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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00739 3231
Property of
Robbins Library
Arlington, Mass.
Founded by DR. EBENEZER LEARNED, 1835 Endowed by
DR. TIMOTHY WELLINGTON, 1853 NATHAN PRATT, 1875 HENRY MOTT, 1889 ELBRIDGE FARMER, 1892
Building Erected by MARIA C. ROBBINS in memory of ELI ROBBINS, 1892
126th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Arlington
AND
THE TOWN RECORDS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932.
Arlinat 35. Selectmen
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E. L. GRIMES PRINTING CO. 368 CONGRESS ST., BOSTON
1933
Basement Reference 97444 Arlington C2 63679 Apr. 33 ,
TOWN OFFICERS, 1933
Elective
TOWN CLERK E. Caroline Pierce (Term expires 1933)
Moderator (1 year) William B. Barry
Selectmen and Overseers of the Public Welfare
William O. Hauser
Term expires 1933
Arthur P. Wyman. Term expires 1934
Leonard Collins .
Term expires 1935
Board of Public Works
Walter F. Robinson Term expires 1933
Edward T. Ryan Term expires 1934
Ralph Adams Term expires 1935
Assessors
Clarence A. Moore .Term expires 1933
John D. O'Leary .Term expires 1934
Earl A. Ryder Term expires 1935
Treasurer
Charles A. Hardy Term expires 1933
Tax Collector
Edward A. Bailey Term expires 1933
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School Committee
Katherine W. Lacey
Term expires 1933
Claire E. Turner
Term expires 1933
Winburn S. Cannell.
Term expires 1933
Clement J. Beaudet.
Term expires 1934
Joseph J. Bevins
Term expires 1934
Therese N. Turner
Term expires 1934
Norine D. Casey.
Term expires 1935
M. Norcross Stratton
Term expires 1935
Mortimer H. Wells
Term expires 1935
Planning Board
Herbert M. Dutcher. Term expires 1933
Walton H. Sears, Chairman.
Term expires 1934
Charles M. MacMillin
Term expires 1934
Lester W. Collins.
Term expires 1935
Carolyn B. Reed.
Term expires 1935
Park Commissioners
Edward W. Higgins, Chairman.
Term expires 1933
Richard L. Powers.
Term expires 1934
Frank W. Wunderlich.
Term expires 1935
Board of Health
Charles F. Atwood. Term expires 1933
Alfred W. Lombard, Chairman Term expires 1934
Ernest R. Brooks. Term expires 1935
Commissioners of Sinking Fund
Frank H. Walker
Term expires 1933
M. Ernest Moore Term expires 1934
Roscoe R. Perry Term expires 1935
Trustees of Pratt Fund
Roscoe R. Perry Term expires 1933
M. Ernest Moore
Term expires 1934
*George Hill Term expires 1935
Arthur J. Wellington.
Term expires 1936
Frank H. Walker
Term expires 1937
Charles A. Hardy, ex-officio
*Died.
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Trustees of Robbins Library
William A. Muller
Term expires 1933
Cyrus E. Dallin.
Term expires 1933
Mary Helen Teele.
Term expires 1934
Arthur J. Wellington.
Term expires 1934
Therese N. Turner
Term expires 1935
Charles J. Walsh
Term expires 1935
Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons
*George Hill Term expires 1933
M. Ernest Moore
Term expires 1934
Roscoe R. Perry
Term expires 1935
Frank H. Walker
Term expires 1936
Arthur J. Wellington.
Term expires 1937
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective)
Frank H. Walker
James A. Bailey
Eben Dewing
John A. Bishop
William D. Elwell
John G. Brackett
Cemetery Commissioners
J. Edwin Kimball, Chairman.
Term expires 1933
M. Ernest Moore. Term expires 1934
Harold L. Frost. Term expires 1935
Board of Appeal
Frederic F. Low, Chairman Term expires 1935
Thomas J. Donnelly. Term expires 1933
Alton F. Tupper Term expires 1934
William A. McNeal, Associate
Tree Warden (elected annually) Daniel M. Daley
Fence Viewers
David T. Dale *Died.
D. Herbert Buttrick
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Field Drivers
Archibald F. Bullock Daniel P. Barry
F. Joseph Cahalin Charles E. Carroll Edwin C. Jacobs Measurers of Wood and Bark (elected annually) Patrick F. Brosnahan Charles E. Hale
Arthur B. Peirce
APPOINTMENTS Appointments Made by the Selectmen
Term Expires
John A. Easton, Clerk April 1, 1933
Clarence Needham, Town Accountant.
