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FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 2126 00103 498 7
REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures OF THE
Town of Middleton
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1959
FLINT
MIDDLETON
PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE MIRROR PRESS - DANVERS, MASS.
1960
Town of Middleton
REPORT
AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
TO THE
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
MARCH, 1960
ONDE
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TOGETHER WITH A COPY OF THE WARRANT
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RECOMMENDATIONS FINANCE COMMITTEE
Town of Middleton REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE
TO THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 15, 1960
Your Finance Committee held a series of eight meetings to discuss proposed expenditures with those submitting budget requests, and conducted an open hearing February 9, 1960, to review with voters and department personnel the issue involved.
The recommended budget, detailed under Schedule "A", amounts to $612,390.21, a sum exceeding last year's by $103,835.89. This heavy increase is occasioned largely by Masconomet Regional School's first full year of operation, the 1959 budget covering merely four month's operation.
Voters should be mindful that the community's tax rate, in the final analysis, is determined by decisions they themselves make town meeting night.
Respectfully submitted, RICHARD CRESSEY, Chairman ROBIN JONES, Clerk HAZEN M. RICHARDSON J. RUSSELL WALLEN BARTHOLOMEW J. WHELAN
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RECOMMENDATIONS FINANCE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL TOWN WARRANT
ARTICLE 1. To hear and act on Committee Reports. No recommendation required.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1960, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in acordance with Chapter 44, Section 17 of the General Laws.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 3. To fix the compensation of elected officers, provide for a Reserve Fund, and to determine what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate, including appropriations from available funds, to defray charges and expenses of the Town, including debt and interest, for the ensuing year.
Committee recommendations set forth under Schedule "A".
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors to use $12,000.00 from available funds ot reduce the tax rate. Recommended.
ARTICLE 5. On petition of ,the Board of Electric Light Com- missioners, to see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $4,000.00 from the earnings of the Electric Light Department, said sum to be used for reducing the tax rate.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 6. On petition of the Highway Surveyor, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 to to be expended for the purchase of a new two-ton dump truck, in accordance with the specifications as set forth by the Highway Surveyor and Board of Selectmen; said sum to be raised and appropriated in the following manner; $2,000.00 appropriated from the Road Machinery Fund, and $1,500.00 to be raisetd.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 7. On petition of the Board of Water Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or take any other action thereto, the sum of $4,000.00 to extend the six inch water main on King Street and install one hydrant at corner of Mt. Vernon and King Streets. 82,000=
Not recommended.
Betisment Basis.
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ARTICLE 8. On petition of the Board of Electric Light Com- missioners, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen, in conjunction with the Board of Electric Light Com- missioners, to acquire a certain parcel of land, by deed, adjacent to the present sub-station, for the future expansion of the facilities of the Electric Light Department. To vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 from the Surplus Account of the Electric Light Depart- inent for the foregoing purpose.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 9. On petition of Raymond H. Currier, Jr. and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the purchase of materials and to install lighting on Lakeview Road as far as Albert Gould's, and one (1) each on the corner of Lakeview Road and Cross Street, and Cross Street and Juniper Avenue; said amount to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 10. On petition of Ebbe B. Wennerberg and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300.00 to install lighting on Park Avenue (Haswell Park, so called) as far as Leopold Blais; three (3) in number; said amount to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 11. On petition of Frank Pomroy and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,200.00 for the purchase of materials and to install street lighting on Essex Street, north from School Street; said amount to be taken from the earn- ings of the Electric Light Department.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 12. On petiiton of the School Committee to see if the Town will authorize a School Facilities and Needs Advisory Com- mittee, appointed by the Moderator, consisting of five members, one or more members of which will be a member of the School Committee, one or more of which will be a member of the Board of Selectmen, and one or more of which will be a member of the Planning Board, to investigate and make recommendations as to additional school facilities and needs, and to report its findings at a Town Meeting not later than the annual Town Meeting of March 1961, and to raise and appropriate $1,000.00 to be expended-by said committee for professional advisory services.
Recommend article with no appropriation of funds.
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200 956 130 q10
140,000
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to designate the Water Commissioners also as Sewer Commissioners, and place the desig- nation "Water and Sewer Commissioners" on the Town Election Ballot at the Annual Election of 1962 and thereafter, or take any other action thereto.
No recommendation required.
