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White, Frank P.
4000 ft. $200 lot 14 Arlington Heights park. ..
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Welsh, Richard H.
house $1000, barn $200, 110330 ft. $11033.
White, Mary L.
12923 ft. $775 D 10-1, 4223 ft. $253 D 10 part of 16 and land in rear ..
1,028
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House $500, 6458 ft. $387 15 Schouler ct ...
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10964 ft. $548 lot 61, 10000 ft. $300 lot 62, 10000 ft. $300 lot 63.
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Whitman, Edmund N
Kensington park, 6199 ft. $310 lot 51, 9125 ft $456 lot 15. ..
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Whitmore, Ada, Mystic st.
House $2500, 4500 ft. $360
2,860
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Whitmore, William, 14 Florence av.
House $2800, 15200 ft. $1064.
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Whittemore, Grace T
House $4600, 2 buildings $1800, 10 acres $21000, house $750 ..
28,150
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Whitten, Frances L.
10500 ft. $735 B 8-5.
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Whittier, Elwell E.
House $2000, 5000 ft. $175 2-3 lot 47 ..
2,175
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Wilbur, Lemuel K.
House $1250, 4494 ft. $270 58 Teel st.
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Wiley, Ripley F ..
10923 ft. $765 B 5-13.
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Williams, Rennie I
2310 ft. lot 164. .
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Williams, Sarah G
9515 ft. $571 lot 3 Robbins road.
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Willner, Philip.
10334 ft. $310 lot 103, 10000 ft. $300 lot 86, 19601 ft. $196 lots 71, 72.
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Wilmer, Frank W.
4050 ft. $162 lot 100 Inverness road.
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Wilson, Catherine I).
2400 ft. $96, southi part lot 66, 1200 ft. north part, 94 Dexter Hillside 1200 ft ...
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Wilson, Harvey F. ......
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Winslow. Andrew R.
House $2200, 7500 ft. Florence av. $600
2,800
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Witherell, Julia A.
15000 ft. Crescent Hill $300 lot 83 Crescent Hill.
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Wood, Alice M ...
4050 ft. $162, 48 Kilsythe road.
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Wood, Blanche F.
3000 ft. Pearl av. $150
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Wood, Mary ...
4008 ft. $160 lot 45 Aberdeen road.
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Wood. Mary L. .
4620 ft. lots 208, 209
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Woodbridge, Samuel F.
1 acre Lake st. $3000.
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3590 ft. $107 lot 116 Dexter Hillside
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Wooland, Walter ..
House $900. 4182 ft. $167 22 Lowell st. pl., building $25
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Wright, Marietta C., Appleton st.
House $4000, barn $800, 2 buildings $600. 167583 ft. $10055.
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Wyman, David P.
11246 ft. $562 lots 1, 2 Elder terrace
562
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Wyman, Samuel E., estate of, and John P., trustees.
4800 ft. $240 lot 18 Pearl av.
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Yeaton, Adelaide A
11250 ft. B 3-11.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
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Woodworth, Elijah B.
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White, Sarah G. White, William.
STATISTICS
OF THE
TOWN OF ARLINGTON
MAY 1, 1902
1899.
1900.
1901.
1902.
Valuation of Real Estate $7,625,707 00 $7,776,054 00 $7,894,951 00 $8,407,945 00 66 Personal
Amount of Town Grant .
147,627 27
153,106 84
153,145 96
162,682 04
State Tax .
4,635 00
4,635 00
5,180 00
4,440 00
66
County Tax
8,375 14
8,270 53
9,324 73
9,301 98
Sewer Tax
8,181 61
7,106 46
6,731 39
7,285 53
66
Water Tax ·
1,846 35
3,104 87
8,419 30
9,272 28
66
Overlayings .
618 81
508 63
213 37
125 94
Number of Polls, at $2.00 each
4,762 00
4,762 00
4,920 00
4,934 00
Rate of Taxation on $1,000
17 70
18 00
18 90
18 30
Number of persons paying a tax on property . ·
- 2,208
2,239
2,281
2,075
Number of persons paying a Poll Tax only · .
1,415
1,414
1,502
1,800
Total number taxpayers .
