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SECT. 4. No person having the care or use of a horse, or other beast of burthen, carriage or draught, shall ride, drive or permit such horse, or other beast, to go at a greater rate of speed than ten miles an hour, in any public street, highway or townway.
SECT. 5. No person other than the owner thereof, or his agent, shall trim, cut, prune, or in any manner injure, any shade, fruit or ornamental tree planted in any street or public place in the town, without the written consent or order of one or more of the Selectmen ; nor shall any person hitch or fasten any horse or other animal to such trees, or to the boxing which may. surround them.
SECT. 6. No person shall be allowed to pasture, or suffer to run at large any horse, cattle or other grazing animal upon any of the streets or public places in the town.
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SECT 7. No person shall coast with a sled or runners, kick football, or play at any game in which a ball is used, or throw any stones, or shoot with or use a bow and arrow, in any of the public streets of the town ; and no person shall ride upon any tricycle, bicycle or velocipede on any of the sidewalks of the town.
SECT. 8. No person not in the employ of the town shall set fire to any bushes, leaves, grass or other combustible substance in any of the streets of the town; nor near to any fence or building not owned or occupied by himself.
SECT. 9. No person shall swim or bathe in any of the waters within or surrounding the town, so as to be exposed to view in a nude state from any dwelling-house, or to passengers or other persons on any public way or railroad.
SECT. 10. No person shall behave in a rude or disorderly manner, or use any profane, indecent or insulting language, in any public street or place in the town, nor near any dwelling- house or other building therein ; nor shall three or more persons continue to stand in a group, or near each other on any sidewalk, or in any public place, so as to obstruct a free passage for foot passengers, after having been requested by a constable or police officer to move on ; nor shall any person, by any noise, gesture or other means, wantonly and designedly frighten or start any horse in any street or public place in the town.
. SECT. 11. No person shall obstruct the free and convenient use for travel of any public street, sidewalk, or footpath, by leaving or fastening a horse or carriage so that the way will be obstructed; or by occupying the same with vehicles, wares or merchandise.
SECT. 12. No' person shall deposit in or upon any public. street, place or sidewalk in the town, any stones, dirt, ashes, shavings, or rubbish of any kind without permission from the Selectmen ; and no person shall post any bill, placard, or advertisement of any description, upon any tree in any highway or townway, without the consent of the Selectmen, or of the owner or owners of such tree.
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SECT. 13. No person shall engage in hunting, fishing, or skating, or play at ball or other games, or discharge any fire- arms within the limits of the town, on the Lord's day.
SECT. 14. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of the foregoing sections of this article, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not less than one dollar, nor more than twenty dollars ; and all money so recovered shall be paid into the treasury of the town.
ARTICLE IX.
SECT. 1. Habitual truants, and children between seven and fifteen years of age, who are found wandering about the streets and public places therein, having no lawful occupation or busi- ness, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance, shall, upon conviction thereof, be committed, by the court or tribunal to which jurisdiction of such offences is given by the Statutes of the Commonwealth, to the Hampden County School, which insti- tution is hereby assigned and provided as a suitable place for the confinement, discipline, and instruction of such truants and children.
ARTICLE X.
SECT. 1. The Selectmen shall have the care, custody and supervision of the Town Hall, including all the rooms in the edifice, except those occupied by the High School, and of the land and appurtenances thereto belonging, and of all property of the town contained therein ; they shall engage a suitable person as Superintendent, who shall have the care of said building, and keep it clean and in order, and be in attendance whenever the house is open for use ; they shall fix the price to be paid for the use of the hall and other rooms in the building, and make regu- lations for the use of the same, unless the town otherwise order in special cases.
SECT. 2. Applications for the use of the hall or other rooms shall be made to the Selectmen, and all permits to use the same shall be given in writing, directed to the Superintendent and signed by one or more of the Selectmen.
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SECT. 3. The Selectmen may direct one or more constables or policemen to be present in or about the building whenever in their judgment the preservation of peace and good order may require it; and whenever any constable or policeman is so em- ployed, the cost and expense shall be paid by the persons using the hall or other rooms.
