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ART. 50. To see what action the Town will take in deter- mining how money shall be raised to pay for permanent im- provements.
The polls to be closed at sunset.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depot, Post Office, and three other public and conspicuous places in the Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
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 aforesaid.
Given under our hands this second day of March, in the year nineteen hundred and three.
JOSEPH M. BASSETT, EDWARD A. MAXFIELD, CLARENCE B. DELANO, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest :
RICHARD G. GILLEY, Constable.
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Return on the Warrant.
Pursuant to the within Warrant to me directed, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, to meet at the time and place and for the purpose herein mentioned, by posting up attested copies of said Warrant at the Depots, Post Offices, and thirty other public and conspicuous places in said Swampscott, on Friday, the sixth day of March, 1903, the posting of said notices being seven days, at least, before the time of said meet- ing.
Attest : RICHARD G. GILLEY, Constable of Swampscott.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, the voters of the Town met in the Town Hall on Monday, March 16, 1903, and were called to order at six o'clock, A. M., by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant calling the meeting, and the Officers' return thereon.
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator.
On motion it was voted, that the Clerk cast one ballot for Edward H. Thomas for Moderator. Having cast that ballot, Edward H. Thomas was. declared elected Moderator, and duly qualified by the Clerk for that duty.
The following having been appointed by the Selectmen, were sworn to their respective duties by the Clerk : Ballot Clerks, Jas. L. Taylor, (Rep.) and Willis C. Paul, (Dem.) Tellers, W. Herbert Webster, Frank V. Porter, J. Henry Widger, Benj. F. Rich, Edgar M. Tuttle, Henry P. Peters, (Rep.) Sidney M. Shattuck, Wm. H. Collins, Bernard McDermott, H. Byron Martin, Frank D. Thurston, and Albert D. Stone, (Dem.) All requirements of law having been complied with, the polls were declared open at 6.15 A. M. and closed at 5.51 P. M., 964 gen- eral, and 10 special ballots having been cast. At 8.05 the fol- lowing result of the balloting was declared :
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For Selectmen-Joseph M. Bassett, 509, elected ; Clarence B. Delano, 613, elected ; John M. Grosvenor, Jr., 436, elected ; George A. R. Horton, 411; Martin L. Quinn, 434; Frank Willey, 110; blanks, 379.
For Town Clerk-Milton D. Porter, 743, elected; scat- tering, 2; blanks, 219.
For Treasurer-L. Herbert Cahoon, 379; Benjamin O. Honors, elected, 486; blanks, 99.
For Collector of Taxes-William H. Carroll, 208; Daniel F. Knowlton, 222 ; George T. Till, 487, elected ; blanks, 47.
For Assessor for two years-Peleg Gardner, 440; Edward A. Maxfield, 445, elected ; blanks, 79.
For Assessor for three years-Gilbert Delano, 597, elected ; Albert R. Ellis, 258; blank, 109.
For School Committee for one year-Charles A. Flagg, 614, elected ; blanks, 360.
For School Committee for three years-Daniel E. Burtner, 444, elected ; Enoch S. Eastman, 319; blanks, 21I.
For Overseer of Poor for three years-Charles A. Blanchard, 343, elected ; Joseph F. Curtis, 275 ; David W. Nisbett, 213; blanks, 133.
For Trustee of Public Library for three years-Elizabeth J. Hadley, 655, elected ; blanks, 309.
For Sewer Commissioner for three years-Edward H. Curtis, 418; Oscar G. Poor, 457, elected, blanks, 89.
For Surveyor of Highways-John A. Cullen, 187; I. Irving Edgerly, 441, elected ; James P. M. S. Pitman, 315 ; blanks, 21.
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For Board of Health for three years-Richard P. Horton, 428; Jasper H. Stone, 450, elected ; blanks, 86.
For Water Commissioner for three years-Willard C. Chase, 321 ; Samuel M. Kehoe, 523, elected ; Martin V. B. Stone, 66; blanks, 54.
For Park Commissioner for one year-Stuart P. Ellis, 368 ; Fred C. March, 423 ; blanks, 173.
For Park Commissioner for three years-John J. Blaney, 484, elected ; William Granger, 273 ; blanks, 207.
For Auditors-Herman F. Ashton, 443, elected ; L. Frank Cahoon, 381, elected ; John B. Earp, 479, elected ; George R. Hussey, 344; Ralph E. Maxfield, 280; Bertram C. Melzard, 282 ; blanks, 683.
For Tree Warden-James T. Lyons, 315; George Newhall, 539 ; blanks, 110.
