Town of Tewksbury annual report 1959-1963, Part 1

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1959
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1078


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Annual Report


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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31


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Town of Tewksbury


TOWN OFFICERS - 1959


(Date indicates expiration of term)


Assessors


Austin F. French (1962) Chairman Ethel M. Phillips (1961) Edward J. Sullivan (1960)


Auditor


Thomas J. Berube (1961)


Board of Health


Thomas A. Abbott (1962) Chairman Victor N. Cluff (1960) Joseph J. Whelan (1961)


Board of Public Welfare George A. O'Connell (1961) Chairman Thomas A. Abbott (1962) Victor N. Cluff (1960) Henry E. Wells (1962) Joseph J. Whelan (1961)


Board of Selectmen


Joseph J. Whelan (1961) Chairman Thomas A. Abbott (1962)


Victor N. Cluff (1960)


John A. Morrissey (1962)


George A. O'Connell (1961) Alan M. Qua (1960)


Moderator


Park Commissioners


Francis P. Sherlock (1960) Chairman Leslie Collins (1962) Eugene L. Roux (1961)


Planing Board


Roger F. Lafreniere (1961) Chairman Jerome A. Carpenter (1960) John J. Cooney (1963) Robert W. Lacey (1962)


Thomas P. Sawyer (1962)


Road Commissioners


William D. Gath (1961) Chairman George R. Gray (1962) Chester M. Roper (1960)


School Committee


David J. Beattie (1962) Chairman


Loella F. Dewing (1961) James A. Johnson (1960) Francis X. Kelley (1962) Arthur W. Wells (1961)


Town Clerk


Alice A. Pike (1960) resigned John E. Hedstrom, appointed


Louis H. Amiot (1960)


William J. O'Neill (1960)


Walter R. Doucette (1960)


Frederick M. Carter (1962) Roy G. Lanner (1960) Edwin W. Osterman (1961)


Trustees Public Library


Harold H. Sloan (1961) Chairman Dorothy Fitzgerald (1960) Marian E. French (1962)


Harold J. Patten (1960)


Harry Priestley (1962)


Edgar Smith (1961) deceased


Ruth W. Smith, appointed


Water Commissioners


John J. Cooney (1961) Chairman Charles R. Carter (1962) Eben A. Prescott (1960)


Animal Inspector Appeals Board


APPOINTMENTS


Richard E. Cluff


Jeremiah F. Murphy, Jr. (1961) Chair.


Leo D. Chibas (1960)


Robert Flucker (1961)


Charles R. Locicero (Assoc. Member)


Richard G. Priebe (Assoc. Member)


Appraisers


Thomas A. Abbott


Victor N. Cluff


John A. Morrissey


George A. O'Connell


Joseph J. Whelan


Attendance Officer Building Inspector Civil Defense Committee Constable


Walter J. Jop


Walter J. Pupkis


George A. McDermott, Director (Res.)


Phillip D. Bradanick


Walter J. Jop John F. Sullivan


Director of Public Assistance


John J. Kelley


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Town Collector


Treasurer


Tree Warden


Trust Fund


Dog Officer Fence Viewers


Leslie Collins


Richard G. Priebe, Chairman George R. Collins Thomas P. Sawyer


Finance Committee


Ralph Josselyn (1960) Chairman George A. Byam (1960) John J. Casey (1961)


Russell G. Caswell (1962) Francis Y. Corliss (1962)


Karl Heidenrich, Jr. (1961)


William J. Houlihan (1962) Lenox S. Karner, Jr. (1960) Anstein Myhr (1962) Donald A. Pope (1961)


O. Rex Read (1962) Alfred N. Shamas (1962)


Fire Chief and Forest Fire Warden


Health Agent


Jose M. Ruisanchez, M. D.


