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MOORFIELD STOREY, JULIUS E. EVELETH,
CHARLES S. WHEELER.
Trustees for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures.
GEORGE FLINT
Term expires 1915
C. LEE TODD
66 1913
JULIUS E. EVELETH
66 . 1914
Trustees of Grammar School Fund.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, GEORGE L. CHAPIN, JULIUS E. EVELETH,
Trustees of Lincoln Library.
CHARLES F. ADAMS. JOHN F. FARRAR, CHARLES LEE TODD,
CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman of Selectmen, ex-officio.
HENRY E. WARNER, Chairman School Committee, ex-officio.
Registrars.
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. LEE TODD,
ROBERT D. DONALDSON,
GEORGE L. CHAPIN.
School Committee.
ELIZABETH BLODGETT
Term expires 1915
EDWARD R. FARRAR
66 66 1913
HENRY E. WARNER
66 1914
Water Commissioners.
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
Term expires 1915
JOSEPH S. HART .
66
1913
GEORGE L. CHAPIN
.
.
1914
66
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Field Drivers.
ALBERT S. GRAVES, GEO. G. TARBELL.
JAMES M. MERRILL, HENRY A. BUTCHER.
Fence Viewers. WM. H. SHERMAN.
JOHN F. FARRAR,
Surveyors of Lumber.
RICHARD A. SHEPARD.
Measures of Wood and Bark.
SAMUEL FARRAR,
HAROLD S. COUSINS, JOHN F. FARRAR.
Cemetery Commissioners.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN
Term expires 1915
JULIUS E. EVELETH
66 1913
JOSEPH S. HART
66 1914
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Proceedings at the Annual Meeting, March 4, 1912
WARRANT.
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 inhabit- ants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in Town affairs, to assemble in Bemis Hall, on Monday, March fourth, at 1 o'clock P.M., to act on the following articles, viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator.
ART. 2. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners, and Trustees.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Com- mittees, Commissioners and Trustees for the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To appropriate money for necessary and ex- pedient purposes of the Town, and enact anything in relation to the same.
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ART. 5. 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. 6. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To determine the compensation of the Col- lector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow dur- ing the municipal year, beginning February first, 1912, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the Current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for the said year, giving the notes of the Town in payment thereof, payable in one year from the dates thereof; all debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will choose a Committee on Claims under the provisions of Section 3 of Article 9 of the By-Laws.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will appoint a com- mittee to prosecute persons for selling intoxicating liquors in the Town, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 11. To see what action the Town will take with reference to the old schoolhouse in the center of the Town.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will accept the provision of Chapter 244 of the Acts and Resolves of the year 1911, or take any action with reference to the matter.
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ART. 13. To see if the Town will accept the provi- sions of the Revised Laws of Chapter 78 and particularly Sections 21 to 25 of said Acts, which refer to cemeteries.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will instruct the Tree Warden, under the direction of the Selectmen, to set shade and ornamental trees in different parts of the Town along the highways and appropriate the sum of $200 for this purpose.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will extend the water pipe from a point on the Waltham Road, known as Kid- der's Corner, to a point on the same road near the house of Mrs. Albert Washburn, or take any action with ref- erence to said extension or make any appropriation for the same.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will extend the electric lighting system from a point near the house of Kidder Brothers to the estate of Mrs. Albert Washburn, or take any action with reference to the matter or make appro- priations for the same.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $200 to purchase hose for fire protection in the East part of the Town, or take any action with reference to the matter.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will name the street running from a point opposite the house of Mr. John F. Farrar to the Wayland Line, or take any action with reference to the matter.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will extend a 4 inch water main from a point opposite the house of John F. Farrar to a point near the residence of Vernon A. Wright, and appropriate money for the same or take any action with reference to the matter.
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ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take with reference to any suits now pending against it.
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 twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. L. TODD, R. D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
The return of this Warrant is as follows:
Lincoln, Feb. 24, 1912.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy, one in each of the Post Offices and one in the Rail- road 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, who read the Warrant. The following votes were then passed :
ARTICLE 1. Voted and chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator. (The check list was used. )
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ART. 2. All of the reports of the various officers and committees printed in the Town Report were ac- cepted.
ART. 3. Voted and chose:
Town Clerk .- George L. Chapin, sworn.
Selectmen .- Charles S. Smith, sworn.
C. Lee Todd, sworn.
Robert D. Donaldson, sworn.
Overseers of the Poor .- Voted, To omit choosing.
Board of Health .- 3 years. Robert D. Donaldson.
Assessor .- 3 years.
Charles S. Wheeler, sworn.
