priated for the observance of Memo- 
rial Day. 
Art. 47.— $100 was appropriated 
upon motion of E. P. Stanley to be 
entrusted to the Quartermaster of 
Post 67, G.A.R. 
Art. 36.— Moved by E. A. Lane to 
reimburse the pupils of the Story 
High school to the sum of $5.50, such 
sum having been paid for the rent of 
town hall on the evening of Dec. 22. 
Art. 33.— $500 was appropriated 
upon motion of C. O. Howe for the 
celebration of July 4. 
Art. 46.— E. P. Stanley moved 
$1,500 be appropriated, for State and 
Military Aid. Carried. 
Art. 23.—- The sum of $1,000 was 
appropriated, upon motion of C. O. 
Howe for the maintenance of Parks. 
Art. 50. calling for a portion to the 
town farm, possibly 125 feet square, to 
be set apart for the benefit of the 
children at the Cove as a playground, 
was taken up on motion of William H. 
Haskell. Selectman Swett stated that 
Henry Menkin had brought to the 
board a petition calling for its insertion 
in the warrant. Mr. Menkin had 
stated that the children of the Cove 
had no place to play except in the 
roadway, which was particularly dan- 
gerous, being at the foot of Crafts hill, 
where automobiles and carriages were 
continually passing; that he thought 
if the town gave temporarily a portion 
of the poor farm not used, for the pur- 
pose of a play-ground it would be a 
great benefit to the people of that 
section. Mr. Swett added that he 
could see no reason why this could 
not be done. 
Supt. Kimball moved Art. 50 be re- 
ferred to the Overseers of the Poor, 
to take such action as they deemed 
proper. Carried. 
Art. 35.— C. O. Howe moved $400 
be appropriated for a series of band 
concerts to be given by the Man- 
chester band on the common during 
the season of 1905. 
E. P. Stanley : “I do not object to 
_ the band concerts, but when you come 
to figure up accounts in the town hall, 
on a Saturday evening, with the band 
playing ‘ Yankee Doodle,’ ‘ Marching 
Through Georgia,’ etc., on the com- 
mon, and there are 40 youngsters run- 
ning through the corridors, you don’t. 
know whether 2 and 2 make 4 or 17. 
So I say, while I do not object to the 
concerts, I think part could be played 
elsewhere than on the common.” 
F. K. Hooper: ‘I should prefer 
some other night than Saturday.” 
(It is understood $400 will permit 
of 12 concerts—one each week for 
three months.) Motion carried. 
Art. 34.—_J. H. Rivers: “ As we 
have voted money for a band now we 
_ want a band stand. I motion that-in 
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accordance with thé recommendation 
of the appropriation committee $225 
be appropriated for a band stand.” 
Carried. 
Art. 538 — F. K. Swett moved $250 
be appropriated for installing a system 
of plumbing at the almshouse. Carried. 
The selectmen at this point reported 
on the jury list as revised, the follow- 
ing names being added: J. H. Rivers, 
Robert A. Mitchell, Arthur S. Martin, 
Levi A. Dunn, Samuel A. Sinnicks. 
Messrs. Martin, Dunn and Mitchell 
wished to be excused, whereupon 
there was some discussion as to the 
number supposed to be on the list. 
Mr. Swett said there was supposed to 
be one juror for each hundred inhabi- 
tants. Mr. Kimball then moved that 
the list of jurors as revised and 
recommended by the selectmen be ac- 
cepted. Carried. 
Art. 24, to see what action the town 
would take in the disposition of the 
town histories, was called for by F. K. 
Swett, who stated there was some 900 
volumes in the basement of the town 
hall going to waste. 
N. P. Meldrum moved that the his- 
tories be given away, one to each 
family in town, and this started a lively 
discussion. 
‘Librarian Bingham said the motion 
was a good one and suggested that the 
balance of the books be put in the 
public library. The histories, he 
thought, would be much more valuable 
fifteen years hence than now. 
E. P. Stanley : “I move the select- 
men be authorized to distribute the 
histories to such of the townspeople as 
apply and that the rest be stored in 
the Memorial building. The vault is - 
not fit to keep valuable books and 
papers in. I wouldn’t give two cents 
for papers kept there.” 
RoC Allen =“ bsthink-a~ certain 
number of the books should be given 
to the library and the rest given away.” 
ye AW Torrey :¢ Can ‘the selectmen 
say how many volumes there are on 
hand ?”’ 
Mr. Swett : “ About 900.” 
Mr. Torrey : “I don’t believe they 
should be givenaway. They are valu- 
able and before many years they will 
be very much more valuable.”’ 
Mr. Bingham: ‘There doesn’t 
seem to be that spirit of town patriot- 
ism to buy the histories of the town 
which we ought to have. I think a 
good plan is to distribute the books 
and put the balance in the hands of 
the trustees of the public library.” 
Mr. Dodge: “I think we should 
force these books upon the people by 
distributing them.” 
Mr. Torrey : ‘I don’t believe in fore- 
them upon the people. I would sug- 
gest they be sent to every public 
library in the state that the praises of 
the town might be heralded far and 
near.” 
None of the motions having been 
recognized, Mr. Meldrum moved that 
copies of the town histories be distri- 
buted, one to each family in the town, 
under the direction of the selectmen, 
and the balance be placed in care of 
the Librarian. Carried. 
Art. 21.—— $4,000 was appropriated 
for the maintenance of the Fire De- 
partment upon motion of E. P. 
Stanley. 
Art. 22, to see if the town would 
appropriate $800 to equip the fire alarm 
system with complete storage bat- 
teries and switch board. Fire En- 
gineer James Hoare stated that this 
system is the safest and best system 
in use. Motion for appropriation 
carried. 
Art. 13. — $16,500 was appropriated 
for the support of public schools, upon 
motion of E. A. Lane. 
Art. 18.— E. P. Stanley moved 
$4,300 and ‘police credits’ be appro- 
priated for the maintenance of the 
Police Department. 
F. K. Hooper said he didn’t believe 
in that way of doing business. He 
believed in appropriating a definite 
sum and Jetting the credits go back to 
the town. O. T. Roberts gave simi- 
lar expression. 
In connection with Art. 32 (passed 
upon), J. H. Rivers asked that the use 
of the town hall for the day and even- 
ing of Memorial Day be granted to 
the Grand Army. Granted. 
Art. 17.-— O. T. Roberts motioned 
that $350 be appropriated to protect 
the school houses from lightning. 
E. P. Stanley: ‘“ I object to this for 
one, because the two school houses 
now have better protection than any 
wires that could be put there would 
give them, and that is the flag-staffs 
and trees.”’ 
O. T. Roberts: “I don’t think: Mr. 
Stanley knows anything about elec- 
tricity or lightning. One of the best 
experts in the country says wires are 
the best protection against lightning. 
There are three or four buildings 
struck in Manchester each year. 
From my experience those protected 
by lightning rods are best guarded. 
If lightning rods are any protection it 
seems to me we can’t afford to let our 
school buildings go unprotected for 
the sake of $350. Motion carried. 
At 11.40 Moderator Hooper de- 
clared a recess and the polls for the 
election of the various officers were 
open from 12 to 5.30. 
Total appropriations, $30,130.50. 
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