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George Rawlinson. 464
Greece in the Times of Homer. T. T. Timayenis.
History of Essex County. 1878.
447
History of French Literature. Henri Van Laun.
466
Indian History for Young Folks. S. A. Drake. 453
Italy. 1815-1878. John W. Probyn. 465
Kentucky. American Commonwealths. N. S. Shaler. 458
Land of the Incas. W. H. D. Adams. 454
Maryland. American Commonwealths. W. H. Browne.
456
Memorials of Westminster Abbey. Dean Stanley. 459
Montcalm and Wolfe. Francis Parkman. 457
New Book of Kings. J. Morrison Davidson. 461
Roman Lite in the Days of Cicero. Alfred J. Church. 463
Spy of the Rebellion. Allan Pinkerton. 451
Story of Chinese Gordon. A. Egmont Hake.
448
Studies from History. Henry Cabot Lodge. 449
Sketches of Lynn. David N. Johnson.
467
Tales of the Pathfinders. Arthur Gilman. 460
Young Folks' History of London. William H. Rideing. 452
462
198
TRAVEL .- CLASS 9.
Ascents and Adventures. Henry Frith. 622
American Explorations in the Ice Zones. J. E. Noursc. 613 Buried Cities Recovered. Frank S. De Haas. 612
Family Flight Around Home. E. E. Hale and Susan Hale. 618
Illustrated Bermuda Guide. James H. Starks. 623
In the Lena Delta. George W. Melville. 620
" In the Trades, the Tropics and Roaring Forties." Mrs. Brassey. 619 John Bull's Neighbor in His True Light. 624
Life and Travels in India. Anna Harriette Leonowens. 627
Middle Kingdom. S. Wells Williams. 2 vols. 616
Mountains and Mountain Climbing. 621
Over the Border : Acadia, the Home of "Evangeline." E. B. Chase. 614 Paris Herself Again. George A. Sala. 635
Three Visits to America. Emily Faithfull. 615
Through Masai Land. Joseph Thomson. 626
Zigzag Journeys in Acadia. Hezekiah Butterworth. 617
BIOGRAPHY .- CLASS 10.
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley : His Life and Work. Grace A. Oliver. 715
Captains of Industry. James Parton. 699
Coleridge. Men of Letters Series. H. D. Traill. 701
Countess of Albany. Famous Women Series. Vernon Lee. 700
Charles Dickens as I Knew Him. George Dolby. 716
Dean Stanley and the Children. Mrs. F. A. Humphrey. 706
Edgar Allan Poe. Am. Men of Letters Series. George C. Woodberry. 713
Episodes of My Second Life. L. Mariotti.
718
Elizabeth Fry. Famous Women Series. E. R. Pitman. 710
693
Famous Biography.
Francis Bacon. Men of Letters Series. R. W. Church. 690
Fifty Years' Observation of Men and Events. E. D. Keyes. 719
George Eliot's Life. Arr. and edited by John W. Cross. 3 vols. 711
Harriet Martineau. Famous Women Series. Mrs. F. F. Miller. 709 Henry Irving's Impressions of America. Joseph Hatton. 692
199
How Success is Won .. Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton. 721
John Wycliffe. John Laird Wilson. 705
James Madison, Sydney Howard Gay. 697
Literary Remains of. Henry James. (ed.) William James. 714
Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss. 712
Life and Letters of Bayard Taylor. Edited by R. H. Stoddard
and M. H. Taylor. 2 vols. 696
My Reminiscences. Lord Ronald Gower. 1st vol.
695
Men of Invention and Industry. Samuel Smiles.
720
Memoirs of a Man of the World. Edmund Yates.
704
Mary Wollstonecraft. Famous Women Series.
Elizabeth Robins Pennell. 708
Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife. Julian Hawthorne. 2 vols. 702
Oliver Wendell Holmes. E. E. Brown.
691
Personal Traits of British Authors. (ed.) Edward T. Mason.
717
Peter Cooper. C. Edwards Lester. 694
Pine to Potomac. Life of James G. Blaine. E. K. Cressey. 698
Sir Moses Montefiore. Lucien Wolf. 707
Thomas Carlyle. Life in London. 1834-1881. James A. Froude. 703
POETRY .--- CLASS 11.
