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Charles B. Osbon, labor 2 00
M. T. IIolt, labor on account of forestry 1 77
Fred A. Eames, insurance on
62 48
Walker school building ..... . N. Jenkins, repairs on pumps. . 4 50
25 00
Warren Eames, winding clock .. A. A. Farrin, repairs on ballot box.
5 00
Maitland P. Foster, 200 circu- lars . 1 50
James E. Kelley, janitor Town Hall, 10 months 16 68
James E. Kelley, perambulating Town lines 10 00
Arthur T. Bond, affidavits. ...
2 50
Thorp & Martin Company,
order book. 7 00
$637 91
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid Harry N. Ames, magazines and labels
$11 15
F. J. Barnard, magazines . .
2 70
Winthrop B. Eames, binding and repairing. 10 54
Damrell & Upham, books. 75 78
C. M. Barrows, record book .... 4 75
Carter, Rice & Co., paper 1 60
Buck Bros., oil, etc 79
Amount carried forward $107 31
64
Amount brought forward. $107 31
Paid William Hall & Co., key 25
D. F. Perkins, resetting glass. .
25
N. R. Purves, express
15
A. O. Buck, express. .
70
Mrs. James Kernon, cleaning .. .
1 60
Mrs. Emma K. Perry, salary as Librarian 50 00
$160 26.
NOTES PAYABLE.
Paid Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank, account principal ten years' loans . . .
$ 700 00
New England Trust Co., ac- count temporary loans .. . .
3000 00
$3,700 00
INTEREST.
Paid Woburn
Five Cents Savings
Bank, account permanent
loans
$264 00
Wm. O. Gay & Co., account temporary loans 214 12
State Treasurer, account tempo- rary loans
430 00
Trust Funds, account cemetery . 13 50
Trust Funds, account Library. . 25 00
$946 62
Received on Taxes 698 93
$247 69
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TABLE OF EXPENDITURES AND APPRO- PRIATIONS.
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation . $5,030 00
Part of the Mass. School Fund ..
220 83
Part of the Dog Tax
56 76
Expenditures
5,274 74
Unexpended
$32 85
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation $500 00
Part of the Mass. School Fund. 73 60
Part of the Dog Tax
73 20
$646 80
Expenditures
646 80
SALARY OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Salary of School Committee
$150 00
$150 00
Expenditures
150 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Appropriation
$700 00
Expenditures
637 91
Unexpended
$62 09
PRINTING.
$100 00
Appropriation
Expenditures 91 14
Unexpended $8 86
$5,307 59
66
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation
$75 00
Expenditures 70 24
Unexpended
$4 76
CHESTNUT STREET SCHOOL HOUSE.
Appropriation
$400 00
Expenditures
400 75
Excess Expenditures
$
75
SPECIAL .- WEST AND CHESTNUT STREET SCHOOLS. 1
Appropriation . $130 00
Transferred by vote from Schools 120 00
$250 00
Expenditures
231 75
Unexpended
$18 24
HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation . $2,000 00
Part of Electric R. R. Tax
259 66
Received from B. & M. R. R
341 84
$2,601 50
Expenditures
2,601 50
REMOVING SNOW.
Appropriation
$225 00
Part of Electric R. R. Tax
169 65
$394 65
394 65
Expenditures
67
CEMETERY.
Appropriation
$150 00
$150 00
Expenditures
148 67
Unexpended
$1 33
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation .
$150 00
Income Benj. Buck Trust Fund
25 00
$175 00
Expenditures
160 26
Unexpended .
$14 74
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Appropriation $200 00
Balance from Special for Schools . .. .
18 24
Part of Unexpended from Miscella- neous 29 50
$247 74
Expenditures
247 74
TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation $1,100 00
Bal. from Unexpended Miscellaneous. 32 59
Transferred from Unexpended Me- morial Day. 4 43
$1,137 02
Expenditures
1,137 02
68
POLICE.
Appropriation .
$ 100 00
Bal. from Library
14 76
66
Cemetery
1 33
Taken from Printing.
1 00
$ 117 09
Expenditures
117 09
OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS.
Appropriation . $ 100 00
Taken from Interest Account 63 17
$ 163 17
Expenditures
163 17
NOTES PAYABLE AND INTEREST.
