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HORACE CHARLES MAXIM High School Principal 1925 - 1929 Trustee of Public Library 1929 Died July 31, 1929
TOWN OFFICERS
MODERATOR Frank O. Patton
TOWN CLERK Galen W. Hoyt, Resigned Arthur W. Washburn, Pro tem.
SELECTMEN, PUBLIC WELFARE AND BOARD OF HEALTH
Arthur L. Crowley
Millard M. Rines William H. Nash
ASSESSORS
William E. Blanchard
Charles J. Quirk
Term expires 1930
Edwin W. Pink
Term expires 1931 Term expires 1932
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Charles H. Peasley Lorenzo B. Sturtevant
Rufus King
Term expires 1930 Term evpires 1931 Term expires 1932
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Frank V. Henrich Richard Berkley Harry B. Thompson
Term expires 1930 Term expires 1931 Term expires 1932
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
*Horace C. Maxim Millard M. Rines Fred W. Northup
Term expires 1932 Term expires 1931 Term expires 1932
TAX COLLECTOR Oliver P. Brown
* Deceased.
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Rufus King Meta A. Schubert Gertrude Peckham
Term expires 1930 Term expires 1931 Term expires 1932
AUDITOR-One Year Alice Simmons
CONSTABLES
Joseph C. Craik
Chester A. Meyer Elmer C. Pease
TREE WARDEN
George H. Snell
FENCE VIEWERS AND FIELD DRIVERS
Fred Northup
Frank King
MEASURERS OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK
George B. Greenlay
Harry O. Proal Ernest E. Munroe
Henry I. Riley
APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Archie L. Walden MILK INSPECTOR Frank E. Whiting FIRE ENGINEERS
Richard F. Barton Christian Henrich Arthur C. Martin FIRE WARDEN Richard F. Barton
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SPECIAL POLICE
Fred W. Northup Roy Meyer
Archie L. Walden George Snell
George B. Greenlay
FIRE POLICE
Richard F. Barton Christian Henrich
Arthur C. Martin
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING Ernest Toothill
DOG OFFICER
Chester Meyer
MOTH INSPECTOR George H. Snell
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Frank E. Whiting
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Fred W. Northup
Frank King Harold Anderson Galen W. Hoyt, Resigned Arthur W. Washburn, Pro tem.
APPOINTED BY SCHOOL COMMITTEE SUPERINTENDENT Laurence G. Nourse
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Frederick J. Carley SCHOOL NURSE Ruah M. Harris
APPOINTED AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ADVISORY OR FINANCIAL COMMITTEE
Rufus King John Eiden Walter Barden
Nathaniel C. Grant John Franklin Arthur L. Crowley
Edward Osterholm
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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 MONDAY, the FOURTH DAY of MARCH, A. D. 1929 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 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 4th, 1929.
Article 5. To see how much money the Town will 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 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, three nights and one day.
4. Plainville Grange, three nights and one day.
5. Plainville M. E. Church, one day and three eve- nings.
6. John Edward McNeill Post 217, five evenings.
7. Girl Scouts, Troop 1, one night. 8. Athletic Association, one night each week during basketball season.
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 January 1st, 1930 in anticipation of the revenue of 1930.
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 two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) to con- tinue the Town Plat, 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 seven hundred and thirty-four dollars and seventy-six cents ($734.76) for the carrying on of the moth work for the current year.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the use of the Park Commissioners, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to purchase a piece of land now owned by Robert McNeil, said land to be added to the present Park and Play- ground System and to be used for playground purposes.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to replace the ceiling in the ante room of the Town Hall with a Steel Ceiling, and appropriate a sum of money for same.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to instruct
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the Selectmen to repair the plastering in the Town Hall entrance and appropriate a sum of money for same.
Article 19. (Petition) To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) to be used on George Street, beginning at the foot of Hancock Hill and extending northerly to fifty feet beyond Capt. Crowley's stone wall, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 20. (Petition) To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the purchase of a new curtain for the stage of the Town Hall, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to pay and appropriate the following overdrafts and to determine how same shall be raised :
Overdrafts
1927 account. $ 360.71
Snow
1928 account.
127.50
Water
1928 account. 1,305.90
Public Welfare
1928 account.
55.40
Highway
1928 account.
173.08
Police
1928 account.
24.85
Current
1928 account .
21.33
Library
1928 account .
10.00
Total
$2,078.77
Article 22. (Petition) To see if the Town will ap- propriate the sum of six hundred dollars ($600.00) to repair the bridge at Fuller's Dam, so-called.
Article 23. (Petition) To see if the Town will ap- propriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) to repair the road on Fuller Street.
Article 24. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to extend the Electric Lighting System from Colonial Inn, South Street, to the residence of Charles Wilhelm on High Street, and make an appropriation therefor, or act in any manner thereto.
