Town of Arlington annual report 1904-1906, Part 31

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Publication date: 1904-1906
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4,762.00


4,920.00


Rate of Taxation on $1,000


18.00


18.90


dwelling-houses


1,438


1,460


1,493


1,514


1,566


5,605.44


Amount of Town Grant


153,106.84


LEANDER D. BRADLEY, Assessors OMAR W. WHITTEMORE, ) Arlington. of


ARLINGTON, May 1, 1904.


INDEX.


A


General Index.


Index to Auditor's Report.


Abatement of Taxes


345


129


346


Appropriations, Detailed Statement of


338


Assets and Liabilities, Statement of.


336


Assessors, Report of


Supplement 325


B


Births Registered for the year.


302


Board of Public Works, Report of


259


" Health, Report of


224


348


66


" Survey


349


Borrowing Capacity of the Town.


331


Bonds of Treasurer, Collector of Taxes and Town Clerk ..


142


By-Laws of the Town of Arlington


15


66 Construction of Buildings


25


C


Cemeteries, Report of Trustees of


197


350


Perpetual Care Fund.


352


Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Met. Sewer. 66


. .


361


66 6 Burials.


361


Collector of Taxes, Report of.


318


352


Contracts, Coal.


142


Claims Account.


360


Committee of Five.


360


Committee on Parmenter School ..


173


Russell School Repairs


175


Corporation Bank Tax.


429


County Tax


Supplement


362


Court Fees .


362


Crescent Hill Ave., Betterments. .


429


Credits Received, Accounts with no Appropriation


341


Crosby School Fire Loss


363


D


Deaths Registered for the Year


308


Debt Statement, Fixed Debt. 330


66 Temporary Loans


335


.. Detailed, Maturing when 332


Disbursements on Warrants . .


439


Dogs Registered . and Credits, Detail.


338


296


Almshouse . 66 Repairs.


347


Auditor, Report of


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INDEX.


E


General Index.


Index to Auditor's Report.


Edgestone and Sidewalk Deposits.


364


Engineering . Excise Taxes. Expense Collecting Back Taxes


365


Extermination of Motlis, Menotomy Park. ..


365


F


Filling Meadow Brook Park.


366


Fire Department, Report of Chief of .


156


368


Back Pay.


370


66


New Hose.


370


Fire Alarm, Report of Superintendent of.


251


366


Fund, Elbridge Farmer ..


66


E Nelson Blake, Jr., Memorial .


189


66 Citizens' Soldiers'


193


66 High School Income


187


66


Julia Fillebrown, .


194


66


Henry Mott Library


195


66 66 School


190


66 Pratt


185


66 Perpetual Care


199


Robbins


198


66


Samuel C. Buckman School.


328


Samuel C. Buckman Cemetery


200


Soldiers' Monument .


200


66 Timothy Wellington .. 194


196


G


Grade Crossing Tax.


421


Gypsy Moth Committee. 372


H


Health Department.


372


Highways .. ... 373


Horse hire for Ambulance.


378


I


Incidentals


378


Auditor's


381


Collector's


381


66 Treasurer's


383


66 Town Clerk's . . . . .


382


Insurance, Town.


137


385


432


66 Martha M. W. Russell, Poor Widows'


188


66 Poor Widows'.


191


432


66 Military .


192


66 William Cutter School .


180


364


365


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INDEX.


I - Continued.


General Index.


Index to Auditor's Report.


Inspector of Wires, Report of


66


Buildings,


66


165


66


66 Milk,


168


66 Provisions, 66


168


66


66 Animals, 66


66


.


170


66


Medical, of Schools, Report of . .


229


Interest on Town Debt,


385


66


66 Water 66


389


Receipts .


389


Irving Street Extension Betterments


389


Income Poor Widows' Fund.


432


J


Joint Bd. of Selectmen and Bd. of Public Works Jurors, List of 149


232


K


Kensington Road Sewer


390


L


Licenses Granted .


145


Locke School Playground Grading


371


M


Marriages Registered for the year


298


Medford Street Estate.


44,57


39


Memorial Day .


Metropolitan Park Tax.


Supplement,


421


Sewer Tax


Supplement 421


N


Notes due in 1904


391


Non-Resident Bank Tax.


390


O


Overlayings.


393


Outside Poor


391


P


Paving Stone Appropriation.


396


Park Commissioners, Report of


171


394


Parmenter School. ... Foundation


394


Police, Report of Chief of.


