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Feb. 12. Arthur Vernon, son of Arthur and Alexanderina (Hutcheson) Dale.
Feb. 28. Josephine, daughter of James and Mary (Doyle) Saunders.
Mar. 10. Rosie, daughter of Samuel and Fannie (Cronenberg) Green.
Mar. 16. John Henry, son of Harry L. and Lottie F. (Mitchell) Edwards.
Mar. 24. Frances, daughter of John P. and Catherine F. (Lynch) McVey.
Apr. 2. John Joseph, son of John J. and Delia (Green) Cor- coran.
Apr. 29. Hugh Thomas, son of Hugh and Mary T. (Brunick) Kennedy.
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May 4. Patrick Leslie, son of James and Florence M.(Gould) Powers.
May 9. Marguerite, daughter of Arthur and Fannie (Perret) Mason.
May 20. Nathaniel T., son of Frederick and Sarah B. (Thayer) Winthrop.
May 30. Edith M., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Edge) Clewes.
June 4. Margaret A , daughter of James J. and Delia M. (Mc Kevitt) McArdle.
June 7. Francis M., son of Thomas J. and Mary A. (Mullin) Burns.
June 19. George L., son of Peter and Mary E. (Devoe) Duran. July . 5. Wilbur K., son of Everett N. and Harriet B. (Merrill) Stanley.
July 8. Mabel A., daughter of Herbert B. and Harriet (Hol- land) Hatch.
July 9. Ethel F., daughter of Ralph M. and Alice G. (Little- field) Symonds.
July 25. Wilhelmina C., daughter of Edward J. and Clarisa (Chandler) Ready.
July 27. Bertha H., daughter of Charles and Ethel M. (Jones) Stewart.
July 27. Frank B. Jr., son of Frank B. and Bertha L. (Grant) Crowell.
Aug. 16. Maggie, daughter of Frank and Francisca(Despinosch) Bahar.
Aug. 21. Mary McK., daughter of Francis D. and Ramille McK. (Frost) Cochrane.
Aug. 26. Annie G., daughter of James and Delia (Erldy) Gil- dart.
Aug. 26. Annie G., daughter of Alec and Annie (Remier) Ko- loski.
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Aug. 28. Maynard G., son of Edward W. and Emma C. (Lou- gee) McGregor.
Aug. 31. Agnes L., daughter of Philip and Mary E. (Lyons) Sculley.
Sept. 6. Gordon P., daughter of Philip and Mary (Wisizock) Beckir.
Sept. 10. Burrell F., son of Ernest S. and Edith F. Berry. Sept. 29. Gordon P., son of George H. and Lydia (Lewis) Haraden.
Oct. 1. Edward G., son of Benjamin and Nellie (McNiff) LeTarte.
Oct. 19. Charles R., son of Charles R. and Bertha (Jordan) Faulkner.
Oct. 21. Vivian E., daughter of Wendall and Helen (Smith) Dodge.
Nov. 1. Frances L., daughter of Carl T. and Helen (Sidells) Wharton.
Nov. 1. Walter F., son of Walter and Stella (Taylor) Gurney.
Nov. 8. Victor J., son of Michael and Sarah M. (Kerr) DeLucca. Nov. 21. Evelyn F., daughter of Stephen H. and Lizzie T. (Pitman) Muse.
Nov. 23. Gertrude E., daughter of Charles and Bertha (Jordan) Fitzgerald.
1911.
Apr. 22. Thomas F., son of Joseph P. and Fanny (Hagan) Barror.
May 19. Robert, 3d, son of Robert, Jr. and Merle K. (Grant) Robertson.
July 20. Donald, son of Deloid and Mabel A. (Peabody) Saf- ford.
Dec. 8. Anne M., daughter of John A. and Katherine S. (At- terbury) Tuckerman.
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DEATHS RECORDED, 1912.
Yrs.
Mos.
Dys.
Jan. 17. Dorothy Brewer
2
Feb. 1. Jennie Estelle Davis
51
6
22
Feb. 7. John W. Burchstead
53
5
1
Feb. 11. Roxanna Norton
64
7
24
Feb. 19. Alden B. Chadwick
75
8
Mar. 4. Margaret Mclaughlin
59
Mar. 18. Henry V. Lull
45
3
12
Mar. 24.
