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Senator, for Fifth Senatorial District.
One Representative in General Court, for Thirteenth Representative District.
County Commissioner, for Middlesex County.
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And for the election of the following officers:
District Members of State Committee for each political party for the Fifth Senatorial District.
Members of the Democratic Town Committee. Three members of the Republican Town Committee. Members of the Progressive Party Town Committee. Delegates to State Conventions of Political Parties.
All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot.
The polls will be open from seven P. M. to nine P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 12th day of September, A. D. 1914.
JOHN F. FARRAR, R. D. DONALDSON, JOSEPH S. HART, Selectmen of Lincoln.
The return on the Warrant is as follows:
Lincoln, Sept. 14, 1914.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and one in the Railroad Stations seven days before date of said meeting.
JAMES T. LAIRD, Constable.
Pursuant to the above Warrant the meeting was called to order by the Chairman of the Selectmen, who read the Warrant.
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Thomas L. Giles and Herbert G. Farrar were sworn as Tellers, and Hermon T. Wheeler and James W. Lennon as Ballot Clerks.
The polls were opened at 7 o'clock, P. M. with the counter on the Ballot Box showing 0 0 0. The polls were closed at nine o'clock with the counter on the Ballot Box showing 0 3 7
There were ballots as follows:
Republican 21 ·
Democratic
9
Progressive
7
The ballots were counted by the officers, with the following result, which was announced before the adjournment of the meeting.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
FOR GOVERNOR .-
Samuel W. McCall of Winchester,
20 votes.
Blank,
1 vote.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR .-
Grafton D. Cushing of Boston, 9 votes.
August H. Goetting of Springfield,
9
Elmer A. Stevens of Somerville,
3
FOR SECRETARY .-
Frank L. Brier of Boston,
3 votes.
William S. Kenny of Boston,
2
14 66
Albert P. Langtry of Springfield, Blank, 2
FOR TREASURER .-
Charles L. Burrill of Boston,
8 votes.
12 “
Frederick E. Pierce of Greenfield, Blank,
1 vote.
25
FOR AUDITOR .-
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston, Joseph Monette of Lawrence, Blank,
9 votes. 11 66
1 vote.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL .-
Henry E. Attwell of Lynn,
3 votes.
James M. Hallowell of Newton,
4
John J. Higgins of Somerville,
12
James A. Stiles of Gardner, Blank,
1 vote. 1
FOR CONGRESSMAN, Fifth District .- John Jacob . Rogers of Lowell, 20. votes.
Blank,
1 vote.
FOR COUNCILLOR, Sixth District .- Henry C. Mulligan of Natick, 21 votes.
FOR SENATOR, Fifth Middlesex District .-
Nathan A. Tufts of Waltham, 20 votes.
Blank, 1 vote.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, 13th Middlesex District .-
Immanuel Pfeiffer, Jr., of Bedford,
14 votes.
John F. Farrar of Lincoln,
1 vote.
C. O. Sargent of Lincoln, 1 Blank,
5 votes.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Middlesex .-
Frederic P. Barnes of Newton, 3 votes.
Levi S. Gould of Melrose, 16
1 vote.
Julius Meyers of Cambridge, Blank, 1
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FOR STATE COMMITTEE, Fifth Middlesex District .-
Adelbert B. Messer of Concord, 15 votes.
James E. Baker of Lincoln, 1 vote.
Blank,
5 votes.
FOR DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION .-
W. C. Robus,
3 votes. 66
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J. F. Farrar, George L. Chapin,
1 vote.
Blank,
2 votes.
TOWN COMMITTEE .-
John F. Farrar,
13 votes.
Charles S. Smith,
9
W. C. Robus,
5
Chester H. Sherman,
5
R. D. Donaldson,
4
Scattering,
8
66
Blank,
4
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
FOR GOVERNOR .-
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg,
8 votes.
M. Storey of Lincoln,
1 vote.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR .-
Edward P. Barry of Boston,
8 votes.
Blank,
1 vote.
FOR SECRETARY .-
Frank J. Donahue of Boston, Blank,
8 votes. 1 vote.
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FOR TREASURER .-
Frederick W. Mansfield of Boston, Blank,
8 votes. 1 vote.
