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EX. HAMILTON
ITS
H
IN
ANNUAL REPORT
for the
TOWN of HAMILTON
MASSACHUSETTS
1941
NEWCOMB & GAUSS CO., Printers Salem, Massachusetts
ANNUAL REPORT
for the
TOWN of HAMILTON
MASSACHUSETTS 1941
FOREWORD
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LIST of OFFICERS Elected and Appointed
Selectmen EDWARD A. DEWITT, Chairman
JOHN H. PERKINS
LAWRENCE R. STONE
Board of Public Welfare JOHN H. PERKINS, Chairman
EDWARD A. DEWITT LAWRENCE R. STONE FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE, Agent
Board of Health LAWRENCE R. STONE, Chairman
JOHN H. PERKINS EDWARD A. DEWITT
Moderator OLIVER WOLCOTT
Town Clerk GEORGE GIBNEY HARADEN
Treasurer BERNARD A. CULLEN
Tax Collector FRANK B. CROWELL
Surveyor of Highways LELAND D. THOMPSON
Assessors JESSE S. MANN, Chairman Term expires 1942
ROBERT H. CHITTICK Term expires 1944
DONALD G. TRUSSELL Term expires 1943
Trustees of Public Library BEATRICE B. HOLMES, Chairman Term expires 1942
ROLAND W. PAYNE Term expires 1944
JOHN F. NEARY Term expires 1943
School Committee FREDERIC WINTHROP, JR., Chairman Term expires 1943
ALLAN MACCURRACH Term expires 1944
GRACE B. LAMSON Term expires 1942
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Tree Warden RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Cemetery Commissioners LAWRENCE LAMSON, Chairman Term expires 1943
RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE Term expires 1942
LAWRENCE C. FOSTER Term expires 1944
Water Commissioners RICHARD H. SMITH, Chairman Term expires 1942
EVERETT F. HALEY Term expires 1944
GEORGE A. HARRIGAN Term expires 1943
Park Commissioners FREDERICK P. GOODHUE, Chairman Term expires 1943
RAYMOND H. STONE Term expires 1942
STANLEY E. ALLEN Term expires 1944
Constables EDWARD FREDERICK
CHARLES F. POOLE
ARTHUR SOUTHWICK
Chief of Police EDWARD FREDERICK
Moth Superintendent RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Superintendent of Cemetery ERNEST E. MACGREGOR
Superintendent of Water Works MALCOLM P. BROWN
Registrars of Voters FRANK W. BUZZELL, Chairman Term expires 1943
DANIEL F. CROWLEY Term expires 1944
JOHN F. COUNIHAN Term expires 1942
GEORGE GIBNEY HARADEN, Clerk ex-officio
Sealer of Weights and Measures ERVING O. MAXWELL
Town Accountant GEORGE GIBNEY HARADEN
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W. P. A. Co-ordinator ALEXINA D. MORROW
Town Counsel ROBERT B. WALSH
Fire Engineers A. MERRILL CUMMINGS, Chief
EARL E. JOHNSON
RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Finance and Advisory Committee STANDISH BRADFORD
FORRESTER A. CLARK JOHN KING
PERCIVAL D. WHIPPLE THEODORE A. HOLLAND
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering ERNEST M. BARKER
Inspector of Milk ERNEST M. BARKER
Forest Fire Warden FRED BERRY
Dog Officer F. BLAIR CROWELL
Field Drivers
FRED BERRY LORING COOK
CARL ANDERSON ERNEST M. BARKER
Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark
JESSE S. MANN ERNEST M. BARKER
TIMOTHY A. MOYNIHAN WENDELL W. DODGE
Keeper of Lockup GEORGE H. HARADEN
REPORT of the TOWN CLERK 1941
REPORT OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF THE TOWN OF HAMILTON HELD MARCH 3, 1941 AND OF THE ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION HELD MARCH 11, 1941
MODERATOR: Oliver Wolcott
TELLERS
Republican
Lester F. Stanley
Frank C. Back
Henry C. Jackson
Gerald F. Colwell
Joseph E. Austin
Edward J. Ready
Democratic Annie Cunningham Jessie W. B. Cunningham Ann Kelleher Thomas A. Sargent, Jr. Chester A. Baker Barbara A. Corcoran
POLICE
Edward Frederick
Arthur Southwick
TOWN CLERK: George Gibney Haraden
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Oliver Wolcott, at seven-thirty (7:30) o'clock in the evening, March 3, 1941.
