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The polls may be opened at seven o'clock A. M., and may be closed at eleven o'clock A. M.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk on or before the hour of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of February, A. D., 1899.
J. CUSHING GALLISON, HORACE W. HOSIE. HIRAM WHITING, Selectmen of Franklin.
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FRANKLIN TOWN RECORDS
FOR THE YEAR 1898.
WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING. MARCH 7th, 1898.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Franklin.
GREETING.
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. to notify and warn the qualified voters of the Town of Franklin to assemble in their Town Hall, on Monday, the 7th day of March. A. D. 1898, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To choose by ballot a moderator to preside over said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose by ballot the following town officers for the year ensuing, viz : Three Selectmen, a Town Treasurer, a Town Clerk. an Auditor, three Assessors of Taxes, three Overseers of the Poor, a Collector of Taxes. a member of the Board of Health for three years, one School Committee for three years, and three Constables, all to be voted for upon one ballot ; also upon the same ballot to vote upon the question : "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquor in this town?"
ART. 3. To choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 4. To see in what way and manner the town will collect its taxes the current year.
ART. 5. To hear a report of the town officers and act thereon.
ART. 6. To see what action the town will take in relation to a pound.
ART. 7. To vote a suitable number of names of persons into the jury box for the year ensuing.
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ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen. to borrow such sums of money in anticipation of taxes for the current year as may be necessary to meet the current expenses.
ART. 9. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in town for the current year.
ART. 10. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the repair- of roads, bridges and sidewalks; for the support of schools, including the salary of a Superintendent and the transportation of scholars; for repairing school houses, for school books, supplies and miscellaneous school expenses; for the support of the poor: for the support of the Fire Department; for water supply ; for street lights ; for the payment of the town debt and interest; for the payment of town officers; for the abatement and collection of taxes ; for printing and stationery; the suppression of illegal liquor traffic ; for payment of police ; for State and military aid; for support of the Library of the Franklin Library Association; for the decoration ot the soldiers' graves ; for soldiers' aid ; and for miscellaneous town expenses.
ART. H. To see if the town will appropriate any and what sums of money to construct concrete sidewalks in town, or do anything re- lating thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the town will erect and maintain an incandes- cent light on Union street, near the entrance to the cemetery.
ART. 13. To see if the town will erect and maintain an incandes- cent electric light on Central street, near the residence of Nelson Corbin.
ART. 14. To hear a report on guide boards from the Selectmen. and act thereon.
ART. 15. To see it the town, under the authority of Section 9. of Chapter 182, of the Acts of 1883. will vote to purchase the franchise and property of the Franklin Water Company, or appoint a committee to take into consideration the same, or take any action in relation tliereto.
ART. 16. To see if the town will accept Fales street, so called, as a public highway, as laid out by the Selectmen, or do anything relat- ing thereto.
ART. 17. To hear a report of the Selectmen on Nason street railroad crossing, and act thereon.
ART. 18. To see if the town will reimburse Owen Shields for a fine paid to Samuel Warner. or do anything relating thereto.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to buy the piece of land at the foot of the Common of Mrs. Newell Willett, or do anything re- lating thereto.
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ART. 20. To see if the town will authorize the School Committee to employ a Secretary at a salary not to exceed $50.
ART, 21. To see if the town will authorize the placing of an arc street light on Emmons street.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate five hundred dollars ($500), to be expended on the town cemetery, under the direction of the Selectmen, or do anything relating thereto.
ART. 23. To see if the town will put a fire alarm box near Almon Sanborn's on Maple street, and appropriate money therefor, or do any- thing relating thereto.
ART. 24. To see if the town will take any and what action in re- lation to lighting Pleasant street from the northerly end of Alpine street to the Norfolk town line.
ART. 25. To see what rate of interest the town will fix to be charged on taxes after December 1st next.
ART. 26. To see if the town will erect and maintain an arc elect- ric light on Union street, between the residences of Dennis Sheahan and John Kennedy, at the corner of a cross street, which runs from Union to Washington street.
ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to adopt a seal, or do any- thing relating thereto.
ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to require the School Com- mittee to employ a Superintendent of Schools, or do anything relating thereto.
The polls may be opened at 7 o'clock A. M., and may be closed at 11 o'clock A. M.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the hour of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of February, A. D. 1898.
CHAS. F. NYE, GEO. P. MASON, JOHN G. CUNNINGHAM.
Selectmen of Franklin.
Upon the foregoing warrant the following return was made.
