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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
WILMINGTON, MASS.
GTON
730
WHITEFIELD ELM
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1937
PRESS OF BALFE SERVICE CO. LOWELL, MASS.
352 LUSS
12244
ELECTED AND APPOINTED
132
TOWN OFFICERS, 1937
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF SURVEY
HAROLD E. MELZAR, Chairman
FREDERICK J. MacQUAIDE CHARLES H. BLACK
Board of Public Welfare
JEROME J. O'LEARY HENRY J. PORTER FRANK G. PATCH
Term expires 1938 Term expires 1939 Term expires 1940
Assessors
FRANK L. EAMES GEORGE W. BUCK JOHN D. COOKE
Term expires 1938 Term expires 1939 Term expires 1940
Town Clerk RALPH R. CURRIER
Treasurer FRANK L. EAMES
Collector of Taxes
GEORGE W. BUCK
Town Accountant
HARRY R. DEMING
Term expires 1940
Constables HARRY J. AINSWORTH (elected)
Police Department HARRY J. AINSWORTH, Chief
Officers
ELMER W. EATON
WILLIAM E. TOWNSEND
HARRIS P. HEMEON
H. OLIVER NEWCOMB
BURTON R. FROTTON, ResignedPAUL W. WASHBURN
FREDERICK A. FIELD
JOSEPH GALKA
TALBOT T. SIDELINKER
FRANCIS S. HOBAN
JOHN PALACE
EDMUND J. WATERS
HARRY D. FOSTER
JOHN McANDREW
DONALD W. FOSTER
VINAL E. LEWIS
ROY A. BOUSFIELD GARDNER I. RITCHIE
CHARLES D. REILLY, Special Duty
Keeper of Lock-Up HARRY J. AINSWORTH
Registrars of Voters
JOSEPH L. GRIMES
Term expires 1938
LAWRENCE M. HARRIMAN
JAMES J. GILLIGAN
Term expires 1939 Term expires 1940
RALPH R. CURRIER, Clerk of Board
Fence Viewers
MICHAEL H. BARRY, JR. AUGUST MacLEOD
SAMUEL F. PERRY
Field Driver CHARLES D. REILLY (Appointed)
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Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber
ARTHUR W. EAMES HERBERT C. BARROWS
HARRY R. DEMING EDWARD N. EAMES
WILFRED A. ANDREWS
Measurers of Leather LAWRENCE M. HARRIMAN
Public Weighers of Merchandise
FRED W. CARTER CLIFFORD GATES CLAYTON F. LYONS ARVID G. SIMPSON
WALTER L. HALE, JR. ALGOT L. OSTERMAN HARRY R. DEMING EDWARD M. HASKELL
JOHN FLEMING
Sealer of Weights and Measures J. FRANK MUSE
Janitor of Town Hall ERNEST W. EAMES
Superintendent of Streets D. ROBERT CARTER
Board of Health BOARD OF SELECTMEN AGENT OF BOARD OF HEALTH ERNEST C. MacDOUGAL, M. D. AGENT SPECIAL WORK RALPH R. CURRIER, Town Clerk
Inspector of Animals R. BURLEIGH ODIORNE
Inspector of Slaughtering R. BURLEIGH ODIORNE
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Chief of Fire Department EDWIN L. DAY
Assistant Chief of Fire Department WINFRED W. RICE
Forest Fire Warden EDWIN L. DAY
Deputy Forest Fire Wardens
WINFRED W. RICE ROBERT WOODS CHARLES H. BLACK
CHESTER T. HORTON HERBERT C. BARROWS ERNEST W. EAMES
Forest Fire Patrol JAMES W. CASTINE (Appointed)
Water Commissioners
LOUIS T. McMAHON (Secretary)
CALEB S. HARRIMAN (Chairman)
ALDEN N. EAMES
Term expires 1938 Term expires 1939 Term expires 1940
Superintendent of Water Department DONALD W. FOSTER
Cemetery Commissioners
LOUIS T. McMAHON GUY E. NICHOLS WALLACE E. BARROWS
Term expires 1938 Term expires 1939 Term expires 1940
H. OLIVER NEWCOMB, Superintendent
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School Committee
VILMA B. BEDELL OLIVIA H. NORCROSS JOHN W. HATHAWAY (Chairman) HARRY W. DeLORIEA BURT E. TILLEY PETER NEILSON
Term expires 1938
Term expires 1938
Term expires 1939
Term expires 1939
