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Rhodes, Charles L., North Attleboro; Grove lot, $100 3.10
Cheever, James G., North Attleboro; house $800, barn $200; house lot and tillage, 12 acres, $1500; pasture, 13 acres, $200; woodland, 4 acres, $200; unimproved, 5 acres, $250; Rawson lot, 1 acre, $20; Blackinton lot, 3 acres, $75; Bush pasture, 12 acres, $120 3,365.00 104.32
Barden, Mrs. Joseph G., H. or D .; North Attleboro; tillage, Bugbee street, 4 acres, $2000. 62.00
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Total Tax
Deigel, J. Charles A., North Attle- boro; house $1000, barn $200; house lot, 3 acres, $500; Sorries lot, $50
1,750.00 54.25
Doran, John, North Attleboro; tillage and woods, $100. 3.10
Foster, James R., H. or D., North At- tleboro; building lot, Baxter plat, $50 1.55
N. A. Gas Company, North Attleboro; personal $3900 120.90
Fisher, Elizabeth, North Attleboro; house $1500, barn $300, house lot $235
2,035.00 63.09
Guild, Cora I., North Attleboro; two signboards $500; lots 5 and 6, $50; building lots, South street, 2 acres, $2000; back land, 3 acres, $450; woodland, 6 acres, $120 3,120.00 96.72
Hawes, Adelaide, H. or D., North At- tleboro; woodland, 11 acres, $250 ..
7.75
Heckman, Theresa, North Attleboro; Lots 77 and 78, Edgemont, $42 .... Jergenson, Christian, North Attleboro; house $1800, shed $50, house lot $300 2,150.00 66.65
1.32
Herring, Mrs. J. H. et al., North At- borc; Flinn lot, 4 acres, $300
9.30
Hunt, Mary D., Mrs., North Attleboro; house $1800, barn $100, house lot $800
2,700.00 83.70
Kern, Augusta, North Attleboro; house $150, barn $150, club house $150; woodland, 40 acres, $100; pine wood lot, 8 acres, $80; shore lot, 6 acres, $400 unimproved, 20 acres, $100 ... 1,230.00 38.13
Brigham, Fred D., North Attleboro; house $1500, barn $150, ice house $300, cottage $300, hen house $50; land, Mirimichi, 14 acres, $400 2,700.00 83.70
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Tax
Lavery, James, North Attleboro; per- sonal $500; Hawkins sprouts, 57 acres; woodland, 30 acres; unim- proved, 5 acres, $900
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43.40
Mirimichi Duck Club, North Attleboro. Land $30 .93
Magnan, N. J. Company, North Attle- boro; 4 lots, W. T., $60; Brown land, Messenger street, 17 acres, $260; Carpenter wood, 16 acres, $200 ... 520.00 16.12
Ralston, Elmer G., North Attleboro; Kirk land, 40 acres, $450. 13.95
Morse, Louis, North Attleboro; woods and tillage, 15 acres, $375. 11.63
Phillips, Albert S., North Attleboro; Harrington woods, 8 acres, $175; Ide woods, 12 acres, $200; Hawes sprouts, 40 acres, $200; Blackinton lot, 10 acres, $200. 775.00 24.03
Rhodes, Jonathan, H. or D., North At- tleboro, Blake sprouts, 7 acres, $70; burned swamp, 2 acres, $30 100.00
3.10
Hazenkemp, Arthur O., North Attle- boro; house $1000, lot $300
1,300.00 40.30
Simpson, William S., North Attleboro; lot No. 4 W. T., $20 .62
Simpson, James E., North Attleboro; lots 42, 43, 50 and 51, W. T., $80 .. 2.48
Riley, Elmer I., North Attleboro; Cook and Razee wood, 60 acres, $660 .... 20 46
Riley, William H. & Sons, North Attle- boro; petty wood and sprcuts, 30 acres, $300; Gerald wood, 20 acres, $500; Cowell street wood, 19 acres, $200; Richardson wood, 10 acres, $200; Sprague sprouts, 20 acres, $300; Daggett woods, 10 acres, $150; Barden wood, 4 acres, $80. 1,730.00 63.63
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Slaiger, Henry, North Attleboro; build- ing lot, $300. 9.30
Sorrier, John, North Attleboro; build- ing lot, $150 4.65
Thomas, Pliny, H. or D., North Attle- boro; woodland, 10 acres, $150 ... 4.65
Tierney, Thomas, North Attleboro; wocdland, School street, 6 acres, $100 3.10
Eiden, Edward H., North Attleboro; building lot, School street, $200 .... 6.20
Miner, John E., North Attleboro; house $1500, cottage $800, double house $2000, barn $200, house lot $600
5,100.00 158.10
Beauchaine, Joseph A., North Attle- boro; lot No. 30, W. T., $15. .47
McAvoy, J. & T., North Attleboro; barn $200; tillage and sprouts, 14 acres, $270 470.00 14 57
Thompson & Remington, North Attle- boro; personal $1250 38.75
Hawkins, Eugene A., North Attleboro; house $2500, garage $100, house lot $150 2,750.00 85.25