Appropriation . $1,550 00
Received Interest on Taxes 698 93
-
$2,248 93
Expenditures
1,646 62
Unexpended
$ 602 31
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Appropriation . $1,000 00 .
Taken from Interest Account 448 77
$1,448 77 1,448 77
Expenditures
69
ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATIONS.
We reccommend the following appropriations for the ensu- ing year :-
Schools-including teachers' and jan-
itors' pay, fuel and mainten- ance .
$5,300 00
School books and supplies
500 00
Salary of School Committee
150 00
Highways, roads and bridges
1,800 00
Support of poor.
1,200 00
Repairs of public buildings
350 00
Care and improvement of cemeteries.
150 00
Support of public library
150 00
Salary of town officers
1,400 00
Printing
200 00
Notes payable.
700 00
Interest
400 00
Outstanding Indebtedness
100 00
Police.
100 00
Memorial Day
75 00
Miscellaneous
700 00
State and county tax
.
Abatement of taxes
200 00
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
To the Taxpayers :
We wish to call your attention to a few facts in connection with the office of Assessor. Although elected by the voters of the town they are under the orders and supervision of the Tax Commissioner and his Deputy, which may be seen by referring to Chap. 507, Acts of 1898.
The responsibility attached to the office is not recog- nized by a large per cent. of the tax payers and even the assessors have overlooked or ignored their duties. The prac- tice of assessing a tax on real estate to a person "who has ceased to be the record owner," year after year and giving the Collector an abatement for the same, with no appropriation to draw upon, must have its effect upon the treasury. Then the negligence of the Collectors in collecting the single poll taxes until a great many remove from town and an abatement of the tax is the result. Also a considerable number of small lots have been carried along for the last twenty years or more taxed to the town, the amount of said tax yearly being about ten dol- "lars. The practice has been to give the Collector an abatement for the same but the present year it was discontinued and the tax paid, hoping thereby to bring the matter more plainly to your attention, the amount abated yearly, as stated in the an- nual reports, furnishing no information of the above facts. No benefit being derived from the ownership of said land we ad- vise that the same be sold.
Considerable more has been added by sales of the last two years and on the expiration of the redemption period that also should be sold according to law.
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VALUATION FOR 1899.
Real estate
$976,363 00 99,541 00
Personal property
Total
$1,075,904 00
Amount of tax assessed
$15,508 29
State tax assessed
555 00
County tax assessed
1,002 85
Rate of taxation per $1,000
13 60
SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
School houses and lots
$21,000 00
Town farm .
3,500 00
Personal property at town farm 1,803 00
Eldad Butters lot
75 00
Town hall and lot
2,000 00
Cemetery land and lots
2,000 00
Public library and lot
1,600 00
Hearse house
100 00
Town scales and sealer's office
250 00
Lockup building.
300 00
Cemetery tool house and tools
150 00
Town hearse.
600 00
Furniture in selectmen's room
100 00
Four safes
800 00
Highway tools and diaphragm pump.
100 00
Johnson pumps.
25 00
Police equipments
25 00
--
$34,428 00
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM E. GOWING, JAMES E. KELLEY, CHARLES J. SARGENT, Assessors of Wilmington.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
NAMES AND AGES OF THE INMATES AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
No. Registered.
Name.
Age.
Remarks.
22 Charlotte Butters. 26
50 Peter Cunningham. 72
62 Maria Swain. 76 Ent'd Sept. 14, '99.
Whole number during the year, 3. Present number, 3.
552 lodgings and 1060 meals furnished vagrants.
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, JAN. 4, 1890.
Live stock. $596 00
Farming tools, etc 497 50
Wood, hay, manure and grain 369 25
Household furniture.
274 00
Provisions and Groceries
61 85
Contents of Lobby .
5 00
$1,803 60
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Buck Bros., grain.
$182 01
Buck Bros., groceries
96 75
$278 76
Carried forward
$578 76
73
Brought forward.
$578 76
Paid C. E. Hudson, groceries
$ 94 71
C. E. Hudson, grain
164 53
259 24
Paid J. W. Murray, groceries.
