Town records of Brookline, Massachusetts, 1872-1884, v. 3, Part 27

Author: Brookline (Mass.)
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Brookline, Mass. : Published by vote of the town
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THOMAS PARSONS, CHARLES D. HEAD, CHARLES K. KIRBY, HORACE JAMES, AUSTIN W. BENTON, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.


NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, March 14, 1876.


By virtue of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within specified, by leaving an attested copy of this warrant at their last and usual places of abode.


J. P. SANBORN, Constable of Brookline.


In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, met at the Town Hall in said town, on Monday, the twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and were called to order at one of the clock in the afternoon by the Town Clerk, who proceeded to read the warrant calling said meeting, and the return thereon of the officer who served the notices for said meeting.


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First Article taken up :


To choose a Moderator.


Voted, That the polls be kept open fifteen minutes for the reception of votes for Moderator.


The polls were then declared open for the reception of votes for Moderator, and were kept open fifteen minutes, when they were declared closed.


The Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in for Moderator, and the whole number so given in was seventy-three. For Moderator, William I. Bowditch had seventy-three, was declared elected, and took the chair.


The meeting was then called to order by the Moderator, and prayer was offered by the Rev. Howard N. Brown.


The Second Article was then taken up :


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To choose the usual town officers, including one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years.


Laid on the table.


Voted, To take up the Eleventh Article :


To see if the town will choose a Water Board, and ordain and establish such rules and regulations as may be authorized by Chapter 343 of the Acts of the year 1872, for the government of said board.


Voted, To choose a Water Board.


Voted, That the Water Board enter upon the care of the water works when the present Board of Water Commis- sioners are discharged.


Sixteenth Article taken up :


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To see if the town will choose a Board of Health.


Voted, To choose a Board of Health.


Second Article taken from the table :


To choose the usual town officers, including one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years.


On motion of James W. Edgerly, it was -


Voted, To choose by ballot the following town officers ; to wit, -


A Town Clerk, a Treasurer and Collector, five Selectmen, who shall also be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways, three Assessors, one Water Commissioner, a


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Water Board of three to manage the water works, subject to any vote or ordinance of the town ; members of the School Committee, three to serve for three years, one to serve for two years, one to serve for one year ; Trustees of the Public Library, four to serve for three years, one to serve for two years ; a Board of Health of three, one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund, three Auditors, two Fence Viewers, two Trustees of the Cemetery, and eleven Constables.


Voted, That the polls be kept open until sunset.


The polls were then declared open for the reception of votes for the various town officers above specified, and were kept open until fifteen minutes past six of the clock in the afternoon, when, after giving notice thereof, so that any voter present might have an opportunity to deposit his vote if he desired so to do, they were declared closed.


The Moderator and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes given in, and the whole number of votes so given in was six hundred and ninety-seven ; and the fol- lowing persons, having a plurality of the votes cast for their several offices, and all but three a majority, were declared elected ; to wit, -


Town Clerk : B. F. Baker [sworn by the Moderator].


Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways : William I. Bowditch [sworn by the Town Clerk], Horace James [sworn by the Town Clerk], James M. Codman [sworn by William I. Bowditch], Francis W. Lawrence [sworn by William I. Bowditch], Marshall Russell [sworn by William I. Bowditch, Justice of the Peace].


Assessors : Thomas B. Hall [sworn by the Moderator], Frederick W. Prescott [sworn by the Moderator], William Lincoln.


Treasurer and Collector : Moses Withington [sworn by the Moderator].


Water Commissioner for 3 years : Charles K. Kirby.


Water Board : Edward S. Philbrick, Charles K. Kirby, Oliver Whyte. Sinking Fund Commissioner for 3 years : John C. Abbott.


School Committee for 3 years : William H. Lincoln, Francis Hunne- well, Charles G. Chase.


School Committee for 2 years : Rev. Howard N. Brown.


School Committee for 1 year : William Hobbs.


Trustees of the Public Library for 3 years : Charles D. Head, George M. Towle, James M. Codman, Henry V. Poor.


Trustee of the Public Library for 2 years : Rev. Howard N. Brown.


Auditors : George Griggs, Joshua Crane, Daniel H. Rogers.


Trustees of the Walnut Hills Cemetery for 3 years: Theodore Ly- man, Desmond Fitzgerald.


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Board of Health : Dr. T. E. Francis, Dr. Robert Amory, Desmond Fitzgerald.


Fence Viewers : Clark L. Haynes, William K. Melcher.