FOR AUDITOR .-
Frank H. Pope of Leominster,
Blank,
7 votes. 2 “
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL .-
Thomas J. Boynton of Everett, 7 votes. 2 “
Blank,
FOR CONGRESSMAN, Fifth District - Joseph O'Connor of Lowell, 7 votes.
Blank, 2 “
FOR COUNCILLOR, Sixth District -
Joseph J. Hogan of Lowell, 7 votes. 2 “
Blank,
FOR SENATOR, Fifth Middlesex District .-
Warren L. Bishop of Wayland, 1 vote.
Patrick J. Duane of Waltham, 6 votes. Blank, 2 66
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, 13th Middlesex District .-
Winthrop H. Fairbank of Sudbury, 8 votes.
Blank,
1 vote.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Middlesex .-
Charles F. McCarthy of Marlborough, 5 votes.
Peter J. McLaughlin of Cambridge, 1 vote.
2 votes.
William H. Walsh of Framingham, Blank, 1 vote.
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STATE COMMITTEE .-
Bernard W. Stanley of Waltham, Blank,
8 votes. 1 vote.
FOR DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION .- Anthony J. Doherty of Lincoln, 7 votes. 1 vote.
Blank,
TOWN COMMITTEE .-
Martin M. Welch,
6 votes.
Anthony J. Doherty,
5
66
C. Lee Todd,
6
Patrick F. Corrigan,
6 66
Thomas J. Dee,
7
Blank, 15
PROGRESSIVE PARTY
FOR GOVERNOR .-
Joseph Walker of Brookline,
6 votes.
Blank,
1 vote.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR .-
James P. Magenis of Boston, 6 votes. 1
Blank,
FOR SECRETARY .-
Russell A. Wood of Cambridge,
6 votes.
Blank,
1 vote.
FOR TREASURER.
Daniel J. Murphy of Lawrence, Blank, 2 “
5 votes.
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FOR AUDITOR .-
Frederick P. Glazier of Hudson, Blank,
6 votes. 1 vote.
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL .- John Hildreth of Holyoke,
6 votes.
Blank,
1 vote.
FOR CONGRESSMAN, Fifth District .- William N. Osgood of Lowell,
6 votes.
Blank,
1 vote.
FOR COUNCILLOR, Sixth District .---
Harrie C. Hunter of Marlborough,
6 votes.
Blank,
1 vote.
FOR SENATOR, Fifth Middlesex District .-
Frederick R. S. Mildon of Marlborough,
5 votes.
2
Blank,
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, 13th Middlesex District.
Joseph S. Hart of Lincoln, 1 7 votes.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Middlesex .- George A. Goodwin of Cambridge, 6 votes.
Blank, 1 vote.
STATE COMMITTEE .-
Frank Peirce of Cambridge, 2 votes.
Blank,
5
66
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FOR DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION .-
Stephen H. Blodgett,
James T. Laird, Hermon T. Wheeler,
6 votes.
6
6
TOWN COMMITTEE .-
Edwin S. Blodgett,
7 votes.
Stephen H. Blodgett,
7
Frank Cunningham,
7
66
Wendell D. Crowell,
7 66.
Edward Graf,
7
66.
Joseph S. Hart,
7
Walter W. Johnson,
7
James T. Laird,
7
Roderick B. Laird,
7
66
Patrick J. Lennon,
7
Edwin B. Rice,
7
Harry Russ,
7
66
E. Irving Smith,
7
Hermon T. Wheeler,
6
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Town Clerk.
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October 10, 1914. Lorenzo E. Brooks was this day sworn as Special Police by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN
Town Clerk!
October 12. James E. Baker was this day sworn as Special Police by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
October 23. James J. Kenna was this day sworn as Special Police by
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of the State Election held November 3, 1914.
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 in- habitants 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 3rd, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to give in their votes for the following officers, viz .: Governor, Lieutenant- Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney- General, Representative in Congress Fifth District, Councillor Sixth District, Senator Fifth District, Representative in the General Court Thirteenth Middle- sex District, County Commissioner, and any other officer 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, and also the following questions :-
QUESTIONS
Acceptance of Chap. 217, Acts of 1914, entitled, "An Act relative to vacations of laborers employed by cities and towns."
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Acceptance of Chap. 688, Acts of 1914, entitled, "An Act to make Saturday a half-holiday for laborers, workmen and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Commonwealth and otherwise to regulate their employment."