ARTICLE 14. On petition of the Planning Board, to see if the Town will vote to rezone to Business District Uses, in accordance with Chapter 111-3A and B and area of the Zoning District Map adopted March 15, 1955; said area is bounded and described as follows:
About eight acres more or less on the Westerly side of South Main Street beginning at a point on said South Main Street at the Southeasterly corner of Lot #1 of a plan entitled, "Middleton Farms, Middleton, Mass., owners Middleton Development Corp., dated December 1, 1959, Essex Survey Service Engineer."
Thence Southerly 738.79 feet, more or less, by said South Main Street to a proposed way entitled "Entrance to School." Thence turning and running Westerly to Lot #9 on said Plan by said way; thence turning and running Northerly and Northwesterly by said Plan by Lots #8, 7, and 6 to Lot #4.
Thence turning and running Easterly by Lots #4, 3, 2 and 1 to the point of beginning.
A copy of said Plan is on file in the Town Clerk's office.
No recommendation required. I'len brock recommends. ARTICLE 15. On petition of Gordon E. Sheldon and others, to see if the citizens of the Town of Middleton will vote to rezone for industrial or commercial purposes, a strip of land 1,000 feet wide on both sides of South Main Street from the Johnson Farm to the Danvers line.
No recommendation required.
ARTICLE 16. On petition of the Selectmen, to see if the Town will authorize the moderator to appoint a committee consisting of three (3) members to investigate and make recommendations as to sewerage facilities, and to report its findings at a Town Meet- ing not later than the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1961, and to raise and appropriate $4,000.00 to be expended by said com- mittee for professional advisory services.
Recommend article with no appropriation of funds.
ARTICLE 17. On petition of the Selectmen, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to dispose of the land and build- ings of the Town Hall, Maple Street, Middleton, by private sale or public auction, and to execute any deeds or other documents necessary to dispose of the same, or to take any other action thereto.
No recommendation required.
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ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will amend the By-Laws as adopted March 15, 1949, by adding to Part 2, Prudential Affairs and Internal Police, I, Paragraph 2: "Any person who enters upon the land of another with fire-arms, with intent to fire or discharge them thereon, without requesting and obtaining the specific permission of the owner or occupant of such land, or his agent, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10.00."
No recommendation required.
ARTICLE 19. On petition of the Selectmen, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00, said amount to be expended by the Board of Assessors for outside professional services to revalue the real estate assessments, and to authorize the Board of Assessors to execute a contract on behalf of the Town to accomplish the same.
Recommended.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of the Acts of 1959, Chapter 513 of the General Laws, to increase individually to an amount not exceeding $1,200.00 the annual amount of any retirement allowance payable to an yemployee or his deepndent, which retirement allowance is now less than $1,200.00 provided that such official or employee has been in the service of the Town for not less than 15 years.
No recommendation required.
SCHEDULE "A" - 1960 BUDGET SCHEDULE "A" - 1960 BUDGET
Item
Item
Expended Expended
No.
1956-1958
1959
Recom- mended 1960
GENERAL GOVERNMENT - 3.95% OF TOTAL
Moderator
1.
Salary
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
Finance Committee
2.
Epenses
50.52
59.70
100.00
Selectmen
3.
Salaries
1,300.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
4.
Expenses
453.87
417.50
500.00
5.
Perambualting
150.00
6.
Clerk
333.33
400.00
450.00
Accountant
7.
Salary
1,333.33
1,400.00
1,600.00
8.
Expenses
48.83
101.31
125.00
-
Average
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Average
Item
Item
No.
1956-1958
Expended Expended 1959
Recom- mended 1960
Treasurer
9.
Salary
1,333.33
1,400.00
1,600.00
10.
Expenses
990.23
899.20
932.00
11.
Tax Titles
332.22
336.00
750.00
Collector
Salaries and
12.
Wages
1,513.33
2,520.00
2,640.00
13.
Expenses
867.63
740.27
980.00
14.
Equipment
576.50
Assessors
15.
Salaries
.1,700.00
1,800.00
1,800.00
16.
Expenses
908.07
850.00
1,000.00
Counsel
17.
Salary
733.33
1,000.00
1,000.00
18.
Expenses
71.85
107.30
150.00
Clerk
19.
Salary
500.00
700.00
700.00
20.
Expenses
446.80
347.70
350.00
Elections and
Registrations
21.
Salaries
246.66
200.00
400.00
22.
Expenses
1,108.85
802.10
1,800.00
Planning Board
23.
Expenses
123.26
368.49
500.00
Town Hall
24.
Salary
480.00
480.00
480.00
25.
Expenses
653.68
694.22
650.00
Memorial Hall
26.
Salary
360.00
480.00
480.00
27.