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes .- Charles S. Wheeler, sworn.
Auditor .- James W. Lennon.
Constables .-
James T. Laird, sworn.
Winslow A. Eaton, sworn.
George E. Cunningham, sworn.
Commissioner of Trust Funds .- 3 years. Charles S. Smith.
Tree Warden .- John J. Kelliher.
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Trustee of Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures .- 3 years. George Flint.
School Committee .- 3 years. Elizabeth Blodgett.
Water Commissioner .- 3 years. William H. Sherman.
Field Drivers .-
Albert S. Graves.
George G. Tarbell, sworn.
James M. Neville, sworn.
Ralph E. Butcher.
Henry A. Butcher, sworn.
Fence Viewers .-
John F. Farrar, sworn.
William H. Sherman, sworn.
Trustee of Grammar School Fund .-
In place of Herbert E. Barnes, deceased, George L. Chapin.
In place of Charles F. Eveleth, removed from town, Julius E. Eveleth.
These last two vacancies were filled at the adjourned meeting held March 9.
Surveyor of Lumber .- Richard A. Shepard.
Measurers of Wood and Bark .-
Samuel Farrar, sworn. Harold S. Cousins, sworn. John F. Farrar, sworn.
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Cemetery Commissioners .-
George L. Chapin, 3 years. Joseph S. Hart, 2 years. Julius E. Eveleth, 1 year.
Committee on Claims .-
Moorfield Storey.
Julius E. Eveleth.
Charles S. Wheeler.
ART. 4. The following appropriations were made: Schools, including transportation of High School pupils $8,000.00
Transportation of children 2,500.00
Highways and Bridges 7,500.00
Support of Poor
500.00
Library. The Dog Tax and
400.00
Interest
500.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Work
2,000.00
State Aid
8.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
4,500.00
Payment of Water Bonds. (To be taken
from Water Works' Treasury ) . 2,000.00
Water Works' Sinking Fund. (To be taken from Water Works' Treasury ) 2,173.37
Hydrant and other Public Water Service . 2,400.00
Waltham Hospital. Free Bed 250.00
Street Lamps .
1,300.00
Fire Department
300.00
Payment of Schoolhouse Bonds
3,000.00
Payment of interest on Schoolhouse Bonds 1,720.00
Suppression of Liquor Nuisance . 200.00
Lee's Bridge
4,000.00
ART. 5. Voted, That the Town Clerk cast one No Ballot for the Town.
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The polls were kept open one hour, and the Check List and Ballot Box used.
Upon opening the Ballot Box, one No Ballot was dis- closed, and the vote announced to the Town as follows: Yes, 0. No, 1.
ART. 6. Voted, To collect the taxes in the same way and manner as last year.
ART. 7. Voted, That the compensation of the Col- lector of Taxes be 11% of the amount collected.
ART. 8. Voted, That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the taxes of the municipal year beginning Feb. 1, 1912, to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate Thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of said municipal year.
ART. 9. Voted, To choose a Committee on Claims.
ART. 13. Voted, That all acts heretofore accepted and all votes heretofore passed, in any way affecting the control or care of the cemeteries of the Town, and the officers or trustees elected thereunder, are hereby rescinded.
Voted, That the Town accept the provisions of Re- vised Laws, Chapter 78, Sections 21 to 25 inclusive, and elect three Trustees of Cemeteries, who shall hold office, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years.
ART. 14. Voted, To appropriate $200 for the pur- pose mentioned in the Article.
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After passing the above votes, the meeting adjourned to Saturday, Nov. 9, at 7.30 o'clock.
Immediately upon the calling to order of the adjourned meeting, the Moderator, Charles S. Wheeler, offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted by a rising vote:
Whereas, God in His Infinite Wisdom, has in the interim of the adjournament of this Town Meeting, re- moved one of our citizens.
Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Herbert E. Barnes, this Town has lost a citizen of worth and judgment: whose interest in public affairs was always keen, and who in his many years of service as Cemetery Commissioner, devoted much thought and care to the improvement and beautifying of our cemeteries.
Resolved, That we, in Town Meeting assembled, ex- press our deep sense of loss, and extend our sympathy to Mrs. Barnes.
ART. 10. Voted, That the Selectmen be a Commit- tee to prosecute persons for selling intoxicating liquors in this Town.
ART. 11. Voted, To recommit the matter of the old schoolhouse to the Committee on Claims to further investigate, obtain a survey and report to the Town at a" meeting to be held on or before June 1, 1912.
A communication from Emily F. Chapin to the Mod- erator of the meeting, requesting that the Town remove so much of the old schoolhouse as stands upon her land, was read to the Town.
