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$2,517 57
(85)
SUPPRESSION OF ELM TREE BEETLE Pay Rolls Tree Warden July 26-Aug. 14
Labor:
L. H. Twiss $48 71
E. D. Evans .
35 16
T. S. Coughlin
42 45
$126 32
Other Expense :
T. S. Coughlin, horse hire 66 07
G. M. Roundy, gasolene 5 61
E. E. Walker, cylinder oil 2 00
73 68
200 00
Appropriation
200 00
Total payments
200 00
TREE WARDEN Pay Rolls Aug. 21-Sept. I
L. H. Twiss, labor
30 00
E. D. Evans, labor
20 00
50 00
Appropriation
50 00
Total payments
50 00
Highway Department
Frank Newhall, services as
surveyor $305 77
F. W. Freemna, transporta- tion 17 00
322 77
Pay Rolls (men) labor
1,552 03
Pay Rolls (horses), labor . 809 25
(86)
Snow Work
Frank Newhall .
13 24
F. W. Freeman, 1914
24 85
F. W. Freeman, 1915
23 98
Andrew Mansfield, Jr.
9 36
A. G. Tedford
8 40
79 83
Road Oil and Tarvia
John Baker, Jr., road oil . 803 60
Alden Spear's Sons, road oil
110 00
Barrett Mfg. Co., tarvia .
240 24
John Baker, Jr., asphalt .
16 25
Frank Newhall, freight paid
1 65
Frank Newhall, demurrage on oil 5 00
1,176 74
Gravel and Sand
L. F. Pope, gravel
93 00
John H. Hewes, gravel
13 20
L. O. Newhall, gravel
81 70
M. Bagdasian, gravel
12 40
E. O. Skinner, gravel
6 90
Chas. Berry, gravel
1 05
Frank Newhall, sand
8 75
-
217 00
Miscellaneous Expense
E. M. Frazier, lantern globes, etc. 1 96
J. B. McLean, Snow Work 1 50
Frank Newhall, cash for supplies . 3 35
F. W. Freeman, cash for shovels
5 70
(87)
A. P. Mansfield, danger signs 2 25 Frank Newhall, grate catch basin 3 00
C. E. Carter, setting grade 4 40
M. B. Paige, drain tile
4 89
A. H. Whidden, shovels, etc.
3 80
Thos. R. Evans, sharpening picks, etc. 9 95
B. M. Parker, repairs for driveways 17 25
G. M. Roundy, nails 36
C. E. Pearson, building fence 9 38
A F. Locke, lumber 8 26
76 05
Total payments
$4,233 67
Receipts
Appropriation Mar. 8, 1915
$3,000 00
Appropriation balance 1914
183 42
Excise Tax
664 88
Special for Salem Street
100 00
State Highway Commission
100 00
City of Lynn
119 36
J. B. Pierce, street oiling
55 00
Emergency Fund
11 01
$3,233 67
Total payments
3,233 67
Unpaid bills:
F. W. Freeman
$108 80
Frank Newhall
64 22
$170 02
STREET LIGHTING Precinct I
Town of Reading $978 90
(88)
Precinct II
Town of Peabody
714 50
Total payments
$1,693 40
Receipts
Appropriation old contracts
$1,500 00
Balance 1914 account
79 11
Appropriation new contract
351 00
1,930 11
Total payments
1,693 40
Balance unexpended
236 71
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS Reduction of Debt
First National Bank, Boston,
account South School Loan $1,000 00
Note due account Park Loan
1,500 00
$2,500 00
Interest on Notes
Interest on Park Note
26 25
Tax Loans
315 55
341 80
Tax Loans
Notes paid Wakefield Savings Bank:
Notes Issue 1914
6,000 00
Notes Issue 1915
7,000 00
13,000 00
Agency
State Tax, Treasurer Commonwealth $2,632 50
County Tax, Treasurer Essex County 1,782 16
Treasurer Commonewalth, fees liquor license 625 00
5,039 66
(89)
Other Payments
Observation Memorial Day
100 00
H. F. Lawrence, damage on highway
125 00
Total payments
$45,260 06
RECAPITULATION Summary of Payments
General Government
$2,392 05
Protection, Board of Health, etc.
