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<br />AR'r, 10. Voted. That the sum of $12,000.00 be appropriated
<br />and assessed for the support of the highways.
<br />ART. 11. Voted, That the sum of $7,400.00 be appropriated
<br />and assessed for the support of street lights. Voted, that a com-
<br />mittee of five be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the sub-
<br />ject of substituting incandescent lights in whole or in part for the
<br />arc lights now in use in the town, said committee to include the
<br />Chairman of the Board of Selectmen and at least one citizen familiar
<br />with electrical matters. And the Moderator appointed the following
<br />committee : Robert P. Clapp, Dwight F. Kilgotir, George D. Milne,
<br />Frank D. Peirce and Dr. J. Odin Tilton.
<br />ART. 12. Voted, That the sum of $4,900.00 be appropriated
<br />and assessed for the support of the Fire Department.
<br />ART. 13. Under this article Hugh Miller offered the following
<br />amendment : First, that the Board of Overseers of the Poor and
<br />Surveyors of Highways be abolished and that the duties of said
<br />Board be performed by the Board of Selectmen. Second, that the
<br />salary of each Selectman be increased to five hundred dollars, except
<br />that of the Chairman of the Board, whose salary shall be seven hun
<br />dred dollars. Third, that no member of the Board of Selectmen
<br />shall hold the office of Superintendent of Streets or any other salaried
<br />office under the town. Fourth, that $1,700.00 be appropriated and
<br />assessed for the salaries of the Board of Selectmen during 1908.
<br />The amendment, on motion of George W. Taylor, was divided
<br />into four divisions and declared lost. The following amounts were
<br />then appropriated and assessed :
<br />Assessors,
<br />Auditors,
<br />Board of Health,
<br />Contingent,
<br />Care of Common,
<br />Collector of Taxes,
<br />Clerk of School Committee,
<br />8900.00
<br />100.00
<br />500.00
<br />1,000.00
<br />200.00
<br />850.00
<br />50.00
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<br />Fuel and Lights,
<br />Hydrants,
<br />Hastings Park,
<br />Interest,
<br />Insurance,
<br />Janitors,
<br />Librarians,
<br />Overseers of the Poor,
<br />Police Department,
<br />Printing,
<br />Removal of Snow,
<br />Registrars of Voters,
<br />Selectmen,
<br />Surveyors of Highways,
<br />Cemeteries,
<br />Inspector of Cattle,
<br />Inspector of Provisions,
<br />Sealer of Weights and Measures,
<br />Street Watering,
<br />Town Debt,
<br />Treasurer Cary Memorial Library,
<br />Trimming 'frees,
<br />Town Treasurer,
<br />Town Clerk,
<br />Town Physician,
<br />Watering Troughs,
<br />1,750.00
<br />4,815.00
<br />5.00
<br />7,702.02
<br />250.00
<br />1,500.00
<br />1,810.00
<br />333.33
<br />4,300.00
<br />500.00
<br />500.00
<br />125.00
<br />333.33
<br />383.33
<br />200.00
<br />100.00
<br />200.00
<br />150.00
<br />3,000.00
<br />26,266.67
<br />50.00
<br />126.63
<br />660.00
<br />450.00
<br />75.00
<br />75.00
<br />ART. 15. Voted That on all taxes for 1908 paid before Dec. 1,
<br />1908, a discount of one-half of one per cent. shall be allowed for
<br />each full month for prior payment; taxes unpaid Dec. 1st shall
<br />be charged six per cent. interest thereafter, and all taxes shall
<br />become due Dec. 31, 1908, and that the.Tax Collector be Instruc-
<br />ted to collect all taxes by that date.
<br />ART. 16. Voted, That the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated
<br />and assessed for the construction of sidewalks of concrete or other
<br />materials where the abutters will pay one-half of the expense thereof.
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