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3. For the Selectmen's current and incidental ex- penses.
4. For the payment of Insurance.
5. For Welfare work.
6. For Old Age Assistance.
7. For Soldiers' Relief.
8. For Highways and Bridges, excluding Chapter 81.
9. For State and Military Aid.
10. For Memorial Day.
11. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
12. For Fire Department.
13. For Street Lights
14. For Water Department Incidental and Pumping.
15. For Sidewalks.
16. For Board of Health.
17. For Police Department including Street Patrol.
18. For Forest Fires.
19. For Tree Warden.
20. For Removal of Snow.
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21. For Maturing Water Bonds.
22. For Maturing Municipal Land Loan note.
23. For Maturing High School Addition note.
24. For Maturing Fire Equipment Bonds.
25. For Town Hall.
26. For Park Commissioners.
27. For Support of Schools.
28. Town Forest Committee
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Town Clerk and Secretary of the Water Commissioners 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 January 1st. 1933 in anticipation of the revenue of 1933.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250 .- 00) to continue the Town Plat, or do or act in any man- ner relative thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $943.67, or any other sum, for the carrying on of the moth work for the current year.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,163.70 for the following over- drafts :
Current and Incidentals (Insurance) $634.04
Welfare
539.36
$1,173.40
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Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a reserve fund to pro- vide for extra-ordinary or unforseen expenses, as authorized by Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws.
Article 13. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall at a minimum charge of five dollars ($5.00) per day to :-
1. Parent-Teacher Association, two evenings.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
3. Alumni Association, two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, one day and three evenings.
5. Plainville M. E. Church, one day and three eve- nings.
6. John Edward McNeill Post 217, ten evenings.
7. Girl Scouts, one evening.
8. Athletic Association, one evening each week dur- ing basketball season.
9. Boy Scouts, two evenings.
10. Board of Trade, two days and two evenings. .
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- at the sum of $511.76 the amount apportioned to Plain- ville for repairs and maintenance of the Norfolk County Hospital.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws for the extension of Bacon Street from Washington Street to a point near the junction of Messenger and Taunton Streets and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for this purpose and determine how the same shall be raised.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars
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($500.00 to be paid to the Attleboro Hospital for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Hospital for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment; in accordance with Section 74 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto, and act fully thereon.
Article 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to renew any or all of the revenue loans of 1932, issued for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws, the same to be paid from the revenue of 1932, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant to Frank P. Toner a right of way extending from Messenger Street southerly over land of the Town to the land which was conveyed to said Frank P. Toner by a vote at the annual meeting held in March 1931, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 19. 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 20. (Petition) To see if Town will vote to extend the Electric Lighting System from Taunton Street in a westerly direction along Messenger Street to the North Attleboro Line and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 21. (Petiton) To see if the Town will vote to accept and lay out Fremont Street and appropriate a
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sum of money for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 22. 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 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 Fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-two.
[Seal]
ARTHUR L. CROWLEY, MILLARD M. RINES, WILLIAM H. NASH, Selectmen of Plainville.
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INDEX
Town Officers
Town Clerk's Report
3
Licenses Received
7
Births
25
Marriages
26
Deaths
27
Jury List
28
In Memoriam
Report of School Committee
31
School Officials
32
School Committee
33
Report of School Superintendent
35
38
Statistics
53
List of Teachers
55
Pupils Enrolled
56
Attendance Table
57
Fires During the Year
59
Report of Forest Warden
60
Report of Inspector of Animals
60
Report of Milk Inspector
61
Report of Police Department
62
Report of Park Commissioners
62
Report of Tree Warden
66
Report of Moth Department
68
Report of Collector of Taxes
71
Report of Public Library
74
Treasurer's Report
76 78
Current and Incidental
87
Town Hall
89
Chapter 90, Messenger Street
93
Highway Department
94
Police Department
94
Fire Engineers
96
Park Commissioners
98
Street Lighting
101
Board of Health
102
Moth Department
103
Soldiers' Relief
103
Norfolk County Hospital
104
Forest Fire Pump
104
Tree Warden
104
Salaries of Town Officials
104
Town Forest
105
Library Improvement
105
Welfare Department
106
Public Library
106
Town Plat 109
111
Cement Sidewalk 111
112
112
Auditor's Report
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 1932
113
61
Report of Inspector of Slaughtering
Report of Board of Water Commissioners
Report of the Highway Department
64
Report of Town Forest Committee
70
Report of Assessors