339 25
Fire Department
593 50
Forest Warden
889 11
Tree Warden
50 00
Elm Beetle
200 00
Moth Work
2,172 11
Charities-Soldiers' Relief
535 13
State Aid
888 00
Soldiers' Burial
50 00
School Department
9,498 00
Library
425 17
Cemeteries
192 51
Highways
4,234 17
Street Lighting Memorial Day
100 00
State Tax
2,632 50
County Tax
1,782 16
Licenses Fees Returned
625 00
South School Loan
1,000 00
Park Loan
1,500 00
Tax Loans
13,000 00
Interest on Notes
341 80
Damage Case-Highway Account
125 00
.
$45,260 06
(90)
1,693 40
Receipts
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1915 ·
$2,869 97
Receipts by Town Treasurer as per report
52,130 30
Total cash
$55,000 27
Withdrawn or orders
45,260 06
Balance
$9,740 21
Park funds invested
7,280 00
Cash on hand, General Funds, Dec. 31, 1915
2,460 21
EMERGENCY FUND
Transfers
Forest Warden's Department
$559 03
Highway Department (damage case)
125 00
General Government
175 05
Protection
37 20
Fire Department
58 53
Charities
33 63
Highway Department
11 01
Total transfers
$999 45
Receipts
Appropriation March 8, 1915
$559 03
Appropriation June 22, 1915
500 00
Total receipts
$1,059 03
Total Transfers
999 45
Balance unexpended
.
$59 58
(91)
AVAILABLE ASSETS
Due on Tax List 1913
$34 93
Due on Tax List 1914
1,530 92
Due on Tax List 1915
7,781 67
Park Fund and Interest
7,280 00
$16,627 52
*Other Credits
Due State Aid
960 00
Due Soldiers' Burial
50 00
Mass. School Fund
903 28
Account Charities
24 50
¡Cash on hand
2,460 21
$4,397 99
Liabilities
South School Notes
$8,000 00
Tax Loans
4,000 00
$12,000 00
*These credits are allowed to revert to various departments and appropriations are made with this understanding.
¡Cash on hand represents balances of depart- ments unexpended. Income trust funds on hand and Emergency Fund, etc.
UNEXPENDED BALANCES
School Department
$1,697 73
Protection (Forest Warden)
19 92
Cemeteries
97 95
Street Lighting
236 71
Nash Improvement Fund
86 84
Interest Park Fund
280 00
Emergency Fund
59 58
$2,478 73
(92)
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*UNPAID BILLS 1915 ACCOUNT
General Government:
R. E. Smith, Town Counsel Balance due
$96 35
C. E. Pearson, repairs Town Hall 5 25
B. M. Parker, repairs Town Hall 17 75
$119 35
Fire Department:
Unpaid bills 1915 account
50 14
Charities :
Unpaid bills 1915 account
139 50
Library :
Balance outstanding
10 55
Highways:
F. W. Freeman
105 80
Frank Newhall
64 22
170 02
Total unpaid bills
$489 56
*All accounts to be presented monthly. See Chap. 624, Acts 1910-Chap. 207, Acts 1911, Sec. 2-4. Liabilities not to exceed appropriations.Chap. 719, Acts 1913-Chap. 143 and 317, Acts 1914.
