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TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
ANNUAL REPORT
1952
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UNTY MASS
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INCORPORATED
INCORPORATED A. D. 1669
MIDDLEBOROUGH FIRE ALARM BOXES
14
Permanent Men
16 Engine No. 4
21 North Main - Near Public Library
23 Peirce - School
24 Sproat - Pearl
25 North Main - Barrows
26 North - Myrtle
27 East Main- Star Avenue
28 Montello - North
29 Shaw Home - Wareham
31 Centre - Pearl
32 Centre - School
34 Centre - Main
35 Benton - Wareham
36 Wareham - Barden Hill Road
37 Benton - Rock
38 Wareham - Acorn
42 South Main - Courtland
43 South Main - Rock
44 Court End Ave. - Alden
45 South Main - Grove
46 West - Hillside Ave.
47 Elm - Grove
48 Oak - Southwick
51 Centre - Carey
52 Pearl - High
53 Centre - Oak
54 Everett Square
55 Vine - near Lumber Yard
56 Centre - Lovell
57 Everett - Frank
58 Cambridge - Frank
59 Sumner Ave. - Bartlett
62 Forest - Arch
63 Oak - Frank
64 Oak - North
65 North - Nemasket
71 Everett - Keith
72 Railroad Station
73 Archer Court
81 Town Hall
82 Bates School
83 Union Street School
84 School Street School
85 Forest Street School
86 West Side School
87 Memorial High School
121 Lakeville State Sanitorium
131 Plymouth Shoe Company
141 Geo. E. Keith Company
146 Grove - near Japan Works
151 Warren Avenue
212 NO SCHOOL
213 Squad Call Engine No. 2
251 Barnett Nursing Home
313 Squad Call Engine No. 3
333 Squad Call Engine No. 1
351 Dean-Morris Shoe Co.
413 Engines No. 1 and No. 3
451 Shadow Lawn Nursing Home
531 St. Luke's Hospital
581 Alberts Shoe Company
666 American Legion
7777 Civil Defense 6 Single Blows at 30 Second Intervals, Warden Call 2-2-2-2 Boy Scout Assembly
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH Massachusetts
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For the Year Ending December 31 1952
ORGANIZATION CHART
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
ELECTORATE
Housing Authority
Planning Board
Finance Committee
Treas. and Collector
SELECTMEN
Assessors
Moderator
School Com.
TOWN MANAGER
Town Counsel
Town Clerk and Acct.
Park Comm
Tree Warden
Forest Warden
Insp. Wires
Dog Officer
Fire Dept.
Police Dept.
Registrars of Voters
Library Trustees
Sealer Wts and Meas.
Water Dept.
Gas and Elec. Dept.
Welfare Dept.
Highway Dept.
Health Dept.
Civil Defense
Sewer
Insp. Plumbing
Rubbish and Garbage
Clinics
Insp. Animals Slaughtering Milk
MIDDLEBOROUGH
MASSACHUSETTS
GENERAL INFORMATION AND FIGURES ABOUT THE TOWN
Elevation - 100 feet above sea level Settled - 1660
855 acres
Cranberry
Incorporated as a Town - 1669 Population 1950 Census - 10,164 bogo Valuation (exclusive of automobiles) - $10,696,895.00 Tax Rate - $62.00 per thousand
Area - 68.1 square miles Number of Dwellings - 2,682 Number of Manufactures - 15 Miles of Street - 149
Municipally Owned - Water, Sewer, Gas, Electric Light Plants Motorized Police and Fire Departments Schools in Class A Municipally Owned - Swimming poll, tennis courts, playgrounds
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES
Fire Apparatus
Photo Finishers
Varnishes
Shoes
Calendars
Drug Sundries
Grain Elevator
Brass Goods
and thirty other products
THE CENTER OF THE CRANBERRY INDUSTRY LOCATED
35 Miles from Boston 22 Miles from New Bedford 30 Miles from Providence, R. I. On Route 44 to Plymouth and Route 28 to Cape Cod On Route 79 to Fall River and Route 18 to New Bedford On Route 44 to Taunton and Providence, R. I.
