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ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
TOWN of HAMILTON MASSACHUSETTS
1953
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ANNUAL REPORT
for the TOWN of HAMILTON MASSACHUSETTS 1953
TOWN OF HAMILTON ESSEX COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS Incorporated June 21, 1793 Area 14.99 sq. miles
Sixth Congressional District
Fifth Councillor District
Third Essex Senatorial District
Fifteenth Essex Representative District
Congressman William H. Bates of Salem
Councillor Arthur A. Thomson of North Andover
Senator Philip A. Graham of Hamilton
Representatives 1
Cornelius J. Murray of Beverly C. Henry Glovsky of Beverly (Resigned ) Herbert S. Tuckerman of Beverly
Population
1920
1631
(Federal Census)
1925
2018
(State
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)
1930
2044
(Federal
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)
1935
2235
(State
)
1940
2037
(Federal
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)
1945
2387
(State
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)
1950
2764
(Federal "
)
1953 TOWN OFFICERS Elected and Appointed
Selectmen EVERETT F. HALEY, Chairman LAWRENCE R. STONE ARTHUR M. KNIGHT
Board of Public Welfare LAWRENCE R. STONE, Chairman
ARTHUR M. KNIGHT EVERETT F. HALEY
Board of Health ARTHUR M. KNIGHT, Chairman
EVERETT F. HALEY LAWRENCE R. STONE
Moderator OLIVER WOLCOTT
Town Clerk-Town Accountant FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE
Treasurer WALFRED B. SELLMAN
Tax Collector BERTHA L. CROWELL
Assessors JESSE S. MANN, Chairman Term expires 1954
ROBERT H. CHITTICK Term expires 1956
ELMO O. ADAMS Term expires 1955
Planning Board
HENRY J. GOURDEAU, Chairman Term expires 1954
M. KEITH LANDER Term expires 1958 ARTHUR E. MORROW Term expires 1956
FRANCIS C. MOYNIHAN Term expires 1957 GEORGE C. CUTLER, JR. Term expires 1955
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Finance and Advisory Committee. FREDERIC WINTHROP, Chairman LAWRENCE LAMSON LAWRENCE PELKEY JOHN C. GARLAND
WILLIAM M. FOLEY
Town Counsel STANDISH BRADFORD
Registrars of Voters FRANK W. BUZZELL, Chairman Term expires 1955
JESSIE W. B. CUNNINGHAM
Term expires 1956
LAWRENCE LAMSON Term expires 1954
FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE, Clerk-Officio
Chief of Police EDWARD FREDERICK
Constable EDWARD FREDERICK
Fire Engineers A. MERRILL CUMMINGS, Chief RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
HAROLD G. DODD
Moth Superintendent RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Tree Warden RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Forest Warden FRED BERRY Deceased A. MERRILL CUMMINGS
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering ERNEST M. BARKER
Inspector of Milk ERNEST M. BARKER
Sealer of Weights and Measures ERVING O. MAXWELL
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Dog Officer HUGH E. MACDONALD
Civil Defense Director JOHN H. PERKINS
Dental Clinic Nurse MISS FLORENCE STOBBART
Surveyor of Highways CHARLES F. POOLE
School Committee MORLEY L. PIPER, Chairman Term expires 1956
GRACE B. LAMSON Term expires 1954
ALLAN MACCURRACH Term expires 1955
Trustees of Public Library JOHN F. NEARY, Chairman Term expires 1955
SARAH H. TRUSSELL Term expires 1956
MELVIN F. REID Term expires 1954
Librarians
LYDIA L. HARADEN Main Library
JENNIE S. PERLEY Branch Library
Park Commissioners RAY M. SANDFORD, Chairman Term expires 1956
ALBERT P. LOUGEE Term expires 1954
PHILIP HOPKINS Term expires 1955
Park Superintendent JAMES H. GOODRICH
Water Commissioners RICHARD H. SMITH, Chairman Term expires 1954
GEORGE HARRIGAN Term expires 1956
GORDON THOMPSON Term expires 1955
Superintendent of Water Works RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE
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Cemetery Commissioners RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE, Chairman Term expires 1954
JOHN T. WALKE Term expires 1955
LAWRENCE C. FORSTER Term expires 1956
Superintendent of Cemetery PHILLIP S. PLUMMER
Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark
JESSE S. MANN ERNEST M. BARKER
EDWARD W. MACGREGOR Deceased
TIMOTHY A. MOYNIHAN Deceased
Field Drivers
FRED BERRY Deceased CARL C. ANDERSON
ERNEST M. BARKER WILLIAM W. BANCROFT
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
RUTH F. DONALDSON G. GORDON LOVE
STANDISH BRADFORD FORRESTER A. CLARK
REPORT of the TOWN CLERK 1953
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
To the Citizens of Hamilton :
I submit herewith my tenth annual report as Clerk of our Town of Hamilton.
