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OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD MUNICIPAL YEAR
E
LAND,
1635.
FOUNDED
EAST SUDBURY
183
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932
Printed for the Town of Wayland by THE SUBURBAN PRESS Natick, Massachusetts 1933
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD MUNICIPAL YEAR
EL
LAND
1635.
FOUNDED
EAST SUDBURY
$183
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932
Printed for the Town of Wayland by THE SUBURBAN PRESS Natick, Massachusetts 1933
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OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND
Term Expires
MODERATOR
Pierpoint Blair
1933
TOWN CLERK
M. Alice Neale
1933
SELECTMEN
Willard C. Hunting
1933
John W. Leavitt
1933
J. Fred Wheeler
1933
TREASURER
Frank G. MacKenna 1933
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
Theodore H. Harrington
1933
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Mabel T. S. Small 1935
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Ronald S. Campbell
1933
Martin A. Holmes
1934
Thomas W. Frost
1935
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Warren L. Bishop
1933
Dorothy C. Stone
1934
Llewellyn Mills
1935
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Term Expires
ASSESSORS
Sidney Loker Daniel Brackett Clarence S. Williams
1933
1934
1935
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Alfred C. Damon
1933
Francis K. Erwin
1934
Walter S. Bigwood
1935
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Nellie R. Fiske
1933
Amos I. Hadley
1933
Richard Ames
1934
James R. Martin
1934
Alfred W. Cutting
1935
J. Sidney Stone
1935
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
James M. Bent
1933
Howard W. Parmenter
1934
William Read
1935
TREE WARDEN
Charles L. Fullick 1933
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
Arthur Heard Dudley
1933
BOARD OF HEALTH
John J. Linnehan
1933
Waldo L. Lawrence
1934
Ernest H. Damon
1935
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
John B. Wight
1933
Camile Perodeau
1934
Francis R. Gladu
1935
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Term Expires
PLANNING BOARD
James Bolton
1933
Gilbert Small
1933
Otto H. Kohler
1934
Howard S. Russell
1934
Frank I: Cooper
1935
James C. McKay
1935
CONSTABLES
Thomas W. Bowles
1933
Wilfred L. Celorier
1933
Harry W. Craig
1933
Ernest H. Damon
1933
Charles F. Dusseault
1933
John E. Linnehan
1933
Frank C. Moore
1933
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
John H. Knapp
1933
J. Sidney Stone
1934
Albert F. Flint
1935
TRUSTEES OF THE ALLEN FUND
John Connelly
1933
Isaac Damon
1933
Howard W. Parmenter
1933
FENCE VIEWERS
Selectmen
1933
FIELD DRIVERS
Constables
1933
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER
Howard Haynes
1933
Melville Loker
1933
William S. Lovell
1933
Israel A. Lupien
1933
Arthur F. Marston
1933
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Term Expires
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
Arthur W. Atwood
1933
Joseph Decatur 1933
William S. Lovell 1933
Israel A. Lupien
1933
Arthur F. Marston
1933
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
James I. Bryden
1933
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
Thomas W. Frost
1933
George B. Howe
1933
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
William Hardy
1933
Frank C. Moore
1933
Thomas Murray
1933
John Wright
1933
William F. McCafferty
1933
WORLD WAR VETERANS
Frank C. Burke
1933
John Cipoletta
1933
Ernest H. Damon
1933
Arthur Heard Dudley
1933
Parker H. Groton
1933
Cornelius J. McGuire
1933
Joe Perodeau
1933
Percy A. Steele
1933
DOG OFFICER
James E. Linnehan
1933
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Frank J. Bigwood
1933
DISTRICT NURSE
Mary E. McNeil 1933
SUPERINTENDENT OF GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS
Daniel J. Graham 1933
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Term Expires
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Albert Marchand 1933
FOREST FIRE WARDEN
Theodore H. Harrington
1933
CHIEF OF POLICE
Harry W. Craig 1933
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
Arthur W. Atwood
1933
Howard Parmenter
1933
W. F. Smith
1933
Donald Collins
1933
Henry Vear
1933
FINANCE COMMITTEE
George Hill
1933
(Resigned January 1933)
William S. Lovell
1933
(Appointed January 1933)
Elmer Matthews
1933
Arthur W. Bradshaw
1934
John B. Holt
1935
William J. Scotland
1935
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Warren Lawrence
1933
BURIAL AGENT
John W. Leavitt 1933
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
M. Alice Neale, Rep.
1933
Meddie H. Rasciot, Dem.
