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ART. 41. To see if the town will construct a sidewalk on Newport Avenue, between Warren Avenue and Adams Street, and appropri- ate money therefor.
ART. 42. To see if the town will light the lamp at the entrance of the drawing school in Hardwick's Hall, for the ensuing year, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 43. To see if the town will direct the Selectmen or Road Commissioners to contract with the Quincy Electric Light and Power Company for the lighting of a portion of the streets of the town by electricity, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 44. To see if the town will vote to rebuild and reconstruct that portion of Hancock Street lying between the entrance to Merry Mount Park and the Neponset bridge, or any part thereof, and appro- priate money therefor.
ART. 45. To see if the town will build the street that has been laid out by the Road Commissioners, leading from Quincy Avenue to Franklin Street, or a section of the same, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 46. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $500 to repair Main Street.
ART. 47. To see if town will appropriate a sum of money to improve Quincy Avenue, between Water Street and the house of Mrs. C. N. Baxter, and to build a sidewalk on the east side of said avenue between said points.
ART. 48. To see if the town will repair the brook on Willard Street, from the land of John Berry to the culvert which crosses said street near land of John Cole, and appropriate $500 therefor.
ART. 49. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to complete Bates Avenue.
ART. 50. To see if the town will vote to regrade Bates Avenue, and appropriate $300 therefor.
ART. 51. To see if the town will erect and maintain a drinking fountain at the corner of Cemetery and Willard Streets, and appro- priate $300 therefor.
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ART. 52. To see if the town will erect and maintain a drinking fountain at Jones's Corner, and appropriate $300 therefor.
ART. 53. To see if the town will vote to drain part of Copeland Street, from Thomas O'Brien's place to Furnace Avenue Brook, by laying a twelve-inch pipe, and appropriate $800 therefor.
ART. 54. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners, to rebuild Neponset bridge, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 55. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out, widening and deepening Furnace Brook, from the southwest corner of land owned by George L. Miller to a point north of Cemetery Street, near land of Reardon, and appropri- ate money therefor.
ART. 56. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out a footway from Copeland Street to Town Hill Street, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 57. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out Atlantic Avenue, and change the name to Clay Street, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 58. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laiyng out Bigelow Street, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 59. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out Old Colony Avenue, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 60. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out Brooks Avenue, and appropriate money. therefor.
ART. 61. To see if the town will appropriate $500 to rebuild the bridge on Liberty Street.
ART. 62. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out High Street, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 63. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out Kent Street, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 64. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out Newton Avenue, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 65. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out Warren Avenue, and appropriate money therefor.
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ART. 66. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out Standish Avenue, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 67. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out Glencoe Place, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 68. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out Grove Street, and appropriate money therefor.
ART. 69. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out and widening Copeland Street, and appro- priate money therefor.
ART. 70. To see if the town will accept the report of the Road Commissioners laying out and widening Water Street, and appropri- ate money therefor.
ART. 71. To see if the town will authorize the Collector of Taxes for 1888 to collect interest on all taxes not paid before Nov. 1.
ART. 72. To see if the town will instruct the Collector of Taxes to collect all taxes within two years from the time they are placed in his hands for collection.
ART. 73. To raise money to defray the necessary expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 74. To hear and act upon the report of any committee, and to choose any committee the town may think proper.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk, on or before the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Quincy, this twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.
WILLIAM A. HODGES, WILLIAM N. EATON, WALTER H. RIPLEY, Selectmen of Quincy.
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NORFOLK, SS. QUINCY, Feb. 24, 1888.
Pursuant to the warrant above named, I have notified the inhabitants of the town of Quincy herein described, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at sixty or more public places in said town nine days before the time set for said meeting, and I have likewise caused the substance of said warrant to be published in the Quincy Patriot and Quincy Advertiser, two newspapers printed in said Town of Quincy.
JOSEPH W. HAYDEN, Constable of Quincy.
A true copy. Attest : GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 5, 1888.
The annual meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Quincy was held pursuant to the foregoing warrant, on Monday, March 5, 1888, at 7.30 o'clock A. M.
Chose Josiah Quincy for Moderator. The whole number of votes cast was 500, of which Josiah Quincy had 253 and Everett C. Bumpus had 247, the vote being by ballot and the check list used.