Article 25. (Petition) To see if the Town will ac- cept and lay out Pleasant Street from School Street to Broad Street or act in any manner relative thereto and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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Article 26. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) or any other sum for the erection of a new Fire Station with Town Offices and determine how the same shall be raised, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 27. 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 fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty- nine.
[Seal] WILLIAM E. BLANCHARD, HARRY A. HOLT, WILLIAM H. NASH, Selectmen of Plainville.
OFFICER'S RETURN ON WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
February 23, 1929.
Town of Plainville. 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 with- in mentioned, by posting attested copies of this Warrant in ten public places in said Town ten days before the time of said meeting.
Signed : ELMER C. PEASE, Constables of the Town of Plainville, Mass.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Norfolk, ss.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
GALEN W. HOYT, Town Clerk of Plainville, Pro tem.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Town Hall, Plainville, Massachusetts, March 4, 1929.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant the 25th Annual Town Meeting was held in the Town Hall, it being the First Monday of March, 1929.
The Town Meeting was called to order at 5:30 o'clock A. M. by Galen W. Hoyt, Town Clerk Pro tem, reading the Warrant and Returns thereon.
John Kenerson was elected Moderator Pro tem.
Ballot Clerks : Frank King, Dacia Anderson, and the Tellers: John Kenerson, Alice Ribero, who were ap- pointed by the Selectmen, were duly sworn to the faith- ful performance of their respective duties.
Election officer : George H. Snell.
At six o'clock A. M. Polls were declared open and voting was in order.
This meeting then adjourned until 9 o'clock A. M.
At 9 o'clock A. M. the meeting was called to order by Moderator Por tem J. A. Kenerson.
Article 1. On motion by Harry A. Holt, unanimously voted that Frank King and Fred Northup be elected Fence Viewers and Field Drivers for the current year.
On motions from the floor : George B. Greenlay, Harry O. Proal, Henry I Riley and Ernest E. Munroe were elected Measurers of Wood, Lumber and Bark, for current year.
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Article 27. Committees. On motion by Harry Holt, the Moderator appointed the following a nominating committee : Percy Rhodes, Fank King, Fred Northup, N. C. Grant and M. M. Rines to bring in nominations for Advisory Committee this evening.
Article 4. On motion by Harry Holt, 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 P. M.
At 2 o'clock, voted to commence to count ballots. 421 had been cast.
At 3 :23 P. M., unanimously voted to close polls. Ballot Box indicated 421 ballots cast and 421 names of voters had been checked on the voting list used.
The Results, viz :-
MODERATOR, One Year
Frank O. Patton 381
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TOWN CLERK, One Year
Galen W. Hoyt 281
136
Fred W. Northup
Blanks
4
TREASURER, One Year
Edward E. Osterholm
60
Blanks
SELECTMEN, One Year
Arthur L. Crowley 343
Harry Holt 205
330
William H. Nash
287
Millard M. Rines
8
Lee R. Higgins
1
Harvey Lamphier
89
Blanks
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, One Year
Arthur L. Crowley 323
199
Harry Holt
William H. Nash 320
Millard M. Rines 278
361
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Lee R. Higgins 4
BOARD OF HEALTH, One Year
Arthur L. Crowley
Harry Holt 206
Millard M. Rines 305
277
151
Rufus King
Blanks
382
39
ASSESSOR, Three Years
Edwin W. Pink
Blanks
364
57
Harry B. Thompson
382
39
Gertrude Peckham
Clarence Telford
241
Blanks
159
Blanks
366
55
TAX COLLECTOR, One Year
Oliver P. Brown
Fred Sweeting
279
Blanks
136
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AUDITOR, One Year
Alice Simmons
H. Lamphier Blanks
370
1
50
TREE WARDEN, One Year
George H. Snell Blanks 371
50
150
324
William H. Nash
Blanks
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Three Years
WATER COMMISSIONER, Three Years
Blanks
PARK COMMISSIONER, Three Years
TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, Three Years
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Horace C. Maxim
Blanks
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CONSTABLES, One Year
Joseph S. Craik 197
James Crotty 113
Chester A. Meyer 328
192
Leroy Meyer
Elmer C. Pease 314
119
Blanks
At 5:45 o'clock P. M., unanimously voted to adjourn until 7:30 in the 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 called upon the Rev. J. Rex Shepler to offer prayer. Town Clerk Galen W. Hoyt read the minutes of the morning meet- ings.
Article 2. Town Clerk read the results of the Ballot- ing.
Article 3. Reports of Town Officers unanimously voted on motion by Edw. E. Osterholm that reports of the various Town Officers be accepted as printed.
Recommendations of Finance Committee
Article 5.
Sec. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. That the town rase and and appropriate $26,075.00 for the support of the Schools and expenses in connection thereto.
Sec. 8. For the support of the Public Library the sum of $500.00 and the Dog Tax.
