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Voted, To rescind the vote of the town passed at the last annual March meeting by which it adopted the report of a committee of
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fifteen persons relating to the number of persons of which the Boards of Selectmen, of Assessors, of Overseers of the Poor, and of the School Committee shall consist, and to the salaries to be paid to these boards, and also to other matters.
Voted, To adjourn.
Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the constables of the town of Weymouth in said county, GREETING :
In the name of said Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town House, in said town on Monday, the fifth day of March, next, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
ART. 2. To vote on one ballot for the following named Town Officers, to wit : Town. Clerk, Town Treasurer, five Selectmen, five Overseers of the Poor, five Assessors, three Auditors, Col- lector of Taxes, ten Constables, Water Commissioner for three years, Park Commissioner for three years, two School Committee for three years, and three Trustees of the Tufts Library for three years, and one for two years to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of F. Dexter Pratt. Also to vote on the same ballot "Yes" or "No" upon the question : "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the Reports of the several Boards of Town Officers, and of any Committee appointed at any former meeting, and to choose any committee the town may think proper.
ART. 5. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of public schools.
ART. 6. To see if the town will instruct the School Committee to employ a Superintendent of Schools.
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ART. 7. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways, townways and bridges.
ART. 8. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor.
ART. 9. To see what sum the town will vote to appropriate for the payment of State Aid, Military Aid, and for Relief, under Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1890, to disabled soldiers and seamen, and the families of disabled soldiers and seamen, and to de- termine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation the ensuing year.
ART. 10. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Department.
ART. 11. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Police Service.
ART. 12. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Tufts Library.
ART. 13. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for abatement and Remittance of taxes the ensuing year.
ART. 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Interest that may be- come due the ensuing year.
ART. 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Printing and Advertising.
ART. 16. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Miscellaneous Expenses.
ART. 17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Town Officers.
ART. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day.
ART. 19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for care and repair of Town House.
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ART. 20. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for electric lighting.
ART. 21. To see if the town will authorize and direct the treas- urer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow temporarily, in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the sum of $70,000, as the same may be from time to time required, and to give the negotiable note or notes of the town for money so bor- rowed, and that all such temporary loans shall be payable from the said taxes.
ART. 22. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for hydrants and for water rent and care of drinking fountains.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the revenue of the water works, for the current year, the sum of $24,400, to be expended for the following purposes : $16,800 for the interest on the Weymouth water loan, becoming due the ensuing year; $2,700 for salaries of the superintendent of the works and engineer at the Pumping Station; $2,200 for mainte- nance of the works ; and $2,700 for all other necessary expenses.
ART. 24. To see if the town will appropriate and direct to be paid to the trustees of the sinking fund, out of the income of the water rates for the current year the sum of $8,400, to be set apart and invested as a sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the principal of the Weymouth water loan bonds.
ART. 25. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $3.000 for the purpose of extending the main water-pipe line.
ART. 26. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or will appropriate, to provide for any de- ficiencies in appropriations for the current year, or for any over- drafts already made.
ART. 27. To determine in what manner taxes shall be collected the ensuing year, and to fix the rate of interest upon all taxes remaining unpaid after the time fixed for payment.
ART. 28. To choose a committee on appropriations, to report at the next annual meeting.
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ART. 29. To act upon the list of jurors, as prepared and posted by the selectmen.
ART. 30. To see if the town will authorize its selectmen to act as attorneys to defend the town in any suit that may be brought against it.
ART. 31. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of suppressing the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in this town, and to determine the manner of expending the same.
ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,500 for the payment of a note for that amount be- coming due the ensuing year.
ART. 33. To see if the town will instruct the Board of Select- men to employ a superintendent of streets, who shall hold no . other town office ; and raise and appropriate any sum of money for the payment of a salary to said superintendent.
ART. 34. By request of Augustus J. Richards : To see if the town will vote to purchase a stone crusher, roller and steam power, together with screens and elevators ; also to purchase a gravel hill, or hills, or ledges, for the purpose of improving our roads ; to raise and appropriate money for the same, and to choose a committee to carry the same into effect.
ART. 35. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $500 for the purpose of working Tower avenue.
ART. 36. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250 for the purpose of building a sidewalk on Main street, beyond the house of the late Andrew Casey.
ART. 37. On petition of John E. Farrell and others : To see if the town will instruct the Superintendent of Streets or the Board of Selectmen, that in the employment of teams on the highways an equal division of work be given to owners of teams in the different wards.
ART. 38. On petition of Matthew W. Lynch and others : To see if the Town will vote to buy a small piece of land of Joseph
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R. Totman, at the junction of Shawmut and Lake streets, for the purpose of extension of said streets, and raise and appropriate money for the payment of the same, or act in any way in relation to the same.
