Norwood annual report 1948-1950, Part 1

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1948
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1054


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ANNUALREPORT


1948


NORWOOD MASSACHUSETTS


SEVENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL


REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICIALS


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MASSACHUSETTS


9749 Norwood


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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31


1948


BOARD OF SELECTMEN


Sture Nelson CHAIRMAN


Walter J. Dempsey


George C.O'Brien


TOWN COUNSEL


GEN. MANAGER


TOWN CLERK


Harry B. Butters


Clement A. Riley


Francis C. Foley


Edward C.Monahan Walter A. Blasenak


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ELECTED


Board of Selectmen Sture Nelson, 1950, Chairman


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Harry B. Butters, 1951 Clement A. Riley, 1949


Walter J. Dempsey, 1950 George C. O'Brien, 1951


Town Treasurer and Collector Edmund F. Sullivan


Finance Commission Francis E. Metcalf, 1949, Chairman


Daniel E. Callahan, Jr., 1950


Thomas F. Riley, 1951


School Committee John F. Kiley, 1950, Chairman


Anthony F. O'Donnell, 1949


James J. Curran, 1949


John F. Reynolds, 1950 Thomas R. Bowler, 1951 John J. Cook, 1951


Board of Health James F. Foley, 1949, Chairman Charles L. Lynch, M.D., 1950


John P. Dixon, 1951


Board of Trustees, Morrill Memorial Library Maude A. Shattuck, 1950, Chairman


Francis J. Doran, 1951


Mary L. Dunn, 1951


Eugene A. Nelson, 1950 A. Marion Swain, 1949


George H. Welles, 1949


Planning Board Lester N. Lechter, 1950, Chairman


Rosewell A. Norton, 1950 Hazis Kelley, 1951 Patrick Long, 1951


Ludovic O. Fournier, 1949


Town Moderator


Francis C. Foley


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APPOINTED


Constables


Joseph F. Butler Anthony F. Smith


James J. Keating George E. Tomm


Harry A. Smith


Town Counsel Francis C. Foley


Town Clerk and Accountant Walter A. Blasenak


Superintendent of Schools Lincoln D. Lynch


Librarian, Morrill Memorial Library Edna Phillips


General Manager Edward C. Monahan


Director of Public Works and Engineering Albert W. Thompson


Superintendent of Municipal Light Station Joseph W. Price


Superintendent of Recreation Leon P. Smelstor


Superintendent of Cemeteries Louis J. D'Espinosa


Chief of Police Department Thomas C. Lydon


Chief of Fire Department Alonzo N. Earle


Assessors Edward A. Flaherty, 1949, Chairman


William J. Dalton, 1949


Richard D. Northrop, 1950


TOWN OFFICIALS


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Board of Public Welfare Alonzo F. Swift, Jr., Chairman


John J. McGarry


Martin J. Foley


Henry A. Holman, 1951


John P. Folan, 1950


Building Inspector Henry J. Cronan


Board of Appeal Clement A. Riley, Chairman


Francis J. Doran


James Callahan


Sealer of Weights and Measures Joseph M. Lovell Frederick F. Brown-Appointed November 16, 1948


Dog Officer George H. Lynch


Inspector of Animals Thomas U. Mahoney


Fish and Game Warden James E. Bunny


Superintendent of Moth Suppression Edward C. Monahan


Fence Viewers


George DeAlmeida


Harry F. Howard


Lewis J. Danovitch


Public Health Nurse Marie Lyons


Inspector of Plumbing Harry A. Shannon


Health Agent


Bartley J. King


Registrars of Voters John P. Crowley, 1949, Chairman Walter A. Blasenak


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Inspector of Milk Leonard E. Curran


Town Physician George Klein, M.D. John J. O'Day, M.D .- Appointed June 29, 1948


Inspector of Slaughtering Clement A. Riley


Carillion Committee Walter F. Tilton


Francis J. Foley


W. Cameron Forbes


Contributory Retirement Board Louis J. D'Espinosa, 1950, Chairman


Frederick W. Kingman, 1949


Walter A. Blasenak


Veterans' Grave Custodian Louis J. D'Espinosa


Soldiers' Relief Agent Walter A. Blasenak


Soldiers' Relief Investigator Thomas A. Rorke


Forest Warden Alonzo N. Earle


Airport Commission


William C. Kendrick, 1948 Charles E. Houghton, 1949 Clement A. Riley, 1949


Charles F. Holman, 1949 Albert W. Thompson, 1950 Arthur J. Forrest, 1950 H. William Anderson, 1950


