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At the present price of farm stock it would or should appeal to those who can, that raising heifer calves from tried dairy cows will prove one way of helping the nation conserve agricul- ture in New England at least.
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Another suggestion along this line is, everybody raise a pig. By so doing tons of pork will be ready for home use next fall. At the present price of such products certainly many ought to be interested. Buy a pig and see it grow. Anyone knowing of or suspecting a case of contagious disease among animals within the town limits should notify me and I will at once investigate.
Thanking the town people for the courteous manner in which I have been received, I remain,
Yours respectfully,
C. H. PLAYDON, M.D.V. Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen: I beg to offer my annual report as inspector of incats and provisions. At the beginning of the year 1917 there was one licensed slaughterhouse in town, that one on the premises of the Blue Hog Breeding plant, Main Street, con- ducted and operated by Mr. George Griffith. Early in Sep- tember a license was granted to Mr. A. W. Boutwell, on the premises of Joseph Videto between Chestnut Street and Marion Road. During the year I have inspected 1,441 hogs. Of that number I have condemned 44 as being unfit for food.
I consider the Blue Hog plant in good healthy condition in proportion to the number of hogs bred and raised on the prem- ises. It has been under care of local veterinarian as well as members of the state board and was pronounced above the average as regards good health.
Respectfully submitted,
J. HOWARD EAMES,
Inspector .
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen: I herewith submit report as to work of Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Work of the Department as follows:
Number of scales proved and sealed :
Number of platform scales, over 5,000 lbs. . 3
Number of platform scales, under 5,000 1bs.
15
Number of butchers' scales
7
Number of spring balance scales
12
Number of counter scales .
6
Number of balance scales .
12
Number of weights
78
Number of dry measures sealed
1
Number of liquid measures sealed
13
Number of yard sticks sealed
2
Number of apothecary balances sealed
1
Number of apothecary weights sealed .
12
Number of measuring pumps sealed
4
Number of platform scales condemned, under 5,000 lbs. 1
Number of balance scales condemned .
1
Number of spring balances condemned 2
ARTHUR B. EAMES,
Sealer.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report as Tree Warden and Local Moth Superintendent.
A number of trees have been planted along the highways in several sections of the town and some replacements made where trees had died or been destroyed.
Trees have been trimmed where necessary and spraying for the elm leaf beetle was done at the proper time.
The work of suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moth has been done as usual under the supervision of the State authorities and the customary amount of private work has been attended to.
Respectfully submitted,
OLIVER A. McGRANE, Tree Warden of Wilmington.
January 28, 1918.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
Public documents received, 16 volumes. Number of new books purchased during the year, 169 volumes. Number of books replaced, 16 volumes. Number of books for circulation, 5,475 volumes. Number of persons taking out books, 623.
Number of books taken out during the year, 8,443 volumes.
The following books have been presented by the Common- wealth of Massachusetts through its Free Public Library Commission: Current Cyclopedia of Reference, 8 volumes; New Encyclopedic Atlas and Gazetteer of the World, World Almanac and Encyclopedia for 1917, and Young Folks' Cyclo- paedia, 3 volumes.
The Library has been supplied with The Temperance Cause, Living Tissue and Signs of the Times; also the following magazines: National Sportsman, St. Nicholas, The Country- side, Ladies' Home Journal, McClure's, Illustrated World, American, Woman's Home Companion, Our Dumb Animals and Christian Science Journal. The Woman Citizen and Official Bulletin have been received for a part of the year.
Mrs. Haniman has given the Library a year's subscription to The Outlook, also some numbers of the Literary Digest, Nation- al Geographic and Cosmopolitan.
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The Scientific American, Literary Digest, World's Work and National Geographic for nearly the full year have been given by Mrs. Stevens.
A box of books and magazines has been sent to Camp Devens, Ayer.
The amount of four dollars has been received and sent by the Librarian to the Library War Fund.
ANNA T. SHELDON, Librarian.