RAILROAD CENTER
Direct Rail Connections with
Cape Cod Boston
Brockton
Direct Bus Connections with
Boston
Brockton
Providence
Fall River Bridgewater
New Bedford
Plymouth
Taunton
Carver
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WHERE TO CALL FOR SERVICE
Fire
250
Police
264
Ambulance
264
Aid to Dependent Children
Welfare Department 1027
Animal Inspection
Inspector of Animals 779
Bills and Accounts
Town Accountant
780
Birth Certificates
Town Clerk
780
Burial Permits
Health Officer or Town Manager 470
928
Business Certificates
Town Clerk
780
Civil Defense
Town House
373
Civil Defense
Playground
1200
Death Certificates
Town Clerk
780
Dog Licenses
Town Clerk
780
Elections
Town Clerk
780
Employment
Town Manager
928
Entertainment Licenses
Town Clerk
780
Fishing and Hunting Licenses
Town Clerk
780
Fuel Oil Storage
Fire Department
250
Garbage Collection
Health Department
470
Health
Health Department
470
Library
Middleborough Public Library
613
Licenses
Town Clerk
780
Light and Power
Municipal Gas & Electric
1371
Light and Power Bills
Municipal Gas & Electric
Department
1371
Marriage Certificates
Town Clerk
780
Milk Inspection
Milk Inspector
779
Old Age Assistance
Welfare Department
1027
Playground
Town Manager
928
Plumbing Permits
Plumbing Inspector
470
Purchasing
Town Manager
928
Schools
School Department
81
Selectmen
Town Manager
928
Sewer Permits and Sewer Bills
Town Manager
928
Slaughtering Inspection
Inspector of Slaughtering
779
Veterans' Benefits
Agent
245
Street Maintenance
Highway Yard
724-W
Tax Assessments
Assessors
766-W
Tax Collections
Tax Collector
766-M
Trees
Tree Warden
724-W
U. S. Selective Service
Town House
956
Voting and Registration
Registrars
780
Water
Water Department
90
Water Bills
Water Department
90
Weigths and Measures
Sealer of Weigths and Measures
90
Welfare
Welfare Department
1027
Wiring Permits
Inspector of Wiring 818
Town Manager's Office 928
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PUBLIC OFFICIALS 1952
Board of Selectmen
Ralph W. Maddigan, Chairman Rhodolphus P. Alger William J. MacDougall John A. Washburn Paul T. Anderson
Town Manager Roger W. Macdonald
School Committee
Miriam Campbell Joseph F. Riley Lorenzo Wood, Chairman Horace K. Atkins George A. Shurtleff, Jr. ยท C. Trafton Mendall
Term Expires 1953 Term Expires 1953
Term Expires 1954 Term Expires 1954
Term Expires 1955
Term Expires 1955
Superintendent of Schools J. Stearns Cushing
Planning Board
Joseph C. Kunces, Secretary C. Trafton Mendall, Chairman Stanley F. Alger, Jr. John J. Kendall
Assessors
Lloyd Sturgis James E. Houlihan, Chairman Theodore F. Deane
Housing Authority
Allan Hale, Chairman Adnah Harlow Doris Stetson Edward J. Morrissey, State Appointee Ford Campbell
Finance Committee
Kenneth B. Keedwell Charles P. Washburn Arnold Thomas
Arthur C. Saccocia Kenneth E. Atwood
Frederick W. daCosta
James J. Mahoney, Chairman
Term Expires 1953
Term Expires 1954
Term Expires 1956 Term Expires 1957
Term Expires 1953
Term Expires 1954 Term Expires 1955
Term Expires 1953
Term Expires 1954
Term Expires 1955
Term Expires 1956 Term Expires 1957
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Measurers of Wood, Bark and Lumber
Ernest S. Pratt Ernest Standish
Gilbert M. Simmons Alfred B. DesRosiers
Trustees of the Public Library
3)
Myra S. Shaw Ernest E. Thomas William J. MacDougall Joseph Riley Thomas H. Kelly
Term Expires 1953 Term Expires 1953 Term Expires 1954 Term Expires 1954
M. Ethel Washburn
Term Expires 1954
Term Expires 1955
Helen N. Whitcomb Theodore N. Wood, President
Term Expires 1955
Thomas Weston
Term Expires 1955
Park Commissioners
Ralph B. Mendall Bartleft H. Harrison William N. Sheehy
Term Expires 1953
Term Expires 1953 Term Expires 1953
Superintendent of Park Joseph C. Kunces
Registrars of Voters
1 George E. Gove William P. Scanlon, Chairman Sarah A. Sheehy
Term Expires 1953 Term Expires 1954 Term Expires 1955
Constables
Charles H. Rogers v
Fence Viewers
Sheldon L. Phinney
Leo A. Quindley Public Weighers
Ernest S. Pratt Nellie Kelley John Dutra Alfred Gomes
Wilfred Bois
Albert Soule Arthur Gallagher John Callan Francis Borsari Robert LaCombe
Moderator
Town Clerk Waldo S. Thomas
Clarence L. Shaw
Romeo Millette
Antone Freitas Winifred S. Carver Russell Buck Henry P. Smith
Howard Lincoln Bettina Eaton Charles S. Carver Chester Camandona John Washburn Laurentino Leitos
Term Expires 1953
Fletcher Clark, Jr.
