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Finance Committee, Precinct 1, 3 Years.
Precinct
Precinct
Precinct
One
Tw
Three
Total
Edward P. Groesbeck.
209
190
90
489
Blanks
116
141
82
339
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Finance Committee, Precinct 2, 3 Years.
Alvah J. Shepherd.
174
193
80
447
Blanks
151
138
92
381
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Finance Committee, Precinct 2, 1 Year.
Charles E. Welt.
1
1
Charles M. O'Connor
1
1
Washington L. Bryer
1
1
John M. Lyons
1
1
Blanks
325
327
172
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Finance Committee, Precinct 3, 3 Years.
V. G. Pendleton.
1
1
E. B. Oliver
2
2
Blanks 325 331
169
825
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Finance Committee, Precinct 3, 2 Years.
Henry J. Mills .
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1
Evan Evans, Jr
2
2
Blanks 325 330
170
825
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Finance Committee, Precinct 3, 1 Year.
Precinct
Precinct
Precinct Three
Total
V. G. Pendleton
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1
Blanks
325
331
171
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License.
Yes
81
60
35
176
No
197
228
98
523
Blanks
47
43
39
129
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Chapter 487, Call Men in Fire Department.
Yes
97
143
54
294
No
60
35
21
116
Blanks
168
153
97
418
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Chapter 514, Day's Work.
Yes
124
166
69
359
No
56
40
20
116
Blanks
145
125
83
353
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Chapter 807, Injuries in Public Employment.
Yes
115
142
61
318
No
53
39
17
109
'Blanks
157
150
94
401
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING.
March 9, 1914.
The meeting was called to order at eight o'clock P. M. by the Town Clerk, Henry A. Parker, who read the Warrant, omitting the reading of the articles as upon motion which was carried that the reading of the articles be dispensed with.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Chose Thomas P. Parsons, who, after being duly qualified by the Town Clerk, took charge of the meeting.
Art. 2. To hear report of Committees.
Voted: To accept the report of the Finance, Garbage, Standpipe, and Woodbury Avenue Extension Committees, Charles N. Wormstead made a minority report on Woodbury Avenue extension.
Art. 3. To choose all other town officers which towns are, by law, required to choose in the months of March and April annually.
Chose Carl F. Koch, Pound Keeper; Willie M. Penney, Daniel S. Bannon, Charles L. Putney, Field Drivers ; Frank H. Coburn, Hervey Upham, Fence Viewers ; Herbert O. Pratt, Frank H. Coburn, Frederick Stocker, Measurers of Wood and Bark ; Board of Selectmen as appraisers of Town Prop- erty.
Art. 4. Voted, to lay on the table.
Moderator appointed and swore in the following citizens as tellers : Herbert M. Forristall, Edgar B. Oliver, J. Arthur Raddin, Henry J. Mills.
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Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to purchase an Auto Pump Engine, with capacity of 700 gallons per minute, equipped with a 50-gallon Chemical Tank and 300 feet of Chemical Hose, said machine to have full equipment of a first-class Pump Engine, at an expense not exceeding $8,500 or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agree- able to the petition of Walter C. Perkins and others.
Voted : To indefinitely postpone.
Voted : To take up Art. 36.
Art. 36. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Water Commissioners, to make a loan of twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the improvement and extension of the water system of Saugus, Mass., under the provisions of Chapter 91, of the Acts of the Legislature of Massachusetts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven and the Acts in amendment thereto and supple- mentary thereof, said loan to be used for the purpose of acquiring land and constructing a standpipe on Baker's Hill, so-called, and for the purpose of procuring land and con- structing a pumping station and equipment for the same and to define the terms and time of payment of said loan, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Robert T. Allen and others.
