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Sect. 8. The selectmen and treasurer respectively shal? make a record, in a book kept for the purpose, of each ap propriation, with a list of the drafts drawn against such appropriation, and shall make a record of all bonds, notes, scrip or other evidence of indebtedness of the town, signed countersigned by them.
Sect. 9. When the bills contracted or approved by any board, committee, or officer have exhausted the entire ap- propriation for such board, committee or officer, they shall incur no further expenditure, except in cases where such expenditure may be required by law; and it shall be the duty of each board, committee or officer before the close of the financial year to approve all accounts, claims, bills and pay-rolls chargeable to their appropriation. During the in-
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terval between the thirty-first day of January in each year and the time of making the next annual appropriations, the selectmen, school committee and water commissioners, in order to meet the liabilities of their several dpartments, incurred in the carrying on of the work entrusted to them, shall have authority to make expenditures and payments from the treasury from any available funds therein, and the same shall be charged against the next annual appropria- tion. Such expenditure and liability incurred for any pur- pose shall not exceed one-fourth the entire amount appro- priated for that purpose in the previous year.
Sect. 10. Unless the town shall expressly otherwise vote, no extension of water pipes shall be made unless be- fore the work of construction is begun one or more of the persons whom it is proposed to supply with water by means of such extension, shall file with the town clerk a bond with sureties satisfactory to the water commissioners, condi- tioned to pay to the town for five years next following the completion of such extension and the letting of water into the same, a sum sufficient, together with the net annual in- come from such extension, to amount annually to five per centum of the total cost thereof.
ARTICLE III.
TOWN SEAL.
Section 1. The design of the town seal shall be: a circle, in the border the words "Lincoln. Incorporated in 1746 as a precinct: in 1754 as a Town;" in the center, a shield, in the chief or upper part of which on a cross, gules, a fleur -- de-lis, gold, from the old seal of Lincoln, England, and in the base of the shield a view of the present town hall; crest, the old chestnut tree standing upon the common in Lincoln; in saltire two shepherd's crooks; the device thereof being as follows:
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Sect. 2. All deeds and other legal documents made, given or entered into by the town requiring a seal shall be sealed with the town seal, and signed in behalf of the town by a majority of the selectmen.
Sect. 3. The town clerk shall have the custody of the town seal.
ARTICLE IV.
RECORDS.
Section 1. The town clerk shall record in full in a bool kept for the purpose all written contracts, deeds and other instruments to which the town is a party except such in- struments as may by law be recorded in the Registry of Deeds; and it shall be the duty of any board or officer exe- cuting or receiving such written contract, or other instru- ment, to deliver the same forthwith to the town clerk for the purpose of record. It shall be the duty of the town clerk to see that all conveyances of real estate to the town are properly recorded in the Registry of Deeds.
Sect. 2. The town clerk shall keep a file of ___ town re- ports, reports of all committees chosen by the town, and all original documents relating to the affairs of the tow ? which may come into his possession.
ARTICLE V.
BOOKS.
Section 1. Books, records and laws received by the town from the commonwealth shall be deposited in the public library building.
Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the town officer by whom any book mentioned in the preceding section is received, to cause the same to be at once deposited in the public library building.
Sect. 3. Such books may be used by the inhabitants of the town within such building, and may be taken therefrom upon written receipt to the librarian for a period not ex- ceeding one day at any one time for use in any town meet- ing, or by or before any committee or official of the town.
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ARTICLE VI.
SUITS AND CONTROVERSIES.
Section 1. The selectmen may compromise claims and suits to which the town is a party, provided that they shall act upon the advice of counsel when the amount claimed by or against the town exceeds $200.00.
Sect. 2. The selectmeu shall have, unless it is otherwise voted by the town, full authority as agents of the town to institute and prosecute suits or other proceedings in the name of the town before any tribunal, to appear and repre- sent or defend the town before any tribunal in all suits and other proceedings against the town or in which the town has an interest, to employ counsel for the purpose aforesaid and for other purposes when it may be expedient to do so, and to take all necessary and proper measures for the pro- tection of the interests and rights of the town.
Sect. 3. If the town shall, at any meeting called for the purpose, choose, a committee on claims, such committee shall have and exercise exclusively all the powers and duties conferred upon the selectmen by the two preceding sections.
ARTICLE VII.
REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS BY THE TOWN.