ARTICLE XI.
SECT. 1. The town shall once in every two years, at its annual meeting, elect by ballot two Trustees of the Thayer Free Public Library, who shall be residents of the town, and shall hold said office for the term of two years.
ARTICLE XII.
SECT. 1. No part of these By-laws shall be altered, amended or repealed, except at the annual town meeting in March, or at an adjournment thereof, nor unless the warrant calling the meet- ing shall have an article or articles setting forth the substance of the proposed amendment or repeal.
SECT. 2. These By-laws shall go into effect from and after their adoption, and their approval by the Superior Court.
A TRUE COPY OF RECORDS.
Attest : SAMUEL A. BATES, Town Clerk of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss. SUPERIOR COURT, September Setting, 1886.
The foregoing By-laws are hereby approved, except section 3 of Article IV., which is not approved. October 25, 1886.
By the Court.
ERASTUS WORTHINGTON, Clerk.
A TRUE COPY.
Attest : ERASTUS WORTHINGTON, Clerk.
A TRUE COPY. Attest :
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk of Braintree.
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TOWN RECORDS.
NORFOLK, ss. To either of the constables of the town of Braintree, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in Braintree, on Monday, the fifth day of March, 1888, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the report of the several town officers, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year, and also to vote on the following question, as required by Chap. 54 of the Acts of the year 1881, namely : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 5. To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money for any purpose.
ART. 6. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To see if the town will accept the jury list as made by the Selectmen.
ART. 8. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $150, and pay the same to the General Thayer Post, G. A. R., for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of Memorial services on Memorial Day.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to deliver books from the Public Library to the people of the east part of the town, under the direction of the Trustees, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
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ART. 10. To see how the town will pay the members of the Fire Department.
ART 11. To see if the town will instruct the School Com- mittee to employ a Superintendent of Schools, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to request Asa French and F. A. Hobart, owners in trust of the land on which the Public Library building is located, to convey the same to the town, upon condition that the town shall pay the cost of the original purchase, with interest, and raise and appropriate such an amount as may be necessary.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to amend the By-laws so as to provide for the election of two additional members of the Board of Trustees of Public Library on the part of the town.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be needed to pay the annual interest on the Town Water Bonds, and for the sinking fund to be established for the payment of said bonds.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $350 for a Hook and Ladder Truck, and build addition on the Butcher Boy Engine House for the same.
ART. 16. To see if the town will choose a Committee to take into consideration the subject of celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town. .
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to amend article two of the By-laws, so that six Trustees of the Thayer Public Library shall be elected in like manner as the School Committee now àre, and to serve for like terms.
ART. 18. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $400 for the purpose of widening Hancock street at the swamp south of Cart Bridge.
ART. 19. To see if the town will take into consideration some other method of heating the Town House and the Public Library than that now in use.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to refund to Neil McRae the sum of $23.60, wrongfully assessed to him as owner of fourteen acres of woodland.
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ART. 21. To see if the town will appoint a Committee to consider the erection of a High School building in the north part of the town, and report on the same at the next annual meeting.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to put a new floor in the Town Hall.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to amend section 1 of Article IV, of the By-laws, so that the article may read, the financial year shall begin with the first day of January of each year.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days, at least, before the time of said meeting, and by publishing once in the Braintree Observer.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands, at Braintree, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. MURRAY KNIGHT, J. FRANKLIN BATES, Selectmen of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss.
BRAINTREE, March 3, 1888.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Braintree herein described to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in said town of Braintree, seven days before the time of said meeting, and by publishing it once in the Braintree Observer before the time set for said meeting.
HORACE FAXON,
Constable of Braintree.
A TRUE COPY.
Attest :
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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BRAINTREE, March 5, 1888.
In accordance with the foregoing, warrant the meeting was called to order, and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Ansel O. Clark was appointed to check the list, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
The ballot having been taken, Francis A. Hobart was declared unanimously elected Moderator, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Article 2 was laid on the table.
ART. 3. Voted, That the highways and bridges for the ensuing year shall be repaired under the direction of three Surveyors of Highways.
