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reluctantly to accept her resignation and to appoint a suc- cessor. The new appointee, Miss Annie S. Preston, has taken up her duties with the greatest interest and devotion ; and the results of her work are entirely satisfactory to the Trustees.
Respectfully, REGINALD C. ROBBINS, Chairman.
Public Library Report.
Having been in the Library only since the first of September, my report will cover just the last four months of the year. During that time we have added eighty-nine new books, purchased with money appropriated by the town. These books were nearly all published in 1916. They are mostly fiction as that is what the people want but I think there is an increasing demand for non-fiction.
We have also received a gift of twenty-three volumes from Mrs. Augustus P. Gardner and through the courtesy of Mr. Reginald C. Robbins, we have two valuable new mag- azines added to our reading table, the Red Cross Magazine and Sea Power. We thank Mrs. Gardner and Mr. Robbins for their kindness.
Mr. Horace H. Atherton also sent us a copy of his His- tory of Saugus, which is very interesting.
Another oak cabinet has been added to the new card- catalog. This catalog when finished will be a valuable and very necessary addition to the Library.
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We wish to thank the American Mechanics for present- ing to us a fine portrait of Alexander Hamilton, for whom, through the efforts of Dr. Manasseh Cutler, our town re- ceived its name. The Library Room certainly looks much more attractive since we received this gift.
Realizing that the Hamilton Public Library exists to be of service to all the people, at all times and in every pos- sible way, the Trustees have made a few new rules, which we hope will be kept faithfully in order that all may receive equal benefit. The town is willing to furnish us with all the best of the new books as soon as they are published and our Library certainly ought to be and can be made one of the best of the smaller libraries in the State.
Hereafter the Library will be open from three to five on both Wednesday and Saturday afternoons and from seven to nine Saturday evening.
ANNIE S. PRESTON,
Librarian.
The following is a list of the books which have been added to the Library since Jan. 1, 1916 :
Adams, Sam'l H.
Little Miss Grouch F2957
The Unspeakable Perk F3093
Allen, Emma S.
The House of Gladness F2952
Arnold. Winifred
The Twins Pro and Con F3039
Andrews, Mary R. S.
The Eternal Feminine F3044
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Barbour, Ralph H.
Rivals for the Team
F3071
Bartlett, Frederick O.
The Wall St. Girl F3066 Beach, Rex Rainbows End F3032
Bindloss, Harold
Johnstone of the Border
F3079
Prescott of Saskatchawan F2974
Blanchard, Amy E.
Fagots and Flames F3072
Bonner, Geraldine
The Girl at Central
F2986
Brady, Cyrus T.
The Island of the Stairs
F2971
Breifenbach, Louise
Alma's Sophomore Year
F2954
Brown, Alice
The Prisoner F3020
Browne, Belmore
The Quest of the Golden Valley
F3085
Burnett, Carolyn J.
Blue Grass Sem. Girls
Christmas Holidays
F3011
In the Mountains
F3012
On the Water
F3013
Vacation Adventures
F3014
Burnham, Clara L.
Instead of the Thorn
F2997
Brunkhurst, Harriet
The Window in the Fence
F3097
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Canfield, Dorothy
The Bent Twig The Real Motive F3100
F3034
Canton, William
A Child's Book of Warriors
971C1
Carleton, William One Way Out F3016
Chapin, Anna Alice
The Eagle's Mate
F3002
Chase, Mary E.
Girl from the Big Horn Country
F2983
Cleghorn, Sarah N.
The Spinster F2979
Cobb, Irvin S.
Old Judge Priest F3082
Comstock, Harriet T.
Joyce of the North Woods
F3018
Conrad, Joseph
Youth and other stories F3041
Cory, Abe
The Trail to the Hearts of Men F3098
Curtiss, Philip
Between Two Worlds F3050
Dalrymple, Leona
The Lovable Meddler
F2994
Daviess, Maria T.
The Daredevil F2996
Deland, Margaret
Around Old Chester
F2958
The Rising Tide F3091
Dell, Ethel M.
