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Weighers of Coal and Merchandise .- M. C. Evans,. A. W. Chapman, Geo. K. Gilman, Denis Greany, Geo. W. Aborn, Arthur E. Payson, A. A. Mansfield, E. W. Eaton.
Measurers of Wood .- Denis Greany, Willard Knight, A. L. Mans- field, A. A. Mansfield, Chas. Gorham, C. B. Bowman, Levi B. Eaton, Hy. N. Oliver, M. C. Evans, A. J. Hutchinson, Everett WV. Eaton.
Surveyors of Lumber .- C. F. Bickford, Roger Howard, E. I. Pur- rington, David Perkins, C. W. Trow, Luther G. Cate.
Field Drivers .- Edward Eaton, Geo. H. Wiley, Geo. E. Donald, Thomas Gould, B. F. Shedd, J. T. B. Hall,* H. L. Day, S. Elmer Ryder.
*Died Feb. 6th, 1888.
VOTED. To take up the town business at one P. M.
At that hour the next article in the warrant was taken up.
ART. 5. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to hire money to pay all demands in anticipation of taxes.
VOTED. To authorize the Treasurer as requested in this article.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to hire money on a term of years, and to issue notes of the town therefor, for the purpose of renewing or paying existing loans maturing during the current municipal year.
VOTED. The authority so to do, the term of years not to exceed ten. (Yes, 44 ; No, 0.)
ART. 7. To raise and appropriate money for the payment of town debt and interest.
VOTED. $1500, for payment of debt, and also such surplus receipts from other sources than loans and taxes, and $3200, for interest on loans and trust funds.
VOTED. To take up Article 43.
ART. 43. To see if the town will appropriate funds to pay bills of last year, not presented until after the accounts of the year
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were closed, which, by a standing vote of the town (with certain named exceptions of funded loans) ends all pre . vious appropriations ; or whether it will renew any of last year's unexpended appropriations for payment of any bills incurred under authority of the vote for such appropria- tion not yet paid ; or what they will do about it.
VOTED. That all appropriations voted under this warrant. shall be applied only to the payment of the bills of the present municipal year ; unless a specified sum shall be set apart, or a last year's unexpended ap- propriation be renewed by the voters, for the pay- ment. of bills of previous years.
VOTED. That a committee of nine be appointed by the Chair to take into consideration Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23 and 55 calling for appropriations at this meeting, and that report be made not later than 4 o'clock this afternoon. John W. Locke, E. A. Upton, Hiram Eaton, Thos. Hickey, Waldo E. Cowdrey, S. W. Flint, John G. Aborn, Thos. Winship and Wm. F. Young were appointed.
ART. 18. To raise and appropriate the sum of $3720 to pay the annual rental of hydrants as per contract with Wakefield Water Co.
VOTED. $3720, as asked.
ART. 19. To see what method the town will adopt for the collec- tion of taxes for the year ensuing.
VOTED. To adopt the method of last year.
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. To so authorize the Collector of Taxes.
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ART. 24. 'To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the purposes of "Memorial Day," and will grant the free use of the Town Hall to H. M. Warren Post for that day.
VOTED. $200, and free use of Hall.
ART. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to be expended in enforcing the liquor law, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. The sum of $500.
Rev. E. B. Burgess, residing in town, but not a voter at this time, asked permission to take part in debates and it was voted to grant his request.
ART. 26. To see if the town will grant the free use of the Town Hall to the W. C. T. U. six evenings during the coming year.
VOTED. The free use of hall as requested.
Article 27. Voted to refer Articles 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 49, 50, 51, 53. 58, 60, 61, 68, 70, 78 and 79 to a committee of seven to report at an adjourn- ment of this meeting. H. H. Savage, Wm. K. Perkins, Richard Britton, W. N. Tyler, A. S. Ath- erton, Sumner Pennell and J. W. Potter were ap- pointed. -
Article 28. Voted to refer Articles 28, 35. 42, 52, 59, 62, 67 and 69 to a committee of five to re- port at an adjournment of this meeting. I. F. Ea- ton, E. H. Walton, Jas. A. Hickey, J. J. Roach and H. S. Fisher were appointed.
ART. 30. To see if the town will grant the privilege to the public to fish in Lake Quannapowitt from June I to March I of each year, or what it will do about it.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone action.
ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote passed while acting under Article 9 of the warrant for the town
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meeting held Aug. 2 last ; and also the vote passed while acting under Article 7 of the warrant for the meeting held Nov. 2 last. on the matter of the removal of the "Rock- ery" ; or what they will do about it.
VOTED.
To indefinitely postpone action.
ART. 34. To see if the town will take action to have the hard wood seats in the audience room of the Town Hall building, replaced with more comfortable seats ; or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To appoint a committee to consider and report at an adjournment of this meeting. Wm. N. Tyler, A. W. Brownell and H. C. Hall were appointed.
ART. 36. To see if the town will cause a hydrant to be located at the corner of Salem and Vernon streets ; and will raise and appropriate money therefor.
Motions to postpone and to refer to a committee were lost.
VOTED. That the Selectmen contract with the Wakefield Water Co. for said hydrant at an annual rental not exceeding $40.
ART. 40. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $75 for providing a drill-hall for the High School Cadets, or what they will do about it.
A motion to do so was lost and no further action was taken.
ART. 38. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to con- tract with an Electric Lighting Company to light the Town Hall and certain streets, at an expense not exceeding gas, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. On motion of Richard Britton, that a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to investigate this subject. W. S. Greenough, W. N. Tyler, E. G. Daland, Richard Britton and Samuel H. Gow- ing were appointed.
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ART. 44. 'To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to draw no orders in excess of appropriations ; and to deliver no orders to any town officer on his personal receipt, unless it be accompanied with the receipt of the person to whom the town is indebted under the authority of any appropri- ation ; or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To instruct the Selectmen in accordance with the terms of this article, and also to draw orders on bills approved by the officers of the town author- izing the contract.
VOTED.
To take up article 4.
A motion was made to make the Selectmen chosen at this meeting the highway surveyors for the en- suing year. After discussion it was
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone all action relating to above matter under this article.
VOTED. To take up article 41. Motion to reconsider the action taken upon this ar- ticle was lost.
VOTED. To take up article 63.
ART. 63. To see if the town will vote that eight hours shall consti- tute a day's work for all laborers in the employ of the town, and the pay shall be $2 per day.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone action. Yes, 163. No, 69. The committee on appropriations reported to the town on the articles referred to them and their re- port was accepted. The town then proceeded to act on cach article separately.
ART. 8. To raise and appropriate money for schools.
VOTED. $19,500 to be divided,-to regular appropriation $17,000, contingent fund $1300, text books and supplies $1200.
ART. 9. To raise and appropriate money for the support of the poor . VOTED. $5000, in addition to all receipts.
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ART. 10. To raise and appropriate money for the repairs of high- ways and bridges, and determine how it shall be expended.
VOTED. $5000, to be expended under direction of the Se- lectmen.
ART. 11. To raise and appropriate money for the Fire Department.
VOTED. $1800, for the support of the Fire Department.
ART. 12. To raise and appropriate money for the Public Library.
VOTED. $400, in addition to the dog tax.
ART. 13. To raise and appropriate money for the Public Reading Room.
VOTED, $175.
ART. 14. To raise and appropriate money for the salaries of town officers.
VOTED, $3025, to be apportioned as last year, and the sal- ary of the Road Commissioners to be added to that of the Selectmen.
ART. 15. To raise and appropriate money for the care of street lamps and cost of lighting.
VOTED. $1500.
ART. 16. To raise and appropriate money for town house expenses.
VOTED. $1850.
ATR. 17. To raise and appropriate money for miscellaneous ex- penses.
VOTED. $3000.
ART. 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 to be expended in concrete work under the direc- tion of the Road Commissioners.
VOTED. $1000.
ART. 22. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to provide a night watch and will appropriate money for the payment thereof.
VOTED. To so authorize, and $1500 for payment.
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ART. 23. To determine the compensation of enginemen for the year ensuing.
VOTED. $15, and the poll tax.
ART. 55. To see what sum the town will raise and appropriate for the care and improvement of the public park ; or what they will do about it.
VOTED. $1000, for the public park and common.
ART. 45. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to draw no orders for bills of previous years from the appropriations for the year ensusing without a special vote of the town ; or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone, action having been taken under Article 43.
ART. 46. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to offer the same incentive for the suppression of fires in buildings and other property that they now offer in refer- ence to forest fires ; or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To instruct to that, effect.
ART. 47. To see if the town will take from file the report of the committee on the improvement of the old burying ground, and what action they will take.
