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9 17
Drain, Chestnut street,
29 11
$339 38
STREET SIGNS.
A. D. Oxley, turning posts, $9 75
A. L. Mansfield, posts, . . 29 00
$38 75
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS.
J. A. Bancroft, surveys, $56 25
Sederquest & Wanamake, sundries,
30 94
L. D. Darling, fencing, etc., 224 58
W. A. Carleton, gravel, . 27 85
G. H. Taylor, sundries, . 40 90
2 52
F. E. Newhall, flagstones,
28 22
Eric Lemander, gravel, .
2 70
Lucas Bros., sundries,
2 46
J. Laybolt,
8 54
A. W. Isele & Son, picks,
5 50
S. F. Littlefield & Co., sundries,
37 42
Ames Plow Co., sundries,
5 75
American Express Co., express,
15
F. W. Pierce,
1 00
Junius Beebe, stone,
15 00
Moving trees,
3 49
Cutler Bros., sundries,
1 00
E. E. Lee, 66
2 80
A. P. Tabor, gravel,
63
G. H. Hathaway, sprinkling streets, 49 00
G. M. Kelley, sundries, . 30 85
$576 92
CRUSHER.
Labor as per pay-rolls, .
$876 54
Walworth Mfg. Co., sundries,
9 18
Mass. District police, inspection,
2 00
Mansfield & Cheney, coal,
42 11
A. J. Wellington, sundries,
119 45
G. H. Taylor,
4 98
J. M. Perley, coal,
78 08
C. H. Spencer, lumber, 8 92
Sederquest & Wanamake, sundries.
20 81
Wakefield Rattan Co., labor. .
40
Cutler Bros., sundries, .
3 00
American Express Co., express,
95
Mrs. Richard Daley, rock,
178 73
D. W. Hunt, rock,
25 99
P. J. Flanders, rock,
115 40
A. L. Mansfield, rock,
164 92
S. J. Wanamake, rock,
19 23
E. C. Cloudman, rock,
28 06
E. L. Grinnell, rock,
243 80
W. M. Ward, rock,
50 84
Wm. Griffin, rock, .
28 00
Gilbert Berry, rock,
82 00
Wm. Lee, rock, 50 40
J. D. Fowler, rock,
58 40
A. A. Butler, rock,
15 60
$2,227 79
STONE CRUSHER REPORT.
Crushed stone on hand Feb. 1, 1897, ·
75 tons
. Crushed from Feb. 1, to date, . . 3,833 «
3,908 tons
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USED AS FOLLOWS.
Chestnut street,
1,118 tons
Main
Greenwood,
946
Salem
216
New Salem .. .
91
Albion 66
75
Filling ruts, patching, small jobs and specials,
1,412 ..
On hand.
50
66
Average cost per ton, 1897,
3,908 tons 57 cts.
List of town property on hand is as follows : 1 stone crushing plant, including steam drilling machine, drills, barrows, hose, , tools, etc. ; 1 road scraper, 1 road roller, 13 snow plows, 1 porta- ble forge and anvil, 15 hand drills, 12 picks, 3 grub hoes, 6 hoes, 5 rakes, 2 long spoon shovels, 6 crowbars, 4 striking hammers, 7 sledge hammers, 3 axes, 2 buckets, 5 lanterns, 2 baskets, 2 oil cans, battery and wire, 1 street plow, 1 pattern for sand catcher grates, 1 concrete outfit.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE. 0
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-The annual report of the doings of the police department for the year ending January 31st, 1898, is hereby respectfully submitted :
ARRESTS.
Whole number of arrests,
110
On warrants,
35
Without warrants,
75
Males,
102
Females,
8
Adults,
98
Minors,
12
Residents,
78
Non-residents,
32
NATIVITY OF PERSONS ARRESTED.
Canada,
1
England,
1
Ireland,
20
New Brunswick,
5
Nova Scotia,
6
Prince Edward's Island,
1
Scotland,
3
Sweden,
1
United States,
68
Unknown,
4
Total. .
110
.
.
:
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OCCUPATIONS.
Barber,
1
Blacksmith,
こじ
Carpenter,
4
Clerk, .
