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or shall publicly advertise for bids, but no contract shall be split, separated or divided for the purpose of reducing the amount thereof below said sum of $500.00.
Sect. 3. The town clerk shall keep a file of all town reports, reports of all committees chosen by the town, and all original documents relating to the affairs of the town 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.
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.
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Sect. 2. The selectmen 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 afore- said and for other purposes when it may be expedient to do so, and to take all necessary and proper measures for the protection 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 offi- cers, boards and committees, a copy of the records of the town meetings during the preceding year ; a statement of all devices, bequests and donations to the town during the preceding year; a list of all laws of the commonwealth accepted by the town during the year ; all by-laws adopted by the town since the preceding annual report; and a state- ment of all outstanding bonds, notes and obligations of the town for the payment of money.
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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 discipline.
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 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.
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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 prem- ises or by any constable or police officer to remove there- from.
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."
CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, CONRAD S. HATHEWAY, F. WINCHESTER DENIO, Committee.
INDEX
PAGE
Town Officers, 1922
3-6
Proceedings of Town Meetings, 1922
7-16
Town Clerk's Report
17-40
Selectmen's Report .
41-51
Recommendations for Appropriations
42
Auditor's Report
58
Expenditures for the Year
58-73
Collector of Taxes .
105
Report of Assessors
87-103
Treasurer's Report .
104
Report of the Cemetery Commissioners
84
Report of Town Treasurer in acc't Cemetery Commissioners . 85, 86 74
Report of Treasurer Commissioners' Trust Funds
75-81
Report of Treasurer Bemis Lecture Fund
82, 83
Report of Water Commissioners
106-110
Report of Animals Slaughtered .
57
Report of Committee on Housing of the Animals and Equip- ment of the Town
57
Report of Fire Engineers
111
Report of Superintendent of Streets
52-54
Report of Tree Warden
112
Report of Board of Health
56
Lincoln Town Nurse
55, 56
Report of Trustees of Lincoln Public Library
113
Report of Treasurer of Lincoln Library .
114
Library Statistics
115
List of Accessions to Library
. 116-119
Report of Committee on Enlarging the School House
. 120-123
School Reports
125
School Committee
126
School Calendar
127
Report of School Committee
128
School Expenditure
134
Warrant of 1923
135
Proposed By-Laws
139
Report of Commissioner of Sinking Fund
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1923-24
Town Clerk. WILLIAM C. PEIRCE
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.
CHARLES S. SMITH (Chairman)
Term expires 1924
JOHN F. FARRAR
" 1925
ROBERT D. DONALDSON
1926
Assessors.
WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
Term expires 1926
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE
"
1925
HERBERT G. FARRAR
"
1924
Treasurer. C. LEE TODD
Collector of Taxes. THOMAS S. GILES
Auditor. JAMES W. LENNON
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Constables. JOHN J. KELLIHER GEORGE E. CUNNINGHAM
School Committee.
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY (Chairman)
Term expires 1925
EDITH B. FARRAR
"
„ 1924
GEORGE G. TARBELL
1926
Water Commissioners.
JOHN J. KELLIHER
Term expires 1925
SUMNER SMITH
"
"
1926
ROBERT R. HUNTER
" 1924
Board of Health.
ROBERT D. DONALDSON
Term expires 1926
GEORGE G. TARBELL
" 1924
MARTIN M. WELCH
"
1925
Tree Warden. JOHN J. KELLIHER . .
Commissioners of Trust Funds.
CHARLES S. SMITH C. LEE TODD *DONALD GORDON
Trustees of Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures. EDWARD F. FLINT (Chairman) C. LEE TODD *DONALD GORDON
*Deceased.
Cemetery Commissioners.
CHARLES S. SMITH
Term expires 1924
EDWARD F. FLINT
1925
FRITZ CUNNERT
" " 1926
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Field Drivers. DAVID C. BOWEN JOHN E. MCHUGH
Fence Viewers DAVID C. BOWEN WILLIAM H. SHERMAN
Surveyor of Lumber ELMER A. ROLLINS
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
JOHN F. FARRAR
ELMER A. ROLLINS
Trustees of Grammar School Fund.