For Constables-Richard G. Gilley, 602, elected ; Samuel T. Harris, 614, elected; Edwin G. Spaulding, 559, elected ; scat- tering, 3 ; blanks, 1, 114.
License Question-No, 630; yes, 172 ; blanks, 162.
Voted at 8.15 P. M., to adjourn to to-morrow, Tuesday even- ing, at 7.30 o'clock.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
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Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, March 17, 1903.
In accordance with the previous adjournment, the voters of the Town met in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, March 17, 1903, and were called to order at 7.30 o'clock by the Moderator.
The records of the last meeting were read and declared approved.
ART. 4. Voted, To accept all reports of the departments in so far as they contain no recommendations.
Voted, To lay upon the table that part of the Selectmen's Re- port relating to the Norfolk avenue drain, along the State high- way, the same to be taken up with Article 44.
Voted, To lay upon the table that part of the Tree Warden's Report relating to an appropriation, to be taken up with the Selectmen's Estimate of General Appropriations.
Voted, That all the reports of departments be laid upon the table to be taken up with the articles to which they refer.
Voted, To lay Articles 5, 6 and 7 upon the table, and to take up Article 8.
ART. 8. Voted, That for the purpose of procuring a tem- porary loan to, and for the use of the Town, in anticipation of the taxes of the present year, the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, at an interest rate not to exceed six (6) per cent. a sum or sums in the agregate amount- ing to $50,000, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made, and any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the Town, under this vote, shall be paid from the taxes of the present year.
Voted, That Articles 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 47, 49, 50 be referred to a com- mittee to consist of the Moderator, the Town Clerk, Town Trea-
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surer, the outgoing Board of Selectmen, the incoming Board of Selectmen, and 25 citizens at large to be appointed by the Moderator, to report in print to each voter previous to the ad- journed meeting to be held in April next.
A motion to appropriate $300 to place a pipe rail fence around the Town Hall lot, was lost.
Voted, To take up Article 5, and to appropriate the following sums as recommended by the Board of Selectmen for the use of the several departments for the current year, viz :-
Selectmen's Department
$5,500 00
Highway
8,000 00
Sidewalk .
1,500 00
Crushing Stone .
1,000 00
Catch Basin and Gutters
900 00
Resetting Curbstones
300 00
Tree Warden
600 00
School ($2,500 extra)
23,500 00
Street Watering
2,500 00
Health, including collection of ashes and offal 3,500 00
Police
5,000 00
Street Lights
8,000 00
Poor
,
3,300 00
Fire, receipts, etc. .
5,750 00
Town Hall, receipts, etc.
1,200 00
Concrete and Curbstone
500 00
Cemetery .
750 00
Library, receipts, etc.
700 00
Care Monument Lot .
35 00
Memorial Day . ·
150 00
Water Rates
950 00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid .
1,500 00
Interest (estimated)
8,200 00
State Tax 66
.
.
3,500 00
County Tax " .
5,500 00
Sewer Bonds .
.
.
3,100 00
$95,435 00
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ART. 6. Jury List. The following having been excused at their own request, John A. Cullen, John A. Rogers, Allen S. Rowe, John B. Earp, and Frank H. Bassett, it was voted to ac- cept the list posted by the Selectmen as thus amended :
Adams, John I.
Painter.
Ashton, Hermon F.
Manufacturer.
Ashton, Elliott M. .
Painter.
Baker, Freeman A.
Paper hanger.
Blanchard, George H.
Fisherman.
Blanchard, Horace W.
Superintendent.
Bradford, Frank H.
Paper hanger.
Cahoon, L. Herbert Cann, John W.
Carter, Lewis N. .
Agent.
Collins, William H.
Connor, George M.
Shoemaker.
Curtis, J. B. P.
Storekeeper.
· Curtis, Edward H.
Clerk.
Delano, Gilbert .
Carpenter.
Douglass, Henry E.
Douglass, Rodney A.
Fisherman.
Doughty, Willis E.
Sole cutter.
Ellis, Stuart P.
Photographer.
Glass, Joseph W. .
Heath, George A.
Boat builder.
Knowlton, Daniel F.
Upholsterer.
Merritt, John R.
Manufacturer.
Moore, J. Frank .
Fish dealer.
Moulton, James H.
Salesman.
Mudge, Henry L.
Clerk.
Melzard, George T. Nies, Martin E.
Plumber
Nisbett, David W.
- Phippen, Charles H.
Plumber.
Phillips, James E.
Painter.
Porter, Milton D.
Insurance.