William Gratto, Inspector of Buildings April 1, 1934
April 1, 1933
George W. Day, Inspector of Plumbing
April 1, 1933
Harold R. Webb, Town Physician
April 1, 1933
Chester L. Blakely, Inspector of Animals April 1, 1933
Archibald F. Bullock, Burial Agent. April 1, 1933
Daniel M. Daley, Suppressor of Moths April 1, 1933
Arthur B. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1933
Horace W. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1933
Walter H. Peirce, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1933
David Lynch, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1933
William Coughlin, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1933
Patrick Keaney, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1933
John L. Kelly, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1933
James P. Kelly, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1933
Thomas O'Donnell, Weigher of Hay and Coal.
April 1, 1933
Eva A. Cummings, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1933
Robert J. Kelley, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1933
Charles E. Hale, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1933
William C. Scannell, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1933
John O'Brien, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1933
Charles J. O'Brien, Weigher of Hay and Coal April 1, 1933
George R. Kelley, Weigher of Hay and Coal. April 1, 1933
Archibald F. Bullock, Keeper of Lockup. April 1, 1933
James Carmody, Superintendent of Town House April 1, 1933
Allan E. Cowie, Sealer of Weights and Measures April 1, 1933
Appointments Made by the Overseers of Public Welfare
* Marion L. Smith, Secretary and Agent. April 1, 1933 #Clifford W. Cook, Secretary and Agent.
Appointment Made by the Board of Suppressing Moths
Daniel M. Daley, Local Superintendent. April 1, 1933
Appointments Made by the Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works
John A. Easton, Clerk April 1, 1933
Paul M. White, Town Counsel. April 1, 1933
James M. Keane, Town Engineer. April 1, 1933
William E. Mason, Superintendent of Wires. April 1, 1933
*Resigned.
+Appointed.
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Appointment Made by the Board of Public Works S. Alfred Benson, Water Register and Clerk April 1, 1933
Appointments Made by the Board of Health
William H. Bradley, § Sanitary Inspector April 1, 1933
Inspector of Milk. April 1, 1933
William H. Bradley, Clerk.
April 1, 1933
Registrars of Voters
Eben F. Dewing, Chairman.
May 1, 1934
James J. Golden, Jr.
May 1, 1935
*Leonard Collins.
¡Timothy J. Buckley
May 1, 1933
E. Caroline Pierce, ex-officio.
ROSTER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief Archibald F. Bullock
Lieutenant Albert E. Ryan Sergeants
Edwin C. Jacobs
Daniel P. Barry
Charles E. Carroll
T. Francis Meagher, Jr. Harold F. Pick Thomas F. Sullivan
Patrolmen
F. Joseph Cahalin Felix Lopez
Lester H. Peabody
Thomas R. Pigott
T. Arthur Nolan
Thomas E. Burns
Thomas M. Donovan
James F. Ryan
George E. Moore
Thomas J. Keefe
William P. Mahoney
Arthur J. Keaney
Maurice J. Scannell
Raymond L. MacLean
M. James Coughlin
Thomas R. White
James J. Flynn
James J. Donovan
James R. Burns
Charles W. Scannell
William A. Scanlan
William M. Germain
John J. Roche
William L. Olson
William F. Burns
William J. O'Brien
Charles O. Toomey Denis F. Shea
William A. Riley
John J. Hourihan
Charles J. Tynan Thomas M. Curran
William J. Colbert William T. Bolster
*Resigned. #Appointed.
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Reserve Patrolmen
George H. Fitzgibbon
William H. Robinson
Arthur E. Clare
Adalbert T. Zwink
Millard T. Merritt
Edward Sullivan
Gerald J. Duggan
Daniel J. McCarthy
Ferdinand A. Lucarelli
Anthony Abreau.