Section 1. The annual reports of the town officers, boards and committees shall be prepared in form suitable for printing on or before the tenth day of February in each year. The selectmen shall cause such reports to be printed and distributed to the legal voters of the town seven days at least before the annual meeting.
Sect. 2. The selectmen shall cause to be printed and bound each year with the annual reports of the town officers, boards and committees, a copy of the records of the town meetings during the preceding year; a statement of all devises, bequests and donations to the town during the
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preceding year; a list of all laws of the commonwealth ao- cepted by the town during the year; all by-laws adopted by the town since the preceding annual report; copies of the laying out, alteration, locating anew or discontinuance of any highway or townway within the limits of the town dur- ing the preceding year; and a statement of all outstanding bonds, notes and obligations of the town for the payment of money.
Sect. 3. The selectmen shall from time to time cause to be printed a sufficient number of copies of the by-laws of the town and shall incorporate therewith a list of the laws of the commonwealth which have been accepted by the town.
ARTICLE VIII.
TRUANTS.
Section 1. Any minor being an habitual truant, and any child between the ages of seven and fifteen years found wandering about the streets or public places within the town having no lawful occupation or business, not attend- ing school, and growing up in ignorance, and such children as persistently violate the reasonable rules and regulations of the public schools, may upon conviction thereof be com- mitted to the Middlesex County Truant School at Chelms- ford, Mass., or to any other place provided by the town within its limits, for confinement, instruction, and disci- pline.
ARTICLE IX.
PUBLIC REGULATIONS.
Section 1. No person shall coast upon any public street or part thereof after the selectmen have posted a notice prohibiting coasting upon such street or part thereof.
Sect. 2. No person, unless authorized by law, shall break or dig up any part of any street without a written permit therefor from the selectmen. Every person who
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after obtaining such permit shall obstruct or render unsafe any public street, shall guard the same by a proper fence or railing, and by lights during the night time, subject to the . approval of the selectmen. Such permit may be revoked at any time.
Sect. 3. No person shall be or remain in any doorway, or upon any stairs, doorstep, portico or other projection from any house or building, or upon or against any wall or fence on or near any street or public place, after having been requested by the owner or any occupant of the premises or by any constable or police officer to remove therefrom.
Sect. 4. No person shall make, write, print, paint, cut or post any indecent or obscene marks, words, figures or signs upon any fence, building, post, tree or other object exposed to public view.
Sect. 5. No person shall wilfully injure, mar, deface or destroy any fence, signboard, guideboard, lamp-post, lamp or lantern in any street or public place, nor extinguish any street light, nor extinguish or remove any light placed to denote an obstruction or a defect in any public street or way, without proper authority to do so.
Sect. 6. Any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of this article shall forfeit and pay, for each offense, a sum not exceeding twenty dollars."
Which said By-Laws being seen and understood by the Court, are on this nineteenth day of June, A. D. 1897, ap- proved.
In testimony that the foregoing is a true copy of record. I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this twenty-second day of June, A. D. 1897.
RALPH M. SMITH, Ass't Clerk.
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INDEX
Town Officers, 1915
PAGE 3-5
Proceedings of Town Meetings, 1915
7-37
Town Clerk's Report
38-42
Recommendations for Appropriations
44-45
Selectmen's Report
44-62
"Increase of Taxation." Address Charles Francis Adams
63-69
Auditor's Report
43
Expenditures for the year
71-87
Report of Assessors
108-125
Report of Town Treasurer
95
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners
139-140
Report of Town Treasurer in account Cemetery Commissioners .
141
Report of Commissioner of Sinking Fund
96-97
Report of Treasurer Commissioners Trust Funds
98-104
Report of Treasurer Bemis Lecture Fund
105-106
Report of Water Commissioners
126-138
Report of Tree Warden
142-143
Report of Forest Warden
135
Report of Board of Health
107
Report of Supt. of Streets .
92-94
Report of Inspector of Animals .
88-90
Report of Fire Engineers
91
Report of Trustees of Lincoln Public Library
144
Library Statistics .
146
Report of Treasurer of Lincoln Library
145
List of Accessions to Library
147-151
School Reports
. 153-169
School Expenditures
158
Report of School Committee
153-157 ·
Report of Superintendent of Schools
159-164
School Calendar and Statistics
167-168
Roll of Honor
165-166
· Tabular Statement
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Warrant, 1916
. 171-174
By-Laws of the Town .