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Tax Collector's Statement
Tax of 1912
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1914
$869 77
Received for interest
73 45
$943 22
Abated by the Assessors
$34 23
Paid Town Treasurer
874 06
$908 29
Balance due Dec. 31, 1915
$34 93
Tax of 1914
Balance uncollected Dec. 31, 1914
$8,123 26
Received for interest
130 42
$8,253 68
Abated by the Assessors $215 23
Paid Town Treasurer
6,507 53
$6,722 76
Balance due Dec. 31, 1915
$1,530 92
Tax of 1915
Amount of Warrant, including Moth and Polls
$23,982 21
December Warrant
162 65
Bay State St. R.R. Excise Tax
·
664 88
Received on Interest
10 33
$24,820 07
Abated by the Assessors
$68 11
Paid Town Treasurer
16,970 29
-$17,038 40
Balance due Dec. 31, 1915
$7,781 67 F. W. FREEMAN, Collector of Taxes (94 )
Treasurer's Report
To the Citizens of Lynnfield :-
I herewith submit my report for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1915, it being my thirteenth annual report :
TRUST FUNDS
The invested funds held in trust are as follows:
Cemetery Endowments with accrued interest $3,357 58
Mary U. Nash Town Improvement Fund . 2,040 40
George L. Hawkes Library Fund 500 00
Mary U. Nash Library Fund. 1,000 00
George N. Blake Library Fund 4,000 00
Suntaug Park Fund, from Town of Peabody
7,000 00
$17,897 98
Report in detail of the earnings of the several trust funds and disposition of same:
George L. Hawkes Library Fund
Amount on deposit Dec. 31, 1915 . $500 00
Dividend for year ending Oct. 1, 1915 20 20
$520 20
Interest wirhdrawn, credited to Library $20 20
On deposit Suffolk Savings Bank 500 00
$520 00
Mary U. Nash Library Fund
Amount on deposit Dec. 31, 1915 $1,000 00
Dividend for year ending Nov. 1, 1915 40 40
$1,040 40
Interest withdrawn credited to Library $40 40
On Deposit Medford Savings Bank 1,000 00
$1,040 40
(95)
George N. Blake Library Fund
Registered Bond of City of Boston
$4,000 00
Interest one year to Dec. 1, 1915
140 00
$4,140 00
Interest received and credited to Library
140 00
4,000 000
Mary U. Nash Town Improvement Fund
Amount on deposit Dec. 31, 1915 $2,000 00
Dividend Wildey Savings Bank to Nov. 1,1915
40 40
Dividend Mechanics Savings Bank to Dec. 1, 1915
10 10
Dividend Wakefield Savings Bank to
Aug. 1, 1915 30 30
$2,080 80
Interest withdrawn
40 40
$2,040 40
On deposit as follows:
Wildey Savings Bank $1,000 00
Wakefield Savings Bank .
780 30
Mechanics Savings Bank
260 10
$2,040 40
Amount of Cash Available for Town Improvement
Balance in Treasurer's hands Dec. 31,
1915
$46 44
Interest earned
80 80
$127 24
Interest not withdrawn .
$40 40
Cash in Treasurer's hands
86 84
$127 24
.
(96)
Suntaug Park Fund
Amount received from Town of Peabody
March 31, 1915
$7,000 00 280 00
Interest to Dec. 1, 1915
$7,280 00
Argentine Nation 6% Bonds
$7,000 00
Cash in Treasurer's hands
280 00
$7,280 00
Cemetery Trust Funds
Three lots have been endowed during the past year, each for the sum of one hundred dollars, Esther R. Perkins in Forest Hill Cemetery; Helen D. Newcomb in the West Cemetery; and the lot of Albert Mansfield in Willow Cemetery.