72 96
C. E. Carter, meats and provi- sions.
$103 86
A. C. Buck, meat and provisions
82 72
186 58
Paid N. B. Eames, ice.
15 00
B. F. Kidder, cutting wood. ..
55 66
J. W. Perry, blacksmith.
39 60
S. R. McIntosh, blacksmith. ..
32 88
72 48
154 00
Paid Asa G. Sheldon, for cows .. E. E. Carter, paint and brushes.
1 34
L. W. Thompson, N. F. oil and hardware ....
1 35
C. H. Playdon, M. D. V., services
6 50
George H. Spaulding and wife, salary one year
399 97
$1,503 84
SUPERINTENDENT'S ACCOUNT AT ALMS- HOUSE.
Paid for one horse.
$155 00
Four pigs.
13 00
Chopping wood.
26 20
Labor
85 10
Crackers
16 56
Coal
29 39
Fish
31 98
Amounts carried forward. $357 23
$1,503 84
74
Amounts brought forward
$357 23
$1,503 84
Paid for Hardware
12 55
Horse medicine
50
Onions. .
60
Dry goods
3 27
Surveying wood.
1 40
Soap. . .
3 25
Machine casting
65
Vinegar.
1 80
Keg .
1 00
Cabbage plants
1 25
Repairs on harnesses
2 45
Picking cranberries.
1 15
Lumber
1 46
Time and receipt books
35
Spirituous liquor and medi- cine
74 50
463 41
Tota expense at Almshouse
$1,967 25
RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Received for milk.
$413 57
Labor on highway ·
461 48
Removing snow. .
9 14
Sundries
2 82
Pork
23 82
Two calves
16 25
Cows .
189 50
Hide and carcass of cow
that broke her leg .. .
10 40
Board
24 00
Potatoes
44 51
.
Amounts carried forward.
$1,195 49
$1,967 25
75
Amounts brought forward.
$1,195 49 $1,967 25
Received for Vegetables 1 50
Hay ..
11 40
Horse Collar
2 50
Teaming lumber
14 00
Grain sacks
3 00
Barrels
2 20
Old lumber
3 00
Due from teaming wood .
81 37
Edward M. Nichols for hay
40 00
$1,354 46
Net expense at almshouse $612 79
OUTSIDE POOR.
Paid account of Sarah M. Woodman. $169 46
Mary White. . . 146 00
Fanny Melanson .. . . 169 47
Susan George .. . ...
87 28
Michael Mullen's fam-
ily ... 65 28
James Brennan 4 50
David Boice
51 50
Mrs. George Pierce.
19 13
Ada Miller.
88 13
Maria O'Donnell
117 51
Edward Doyle. ..
5 00
$923 26
87 28
Due on account of Susan George ....
Net expense of outside poor . . $835 98.
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SUMMARY OF EXPENSES.
Total expense at almhouse
$1,967 25
Total receipts at almhouse 1,354 46
Net expense at almhouse . $612 79
Net expense of outside poor . 835 98
$1,448 77
Net expense inside and outside alm-
house
$1,448 77 CHARLES J. SARGENT, WILLIAM E. GOWING, JAMES E. KELLEY, Overseers of the Poor.
COLLECTORS' ACCOUNTS.
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
Dr.
Recommitment of balance, 1888 tax.
$
42 28
1889 tax.
188 70
1890 tax. 248 69
1891 tax. 437 88
1892 tax. 681 81
$1,599 36
January 1, 1900. Cr.
By collected taxes, 1891.
$
20 75
Interest collected, $10.27.
By collected taxes, 1892.
25 02
Interest collected, $10.88.
45 77
Uncollected, Jan. 1, 1900.
$1,553 59
WARREN EAMES,
Collector.
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
January 2, 1899.
Dr.
To uncollected taxes, 1893 . $ 32 58
1894 102 15
Amount carried forward.
$134 73
78
Amount brought forward
$134 73
To uncollected taxes, 1895
498 83
1896
1,433 30
Taxes collected 1896 that were
abated 4 38
Uncollected taxes, 1897
4,413 54
Tax re-assessed on 1897
3 31
Uncollected taxes, 1898.
9,505 07
Tax re-assessed on 1898
3 50
$15,996 66
January 1, 1900.
Cr.
