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22.35
17853
Geo .H. Snell, labor and supplies
22.50
17403
N. Attleboro Water Dept.
34.56
17405
Andy Germaine
172.00
17509
Andy Germaine
35.70
$114.58
104
ANNUAL REPORT STATE AID
Amount
Voucher No. Payable to
$6.00
16860 State Aid
6.00
16944
State Aid
6.00
17048 State Aid
6.00
17149 State Aid
6.00
17358
State Aid
6.00
17395
State Aid
6.00
17478
State Aid
6.00
17508
6.00
17578
6.00
17668
State Aid
6.00
17751 State Aid
6.00
17855
State Aid
$72.00
BOARD OF HEALTH
$ 3.50
16815
Dairy Sanitary Inspection
90.00
17096
F. E. Herring, Inspector Slaughtering
13.50
17091
N. Attleboro Chronicle Co., postals
19.50
17427
Norfolk County Hospital, treatment
.60
17414
A. R. Block, file
$127.10
INDEMNITY ACT
$
5.00
50
Mira D. Hawes, damages
20.00
7051 Hannah Hawes, damages
12.00
17052
L. H. Peasley and Chas. Guild, damages
75.00
17053 Mary T. Russel, damages
22.00
17054
Ralph I. Hemmingson, damages
45.00
17055
Frank Voyer, damages
35.00
17056
Thresa Barrows, damages
35.00
17057
Irene Morse, damages
125.00
17058
Bert F. H. Fisler, damages
80.00
17059
20.00
17050 Henry Guild, damages
25.00
17061 Frank Dole, damages
5.00
17062 Geo. H. Fisler, damages
30.00
17063 John Endles Est., damages
5.00
17064 Florence A. Foster, damages .
40.00
17065 Alice and Phillias Chagnon, damages ..
W. H. Riley & Son Co., damages
State Aid
State Aid
105
ANNUAL REPORT
Voucher
No. Payable to
Amount
17066 P. L. Chagnon, damages
15.00
17067
Alfred Farrel, damages
5.00
17068
Agnes McQueston, damages
1.00
17069
Adeline Miner, damages
20.00
$620.00
TOWN HALL
16784
Geo. Lake, janitor
$ 7.50
16818
Geo. Lake, janitor
7.50
16868 Merrill Falk, janitor
7.50
16947 Merrill Falk, janitor
7.50
17041| Merrill Falk, janitor
10.00
16974
Merrill Falk, janitor
10.00
17105
Merrill Falk,
janitor
10.00
17148
Merrill
Falk,
janitor
10.00
17215 Merrill
Falk, janitor
10.00
17295
Merrill Falk,
janitor
10.00
17362
Merrill Falk,
janitor
10.00
17401
Merrill
Falk, janitor
10.00
17426
Merrill
Falk,
janitor
10.00
17460
Merrill Falk,
janitor
10.00
17518
Merrill Falk, janitor
10.00
16756
Union Light & Power Co., lights
20.33
16841
Union Light & Power Co., lights
8.00
16956
Union Light & Power Co., lights
22.75
17099
Union Light & Power Co., lights
11.86
17364
Union Light & Power Co., lights
11.55
17501
Union Light & Power Co., lights
2.25
17525
R. J. McNeill, stock and time
1.63
17609
Merrill Falk, janitor
10.00
17612
Union Light & Power Co., lights
2.70
17671
Merrill Falk, janitor
10.00
17758
Merrill Falk, janitor
10.00
17693
Merrill Falk, janitor
10.00
17477
Merrill. Falk, janitor
10.00
17568
Merrill Falk, janitor
10.00
16782
C. Glidden, tuning & repairing piano
20.44
17197
Union Light & Power Co., lights
9.88
17410
Union Light & Power Co., lights
7.79
17513
Union iLght & Power Co., lights
