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ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
TOWN of HAMILTON MASSACHUSETTS
1956
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ANNUAL REPORT
for the TOWN of HAMILTON
MASSACHUSETTS
1956
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
1957 OFFICIALS
Congressman-William H. Bates of Salem
Councillor-Augustus G. Means of Essex
Senator-Philip A. Graham of Hamilton
Representatives (2) es (2) {
Cornelius J. Murray of Beverly Clarence S. Wilkinson of Beverly
C. F. Nelson Pratt of Saugus County Commissioners (3) { Arthur A. Thompson of Methuen John R. Ahern of Lawrence
Population
1920
1631
(Federal Census)
1925
2018
(State 66
)
1930
2044
(Federal
)
1935
2235
(State
66
)
1940
2037
(Federal
66
)
1945
2387
(State
)
1950
2764
(Federal
66
)
1955
4116
(State
)
1956 TOWN OFFICERS Elected and Appointed
Selectmen LAWRENCE LAMSON, Chairman LAWRENCE R. STONE EVERETT F. HALEY
Board of Public Welfare LAWRENCE R. STONE, Chairman LAWRENCE LAMSON EVERETT F. HALEY
Welfare Agent BERNARD A. CULLEN
Board of Health EVERETT F. HALEY, Chairman LAWRENCE LAMSON LAWRENCE R. STONE
Moderator JOHN H. PERKINS
Town Clerk-Town Accountant FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE
Treasurer WALFRED B. SELLMAN
Tax Collector BERTHA L. CROWELL
Assessors ROBERT H. CHITTICK, Chairman Term expires 1959
ELMO O. ADAMS Term expires 1958
ARTHUR L. BENNETT Term expires 1957
Planning Board GEORGE C. CUTLER, JR., Chairman Term expires 1960
PAUL F. PERKINS, JR. Term expires 1961 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 JOHN C. GARLAND, Chairman
CLARK S. SEARS CHARLES E. GRANT
LAWRENCE E. PELKEY THOMAS G. STEVENSON
Town Counsel STANDISH BRADFORD
Registrars of Voters FRANK W. BUZZELL, Chairman Term expires 1958
JESSIE W. B. CUNNINGHAM Term expires 1959
GEORGE MORROW Term expires 1957
FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE, Clerk-Officio
Chief of Police EDWARD FREDERICK
Fire Engineers A. MERRILL CUMMINGS, Chief
RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Moth Superintendent RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Tree Warden RUDOLPH H. HARADEN
Forest Warden A. MERRILL CUMMINGS
Building Inspector FRANK W. BUZZELL
Inspector of Wires THOMAS M. ROBINSON
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering ERNEST M. BARKER
Inspector of Milk ERNEST M. BARKER
Sanitary Inspector PHILIP S. PLUMMER
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Sealer of Weights and Measures ERVING O. MAXWELL
Dog Officer HUGH E. MACDONALD
Civil Defense Director
MELVIN F. REID, Resigned HARVEY E. BARNES
Dental Clinic DR. JOHN KING, Dentist MISS FLORENCE L. STOBBART, Nurse
Surveyor of Highways CHARLES F. POOLE
Veterans' Agent LAWRENCE LAMSON
Veterans' Service Director BERNARD A. CULLEN
School Committee ALLAN MacCURRACH, Chairman Term expires 1958
GRACE B. LAMSON
Term expires 1957
FREDERICK J. CALDWELL Term expires 1959
Superintendent of Schools DOUGLAS A. CHANDLER
Trustees of Public Library JOHN F. NEARY, Chairman Term expires 1958
SARAH H. TRUSSELL Term expires 1959
MELVIN F. REID, Resigned JANICE P. PULSIFER Term expires 1957
Librarians
LOUISE C. BROWN Main Library
CYNTHIA B. WIGGIN Branch Library
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Park Commissioners ALBERT P. LOUGEE, Chairman Term expires 1957
RAY M. SANFORD
Term expires 1959
PHILIP C. HOPKINS Term expires 1958
Park Superintendent HENRY J. STELLINE
Water Commissioners GORDON L. THOMPSON, Chairman Term expires 1958
GEORGE A. HARRIGAN
Term expires 1959
RICHARD H. SMITH Term expires 1957
Superintendent of Water Works RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE
Cemetery Commissioners PAUL S. TUCKER, Chairman Term expires 1959
JOHN T. WALKE RAYMOND A. WHIPPLE, Resigned Term expires 1958 LUTHER M. CAVERLY Term expires 1957
Cemetery Superintendent PHILIP S. PLUMMER
Board of Appeals, under Protective (Zoning) By-Law GEORGE G. BECKETT, Chairman Term expires 1957
JOHN F. NEARY Term expires 1958 F. HARLAN CLOCK, Associate Member
ELMER H. SMITH Term expires 1959
Board of Appeals, under Building By-Law JEROME F. FLYNN, Chairman CLARK S. SEARS CARL POEHLER, JR.