3,623
3,653
3,783
3,875
66 dwelling-houses
1,413
1,438
1,460
1,493
horses
721
688
615
627
66
COW'S
246
209
178
199
Increase in number of
dwelling-houses .
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70
25
22
33
Population of Arlington, 1900
8,603
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5,605 44
66
Park Tax
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LUCIAN C. TYLER, GEORGE I. DOE,
OMAR W. WHITTEMORE,
Assessors of Arlington
1,217,354 00
972,152 00
1,149,708 00
1,140,597 00
ARLINGTON, May 1, 1902.
INDEX.
PAGE
Almshouse
34, 144
Assessors, Report of Supplement
Auditors, Report of
220
Buckman (Samuel C. ) Fund
101
Board of Healthı, Report of 80, 146
Library, Robbins, Report of
Trustees
104, 172
Librarian's Statement
107
Lock School Playground
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168
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Memorial Day
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168
County Tax .
Supplement
Cemeteries, Trustees of 100
Discounts and Abatements
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148
Deaths during the Year 84
Fire Department, Chief En-
gineer, Report of 45, 152
Fire Alarm System
149
Farmer (Elbridge) Fund 92
Grades. Boston & Maine 176 .
Health Department
155
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Highways and Bridges . 155
Irving Street Extension 33,167
Investigation Town Treas- urer's Office 148 .
Improvement of existing
Parks . 160
Incidentals
160
Inspector of Wires, Report of
53
66
Buildings,
66
35,61
Milk 66 65
66 Animals 66
68
66 Provisions and
Slaughtering, Report of
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67
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Insurance
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165
Interest .
166
Jurors, List of
37
Jason Street School
148
Building Laws
19
Blake (E. Nelson) Fund
99
Board of Survey .
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33
By-Laws of the Town
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Crescent Hill Avenue
33
Met. Sewer Tax Supplement
Water
66
Park
66
Monument Fund
100
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Outside Poor
168
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Park Commissioners, Report
of
87,171
Pop. of Arlington
Supplement
Patriots' Day
171
Police, Chief of, Report of 40, 171
Poor Widows' Fund
Perpetual Care Fund
101
Poor Out of Almshouse
34
Pratt Fund, Report of Trus-
tees of
97
Public Property
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203
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Robbins' Fund
100
Salaries
176
School Committee, Report of 111
School Statistics
116
Schools .
180
Selectmen, Report of
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31
Surface Drains
36, 149
State Tax
Supplement
78
INDEX.
PAGE
Sewers .
186
Sewer Commissioners,
Re-
port of
77
Sidewalks
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191
Sup't. of Fire Alarm, Report
of
53
Sinking Fund Commission-
ers, Report of
94, 192
State Aid
179
Statistics of Town
Supplement
Street Lights
35, 176
Sealer of Weights and Meas-
ures, Report of .
66
Supt. of Streets, Report of .
118
Tabular Statement, Appro-
priations, etc.
195
Tax List,
Supplement
Telephones
192
Town Engineer, Report of
69
Town Clerk, Report of .
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117
Town Debt
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199
PAGE
Town Debt ('Temporary Loans)
202
Town Debt (Maturing when)
200
Town Home
36, 192
Town Grant .
Supplement
Town Counsel, Report of
62
Town Officers
3
Town Physician, Report of
64
Town Valuation
Supplement
Treasurer, Report of
144
Trimming Trees
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193
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Trial Balance
196
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Tree Warden, Report of
90
Water Commissioners, Report of 123
Water Works, Water Rates .
131
66
Supt. cf, Re-
port of
128
Water Works, Treasurer's Re-
port
138
Watering Streets
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32, 194
Water Carts, Repairs on
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REPORTS
OF
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ARLINGTON
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1903
ALSO A LIST OF THE
PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE
ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1903
CAMBPIOCT
PVCNATIO
HEREDITAS
BOSTON : J. A. CUMMINGS PRINTING CO., 172 Oliver St. 1904
TOWN OFFICERS, 1903.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways.
FOR THREE YEARS. WARREN W. RAWSON.
FOR TWO YEARS, GEORGE I. DOE.
FOR ONE YEAR. EDWIN S. FARMER.
Assessors.
FOR THREE YEARS. LEANDER D. BRADLEY.