. 175-182
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REPORT OF THE OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
For the Year 1916 ALSO THE
Reports of the School and other Committees
FOR THE YEAR 1916
LIN
OLN
INCORPOR
ATED.IN.17
T. IN.1754-AS.A.TOWN
IN.174
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BOSTON: GEO. E. CROSBY CO., PRINTERS 394 Atlantic Avenue 1917
REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN OF LINCOLN
For the Year 1916 ALSO THE
Reports of the School and other Committees
FOR THE YEAR 1916
LINCOLN
ING
ORPOR
TED.IN.17
To IN.1754.AS .A.TOWN.
BOSTON: GEO. E. CROSBY CO., PRINTERS 394 Atlantic Avenue 1917
Town Officers, 1916-1917
Town Clerk. ARTHUR F. CHAPIN.
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor. CHARLES S. SMITH,
. JOHN F. FARRAR,
ROBERT D. DONALDSON
Board of Health.
R. D. DONALDSON CHARLES E. CLARK
Term expires 1917 " 1918
MARTIN M. WELCH
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1919
Assessors.
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
Term expires 1917
CHARLES S. WHEELER
" 1918
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE
1919
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
CHARLES S. WHEELER.
Auditor. JAMES W. LENNON.
Constables.
JOHN J. KELLIHER,
GEORGE E. CUNNINGHAM.
Commissioners of Trust Funds.
JULIUS E. EVELETH
Term expires 1917
CHARLES S. SMITH
1918
C. LEE TODD
.
1919
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Tree Warden. JOHN J. KELLIHER.
Trustees for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures.
JULIUS E. EVELETH
Term expires 1917
EDWARD F. FLINT
1918
C. LEE TODD
66 66 1919
Trustees of Grammar School Fund.
CHARLES S. WHEELER, GEORGE L. CHAPIN,
JULIUS E. EVELETH.
Trustees of Lincoln Library.
GEORGE G. TARBELL, 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,
JOHN F. FARRAR,
ROBERT D. DONALDSON. ARTHUR F. CHAPIN.
School Committee.
HENRY E. WARNER
Term expires 1917
ELIZABETH BLODGETT
66
1918
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY
1919
Water Commissioners.
JOHN ADAMS
Term expires 1917
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
66
1918
JOSEPH S. HART
66
1919
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Field Drivers. FRANCIS J. MOYNIHAM, WILLIAM E. WATSON.
JOHN TASKER,
Fence Viewers.
JOHN F. FARRAR,
WM. H. SHERMAN.
Surveyor of Lumber.
RICHARD A. SHEPARD.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
SAMUEL FARRAR,
JOHN F. FARRAR.
Cemetery Commissioners.
ROGER SHERMAN
Term expires 1917
CHARLES S. SMITH
1918
JULIUS E. EVELETH .
1919
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Proceedings of a Town Meeting held March 6, 1916
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln, in said County :
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln, qualified to vote at Town Meeting for the transaction of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Lincoln, on Monday, the sixth day of March next, at 11.30 o'clock A. M. by posting a copy of this Warrant by you attested, in each of the Post Offices and in some other public place in said Town, seven days at least before the said sixth day of March, then and there to act upon the following Articles :
The polls for voting the Australian ballot will be open at 12 o'clock noon and may be closed at 6.30 o'clock P. M.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To bring in their votes for the following Town Officers, and any other officers required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise, also any committees, commissioners and trustees.
Three Selectmen for one year.
One member of the Board of Assessors for three years.
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One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Treasurer for one year.
One Collector for one year.
One Auditor for one year.
Two Constables for one year.
One Tree Warden for one year.
One member of the Trust Fund Commissioners for three years.
One member of Trustees for Free Public Lectures for three years.
One member of the School Committee for three years.
One member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for three years.
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the following ques- tion :
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?"
ART. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committee, Commissioners and Trustees.
ART. 4. To appropriate money for necessary and expedient purposes of the Town and enact anything in relation to the same.
ART. 5. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
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ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning February 1, 1916, in anticipation of the collection of taxes for the 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 therefor, payable in one year from the date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will choose a Committee on Claims under the provisions of Section 3, Article 6 of the By-Laws.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Commissioners of Sinking and Trust Funds to deliver to the Town Treasurer all of the Schoolhouse Bonds which they have purchased, together with any accumulated cash, and direct the Town Treasurer to cancel said Bonds or take any action in connection with the purchase and cancellation of Schoolhouse Bonds.