1
Contractor,
1
Druggist,
1
Farmer,
Grocer,
1
Hostler,
1
Housewife,
2
Junk dealer,
1
Laborer,
28
Lather,
2
Machinist,
2
Mason,
1
Meat cutter, .
1
Merchant,
1
Milk dealer,
1
Moulder,
1
Painter.
2
Pedlar,
1
Rattan worker,
10
Rubber worker,
2
Salesman,
2
Servant,
1
Shoemaker, .
5
Small groceries,
4
Steam fitter,
1
Stone mason,
2
Stove polisher,
3
Teamster,
9
Upholsterer,
.
1
Wood worker,
1
Unknown,
4
None,
6
-
Total, .
.
110
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NATURE OF ARRESTS.
Abandonment.
L
Adulterated milk.
2
Assault and battery.
4
Assault, with intent to rape.
2
Bastardy.
-
Common nuisance.
1
Default warrants. .
Disturbing peace.
12
Drunkenness.
56
Embezzlement.
1
Evading fare.
1
Insane.
1
Larceny.
1
Murder,
1
Non support.
1
Stubborn child.
1
Truancy.
1
Threats.
1
Unlicensed dog,
1
Violation of liquor law.
11
110
DISPOSITION OF CASES IN DISTRICT COURT.
Continued (still in court).
3
Costs, .
3
Defaulted.
6
Filed. .
8
Fined. .
54
House of Correction.
6
Lyman School,
1
Not guilty and discharged.
3
Nol prossed,
Probation,
Probable cause (held for grand jury ) ,
6
False pretenses.
Lewdness.
Runaway.
68
State Farm, .
Truant School,
1
Turned over to out-of-town officers.
Total, *109
Aggregate amount of fines imposed,
$908.00
of fines paid in court, 588.00
of sentence imposed, . 4 yrs. 11 mo. 10 dys.
Number of search warrants for liquors, . 13
patients committed to Danvers Insane Hospital, . 5
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Accidents reported,
3
Assisted home,
4
Cases investigated,
152
Disturbances suppressed,
10
Defective streets and sidewalks reported,
11
Dead bodies cared for, .
1
Dogs killed,
12
Fires put out without alarm, .
Lanterns hung in dangerous places,
15
Lost children restored to parents,
1
Medical examiner's cases,
-2
Places of business found open and secured,
84
Sick and injured persons cared for,
5
Stray teams cared for,
2
Stray horses cared for, .
2
Street and sidewalk obstructions removed.
4
During the year 2,338 people were provided with lodgings at the lockup, of the following nationalities and occupations :
1
Arabia,
.
.
45
Canada,
144
England,
France,
18
Germany,
1
Greece,
.
.
.
2
*One not taken to court. Committed to Danvers Hospital.
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Ireland,
624
New Brunswick.
21
New Foundland,
3
Nova Scotia,
12
Norway,
3
Prince Edward's Island,
1
Scotland,
57
Sweden,
18
United States,
1,381
Wales,
6
Total. .
2.338
OCCUPATIONS.
Baker,
15
Plumber, .
17
Barber,
Paper hanger.
10
Blacksmith,
49
Paper maker,
11
Boiler Maker,
5
Rope maker,
4
Bookbinder.
11
Salesman, .
3
Boxmaker,
4
Shoemaker,
245
Brakeman,
5
Spinner,
41
Carpenter,
15
Steamfitter,
11
Cook,
6
Stone cutter,
23
Currier,
27
Stove mounter,
7
Engineer,
8
Stove polisher,
Fireman,
21
Tailor,
13
Gardener,
4
Teamster,
195
Hatter,
4
Tinsmith,
10
Hostler,
44
Waiter,
9
Laborer,
1.125
Weaver,
60
Machinist,
73
Wool carder,
4
Mason,
29
Moulder,
108
Total,
2,338
Painter,
112
The department remains the same as last year and virtually the same as it has been for a number of years, especially in regard to the number of officers and amount of money expended ; even
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back to when the town was very little more (if any) than half as large as it is at the present time.
