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Jose Parker & Co., book of town notes
2 75
Arthur H. Willis, town reports and ballots
112 00
W. Bridgewater Grange Assn., rent
175 00
Geo. G. Hopkins, moving safe
2 00
N. Y. & Boston express 95
Baltimore Enamel and Novelty Co., danger signs I 40
William E. Cobbett, work on signs
3 20
William E. Cobbett, work on monument grounds 7 60
Oscar Lawson, fighting fire
50
Levi T. Nute, fighting fire
I 25
Harry Ford, fighting fire
25
George Nute, fighting fire
50
Christopher Reed, fighting fire
4 00
Walter Reed, fighting fire
2 00
Herbert Nute, fighting fire
75
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22
James Holmer, fighting fire 2 00
Wallace R. Snow, fighting fire 2 00
Manuel Lewis, fighting fire
I 20
Geo. L. Packard, fighting fire Andrew Monson, fighting fire
50
Fred Lincoln, fighting fire
75
Napoleon Belmore, fighting fire
2 25
Charles H. Doyle, fighting fire
6 60
Arthur Hammond, fighting fire A. G. Gardner, fighting fire
2 25
Chas. H. Mann, fighting fire
1 00
Geo. S. Wentworth, fighting fire
25
Geo. H. Stone, fighting fire
3 30
John C. Ames, fighting fire
3 75
Harriet E. Richards, land damage
2 00
John Richards Est., land damage
27 00
Ellery C. Fisher, envelopes, stamps
4 67
Walter C. Whiting, fumigation,
6 00
Chronotype Printing, assessors blanks
4 50
Thomas Groom & Co., commitment book
2 25
J. M. Hollywood, postal cards
10 00
S. B. Hetherington, janitor work
2 50
Narcisse Dupuis, kerosene oil
2 00
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., cash book
2 75
James E. Sawyer, repairs on pump
6 75
W. B. Mason, receipt stamp
2 75
Ellis S. LeLacheur, auto fine
15 00
Frank L. Howard, envelopes, postage, etc.
24 53
Ellis S. LeLacheur, fumigation 6 50
S. B. Hetherington, sawing wood
I 00
SITIO 27
Funds available,
$808 99
Balance overdrawn $301 28
1 00
50
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SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation, $500 00
Amount overdrawn in 1906
$253 20
Paid Town of Mattapoisett, Ansel Bartlett 72 00
C. S. Gleason, M. D., Lucy Withington
61 00
Lucy Withington
110 00
Martha C. Simmons
52 00
Catherine Crockett
52 00
William B. Smith
27 00
Flora Bates
4 15
$631 35
Appropriation
$500 00
Overdrawn
$131 35
PUBLIC LECTURE COURSE.
Appropriation
$100 00
Paid Orvis F. Kinney
$100 00
MODERATOR.
Appropriation $10 00
Paid Howard B. Wilbur
$10 00
PILGRIM MONUMENT AT PROVINCETOWN.
Appropriation
$45 00
Paid Kavanaugh Bros. Co. $45 00
REPAIRS AT CEMETERY ON MATFIELD STREET.
Appropriation $25 00
Paid William E. Cobbett
$14 30
Unexpended
IO 70
$25 00
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PINE LOTS AT PINE HILL CEMETERY.
Appropriation $25 00
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1907
5 27
$30 27
Paid William E. Cobbett
$12 65
Unexpended I7 62
$30 27
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation $100 00
Paid William E. Cobbett $105 00
Overdrawn 5 00
COPYING THE VITAL RECORDS OF THE TOWN.
Appropriation 1906
$200 00
Paid Webster W. Bolton $200 00
TOWN SURVEY.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1907 $190 07
Paid E. B. and C. L. Hayward $358 46
Amount overdrawn $168 39
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Received from County Treasurer, Dog Tax $381 98
Paid Charles R. Packard $3.81 98
STATE AID.
Paid Frank L. Howard, Treasurer $1853 00
To be reimbursed from State 1853 00
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STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation $5 00
Amount overdrawn 1906
$27 05
Paid Joseph Stover
1 47
Ellery C. Fisher
2 24
George F. Logue
5 73
Evan R. Golder
50
Globe Gas Light Co.
8 70
New York & Boston Express Co.
30
$45 99
Appropriation
$5 00
Amount overdrawn
$40 99
SOLDIERS MONUMENT.