Norwood Veterans' Housing Board


Francis W. Smith, Chairman


Thomas A. Rorke John J. Feeney


Walter A. Blasenak Joseph V. Nuttall


Norwood Housing Authority C. Roger Pearson, 1949, Chairman


Arthur Gleichauf, 1951


Frank B. Coughlin, 1949


Edward H. Thompson, 1949 Daniel Collins, 1949


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK and ACCOUNTANT


ABSTRACTS OF


RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS


AND


VITAL STATISTICS


RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


Monday, January 19, 1948, adjourned to March 31, 1948


On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen under the date of Janu. ary 6, 1948, and signed by H. William Anderson, Walter J. Dempsey, Sture Nelson, Clement A. Riley and Harry B. Butters, Selectmen of Norwood the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Francis C. Foley. The proper service of this warrant was duly attested by James E Quinn, Constable of Norwood.


All the requirements of the statutes and by-laws relating to elections and town meetings were complied with. The articles contained in the warrant, and the action thereunder is as follows:


ARTICLE 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The fol- lowing are to be chosen by ballot, namely: Two Selectmen for three years; one Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year; one Moderator for one year; one member of the Board of Health for three years; two members of the Town Planning Board for three years; one Finance Commissioner for three years; two members of the School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years; six Constables for one year; and to vote by ballot upon the following question:


"Shall an act passed by the general court in the year ninteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled 'An Act to establish representative town government by limited town meetings in the town of Norwood' be accepted by this town?"


Two Selectmen for Three Years.


John A. Abdallah had ten hundred and seventy-nine (1079) votes. H. William Anderson had fifteen hundred and six (1506) votes. Harry B. Butters had seventeen hundred ninety-seven (1797) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Michael C. Donahue had seven hundred fifty-seven (757) votes. John J. Foley had one hundred and eleven (111) votes. Walter J. Gotovich had nine hundred and seventy (970) votes.


Rosewell A. Norton had six hundred and twenty-four (624) votes. Owen F. Sullivan had two hundred and five (205) votes.


George C. O'Brien had seventeen hundred and forty-nine (1749) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Scattering, sixteen (16).


Blanks, thirteen hundred and sixty-eight (1368).


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One Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for One Year.


Edmund F. Sullivan had thirty-nine hundred and seventy-two (3972) votes. Eleeted and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Blanks, eleven hundred and nineteen (1119).


One Moderator for One Year.


Franeis C. Foley had thirty-seven hundred and eighty-three (3783) votes. Eleeted and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.


Blanks, thirteen hundred and eight (1308).


One Member of the Board of Health for Three Years.


Amedio DeFlaminis had seven hundred and eighteen (718) votes. John P. Dixon had twenty-six hundred and thirty-four (2634) votes. Eleeted and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Arthur W. Walker, Jr. had nine hundred and thirty-four (934) votes. Blanks, eight hundred and five (805).


Two Members of Town Planning Board for Three Years.


Hazis Kelley had twenty-two hundred and fifty-three (2253) votes. · Eleeted and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Charles J. Kuietauskas had eleven hundred and ten (1110) votes. Patsy Long had two thousand sixty (2060) votes. Eleeted and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Seattering, eleven (11).


Blanks, forty-seven hundred and forty-eight (4748).


. One Finance Commissioner for Three Years.


Edmund J. Cashen had two thousand and ninety-six (2096) votes. Thomas F. Riley had twenty-two hundred and ninety-five (2295) votes. Eleeted and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.


Seattering, four (4). Blanks, six hundred ninety-six (696).


Two Members of the School Committee for Three Years.


Franees L. Blanchot had nine hundred and seventy-one (971) votes. Thomas R. Bowler had fourteen hundred seventy-six (1476) votes. Eleeted and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. John J. Cavanaugh had twelve hundred and ninety-eight (1298) votes. John J. Cook had fifteen hundred and five (1505) votes. Eleeted and sworn by Town Clerk and Aeeountant. Ellen .A. Dixon had eleven hundred and twenty-nine (1129) votes. Margaret E. Goodwin had seven hundred and ninety-four (794) votes. Edward H. Thompson had fourteen hundred and fifteen (1415) votes.


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Scattering, thirty-six (36).


Blanks, fifteen hundred and fifty-eight (1558).


Two Trustees of Morrill Memorial Library for Three Years.


Francis J. Doran had thirty-six hundred (3600) votes.


Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.


Mary L. Dunn had thirty-four hundred and eighty-one (3481) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.


Scattering, one (1).


Blanks, thirty-one hundred (3100).


Six Constables for One Year.


Joseph F. Butler had twenty-three hundred and ninety-seven (2397) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.


