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Voted. To take up this Article.
Committee appointed March 18.
Acting under Section 17 of the Report of Committee of 31, A
presented their report.
Recommended the purchase of lot of land situated north of the present Municipal Light Plant and that the Municipal Light Commissioners be instructed to enter into negotiations for purchase of same provided it can be bought at a reason- able price.
Also recommended that selling of the Hackett Estate as recommended in Article 17 be indefinitely postponed.
Voted. To adjourn until next Monday night at 7.30 o'clock.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 25, 1909.
Article 32. "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year Nineteen Hundred and Eight, entitled 'an act, to pro- vide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire,' be accepted by this town ?"
Yes or no in answer to this question shall be taken by ballot.
Voted. To lay upon the table.
Art. 33 and Art. 20. To hear and act on the report of the Com- mittee on school signal for Boyntonville, appointed by the town.
Voted. To take from the table Article 20 in connection with Article 33.
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Voted. $327.50 appropriated to be used for purpose outlined in this Article, the cost to be taken from the Boyntonville ap- propriation.
Art. 34. 1 To see if the town will vote to make changes in the inta High School Building so as to provide office for the Superin- tendent and School Committee, and raise and appropriate seven hundred dollars therefor, or what they will do about it. Charles E. Montague and others.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 26.
Voted. To take this Article from the table.
Action taken under this Article, March 18, reconsidered. Voted. To refer subject matter of this Article to the Selectmen
, ! and Manager of Municipal Light Plant. Expense to be taken from Town Hall appropriation.
Art. 32.
Voted. To take up Article 32.
Proceded to ballot on acceptance of this Act.
Result of ballot : Yes, 25. No, 2. Chair declared Act accepted by Town.
Art. 5.
Voted. To take up this Article.
Voted. That surplus of Water Department of last year be set 1
apart as an Emergency Fund to be used by Department sub- ject to a vote of the Town.
Art. 35. To hear and act upon the report of the Committee ap- pointed at the last Fall town meeting to consider and report upon the recommendation (13) of the Committee of 31, re- lating to storage of tools and equipments.
Voted. $300 appropriated for moving and repairing building to be placed on land recently purchased by Town.
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Selectmen appointed Committee to carry out this vote.
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Art. 36. To see if the town will instruct the Municipal Light. Board to install three electric lights between the Montrose R. R. station and the Saugus River on Salem street. Darius Hadley.
Voted. Municipal Light Board be instructed to install two lights- as asked for in this Article.
Expense estimated at $40 to be taken from Depreciation Fund.
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Art. 37. To determine the compensation of enginemen for the year ensuing.
Voted. To increase Firemen's pay as follows :
Volunteers, Hook and Ladder Company $75 per year.
Montrose and Greenwood Companies $50 per year.
Art. 5.
Voted. To take up this Article.
Voted. $958 to carry out vote acting under Article 37.
Art. 38. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $200 for the purpose of laying out a street and making other improve- ments in Forest Glade Cemetery. James R. Reid and others. Voted. Indefinite postponement.
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to have an incandescent light at the corner of Stedman street near Mr. Clark's.
Voted. That Municipal Light Plant be instructed to install light as provided by this Article, at expense of $20 to be taken from Depreciation Fund.
Art. 40. To see if the town will vote to have water meters in- stalled on service pipes.
Voted. Indefinite postponement.
Voted. Thanks of the Town be extended to the Moderator and the sum of twenty-five dollars paid him for services.
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TOWN MEETING APRIL 15, 1909
Article 1. To choose a moderator, by ballot, to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell was elected moderator.
Art. 2 .. To see if the town will.authorize and instruct the Muni- cipal Light Board to construct a new gas holder and a new gas bench to replace the gas meter at the plant, to extend coal sheds, and to renew certain gas mains. C. L. Sopher and others.
Voted. That the Municipal Light Board are authorized to con- struct a new gas holder, gas bench, etc., as asked for in this article, and the sum of $25,000 appropriated therefor.
Yes, 23. No, 0.
