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 @. L. Crafts and R. H. Barbour was 
; appointed as a committee. 
Under Art. 2 it was voted to pay 
the elaim of $131.00 to F. B. Rust, 
assignee, for F. H. Dennis, for gro- 
eeries bought by the poor farm, 
from which will be deducted a bill 
of $33 due the town. 
It was voted to accept the deed 
as written for the transfer by the 
B. & M. R. R. of the parcel of land 
on Beach St. for which the town 
had already appropriated $2,500. 
The park commissioners did not feel 
like buying the land until the town 
knew of the restrictions which 
would be placed on it, namely, that 
the railroad would take a certain 
portion of it in case it was required 
at some future time to change the 
grade crossing at this point. 
Under Art. 41 Selectman Bell read 
the order from the county commis- 
sioners for the improvement of Pine 
St., in which the county agrees to 
pay for $21,000 of the expense, $5,- 
000 in 1914, $10,000 in 1915 and $6.,- 
000 in 1916. It is necessary for the 
town to appropriate the whole of 
the money needed for this work and 
to be reimbursed by the county. The 
amount voted was $35,000. 
It was also voted that the work 
of construction be done by contract. 
All the work to be done this year, 
except the finishing of the street, 
which it was thought advisable to 
leave until next spring, so that to 
let the road settle as much as pos- 
sible. It was further voted that the 
’ town incur debt not to exceed $30,- 
000, issuing notes therefor, the long- 
est to be for not more than five 
years. The notes to be issued at 
such time as the treasurer and se- 
lectmen shall determine. 
Under Art. 52 Chairman R. C. 
Lincoln of the committee on new 
almshouse made a strong: plea for 
the construction of a new house this 
year. but the motion was defeated, 
largely through the remarks of 
Chester L. Crafts of the finance 
committee, who was of the opinion 
that the town need not spend this 
money for some years to come; that 
the $30,000 called for would not be 
all the expense; that it would re- 
quire several thousand more to put 
the grounds in order, to build a 
stable and other out-buildings that 
would be necessary. He thought 
further that the expenditure of a 
few hundred dollars for the con- 
struction of a new flight of stairs 
from the top to the bottom of the 
present almshouse and other minor 
changes would put that building in 
suitable condition for the present. 
Mr. Lincoln argued that the town 
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could as well afford to spend this 
money this year as any time in the 
next 30 years, as far as the expense 
incurred by the installation of a 
sewerage system was concerned, as 
the sewerage bonds would run for 
30 years. Austin Morley was also 
of the opinion that the town ought 
to show its progressive spirit by 
giving its poor an up-to-date home. 
Selectman George R. Dean also 
spoke in favor of building a new 
home. He thought that a new build- 
ing was required from a moral 
standpoint, if for no other reason. 
“There will be no other time in 
years when the town can better af- 
ford to pay for a new almshouse 
than today,’’ said Mr.» Dean. 
It was voted that the selectmen 
eall for an audit of the books of 
the town every six months. 
Art. 33. Dredging at Mascono- 
mo park. It was voted not to ap- 
propriate $3,000 for this purpose. J. 
S Reed was of the opinion that the 
mud ought to be thrown onto the 
park for filling purposes. Others 
expressed the opinion that it would 
be a needless expense to put this 
mud or anything else on the park 
until some sort of retaining wall is 
built. 
Under Art. 47,-by which it was 
voted that a committee of the North 
Shore Horticultural. society. work in 
conjunctidn with the town in the 
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improvement of forest lands by re- 
forestation the action of the town 
was annulled by the moderator aft- 
er the following report from the 
town counsel was read: 
‘‘In my opinion the town cannot 
lawfully appropriate money for re- 
foresting private lands, nor can it 
delegate to any private body of in- 
dividuals the authority to expend 
town money in re-foresting public 
lands. The town has the authority 
to expend a reasonable amount of 
money in re-foresting its public 
lands and under the Revised Laws 
as amended by Chap. 564 of the 
Acts of 1913, may acquire further 
lands by a two-thirds vote and ex- 
‘ pend money in the culture of for- 
est trees or the preservation of its 
water supply; such money to be ex- 
pended either by the town forest- 
er or, in case an appropriate vote 
is passed, under the supervision and 
control of the state forester. I see 
no objection to the town’s co-operat- 
ing with the North Shore Horticul- 
tural society in re-foresting its pub- 
lie lands.’’ 
It was further voted in connec- 
tion with the almshouse proposition 
that a committee of three be ap- 
pointed to act with the selectmen 
to consider the matter of improve- 
ments at the present building and 
report at some future meeting what 
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