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TOWN OF READING MASSACHUSETTS
THE
ANNUAL
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For the Financial Year
Ended December 31st
1924
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1924-1925 Elected and Appointed
Board of Selectmen
JOSEPH D. KNIGHT, Chairman ROBERT E. PARKER, Secretary
Term expires 1925
66
1927
FREDERICK L. SPRINGFORD LEON G. BENT, Clerk
66
1926
Board of Public Welfare
JOSEPH D. KNIGHT, Chairman
Term expires 1925
ROBERT E. PARKER, Secretary
1927
FREDERICK L. SPRINGFORD
LEON G. BENT, Clerk
HELEN A. BROWN, Visitor
Board of Assessors
ALVAH W. CLARK, Chairman J. FRED RICHARDSON, Secretary EDWARD B. EAMES
Term expires 1927
66 1925
1926
Town Clerk MILLARD F. CHARLES
Treasurer WILFRED A. BANCROFT
Collector of Taxes GRACE V. VIALL
Town Counsel JESSE W. MORTON
Moderator JESSE W. MORTON
Town Accountant LEON G. BENT
1926
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Board of Public Works
GEORGE H. CLOUGH, Chairman MILES C. HIGGINS, Secretary JOSEPH W. BOOTH FRANK C. CARTER JOHN W. OWEN HARRY B. COLLINS, Supt
Term expires 1925
1927
1926
66 1927
1925
Board of Health
EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M. D., Chairman
Term expires 1925
CHRISTINE F. ATKINSON, Secretary
1927
CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
66
1926
Finance Committee
ALBERT R. SHEPARDSON, Chairman
Term expires Mar. 31, 1927
JOHN CONNELLY
66
66 1925
WILLIAM S. DENNISON
66
66 1925
JOHN L. DEVANEY
66
66 1925
MARGARET R. ELLISON
MARTIN B. HARTSHORN
66
66
66
1926
FREDERICK D. SPERRY
66
60 1926
MOLLIE A. SWEETSER
ELIAS B. CURRELL
66
1927
JAMES W. FAIRCHILD
66
60
1927
JOHN H. FARNUM
66
66
66
1927
OTIS B. RUGGLES
66
66
1927
LEON G. BENT, Clerk
School Committee
WALTER S. PARKER, Chairman
Term expires 1926
LEONE F. QUIMBY
60
1927
RUTH A. LUMSDEN
66
66 1927
IDA A. YOUNG
66
1925
JESSE W. MORTON
66 1925
66
66 1925
WILLIAM A. HALEY
6.6
1926
JAMES P. CARLETON
66
66
66 1926
SPENCER G. STEWART
66
66
1926
1925
66
ADELBERT L. SAFFORD, Supt. of Schools, Secretary
School Attendance Officer 2 ABIGAIL H. MINGO
1926
MARION B. TEMPLE
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Municipal Light Board
WILLIAM G. LONG, Chairman HERBERT G. EVANS, Secretary HARRY P. BAKER ARTHUR G. SIAS, Manager, Municipal Light Dept.
Term expires 1926
1927
60
1925
Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery
GALEN A. PARKER, Chairman
66
1927
PHILIP H. TIRRELL, Secretary
WILLIAM S. KINSLEY
1926
CHESTER P. EELES
66
66 1927
FRANK L. EDGERLEY
66 1925
WILLIE E. TWOMBLY
1925
ALFRED E. GOODWIN, Supt of Cemetery
Board of Registrars
OWEN McKENNEY, Chairman
WALTER S. PRENTISS
66
66 1926
Playground Commission ARTHUR S. COOK, Chairman
MABEL H. BROWN
HAROLD F. PARKER
LOUISE E. BURRAGE HARRY E. SMITH
Planning Board
WILLARD P. ADDEN, Chairman
Term expires 1927
HELEN R. GRIMES, Secretary
66
66 1925
MARY F. DANIEL
1926
ROBERT S. PARKER
66
1925
Trustees of Public Library
HORACE G. WADLIN, Chairman
Term expires 1925
ARTHUR N. MANSFIELD, Secretary
66
1926
*FANNIE C. WHITTEMORE
66
66 1926
EDITH BANCROFT
66
1927
RALPH S. KENEELEY
66
1925
#IDA C. LUCAS BERTHA L. BROWN, Librarian GRACE J. ABBOTT, Assistant Librarian
1925
* Resigned
#Appointed to fill vacancy
66
1926
JOHN L. DODGE
1927
CHARLES F. DOUGHTY
Term expires 1927
66 1925
PRESTON F. NICHOLS MILLARD F. CHARLES, Clerk
Term expires 1926
