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ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE TOWN of HAMILTON MASSACHUSETTS
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1951
ANNUAL REPORT
for the TOWN of HAMILTON MASSACHUSETTS 1951
1951 TOWN OFFICERS Elected and Appointed
Selectmen LAWRENCE R. STONE, Chairman EDWARD A. DEWITT EVERETT F. HALEY
Board of Public Welfare EDWARD A. DEWITT, Chairman EVERETT F. HALEY LAWRENCE R. STONE
Board of Health EVERETT F. HALEY, Chairman
LAWRENCE R. STONE EDWARD A. DEWITT
Moderator OLIVER WOLCOTT
Town Clerk FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE
Treasurer WALFRED B. SELLMAN
Tax Collector BERTHA L. CROWELL
Surveyor of Highways LELAND D. THOMPSON
Assessors JESSE S. MANN, Chairman Term expires 1954
ROBERT H. CHITTICK ELMO O. ADAMS Term expires 1952
Term expires 1953
Trustees of Public Library BEATRICE B. HOLMES, Chairman Term expires 1954
SARAH H. TRUSSELL Term expires 1953
JOHN F. NEARY Term expires 1952
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School Committee MORLEY L. PIPER, Chairman Term expires 1953
GRACE B. LAMSON Term expires 1954
RUTH F. DONALDSON Term expires 1952
Tree Warden RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Librarians
LYDIA L. HARADEN Main Library
JENNIE S. PERLEY Branch Library
Cemetery Commissioners RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE. Chairman Term expires 1954
JOHN T. WALKE LAWRENCE C. FOSTER Term expires 1953
Water Commissioners GEORGE A. HARRIGAN, Chairman Term expires 1953
RICHARD H. SMITH FREDERICK P. GOODHUE Term expires 1952
Term expires 1954
Park Commissioners PHILIP HOPKINS, Chairman Term expires 1952
Term expires 1954
Planning Board FRANCIS C. MOYNIHAN, Chairman Term expires 1952
HENRY J. GOURDEAU Term expires 1954 ARTHUR E. MORROW Term expires 1956
M. KEITH LANDER Term expires 1953 RICHARD W. JOHNSON Term expires 1955
Constable EDWARD FREDERICK
Chief of Police EDWARD FREDERICK
Dog Officer FRANK L. TREE
Term expires 1952
ALBERT P. LOUGEE RAY M. SANFORD Term expires 1953
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Moth Superintendent RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Park Superintendent JAMES H. GOODRICH
Superintendent of Cemetery PHILIP S. PLUMMER
Superintendent of Water Works RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE
Registrars of Voters FRANK W. BUZZELL, Chairman Term expires 1952
JESSIE W. B. CUNNINGHAM LAWRENCE LAMSON Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954 FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE, Clerk-officio
Sealer of Weights and Measures ERVING O. MAXWELL
Town Accountant FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE
Town Counsel ROBERT B. WALSH (Resigned ) STANDISH BRADFORD
Fire Engineers A. MERRILL CUMMINGS, Chief HAROLD G. DODD RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Finance and Advisory Committee FREDERIC WINTHROP, Chairman LAWRENCE LAMSON JOHN E. LAWRENCE
WILLIAM M. FOLEY BENJAMIN G. ROBERTSON
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering ERNEST M. BARKER
Inspector of Milk ERNEST M. BARKER
Forest Warden FRED BERRY
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Civil Defense Director JOHN H. PERKINS
Field Drivers
FRED BERRY CARL C. ANDERSON
ERNEST M. BARKER WILLIAM W. BANCROFT
Measures of Wood, Lumber and Bark
JESSE S. MANN EDWARD W. MACGREGOR ERNEST M. BARKER TIMOTHY A. MOYNIHAN
Union Health Department Study Committee HAROLD A. DALEY, Chairman DR. ALBERT R. LARCHEZ DR. STANLEY A. WILSON
PAUL F. PERKINS, JR. SAMUEL J. TYACK
School Building Committee FINLAY D. MACDONALD, Chairman
STANDISH BRADFORD
RUTH F. DONALDSON G. GORDON LOVE FORRESTER A. CLARK
REPORT of the TOWN CLERK 1951
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REPORT OF SPECIAL STATE PRIMARY Held March 27, 1951
FOR NOMINATIONS FOR REPRESENTATIVE TO FILL VACANCY IN FIFTEENTH ESSEX DISTRICT
TELLERS AND ELECTION OFFICERS
Republican
Lawrence R. Stone
Edward A. DeWitt
Everett F. Haley
Democratic Lawrence Lamson Mary T. Greeley Arlene Stone
Joseph B. Sabean
Town Clerk Francis H. Whipple
Police Edward Frederick
The warrant was read and polls opened at one o'clock P. M. by Law- rence R. Stone. Chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
