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TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 193 1
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LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1932
LOCAL HISTORY Ref. 352 Saugus v.44
TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1931
SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 205 Central St. Saugus FS4 906
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LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1932
INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees
PAGE
Accountant's Report .
Annual Town Meeting
314-343 17-233
Appointed Town Officers
15
Assessors
420
Board of Health
392
Board of Public Welfare
412
Cemetery Commission
422
Chief of Fire Department
438
Chief of Police
408
Collector
Committee on Revision of By-Laws
259
Dock Commission
445 5
Forest Fire Warden
443
Inspector of Animals
393
Inspector of Milk and Dairies
394
Inspector of Plumbing
393
Library Trustees
444
Planning Board
385
Public Works
396
Report of Finance Committee
50-242 415
Report of Playground Commissioners
423
Report of Sewer Committee
229
Report of Supervisor of Dental Clinic
395
School Report following page
447
Selectmen .
382
Special Town Meeting, March 11, 1931
47
Special Town Meeting, July 13, 1931
235
Special Town Meeting, November 2, 1931
284
Town Clerk
416
Financial Departments
Accountant's Department .
321
Agency and Trust
342
Assessor's Department
322
Balance Sheet
327
Board of Appeals
320
Board of Public Welfare
333
By-Laws
265
Cemetery
317
Collector's Department
321
Collector of Ashes and Garbage
328
Committee on Revision of By-Laws
218
Report of Investigator and Visitor
429
Elected Town Officers
3
INDEX.
PAGE
Commercial; Revenue
315
Charities
317
Education
317
Election and Registration
323
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
338
Expenditures
320
Extension of Streets
340
Enterprises
339
Engineer's Department
324
Fire Department
325
Gypsy Moth Extermination
327
Health and Sanitation
327
Highways
316
Insurance .
337
Inspector of Buildings
447
Inspector of Milk and Dairies
328
Inspector of Animals and Cattle
328
Inspector of Plumbing
328
Interest
318
Law Department
322
Libraries
335.
Outstanding Bonds
377
Permanent Construction
329
Planning Board .
320
Plumbing Inspector
328
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
338
Protection of Persons and Property
324
Police Department
324
Public Works Department
323
Receipts
314
Refunds and Transfers
319
Repairs
339
Registration, Town Notes
321
Saugus Home
334
Sealer of Weights and Measures
326
Sidewalks
332
Snow and Ice
333
Soldiers' Benefits
317
Street Lighting ·
333
Summarized Statement Appropriation, year ending Dec. 31. 1931,
315
Town Clerk
322
Town Hall
323
Treasurer's Department
321
Tree Warden
325
Trust Funds
344
Unclassified
337
Vital Statistics
328
Water Department
318
In Memoriam
FRANK P. BENNETT
IS54
1931
Representative to the General Court : 1891-1894 1 898 -- 1900 1903
Selectman : 1904, 1907, 1908 1912, 1915, 1916
School Committee Man : 1921-1924
Moderator : 1918 and 1919
The citizens of Saugus remember with gratitude the multitude of able, conscientious and valuable services rendered to his town by the late Honorable Frank P. Bennett, who passed from this life in 1931. Therefore, they devote these pages in the Annual Town Report for that year to an endeavor to honor and preserve the memory of the man and his long and distinguished record of public service.
HON. FRANK P. BENNETT
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
1931]
Elected Town Officers, 1931.
Town Clerk
Walter A. Wilson Term expires March, 1932
Selectmen
George H. Quarmby, Chairman Term expires March, 1932
John C. Pitman ·
..
.. .. 1932
Harry Woodward .
.
1932
Assessors
Lewis J. Austin, Chairman .
Tern expires March, 1933
Daniel B. Willis
..
..
.. 1934
Edwin K. Hayden
6.
1932
Board of Public Welfare
George H. Ames, Chairman Term expires March, 1932
Ernest M. Hatch
. 1932
Arthur C. Dunk
1932
Treasurer
Harold E. Dodge Term expires March, 1932
Constable
W. Charles Sellick
Term expires March, 1932
Collector of Taxes
Walter A. Wilson Term expires March, 1932
Trustees of Public Library
John B. Lang, Chairman Term expires March, 1934
John Husler
1934
William E. Mead
66
1933
Walter D. Blossom
66
66 1933
Kaler A."Perkins
66
1932
Augustus B. Tripp
66
60
1932
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Board of Health
Charles E. Light, Chairman
Term expires March, 1933
Myron H. Davis
Tom D. Emmett ( Resigned)
Henry O. Westendarp
...