Voted, That after the election of town officers, under Article 2 of the warrant, and the disposition of Article 3, the Modera- tor, without entertaining any other motion, shall declare this meeting adjourned, to meet at the Coliseum on Monday, March 26, 1888, at 1.30 o'clock P. M., at which time the re- maining articles of the warrant shall be considered; and the Selectmen are instructed to make suitable arrangements for the convenience of the voters at the place mentioned.
Voted, That the Moderator of this meeting, with the six candidates for Selectmen nominated at the two caucuses and twenty-one citizens to be appointed by the Moderator - four of whom shall be inhabitants of the Centre district, four of the South district, four of the West district, three of the Wollaston district, three of the Atlantic district, and three of the Quincy Point district - shall constitute a committee, who shall con- sider the remaining articles of the warrant, and report at the adjournment of this meeting what action they consider it advis- able for the town to take thereon, with suitable form of votes for carrying out their recommedations. They shall also publish in the Quincy Patriot and Quincy Advertiser, previous to said adjourned meeting, the action they intend to propose for the consideration of the town on the several articles submitted to them.
Voted, That the Moderator be requested to exclude from the hall, at said adjourned meeting, all non-voters, except repre- sentatives of the press, and such other persons as he may think entitled to especial courtesy.
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Voted, That this meeting proceed to vote for Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, three Selectmen and Assessors, two School Committee for three years, two Trustees of Thomas Crane Library for three years and one for two years, two Managers of Adams Academy for three years, two Managers of Mount Wollaston Cemetery for two years, one Commissioner of Sinking Fund for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, Collector of Taxes, one Road Commissioner for three years and one for one year, five members of a Board of Health, and fourteen Constables, all on one ballot ; also to pro- ceed to vote under Article 3, on the question : " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Voted, To close the polls at five o'clock and forty-five minutes, P. M. At five o'clock and forty minutes, the Moder- ator having satisfied himself that it was the hour of sunset, the polls were closed as provided by law.
The Town Clerk appointed William A. Hodges, William N., Eaton, and Walter H. Ripley to act as Tellers during the elec- tion of Moderator, and they were sworn by the Town Clerk, and the check list was used; also the Moderator appointed William A. Hodges, William N. Eaton, Walter H. Ripley, H. A. Keith, Edwin W. Marsh, and William H. Sampson as Tell- ers, and they were duly sworn.
The result of the voting was declared by the Moderator to be the election of the following officers, viz. : -
George L. Gill for Town Clerk, and the oath of his office was administered to him by Edwin W. Marsh, Esq., a justice of the peace.
Horace B. Spear for Town Treasurer.
William A. Hodges, William N. Eaton, and Walter H. Ripley for Selectmen and Assessors.
John A. Gordon and Rupert F. Claflin for School Committee for three years.
William B. White and John A. Avery for Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library for three years, and William H. Price for two years.
Jason G. Witham and H. Evan Cotton for managers of Adams Academy for three years.
Joseph H. Vogel and James E. Maxim for managers of Mount Wollaston Cemetery for two years.
Charles F. Adams, Commissioner of Sinking Fund for three years.
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Michael F. O'Brien, Park Commissioner for three years.
Bryant N. Adams for Collector of Taxes.
John H. Gillert, Joseph M. Sheahan, John F. Welch, Jo- seph L. Whiton, and Chauncy M. Marstin for Board of Health.
Patrick W. Driscoll for Road Commissioner for three years, and John A. Duggan for one year.
Robert J. Williams, Amos L. Litchfield, Joseph H. Kelly, Marcena R. Sparrow, Joseph W. Hayden, Peter J. Williams, John Westland, Edward H. Richardson, Thomas F. Ferguson, George O. Langley, David Barry, William C. Seelye, Michael J. Canavan. and Wm. H. Faulkner for Constables.
The following is the number of votes cast for the several candidates for town officers : -
For Town Clerk.
George L. Gill . . . 1,809
Town Treasurer.
Horace B. Spear . 1,809
Selectmen and Assessors.
Walter H. Ripley . 1,030
William A. Hodges
983
William N. Eaton .
928
Thomas Curtis
909
Quincy A. Faunce .
767
George H. Field
755
School Committee for Three Years.
John A. Gordon 1,807
Rupert N. Claflin 1,799
Scattering
11
Trustee of Library for Three Years.
William B. White . 953
Charles F. Adams .
.
915
John A. Avery .
882
Charles A. Foster .