Constables : J. P. Sanborn [sworn by the Moderator], W. Y. Gross [sworn by the Moderator], George F. Johnson, B. C. Clark, S. D. Ed- wards [sworn by the Moderator], T. S. Pettengill [sworn by the Moder- ator], Eben W. Reed, D. C. Murray, G. F. Dearborn, Eben Morse, John C. Morse.


In voting the check list was used, and no person was al- lowed to vote until his name was found on the list and checked.


Voted, That the list of appropriations be referred to the Selectmen, to examine and report thereon at the adjourned meeting.


Voted, That this meeting now adjourn, to meet in this place on Wednesday, the twenty-second instant, at three of the clock in the afternoon.


Adjourned.


Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 22, 1876.


Pursuant to adjournment, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, met at the Town Hall in said town, on Wednesday, the twenty-second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and were called to order at three of the clock in the afternoon by the Moderator, William I. Bowditch.


Second Article taken up :


To choose the usual town officers, including one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years.


The meeting then nominated and chose the following offi- cers for the year ensuing ; viz., -


Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark: William D. Coolidge, Francis H. Bacon, William K. Melcher, John E. Cousens, Frank F. Seamans.


Pound Keeper : Eben W. Reed.


Sealers of Leather : Samuel A. Robinson, Willard Warren.


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Cemetery Committee : Thomas S. Pettengill.


Sealer of Weights and Measures : Alfred Kenrick, Jr.


Field Drivers : Eben W. Reed, Daniel C. Murray, Thomas S. Petten- gill.


Third Article taken up :


To hear and act upon reports of town officers and committees.


The Treasurer's report was then taken up, when, on motion of Hon. William Aspinwall, it was -


Voted, That the Treasurer's report be referred to a com- mittee of five, to be appointed by the Moderator, to examine the same and report in print at a future meeting.


The Moderator appointed the following gentlemen to com- pose said committee ; to wit, William Aspinwall, Robert S. Littell, George P. Richardson, Thomas H. Talbot, William A. Wellman.


Thomas Parsons, Esq., presented the following reports, which were accepted ; to wit, -


The supplementary report of the former Board of Selectmen, in relation to the building of the bridge on Brighton street, over the tracks of the New York & New England Railroad; viz., ---


OFFICE OF THE SELECTMEN,


BROOKLINE, Mass., March 18, 1876.


The Selectmen who were instructed to negotiate with the New York & New England Railroad Company, with reference to the reconstruction of the Brighton street bridge, would report -


That they have been unable to make any arrangement with said rail- road company, and they would recommend that the matter be referred to the next board.


THOMAS PARSONS, CHARLES D. HEAD, CHARLES K. KIRBY, HORACE JAMES, AUSTIN W. BENTON, Selectmen.


Voted, That the supplementary report upon the building of the bridge on Brighton street over the tracks of the New York & New England Railroad be referred to the present Board of Selectmen, to report thereon at a future meeting.


Upon the following-named reports, which had been printed and distributed, -


Voted, That the report of the Selectmen on lighting streets


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be referred to the Selectmen, to examine and report at a future meeting.


Voted, To accept the report of the Committee on Parks.


Voted, To accept the report of the Trustees of Walnut Hills Cemetery.


Upon the report of the Committee on Printing the Town Records, on motion of Hon. William Aspinwall, it was -


Voted, That the report of the Committee on the Printing of the Town Records be referred to a committee of three, to be appointed by the Moderator, to examine and report there- on at an adjourned meeting.


The Moderator appointed the following gentlemen to com- pose said committee; to wit, William Aspinwall, George Griggs, Augustine Shurtleff.


The report of the Water Commissioners taken up.


Voted, That the report of the Water Commissioners be laid on the table.


The report of the Trustees of the Public Library taken up.


Voted, To accept the report of the Trustees of the Public Library.


The report of the School Committee taken up.


Voted, That so much of the School Committee's report as relates to the erection of new buildings, and all other mat- ters in the report, be referred to the Selectmen, to report thereon at an adjourned meeting.


Report of the Assessors taken up.


Voted, To accept the report.


Fourth Article taken up :


To hear and act upon the report of the Water Commissioners.


Voted, To lay the Fourth Article on the table.


Fifth Article taken up :


To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as revised by the Selectmen and posted according to law.


The following list of jurors was then presented and read to the meeting ; to wit, -


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List of Jurors for the Town of Brookline for the year 1876.


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Adams, B. F.


Goodwin, Willard A.


Allen, Philip S.


Gove, Arthur B.