Term expires 1940 Term expires 1940
Attendance Officer FREDERICK A. FIELD
Inspector of Buildings CHESTER T. HORTON
Undertakers
WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH JOSEPH B. McMAHON
GUY E. NICHOLS
Burial Agent JOSEPH B. McMAHON
Trustees of Public Library
LOUIS T. McMAHON CHARLOTTE HATHAWAY HELEN H. BUCK PHILIP B. BUZZELL
EDWARD N. EAMES PETER NEILSON
Term expires 1938 Term expires 1938 Term expires 1939
Term expires 1939
Term expires 1940 Term expires 1940
Trustees of Trust Funds
EDWARD N. EAMES PHILIP B. BUZZELL CALEB S. HARRIMAN
Term expires 1938 Term expires 1939 Term expires 1940
Tree Warden JOHN W. BABINE
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Superintendent for Suppression of Moths JOHN W. BABINE
Board of Appeal
DAVID L. MARTIN LOUIS T. McMAHON
EDWARD M. NEILSON JOSEPH F. NEE
EDWIN J. TWOMEY
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund Committee
JOHN W. HATHAWAY
Term expires 1938
LOUIS T. DOUCETTE
Term expires 1939
MURIEL ANN GEBHARD
Term expires 1940
MILDRED E. NEILSON
Term expires 1940
ARTHUR F. BLAKE
Term expires 1941
Planning Board
EDWARD M. NEILSON
Term expires 1938
WALLACE E. BARROWS
Term expires 1939
RAYMOND HAROLD SWAIN
Term expires 1940
HOWARD E. BEDELL, EDWARD C. MANNING Advisory Members
Finance Committee
DANIEL H. ROSS
Term expires 1938
FRANK H. PLIMPTON
Term expires 1938
HERBERT C. BARROWS (Chairman)
Term expires 1938
EDWIN J. TWOMEY
Term expires 1939
JOSEPH M. GRIMES
Term expires 1939
JESSE K. WILLIS
Term expires 1939
THOMAS C. DALY
Term expires 1940
CHARLES F. PERRY
Term expires 1940
EUGENE L. COOMBS (Resigned)
WALTER G. BUCKLE( Unexpired term)
Term expires 1940
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Ballot Clerks and Tellers
JOHN F. MUSE EDGAR SHAW ROSE T. CAVANAUGH OLIVE SHELDON
ARTHUR HAMILTON
JAMES J. FITZGERALD FRANK W. KIDDER JOHN E. DENEHY
HAROLD SWAIN
Town Counsel PHILIP B. BUZZELL
Moderator PHILIP B. BUZZELL
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Record of Warrants and Proceedings of the Town Meetings Summary of Births, Marriages and Deaths with a Statement of Money Paid the Town Treasurer on Account of Dog Licenses, also Statements of Money Paid Division of Fisheries and Game, and of Town Licenses Recorded and Money Paid Town Treasurer
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
To Harry J. Ainsworth, a Constable of the Town of Wilmington.
Greeting :- In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town quali- fied by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at Town Hall on Monday the first day of March next at 9.45 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 10.00 A. M. and shall be closed at 8.00 P. M. for the election of Town Officers.
Article 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Selectmen, who shall also act as Board of Survey, One Assessor for three years; Town Clerk; Treasurer; Collector of Taxes; Constable; Board of Pub- lic Welfare, one member for a term of three years; two members of School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years; one Trustee of Trust Funds for three years; one men- ber of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years; one Water Commissioner for three years; one member of Planning Board for three years; Tree Warden; Moderator.