..
1932
(To fill vacancy)
School Committee
Mortimer H. Mellen, Chairman
Term expires March, 1932
Mabel L. Carter
66
1933
Frederick B. Willls .
1933
Welcome W. Mccullough ( Resigned) 66
66
66
1934
Ernest A. Rogers (to fill vacancy ) 66
66
66 1932
Cemetery Commissioners
Henry A. B. Peckham, Chairman
Term expires March, 1933
W. George Greenlay
66
66 1934
William E. Ludden .
1932
Tree Warden
Thomas E. Berrett Term expires March, 1932
Planning Board
Herbert L. Robinson, Chairman
Term expires March, 1932
66
1932
Charles E. Thrasher
66 1933
Washington L. Bryer
66 1934
*Charles N. Wormstead .
66
1933
Laurence E. Weeks (to fill vacancy)
66
1932
Playground Commission
George W. Nicholson, Chairman,
Term expires March, 1932
. 6 66
1932
Edwin H. Jacquith .
66 1932
Moderator
Frank P. Bennett, Jr.
Term expires March, 1932
·. Deceased
·
Edwin M. Holmes .
Charles H. L. Kahler
1934
Waldo B. Russell
1934
1931]
Appointed Town Officers, 1931
Town Accountant
Edward Gibbs, Jr. Term expires August 1, 1932
Finance Committee
Alexander S. Addison, Chairman
Term expires March 1932
Paul A. Haley, Secretary .
·
..
1934
Bertrand D. Westendarp
6.
66
1932
Charles E. Stillings
..
..
1932
Frederick R. Sharp
. 6
66
1934
Edward Gibbs, Jr.
..
..
1932
Charles T. Anderson .
.6
1934
Frank F. Humphries .
.6
1932
Forest Warden Melen R. Joy
Keeper of Lockup John T. Stuart
Matron of Lockup Elizabeth M. Collings
Superintendent of Public Works Dexter G. Pratt
Superintendent of Schools Jesse W. Lambert
Superintendent of Cemeteries Charles E. Light
Pound Keeper . . Asa G. Sheldon
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Field Driver Willie M. Penney
Measurer of Wood and Bark Frank H. Coburn
Board of Registrars
Leon B. Wade, Chairman
Term expires 1932
Walter A. Wilson
.
66
1932
Francis M. Hill
1934
Vincent G. Pendleton
1933
Sealer of Weights and Measures Alfred H. Woodward
Cattle and Milk Inspector John W. Hitchings
Public Weighers
Crawford H. Stocker
Ruth M. Burnett
Louis F. Shaw James F. Watson
Inspector of Plumbing Thomas C. Sutherst
Inspector of Buildings Daniel B. Willis
Janitor of Town Hall Justin E. Mansfield
Clerk of Selectmen C. Carroll Cunningham
Dog Officer John T. Stuart
Sewer Commission Charles E. Flynn, Chairman Walter L. C. Niles Fred C. Cheever
Director of State Aid and Soldiers Relief Charles M. O'Connor
.
1931]
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
Town Meeting Members-1931
PRECINCT ONE
Term Expires
Fred C. Cheever
275 Central street 1932
Arthur D. Hitchings
17 Prospect street 1932
George I. Hull
40 Pleasant street 1932
Gordon C. Marr
Highland avenue 1932
George A. McCarrier
29 Prospect street
1932
Thomas P. Parsons
35 Main street
1932
Henry A. B. Peckham
329 Central street
1932
W. Charles Sellick
13 Main street
1932
Charles Wilson
302 Central street
1932
Clarence M. Davis
24 Main street
1933
Walter S. Dyer
63A Main street 1933
Edwin M. Holmes
3.6 Central street
1933
Jesse W. Lambert
279 Central street
1933
Frank N. Lendall
15 Pleasant street
1933
John F. Mccullough, Jr.
