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Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install water pipes on Wyman Road, from Fairfield Road to Lancaster Road, a distance of 240 feet, as petitioned for.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and apropriate a sum of money to install water pipes on Fair- field Road from Mill Street to Wyman Road, a distance of 350 feet, as petitioned for.
Article 61. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3000.00 for a six inch water line, on Augusta- Rockerfeller Street, labor to be supplied by W. P. A. for a distance of 1600 feet from Pond Street to Ryan Street, as petitioned for.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the laying of water pipe on Vine Street, as petitioned for.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install water pipes on Lancaster Road from Wyman Road, a distance of 625 feet, as petitioned for.
MISCELLANEOUS
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $358.75 for the purchase of an
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Elliott Addressing Machine as per agreement made by the Water Commissioners, as petitioned for.
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to renovate the G. A. R. Hall, this Hall to be set aside by the Trustees as a Grand Army Memorial Hall, as petitioned for by the Trustees of the Stetson School Fund.
Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 for materials and ex- penses for Town wide fence repair project, to be construc- ted by the Work Progress Administration, as petitioned for.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof at the Town Hall, at the Town Clerk's Office, at the Post Office, and at six other public places in the Town, seven days at least, before the day and hour for holding said Meeting.
Hereof, fail not, and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the day and hour appointed for holding said meeting.
Given under our hands at Randolph, this 2nd day of February A. D. 1940.
THEODORE S. LUDDINGTON, CHARLES H. MCGRATH, CHARLES F. BLAKELY, Selectmen of Randolph.
A True Copy.
Attest :
Constable.
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INDEX
Appropriation Table
84
Assessors, Report of
100
Balance Sheet
80
Births
31
Board of Appeals, Report of
146
Board of Health, Report of
114
Board of Selectmen, Report of
97
Deaths
39
Diseases, Classification of
46
Fire Department, Report of
140
Highway Surveyor, Report of 132
Inspector of Animals, Report of 120
119
Inspector of Plumbing, Report of
117
Inspector of Slaughtering, Report of
118
Interments
43
Investigating Committee for Stetson High School, Report of 147
Jurors, List of
143
Marriages 35
137
Planning Board and Park Commissioners, Report of. 131
Police Department, Report of 138
Pumping Record 125
School Committee, Report of 162
142
State Audit, Report of
157
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
170
Tax Collector, Report of
104
Town Accountant, Report of
52
Town Clerk, Report of
9
Town Meeting, 1939, Report of
9
Town Notes and Bonds, Provision for Payment of
83
Town Officers
5
Town Treasurer, Report of
50
Tree Warden, Report of
136
Trustees of Stetson School Fund, Report of
204
Turner Free Library, Report of
106
Vital Statistics 47
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1940
206
Water Commissioners, Report of 121
Water, Regulations for the Use of
126
Zoning By-Laws for Town of Randolph
87
Inspector of Milk, Report of
Moth Superintendent, Report of
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
One Hundred and Fifth
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
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For the Year Ending December 31
1940
W. L. HICKEY, PRINTER RANDOLPH, MASS.
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One Hundred and Fifth ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Selectmen and Overseers of Public Welfare, Town Clerk and Treasurer, Assessors, Board of Health, School Committee, Tax Collector, Fire Department, Highway Surveyor, Police Department
of the
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
Together with the Reports of
Town Accountant, The Trustees of the Stetson School Fund, The Trustees of the Turner Free Library, Water Commissioners, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Animal Inspector, Milk Inspector, Plumbing Inspector, In- spector of Slaughtering, Moth Superintendent, Tree Warden
for the
Year Ending December 31, 1940
JUN 8 1963
Annual Report of the Town of Randolph
TOWN OFFICERS, 1940
Elected
Moderator (elected annually)-Walter F. Stephens.
Town Clerk and Treasurer (elected annually)-Marion L. Bailey.
Selectmen and Overseers of Public Welfare (elected an- nually)-Charles F. Blakely, James P. Duffy, Theo- dore S. Luddington.
Assessors (elected for 3 years)-James P. Duffy, term expires 1941 ; Raymond E. Lyons, term expires 1942 ; Frank F. Teed, term expires 1943.
School Committee (elected for 3 years)-Walter J. Flan- agan, term expires 1941; George H. Chase, term expires 1942; John E. Kelley, term expires 1942; William G. Billingham, term expires 1943; Ralph H. Hutchinson, term expires 1943.