During the year 1953 the elections and town meetings consisted of the annual town meeting held March 2nd; a special town meeting which was called by the Selectmen to be held June 29th for the purpose of voting on rent control, but due to the lack of a quorum was adjourned; a special primary on November 24th for the nomination of candidates to fill a va- cancy in the office of Representative ; a special election for the election of a representative to fill a vacancy. As has been customary in past years a detailed report of each is printed in the town report as part of the clerk's report.
A record of births, marriages and deaths recorded during the year is also included as a part of this report. When a child is born out of town of parents residing in town such birth is not recorded in the records of Hamilton until a report of the birth is received from the Clerk of the city or town where the birth occurred. In some instances this report is not received until after the town report has gone to print, consequently, the birth is not listed in the town report as a birth recorded, but is recorded in the town records.
I express my sincere appreciation to all the townspeople and town officials for their assistance and cooperation during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE,
Town Clerk.
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RECORDINGS AND LICENSES ISSUED BIRTHS RECORDED
Male 46
Female
49
Total
95
MARRIAGES RECORDED
Residents
25
Non-residents
3
Total
28
DEATHS RECORDED
Residents
32
Non-residents
3
Total
35
SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED
Fishing
57
Hunting
78
Sporting
47
Minors Fishing
ry
Female Fishing
12
Trapping
1
Non-resident Fishing
1
Total
203
DOG LICENSES ISSUED
Male 214
Female
42
Spayed Female
73
$10. Kennel
5
25. Kennel
3
50. Kennel
1
Total
338
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REPORT OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Held in the High School Auditorium, March 2, 1953 AND OF THE ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION HELD IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, MACH 10, 1953
MODERATOR : Oliver Wolcott ELECTION OFFICERS
Edward J. Ready Jean T. Austin Alice E. Gillissen Frank H. Tuck
Counters
Thomas A. Sargent Mary T. Greeley Mildred M. Haraden Jessie W. B. Cunningham
Checkers
Lawrence Lamson
Henry C. Jackson
George Morrow Elmo O. Adams
Jeremiah J. Doyle Police
Edward H. Frederick
Lester D. Charles
John S. Sargent
Town Clerk Francis H. Whipple
The Moderator, Mr. Oliver Wolcott, opened the meeting at seven thirty- seven (7:37) o'clock in the evening on Monday, March 2, 1953.
Rev. C. Richard Shanor led the meeting in prayer.
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. DeWitt and duly seconded: "That four field drivers and four measurers of wood, lumber and bark be elected by the meet- ing 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.
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.
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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 or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded : "That the reports of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and all other committees with the exception of the Union Health Committee be received and placed on file and that the report of the Union Health Com- mittee be considered under Article 14."
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 expending the same."
"As in past years I shall read the appropriations recommended by the Finance Committee and if debate is wished on any item, call 'Pass' and that item will be considered after the others are voted as a whole."
