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BY WHOM MARRIED.
F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass. William T. O'Connor, Asst. Priest Wakefield, Mass. Frank Parker, Clergyman Wenham, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass. J. E. Hallmertz, Pastor Woburn, Mass Mathew S. MeCord, Presbyterian Providence, R. I. W. W. Bowers, Clergyman Reading, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass. W. C. Myers, Minister Reading. Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading. Mass. Christopher T. MeGrath, Clergy- man, Somerville, Mass. Bartlett H. Weston, Clergyman West Newbury, Mass F. S. Ilunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass. Adolphus Linfield, Clergyman Wilmington, Mass. Henry G. Gay, Minister Reading, Mass. W. W. Bowers. Clergyman Reading, Mass. Denis F. Lee, Priest Reading, Mass. Denis F. Lee, Priest Reading, Mass.
25 Frank K. Gleason Eva JJ. II. Hodson George Wilham Fifield
30
Louis 1. Nichols
1
Dec. 1
Harry C. Lord Lulu M. Day
31 Shoe Cutter
Kennebunk, Me. Kennebunk, Me.
Ivory and Huldah (Burnham) Lord
W. W. Bowers, Clergyman
Reading, Mass.
66 12
Clement Hayward Kimball
24 Travelling Ft. Agent
Littleton, Mass. Boston, Mass.
Elbridge C. and Sophie Louise (Johnson) Leach
20
Charles Waldo Hil
29
Tailor
Woburn, Mass.
Waldo and Mary E. (Quimby) Hill
..
21
Frederick Jones Hannaford
19 Burnisher of Shoes
Reading
Warren I. and Margaret S. (Sutton) Hannaford William H. and Mary L. (St. Denis) Short
Reading, Mass.
21
38
Poultry Farmer
Germany
Landoff, N. H.
Malden, Mass.
21
Bertram Edgar Dugan
20 Farmer
Temple, N. H.
Sadie Elizabeth Hannaford
21
At Home
Charlestown, Mass.
War. T. and Marg't Shanton (Sutton) Hannaford
=
28 Ernest Morgan Holder
29
Armature Winder
Lynn, Mass.
Langdon H. and Ella M. (Jackson) Holder
Nellie Bernice Choate
27
Clerk
Reading, Mass.
Fitz Herbert and Ella M. (Melendy) Choate
Newton, Mass. F. S. Hunnewell, Clergyman Reading, Mass. W. W. Bowers, Clergyman
Blanche Maybelle Ellison
25 At Home
Reading, Mass.
James A. and Nettie ( Davis) Ellison
Eva May Short Carl Schmidt
18
Forewoman
Medford, Mass.
Johann and Marguerite (Wilmenroth) Schmidt William H. and Sophia (Buzzell) Banfill Thomas C. and Susan L. (Smith) Dugan
Lee S. Wheeler, Pastor
Nellie G. B. Champney
46 Housekeeper
W. W. Bowers, Clergyman Reading, Mass. William H. Parker, Minister of the Gospel, Reading, Mass.
24 Shoe Presser
Charles and Mary (Wilder) Day
Alonzo Hayw'd and M'rtha A.(Burnham) Kimball Everett D. Burr, Minister
Ethel Louise Leach
25 At Home
Whole No. of Marriages, 73; Nativity of Persons Married : Born in United States, Males, 58, Females, 56; Nativity of Persons Born out of the United States : Males, 15, Females, 17.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN READING IN THE YEAR 1905.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
PARENTS OR HUSBAND.
1904
George Edmund White
0
9
5
1905
Jan. 8
Elizabeth Eustis Leathe
93
1
24
George E. Leathe
13
Emily W. Austin
78
6
27
Robert Austin
21
Eben B. Bickford
76
0
0
Daniel and Polly (Adams) Bickford
21
Eliza DeRonde
63
3
19
John D. De Ronde
31
Elizabeth W. DeRonde
87
6
4
Martin J. De Ronde
Feb. 1 Mary A. Knight
21
4
12
Walter G. Knight
2 Jonathan B. Severance
63
0
0
David and Ruth (Welsh) Severance Edwin Manning
3
Frances H. Manning
58
4
6
5
Raymond W. Gentner
13
10
0
Charles E. and Adelaide M. Parkhurst Gentner Edward P. Guild
6
Clara S. Guild
47
8
23
George R. and Sally (Britton) Turner
Cerebral Softening
8
John B. Williams
45
7
20
John and Fannie M. (Belcher) Williams Milo Dow
8
Harriet Dow
83
0
16
13
Clarkson Parker
70
7
24
Fphraim and Harriet M. Fletcher Parker
=
19
Emily Morrell Pierpont
21
10
22
William P. Pierpont
Mch. 6
8
19 James Leonard Dulong
0
3
29
Peter R. and Rosa C. Frotton Dulong
23
Henry W. Wakefield
25
11
27
Charles and Mary A. Kidder Wakefield
23
Hartwell Nichols
82
8
23
Daniel I. and Lavinia Parker Nichols
31
James W. McKenney
37
1
6
Owen and Bridget Flannagin McKenney
Apr.