CONRAD P. HATHEWAY JOHN T. CLARK
Trustees of Lincoln Library.
GEORGE G. TARBELL JOHN F. FARRAR
C. LEE TODD CHARLES S. SMITH, Chairman Selectmen ex-officio ANTHONY J. DOHERTY, Chairman School Committee . ex-officio Registrars.
CHARLES S. SMITH JOHN F. FARRAR
ROBERT D. DONALDSON WILLIAM C. PEIRCE
Special Police appointed by the Selectmen for 1923, sworn by Town Clerk
MATTHEW H. DOHERTY FREDERICK H. POLLARD
J. REDMAN HARTWELL WILLIAM M. HILLIARD
HERBERT G. FARRAR HECTOR MACLEAN
ISAAC LANGILLE
The following persons have been appointed by the Police Commis-
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sioner of the City of Boston, as Railroad Police Officers of and for the Boston and Maine Railroad under date of June 2nd, 1923.
ERNEST G. BISHOP JOHN McCOLGAN ROBERT E. O'CONNOR
JOHN E. O'BRIEN JOHN F. RYAN HOWARD J. TRIMNELL Attest : WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Proceedings of a Town Meeting held March 5, 1923
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 trans- action of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Lincoln on Monday, the fifth day of March next at one o'clock P. M., then and there to act on all of the following Articles, except Article 2, and to meet in said Town Hall on Tuesday, the sixth day of March next at 12:30 o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following Article 2, 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 fifth day of March next:
The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 6th, will be open at 12:30 o'clock P. M. and may be closed at 6.30 o'clock P. M.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
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ART. 2. To bring in their votes for the following Town Officers and any other officers required by law to be elected by Australian ballot :
One Town Clerk for one year.
One member of the Board of Selectmen for three years.
One member of the Board of Assessors for three years.
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.
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Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the following question :
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?"
ART. 3. To bring in their votes for any committees, com- -
missioners, trustees and officers required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Of- ficers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
ART. 5. To appropriate money for necessary and expe- dient purposes of the Town and enact anything in relation to the same.
ART. 6. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To determine the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the muni- cipal year, beginning January 1st, 1923, 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 the taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize any extension of street lighting or take any action with reference to the matter.
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ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize any extension of water pipes or take any action with reference to the matter.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will authorize the employ- ment of a Visiting Nurse or take any action with reference to the matter.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $200, or some other amount and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will acquire, by purchase or otherwise, sufficient land for a playground or athletic field and appropriate any money for the same, or take any action in relation thereto.
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 12th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty- three.
CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
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The following return is on the back of the Warrant :
Feb. 24, 1923.
I have served this warrant by posting an attested copy one in each of the Post Offices and one at the Railroad Station seven days before date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.
Pursuant to the above Warrant the meeting was called to order at 1 o'clock P. M. by the Town Clerk. Warrant read by Town Clerk.
ART. 1. George G. Tarbell was chosen Moderator. Voted to adjourn the meeting until 1.30 P. M. The meeting was called to order at 1.30 P. M.
ART. 3 was taken up with the following result :
Field Drivers .-
David C. Bowen (Sworn) John E. McHugh
Fence Viewers .-
David C. Bowen (Sworn) William H. Sherman (Sworn)
Surveyor of Lumber .-
Elmer A. Rollins (Sworn)
Measurers of Wood and Bark .-
John F. Farrar (Sworn) Elmer A. Rollins (Sworn)
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Trustees of Grammar School Fund .-
Conrad P. Hatheway (Sworn) John T. Clark
ART. 4. Voted. To accept the Reports of Town Officers, Commissioners, Committees, and Trustees as printed in the Town Report, except the School Committee's report. After some discussion the School Committee's report was accepted.
Voted to take up Article 13.
ART. 13. Voted. That the Moderator appoint a com- mittee to confer with Miss Elsie Pierce regarding the acquisi- tion of her land at the present time for use as a playground. The vote Yes 66, No 5. The Moderator appointed C. Lee Todd, David W. Mann, Francis N. Balch.
Voted to take up Article 4.
ART. 4. Voted. That the proposed By-Laws of the Town of Lincoln as presented by the Committee chosen at the last annual meeting be accepted.