James J. Keating had twenty-three hundred and sixty-five (2365) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Anthony F. Smith had twenty-three hundred and sixty (2360) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.


George E. Tomm had twenty-four hundred and seventeen (2417) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.


Edward H. Thompson had twenty-eight (28) votes.


. George C. O'Brien had twenty-five (25) votes.


Scattering, sixty-eight (68).


Blanks, twenty thousand, eight hundred and eighty-six (20,886).


Question


Yes, twenty-one hundred and ninety-eight (2198).


No, nine hundred and thirty-five (935).


Blanks, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight (1958).


ARTICLE 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officers and committees.


Voted : That Article 2 be laid upon the table.


ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Collector of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treasurer may use when acting as Collector.


l'oted : To so authorize the Treasurer.


ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1948 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one


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year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


L'oted : To so authorize the Treasurer.


Voted: ARTICLES 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 be referred to the Finance Commission for consideration and report with recommendations at the Adjourned Session of this meeting.


Voted : That this meeting adjourn.


Attest : WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant


ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING January 19, 1948 to March 31, 1948


On a notice duly attested by the Town Clerk and Accountant, Walter A. Blasenak, and dated March 22, 1948, the Adjourned Annual Town Meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Francis C. Foley. The proper service of this notice was duly attested by James E. Quinn, Constable of Norwood.


The articles contained in the warrant and the action thereunder . is as follows:


ARTICLE 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officers and committees.


l'oted : That Article 2 be laid on the table.


ARTICLES 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19.


l'oted : That these Articles be referred to the Finance Commission for consider- ation and report with recommendations at the Adjourned Session of this meeting on the 12th day of April A. D., 1948, in the Junior High School Auditorium, Wash- ington Street, Norwood, Mass.


Voted: That this meeting adjourn.


Attest : WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


April 12, 1948


On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen under the date of March 30, 1948, and signed by Sture Nelson, George C. O'Brien, Harry B.


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Butters, Clement A. Riley, W. J. Dempsey, Selectmen of Norwood, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Francis C. Foley. The proper service of this warrant was duly attested by James C. Quiun, Constable of Norwood.


All the requirements of the statutes and by-laws relating to the calling of the town meeting were complied with. The warrant calling the meeting was read by Town Clerk and Accountant, Walter A. Blasenak. The articles contained in the warrant, and the action there- under being as follows:


ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing an outdoor swimming pool at Hawes Brook; determine whether the money shall be provided for by taxation, by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, or by appropriation from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, or take any other action in the matter.


Voted : By taxation, the sum of $20,000.00.


ARTICLE 2. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for repairs and improvements of real estate owned by the Town, or take any other action in the matter.


Voted : By taxation, the sum of $750.00.


ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of providing shelter for veterans of World War II who are residents of the Town of Norwood, or take any other action in the matter.


Voted : By taxation, the sum of $3,000.00.


ARTICLE 4. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to cover the expense for codification of Town By-Laws, or take any other action in the matter.


Voted : By taxation, the sum of $1,000.00.


· ARTICLE 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to provide for the necessary expenses of the committee appointed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 541, Acts of 1947, in connection with the establishment of Representative Town Government by Limited Town Meeting.


Voted : By taxation, the sum of $1,000.00.


ARTICLE 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the expense of printing the proposed building code for the Town of Norwood.


Voted : By taxation the sum of $500.00.


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ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to provide the cost of architect's fees in connection with the proposed Recreation Center Building.


L'oted : Indefinite postponement.


ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way under the provisions of law relating to the assessment of betterments, a new way as laid out and reported by the Selectmen, to be known as Ellis Avenue and substantially in the location of an existing private way, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the payment of dam- ages, or take any other action in the matter.


l'oted : By taxation, the sum of $500.00, and to so accept.


ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, a new way as laid out and reported by the Selectmen, to be known as Margaret Street, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the payment of damages, or take any other action in the matter.


L'oted : To so accept.


ARTICLE 10. To sce what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the necessary expense of a public school kinder- garten program, or take any other action in the matter. (On request of the School Committee.)


l'oted : By taxation the sum of $10,000.00.


ARTICLE 11. To sce if the Town will vote to accept from the Women's Community Committee the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, said sum to be expended by the Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for the purpose of providing a film lending service for the Town. (On request of the Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library.)


l'oted : To so accept.


ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase cr take by eminent domain for public parking purposes certain areas or parcels of land westerly of the High School shown on "Sketch of Proposed Parking Area also Public Garden, Norwood, Mass." on file with the Town Clerk, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for said purpose. (On request of the Norwood Housing Trust.)


