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Article 1. To choose all the necessary Town Officers.
Article 2. 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 Water Commissioner for two years, one member of School Committee for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Tree Warden, one Moderator for one year, 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 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 a adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, March 5th, 1928.
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.
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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 for the current year.
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 John Edward McNeill Post No. 217, The American Legion, 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.
22. For Forest Fires.
Article 6. To see if the Town will grant the use of . the Town Hall, free of charge, to :
1. Parent-Teacher Association, two evenings.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
3. Alumni Association, two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, two evenings.
5. Plainville M. E. Church, one day and three eve- nings.
6. John Edward McNeill Post No. 217, The Ameri- can Legion, five 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, 1929 in anticipation of the revenue of 1929.
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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 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 12. 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 13. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the removal of snow the current year.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) for the purchase of a truck to be used for Forest Fire and emergency purposes, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 15. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to extend the electric light system from Charles Mar- ble's corner on High Street, westerly to Baxter's Four Corners and make an appropriation for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 16. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to extend the electric light system from the end of the present line on East Bacon Street, to the end of East Bacon Street and from there northerly to the foot of Hancock's Hill and make an appropriation for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred and seven dollars and eleven cents ($807.11) for the carrying on of the moth work for the current year.
Article 18. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to lay out, construct or build a walk or foot path on either side of South Street, from Fuller Street northerly,
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or do or act in any manner relative thereto, and to ap- propriate money therefor.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to purchase the Oil Burner now installed temporarily in the Town Hall and make an appropriation, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) to put a sheet rock ceiling in the basement of Town Hall.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 40, Section 22 of the General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the use of the Park Commissioners, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the purchase of Snow Fence, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 24. To choose any committee to hear the re- port of any committee and act thereon.
Hereof fail not to make due returns of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk in com- 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 thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-eight.
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WALLACE H. PECKHAM, FRANK O. PATTON, WILLIAM E. BLANCHARD, Selectmen of Plainville.
ANNUAL REPORT
INDEX
Assessors
Auditor's Report
Collector of Taxes
90
Fire Engineers
Inspector of Slaughtering
Inspector of Animals
Inspector of Milk
Moth Department
Park Commissioners
54
Plainville Public Library
25
Road Commissioners
52
Sealer of Weights and Measures
50
Salaries of Town Officers
49
Report of School Committee
Attendance Table
31
Graduating Exercises
48
List of Teachers
43
Pupils Enrolled
46
Report of School Superintendent
47
Report of Principal
33 39
Report of School Nurse
41
Report of School Physician
41
School Officials
29
Selectmen's Report
Current and Incidentals
70
Poor Department
89
Highway Department 82
70 79
State Aid
77
Board of Health
78
Fire Department
74
Town Clerk's Report
Births
5
Marriages
21
Deaths
22
Jury List
24
Town Officers
3
Tree Warden
61
51
Water Commissioners
55
Warrant for Special Town Meeting 18
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 1928
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Town Treasurer
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MODERATOR Frank O. Patton TOWN CLERK Theodore E. A. Fuller, Resigned Galen W. Hoyt, Pro tem
SELECTMEN, PUBLIC WELFARE AND BOARD OF HEALTH
William E. Blanchard
Harry A. Holt
William H. Nash
ASSESSORS
William E. Blanchard
John W. Franklin
Term expires 1930
Charles J. Quirk
Term expires 1929 Term expires 1931
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
*Harlie E. Thompson Rufus King
Term expires 1929
Charles H. Peasley
Lorenzo B. Sturtevant
Term expires 1930 Term expires 1931
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Harry B. Thompson Frank V. Henrich
Term expires 1929
Richard Berkley
Term expires 1930 Term expires 1931
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
*Theodore E. A. Fuller Fred W. Northup Millard M. Rines
Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930 Term expires 1931
TAX COLLECTOR Oliver P. Brown
* Deceased.
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
Gertrude Peckham Rufus King Meta A. Schubert
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1930 Term expires 1931
AUDITOR Alice Simmons CONSTABLES
Chester A. Meyer
Roy Meyer
Elmer C. Pease
TREE WARDEN George H. Snell
FENCE VIEWERS
*Harlie E. Thompson
*F. E. Herring
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 SELECTMEN SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS *Frank E. Herring Archie L. Walden, appointed for balance of term
MILK INSPECTOR Frank E. Whiting
FIRE ENGINEERS
Richard F. Barton
Christian Henrich Arthur C. Martin FIRE WARDEN Richard F. Barton
* Deceased.
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SPECIAL POLICE Merrill N. Falk Archie L. Walden
Arthur Meyer George Snell
George B. Greenlay FIRE POLICE
Richard F. Barton Christian Henrich Arthur C. Martin
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING Ernest Tootill
DOG OFFICER
Chester Meyer
MOTH INSPECTOR George H. Snell
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Frank E. Whiting
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Fred W. Northup Harold Anderson
Frank King *Theodore E. A. Fuller
APPOINTED BY SCHOOL COMMITTEE SUPERINTENDENT Laurence G. Nourse
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Dr. Frederick J. Carley SCHOOL NURSE Florence McGinn
APPOINTED AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ADVISORY OR FINANCIAL COMMITTEE
William E. Blanchard Rufus King Arthur L. Crowley
Edward Osterholm Nathaniel C. Grant Millard M. Rines John W. Franklin
Deceased.
