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What to get for Breakfast. M. T. Colbrath 221
Workshop Receipts. Ernest Spon 219
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE .-- CLASS 7.
A Sylvan City. Sketches of Philadelphia 201
A Day with Socrates. Translations 512
Atlantic Monthly, 1873. 2 vols. 66 1874. 2 " 499
498
By-ways of Nature and Life. Clarence Deming
506
Culture and Anarchy. Matthew Arnold 517
504
Essays in Criticism. Matthew Arnold 514
510
Excursions of an Evolutionist. John Fiske Fables of Æsop 66 La Fontaine
496
Folk-Lore of Shakespeare. T. F. T. Dyer
521
From Ponkapog to Pesth. T. B. Aldrich
493
George Eliot ; a Critical Study. George Willis Cooke 502
519
God and the Bible. Matthew Arnold
Harper's Weekly. 1882. 2 Vols. 497
History of English Literature. Mrs. Oliphant, 2 Vols. 522
Legends of Le Detroit. Marie C. W. Hamlin 505
Lectures and Biographical Sketches. Ralph W. Emerson 508
Letters and Memorials of Jane W. Carlyle. (ed.) James A. Froude. 2 Vols. 492
Literature and Dogma. Matthew Arnold 518
495
English Rambles, etc. William Winter
188
Littell's Living Age. 1875. 4 Vols .. 500
Life on the Mississippi. S. T. Clements. 2 copies. 494
Memorie and Rime. Joaquin Miller 511
Miscellanies. Ralph W. Emerson 509
Mixed Essays. Matthew Arnold 515
Nights with Uncle Remus. Joel C. Harris 503
Pages from an Old Volume of Life. Oliver W. Holmes 507
Poems in Prose. Ivan Tourgueneff 513
St. Paul and Protestantism. Matthew Arnold 520
Study of Celtic Literature and of Homer. Matthew Arnold 516
HISTORY .- CLASS 8.
Blockade and the Cruisers. James R. Soley 432
Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain. Geo. H. Gordon 435
City on the Sea. Venetian History 441
Civil War in America. Vol. 3 Comte de Paris 436
Hessians in the Revolutionary War. E. J. Lowell 443
Lost Histories of America. W. S. Blacket
445
Military Operations of Gen. Beauregard. 2 vols. Alfred Roman 442
Oregon-the Struggle for Possession. William Barrows 438
Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid. Piazzi Smyth 444
Recollections of a Drummer Boy 437
Statistical Record of the Armies of the U. S. Frederick Phisterer 434
Stories from English History. Louise Creighton 439
United States History in words of One Syllable. Helen W. Pierson 446 Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65. A. A. Humphreys 433
Virginia : A History of the People. John Esten Cooke 441
Young Folks' History of the Civil War. Mrs. C. E. Cheney 440
TRAVELS, ETC .- CLASS 9.
Camping among Cannibals. Alfred M. Johnson 604
Due West. Maturin M. Ballou 607
Family Flight through Spain. E. E. and Susan Hale 595
Golden Chersonese and the Way thither. Isabella L. Bird 590
In the Orient. Walter Harriman 592
John Bull and his Island. Max O'Rell 608
Life at Puget Sound. Caroline C. Leighton 605
189
Mero. Edmund O. Donovan
610
North American Indians. Richard I. Dodge
609
On the Wing. Mary E. Blake 589
Old Mexico and her Lost Provinces. William H. Bishop Portraits of Places. Henry James
606
Round about Rio. Frank D. Y. Carpenter
598
Roundabout Journey. Charles D. Warner
602
Seven Spanish Cities. E. E. Hale
594
Sinners and Saints. Phil Robinson
591
Storied Sea. Susan E. Wallace 593
603
Troja. Dr. Henry Schliemann
601
Wakefield Directory for 1884. Dean Dudley
611
Wild Tribes of the Soudan. F. L. James
600
Woods and Lakes of Maine. Lucius L. Hubbard 599
Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands. Hezekiah Butterworth 597
BIOGRAPHY .--- CLASS 10.