ART. 4. Voted, To proceed to the election of the following town officers on one ballot, namely: Town Clerk; Treasurer ; three Selectmen, who shall be Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways; two 'School Committee for three years ; three Fence Viewers ; three Auditors; and eleven Constables ; and also at the same time vote on the question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ? "
J. Franklin Bates was appointed to take charge of the ballot box for the reception of ballots, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Balloting commenced at 8.20 A. M.
Moderator appointed J. M. Beals, B. Herbert Woodsum and Francis C. Allen to count the votes, and they were sworn by the Town Clerk.
Voted, That a committee of nine be appointed by the chair, to report what appropriations are necessary to be made to defray the expenses of the town the ensuing year.
G. D. Willis, A. E. Avery, G. H. Arnold, A. O. Clark, F. O. Whitmarsh, R. E. Morrison, H. A. Johnson, John Reed and H. A. Monk were appointed said committee.
Voted, That the polls be closed at one o'clock P. M., and at that time they were declared closed.
The Committee having completed their work, the Moderator declared the result of the ballot as follows, namely :
Whole number of ballots, 548.
Town Clerk, - Samuel A. Bates had 545, and was declared elected, and sworn by the Moderator.
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Treasurer, - Andrew J. Bates had 547, and was declared elected. Sworn by the Clerk.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways, - Scattering, 11; Ansel O. Clark, 546; Nathaniel F. Hunt, 524 ; J. Franklin Bates, 523.
Ansel O. Clark, Nathaniel F. Hunt and J. Franklin Bates were declared elected, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
School Committee for three years, - E. Augustus Wild, 548, accepted ; Lawrence H. H. Johnson, 547, accepted ; and they were declared elected.
Auditors, - Scattering, 7; John M. Beals, 547; George D. Willis, 542 ; Charles G. Sheppard, 541; and they were declared elected, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Fence Viewers, - Scattering, 3; Freeman G. Crosby, 546, sworn; John V. Scollard, 535; J. Franklin Bates, 531, sworn ; and they were declared elected.
Constables, - Scattering, 31; Joshua M. Bunker, 541, sworn ; Joseph S. Marsh, 539, declined ; Albert Hobart, 537, sworn ; John W. W. Rowell, 532, sworn ; Edwin L. Curtis, 531, sworn ; Gilman D. Whittaker, 529, sworn; Herbert G. White, 528, sworn ; Benjamin J. Loring, Jr., 527, sworn; Horace Faxon, 525, sworn; Edgar Hayden, 515, sworn; James A. Reynolds, 319, sworn ; and they were declared elected.
" Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ? "
Whole number of ballots, 482. Yes, 153; No, 329.
The following officers were then chosen by hand vote, namely :
Measurers of Grain, - J. Francis White, sworn; Willie J. Loring, sworn.
Weighers of Hay, - Martin L. Tupper, sworn; J. Marcus Arnold, sworn ; Charles G. Sheppard, sworn ; Willie J. Loring, sworn.
Measurers of Lumber, - Martin L. Tupper, sworn ; Henry Gardner, sworn ; William R. Penniman, declined.
Measurer of Leather, - Albion C. Drinkwater.
Measurers of Wood, -J. Marcus Arnold, sworn; Charles G. Sheppard, sworn; Martin L. Tupper, sworn ; Willie J. Loring, sworn; Edward M. White, sworn.
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Field Drivers, - George F. Bowditch, declined ; Thomas Fin- .. negan, declined.
Pound Keeper, - Morrill Williams, sworn.
Article 4 laid on the table.
Article 2 taken from the table.
Voted, To recommit the annual report to the Selectmen, with instruction to make all necessary corrections, and file the same with the Town Clerk.
Article 2 laid on the table.
ART. 5. Voted, Unanimously, that the Treasurer be author- ized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of taxes of the current fiscal year, and to issue notes of the town therefor; and the debts incurred under the authority of this vote, are hereby made payable from said taxes.
Voted, Unanimously, that the Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to hire money, to renew, replace, or pay any existing loan, or any part thereof, and to issue notes of the town therefor.
Article 3 taken up.