Chamberlin, Charles E., New Bedford; 32 building lots, 4 cres, $600. 18.60
Root, Pauline, North Hampton; barn $800, carriage house $100, hen house $75; house lot, 1 acre; tillage, 6 acres; meadow, 9 acres; pasture, 14 acres; sprouts. 20 acres, $1340. 2,315.00' 71.77
Hunt, Lulah, Omaha, Neb .; Hawes wood, 26 acres, $350. 10.85
Zanc, Antonio, North Attleboro; barn $100, hen house $100, spring house $25; tillage and meadow, 22 acres, $450; woodland, 50 acres, $250 ..... 925.00 28.68
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Sweet, Andrew H., Norton; woodland, 18 acres, $150. 4.65
Auclair, David, Pawtucket, R. I; Phil- lips woods, 14 acres, $240 7.44
Simpson, Mrs. William K., Pigeon Cove .; house $250; house lot and pasture, 30 acres, $210.
560.00 1723
Perrin, Sarah, Pawtucket, R. I .; build- ing lot, Bacon street, $450 13.95
Woodhead, Thomas H., Pawtucket, R.I .; building lot, Washington street, three acres, $800 24 80
Fowler, Frank, Providence, R. I .; White lot, 10 acres, $100 3.10
Cowell, Harry, et al., Providence, R. I .; house $1600, house lot $400.
2,000.00 62.00
Whieehouse, John et tl., Providence, R.
I .; woodland, Washington street; 14 acres, $225 6.98
Tourtellotte, Flora E., Providence, R.I .; Cargill sprouts, 17 acres, $150 ..... 4.65
Swanson, Myra L. et al., Providence, R.
I .; Phillips woods, 16 acres, $200 ... Cowell, John, H. or D., Providence, R. I .; P. D. Cobler lot, 1 acre. $25 ....
6.20
.78
Hill, Julia M., Providence, R. I .; lots 77 and 78, W. T., $50. 1.55
Wilmarther, Ernest, Providence, R. I .; house $500, shed $50; house lot, 4 acres, $150 700.00 21.70
Faile, Esther R. S., Providence, R. I .; house $800, barn $500, hen house $50; house lot and tillage, 8 acres, $250 1,600.00 49.60
Providence Telephone Co. of Mass., Providence, R. I .; personal $1396 .. 43.28
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Walden, Theresa, North Attleboro; house $1200, barn $300, hen house $75, house lot $500. 2,075.00
Total Tax
64.33
Klein, Julia E. J., North Attleboro;
house $2000, shed $50, house 'ot $200
2,250.00
69.75
Whiting, Mr. H. H., Revere; woodland, 22 acres. $250 7.75
Crocket, Robert, Santiago, Calif .; house $1600, house lot $250
1,850.00 57.35
Crowell, Henry, San Francisco, Calif .; George house $500; house lot and til- lage, 17 acres, $350; house lot, til- lage and pasture, 32 acres, $500; pasture, wood and meadow, 28 acres, $410; woodland west of George street, 20 acres, $3000; woodland east of George street, 46 acres, $4600; George Cowell woodland, 10 acres, $500 8,860.00 274.56
Smith, Mrs. Henry L., H. or D., South Framingham; building lot, Cottage street, $200 6.20
Howden, Charles, Wrentham; wood- land, 8 acres, $50 1.55
Pfeiffer, Melborne C., Pawtucket, R. I .; house $500, barn $100, hen house $50; house lot, 2 acres, $100 750.00 23.25
Greene, Austin E., Norfolk; house $1500, barn $200, hen house $75; house lot and tillage, 2 acres, $500 .. 2,275.00 70.53
Bennett, Mary A., Wrentham; house, South street, / $1900; shed $100, house, High street $1000; barn $50; house lot, South street, $250; house Ict, tillage and woods, 86 acres, $1570; Fletcher street lot, 12 acres, $600
5,470.00 169.57
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Plante, Cyprien, Pawtucket, R. I .; house $300, barn $150; tillage and pasture, 21 acres; unimproved, 14 acres, $550
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1,000.00 31.00
Bennett, Edward P., Wrentham; three houses, School street, $7000; three sheds, $300; house, Broad street, $2000; barn $100, waiting room 3350; house lot, School street, $700; house lot, Broad street, $300. 10,750 00 333.25
Cobb, J. A., Wrentham; woodland, 7 acres, $100 3.10
Dane, George, H. or D., Wrentham; woodland, 10 acres, $100. 3.10
Carlson, Herman and Tesler, Wren- tham; tillage, Washington street, 3 acres, $120; Morse swael, 3 acres, $60; tillage, Belcher street, $75; Madison meadow, 1 acre, $20; Bald- hill sprouts, 4 acres, $50; Shepard woods, 14 acres, $145; Starkey til- lage, 10 acres; meadow, sprouts and pasture, 17 acres; unimproved, 40 acres, $480
Cudworth, Angie B., Wrentham; Stearns' wood lot, 6 acres, $50. ... Fisher, Alice J., Wrentham; wood and pasture, 15 acres, $50. 1.55
Guild, Ada A., Wrentham; building $75; tillage, 1 acre, $25.