73
Report of Selectmen
Graduation Exercises, Grammar School
Commencement Exercises, High School
51
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
58
29
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 1931
7
For Memorial Day
63
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TOWN OFFICERS
MODERATOR William H. Nash
TOWN CLERK Arthur W. Washburn TOWN TREASURER Edward E. Osterholm SELECTMEN, BOARD OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC WELFARE
Arthur L. Crowley
William H. Nash
Millard M. Rines
ASSESSORS
William E. Blanchard
Charles J. Quirk
Term expires 1933
Edwin W. Pink
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1935
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Charles H. Peasley
Frank O. Patton
Term expires 1933
Elmer G. Ralston
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1935
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Frank V. Henrich
Richard H. Berkley
Term expires 1933
Term expires 1934
Harry B. Thompson
Term expires 1935
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIS LIBRARY
Fred W. Northup Millard M. Rines Alice Pease
Term expires 1933 Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935
TAX COLLECTOR
Oliver P. Brown
ANNUAL REPORT
PARK COMMISSIONERS
Clarence F. Telford
Meta A. Schubert
Gertrude Peckham
Term expires 1933 Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935
AUDITOR-One Year Alice Simmons
CONSTABLES
Joseph S. Craik
Chester A. Meyer
Elmer C. Pease
TREE WARDEN George H. Snell
FENCE VIEWERS AND FIELD DRIVERS
Chester A. Meyer
Elmer C. Pease
MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK AND LUMBER
Harry O. Proal
George B. Greenlay
Ernest E. Munroe
Henry I. Riley
- APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN -
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Archie L. Walden
MILK INSPECTOR Frank E. Whiting FIRE ENGINEERS
Christian Henrich
Richard F. Barton
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Rupert P. Rhodes FIRE WARDEN Richard F. Barton
Joseph S. Craik
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OFFICIAL WEIGHER Frank E. Whiting SPECIAL ' POLICE
Fred W. Northup Roy Meyer George B. Greenlay
Archie L. Walden George Snell
Eugene Brodeur
FIRE POLICE
Richard F. Barton
Charles J. Quirk
Joseph S. Craik
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING Ernest Toothill
DOG OFFICER
Chester A. Meyer
MOTH INSPECTOR George H. Snell
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Frank E. Whiting
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Fred W. Northup
Frank King
Harold Anderson
Arthur W. Washburn
Term expires 1933 Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935
TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
George H. Snell Oswin Woodward George B. Greenlay
Term expires 1933 Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935
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- APPOINTED BY SCHOOL COMMITTEE -
SUPERINTENDENT Laurence G. Nourse
PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL Harry L. Dixon
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Willis L. Hale
SCHOOL NURSE
Ruah M. Harris
- APPOINTED AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING -
ADVISORY OR FINANCIAL COMMITTEE
Lee Higgins
Edward Bauman
Jacob Englebert
Edgar F. Berry
Arthur L. Crowley
Christian F. Henrich
Edward E. 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 SEVENTH DAY of MARCH, A. D. 1932 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 Public Welfare, 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 an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, March 7. 1932.
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Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 6. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise such sums of money as may be required to defray town charges for the financial year ending Dec- ember 31, 1932, and expressly for the following pur- poses, to wit :
: 1. For the support of the Public Library.
2. For the payment of the salaries of the different Town Officers.
3. For the Selectmen's current and incidental ex- penses.
4. For the payment of Insurance.
5. For Welfare work.
6. For. Old Age Assistance.
7. For Soldiers' Relief.
8. For Highways and Bridges, excluding Chapter 81.
9. For State and Military Aid.
10. For Memorial Day.
11. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
12. For Fire Department.
13. For Street Lights.
14. For Water Department Incidental and Pumping.
15. For Sidewalks.
16. For Board of Health.
17. For Police Department including Street Patrol.
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18. For Forest Fires.
19. For Tree Warden.
20. For Removal of Snow.
21. For Maturing Water Bonds.
22. For Maturing Municipal Land Loan note.
23. For Maturing High School Addition note.
24. For Maturing Fire Equipment Bonds.
25. For Town Hall.
26. For Park Commissioners.
27. For Support of Schools.
28. Town Forest Committee.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Town Clerk and Secretary of the Water Commissioners bond placed with a fidelity or guarantee company, and appropriate a sum of money to pay for same.
Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money after January 1st. 1933 in anticipation of the revenue of 1933.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250 .- 00) to continue the Town Plat, or do or act in any man- ner relative thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $943.67, or any other sum, for the carrying on of the moth work for the current year.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1.173.40 for the following over- drafts :
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Current and Incidentals (Insurance) $634.04 539.36
Welfare
$1,173.40
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a reserve fund to pro- vide for extraordinary or unforeseen expenses, as authorized by Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws.