1 Wiliner S. Elliott
45
10
13
Luther and Abbie A. Eaton Elliott John Muse
3
Rosalie Muse
80
5
3
Edward Young
8 Jacob Graves
75
4
3
Nathaniel and Sophia Whittier Graves
12 Marion L. Russell
13
0
23
George W. and Sarah A. Coun Russell
15 Abigail Southwick
91
11
26
Edmond B Southwick
Fracture Neck of Femur
17
Sarah A. Deadman
78
10
5
Henry Deadman
20
Frances May Cooper
0
6
2
Harry O. and Lizzie A. O'Brien Cooper
25
Josialı Horton Tilton
90
5
25
Josiah and Sarah Dearborn Tilton
28
Selina F. Cobb
87
11
9
Leander Cobb
29
Sarah Elizabeth Richardson
64
6
15
Charles A. Richardson
30 Almira Gleason
82
6
0
Albert B. Gleason
May
3 Antonette Conti
2
1
20
Frank and Ellen Fiorani Conti
7 . Sarah Elizabeth Cox
54
1
3
Hubbard E. and Lydia P. Spokesfield Cox
..
20 Elizabeth Lauth
31
0
0
Unknown
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Gastro Enteritis
28 Stanley B. Nichols
0
2
7
Walter B. and Grace C. Stanniford Nichols
DISEASE OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Phthisis Pulmonalis
Bronchitis Broncho Pneumonia Valvular Disease o Heart
Fatty Degeneration of Heart Acute Diarrhea
Septicaemia Septicemia Cancer of Breast Phthisis
Carcinoma of Uteris
Jennie T. Foster
64
10
23
Locomotor Ataxia
Chronic Bronchitis Valvular Disease of Heart
9
John Bowditch
82
10
17
Jonathan and Lucy Keith Bowditch
Heart Disease
Typhoid Fever Cerebral Embolism
Mary E. Houghton Edward N. Shea
36
0
0
Nathaniel and Lucretia Taylor Houghton Wm. and Ann Gallagher Shea
Pneumonia
Acute Indigestion
Meningitis
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Heart Failure
1 Mary Roach
11
0
0
John Roach
Carbuncle of Face
3
Harriett E. Young
83
5
8
Apoplexy Apoplexy
Pleura Pneumonia Cerebral Meningitis
Bronchitis
Intrsusception of Intestine
Old Age
Endocarditis
Embolism Mitral Insufficiency Diphtheria Meningitis
17 Frank A. Webster
53
1
29
Appleton and Lydia Phenix Webster
Railroad Injuries
Shock from Operation
56
6
1
Edmund and Sarah White
Dec. 31
June 1 Ellen C. Holden
79
0
17
Arkaid T. Holden
2 Daniel Rodden
0
0
3
5 Frank D. Pratt
0
0
1
11 Olive N. Butterfield
15 Harley Prentiss
30 George Talbot
35
8
23
July ..
3 Emma Marian Gardner
0
4
18
Johnson Meserve
..
9
Henry H. Nowell
58
0
0
Unknown
11
Amy L. Saunders
0
Б
0
John W. and Lillian Passington Saunders
46
13
Alzina Carolyn Eames
52
6
7
George T. Eames
..
28
Raymond White
0
3
12
28
Edward Davies
75
4
18
Unknown
Aug. 10
Frank S. Vermille
39
5
3
Wm. and Carrie Follet Vermille
18 Vernon H. Moulton
0
1
15
Charles W. and Henrietta Holt Moulton
19
Ruth E. Lane
26
19
Henry and Mira F. Page Lane
..