The Bars of Iron F2984
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The Keeper of the Door The Way of an Eagle Donnell, Annie H.
F2962
F2961
Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings
F3048
Dowling, Sherwood
Struggling Upward
F3042
Dragoumis, Julia D. A Man of Athens
F3074
Duffield, Elizabeth M.
Lucile, the Torch-bearer
F2950
Lucile Triumphant
F3054
Fedden, Mrs. Romilly
The Spare Room
F2956
Franck, Harry A.
Tramping through Mexico
920.07F
Fredericks, Arnold
The Blue Lights F2951
Frey, Hildegarde G.
Camp Fire Girls
F3008
-In the Maine Woods --- At School
F3009
Gibbs, George
The Yellow Dove
F3033
Mad Cap
F3064
Paradise Garden
F3103
Gould, Elizabeth L.
Cap'n Gid
F3078
Gray, Phœbe
The Golden Lamp
F2977
Green, Anna K.
The Chief Legatee
F3035
To the Minute
F3057
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Grenfell, Wilfred T.
Tales of the Labrador
971.9G
Grey, Zane
Betty Zane F3019
The Border Legion F2986
Hardy, Arthur S. Helen F3052
Hewlett, Maurice
Love and Lucy F3096
Hopkins, William J.
Those Gillespies
F3020
Hueston, Ethel
Prudence of the Parsonage
F2946
Prudence Says So F3029
Johnson, Chas. H. L.
Famous Indian Chiefs
970.3J
Johnston, Annie F.
Georgina of the Rainbows F3053
Kester, Vaughn
John O'Jamestown
F2973
King, Basil
The Side of the Angels F2988
Lea, Fannie Heaslip
Chloe Malone F3080
Lincoln, Natalie S. I Spy F3015
Lincoln, Joseph C.
Mary 'Gusta F3027
Lindencrome, L. de Hegermann
In the Courts of Memory
808.6L
Lippmann, Julie
The Governess F3049
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Martha and Cupid
F3058
Locke, William J.
Viviette F3000
Locke, Sumner
Samaritan Mary
F2981
London, Jack
Moon-Face
F2948
The Little Lady of the Big House
F2975
Long, Helen Beecher
How Janice Day Won
F3040
Lutz, Grace L. H.
The Finding of Jasper Holt
F2989
Marcia Schuyler
F3017
A Voice in the Wilderness
F3065
Maniates, Belle K.
Mildew Manse
F2976
Manners, J. Hartley
Peg O' My Heart
F2963
Marshall, Archibald
The Squire's Daughter
F3045
The Honor of the Chiltons
F3046
The Eldest Son
F3062
The Old Order Changeth
F3063
Martin, Helen R.
Her Husband's Purse
F2992
Martin, Geo. M.
Emmy Lou's Road to Grace
F3067
Meade, L. T.
Jill, the Irresistible
F2960
Mason, Grace S.
The Godparents F2965
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Mearns, Hughes
Richard Richard F3090
Meloney, William B.
F3021
The Girl of the Golden Gate Merwin, Samuel
The Trufflers F3101
Morris, Edwin B.
Our Miss York
F3010
Mullins, Isla May
Anne's Wedding
F3061
Nicholson, Meredith
The Proof of the Pudding
F2990
Norris, Kathleen
The Story of Julia Page
E2945
The Heart of Rachel
F3073
Oppenheim, E. Phillips
A People's Man
F2968
The Vanished Messenger
F3047
A Prince of Sinners
F3031
Mr. Marx's Secret
F3075
The Kingdom of the Blind
F3076
O'Shaughnessy, Edith
A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico
920.070'S
Palmer, Frederick The Last Shot
F2972
Parker, Gilbert
The World For Sale
F3056
Parrish, Randall
The Air Pilot
F2978
Peattie, Elia W.
Sarah Brewster's Relatives F3092
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Porter Eleanor H.
The Story of Marco
F2969
Six Star Ranch
F2970
Just David
F2982
Prouty, Olive H.
The Fifth Wheel
F2987
Poulsson, Emilie
Top of the World Stories
F3086
Quirk, Leslie W.