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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, 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 Mondav. the fifth day of March, A. D. 1928 at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz :
Article 1. To choose all the necessary Town Officers.
Article 2. 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 Water Commissioner for two years, one member of School Committee for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Tree Warden, one Moderator for one year, 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 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 5th, 1928.
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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. For the support of the Public Library.
9. For the payment of the salaries of the different Town Officers for the current year.
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 John Edward McNeill Post No. 217, The American Legion, 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.
22. For Forest Fires.
Article 6. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall, free of charge, to :
1. Parent-Teacher Association, two evenings.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
3. Alumni Association, two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, two evenings.
5. Plainville M. E. Church, one day and three eve- nings.
6. John Edward McNeill Post No. 217, The Ameri- can Legion, five 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.
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Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money after Jan. 1st, 1929 in anticipation of the revenue of 1929.
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 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 12. 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 13. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the removal of snow the current year.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) for the purchase of a truck to be used for Forest Fire and emergency purposes, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 15. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to extend the electric light system from Charles Mar- ble's corner on High Street, westerly to Baxter's Four Corners and make an appropriation for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 16. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to extend the electric light system from the end of the present line on East Bacon Street, to the end of East Bacon Street and from there northerly to the foot of Hancock's Hall and make an appropriation for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred and seven dollars and eleven cents ($807.11) for the carrying on of the moth work for the current year.
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Article 18. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to lay out, construct or build a walk or foot path on either side of South Street, from Fuller Street northerly, or do or act in any manner relative thereto, and to ap- propriate money therefor.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to purchase the Oil Burner now installed temporarily in the Town Hall and make an appropriation, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) to put a sheet rock ceiling in the basement of Town Hall.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 40, Section 22 of the General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the use of the Park Commissioners, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the purchase of Snow Fence, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 24. To choose any committee to hear the report of any committee and act thereon.
Hereof fail not to make due returns of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk in com- 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 thirteenth day of February. in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty- ight.
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WALLACE H. PECKHAM, FRANK O. PATTON, WILLIAM E. BLANCHARD, Selectmen of Plainville. 2
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OFFICER'S RETURN. ON WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Town of Plainville, Feb. 25, 1928. Norfolk, ss.
Pursuant to the within Warrant I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Plainville within described to meet at the time and place and for the purpose within mentioned by posting up attested copies of this War- rant in ten public places in said Town seven days before the time of said meeting.
CHESTER A. MEYER, Constable of the Town of Plainville, Mass.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
THEODORE E. A. FULLER, Town Clerk.
A true copy. Attest :
GALEN W. HOYT, Town Clerk Pro tem.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Town Hall, Plainville, Mass., March 5, 1928.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, the Twenty- fourth Annual Town Meeting was held in the Town Hall, it being the 1st Monday of March, 1928.
The meeting was called to order at 6 o'clock A. M. by the Town Clerk reading the Warrant and Return there- on.
Article 1. Fred W. Northup, Moderator. Ballot Clerks: Alice E. Ribero, Fred W. Northup, and the Tellers : Frank King and Gertrude Peckham, were duly sworn to the faithful performance of their respective
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duties. Election Officer being Geo. H. Snell.
Article 4. On motion by Peter Brunner, unanimously voted that action on all articles carrying appropriations in the Warrant be postponed to an adjourned meeting to be held in this Hall, this evening at 7:30 o'clock P. M.
Article 24. Committees. On motion by John A. Ken- erson, John W. Franklin, Millard M. Rines, Nathaniel C. Grant, Lyman B. Hancock, and Frank King, were appointed as nominating committee, to bring in nomina- tions for Advisory Committee this evening.
At 1:55 P. M. voted to commence to count ballots, 318 had been cast.
At 3:40 P. M. unanimously voted to close the Polls. Ballot Box indicated 341 ballots cast and 341 names of voters had been checked on the voting lists used.
Following is result of balloting, viz :
MODERATOR, One Year
Frank O. Patton 277
Hosmer F. Keeney 2
William H. Nash 2
Blanks 60
TOWN CLERK, One Year
Theodore E. A. Fuller
324
Blanks 17
TREASURER, One Year
Edward E. Osterholm
307
Blanks 34
SELECTMEN, One Year
William H. Nash 279
Harry A. Holt 265
William E. Blanchard 243
Alfred L. Perini
97
Arthur L. Crowley 2
Blanks
137
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, One Year
William H. Nash
Harry A. Holt 274
William E. Blanchard 260
4
Alfred L. Perini
1
Arthur L. Crowley
Blanks 169
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Three Years
Lorenzo B. Sturtevant 311
1
Edwin W. Pink
Blanks 29
ASSESSOR, One Year
309
Charles J. Quirk
1
Edwin W. Pink
31
Blanks
WATER COMMISSIONER, Three Years
267
Richard H. Berkley
Blanks
74
WATER COMMISSIONER, Two Years
153
Frank V. Henrich
152
James H. Cheever
109
Blanks
PARK COMMISSIONER, Three Years
296
Meta A. Schubert
Blanks
45
TRUSTEE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Three Years
293
Millard M. Rines
Blanks
48
TAX COLLECTOR, One Year
307
Oliver P. Brown
Blanks
34
AUDITOR, One Year
Alice E. Simmons 282
Blanks
59
283
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TREE WARDEN, One Year
Blanks
George H. Snell 299
42
CONSTABLES, One Year
Elmer C. Pease 281
Chester A. Meyers 275
Joseph S. Craik 192
Frank J. Voyer 115
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Blanks
126
At 5:10 P. M. unanimously voted to adjourn until 7:30 this evening.
