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WAYLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
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OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THIRD MUNICIPAL YEAR
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1942
Printed for the Town of Wayland by THE SUBURBAN PRESS Natick, Massachusetts 1943
520-503
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THIRD MUNICIPAL YEAR
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EAST SUDBURY
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$183
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1942
Printed for the Town of Wayland by THE SUBURBAN PRESS Natick, Massachusetts 1943
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND
Term Expires
MODERATOR
Howard S. Russell 1943
TOWN CLERK
M. Alice Neale
1943
SELECTMEN
William F. Hynes
1943
John W. Leavitt
1944
William A. Loker
1945
TREASURER
Frank G. MacKenna 1943
TAX COLLECTOR
Theodore H. Harrington
1943
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Mabel T. S. Small 1944
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
James B. Ames (Resigned)
1943
J. Sidney Stone (Appointed to fill vacancy )
1943
Carlisle D. Scotland
1944
John W. Seavey
1945
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Dorothy C. Stone
1943
Ellen B. Ferguson
1944
Cornelius J. Maguire
1945
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Term Expires
ASSESSORS
Daniel Brackett
1943
Charles M. Mathews
1944
Willard C. Hunting
1945
CLERK OF BOARDS
Dorothy W. Harrington 1943
WATER COMMISSIONERS
George G. Bogren
1943
Walter S. Bigwood
1944
Alfred C. Damon
1945
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
James R. Martin 1943
Elizabeth C. Raymond (Resigned)
1943
Theone H. Morgan ( Appointed to fill vacancy)
1943
Arthur C. K. Hallock
1944
J. Sidney Stone
1944
George G. Bogren (Resigned)
1945
John B. Wight, Jr. (Resigned)
1945
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
Arthur W. Bradshaw
1943
Martin R. Edwards
1944
Warren D. Valentine
1945
TREE WARDEN
Charles L. Fullick
1943
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
Albert E. Potvin
1943
BOARD OF HEALTH
Waldo L. Lawrence
1943
Ernest H. Damon
1944
John J. Linnehan
1945
PARK COMMISSIONERS
Roger Ela
1943
Elmer W. Bigwood
1944
William J. Lynch
1945
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Term Expires
PLANNING BOARD
Otto H. Kohler
1943
Howard S. Russell
1943
Arthur D. Dooley
1944
Chester H. Hobbs
1944
Allan R. Finlay
1945
Nelson D. Phelps
1945
CONSTABLES
John P. Butler
1943
George A. Celorier
1943
Wilfred L. Celorier
1943
Ernest H. Damon
1943
Charles F. Dusseault
1943
John J. Linnehan
1943
Frederick H. Perry
1943
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
J. Sidney Stone 1943
John W. Leavitt
1944
J. Reed Morss
1945
TRUSTEES OF THE ALLEN FUND
John Connelly 1943
Llewellyn Mills
1943
Ernest E. Sparks, M. D.
1943
FENCE VIEWERS
Selectmen
1943
FIELD DRIVERS
Constables
1943
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER
Arthur W. Atwood
1943
Melville Loker
1943
Arthur F. Marston
1943
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Term Expires
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
Arthur W. Atwood
1943
Joseph Decatur Arthur F. Marston
1943
1943
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
Frank C. Moore
1943
William Hardy, Sr.
1943
WORLD WAR VETERANS
Earl G. Barry
1943
James J. Bennett
1943
Gustaf Blomgren
1943
Frank A. Burke
1943
William G. Curley
1943
August Dath
1943
John W. Leavitt
1943
Parker H. Groton
1943
Joe Perodeau
1943
Cornelius J. Maguire
1943
Percy Steele
1943
DOG OFFICER
Harry W. Craig 1943
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Warren F. Lawrence
1943
DISTRICT NURSE
Mary E. McNeil 1943
SUPERINTENDENT MOTH EXTERMINATION
Charles L. Fullick
1943
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Albert B. Marchand 1943
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Term Expires
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
Arthur W. Atwood 1943
FOREST FIRE WARDEN
Theodore H. Harrington 1943
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Ronald S. Campbell
1943
August Dath
1944
Robert M. Morgan
1944
Gerald Henderson
1945
Thomas F. McManus
1945
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Warren F. Lawrence 1943
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
M. Alice Neale, Rep.
1943
Joseph Zimmerman, Dem.
