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Jonathan Calvin Wight
Oct. 25
Verna Grant Simpson.
Nov. 26 Madeleine Iva Bullard.
Charles P. and Margaret A. (Holden)
Clayton Granville Roberts
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1909
DATE
NAMES
RÉSIDENCE
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED
Jan.
20
( William A. Weiker, Mary Ada Dunn,
Medfield. Medfield.
In Harrisville, N. H., by Rev. Henry A. Coolidge In Franklin, Mass., by Rev. Guy Wilbur
Feb. 17
§ Edward J. Plunkett, Mary E. Wiles,
Medfield.
Medfield.
Miner
Feb. 25
Arthur G. Dunn, Josephine E. Schools, Arthur L. Knight,
Medfield.
Portland, Me.
Medfield.
In Medfield, by Rev. Chas. H. Williams In Medfield, by Rev. Leroy M. Pierce
Mar. 28 Luella E. Wood, Apr. 17 Talmage Duncan, Mary Frances Trumm, Burton P. wiswell,
Medfield.
Medfield.
In Medfield by Rev. Chas. H. Williams
Apr. 22
Sadie B. Frink,
Millis, Mass.
Apr. 29
William B. Morck,
Boston, Mass.
Medfield.
In Medfield, by Rev. Charles H. Williams ( In Medfield, by Rev. Albert E. George
May 16
Violet E. Brooks, Gustaf Adrain Johanson, Judiht Brood, James R. Chapman,
Medfield. Medfield.
In Medfield, by Rev. Alfred Lindholm
May
29
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Florence B. Wright
Medfield.
Tune 23
Henry P. Malloch, Irene L. Allen,
Medfield.
In Medfield, by Rev. Hugh M. Smith ( In Medfield, by Rev. Albert H. Spence, Jr. In Wollaston, Mass., by Rev. Richard E. Armstrong
Sept. 7 George Altham Simpson, Nellie Richards, -
Fall River, Mass.
Dover, Mass.
Oct. 2 Minnie Lane,
Dover, Mass.
Oct.
Francis Hamant, 5 Ruth E. Whitaker,
Franklin, Mass.
Oct. 12 Clinton M. Clark, Louise B. Holbrook,
Medfield. Millis, Mass:
Nov. 10
- Archie L. Crawford Alice M. Parker,
Medfield.
Niel Johnson,
Nov. 13 Mary J. Phillipps,
Bernard Eugene Donnell,
Boston, Mass. Boston, Mass. Norwood, Mass. Medfield. Medfield,
Nov. 22 Florence Rebecca Adams,
Dcc. 15 Harry Wallace Wymers, Marion Adelaide Ferrigan, Medfield.
Dec. 29 Robert S. Hardy, Nina May Clough,
Medfield. Medfield.
( In Medfield, by Rev. Loring B. Chase
Mar. 6 Grace M. Tibbetts, Walter D. Kingsbury,
Medfield.
Medfield.
Millis, Mass.
Medfield.
Medfield.
Sept. 6 Georgia A. Macomber,
John Foster,
Medfield. Medfield.
Medfield.
§ Thomas E. Bache,
Medfield.
( In Fall River, Mass., 7 by Rev. J. J. Cogan ( In Medfield by Rev. / Hugh M. Smith In Franklin, Mass., by Rev. R. K. Marvin In Millis, Mass., by Rev. Albert H.
Medfield.
Wheelock In Medfield, by Rev. Albert H. Spence, Jr. ( In Medfield by Rev. Fred R. Bunker In Medfield, by Rev. Arthur H. Pingree (In Woburn, Mass., by Rev. Wm. H. Os- mond In Medfield, by Rev. Fred R. Bunker
Total number of marriages, 21. Married in town, 14. Married out of town, 7. Residents of Medfield, 30. Non-residents, 12.
Medfield.
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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS OF MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1909
DATE
NAME
AGE Yrs. Mon. Days.
CAUSE OF DEATH
Jan. 9
Stillborn, female
-
Jan.
13
John Sullivan
72
Chronic Nephritis
Jan:
20
Emerson Edwin Wilkins
1
9
Whooping Cough
Feb.
7 Jerusha Fales
85
4
4
Apoplexy
Feb.
8
Francis S. Wight
77
10
11
La Grippe
Feb.
8
Wilson Lloyd Thompson
28 .
11
Empyema
Mar.
1
Edward Newell Ricker
38
4
13
Accident, fractured ribs
Mar.