TOWN HALL, 7:30 P. M.
The adjourned meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Moderator Frank O. Patton, who had been elected at the morning session, and upon invitation, the Rev. G. Bennett VanBuskirk offered a brief prayer.
Article 2. Town Clerk read results of the Balloting.
Article 3. Reports of Town Officers. Unanimously voted on motion by W. H. Peckham that reports of the various Town Officers be accepted as printed.
Financial Committee's Recommendations
Article 5.
Sec. 1. Support of Schools. Teachers'
Wages, Care, Fuel and Transportation. . $20,860.00
Sec. 2. For Books and Supplies 1,500.00
Sec. 3. For School Incidentals 1,170.00
Sec. 4. For Superintendent of Schools 1,670.00
Sec. 5. For School Physician 200.00
Sec. 6. For School Nurse 475.00
Sec. 8. For Salaries of Town Officers
Sec. 9. For Current and Incidentals for the Current Year
Sec. 10. For Support of Poor and Soldiers' Relief for the Current Year
2,500.00
Sec. 7. For Support of Public Library (Plus Dog Tax) 500.00
1,800.00
3,500.00
Leroy F. Meyers
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Sec. 11. For Highways and Bridges for the Current Year and to determine how the same shall be expended 6,000.00 72.00
Sec. 12. For State and Military Aid
100.00
Sec. 13. Memorial Day, American Legion Sec. 14. For Interest the Current Year
2,500.00
Sec. 15. For Fire Department
2,886.17
Sec. 17. For Water Department,
4,150.00
Pumping, $3,500 .; Incidentals, $650
300.00
Sec. 18. For Sidewalks
150.00
Sec. 19. For Board of Health
1,250.00
Sec. 21. For Police Department
200.00
Sec. 22. For Forest Fires
Article 9. Voted to recommend the sum of
250.00
Article 12. Voted to recommend the sum of (under Betterment Act)
Article 14. Voted to recommend the sum of 600.00
Articles 15 and 16. Voted to refer to the next Annual Town Meeting.
Article 17. Voted to recommend the sum of 807.11
Article 18. Recommend to indefinitely post- pone. 600.00
Article 19. Recommend to purchase
Article 20. Recommend to appropriate 150.00
100.00
Article 22. Recommend to appropriate .
175.00
Article 23. Recommend to purchase and ap- propriate
ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Wallace Peckham, Rufus King, Sylvester Smith, Walter Barden, George B. Greenlay, Edward Osterholm, and John J. Eiden.
On motion by Harlie E. Thompson, unanimously voted that Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of Article 15 be taken
1,300.00
Sec. 16. For Street Lights
100.00
Article 11. Voted to recommend the sum of
500.00
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up together and that $25,875.00 be raised and appro- priated for the Support of Schools, Books and Supplies, School Incidentals, Superintendent of Schools, School Physician, School Nurse, and School Dentist.
Article 5. Section 8. Unanimously voted on motion by F. W. Northup that $500.00 plus Dox Tax be raised and appropriated for the support of the Public Library for the current year.
Section 9. Salaries of the Town Officers. On motion by E. W. Pink, unanimously voted that $3600.00 be raised and appropriated for the payment of salaries the current year, $1800.00 of this to be raised by taxation the current year, and $1800.00 to be taken from the Surplus Account.
Section 10. On motion by W. H. Peckham, unani- mously voted that $2500.00 be raised and appropriated for current and incidental expenses of the Selectmen for the current year.
Section 11. Poor and Soldiers' Relief. Unanimously voted on motion by W. E. Barden that $3500.00 be ap- propriated and raised for support of Poor and Soldiers' Relief for the current year and this sum to be taken from the Surplus Account.
Chapter 81 of the General Laws. Unanimously voted on motion by E. W. Pink that the Town accept the pro- visions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws, and $6000.00 be raised and appropriated for the repair of highways and bridges for the current year. The necessary amount to be used under the provisions of Chapter 81.
Section. 13. State and Military Aid. Unanimously voted on motion by Rufus King that $72.00 be raised and appropriated for State and Military Aid.
Section 14. Unanimously voted by E. W. Pink that $100.00 be appropriated for Memorial Day and John Edward McNeill Post 217, The American Legion.
Section 15. Interest. Unanimously voted on motion by E. E. Osterholm to appropriate and raise $2500.00 for the payment of interest the current year.
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