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Roberts, George E., care of green, 9 40
Evans, F. L., services, 45 00
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Smith, D. C. and others, on ac- count of strip of land on Railroad Ave., $200 00
Metcalf, Charles A., engineer- ing, 7 60
$1,419 64
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TOWN REPORT.
RECAPITULATION.
Paid Board of Health
$ 27 85
Bonding Officers
115 00
Cemetery Department
197 65
Decoration Day
20 00
Fire Department
1058 69
Guard rail
63 95
Gypsy Brown Tail Moth
3492 42
Miscellaneous
1417 64
Police Department
228 48
Poor Department
1265 23
Road roller
605 79
Salaries and Fees
2150 25
Snow removal
1310 30
Soldier's relief
62 00
State Highway
5669 99
Highway
5182 61
Street lighting
2887 16
Street watering
2237 09
Street oiling
Town Hall
1938 42
Tree Warden
125 38
School warrants
12,335 88
State aid
962 00
Military aid
96 00
Officer's fees by order of Court
59 92
Assistance to W. B. Dodge
104 00
Cemetery, Bond, No. 3
1000 00
Interest on same
20 00
School Street
388 75
Asbury Street
1766 50
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South School, contract $ 853 86
Maxwell, Norman, Fund
189 66
State Highway, repairs 76 00
Town Hall, Bond No. 13
1000 00
Interest on Bonds
300 00
Schoolhouse Bond No. 4
980 00
Interest on Bonds 450 80
Notes, Merchants National Bank 30,000 00
Interest on same
845 01
Trustees of Public Library
400 00
State tax
5775 00
County tax 6133 92
Assessors' Department, valuation
book 48 00
Assessors' Department
131 77
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TOWN REPORT.
Auditor's Report.
February, 1911.
I have examined the accounts of the Town of Hamilton and find them according to preceding reports.
ANDREW HARADEN,
Auditor.
GEORGE H. GIBNEY,
C. AUGUSTUS NORWOOD, Selectmen of Hamilton. H. A. THOMAS,
Tax Collector's Report.
Account of taxes with the Town of Hamilton, December 31, 1910.
Due the Town for 1909, $11,373 90
Due the Town for 1910,
42,831 44
$54,205 34
Paid Treasurer,
47,623 79
Due the Town on uncollected taxes,
$6,581 55
Divided as follows :
1908-9, 1910,
$1,473 90 5,107 65
$6,581 55
CHARLES W. APPLETON, Collector.
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TOWN REPORT.
Town Clerk's Report.
In submitting my report will say that I have had the honor of completing (as 'Town Clerk), the unexpired term of our late towns- man, George T. Litchfield, who deceased May 7, 1910.
SAMUEL A. F. WHIPPLE.
There is on record one Special Town Meeting held June 1st, 1910.
PETITIONS.
The following hearings have been held by the Selectmen :
June 16. On petition from the New England Telegraph and Tel- ephone Co., for relocation of pole corner of Main and Railroad Avenue. Granted.
June 20. On the petition of Norman J. Conrad and others, to lay out Railroad Avenue to a width of forty-six feet be- tween Main and Willow Streets. Granted.
July 18. On petition of the New England Telegraph and Tele- phone Co., for permission to erect seven poles on Asbury Street between Asbury Grove and Main Street. Granted.
July 18. On petition of the New England Telegraph and Tele- phone Co., for permission to attach its wires and fix- tures to poles of the Boston and Northern Railway Co., on Asbury Street, south side, between Main Street and Hamilton Park. Granted.
July 25. On petition of the New England Telegraph and Tele- phone Co., for permission to attach its wires and fix- tures to poles of the Postal Telegraph Co., Bridge
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Street, west side, from Main Street to Essex. Granted.
Aug. 22. On petition of the Beverly Gas and Electric Co., for location of two poles on Linden Street and two on Elliott Street. Granted.
Sept. 12. On petition of the Beverly Gas and Electric Co., for location of one pole on Elliott Street and two poles on Linden Street. Granted.
