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Jonathan,
Rheumatism.
16 Amos Roberts,
77
11
9
James E. Cordwell,
Cardiac Dilatation.
Carcinoma of Liver.
64
27 William Frost,
31
8
-
Joseph Candlin,
Cancer.
Marasmus.
24
Maria P. Dinsmoor,
79
1
1
9
14 Julia Riordan,
60
9
10
Timothy Riordan,
Pneumonia.
16
Edward H. Forbes,
33
7
19
Albert Warren Buxton,
71
11
21
26
Newell Charles Flanders,
57
11
20
Charles and Dolly Marston,
9
George W. Henderson,
4
10
George W. and Ella Nason,
15 Emma Ingram,
16
2
1
4 William Parker,
78
9
15
Levi and Polly Nichols,
7 George K. Brooks,
47
5
21
George and Eliza Coney,
11
Clements, stillborn,
11
Timothy Canty,
90
Daniel and Honora Donovan,
16
Smith, stillborn,
93
4
Eben D. Symonds.
July 15 Lucy Mary Carleton,
56
11
11
James H. Carleton,
16 Roxanna Kingman,
81
1
29
Ambrose Kingman,
66
21 Harriet Augusta Cochrane,
69
Charles W. Cochrane,
21 Harry Percival Mathews,
21
5
10
21 Lucretia Pierson,
83
5
18
30 Philip Morin,
62
10
27 Richard and Elizabeth Moore,
..
6 Eugene M. Hunter,
18
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20
William and Mary S. Fraser,
-
4 21
Walter G. and Myra C. Bosworth,
Phthisis.
Mar. 16 Grace Powers, 18 Ruth E. Candlin,
61
25
Peter Reuben and Rose C. Froton.
Samuel H. Dinsmoor,
Pneumonia.
Apr. 1
Patrick Thomas Barrett, Helen Louisa Emmons,
2
2
3
Walter F. and Ruby R. Cook,
Measles.
Michael and Mary Burk,
Carcinoma.
Thomas and Abbie Barker,
C'erebral Hemorrhage.
Pernicious Anaemia.
Meningitis.
Gastric Carcinoma.
Oesophageal Hemorrhage.
General Paresis and Exhaustion
Bronchitis, Old Age.
Old Age. Uraemia. Apoplexy. Paralysis Agitans. Phthisis Pulmonalis. Dilatation of the heart.
Myocarditis.
Aug.
1 George E. McCoy,
Cholera Infantum. Acute Nephritis. Cholera Infantum.
12 Margaret Heggie Viall,
George W. and Mary A. Dustin,
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Chronic Rheumatism, Nephritis.
Frank and Anjis Hopkins,
Asa D. and Betsey Butler,
24
2
Chronic Nephritis.
Arterio - Sclerosis-Myocarditis.
19 Isabel Cordwell,
21 Lucy E. Strand,
66
10
21
John Burns Strand,
80
2
7
Isaac and Fannie Ricker,
Bronchitis Senility.
Robert Powers,
18 Lawrence Dulong,
5
20
Edward and Ann Shean,
Arterio-Sclerosis.
May ..
Charles Ingram,
June ..
1
Thomas and Emma Vacon.
Meritt and Elizabeth Davis.
30 Esther T. Symonds,
William H. and Charlotte Walker, John Pierson,
Unknown,
-
11
James W. and Martha Hill,
Cystitis.
15
Noble Bunker,
16 Arthur Sigourney Tuttle,
66
13 Ruby Warren Small,
1
15 Mabel Helen Doucette,
1
11
19 Ola L. Buffum,
1
28 Charlotte A. Jellison,
85
6
6
66
29 John J. Turner,
42
1
Sept. 8 Sarah H. E. Smith,
35
Pseudo-leukaemia.
29 Albert Bosson Herbolzheimer,
-
1
19
60
1
16
William and Mary A. Summers,
Oct. 2 James Smitlı,
85
9 20
James and Mary Cossley,
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
4 Frances Sawyer,
3
Annie Sawyer,
.6
17 Abigail Hunt Clapp,
88
9
12
22 Nancy Ann Morgan,
88
2
10
Parker Morgan,
30 David H. Kendall,
66
2
2
Benjamin and Nancy Whidden,
Cancer.
30 Tipper, stillborn,
Septicaemia.
13 Pauline Herbolzheimer,
1
7
Christian and Pauline Canter,
Croup.
14 Cora Ella Barstow,
Tumor of Brain.
