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ART. 10. Voted, That the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) be and hereby is appropriated for Police service the ensuing year.
ART. II. Voted, That the sum of two hundred and twenty- five dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the observance of Memorial Day, the same to be expended under supervision of Post 95, G. A. R.
ART. 12. Voted, That fifty-seven hundred dollars ($5,700) be and hereby is appropriated for Street Lighting.
ART. 13. Voted, That the sum of seven hundred and twenty-five dollars . ($725) be and hereby is appropriated to cover the cost of insurance on Town buildings.
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ART. 14. Voted, That the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) be and hereby is appropriated for repairs on Town buildings.
ART. 15. Voted, That the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) be appropriated for the Board of Health for the year 1904.
ART. 16. Voted, That the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) be and hereby is appropriated for the Superintendent of Schools.
ART. 17. Voted, That the sum of fifty dollars ($50) be and hereby is appropriated for the use of the Assessors for the pur- pose of searching records and obtaining plans for the year 1904.
ART. 18. Voted, That the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) be and hereby is appropriated for sidewalks.
ART. 19. Voted, That the sum of one hundred and seventy- five dollars ($175) be and hereby is appropriated for the Tree Warden.
Voted, That at 10.15 P. M. the meeting would adjourn until Monday, March 28, at 8 o'clock.
ART. 20. Voted, That the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) be and hereby is appropriated for Sealer of Weights and Measures.
ART. 21. Voted, That if less than 75 per cent. of taxes of 1904 are collected before May Ist, 1905, I per cent., if 75 per cent. or over are collected before May Ist, 1905, 12 per cent.
ART. 23. Voted, That the court fines be and hereby are appropriated to defray the expenses of the Keeper of the Lock- up, and if these are not sufficient the same to be paid from the Selectmen's Incidentals.
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ART. 24. Voted, To indefinitely postpone Article 24, it having been covered in Article 8.
ART. 25. Voted, To indefinitely postpone Article 25, it having been covered in Article 7.
ART. 26. Voted, That the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) and the dog tax be and hereby is appropriated for the expenses of the Library.
ART. 27. Voted, That the sum of thirty-three hundred dollars ($3,300) be and hereby is appropriated for a steam roller.
Adjourned at 10.15 P. M. to March 28, 1904, at 8 P. M.
Attest : HENRY A. PARKER, Town Clerk.
SAUGUS, March 28, 1904.
Adjourned Town Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Thomas P. Parsons, at 8.05 o'clock P. M.
ART. 28. Voted, To indefinitely postpone, as it was a part of Article 50.
ART 29. Voted, That the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) be and hereby is appropriated for Soldiers' Relief Fund for the year 1904.
ART. 30. Voted, That the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) be and hereby is appropriated for a new floor in Town Hall.
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ART. 31. Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 32. Voted, That the sum of fifty dollars ($50) be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of numbering houses not numbered, under the direction of the Board of Assessors.
ART. 33. Voted, That the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) be and hereby is appropriated on account of the Sinking Fund for the payment of notes borrowed on account of the Cliftondale school-house (new). .
ART. 34. Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to locate lights as called for in this article.
ART. 35. Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 37. Voted, That we appropriate two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the Water Department the same to be paid from the taxes of 1904.
ART. 38. Voted, That the sum of two hundred and twenty- five dollars ($225) be appropriated to furnish a fire alarm box corner of Main and Howard streets.
ART. 39. Voted, That the Selectmen be and hereby are . instructed to place an arc light as called for in this article.
ART. 40. Voted, To indefinitely postpone, having been acted on in Article 8.
ART. 41. Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 42. Voted, That the sum of three hundred and twenty- five dollars ($325) be and hereby is appropriated for a sidewalk on Winter street, as called for under Article 42 and that the contract be let to the lowest responsible bidder.
ART. 43. Voted, To instruct the Selectmen to make a five (5) year contract for street lighting.
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ART. 44. Voted, To accept that part of Morton avenue not accepted, as stipulated on plan and specifications filed with the Town Clerk.
ART. 45. Voted, To lay on the table, and request the Selectmen to visit the street and report at the next meeting.
Voted, To reconsider Article 44.
Voted, To lay on the table the matter of Article 44 and request the Selectmen to visit the avenue and report at the next meeting.