Guild, Thomas S., Wrentham; Procter sprouts, 11 acres, $110; tillage and sprouts, 6 acres, $100; Ide meadow, 6 acres; Cowell meadow, 17 acres, acres, $200
Hawes, Joseph W., Wrentham; Day house $250, shop $50; house lot and tillage, 10 acres; pasture and sprouts, 13 acres, $440 Starkey meadow, 7 acres, $200
950.00 29.45
1.55
100.00
3.10;
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410.00 * 12.71.
940.00 29.14
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Outhouse, Mary, H. or D., Wrentham;
house $200; house lot, 9 acres, $90 ..
290.00 8.99
Faas, Edwin C., North Attleboro; Hatch wood lot, 9 acres, $90 2.79
Holden, Jessie A., Wrentham; house $1200, house lot $150. 1,350.00 41.85
Ware, Emma ,B., Wrentham; woodland, 60 acres, $600; exempt, Clause 13 ..
Feid, Ella J., Wrentham; Zilch land, 10 acres, $100 3.10
Hale, Mary E., Walpole; house $250, barn $250, hen house $100; house lot, pasture and sprcuts, 41 acres, $510 1,110.00
34.41
Hale, Cornelius, Walpole; house $250, barn $150, hen house $250; house lot and tillage, 13 acres, $300. ....
950.00 29.45
Smith, Lucy M., Somerville; back land, 40 acres, $460 14.26
M. E. Church, Bacon street; personal $2500, church $7000, church lot $500, exempt 10,000.00
Bliss Union Chapel, Taunton street; chapel $500, chapel lot $75, exempt. 575.00
DECEMBER ASSESSMENT
Sheldon, George; poll $5.00
Smith, George W .; real estate. 15.50
Cheeney, Fern L .; sprouts, 2 acres. 1 55
Crotty, Bertha; lots Nos. 55 and 56, Edgemont .93
Thompson, Earl B .; lot No. 13, Edge- mont .62
Parker, L. A .; personal $8000. 248.00
White, George; sprouts, $8 acres, $80 .. 2.48
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of Plainville, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabit- ants of the Town of Plainville qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet in the Town Hall in said Plainville, on Monday, the seventh day of March, A. D. 1921, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the fol- lowing Articles, viz .:
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said ineeting.
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, viz .:
Three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, one Treasurer, on Town Clerk, one Auditor, one Collector of Taxes, one Trustee of the Public Library for three years, one Trustee of the Public Library for two years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of School Committee for three years, three Road Com- missioners, one for three years, one for two years, one for one year; one Tree Warden, three Constables, and also on the same ballot to vote upon the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxi- cating beverages in this town?"
All officers except the above named are to be chosen for one year.
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The polls will be open at 9:30 o'clock A. M. and may be closed by vote at 2 o'clock P. M.
Article 3. To consider and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer and other Town Officers.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to postpone action on all Articles calling for appropriations to an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, March 7th, 1921.
