The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-03-10
Town Elections.

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LIBERTY. At the annual town meeting
March 7th the following officers were
elected: Moderator, A. j. Skidm0re; clerk,
G. II. Cargill; selectmen and assessors.
c. NJ. Howes, W. }. Knowlton, Percy
Leeman; school committee, j. C. sherman
collector and constable, Will Whitaker.
lsLEsBoRo. The annual town election
March 7th passed off very quietly, with no
change of officers from last year: Follow
ing are those reelected for 1904: Selectmen,
Sprague; treasurer, A. H. Parker clerk, J
p. Bragg tax collector and member of the
school committee, L. n. Gilkey truant Off
Ger, J. o. Elwell. D. A. Warren was mod
orator.
JACKSON. Election March 7th. Modera.
tor, E. E. Morton; Clerk, c. Il. Gatchell
Selectmen. etc, R. E. Page, NJ. S. Hatch, G.
W. Gould; Constable and Collector, A. }.
of School Board, f. ii. Brown. Appropria-
tions: Schools, $500; support of poor, 500;
contingent expenses, $500; roads and
bridges, $1,000: State road, 5000; repair OF
schoolhouses, $500; interest, $50.
MORRILL,. Town election March 7th. D.
0. Bowen, Moderator T. N. Pearson, Clerk
F; NJ. Adams, R. G. Weymouth, Nadoc Shi;
Vickery, Collector Elmer hartshOrn, School
Superintendent. The selectmen reported
the town Indebtedness as 1921. 78. The town
appropriated for support of schools, 1886
! school text hooks, 500; repairs on school.
houses. $25; to build new schOOlhOuse
$500: repairs on roads and bridges, $500
town charges, $3.50; State road, $500.
| SEARsMoNT. The following town officers
| were elected Monday, March 7th: Moder-
ator, A. G. Caswell; town clerk. A. l.
| Maddocks; selectmen, J. F. Paine, Z. O.
Brown, c. S. Adams; town treasurer
Q. D. Wilson; collector of taxes, H. E.
Holmes; member of school committee, H
! f. Holmes superintendent of schools, F. A
Jones. Money appropriated: Common
schools, $949; free High school, 500; roads
and bridges, ST. 800: State road, $500; sup.
port of the poor, $1,000; other purposes
, $3.50.
BELMONT. The annual town meeting
| was held Monday, March 18th, and the fol-
| lowing officers elected for the ensuing year
Moderator, F. A. Mariner; town clerk, 0
c. Cammett; selectmen, assess u and over
seers of the poor, Charles NJ Brewster
James n. Mears and F. A. Tower; colec
tor and constable, W. S. Foss; town treas
| urer, n. b. AllenwOOd; school committee
for years, Elliott Clement; truant officer
Abner Dunton. Money raised for towr
debts and charges, $500; highways and
pairs on schoolhouses, SIS; school books
| S15; State road, 5000
| MoNTvILLE. At the annual town meet.
ing Monday, March 18th, officers were elected
| and money appropriated as follows: Mod
orator. d. B. Plummer; clerk, c. n. Allen
| Selectmen, assessors and OverSeerS OF the
poor, R. O. Mason, Newell White and W. b
Jaquith, treasurer, c. B. Ring; school COM
mittee for three years, E. A. Davis; auditor
}. Z. Carey; collector and constable, f. A
Sprowl; truant officer, E. Belgard. Total
appropriations, $6,225. Schools, $1,000
support of poor, 800; town officers bills
1925 Insane Hospital bills, 5000; highways
and bridges, $1,000; improvement of State
road, 500; breaking roads, winter 1904
$1,000; incidental expenses, $50; repairs
OF schoolhouses and school supplies, $50
| tuition of pupils according to provisions OF
chapter 6S, Public Laws of 1908, $500.
NORTHPORT. Annual town meeting Mar
| 18th. Moderator, }. r. Hurd; Clerk, F. A
Rhodes; Selectmen, Assessors, etc, II. w
! Elwell, r. A. Packard, Lewis E. Pitcher
Treasurer, J r. Hurd Town Agent, Fl. W
Committee, 0. A. Dickey; Truant Officer,
| Charles 0. Dickey; Sexton, A. F. Elwell
| Constable, Charles o. Dickey; Road Com
missioner, Jesse T. Priest. 1t was voted
to raise by taxation for town charges, 1920
roads. $500; State road, 5000; Wesleyan G.
W. AoSoClolioIs CAUOS ellplc I1eleHGS, gov
text books, $50; schoolhouse repairs, S75
cemetery fence at Cove, 5000; schools, 500.
1t was a very orderly town meeting. The
81 articles were disposed of in 2 hours and
45 minutes. The contest on first selectman
was very close, the winner receiving sc
votes while his competitor had 50.
BROOKS. The annual town meeting,
held at Union hall last Monday, was pleas
ant and harmonious All town meetings
are to be held there in the future and rooms
will be fitted up for the town officers. The
officers elected were as follows: Selectmen,
assessors and overseer of the poor, Joseph
Il. L!ttlefield, W. E. Barker, B. F. Went
worth; school committee, A. f. Kilgore:
trustee of the sinking fund, John c. Rose
collector and constable, l.. G. Cilley; road
commissioners, Charles E. Bowen, Charles
! Dickey, Henry Reynolds. Appropriations
i Common schools, amount required by law
free High schools, 1925; State roads, $500
common roads, 5000; support of the poor
500; contingent expenses, $500; materla
for roads and bridges, 800; text books
500; repair of schoolhouses $50; interest
/ money, $3.50; two snow rollers, $500; en-
largement of cemetery, 5000; Memorial day
$50; collection of taxes, $115.