You are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington who are qualified to vote on elections and Town affairs, therein to assemble subsequently and meet in Town Meeting at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, in said Town of Wilmington, on Monday the 8th day of March, 1937 at eight o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following Articles:
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 3. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.
Article 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items:
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General Government Protection of Life and Property Health and Sanitation Highways Charities and Aid Soldiers' Benefits Interest Public Library Cemetery
Town Indebtedness Unclassified Reserve Fund Education Water Department Care of Parks Street Lights
Hydrant Rental
Public Health Work
Article 5. 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 begin- ning January 1, 1937 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable with- in 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, General Laws.
Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law on account of assess- ments levied on the Town for its share of the principal of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Funding Loan, act of 1932 bonds matur- ing in 1937, issued in compliance with Chapter 10, Acts of 1932, also for any other indebtedness incurred and outstanding under said Chapter 10, also for the Town's share of the cost and interest on said bonds due in 1937, also for the care, maintenance, and repair of said hospital for 1936, and including interest on temporary notes issued therefor in ac- cordance with sections of Chapter III of the General Laws applicable thereto, and for all other expenses in connection therewith, determine how the money shall be raised, or in any way act thereon.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) to cover incidental expenses of the Planning Board, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a Committee of two members to assist the Planning Board in its duties, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars and Fifty-Five Cents ($538.55) to pay for effecting insurance providing indemnity for the protection of the officers and Employees of the Highway Department
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and Police Department of the Town against loss by reason of their liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries, including death, at any time resulting therefrom, caused by the operation, within the scope of their official duties or employment, of motor vehicles owned by the Town, to an amount not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) on account of injury to or death of one person, in accord- ance with the provisions of Section 5 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for the observance of Memo- rial Day, and that the Moderator appoint a Committee who shall ar- range and have charge of such observance, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize a Committee composed of the Town Treasurer, Tax Collector and Board of Select- men, to sell on any terms which the Committee may deem for the best interests of the Town, any and all property taken by the Town by fore- closure proceedings and the Selectmen further authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out the purposes of this vote, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for necessary expenses in conjunction with Works Progress Administration Projects, or its successors, approved by the Federal Government for the Town of Wilmington, or take any action relative thereto. Recommended by Finance Committee.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to modify the Zoning Laws so that all of Main Street on both sides of the said Main Street with a depth to conform with the present layout of the previous parts as laid out for business be changed so that all of said Main Street be in the business zone. On petition of Louis I. Elfman and others.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to have the Moderator appoint a Committee of five (5) to look into the advisability of modify- ing the present Zoning Laws. The members of this Committee shall not consist of any present members of the Planning Board or Board of Appeal or members of their families or their employees, or do any- thing in relation thereto. On petition of Louis I. Elfman and others.
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Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to repeal the present Zoning Laws. On petition of Louis I. Elfman and others.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighty Dollars ($2,280.00) for the purpose of extending the water main from the intersection of Woburn and Federal Streets, northeast along Woburn Street approx- imately eight hundred (800) feet to a point at or near the intersection of Woburn and West Streets, or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of Laurence M. Foley and others.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) to complete the exten- sion of the water main on Chestnut Street, or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of John J. Nitchie and others.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ninety-Six Dollars and Fifty-Nine Cents ($96.59) for the abatement of 1933 taxes and the sum of Nine Hundred Fifty-Eight Dol- lars and Ninety-Four Cents ($958.94) for the abatement of 1934 taxes and Sixty-Five Dollars ($65.00) for the abatement of Old Age Assistance Taxes for 1933, or do anything in relation thereto.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, immediately after making service thereof.
Given under our hands and seal of said Town this first day of February, A. D., One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Seven.
HAROLD E. MELZAR, FREDERICK J. MacQUAIDE, CHARLES H. BLACK, Selectmen of Wilmington.
(SEAL)
Attest: RALPH R. CURRIER, Town Clerk.
Febuary 20th, 1937.
Middlesex; SS.
This is to certify that I this day posted attested copies of this Warrant in accordance with the BY-LAWS of the Town of Wilmington.