Voted, That the Surveyors of Highways be instructed, so far as they can do so legally, to expend the money appropriated by the town for repairing the highways without a division into districts.
The Committee on appropriations made a report, and the following sums of money were voted to be appropriated for the several objects specified, namely :
Schools,
$8,400 00
Incidentals for Schools,
300 00
Incidentals for Schoolhouses,
500 00
Text-books and Supplies,
800 00
Superintendent of Schools,
1,200 00
Removal of Snow,
10,00 00
Fire Department,
2,000 00
Amount curried forward,
$14,200 00
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Amount brought forward,
$14,200 00
Public Library,
700 00
Grand Army of the Republic,
150 00
Janitor,
600 00
Town Lands,
100 00
Interest on Town Debt,
1,500 00
Town Officers,
2,200 00
Incidental Expenses,
1,200 00
Soldiers' Aid,
400 00
Collection and Abatement of Taxes,
600 00
Repair of Highways, Fences and Bridges,
4,000 00
Stone Road,
3,000 00
Support of Poor,
3,600 00
Extension of Pearl Street,
427 77
State Tax,
4,000 00
County Tax,
1,800 00
Interest on Water Bonds,
2,500 00
Sinking Fund,
2,000 00
Total,
$42,977 77
Voted, That the dog tax and income of state and town school funds be appropriated for the support of schools, in addition to what has been appropriated. 1
Voted, That the sum of $34,977.77 be raised in the aggregate, by taxation, for the expenses of the town during the current fiscal year.
Voted, That the sum of $8,000 be appropriated from the bank and corporation tax of the current year, for the balance of the appropriation.
Voted, The sum of $1,172.23, being the amount of unexpended money raised last year for the building of the extension of Pearl street be reappropriated for the same purpose.
Article 6 laid on the table.
ART. 7. Voted, That the jury list, as made by the Selectmen, be accepted.
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JURY LIST,
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN OF BRAINTREE, FEBRUARY 16, 1888.
Charles G. Anderson, Jolın M. Arnold,
Everett A. Harris,
Walter E. Morrison,
Hiram E. Abbott,
Albert R. Hobart, Edward O. Pierson,
Joseph M. Allen, Richard L. Arnold,
Joseph H. Hobart,
Thomas Penniman, Henry A. Penniman, Rodolphus Porter,
Gustave B. Bates,
Charles W. Hobart, Leander B. Hollis,
James R. Qualey,
Charles G. Batson, John M. Beals,
George C. Hollenbeck,
James A. Reynolds, John Reed, George A. Sproule,
Elisha A. Belcher, John A. Brigham, Charles I. Craibe, William H. Cobb,
Ellis Hollingsworth,
Nathaniel F. Hunt,
Charles G. Sheppard, Alfred Southworth,
Henry F. Crane,
Willie H. Shaw,
Samuel L. Dyer,
George A. French,
John V. Scollard,
Hosea Jackson, Salmon F. Jenkins, Charles H. Loring, Frank G. Lunt, Alverdo H. Mason, William B. Merritt, Charles O. Miller, Alva S. Morrison, Walter O. Munroe,
William H. Stevens, Henry Simonds, David H. B. Thayer,
Henry Gardner,
Albert N. White, John Whitty,
Edward P. Hayward,
Joseph Whitely,
Charles A. Hayward, Jonathan E. Hayward, Henry Hayward,
William M'Ewan,
Charles B. Woodsum,
Thomas A. Watson.
ART. 8. Voted, That Article 8 be passed over.
ART. 9. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $100 to deliver books from the Public Library to the people of the east part of the town, under the direction of the Trustees of said Library.
ART. 10. Voted, That the engineers and other members of', the Fire Department shall receive $10 a year for their services, which is to include a sum equal to the state, county and town poll tax, and that it be paid according to law.
ART. 11. Voted, To instruct the School Committee to employ a Superintendent of Schools.
Voted, That Article 12 be indefinitely postponed.
Voted, That Article 13 be indefinitely postponed. Voted, To pass over Article 14.
ART. 15. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $350 for a Hook and Ladder Truck, and build an addition on the Butcher Boy House for the same.
