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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
Massachusetts
For the Year Ending December 31
1957
MIDDLEBOROUGH FIRE ALARM BOXES
14 Permanent Men
72
Railroad SINtion
16 Engine No. 4
73 Archer Court
21 North Main - Near Public Library
81
Town Hall
23 Peirce - School
82 New Junior High Selomi
24 Sproat - Pearl
821
Mayflower &choni
25 North Main - Barrows
84 School Street School
26 North - Myrtle
27
East Main - Star Avenue
85 Forent Surret School
28 Montello - North
86
West Side School
29 Shaw Home - Wareham
87
Memorial Digh Schout
31 Centre - Pearl
121
Lakeville State &Auitor Ium
32
Centre - School
131 Plymouth Shoe Company
34 Centre - Main
141 Geo. E. Keith Company
35 Benton - Wareham
146 Grove - near Jopan Worke
36 Wareham - Barden Hill Road
151
Warren Avenue
37 Benton - Rock
212
NO SCHOOL
38 Wareham - Acorn
213
Squad Call Engine No. 2
42
South Main - Courtland
25 Barnett Nursing Home
43 South Main - Rock
252 School - near Barrows
44 Court End Ave. - Alden
261
Corinne Parkway
45 South Main - Grove
262
School St. Extension
46 West - Hillside Ave.
47 Elm - Grove
333 Squad Call Engine No !
51 Centre - Carey
413
Engines No. 1 and No.
53 Centre - Oak
451
Shadow Lawn Nurwr Home
531 St. Luke's Hospital
54 Everett Square
532
Parish Hall - Oak 81
56 Centre - Lovell
533
Sacred Heart Church - Center
57 Everett - Frank
581 Albert Shoe Co.
58 Cambridge - Frank
631 Winthrop Atkins Co. - Peirve
59 Sumner Ave. - Bartlett
666 American Legion
62 Forest - Arch
7777
Civil Defense
63 Oak - Frank
1-1-1-1-1-1 National Guard
64 Oak - North
6 Single Blows at 30 Second Intervals-Warden Cale
65 North - Nemasket
71 Everett - Keith
2-2-2-2 Boy Scout Assembly
48 Oak - Southwick
351 Dean-Morris Shoe Co.
52 Pearl - High
271 East Main - Winthrop Atku
313 Squad Call Engine No. 3
55 Vine - near Lumber Yard
83 Union Streo Schod
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
Massachusetts
OUTH
COUNTY
PORA
INCO
51669
For the Year Ending December 31 1957
MIDDLEBOROUGH
MASSACHUSETTS
GENERAL INFORMATION AND FIGURES ABOUT THE TOWN
Elevation - 100 feet above sea level Settled - 1660
Incorporated as a Town - 1669 Population 1955 Census - 11,119 Valuation (exclusive of automobiles) - $12,611,040.00 Tax Rate - $76.00 per thousand
Area - 68.1 square miles Number of Dwellings - 2,936 Number of Manufacturers - 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 pool, tennis courts, playgrounds
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES
Fire Apparatus Shoes Calendars Drug Sundries
Brass Goods
Photo Finishers Varnishes
Grain Elevator
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
Brockton
Direct Bus Connections with
Boston Brockton
Providence Fall River
Bridgewater
New Bedford
Plymouth
Taunton Carver
Boston
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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
470
Business Certificates
Town Clerk
780
Civil Defense
Town House
1458
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
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
Department
1371
Light and Power Bills
Municipal Gas & Electric
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
Tax Collections
Tax Collector
1745
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
Weights and Measures
Sealer of Weights and Measures
90
Welfare
Welfare Department 1027
Wiring Permits
Inspector of Wiring
818
Burial Permits
Health Officer or Town Manager
928
Town Clerk
Department
Town Manager's Office 928
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PUBLIC OFFICIALS, 1957
Board of Selectmen
Paul T. Anderson Rhodolphus P. Alger Manuel J. Silvia, Chairman Ralph E. Nourse Robert W. Spencer
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1959
Term Expires 1959 Term Expires 1960 Term Expires 1960
Town Manager Edwin O. Wilson
School Committee
C. Trafton Mendall, Chairman
Robert L. Anderson Eugene H. Savard Walter D. Rudziak James M. Bonnar, Jr.