HARRY J. AINSWORTH, Constable.
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TOWN MEETING
Record of Proceedings of the Annual Town Meeting Held March 1, 1937.
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant the voters assembled at the Town Hall on the above date. The meeting was called to order by the Moderator and the Warrant read by the Town Clerk as far as Article 2 when a motion was made by Mr. Eames to dispense with the reading of the remaining Articles.
Voted in the affirmative.
The Moderator then examined the ballot box which was found empty, the register indicating 0000, the ballot box was then locked and the key delivered to the Constable.
The ballot Clerks and Tellers being duly sworn, the official ballots were delivered to the ballot clerks and receipts taken by the Town Clerk.
At ten o'clock A. M. the Moderator declared the polls open.
At eight o'clock P. M. the Moderator declared the polls closed.
The names checked on the check list numbered fourteen hundred forty-seven (1447) the ballots counted from the ballot box numbered fourteen hundred forty-seven, and the register indicated fourteen hun- drde fifty (1450).
To the Town Clerk, March 1, 1937.
This is to certify that the ballot box became clogged and registered three (3) extra ballots.
Philip B. Buzzell, Moderator. Ralph R. Currier, Town Clerk.
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The following is the vote for Town Officers as announced by the Moderator.
Selectmen (to act as Board of Survey)
Votes
Elected Charles H. Black had seven hundred thirty-four
734
Frank W. Dayton had four hundred fifty 450
Elected Frederick J. MacQuaide had seven hundred forty-three
743
Elected Harold E. Melzar had six hundred twenty-seven
627
Joseph F. Nee had four hundred thirty-one
431
Jerome J. O'Leary had five hundred sixty four
564
Norman W. Perry had three hundred fifty-eight
358
W. Gould Buckle had one
1
John Horton had one
1
Caleb S. Harriman had one
1
Louis T. McMahon had one
1
Blanks four hundred thirty
430
Assessor (three years)
Elected John D. Cooke had six hundred thirty-six 636
William H. Doucette had one hundred eighty 180
J. Howard Eames had five hundred eighty 580
Blanks fifty-one
51
Town Clerk
Michael H. Barry had five hundred twenty-three
523
Elected
Ralph R. Currier had eight hundred sixty-five 865
Walter Currier had one
1
Chester Blackburn had one
1
Blanks had fifty-seven
57
Board of Public Welfare (three years)
Arthur V. Lynch had five hundred fifty eight 558
Elected
Frank G. Patch had seven hundred ninety-eight 798
Blank ninety-one 91
Treasurer
Elected
Frank L. Eames had seven hundred fifty-one
751
Henry J. Porter had six hundred twenty-eight 628
Blanks sixty-eight
68
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Collector of Taxes
Elected
George W. Buck had twelve hundred forty-three
Greta Garbo had one
Blanks two hundred three
1243
1
203
Constable
Elected
Harry J. Ainsworth had twelve hundred fifty-six
1256
Anthony Galka had one
1
Paul Galka had one
1
Walter Winchell had one
1
Bob Baker had one
1
Blanks one hundred eighty-seven
187
School Committee (three years)
Recount
Samuel F. Frolio had five hundred forty-eight
548
Recount Had five hundred forty-five 545
James J. Gilligan had four hundred eighty-two
482 482
Joseph M. Grimes had four hundred four 404
Recount Hhad four hundred five 405
Elected
Peter Neilson had five hundred fifty-five
555
555
Elected
Burt E. Tilley had five hundred sixty-seven Had five hundred sixty-two 562
567
Recount
James Cosgrove had one
1
1
Blanks had three hundred thirty-seven
337
Recount Blanks had three hundred forty-four 344
Trustees Public Library (three years)
Ernest M. Crispo had six hundred one 601
Elected Edward N. Eames had eight hundred thirty-eight 838
Elected Peter Neilson had seven hundred forty-three
743
Robert Laird had one
1
Mary E. Cosgrove had one
1
Horace Huntley had one
1
Blanks seven hundred nine
709
Tree Warden
Elected John W. Babine had seven hundred one 701