ART. 46. Voted, That the sum of sixty-five dollars ($65) be appropriated for an auxiliary box in the fire alarm system for the no-school signal, the same to be placed in the Roby School building.
ART. 47. Voted, That the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) be and hereby is appropriated for repairs in interior of school building.
ART. 48. Voted, That the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) be and hereby is appropriated for the erection of a receiving tomb in Riverside Cemetery and that the Cemetery Commissioners are hereby authorized to ask for bids and sign contracts for the same, and the work be let out to the lowest responsible bidder.
Voted, To adjourn at 10.15 P. M. to next Monday evening at 8 o'clock.
ART. 49. Voted, That the sum of fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400) be and hereby is appropriated for the laying out of avenues grading and care of Riverside Cemetery for 1904. .
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ART. 50. Voted, That the sum of six hundred dollars ($600) be and hereby is appropriated. Five hundred of which is to be expended for salary of the Superintendent of Riverside Cemetery and one hundred dollars to be expended for horse hire for work performed in said cemetery.
ART. 51. Voted, To lay this Article on the table until the adjourned meeting, April 4, 1904.
ART. 52. Voted, To refer this Article to the Selectmen.
ART. 53. Voted, To lay on the table until April 4, 1904.
Adjourned at 10.12 P. M. to April 4, 1904, at 8 P. M.
Attest : HENRY A. PARKER, Town Clerk.
SAUGUS, April 4, 1904.
Adjourned Town Meeting called, to order by the Moderator, Thomas P. Parsons, at 8. 10 o'clock P. M.
Voted, To rescind Article 37 whereby the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) was appropriated for the Water Board.
Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized with the approval of the Selectmen, to make Water Loans not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the extension of the water pipes. Yes 66. No 2.
Voted, To take up Article 44.
ART. 44. Voted, To accept Morton avenue, that part not accepted as stipulated on plan and specifications filed with the Town Clerk.
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ART. 45. Voted, To accept Robinson street as per plan and specifications filed with the Town Clerk.
ART. 51. Voted, That the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of building a fireproof vault for the use of the Assessors.
ART. 53. Voted, That the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) be and hereby is appropriated to be expended on Central street.
Voted, To reconsider Section 5, Article 4, of the By-Laws.
Voted, To accept Section 5, Article 4, of the By-laws as read.
Voted, That the Moderator read the balance of the articles of the By-Laws and that they be accepted unless otherwise ordered.
The following Articles were read and accepted : No. 7, 8, 9, , 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
Voted at 10.40 P. M. to dissolve the meeting.
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk ..
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ESSEX, SS.
To Charles A. Blakeley, Constable of the Town of Saugus :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, on Friday evening, July twenty-ninth, A. D. 1904, at eight (8) o'clock, to hear and act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
ART. 2. To hear and act on Reports of Committees.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to hire money and give notes of the Town for the same for the following purposes.
First. For the purpose of paying notes coming due the present year.
Second. To hire money temporarily, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), for one year, in anticipation of the taxes of the year 1904.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies at the usual places seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting and to distribute copies as provided by the By-Laws at least four days before.
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Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands and Town Seal this eighteenth day of July, A. D. nineteen hundred and four.
ISAAC E. GRAVES, HENRY F. FISKE, FRANK P. BENNETT,
Board of Selectmen.
SAUGUS, July 29, 1904.
ESSEX, SS. # +
Perusant hereunto I have served this Warrant as within directed.
CHARLES A. BLAKELEY, Constable.
Special Town Meeting July, 29, 1904.
The meeting was opened by Town Clerk, Henry A. Parker at 8 o'clock P. M.
ART. I. Chose Thomas P. Parsons Moderator, who after being duly qualified by the Town Clerk took charge of the meeting.
ART. 2. No reports of committees.
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ART. 3. Voted, That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to hire money temporarily, not exceeding one year, in anticipation of the taxes of the year 1904 and give notes of the Town for the same, and all money so hired shall be expressly made payable from such taxes of 1904. The whole amount so hired under this vote not - to exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) . Yes 27. No o.
Voted, at 8.12 P. M. to dissolve the meeting.
A true copy. Attest : HENRY A. PARKER, Town Clerk.
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ESSEX, SS.
