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Voted: That a statement be put upon the tax bills showing approximately what proportion of this is for the special moth pest appropriation.
Voted: That when for any reason, the Town teams cannot be advantageously employed upon the highways or in other Town work, the Board of Selectmen be author- ized and directed to hire out the same for private use through the Superintendent of Streets under such regula- tions and instructions as the Board may impose; pro- vided, all money so received be carried to general account and not to the credit of the highway department.
ART. 5. Voted, unanimously, That the Town Clerk cast one No ballot for the Town.
The check list and ballot box were used and the ballot remained open one hour.
Upon the ballot box being opened one No ballot was disclosed and the counter showed one ballot cast.
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ART. 6. Voted: That the taxes be collected in the same way and manner as last year.
ARTICLE 7. Voted: That the compensation be the same as last year.
ART. 8. Voted, unanimously: That the Treasu- rer be and hereby is authorized with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow, during the municipal year beginning Feb. 1, 1909, in anticipation of taxes, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the tax 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. 9. Voted to chose a Committee on Claims. Chosen under Article 3.
ART. 10. Voted to chose a Committee to prose- cute persons for selling intoxicating liquors in Town, and that the Selectmen be the Committee.
ART. 11. Passed over.
ART. 12. Passed over.
ART. 13. Voted to lie on the table.
ART. 14. Voted to lie on the table.
ART. 15. Voted to pass over.
ART. 16. Voted, unanimously: That the Water Commissioners be authorized to extend the water pipes to Martin Neville's place, provided a satisfactory bond for
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4 per cent. on the cost is filed in accordance with the By- laws.
ART. 17. See vote under Article 4.
ART. 18. Voted to lic on the table.
ART. 19. Not acted upon.
Voted to adjourn.
Attest : GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
March 26, 1909. John F. Farrar was this day sworn as Special Police by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
March 26, 1909. John F. Farrar was this day sworn as Superintendent of Streets until the first Monday in April current.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
April 13, 1909. John F. Farrar was this day sworn as Superintendent of Streets by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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List of Jurors for the year 1909, as prepared by the Selectmen :-
NAMES.
P. O. ADDRESS.
Lorenzo E. Brooks,
Concord, Mass. R.F.D.
George U. Browning,
So. Lincoln,
James T. Calkins,
Charles E. Clark,
Lincoln,
Isaac B. Cook,
Concord,
R.F.D.
Fred. E. Cousins,
So. Lincoln,
R.F.D.
Thomas J. Dee,
Charles P. Farnsworth,
So. Lincoln,
John F. Farrar,
D. Lincoln Hamilton,
J. Walter Nelson, .
Lexington,
R.F.D.
Henry R. Page,
Edward W. Pope,
Charles O. Sargent,
Lincoln, 66 Concord,
R.F.D.
Roger Sherman,
Lincoln, 66
George G. Tarbell,
C. Edgar Wheeler, James B. Wheeler,
So. Lincoln, 66
R. F. D.
Lexington,
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. LEE TODD, R. D. DONALDSON,
Selectmen of Lincoln.
July 1, 1909.
Attest :
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Town Clerk.
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Frank H. Cunningham,
Concord,
Lincoln,
.
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Proceedings of a Town Meeting held, August 16, 1909.
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 1
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, August sixteenth, at 7.30 o'clock, P. M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE' 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To set if the Town will appropriate any money for an extension of the water pipe from a point near the house of George Nelson to a point near the house of Martin Neville, as voted at the annual Town meeting in March.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will issue bonds, or otherwise provide for any appropriation of money made under the foregoing article.
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
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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 ninth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nine.
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. L. TODD, R. D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
Return on the Warrant:
LINCOLN, Aug. 10, 1909.
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.
ARTICLE 1. Voted and chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator. (The check list was used.)
ART. 2. Voted, unanimously: That the Town here- by appropriate the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) to extend the water pipe from a point near the house of George Nelson to a point near the house of Martin Neville.
ART. 3. Voted, unanimously: That by virtue and in pursuance of the Acts of 1907, Chapter 476, the Town Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to issue and sell
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the bonds of the Town to the aggregate principal amount of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) dated Nov. 1, 1909 and payable Five Hundred ($500.00) thereof on the first day of November, 1910 to 1912 inclusive; bearing interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, payable semi- annually. Such bonds shall bear on their face the words: "Lincoln Water Loan," said bonds shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Select- men.
Voted to adjourn.