By collected taxes, 1893.
$ 32 58
1894
89 28
Abatement on taxes, 1894
12 87
Collected taxes, 1895.
383 25
Abatement on taxes, 1895
13 38
Collected taxes, 1896
885 30
Abatement on taxes, 1896
183 32
Collected taxes, 1897.
2,701 61
Abatement on taxes, 1897 87 33
Collected taxes, 1898
4,928 39
Abatement on taxes, 1898.
117 28
Uncollected taxes, Jan. 1, 1800. ..
6,562 07
$15,996 66
Interest collected on taxes $672 87 FRED A. EAMES, Collector of Taxes.
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
Dr.
To commitment for 1899 $15,508 26 $15,508 26
79
Cr.
*By collected taxes for 1899
$7,825 35
$7,835 35
Uncollected, Jan. 1, 1900 $7,682 91
*Interest collected, $4.91.
OTHNIEL EAMES, Collector.
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
To cash in treasury, Jan. 16, 1899. .. $1,790 08
To cash from state treasurer, corpor- ation tax . 45 87
from state treasurer, state aid
190 00
from state treasurer, military aid 48 00
from state treasurer, income Mass. school fund . .. from state treasurer, inspect- or of animals . 50 00
294 43
from state treasurer, street railway tax, 1898. 391 76
from state treasurer, street railway tax, 1899
416 13
from county treasurer, re- turns dog licenses. 129 96
from George H. Spaulding, supt. town farm .
640 18
from Charles J. Sargent, acct. town farm. 115 50
from Charles J. Sargent, for
use of diaphragm pump .. 6 50
from Fourth dist. court, of Eastern Middlesex, fine ... 3 00
Amount carried forward $4,121 41
81
Amount brought forward $4,121 41
To cash from Walker lodge, I. O. G.
T., rent of town hall. .. 6 50
from Eames, Sargent & Co., lumber 19 65
from James E. Kelley, for printed records of births,
marriages and deaths .... 14 00 from James E. Kelley, for rent of town hall . 16 50
from Samuel R. Rice, for rent of town hall . 3 75
from Chester W. Clark, adm. Sabra Carter estate trust funds, acct. cemetery ..... from Chester W. Clark, trust
100 00
200 00
funds, acct. cemetery .... from Chester W. Clark, trust funds, acct. common. 200 00
from Lawrence C. Swain, slaughter house license ... 1 00 from Martin F. Holt, slaugh- ter house license 1 00
from Sebastian · Baker,
slaughter house license ... 1 00
from J. Howard Eames, slaughter house license ... 1 00
from Annie C. Jennings, la- bor on culvert. 4 38
from John W. Johnson, adm. cemetery lot, No. 276 .... 20 00
from Chas. J. Sargent, ceme- tery lot, No. 126. 15 00
from Chas. H. Hopkins, cem- etery lot, No. 343. 20 00
Amount carried forward. $4,745 19, -
82
Amount brought forward $4,745 19
Tocash from Eugene G. Shaw, ceme- tery lot, No. 244 ..... from Rufus C. Eames, ceme- tery lot, No. 275 ·
12 00
20 00
from Solomon S. Gilson, cemetery lot, No. 193 .... 12 00
from Charles Leve, cemetesy lot, No. 122. 12 00
from Herbert N. Buck, cem- etery lot, No. 278. 20 00
from H. Allen Sheldon, cem- etery lot, No. 231. . from Howard M. Horton, cemetery lot, No. 239 .... 12 00
12 00
from Warren Eames, ceme- tery lot, No. 209. 20 00
from Asa G. Sheldon, ceme- tery lot, No. 277 20 00
from Nathaniel C. E. and Albert U. F. Clark, ceme- tery lot, No. 341. .. from Boston & Maine rail-
20 00
road, grading poor farm bridge
341 84
from Boston & Maine rail- road, gravel. 41 00
from A. T. Bond, for old school books 19 40
from A. T. Bond, one week's salary due Wm. L. Jones' estate 21 25
from taxes, 1893 32 58
from interest 11 66
from taxes 1894 89 28
from interest 26 49
Amount brought forward $5,488 69
83
Amount brought forward $5,488 69
To cash from taxes 1895
383 25
from interest . 71 50
from taxes 1896
885 30
from interest 132 34
from taxes 1897
2,701 61
from interest 259 77
from taxes 1898
4,928 39
from interest.