Statement of Funds Showing Earnings and Disbursements
Amount of funds and interest on deposit Dec. 31 1915
$3,029 85
Endowments received
300 00
Earnings
124 88
$3,454 73
Interest withdrawn and paid for care of lots
97 15
$3,357 58
On Deposit in the Following Banks
Wakefield Savings Bank
$1,762 56
Wildey Savings Bank
755 09
Mechanics Savings Bank
839. 93
$3,357 58
( 97 )
Following is statement of endowments in detail :
Ou Deposit Feb. 1, 1915
Income 1915
Expended 1915
On Deposit Dec. 31 1915
Henry Bancroft
$233 31
$9 40
$4 00
$238 71
Thomas D. Blake
105 26
4 24
3 00
106 50
Albert R. Bryant
102 18
4 12
3 00
103 30
John Bryant
79 86
3 22
3 00
90 08
Jonathan Bryant
106 26
4 28
3 00
107 54
Matthew Cox
107 74
4 32
3 00
109 06
Jeremiah Coney
136 49
5 50
3 00
138 99
Sarah J. Coney
102 24
4 12
3 00
103 36
George S. Danforth
100 00
4 04
4 00
100 04
Mary A. Danforth
103 56
4 16
3 00
104 72
Adelia C. Emerson
63 89
2 56
2 00
64 45
Emerson & Orne
81 14
3 26
3 00
81 40
Lucy E. Gowing
54 55
2 18
3 00
53 73
Esther W. M. Gilman
200 16
8 08
8 00
200 24
Endicott Hart
54 55
2 18
3 00
53 73
John E. Hastings
100 00
4 04
3 00
101 04
Mary B. Hawkes
100 20
4 04
3 00
101 24
Jacob Hood
101 68
4 08
3 00
102 76
Albert Mansfield
100 00
Daniel Needham
103 76
4 16
3 00
104 92
Helen D. Newcomb
1 00
101 00
James H. Newhall
105 99
4 26
2 00
108 25
Joseph C. Newhall
68 53
2 74
75
70 52
David F. Parsons
101 42
4 08
3 00
102 50
Ebenezer Parsons
107 92
4 34
3 00
109 26
Israel Parsons
101 42
4 08
3 00
102 50
Esther R. Perkins
2 00
2 00
100 00
Charlotte Ramsdell
118 84
4 78
7 40
116 22
Herbert Richardson
79 40
3 18
3 00
79 58
Moses Richardson
105 30
4 24
3 00
106 54
William Skinner
101 94
4 08
4 00
102 02
Amanda Wiley
102 26
4 12
3 00
103 38
$3,029 85 $124 88
$97 15 $3,357 58
(98)
DR.
TREASURER'S REPORT
Cash on hand January 1, 1915
$2,869 97
Loans in anticipation of taxes
11,000 00
License Innholders
2,000 00
License Club
500 00
License, all others
40 00
Interest George N. Blake Library Fund
140 00
Interest Mary U. Nash Library Fund
40 40
Interest George L. Hawkes Library Fune
20 20
Fund collected for Library at South Part
60 00
Rent of Library Room
20 00
Fines collected by Librarians
9 40
Interest Mary U. Nash Improvement Fund
40 40
Interest Cemetery Trust Funds
97 15
Sale of Cemetery lots
30 00
Rent of Town Hall
98 00
Rent of South Hall
79 00
Superintendent of Moth Department for labor
51 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, fees collected J. B. Pierce, for oiling streets
55 00
Court fines
15 00
City of Lynn and others for tuition
385 00
City of Lynn, for labor on highway
119 38
City of Lynn, refund on Poor Account .
1 50
County Treasurer, Dog Tax refunded
134 78
Boston and Maine R.R. forest fire account
39 88
Town of Peabody, Park settlement
$7,000 00
Interest on Park Fund
280 00
State highway 1914
100 00
Corporation tax, public service
63 90
Street Railway tax
666 55
State Aid
838 00
National Bank tax
123 00
Inspection of cattle
25 00
High School tuition
717 50
High School Transportation
248 00
Superintendent's salary
218 75
Tuition of State children
71 00
State School fund
767 29
F. W. Freeman, Collector Excise tax
664 88
Tax of 1913
800 61
Tax of 1914 .
6,377 11
Tax of 1915
16,295 08
Interest on taxes
214 20
Interest on daily balance
52 48
$55,000 27
(99 )
277 30
Commonwealth of Mass. for Moth Suppression
1,342 93
Corporation tax, business
10 63
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD, DEC. 31, 1915.
CR.
