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Radeliffe College, A. B.
French
Lucile Foster
June
1923
Colby College, A. B.
Commercial
Grace MeGonagle
Nov. 1917
Chandler Normal School
Geometry and Latin
Sarah A. Blake
Sept. 1918
Smith College, A. B.
History
Marguerite Elliott
Aug.
1920
Boston University, A. B.
Commercial
Mary C. Coughlin
June
1923
Chandler School for Women
Mathematics
Ruth M. Gow
Dec. 1918
Boston University, A. B.
English
Hazel Blaisdell
Aug.
1920
Brown University, A. B.
Latin
Helen E. Johnson
May
1920
Swarthmore College, A. B.
Household Arts
Lucy E. Steele
Oct.
1917
Framingham Normal, Household Arts Depart- ment
Spanish Commercial
Florence E. Hayes Eleanor Stockwell
Sept. 1922
Mt. Holyoke College, A. B.
Sept. 1922
Chandler School for Women
254
Junior High
Economics and History Principal
Dorothy Abbott
Sept. 1922
Radcliffe College, A. B.
George W. Allen
Oct. 1909
Cortland, N. Y., Normal School
Wilda L. Vose
Sept. 1913
Castine Normal School
9
Ruth Manchester
Jan.
1920
Western Normal School
9
Josephine Heagney
Nov. 1917
Framingham Normal School
9
Nellie L. Twiss
Sept. 1921
Bridgewater Normal School
9
Helen P. Gale
Sept.
1921
Farmington Normal School
8-9
Florence McNamara
Sept.
1922
Bridgewater Normal School
8-9
Edythe Twiss
Sept.
1922
Bridgewater Normal School
8-9
Helen Follett
June
1921
Gorham Normal School
8
Marion Smart
Sept.
1921
Farmington Normal School
8
Eliza M. Houghton
Mar. 1916
Castleton Normal School
8
Marion F. Clapp
Dec.
1921
Hyannis Normal School
8
Lelia Edgerly
Sept.
1922
Gorham Normal School
8
Leonora Bradford
Sept.
1921
Private School. South Manchester High School
8
Mary Mccarthy
Sept.
1920
Fitchburg Normal School
Household Arts
Doris M. Cutler
Sept.
1921
Framingham Normal, Household Arts Dept.
7
Grace M. Everett
June 1919
Pottsdam Normal School
M. Agnes McCarthy
Sept.
1910
Quincy Training School
7
Mary Nichols
Feb.
1921
Farmington Normal School
7
Gertrude Shaw
Sept.
1919
Aroostook State Normal School
7
Louise Bachelder
May
1923
Bridgewater Normal School
7
Marie S. Brown
Sept.
1922
Lowell Normal School
7
Mary Callahan
Sept.
1923
Bridgewater Normal School
Guild
6
Caroline Bodell
Sept.
1921
Bridgewater Normal School
255
Everett
9
TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1924
School
Grade
Name
Date of Appointment
Where Graduated
6
Florence M. Hayes
Jan. 1919
Gorham Normal School
5
Edna E. Frost
Jan.
1915
Framington Normal School
5
Alice V. O'Connor
Feb.
1923
Rhode Island Normal School
5
Anna Sheehan
Sept.
1919
Framingham Normal School
4
Ina Talbot
Sept.
1916
Fitchburg Normal School
4
Ethel Overlock
Nov.
1919
Gorham Normal School
3
Julia Drummy
Sept.
1909
Framingham Normal School
3
Estelle Callahan
Jan.
1903
Framingham Normal School
2
Julia Shechan
Sept.
1915
Bridgewater Normal School
1
Lucy H. Brooks
Sept.
1913
Worcester Normal School
Shattuck
Principal
Flora B. Reed
Sept.
1909
Mt. Holyoke Collège, A. B.
6
Marion Lynch
Nov.
1917
Bridgewater Normal School
5
Elizabeth Costello
Sept.
1922
Framingham Normal School
4
Jessie Webster
July
1920
Aroostook State Normal School
3
Florence P. Noyes
Sept.
1920
Plymouth, N. H. Normal School
2-3
Katharine R. Healey
Sept.
