Randolph town reports 1938-1943, Part 1

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Randolph Town Reports


19 38- 1943


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JUL 24 1967


TURNER FREE LIBRARY RANDOLPH, MASS.


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One Hundred and Third


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


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For the Year Ending December 31 1938


W. L. HICKEY, PRINTER RANDOLPH, MASS.


8531


One Hundred and Third ANNUAL REPORT


of the


Selectmen and Overseers of Public Welfare, Town Clerk and Treasurer, Assessors, Board of Health, School Committee, Tax Collector, Fire Department Highway Surveyor, Police


Department


of the


TOWN OF RANDOLPH


Together with the Reports of


Town Accountant, The Trustees of the Stetson School Fund, The Trustees of the Turner Free Library, Water Commissioners, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Animal Inspector, Milk Inspector, Plumbing Inspector, In- spector of Slaughtering, Moth Superintendent, Tree Warden


and


Planning Board, Park Commission


for the


Year Ending December 31, 1938


Ref. 085 1938 - 1943 MAY 14 1963 no


Annual Report of the Town of Randolph


TOWN OFFICERS, 1938


Elected


Moderator (elected annually)-Walter F. Stephens.


Town Clerk and Treasurer (elected annually) -John B. McNeill.


Selectmen and Overseers of Public Welfare (elected an- nually)-Charles F. Blakely, Theodore S. Luddington, Harold W. Macauley.


Assessors (elected for 3 years)-Raymond E. Lyons, term expires 1939; Frank F. Teed, term expires 1940; James P. Duffy, term expires 1941.


School Committee (elected for 3 years)-Fred P. Chase resigned on January 26, 1938, Walter F. Stephens appointed to fill position until March election, George H. Chase, term expires 1939; John E. Kelley, term expires 1939; Edmund J. Brady, term expires 1940; Margaret R. Brewster, term expires 1940; Walter J. Flanagan, term expires 1941.


Trustees of Stetson School Fund (elected for 3 years) -- Fred P. Chase resigned on January 26, 1938, John E. Kelley appointed to fill position until March election, Augustus K. Forrest, term expires 1939; Edmund J. Brady, term expires 1940; Walter J. Flanagan, term expires 1941.


Board of Health (elected for 3 years) -William E. Buck, term expires 1939; Frank A. Forrest, term expires 1940; George H. Heney, term expires 1941.


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Tax Collector (elected annually) -Clara F. Kennedy.


Water Commissioners (elected for 3 years)-Frederick D. Driscoll, term expires 1939; John B. McNeill, term expires 1940; Richard F. Forrest, term expires 1941. Highway Surveyor (elected annually)-Louis J. Courtney.


Tree Warden (elected annually) -John T. Moore.


Planning Board (elected for 3 years) - Edgar B. Cole, term expires 1939; Thomas F. Scannell, term expires 1939; William M. Colby, term expires 1940; Eugene L. McAuliffe, term expires 1940; William F. Dolan, term expires 1941.


Constables (elected annually) - Russell W. Bennett, George L. Frawley, Ralph H. Hutchinson, Frank H. Linfield, William C. Mann, William A. Tierney, Rus- sell L. Towns.


Appointments by Selectmen


Town Accountant (appointed for 3 years) -William J. Mclaughlin, term expires 1939.


Registrars of Voters (appointed for 3 years)-Joseph J. Dench, term expires 1939; Walter L. Hickey, term expires 1940; Mrs. Mildred B. Taber, term expires 1941; John B. McNeill, Town Clerk cx-officio.


Chief of Police-Patrick T. McDonnell (Chapter 31, Sec- tion 49).


Chief of Fire Department-Harold L. Bailey (Chapter 48, Section 42).


Forest Fire Warden-Harold L. Bailey.


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Warden of Infirmary-John H. Marcille; Matron, Mrs. Stella Hughes.


Keeper of the Lockup (appointed annually) -William H. Mahoney.


Fence Viewers-Rupert Powers, N. Frank Randall, Frank C. Wales.


Surveyors of Wood and Bark-N. Frank Randall, Edwin C. Soule, Charles H. Truelson.


Field Drivers-William H. Carroll, John H. Wales, Frank H. Walsh.


Sealer of Weights and Measures-Daniel P. Lyons.