Adelaide Phillips-a Record. Mrs. R. C. Waterston 672
Anthony Trollope. Autobiography 689
Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey. (ed.) M. E. Dewey 683
Emily Bronte. A. Mary F. Robinson 671
Friendship of Mary Russell Mitford. (ed.) A. G. L'Estrange 688
George Eliot. Mathilde Blind 667
George Sand. Bertha Thomas 685
James Nasmyth, Engineer. Samuel Smiles 669
Joseph Addison. W. J. Courthope
681
Life and Poems of Theodore Winthrop, edited by his sister 687
Life and Mission of Emanuel Swedenborg. Benjamin Worcester 680
Margaret Fuller. Julia Ward Howe 675
Maria Edgeworth. Helen Zimmeon 677
Mary Lamb. Anne Gilchrist 674
Naval Recollections. Capt. W. H. Parker
676
Oliver Wendell Holmes. William Sloan Kennedy 668
Our Famous Women. 678
Queen Victoria : her Girlhood and Womanhood.
Mrs. S. J. Lippincott
679
Real Lord Byron. John Cordy Jeaffreson
670
Reminiscences of Court and Diplomatic Life. Baroness Bloomfield
673
Richard Baxter. G. D. Boyle
684
Samuel Sharpe. P. W. Clayden 686
Twelve Americans. Howard Carroll 682
596
Travels in India and Ceylon. Ernst Haeckel
190
POETRY .--- CLASS 11.
Indian Idylls, from the Sanscrit. Edwin Arnold 226
Poems. William H. Burleigh
224
Poems. Ralph Waldo Emerson 225
Poems and Dramas. Algernon Charles Swinburne
227
FICTION .-- CLASS 13.
Admiral's Ward. Mrs. Annie F. Hector
2399
Arius the Libyan. Anon
2511
Banned and Blessed. From the German of Werner
2439
Beatrix Randolph. Julian Hawthorne
2498
Bek's First Corner. Mrs. Nathaniel Conklin
2388
Belinda. Rhoda Broughton
2497
Beyond the Gates. E. S. Phelps
2459
Blossom Bud. Julie P. Smith
2409
Bread Winners.
2501
But Yet a Woman. Arthur S. Hardy
2407
Chelsea Householder. Leisure Hour Series
2395
Chicot, the Jester. Alexandre Dumas
2522
Colonel's Daughter. Capt. Charles King
2455
Conspirators. Alexandre Dumas
2524
Daughter of the Philistines. No Name Series
2385
Dead Men's Shoes. Mrs. Braddon
2489
Dialect Tales. Sherwood Bonner
2526
Diane Coryval. No Name Series
2508
Doctor Claudius. F. Marion Crawford
2421
Donal Grant. George Macdonald
2458
Executor. Mrs. Annie F. Hector
2444
Exchange, no Robbery. Miss Betham-Edwards
2393
Expelled. Bernard Heldman.
2390
Fair Plebeian. MayZE. Stone
2426
Fanchette. Round Robin Series.
2394
Fashionable Sufferer. Augustus Hoppin
2410
Floyd Graudon's Honor. Amanda Douglas
2493
Folk-Tales of Bengal. Rev. Lal Behari Davy
2451
Fortune's Fool. Julian Hawthorne
2453
For the Major. Constance F. Woolson 2414
2523
Forty-five Guardsmen. Alexandre Dumas
2440
Elsie's New Relations. Martha Finley
191
From Cadet to Capt. J. Percy Groves
2463
Gideon Fleyce. H. W. Lucy 2404
Godfrey Morgan. Jules Verne
2436
Guenn. Blanche Willis Howard
2465
Grey Hawk. (ed.) Dr. Macauley
2474
Her Lord and Master. Mrs. Florence Church
Hester. Mrs. Oliphant
He who will not when he may. Mrs. Oliphant.