Term Expires 1953
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Town Accountant
Waldo S. Thomas
Term Expires 1953
Treasurer and Collector
Chester L. Shaw
Term Expires 1954
Town Counsel
Allan Hale
Term Expires 1953
Welfare Agent Edwin O. Wilson
Trustee M.L.H.P. Luxury Fund Edwin O. Wilson
Mgr. Gas & Electric Dept. Stephen Horbal
Health Dentist Dr. Louis H. Fuller
Chief, Fire Department Bertram Tripp
Chief, Police Department Charles H. Rogers
Civil Defense Kenneth Keedwell
Veteran's Service Agent Louis A. Cole
.Moth Superintendent Louis Forney
Superintendent of Streets Louis Forney
Forest Warden Bertram Tripp
Tree Warden
Inspector of Wires L
Louis Forney
Emilio N. Niro
Sealer of Weights & Measures Lloyd E. Banks
i Inspector of Animals, Milk, Slaughtering John Rebell
Inspector of Plumbing Harry Rowe
i Dog Officer Arthur F. Benson
Burial Agent Louis A. Cole
Keeper of Lock-up Charles H. Rogers
Agent for Care of Veterans' Graves Louis-A Cole / Loman
Field Driver and Pound Keeper
Charles H. Rogers
Agent of Liquor Establishments to Represent the Board Charles H. Rogers
Health Officers
Bertram N. Cameron Miriam Campbell
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REPORT OF THE TOWN MANAGER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Middleborough, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I herewith present the annual report of the Town Manager for the year ending December 31, 1952.
The construction of Plymouth Street to Route 28 was completed this year. This work from Everett Street has been carried on for the past few years and now this highway has been straightened, widened, and drainage installed.
Under this same program, a section of Purchase Street was black- topped and preliminary work done widening and installing culverts and removing brush and debris to the Carver Line.
Under Chapter 90 Maintenance, Wareham, Plymouth, Thompson and Taunton Street were surface treated.
General maintenance work in the Highway Department was carried out on several streets in the Town where needed. Lincoln Street was widened and asphalt applied. The streets in the Williams Development, where houses have been constructed, were graded, gravel placed thereon, and asphalt surface applied. The Pearl Street Parking area was shaped and surface treated with asphalt.
Insect and Pest Control
Work has been carried on during the year cutting out the dead wood on elm trees under state advice. To date we have sent several samples to the Laboratory at Amherst and no positive fungus of the Dutch Elm Disease has been found in Middleborough.
Traps for gypsy moth were set out under state supervision and combed every ten days for specimens. No signs of gypsy moth were found. ..
Water
The installation of new services and replacement of old continued about the same as in previous years. The wells at the Rock still furnish the same fine quality of water; and in spite of the long drought, the Town was not affected, and it was not necessary to curtail the use of water.
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Sewer
Good results are being obtained from the treatment of sewage at the sewage treatment plant. Analyses from the State show that the effluent into the river to be satisfactory.
For the first year, sewer rental bills were sent out to those using the sewer. This charge off-sets the cost of maintenance of the treat- ment plant.
I am referring you to the reports of the Town Departments for information regarding their activities for the year which are listed in this report.
I wish to extend my thanks and appreciation for the fine coopera- tion extended by the Board of Selectmen and the Departments of the Town in the accomplishments of the year's work.
ROGER W. MACDONALD Town Manager.