ART. 10. To hear the report of the Selectmen in regard to changes in the By-Laws and enact anything in relation to the same.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will provide any money towards the Washington Memorial to be erected at Washington, D. C.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will extend the electric lights, street and commercial, from Mr. Charles S. Wheeler's Lane to the State Road opposite the beginning of the Virginia Road.
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ART. 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to install a pump and make pro- vision for payment of the same.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will remove the hy- drant now standing in the path or sidewalk adjacent to Saint Joseph's Church in South Lincoln, or take any action in reference to the matter.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will extend the elec- tric lights from Story's Corner to Waltham Line via Andrew J. Dougherty's.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will extend the water pipe from I. N. MacRae's to a point opposite the house of Miss Carrie B. Chapin.
ART. 17. To see if the Town out of regard and respect for Mr. George G. Tarbell, George F. Bemis and Charles Francis Adams, men who have been of great service to the Town, will have terra cotta busts of them executed and placed either in the Town Hall or Library.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to have Mr. Crook, a Lincoln artist, do the work at a cost not to exceed $1,200.
HEREOF FAIL NOT
And make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at or before the time for the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-fourth day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
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The return on the Warrant is as follows:
Lincoln, February 28, 1916.
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 date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable of Lincoln.
Pursuant to the above Warrant the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk and the Warrant read.
Under Article 1, voted and chose Charles S. Wheeler, Moderator.
Under Article 2, Thomas L. Giles and Andrew J. Dougherty, Jr., having been appointed Tellers and Thomas J. Dee and Charles E. Clark as Ballot Clerks, were sworn.
A package of ballots, said to contain 400 Regular Ballots and 100 School Committee Ballots was delivered by the Town Clerk to the Ballot Clerks and their receipt taken for the same.
The Ballot Box was opened and examined, the counter showing 0 0 0, the box being empty, was locked and the keys delivered to the Constable.
At 12 o'clock noon, the polls were opened and remained open until 6.30 o'clock P.M.
Before the polls were opened it was voted that when this meeting adjourns it does so to meet in Bemis Hall at one o'clock, Saturday, March eleven.
The polls were closed at 6.30 o'clock P.M., the counter on the Ballot Box showing 1 9 7, which corresponded with the Check Lists used by the Ballot Clerks and Tellers.
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Upon the ballots being counted the following vote was disclosed, and was announced by the Moderator :-
Town Clerk .-
Arthur F. Chapin, sworn, Harold S. Cousins, Blank,
121 votes.
63
12
66
Selectmen .-
Robert D. Donaldson, sworn,
147 votes.
John F. Farrar, sworn,
159
66
James L. Roche,
60
Charles S. Smith, sworn,
152
Assessor, 3 years .- William C. Peirce, sworn, Blank,
173 votes. 23
Treasurer .- Charles S. Wheeler, sworn, Frank Moynihan, J. Connair, Blank,
168 votes.
1
1
26
Collector of Taxes .- Charles S. Wheeler, sworn, James Ryan, Fritz Cunnert, Blank,
173 votes.
1
1
21 66
Auditor .- James W. Lennon, Blank,
178 votes. 18
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Constables .-
George E. Cunningham, sworn,
173 votes. 172
John J. Kelliher, sworn, H. Butcher, 1
66
School Committee, 3 years .-
Anthony J. Doherty,
Blank,
164 votes. 33
Water Commissioner, 3 years .-
Joseph S. Hart,
104 votes.
Sumner Smith, 89 John Adams, 1 Blank, 2
66
Water Commissioner, I year, to fill vacancy .-
John Adams,
83 votes.
C. E. Clark,
1
F. Cunnert,
1
J. S. Hart,
3 66
Purslow,
1
66
S. Smith,
6
66.
Martin Sherman,
1
66
Blank, 100
Board of Health, 3 years .- Martin M. Welch, C. E. Clark, 1 Blank, 35
160 votes.
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Board of Health, 2 years to fill vacancy .-
74 votes.
C. E. Clark, J. Adams,
1
J. J. Connair,
1
66
J. S. Hart,
2
H. Snelling,
1
R. D. Donaldson,
1
66
F. Cunnert,
1
Blank,
115
66
Tree Warden .- John J. Kelliher, Blank,
175 votes. 21
Cemetery Commissioner, 3 years .-
Julius E. Eveleth, C. S. Smith, Blank,
163 votes.