1943
Charles F. Whittier, Rep.
1944
Joe Perodeau, Dem.
1945
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Theodore H. Harrington, Chief
1943
Albert J. Keach, District Chief 1943
Ernest H. Damon, Clerk 1943
Thomas E. Hynes, Engineer
1943
Homer L. MacDonald, Electrician
1943
BURIAL AGENT
John W. Leavitt 1943
STATE AND MILITARY AID
John W. Leavitt
1943
SOLDIERS' RELIEF AGENT
John W. Leavitt 1943
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Term Expires
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Roger E. Ela Geogre G. Bogren
1943
1944
Robert M. Morgan
1945
TOWN COUNSEL
J. Sidney Stone 1943
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT
J. Sidney Stone 1943
ELECTION OFFICERS
PRECINCT 1
George F. Dickey, Warden
1943
Anna R. Costello, Clerk 1943
Charles R. Harrington, Inspector 1943
Francis M. Dowey, Inspector
1943
James J. Bolton, Deputy Warden
1943
Ethel H. Edwards, Deputy Clerk
1943
John G. Wheeler, Deputy Inspector
1943
Michael J. Dimodica, Deputy Inspector
1943
PRECINCT 2
Albert B. Marchand, Warden
1943
Mary K. Derrick, Clerk
1943
Alvin B. Neale, Inspector
1943
Charles L. Smith, Inspector
1943
Parker H. Groton, Deputy Warden
1943
Thomas P. Tansey, Deputy Clerk
1943
Arthur E. Peck, Deputy Inspector
1943
Sebastian Selvitella, Deputy Inspector
1943
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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 election to meet at their respective polling places on
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1943
at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, a Road Commissioner, a Tree Warden and seven Constables, all for one year.
One Road Commissioner and two Trustees of the Public Library, all for two years.
One Selectman, one Assessor, one member of the School Committee, one member of the Board of Public Welfare, one Road Commissioner, one member of the Board of Health, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Water 'Commissioner, one mem- ber of the Park Board, two members of the Planning Board, two Trustees of Public Library, one Commissioner of Trust Funds, all for three years.
All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6.00 o'clock in the forenoon and will re- main open continuously until 6.00 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 3, 1943
at 7.45 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To hear reports of the Town Officers, Agents and Committees, and act thereon.
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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. See Finance Committee's Report.
Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1943, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than a year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article.
Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate $160 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 1942 in accordance with Chapter 114, Section 15, of the General Laws, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article.
Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate for :
"Water Main Extension Notes Maturing in 1943"- payment of prinicpal-$2,000.
"Water Main Extension Notes Maturing in 1943"- payment of interest due in 1943-$280.
"Water Department Maintenance"-$6,800.
the entire $9,080 to be taken from "Water Available Surplus," or do or act.
These expenditures are normal Water Department ex- penses.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Planning Board under the provisions of General Laws, Chap- ter 41 (Chapter 211, Acts of 1936), Section 81A, with all the powers and duties therein and in any existing by-laws of the Town provided, to consist of six members to be elected by ballot at the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1944, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years and two for a term
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of five years, and thereafter in accordance with the provisions of the statute, or take any action relative thereto, or do or act.
