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ing should be adopted. Raymond C. 
Allen said the town could specify 
where the warrant should be posted, 
but, in his opinion, it would not in- 
validate the meeting if it were not 
posted in one of the places specified, 
provided the statutes were lived up 
to. It was voted to adopt the sections 
after changing the word “meetings” 
to “voters” so that the section would 
read “and voters shall be notified by 
posting attested copies, etc.” 
Section 3, relative to the mailing by 
the town clerk of printed copies of 
the warrant to voters at least two 
days before any town meeting was 
passed over on motion of George S. 
Sinnicks. Lyman W. Floyd doubted 
if the town could legally instruct him 
as town clerk to ursurp the duties of 
the constables, who are specifically 
named by the statutes to warn voters 
of an approaching town meeting. 
Thomas Baker moved the adoption 
of Sect. 4, determining what a quorum 
should be, and it was carried without 
opposition. Section 5, moved by 
Charles C. Dodge, was passed without 
discussion. Section 6, determining 
the order in which articles in the war- 
rant should be voted tupon, was 
adopted on motion of George R. 
Dean, after the vote required to 
change the order of action had been 
changed from “two-thirds” to “ma- 
jority.” Later the section was recon- 
sidered on motion of Daniel O’Brien 
and was struck out as being declara- 
tory of the statutes. 
After the elimination of an un- 
necessary word in section 7 it was 
adopted on motion of Mr. Dean. Sec- 
tion 8 was also moved by Mr. Dean 
and carried. Section 9, limiting the 
time allowed to a speaker upon any 
question, brought out a little discus- 
sion. Walter B. Calderwood moved 
to pass over the section. 
Thomas Baker, of the by-laws 
committee, said he had been told the 
section would affect him more than 
any man in town, but he was in favor 
of its adoption. The motion to pass 
over was lost and on motion of 
Charles C. Dodge the section was 
adopted. Sections 10, 11, 12, 13 and 
14 were adopted without dissent. 
They had to do with procedure in 
meetings. Section 15 was adopted 
after a slight change was made in the 
grammatical construction. Section 
16 was accepted. The subject matter 
of section 17 was submitted by Mr. 
Dean in a more complete form than 
appeared in the printed by-laws. The 
amended section was adopted. It 
dealt with motions to reconsider. 
Sections 18 (with slight correction), 
19 and 20 were adopted in order. 
Section 20 was amended to read “or 
to a future regular or special meet- 
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ing,” having reference to motions to 
dissolve a town meeting before all 
articles have been acted upon or post- 
poned, as above amended. Sections 
21 and 22 were adopted on motion of 
Mr. Dean. 
Under Art. 2, defining the duties of 
town officers in general, section I was 
cuickly adopted. The second section, 
providing for procedure when the ap- 
propriation in any department has 
been exhausted, barred further ex- 
penditure by the department without 
a vote of the town. After amend- 
ment to read, “provided that this 
shall not forbid any expenditure that 
may be required or permitted by the 
laws of the Commonwealth,” the sec- 
tion was adopted. 
Edward S. Knight moved that Sec- 
tion 3 be struck out. The section 
provided that no town officer and no 
salaried employee of the town or 
agent of such officer should sell sup- 
plies to the town without permission 
cf the selectmen by recorded vote. 
Thomas Baker wanted to know why 
the section should be stricken out. 
Mr. Knight said he thought it was 
ridiculous that Mr. Dean, for in- 
stance, must secure the permission of 
the selectmen to sell a loaf of bread 
tc the almshouse. He said every busi- 
ness man in town who held any office 
did more or less business with the 
town and he thought the provision 
was unwise. It was voted to pass it 
over. Section 4 was accepted on mo- 
tion of Thomas Baker. 
Section 5 provided that the books 
of all boards and standing committees 
should be open to inspection of citi- 
zens upon demand during office hours 
and should not be removed from theit 
office. This was amended to read 
“except for use in town meetings,” 
and was adopted. Sections 6, 7, 8, 
and 10 were carried in order. 
Under Art. 3, pertaining to the 
duties of the selectmen, section I was 
carried. 
Section 2 was amended slightly tc 
allow the selectmen more authority in 
representing the town before any 
ccurt, legislative committee or state 
-or county board for the purpose of 
protecting the interest of the town. 
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Sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 were adopted. 
Section 7 provided that the annual 
report of the town, “including the 
warrant for the annual meeting,” 
should be in the hands of the select- 
men for distribution not later than 
Feb. 1 of each year. It was carried. 
Sections 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 were 
passed without discussion. | Under 
section 13 the committee thought bet- 
ter provision was made for fixing the 
responsibility for keeping the town 
buildings insured if the selectmen 
were directed to attend to it. Ray- 
mond C. Allen thought the town 
would be better served if every board 
was held responsible for the buildings 
under its care. He moved, Lyman 
W. Floyd occupying the chair, that 
the section be stricken out. By a vote 
of 22 to 23 the motion was lost. On 
motion of Mr. Dean the section was 
adopted. 
Under Art. 4, fixing the duties of 
the town clerk, the first section was 
stricken out after some discussion. 
The section provided that the town 
clerk must have stated daily hours for 
the transaction of business. Lyman 
W. Floyd said he had been unable in 
all his years of experience as assistant 
clerk to find hours suitable to every- 
one. He said the town clerk was sub- 
ject to call at all hours and he thought 
the town would be better served if 
there were no set hours. George R. 
Dean thought the town should be run 
on business principles rather than a 
“hit or miss” system. George S. 
Sinnicks declared the town was being 
well served under the present system. 
He said it was unfair to have the 
town clerk spend a stated number of. 