GEORGE I .. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of the State Election held, Nov. 2, 1909.
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 inhabit- ants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in the election of State and County Officers to assemble at Bemis Hall, on Tuesday, November 2nd at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to give in their votes for the following officers, viz .: Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary, Treasu- rer, Auditor, Attorney-General, Councillor, a Senator from the Fifth Middlesex Senatorial District, a Repre- sentative in the General Court, and County Commissioner; 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 seven o'clock A. M. and may be closed at four o'clock P. M.
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,
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and to make seasonable return thereof with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk.
HEREOF FAIL NOT.
Dated at Lincoln, this twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and nine.
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. L. TODD, R. D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
The return on the back of the Warrant is as follows:
LINCOLN, Oct. 26, 1909.
I have served the above 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 Board of Selectmen. Martin M. Welch and Hermon T. Wheeler were sworn as Ballot Clerks and James W. Lennon as Teller.
The Warrant was read and the Ballot Box examined, showing the box to be empty. The counter on the Ballot Box showed 000. The Polls were then declared open. Voting continued during the day and the ballots were counted in blocks of fifty during the afternoon.
The Polls were closed at 4.23 P. M., and the ballot disclosed one hundred and sixty-four ballots cast, which
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were counted and the vote declared in open meeting as follows:
FOR GOVERNOR .-
Eben S. Draper of Hopedale,
104 votes
John A. Nicholls of Boston,
3
James H. Vahey of Watertown, Blank,
52
5-“
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR .-
Eugene N. Foss of Boston, 62 votes
Louis A. Frothingham of Boston, 94 "
Ernest Knipe of Holyoke, Blank,
3 "
FOR SECRETARY .-
David T. Clark of Williamstown,
40 votes
Harriet D'Orsay of Lynn, 1 vote
William G. Merrill of Malden,
2 votes
William M. Olin of Boston, Blank, 22
99 "
FOR TREASURER .-
James H. Bryan of Westfield, 43 votes
James B. Carr of Chelmsford, 1 vote
Daniel Parlin of Worcester, 2 votes
Elmer A. Stevens of Somerville, 95 Blank, 23 66
FOR AUDITOR .--
Alexis Boyer, Jr., of Southbridge, 40 votes
Charles A. Chace of Swansea, 2
Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown, 1 vote
Henry E. Turner of Malden, Blank,
95 votes 26
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FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL .-
Henry M. Dean of Hyde Park, 4 votes
Dana Malone of Greenfield, 90
Harvey N. Shepard of Boston, 47
John Weaver Sherman of Boston, Blank, 21
2
66
FOR COUNCILLOR, SIXTH DISTRICT.
Henry G. Burke of Lowell,
2 votes
Charles H. Callahan of Lowell,
41
Herbert E. Fletcher of Westford, 93
Blank, 28
FOR SENATOR, FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT .-
John J. Barnes of Waltham, 48 votes
John L. Harvey of Waltham, 90
Blank, 26 66
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT .-
THIRTEENTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT .-
Winthrop H. Fairbank of Sudbury, 97 votes
Charles W. Prescott of Concord, 49
Blank, 18 "
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
MIDDLESEX COUNTY .-
Patrick Conlon of Lowell, 39 votes 1 vote
Robert J. Kelly of Lowell, Samuel O. Upham of Waltham, 100 votes 24
Blank,
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FOR COUNTY TREASURER, MIDDLESEX COUNTY .-
Joseph O. Hayden of Somerville, 91 votes Ansou B. Hobbs of Cambridge, 1 vote
Dexter C. Whittemore of Carlisle, 44 " Blank, 28
Voted to adjourn.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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TOWN CLERK'S MEETING.
Vote for the Middlesex District No. 13, for Repre- sentative in the General Court as ascertained and declared at the Town Clerk's Meeting for said District, held at Concord, November 12, at 12 o'clock noon.
Bed. Con. Lin. Sud. Way. Wes. Total
Winthrop H. Fair-
bank of Sudbury 61
453
97
95
237
114 1,057
Charles W. Pres-
cott of Concord 82
365
49
91
181
155
923
Blanks
15
34
18
5
16
16
104
Total
158
852
164
191
434
285 2,084
Two certificates of election were made out for Win- throp H. Fairbank, and signed by
Abbott Webber, Town Clerk of Bedford.
Walter A. Carr, Town Clerk of Concord.
George L. Chapin, Town Clerk of Lincoln.
Frank T. Gerry, Town Clerk of Sudbury.