24
Daniel White .
52
6
10
Amos and Ruth McClenan White
..
28
Henry E. Ballou
63
3
5
Ozial Ballou and Unknown
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Sept. 2
George T. Mckinley
23
8
13
8
Emma A. Smalledge
46
6
25
12
Martha C. Burt
83
0
0
John Burt
Arterio Sclerosis
15
Ellen F. Symonds
59
10
Otis P. Symonds
26
Joseph L. Graham
2
1
15
Joseph L. and Margaret N. Nowell Graham
Oct.
2
Christy B. Bailey
34
9
14
Thomas S. Bailey
7
Elsie M. Butters
3
7
24
Frank A. and Mabel B. Jones Butters
22
Francena E. Porter
71
6
12
James and Elizabeth Cushing Porter
Valvular Disease of Heart
Nov. 1
Elsie A. Nichols
16
0
21
Albion G. and Jessie B. Pendergrace Nichols
Acute Goitre
11
Henry S. LaClair
75
1
19
John and Harriet Draper LaClair
Cirrosis of the Liver
15
Frances A. W Parker
71
3
25
George A. Parker
26
Almira B. Sanborn
58
1
21
John N. and Elizabeth Carter Sanborn
Dec. 3
Sarah Elizabeth Reid
79
15
James Reid
Mitral Insufficiency
4 Adelbert Cheever McIntire
56
0
12
Amos and Mary McIntire
4 George A. Boyce
58
3
10
Benjamin M. and Delia Pratt Boyce
Paralysis
6 R. Melissa Hollis
71
9
15
Benjamin W. Hollis
19
Cordelia P. Ide
72
4
Marcus Ide
Abscess of Frontal Bones
20
Crocker (M)
0
0
1
Harvey S. and Lucia L. Temple Crocker
Exhaustion Shock Locomotor Ataxia
26
Lucia G. Byers
47
0
28
William H. Byers
30
Leonard Livingstone
51
3
28
Robert and Mary Parker Livingston
Acute Intestinal Obstruction Cerebral Meningitis Asphyxia Old Age
Pernicious Anemia Cerebral Hemorrhage Brights Disease Cancer of Breast Infantile Convulsions Mitral Insufficiency Broncho Pneumonia
Tubercular Meningitis Diabetes Mellitus Cholera Infantum
Cerebral Softening
29
Stillborn (M)
-
-
Street R. R. Accident
Gastro Enteritis Acute Phthisis Cancer of Bladder
Entero Colitis
26
Beatrice Josselyn
5
3
5
Wm. C. and Katherine Malone Mckinley Frank W. Smalledge
20
Kirkland (F)
0
0
1
Archie H. and Mary Leonard Kirkland
Shock
Sarcoma of Kidney Pneumonia
4
Sarah A. Milbery
66
2
0
John W. Milbery
Paralysis
Laryngeal Diphtheria
20
Mary A. Weston
57
2
1
David Weston
Tubercular Disease of Lungs
5
6 Betsey P. Meserve
63
10
13
Samuel and Cornelia Ruggles Prentiss Wm. R. and Dianna Butt Talbot Alonzo and Lydia McIntire Morse George A. Gardner Frank and Mary Castine Surette
1 Richard E. Morse
56
6
0
38
0
0
Lillian Surette
85
6
25
61
4
26
Wm. T. and Mary T. Wright Rodden Winthrop E. and Harriet Hyde Pratt Wm. A. F. Butterfield
Whole Number of Deaths, 83; Males, 34; Females, 49; Born in United States, Males, 31 ; Females, 40; Foreign born, Males, 3; Females, 9,
Softening of the Brain Endocarditis
Shock, Struck by R. R. Train
Endocarditis
Phthisis
Asa H. and Linda G. Wiley Josselyn
Phthisis
Pneumonia
Carcinoma of Breast
Peter and Mary A. Surette White
DOGS LICENSED DURING YEAR 1905
Whole number of licenses issued
260 males at $2.00
$520 00
43 females at $5.00
215 00
1 kennel license at $15.00
25 00
Total
$760 00
Less fees for 304 licenses
60 80
Total
$699 20
Balance in Town Clerk's hands, 1904
1 80
$701 00
June 1, 1905, paid County Treasurer
$358 20
Dec. 4, 1905, paid County Treasurer
342 80
$701 00
Number of dogs returned by the Assessors to the Town Clerk :
Male dogs
262
Female dogs
33
295
Number of dogs licensed by me not returned by Assessors 38
333
Total number licensed
308
Killed or left Town
25
333
This is the banner year for licensing dogs, having issued 304 licenses which as compared with last year there was 264 licenses issued. In 1900 there were 207 issued. The total paid to County Treasurer in 1900, $441.60 ; the total paid to County Treasurer in 1905, $701.00. This is particularly beneficial to the Public Library as the main part of this is returned to the Library for its use.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
December 31, 1905.