FOR TWO YEARS. FOR ONE YEAR. OMAR W. WHITTEMORE.
LUCIAN C. TYLER.
Town Clerk. THOMAS J. ROBINSON.
Treasurer. WILLIAM A. MULLER.
Collector.
Auditor.
HARVEY S. SEARS. JULIUS W. BUHLERT.
School Committee. FOR THREE YEARS,
DANIEL WYMAN,
TIMOTHY O'LEARY, WALTER W. MOOERS.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
FOR TWO YEARS,
HATTIE F. HORNBLOWER, JOHN H. PERRY,
IDA F. ROBBINS.
FOR ONE YEAR,
ANNA E. DODGE,
HARRY G. PORTER, WALTER A. ROBINSON.
Truant Officers.
GARRITT BARRY, JOHN DUFFY.
Water Commissioners.
GEORGE P. WINN, for three years. PETER SCHWAMB, for two years. GEORGE W. LANE, for one year.
Sewer Commissioners.
WARREN W. RAWSON, for three years. WINFIELD S. DURGIN, for two years. EDWARD S. FESSENDEN, for one year.
Park Commissioners.
CHARLES H. CARTER, for three years. THOMAS HOGAN, for two years. HENRY D. DODGE, for one year.
Board of Health. EDWIN P. STICKNEY, 2d, for three years. EDWIN MILLS, for two years. EDWARD S. FESSENDEN, for one year.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Commissioners of Sinking Fund. THEODORE SCHWAMB, for three years. WILLIAM G. PECK, for two years. A. D. HOITT, for one year. Trustees of Pratt Fund.
GEORGE HILL, for two years. JAMES A. BAILEY, for one year. 1 WILLIAM G. PECK, for five years. WILLIAM E. WOOD, for four years. HENRY HORNBLOWER, for three years. WM. A. MULLER, ex-officio.
Trustees of Robbins' Library.
E. NELSON BLAKE, for three years. JOSEPH C. HOLMES, for three years. SAMUEL C. BUSHNELL, for two years. CHAS. A. KEEGAN, for two years. ARTHUR J. WELLINGTON, for one year. JAMES P. PARMENTER, for one year.
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund. HENRY HORNBLOWER,
WILLIAM G. PECK, WILLIAM E. WOOD,
EDWIN S. FARMER, JOHN Q. A. BRACKETT, JOHN H. HARDY.
Consolidated Board of Trustees of Robbins' Fund, Soldiers' Monument Fund and Cemeteries.
JAMES E. KIMBALL, for three years. WARREN A. PEIRCE, for two years. GEORGE G. ALLEN, for one year. WM. A. MULLER, ex-officio.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Registrars of Voters.
WILLIAM H. PATTEE, FRANK C. ALLEN, JOHN W. BAILEY, THOMAS J. ROBINSON, ex-officio.
Town Counsel.
WILLIAM H. H. TUTTLE.
Police. Chief, ALONZO S. HARRIMAN. GARRITT BARRY, JOHN DUFFY, ANDREW IRWIN,
ROBERT H. FALLS, FRED E. SMITH,
DANIEL M. HOOLEY, JAMES E. WHITTEN, CHARLES H. WOODS.
Superintendent of Streets. SAMUEL E. KIMBALL.
Town Engineer. ROBERT W. POND.
Superintendent of Water Works.
THOMAS RODEN.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Inspector of Buildings. LUCIAN C. TYLER.
Town Physician. CHARLES A. KEEGAN.
Superintendent of Almshouse. JOHN B. TAY.
Engineers of the Fire Department. CHARLES GOTT, Chief. Assistants. GEORGE W. W. SEARS, TIMOTHY J. DONAHUE.
Inspector of Wires. REUBEN W. LEBARON.
Superintendent of Fire Alarm. REUBEN W .. LEBARON.
Tree Warden. A. FOSTER BROOKS.
Inspector of Animals. LAURENCE L. PEIRCE.
Town Weighers. WARREN A. PEIRCE, WALTER H. PEIRCE.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Constables.
JOHN DUFFY, CHARLES H. WOODS, ALONZO S. HARRIMAN, GARRITT BARRY, DANIEL M. HOOLEY.
Inspector of Provisions and Slaughtering. FRANK P. WINN.
