Town of Arlington annual report 1904-1906, Part 37

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Fourth. That no keeper of such shop shall, directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive, by way of barter or exchange, any of the articles aforesaid of any minor apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such; and that no article purchased or received by said keeper shall be sold by him until a period of at least one week from the date of its purchase or receipt has elapsed.

Fifth. No keeper of such shop shall have his shop open for the trans- action of business, nor shall he purchase any of the aforesaid articles, except between sunrise and nine o'clock in the evening of any week day, except Saturday, on which day such shop may be kept open and such articles purchased, from sunrise until ten o'clock in the evening.

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The Board of Selectmen may provide that every wagon, cart, sleigh, or other vehicle used in the collection of junk, metals, rags or second- hand articles, shall display badges thereon and may prescribe the de- sign thereof.

No person in whose name a license is taken out for any such vehicle shall be considered the owner of the same until such license is sur- rendered.

The Selectmen may license suitable persons as junk collectors to col- lect by purchase or otherwise, junk, old metals and second-hand articles from place to place in said Town of Arlington.

No person shall sell, purchase, barter for or collect any junk, old metal, rags or other second-hand articles, without first having received a license so to do from the Board of Selectmen and no person shall be granted such a license unless he is a citizen of the United States. The Selectmen may provide that every person so licensed, shall at all times while engaged in the business for which he is thus licensed, display a badge and may prescribe the design thereof.

Any license granted hereunder may be revoked at any time by the Board of Selectmen.

Any person who shall violate any condition or restriction contained in his license, as aforesaid, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for each offense; and any person who shall collect, purchase or barter for junk, old metal, rags or any second-hand articles, without having á license as aforesaid, shall be liable to the same penalty.

ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law, to be known as Section 13 of Article IX of the Town By-Laws: -

SECTION 13. The Board of Selectmen may grant licenses to persons or bands to sing, play or perform on musical instruments in the streets or other public places, and to solicit and receive compensations therefor from bystanders or the public.

No person shall sing, play or perform on musical instruments or so- licit or receive compensation's therefor from bystanders or the public without first having obtained a license therefor from the Board of Se- lectmen.

No musician or band shall perform in a street or other public place within 300 feet of any building any occupant of which notifies him or them to desist or has notified the Board of Selectmen in writing that he objects to such performance.

ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law, to be known as Section 14 of Article IX of the Town By-Laws: -

SECTION 14. No person shall own or keep in this Town any dog which by barking, biting or howling or in any other manner disturbs the quiet of any neighborhood, on complaint to the Selectmen of three adult persons residing in the immediate neighborhood.

ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law, to be known as Section 15 of Article IX of the Town By-Laws: -

SECTION 15. No person shall in any street ride upon the step or other portion of a street railway car or other vehicle, without legal right or the permission of the person in charge thereof.

ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law, to be known as Section 8 of Article XIII of the Town By-Laws: -

SECTION 8. No person shall drop, place or throw, or cause to be dropped, placed or thrown, any explosive substance on any street or track in any street of this town.

ART. 30. To see what action the Town will take relative to repealing Section seven of Article IX of the Town By-Laws, relative to the ob-

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struction of public ways and substituting therefor the following, to be known as Section seven of Article IX of the Town By-Laws: -

SECTION 7. No person shall saunter or loiter for more than five min- utes on a sidewalk in any street after being directed by a police officer to move on, nor shall any person wilfully or negligently obstruct the free passage of foot travelers on such sidewalk, nor shall any person congregate with others and loaf upon any such sidewalks or in any street or other public place of the Town; nor shall any person make any bonfires in any public way or place in the Town.

ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law, to be known as Section 16 of Article IX of the Town By-Laws: -

SECTION 16. No. person shall feed or bait any animal in any street or other public place except in accordance with a permit from the Super- intendent of Streets, which may be revoked at any time.

ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law, to be known as Section six of Article X of the Town By-Laws: -

SECTION 6. No person except an officer or employee of the Town and for some public purpose or use, shall move or disturb a barrel or other receptacle containing ashes or other refuse materials, or disturb, over- haul or interfere with the contents thereof, while said barrel or other receptacle remains in or upon a highway of the Town, placed there in order that said contents may be carried away by some person author- ized as aforesaid, or while said barrel or other receptacle remains in or upon a private way or land within ten feet of a highway, placed there in order that said contents may be carried away by some person au- thorized as aforesaid.

ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law, to be known as Section 9 of Article XIII of the Town By-Laws: -

SECTION 9. No hawker or pedler shall expose for sale or sell any articles enumerated in Section fifteen of the sixty-fifth chapter of the Revised Laws and amendments thereto, unless, within one year prior thereto, he shall have recorded his name and residence with the Board of Health, and been assigned a number and furnished a certificate of such record by said Board. Said certificate shall be exhibited by him whenever requested by a police officer, or the sealer of weights and measures, or any agent or member of the Board of Health.

Said articles shall be carried in such a manner that they shall not tend to injure the public health or cause public annoyance or discom- fort, and only in vehicles or receptacles which do not leak.

Every such vehicle or receptacle shall have the name and number painted thereon in letters and figures at least two inches in size, shall be kept neat and clean within and without, and shall be submitted to the Board of Health or its agent, at least twice every month, at such time and place as may be designated by said Board.

No person, unless duly licensed by the Board of Selectmen so to do, shall ring a bell or cry his wares or call in any street, for the purpose of giving notice of the exercise of a business or calling, or for the sale of any article; and no person shall use in a public street for said pur- pose a horn or other noise-making instrument, except a bell, as afore- said.

ART. 34. To appropriate and raise, by borrowing or otherwise, such sums of money as may be necessary for all or any of the purposes men- tioned in the foregoing articles.

Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, on or before said day and hour of meeting.

TOWN RECORDS.

Given under our hands at said Arlington, this twenty-eighth day of October in the year of our Lord on thousand nine hundred and five.

JAMES A. BAILEY, JR., WARREN W. RAWSON, S. FREDERICK HICKS, Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.

A true copy. Attest:

GARRITT BARRY,

Constable of Arlington.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

ARLINGTON, November 6th, 1905.

By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein named, by causing a printed, attested copy to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and also by posting an attested copy on the doors of the Town .Hall, seven days at least before said day of meeting.

GARRITT BARRY, Constable.

In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, met in the Town Hall, in said Town, on Tuesday, the seventh day of Novem- ber in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, and were called to order by James A. Bailey, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Arlington, at six o'clock in the forenoon.

The presiding officer read Article 1 of the warrant calling the meet- ing, and the return thereon of the Constable who served the same upon the inhabitants.

By unanimous consent of the meeting the reading of the remaining articles in the warrant was deferred until the adjourned meeting.

James A. Bailey, Jr., took charge of the meeting and acted as pre- siding officer.

In accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth governing elec- tions, the Town Hall was fitted up as a polling place, a space railed off and booths or shelves provided for the use of voters to examine and mark their ballots.

Each booth was supplied with suitable facilities for the purpose and with cards of instructions.

The following persons, having been appointed by the Selectmen as Ballot Clerks, Tellers and Inspectors, were sworn to the faithful per- formance of their duties by the Town Clerk and assigned as follows:

Ballot Clerks -Frank N. Hurley and Edward W. Schwamb.

Tellers - Horace A. Freeman, George C. Tewksbury, George H. Peirce, Frank Y. Wellington, Lindsay K. Foster, Arthur L. Marston, Chas. P. Ladd, Jr., Edward W. Nicoll, John W. Power, Thomas H. Kelly, John J. Mahoney, Maurice P. Ahern, William D. Grannan and George E. Hill. Inspectors - Frank F. Russell and Edward H. H. Bartlett.

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Horace A. Freeman and George C. Tewksbury were assigned as Tellers at the ballot box and Messrs. Russell and Bartlett as Inspectors on the floor.

A sealed package of ballots, supplied by the Secretary of the Common- wealth, was then delivered by the Town Clerk to the presiding officer, who publicly broke the seal and delivered the ballots to the Ballot Clerks. Specimen ballots and cards of instructions were posted in con- formity to law, as were also cards of penalties on voters for violation of the law governing elections.

The ballot box was examined by the presiding officer and the Town Clerk and was found to be empty and the register set at zero.

A list of registered voters was supplied to the Ballot Clerks and Tellers by the Board of Registrars of Voters.