Sept. 26. On petition of the Beverly Gas and Electric Co., for lo- cation of three or four poles on Union Street. Granted.
Oct. 31. On petition of the Beverly Gas and Electric Co., for location of three or four poles on Union Street, Jones' greenhouse. Granted.
Nov. 14. On petition of the New England Telegraph and Tele- phone Co., for four poles on Union Street. Granted.
Dec. 5. On petition of the New England Telegraph and Tele- phone Co., for permission to attach its wires and fix- tures to poles of the Boston and Northern Railway, on Essex Road, east side, between Woodbury's Crossing and residence of George Knowlton.
MARRIAGES RECORDED, 1910.
Jan. 4. Eddie A. Frear of Troy, N. Y. and Mary E. Richardson of Newburyport, Mass.
Feb. 20. Frank P. Day of Hamilton and Esther E. Erickson of Finland.
Mch, 6. Rufus W. Ferguson of Beverly and Agnes B. Earing of Hamilton.
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Mch. 23. Harry C. French of Lynn and Bertha E. Abbott of Hamilton.
June 2. Arthur K. Story of Beverly and Myra A. Sawyer of Hamilton.
June 7. George F. Terrio of Wenham and Margaret A. Buckley of Ireland.
June 15. Herman A. Stanchfield of Monada, Me. and Dollie L. Symonds of Salem.
Aug. 11. Frederick E. Gilbert, Jr. of New York City and Marga- ret Chadwick of New York City.
Aug. 31. Joseph Letarte, Jr. and Sadie L. Abbott of Hamilton. Sept. 28. Ralph P. Allen of Beverly and Sarah A. Colesworthy of Essex.
Oct. 25. Gervase Featherstone, England and Mercy Gentlee Abbott of So. Hamilton.
Nov. 9. John D. H. Bolien of Littleton, N. H. and Eva French of Lynn.
Nov. 23. Edwin D. Stillman of Wenham and Florence A. Kim- ball of Beverly.
Nov. 30. Guy II. Copeland of Washington, N. H. and Helen Dodge of Beverly.
Dec. 19. Edward J. Ready of Ipswich and Clarrissa E. Chandler of Boston.
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DEATHIS RECORDED, 1910.
Yrs.
Mos. Dys.
Jan. 3. Catherine Crosby
70
Jan. 18. Annie S. Lamson
68
6 22
Jan. 26. Mercy Gentlee
ยท 62
5
Feb. 2. Charles McQuillis 70
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Yrs,
Mos. Dys.
Feb. 4. John F. Morrow
39
7 28
Feb. 28. Elizabeth Brown
82
7
Mar. 16. Wilfred R. Iredale
28
9
12
Apr. 15. Mary H. Minard
79
Apr. 19.
Hattie Barker Dane
53
7
Apr. 30.
Charles A. Tibbetts
65
3
May 7. George T. Litchfield
57
6 19
July 7. James E. Brewer
60
4 5
July 12.
Edward Terrian
56
July 26. Percy Swinamar
27
Aug. 4. Minnie F. Poole
40
6
17
Aug. 8. Chester M. Striley
27
8 10
Aug. 21. Donald Keefe
1
Aug. 23.
Hannah Bancroft
68
8
Sept. 2. Ira B. Quimby
80
1
1
Sept. 7.
William H. Woodworth
77
9
7
Oct. 25.
Jacob M. Striley
52
8
15
Oct. 26.
Augustine D. Dodge
17
10
27
Nov. 2. Gertrude Louise Merrill
1
1 2
Nov. 8.
- Burns
62
7
15
Dec. 25. Regina Catherine Duran
2
4
24
BROUGHT INTO TOWN, 1910.
Apr. 11. Silas Roberts Burnham
Apr. 14. Nils R. Nelson
Dec. 1.
Fred A. Nason
Aug. 8. James E. Dow
BIRTHS RECORDED, 1910.