Voted : That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Water Commissioners, be and hereby is authorized to issue bonds or notes of the Town, under Chapter 91, of the Acts of the Massachusetts Legislature of the year 1911, and the Acts in amendment thereto and supplementary thereof, to the amount of $25,000 for the improvement and extension of the Water System of Saugus, Massachusetts, of acquiring land, constructing a standpipe on Baker's Hill, so-called, and for the purpose of procuring land and constructing a Pumping Station and the equipment for the same. Said Bonds or notes to be Serial Coupon Bonds or notes, dated May 1st, 1914, and bearing interest at the rate not exceeding 4 1-2 per cent. and bear on their face the words, "Town of Saugus Water Loan Act of 1911, and amendments thereto." The
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coupons attached to said Bonds or notes to bear the facsimile signature of the Treasurer. Said loan to be made payable, not exceeding thirty (30) years, in accordance with the acts of the Massachusetts legislature of 1913, relative to Loans as specified in this Article. Yeas, 225; Nays, 12.
Voted : To adjourn at 10.15 P. M., to Monday, March 16, at 8 P. M.
Voted: To take up Article 27.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to purchase the Hurd estate, so-called, consisting of twelve acres, more or less, the same to be used for a public playground, and to make an appropriation of four thousand dollars ($4,000) to be used for the purchase of said estate, and to issue serial bonds of the town for the same and to define the terms and time of payment thereof, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Ulric B. F. A. Jenkins and others.
Voted: That the Town purchase the Hurd estate, so- called, consisting of twelve acres, more or less, the same to be used for a public playground and that the sum of four thousand dollars be and hereby is appropriated to pay for the same that the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is au- thorized and directed to issue five serial bonds of the town therefor, bearing interest at the rate not exceeding four per cent., said bonds to be of the denomination of eight hundred dollars each and to be numbered one to five inclusive, interest payable semi-annually and one each of said bonds payable annually on the first day of April on and after 1915. Yeas, 196; Nays, 108. This vote requiring a two-third vote was not carried.
Adjourned at 10.15 P. M. to Monday evening. March 16, 1914, at 8 o'clock.
A true copy. Attest,
HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING
March 16, 1914.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 8 o'clock P. M.
Voted: To waive the reading of the records of last meet- ing.
After much discussion in regard to the reconsideration, of Art. 27, and no person who voted in the majority having asked for a reconsideration, it was decided by the Moderator that the article could come before the meeting again, and upon the request of twenty-five voters the check list was called for with the following results: yeas, 247; nays, 188. This vote requiring a two-third vote was not carried.
Voted, at 10.10 o'clock P. M. to adjourn to Friday, March 20, 1914, at eight o'clock P. M.
A true copy. Attest, HENRY PARKER,
Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING.
March 20, 1914.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 8 o'clock P. M.
Voted : To refer back to Art. 2.
Voted : To accept the report of the Finance Committee.
Voted: To Take up Art. 28.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Water Commissioners, to make a water loan of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) for the purpose of extending and improving the water system of Saugus, Mass., under Chapter 91, Section 2, of the Acts of the Massachusetts Legislature of the year 1911, and to define the terms and the time of payment of said loan, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Robert T. Allen and others.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Water Commissioners, be and he hereby is authorized to issue Bonds of the Town, under Chapter 91, Section 2 of the Acts of the Massachusetts Legislature of 1911, to the amount of $10,000, for the purpose of improving and extending the Water System. Said Bonds to be serial Coupon Bonds of denominations of $1,000 each, dated May 1st, 1914, bear- ing interest at the rate not exceeding 4 1-2 per cent. and bear on their face the words, "Town of Saugus Water Loan Act of 1911" the coupons attached to said Bonds to bear the fac- simile signature of the Treasurer. One Bond No. 24, payable May 1st, 1922. Two Bonds Nos. 25 and 26, payable May 1st, 1923. Two Bonds Nos. 27 and 28, payable May 1st, 1924. Two Bonds Nos. 29 and 30, payable May 1st, 1925. Two Bonds Nos. 31 and 32, payable May 1st, 1926. One Bond No. 33, payable May 1st, 1927. Yeas, 154; Nays, 2.
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Voted : To take up Art. 8.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) for the installing of toilets in the Lynnhurst Schoolhouse, money to be expended by the School Committee, agreeable to the petition of W. Burton Ames and others.
Voted : That the sum of $350 he and hereby is appropri- ated for the purpose of installing toilets in the Lynnhurst Schoolhouse, money to be expended by the School Commit- tee.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to take out the old toilets in the Cliftondale Brick School and install modern plumbing as recommended by the Board of Health, agreeable to the petition of Charles L. Davis and others.