10
Elizabeth Mason Dunn
90
8
5
Valvular Heart Disease
Mar.
31
Lucy Anna Draper
51
4
29
Sarcoma
May
28
Margaret L. Weiker
85
5
3
Uræmie Coma
[sand]
June
10
Joseph Celli
18
10
18
Accident, buried alive in Apoplexy
July
7
Pascal Cole Grover
70
7
9
Organic Heart Disease
July
7
Elizabeth M. Houdlette
66
8
28
Cancer of Liver
July
25
Lavilla H. Hildreth
79
4
29
Cerebral Apoplexy
Aug.
23
Male child
Premature birth
Aug. 28
Eva Thomashven
22
Hemorrhage
Oct.
5
Clinton Thayer Frost
75
5
Organic Heart Disease
Oct.
16
John DeForest Danielson
43
2
Paresis
[Stomach]
Oct.
30
Martha Cleaves French
42
3
1
Cancer of Liver and
Nov. 1
Marion Gertrude Curtis
13
3
19
Acute ant. Poliomyelitis Abscess of Brain
Nov. 27
Susan Marcella Morse
76
2
7
Pneumonia
Nov.
28
Francis D. Hamant
70
5
23
Pneumonia
Dec.
8
Almira Louisa Morse
67
11
27
Cancer
Dec.
16
Ernest George Bent
16
1
16
Accidental bullet wound
Total number of deaths, 26.
Males 13.
Female 13.
Over 80 years of age. .
3
Between 60 and 80 years
11
Between 40 and 60 years
3
Under 40 years.
9
-
June 29
Abigail Bailey
77
Nov.
11
John Noonan
66
BROUGHT TO MEDFIELD FOR BURIAL, 1909
DATE OF DEATH
NAME
AGE Yrs. Mon. Days
CAUSE OF DEATH
BROUGHT FROM
Jan. 31, 1881
Michael Donlan.
92
Dec.
15, 1892
Ann Donlan.
65
-
Jan.
15, 1909
Nathan W. Shumway.
61
16
Jan.
18, 1909
Emma M. Hemenway. '
53
10
1
Feb. 25, 1909
William C. Allen.
94
1
5
Mar.
24, 1909
Wilmae Woodmansee.
27
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Mar.
31, 1909
Lillian Francis Schools
23
6
2
April
8, 1909
Erich Loeffler.
46
Gas poisoning.
May
2, 1909
George W. Bailey.
59
1
26
Hypertrophy of Prostrate Lobar Pneumonia.
May .
11, 1909
Julia A. Breck.
68
10
7
June
19, 1909
Erastus E. Grover.
51
10
19
Bright's disease.
July
11, 1909
Ellen M. Dodge.
53
Organic Heart Disease.
July
24, 1909
Margaret R. Janes.
79
11
Chronic Myocarditis.
Aug.
24, 1909
Julia Ann Grover.
76
1
Anemia.
Aug.
27, 1909
Francis E. Mason.
79
2
16
Senility.
Sept.
17,1909
George P. Simmons.
70
7
8
Sept.
30, 1909
Frank R. Moore.
52
10
21
Oct.
5, 1909
Tyler Thayer.
87
-
Oct.
18, 1909
Daniel Kane.
Dec.
18, 1909
Ella Augusta Richardson.
50
4
6
Old age. Pneumonia. Apoplexy. Heart disease. Pneumonia.
Boston, Mass. Boston, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge, Mass.
Newton, Mass.
Worcester, Mass. Boston, Mass.
Boston, Mass.
Boston, Mass.
Newton, Mass. Boston, Mass. Boston, Mass. Framingham, Mass Foxborough, Mass,
Chronic Nephritis. Nephritis.
Valvular disease of heart Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Pneumonia.
Watertown, Mass. Haverhill, Mass. Chicago, Il1. Norwood, Mass. Framingham, Mass. Westwood, Mass.
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Acute Nephritis.
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DEATHS AT MEDFIELD INSANE ASYLUM DURING THE YEAR 1909
DATE
NAME
AGE
WHERE FROM
Jan. 5
Mary H. Everett
86
Walpole, Mass.
Jan. 12
Andrew O'Connor
47
Cambridge, Mass.
Jan.
16
Mary A. Huchins
64
Boston, Mass.
Jan.
18
Sophie B. Livingston
41
Somerville, Mass.
Feb.