The Boy Scouts of Black Eagle Patrol
F2980
Reed, Myrtle
A Weaver of Dreams F2966
Richmond, Grace S.
Under the Country Sky
F2991
Rihbany, Abraham M.
A Far Journey
920R1
Rinehart, Mary R.
K-
F2947
Tish
F3028
Ruck, Berta
In Another Girl's Shoes
F3094
Sawyer, Ruth
The Primrose Ring
F2949
Seven Miles to Arden
F2995
Scott, Florence E.
Across the Continent with Paul and Peggy
F2950
Scott, Le Roy
Partners of the Night
F3070
Seawell, Molly E.
Betty at Fort Blizzard
F3084
Sheldon, Chas. M.
Of One Blood F3001
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Sherwood, Margaret
The Worn Doorstep F3055
Sidney, Margaret
F3081
Our Davie Pepper Sinclair, Bertrand K.
Big Timber
F3083
Spearman, Frank H.
Nan of Music Mountain
F2985
Standish, Winn
Capt. Jack Lorimer
F3003
Jack Lorimer's Holidays
F3004
Jack Lorimer, Champion
F3005
Jack Lorimer, Substitute
F3006
Jack Lorimer, Freshman Sterne, Elaine
F3007
Sonny Jim F3038
Stoddard, W. O., Jr.
Making Good in the Village
F3030
Taggart, Marion A.
Beth of Old Chilton
F3037
Tarkington, Booth
The Turmoil
F2997
Seventeen
F3026
Thompson, Adele E.
Nobody's Rose
F2953
Thompson, Chas. M.
An Army Mule
F2967
Thurston, I. T.
Billy Burns of Troop 5
F3069
Tompkins, Juliet Wilbur
The Seed of the Righteous
F2993
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Pleasures and Palaces
F2998
Twain, Mark
Tom Sawyer Abroad
F3043
Van Schaick, George
The Girl at Big Lone Post F3099
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Lady Connie F3102
Warner, Anne
Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs F3051
Waugh, Joseph L. Betty Grier F3089
Webster, Jean
Dear Enemy
F2964
Wells, H. G.
Mr. Britling Sees It Through
F3036
Wemyss, Mrs. George
Jaunty In Charge F3059
Westcott, Frank N. Dabney Todd F3088
'White, Stewart Edward
The Leopard Woman F3077
Williamson, C. N. & A. M.
The Lightning Conductor Discovers America F3023 Williams, Herschel
Young People's Story of Massachusetts 974.49W
Wilson, Augusta E. Vashti F2959
Wilson, Harry L.
Somewhere in Red Gap F3087
Wiggin, Kate Douglas Romance of a Christmas Card F3068
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Young, S. Hall The Klondike Clan F3094 Alaska Days with John Muir 910.9Y
South Hamilton Branch Library Report.
South Hamilton, Mass., Feb. 7, 1917.
In submitting my annual report for the South Hamilton Branch Library I can say, we have made quite a little pro- gress. We have issued 3523 books for the year, many of them being new and up-to-date, which the people appreciate very much.
We have added about forty (40) new names to our list of readers and collected in fines ten dollars ($10), which has been forwarded to the Chairman of the Library Committee.
There has been a great demand for new and up-to-date books which are being supplied by the Library Committee as fast as they are able to do so.
OSGOOD J. KIMBALL,
Librarian of South Hamilton Branch.
Report of Board of Fire Engineers.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :- We wish to submit the second annual re- port of the Board of Engineers of the Fire Department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1916.
At the annual Town Meeting in March the Town voted to appropriate $1000 for general department purposes, $2000 for fire apparatus and $2000 for an alarm system.
Shortly after the Town Meeting the Board of Engineers contracted with the American LaFrance Fire Engine Co. for a Ford LaFrance Chemical and trailer, as recommended by the Fire Committee of last year. On June 20th this ap- paratus was delivered to the Town. It was then necessary to appoint a driver and assistants. The following were ap- pointed :
DRIVER Lieut. A. Merrill Cummings.