12.70
17609
Merrill Falk, janitor
10.00
106
ANNUAL REPORT
Voucher No. Payable to
Amount
10.58
17697 Union Light & Power Co., lights
10.00
17784 Merrill Falk, janitor
14.61
17794 Union Light & Power Co., lights
75.00
17806 School Committee, coal
10.00
17850
Merrill Falk, janitor
$462.07
.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
16778
C. S. Cobb, auto hire
4.50
16779 Joseph Craik, police duty
4.50
16816 Joseph Craik, police duty
13.50
16985 Wm. T. Hooper, juvenile case
5.00
16867
Everett Jenckes, supplies
3.00
16937
Frank W. Averill, police taxi
5.00
16977
Joseph Craik, officers, town meeting
12.75
16977
Joseph Craik, police duty
12.50
17093
Joseph Craik, police duty
3.50
17136
James E. McNeill, police work
11.50
17137
Joseph Craik, police work
11.35
17151
F. W. Averill, taxi, police
41.00
17152
Archie L. Walden, police
10.00
17153
Herbert Thompson, police
3.50
17154
Myron A. Day, police
11.00
17224
Elmer C. Pease, police
4.00
17223
Chester Meyer, police
26.40
17218
F. W. Averill, taxi, police
15.50
17232
Joseph Craik, police
20.50
17297
Joseph Craik, police
8.00
17300
James E. McNeill, police
10.00
17335
Archie L. Walden, police
2.00
17334
Elmer C. Pease, police
2.00
17332
Chester Meyer, police
22.00
17359
Joseph Craik, police
3.00
17360
James E. McNeill, police
14.00
17388
Joseph Craik, police
22.00
17420
Payrolls for July 3rd and 4th
21.50
17413
Archie L. Walden, police
12.50
17412
Elmer C. Pease, police
25.50
17424 Joseph Craik, police
15.00
17435
Joseph Craik, police
16.00
17476
Joseph Craik, police
$ 3.50
107
ANNUAL REPORT
Voucher
No. Payable to
Amount
17484 Extra Payroll, July 3rd and 4th
24.50
17511
F. W. Averill, police taxi 74.90
17510 Joseph Craik, police 14.50
17511
A. L. Walden, police
17.50
17528
Elmer C. Pease, police
14.00
17526 17577
Elmer C. Pease, police
9.50
17461
John E. Swift, court services
100.00
17617
Chester Meyer, police
11.00
17618
Roy Meyer, police
5.50
17662
F. W. Averill, taix, police
103.40
17663
James E. McNeill, transportation
7.50
17657
Joseph Craik, police
22.50
17702
Joseph Craik, police
8.00
17753
F. W. Averill, police
31.15
17756
A. L. Walden, police
5.50
17759
Joseph Craik, police
11.50
17790 Carl F. Engler, use of lock-up
1.00
17805
F. W. Averill, taxi, police
11.95
$1,000.40
CURRENT AND INCIDENTAL
16756
Union Light & Power Co.
$ .75
16781
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co. 2.90
16783
Woodbury Melcher, rent
12.00
16782
T. E. A. Fuller. Ins. School Bldg. 37.66
16813
J. E. McNeill, hearing at Boston
7.50
16817
Union Light & Power Co.
.75
16863
W. Melcher, rent
12.00
16864
Robert Proal, typing
7.50
16865
Schofield Hardware Co., lock
.90
16866
Thomas Groom & Co., cash book
7.00
16948
J. E. McNeill, cut and transportation
7.50
16954
W. Melcher, rent
12.00
16956
Union Light & Power Co.