14
Caroline Mary Kent,
70
66
15
Harriet Martin Crouch,
91
9
12
Samuel Stillman Crouch,
Embolus of Femoral Artery.
16
Rebecca L. Kezer,
84
3
29
Friend M. Kezer,
Heart Failure.
19
Kate Campbell,
Spina Bifida.
25
Andrew N. Coates,
10
3
Andrew J. and Laura Skinner,
Diphtheria.
Dec. 5 Rodney Colby Ferson,
67
2
4
Levi and Prudence P. Colby,
..
6 Addie Eliza (Sweetser) Hobbs,
32
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-
Charles A. Hobbs,
11 Dulong, stillborn,
Robert F. and Emma Muse.
29 Ralph E. Brown,
19
6
15
Sam'l and Josephine Pierce,
30 Edward E. Chase,
16
2
18
Silas and Helen W. Jacobs.
Cholera Infantum. Cholera Infantum.
Cancer of rectum. Senility Bronchitis.
66 29 Elizabeth Gerry Prescott,
Joshua and Abigail Eaton, Thomas and Mary Coyne,
Phthisis and Hemoptysis.
Freeborn Smith,
Chronic Nephritis, Dropsy.
14 George Warren,
Cholera Infantum.
30 George W. Mansise,
Dropsy.
Cholera Infantum. Entero Colitis Carcinoma of the uterus.
66
Nov. 11 Evalena Gertrude Sullivan,
37
11
Jeremiah J. Sullivan,
39
Edward D. Barstow,
John L. Kent,
Endocarditis.
1
James and Agnys Flaherty,
Heart Failure. Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
General Tuberculosis. Valvular Disease of Heart.
1
L. Dexter Clapp,
Thomas A. and Edith C. Mellen.
1
7 16 1 John and Margaret, Christian and Pauline Canter,
75
2 4 25 John A. and Lillian M. Warren, 15 James A. and Mary Hubbard, 6 Arthur C. and Ida M. Whitchurch.
Whole number of deaths, 70; males, 32; females, 37. Nativity : American-males, 25; females, 30; not reported, 1. Foreign-males, 7; females, 6. Ages : 90 to 100, 4; 80 to 90, 9; 70 to 80, 11; 60 to 70, 9; 50 to 60, 2; 40 to 50, 5; 30 to 40, 7; 20 to 30, 3; 10 to 20, 4; 1 to 10, 4; less than one year, 12.
DOGS LICENSED IN THE YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1901.
Whole number licenses issued
193
For males, 168 at $2 each . $336 00
females, 25 at $5 each
125 00
$461 00
Less fees for 193 licenses at 20 cents each
38 60
Amount due County $422 40
1901, June 1st, paid County Treasurer . $175 20
1901, Dec. 1st, paid County Treasurer 247 20
$422 40
Dogs licensed since the date of the last return to the date hereof, whole number
10
For males, 6 at $2 each $12 00
females, 4 at $5 each
20 00
$32 00
Less clerk's fees, 10 licenses at 20 cents each $2 00
Amount due County .
$30 00
1902, January 22d, paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer
30 00
JAMES REID, Town Clerk.
TOWN MEETINGS IN THE YEAR 1901.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETING HELD JAN. 3RD, 1901.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. George L. Flint was chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to petition the General Court for an act enabling the Town to issue water bonds to an amount not exceeding $25,000 in addition to the amount already authorized by law, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the Town do authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to petition the General Court for an act enabling the Town to issue water bonds to an amount not exceeding $25,000 in addition to the amount already authorized by law.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to lay a water pipe from Main street to the works of the Reading Rubber Mills, and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the Town do authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to lay a water pipe from Main street to the works of the Reading Rubber Mills, provided the Town has a guarantee of right to enter and repair, and the pipes, etc., remain the property of the Town.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to lay a water pipe from Ash street to the
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mills of O. P. Symonds & Sons, and appropriate money therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the Town do authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to lay a water pipe from Ash street to the mills of O. P. Symonds & Sons, provided the Town has a guarantee of right to enter and repair, and the pipes, etc., remain the property of the Town.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year.
Voted. That for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to and for the use of the Town of Reading in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to borrow from time to time, with the approval of the majority of the Board of Selectmen, a sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate $9,000, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be paid from the said taxes of the present municipal year. The above named sum is in addition to the loan of $75,000 authorized by the Town at the annual meeting held March 5, 1900.