Expenses
1,859.02
2,519.16
2,000.00
28
Special
332.26
500.00
29
Painting
1,000.00
TOTALS
17,798.14 21,081.71
24,187.00
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Item
Item
No.
Average Expended Expended 1959 1956-1958
Recom- mended 1960
PUBLIC SAFETY - 5.09% OF TOTAL
Constable
30.
Salary
35.00
35.00
35.00
Police Chief
31.
Salary
4,593.33
5,300.00
5,200.00
32.
Wages
2,829.80
3,266.85
3,900.00
33.
Expenses
2,618.90
2,640.41
2,695.00
34.
Ambulance
800.00
35.
Car
1,684.05
Civil Defense
36.
Expenses
84.84
103.43
100.00
Fire
37.
Salaries
2,180.10
2,219.10
3,500.00
38.
Expenses
7,237.53
7,844.56
8,805.00
39.
Truck
3,914.00
Building Inspector
40.
Salary
466.66
500.00
500.00
41.
Expenses
175.00
200.00
200.00
Board of Appeals
42.
Expenses
208.27
382.91
450.00
Wire Inspector
43.
Salary
300.00
300.00
300.00
44.
Expenses
115.00
125.00
130.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
45.
Salary
125.00
175.00
175.00
46.
Expenses
75.00
75.00
75.00
Forestry
47.
Expenses
1,266.21
1,420.95
1,500.00
Moth
48.
Expenses
1,118.33
1,166.41
1,200.00
Dutch Elm Disease
49.
Expenses
1,258.34
1,453.85
1,500.00
50.
New Trees
265.46
300.00
300.00
Dog Officer
51.
Salary
100.00
100.00
100.00
52.
Expenses
172.67
216.00
240.00
TOTALS
25,295.44
34,322.52
30,905.00
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RECOMMENDATIONS FINANCE COMMITTEE
Item
Item
No.
Average Expended Expended 1959 1956-1958
Recom- mended 1960
HEALTH AND SANITATION - 1.33% OF TOTAL
Board of Health
54. 55.
Salaries
253.35
320.00
320.00
Expenses
3,240.25
3,079.00
3,500.00
Dental Clinic
56.
Expenses
1,145.22
1,079.15
1,500.00
Community Health Program
57.
Expenses
1,766.66
2,500.00
2,500.00
Inspector of Animals
58.
Salary
200.00
135.00
200.00
Expenses
65.00
100.00
100.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
Salary
83.33
32.00
50.00
TOTALS
6,753.81
7,245.15
8,170.00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT - 8.97% OF TOTAL
Surveyor Salary (from
61.
available department funds)
4,056.00
4,160.00
4,680.00
62.
Road Machinery Account
4,127.08
3,390.64
4,500.00
63. Highway Expenses
5,001.94
6,497.67
6,500.00
64. Chapter 81
4,950.00
4,950.00
5,875.00
65.
Chapter 81 State
9,075.00
9,075.00
9,075.00
66. Chapter 90 Construction
1,487.99
2,500.00
2,500.00
67.
Chapter 90 State and County
1,819.72
7,500.00
7,500.00
68.
Chapter 90 Maintenance
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
69.
Chapter 90 State
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
70. Chapter 718 Liberty Street
171.28
71. Snow Removal
12,389.12
11,003.77
10,000.00
72. Storm Drains
1,032.33
949.45
1,000.00
73. Street Lighting
4,000.00
4,800.00
5,000.00
TOTALS
46,88).18
53,837.81
54,950.00
59. 60.
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Average
Item
Item
Expended Expended
No.
1956-1958 1959
Recom- mended 1960
CHARITIES - 8.15% OF TOTAL
Public Welfare
74.
Salaries
800.00
800.00
800.00
75.
Expenses
68.64
62.99
200.00
76.
General Relief Aid
5,130.00
7,516.17
7,000.00
77.
Old Age Assistance
34,823.55
26,121.51
28,500.00
78.
Aid Dependent Children
5,852.91
6,428.35
10,000.00
79.
Disability Assistance
2,427.99
1,277.79
2,000.00
80. Welfare District Administration
1,112.00
1,450.00
1,445.00
TOTALS
50,215.09
43,656.81
49,945.00
VETERANS SERVICES - 1.19% OF TOTAL
Veterans' Agent
81.
Salary
250.00
250.00
250.00
82.
Expenses
8.17
50.00
83. Veterans' Aid
5,920.15
8,098.97
7,000.00
TOTALS
6,178.32
8,348.97
7,300.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - 59.2% OF TOTAL
84.
