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ers be instructed to allow no more sand 
to be taken from Singing Beach.”’ 
The amendment did not prevail; 8-18. 
F. K. Hooper thought it well enough 
to let the street department use the sand 
and that it might be used for other pur- 
poses as found necessary, but did not 
think it right to use the sand indiscrimin- 
ately. 
The original motion did not prevail; 
9 to 14. 
F. K. Hooper then moved: ““That 
no sand be taken from Singing beach for 
any purpose without the written permis- 
sion of the Park Commissioners.’’ ‘This 
vote was carried by a very large majority. 
When the Report of the Supt. of 
Streets came up F. K. Hooper said by 
way of suggestion that our sign boards 
are not up to date. It was a snall mat- 
ter, he said, but thought there might be 
an improvement. We should have bet- 
ter looking signs and guide boards. 
ALFRED S. JEWETT. 
Re-elected Town Clerk for 20th time. 
The recommendation in_ the 
Board of Health report, “that the 
town go back to their original plan 
of charging the entire cost of re- 
moving the contents of cesspools to 
property owners,’ occasioned some 
discussion. 
F. K. Swett of the board stated 
that the sewerage question of Man- 
chester was one of great importance 
and it had been considered the past 
year by the board. Last year they 
recommended to give a free use of 
the soil cart, the idea being to help 
out some of the more needy families. 
But property owners generally had 
availed themselves of this oppor- 
tunity and in some cases the cart 
was used for days in places where 
‘ed. 
the people could perfectly well af- 
ford to pay the costs. 
IF. K. Hooper thought the matter 
ought to be left with the Board of 
Health and they can decide who 
shall pay and who shall not. 
Mr. Hooper moved that the re- 
port of the Board of Health be ac- 
cepted and the matter of charge for 
removal of sewerage from cesspools 
be left at the direction of the board. 
C. M. Dodge thought this would 
be a means of causing trouble for 
the board and thought the town 
should show how it stood in the 
matter and gave them an expression 
of opinion. 
Mibioopers 1. What ares these 
beardsssor: ) Chey are: elected Vand 
it is their business to do what they 
consider right and proper.’ The 
motion prevailed by a large ma- 
jority. 
Selectmen’s Report—F. K. Hoop- 
er spoke on the Langford case. The 
case, he said, had been running for 
IO or 12 years and he thought the 
matter should be closed up. 
Mr. Swett explained that Coun- 
sel Underwood had argued the case 
before the supreme court and ex- 
pect a‘ decision before now. The 
report was accepted. 
Treasurer's Report—E. P. Stan- 
ley asked for an abatement of the 
taxes of Jacob H. Haskell for 1904 
and 1905, amounting to $25.85, ex- 
plaining this was a really worthy 
case, this citizen having encountered 
considerable misfortune in the past 
few years due to sickness. D. L. 
Bingham moved the abatement be 
made.» Voted: 
Tax Collector’s Report—F. K. 
Hooper asked about the taxes of 
1893, 1894, etc., that were uncollect- 
Mr. Stanley explained that the 
taxes were not collected because 
they were not assessed legally. The 
report was accepted. 
Financial 
lectmen—D. L. Bingham said he 
noticed on pages 187 and 188 of the 
report a list of unpaid bills, some 
of which have run for years. Quite 
a discussion followed on these bills, 
why the names had been published, 
etcurinawhich) Pipe otanleyee bak. 
Hooper, C. C:’ Dodge, O. T.)Rob- 
erts, John Baker, George Kimball 
and F. J. Merrill took part. | 
On motion of F. J. Merrill it was 
voted that “in the future all water 
bills shall be sent direct to the con- 
sumer and that they shall not be 
filed with the Town Treasurer. 
At 11.50 the Financial Statement 
was laid on the table and prepara- 
tions were made for voting at 12 M. 
The polls closed at 5.30, a total of 
Statement of the Se- 
409 votes having been cast. Last 
year the vote was 439. A complete 
account of the election will be found 
in another column. 
Monday Evening’s Session. 
The meeting was called to order 
a little past 7.30. After the vote had 
been announced, the Selectmen, 
Assessors and Overseers of the 
Poor, Messrs. Swett, Knight and 
Bell, were sworn in. 
RAYMOND C. ALLEN. Moderator. 
Art. 27 was the first taken up, be- 
ing called for by Water Commis- 
sioner Meldrum. $3000, $8000, $500 
and $800, respectively, were appro- 
priated for services and extensions, 
maintenances, purchase of meters 
and official salaries. 
F. K. Hooper moved that the rec- 
ommendation of the appropriation 
committee that they be given fur- 
ther time to consider the matter of 
an additional water supply, and 
given the privilege of reporting at 
an adjournment of town meeting, 
be adopted. Carried. 
E. P. Stanley moved that Art. 47 
(dredging) be assigned to 8 o'clock 
Tuesday evening. Carried. 
D. T. Beaton moved that Art. 31 
(purchase G. S. Sinnick’s land) be 
assigned to 8.30 Tuesday. Carried. 
N. P. Meldrum moved that Art. 
53 (Burnham suit) be assigned to 
7.30 Tuesday evening. 
F. K. Swett offered 
ment that this article be postponed 
and laid on the table till the ad- 
journed meeting in April. Carried. 
Art. 17—On motion of E. A. Lane 
$21,500 was appropriated for the 
support of schools the ensuing year. 
Art. I5—On motion of George 
Kimball it was voted that $3000 be 
as an amend- 