Article. 3. To see if the town will authorize an issue of bonds to an amount not exceeding $26,000, for terms not exceed- ing 10 years, make provision for the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon, and appropriate the proceeds of said bonds to the payment of the additions, enlargements, recon- struction and renewals authorized under the preceding article, C. L. Sopher and others.
Voted. That toward meeting the $25,000 appropriation under Article 2, the Selectmen and Town Treasurer are authorized to issue and sell bonds of the town to the amount of $25,000, dated April 1, 1909, payable $2500 annually for 10 years on the 1st of April, with interest at a rate not exceeding 4% per annum, payable semi-annually, said bonds to be au- thenticated by the certificate of the City Trust Company of Boston. The other details of form and sale of bonds to be determined by the Selectmen and Town Treasurer.
Yes 22. No 0.
Art 4. "To see if the town will authorize the Board of Municipal Light Commissioners to expend the unappropriated bond balance of $213.15, now in the hands of the Town Treasurer, and included in the assets of the Municipal Light Plant, or what they will do about it. C. L. Sopher and others.
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Voted. That the town appropriate the' bond balance, 8213.15. mentioned in this article, for extensions, enlargements and improvements in the gas and electric plant.
Art. 5. To see if the town will authorize the Overseers of the Poor to use the insurance money coming from the loss by fire at the Poor Farm. March 16th, 1908, for rebuilding the burnt structure and - for other purposes. Hugh Connell and others.
Voted. That the sum, $827.50. received as insurance, result of fire at Poor Farm. be appropriated for repairing building, and for such other repairs on building at Poor Farm as the Overseers may deem expedient.
Voted. To dissolve the meeting.
TOWN MEETING, JULY 19, 1909
Article 1. To choose a moderator, by ballot, to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell was elected moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Sewer Commissioners to build and extend the sewer in Foundry and other streets, and raise and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do about it. W. Raymond Emer- son and others.
Voted. To appropriate $1300 to construct sewer on Lake and Maple streets. Town Treasurer, with approval of Select- men, be authorized to hire this amount for a term not ex- ceeding one year, and to issue the notes of the town therefor.
Article 3. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars to defray expenses of suppress- ing the Elm Leaf Beetle, or what they will do about it. F. T. Woodbury and others.
Voted. To appropriate $250. Town Treasurer, with approval of Selectmen, be authorized to hire this amount for a term
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not exceeding one year, and to issue the notes of the town therefor.
Voted. To dissolve the meeting.
STATE ELECTION AND · TOWN MEETING, NOVEMBER 2, 1909
PRECINCT ONE
Polls were opened at 6 o'clock a. m.
Oath of office administered to George M. Poland, Warden .. by Charles F. Hartshorne, Justice of the Peace.
Following election officers sworn in by Warden.
CLERK-John T. Phelan.
INSPECTORS AND TELLERS-J. D. Alden, Edward B. Kelly, H .. A. Simonds, M. T. Lane, A. Leon Cutler, J. M. Cate, W. H. Sullivan, C. O. Bayrd, Frank B. Jordan, A. G. Abbott, Clifford Mortimer, Wm. Logan, S. T. Parker, Charles E. Walton, Bruce: Swanson, George Sheehy, A. D. Cate.
PRECINCT Two
Polls were opened at 6 o'clock a. m., and the following officers. were sworn in by Warden Eaton.
DEPUTY WARDEN-H. M. Parker.
CLERK-E. H. Jordan.
INSPECTORS-Frank Evans, A. G. Baxter, E. A. Jones.
TELLERS-George E. Potter, R. L. Pitman, A. M. Baxter, H .. P. Alden.
In the absence of Roy D. Jones, Arthur S. Hill and George F .. Leach, Edward H. Jordan and Augustus G. Baxter were ap- pointed and elected to serve as Clerk and Inspectors respectively.
Polls closed at 4.30 p. m., and the following result of the elec- tion was read.
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The complete vote of the town, revised and corrected, is given herewith by precincts.
Precincts
Totals
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GOVERNOR
Eben S. Draper, Rep.
802
151
953
John A. Nichols, Prohib.
21
10
31
Moritz Ruther, Soc. Lab.