Daniel Brackett, Town Clerk of Wayland.
Geoge W. Cutting, Town Clerk of Weston.
Attest : GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Town Clerk.
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There have been recorded during the year ending Dec. 31, 1909, 21 Births; 5 Marriages; 14 Deaths.
BIRTHS REGISTERED.
Date of Birth
Name of Child.
Name of Parents.
Jan. 9, 1909
Mary Helen Rooney.
John W. Jr., and Mary Charlotte (Shelby)
Jan. 24,
Katherine Ellen Hayes.
John J. and Delia (Kelly.)
Mar. 1,
Charles John Farquhar.
David and Grace (Manden.)
June 26,
Gordon Alcock Donaldson.
Robert D. and Charlotte H. (Alcock.)
July 4,
Ann Connors.
Michael and Mary (Martin.)
July 11,
Harold Allen Berger.
Hjalmar and Hilda (Eager.)
Aug. 15,
=
Daniel E. and Minnie E. (Watson.)
Aug. 7, Sept. 27,
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Esther Rose Clark.
Oct. 2,
Mary Russ.
Percy P. and Bertha (Graves.)
Oct. 26,
Edward Sohier Bosley.
Frederick A. and Emily Linzee (Sohier.)
Oct. 14,
Frederick Burton Pearson.
Burt W. and Jennie M. (Butcher.)
Oct. 18,
Warren Isaac MacRae.
Isaac and Annie (McLeod.)
Nov. 8,
Laurence Gilbert.
Napoleon and Agnes (Delory.)
Nov. 24,
=
Bernard Crowley
Irene Crowley.
Timothy F. and Alice A. (Morrissey.) Fred J. J. and Mary A. (Flood.)
Dec. 13,
George Otis Martin.
Owen E. and Martha E. (Otis.) Peter and Catherine (Sullivan.)
MARRIAGES REGISTERED.
Date of Marriage.
Name.
Residence.
April 28, 1909.
Thomas J. Murphy. Mary A. Neville.
Boston. Lincoln.
April 12,
--
John F. Morrisy. Annie Cahill.
Lincoln. Lincoln.
Sept. 29,
George E. Cunningham. Elizabeth M. Mckinley.
Lincoln.
Oct. 27,
5
Herbert Giles Farrar.
1 Edith Biggs.
Lincoln. Lincoln.
Oct. 20,
Robert Bigelow Chapin. Elizabeth Hooper Dunbar.
Lincoln. Los Angeles, Cal.
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Florence Joemma McLean. Sherman.
Hector J. and Lucy S. (Corkum.)
Leo William Corrigan.
Patrick F. and Margaret M. (Cahill.) James and Esther (White.)
Dec. 2,
George Dixon.
Charles G. and Bessie L. (Tyler.)
Oct. 19,
Walter Naff.
July 6,
Lauria DuPont.
Lincoln.
Aug. 3,
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DEATHS REGISTERED.
Date of Death.
.
Name.
Y.
Age. M. D.
Cause of Death.
Jan. 8, 1909.
Bridget Doherty.
69
0
0
Apoplexy.
Jan. 21,
Mary Kennedy.
38
4
0
Pneumonia.
Mar. 7,
Mary Sherman.
2
1 9
La Grippe.
July 4,
Annie America Ray.
74
0
11
Melancholia.
July 7,
Ann Connors.
0
0
3
Inanition.
July 23.
Catherine Lahey.
82
0
0
Cerebral Hæmorrhage.
Aug. 20,
Agnes Handberg.
0
10
13
Convulsions.
Sept. 6,
Matilda C. Johnson.
27
6
25
Consumption.
Sept. 18,
Sarah Elizabeth Hunt.
58
2
24
Myocarditis.
Oct. 7,
Mary Dempsey.
70
11
0
Carcinoma.
Nov. 29,
Agnes Delory.
68
0
0
Pneumonia.
Dec. 6,
Susan Marion Wemple.
68
2
10
Heart Disease.
Dec. 25,
Lawrence Gilbert.
0
1 16
Marasmus.
Dec. 30,
Sherman.
0
4 15
Inanition.
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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 1909.
There have been 157 licenses issued as follows: 131 males, 21 females, 4 speyed females, 1 kennel, for which $393.60 have been paid to the County Treasurer.
HUNTER'S LICENSES.