Highway Superintendent Richard J. O'Neill


Industrial Commission


John J. Nolan (1962) Chairman


John J. Belton (1960)


John F. Gleason (1961)


Thomas J. Morrissey (1962)


Walter J. Pupkis (1962)


Librarian Measurer of Wood


Marion Carlson


and Lumber Milk Inspector and Sanitarian


George R. Collins


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Robert Rimbach


Moth Suppression Agent


Walter R. Doucette


Personnel Board


John Cunningham (1962) Chairman Andrew Cotreau (1961)


John H. Hart (1961)


George A. McDermott (1962) John P. Murphy (1960)


Plumbing and Sanitary Inspector


John F. McCormack


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William A. Chandler


Police Chief


John F. Sullivan


Registrars of Voters


Herbert A. Fairbrother (1962) Chair. William H. Bennett (1961) George J. McCoy (1960) Alice A. Pike, Clerk Ex-Officio (Res.) John E. Hedstrom, (Appointed)


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Frank J. Sullivan, Jr.


Slaughtering Inspector


John J. Gray


Supt. of Schools


Dr. Everett G. Thistle


Town Hall Custodian Undertaker and Agent for


George R. Collins


Burial Indigent Soldiers


Walter Deputat, Reg. Embalmer


Veterans' Agent


John K. Eaton


Water Superintendent


Charles F. Kent


Weighers


George McFadyen


Coleman A. McFarlane


Wire Inspector


J. Patrick Canavan


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


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 Saturday, March 7, 1959 at 10:00 o'clock A. M. to act on the following articles, except Article 1, and you are 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 11, 1959 at 10:00 A. M. then and there to act on the following Article 1.


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The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at 10:00 o'clock A. M. and to be closed at 8:00 P. M.


Town Hall, Tewksbury, Mass. March 7, 1959.


The annual town meeting was called to order at 10:00 o'clock A. M. by Moderator Alan M. Qua who was assisted by John F. Gleason in the lower hall. Rev. Clarence E. Southard, pastor of the North Tewksbury Baptist Church offered a prayer after which the assembly stood in silence in memory of the late Abbie M. Dempsey who had served the town as Librarian for more than fifty years.


Tellers were sworn by the Moderator and were: John E. Hed- strom and Wilbur K. Foss in the upper hall and John J. Kelley and William J. Mckenzie in the lower hall.


Reading of the articles by the Moderator was waived by the assembly.


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, two members 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, one Moderator for one year and one member of the Planning Board for five years, and to vote yes or no on the following question: "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and forty-nine entitled 'An Act Relative to the Granting of Vacations for Members of the Regular or Per- manent Police and Fire Forces in Certain Cities and Towns' be accepted?" All on the same ballot.


Voted: To adopt.


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


Voted: To adopt with Planning Board resolution as follows: Be it resolved that the Residents and Taxpayers of the Town of Tewksbury who after considerable deliberation and discussion- costs considered above all-conclude that in the interests of public safety and the protection against loss of life and personal injury that the plans of proposed Route 110 be modified to the extent that accesses to Route 110 from Route 38 be made a cloverleaf or circle type to replace the ramp type now shown on plan. Traffic counts taken indicate that a ramp type access is not adequate to handle traffic to the proper degree of safety. Be it also resolved that in line


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with the wishes of the people of Tewksbury that this matter be corrected before this section of the new highway be let out for bids, and it is hereby voted that a copy of this resolution voted at the Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1959 be mailed forthwith to:


U. S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Public Roads Washington 25, D. C.


Senator John Kennedy


Senator Leverett Saltonstall


Congresswoman Rogers


Massachusetts Dept. of Public Works


Massachusetts Dept. of Commerce


State Senator Madden


State Representative Brox


Town Clerk Mrs. Pike


ART. 3. To fix the salary of the Building Inspector and the several elective officers of the Town and determine whether such salaries shall be retroactive to January 1st.


Voted: To adopt, and that all salaries be retroactive to January 1, 1959.


Assessors (2)


2,100.00 ea.


Assessor - Clerk


3,750.00


Auditor


2,100.00


Building Inspector


500.00


plus $1.50 for ea. inspection to be paid from bldg. fund.


Board of Health (2)


250.00 ea.


Ch. Board of Health 300.00


Board of Public Welfare (4)


300.00 ea.


Ch. Board of Public Welfare


300.00


Board of Selectmen (4)


350.00 ea.


