
Voted, That the Town Treasurer be authorized to borrow the whole of the amount appropriated by the fore- going vote, or such portion thereof as may be required, on the notes of the Town; the same to be included in the tax levy next year.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized and in- structed should the Tree Warden recommend such action, further to order two additional power sprayers for the use of the Town, the same to be delivered not later than the first of April next.
Voted, That the thanks of the Town be tendered to Professor Kirkland for his attendance and the suggestions given.
Voted to adjourn.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
LINCOLN, Oct. 1, 1908.
To the Town Clerk of Lincoln, Mass. :
SIR :- By a vote of the Town of Lincoln, passed at the last Town meeting, the Moderator of said meeting was directed, after consulting the Tree Warden, to appoint a Committee of five persons to act as an Advisory Committee to the Tree Warden.
After consulting with the Tree Warden, the following gentlemen have been appointed :
Charles F. Adams,
Edward W. Pope,
Moorfield Storey, Henry R. Page,
Walter F. Baker.
Respectfully yours, -CHARLES S. WHEELER
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Proceedings of the State and National Election held Nov. 3, 1908.
WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To any Constable in 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 the elec- tion of State and County Officers, to assemble at Bemis Hall, on Tuesday, November 3rd, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to give in their votes for the following officers, viz .: Electors of President and Vice-President, a Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, At- torney-General, a Representative in Congress in the Fourth Congressional District, Councillor, a Senator from the Fifth Middlesex Senatorial District, a Representative in the General Court from the Seventeenth District in Middlesex, Register of Probate and Insolvency, one County Commissioner to fill the vacancy in the unexpired term ending the first Wednesday of January, 1911, and one Associate Commissioner for the same term; also any other officers required by law to be chosen in the month of November of the current year.
All officers enumerated above are to be designated and voted for on one ballot, the polls to be opened at ten o'clock A. M. and may be closed at four o'clock P. M.
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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 in some other public place, seven days at least before the day appointed for said meeting, and to make seasonable return thereof with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk.
HEREOF FAIL NOT.
Dated at Lincoln, this twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and eight.
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. L. TODD, R. D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
The return of the Warrant is as follows:
LINCOLN, Oct. 27, 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 Chairman of the Selectmen, and the Warrant read.
James W. Lennon and Martin M. Welch were sworn as Ballot Clerks, and Herbert W. Farrar as Teller.
The Polls were opened at 10 o'clock A. M. with the counter on the Ballot Box, showing 000, and were closed at 4.35 P. M. with the counter showing 187. The Ballot
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Box disclosed the same number of votes, which were counted and the result was announced by the Chairman in open meeting, as follows:
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRES- IDENT AT LARGE :-
Democratic, Richard Olney of Boston, 50 votes James E. Cotter of Hyde Park, 50 “
Prohibition, Hervey S. Cowell, of Ashburnham, 3
John M. Fisher of Attleborough, 3 66
Socialist, Patrick Manhoney of Boston, 2
Eliot White of Worcester, 2