TOWN MEETINGS IN THE YEAR 1905
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN MEETING HELD JANUARY 30, 1905
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 School Commit- tee to procure plans and estimates, make contracts and do all things required for the erection of a High School Building on the lot on Linden Street formerly belonging to Miss Adelaide Sheak, and to see how much money they will appropriate therefor, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 2. Voted that a Committee of nine to consist of the School Committee and three others to be appointed by the Chair, one of the three to be a builder and the other two to be business men. That this Committee be authorized to procure plans and estimates for a new High School Building and report to the Town. at a subsequent meeting, and that $1,500 be raised and appropriated therefor. The Chair appointed as the three additional members of the Committee : Henry R. Johnson, builder, Albert J. Francis, Charles A. Loring, business men.
Art. 3. Voted to pass over.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars for the purpose of exterminating the brown tail and gypsy moths, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 4. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 for the purpose of exterminating the brown tail and gypsy moths, this amount to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Voted to adjourn.
A true copy of record.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 6, 1905
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 1. George L. Flint was duly chosen Moderator.
Art. 2. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Town Clerk, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one mem- ber of the Board of Health for three years, two Constables, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years, two trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery for three years, two trustees of the Public Library for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, three Audi- tors and Tree Warden for one year. Also on same ballot Yes or No in answer to the following question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
The following ballot clerks were duly sworn : George L. Pratt, William H. Perkins. The ballots were duly delivered to the Presiding Officer and his receipt obtained therefor. The ballot box was opened and examined and found empty. The ballot box was found to register 0000, and the polls were duly declared open by the Moderator at 6h. 15m. o'clock a. m. The following election officers were duly sworn by the Moderator : John B. Champney, Clinton L. Newell, Chester C. Richardson, Horace E. Eames, Alfred W. Danforth, Henry M. Donegan, Charles H. Stinchfield, Percy M. Smith, Joseph S. Robinson, John Connelly, George E. Adams, J. Clarence Oxley.
Voted to close the polls at 4h. 15m. p. m. No objection being made votes were several times taken from ballot box during the day. The polls were duly closed at 4.15 p. m. and the count of votes showed that 662 men and 18 women had voted. The votes were counted and declared in open Town Meeting with the follow- ing result :
TOWN CLERK
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft ave. 510
25
Blanks
151
Scattering
1
SELECTMEN
Oliver L. Akerley, 65 Woburn st.
450
Henry R. Johnson, 60 John st. .
434
James W. Killam, 16 Arlington st.
560
Blanks
535
Scattering
7
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
Oliver L. Akerley, 65 Woburn st.
450
Henry R. Johnson, 60 John st.
438
James W. Killam, 16 Arlington st.
553
Blanks
542
Scattering
8
ASSESSOR FOR THREE YEARS
Edward F. Parker, 3 Salem st.
487
Blanks
168
Scattering
3
TREASURER
Edward F. Parker, 3 Salem st.
496
Blanks
163
Scattering
8
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Herbert M. Viall, 88 Prospect st.
517
Blanks
142
Scattering
3
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THREE YEARS
Frederick D. Merrill, 27 Highland st
503
Blanks
156
Scattering
3
CONSTABLES
Frederick D. Merrill, 27 Highland st. 452
26
John H. Orr, 31 Village st. 376
Herbert G. Stock, 8 Ash st
230
Blanks 261
Scattering 5
WATER COMMISSIONER FOR THREE YEARS
E. Harley Gowing, 50 Woburn st.
508
Blanks
154
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD FOR THREE YEARS
George H. Clough, 60 Lowell st.
286
Frank W. Willis, 11 Parker st. .