Acceptance of Chap. 790, Acts of 1914, entitled, "An Act to abolish the enrollment of members of political parties and to limit the membership of ward and town committees."
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, and to make seasonable return thereof with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk.
HEREOF FAIL NOT.
Given under our hands, this twenty-second day of October, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and fourteen.
JOHN F. FARRAR, R. D. DONALDSON, JOS. S. HART, Selectmen of Lincoln.
The return on the Warrant is as follows :-
Lincoln, Oct. 26, 1914.
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 the date of said meeting.
JAMES T. LAIRD,
Constable.
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Pursuant to the above Warrant, the meeting was called to order by the Chairman of the Selectmen, who read the Warrant.
Thomas L. Giles and Clifford E. Wistrand were sworn as Tellers and Hermon T. Wheeler and James W. Lennon as Ballot Clerks.
The Ballot Box was opened and examined, the counter on the same showing 0 0 0. The box was then locked and the keys given into the custody of the constable.
At 2.50 o'clock P. M. the Ballot Box was opened, 50 ballots removed, and the box again locked. The ballots were counted in blocks of 50 and sealed.
The counting continued until all the ballots had been removed from the Ballot Box.
The polls were closed at 4.30 o'clock, the counter on the Ballot Box showing 2 0 1 ballots, which number tallied with the number of votes cast.
The result of the ballot was announced in open meeting.
The ballots cast, together with the check lists used by the Ballot Clerks and Tellers, and the Tally Sheets and Total Tally Sheet were sealed in the box provided, in open meeting.
The vote is as follows :--
FOR GOVERNOR .-
Alfred H. Evans of Hadley,
1 vote.
Samuel W. McCall of Winchester, 112 votes.
Samuel C. Roberts of Springfield,
3
Joseph Walker of Brookline,
26
57 66
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg, Blank, 2
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FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR .-
Edward P. Barry of Boston, 57 votes. 116
Grafton D. Cushing of Boston, Arthur Howard of Salem, 2 James P. Magenis of Boston, 19 Sylvester W. McBride of Watertown, Blank, 4
3
FOR SECRETARY .-
Percy P. Ball of North Attleborough,
2 votes.
Frank J. Donahue of Boston,
56
2
James W. Holden of New Bedford, Albert P. Langtry of Springfield, William G. Merrill of Malden,
107
66
2
66
Russell A. Wood of Cambridge, Blank, 7
25
FOR TREASURER .-
Charles L. Burrill of Boston, Joseph M. Caldwell of Milford, Frederick Fosdick of Fitchburg, Thomas A. Frissell of Hinsdale, Karl Linstrand of Lynn, 1 Frederick W. Mansfield of Boston, Blank, 7
112 votes.
1 vote.
22 votes.
1 vote.
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57 votes.
FOR AUDITOR .-
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston, Daniel R. Donovan of Springfield, 3 John Drysdale of North Adams, Frederick P. Glazier of Hudson, Frank H. Pope of Leominster, 66 Blank, 10 66
96 votes.
1 vote.
25 votes
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FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL .-
Henry C. Atwell of Lynn, Thomas J. Boynton of Everett, 59
John Hildreth of Holyoke, Howard B. Rand of Haverhill, John Weaver Sherman of Boston, William Taylor of Worcester, Blank,
106 votes.
22
3
2
66
1 vote.
8 votes.
FOR CONGRESSMAN, Fifth District .-
J. Joseph O'Connor of Lowell, 55 votes.
William N. Osgood of Lowell, 21 John Jacob Rogers of Lowell, 117 Blank, 8
FOR COUNCILLOR, Sixth District. -
John J. Hogan of Lowell, 49 votes.
Harrie C. Hunter of Marlborough,
37
Henry C. Mulligan of Natick, Blank, 21
94 66
FOR SENATOR, Fifth Middlesex District .-
Patrick J. Duane of Waltham, 54 votes.
Frederick R. S. Mildon of Marlborough, 18
Nathan A. Tufts of Waltham, 119
Blank, 10
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, Thirteenth Middlesex District .- Winthrop H. Fairbanks of Sudbury, 41 votes. 16
104
Joseph S. Hart of Lincoln, Immanuel Pfeiffer, Jr. of Bedford, 52 Blank, 4
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FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Middlesex County-
George A. Goodwin of Cambridge, 26 votes.