1933
Joseph Zimmerman, Dem.
1934
Edward F. Lee, Rep.
1935
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Term Expires
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Theodore H. Harrington, Chief
1933
Ernest H. Damon, Clerk
1933
Albert J. Keach, Engineer
1933
ELECTION OFFICERS
PRECINCT 1
James I. Bryden, Warden
1933
Myrta L. Wight, Clerk
1933
Edith H. Davis
1933
George Dickey
1933
Thomas F. Maynard
1933
John E. Dolan
1933
Charles R. Harrington
1933
James I. Linnehan
1933
PRECINCT 2
Albert Marchand, Warden
1933
May Derrick
1933
Carrie F. Harrington
1933
Frank Latour
1933
William Morrissey
1933
Alvin B. Neale
1933
Joe Perodeau
1933
George Richardson
1933
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To any of the Constables of the Town of Wayland, in said County :
GREETINGS :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are required. to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in town elections to meet at their repective polling places on
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1933
at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, Town Clerk, three Selectmen, a Treas- urer, a Collector of Taxes, a Surveyor of Highways, a Tree Warden, and seven Constables, all for one year.
One Member of the School Committee, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Commissioner of Trust Funds, two Trustees of Public Library, one Member of the Board of Public Welfare, one Assessor, one Member of the Board of Health, one Water Commissioner, one Park Commissioner, and two Members of the Planning Board, all for three years.
All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6.15 in the forenoon and will remain open continuously until four o'clock in the afternoon, when they shall be closed.
And you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1933
at 7.45 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
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Article 1. To hear the reports of Town Officers, Agents and Committees, and act thereon.
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Agents and Committees not elected by the official ballot.
Article 3. To grant money for necessary Town purposes.
Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, 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, 1933, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws, any debt or debts incurred under this Article to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1933.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess the sum of $2,019.16 to pay the following 1930, 1931 and 1932 bills which were presented for payment after the Town books were closed, or do or act.
Assessors' Department
Daniel Brackett
$84.00
Fire Department
Rent of Tower of the Methodist Church in
Cochituate for 1930 50.00
Rent of the Tower of the Methodist Church in Cochituate for 1931 50.00
Moth Extermination
Daniel Graham
21.45
Board of Health
City of Quincy, Memorial Hospital Bills
858.00
Public Welfare
Town of Marblehead
48.00
Town of Holliston
258.97
State Infirmary
92.00
Town of Plymouth
201.00
Town of Marblehead
4.00
Dana H. Elkins
20.00
Soldiers' Relief
City of Quincy
92.00
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Vocational Tuition City of Boston City of Newton
46.32 193.42
$2,019.16
The Finance Committee recommends that these bills be paid.
Article 6. To see if the Town will accept the following gift: $100.00 received from Elsie S. Bull to establish the "Elsie S. Bull Fund" income from which to be used for per- petual care of Lots No. 52 and 53, Section F, Lake View Cemetery.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 7. To see if the Town will accept the following gift: $100.00 received from Alice C. Maude to establish the "Alice C. Maude Fund" income from which to be used for per- petual care of Lot No. 12, Section G, Lake View Cemetery.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept, during 1933, gifts for welfare purposes, same to be expended by the Board of Public Welfare or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate $260.00 for general improvement in any of the Cemeteries, same to be taken from money in the Town Treasury received from the sale of Burial Lots in 1932, in accordance with Chapter 114, Section 15, of the General Laws, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate for "Water Department Maintenance" the sum of $6,350.33 to be taken from Water Department receipts reserved for appro- priation in 1932, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article and that this appropriation shall be expended as follows : $4,000.33 for general main-
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tenance ; $1,000.00 for driving three new wells; $700.00 for overhauling engine and pumps; $650 for painting inside of standpipe and installing cleanout door. ($3000 has been recommended from fire hydrant income for general maintenance which is not included in this article.)