NORFOLK, SS.
FEBRUARY 26, A. D. 1898.
By virtue of the within warrant I have notified the inhabitants of
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the Town of Franklin herein described to assemble in their Town Hall on Monday, the seventh day of March, 1898. for the purpose within mentioned, by posting attested copies of the within warrant in each of the post offices of the town, and in ten other public places, seven days before the day of meeting, in compliance with Section two of Article one of the By-Laws of the town of Franklin.
LEWIS R. WHITAKER, Constable of the Town of Franklin.
A true record of the warrant and return thereon.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
Proceedings of the Annual Town Meeting, MARCH 7th, 1898.
Pursnant to the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of said Franklin qualified to vote in town affairs met at the Town Hall, in said town, on the first Monday of March, 1898, it be- ing the seventh day of said month.
The meeting was called to order at the time and place named in said warrant by the Town Clerk who read the war- rant and return thereon, after which Lester L. Burrington was chosen Moderator by ballot, in receiving which the check-list was used, and he was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Nathan C. Nye and James W. Desmond were appointed Ballot Clerks by the Selectmen before the opening of the polls, and said Ballot Clerks were sworn by the Town Clerk before receiving the ballots. and before the opening of the polls the Town Clerk delivered a bundle packed by him and sealed. as required by law, containing (1350) thirteen hundred and fifty official ballots and seventy-five (75) special ballots for women, and the receipt of the Ballot Clerks was taken for said ballots as follows, viz :
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March 7, 1898.
Received of Orestes T. Doe, Town Clerk of Franklin, a package said to contain thirteen hundred and fitty (1350) official ballots and seventy-five (75) special ballots for women, prepared for use at the election of town officers held in said town this day.
NATHAN C. NYE, JAMES W. DESMOND,
Ballot Clerks.
The Town Clerk caused the cards of instructions and specimen ballots to be posted in each of the fourteen marking shelves or compartments, provided by the Selectmen and a guard-rail was set six (6) feet or more from said marking shelves or compartments, as required by law, and the cards of instructions and specimen ballots were posted outside the guard rail according to law.
The ballot box, used at the election was publicly opened and shown to be empty and was examined by the Moderator and Town Clerk, and the register thereon was set at 000 and then locked and the key thereof given to Anthony Connor, a police officer, after which the polls were declared opened.
When the ballots were delivered to the voters by the Ballot Clerks the check-list was used, and the name of each voter receiving a ballot was announced, and the name was checked on said list by the Ballot Clerks, and the voter so re- ceiving his ballot marked it at the marking shelf or compart- ment and then deposited his ballot in the box as directed by the Moderator, and the name of each voter so casting a ballot was announced in a loud and distinct tone of voice and checked upon the check-list by the election officers in charge at said box and list.
The Selectmen on the 21st day of February, 1898, ap- pointed Bradley M. Rockwood and John P. Costello to act as tellers at the annual election to be held on the seventh day of March, 1898. on which day the Moderator appointed James WV. Desmond and Nathan C. Nye, tellers ; all of said tellers were duly sworn.
James O. Chilson, Osmon B. Carter and Otis C. Skeele were appointed Ballot Clerks by the Moderator to fill vacan-
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cies, and they were duly sworn.
The ballot box was opened by the unanimous consent of the Moderator and Town Clerk at ten o'clock A. M., on said day, and the ballots taken therefrom for the purpose of count- ing, at which time the register on said box showed that one hundred and fifty-six (156) ballots had been cast therein. and upon a complete count of all ballots removed as aforesaid it was found that there were one hundred and sixty (160), and thereupon the canvass and counting of the votes was com- menced.
All of said ballots and the check-lists were kept within the unobstructed view of the voters present according to law.
The polls were closed at four o'clock P. M., when the register on the ballot box showed that five hundred and fifty- eight ballots had been cast therein, and the names checked on each voting list were then counted by the election officers in a distinct and audible voice, and the number checked on each list used for the men voters was five hundred and fifty-nine (559), which was announced; and the names checked on each of the check-lists used for the women voters were counted in the same manner and there were six (6) names checked on each, which was announced, and all the ballots cast into said ballot box were counted and there were found to be five hundred and sixty-five, including those cast by the men and women.
The number of ballots left at the close of the polls de- ducted from the whole number receipted for by the Ballot Clerks showed five hundred and fifty-nine (559) ballots deliv- ered to the men who voted and six delivered to the women voters.