To Charles A. Blakeley, Constable of the Town of Saugus :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, on Thursday evening, December twenty-ninth, A. D. 1904, at 8 o'clock, to hear and act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2 To hear and act on reports of committees.
ART. 3. To see what action the Town will take to suppress and exterminate the gypsy and brown tail moths and to make an appropriation therefor, not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will appoint a committee of three to report to the Annual Town Meeting as to the best measures to take for additional school accommodations, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to co-operate with the Tree Warden, same to serve without pay. 1
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And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies at the usual places seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting and to distribute copies as provided by the By-Laws at least four days before.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting.
Given under our hands and Town seal this nineteenth day of December, A. D. nineteen hundred and four.
ISAAC E. GRAVES, HENRY F. FISKE, Board of Selectmen.
ESSEX, SS.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SAUGUS, December 29, 1904.
Persuant hereunto I have served this Warrant as within directed.
CHARLES A. BLAKELEY, Constable.
Special Town Meeting, December 29, 1904.
The meeting was called to order by Town Clerk, Henry A. Parker at 8.05 o'clock P. M.
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. ART. I. Chose Thomas P. Parsons, Moderator who after being duly qualified by the Town Clerk took charge of the meeting.
ART. 2. No committees to report.
ART. 3. After considerable discussion was defeated.
ART. 4. The following committee was appointed, Henry J. Mills, Frank P. Bennett, Jr., Charles N. Wormstead, Arthur J. Struthers, Herbert E. Dodge.
ART. 5. Indefinitely postponed.
Voted, At 8.55 o'clock to dissolve the meeting.
Attest : HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Selectmen's Incidentals
. $6,500 00
Schools 25,400 00
Superintendent of Schools . 1,000 00
Overseers of the Poor
2,500 00
Water Loan Principal
3,000 00
Roby School-House Loan Principal
3,000 00
Cliftondale School-House Loan Prin- cipal 450 00
Cliftondale School-House Loan Prin-
cipal (New) .
1,000 00
Lynnhurst School-House Loan Prin- cipal (New) . 350 00
Interest on Town Notes
8,000 00
State Aid .
2,300 00
Highways and Bridges
5,500 00
Fire Department
2,000 00
Salaries
2,850 00
Firemen's Salaries
2,200 00
Police
4,000 00 ·
Soldiers' Relief .
300 00
Repairs on Town Grounds Buildings and
1,000 00
Inside Repairs on School-Houses
500 00
Board of Health
1,500 00
Street Lighting 5,700 00
Steam Roller
3,300 00
Amount carried forward, $82,350 00
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APPROPRIATIONS.
Amount brought forward, $82,350 00
Memorial Day . 225 00
Laying Out Avennes, Grading and
Care of Cemetery .
1,400 00
Salary of Superintendent of Cemetery and use of Horse ·
600 00
Receiving Tomb, Riverside Cemetery,
2,000 00
Central street
2,000 00
Assessors' Vault, Town Hall
500 00
New Floor, Town Hall ·
500 00
Sidewalks .
·
300 00
Library (and Dog Tax)
600 00
Fire Alarm Box
225 00
Sidewalk, Winter street
325 00
Tree Warden
175 00 ·
Sealer of Weights and Measures
100 00
Numbering Houses
50 00
Assessors, for searching records and plans · 50 00
Hookforno-school signal, High-School, 65 00
Insurance on Town Buildings ·
725 00
Total appropriation $92,190 00
Water Loans .
$5,000 00
TEMPORARY LOANS, ANNUAL MEETING.
Amount not to exceed
$75,000 00
Special Meeting, July 28
$15,000 00
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Selectmen's Incidentals.
APPROPRIATION.
Annual March meeting .
$6,500 00
EXPENDITURES. -
1
Jan. 18 E. Curtis McKenney, sup- plies, Town Hall $2 00
Hastings & Sons Publishing Co., printing . 3 60
The Brockway-Smith Cor- poration, supplies, Town Hall ·
9 44
Feb. I Hall & Beede, shade and cord, Town Hall 2 10 .