Public Weighers-Frank Diauto, Michael Diauto, Ruth Diauto, Frank Esposito, Fred Kennedy, Francis Leahy, Dennis Murphy and John White.


Inspector of Milk-Henry W. Merrill.


Inspector of Animals-Charles H. Truelson.


Inspector of Slaughtering - William Franke, deceased, William Carroll appointed to fill unexpired term.


Moth Superintendent-John T. Moore.


Dog Officer-William A. Tierney.


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Special Police Officers (to serve without pay)-Stanley Atherton, Russell Bennett, Edmund Brady, William E. Buck, William S. Condon, James Cotter, Harry Dolan, C. Lloyd Claff, Leslie Claff, Edward Fahey, Emery Ferris, Frank Forrest, George Frawley, Thomas H. Good, Howard Harris, Stephen Hart, George Heney, Irving S. Hill, Ralph Hutchinson, Robert Isaac, Norman F. Keith, Henry Larsen, Rus- sell Leavitt, Frank Linfield, Culbert Macy, William Mahady, William Mahoney, Charles Main, William C. Mann, Raymond Mason, James O'Kane, Gerald Peters, James Shea, William C. Sloane, Herman H. Smith, Florence Sullivan, Percy Thomson, William Tierney, Robert Torrance, Russell Towns, John F. Welch, Ernest Wight, James H. Duggan, Milton Police. Constables, Patrick T. McDonnell and E. Clifton Payne.


Committees Appointed by Moderator


Committee of nine to serve on Finance Committee-Carl E. Reichert, Morgan T. Baxter, Willard R. Smith, resigned, Errol Thompson (terms expire 1939), George H. Chase, resigned, Frank W. Belcher, Joseph W. Desmond, Herman H. Smith (terms expire 1940), Dominic J. Hand, Edgar Beers, Carl W. Telander (terms expire 1941).


Insurance Committee Dr. Wm. F. Maguire, Arthur L. Doody, Frank W. Belcher, George H. Chase, Harry C. Isaac, Sr.


Sewerage System Committee


Eugene L. McAuliffe, Daniel P. McCarthy, Herbert C. Wilbur, John E. Kelley, Frank A. Forrest.


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Gas Rates Committee


Charles F. Blakely, Harold W. Macauley, Theodore Lud- dington, Willard R. Smith, Raymond E. Lyons.


Non-Partisan Election Committee


Raymond E. Lyons, James V. Donovan, Frank J. Curran. Edgar B. Cole, Herman H. Smith.


Telephone Rates Committee


Frank D. McCarty, Arthur T. Dolan, Walter Kane, Issac R. Mann, resigned; James P. Duffy.


Representative to General Court from 9th Norfolk Representative District Roy C. Smith, Holbrook, Mass.


Representative to Congress from 13th Congressional District


Richard B. Wigglesworth, Milton, Mass.


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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.


Report of the Town Clerk


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, March 7, 1938 Election of Officers


Total number of votes for Precinct 1 2301


Total number of votes for Precinct 2


707


Total votes cast in both Precincts


3008


Prec. 1 Prec. 2


Total


MODERATOR (1 year)


Walter F. Stephens


1118


352


1470


George N. Welch


1082


300


1382


Blanks


101


55


156


TOWN CLERK (1 year)


John B. McNeill


1976


601


2577


Scattering


2


2


Blanks


323


106


429


TOWN TREASURER (1 year)


John B. McNeill


1938


585


2523


Blanks


363


122


485


SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF PUBLIC WELFARE


(1 year)


Charles F. Blakely


1269


495


1764


Thomas E. Daly


668


196


864


Roy J. Gavin


842


214


1056


Theodore S. Luddington


996


337


1333


Harold W. Macauley


1316


323


1639


Waldo E. Mann


851


279


1130


Frank C. Wales


257


37


294


Blanks


704


240


944


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ASSESSOR (3 years)


L. George Bennett


427


123


550


James P. Duffy


1352


309


1661


John H. Wright


392


206


598


Blanks


130


69


199


SCHOOL COMMITTEE (1 year)


George H. Chase


1000


354


1354


Augustus K. Forrest


1087


244


1331


Blanks


214


109


323


SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 years)