ASSISTANTS
Raymond C. Gould Arthur C. Cummings George Checketts John Melanson
In order to comply with the State requirements chauf- feurs' licenses were secured for those not already holding them and one was also secured for Capt. Robertson. We now have six men to be called upon to operate the apparatus. The drivers' running orders follow :
1. The first call driver arriving at the house shall drive the apparatus to the fire, remain with it at the fire and
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return it to the house, unless excused by a member of the Board of Engineers or by the Captain, or one of the Lieuten- ants of the Company.
2. Drivers are to wait for at least two (2) men before leaving the house.
3. Drivers are not to allow more than four (4) men on apparatus including themselves. No person unless a mem- ber of the Fire Department shall be allowed to ride on the apparatus.
4. It is the duty of the driver upon arriving at the fire to operate the chemical tanks, and he shall be responsi- ble for the filling of tanks.
5. Drivers should never leave chemical tanks or recep- tacles uncharged.
6. On return to the house, drivers are to make out re- port on Driver's Report Sheet.
It is the duty of the Driver to make a daily inspection of the apparatus and see that everything is in running order. If the Driver is unable to make a daily inspection by reason of sickness or absence from town, he reports this to the Chief Engineer and it is then the Chief Engineer's duty to see that the daily inspections are kept up. This method has proved very satisfactory and there has not been a time that the motor has failed to respond at once.
Since the apparatus was received we have had seven calls and each time has proved the value of motor apparatus in getting to a fire quickly.
After the Town Meeting we at once got into communi- cation with the Gamewell Fire Alarm Co. and also Mr. R. W. LeBaron of Arlington in regards to a fire alarm system.
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Both firms recommended a forty blast system as large enough for this town. At first we talked of using a direct current motor as it was somewhat cheaper but upon the recom- mendation of both the Gamewell Co. and Mr. LeBaron it was afterwards decided to use an alternating current motor, se- curing the current from the Beverly Gas & Electric Co. Specifications and prices were submitted and the contract was given to Mr. LeBaron.
Mr. LeBaron is the pioneer in the line of compressed air fire alarm signals, having installed the first one in Amer- ica. He has plants all over the country, some of the nearest being at Manchester, Marblehead, Peabody and Swampscott.
Before the fire alarm system was put into commission it was necessary to divide the town into districts as follows :
HAMILTON FIRE ALARM DISTRICTS.
12-School, Cor. Bridge
13-Woodbury's Crossing
14-Ipswich Junction
15-Chebacco Woods
16-Miles River Road, Cor. Essex
21-South Hamilton
23-Hamilton Center
24-Main, Cor. Gardner
25-Farms Road Railroad Bridge
31-Asbury Grove
32-Willowdale 34-Norwoods Mills
5-5-Assembly Call
22-22-At 7 a. m. and 12.30 p. m., No School 2-Fire Out 1-At 12.00 noon, Test Blast
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Owing to the fact that we have no permanent man at the fire station we are obliged to have what we call an Assembly Call (5-5). With the exception of this, our sys- tem is practically the same as used in a great many large cities.
A hot water heating system has been installed in the engine house, overhead heat was used in the apparatus room and two large radiators in the meeting room. The system has proved very satisfactory.
We feel that great credit is due the officers and mem- bers of Company No. 1 for their interest in the Department and the manner in which they respond to alarms. With an organization like theirs the Department is bound to be a success.
While our efforts have been spent in the past year en- tirely on the matter of fire fighting we feel that the coming year a part of the time, at least, should be used in consider- ation of the question of fire prevention.
We invite inspection of the engine house at any time by the citizens of the town, and anyone wishing may make an appointment with the Chief Engineer.
Thanking everyone who has helped in the interest of the Department, we remain
Very respectfully,
ERLE G. BREWER,
GEORGE F. PENDEXTER, FRANK DANE, WALTER C. CLIFFORD, LESTER M. WHIPPLE.
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FIRES.
Daniel O'Brien, Linden street, E. McGregor, tenant, chim- ney fire, no damage.
Charles Peterson, Willow street, chimney fire, no damage.
Cornelius Mullens, Pleasant street, C. Miller, tenant, auto- mobile caught fire, no damage to property.