1
32
Commissioner of Trust Funds, 3 years .-
C. Lee Todd, Blank, 36
160 votes.
Trustee for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures, 3 years
C. Lee Todd, J. J. Connair, Blank,
158 votes. 1
37
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town?
Yes, No,
27 votes. 139
Blank,
30
After the announcement of the result of the ballot, it was voted to adjourn.
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March 11, 1916. The Moderator again read the result of the ballot and the officers present who were elected were sworn.
The following officers were then chosen :--
Field Drivers .-
John Tasker. Francis J. Moynihan, sworn. William E. Watson.
Fence Viewers .-
John F. Farrar, sworn. William H. Sherman, sworn.
Surveyor of Lumber .- Richard A. Shepard.
Measurers of Wood and Bark .-
Samuel Farrar. John F. Farrar.
ART. 3. All of the printed reports of the Town Book were accepted except the Water Commissioners' report, which report was voted to lie on the table.
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ART. 4. Voted and appropriated :
For Schools
$12,500.00
Schools, to be taken from the Treasury
2,500.00
Support of Poor
500.00
Highways and Bridges
.
12,000.00
Library-The Dog Tax and
500.00
Interest
500.00
Cemeteries
500.00
Board of Health
200.00
Tree Warden 400.00
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths 2,100.00
Miscellaneous Expenses 5,000.00
Hydrant and other Water Service . 2,400.00
Waltham Hospital, Free Bed 250.00 ·
Street Lamps
1,800.00
For Fire Department. Voted, That the sum of $2,500 be appropriated to purchase a Motor Truck, to be taken from money in the treasury and that the Mod- erator appoint a committee not exceeding seven in number to purchase and provide for the proper care of the same. The Chair appointed the Fire Engineers and Messrs. C. Lee Todd and Sumner Smith.
For Payment Schoolhouse Bonds $3,000.00 Interest Schoolhouse Bonds 1,080.00
Payment of Water Bonds (to be taken from Water Works Income) .
1,000.00
Water Works Sinking Fund (to be taken from Water Works Income) 1,500.00
Voted, That the sum of $15,000 be appropriated from available funds in the treasury to retire the School- house Bonds and that the Sinking Fund Commissioners be a committee to purchase the same, and when any bonds are purchased, that the same be turned over to the Town Treasurer to be cancelled.
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Voted, That the sum of $4,500 be appropriated for the current expenses of the Water Works, not including any appropriations for a new pump, and that the said sum of $4,500 be taken from current Water Works receipts.
ART. 5. Voted, To collect the taxes in the same way and manner as last year.
Interest at the rate of 6% a year be charged on all taxes not paid on or before October 15, and the Col- lector is authorized to collect the tax of any person, after the said fifteenth of October, either by distress or im- prisonment.
ART. 6. Voted, That the compensation of the Col- lector of Taxes be 112% of the amount collected.
ART. 7. 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 January 1, 1916, to an amount not exceeding the total levy for the said year, and to issue notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from taxes of the said municipal year.
ART. 8. Voted, To pass over the Article.
ART. 9. Voted, That the Town authorize and direct the Commissioners of Sinking and Trust Funds to deliver to the Town Treasurer all of the Schoolhouse Bonds which they have purchased, together with any accumulated cash, and the Town Treasurer is hereby directed to cancel the bonds so delivered.
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ART. 10. Voted, Section 1 of Article 1 of the By-Laws is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
Section 1. The Annual Town Meeting shall be held on the Saturday following the first Monday of February in each year for the purpose of transacting all business which may properly come before the Town, except the election of Town officers required to be chosen by official ballot.
Such officers shall be elected at an adjourned meeting the same day or some other day not later than the next following Saturday.
Voted, Section 1 of Article 2 of the By-Laws is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
Section 1. The financial year shall commence with the first day of January and end with the thirty-first day of December annually.
Voted, Article 9 of the By-Laws is hereby amended by inserting after Section 5 the following Section:
"No person shall do business within the Town as a junk dealer or peddler without a license therefor duly issued by the Selectmen."
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized and directed to present the By-Laws, this day adopted, to the At- torney-General of the Commonwealth for approval and cause publication thereof to be made as may be required by law.
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