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General Government
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING January 21, 1952 with its adjournments
Article 1: To choose all necessary town officers, the following officers to be voted on one ballot, viz: A Moderator for one year; one Selectman for three years; two members of the School Committee for three years; one member of the Board of Assessors for three years; one Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for two years; one member of the Middleborough Housing Authority for five years; three members of the Finance Committee for three years; one member of the Planning Board for four years; one member of the Planning Board for five years. The polls will be open at 12 o'clock noon for vote on the foregoing article and will not be closed before 8 o'clock P.M.
Meeting called to order at 11:45 A.M. in Precinct 1 by Robert West, in Precinct 2 by Elisha H. Shaw, and in Precinct 3 by Harlas L. Cushman.
The polls were declared open at 12 noon.
The following election officers were sworn in:
Precinct 1 - Robert C. West, Georgiana M. Townsend, Leila M. Allan, Ruth E. Caswell, Doris M. Thorson, Mildred C. Teeling, Stella R. Fickert, Inez M. Chandler, and Joseph D'Elia served as Police Officer.
Precinct 2 - Elisha H. Shaw, Laura Norris, Gertrude B. Martin, Esther M. Robidoux, Annie C. Healey, Alice Sylvia, John W. Touhy, Jacob A. Swift, Mary E. Kelley, Elizabeth Devlin, Harriet B. Sylvester, Lillian C. Raymond, Helen N. Hoye, Bertha I. Dunham, Louise Cashon, and Charles H. Rogers served as Police Officer.
Precinct 3 - Harlas L. Cushman, Perley Perham, Ellen C. Gallagher, James A. Brennan, Viola Cushman, Euphemia Lincoln, Harold Williams, Walter H. Gillis, Patrick McMahon served as Police Officer.
The result of the vote was as follows:
Pct. 1
Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Moderator
Fletcher Clark, Jr.
107
1151
132
1390
C. Trafton Mendall
0
1
0
1
Blanks
11
173
15
199
118
1325
147
1590
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Pct. 1 Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Treasurer & Collector
106
1172
133
1411
Chester L. Shaw Blanks
12
153
14
179
118
1325
147
1590
Selectmen
Paul T. Anderson
48
692
87
827
Harrison P. Holbrook
4
32
1
37
Ralph E. Nourse Blanks
2
29
5
36
118
1325
147
1590
School Committee
C. Trafton Mendall
55
609
72
736
George A. Shurtleff, Jr.
69
714
71
854
Louise C. Walker
41
467
60
568
Thomas Weston
39
520
57
616
Winifred S. Carver
1
0
0
1
Blanks
31
340
34
405
236
2650
294
3180
Housing Authority
Ford Campbell
85
1006
111
1202
Walter A. Casey Blanks
33
318
36
387
118
1325
147
1590
Assessor
Percy F. Churbuck
35
311
42
388
Theodore V. Deane
75
948
99
1122
Blanks
8
66
6
80
118
1325
147
1590
Planning Board 4 yrs.
Stanley F. Alger, Jr.
96
1100
127
1323
Herbert Thompson Blanks
0
1
0
1
22
224
20
266
118
1325
147
1590
Planning Board 5 yrs.
John J. Kendall Everett J. McManus
85
990
118
1193
0
2
0
2
Edmund R. Yarusites
0
1
0
1
Blanks
33
332
29
394
118
1325
147
1590
0
1
0
1
1
64
572
54
690
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Pct. 1 Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Planning Board 3 yrs.
Moushah Krikorian
1
2
0
3
Paul Anderson
0
1
0
1
Russell Seaver
0
1
0
1
Norman W. Linsday
0
1
0
1
Robert F. Howes
0
1
0
1
Henry B. Burkland
0
1
0
1
Elmer A. Sisson
0
1
0
1
Stephen Pawlak
0
1
0
1
Ralph C. Morse
0
3
0
3
Edgar M. Blais
0
1
0
1
Blanks
117
1312
147
1576
118
1325
147
1590
Finance Committee
Kenneth E. Atwood
98
1117
125
1340
Frederick W. daCosta
84
1024
112
1220
James J. Mahoney
88
1027
111
1226
Arthur N. O'Toole
0
1
0
1
Blanks
84
806
93
983
354
3975
341
4770
The result of the vote was read at 10:30 P.M.