293
Blanks 83
TRUSTEES LAUREL HILL CEMETERY FOR THREE YEARS
Galen A. Parker, 1 Charles st. 488
Willie E. Twombly, 35 Highland st. .
515
Blanks 327
Scattering
4
TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THREE YEARS
Cyrus M. Barrows, 281 Lowell st. 437
Arthur N. Mansfield, 31 Woburn st. 315
Ward C. Mansfield, 49 Prescott st. 252
Blanks 318
Scattering
2
SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS
Walter S. Parker, 55 Walnut st. 427
Horace G. Wadlin, 118 Woburn st.
457
Blanks
422
George L. Pratt
25
Scattering
29
AUDITORS
Albert R. Shepardson, 48 King st. 477
John F. Turner, 147 Woburn st. 500
J. Henry Wilson, 35 West st. 481
27
Blanks
496
Scattering
2
TREE WARDEN
Archie H. Kirkland, 15 Prescott st. 511
Blanks
149
Scattering
2
SHALL LICENSES BE GRANTED ?
Yes
151
No
402
Blanks
.
.
109
Voted to adjourn.
A true copy, attest :
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
READING, MARCH 6, 1905.
Pursuant to foregoing warrant and the return thereof a Town Meeting was held at the time and place therein specified and was called to order by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Wm. W. Bowers. The warrant was read by the Town Clerk and the return thereon.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Proceeded to election of Moderator. Henry R. Johnson was appointed to check voters voting for Moderator. The polls were duly opened and closed and the vote declared as follows : Whole number of votes cast, three, all for George L. Flint who was declared elected Moderator.
Art. 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, School Committee, Water Commissioners, Municipal Light Board, Engineers of Fire Department, Trustees of the Cemetery, Trustees of the Public Library, Auditors, Board of Health, Finance Com- mittee, Tree Warden, and Special Committees.
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Art. 2. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 3. To choose all other necessary Town Officers, and to determine what instructions they will give the Town Officers.
Art. 3. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to appoint Measurers of Wood and Bark for the ensuing year.
Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to act as Fence Viewers for the ensuing year.
Voted that Asa Parker, Willard A. Bancroft and Herbert G. Stock serve as Field Drivers for the ensuing year.
Voted that John H. Orr be appointed Pound Keeper for the ensuing year.
Voted that the following persons serve as Surveyors of Lumber for the ensuing year : James A. Bancroft, Ora L. Milbury, Wendell Bancroft, Joseph W. Killam, Warren M. Whitehouse, Samuel Brown, William R. Zwicker, Burton K. Symonds, Edward B. Eames and George L. Flint.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to confer with and request the officers of the Boston & Northern Street Railway Co. to erect a suitable structure to protect passengers from the weather.
Voted that the Collector of Taxes be instructed to charge 5 per cent. interest on all taxes uncollected Nov. 1st, 1905, and (so far as is possible) collect on or before that time all taxes and also collect all taxes unpaid Jan. 1, 1906, forthwith, by due process of law unless delinquents procure an order from the Selectmen releas- ing them from immediate payment. (This vote was reconsidered later.)
Voted that the Selectmen in case of Fisher vs. Town of Read- ing have full power in the settlement of this case. (This case is for claimed injuries on sidewalk on Lowell street, front of estate of Jason W. Richardson.)
Art. 3. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 4. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for Schools, Incidental School Expenses, Superin-
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tendent of Schools, Repairs of Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks, Sprinkling Streets, Removing Snow and Ice, Concrete Sidewalks and Edgestones (provided abutters pay one-half), Fire Department, Police Department, Forest Fire Wards, Support of 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, Care of Old South Clock, Interest Account, Care and Improvement of the Common, Mayall Park and Elm Park, Election Expenses, Concrete Gutters, Crosswalks and Paved Gutters, Repairs of Concrete, Miscellaneous Expenses and Tree Warden.
Art. 4. Voted to raise and appropriate for regular School Expenses, including Supt. of Schools . $27,000 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Incidental School Expenses 5,000 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks 3,000 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Sprinkling Streets . 450 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Removing Snow and Ice $800 00
Art. 4. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 32. Voted to take this article.
Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to pay the members of the Fire Department thirty-five dollars per year, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Voted to pay the members of the Fire Department $35 each per year.
Art. 3. Voted to take up.
The following resolve was passed : That it is for the best interests of the schools of Reading that the office of Superinten- dent of Schools and that of Principal of the High School be com- bined and that the School Committee appoint a man to discharge the duties of this office. (Later this vote was rescinded.)