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List of New Books Purchased for the Library During the Year 1917
Fiction
AB24ST-Stingy Receiver
AN26T-Three Things
AT56H-Hearts Undaunted
AU78F-Ford
B124L-Light in the Clearing
B155H-Highwayman
B157M-Mistress Anne
B237WH-White Ladies of Worcester
B282T-Triflers
B495M-Middle Pasture
B514C-Carmen's Messenger
B675S-Star of the Desert
B728C-Case of Mary Sherman
B852G-Greenmantle
B853D-Destiny
B942S-Son of Tarzan
C354DA-Dark Star
C365M-Mountain Madness
C773C-Cinderella Jane
C783C-Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper
C895F-Forfeit
C975L-Louisburg Square
D2860-Out of a Clear Sky
D334RE -- Red Lane
D385H-Hundredth Chance
D643U-Unconquered
D774HI-His Last Bow
Eleanor H. Abbott Mary R. S. Andrews Eleanor Atkinson Mary Austin Irving Bacheller H. C. Bailey Temple Bailey Florence L. Barclay F. O. Bartlett M. Bilbro Harold Bindloss B. M. Bower J. E. Brady John Buchan Charles N. Buck E. R. Burroughs Robert W. Chambers A. A. Chapin M. B. Cooke J. A. Cooper Ridgwell Cullum R. Cutler M. T. Daviess Holman Day Ethel M. Dell ยท Maud Diver A. Conan Doyle
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F232D-Definite Object F745D-Dubloons and the Girl FS34I-In Happy Valley F885H-Hiding Places
G134D-Daughter of the Morning
G356S-Secret Witness
G653M-Major G762G-Golden Age GS33U-Unhallowed Harvest GS62W-Wolf Breed
GS64W-Wildfire H124F-Finished
H195C~Cleeks' Government Cases
H216J- Jan and Her Job
H254TH-Thankful Blossom
H357G-Gun-brand H555M-McAllister's Grove
H7746R-Racoon Lake Mystery H832S-Slaves of the Camp H865R-Royal Outlaw
H8716S-Sunny Slopes K583L-Lifted Veil
K617N-Neighbors K625DI-Diversity of Creatures K995W-Webster-Man's Man L636E-Extricating Obadiah
L665MN-Mannequin LS44J-Jerry of the Islands L844MI-Michael, Brother of Jerry L955L-Lilla L974W-Witness
L992S-Stranded in Arcady M1254V-Vanguards of the Plains M136GR-Green Fancy M174LU-Luck of the Irish M1831-Indian Drum
Jeffery Farnol J. M. Forbes John Fox, Jr. Allen French Zona Gale George Gibbs Charles Gordon Kenneth Grahame Homer Greene Jackson Gregory Zane Grey H. Rider Haggard T. W. Hanshen L. A. Harker Brete Harte J. B. Hendryx M. Hill Nevil M. Hopkins George B. Howard C. B. Hudson Ethel Hueston Basil King Florence M. Kingsley Rudyard Kipling Peter B. Kyne Joseph C. Lincoln J. M. Lippmann Jack London Jack London B. Lowndes Grace L. H. Lutz Francis Lynde M. H. McCarter George B. Mccutcheon Harold MacGrath W. MacHaig-Edwin Balmer
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M198M-Man Who Tried to be It M311AM-Amarilly in Love M352B-Beetle M384FO-Four Corners of the World M765AH-Anne's House of Dreams N365I-Incredible Honeymoon
N793M-Martie, the Unconquered N793U-Undertow
OE65S-Slippy McGee
OP54C-Cinema Murder
OS75C-Clue in the Air
OY35G-Gaston Olaf
P246DE-Devil's Own
P548BA-Banks of Colne
P787HI-His Family
P833R-Road to Understanding
P833T-Turn of the Tide
R133Y-Yukon Trail
R364C-Calvary Alley R415B-Brown Study R415I-Indifference of Juliet R415RE-Red Pepper's Patients
R415T-Twenty-fourth of June R415W-With Juliet in England R474L-Long Live the King R474T-Tish