A total of 283 votes were cast, 263 Republicans and 20 Democratic, as follows :
Republican
Democratic
Arthur L. Emery
9
Mary B. Amory 17
Robert P. Fuller
3
Henry H. Daley 2
Joseph A. Gillis
3
Blanks
1
C. Henry Glovsky 208
Austin C. Jones
9
Charles E. Robinson
27
Blanks 4
The polls were declared closed at 8:00 P. M. by Lawrence R. Stone, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. The results of the balloting were announced at 8:10 P. M.
Attest :
FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Held March 5, 1951
AND OF THE ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION HELD MARCH 13, 1951
MODERATOR: Oliver Wolcott ELECTION OFFICERS
Counters
Frank C. Back Josephine L. Begg
Hazel M. C. Bray
Jeremiah J. Doyle
Mary T. Greeley Mildred M. Haraden Thomas A. Sargent Frank H. Tuck
Checkers
Walter E. Cheever Henry C. Jackson
Lawrence Lamson George Morrow
Joseph B. Sabean
Police
Edward Frederick
Henry C. Jackson, Jr.
Charles F. Poole
Town Clerk Francis H. Whipple
The Moderator, Mr. Oliver Wolcott, opened the meeting at seven- thirty (7:30) in the evening on Monday, March 5, 1951 in the town hall. A count of the voters present by the Moderator, concurred by the Town Clerk, showed 246 voters present and the Moderator declared a quorum present.
Invocation offered by Rev. Edward J. Mclaughlin.
Moderator: "The first business of the evening is Article 2: "To choose and appoint all other Town Officers in such manner as the Town may determine."
Moved by Mr. Edward A. DeWtit and duly seconded: "That four field drivers and four measurers of wood, lumber and bark be elected by the meeting from the floor and that the field drivers be nominated and elected first and the measurers of wood, lumber and bark immediately following."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
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Moved by Mr. Edward A. DeWitt and duly seconded: "That Fred Berry, Carl C. Anderson, William W. Bancroft and Ernest M. Barker be elected field drivers for the ensuing year."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moved by Mr. Edward A. DeWitt and duly seconded : "That Jesse S. Mann, Ernest M. Barker, Timothy A. Moynihan and Edward W. Mac- Gregor be elected measurers of wood, lumber and bark for the ensuing year."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 3. Moderator : "To hear the reports of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and all other committees and take any action thereon."
Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded : "That the re- ports of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and all other committees with the exception of the School Building Com- mittee be received and placed on file and that the report of the School Building Committee be considered under Article 11."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 4. Moderator : "To raise and appropriate money for Schools. Highways, and all other Town expenses and determine the manner of ex- pending the same."
As in past years I shall read the items and the recommended amounts and if debate is wished on any item. call "Pass." The items passed will be taken up in order after the others have been voted as a whole."
Mr. Frederic Winthrop: "May I say a word. This budget has been prepared in some detail, and after quite a lot of consideration by the Finance Committee we have approached the problem of how to prepare a budget that will be for the greatest good to the greatest number of people in the town. We consider the duties of the Finance Committee to be those of advising on financial matters and on other matters so that action will be taken at the Annual Town Meeting which would be for the greatest benefit to the majority and not for any particular group of people. This New England town meeting is, I believe, the only form there is of true Democracy. It is up to you people and your vote, which by your way of thinking would be for the best interest of the town and not for any particu- lar single group. We have made recommendations which seem high in some cases, and we have made recommendations that apparently will not be satisfactory or acceptable to some other people.