Levi S. Gould of Melrose,
102
Charles F. McCarthy of Marlborough,
58 66
Blank,
15
Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, entitled, "An act relative to vacations of laborers employed by cities and towns" be accepted?
Yes,
65 votes.
No,
64
66
Blank,
72
Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, to make Saturday a half-holiday, without loss of pay, for laborers, workmen and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the common- wealth and otherwise to regulate their employment, be accepted?
Yes, No,
83 votes. 64
Blank,
64
Shall the act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen providing for the abolition of party enrollment at primary elections, be accepted?
Yes, No, Blank,
78 votes. 32
91 66
Voted to adjourn.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Town Clerk.
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Vote of the Thirteenth Middlesex District for Repre- sentative in the General Court, as determined at the Town Clerk's meeting held at Concord, Nov. 13, 1914.
Bed. | Con. |Lin. Sud. Way. West.|Total
Winthrop H. Fairbanks of Sudbury,
56
281
41
85
151
56
670
Joseph S. Hart of Lincoln,
64
201
104
16
43
50
478
Immanuel Pfeiffer, Jr., of Bedford, Blank,
138
417
52
86
215
262
1,170
13
40
4
2
27
9
95
Total,
271
939
201
189
436
377
2,413
Two certificates of election were filled out for Immanuel Pfeiffer, Jr., of Bedford and signed by
Abbott R. Webber, Town Clerk of Bedford.
William D. Cross, Town Clerk of Concord.
George L. Chapin, Town Clerk of Lincoln. Frank F. Gerry, Town Clerk of Sudbury.
Warren L. Bishop, Town Clerk of Wayland.
George W. Cutting, Town Clerk of Weston.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
Town Clerk.
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There have been recorded during the year ending Dec. 31, 1914, 25 Births, 9 Marriages, 15 Deaths.
Births Registered.
Date of Birth.
Name of Child.
Name of Parents.
Feb. 5,1914.
Lena Butcher.
Ralph E. and Annie (Gilbert. )
Oct. 21,1913.
Louise Ann Naff.
Fred and Mary A. (Flood.)
Feb.
14, 1914.
John Joseph Morrisey.
John J. and Annie (Murphy.)
May
25,1913.
Elizabeth Avard.
George and Margaret M. (Anderson.)
Aug.
25,
Eva Elizabeth Coburn.
Edwin S. and Minnie (Meyer.)
Feb.
20, 1914.
James Vincent Lennon.
James W. and Frances M. (Carey. )
Feb.
22,
- Bennett.
William J. and Ellen M. (Flood. ) John and Honor (Cole. )
July
2,1912.
Julia Kennedy.
Isaac and Delia (Casey. )
April
27,
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William Henry Davis.
William H. and Alice M. (MacPhee. ) Leo W. and Marion (Whittier.)
May
1,
Margaret Gaffey.
Duncan G. and Lily (Topliss. )
April
4,
Adelaide Nason Blodgett.
Edwin S. and Marion. (Loring.)
June June
18,
=
Helen Marguerite Wistrand
Aug.
15,
Emma Jane Flemming. - Pederson.
Charles L. and Margaret (Pressler. ) Andrew and Sarah Anne (Holmes. )
Sept.
23,
Frank Seeckts.
Edward F. and Josephine M. (Ritchie. ) Albert and Marion (Ehlert. )
Oct. 3,
Elizabeth Farrar.
Herbert G. and Edith (Biggs. )
Oct.
4,
Ethel Lillian McLean.
Hector and Lucy (Corkum.)
Oct.
13,
Ada Violet Gilbert.
Louis J. and Ada K. (Beebe.)
Oct.
22,
Alice Veronica Rooney.
Dec.
11,
Johnson.
John W., Jr. and Mary C. (Shelby.) -Ella Johnson.
May
18,
Jean Chapman.
March 8,
9,
=
Charles Francis Foreman.
Charles F. and Annie M. (Limond. ) Godfrey and Anna (Johnson. )
Sept. 7,
Edward Francis Flint.
Sept. 14,
Jean Elizabeth Donaldson.
Robert D. and Charlotte H. (Alcock. )
May 24, 1914.
Ernest Cook.
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Marriages Registered
Date of Marriage.
Names.
Residence.
April 4, 1914.
-
Charles Morris. Winifred Clamp.
Lincoln. Lincoln.