ART 12. Voted, 45 to 11, That the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 244 of the Acts and Resolves of the year 1911.
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ART. 15. Voted, That the Water Commissioners are hereby authorized to extend the water pipe from Kidder's Corner to opposite the residence of Winslow A. Eaton, and from this point to a point opposite the resi- dence of Mrs. Albert Washburn, provided that before such extensions are made, two bonds are filed guarantee- ing 5% on cost of construction in accordance with the By-Laws and the sum of $4,267.00 is hereby appropriated for the same.
Voted, That the special Water Works' Sinking Fund of the Water Works be liquidated and the proceeds turned over to the Town Treasurer to be used in part payment of the above, the balance to be taken from the Water Works' Treasury.
ART. 16. Voted, To pass over the Article.
ART. 17. Voted, That if any fire apparatus be bought for the East part of the Town, it be bought by the Chief of the Fire Department.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $200.00 for fire apparatus in the East part of the Town.
ART. 18. Voted, That this whole matter be referred to the committee appointed Sept. 8, 1906, viz., E. Irving Smith, C. Lee Todd, Richard Briggs, Samuel Farrar and Walter W. Johnson to report at the next annual meeting.
Voted, That the Committee remove all signs from this road until such time as the streets are named.
ART. 19. Voted, To lay a 4-inch water pipe from the present terminus near Mrs. Ehlert's house to a point near the residence of Vernon A. Wright, and the sum of $735.00 is hereby appropriated for the same.
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ART. 20. Voted, To lie on the table. Voted to adjourn.
Attest:
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
March 18, 1912. John F. Farrar was this day sworn as Superintendent of Streets by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
John F. Farrar was this day sworn as Special Police by GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
Lincoln, March 27, 1912. Frank E. Hawkes was this day sworn as Special Police by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
Lincoln, March 14, 1912. John A. Rocks was this day sworn as Special Police by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
Lincoln, March 18, 1912. Matthew H. Doherty was this day sworn as Sealer of Weights and Measures by GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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Proceedings at the State Primary.
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 inhab- itants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in the election of State and County Officers, to assemble at Bemis Hall, on Tuesday, April 30th, at 7.30 o'clock p. m., to give in their votes for the nomination of persons for the following offices, viz .:
Eight delegates at large to the National Convention.
Eight alternate delegates at large to the National Convention.
Two district delegates to the National Convention.
Two alternate district delegates to the National Con- vention, also to express their preference for President and Vice-President of the United States.
All the above to be voted for on one ballot; the polls to be open at 7.30 p.m., and may be closed at 9.30 p.m.
All officers are to be voted for at this meeting in accord- ance with the direct primaries law passed by the Legis- lature in 1912.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in each of the Post Offices and
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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-third day of April, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twelve.
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. L. TODD, Selectmen of Lincoln.
The return upon the Warrant is as follows :-
Lincoln, April 23, 1912.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy, one in each of the Post Offices and one in the Railroad Station, seven days before the date of 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, who read the Warrant, and administered the oath to the following officers:
Thomas L. Giles and James W. Lennon, as Ballot Clerks; Herbert G. Farrar and J. Malcolm Eveleth as Tellers.
The polls remained open two hours and were closed at 9.30 o'clock p. m.
The Ballot Box disclosed the following vote :-
REPUBLICAN .- Delegates at Large.
Charles S. Baxter of Medford for Theodore Roosevelt, 35 votes
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George W. Coleman of Boston for Theodore Roosevelt, 35 votes
Frederick Fosdick of Fitchburg for Theodore Roosevelt, 35
Albert Bushnell Hart of Cambridge for
Theodore Roosevelt,
35
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Octave A. LaRiviere of Springfield for Theodore Roosevelt, 35
James P. Magenis of Boston for Theodore Roosevelt, 35
Arthur L. Nason of Haverhill for Theodore Roosevelt, 35
Alvin G. Weeks of Fall River for Theodore Roosevelt, 35 66
Winthrop Murray Crane of Dalton for Wm. H. Taft. 34
John L. Bates of Boston for Wm. H. Taft, 34 66
Lucius Tuttle of Brookline, for Wm. H. Taft,34 John W. Weeks of Newton for Wm. H. Taft, 34 Samuel B. Capen of Boston for Wm. H.