W. WHITNEY LUNDGREN LAWRENCE C. FOSTER
Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark
THEODORE E. JOHNSON FRANK W. BUZZELL LEON S. PERKINS
ERNEST M. BARKER
ry
Field Drivers
CARL C. ANDERSON
WILLIAM W. BANCROFT
ERNEST M. BARKER HAROLD M. DODGE
Fence Viewers
JAMES S. MacLAREN HAROLD A. DALEY EDWARD A. UNDERHILL
Union Health Department Study Committee HAROLD A. DALEY, Chairman
DR. ALBERT R. LARCHEZ SAMUEL J. TYACK PAUL F. PERKINS, JR.
School Needs Study Committee ALLAN MacCURRACH, Chairman
FREDERICK J. CALDWELL GRACE B. LAMSON DOUGLAS A. CHANDLER JOHN F. NEARY GEORGE C. CUTLER MORLEY L. PIPER
HENRY J. GOURDEAU
School Building Committee For Plans, Studies and Site For New Elementary School Building Authority of Special Town Meeting, July 16, 1956 FREDERIC WINTHROP, Chairman ALLEN MacCURRACH HENRY J. GOURDEAU
FREDERICK J. CALDWELL DONALD L. MILLER JOHN F. NEARY
GRACE B. LAMSON
ELMER H. SMITH
Committee Appointed To Consider the Use or Disposition of The Jonathan Lamson School Building Appointed by Authority of Vote of Special Town Meeting January 4, 1956 LAWRENCE R. STONE
ELMER H. SMITH JOHN T. WALKE
HENRY J. GOURDEAU JOHN C. GARLAND
School Building Committee to Construct Two New Classrooms To Be Added To Manasseh Cutler School
Authorized by Special Town Meeting held January 4, 1956 and Annual Town Meeting held March 5, 1956 ALLAN MacCURRACH, Chairman
FREDERICK J. CALDWELL GRACE B. LAMSON
DOUGLAS A. CHANDLER JOHN F. NEARY GEORGE C. CUTLER MORLEY L. PIPER
HENRY J. GOURDEAU
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Building and Electrical Code Study Committee ARTHUR M. KNIGHT, Chairman CARL POEHLER, JR. JEROME F. FLYNN OMER J. POIRIER
A. MERRILL CUMMINGS
Committee to Investigate Fire and Police Housing LAWRENCE LAMSON, Chairman
EDWARD FREDERICK A. MERRILL CUMMINGS G. GORDON LOVE HENRY J. GOURDEAU
REPORT
of the TOWN CLERK 1956
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
To the Citizens of Hamilton :
I submit herewith my thirteenth annual report as Clerk of our Town of Hamilton.
During the year 1956 the elections and town meetings consisted of a Special Town Meeting held January 4th which was an adjournment of the Special Town Meeting called for December 14, 1955 but adjourned to January 4, 1956 due to lack of quorum; the annual Town Meeting and Election which were held March 5th and 13th respectively; the Presiden- tial Primary held April 24; a Special Town Meeting held July 16; the State Primary held September 18th; and the State Election held November 6th. All of the town meetings and elections were held in the High School Auditorium. A detailed report of each is printed in the town report as part of the Town 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. Each year the returns of several births and marriages are not received until after the list has been compiled and delivered to the printer, resulting in the record not being printed in the town report, although including in the official town records.
I express my sincere appreciation to all the townspeople and town officials who have assisted me during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE
Town Clerk
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REPORT OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Held in the High School Auditorium, January 4, 1956
Report of Special Town Meeting called for December 14, 1955, but due to lack of quorum was adjourned to January 4, 1956.
A count of the Voters by the Moderator and the Town Clerk showed that more than the necessary 200 to constitute a quorum were present.
Meeting called to order at 8:10 P.M. by Moderator John H. Perkins, and Invocation offered by Rev. Edward J. MacLaughlin.