Amount paid on orders Jan. 1, 1915 to Dec. 31, 1915
$45,260 06
Cash balanceSchool account
$1,697 73
Nash Improvement Fund
86 84
Suntaug Park Fund (invested)
7,000 00
Suntaug Park Fund (interest)
280 00
General Fund .
675 64
$55,000 27
FRANKLIN W. FREEMAN,
Treasurer
(100)
Town Accountant's Report
I hereby certify that I have examined the various Trust Funds of the Town, also the accounts of the Collector of Taxes and of the Town Treasurer and find them apparently correct. I have also kept an itemized account of all payments and receipts of the various departments of the Town and have published the result of the same in the Annual Town Report. These accounts so far as possible, I have endeavored to keep in conformity with the classifications and forms prescribed by the Bureau of Statistics.
In several instances, appropriations were unequal to the demands of certain departments, and money was voted by the Finance Committee from the Emergency Fund to pay bills as far as possible in these departments. In some cases, how- ever, the amounts necessary for settlement were so far beyond the original estimate of expense that the accounts have been held over for new appropriations, at the next Annual Town Meeting, as provided in Chapter 624, Acts of 1910, as amended by Chapter 207, Acts of 1911, Section 4.
GEORGE H. BANCROFT,
Town Accountant
( 101)
Report of Finance Committee
The Selectmen, as provided by the Town By-Laws, appointed early in the year a Finance Board, consisting of five members as follows: Joseph H. Smith, Chairman; Walter Mabie, Secretary; Arthur D. Upton, Harry W. Munroe, Harry B. Nesbitt. Mr. Munroe resigned later and Wm. E. Gilson was appointed to fill vacancy. Under Chapter 645, Acts of 1913, providing for the creation and use of money appropriated for Emergency or Reserve Fund, we find "transfers from this fund may, from time to time, be voted by the finance or appropriation committee of the town, in towns having such committee .*** The Town Treasurer shall honor drafts against the fund so transferred." The Emergency Fund created by appropriation of balance as shown in town expense account of 1915, amounted to $559.03 This entire amount was transferred by your committee to the Forest Warden's account, as the many expensive fires seemed to demand unusual funds in this department.
At the Special Town meeting held on June 22, 1915, $500 was appropriated for Emergency Fund to be assessed in Tax Levy of 1915. $125 was transferred from this amount to pay damage incurred on Highway, by H. F. Lawrence.
At the close of the financial year it was found that several of the various departments had insufficient funds to pay out- standing accounts. Upon advise of the Bureau of Statistics, transfers were made from the Emergency Fund as follows: General Government, $175.05; Protection of Persons, etc., $37.20; Fire Department, $58.53; Charities, $33.63; Highway account, $11.01, making total transfers for year ending Dec. 31, 1915, of $999.45, leaving balance on hand of $59.58. We would recommend an appropriation of $500 and balance shown ($59.58) for Emergency or Reserve Fund for ensuing year. We have considered the numerous articles of the Annual Town Warrant relating to appropriations and other municipal questions and have made recommendations concerning same, as provided in Chapter 130, Acts of 1910. These recom- mendations it is hoped to have printed for distribution at or before the Annual Town Meeting, as provided in Chapter 624, Acts of 1910, and Chapter 207, Acts of 1911, Section 6.
WALTER MABIE, Secretary.
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ESSEX, ss.
To either of the constables of the Town of Lynnfield, in said County of Essex,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lynnfield, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Lynnfield on Monday, the thirteenth day of March, 1916, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in their votes on one ballot for the choice of all necessary Town officers for the ensuing year chosen in this manner; also upon the same ballot to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question: "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?"
Upon a separate ballot for the use of women qualified, according to law, to vote for members of the School Committee, to bring in their votes for one member of the School Committee for a term of three years.
The Polls on these ballots to open at 11 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. on said March thirteenth, unless otherwise ordered by vote of the Town.
Also to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To act upon the reports of Town officers as published.
Art. 3. To choose all Town officers not required to be chosen. by ballot.