Butman & Cressey, salt 85
J. E. Mansfield, janitor Town Hall 52 53
Tilden & Adlington, snow shovel 35
1
W. J. Paul, labor and material Town Hall base- ment 10 46
R. F. Rich, paint furnished janitor 5 22 $86 55
Amount carried forward, $86 55
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $86 55
Feb. I E. Curtis McKenney, repairs Hathaway estate $1 65 · G. H. & A. L. Nichols, 5,000 pay envelopes for Treasurer 6 00
Robert T. Allen, repairs at Hose House 3 . 4 5I · C. A. Blakeley, sleigh shaft 2 50
.15
Thomas T. Perkins, M. D., returning 11 births . 2 75
James M. Blaisdell, return- ing 28 deaths . .
7 00
E. E. Ryder, clerical work revising Town By-Laws postage and stationery 5 00
March 7 Whitten & Cass, 1,500 Town Reports 274 56
C. A. Blakeley, distributing reports and warrants 35 00
J. E. Mansfield, janitor, etc., Town Hall .
38 33
C. O. Thompson, services four officers, Annual Meeting . 20 00
C. O. Thompson, erecting booths, Precinct Two 1 00
The Norfolk Press, 1,500 revised By-Laws 35 00
The Norfolk Press, 50 copies polling places . ·
2 00
The Norfolk Press, 50 no- tices to voters . . .
3 50 438 80
Amount carried forward,
$525 35
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Amount brought forward, $525 35
March 7 The Norfolk Press, 50 lists of jurors . $2 50
Whitten & Cass, 1,800 war- rants 16 00
Butman & Cressey, fuel for Town Hall 79 81
M. B. Bryant, M. D., return- ing 3 births 75
G. Clarence Parcher, M. D., returning 17 births . 4 25
Dr. A. W. Sawyer, inspect- ing cattle 16 50
T. P. Nichols, 50 notices to voters 5 50
George M. Amerige, ser-
vices as Moderator, 1903 . 15 00 J. W. Darcy, returning 50 deaths 12 50
J. S. Meacom, Treasurer, postage . ·
10 00
H. M. Forristall, services as Registrar 15 00
Services of Precinct Officers, Precinct Three . 62 00
2I
Services of Precinct Officers,
Precinct Two . . 64 00
Services of Precinct Officers, Precinct One . .
62 00
Frank E. Parker, postage . 1 00
Little, Brown & Co., Mass. Town officers . 4 00 370 81
Amount carried forward,
$896 16
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$896 16
March 21 Henry A. Parker, postage, express, etc. . .
$3 43
A. F. Jenkins, services as Registrar ·
17 00
Thomas P. Nichols, 175 spec- imen ballots 3 25
Thomas P. Nichols, 1,800 official ballots . 29 50
Thomas P. Nichols, 21 elec- tion return blanks 6 00
Whitten & Cass, printing for Auditor . 2 00
Whitten & Cass, printing for Town Clerk . 7 00
Edward B. Greenleaf, re- turning 20 deaths 5 00
April 4
Tilden & Adlington, water
1 pitcher . 20
J. E. Mansfield, janitor, etc., Town Hall 43 33
A. Sweetser, 22 cords manure Cliftondale Park 8 50
Butman & Cressey, fuel for Town Hall 50 10
A. Clark Newhall, services registrar . 27 50
D. B. Willis repairing booths, I 50
C. E. Dever, M. D., return- ing 3 births 75
George W. Gale, M. D., re- turning 10 births 2 50 207 56
Amount carried forward,
$1, 103 72
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Amount brought forward,
$1,103 72
April 4 The Norfolk Press, 1, 200 lists of appropriations ·
$8 00
Henry A. Turner, use of team, forest fires 1 00
Hose No. 1, forest fires 8 50
Hose No. 2, forest fires 2 50
18 Thomas T. Perkins, M. D.,
reporting 5 births I 25
Thomas P. Nichols, 25 no- tices to voters 5 00
Brockway - Smith Corpor-
ation, 100 lbs. fertilizer 2 00
Frank E. Parker, license blanks
75
May 2 E. R. Newhall, expressing . 50
J. E. Mansfield, janitor, etc., Town Hall 56 33
Henry A. Parker, entering new By - Laws Supreme Court
3 00
E. Curtis McKenney, rakes and fertilizer I 60
Butman & Cressey, fuel for Town Hall 37 23
Chronotype Printing Co.,
blanks, etc., for Assessors, 7 00
Frank E. Parker, postage and express I 25
Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, register of voters, 3 00
P. B. Murphy, dog license blanks and posters 3 50
142 41
Amount carried forward,
$1,246 13
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 43
Amount brought forward,
, $1,246 13
May 2
Peter Haigh, cleaning around Hose House 3 . $4 25
Dr. A. W. Sawyer, inspect- ing milk and slaughtering houses . 28 00 . Henry A. Parker, postage and express 2 IO
J. S. Meacom, Treasurer, postage, etc. 6 50
Henry W. Meek Publishing Co., birth return book I 50
Wright & Potter Printing Co., printing for Assessors, 2 50
Whitten & Cass, 5,000 letter heads for Selectmen 18 00
Whitten & Cass, 500 note notices for Selectmen I 75
C. A. Blakeley, repairs at Town Hall 2 50
C.A.Blakeley, repairs at Oak- landvale school-house 25
Hose No. I and others, forest fires 6 50
16 G. C. Parcher, M. D., return- ing 8 births 2 00
R. F. Rich, setting glass at . Town Hall I 50
Chronotype Printing Co., .