Inspector of Milk. CHARLES F. LUSK.
Undertakers.
CHARLES T. HARTWELL,
DANIEL W. GRANNAN, JAMES P. DALEY.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. CHARLES F. LUSK.
Fence Viewers. *LUCIAN C. TYLER, *OMAR W. WHITTEMORE.
Measurers of Wood.
OMAR W. WHITTEMORE,
LUCIAN C. TYLER, EDWARD I. MCKENZIE.
Fish Preserver. J. FRED McLEOD.
*Appointed to fill vacancy.
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON.
[Compiled by the Committee of Five as authorized by vote of the Town November 24, 1902.]
ARTICLE I.
NOTIFICATION OF TOWN MEETINGS.
Every Town meeting shall be notified by posting a copy of the warrant calling the same, on the doors of the Town Hall, seven days, at least, before the day appointed for said meeting ; and a printed notice containing the substance of the warrant shall be left at every dwelling house in the Town. Also notice of time of the meeting or of the date of its adjournment shall be published in the local papers.
ARTICLE II.
RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TOWN MEETINGS.
SECTION 1. No final vote shall be re-considered except upon notice, for that purpose, made by one of the majority acting thereon, within fifteen minutes after such vote has been passed ; and no article in the warrant shall be again taken into consideration after it has been disposed of, unless ordered by a vote of two-thirds of the voters present.
SEC. 2. No person shall speak more than twice upon any question, without first obtaining leave of the meeting, except for the correction of an error, or to make an explanation ; and not until others who have not spoken upon the question shall speak, if they desire to.
SEC. 3. All questions submitted for the consideration of the Town, involving the expenditure of money, shall be in writing, and all other motions shall be reduced to writing, if required by the presiding officer.
SEC. 4. Every person speaking shall address the Chair, standing and uncovered.
SEC. 5. No vote, fixing the period for closing a ballot, shall be re-considered after such ballot shall have commenced ;
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but it may be in order to extend the period without such re-consideration.
SEC. 6. When a question is under debate, motions shall be received, to adjourn, to lie on the table, the previous ques- tion, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a time certain, to commit, or to amend. Which several motions shall have pre- cedence in the order in which they are arranged. The first four shall be decided without debate.
SEC. 7. The duties of the presiding officer, not specially provided for by law, or by the foregoing rules, shall be deter- mined by the rules of practice, contained in Cushing's Manual, so far as they are adapted to the condition and powers of the Town.
SEC. 8. On all questions submitted for the consideration of the Town involving the expenditure of money, the ballot and check list shall be used when requested by twelve or more legal voters present at the meeting.
ARTICLE III.
FINANCIAL YEAR.
The financial year of the Town shall begin with the first day of January in each year, and end with the thirty-first day of December, following.
ARTICLE IV.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
The Annual Town Meeting shall be on the first Monday of March, in each year, and all reports of Town Officers shall be made at that time.
ARTICLE V.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
No action shall be had at any Town meeting on the report of any Committee previously chosen, unless the same shall be specially notified in the warrant for calling said meeting.
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ARTICLE VI.
MEETINGS OF TOWN OFFICERS.
The Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of High- ways, Treasurer, and Clerk, shall meet for the transaction of the business of their respective departments, at their rooms in the Town Hall, on the last Monday evening of each month.
ARTICLE VII.
POWER OF THE SELECTMEN TO BORROW MONEY.
The Selectmen may authorize the Treasurer to borrow money temporarily, on the credit of the Town, in anticipation of the collection of the taxes, should the same be necessary, and to give Town notes for the same, signed by him as Town Treasurer ; said notes to be countersigned by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE VIII.
COLLECTION OF TAXES.
SECTION 1. The assessment of all taxes shall be completed, and a list of the same delivered to the Collector on or before the first day of August, and all tax bills shall be delivered on or before the twentieth day of August of each year.
SEC. 2. All single poll taxes shall be paid in fourteen days after demand. Interest shall be charged on all unpaid taxes after November first of the year in which they are assessed.
SEC. 3. The Collector shall collect all taxes, including street watering and apportioned sewer assessments, levied in any year, before June first of the following year.
SEC. 4. The Collector shall hold no other Town office.
ARTICLE IX.