In the absence of any member of the clergy the Moderator led the meeting in the Lord's prayer.
Article 1. "To bring in your ballots for :
Moderator for one year.
Town Clerk for one year.
Three Selectmen for one year.
Three Overseers of Public Welfare for one year.
Treasurer for one year.
Tax Collector for one year.
One Surveyor of Highways for one year.
Tree Warden for one year.
Three Constables for one year.
One Assessor for three years.
One Member of the School Committee for three years.
One Library Trustee for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Water Commissioner for three years.
One Water Commissioner for two years.
The above named officers to be voted for on one ballot on Tuesday, the eleventh day of March, 1941 (March 11, 1941). The polls will be opened at 5.45 o'clock A. M., and may be closed at 4.00 o'clock P. M."
The Moderator stated that in accordance with the Warrant Article I would be acted upon Tuesday, March 11, 1941.
Article II. "To choose and appoint all other Town Officers in such man- ner as the Town shall determine."
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Moved by Mr. John H. Perkins and seconded : That Fred Berry, Loring Cook, John Mann, and Ernest M. Barker be elected Field Drivers for the ensuing year.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moved by Mr. John H. Perkins and seconded : That Jesse S. Mann, Ernest M. Barker, Timothy A. Moynihan and Wendell W. Dodge be elected Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark for the ensuing year.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article III. "To hear the report of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and all other committees and take any action thereon."
Moved by Mr. Robert B. Walsh and seconded: That the Reports of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and all other committees as published in the Town Report be accepted.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article IV. "To raise and appropriate money for Schools, Highways and all other Town expenses and determine the manner of expending same."
Moderator : We will follow the procedure of past years. You will find some slight changes from the recommendations in the Town Report. If you wish debate on any one topic call "Pass" and we will take up that item at the conclusion of the vote on the others as a unit." The Moderator read the items as follows :
Selectmen
$1,200 00
Salaries of the Selectmen to be :
Chairman
$350 00
Other two members, each
250 00
Accounting
1,375 00
Salary of the Accountant to be.
1,250 00
Treasury
1,300 00
Salary of the Treasurer to be.
800 00
Tax Collector
1,460 00
Salary of the Collector to be
1,000 00
Assessors
1,800 00
Salaries of the Assessors to be :
Chairman
350 00
Other two members, each
225 00
Other Finance Accounts
.
25 00
Town Clerk
700 00
Salary of the Town Clerk to be
550 00
Law
500 00
Election and Registration
800 00
Town Hall
2,400 00
Police
3,000 00
Fire
2,800 00
Salaries
210 00
Fire, New Hose
300 00
Moth, Town
2,300 00
Moth, Private
1,300 00
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Tree Warden
Forest Fire Warden
300 00
Sealer
2,700 00
Health
Salaries of the Board of Health to be :
Chairman
Other two members. each.
25 00
Inspector of Animals
13,000 00
Highways
Salary of the Superintendent to be
1,800 00
Snow
Street Lighting
7,000 00
Public Welfare
10,700 00
Salaries of the Board to be :
50 00
Chairman
25 00
Soldiers' Relief
300 00
State and Military Aid
.
500 00
Old Age Administration
11,500 00
Old Age Assistance
25 00
Aid to Dependent Children Administration
1,200 00
Aid to Dependent Children Assistance
42,865 98
Vocational
400 00
Cafeteria
1,500 00
Educational trips
50 00
Painting
300 00
Desks, tables, chairs and benches
96 00
Music and records
61 00
Projecting screen and shade
112 50
Encyclopedia
80 00
Repairs to roof High and Lamson Schools.