Assessors blanks and hold- ers .
3 25
Thomas P. Nichols, 50 As- sessors notices . .
6 00 86 60
Amount carried forward,
$1,332 73
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Amount brought forward, $1,332 73
May 16 M. L. Penney and others, forest fires
$6 63
Lilla D. Stott, abstract of deeds for Assessors . . Norfolk Press, birth, death and other blanks for Town Clerk
22 00
9 25
Thomas P, Nichols, 30 no- tices to voters . 5 25
Thomas P. Nichols, 75 vot- ing lists . ·
4.5 00
Thomas P. Nichols, 1000 ballots
4 00
Thomas P. Nichols, 60 vot- ing lists 20 00
June 6
J. E. Mansfield, janitor etc., Town Hall 54 23
Joseph M. McGilvary, setting furnace, etc., Town Hall, 28 05
J. S. Meacom, supplies 4 22
H. F. Milligan, printing for Collector 2 25
O. C. Christianson, repairing chairs and settees, Town Hall 6 25
Frank E. Parker, services
Selectmen's Clerk 25 00
Public Water Board, Lynn, repairing fountain 7 00
L. L. Parsons, repairs at Sau- gus Home 17 24
Hose No. I, forest fires 6 00 262 37
Amount carried forward,
$1,595 10
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Amount brought forward,
$1,595 10
June 6 W. H. Perkins, repairs at Saugus Home . $3 75
G. Clarence Parcher, M. D., returning 2 births 50
Henry A. Parker, services as Registrar ·
5 00
Henry A. Parker, expenses to Salem on By-Laws 60
Hose No. 1, forest fires 7 50
Hose No. 3, forest fires
4 00
Willard Wing, settlement of damage case 50 00
I. E. Graves, incidental ex- penses · ·
2 25
M. F. Cunningham, forest fires
I 50
Harold C. Fay, forest fires,
75
James A. Halliday, printing bids for sidewalks . ·
2 00
James A. Halliday, printing bids for coal ·
1 00
James A. Halliday, printing bids for painting 2 00
20
Public Water Board, Lynn, 1 pipe and service, Wood- bury avenue 20 70
Eugene Stevens and others, cleaning well . ! ·
3 75
J. S. Meacom, postage 5 20
Public Water Board, Lynn, pipe and service, Pleasant avenue 13 50 124 00
Amount carried forward,
$1,719 10
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Amount brought forward, $1,719 10
July I J. E. Mansfield, janitor, etc.,
Town Hall $37 33
Frank E. Parker, postage ·
2 00
Brockway-Smith Corpora-
tion, locks .
J 20
E. Curtis McKenney, sup- plies, Town Hall ·
2 05
Titus & Buckley, oak table, 7 00
Eugene Stevens, team for forest fires
I 50
18 Ames Plow Co., pump 7 14
Perry & Searle Co., 50 return postals 2 75
C. H. Stocker, fuel for Town Hall
176 32
The Review & Record 5 00
S. S. Lurvey, music for 275th Anniversary 15 00
Hall & Beede, decorations 275th Anniversary . · Mendelssohn Quartette, 275th Anniversary 26 52
18 00
H. A. B. Peckham, music, 275th Anniversary . 25 00
Oliver R. Howe, supplies Town Hall ·
2 35
Butman & Cressey, salt 85
Aug. I L. G. Hawkes, surveying for proposed sidewalk, Win- ter street . 14 00
J. E. Mansfield, janitor Town Hall . 33 03 377 04
Amount carried forward, .