Article 2: To raise such sums of money by tax or otherwise as may be necessary to defray the expense of the Town for the current year, to appropriate the same and act anything in relation to the assessment and collection of taxes for the year.
Article 2: Voted the following appropriations:
General Government
Assessors
$6,414.47
Election and Registration
3,279.20
Finance Committee
300.00
Law Department
961.20
Moderator
50.00
Board of Selectmen
1,758.00
Clerk and Accountant
6,209.80
Town Hall
7,296.00
Town Manager
9,395.00
Treasurer and Collector
12,016.22
Total General Government
$47,679.89
Protection of Persons and Property
. Dog Officer
$716.00
Fire Department
53,649.91
Forest Fire
1,500.00
Inspector of Wires
801.08
Insect and Pest Control
5,082.00
Police Department
37,702.06
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Sealer of Weights and Measures Tree Warden
1,403.90 850.00
Total Protection of Persons and Property
101,704.95
Health and Sanitation
Health Department
$20,818.32
Total Health and Sanitation
20,818.32
Highway Department
Highway Department
58,250.00
Total Highway
58,250.00
Public Welfare
Aid to Dependent Children
$38,686.00
Old Age Assistance
181,700.00
Disability Assistance
22,800.00
Welfare
30,630.00
Infirmary
21,684.03
Total Public Welfare
295,500.03
Veterans' Benefits
1
Veterans' Benefits
$17,120.34
Total Veterans' Benefits
17,120.34
School and Library
School Department Library
$403,947.61 14,373.75
Total School and Library
418,321.36
Unclassified
Unclassified
$17,125.59
Total Unclassified
17,125.59
Pensions
Pensions
$15,403.50
Total Pensions
15,403.50
Water Department
Water Department
$50,375.00
Total Water Department
50,375.00
Park Department Park Department
$3,241.50
Total Park Department
3,241.50
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Interest on Municipal Indebtedness
Interest
$12,552.50
Total Interest on Municipal Indebtedness 12,552.50
Municipal Indebtedness
Municipal Indebtedness $64,000.00
Total Municipal Indebtedness 64,000.00
Reserve Fund
Reserve Fund 10,000.00
Total appropriation under Article 2 $1,132,092.98
An amendment was passed under the Infirmary Account changing the Bonus figure from $200. to $257.65.
An amendment was passed under the Police Department by adding an item of $200. for ambulance service.
An amendment was passed under the School Department changing the salary of the superintendent from $5,600. to $5,300.
It was voted that the sum of $5,000. be transferred from the Gas and Electric Dept. as provided in Article 6, for the use of the Assessors in fixing the tax rate.
It was voted to transfer $50,000. from Free Cash for the use of the Assessors in fixing the tax rate, and that the balance of the budget be raised by taxation.
Article 3: 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 begin- ning January 1, 1952, 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 less than one year in accord with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Voted to adopt.
Article 4: To hear the report of any committees or officers of the Town, to appoint any committee or take any action relative thereto.
Lewis Harding presented the following report for the committee ap- pointed to study the town charter:
Committee to Study Town Charter
Following our appointment at the last annual meeting your com- mittee has held many meetings, has considered the charters of several towns operating under a town manager, has consulted with several officials and civic minded citizens, and as a result wishes to report the following suggestions and amendments. In offering these we have en- deavored to relieve the Selectmen from some of the arduous details of their work, which unintentionally have grown up through the years.
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We have endeavored to place more specific responsibility to produce a charter more suited to modern requirements. We have endeavored to protect more fully the interests of the taxpayer, especially by our recom- mendation of a change in the date of the deliberative town meeting. This gives a longer period for the preparation and consideration of the budget. Other recommended changes will result in direct or indirect protection of the taxpayers' interest.
Your Committee would also like to suggest for your further con- sideration and investigation the following:
Some kind of a zoning law should be considered to prevent at once a further decline in the valuation of real estate in those sections consid- ered as residential.
Investigation of the representative form of town meeting should be made at once, in order that the rights of all voters may be impartially protected.
We recommend the immediate appointment of committees to report upon these town matters.