Finance Committee
$ 15.00
Selectmen :
Salaries
1,150.00
Clerical
1,000.00
Expenses
2,300.00
Equipment
500.00
Accountant :
Salary
2,800.00
Expenses
250.00
Treasurer :
Salary
1,400.00
Expenses
575.00
Tax Collector :
Salary
1,600.00
Expenses
650.00
Assessors :
Salaries and Wages
2,300.00
Expenses 475.00
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Law :
Salary
800.00
Expenses
200.00
Town Clerk :
Salary
1,000.00
Expenses
250.00
Election and Registration :
Expenses
2,000.00
Town Hall :
Salary
2,750.00
Expenses
2,000.00
Office Equipment
800.00
Repairs
500.00
Essex County Pension Fund :
Contributions
3,736.49
Police :
Salary and Wages of Chief and Special Officers
8,400.00
Expenses
1,600.00
Fire :
Salaries and Wages
2,110.00
Expenses
2,210.00
Office of Civilian Defense
500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salary
230.00
Expenses
100.00
Moth-Town :
Salary of Superintendent
1,670.00
Wages
990.00
Expenses
500.00
Moth-Private :
Salary of Superintendent
360.00
Wages
378.00
Expenses
300.00
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Tree Warden :
Salary
PASSED
920.00
Wages
1,322.00
Expenses
160.00
Special-Planting Trees
200.00
Special-Pruning Elm
500.00
Forest Fire Warden :
Salary
40.00
Expenses
65.00
Board of Health :
Salaries
120.00
Clerk
60.00
Milk Inspector
75.00
Expenses
800.00
Rubbish Collection
3,700.00
Garbage Collection
3,100.00
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
3,200.00
Wages of Drivers and Helpers
11,250.00
Labor and Expenses
5.325.00
Sidewalks
2,000.00
Gravel Roads
4,500.00
Snow Removal and Sanding
5,000.00
Street Lighting
9.000.00
Public Welfare :
Salaries
120.00
Expenses
4.000.00
Disability Assistance
8.000.00
Old Age Assistance :
Assistance
30,000.00
Administration
2.000.00
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Aid to Dependent Children :
Aid
2,500.00
Administration
25.00
Veteran's Benefits :
Benefits
6,000.00
Education :
Superintendent of Schools-Salary
6,500.00
Expense of Office
4,025.00
Expense of Instruction
96,557.68
Expenses :
Text Books and Supplies
6,815.00
Operation of Plant
17,843.00
Repairs and Upkeep
1,000.00
Transportation
9,699.00
Auxiliary Agencies
3,598.00 ยท
New Equipment-High
800.00
Athletics
1,190.00
Special for High School Vocational
1,432.00
Driver Training
200.00
Specials for Lamson :
Closing Lamson School
260.00
Libraries :
Salaries and Wages
1,255.00
Expenses
PASSED
2,367.00
Park Department :
Salary of Superintendent
2,750.00
Salary of Instructors
850.00
Labor
900.00
Expense
1,250.00
Water Department :
Salary of Superintendent
3,200.00
Salary of Assistant Superintendent
2,700.00
Salary of Clerk
800.00
Extra Labor
1,725.00
Expenses
8,500.00
Extension of Mains
5,000.00
Cemetery :
Salaries of Commissioners
75.00
Salary of Superintendent
2,750.00
Wages and Expenses
1,100.00
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Maturing Debt :
Maturing Debt (Including School Bond Premium of
$2,414.51)
59,000.00
Interest
13,900.00
Unclassified :
Town Report
1,500.00
Town Clock
100.00
Memorial Day
650.00
American Legion
1,000.00
Insurance
8,100.00
Planning Board
500.00
Finance Committee-Reserve Fund
5,000.00
Moved by Mr. Frederic Winthrop and duly seconded : "That the Town raise and appropriate the various sums recommended in the report of the Finance and Advisory Committee, with the exception of those items that have been passed."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moderator : "We shall now take up the appropriation for the salary of Tree Warden, for which the amount is $920.00."
Mr. Rudolph E. Haraden moved that the appropriation for the salary of the Tree Warden be increased to $1,170.00.
Remarks by Mr. Rudolph E. Haraden and Mr. Frederic Winthrop.
Voice Vote. Motion carried.
Moderator: "We shall now take up the appropriation for library ex- penses, for which the amount is $2,367.00."
Mr. John Neary moved that the library expenses be increased to $2,667.00 to cover the cost of a new book shelf.
Voice Vote. Motion carried.
Article 5. 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 or relative thereto."
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 unanimously carried.
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Article 6. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Chapter 90 Construction on Essex Street, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Edward A. DeWitt and duly seconded : "That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,200. for Chapter 90 Highway Construc- tion 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 unanimously carried.
Article 7. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a Tractor with equipment for use primarily as a sidewalk snow plow, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. John Lawrence and duly seconded: "That the Town purchase and acquire a tractor with equipment for use primarily as a side- walk snow plow and bulldozer, that the sum of $4300. be raised and appro- priated therefor, and that, subject to applicable provisions of law, the High- way Surveyor be authorized and empowered on behalf of the Town to con- summate such purchase."