There is one particular item which I will touch upon now before you go into the question of appropriating money for the American Legion. The Finance Committee realizes that money has been appropriated for a great many years and has been so done in a great many other places throughout the state. We felt that it was not a proper use of town funds to spend it for any special group. Therefore, we felt that we should be derelict if we did not bring it before the people of the town.
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We have made recommendations in the Town Report which I hope you have all read. We hope very much that they will be followed. If not, we realize the will of the people is that of the greatest wisdom. At the moment we don't want to have the taxes go up any higher than they are now. How- ever, we do feel that as far as the school goes, that is money well spent."
Moderator : "I shall now read the recommended appropriations."
Finance Committee
$ 15.00
Selectmen :
Salaries
1,150.00
Expenses
1,500.00
Accountant :
Salary
2.530.00
Expenses
200.00
Treasurer :
Salary
1.300.00
Expenses
575.00
Tax Collector :
Salary
1,500.00
Expenses
500.00
Assessors :
Salaries and Wages
2,115.00
Expenses
350.00
Law :
Salary
700.00
Town Clerk :
Salary
990.00
Expenses
250.00
Election and Registration :
Expenses
1,800.00
Town Hall :
Salary
2,516.80
Expenses
1,600.00
Essex County Pension Fund :
Contribution
2,180.64
Police :
Salary of Chief
3,146.00
Wages-Special Officers
5,000.00
Expenses
935.00
Cruiser Maintenance
250.00
Fire :
Salary and Wages
1,810.00
Equipment, Repairs and Expenses
2,380.00
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Office of Civilian Defense
1,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary
230.00
Expenses
100.00
Moth-Town :
Salary of Superintendent
1,471.80
Wages
900.00
Expenses
372.00
Moth-Private :
Salary of Superintendent
522.50
Wages
378.00
Expenses
390.00
Tree Warden :
Salary
929.50
Wages
1,322.00
Expenses
140.00
Special-Planting trees
200.00
Forest Fire Warden :
Salary
40.00
Expenses
60.00
Board of Health :
Salaries
120.00
Clerk
60.00
Milk Inspector
75.00
Rubbish Collection
2,500.00
Garbage Collection
2,400.00
Essex County Sanitarium
820.00
Miscellaneous
281.00
Rent of Dump
240.00
Dental Clinic :
Salary of Nurse
200.00
Expenses
2,600.00
Inspector of Animals :
Salary
90.00
Expenses
50.00
Highways :
Salary of Superintendent and Surveyor
3,432.00
Wages of Drivers and Helpers
10,272.00
Labor and Expenses
6,296.00
Snow Removal and Sanding
6,000.00
Street Lighting
8,250.00
New Chevrolet half ton Pick-Up Truck Exchange- Special
1,346.00
Public Welfare :
Salaries
120.00
Expenses
10,000.00
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Old Age Assistance :
PASSED
26,000.00
Assistance Administration
2,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children : Aid Administration
3,500.00
Veterans Benefits :
Benefits
6,000.00
School Department :
Superintendent of Schools-Salary
5.350.00
Expense of office
3,125.00
Teachers :
Salaries
67,824.65
Expenses :
Text Books and Supplies
5,594.75
Operation of Plant
11,200.00
Repairs and Upkeep of Plant
1,337.05
Transportation
9,435.00
Auxiliary Agencies
2,776.80
Outlay
2,425.20
Specials for High School :
Vocational
1,000.00
Libraries :
Salary-Main Library
600.00
Salary-Branch Library
400.00
Wages-Janitor
40.00
Expenses
2,146.25
Parks and Playgrounds :
Salary of Superintendent
2,745.60
Salary of Instructors
648.00
Labor
600.00
Expenses
1,248.00
Water Department :
Salary of Superintendent
2,860.00
Salary of Clerk
700.00
Extra Labor
2,300.00
Expenses
8,500.00
Special-Essex Water
1,500.00
Cemetery :
Salaries of Commissioners
₹5.00
Salary of Superintendent
2,516.80
Salary of Clerk
100.00
Wages and Expenses
1,005.00
Maturing Debt :
Interest
2,500.00
25.00
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Unclassified :
Town Report
1,244.27
Town Clock
500.00
Memorial Day
650.00
American Legion
PASSED
Insurance
Planning Board
2,700.00 500.00
Moved by Mr. Frederic Winthrop and duly seconded : "That the
various appropriations considered seriatim as amended be approved and that the meeting now proceed to the consideration of the items that were passed."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moderator: "We shall now go back to the appropriation for Old Age Assistance, as passed."