.


152


397


Pemiums for Bonding Officers. ...


398


Poor Outside the Almshouse. .


132


391


Public Property .


.. ... .. Population in 1900


Supplement


329


. .


....


395


251


384


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INDEX.


R


Registrars of Voters, Report of .


Rate of Taxation ..


398


Robbins Library, Report of Trustees


Grading


371


Russell School Repairs


Rules of Water Works 291


S


Salaries


402


Sale of Offal


405


Sewer Assessments


358,359


.. Maintenance and Construction


414


Schools ..


405


66 Repairs


413


School Committee, Report of . 212


.. Report of Superintendent of. 217


216


Salaries


409


Selectmen, Report of .


129


417


Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of .


169


Sinking Fund, Report of Commissioners


182


418


Soldiers' Relief.


418


Special Appropriations.


419


State Tax


Supplement


421


State Aid


419


Stone Crusher


422


Street Lights.


234


422


Railway Excise Tax .


365


66 Railway Taxes.


423


Statistics, by Town Engineer.


249


by Assessors .


Supplement


Suspense. ...


423


Suppressing Gambling Houses.


423


Summary of Statistics.


289


T


Tax Rate


139 Supplement


424


Tax and Sewer Suspense Account


424


Town Officers, Elective


3


Records ..


37


Counsel, Report of


238


Physician,


167


66 Engineer,


239


Clerk,


296


Town House


425


66


66 Fire Escape


426


426


Repairs .


.


Appointive .


7


.


.


.


General Index. 223 Supplement 204


Index to Auditor's Report.


401


Statistics.


Sidewalks . 66 Assessments .


430


Tax List.


Telephones


.


V


INDEX.


T - Continued.


General


Index.


Index to Auditor's Report.


Town House Site.


426


Town Hall Rents .


424


Tree Warden, Report of .


177


431


Trial Balance. .


342


Town Grant.


Supplement


Treasury Account.


430


Treasurer, Report of .


311


428


Tables, Valuations, Ten Year Companies.


66


Town Debt, 66


66


147


.6 Corporation Receipts, Ten Year Companies 06 Expenditures Highway Division.


262


66 Storm Drain Construction.


263


Ken- ington Road Sewer, etc.


263


Permanent Sidewalk Construction ..


264


General Expenses Highway Division


265


Financial Statement


266


Cost of Sewers by Streets.


273


Sewer Division


274-277


66


Low Service System


278


High


279


60


Water Division.


282,283


Financial, Water Division


290


Statistics, By Town Engineer


249


Assessors


Supplement


Summary of.


289


66


Vital . ... 230-232


V


Vital Statistics .


230


Valuation of Real Estate .


Supplement


Personal Property


66


W


Water Pipe Extension


432


Works .


433


66


.. Construction


434


66


Maintenance


435


66


66 Stocks


437


Rates


291


357


Department Guarantee Fund


..


432


Watering Streets 1904.


438


. .


146


147


Dept Expenses, Ten Year Companies ....


148


148


State Taxes,


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REPORTS


OF


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF ARLINGTON


FOR THE


YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1905


ALSO A LIST OF THE


PERSONAL PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE


ASSESSED FOR THE YEAR 1905


AMBRIDCE


FINCORP 18OT


ROPVCNATIO


HEREDITAS ?


CAMBRIDGE: CAUSTIC-CLAFLIN Co., 26-28 Brattle St. 1906


TOWN OFFICERS, 1905.


ELECTIVÉ.


Torn Clerk. (Elected annually.) Thomas J. Robinson.


Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.


S. Frederick Hicks. .Term expires 1906


Warren W. Rawson Term expires 1906


James A. Bailey, Jr Term expires 1907


Assessors.


Leander D. Bradley . Term expires 1906


Omar W. Whittemore Term expires 1907


Philip A. Hendricks. Term expires 1908


Treasurer.


(Elected annually.)


Collector of Taxes. (Elected annually.)


William A. Muller.


Harvey S. Sears.


Auditor. (Elected annually.) Elbert L. Churchill.


School Committee.


Daniel Wyman . Term expires 1906


Timothy O'Leary Term expires 1906


Walter W. Mooers. Term expires 1906


Gertrude A. Churchill. Term expires 1907


Harry G. Porter Term expires 1907


Walter A. Robinson


Term expires 1907


Hattie F. Hornblower Term expires 1908


John H. Perry Term expires 1908


Ida F. Robbins. Term expires 1908


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TOWN OFFICERS.


