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Voted that the Selectmen act as Fence Viewers.
Voted that the Constables act as Field Drivers.
Thomas F. Linnehan, Melville Loker and Arthur F. Mar- ston were elected as Surveyors of Lumber.
Thomas F. Linnehan, Joseph Decatur and Arthur F. Mar- ston were elected as Measurers of Wood and Bark.
The following were elected members of the Memorial Day Committee : Frank C. Moore, Richard M. Francis, William G. Curley, Edward Burke, B. Allen Benjamin, John C. Bryant, F. Clifton Haynes, James J. Bolton, Wallace E. Decker, Charles T. Morgan, Cornelius J. Maguire, Charles L. Fullick.
Article 3. To grant money for necessary Town purposes.
Voted unanimously that the report of the Finance Com- mittee be accepted and its recommendations adopted.
That the sums of money recommended in the Finance Com- mittee budget, as printed, with the addition of $16,500 for Snow Removal; $200 for Assessors-salaries-2d member ; $100 for Assessors-salaries-3d member and reduction of $300 in Assessors-salaries-Chairman; and with the further addition of $500 Assessors-Revaluation Expense be granted, appro- priated and assessed for the several specific purposes designated, making a total budget appropriation of $347,210 and that the
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same expended only for the purposes shown, and under the direction of the respective boards, committees and officers of the Town ;
That, in addition to the $1,000 included in the budget to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Maintenance and $7,500 included in Article 8 to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 New Construction, the sums of $2,000 and $22,500 be transferred from "Unappropriated Available Funds" in the Treasury to meet the County's and State's shares of the cost of the Maintenance and New Construction work respective- ly, the reimbursements from the County and State to be restored upon their receipt to "Unappropriated Available Funds" in the Treasury ;
That, in accordance with previous directives of the Town;
The Clerk of Boards be under the joint supervision of the Selectmen and the Board of Assessors, with part of her time devoted to the Assessors and part to clerical assistance to vari- ous other Town boards, the assignment of her work to be cleared through the Selectmen, the Assessors to have priority ;
The operation of dumps be under the supervision of the Highway Department ;
The money from Dog Taxes be allocated in its entirety to the Library Expense Account ;
The District and School Nurse continue under the super- vision of the School Committee;
The work on Assessors' Maps continue to be done under the joint supervision of the Planning Board and the Board of Assessors ;
The Unexpended balance in the following accounts be transferred to the "Excess and Deficiency" account :
Police Dept .- Purchase of 2-way Radio $ 2.69 Fire Dept .- Forest Fire Truck Repairs 1.80 ยท Fire Dept .- Cochituate Fire Station-Repairs 17.70 The compensation paid the Tax Collector be set at 11/8% of collections.
The Finance Committee's budget for the year 1948 is as follows :
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FINANCE COMMITTEE'S BUDGET FOR 1948
1947
1947 Appropriated Expended
1947
1948 Balance Recommended
GOVERNMENT Moderator Selectmen : Salaries :
$ 10.00 500.00
$ 500.00
175.00
Clerk
175.00
3d Member Expense
400.00
304.55
95.45
400.00
Accountant & Secretary to Board of Selectmen :
Salary
1,900.00
1,900.00
2,100.00
Expense
1
170.00
170.00
225.00
Treasurer : Salary
900.00
900.00
1,000.00
Expense
400.00
400.00
450.00
Tax Title Sales Account
400.00
154.05
245.95
250.00
Collector :
Salary
2,200.00
From "Reserve"
352.06
2,552.06
2,500.00
Expense
500.00
365.82
134.18
500.00
Assessors :
Salaries :
2,200.00
2,158.34
41.66
Chairman
900.00
2d Member
700.00
3d Member
600.00
Expense
500.00
497.84
2.16
600.00
Revaluation Expense
500.00
$ 10.00
$ 10.00
Chairman
150.00
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1947 Appropriated
1947 Expended 999.62
1947 Balance
1948 Recommended 1,000.00
Assessors' Valuation Survey : Expense
1,000.00
Clerk of Boards: Salary