874
Scattering
4
For Two Years.
William H. Price
920
George I. Aldrich .
890
Scattering
1
Managers of Academy for Three Years.
Jason G. Witham .
930
H. Evan Cotton
928
Charles H. Porter
897
Edward Hewitson
872
Scattering
1
Managers of Cemetery for Two Years.
Joseph H. Vogel
1,760
James E. Maxim
984
John F. Merrill
874
Scattering
3
Commissioner
of Sinking
Fund for Three Years.
Charles F. Adams . . 1,812
Scattering
2
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Park Commissioner for Three Years.
Michael F. O'Brien 911
Charles H. Porter . 891
Scattering 1
Board of Health.
Joseph L. Whiton . . 1,809
Dr. John H. Gilbert . 1,808
Dr. John F. Welch . 1,804
Dr. Jos. M. Sheahan . 1,800
Dr.Chauncy M. Marstin 911
Joseph W. Robertson . 893 Scattering 3
Collector of Taxes.
Bryant N. Adams . . 1,218
Christopher A. Spear . 596
Scattering 2
Road Commissioner for Three Years.
Patrick W. Driscoll . 910
John Cashman .
863
Scattering 4
For One Year.
John A. Duggan 959
Horace O. Souther 795
Scattering 22
Constables.
Robert J. Williams . 1,730
Amos L. Litchfield . 1,011 Joseph H. Kelley . . 1,007 Marcena R. Sparrow 991
Joseph W. Hayden 988
Peter J. Williams 979
John Westland . 943
Edward H. Richard-
son . 928
Thomas F. Ferguson 917
George O. Langley 909
David Barry . 904
William C. Scelye . 888
Michael J. Canavan 882
Charles N. Hunt 881
Napoleon B. Furnald .
880
John F. Berry . 879
Edward A. Spear 875
Mark E. Hanson 868
Nathan G. Glover . 864
John Vogel . 861
Horace O. Souther . 846
William H. Faulkner . 834
Patrick J. Barry 820
Albert G. Olney 816
Henry H. Faxon 800
George H. Locke 795
Frank A. Spear 732
The following minor offices were then filled : -
Overseers of the Poor. - Walter H. Ripley, William A. Hodges, William N. Eaton.
Poundkeeper. - William A. Hodges.
Auditors. - H. A. Keith, Thomas Curtis, and Quincy A. Faunce.
Fence Viewers. - Charles S. French, Ebenezer Adams, and George Veazic.
Field Drivers. - Frank L. Merrill, Samuel B. Turner, Thomas Kennon, and Bartholomew W. Reardon.
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Josiah Quincy, William A. Hodges, Walter H. Ripley, William N. Eaton, George H. Field, Thomas Curtis, Quincy A. Faunce, Theophilus King, Abner B. Packard, Warren W. Adams, John J. Byron, W. G. A. Pattee, Edwin W. Marsh, Patrick W. Driscoll, Alexander Marnock, John Cashman, William Powers, Michael F. O'Brien, John Vogel, Francis L. Hayes, Charles R. Sherman, Herbert T. Whitman, Thomas Gurney, John A. Duggan, Fred C. Pope, Silas B. Duffield, Herbert M. Federhen, and John T. Larkin, a committee to whom the remaining articles of the warrant were referred.
The vote of the town on the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" was as follows, viz. : -
Yes, 293 ; No, 1,064.
In accordance with the vote of the town, the meeting was adjourned to Monday, March 26, 1888, at one o'clock and thirty minutes P. M.
Attest ; GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk.
QUINCY, MASS., March 7, 1888. To GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk : -
Clerical errors having been discovered which, when corrected, show that Mr. Charles F. Adams had a larger number of votes, as a Trustee of the Public Library, than Mr. John A. Avery, who was declared elected at the polls, and that Mr. Charles N. Hunt had a larger number of votes for Constable than Mr. William H. Faulkner, so declared elected, I, as the Moderator of the town meeting, direct that Messrs. Adams and Hunt be notified of their election, and that the record be amended to correspond with the fact.
JOSIAH QUINCY, Moderator.
A true copy.
Attest : GEORGE L. GILL, Toun Clerk.
WARRANT FOR A SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Quincy in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Quincy, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Coliseum, in said Quincy, on Monday, March 26, 1888, at 12.45 o'clock P. M., to act on the following articles, namely : -
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To act upon the report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department.