ART. 5.
Appropriations .-
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For Schools
$22,000
Transportation of Children
5,500
Support of Poor
500
Highways and Bridges
12,000
66 Special Snow Work and Tractor
4,000
" South Great Road (taken from money in Treasury 7,500
" Library, Dog Tax and 800
Cemeteries (taken from Cemetery Fund) 500
Board of Health 500
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Tree Warden (taken from money in Treasury) 3,500
Miscellaneous Expenses 8,000
Voted that $7,000 be added to the Miscellaneous Expenses, such part as is necessary to be used for Street Lights in North Lincoln.
Voted that $4,000 of this appropriation be taken from money in the Treasury.
For Hydrants and other Water Service (taken from money in Treasury) 2,400
.. Waltham Hospital Free Bed 300
Street Lamps 1,800
Fire Department 500
District Nurse 750
.. Payment of Water Bonds (taken from Water .Works income) 1,000
Water Works Sinking Fund (taken from Water Works income) 1,500
" Farm Bureau 200
· Voted to take up Art. 11.
ART. 11. Voted. That the Town appropriate the sum of $750 to continue the Nursing Service for the fiscal year Jan. 1, 1923, to Dec. 31, 1923. :
ART. 6. Voted. To collect the taxes in the same manner as last year.
ART. 7. Voted. That the compensation of the tax collec- tor be the same as last year
. ART. .. 8. . Voted. That the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval ., of the Selectmen. to borrow during the,
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municipal year beginning January 1, 1923, 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. 9. Voted. The appropriation of $7,000 be added to the miscellaneous expense account.
Moved to adjourn. Motion not carried.
Motion made that $800 be appropriated for lights in East Lincoln. Motion not carried.
Voted. That $100 be approprtated for street lights from the house of Timothy A'Hearn to the house of S. Rodman Snelling.
Voted to take up Article 3.
ART. 3. A motion was made that the Town appoint a committee consisting of B. E. Carlson, C. G. Clapp and George L. Cousins to purchase all the coal needed for the Town the present year, and report to the Town the price paid per ton, and the number of tons purchased, the same as other Towns.
Motion not carried.
ART. 10. Not acted upon.
ART. 12. Voted. That the Town appropriate the sum of $200 for the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middlesex County of Agriculture and Home Economies.
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ART. 13. A motion was made that the present playground committee consisting of Donald Gordon, Herbert G. Farrar, Anthony J. Doherty, Thomas S. Giles and Winslow A. Eaton together with the Selectmen be and are hereby authorized to purchase for the Town for playground purposes the lot con- sisting of at least four acres of land and being the same as recommended by said committee in its report submitted to the Town at this meeting, said land now belonging to the Cod- man heirs and located in the south part of the Town, and the sum of not over six thousand dollars is hereby appropriated.
Motion not carried. Vote Yes 41, No 50.
Voted to adjourn.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of the Annual Election of Town Officers, March 6, 1923
Meeting was called to order at 12.30 o'clock by the Moder- ator. Thomas J. Dee was sworn as Ballot Clerk, William M. Hilliard and Robert R. Hunter were sworn as Tellers.
The polls were then declared open. At 6.30 P. M. the polls were declared closed. There were 70 ballots cast, 49 men, 21 women having voted. This count agreed with the counter on the ballot box, and the check list used by the ballot clerk.
The following is the result of the ballot :
Town Clerk .-
William C. Peirce
64 votes 6
Blanks
Selectman for 3 Years .-
Robert D. Donaldson
58 votes
George G. Tarbell 5 Blanks 66
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Assessor for 3 Years .-
William H. Sherman Blanks
66 votes 4
Treasurer .-
C. Lee Todd
Blanks
67 votes 3
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Collector of Taxes .-
Thomas L. Giles Blanks
61 votes 9
Auditor .-
James W. Lennon Blanks
65 votes 5
Constables .-
George E. Cunningham John J. Kelliher William B. Riley
54 votes 53
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School Committee for 3 Years .-
George G. Tarbell Blanks
63 votes 7 66
Water Commissioner for 3 Years .-
Sumner Smith
Blanks
62 votes 8
Board of Health for 3 Years .-
Robert D. Donaldson
57 votes
Earl F. Gates
2
Thomas F. Coan
1
Blanks
10
Tree Warden .-
John J. Kelliher Blanks
61 votes 9 *
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Cemetery Commissioner for 3 Years .-
Fritz Cunnert Blanks
61 votes 9
Commissioner of Trust Funds for 3 Years .-
Donald Gordon Blanks
65 votes 5 66
Trustee for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures for 3 Years .-
Donald Gordon
62 votes
Fritz Cunnert
1 vote
Blanks
7 votes
Question .-
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxi- cating beverages in this Town.