Voted to adjourn.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 4, 1901.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. George L. Flint was chosen Moderator. The following Election Officers were sworn: George L. Pratt, W. A. Haley, James C. Nichols, Wm. H. Perkins.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen,
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Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, School Committee, Water Commissioners, Municipal Light Board, Engineers of the Fire Department, Trustees of the Cemetery, Trus- tees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Sewerage Committee, Committee on Appropriations.
Voted. That all the reports named in Art. 2 be accepted and adopted, except the report of the Sewerage Committee, which was accepted and the committee continued.
Art. 3. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Selectmen, one member of Board of Assessors for three years, Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Con- stables, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years, two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, two Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery for three years, one Trustee for Laurel Hill Cemetery to fill unexpired term of Henry A. Wright, one member of Board of Health for three years, Tree Warden for one year, three auditors; also on separate ballot, two members of the School Committee for three years; also on separate ballot, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?" each ballot to be received at the same time in separate boxes.
Voted. That the polls be closed at 5.30 p. m.
Voted. That the Town business be taken up at 2 o'clock p. m.
Whole number of votes cast: males 743, females 15. Polls closed at 5.30 p. m. Result of ballot :
TOWN CLERK.
James Reid
732
SELECTMEN.
Wm. I. Ruggles
644
Geo. A. Shackford ·
630
Oliver L. Akerley . 409 .
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James W. Killam 328
Scattering 5
Messrs. Ruggles, Shackford and Akerley were elected. OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Wm. I. Ruggles 665
Geo. A. Shackford 643
Oliver L. Akerley 407
James W. Killam
326
Scattering 5
Messrs. Ruggles, Shackford and Akerley were elected.
ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS.
John H. Adden 705
Scattering
3
TREASURER.
Edward F. Parker ·
716
Scattering
4
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Herbert M. Viall
723
Scattering
4
Two CONSTABLES FOR ONE YEAR.
Henry Stock 713
Frederick D. Merrill
682
Scattering 7
WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS.
Henry R. Johnson
720
Scattering
MEMBER OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD FOR THREE YEARS.
Charles W. Lee 462
John V. Young 257
Scattering 4
Mr. Charles W. Lee was elected.
.
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Two TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS.
Horace G. Wadlin
729
J. Woodward Manning Scattering 2
730
Two TRUSTEES OF LAUREL HILL CEMETERY FOR THREE YEARS.
Alden Batchelder 732
Edward F. Brooks
714
Scattering 3
ONE TRUSTEE LAUREL HILL CEMETERY FOR UNEXPIRED TERM OF HENRY A. WRIGHT .- (Term expires 1903.)
Henry T. Leavis 729
MEMBER OF BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS.
George L. Flint
3
A. Chandler Manning . 724
Scattering
3
AUDITORS.
Edgar N. Hunt
729
Walter M. Scott
·
.
727
Albert P. Dane
726
Two MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS.
Mary L. Nesmith
149
Henry C. Parker
150
Scattering
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LICENSE.
Yes
42
No ·
.
466
.
1
Art. 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, and to determine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
729
Scattering TREE WARDEN.
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Voted. That the Selectmen be instructed to appoint an In- spector of Wires.
Voted. That the Selectmen be authorized to appoint Meas- urers of Wood and Bark.
Voted. That the Selectmen serve as Fence Viewers for the ensuing year.
Voted. That Asa Parker, Willard A. Bancroft and John Stock serve as Field Drivers the ensuing year.
Voted. That Henry Stock be Pound Keeper for the ensuing year.
Voted. That James A. Bancroft, Wendell Bancroft, Ora L. Milbury, Samuel Brown, James W. Killam and Willard A. Ban- croft be Surveyors of Lumber for the ensuing year.
Voted. That the Water Commissioners be instructed to call for just the amount needed to pay interest on water debt.
Voted. That the Water Commissioners be instructed to pro- vide by sale of bonds for the expense of extension of mains to the Reading Rubber Mills and the factory of O. P. Symonds & Sons authorized by vote of the Town at a previous meeting.
Voted. That the Water Commissioners be instructed to issue no bonds without special vote of the Town except in case of ex- tension construction upon which a return of 4 per cent. annually is guaranteed.
Voted. That the Selectmen be instructed in making up the annual Town Warrant to group together articles calling for the same object.
Voted. That the Trustees of the Cemetery be instructed to place ten signs in Laurel Hill Cemetery the ensuing year.