Ernest W. Eames had six hundred fifty-nine
659
Robert Overton had one
1
Susan Esler had one
1
Blanks eighty-five 85
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Member S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee (five years)
Elected Mildred E. Neilson had ten hundred fifty-nine 1059 Genaro Polcaro had one 1 Anna McGrane had one 1 Blanks three hundred eighty-six 386
Trustee of Trust Funds (three years)
Elected Caleb S. Harriman had eight hundred twenty-three 823
Edward F. Lyons had four hundred forty-eight 448
Mary Cosgrove had one 1
Blanks, one hundred seventy-five
175
Moderator
Elected
Phillip B. Buzzell had eleven hundred sixty-one
1161
Clayton Lyons had one
1
Blanks, two hundred eighty-five
285
Member of Planning Board (three years)
Lawrence H. Cushing had three hundred sixty-seven 367
Louis I. Elfman had two hundred ninety-five 295
Elected
Raymond Harold Swain had six hundred fifty-one 651
Frank Roman had one
1
Blanks, one hundred thirty-three 133
Water Commissioner (three years)
Elected Alden N. Eames had eleven hundred forty-five 1145
1
Joseph Cotton had one
Blanks, three hundred one
301
The Moderator administered the oath of office to the following elected officers :
Frederick J. MacQuaide, Harold E. Melzar and Charles H. Black as Selectmen to act as Board of Survey; Ralph R. Currier as Town Clerk; Frank G. Patch as member of Board of Public Welfare to serve three years; George W. Buck as Collector of Taxes; Harry J. Ainsworth as Constable; Burt E. Tilley as member of School Committee to serve three years; John W. Babine as Tree Warden; Caleb S. Harriman as Trustee of Trust Funds to serve three years; Alden N. Eames as Water Commissioner to serve three years.
The Moderator then took his oath of Office before the Town Clerk. The meeting adjourned to March 8, 1937.
Attest:
RALPH R. CURRIER,
Town Clerk.
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Records of Proceedings of the Adjourned Annual Town Meeting Held March 8, 1937
At eight o'clock P. M. the Moderator called the meeting to order and proceeded to take up Article 2.
Article 2. Motion by Mr. Currier that a committee of three be ap- pointed by the Moderator to bring in a list of names as nominations for the several offices to be filled under this Article.
Voted in the affirmative.
The Moderator appointed the following committee: Mr. Charles Perry, Mr. Joseph Grimes and Mr. W. Gould Buckle. The Committee retired.
(During the retirement of the Committee Article 3 and part of Ar- ticle 4 was taken up.)
The following list was submitted as nominations.
Field Driver Charles D. Reilly
Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber
Wilfred A. Andrews
Edward N. Eames
Harry R. Deming Herbert C. Barrows
Arthur W. Eames
Public Weighers of Merchandise
Fred W. Carter Harry R. Deming Algot L. Osterman
Walter L. Hale, Jr. Clifford Gates Clayton F. Lyons
John Fleming
Cemetery Commissioners (three years)
Wallace E. Barrows
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Motion by Mr. Edward Eames that the report of the committee be accepted and adopted and the nominees be declared elected.
Voted in the affirmative.
Article 3. Report of Committee. (Taken up as previously stated). None reported.
Article 4. (Taken up as previously stated).
Motion by Mr. Herbert C. Barrows, That the Town raise and ap- propriate the several sums as recommended by the Finance Committee, with exceptions of Town Indebtedness, Interest and Water Depart- ment; each sum to be taken up and voted upon separately, subject to amendment.
Voted in the affirmative.
The following sums were raised and appropriated under this Article.
General Government
Selectmen
$ 675.00
Town Accountant
850.00
Treasurer
1,045.00
Tax Collector
2,500.00
Assessors
2,000.00
Finance Committee
75.00
Town Counsel
450.00
Town Clerk
450.00
Election and Registration
250.00
Town Hall
800.00
Constable
50.00
$ 9,145.00
(Committees report under Article 2 was at this time taken up).
