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Voted, That if the business for which this meeting is called is not completed at 10.20 o'clock, to adjourn at that time to Mon- day, March 19, at 7.00 P. M. in this hall.
Art. 5. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1500 for the transportation of pupils to and from school.
Art. 6. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000 and to further appropriate the street railway and excise taxes, and the unexpended balance of last year's appropriation, for the repair of highways, town-ways and bridges and for the removal of snow, and that this amount $3,000 be for the removal of snow, and $600 for the care and maintenance of bridges.
Voted, That the Selectmen of each ward of the town be requested to keep a list of all citizens of the town who may apply to them for work on the roads, and draw from such list all laborers needed to do the said work, with a view to a more equal division of work than has been made in the past. This list shall also apply to owners of horses and carts, to be served in like manner. Further, that all laborers shall be paid weekly.
Art. 7. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $11,000, and further appropriate $2,000 for the support of the poor.
Art. 8. Voted, To raise and appropriate $4,600 for the relief of disabled soldiers and seamen, and the families of disabled soldiers and seamen, under Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws.
Art. 9. Voted, To raise and appropriate $400, and further appropriate $9,600 for the payment of State and military aid, under the provisions of Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws.
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Art. 10. Voted, To raise and appropriate $5,500 for the support of the fire department.
At 10.20 o'clock, the business not being completed, the meet- ing was adjourned to Monday, March 19th, at 7 o'clock, P. M.
Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk
The adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at Odd Fellows Opera House, East Wey- mouth, on Monday, March 19th, 1906, the meeting being called to order at 7 o'clock, P. M., by the Moderator, Hon. Louis A. Cook.
Art. 11. Voted, To raise and appropriate $4,200 for police service.
Voted, That the matter of a Chief of Police be left with the Selectmen.
Art. 12. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,200, and further appropriate one-half the dog tax, the income from the Susan Hunt Stetson fund and the rentals of the Library Building for the Tuft's Library.
Art. 13. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the maintenance of a public reading room in Fogg Library.
Art. 14. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the abatement and remittance of taxes.
Art. 15. Voted, That to provide for a deficiency, occasioned by the payment of a note of $7,500, which became due January 1, 1906, the Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to issue a note of the town for that amount, to become payable October 15, 1908, and that we raise and appropriate $7,500 for the payment of a note, which becomes due January 1,1907.
Art. 16. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the payment of interest that may become due the ensuing year.
Art. 17. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for printing and advertising.
Art. 18. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 for miscellaneous expenses.
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Art. 19. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000 for the payment of town officers, the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health to receive $2,400; the Assessors, $1,300; a sum not exceeding $200 for clerk hire; Town Clerk, $125; Town Treasurer, $450; Auditors, $100; School Com- mittee, $350; Sealer of Weights and Measures, $200; Tree Warden, $100; Town Accountant, $785.
Art. 20. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $700 for election expenses.
Art. 21. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for Memorial Day.
Art. 22. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $700 for the rent and care of town offices.
Art. 23. Voted, To appropriate from the revenue of the water works for the current year the sum of $27,815 to be expended for the following purposes, viz. : $18,815 for interest on the Wey- mouth water loan bonds, becoming due the ensuing year ; $7,300 for Superintendent's salary, maintenance of works and pumping station, and $1,700 for current expenses, Commissioners' and office expenses.
Art. 24. Voted, To appropriate and direct to be paid to the Trustees of the Sinking Fund out of the income of the water rents for the current year the sum of $9,320, to be set apart and in- vested as a sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the Wey- mouth water loan bonds.
Art. 25. Voted, To appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of making further construction of the water works.
Art. 26. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for hydrants and for the water rents and care of drinking foun- tains.
Art. 27. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,800, to be expended by the Selectmen in the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moths.
Art. 28. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 to be expended in the interest of the public health.
Art. 29. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $7,500 for electric lighting, and that out of this appropriation and such accumulation of rebates as may now be on hand, the electric lighting committee be and hereby are instructed to provide and
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install lights to meet the requirements of Articles 37, 38, 39, 46, 47 and 48.
Voted, That the above appropriation be expended under the direction of the same committee who served last year.
George W. Baker declined to serve on the above committee, and Winslow M. Tirrell was appointed in his place.