Article 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for :
1. The support of schools the current year.
2. For school books and supplies.
3. For school incidentals.
4. For the employment of a Superintendent of Schools.
5. For the employment of a School Physician.
6. For the support of the Public Library.
7. For the payment of the salaries of the different Town officers.
8. For current and incidental expenses the current A year.
9. For the support of Poor and Soldiers' Relief the current year.
10. For Highways and Bridges the current year, and to determine how the same shall be expended.
11. For State and Military Aid the current year.
12. For Memorial Day and George H. Maintien Post, G. A. R., the current year.
13. For the payment of interest the current year.
14. For the Fire Department the current year.
15. For lighting the streets the current year.
16. For Water Department, incidentals and pumping.
17. For sidewalks.
18. For Board of Health.
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Article 6. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall, free of charge, to:
1. George H. Maintien Post, G. A. R., three days.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
3. Alumni Association, two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, one evening.
5. Plainville Boy Scouts, one evening.
6. Plainville M. E. Church, one day and one evening.
7. John Edward McNeill Post, No. 217, American Legion, five evenings.
Article 7. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the collection of taxes the current year, and fix the compensation of the Collector.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes or other Town Officers' bond placed with a fidelity or guarantee company and appropriate a sum of money to pay for the same.
Article 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money after January 1, 1921. in anticipation of the revenue of 1921.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate and raise two hundred and fifty dollars, or any other sum, for the purchase of a new spraying machine from the State Forestry Department. (Request)
Article 11. To see if the Town will install an electric light at the corner of Green and South streets. (Request)
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to make a written contract with the Water Commissioners of North Attleboro, for a period of not more than ten (10) years, to furnish the inhabitants of the Town of Plainville with water, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept the light installed by the Union Light & Power Co. on West Bacon street, and appropriate the sum necessary to de- fray the expense of the same.
Article 14. To see if the Town of Plainvlle will ap- propriate the sum of one hundred dollars to repair and clean out a culvert on East Bacon street, between the residence of Albert Bolton and George Graham.
(Petition)
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars or any other sum toward the erection of a permanent memorial for our World-War Veterans, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
(Petition)
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to turn the old suction main on West Bacon street, between South street and Bacon square, into a force main and place thereon a four-way hydrant near the factory of Whiting & Davis Co., and appropriate the sum of $500 for the same.
Article 17. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to have the roof of the Town Hall shingled and re- paired. and appropriate a sum of money necessary for the same.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to have a steel ceiling put up in the Town Hall and appropriate a sum of money sufficient for the same.
Article 19. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to paint the Town Hall and school building, and determine by whom it shall be expended.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to increase the insurance on the town buildings, or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to install four electric street lights on Warren street, from the resi- dence of Frank Herring to the Barrows farm, and ap- propriate the necessary amount for the upkeep of the lights.
Article 22. To choose any committee to hear the re- port of any committee and act thereon.
Hereof fail not to make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, in con- formity with the Public Statutes, at or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seal of the Town of Plain- ville this twelfth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty one.
WILLIAM H. NASH, EDWIN W. PINK, EARL B. THOMPSON, Selectmen of Plainville.
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TOWN OFFICERS
Town Clerk Theodore E. A. Fuller
Town Treasurer Walter E. Barden
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Board of Health
Edwin W. Pink William H. Barton William E. Blanchard
Assessors
Frank E. Barney Term expires 1922
John W. Franklin . Term expires 1923
Perry M. Cook Term expires 1924
School Committee
Frank O. Corbin Term expires 1922
William White Term expires 1923
Willis M. Fuller Term expires 1924
Water Commissioners
*Charles N. Moore. Term expires 1922
Herman S. J. Loud . Term expires 1922
Harry B. Thompson Term expires 1923
Road Commissioners
Sylvester Smith Term expires 1924
Millard M. Rines Term expires 1923
George B. Greenlay Term expires 1922
Trustees of Public Library
Millard M. Rines . Term expires 1922
Theodore E. A. Fuller Term expires 1923 Fred W. Northup. Term expires 1924
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Tax Collector Oliver P. Brown
Auditor Bertha B. Averill
Constables
Perry M. Cook Charles Meyer Herman S. J. Loud
Tree Warden Harlie E. Thompson
Fence Viewers
Herbert E. Thompson Sylvester Smith
Field Drivers
Charles Meyer John Martin
Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark M. M. Rines G. B. Greenlay Charles Russell E. B. Thompson
APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN
Milk Inspector John J. Eiden
Fire Police
Henry H. Hemmingsen Arthur L. Martin
Louis Martin
Fire Warden Frank V. Henrich
Special Police
George B. Greenlay Archie L. Walden
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Fire Engineers Richard F. Barton, Chief Frank V. Henrich, First Assistant John W. Franklin, Second Assistant
Registrar of Voters
Christian F. Henrich
Norman P. Rogers
Hugh D. Kriegel Theodore E. A. Fuller, Clerk
Dog Officer Herman S. J. Loud