1921
Fitchburg Normal School
2
Maude Woods
Sept.
1899
Wheelock Kindergarten Training School
1
Anna E. Nelson
Aug.
1920
Framingham Normal School
1
Emma F. Niles
Mar.
1903
Wellesley College (1 yr.)
Beacon
6
Annie M. Thompson
Oct.
1919
Fitchburg Normal School
5
Inez H. Sanford
Sept.
1920
Castine Normal School
4
Ethel C. Clapp
Sept.
1921
Westfield Normal School
.
256
257 ,
Balch
Principal
Katharine Carbec
Sept.
1901
Plymouth Normal School
6
Lizzie Hadley
Sept.
1901
Templeton High School
6
Mildred Morse
Sept. 1919
Fitchburg Normal School
5-0
Geraldine Woods
Sept.
1922
Bridgewater Normal School
5
Grace Beverly
Sept.
1923
Johnson, Vt., State Normal
5
Lottie E. Deckman
Sept.
1923
Truro N. S., Normal School
4
Katharine W. Porter
Sept.
1923
Framingham Normal School
4
Ethel Kcefe
Sept.
1918
Plymouth, N. H., Normal School
4
Helen Holloway
Sept.
1922
Bridgewater Normal School
3
Maude Dalton
Jan.
1907
Sharon High School
3
Margaret Flaherty
Jan.
1921
Framingham Normal School
3
Ruth Vance
Sept.
1922
Fitchburg Normal School
2
Mildred Holloway
Jan.
1924
Bridgewater Normal School
2
Cecelia Mitchell
Aug.
1920
Wheelock Training School
2
1
Special Principal 6
Jessie Cushman Louise McManus Minnie C. Cole Julia MeCarthy Bertha S. Winslow
May 1922
Castine Normal School Quincy Training School
June
1916
Feb. 1922
Hyannis Normal School
May
1920
Framingham Normal School
Sept.
1922
Westbrook Seminary (1} yrs.). North Yar- mouth Academy (3} yrs.)
5-(
Agnes Hedberg
Sept.
1920
Salem Normal School
5
Marion Kannally
Hyannis Normal School
4
Bertha Brown
Feb. 1907
Farmington Normal School
4-3
Katie M. Hunt
Sept. 1921
Bridgewater Normal School
3
Mary C. Fleming
Sept.
1921
Lowell Normal School
2
Florence Baker
May
1921
Bridgewater Normal School
1
Gertrude Cuff
Sept.
1014
Framingham Normal School
Winslow
TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1924
School
Grade
Name
Date of Appointment
Where Graduated
2
Mary Hadley
Sept. 1914
Bridgewater Normal School
2
Bertha Wahl
Sept. 1923
Framingham Normal School
1
Evangeline Ryan
Nov. 1920
Gorham Normal School
1
Jennie Mann
Sept.
1919
Perry Kindergarten Normal School
1
Josephine McCabe
Sept.
1922
Bridgewater Normal School
1
Rachel Ellis
Dec.
1921
Hyannis Normal School
Special
Josephine Fokes
Nov.
1921
Boston Normal School
Unassigned
Delia Lydon
Sept.
1923
Fitchburg Normal School
East
2
Blanche Mayhew
Sept. 1920
Keene Normal School
1
Hittie MeIntyre
June 1920
Castine Normal School
2
Ethel Farley
Aug.
1918
Fitchburg Normal School
1
Grace Franklin
May
1920
Perry Kindergarten Normal Sehool
Musie
Adelbert H. Morse
Sept.
1923
Boston University Extension School
Physical
Erna H. Kiley
Oct.
1915
Sargent School of Physical Education
Physical
Training
H. Bennett Murray
Sept.
1921
Boston College, A. B.
Drawing
Helen L. Arnold
Dec.
1921
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Household
Arts
Agnes M. Bridges
Sept.
1911
Framingham Normal School
Nurse .
Helen W. Gould
May
1921
New York Hospital Training School
Nurse
Sadie E. Downs
Sept.
1922
Morton Hospital, Taunton
258
West
Training
259
JANITORS
Name
Address
School
Michael Connolly
247 Winter Street.
High
Alfred Disnard . .
59 Walnut Avenue
High
George Fitzgerald.