Appropriation
$300 00
Amonnt overdrawn 1906
$73 03
Paid William E. Cobbett
5 00
Unexpended
$221 98
NOTES AND INTEREST.
Orders drawn
$7190 00
SCHOOLS.
Orders drawn
$9121 15
TREE WARDEN
Appropriation $100 00
Balance on hand Jan, 1, 1907
21 69
$121 69
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GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1907 $293 53
Received from State Treasurer 103 29
$396 82
Orders drawn on bills approved by Octave Belmore, local super- intendent Overdrawn
$1246 35 $849 51
Amount due from State Treasurer $719 80
Amount to be raised by town to bal- ance account $129 71
$849 51
Orders drawn
Octave Belmore
$66 22
Charles Semino
26 00
O. S. Besse
I 25
Warren D. Holbrook
I 95
Arthur Snell
II 05
$106 47
Unexpended
15 22
$121 69
THE SELECTMEN RECOMMEND THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE :
For the Support of the Poor,
$2,000 00
Town Officers,
1,000 00
Incidentals,
600 00
Soldiers Relief,
500 00
Street Lights,
100 00
Town Survey,
500 00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth,
605 21
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TOWN MEETING.
The Annual Town Meeting will be held in Town Hall, Monday, March 2, 1908 at 6 o'clock A. M.
GEO. F. LOGUE, ORVIS F. KINNEY, EDWIN H. LOTHROP, Selectmen.
CITIZENS' CAUCUS.
A caucus for the nomination of town officers, re- quired by law to be chosen by ballot, to be elected at the annual town meeting in West Bridgewater, Monday, March 2, 1908, will be held at the Town Hall, Monday, February 17, 1908, at 7.30 o'clock, p. m. The meeting will be called to order by the Chairman of the Caucus Committee.
EDDY P. DUNBAR, GEO. P. PRESBY, ARVIN A. LUCE, Caucus Committee.
West Bridgewater.
STREET RAILWAY PERMIT.
COPY OF PERMIT GIVEN TO THE OLD COLONY STREET RAILWAY CO. TO CARRY FREIGHT THROUGH THE TOWN
OF WEST BRIDGEWATER BY THE BOARD OF RAIL- ROAD COMMISSIONERS. Commonwealth of Massachusetts In Board of Railroad Commissioners.
December 14, 1907.
Petition of the Old Colony Street Railway Company for authority to act as a common carrier of baggage and freight in West Bridgewater.
It appearing, after notice and hearing, held under the provisions of chapter 402 of the Acts of 1997, that the Old Colony Street Railway Company is authored to act as a common carrier of newspapers, baggage, express matter and freight in towns adjoining West Bridgewater ; that it has heretofore filed with the selectmen of said town a petition for approval of the right to act as common carrier in said town; and the selectmen having failed to act on said petition within sixty days of the filing thereof, and the Board being of the opinion that the rights petitioned for ought to be granted,-it is
ORDERED,-That the Board hereby certify that public convenience and necessity require the granting of this petition, and therefore that the Old Colony Street Railway Company be required to act as a common carrier upon the lines of its railway in West Bridgewater, to the extent of
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receiving, carrying and delivering such baggage and freight, described in the schedule on file with the petition, as is usually transported by express companies, restricted to exclude besides explosives all articles and commodities the transportation of which may be hereafter prohibited by the Board.
This order is made subject to the following regula- tions and restrictions :
I. The company shall receive and deliver baggage, express and freight at suitable places or stations, and with- out discrimination or favor to any person or corporation.
2. All baggage, express and freight shall be trans- ported in suitable cars to be provided with proper fenders, brakes and safety appliances, and to be run at no time at a higher rate of speed than that at which the company operates passenger cars.
3. The exercise of the authority herein granted shall in no way alter or abridge the duties and obligations of the company relative to the transportation of passengers, nor in any way interfere with the conduct of the passen- ger service.
4. The company shall be subject to such further regulations and retrictions as shall be lawfully made from time to time.
5. The autherity herein granted is given upon the express condition that it shall not operate in any way to enchance to the value of the assets of the company in the event of a purchase of the railway property by the city or state.
For the Board, (Signed) CHARLES E. MANN, Clerk.
A true copy.
Attest :
Charles E. Mann, Clerk.
A
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
INVENTORY AT ALMSHOUSE, DEC. 31, 1907.