Jan. 8. William Earle, son to Charles and Minnie Dykins. Jan. 14. Alonzo Howard, son to Amos W. and Alice E. Hatt.
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Mar. 4. Julia Emma Christine, daughter to Charles A. and Betty Louise Williams.
Mar. 17. Eunice Evelyn, daughter to Wendell W. and Helen M. Dodge.
Mar. 24. Violet Anne, daughter to Arthur and Fannie J. Mason.
Mar. 31. Gardner Steves, son to George and Louise Knight.
Apr. 2. Arthur Eugene, son to Fred and Maud Turpin.
Apr. 24. -, son to Nellie Dixon.
May 4. Philip, Jr., son to Philip and Mary E. Scully.
May 8. Helen Ernstine, daughter to Ernest S. and Edith F. Berry.
May 10. Gretchen, daughter to Thomas and Sarah Sweeney.
May 11. -, James Kelliher.
May 21. Ralph Glenburn, son to Morris G. and Helen W. Hatt.
May 21. Natalie Hamilton, daughter to Albert K. and Ethel A. Gregware.
May 25. John Thomas, son to Thomas and Amy Koloski.
June 1. Donald Edwin, son to Charles W. and Betha S. Jordan.
June 4. Harold Benjamin, son to William M. and Nellie M. Davey.
June 4. Kathrine Marie, daughter to James and Bridget McArdle.
June 10. George Malcolm, son to George C. and Alice B. Don- aldson.
June 20. Thelma Elizabeth, daughter to Allan and Etta B. McDonald.
June 21. Mary Lenox, daughter to Harrison and Mary Crocker. June 27. John Sibley, son to Harry H. and Mabel Francis Roper.
July 4. -, daughter to Joseph, Jr. and Sadie LeTarte. July 24. Robert Frederick, son to Ralph L. and Josephine A. Hatch.
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Aug. 30. James Archibald, son to John J. and Margaret Rhodes. Sept. 8. Amny Florence, daughter to Oscar J. and Ethel M. Daniels.
Sept. 21. Helen Gladys, daughter to Gerald E. and Agnes E. Lincoln.
Sept. 26. Frederick Hayes, son to Henry and Katherine Stone, Jr.
Sept. 28. Thomas Francis, son to Thomas and Mary E. Wright. Sept. 30. Harold Clifton, son to Charles Arthur and Blanch May Smerage.
Oct. 8. Kathryn Louise, daughter to Jonathan and Grace B. Lamson, Jr.
Oct. 13. , son to Myron and Rosa Nutter.
Oct. 30. -, son to Alvah S. and Etta B. Lightbody.
Nov. 7. Gertrude Blanch, daughter to Charles and Blanch McRea.
Nov. 8. - -, daughter to Thomas and Mary Burns.
Nov 28. Julia Dane, daughter to Frank W. and Mattie W. Buzzell.
Dec. 7. Marguerite, daughter to George E. and Margaret Lake.
Dec. 14. Son to Peter E. and Graziel A. Fraser.
Dec. 25. Daughter to Benjamin and Nellie Letarte.
Dec. 29. Son to Ernest and Mollie B. Lefavour.
DOG LICENSES.
Whole number issued for 1910-126, of which 97 were for Males, 24 for Females, 3 for Breeders and 2 for Kennels. George T. Litchfield issued 5, $ 13 00 S. A. F. Whipple issued 121, 476 00
Total cash received, $489 00
SAMUEL A. F. WHIPPLE,
Town Clerk.
In Memory of JONATHAN LAMSON.
Jonathan Lamson, son of Jarvis and Esther (Woodbury) Lamson, was born in Hamilton, Mass., October 9, 1856, and was educated at Dummer Academy in Byfield and 'at Amherst College, where he graduated in 1877. He studied law in the office of the late Charles Sewall in Salem, and was admitted to the Essex County Bar, March 7, 1880. He began the practice of his profession in Marblehead, where he remained only a short time, and then retired to Hamilton where he spent the remainder of his life. He died January 3rd of the present year. After retiring from his profession he engaged in farming, also holding at differ- ent times the following town offices : member of the Board of Selectmen for three terms, of the School Committee for three years, and of the Board of Assessors for three terms.
