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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,
.
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
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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.
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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.
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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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