Inspector of Animals and Slaughter Houses *Charles N. Moore
Moth Inspector George H. Snell
Sealer of Weights and Measures
James E. McNeill
Weighers of Coal
M. M. Rines
R. N. Thomasen C. B. Wilson
Public Weigher Millard M. Rines
APPOINTED BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE Superintendent of Schools
Ira V. Jenkins
School Physician Dr. F. J. Carley
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Truant Officer Herman S. J. Loud
APPOINTED AT TOWN MEETING
Advisory or Financial Committee
Edwin W. Pink John J. Eiden Charles C. Root
Walter E. Barden George Stolworthy Nathaniel C. Grant
Francis E. Herring
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Town Clerk's Report
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constatbles of Plainville, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabit- ants of the Town of Plainville qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet in the Town Hall in said Plainville, on Monday, the seventh day of March, A. D. 1921, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the fol- lowing Articles, viz. :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, viz. :
Three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, one Treasurer, one Town Clerk, one Auditor, one Collector of Taxes, one Trustee of the Public Library for three years, one Trustee of the Public Library for two years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of the School Committee for three years, three Road Commissioners, one for three years, one for two years, one for one year; one Tree Warden, three Constables, and also on the same ballot to vote upon the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non- intoxicating beverages in this town?"
All officers except the above named are to be chosen for one year.
The polls will be open at 9 o'clock A. M. and may be closed by vote at 2 o'clock P. M.
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Article 3. To consider and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer and other Town Officers.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to postpone action on all Articles calling for appropriations to an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, March 7th, 1921.
Article 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for :
1. The support of schools the current year.
2. For school books and supplies.
3. For school incidentals.
4. For the employment of a Superintendent of Schools
5. For the employment of a School Physician.
6. For the support of the Public Library.
7. For the payment of the salaries of the different Aown Officers.
8. For current and incidental expenses the current year.
9. For the support of the Poor and Soldiers' Relief the current year.
10. For Highways and Bridges the current year, and to determine how the same shall be expended.
11. For State and Military Aid the current year.
12. For Memorial Day and George H. Maintien Post. G. A. R., the current year.
13. For the payment of interest the current year.
14. For the Fire Department the current year.
16. For Water Department, incidentals and pumping
17. For sidewalks.
18. For Board of Health.
Article 6. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall, free of charge, to :
1. George H. Maintien Post, G. A. R., three days.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, one evening.
5. Plainville Boy Scouts, one evening.
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6. Plainville M. E. Church, one day and one evening.
7. John Edward McNeill Post, No. 217, American Legion, five evenings.
Article 7. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the collection of taxes the current year, and fix the compensation of the Collector.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes or other Town Officers' bond placed with a fidelity or guarantee company and appropriate a sum of money to pay for the same.
Article 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money after January 1, 1921, in anticipation of the revenue of 1921.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate and raise two hundred and fifty dollars, or any other sum, for the purchase of a new spraying machine from the State Forestry Department. (Request)
Article 11. To see if the Town will install an electric light at the corner of Green and South streets. (Request)
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Commissioners to make a written contract with the Water Commissioners of North Attleboro, for a period of not more than ten (10) years, to furnish the inhabitants of the Town of Plainville with water. or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept the light installed by the Union Light & Power C, on West Bacon street, and appropriate the sum necessary to de- fray the expsense of the sa ic
Article 14. To see if the Town of Plainville wul ap- propriate the sum of one hundred dollars to repair and clean out a colvert on East Bacon street, be ween the
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residence of Albeit Bolton and George Graham (Petition)
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars or any other sum toward the erection of a permanent memorial for our World-War Veterans, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (Petition)
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to turn the old suction main on West Bacon street, between South street and Bacon square, into a force main and place thereon a four-way hydrant near the factory of Whiting & Davis Co., and appropriate the sum of $500 for the same.
Article 17. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to have the roof of the Town Hall shingled and re- paired, and appropriate a sum of money necessary for the same.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to have a steel ceiling put up in the Town Hall and appropriate a sum of money sufficient for the same.
Article 19. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to paint the Town Hall and school building, and determine by whom it shall be expended.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to increase the insurance on the town buildings, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to install four electric street lights on Warren street, from the residence of Frank Herring to the Barrows farm, and appropriate the necessary amount for the upkeep of the lights.
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