Trustees of Stetson School Fund (elected for 3 years)- Walter J. Flanagan, term expires 1941; John E. Kelley, term expires 1942: Ralph H. Hutchinson, term expires 1943.
Board of Health (elected for 3 years)-George H. Heney, term expires 1941; William E. Buck, term expires 1942 ; Frederick J. Driscoll, term expires 1943.
Tax Collector (elected annually) -Clara F. Kennedy.
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Water Commissioners (elected for 3 years) -Richard F. Forrest (Deceased), term expires 1941; Frederick D. Driscoll, term expires 1942; William J. Almond, term expires 1943.
Highway Surveyor (elected annually)-John A. Fred- erickson.
Tree Warden (elected annually)-John T. Moore.
Planning Board (elected for 3 years) -William F. Dolan, term expires 1941; Edward T. Clark (resigned), term expires 1942; Carroll Paine, term expires 1942; Russell W. Bennett, term expires 1943; Eugene L. McAuliffe, term expires 1943.
Constables (elected annually)-Russell W. Bennett, Her- man H. Bertram, Russell W. Dixon, Arthur T. Dolan, Ralph H. Hutchinson, Frank H. Linfield, Russell L. Towns.
Appointments by Selectmen
Town Accountant (appointed for 3 years)-William J. McLaughlin, term expires 1942.
Registrars of Voters (appointed for 3 years)-Mrs. Mil- dred B. Taber, term expires 1941; Dennis Murphy, term expires 1942; Walter L. Hickey, term expires 1943; Marion L. Bailey, Town Clerk ex-officio.
Chief of Police-Patrick T. McDonnell (Chapter 31, Sec- tion 49).
Chief of Fire Department-Harold L. Bailey (Chapter 48, Section 42).
Forest Fire Warden-Harold L. Bailey.
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Inspector of Buildings-Harold L. Bailey.
Warden of Infirmary-John H. Marcille; Matron, Mrs. Stella Hughes.
Keeper of the Lock-up (appointed annually) -William H. Mahoney.
Fence Viewers - Rupert Powers, Alfred Quimby and Frank C. Wales.
Surveyors of Wood and Bark - Edwin Soule, Lincoln Stetson and Charles Truelson.
Field Drivers - William Carroll, Timothy Lyons, Jr., Alfred Quimby and Frank Walsh.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Daniel P. Lyons.
Public Weighers-Frank Diauto, Ruth Diauto, Michael Diauto, Frank Esposito, Fred Kennedy, Francis Leahy, Dennis Murphy and John White.
Inspector of Milk-Henry W. Merrill.
Inspector of Animals-Charles H. Truelson.
Inspector of Slaughtering-Weston L. Mann.
Moth Superintendent-John T. Moore.
Dog Officer-James J. Cotter.
Administrator, Old Age Assistance-Frank Gaffney.
Board of Appeals, Zoning Laws-Dennis Murphy, term expires 1941; George Taylor, term expires 1941 ; G. Henry Tangen, term expires 1942; George Welch, term expires 1942 ; John E. Kelley, term expires 1943.
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Special Officers (to serve without pay)-Russell Bennett, Herman Bertram, Frank W. Billingham, Edmund J. Brady, William E. Buck, Leslie Claff, Lloyd Claff, William S. Condon, Leo H. Connors, Merrill Coombs, James Cotter, Russell Dixon, Harry Dolan, Ray Eiliott, Edward Fahey, Emery Ferris, Frank Forrest, George Frawley, John A. Frederickson, Thomas H. Good, Stephen J. Hart, George Heney, Irving Hill, Ralph Hutchinson, Robert Isaac, Norman Keith, Russell Leavitt, Frank H. Linfield, Culbert Macy, William Mahoney, Charles Main, William C. Mann, Henry P. McCarthy, William J. McGrath, Gerald Peters, Harold Peters, Bertram Schloesser, James Shea, William C. Sloane, Herman H. Smith, Florence Sullivan, Percy H. Thompson, William Tierney, Rob- ert Torrance, Russell Towns, John F. Welsh, James H. Duggan, Milton Police. Constables, Patrick T. McDonnell and E. Clifton Payne.
Committees Appointed by Moderator
Committee of nine to serve on Finance Committee-Edgar Beers, Dominic J. Hand, Carl W. Telander (terms expire 1941) ; Joseph Harris, A. Howard Holbrook, John E. McGerigle (terms expire 1942) ; Leslie A. Claff, William J. Good, Carl E. Reichert (resigned), (terms expire 1943).