Art. 31. Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500 towards the sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the high school bonds.
Art. 32. Voted, That all taxes shall become due and payable on or before the 10th day of October next, and that the col- lector be instructed to collect forthwith according to law, all taxes remaining unpaid after that date with interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and the salary of the collector be six mills on the dollar.
Art. 33. Voted, To amend the Jury List by striking out the names of James Condrick, Arthur G. Loud, George P. Niles, W. Abbott Howe, Albert H. Reed, George L. Bates, Charles Harrington, Calvin W. Bailey, John E. Inkley, S. Waldo Bel- cher, Charles A. Harrington, H. W. Hayden, Terrence T. Don- ovan, Albert L. Gladwin, Frank W. Holbrook, J. Arthur Harris, Ernest Belcher, James L. Lincoln, P. Webster Loud, Charles M. Cushing, William M. Reamy, Stephen C. Burgoyne, Frank E. Briggs.
Voted, That the list as now amended be accepted.
Art. 34. No action taken.
Art. 35. Voted, To lay this article on the table.
Art. 36. Voted, That all printed matter hereafter done for the Town of Weymouth shall, so far as it can legally be done, bear the imprint of the Union Label of the Allied Printing Trades.
ART. 40. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $800 to grade and drain Broad street from the land of John Fennell to the easteriy line of J. C. Fraser, provided, however, that the Street Railway Company shall, between these points, raise their tracks to a suitable grade.
The Committee appointed to nominate the Appropriation Com- mittee for the ensuing year, presented the following names :
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WARD 1.
Wm. J. Coleman, B. F. Thomas, John A. Holbrook.
WARD 2.
M. E. Hawes, W. C. Earle, M. Sheehy.
WARD 3.
Walter F. Sanborn, F. M. Drown, J. B. Whelan.
WARD 4.
George L. Barnes, Charles Hawes, W. Carlton Barnes.
WARD 5.
Alvin Hollis, G. E. Reed, Walter L. Bates.
Voted, That the report be accepted.
The Committee appointed to nominate a Committee to intro- duce new business into town, presented the following names :
WARD 1.
- F. H. Torrey, H. A. Nash, Geo. E. White, Isaac McIsaac, W. A. Drake, B. F. Thomas, Preston Lewis.
WARD 2.
Peter F. Hughes, W. M. Tirrell, D. M. Easton, Wm. Tobin, M. E. Hawes, C. T. Humphrey, Thomas H. Lynch, Philip J. McLaughlin.
WARD 3.
Albert P. Worthen, Geo. E. Bicknell, Joseph Kelley, J. B. Rhines, John F. Dwyer, John S. Bacon, A. W. Tilden, John B. Whelan.
WARD 4.
Bradford Hawes, W. A. Loud, T. V. Nash, Charles Hawes, Geo. L. Barnes, Walter W. Pratt, Lester E. Bates, Theron L. Tirrell.
WARD 5.
W. L. Bates, J. B. Reed, H. W. Dyer, H. B. Reed, C. H. Clapp, A. C. Heald, Alvin Hollis, Gordon Willis.
Voted, That the report be accepted.
The committee appointed to nominate all officers not required to be elected by ballot made the following nominations :
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PUBLIC WEIGHERS.
WARD 1.
Herbert A. Newton, C. Lewis French, John J. Lane, John J. Bryne, Wm. J. Coleman, W. C. Brayshaw, James H. Coleman, Michael A. Lane, James Roach.
WARD 2.
Geo. A. Lincoln, Margie Hunt, Joseph Cummings, W. H. Cushing, G. M. Keene, T. H. Emerson.
WARD 3.
John H. Condrick, Charles B. Trask, Susan C. Richards, A. J. Richards, Oran B. Bates, J. F. R. Sherman, Peter E. Condrick.
WARD 5.
F. A. Richards, Alvin Hollis, Q. L. Reed, Susie A. Carroll.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER, BARK, ETC. WARD 1.
W. H. Cowen, N. Porter Keene, John J. Lane.
WARD 2. W. H. Cushing, Waldo Turner, John W. Bates, Charles Simmons.
WARD 3.