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to receive and accept the second special report of the School Building Needs Committee relative to its activities and investigations from December 1954 to the present time as an interim report and to continue the committee until the next annual meeting, or take any action thereon or relative thereto.
Moved by Lawrence Lamson and duly seconded "that the town receive and accept the Second Special Report of the School Building Needs Committee relative to its activities and investigations from December 1954 to the present time as an interim report and to continue the Committee until the next annual meeting.
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to purchase the two-room unit which has been added to the Manasseh Cutler School under an agreement, dated February 11, 1955, between The New England De- velopment Corporation and the Hamilton School Committee, and 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 otherwise, or to do or act in any manner relevant thereto.
Moved by Morley L. Piper and duly seconded "that the town pur- chase the two-room unit which has been added to the Manasseh Cutler School under an agreement dated February 11, 1955 between the New England Development Corporation and the Hamilton School Committee for the sum of $45,000 which sum is hereby appropriated, and for the foregoing purpose there be transferred $45,000 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund of the town."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the present School Building Needs Committee to serve as a School Building Com- mittee for the purpose of causing specifications, plans and estimates to be prepared for the construction of two new classrooms to be added to
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the Manasseh Cutler School, consistent with the over-all educational plan outlined by the School Building Needs Committee in its second special report on file in the office of the Town Clerk, and transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account a sum of money for the same, or take any action thereon or relative thereto.
Moved by Eleanor R. Mackenzie "that the Town authorize the present School Building Needs Committee to serve as a Building Com- mittee for the purpose of causing specifications, plans, and estimates to be prepared for the construction of two new classrooms to be added to the Manasseh Cutler School, consistent with the over-all educational plan outlined by the School Building Needs Committee in its second special report on file in the office of the Town Clerk and that the sum of $1500 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account for such purpose.
Voice Vote. Motion declared unanimously carried.
Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to make a survey and tests for the purpose of determining the availability of additional water supplies within the town and storage facilities therefor, and transfer the sum of $2500.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account for such purpose, or take any action thereon or relative thereto.
Moved by George A. Harrigan and duly seconded "that the Town authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to make a survey and tests for the purpose of determining the availability of additional water sup- plies within the town and storage facilities therefor, and that the sum of $2500.00 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account for such purposes."
Voice Vote. Motion declared unanimously carried.
Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Moderator to ap- point a committee consisting of five registered voters of the town to consider and investigate the use or disposition of the Jonathan Lamson School building, and to report its recommendations at the annual town meeting for 1956, or take any action thereon or relative thereto.
Moved by Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded "that the Town authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee consisting of five registered voters of the town to consider and investigate the use or disposition of the Jonathan Lamson School building, and to report its recommendations at the annual town meeting for 1956."
Voice Vote. Motion declared unanimously carried.
In accordance with the vote passed under Article 5, the Moderator appointed Lawrence R. Stone, John C. Garland, Henry J. Gourdeau, John T. Walke and Elmer H. Smith as members of the committee.
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There being no further business to legally come before the meeting, it was moved by Everett F. Haley and duly seconded that the meeting adjourn.
Voice Vote. Motion declared unanimously carried and the meeting adjourned at 8:30 P.M.
Attest :
FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE, Town Clerk
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REPORT OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Held in the High School Auditorium, March 5, 1956 AND OF THE ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION HELD MARCH 13, 1956
MODERATOR: John H. Perkins
ELECTION OFFICERS
Henry C. Jackson Freda E. Colwell
Checkers
George Morrow Bernard A. Cullen
Edward J. Ready
Counters
Thomas Sargent Katherine Day
Jessie Cunningham
Jean Austin
Frank Tuck Hazel Bray Mary Greeley Philip Hopkins
Police
Robert W. Poole
Edward Frederick
Town Clerk Francis H. Whipple
Article 2. The Moderator, Mr. John H. Perkins, opened the meeting at seven thirty-five (7:35) in the evening on Monday, March 5, 1956.
Rev. Halsey DeWolf Howe lead 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. Lawrence R. Stone 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. Lawrence R. Stone 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.
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Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded : "That Theo- dore E. Johnson, 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 Lamson and duly seconded : "That the reports of the Town Officers and of the Finance and Advisory Com- mittee and all other committees, excepting the School Building Needs Committee, the Committee appointed to investigate the use or disposition of the Jonathan Lamson School Building, as printed or inserted in the town report for 1955 be received and placed on file, and the report of the two committees excepted be received under Articles 9 and 14 respec- tively."
