Town of Tewksbury annual report 1956-1962, Part 1

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
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- Annual Report


OF THE TOWN OFFICERS


Town of


TEWKSBURY


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INCOR


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also WARRANT for ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31


1956


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- Annual Report


OF THE TOWN OFFICERS


Town of


TEWKSBURY


OF TEWKS


TOWN


INCOR


1734.


also WARRANT for ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1956


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Town of Tewksbury


TOWN OFFICERS - 1956


(Date indicates expiration of term)


Assessors


Austin F. French, Chairman (1959) Ethel M. Phillips (1958) Edward J. Sullivan (1957)


Auditor


Thomas J. Berube (1958)


Board of Health


Thomas A. Abbott, Chairman (1959) Joseph J. Whelan (1958) Victor N. Cluff (1957)


Board of Public Welfare


Everett H. King, Chr. (1959) deceased Joseph J. Whelan (1958) Victor N. Cluff (1957)


Board of Selectmen


John D. Sullivan (1959)


Joseph J. Whelan (1958)


George A. O'Connell (1958)


Victor N. Cluff, Chairman (1957)


John H. Hart (1959)


Moderator


James J. Gaffney, Jr. (1957)


Park Commissioners


Leslie Collins (1959) Phaida J. Roux (1958) Francis P. Sherlock, Chairman (1957)


Planning Board


Roger F. Lafreniere (1961)


John J. Belton (1960) Chair. resigned William B. Carter, Chairman (1959)


John J. Cooney (1958)


Thomas P. Sawyer (1957)


David J. Beattie (1957) appointed


Road Commissioners


George R. Gray, Chairman (1959) Thomas F. Sullivan (1958) Chester M. Roper (1957)


School Committee


Francis X. Kelley (1959) Loella F. Dewing (1958) John P. Murphy, Jr., Chairman (1957)


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Town Clerk


Alice A. Pike (1957)


Town Collector


Louis H. Amiot (1957)


William J. O'Neill (1957)


Treasurer


Tree Warden


Walter R. Doucette (1957)


Trust Fund Commissioners Frederick M. Carter (1959) Edwin W. Osterman (1958) Roy G. Lanner (1957)


Trustees Public Library


Marian E. French (1959) Harry Priestly (1959) Harold H. Sloan, Chairman (1958) Edgar Smith (1958) Harold J. Patten (1957) Dorothy Fitzgerald (1957)


Water Commissioners


Charles R. Carter (1959) John J. Cooney (1958) Eben A. Prescott (1957)


Animal Inspector Appeals Board


APPOINTMENTS


Gardner G. Hague


John J. Cooney (1959)


Phaida J. Roux (1958)


Dana F. Perkins (1957)


Edgar G. Hinton, Associate Member Daniel Walker, Associate Member


Appraisers


Victor N. Cluff John H. Hart


George A. O'Connell John D. Sullivan Joseph J. Whelan


Attendance Officer


Earl R. Sands


Building Inspector


Civil Defense Director


George A. McDermott, resigned Joseph C. Lombardi, appointed


Constables


Phillip D. Bradanick Walter Jop John F. Sullivan


Dog Officer


Ralph W. Peters


Leslie Collins


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Fence Viewers


Finance Committee


Fire Chief and Forest Fire Warden Health Agent


Highway Superintendent Librarian


Measurer of Wood and Surveyor of Lumber


Moth Suppression Agent


Police Chief


Public Welfare Agent


Registrars of Voters


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Sanitary Inspector


Slaughtering Inspector


Superintendent of Schools Town Hall Custodian


Undertaker and Agent for Burial Indigent Soldiers


Victor N. Cluff John H. Hart George A. O'Connell John D. Sullivan Joseph J. Whelan


Stanley W. McCausland (1959) Arthur W. Wells, Jr. (1959) Herbert L. Mulno, Sr. (1959) resigned O. Rex Read (1959) Edward M. Martin (1958) Anthony F. Anderson (1958) Howard R. Collins (1958) Allen C. Wilson (1958) Lenox S. Karner, Jr. (1957)


Walter C. Wilson, Jr. (1957) Chairman


Ralph Josselyn, Secretary (1957) Jean Loucette (1957)


Anthony Obdens


Jose M. Ruisanchez, M. D.