School
84. Salaries
89,083.21 111,627.36 114,215.00
85. Expenses
67,304.65 57,968.19
31,262.00
86. Supt. Out of State Travel
105.53
200.00
87.
Regional
104,083.66 215,761.51
88. Vocational Education
852.71
1,534.57
1,500.00
TOTALS
157,346.10 275,213.78 362,938.51
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT - . 64% OF TOTAL
89. Salaries
1,776.67
1,586.00
1,900.00
90. Expenses
3,086.91
3,010.87
2,000.00
Plus Dog Tax Refund
876.97
TOTALS
4,863.58
4,596.87
4,776.97
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Item
Item
Average Expended Expended
No.
1956-1958
1959
Recom- mended 1960
RECREATION - . 31% OF TOTAL
Park
91.
Park
876.67
1,235.60
1,400.00
92.
Equipment
475.00
TOTALS
876.67
1,235.60
1,875.00
UNCLASSIFIED
3.43% OF TOTAL
93.
Retirement Asssessment
4,841.99
6,260.31
5,454.70
94. Memorial Day
398.08
402.51
425.00
95.
Printing Town Reports
1,014.11
1,056.00
1,100.00
96. Insurance
5,569.82
4,918.47
5,950.00
97. Motor Vehicle Liability Ins.
2,171.14
2,536.56
2,750.00
98. Christmas Lighting
62.97
41.50
50.00
99. Reserve Fund
1,687.98
1,262.89
2,000.00
100. Group Insurance
570.08
550.00
101. Blue Cross - Blue Shield
2,761.02
2,750.00
TOTALS
15,746.09
19,809.34
21,029.70
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
Electric Light Department
102.
Salaries
8,557.33
9,280.00
9,700.00
103.
Wages
16,940.63
18,740.06
20,000.00
104.
Energy
99,321.19 110,334.42 122,500.00
105.
Expenses
17,723.61
16,688.01
20,000.00
106.
Line Clearance
1,469.67
1,798.81
1,800.00
107.
Depreciation
8,174.70
8,915.95
9,400.00
108. Emergency Fund
1,000.00
109. Liberty Street Lights
500.00
110.
Webb Street Lights
200.00
111.
Car
2,000.00
TOTALS
152,187.13 168,457.25 184,400.00
WATER DEPARTMENT - . 65% OF TOTAL
112.
Salaries
300.00
300.00
300.00
113. Commissioners Expenses
1,341.81*
113.25
200.00
114. Maintenance
3,497.09
3,500.00
115. Forest Street Special
3,973.51
TOTALS
1,641.81
7,883.85
4,000.00
* Maintenance was included in expenses prior to 1959
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Item
Item
Average Expended Expended
No.
1956-1958
1959
Recom- mended 1960
CEMETERIES - 1.17% OF TOTAL
116. Salaries
60.00
60.00
60.00
117. Supt. of Burials Salary
30.00
30.00
30.00
Cemetery
118.
Expenses
4,523.06
6,493.73
5,700.00
119.
Opening Graves
1,012.46
827.10
900.00
120.
New Section
425.00
121.
Hot Top
500.00
TOTALS
5,625.52
7,835.83
7,190.00
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST - 5.88% OF TOTAL
122.
School Addition 1950 Loan
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
123. School Addition 1956 Loan
10,000.00
10,000.00
10,000.00
134. Fire-Highway Building Loan
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
125. Fire Truck Loan
3,000.00
3,000.00
126. Interest
7,176.14
8,577.38
8,000.00
TOTALS
32,176.14
36,577.38
36,000.00
GRAND TOTALS
371,399.89 521,645.62 612,390.21
Town Meeting Warrant
FLINT
ADY
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Middleton in the County of Essex: GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Howe-Manning School Auditorium in said Middleton on Tuesday the Fifteenth day of March next, at eight o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles: ARTICLE 1. To hear and act on Committee Reports.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1960, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 17 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 3. To fix the compensation of elected officers, provide for a Reserve Fund, and to determine what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate, including appropriations from available funds, to defray charges and expenses of the Town, including debt and interest, for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors to use $12,000.00 from available funds to reduce the tax rate.
ARTICLE 5. On petition of the Board of Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $4,000.00 from the earnings of the Electric Light Department, said sum to be used for reducing the tax rate.
ARTICLE 6. On petition of the Highway Surveyor, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 to be expended for the purchase of a new two-ton dump truck, in accordance with the specifications as set forth by the Highway Surveyor and Board of Selectmen; said sum to be raised and appropriated in the following manner: $2,000.00 appropriated from the Road Machinery Fund, and $1,500.00 to be raised.