PUBLIC WAYS.
SECTION 1. All persons intending to erect, repair or take down any building, on land abutting on any way which this
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Town is obliged to keep in repair, and who desire to make use of any portion of said way for the purpose of placing thereon building materials or rubbish, shall, ten days at least before so placing any building material or rubbish, give notice, in writing, to the Selectmen, of such wish, and thereupon the Selectmen may grant a permit to occupy such a portion of said way to be used for such purpose as in their judgment the necessity of the case demands, and the security of the public allows such permit in no case to be in force longer than ninety days, and to be on such conditions as the Selectmen may require ; and in every case, upon condition that during the whole of every night, from twilight in the evening until sunrise in the morning, lighted lanterns shall be so placed as effectually to secure all travellers from liability to come in contact with such building material or rubbish.
SEC. 2. Whoever shall use any portion of any way which the Town of Arlington is obliged to keep in repair, without the permit, in writing, of the Selectmen, as above provided, or having obtained such permit, shall fail to comply with the con- ditions thereof, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each offence, and shall also reimburse the Town for all damages and expenses which the Town may be compelled to pay by reason of the way being encumbered.
SEC. 3, Whoever shall move, or assist in moving, any building more than ten feet high, over any way in this Town, which this Town is obliged to keep in repair, without the writ- ten permit of the Selectmen being first obtained, or, having obtained such permit, shall not comply with the restrictions and provisions thereof, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for every such offence.
SEC. 4. Whoever shall suffer horses, goats, or grazing beasts, or swine to run at large in this Town, or to feed by the roadside, either with or without a keeper, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for every such offence.
SEC. 5. Whoever shall drive or draw any coach, cart, or wheel-barrow, handcart, velocipede, bicycle, or any carriages of burden or pleasure (excepting children's carriages drawn by hand, or children's velocipedes), upon any sidewalk, in the Town, or permit any horse, cattle, swine, sheep or goats, under
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his or her care, to go upon any sidewalk in the Town, so as to interfere with the convenient use of the same by all passengers, shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than two dollars, or more than twenty dollars for every such offence.
SEC. 6. Whoever shall behave himself in a rude or dis- orderly manner, or use any indecent, profane, or insulting lan- guage, in any public place in the Town, or near any dwelling house, or other building therein, or be, or remain upon any sidewalk, or upon any doorstep, portico, or other projection of any house or other building, not his own, to the annoyance or disturbance of any person, or by any noise, or other means, wantonly and designedly frighten any horse in any street, or other public place in the Town, or shall throw stones, snow- balls, sticks or other missiles, or kick at foot ball, or play at any game in which a ball is used, or fly any kite in the public ways in the Town, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, not less than three dollars, and not more than twenty dollars.
Sec. 7. Whoever shall stand in any public way in such a manner as to obstruct a free passage for passengers, or shall make any bonfires in any public way or place in the Town, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, not less than three dollars, and not more than twenty dollars.
SEC. 8. Whoever posts, affixes, or in any way attaches any poster, handbill, notice, advertisement or placard to or upon any post, wall, fence, building or structure not his own, without permission of the owner or proprietor of such post, wall, fence, building or structure, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, not less than three dollars, and not more than twenty dollars.
SEC. 9. Whoever paints, draws, or stamps any letter, notice, figure, advertisement, or marks upon or into any wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure not his own, without the permission of the owner of such wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure, or without said permission mars, defaces, or disfigures in any way such wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, not less than three dollars, and not more than twenty dollars.
SEC. 10. Whoever shall place or cause to be placed upon any of the public ways of the Town, or shall place or cause to
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be placed upon any public way, footpath or sidewalk within the Town, any lumber, iron, coal, trunks, bales, boxes, crates, casks, barrels, packages or other things, or shall otherwise obstruct such way by placing things therein, for more than fif- teen minutes after being notified by a Constable, Police Officer, or the Selectmen, shall forfeit and pay for each offence, not less than two dollars, and not more than five dollars.
SEC. 11. Whenever complaint shall be made to the Selectmen that coasting on any street or sidewalk in the Town, has become dangerous to the public safety, they may post up a notice in some conspicuous place on the side or corner of any such street or sidewalk, forbidding all persons to coast upon the same ; and if any person shall be found coasting upon the same after such notice, he shall forfeit and pay not less than one dollar, and not more than five dollars.