Board of Public Works.


(Elected annually.)


Samuel E. Kimball.


Peter Schwamb.


William N. Winn. Park Commissioners.


Charles H. Carter. Term expires 1906


Charles H. Gannett Term expires 1907


William E. Lloyd. Term expires 1908


Board of Health.


Edwin P. Stickney, 2nd. Term expires 1906


Edward S. Fessenden. Term expires 1907


John S. Lamson Term expires 1908


Commissioners of Sinking Fund.


Theodore Schwamb Term expires 1906


A. D. Hoitt. Term expires 1907


William G. Peck. Term expires 1908


Trustees of Pratt Fund.


Henry Hornblower Term expires 1906


William E. Wood. Term expires 1907


William G. Peck. Term expires 1908


James A. Bailey


Term expires 1909


George Hill.


Term expires 1910


William A. Muller, ex-officio.


Trustees of Robbins Library.


E. Nelson Blake. Term expires 1906


Joseph C. Holmes.


Term expires 1906


Arthur J. Wellington Term expires 1907


James P. Parmenter Term expires 1907


Samuel C. Bushnell. Term expires 1908


Charles A. Keegan Term expires 1908


Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund.


Henry Hornblower,


Edwin S. Farmer,


William G. Peck,


John Q. A. Brackett,


William E. Wood,


John H. Hardy.


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TOWN OFFICERS.


Consolidated Board of Trustees of Robbins Fund, Soldiers' Monument Fund and Cemeteries.


James E. Kimball . Term expires 1906


George G. Allen. Term expires 1907


Warren A. Peirce.


Term expires 1908


William A. Muller, ex-officio.


Tree Warden. (Elected annually.) A. Foster Brooks.


Constables. (Elected annually.)


John Duffy. Garritt Barry. Daniel M. Hooley. Fred E. Smith. James E. Whitten.


Fence Viewers.


(Elected annually.)


Philip A. Hendricks, (*). William Gratto, (*).


Field Drivers.


(Elected annually.)


Thomas O. D. Urquhart,


Robert H. Fall,


Garritt Barry,


Daniel M. Hooley,


F. Joseph Cahalin,


Andrew Irwin,


James E. Whitten, John Duffy,


Measurers of Wood and Bark.


(Elected annually.)


Edward I. Mckenzie. George I. Peirce, (*).


Fish Preserver. William A. W. Webber.


*Appointed to fill vacancies.


6


TOWN OFFICERS.


APPOINTMENTS.


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE SELECTMEN.


Term expires


Horace A. Freeman, Clerk. April 1, 1906


Edna C. Pierce, Stenographer.


April 1, 1906


Robert W. Pond, Inspector of Buildings April 1, 1906


Charles F. Atwood, Town Physician.


April 1, 1906


John B. Tay, Superintendent of Almshouse. April 1, 1906


John B. Tay, Pound Keeper April 1, 1906


Lawrence L. Peirce, Inspector of Animals April 1,' 1906


Frank P. Winn, Inspector of Milk. April 1, 1906


James E. Whitten, Sealer of Weights and Measures April 1, 1906 Thos. O. D. Urquhart, Superintendent of Town House. April 1, 1906


Charles S. Parker, Burial Agent. April 1, 1906


Warren A. Peirce, Weigher of Hay April 1, 1906


Wm. N. Winn, Weigher of Coal. April 1, 1906


Nellie A. Lockhart, Weigher of Coal. April 1, 1906


Jennie L. Gott, Weigher of Coal.


April 1, 1906


B. Horace Peirce, Weigher of Coal April 1, 1906


Wm. Coughlin, Weigher of Coal April 1, 1906


David Lynch, Weigher of Coal. April 1, 1906


Walter H. Peirce, Weigher of Coal and Hay April 1, 1906


George H. Peirce, Weigher of Coal and Hay April 1, 1906


Frank P. Dyer, Additional Constable. April 1, 1906


Thos. O. D. Urquhart, Keeper of Lock-up


April 1, 1906


Registrars of Voters.


Term expires ·


Franklin T. Anderson


May 1, 1906


John W. Bailey


May 1, 1907


Winthrop Pattee


May 1, 1908


Thomas J. Robinson, ex officio.


Police Department.


Term expires


Thos. O. D. Urquhart, Chief At pleasure of Selectmen


Garritt Barry, Patrolman.