He took a keen interest in all public affairs and at the occasion of the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the town in 1893, delivered the welcome address. Had he remained at the bar he would have achieved success.
Agreeable and courteous in manner, in all his official and business relations he had the confidence and respect of his associates and fellow citizens, and by all his loss is deplored.
HAMILTON, February, 1911.
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TOWN REPORT.
Report and Recommendation of the Committee of Nine for the best means of Fire Protection in the Town of Hamilton.
The Committee of nine appointed by the moderator at a special town meeting held at the Town Hall on June 1, 1910, to investigate and report at a special or at the next annual town meeting, on the best means of fire protection begs to offer the following report and recommendation :
1st. We have found that the Auto Chemical Fire Engine is the quickest and best means of extinguishing fires and an article has been prepared for insertion in the Town Warrant to see what action the town cares to take in regard to this matter.
2nd. We feel that everywhere practical, every citizen should have in house or outbuildings, Hand Chemical Fire Extinguishers or at least buckets of sand which are of great utility in extinguishing fires from kerosene, naphtha, gaso- line, etc.
3rd. We also recommend a system of storing water for fire protection in closely settled districts of the town.
4th. Finally, we recommend a By-Law providing for Fire Resisting Roofs in congested districts when the town sees fit to do so.
GEORGE H. HOOD, Chairman.
HOUSTON A. THOMAS, Secretary.
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TOWN REPORT.
Report of Cemetery Commissioners. (Account closed Dec. 31, 1910.)
At the last annual Town Meeting, held March 8, 1910, Frank C. Norton was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
ORGANIZATION.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, Chairman, Term expires 1911
GEORGE H. GIBNEY, Secretary, Term expires 1912
FRANK C. NORTON, Term expires 1913
GEORGE E. ROBERTS, Superintendent of Cemetery
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$300 00
EXPENSES.
Paid George E. Roberts, labor in
cemetery, $47 40
George E. Roberts, special work for record book, 5 00
John L. Woodbury, stock and labor for sign posts, 7 00
Frank C. Norton, repairs on tool house, 29 75
Walter L. Smith, driving well in cemetery, 33 50
George K. Knowlton, special work on record book, 35 00
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George K. Knowlton, commis- sion services, $ 15 00
George H. Gibney, commission services, 15 00
Frank C. Norton, commission
services, 15 00
$202 65
$97 35
Balance unexpended,
Account of endowment funds placed in trust of the Town of Hamilton and deposited in the Ipswich Savings Bank ; the income only of which is to be used for the perpetual care of the several named cemetery lots, as provided for in the endowment.
Bequest by Mrs. Zerviah B. Dane of one thousand dol- lars for the perpetual care of Lot No. 23 Central Avenue, south side, said lot being recorded in the Town records in the name of Francis Dane.
Any surplus income from this fund not needed for the proper care of the Lot may be used for improvement of the Town cemetery.
April 14, 1910, deposit in Ipswich Sav- ings Bank, $1,000 00
July, 1910, dividend, 10 00
$1,010 00
Dec. 31, 1910, paid for care of Lot No. 23, 7 00
Jan. 1, 1911, balance in bank, $1,003 00
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TOWN REPORT.
H. AUGUSTA DODGE AND MARY A. DODGE.
(Lot shown on cemetery plan made by C. A. Metcalf.)
Jan. 1, 1910, cash in Ipswich Savings Bank, $214 60
July, 1910, dividend, 4 28
$218 88
Dec. 31, 1910, paid for care of lot, 3 00
Jan. 1, 1911, balance in Bank, $215 88
DANIEL E. SAFFORD.