$2,096 14
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Amount brought forward, $2,096 14
Aug. I The Norfolk Press, notices anniversary celebration
$4 00
The Norfolk Press, 300 copies lists of polls 28 00
C. A. Blakeley, distributing warrants . 15 00
Seaver-Bradford Co., Boston directory . 5 00
Charles L. Davis, returning 53 deaths 13 25
G. Clarence Parcher, M. D., returning 8 births 2 00
I. E. Graves, incidental ex- penses 2 60
J. S. Meacom, postage 5 00
R. S. Jones, Auditor's check book 13 00
George Parsons, incidental expenses . 4 42
Henry M. Meek, Pub. Co., Lynn Suburban Directory,
2 00
Frank W. Joy, police ser- vices 60 00
Jenkins Bros., spindle 20
Sept. 2 R. F. Rich, setting glass, Town Hall 75
L. G. Hawkes, Collector's record book and pencils . 5 00
J. E. Mansfield, janitor Town Hall 45 88
Milligan Press, printing for Collector 4 75 210 85
Amount carried forward,
$2,306 99
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $2,306 99
Sept. 2 Butman & Cressey, wood for Town Hall $13 13
Frank E. Parker, services Selectmen's clerk ·
25 00
19 Bailey's express . · ·
50
Cunningham Iron Co., 2
grates for Town Hall ·
7 06
Hobbs & Warren Co., col- lector's book ·
I 75
The Norfolk Press, 30 copies notices of registration of voters 5 00 · · Henry A. Parker, postage stamps · 2 00
Henry A. Parker, expressing paid ·
55
Henry A. Parker, car fares to Salem and Boston ·
74
Henry A. Parker, services on By-Laws . .
3 00
Brockway-Smith Corp., 10 gallons oil and can . 2 80
Oct. 3 J. E. Mansfield, janitor Town Hall 43 73 · J. E. Mansfield, freight and lamp globe I IO
.
B. F. Robinson, cleaning cesspool . 25 00 · Charles Leighton, legal ser- vices 50 00
H. E. Welt & Co., repairs at school-house, Lincoln Ave., 24 15 205 51
Amount carried forward,
$2,512 50
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Amount brought forward, $2,512 50 4
Oct. 3 H. O. Pratt and others, for- est fires at Kenwood
$4 25
18 Frank E. Parker, postage 2 00 / Joseph Newhall, care monu- ment lot 25 00
Henry C. Attwill, legal ser- vices
140 00
G. H. & A. L. Nichols, 75 check lists 30 00
Nov. 7 Frank E. Parker, services Selectmen's Clerk . 25 00
Sawyer & Berrett, ice for Town Hall 5 28
C. A. Blakeley, distributing warrants . 15 00
J. E. Mansfield, janitor Town Hall
38 33
L. J. Austin, expenses on 16 Tax Deeds 71 60
L. J. Austin, recording 16 deeds 13 60 - . L. J. Austin, expenses to Salem 32
L. J. Austin, collecting $71.36, interest of 1899 at I¿ per cent. 1 07
L. J. Austin, collecing $221.09, interest of 1900 at 1 I2 per cent. 3 31
L. J. Austin, collecting $156.26, interest of 1901 at I per cent. 1 56 376 32
Amount carried forward,
$2,588 82
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Amount brought forward,
$2,588 82
Nov. 7 L. J. Austin, collecting $1,271.84, tax of 1899 at 12 per cent $19 08
L. J. Austin, collecting $720, tax of 1900 at 13 per cent. . · 10 80
L. J. Austin, Collecting $2,705.78, tax of 1901 at I per cent. 27 06
L. J. Austin, collecting $8,248.45, tax of 1902 at I per cent. ·
82 48
L. J. Austin, collecting $15,469.40, tax of 1903 at I per cent. 154 69
L. J. Austin, collecting $7,591.67, tax of 1904 at I per cent. .
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