Voted : That the sum of $500 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the purpose of taking out the old toilets in the Cliftondale Brick School and installing modern plumb- ing.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to repair and refinish the Old Grammar School building in Saugus, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Charles L. Davis and others.
Voted : That the sum of $1,500 be and the same hereby is appropriated to repair and refinish the Old Grammar School building in Saugus.
Voted : To take up Art. 15.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) for the purpose of installing a filing cabinet in the Treasurer's office, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of H. Dwight Bisbee and others.
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Voted : That the sum of $75 be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of installing in the Treasurer's office a filing cabinet or cabinets.
Voted : To take up Art. 7.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to install a system of drainage from Cleveland avenue to the Lynn Line on Wash- ington avenue, Lynnhurst, about seven hundred feet of fif- teen inch pipe connected with catch basins as follows: Two at the junction of Cleveland and Washington avenues, two at the junction of Harrison and Washington avenues; one at the junction of Garfield and Washington avenues, and to make an appropriation therefor not exceeding $700: the above work to be let out to the lowest responsible bidder, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agree- able to the petition of Charles N. Wormstead and others.
Voted : To refer to the Board of Selectmen.
Voted : To adjourn at 10.15 P. M. to Wednesday evening, Mar. 25, 1914.
Voted : To take Art. 4, from the table.
Voted : To take up item D. D. D. under Art. 4. -
Item D. D. D. under discussion at the time voted to adjourn.
Adjourned at 10.15 P. M. to Mar. 25, 1914, at 8 o'clock P. M.
A true copy. Attest.
HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING.
March 25, 1914.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator, at 8 o'clock, P. M.
Records of last meeting were read by Town Clerk, and approved.
Voted: That the sum of $2,585 be and is hereby appro- priated for the interest on Water Loans.
Voted: That the sum of $125 be and hereby is appro- priated for the office expenses of the Finance Committee, including salary of the Secretary of $50.
Voted : That the sum of $600 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the office expenses of the Selectmen's department including the salaries of Selectmen of $350.
Voted: That the sum of $600 be and is hereby appropria- ted for the office expenses of the Auditing Department, in- cluding salary of Auditor of $500.
Voted : That the sum of $1240 be and is hereby appro- priated for the office expenses of the Treasury Department, including $500 for salary of Treasurer and $100, for Treas- urer's Bond, and $520 for Clerk.
Voted : That the sum of $1150 be and is hereby appropri- ated for office expenses, including the commissions of the Tax Collector.
Voted: That the sum of $1700 be and is hereby appro- priated for the expenses on Tax Titles.
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Voted: That the sum of $1500 be and is hereby appro- priated for the Assessors' Department, including salaries of Assessors and Deputies.
Voted : That the sum of $35 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the registration of Town Notes.
Voted: That the sum of $800 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the office expenses of the Law Department, includ- ing the salary of the Town Counsel of $400 and the settle- ment of the Cox claim of $350.
Voted : That the sum of $175 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the office expenses of the Town Clerk, including salary of $100.
Voted: That the sum of $1000 be and is hereby appro- priated for the expense of Election and Registration.
Voted : That the sum of $2170 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expenses of Town Hall. including salary of Jan- itor of $1000 a year from April 1, 1914.
Voted: That the sum of $8800 be and is hereby appro- priated for the expense of the Police department and the Keeper of Lockup, also to provide for the addition of two permanent officers to begin July 1, 1914, and to purchase a motorcycle at an expense not exceeding $300.
Voted: That the sum of $50 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the salary of Constable.
Voted: That the sum of $300 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the Fire Engineers' salaries.
Voted : That the sum of $4025 be and is hereby appropri- ated for Firemen's salaries which includes the appointment of a sub-permanent fireman at $50 a month, beginning April 1st.
Voted : That the sum of $2000 be and hereby is appropri- ated for the Fire Department General.
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Voted : That the sum of $400 be and hereby is appropri- ated for the Fire Department for the purchase of Hose.
Voted: That the sum of $200 be and hereby is appropri- ated for Fire Department repairs on Buildings.
Voted: That the sum of $644 be and is hereby appropri- ated for Hydrant service.