.75
Joseph Craik, police
39.00
17607 Joseph Craik, police
75.00
17622
Elmer C. Pease, police
3.50
17705
Elmer Pease, police
10.00
17755
Chester Meyer, police
3.00
16841
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
2.65
16947
T. E. A. Fuller, return, vital statistics
. 44.00
108
ANNUAL REPORT
Voucher No. Payable to
Amount
2.75
16975
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
12.00
16978
Theodore E. A. Fuller, rent
5.00
16980
Fred W. Northup, moderator
5.00
16983 Frank King, teller
5.00
16984
Irene Mullen, teller
5.00
16990
Florence Fuller, teller
29.00
16999
N. A. Chronicle, town meeting supplies .
10.00
17036
J. E. McNeill, expense, Boston
380.00
17037
N. A. Chronicle, town reports
4.65
17040 Theodore E. A. Fuller, postage, etc.
8.18
17047
Hobbs & Warren, blanks
15.00
17090
John A. Kenerson, auto assessing
2.80 .75
17099
Theo. E. A. Fuller, insurance and bonds
5.00
17103
J. E. McNeill, transportation to hearing
12.00
17104
Theo. E. A. Fuller, rent
3.50
17120
P. B. Murphy, dog license book
5.00
17136
J. E. McNeill, transportation
28.83
17150
A. R. Block, supplies
2.00
17163
E. E. Osterholm, expense note
28.56
17180
Union Light & Power Co.
2.00
17214
Theo. Wadell, signing note
2.00
17222
Myron A. Day, telephone and postage .
14.00
17225
O. P. Brown, postage
2.00
17234
E. E. Osterholm, postage
12.00
17235
T. E. A. Fuller, rent
2.55
17236
New Eng. Tel & Tel. Co.
4.25
17239
N. Attleboro Chronicle
4.65
17271
Hobbs & Warren, cash book
5.00
17296
Harry Holt, teller
2.50
17299
N. Attleboro Chronicle, warrants
2.00
17324
Theo. Wadell, signing note
5.64
17333
Theo. E. A. Fuller, licenses and postage
12.00
17361 W. Melcher, rent
.75
17364
Union Light & Power Co.
2.95
17365
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
17385 Theo. E. A. Fuller, insurance .
20.00
17039 W. & L. Gurley, weights and measures
6.00
17098
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
Union Light & Power Co.
124.35
17101
17147 A. L. Burdakin, abstracts of deeds
4.50
School Committee, supplies
.75
17197
W. N. Nash, moderator
4.00
17304
109
ANNUAL REPORT
Voucher No. Payable to
Amount
17385 Theo E. A. Fuller, insurance
105.60
17389
Theo. E. A. Fuller, insurance
14.80
17396 Elizabeth Flint, P. M., postage
2.00
17410 Theo. Wadell, signing note
2.00
17410
Union Light & Power Co.
.75
17414
A. R. Block, supplies
.60
17415
Theo. E. A. Fuller, rent
12.00
17416
N. P. Rogers, supplies
.50
17462
T. E. A. Fuller, coll. & treas. bonds
3.75
17462
Theo. E. A. Fuller, insurance
72.08
17464
Assessors Auto Tax Service
5.00
17492 17499
M. A. Day, postage
1.00
17500
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
4.25
17507
Theo. E. A. Fuller, rent
12.00
17507
Theo. E. A. Fuller, insurance
277.22
17513 17515
Union Light & Power Co.
.75
17520
Perry M. Cook, labor, glazier
1.35
17529
Theo E. A. Fuller, rent
12.00
17013
Theo. Wadell, signing note
6.00
17569
N. Attle. Chronicle, jury lists etc.
6.75
17571
Fred W. Northup, teller
5.00
17573
Alice Ribero, teller
5.00
17574
Elizabeth Mullen, teller
5.00
17612
Union Light & Power Co.
2.00
17613
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
5.65
17615
N. Attleboro Chronicle
4.00
17623
R. J. McNeill, wiring etc. polling booths
5.29
17672
Theo. E. A. Fuller, ins. plate glass
5.00
17697 Union Light & Power Co.
.75
17704
A. T. Parker Co., insurance
28.00
17527
Theo. E. A. Fuller, insurance
388.00
17429
E. E. Osterholm, postage
6.85
17572
Harry Holt, teller
5.00
17575
Geo. H. Snell, election officer
5.00
Theo. Wadell, signing note
1.08
17614
O. P. Brown, postage
20.00
17621
Theo. E. A. Fuller, rent
12.00
17411
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
3.75
17459
N. Attleboro Chronicle, note heads
Theo E. A. Fuller, rent
12.00
17501
Union Light & Power Co.