Taft, 34
Samuel J. Elder of Winchester for Wm. H. Taft, 34 "
James F. Cavanagh of Everett for Wm. H. Taft, 34
Edmond Cate of Fall River for Wm. H. Taft,34 60
Blank, 9
ALTERNATES AT LARGE .-
John D. Long of Hingham for Wm. H. Taft, 41 votes Benjamin H. Anthony of New Bedford for Wm. H. Taft, 41
Frank Vogel of Boston for Wm. H. Taft, 41 Joseph Monette of Lawrence for Wm. H. Taft, 41 66
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Charles H. Inness of Boston for Wm. H. Taft, 41 votes
Walter Ballantyne, of Boston for Wm. H. Taft. 41 66
Isaac L. Roberts of Boston for Wm. H. Taft, 41
Ernest G. Adams of Worcester for Wm. H. Taft, Blank, 19
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ALTERNATES AT LARGE .-
Charles L. Burrill of Boston for. Theodore Roosevelt, 34
Thomas F. Doherty of Boston for Theodore Roosevelt, 33
Richard A. Flynn of Somerville for Theo- dore Roosevelt, 33
John Larrabee of Melrose for Theodore Roosevelt, 33
John G. Maxfield of Springfield for Theodore Roosevelt, 33
Max Mitchell of Boston for Theodore Roosevelt, 33
Cassius A. Wood of Boston for Theodore Roosevelt, 33 66
Russell A. Wood of Cambridge for Theodore Roosevelt, 33
Blank, 19 66
DISTRICT DELEGATES .- Fourth District, Group 1. Samuel C. Bennett of Weston for Wm. H Taft, 39 votes
Walter B. Morse of Marlborough for Wm. H. Taft, 39
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Group 2. John M. Keyes of Concord for Theodore Roosevelt, 34 votes
Frederick P. Glazier of Hudson for Theo- dore Roosevelt, 33 “ Blank, 7 "
ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES .- Fourth District. Group 1.
Harrie C. Hunter of Marlborough for Theodore Roosevelt, 28 votes John E. Coolidge of Waltham for Theodore Roosevelt, 29 66
Group 2.
Albert P. Messer of Concord for Wm. H Taft, 38 votes
George F. Leslie of Waltham for Wm. H. Taft, 38
FOR PREFERENCE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES .-
Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin, 1 vote
Theodore Roosevelt of New York, 33 votes William Howard Taft of Ohio, 38 Blank, 6 6
FOR PREFERENCE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT .-
John L. Bates of Boston, 1 vote J. W. Sherman, 1 "
Governor Hadley of Missouri, 1
H. C. Lodge of Massachusetts, 2 votes
Blank,
20
66
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DEMOCRATIC .- Delegates at Large .-
Frank J. Donahue of Boston for Eugene N. Foss, 8 votes G. Gerry Brown of Brockton for Eugene N. Foss, 4
John W. Coughlin of Fall River for Eugene N. Foss, 6
John F. Fitzgerald of Boston for Eugene N. Foss,
9
William P. Hayes of Springfield for Eugene N. Foss,
5
Charles J. Martell of Boston for Eugene N. Foss,
5
Humphrey O'Sullivan of Lowell for Eugene N. Foss,
4
Charles B. Strecker of Brookline for Eugene N. Foss,
4
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg for Eugene N. Foss, 8
Henry F. Bart of Taunton for Woodrow Wilson, 3
Henry T. Schaefer of Boston, 4
George Fred Williams of Dedham,
3
John P. Sweeney of Methuen,
3
James H. Vahey of Watertown for Eugene N. Foss, 8
John A. Keliher of Boston for Eugene N. Foss, 1 vote
Blank, 4
ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE .-
James M. Folan of Norwood, Group 1, 6 votes
Joseph J. Leonard of Boston, 7
Andrew A. Badaracco of Boston for Eugene N. Foss, 5 "
Charles F. Campbell of Worcester for
Eugene N. Foss, 9 66
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Peter J. Flaherty of Saugus for Eugene N. Foss, 10 votes
James M. Folan of Norwood, Group 3, for Eugene N. Foss, 7
Daniel H. Maguire of Haverhill for Eugene N. Foss 11
Luke J. Minnehan of Pittsfield for Eugene N. Foss, 7
Daniel M. O'Brien of Rockland for Eugene N. Foss, 10
Joseph F. O'Connell of Boston for Eugene N. Foss, 8
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John P. Kane of Lawrence, 6
Blank, 4
DISTRICT DELEGATES, Fourth District .-
John J. Desmond of Waltham for Eugene N. Foss, 13 votes
Roger Sherman Hoar of Concord for Eugene N. Foss, 12 66
M. Fred O'Connell of Fitchburg for Eugene N. Foss, 2 votes
John J. Prindiville of Framingham for Eugene N. Foss, 1 vote
Blank, 6 votes
ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES, Fourth District .-
Owen A. Hoban of Gardner for Eugene N. Foss, 8 votes
Charles F. McCarthy of Marlborough for Eugene N. Foss, 9
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FOR PREFERENCE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES .-
Champ Clark of Missouri,
7 votes
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, Blank, 2
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FOR PREFERENCE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES .-
John F. Fitzgerald of Boston, 9 votes
Martin Lomansey of Boston, 1 vote
James H. Vahey of Watertown, 1
Blank,
6 votes
All of the above vote was declared in open meeting. Voted to adjourn.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
The return on the Warrant is as follows:
Lincoln, June 24, 1912.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy on the outside of 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, who read the Warrant.