The general purpose of this article is to take ad- vantage of the most recent legislation covering the operation of Planning Boards. Many of our most for- ward looking towns are now operatng under this sec- tion of the General Laws. By approval of the article, the Town would transfer the powers of the Board of Survey from the Selectmen to the Planning Board. The work consists principally in the laying out and ac- cepting of sub-divisions and involves some engineering and surveying and a considerable amount of negotia- tion with owners of property which is to be sub- divided, as well as those who own abutting land. It is a matter closely connected with the development of the Town and in all respects is a matter which should fall within the province of the Planning Board. If as it is now reasonable to expect, a building boom materializes immediately following the war, the work will be in- creased beyond what should be required of the Select- men and will take more time and study than we have a right to ask or expect of them. The statute would require a completely fresh election in March, 1944, under which thereafter the Planning Board members would be elected for five-year terms. Since we now have six members, it would seem desirable that we continue with six and that one be elected each year, except in the fifth year when two would be elected.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money and authorize the Board of Selectmen, acting with the Board of Health, to arrange for a system of garbage collection through a three-year contract, after receipt of not less than three bids, the contractor to have the exclusive right to collect garbage throughout the Town under rules and regu- lations to be promulgated by the Board of Health, or od or act.
There is at present no completely satisfactory method for the disposal of garbage within the Town. The present cost of disposal runs from nothing, on the part of those who bury it on their own land, up to $1.50 per month per dwelling. A number of operators
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of piggeries now participate in the collection, but there appear to be certain sections of the Town where it has been found difficult, if not almost impossible to pro- vide for collection, particularly during periods like the present when the costs of labor and trucking are high. If the Town is to embark on this type of service, a contract should be let to a responsible collector on contract of not less than three years and as provided in the article. Estimates of cost have been received which range from $2,200 to $6,500 per year, calling for two collections a week during the six months of summer and one a week during the rest of the year.
The Finance Committee has no occasion to ques- tion the responsibility of the persons from whom the estimates were received. It recognizes that once the service is begun, it will probably be continued indefi- nitely at a rather permanent cost to the Town based on the above figures of from 40c to $1.20 per thousand on the tax rate. The service is one which might well be deferred until the expiration of the war. On the other hand, there is no reason to believe that the price will be lower at that time. The cost of securing town- wide service on a contract basis at $2,200 would prob- ably not amount to much more than is now being paid by individuals for private collection.
Although the Finance Committee does not have a strong conviction in the matter, it recommends the ap- proval of the article, if the job can be done at a cost not to exceed $2,500.
Article 9. To see if the Town will accept a gift from the Bay State Realty Exchange, Herman Hindenlang, Trustee, of certain property in that part of the Town known as Riverview Circle, being some or all of Lots No. 302-389 and Nos. 1-6 and 12A-27 on plan entitled "Wayland, Mass. Plan of Riverview Terrace, Edward Howard, C. E." dated May, 1924, and re- corded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 339 Plan No. 41, and any other of the lots shown on said plan and offered to the Town by the owner, for recreational purposes or any other municipal purposes, and authorize the Selectmen to accept and cause to be recorded a deed of said property, or do or act.
This article and the following one provide for the
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acquisition by deed or purchase of lots laid out in the speculative days of Riverview Terrace in a way which would no longer be permitted under the zoning laws. The land has little or no value as house lots, much of it being under water in the spring of the year. Many of the intervening lots have come to the Town through failure of the owners to pay taxes and are now either owned outright by the Town or are in tax titles. The Finance Committee feels that it would be to the ad- vantage of the Town as a whole, and to the owners of other property in the Riverview section in particular, if the Town could acquire by gift or at any reasonable price by purchase, the lots described in this article and the following one.
The Finance Committee therefore recommends the approval of both articles.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money to purchase for recreational pur- poses all or any part of lots of land in that part of the Town known as Riverview Circle, now or formerly owned by the Bay State Realty Exchange, Herman Hindenlang, Trustee, and shown on plan entitled "Wayland, Mass. Plan of Riverview Terrace, Edward Howard, C. E." dated May, 1924, and re- corded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 339, Plan No. 41, and will authorize the Board of Select- men to accept a deed thereof, subject to approval of Town Counsel, and pay the purchase price, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article in connection with Article 9.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept from Ralph E. Morse the gift of the right or easement to use for highway purposes a certain lot of land situated at the corner of Plain Road and Glen Street, containing about 360 square feet, and will authorize the Selectmen to accept a deed conveying such rights to the Town and cause such deed to be recorded, or do or act.