9
0
9
James H. Vahey, Dem.
819
85
904
Daniel A. White, Soc.
36
5
41
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Eugene N. Foss, Dem.
811
89
900
Louis A. Frothingham, Rep. .
808
178
986
George G. Hall, Soc. .
36
5
41
Ernest R. Knite, Prohib.
18
4
22
Lawrence Yates, Soc. Lab. .
8
3
11
SECRETARY
David T. Clark, Dem. .
873
31
904
Harriet D. Orsay, Soc.
39
3
42
Henry C. Hess, Soc. Lab.
11
2
13
William M. Olin, Rep.
884
214
1098
William G. Merrill, Prohib. .
24
4
28
TREASURER
James H. Bryan, Dem.
566
32
598
James B. Carr, Soc.
53
3
56
David Craig, Soc. Lab.
16
2
18
Daniel Parlin, Prohib. .
21
3
24
Elmer A. Stevens, Rep.
862
212
1074
AUDITOR
Alexis Boyer, Dem.
539
26
565
Charles A. Chase, Prohib.
26
5
31
Sylvester J. McBride, Soc.
.
47
4
51
Jeremiah P. McNally, Soc. Lab.
14
1
15
Henry E. Turner, Rep.
861
207
1068
.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL
Henry M. Dean, Prohib.
56
11
67
John A. Frederickson, Soc. Lab. .
24
0
24
Dana Malone, Rep.
831
193
1024
Harvey N. Shepard, Dem.
562
38
600
John Weaver Sherman, Soc. .
48
6
54
COUNCILLOR 6TH DISTRICT
Henry G. Burke, Soc. .
67
7
74
Charles H. Callahan, Dem.
.
543
25
568
Herbert E. Fletcher, Rep.
857
202
1059
SENATOR 6TH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
John J. Butler, Dem. .
807
64
871
J. Howell Crosby, Rep.
837
197
1034
REPRESENTATIVE
Josiah S. Bonney, Rep.
786
166
952
Charles A. Dean, Dem.
932
120
1052
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Patrick Conlon, Dem.
545
26
571
Robert J. Kelly, Soc. ..
65
6
71
Samuel O. Upham, Rep.
869
202
1071
COUNTY TREASURER
Joseph O. Hayden, Rep.
873
201
1074
Anson B. Hobbs, Soc. .
.
61
5
66
Dexter C. Whittemore, Dem.
.
534
28
562
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TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 8, 1909
Article 1. To choose a moderator, by ballot, to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell was elected moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $3,635.64 for the suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth. W. W. Whittredge.
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Voted. $3,635.64.
Art. 3. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $306.25 for fuel, School Department. Charles E. Montague and others.
Voted. $306.25.
Art. 4. To see what sum the town will vote to raise and appro- priate for Highways. Edw. E. Lee and others.
Voted. $1,100.
Art. 5. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient amount of money to pay the balance of the salaries of the Town Officers for the current year. M. E. S. Clemons and others.
Voted. $1,013.75.
Art. 6. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient. sum of money for the purpose of repairs and replacements to the Fire Alarm system, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Municipal Light Commissioners. Curtis L. Sopher and others.
Voted, $1,025 for purposes outlined in this article, and to in- stall a Gamewell Indicator in house of Hose 2, under direc- tion of Municipal Light Board and Fire Engineers.
Art. 7. To see if the town will authorize and instruct the Board of Municipal Light Commissioners to purchase a water gas set, so called, for the purpose of manufacturing water gas in conjunction with the manufacture of coal gas, and to erect a suitable building in which to install the same. Curtis L. Sopher and others.
Voted. The Municipal Light Commissioners be so authorized, as asked for in this article.
Art. 8 To see if the town will appropriate the balance of the proceeds of the bonds authorized by the town under Article No. 3, of the April 15th, 1909, meeting, now in the hands of the Treasurer, and such further sum as may be necessary, the same to be taken from the depreciation fund of the Mu-
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nicipal Light Plant, for the purpose of erecting a building, purchasing and installing a water gas set as proposed in the preceding article. Curtis L. Sopher and others.
