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ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
TOWN of HAMILTON MASSACHUSETTS
1954
ANNUAL REPORT
for the TOWN of HAMILTON MASSACHUSETTS
1954
TOWN OF HAMILTON ESSEX COUNTY COMMONWEALTH OF 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 (2) \ Cornelius J. Murray of Beverly Herbert S. Tuckerman of Beverly
County Commissioners (3)
C. F. Nelson Pratt of Saugus J. Fred Manning of Lynn Arthur A. Thompson of Methuen
Population
1920
1631
(Federal Census)
1925
2018
(State
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)
1930
2044
(Federal "
)
1935
2235
(State "
)
1940
2037
(Federal "
)
1945
2387
(State
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)
1950
2764
(Federal
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)
1954 TOWN OFFICERS Elected and Appointed
Selectmen EDWARD A. DEWITT, Chairman LAWRENCE R. STONE EVERETT F. HALEY
Board of Public Welfare LAWRENCE R. STONE, Chairman
EDWARD A. DEWITT EVERETT H. HALEY
Board of Health EVERETT F. HALEY, Chairman
EDWARD A. DEWITT LAWRENCE R. STONE
Moderator OLIVER WOLCOTT
Town Clerk-Town Accountant FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE
Treasurer WALFRED B. SELLMAN
Tax Collector BERTHA L. CROWELL
Assessors ROBERT H. CHITTICK, Chairman Term expires 1956
ELMO O. ADAMS Term expires 1955
JESSE S. MANN Term expires 1957 (Deceased) ARTHUR L. BENNETT
Planning Board ARTHUR E. MORROW, Chairman Term expires 1956
GEORGE C. CUTLER, JR. Term expires 1955 FRANCIS C. MOYNIHAN
Term expires 1957
M. KEITH LANDER Term expires 1958 HENRY J. GOURDEAU Term expires 1959
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Finance and Advisory Committee FREDERIC WINTHROP, Chairman ROBERT H. CHITTICK, III WILLIAM M. FOLEY JOHN C. GARLAND LAWRENCE PELKEY
Town Counsel STANDISH BRADFORD Registrars of Voters FRANK W. BUZZELL, Chairman Term Expires 1955
JESSIE W. B. CUNNINGHAM LAWRENCE LAMSON Term expires 1957
Term expires 1956
FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE, Clerk-Officio
Chief of Police EDWARD FREDRICK
Fire Engineers A. MERRILL CUMMINGS, Chief RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
HAROLD G. DODD
Moth Superintendent RUDOLPH H. HARADEN Tree Warden RUDOLPH H. HARADEN Forest Warden A. MERRILL CUMMINGS
Building Inspector FRANK W. BUZZELL
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering ERNEST M. BARKER
Inspector of Milk ERNEST M. BARKER
Sealer of Weights and Measures ERVING O. MAXWELL
Dog Officer HUGH E. MacDONALD
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Sanitary Inspector PHILIP S. PLUMMER 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
ALLAN MacCURRACH Term expires 1955
GRACE B. LAMSON Term expires 1957
Trustees of Public Library JOHN F. NEARY, Chairman Term expires 1955
SARAH H. TRUSSELL Term expires 1956
MELVIN F. REED Term expires 1957
Librarians
LOUISE C. BROWN JENNIE S. PERLEY Main Library Branch Library
Park Commissioners PHILIP HOPKINS, Chairman Term expires 1955
RAY M. SANDFORD ALBERT P. LOUGEE Term expires 1956 Term expires 1957
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Park Superintendent JAMES H. GOODRICH Water Commissioners GORDON L. THOMPSON, Chairman Term expires 1955
GEORGE A. HARRIGAN RICHARD H. SMITH Term expires 1956 Term expires 1957
Superintendent of Water Works RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE
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Cemetery Commissioners RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE, Chairman Term expires 1957
JOHN T. WALKE Term expires 1955
LAWRENCE C. FOSTER Term expires 1956
Superintendent of Cemetery PHILIP S. PLUMMER
Board of Appeals, under Protective (Zoning) By-Law GEORGE G. BECKETT, Chairman JOHN F. NEARY ELMER H. SMITH F. HARLAN CLOCK, Associate Member
Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark
JESSE S. MANN Deceased ERNEST M. BARKER
FRANK W. BUZZELL LEON S. PERKINS
Field Drivers
CARL C. ANDERSON WILLIAM W. BANCROFT
ERNEST M. BARKER HAROLD M. DODGE
Fence Viewers
JAMES S. MACLAREN WILLIAM J. DALEY EDWARD A. UNDERHILL Deceased
Union Health Department Study Committee HAROLD A. DALEY, Chairman DR. ALBERT R. LARCHEZ SAMUEL J. TYACK
PAUL F. PERKINS, JR. DR. STANLEY A. WILSON
School Building Committee
FINLEY D. MACDONALD, Chairman STANDISH BRADFORD RUTH F. DONALDSON G. GORDON LOVE
FORRESTER A. CLARK
School Needs Study Committee
HENRY J. GOURDEAU
JOHN F. NEARY
JOSEPH H. QUINN SHERWOOD B. STOCKWELL Resigned GEORGE C. CUTLER, JR.
Building and Electrical Code Study Committee
ARTHUR M. KNIGHT, Chairman BERNARD A. CULLEN JEROME F. FLYNN
A. MERRILL CUMMINGS OMER J. POIRIER
Public Works Department Study Committee W. WHITNEY LUNDGREN, Chairman JOHN A. BICK, JR. G. GORDON LOVE
LAWRENCE LAMSON
PAUL F. PERKINS
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REPORT of the TOWN CLERK 1954
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
To the Citizens of Hamilton:
I submit herewith my eleventh annual report as Clerk of our Town of Hamilton.
During the year 1954 the elections and town meetings consisted of the annual town meeting held March 1st and the annual town election held March 9th; the regular state primary held September 14th, the reg- ular state election held November 2nd and a special town meeting held December 15th. As has been the custom for many years, a detailed report of each is printed in the town report as part of the Clerk's report.
A list of births, marriages and deaths recorded during the year is also included as a part of the Clerk's report. Occasionally a record of birth is received and the parents have neglected to notify the Clerk of the town or city where the birth occurred of the name of the child. Such neglect can create a very inconvenient and annoying situation should the child require a copy of the birth record at a later date as proof of age or citizenship. Parents are urged to comply with the law and notify the Clerk of the name of the child within forty days after the date of birth.
I express my sincere appreciation to all the townspeople and town officials for their assistance and cooperation during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE,
Town Clerk.
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RECORDINGS AND LICENSES ISSUED
BIRTHS RECORDED
Male 48
Female
54
Total
102
MARRIAGES RECORDED
Residents
33
Non-residents
5
Total
38
DEATHS RECORDED
Residents
38
Non-residents
0
Total
38
SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED
Fishing
61
Hunting
67
Sporting
51
Minors Fishing
17
Female Fishing
13
Trapping
1
Non-resident Fishing
1
Duplicate
2
Total 213
DOG LICENSES ISSUED
Male 219
Female
44
Spayed Female
89
$10. Kennel
25. Kennel
3
50. Kennel
1
Total 363
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REPORT OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Held in the High School Auditorium, March 1, 1954 AND OF THE ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION HELD IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, MARCH 9, 1954
MODERATOR: Oliver Wolcott ELECTION OFFICERS Counters
Alice E. Gillissen Mary T. Greeley
Philip Hopkins
Frank H. Tuck
Freda E. Colwell Jessie W. B. Cunningham Katherine M. Day Thomas A. Sargent
Checkers
Henry C. Jackson Lawrence Lamson
George Morrow Edward J. Ready
Jeremiah J. Doyle
Police
Edward H. Frederick
Lester D. Charles
Town Clerk Francis H. Whipple
The Moderator, Mr. Oliver Wolcott, opened the meeting at seven-fifty (7:50) o'clock in the evening on Monday, March 1, 1954.
