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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Essex, ss. 
To either of the Constables of the 
Town of Manchester,— 
Greetings: 
In the name of the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts you are hereby re- 
quired to notify and warn the inhabi- 
tants of the Town of Manchester, qual- 
ified to vote in elections, to meet at 
the Town Hall in said Town on Mon- 
day the first day of March A. D., one 
Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifteen 
at nine o’clock in the morning for the 
following purposes, to wit:— 
Article 1. To choose a Moderator. 
Art. 2. To hear and act upon the 
reports of the several Boards of Town 
Officers and Committees. 
Art. 3. To choose by ballot the fol- 
lowing Town Officers: One Town Clerk, 
for one year; three Selectmen, who 
shall also serve as Overseers of the 
Poor, for one year; one Assessor, who 
shall serve for three years; one Col- 
lector of Taxes, for one year; one 
Treasurer, for one year; one member 
of the School Committee, for three 
years; one member of the Water 
Board, for three years; one Trustee of 
the Public Library, for three years; 
one Trustee of Cemeteries, for three 
years; one Trustee of Memorial Li- 
brary Building Fund, for three years; 
one Park Commissioner, for three 
years; one Tree Warden, for one year; 
one Sewer Commissioner, for three 
years; three Constables, for one year. 
Also upon the same ballot, to vote 
‘“Yes’’ or ‘‘No’’ upon the question, 
‘*Shall licenses be granted for the sale 
of intoxicating liquors in this Town?’’ 
For these purposes the polls will be 
open at 12.00 m. and may be closed at 
5.30 in the afternoon; also to choose 
or appoint all other Town Officers in 
such manner as the Maes may deter- 
mine. 
Art. 4. To grant aha appropriate 
money for all necessary purposes. 
Art. 5. To see if the Town will ap- 
point an appropriation Committee. 
Art. 6. To see what action the Town 
will take in regard to repairs and im- 
provements of highways, bridges, side- 
walks, etc.; and raise and appropriate 
money for the same. 
Art. 7. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $50.00 for the 
care of Central Pond. 
Art. 8. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $26,500.00 for 
support of the Public Schools for the 
ensuing year as asked for by the 
School Committee. 
Art. 9. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate $1,200.00 for the improve- 
ment, care and maintenance of the 
playground. 
Art. 10. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate $100.00 in accordance with 
Chapter 506, Acts of 1906, relative to 
the Medical Inspection of the children 
of the Public Schools. 
Art. 11. To see if the Town ily ap- 
propriate the sum of $300.00 for care 
and maintenance of a garden for chil- 
dren, 
- Assessors’, 
art. 12. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $16,750.00 to- 
gether with. the receipts from services 
and sales for use of the Water Depart- 
ment for the year ensuing. 
Art. 13. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of six thousand five 
hundred dollars ($6,500.00) for repairs 
on the concrete standpipe. 
Art. 14. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of four thousand 
dollars to replace services through 
streets which are to be rebuilt, as per 
request of Finance Committee. 
Art. 15. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $5,300.00 for 
maintenance of Fire Department, also 
the credits from the use of horses. 
Art. 16. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $850.00 for the 
purchase of 1,000 ft. of hose as recom- 
mended by the Fire Engineers in their 
report. 
Art. 17. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $1,250.00 for re- 
pairs on engine house. 
Art. 18, To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $8,560.00 for the 
maintenance of the Police Department. 
Art. 19. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 for 
the Board of Health Department. 
Art. 20. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of Five Hundred 
Dollars ($500.00) in aid of the District 
Nurse Fund, agreeably to Chapter 72, 
Acts of 1911. 
Art. 21. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the following sums of 
money for the maintenance of the 
several departments of General Govern- 
ment: Legislative, $200.00; Select- 
men’s, $1, 500. 00; Accounting, $1,150.00; 
Treasurer and Collector’s, $2,150.00; 
$2,000.00; Teven Clerk’ s, 
$525.00; Law Department, $1,000.00; 
Election and Registration, $400. 00; 
Town Hall and Common, $4,000. 00: 
Certification of Town Notes, $24.00. 
Art, 22. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for 
care of cemeteries, as called ‘for by the 
Cemetery Trustees in their report. 
Art. 23. To see what action the 
Town will take in relation to salaries 
for Town Officials for the ensuing year. 
Art. 24. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $7,000.00 for the 
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail 
Moths in accordance with section 5, 
Chapter 381, Acts of 1905, or take any 
other action relating thereto. 
Art. 25. To see “if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $700.00 for the 
planting and trimming of trees as 
asked for by the Tree Warden in his 
report. 
Art. 26. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for 
the use of the Forest Warden in his 
department. 
Art. 27. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 for 
the support of ‘‘Poor-Out.’’ 
Art. 28. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for 
the support of ‘‘Poor-In.’’ 
Art. 29. To see if the Town wil 
appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for 
State and Military Aid. 
Art. 30. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $100.00 for 
Soldiers’ Relief. 
Art. 31. To see what action the 
Town will take in regard to street 
lights, and appropriate money for the 
same, or take any other action relative 
thereto. 
Art. 32. To see if the Town will 
appropriate such sums of money as may 
be necessary for the purpose of dredg- 
ing the harbor, or take oy other ac- 
tion relating thereto. 
Art. 33. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the 
general improvement of the Park as 
recommended by the Park Board. 
Art. 34. To see if the Town will 
place the newly acquired plot of land 
on Beach Street under charge of the 
Park Board and to take any other ac- 
tion thereon. 
Art. 35. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the annual appropriation of 
$3,000.00 for further improvement on 
the layout of Masconomo Park, as 
recommended by the Park Board. 
Art. 36. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $800.00 and in 
terest, for the care of Tuck’s Point. 
Art. 37. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the 
celebration of the Fourth of July. 
Art. 38. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $500.00 for a 
series of band concerts to be given on 
the Town Common. 
Art. 39. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the 
observance of Memorial Day. 
Art. 40. To see what regulations 
the Town will make for the Common 
and Wharf. 
Art. 41. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $154.00 to be 
apportioned as follows: Care of Clocks, 
$50.00; Care of Floats, $100.00; and 
Ringing of Bells, $4.00. 
Art. 42. To see what action the 
Town will take with reference to Town 
Beaches and Landings; also to see what 
regulations it will make as to the plac- 
ing ot bath houses on, and the taking 
of sand and muck from the beaches. 
Art. 43. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $30.00 for care 
and maintenance of Central Pond Dam 
or take any action relating thereto. 
Art. 44. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 for 
improvements and repairs at the Alms- 
house as recommended by the Alms- 
house Committee or take any action re- 
lating thereto. 
Art. 45. To see if the Town will 
concrete the sidewalk on the southerly 
side of Pleasant Street from the corner 
of School and Pleasant Streets to the 
Alhanan Babcock property or there- 
abouts, as per petition of Patrick J. 
Kelleher and others. 
Art. 46. To see if the Town will 
appropriate a sum of money for the 
improvement of the baseball field at 
the Brook Street playground, such sum 
to be expended under the direction of 
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