erly had used this method. Mr. Stanley 
felt that the probate records of property 
were the only ones to be used in such a 
case. 
Mr. Rust wanted to know . where 
Tuck’s Point fund, $6,000.00, was in- 
vested. Mr. Stanley stated it was in 
trust fund department of the New Eng. 
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Dr. Watpo H. Ty er, 
Elected School Committee-man for 3 years. 
Simist. Go, at 34 percent. F. K. 
Hooper thought this was not enough. 
Art. 4. George A. Kitfield’s name 
was taken from the jury list, by request. 
Art. 5. Appropriation committee. 
F. K. Hooper offered the following 
motion: ‘That the town appoint a 
committee on appropriation to consist of 
-nine members, who shall serve without 
pay, the same to be called a Committee 
on Finance, to whom shall be referred 
all articles of the Town Warrant calling 
for expenditures of money. 
E. S. Knight. If this committee is to 
be a regular thing the own by-laws 
should be amended so as have this 
committee. [he moderator appointed 
on that committee: F. K. Hooper, Al- 
fred C. Needham, Francis P. Ayers, 
Geo. W. Blaisdell, B. S. Bullock, C. 
L. Crafts, D. T. Beaton, F. J. Merrill 
and P. H. Boyle. 
Under Art. 6, O. T. Roberts offered 
this motion: ‘‘I move, That the se- 
lectmen be, and they hereby are in- 
structed to make use of chloride, tarvia, 
asphalt, oilene (or any other chemical 
of approved efficiency), to be used in 
diluted form in our water carts, to the 
end that our streets may be made as near 
dustless as a due regard for reasonable 
“economy and the health and comfort of 
our citizens may suggest, based upon the 
best methods as practiced at Newton, 
Beverly and other up-to-date cities and 
towns in our country.’’ Carried, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
Mr. Roberts also presented under Art. 
6, the following motion: ‘‘I move, 
That the selectmen be and hereby are 
instructed to investigate the cost and 
practicability of a street brush,suitable for 
use on the tar macadam streets of our 
town, and report in time for action at 
our adjourned meeting in April.’? Car- 
ried. 
Art. 18. On motion of Librarian D. 
L. Bingham $1450 and the surplus dog 
tax of 1907 ($245.10) was appropriated 
for the support of public library. 
Under Art. 6 F. J. Merrill referred 
to the way the concrete sidewalks had 
been injured during the past winter, 
when on several occasions ice picks had 
been used in clearing the walks about 
town of ice and snow. If this is con- 
tinued, he said, it is a matter of only a 
short time, when new walks will have to 
be built. 
Under Art. 70 F. K. Hooper moved 
the following sums be appropriated: 
State tax $22,000; County tax $20,000; 
town miscellaneous $1,500; retiring 
water bonds, old issue $6,000; retiring 
water bonds, new issue $6,000; water 
bonds, int. old issue $1,920; water 
bonds, int. new issue $6,400; Memorial 
Building maintenance $800; Town hall 
and common $2,500; legal expenses 
$1,000; contingent expenses $1,000; 
interest on money hired $1,500. Voted. 
Art. 7. O. T. Roberts moved $2000 
be appropriated for clearing snow. 
Voted. 
Art. 8. ©. T. Roberts moved $100 
be appropriated for clearing snow from 
Central Pond. Voted. 
Art. 9. W. C. Rust moved $500 be 
appropriated for care of and improve- 
ments on Wenham Road and Essex Old 
Road. Voted. 
The school appropriations were made 
next. At this juncture there was some 
discussion as to whether or not large and 
important appropriations should be made 
with only about 60 of the voters present. 
It had been customary to go over only 
the unimportant business in the morning 
and the voters knew this. The senti- 
ment seemed to be, however, that the 
voters ought to be present. The meet- 
ing had been properly called and there 
were not so many of them at work, but 
what there oughtto be a large attendance. 
Art] "10> Schools- b> A; -Lane 
moved £23,000 be appropriated for the 
support of public schools for the ensuing 
year, this amount being divided as fol- 
lows: Supt., $1000; teaching, $15,000; 
supplies, $1500; miscellaneous, $1250, 
transportation, $1150; janitors, $1600; 
fuel, $1500. 
F. K. Hooper of the appropriation 
committee said that the school committee 
had come before the former committee 
and asked for this amount,—the same 
amount as last year, practically. The 
town, he said, was appropriating some- 
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thing like $50 per pupil per year, and 
ranked 8th among the towns of the state 
in this respect. He didn’t know why 
the schools cost so much here. ‘The 
committee did not feel like recommend- 
ing a cut down in what the school com- 
mittee called for, as they desired to main- 
tain the efficiency of the schools. 
JEFFREY S. REEp, 
Elected Park Commissioner for 3 years. 
Art. 11. On motion of E. A. Lane 
$300 was appropriated for care of ahd 
improvements on school playgrounds. 
Art. 12. $100 was appropriated for 
medical inspection of schools. 
Art. 13. $225 was appropriated for 
shingling the old part of the High 
school. 
Art. 14. Finishing two rooms in old 
part of the Highschool. F. K. Hooper 
said he didn’t know as all these articles 
ought to be acted upon this morning, 
there being so few voters present. The 
voters had a wrong impression, he said, 
that no business was to be done at the 
morning session. People should sacrifice 
something in order to get out to the 
meeting. 
E. P. Stanley said it had always been 
the custom to act on the reports only and 
hardly any articles of importance were 
ever taken up in the morning. 
W. C. Rust thought if people didn’t 
come out to the meeting it showed plain- 
ly they were not interested. 
O. T. Roberts was of the same opin- 
ion as Mr. Hooper and Mr. Rust. As 
regards the voters being busy today and 
not able to get out, it was all moonshine. 
He was of the opinion, too, that if the 
additional rooms were needed at the 
High school for the commercial course, 
they should be finished. 
M. C. Dodge wanted to know how 
many were taking the Commercial course 
at the High school. 
