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<br />ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 10, 1902.
<br />The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7.30 o'clock
<br />P. M.
<br />ARTICLE 18. On motion of George W. Sampson it was voted to
<br />take up Article 18, and Mr. Sampson offered the following motion :
<br />Voted, That at the annual town meeting in' March, 1903, the
<br />town shall elect one Selectman for the term of one year, and in
<br />March, 1904, shall elect two Selectmen for the term of one year, and
<br />in March, 1905, shall elect three Selectmen for the term of one
<br />year, and hereafter shall annually elect three Selectmen for the term
<br />of one year in the manner in which the Selectmen have been elected
<br />prior to the election of March 5, 1900, thereby rescinding the vote
<br />passed at a meeting held January 29, 1900, under article 2 of said
<br />meeting.
<br />Mr. Sampson spoke in favor of the motion and . Messrs. E. P,
<br />Merriam, R. P. Clapp and E. A. Bayley against it.
<br />Mr, Sampson again made a motion which was carried, that the
<br />meeting vote upon the question by "yes" and "no" ballots, the
<br />check list being used. The polls were opened and at their close
<br />382 ballots had been cast; 172 being in favor and 210 against, and
<br />the motion was declared not carried.
<br />The meeting then proceeded to take up all those articles in the
<br />warrant which relate to the appropriation of money, and under said
<br />articles George O. Whiting made the following motion, which was
<br />carried,
<br />Voted, That except as hereinafter provided, no appropriations of
<br />money shall be made at this annual meeting, nor any final action taken
<br />involving or authorizinv the expenditure of money by the town until
<br />after the matter of the proposed appropriation or expenditure shall
<br />have been considered by the finance committee herein provided for,
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<br />unless the appropriation or expenditure be made or authorized by
<br />the unanimous vote; that the Selectmen, the respective chairman of
<br />School Committee, the Board of Fire Engineers and Water Board,
<br />together with eleven other citizens to be appointed by the Modera-
<br />tor, constitute a finance committee which shall consider a report upon
<br />such of the articles of the warrant following Article 3, and such re-
<br />ports of town officers and committees as shall not have been dis-
<br />posed of under other provisions of this vote, that said committee
<br />give one or more public hearings ; and that it submit a report, in print,
<br />for action by the town at an adjourned meeting. This vote shall
<br />not prevent the appropriation at any time of money for payment of
<br />town indebtedness due or to fall due during the current year, nor
<br />the taking any action under articles 5, 6, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26
<br />and 27 of the warrant. Under the above vote the Moderator ap-
<br />pointed the following citizens :
<br />George O. Whiting, ehair•rnan ; Daniel G. Tyler, Nathaniel H.
<br />Merriam, Timothy O'Connor, Arthur F. Hutchinson, Alonzo E.
<br />Locke, Cornelius O'Leary, H. A. C. Woodward, Frank C. Childs
<br />Jas. Alex. Wilson, Edwin C. Stevens.
<br />Mr. Whiting also made the following motion :
<br />Voted, That when this meeting adjourns the adjournment shall
<br />be to Monday evening, April 7, 1902, at 7.45 o'clock P. M.
<br />Mr. Cornelius Wellington moved to amend by making the hour
<br />7.30. Mr. Whitney accepted the amendment, and the motion of
<br />Mr. Whiting, as amended by Mr. Wellington, was carried.
<br />On motion of Robert P. Clapp, it was
<br />Voted, That Article 4 be in order at ail tines when no other
<br />business is before the meeting; under this vote Rev. C. A. Staples
<br />submitted a report, orally, of the trustees of the Cary Library, and
<br />Offered the following resolutions or votes.
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