Article 13. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall at a minimum charge of five dollars ($5.00) per day to :--
1. Parent-Teacher Association, two evenings.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
3. Alumni Association, two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, one day and three evenings.
5. Plainville M. F. Church, one day and three eve- nings.
6. John Edward McNeil Post 217, ten evenings.
7. Girl Scouts, one evening.
8. Athletic Association, one evening each week dur- ing basketball season.
9. Boy Scouts, two evenings.
10. Board of Trade, two days and two evenings.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate the sum of $511.76, the amount apportioned to Plain- ville for repairs and maintenance of the Norfolk County Hospital.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws for the extension of Bacon Street from Washington Street to a point near the junction of Messenger and Taunton Streets and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for this purpose and determine how the same shall be raised.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars
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($500.00) to be paid to the Attleboro Hospital for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Hospital for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment ; in accordance with ection 74 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto, and act fully thereon.
Article 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to renew any or all of the revenue loans of 1932, issued for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44. General Laws, the same to be paid from the revenue of 1932, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to grant to Frank P. Toner a right of way extending from Messenger Street southerly over land of the Town to the land which was conveyed to said Frank P. Toner by a vote at the annual meeting held in March, 1931, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 19. 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 Planiville with water, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 20. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to extend the Electric Lighting System from Taunton Street in a westerly direction along Messenger Street to the North Attleboro Line and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 21. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to accept and lay out Fremont Street and appropriate a sum of money for same, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 22. 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 con-
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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 Fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-two.
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ARTHUR L. CROWLEY, MILLARD M. RINES, WILLIAM H. NASH, Selectmen of Plainville.
A true copy. Attest :
CHESTER A. MEYER, Constable of the Town of Plainville.
'T'his 23rd day of February, 1932.
OFFICER'S RETURN ON WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
Plainville, Mass., February 23, 1932.
This certifies that I have posted 7 copies of the within Warrant in 7 public places in the Town of Plainville.
CHESTER A. MEYER, Constable. Town of Plainville.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of February, 1932.
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN. Town Clerk.
Published in newspaper February 23, 1932.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Town Hall, Plainville, Massachusetts, March 7, 1932.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant the 28th Annual Town Meeting was held in the Town Hall, it being the first Monday of March, 1932.
The ballot box was inspected, found empty, and locked by Town Clerk and key turned over to police officer.
Ballot Clerks: Alice Ribero and Fred Northup.
Tellers : Dacia Anderson and Frank King.
Ballot Box: Harry Kenerson.
Police Officer : Jesse Franklin, Jr.
The above having been appointed by the Selectmen. were duly sworn to the faithful performance of their respective duties by Town Clerk.
At six o'clock A. M. the polls were declared open and voting was in order.
At nine o'clock A. M. the meeting was called to order by Town Clerk.
Owing to the absence of the Moderator, the first order of business was the election of a Moderator Pro Tem. Mr. William H. Nash's name was placed in nomination and he was duly elected Moderator Pro Tem.
On motion by Arthur L. Crowley, it was voted to dispense with the reading of the Town Warrant.
Article 1. Unanimously voted that Joseph Craik. Chester Meyer. and Elmer Pease be elected Fence
Viewers and Field Drivers for the ensuing year.
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Unanimously voted that Geo. B. Greenlay, Harry O. Proal, Henry I. Riley, and Ernest E. Munroe be elected Measurers of Wood, Bark, and Lumber for the ensuing year.
Article 3. Unanimously voted that the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer and other Town Officers be accepted as printed with the exception of any error in printing.
Article 22. Mr. George Snell reported for the Com- mittee that. was appointed last year, to investigate the legality of placing the Water Department land under the Town Forest Act, that this matter had all been straightened out with the State before the Committee met.
The following Committee was appointed by the Chair to bring in names as recommendations for the Finance Committee for the ensuing year: O. P. Brown, H. A. Holt, J. Rex Shepler. Elmer Ralston, and Jacob Engle- bert.
Article 4. Motion by George Snell and unanimously voted that we postpone any further action on the articles in the Warrant until an adjourned meeting to be held in Town Hall at 8:00 P. M., March 7, 1932.
At 9:30 A. M. voted to adjourn until 8:00 P. M. this evening.
At 2:15 P. M. voted to close polls. 250 ballots cast and 250 names checked on voting list.