Voted. That the Electric Light Board be hereby instructed to consider plans by which the number of consumers can be in- creased, and report to the Town on or before the next annual meet-
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ing, and that a committee of five be appointed to act in conjunction with them. Committee appointed Messrs. Walter S. Parker, Mil- lard F. Charles, Willie E. Twombly, Gilman L. Parker, Horace G. Wadlin.
Voted. That the Collector be instructed to collect all taxes so- far as possible on or before October 1, and upon all taxes unpaid at that time to add interest at 5 per cent. until paid ; also, to collect all taxes unpaid Jan. 1 forthwith, by process of law, unless delinquents procure an order from the Selectmen releasing them from immediate payment.
Voted. That the Selectmen be instructed to appoint a com- mittee of five to inquire into the feasibility of a Board of Public Works, said committee not to include present Town Officers.
Voted. That in the case of the Ipswich Mills vs. Town of Reading the Selectmen be instructed to take such action as they think best.
Voted. To instruct the Overseers of the Poor to use the name "Town Home" instead of "Almshouse" to the end it may hereafter be so called.
Voted. That the Appropriation Committee be instructed to determine the compensation to be paid their secretary for his services.
Voted. That the Selectmen be instructed to establish a watering place or drinking fountain near the corner of High and Haven streets, and be authorized to expend not exceeding $100. Said sum to be appropriated from appropriation for highways.
Art. 5. To determine how much money the Town will raise. and appropriate for schools, incidental school expenses, Superin- tendent of Schools, repairs of highways, bridges and sidewalks, removing snow and ice, concrete sidewalks and edgestones, (pro- viding abutters pay one-half,) Fire Department, hydrant rentals,
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Forest Fire Wards, support of the poor, salaries of Town Officers, State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief, printing, abatement of taxes, Town Building, Cemetery, Public Library, Memorial Day, Board of Health, Police Department, care of Old South clock, interest accounts, interest on water loans, maintenance of the water works, service pipes, water rental for drinking fountains, water for street sprinkling, care and improvement of the Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park, election expenses, concrete gutters, cross-walks and paved gutters, repairs of concrete, for Committee on Sewerage, and miscellaneous expenses.
Voted. To raise and appropriate for schools . $19,500 00 To raise and appropriate for incidental school
expenses 3,900 00
To raise and appropriate for repair of high school building 500 00
To appropriate from amount received from Street Rail- way Franchise tax for the purpose of paying the bill against school department for edgestones and concrete on Middlesex avenue 153 30
(This sum is in addition to the amount already appropriated for incidental school expenses.)
"To raise and appropriate for Superintendent of schools . 1,000 00 To raise and appropriate for repairs of high ways, bridges and sidewalks 3,000 00
To raise and appropriate for concrete sidewalks and edgestones, provided abutters pay one half 400 00
To raise and appropriate for the Fire Department and Fire Alarm system
To raise and appropriate for hydrant rentals
3,600 00
4,200 00
66 66
66 Forest Fire Wards 152 00
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66
support of poor ·
4,000 00
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66 66
66 salaries of Town Officers 3,400 00
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To raise and appropriate for State and Military Aid 2,500 00 66 66 Soldiers' Relief 1,200 00
printing 500 00
66 66 66 abatement of taxes 700 00
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66 Town Building expenses
and Town Office 300 00 To raise and appropriate for support of Public Library 1,000 00 And also appropriate unexpended balance, $45.00, and proceeds of dog tax for the Public Library. To raise and appropriate for Cemetery, and receipts from sale of lots be appropriated 900 00
To raise and appropriate for Memorial Day, to be ex- pended by Post 194, G. A. R. 175 00
To raise and appropriate for Board of Health for Police Department 2,300 00
600 00
And appropriate unexpended balance of last year . 317 64
To appropriate from miscellaneous appropriation for care of Old South clock 50 00
To raise and appropriate for interest account 1,000 00
That the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated and that the sum of $4,200 received from hydrant rent- als, $300 received from water used for street sprink- ling, $300 received from drinking fountain rentals, and $3,020 from general water receipts be appro- priated for interest on water bonds, total 8,820 00
To appropriate from water receipts for maintenance of water works 6,000 00
To raise and appropriate for service pipes 1,000 00
That in addition to the sum previously appropriated for service pipes there be appropriated the sum of $400 to be obtained from the sale of bonds to provide for hydrants as follows :
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One on Haven street, near G. A. R. Hall.
One on Parker street, opposite the steamer house. One at the south end of the Common.
One at or near the house of Moses E. Nichols, Main street, and one at or near the corner of Main and Pearl streets.