Pearls of the Faith. Edwin Arnold.
228
Songs of the Silent World. E. S. Phelps, 229
FICTION .--- CLASS 13.
Almost a Duchess. No Name Series. 2569
An American Politician. F. Marion Crawford. 2595
An Average Man. Robert Grant. 2536
Archibald Malmaison. Julian Hawthorne. 2540
Armourer's Prentices. Charlotte M. Yonge.
2566
Aspasia ; or, Art and Love in Ancient Hellas.
Robert Hamerling. 2 vols. 2556
At Any Cost. Edward Garrett. 2571
Bethesda. Barbara Elbon. 2530
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But a Philistine. Virginia Townsend.
Called Back. Hugh Conway. 2554 2527
Countess of Charny. Alexandre Dumas.
Countess of Monte Cristo. 2620
Country Doctor. Sarah O. Jewett.
2542
Chantry Priest of Barnet. A. J. Church.
2610
Charley Kingston's Aunt. Pen Oliver,
2621
Choy Susan, etc. William H. Bishop.
2599
Christmas in Narragansett. Edward E. Hale.
2616
Dark Days. Hugh Conway.
2575
Doctor Grattan. William A. IIammond.
2618
Dorcas, the Daughter of Faustina. Nathan C. Kouns.
2596
Dr. Grimshawe's Secret. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
2617
Dr. Sevier. George W. Cable.
2568
Entailed Hat. George A. Townsend.
2531
Fate of Mansfield Humphreys. Richard G. White.
2544
French Prisoners. Edward Bertz.
2578
Giant's Kobe. F. Austey.
2611
Her Washington Season. Jeanie Gould Lincoln.
2533
In the East Country. Emma Marshall. 2606
Interrupted. Isabella M. Alden. 2605
2598
John Herring. A West of England Romance.
2534
King's Men. Grant, O'Reilly, Dale, Wheelwright.
2551
Lal. William A. Hammond.
2577
Madam. Mrs. Oliphant.
2614
Mildred. Georgiana M. Craik.
2613
Mingo and Other Sketches. Joel C. Harris.
2545
Miss Tommy, etc. Dinah M. Craik. 2552
Miss Toosey's Mission and "Laddie." 2547
2615
Moonshine. Frederick Allison Tupper.
2574
My Friends and I. Julian Sturgis.
2570
My Lady Pokahontas : a True Relation of Virginia. Writ. by Anas Todkill, Puritan and Pilgrim, with Notes by John Esten Cooke. 2609
"No. 40.' A Romance of Fortress Munroe and the Hygeia. 2529
Old Sailor's Yarns. Capt. R. F. Coffin. 2591
On Land and Sea. William HI. Thomes.
2582
On the Frontier. Bret Harte. 2555
Penniless Girl. From the German of W. Heimburg. 2602
Phobe. Mrs. Miriam Harris. 2543
2535
In War Time. S. Weir Mitchell.
Judith Shakespeare. William Black. 2567
Money Makers : a Social Problem.
201
Quicksands. German of Adolph Streckfuss.
2537
Ramona. Helen Jackson.
2597
Red Wall Flower. Susan Warner.
2553
Roman Singer. F. Marion Crawford.
2541
San Rosario Ranch. Maud Howe. 2538
Salt Lake Fruit.
2583
Silver Canon. G. Manville Fenn.
2579
Sir Tom. Mrs. Oliphant.
2594
Stories by American Authors.
2548
Story of a Country Town. E. W. Howe.
2559
Suwanee River Tales. Sherwood Bonner.
2562
Tales of Three Cities. Henry James.
2592
Tarantella. Mathilde Blind.
2612
Three Vassar Girls in So. America. L. W. Champney.
2580
Twenty Years After. Alexandre Dumas.
2528
Usurper. Theophile Gautier.
2539
Vice Versa. F. Anstey.
2593
Wensley and Other Stories. Edmund Quincy.
2619
Weird Tales. E. T. W. Hoffman. 2 vols.
2603
Wizard's Son. Mrs. Oliphant. 2549
Young Girl's Wooing. E. P. Roe. 2576
JUVENILES.