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Protection of Life and Property
Police Department
$ 7,200.00
Fire Department
7,200.00
Hydrant Rental
5,600.00
Inspection of Buildings
350.00
Board of Appeals
50.00
Sealing Weights and Measures
380.00
Moth Department
500.00
Tree Warden
600.00
Health and Sanitation
2,000.00
Public Health Nurse
1,000.00
$ 24,880.00
Highways, Roads and Bridges
Highways $ 15,000.00
Maintenance State, County, Town Roads
1,200.00
Shawsheen Ave. Construction. Amendment offered by Mr.
Barrows that $2,000.00 be the Town share under Chapter 90
Construction in conjunction with State and County Funds.
Voted in the affirmative.
Motion as amended.
Chapter 90 Construction 2,000.00
$ 18,200.00
Charities and Aid
Board of Public Welfare $ 9,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
3,500.00
State Aid
400.00
Military Aid
100.00
Soldiers' Relief
2,500.00
Old Age Assistance. On amendment offered by Mr. O'Leary that this amount be reduced from $12,000.00 to $11,000.00
Voted in the affirmative.
Motion as amended.
Old Age Assistance 11,000.00
$ 26,500.00
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Education
Schools
$ 68,000.00
Vocational Training
500.00
$ 68,500.00
Miscellaneous
Street Lights
$ 7,685.00
Library
800.00
Parks
400.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
Cemetery. On amendment offered by Mr. Louis McMahon, That the Town appropriate the sum of $2,750.00 of which $2,250.00 will be raised by taxation and $500.00 to be trans- ferred from the Cemetery Reserve Account.
Voted in the affirmative.
Motion as amended.
Cemetery. Transfer from Cemetery Reserve Account
$ 500.00
$2,250.00
Unclassified
1,000.00
$ 17,135.00
Town Indebtedness (Voted to be taken up separately)
Motion by Mr. Harriman, That the sum of twenty thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars and twenty-seven cents ($20,195.27) be ap- propriated for the payment of Town indebtedness. Eighteen Thousand seven hundred ninety-five dollars and twenty-seven cents ($18,795.27) of which to be raised by taxation, and fourteen hundred ($1,400.00) to be transferred from the Water Department Revenue Account.
Voted in the affirmative.
Water Department (Taken up separately as voted)
Motion by Mr. Harriman, That the unexpended balance of ($3.93) three dollars and ninety-three cents from 1936 and the receipts for 1937 be appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the Water Department.
Voted in the affirmative.
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Interest. (Taken up separately as voted)
Motion by Mr. Harriman, That the sum of thirteen thousand four hundred twenty-eight dollars ninety-seven cents ($13,428.97) be ap- propriated for the payment of interest. Five thousand one hundred forty-five dollars and forty-seven cents ($5,145.47) of which to be raised by taxation, and eight thousand two hundred eighty-three dollars and fifty cents ($8,283.50) to be transferred from the Water Department Revenue Account.
Voted in the affirmative.
Article 5. Motion by Mr. MacQuaide, That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be and he hereby is au- thorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1937 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 accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Voted in the affirmative.
Article 6. Motion by Mr. Black, That the sum of $1,000.00 this being the Town's share of the principal of the Middlesex County Tuber- culosis Hospital Funding Loan, Acts of 1932 bonds maturing in 1937, be and the same is hereby appropriated, and that a further sum of $21.25 be and hereby is appropriated on account of interest and other charges on account thereof.
That a further sum of $775.17 be and hereby is appropriated for the Town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance, and repairs of the Middlesex County Hospital, including interest on temporary notes issued therefor, in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the Gen- eral Laws applicable thereto.
Voted in the affirmative.
Article 7. Motion by Mr. Howard Bedell, That the sum of $50.00 be raised and appropriated to cover incidental expenses of the Planning Board.
Voted in the affirmative.
Article 8. Motion by Mr. Ritchie, That the Moderator be instructed to appoint a Committee of two (2) members to assist the Planning Board in its duties.
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