Yes 18 votes
No
42
Blanks
10 66
Question .-
Shall the Town petition for the installation of an Accounting System, by the Commonwealth.
"This question is submitted under the provision of Chapter 516 Acts of 1922."
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Yes No
Blanks
12 votes 46 66
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Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of a Special Town Meeting Held June 25, 1923
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 transac- tion of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Lincoln on Monday, the 25th day of June next at eight o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following Articles, 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 25th day of June next :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to grade the schoolhouse grounds and appropriate money for same, or take any action with reference to the matter.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will appropriate any additional money for school expenses for the current year.
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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 meet- ing aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 15th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.
CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
Lincoln, June 18, 1923.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and one at the Railroad Station, seven days before date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.
Pursuant to the above Warrant the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant.
ART. 1. Henry E. Warner was chosen Moderator.
ART. 2. Voted. That a committee of five be authorized to have the schoolhouse grounds properly graded for a play- ground for the school children, also in such a way that there may be a good baseball field for the use of the citizens of the Town, and sufficient money be appropriated to be taken from the surplus in the Treasury. That this committee consist of the Selectmen and two to be appointed by the Chair, or other- wise as the Town may determine.
The following men were nominated from the floor and voted unanimously, C. Lee Todd, and Andrew J. Dougherty, Jr.
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Voted. To appropriate $5,000. Money taken from the Treasury.
Voted. That the committee be authorized to receive dona- tions for the playground.
ART. 3. Voted. To appropriate $1,600 for school ex- penses for the current year. Money taken from the Treasury.
Voted to adjourn.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
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Births Registered
Date of birth
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Mar. 18, 1879
John Patrick White
Jan. 11, 1922
George Brooks Thompson, Jr.
Sept. 29, 1922
Edward Napoleon Gilbert
Jan. 3, 1923
Domenica De Meo
Jan. 14, 1923
Doriet Theresa Macleod
Jan. 16, 1923
Ethel Martin
Jan. 30, 1923
Pauline Lynch
Jan. 31, 1923
Charles Lee Tarbell
Mar 8, 1923
James Martin Neville, Jr.
Mar. 25, 1923
William Robert Doherty
Apr. 22, 1923
Costanza Incoronsta Catore
June 3, 1923
Edward Archibald Rich- ardson
Edward A. and Edna A. (Jones)
June 30, 1923
Diamond
July 31, 1923
Margaret Coan
Aug. 18, 1923
Dorothy Silva
Aug. 18, 1923
Thomas Baskin Clark
Sept. 20, 1923
Rasmussen
Sept. 25, 1923
Alice Elizabeth Ryan
Oct. 20, 1923
Kenneth Walter Kynett
Nov. 23, 1923
Phyllis Wentworth Wat- son
Thomas and Ellen (Cuff) George B. and Agnes V. (Binns)
Edward F. and Annie J. (O'Connell) Sabatino and Maria (Granfelecio) Earl W. and Ethel L. (Bere) Angus W. and Lillian M. (Harvey) James P. and Helen M. (Perkins) George E. and Eleanor M. (Fink) James M. and Mary A. (Molloy) Matthew H. and Elizabeth (Hunter) Angelo and Maria G. (Debrigario)
Katherine (Diamond) - Thomas F. and Annie (Crowley) Manuel and Adeloina (Perry) Thomas and Catherine (Baskin) Robert E. and Grace M. (Doucett) James T. and Mary J. (Norris) Elmer O. and Frances (Willgoose) William E. and Claire L. (Wentworth)
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 occurred 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.
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