Virginia E. Howard
1
11
18
Mar. 27.
Joseph W. Hayes
68
8
24
May 30.
Edmund Ready
69
2
10
May 31.
Margaret Woodman
71
June
8.
Catherine A. Cosgrove
65
July
12.
Victor M. DeLeluca
11
14
July
27.
Frank F. Beckman
24
11
4
July
28.
Julia A. McGarry
47
8
29
Aug.
16. Ester L. Knowlton
90
3
27
Aug. 19. Charles J. Mussenden
54
ยท 7
1
Aug. 20.
George E. Norton
28
5
12
Sept. 18.
Sarah A. Dodge
28
6
17
Sept. 21.
Samuel E. McGlauflin
53
3
Sept. 27.
Mary I. Benvie
2
22
Oct. 7. Warren N. Sawyer
33
6
8
Nov. 13.
William F. Lawford
61
9
Nov. 23. Sarah C. Warner
89
10
26
Dec. 4. Fannie A. Lewis
70
3
1
11
Dec.
4. Mary Bunce
59
10
25
Dec. 8. Adline C. Knowlton
77
1
10
Dec. 31. Bridget M. Ward
39
10
3
July
4. Benjamin J. Smith
27
3
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REMAINS BROUGHT INTO TOWN.
Jan.
1.
Samuel Ayers
Jan. 29. Harold Burnham
Mar. 8. Hannah Bridges
April 7. Theodore Downes
April 7. Theodore B. Downes
April 11. Margaret Doty
April 12. Jabis K. Davenport
April 25. Henry A. Williams
May 4. Isabelle H. Smith
May 14. George A. Porter
Aug. 16. Ida M. Foss
Aug. 31.
Alfred J. Hooper
Sept. 23. George Smith
Dec. 13. Annie L. Adams
SAMUEL A. F. WHIPPLE,
Town Clerk.
Report of Cemetery Commissioners.
(Closed December 31, 1912.)
At the Annual Town Meeting held March 12, 1912, George H. Gibney was elected Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
ORGANIZATION.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, Chairman, Term expires 1914 GEORGE H. GIBNEY, Secretary, Term expires 1915 FRANK C. NORTON, 1
Term expires 1913
GEORGE E. ROBERTS, appointed Sup't of Cemetery.
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RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
1
$300 00
EXPENSES.
Paid George E. Roberts, labor in
cemetery,
$ 75 50
C. E. Whipple, labor and gravel on avenues, 111 03
George K. Knowlton, cash paid out and record work, 5 00
George K. Knowlton, services as Commissioner,
15 00
George H. Gibney, services as Commissioner, 15 00
Frank C. Norton, services as Commissioner, 15 00
Frank C. Norton, cash paid for labor and supplies, 5 15
$241 68
Balance unexpended, $58 32
The first one hundred and fifty dollar lot in the Cem- etery extension ground has been sold this year. These lots are to be graded up one foot high by the town, and are to have perpetual care.
Several of the avenues needed an additional coat of gravel which has been put on.
Four headstones have been received from the govern- ment this year and set on graves in the soldiers' lot, also one has been set by private party.
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An appropriation of $300 is recommended for Ceme- tery use.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, GEORGE H. GIBNEY, FRANK C. NORTON, Cemetery Commissioners.
Report of Park Commissioners. (Closed December 31, 1912.)
At the Annual Town Meeting held March 12, 1912, Frank C. Norton was elected Park Commissioner for three years.
ORGANIZATION.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON, Chairman, Term expires 1913 CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON, Secretary, FRANK C. NORTON, Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915
RECEIPTS.
Town appropriation,
$500 00
EXPENSES.
Paid Frank C. Norton, refund of cash paid out for labor and sup- plies, $40 15
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E. Lawrence, labor with team, four days, $19 00 F. L. 'Evans, Esq., legal ser- vices, 75 00
George K. Knowlton, special record and title work, 7 75
$141 90
Balance unexpended, $358 10
During the past year the final legal work of taking the property known as the Wigglesworth cemetery for a public park has been completed.