.75
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
2.80
32.10
110
ANNUAL REPORT
Voucher No. Payable to
Amount
13.75
17706
N. Attle. Chronicle Co., warrants, etc.
7.50
17741 Alice Ribero, teller
17742 Harry Holt, teller 7.50
7.50
17743 Fred W. Northup, teller
7.50
17744
Minnie Wolf, teller
7.50
17745
Geo. B. Greenlay, election officer
7.00
17747
Theo. E. A. Fuller, trans. looking up rec.
12.00
17752 Theo. E. A. Fuller, rent
3.00
17754 F. T. Westcott Co., line, Messenger st.
6.65
17788
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
7.00
17791
W. H. Riley & Son, wood
9.00
17793
N. Attle. Chronicle Co., letter heads
.75
17794
Union Light & Power Co.
3.00
17803
E. E. Osterholm, postage
8.00
17807 Theo. E. A. Fuller, rent
4.00
17808
Falk & Henrich, rent
20.00
17809 Straker's Service Station
$2,184.34
JAMES E. McNEILL MYRON A. DAY WALLACE H. PECKHAM Selectmen of Plainville.
111
ANNUAL REPORT AUDITOR'S REPORT
This is to certify that I have examined the books of the Treasurer and find them correct.
I have examined the books of the Collector of Taxes and found the amounts collected and paid the Treasurer, and the amounts uncollected, agree with the Statement of the Treasurer.
I have examined the books of the Water Department, Fire Department, School Committee and Library and find they agree with the records of the Treasurer.
Respectfully, ALICE E. RIBERO,
Plainville. Mass., Feb. 11, 1927.
Town Auditor.
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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 inhabi- tants 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., 1927 at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz .:
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose all the necessary Town Officers. The following to be chosen by ballot, viz : Three Select- men, three Overseers of the Poor, one Treasurer, one Town Clerk, one Auditor, one Collector of Taxes, onc Trustee of Public Library for three years, one Wate. Commissioner for three years, one member of School Committee for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Assessor for two years, one Tree Warden, one Moderator for one year, one Park Commissioner for one year, one Park Commissioner for two years, one Park Commissioner for three years, and three Con- stables.
All officers, except the above named, are to be chosen for one year.
Polls will be open at six o'clock A. M. and may be closed by vote at two 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, 1927.
8
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ANNUAL REPORT
Article 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for :
1. 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 employment of a School Nurse ..
7. For the employment of a School Dentist.
8. Forthe support of the Public Library.
9. For the payment of the salaries of the different Town Officers.
10. For the current and incidental expenses the cur rent year.
11. For the support of Poor and Soldiers' Relief for the current year.
12. For Highways and Bridges the current year and to determine how the same shall be expended.
13. For State and Military Aid the current year.
14. For Memorial Day and Geo. H. Maintain Post, G. A. R. the current year.
15. For Payment of Interest the current year.
16. For Fire Department the current year.
17. For Street Lights the current year.
18. For Water Department Incidental and Pumping.
19. For Sidewalks.
20. For Board of Health.
21. For Police Department.
Article 6. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall, free of charge, to :
1. Geo. H. Maintain Post, G. A. R., three days.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
3. Alumni Association, two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, one evening.
5. Plainville M. E. Church, one day and one evening.
6. John Edward McNeill Post No. 217, The Ameri- can Legion, five evenings.
7. Parent-Teacher Association, two evenings.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes or other Town Officers'
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ANNUAL REPORT
bond placed with a fidelity or guarantee company, and appropriate a sum of money to pay for the same.
Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money after Jan. 1st, 1928 in anticipation of the revenue of 1928.