ART. 3. To see what compensation the town will allow the engi- neers, members and stewards of the Fire Department for their ser- vices during the past year.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this warrant with your doings thercon, unto the Town Clerk, on or before the day of said meeting.
Given unto our hands at Quincy, this tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-cight. WILLIAM A. HODGES, WILLIAM N. EATON, WALTER H. RIPLEY, Selectmen of Quincy.
NORFOLK, SS.
QUINCY, March 14, 1888.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the town of Quincy herein described, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at fifty or more public places in said town, eleven days before the time set for said meeting, and I have likewise caused the substance of said warrant to be pub- lished in the Quincy Advertiser and Quincy Patriot, two news- papers printed in said town of Quincy.
JOSEPH W. HAYDEN, Constable of Quincy.
A true copy.
Attest : GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
A meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Quincy was held pursuant to the foregoing warrant, March 26, 1888, at quarter before one o'clock in the afternoon.
Chose Josiah Quincy for Moderator.
Voted, That the report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department be accepted and placed on file.
Voted, That the following sums be severally appropriated, payable for the various purposes and accounts as follows : -
FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 1887.
Chief Engineer
$50
Clerk of Board of Engineers
50
Four Assistant Engineers, $35 each
140
Steamer Company and Hose No. 1, twelve men, $75 each
900
Hose No. 2, ten men, $25 each
250
Steward
40
Hose No. 3, ten men, $25 each
250
Steward
40
Hose No 4, ten men, $25 each
250
Steward
40
Chemical No. 1, care of
20
Chemical No. 2, twelve men, $25 each .
300
Steward
40
Hook and Ladder No. 1, twelve men, $75 each
900
Steward
40
$3,310
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FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
Engineer and driver of steamer
$1,664
Substitute for same
86
Purchase of three horses
900
Purchase of harnesses .
750
Purchase of hose .
400
Keeping horses
800
Horse hire .
200
Fire alarm .
600
Fuel and lights
350
Repairs
225
Driver of Hose No. 1
728
Driver of hook and ladder
728
Miscellaneous
1,475
$8,906
Voted, That this meeting be dissolved.
Attest : GEORGE L. GILL, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING BY ADJOURN- MENT.
MONDAY, March 26, 1888.
The annual town meeting was held this day by adjourn- ment from March 5, 1888, at one o'clock and thirty minutes P. M. Josiah Quincy, Moderator.
The Moderator announced that at the town meeting, held March 5, Mr. John A. Avery was erroneously declared elected as Trustee of the Thomas Crane Public Library for three years, he having received a smaller number of votes for that office than Mr. Charles F. Adams, and that Mr. William H. Faulkner was erroneously declared elected as a Constable, he having re- ceived a smaller number of votes than Mr. Chas. N. Hunt. He, therefore, declared Mr. Charles F. Adams duly elected a Trustee of the Thomas Crane Public Library for three years, and Mr. Charles N. Hunt duly elected as a Constable.
Voted, That no motion to reconsider any vote shall be in order unless the mover thereof shall give notice of his intention to do so before the town has passed from the consideration of the article under which the question was taken.
Voted, That debate on the main question shall be in order pending the verification of a doubtful vote.
Voted, That during the discussion of any measure it shall be in order for any voter rightfully in possession of the floor to move that the main question be now put. Such motion shall be submitted to the meeting without debate, and if carried by a two-thirds vote, the main question shall be put to vote with- out further debate.
The Moderator appointed as tellers, Messrs. W. G. A. Pattee, Herbert M. Federhen, John A. Duggan, Quincy A. Faunce, J. J. Byron, and Warren W. Adams, to count the number of votes upon all matters, when, by reason of doubt, the Moderator might find it necessary to order a count.
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The following articles of the warrant which were acted upon in their due order were, by vote, indefinitely postponed : -
ART. 16. Branch of Public Library at West Quincy.
ART. 17. Indemnity to Franklin Hardwick & Son.
ART. 19.
Adoption of the act for precinct voting.
ART. 24. Pay of town laborers for 1887.
ART. 25. Abolishing Road Commissioners.
ART. 27. Reservoir at Quincy Neck.
Hook and Ladder Truck for Wollaston.
ART. 30.
ART. 29. Enlargement of the Hose No. 2 House.
ART. 34. Pay of the Hose Company of Steamer No. 1.