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,650.00
Town Clerk: Salary
400.00
400.00
500.00
Expense
300.00
280.23
19.77
350.00
Planning Board : Expense
1,200.00
1,053.60
146.40
1,700.00
Finance Committee : Expense
30.00
From "Reserve"
24.50
53.49
1.01
30.00
Town Counsel & Legal Claims
900.00
645.73
254.27
900.00
Elections :
Officers
132.00
132.00
528.00
Expense
125.00
104.00
21.00
350.00
Registrars : Salaries :
Registration Listing
100.00
100.00
100.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
Transportation
75.00
75.00
75.00
Clerical Work
150.00
150.00
150.00
Supplies :
375.00
From "Reserve"
43.15
418.15
500.00
Town Hall: Maintenance, Repairs,
Equipment
2,000.00
From "Reserve"
94.39
2,094.39
2,300.00
PROTECTION Police Dept. : Salary-Chief Transportation-Chief 300.00
2,700.00
Assessors' Maps (Town Atlas)
1,000.00
.38 1,000.00
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From "Reserve" Expense Expense (including salary) From "Reserve"
75.00
372.70
2.30
2,000.00
3,400.00
424.42
3,824.42
1,500.00
1,460.44
39.56
700.00
Purchase of Police Car & Expense Purchase of 2-way Radio
500.00
497.31
2.69
Fire Dept .: Expense (including salaries)
3,500.00
From "Reserve"
518.01
From "Cash Refund"
2.00
4,020.01
4,000.00
New Equipment : Hose
900.00
900.00
Miscellaneous & Repairs
400.00
371.75
28.25
400.00
Repairs : Forest Fire Truck Cochituate Station : Bal. 1/1/47
150.00
132.30
17.70
200.00
193.86
6.14
250.00
Wire Replacement : Tree Trimming Oil Burner Inspection
300.00
Building Inspection :
500.00
500.00
1,200.00
Plumbing
200.00
Expense
200.00
From "Reserve"
115.32
315.32
200.00
Zoning Board of Appeals : Expense
25.00
24.24
76
25.00
Moth Dept. : Expense : (includes wages ) Private Work
500.00
500.00
500.00
Town Work
1,300.00
1,285.44
14.56
1,500.00
200.00
198.20
1.80
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200.00
Salaries : Building & Wire
1947 Appropriated 600.00
1947 Expended 580.80
1947 1948 Balance Recommended 19.20 600.00
Tree Warden: Expense (includes wages) Pruning & First Aid Work at Private Contract Planting Trees Clearing & clean up of Civic Bldg. lot
400.00
400.00
400.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
300.00
Sealer : Salary
125.00
125.00
125.00
Expense
50.00
46.51
3.49
50.00
HEALTH
Health Dept. : Board-salaries :
175.00
175.00
50.00
Clerk
75.00
3d Member
50.00
Appropriation
1,700.00
1,199.24
500.76
2,200.00
Milk Inspection
25.00
25.00
25.00
Anti-toxin Test
50.00
50.00
50.00
Medical Inspection of Schools
150.00
150.00
150.00
School Dental Clinic
1,300.00
1,217.11
82.89
1,300.00
District & School Nurse: Salary
2,100.00
2,100.00
2,200.00
Transportation
500.00
500.00
600.00
Expense
75.00
74.92
08
75.00
Inspection of Animals
150.00
150.00
150.00
Garbage Collection :
2,000.00
From "Bal. 1/1/47"
1,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Chairman
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HIGHWAYS
Highway Dept. : (includes salaries and wages )
25,000.00 8.51
25,001.21
7.30
30,000.00
Snow Removal :
8,500.00
From "Reserve"
1,807.81
10,307.81
20,000.00
Care of Town Dumps :
300.00
From "Reserve"
50.00
223.08
126.92
200.00
Road Machinery Account
2,000.00
1,490.35
Art. 9
- closed to Road Machinery Fund
509.65
New Equipment :
2,500.00
From "Bal. 1/1/47"
3,007.95
5,220.86
287.09
5,000.00
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Highway Lighting
5,800.00
5,678.36
121.64
5,800.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance :
1,000.00
1,000.00
From Town From State & County : - closed to Revenue
2,000.00
2,999.88
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Chapter 90 Construction : Old Conn. Path 1947 From Town 1947 From State & County
7,000.00
Art. 8
21,000.00
13,488.47
14,511.53
1946 From "Bal. 1/1/47" - closed to Revenue
8,192.95
5,479.82
2,713.13
Chapter 90 Construction : Sherman's Bridge 1947 From Town 1947 From State & County
1,000.00
3,000.00
4,000.00
From "Cash Refunds"
1947 Appropriated
1947 1947 Expended Balance
1948 Recommended
WELFARE Public Welfare Board : Salaries : Board :
300.00
300.00
100.00
100.00
Agent
1,755.00
1,751.79
3.21
1,800.00
Visitor :
1,545.00
1,542.16
2.84
1,770.00
Transportation
500.00
224.38
275.62
Expenses (rents, etc.)