171 11
Collector's sale, est. of James Haskins
13 22
Est. of J. J. Adams. .
2 58
Est. of Owner un- known
9 66
Othniel Eames, Collector, on acct. Tax 1899
7,826 07
Othniel Eames, Collector, Interest ...
4 91
Othniel Eames, Collector, Excise Tax 1899, Reading and Lowell Street Railway
93 76
Warren Eames, Collector, on acct. Tax 1891.
20 75
Warren Eames, Collector, Interest . .
10 27
Warren Eames, Collector, on acct. Tax 1892 ..
25 02
Warren Eames, Collector, Interest ...
10 88
$23,039 08
EXPENDITURES.
By paying Town notes, permanent
loans.
$ 700 00
Town notes, temporary
loans .
3,000 00
nterest. 946 62
Selectmen's orders
16,737 39
Amount brought forward
$21,384 01
84
Amount brought forward. $21,384 01 By paying Taxes, costs and expenses on the real estate struck off to the Town at the Collector's sale, Dec. 18, 1899, for non-payment of taxes 190 59
Cash in Treasury Jan. 24, 1900. 1,464 48
$23,039 08
FRED A. EAMES, Treasurer.
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.
LIABILITIES.
Permanent Loans.
Woburn Five Cents Savings
Bank .
$ 4,900 00
Temporary Loans.
State Treasurer
17,000 00
Trust Fund.
Benjamin Buck, acct. Libary ...
$500 00
Dolly Harnden, acct. cemetery . .
100 00
James Frazer, acct. cemetery ...
200 00
Martha Temple, acct. cemetery .
100 00
Susan S. Carlton, acct. cemetery .
75 00
Thomas P. Eames, acct. cemetery
100 00
Sabra Carter, acct. cemetery ....
100 00
acct. cemetry ..
200 00
acct. common ....
200 00
1,575 00
Balance on street railway tax 1898 .. .
56 12
Street railway tax 1899. 416 13
472 25
Due Wm. L. Jones Estate.
21 25
Balance from Collector's sale.
Estate of James Haskins.
13 22
Estate of J. J. Adams. ...
2 58
Estate of, owner unknown Lot 149 Silver Lake plan 9 66 Painter Place. 22-77
$24,016 73
86
ASSETS.
Cash in Treasury . . 1,464 48
Uncollected taxes 1888
$ 42 28
1889
188 70
1890
248 69
1891
417 13
1892
656 79
1895
102 20
1896
369 06
1897
1,627 91
1898
4,462 90
1899
7,684 94
15,800 60
Due from State Treasurer.
acct. State Aid.
$208 00
Military Aid 48 00
256 00
Due from Betsey R. George, acct.
Susan F. George. . . . . .
138 99
Mark Babine, acct. Isabel Babine
21 00
Edward M. Nichols, for
hay from Town Farm.
40 00
Acct. of printed records of Births, Marriages and Deaths sold ......
28 00
106 91
Due for wood sold from Town Farm, George H. Spaulding, Supt. Town Farm, teaming same .. . For cemetery lots
81 37
286 00
Excess of liabilities 5793 38
$24,016 73
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the Treasurer, the Collectors of Taxes, the Selectmen's Order Book, Valuation and Commitment Books for 1899. A few slight errors have been rectified and the accounts are now found to be correct and accompanied by proper vouchers. There remains in the Treasury a balance of Fourteen Hundred and Sixty-Four and 48 Dollars ($1,464 48). 100
GEORGE L. PERRY, Auditor.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND PROVISIONS.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE INSPECTION.
257 cows, 6 bulls and 2 oxen have been killed and inspected in the licensed slaughterhouses of the town, between March 1, 1899, and Jan. 1, 1900. 10 were quarantined, 9 were con. demned and 1 was released. 1 was killed without being quarantined and was afterwards condemned. 42 hogs have been examined and no trace of disease found. 44 cows were brought into town by order of the Commissioners and destroyed.