Sept. 1,
Richard A. Shepard. Elida J. Hueston.
Lincoln. Lincoln.
Sept. 7,
John B. Lennon. Elizabeth MacDonald.
Lincoln. Lincoln.
Oct. 1,
Michelo Cirasso. Armelia Morganello.
Lincoln. Lincoln.
Sept. 9,
Julian Dana de Cordova Alice Helene Miller Jones.
Lincoln Brookline.
Oct. 6,
Anthony J. Doherty. Josephine C. Yates.
Lincoln. New Bedford.
Nov. 1, "
Frederick J. Smith, Estella S. Heath.
Lincoln. Lincoln.
Nov. 11,
Arthur Roy Patterson. Mary Agnes Delory.
Stowe. Lincoln.
Dec. 17, "
Charles Arthur Beckett. Harriet Louise Spross. -
Cambridge. Cambridge.
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Deaths Registered
Date of Death.
Name.
Y.
Age M. D.
Jan. 2,1914.
Charles W. Piper.
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5
18
Feb. 7,
George Flint.
83
2
11
Feb. 22,
- Bennett. -
March 7,
Martha E. Whitney.
64
6
3
March 20,
Mary Macaulay.
65
May ɔ̃,
James I.orenzo Calkins.
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8
17
June 7,
Charles Foster Bunker.
62
2
22
July
3,
George Washington Browning.
83
11
18
July
30,
Wallace M. Brooks.
57
4
27
Sept. 27,
John Denton.
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-
Oct. 11,
- -Pederson.
1
4
Oct.
13,
Rosanna Conway.
80
-
-
Nov. 5,
Esther Harding.
74
9
22
Nov.
7,
Ellen O'Brien.
47
10
7
.
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The attention of the citizens is called to Extract from the Revised Laws in regard to the report of Births.
EXTRACT FROM THE REVISED LAWS Chap. 29 AS AMENDED BY CHAP. 280, ACTS OF 1912
Sect. 1. Physicians and midwives shall, within forty- eight hours after the birth of every child in cases of which they were in charge, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which the birth oc- curred a notice stating the date and place of the birth, giving the street number, if any, the number of the ward in a city and the family name. Failure to mail or deliver the said notice shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each offence. The notice required by this Section need not be given if the notice required by the following Section is given within forty-eight hours after the birth occurs.
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.
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DOGS LICENSED IN 1914.
There have been 140 licenses issued as follows :-- 112 Males, 21 Females, 5 Spayed Females, 2 Kennels for which $411.00 has been paid to the County Treasurer.
HUNTERS' LICENSES.
There have been 57 Resident Hunters' Licenses issued for which $57.00 has been paid to the Commissioners on Fisheries and Game.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Town Clerk.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
I have examined the accounts of the Town Treasurer and also Treasurer of the Sinking Fund. I have seen vouchers for all money paid and all securities of the Town.
Following is an account of the money paid by the Treasurer on the Selectmen's approval.
JAMES W. LENNON, Auditor.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN .
The Board of Selectmen organized with John F. Farrar as Chairman and Robert D. Donaldson as Secretary.
The last year has gone along quietly and comfortably, and no special Town Meetings have been demanded. A special effort has been made to keep the expenditures within the appropriations, but in some instances necessity has required an overdraft. The miscellaneous appro- priation was $5,000.00 and the expenditures $6,219.25. Handling forest fires cost $407.20.
The school committee conferred with the selectmen in regard to the South School building, and certain repairs were decided necessary. New cement work, drain pipe and dry wells were required to keep water out of the cellar and prevent the walls from caving in; new heating apparatus to replace the old furnace; the roof needed re-shingling, and some work inside such as painting and other minor repairs. We agreed that this work should be done; and as appropriations for the support of schools did not include the repairs on school buildings, this amount, so far amounting to $364.96, has been paid from the miscellaneous appropriation.
The driveway separating the School property from the Telephone property has been thoroughly repaired, and the Telephone Company has as per agreement paid $25.00 as their share. The balance, together with the resurfacing of the rest of the drive in the rear of the
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building, amounting to $50.00, has been paid from the miscellaneous appropriation.