ARTICLE 1. Voted and chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator. (The check list being used. )
Immediately upon the choice of the Moderator, Mr. John F. Farrar addressed the meeting and registered the following protest :-
I hereby protest against any money appropriation at this meeting,on the ground that the Warrant has not been posted properly.
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Voted, To take up Articles 6 and 7.
The Committee on Claims made the following report.
The Committee on Claims who were instructed at the Town Meeting of March 4, 1912, to have a survey made of the old schoolhouse lot and surroundings have attended to that duty and submit the following report :-
First. That a survey made on the basis of the dis- tances and lines of the two deeds in conjunction given by "Martha Cole, Executrix," to Pliny Newhall, making the northern boundary forty-eight rods and twenty links would bring the division line near the center of the present building.
Second. That a survey made as per the deeds of Pliny Newhall to Francis Newhall, who deeded in same form to James L. Chapin, specifying the northern bound- ary in both instances as forty-seven rods, would bring the division line in the rear of the present building be- tween the house and the outbuildings. The two deeds referred to from Martha Cole to Pliny Newhall include the missing deed mentioned in the Town report of the present year.
It might also be stated that the deed from Pliny New- hall to Francis Newhall and from Francis Newhall to James L. Chapin both refer to the deeds of Martha Cole for principal metes and bounds.
The committee herewith present a plan of the school- house lot and surroundings drawn by Mr. Horace Tuttle, Civil Engineer, in which the solid lines represent the boundary in the first section and the dotted lines as that in the second section.
Respectfully submitted,
JULIUS E. EVELETH, CHARLES S. WHEELER, Committee on Claims.
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Voted, To accept the report of the Committee on Claims.
Voted, 43 to 23, That the Committee on Claims be instructed to sell the old schoolhouse in the center of the Town at public auction before Aug. 15, 1912, the pur- chaser to have sixty days in which to remove the building.
Voted, unanimously, That the Committee on Claims be and it is hereby authorized and directed to institute all proper proceedings before the Land Court of this Commonwealth and elsewhere for the purpose of deter- mining and registering the title of the Town in and to the lot of land belonging to the Town now occupied in whole or in part by the old schoolhouse building (so called ) on the westerly side of the Lincoln Common; and that the said Committee shall exercise in this behalf all the powers and authority to it conferred by the By-Laws of the Town and all other powers to it belonging.
Voted to adjourn.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
May 17, 1912. William H. Sherman was this day sworn as Superintendent of Streets vice John F. Farrar,resigned. GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
List of Jurors for the year 1912 as prepared by the Selectmen :-
George. S. Avard,
James E. Baker,
Walter F. Baker,
Hjalmar Berger, Wallace M. Brooks, J. Elliot Bryant, James T. Calkins,
Lincoln, Mass. So. Lincoln, Mass. So. Lincoln, Mass. Lincoln, Mass. Lincoln, Mass. Waltham, Mass., R. F. D. So. Lincoln, Mass., R. F. D.
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Clarence G. Clapp, Edward R. Farrar, John F. Farrar, Thomas L. Giles, Mason P. Hunter, Eugene Jose, Roderick B. Laird, Charles E. Nelson, Daniel H. Sherman, William H. Sherman, T. Wilbur Smith, Howard Snelling, Martin M. Welch, C. Edgar Wheeler, Charles S. Wheeler, Herman T. Wheeler,
Lincoln, Mass. So. Lincoln, Mass. So. Lincoln, Mass. So. Lincoln, Mass. Waltham, Mass., R. F. D. Concord, Mass., R. F. D. Lincoln, Mass. Lexington, Mass., R. F. D. So. Lincoln, Mass. So. Lincoln, Mass. Lincoln, Mass. So. Lincoln, Mass. So. Lincoln, Mass. So. Lincoln, Mass., R. F. D. Lincoln, Mass. Lexington, Mass., R. F. D.
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