6
Alexander E. Raibb
61
Boston, Mass.
Feb.
9
Frederick Harvey
42
Malden, Mass.
Feb.
11
Mary Ashworth
55
Lawrence, Mass.
Feb. 13
Louisa Goodwin
73
Lynn, Mass.
Feb. 16
Everett S. Mitchell
42
Boston, Mass.
Mar.
2
Michael J. Quinn
75
Sandwich, Mass.
Mar.
4
Charles Holmes
52
Nantucket, Mass.
Mar
18
Evaline G. Brown
30
Lexington, Mass.
Mar.
22
Catherine F. Reid
40
Somerville, Mass.
Mar
22
Pliney M. Whitney
82
Boston, Mass.
Mar.
23
Martin Heron
42
Fall River, Mass.
Apr.
6
Charlotte E. Homer
42
Boston, Mass.
Apr.
6
Mary Coughlan
84
Medford, Mass.
Apr.
8
Catherine Sims
62
Lowell, Mass.
Apr.
14
Mary Mccarthy
69
Boston, Mass.
Apr.
14
Susan Dickinson
71
Fall River, Mass.
Apr.
16
Joseph McFarland
68
Cambridge, Mass.
Apr.
17
Helen L. Alden
69
Bridgewater, Mass.
Apr. 19
William Powers
65
Boston, Mass.
Apr.
26
Mary A. Kelly
57
Boston, Mass.
May
Mary Crompton
84
Northampton, Mass.
May
9
Hannah O'Connor
55
Boston, Mass.
May 15
William P. Stubbs
67
Boston, Mass.
May
20
Mary McDermott
63
Framingham, Mass.
May
25
Harriet Chandler
74
Lynn, Mass.
May 29
Cornelius Crowley, Jr.
44
Boston, Mass.
June 8
Ella S. Cook
61
Boston, Mass.
June 18
Hannah Lynch
41
Charlestown, Mass.
June 25
Catherine Kelly
80
Marlboro, Mass.
June
28
Barbara Wallace
68
Boston, Mass.
July 3
John Arthur Bellows
31
Boston, Mass.
July
8
Frederick Harris
22
Quincy, Mass.
July
11
Hannah Thimbler
89
Norwood, Mass.
July
11
Ellen M. Dodge
53
Boston, Mass.
July
13
Julia Wall
80
Chelsea, Mass.
July 21
Joanna Ormond
36
New Bedford, Mass.
July 27
Catherine Snell
61
Medway, Mass.
July
31 Olive Navlor
76
New Bedford, Mass.
Aug.
3
Bridget Mahan
49
Brookline, Mass.
Aug.
4
George Hetherington
80
Tewksbury, Mass.
May
25
William T. Stanley
44
Brockton, Mass.
4
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DEATHS AT MEDFIELD INSANE ASYLUM DURING THE YEAR 1909 (Continued)
DATE
NAME
AGE
WHERE FROM
Aug. 8
Catherine Brown '
58
Boston, Mass.
Aug. 9
Mahalia Barney
72
Boston, Mass.
Aug. 13
Joanna Duffy
47
Somerville, Mass.
Aug.
13
James Quirk
85
Boston, Mass.
Aug.
17
Mary Pine alias McKane
49
Holyoke, Mass.
Aug.
25
Louisa S. Peltcher
49
Worcester, Mass.
Aug. 26
Charles Hughes
79
Boston, Mass.
Aug.
29
Benjamin T. Sweeney
37
Cambridge, Mass.
Sept.
3
Margaret Clark
88
Foxboro', Mass.
Sept.
4
Ellen S. Sullivan
70
Boston, Mass.
Sept.
9
Mary Ryan
65
Abington, Mass.
Sept. 12
Octavia M. Caza
41
Lowell, Mass.
Sept. 17
Georgianna Sloan
62
Worthington, Mass.
Sept. 26
Mary Halpin
68
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 29
Salvina Sommerer
64
New Bedford, Mass.
Oct.
7
Bridget J. Larkin
37
Boston, Mass.
Oct.
8
Mary J. Duff
44
Lowell, Mass.
Oct.
9
George F. Haley
50
Boston, Mass.
Oct.
14
William Welch
70
Boston, Mass.
Oct.
15
Johanna Haggerty
77
Boston, Mass.
Oct.
17
Elizabeth M. Richards
62
Boston, Mass.
Oct.
25
Frank Dempsey
57
Foxboro', Mass.