2445
His Second Campaign. Round Robin Series
2425
His Sombre Rivals. E. P. Roe
2454
His Triumph. Mary A. Denison
2432
Hot Plow-Shares. Albion W. Tourgee
2411
In the Carquinez Woods. Bret Harte
2434
In the Olden Time. Mrs. Margaret Roberts
2405
Jewel in the Lotos. Mary Agnes Tinker
2464
John's Alive, etc. William T. Thompson
2417
Judith. Mrs. Mary V. Terhune
2466
Kings in Exile. Alphonse Daudet
2480
Ladies Lindores. Mrs. Oliphant
2415
Last Chronicles of Barset. Anthony Trollope
2486
Led-Horse Claim. Mary H. Foote
2398
Little Sister. No Name Series
2481
Lorna Doone. R. D. Blackmore
2519
Loys, Lord Berresford. Author of Miss Geoffry
2422
Magnhild. Bjornstjerne Bjornson
2391
Marguerite de Valois. Alexandre Dumas
2521
Man of the House. Isabella M. Alden 2386
Marianela. B. Perez Galdos 2392
Marian's Day Dreams. Clara A. Lynn
2389
Mate of the Daylight, etc. Sarah Orne Jewett
2507
Maxwell Drewitt. F. G. Trafford
2484
Misguidit Lassie. Percy Ross
2427
My Trivial Life and Misfortune. 2 vols.
2403
Mumu. Ivan Turgenieff
2505
Newport Aquarelle.
2446
Newport. George P. Lathrop
2509
Old Lady Mary. Mrs. Oliphant
2503
Pagans. Arlo Bates 2510
Page, Squire and Knight. (ed.) W. H. D. Adams
2423
Phemie Keller. F. G. Trafford 2485
2520
Pilgrim Sorrow. Elizabeth, Queen of Roumania Pique.
2492
Priest and Man. William W. Newton 2408
Princess Amelie, No Name Series 2431
.
2487
2495
192
Queenie Hetherton. Mary J. Holmes
2438
Red as a Rose is She. Rhoda Broughton 2490
Red Acorn. John McElroy 2412
Regent's Daughter. Alexandre Dumas 2525
Righteous Apostate. Clara Sanza
2429
Rossmoyne. Author of "Phyllis"
2467
Sans Merci. George Lawrence
2483
Sea Queen. W. C. Russell
2406
Some Other Folks. Sarah Pratt McLean
2496
Story of Melicent. Fayr Madoc
2396
Stephen, M. D. Anna Warner
2442
Story of Roland. James Baldwin
2452
Stray Pearls. C. M. Yonge
2387
Sybil's Second Love. Julia Kavanagh
2419
Times of Charles XII. Z. Topelius
2504
Theo. Mrs. F. H. Burnett
2482
Thicker than Water. James Payne
2430
Through One Administration. Mrs. F. H. Burnett
2397
Treasure Island. R. L. Stevenson
2506
Ugly Heroine. Christine Faber
2402
Underground City. Jules Verne
2437
Underground Russia. Stepniak
2418
Unexpected Result, etc. E. P. Roc
2400
Up From the Cape.
2447
Vagabondia. Mrs. F. H. Burnett
2456
Vestigia. Miss Julia Fletcher
2502
White Lies. Charles Reade
248;
Whom Kathie Married. Amanda Douglas
2401
Woman's Reason. W. D. Howells
2441
Wrecked ? William O. Stoddard 2457
Yolande. William Black 2428
JUVENILE STORIES.
All Aboard for the Lakes and Mountains. E. A. Rand 2473
Among the Lakes. William O. Stoddard 2424
Boys of the Sierras. (ed.) Walter Montgomery 2472
Boy Knight. C. A. Henty 2479
Cast Away in the Cold. I. I. Hayes 2499
Child of Island Glen. Elijah Kellogg 2513
Cruise of the Casco. 2574
193
Donald and Dorothy. Mary Mapes Dodge 2468
Don Gordon's Shooting Box. C. A. Fosdick 2449
English Bodley Family. Horace E. Scudder 2435
Frank before Vicksburg. C. A. Fosdick 2500
Frank Redcliffe. Achilles Daunt 2476
Firelight Stories. Louise C. Moulton
2471
Fore and Aft. Robert B. Dixon
2433
Harry's Vacation. William C. Richards
2478
Jackanapes. Juliana Horatia Ewing
2512
Little Brown-Top. E. A. Rand
2413
Nan. Lucy C. Lillie
2416
Ned in the Block House. Edward S. Ellis
2450
Naughty Girls Diary. Anon.
2448
Our Boys in China. Harry W. French
2460
Our Little Men and Women.