Voted. To appropriate $7,000, to include the balance of the proceeds of the bond authorized by the town under Article 3 of the meeting April 15, 1909, now in hands of Treasurer, and the balance of $7,000 be taken from the depreciation fund of the Municipal Light Plant, for the purpose asked for in the preceding article.
Art. 9. To see if the town will authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to provide suitable quarters in the Town Hall, or elsewhere, away from the Municipal Light Plant, for offices for the accounting department of said plant. Curtis L. Sopher.
Voted. That the subject matter of this article be referred to a joint committee of the Selectmen and the Finance Committee, with authority to take such action as they may consider desir- able.
Amended that the Municipal Light Board be added to the committee.
Amendment carried, and motion as amended, voted in affirmative.
Art. 10. To see if the town will instruct the Municipal Light Board to install an incandescent light on Lawrence street, east of Pleasant. R. J. Cuff.
Voted. Town instruct Municipal Light Board to install a light as asked for in this article
Art. 11. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to erect poles and wires to light the southerly end of Jordan avenue from Byron street to Albion street, or what they will do about it. Greenleaf A. Goodale and others.
Voted. To instruct the Municipal Light Plant to install a light on Jordan avenue, as outlined in Article 11.
Art. 12. To see if the town will increase the salary of the Clerk
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of the Board of Selectmen, and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do abot it. H. A. Simonds and others.
Voted. That the town increase the salary of Clerk of Board of Selectmen at rate of $100 per annum, dated from Nov. 1, 1909. That town raise and appropriate $33.33, amount necessary to complete current salary year.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to elect Overseers of the . Poor in the following manner. At the annual town meeting in 1910, to elect one Overseer of the Poor for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, and at each annual meeting thereafter to elect one Overseer of the Poor for the term of three years. George M. Poland.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of its property on Albion street, formerly the Thomas Flynn estate, or what action if any it will take in relation thereto.
Voted. That town retain property mentioned in article for the present, and Selectmen rent same and report the same at the next March meeting.
Art. 15. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of its Selectmen, to hire a sum of money suffi- cient to meet the appropriations made at this meeting, on a term not exceeding one year, and to issue the notes of the town therefor.
Voted. That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Se -- lectmen, be authorized to hire the sum of $7,113.33, for a term not exceeding one year, to meet the appropriations made at this meeting, and to issue the notes of the town therefor.
Voted. To dissolve the meeting.
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TOWN MEETING, NOVEMBER 29, 1909.
Article 1. To choose a moderator by ballot, to preside at said meeting.
Thomas G. O'Connell was elected moderator.
Art. 2. To see what action the town will take for the preserva- tion, protection and improvement of Lake Quannapowitt and its shores for the use and benefit of the town and its inhabi- tants. S. K. Hamilton and others.
S. K. Hamilton offered the following motion :
That acting under Article 2 of the present warrant the town appoint a Citizens' Committee, consisting of 50 legal vot- ers [which motion was amended that the Moderator appoint a Committee of 15 instead of the Town appointing a Committee of 50] to inquire into the past and present condition of Lake Quannapowitt and its shores, all sources of pollution thereof, methods of purification and means of prevention of further pollution, the relations of the Town to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Town of Reading, the determination and maintenance of a proper level for the water in said Lake, and report to the Town at its next annual Town Meeting or at any other meeting called at the request of said Committee for that purpose, which Committee shall have power to fill all vacancies in its own number.
It is hereby empowered to take such action for the pur- poses above set forth as it may deem to be in the interest of the Town and its inhabitants and especially to make such applications as it may deem advisable to the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, the State Board of Health, the Board of Highway Commissioners and to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
It shall organize by the choice of a Chairman and Secre- tary and shall keep a record of its proceedings and at its dissolution file the same with the Town Clerk.
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It shall continue in office until discharged by a vote of the Town.
It shall incur no expense to the Town and shall serve with- out pay.
The Selectmen are hereby instructed to furnish said Com- mittee with a suitable room for its meetings and supply it with stationery and postage.
The following named voters shall constitute said Com- mittee. .
