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carried unanimously. 
Art. 23. Street lights. 
appropriated. 
Art. 24. Parks. On motion of D. 
T. Beaton, who explained that the de- 
partment would endeavor to get along 
with a smaller appropriation than usual, 
$1800 was appropriated for care and 
maintenance of parks. 
Art. 25. New bath house at Singing 
Beach. Passed over. 
Art. 26. $4200 for dredging from the 
main channel to Beach street park. F. 
K. Hooper moved indefinite postpone- 
ment. Not an absolute necessity and 
can wait a while longer. 
E. P. Stanley said a channel would be 
a great convenience to many, and would 
be one means of attracting more of Ee 
taxable boats to the town. 
F. K. Hooper’s motion to postpone 
carried. 
(Are.<-2 72" On motion:<0f 7 O72 L 
Roberts $300 was appropriated for water 
pipe extension and repairs at Singing 
Beach. 
Art. 29. Care of town dump and 
common left with selectmen. 
Art. 30. $1200 was appropriated for 
support of poor out of house. 
Art. 31. $1200 was appropriated for 
support of poor in house. 
Art. 32. $300 was appropriated for 
erection of open shed at almshouse. 
Art. 33. $1500 was appropriated for 
state and military aid. 
Art. 35. $300 was appropriated for 
care of trees. 
Art. 36. $3801.03 for suppression of 
gypsy and brown-tail moths. 
F. K. Hooper would like to hear from 
the selectmen on this matter. If this 
appropriation can be reduced he thought 
it ought to be. 
Chairman E. 8. Knight read the in- 
structions from the state superintendent 
bearing on this matter which showed 
that the amount called for must be ap- 
propriated. 
Mr. Hooper asked if the condition re- 
garding moths was better or worse. 
M. E. Gorman said he knew from 
personal experience, in his many walks 
through the woods, that the woods are 
very badly infested. 
C. C. Dodge suggested we take the 
three cents off the amount called for and 
make it even change. 
_ J. Baker agreed with Mr. Gorman. 
The work should not be stopped but en- 
ergetic work should be carried forward. 
R. A. Mitchell asked if the town was 
really out that amount, to which Chair- 
man E. S. Knight replied that by refer- 
ence to the treasurer’s report it will be 
seen that some $500 had been received 
for moth assessment, and that several 
hundred dollars more was due the town. 
Art. 37. $550 and interest of the 
Tuck’s Point fund was appropriated for 
the care and maintenance of Tuck’s 
$7500 was 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Point. 
Art. 38. On motion of F. K. Swett 
$300 was appropriated for the use of 
assessors. 
Art. 39. To see if the town will in- 
struct the board of assessors to publish in 
detail the estimate and valuation list, to 
be made by them for the year 1908, and 
distribute the same among the inhabitants 
of the Town. Petition of M. E. Gor- 
man, etal. 
S. Knight moved to pass over. 
M. E. Gorman. I don’t think the 
town could do anything that would be as 
much appreciated by the citizens as the 
publication of a valuation list. He of- 
fered as an amendment that $500 be ap- 
propriated for the publication of a valua- 
tion list. Mr. Hooper inquired if the 
gentleman was right in his estimate of 
the cost of getting out such a book. 
Mr. Gorman then changed the figure 
to $300. 
Mr. Hooper was surprised the work 
could be done so cheaply. Furthermore, 
he said, I don’t see the need of it this 
year; we could get along very nicely 
without it. 
Austin Morley. It would be doing 
justice to everybody to have this work 
done. You could then know how much 
everyone is assessed. 
F. K. Hooper. That’s very easily 
done. You can find out how much [| 
am assessed, or anybody else, for all you 
have to do is to go to the assessors and 
look into the books for yourself. 
Mr. Morley. There are lots of peo- 
ple who haven't time to find out if they 
didgo. We haven’t time to go to the 
assessors’ office every day. 
The names of the signers to the peti- 
tion were read, on request of M. E. 
Gorman. 
S: Knight amended the amendment by 
adding, “‘said appropriation not to ex- 
ceed $300. 
The amendments and question as 
amended were carried, namely, that $300 
be appropriated. 
Art. 40. Compensation of town of- 
ficers. F. K. Hooper said that realizing 
the town last year seemed to be willing 
to raise the salaries of town officials the 
appropriation committee felt they would 
leave this alone. You will notice we re- 
commend an increase in one case,—that 
of assessors and selectmen. 
W. C. Rust moved that the town 
adopt the recommendations of the com- 
mittee. 
T. B. Stone. Please read the act re- 
lative to payment of assessors, recently 
passed. 
It was brought out that the present law 
allows $2.50 per day minimum pay and 
such other compensation as the town 
may allow. But the law before the state 
legislature now changes this to $3.50. 
O. M. Stanley. I understand the as- 
sessors can collect besides this $250, $2.50 
per day. The moderator said his con- 
struction of the law was that if the town 
voted $250, that would be the only 
amount paid. 
M. E. Gorman moved to lay this mat- 
ter on the table to the adjourned town 
meeting. But he later withdrew this 
motion of privilege. 
The motion to adopt the recommend- 
ations of the committee was carried. 
The chairman of the selectmen and of 
the assessors will receive $500 each, and~ 
the other two members of each board 
will receive $250 each. 
E. S. Knightand W. R. Bell are mem- 
bers of both boards, in which case they 
receive a total of $500 each. 
Art. 41, regarding location of bath- 
houses at Singing Beach and removal of 
muck and sand. ‘The usual motion was 
passed. 
Art. 42. $2500 and the unexpended 
balance of last year, $994.73 was appro- 
priated for the use of the committee on 
additional water supply. 
Art. 43. $150 was appropriated for 
use of forest fire wards. 
Art. 44. Dredging the inner harbor. 
F. K. Hooper moved an indefinite post- 
ponement of this matter, though he said 
there was need of enlarging the basin at 
the foot of the town wharf. 
Art. 45, regarding option of the town 
to purchase the plant of the Manchester 
Electric Co., which expires next Septem- 
ber. ‘The moderator said he was a 
member of that corporation, and he 
would leave the chair during the discus- 
sion of that article. 
S. Knight said this was a poor time to 
enter upon an enterprize of this kind and 
he moved that a committee of three un- 
interested parties be appointed to confer 
with the Manchester Electric Co. and 
ask for an extension of the option. We 
don’t want this option to goby, said Mr. 
Knight, and we don’t want it to be sold 
to another company. 
F. K.. Hooper would like to know 
who the officers of the company are and 
elicited the following information: QO. 
T. Roberts, president; Philip Dexter, 
Gordon Abbott, G. M. Lane, C. E. 
Cotting and O. T. Roberts, directors; 
George C. Lee, treasurer; R. C. Allen, 
clerk. 
Mr. Hooper believed the town should 
own its own plant and manufacture its 
own electricity. He disliked to see this 
privilege get away from the townspeople. 
Mr. Knight’s motion was carried. 
The following committee was appointed: 
F. K. Hooper, E. S. Knight and F. K. 
Swett. 
Art. 46, regarding the laying of a 
drain pipe through land of M. E. Con- 
nors on Tappan street, and payment of 
$1 for deed of right of way. Voted. 
Art. 47. $500 was appropriated for 
the Fourth of July celebration, on motion 
of E, P. Stanley. The following com- 
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