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Police Department JEREMIAH CULLINANE, Chief
TIMOTHY J. CULLINANE OSCAR H. LOW FRANCIS T. SLACK
PATRICK J. LONG WILLIAM F. O'BRIEN DANIEL T. SCANLON
FRANK R. FISHER
Fire Department ORVILLE O. ORDWAY, Chief
HUGH L. EAMES, Capt JOHN J. O'BRIEN, Lieut. FRANK L. McKENNEY WILLIAM H. VANHORN
Superintendent of Fire Alarm HUGH L. EAMES
Forest Warden ORVILLE O. ORDWAY
Deputy Forest Warden HENRY M. DONEGAN
*LEON G. BENT
Constables #EDWARD G. QUINLAN *J. FRED RICHARDSON
Inspector of Milk CARL M. SMITH
Inspector of Plumbing DAVID TAGGART
Inspector of Animals CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
Inspector of Wires ARTHUR G. SIAS
Inspector of Buildings A. RUSSELL BARNES
Sealer of Weights and Measures CARL M. SMITH
#Resigned * Appointed
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Superintendent of Moth Department and Tree Warden HENRY M. DONEGAN
Burial Agent for Deceased Soldiers and Sailors (Under Chapter 115, Section 19, General Laws) CHARLES STOREY
Custodian of Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves (Under Chapter 115, Section 22, General Laws) ALFRED E. GOODWIN
Board of Appeal MAHLON E. BRANDE
*GILMAN L. PARKER
FRED L. NUTTER
Measurers of Wood and Bark
THOMAS E. BROGAN PERCY N. SWEETSER
BURTON K. SYMONDS WARREN M. WHITEHOUSE
Measurers of Lumber
ORA L. MILBURY
WARREN M. WHITEHOUSE
EDWARD B. EAMES
BURTON K. SYMONDS WILLIAM R. ZWICKER ROLLAND L. PERRY
Weighers of Coal and Hay
W. IRVING BANCROFT THOMAS E. BROGAN
BERTHA D. MacLELLAN MABEL L. MacKAY
WENDELL B. NEWELL
CHARLES W. LEE
PERCY N. SWEETSER WILLIAM H. WHITE
Field Drivers
WILLARD A. BANCROFT ADOLPH S. LARSON
ROLLAND L. PERRY
Fence Viewers
J. W. AUSTIN
ALBERT E. TEMPLE
THOMAS E. WALL
Workingmen's Compensation Agent (Chapter 152, Section 175, General Laws) WILFRED A. BANCROFT
Director of Agriculture and Home Economics (Chapter 128, Section 41, General Laws) ROLLAND L. PERRY
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*Deceased
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TOWN OF READING
Population 1920 Census, 7424.
Registered Voters 1924: Men 1813, Women 1527. Fifth Congressional District. Sixth Councillor District.
Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District.
Eighteenth Middlesex Representative District.
Congressman 5th District, John Jacob Rogers, Lowell.
Councillor 6th District, Charles S. Smith, Lincoln. Senator 7th Middlesex District, Charles P. Howard, Reading. Representatives 18th Middlesex District, Gustav W. Everberg, Woburn, Lemuel W. Standish, Stoneham
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LIST OF JURORS FOR 1924-1925 Prepared by Board of Selectmen
Adams, George H., Farmer
Akerley Oliver L., Manufacturer
Austin, Irving C., Wool Merchant
Bancroft, Hamlet R., Shipper
Becker, William H., Salesman
Beeler, Howard A., Clerk Benjamin, William H., Salesman
Birchall, Joseph C., Superintendent
Boyd, John A., Real Estate
Brooks, George C., Salesman Brown, James C., Clerk Buckle, George H., Salesman
Burrage, Alvah L., Civil Engineer Byram, Joseph R., Salesman Carpenter, A. E. C., Salesman Carter, Frank C., Cashier
Chamberlain, Edw. L., Retired Chesley, Robert O., Clerk Clark, Eugene W., Architect
160 Haverhill St. 84 Woburn St. 76 Woburn St. 14 Chute St. 35 Grove St. 37 Scotland Road 12 Berkeley St. 17 Village St. 34 Prospect St. 9 Harnden St. 68 Pearl St.