Rev. Norman B. Cawley led the meeting in prayer.
Immediately following Rev. Norman B. Cawley's invocation an inter- val was taken for the presentation of two flags to the High School for display in the War Memorial Gymnasium in memory of two Hamilton young men who lost their lives in Korea. On behalf of A. P. Gardner Post 194, Commander Bernard A. Cullen presented an American Flag and a Flag of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in memory of PFC Robert H. Morrow and PFC John A. Stelline. Chairman Morley Piper accepted the gift, as spokesman for the school board. Members of the Post Firing Squad under Robert H. Chittick. 3rd, who took part in the presentation, were Louis Zampell, Henry Stelline and James Stelline, brothers of PFC John A. Stelline; and Edward Morrow. brother of PFC Robert A. Morrow. The playing of taps from outside the hall ended the ceremony. Bugler was Howard Carlton.
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."
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Moved by Mr. Arthur M. Knight 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.
Moved by Mr. Arthur M. Knight and duly seconded : "That Harold M. Dodge, 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. Arthur M. Knight and duly seconded : "That Jesse S. Mann, Frank W. Buzzell, Ernest M. Barker, and Leon S. Perkins 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 re- ports of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Committee and all other committees as printed in the town report be received and placed on file."
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
2.080.00
Expenses
2,300.00
Accountants :
Salary
3,050.00
Expenses
300.00
Treasurer :
Salary
1.500.00
Expenses
575.00
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Tax Collector :
Salary
1,700.00
Expenses
650.00
Assessors :
Salaries and Wages
2.600.00
Expenses
545.00
Law :
Salary
800.00
Expenses 200.00
Town Clerk :
Salary
1.000.00
Expenses
300.00
Election and Registration :
Expenses 2,000.00
Town Hall :
Salary
2.150.00
Expenses
2,350.00
Office Equipment
500.00
Essex County Pension Fund :
Contributions
3,950.75
Police :
Salary and Wages of Chief and Special Officers 8.400.00
Expenses
2.000.00
New Uniforms
300.00
Fire :
Wages
2.310.00
Expenses
2,210.00
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
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Moth-Private:
Salary of Superintendent
360.00
Wages
378.00
Expenses
300.00
Tree Warden :
Salary
1,170.00
Wages
1,322.00
Expenses
160.00
Special-Planting Trees
200.00
Special-Pruning Elms
500.00
Forest Fire Warden :
Salary
40.00
Board of Health :
Salaries
120.00
Clerk
60.00
Milk Inspector
75.00
Expenses
1,500.00
Rubbish Collection
4,500.00
Garbage Collection
3,200.00
Dental Clinic :
Salary of Nurse
200.00
Expenses
3,300.00
Inspector of Animals :
Salary
90.00
Expenses
50.00
Highways :
Salary of Superintendent and Surveyor
3,200.00
Wages of Drivers and Helpers
12,880.00
Labor and Expenses
5,143.00
Sidewalks
2,000.00
Gravel Roads
7,000.00
Snow Removal and Sanding
5,000.00
Street Lighting
9,800.00
Public Welfare :
Salaries
120.00
Expenses
4,000.00
Disability Assistance
6,000.00
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Old Age Assistance :
Assistance Administration
30,000.00 2,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children :
Aid
4,500.00
Administration
25.00
Veterans' Benefits :
Benefits
6,000.00
Education-Schools :
General Expense
11.475.00
Expense of Instruction
111.562.99
Text Books and Supplies
8.125.00
Operation of Plant
20.575.00
Extra Janitor Service
500.00
Repairs and Upkeep (Normal)
1.500.00
Repairs and Upkeep (Extra)
1,500.00
Transportation
9,758.75
Auxiliary Agencies
4,150.00
New Equipment-High
262.00
Athletics
1,190.00
Special for High School :
Vocational
1,250.00
Driver Training
200.00
Libraries :
Main Library
Salary
Branch
1,250.00
Janitor
Expenses
2,404.50
Park Department :
Salary of Superintendent
2.750.00
Salary of Instructors
918.00
Labor
1,400.00
Expense
1,607.00
Resurfacing Tennis Court
1,200.00
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Water Department :
Salary of Superintendent
3.200.00
Salary of Assistant Superintendent 2,750.00
Salary of Clerk 800.00
Extra Labor
1.325.00
Expenses
12.750.00
Special (Compressor)
1.500.00
Extension of Mains
5,000.00
Cemetery :