At pleasure of Selectmen


John Duffy, Patrolman. At pleasure of Selectmen


Andrew Irwin, Patrolman.


At pleasure of Selectmen


Fred E. Smith,* Patrolman


At pleasure of Selectmen


Robert H. Falls, Patrolman At pleasure of Selectmen


Daniel M. Hooley, Patrolman At pleasure of Selectmen


James E. Whitten, Patrolman At pleasure of Selectmen


Thomas F. Priest, Patrolman At pleasure of Selectmen


F. Joseph Cahalin, Patrolman. At pleasure of Selectmen


*Discharged.


7


TOWN OFFICERS.


SPECIAL POLICE (WITHOUT PAY).


Term expires at pleasure of Selectmen.


Michael E. Callahan, Andrew Wilson, Matthew W. Callahan, Renese- laer A. Knight, Arthur T. White, Nath'l E. Whittier, William Finley, Edwin C. Jacobs, Elliot A. Gove, John B. Tay, Timothy J. Donahue, Benjamin R. Cleary, William T. Clifford, George D. Higgins, George H. Hutchinson, Samuel N. Crosby, William H. Irwin, Cornelius P. Cronin, Philo Spencer, Everett S. Chapman, Jacob Schumacher, William G. L. Longmore, Roscoe C. Kimball, Major Bacon, M. Francis Mead, John Gray, John F. Connolly, Arthur E. Perkins, Thomas K. Millett.


Fire Department.


Term expires


Charles Gott, Chief Engineer. April 1, 1906


George W. W. Sears, 1st Assistant Engineer. April 1, 1906


Timothy Donahue, 2nd Assistant Engineer April 1, 1906


ROSTER.


(Approved by Engineers.)


Hose No. 1.


Permanent men - John Sweeney.


Call men - Samuel N. Crosby, Capt .; William H. Irwin, Lieut .; John J. Cook, Clerk; Robert J. Murray, Richard O. Jenkins, George W. White, Thomas T. Morris.


CHEMICAL A.


Permanent men - William C. Mead.


Call men - Edward W. Schwamb, Capt .;* Wm. Spiers, Lieut .; Irving V. Gay.


HIGHLAND HOSE, NO. 2.


Permanent men - Daniel B. Tierney.


Call men - James W. Kenney, Capt .; W. H. Peirce, Lieut .; Wm. T. Can- niff, Clerk; John T. Finley, Treas .; George Mead, J. F. Connolly, George A. Finley, E. B. Mead, T. W. Hurley, R. L. Austin, John M. Tierney.


HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY, NO. 1.


Permanent men - Dan'l J. Sullivan, Capt .; Pat'k O'Brien, extra. Call men-E. J. Crowe, Lieut .; W. P. Luddy, Clerk; D. Barry, Treas .; J. Barry, J. McWilliams, J. Hughes, E. H. Griffin, R. C. Kimball.


WILLIAM PENN HOSE, NO 3.


Permanent men - George H. Corbett.


Call men- A. F. Brooks, Capt .; F. W. Russell, Lieut .; E. L. Smith, Clerk; James Underwood, Treas .; J. H. Harwood, Frank LeBaron, T. K. Millett, F. P. Winn, J. Millett, W. W. Beers.


*Resigned.


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TOWN OFFICERS.


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY JOINT BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.


Term expires


Horace A. Freeman, Clerk.


April 1, 1906


Horace D. Hardy, Town Counsel. . April 1, 1906


Robert W. Pond, Town Engineer


April 1, 1906


Reuben W. LeBaron, Inspector of Wires. April 1, 1906


.


Reuben W. LeBaron, Superintendent of Fire Alarm. April 1, 1906


Robert W. Pond, Superintendent of Streets April 1, 1906


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.


Term expires


Charles C. Lothrop, Clerk. April 1, 1906


Charles C. Lothrop, Water Registrar April 1, 1906


Thomas Roden, Superintendent of Sewers. April 1, 1906 -


Thomas Roden, Superintendent of Water Works April 1, 1906


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


Term expires


Horace A. Freemen, Clerk. April 1, 1906


Edwin Mills, Inspector of Plumbing. . April 1, 1906


Roy D. Young, Medical Instructor of Schools. . April 1, 1906


Frank P. Winn, Inspector of Provisions and Slaughtering. April 1, 1906


Examiners of Plumbers.


Term expires


· Alfred H. Knowles.