Jan. 1, 1910, cash in Ipswich Savings
Bank, $104 08
July, 1910, dividend, 2 08
$106 16
Dec. 31, 1910, paid for care of lot No. 29, eastern half, 2 00
Jan. 1, 1911, balance in Bank, $104 16
DANIEL ROBERTS.
Feb. 25, 1910, Deposit in Ipswich Sav-
$100 00
ings Bank,
July 10, 1910, Dividend, 1 00
$101 00
Dec. 31, Paid for care of lot No. 1,
1 00
Jan. 1, 1911, Balance in Bank, $100 00
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TOWN REPORT.
AMOS BURNHAM.
Jan. 1, 1910, Cash in Ipswich Savings Bank,
$103 06
July, 1910, Dividend, 2 06
$105 12
Dec. 31, 1910, Paid for care of lot No. 68, 3 00
Jan. 1, 1911, Balance in Bank, $102 12
MARSHALL K. ABBOTT.
Jan. 1, 1910, Cash in Ipswich Savings Bank,
$206 04
July, 1910, Dividend, 4 12
$210 16
Dec. 31, 1910, Paid for care of lots Nos. 140-141, 5 00
Jan. 1, 1911, Balance in Bank, $205 16
From Estate of JULIA A. ALLEN for care of DANIEL
S. ALLEN Burial Lot.
Jan. 1, 1910, Cash in Ipswich Savings Bank, $378 25 July, 1910, Dividend, 7 56
$385 81
Dec. 31, 1910, Paid for care of lot No. 97, 6 00
Jan. 1, 1911, Balance in Bank, $379 81
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ELIZABETH S. BROWN.
Jan. 1, 1910, Cash in Ipswich Savings Bank, $102 00
July, 1910, Dividend, 2 04
$104 04
Dec. 31, 1910, Paid for care of lot No.
173, 4 00
Jan. 1, 1911, Balance in Bank, $100 04
LUTHER F. DANE.
Jan. 1, 1910, Cash in Ipswich Savings
Bank, $103 02
July, 1910, Dividend, 2 06
$105 08
Dec. 31, 1910, Paid for care of lot No.
151, 4 00
Jan. 1, 1911, Balance in Bank, $101 08
JACOB KINSMAN.
Jan. 1, 1910, Cash in Ipswich Savings
Bank, $51 02
July, 1910, Dividend. 1 02
852 044
Dec. 31, 1910, Paid for care of lot No. 7, eastern half, 2 00
Jan. 1, 1911, Balance in Bank, $50 04
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TOWN REPORT.
JOSEPH T. DODGE. Sept. 14, 1910, Deposit in Ipswich Sav- ings Bank, $100 00 Endowment of Lot No. 45.
GEORGE T. HAYNES.
(Lot shown on Cemetery plan made by C. A. Metcalf.) Jan. 1, 1910, Cash in Ipswich Savings Bank, $107 06
July, 1910, Dividend, 2 14
$109 20
Dec. 31, 1910, Paid for care of lot,
3 00
Jan. 1, 1911, Balance in Bank, $106 20
CHOATE BURNHAM. (Lot shown on Cemetery plan made by C. A. Metcalf. Jan. 1, 1910, Cash in Ipswich Savings Bank,
July, 1910, Dividend, 3 56
$178 80
$182 36
Dec. 31, 1910, Paid for care of lot,
6 76
Jan. 1, 1911, Balance in Bank, $175 60
LUCRETIA D. WHIPPLE. Jan. 1, 1910, Cash in Ipswich Savings Bank, $104 14
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July, 1910, Dividend, $ 2 08
$106 22
Dec. 31, 1910, Paid for care of Lot. No.
11, eastern half, 2 00
Jan. 1, 1911, Balance in Bank, $104 22
The Commissioners have to report that thorough repairs have been made on the Cemetery tool house located on Eastern Avenue.
Also a much needed water supply in this part of the Cen- etery has been provided in a driven well at the side of the tool house.
Much work has been done during the year on a Cemetery record book, and while it is impossible to make a complete record, such as the book is intended to contain, owing to the fact that no such record has ever before been kept in this town, a large amount of valuable information has been ob- tained and recorded in regard to the Cemetery lots and in- terments.