The Browns. Mary P. W. Smith.
2572
Boys Coastwise. William H. Rideing.
2607
Capt. Phil. M. M. Thomas. 2558
2589
Christmas Tree Land. Mrs. Molesworth.
2588
. Dickens' Little Folks. 4 vols.
2546
Doctor Barringford's School. Henry Ogden.
2532
Farnell's Folly. J. T. Trowbridge.
2601
Heidi. From the German of Johanna Spyri.
2604
20
Charlie Asgarde. Alfred St. Johnston.
202
How They Went to Europe. Margaret Sidney. 2587
Jack Archer : a Tale of the Crimea. G. A. Henty. 2565
Melbourne House. Susan Warner. 2608
Old Caravan Days. Mary Hartwell Catherwood. 2550
Perseverance Island. Douglas Frazar. 2580
Plucky Boys, etc. Miscellaneous writers. 2573
Pretty Lucy Merwyn. Mary Lakeman. ·
2590
Queer Stories for Boys and Girls. Edward Eggleston. 2563
Ralph, the Drummer Boy, Louis Rousselet. 2557
Sea Change. Flora L. Shaw. 2561
Spinning Wheel Stories. Louisa M. Alcott. 2600
Square and Compasses. Oliver Optic.
2581
Tip-Cat. Juliana Horatia Ewing. 2560
Two Compton Boys. Augustus Hoppin.
Viking Bodleys. Horace E. Scudder. 2585
2584
Voyage of the Vivian to the North Pole and Beyond.
Thomas W. Knox. 2564
203
AUDITORS' FINAL STATEMENT.
During the past year the Selectmen have drawn 1,004 orders on the Treasurer amounting to $75,068.29. The bills thus paid have been examined by the Auditors, and they certify that they are correctly cast and properly approved. A monthly balance has been made up for the benefit of the Selectmen and for the information of the different depart- ments. The bills of those departments, which draw money in bulk sums and expend it under their own direction, have also been examined and found correct. The accounts of Messrs. Richard Britton and C. F. Woodward, Collectors, have been audited, and we report them correct, with the ex- ception that Mr. Britton has overpaid the Treasurer the sum of $21.71. We have examined the accounts of Thos. J. Skinner, Treasurer, and find them accurately computed, with proper vouchers for the payment of all monies. and that he has a cash balance of $4,596.26 in the National Bank of . South Reading, as shown by his report (page 89). In the presentation of the figures of the annual accounts, we have endeavored to give such full details as to ensure an intelli- gent understanding of the town expenditures to all who will examine them. As far as possible, articles bought have been named. and not reported as "sundries." The labor involved in the year's auditing has been considerable, but
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we shall feel repaid if we have succeeded in our aim to fur- nish the voters of the town a good basis upon which to esti- mate the appropriations needed for the coming year, and to exercise with judgment that economy which is wealth. For the courtesy shown us by the town officials, the assistance given us in our work, and their adoption of the few changes we have recommended, we return our thanks.
JOHN M. CATE, - WALDO E. COWDREY, Auditors.
HARRY FOSTER,
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ERRATA.
Page 17. Vote under Art. 35, for Enginemen, read Engineers.
Page 95. Tax deed No. 94, for $9.31, read $9.81.
Page 97. Tax sale to Hiram Woodis, for $800, read $8.
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INDEX.
-
PAGE.
Appropriation Committee's Report,
146
Appropriations, List of
55
Assessors' Report,
145
Auditors' Report,
55 to 86
Auditors' Final Statement,
203
Births,
38
Board of Health, Expenses and Report of
. 82 and 142
Collectors' Statements,
99
Concrete Sidewalks and Crossings,
. 72 and 107
Common and Park Improvement,
136
Deaths,
49
Engineers' Report,
114
Fire Department Expenses,
65
Fish Committee's Expenses and Report,
. 81 and 110
Greenwood School Yard,
80
Hamilton School Building,
. 62 and 148
Highway Department,
70
Hydrants, Rental of
77
Jurors, List of
6
Librarian, Report of
191
Marriages,
42
Memorial Day,
78
Military Aid,
81
Main street Drinking Fountain,
80
Miscellaneous Expenses,
81
Night Watch,
109
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
Park Commissioners, Report of
120 to 135 . 139
.