Avery, John


Griggs, Thomas B.


Bancroft, Charles P.


Guild, J. Anson


Bennett, Stephen D.


Hall, William F.


Blaisdell, John E.


Harrington, Andrew J.


Boynton, George F.


Harris, Nathaniel


Burdett, Horatio S.


Harmon, David I.


Burleigh, Sylvester S.


Haven, Frank


Burton, Hazen J.


Hunt, David


Burt. Solomon


Hurd, George F.


Burrill. Charles


James, Charles H.


Candler, John W.


Jarvis, Frederic A.


Cate, Isaac M.


Jones, Artemas S.


Chace, Reuben A.


Kenrick, Alfred, Jr.


Chase, Charles G.


Lamb, Charles F.


Chase, H. Lincoln


Lawrence, Amory A.


Chester, Walstein R.


Lincoln, Albert L.


Clark, Edwin


Long, Jonathan D.


Clark, Samuel


Loring, Thatcher


Coolidge, William D.


Lovering, J. C.


Conant, Nathaniel


Mahan, Michael


Corey, Timothy


Mann, N. P., Jr.


Cotton, William C.


Marston, Edwin O.


Crane, Lewis M.


McCormack, John


Cushman, Edward F.


Nash, Francis J.


Cutler, Abraham L.


Newell, Charles M.


Dana, Dennison D.


Norton, Henry H.


Dane, Edward S.


O'Day, John T.


Darracott, Franklin


Paige, John S.


Delano, Oliver B.


Palmer, Charles L.


Dimon, William


Panter, John


Doran, Levi


Parker, Mason G.


Driscoll, James


Phelps, Daniel W.


Duffley, Daniel


Phillips, John F.


Dyer, Thomas H.


Pierce, Peter W.


Eager, Henry B.


Plimpton, Charles T.


Edgerly, James W.


Quinlan, M. W.


Farrar, Alonzo


Ritchie, Thomas P.


Fay, Henry G. Frost, Morrill


Rogers, John K. Russell, Marshall


Fisher, George J.


Sabin, Charles W.


Fisher, Horace N. Foster, William H.


Sargent, Charles S.


Gardner, Harrison


Sears, Isaac H.


Getchell, Isaiah S.


Smith, Nahum


Stearns, William


Gooding, Josiah


Rodman, Francis


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Stone, Milton J.


Whyte, Oliver


Taylor, John C.


Wilder, William H.


Todd, Thomas


Williams, Howard S.


Trowbridge, Charles P.


Williams, Walter T.


Verney, Osavius


Wilson, William W.


Webber, Charles F.


Winchester, Stephen


Wood, Amos L.


Wells, Henry B. White, Francis A.


Woodward, Isaac


White, Isaac D.


Young, Edward


Attest: B. F. BAKER,


Brookline, Mass., February 28, 1876. Town Clerk.


Voted, To accept and allow the foregoing list.


Sixth Article taken up :


To hear and act upon the report of the Engineers of the Fire Depart- ment.


Voted, That the report of the Engineers of the Fire De- partment, also the majority and minority reports of the committee on the reorganization of the Fire Department, and the report of a committee on the same subject made at the annual meeting of 1875, be referred to the Selectmen, to report thereon at the adjourned meeting.


Seventh Article taken up :


To see what action the town will take upon the claim of John McCor- mack, for work done and materials furnished on Washington street.


Voted, That the subject of the Seventh Article be referred to the Selectmen, to consider and report thereon at the ad- journed meeting.


Eighth Article taken up :


To see if the town will petition the County Commissioners to relocate and widen Grove street, upon the petition of W. A. Humphrey and others.


Voted, That the subject of the Eighth Article be referred to the Selectmen, to examine and report to the adjournment of this, or any future meeting.


Ninth Article taken up :


To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to construct sewers in the streets of the town.


Voted, That the subject of the Ninth Article be referred to the Committee on Sewers appointed at an adjourned


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special town meeting held January 19, 1876, and that the sum of one thousand dollars be placed at the disposal of said committee, to be employed for procuring such engineering assistance and advice as they may require.


Tenth Article taken up.


Voted, To refer the Tenth Article to the adjourned meeting.


Eleventh Article taken up :


To see if the town will choose a Water Board, and ordain and establish such rules and regulations as may be authorized by Chapter 343 of the Acts of the year 1872, for the government of said board.


Voted, That the subject of rules and regulations for the Water Board be referred to the committee on that subject appointed at an adjourned special town meeting held April 26, 1875, and that they report in print at the adjourned meeting.