Independence Michael C. O'Neill of Boston, 1
League, William F. Aiken of Greenfield, 1
Republican, John L. Bates of Boston, 127 votes August H.Gretting of Springfield, 127 Blanks, 4
DISTRICT No. 1 .-
Luke J. Minahan of Pittsfield, 50 votes Wilbur M. Purrington of Williamsburg, 3
Henry O. Brigham of Westfield, 2
Simon J. Griffin of West Springfield, 1 66 Charles S. Shattuck of Hatfield, 127
Blanks, 4
DISTRICT NO. 2 .-
Theobold M. Connor of Northampton, 50 votes Oliver W. Cobb of Easthampton, 3
Alva E. Fenton of Springfield, 2 Charles F. Warner of Northampton, 1 66 Almon Smith of Athol, 127 66 Blanks, 4 66
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DISTRICT No. 3 .-
John O'Gara of Spencer, 50 votes Chresten Peterson of Worcester, 3
James Cronin of Worcester, 2 " William Crosbie of Worcester, Frank Hartley of Webster, Blanks,
1 vote
127 votes 4 "
DISTRICT No. 4 .-
Charles A. Babbitt of Fitchburg, 50 votes
Quincy Adams of Townsend, 3
Timothy Richardson of Leominster, 2
66
William A. Pierson of Hudson, Allan G. Buttrick of Lancaster, Blanks, 4
1 vote
127 votes
DISTRICT NO. 5 .-
Humphrey O'Sullivan of Lowell, John B. Lewis, Jr., of Reading, William E. Sproule of Lowell, 2 66 Michael A. Lee, of Lowell,
50 votes
3 66
1 vote
James R. Berwick of Methuen, Blanks, 4
127
DISTRICT No. 6 .-
William Stopford of Beverly, 50 votes Robert M. Martin of Salem, 3 John Quincy Adams of Amesbury, 2
Roland D. Sawyer of Haverhill, Ulysses G. Haskell of Beverly, Blanks, 4 "
1 vote
127 votes
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DISTRICT No. 7 .-
Dennis H. Tyrrell of Chelsea, 50 votes Jonathan S. Lewis of Stoneham, 3
Ambrose Miles of Lynn, 2
George W. Casavant of Saugus, Charles M. Barney of Lynn, Blanks,
1
127 votes 4
DISTRICT NO. 8 .-
Warren T. Morse of Medford, 50 votes
Alfred A. Wrigler of Cambridge, 3 "
Clayton S. Hunt of Somerville, 2 " Greenfield S. MacFarland of Cambridge, 1 vote John Read of Cambridge, 127 votes Blanks, 4 "
DISTRICT NO. 9 .- ym-
William F. McClellan of Boston, 50 votes
Charles E. Eaton of Boston, 3
Samuel Lorn of Boston, 2 66
James P. Hayes of Boston,
Jerome A. Pettith of Boston, Blanks, 4
1 127 votes
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DISTRICT No. 10 .-
William T. Shea of Quincy, Moses D. Monroe of Milton, 3 A. Hale Kingsley of Quincy, Charles O. Power, of Boston, 1 vote Milton C. Paige of Boston, 7 Blanks, 4 127 votes
50 votes
2 66 1
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DISTRICT No. 11 .-
Josiah Quincy of Boston, 50 votes Solon W. Bingham of Boston, 3 “ George W. Galvin of Boston, 2 66 John A. Coulthurst of Boston, 1 vote James N. Thompson of Boston, 127 votes Blanks,
DISTRICT No. 12 .-
Jeremiah J. Comba of Milford, 50 votes Napoleon B. Johnson of Milford, 3 66
Michael J. Moore of Newton, 2 4 Eugene L. Murphy of Norwood, Jesse S. Wiley of Brookline, Blanks, 4
1 vote
127 votes
DISTRICT No. 13 .-
John W. Coughlin of Fall River, 50 votes David Morrison of Fall River, 3 “
William Ohnesorge of New Bedford, 2 . Matthew Hart of New Bedford, 1 vote
Benjamin H. Anthony of New Bed., 127 votes
Blanks, 4 66
DISTRICT No. 14 .-
Charles C. Paine of Barnstable, 50 66
Herbert L. Chipman of Sandwich, 3
66
George A. Beedem of Brockton, 2
Herbert E. Bryant of Kingston, Alfred B. Williams of Taunton, Blanks 4
1 vote
127 votes
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GOVERNOR .-
James F. Carey of Haverhill, 1 vote 108 votes
Eben S. Draper of Hopedale, Walter J. Hoar of Worcester, Warren N. Osgood of Lowell, James H. Vahey of Watertown, Willard O. Wylie of Beverly, 2 Blanks, 11 66
1 vote
4 votes
60 “
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR .-
Charles J. Barton of Melrose, Joas Claudius of New Bedford, 1 vote
42 votes
Louis A. Frothingham of Boston, John Hall, Jr., of West Springfield, 1 vote
111 votes
Robert J. McCartney of Kingston, 3 votes Frank N. Rand of Haverhill, 2 " Blanks, 27