The road from the corner of the Telephone lot to a. point opposite the house of Mr. Roger Sherman has been widened, a sidewalk and retaining wall built. This was a very narrow piece of way; and as quite a number of children walked in that direction and were obliged to keep in the highway, owing to the sloping banks on either side of the road, the widening of the road was necessary for safety. This expense, so far amounting to $207.17, has been paid from the mis- cellaneous account.
Counsel fees on water bond issue case ($264.50) and counsel fees on account of school committee election ($150.00) have also been paid from the miscellaneous account. The above items amounting to $1,443.83 deducted from the total expenditures will leave the account within the appropriation.
The highways have been in charge of Mr. W. H. Sherman. He has kept us in touch with the work as it went along, and although it is hard to keep roads up, owing to the class and amount of travel, our roads are in good average condition. Five new horses and one set of harness were purchased for the equipment of the department at an expense of $1,733.25. The horses while in the barn are in the care of Charles P. Farnsworth, which makes them reasonably safe in case of sickness or fire.
The road at the foot of the hill near Mr. Browning's was crooked and very narrow. The town has lengthened out the culvert, re-laid the old portion; and Mr. Browning has given labor, material and land enough to make this location safe and convenient, and it is a permanent improvement. The department has spent $12,388.28 and has approximately $550.00 to its credit, leaving an unexpended balance of $161.72.
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The town voted at the last annual meeting to leave the question of street lighting extensions in the hands of the selectmen, with power to act. Extensions have been made as follows: from Kidder's corner to Weston line, 12 lights; from Snelling's corner to Baker Bridge, 5 lights; on Snelling road, 2 lights; at corner of cemetery near Town Hall, 1 light; making 20 lights in all at a. cost of approximately $13.05 each, making an additional: cost of approximately $261.00 more expense per year for street lights. Expense of street lighting to Novem- ber 1, 1914, $1,161.36; for November and December, paid after January 1, 1915, $291.23; making the total cost for the year $1,452.59.
During the year alterations have been made in the Town Hall to meet the requirements of the State Police. Ash barrels have also been provided for the Hall, so now the depositing of ashes and rubbish in the rear of the building has been discontinued.
Support of Poor
Several demands were made to the Overseers of the Poor from hospitals, cities and other towns for support of persons they claimed belonged to Lincoln. We have been able so far to ward off all liability.
Silent Poor
One hundred dollars have been received from the Abbie J. Stearn's fund for the silent poor and properly placed.
License to Slaughter
Was granted to C. O. Sargeant and C. N. Cunnert on locations approved by the Board of Health.
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Appointments
Burial Agent, Roger Sherman.
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Matthew H. Doherty.
Special Police, James E. Baker, John W. Rocks, . John F. Farrar, William A. Harding, John J. Kelliher, Walter Sherman, Winslow Eaton, Frank Cunningham. James J. Kenna, Clarence Frost, Lorenzo E. Brooks, Herbert G. Farrar, Edwin S. Blodgett.
Inspector of Animals, Martin M. Welch.
Ballot Clerks and Tellers at Primary and Annual State Election, James W. Lennon. Thomas L. Giles, Herbert G. Farrar and Herman Wheeler and Clifford Wistrand.
Superintendent of Streets, William H. Sherman.
Janitor of Public Buildings and Caretaker of Public Grounds, Edward Bannon.
Forest Warden, J. J. Kelliher.
The following table gives the appropriations made by the Town for 1914, and the appropriations recommended by the Board to be made at the next Annual Meeting, for the year ending December 31, next :-
Appropriations for 1914
The Selectmen recommend the following appro- priations for the ensuing year
For Schools,
$11,000.00
$12,500.00
Support of Poor,
500.00
500.00
Highways and Bridges,
12,000.00
12,000.00
Library, Dog Tax, and,
500.00
1,000.00
Interest,
500.00
500.00
Cemeteries,
200.00
500.00
Board of Health,
200.00
200.00
Tree Warden,
500.00
500.00
Suppression of Gypsy and
Brown Tail Moths,
2,000.00 2,000.00
50
Miscellaneous Expenses, $5,000.00
$5,000.00
Payments of Water Bonds, 2,000.00
1,000.00
Sinking Fund, Water,
2,173.37
1,500.00
Hydrant and other public water service,
2,400.00
2,400.00
Waltham Hospital, Free Bed,
250.00
250.00
Street Lamps,
1,300.00
1,600.00
Fire Department,
100.00
100.00
Payment new Schoolhouse Bonds,
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