.
·
Loan Account, (Treasurer's Report),
93
.
206
Police Report,
108
Road Commissioners, Report of
105
Reading Room, .
189-190
Salaries of Town Officers,
68
School Committee's Report,
. 150
School Text Books,
· 63
School Expenses and Contingent Fund,
57 to 62
Selectmen, Report of
100
State Aid,
95
Street Lamps,
75
Tax Deeds, etc., ·
95 to 98
Town Clerk's Report and Statistics,
38 to 54
Town Debt,
94
Town House Expenses,
73
Town Meetings, Records of
7 to 36
Town Officers, List of
3
Treasurer's Report,
88
Trustees of Library, Report of
. 181
Trust Funds, (Treasurer's Report),
90
THE SEVENTY-FOURTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE TOWN OFFICERS
OF WAKEFIELD, MASS.,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB'Y 28, 1886.
ALSO
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD
OF THE
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
DURING THE YEAR 1885.
WAKEFIELD : THE CITIZEN AND BANNER PRESS, 1886,
-
TOWN OFFICERS, 1885-6.
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, JOHN S. EATON, Secretary.
ASSESSORS. CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE, CHARLES F. WOCDWARD, DAVID PERKINS.
AUDITORS.
JOHN M. CATE, WILLIS S. MASON.
WALDO E. COWDREY.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
THOMAS HICKEY, .
Term expires 1887.
HENRY N. OLIVER, .
.6 1886.
NATH'L H. DOW. .
66 1888.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. CHARLES F. WOODWARD.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. JAMES H. CARTER, Chief. JEPHTHA N. RYDER, ROGER HOWARD, Secretary,
4
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
EDWARD A. UPTON,
Term expires 1888.
PRESTON SHELDON,
·
MELVIN J. HILL, Sec'y and Treas., ·
66 1887.
SELIM S. WHITE,
1887.
SAMUEL K. HAMILTON, Chairman,
6. 1886.
ASHTON H. THAYER,
1886.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
OTIS V. WATERMAN.
C. W. EATON ..
J. C. HARTSHORNE. THOS. L. WHALEN,
WVM. F. YOUNG,
J. M. SKULLY,
S. O. RICHARDSON,
R. H. MITCHELL,
THOS. WINSHIP,
GEO. H. TEAGUE,
WM. H. MORRISON,
WM. N. TYLER.
J. R. MANSFIELD, CYRUS WAKEFIELD,
STEPHEN W. LUFKIN,
GEORGE H. TOWLE,
S. K. HAMILTON, CHAS. A. DEAN.
* Resigned.
FISH COMMITTEE.
SAMUEL PARKER, JR., CHAS. H. DAVIS, WM. HARRINGTON WILEY.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
PRESTON SHELDON, M. D., J. R. MANSFIELD, M. D. JOSEPH W. HEATH, M. D.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE.
FENCE VIEWERS. THE SELECTMEN.
POLICE. CHAS. E. NILES, Chief.
JOHN F. ALEXANDER; HENRY L. HASKELL, ISRAEL A. PARSONS, GEO. T. LAMONT,
E. I. PURRINGTON, DENIS W. MCCARTHY,
JOHN A. MELONEY, JOHN G. MORRILL,
ORRIN STONE. REUBEN L. COOPER,
CHAS. A. COLEMAN. NOAH M. EATON, L. E. HOWLETT, JOHN DAY,
JEROME S. NILES. WM. A. PRESCOTT, JNO. F. WHITING, J. BARNARD WILEY, JOHN W. JENKINS, JOHN D. DACEY,
. 6
1888.
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CONSTABLES.
CHARLES H. DAVIS,
JOHN A. MELONEY. MOSES STAPLES.
REGISTRARS OF . VOTERS.
EUGENE O'HEA,
Term expires 1888.
EDWARD H. WALTON, .
1887.
EZRA M. SOUTHWORTH.
1886.
CHAS. F. HARTSHORNE, (ex-officio).
POUND KEEPER., JOHN HENRY EMERSON.