The town has been fortunate for another year in regard to crime of a serious nature, there having been but a few during the year, and in nearly every case, by prompt action and hard work, the offenders were quickly brought to justice. This cannot last much longer as the town is growing very much faster than the police force.
I would again recommend that at least one more regular officer be added to the force. This would not mean (as it might seem to a casual observer) an additional expense to the town to the amount of that officer's salary, as it would save a large part of the expense of special police. It would increase the efficiency of that particular officer which would mean increased efficiency of the department as a whole.
I would also recommend that the two departments (night watch and police) be consolidated, for a number of reasons ; one reason is that it would necessitate the keeping of but one account instead of two. There are other good reasons why this should be done.
I desire to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen for their assistance and co-operation with the department. To His Honor Judge John W. Pettengill, Clerk William N. Tyler and Assistant Clerk Wilfred B. Tyler, I extend my acknowledgments. I also desire to thank the night officers and all members of the depart- ment for the efficient manner in which their duties have been per- formed; and all citizens who have rendered assistance and information.
Respectfully submitted.
ALVIN L. VANNAH.
Chief of Police.
February 1, 1898 ..
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MILK.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
I herein submit my report as inspector of milk for the town of Wakefield, together with some observations upon the subject- matter.
It has been my purpose in administering this office to give the town the best possible service for the amount of money appro- priated.
A larger appropriation would enable the inspector to extend the inspection so that the ground would be better covered and some lines of work taken up which cannot now be undertaken.
There have been taken for purposes of analysis this year sixty- seven (67) samples of milk whose average percentage of milk. solids is twelve and ninety-four one hundredths (12.94) per cent, as against 12.83 per cent, the average percentage of milk solids for seventy-two (72), taken last year.
The standard fixed by law being thirteen (13) per cent of milk solids for seven months of the year (September to April) , and twelve per cent the other five months. The showing of the present year is not bad; neither'is it as good as it might and should be.
The legal standard required for milk not having been enforced in Wakefield previous to 1896, some dairymen filled their stalls with cows better calculated to give a larger quantity of milk than . a milk of good standard quality. This condition is still present, and, abetted and encouraged by the low price of milk, tends to keep down the average quality. Two complaints have been pros- ecuted in the courts during the year, in both of which I failed to secure a conviction on technical grounds, but I am sure that the moral effect of their cases, in which the evidence was sufficient to show canse for procedure, will not be lost.
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Heretofore milk inspection has been conducted almost entirely with the object of preventing commercial fraud by modifying it in any way, which is no doubt an important one, considering what a staple milk is.
The importance of the sanitary regulations of the production, storage and distribution of milk cannot be overestimated, and must in the near future overshadow the matter of its commercial standard value.
Milk is doubtless. one of the most favorable mediums of any substance largely used, in which disease germs may propagate, and on this account the animals producing it, the men handling it, the vessels in which it is carried and premises where it is stored, should be subject to rigid sanitary regulation and inspec- tion.
Prof. Sedgwick, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in a recent investigation of the milk supply of Boston, strongly condemns the system of supplying consumers with small cans or bottles, which, left at one house one day and another the next, form a most excellent line along which to pass contagious dis- · cases.
The age of milk is an important factor in its wholesomeness.
It has been demonstrated that while refrigeration keeps down the acidity of milk, it does not appreciably check the multiplication of the germs always present in raw milk, so that an old milk- sweet so far as sourness is concerned-may be unfit for use, in fact, dangerous.
Such is the danger lurking in uncooked milk, that I know of several eminent chemists who never use it unless it has been heated to 160 degrees Farenheit, which temperature, although not cooking it to any extent, kills germs.
As there are at present fifty-seven licensed peddlers of milk and sixty stores and drivers registered in Wakefield, selling an aggregate of 375 cans, or 3,000 quarts per day, the importance of having a good milk supply can be readily understood.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSIAH S. BONNEY,
Inspector of Milk.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Your Board of Health has sought during the year to extend and amplify the good work begun by former boards and to intro- duce such new work as circumstances have rendered necessary. We have found the citizens willing to co-operate with us in our endeavors to help make our fair town a model and desirable place of residence, except in one case in which His Honor, Judge Pet- tingill, co-operated with us by fining a persistent violater of your regulations. One of the first things that was thrust upon our at- tention was the bad condition of the pond near the Centre depot.