Article 9. To see how much money the Town will appropriate for use of the Tree Warden to care for the shade trees of the Town.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand one hundred eighty-three dollars for the purpose of paying indemnities for land and drainage damages occasioned by the relocation of the State Highway in 1926, the same to be paid from the surplus account.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to have a plat made of the Town and how much to appropriate for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $1000.00, or any other sum, for permanent sidewalks and determine where the same shall be spent.
Article 14. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the removal of snow the current year.
Article 15. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Park Commissioners the current year.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to pay the sum of $1140.84 from the Surplus Act, the same being the overdrafts for the year 1926.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to put a sheet rock ceiling in the basement of Town Hall.
Article 18. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to extend the electric light system from Walter Marble's corner on High Street to Wilhelm's Farm and make an
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appropriation therefor, or do or act in any manner rela- tive thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to place an electric light on the pole opposite the residence of War- ren Snell on Cottage Street and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay for the same.
Article 20. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to accept and lay out at grade a, Street now called Riley Street, said Street being situated in Plainville on Whiting Terrace, beginning at Fletcher near the rail- road and running to Moran Street, at the Town Line between Plainville and North Attleboro, and that the sum of one thousand dollars be appropriated therefor, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to establish a planning board in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 41 Section 70, 72, or act in any other manner thereon.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 31 of Chapter 143 and make suitable appropria- ct in any manner thereon.
~? To see if the Town will vote to raise and the sum of four hundred dollars for the of a V Snow Plow or do or act in any manner is thereto.
"t'cle 24. To choose any committee to hear the re- of any committee and act thereon.
Moreof fail not to make due returns of this Warrant th 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 hand and the Seal of the Town of Plainville this the 19th day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.
[Seal] JAMES E. McNEILL, MYRON A. DAY, WALLACE H. PECKHAM, Selectmen of Plainville.
INDEX
Assessors
111
Auditors' Report
87
Fire Engineers
83
Inspector of Slaughtering
83
Inspector of Animals
Moth Department
Plainville Public Library
Road Commissioners
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salaires of Town Officers
Report of School Committee
Attendance Table
Graduating Exercises
List of Teachers
Pupils Enrolled
Report of School Superintendent
Report of Principal
Report of Penmanship Teacher
Report of Supervisor of Drawing
Report of Domestic Science Teacher
Report of School Nurse
66
Report of School Physician
49
School Officials
96
Selectmen's Report
Current and Incidentals
107
Poor Department
95
Town Hall
99
Highway Department
102
Water Department
106
Police Department
103
Pumping Account
44
Report of Town Forrest
45
Report of Tree Warden
45
Report of Public Library
104
State Aid
104
Board of Health
97
Fire Department
102
Moth Department
84
Collector of Taxes
79
81 45 76 82 44
51 75 68 73 74 53 59 63 62 64 66
105
Town Clerk's Report
6
Marriages
41
Deaths
42
Jury List
43
Town Clerks' Meeting
39
Town Officers
3
Town Treasurer
88
Tree Warden
45
Water Commissioners
80
Warrant for Special Town Meeting
25
Warrant for State Primary
28
Warrant State Election
32
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 1927
113
Births
40
1 5 162 428 79
Twenty-third Annual Report
OF THE
Town Officers
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Chronicle Press, North Attleboro, Mass. 1928
...