This and the following article cover a transfer of land incident to the ordinary work of the Highway Department in improving the angle of dangerous curves at the location mentioned.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this and the following article.
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Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept from Mille Palmer the gift of the right or easement to use for high- way purposes a certain lot of land situated at the corner of Millbrook Road and Glen Street, containing about 460 square feet, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept a deed conveying such rights to the Town and cause such deed to be recorded, or do or act.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article in connection with Article 11.
Article 13. To see if the Town will appoint a committee to name and dedicate the square at the corner of Concord Road and Waltham Road as "Charles Kirby Whittier Square" and instruct the Park Board to erect a suitable wooden post and marker for the duration.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article and naturally assumes that a more per- manent sort of memorial will be erected at a later date to Charles Kirby Whittier, the first of Wayland's sons lost in the war.
Article 14. To see if the Town will designate names for certain public ways not hitherto officially named or for which more than one name may be in use, or do or act.
The Planning Board recommends clarification of the naming of certain roads in connection with the present preparation of assessors' maps.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of such names as may bear the endorsement of the Planning Board.
Article 15. 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 the approval of 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 at the Legion Hall, at Cochituate, seven days, at least, before the time of holding said election.
Hereof fail not and make due return to this Warrant with
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your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before March 1, 1943.
Given under our hands and seal this seventh day of Febru- ary in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-three.
WILLIAM F. HYNES, JOHN W. LEAVITT, WILLIAM A. LOKER, 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 Warrant for 1943 is the shortest in many years, due to the absence of requests for expenditures outside and beyond the regular budget. The Finance Committee feels that this situation directly reflects the attitude of the townspeople toward additional expenditures in these abnormal times.
Careful planning, budgeting and administering of the Town's expenses have resulted in a steady reduction of the tax rate for five consecutive years as follows :
1938
$32.60
1939
30.90
1940
30.70
1941
30.10
1942
28.70
while the services rendered by the various departments have been well maintained and improved.
Your Committee feels, however, that there is but little prospect of further immediate reduction and that the Town will be fortunate if the rate can be held under thirty dollars.
Some of the expenditures from the Reserve Fund call for a word of explanation. About $1,600 is directly attributable to the war and is exclusive of the Civilian Defense budget ; $1.100 results from increased use of the Town Hall and the necessity of converting the heating equipment from oil to coal, a job which was done last fall before the start of the heating season ; $800 arises from the purchase of supplies for future use, for which there has been a deduction from the 1943 departmental budgets and after other miscellaneous emergency transfers, a balance of $2,000 remained unexpended at the end of the year. The availability of an adequate Reserve Fund made it unneces- sary to call an extra Town Meeting.
The department heads are to be congratulated for the sav- ings which they have effected out of their appropriations. The unexpended balances together amount to $13,000 for the year 1942.
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Your Finance Committee considers that a part of its function is to keep constantly in touch with the operation of the various departments, that it may be in a position to make intel- ligent recommendations affecting the Town's finances. Some of the matters on which it feels it should report this year are as follows: (1) The Civilian Defense expenses have been kept at a reasonable figure, with a saving of about $1,200, or nearly one-half of the original appropriation. (2) Preparation of the assessors' maps has gone steadily forward, with the invaluable assistance of the Chairman of the Board of Assessors. (3) The Highway Department's equipment has been unusually well maintained and the wisdom of the various purchases for the Department in recent years is becoming more evident as the shortage of labor increases. The Highway Surveyor and his crew are to be commended for the fine job they have been doing. (4) The Welfare Board, during 1942, collected from Cities and Towns, the State and Federal government $37,200, or the equivalent of almost seven dollars on the tax rate. The size of the figures illustrates the necessity for continuing our insistence that the Board be manned by capable administrators and that they be given qualified assistants. Substantial claims and counter-claims which have been pending for years between Boston and the Town were cleaned up this year by the Town Counsel and the Welfare Board at a large saving to the Town. (5) The Selectmen have given an unusually good administra- tion and have conducted their office in a businesslike fashion.