100.00
100.00
Temporary Aid : Appropriation :
10,000.00
From "Cash Refund"
19.50
9,656.48
363.02
12,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children :
Appropriation
7,000.00
From "Reserve"
500.00
7,495.91
4.09
10,000.00
Federal Grants :
Maintenance :
Bal. 1/1/47
397.67
Rec'd in 1947
2,653.79
2,945.64
105.82
Administration :
Bal. 1/1/47
179.66
Rec'd in 1947
288.22
467.88
Old Age Assistance : Appropriation Federal Grants :
36,000.00
36,000.00
48,000.00
Maintenance :
Bal. 1/1/47
156.93
Rec'd in 1947
25,178.96
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Chairman 2d Member 3d Member
100.00
Transfer from "Adm."
25,688.12 Administration : Bal. 1/1/47
352.23
312.09
Rec'd in 1947
954.53
834.93
431.69
Veterans' Benefits :
Salary : Agent
150.00
150.00
150.00
Expense
100.00
77.20
22.80
100.00
Appropriation
4,000.00
2,350.16
1,649.84
4,000.00
EDUCATION
Schools-General Control :
Superintendent : Salary
3,100.00
From "Reserve"
199.64
3,299.64
3,800.00
Other Expense
1,950.00
1,950.00
2,025.00
Instruction :
Teachers : Salaries
67,920.00
From "Reserve"
450.75
68,329.75
41.00
81,327.00
Textbooks & Supplies
4,600.00
From "Reserve"
2.70
From "Cash Refund"
573.15
5,175.85
5,200.00
Operation of School Plants :
Custodians' Salaries & Substitutes
6,320.00
6,315.00
5.00
6,900.00
Fuel & Miscellaneous From "Reserve"
263.97
5,863.97
6,300.00
Buildings & Equipment :
3,000.00
Maintenance & Outlays From "Reserve"
120.55
3,120.55
4,500.00
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5,600.00
1947 Appropriated
1947 Expended
1947 Balance
1948 Recommended
Auxiliary Agencies : Transportation Health & Physical Education From "Reserve" Libraries Sundries From "Reserve"
8,500.00
8,500.00
9,000.00
1,500.00
7.18
1,507.18
1,700.00
300.00
300.00
400.00
100.00
15.61
115.61
125.00
Schools-Special Accounts :
School Bldgs. & Grounds --- General
Repairs : Bal. 1/1/47
1,232.19
1,232.19
Center Elementary School Bldg.