Voice Vote. Motion carried.
Article 8. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to purchase and install a radio in the police cruiser for police and civil defense pur- poses, and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. John H. Perkins and duly seconded: "That the Town purchase and install a radio in the police cruiser for police and civil defense purposes, that the sum of $500. be raised and appropriated therefor, and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized and empowered on behalf of the Town to consummate such purchase.
Voice Vote. Motion carried.
Article 9. Moderator. "To see if the Town will vote to authorize and approve the Selectmen erecting an Official Town Bulletin Board on the Engine House Lot at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Willow Street, and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Everett F. Haley and duly seconded : "That the Board of Selectmen be and said Board hereby is authorized to erect an official Town Bulletin Board on the Engine House Lot on the corner of Railroad Avenue and Willow Street."
Moderator declared that the motion was carried by Voice Vote, but his decision was doubted from the floor; however, as only five people stood up to doubt the vote, the motion was declared carried.
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Article 10. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the Cemetery Account for the purpose of making improvements to the town cemetery, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. John T. Walke and duly seconded : "That the sum of $500. be transferred from the Cemetery Sale of Lots and Graves Fund to the Cemetery Account for the purpose of making improvements to the Town Cemetery."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 11. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 624 of the Acts and Resolves of 1952, being an act "relative to increasing the amounts of pensions and retirement allowances and annuities payable to certain former public employees," or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded : "That the Town accept Chapter 624 of the Acts and Resolves of 1952, being an act 'relative to increasing the amounts of pensions and retirement allowances and annui- ties payable to certain former public employees.'"
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 12. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to authorize and approve the Board of Assessors to use available funds or 'free cash' in an amount not to exceed the sum of $20,000.00 in determining the tax rate for the year 1953, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. William M. Foley and duly seconded : "That the Board of Assessors be and said Board hereby is authorized to allocate available funds or 'free cash' in an amount not to exceed the sum of $20,000. for expenditure by the Town in the year 1953, and that said sum be so used by said Board in determining the tax rate for the year 1953."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 13. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to sell to Emma M. Rice for the sum of $600.00 a portion of the abandoned Boston and Maine Railroad roadbed now owned by the Town abutting property owned by said Emma M. Rice, and more specifically described on a plan on file with the town clerk, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Edward A. DeWitt and duly seconded : "That the Town sell to Emma M. Rice for the sum of $400. all its right, title and interest in and to a portion of the abandoned Boston and Main Railroad roadbed, consisting of approximately 37,461 square feet, as shown on a Plan entitled 'Plan Showing a Portion of the Abandoned Location of the Essex Branch of the Boston & Maine Railroad located in Hamilton, Massachusetts, Febru-
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ary, 1953, Charles H. Morse & Son, Eng'rs.' on file with the Town Clerk, subject to all encumbrances of record and upon the condition that such property shall always be kept open for the use of horseback riders, and that the Board of Selectmen be and said Board hereby is authorized and directed in behalf of the Town to execute, acknowledge and deliver a quitclaim deed for said property."
Voice Vote.
Motion unanimously carried.
Article 14. Moderator: "To hear the report of the Union Health Committee appointed under Article 17 of the warrant for the annual town meeting held March 3, 1952, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Harold A. Daley and duly seconded : "That the report of the Union Health Committee as printed in the town report be received and placed on file, and that said Committee be continued indefinitely to keep informed of developments and to report to the Town if and when it becomes desirable for Hamilton to join such Health Union, and that the Moderator be authorized to appoint from time to time members to fill vacancies in such Committee."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 15. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to purchase a diaphragm water pump for the Water Department and raise and apppro- priate a sum of money therefor, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. George A. Harrigan and duly seconded : "That the Town purchase and acquire a diaphragm water pump for the Water De- partment, that the sum of $435.00 be raised and appropriated therefor, and that the Water Commissioners be authorized and empowered on behalf of the Town to consummate such purchase."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 16. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to purchase a truck for the Water Department and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. George A. Harrigan and duly seconded: "That the Town purchase and acquire a truck for the Water Department, that the sum of $2500 be raised and appropriated therefor, and that, subject to applic- able provisions of law, the Water Commissioners be authorized and em- powered on behalf of the Town to consummate such purchase."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 17. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way, an extension of Lincoln Avenue, so called, as shown on a plan entitled 'Acceptance Plan of Lincoln Avenue, Hamilton, Massachu- setts, January, 1953, Charles H. Morse & Son Engineers' now on file with the town clerk, or take any action thereon or relative thereto, as petitioned for by Arthur W. Day and others."