VOTED. To raise and appropriate $100 for the removal of the pound and the improvement of the westerly portion of the ground, such ground not to be used hereafter for burial purposes.
VOTED. To refer the expediency of removing the fence and . hearse house to the Selectmen to report at a future meeting.
VOTED. That this meeting, so far as relates to town busi- ness, be adjourned to 7.30 o'clock. At that hour the Moderator called the meeting to order.
ART. 48. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $1000 for a fire alarm system, consisting of steam whistle, and six box- es to be placed in different wards.
VOTED. $1000, and placed in charge of Fire Engineers.
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ART. 54. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $550 to paint the High School building ; or what they will do about it.
VOTED. $550.
ART. 56. To see if the town will request the Selectmen to fix the price of admission to the Sweetser Lectures at ten cents. VOTED. To so request them.
ART. 57. To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to employ a clerk as recommended in their annual report ; or what they will do about it.
VOTED .. To indefinitely postpone action.
ART. 64. To see if the town will instruct the Assessors to tax all unused land to its full value.
VOTED. To instruct to tax all used and unused land in pro- portion.
ART. 65. To see what action the town will take in relation to the claim of Maria J. Carpenter for injury to her land in re- locating and repairing the highway over Cowdrey's Hill ; and to raise and appropriate money therefor.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone the whole subject.
ART. 66. To see if the town will recommend the School Committee to pay the tuition of children living in the outskirts of the town and near the schools in a neighboring town.
VOTED. To refer to the School Committee.
ART. 71. To see if the town will raise $100 and pay to Honora, widow of Henry H. Evans, of Co. E, 16th Reg't, Mass. Vols., it being the bounty withheld from said soldier ; or what they will do about it.
VOTED. $100 as asked in this article.
ART. 72. To see if the town will vote to place a fire hydrant at the junction of Winn and Elm streets, and raise and appro- priate money for maintenance of the same.
VOTED. That the Selectmen contract for one, with the Wakefield Water Co., expense not to exceed $40 per year.
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ART. 73. To hear and act upon the report of the committee who were instructed to report at the meeting in Nov. last, in relation to a claim of E. I. Purrington.
VOTED. To instruct said committee to report at an adjourn- ment of this meeting.
ART. 74. To see if the town will instruct its Selectmen to give its Park Commissioners a description and title of lands trans- ferred by the town to the Commissioners, Aug. 2d, 1886. VOTED. To refer to the Selectmen to report at a future meeting.
ART. 75. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $1470 to meet the obligation of a contract for building Pleasant street extension.
VOTED. $1470 for the above purpose.
ART. 76. To hear and act upon the report of Road Commissioners for the laying out of a new town way over the private way known as Converse street.
Mr. Thos. Hickey read the report for laying cut said new town way.
VOTED. To accept and adopt the report.
VOTED. $350 for building the same.
ART. 77. To see if the town will instruct its Selectmen not to allow any more than two hogs, or city swill, to be kept within 30 yards of any dwelling.
VOTED. To refer to the Board of Health.
ART. 81. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $150 for outside repairs on the Town Hall building.
VOTED. $150 to be expended by the Selectmen.
VOTED. To take up Article 30.
VOTED. To reconsider the vote to indefinitely postpone action (Yes, 181; No. 130.)
VOTED. (On motion of W. S. Mason) That the inhabi- tants of the town shall have the right to fish on Wednesday and Saturday from sunrise to sunset of
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each week, from the first of June to the first of March, and all rules and regulations inconsistent with this vote are hereby repealed, the same to be submitted to the State Commissioners of Inland Fisheries for approval, further action being placed in the hands of the Fish Committee.
VOTED. To adjourn to Monday, April 18, at 7 o'clock P.M.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, APRIL 18, 1887.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator. The committee to whom were referred Article 27 and sixteen others relating to the building and repairing of sidewalks, culverts, bridges, drains and roads in various parts of the town, reported and the town acted upon each article sepa- rately as follows :
ART. 27. For building a sidewalk on the south side of Water street. VOTED. $100, for that purpose.
ART. 29. For building a sidewalk on the east side of Valley street.
VOTED. $150, as recommended by the committee.
ART. 31. For a water drain across Albion street at junction of Byron street
VOTED. To appropriate $100 for the same.
ART. 33. For the relaying and repair of a drain across land of John M. Smith on Elm street.
VOTED. To refer to the Selectmen.
ART. 37. For a drain across Railroad street south of gas house. The committee reported that the present drain is south of the original water way and causes the water to flow upon private land.