47 Bancroft Ave. 65 Lowell St. 23 Hillcrest Road 233 Main St. 55 Woburn St. 210 Main St. 91 Oak St. 36 Salem St.
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Cooper, Carl C., Treasurer Cox, Charles M., Salesman Cutcliffe, James E., Printer Dennison, William S., Manufacturer Dillaway, Ernest N., Salesman Eames, Edw. B., Buyer Evans, Herbert G., Salesman Farnum, John H., Merchant Fowle, Robert E., Bookkeeper
French, Clarence J., Salesman
Frost, Roscoe, Printer Gay, Louis F., Bookkeeper Godding, J. Harry, Superintendent
Hall, Everett H., Decorator
Hartshorn, Benjamin M., Credit Man
Herrick, Ralph C., Real Estate Higgins, Miles C., Assistant Treasurer Hodson, Robert H., Painter Hubbard, J. M., Broker Hutchinson, George M., Janitor Johnson, H. Raymond, Treasurer Kerr, Elgin H., Salesman Kingman, Leland W., Insurance Lane, Elliott W., Salesman Leach, William M., Electrician
Lewis, Herbert W., Salesman Marshall, Douglas B., Salesman Mc Davitt, John O., Clerk McKillop, John C., Farmer Merrill, Frank, Assistant Manager
Mooney, Walter C., Manager Moyer, Orlando C., Accountant Nelson, C. Wayland, Farmer Nichols, Walter B., Civil Engineer Nowell, George F., Treasurer Olsen, Arthur E., Instructor Palmer, Harold V., Merchant Parker, Stillman R., Clerk Perry, Rolland L., Farmer Porch, Harry G., Salesman
Ralston, Everett B., Salesman Rich, Charles H., Marine Engineer Richardson, Elmer H., Civil Engineer Roberts, Herbert H., Salesman Roberts, Willard S., Retired Sawyer, John F., Manager Siegars, William S., Steamfitter
107 Summer Ave. 48 Woburn St. 30 Locust St. Copeland Ave. 12 Perkins Ave. 193 Main St. 40 Howard St. 101 Summer Ave. 38 Vine St. 189 Summer Ave. 32 Bancroft Ave. 10 Union St. 102 Bancroft Ave. 160 High St. 15 Vine St. 11 Hopkins St. 8 Sanborn St. 9 Bancroft Ave. 91 Prospect St. 246 Summer Ave. Woodward Ave. 37 Grove St. 7 Echo Ave. 351 Main St. 4 Hopkins St. 14 Winter St. 18 Linden St. 114 Bancroft Ave. 54 Orange St. 4 Dudley St. 131 West St. 310 Summer Ave. 336 Franklin St. 33 Bancroft Ave. 12 Arlington St. 5 Cross St. 65 Prospect St. 164 Main St. Off Mill St. 103 Salem St. 4 Kingston St. 10 Dudley St. 85 Green St. 134 Woburn St. Hillcrest Road 8 Arlington St. 42 Temple St.
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Snow, Carlton E., Secretary Squires, George S., Superintendent Stembridge, Stanley R., Merchant Stratton, Charles, Bank Teller Temple. Raymond B., Designer Torre, Frank J., Merchant Turner, Wilbur F., Jr., Manager Wallace, Chester J., Civil Engineer Webster, John W., Bookkeeper Whitchurch, Frank H., Salesman Whitney, Glen E., Insurance Williams, Walter I., Accountant Winship, Arthur G., Manager Wright, Albert J., Salesman
147 Woburn St. 159 Main St. 82 Woburn St. 57 West St. 50 Hillcrest Road 193 Main St. 5 Fairview Ave. 1 Lowell St. 23 Lowell St. 279 Franklin St. Ellis Ave. 25 Intervale Terrace 61 Woburn St. 23 Locust St.
Approved : JOSEPH D. KNIGHT ROBERT E. PARKER FREDERICK L. SPRINGFORD Selectmen of Reading.
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TOWN MEETINGS 1924
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn St., March 3, 1924.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant and the Constable's return thereon, a town meeting was held at the place and time specified therein and was called to order by the Moderator, Jesse W. Morton. The war- rant was partially read when it was voted to dispense with further read- ing except the Constable's return, which was read.
Article 1. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Moderator; one member of the Board of Selectmen for three years; Treasurer; Collector of Taxes; one member of the Board of Assessors for three years; Town Clerk; two members of the Board of Public Works for three years; Tree Warden; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one mem- ber of the Board of Overseers of the Poor for three years; two members of the School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years; one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years; two Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery for three years; one member of the Planning Board for one year, one member for three years; two Constables; also on the same ballot, "Yes" or "No" in answer to the following question :
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain Non-Intoxicating Beverages in this Town ?