The Moderator appointed the following Committee : Charles A. Dean, H. M. Dolbeare, J. Fred Parker, Joseph W. Heath, C. Donovan, E. C. Miller, Junius Beebe, Thomas E. Dwyer, George M. Tompson, John A. Meloney, Curtis L. Sopher, Arthur G. Walton, M. E. S. Clemons, Frank A. Long, A. W. Flint.
The motion as amended was carried.
Art. 3. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum for the estimated expense of taking all or any of the land lying along the shores of Lake Quannapowitt, which is not now owned by the town of Wakefield and authorize the Board of Park Commissioners to take for park purposes all or any part of said land. M. E. S. Clemons and others.
Voted. That the Chair appoint a Committee of five to take the subject matter of this Article into consideration and report at next March meeting.
Board of Selectmen appointed this Committee.
Art. 4. To see if the town will instruct the Municipal Light Board to install an incandescent light on Converse street, near the residence of Timothy F. Murphy.
Voted. That the Municipal Light Board be instructed to install a light on Converse street as asked for in this Article.
Art. 5. To see if the town will authorize its Treasurer, with the
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approval of its Selectmen, to hire a sum of money sufficient to meet the appropriations made at this meeting, on a term not exceeding one year, and to issue the notes of the town therefor.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Voted. To dissolve this meeting.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD :
The Board of Selectmen respectfully submit their annual report for the municipal year ending December 31st, 1909, together with the reports of the several departments and committees under their control and supervision.
The board organized March 2nd with the election of J. Fred Parker, chairman, Arthur L. Wiley, secretary and the appoint- ment of H. A Simonds, clerk.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Street Department
Edward E. Lee
Fire Department .
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Cornelius Donovan
Police Department
Andrew G. Anderson
Military
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J. Fred Parker
Town Hall .
Arthur L. Wiley
Signing checks
Messrs Wiley, Donovan & Anderson
APPOINTMENTS.
Town Counsel .
M. E. S. Clemons
Supt. of |Streets
D. C. Greaney
Supt. of Moth Dept.
W. W. Whittridge
H. G. Brockbank *
Chief of Police .
Chas. E. Bullard * James J. Pollard W. E. Cade
Fire Engineers .
E. S. Jacob
F. F. Anderson
Inspector of Wires
Inspector of Animals
A. B. Morton Palmer Corbett
Inspector of Milk and Col- lector of Samples .
H. A. Simonds
Forest Warden
S. T. Parker
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Sealer of Weights and
C. O. Anderson *
Measures A. A. Mansfield
Janitor of Town Hall
R. F. Draper
A. B. Morton
Weighers of Merchandise .
W. P. Farwell E. F. Cobb
Register of Voters
P. J. Kelley
E. F. Poland
Night Watch
L. S. Tainter
Day Patrol and Lockup
Keeper .
J. A. McFadden
Constables
J. J. Pollard
Dog Officer
J. J. Pollard
COMMITTEE ON SWEETSER LECTURES
E. J. Brett
J. H. Carfrey
E. C. Miller J. H. Kimball
H. L. M. Pike
SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS
Black, F. J.
Nelson, Emil
Carter, L. E.
Nelson, Frank
Currier, U. S. G.
Peterson J. A.
DeRoche, Henry
Potter, G. H.
Draper, R. F.
Preston, J. L. Jr.
Gould, A. H.
Russell, G. O.
Gault, C. E.
Robinson, F. H.
Hurtın, James
Ronan, C. V.
McDonnell, E. P.
Shaw, W. M.
Meloney, J. A.
Simonds, H. A.
Murray, W. H.
Tyler E. A.
McNeil, S. H. * Resignation.
Tyzzer, L. N.
LICENSES GRANTED
AUCTIONEERS-G. H. S. Driver, F. S. Hartshorne. INNHOLDERS-M. L. Mahoney.
PONY EXPRESS-American Express Co., Eaton Express Co., Cotter's Express Co.
H. A. Simonds
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BOWLING ALLEY-Chas. L. Stoll, Barnard & Godfrey. GUNPOWDER-George H. Taylor.
BENZINE-Jenkins-Phipps Co.