Fisherman.
Shoemaker.
Fisherman.
Morris, Stephen D.
Foreman.
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Quinn, Martin L.
.
Roofer.
Roberts, Edward B.
· Livery.
Rowell, Charles G.
Mason.
Russell, Edmund .
Insurance.
Spaulding, Edwin G.
Watchman.
Spinney, George F.
Shoemaker.
Stone, Jasper H. .
Salesman.
Taylor, James L. .
Barber.
Thomas, Edward H.
Hatter.
Tuttle, Edgar M. .
Paper hanger.
Webster, George C.
Clerk.
Wiley, Edwin F. .
Mason.
Widger, J. Henry .
·
Expressman.
ART. 7. Voted, That the bonds required of the Treasurer be $10,000.
ART. 9. Voted, That the bonds of the Collector of Taxes be $5,000.
ART. 10. Voted, That a discount of 2 per cent. be allowed on all taxes paid on or before October first of the current year.
ART. 12. Pending discussion on a resolve offered by Mr. Waterhouse, that, "It is the sense of this meeting that a Town Way should be laid out from Columbia street to Essex street, conformable to plans on file in the Town Clerk's office," a mo- tion to indefinitely postpone this Article was carried.
ART. 13. Mr. Tuttle offered a motion that Section 2 of Article 3 of the By-Laws of the Town is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words, namely : Provided, however, that for all debts contracted by the Sewer Commissioners of the Town payment may be made by a draft upon the Town Treasurer, signed by said Sewer Commissioners, or a majority of such Commissioners, and a draft so signed shall be sufficient authority to the Treasurer for the payment of the amount thereof.
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An amendment offered by Mr. Stubbs, That the vote of 1899 in relation to the By-laws of Section 2, Article 3, be rescinded, and Article 3 remanded, and all bills drawn on the Town Trea- sury shall be presented to the Selectmen for their approval, was carried.
Voted, To take up Articles 42, 43 and 44 together. On motion of Mr. Sprague it was voted, Article 42, unanimously :
That the Town Treasurer be and he hereby is authorized to execute and issue in the name and behalf of the Town the promis- sory notes of the Town for three thousand dollars to secure a loan for such amount for the use of the Sewer Commissioners in the extension of the system of sewerage, in accordance with any vote which may be passed by the Town, or for the completion of the system already authorized, said sum to be borrowed by the Treasurer upon three promissory notes for one thousand dol- lars each, one note to be payable one year from the date of such note, one note to be payable two years from the date of such note, and the third note to be payable three years from the date of such note, each note to be signed by the Treasurer of the Town and countersigned by the Sewer Commissioners, or a ma- jority of such Commissioners. Each note shall bear upon its face the words "Swampscott Sewerage Loan," and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum.
ART. 43. Voted, That the Sewer Commissioners be author- ized to extend the sewer on Orient street to connect with sewer built by Mr. Farrar.
ART. 44. Voted unanimously, That the sum of $3,000 be appropriated to reimburse the Sewer Commissioners for money expended to reconstruct the drain on the State highway and Burrill streets, the same to be raised by loan.
Voted, on motion of M. E. Nies, That the Selectmen, in con- junction with the Park Commissioners, proceed in a legal manner to regain possession of King's Beach, now held by the State of
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Massachusetts, and properly belonging to the Town under con- tract made with the State, whereby the State was to turn over the same to the Town without restriction or provision.
Voted, at 10 P. M., to adjourn to to-morrow, Wednesday evening, March 18th, at 7.30 o'clock.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, March 18, 1903.
Meeting called to order at 7.40 o'clock, P. M., by the Moderator.
Records of the last meeting read and declared approved.
Voted, To lay Article 16 upon the table, and to take up Article 46.
ART. 46. A. R. Ellis moved that any one desiring to have a water meter shall be permitted to have the same by applying for the same to the Water Board, applicant to pay the price of the meter, and the rates same as in Lynn; after discussion, on a division of the house, the motion was lost, 38 yes to 41 10.
Voted, That the sum of $170 be appropriated for two new fire alarm boxes and a figure indicator, as recommended by the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department.
Voted, To refer Articles 16, 30 and 32 to the Committee of Twenty-five.
Voted, To refer Articles 23, 24 and 25 to the Committee on Street Lights, and that the same Committee on Street Lights serve in that capacity for the ensuing year.
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ART. 31. Voted, To accept Chatman avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, when all the waivers are signed.
ART. 33, Voted, To accept Grant road, as laid out by the Selectmen, when all the waivers are signed.