Voted : Indefinite postponement.


Voted : That this meeting be dissolved.


Attest : WALTER A. BLASENAK, Town Clerk and Accountant.


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POSTPONED ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


March 31, 1948 to April 12, 1948


On a notice duly attested by the Town Clerk and Accountant, Walter A. Blasenak, the following articles of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting which were referred to the Finance Commission were acted upon:


ARTICLE 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officers and committees:


l'oted : That the Seventy-Sixth Annual Report of the town officials of the Town of Norwood be received and accepted as printed.


Voted : That the report of the Finance Commission and its recommendations with respect to appropriation estimates for the year 1948 be received and acted upon.


ARTICLE 5. To see what disposition the town will make of money received for dog licenses.


Voted: That this article be laid upon the table to be taken up and acted upon together with Item 8, Sub-Division D, of Article 6.


A. General Government.


1. Selectmen. (a) Salaries, (b) Incidentals.


Voted: (a) That the Selectmen receive no salaries. By taxation the sum of $500. for salary of the Clerk of the Selectmen. (b) By taxation the sum of $100.


2. (1) Town Clerk and Accountant and (2) Town Bookkeeper.


(a) Salaries, (b) Incidentals, (c) New Equipment.


Voted: (1-2) (a) $5100 for salary of Town Clerk and Accountant and Town Bookkeeper, of which sum $2500 shall be raised by taxation, $2000 taken from Light Department receipts and $600 from Water Department receipts. (b) $28,175 for incidental expense, of which amount, $10,925 shall be raised by taxation, $13,000 from Light Department receipts, $4,250 from Water Department receipts. (c) No appropriation is necessary.


3. Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. (a) Salary, (b) Inci- dentals, including premium on suretyship bond, (c) To meet the expense of the foreclosure of tax titles held by the town.


Voted : (a) $5000 for salary of Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes of which amount $3850 shall be raised by taxation, $900 shall be taken from receipts of the Light Department; $250 from the receipts of the Water Department. (b) $13,600, of which sum $10,500 shall be used for personal services, and with respect to the said $13,600, $10,650 shall be raised by taxation, $2,900 shall be taken from receipts of the Electric Light Department, $800 shall be taken from the receipts of the Water Department. (c) by taxation the sum of $750.00.


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4. Assessors. (a) Salaries, (b) Incidentals.


Voted : (a) By taxation, $5,200.00. (b) By taxation, $4,020.00 of which sum $2,900.00 shall be used for personal services.


5. Certification of Bonds and Notes.


Voted : By taxation, $50.00.


6. Finance Commission. (a) Incidentals.


Voted: $650.00 by taxation.


7. Law. (a) Salary, (b) Incidentals, (c) Books for law library (d) Expense of defense of Assessors in proceedings under Chapter 58A, General Laws.


Voted : (a) By taxation $3,000.00. (b and c) By taxation, $507.00. (d) Indefinite postponement.


8. Election and registration. (a) Salaries, (b) Incidentals.


l'oted : (a) By taxation $1,000.00. (b) By taxation $7,715.00.


9. Memorial Municipal Building. (a) Maintenance.


l'oted : (a) $16,970, of which sum $14,860.00 by taxation, $1,800.00 from receipts of Light Department, $300.00 from receipts of Water Department, and with respect to the said sum of $16,970.00, not more than $5,800.00 shall be available for personal services.


10. General Manager. (a) Salary, (b) Incidentals, including pre- mium on suretyship bond.


Voted: (a) $7,000.00 for salary of General Manager, $3,750 by taxation, $2,150.00 from Light Department receipts and $1,100.00 from Water Department receipts. (b) $10,000.00 for incidental expense, $8,600.00 by taxation, $1,200 from Light Department receipts and $200.00 from Water Department receipts, and with respect to the said $10,000.00, not more than $7,100.00 shall be available for personal services.


11. Engineering. (a) Salaries, (b) Incidentals.


l'otcd : (a) By taxation $2,850.00. (b) By taxation $10,015.00.


12. Board of Survey. (a) Incidentals.


V'oted : By taxation $25.00.


13. Planning Board. (a) Incidentals.


Votcd : By taxation $445.00.


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14. Board of Appeal. (a) Incidentals.


Voted: By taxation $25.00.


B. Protection of Persons and Property.


1. Police Department. (a) Salaries, (b) Incidentals, (c) New equipment and replacement of equipment, (d) Expense of insurance providing indemnity for or protection to officers or employees as pro- vided in Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 1.


Voted : (a) By taxation $75,816.08. (b and d) By taxation $7,860 and not more than $1,050.00 for police uniforms, and $3,180.00 for maintenance of traffic signals and traffic control. (c) Indefinite postponement.