VOTED. To refer to the Selectmen.
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ART. 39. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $600 for im- provements on Greenwood street in the South Ward.
The committee reported that the policy of the town in preserving and retaining its territorial limits should cause a passable street to be made over this route.
VOTED. $500, to be expended between the R. R. crossing and the old Brown place.
ART. 49. For the rebuilding and enlarging the culvert under Green- wood street on the east side of the track.
VOTED. That said culvert be rebuilt under the direction of the Selectmen.
ART. 50. For a sidewalk on the easterly side of Elm street, between the Eustis place and the West place, the material to be given.
VOTED. $100, for that purpose.
ART. 51. For grading the sidewalk from the house of James Weary to the late Benj. Emerson's, the material to be given.
VOTED. To grade said sidewalk.
ART. 53. For constructing a gutter on the south side of Highland street.
VOTED. To make a concrete gutter to be paid for out of concrete appropriation.
ART. 58. For sidewalks on Main street, Greenwood.
VOTED. $150, for sidewalk between Oak street and Silas W. Flint's.
ยท ART. 60. For straightening Prospect street, as recommended by the Road Commissioners.
VOTED. $150, for that purpose, to be expended by the Se- lectmen, in accordance with the report of the Road Commissioners, and the decree of the County Com- missioners.
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ART. .. 61. For repairing the road bed of Bennett Street and building a sidewalk on the south side, from Main to Melvin street.
VOTED. $500, for that purpose.
ART. 68. For a sidewalk on Albion street.
VOTED. $300, for a sidewalk on the south side, from W. W. Chesley's to Oak street.
ART. 70. For a culvert under Main street, opposite residence of A. J. Wright.
VOTED. To refer to the Selectmen.
ART. 78. For repairing the drain under the South Reading Branch R. R., east of the rattan factory.
VOTED. To give the committee further time, and that they report at a future meeting.
ART. 79. For raising and grading Railroad street and sidewalk, from Deadman's crossing to the gas house.
VOTED. $100, for the sidewalk, and to refer the grading of the street to the Selectmen.
VOTED. To take up Article 43.
VOTED. To reconsider the vote passed while acting under this article.
VOTED. That the article be indefinitely postponed.
VOTED. To take up Article 11.
A motion to add $200 to the appropriation for the Fire Department was rejected. Yes, 32; No, 38. To indefinitely postpone action.
VOTED.
ART. 80. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the land damages on Pleasant street extension.
VOTED. $5500, for that purpose ; one-third to be raised in 1887, one-third in 1888, and one-third in 1889.
VOTED. To take up Article 30.
. VOTED. That the final action of the town under this article be reconsidered,
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VOTED. To take up Article 75.
VOTED. To reconsider the action taken under this article.
VOTED. That $1470 be appropriated, one-third of the amount to be assessed in the taxes in each of the years 1887, '88 and '89.
VOTED. To take up Article 73.
Mr. Ricker, Sec'y of the Board of Selectmen, re- ported that he had examined the claim' of E. I. Purrington, and that it should be paid.
VOTED. To pay Mr. Purrington's claim out of appropria- tion for miscellaneous expenses.
The committee to whom were referred Articles 28, 35, 42, 52, 59, 62, 67 and 69, calling for the plac- ing of new street lights, reported in favor of such lights, except those asked for in Article 62, (3 in "Little World",) and Article 67, (corner of Rail- road and Linden streets ) . The town accepted and adopted the report, and
VOTED. To raise and appropriate $180 for ten street lights, placed as follows ; two on Water street, corner of Newhall court, and by house of Daniel Coleman ; corner of Nahant and Franklin streets; two on Broadway, between Lake and Albion streets; on W. Water street, by house of J. C. W. Walton ; in Greenwood, on Oak street and by house of L. J. Pitman, Main street ; at the junctions of Bartley and Gould streets with Albion.
After a vote of thanks to the Moderator, it was VOTED. To dissolve this meeting.
NOTE. Messrs. Mitchell, Stearns and Teague duly qualified and served as Fence Viewers, the Selectmen being incorrectly listed as such on page 4.
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TOWN MEETING, JUNE 13, 1887.
ARTICLE 1. To choose, by ballot, a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Samuel K. Hamilton had seven votes, and was de- clared elected Moderator.