Proposed Amendments to Charter
Section 1 .- Amend so it shall read as follows-
Section 1. The annual town meeting of the Town of Middleborough shall be held on the third Monday of January. All matters to be con- sidered at the annual town meeting other than the election of town officers, the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, and such other questions as may legally appear on the printed ballot, shall be considered at ani adjournment thereof, to be held on the second Monday of March next, at half past seven o'clock in the evening, and to adjournments thereof if required for the completion of business.
Section 2 .- Amend so it shall read as follows-
Section 2. At each annual meeting following the acceptance of this act the voters shall elect by official ballot, in place of those Selectmen whose terms are about to expire, an equal number of Selectmen, each to serve for three years. The Selectmen shall serve until their successors are elected and have qualified. If, unless as the result of a recall election, a vacancy or vacancies shall occur in the membership of the Selectmen, the remaining members shall call a Special Town Meeting to fill the vacancy or vacancies for the unexpired term or terms, except that if such vacancy or vacancies occur less than three months prior to the annual meeting, and not less than three Selectmen remain in office, the same shall remain unfilled until such annual meeting. Any vacancy resulting from a recall election shall be filled as hereinafter provided in this act.
Section 3 .- Amend so it shall read as follows-
Section 3. Upon the election and qualification of the Selectmen as provided in section two, all the powers, rights, duties and liabilities con- ferred or imposed by law upon the Water Commissioners, Municipal Light Board, Board of Health and Auditors shall be transferred to and
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imposed upon the Selectmen and the offices of Water Commissioners, Municipal Light Board, Board of Health, and Auditors of the Town of Middleborough shall be abolished. The aforesaid transfer of rights, pow- ers, duties and liabilities shall not affect any liability incurred, contract made, fine, special assessment, rate, penalty, forfeiture or tax imposed before such transfer, nor any suit or other proceeding pending; and the Selectmen for all purposes whatsoever, shall be the lawful successors of the Boards and Offices whose powers are hereby transferred to them. The Selectmen so elected shall also act as Surveyors of Highways and Fish Wardens of the Town with all the powers and duties conferred or imposed by law upon Surveyors of Highways and Fish Wardens. The Selectmen shall also appoint such officers including Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, Surveyors of Wood and Lumber, Tree Warden and Constables, and such other officers as may be required by law and not otherwise pro- vided for hereinafter.
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleborough shall consist of five members, one of whom shall act as Clerk of the Board, and shall keep records of all meetings and actions of the Board. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent the employment of clerical assistance by the Board or its Clerk.
The Board of Selectmen shall, in the performance 'of their duties, act as provided by statute and this charter.
Section 4 .- Amend so it shall read as follows-
Section 4. There shall be a Finance Committee, hereinafter and in sections five and six, called the Committee, consisting of seven persons. The Committee shall be appointed by the Moderator immediately upon his election and qualification and shall serve for a term of three years. Nothing in this provision shall be deemed to terminate the term of office of such members of the Committee as are now in office, but upon the expiration of the term of office to which they have been elected, no further election shall be held, but an appointment made as herein pro- vided. Any vacancy shall be filled by the Moderator within thirty days of notice of the vacancy.
The members of the Committee shall serve during the term for which they are appointed and until their successors are qualified. They shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties, shall serve without salaries and shall not hold any other town office or employment.
Section 5 .- Amend so it shall read as follows-
Section 5. The Finance Committee shall consider and advise as to all matters relating to proposed appropriations and the manner of raising the amounts appropriated, and shall report in writing at each town meeting on all articles in the warrant relating to the appropriation or borrowing of money or the indebtedness of the Town, with the exception of its action on the Annual Budget.
It shall submit to the Town at the annual town meeting a report showing appropriations recommended for each fund or department, the estimated income from all sources exclusive of taxes on property and poll taxes, the amount required to meet charges for interest and matur- ing indebtedness, and the estimated amount to be levied and raised by taxation to meet all expenses and liabilities of the Town. Said report shall be presented to the Board of Selectmen for its consideration on or
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before the 20th day of February in each year. Said report shall also be filed with the Town Clerk and made available to the public by publishing or otherwise, on or before the first Monday of March in each year. The Committee may make recommendations in writing at any time to the Town or to the Board of Selectmen, relating to the financial affairs of the Town. The validity of appropriations made by any town meeting shall not be affected by the failure of the Committee to report as herein provided.
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