Oct.
31
Matthew W. Woodward
58
Boston, Mass.
Nov.
1
Michael McCarthy
65
Boston, Mass.
Nov. 25
Joseph Mccarthy
25
Tewksbury, Mass.
Nov. 28
Michael Shea
55
Marlboro, Mass.
Nov.
29
Michael Hayes
38
No. Adams, Mass.
Dec.
7
Abbie T. Skillings
69
Boston, Mass.
Dec.
13
Bridget Reynolds
48
Lowell, Mass.
Dec.
28 Thomas H. Woodhall
67
Taunton, Mass.
Dec.
30
Michael J. Ring
49
Boston, Mass.
Dec.
31
Marcia A. Warren
71
Springfield, Mass.
Total number of deaths, 77.
Males 30.
Females 47.
Attest :
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL MEETING MARCH 1, 1909
Pursuant to a warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabitants of the town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall on the second day of March, 1909, at 6.15 o'clock in the forenoon; and the following action was taken upon the several articles in said warrant :-
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
The annually elected Moderator being present; no action was necessary. Prayer was offered by Rev. Hugh M. Smith.
ARTICLE 2. To choose the following-named town officers, under the provisions of Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes of 1902, namely : one Town Clerk, one Moderator, one Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, five Constables, one Tree Warden, one Sexton, one Auditor, all for one year ; one School Committee, for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library, for three years; one Cemetery Commissioner, for three years; one member of a Board of Health, for three years. Also, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 579, Acts of 1907, one Assessor for three years. Also to vote on the following questions : "Shall license be granted to sell intoxicating liquors in the town for the ensuing year?" the vote to be "Yes" or "No." "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year 1908, entitled, "An act to provide for the protection of forest or sprout lands from fire,' be accepted by this town," the vote to be "Yes" or "No." All the above to be voted for on one ballot. The polls to be opened at half-past six o'clock in the fore- noon, and may be closed at two o'clock in the afternoon.
The ballot-box was examined and found in good order. The following named persons, having been appointed by the Selectmen, were sworn and apportioned as follows :-
George A. Morse and Collamer E. Bridge to distribute ballots.
James W. Coltman and John H. Pember to check names at ballot-box.
George G. Babcock and Joseph M. Johnson to count votes.
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Edward H. Abel and Roy L. Mann to supervise.
The polls were open at half-past "six o'clock, and kept open until two o'clock.
The total number of votes cast was 329, all of which were cast by male voters.
The votes were counted in open town meeting, and the following-named persons were declared elected to the several offices :-
For MODERATOR, one year, J. Herbert Baker.
For TOWN CLERK, one year, Stillman J. Spear.
For SELECTMEN, one year, Robert W. Baker, Edward M. Bent, Granville C. Mitchell.
For TREASURER, one year, Stillman J. Spear.
For COLLECTOR OF TAXES, one year, William F. Abell.
For TRUSTEES OF LIBRARY, three years, Stillman J. Spear, Laprelette W. Wheeler.
For ASSESSOR, three years, Francis D. Hament.
For OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, one year, Michael E. Griffin, George W. Kingsbury, Fred J. Wight.
For CONSTABLES, one year, Albion C. Gilbert, David Meany, Charles C. Wright, Charles E. Inches, Jr., Otis B. Tripp.
For SCHOOL COMMITTEE, three years, Waldo A. Fitts.
For CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, three years, Alonzo B. Parker.
For BOARD OF HEALTH, three years, Frederick A. Tay- lor.
For TREE WARDEN, one year, George W. Kingsbury.
For SEXTON, one year, Alonzo B. Parker.
For AUDITOR, one year, Thomas E. Schools.
On the question "Shall license for the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors be granted in this town for the ensuing year?" the vote was as follows :- "Yes," 152. "No," 148. Blanks, 29.
On the question of accepting the provisions of the Act of 1908 relating to forest fires the vote was by separate ballot and was as follows :- "Yes," 162. "No," 15. Not vot- ing 152.
ARTICTE 3. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, and Pound Keepers.
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The following-named officers were elected by nomina- tion :-
FENCE VIEWERS, Isaac B. Codding, George W. Kings- bury, Francis D. Hamant.
FIELD DRIVERS, William A. Weiker, Arthur J. Dunn, Gilbert R. Cummings.
POUND KEEPER, Roy L. Mann.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will accept the reports of the sev- ral town officers for the past year .