R634M-Mystery of the Hasty Arrow SC086C-Cab of the Sleeping Horse SC086M-Man in Evening Clothes SE47V-Vengeance of Jefferson Gawne SH21S-Stars in Their Courses SH54W-Worn Doorstep SH75C-Country Chronicle SI12S-Salt of the Earth ST426R-Road of Ambition ST46K-King in Babylon
C. Mackenzie Belle K. Maniates R. Marsh A. E. W. Mason L. M. Montgomery E. Nesbit Kathleen Norris Kathleen Norris Marie C. Oelmer E. P. Oppenheim Isabel Ostrander Henry Oyen Randall Panish Eden Phillpotts Ernest Poole Eleanor H. Porter Eleanor H. Porter W. M. Raine Alice H. Rice Grace S. Richmond Grace S. Richmond Grace S. Richmond Grace S. Richmond Grace S. Richmond Mary R. Rinehart Mary R. Rinehart Anna K. G. Rohlfs J. R. Scott J. R. Scott C. A. Seltzer H. M. Sharp Margaret Sherwood G. Showerman Mrs. A. Sidgwick Elaine Sterne B. E. Stevenson
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T123P-Pincher Martin, O. D. T215C-Cecilia of the Pink Roses
T376P-Preacher of Cedar Mountain T682W-World and Thomas Kelly V365T-Top-floor Idyl W217M-Missing W462F-Faulkner's Folly W462MA-Mark of Cain
W564L-Long Lane's Turning W5830-Over the Border W636W-Wishing Ring Man W685L-Lydia of the Pines WS14P-Piccadilly Jim WS63H-Hornet's Nest
Taffrail K. H. Taylor E. S. Thompson Arthur Train George Van Schaick Mrs. Humphry Ward Carolyn Wells Carolyn Wells Mrs. P. Wheeler Herman Whitaker Margaret Widdemer Honore Willsie P. G. Wodehouse Mrs. W. Woodrow
Juvenile Fiction
jAL74RU-Rulers of the Lakes jAL74T-Tree of Appomattox jB153F-For the Children's Hour
Joseph A. Altsheler Joseph A. Altsheler
C. S. Bailey and Clara Lewis Edna A. Brown T. W. Burgess T. W. Burgess
jBS125S-Spanish Chest jB913A-Adventures of Reddy Fox jB913AB-Adventures of Grandfather Frog jB913AC-Adventures of Peter Cottontail T. W. Burgess T. W. Burgess Dorothy Canfield Mary E. Chase E. G. Cheyney A. T. Curtis Emma C. Dowd
jB913AD-Adventures of Johnny Chuck jC164U-Understood Betsy jC375V-Virginia of Elk Creek Valley jC427S-Scott Burton Forester jC945M-Miss Ann and Jimmy jD753PN-Polly and the Princess jF773J-Jean of Greenacres jG1S7R-Ross Grant on the Trail jG225P-Poor Little Rich Girl jG655P-Patsy Carroll at Wilderness Lodge jH165B-Blue Robin
I. L. Forrester John Garland Eleanor Gates G. Gordon R. I. Halsey
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jH7856C-Camp Fire Girls and Mt. Greylock
jJ657L-Limpy jK296LI-Little Aliens
jM428S-Second Base Sloan
jP255S-Sube Cane
jP665H-House on the Hill
jQ44BS-Boy Scouts on Crusade jR344PL-Plucky Little Patsy
Isabel Hornibrook W. Johnston Myra Kelly Christy Mathewson E. B. Partridge W. R. Piper L. W. Quirk Nina Rhoades
jSM535M-Mystery Tales for Boys and Girls E. S. Smith
jSP36V-Vacation with the Tucker Twins N. Speed jST83DM-Dave Porter and His Double Edward Stratemeyer jST83DN-Dave Porter's Great Search Edward Stratemeyer jT594SO-Scouting with General Funston
jT595T-Trail of Tecumseh
E. T. Tomlinson Paul G. Tomlinson
jW462T-Two Little Women and Treasure House
Carolyn Wells
jW562P-Tree of Appomattox J. A. Altsheler jW636W-Winona of Camp Karonya Margaret Widdemer
Miscellaneous
B-L995G-Life of Mary Lyon M. B. Gilchrist B. A. Fiske and E. Muller
359-F54-United States Navy
377-SA2-Stories and Story-telling E. P. St. John 540-D65-Chemical Theory for Beginners
L. Dobbin & J. Walker
540-R71-Treatise of Chemistry 2 vols.