At four minutes past six o'clock the polls were declared open for the reception of votes, and were kept open, by vote of the meeting, until thirty minutes after four o'clock in the afternoon, when after due notice they were declared closed.

By consent of the presiding officer and the Town Clerk the ballot box was opened at fifteen minutes after eight o'clock in the morning for the purpose of counting the ballots, and was opened at various times during the day for that purpose as follows:

At 8.15 A. M. the ballot box registered. 478

At 9.30 A. M. the ballot box registered. 677

At 10.15 A. M.

the ballot box registered. 726

At 1.10 P. M. the ballot box registered. 988

At 2.10 P. M. the ballot' box registered. 1,088

At 3.15 P. M. the ballot box registered 1,188 At 4.20 P. M. the ballot box registered. 1,300

The keys of the ballot box were delivered by the presiding officer into the custody of Constable John Duffy, and remained in his custody until the polls closed.

At the close of the polls the ballot box registered thirteen hundred and twenty-two (1322) votes.

The names checked by the Ballot Clerks and the names checked by the Checkers at the ballot box were counted and found to agree with the number registered by the ballot box, thirteen hundred and twenty- two (1322).

The unused ballots were enclosed in a package, sealed, endorsed by the Ballot Clerks and delivered to the Town Clerk.

The election officers canvassed the votes given in and the whole number was found to be thirteen hundred and twenty-two (1322), which were sorted, counted and declaration thereof made in open meet- ing, as required by law, at fifty minutes after four o'clock, as follows:

Governor -Charles W. Bartlett, of Boston, had five hundred and five (505). James F. Carey, of Haverhill, had thirteen (13). Wın. H. Carroll, of Boston, had two (2). Curtis Guild, Jr., of Boston, had seven hundred and sixty-four (764). Willard O. Wylie, of Beverly, had seven (7). Blanks, thirty-one (31).

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Lieutenant-Governor - Thomas F. Brennan, of Salem, had six (6). Eben S. Draper, of Hopedale, had six hundred and thirty (630). Pat- rick Mahoney, of Boston, had fifteen (15). John H. Smith, of Dalton, had eleven (11). Henry M. Whitney of Brookline, had six hundred (600). Blanks, sixty (60).

Secretary-Charles C. Hitchcock, of Ware, had twenty-five (25). Jonathan S. Lewis, of Stoneham, had nineteen (19). Henry B. Little, of Newburyport, had three hundred and sixty (360). William M. Olin, of Boston, had eight hundred and thirty eight (838). Moritz E. Ruther, of Holyoke, had three (3). Blanks, seventy-seven (77).

Treasurer -Christopher D. Albro, of Milford, had fourteen (14). David S. Brodeur, of Brockton, had twenty (20). Arthur B. Chapin, of Holyoke, had eight hundred and forty-eight (848). Joao Claudino, of New Bedford, had one (1). Daniel F. Doherty, of Westfield, had three hundred and fifty-one (351). Blanks, eighty-eight (88).

Auditor - Patrick J. Ashe, of North Adams, had three hundred and forty-two (342). Herbert B. Griffin, of Boston, had nineteen (19). E. 0. Fredrik Hansson, of Medford, had six (6). Ambrose Miles, of Lynn, had twenty-five (25). Henry E. Turner, of Malden, had eight hundred and twenty-eight (828). Blanks, one hundred and two (102).

Attorney-General - Allen Coffin, of Nantucket, had twenty-six (26). Henry C. Hess, of Boston, had four (4). John P. Leahy, of Boston, had three hundred and sixty-two (362). Dana Malone, of Greenfield, had eight hundred and eleven (811). John Weaver Sherman, of Bos- ton, had twenty-five (25). Blanks, ninety-four (94).

Councillor, Third District - Warren W. Rawson had seven hundred and seventy-four (774). George A. Sandison had four hundred and thirty-four (434). Blanks, one hundred and fourteen (114).

Senator, Third Middlesex District -Charles E. Blaisdell had thirty (30). Alvah E. Dearborn had three hundred and sixty-seven (367). Elmer A. Stevens had eight hundred and twenty-three (823). Blanks, one hundred and two (102).

Representative in General Court, 13th Middlesex District - Timothy Collins had four hundred and nine (409). Arthur J. Wellington had eight hundred and sixty-three (863). Blanks, fifty (50).