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Moved by Mr. Arthur W. Day and duly seconded : "That the Town accept as a public town way, Lincoln Avenue, so-called, as shown on a plan entitled 'Acceptance Plan of Lincoln Avenue, Hamilton, Massachusetts, January, 1953, Charles H. Morse & Son, Engineers' now on file with the town clerk."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 18. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way, Homestead Circle, so called, as shown on a plan entitled 'Plan of Miles River Farm Subdivision, Hamilton, Mass., George A. Harri- gan and Margaret F. Harrigan, September 1952, Charles H. Morse & Son Engineers' now on file with the town clerk, or take any action thereon or relative thereto, as petitioned for by George A. Harrigan and others."
Moved by Mr. George A. Harrigan and duly seconded: "That the Town accept as a public town way, Homestead Circle, so-called, as shown on a plan entitled 'Plan of Miles River Farm Subdivision, Hamilton, Mass., George A. Harrigan and Margaret F. Harrigan, September 1952, Charles H. Morse & Son Engineers' now on file with the town clerk."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 19. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way, Rock Maple Avenue, so called, as shown on a plan en- titled 'Plan for the Layout & Acceptance of Rock Maple Avenue and Meyer Road in the Town of Hamilton, January 1953, N. B. Allen, Registered Land Surveyor, Danvers' now on file with the town clerk, or take any action thereon or relative thereto, as petitioned for by Jackson W. Garfield and others."
Moved by Mr. Jackson W. Garfield and duly seconded: "That the Town accept as a public town way, Rock Maple Avenue, so-called, as shown on a plan entitled 'Plan for the Layout and Acceptance of Rock Maple Avenue and Meyer Road in the Town of Hamilton, January 1953, N. B. Allen, Registered Land Surveyor, Danvers' now on file with the town clerk."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 20. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way Meyer Road, so called as shown on a plan entitled 'Plan for the Layout and Acceptance of Rock Maple Avenue and Meyer Road in the Town of Hamilton, January 1953, N. B. Allen, Registered Land Surveyor, Danvers' now on file with the town clerk, or take any action thereon or relative thereto, as petitioned for by Jackson W. Garfield and others.
Moved by Mr. Jackson W. Garfield and duly seconded: "That the Town accept as a public town way, Meyer Road, so-called, as shown on a
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plan entitled 'Plan for the Layout and Acceptance of Rock Maple Avenue and Meyer Road in the Town of Hamilton, January 1953, N. B. Allen, Registered Land Surveyor, Danvers' now on file with the town clerk."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 21. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way, Woodside Road, so called, as shown on a plan entitled 'Acceptance Plan of Woodside Road, Hamilton, Mass., January 1953, Charles H. Morse & Son Engineers,' now on file with the town clerk, or take any action thereon or relative thereto, as petitioned for by Joe Y. Jackson and others."
Moved by Mr. Lawrence Lamson and duly seconded : "That the Town accept as a public town way, Woodside Road, so-called, as shown on a plan entitled 'Acceptance Plan of Woodside Road, Hamilton, Mass., January 1953. Charles H. Morse & Son, Engineers' now on file with the town clerk."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 22. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way, Elm Street, so called, as shown on a plan entitled 'Acceptance Plan of Elm Street, Hamilton, Massachusetts, December 1951, Charles H. Morse & Son, Engineers' now on file with the town clerk, or take any action thereon or relative thereto, as petitioned for by Omer Porier and others."
Moved by Mr. Omer Porier and duly seconded : "That the Town accept as a public town way, Elm Street, so-called, as shown on a plan en- titled 'Acceptance Plan of Elm Street, Hamilton, Massachusetts, December 1951, Charles H. Morse & Son, Engineers' now on file with the town clerk."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 23. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way, Oak Street, so called, as shown on a plan entitled 'Accept- ance Plan of Oak Street, Hamilton, Massachusetts, December 1951, Charles H. Morse & Son, Engineers' now on file with the town clerk, or take any action thereon or relative thereto, as petitioned for by Omer Porier and others."
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