H. E. Roscoe and Schorlemmer
I. Ramsen A. E. Ball
547-R28-Organic Chemistry 598-B21-Year with the Birds 598-C36-Bird-Life F. M. Chapman
660-T39-Outlines of Industrial Chemistry F. H Thorp
817-W24-Being a Boy Charles D. Warner
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*920-M34-Who's Who in America 920-SW3-Ten American Girls from History
929.9-ST4-Stars and Stripes 940-R32-Vampire of the Continent 940.9-C94-Land of Deepening Shadows 940.9-D35-Behind the German Veil 940.9-EM7-Over the Top 940.9-EMF-First Call 940.9-G31-My Four Years in Germany 940.9-M26-Mademoiselle Miss
A. N. Marquis
Kate D. Sweetser Charles W. Stewart E. Zu. Reventlow D. T. Curtis J. M. DeBeaufort Arthur G. Empey Arthur G. Empey James W. Gerard
BY - LAWS
OF THE
TOWN OF WILMINGTON
ARTICLE I.
Section 1. The annual town meeting shall be held on the first Monday of March of each year, upon which day all Town Officers required to be elected by ballot shall be chosen; and a vote taken upon the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, as required by statute.
The provisions of Chap. 835, Acts of 1913 and amendments and additions thereto, and of Chap. 59. Acts of 1916, shall apply thereto, and also to all special meetings.
Sec. 2. The warrants for all Town Meetings shall be directed to either of the Constables of the town, or some other persons who shall forthwith give notice of such meeting by posting attested copies of the warrant at the Town Hall, and three other public places, seven days, at least, before the day of said meeting. Also all voters shall be notified by postal card, in due time, by the Selectmen of the call for any Special Town meeting.
Sec. 3. All articles for insertion in the warrant for the an- nual Town Meeting, must be presented in writing to the Select-
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men, in accordance to law, twenty days before the holding of said meeting.
Sec. 4. The town officers which are required by law to be chosen by ballot, and their respective terms of office, shall be designated in the warrant for the annual Meeting, and they shall be voted for upon one ballot.
Sec. 5. At any Town election, after the balloting has begun, no vote fixing the time for closing the polls shall be reconsidered, except for the purpose of extending such time, but in no case shall they be kept open after the hour of sunset.
Sec. 6. When a question is under debate no motion shall be received, but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question ; to refer, or to postpone to a day certain; to commit ; to amend; or to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are here named.
Sec. 7. Upon taking the question, if the decision of the Moderator be doubted, or a division of the house called for by seven voters, the Moderator shall request all persons in the house to be seated, and may appoint Tellers. The question shall then be distinctly stated, and those voting in the affirma- tive and negative respectively shall be requested to rise and stand in their places until they are counted by the Moderator or Tellers; and no person shall be counted who does not comply with the request to occupy a seat.
Sec. 8. Every motion or order which is of a complicated nature, or of unusual length, shall be reduced to writing, and also every other motion, whenever the presiding officer or Town Clerk shall desire it.
Sec. 9. Every person speaking shall address the chair, standing and uncovered, shall confine himself to the question under debate and avoid personalities; and no person shall be permitted to speak without first obtaining leave of the presiding officer.
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Sec. 10. No person, while speaking, shall be interrupted by another except it be to call to order, to correct a mistake, or to give notice of motion to reconsider.
