NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Essex, ss. 
To either of the Constables of the 
Town of Manchester,— 
Greeting: 
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 second day of March A. D., 
One Thousand Nine Hundred and 
Fourteen at Nine o’clock in the morn- 
ing 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; 
three Constables, for one year. 
4iso upon the same ballot to vote 
““Y HS’? or **NO’’ upon the question, 
‘“Shall license be granted for the sale 
of intoxicating liquors in this Town?’’ 
For these purposes the polls will be 
open at 12 M. and may be closed at 
5.30 in the afternoon; also to choose 
and appoint all other Town Officers in 
such manner as the Town may deter- 
mine. 
Art. 4. To grant and 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 improvements of highways, 
bridges, sidewalks, etc., and raise and 
appropirate money for the same. 
Art. 7. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $125.00 for the 
eare of Central Pond. 
Art. 8. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $25,000 for the 
support of the Fublie Schools for the 
ensuing year as asked for by the 
School Committee. 
Art. 9. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate #600 for the care and main- 
tenance of the play-ground. 
Art. 10. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate $100 in accordance’ with 
Chanter 506, Acts of 1906, relative to 
the Medical Inspection of Children of 
the Public Schools. 
Art. 11. To see if the Town will ap- 
provriate $106 for completion of stone 
eurbing at John Price School. 
Art. 12. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $350 for care and 
maintenance of a garden for children. 
Art. 13. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $17,380.00 to- 
gether with the receipts from service 
piping and the sale of pipe, for use 
of the Water Department for the year 
ensuing. 
Art. 14. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $5,500 for main- 
tenance of Fire Department, also the 
credits from the use of the Horses. 
Art. 15. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate for the maintenance of the 
Police Department the sum of $8,000. 
Art. 16. To see of the Town will ap- 
propriate such sums of money for cat- 
aloguing and maintenance of the Pub- 
lic Library as recommended by the 
Trustees in their report. 
Art. 17. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $1,650 for the 
Board of Health Department. 
Art. 18. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of Five Hundred 
Dollars ($500), in aid of the District 
Nurse Fund, agreeably to Chapter 72, 
Acts of 1911, as per petition of Wil- 
liam Hooper and others. 
Art. 19. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the following sums of money 
for the maintenance of the several de- 
partments of General Government; 
Legislation, $200; Selectmen’s, $1,500; 
Accountant’s, $1.200; Treasurer and 
Collector’s, $2,150: Assessors’, $1.309; 
Town Clerk’s, $525; Law Denartment, 
$1.500; Election and _ Registration, 
$500; Town Hall and Common, $4.100. 
Art. 20. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $300 for the re- 
moval of old buildings. 
Art. 21. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate $1.400 for the following pur- 
poses:—$1,000 for care of Cemeteries; 
$250 for hand truck and frigid auto- 
matic control lowering device; $150 
for painting and renairing hearse. as 
called for by the Cemetery Trustees 
in their report. 
Art. 22. To see what action the 
Town will take in relation to salaries 
of Town Officials for the ensuing year. 
Art. 23. To see if the Town will 
appropriate the sum of 6.000 for the 
supvression of Gypsy and Brown Tail 
Moths in accordance with Section 5, 
Chapter 381, Acts of 1905, or take any 
other action relating thereto. 
Art. 24. To see if the Town will an- 
propriate the sum of #600 as asked 
for by the Tree Warden in his re- 
port. 
Art. 25. To see if the Town will an- 
propriate the sum of $1,000 for the 
use of the Forest Warden in his de- 
partment. 
Art. 26. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $1,200 for the 
support of ‘‘Poor Out.’’ 
Art. 27. To see if the Town will av- 
propriate the sum of of $3,000 for the 
support of the ‘‘ Poor In.’’ 
Art. 28. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $1,500 for State 
and Military Aid. 
Art. 29. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $300 for Soldiers’ 
Relief; $200 of the same to be paid 
to the Quartermaster of Allen Post 
67, G. A. R.. agreeably to Section 15, 
Chapter 25, R. L. of Massachusetts. 
Art. 30. To see what action the 
Town will take in regard to _ street 
lights, and appropriate money for the 
same, or take any other action rel- 
taive thereto. 
Art. 31. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate such sums of money as may 
be necessary for the purpose of dredg- 
ing the harbor, or take any other ac- 
tion relating thereto. 
Art. 32. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $3,000 for the 
general improvement of the Park as 
recommended by the Park Board. 
Art. 33. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $3,000 to carry 
out the dredging around Masconomo 
Park and the newly acquired plot 
from the B. & M. R. R., as called for 
in recommendations of Park Board. 
Art. 34. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the annual appropriation of 
$3,000 for further improvement on the 
layout of Masconomo Park, as recom- 
mended by Park Board. 
Art. 35. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $1,200 and inter- 
est, $240, for the care of Tuck’s Point. 
Art. 36. To see if the Town will ap- — 
propriate the sum of $500 for a series 
of band concerts to be given on the 
Town Common. 
Art. 37. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $500 for the cel- 
ebration of the Fourth of July. 
Art. 38. ‘lo see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $200 for the ob- 
servance of Memorial Day. 
Art. 39. To see what regulations the 
Town will make for the Common and 
Wharf. 
Art. 40. To see what action the 
Town will take with reference to Town 
beaches and landings; also see what 
regulations it will make as to the plac- 
ing of bath houses on, and the taking 
of sand and muck from the beaches. 
art. 41. To see if the Town will 
vote such sums of money as may be 
necessary to widen and _ straighten 
Pine Street, as ordered by the Com- 
missioners of Essex County, or take 
any other action relating thereto. 
Art. 42. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $518.17 for the 
payment of two bills due the New 
England Telephone & Telegraph Co., 
—one, amounting to $254.11, to cover 
the cost of placing eight underground 
connections on Bridge, Central, School 
and Summer Streets,—bill rendered 
July 26, 1912. The other amounting 
to $264.06, covers the expense of mov- 
ing poles on Gravel Pond Road, bill 
rendered January 15, 1913. 
Art. 43. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $400 to repair 
and paint the rooms of the Story 
High, John Price and George A. 
Friest Schools, in which such work 
seems most needed. Per petition of 
Albert Cunningham and Dr. W. H. 
Tyler. 
Art. 44. To see of the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $1,000 for use 
of the new Town Hall Committee, as 
per petition of William Hooper and 
others. 
Art. 45. To see if the Town will ap- 
propriate the sum of $1,200 to be used 
for removing of waste material from 