Voted : That the sum of $450 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expenses of Inspection of Buildings, including salary of Building Inspector of $400.
Voted : That the sum of $200 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expenses of the Sealer of Weights and Meas- mures, including salary of the Sealer of $150.
Voted : That the sum of $2670.32 be and is hereby appro- priated for the extermination of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth.
Voted : To adjourn at 10.15 P. M., to Tuesday, March 31, 1914, at 8 o'clock.
Voted : That the sum of $600 be and is hereby appropri- ated as the Town proportion of the State expenditure for exterminating the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth.
Voted : That the sum of $375 be and is hereby appropri- ted for the extermination of the Elm Leaf Beetle.
Voted : That the sum of $300 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the' Tree Warden, including $100 for setting out new trees.
Voted : That the sum of $300 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expenses of Forest Fires.
Voted : That the sum of $1200 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expenses of the Board of Health, including sala- ries for the Board of $75 and $25 for Secretary.
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Voted : That the sum of $300 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expenses of vital statistics.
Voted: That the sum of $550 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expenses for inspection of Plumbing, including salary of the Plumbing Inspector of $500.
Voted : That the sum of $150 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expenses of the Inspection of Cattle and Milk.
Voted : To take up Article 6.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1558 for the following equipment: One Garbage Wagon,, $250; one Wagon, $200; one 4-yard Ash Wagon, $250; two Horses at $300,' $600; twelve Garbage buckets, $8; two Harnesses, $75; one Pump, $75; twenty barrels, $100; agree- able to the petition of Walter C. Perkins.
Voted: To indefinitely postpone.
Voted: That the sum of $1320 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the collection of Ashes and Garbage.
Item G. G. under discussion at time of closing.
Adjourned at 10.15 P. M., to Tuesday, Mar. 31, 1914, at 8 o'clock, P. M.
A true copy. Attest,
HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING.
March 31, 1914.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator, at 8.05 P. M.
Voted : To waive the reading of the records of last meet- ing.
Voted: That the sum of $12,000, which includes the Street Railway and Excise Taxes, be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expense of Highway and Bridges.
Voted: That the sum of $500 be and is hereby appropri- ated for Concrete Sidewalks.
Voted: That the sum of $3000 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expense of Oiling Streets.
Voted: That the sum of $2200 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expense of Snow and Ice.
Voted : That the sum of $7850 be and is hereby appropri- ated for street lighting, to be expended by the Board of Se- lectmen at their discretion.
Upon request of the committee appointed by the Board of Trade to interview the Governor in regard to the appoint- ment of a judge to be appointed for our Trial Justice Court, the moderator finding no objection, the committee made a report, and by vote the sentiment of the meeting was that a bill be presented to the Legislature for a Municipal Court.
Voted: That the sum of $8000 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the expense of the Overseers of the Poor, including salaries of the Overseers of the Poor.
Voted: That the sum of $10,000 be and is hereby appro- priated for the expense of the Saugus Home.
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Voted : That the sum of $300 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the repairs of the Saugus Home buildings.
Voted: That the sum of $3000 be and is hereby appropri- ated for State and Military Aid.
Voted : That the sum of $4 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the administration of State and Military Aid.
Voted: That the sum of $148 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the burial of Soldiers.
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Voted: That the sum of $1000 be and is hereby appropri- ated for Soldiers' Relief.
Voted: That the sum of $275 be and is hereby appropri- ated for Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of Post 95, G. A. R.
Voted: That the sum of $517.50 be and is hereby appro- priated for printing and distributing the Town Reports.
Voted: That the sum of $300 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the care of Public Grounds.
Voted : That the sum of $2000 be and is hereby appropri- ated for a Reserve Fund, according to the Acts of the Massa- chusetts Legislature of 1913.
Voted: That the sum of $2200 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the care of Riverside Cemetery.
Voted : That the sum of $6500 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the interest of temporary loans.
Voted: That the sum of $4,615 be and is hereby appro- priated for the interest of School loans, including $40 for previous years' interest.
Voted: That the sum of $600 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the Sinking Fund.