The board has caused notices to be served upon twenty-six parties entering the stream running into the pond, ordering them to take the pipe out of the stream.
Nearly all of these notices have been complied with, the most notable exception being the Town Hall, represented by the Board of Selectmen, who are awaiting action by the town looking toward building a sewer in the central portion of the town.
A bad condition of things exists in the more thickly settled portions of our town on account of the frequent filling and over- flowing of cesspools, and your board is constantly called upon to pass and enforce regulations that are a hardship upon the partic- ular persons affected. Upon taking office your board appointed an inspector of plumbing in the person of Mr. Greenleaf S. Tu- key of Reading, a gentleman fully qualified to pass expert opinion upon plumbing matters, with Major Geo. H. Taylor as assistant inspector.
In compliance with the plumbing laws of the state a board of examiners of plumbers was organized consisting of the inspector of plumbing and assistant inspector with the secretary of this board, before whom all candidates for a plumber's license must
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come and prove themselves by practical and theoretical examina- tion to be competent in sanitary plumbing.
After consideration by the selectmen, and refusal to appropri- ate money by the town on their recommendation, of a ditch to carry off surface water coming down West Chestnut street, this board was obliged to relieve the adjoining house-holders from flooding of their cellars.
A good ample drain extending from West Chestnut street to beyond the rattan factory is needed to protect our highways and prevent flooding of cellars along the line to the danger of the health of persons living there.
There has been no time during the year when one or more cases of diphtheria have not existed in town, and typhoid and scarlet fever have existed to some extent.
This board has received from the State Board of Health a large number of bottles of Diptheria Anti-toxin during the year, subject to the order of local physicans. Our physicians have given very favorable reports on the Diphtheria Anti-toxin, expressing the opinion that it has materially reduced the death rate from this dread disease, and that cases have yielded to its influence that in their opinion were not amenable to former methods of treatment.
Subjoined are the reports of Health Officer and the Inspector of Plumbing to the Board of Health.
JOSEPH W. HEATH, M. D., Chairman. JOSIAH S. BONNEY, Secretary. WM. H. McCAUSLAND, Health Officer.
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REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF HEALTH.
I submit the following report :
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AS FOLLOWS.
Membranous Croup.
Diphtheria, 58
Scarlet Fever, .
49
Measles. 34 .
Typhoid Fever, 11
Nuisances abated,
29
Cesspools located, . 28
Cases investigated for boarding small children, 10 Buried five dogs and six cats.
WM. H. McCAUISLAND, Health. Officer.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING.
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF HEALTH :
Gentlemen : - I herewith submit the following report of duty performed since my appointment to the office of inspector, March 25, 1897.
There have been seventy-two permits granted to date, inspected and tested and left in a safe and thorough condition. One viola- tion of the town ordinance that was satisfactorily rectified.
I sincerely thank the secretary and other members of the board, also the craft, for the gentlemanly manner in which they have assisted me in the performance of my duty.
Most respectfully submitted, GREENLEAF S. TUKEY,
Inspector of Plumbing,
WAKEFIELD, Dec. 31, 1897.
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SWEETSER CHARITY.
WAKEFIELD, Feb. 1, 1898.
ELLEN S. ROGERS, Treasurer,
In account with SWEETSER CHARITY. DR.
To balance on hand Feb. 1, 1897,
$92 54
·' interest on deposit,
2 96
" cash from Sweetser Lectures,
173 30
Total. . CR.
$268 80
By distribursments during the year, .
$105 09
$163 71 Balance on hand, ·
ELLEN S. ROGERS, Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
-- OF-
THE BEEBE TOWN LIBRARY
-AND-
PUBLIC READING ROOM,
-WITH A-
LIST OF PERIODICALS
IN THE READING ROOM.
1898.
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ORGANIZATION OF TRUSTEES.
Chairman,
Treasurer,
Secretary,
Otis V. Waterman. Thomas J. Skinner.
William E. Rogers.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
LIBRARY.