County Commissioner, Middlesex - Frederick Bancroft, of Reading, had three hundred and eighty-nine (389). Levi S. Gould, of Melrose, had eight hundred and nineteen (819). Blanks, one hundred and four- teen (114).

Register, Probate and Insolvency - Alfred Belanger had three hun- dred and eighty-one (381). William E. Rogers had eight hundred and twenty-six (826). Blanks, one hundred and fifteen (115).

On motion, Article 2 of the warrant was taken up.

Article 2.

"To bring in their votes to the Town Clerk for a Moderator to preside for the transaction of Town business."

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Voted: - On motion of Warren W. Rawson, that the meeting proceed to the election of a Moderator to preside for the transaction of Town business.

Frank F. Russell and Charles P. Ladd, Jr., were appointed to receive, sort and count ballots for Moderator, and were sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties by the Town Clerk, and placed in charge of the ballot box and the check list.

The polls were then declared open for the reception of votes for Moderator and remained open for two minutes, at the expiration of which time the polls, on motion, were declared closed.

The votes were sorted, counted and declaration made by the Town Clerk as follows: whole number of votes cast two (2), both bearing the name of Walter A. Robinson, and Walter A. Robinson was de- clared elected Moderator and sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties by the Town Clerk.

Voted: - On motion of James A. Bailey, Jr., that when this meet- ing adjourns it adjourn to meet in Town Hall, Tuesday evening, No- vember 14th, at seven-thirty o'clock.

The returns of the election were then filed, signed by the Select- men, countersigned by the Town Clerk, sealed up in open meeting and delivered to the Town Clerk to be forwarded to the several places of destination.

Voted: - On motion of James A. Bailey, Jr., that the meeting be ad- journed.

Meeting adjourned at 6 o'clock.

A true record. Attest:

THOMAS J. ROBINSON,

Town Clerk.

TOWN RECORDS.

RECOUNT OF VOTES FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.

November 13, 1905.

To the Board of Selectmen, Arlington, Mass.

GENTLEMEN: - The undersigned, Registrars of Voters of the Town of Arlington, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 11, Section 267, of the Revised Laws, in relation to the recounts of ballots cast at any election, submit the following report: A petition in proper form was received within the required time, asking for a recount of the ballots cast for Lieutenant-Governor at the election in Arlington on November 7th. Notice was given to the parties interested and the recount was made by the undersigned at the Registrars' Office, in the Town Hall, on Monday, November 13th, at 7.30 P. M., with the following results:

Total number of ballots found in the envelopes, as sealed by the Selectmen, was 1,322, as follows:

Eben S. Draper had six hundred and thirty (630). Henry M. Whit- ney had five hundred and ninety-nine (599). Blanks, ninety-three (93). The only difference shown in the recount from the result as given by the Tellers on Election Day was one (1) vote. Their count being as follows:

Eben S. Draper had six hundred and thirty (630). Henry M. Whit- ney had six hundred (600). Blanks, ninety-two (92).

The ballots have again been sealed as required by law, and are in the possession of the Town Clerk.

Respectfully,

ARLINGTON, November 14, 1905. A true copy. Attest:

JOHN W. BAILEY, FRANKLIN T. ANDERSON, WINTHROP PATTEE, THOMAS J. ROBINSON, Registrars of Voters.

THOMAS J. ROBINSON,

Town Clerk.

TOWN RECORDS.

ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, NOVEMBER 14, 1905.

Pursuant to adjournment the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, met in the Town Hall, in said Town, on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five, and were called to order at thirty minutes after seven o'clock in the evening by Walter A. Robinson, the Moderator.

Voted: - On motion of Thomas J. Robinson, that as all voters were supplied with printed copies of the warrant, the reading of the same be dispenséd with.

Voted: - On motion of Frank W. Hodgdon, that all articles in the warrant, calling for an appropriation and which had been submitted to the Committee of Twenty-one, be taken up.

The Committee of Twenty-one, to whom all articles in the warrant calling for an appropriation had been referred, made their report in print and said report was distributed to all voters of the Town. (File No. 434.)

The Committee also made a report in print on the question submit- ted to them, by vote of the Town, at a meeting held May 2nd, 1905, with reference to petitioning the General Court for a modified form of gov- ernment. (File No. 434).