The budget as submitted contains recommendations for salary and wage increases totalling about $5,500 and in almost every case, sufficient funds have been recommended to make possible the restoration of salary and wage levels existing prior to the cut which was given in the early days of the depression, but increases have not been recommended in those cases where salaries have been advanced in recent years because of change or increase in work or duties. Temporary salary increases have been recommended for the Accountant and Treasurer, based on extra work involved in the collection of the Victory Tax. The Clerk of Boards salary adjustment is based on a full year's work.
The supervision of the Highway Department will be switched over this year from the Highway Surveyor arrange- ment to that which provides for Road Commissioners. It has therefore appeared desirable to your Finance Committee that
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greater flexibility should be provided for in the use of the Department's funds. All ordinary operating expenditures have accordingly been grouped together under one account-Main- tenance. Although no funds will be available in 1943 for Chap- ter 90 highway construction, the regular program of Chapter 90 highway maintenance has been assured by the State and County and an appropriation by the Town is therefore recommended.
The increase in the Library appropriation is occasioned by the necessity for providing for painting and cleaning, which in prior years, was taken care of by the late Mr. Francis Shaw. The Library Trustees are faced with the major job of installing a completely new heating plant, redecorating the interior and modernizing the lighting equipment, all of which will have to be deferred until after the war.
In 1942, payment of our share of the Middlesex County Hospital debt was completed so that the only annual appropria- tion now necessary is for maintenance.
In line with our policy of last year, and in order to pro- vide the new Superintendent of Schools with sufficient funds to carry out his program, at the suggestion of the School Com- mittee, appropriations for 1943 amounting to $67,673 have been recommended, representing an increase of $2,156 over 1942 and $6,263 over 1941. This figure does not include, however, funds for major repairs which are needed in several of the school buildings, but which will have to be deferred for the duration.
A summary of the recommended appropriations for 1943, as compared with 1942, is as follows :
Budget
1943 $201,200 2,500
1942 $204,000 9,400
Articles
$203,700
$213,400
This would indicate a saving of $9,700. In addition, based on the Governor's recent budget message to the legislature, it now looks as though the net amount of State tax to be assessed to the Town will be slightly reduced by virtue of the sound finan- cial management of the State. The decline in the expenses of both Town and State will probably be more than offset, how- ever, through a reduction in other income available to the Town for use on its tax rate. The reductions are expected in the assessed values, the excise tax, license fees and in funds from
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other sources which, taken together, will probably mean some increase in the rate.
However, provided its recommendations are carried out, the Finance Committee is of the opinion that the tax rate for 1943 will not exceed thirty dollars.
The Finance Committee budget for the year 1943 is as follows :
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Finance Committee's Budget for 1943
1942 Appropriated
1942 Expended
1942 Balance
1943 Recommended
GOVERNMENT
Reserve
$8,000.00
$5,966.69
$2,033.31
$7,000.00
Moderator
9.00
9.00
10.00
Selectmen : Salaries
450.00
450.00
500.00
Expense
300.00
From "Reserve"
35.00
332.23
2.77
350.00
Accountant & Secretary
to Board of Selectmen : Salary
1,350.00
1,350.00
1,350.00
Temporary extra salary for
calendar year 1943 only-due to extra Federal requirements Expense
175.00
From "Reserve"
84.83
259.83
150.00
750.00
750.00
750.00
Temporary extra salary for
calendar year 1943 only-due to extra Federal requirements Expense
275.00
From "Reserve"
25.00
285.79
14.21
300.00
Tax Title Sales Expense
400.00
From "Reserve"
230.00
610.98
19.02
600.00
20
100.00
Treasurer : Salary
50.00
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Clerk :
Salary
180.00
180.00
200.00
Expense
225.00
220.18
4.82
225.00
Planning Board : Expense
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