Twelfth Article taken up :


To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to give a confirmatory deed of a piece of land sold by the town to Thomas Seaverns, March, 1867.


Voted, That the Twelfth Article be indefinitely postponed.


Thirteenth Article taken up :


To see if the town will fill up the location between the Western avenue and the former schoolhouse lot, so as to prevent water from becoming stagnant there, upon the petition of Edward O'Halloran and others.


Voted, That the subject matter of the Thirteenth Article be referred to the Board of Health, to examine into and report in print at the adjourned meeting.


Fourteenth Article taken up :


To see if the town will appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for out-door evening concerts on the public playground this coming summer, on the petition of Eugene S. Morse and others.


Voted, That the Fourteenth Article be indefinitely post- poned.


Fifteenth Article taken up :


To act upon by-laws already adopted, or to adopt any new by-law which may be proposed.


Mr. Edward Atkinson presented the following by-law, which was laid on the table, ordered to be printed and dis- tributed among the inhabitants of the town ; to wit, -


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Proposed By-law.


At the annual meeting of the town, at which the town officers are chosen, the polls shall be kept open until sunset.


Voted, That the subject of by-laws concerning the public health be referred to the Board of Health, with instructions to report in print at the adjourned meeting, such report to be distributed throughout the town before said meeting.


Sixteenth Article taken up :


To see if the town will choose a Board of Health.


Laid on the table.


Seventeenth Article taken up :


To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to pay claims- against the town.


The claim of James Driscoll, for services in constructing: the water works, amounting to the sum of three thousand fifty-four dollars and fifty cents, was presented.


Voted, That the sum of three thousand fifty-four dollars. and fifty cents be paid to Mr. James Driscoll.


Ooted, That the Town Clerk notify the inhabitants of the town of the time and place of the adjourned town meeting, by causing notices to be distributed throughout the town.


Voted, To adjourn to Thursday, the sixth day of April next, at seven of the clock in the evening.


Adjourned.


Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


In pursuance of the laws of this Commonwealth, the Town Clerk forthwith made out his warrant and delivered it to Constable J. P. Sanborn, requiring him within three days. from the date thereof, to summon all officers chosen and not qualified, to appear before the Town Clerk within seven days from the date of said warrant, to be qualified for their several offices, to be sworn where an oath is required, or to signify their refusal of said office. Also to signify their acceptance or refusal of the office to which they were chosen where an oath is not required. Attest : B. F. BAKER,


Town Clerk.


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Town Officers Qualified, March, 1876.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, SS.


Personally appeared the persons below named, and were sworn to the faithful discharge of their duty, at the time set against their names, or signified their acceptance or refusal of the office to which they had been chosen ; viz., -


Assessor : William Lincoln [sworn March 27].


Fence Viewers : Clark L. Haynes [sworn March 27], William K. Mel- cher [sworn March 28].


Field Drivers : Eben W. Reed [sworn March 28], Daniel C. Murray [sworn March 28], Thomas S. Pettengill [sworn March 28].


Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark: Francis H. Bacon [sworn March 28], William K. Melcher [sworn March 28], John E. Cousens [sworn March 24].


Pound Keeper : Eben W. Reed [sworn March 28].


Sealer of Weights and Measures : Alfred Kenrick, Jr. [sworn March 28].


Constables : George F. Johnson [sworn March 27], B. C. Clark [sworn March 25], Eben W. Reed [sworn March 28], Daniel C. Murray [sworn March 28], George F. Dearborn [sworn March 24], Eben Morse [sworn March 28].


Cemetery Committee : Thomas S. Pettengill [accepted March 28].


Auditors : George Griggs [accepted March 25], Joshua Crane [ac- cepted March 28], Daniel H. Rogers [accepted


Water Commissioner for 3 years : Charles K. Kirby [accepted March 25].


Water Board: Edward S. Philbrick [accepted March 22], Charles K. Kirby [accepted March 22], Oliver Whyte [accepted March 24].


Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for 3 years: John C. Abbott [ac- cepted March 28].


School Committee for 3 years : William H. Lincoln [accepted March 27], Francis Hunnewell [accepted March 27], Charles G. Chase [accepted March 27].


School Committee for 2 years : Howard N. Brown [accepted March 27].


School Committee for 1 year : William Hobbs [accepted March 25].


Trustees of the Public Library for 3 years : Charles D. Head [accepted March 27], George M. Towle [accepted March 24], Henry V. Poor [ac- cepted March 25], James M. Codman [accepted March 27].