Moderator, One Year
Jesse W. Morton, 114 Woburn St. 1372
Blanks 159
Town Clerk, One Year
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft Ave. 1402
Blanks
129
Selectman, Three Years
Robert E. Parker, 26 Pratt St. 1283
Blanks 248
Overseer of Poor, Three Years
Robert E. Parker, 26 Pratt St. 1268
Blanks
263
Assessor, Three Years
Alvah W. Clark, 232 Main St. 858
George E. Horrocks, 25 Pleasant St. 621
Blanks 52
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Two Members, Board of Public Works, Three Years
Frank C. Carter, 55 Woburn St. 1226
Miles C. Higgins, 8 Sanborn St. 1115
Blanks 721
Treasurer, One Year
Wilfred A. Bancroft, Copeland Ave. 746
Winslow P. Burhoe, 50 Prospect St. 164
William H. Willson, 167 Woburn St. 598
Blanks
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Tax Collector, One Year
Grace V. Viall, 42 Bancroft Ave. 1392
Blanks
139
Two Constables, One Year
Edward G. Quinlan, 228 Main St. 1214
Blanks and Scattering 1848
Board of Health, Three Years
Christine F. Atkinson, 3 Fulton St. 1258
Blanks
273
School Committee, Three Years
Edward E. Harnden, 195 Summer Ave. 684
Ruth A. Lumsden, 116 Summer Ave. 759
Rolland F. Perry, Off Mill St. 353
Marion B. Temple, 50 Hill Crest Road 966
Blanks
300
Municipal Light Board, Three Years
Herbert G. Evans, 40 Howard St. 1265
Blanks 266
Tree Warden, One Year
Henry M. Donegan, 15 Federal St. 1346
Blanks 185
Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery, Three Years
Chester P. Eeles, 43 Berkeley St. 1210
Philip M. Tirrell, 225 Main St. 1236
Blanks 616
Trustees Public Library, Three Years
Edith Bancroft, 25 Sanborn St. 1295
Arthur N. Mansfield, 107 Woburn St. 1230
Blanks 542
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Planning Board, Three Years
Willard P. Adden, 119 Woburn St. 1245
286 Blanks
Planning Board, One Year
Robert E. Parker, 26 Pratt St. 1178
Blanks
353
Shall Licenses be granted for sale of certain Non-Intoxicating Liquors in this Town ?
407
Yes No
919
Blanks 205
The votes were counted and declared in open town meeting and the ballots sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk, whereupon the meeting adjourned to March 10, 1924, in Security Hall, at 7.45 o'clock, P. M.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn St., March 10, 1924.
Pursuant to the annual warrant and the adjourned town meeting, a town meeting was held in Security Hall, Woburn St., and was called to order by the Moderator, Jesse W. Morton.
Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Town Accountant, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Assessors, Town Clerk, Board of Public Works, Tree Warden, Board of Health, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, Public Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board, Trustees of Laurel Hill Cemetery, Finance Committee, Planning Board and Special Committees.
Article 2. On motion of Joseph D. Knight, this article was laid on the table.
Article 3. To choose all other necessary town officers and determine what instructions be given town officers.
Article 3. On motion of Joseph D. Knight, the following were voted to serve as Measurers of Lumber for the ensuing year: Ora L. Milbury, Edward B. Eames, Burton K. Symonds, William R. Zwicker, Warren M. Whitehouse, Rolland L. Perry. The following as Measurers of Wood and Bark: Percy N. Sweetser, Burton K. Symonds, Thomas E. Brogan, Warren M. Whitehouse.
On motion of Joseph D. Knight, it was voted that the Selectmen be and they are hereby authorized to appoint a committee of five to in- vestigate advisability of consolidating Town Offices and duties of same, said committee to report to the Town with their recommendations on or before next annual town meeting.
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Article 4. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for General Government, Protection of Persons and Property, Health and Sanitation, Highways, Charities, Soldiers' Benefits, Schools, Public Library, Recreation, Municipal Light Department, Water De- partment, Cemetery Department, Interest and Insurance.
Article 4. On motion of Joseph D. Knight, it was voted that the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) be appropriated from Excess and Deficiency Account for the payment of notes and bonds maturing in 1924 and that the Town Accountant be authorized to transfer said sum for that purpose.