All the ballots cast by the voters as aforesaid were sort- ed, counted and declaration thereof made by the Town Clerk in open town meeting as follows, viz :
For Selectmen :
John G. Cunningham had one hundred and ninety-one- 191.
J. Cushing Gallison had three hundred and forty-five ---
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345.
Horace W. Hosie had four hundred and five -405.
Jeremiah J. McCarthy had two hundred and twenty-six- 226.
Hiram Whiting had two hundred and sixty-eight-268. Alfred Clark, Jr., had two-2.
Lucius W. Daniels had two-2.
Edwin A. Mason had one-1.
Blanks. two hundred and thirty-seven-237.
And said Horace W. Hosie, J. Cushing Gallison and Hiram Whiting were declared elected.
For Town Clerk :
Orestes T. Doe had four hundred and ninety four-494. Blank, sixty-five-65.
And Orestes T. Doe was declared elected.
For Town Treasurer :
Henry R. Jenks had five hundred and one-501. James E. Kelly had one-1. Blank. fifty-seven-57.
And Henry R. Jenks was declared elected.
For Assessors :
Elisha P. Chapman had three hundred and ninety-390. James O. Chilson had three hundred and ninty-four-394. Lawrence J. Kelley had two hundred and fifty-four-254. William Rockwood had three hundred and forty-340. Blanks, two hundred and ninty-nine-299.
And said James O. Chilson, Elisha P. Chapman and William Rockwood were declared elected.
For Overseers of the Poor :
George E. Emerson had four hundred and thirty-one- 431.
Samuel Y. Reed had four hundred and seventy-two -- 472. Hiram Whiting had four hundred and forty-one-441. C. Milton Allen had four-4.
Warren H. Bright had three-3.
Bernard W. McCabe had one-1.
John D. Hutchinson had one-1.
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Blanks, three hundred and twenty-four-824.
And Samuel Y. Reed, George E. Emerson and Hiram Whiting were declared elected.
For Auditor :
Nelson E. Newell had four hundred and fifty-three-453. Blanks, one hundred and six-106.
And Nelson E. Newell was declared elected.
For Collector of Taxes :
Granville H. Ellis had one hundred and sixty-one-161.
Edward H. Sherman had three hundred and sixty-six- 366.
Blanks, thirty-two-32.
And Edward H. Sherman was declared elected.
For School Committee for Three Years :
Fred P. Chapman had three hundred and eighty-three -383.
James E. Kelly had one hundred and forty-two-142. Albert King had one-1. A. J. Gallison had one-1. Blanks, thirty-eight-38.
And Fred P. Chapman was declared elected.
For Board of Health for Three Years :
Dwight M. Hodge had three hundred and eighty-380. Daniel F. Shay had one hundred and thirty-three-133. Solon Abbott had one-1.
Blanks, forty-five-45.
And said Dwight M. Hodge was declared elected.
FOR CONSTABLES :
Anthony Connor had two hundred and ninety-two .- 292. Fred L. Davis had three hundred and seventy-eight-378. Kervin R. Jewett had three hundred and thirty-six-336. Lewis R. Whitaker had three hundred and thirty-three -333.
P. J. Feeley had one-1.
Uriah B. Williams had one-1.
Blanks, three hundred and thirty-six-336.
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And Fred. L. Davis, Kervin R. Jewett and Lewis R. Whitaker were declared elected.
In answer to the question "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquor in this town?"
Yes, two hundred and three-203.
No, three hundred and six-306.
Blanks, fifty-50.
Voted, that when this meeting adjourns it be to Monday, the fourteenth day of March current, at Morse's Opera House, at 7 o'clock P. M.
Voted that the polls be kept open until 4 o'clock P. M. this day and then closed.
Voted, that the moderator appoint a committee of fifteen to consider the remaining articles of the warrant and to report thereon at the adjourned town meeting.
And the moderator appointed for said committee the fol- lowing named persons, viz. :
William F. Ray, Charles F. Nye, Fred. P. Chapman, George E. Emerson, James O. Chilson. Henry R. Jenks, George W. Wiggin, Joseph P. Bassett, Charles Stewart, Lawrence J. Kelley, Henry E. Ruggles, Alfred Clark, Jere- miah J. McCarthy. George R. Winsor, Charles J. Mckenzie.
After the declaration of the vote. as aforesaid, all the bal- lots cast at said election were sealed up in an envelope and endorsed thereon by the Moderator. and the check-lists used were also sealed up and endorsed by the Moderator and Bal- lot Clerks respectively, and were all placed in the custody of the Town Clerk.