2461
Our Young Folks in Africa. James D. McCabe
2462
Queen's Body Guard. Margaret Vandegrift
2494
Round Dozen. Sarah C. Woolsey
2470
Snug Harbor, Oliver Optic.
2475
Stout Heart. Elijah Kellogg
2516
Sowed by the Wind. "
2515
St. Philips. Mrs. Miriam Harris
2491
Tinkham Brothers' Tide-Mill. J. T. Trowbridge
2469
Two Years Abaft the Mast. F. W. H. Symondson
2477
Turning of the Tide. Elijah Keilogg
2517
Winning his Spurs. 66
2518
Yacht Club. Oliver Optic
2420
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194
REPORT
OF
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Wakefield, Mass :
The Board of Health who were duly elected by the town of Wakefield at its last annual town meeting, held April 2d, 1883. beg leave to submit the following report :
The members of the Board of Health, elect, met after having taken the oath of office at the residence of Mr. Hosea L. Day for organization, on the 16th day of April, 1883.
Business of the meeting consisted in electing Dr. John Homer as Chairman; Mr. Hosea L. Day as Secretary ; and Major John M. Cate as Health Officer for the current munic- ipal year. The Board elected Dr. Homer as Physician to the Board of Health for the current year.
By a vote of the Board the Chairman was elected as a Committee to draft a code of By-Laws and general regula- tions for the current municipal year.
By a vote of the Board of Health the Secretary was chosen
195
as a Committee to receive complaints and notices in a legal form.
By a vote of the Board the Health Officer was duly elected as the proper person to serve said notices.
Voted to adjourn until April 23d, 1883.
Town Hall, April 23, 1883.
The second meeting of the Board of Health occurred as per adjournment, with all the members present.
The business transacted consisted in granting licenses to the following named gentlemen as Sextons and Undertakers of Funerals and Burials in the town of Wakefield for the current municipal year :- William G. Skinner, John A. Meloney, Oliver Walton.
Voted to accept the Chairman's report, as a Committee on By-Laws and general regulations, in substance as submitted.
Voted that the Chairman have 200 Burial Permits printed in blank form for future use, as per his report.
Voted that the Chairman have 2000 copies of the By-Laws and general regulations printed at once, and that the Secre- tary be instructed to have them judiciously circulated throughout the town.
Voted that the Chairman have permits printed in blank form for children to enter school after having recovered from a contagious disease, or after having been detained at home by reason of a contagious disease in the family or the building in which the parents reside.
The Board entertained complaints relative to nuisances and instructed the Health Officer to serve legal notices at once.
Voted to adjourn until April 30th, 1883.
196
Town Hall, April 30th, 1883.
At the third meeting of the Board of Health all members were present.
Voted to grant licenses to the following named persons for the removal of night soil :- J. W. Bothworth, Enos Wiley, B. Donnelly.
Received and entertained notices from several physicians relative to the existence of scarlet fever.
Voted that the Health Officer serve a notice on each family requesting that they observe the Board of Health regulations.
Voted to adjourn until May 7th, 1883.
The fourth meeting of the full Board occurred in the same place on the 7th day of May, 1883.
Report of Chairman, as Committee, was read and accepted in substance.
Voted that the Chairman have five hundred blanks printed for physicians' use for notifying the Board of Health relative to the existence of any contagious disease in town, as required by law.
Voted that the Chairman have five hundred blanks printed for the Health Officer's use.
Voted to adjourn until May 14th, 1883.
At the 5th meeting the full Board met in the Town Hall on the 14th day of May '83, and carefully considered the prevalence and mortality from scarlet fever and diphtheria.
Voted that the Chairman act as a Committee to draft a special code of regulations for the protection of schools and safety of the public health in this community.
Voted that he have a copy of the same inserted in the weekly papers for three weeks in succession.
Voted to amend truckmen's licenses so that no night soil be removed later than 4 o'clock A. M. under penalty.
Voted to adjourn until May 21st '83.
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At the 6th meeting of the Board May 21st, '83, all mem- bers were present.
Voted that the Chairman act as a Committee on printing 2000 special circulars relating to abating scarlet fever, and that the Secretary be instructed to have a copy circulated to every house in town and to each of the public schools.