PARK COMMISSIONERS. ROBERT POTE WAIT, DAVID H. DARLING, EDWIN SWEETSER.
For List of other Town Officers, not chosen by ballot, see report of Annual Meeting.
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LIST OF JURORS, ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN Nov. 3, 1885.
Abbott, Henry F. Aborn. Geo. W. Atwell, William H. Atherton, James E. Atherton. Wm. S.
Barker, Edward
Burrill, Alonzo P. Burditt, Michael B. Carey, Daniel Coleman, Daniel Connell, Joseph Cowdrey, Nath'l.
Crocker, Luther
Daland, Everett G.
Daland, George A. Dennett, John F.
Drugan, John Eaton, David M.
Emerson, Frederick Emerson, James E. Flagg, Hiram B.
Gordon, S. W. Gould, Thomas Gowing, S. H. Greenough, W. S.
Hartshorne, Chas. F.
Haskell, Henry Haskell, Henry L. Hickey, Thomas Hurd, Joseph L. Horton, James R.
Hall, Alonzo Jenkins, John W. Kendrick, Rufus Kernan, Thomas Lamont, George T. Lufkin, Stephen W. Mansfield, Albert A. Mansfield, James F. Merchant, Sydney Nichols, Jefferson J. Perkins, Andrew C. Parker, Samuel, Jr. Parsons, Israel A. Poland, J. Warren
Perkins, William K.
Pope, J. Henry
Prentiss, Joshua Richardson, Joseph H.
Ricker, George E.
Seaver, George A. Smith, John W.
Southworth, Ezra M. Stearns, Charles H.
Teague, George H. Walton, Charles E. Walton, Herbert W. Walton, Solon Whiting, George N. Wellman, J. W. Wiley, William Henry
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RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1886.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, APRIL 6, 1885,
ARTICLE 1. To choose, by ballot, a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Whole number of Ballots cast, 27 James Oliver had 3 John M. Cate had 24 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 Ap- propriations.
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 ot the Poor, Tax Collector, Park Commissioners, Board of Health, Constables, Fence Viewers and Fish Committee ; also for one Road Com- missioner for a term of three years. Upon a separate ballot to bring in their votes for School Committee for two members of said Committee, each for a term of three years, and for one member for one year. 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 ?"
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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 Moderator appointed Richard Britton, C. B. Bowman and R. L. Cooper to take charge of the ballot box and check list, and John S. Eaton, I. A. Parsons and Edwin Sweetser as counters, and then declared the polls open for the reception of ballots for the various officers named in Art. 4. Result of the ballot as declared later in the meet- ing.
TOWN CLERK.
Charles F. Hartshorne, .
(Elected.) 899
TOWN TREASURER.
Thos. J. Skinner.
(Elected.) 899
SELECTMEN.
John S. Eaton,
(Elected.) 852
Isaac F. Eaton,
478
Alstead W. Brownell,
441
George E. Ricker,
355
Wm. N. Tyler,
308
Wm. F. Young,
66
Horace Gowing,
65
Oliver Perkins,
24
A. G. Sweetser, Scattering.
1
ASSESSORS.
Chas. F. Woodward,
.
. (Elected.)
855
Chas. F. Hartshorne,
.
.
..
765
David Perkins,
.
649
John S. Eaton.
117
John M. Cate,
165
Hiram P. Hill,
.
.
61
Scattering.
.
2
.
20
10
.
.
.
.
9
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Hiram Eaton,
.
. (Elected.) 848
John S. Eaton,
720
John G. Morrill, .
66
407
Michael Low,
238
Wm. G. Strong, .
234
Chas F. Hartshorne,
115
Stephen Lutkin, Scattering.
6
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Chas. F. Woodward,
(Elected.)
874
Denis White,
.
.
.
13
Scattering.
.
.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
(Elected.)
746
Robert Pote Wait, David H. Darling,
740
Edwin Sweetser, Robert Blyth,
193
Arlon S. Atherton, David Perkins, Scattering.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
(Elected.)
880
66
750
·
656
141
131
Winfield C. Jordan, Scattering.
6
CONSTABLES
Moses Staples,
(Elected.)