18 tons English hay, $360 00
7 tons meadow, 70 00
4 tons swale, 48 00
2 tons oat fodder, 24 00
Grain,
20 00
13 cows, I bull,
525 00
I horse, 100 00
47 fowl, 35 00
Manure and ashes,
100 00
2 tip carts,
40 00
2 two horse wagons, 80 00
30 00
Covered express,
30 00
2 pungs,
26 00
2 sleds,
10 00
Hay-cart,
20 00
Harnesses,
50 00
Ox yoke,
6 00
Blankets,
9 00
5 00
2 hay cutters, .
Mowing machine, rake and tedder,
50 00
Weeder,
5 00
Corn sheller,
4 00
Wheelbarrow,
2 50
2 step ladders, 3 50
Concord express,
3I
Grindstone, 3 00
6 plows, harrows and implements, 50 00
3 ladders, 6 00
2 lawn mowers, 4 00
Smoothing harrow and two cultivators,
20 00
Paris green machine,
5 00
Platform scales,
10 00
Set of blocks and ropes,
5 00
Small tools,
50 00
Seed planter,
7 00
Saw and power,,
40 00
Cutter,
10 00
Incubator,
15 00
Carpenter's tools and vice,
30 00
Corn planter,
12 00
Chain, whiffletrees, etc.,
10 00
Jack screw,
4 50
Water trough,
15 00
150 feet hose,
12 00
Hot bed sash,
4 00
4 I·2 M feet lumber,
113 00
Storm windows,
45 00
37 rods Page fence,
18 50
Barbed wire,
5 00
180 feet tile,
7 20
Bushel boxes and barrels,
8 00
3 M Shingle,
6 00
Pail and tank,
5 00
Wood,
50 00
Grass seed,
10 00
Bug Death,
2 50
Paints & Oils,
5 00
300 lbs. fertilizer,
5 IO
Potatoes,
22 60
Parsnips,
1 00
Turnips,
I OO
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Carrots,
I OO
Beets, I 00
Groceries,
33 00
14 tons soft coal,
66 50
8 tons hard coal,
56 00
Lawn swing and chairs,
6 50
Household furniture,
115 00
Beds and bedding, 100 00
3 stoves and hot water boiler,
50 00
Tin, crockery and hardware,
30 00
Table linen and towels,
20 00
Ice chest,
15 00
Wringer,
3 50
Washing machine,
9 00
$2,776 90
RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Received for milk,
$1,305 16
Produce,
IO2 50
Wood,
80 25
Hay,
147 14
Stock,
78 00
Labor,
17 65
Junk,
2 40
Lumber,
I 50
Service fee,
8 50
$1,743 10
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Connor Bros., stock,
$125 00
Henry Willis, stock, 26 00
A. C. Foss, stock, 80 00
H. E. Weston, stock,
6 00
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G. R. Drake, 38,220 lbs. equals 19 tons, 220 lbs., Georges Creek coal at 4.00 plus .75 freight, $4.75 81 05
G. R. Drake, grain,
446 21
George F. Logue, groceries,
320 83
J. T. Corcoran, plumber,
6 24
Smith & Thayer, pump,
13 48
James E. Sawyer, plumbing,
IO 50
Ellery C. Fisher, groceries,
21 59
George W. Jollimore, meat,
140 60
William King, fish,
II 43
C. N. Goward, ice,
8 65
S. Waldo Brown, smith work,
25 65
Frank W. Alger, wagon,
25 00
Minnie Anderson, work,
45 20
Bridget McManus, work,
12 00
Mary J. Greeg, stock,
36 00
J. T. Corcoran, new heater,
171 32
Mrs. E. F. Marvel, work,
6 00
Frank Lampire, work,
5 00
Wesley Cobbett, work, 34 37
Everett Clark, use of horse,
15 00
William S. Brainard, repair lawn mower, .
I 25
J. E. Carr & Co., repairs on stove,
7 50
J. M. Howard & Son, hardware, etc.,
27 95
New York & Boston Express,
55
L. E. Higgins & Co., clothing,
14 95
Oscar Lowney, tinware,
3 00
Ellis S. LeLachuer,
3 75
Ernest F. Marvel, warden,
460 00
$2,191 26
Inventory at Almshouse Dec. 31, 1907,
2,776 90
Inventory at Almshouse Dec. 31, 1906,
2,860 95
Loss in inventory,
$84 05
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COST TO TOWN AT ALMSHOUSE.