1932 Special Officers to Serve Without Pay During Pleasure of the Board
James J. Dolan
Charles A. Collins
John J. Harty
J. Arthur Bourdon
Frederick Livingston
William Irving
George H. Greim
George Mernick
Michael Reddan
John Campbell
Michael McDevitt
Leslie Wildgust
A. Leslie Heckbert
Frank Monroe
Harry Sweetnam
Harold Herbert Phipps
Michael Wall
Edmund LeDoux
Joseph B. Trainor
Frank Priest
Daniel Bosquet
Matthew McCaffery
Dr. Harold R. Webb
Walter McClure
Dr. Chester L. Blakely
Patrick McCarthy
Wathen B. Henderson
Bernard McArdle
Michael Shea
Patrick Reddan
Joseph Gardella
Daniel Haley
James McCorkle
Edmund Dorington
Sandy Chestaro
John T. Loftus
Edward J. Corper
John Heron
Carl L. Peterson
1932 Constables
J. Wilbert Anderson
William F. Davis
Ralph T. Atwood
Winthrop J. Donovan
William H. Bradley
William F. Duggan
Archibald F. Bullock
John A. Easton
Allan E. Cowie
J. Herbert Gunnerson
Charles J. Daley, Jr.
John N. Loud
OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ARLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
January, 1933 Chief, Daniel B. Tierney Deputy Chief, George W. Corbett Engine No. 1
Captain Albert V. Jones John F. Shaw
Lieutenant Anthony P. Lopez Charles O'Neil
Thomas Flatley Horace Aiken
Francis J. Neville
James Carmody
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Engine No. 2
Lieutenant Richard Tierney
Lieutenant Ervin Gay
Lawrence Beasley
John Beasley George Kenney Reginald Wood
Daniel Coughlin
Engine No. 3
Captain John Sweeney
Bart. J. McGreevy, Jr.
Herbert White
George Heiser
Captain John Barry William Burns James Deane William P. Slattery
Engine No. 4
Captain Lorne S. McEwen
Maurice O'Conner
Harold C. O'Leary
James P. O'Brien Judson S. Aiken
William P. Moynihan
Ladder No. 1
Captain Ernest H. Griffin
William A. Keefe
Lieutenant Charles J. Flynn
Harold W. Madden Edward J. Ryan
Lawrence C. Chester
Ladder No. 2
Captain John J. Kennedy
William A. Libby
Lieutenant Thomas H. Egan
Robert J. Mahoney
James A. Doherty John M. Fahey
Harry Cooper
Special Service Company
Lieutenant John M. Tierney
Daniel J. Mahoney
John E. Canniff Edward F. Lane
Fire and Police Signal System Captain Lester W. Cameron
Department Surgeon Dr. Winslow M. Kingman
Drill Masters
Richard Tierney Charles J. Flynn
Undertakers (licensed)
Leslie E. A. Smith
April 30, 1933
Daniel W. Grannan
April 30, 1933
William D. Grannan
April 30, 1933
William P. Dale
April 30, 1933
Leonard B. Saville
April 30, 1933
Joseph Quinn
April 30, 1933
Thomas S. Bonney
April 30, 1933
Joseph M. H. Forest
April 30, 1933
Joseph H. Rockett April 30, 1933
Augustus K. Hatchfield
April 30, 1933
Christian J. Berglund
April 30, 1933
John E. Barry
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RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1932
TOWN WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss.
To the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Arlington, to meet in the Town Hall in said Town on Wednesday, the 27th day of Janu- ary, 1932, at eight o'clock, p.m., at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting members, in accordance with, and subject to the referenda provided for by, Chapter 642 of the Acts of 1920.
Article 1. To hear and act upon the reports of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
Article 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue for the year 1932, the same to be paid directly from the proceeds of said revenue; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 3. To see if the Town will appropriate the additional sum of thirteen hundred (1300) dollars or any other sum, for the work relating to employment of the
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poor, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen; determine in what manner the money shall be raised ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the extension of the Sewerage System; de- termine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the extension of Water Mains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation of ten thousand (10,000) dollars, or any other sum, for the extension of Storm Drains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee on Unemployment and Board of Public Works)
Article 7. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation or appropriations for the improvement, develop- ment, maintenance and/or use of parks and/or play- grounds within the Town; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Park Commissioners and Committee on Unemployment)
Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred seventeen thousand, two hundred twenty-three and 86/100 (117,223.86) dollars or any other sum or sums to pay an assessment by the County Com- missioners of the County of Middlesex for a proportion-
+
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ate share of the expense of construction of a county tuberculosis hospital under Section 83 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws; and/or to pay part of the cost or expense of the construction by said Commissioners of a hospital for the care of persons suffering from consump- tion, apportioned or assessed by them, all as provided in Chapter 185 of the Acts of 1921 and Sections 78 to 91, inclusive, of said Chapter 111 and all acts in amendment or repeal thereof or addition thereto; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action in relation to all or any of the foregoing.