ART. 39. On petition of Matthew W. Lynch and others : To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to pay $2.00 per day for all able-bodied men for work performed for the Town, whether by contract or otherwise, and preference given to the town's people, and that nine hours shall constitute a full day's work.
ART. 40. On petition of Charles Hawes and others : To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the purchase of a hose wagon, to be located at Lovell's Corner.
ART. 41. On petition of Garry T. Burns and others : To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to convey the scholars living on Summer street, south of Federal street, to their respective schools in Ward 3, Weymouth.
ART. 42. On petition of Frederick C. Blanchard and others : To see if the Town will authorize the placing of Electric Lights on Pond street, from near the depot to Poole's Corner, the light at the last named place to be an arc light, and raise and appro- priate money for the same.
ART. 43. On petition of James M. Orcutt and others : To see if the Town will raise a sum of money sufficient to lay a water main from Columbian street to Braintree line.
ART. 44. On petition of Allen Vining and others : To see if the Town will vote to extend the water pipes from Mount Hope Cemetery gate through Pine, Park and Oak streets, as it is a necessity to those living on said streets.
ART. 45. On petition of Frank H. Torrey and others : Will the Town instruct their Selectmen to petition the Massachusetts Highway Commission to acquire, and build, as a State highway, the road from Fore River bridge at Pine Point, in the Town of Weymouth, to the southerly part of Cohasset, in the County of Norfolk, or act on anything relating thereto.
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ART. 46. By request of Augustus J. Richards : To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Assessors to employ a clerk to per- form the clerical work of the Board.
ART. 47. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Report of the Selectinen laying out a new street from Sea to Bridge streets.
ART. 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Report of the Selectmen laying out a new street off Pleasant street, to Whitman's Pond.
ART. 49. To see if the Town will recommend the granting of sixth class licenses to all druggists in the town, or act in any manner relating to the same.
ART. 50. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for working the relocation of Bridge street, as laid out by the County Commissioners.
ART. 51. To see if the Town will accept and allow the Report of the Park Commissioners of Weymouth, locating a public park, and taking in fee therefor the land now, or late, of James L. Bates, extending from Neck street to the summit of Weymouth Great Hill.
ART. 52. By request of the School Committee: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000, or any other sum, to heat and ventilate the Hunt Schoolhouse, under the direction of the State Inspector.
ART. 53. By request : To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to take into consideration the subject of the consolida- tion of the two High Schools of the town, and, if said committee shall deem such consolidation advisable, to make recommenda- tions to the town at the next annual meeting of the most suitable and convenient location for a new High School building, and also to present to the town at the same time plans and specifications for such building ; also to see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of said committee in pro- curing said plans and specifications.
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ART. 54. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $1,200 for the working of Front street.
ART. 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $300 for the working of Summit street.
ART. 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $500 for the working of King avenue.
ART. 57. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $200 for the working of a new street off Broad street, known as Foye avenue.
ART. 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $200 for the working of the Phillips street exten- sion.
ART. 59. On petition of H. L. Dunbar and others : To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $250 to extend and finish the sidewalk on the southerly side of Randolph street, that was laid out by the County Commissioners, from the dam to the schoolhouse.
ART. 60. On petition of Ashford Baker and others : To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $400 to com- plete the street known as Torrey's lane, in Ward 3.
ART. 61. By request of the Assessors : To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $197.93 for the payment for services rendered 'in 1893, for which the appropri- ation was insufficient.
Polls will be open at eight o'clock and may be closed at one o'clock.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in three public places in each ward in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meet- ing.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time of said meeting.
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Given under our hands at Weymouth, this twenty-second day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
J. CLARENCE HOWE, HENRY A. NASH, LEONARD V. TIRRELL, HIRAM E. RAYMOND, JOHN F. DWYER, Selectmen of Weymouth.
Weymouth, Feb. 26, 1894.
Pursuant to the above order I this day posted true and attested copies of this warrant, in three and more public places in each ward in said town as herein required.
B. F. RICHARDS, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy.
Attest : JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrent, a legal meeting of the inhab- itants of the Town of Weymouth was held at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, March 5, 1894, at eight o'clock A. M., the meeting being called to order, and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 1. Louis A. Cook was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used in said election.
ART. 2. Voted, To proceed to the election, on one ballot, of the following named Town Officers to wit :-
Town clerk, Town Treasurer, five Selectmen, five Overseers of the Poor, five Assessors, three Auditors, Collector of taxes, ten Constables, Water Comissioner for three years, Park Commis- sioner for three years, two School Committee for three years, and three Trustees of Tufts Library for three years, and one for two years to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of F. Dexter Pratt, also to vote on the same ballot " Yes " or "No" upon the question, " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating. liquors in this town ?"
