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2,200
35 20
Dwelling house, West Chestnut st., 1600; land, with house, 3-16 acre, 600. SARGENT, CYRUS, Merrimac
1,170
18 72
Dwelling house, Lowell st., 1000; land, with house, 1 acre, 170. SIMPSON, ODENATUS, Lowell
217,25
347 60
Dwelling house, Lowell st., 1000; shed, 50; land, with buildings, 10 acres, 1200; dwelling house, Main st., 1200; barn, 600; shed, 100; tillage land, with buildings, 10 acre, 2000; tillage land, Main st., 4 acres, 800; dwelling house, Richardson st., 1400 ; lot 4, Sargent's plan, 1876. 1-12 acre. 200; lot 5, Sargent's plan, 1877, 1-12 acre, 100 : Lot 8, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-12 acre, 100; lct 10, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-12 acre, 100; lot 11, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-12 acre, 100; lot 12, Sar- gent's plan, 1876, 1-7 acre, 100; lot 13, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-7 acre, 100 ; lot 15. Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-7 acre, 100; lot 17, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-7- acre, 100; dwelling house, Richard- son st., 1500; stable, 150; lot 18, Sar- gent's plan, 1876, 1-5 acre, 300; dwell-
450
7 20
SHEPARD, GILBERT H., Boston House lot, Oak st., 7-8 acre, 360.
16
122
ESTATES OF NON-RESIDENTS OF
NAMES AND ESTATES.
POLLS.
PER- SONAL.
REAL ESTATE.
TOTAL TAX.
ing house, Richardson st., 1200; sta ble, 50; lot 19; Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-5 acre, 200; lot 20, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-10 acre, 250; dwelling house, Bennett st., 1200; lot 21, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-10 acre, 250; dwelling house, Bennett st., 1500; lot 23, Sar- gent's plan, 1876, 1-10 acre, 250; lot, 24. Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-10 acre, 250; dwelling house, Bennett st., 1500; stable, 100; lot 25. Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-10 acre, 250, lot 29, Sar- gent's plan, 1876, 1-12 acre, 100; lot 31, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-4 acre, 125 ; dwelling house, Richardson st., 1800; lot 32, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-7 acre, 400; lot 33, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-4 acre, 125 ; lot 34, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-4 acre, 125; lot 35, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-4 acre, 125; lot 36, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-4 acre, 125; lot 37, Sar- gents. plan, 1876, 1-4 acre, 125; lot 38, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-4 acre, 125; lot 39, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-4 acre, 125; lot 40 ; Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-4 acre, 125.
SARGENT, STUART J., Andover
2,000
32 00
Dwelling house, Richardson st., 1800; land, with house, 1-6 acre, 200.
1,710
27 36
SLACK, HELEN M., Somerville
Dwell'g house, Summer st., 1300 ; shop, 50; land, with buildings, 1-4 a., 360. SWEETSER, JEWETT B., Danvers
3,270
52 32
Dwelling house, Salem st., 1900; land, with house, 1-4 acre, 800; dwell- ng house, north side Salem st., 300; land, with house, 1-6 acre, 270.
SYKES, MARY W.
3,150
50 40
Dwelling house, Pleasant st., 2200; shed, 50; land, with buildings, 3-7 acre, 900.
3,400
54 40
SHEPHARD, RUSSELL & FULLER, Lowell Dwelling house, West Chestnut st., 1700; land, with house, 1-2 acre, 1700. TABER, A. P., Malden
250
4 00
Lots 42 and 55, Sargent's plan, 1858, 2 acres, 250.
600
9 60
TAINTER, MRS. MARY A., Windham, Ct. Woodland, Greenwood st., 91-2 acres, 600.
TAYLOR, EMERY, Boston,
435
6 80
$
123
THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD.
NAMES AND ESTATES.
POLLS.
PER- SONAL.
REAL ESTATE.
TOTAL TAX
House lot, Cedar st., 1-4 acre, 425. TAYLOR, JAMES L., Boston
Lot 155 and 156 Robinson's plan, 1-2 acre, 260.
115
1 84
TENNEY, DAVID, Somerville Lot 9, Sargent's plan, 1-4 acre, 115. TUDOR, FREDERICK, Estate of, Boston Unimproved land, west side Crystal Lake, 24 acres, 5500; house lots 24 and 25 Wakefield land, 2-3 acre, 550.