Some work of clearing up the ground has already been done, and there is yet more to do to put it in good condition for a public park.
Attention is called to an unexpended balance of $358.10 remaining in the Town treasury from the appropriation of $500.00.
The reason for this large balance is that no claimant in this property has yet been paid, as no claim has been ad- justed.
In view of these facts the Commissioners recommend an appropriation of five hundred dollars, any part or all of which shall be authorized to be used by the Park Commis- sioners in payment of adjusted legal claims in the property of the Wigglesworth Cemetery.
GEORGE K. KNOWLTON,
CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON,
FRANK C. NORTON,
Park Commissioners.
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Report of Committee on Water Supply.
Hamilton, Mass., February 1, 1913.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Hamilton :
In behalf of the Committee appointed by the Town in 1911 and 1912 at its regular annual meetings to look into and investigate the problem of supplying the Town with water, I submit the following report as a report of progress :
Considerable time and effort was spent by your com- mittee in the endeavor to ascertain with marked assurance that the majority of the population of the Town really de- sired Town water. Your committee met with very small encouragement that they did. However, the process of working up the details and laying before the Town the facts and expenses of such a problem is very slow work, but your committee has come to the conclusion that the majority of the citizens of the Town of Hamilton are ready for a good supply of good water provided it can get it right. Your committee has looked into this problem very carefully from beginning to end and if this committee is permitted to con- tinue its labors it would endeavor to put in a first-class plant at the lowest possible cost.
It is somewhat gratifying at the start to feel confident in the knowledge that the Town has many underlying springs and that sufficient quality and quantity of good water can be had, but of course this can only be proved by having qualified engineers come on to the ground finding the water, at different localities, proving it up and locating
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the point of advantage considering of course the expense of land, location, quality, etc .- as well as having this work all approved by the State authorities-and to do this your com- mittee recommended an appropriation of $600.00 for this purpose. Your committee are informed that it is desirable to have the stand pipe in as central a location as possible, but the location of the supply can be most anywhere.
The matter of. taking water from outside the Town has been discussed and it is the sense of your committee that it is for the best interest of the Town to have its own plant separately managed and financed.
In regard to a charter it is most desirable that a new one be obtained and a clause inserted permitting the Town to sell water if thought desirable-this can be done directly after the Town meeting if it approves.
With an appropriation by the Town of a sum of money to work with, the real beginning of the task to supply the Town with good water can be begun and settled early in the summer, and with the citizens' approval reports can be made from time to time as the work proceeds.
The approximate expense of installing water in the Town has been gone over, and the subject considered-also receipts that will come from the same, but at present your committee are unable to make any definite estimates-this will have to be submitted and considered at some future meeting and meetings.
Very respectfully, W. C. WARE,
Secretary for the Water Committee.
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Public Library Report.
As Librarian of the Hamilton Public Library, I beg leave to offer my annual report of the proceedings during the past year.
At the Annual Town Meeting, Mr. Reginald C. Rob- bins was elected as Trustee for a term of three years, taking the place made vacant by Mr. Libby's retirement.
After carefully considering the matter, the Trustees deemed it advisable to make some change in the manner of supplying books to the people of South Hamilton.
A regular " Branch Library" was opened at the drug store of Mr. Horace E. Andrews, where books could be pro- cured every day of the week except Sunday.
A book case, with a capacity of about three hundred books, was built ; but for lack of other space, this case had to be placed on the floor. Although Mr. Andrews gave the best accommodations possible, this arrangement did not seem to satisfy the public in general.
The Trustees, therefore, have recently made another change and have secured space in the "Boston Store " of Mr. O. J. Kimball. The book case, here, is so placed, that any one desiring to examine the books may do so with ease. And it is hoped that this arrangement will meet with favor.