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate for pay- ment of Water Department Extension Notes maturing in 1933 the sum of $1,890.00 to be taken from Water Department receipts reserved for appropriation in 1932, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate for pay- ment of interest due in 1933 on Water Department Extension Notes the sum of $2,050.60 same to be taken from Water De- partment receipts reserved for appropriation in 1932, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article.
Article 13. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law on account of assessments levied on the Town for its share of the principal of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Funding Loan, Act of 1932, bonds maturing in 1933 issued in compliance with Chapter 10, Acts of 1932; also for any other indebtedness, incurred and outstanding under said Chapter 10; also for the Town's share of interest on said bonds due in 1933; also for the care and treatment of tubercular patients under Acts of 1928, Chapter 385, as amended by Acts of 1932, Chapter 60; also for care, maintenance and repair of said Hospital for 1932 including interest on temporary notes issued therefor in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 111, sections 85 and 85A, and for all other expenses in connection therewith, deter- mine how the money shall be raised, or in any way act thereon.
The Finance Committee recommends approval as this is compulsory by Middlesex County.
Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess the required amount of money and arrange for notes to pay the balance to build an elementary school in Wayland Center as per plans submitted by the building committee, and add two rooms to the Cochituate School, or do or act.
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The Finance Committee does not recommend this article. See the Committee's report.
Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess sufficient money to build a High School and arrange for notes to pay the balance as per plans submitted by this committee, or do or act.
The Finance Committee does not recommend this article. See the Committee's report.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $500.00 to be used by the Wayland Water Board to build and install toilet facilities and dressing rooms for bathers at Baldwin's Pond Reservation, as recommended by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Whereas the Finance Committee recognizes possi- ble merits of this article, due to present financial condition the article is not recommended.
Article 17. To see if the Town will accept the gift of the land substantially triangular in shape bounded approximately as follows: Southerly by the State Road, Northwesterly by Pelham Island Road, Easterly and Northerly by land formerly of Mellen, more recently of Bennett, and Easterly again by Main Street, said land being situated directly West across Main Street from the new Town Hall Lot, formerly the Wayland Inn property, and being sometimes known as the Heater Piece, to be used for a Public Park, and will authorize the acceptance thereof by the Board of Selectmen, or do or act.
The Finance Committee in recommending this article feel that the acceptance of the gift will be a decided benefit to the Town.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to extend a six inch water main with the fire hydrants, gates and fittings along Waltham Road from Concord Road to the residence of Leslie B. Reid, a distance of about 400 feet, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends that this article be referred to the Water Board for its report at the next annual meeting.
The Water Board has advised that it is impossi- ble with the present facilities to extend the water system until specific repairs are made and addi-
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tional wells installed. The committee advises a careful study be made of extensions relative to cost and revenue receivable on all future exten- sions to the system.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water system down Oxbow Road a distance of about 1500 feet, or do or act.
The Finance Committee makes the same recom- mendation for this article as for Article 18.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the necessary sum of money to extend a six inch water main in Hawthorn Road.
The Finance Committee makes the same recom- mendation for this article as for Article 18.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept Castle Gate South as the same has been laid out and filed by the Select- men, work to be done under the Betterment Act, to take by right of Domain such land as may be necessary for doing said work; appropriate or borrow money to pay for the same, or otherwise act thereon.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of this article provided all releases are obtained, legal requirements met and that the cost of this work does not exceed $1000.
Article 22. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a certain sum of money for six inch water main, with necessary hydrants and valves, running from Old Connecticut Path along Stone Bridge Road, to Riverview Terrace and including Over- look Road, Riverview Circle and Shore Drive, or do or act.
The Finance Committee makes the same recom- mendation for this article as for Article 18.
Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee or some other Committee to sell the motor and pump in the Center School Building and to dispose of such other appurtenances connected with the old water system, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends that this article be approved.
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Article 24. To see if the Town will assess and appropriate a sum of money for support of athletics as now carried on for the boys in connection with the high school, or do or act.