Richard J. O'Neill


Abbie M. Dempsey


George R. Collins


Walter R. Doucette


John F. Sullivan


John J. Kelley


Herbert A. Fairbrother, Chair. (1959) William H. Bennett (1958) George J. McCoy (1957)


Alice A. Pike, Clerk ex-officio


Frank J. Sullivan, Jr.


Ralph W. Peters (temporary)


John J. Gray


Dr. Everett G. Thistle


George R. Collins


H. Louis Farmer, Jr. (Reg. Embalmer)


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Veterans' Agent Water Superintendent


Weighers


Wire Inspectors


John K. Eaton


Charles F. Kent


George McFadyen Coleman A. McFarlane


Herbert G. Carlson James W. Midgeley


Industrial Commissioners


Loyal Robinson (1961)


John A. Quinn, Jr. (1961)


George McDermott (1961)


James J. Gaffney, Jr., Chairman (1960) resigned


John J. Belton, Chairman (1960)


John H. Hart (1960)


Maurice Condrey (1959)


Ralph S. Battles (1959) resigned


Allan C. Osterman (1959) appointed


John K. Eaton (1959)


Alfred R. Bachman (1958)


Raymond A. Webb (1958)


John J. Nolan (1958)


Joseph A. Killeen (1957)


Edward B. Stevens (1957)


Raymond P. Bates (1957)


POSTPONED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


Warrant and action thereon January 11, 1956


Middlesex ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in the County of Middlesex.


Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewksbury on Wednesday, the 21st day of December, 1955 at eight o'clock P. M. to act on the following articles.


The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 8 P. M. Leroy Curseaden and Walter R. Doucette were appointed as tellers by Mr. Gaffney and proceeded to count the voters. There were 210


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present, whereas the required quorum being 179, the meeting proceeded.


ART. 1. To see if the town will vote to accept a deed from Lloyd H. Campbell et als, granting an easement for travel and all highway purposes to a small portion of lots 2, 6 and 7 as shown on a plan entitled "Plan showing easement over lots 2, 6 and 7 on Bailey Road for Town of Tewksbury, Scale 1" = 40', Octo- ber 25, 1955, Dana F. Perkins & Sons, Inc., Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Reading, Mass.," or take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen


Voted: To adopt this article.


ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to accept a deed from Omer N. Blanchard conveying certain land at the intersection of Andover St. and River Rd., abutting his filling station, in accordance with a deed and plan on file at the office of the Town Clerk, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen


Voted: To adopt this article.


ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800) for the purpose of extending or installing water main from Wilson Rd. along Madeline Rd. in the direction towards Shawsheen School, a distance of 180 feet, or do anything in relation thereto. Andrew T. Kilpatrick


Voted: That this article be referred to the Water Commission- ers as suggested by the Town Counsel with a view to drawing up an article for the annual town warrant to take care of this matter.


ART. 4. To see whether the town will vote (1) to ratify and con- firm in its entirety the vote of the town relative to the water system, adopted September 22, 1955 at a special town meeting under Art. V of the warrant therefor, and (2) to ratify and confirm any and all action of the Town and of the Water Com- missioners taken since the date of, and pursuant to, said vote of September 22, 1955. Water Commissioners


Voted: To ratify and confirm in its entirety the vote of the Town relative to the water system, adopted September 22, 1955 at a special town meeting under Art. 5 of the warrant therefor, and (2) to ratify and confirm any and all action of the Town and of the


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Water Commissioners taken since the date of, and pursuant to, said vote of September 22, 1955. In favor 245, opposed 32.


Meeting adjourned at 9:05 P. M.


Attest: ALICE A. PIKE Town Clerk


And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting attested copies thereof upon the Town Hall and in the Post Office and by leaving at least five hundred (500) copies at the Post Office and the Town Hall in said Town, seven (7) days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


HEREOF FAIL NOT, AND MAKE DUE RETURNS OF THIS WARRANT, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.


Given under our hands this sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five.


JOHN D. SULLIVAN VICTOR N. CLUFF JOSEPH J. WHELAN JOHN H. HART GEORGE A. O'CONNELL Selectmen of Tewksbury


A true copy. Attest: PHILLIP D. BRADANICK Constable of Tewksbury


Tewksbury, Massachusetts, December 10, 1955 Middlesex, ss.


By virtue of this warant, I this day at 11:45 o'clock A. M. served the within warrant by posting up true and attested copies thereof upon the Town Hall and at the Post Office and by leaving at least 500 copies at Post Office and Town Hall in said Town of Tewksbury eleven (11) days before the time of holding said meeting.