Representative to General Court from 9th Norfolk Representative District Roy C. Smith, Holbrook, Mass.
Representative to Congress from 13th Congressional District
Richard B. Wigglesworth, Milton, Mass.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Report of the Town Clerk
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, March 4, 1940
Election of Officers
Total number of votes for Precinct 1 2343
Total number of votes for Precinct 2
735
Total votes cast in both Precincts
3078
MODERATOR (1 year)
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Total
Timothy Lyons, Jr.
915
271
1186
Walter F. Stephens
1295
395
1690
Blanks
133
69
202
TOWN CLERK (1 year)
Marion L. Bailey
1872
501
2373
George Henry Tangen
396
192
588
Blanks
75
42
117
TOWN TREASURER (1 year)
Marion L. Bailey
1838
495
2333
George Henry Tangen
408
198
606
Blanks
97
42
139
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF PUBLIC WELFARE
(1 year)
John E. Beach
978
293
1271
Charles F. Blakely
1445
464
1909
James P. Duffy
1170
274
1444
Chester G. Glidden
537
204
741
Theodore S. Luddington
1073
384
1457
Charles Herman McGrath
1119
312
1431
Blanks
707
274
981
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ASSESSOR (3 years)
George H. Heney
1026
258
1284
Frank F. Teed
1188
408
1596
Blanks
129
69
198
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 years)
William G. Billingham
1126
337
1463
Margaret R. Brewster
963
286
1249
Edward T. Clark
827
252
1079
Ralph H. Hutchinson
1227
335
1562
Blanks
543
260
803
TRUSTEE STETSON SCHOOL FUND (3 years)
Margaret R. Brewster
989
315
1304
Ralph H. Hutchinson
1184
333
1517
Blanks
170
87
257
BOARD OF HEALTH (3 years)
Fred A. Diauto
726
286
1012
Frederick J. Driscoll
763
256
1019
Frank A. Forrest
738
132
870
Blanks
116
61
177
TAX COLLECTOR (1 year)
John William Hurry
767
350
1117
Clara F. Kennedy
1475
349
1824
Blanks
101
36
137
WATER COMMISSIONER (3 years)
William J. Almond
1080
281
1361
John E. McGerigle
557
76
633
Herman H. Smith
610
336
946
Blanks
96
42
138
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR (1 year)
Louis J. Courtney
1079
301
1380
John A. Frederickson
1207
418
1625
Blanks
57
16
73
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TREE WARDEN (1 year)
Earle R. McDonald
656
229
885
John T. Moore
1488
397
1885
Blanks
199
109
308
PLANNING BOARD (3 years)
Russell W. Bennett
1076
322
1398
Frank J. Harkins, Jr.
760
248
1008
Eugene L. McAuliffe
1219
327
1546
Thomas E. Scannell
758
278
1036
Blanks
873
295
1168
CONSTABLES (1 year)
Russell W. Bennett
1105
310
*1415
Herman H. Bertram
888
391
*1279
Webster Boyer
562
198
760
Frank Bump
526
197
723
John Camelio
743
204
947
Russell W. Dixon
1007
271
*1278
Arthur T. Dolan
830
220
*1050
Charles L. French
593
225
818
Ralph H. Hutchinson
1178
282
*1460
William F. Leighton
363
205
568
Frank H. Linfield
1150
266
*1416
Culbert F. Macy
712
296
1008
William P. Mahoney
838
193
1031
Russell L. Towns
1005
263
*1268
Blanks
4901
1624
6525
A true copy.
Attest:
MARION L. BAILEY,
Town Clerk.
Randolph, Mass., March 9, 1940.
The Board of Registrars of Randolph met this day at 1.30 o'clock P. M., in G. A. R. Hall, to recount the bal-
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lots cast for the office of Selectmen and Overseers of Public Welfare (1 year term) and Board of Health (3 year term).
The envelopes were opened, ballots counted and the result declared.
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS PUBLIC WELFARE
Original
Count
Recount
Gains
Losses
John E. Beach
1271
1268
3
Charles F. Blakely
1909
1904
5
James P. Duffy
1444
1457
13
Chester G. Glidden
741
738
3
Theodore S. Luddington
1457
1460
3
Charles Herman McGrath
1431
1434
3
Blanks
981
973
8
Total
9234
9234
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BOARD OF HEALTH
Fred A. Diauto
1012
1007
5
Frederick J. Driscoll
1019
1023
4
Frank A. Forrest
870
873
3
Blanks
177
175
2
Total
3078
3078
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MILDRED B. TABER, WALTER L. HICKEY, DENNIS J. MURPHY,
Registrars of Voters of Randolph.