SECRETARY .-
James F. Aylward of Cambridge, 41 votes
Herbert B. Griffin of Boston, 4
George Nelson of Boston, 1 vote
William M. Olin of Boston,
107 votes 3
Squire E. Putney of Somerville, Blanks, 31
TREASURER .-
Charles E. Butterworth of Somerville, 1 vote Arthur B. Chapin of Holyoke, 110 votes
Charles C. Hitchcock, of Ware, 2
66
Edward Kendall of Cambridge, 3
Erwin H. Kennedy of Pittsfield, Blanks, 27
44 66
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AUDITOR .-
Frank Bohmbach of Boston, 1 vote
John E. Dempsey of Fall River, 1
George G. Hall of Boston, 2 votes
Wilbur D. Moon of Lynn, 3
Henry E. Turner of Malden,
108
66
Simeon Viger of Lawrence, 39 Blanks, 33
ATTORNEY GENERAL .-
Henry M. Dean of Hyde Park,
2 votes
Dana Malone of Greenfield,
104
John McCarty of Abington,
2
Richard J. Talbot of Springfield,
3
66
John Alden Thayer of Worcester, Blanks, 31
45 66
CONGRESSMAN, FOURTH DISTRICT .-
John J. Mitchell of Marlborough,
69 votes
Charles Q. Tirrell of Natick,
92
Blanks, 26 66
COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT .-
Harry H. Hill of Hudson,
4 votes
Seward W. Jones of Newton,
104
William J. Mccluskey of Lowell, 39 Blanks, 40 66
SENATOR, FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT .-
John J. Burns of Waltham, 40 votes
Edward W. Graves of Waltham, 2 66
John L. Harvey of Waltham, 103
Blanks, 42 66
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REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT .-
THIRTEENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT .-
Alfred L. Cutting of Weston, 81 votes
Roger Sherman Hoar of Concord, 78 "
Blank, 28
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEXDISTRICT .-
Edward Gallagher of Lowell, 41 votes
Levi S. Gould of Melrose, 104
Charles F. Walcott of Concord, 6
Blanks, 36
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEX DISTRICT .- -
(To fill vacancy.)
George R. Durean of Carlisle, 42 votes
Andrew W. Jones of Cambridge, 3
66
Charles H. Richardson of Lowell, 106
Blanks, 36 66
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY,
MIDDLESEX COUNTY .-
John F. Holland of Winchester, 39 votes
William E. Rogers of Wakefield, 111 "
Roswell C. Ross of Newton, 1 vote
Blanks,
36 votes
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER, MIDDLESEX COUNTY .--
(To fill vacancy.)
James F. McCarthy, Jr., of Lowell, 41 votes
Alfred W. Parnell of Waltham, 2
Frank A. Patch of Littleton, 104
Blanks, 40 66
Voted to adjourn. GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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TOWN CLERK'S MEETING.
Vote for Middlesex District No. 13 for Representative to the General Court as obtained and declared at the Town Clerk's Meeting for said District, held at Concord, November 13, 1908, at 12 o'clock noon:
Bed. Con. Lin. Sud. Way. Wes. Total
Alfred L. Cutting
of Weston, 106
444
81
135
233
290
1,289
Roger Sherman Hoar
of Concord,
77
415
78
51
191
46
858
Blanks,
29
66
28
20
53
19
215
Total,
212
925
127
206
477
355 2,362
Two certificates of election were made out for Alfred L. Cutting of Weston and signed by
Abram E. Brown, Town Clerk of Bedford.
Walter A. Carr, Town Clerk of Concord.
George L. Chapin, Town Clerk of Lincoln.
Frank F. Gerry, Town Clerk of Sudbury.
Daniel Brackett, Town Clerk of Wayland.
George W. Cutting, Town Clerk of Weston.
One of the certificates was forthwith mailed to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the other given to George W. Cutting for delivery to the Representative elect.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Town Clerk.
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There have been recorded during the year ending Dec. 31, 1908, 16 Births occurring in 1908 and 2 Births occurring in 1907. 9 Marriages, 12 Deaths.
BIRTHS REGISTERED
Date of Birth.
: [Name of Child.
Names of Parents.
Jan. 12, 1908.