284 Lenox Street. Balch
John J. Fitzgerald
284 Lenox Street .
Guild
Hans P. Hansen
23 Lenox Avenue
Everett
Beacon
Frank Laidlaw
16 Hoyle Street.
Winslow
West
John P. Oldham:
260 Pleasant Street.
High
Robert Oldham
7 Monroe Street.
Everett
William Shyne.
330 Washington Street . Shattuck
East
INDEX
Accountant's Trial Balance
120
Assessors, Report of . .
163
Appropriations, Report of .
116
Showing receipts and disbursements and balances
Board of Health, Report of .
167
Cemetery Trust Funds
126
Finance. Commission
175
Indebtedness, The Limitation of .
74
Librarian, Report of .
186
Library Trustees, Report of .
185
Municipal Light Department.
127
Publie Property Account.
125
Payments
Ageney Trust and Investment.
113
Ash Removal.
94
Assessors .
87
Cemeteries .
111
Certification of Notes.
86
Charities.
101
Education .
Eleetion and Registration
Electric Light.
Engineering .
Evening School.
Finance Commission.
Financial Statement
Fire Alarm System.
Fire Department.»
General Manager.
Health.
Highways. .
Inspector of Buildings
Inspector of Cattle.
Interest.
Library.
Moth Suppression
Municipal Indebtedness.
Norfolk County Hospital.
Police Department.
Parks.
Planning Board.
Public Works Overhead.
111
Sealer of Weights and Measures
91
Sewer Construction .
95 93
Sewer Maintenance.
Soldiers' Benefits. .
101
Stone Crushed, Cost of.
137
102 87 107 88 102 86 122 91 90 85 92 96 91 91 112 105 91 112
92 89 106 88 137
Real Estate.
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Payments (continued)
Page
Town Clerk and Accountant.
86
Town Counsel. . .
87
Town Office Building .
88
Town Physician .
101
Town Reports, Printing of .
106
Treasurer and Collector
86
Trees, Care of
91
Unclassified .
106
Water Department.
108
Receipts
Agency, Trust and Investment Transactions
84
Cemeteries
82
Charities.
81
Education.
81
Electric Light.
82 76 79 75 80
General Revenue.
Health ..
Highways
Interest .
Libraries.
Licenses and Permits.
Moth Suppression .
Municipal Indebtedness
Police.
Real Estate.
Refunds.
Sanitation .
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Soldiers' Benefits.
81
Town Clerk and Accountant.
78
Treasurer and Collector
78
Water.
82
Recapitulations of Receipts and Expenditures .
114-115
Report of Fire Engineer
190
School Committee, Report of
191
Selectmen, Report of .
152
Statement of Money Borrowed.
72
Tax Collections.
171
Total Fixed Debt.
70
Town Accountant, Remarks of .
139
Town Counsel, Report of ..
181
Town Debt, Classified Statement of .
70
Town Manager, Report of .
140
Treasurer and Collector, Report of .
173
Vital Statistics.
26
80 83 81 76 79 83 79 82 84 80 79
Fines and Forfeits
Fire Department
.
53RD RD
ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Norwood
MASSACHUSETTS
For Year Ending December 31
1924
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NORWOOD, MASS. AMBROSE PRESS, INC., PRINTERS 1925
TOWN OFFICIALS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1924
Selectmen: THOMAS B. MULVEHILL, 1922-1925, Chairman; EDMUND G. DALTON, 1923-1926; H. EUGENE RICE, 1923-1926; EUGENE ENDICOTT, 1924-1927; HAROLD W. BAKER, 1924-1927.
Finance Commission: CHARLES J. PRESCOTT, 1923-1926, Chairman; FRED R. ELLIS, 1924-1927; FRANK A. FALES, 1922-1925.
Moderator: JAMES A. HALLORAN, 1924.
Town Counsel: JAMES A. HALLORAN.
Town Clerk and Accountant: JAMES E. PENDERGAST. Assistant: CHARLES P. STONE. L Treasurer and Collector: HAROLD W. GAY, 1924. General Manager: WILLIAM P. HAMMERSLEY.