ARTICLE 7. On petition of the Board of Water Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to extend the six-inch water main on King Street and install one hydrant at corner of Mt. Vernon and King Streets, or take any other action thereto.
ARTICLE 8. On petition of the Board of Electric Light Commissioners, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen, in conjunction with the Board of Electric Light Commissioners, to acquire a certain parcel of land, by deed, adjacent to the present Sub-station, for the future expansion of the facilities of the Electric Light Department. To vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 from the Surplus Account of the Electric Light Department for the foregoing purpose. ARTICLE 9. On petition of Raymond H. Currier, Jr. and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the purchase of materials and to install lighting on Lakeview Road as far as Albert Gould's, and one (1) each on the corner of Lakeview Road and Cross Street, and Cross Street and Juniper Avenue; said amount to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 10. On petition of Ebbe B. Wennerberg and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the purchase of materials, and to install lighting on Park Avenue (Haswell Park, so-called) as far as Leopold Blais; (3) in number; said amount to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 11. On petition of Frank Pomroy and others, to see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,200.00 for the purchase of materials and to install street lighting on Essex Street, north from School Street; said amount to be taken from the earnings of the Electric Light Department.
ARTICLE 12. On petition of the School Committee, to see if the Town will authorize a School Facilities and Needs Advisory Committee, appointed by the Moderator, consisting of five members, one or more members of which will be a member of the School Committee, one or more of which will be a member of the Board of Selectmen, and one or more of which will be a member of the Planning Board, to investigate and make recommendations as to additional school facilities and needs, and to report its findings at a Town Meeting not later than the Annual Town Meeting of March 1961, and to raise and appro- priate $1,000.00 to be expended by said committee for professional advisory services.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to designate the Water Commissioners also as Sewer Commissioners, and place the designation "Water and Sewer Commissioners" on the Town Election Ballot at the Annual Election of 1961 and thereafter, or take any other action thereto.
ARTICLE 14. On petition of the Planning Board, to see if the Town will vote to rezone to Business District Uses, in accord- ance with Chapter III-3A and B, an area of the Zoning District Map adopted March 15, 1955; said area is bounded and described as follows:
About eight acres, more or less, on the Westerly side of South Main Street, beginning at a point on said South Main Street at the Southeasterly corner of Lot #1 of a plan entitled, "Middleton Farms, Middleton, Mass., owners, Middleton Development Corp., dated December 1, 1959, Essex Survey Service Engineer."
Thence Southerly 738.79 feet, more or less, by said South Main Street to a proposed way entitled "Entrance to School." Thence turning and running Westerly to Lot #9 on said Plan by said way; thence turning and running Northerly and Northwesterly by said Plan by Lots #8, 7, and 6 to Lot #4.
Thence turning and running Easterly by Lots # 4, 3, 2 and 1 to the point begun at. A copy of said Plan is on file in the Town Clerk's office.
ARTICLE 15. On petition of Gordon E. Sheldon and others, to see if the citizens of the Town of Middleton will vote to rezone for industrial or commercial purposes, a strip of land 1,000 feet wide on both sides of South Main Street from the Johnson Farm to the Danvers line.
ARTICLE 16. On petition of the Selectmen, to see if the Town will authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee con- sisting of three (3) members to investigate and make recommendations as to sewerage facilities, and to report its findings at a Town Meeting not later than the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1961, and to raise and appropriate $4,000.00 to be expended by said committee for professional advisory services.
ARTICLE 17. On petition of the Selectmen, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to dispose of the land and buildings of the Town Hall, Maple Street, Middleton, by private sale or public auction, and to execute any deeds or other documents necessary to dispose of the same, or to take any other action thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will amend the By-laws as adopted March 15, 1949, by adding to Part 2, Prudential Affairs and Internal Police, I, Paragraph 2: "Any person who enters upon the land of another with firearms, with intent to fire or discharge them thereon, without requesting and obtaining the specific permission of the owner or occupant of such land, or his agent, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10.00."
ARTICLE 19. On petition of the Selectmen, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00, said amount to be expended by the Board of Assessors for outside professional services to revalue the real estate assessments, and to authorize the Board of Assessors to execute a contract on behalf of the Town to accomplish the same.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of the Acts of 1959, Chapter 513 of the General Laws to increase individually to an amount not exceeding $1,200.00 the annual amount of any retirement allowance payable to any employee or his dependent, which retirement allowance is now less than $1,200.00, provided that such official or employee has been in the service of the Town for not less than 15 years.
To transact any other business that may lawfully come before this meeting.
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