John B. Rhines, Edward Billings, Charles B. French, W. F. Sanborn, A. J. Richards, J. F. R. Sherman, Oran B. Bates, John F. Condrick, P. E. Condrick, Susan Richards, Henry N. Willoby.
WARD 4.
W. Nash, Gilman B. Loud. Geo. F. Maynard.
WARD 5.
Geo. E. Reed, Alvin Hollis, Q. L. Reed, F. H. Richards, Quincy Reed.
FENCE VIEWERS.
Q. L. Reed, Gilman B. Loud, Charles Simmons, F. D. Sherman, Solomon Loud.
FIELD DRIVERS.
B. F. Richards, I. H. Walker, N. B. Peare, Asa B. Pratt, John D. Walsh, Thos. Fitzgerald, Geo. B. Bayley, Geo. W. Conant, Michael Allen, C. H. Lovell.
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POUND KEEPER.
Russell H. Poole.
Voted, to adjourn to Monday evening, March 26th inst., at 7 o'clock.
Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
The adjourned annual meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at Odd Fellows' Opera House on Monday, March 26, 1906, the meeting being called to order at 7 o'clock in the evening by the Moderator, Hon. Louis A. Cook.
Walter F. Sanborn declining to serve on the Appropriation Committee, it was voted that the vacancy be filled by the Moder- ator, who appointed John B. Rhines to fill the vacancy.
Art. 41. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for building a sidewalk on the northeasterly side of Central street, extending from Union street to White street.
Art. 41. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 to macadam Commercial street, from a point opposite the Wessa- gusett Hotel.
Art. 43. Voted, To refer the subject matter of this article to the Board of Health.
Art. 44. Voted, To refer the subject matter of this article to the Selectmen.
Art. 45. Voted, To reappropriate the unexpended balance of the appropriation of last year for the care and maintenance of Public Parks, and raise and appropriate $50 for the same pur- pose.
Art. 49. George L. Barnes, Esq., offered the following amend- ment to the By-Laws of the town by adding thereto the following section to be numbered 31.
No person shall hawk or peddle any of the articles enumerated in Section 15 of Chapter 65 of the Revised Laws, until he has first obtained a permit from the Board of Selectmen and has recorded with said board his name and residence, and has been assigned by said board a number, which number and the name of the licensee shall be displayed indelibly by him in a conspicuous position on the vehicle from which he peddles same articles.
For such permit he shall pay to the Board of Selectmen for the use of the town the sum of ten dollars.
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The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person hav- ing his place of business in, or being a resident of this town. Section XXXV of the By-Laws is hereby amended by striking out the word thirty-three in the second line thereof and inserting in place the word thirty-fourth, so that same section when thus amended shall read as follows :
Every violation of any of the foregoing By-Laws, from the fifteenth to the thirty-fourth, inclusive, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two or more than twenty dollars, to be recovered by complaint before the District Court of East Norfolk, or any court or magistrate competent to try the same.
Sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39 of the By-Laws are hereby amended by striking out said numbers, inserting in place thereof the numbers 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40, respectively.
Voted, That the above By-Laws be referred to a Committee, consisting of Peter E. Sullivan, Nelson W. Gardner and Fred Humphrey, who are to report later in the evening.
Art. 50. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the celebration of Old Home Week, the same to be expended under the direction of the Weymouth Historical Society.
Art. 51. Voted, That this article, in relation to the claim of Thomas F. Brady, be referred to a committee of five, outside of - the Water Commissioners, to be appointed by the Moderator to consider the matter and report at a future meeting.
Previous to taking the above vote, E. C. Clark, Esq., was ap- pointed as one of the Tellers, and the oath was administered to him by the Town Clerk.
The Moderator appointed the following persons on the above Committee, viz. :
John A. Connell, John A. Holbrook, Walter L. Bates, Mar- shall P. Sprague, Francis M. Drown.
Voted, That the report of the Committee on By-Laws be ac- cepted and adopted.
Art. 52. Voted, To instruct the Superintendent of Streets to gravel and repair Pine street, from a point opposite the residence of George T. Savage to the Hingham line.
Art. 53. Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to com- mence suit for the recovery of any money or property due the town.