Article 9. To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed by the Board of Selectmen, in pur- suance of the vote of the Town passed on April 1, 1931, under Article 58 of the warrant for the annual meeting in 1931, "to investigate and study our present form of government, make recommendations for any improve- ments therein and report not later than the annual town meeting in 1932"; and to see if the Town will authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the Gen- eral Court for legislation necessary or proper to authorize the said Board to act as a Board of Public Works, exercising the powers of surveyors of highways, road commissioners, water commissioners and sewer commis- sioners ; to authorize the said Board to appoint a Superin- tendent of Public Works and designate his powers; to authorize the appointment instead of the election of cer- tain other town boards and officers; and to abolish the Board of Public Works, all substantially in accordance with the report of said committee, or take any other action thereon, or relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of the Committee to Study Form of Government)
And you will notify and warn the voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place herein specified
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by leaving at every dwelling house in the Town a printed copy of this warrant, and also by posting a copy of the same at the doors of the Town Hall, and in a conspicuous place in each of the fourteen precincts of the Town, seven days at least prior to the time of said meeting.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this War- rant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before said day and hour of meeting.
Given under our hands, at said Arlington, this eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.
HOLLIS M. GOTT, WILLIAM O. HAUSER, ARTHUR P. WYMAN,
Selectmen of the Town of Arlington.
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CONSTABLE'S RETURN
Arlington, Mass., January 19, 1932.
Middlesex County :
By virtue of this Warrant I have notified and warned the legal voters of the Town of Arlington to meet at the time and place and for the purposes herein named by causing a printed attested copy of the same to be left at every dwelling house in the Town, and by posting an attested copy at the doors of the Town Hall seven days at least before said day of meeting and by posting at- tested copies in two or more conspicuous places in each voting precinct in the Town. A notice of the time, place and objects of the meeting was published in the local papers.
(Signed) JOHN A. EASTON,
Constable, Town of Arlington, Mass.
SPECIAL MEETING
Arlington, January 27, 1932.
Pursuant to the Warrant of the Selectmen served according to law upon the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, by a Constable of the said Town and sent by mail by the Town Clerk seven days before the day of meeting to the Town Meeting Members duly elected and qualified to act in Town Meetings in Arlington, the Town Meeting Members met at the Robbins Memorial Town Hall in said Town on Wednesday evening, January 27, 1932 at eight o'clock.
Lists of the duly qualified Town Meeting Members were used at the entrances of the meeting place and were in charge of Albert K. Peirce and James E. Sweeney.
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The check lists filed with the Town Clerk at the close of the meeting showed that two hundred and fifty-eight Town Meeting Members attended the meeting.
James C. Carr, stenographer, was sworn by the Town Clerk to impartially and correctly report the proceedings of the meeting to the best of his ability.
The Moderator called the meeting to order at 8:05 o'clock p.m., ruling a quorum present.
The Clerk read the call and the Constable's Return of the Warrant, the reading of the remainder of the War- rant being waived by the unanimous consent of the meeting.
On motion of Hollis M. Gott:
Voted: That if all the business of the meeting as set forth in the Warrant is not disposed of on this date the meeting adjourn to Thursday evening, February 4, 1932, at eight o'clock.
On motion of Ernest W. Davis:
Voted: That Article 1 be taken up.
Article 1 taken up. (Reports of Committees.)
On motion of Ernest W. Davis:
Voted: That the report of the Finance Committee as it appears in the printed form be now received.
Frederick W. Hill, Chairman of the Committee on Town Government, presented the report of the Commit- tee but the Moderator ruled that the matter would more' properly come up under Article 9,
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On motion of Ernest W. Davis :
Voted: That Article 1 be laid on the table.
On motion of Ernest W. Davis:
Voted (unanimously) : That the remaining articles up to and including Article 8 in the Warrant be now taken up, and that the recommendations of the Finance Com- mittee under the various articles as presented in their printed report, be considered as now before the meeting, to be voted upon without further motion, separately and in the order in which they appear in said Warrant.
Article 2 taken up. (Treasurer : Power to Borrow.)
Voted (unanimously) : That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money, from time to time in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1932, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year; any debt or debts so incurred to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 3 taken up. (Work relating to Employment.)
Lester W. Collins, Chairman of the Unemployment Committee read a circular put out by the United Boston Unemployment Relief Campaign.
Voted (unanimously) : That the additional sum of thirteen hundred (1300) dollars be and hereby is appro- priated for the work relating to employment of the poor ; and that said sum be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 4 taken up. (Extension of Sewerage Sys- tem.)