The Finance Committee feels that the interest of the school should be sufficient so that the ways and means of supporting athletics be found by the students.
Article 25. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess the sum of $525.25 to reimburse Arthur D. Dooley for expenses incurred; due to an accident to Mary A. Dooley in the Way- land High School Building, or do or act.
The Finance Committee reports on advise of the Town Counsel that the Town has no authority to make any appropriation under this article.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to provide a drainage system for the village of Cochituate or any portion thereof ; make provision to carry out the work in such manner as may relieve unemployment or as may otherwise serve the best interests of the Town; authorize the acquirement of any neces- sary land or easements; and make an appropriation therefor, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article, the appropriation not to exceed $3,000.00 and the work to be done under the direction of the Board of Health, the labor to be done by the unemployed, provided that all ease- ment and necessary release of property or land damage be secured without expense to the Town.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to improve the junction of Millbrook Road, Plain Road, and Glen Road, authorize the acquirement of any necessary land by purchase or otherwise, and make an appropriation therefor or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article and that $200.00 be taken from Highway appropriation for this work.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the relocation and reconstruc- tion of Cochituate Road from Five Paths, so called, south to the residence of Samuel MacKenna, according to plans to be recommended by the county engineers, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval
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of this article provided this work is completed at an expense not exceeding $4000 to the Town and that the work be stopped if this appropriation is exhausted before the work is completed.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the relocation and reconstruction of Concord Road from the end of the present Chapter 90 road north, according to plans to be recommended by the county engineers, or do or act.
The Finance Committee does not approve this article, present conditions do not warrant any further expenditure on highways.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the relocation and reconstruc- tion of Concord Road at Clay Pit Hill, according to plans to be recommended by the county engineers, or do or act.
The Finance Committee does not approve this article, present conditions do not warrant any further expenditure on highways.
Article 31. To see what sum, if any, the Town will vote to transfer from available funds to meet any of the appropria- tions made under the foregoing articles.
The Finance Committee recommends such action as may be suggested by the Town Treasurer.
And you are required to serve this Warrant by posting copies thereof, attested by you, at the Town Hall, at each Post Office in Town, and in the Engine House at Cochituate, seven days, at least, before the time of holding said election.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before March 6, 1933.
Given under our hands and seal this twenty-ninth day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.
JOHN W. LEAVITT, J. FRED WHEELER, WILLARD C. HUNTING, Selectmen of the Town of Wayland.
A true copy, attest :
Constable of the Town of Wayland.
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Finance Committee here present to the citizens a few facts and figures regarding the finances of the Town. All figures have been supplied by Town Officers or taken from Town reports.
Comparative Expenditures
1919
1923
1928
1932
General Administration
Salaries and incidentals
$4,900.00
$5,059.24
$9,165.00
$9,625.10
Protection of Life and
Property
2,900.00
4,899.91
5,000.00
6,209.55
Tree Warden
100.00
150.00
150.00
900.00
Health
325.00
1,600.00
725.00
1,392.50
Highways, Bridges, and Sidewalks
7,200.00
6,800.00
23,525.00
26,970.85
Oiling Highways
2,500.00
6,000.00
8,000.00
10,000.00
Street Lighting
3,000.00
4,000.00
4,800.00
6,000.00
Moth Extermination
967.98
500.00
1,750.00
1,500.00
Charities and Support of
Poor
1,600.00
700.00
550.00
14,968.60
Education-Vocational
School
19,175.00
38,942.23
46,650.00
48,586.95
Libraries
1,700.00
3,300.00
3,800.00
4,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits
125.00
400.00
1,600.00
2,774.76
Cemeteries
500.00
800.00
1,525.00
1,825.00
Bonds and Notes Payable
3,900.00
3,000.00
7,105.26
14,555.80
Tuberculosis Hospital
1,178.96
Other expenditures make the
following totals :
$55,278.78 $83,026.38 $129,595.26 $167,142.07
Percentage increase since 1919
1923
50 9/10 per cent
1928
134 4/10 per cent
1932
202 4/10 per cent
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Total valuation of Town 1928 $5,247,197 Tax Rate $18.80
Total valuation of Town 1932 5,794,907 Tax Rate 23.50
Percentage increase 10 4/10 per cent 25 per cent Tax Collections. Uncollected taxes amount to $99,625.27. The following schedule gives the figures for the past four years :
1929
Levy
$130,202
Uncollected 1928
$14,102
1929
51,674
1930
Levy
$122,978
Uncollected 1929
$9,598
1930
45,730
1931
Levy
$160,471
Uncollected 1930
$18,512
1931
73,070
1932
Levy
$136,180
Uncollected 1931
$33,504
1932
57,007
The Town now holds tax titles on 82 pieces of property and more properties will be sold in the immediate future unless the taxes are paid. The Town Treasurer is able to collect the taxes in many instances where tax titles have been taken, but this necessitates delay and puts the Town to additional expense.