Superintendent of Public Works: JOSEPH E. CONLEY. Superintendent of Municipal Light: FRED S. BARTON. Superintendent of Cemetery: GEORGE ALFRED SMITH. Chief of Police: WILLIAM C. KINDELAN.
School Board: FREDERICK A. CLEVELAND, 1924-1927, Chairman; JULIA R. O'BRIEN, 1923-1926; FLORENCE M. FIELD, 1923-1926; BRAINARD A. ROWE, 1922- 1925; ARTHUR S. HARTWELL, 1924-1927; EDWARD F. BRENNAN, 1922-1925.
Superintendent of Schools: HERBERT H. HOWES. Sealer of Weights and Measures: HARRY M. KING. Building Inspector: FORREST M. DOUGLASS.
(Continued on inside of back cover)
53RD RD
ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Norwood
MASSACHUSETTS
For Year Ending December 31
1924
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NORWOOD, MASS. AMBROSE PRESS, INC., PRINTERS 1925
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND ACCOUNTANT.
ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS AND VITAL STATISTICS.
RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Monday, January 21, 1924, and adjournment to March 20, 1924.
On a Warrant duly issued by the Selectmen, under date of January 8, 1924, and signed by Frank G. Allen, Thomas B. Mulvehill, H. Eugene Rice and Edmund G. Dalton, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which Warrant was duly attested by Thomas C. Lydon, Constable of Norwood.
All of the requirements of the Statutes and By-Laws relating to elec- tions and Town Meetings having been complied with, the meeting was called to order, the articles contained in the Warrant and the action there- under being as follows:
Article 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, namely, two Selectmen for three years (who shall be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways); one Town Treas- urer and Collector of Taxes for one year; one Finance Commissioner for three years; one Moderator for one year; one member of the Board of Health for three years; two members of the School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years; two members of the Planning Board for three years; six Constables for one year; and also upon the same ballot to vote upon the following question:
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this towm?"
Two Selectmen for three years.
Harold W. Baker had eight hundred sixty-three (863), eleeted, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Eugene Endieott had nine hundred forty-five (945), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Arthur J. Forrest had five hundred fifty-nine (559).
Blanks, four hundred thirty-four (434).
Scattering, one (1).
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year.
Harold W. Gay had one thousand one hundred forty (1140), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Blanks, two hundred sixty-one (261).
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One Finance Commissioner for three years.
Fred R. Ellis had one thousand forty (1040), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Blanks, three hundred sixty-one (361).
Moderator for one year.
James A. Halloran had one thousand eighty-six (1086), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Seattering, two.
Blanks, three hundred thirteen (313).
One member of Board of Health for three years.
Michael J. O'Leary had four hundred ninety-nine (499).
John A. Shannon had eight hundred three (803), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Blanks, ninety-nine.
Two members of the School Committee for three years.
Frederick A. Cleveland had nine hundred eighty-eight (988), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Arthur S. Hartwell had one thousand fifty-nine (1059), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Blanks, seven hundred fifty-three (753).
Scattering, two.
Two Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years.
Walter Blair had nine hundred seventy-seven (977), elected.
M. Agnes Mahoney had one thousand one hundred fifteen (1115), elected.
Blanks, seven hundred ten (710).
Two members of Planning Board for three years.
Eli L. Chamberlain had nine hundred fifty (950), elected.
Charles E. Houghton had nine hundred sixty-four (964), elected. Scattering, one.
Blanks, eight hundred eighty-seven (SS7).
Six Constables for one year.
William J. Barrett had eleven hundred seven (1107), eleeted.
Peter N. Curran had eleven hundred five (1105), eleeted.
J. Irving Reid had ten hundred fifty-four (1054), eleeted. Patrick J. Coyne had ten hundred eighty-cight (1088), elected. Charles R. Donnell had ten hundred sixty-nine (1069), elected. Thomas C. Lydon had one thousand one (1001), eleetcd. Scattering, five.
Blanks, one thousand nine hundred seventy-seven (1977).
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?"
Yes, four hundred eighty-two (482).
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No, six hundred thirty-four (634).
Blanks, two hundred eighty-five (285).
Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of Town Officers and com- mittees.
Voted: That the report of the Town Officers be accepted as printed.