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."
Mr. Frederic Winthrop: "The Finance and Advisory Committee, with the cooperation of the other departments, has given a great deal of consideration to the budget. There are some minor changes which you will note as the Moderator reads the figures. If you will look on the last page of the recommended budget, you will see an estimated tax rate of $44, which is up $2 over last year. We are faced with a great deal of expense in the future. We have schools staring us in the face which will amount to a great deal of money, we have a water problem coming up, and we may have to have sewers as the population increases. The tax rate is bound to go up, so we should be as prudent as we can. We urge you to do nothing which is unnecessary."
Moderator: "I shall now 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."
Finance and Advisory Committee $ 20.00
Selectmen :
Salaries and Wages
3,390.00
Expenses 2,600.00
Town Accountant :
Salaries and Wages
4,000.00 300.00
Expenses
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Treasurer :
Salaries and Wages
1,600.00
Expenses
475.00
New Check Writer
225.00
Tax Collector :
Salaries and Wages
1,800.00
Expenses
850.00
Assessors :
Salaries and Wages
2,500.00
Expenses
560.00
Law :
Salaries and Wages
800.00
Expenses
200.00
Town Clerk :
Salaries and Wages
1,000.00
Expenses
350.00
Election and Registrations :
Expenses
2,500.00
Town Hall :
Salaries and Wages
3,000.00
Expenses
2,500.00
Painting and Repairs
3,000.00
Police :
Salaries and Wages
11,665.00
Expenses
2,900.00
Fire :
Salaries and Wages
2,800.00
Expenses
2,500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Salaries and Wages
230.00
Expenses
100.00
Moth-Town:
Salaries of Supts.
2,150.00
Wages
1,370.00
Expenses
600.00
Moth-Private :
Expenses PASSED 300.00
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Tree Warden :
Salary of Supt.
1,410.00
Wages
2,500.00
Pruning Elms
1,500.00
Forest Fire Warden :
Salary
40.00
Health :
Salaries and Wages
180.00
Expenses
1,500.00
Milk Inspector
75.00
Animal Inspector :
Salary and Expenses
140.00
Dental Clinic :
Salary of Nurse
200.00
Expenses
3,300.00
Sanitation (Garbage and Refuse Removal) :
Salaries and Wages
11,665.00
Expenses
1,750.00
Highways :
Salary of Surveyor
3,560.00
Wages
18,483.00
Expenses
6,445.00
Snow Removal and Sanding
6,500.00
Street Lighting
10,300.00
Sidewalks
800.00
Gravel Roads
5,000.00
Heating Garage
920.00
Public Welfare :
Salaries and Wages
120.00
Expenses
5,000.00
Old Age Assistance :
Assistance
24,000.00
Expenses
2,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children :
Aid
4,500.00
Disability Assistance :
Aid
3,500.00
Veterans' Benefits :
Benefits
4,000.00
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Schools :
General Expense
12,850.00
Expense of Instruction
155,893.00
Textbooks and Supplies
9,990.00
Operation of Plant
25,600.00
Maintenance of Plant
7,817.00
Auxiliary Agencies
18,827.00
Outlay
3,160.00
Special Appropriations
1,150.00
Libraries :
Salaries and Wages
1,700.00
Expenses
2,810.00
Parks :
Salary of Supt.
3,000.00
Salary of Instructors and Clerk
945.00
Labor
2,200.00
Expenses
2,250.00
New Equipment (2nd Hand Truck in 1956)
750.00
Pensions :
Retirement Fund
5,753.65
Unclassified :
Town Reports
1,822.00
Memorial Day
700.00
Planning Board
500.00
Town Clock
100.00
Veterans Quarters
1,000.00
Insurance
6,800.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
Water Department :
Salary of Supt.
3,560.00
Wages
6,700.00
Expenses
PASSED
14,275.00
Extension of Mains
6,500.00
Cemeteries :
Salary of Supt.
3,000.00
Wages
PASSED
900.00
Expenses
PASSED
275.00
New Equipment (2nd Hand Truck in 1956)
1,000.00
Maturing Debt and Interest :
Maturing Debt
58,000.00
Interest
11,250.00
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Moved by Mr. John C. Garland and duly seconded : "That the vari- ous 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 Tree Warden, as passed."