GASOLINE-Jas. J. Hughes.
CIRCUS-Lowando's.
JUNK DEALERS-M. Levine, Hyman Barron, I. Horovitz & Co., M. Arenstein & Co., John Taylor.
FIREWORKS -George L. Teague, H. E. Butler, Chas. H. Cheever, Benj. Oventhicer.
PEDLERS-B. J. Cotter, Chas. J. Daly, M. P. Doherty, J. H. Driscoll, George A. Doyle, A. W. Daniel, Renj. Holmes, H. C. Krebbs, Oscar C. Mitchell, Winfield Holt, Thomas I. Paon, E. E. Phillips, Daniel Quinn, Patrick H. Scannell, Guinseppe San- toro, Alvin M. Woodman, J. H. Whipling.
VICTUALLERS-C. H. Cheever, Ralph DeCecca, Sarah E Ed- mands, Sarah W. Finneran, George H. Lee, J. J. Maloney, Ernest Mortimer, Chas. P. Rosson, Rose Rubenstine, Socroso Stoti, G. L. Teague, Chas. Taber, Will H. Wiley, Mitchell & Whitney.
RESIGNATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
Mr. H. G. Brockbank resigned as Chief of Police and Chas. E. Bullard was appointed but before qualifying, an illness of the eyes developed. He was granted a month's leave of absence but at the end of that time his condition was such that he resigned.
J. J. Pollard was then appointed.
A joint meeting was held with the School Committee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Darius Hadley and resulted in the election of Arthur H. Boardman.
C. O. Anderson resigned as Sealer of Weights and Measures and A. A. Mansfield was appointed.
Report of Town Counsel
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
GENTLEMEN -I hereby submit my report as to matters which are or have been in the Courts during the past year.
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The following is a list of cases and unless otherwise noted the town is defendant :--
Actions of tort-Thomas L. Harris, Emma Doyle, Mary A. Doucett, Hannah S. Wait, Richard Mirabito and Wm. Baragna- wath.
Actions of contract-Willard Welch, Susan Romney, both to recover on tax title, Conway Contracting Co. and Wakefieldvs. American Surety Co.
Other matters pending-Six petitions to set aside sewer assessments.
PROCEEDINGS IN COURT
Case of John A. Keefe tried before jury, verdict for town.
Case of Willard Welch tried before the court at Malden, and finding for plaintiff, on appeal tried before Superior Court, finding for town.
Claim of Josephine Stone for injury from fall on sidewalk at Greenwood settled for $150.
Old case of Peter Corbett disposed of by Insurance Co. at no cost to town.
The case against the American Surety Co. will probably be heard in the Supreme Court in April on the defendant's exceptions.
Respectfully submitted,
M. E. S. CLEMONS.
Engineers Report
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
GENTLEMEN-The board of Fire Engineers Therewith present their report for eleven months, beginning February 1, 1909, and ending December 31, 1909, giving the record of fires, with losses and insurance as nearly as we can ascertain them, and such other information as may be of interest to the town.
THE DEPARTMENT
The department consists of seven pieces of apparatus, as fol- lows :
1 Amoskeag Steam Engine.
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1 Silsby Steam Engine (Relief).
1 Hook and Ladder Truck.
1 Combination Hose and Chemical Wagon.
1 Auto Hose Wagon, owned by Volunteer Library Assn
1 Hose Wagon, owned by Greenwood Library Assn.
1 Hose Wagon, Montrose.
There are eight horses in the department one of which is owned by the Greenwood Library Association.
There are 55 men in the department, divided as follows : 3 engineers, 4 permanent drivers, 1 relief driver, 14 Hook and Ladder men, 2 engineers of engine and 33 hose men.
During the past year we have had the combination wagon and supply wagon painted. The combination wagon has again shown its usefulness as a great saver of water damage at the smaller fires.
HOSE
There is in the department 6100 feet of hose and it has all been tested this year. 1000 feet has been lined at a cost of $393.34. This we have been able to do from the regular appropriation on account of there being several vacancies in the department. All of this hose has been in the department a number of years and is. liable to give out at any time. 800 feet is in poor condition.
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