Walter J. D. McNeil
Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1959 Term Expires 1959
Term Expires 1960
Term Expires 1960
Superintendent of Schools Joseph C. Kunces
Planning Board
Herbert Gibson Norman L. Massey Alton M. Kramer Robert Roht Ellsworth Standish
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1960 Term Expires 1960
Term Expires 1961
Housing Authority
Allan Hale Edward J. Morrissey George A. Donner Ford Campbell
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1959
Term Expires 1960
Term Expires 1962
Finance Committee
*James J. Mahoney, Chairman *Robert Smith Raymond W. Curtis Addison Simmons Charles P. Washburn C. Thacher Pardey Otto P. Becker, Chairman Henry C. Humphreys
*Part of year.
Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1959 Term Expires 1959 Term Expires 1960 Term Expires 1960
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Measurers of Wood, Bark and Lumber
Ernest S. Pratt Ernest Standish
Oscar Stets Herbert Dodge
Albert W. Charbonneau
Trustees of the Public Library
Helen N. Whitcomb
Term Expires 1958
Theodore N. Wood, President
Term Expires 1958
Thomas Weston
Term Expires 1958
Myra S. Shaw
Term Expires 1959
Ernest E. Thomas
Term Expires 1959
Horace Atkins
Term Expires 1959
Joseph Riley
Term Expires 1960
Thomas H. Kelly
Term Expires 1960
M. Ethel Washburn
Term Expires 1960
Park Commissioners
Ralph B. Mendall Bartlett H. Harrison William N. Sheehy
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1958
Superintendent of Park Joseph A. Masi
Registrars of Voters
Sarah A. Sheehy, Chairman Delena M. Gove George B. Purdon
Term Expires 1958
Term Expires 1959 Term Expires 1960
Constables
William E. Gardiner
Clarence L. Shaw
Sheldon L. Phinney
Leo A. Quindley
Public Weighers
Henry C. Smith Charles Carver Bettina Eaton Chester Camandona John McNeil John M. Callan Norman Thibeault
Donald Erickson
Moderator
Fletcher Clark, Jr.
Term Expires 1958
Town Clerk Waldo S. Thomas
Ernest S. Pratt Winifred S. Carver Russell Buck Howard Lincoln Lester Briggs Carolyn E. Callan Edmund Rondelli
Fence Viewers
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Town Accountant
Waldo S. Thomas
Term Expires 1958
Treasurer and Collector
Chester L. Shaw
Term Expires 1958
Town Counsel
Allan Hale
Term Expires 1958
Welfare Agent Barbara D. Norvish
Civil Defense Clayton H. Thomas
Trustee M.L.H.P. Luxury Fund Barbara D. Norvish
Veterans' Service Agent Louis Cole
Manager Gas and Electric Dept. Stephen Horbal
Moth Superintendent Louis Forney
Health Dentist Dr. Louis H. Fuller
Superintendent of Streets Louis Forney
Chief, Fire Department Bertram Tripp
Forest Warden Bertram Tripp
Chief, Police Department William E. Gardiner
Tree Warden Louis Forney
Health Officer Robert Cartmell
Inspector of Wires Emilio N. Niro
Sealer of Weights and Measures Lorenzo C. Judge
Inspector of Animals, Milk, Slaughtering John Rebell
Inspector of Plumbing Harry Rowe
Keeper of Lock-up William E. Gardiner
Dog Officer Arthur F. Benson
Agent for Care of Veterans' Graves Ernest E. Thomas
Burial Agent Louis A. Cole
Field Driver and Pound Keeper William E. Gardiner
Agent of Liquor Establishments to Represent the Board William E. Gardiner
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REPORT OF THE TOWN MANAGER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Middleborough, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The annual report of the office of the Town Manager is herewith submitted, covering the year ending December 31, 1957.