Expenditures, Receipts,
$2,191 26 1,743 10
$448 16
Loss in inventory,
84 05
$532 21
Cost of new heater,
171 32
$360 89
Number of inmates at the town almshouse Dec. 31, 1906,
3
Number of inmates admitted during the year,
0
Number of inmates discharged,
I
Number of inmates remaining Dec. 31, 1907,
2
Number of tramps lodged during year,
O
Warden at town farm, Ernest Marvel.
AID HAS BEEN RENDERED TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS RESIDING IN WEST BRIDGEWATER AND HAVING A SETTLEMENT THEREIN.
Major Crockett, Mary George and children,
$114 00
15 00.
$129 00
AID HAS BEEN RENDERED TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAVING A SETTLEMENT IN WEST BRIDGEWATER AND RESIDING ELSEWHERE.
Patrick Hennessey and family,
$
3 40
City of Newton.
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Emma F. Churchill, 20 00
City of Providence, R. I.
Fred Leonard, 122 00
City of Brockton.
Bangs K. Howes and family,
114 08
Town of Dennis.
Lizzie M. Wild, Baldwnville.
81 25
W. A. Dean and wife, 12 75
City of Taunton.
James Gilligan, 45 71
City of Worcester.
John Nelson and family, 3 53
City of Brockton.
Charles L. Raymond and family,
18 54
City of Brockton.
$421 26
AID HAS BEEN RENDERED TO THE FOLLOWING PERSONS RESIDING IN WEST BRIDGEWATER AND HAVING A SETTLEMENT ELSEWHERE.
Mrs. Richard Wescoat and family,
Town of Dighton, $159 00
George Crosby and wife,
Town. of Raynham,
235 32
$394 32
George F. Logue, Overseer of Poor,
$16 87
Orvis F. Kinney, Overseer of Poor, 27 90
Edwin H. Lothrop, Overseer of Poor,
29 40
$74 17
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SUMMARY.
Appropriation, $2,000 00
Received for produce, milk, etc., sold from farm,
1,743 10
Merton G. Churchill,
20 00
Town of Raynham,
253 00
Edwin L. Wilds,
60 00
Town of Dighton,
156 00
$4,232 10
Balance overdrawn 1906,
28 08
Available for 1907,
$4,204 02
Paid expenses of town farm, $2,191 26
Aid to persons residing in town and having a settlement here, 129 00
Aid to persons residing elsewhere
and having a settlement here, 421 26
Aid to persons residing here and having a settlement elsewhere,
394 32
Overseers of Poor, 74 17
$3,210 OI
Balance unexpended, $994 OI
GEORGE F. LOGUE, ORVIS F. KINNEY, EDWIN H. LOTHROP,
Overseers of Poor.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
MARCH IIth, 1907.
A meeting, duly warned, of the inhabitants of West Bridgewater, qualified to vote on town affairs, was held at the Town Hall in said town on Monday, March 11th, 1907, at six o'clock in the morning, and the following is a record of the doings of said meeting, viz. :
The meeting was called to order by chairman of selectmen, Geo. F. Logue, and in the absence of the town clerk, E. H. Crocker was chosen clerk pro. tem. and was duly sworn.
Chose as moderator Howard B. Wilbur.
VOTED :
That when the meeting adjourned that it adjourn to Wednesday, March 13th, 1907, at 7.30 p. m.
That the polls be kept open from 6 o'clock a. m. until 4 o'clock p. m.
The following election officers were appointed and duly sworn namely :- E. B. Maglathlin, Thomas H. Churchill, William F. Langley, William A. Hambly, Albert C. Snow, Herbert W. Packard, Edwin H. Thayer.
The ballots for town officers having been assorted, counted, and declaration thereof made showed the election of the following named persons :
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor- Geo. F. Logue, Orvis F. Kinney, Edwin H. Lothrop.
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Town Clerk-Ellery C. Fisher.
Treasurer and Collector-Frank L. Howard.
School Committee, 3 years-Martha K. Crosby, Seba H. Marshall.
Auditor-Geo. B. Presby.
Trustees of Public Library, 3 years-Elizabeth King- man, L. Augustus Tower.
Road Commissioner-William F. Ryder.
Constables-Henry O. Davenport, Joseph C. Howard, William T. McAnaugh, Presson West, William L. Wood- worth.
Tree Warden-Octave Belmore.
On the question "Shall license be issued for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town," the vote was, yes 55, no 146.
