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Town Warrant 
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 
Essex s. s. To either of the Constables of the Town of Manches- 
ter, 
Greeting: 
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are 
hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the T’own of 
Manchester, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall 
in said town on Monday, the first day of March A. D., one thousand 
nine hundred and nine, at nine o’clock in the morning, for the fol- 
lowing purposes to wit: 
ArticLte 1. To choose a Moderator. 
Arr. 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards 
of town officers and committees. 
Art. 3. To choose by ballot the following 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 Collector of Taxes for one year; one Treasurer 
for one year; one member of the School Committee for three years; 
one Auditor for one year; 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 Park Commissioner for three 
years; one Trustee of Memorial Library Building Fund for three 
years; one Tree Warden for one year; three Constables for one 
year. 
Also, upon the same ballot, to vote ‘“ Yes’? 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 or appoint all other 
Town Officers in such manner as the Town may determine. 
Art. 4. To accept the List of Jurors as revised by the Select- 
men and posted according to law. ‘ 
Art. 5. To see if the Town will appoint 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 appropriate money for the same. 
Art. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of 
$2,000.00 for the clearing of snow. 
Arr. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of 
$100.00 for the clearing of snow from Central pond. 
Art. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of 
$500.00 for the improvement and care of “Wenham Road,’’ and 
‘Essex Old Road,’’ so-called. 
Art. 10. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of 
$23,000.00 for the support of the Public Schools for the ensuing year 
as asked for by the School Committee. 
Art. 11. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of 
$300.00 for the improvement and maintenance of the playground. 
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate $100.00 in ac- 
cordance with Chapter 502 of the Acts of 1906, relative to the med- 
ical inspection of the children of the public schools. 
maahiela: To seeif the Town will shingle the old part of the 
High School building and appropriate $225.00 for the same. 
Art. 14. To see if the Town will finish two rooms on the 
second floor of the old part of the High School building, and supply 
the same with suitable furniture for the use of the Commercial course 
in the High School, and appropriate $3,200.00 for the same. 
_ Arr. 15. To see if the Town will make the following appro- 
priations, in accordance with the recommendations made and appro- 
priations asked for by the Water Commissioners in their report, to 
wit: 
the use of the road built by the- Water Commissioners leadi 
We recommend the sum of $2,000.00, together wit 
ceipts for services and sales of pipe be appropriated for ser ) 
such extensions as may be called for during the ensuing year. 
We recommend that the sum of $8,500.00 be approp 
the maintenance of the Water Works for the ensuing year. | 
We recommend that the sum of $300.00 be appropriate 
purchase of meters. ; 
We recommend that the sum of $350:00 be appropri 
official salaries of the Water Board for the ensuing year, $. 
the member acting as chairman, and $100.00 for each of | 
members. 4 
Arr. 16. To see if the Town will take any action! 
Pleasant Street to the boundary between Hamilton and Mane 
Arr. 17. To see if the Town will appropriate such 
money for the maintenance of the Police Dept. as recomme 
the Chief of Police in his report. i 
Arr. 18. To see if the Town will appropriate a suffig 
of money for the support of the Public Library. 
Arr. 19. To see if the Town will appropriate he 
$1,200.00 for the use of the Board of Health. . 
Art. 20. To see if the Town will appropriate the 
$5,700.00 for the maintenance of the Fire Dept., the sum of 
to reimburse Mr. F. J. Merrill for the loss of his horse, also; 
of $2,500.00 for installing a new fire alarm system, as aske¢ 
the Fire Engineers in their report. 
Art. 21. To see if the Town will appropriate the 
$1,000.00 for the care and maintenance of cemeteries and ch 
appropriate a sum of money for constructing a concrete sidg 
Rosedale Ave. as asked for the Cemetery Trustees in their @ 
Arr. 22. To see what action the Town will take inf 
Street Lighting, and appropriate money for the same. 
Art. 23. To see if the Town will appropriate the) 
$3,000.00 for the maintenance of Parks, as asked for in } 
Commissioners’ report. ; 
Art. 24. To see if the Town will appropriate the} 
$7,000.00 for the erection of a new bath house and grading 
the same, asked for by the Park Commissioners in their repi 
Arr. 25. To see if the Town will appropriate the 
$250.00 for constructing a plank walk as asked by the Pa rk 
sioners in their report. 
ART. 26. To see if the Town will appropriate the 
$4,200.00 for dredging from the main channel to the Bea 
Park as asked for by the Park Commissioners in their repor 
Art. 27. To see what regulations the Town will 
the Common, Dump and Wharf. 
Art. 28. Tosee if the Town will appropriate 
$1,200.00 for the support of the Poor-out of house. 
: Arr. 29. To see if the Town will appropriate th 
$1,200.00 and the receipts of the farm for the support of tk 
_ Arr. 30. To see if the Town will appropriate # 
$1,500.00 for State and Military aid. a 
Art. 31. To see if the Town will appropriate mon 
observance of Memorial Day. 4 
; Arr. 32. To see if the Town will appropriate — 
$400.00 for the care of trees as asked for by the Tree 
repott. 
; Art. 33. To see if the Town will appropriate 
$3,838.32 for the Suppression of the Gypsy and Brown- 
in accordance with Section 5. Chap. 381,-Acts of 1905 — 
take any other action relating thereto. 2 
_ Arr. 34. To see if the Town will appropriate ¢ 
$800.00 and the interest from Tuck’s Point Fund for 
Tuck’s Point. z 
‘s Art. 35. To see if the Town will appropriate tl 
$300.00 for the use of the Assessors in their department. | 
Art. 36. To see if the Town will instruct the Boar 