The usual summer program of street surfacing was carried out and as a consequence of an additional amount of money appropriated for road materials a greater length of streets was seal coated. In addition to this, River Street, part of Tispaquin Street and the remaining section of Purchase Street, which were gravel roads, were regraveled, pene- trated, and sealed, thus making a good asphalt surface. Plans have been made for the further improvement of such gravel roads in the coming years, thereby giving the people better roads to travel with less time consuming maintenance.
Chapter 90 Maintenance work was also continued on an increased basis due to a larger amount being allotted to Middleborough by the County of Plymouth and the Commonwealth. These increased amounts of participation were matched by appropriations locally. Chapter 90 Construction funds were used for the installation of surface drains in Center Street from the westerly side of John Glass Jr. Square to the Four Corners, thereby eliminating surface drainage from our sanitary sewer system and at the same time relieving the flooding of the street and basements of abutting store owners. Sufficient funds remain in that account and are carried over into 1958 to rebuild the roadway on Center Street from a point near Pearl Street westerly through John Glass Jr. Square.
The Commonwealth with the co-operation of Bridgewater and Mid- dleborough and an assist by the use of Federal Flood Control Funds has completed the Vernon Street bridge. A layout of Vernon Street to the Taunton line has been drawn by the County Commissioners and plans will be laid down for the reconstruction of that street sometime in the future with Chaper 90 funds.
As a consequence of the purchase of a new front end loader, thereby relieving our old one for brush cutting activities, many miles of. outlying roads have been kept clear of annoying brush which had also created a driving hazard.
Our snow fighting equipment has been improved by the acquisition of a new type plow and frame, and a tailgate sandspreader which has proven to be efficient in ice control and which can also be used in our road sealing operations in the summer time.
Highway Superintendent Louis Forney and his staff of employees have a great deal of credit due them for the interest they have shown in the routine work during the year and the way in which they have handled extra work and emergency situations at a minimum of incon- venience to the traveling public and to them I extend my personal thanks.
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The Water Department has had a busy and eventful year. On May 30th the elevated concrete storage tank was necessarily taken out of service due to several cracks opening up in the bowl of the tank. This damage was viewed by a representative of the Whitman & Howard Engi- neers Co. and subsequently a decision was made to patch the inside of the tank by means of concrete grout and plastic waterproofing. This was done and the tank put back into service. On December 16th it was necessary to again drain the tank as other leaks had developed which proved to be in the riser pipe. This is believed to be a fault which can also be remedied and thus render the tank serviceable for a few years to come.
Much time was spent this year in the repair of main connections and other breaks caused by contractors in the process of putting in the drainage and sewer systems. This situation brings rather forcefully to mind the need for gathering and keeping on record, information pertinent to the locations of our underground systems.
Extensions of our water system were constructed as the result of a special town meeting during the year. These were Roosevelt Avenue and a part of Acorn Street.
Periodic water analysis showed the quality of water pumped at our various wells to be exceptionally high and even during drought periods the quantity was never at a dangerously low point, although our rated pumping capacity was exceeded on various dates. Restrictions on the use of water were invoked, however, during the drought, due to the reduced storage capacity. For statistics relative to the growth of the system, amounts of pumping and costs thereof, reference may be made to the report of the Water Department. I would also like to express my appreciation for the co-operation extended by the Foreman, Albert Sears, and his staff of employees and to the engineers and operators of the pumping station.
The sewer system was extended about 6300 feet and includes several streets in the North Street, Oak Street area and again the improve- ments are being financed through the betterment assessment plan. The sewer plant has been relieved of processing a great amount of surface drainage due to the installation of the storm drain system on Center Street, thus preventing to some degree the wearing effect of grit washed into the system from street surfaces.
In view of the start of construction of the relocation of highway Route #28 many reports have been received in this office of inquiries having been made relative to suitable locations for housing develop- ments and other types of construction. These inquiries have brought to mind that growth without planning and without controls could be extremely detrimental to the future of Middleborough. Because of this the Planning Board has been busy developing a suitable Zoning by-law to propose for adoption. In addition, the Town Manager has appointed a Business and Industrial Commission to study the means by which business and industry may be maintained in Middleborough and new industry attracted. To further this activity an article is to be inserted for adoption at the next annual Town Meeting whereby this commission
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can be invested with official recognition so that they may act in an official capacity. These latter considerations are deemed vital to the protection of the future of the town and hopefully will be pursued to a satisfactory conclusion by all concerned.