Salaries of Commissioners
75.00
Salary of Superintendent
2,750.00
Salary of Clerk 200.00
Wages and Expenses
900.00
Maturing Debt :
Maturing Debt
59,000.00
Interest
13,100.00
Unclassified :
Town Report
1,600.00
Town Clock
100.00
Memorial Day
650.00
American Legion
1,000.00
Insurance
5,900.00
Planning Board
500.00
Finance Committee-Reserve Fund
5,000.00
Moved by Mr. Lawrence Lamson and duly seconded: "That the Town raise and appropriate the various sums recommended in the report of the Finance and Advisory Committee."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 5. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway 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 Highway Main- tenance of various streets, to be expended for its share of the work, pro- vided the state is agreeable to contribute to the cost thereof, and that available funds may be used to carry 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 Highway Construction on Essex Street, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Arthur M. Knight and duly seconded : "That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $875. for Chapter 90 Highway Con- struction on Essex Street, to be expended for its share of the work. pro- vided the state and county are agreeable to contribute to the cost thereof, and that available funds may be used to carry 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 Chapter 90 Construction on Chebacco ยท Road, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Everett F. Haley and duly seconded : "That this article be indefinitely postponed."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 8. Moderator : "To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $500. from the Cemetery Sale of Lots 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 9. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to purchase a truck with snow-plowing equipment for the use of the Highway Depart- ment and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. William Foley and duly seconded: "That the Town purchase and acquire a dump truck with snow plowing and sanding equip- ment for the use of the Highway Department, that the sum of $4.500. be raised and appropriated therefor, and that, subject to applicable pro- visions of law, the Highway Surveyor be and he hereby is authorized and empowered on behalf of the Town to consumate such purchase."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 10. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500. for the purchase, for the Addition to the High School and for the New Elementary School, of additional lights and audio-amplification system for the auditorium in the High School, cyclo-
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ramic curtains for the stages in both schools, stage curtains for the Ele- mentary School, screens, shades and floor surfacing material, and other fixtures and equipment, such sum to be expended under the supervision of the School Building Committee, or take any other action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Finlay D. MacDonald and duly seconded : "That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500. for the purchase for the Addition to the High School and for the new Elementary School, addi- tional lights and audio-amplification system for the auditorium in the High School, cycloramic curtains for the stages in both schools, stage curtains for the Elementary School, screens, shades and floor surfacing material, and other fixtures and equipment, and that such sum to be expended under the supervision of the School Building Committee."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 11. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to erect a building on Patton Memorial Park for the purpose of providing toilet facilities at the Park and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, the work to be done under the direction and supervision of the Board of Park Commissioners, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Albert P. Lougee and duly seconded : "That the Town erect a building on Patton Memorial Park for the purpose of providing toilet facilities at the park and raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000. therefor, the work to be done under the direction and supervision of the Board of Park Commissioners.
