Excerpt from Fifty-Seventh Annual Report of Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Laconia, New Hampshire, for Year Ending February 15, 1950: Together With Other Annual Reports and Papers Relating to the Affairs of the City It is with a great deal of feeling that I today pick up the reins of the Government of the City of Laconia. It is with a conscious feeling of humble pride, an appreciation of my many shortcomings and with full knowledge of the challenge that it means to me and the newly elected members of the council. The people of Laconia have given -us an opportunity to serve them. I say here and now and I will not forget during the next two years, that my first and foremost allegiance is to the people of our city and not to any chosen few, any party, or any group of people. I do not mean that I am not a Democrat now, - after the contest is over for that would be untrue. I am a Democrat because I have always believed that this party more nearly than any other, tries to represent all the people whether they be laborer or rich man, veteran or farmer, housewife or merchant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.