Through this report I would like to express my appreciation to the various department heads and their employees for their co-operation during 1957. Also to the Board of Selectmen and other boards and commissions who have given this office their very helpful assistance.
EDWIN O. WILSON,
Town Manager.
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General Government
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
January 21, 1957 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, two Selectmen for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, two members of the Finance Committee for three years, one member of the Housing Authority for five years, one member of the Housing Authority for two years, one member of the Planning Board for two years, one member of the Planning Board for one year, one member of the Planning Board for five years.
The polls will be opened at 12 o'clock noon for vote on the fore- going article and will not be closed before 8 o'clock P.M.
Meeting called to order at 11:45 A.M. by Warden West in Precinct 1, Moderator Clark in Precinct 2 and Warden Gillis in Precinct 3.
The polls were declared open at 12 Noon.
The following election officers were sworn in:
Precinct 1- Robert West, Lester Sherman, Doris Thorson, Inez Chand- ler, Stella Fickert, Mildred Teeling, Jessie Carver, Mary Terwilliger and Police Officer Lawrence Olson.
Precinct 2 - William G. L. Jacob, Laura Norris, A. Wilbur Fillmore, Alice Silvia, Frank Minot, Louis Tessier, Esther Robidoux, Annie Healey, William Crapo, Helen Casey, Henry Pierce, Bertha Dunham, Evelyn Dunn, Lillian Dickson, Ruth Hollis and Frank Crowley as Police Officer.
Precinct 3- Walter H. Gillis. Perley W. Perham, Susan B. Brackett, Doris Warren, Rhoda Maxim, Euphemia Lincoln, M. Esther Neelon, Alice Tripp and Patrick J. McMahon as Police Officer.
The result of the vote was as follows:
Pct. 1
Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Moderator
Fletcher Clark, Jr.
109
590
82
781
Edward D. Powell
6
6
Blanks
13
97
9
119
122
687
97
906
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Pct. 1 Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Selectmen
Ralph E. Nourse
72
419
58
549
John A. Washburn
44
367
61
472
Maurice S. Braga
14
105
17
136
Robert W. Spencer
95
379
44
518
Blanks
19
104
14
137
244
1,374
194
1,812
School Committee
James M. Bonnar, Jr.
114
596
87
797
Walter J. D. McNeil
103
581
86
770
Blanks
27
197
21
245
244
1,374
194
1,812
Middleboro Housing Authority For Two Years Edward F. Morrissey Blanks
94
528
81
703
28
159
16
203
122
687
97
906
Middleboro Housing Authority For Five Years Ford Campbell Blanks
100
543
79
722
22
144
18
184
122
687
97
906
Assessors For Three Years James E. Houlihan
37
350
34
421
Ralph S. Crane Blanks
82
312
57
451
3
25
6
34
122
687
97
906
Planning Board For One Year Herbert Gibson
100
523
76
699
George Sampson Otto Becker Blanks
22
162
21
205
122
687
97
906
Planning Board For Two Years Norman L. Massey
98
505
77
680
Blanks
24
182
20
226
122
687
97
906
Planning Board For Five Years Robert Roht
99
546
79
724
Philip Roberts
1
1
Blanks
22
141
18
181
122
687
97
906
1
1
1
1
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Pct. 1
Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Finance Committee For Three Years
Henry Humphreys
102
564
84
750
Otto P. Becker, Jr.
1
87
20
108
Harold J. Donner
3
3
Charles E. Casey
1
1
Paul West
1
1
William Michael
1
1
John Wright
1
1
Francis Crowley
1
1
Edgar Wilbur
1
1
Hayden J. Hayward
2
2
Blanks
139
714
90
943
244
1,374
194
1,812
The result of the vote was announced at 9:15 P.M.
Article 3: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1957 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 one year, in accord with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
So Voted.
Article 5: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, a sum not exceeding two hundred ($200.00) dollars, and choose a Town Director for one year, as provided in Section 41 and of Chapter 128 of the General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
So voted and Harold Gates appointed Town Director for one year.