6,050
96 80
TUFTS, A. W., Boston ·
1,700
27 20
Dwelling house, Maple st., 1200; land, with house, 1-2 acre, 500.
3,600
57 60
Dwelling house, Main st., 2400; sta- ble, 175; shed, 25; land, with build- ings, 4 acres, 1000.
TROW, ELIZA A., Providence, R. I.
1,450
23 20
Dwelling house, Pearl st., 950; land, with house, 1-8 acre, 500.
TURNER, GEORGE E. ·
2,000
32 00
Dwelling house, Salem st., 1200;
barn and carriage house, 300; land, with buildings, 4 1-2 acre, 450;
meadow, adjoining, 2 1-4 acres, 50.
TABER, CHARLES A., Lynn ·
2,140
34 24
Dwelling house, Wiley st., 1300; barn, 150; land, with buildings, 1 acre, 120; dwelling house, Wiley st., 100; land, with house, 1 acre, 120; wood- land, Wiley st., 15 acres, 350. TOZER, EMMA C., Little Falls, N. Y.
650
10 40
Lots 15, 16, 18.part of 17, north side Albion st., 1 1-3 acre, 650.
360
5 76
TENNEY, JOHN C., Somerville House lot, Farm st., 1-4 ac.e, 360. UNION SAVINGS BANK, Boston
2,500
40 00
Dwelling house, Traverse st., 800; shop and shed, 50; land, with build- ings, 1 3-4 acre, 1000; lot, cor. Ben- net and Traverse st., 3-4 acre, 650. UPHAM, THOMAS N., Melrose
200
3 20
House lot, Melvin st., 1-4 acre, 200. VILES, BOWMAN, Peabody
60
96
Meadow, north of Saugus river and west of Danvers, R.R., 3 acres, 60. VARNUM, L. R. J.
300
4 80
Lot 6, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-12 acre, 100; lot 7, Sargent's plan, 1876, 1-12
$
260
$ 4 16
TOPPAN, CHARLES, Salem
124
ESTATES OF NON-RESIDENTS OF
NAMES AND ESTATES.
POLLS.
PER- SONAL.
REAL ESTATE.
TOTAL TAX.
acre, 100; lot 9, Sargent's plan, 1876, 100.
WADHAM, GEORGE, Boston
130
2 08
Lots 8, 9, 12, Sweetser plan, 1-2 acre, 130.
1,500
24 00
WEED, OTIS H., Malden
805
12 88
Lot 27, Sargent's plan, No. 3, 1-4 acre, 85; lot 57 and 58, Sargent's plan of 1858, 3-5 acre, 120; lot, Linden st., Lord Est., 1 2-3 acre, 600.
WEST, CHARLES, Charlestown
200
3 20
Lots 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, M. Sweetser plan, 13-16 acre, 200.
2,185
34 96
Dwelling house, Nahant st., 600 ; land, with house, 1-6 acre, 130; lot 138, Robinson's plan, 1-8 acre, 80; lot 135, Robinson's plan, 1-6 acre, 100 ; lot, 149, Robinson's plan, 1 4 acre, 125; house lot, Main st., 1-4 acre, 750; house lot, Otis and Rockland, 1-3 acre, 400. WELD, W. FRANK
550
8 80
House lot, 148, Robinson land, 1-8 acre, 125; house lot, 137, Gould and Byron, 1-4 acre, 125; house lot, 218, 219, 220, Frank st., 3-4 acre, 300. WHEELER, MRS. C. A., Boston House lot, Nahant st., 1-4 acre, 160.
160
2 56
WHEELER P. C. and PACKARD, GEO. Estate ·
1,060
16 96
House lot Gould st., 7.16 acre, 1060.
WHITCOMB, A. S., Keene, N. H. .
60
96
Lot 59, Sargent's plan, 1858, 1-4 acre, 60.
WHITING, GEO. A., Boston.
850
13 60
Lot, W. Chestnut st., 1-4 acre, 850.
20
32
WHITCHER, HAZEN, Stoneham Land, Montrose, 1-6 acre.
2,700
43 20
WINCHESTER, ARTEMAS, Jamaica Plains Dwelling house, Bryant st., 2000; land, with house, 1-5 acre, 700. WILEY, HORACE M., Malden
900
14 40
Dwelling house, Wiley place, No. 1, 600; land, with house, 1-8 acre. 75; dwelling house. Wiley place, No.2, 150 ; land, with house, 1-8 acre, 75.