The reports of the several town officers were taken up separately, and all were accepted. In connection with the report of the "Committee on Town House Repairs," it was voted "that the thanks of the town be extended to the Com- mittee for their faithful and efficient services; also to all the contributors whose names appear in the report, and especially to the Edwin V. Mitchell Company for the gift of the beautiful electrolier and for their liberality in making up the amount necessary for the completion of the work."
ARTICLE 5. To grant and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
It was voted that the following sums of money be granted and appropriated to defray the expenses of the ensuing year :-
For support of schools. $6,300 00
Highways 2,500 00
Bridges 200 00
Removing snow 400 00
Fire Department. 800 00
General expenses
900 00
Board of Health
100 00
Support of poor at Almshouse ..
1,000 00
Support of poor out of Alms- house. 400 00
Notes due.
1,100 00
Interest on notes. 150 00
Interest on Trust Funds. 400 00
Carried forward
$14,250 00
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Brought forward.
$14,250 00
Library, dog tax, heat, light
and janitor's services.
Cemetery
800 00
Sewers
50 00
Insurance.
750 00
Sidewalks and crosswalks.
400 00
Tree Warden
75 00
Town Officers
1,800 00
Moth work.
300 00
Memorial Day.
100 00
$18,525 00
For further appropriation see
Article 11. Night watchman. . $780 00
Article 12. Piano.
400 00
Article 15.
Street lights ..
2,500 00
Article 26. Sidewalk on Main Street
100 00
Article 27. Hose for Fire De-
partment 500 00
Article 28. Hose wagon.
500 00
Article 30. Elm-tree beetle. . 400 CO
$23,705 00
On motion of A. A. Lovell it was unanimously voted, "that if license or licenses for the sale of intoxicating liq- uors be granted during the ensuing year in the north part of the town of Medfield, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for police services in that part of the town; said fifteen hundred dollars to be taken from the license fee or fees received for said license or licenses."
ARTICLE 6. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen or a majority thereof, to borrow during the muni- cipal year beginning Feb. 1,1909, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
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Voted, "that the treasurer be, and hereby is, authorized with the approval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year beginning February 1, 1909, in anticipation of the collection of taxes such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year after the date thereof. All debts incurred under the authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year."
ARTICLE 7. To determine in what manner the taxes shall be col- lected for the ensuing year, also determine what percentage shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.
Voted, "that interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum be charged on all taxes remaining unpaid after November 1, 1909, and that the Collector shall receive for his services one and one-quarter per cent. on all taxes col- lected by him, and he shall pay in to the Treasurer all taxes committed to him for collection, unless abated by the Assessors, on or before the 31st day of January, 1910.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will authorize the Collector to use all such means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.
VOTED, That the Collector may, and he shall, use the same means in the collection of taxes that the Treasurer might if elected to that office.
ARTICLE 9. To see what compensation the town will allow the Fire Department for the ensuing year, or do or act anything thereto.
VOTED, That the members of the Fire Department be paid the sum of twelve dollars per year and poll tax, and that they be paid twenty-five cents per hour while at work at fires.
ARTICLE 10. To see how much per hour the town will allow for work on the highways for the year ensuing, or do or act anything relating thereto.
VOTED, That it be left to the discretion of the Superin- tendent of Streets.
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ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will employ a night watchman for the ensuing year, grant and appropriate money for the same, or do or act anything relating thereto.
VOTED, That the Selectmen be, and they are, anthorized and instructed to employ a watchman for all-night service, and that the sum of $780 be granted and appropriated for the compensation thereof.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the town will reimburse Colonel Edwin V. Mitchell the sum advanced by him for the purchase of the piano for Chenery hall, appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything re- lating thereto.
VOTED, That the sum of four hundred dollars be granted and appropriated to reimburse Col. Edwin V. Mitchell for money paid for piano for Town Hall.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the town will build a sewer on South street to connect with existing sewer system, or do or act anything relating thereto.
ARTICLE 14, To see if the town will build a sewer on Miller street to connect with existing sewer system, or do or act anything relating thereto.
VOTED, That these articles be referred to the Selectmen to procure plans and estimates to be reported at some future meeting.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to contract with the Edison Electric Illuminating Company for lighting the streets of the town, grant and appropriate money for the same, or do or act anything relating thereto.