Mr. Frederick Winthrop: "The Tree Warden wants an electric chain saw and generator, which has become a necessity. There is a large amount of risk to send a man up alone with a power saw. It is very dangerous. An electric saw is simple to use. With the trade-in of the four-year-old power saw, the cost will be $458."
Mr. Rudolph H. Haraden: "The expense item has not been in- cluded in the budget."
Mr. Frederic Winthrop: "In error, the expense money for the Tree Warden was omitted. The expenses amount to $360-$160 for expenses and $200 for planting trees - in addition to $460 for the chain saw and generator."
Moved by Mr. Frederic Winthrop and duly seconded : "That $820.00 be appropriated to cover expenses and the purchase of an electric chain saw and generator."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moderator : "We shall now take up the appropriation for Water Department expenses, as passed."
Mr. Gordon L. Thompson : "I would like to propose an increase by $3000 to give us money for more boring, engineering fees and tests. We have put in 24 holes, and we hit ample water but it was high in iron. We would like to have $3000 more to further find the water that is needed by the town. We are at the present time testing in the Bradley- Palmer Park. It looks as though we have found water without iron, and we need the money to run more tests."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moderator: "We shall now take up the appropriations for Ceme- teries wages and expenses, as passed."
Mr. John T. Walke: "I move that this item read as follows : Wages and Expenses $900.00
Salary of Clerk 200.00
Salaries of Commissioners 75.00"
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 Construction on Chebacco Road and Linden Street, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
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Moved by Mr. Everett F. Haley and duly seconded: "That this article be divided into two parts and that we act on Chebacco Road first and Linden Street second."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moved by Mr. Everett F. Haley and duly seconded : "That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4000 for Chapter 90 Highway Construction on Chebacco Road, to be expended for its share of the work, and that available funds may be used to carry on the work until the Town is reimbursed for the state and county share of the work."
Mr. Frederic Winthrop: "The Finance Committee does not agree with the Selectmen on making Chebacco Road into a public way. In the first place, there are no citizens of the Town living on Chebacco Road. There are already three good roads to Manchester, one through Essex, Route 128 and Route 1A. $4000 would only go a short way. The Surveyor of Highways estimates another $12,000 to finish it up. We feel it is a waste of money and unnecessary. Town funds should be spent on roads serving more people."
Voice Vote. Motion defeated.
Moved by Mr. Everett F. Haley and duly seconded : "That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $250 for Chapter 90 Construc- tion on Linden Street, to be expended for its share of the work, and that available funds may be used to carry on the work until the Town is reimbursed for the state and county share of the work."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 6. Moderator : "To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance of various streets in town, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded: "That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 for Chapter 90 Mainten- ance of various streets, to be expended for its share of the work, and that available funds may be used to carry on the work until the Town is reimbursed for the state and county share of the work."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 7. Moderator : "To see if the Town will vote to provide addi- tional water supply and additional storage and distribution facilities, and in connection therewith to acquire real estate and interest therein by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise, to construct and originally equip with pump and equipment a pump house, to lay water mains, drive and construct wells and construct new or enlarge existing reser- voirs, and for the foregoing purposes raise and appropriate a sum of money 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 take any action thereon or relative thereto."
Moved by Mr. Gordon L. Thompson and duly seconded : "That this Article be indefinitely postponed."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
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Article 8. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to construct, originally equip and furnish, a two-room addition to the present Manas- seh Cutler School, to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the foregoing purposes and to determine the manner in which the appropria- tion is to be raised, whether by taxation or borrowing, by transfer of available funds or otherwise, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."'
Moved by Mr. Allan MacCurrach and duly seconded : "That the Town construct and originally equip and furnish a two-room addition to the Manasseh Cutler School, such construction, equipping and furnish- ing to be done under the supervision of the School Building Committee, for the cost of which the sum of $45,000 is hereby appropriated by the transfer of such sum from the Excess and Deficiency Account for these purposes.
I am pleased to say that negotiations have been started and state aid will be forthcoming. You will note that the $45,000 will be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Account, which will not affect the tax rate."
Voice Vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 9. Moderator: "To see if the Town will vote to receive and accept the Third Report of the School Building Needs Committee for the period from January 1956 to the present time as an interim report, to continue the Committee for the purpose of making further study and investigation concerning school housing needs, such Committee to render its report at a town meeting at or before the next annual town meeting, and that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for this purpose, or take any action thereon or relative thereto."
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