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regulations as to the use thereof by the public, to erect and maintain suitable and proper structures thereon, and to rent the same for terms expiring not later than March 1, 1916, to enter into agreements with owners of abutting lands relative to the use of said Town prop- erty, to protect and enforce the rights of the Town therein and prevent unlawful infringement of said rights, and to do all things necessary or proper in the premises, including the bringing of suits and employment of coun- sel, and that any unexpended balance from previous appropriations for said committee or receipts by it and any sums which may be received as rentals of said prop- erty during the ensuing year be appropriated for the use of said committee; said committee to report in writ- ing at the next Annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to erect a new Town Hall, substantially in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by the Special Com- mittee appointed under Article No. 63, of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting held March 2, 1914, and to furnish such building; and to appropriate money for the same; and to determine how the money shall be raised.
ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate money for the erection and original equipment of a gymnasium to be used for municipal purposes upon a certain parcel of land given to the Town by certain citizens thereof and accepted by the Town at its Annual Meeting in 1914, usually known as the Hinckley addi- tion to the Brook Road Playground, and determine how the money shall be raised and to take any other action which is necessary or appropriate in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to appro-
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priate money for the maintenance of a gymnasium upon the Hinckley addition to the Brook Road Play- ground during the present year.
l'oted, That the Committees on the Enlargement of the Town Hall and on a Gymnasium for the Brook Road Playground be continued, and further, that the subject matter of Articles 54, 55 and 56 be referred to a Special Committee of seven citizens, to be appointed by the Moderator with instructions to consider the sub- ject matter thereof, the relations of each of these ques- tions to the others, the order of precedence of construction, the financing, cost of maintenance and other pertinent matters in connection with additional Town Hall and gymnasium facilities, and to report its recommenda- tions to the Town not later than the next Annual Meet- ing, and sooner if practicable, at a special meeting called for the purpose.
The Moderator is requested to appoint the Chairman of the Warrant Committee for the coming year, one member of the School Committee, one member of the Committee on the Enlargement of the Town Hall and one member of the Committee on Gymnasium as mem- bers of said Special Committee, and the sum of $1,000 is hereby appropriated for the use of said committee.
ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Act provided for in Chapter 296 of the Legislative Enactments of 1913, and if so if the Town will vote to establish the office of Bird Warden provided under this Act.
Voted, To accept the Act provided for in Chapter 296 of the Legislative Enactments of 1913, and to estab- lish the office of Bird Warden provided under this Act.
At 6 o'clock P.M., Voted, to adjourn until Tuesday, March 16, 1915, at 7.45 P.M.
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ADJOURNED MEETING
ARTICLE 58. To see what action the Town will take in reference to the report of the "Committee on Revision of Building Laws of the Town," and to see if the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws by striking out Chapters 7 and 8, entitled, "The Construction and Inspection of Buildings" and "The Regulation and In- spection of Plumbing," respectively, or any part thereof, and insert in place thereof Chapters 7 and 8, or any part thereof, as submitted in the report of said "Com- mittee on Revision of Building Laws of the Town," dated December 15, 1914, a copy of which is on file with the Selectmen, and copies of which have been distributed to the citizens of Milton.
Voted, To amend the Town By-Laws by striking out Chapters 7 and 8, entitled, "The Construction and Inspection of Buildings" and "The Regulation and In- spection of Plumbing," respectively, and insert in place thereof Chapters 7 and 8 as submitted in the report dated December 15, 1914, and corrections thereto, dated February 15, 1915, of the "Committee on Revision of Building Laws."
ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 3 of Chapter 3 of the By-Laws by inserting after the word "appointment," the following words: "They shall also consider all questions submitted to the voters of the Town at any meeting including State elections under any act or resolve of the Legislature and proposed amendments to the Constitution; they shall report in print before all such meetings at which such questions are to be submitted, their estimates and rec- ommendations for the action of the Town," so that the Section as amended will read as follows:
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"SECTION 3. The Warrant Committee shall consider the various articles in the Warrants for all the Town Meetings held during the period for which they were appointed, including the various articles in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting next after their appointment; they shall also consider all questions submitted to the voters of the Town at any meeting, in- cluding State elections under any act or resolve of the Legislature and proposed amendments to the Constitution; and they shall report in print before all such meetings their estimates and recommendations for the action of the Town."
Voted, To amend Section 3 of Chapter 3 of the By- Laws by inserting after the word "appointment," the following words: "They shall also consider all questions submitted to the voters of the Town at any meeting in- cluding State elections under any act or resolve of the Legislature and proposed amendments to the Constitu- tion; they shall report in print before all such meetings at which such questions are to be submitted, their esti- mates and recommendations for the action of the Town," so that the Section as amended will read as follows:
"SECTION 3. The Warrant Committee shall consider the various articles in the Warrant for all the Town Meetings held during the period for which they were appointed, including the various articles in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting next after their appointment; they shall also consider all questions submitted to the voters of the Town at any meeting, in- cluding State elections under any act or resolve of the Legislature and proposed amendments to the Constitution; and they shall report in
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print before all such meetings their estimates and recommendations for the action of the Town."
ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to sub- stitute the following section for Section 25 of Chapter 6 of the Revised By-Laws, so as to read as follows:
"SECTION 25. No person shall own or keep in the Town any animal or fowl, which, in any manner, substantially disturbs the peace and quiet of any dwelling-place or neighborhood."
Voted, That this Article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 61. To see what action the Town will take to raise and appropriate seven hundred dollars ($700) for the George Washington Memorial Building, Wash- ington, D. C.
Voted, That this Article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to accept Eliot Circle, running northerly from Eliot Street, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a Town way.
Voted, To accept Eliot Circle, running northerly from Eliot Street, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a Town way.
ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to accept Woodland Road, running from Canton Avenue to a point 700 feet southerly, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a Town way.
Voted, To accept Woodland Road, running from Can- ton Avenue to a point 700 feet southerly, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a Town way.
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ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town will vote to accept Eaton Street, as altered by the Board of Selectmen.
Voted, To accept Eaton Street as altered by the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will vote to accept Columbia Park, running northerly from Brook Road, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a Town way.
Voted, To accept Columbia Park, running northerly from Brook Road, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a Town way.
ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will vote to accept Warren Avenue, running from Thacher Street to Brook Road Playground, as laid out by the Board of Select- men, as a Town way.
Voted, To accept Warren Avenue, running from Thacher Street to Brook Road Playground, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a Town way.
ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) toward properly finishing the laying out of the west side of Grafton Avenue, south of State Street.
Voted, That this Article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote to erect seven electric lights on Hillside Street, from the Canton line easterly to the line of the Metropolitan Park, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect four electric lights on Hillside Street, and to appropriate $70.48 for the same.
ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will vote to erect
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one electric light on Quarry Street, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect one electric light on Quarry Street, and to appropriate $17.62 for the same.
ARTICLE 70. To see if the Town will vote to erect three electric lights on Waldeck Road, between Edge Hill Road and Brook Road, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect three electric lights on Waldeck Road, between Edge Hill Road and Brook Road, and appro- priate $52.86 for the same.
ARTICLE 71. To see if the Town will vote to erect three electric lights on Grafton Avenue, between State and Curtis Streets, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, That this Article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 72. To see if the Town will vote to erect one electric light on State Street, corner of Plymouth Avenue, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect one electric light on State Street, corner of Plymouth Avenue, and to appropriate $17.62 for the same.
ARTICLE 73. To see if the Town will vote to erect three electric lights on Hollis Street, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect two electric lights on Hollis Street, and to appropriate $35.24 for the same.
ARTICLE 74. To see if the Town will vote to erect one electric light on Webster Place, and appropriate money for the same.
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Voted, To erect one electric light on Webster Place, and to appropriate $17.62 for the same.
ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town will vote to erect two electric lights on Petersburg Avenue, and appro- priate money for the same.
Voted, To erect one electric light on Petersburg Avenue, and to appropriate $17.62 for the same.
ARTICLE 76. To see if the Town will vote to erect one electric light on Walnut Street, at the rear of the Milton High School Building, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect one electric light on Walnut Street, at the rear of the Milton High School Building, and to appropriate $17.62 for the same.
ARTICLE 77. To see if the Town will vote to erect one electric light on Warren Avenue, between Thacher Street and Brook Road Playground, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect one electric light on Warren Avenue, between Thacher Street and Brook Road Playground, and to appropriate $17.62 for the same.
ARTICLE 78. To see if the Town will vote to erect one electric light on Houston Avenue, near Brook Road Playground, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect one electric light on Houston Avenue, near Brook Road Playground, and to appropriate $17.62 for the same.
ARTICLE 79. To see if the Town will vote to erect one electric light on Thacher Street, at its intersection
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with Kahler Avenue, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, That this Article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 80. To see if the Town will vote to erect one electric light on Winthrop Street, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect one electric light on Winthrop Street, and to appropriate $17.62 for the same.
ARTICLE 81. To see if the Town will vote to erect one electric light on Columbia Street, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect one electric light on Columbia Street, and to appropriate $17.62 for the same.
ARTICLE 82. To see if the Town will vote to erect one electric light on Eliot Circle, running northerly from Eliot Street, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect one electric light on Eliot Circle, run- ning northerly from Eliot Street, and to appropriate $17.62 for the same.
ARTICLE 83. To see if the Town will vote to erect two electric lights on Cliff Road, between Eliot Street and the residence of George F. Shepard, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, To erect two electric lights on Cliff Road, between Eliot Street and the residence of George F. Shepard, and to appropriate $35.24 for the same.