SEc. 12. No person shall tie or fasten any horse to, or have the same standing by any ornamental or shade tree in or near any of the streets, lanes or places of this Town, so near as to injure any unprotected tree, or wrongfully injure or abuse such tree in any manner ; and whoever violates the provisions of this section, shall forfeit and pay not less than one dollar, and not more than ten dollars.
ARTICLE X.
PUBLIC HEALTH.
SECTION 1. No person shall drive, or cause to be driven, any cart or wagon containing night-soil or offal, or any cart or wagon used for that purpose, through any public way in the Town, between the hours of six A. M. and nine P. M., except an odorless tank, nor permit any such wagon or cart to stand, between said hours, in any street, lane or alley in said Town.
SEC. 2. No person shall keep any swine within a distance of fifty feet of any public way or place, or within a distance of one hundred feet of any dwelling house not his own, or within a distance of twenty-five feet of his own dwelling house. No person shall, after January 1, 1902, keep within the limits of the Town, more than five swine, exclusive of offspring less than four months old of said five swine. Whoever violates any of
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the provisions of this section shall be punished by fine not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence.
SEC. 3. No person shall put or suffer to accumulate on his premises, any refuse, animal or vegetable matter, rubbish or filth, whereby any offensive or noxious stench or effluvia shall be created, and the health or comfort of the citizens be injuriously affected, or shall throw any such substances into the ponds, streams or brooks of the Town, or shall allow the con- tents of any vault or house drain, or the refuse of manufactur- ing or slaughtering process to drain into such ponds, streams or brooks.
SEC. 4. No person, without the license of the Board of Selectmen, shall throw into, or leave in, or upon any street, court, square, lane, alley, public square, public enclosure, vacant lot, or any pond or body of water within the limits of the Town, any dead animal, dirt, manure, oyster, clam or lob- ster shells, ashes, cinders, waste water, rubbish or filth of any kind, or any refuse animal or vegetable matter whatever.
SEC. 5. No vehicle used for collecting or conveying swill or house offal, shall be drawn over, or allowed to stand upon any sidewalks in this Town.
ARTICLE XI.
TRUANTS AND ABSENTEES.
SECTION 1. Any child between the ages of seven and fif- teen years, who shall absent himself from the public school to which he is assigned, three times, within the period of one month, without sufficient excuse from his parent or guardian, shall, in each case, be deemed to be an habitual truant.
SEC. 2. Any child convicted of offending under the pre- ceding by-law, shall be committed to the Institution of Instruc- tion and House of Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, in the city of Lowell, for such time not exceeding two years, as the Court or Justice having, by law, jurisdiction may determine.
SEC. 3. The said Institution of Instruction and House of Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, in the city of Lowell, is hereby provided as the place for the confinement, discipline and instruction of habitual truants.
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SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of every truant officer, before making any complaint for offences under these by-laws, to notify the offending child and his parent or guardian of the offence committed, and of the penalty thereof, and if the truant officer can obtain satisfactory pledges for the restraint and reformation of the child, he may, in his discretion, forbear to prosecute, so long as such pledges are faithfully observed and kept.
SEC. 5. All children between the ages of seven and fifteen years, wandering about in the streets and public places of this Town, having no lawful occupation or business, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or by commitment to any institu- tion of instruction, house of reformation, or suitable situation, provided for the purpose under the authority of the tenth section of chapter 48th of the Publie Statutes.
ARTICLE XII.
No person shall bathe or swim in Spy Pond, or in any public or exposed place in the Town, without wearing a proper covering to the body.
ARTICLE XIII.
SECTION 1. No person shall blast any rock or other sub- stance with gunpowder, or other explosive material, at any place within fifty rods of any public way or building, without a written permit from the Board of Selectmen, specifying the terms and conditions on which such permit is granted.
SEC. 4. No person shall, except in the performance of some legal duty, discharge any firearms upon or across any public park, play ground, street or way, within the limits of the town, except by permission of the Board of Selectmen.
SEC. 5. No person shall be a dealer in, or keep a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals, or second hand articles, unless licensed by the Selectmen.
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