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Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1916, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1, 1917, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1917, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1917.
Art. 6. To appoint a time when the Collector of Taxes shall settle his account.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will revise and accept the jury list as published by the Selectmen.
Art. 8. To see what disposal the Town will make of the money refunded by the County from the Dog Tax for the year 1916.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the observance of Memorial Day, and determone how same shall be expended, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, said sum together wiht the unexpended balance as shown in General Government Account, to be used for maintenance of General Government as follows: Town officers' salaries and expenses, care of muni- cipal buildings, elections and registrations, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars for the use of the Fire Department for the ensuing year, or what action it will take thereon.
(104)
Art. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars for Police Work, Board of Health, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Inspection of Barns and Animals and slaughtering for the ensuing year or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of six thousand dollars, said sum together with the unexpended balance of the School Department to be used for the support of schools, high school tuition and transporta- tion of scholars for the ensuing year, or what action it will 1 take thereon.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars, for the repair of high- ways and street oiling, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 15. To see what action the Town will take in con- nection with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the maintenance of Newburyport Turnpike.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the use of the Forest Warden in suppression of forest fires for the ensuing year, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred dollars for charities, and soldiers' benefits for the ensuing year, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred thirty-five dollars, as required by the State for the suppression of the Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars for the maintenance of the Public Library, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars, said sum together with the un- expended balance, for the use of the Cemetery Commissioners, or what action it will take thereon.
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Art. 21. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to be used under the direction of the Cemetery Commissioners in grading and improving the avenues of Forest Hill Cemetery, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-five dollars for the maintenance of Suntaug Park, this sum to be expended by the Park Commissioners, or what action it will take thereon .- J. W. Robbins, E. Q. Moulton.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to be used for the care of the common, Lynnfield Centre, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended in paying interest on notes, also to provide for payment of liability insurance, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the use of the Tree Warden, one-half of this sum to be expended in the planting of shade trees, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 26. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the suppression of the Elm Tree Beetle, and determine how same shall be expended.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for the maintenance of street lights now under contract, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars to be used in the straight- ening and relocating Salem Street from the Wakefield line to Lawrence's Corner as recommended by the Essex County Commissioners, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to provide suitable guard rails along the highways, where necessary, to warn travellers against accident, or what action it will take thereon, same to be spent under the direction of the Selectmen.
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Art. 30. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars for the installation of eighteen electric lights on Essex Street, from the corner of Main Street to the West Peabody line, and fifteen electric lights on Walnut Street between Summer Street and Mans- field's Corner, or what action it will take thereon .- M. H. Doremus and others.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will instruct the Highway Surveyor to extend the sidewalk on Forest Hill Avenue, to the corner of Essex Street, thence continuing on the easterly side of said Essex Street, towards the West Peabody line for a distance of thirteen hundred feet. The expense for same to be taken from the highway appropriation, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to build a catch-basin on Main Street to take away the surface water from the front of Mrs. F. P. Russell's property, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will authorize the appointment of a committee to report at the next town meeting, annual or special, By-Laws pertaining to the erection, alteration and repair of buildings within the Town .- N. B. Todd.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars as a gift to the George Washington Memorial Building, Washington, D.C.
Art. 35. To see if the Town will vote to change the term of office of Selectmen to a term of one year .- Albert H. Riggs, Willis E. Peabody and others.
Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to change the By-Laws so as to provide that no person shall, at the same time be a member of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Assessors .- Albert H. Riggs, Willis E. Peabody and others.
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Art. 37. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used for the Fourth of July celebration, or what action it will take thereon.
Art. 38. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to be used for surfacing the sidewalk on the easterly side of Main Street from Summer Street to Essex Street, or what action it will take thereon, same to be spent under the direction of Wm. E. Roundy .- Oscar E. Phillips and others.
Art. 39. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to build a sidewalk on Broadway, Lynnfield, from Chemical House to Stone House, or what action it will take thereon .- Bernard Oelcher and others.
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