June 1, 1906


Edward S. Fessenden, ex officio April 1, 1906


Robert W. Pond, ex officio. April 1, 1906


Undertakers (Licensed). Term expires


J. Henry Hartwell & Son May 1, 1906


Daniel W. Grannan May 1, 1906


William D. Grannan May 1, 1906


James P. Daley May 1, 1906


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE CONSOLIDATED BOARD OF ROBBINS FUND, SOLDIERS' MONUMENT FUND AND CEMETERIES.


Term expires


Thomas J. Robinson, Clerk. April 1, 1906


Everett S. Chapmen, Superintendent of Cemetery. . April 1, 1906


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. John F. Scully, Superintendent of Schools.


High School - Ira W. Holt, Principal.


Assistants - Angelina L. Weeks, Sarah J. Bullock, Winnifred B. King, Elizabeth S. Magay, Bertha T. Davis, Pearle E. Cheney.


Teachers of the Ninth Grammar Grade - Harriet M. True, Mar- tha E. Randall, L. Alice Upham.


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TOWN OFFICERS.


Russell School - Jennie S. Wescott, Principal.


Assistants - Augusta A. Jackson, Emily M. Rogers, Louise R. Warren, Mrs. S. L. Gile, Carolyn E. Mann, Nellie A. Grimes, Eva M. Cotton, Elizabeth L. Geer, Florence W. Jones, Anna W. Newell, Elizabeth A. Day, Sarah L. Gifford,


Crosby School - Mary F. Scanlan, Principal.


Assistants - Carrie L. Minott, Jennie M. Cottle, Ursula B. Hanna, Amelia J. Bisbee, Sara M. Henderson, Esther G. Hatch, Annie W. Cobb, Maud A. Norton.'


Cutter School - Jennie A. Chaplin, Principal.


Assistants - Eva Gertrude Jones, Katherine Russell, Marion Leland, Caroline M. Young, Antoinette L. Canfield, Josephine David- son, Florence R. Norton, Belle Menard.


Locke School - Martha Wentworth, Principal.


Assistants - Sara N. Phelps, Dora Leadbetter, Lucy E. Evans, Alice M. Bean, Bessie Conway, Lottie M. Cobb, Mabel Darrah, Eva Ruggli.


Wm. E. Parmenter School - Florence S. Wiley, Principal.


Assistants - Alice M. Paige, Helen M. Dow.


Supervisors.


Blanche E. Heard, Supervisor of Music. Evelyn F. Cross, Supervisor of Drawing. Bessie L. Barnes, Supervisor of Gymnastics.


Special Teachers.


Mary J. Copeland, Teacher of Sewing. Alfred E. Cobb, Manual Training.


Janitors.


- High School - William Finley.


Russell School - Nathaniel E. Whittier.


Crosby School - Reneselaer A. Knight.


Cutter School - Matthew W. Callahan.


Locke School - Michael E. Callahan.


Wm. E. Parmenter School - Thomas Hodge.


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE TRUSTEES OF ROBBINS LIBRARY.


Elizabeth J. Newton, Librarian. Assistants - Emily Bucknam, Nettie E. Baston, Edith A. Whittemore, Louise V. Marsh, Edith C. Rice, Mira deN. Wood. M. Macie Seabury, Librarian Arlington Heights. Edward Mears, Janitor.


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 war- rant 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 reconsidered 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; 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 question, to postpone in- definitely, to postpone to a time certain, to commit or to amend. Which several motions shall have precedence in the order which they are ar- ranged. 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 determined by the rules of


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BY-LAWS.


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 meet- ing.


ARTICLE III.


FINANCIAL YEAR.


The financial year of the Town shall begin with the first day of Janu- ary in each year, and end with the thirty-first day of December, follow- ing.


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.


ARTICLE VI.


MEETINGS OF TOWN OFFICERS.


The Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of Highways, Treas- urer, 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 tem- porarily 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.


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BY-LAWS.


SEC. 3. The Collector shall collect all taxes, including street water- ing 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 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 dur- ing 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 conditions 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 written 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 veloci- pedes), upon any sidewalk, in the Town, or permit any horse, cattle, swine, sheep or goats, under 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 .-


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SEC. 6. Whoever shall behave himself in a rude or disorderly man- ner, or use any indecent, profane or insulting language, 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 annoy- ance 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 missles, 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, build- ing or structure not his own, without the permission of the owner of such wall, fence, post, tree, building or structure, or without said per- mission 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.




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