Mr. Frederic Winthrop: "Last Autumn the people of Massachusetts voted an extra pension for the Old Age but did not vote for the lottery which would pay for the extra pension. The town would have to raise, if this statute remains on the books, $6,000 or $1 on the tax rate, making it $32,000 rather than $26,000. I move that $32,000 be voted for Old Age Assistance."
Voice Vote. Motion carried.
Moderator : "We shall now take up the appropriation for the Ameri- can Legion, as passed."
Mr. Albert Lougee: "I move that the town appropriate the sum of $1,000 for heat, light and maintenance of the Walsh School for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for the American Legion."
Voice Vote. Motion carried.
Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Chapter 90 Maintenance or take any action thereon."
Moved by Mr. Everett F. Haley and duly seconded : "That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for Chapter 90 Maintenance of various streets, to be expended for its share of the work, provided the state contributes to the cost thereof, and that available funds may be used while carrying on the work until the Town is so reimbursed."
Voice Vote. Motion carried.
Article 6. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Construction on Essex Street, or take any action thereon."
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Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded : "That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2.000 for Chapter 90 Highway Construction on Essex Street, to be expended for its share of the work. provided the state and county contribute to the cost thereof, and that available funds may be used while carrying on the work until the Town is so reimbursed."
Voice Vote. Motion carried.
Article 7. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account a sum of money for the purpose of building hot-top sidewalks on certain streets of the Town, the work to be done under the direction and supervision of the Highway Surveyor, or take any action thereon relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded: "That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the purpose of building hot-top sidewalks, the work to be done under the direction and supervision of the Highway Surveyor."
. Remarks by Mr. Richard L. Wiggin.
Vote by showing of hands. Motion defeated, 205 to 147.
Article 8. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $6,000.00 from the Overlay Reserve Account to the Reserve Fund, or take any other action thereon relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Harold A. Daley and duly seconded : "That the sum of $6,000.00 be transferred from the Overlay Reserve Account to the Re- serve Fund."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 9. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to transfer the balance of $965.37 in the Surplus War Bonus Funds Account, and raise and appropriate $19,034.16 for the payment of Maturing Debt during the year 1951, or take any action thereon relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Harold A. Daley and duly seconded : "That the un- expended balance of $965.37 in the Surplus War Bonus Funds Account be transferred, and that the sum of $19,034.16 be raised and appropriated for the payment of Maturing Debt."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 10. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $1,800.00 from the Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the Cemetery Account for the purpose of making improvements to the Town Cemetery, the work to be done under the direction and supervision of the Cemetery Commissioners, or take any action thereon relative thereto."
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Moved by Mr. Raymond A. Whipple and duly seconded : "That the sum of $1,800.00 be transferred from the Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the Cemetery Account for the purpose of making improve- ments to the Town Cemetery."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 11. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to construct and originally equip and furnish a new elementary school building with grades kindergarten through the sixth grade and to construct an addition to and reconstructions of the existing high school building and originally equip and furnish said addition and reconstructed areas, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the foregoing purposes and to determine the manner in which the appropriation is to be raised, whether by taxation or borrowing, by transfer of available funds or otherwise ; or to do or act in any manner relevant thereto."