On motion of Joseph D. Knight, it was voted to raise and appropriate for General Government:
Moderator
$ 60.00
Selectmen's Expenses 300.00
Selectmen's Clerical
1,310.00
Town Accountant's Salary
1,000:00
Treasurer's Salary
1,000.00
Treasurer's Expenses
400.00
Collector's Salary
2,000.00
Collector's Clerical Assistance
150.00
Block System Survey
250.00
Town Counsel, Salary and Expenses
600.00
Town Clerk's Salary
350.00
Town Clerk's Expenses 500.00
Board of Public Works, Salary of Supt. 3,000.00
Board of Public Works, Expenses
373.00
Board of Public Works, Clerical Assistance
1.027.00
Registrars' Salaries
250.00
Election Expenses 900.00
On motion of Edward B. Eames, to raise and appropriate $1,700.00 for Assessors' Expenses and $1,300.00 for Assessors' Clerical Expenses, and on motion of Arthur G. Bancroft make Assessors' Salaries $3,600.00
On motion of Albert R. Shepardson, it was voted to lay these two motions on the table.
On motion of Joseph D. Knight, it was voted to raise and appropriate for General Accounts:
Miscellaneous Expenses
$ 3,000.00
Municipal Building Maintenance 3,000.00
Central Fire Station, Maintenance and Repairs 2,515.00
200.00
Lighting G. A. R. Hall 25.00
Insurance 2,202.04
Interest
17,907.50
Collector's Expenses
700.00
On motion of Joseph D. Knight, it was voted that the following sums be raised and appropriated for Protection of Persons and Property :
Victory House Lighting
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Police Dept., Maintenance
$ 1,443.00 15,030.30
Police Dept. Salaries
Chief of Police
$2,242.26
Five Patrolmen
9,005.80
Two Patrolmen
3,482.24
Police Dept., Special Officers
200.00
Fire Dept., Maintenance
4,907.00
Fire Dept., Salaries
9,686.86
Chief
2,242.26
Four Firemen
7,444.60
Fire Dept., Call Men, Salaries
2,690.00
Fire Alarm Maintenance
700.00
Moth Dept., Maintenance
6,800.00
Tree Warden, Maintenance
1,500.00
Forest Warden, Maintenance
500.00
Inspector of Buildings, Salary
300.00
Inspector of Wires, Salary
100.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Salary
400.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Expenses
100.00
On motion of George H. Clough, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate for : Hydrant Rentals $ 6,240.00
Drinking Fountains 100.00
and the above-named sums, together with the Water Dept. receipts, esti- mated at $35,180.00, and the balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1924, $2,485.67, be appropriated for interest on water bonds, maintenance of Water Works and main and service pipes, and that $12,000.00 of the above-mentioned amount be paid by the Water Dept. to the Town Treasurer to be used in full payment of water bonds.
On motion of Joseph D. Knight, it was voted to raise and appropri- ate the following sums for Health and Sanitation : $ 250.00
Salaries, Board of Health
Expenses, Board of Health
700.00
Inspector of Plumbing, Salary
700.00
Inspector of Animals, Salary
200.00
Inspector of Milk, Salary
100.00
Care of Contagious Diseases 1,200.00
Garbage Collection 2,438.70
On motion of George H. Clough, it was voted to raise and appropri- ate the sum of fifty thousand dollars for construction, maintenance and repairs of highways, the purchase of materials, tools and appliances, and for payment of any other incidental expenses pertaining thereto ($50,000.00).
On motion of George H. Clough, it was voted to raise and appropri- ate the sum of three thousand dollars for cleaning drainage ditches ($3,000.00).
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For removing snow and ice, four thousand dollars ($4,000.00).
On motion of William G. Long, it was voted that there be included in the tax levy for electricity used for street lights the sum of twelve thousand dollars, and that said sum and the income from sales of electricity to private consumers and for electricity supplied to municipal buildings and for electricity supplied for municipal power, and from sales of appliances and jobbing during the current fiscal year, be appro- priated for the Municipal Lighting Plant, the whole to be expended by the Manager of municipal lighting under the direction and control of the Municipal Light Board for the expense of the plant for said fiscal year as defined in Section 57 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws; and that if said sum and said income shall exceed said expenses for said fiscal year, such excess shall be transferred to the construction fund of said plant and appropriated and used for such additions thereto as may thereafter be authorized by the Municipal Light Board; and said Board is further authorized to transfer from the operation fund to the construction fund an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars to be expended for new construction during 1924-($12,000.00).
