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TOWN MEETING. 
(Continued from page 4.] 
When my salary was first set at $1,000 
I handled for the town about $160,000, 
receiving that much and paying out 
thatsum. In 1904 we spent $251,000, 
an increase of $77,000 each way, which 
means that rising of one-half a million 
dollars passed through my hands last 
year. Thus you can see one-third 
more money passed through my hands 
last year than when my salary of 
$1,000 dollars was first set. While I 
am satisfied that $1,000 is all right for 
the work, I consider I get nothing 
for the responsibility of handling 
that money. You understand that 
I am_ responsible for all losses. 
Some of you understand my surety 
stands good for that, but not till all 
of my possessions are gone first. It 
costs me $100 a year for clerk hire. 
“It is for you to say whether you 
think I am amply paid for the work I 
am doing. I simply ask for an in- 
crease of $200. Certainly I feel that 
while I want to perform all the duties 
of my office I feel that the citizens of 
this town want their officers’ paid,— 
especially those who occupy respon- 
sible positions.” 
M. E. Gorman : “ I don’t want to go 
on record as opposed to the salary of 
any town official, but when the town 
pays a man $1,000 or $1,200 he should 
pay all his time to the office and not 
let us find in the next issue of the 
paper, ‘ Real Estate, Auctioneer, etc.’ 
I hope he will give all his time to the 
office. 
‘T have heard that Mrs. Stanley’s 
wife had awoke in the middle of the 
night and found him at work on his 
books, but whether it was the town 
books or his insurance and real estate 
I do not know.” 
Mr. Stanley: ‘In reply to that 
gentleman I want to say that I never 
came into this town hall and told what 
my wife had to say. I have never yet 
received any money from real estate 
business. I have worked nights, and 
Sundays too on my town books.”’ 
Mr. Cunningham thought any in- 
crease in salaries should have been 
brought before the appropriation com- 
mittee. 
Mr Needham: ‘The committee 
feel it only in their power to act on 
specified funds.”’ 
O.T. Roberts: “Increase of pay—it 
seems to be in the air. Honest ser- 
vice ought to be rewarded. I don’t 
believe $1,000 salary for being respon- 
sible for one half a million dollars is 
the right thing. When I see any- 
thing brought before our attention 
with merit I want to advocateit. For 
the service rendered $1,000 is inade- 
quate. I do claim that it calls for 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
quite a good degree of financial skill 
to handle the affairs of this town; 
there is a great deal of care and risk, 
and I don’t feel this $200 increase is 
anything out of the way. If Mr. 
Stanley agrees to go to church Sun- 
days I think I would vote for it.” 
C. C. Dodge: “ I think that salary 
is very low. I move you the salary of 
treasurer and tax collector shall be 
$1,200 a year.” Carried. 
W.R. Bell: “ Being well acquainted 
with the duties of auditor Imove you 
the salary of auditor be raised from 
$250 to $400.” 
F.K. Swett: “I think the chair- 
man of the board of selectmen, who 
has all the responsibility and receives 
the blessings and curses, the one who 
gives up all other business and spends 
his time in the office, is deserving of 
an increase over the present salary, 
and I move you that the chairman of 
the board of selectmen receive a salary 
of $1,000 a year.” 
Mr. Dodge moved that the matter 
of compensation of the town officers 
and of the town committees be re- 
ferred to a committee of five to be ap- 
pointed by the moderator and referred 
to the adjourned town meeting. 
Carried. 
The moderator appointed the fol- 
lowing committee: O. T. Roberts, 
G.~W-. Jewett, C. M. Dodge, R. G@ 
Lincoln and J. W. Carter. 
Art. 31.-- On motion of O T, 
Roberts $1,000 was appropriated for 
the care of cemeteries and chapel. 
Art. 37. — $300 with the interest of 
the Tuck’s Point fund was appropri- 
ated for the care of Tuck’s Point. 
Art. 38.— $100 was appropriated 
for clearing snow from Central pond. 
Art. 39.—- E. P. Stanley moved 
that £831.98 be appropriated for 
crushing stone. Ee 
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