It was also decided to open a " Reading Room " in con- nection with the Public Library at the Town Hall. Money was left the Library by the late Miss H. Augusta Dodge, the income of which is to be used for that purpose, and the room to be called " Gail Hamilton Reading Room." This room is now open to the public every day except Sunday from two until five o'clock. On the tables of this room, are
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placed about thirty of the most popular weekly and monthly magazines. It is hoped that this room will be used much more in the future than it has been in the past.
On examining the shelves of the Library, this year, it was found that they contained many books which were of no value whatever for our purposes. The useless books were carefully selected by an expert whose services were furnished by the " Massachusetts Free Public Library Com- mission." After carefully examining the books, selected by this expert, to be sure none could be of use to us, the Trustees finally disposed of them at a price which will be found in the " Treasurer's Report ".
Although the Library contains many books, by stand- ard authors, which are left unread, yet the demand for " new books " is heard on every side. We have not added, during the past year, as many books as perhaps were demanded, but it is hoped that during the coming year, a few may be added each month, placing part at the Branch and part at the Main Library. But in this matter our main difficulty is in finding new books which are wholly unobjectionable.
To all those who have contributed to the Library books, papers and magazines, we wish to extend our thanks, and also to the " Woman's Education Association," for the loan of a set of pictures on " Italy and Vesuvius " which proved of great interest to the public.
Appended may be found a list of books recently ac- quired by the Library.
Adams, Harrison
The Pioneer Boys on the Great Lakes F2427
Adams, Joseph H.
Harper's Outdoor Book for Boys 796A
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Aldrich, Thomas B.
The Story of a Bad Boy F2412
Ames, Fisher By Reef and Trail
F2438
Atherton, Gertrude
The Splendid Idle Forties F2367
Atkinson, Eleanor
Grayfriar's Bobby F2467
Audoux, Marguerite Marie-Claire F2393
Bacheller, Irving
" Charge It" F2480
Baker, Theodore
A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
B. B18
Barclay, Florence
The Following of the Star
F2378
The Upas Tree F2456
Barlow, Jane
The Founding of Fortunes F2415
Bassett, Sara W.
The Story of Lumber
F2431
Bell, J. J. The Indiscretions of Master Redhorn
F2398
Bennett, Arnold
Helen with the High Hand
F2399
Buried Alive
F2400
Your United States
917.3B
Benton, Caroline F.
Saturday Mornings
640B
Bindloss, Harold
Ranching for Sylvia
F2497
Sydney Carteret : Rancher
F2401
Birmingham, G. A.
Spanish Gold F2403
The Searching Party
F2402
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Blanchard, Amy
A Dear Little Girl's Thankgiving Holiday F2481
Bordeaux, Henry, The Woolen Dress
F2465
Bosher, Kate L.
The Man in Lonely Lane
F2485
Brewster, Frances S.
Rhody F2487
Brown, Mrs. Kenneth
In the Shadow of Islam F2389
Brown, Katherine
The Hallowell Partnership
F2478
Brown, John
Rab and His Friends F2411
Burnham, Clara L. The Inner Flame F2495
Buchannan, Thompson
Making People Happy
F2370
Buckrose, J. E.
Down Our Street
F2406
Burgess, Thornton W.
The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp
F2429
Chester, George R.
The Making of Bobby Burnit
F2361
Conrad, Joseph
Lord Jim
F2405
A Personal Record
B C17 1
Connor, Ralph Corporal Cameron
F2462
Coolidge, Asenath
Between Two Rebellions
F2446
Our Nation's Altar F2434
Curwood, James O. Philip Steele F2353
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Daviess, Maria
Andrew, the Glad The Meeting of Molly
F2392
Davis, Richard H.
Ransom's Folly F2373
Captain Macklin
F2433
Deland, Margaret
Old Chester Tales
F2363
Voice
F2455
Dillon, Mary
Miss Livingstone's Companion
F2355
Dix, Beulah M.
Betty-Bide-at-Home
F2479
Dixon, Thomas, Jr. Comrades
F2363
Downes, Mrs. George Sheldon
Redeemed
F2483
Dromgoole, W. A.
The Island of Beautiful Things
F2461
Eaton, Walter P.