One general inspection of animals was ordered by the Cattle Commissioners during the year which resulted in finding stock as follows: cows in milk, 219; cows dry, 25; young cows, 54; bulls 9; sheep 33; swine 417.
H. ALLEN SHELDON, Inspector of Animals and Provisions.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Public Documents received 12 volumes Number of books purchased 71 66
For circulation
2547
66
Taken out
3355
Persons taking out books 323
Received from Mr. W. H. Carter, " History of Mass. in the Civil War," Vol. I and 2.
The Library has been supplied during the year with the Century, New England and St. Nicholas magazines.
EMMA K. PERRY, Librarian.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Burnap Library Fund (deposited 1886), $115 00
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1899 $ I3
Received from Town Treasurer on
acct. of appropriation for 1899 . 135 26
Received one year's interest on Ben- jamin Buck's legacy of $500. to Jan. 1, 1900 ·
25 00
Received fines, cards and catalogues, 4 20
$164 59
90
Paid for magazines 9 15
C. M. Barrows, record book 4 75
F. J. Barnard & Co., binding magazines . 2 70
D. J. Perkins, setting glass 25
Mrs. J. Kernon, cleaning room,
I 60
Winthrop B. Eames, repairing books . IO 54
Carter, Rice & Co., covering paper . ·
I 60
Buck Bros., kerosene and chim- ney 79
H. N. Eames, 500 Rules and Regulations 2 00
Preparing new books and cata- logues . 3 00
Express, key, ink, glue, paper, ete. 2 20
Damrell & Upham, for books 75 78
Librarian's salary, one year 50 00
Cash to balance 23
$164 59
ARTHUR O. BUCK,
Treasurer.
BOOKS ADDED TO WILMINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY 1899.
2475 Historic Pilgrimages in New England, E. M Bacon
2476 The New Pacific, H. H. Bancroft
2477 The Dreamers, . . J. K. Bangs
2478 The Break-up of China, . C. Beresford.
2479 A Girl of '76, Amy E. Blanchard
91
2480 The Century Book of Famous Americans,
E. S. Brooks
2481 The Log of a Sea Waif, . . F. T. Bullen
2482 When Knighthood was in Flower, E. Caskoden
2483 Young April,
Egerton Castle
2484 Outsiders-an outline,
R. W. Chambers
2485 Richard Carvel,. W. Churchill
2486 The Autobiography and Letters of
Mrs. M. O. Oliphant
2487 The Barberry Bush and Other Stories,
Susan Coolidge
2488 The King's Jackal,
. R. H. Davis
2489 The Lion and the Unicorn, . R. H. Davis
2490 Puerto Rico-Its Conditions and its Possibilities,
Wm. Dinwiddie
2491 A Duet,
A. Conan Doyle
2492 Mr. Dooley in Peace and War, . . F. P. Dunne
2493 Aylmin,
2494 The Story of an Untold Love,
. T. Watts-Dunton . Paul L. Ford Harold Frederic
2495
The Market Place,
2496
Osceloa, Chief of the Seminoles,
Col. H. R. Gordon
2497
The Boys of Scroby,
Ruth Hall Beatrice Harraden
2499
A Roving Commission,
. G. A. Henty
2500
Beric the Briton,
250I
No Surrender, .
2502
Won by the Sword,
2503
Yule-Tide Yarns
. G. A. Henty . G. A. Henty . G. A. Henty . G. A. Henty H. C. Hillegas W. D. Howells
2504 Oom Paul's People,
2505
Ragged Lady,
2506 Prisoners of Hope,
2507 The Water Babies, 2508-9 From Sea to Sea, vols. I and 2,
Mary Johnstone Chas. Kingsley . R. Kipling
2510 Field Key to the Land Birds, .
Edward Knobel
25II The War with Spain, · Henry Cabot Lodge
2498
The Fowler,
92
2512
The Complete Angler,
2513 St. George and St. Michael,
2514 Dross,
2515 Prisoners and Captives,
2516 Young Mistley,
2517 The First Book of Birds, .
G. MacDonald H. S. Merriman H. S. Merriman H. S. Merriman Oliver T. Miller
2518 Forward, March, Tale of Spanish-American War, Kirk Munroe Kirk Munroe
2519
The Painted Desert, .
