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1870 AD (search for this): chapter 9
the annual town meeting—March meeting we called it then—accompanied by the Town book, or reports of the preceding year of 1870. The town meeting was then thus warned at every dwelling within its limits. Medford had then a population of 5,517, having more than doubled since 1838, when its first printed report was issued. The tax rate (1870) was $3.60 per thousand, there were 899 dwellings (61 being double), 1,480 ratable polls and 1,403 resident tax payers, including 747 who paid poll tax ourden, an examination of the account of public expenditure is of real interest. Allusion has been made to the report of 1870. We have before us our entire lot for fifty years. They are not cast in one mold, though their pages are of uniform size.d amount of the tax bill they grumble about, and finally with sacrificing effort pay? We have alluded to the report for 1870 and its distribution to every dwelling in town. There were probably 1,000 copies printed, and the month that intervened b
April 1st (search for this): chapter 9
A few views show features now obliterated and the improvement there made. Twentyfive reports, from as many departments, were addressed to the mayor and form the bulk of the latest published report, that of 1920. Three hundred copies of this book of 383 pages were printed. Another publication, not included in those already mentioned, has been furnished to citizens on application — the Poll, or Ward Book, as some style it. It bears the title, List of Persons in Medford Assessed a Poll Tax April 1 of the stated year. The names in each ward are given in alphabetical order of street, reading across the page, thus: House Number, Name, Age, Occupation, Residence in Previous Year. The last issued under the above caption was that of 1920, 292 pages, and contained 10,667 names. The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution caused a change in the form of the assessors' publication, which appeared in a separate book for each ward, with covers of differing color, entitled, Persons Listed as
February 1st, 1835 AD (search for this): chapter 9
Medford Municipal publications. The earliest of such to be printed that comes under our notice is Receipts and Expenditures of the town for the year ending February 1, 1835, i.e., for the preceding fiscal year. It was a thin pamphlet of twenty-four pages, including the list of tax payers, resident and nonresident being listed separately. In later years were added brief reports of the various town officers, and recommendations made by them. At intervals the valuation list made by the assessors was included. A collection of these may be found in the Public Library. The issues of several years are grouped into one volume, and though at the time substantially bound, are in need of rebinding, owing to the deterioration of the leather. Our first acquaintance with such Medford output was in the spring of 1871, when the constable left at our home the warrant for the annual town meeting—March meeting we called it then—accompanied by the Town book, or reports of the preceding yea
1891 AD (search for this): chapter 9
hdraw, a substitute report to incorporate the town of Brooks was lost by a yea and nay vote of 89 yea to 93 nay, with 10 votes paired on each. The final effort of the petitioners in 1889 proved more ineffectual, the vote being 48 in favor, 109 against. This was the death knell of town government in Medford. In those years the population of the whole town had increased almost to the minimum number requisite for a city charter, the census of 1890 enumerating 11,770. The March meeting of 1891 appointed a committee to consider the advisability of petitioning for such, which committee in November reported that its census taken showed the population to be 12,100, and recommended that a city charter be obtained. Such petition to the General Court being granted at its session of 1892, its action was accepted at a special town meeting. It is somewhat significant of the good sense of those earlier petitioners, who foresaw danger in delegating their rights and privileges to the few, t
1892 AD (search for this): chapter 9
sability of petitioning for such, which committee in November reported that its census taken showed the population to be 12,100, and recommended that a city charter be obtained. Such petition to the General Court being granted at its session of 1892, its action was accepted at a special town meeting. It is somewhat significant of the good sense of those earlier petitioners, who foresaw danger in delegating their rights and privileges to the few, that the charter was accepted October 6, 1892,1892, and the first inauguration January 2, 1893. The last Town Book was issued under the new city government and contains the inaugural address of Mayor Lawrence, 12 pages; the city charter, 24; and city organization, 6 pages. The tax list of 1892 covers 87 pages, and the various reports and financial statements bring the book to a total of 392. One thousand, six hundred and seventy-seven residents and 631 non-residents were assessed tax on property, while 2,350 were assessed poll tax only.