There have been 18 resident hunters' licenses issued for which $18.00 has been paid to the State 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, 1910 :-
The Board was organized at a special meeting by the choice of Charles S. Smith, Chairman, and R. D. Donald- son, Secretary. Early in the year the Board decided that the ' public business could be better transacted by having the bills for each fortnight in the hands of the auditor on or before the Saturday next preceding the second and fourth Mondays of each month, and changed the regular meeting of the Board to the second and fourth Mondays of each month, which arrangement has been continued throughout the year with satisfactory results.
The following table gives the appropriations made by the Town during the year 1909, and the appropriations recommended by the Board to be made at the next Annual Meeting :-
Appropriations for 1909
The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing year
For Schools,
$9,000.00
$9,000.00
Support of Poor,
400.00
500.00
Highways and Bridges,
5,000.00
5,500.00
Library, Dog Tax, and
400.00
400.00
Interest,
600.00
500.00
Cemeteries,
250.00
250.00
Board of Health,
300.00
300.00
Tree Warden,
3,300.00
3,300.00
State Aid,
96.00
48.00
Miscellaneous Expenses,
3,500.00
4,500.00
.
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Payment of Water Bond,
1,500.00
1,500.00
Sinking Fund, Water,
2,173.37
2,173.37
Hydrant and other public water service,
2,200.00
2,200.00
Waltham Hospital, free bed,
250.00
250.00
Street Lamps,
600.00
1,000.00
Fire Department,
100.00
100.00
Payment new schoolhouse bonds,
3,000.00
3,000.00
Payment Int. new school- house bonds,
2,080.00
1,960.00
For legal expenses in suit against Town of Concord,
2,000.00
1,500.00
Suppression Liquor Nuis- ance,
200.00
200.00
Special repairs on Town Hall,
3,000.00
APPOINTMENTS.
Burial Agent, H. E. Barnes.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Matthew H. Doherty. Special Police, James E. Baker, John W. Rocks, John F. Farrar, Joseph DeLory, William A. Harding, William E. Chute.
Forest Fire Wardens, Charles S. Smith, C. Lee Todd, R. D. Donaldson, I. N. MacRae, John F. Farrar, James E. Baker, Wallace M. Brooks, Charles S. Wheeler.
Inspector of Animals, Martin M. Welch.
Ballot Clerks and Tellers at Annual State Election, James W. Lennon, Martin M. Welch, Herman T. Wheeler. Superintendent of Streets, John F. Farrar.
Janitor of Public Buildings and Caretaker of Public Grounds, Edward Bannon.
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Fire Engineers, I. N. MacRae, Thomas J. Dee, W. C. Robus, Herbert G. Farrar, W. A. Blodgett.
Forest Warden, Edward W. Farrar.
Finances.
The Town now has a net bonded debt on account of its Water Department of $84,000.00, as follows :-
Issue of 1894, $5,000.00, due one each year.
" 1897, 10,000.00, 4% bonds, due 1917.
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" 1900, 23,000.00, 32%
1930.
66 1902, 9,000.00, 33% 66 66 1932.
" 1903, 5,000.00, 4% 66 66 1933.
66 " 1904, 5,000.00, 4% 66 66 . 1934.
66 " 1906, 14,000.00, 4%
66 1936.
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" 1907, 4,000.00, 4% 66
1937.
Eighteen $500.00 bonds, $9,000.00, one each year.
Total bonded indebtedness, $84,000.00.
From this total bonded indebtedness should be deducted $10,654.48, the amount of money now in the Sinking Fund, to retire the issues of 1897, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, and 1907, at maturity.
The total bond issue on account of the new school house was $55,000.00. $3,000.00 of these were retired in 1908 and $3,000.00 in 1909, leaving a net bonded indebtedness on account of the new school, January 1, 1910, of $49,000.
It will be necessary for the Town to appropriate $3,000.00 to retire that amount of bonds this year, also to appropriate $1,960.00 on account of interest on the $49,000.00 bonds.
The Town has no other indebtedness of any kind, except that in connection with its water works, of $84,000.00, and that on account of new schoolhouse, $49,000.00.
The Town Treasurer's report shows that he has in the treasury $1,046.45, and that there are uncollected taxes
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amounting to $998.03 which is an improvement over the showing made in the last Annual Report.
We recommend that the Town observe the strictest economy in connection with the appropriations to be made, consistent with keeping all the departments in good running condition and consistent with conservative progress. In this connection the report of the Special Committee of Eleven is herewith printed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
"A Special Committee of Eleven was ordered at the last annual Town Meeting to which was referred so much of the several reports of the Town Officials as related to the expenditure of Town moneys or appropriations of the same to meet the requirements of the next town-year; and this Committee was further instructed "to enquire into the whole matter of Town appropriations and ex- penditures, and report thereon their conclusions and recommendations at an adjournment of this meeting."