Voted to adjourn until May 28th.
The 7th meeting was held in the same place, on the 28th day of May. All members of the Board were present.
The sanitary condition of town and the mortality from scarlet fever and diphtheria were very carefully considered. During the current municipal year the Board of Health have held twenty-four meetings.
At each meeting some question of vital importance to the town, and connected with the sanitary regulations have been discretionally considered. Major John M. Cate, the Board of Health Officer, has served during the current municipal year 65 notices on complaints to abate nuisances. He served 38 notices in cases of scarlet fever, 14 notices of diphtheria, and 2 to vacate unhealthy tenements.
By a vote of the Board of Health the Health Officer caused a thorough inspection of the main drains.
The Board would strongly recommend that the drain cross- ing Mechanic street receive special attention at once to render it healthy.
The Board of Health having had experience, would respectfully recommend a rigid enforcement of the sanitary regulations by their successors, as early after the annual Town Meeting as possible, for the protection and preserva- tion of the PUBLIC HEALTH.
Very Respectfully submitted,
JOHN HOMER, M. D.,
Chairman of the Board of Health, and Committee on Report.
198
AUDITORS' FINAL STATEMENT.
The Auditors herewith present to the town the Annual Report of its various Town Officers, and would certify that one member of the Board (Mr. Skinner) has examined all bills which have been paid by the Selectmen's orders on the Treasurer as exhibited in condensed form from page 69 to page 98 in this Report : that another member of the Board (Mr. Cate) has examined the accounts of Messrs. Richard Britton and Charles F. Woodward Collectors, and Mr. C. W. Eaton, Treasurer of the Beebe Town Library.
Slight errors in the Interest account of Mr. Britton Collector, discovered since the printing of his statement, increase the amount received $9.34, which sum has since been paid to the Treasurer.
We have also together examined the accounts of James F. Emerson Treasurer, and find them accurately computed with proper vouchers for the payment of all moneys, and that he has a cash balance of $2,777.23 deposited in the So. Reading National Bank to his credit as Treasurer.
There was due from S. H. Gowing, Surveyor of West District, as per report last year, the sum of $69.73. He has returned to the Treasurer the sum of $15.48, and we pre- sume the difference, $54.25, was expended by him upon the Highways previous to the annual meeting, but no vouchers for the same or statement having been presented to the Au- ditors, that amount appears to be still due from him.
THOMAS J. SKINNER,
JOHN M. CATE,
Auditors.
199
INDEX.
-
PAGE.
Appropriation Committee's Report,
136
Appropriations, List of
69
Artillery, Transportation of
.
87
Assessors' Report,
120
Auditors' Report,
69
Auditors' Final Statement,
198
Births,
- 52
Board of Health, Report of
194
Collectors' Statements,
99
Concrete Sidewalks and Crossings,
89
County Tax, (Treasurer's Report),
101
Deaths,
62
Engineers' Report,
128
Fire Department Expenses,
76
Fish Committee's Expenses,
86
Fish Committee's Report,
134
Gas Regulator,
86
Hamilton School Building,
138
Highway Department,
88 and 90
Iron Roller,
87
Jurors, List of
6
Librarian, Report of
183
Library Finances,.
. 84 and 182
Liquor Law, Enforcement of,
85
Loan Account, (Treasurer's Report),
. 102
Lock-up-Keeper's Report,
127
Marriages,
. 56
Memorial Day,
85
.
Military Aid, . .
.
.
95
200
Miscellaneous Expenses,
95
New Park,
89
Night Watch,
. 84 and 126
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
105
Police Report,
125
Poor Department Expenses,
. 85 and 105
Reading Room, ·
98
Salaries of Town Officers,
· 80
School Committee's Report,
141
School Contingent Fund,
73
School Expenses, (Regular),
70
Selectmen, Report of,
121
State Aid,
104
State Tax, (Treasurer's Report),
. 101
Steam Pipes, covering of
. 87
Street Lamps,
83 and 84
Tax Deeds, List of
103
Town Clerk's Report and Statistics,
52
Town Debt,
102
Town House Expenses,
81
Town Meetings, Records of
7
Town Officers, List of
3
Treasurer's Report,
100
Trustees of Library, Report of
177
Water Introduction,
87 and 88
THE SEVENTY-THIRD
ANNUAL REPORT OF
THE TOWN OFFICERS
OF WAKEFIELD, MASS.,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB'Y 28, 1885.