2So Central street
1933
Welcome W. Mccullough
2So Central street
1933
Frederick L. Sawyer
I Austin street
1933
Harry F. Wentworth
7 Emory court
1933
Bertrand D. Westendarp Timothy J. Bannon
59 Main street 1933
269 Central street 193-1
Thomas E. Berrett
S Franklin street
1934
George H. Durgin
41 Main street 1934
Elmer R. Emmett
26 Prospect street 1934
John G. Holmes
124 Main street 1934
Henry A. Mccullough
2So Central street 1934
Lawrence E. Day
19 Emory street 1934
Charles M. Sweeney
14 Parker street 1934
Russell P. Gray
91 Main street 1934
Vincent J. McGilvray, Jr.
75 Appleton street 1934
Walter A. Wilson
302 Central street 1932
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
PRECINCT TWO
Term Expires
William J. Bateman
16 Ernest street 1932
Benjamin Q. Belonga
24 Jackson street 1932
George H. Flockton, Jr.
8 Castle street 1932
Priscilla Flockton
S Castle street
1932
Charles E. Flynn
21 Smith road
1932
Ernest A. Hodgdon
II Kent street 1932
Leslie E. Parsons
5 Ernest street 1932
Charles B. Pugsley
380 Lincoln avenue 1932
Harry T. Turner
274 Lincoln avenue 1932 -
Nathan F. Chapman
10 Central place 1933
Helen F. Cunningham
240 Lincoln avenue 1933
Robert J. Maher
473 Central street 1933
Russell R. Peterson
I Overlook terrace 1933
Samuel A. Phinney
42 Clifton avenue 1933
Angelo Rossetti
57 Summit avenue 1933
Fred B. Swett
15 Palmer avenue
1933
Edward E. Walker
248 Lincoln avenue 1933
John Willis White
26 Western avenue 1933
C. Carroll Cunningham
240 Lincoln avenue 1934
Paul A. Haley
5 Palmer avenue 1934
Charles H. L. Kahler
Summit avenue 1934
Charles M. O'Connor
14 Ernest street 1934
Kenneth A. Larkin
9A Baker street 1934
Richard J. Spencer
271 Lincoln avenue 1934
Charles W. Turner
274 Lincoln avenue 1934
Chauncey V. Whittredge
8 Kent street 1934
George Wood
27 Mountain avenue 1934
1931]
PRECINCT THREE
Term Expires
Esther A. Borjeson
15 Fairmount place 1932
Charles A. Charles
II Vincent street 1932
George W. Gale
68 Lincoln avenue 1932
George F. Gosselin
17 Chestnut street 1932
Herbert G. Hatch 20 Bailey avenue
1932
John W. Hitchings
31 Vincent street
1932
William E. Ludden
56 Lincoln avenue 1932
Daniel M. Radford
51 Lincoln avenue 1932
William E. Snow
II Wakefield avenue 1932
Frederick B. Willis
5 Willis street 1932
Arthur R. Armstrong
I Springdale avenue 1933
Dorothy J. Eyre
29 Vincent street 1933
Bertram C. Farnham
14 Wendell street 1933
Isabella J. Griswold
15 Hemingway road 1933
Joseph A. Lambert
31 Lawndale avenue 1933
Mabel I. Nelson
37 Spencer avenue 1933
Kaler A. Perkins
5 Vincent street 1933
Charles L. Putney
46 Chestnut street
1933
Frederick R. Sketchley
17 Grand View avenue
1933
Charles E. Thrasher
So Lincoln avenue
1933
Frederick H. Griswold
15 Hemingway road 1934
Terrence J. McTague
40 Lincoln avenue 1934
Herbert B. Newhall
66A Lincoln avenue
1934
Walter L. C. Niles
50 Chestnut street
1934
Frederick R. Sharp
I Willis street 1934
William T. Allan
66 Spencer avenue 1934
Dexter G. Pratt
34 Winter street 1934
Henry F. Gayron, Jr.
15 Riverside court 1934
Stanley W. Hatch
20 Bailey avenue 1934
Sanford S. Searles
15 Springdale avenue 1934
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
PRECINCT FOUR
Term Expires
Irene W. Bennett
I Hayden road 1932
George H. Blood
34 Felton street 1932
Russell Clucas
7 Putnam street
1932
Charles W. Gibbs
14 Hayden road
1932
Edward Gibbs, Jr.
79 Vine street
1932
Charles W. Hanson
128 Essex street
1932
Horace C. Ramsdell
106 Essex street
1932
Frank B. Sloan
117 Essex street
1932
Crawford H. Stocker
107 Essex street 1932
Crawford H. Stocker, Jr.