The Boy Scouts of Berkshire
F2428
Galsworthy, John
The Patrician
F2394
Gates, Eleanor
The Poor Little Rich Girl
E2471
Gissing, George
The Town Traveller
F2443
Glasgow, Ellen
The Miller of Old Church
F2352
Golding, Vautier
The Story of Livingstone
B.L14
Gould, Baring
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 291G
F2474
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Gould, Elizabeth
Grandma
F2383
Greenway, Kate
Under the Window
F2435
Greene, Sarah P. M.
The Long Green Road
F2354
Griffith, Helen S.
Rosemary for Remembrance F2376
Grahame, Kenneth
The Golden Age F2447
Harker, L. Allen
A Romance of the Nursery
F2418
Henry, O. The Four Million F2371
Hodge, William
The Guest of Honor
F2390
Hopkins, Herbert
The Fighting Bishop
F2368
Houston, Edwin
Our Boy Scouts in Camp
F2430
Hughes, Rupert
Excuse Me
F2383
Jenkins, Mrs. C.
A Psyche of To-day
F2445
Johnstone, Annie
Travellers Five
F2388
Johnston, Chas. H. L.
Famous Scouts
F2439
Johnston, Mary
Cease Firing
F2463
The Long Roll
F2292
Johnston, William
The Yellow Letter
F2360
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Johnson and Barnum
Book of Plays for Little Actors
372.4J&B
Johnson, Constance
When Mother Lets Us Cook
641J
Johnson, Owen Stover at Yale 2409
Kelly, Myra Rosnah F2362
Klein; Charles
Maggie Pepper
F2374
Langdon, Emelie
Just for Two. A Collection of Receipts
641L
Lincoln, Joseph
The Postmaster F2413
The Rise of Roscoe Paine
F2426
Lippmann, J. M.
Martha-By-the-Day
F2457
Little, Frances
The Lady and Sada San
F2458
Locke, Wm. J.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne
F2364
Derelicts F2365
Lovett, Richard
James Chalmers
B.C.18
Lynde, Francis
The Grafters
F2379
Macgrath, Harold
The Place of Honeymoons
F2498
McDonald, Etta B. & Julia Dalrymple Josefa in Spain
F2488
Kathleen in Ireland
F2489
Betty in Canada
F2490
Donald in Scotland
F2491
Hassan in Egypt
F2492
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McCook, Henry
Quaker Ben
F2359
Maclean, Chas. A.
The Mainspring
F2475
Merriman, Henry S.
In Kedar's Tents
F2448
Young Mistley
F2414
Mitchell, J. A.
Amos Judd
F2423
The Pines of Lory
F2424
Molesworth, Mrs.
The Adventures of Herr Baby
F2452
Montgomery, L. M.
Chronicles of Avonlea
F2469
Montague, Margaret
Linda
F2454
Minger, Dell H.
The Wind Before the Dawn
F2453
Munroe, Kirk
Campmates
F2436
Morris, Kathleen
Mother
F2417
Oppenheim, O. P.
The Lighted Way
F2472
The Tempting of Tavernake
F2484
Osbourne, Lloyd
A Person of Some Importance Otis, James
F2375
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
F2419
Mr. Stubb's Brother
F2410
Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods
F2437
Paret, Anna P.
Harper's Handy Book for Girls
790P
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Parrish, Randall
My Lady of Doubt My Lady of the South
F2377
F2493
Pocock, Roger
A Man in the Open -
F2477
Poor, Agnes B.
Brothers and Strangers F2425
Porter, Eleanor
Miss Billy F2386
Phillips, David G.
Light-fingered Gentry
F2369
Pryce, Richard
Christopher
F2416
Pyle, Katharine
Nancy Rutledge
F2408
Rankin, Carroll
Dandelion Cottage
F2404
Ray, Anna C.
The Brentons
F2356
Buddie at Gray Butte's Camp
F2432
Reed, Myrtle
Master of the Vineyard
F2494
A Weaver of Dreams
F2387
Rice, Alice Hegan
A Romance of Billy Goat Hill Richards, Laura E.