Sec. 11. No person shall speak more than twice on any question without first obtaining leave of the house, except it be to make some explanation or correct a mistake, nor more than once until others who have not spoken on the question shall speak, if they desire it.
Sec. 12. No action involving an appropriation of over $300 shall be taken on the report of a committee previously appointed, unless the report of the said committee be specifically called for in the warrant.
Sec. 13. All committees shall be appointed by the Moderator unless otherwise directed by the meeting; and, in nomination from the floor, no person shall nominate more than one mem- ber of a committee.
Sec. 14. The duties of the Moderator, not prescribed by the Statutes or by the foregoing By-Laws, shall be determined by the general rules of parliamentary law, so far as they may be adapted to town meetings.
ARTICLE II.
CERTAIN POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWN OFFICERS
Section 1. The Selectmen shall have full authority, as agents of the town, to institute and prosecute suits in the name of the town, and to appear and defend suits brought against it, unless it is otherwise specially ordered by vote of the town.
Sec. 2. All promissory notes of the town shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Select- men.
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Sec. 3. Whenever it shall be necessary to execute any deed, or any other instrument, required to carry into effect any vote of the town, the same shall be executed by the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, in behalf of the town, unless the town shall otherwise vote in any special case.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Selectmen, once every year, and as much oftener as they may think proper, to examine the books of the Treasurer, and ascertain the condition of the treasury, to see that the funds of the town are at all times available, and that all temporary loans are paid in due season, and they shall keep a record of these examinations, and report the result of them to the town in connection with their annual report.
Sec. 5. No money (except State and County taxes and principal and interest of legally authorized town notes) shall be paid by the Town Treasurer without a written or printed warrant for the same, signed by a majority of the Selectmen.
Sec. 6. The Town Treasurer, shall, on or before the fourth day of January, annually, render to the Selectmen in writing a full account of all his receipts and disbursements for the finan- cial year last past.
Sec. 7. The Selectmen shall annually, at least five days before the annual Meeting, cause to be distributed among the tax payers of the town, a detailed report, in print, of all moneys received into and paid out of the town treasury during the preceding financial year, with a statement of the town's finan- cial condition. They shall also publish with said report such information and recommendations as they may deem proper, with detailed estimates of the amounts of money which will be required for the current financial year. The report of the Treasurer's and Collector's accounts shall also be printed annually with the Selectmen's report. The Town Clerk shall publish in the Town Report all warrants issued for Town Meet-
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ings (State elections excepted), together with all votes passed and actions taken thereto. Each valuation of estates made by the Assessors, or an abstract thereof, shall be printed and distributed in pamphlet form within six months after the same shall be made, every five years beginning April 1st, 1920.
Sec. S. It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to keep a book of records for the sole purpose of recording the location of all highways and townways that may in future be laid out within the town, with an index thereto.
Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to keep a proper ledger account with notes payable, also each appropriation, trust fund and cemetery.
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Town Accountant to compare the Collector's tax list with the Assessor's books pre- vious to the commitment of the tax, in each year.
Sec. 11. For the preservation and care of lots in public burial places of the town, the Treasurer shall receive and give the depositor a receipt for any sum of money not less than $100.00 which may be deposited with him for the care of any particular lot; the income of said sum to be expended under direction of the Cemetery Committee; each lot to be credited with the amount deposited for same, and debited with all expenditures. All such sums so received shall be turned over by the Treasurer to the Trustees of Trust Funds, "taking their receipt for the same," and by them deposited in one or more institutions for savings, and the income thereof be annually credited to the lot.
Said Trustees of Trust Funds shall report, in print, at every annual Town Meeting the names of all persons whose deposits they have received from the Treasurer, the income to and the outlay made on the respective lots for the year then expired, and the balance then standing to the credit of the same, and shall also state the standing of all other funds that may have been placed in their charge.
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ARTICLE III.
FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
Section 1. The financial year shall begin with the first day of January in each year, and end with the last day of December in the same year.