Article 6: To see if the Town will vote that the income from sales of gas and electricity to private consumers and for gas and electricity supplied to municipal buildings and for municipal power and street lights be appropriated for Municipal Lighting Plant, the whole to be expended by the manager of the Municipal Light Department under the direction and control of the Board of Selectmen for the expense of the plant for said fiscal year as defined in Section 57 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws, and act thereon. Voted with the following addition: That the sum of $45,000.00 be withheld, of which $5,000.00 is for the Town Hall account and $40,000.00 for the use of the Assessors in arriving at the tax rate.
Article 7: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Highway Construction and that in addition the sum of $30,000.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury to meet the State's and County's share in the cost of this work, the reim- bursements from the State and County to be restored upon their receipts to unappropriated available funds in the Treasury and act thereon.
So voted.
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Article 8: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, and that, in addition the sum of $12,000.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury to meet the State's and County's shares of the cost of this work, the reim- bursements from the State and County to be restored upon their receipts to unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, and act thereon.
So Voted.
Article 9: To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $2,476.40 from the Road Machinery Fund to the Road Machinery Ac- count, and act thereon.
So voted.
Article 10: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 for the purpose of repairing road machinery, and act thereon.
So voted.
Article 11: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 for the celebration of the 4th of July, and act there- on. (By request.)
Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 for the cele- bration of the Fourth of July.
Article 12: To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, gift, or by right of eminent domain, land to be used for the development of a site for a public water supply and for this purpose to appropriate a sum of money and take any action relative thereto.
Voted to acquire by purchase, gift, or take by eminent domain, land to be used for the development of a site for a public water supply, and for this purpose to appropriate the sum of two thousand five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars.
Article 14: To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 3 of Article 10 of the General By-Laws of the Town substituting the words "one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in place of the words "five hundred ($500.00) dollars" as now appears therein, and act anything thereon.
So Voted. The result of the vote. Yes 348 No 2
Article 15: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing High Street, including sidewalks, and parts of Union Street and South Main Street; also building a new roadway and sidewalk connecting Union Street with South Main Street, together with necessary surface drainage, such project to be undertaken pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956.
A motion was made that the sum of thirty-seven thousand seven hundred twenty-six and twenty-nine cents ($37,726.29) received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the provisions of Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956, be transferred from the Highway Bond Fund and appropriated for the purpose of reconstructing High Street, and parts of Union and South Main Streets together with sidewalks and necessary surface drainage. This motion with amendment was lost.
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Article 17: To see if the Town will vote to ratify, confirm and adopt all deeds given by the Board of Selectmen, after the date of the special town meeting held May 19, 1941, which purport to convey land of the Town of Middleborough and which have heretofore been duly recorded.
So voted.
Article 18: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell from time to time at public auction or by private sale, any land now owned by the town, or which may hereafter be owned by said Town, and which at the time of conveyance by the Town is not used for Municipal purposes, and the giving of any such deed by the Select- men shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that the land conveyed was not being used for municipal purposes at such time.
So voted.
Article 19: To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Laws by adding the following new Amendment:
"No person shall remove any soil, loam, sand or gravel from any land in the Town not in public use, unless such removal is authorized by a permit issued by the Selectmen, except in conjunction with the construction of a building on the parcel and except for the continued operation on the same parcel of any existing sand and gravel pit. No such permit shall be issued until an application therefor is filed with said Board. Said Board shall hold a public hearing on the application and notices of the filing of such an application and the date and time of public hearing thereon shall be advertised in a paper published in the County seven days at least before the public hearing," and act anything thereon.
A motion was made that no person should remove any soil, loam, sand or gravel from any land in Town but this motion with its amendment was lost.
Article 4: To hear the report of any committees or officers of the Town, to appoint any committee or take any action relative thereto.
Mr. William H. Crapo submitted the following as a report of prog- ress; for the Committee on Equalization of Assessment for the Town which read as follows:
The Committee has met on several occasions and is convinced, after an exhaustive study of the Assessors' records, that a revision of assess- ments should be made so as to equalize assessments with values.
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