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Voted : That the sum of $3646.75, together with the amount of the unexpended balances of 1913 of. $3353.25 to be taken from the Treasury, a total of $7000, be and is hereby appropriated for the School Loan maturing during 1914.
Voted: That the sum of $2000 be and is hereby appropri- ated for Water Loans maturing during 1914.
Voted: That the sum of $2000 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the Superintendent of Schools.
Voted: That the sum of $50 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the Secretary of the School Committee.
Voted: To adjourn at 10.15 P. M. to Thursday, Apr. 3, 1914, at 8 o'clock.
Voted: That the sum of $2000 be and is hereby appropri- ated for repairs on School Buildings and care of grounds.
Voted: That the sum of $53,700, which includes the re- ceipts for Tuition, be and is hereby appropriated for Schools' General Expense.
Adjourned at 10.15 to Thursday, April 3, 1914, at 8 o'clock.
A true copy. Attest, i
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HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING.
April 2, 1914.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at eight o'clock P. M.
Voted: To waive the reading of the records of last meeting.
Voted: That the sum of $1400 which includes the Dog Tax, be and is hereby appropriated for the Public Library.
Voted : That the sum of $1130 be and is hereby appropri- ated for installing and teaching the Commercial Course in the High School.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $150 to be used in grading Robinson street, agreeable to the petition of Tom D. Emmett and others.
Voted : To refer to the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will install a Fire Alarm Box at the corner of Winter and Willis streets, and make an appropriation of $150 for the same, agreeable to the petition of Frederick H. Griswold and others.
Voted : That the sum of $150 be and is hereby appropri- ated for the purpose of installing a Fire Alarm Box at the corner of Winter and Willis streets.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1200 for the purpose of building a Storage Vault in the basement of the Town Hall and furnishing the same with steel fixtures as provided by law, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of H. Dwight Bisbee and others.
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Voted : That the sum of $1200 be and is hereby appropri- ated for a Storage Vault for the storage of records and other papers of the several officers of the Town, to be located in the basement of the Town Hall, same to be fire proof.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $500 for the extension of water pipes on Seagirt avenue, running from Venice avenue westerly 550 feet, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Nathan Koran and others.
Voted : To refer to the Water Commissioners.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1000, together with the Dog Tax for 1913 and the Library receipts, to be expended under the Library Trustees, for the purpose of defraying expenses of the Saugus Free Public Library for the ensuing year, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Clayton W. Rees and others.
Voted : To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $400 for the purpose of defraying expenses and doctor's bills of ex-Fire Chief Clayton W. Rees, resulting from an operation caused by injuries he received while in the dis- charge of his duties at a fire on Overlea avenue, East Sau- gus, April 20, 1913, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Michell E. Byron and others.
Voted : To refer to the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $86.64 to pay taxes for the year 1913, on unredeemed tax titles taken by the Town.
Voted : That the sum of $86.64 be and is hereby appropri- ated to pay taxes for the year 1913 on unredeemed tax titles taken by the Town.
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Art. 21. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $707.10 to cover the amount due on unpaid bills January 1, 1914.
Voted: That the sum of $704.22 be and is hereby appro- priated for the payment of unpaid bills up to January 1st, 1914, as follows :
General Government, Treasurer's Dept., $59.38; Election and Registration $30.75; Town Hall, $31.99; Protection of Persons and Property, Fire Department, $330.53; Inspector of Buildings, $3.00; Health and Sanitation, Vital Statistics, $9.00; Charities, Overseers of the Poor, $183.56; Education, Schools, $1.25; Outside Repairs, $21.04; Inside Repairs, $33 .- 72;
Voted: To take up Art. 33.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to re-district the Voting Precincts and that there be a voting booth placed in Pleasant Hills.
Voted : To refer to the Board of Selectmen.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $5000 for a survey and plotting the Town, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Assessors, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agree- able to the petition of J. Arthur Raddin and others.
Voted: That the sum of $5000 be and is hereby appropri- ated towards Surveying and Plotting for the Town, same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Assess- ors.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to pay to the per- petual care fund of Cemetery Commission $100, and accrued interest to reimburse it for the money paid for care of the Charles Raddin lot, agreeable to the petition of J. Arthur Raddin and others.
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