Ernest Ethan Butcher.
Mar. 11,
Minnie Francis Deming.
Charles R. and Nettie (Holman.) Albert L. and Clara L. (Davies.)
Apr. 26,
Henry Arnold McLean.
Hector and Lucy (Corkum.)
May 16,
Carl Edwin Noran.
Frans Oscar and Alma B. (Satergen.)
June 13,
Clyde Wetherbee.
Aug. 15,
Alexander Nicholson Chapman
Aug. 30,
Elizabeth Lennon.
Sept 19,
Malcolm Edward Graf.
Oct. 2,
Clark.
Oct. 7,
Agnes Berghetta Handberg. Shepard.
Oct. 21,
Bessie Dorothy Dixon.
Oct. 30,
Alfred Raymond Cousins.
Nov. 1,
Miriam Phillis Farrar.
Nov. 4,
William Edward Wyman.
Nov. 4,
Marion Vina Seavey.
Dec. 24,
John Gilbert.
July 5,
1907.
Frederick Kinnitzer.
July 5,
Joseph Kinnitzer.
Herbert and Margaret (Roach.)
MARRIAGES REGISTERED
Date of Marriage.
Name.
Residence.
Jan. 1, 1908. -
John W. Rooney, Jr. Mary Charlotte Shelby.
Lincoln. Lincoln.
April 14,
Andrew J. Scott. Mary Brennan.
Lincoln. Lincoln.
April 22,
S
Thomas J. Flanagan. Margaret Thornton.
Lincoln.
June 24,
Sumner W. Frost. Jane Grant.
Boston. Lincoln.
Sept. 24,
Owen Warren Rand. Grace Mae Harrington.
Lincoln. Waltham.
Oct. 7,
Timothy J. Crowley. Mary McGuire.
Lincoln. Lincoln.
Oct. 21,
Owen E. Martin. Martha E. Otis.
Boston.
Nov. 8,
{
John J. Kelliher. Mary A. Cunningham.
Lincoln. Lincoln.
Nov. 10,
Christen Johanson. Harie S. C. Larsen.
Lincoln. Weston.
Oct. 23,
Ira A. and Elizabeth (Holman.) Duncan Gay and Lily (Topliss.) James W. and Frances M. (Carey.) Edward and Mary (Macleod.) John Taylor and Zaida Finch (Haines) Carl Sextus and Mary (McTighe.) Albert E. and Annie M. (Magee.) Charles G. and Bessie L. (Tyler.) Fred E. and Mary Ashley (Flint.) Herbert W. and Alice (Giles.) Jeffrey and Margaret (Delory.) Nelson S. and Mary E. (Costello.) Napoleon and Agnes (Delory.) Herbert and Margaret (Roach.)
Lincoln.
Lincoln.
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DEATHS REGISTERED
Date of Death.
Name.
Age. M.
D.
Mar. 3, 1908.
Sarah Maria Wheeler.
79
8 *19
Pneumonia.
June 27,
Jeremiah Burnett.
67
0
0
Organic Heart Disease.
July 9,
Elizabeth Gorham Snow.
20
5 0
Fracture of Skull, acci. Marasmus.
July 11,
Clyde Wetherbee.
0
0 25
July 17,
Francis Smith.
86
3
9
Senility.
Aug. 7,
Bernard Edward Crosby.
54
0
0
Heart Disease.
Aug. 13,
Harry N. Haynes.
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11
20
Pulmonary Haemor- rhage, Tuberculosis.
Aug. 20,
Edwin Harlan Eveleth.
30
0
0
Epileptic Convulsious,
Aug. 30,
Daniel B. Holman.
77
0
0
Acute Bronchitis.
Sept. 13,
Arthur Edwin Rice.
13
5
1
Gun shot wound right arm and shoulder, acci.
Dec. 23,
6
Albert Sumner Brooks.
81
0
0
Inanition because of Paralysis of Muscles of throat.
Dec. 31,
Stephen Homer Garfield.
91
7
4
Pneumonia, Old Age.
Y.
Cause of Death.
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EXTRACTS FROM THE REVISED LAWS Chap. 29.