Walter J. Flanagan


923


361


1284


James J. McLucas


887


162


1049


H. Franklin Porter


316


103


419


Blanks


175


81


256


TRUSTEE, STETSON SCHOOL FUND (1 year)


Augustus K. Forrest


1130


272


1402


John E. Kelley


941


309


1250


Blanks


230


126


356


TRUSTEE STETSON SCHOOL FUND (3 years)


Walter J. Flanagan


980


372


1352


James J. McLucas


1088


246


1334


Blanks


233


89


322


BOARD OF HEALTH (1 year)


George H. Heney


1076


276


1352


Arthur L. Mann


776


261


1037


Olof Trulson


276


107


383


Scattering


1


1


Blanks


173


62


235


TAX COLLECTOR (1 year)


Clara F. Kennedy


1925


569


2494


Blanks


376


138


514


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WATER COMMISSIONER (3 years)


Patrick J. Foley


697


318


1015


Richard F. Forrest


1439


337


1776


Blanks


165


52


217


HIGHWAY SURVEYOR (1 year)


Louis J. Courtney


1273


299


1572


John A. Frederickson


979


390


1369


Blanks


49


18


67


TREE WARDEN (1 year)


John T. Moore


1848


524


2372


Blanks


453


183


636


PLANNING BOARD (3 years)


William F. Dolan


1072


297


1369


Edwin K. Weddall


898


304


1202


Blanks


331


106


437


CONSTABLES (1 year)


*Russell W. Bennett


1074


325


1399


Webster Boyer


546


236


782


Frank Bump


594


246


840


Peter P. Camelio


682


210


892


*George L. Frawley


1164


324


1488


*Ralph H. Hutchinson


1177


274


1451


*Frank H. Linfield


1025


282


1307


Culbert F. Macy


707


352


1059


*William C. Mann Edwin A. Nelson


490


248


738


*William A. Tierney


944


225


1169


*Russell L. Towns Blanks


978


300


1278


5583


1634


7217


A true record.


1143


293


1436


Attest:


JOHN B. McNEILL, Town Clerk.


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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD ANNUAL REPORT


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, 1938


Randolph, Mass., March 14, 1938


Article 1. Voted Unanimously: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ning January 1, 1938, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one 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.


Article 2. Voted: That each department or salary be taken up separately.


General Government


Moderator:


Salary


$50.00


Selectmen:


Salaries


$1,300.00


Expenses


700.00


2,000.00


Accountant :


Salary


$1,200.00


Expenses


100.00


1,300.00


Treasurer:


Salary


$900.00


Expenses for Clerks


1,440.00


Other Expenses (including premiums on Bond)


400.00


Tax Foreclosures


400.00


3,140.00


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Tax Collector :


Salary


$2,400.00


Expenses (including premium on Bond)


823.80


Tax Titles


600.00


3,823.80


Voted: That the Tax Collector be paid at the rate of 11/4 % on the total warrant.


Assessors :


Salaries


$1,800.00


Expenses (General)


600.00


Transcript of Deeds


200.00


Street Listing


250.00


$2,850.00


Voted: That $200.00 be raised and appropriated for the expense of compiling, under a W. P. A. project, a list of the assessed valuations in the Town of Randolph; same to be printed in the 1938 Town Report. 200.00


3,050.00


Law Department:


Voted : To lay on table until more information is forthcoming.


Finance Committee:


Expenses 150.00


Planning Board :


Expenses 10.00


Park Commission : Expenses of Grading Skating Rink in Belcher Park 50.00


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Town Clerk: Salary (including $800.00 for Collection of Water Assessments) 1,100.00


Expenses Vital Statistics


125.00


400.00


1,625.00


Election and Registration :


Salaries of Registrars


$150.00


Election Expenses


1,400.00


1,550.00


Town Office Expenses :


Salary of Janitor


$960.00


Expenses


1,380.00


2,340.00


Protection of Persons and Property


Police Department :


Salaries


$8,500.00


General Expenses


4,150.00


$12,650.00


Voted: That $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the erection of a four way flasher traffic signal as recommended by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works 500.00


13,150.00


Lockup Department: Salary of Keeper


$100.00


Expenses (Including Heating)


100.00


200.00


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Fire Department :


Salaries


$8,185.00


Expenses


3,125.00


11,310.00


Dog Officer :