ARTICLE 84. To see if the Town will vote to erect
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two electric lights on private way off Canton Avenue, running to E. L. Clementson's property, and appropriate money for the same.
Voted, That this Article be indefinitely postponed.
And you are directed to warn said inhabitants, quali- fied as aforesaid, to meet at the time and place and for the purpose herein mentioned, by posting attested copies of this Warrant in each of the post-offices of said Town fourteen days at least before said meeting and leaving printed copies hereof at the dwelling-houses in said Town at least four days before said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Milton, the twelfth day of February, nineteen hundred and fifteen.
JACOB A. TURNER, MAURICE A. DUFFY, GEORGE R. EATON, Selectmen of Milton.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. NORFOLK, SS. MILTON, March 5, 1915.
Pursuant to the within Warrant I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Milton, as within directed, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes therein mentioned, by posting attested copies of the same in the post-offices of the Town and leaving copies at the dwellings of the inhabitants.
PELEG BRONSDON, Constable of Milton.
The following resolutions being presented to the meet- ing were read and unanimously accepted:
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Resolved: That the Town of Milton desires to express its high appreciation of the ability and fidelity with which Mr. Maurice Pierce has discharged the important and difficult duties of Chief of Police.
For a quarter of a century Mr. Pierce has held this office and during that period serious offences in the Town have been remarkably few.
To Mr. Pierce's efficiency the Town owes no small part of the safety and tranquillity it has enjoyed, and it now directs this resolution to be spread on its records in grateful recognition of Mr. Pierce's loyal and valuable services.
Resolved: That the citizens of Milton in Town Meet- ing assembled, having been informed that applications for first-class liquor licenses in Mattapan are pending before the Excise Commissioners of the City of Boston, hereby declare that they would regret exceedingly the presence of open bar-rooms or the sale of liquor in any form, near the Mattapan district of this Town, and that they earnestly protest against the granting of licenses for the sale of liquor in that neighborhood.
Resolved: That the Town Clerk be instructed to con- vey a copy of this resolve forthwith to the Excise Com- missioners of the City of Boston.
March 16, 1915, at 11 hours 32 minutes P.M., Voted, That the meeting be dissolved.
The foregoing meeting was opened at 5.45 o'clock A.M., by the Town Clerk (who proceeded to read the Warrant); upon the conclusion of the reading of the second Article it was moved that the further reading of the Warrant be dispensed with. Said motion being put was unanimously carried and the further reading of the Warrant (except the concluding paragraphs) was dispensed with.
At the meeting aforesaid the total number of ballots
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cast was 1,895, 323 ballots being cast by women voters for School Committee.
A true record.
Attest :
G. FRANK KEMP, Town Clerk.
Warrant Committee
The following citizens were appointed by the Modera- tor as a Warrant Committee for the ensuing year in accordance with Chapter 2 of the Revised By-Laws, viz .:
Robert L. Raymond, Stephen B. Ames, William B. Batchelder, Ralph S. Carpenter, Philip Y. DeNormandie, Waldo E. Forbes, Edward E. Ford, Benjamin R. Fuller, Michael Gibbons, Dr. Joel E. Goldthwaite, William H. Hooper, Carl R. Horne, Edmond M. Poitevin, Robert Saltonstall, Charles E. Whelan.
Recount of Votes
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. NORFOLK, SS. MILTON, March 11, 1915.
At a meeting called and held at the Town Hall in said Milton on the above date, as per order of the Chair- man of the Board of Registrars (a recount of votes cast at the Annual Town Meeting, held upon March 6, 1915, for Selectmen and Surveyors of Highways, and Auditors, having been petitioned for by more than ten voters), said recount was held upon the above date with results as follows:
Selectmen and Surveyors of Highways
GEORGE L. ANTHONY, six hundred and sixty-one votes.
MAURICE A. DUFFY, nine hundred and thirty-eight votes.
GEORGE R. EATON, six hundred and forty-four votes.
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EDWARD E. FORD, three hundred and six votes.
JAMES F. MITCHELL, four hundred and ninety-eight votes.
JAMES S. RUSSELL, eight hundred and sixty votes.
JOSEPH A. SHEA, two hundred and sixty-nine votes.
WILLIAM A. WILL, one hundred and ninety-two votes. BLANKS, three hundred and forty-eight.
Auditors
FREDERICK A. KRIM, six hundred and nine votes.
ERNEST P. LIBBY, six hundred and ten votes.
J. HERBERT RAYMOND, eight hundred and fifty-one votes.
CHARLES F. WILLIAMS, four hundred and eighty-four votes.
BLANKS, five hundred and ninety.
All the above votes after being counted were again sealed up and delivered to the Town Clerk.