Voted: That the report of the Finance Commission as presented be accepted.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Collector of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treasurer may use when acting as a Collector.
Voted: To so authorize.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Voted: To so authorize the Treasurer.
Article 5. To see what disposition the Town will make of money re- ceived for dog licenses.
Voted: That this article be laid upon the table and taken up and acted upon with Article 6, Sub-division D, Section 6.
Article 6. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the current fiscal year, for the following pur- poses, or take any other action in the matter:
1. Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways.
(a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: That the Selectmen receive no salarics. (b) By taxation, for incidental and personal expenses of the Selectmen, the sum of $100.00.
2. Town Clerk and Accountant and Town Bookkeeper. (a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: Salary of Town Clerk, $400.00; salary of Town Accountant, $2900.00. (b) By taxation the sum of $4,710.00 and by transfer $1890.00.
3. Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. (a) Salary. (b) Inci- dentals.
Voted: For salary $2,000.00. (b) For incidentals, including premium on suretyship bond, the sum of $3,053.00. By taxation.
4. Assessors. (a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: For salaries of Assessors, $1,200.00; for incidental expenses, $1,200.00. By taxation.
5. Certification of Bonds and Notes.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $200.00.
6. Finance Commission. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $200.00.
7. Law. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals. Voted: By taxation for salary the sum of $1,200.00 and for incidental
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expenses the sum of $3,100.00, of which $3,000.00 is for expenses incurred in connection with the Neponset River Expense Apportionment proceed- ings.
8. Election and Registration. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation for salaries the sum of $300.00 and for ineidentals the sum of $1,820.00.
9. Town Offices. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $900.00.
10. General Manager. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals, including pre- mium on suretyship bond.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $4,500.00 and for ineidentals, including premium on suretyship bond the sum of $150.00.
11. Engineering. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation (a) the sum of $2,200.00 and (b) the sum of $1,310.00.
12. Board of Survey. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $100.00.
13. Planning Board. (a) Incidentais. Voted: By taxation the sum of $500.00.
B. Protection of Persons and Property.
1. Police Department, including prosecution of illegal sale of non- intoxicatng beverages.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $26,615.00.
2. Fire Department. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation for salaries and wages the sum of $8,850.00 and (b) for ineidental expenses the sum of $12,833.00.
3. Maintenance and Extension of Fire Alarm System.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $725.00.
4. Inspector of Buildings. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation for (a) salary the sum of $500.00 and (b) for inci- dental expenses the sum of $50.00.
5. Inspector of Cattle.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $150.00.
6. Sealer of Weights and Measures. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals. Voted: By taxation (a) for salary, $350.00 and (b) for ineidentals, $100.00, and that all fees received shall be paid into the Town Treasury.
7. Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth and other Insect Pest Extermination. Voted: By taxation the sum of $3,350.00.
8. Care and Planting of Shade Trees.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,950.00.
9. Street Lighting.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $5,800.00.
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C. Health and Sanitation.
1. Board of Health. (a) Salaries. (b) Contagious Diseases, Refuse and Garbage Disposal, Maintenance of Town Dump and Incidental Ex- penses.
Voted: By taxation (a) the sum of $100.00 and (b) the sum of $11,590.00.
2. Sewer Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Particular Sewers.
Voted: By taxation (a) for maintenance of Scwer Department the sum of $7,935.00 and (b) for construction of Particular Sewers the sum of $6,000.00 by taxation.
3. Sewer Construction.
Voted: By borrowing the sum of $20,000.00 and the further sum of $5,735.00 by taxation.
4. Maintenance and construction of main drains and cleaning brooks and drains other than main drains.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $3,350.00 for maintenance and the further sum of $6,980.00 by taxation for construction.
5. Removal of Ashes.
Voted: By taxation, the sum of $1,500.00.
D. Miscellaneous.
1. Maintenance, repairs and construction of highways, culverts and bridges, highway equipment, paving gutters, building sidewalks, setting edgestones, removal of snow and ice, sanding sidewalks, street signs and guide boards and operation of stone crusher plant.
Voted: For the foregoing purposes, excepting removal of snow and sand- ing sidewalks, by taxation the sum of $62,870.00, by transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account the sum of $10,000.00 and further sum for the removal of snow and sanding sidewalks, by taxation, $6,500.00.