This report was also distributed to the voters of the Town.

Article 4 taken up.

"To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty (50) dollars for the Board of Survey."

Voted: - On motion of Frank W. Hodgdon, that the sum of fifty (50) dollars, to be taken from the overlayings of the tax of 1905, be appro- priated for the Board of Survey in addition to the appropriation made at the annual meeting in March.

Article 5 taken up.

"To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred (100) dollars for general incidental account."

Voted: - On motion of Frank W. Hodgdon, that the sum of one hun- dred (100) dollars, to be taken from the overlayings of the tax of 1905, be appropriated for incidentals, in addition to the appropriations made at the annual meeting in March.

Article 6 taken up.

"To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the payment of unpaid bills of 1904 account, or take any action relating thereto."

Voted: - On motion of Frank W. Hodgdon, that the sum of one hun- dred and sixty-five dollars and six cents (165.06), to be taken from the

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overlayings of the tax of 1905, be appropriated to pay bills for services rendered the Town in 1904, as follows:

Rent for branch of Robbins Library at Arlington Heights. $75 00

Birth and death returns 15 50

Printing 6 25

Town Counsel, special work

37 75

Expressing

14 45

Parmenter School to Highway Dept.

16 11

$165 06

Article 7 taken up.

"To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty (150) dollars to settle the claim of the Maryland Casualty Company against the Town for additional premium on liability in- surance account."

Voted: - On motion of Frank W. Hodgdon, that the sum of one hun- dred and fifty (150) dollars be appropriated to settle the claim of the Maryland Casualty Company, the same to be expended under the di- rection of the Selectmen, and taken from the treasury account.

Article 8 taken up.

"To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars to be expended the current year for suppressing the gypsy and brown-tail moths, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 381 of the Acts of 1905."

Voted, unanimously: - On motion of Frank W. Hodgdon, that a sum not exceeding five thousand (5,000) dollars be appropriated to be expended during the balance of the year 1905 under the direction of the Selectmen in suppressing the gypsy and brown-tail moths, in ac- cordance with the provision of Chapter 381 of the Acts of 1905, and that said sum be borrowed and the Town Treasurer be authorized to give the Town's note therefor, payable in not exceeding one year, bear- ing interest, signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Select- men. All sums received from the state in reimbursement for expendi- tures made under this appropriation to be used in paying said note and the balance included in the tax for 1906.

Article 9 taken up.

"To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of sixteen thousand, five hundred (16,500) dollars to be expended during the year 1906 for suppressing the gypsy and brown-tail moths, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 381 of the Acts of 1905."

Voted: - By a two-thirds vote, on motion of Frank W. Hodgdon, that the sum of sixteen thousand, five hundred (16,500) dollars be ap- propriated to. be expended during the year 1906 under the direction and control of the Selectmen in suppressing the gypsy and brown-tail moths in the Town of Arlington in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 381 of the Acts of 1905. That six thousand, five hundred (6,500) dol- lars of said sum be raised by general tax in 1906, and the balance, ten thousand (10,000) dollars, be borrowed and the Town Treasurer be au-

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thorized to give the Town's note therefor, payable in not exceeding one year, bearing interest, signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by tlie Selectmen.

Article 12 taken up.

"To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred (100) dollars for an automatic time clock for sounding the daily test signals of the Fire Alarm System."

Voted: - On motion of Frank W. Hodgdon, that the sum of one hun- dred (100) dollars be appropriated for the purchase and installation of an automatic tinie clock for sounding the daily test signals on the fire alarm system, said sum to be taken from the Treasury account.

Article 13 taken up.

"To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty (150) dollars for the care and removal of trees, the same to be expended under the direction of the Tree Warden."

Voted: - On motion of Frank W. Hodgdon, that the sum of fifty (50) dollars be appropriated, in addition to the amount appropriated at the annual meeting in March, for the expenses of the Tree Warden for the balance of the year 1905, the same to be taken from the Treas- ury account.

Article 14 taken up.

Voted: - That action on this article be indefinitely postponed.

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Town of Arlington annual report 1904-1906, Part 37

Author: Arlington (Mass.) Publication date: 1904-1906 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1358

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1904-1906
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1358