Sec. 2. A list of all taxes shall be committed to the Collector on or before August 1st. The Collector shall, within fifteen days after receiving the list of taxes, make out a tax bill to every person, corporation or company of persons named in such tax list, in which bill shall be printed the rate of taxation, the time when all taxes are due and payable, and the time when interest shall be charged; and shall deliver or mail through the post office to every person so taxed, his tax bill. The Collector shall have and possess all the authority, powers and privileges delegated to Town Treasurers when they are made Collectors of Taxes.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Collector to pay over to the Town Treasurer all taxes by him collected, at least once in seven days, until the collection is completed.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Collector to complete and make up an account of the collection of all taxes committed to him, and present the same to the Assessors for settlement on or before the fourth day of January in each year.
ARTICLE IV.
PUBLIC WAYS
Section 1. Whoever shall pasture any cattle, horses or other animals, either with or without a keeper, upon any street or way in the town, shall forfeit a sum not less than two nor ex-
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ceeding ten dollars for cach violation thereof; provided that nothing herein contained shall affect the right of a person to the use of the land within the limits of a street or way adjoining his own premises, provided any animals pastured thereon are in charge of a proper keeper.
ARTICLE V.
POLICE REGULATIONS
Section 1. The Selectmen, before granting a written per- mission to move a building in any public street or way in the town under the statutes, shall ascertain if the destruction or injury of any shade or ornamental tree, shrub or any fixture of ornament or utility, standing in a street, way, or enclosure adjoining the same, will be caused thereby; and if in such case, in the opinion of the Selectmen, such permission should be granted, they may require the person applying to give satis- factory security to any person owning such trees, shrubs or fixtures, to indemnify him for any damage caused as aforesaid, before giving such permission.
Sec. 2. Whoever shall behave in any indecent or disorderly manner, or use profane, indecent, threatening or insulting language in any public place, or on any sidewalk or street in the town or near any house, to the annoyance or disturbance of any other person there being or passing in a peaceable man- ner, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than two nor more than twenty dollars for cach offence.
Sec. 3. Any person who shall drive, wheel, or draw any coach, cart, wheelbarrow, handcart, velocipede, bicycle, or any carriage of burden or pleasure (excepting children's car- riages, drawn by hand) upon any sidewalk in the town, or per- mit any horse, cattle, swine, or sheep under his or her care, to go upon any sidewalk in town, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two nor more than twenty dollars for each offence.
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Sec. 4. No person shall put, place, or pile wood, lumber, stones, or other materials within the limits of any public street or way within the town without written permission of the Select- men. Any violation of the above shall be punished by a fine of not less than two nor more than twenty dollars.
Sec. 5. Whoever shall coast or slide upon a sled or other like vehicle in or upon any public street or way within the town (where notice has been put by the Selectmen forbidding the same) shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one nor more than five dollars for each offence.
Sec. 6. No person shall bathe or swim in any public or ex- posed place in the town without covering to the body. Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two nor more than ten dollars.
Sec. 7. No person shall play ball, or throw balls, stones, snowballs, or any other missiles within or upon any of the streets of the town, or play at any game obstructing free passage in the same. Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two nor more than ten dollars.
Sec. 8. All penalties or forfeitures recovered for breach of any of these By-Laws shall be paid into the town treasury for the use of the town.
Sec. 9. Any town constable or police officer shall make arrests and serve warrants and other processes necessary for the enforcement of the same, and the costs and fees shall be the same as allowed in criminal prosecutions.
ARTICLE VI.
LICENSES
Section 1. No person shall collect by purchase or otherwise, junk, old metals and second-hand articles from place to place, within the limits of the town, without first obtaining a license
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from the Selectmen. The provisions of Chap. 187, Acts of 1902 and amendments thereto, shall apply to this section.
Sec. 2. No person shall engage in the business of renting boats or bathing suits in the town, without first obtaining a license from the Selectmen. The provisions of Chap. 400, Acts of 1910, shall apply to this section.
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