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<br />ART. 31. To see if the Town will fix salaries of
<br />Selectmen for ensuing year.
<br />ART. 32. To see if the Town will reduce and
<br />fix salaries of School Committee for the year, and
<br />salary of Superintendent.
<br />ART. 33. To see if the Town will increase the
<br />number of Board of Assessors of Taxes, and fix
<br />salary of Assessors.
<br />ART. 34. To see if the Town will, in conformity
<br />with the Statutes, choose Road Commissioners to have
<br />control of Highway department, and elect the same
<br />as Overseers of Poor; they to fix grade of streets
<br />and sidewalks under betterment laws, as adopted by
<br />the Town.
<br />[Articles from 27 to 34 inclusive, are inserted at
<br />request of C. R. Richardson, William Plummer,
<br />C. H. Sherman, H. A. Ring, H. A. Worthley,
<br />D. T. Desmond, and P. F. Dacey.]
<br />The following action was taken by the Town on
<br />the several articles in the foregoing warrant:
<br />ART. T. 1. Voted, That the polls remain open five
<br />minutes for the choice of Moderator. On ballot, with
<br />use of the check list, the whole number of ballots
<br />cast was 22, all for Matthew H. Merriam, who was
<br />declared chosen as Moderator, and who was sworn
<br />by the Clerk to the faithful discharge of his duties
<br />as Moderator of this meeting.
<br />Anm. 2. Voted, That the reports of the Town
<br />Officers as printed, be before the Town for action
<br />during this meeting.
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<br />-Voted, That the matter be laid on the table until
<br />2 o'clock P. M., after which time, during discussions
<br />on the appropriations, explanations were called for
<br />from the different officers, and such portions of the
<br />report were explained.
<br />ARTS. 3 & 4. Voted, That Articles 3 and 4 be
<br />taken up together, and that cinder these articles we
<br />proceed to choose, all on one ballot, the following
<br />officers, namely:
<br />Three Selectmen, who shall also be Overseers of
<br />the Poor, Surveyors of the Highways, and Board. of
<br />Health; one Town Clerk; three Assessors; one
<br />Treasurer, who shall also be Collector of Taxes; two
<br />Constables; one member of the School Committee
<br />for the term of one year; one Cemetery Committee-
<br />man for the term of three years; one Cemetery
<br />Committee -man for the term of two years; and two
<br />Auditors; and that the polls be kept open until half
<br />past four o'clock P. M.; it was subsequently
<br />Voted, That the polls be kept open until a quarter
<br />to five P. M. After the recess, the Moderator ap-
<br />pointed as Tellers, to assist in sorting and counting
<br />the ballots, Francis E. Ballard, Abram B. Smith,
<br />Leonard E. Bennink, and William B. Foster; and
<br />after their labors had been completed, the Moderator
<br />announced the result of the balloting as follows.
<br />(See list of Town Officers elsewhere.)
<br />Voted, That the Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, and
<br />Surveyors of Lumber be chosen by nomination at
<br />large, and the following persons were so nominated
<br />and chosen:
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