Essex : apparatus made run to Ipswich Junction but found fire was in Essex, Mears icehouse.
Bessie Vaughns, Main, corner Gardner, McGregor tenant, chimney fire, no damage to property.
Frank Laskie, Mill street, fire caused by paint rags in cellar, no damage to property.
Samuel Malone, Willow street, chimney fire, no damage.
Grass fire on Moulton street, burned over two acres.
Nathan Mathews, off Main street, Childs Frick, tenant, auto- mobile caught fire. Fire out when apparatus arrived.
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 hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Hamilton, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Town, on Tuesday, the thirteenth (13th) day of March, nineteen hundred and seven- teen, at six (6) o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To bring your ballots for Moderator, for one year. Town Clerk, for one year. Three Selectmen, for one year.
Overseers of the Poor, Board of Health, and Fence Viewers, three for one year.
Treasurer, for one year.
Tax Collector, for one year.
Tree Warden, for one year. Three Constables, for one year.
One Assessor, for three years.
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One Library Trustee for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner, for three years.
One Park Commissioner, for three years.
One member of School Committee for three years.
And to vote on the following :
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors 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 forenoon.
ART. 2. To choose and appoint all other Town Officers in such manner as the Town shall determine.
ART. 3. To hear the reports of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and other committees and to take any action thereon.
ART. 4. To raise and appropriate money for the repairs of Highways, Town Ways and Bridges and all Town expenses and determine the manner of ex- pending the same.
ART. 5. To see what action the Town will take towards purchasing an automobile truck to be used by the gypsy and brown tail moth department and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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ART. 6. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to finish the graveling of Rust street, as petitioned for by John A. O'Leary and others.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to gravel and oil Maple street, as pe- titioned for by Fred M. Kilham and others.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will instruct and authorize the Selectmen to purchase or take land in Hamilton for the location of an engine house and appurtenances thereto and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 9. To see what action the Town will take in the matter of purchasing land upon which to erect a public High School and appropriate a sum of money for the same, as petitioned for by Robert Robertson and others.
ART. 10. To see what action the Town will take towards choosing a committee of three, to be known as a Legislative Committee, and appropriate a sum of money for their use.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to contribute towards the support of the Ipswich Hospital.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1500 for the building of Chebacco street, it being understood that the County of Essex appro- priate a like amount.
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ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000) for the use of the Water Committee, the appropriation to be used for a pumping test, subject to the approval of the State Board of Health.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to widen Arlington street and build sidewalks on the same, as petitioned for by T. A. Moynihan and others.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will appropriate from the Excess and Deficiency Fund one thousand dollars ($1000) for the Reserve Fund.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after Jan. 1, 1918, from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Jan. 1, 1918, to an amount not exceeding forty thousand dollars ($40,000) in the aggregate, and to issue a note or notes therefor.
ART. 17. To see if the town will raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the compiling and printing a Town valuation book, as assessed in the year 1916.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will appropriate money from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to meet overdrafts in the following accounts :
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Insurance School Houses,
$10.50
Treasurer,
12.34
Boiler Insurance,
45.35
Bonding Officers,
45.00
Police,
59.39
Health,
709.74
Inspector Cattle,
3.63
Snow,
2,356.42
Poor,
872.34
Total,
$4,114.71
ART. 19. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for the purpose of observ- ing Decoration Day.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate four hundred thirty-three dollars and eleven cents ($433.11) from Excess and Deficiency Fund to meet the overdraft, Macadam Road account.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to grant, free of charge, the use of the Town Hall for all charitable and religious purposes within the limits of the Town, as petitioned for by Wm. J. Daley and others.
ART. 22. To see what action the Town will take in regard to building tar sidewalks in Town and ap- propriate a sum of money for the same, as petitioned for by Wm. J. Daley and others.
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ART. 23. To see what action the Town will take towards providing a water supply for the Town Hall and appropriate a sum of money for same.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use, agreeable to Chap. 25, Section 75, of the Re- vised Laws.
ART. 25. To determine what time tax bills shall be issued and taxes become due and take any action thereon.