Cr. Board of Selectmen


400.00


Collector


4,160.00


Moderator


100.00


Road Commissioners (2)


100.00 ea.


Ch. Road Commissioners


200.00


Town Clerk


3,300.00


plus Sporting and Dog License Fees


Tree Warden


90.00 per week


Treasurer


2,400.00


Water Commissioners (2)


100.00 ea.


Ch. Water Commissioners


200.00


ART. 4. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate from available funds or otherwise, for its neces-


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sary and expedient purposes hereinafter designated, and deter- mine that the same be expended only for such purposes under the direction of the respective officers, boards and committees as follows:


Voted: To adopt:


Moderator - Salary 100.00


Finance Com. - Expenses


400.00


Selectmen - Sal. & Wages


4,660.00


Part time, extra clerk work to be done by Plan. Bd. Clerk


Capital Outlay


100.00


Auditor - Salary and Wages


3,100.00


Expense


140.00


Treasurer - Salary and Wages


4,480.00


Expense


1,205.00


Capital Outlay


155.00


Collector - Salary and Wages


9,620.00


Expense


3,000.00


Capital Outlay


3,350.00


Cabinet, Addressograph and Plates - Adding Machine.


Assessors - Salaries and Wages


7,950.00


Expense


650.00


Town Clerk - Salary and Wages


3,900.00


Expense


300.00


Elections and Registrations:


Registrars - Salaries


1,950.00


Registrars - Operating


75.00


Capital Outlay


60.00


Election Officers - Operating


1,000.00


Planning Board:


Salaries and Wages


350.00


Expenses


2,150.00


Town Hall:


Salaries and Wages


3,640.00


Expenses


5,000.00


Capital Outlay


250.00


Police Department:


Salaries and Wages


70,204.00


Expenses


6,400.00


Capital Outlay


7,940.00


Fire Department:


Salaries and Wages


60,180.00


Expenses


7,575.00


Capital Outlay


5,350.00


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Building Inspector:


Salaries and Wages


500.00 plus $500 for inspections 250.00


Expenses


Board of Appeals:


Salaries and Wages


350.00


Expenses


400.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures:


Salaries and Wages


300.00


Expenses


50.00


Moth Control:


Salaries and Wages 2,500.00


Dutch Elm Control:


Salaries and Wages


2,280.00


Expenses


175.00


Tree Wardens


Salaries and Wages


4,060.00


Expenses 2,059.00


Dog Officer:


Salaries and Wages


600.00


Expenses


1,000.00


Civil Defense:


Salaries and Wages 150.00


Clerk's work to be done by Plalnning Board Clerk


Expenses 400.00


Capital Outlay 750.00


Board of Health:


Salaries (3)


800.00


Expenses 9,500.00


Mosquito Control $3,500, Dog Disposal $100, TB Patients $900, Hospital Expense $3,000, Ambulance Service $100, Dump Maintenance $1,800, Case Investigation $100.


Physician - Salary 500.00


Dental Clinic:


Salaries - Dentists 2,000.00


Inspector of Animals: Salaries 200.00


Slaughtering Inspector:


Salary 1,000.00


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Sanitation:


Sanitary Inspector - Salary


550.00


Rubbish and Garbage


21,800.00


Sanitarian


1,200.00


Highways:


Salaries and Wages


18,227.00


Expenses


8,700.00


Snow - Ice Removal


10,000.00


Chapter 81


13,375.00


Street Lighting


15,000.00


Welfare Department:


Salaries and Wages


8,500.00


Expenses


115,583.00


Veterans' Services:


Salaries and Wages


550.00


Expenses


10,065.00


Out of State travel


30.00


Schools:


Salaries and Wages


703,391.00


Expenses 200,905.00


Capital Outlay 22,150.00


Out of State travel


875.00


Vocational Schools


9,470.00


Stadium - Salaries and Wages 200.00


Expenses


1,375.00


Capital Outlay


750.00


Recreation:


Parks - Salaries and Wages


300.00


Expenses


200.00


Capital Outlay


500.00


Libraries:


Salaries and Wages


2,000.00


Expenses


1,700.00


Water Department:


Salaries and Wages


24,160.00


Expenses


19,800.00


Capital Outlay


3,103.00


Maturing Debt and Interest:


Maturing Debt


216,000.00


Interest - Maturing Debt 104,932.00


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Interest - Temporary Loans 1,344.40


Blanket Insurance 9,000.00


To be taken from Municipal Bldg. Insurance Fund


Memorial Day 800.00


Cemeteries 800.00


Stationery and Printing 3,500.00


Voted: That all salaries be retroactive to January 1, 1959.


Memorial Day Committee appointed by the Moderator: Richard P. Davis, William O. Wass, Emmett R. Millet and Richard L. Fales.


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: That no monies be taken from available funds under this Article.


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, Section 6.


Voted: To adopt and that $8,000 be taken from Overlay Re- serve and $12,000 be transferred from E. & D.


ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1959, 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 adopt.


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 adopt.


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.


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Voted: To adopt and that $1,100.00 be raised and appropriated for this Article.


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


Voted: To adopt.


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. Board of Selectmen.


Voted: To adopt.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint an Inspector of Wires under the provisions of Chap- ter 166, Section 32 of the General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen. Voted: To adopt.


ART. 13. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for salary for an Inspector of Wires so ap- pointed. This article required to carry out the provisions of Chapter 403 of the Acts of 1958. Board of Selectmen.


Voted: That the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for this purpose and that the Selectmen be authorized to establish the Inspector's salary and the inspection fees to be collected.


ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to electrify the clock in the Town Hall Tower, or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen.


Voted: To indefinitely postpone.


ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for repairs to the Town Hall, or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen.


Voted: To adopt and raise and appropriate $1,000.


ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to increase the reimburse- ment for use of privately owned vehicles on Town business from


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.07 cents per mile to .08 cents per mile, or take any other action relative thereto.


Board of Selectmen.


Voted: To adopt.


RESCINDED 1996 ATM ART. 11


ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to enact a by-law under the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 108A and 108C, and establish a personnel board to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen to study the problem of compensation of all Town employees ex- cept those filled by popular election and professional positions under the direction and control of the School Committee and to prepare a wage and classification plan and personnel policy plan, classifying all such employees unto groups and classes doing substantially similar work or having substantially equal respon- sibilities. Such a plan to provide minimum and maximum salaries to be paid to such employees in positions so classified and for the attainment of such employees in positions so classified and for the attainment of such maximum salaries by periodical step rate increases, such salaries to be appropriately related, if possible, to salaries paid commercial and business establishments and by comparable municipalities as well as reliable cost-of-living index. The personnel board to be authorized to employ professional con- sultants in connection with the foregoing if deemed desirable and to report its findings for a complete wage and classification plan and personnel policy plan to the next special or annual Town Meeting. The personnel board to consist of five members, two to be appointed for three years, two to be appointed for two years and one for one year, and thereafter each member to be appointed for a three-year term. No member of the personnel board to receive compensation. Vacancies to be appointed by the Selectmen. At all times one of the five members shall be one who has been selected from a list of not less than three suggested members submitted by the full-time employees of the Town, including the professional employees of the School Dept. or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen. Voted: To adopt.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the use of said committee; or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen.


Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for this


Article.


ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300 in support of the trustees for county aid to agriculture to be expended by the 4-H club agent, home demon- stration agent and club leader in conjunction with the extension service and the town director. Board of Selectmen.


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Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for this Article.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to adopt as a Town By-Law under the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 21 of the General Laws, the Plumbing Rules and Regulations adopted by the Board of Health on July 1, 1958, as advertised in the Merrimack Valley Advertiser on July 10, 1958 and on file with the Town Clerk, or take any other action relative thereto.


Board of Health.


Voted: To adopt. Disapproved by Attorney General Decem- ber 16, 1959.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to establish a regular salary for the Plumbing Inspector, said salary to be paid out of fees collected by the Plulmbing Inspector in the course of his duties, or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Health.