F2396
The Wooing of Calvin Parks
F2391
On Board the Mary Sands
F2397
Up to Calvin's
F2482
Mrs. Jimmy
F2486
Roe, V. E. The Maid of the Whispering Hills
F2384
Scott, John Reed 1
In His Own Right F2357
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Seton, Ernest T. Rolf in the Woods The Book of Woodcraft
F2441
796S
Severy, M. L.
The Mystery of June 13th
F2385
Sherman, Chas.
He Comes Up Smiling F2358
Smith, F. Hopkinson
A Day at Laguerre's F2444
Spofford, Harriet P.
The Ambler Gods
F2451
Stanley, Caroline
The Master of the Oakes
F2466
Stevenson, Robert L.
The Merry Men F2449
Stoddard, W. O.
The Red Mustang
F2422
Strong, W. E.
The Story of the American Board
266S
Sullivan, T. R.
The Heart of Us
F2381
Swift, Jonathan
Gulliver's Travels
F2450
Thurston, I. T.
The Scout Master of Troop S
F2440
Vance, Louis The Destroying Angel
F2473
Waller, Mary E.
My Ragpicker F2460
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey
The Case of Richard Meynell
F2407
Webster, Jean
Daddy-Long-Legs F2476
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Welsh, Chas.
The Story of a Donkey F2395
Wemyss, Mary Prudent Priscilla
F2459
White, Stewart Ed.
The Adventure of Bobby Orde
F2372
White, Sarah O. Miss Brooks F2432
Williamson, C. N. and A. M.
The Heather Moon F2468
Woolly, Lazelle
1
Baith Palmer at the Oaks F2499
Wright, Harol B.
Their Yesterdays F2464
Young, Martha
Behind the Dark Pines F2470
TREASURER'S REPORT.
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer, in account with Trustees of Public Library at Hamilton, Mass.
REGULAR APPROPRIATION.
DR.
January 1, 1912. Balance to credit of Library Trustees, $450 48
December 11, 1912. Received from
Messrs. N. J. Bartlett & Co. on account of sale of old books, 89 55
1
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December 24, 1912. Received from fines, Main Library, $ 3 13
December 24, 1912. Received from fines, Branch Library, 5 54
December 26, 1912. Received from John L. Woodbury, Town Treas- urer, amount appropriated at last Annual Town Meeting for support of Public Library,
400 00
December 31, 1912. Interest,; 1 79
$950 49
CR.
May 23, 1912. Paid Warrant No. 1.
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, books, $35 22
Newcomb & Gauss, slips, etc., 6 50
Rev. George E. Lake, book, 1 75
Grace C. Stone, Librarian, three months,
50 00
Grace C. Stone, extra services,
15 00
$108 47
August 16, 1912. Paid Warrant No. 2.
Frank P. Trussell, labor,
$33 01
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, magazines, 8 93
A. C. Cummings, carting books, 14 00
Grace C. Stone, Librarian, three months, 50 00
$105 94
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December 13, 1912. Paid Warrant
No. 3.
0
E. L. Perley, binding books, $27 65
Grace C. Stone, Librarian, three months, 50 00
$77 65
December 31, 1912. Paid Warrant
No. 4.
Grace C. Stone, Librarian, three months,
$50 00
Grace C. Stone, sundries,
60
Horace E. Andrews, Librarian Branch Library, six months,
25 00
F. C. Norton, expressage, etc.,
1 75
Matthews, Thompson & Spring, legal opinion, 10 00
Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, books, 34 02
$121 37
$413 43
December 31, 1912. Balance to credit of Library Trustees,
537 06
$950 49
(SIGNED)
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer. Trustees of Hamilton Public Library. E. and O. E.
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AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer, in account with Trus- tees of Public Library at Hamilton, Mass. /
DR. JUSTIN ALLEN FUND.
DR.
February 15, 1911. Amount on de-
posit in Salem Five Cent Sav- ings Bank, $500 00
August 1, 1912. Interest to date, 25 40
$525 40
CR
December 31, 1912. Interest paid to Income account, $ 25 40
Balance on deposit to credit of Trustees, 500 00
$525 40
INCOME ACCOUNT.