January 2nd, 1893 AD (search for this): chapter 9
ommended that a city charter be obtained. Such petition to the General Court being granted at its session of 1892, its action was accepted at a special town meeting. It is somewhat significant of the good sense of those earlier petitioners, who foresaw danger in delegating their rights and privileges to the few, that the charter was accepted October 6, 1892, by a vote of 382 as against 342. The first election for city officers occurred December 13, 1892, and the first inauguration January 2, 1893. The last Town Book was issued under the new city government and contains the inaugural address of Mayor Lawrence, 12 pages; the city charter, 24; and city organization, 6 pages. The tax list of 1892 covers 87 pages, and the various reports and financial statements bring the book to a total of 392. One thousand, six hundred and seventy-seven residents and 631 non-residents were assessed tax on property, while 2,350 were assessed poll tax only. The rate was $14.80, an excess of but
1889 AD (search for this): chapter 9
published as it was in separate volumes, that of the petitioners 171 pages, that of the remonstrants 203. Five successive efforts were made toward this end in as many years without success. The fourth effort, that of 1888, came nearest success. Though a majority of the Committee on Towns reported leave to withdraw, a substitute report to incorporate the town of Brooks was lost by a yea and nay vote of 89 yea to 93 nay, with 10 votes paired on each. The final effort of the petitioners in 1889 proved more ineffectual, the vote being 48 in favor, 109 against. This was the death knell of town government in Medford. In those years the population of the whole town had increased almost to the minimum number requisite for a city charter, the census of 1890 enumerating 11,770. The March meeting of 1891 appointed a committee to consider the advisability of petitioning for such, which committee in November reported that its census taken showed the population to be 12,100, and recommend
1920 AD (search for this): chapter 9
but to call attention to these publications as of local history. We will, however, say that the 1920 volume was not ready for distribution until November, 1921. Annually the reports for the year the present enrollment of children in the schools is now 7,000 as against 6,378 in the report of 1920. Some of these annuals have been embellished with portraits of the inaugural incumbent, and soepartments, were addressed to the mayor and form the bulk of the latest published report, that of 1920. Three hundred copies of this book of 383 pages were printed. Another publication, not includeAge, Occupation, Residence in Previous Year. The last issued under the above caption was that of 1920, 292 pages, and contained 10,667 names. The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution caused a chrts have not reached the chief executive, and none as yet are ready for public distribution. For 1920 300 copies only were printed, at a cost to our tax payers of $1,688, or $5.63 per copy, and now,
1890 AD (search for this): chapter 9
are prolix, others very brief. A few have the records of town meetings. Some make especial note of some public enterprise to the neglect of other. For the year 1890 the book is of over six hundred pages, the valuation list occupying one-third. That year and the next the town had six voting precincts for elections, the precursor of what was coming. The census of 1890 gave 11,790 as Medford's population. In 1885 a petition was presented to the General Court from inhabitants of West Medford, asking that a division of the town be made, and that the western portion be incorporated as a new town under the name of Brooks. Medford had then a population ofwn government in Medford. In those years the population of the whole town had increased almost to the minimum number requisite for a city charter, the census of 1890 enumerating 11,770. The March meeting of 1891 appointed a committee to consider the advisability of petitioning for such, which committee in November reported tha
1888 AD (search for this): chapter 9
n the management of their prudential affairs in the hands of the many, and not delegate all their rights and privileges to the control of a few. The hearings before the legislative committee, to whom it was referred, together with arguments of counsel, form interesting reading, published as it was in separate volumes, that of the petitioners 171 pages, that of the remonstrants 203. Five successive efforts were made toward this end in as many years without success. The fourth effort, that of 1888, came nearest success. Though a majority of the Committee on Towns reported leave to withdraw, a substitute report to incorporate the town of Brooks was lost by a yea and nay vote of 89 yea to 93 nay, with 10 votes paired on each. The final effort of the petitioners in 1889 proved more ineffectual, the vote being 48 in favor, 109 against. This was the death knell of town government in Medford. In those years the population of the whole town had increased almost to the minimum number r
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