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Art. 54. Voted, That the town appropriate the bank and cor- poration taxes for the purposes stated in this article, and that of this amount, $2,054.26 be for the payment of deficiencies for the repair of highways ; $360 for deficiencies for the care of bridges ; $25.31 for the deficiency of working Summit street; $973.30 for deficiency for the work at Jackson Square; $23.22 for deficiency for the preservation of shade trees ; $173.03 for deficiency in the appropriation for the fire department; $270.24 for deficiency and abatement and remittance of taxes; $200 for deficiency in the appropriation for the town offices ; $3.09 for deficiency in the appropriation for the use of R. M. White's tenement; $1,000 for deficiency in the appropriation for soldiers. relief ; $3,566.33 for deficiency in the appropriation for the care of the poor ; $2,296.77 for deficiency, state highway; and $891.56 for defi- ciencies in the appropriation for salaries of town officers.
Art. 55. Voted, To authorize the Selectmen to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commissioners for the construction ' of a section of the State highway on Main street.
Art. 56. Voted, to accept the report of the Selectmen upon the re-location of the southerly line of Pleasant street from the division line between land of Charles S. Curtis and land of the Town of Weymouth, occupied by the Ward Five Engine House and the northeasterly corner of land of Louis A. Cook.
Art. 57. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the further working of Wessagusett Road.
Art. 58. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to be expended for taking the surplus water from Thomas' corner, so called in Ward 1.
Art. 59. Voted, That this article in relation to the bridge on High Street, be referred to the Selectmen, with power to expend the sum ef $150.
Art. 60. Voted, To instruct the Superintendent of Streets to repair Pearl Street at the easterly end, the expense to be taken from the regular street appropriation.
Art. 61. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $150 for the purposes of building a retaining wall at the foot of the gravel bank situated on the westerly side of the Hunt School yard in Ward 3.
George L. Barnes having resigned from the committee on Town House, Walter W. Pratt was appointed in his place.
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Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to procure blanket accident insurance to cover any accident which may happen from the destruction of moths, the expense to be taken from the ap" propriation for the suppression gypsy and brown-tail moths.
Voted to adjourn.
Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND.
Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To the Constables of the Town of Weymouth, in said County. GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the Odd Fellows' Opera House in East Weymouth, on Friday, the eighteenth day of May, instant, at seven o'clock and fifteen min- utes in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the town will authorize its Selectmen to purchase a new steam road roller, sell the old one, or take any action in relation thereto.
Art. 3. On petition of Lewis G. Adams and fifty others. To see if the town will vote to raise by a loan and appropriate the sum of thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000), and further appro- priate the net proceeds from the sale of the Pratt, and Holbrook school houses and lots for the purpose of purchasing a suitable lot, and for the erection thereon of a suitable four-room school building, in that part of the Town of Weymouth known as Lovell's Corner; and to see what action the town will take to carry the same into effect.
Art. 4. On petition of Joseph A. Cushing and nine others. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the building and furnishing of a new eight-room school building
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at East Weymouth, or take any action in regard to additional school accommodations for Ward 2.
Art. 5. To hear the report of the Committee appointed at the annual Town Meeting to take into consideration the removal of the Town Hall.
Art. 6. On request of the above Committee. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to move the Town Hall from its present location to one more con- venient for the voters of the whole town, to purchase land for said location, construct a foundation, and make such repairs and alterations as may be deemed necessary or advisable, and raise a sum of money by loan or otherwise sufficient, or act in any way in relation to the same.
Art. 7. On request of the same Committee. To see if the town will instruct this Committee to dispose of the land now oc- cupied by the Town Hall and all buildings remaining thereon after said removal, the same to be applied to the expense of said removal.
Art. 8. On request of the Committee of Forty. To see if the town will authorize said Committee to enlarge its number.
Art. 9. To see if the town will authorize its Selectmen to sell any unused lots of land which it now owns.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting copies thereof attested by you in writing, in two public places in each voting precinct in said town seven days at least before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said town at or before the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands at Weymouth, this seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and six.
GORDON WILLIS, BRADFORD HAWES, GEORGE L. NEWTON, EDWARD W. HUNT, ROBERT MCINTOSH,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
WEYMOUTH, May 10, 1906.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have this day posted true and attested copies thereof in two and more public places in each voting precinct in said Town of Weymouth as within directed.