On motion at 6 o'clock P. M., the meeting was adjourned to Monday next, at Morse's Opera House at 7 o'clock P. M. A true record.
Attest : ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS.
Franklin, Mass., Mar. 7, 1898.
I hereby certify that Orestes T. Doe appeared before me
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this day and made oath that he would faithfully discharge the duties of Town Clerk of Franklin, in said Commonwealth, to which office he has been this day duly elected.
JAMES M. FREEMAN, Justice of the Peace.
A true record. Attest :
ORESTES T. DOE, Town Clerk.
I administered the oath of office according to law to the following named persons who were elected to office in the Town of Franklin at the annual election held March '7th, A. D. 1898, ou the dates set against their respective names. all in said year.
SELECTMEN-Horace W. Hosie, March 7th ; J. Cushing Gallison, March 8th ; Hiram Whiting, March 8th.
ASSESSORS. as prescribed by statute-James O. Chilson, March 8th ; William Rockwood. March Sth; Elisha P. Chapman, March 8th.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-George E. Emerson, March 7th ; Samuel Y. Reed, March 8th ; Hiram Whiting, March 8th.
TREASURER-Henry R. Jenks, March 8th.
AUDITOR-Nelson E. Newell. March 8th.
BOARD OF HEALTH -- Dwight M. Hodge, March 8th.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS-Fred P. Chap- man, March 8th.
CONSTABLES-Lewis R. Whitaker, March 8th : Fred L. Davis ; March 9th ; Kervin R. Jewett, March 10th.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-Edward H. Sherman, March 26th. ORESTES T. DOE. Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of Adjourned Annual Town Meeting,
MARCH 14th, 1898.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Franklin qualified to vote in town affairs, held in Morse's Opera House in said town, on Monday, the 14th day of March. 1898, pur- suant to the aforesaid adjournment, Lester L. Burrington, the Moderator, called the meeting to order at 7 o'clock in the evening, and the business proceeded as follows, to wit :
ARTICLE 3. The meeting made choice of the following town officers :
FENCE VIEWERS. Cyrus M. Allen, James O. Chilson, Lucius W. Daniels.
FIELD DRIVERS. Orrin F. Fiske, Michael J. Hart, John J. Colgan.
POUND KEEPER.
Norman B. Stone.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN
The Committee appointed to consider the remaining arti- cles of the warrant, through its Chairman. Hon. William F. Ray, presented the report thereof and the meeting voted that said report be accepted and placed on file, and it was also voted that each section of the report of said committee be acted upon at the same time as the articles in the warrant to which it referred.
COMPENSATION OF COLLECTOR.
ARTICLE 4. Committee report and recommend "That the compensation of the Collector of Taxes be one per cent. on the amount collected, and that the Collector have the same power and authority that the Treasurer has when appointed Collector."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
REPORT OF TOWN OFFICERS.
ARTICLE 5. Committee report and recommend "That the report of the Town Officers, as printed in the Annual
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Report, be accepted."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
POUND.
ARTICLE 6. Committee report and recommend " That the yard at the Almshouse be the pound for the present year." Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
JURORS.
ARTICLE 7. Committee report and recommend " That the list of jurors, as printed by the Selectmen, be placed in the jury box the current year."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted. and the names as posted and accepted are as follows :
Allen, Cyrus M.
Allen, Thomas B.
Arnold, Everett F.
Austin. William H.
Bacon. Albert O.
Blake, William A.
Bright, Fred A.
King street Pond street Beaver street School street
Buckley, Daniel, Jr.
Burrington, Lester L.
Butters, Edward F.
Chapman, Elisha P.
Chilson, James O.
Cleaveland, William M.
Cook, Herbert A.
Corbin, Charles H.
Cosseboom, George D.
Crowninshield. Walter.
Desmond, James W.
Dove, William,
Emerson, George E.
Estey, Willard A.
Everett. Alfred F.
Main street Fales street King street Alpine street
Frost, Samuel HI.
Summer street Union street Union street Crescent street
Brock, Albert L.
Pond street Main street West street Dean street Dean street Garfield street Ruggles street Central street Crescent street Queen street Church street Union street
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Gage, Horace F. Gaskill, George N. Geb. Jacob F. . Gowen, Charles R.
Hopkins, Jessie D. Hosford, James R. Hosie, Horace W.
Hosie, John P. Kingsbury, George A. Lesure, John F.
Martin, Thomas L.
Messenger, Everett S.