The Committee appointed under the vote referred to have made the necessary examinations and enquiries, and, without submitting any detailed report as the result thereof, would recommend the passage of the following votes :---
VOTED: To keep the several accounts of receipts and expenditures of the Town, and of the Water Works, wholly distinct, the same annually to be at the proper time submitted in the Annual Town Book; and, further, that the Water Works should be treated as a self-sustain- ing commercial and business undertaking, owned by the Town, and should be operated accordnigly, the Town itself paying at established or specially agreed rates for all water used by it, and receiving interest on all securities of the Water Works held, or moneys advanced by it.
VOTED: That the Board of Selectmen be empowered and instructed to employ a professional accountant to
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audit all vouchers of the Town, of the Public Library, and the several Trust Funds appertaining thereto and to the Town; and also all accounts, vouchers, recepits and ex- penditures of the Water Works; and the accountant afore- said shall systematize a method of presenting the same in the Town Book to the end that all receipts and ex- penditures of every description shall hereafter appear in the Annual Town Book in regular and recognized form, the same extending through a series of years and clearly indicating the increase or decrease of expenditures in each established and itemized division thereof.
VOTED: That the said accountant be instructed by the Selectmen to examine into the accounts of the Water Works of the Town, and to ascertain and report how many bonds issued on account of the Water Works have been bought and extinguisehed with moneys raised by general taxation, and how many of said bonds are still outstand- ing and included in the Sinking Fund of the Town, interest being annually paid thereon from the receipts of the Water Works; also when the interest on bonds purchased through money raised by general taxation ceased to be paid thereon.
VOTED: That in the opinion of the Town it is desirable that the moneys held in trust on behalf of the Town, or its various departments, including the Public Library, should, when proper and practicable, be invested in bonds of the Town issued either on account of its Water Works, or for other municipal purposes; but preferably in those issued on account of the Water Works."
The recent lamentable experiences of so many Towns in the Commonwealth in connection with a violation of the trust of their Town Officers, in the opinion of the Selectmen makes it advisable that the Town of Lincoln, whether any legislation shall be passed or not, requiring the same, take some action which will put into effect the report and proposed votes of this committee, especially the
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vote regarding the thorough auditing and systematizing of the Town accounts.
We make this recommendation for the complete safely of the Town and the safeguarding of all its interests in the future, and not as a reflection on the honesty or integ- rity of any of the Town Officers.
SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
Early in the year the Town was called upon to contri- bute to the support of the wife and children of Charles O. Preble. The state has taken full charge of Mrs. Preble, but two minor children are being fully supported by the Town. The Overseers of the Poor have not been able as yet to make any other disposition of the matter. It is hoped, however, that the Town will not be chargeable for the support of these minor children for a long period.
The Town has also contributed partial support at times to other citizens, as per the Auditor's Report.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
It will be necessary during the coming year to make extensive repairs on the Town Hall. The matter has already been allowed to go too long and the Selectmen have not deemed it feasible to undertake repairs until it could be done in a thorough and satisfactory manner. The cost of making the needed repairs and improvements will be at least $3,000.00 and we recommend a special appropriation for this purpose.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
This department has been conducted during the year as during the two previous years. For a more detailed report, we refer you to the Report of the Fire Engineers.
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TREE WARDEN.
In our opinion the work of the Tree Warden has been carried on in a more efficient and business-like way during the past year than heretofore. It is a difficult matter to combat the moth pests, but we are glad to note that our Tree Warden is making fully as good a showing as that being made in the surrounding towns.
HIGHWAYS.
Mr. John F. Farrar has served the Town, under the appointment of the Selectmen, as Superintendent of Streets, as in former years. During the summer months Mr. Daniel H. Sherman who has served the Town in the capacity of Highway Surveyor and Road Commis- sioner for a number of years, was made Deputy Super- intendent of Streets and performed the duties to the entire satisfaction of the Selectmen. We did not think it necessary to appoint Mr. Sherman in place of Mr. Farrar, as the latter was willing to assume all the responsibility and liability connected with his office, while Mr. Sherman was performing the duties.
Automobiles are still destroying our road beds and the condition of the roads, in our opinion, is not generally as good as it was at the close of the previous year.
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