ART. 2. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer to hire mon- ey to provide funds to pay for the land damages and the completion of Pleasant street extension, in accordance with votes passed at the Annual Meeting, April 4, 1887.
VOTED. To authorize the Treasurer to hire four thousand six hundred and forty-six 67-100 dollars, ($4646 .- 67), and to issue notes of the town therefor, one- half payable in 1888 and one-half in the year 1889.
ART. 3. To see if the town will raise and appropriate one hundred and eighty-one dollars to pay bills for fire alarm, contract- ed by the committee, in excess of appropriation.
VOTED. $181, as requested in this article.
ART. 4. To see if the town will erect and maintain a street light near the residence of T. F. Smith, on W. Chestnut street, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To instruct the Selectinen to that effect.
ART. 5. To see if the town will rescind the vote passed at the last annual meeting, under Article 68, to build a sidewalk on the south side of Albion street, from W. W. Chesley's to Oak street.
VOTED. To indefinitely postpone action.
ART. 6. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $200 to build a sidewalk on the north side of Albion street, from W. W. Chesley's to Byron street.
VOTED. $200, for that purpose.
ART. 7. To see if the town will amend the existing rules for fish- ing in Lake Quannapowitt, so as to allow fishing on Satur- days from sunrise to sunset, or what they will do about it.
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VOTED. To so amend the rules, subject to the approval of the State Commissioners of inland fisheries.
ART. 8. To see if the town will reconsider the vote passed at the April meeting, fixing the admission fee to the Sweetser lectures at ten cents, or what they will do about it.
VOTED: To reconsider that vote.
On motion of J. C. Hartshorne, the town adopted the following resolution : That it is the sense of this meeting that the price of single admission to the Sweetser lectures be fixed at fifteen cents, and for season tickets, at the rate of ten cents per lecture.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the 'Trustees of the Li- brary to sell the catalogues for twenty-five cents each, in- . stead of fifty cents.
VOTED. To give such authority.
VOTED. To dissolve this meeting.
TOWN MEETING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1887.
ARTICLE 1. To choose, by ballot, a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Samuel K. Hamilton received one vote, (cast by the Town Clerk, as instructed ), and was declared elected Moderator.
VOTED. To adjourn for one week, to Sept. 14th.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, SEPT. 14, 1887.
The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, and a letter read from Mr. Samuel K. Hamilton, resigning the office of Moderator, he being unable to attend by reason of sickness.
VOTED. To accept Mr. Hamilton's resignation.
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VOTED. To instruct the Town Clerk to cast one ballot for E. A. Upton, and he was declared elected Moder- ator.
ART. 2. 'To see if the town will appropriate additional money for the repairs of highways and bridges.
VOTED. To appropriate $3500, additional.
ART. 3. To see if the town will appropriate additional money for concrete gutters. crossings and sidewalks.
VOTED. To pass this article over.
ART. 4. To see what action the town will take in relation to the suit of Maria J. Carpenter, against the town.
VOTED. To refer to a disinterested committee, with power to act. The Moderator appointed Wm. G. Strong, Geo. E. Ricker and Wm. E. Rogers.
ART. 5. To see if the town will appropriate additional money for miscellaneous expenses.
VOTED. To appropriate $1500 additiona !.
ART. 6. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $132.50 to pay bills for fire alarm, in excess of previous appropria- tions, or authorize the same to be paid from the Fire De- partment appropriation.
VOTED. That the sum named be taken from the Fire Do- partment appropriation.
ART. 7. To see what action the town will take in relation to build- ing the highway from W. Chestnut street to Elm street, as laid out and ordered to be built by the County Commis- sioners.
VOTED. To instruct the Selectmen to let out the building of this road to the lowest responsible bidder.
ART. 8. To hear and act upon the report of the committee ap- pointed by the town April 4, 1887, under Article 78 of the Warrant, in relation to repairing the drain under the So, Reading Branch R. R., east of the rattan factory,
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The committee reported that by the neglect or fill- ing in of the railroad the drain has become im- paired.
VOTED. To instruct the Selectmen to use all legal means to compel the railroad to open the drain to a sufficient depth and width to allow the water to flow.
ART. 9. To see if the town will cause the culvert under Water street, near the western line of Daniel Coleman's estate to be widened so as to give a sufficient outlet to the two streams which meet at that place, or what they will do about it.
VOTED. To refer to a committee of three, to report at the next town meeting. The Moderator appointed George W. Aborn, George H. Sweetser and John Moran.
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