Thomas Winship. M. P. Foster, Peter S. Roberts.
FINANCE.
Solon O. Richardson, Otis V. Waterman, William W. Taft.
BOOKS.
Otis V. Waterman.
William E. Rogers, Harry Foster,
William W. Taft, Peter S. Roberts, Maitland P. Foster.
READING ROOM.
Ashton H. Thayer, Peter S. Roberts, William W. Taft. Solon O. Richardson. Thomas Winship.
CATALOGUE.
Maitland P. Foster, Ashton H. Thayer. William E. Rogers.
Librarian. . Janitor of Reading Room,
Purchasing Agent for Library,
Harriet A. Shepard. Rufus F. Draper. William E. Rogers.
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TRUSTEES' REPORT.
The Trustees of the Beebe Town Library and Public Reading Room herewith present their annual report.
The work of an organization like ours and the progress it makes reminds one of a stream. At times it is all life and action. It has a full head on; every drop is in motion; obstacles are en- countered, are broken over or dodged, and on the current dashes to new scenes. Then comes the open meadow and all is quiet and calm ; the stream seems asleep. But it is nevertheless doing its work and accomplishing its object all the same.
This latter scene more correctly pictures the work we have to record for the past year. During it we have had no rocky expe- riences, have met no obstacles. We have so little to chronicle on retrospection that we seem to have scarcely stirred. Yet we believe the circulation of our books has been more widely extend. ed and the comfort and enjoyment derived from the free use of them more generally recognized than ever before. We have ex- pended the money placed in our hands as judiciously as we knew how, always however, bearing in mind that we must not be guid- ed alone by our personal tastes. We always hear some adverse criticism upon our judgment in selecting books ; we expect it. Then we experience our rocky times. But just as the stream in being dashed over the rocks, continually re-exposing its every drop to the breeze, gathers from it those properties that make it life-giving in its after career, so will free criticism enable us to better serve the reading public. We court it, for we do not pre- tend to have absorbed all the wisdom of the ancients, nor can we otherwise fathom the judgment of our modern censors of litera- ture. But through the many readers of our books, whose criti- cism alone we consider of value, we have been assisted much and often. All that we request of the citizens is to read what we add to the library before passing upon our judgment. No one who
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reads much can help being a lover of books, and they are the just critics and to them we bow.
DONATIONS.
We have received many books by gift during the year for which the board tenders its thanks to one and all of the givers. Cramped as we have been for money, one of our former trustees. Mr. Junius Beebe, realizing our needs, sent us his check for $100. It came at the right time and has enabled us to purchase many valuable books which we could not have afforded to buy other- wise.
BULLETIN.
It is now two years since we have had our additions catalogued and it will be necessary to issue a bulletin this spring, in order to properly place them before the public; and this leads up to what . you are looking for. namely, our recommendation as to
APPROPRIATION.
Last year we asked for $300 and the dog tax, $570.20. We knew it would be too small to meet our readers' wants. It was. We have been hampered in our work all the year as the result. We must now issue a new bulletin and we must begin to add a larger proportion of works other than fiction. We have been able to do but little more. the past year, than satisfy the public demand for the latter class of literature, and this should not be so. We doubt if our citizens are aware that we are far behind our sister towns in what we are doing for the town library, but their town reports show such to be the fact. Double our appro- priation and we would yet be behind Clinton, Leominster, Winches- ter, Milton, Weymouth, Arlington and Melrose. We have the figures and we know whereof we speak. For these and for other reasons the trustees feel they would be neglecting their duty in recommending that the town appropriate the sum of $500 and the proceeds of the dog tax of 1897. for the Library during the com- ing year.
READING ROOM.
We cannot speak with as much satisfaction of this branch as we wish. The amount we annually expend is about as much as
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we feel we can judiciously use. It is a source of benefit to many and is generally well patronized, but there are obstacles to its proper use which we cannot overcome and they prevent its being the place of enjoyment and profit to some who do not make use of it under, and on account of, the existing circumstances. The ventilation is so bad and the noise and disorder frequently arising, owing to the lack of an attendant, will necessarily keep some . readers away. We see no way of remedying these difficulties until we have a library building. We recommend for the Public Reading Room an appropriation of $175.