Sec 9. For salaries of the different Town Officers the sum of $1800.00
Sec. 10. For Current and Incidental expenses the sum of . 2500.00
Sec. 11. For Support of Poor the sum of 4000.00
and Soldiers' Relief the sum of . 300.00
Sec. 12. For Highways and Bridges the sum of $4250.00 under Chapter 81, and the sum of $2500.00 for the center of the town.
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Sec. 13. For State and Military Aid the sum of 72.00
Sec. 14. For Memorial Day and John Edward McNeill Post No. 217, The American Legion the sum of 100.00
Sec. 15. For payment of Initerest the sum of 2300.00 Sec. 16. For the Fire Department the sum of 2000.00 Sec. 17. For Street Lights the amount required by the Selectmen.
Sec. 18. For Water Department Incidental and Pumping the sum of 5000.00
Sec. 19. For Sidewalks the sum of $1000.00 for general repairs, not to be expended under the Betterment Act.
Sec. 20. For Board of Health the sum of 1000.00
Sec. 21. For Police Department the sum of 2500.00
Sec. 22. For Forest Fires the sum of 200.00
Article 6. Voted to recommend all requests for the use of the Town Hall, at a minimum charge of $5.00 per evening, to cover cost of officer and lights.
Article 9. The sum of $100.00 for use of the Tree Warden to care for the shade trees of the Town.
Article 10. Voted to recommend the acceptance of the provisions of Chapter 81 of the Gen- eral Laws.
Article 11. The sum of $250.00 to continue the Town Plat.
Article 12. No recommendation.
Article 13. No recommendation.
Article 14. The sum of $734.76 for the carry- ing on of the Moth Work.
Article 15. The sum of $500.00 for the Park Commissioners.
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Article 16. The sum of $500.00 for the purchase of a piece of land now owned by Robert McNeil, said land to be added to the present Park Playground System and to be used for playground purposes.
Articles 17 & 18. Voted to recommend the sum of $685.00 for the, care and repairs of the Town Hall, $35.00 of this amount to be spent for repairs to the ceiling.
Article 19. Voted to refer the Article to the Town Meeting. No recommendation ..
Article 20. No recommendation.
Article 22. No recommendation.
Article 23. No recommendation.
Article 24. No recommendation.
Article 25. Voted to refer the Article to the Town Meeting.
Article 26. Voted to report in favor of the F Article.
WM. E. BLANCHARD, RUFUS KING, ARTHUR L. CROWLEY, EDWARD OSTERHOLM, NATHANIEL C. GRANT, MILLARD M. RINES, JOHN W. FRANKLIN, Finance Committee.
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Article 5. On motion by Rufus King, unanimously voted the Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of Article 5 be taken up together and the sum of $26,075.00 be raised and appropriated for support of schools, books and supplies, school incidentals, Superintendent of Schools, School Physician, School Nurse, and School Dentist for the current year.
Article 5. Section 8. Library unanimously voted on motion by John Eiden that the sum of $500.00 plus Dog Tax be raised and appropriated for the support of the Public Library for the current year ..
Article 5. Section 9. Salaries of Town Officers. On motion by Francis Russell, unanimously voted, that the sum of $1800 be raised and appropriated for the payment of salaries for the current year.
Article 5. Section 10. Current Incidentals on motion by Wm. H. Nash, unanimously voted, that the sum of $2500.00 be raised and appropriated for current and incidental expenses of the Selectmen for the current year.
Article 5. Section 11. Poor and Soldiers' Relief. On motion by Wm. Nash, unanimously voted that the sum of $4300.00 be raised and appropriated for the support of the Poor and Soldiers' Relief for the current year, $4000.00 for the support of the poor and $300.00 for support of Soldiers' Relief.
On motion by Frank Henrich, unanimously voted that Article 10 be taken up at this time.
Article 10. Chapter 81, General Laws. On motion by Millard M. Rines, unanimously voted to accept Chapter 81, General Laws.
Article 5. Section 12. Highways and Bridges. On motion by Archie L. Walden, unanimously voted that $4250.00 be raised and appropriated to be used under Chapter 81 of the General Laws. Motion by Wm. Nash unanimously voted that $2500.00 be raised and appro- priated for the care of the roads in the center of the town and not to be used under the Betterment Act.
Article 5. Section 13. State and Military Aid. On motion by Fred Northup, unanimously voted that the sum of $72.00 be raised and appropriated for State and Military Aid for the current year.
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Article 5. Section 14. Memorial Day and John Ed- ward McNeill Post 217, American Legion. On motion by Wm. Nash, unanimously voted that the sum of $100.00 be raised and appropriated for Memorial Day and John Edward McNeill Post 217, American Legion the current year.