ALSO
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD
OF THE
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
During the Year 1884.
WAKEFIELD : THE CITIZEN AND BANNER PRESS. 1885.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1884-5.
SELECTMEN. ALSTEAD W. BROWNELL. Chairman. ISAAC F. EATON. JOHN S. EATON, Secretary.
TOWN CLERK. CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE.
TREASURER. THOMAS J. SKINNER.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
HIRAM EATON, Chairman. JOHN G. MORRILL, MICHAEL LOW.
ASSESSORS.
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE. CHARLES F. WOODWARD, JOHN M. CATE.
AUDITORS.
JOHN M. CATE, HARRY FOSTER, WALDO E. COWDREY.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
THOMAS HICKEY, Term expires 1887.
HENRY N. OLIVER, .
·
.
1886.
CHARLES H. HART,
. 1885.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. CHARLES F. WOODWARD.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JAMES H. CARTER. Chief. JEPHTHA N. RYDER, ROGER HOWARD. Secretary.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
LUCIU'S BEEBE .*
MELVIN J. HILL, Sec'y and Treas.,
Term expires 1887.
1887.
SELIM S. WHITE,
SAMUEL K. HAMILTON, Chairman, ·
1886.
WM. N. TYLER, .
66 1885.
EDWARD A. UPTON,
.
66 66
1885.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
LUCIUS BEEBE, * THOS. WINSHIP,
OTIS V. WATERMAN,
J. C. HARTSHORNE,
J. R. MANSFIELD, E. H. WALTON,+
GEORGE H. TEAGUE, S. O. RICHARDSON,
CHESTER W. EATON, W. N. TYLER,
R. H. MITCHELL,. W. H. MORRISON.
J. M. SKULLY, CHARLES A. DEAN,
CYRUS WAKEFIELD, THOMAS L. WHALEN. * Deceased. ¡ Resigned.
FISH COMMITTEE.
SAMUEL PARKER, JR. HOWARD EMERSON.
CHARLES H. DAVIS.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
JOHN M. CATE. HOSEA L. DAY. JOHN HOMER, M. D.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE. FENCE VIEWERS.
REUBEN H. MITCHELL, ROBERT N. HOWARD,
JOHN G. MORRILL.
POLICE. JOHN DAY. Chief.
JOHN F. ALEXANDER, DENIS MCCARTY,
JOHN A. MELONEY.
GEORGE T. LAMONT,
JOSEPH A. FLOCKTON, ORRIN STONE,
JOIIN MCMAHON,
REUBEN L. COOPER,
RICHARD O'LEARY. REUBEN H. MITCHELL,
ELWIN I. PURINGTON, JEROME S. NILES,
DENIS DAILY,* JOHN F. WHITING,
HENRY L. HASKELL.
ResigueJ.
66
1885.
EDWARD . P. COLBY, * Died April 15th, 1884, E. P. Colby chosen to fill vacancy.
CONSTABLES.
CHARLES. H. DAVIS,
JOHN A. MELONEY, JOHN DAY.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
EDWARD HI. WALTON,
Term expires 1887. 66
EZRA M. SOUTHWORTH,
1886.
EUGENE A. O'HEA,
.6 1885
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE, (ex-officio.)
POUND KEEPER. JOHN B. ADAMS.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
JAMES H. CARTER, DAVID H. DARLING, JAMES F. EMERSON.
- -For list of other Town Officers, not chosen by ballot, see pages 11 and 12.
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LIST OF JURORS, ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN Nov. 4, 1884.
Atwell, William H. Atherton, James E.
Barker, Edward
Brownell, Alstead W.
Burditt, Michael B.
Nichol's, Everett
Carey Daniel
Nichols, Jefferson J.
Coleman Daniel
Connell, Joseph
Currier, Alonzo A.
Daland, Everett G.
Day, Hosea L.