2520
Gilian, The Dreamer,
Neil Munro . A. Ollivant
2521 Bob, Son of Battle,
2522 Red Rock, .
. T. N. Page
2523 How to Know the Ferns,
F. T. Parsons M. Pemberton
2524
The Signors of the Night,
2525
To-morrow in Cuba,
2526
Japan in Transition, .
. C. N. Pepper . S. Ransome .T. Roosevelt . M. Saunders Margaret Sherwood Gordon Stables Gordon Stables G. W. Stearns
2531 2532 2533 2534
With Kitchener to Khartum,
The History of Henry Esmond, W. M. Thackeray The Virginians,
Beck's Fortune,
2535 2536 Wild Animals I have Known, ·
2537
Walden,.or Life in the Woods, .
. W. M. Thackeray A. E. Thompson E. S. Thompson H. D. Thoreau E. T. Tomlinson
2538 Washington's Young Aids,
2540 David Harum-A Story of American Life,
E. N. Wescott 254J No. 5 John Street, . R. Whiteing 2542 Square Pegs, . Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney 2543 Peeps at People, A. W. Winthrop
2544 Wabeno, the Magician, Mabel O. Wright
2545 Citizen Bird-Scenes from Bird Life,
Mabel O. Wright and Elliot Cones
2527 2528 2529 2530
The Rough Riders,
Her Sailor,
Henry Worthington, Idealist, Old England on the Seas, .
'Twixt Daydawn and Light,
TOWN WARRANT.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
MIDDLESEX SS.
To William E. Swain, Constable of the Town of Wil -. mington.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in the manner provided in Sect. 2, Art. I., of the By Laws, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall, on Monday, the fifth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at ten o'clock A. M., and may be closed at four o'clock P. M., for the election of officers, and to act upon the following articles, namely :
ART. I. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2 To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Selectmen, " who shall act also as Assessors and Overseers of the Poor," Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, · School Committee for three years, School Committee to fill vacancy for remainder of term of three years from the first Monday of March, 1899, Constable, one Auditor, three Fence Viewers, also to vote upon the following questions, viz .: Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ? Yes or No. Amend- ment to the By-Laws :- It shall be the duty of the Auditor
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on or before the last day of each month to examine all bills before the Selectmen, issue an order on the Treasury for the payment of the same; also to compare the Col- lector's tax list with the Assessors' books previous to the first day of August in each year. Vote Yes or No.
ART. 3. To choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 4. To hear reports of Committees and act thereon.
ART. 5. To see how much money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of schools, for school books and supplies, for salary of School Committee, highways, roads and bridges, support of poor, repairs of public buildings, for care and improvement of cemetery (old and new), support of public library, police, town officers, removing snow, miscellaneous expenses, printing, notes payable, interest, state and county taxes, outstand- ing indebtedness, and abatement of taxes.
ART. 6. To see what method the town will adopt for the collection of taxes and determine the compensation of the Collector.
ART. 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer " with the sanction of the Selectmen ," to borrow money in anticipation of taxes when necessary to meet current demands for the ensuing municipal year, the notes for the same to be paid from the taxes assessed for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see how much money the town will raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to include the office of Cemetery Committee in those to be placed upon the official ballot.
ART. "IO. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred dollars to be used in connection with three hundred dollars held by the Ex-High School Associates for the purchase and erection of a Soldiers' Monument or do anything in relation to the same.
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ART. II. To see if the town will grant a location for said Monument and choose a committee to act with a committee of Ex-High School Associates, with full power to purchase and erect said Monument.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote under the provi- sions of Sec. 9, Chap. 466, Acts of 1898, to authorize the School Committee to arrange a union with some other towns for the purpose of employing a Superintendent of Schools.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the expense incurred for salary of a Superintendent of Schools.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to adopt the provisions of Sections 20 and 21 of Chapter 50 of the Public Statutes, in regard to the establishment and grad- ing of sidewalks.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and the seal of the town this seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.
GTON
S.
NC
WHITEFIELD ELMI
1730:
THE
A TRUE COPY-ATTEST.
JAMES E. KELLEY, WILLIAM E. GOWING, CHARLES J. SARGENT, Selectmen of Wilmington.
WM. E. SWAIN,
Constable of Wilmington.
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