Salary


180.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures:


Salary


$150.00


Expenses


60.00


210.00


Game Warden


None


Tree Warden:


Salary


$250.00


Expenses


500.00


Gypsy Moth


600.00


1,350.00


Health and Sanitation


Health Department :


Salary


$350.00


Expenses


100.00


County Hospital Assessment


2,266.00


Hospitalization


3,600.00


Diphtheria Clinic


50.00


Town Dump


250.00


Inspector of Plumbing, Salary


250.00


Inspector of Slaughtering, Salary


100.00


Inspector of Animals, Salary


100.00


Inspector of Milk, Salary


150.00


Dental Clinic


900.00


8,116.00


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Highway Department


Salary


$1,800.00


Maintenance


14,000.00


New Truck


600.00


Land Damages


75.00


Snow Removal


9,500.00


*Chapter 90, Roads


3,000.00


¡Street Lights


9,950.00


Emergency Snow Removal (1937)


963.99


39,888.99


Note 1. State and County will reimburse $1,000 each, which will be used to reduce tax rate of 1938.


¡ Note 2. To be spent under plan submitted by Wey- mouth Light & Power Co., providing adequate lighting on North Main Street.


Voted: To take up Article 25.


Article 25. Voted. That the sum of $10,000 be raised and appropriated for an "Employment Fund" to provide work instead of Public Welfare, and that men eligible for welfare have preference over all others, and that this fund be under the direct control of the Board of Selectmen.


Charities and Soldiers' Benefits


Overseers of Public Welfare:


Salaries and Expenses


$1,500.00


Infirmary


5,000.00


Outside Relief


22,000.00


Aid to Dependent Children


6,000.00


State Aid


800.00


Soldiers' Relief


6,500.00


Military Aid


300.00


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Old Age Assistance-Salary and Expenses


*Town Physicians


43,000.00 500.00


85,600.00


Note. Your Committee recommends that this sum be spent at the rate of 50 calls for each physician at $2.00 per call. All other calls to be free calls --- this is for Ran- dolph settled welfare cases only.


Schools


$94,761.60


Salaries


Expenses


$22,216.66


Less Dog Tax and Coddington Fund Income


1,141.10


$21,075.56


Voted: That the expense account be increased $1,000 for repairing the parapet wall and roof of Stetson High School, and that the School Commit- tee be instructed to have the Stetson High School roof and parapet re- paired 1,000.00


22,075.56


Turner Library


Repairs


$300.00


Unclassified


Printing and Distributing Town Reports $650.00


*Insurance


5,000.00


$5,650.00


* Note. The Finance Committee recommends that a committee be appointed by the Moderator to investigate


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the rating and coverage of insurance on Town Property and bonds of Town officials and to make recommendations to the Board of Selectmen.


Public Service Enterprises


Water Department:


Commissioners' Salaries


$375.00


Superintendent's Salary


2,000.00


Maintenance


4,500.00


Meter Reader's Salary


300.00


Joint Account


6,500.00


Clerks' Salaries


200.00


$13,875.00


Maturing Debt and Interest


Maturing Debt


$22,543.61


Interest and Discount 7,000.00


29,543.61


Your Committee recommends that the purchase of all automobiles, motorcycles and trucks be made through competitive bids, with standard specifications named.


Article 3. Voted: That the following sums be raised and appropriated for emergency overdrafts.


Old Age Assistance $6,768.85


Public Welfare 3,503.43


Soldiers' Relief 466.04


$10,738.32


Article 4. Voted: That the following sums be raised and appropriated for unpaid bills of previous years.


Board of Health $83.34


Charities 6,500.00


School Department 2,914.71


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W. P. A. 1932-34-35


768.19


Water Department 295.48


$10,561.72


Highway Department 45.52


$10,607.24


Article 5. Voted: That the sum of $3,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the Reserve Fund.


Article 6. Voted: That the sum of $1,250.00 be raised and appropriated for the employment of a District Nurse.


Article 7. Voted: That the pay of Town Laborers and others hired by the day and hour remain the same as in 1937.


Article 8. Not acted on.


Article 9. Unanimously Voted: That a committee of three be appointed from the floor to direct the Board of Selectmen to call upon the Department of Public Safety of this Commonwealth, and ask for a State Policeman on motorcycle, to patrol that distance between the Baptist Church and the Quincy - Randolph town line, for a period of thirty days.