William H. McGreggor,
Nathaniel F. T. Hayden, Michael McDermott,
Howard M. Hobart,
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ART. 16. Voted, That a committee of nine be appointed by the chair to take into consideration the subject of celebrating in some suitable manner the 250th anniversary of the incorpora- tion of this ancient town, and to report a plan therefor at the next annual meeting.
Asa French, Samuel A. Bates, N. H. Hunt, E. F. E. Thayer, N. E. Hollis, N. F. T. Hayden, N. L. White, Abijah Allen and Albert E. Avery were appointed said committee.
Voted, That the Moderator be added to that committee.
Voted, That Article 17 be indefinitely postponed.
Voted, That Article 18 be indefinitely postponed.
ART 19. Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the chair to take into consideration the subject of heating the Town House and Public Library by some other method than that now in use.
Chair appointed J. T. Stevens, John Cavanagh, W. R. Penni- man, J. F. Sheppard and George E. Skinner.
Voted, The committees chosen under Articles 16 and 19 serve without pay, except their necessary expenses.
ART. 20. Voted, To refund to Neil McRae the sum of 23-6 0 dollars, wrongfully assessed to him as owner of 14 acres of woodland.
ART. 21. Voted, That a committee of seven be appointed by the chair to consider the erection of a High School building in the north part of the town, and report at the next annual meeting.
Chair appointed Willie H. Shaw, George D. Willis, John Kelly, 2d, Andrew J. Bates, A. S. Morrison, Richard L. Arnold and P. D. Holbrook.
Article 22 was indefinitely postponed.
Article 23 was indefinitely postponed.
Article 6 taken from the table.
Voted, That the sum of $250 be appropriated for the en- forcement of the laws, and that a committee of three be chosen by nomination to expend said money.
John M. Beals, S. F. Jenkins and Henry A. Monk were chosen said committee.
Voted, That all vacancies occurring in said committee shall be filled by the remaining members. !
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Voted, To let out the collection of taxes to the lowest bidder ; and Edward P. Allen having agreed to collect them for 8,8% mills on the dollar, was elected by ballot Collector of Taxes for the ensuing year, and sworn by the Clerk.
Voted, To adjourn.
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
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NORFOLK, ss. To either of the constables of the town of Braintree, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in Braintree, on Wednesday, the 25th day of April, 1888, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, to act on the fol- lowing articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to suspend all operations under a certain contract with John Cavanagh for all liability incurred under said con- tract, and give such other instructions to said Commissioners as may be deemed proper.
ART. 3. To choose one Trustee of the Thayer Public Library, in place of Nathaniel F. T. Hayden, deceased.
ART. 4. To choose any committee, or hear the report of any committee, and act thereon.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days, at least, before the time of said meeting, and by publishing once in the Braintree Observer.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, before the time of said meeting.
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Given under our hands, at Braintree, this sixteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. FRANKLIN BATES, NATHANIEL F. HUNT, Selectmen of Braintree.
NORFOLK, ss. BRAINTREE, April 17, 1888.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Braintree herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at more than nine public places in said town, seven days before the time set for said meeting, and I have likewise caused the said warrant to be published once in the Braintree Observer before the time of said meeting.
HORACE FAXON,
Constable of Braintree.
A TRUE COPY.
Attest :
SAMUEL A. BATES,
Town Clerk.
BRAINTREE, April 25, 1888.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the meeting was called to order, and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Ansel O. Clark was appointed to check the list, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
A ballot for Moderator was then taken, and George H. Arnold was declared elected, and sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 2. Voted; That the Water Commissioners chosen by authority of the Legislature of 1885, being an act to supply the towns of Braintree, Randolph and Holbrook with water, are hereby directed to discontinue all or any operations toward furnishing a water supply for the town, until the questions in controversy between the town and the Braintree Water Supply
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Company are settled. They are also directed to notify all persons with whom contracts exist, relating to town water supply, to suspend work under said contract forthwith, until otherwise directed. The Commissioners are further directed to at once discharge any and all persons employed by them at expense of the town; excepting the Engineer of the water supply, whose personal services only may be retained.
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