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Tyler to the effect that a remarkably 
healthy condition exists in the town, 
hinting that the health of the town 
did not demand the installation of a 
sewerage system. ' 
Mr. Swett said the board made the 
suggestion which he offered at the 
instigation of advice from Dr. Blais- 
dell of the board. He was of the 
opinion there should be another soil 
cart. 
The matter of sewerage was indefi- 
nitely postponed, on motion of A. 
Cunningham. 
_ Article 4, list of jurors. Frank M. 
Garrell, Solomon A. Parsons and 
Lewis E. Andrews were excused from 
serving, and the list was recommitted 
to the selectmen for reconsideration 
till Friday evening. + 
Article 35. $1,000 and receipts was 
appropriated for the support of in- 
door poor and $1,000 for out-door. 
Article 36. $1,500 was appropriated 
for state and military aid. 
Article 38. A. Cunningham said 
he hoped the park commissioners 
would consider the advisability of 
allowing no more bath houses on 
Singing beach. I was voted the same 
regulations with reference to the town 
beaches and landings be in force as 
last year. 
Article 32. The same regulations 
as last year for the common, dump 
and wharf. 
Article 39, clearing snow, passed 
over. 
Article 40, crushing stone. $2,000 
was appropriated for this purpose, it 
being stated the intention was to keep 
the crusher going the year round. 
Article 41. $100 was voted for 
clearing snow off Central pond. 
Article 42. $300 was appropriated 
for painting the Town hall ; $200 for 
painting the engine house; $500 for 
the erection of a carriage shed at 
Tuck’s Point, $100 for wiring the 
police station and fixtures, and $200 
for repairs on the Row school. 
Article 44. N.P. Meldrum stated 
Mr. Morley had made arrangements 
for service piping to his house on Nor- 
wood avenue extension, thus obviating 
the necessity of running a main on 
the new street. 
Article 46. $400 was appropriated 
for wiring the Memorial Libraay 
building for electric lights. 
Article 47. Mr. Swett moved 
$6500 be appropriated for street 
lights. N. P. Meldrum asked how 
many lights this was for, and was in- 
formed that it was for about 220, to 
be lighted 26 nights each month. 
Article 48. Salaries. A.Cunning- 
ham moved the salaries of the town 
officers and members of the fire de- 
partment, be the same as last year, 
with the exception of the school com- 
mittee. The latter committee can- 
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not legally be paid a salary, though 
they have been paid, it appears, since 
the new law was passed. 
Article 49. $150 was appropriated 
for rebinding the old assessors’ books 
and town plans. 
Meeting adjourned at 9.45 o’clock. 
Friday Evening’s Session 
The meeting was called to order at 
7.385 and the first matter of business 
was that of a revised jury list, the se- 
lectmen presenting the names of O. 
A. Martin, G. E. Willmonton and A. 
C. Hooper in place of the three re- 
signed. 
Article 53. It was voted the select- 
men be empowered to have the band- 
stand moved to a new position, nearer 
the street, to a point between the flag- 
pole and the gasolene tanks. 
Article 54. It was voted on motion 
of EK. A. Lane that the name of the 
new Primary School building be the 
“John Price Primary School.” 
The Appropriation committee re- 
ported that they had considered the 
matter of the $300 for enforcement of 
the liquor law left for their considera- 
tion, and they did not recommend the 
appropriation for the reason that they 
did not find any article in the warrant 
calling for same. They did recom- 
mend $3,825 for official salaries. 
The original motion by W. C. Rust 
that $300 be appropriated for the en- 
forcement of the liquor law was put 
and lost by a decided majority. 
Fred K. Swett made a supplemen- 
tary report regarding the registration 
of certain land by Mrs. Bessie P. Bige- 
low and it was voted they have the 
authority to hire counsel if the case 
demanded such action. 
Article 61. It was voted that the 
sum of $250 be appropriated from the 
interest of the White Beach Pasture 
Fund for the care of Tuck’s Point. 
Article 52. It was voted that the 
money already appropriated for a 
series of band concerts this summer 
be expended under the direction of the 
Board of Selectmen. 
Article 60. Henry C. Mitchell 
moved for a reconsideration of vote 
96, which was “that the sum of 
$3644 82 be appropriated for the sup- 
pression of the gypsy and _ browntail 
moths in accordance with the require- 
ments of Section 5, Chapter 381, 
Acts of 1905, and that the same be 
expended under the direction of the 
tree warden, William Young.” 
This was the point in which.the in- 
terest of the meeting centered last 
night as Mr. Mitchell hadmade known 
his intention of introducing a motion 
to this effect. He went into a some- 
what lengthy discussion of the mat- 
ter, endeavoring to show that his son, 
R. A. Mitchell, should not have been 
thrown out of office as superintendent 
of the work in Manchester without 
some further notice of the matter than 
had been given, and because there 
was no article in the town warrant 
dealing with the subject of appointing 
a local superintendent. He thought 
a great many of the voters did not 
understand what had been done and 
would like to have the matter brought 
up again. He was of the opinion that 
the appropriation committee would 
not have appropriated more than $500 
if they thought the work was to be 
done by any other than the superin- 
tendent appointed last year. ‘You 
already had a man to do this work,” 
he said, “aman that was doing his 
duty for the town, for the men of the 
town, for the state and for everybody, 
and not in a way that he should have 
been thrown down. The selectmen 
appointed him because the state 
officials advised them to do so. This 
vote was taken under a misunder- 
standing. The town has the right to 
throw a man out, but they should give 
notice.”’ 
After considerable discussion on 
the matter in which Messrs. A. S. 
Jewett, John Baker, E. P. Stanley, C. 
O. Howe took part, the question for 
reconsideration was put and _ lost. 
Somebody doubted the vote and a 
hand vote was again taken and 
counted 14 for reconsideration and 127 
against. 
. T. B. Stone asked Mr. Mitchell to 
inform the meeting when the select- 
men had kicked over the traces. If 
they had done wrong we want to 
know about it. 
Mr. Mitchell replied they had done 
so, apparently, when acting under the 
advice of the state superintendent they 
appointed R. A. Mitchell local super- 
intendent. 
Article 62 relating to collection of 
taxes, etc., was voted upon and 
$5210.40 was appropriated to cover 
deficiencies as they appeared in the 
annual report. 
The meeting adjourned at 9 o’clock 
to the second’ Monday in April (Apr. 
9) at 7 p.m. 
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