300 00
Public Library
2,400 00
American Legion
325 00
Boiler Insurance
70 00
Insurance Fund
975 00
Reserve Fund
1,000 00
Memorial Day
250 00
Parks
325 00
Town Clock
50 00
Town Reports
600 00
Water Department
3,585 00
Cemetery
1,450 00
Salaries of the members to be, each. 15 00
Interest
3,125 00
Maturing Debt
11,890 29
and the unexpended balance remaining on hand
Dec. 31, 1940 in the P. W. A. account of.
1,109 71
Moved by Mr. Standish Bradford and seconded : That the items as read be appropriated.
Voice vote. Appropriations made unanimously.
900 00
75 00
50 00
75 00
5,000 00
Other two members, each
1,200 00
School (plus the dog tax)
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Article V. "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 to be expended for work to be done on the Highways, the Cemetery, the Moth Suppression Department, the Parks, Fire Protection, the Water Supply System, municipal buildings, and other municipal works and for materials and implements, to provide work for the needy unemployed of the Town, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Mr. Percival D. Whipple and seconded: That the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) be raised and appropriated for work to be done in the construction, improvement, or repair of public ways, public parks, public playgrounds and recreation center, schools, the public cemetery, the moth suppression department, the water supply system, fire protection, municipal buildings and other municipal works or undertakings and for the purchase or hire of materials, supplies and equipment whereby employment may be afforded the citizens of the Town, and also provided cooperation with the Federal Government in unemployment relief and other projects of direct and indirect benefit to the Town or its inhabitants, the work to be done under the direction of the Selectmen, who shall have the authority to apportion, supervise and expend said $5,000.00.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article VI. "To see if the Town will vote, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, to transfer the sum of $6,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to the Selectmen Unemployment Account, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Mr. J. Edward Cox and seconded : That the Town, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, transfer the sum of $6,000.00 from the Excess and the Deficiency Fund to the Selectmen Unemployment Account.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article VII. "To see if the Town will vote, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, to transfer the sum of $1,000.00 from the Overlay Surplus to the Reserve Fund, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Mr. Forrester A. Clark and seconded: That the Town, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation transfer the sum of $1,000.00 from the Overlay Surplus Account to the Reserve Fund.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article VIII. "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of leasing or acquiring by purchase for play- ground purposes a certain portion consisting of some ten acres, more or less, of land on the northerly side of Main Street at its junction with Asbury street, belonging to the Myopia Schooling Field, a trust Dudley P. Rogers et als, trustees, and to determine whether the money shall be raised by taxation and by transfer from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the purchase of land for playground purposes voted under Article 14 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held on March 7, 1938, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Mr. Robert B. Walsh and seconded : That the sum of One Thou- sand Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of purchasing,
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equipping, improving and developing for public playground purposes and as a recreational center a certain parcel of land consisting substantially of twenty- five acres, more or less, on the northerly side of Main Street, Hamilton at its juncture with Asbury Street, the boundaries thereof to be more particu- larly contained in the purchase deed, and being a part of the land of the Myopia Schooling Field Trust, so called, on said Main and Asbury Streets, and to meet such appropriation that there be raised in the tax levy of the present year Five Hundred Dollars and the sum of Five Hundred Dollars be transferred from the unexpended balance in the appropriation for public playground purposes voted under Article 14 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 7, 1938, and that the Selectmen with full powers, including conditions, limitations and reservations, be and hereby are author- ized and empowered to negotiate and consummate said purchase, and that the powers relative to the laying out, use and control of said playground and recreational center and the making of regulations governing the same be exercised by the Board of Park Commissioners.
The Moderator informed the meeting it was necessary that a two-thirds vote in the affirmative be made for the purchase of land and he therefore called for a standing vote, appointing the following tellers : Everett F. Haley, Ray Sanford, Robert M. Dunn, William W. Bancroft, Malcolm P. Brown, and John C. Counihan.
The vote : Affirmative 107, negative 5. Motion carried.
Article IX. "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Asbury Street, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allowed by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, or take any action in relation thereto."
