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29 doubted the vote the house was polled with the following result : 63 in favor and 8 against, and Mr. Parker's motion was carried. ART. 9. Voted, That the sum of $1500.00 be appropriated and assessed for the support of poor at the Poor Farm the ensuing year. On motion of Mr. B. F. Brown it was Voted, That the Selectmen be requested to report at the next meeting as to the propriety of selling the Town Farm. ART. 10. Voted, That the sum of $5507.18 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the outside poor the ensuing year. ABT. 11. Voted, That the sum of $18,000.00 be appropriated for the support of the Highways the ensuing year. , $11,500 to he assessed and the balance $6500 to be taken from the Bank and Corporation account. Under ART. 11, Mr. P. J. Corbett made a motion that the em- ployes of the Highway Department be paid at the rate of two dollars a day for a nine hours day, but upon motion of Mr. C. B. Davis it was Voted, That the matte r be referred to the Surveyors of High- ways. ART. 12. Voted that the sum of $6412.10 be appropriated and assessed for the support of the street lights the ensuing year. Un- der this article Mr. George G. Whiting offered the following motion, which was carried : That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the matter of street lighting, and that the Selectmen be requested to make no contract for the balance of the year, pending a report from such committee. Under this vote the Moderator appointed the following committee : Daniel G. 'Ty- ler (chairman), Charles B. Davis, Nathaniel H. Merriam, Frank H. Locke and Charles Garrison. 30 ART. 13. Mr. George W. Taylor offered the following motion : That the sum of $4000 be appropriated and assessed for the pay- ment of the Fire Department expenses for the current year, and that the board of three engineers shall receive not exceeding one hun- dred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for their services, and that other members of the Fire Department shall receive not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per annum. Mr. Sampson suggested that the question be divided, and the motion was first put on that part of the motion providing for the payment of the members at the rate of $25.00 per annum. This motion was declared lost ; seven voters doubted the vote, and the house was polled, with the result that the ]notion was lost by a vote of 91 to 59. Mr. Sampson then made a motion which was carried that the other members of the Fire Department shall receive not exceeding $37.50 per annum. Mr. Taylor rnoved an amendment that the board of engineers shall receive not exceeding $225.00 for their services. This motion was put and declared lost ; the original motion, as amended, was carried, as follows : That the sum of $4366.78 be appropriated and assessed for the payment of the Fire Department expenses for the current year, and that the board of engineers shall receive not ex- ceeding $125.00 for their services, and that the firemen be paid semi-annually—June 30 and Dec. 31. Voted, That the meeting adjourn to April 28, at 7.30 P. M. Meeting adjourned at 10.20 P. M.