Many tax payers of the Town have the habit of slow tax payment. Where most towns have the current year's taxes collected to within 20 percent of the commitment by December 31st, our Town is in the position of having about 40 percent of its commitment uncollected on December 31st. In addition to this, the amount of uncollected taxes of the years preceding the current year has greatly increased in the last four years as shown by the figures given above.
Tax collections are the sole basis on which banks fix the interest rate when loaning money to a town. Consequently the Town of Wayland was forced to pay 6 percent in its Anticipa- tion of Tax Collection Notes in 1932; whereas most other towns were able to borrow at a far better rate of interest. Wellesley borrowed last year at 68/100 of 1 percent from their
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local bank and recently borrowed at 69/100 of 1 percent from the Second National Bank of Boston. Our Town Treasurer with the approval of our Selectmen generally borrows from the Natick banks; however in 1932 the Town did borrow from a Boston concern but was forced to pay the same high rate of interest for the same reason.
If our unpaid taxes had amounted to only 20 percent of the commitment on December 31st, 1932, and if there had not been the unpaid back taxes, the Town would have been able to borrow its money in 1933 for 2 percent or better.
In 1933 there are $60,000 of notes to be met from the collections of the $99,625.27 unpaid taxes now overdue.
In view of the high rate of interest which the Town is forced to pay on its notes and the $60,000 of notes which have to be met, the Finance Committee recommends that the Tax Collector rigidly enforce the payment of taxes by the use of all the legal rights of the Town.
The Water Department has not reached a self-sustaining position. An appropriation of $5,277.99 had to be made for water main extension notes in 1932 and the sum of $3500 will have to be appropriated in 1933. This is a burden on all tax- payers of the Town in addition to the $3000 appropriated by the Town for hydrant service.
Many extensions have been made which are far from being self-supporting.
Uncollected water bills amount to $5,611.34. These un- collected bills are a further burden on all taxpayers and an indirect burden on all persons paying rent in the Town.
The Water Department reports that until specific repairs are made and new wells added no more extension service can be supplied with water. During the past summer months there were times when by twenty-four hour operation of the pumps barely three feet of water could be maintained in the tank.
The Finance Committee recommends :
1. That there be a more strict enforcement of payment of water bills. That water be shut off when bills are over- due and that the taker be charged with the expense. That the enforcement of the lien against the real estate be resorted to when necessary to enforce collection. That bills be rendered quarterly instead of semi-annually (believing that it will be easier for takers to pay a smaller amount).
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2. That in future a more careful investigation of proposed extensions be made in regard to expense and sure income.
3. That the Water Department be put on a self-sustaining basis as to cost of extensions, replacements, retirement of bonds, payment of interest and all other expenses of the Department.
Those using water should realize that water wasted is money wasted and means taxable expense.
The Welfare Department is having unprecedented demands made upon it and it has become one of the Town's most expensive departments. The Finance Committee favor and recommend that a suitable person be appointed at an annual salary of $600 whose duty it shall be to investigate properly and thoroughly all applications, to follow-up systematically all cases, to keep proper records and to make necessary reports of the department.
The Welfare Department this year requests $14,000 for General Welfare and $6500 for Old Age Assistance.
With such an amount of money involved this Department should be organized for the greatest efficiency and economy, as at best the burden is heavy.
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