WIGGIN, SAMUEL J., Sing Sing, N. Y. Dwelling house, West Chestnut st.,
2,100
33 60
WALKER, THOMAS B., Estate of Land, Yale avenue and Railroad st., 1 acre, 1500.
$
WELD, STEPHEN P., Malden
125
THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD.
NAMES AND ESTATES.
POLLS.
PER- SONAL.
REAL ESTATE.
TOTAL TAX.
1200; land, with house, 1-4 acre, 900. WRIGHT, A. B., Boston
$ 60
$
House lot 25, Lake st., 3-16 acre, 60. WILEY, HENRY, Melrose
3,000
48 00
Lots 28,30,32.34 Yale ave., 1 acre, 3000. WRIGHT, A. W., Boston.
475
7 60
Lot 82, Robinson's plan, 1-4 acre, 100; lot 79, Robinson's plan, 1-4 acre, 100; north part 80, Robinson plan, 1-8 acre, 50; lot 54, Robinson's plan, 1-6 acre, 45; lots 55 and 56, Robinson's plan, acre, 150.
1,380
22 08
Dwelling house, Valley st., 400 ; land, with house, 1-3 acre, 100.
6,650
106 40
WILLIS WM. H., Reading
5,400
86 40
Dwelling house, cor. Railroad and Avon., land, with house, 1-2 acre, 2400; land, Elm st., 4 acres, 700. WILLIAMSON, JENNIE, Watertown
50
80
Lot 22, Foundry st., Wakefield plan, 1-4 acre, 50.
WORTHLEY, GEORGE H.
$ 500
5,200
91 20
Factory, Albion st., 3500; machinery, 500; land, with building, 1-2 acre, 1700.
1,000
16 00
WATKINS, IRA., Est., Cambridge Dwelling house, Farm st., 450; barn, 50; land, with buildings, 7 3-4 acre, 500.
WILLIAMS, JOHN J., Boston
4,600
73 60
Dwelling house, Albion and Gould sts., 3000; stable, 500; land, with build- ings, 3-7 acre, 1100.
WHEELER, ROSINA B., Boston
1,550
24 80
Dwelling house, School st., 1000; barn, .50; land, with buildings, 1 1-2 acre, 500.
WILLIAMS, MARY D., Brockton .
350
5 60
Land, north side Hart st., 6000 ft.,350. WOOD FRANK, Boston
Dwelling house, Oak st., 700; land, with house, 1-6 acre. 40.
740
11 84
WOOD, MRS. SARAH M., Est., Nashua, N.H Dwelling house, near Main st., 1200; land, with house, 3-4 acre, 180. WYMAN, B. F., Lancaster
500
8 00
WILEY, BENJ., Trustee, Malden
Dwelling house, Main and Crescent st., 1800; dwelling house, Crescent st., 1700; land, with houses, 5-16 acre, 3150.
96
126
ESTATES OF NON-RESIDENTS OF
· NAMES AND ESTATES.
POLLS.
PER- SONAL.
REAL ESTATE.
TOTAL TAX.
OWNER UNKNOWN .
$ 175
$ 2 80
Lot C, Low's plan. 1-4 acre, 175. OWNER UNKNOWN . ·
50
80
2-3 lot 3, Sargent's plan, 1850, 7000 ft., 50.
OWNER UNKNOWN . .
.
.
100
1 60
Lot 14, Sargent's plan, 1850, 13,612 1-2 ft .. 100.
OWNER UNKNOWN ·
100
1 60
Lot 15, Sargent's plan, 1850, 13,612 1-2 feet, 100.
OWNER UNKNOWN
120
1 92
Lot 16, Sargent's plan, 1850, 19,306 ft., 120.
OWNER UNKNOWN
Lot 61, Sargent's plan, No. 3, 1847, 125.
·
125
2 00
127
REPORTS TO THE TAX COMMISSIONERS.
REPORTS TO THE TAX COMMISSIONERS.
LIST OF TAXABLE CORPORATIONS IN WAKEFIELD, 1885.
Real Estate, Value.
Machinery, Value.
Totals.