A true copy. Attest :
MARION L. BAILEY, Town Clerk.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, 1940
Randolph, Mass., March 11, 1940
Article 1. Voted Unanimously: 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 begin- ning January 1, 1940, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 2. Voted: That each department or salary be taken up separately.
General Government
Moderator:
Salary
$50.00
Selectmen :
Salaries
$1,000.00
Expenses
600.00
1,600.00
Accountant :
Salary
$1,500.00
Expenses
100.00
1,600.00
Treasurer :
Salary
$1,250.00
Expenses for Clerks
1,240.00
Other Expenses (including premium on bond)
500.00
Tax Foreclosures
500.00
3,490.00
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Tax Collector :
Salary
$2,000.00
Clerk Salary
520.00
Expenses (including pre- mium on bond)
900.00
Tax Titles
450.00
3,870.00
Assessors :
Salaries
$1,500.00
Expenses (General)
1,000.00
Transcript of Deeds
200.00
Maps
100.00
Legal Expenses
100.00
2,900.00
Law Department :
Attorney's Fees
$700.00
Costs and Claims
1,200.00
1,900.00
Finance Committee:
Expenses
200.00
Planning Board :
Expenses
10.00
Park Commission
None
Town Clerk:
Salary
$750.00
Expenses
125.00
Vital Statistics
125.00
1,000.00
Election and Registration :
Salaries of Registrars
$600.00
Registrars' Expenses
400.00
Election Expenses
1,750.00
2,750.00
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Town Office Expenses : Salary of Janitor Expenses
$960.00
1,100.00
2,060.00
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department:
Salaries
$8,500.00
General Expenses
4,695.00
13,195.00
Lockup Department :
Salary of Keeper
$100.00
Expenses (including heating)
100.00
200.00
Fire Department:
Salaries
$8,460.00
Expenses
2,700.00
11,160.00
Dog Officer :
Salary
180.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
Salary
$150.00
Expenses
60.00
210.00
Inspector of Buildings : Expenses
None
Tree Warden :
Salary
$250.00
Expenses
500.00
Gypsy Moth
1,000.00
1,750.00
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Health and Sanitation
Health Department :
Salary
$350.00
Expenses 300.00
County Hospital Assessment
2,585.14
Hospitalization 3,000.00
Diphtheria Clinic
50.00
Town Dump
250.00
Inspector of Plumbing, Salary
250.00
Inspector of Slaughtering, Salary
100.00
Inspector of Animals, Salary
100.00
Inspector of Milk, Salary
150.00
Dental Clinic-to include High
School Students 1,300.00
8,435.14
Highway Department
Salary
$1,800.00
Maintenance
11,400.00
New Truck
600.00
Snow Removal
21,000.00
*Chapter 90, Roads
1,500.00
Street Lights
10,755.12
47,055.12
*Note: State and County will reimburse $500.00 each, which will be used to reduce tax rate of 1940.
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
Infirmary
$4,500.00
Outside Relief
24,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
6,500.00
State Aid
600.00
Soldiers' Relief
6,500.00
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Military Aid
75.00
Old Age Assistance
45,000.00
*Town Physicians
600.00
Outside Relief Administration
1,300.00
A. D. C. Administration 300.00
Old Age Administration
1,580.00
90,955.00
*Note: Your Committee recommends that this sum be spent at the rate of 50 calls for each physician at $2.00 per call. All other calls to be free calls; this is for Ran- dolph settled welfare cases only.
Schools
Salaries
$101,373.37
Expenses
$18,433.33
Less Dog Tax and Coddington
Fund
1,020.12
17,413.21
Turner Library
Repairs
500.00
Unclassified
Memorial Day Expenses $325.00
Armistice Day None
Printing and Distributing Town Reports 735.00
Insurance 4,500.00
5,560.00
Public Service Enterprises
Water Department:
Commissioners' Salaries
$375.00
Superintendent's Salary
2,000.00
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Maintenance
5,000.00
Meter Reader's Salary
300.00
Joint Account
5,200.00
12,875.00
Maturing Debt and Interest
Maturing Debt
$27,933.00
Interest and Discount
7,000.00
34,933.00
Article 3. Voted: That the following sums be raised and appropriated for unpaid bills of previous years :
Vital Statistics
$136.50
Charities
6,000.00
School Department
1,320.10
Water W. P. A.