Moved by Mr. Standish Bradford and seconded : That the Town continue the construction of permanent highway on Asbury Street, said highway to be built jointly by the State, County and Town, and the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,125.00 to be expended by the Town for its share of said work, provided the State and County cooperate with the Town and contribute to the costs thereof as provided by the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
Voice vote. Motion carried.
Article X. "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance of various streets, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both for this purpose; or take any other action in relation thereto."
Moved by Dr. John King and seconded : That the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,000.00 for maintenance of various streets, to be expended by the Town for its share of said work, provided the State and County co- operate with the Town and contribute to the costs thereof, as provided by the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws.
Voice vote. Motion carried.
Article XI. "To consider the report of the committee appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting to consider the advisability of the Town estab- lishing a Planning Board and to see if the Town will vote to establish a Planning Board under the provisions of General Laws Chapter 41 (Chapter
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211, Acts of 1936), section 81A, with all the powers and duties therein, to consist of five members to be elected by ballot at the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1942, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years, and thereafter in accordance with the provisions of the statute, or take any action relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Robert B. Walsh and seconded: That the Town accept the report of the Planning Board and Zoning Law Committee as printed in the Town Report that the Committee be hereby discharged and a Planning Board is hereby established under the provisions of General Laws Chapter 41 (Chapter 211, Acts of 1936), Section 81A, to consist of five members to be elected by ballot at the annual Town Meeting in March, 1942, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, one for a term of five years, and thereafter one annually for a term of five years in accordance with the provisions of the statute.
Voice vote. Motion carried.
Article XII. "To see if the Town will vote that a committee of five be appointed to investigate and inquire into the changes necessary in the Town Hall to provide additional space to remedy the existing crowded conditions therein."
Moved by Mr. John H. Perkins and seconded : That a committee of five be designated by the Moderator to investigate and inquire into the changes necessary in the Town Hall to provide additional space to remedy the existing crowded conditions therein, and to report at the next Annual Town Meeting.
The following amendment was offered by William J. Daley and accepted by Mr. Perkins. ‘That the committee also investigate and inquire into changes necessary in the buildings in the rear of the Town Hall, to provide proper space for the operation of the Highway, Park and Moth Departments also to investigate and recommend improvements in the avenues, grounds and parking space in the rear of the Town Hall to be included in their report.'
Voice vote on motion as amended. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XIII. "To see if the Town will vote to accept Savoy Road, so called, from Lois Street to Howard Road, as per plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Timothy A. Moynihan and others."
Moved by Mr. Francis C. Moynihan and seconded; That the Town vote to accept Savoy Road, so called, from Lois Street to Howard Road, as per plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, or take any action thereon, as peti- tioned for by Timothy A. Moynihan and others.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XIV. "To see if the Town will vote to accept Naples Road, so called, from Lois Street to Howard Road, as per plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Timothy A. Moynihan and others."
Moved by Mr. Francis C. Moynihan and seconded : That the Town vote to accept Naples Road, so called, from Lois Street to Howard Road, as per
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plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, or take any action thereon, as peti- tioned for by Timothy A. Moynihan and others.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XV. "To see if the Town will vote to accept Howard Road, so called, as per plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Timothy A. Moynihan and others."
Moved by Mr. Francis C. Moynihan and seconded : That the Town vote to accept Howard Road, so called, as per plan on file at the Town Clerk's office, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Timothy A. Moynihan and others.
Voice vote. Motion carried.
Article XVI. "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars to purchase approximately 37,883 square feet of land, bordering on Linden and Lois Streets extension, for playground purposes, and to determine whether the money shall be raised by taxation and by transfer from the unexpended balance of the appropria- tion for the purchase of land for playground purposes voted under Article 14 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held on March 7, 1938, or take any action thereon, as petitioned for by Timothy A. Moynihan and others."
Moved by Mr. Francis C. Moynihan and seconded : That the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars to purchase approximately 37,883 square feet of land, bordering on Linden and Lois Streets extension, for playground purposes, and to determine whether the money shall be raised by taxation in this year's levy.
Due to the necessity of an accurate vote a standing vote was taken. The tellers were : Mr. Everett F. Haley, Mr. Ray Sanford, Mr. Robert Dunn, Mr. William W. Bancroft, Mr. Malcolm P. Brown. Mr. John C. Counihan. The vote : affirmative 37, negative 70. Motion lost.