ART. 43. Voted, To accept Hardy road, as laid out by the Selectmen, when all the waivers are signed.
ART. 35. Voted, To accept Outlook road, as laid out by the Selectmen, when all the waivers are signed.
Voted, That Article 45 be indefinitely postponed.
ART. 48. Voted, That the Selectmen and the Board of Health be authorized to dispose of the house and lot on Minerva street, formerly used as a contagious hospital, and to convey the same.
Voted, that when we adjourn, it be to Tuesday, April 21, 1903, at 7.30 P. M.
On motion of Mr. Stubbs, it was voted, That a record be kept in each department of the town of all contracts that are given out, with the name of each bidder and the amount of each bid, the bidders to be notified and the bids opened in their presence, for their inspection, the same to be inserted in our annual report.
Voted, To take up the report of the Board of Health.
On motion of Mr. Stubbs, it was voted, That the report of the Board of Health be laid upon the table until they state to the Town their reasons for not complying with a vote of the Town. Voted, at 8.45 P. M., to adjourn.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
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Recount of Votes Cast for Third Selectman at the Annual Town Election, March 16, 1903.
SWAMPSCOTT, March 20, 1903.
A petition having been presented, and notice served upon the Town Clerk, asking for a recount of the ballots cast at the Annual Town Election, on the 16th inst., for John M. Gros- venor, Jr., and Martin L. Quinn for the office of Selectman, the Board of Registrars of Voters met on March 19, 1903, and can- vassed and recounted the ballots cast for said Grosvenor and and Quinn, with the following result :
. John M. Grosvenor, Jr., four hundred and thirty-four (434) ; Martin L. Quinn, four hundred and thirty-five (435), when Martin L. Quinn was declared elected and the parties notified.
MILTON D. PORTER, Clerk of Board of Registrars of Voters.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER,
Town Clerk.
The Committee of Citizens authorized under a previous vote to consider certain Articles in the Annual Town Warrant, and to report on the same at the adjourned meeting was appointed by the Moderator as follows :
Moderator .- Edward H. Thomas.
Town Clerk .- Milton D. Porter.
Town Treasurer .- Benjamin O. Honors.
Selectmen .- Jos. M. Bassett, Clarence B. Delano, Martin L. Quinn.
Outgoing Selectman .- Edward A. Maxfield.
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Citizens at Large .- Edwin A. Farnham, Henry J. Pedrick, Bernard McDermott, Henry N. Cullen, Frank J. Linnehan, Willis E. Doughty, Geo. C. Webster, Herman F. Ashton, Jas. T. Lyons, Oscar G. Poor, Henry B. Sprague, Aaron R. Bunt- ing, I. Irving Edgerly, J. P. M. S. Pitman, Jasper H. Stone, Frank B. Stratton, Willard C. Chase, Frank L. Bonney, Chas. S. Haskell, H. Cushing Bulfinch, Frank E. Ingalls, Geo. A. Jackson, Daniel F. Knowlton, Edmund Russell, Gilbert Delano.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER,
Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting, April 7, 1903.
TOWN WARRANT.
ESSEX, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Swampscott, in said County, GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, qualified to vote in elections, and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Swampscott, on Tuesday, the Seventh day of April, current, at seven-thirty o'clock in the P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To see what action the Town will take, if any, with relation to the connections from the sewarage system now being installed to estates abutting upon any sewered street or way, and in what manner such sewer connections shall be paid for, and to pass any votes in relation to such sewer connections.
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ART. 3. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Sewer Commissioners, in the name and behalf of the Town, to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth now sitting for any amendment to Chapter 86 of the year 1902 relating to the Swampscott Sewerage System, whereby the Town may borrow a sum of money not exceeding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) in addition to the amount at present, authorized under said Chap- ter 86, for the purpose of making such sewer connections and in the further carrying out of the provisions of said Chapter 86, and to provide for assessments or charges against estates so connected, to secure reimbursement to the Town for the whole or any part of such expenditures made upon such connections; or for any other amendment of said Act in relation to the Sewerage System of the Town of Swampscott, and connections thereto from pri- vate estates.
ART. 4. To see what action the Town will take to place an electric arc light on Norfolk avenue, midway between Middle- sex avenue and Paradise road, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, Depot, Post Office, and three other public and conspicuous places in the Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
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 aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-seventh day of March, in the year nineteen hundred and three.
JOSEPH M. BASSETT, C. B. DELANO, M. L. QUINN, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest : RICHARD G. GILLEY, Constable.
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Return on the Warrant.