To raise and appropriate for water rental for drinking fountains 300 00
To raise and appropriate for street sprinkling 300 00
To raise and appropriate for care and improvement of the Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park 150 00
To raise and appropriate for election expenses 200 00
6 for concrete gutters, cross-
walks and paved gutters 200 00
To raise and appropriate for repairs of concrete 300 00 To appropriate the unexpended appropriation of last year for Committee on Sewerage . 1,000 00
To raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses 800 00
Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-two hundred and eight and fifty-hundredths dollars to pay the interest on bonds and notes issued for construction of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1901.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $2,208.50 to pay the interest on bonds and notes issued for construction of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1901.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars, and appropriate the receipts of the plant, together with cash on hand, for maintenance of the Munici- pal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1901, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $4,000, and appropriate the
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receipts of the plant, together with cash on hand, for maintenance of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1901.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for construction and extension of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1901, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To raise and appropriate $1,500 for construction and extension of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1901.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to hire money in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year.
Voted. That for the purpose of procuring a temporary loan to and for the use of the Town of Reading in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the Town Treasurer is hereby author- ized and directed to borrow from time to time, with the approval of a majority of the Board of Selectmen, a sum or sums not exceed- ing in the aggregate $82,000, and to execute and deliver the note or notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the time the loan is made. Any debt or debts incurred by a loan or loans to the Town under this vote shall be paid from the said taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 10. To determine the compensation of the Collector.
Voted. That the compensation of the Collector of Taxes be ¿ of one per cent., the same as last year.
Art. 11. To see what instructions the Town will give the Board of Selectmen in relation to filling the vacancies on the Appropriation Committee of the five members whose terms expire this year.
Voted. That the subject matter of Article 11 be referred to the Selectmen, with full powers.
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Art. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars for the purpose of furnishing electricity for lighting Grand Army Hall on Haven street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the sum of $50 be appropriated from miscella- neous appropriation for the purpose of furnishing electricity for lighting Grand Army Hall on Haven street.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred and eighty dollars to meet the interest on School House bonds, and appropriate the unexpended balance of eighty dollars in interest on School House Bond Account of 1900 to pay four coupons remaining unpaid December 31, 1900.
Voted. To raise and appropriate the sum of $1480 to meet the interest on School House bonds, and appropriate the unexpend- ed balance of $80 in interest on School House Bond Account of 1900, to pay four coupons remaining unpaid December 31, 1900.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred and thirty dollars to meet the interest on School House notes.
Voted. To raise and appropriate the sum of $430 to meet the interest on School House notes.
Art. 15. To see what action the Town will take to meet payment of School House note for two thousand dollars, due May 1,1901.
Voted. To raise and appropriate the sum of $2000 to meet payment of School House note for the amount due May 1, 1901.
Art. 16. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment of School House note for five thousand dollars, due March 9, 1901.
Voted. That School House note for $5000 due March 9, 1901, be extended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the purchase or
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lease of land for the purpose of a playground, or what they will do- in relation thereto.
Voted. That the matter be referred to a committee of five, the Board of Selectmen and Walter S. Parker and Gilman L. Parker appointed by the chair, and to report at or before the next annual meeting.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to pay for six stand pipes erected in 1900 and used in connection with the street sprinkler, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To indefinitely postpone.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will instruct the Water Com- missioners to construct a water main, beginning at the hydrant north of Mr. Smith P. Burton's stable on West street, to a point near the stable of Mr. Jonathan B. Severance on said street, and also connect with this main three hydrants, and raise and appro- priate the sum of two thousand four hundred and sixty-five dollars for this purpose, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To instruct the Water Commissioners to construct a water main beginning at the hydrant north of Mr. Smith P. Burton's stable on West street, to a point near the stable of Mr. Jonathan B. Severance on said street and also to connect with this main three hydrants, and that the sum of $2,465 from the proceeds of sale of water bonds be appropriated for this purpose.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will give the Tree Warden any special instructions in relation to the care and trimming of trees, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. To pass over this article.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and seventy-five dollars to remove the bank on the westerly side of Main street near the house of Rev. E. Davies, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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Voted. To pass over this article.
Art. 22. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the purpose of building a sidewalk on the westerly side of John street, between Pleasant and Haven streets, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted. That the subject matter of this Article be referred to the Selectmen.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will abolish the office of Super- intendent of Schools, or what they will do in relation thereto.
After some discussion it was voted not to abolish the office of Superintendent of Schools.
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