VOTED, That the Selectmen shall contract with the Edison Electric Illuminating Company for a term not exceeding three years and for an amount not exceeding $2,500 and that the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars be granted and appropriated for said purpose.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the town will provide three additional lights on High street, appropriate money therefor, or do or act any- thing relating thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the town will provide not more than ten additional lights on Adams street from Dale street to Medfield Junction, and also three lights on West street from Harding to Adams streets, appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
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ARTICLE 18. To see if the town will provide electric lights on Brook street, appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
VOTED, That these articles be referred to the Selectmen in connection with Article 15.
ARTICLE 19. To see under what form the town will accept trust funds for the care of private lots in the Cemetery, also to see in what manner the town shall keep the account of the Cemetery Trust Funds, also in what manner the interest of said funds shall be expended, or do or act anything relating thereto.
VOTED, That the Town Clerk be directed to ascertain under what conditions the town has already accepted trusts for care of lots in the cemetery and enter such conditions whether contained in provisious of wills or in other ways, upon the town records; also that he be directed to make such entries of any gifts for similar purposes that may be made to the town in the future. The Cemetery Commis- sioners shall keep a separate and accurate account of the amount expended for the care and maintenance of each lot in the cemetery, of which the town has assumed the care, and they shall on or before the first day of December in each year render an itemized account of such expenditures to the Town Treasurer. The Town Treasurer shall keep separate accounts of the interest due on each fund for care of cemetery lots, pay to the Cemetery Commissioners only so much of such interest as may be necessary for the care of lot for each year, allowing balance, if any, to accumulate in bank for future use on same lot, and report expenditures and amount to the credit of each fund, in the annual report of the town, each year.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the town will accept as a perpetual trust the sum of $100 presented by the late Ellen Clark, the interest thereof, or so much as may be necessary, to be used for the care and mainten- ance of the "Adam Morse lot" and the Joseph Clark lot" in Vine Lake Cemetery.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the town will accept as a perpetual trust the sum of $500 presented by the estate of the late Ellen Curtis, the inter- est thereof, or so much as may be necessary to be used for the care and maintenance of the "Daniel D. Curtis lot" in Vine Lake Cemetery.
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ARTICLE 22. To see if the town will accept as a perpetual trust the sum of $300 presented by Thomas Upham, the interest thereof, or so much as may be necessary to be used for the care and maintenance of of the "Clarissa Ellenwood lot" in Vine Lake Cemetery. 1
Articles 20, 21 and 22 were acted upon collectively and it was
VOTED, That the town accept the funds given by the several doners, for the care of lots in the cemetery, subject to the same conditions specified in Article 19 of this war- rant.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the town will assume the expenditure of the interest of a fund of $200 from the estate of James Hewins, Esq., or such part of said interest as may be necessary to be used for the care and maintenance of the James Hewins and the William P. Hewins lots in Vine Lake Cemetery, and also the unoccupied lot now owned by the estate of James Hewins, provided said lot shall be used. by family of said James Hewins.
VOTED, That the matter be referred back to the repre- sentatives of the estate of the late James Hewins, Esq. until such time as it be presented to the town in legal form.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the town will assume the care and mainte- nance of the "George W. Chenery lot" in Vine Lake Cemetery,
VOTED, That the town assume the care and maintenance of the "George W. Chenery" lot in Vine Lake Cemetery.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the town will change the name of Canal street to Asylum road, or do or act anything relating thereto.
VOTED, That the name of the street now known as Canal street be changed to Asylum road.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the town will extend the sidewalk on south side of Main street to Pound street, appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
VOTED, That the sum of one hundred dollars be granted and appropriated for the extension of the sidewalk on the south side of Main street to Pound street.
ARTICLE 27. To see if the town will purchase additional hose for Fire Department in accordance with recommendation of the engi- neers, appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
VOTED, That the Engineers of the Fire Department be,
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and they are authorized to purchase one thousand feet of fire hose and that the sum of five hundred dollars be granted and appropriated for said purpose.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the town will purchase a hose wagon in accordance with recommendation of the engineers, appropriate money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto.
VOTED, That the. Engineers of the Fire Department be and they are authorized to purchase a hose wagon for the use of the town and that the sum of five hundred dollars be granted and appropriated for this purpose.
ARTICE 29. To see what action the town will take in regard to the disposal of the Hand Fire Engine, or do or act anything relating. thereto.
VOTED, That the Engineers are authorized and in- structed to dispose of the old hand fire engine, the proceeds of the sale thereof to be used toward defraying the cost of the new hose wagon.
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