ART. 26. To act on any matter which may legally come before said meeting.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, one at the Meeting House, one at the Town Hall, one at the South Ham- ilton Post Office, in said Town, seven (7) days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this war- rant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-third day of February, A. D. 1917.
GEORGE H. GIBNEY, CLARENCE S. KNOWLTON, ARTHUR C. CUMMINGS, Selectmen of Hamilton.
TOWN OF HAMILTON
REPORT
OF THE
Finance and Advisory Committee
ON THE
Appropriations and Articles
FOR THE
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 13, 1917
HAM
ALEX. HAMILTON HUSETTS.
INCORP. JUNE 21.1793
SALEM, MASS. : BARRY PRINTING COMPANY 1917
To the Citizens of the Town of Hamilton :-
Your Committee have examined the financial needs for the maintenance of the various departments of the Town, and to provide for the payments of principal and interest due on bonds and notes for the fiscal year; and have also inves- tigated all requests calling for appropriations of money in the various Articles of the Town Warrant; and, after care- ful consideration, we make the recommendations given below in this report.
ARTICLE 4.
Under Article 4, salaries and fees for each department, as well as expenses, are included in the appropriation for said department. A complete list of salaries and fees recom- mended is given on the page following the list of these de- partment appropriations. All salary rates are the same as in 1916 with the exception of the salary for Town Accountant.
To raise and appropriate
money for :
Appropriated at Two Town Meetings 1916
Called for by Selectmen 1917
Recommended by Finance Committee 1917
Repairs of Highways, etc. $14,000
$6000
$5500
Street Watering or Oiling
2,500
3000
3000
Street Lighting 5,200
4800
4800
$21,700
$13,800
$13,300
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Appropriated at Two Town Meetings 1916
Called for by Selectmen 1917
Recommended by Finance Committee 1917
Brought forward
$21,700
$13,800
$13,300
Road Roller
1000
1000
1000
Guard Rail
200
200
200
Sidewalks
1000
1000
1000
Poor Department
3500
4000
4000
State Aid
600
550
550
Soldiers' Relief and Mil-
itary Aid
600
600
600
Town Hall
1500
1600
1600
Fire Department
1000
1000
1000
Cemetery
200
250
250
Park Commission
125
50
50
Tree Warden
300
300
300
Selectmen
840
800
800
Assessors
900
900
900
Treasurer
450
500
500
Collector
450
500
500
Accounting
550
750
715
Town Clerk
300
300
300
Police
1600
1800
1700
Snow Removal
2000
3000
2000
Board of Health
500
750
500
Finance Committee
25
25
25
Printing Town Reports
200
250
200
Brown-Tail and Gypsy
Moth Work
3900
4500
4900
$43,440
$38,425
$36,890
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Appropriated at two Town Meetings 1916
Called for by Selectmen 1917
Recommended by Finance Committee 1917
Brought forward
$43,440
$38,425
$36,890
Town Hall and School
house Loans
1980
1980
1980*
Interest on Bonds
320
240
240*
Interest on Tax Loans
1200
1200
1200
Insurance on School-house
120
Boiler Insurance
30
46
46
Schools
16,150
18,300
18,300 **
Sealer of Weights and
Measures
150
150
150
Election and Registration
450
500
500
Moderator
10
10
10
Legal expenses
100
100
100
Bonding officers
160
275
275
Cattle Inspector
50
60
60
Town clock
30
50
50
Public Library
650
650
650
Forest Fire Warden
30
25
25
Total
$64,870
$62,011
$60,476
*From Excess and Deficiency Fund.
** Includes shingling South School, $300.
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MEMORANDUM OF SALARIES AND FEES INCLUDED IN ABOVE APPROPRIA- TIONS UNDER ARTICLE 4.
Selectmen, Chairman $275
2nd member 200
3rd member
200
Assessors, Chairman
350
3rd member 25
2nd member
150
Registrars, $40 each 160
3rd member
150
Election Officers and
Treasurer
400
Tellers, $5 each 185
Collector
400
Moderator 10
Town Clerk, salary
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