On motion of Joseph D. Knight, it was voted that the following sums be raised and appropriated for Charities and Aid :
Poor Dept., Maintenance $ 5,000.00
Poor Dept., Clerical 352.00
Poor Dept., Visitor's Salary 400.00
Board and Care
2,500.00
Poor Dept., Mothers' Aid 4,000.00
Poor Dept., Temporary Aid 2,000.00
On motion of Joseph D. Knight, it was voted that the following sums be raised and appropriated for Temporary Aid:
Soldiers' Benefits $ 500.00
State Aid
Military Aid
200.00
Soldiers' Relief
3,000.00
Recreation
On motion of George H. Clough, and as amended by Mary F. Daniel, it was voted to raise and appropriate for:
Care of Parks, Common and Supervised Play, twenty-seven hundred and fifty dollars ($2,750.00).
On motion of Walter S. Parker, as amended by Otis B. Ruggles, it was voted to raise and appropriate five hundred dollars for Memorial Day Observance, to be expended under the direction of Veteran Post No. 194, G. A. R. ($500.00).
On motion of Walter S. Parker, it was voted to raise and appropri- ate the following sums for Education and School Maintenance: .
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School Dept., Gen. Maintenance
$ 37,822.50
School Dept., Salaries
113,176.58
School Dept., Agricultural Maintenance 500.00
School Dept., Agricultural Salaries
4,500.00
School Dept., Tuition
800.00
Public Library
On motion of Arthur N. Mansfield, it was voted to raise and appro- priate for the Public Library :
Public Library, Maintenance
$ 2,950.00
Public Library, Salaries
2,250.00
Laurel Hill Cemetery
On motion of Galen A. Parker, it was voted to raise and appropriate for the care of Laurel Hill Cemetery, eight thousand three hundred dollars ($8,300.00).
Article 5. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the following sums: To balance overdraft in Overlay 1922, $41.25; Insurance Account, $462.93; Poor Department Account, $1,184.95; Mothers' Aid Account, $346.56; Temporary Aid Account, $109.05; Industrial Tuition Account, $308.36; Total, $2,453.10; or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 5. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted that the sum of $438.56 be appropriated from Excess and Deficiency Account, and $2,014.54 be raised and appropriated to balance overdrafts in the follow- ing accounts: Overlay, 1922, $41.25; Insurance, $462.93; Poor Dept., $1,184.95; Mothers' Aid, $346.56; Temporary Aid, $109.05; Industrial Tuition, $308.36; Total, $2,453.10. ($2,014.54.)
Article 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for the Reserve Fund as provided by Sect. 6, Chap. 40, General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Town Accountant.)
Article 6. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted that the sum of- $3,500.00 be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency Account for the. Reserve Fund, and that the Town Accountant be authorized to transfer- said sum to the Reserve Fund.
Article 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1924, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 7. On motion of Wilfred A. Bancroft, it was voted that the Treasurer be authorized, with- the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Jan. 1, 1924, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
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Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to renew or refund any notes issued in an- ticipation of revenue for a period of less than one year, in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 17, Chap. 44, General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 8. On motion of Wilfred A. Bancroft, it was voted that the Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to renew or refund any notes issued in anticipation of revenue for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Sect. 17, Chap. 44, of the General Laws.
Article 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or otherwise provide the sum of three hundred and sixty dollars ($360.00) for the purpose of providing suitable quarters for Veteran Post 194, G. A. R., in accordance with Sect. 5, Chap. 40, General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 9. On motion of Walter S. Parker, it was voted that the sum of $360.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing suitable quarters for Veteran Post No. 194, G. A. R., in accordance with Sect. 5, Chapter 40, of the General Laws. ($360.00.)
Article 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or other- wise provide the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the care of graves of any person who has served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States in time of war or insurrection, and has been honor- ably discharged from such service, as provided in Chap. 115, Sect. 22, of the General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto.
(Selectmen.)
Article 10. On motion of Joseph D. Knight, it was voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the care of graves of any person who has served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States in time of war or insurrection and has been honorably dis- charged from such service, as provided in Chapter 115, Section 22, of the General Laws. ($500.00.)
Article 11. To see what amount the Town will raise and appropriate to pay its share of the cost of constructing the approaches to the Lowell Street Bridge, payment to be made in accordance with a decree of the County Commissioners, or what it will do in relation thereto.
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