Article 5. Section 15. Interest. On motion by Ed- ward E. Osterholm, unanimously voted that the sum of $2300.00 be raised and appropriated for the payment of interest the current year.
Article 5. Section 16. Fire Department. On motion by Richard F. Barton, unanimously voted that the sum of $2000.00 be raised and appropriated for the use of the Fire Department the current year.
On motion by Sylvester Smith, unanimously voted that the Article Number 24 be taken up at this time.
Article 24. (Petition). Motion by Earl B. Thomp- son, unanimously voted that the Selectmen enter into an agreement with the Union Light and Power Company (8) eight lights be installed from the residence of R. G. Munroe to the residence of Charles Wilhelm.
Article 5. Section 17. Street Lights. On motion by Millard M. Rines, unanimously voted that the sum of $3416.66 be raised and appropriated for street lights the current year.
Article 5. Section 18. Water Department. On mo- tion by Richard Berkley, unanimously voted that the sum of $5000 be raised and appropriated for Water De- partment Incidentals and Pumping.
Article 5. Section 19. Sidewalks. Motion by Archie L. Walden, unanimously voted that the sum of $1000.00 be raised and appropriated for sidewalks, not to be expended under Betterment Act.
Article 5. Section 20. Board of Health. On motion by William H. Nash, unanimously voted that the sum of $1000.00 be raised and appropriated for the Board of Health the current year.
Article 5. Section 21. Police Department. On mo- tion by Archie L. Walden, unanimously voted that the sum of $2500.00 be raised and appropriated for the Police Department the current year.
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Article 5. Section 22. Forest Fires. On motion by Richard F. Barton, unanimously voted that the sum of $200.00 be raised and appropriated for the Forest Fire Department the current year.
Article 6. On motion by Lyman Parmenter, unani- mously voted that the use of the Town Hall be granted to Parent-Teacher Association two evenings.
2. Plainville Fire Department six evening.
3. Alumni Association two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange three evenings and one day.
5. Plainville M. E. Church one day and three eve- nings.
6. John Edward McNeill Post 217 five evenings.
7. Girl Scouts, Troop No. 1, one evening.
8. Athletic Association one night each week during Basketball Season for the minimum charge of Five Dol- lars ($5.00) per evening.
Article 7. On motion by Sylvester Smith, unanimous- ly voted that the Town have the surety of the Collector of Taxes and other Town Officers' Bond placed with a Fidelity and Guarantee Co. and to pay for same from the Current and Incidental Account of the Selectmen.
Article 8. Unanimously voted on motion by Wm. Nash, that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1930, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debts or debt incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 9. Tree Warden. On motion by George Snell, unanimously voted that $100.00 be raised and appro- priated for use of the Tree Warden the current year.
Article 11. Town Pat. On motion by Wm. Nash, unanimously voted that $250.00 be raised and appropri- ated to continue the Town Plat.
Article 12. Permanent Sidewalks. On motion by Frank E. Whiting, unanimously voted that the sum of $1000.00 be raised and appropriated for permanent side- walks the current year and the same to be expended under the Betterment Act.
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Article 13. Snow. On a motion by Archie L. Walden, unanimously voted that $600.00 be raised and appropri- ated for the removal of snow the current year.
Article 14. Moth Department. . On a motion by George Snell, unanimously voted that the sum of $734.76 be raised and appropriated for the Moth Department the current year.
Article 15. Park Commissioners. On a motion by Rufus King, unanimously voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the use of the Park Com- missioners the current year.
Article 16. Park Commission. On motion by Rufus King, unanimously voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated to purchase the piece of land owned by Robert McNeil and this land to be added to the present Park and Playground System.
On motion by Wm. Nash, voted that Articles 17 and 18 be taken up together.
Articles 17 and 18. Repairs of Town Hall. On motion by Wm. Nash, unanimously voted that the sum of $685.00 be raised and appropriated for the care and repairs of the Town Hall, $35.00 of this sum to be used to repair the ceiling in the ante room and also repair the platser- ing in the Town Hall entrance.
Article 19. (Petition). On a motion by Frank E. Whiting, unanimously voted that the sum of $200.00 be raised and appropriated to repair George Street begin- ning at the foot of Hancock Hill and extending northerly to fifty (50) feet beyond Capt. Crowley's stone wall.
Article 20. (Petition). On a motion by Frank E. Whiting, unanimously voted the sum of $200.00 be raised and appropriated to purchase a new curtain for the Town Hall stage.
Article 21. On a motion by Edward E. Osterholm, unanimously voted that the sum of $2,078.77 be raised and appropriated to pay the following overdrafts and to be taken from surplus account :
Overdrafts 1927 account. $ 360.71
Snow
1928 account. 127.50
Water 1928 account 1,305.90
1928 account . 55.40
Public Welfare
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Highway
1928 account
173.08
Police
1928 account.
24.85
Current
1928 account .
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