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. in determining the tax rate for the year 1954 or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. William 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 expend- iture by the Town in the year 1954, and that said sum be so used by said Board in determing the tax rate for the year 1954."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 13. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to authorize the formation of a committee of eight of which four shall be members of the School Committee and Superintendent of schools and of which four shall be appointed by the Moderator (and of which committee the chair- man of the School Committee shall be designated Chairman pro tem for organization) for the purpose of studying the immediate needs for public school requirements and facilities in the Town, and making a report of
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their activities and recommendations on or before the next annual town meeting, and that the sum of $1,000. be raised and appropriated for this purpose, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Morley L. Piper and duly seconded : "That a committee of eight consisting in part of the incumbents of the School Committee, and the Superintendent of Schools and in part four registered voters of the Town to be appointed by the Moderator (of which committee the Chairman of the School Committee shall be designated Chairman pro tem for the purpose of organization) for the purpose of studying the immediate needs for public school requirements and facilities in the town and making a report of their activities and recommendatons on or before the next annual Town Meeting, and that the sum of $1,000. be raised and appro- priated for this purpose."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 14. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five for the purpose of studying the advisability of the adoption by the Town of a building and electrical code, such committee to make its report with recommendations at or before the next annual Town Meeting, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the expenses of the committee, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Everett F. Haley and duly seconded : "That the Town authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five registered voters for the purpose of studying the advisability of the adoption by the Town of a building and electrical code, such committee to make its report with recommendations at or before the next annual town meeting."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 15. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five for the purpose of studying the advisability of the formation of a department in the nature of a public works department in the town, such committee to make its report with recommendations at the next annual town meeting, and raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the expenses of the committee, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Lawrence E. Pelkey and duly seconded: "That the Town authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five registered voters for the purpose of studying the advisability of the formation of a department in the nature of a public works department in the town, such committee to make its report with recommendations at or before the next annual town meeting."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 16. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to accept a layout of the relocation of a portion of School Street by the Selectmen as
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shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the relocation and rebuilding of said street in accord- ance with such plan, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Arthur M. Knight and duly seconded : "That the Town accept the layout of the relocation of a portion of School Street by the Selectmen as shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk, and raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500. for the relocation and rebuilding of said street in accordance with such plan."
Voice Vote. Motion defeated.
Article 17. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public town way, Ortins Road, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen and approved by the Planning Board and shown on a plan entitled "Lay- out and Accepted Plan of Ortins Road in the Town of Hamilton, Mass., January 1954", now on file with the Town Clerk, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded : "That the Town accept as a public town way. Ortins Road. so-called as laid out by the Selectmen and approved by the Planning Board as shown on a plan en- titled "Layout and Acceptance Plan of Ortins Road in the Town of Hamilton, Mass., January 1954", 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, Porter Lane, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen and approved by the Planning Board and shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Bruce Acres, Hamilton, Mass., November 6, 1952", now on file with the Town Clerk, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Richard W. Johnson and duly seconded: "That the Town accept as a public town way, Porter Lane, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen and approved by the Planning Board and shown on a plan entitled "Acceptance Plan of Porter Lane and Cunningham Drive, Ham- ilton, Mass., March 1954, Charles H. Morse & Son, Engineers," 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, Cunningham Drive, so-called, as laid out by the Select- men and approved by the Planning Board and shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Bruce Acres, Hamilton, Mass., November 6, 1952", now on file with the Town Clerk, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Richard W. Johnson and duly seconded: "That the Town accept as a public town way, Cunningham Drive, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen and approved by the Planning Board as shown on
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a plan entitled "Acceptance Plan of Porter Lane and Cunningham Drive, Hamilton. Mass .. March 1954, Charles H. Morse & Son, Engineers", 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 way that part of Lake Drive, so-called, as laid out by the Select- men and approved by the Planning Board and shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $300. to be expended under the supervision of the Surveyor of Highways together with such further sum, not less than $300. as shall be contributed by the Abutters of said way, for improvements to said way necessary to make said way conform to the requirements of Chapter VIII of the By-Laws, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded : "That the Town accept as a public town way. an extension of Lake Drive, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on a plan entitled "Plan for Acceptance Section B and Section C Lake Drive, Hamilton, Mass., February, 1954, Charles H. Morse & Son, Engineers, on file with the Town Clerk on the condition that the work be completed to the satisfaction of the Town Engineer and the Selectmen."
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