An appropriation of $300.00 is recommended for Ceme- tery use.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, GEORGE H. GIBNEY, FRANK C. NORTON,
Cemetery Commissioners.
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TOWN REPORT.
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
Nothing of special note is to be reported in regard to the work of the Public Library during the past year.
The circulation is constantly increasing and I am glad to report that the call for books of the old standard writers has also increased.
Owing to the fact that most of the schools in town have small libraries of their own, the demand for books from the Public Library has not been as great this year as in previous years.
By the will of the late Zeviah B. Dane we received some over three hundred volumes many of which are very valuable.
We wish to express thanks to all who have given books to the library. We received a miscellaneous collection of books from Mrs. Robbins for which we were very grateful ; from John McBride & Co., New York, a copy of "Bacon vs. Shakespeare; " from A. C. McClure, a copy of "The History of the Telephone." We have also received eleven Vital Records and a number of Public Documents.
A slight change was made this year in the list of magazines and I would suggest that at the expiration of the present subscriptions in June that other changes be made.
Total number of volumes, January, 1910, 5,810
Total number of volumes added during year, 508
Total number of volumes Jan. 1, 1911, 6318
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TOWN REPORT.
Number of volumes issued :
Fiction.
History.
Biography.
Miscellaneous.
Total.
January,
807
14
5
18
844
February,
331
4
10
4
349
March,
679
13
14
9
715
April,
768
12
7
15
802
May,
662
6
9
26
703
June,
673
15
4
5
697
July,
706
12
6
8
732
August,
506
4
3
10
523
September, 525
29
4
19
577
October,
667
20
7
8
702
November, 463
17
6
15
501
December, 591
6
5
17
619
7378
152
80
154
7764
Number of magazines issued during year,
2040
Number of new cards added,
103
Amount collected for fines,
$3.52
GRACE C. STONE, Librarian.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer, in account with Trustees of Public Library at Hamilton, Mass.
DR
January 1, 1910. Balance to credit of Library Trustees, $605 81
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TOWN REPORT.
December 15, 1910. Received from
John L. Woodbury, Town Treas- urer, amount appropriated at last annual town meeting, $400 00
December 28, 1910. Received from Grace C. Stone, Librarian, amount of fines to December 28, 1910, 3 52
$1,009 33
CR.
February 1, 1910. Paid Warrant No. 1.
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, books, $42 24
Grace C. Stone, salary, 37 50
A. C. Cummings, teaming books,
25 00
$104 74
March 23. Paid Warrant No. 2.
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, books, $16 89
E. L. Perley, binding books,
13 00
Records of the Past Exploration Society, 3 00
Grace C. Stone, salary, 37 50
Grace C. Stone, extra services, 12 00
$82 39
August 23. Paid Warrant No. 3.
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, books, $86 76
Horace E. Andrews, supplies, 75
Grace C. Stone, salary (4 months),
66 66
$154 17
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TOWN REPORT.
October 24. Paid Warrant No. 4.
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, books, $15 95
H. L. Baldwin, books, 3 75
Grace C. Stone, salary, 50 00
$69 75
December 28. Paid Warrant No. 5.
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, books, $17 52
A. C. Cummings, carting books, 25 00
Grace C. Stone, salary, 50 00
Grace C. Stone, sundries, 1 00
$93 52
$504 57
Balance to credit of Library Trustees,
December 31, 1910,
504 76
$1,009 33
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer, TRUSTEES OF HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. E. and O. E.
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer, in account with Trustees of Public Library at Hamilton, Mass.
H. AUGUSTA DODGE FUND.
DR.
June 20,1907. Received from John L. Woodbury, Town Treasurer, check for $1000.00 for legacy
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TOWN REPORT.
from estate of the late Mrs. H. Augusta Dodge, for a free read- ing room in the Public Library in the town of Hamilton, Mass. $1,000 00 December 31, 1910. Interest to December 16, 1911, 85 46
$1,085 46
CR.