Article XVII. "To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under Tax Title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. John H. Perkins and seconded: That the Town authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under the Tax Title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XVIII. "To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu-
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ary 1, 1942, and to issue a note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws and amendments thereto."
Moved by Mr. Bernard Cullen and seconded: That the Town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the financial year beginning January 1, 1942, and to issue a note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws and amendments thereto.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XIX. "To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use agreeable to Chapter 41, Section 37, of the General Laws and amend- ments thereto."
Moved by Mr. Chester A. Foster and seconded : That the Town authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use agreeable to Chapter 41, Section 37, of the General Laws and amendments thereto.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XX. "To act on any other matter that may legally come before said meeting."
Moved by Mr. John H. Perkins and seconded: That the meeting adjourn until Tuesday, March 11, 1941, at 5.45 A. M., when the polls will be open for voting on Article One.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
The Moderator declared the meeting adjourned at 8.17 P. M. until March 11, 1941, at five-forty-five (5.45) A. M.
Vote on Article 1.
There were 1041 votes cast under Article 1 as follows :
Men 534
Women 507
1041
There were 1014 votes cast at the polls and 27 absentee ballots.
Moderator-for one year.
Oliver Wolcott
769 Blanks
272
Town Clerk-for one year.
George Gibney Haraden. 840
Blanks 201
Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare-three for one year.
Edward A. DeWitt
644
John B. Moulton
541
Lawrence R. Stone
611
Blanks . . 723
John H. Perkins 604
Surveyor of Highways-for one year.
Leland D. Thompson 868 Blanks
173
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Assessor-for three years.
817 Blanks 224 Robert H. Chittick .
Treasurer-for one year.
Bernard A. Cullen .. ... 834 Blanks
207
Tax Collector-for one year.
Frank B. Crowell 581
Walfred B. Sellman
5
Chester A. Foster 332
Blanks
21
Stephen J. Darcy
102
Tree Warden-for one year.
Rudolph H. Haraden
848
Blanks
193
Constables-three for one year.
Edward Frederick
801
Lewis K. Pierce 100
Charles F. Poole
759
Albert Fiske
1
Arthur Southwick 475
Blanks
816
Frederick L. Rauscher
171
School Committee-one for three years.
Allan MacCurrach
562
Blanks
...
.
.. 71
Harold M. Nielson 402
Water Commissioner-for three years.
Everett F. Haley
768
Blanks
266
Harrie M. Durham
7
Water Commissioner-for two years.
George A. Harrigan
333
Benjamin A. Dodge
152
Harold G. Dodd 320
Blanks
78
M. Keith Lander
158
Cemetery Commissioner-for three years.
Lawrence C. Foster
767
Blanks
Public Library Trustee-for three years.
Roland W. Payne 523 Blanks
137
John T. Walke
381
Park Commissioner-for three years.
Stanley E. Allen
484
Blanks
125
Ralston F. Pickering 432
The Moderator read the results of the voting on Article I at eight-fifty (8.50) o'clock in the evening.
A true copy. Attest : GEORGE GIBNEY HARADEN
Town Clerk.
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REPORT of the SPECIAL
TOWN MEETING
November 25, 1941
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING OF THE TOWN OF HAMILTON HELD NOVEMBER 25, 1941
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator Oliver Wolcott at seven-forty-one o'clock in the evening, Tuesday, November 25, 1941.
Rev. John L. Yenches led the meeting in prayer.
Article 1. "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for laying and relaying water mains in the Town of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter, or take any action relative thereto."
It was moved by Mr. Standish Bradford and seconded: That there be appropriated the sum of Sixty Thousand ($60,000) dollars for the purpose of laying and relaying water mains of not less than six inches in diameter but less than sixteen inches in diameter along Cutler Road, Highland Street, Miles River Road, Bridge Street, Essex Street and Main Street and to meet such appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of sixty thousand ($60,000) dollars, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said notes or bonds to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.
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