ART. 38. Adoption of Public Statutes relating to sidewalks.
ART. 40.
Sidewalks leading to churches, schools, etc.
ART. 55.
Widening of Furnace Brook.
ART. 70. Laying out and widening Water Street.
Voted, That the reports of the Auditors of Accounts, Select- men, School Committee, Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library, Road Commissioners, Managers of the Adams Acad- emy, Managers of the Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Park Com- missioners, and Board of Health be accepted and placed on file with the town documents.
Voted, That the highways be repaired during the ensuing year under the supervision of the Road Commissioners.
Voted, That the town land be improved during the ensuing ycar under the supervision of the Overseers of the Poor.
Voted, That the jury list submitted by the Selectmen is hereby accepted, after taking therefrom the names of William H. Sampson, Eben H. Stanwood, Edward B. Souther, John C. Pendis, Frank S. Patch, Henry T. Brown, George Monk, H. G. O. Newcomb, and Andrew Milne.
Voted, That the report of the Road Commissioners on guide boards be accepted and placed on file.
Voted, That the sum of two hundred dollars be appropriated for the purpose of keeping in repair or decorating the graves, within the limits of Quincy, of soldiers and sailors who died in the military service of the United States, or the monuments or
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other memorials erected to their memory; the same to be expended under the direction of Post 88 of the Grand Army of the Republic ; and the treasurer and commander of said Post shall furnish to the Selectmen a true and detailed account, duly itemized and certified by them, of the manner in which said sum was expended, within thirty days after Memorial Day.
Voted, That the Selectmen grant the free use of the Town Hall, whenever it is requested in writing by not less than two citizens of the town, for a free lecture on any scientific, liter- ary, or moral topic, subject to such regulations as they may deem expedient ; and that two hundred dollars be appropriated to defray the cost thereof.
Voted, That the Selectmen be requested to appoint police officers to enforce all laws bearing upon the sale of intoxicating liquors, and that the sum of one thousand dollars be appropriated therefor.
Voted, That the Selectmen be requested to appoint Henry H. Faxon as one of the police officers under the foregoing vote.
Voted, That the matter of the purchase of the works of the Quincy Water Company be referred to six citizens to be appointed by the Moderator, who, together with the Selectmen, shall constitute a committee to investigate the subject of the purchase by the town of the works of the Quincy Water Com- pany, said committee to report at the next annual town meeting, or at a special town meeting, if they deem it advisable that such meeting should be called, and that the sum of three hundred dollars be appropriated for the use of such committee.
The Moderator appointed William A. Hodges, William N. Eaton, Walter H. Ripley, Edwin W. Marsh, James T. Penni- man, Joseph L. Whiton, Thomas Gurney, William F. Powers, and Charles R. Sherman, said committee.
Voted, That six citizens be appointed by the Moderator, who, together with the Selectmen, shall constitute a committee to prepare a system of sewerage and report at a special meeting to be called for that purpose, and that the sum of three hun- dred dollars be appropriated for the use of such committee.
The Moderator appointed William A. Hodges, William N. Eaton, Walter H. Ripley, Theophilus King, Herbert M. Fed- erhen, James H. Elcock, Herbert T. Whitman, John Q. A. Field, and Frederick C. Pope, said committee.
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Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to purchase of Miss E. A. C. Hardwick, if they deem it advisable, the piece of land situated at the rear of the steamer house on School Street, and that the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated therefor.
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to convey to Peter McConarty a strip of land on Canal Street in exchange for a strip of equal area now owned by him adjoining the town farm, and to give and receive deeds for the same.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to settle with Henry H. Faxon, if possible, for the claim made by him against the town for the Paul W. Newcomb tax titles assessed for the years. 1882, 1883, and 1885, and sold to said Faxon, Sept. 20, 1886.
Voted, That the purchase of land easterly from Appleton Street to Atlantic Street for a public park be referred to the Park Commissioners, as the town has no authority to act under this article.
Voted, That the town request the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Road Commissioners, Park Commissioners, and Manag- ers of the Mount Wollaston Cemetery, not to employ any person as a laborer in their respective departments unless he has been a resident of the town for at least one year previous to such employment.
Voted, That the Road Commissioners, Park Commissioners, and Managers of the Mount Wollaston Cemetery be requested to pay not less than two dollars a day to laborers employed in their respective department during the ensuing year.
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