Signed :
PATRICK F. MAHONEY, EDWARD F. W. BARTOL, G. FRANK KEMP,
Registrars of Voters.
SPECIAL SEPTEMBER MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Milton, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabit- ants of the Town of Milton qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said Milton upon Wednesday, the first day of September next, at eight o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following Articles:
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Milton held September 1, 1915, the following proceedings were had upon the several Articles in the Warrant, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate and raise for the Street De- . partment.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $10,000 for macadam pavement or other road material, under specifications ap- proved by the Massachusetts Highway Commission; and that the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow the same, on behalf of the Town, and to issue a note or notes of the Town therefor payable not later than December 1, 1916.
Passed by more than a two-thirds vote.
ARTICLE 2. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the appropriation made at the Annual Meet- ing, March, 1915, for street watering and oiling.
Voted, To authorize the Selectmen to use for the gen- eral expenses of the Street Department any unexpended balance from the appropriation of $11,000 made at the
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Annual Meeting, March, 1915, for street watering and oiling.
ARTICLE 3. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for miscellaneous expenses the present year.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $2,000 for miscel- laneous expenses for the present year, the same to be paid out of any unappropriated funds in the treasury of the Town.
ARTICLE 4. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate and raise for additional equipment for the Fire Department.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $3,800 to purchase additional equipment for the Fire Department, $300 of the same to be paid out of unappropriated funds in the treasury, and the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow the sum of $3,500 in behalf of the Town and to issue a note or notes of the Town therefor payable not later than December 1, 1916, said sums to be expended by the committee appointed in accordance with the vote of the Town upon Article 14 of the Warrant at the Annual Meeting held in March, 1915.
Passed by more than a two-thirds vote.
ARTICLE 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate and raise for the improvement of the Cemetery the present year.
Voted, To appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the im- provement of the Cemetery for the present year and that the same be paid out of any unappropriated funds in the treasury of the Town.
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ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 7 of the Town_By-Laws by inserting after Sec- tion 23 the following:
"SECTION 23A. All wooden header beams more than four (4) feet long used in any building shall be framed together and pinned or hung to the trimmer beams in stirrup-irons. When it is not practicable to frame or secure the ends of tail beams into header beams, the ends of the tail beams shall be hung to the header beams by stirrup-irons."
By inserting after Section 35 the following:
"SECTION 35A. No portion of any building of third class construction to which the provisions of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912 do not apply shall be hereafter erected, enlarged, altered, or placed nearer than four (4) feet to the line of any adjacent lot or to any other building of the first or second class; or nearer than eight (8) feet to any portion of any other building of the third class on the same lot, unless fireproof masonry walls, with openings protected as required by Section 36, are built next to the said lot or other building, such walls to be of thickness provided under Section 17."
By inserting after Section 37 the following:
"SECTION 37A. Every dwelling to which the provisions of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912 do not apply shall have at least two independent means of egress."
Voted, To amend Chapter 7 of the Town By-Laws by inserting after Section 23 the following:
"SECTION 23A. All wooden header beams more than four (4) feet long used in any building shall
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be framed together and pinned or hung to the trimmer beams in stirrup-irons. When it is not practicable to frame or secure the ends of tail beams into header beams, the ends of the tail beams shall be hung to the header beams by stirrup-irons."
By inserting after Section 35 the following:
"SECTION 35A. No portion of any building of third class construction to which the pro- visions of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912 do not apply shall be hereafter erected, enlarged, altered or placed nearer than four (4) feet to the line of any adjacent lot or to any other building of the first or second class; or nearer than eight (S) feet to any portion of any other building of the third class on the same lot, unless fireproof masonry walls, with openings protected as re- quired by Section 36, are built next to the said lot or other building, such walls to be of thick- ness provided under Section 17."
By inserting after Section 37 the following:
"SECTION 37A. Every dwelling to which the provisions of Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912 do not apply shall have at least two independent means of egress."
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to amend Chapter 8 of the Town By-Laws by inserting after Sec- tion 13 the following:
"SECTION 13A. Every privy vault the loca- tion of which is not otherwise prescribed by laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be at least four (4) feet distant from the line of any adjoining lot, unless by the consent of the owner of such lot, and every vault shall be so
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constructed as to be conveniently approached, opened, and cleaned, and shall be made tight, so that the contents thereof cannot escape there- from, if, in the opinion of the Inspector, the surroundings require it."
Voted, To amend Chapter 8 of the Town By-Laws by inserting after Section 13 the following:
"SECTION 13A. Every privy vault the loca- tion of which is not otherwise prescribed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, shall be at least four (4) feet distant from the line of any adjoining lot, unless by the consent of the owner of such lot, and every vault shall be so constructed as to be made tight, so that the contents thereof cannot escape therefrom, if, in the opinion of the Inspector, the surroundings require it."
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