Committee appointed from the floor: Frank Downes, Herman H. Smith, George N. Welch.


Article 10. Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to appoint a Special Officer, or Officers, to enforce the laws.


Article 11. Voted: That the Water Commissioners be authorized to appoint any of their members to another office or position under their control and that the salaries of each office or position be fixed as follows :


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Superintendent $2,000.00


Meter Reader 300.00


Collector of Water Rates 800.00


all as appropriated under Article 2.


Article 12. Voted: That $9,860.50 be raised and appropriated for material and W. P. A. expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen; and that $4,786.00 be raised and appropriated for the material and expenses of completing W. P. A. Project No. 65-14-8395 and that this be expended under the direction of Highway Department.


Voted: To take up Article No. 43, No. 44 and No. 45.


Article 43. Voted: That $2,306.90 be raised and appropriated for materials and expense and that all labor be furnished by the W. P. A. and that the appropriation be expended under the direction of the Highway Depart- ment.


Article 44. Voted: That $2,518.15 be raised and appropriated for materials and expense and that all labor be furnished by the W. P. A. and that the appro- priation be expended under the direction of the Highway Department.


Article 45. Voted: That $2,528.45 be raised and appropriated for materials and expense and that all labor be furnished by the W. P. A. and that the appropriation be expended under the direction of the Highway Depart- ment.


A true record,


Attest:


JOHN B. McNEILL, Town Clerk.


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ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 21, 1938


On motion it was Voted that Article 2 be reconsidered.


Voted :


Tax Collector :


Salary


$2,000.00


Expenses (Including Premium


on Bond


823.80


Tax Titles


600.00


$3,423.80


(and that the balance of the com- mission account amounting to $579.67 be transferred to the Tax Collector's expense account to provide for cler- ical help.)


Law Department :


Attorney's Fees


$1,000.00


Costs and Claims


1,518.00


2,518.00


Selectmen :


Salaries (Chairman $400, each associate member $300) $1,000.00


Expenses


700.00


1,700.00


Treasurer :


Salary


$850.00


Expenses for Clerks


1,440.00


Other Expenses (including pre- mium on Bond) 400.00


Tax Foreclosures


400.00


3,090.00


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Assessors :


Salaries


$1,500.00


Expenses (General)


600.00


Transcript of Deeds


200.00


Street Listing


250.00


$2,550.00


Voted: That $200.00 be raised and appropriated for the expense of com- piling, under a W. P. A. project, a list of the assessed valuations in the Town of Randolph, same to be printed in the 1938 Town Report 200.00


2,750.00


Town Clerk :


Salary (including $800.00 for Collection


of Water Assessments)


$1,050.00


Expenses


125.00


Vital Statistics


400.00


1,575.00


Highway Department


Salary


$1,800.00


Maintenance


14,000.00


New Truck


600.00


Land Damages


75.00


Snow Removal


9,500.00


*Chapter 90, Roads


1,000.00


#Street Lights


9,950.00


Emergency Snow Removal (1937)


963.99


37,888.99


* Note 1. State and County will contribute $1,000.00 each, which will be used to reduce tax rate of 1938.


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1 Note 2. To be spent under plan submitted by Wey- mouth Light & Power Co., providing adequate lighting on North Main Street.


Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed not to sign any agreement with the Weymouth Light and Power Company until after this has been approved by an Elec- tric Light Committee, said Electric Light Committee to approve it within thirty days.


Voted: That all other appropriations made under Article 2, one week ago, remain the same.


Voted: To reconsider Article 5.


Article 5. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


Article 13. Voted: That the sum of $300.00 be raised and appropriated for Memorial Day Expenses, to be expended under the direction of Lieut. William Palmer Camp, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.


Article 14. No Action Taken.


Article 15. Voted: That the sum of $20.00 be raised and appropriated for maintenance and lighting of the clock in the tower of the First Congregational Church.


Article 16. Postponed until next town meeting.


Article 17. Postponed until next town meeting.


Article 18. Voted: That the sum of $750.00 be raised and appropriated for the leasing of a building for head- quarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3389.