DR.
December 31. Interest received from
Allen Fund deposited in Mer- chants National Bank, Salem, CR.
$25 40
December 31. Paid H. Augusta Dodge Fund to rectify error in drawing check Dec. 3d, 1912, in favor of E. H. Brunquist, $ 1 80 December 31. Paid Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, books, 7 74
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December 31. Balance to credit of
Library Trustees, $15 86
$25 40
(SIGNED)
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer. Trustees of Hamilton Public Library. E. and O. E.
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer, in account with Trus- tees of Public Library at Hamilton, Mass.
H. AUGUSTA DODGE FUND.
DR.
January 1, 1912. Amount on deposit to credit of Library Trustees at Merchants National Bank, Salem, Mass., $1,112 42
December 31, 1912. Reimbursement from Dr. Allen Fund for check for $1.80, drawn by mistake from H. Augusta Dodge Fund instead of Allen Fund, favor of E. H. Brun- quist, 1 80
December 31. Accumulated interest for year 1912, ! 15 90
$1,130 12
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CR.
July 17, 1912. Paid Devens, Ly- man & Co., for one $1,000 4 1-2 United Fruit Co., Bond and for interest and commis- sion, $963 13
August 16, 1912. Frank P. Trus- sell, labor at Gail Hamilton
Reading Room, Town Hall, 14 83
August 16,1912. Almy, Bigelow & Washburn, magazines in read- ing room, 44 67
December 3, 1912. E. H. Brun- quist, book, 1 80
December 31, 1912. Balance on de-
posit, Merchants National Bank, 105 69
$1,130 12
(SIGNED)
AUGUSTUS P. GARDNER, Treasurer, Trustees of Hamilton Public Library. E. and O. E.
Washington, D. C.,
February 11, 1913.
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TOWN REPORT.
List of Appropriations as Recommended by the Selectmen.
Highways,
$7500 00
Street watering or oiling,
2500 00
Street lighting,
4100 00
Road roller,
1000 00
Guard rail,
300 00
Sidewalks,
400 00
Poor department,
2000 00
Soldiers' relief,
150 00
State aid,
950 00
Military aid,
150 00
Decoration day,
50 00
Town hall,
1500 00
Fire department,
500 00
Cemetery,
300 00
Tree Warden,
300 00
Salaries and fees,
4000 00
Police department,
1000 00
Library,
750 00
Snow removing,
2000 00
Board of Health,
500 00
Brown-tail and gypsy-moth,
2500 00
Town and schoolhouse loans,
1980 00
Interest on said loan,
750 00
Bonding officers,
130 00
Assessors' department,
500 00
Schoolhouse note,
Miscellaneous,
2000 00
Schools,
13,600 00
Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.
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Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Hamilton,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- chusetts, you are directed to notify and warn the in- habitants 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 eleventh (11th) day of March, nineteen hundred and thirteen, 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 years. Overseer of the Poor, Board of Health and Fence Viewers, for one year. Treasurer for one year.
(63)
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TOWN REPORT.
Auditor for one year.
Tax Collector for one year.
Tree Warden for one year. Three 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 Officers in such manner as the Town may determine.
ART. 3. To hear the report 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 determine the manner of spending the same.
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TOWN REPORT.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will gravel and grade Farms Road, to raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to build about one hundred feet of Macadam road on Walnut Street, to connect the sections previously built. Ap- propriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the same.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of five hundred dollars and authorize any part or all of it to be used by the Park Commis- sioners in payment of adjusted legal claims in the property of the Wigglesworth Cemetery lot.
ART. 8. To see what action the Town will take to discontinue the present Pound and take any action thereon.
ART. 9. To see what action the Town will take towards purchasing platform scales for the Centre District, and to raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 10. To see what action the Town will take towards procuring a lot of land by purchase or otherwise.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to have the Selectmen act as Overseers of the Poor.
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TOWN REPORT.
Given under our hands this twenty-fourth day of February, A. D., 1913.
GEORGE H. GIBNEY, CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON, ARTHUR C. CUMMINGS, Selectmen of Hamilton.
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