Moved by Mr. Finlay D. MacDonald and duly seonded: "That the Town construct and originally equip and furnish a new elementary school with grades kindergarten through the sixth grade and construct an addi- tion to the existing high school building and originally equip and furnish said addition, for the cost of which the sum of $602,000 is hereby appro- priated, and for the foregoing purpose there be transferred $2,000 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund of the town and the balance of $600,000 shall be borrowed, of which amount the sum of $400,000 is to be borrowed under the authority of Chapter 645 of Acts of 1948 as amended by Chap- ter 528 of Acts of 1950, and the sum of $200,000 shall be borrowed under authority of Chapter 44 of Massachusetts General Laws (Ter. Ed.) as amended ; that the Town reconstruct and make extraordinary repairs to the existing high school building and originally equip and furnish said reconstructed area, for the cost of which the sum of $60,000 is hereby appropriated and for the foregoing purpose there be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund of the town the sum of $60,000; that the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen be and he hereby is authorized and directed to borrow under the applicable provisions of the aforementioned laws the said sum of $600,000 by the issue and sale of coupon bonds of the town; and that the Board of Selectmen be and it hereby is authorized to take all such action as may be necessary or advisable to provide for the proper issue of said bonds, and subject to the aforesaid provisions the Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen shall determine the date, the maturities and the form of bonds, provided that all said bonds shall be paid in not more than twenty years from date of issue.
Mr. Standish Bradford: "I have always been greatly interested in the children and their education and I was very happy to serve on this committee.
We are recommending for the elementary school $440,000. That com- pares very favorably with other schools.
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We are recommending $166,000 on the high school additions-the gym, new shower rooms, lobby, stage, movable partitions and equipment. Also included will be a new boiler; repairs to the roof and weatherproofing, which will be $60,000.
Mr. Lewis K. Pierce, Sr .: "I make a motion that we vote on this by Australian Ballot."
Mr. Edmund J. Liscomb: "If we take a hand vote and find that there is a question about the vote, I think it would be satisfactory then to take a written ballot."
(The Moderator called for a vote on Mr. Pierce's motion, which was defeated).
Moderator : "We shall vote on this by a raising of hands. As this concerns borrowing, a two-thirds vote is necessary."
Vote by raising of hands. Motion carried, 339 to 48.
Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded: "That the re- port of the School Building Committee be received and placed on file, and that the said committee be and it hereby is continued to supervise the employment of architects and the construction of the school buildings and reconstructions authorized in the foregoing motion."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moved by Mr. Benjamin G. Robertson and duly seconded : "That the new gymnasium be dedicated to the veterans of Hamilton who gave their lives during World War II and that the names of those who died be placed therein in an appropriate manner."
Mr. Jerome Flynn : "I have no objection but I wonder if we couldn't make it all inclusive and call it a Memorial Gymnasium, in honor of those who died in the past two world wars, wars to come, and those who died in the service of their town."
Mr. Albert Lougee : "Mr. Robertson represents the committee to find a suitable memorial to those who lost their lives in World War II. There- fore, I don't see how it can be changed."
Moderator: "I shall now call for a vote on Mr. Robertson's motion."
Voice Vote. Motion carried.