Art. 3. Voted to lay on the table.
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Art. 4. Voted to take up.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Public Library $900 00
Voted to adjourn to Monday evening, March 13, A. D. 1905, to this Lyceum Hall at 7.30 o'clock p. m.
READING, MASS., MARCH 13, 1905.
Pursuant to the adjournment thereof the Town Meeting was called to order by the Moderator, George L. Flint, at 7.30 o'clock p. m.
Art. 3. Voted to take up.
Voted to reconsider vote whereby it was voted to instruct Col- lector of Taxes to charge 5 per cent. interest on and after Nov. 1st on all uncollected taxes and collect (so far as is possible) all taxes on that date and also collect all taxes unpaid Jan. 1, 1906, forth- with, by due process of law unless delinquents procure an order from the Selectmen releasing them from immediate payment, and the following vote was passed :
Voted that the Collector be instructed to collect all taxes (so far as possible ) on or before Oct. 1st, 1905, and upon all taxes un- paid at that time to add interest at six per cent. per annum from said date until paid, and also to collect all taxes unpaid Jan. 1, 1906, forthwith, by due process of law, unless delinquents procure an order from the Selectmen releasing them from immediate payment,
Voted that the Collector of Taxes be instructed to take for the Town, under the provisions of Sections 53, 54 and 55 of Chap- ter 13 of Revised Laws, all Real Estate upon which he finds it necessary to levy for the collection of any tax assessed thereon.
Art. 3. Voted to lay on the table.
Art. 4. Voted to take up.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Fire Department . $5,200 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Police Department 2,800 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Forest Fire Wards 150 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Support of Poor 3,300 00
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Voted to raise and appropriate for Salaries of Town
Officers 3,600 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for State and Military Aid 2,800 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Soldiers' Relief 1,200 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Printing 700 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Abatement of Taxes 600 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Town Building and Office 400 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Laurel Hill Cemetery and appropriate the unexpended balance of 1904, $85.77, and proceeds of sales of lots for current year
900 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day 175 00 to be expended under the direction of the Adjutant of Post 194, G. A. R.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Board of Health 600 00
Voted to appropriate from Miscellaneous Expense Acc't 50 00
to take care of Old South Clock
Voted to raise and appropriate for Interest Account 900 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for care of Common, Mayall and Elm Parks 150 00
and appropriate the unexpended balance of 1904 62 78
Voted to raise and appropriate for Election Expenses 300 00
Voted to appropriate the amount necessary for Concrete Side- walks and Edgestones (provided abutters pay one-half) from regular appropriation for Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks.
Voted to appropriate the amount necessary for Concrete Gut- ters, Crosswalks and Paved Gutters from regular appropriation for Highways, Bridges and Sidewalks.
Voted to raise and appropriate for Repairs of Concrete $ 350 00 Voted to raise and appropriate for Miscellaneous Ex-
penses 1,000 00
Voted to raise and appropriate for general expense Tree Warden 200 00
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Art. 19. To see what action the Town will take to meet pay- ment on Electric Light and Power Plant Note for fourteen hundred dollars due May 1, 1905.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of eighty-two hundred and eighty dollars for the purpose of main- taining one hundred and thirty-eight arc lights at sixty dollars per light; and appropriate the same together with receipts of Plant and cash on hand, as follows, viz :
Three thousand dollars for construction account and the bal- ance for interest and maintenance accounts of the Municipal Light and Power Plant for the year ending December 31, 1905, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 5 and Art. 19. Voted to take action on these two articles combined.
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $7590 for the pur- pose of maintaining 138 arc lights at $55 per light and appropriate the same together with the balance of cash on hand Jan. 1, 1905, $933.18, and receipts of Plant. From receipts of Plant there shall be paid to the Town Treasurer fourteen hundred dollars ($1400) to take up Electric Light and Power Plant Note due May 1, 1905. $3,000 for construction account shall also be appropriated from receipts and balance of receipts shall be used for Maintenance and Interest Accounts.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty dollars to install an arc lamp on High street, about one hundred feet north of Woburn street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of thirty dollars to install an arc lamp on Salem street, near Winter street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of sixty-five dollars to install an arc lamp on Green street, near Elliott street, or what they will do in relation thereto.
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