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Voted (unanimously) : That the Town do not now make an appropriation for the extension of the Sewerage System.
Article 5 taken up. (Extension of Water Mains.)
Voted (unanimously) : That the Town do not now make an appropriation for the extension of Water Mains.
Article 6 taken up. (Extension of Storm Drains.)
Considerable discussion took place under this Article.
A motion was put before the meeting and declared by the Moderator lost but on request of John L. Delay a rising vote was taken. Messrs. Myerson, Cook and Ryder acting as Tellers.
One hundred fifty-one voted in the affirmative and fourteen in the negative.
Voted: That the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dol- lars be and hereby is appropriated for the extension of Storm Drains for the year 1932; the same to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works.
Article 7 taken up. (Improvement of Parks and Playgrounds.)
Voted: That the sum of thirteen thousand ($13,000) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the improve- ment of parks and playgrounds within the Town: said sum to be raised by general tax and expended under the direction of the Board of Park Commissioners substan- tially as follows :
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Warren A Pierce Playground. $6,000.00
Shores of Spy Pond 3,500.00
Turkey Hill. 750.00
Fowles Mill. 250.00
Arlington Heights Playground.
2,500.00
$13,000.00
Article 8 taken up. (Assessment for County Hos- pital.)
Voted (unanimously) : That the sum of one hundred seventeen thousand two hundred twenty-three and 86/100 ($117,223.86) dollars be and hereby is appropriated for the payment of an assessment by the County Commis- sioners of the County of Middlesex for a proportionate share of the expense of construction of a county tuber- culosis hospital under Section 83 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws; that for said purpose the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is author- ized to borrow the sum of one hundred thousand ($100,- 000) dollars and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with Section 19 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and all acts in addition thereto or amendment thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten (10) years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine; that the balance, seventeen thousand two hun- dred twenty-three and 86/100 ($17,223.86) dollars be raised by general tax, and that said sum of one hundred seventeen thousand, two hundred twenty-three and 86/100 ($117,223.86) dollars be expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Selectmen.
On motion of Ernest W. Davis:
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Voted: That Article 9 be taken up.
Article 9 taken up. (Town Government.)
Frederick W. Hill, Chairman of the Committee on investigation of Town Government presented the report of this Committee.
It having been moved and seconded it was
Voted (unanimously) : That the report of the Com- mittee on Investigation of Town Government be received.
Ernest W. Davis, Chairman of the Finance Commit- tee offered the following motion :
That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is au- thorized to petition the General Court for legislation necessary or proper to authorize the said Board to act as a Board of Public Works, exercising the power of sur- veyors of highways, road commissioners, water commis- sioners and sewer commissioners; to authorize the said Board to appoint a Superintendent of Public Works and designate his powers; to authorize the appointment in- stead of election of certain other town boards and officers ; and to abolish the Board of Public Works; all as set forth in the draft of an act contained in the report of the Committee appointed in pursuance of the vote of the Town passed on April 1, 1931, under Article 58 of the Warrant for the annual meeting in 1931.
Considerable discussion took place following this motion.
On motion of Roger W. Homer:
Voted (unanimously) : That the motion as presented by the Finance Committee be laid on the table.
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Roger W. Homer offered the following amendment to the motion as before the meeting.
That on Page 15, Section 4, Line 5, after the word "selectmen" there be inserted the words "town clerk, town treasurer, collector, the board of health," so that the sentence beginning on Line 4 shall read-"All other officers and boards of the town, excepting the selectmen, town clerk, town treasurer, collector, the board of health, the board of public welfare, the school committee, the board of assessors, the board of park commissioners, the planning board, and members of the finance committee, shall, from and after the first annual election held fol- lowing the acceptance of this act, be appointed promptly by the board of selectmen for the terms prescribed by law, provided, however, that all such other officers and members of boards shall continue to hold their offices for the remainder of the terms for which they were respec- tively elected, and provided also that this section shall not authorize the board of selectmen to make any ap- pointment required or authorized by general law, special act or town by-law, to be made by any other town officer or board."
The amendment was seconded, put to a vote and carried.
The following amendment offered by Elliott R. Barker being put before the meeting was lost.
That on Page 15, Section 3, Line 10, the sentence beginning "He shall give bond-" be omitted and the following be substituted therefor:
"He shall, subject to the approval of the selectmen, appoint such assistants, agents and employees as the per-
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formance of the duties of the various departments under his administration may require."
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