FURNITURE.
The furniture of the reading room has become very shabby and should be at once re-covered. We are obliged to ask for a special appropriation to cover the cost of this, and recommend that the sum of $25 be appropriated for this purpose.
WILLIAM E. ROGERS.
For the Trustees.
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List of Publications in the Reading Room.
MONTHLIES.
Arena,
Art,
Atlantic,
Blackwood's,
National Magazine.
Carpentry and Building,
New England Magazine.
Century,
North American Review.
Cosmopolitan,
Outing, Pall Mall Magazine.
Forum,
Good Housekeeping,
Recreation,
Harper's Monthly,
Review of Reviews,
Harper's Round Table,
Scribner's,
Ladies' Home Journal,
Self-Culture.
Ladies' Home World, Lippincott's.
St. Nicholas,
Strand.
FORTNIGHTLY. The Literary World.
WEEKLIES.
American Architect.
Literary Digest,
American Field,
Metal Worker,
Forest and Stream.
National Tribune.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated.
New York Tribune.
Harper's Bazar,
Puck, Scientific American,
Harper's Weekly.
Shooting and Fishing,
Texas Siftings, Wakefield Citizen and Banner. Youth's Companion.
DAILY PAPERS.
Sunday Globe. Sunday Journal.
Illustrated American. Irish World. Judge. Life.
Boston Herald, Boston Journal,
Literary World. McClure's, Munsey's,
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Number of volumes in the Library, February 1, 1897, 12,489
Added by purchase during the year. 287
to replace worn out volumes, 58
" donations, 82
Magazines bound from the reading room. 18
12,934
Volumes worn out during the year,
87
Total numbers of volumes in the Library Feb. 1, 1898, 12,847
Donations from
United States, 22
State of Massachusetts, 24
Junius Beebe, Esq., 22
Mrs. E. P. Colby, .
5
Mrs. M. A. Bishop,
5
George E. Dunbar, Esq.,
1
Captain John Anderson,
1
R. C. Winthrop, Esq.,
.
1
Elizabeth Birkmaier,
1
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Persons having signed application cards during 1897, 350
Total number of cards issued, 4,580
Number of books delivered during 1897, . 23,506
Delivered during March, 1897, 2,746
Largest number delivered in one day, 334
Number of volumes replaced during the year,
58
Number of volumes rebound during the year,
90
HARRIET A. SHEPARD, Librarian.
WAKEFIELD, February 1, 1898.
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RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TOWN MEETINGS.
SEC. 1 .- Every person speaking shall rise and stand uncovered ; shall respectfully address the chair or moderator; shall confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid all personalities.
SEC. 2 .- All original questions shall be put in the order in which they are moved, unless, as in the case of amendments, the subsequent motion be previous in its nature, except that the largest sum named and the longest time mentioned shall be first put.
SEC. 3 .- No motions shall be received and put until they are seconded, and all motions shall be reduced to writing by the persons making them, when so requested by the moderator.
SEC. 4 .- All questions of order shall be decided by the moder- ator, subject to an appeal to the meeting, and the question on appeal shall be submitted before any other.
SEC. 5 .- The moderator shall declare all votes, and whenever his declaration of vote is immediately questioned by seven or more voters present. account shall be had by tellers appointed by the moderator.
SEC. 6 .- When a question is under debate no motion shall be in order except to adjourn, to lay on the table, the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend, or to postpone indefinitely, which several motions shall have precedence in the order herein named.
SEC. 7 .- On motions to adjourn (except when the business of balloting is unfinished), to lay on the table, to take from the table, and for the previous question, not exceeding six minutes shall be allowed for debate, and no person shall speak on the motion more than two minutes.
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SEC. 8 .- The previous question shall be put in the following form: "Shall the main question be now put?" and until this question is decided, all debate on the main question shall be sus- pended, except as provided in section nine. Immediately after taking and adopting the previous question, the sense of the meet- ing shall be taken upon any pending amendments, in the order inverse of that in which they were moved, and finally upon the main question.
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