Pursuant to the within Warrant to me directed, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Swampscott, qualified as herein expressed, to meet at the time and place and for the purpose herein mentioned, by posting up attested copies of said Warrant at the Town Hall, Depot, Post Office, and twenty-five other public and conspicuous places in said Swampscott, on Tuesday, the thirty-first day of March, in the year nineteen hundred and three, the posting of said notices being at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
RICHARD G. GILLEY, Constable of Swampscott.
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the voters of the Town met in Town Hall on Tuesday, April 7, 1903, and were called to order at 7.30 P. M. by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant and the return thereon.
ARTICLE I. Edward H. Thomas was elected and qualified as Moderator.
ART. 2. It was unanimously voted, on motion of E. M. Tuttle, that it is the sense of this meeting that the sewer connec- tions, from the main sewers in any street or way, and all connec- tions with any permanent underdrains where laid in connection with such sewers, shall be made and paid for in the first instance by the Town, under the direction of the Board of Sewer Com- missioners, and that such connections in all sewered streets shall be made as soon as practicable after such street is sewered.
ART. 3. On motion of Benjamin G. Ingalls, it was unani- mously voted, that the Town authorize and direct the Sewer Commissioners to petition the General Court, now sitting, in the name and behalf of the Town, for an amendatory enactment to Chapter 86 of the Acts of the year 1902, which shall give to the Town of Swampscott the right to borrow the further sum of
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fifty thousand dollars in addition to the amount already author- ized under said Chapter 86, for the purpose of constructing particular sewers from main sewers to the street line of abutters, and in further carrying out the provisions of said Chapter 86; said further sum to be borrowed upon the same terms and con- ditions and with the same power in behalf of said Town as pro- vided in said Chapter 86; and that said amendatory enactment further provide that the estimated average cost on each section for said particular sewers and drain connections for estates shall be assessed by said Board of Sewer Commissioners upon the estates benefited thereby, each estate to pay for the estimated average cost of all connections on each section put in for its particular benefit ; all such assessments to be subject to the same conditions and to have, if desired, a division of such particular sewer or drain assessment into annual proportional payments not exceeding ten, as is provided for in the said Chapter 86 with relation to assessments for main sewers upon abutting estates ; and further, also, that the Town may by direct vote determine that any street or way shall have such particular sewer and drain connections put in from all abutting estates directly after the street or way has built in it a common sewer or main drain, and that all assessments for such sewer or drain connections shall be a lien upon the estate benefited, as provided in case of other drains and sewers.
ART. 4. Voted, That this Article be referred to the Street Light Committee, they to report thereon at the adjourned meet- ing in April.
Voted, at 7.55 P. M., to dissolve the meeting.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER,
Town Clerk.
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Adjourned Regular Town Meeting, April 21, 1903.
In accordance with the previous adjournment, the voters of the Town met in the Town Hall, on Tuesday evening, April 21, 1903, and were called to order at 7.45 o'clock by the Moderator.
The records of the last meeting were read and declared approved.
The Committee of Citzens appointed at a previous meeting to consider and report upon certain Articles in the Warrant, pre- sented their report in print : it having been distributed to the voters of the Town it was voted, That the report be accepted and that the several Articles reported upon be taken up in their order for action.
ART. 14. The Committee recommended a schedule for salaries of the Town officials for the ensuing year, when, pending a motion to accept and adopt, Mr. Percy F. Munsey moved, that the salaries be the same as last year, and that the Sewer Commis- sioners be paid the same amount of compensation as that now received by the Water Commissioners. Carried.
ART. 15. Voted, To pay George T. Till, collector, the bal- ance of the year's salary for 1902, amounting to $66.67.
ART. 16. Voted, As recommended, that each member of the Board of Water Commissioners give a suitable bond for $3,000, to be held by the Selectmen, the Town to pay the pre- míum and that action be taken on this matter each year.
Voted, To lay Art. 17 upon the table and to take up Art. 47.
ART. 47. Voted, 160 to 26, to indefinitely postpone this article.
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ART. 17. Voted, To accept and adopt the report of the Committee to indefinitely postpone this article.
ART. 18. Your Committee recommend that a safe and desk be purchased and that $250 be appropriated for the same, to be expended under the direction of the Assessors. Voted, To accept and adopt the Committee's report on Art. 18.
ART. 19. Your Committee recommend the following : That the Town appropriate the sum of $12,000 for apparatus, house and land in the vicinity of Humphrey square to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen and Fire Engineers. Voted, To accept and adopt the Committee's report on Art. 19.
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