107 Essex street
1932
Ethel L. Gibbs
14 Hayden road 1933
Walter S. Hamilton
185 Essex street 1933
Angelina S. Hayden
Hayden road 1933
Bessie I. Neale
IO Tuttle street 1933
Frank Reppucci
25 Farrington avenue 1933
Marion P. Russell
6 Anawan avenue 1933
Waldo B. Russell
6 Anawan avenue 1933
Sidney Smith
14 Anawan avenue
1933
Ernert F. Tarbox
15 Hayden road
1933
Virginia E. Woodward
94 Adams avenue
1933
Mabel L. Carter
128 Essex street
1934
Chester F. Cross
9 Holden avenue 1934
Bertram E. Dexter
92 Essex street
1934
Harold P. Rice
123 Essex street
1934
Newell V. Bartlett
7 Anawan avenue 1934
John S. Cashen
4 Pleasant avenue 1934
Fred L. Hawkes
72 Denver street 1934
Leonard C. Maxwell
70 Adams avenue 1934
Edwin A. Rich, Jr.
IS Felton street 1934
Lewis E. Richardson
234 Essex street 1934
1931]
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
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PRECINCT FIVE
Time Expires
Frank H. Coburn
132 Walnut street 1932
Arthur L. Hawkes
133 Walnut street 1932
Ernest W. Homan
1 16 Walnut street 1932
John N. Mader
+1 Central street 1932
Harry W. Merrill
Water street
1932
Robert G. Pike
Spring street 1932
Charles E. Stillings
51 Walnut street
1932
Roswell W. Abbott
35 Walden Pond avenue
1933
George B. Conley
260 Walnut street 1933
Arthur Lee Homan
116 Walnut street
1933
Martha R. Merrill
Water street 1933
Lucy F. Stillings
51 Walnut street 1933
Edward W. Wilson
129 Broadway 1933
Joseph E. Wormstead
S7 Cleveland avenue 1933
Howard F. Kelley
Forest street
1934
Oren O. Bentley
Broadway 1934
A. Willard Moses
139 Walnut street
1934
Otto F. Persson
35 Cleveland avenue
1934
*Charles N. Wormstead
122 Fairmount avenue 1934 DeSota street 1934
Charles Wayne Traver
Harold J. Coburn
51 Walnut street 1934
Rosanna Gautreau (To fill vacancy)
33 Garfield avenue 1932
*Deceased
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
PRECINCT SIX
Term Expires
Andrew B. Britt
131 Lincoln avenue 1932
Washington L. Bryer
234 Lincoln avenue 1932
Agnes B. Dodge
45 Birch street 1932
Charles F. Estes
15 Sunnyside park 1932
George A. Foster
24 Stone street 1932
Charles E. Light
30 Stone street 1932
W. Ernest Light
7 Sunnyside avenue 1932
Lewis O. Stocker
140 Lincoln avenue
1932
Iona E. Britt
131 Lincoln avenue 1933
Joseph G. Fisher
22 Dustin street
1933
William Huggins
II Overlea avenue 1933
George W. Lambert
28 Dudley street 1933
Albert J. Mandeville
41 Birch street
1933
George N. McKay
13 Sunnyside park 1933
Arthur W. Randall
52 Elaine avenue
1933
Flora L. Russell
147 Lincoln avenue 1933
Charles T. Anderson
36 Lawndale avenue 1934
Elizabeth H. Anderson
36 Lawndale avenue 1934
Charles C. DeFranzo
IO Bristow street 1934
W. George Greenlay
508 Central street 1934
Oswald C. Anderson
36 Lawndale avenue 1934
Raymond E. Morrison
46 Elaine avenue 1934
Benjamin H. Pingree
18 Morton avenue 1934
William S. Rockhill
510 Central street 1934
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
1931]
PRECINCT SEVEN
Term Expires
Alexander S. Addison
S Granite road 1932 .