2. (a) Institutional and Outside Relief. (b) Aid for Dependent Mothers.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $22,000.00.
3. Salary of Town Physician.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $200.00.
4. Soldiers' Benefits.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,500.00.
5. Support of Schools.
Voted: That Articles 7 and 8 be taken up and considered and further voted that Articles 7 and 8 be considered together with Article 6, Sub- division D, Section 5.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $260,868.00.
6. Support of Morrill Memorial Library.
Voted: That Article 5 be taken from the table and acted upon with Article 6, Sub division D, Section 6.
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Voted: By taxation the sum of $10,271.00 and the further sum of $729.26, being money received for Dog Licenses.
7. The use of George K. Bird Post, No. 169, G. A. R., to decorate Sol- diers' Graves on Memorial Day.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $500.00.
8. Recreation and Parks.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $535.00.
9. Printing and Distribution of Town Reports.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,425.00.
10. Defraying incidental and other necessary expense not otherwise provided for.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $500.00.
11. Band Concerts.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $500.00.
E. Public Service.
1. Electric Light Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Operation. (c) Depreciation. (d) New Construction. (e) Repairs.
Voted: The following sums from the treasury of the Electric Light De- partment: Construction, $7,700.00; Maintenance, Operation and Repairs, $119,000.00; Depreciation, $8,885.00; Interest, $2,677.00; Maturing Debt, $12,500.00; for payment to the Town in lieu of taxes, $6,500.00; and be it further voted that with respect to action taken by the Town at a Special Town Meeting held on December 28, 1923, wherein it was voted that the sum of $8,795.79 be appropriated from the receipts of the Municipal Light Department, that the Town Clerk and Accountant be authorized and instructed to apply the sum so voted as a credit and offset against such sums as the Town has appropriated to the use of the Electric Light Department for construction purposes.
2. Water Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Construction.
Voted: From treasury of the Water Department the sum of $34,545.00 for Maintenance; $15,000.00 for Construction; $3,794.00 for Interest, and $10,300.00 for Maturing Debt.
F. Cemeteries.
1. Maintenance and Improvement.
Voted: From receipts in the Treasury of the Cemetery Department the sum of $5,855.00.
G. Interest and Debt Requirements.
1. Interest Requirements.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $40,483.28 and by transfer the sum of $95.85
2. Bonds and Notes due in 1924.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $77,359.00, from premiums the sum of $19.15 and by transfer the sum of $9,770.85.
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H. Insurance on Town Property.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $2,963.00, by transfer from receipts of Water Department $100.00 and from receipts of the Electric Light De- partment the sum of $300.00.
I. Abatement of Taxes.
Voted: That no action be taken under this subdivision.
J. Reserve Fund.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,000.00.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to maintain an evening school as provided by law and raise and appropriate money for such purpose, or take any action in the matter.
Voted: Action taken with Article 6, Subdivision D, Section 5.
Article 8. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for industrial educational purposes, or take any other action in the matter. Voted: Action taken with Article 6, Subdivision D, Section 5.
Article 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the establishment and maintenance of con- tinuation schools or course of instruction, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: Action indefinitely postponed.
Article 10. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to pay not more than the ordinary and reasonable com- pensation for care actually rendered or furnished by the Norwood Hospital or other hospitals in the vicinity of Norwood to such persons as may be in whole or in part unable to care for themselves, the same to be in addition to sums appropriated for the care of contagious diseases and for institu- tional relief, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: Considered with Article 11.
Article 11. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the employment of district or other nurses, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That Articles 10 and 11 be considered and acted upon together. Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,300.00.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Asses- sors to take appropriate action as provided by law for the earlier collection of poll taxes, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: To so instruct the Board of Assessors.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept a new town way as laid out by the Selectmen and known as Willowwood Street under the provisions of the General Laws authorizing the assessment of betterments, or take any other action in the matter.
Voted: That a new town way to be called Willowwood Street as laid out and reported by the Selectinen be and hereby is accepted and that
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betterments shall be assessed for said improvement in accordance with the provisions of law authorizing the assessments of betterments.
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