TOWN OFFICERS
TOWN CLERK Theodore E. A. Fuller SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND BOARD OF HEALTH
Frank O. Patton
Wallace H. Peckham William E. Blanchard
ASSESSORS
William E. Blanchard
John W. Franklin
Theodore E. A. Fuller
Term expires 1930 Term expires 19_9 Term expires 19_8
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Charles H. Peasley
Harlie E. Thompson
Lorenzo B. Sturtevant
Term expires 1930 Term expires 1929 Term expires 1928
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Richard F. Barton
Harry B. Thompson
Joseph E. Jette
Term expires 1930 Term expires 1929 Term expires 1928
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
Fred W. Northup Theodore E. A. Fuller Millard M. Rines
Term expires 1930 Term expires 1929 Term expires 1928
TAX COLLECTOR
Oliver P. Brown PARK COMMISSIONERS
Rufus King Gertrude M. Peckham Annie L. Nash
Term expires 1930 Term expires 1929 Term expires 1928
AUDITOR Alice E. Ribero CONSTABLES
Chester Myers
Joseph S. Craik Elmer C. Pease
TREE WARDEN George H. Snell
FENCE VIEWERS
Frank E. Herring
Harlie E. Thompson
FIELD DRIVERS
Joseph S. Craik
John W. Franklin
MEASURERS OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK
George B. Greenlay
Harry O. Proal Henry I. Riley
Frank E. Herring
APPOINTED BY THE SELECIMEN
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Frank E. Herring
MILK INSPECTOR
Frank E. Whiting
FIRE ENGINEERS Richard F. Barton, Chief Christian F. Henrich, First Assistant Arthur L. Martin, Second Assistant
FIRE WARDEN Richard F. Barton SPECIAL POLICE
Merrill N. Falk George B. Greenlay
Arthur Meyers Fred W. Northup
FIRE POLICE
Richard F. Barton
Christian F. Henrich Arthur L. Martin
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS, MEATS AND PROVISIONS
Frank E. Herring
DOG OFFICER Joseph S. Craik
MOTH INSPECTOR
Georg H. Snell
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Frank E. Whiting
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Fred W. Northup
Harold L. Anderson
Harry A. Holt Theodore E. A. Fuller
APPOINTED BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Laurence G. Nourse
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Dr. F. J. Carley
SCHOOL NURSE Pauline Gilbert
APPOINTED AT TOWN MEETING
ADVISORY OR FINANCIAL COMMITTEE
Wallace H. Peckham Rufus King Walter E. Barden
Edward E. Osterholm Sylvester Smith George B. Greenlay
John J. Eiden
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Town Clerk's Report
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of Plainville, Greetings :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to natify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Plainville, qualified to vote in tow' affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Plainville, o Monday, the seventh day of March A. D., 1927 at nin- o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose all the necessary Town Officers. The following 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 Public Library for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of School Committee for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Assessor for two years, one Tree War- den, one Moderator for one year, one Park Commis- sioner for one year, one Park Commissioner for two years, one Park Commissioner for three years, and three Constables.
All officers, except the above named, are to be chosen for one year.
Polls will be open at six o'clock A. M. and may be closed by vote at two o'clock P. M.
Article 3. To consider and act on the report 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, Marc! 7th, 1927.
Article 5. To see how much money the Town wi! vote to raise and appropriate for :
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1. 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 employment of a School Nurse.
7. For the employment of a School Dentist.
8 .. For the support of the Public Library.
9. For the payment of the salaries of the different Town Officers.
10. For the current and incidental expenses the cur- rent year.
11. For the support of Poor and Soldier's Relief for the current year.
12. For Highways and Bridges the current year and to determine how the same shall be expended.
13. For State and Military Aid the current year.
14. For Memorial Day and Geo. H. Maintain Post, G. A. R., the current year.
15. For Payment of Interest the current year.
16. For Fire Department the current year.
17. For Street Lights the current year.
18. For Water Department, incidental and pumping.
19. For Sidewalks.
20. For Board of Health.
21. For Police Department.
Article 6. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall, free of charge, to:
1. Geo. H. Maintain Post, G. A. R., three days.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
3. Alumni Association, two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, one evening.
5. Plainville M. E. Church, one day and one evening.
6. John Edward McNeill Post No. 217, The American Legion, five evenings.
7. Parent-Teacher Association, two evenings.
Article 7. 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 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money after Jan. 1st, 1928 in anticipation of the revenue of 1928.
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Article 9. To see how much money the Town will appropriate for use of the Tree Warden to care for the shade trees of the Town.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand one hundred eighty-three dollars for the purpose of paying indemnities for land and drainage damages occasioned by the relocation of the State Highway in 1926, the same to be paid from the surplus account.
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