Boston Ice Company
$44,350 00
$5,000 00
$49,350 00
Peoples' Ice Company
9,400 00
1,500 00
10,900 00
Boston & Maine R.R. Co.
2,300 00
2,300 00
Citizens' Gas Light Co.
7.000 00
15,000 00
22,000 00
Real Estate and Building Asso- ciation
63,125 00
63,125 00
Smith & Anthony Stove Co.
35,700 00
9,000 00
44,700 00
Wakefield Rattan Co.
219,700 00
130,000 00
349,700 00
Wakefield Co-op. Shoe Co.
2,000 00
2,000 00
So. Reading Mechanic and Ag- ricultural Institution
5,000 00
5,000 00
Wakefield Water Co
16.000 00
14,000 00
30,000 00
H. F. Miller & Sons, Piano Co.
35,500 00
1,000 00
36,500 00
.
128
REPORTS TO THE TAX COMMISSIONERS.
STATEMENT NATIONAL BANK OF SO. READING,
. No. of Shares 1,000
Par Value per Share
$100 00
Market Value per Share, including Real Estate
120 00
Assessed Value of Real Estate
1.350 00
Taxable Value, per Share, less Real Estate
118 65
PROPERTY EXEMPTED FROM TAXATION UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE 3RD, 7TH AND 9TH DIVISIONS OF SECTION 5. CHAPTER 11 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES.
Baptist Society, Church Edifice and Land
$50,000 00
Congregational 66
21,000 00
Universalist
66
..
18,000 00
Methodist 66 66
. .
18.000 00
Roman Catholic
6 6
3,000 00
Episcopal
1st Cong'I Soc. of Greenwood "
66
2,500 00
$132,500 00
STEAM BOILER STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR 1885.
Whole number of boilers
21
Aggregate horse power
.
721
TAX STATEMENT, MAY 1, 1885.
Tax on 1667 Polls
$3,334 00
66 Personal Estate
6,834 24
Resident Bank Shares
840 96
,
" Real Estate
51,953 60
Total amount assessed
. $62,962 80
Rate $16 per $1000.
.
20,000 00
APPROPRIATIONS.
129
APPROPRIATIONS INCLUDED IN THE 1885 TAX LEVY.
Aug. 18, 1884, School Books $1,500 00
Drinking Fountain 200 00
Land and Grading, Greenwood School-house lot.
500 00
$2,200 00
Nov. 4, 1884, Reading Room
125 00
125 00
Jan. 12, 1885, Support of Poor,
1,000 00
Miscellaneous Expenses
800 00
Town House
300 00
Street Lamps
200 00
Fire Department
100 00
2,400 00
Feb'y 2, 1885, Firemen's Pay
April 6, 1885,
Interest on Town Debt
3,200 00
Support of Schools,
16,200 00
School Contingent
. 1.500 00
School Books and Supplies
1,000 00
Support of Poor
. 5,000 00
Highways and Bridges
. 5.000 00
Fire Department
. 2,200 00
Town Library
400 00
Reading Room
325 00
Town Officers' Salaries
2,875 00
Street Lamps
. 1,400 00
Town House Expenses
1,600 00
Miscellaneous
3,000 00
Rental of Hydrants
. 3.000 00
Concrete Sidewalks
500 00
Concrete Crossings and Gutters
400 00
Night Watch
1.800 00
Sidewalk, Chestnut st.
300 00
School Yard Concrete
500 00
Lake street
500 00
Memorial Day
200 00
Lamp Posts
40 00
Preparing and Printing Valuation Park
350 00
51,290 00
May 7, 1883,
Hamilton School Building
1,500 00
April 7, 1884,
Town Appropriations
$61,487 00
State Tax
3,210 00
County Tax
·
2.056 24
Less estimated receipts
5,000 00
Overlay
1,209 56
Total amount assessed
.
.
·
$62,962 80
.
1,000 00
June 4, 1883,
2,000 00
.
972 00
972 00
$66,753 24
$61,753 24
17
130
AGGREGATES.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Total number of Polls
1,667
Total Tax on Polls
$ 3,334 00
Total Value of Personal Property
479.700 00
Total Value of Real Estate
3,247,100 00
Total Valuation
3,726,800 00
Total number of Dwelling Houses
1,100
Horses
338
Cows .
245
Acres taxed
3,740
DAVID PERKINS,
Assessors
CHAS. F. HARTSHORNE,
CHAS. F. WOODWARD,
of Wakefield.