Voted: To raise and appropriate $500 for salary: same salary to be paid out of fees.


ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following streets as laid out by the Road Commissioners with the bound- aries and measurements as shown on a plan on file with the Town Clerk.


Erlin Terrace


Lowell Street


Oak Avenue


Mark Road


Rounsevell Road


Floyd Avenue


Arlington Street


Martin Road


Lincoln Road


Old Stage Coach Road Marie Street (ext.)


Highland Avenue


Road Commissioners


Voted: To accept:


Erlin Terrace


Floyd Avenue


Arlington Street


Martin Road


Marie Street (ext.)


Lincoln Road


Lowell Street


Highland Avenue


Mark Road


ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,800 for the maintenance of Chapter 90 Highways, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose or take any other action relative thereto, and will further vote to transfer the sum of $3,600 from the E. and D. Account in antici-


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pation of reimbursement from the State and County for the work or take any other action relative thereto.


Road Commissioners


Voted: To raise and appropriate $1,500 and take $3,000 from E & D Account.


ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $23,650.00 from the E & D Account in anticipation of the reim- bursement from the State for Highway maintenance under Chapter 81 or take any other action relative thereto.


Road Commissioners


Voted: To transfer $23,375 from E & D under this Article.


ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,250.00 or any other sum for the improvement of Shawsheen Street, said money to be used in conjunction with anv money which may be allotted bv the State or County, or both, for the purpose, or take any other action relative thereto and will further vote to transfer the sum of $18,750.00 from the E & D Account in anticipation of reimbursement from the State and County for the work, or take any other action relative thereto.


Voted: To raise and appropriate $6,250.00 and transfer $18,750.00 from the E & D Account for this Article.


ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to continue the Highway Machinery Fund as established at the last Annual Town Meet- ing, and to appropriate an additional sum including the un- expended balance of the 1958 Highway Machinerv Account to be added to the amount already accredited to this fund for Highway Machinery purposes, or take any other action relative thereto. Road Commissioners.


Voted: To adopt this Article and that $18,400.33 be transferred from the Highway Machinery Fund to the Highway Account. $15,500.00 of this to be used for new equipment.


ART. 27. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to trans- fer from the Highway Machinery Fund for the purpose. repair and maintenance of Road Machinery equipment for 1959 or take any action relative thereto. Road Commissioners.


Voted: To adopt this article and that $26,500.00 be transferred from the Highway Machinery Fund to the Highway Account, $15,500.00 to be used for capital outlay.


ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50,000.00 for the purpose of new installations of


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water services to dwelling or other buildings, and provided that the cost of said installations has been first deposited with the Town Treasurer and applied to estimated receipts and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money and in the event said entire sum is not required for said installations, the unexpended balance shall likewise be credited to estimated receipts, or take any action in relation thereto.


Water Commissioners.


Voted: To raise and appropriate $50,000.00 for the purpose of this Article.


ART. 29. To see whether the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not to exceed $33,000.00 for the purpose of extend- ing and improving the water system of the Town by laying and relaying water mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter, by the development of an additional well field, including well, pipes and original pumping station equipment, and by the construction of small buildings for pumping stations, and to determine how any such sum shall be raised, whether by taxation, by transfer of available funds, by borrowing or otherwise, and if by borrowing to authorize the issuance of bonds and notes of the Town, and to authorize the Water Commissioners to do such work and expend such money, or take any action in relation thereto. Water Commissioners.


Voted: To raise and appropriate $33,000.00 for this Article.


ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to expend the sum of $1,400.00 from the Installation approximately 400 feet of six inch water pipe in Charme Road, provided that cost of said water installation has been first deposited with the Town Treasurer and applied to estimated receipts and to authorize the Water Commissioners to do such work and expend such money, or take any action in relation thereto.


Water Commissioners.


Voted: That $1,400.00 be taken from the Installation Account for this Article.


ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,750.00 or any other sum for the purpose of install- ing a public water main in Woburn Street for a distance of approximately 550 feet, and to authorize the Water Department to do such work and expend such money or take any other action relative thereto. Water Commissioners.




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