SECT. 3. Physicians and midwives shall, on or before the fifth day of each month, report to the Clerk of each City or Town a correct list of all children born therein during the preceding month at whose birth they were pres- ent, stating the date and place of each birth, the name, if any, of the child, its sex and color, and the name, place of birth and residence of the parents, the maiden name of the mother, and the occupation of the father. A physician or midwife who neglects to report such list on or before the fifteenth day of the month shall for each offence forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars.
SECT. 6. Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after the birth of a child in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the City or Town, in which such child is born.
SECT. 8. A parent, keeper, superintendent or other person who is required by Section 6 to give or cause to be given notice of a birth or death, who neglects so to do for ten days after the time limited therefor, shall forfeit not more than five dollars for such offence.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1908.
There have been 155 licenses issued as follows: 128 males, 26 Females and 1 Kennel, for which $405.00 have been paid to the County Treasurer.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The Selectmen have the honor to present the following Report for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1909:
The Board was organized at a special meeting by the choice of Charles S. Smith, Chairman, and R. D. Donald- son, Secretary. Regular meetings have been held as here- tofore on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, at 7.30 P. M.
The following table gives the appropriations made by the Town during the year 1908, and the appropriations recommended by the Board to be made at the next Annual Meeting :-
Appropriatoins for 1908.
The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing year.
For Schools,
$8,500 00
$8,000 00
Support of poor,
700 00
500 00
Highways and bridges,
5,500 00
5,500 00
Library, dog tax and,
500 00
500 00
Interest,
600 00
500 00
Cemeteries,
300 00
300 00
Board of Health,
300 00
200 00
Tree Warden,
6,500 00
3,500 00
State Aid,
96 00
96 00
Miscellaneous expenses,
2,500 00
2,500 00
Contingent Fund,
2,000 00
2,000 00
Payment of Water Bond,
1,500 00
1,500 00
Sinking Fund, Water,
2,173 37
2,173 37
Sinking fund, new schoolhouse 1,780 18
Hydrant and other public
water service,
2,000 00
2,200 00
Waltham Hospital, free bed,
250 00
350 00
Street lamps,
600 00
600 00
Fire Department
500 00
100 00
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Payment new schoolhouse bonds,
3,000 00
Payment Int. new school- house bonds, 2,080 00
For legal expenses in suit against Town of Concord, 2,000 00 2,000 00
Suppression Liquor nuisance, 250 00 200 00
APPOINTMENTS.
Burial Agent, H. E. Barnes.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Matthew H. Doherty. Special police, James E. Baker, John Rocks, John Far- rar, John DeLory, William Harding, William Chute.
Forest Fire Wardens, Charles S. Smith, C. Lee Todd, R. D. Donaldson, I. N. MacRae, John F. Farrar, James E. Baker, William M. Brooks, Charles S. Wheeler.
Inspector of Animals, Martin M. Welch.
Ballot Clerks and Tellers at Annual State Election, James Lennon, Martin Welch, Herbert G. Farrar.
Superintendent of Streets, John F. Farrar.
Janitor of Public Buildings and Caretaker of Public Grounds, Edward E. Bannon.
Fire Engineers, I. N. MacRae, Thomas Dee, W. C. Ro- bus, Herbert G. Farrar.
Forest Warden, Edward W. Farrar.
Finances.
The Town now has a net bonded debt on account of its Water Department of $85,500.00, as follows :-
Issue of 1894, $6,000.00, due one each year.
66 1897, 10,000.00, 4% bonds, due 1917.
66 1900, 23,000.00, 32%
66 1930.
66 1902, 9,000.00, 32%
1932.
66 66 1903, 5,000.00, 4% 66 66 1933.
66 1904, 5,000.00, 4% 66 66 1934.
66 1906, 14,000.00, 4% 66 66 1936.
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66 1907, 4,000.00, 4% 66 66
1937.
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Nineteen $500.00 bonds, $9,500.00, due one each year. Total bonded indebtedness, $85,500.00.
From this total bonded indebtedness should be de- ducted $6,145.01, the amount of money now in the Sink- ing Fund, to retire the issues of 1897, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, and 1907, at maturity.