Article 19. Voted: That the sum of $750.00 be raised and appropriated for the rental of quarters for the Lieut. Thomas W. Desmond Post, No. 169, of the Amer- ican Legion.


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Article 20. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


Article 21. Voted: That a committee composed of the following: Eugene McAuliffe, Carl Gove, Joseph Harris, Frank Downes, Elmer Delorey, Joseph Curran, Charles Beattie, James Pemberton, George N. Welch, Timothy J. Lyons, Herman H. McGrath, Napoleon White, Frank Gaffney, Clement Taylor, Charles Blakely, Harold Macauley, Theodore S. Luddington be appointed to de- mand lower electric light rates and street lighting rates, and to make a study of the advisability of recommending the erection of a Municipal Electric Light and Power Plant and to report the results and recommendations of said Committee at a Special Town Meeting to be called not later than October 1, 1938, and that the sum of $250.00 be raised and appropriated for the expense of the Com- mittee.


Article 23. Voted: That a committee of five be ap- pointed by the Moderator to demand lower telephone toll rate to Boston and all other telephone rates affecting the citizens of Randolph.


Article 22. Voted: That a committee of five be ap- pointed by the Moderator to demand lower gas rates.


A true record,


Attest:


JOHN B. McNEILL, Town Clerk.


ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


March 28, 1938


Article 24. Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be instructed, in the interests of Public Safety, to erect "Stop" traffic signs on Depot Street, Cottage Street,


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North Street, Union Street, Mill Street, South Street, and that the sum of $110.00 be taken from the Police Expense account to pay for the same.


Article 26. Voted: That a committee composed of George H. Chase, George N. Welch, James L. Pember- ton, Thomas E. Daly, Elmer J. Delorey, G. Henry Tangen be appointed to consider the adoption by the Town of representative town government, with authority in said committee to draft a bill embodying such legislation as the committee shall deem necessary, and report their finding at the next annual town meeting.


Article 27. Voted: That a committee of six be ap- pointed by the Moderator to bring in their recommen- dations at the next annual town meeting.


Street Layouts


Article 28. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


Article 29. Voted: That the sum of $100.00 be raised and appropriated and that the Town instruct the Select- men to lay out Ballard Street, from North Main Street, in an easterly direction 600 feet.


Article 30. Voted: That the Town instruct the Se- lectmen to lay out the following streets: Jane, Wads- worth, Mitchell, Royal, Linden Road, Thomas Street, Aug- usta Street, Morse Street, Fitzgerald Street and Ryan Street, and that the sum of $900.00 be raised and appro- priated for laying out these streets.


Article 31. Voted: That the Town instruct the Selectmen to lay out Amelian Road, a distance of 1500 feet, starting at Pond Street and running in a southerly direction, and raise and appropriate $100.00 therefor.


Article 32. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD ANNUAL REPORT


Street Acceptances


Article 33. Voted: That the Town accept Pond Lane, as laid out by the Selectmen for a distance of 2,000 feet from Oak Street on condition that all abutting owners waive land damages and that the sum of $5.00 be raised and appropriated in case there are land damages needed.


Street Construction


Article 34. Voted: That the street be made pass- able for children by the Highway Surveyor out of the Highway General appropriation.


Article 35. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


Article 36. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


Article 37. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


Article 38. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


Article 39. Voted: That the Highway Surveyor re- build and resurface Fencourt Avenue from Centre Street to the McNeill School, a distance of 600 feet; the expense for same to be taken care of out of the Highway General appropriation.


Article 40. Voted: That the Highway Surveyor re- build and resurface Fowler Street, a distance of 800 feet, the expense for the same to be taken care of out of the Highway General appropriation.


Article 41. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


Sidewalks


Article 42. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


Article 46. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


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Street Lights


Article 47. Voted: That the sum of $28.00 be raised and appropriated for two Street Lights on Maitland Avenue for the remainder of the year.


Article 48. Voted: That the sum of $17.50 be raised and appropriated for expenses for one electric light on Cole Terrace, corner of Junior Terrace.


Article 49. Voted: Indefinite postponement.


Article 50. Voted: That the sum of $49.50 be raised and appropriated for additional electric lights on Canton Street for the balance of the year.


Drainage


Article 51. Voted: That this work be done under the Employment Fund or a W. P. A. project, and that the money for the materials be taken from the Highway General Expense.




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