863
Chas. H. Davis,
816
John A. Meloney,
.
.
.
729
Patrick Deane,
61
I. A. Parsons, . Scattering. .
.
.
.
20
.
659
.
125
.
122
21
Preston Sheldon, John R. Mansfield, Joseph W. Heath, John M. Cate, Hosea L. Day,
.
.
.
.
.
22
98
17
1
10
FENCE VIEWERS.
Robert N. Howard, Did not qualify.
(Elected.) 900
Reuben H. Mitchell,
66
892
Geo. H. Teague,
651
Israel A. Parsons,
· ·
.
286
Scattering.
12
FISH COMMITTEE.
Wm. Harrington Wiley,
(Elected.)
844
Samuel Parker, Jr.
838
Chas. H. Davis,
832
Geo. H. Clothey,
55
Erastus D. Weston,
55
Albert O. Cutter,
53
Scattering.
ROAD COMMISSIONER.
3 YEARS.
Nathaniel H. Dow,
(Elected.) 326
Albert A. Mansfield,
·
308
Michael Keady, John G. Morrill,
.
.
243
14
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
3 YEARS.
Preston Sheldon,
(Elected.) 635
Edward A. Upton,
464
Wm. N. Tyler,
312
Scattering.
.
.
·
.
1 YEAR.
Ashton H. Thayer,
(Elected.) 324
John Low,
202
Wm. F. Young,
.
.
.
200
LICENSES.
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?
Yes, ·
394
No,
408
.
.
18
.
.
.
.
8
.
.
1
11
VOTED. That the regular town business be taken up at 1 o'clock in the afternoon and that the articles be taken up seriatim unless otherwise ordered by a 3-4 vote of the voters present.
VOTED. To close the polls at 5-30 o'clock.
ART. 5. To choose all other necessary Town Officers.
VOTED. That the Moderator appoint a Committee of three who shall nominate a Committee of thirteen, three from the Centre and two from each of the outer wards, to nominate a list of officers not chosen by ballot. Messrs. E. H. Walton, W. K. Perkins and Michael Low were appointed and they re- ported the following Committee of thirteen :
Centre District. - Waldo'E. Cowdrey, Edward H. Walton, Stephen W. Lufkin.
North Wm. F. Young, Wm. K. Perkins.
South
H. H. Savage, Geo. E. Ricker.
East Austin L. Mansfield, F. E. Noyes.
West Wm. N. Tyler, A. W. Brownell.
Woodville“ Wm. Oliver, Michael Low.
At a later hour this Committee made a report which was accepted and adopted by the Town, as follows :
AUDITORS.
John M. Cate, Waldo E. Cowdrey, Peter Brown Wiley.
NOTE .- Mr. Wiley declined to serve and at an adjourned meeting Mr. Willis S. Mason was chosen to fill the vacancy.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Otis V. Waterman, J. R. Mansfield, G. H. Teague, C. W. Eaton, Wm. N. Tyler, Stephen W. Lufkin, Wm. F. Young, . Geo. H. Towle, S .. O. Richardson, . S .. K. Hamilton, Cyrus Wakefield, J. C .. Hartshorne,. Thos. Winship, R. H. Mitchell, Thos. L, Whalen, C. A. Dean.
Win. H. Morrison, J. M. Skullý,
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WEIGHERS OF COAL AND MERCHANDISE.
M. C. Evans, G. W. Aborn, A. A. Mansfield,
A. W. Chapman, J. A. Henderson, E. W. Eaton,
Geo. K. Gilman, Arthur E. Payson, Warren Nichols, John Kane, Denis Greaney.
MEASURERS OF WOOD.
Denis Greaney, A. L. Mansfield, M. C. Evans,
Joshua Walton, Chas. Gorham, H. N. Oliver,
E. W. Eaton,
C. B. Bowman, A. J. Hutchinson,
Willard Knight, L. B. Eaton, A. A. Mansfield.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
C. F. Bickford, E. I. Purrington, C. W. Trow,
Roger Howard, James Westgate, David Perkins,
Geo. H. Teague, Luther G. Cate.
FIELD DRIVERS.