PHILLIP D. BRADANICK Constable of Tewksbury


A true copy. Attest: ALICE A. PIKE, Town Clerk


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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND ACTION THEREON


Middlesex, ss.


To any of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury, in said County:


Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewksbury on Wednesday, March 7, 1956 at 7:30 o'clock P. M., to act on the following articles, except Article 1, and you are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, who are qualified to vote on elections and town affairs therein, to assemble subsequently and meet in town meeting at the polling places in said Town of Tewksbury, on Wednesday, March 14, 1956, at 10:00 A. M. then and there to act on the following Article 1.


The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at ten o'clock A. M. and to be closed at 8:00 P. M.


Town Hall, Tewksbury, Mass.


March 7, 1956


The Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Moderator James J. Gaffney, Jr., assisted by John F. Gleason in lower hall. A prayer was offered by Father Thomas McParland, of St. William's Church, after which the assembly stood a moment in silence in memory of Albert Gillissen.


Tellers at this meeting were duly sworn by the Moderator and were as follows: Joseph A. Aubut, John J. Kelley, Walter R. Doucette and John K. Eaton.


It was voted to eliminate the reading of articles by the Moderator.


ART. 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot two Selectmen for three years, one member for Board of Health for three years, two members for Board of Public Welfare for three years, one Assessor for three years, one member for the School Committee for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, two Trustees for the Public Library for three years, one Road Commissioner for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, one Trust Fund Commissioner for three years,


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one Moderator for one year, one member of the Planning Board for five years and one member of the Planning Board for one year.


Voted: To accept this article.


ART. 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the various town officers.


Voted: To accept this article.


ART. 3. To fix the salary of the Building Inspector and the sev- eral elective officers of the Town and determine whether such salaries shall be retroactive to January 1st. (Refer to Salary Schedule)


Voted: That all salaries be retroactive to January Ist as follows:


Assessors (2)


$ 2,000 ea.


Assessor - Clerk


3,300


Auditor


1,800


Building Inspector


4,500


Board of Health (2)


150 ea.


Chairman


200


Board of Public Welfare (4)


300 ea.


Chairman 300


350 ea.


Board of Selectmen (4) Chairman


400


Collector


3,500


Moderator


100


Road Commissioners (2) Chairman


200


School Committee (3)


75 ea.


Town Clerk (plus sporting dog lic. fees)


3,000


Tree Warden


per week


75


Treasurer


2,000


Water Commissioners (2)


100 ea.


Chairman


200


100 ea.


ART. 4. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, from available funds or otherwise, for its necessary and expedient purposes hereinafter designated, and determine that the same be expended only for such purposes


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under the direction of the respective officers, boards and com- mittees as follows: (Refer to Budget)


Voted: To accept this article (as outlined in budget)


General Government:


Moderator - Salary


$ 100.00


Finance Comm. - Expense


250.00


Selectmen - Salaries and Wages


4,250.00


Expense


3,000.00


Auditor - Salary and Wages


2,580.00


Expense


140.00


Treasurer - Salary and Wages


2,780.00


Expense


558.00


Collector - Salary and Wages


7,120.00


Expense


1,577.00


Assessors - Salaries and Wages


7,300.00


Expense


919.00


Capital Outlay


150.00


Legal Expenses


500.00


Town Clerk - Salary and Wages Expense


300.00


Elections and Registrations


1,650.00


Expense


72.00


Planning Board - Salaries and Wages


250.00


Expense


655.00


Capital Outlay


50.00


Town Hall - Salaries and Wages


3,380.00


Expense


3,500.00


Protection of Persons and Property:


Police-Salaries and Wages


37,274.00


Expense


4,350.00


Capital Outlay


2,770.00


Fire-Salaries and Wages


35,548.00


Expense


5,500.00


Capitol Outlay


3,982.00


Building Inspector-Salary and Wages


4,500.00


Expense


650.00


Capital Outlay


353.00


Board of Appeals-Salaries and Wages Expense


100.00


Sealer of Wgts. & Meas .- Salary and Wages Expense


25.00


Moth Control-Salary and Wages


2,500.00


Expense


105.00


250.00


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3,200.00


Dutch Elm Control-Salaries and Wages Expense


1,500.00


400.00


Tree Warden-Salary and Wages Expense 1,788.00


3,012.00


Dog Officer-Salary and Wages Expense


300.00


Civil Defense Salary and Wages


250.00


Health and Sanitation:


Board of Health-Salaries


500.00


Expense


4,853.00


Dental Clinic-Salary


1,000.00


Expense


500.00


Inspector of Animals-Salary


200.00


Physician-Salary


300.00


Inspector of Slaughtering-Salary


1,000.00


Sanitation Insp .- Salary


1,350.00


Rubbish and Garbage


20,000.00


Highways:


General-Salaries and Wages


14,000.00


Expense


7,755.00


Chapter 81


33,050.00


Raise and appropriate $11,600 and transfer $21,450 from available funds pending receipt of State and County share for a total of $33,050.00.


Chapter 90 Construction 24,000.00


Raise and appropriate $6,000 and transfer $18,000 from available funds pending receipt of State and County share for a total of $24,000.00.


Chapter 90 Maintenance 3,600.00


Raise and appro. $1,200 and transfer $2,400 from available funds, pending receipt of State and County share, for a total of $3,600. Highway Machinery Fund (plus unex- pended balance) 13,500.00


Voted that fund be continued and the sum of $13,500 be raised and appropriated and added to present balance of $6,363.28.


Highway Machinery Acct .- Expense 7,363.28 Voted to transfer $7,363.28 from Highway


Machinery Fund - Capital Outlay 12,500.00


Voted to transfer $12,500 from Highway


Machinery Fund - Street Lighting 13,000.00


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500.00


Charities:


Welfare Salaries and Wages Expense


7,525.00


98,958.00


Veterans' Services - Salaries and Wages Expense


550.00


7,133.00


Schools:


Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $577,025.40. Amendment-That the school committee be allowed one lump sum.


Vocational School


6,000.00


Stadium-Salaries and Wages


175.00


Expense


1,025.00


Capital Outlay


2,000.00


Recreation:


Parks-Salaries and Wages


330.50


Expense


169.50


Libraries:


Salaries and Wages


1,490.00


Raise and appropriate $1,300 and appropriate


$190 from dog license fees


Expense


1,660.00


Appropriate $1,660 from dog license fees.


Capital Outlay


150.00


Appropriate $150 from dog license fees.


Water:


Salaries and Wages


18,698.57


Expense


12,900.00


Out of State Travel


100.00


Capital Outlay


6,800.00


Maturing Debt and Interest:


Maturing Debt


101,000.00


Interest-Maturing Debt


62,913.00


$11,025 of this amount for new bond issue.


Interest-Temporary Loans


400.00


Unclassified:


Blanket Insurance


5,807.94


Memorial Day


400.00


Cemeteries


800.00


GRAND TOTAL


$1,222,420.19


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ART. 5. To determine what sum the Town will authorize and direct the Assessors to take from available funds to reduce the tax levy for the current year, or take any other action relative thereto.


Voted to accept this article and take $30,000.00 from available funds.


ART. 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from Overlay Reserve for a reserve fund, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 40, Sec. 6.


Voted to accept this article and raise and appropriate $5,000 and transfer $15,000.00 from Overlay Reserve for a total of $20,000.00.


ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow monev from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1956, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, of the General Laws.


Voted to accept this article.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to insti- tute suits on behalf of the Town or defend any suits that are, or may be brought against the Town, and to sign any contracts or agreements in behalf of the Town.


Voted to accept this article.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Treasurer to foreclose, either through the land court or by affidavit of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation, any tax title held by the Town for more than two years, and see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate therefor.


Voted to adopt this article and raise and appropriate $300.00 under same.


ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town at least fourteen days before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public


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auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.


Voted to accept this article.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing dogs for the ensuing year to aid in support of the Public Library.


Voted to accept this article.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 41 of the General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Section 100-A, which provides as follows:


"A town which accepts this Section by vote of its inhabi- tants at an annual town meeting, mav, after an appropriation has been made therefor, indemnify an officer or emplovee thereof for expenses or damages incurred bv him in the defense or settlement of a claim against him for bodily injuries, including death at any time resulting therefrom, or for damage to property, arising out of the operation of a motor or other vehicle or vessel owned by such city or town, to an amount not exceeding fif- teen thousand dollars on account of injury to or death of, one person or not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars for any one accident, and not exceeding five thousand dollars on ac- count of damage to property provided, that after investigation it shall appear to the mayor or selectmen that such officer or em- plovee was at the time the claim arose, acting within the scope of his official duties or employment, and provided, further, that the defense or settlement of such claim shall have been made by the city solicitor or the town counsel, or, if the town has no town counsel, by an attorney employed for the purpose by the selectmen, upon the request of said officer or employee and at the direction of the mayor or selectmen.