ASA B. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, a special meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth was held at Odd Fellows' Opera House, East Weymouth, on Friday, May 18, 1906, at 7.15 o'clock p.m., the meeting being called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Art. 1. Hon. Louis A. Cook was elected Moderator, and the oath of office was administered to him by the Town Clerk.
The Moderator appointed William C. Earl and Peter W. French as tellers, and the Town Clerk administered the oath to them.
ยท Art. 2. Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to purchase a new Steam Road Roller, at a price not to exceed $2,950 by an exchange of the old one, paying $750 from their appropriation for the repair of Highways, Townways and Bridges, and the balance to be paid for in May, 1907.
The result of the vote was :- Yes, 145; No, 2.
Art. 3. Voted, That the Town Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to issue thirteen notes, of $1,000 each, payable yearly, from November 1st, 1911, to November 1st, 1923, with interest at not exceeding 5 per pent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and that the proceeds of said loan of $13,000, together with such sums of money as may be realized by the sale of the two school house lots, known as the Pratt School House lot and the Holbrook School House lot, and the buildings thereon, be appropriated for the purpose of erecting a new school building in the vicinity of that part of Weymouth known as Lovell's Corner, and for the further purpose of pur- chasing a suitable lot therefor, and that the Treasurer be and is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to make,
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execute and deliver, in the name and behalf of the town, a proper conveyance of either or both of said school house lots, known as the Pratt and Holbrook Schools, and the above appro- priation shall purchase land, build, furnish and equip said school building.
The result of the votes was : Yes, 197; No, 0.
Voted, That Walter W. Pratt, George L. Barnes, Charles H. Lovell, Alonzo C. Pratt, F. W. Rea, John W. Hanley, Charles Hawes, H. B. Reed and John F. Reardon be and are hereby ap- pointed a Committee to carry into effect the vote of the town for the erection of a school house in the vicinity of that part of Wey- mouth known as Lovell's Corner, with full power to make all necessary arrangements, contracts, etc., relating to the erection, construction and furnishing of said school building, and with full power to purchase, in the name of the town, a suitable lot there- for, and with full power to make arrangements for the sale and disposal of the present existing school houses and lots, known as the Pratt and Holbrook Schools.
A majority vote of said Committee shall be binding both upon the Committee and upon the town to the extent of the appropria- tion authorized.
Voted, That the Committee be authorized and empowered to sell the two old school buildings and lots.
Voted, That the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars be raised by loan and appropriated for the building and furnishing of a new eight room School House in Ward 2, and that the Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow the said Forty Thousand Dollars, and to issue notes of the town therefor, for a term of twenty years or less. at the discretion of the Selectmen.
The result of the vote was : Yes, 196; No, 4.
Voted, That the following persons be appointed as a committee to have full charge of building and furnishing the new school building in Ward 2, as voted under this article, viz. :
Joseph A. Cushing, Nelson W. Gardner, D. M. Easton, Wm. C. Earl, H. B. Reed and A. A. Badger.
Art. 5. The committee appointed to consider the removal of rhe old Town Hall, report that it could be done for $11,000 in- cluding lot.
Voted, That the report be accepted.
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Art. 6. Voted, That the Town appropriate the sum of Eleven Thousand Dollars to be expended for the purposes mentioned in this article (of removal of town hall), and that the Town through its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, issue two notes, one for Fve Thousand Dollars to run eight years, and one not to exceed Six Thousand Dollars to run ten years, at a reasonable rate of interest to defray said expenses.
. The result of the above vote was Yes 122, No 59.
Voted, That the same Committee serve as a Committee to carry out the above vote, viz. : J. Clarence Howe, Arthur W. Bartlett, Edward W. Hunt, Peter W. French and Walter W. Pratt.
Art. 7. Voted, That the above Committee be instructed to dispose of the land now occupied by the Town Hall, and all buildings remaining thereon after said removal, the same to be applied to the expense of said removal.
Voted, That the above Committee receive as compensation for their actual expenses paid out, or to be paid out by them.
Voted, That the Committee be authorized to purchase a site for a Town Hall.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to allow the removal of the Town Hall through the streets of the town."
Art. 8. Voted, That the Committee of "Forty" be authorized to enlarge their number.
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