The result of the vote, viz :----
MODERATOR, One Year
227
William H. Nash
1
H. F. Keeney 22
Blanks
TOWN CLERK, One Year
233
Arthur W. Washburn
Blanks 16
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TREASURER, One Year
Edward E. Osterholm 220
Blanks
30
SELECTMEN, One Year
Arthur L. Crowley 227
William H. Nash 216
Millard M. Rines 223
William Blanchard
Blanks
83
OVERSEERS OF PUBLIC WELFARE, One Year
Arthur L. Crowley 224
William H. Nash
215
Blanks
Elmer G. Ralston 143
Alice H. McNeill 101
Blanks
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ASSESSOR, Three Years
Edwin W. Pink
226
Blanks
24
WATER COMMISSIONER, Three Years
Harry B. Thompson 230
Blanks 20
Millard M. Rines 220
91
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Three Years
1
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TRUSTEE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Three Years
222
Alice Pease 28
Blanks
TAX COLLECTOR, One Year
229
Oliver P. Brown 21
Blanks
AUDITOR, One Year
217
Alice Simmons
1
J. Englebert 32
Blanks
TREE WARDEN, One Year
219
George HI. Snell 31
Blanks
CONSTABLES, One Year
222
Joseph S. Craik
221
Chester A. Meyer
218
Elmer Pease
1
Archie Walden
88
Blanks
PARK COMMISSIONER, Three Years
217
Gertrude Peckham
1
Edgar Berry
32
Blanks
TOWN HALL, 8:00 P. M.
Article 2. The Town Clerk read the results of the balloting.
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Article 5. Motion by Millard Rines, and unanimous- ly voted that the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws and raise and appropriate the sum of $4,300.00 therefor.
Article 6. Section 1. Motion by Fred Northup, and unanimously voted that the sum of $924.59 be raised and appropriated for the support of the Public Library for the current year. This amount includes the returns of dog taxes from the County amounting to $453.39 and fines paid library amounting to $21.20.
Section 2. Motion by N. C. Grant, and unanimously voted that the sum of $2,050.00 be raised and appro- priated to be paid as follows: Town Clerk $150.00; Treasurer, $250.00; Tax Collector $250.00; Selectmen $125.00 each, plus $25.00 for the chairman; Assessors, $175.00 each, plus $25.00 for the clerk; School Commit- tee, $40.00 each ; Water Commissioners $25.00 each, plus $25.00 for the secretary ; Registrars, $20.00 each ; Audi- tor, $50.00; Milk Inspector, $50.00; Sealer of Weights and Measures, $50.00.
Section 3. Motion by Arthur L. Crowley, and unani- mously voted that the sum of $2,100.00 be raised and appropriated for the Selectmen's Current and Incidental Expenses for the current year.
Section 4. Motion by Oliver P. Brown, and unani- mously voted that the sum of $1,400.00 be raised and appropriated for the payment of Insurance for the cur- rent year.
Section 5. Motion by Millard Rines, and unimously voted that the sum of $5,000.00 be raised and appro- priated for Welfare Work for the current year.
Section 6. Motion by Arthur L. Crowley, and unani- mously voted that the sum of $4,000.00 be raised and appropriated for Old Age Assistance for the current year.
Section 7. Motion by Millard Rines, and unanimously voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for Soldiers' Relief for the current year.
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Section 8. Motion by Archie L. Walden, and unani- mously voted that the sum of $2,500.00 be raised and appropriated for Highways and Bridges, excluding Chapter 81, for the current year.
Section 9. No action was taken on this section of Article 6.
Section 10. Motion by Mr. Northup, and unanimous- ly voted that the sum of $100.00 be raised and appro- priated for Memorial Day Observance, same to be ex- pended by the John Edward McNeill Post, No. 217, American Legion.
Section 11. Motion by Edward E. Osterholm, and unanimously voted that the sum of $2,500.00 be raised and appropriated for Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
Section 12. Motion by C. F. Henrich, and unanimous- ly voted that the sum of $2,100.00 be raised and appro- priated for the Fire Department for the current year.
Section 13. Motion made and unanimously voted that we defer action on this section of Article 6 until Article 20 has been acted upon and then motion was made by Arthur L. Crowley, and unanimously voted that the sum of $4,500.00 be raised and appropriated for Street Lights for the current year. This amount to cover Article 20.
Section 14. Motion by Harry Thompson, and unani- mously voted that the sum of $4,000.00 be raised and appropriated for Water Department Incidentals and Pumping for the current year.
Section 15. Motion by Archie Walden that the sum of $200.00 be raised and appropriated for sidewalks for the current year.
An amendment was made to this motion by Harry Loud for an additional sum of $400.00 to be raised and appropriated for putting in sidewalks from Wades Hill in a Northerly direction. This to be done in order to give work to some of the unemplayed. The vote was questioned and upon a rising vote, the result was: Yes 41, No 36, in favor of $600.00 appropriation.
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