Metcalf, Edgar A.
Metcalf, E. Lovell, Moran, Daniel P.
Murphy, John, Jr.
Newell. Nelson E.
Nye. Charles F.
Osborne, Fred E.
O'Sullivan, John A. Peck, George I.
Sanborn. Almon,
Sanborn, Marston,
Sherman, Edward H.
Smith, Calvin M.
Sommers, Rudolph, Stetson, Orlando S. Stevens, Roswell K. Stewart, Charles L.
Talbot, Henry A.
Tyler, John H.
Ware, Eugene F. Walsh. John P.
White, Richard S. . Willoughby, George II.
Woodward. Amos P.
Woodward, Palmer A.
North Park street Washington street McCarthy street Pleasant street Lincoln street Crescent street Emmons street Peck street Lincoln street Central street Summer street Main street Crescent street Central street Dean street Pleasant street Alpine street Central street Central street Pleasant street Central street Maple street School street High street Beaver street Dean street Maple street Queen street Union street Central street King street Main street School street Main street Emmons street Main street Main street
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BORROWING MONEY.
ARTICLE 8. Committee report and recommend "That the Treasurer be authorized, under the direction of the Select- men, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes for the current year."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
ARTICLE 9. Committee report and recommend " That the Selectmen be instructed to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquor the current year."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
APPROPRIATIONS.
ARTICLE 10. Voted, that the town raise and appropriate for the following named purposes the following named sums of money for the current year, to wit :
For repair of roads, bridges and sidewalks. to be
expended under the direction of the Select- men, $7,000 00 For the support of schools, including the salary of a Superintendent, and the transportation of scholars; for repairing school houses, for school books, supplies and miscellaneous school expenses. 13,500 00
For support of poor,
5,000 00
" support of Fire Department. 2,200 00
ยทยท water supply, 4,040 00
" payment of town officers,
1,500 00
66 66 debt.
2,200 00
.. " interest,
1,500 00
"' abatement and collection of taxes,
1,000 00
" street lights,
3,700 00
" suppression of illegal liquor traffic and for pay- ment of police,
1,500 00
" State and Military aid.
500 00
" the support of the library of the Franklin Li- brary Association, 700 00
" printing and stationery, 350 00
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" the decoration of soldiers' graves, 100 00
" soldiers' aid, 600 00
" miscellaneous town expenses, 1,000 00
The last named sum to include insurance on all town buildings.
Voted, that the Assessors publish, in the next Annual Town Report, a list of all abatements and the reasons there- for.
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS.
ARTICLE 11. Committee report and recommend " That the town raise and appropriate five hundred ($500) dollars for the construction of concrete sidewalks, and that the sum be spent for this purpose in whole or in part, as abutters may contribute a like amount."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
ELECTRIC LIGHT ON UNION STREET.
ARTICLE 12. Committee report and recommend " That this article be indefinitely postponed."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
ELECTRIC LIGIIT ON CENTRAL STREET.
ARTICLE 13. Committee report and recommend " That this article be indefinitely postponed."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
REPORT OF SELECTMEN ON GUIDEBOARDS.
ARTICLE 14. Committee make no recommendation. The Selectmen, by their chairman, Charles F. Nye, made an oral report that the guideboards were in fair condition, and it was voted that the report of the Selectmen be accepted.
PURCHASE OF WATER WORKS.
ARTICLE 15. Committee report and recommend " That the subject matter of this article be referred to a committee of five ; that they are hereby requested to consult with the Frank- lin Water Co. in regard to the purchase of its property ; to make a thorough investigation. and to report the result with recommendations to the town."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted,
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and that the Moderator appoint the committee, whereupon the Moderator appointed as such committee: Joseph G. Ray, William F. Ray, Geo. W. Wiggin, Harry T. Hayward and Charles Stewart.
FALES STREET.
ARTICLE 16. Committee report and recommend " That the town accept Fales Street as laid out by the Selectmen."
Voted, that the report of the committee be not adopted, and that further consideration of this matter be indefinitely postponed.
NASON CROSSING.
ARTICLE 17. Committee make no recommendation.
Voted, that the matter be referred to the Selectmen, with full power to act in the premises.
FINE REPAID OWEN SHIELDS,
ARTICLE 18. Committee report and recommend . That the amount of fine be refunded to Mr. Shields."
Voted, that the report and recommendation be adopted.
PURCHASE OF MRS. NEWELL WILLETT'S LAND.
ARTICLE 19. Committee make no recommendation.
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