Roger P. Beckman
14 Essex street 1932
George H. Mason
I I Myrtle street 1932
Herbert P. Mason
2 1 Myrtle street 1932
Charles B. McDuffee
10 Essex street 1932
William R. Snow
5 Myrtle street 1932
J. Arthur Raddin
I Raddin terrace 1932
Lewis P. Sanborn
12 Whitney street 1932
John Walkey
37 Whitney street 1932
James B. Allen
34 Myrtle street
1932
Winifred F. Curtis
43 Mt. Vernon street 1933
Norman D. Hatch
6 Avon street 1933
Howard C. Heath
17 Johnston terrace 1933
John B. Lang
20 Mountain avenue 1933
Mortimer H. Mellen
26 Mt. Vernon street 1933
Alfred T. Pitman
II Grove street 1933
John C. Pitman
9 Linwood street 1933
Lester T. Poole
4 Linwood street 1933
Walter L. Butler
9 Johnston terrace
1934
Frederick J. England
22 Linwood street
1934
Harry T. Nish
36 Myrtle street
1934
Harry A. White
17 Whitney street
1934
Maria E. Smith
51 Essex street
1934
Sarah A. Curtis
43 Mt. Vernon street 1934
Ashton F. Davis
17 Johnston terrace 1934
Willis T. Dean
S9 Essex street 1934
Arthur A. Pitman
13 Jackson street 1934
PRECINCT EIGHT
Term Expires
Stanley Anderson
IS Springdale avenue 1932
Nellie G. Blair
22 Johnson road 1932
Giles S. Bryer
434 Central street 1932
John P. Chesley
14 Robinson street 1932
Russell E. Chesley
14 Robinson street 1932
John R. Cormack
8 Laconia avenue 1932
Frank O. Gatchell
9 Denver street 1932
TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
Walter W. Hanson
25 Pearson street 193-
Frank F. Humphries
27 Westland avenue 1932
Edward O. Roy
I E. Denver street 1932
Alton S. Benson
34 Springdale avenue 1933
Raymond P. Chesley
14 Robinson street
1933
Minnie R. Drinkwater
32 Pearson street
1933
Frank L. Green
6 Denver street
1933
David W. Hanson
17 Clinton avenue
1933
Walter F. Leeman
15 Adams avenue 1933
27 Jasper street 1933
Harold A. Smiledge
2 Laconia avenue 1933
Otto W. Thomas
58 Jasper street 1933
Samuel Brown
21 Pelham street 1934
James Entwistle
3 Hilldale terrace 1934
Violet Humphries
27 Westland avenue 1934
Charles B. Pickering
27 Jasper street 1934
Arthur B. Randall
34 Jasper street 1934
Laurence F. Davis
38 Pearson street 1934
William C. Humphries
I28 Winter street
1934
Edgar H. MacDougall
8 Pinecrest road 1934
Daniel B. Murphy
3 Laconia avenue 1934
Chester B. Hicks
357 Central street 1934
Ex-Officiis Town Meeting Members
Tony A. Garafano
61 Summer st. Rep. in Gen. Court
C. F. Nelson Pratt 3 Johnston ter. Rep. in Gen. Court
Frank P. Bennett, Jr. I Hayden rd. Town Moderator
Walter A. Wilson 302 Central st.
Town Clerk-Col. Taxes
George H. Quarmby
15 Prospect st. Selectman
John C. Pitman
9 Linwood st. Selectman 72 Spencer av. Selectman
Harry Woodward
Harold E. Dodge
45 Birch st.
Town Treasurer
George H. Ames 40 Main st.
Ch. Bd. Public Welfare
Lewis J. Austin 311 Central st.
Ch. Bd. of Assessors
Herbert L. Robinson I Granite rd. Ch. Planning Board
George W. Nicholson 355 Central st.
Ch. Playg'd Committee
John Husler
II Horton street 1933
Elsie C. Pickering
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
1931]
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
ESSEX, SS.
To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus : GREETING ;
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Saugus, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the several voting precincts of the town on Monday, March 2nd, A.D., nineteen hundred and thirty-one, at 12 o'clock M., then and there to bring in their ballots to the Wardens for the following town officers :
For one year, Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three members of the Board of Public Welfare, three members of the Play- ground Commission, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Con- stable, Tree Warden, one Trustee of the Public Library (to fill vacancy), Town Moderator, one Town Meeting Member in Precinct Seven (to fill vacancy), one Town Meeting Member in Precinct Eight (to fill vacancy). For three years, two mem- bers of the School Committee, one member of the Planning Board, two Trustees of the Public Library, one Cemetery Com- missioner, one Assessor, one member of the Board of Health, ten (10) Town Meeting Members in Precinct One, nine (9) Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two, ten (10) Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three, ten (10) Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four, seven (7) Town Meeting Members in Precinct Five, eight (8) Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six, nine (9) Town Meeting Members in Precinct Seven, ten (10) Town Meeting Members in Precinct Eight.