It will be necessary to make the same appropriation as was made last year for the payment of water bonds and for the payment to the Sinking Fund, namely, $1,500.00 and $2,133.37.
The Committee appointed for the erection of a new schoolhouse has expended to date $48,237.17, and has contracts still outstanding, on which the Town is liable for $7,364.55, which will make the total cost to the Town of the new schoolhouse and lot, $55,601.72. If a fair price for the lot were included, the total cost to the Town if it had paid for the lot, would have been approximately $60,000.00. The total appropriation available for the Schoolhouse Committee was $56,000.00, plus $941.20, which was the premium on the bonds.
At the last Annual Town Meeting, the Town voted a Sinking Fund to retire the bonds at maturity of $1,780.18. At a subsequent meeting, the Town voted to issue serial bonds and authorized the sale of 55,000 of such bonds. By the terms of the bond issue, 3,000 of these bonds be- came due on January 1st last, and the Treasurer paid for these bonds out of funds in the treasury. The only direct appropriation by the Town which was available for this purpose was the $1,718.18 appropriated for Sinking Funds.
We recommend, therefore, that the Town, at the next annual meeting, appropriate the sum of $1,281.82 to reimburse the treasury for money paid out on account of purchase of bonds and we recommend that the Town in its annual appropriations to be made at the March meeting, appropriate $3,000.00 to retire three bonds of $1,000.00 each on the first of January next and $2,080.00 for the interest on $52,000.00 of outstanding bonds.
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The indebtedness incurred on account of the new schoolhouse will require for some years to come an appro- priation approximating $5,000.00 annually, besides, prob- ably, an increased appropriation for the maintenance of the schools. The time seems to be approaching, when the annual tax rate of the Town will be doubled.
The Town Treasurer's Report shows that he has in the treasury $2,245.55, and that there is approximately $1,400.00 of uncollected taxes. There is also in the treas- ury, available for the New Schoolhouse Committee, $8,704.03. With this money withdrawn, the treasury would be in debt approximately $5,000.00.
At a meeting held in September, the Treasurer was au- thorized to borrow $3,000.00 in anticipation of taxes for the present year for gypsy moth work. Allowing for this; the treasury would still be in debt $2,000.00, which is the first time within the recollection of the Chairman of this Board that there has not been a net surplus in the treasury at the end of the fiscal year. We cannot call the attention of our citizens too strongly to the condition of the town treasury and to the necessity for the greatest economy in expenditures.
Support of Poor.
Mr. Stephen H. Garfield, who has been supported for the last three years by the town, died in January, at the great age of ninety-one years. Other applications have been re- ceived for aid, but provision has thus far been made with- out drawing on the town treasury.
Public Buildings.
Reference has been made in former reports to the condi- tion of the Town Hall. When any repairs or alterations are undertaken, they should be extensive. A new heating and ventilating apparatus is immediately necessary. Be- fore these are installed, a suitable basement should be con-
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structed under the entire building, also the south eleva- tion should be changed, to make the gallery available and comfortable.
It is for the Town to determine how much, if any, of this improvement should be undertaken the present year. An article covering this matter is inserted in the Warrant.
Fire Department. 1
The Fire Department has been conducted during the past year as in the year 1907. For a more detailed report, we refer you to the report of the Fire Engineers.
The Selectmen have received from the State Forester of the Commonwealth an act, of which the following is a copy, which explains itself.
[CHAP. 209.]
An act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION 1. In a town which accepts the provisions of this act or has accepted a corresponding provision of earlier laws, no fires shall be set in the open air between the first day of April and the first day of December, except by the written permission of the forest warden; provided, that debris from fields, gardens and orchards, or leaves and brush from yards may be burned on ploughed fields by the owners thereof, their agents or lessees, but in every case such fire shall be at least two hundred feet distant from any forest or sprout lands, and shall be properly attended until it is extinguished. The forest warden shall cause public notice to be given of the provisions of this section, and shall enforce the same. Whoever violates the pro- visions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or by both such fine and im- prisonment.
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