Edward Eaton,
G. E. Donald,
H. L. Day,
Geo. H. Wiley,
Thos. Gould,
B. F. Shedd,
J. T. B. Hall.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
Wm. F. Young, W. K. Perkins, T. J. Skinner,
A. W. Brownell,
Thos. Hickey,
Thos. Winship,
Jas. H. Carter, S. O. Richardson, Everett Hart,
John J. Pratt, W. G. Strong, James Oliver,
J. F. Emerson, Joshua Perham.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize their Treasurer to hire money to pay all demands in anticipation of taxes.
VOTED. That the Treasurer be authorized, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipa- tion of the taxes of the current year, and to issue notes of the town therefor; and all debts so incurred shall be paid from said taxes.
ART. 7. To raise and appropriate money for the payment of town debt and interest.
VOTED. That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $5000 for the payment of the town debt, and that
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the Treasurer be authorized to use for the same purpose any surplus of receipts received from various sources, other than from loans and taxes ; also that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,200 for the payment of interest on the loans to the town.
ART. 8. To raise and appropriate money for schools.
A motion to raise $16,200 was amended to read $14,000 and carried. Later it was voted 80 to 44 to reconsider, and a motion to raise and appro- priate the sum of $16,200 was finally carried.
VOTED. To raise $1,500 for school contingent expenses. The sum of $1,000 was voted for text books and supplies.
ART. 9. To raise and appropriate money for the support of the Poor.
VOTED. $5,000 and income of town farm.
ART. 10. To raise and appropriate money for the repairs of highways and bridges, and determine how it shall be expended.
VOTED. $5,000 and that it be expended under the direction of the Road Commissioners.
ART. 11. To raise and appropriate money for the Fire Department. VOTED. $2,200.
ART. 12. To raise and appropriate money for the Public Library.
VOTED. $400 and dog tax.
ART. 13. To raise and appropriate money for the Public Reading Room.
VOTED. $325 to be expended under the direction of the Trustees of the Beebe Town Library.
ART. 14. To raise and appropriate money for the salaries of Town Officers.
VOTED. $2,875.
ART. 15. To raise and appropriate money for the care of Street Lamps and cost of lighting.
VOTED. $1,400.
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ART. 16. To raise and appropriate money for Town House expenses. VOTED. $1,600.
ART. 17, To raise and appropriate money for Miscellaneous expenses. VOTED. $3,000.
ART. 18. To raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars to pay the annual rental of hydrants, as per contract with Wakefield Water Company.
VOTED. $3,000.
ART. 19. To see what method the town will adopt for the Collection of Taxes for the year ensuing.
VOTED. That the same method be adopted as last year and that the same discount be allowed on poll taxes as on property taxes.
ART. 20. To see if the town will authorize their Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing, to use all means for the collection of taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use.
VOTED. That the Collector of Taxes be so authorized.
ART. 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to be expended in laying concrete side- walks, when abutters will agree to pay one-half of the expense, under the direction of the Road Commissioners.
VOTED. $500.
At this stage in the proceedings (6 o'clock) it was voted that further consideration of town business be taken up at 7 o'clock.
ART. 22. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars, to be expended in laying concrete street crossings and gutters, under the direction of the Road Commissioners.
VOTED. $400.
ART. 23. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to provide a night watch, and will appropriate money for the payment thereof.
VOTED. To authorize the Selectmen to employ two night watchmen and appropriate therefor the sum of $1800.
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A motion to reduce the appropriation to $1200 1
was lost.
ART. 24. To determine the compensation of Enginemen for the year ensuing ..
A motion that the compensation of Enginemen for the year ensuing be $15.00 and poll tax, was lost. VOTED. That this article be referred to a Committee of three to report at an adjournment of this meeting. James H. Carter, S. K. Hamilton and W. G. Strong were appointed to serve as this Committee. A motion was then made and carried, 124 to 58, to reconsider the vote whereby it was voted to take up the articles of the warrant seriatim. It was then voted that the subject matter of articles 24, 26, 27, 31, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 49, 51, 55, 56, 57, 64, all pertaining to our Fire De- partment, be referred to the Committee last named to report at an adjournment of this meeting.
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