Addition : Bal. 1/1/47
6,500.00
6,500.00
School Halls Rental Account
75.00
44.25
30.75
100.00
Vocational Tuition
2,300.00
1,476.56
823.44
1,800.00
High School Flag Pole Fund
Bal. 1/1/47
44.00
44.00
Gifts from Donation Funds' Income
Bal. 1/1/47
9.92
9.92
Library & Reading Room: Appropriation
4,600.00
From "Dog Licenses"
877.08
5,448.30
28.78
4,800.00
Library Fund Income : From "Bal. 1/1/47"
146.64
Rec'd 1947
1,012.75
983.44
110.97
Credit to "Int." & "Reserve"
64.98
Book Purchase Account
200.00
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Library Building :
Heating & Insulation Bal. 1/1/47
1,365.12
957.25
407.87
General Repairs Bal. 1/1/47
1,610.31
47.02
1,563.29
Roof Repairs
Bal. 1/1/47
2,904.84
2,904.84
RECREATION
Park Commission : Expense
3,000.00
From "Cash Refund"
13.06
2,704.21
308.85
2,000.00
New Mowing Equipment
1,200.00
796.15
403.85
Life Guard-Dudley Pond
300.00
300.00
300.00
Baldwin's Pond
300.00
300.00
300.00
High School Athletic Field
(grading, etc.) From Bal. 1/1/47
2,447.40
1,843.80
603.60
UNCLASSIFIED
Reserve Fund
8,000.00
7,911.11
8,000.00
Memorial Day
450.00
From "Cash Refund"
.55
From "Reserve"
17.39
467.39
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450.00
Town Clocks
150.00
150.00
150.00
Town Reports :
850.00
From "Reserve"
42.75
892.75
1,000.00
Surety Bonds
450.00
407.50
42.50
450.00
Insurance
3,900.00
From "Reserve"
15.86
3,915.86
3,500.00
Notices of Meetings
100.00
100.00
100.00
Legion Post Quarters : Rent
600.00
600.00
600.00
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Bal. credited to "Overlay Surplus"
88.89
1947 Appropriated 50.00
1947 Expended
1947 Balance
1948 Recommended 50.00 50.00
Honor Rolls-maintenance Committee on Veterans' Services :
Bal. 1/1/47
159.93
159.93
Cochituate Civic Bldg .- Committee : Bal. 1/1/47
942.02
942.02
Welfare Claims for 1939 & prior years :
Bal. 1/1/47
500.00
500.00
Purchase of Land in Riverview Terrace :
Bal. 1/1/47
1,313.33
1,313.33
280.49
(100.00)
180.49
Purchase of "Heater Pieces": Bal. 1/1/47 - transferred to Claypit Hill Rd. account Purchase of Land at junction of Claypit Hill & Plain Roads
100.00
100.00
Preliminary Town Expense of Betterments Fund
500.00
382.50
117.50
500.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
Water Dept .: Salaries -- Commissioners
150.00
150.00
50.00
Chairman Clerk
350.00
3d Member
50.00
Clerk
300.00
300.00
Ass't Clerk
100.00
100.00
Maintenance : (includes wages & salaries)
From "Water Available Surplus" 12,200.00
Art. 7
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From "Reserve" From "Cash Refund" Hydrants
1,708.80 5.00 3,000.00 16,913.80
3,000.00
Committee on Water Survey :
Expense : Bal. 1/1/47
547.15
547.15
Printing Report : Bal. 1/1/47
500.00
68.90
431.10
Installation of Wells, etc .:
Bal. 1/1/47
19,257.20
17,921.41
1,335.79
CEMETERIES Cemeteries : Salaries-Commissioners :
Clerk
100.00
100.00
100.00
Maintenance
From "Reserve"
140.80
3,380.80
3,600.00
From "Reserve"
350.00
1,350.00
1,500.00
Cemeteries-General Improvement
Bal. 1/1/47
20.88
20.88
Rehabilitation Work-North Cemetery
Bal. 1/1/47
349.50
349.50
Purchase of Land-Lakeview Cemetery :
Trimble prop. Bal. 1/1/47
1,000.00
1,000.00
Lupien prop. Bal. 1/1/47
800.00
800.00
Permanent Care Funds' Income :
Bal. 1/1/47
998.67
Rec'd in 1947
592.77
594.75 29.63
967.06
Credit to "Trust Fund Reserve"
3,240.00
Cemetery Service
1,000.00
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1947 Appropriated
1947 Expended
1947 Balance
1948 Recommended
Parmenter Cemetery Fund's Income :
Bal. 1/1/47 Rec'd in 1947
233.76
135.00
138.78
223.23
Credit to "Trust Fund Reserve"
6.75
Cemetery Maps
500.00
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
Interest : High School Notes
910.00
910.00
780.00
Miscellaneous
40.00
40.00
40.00
Maturing Debt : High School Notes
4,000.00
4,000.00
4,000.00
$347,210.00
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Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town, as pro- vided by Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, and set the effective date of such salary and compensation.