Drugan, John
Eaton, David M. Eaton Hiram,
Emerson, Frederick Evans, Charles A.
· Flagg, Hiram B.
Gilman, George K.
Gould, Thomas Gove, Merrill W.
Harper, Henry
Haskell, Henry
Hickey, Thomas
Horton, James R.
Jenkins, John W. Kendrick, Rufus
Walton, Solon Whiting, George N.
Kernan, Thomas
Lamont, George T. Low, James Lufkin, Stephen W.
Mansfield, Albert A. Mansfield, James F. Merchant, Sydney Morrison, George R.
Oliver, Henry N. Oliver, James Parker, Samuel, Jr.
Parsons, Israel A. Perham, Joshua
Perkins, William K.
Prentiss, Joshua.
Richardson, Joseph H. Ricker, George E.
Seaver, George A. Smith, John W.
Smith, Porter Southworth, Ezra M.
Stearns, Charles H. Teague, George H. Townsend, George W.
Walton, Charles E.
Walton, Herbert W.
Whiting, John F. Westgate, James Wiley, John F. Wiley, William Henry
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RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1885.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, APRIL 7, 1884.
ARTICLE 1. To choose, by ballot, a Moderator to preside in said mect- ing.
Whole number of Ballots cast, .
195
S. K. Hamilton had .
1 Samuel K. Hamilton had 77 John M. Cate had 117 and John M. Cate was declared elected Moderator. ART. 2. To hear and act upon the Annual Reports of Town Officers.
VOTED. That the Annual Reports of the Town Officers, as printed, be accepted and adopted.
ART. 3. To hear and act upon the report of the Committee on Appro. priations.
VOTED. That the Report of the Committee on Appropria- tions, as printed in the Town Reports, be accepted.
ART. 4. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Tax Collector, Board of Health, Constables, Fence Viewers, Fish Committee, three Park Commissioners, and prescribe their terms of office, and for three Road Commissioners, one member for one year, one member for two years, and one member for three years.
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Upon a separate ballot to bring in their votes for School Committee, two members. each member for three years.
To bring in their votes also upon a separate ballot in answer to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Form of ballots "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
All these ballots will be received at the same time and in the same box.
The Chair appointed C. H. Davis, Jos. A. Flock . ton, Chas. H. Riley and Horace Gowing to super- intend the check list and ballot box.
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The Chair appointed John A. Meloncy, Melvin J. Hill, A. H. Thayer, Peter McCulloch, E. H. Walton and P. A. Gay, to sort and count the ballots, and then declared the polls opened for the reception of ballots for the various officers named in Article 4.
VOTED. That the terms of office for the Park Commissioners be one year.
Result of the ballot as declared later in the meet- ing
TOWN CLERK.
Charles F. Hartshorne,
(Elected.) 930
Scattering,
1
TOWN TREASURER.
Thomas J. Skinner,
(Elected.) 560
Wm. F. Young,
.
.
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377
Scattering,
.
.
.
2
SELECTMEN.
John S. Eaton,
(Elected.) 560
Isaac F. Eaton,
519
Alstead W. Brownell,
506
. Oliver Perkins, .
432
Stephen W. Lufkin,
421
Jephtha N. Ryder,
304
James Oliver,
74
Scattering,
12
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ASSESSORS.
Charles F. Hartshorne,
(Elected.) 916
Charles F. Woodward,
571
John M. Cate,
505
John S. Eaton,
437
Waldo E. Cowdrey,
369
Scattering.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Hiram Eaton,
(Elected.)
944
John G. Morrill,
561
Michael Low,
459
William G. Strong,
374
Joseph Connell,
372
Scattering,
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Charles F. Woodward,
(Elected.)
527
Winfield C. Jordan,
392
Arlon S. Atherton.
18
BOARD OF HEALTH.
John M. Cate.
(Elected).
507
John Homer, M. D.,
66
502 .
Hosea L. Day.
501
Joseph W. Heath, M. D.,
437
Ashton H. Thayer,
432
John R. Mansfield, M.D.,
427 *
Scattering,
CONSTABLES.
(Elected.)
583
John A. Meloney,
66
519
John Day,
517
Reuben L. Cooper,
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