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. WOODWARD, DAVID PERKINS.
AUDITORS.
JOHN M. CATE, WILLIS S. MASON.
WALDO E. COWDREY.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
THOMAS HICKEY, Term expires 1887. .
HENRY N. OLIVER,
·
·
.
.. .. 1886.
NATH'L H. DOW.
·
1888.
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.
EDWARD A. UPTON,
.
Term expires 1888.
PRESTON SHELDON, .
.. 1888.
MELVIN J. HILL, Sec'y and, Treas., .
66 1887.
SELIM S. WHITE, .
1887.
SAMUEL K. HAMILTON, Chairman, .
1886.
ASHTON H. THAYER,
.
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
OTIS V. WATERMAN,
J. C. HARTSHORNE,
THOS. L. WHALEN,
WM. F. YOUNG,
J. M. SKULLY. R. H. MITCHELL,
THOS. WINSHIP,
GEO. H. TEAGUE,
WM. H. MORRISON,*
WM. N. TYLER.
J. R. MANSFIELD, CYRUS WAKEFIELD,
STEPHEN W. LUFKIN.
S. K. HAMILTON,
GEORGE H. TOWLE, Resigned.
CHAS. A. DEAN.
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. JEROME S. NILES.
REUBEN L. COOPER. WM. A. PRESCOTT,
CHAS. A. COLEMAN, JNO. F. WHITING, NOAH M. EATON, J. BARNARD WILEY,
L. E. HOWLETT, JOHN DAY,
. JOHN . W. JENKINS, JOHN D. DACEY,
66
.. 1886.
C. W. EATON.
S. O. RICHARDSON,
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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. 1
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 JJohn 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. Browueli,
441
George E. Rickser,
355
Wm. N. Tyler,
308
Wm. F. Young,
1 66
Horace Gowing,
65
Oliver Perkins.
24
A. G. Sweetser, Scattering.
10
· 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
.
.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Hiram Eaton,
. (Elected.) 848
John S. Eaton,
720
John G. Morrill,
407
Michael Low,
238
Wm. G. Strong. .
234
Chas F. Hartshorne,
115
Stephen Lufkin,
17
Scattering.
6
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Chas. F. Woodward,
(Elected. )
874
Denis White,
13
Scattering.
.
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Robert Pote Wait,
(Elected.)
746
David H. Darling,
740
Edwin Sweetser,
659
Robert Blyth,
193
Arlon S. Atherton,
125
David Perkins,
122
Scattering.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Preston Sheldon,
(Elected.)
880
John R. Mansfield,
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750
Joseph W. Heath,
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656
John M. Cate,
14
Hosea L. Day,
131
Winfield C. Jordan,
98
Scattering.
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CONSTABLES
Moses Staples,
(Elected.)
863
Chas. H. Davis,
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816
John A. Meloney,
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729
Patrick Deane,
61
I. A. Parsons, Scattering.
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20
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21
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22
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1
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FENCE VIEWERS.
Robert N. Howard, Did not qualify.
(Elected.) 900
Reuben H. Mitchell,
892
Geo. H. Teague,
651
Israel A. Parsons,
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286
Scattering.
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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,
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53
Scattering. .
ROAD COMMISSIONER.
3 YEARS.
.
Nathaniel H. Dow,
(Elected. )
326
Albert A. Mansfield, Michael Keady, John G. Morrill,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
3 YEARS.
Preston Sheldon,
(Elected.) 635
Edward A. Upton,
464
Wm. N. Tyler,
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18
1 YEAR.
Ashton H. Thayer,
(Elected.)
324
John Low,
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202
Wm. F. Young,
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200
LICENSES.
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?
Yes,
394
No, e
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408
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243
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14
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312
Scattering.
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66
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308
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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, Wmn. K. Perkins.
South
H. H. Savage, Geo. E. Ricker.
East .. Austin L. Mansfield, F. E. Noyes.
West Win. 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. F. Young, Geo. H. Towle,
S. O. Richardson, S. K. Hamilton,
Thos. Winship, R. H. Mitchell,
Wm. H. Morrison, J. M. Skullý,
Wm. N. Tyler, Stephen W. Lufkin, Cyrus Wakefield, J. C. Hartshorne, Thos. L, Whalen, C. A. Dean.
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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.
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