Ellery C. Fisher was duly sworn in as town clerk by the moderator.
Voted, To adjourn to Wednesday, March 13th, 1907, 7.30 o'clock p. m.
A true record,
Attest : EDWARD H. CROCKER, Town Clerk, pro tem.
Meeting was resumed March 13th according to vote of adjournment and was called to order at 7.30 p. m. Pre- siding officer, Howard B. Wilbur, and the following business was transacted :
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Frank L. Howard.
Fire Wardens, five-Cyrus E. Alger, Edwin H. Thayer, Walter Packard, Charles H. Doyle, Geo. H. Stone.
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Field Drivers, five-Clinton P. Howard, Fred Vosmus, Elmer E. Howard, Charles H. Leonard, Presson West.
Fence Viewers, three-Frank L. Howard, Charles H. Mann, Clinton P. Howard.
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood and Bark, four-A. S. Lyon, Clinton P. Howard, Cyrus E. Alger, Edwin H. Thayer.
Pound-Keeper-Warden at Town Farm.
Public Weighers, five-Geo. S. Drake, C. H. Taylor, Thomas Churchill, James H. Alger, Cyrus E. Alger.
VOTED :
That the reports of town officers be accepted and placed on file.
That list of jurors as selected by selectmen be accepted.
To pay the following officers 30 cents per hour for services rendered : Town Clerk, Overeers of the Poor, Selectmen, Road Commissioner.
To pay Town Treasurer and Collector $300.00 per annum less bond of $35.00.
The following sums were voted and appropriated :
Support of the Poor,
$2,000 00
Town Officers,
1,000 00
Incidentals, 600 00
Soldiers Relief,
500 00
Sidewalk and Highways,
3,000 00
Howard Lectures,
100 00
Support of Schools,
4,800 00
Conveyance of Pupils,
600 00
Text Books and Supplies,
250 00
Superintendent of Schools,
250 00
Incidentals and Furnishings for School,
200 00
General Repairs, 175 00
Special Repairs at Matfield School, 150 00
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VOTED :
To appropriate for. Memorial Day the sum of $100.00 to be expended by a committee consisting of Messrs. William E. Cobbett, E. H. Crocker, and C. T. Williams.
That until otherwise ordered the Board of Selectmen shall appoint annually, on the second Monday of June, or as soon thereafter as practicable, a committee of three citizens to hold office for one year and whose duty it shall be to provide for a public observance of Memorial Day at a cost not to exceed $ 100.00.
To expend the sum of $5.00 for the removal of street lights.
For school lot on North Elm street as recommended by School Committee $475.00, and same to be used at their discretion.
For curbing grounds around Soldiers' Monument at Center $300.00.
For care of cemetery, Matfield street, $25.00.
For care of Pine Hill Cemetery, $25.00.
Voted the following sum be expended for medical inspection in public school $50.00 ; Tree Warden, $100.00.
That the Treasurer be authorized with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the muncipal year begin- ning January Ist, 1907, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be neces- sary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceed- ing the total tax levy of 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.
That the by-laws as read by committee be accepted.
That the School Committee receive 30 cents per hour for services rendered.
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That an article be placed in the Town Warrant of 1908 to raise the sum of $3,000.00 to build a Town Hall.
That the Selectmen meet the Trustees of Grange Hall to make the best price possible for rental for one year.
To appropriate the sum $45.00 for a stone to the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Monument.
To pay Moderator $10.00.
That the various sums that have been raised and appropriated tonight shall be assessed upon the polls and estates of this town.
That the meeting be dissolved.
A true record,
Attest : ELLERY C. FISHER, Town Clerk.
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER.
I. The annual town meeting shall take place on the first Monday of March of each year.
2. A copy of every warrant for a town meeting shall be posted in not less than seven public places.
3. By the word streets in these by-laws, it is meant to include all public highways, lanes, courts, bridges, squares, and all places upon which the public have a right to travel.
4. No person shall ride any horse, or drive any horse or horses, unattached or attached to any carriage, in any of the streets of this town, at a faster rate than ten miles per hour, so as to expose to danger or injury any person rightfully in the street.
Any person violating this by-law shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than ten dollars.
5. No person shall ride or drive unnecessarily on the sidewalks of this town and any person violating this by-law shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than ten dollars.
6. No person shall extinguish any of the street lights of this town, unless having express authority to do so, and for every offence shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than five dollars.