Voted, To close the polls at two o'clock, P. M. A motion to reconsider this vote was lost.
Voted, That when this meeting adjourns it shall stand adjourned to Monday, March 12 at two o'clock P. M., and that the several articles of the warrant be taken up in their order until five o'clock P. M., of this day at which time all business uncompleted shall stand postponed to the adjourned meeting except matters relating to the election of officers under article 2 of this warrant.
A motion to reconsider this vote was lost.
The Town Clerk has had prepared for this election 3,700 gen- eral ballots, and 75 special ballots for women voting for School
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Committee, which were placed in the hands of the Ballot Clerks Atherton W. Tilden, and George E. Cushing, and a receipt taken for the same, they having first been appointed by the Selectmen, and the oath of office administered to them by the Moderator.
The Moderator appointed the following Tellers to check the names of persons voting, and to count the ballots cast, and he administered the oath to them :
Frank M. Drown.
Joseph A. Cushing.
Henry Rockwood.
F. F. Bullock.
E. Q. S. Litchfield.
John W. Bates.
H. W. Sears.
Samuel C. Denton.
John B. Whelan.
Thomas F. Kelley.
Henry A. Nash, Jr.
Henry G. Riley.
John F. Melville. Chas. J. McMorrow.
The ballot boxes used at this election were first examined by the Moderator and Town Clerk, and found to be empty, and the indicators set on 0.
By unanimous consent of the Moderator and Town Clerk, it was decided to remove the ballots and proceed to count them before the closing of the polls.
ARTICLE 3. Voted, That a committee consisting of three from each ward be appointed by the Moderator, to bring in a list of all officers not required to be elected by ballot. The following per- sons were appointed on the above committee :
John A. Cushman.
Lemuel Torrey.
John A. Holbrook.
T. H. Humphrey.
Jacob F. Dizer.
Geo. W. Baker.
A. P. Worthen.
F. H. Cowing.
Geo. E. Porter.
S. S. Spear.
Chas. Hawes. J. Ellis Gardner.
E. J. Pitcher.
E. B. Nevin.
Geo. W. Conant.
ART. 4. Voted, To accept the reports of the several Boards of Town Officers as printed.
The committee on by-laws asked for further time.
Voted, That it be granted.
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Voted, To accept the following supplementary report of the Selectmen of expenditures from Dec. 30, 1893 to March 5, 1894.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Unexpended
Jan. 1, 189 +
Expended
Jan. 1
to date.
Expended
in excess
to Jan. 1.
Unexpended
March 5,
Total ex-
cess to
March 5,
1894.
Support of schools.
$8,864 49 373 27
$4,880 83
.
$3,983 66 372 22
Evening school, Ward 4.
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..
. ..
....
Highway, repairs ..
....
312 06
769 47
....
1,081 53
removal of snow.
....
2,087 16
1,055 96
3,143 12
special appropriation.
303 77
130 57
173 20
setting curbstone, etc ..
....
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. .
....
20 00
Land damages.
455 00
158 64
...
222 74
....
Police department ...
224 38
574 62
3 67
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. .
350 24
Suppressing illegal sale of in- toxicating liquors.
529 56
176 33
....
353 23
Lock-up, Ward 1.
500 00
..
..
·
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. .
. .
....
Printing and advertising.
749 88
639 75
....
110 13
....
Abatement and remittances.
540 42
813 74
....
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..
273 32
Interest and discount.
974 50
562 50
....
412 00
....
Electric lighting.
1,351 88
823 64
....
528 24
....
State Aid, Chap 301.
451 38
1,018 50
....
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567 12
Military Aid, Chap. 279, 447. .
1,163 40
148 00
1,015 40
. .
..
1.486 95
490 42
....
996 53
....
Park commissioners, for site for monument ..
1,000 00
..
....
... 553 36
...
Poor account.
2,602 06
2,048 70
....
. .
$23,734 20
$ 6,395 31
$3,354 61
$8,876 47
$6,944 51
..
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....
....
hose house, Ward 1.
3 67
Real estate, bought for taxes.
....
142 98
142 98
Town House ...
97 32
Tufts Library ..
700 00
700 00
....
. .
Miscellaneous expenses.
984 66
828 80
....
155 76
....
Town officers, Jan. to April ... to April 1894.
1,320 60
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The committee appointed at the last annual meeting, on electric lighting, reported as follows :-
The committee to whom was referred the matter of municipal electric lighting, also the location of lights and the amount to be appropriated under the present system, report as follows :-
1st. On the question of municipal lighting they recommend that the whole inatter be indefinitely postponed.
On the second question they recommend an appropriation of $7,500. They also recommend the appointment of a special committee of five, in whose hands shall be placed the entire con-
Evening school, Ward 2 ..
1 05
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....
....