"Also those qualified to vote in town elections and'town affairs to assemble in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, March eleventh, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, at eight o'clock, to hear and act on the following articles, viz :
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
ARTICLE I. To hear and act on reports of Committees.
ART. 2 To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the current financial year.
ART. 3. To see what sums of money the town will vote to appropriate and raise by taxation for Town Charges and for any other purpose for which the town may legally expend money.
ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,25S.So being the portion of the cost so incurred and appro- priated by the County Commissioners upon the inhabitants of the town of Saugus, for the construction of an addition to the Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital for the accommodation of additional patients and employees, said construction being in accordance with Chapter 251 of the Acts of 1929.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,770.05 being the portion of the net expense so incurred and appropriated by the County Commissioners upon the inhabitants of the town of Saugus, for the care, maintenance and repairs of the Hospital for the care of persons suffering from tuberculosis : for the year 1930.
ART. 6. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $11, 896.37 for unpaid bill's for 1930 and prior years, as follows :
Soldiers Relief
. $1,500 00
Assessors
32 50
Board of Health
15 00
Highways
413 50
Street Lights .
260 05
Sidewalks and Curbs
165 00
Public Welfare
6,000 00
Schools
101 85
School Repairs
172 21 .
Water Purchase
1,576 79
Cemetery
10 87
Police Department
161 35
Safety Committee
2 25
or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the Town Accountant.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
1931]
ART. 7. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $309.84 to pay bills of David J. Sheehan for driveways on Sloan estate and on Summer street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. S. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $208.78 to reimburse Ida M. Hodsdon for taxes paid to the town (Land Court No. 2652 and No. 2776). Board of Selectmen.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treas- urer to release the Tax Title for the Tax of 1914 on Lot 271 Madera street, for a sum less than the amount due thereon, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of of Selectmen,
ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to engage an experi- enced Social Service Worker, whose time shall be devoted to the Board of Public Welfare and the Director of State Aid and Soldiers' Relief and whose duty shall be to investigate all cases requiring assistance and keep a complete and accurate record of each case, the salary of such worker to be paid out of the appropriations made for the Public Welfare Department and State Aid and Soldiers' Relief, and that the Selectmen be instructed to secure the services of a competent person for the position, and fix the salary to be paid, or to see what action the town will take in the matter agreeable to the petition of the Planning Board.
ART. II. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000 to be expended under the direction of the Town Treasurer to determine the validity of tax titles held by the town, or to see what action the town will take in the matter agreeable to the petition of Harold E. Dodge, Treasurer, and others.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the purpose of painting the Town Hall, inside and outside, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the purpose of erecting a partition in the Court Room. Board of Selectmen.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS.
[Dec. 31
ART. 14. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000), the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, for the repair of the building on Taylor street, Saugus, known as "The Old Town Hall," and for the purchase of furniture and equipment neces- sary and desirable for the use and occupation of said premises, or to see what action the town will take in the matter agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen of the town of Saugus to enter into an indenture of lease with Saugus Post 210 of the American Legion, wherein and whereby it is agreed that the town of Saugus will lease to Saugus Post 210 of the American Legion for a period of five years the building owned by said town, situate on Taylor street, Saugus, and known as "The Old Town Hall ;" said Saugus Post 210 of the American Legion yielding and paying therefor the sum of five dollars ($5.00) payable in five (5) equal annual installments of one dollar ($1.00), or to see what action the town will take in the matter agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 16. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for Saugus Post 210 of the American Legion in accordance with Chapter 40, Section 9 of the Gen- eral Laws, or to see what action the town will take in the matter agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the use of the Governor's Safety Committee of Saugus appointed by the Selectmen ; said sum to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to transfer to a sepa- rate interest bearing account the Surplus-War Bonus Fund of $5,595.49. This account to be allowed to accumulate until such time as the town shall vote to use it for the purpose of erecting a War Memorial. Benjamin Q. Belonga and others.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum not exceeding $2,000 for the purpose of erecting a comfort
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station and storage building on the Cliftondale Playground, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the Playground Commission.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum not exceeding $2,000 for the purpose of erecting a comfort station and storage building on Stackpole Field, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the Playground Commission.
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