Voted unanimously that the Town fix the salary and com- pensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided in the budget as voted under Article 3, the effective date of such sal- ary and compensation to be from January 1, 1948.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Road Commissioners to sell or otherwise dispose of the present police car and the 1942 Chev- rolet two-ton truck in connection with the purchases of a new car and new truck respectively, provided for in the budgets of these departments, or do or act.
Voted unanimously that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell, or otherwise dispose of, the present police car and authorize the Road Commissioners to sell, or otherwise dis- pose of, the 1942 Chevrolet two-ton truck, in connection with the purchase of a new car and new truck respectively, as pro- vided in the budgets of these departments.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1948, 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 a year, in accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Voted unanimously that the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1948, 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 a year, in accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for "Water Department Maintenance," the sum so ap- propriated to be taken from "Water Available Surplus," or do or act.
Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate the sum of $18,000 for "Water Department Maintenance," the entire sum to be taken from "Water Available Surplus."
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Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the reconstruction and improvement of Old Connecticut Path, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, the work to be done by the Road Com- missioners, or take any action in relation thereto.
Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $7,500 for the reconstruction and improvement of Old Connecticut Path, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allocated by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, provided that only as much of the $7,500 shall be so used as is matched as follows: one dollar from the County for every dollar of Town money and two dol- lars from the State for every dollar of Town money, the work to be done by the Road Commissioners.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess, or transfer from other available funds, a sum of money for "Road Machinery Account," or do or act.
Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate the sum of $1,500 for "Road Machinery Account," the money to be trans- ferred from "Road Machinery Fund."
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the acquisition of sites for, and the construction and original equipping and furnishing of, addi- tions to, or new structures supplemental to, the Wayland High School Building and the Grade School Building in Cochituate, and will determine whether the necessary money shall be pro- vided by taxes, by borrowing or by transfer from available funds in the Town Treasury, and to authorize the Committee appointed in accordance with the vote under Article 19 of the Annual Town Meeting in March, 1947, to acquire sites for, and to construct, equip and furnish additions to, or new structures supplemental to, the Wayland High School Building and the Grade School Building in Cochituate, and to authorize said Committee to enter into the necessary contracts and agreements for the building, original equipment and furnishing of such buildings, or take any other action relative thereto.
A report of the Finance Committee on Article 10 was sub- mitted by Mr. Robert M. Morgan in which the Finance Com- mittee recommended approval of the Article.
Mr. Allan R. Finlay gave a summary of the Special School Planning Committee Report.
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Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate $640,000 for the purpose of constructing and originally equipping and fur- nishing an addition to the Wayland High School Building and an addition to the Grade School Building in Cochituate, and to meet said appropriation that $2,000 be raised in the tax levy of the current year, $88,000 be transferred from "Excess and Deficiency," and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow $550,000 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor payable in not more than 20 years. $400,000 of the loan hereby authorized is under the authority of, and in accordance with, the provisions of Chapter 474 of the Acts of 1947, and $150,000 of said loan is under the authority of, and in accordance with, the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. The committee appointed in accordance with the vote under Article 19 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held in March, 1947 are hereby authorized and directed to enter into all contracts necessary for constructing, equipping and furnishing the said additions.
A rising vote of thanks was given to the Special School Planning Committee.
Voted that the Town accept the report of the Special School Planning Committee and that the Board of Selectmen be and it hereby is authorized to petition the General Court for legislation permitting the use of such portion of the Town Play- ground adjoining or near the present High School Building as may be necessary for the erection of an addition to the present High School Building and the appurtenances necessary thereto, upon such conditions and with such specific provisions of law relating thereto as to the General Court may seem desirable or necessary.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue as town, public or private way, that portion of Bradford Street from its junction with Main Street to a point approximately 450 feet from Main Street, or any other portion of said street, or do or act.