41 93
Hingham and Quincv bridges
20 00
Fire department.
381 38
..
41 93
...
...
....
...
-1,320 60
· 1894.
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trol, with full powers to make contracts, the locating of lights, and any other matters pertaining to the system.
Voted, To lay the report on the table until after the report of the Appropriation Committee has been given.
Voted, To accept the report of the Appropriation Committee as read by their secretary.
Voted, Not to reconsider the vote whereby it was voted to accept the report of the selectmen.
The following persons were appointed by the moderator as tellers to count the votes on the several articles of the warrant (the oath being administered by the moderator) : Francis A. Bicknell and Benjamin F. Smith.
The committee to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors reported in print.
Voted, Not to accept their report. A motion to reconsider the above vote was lost.
Voted, That each speaker be limited to ten minutes in debate.
ART. 5. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $40,724 for the support of the public schools, and appropriate one-half the dog tax, the alewife fund, and the tuition of non-resident pupils.
ART. 6. Voted, That the School Committee be instructed to employ a superintendent of schools.
ART. 7. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the repairs of highways, townways and bridges; $2,000 for the removal of snow and $1,000 for the Quincy and Hingham bridge.
ART. 8. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the support of the poor, and $2,000 appropriated for the same purpose.
ART. 9. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 and to appropriate the sum of $6,500 for the payment of State Aid, Military Aid and for Relief of, under Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1890, to disabled soldiers and seamen, and to the families of disabled soldiers and seamen.
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ART. 10. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the support of the fire department.
ART. 11. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500 for Police Service.
ART. 12. Voted, To appropriate for Tufts Library, $2,000, one half of the dog tax and the rents of the Library building.
ART. 13. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $800 for the abatement and remittances of taxes.
ART. 14. Voled. To raise and appropriate for interest, the sum of $3,700.
ART. 15. Voted, To raise and appropriate for printing and advertising the sum of $1,200.
ART. 16. Voted, To raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses the sum of $4,000.
ART. 17. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,800 for the payment of Town Officers. The Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health, to receive $2,600; Assessors, $1,100; Town Clerk, $125; Town Treasurer, $450; Auditors, $30 ; School Committee, for services and expenses, $350.
ART. 18. Voted, To raise and appropriate for Memorial Day the sum of $400.
ART. 19. Voted, To raise and appropriate for care and repair of the Town House the sum of $50.
ART. 20. Voted, To take from the table the report of the Committee on Electric Lighting.
Voted, To raise and appropriate for electric lighting the sum of $5,000.
Voted, That the remainder of the report of the committee on electric lighting be accepted and adopted, and that no member of the committee shall be a stockholder in an electric light com- pany.
Voted, That the above committee confer with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Corporation, in regard to having the several railroad stations in town better lighted.
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Voted, That the above committee be appointed by the mod- erator.
ART. 21. Voted, That the treasurer be and is hereby author- ized and directed, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow temporarily, in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the sum of seventy thousand dollars ($70,000), as the same may be from time to time required, and to give the negotiable note or notes of the town for money so borrowed; and that all such temporary loans shall be payable from the said taxes.
ART 22. Voted, That the sum of $7,000 be raised and appro- priated for hydrants, water rents and care of drinking fountains.
ART. 23. Voted, To appropriate from the revenue of the water works for the current year the sum of $24,400 to be expended for the following purposes, viz. : $16,800 for the inter- est on the Weymouth water loan, becoming due the ensuing year ; $2,700 for salaries of the superintendent of the works and en- gineer at the pumping station; $2,200 for maintenance of the works, and $2,700 for all other necessary expenses.
ART. 24. Voted, To appropriate from the income of the water rates for the current year, the sum $8,400, to be paid to the trustees of the sinking fund, to be set apart and invested as a sinking fund, for the payment at the maturity of the principal of the Weymouth water bonds.
ART. 25, Voted, To appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of extending the main water pipe line.
ART. 26. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $3,354.61 to provide for deficiencies and overdrafts in 1893 as follows : $769.47 for repairing highways ; $1,055.96 for removing snow ; $41.93 for setting curbstones ; $20.00 for repairs to Hingham and Quincy bridges ; $3.67 for hose house in Ward 1; $142.98 for real estate bought for taxes, and $1,320.60 for payments for ser- vices of town officers from Jan 1, to April 1, 1893 ; also to raise and appropriate for the same purpose, $2,500 be raised and appro- priated for snow; $400 be raised and appropriated for police ; $200 be raised and appropriated for miscellaneous; $412 be
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raised for repairs of highways; $273 be raised and appropriated for abatement of taxes.
ART. 27. Voted, That all taxes shall become due and payable on or before the tenth day of October next, and that the collector be instructed to collect forthwith, according to law, all taxes remaining unpaid after that date, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum.
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