7. No person shall leave stones, wood, timber, vehicle or any obstruction whatever, within the limits of
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any street or public way of this town, for any unnecessary length of time, without permission of the selectmen.
8. Any person who shall place or cause to be placed in any public or private way of the town, the contents of any sink, cesspool or privy, or place any dead animal or dead animal substance, rubbish or garbage in the same, except for immediate removal therefrom, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.
9. Whoever wilfully or maliciously removes, dis- places, destroys, defaces, mars or injures any monument, tablet or other device which has been erected to mark an historic event or to commemorate an historic event, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
10. All persons standing on any sidewalk or cross- walk in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage of foot passengers, who shall not disperse immediately when or- dered to do so by any of the selectmen, police officers or constables of the town, shall severally forfeit and pay a fine of three dollars for any violation of this by-law.
II. No person shall use any indecent, profane or in- sulting language in any street or public place in town, or near any dwelling house or public building therein, or be or remain on any public sidewalk or private passageway, or way or ways to any public hall or church, court or public office, or upon any door-step, portico or other projection › from any such house or buildings, to the annoyance, dis- turbance or obstruction of any person lawfully entitled to pass or resort thereto, and no person shall sit upon any wall, fence, bank or door-step facing upon any public place, to the annoyance of others, not being the owner or occu- pant thereof, without the express consent of the owner or occupant thereof; nor shall any person by any noise, gesture or other means, wantonly or designedly, frighten or drive any horse in charge of another, in any street or public place of the town; and for any offence against this
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by-law, such offender shall pay a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.
I2. No person shall pasture or cause to be pastured, any cattle upon or within the limits of any way or street of the town, either with or without a keeper, and any person guilty of a violation of this by-law shall for each offence be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, to be re- covered by complaint, provided that nothing in this by-law shall be construed to affect the right of any person to the use of land within the limits of such way adjoining his own premises; also, that whoever wilfully or negligently causes swine, cows or horses to travel on the sidewalks of the town, shall be subject to a like penalty and in like manner recovered.
13. Whoever prints, affixes or in any way attaches any poster, handbill, notice, advertisement or placard, to or upon any wall, fence, building or structure, not his own, without permission of the owner of such wall, fence, build- ing or structure, shall forfeit and pay for such offence, a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than twenty dollars.
14. Whoever prints, draws or stamps any letter, notice, figure or advertisement, or marks upon or into any tree, wall, fence, post, building or structure, not his own, without the permission of the owner thereof, or without such permission mars, defaces or disfigures in any way, such wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure, shall forfeit and pay for each offence a fine of not less than one dollar and not more than twenty dollars.
15. All persons congregating together in a disorderly manner who shall not disperse when ordered by any con- stable or public officer to do so, and any person or persons congregating or loitering about any school house yard or in the same, or in an out-building belonging thereto, not being a member of the public schools, who shall not im-
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mediately disperse and leave the premises when ordered to do so by any school teacher, constable or public officer of the town, shall severally forfeit and pay a fine not exceed- ing twenty dollars for each offence.
16. No person shall, except in the performance of some duty required by law, or upon written permission of the board of selectmen, discharge any gun, pistol or other firearm, in or upon any street or public place.
17. No person shall fire any squib, cracker, serpent or other preparation whereof gun powder is an ingredient, or which consists wholly of the same, or make any bonfire in or upon any street or public place or way; except between the hours of 12 a. m. and 12 p m. of July Fourth in each year.
18. No person shall play at baseball, fly a kite or throw a stone, snow-ball or other thing, or shoot with a bow and arrow or air gun or other appliance for the dis- charge of missles within any public street, way or place.
19. The selectmen may license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase and sale or barter of junk, old metals or second-hand articles, in the town. They may also license suitable persons as junk collectors, to collect by purchase or otherwise, junk, old metals or second-hand articles from place to place in the town; and they may provide that such collectors shall dis- play badges upon their persons or upon their vehicles, or upon both, when engaged in collecting, transporting or deal- ing in junk, old metals or second hand articles; and may prescribe the design thereof. They may also provide that such shops and all articles of merchandise therein, and place or receptacle used for the collection or keeping of the articles aforesaid, may be examined at any time by the selectmen, police officers, constable or justice of the peace .. The aforesaid license may be revoked at pleasure and shall be subject to the provisions of sections 186 to 189 inclu-
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