2. Fire Department. (a) Salaries, (b) Incidentals, (c) New Equip- ment and replacement of equipment, (d) Expense of insurance providing indemnity for or protection to officers or employees as provided in Chap- ter 40, Section 5, Clause 1.


Voted : (a) By taxation the sum of $76,408. (b and d) By taxation, $7,000 and not more than $800.00 for fire uniforms. (c) Indefinite postponement.


3. Maintenance and Extension of Fire Alarm System.


T'oted : By taxation, $3,300.00.


4. Hydrant Service.


Voted : By taxation, $6,692.00.


5. Inspector of Buildings. (a) Salary, (b) Incidentals.


Voted : (a) By taxation $1,450.00. (b) By taxation $325.00.


6. Inspector of Animals. (a) Salary.


Voted: By taxation $200.00.


7. Sealer of Weights and Measures. (a) Salary, (b) Incidentals.


Voted : (a) By taxation, $750.00. (b) By taxation, $200.00.


8. Inspector of Wires. (a) Salary.


Voted : (a) Indefinite postponement.


9. Town Game Warden. (a) Salary, (b) Incidentals.


Voted : (a) By taxation, $200.00. (b) By taxation, $100.00.


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10. Gypsy and brown tail moths and other insect pest extermination including the purchase of new equipment.


l'oted : By taxation, $5,505.00.


11. Care and planting of shade trees.


l'oted : By taxation, $3,350.00.


12. Street Lighting.


l'oted : By taxation, $15,242.50.


13. To meet the expense of the enforcement of law relating to dogs. V'oted : By taxation, $350.00.


C. Health and Sanitation.


1. Board of Health. (a) Salaries, (b) Contagious Diseases, Garbage Disposal and other Incidental Expense, (c) Maintenance of Town Dump, (d) County Hospital Assessment.


Voted : (a) By taxation, $150.00. (b) By taxation, $34,965.25, of which amount not more than $17,365.00 shall be available for personal services in the Board of Health Department. (c) By taxation $3,290.00. (d) By taxation $16,012.38.


2. Sewer Department. (a) Maintenance, (b) Particular Sewers.


l'oted : (a) By taxation $6,075.00. (b) By taxation, $7,350.00.


3. Sewer Construction.


V'oted : By taxation, $1,300.00.


4. Drain Construction.


Voted : By taxation, $23,985.00.


5. Maintenance and Construction of main drains and cleaning brooks and drains other than main drains.


Voted: By taxation, $8,025.00.


6. Removal of Ashes and Rubbish.


l'oted : By taxation, $11,625.00.


D. Miscellaneous.


1. Public Works Division. (a) Expense of Operation, including salary . of Superintendent.


Voted : (a) $23,232.00 of which amount $11,650.00 for personal services, and not


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more than $3,500.00 for a Public Works Stock Revolving Account, and with respect to the said $23,232.00, $12,232.00 shall be raised by taxation, $7,500.00 from the receipts of the Water Department and $3,500.00 from the Public Works Stock Credit Account.


2. (a) Maintenance and repairs of highways, culverts, bridges, street signs and guideboards, (b) Removal of snow and ice, (c) Purchase of new equipment for removal of snow, (d) Highway construction, (e) Purchase of new equipment for Public Works Division, (f) Construction of per- manent sidewalks.


l'oted : (a) By taxation, $43,050.00. (b) By taxation, $65,000.00. (c) By taxation, $2,000.00. (d) By taxation, $42,000.00. (e) By taxation, $9,320.00. (f) By taxation, $6,500.00.


2. (g) Vacations of laborers, (h) Gasoline and oil, purchase of, (i) Garage and garage equipment, maintenance of, (j) Sick leave for Public Works Division employees.


Voted: (g) $5,338.98, of which amount $3,388.98 by taxation, $1,950.00 from Water Department. (h, i) No appropriation necessary. (j) By taxation, $6,000.00.


3, (a) 1. Public Welfare Administration Expense. 2. Public Welfare Relief. (b) 1. Aid for Dependent Children Administration Expense. 2. Aid for Dependent Children.


Voted : (a) 1. By taxation $5,582.50. 2. By taxation $37,500.00. (b) 1. Indefinite postponement. 2. By taxation, $18,500.00.


4. (a) Assistance to Aged Citizens Administration. (b) Assistance to Aged Citizens, Chapter 118A, General Laws, as amended.


Voted : (a) By taxation $915.00 for personal services and $335.00 for other administration. (b) By taxation $59,200.00.




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