Trustees of Walnut Hills Cemetery for 3 years : Theodore Lyman [ac- cepted March 27], Desmond Fitzgerald [accepted March 25].


Board of Health : Dr. T. E. Francis [accepted March 24], Dr. Robert Amory [accepted March 22], Desmond Fitzgerald [accepted March 22].


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ADJOURNED ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 6, 1876.


Pursuant to adjournment, the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, met at the Town Hall in said town, on Thursday, the sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy- six, and were called to order at seven of the clock in the evening by the Moderator, William I. Bowditch.


Second Article taken up :


To choose the usual town officers, including one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years.


The meeting then nominated and chose the following officers in place of those who had not been qualified ; to wit, -


Sealers of Leather : Samuel A. Robinson, Willard Warren.


Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark: William D. Coolidge, George Tyler.


Third Article taken up :


To hear and act upon the reports of town officers and committees.


The Moderator called the attention of the town to the sub- ject of registering the bonds and water scrip of the town.


Mr. Daniel H. Rogers was appointed a committee to confer with the Treasurer in relation to opening a set of books for the registration of bonds, so the holder may be secured and the town and the owner be held responsible.


Mr. Joshua Crane was appointed a member of the commit- tee on the Treasurer's report, in place of Mr. Robert S. Littell, who had resigned.


The Selectmen, to whom was referred the subject of the Eighth Article in reference to the widening of Grove street, reported the estimated cost of making that improvement.


Voted, That the further consideration of widening Grove street be referred to the adjourned meeting, and that in the mean time Mr. W. A. Humphrey procure information in re- lation to the cost of making the same.


Water Commissioners' report taken up.


Voted, That the further consideration of the Water Com- missioners' report, and the majority and minority reports of


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the committee appointed to examine the same, be referred to the next town meeting.


Thirteenth Article taken up :


To see if the town will fill up the location bordering the Western ave- nue and the former schoolhouse lot, so as to prevent water from becom- ing stagnant there, upon the petition of Edward O'Halloran and others.


Voted, That the Thirteenth Article be postponed to the adjourned meeting.


Fifteenth Article taken up :


To act upon by-laws already adopted, or to adopt any new by-law which may be proposed.


Voted, That the Fifteenth Article be laid on the table.


Eighteenth Article taken up :


To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray the expenses of the town during the ensuing year, and for any or all of the foregoing articles.


The meeting then made the following appropriations ; to wit, -


For support of schools


. $38,000 00


support of evening schools


500 00


support of poor


· 4,000 00


support of highways


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23,000 00


Superintendent of streets and engineering


2,500 00


sidewalks


3,000 00


making Flora street


100 00


making Juniper street .


500 00


making Morss avenue


400 00


making St. Mary's street


3,250 00


care of sewers


3,000 00


interest on town debt


. 90,000 00


sinking fund .


· 55,000 00


repairs of town buildings


2,000 00


200 00 cemetery


lighting Town Hall and streets


16,000 00


lamp posts


500 00


Decoration day


300 00


library


4,000 00


watering streets


8,000 00


ringing bell, including Fourth of July and Washington's Birthday


175 00


State aid .


·


1,000 00


paying back State aid to Bartholomew Cusick . 350 00 ·


disabled soldiers and families of deceased soldiers · 1,000 00


·


making Walter avenue


1,000 00


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For Health Department $3,000 00


maintenance of water works


. 5,000 00


contingencies .


. 10,000 00


abatement of taxes


5,000 00


building bridge on Brighton street


3,500 00


stone crusher and shed .


2,800 00


construction of sewers to be commenced this year


. 30,000 00


Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator, to whom shall be referred the subject of salaries of town officers, to examine and report thereon at the ad- journed meeting.


The Moderator appointed the following gentlemen to com- pose said committee; viz., Abijah W. Goddard, William Aspinwall, Luther F. Beecher, Henry M. Whitney, Willard A. Humphrey.


Voted, That the subject of the appropriation for the care of the Town Hall, including janitor, be referred to the same committee.


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Voted, That the subject of the appropriation for the police be referred to the same committee.


Voted, That the amount of money received from any other place, for the support of their poor, be added to the appro- priation for the support of poor.


Voted, That all sums received on account of entering sewers be added to the appropriation for the construction of sewers.


Voted, That the Treasurer be authorized to borrow the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars in anticipation of taxes, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority, at least, of the Selectmen.


Voted, To adjourn to Monday, the seventeenth instant, at seven of the clock in the evening.


Adjourned.


Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.


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