Docember 31, 1910. Amount on deposit to credit of Library Trustees at Merchants National Bank, Salem, Mass. $1,085 46
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer, TRUSTEES OF HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Report of Park Commissioners. (Closed December 31, 1910.)
At the last Annual Town Meeting, held March 8, 1910, George K. Knowlton was elected Park Commissioner for three years.
ORGANIZATION.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, Chairman, Term expires 1913 CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON, Secretary, Term expires 1911 FRANK C. NORTON, Term expires 1912
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TOWN REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$200 00
EXPENSES.
Paid Forest L. Evans, legal services, $190 00
Charles A. Metcalf, plan of Wig- glesworth Cemetery, 7 84
$197 84
Balance unexpended,
$2 16
The commissioners are glad to report that progress has been made in the work of securing possession of the Wiggles- worth Cemetery for a public park. Considerable work has been done to find records which were important to have to prepare the necessary petition for presentation to the Legis- lature.
That work has been accomplished, and the petition is now in the hands of C. A. Norwood, Esq., our representative in general court.
It is hoped that the matter will be passed upon favorably and that the few remains buried there can be transferred to the Town cemetery in the spring.
For the probable necessary work to be done if the town acquires the property, the commissioners recommend an ap- propriation of $400.00.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON,
FRANK C. NORTON,
Park Commissioners.
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TOWN REPORT.
List of Appropriations as recommended by the Selectmen.
Highways,
$5000 00
Street watering or oiling,
1500 00
Street lighting,
3000 00
Road roller,
500 00
Guard rail,
200 00
Sidewalks,
400 00
Poor department,
1500 00
Soldiers' relief,
150 00
State aid,
950 00
Military aid,
150 00
Decoration day,
50 00
Town hall,
1500 00
Fire department,
400 00
Cemetery,
300 00
Tree Warden,
150 00
Salaries and fees,
3000 00
Police department,
500 00
Library,
400 00
Snow removing,
2000 00
Board of Health,
500 00
Brown-tail and gypsy moth,
2000 00
Town and School house loans,
1980 00
Interest on said loans,
750 00
Bonding officers,
125 00
Assessors department,
500 00
Miscellaneous,
1500 00
Schools [See School Committee's report ]
Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Hamilton.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, you are directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Hamilton, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Town, on Tuesday, the fourteenth (14th) day of March, nineteen hundred and eleven, at six (6) o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE 1. To bring in your ballots for
Moderator for one year. Town Clerk for one year.
One Selectman for three year.
One Selectman for two years.
One Selectman for one year.
Overseers of the Poor, Board of Health and Fence Viewers, for one year.
Treasurer for one year. Auditor for one year.
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Tax Collector for one year.
Tree Warden for one year. Six Constables for one year.
One Assessor for three years.
One School Committee for three years.
One Trustee of Public Library for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
And to vote on the following:
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this Town for the coming year? Yes or No.
All on one Ballot. The Polls will open at six (6) o'clock and close at ten (10) o'clock in the fore- noon.
ART. 2. To choose or appoint all other Town Officers in such manner as the Town may determine.
ART. 3. To hear the Reports of the Town Officers and act thereon.
ART. 4. To raise and appropriate money for the repairs of highways, Town ways and bridges, and all other Town expenses, and to determine the manner of spending the same.
ART. 5. To see what action the Town will take towards macadamizing Asbury street from macadam
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of 1910. To macadam previously built and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 6. To see what action the Town will take towards accepting Chestnut street (so called), running from Pine Street to Elm Street (so called), and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same as petitioned for by Emery Lawrence and others.
ART. 7. To see what action the Town will take towards grading and gravelling Gardner street and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same as petitioned for by William W. Bancroft and others.
ART. 8. To see what action the Town will take towards the placing of two new street lights on Gard- ner street and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same as petitioned for by William W. Ban- croft and others.
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