Article 12. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire on behalf of the town by purchase or eminent domain under Chapter 79, Mass. General Laws (Ter. Ed.) or otherwise for school purposes the fee in the following described lands and property :
Beginning at a point in the Easterly line of a public way or highway known as Asbury Street in range with the South face of a stone wall (shown on the plan hereinafter referred to) about one hundred and
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forty-three feet (143 ft.) South of a stone monument at Garfield Avenue (as shown on County of Essex Engineers' Office Record Num- ber 2605) of the Southerly line of Garfield Avenue; thence running N 55° 18' 30" E through land supposed to belong to Katherine W. McKean four hundred fifty-six feet (456 ft.) more or less to a point in range with another stone wall shown on said plan, which wall bears S 32° 31' 31" E on the Easterly side of land supposed to belong to John R. and Anna L. Mann ; thence running S 32° 31' 31" E through said land of McKean, two hundred sixty-three and seventy-five hun- dredths feet (263.75 ft.) to a stone bound, thence running in a South- easterly direction by the Easterly line of land supposed to belong to said John R. and Anna L. Mann, five hundred seventy-five and ten one hundredths feet (575.10 ft.) to a point at the Southeasterly line of said land supposed to belong to said John R. and Anna L. Mann; thence running Southwesterly by the Southeasterly line of said land supposed to belong to John R. and Anna L. Mann four hundred seventy and eighty-one hundredths feet (470.81 ft.), more or less, to a point; thence running N 76° 3' 30" W through land supposed to belong to John R. and Anna L. Mann four hundred and two (402.) feet, more or less to the Easterly line of said public way or highway known as Asbury Street; thence running in a general Northerly direction along said Easterly line to the point of beginning. Part of the above described parcel is a portion of a tract of land supposed to belong to John R. and Anna L. Mann and part of the above described parcel is a portion of a tract of land supposed to belong to Katherine W. McKean. The foregoing courses are magnetic as of February 23, 1951. The approximate boundaries of the above described land are shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk of Hamilton entitled "Plan of Land for New Elementary School Site in the Town of Hamilton, Mass. Anderson-Nichols & Company, En- gineers, 53 State Street, Boston, Mass. Scale: 1"-60'-0" February 23, 1951."
and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the foregoing purpose and to determine the manner in which the appropriation is to be raised, whether by taxation or borrowing, by transfer of available funds or other- wise; or to do or act in any manner relevant thereto."
Moved by Mr. Forrester A. Clark and duly seconded: "That the Board of Selectmen be and said Board hereby is authorized and directed to take by eminent domain on behalf of the town under Chapter 79, Massa- chusetts General Laws (Ter. Ed.) or to acquire by purchase or otherwise for school purposes the fee in the following described lands and property :
Beginning at a point in the Easterly line of a public way or highway known as Asbury Street in range with the South face of a stone wall (shown on the plan hereinafter referred to) about one hundred and forty-three feet (143 ft.) South of a stone monument at Garfield Avenue (as shown on County of Essex Engineers' Office Record Num- ber 2605) ; thence running N 55° 18' 30" E through land supposed to belong to Katherine W. McKean four hundred fifty-six feet (456
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ft.) more or less to a point in range with another stone wall shown on said plan. which wall bears S 32º 31' 31" E on the Easterly side of land supposed to belong to John R. and Anna L. Mann; thence running S 32° 31' 31" E through said land of McKean, two hundred sixty-three and seventy-five hundredths feet (263.75 ft.) to a stone bound. thence running in a Southeasterly direction by the Easterly line of land supposed to belong to said John R. and Anna L. Mann, five hundred seventy-five and ten one hundredths feet (575.10 ft.) to a point at the Southeasterly line of said land supposed to belong to said John R. and Anna L. Mann: thence running Southwesterly by the Southeasterly line of said land supposed to belong to John R. and Anna L. Mann four hundred seventy and eighty-one hundredths feet (470.81 ft.), more or less, to a point ; thence running N 76° 3' 30" W through land supposed to belong to John R. and Anna L. Mann four hundred and two (402.) feet, more or less to the Easterly line of said public way or highway known as Asbury Street; thence running in a general Northerly direction along said Easterly line to the point of beginning. Part of the above described parcel is a portion of a tract of land supposed to belong to John R. and Anna L. Mann and part of the above described parcel is a portion of a tract of land supposed to belong to Katherine W. McKean. The foregoing courses are magnetic as of February 23, 1951. The approximate boundaries of the above described land are shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk of Hamilton entitled "Plan of Land for New Elementary School Site in the Town of Hamliton, Mass. Anderson- Nichols & Company, Engineers, 53 State Street, Boston, Mass. Scale : 1"-60'-0" February 23, 1951."
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