Voted to pass over the Article.
Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the lighting of the Public Library Building in Wayland, and will provide the funds there- for by transferring the balance remaining unexpended of the funds appropriated under Article 8 of the Warrant of the An- nual Town Meeting of March 7, 1945 for the purchase and
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installation of a new furnace, heating equipment and insulation for the Public Library Building in Wayland, or do or act.
Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate $407.87 for the improvement of the lighting of the Public Library Building, said funds to be provided by the transfer from the balance remaining unexpended of the sum appropriated under Article 8 of the Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1945, and that said sum be so transferred, the expenditure to be made by the Trustees of the Public Library.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the purchase, for additions to the Lakeview Cemetery, one, or both, pieces of property located off Pemberton Road, adjacent to the Cemetery, one of which is owned by Bessie G. Trimble and the other, by Blanche I. Schleicher, and will appropriate, assess or transfer from monies appropriated for a like purpose in 1947 and/or will transfer funds from "Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Fund" for the purchases, or do or act.
Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate by transfer from the "Sale of Cemetery Lots and Graves Account" the sum of $450, and appropriate by transfer from the funds appropri- ated under Articles 13 and 14 of the Annual Town Meeting of March 5, 1947 for the purchase of certain lots of land for ceme- tery purposes, said sums aggregating $2,250 to be used for the purchase of two pieces of land adjacent to Lakeview Cemetery for additions to said Cemetery : one piece containing about two acres owned by Bessie G. Trimble and the other piece contain- ing about one acre owned by Blanche I. Schleicher, and author- ize the Cemetery Commissioners, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to make such purchases, or either of them, and accept deeds therefor subject to the approval of the titles by Town Counsel and of the necessary statutory approval of the use of said land for cemetery purposes.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the appointment of a special committee to study and report at the next Town Meeting on the matter of acquiring for recreational and/or any other municipal purpose, any part of the real estate situated on the easterly shore of Lake Cochituate, in the general area bounded by Lake Cochituate, Fuller Road, West Plain Street, Pemberton Road and Commonwealth Road West, and will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the work of the committee, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted that the Town appoint a special committee composed
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of one member each from the Board of Selectmen - Park Board - Planning Board - Finance Committee and that the chairman of the four individual boards pick their own representatives and two members at large whom shall be picked by the original four to study and report at the next Town Meeting on the matter of acquiring for recreational and/or any other municipal purpose, any part of the real estate situated on or near the easterly shore of Lake Cochituate in the general area bounded by Lake Cochituate, Fuller Road, West Plain Street, Pemberton Road and Commonwealth Road West and will authorize such com- mittee to expend $300 for the purpose from the funds provided in the budget for the Planning Board.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept as pub- lic town ways, under the provisions of the Betterment Act, the following roads in that part of the Town known as the River- view Terrace section, so called, or any of them or any portion of any of such roads, viz : the ways now called : Overlook Road, Riverview Avenue, Riverview Circle, Shore Drive as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and as shown on a plan or plans on file with the Town Clerk ; and to authorize the Board of Select- men to acquire any necessary land by eminent domain, purchase or otherwise ; and to appropriate and assess a sum of money to cover the acquisition of such land and the construction of said public town ways or any part thereof and take any action in re- gard thereto.
Voted to dispense with reading the Report already on file with the Board of Selectmen.
(Overlook Road)
Voted unanimously that the Town accept as a public way, under the Betterment Act, Overlook Road from Stone Bridge Road to Riverview Circle, as laid out by the Board of Select- men and as shown on plan entitled "Plans and Profiles of Shore Drive Overlook Road, Wayland - Mass." dated October 21, 1947, Everett M. Brooks Co. C. E., on file with the Town Clerk ; that the Board of Selectmen be and it hereby is author- ized to acquire any necessary land by right of eminent domain, purchase or otherwise, and that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $5500 to cover the acquisition of such land and the construction of said way, and that no work be done until there is definite assurance by subsequent action of the Town that water will be available.
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