This section shall not apply in respect to so much of a claim against an officer or employee as is covered by a policy of in- surance effected by the city or town under clause (1) of section 5 of Chapter 40," or take any action in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen


Voted to accept this article. In favor 375 - Opposed 35.


ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to settle the claims of Archibald J. Maclaren et ux for personal injuries and property damage as the result of a collision which occurred on or about June 13, 1955, on Route 38, Tewksbury; said claimants being involved in a collision with a police cruiser owned by the Town


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of Tewksbury and operated by James Manley, or take any action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen


Voted to accept this article and raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to setile the claims.


ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $21,500.00 to settle the land damage claim of John D. Sullivan et ux, as the result of the taking by eminent domain under Article 6 of the Special Town Meeting on September 22, 1955, for the Heathbrook well field, or take any action in rela- tion thereto. Board of Selectmen


Voted that no money be appropriated under this article. (9:05 P. M. Motion made and seconded that articles in this warrant not be considered after 11 P. M.)


ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend the present Town By-Laws by striking out the word "Annual" in Article 9, Sec- tion 4 so that Section 4 will read as follows: "The by-laws may be amended at any meeting, providing notice has been properly given in the warrant for said meeting Board of Selectmen Voted to accept this article. A unanimous vote.


Amendment to by-laws approved by Attorney General 4-5-56.


ART. 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Select- men to enter into a contract for twelve months for consulting service available to the several offices, committees, and boards of the town in the purchasing of supplies, materials, equipment, and commodities; and to raise and appropriate or appropriate by transfer from available funds a sufficient sum of money therefor. Board of Selectmen


Voted to accept and that $325.00 be raised and appropriated for this purpose.


(Art. 81 was taken up after 16)


ART. 17. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 for ambulance service for the Town of Tewksbury, or take any action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen


Voted to indefinitely postpone this article. (Art. 58 was taken up after 17)


ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to add the following section to Article 9 of the Town By-Laws:


No soil, loam, sand or gravel shall be removed from any land in the town, unless a permit for such removal has been issued by the Building Inspector. The Building Inspector shall issue


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a permit upon proper application only upon the following conditions:


1. No sand, or gravel, shall be removed from any land lower than one foot above the grade level of any adjacent street or way, except when such removal is incidental to building construction or highway improvement or construction at the site of removal.


2. No loam or gravel shall be removed in any one year to a depth greater than 20. per cent at the place of removal, except for a local agricultural or horticultural use, or incidental to the construction of dwellings or other structures. Loam or gravel removed for construction purposes must be disposed of within the Town.


The penalty for violation of this by-law shall be as follows: For the first offense, fifty dollars; for the second offense, one hundred dollars; and for each subsequent offense, two hundred dollars. Board of Selectmen


Voted to accept this article with amendment as follows: "and this shall not apply to local greenhouse operators whatsoever." Amendment to by-laws approved by Attorney General 4-5-56.


ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Christmas decorations at the Town Hall. Board of Selectmen


Voted to accept this article and raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00.


ART. 20. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to purchase the abandoned Railroad bed of the Boston and Maine Railroad as shown on plan on file with the Town Clerk, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen


Voted to indefinitely postpone.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 in support of the trustees for County aid to Agriculture, to be expended by the Town Director in conjunc- tion with the Extension Service. Board of Selectmen


Voted to accept and raise and appropriate $50.00 for same.


ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept for the Town of Tewksbury, one 1938 Ford Fire Truck and trailer, purchased by the Women's Auxiliary Civil Defense Fire Department. Board of Selectmen


Voted to accept this article.


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ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars for the purpose of installing a drainage system on Chandler Street to eliminate a flooding con- dition in that area or take any other action thereon.


Board of Selectmen


Voted to accept and raise and appropriate five thousand dollars.


ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the publication of a real estate valuation book as required by Section II of Article 2 of the Town By-Laws, and will further vote to establish a fee for the sale and distribu- tion of such publication. Board of Selectmen


Voted to indefinitely postpone.


ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Laws by striking out the last sentence of Section 6 in Article II. Board of Selectmen




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