1,472.24
Water Dept. Maintenance
103.13
Street Lights
94.71
Town Clerk Expense
31.75
Highway 1938 Hurricane
13.34
9,171.77
Article 4. Voted: That the recommendation of the Finance Committee be accepted, that no action be taken under this article.
Article 5. Voted : That the sum of $2,250.00 be raised and appropriated for the employment of a District Nurse.
Article 6. Voted: That the pay of Town Laborers and others hired by the day or hour remain the same as in 1939.
Article 7. Not acted on.
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Article 8. Voted: That the report of the Electric Light Committee as given be accepted and the Committee be discharged.
Voted: That the Report of the Committee appointed to investigate the overcrowded conditions of the Stetson High School, as it appears in the Town Report on page 147, be accepted.
A true record. Attest : MARION L. BAILEY, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 18, 1940
Article 9. Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to appoint a Special Officer, or Officers, to enforce the laws, with the approval of the Chief of Police.
Article 10. Voted: That the Water Commissioners be authorized to appoint any of their members to another office or position under their control and fix the salary of each office or position in accordance with Chapter 36, Acts of 1929.
Superintendent Meter Reader 300.00
$2,000.00
all as appropriated under Article 2.
Voted: To reconsider Article 2.
Voted: That Article 2, under the heading Treas- urer's Salary, be amended to read as follows: Treasurer, Salary (including all necessary clerical work in the Water Dept. and Collection of Water Rates), $1,250.00.
Article 11. Voted: Indefinite postponement.
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Article 12. Appropriation made under Article 2.
Article 13. Voted: That the sum of $20.00 be raised and appropriated for maintenance and lighting of the clock in the tower of the First Congregational Church.
Article 14. Voted: That the town raise and appro- priate for materials, expenses and equipment in connec- tion with W. P. A. projects, the sum of $15,500.00, $4,- 500.00 thereof be transferred to the Water Department for W. P. A. expenses and $500.00 be expended for the purchase of spraying equipment for the Moth Depart- ment; all except the $4,500.00 to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 15. Voted: That the Town amend the By- Laws as follows: No elected or appointed member of any Committee or Board in the Town of Randolph shall be awarded any contract to be exercised in the Town of Randolph, the value of which is in excess of $100.00 (One Hundred Dollars), unless said contract was open to com- petitive bidding.
Article 16. Voted: That the sum of $750.00 be raised and appropriated for the lease of quarters for the Lieut. Thomas W. Desmond Post, No. 169, of the Amer- ican Legion.
Article 17. Voted: That the sum of $750.00 be raised and appropriated for lease and maintenance of quarters for the Lieut, John D. Crawford Post, No. 3389, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Article 18. Voted: That the sum of $7,000.00 be raised and appropriated for materials and equipment to improve the athletic field on the Stetson High School grounds and on adjacent town owned land, in conjunc-
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tion with a W. P. A. Project; and that the money be expended under the direction of the School Committee.
Article 19. Voted Unanimously: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 for an Em- ployment Fund to provide work instead of Public Wel- fare, and that men eligible for welfare have preference over all others, and that this fund be under the direct control of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 20. Defeated.
A true record. Attest :
MARION L. BAILEY, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 27, 1940
Article 21. No action taken.
Article 22. Voted: That a Committee of five citizens from Precinct 2 be appointed by the Moderator to inves- tigate suitable locations for a playground in North Ran- dolph and report back at the Annual Town Meeting of 1941.
Article 23. No action taken.
Article 24. Voted: That this matter be referred to the committee for further study and bring in their rec- ommendations at a special town meeting.
A true record. Attest : MARION L. BAILEY,
Town Clerk.
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ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING April 8, 1940
Article 25. Defeated.
Article 26. Voted: Two hundred sixty-seven in the affirmative to thirteen in the negative that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow, under authority of and in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1939, the sum of $25,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be paid in not more than ten years from their dates as shall be fixed by the Emergency Finance Board named in Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933. The proceeds of the loan are hereby appropriated for meeting appropriations made for W. P.A.
Article 27. Voted: Two hundred and fifty-three in the affirmative to ten in the negative that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $15,000.00 in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as amended, for the purpose of providing funds to meet ordinary maintenance expenses and revenue loans, such borrowing in no event to exceed the amount of the tax titles held in excess of the amount owing to the Common- wealth for similar loans previously made.
Article 28. Voted: That the sum of $1,275.00 be raised and appropriated for repairs at the Prescott School.
Street Layouts
Article 29. Voted: That the town instruct the Sel- ectmen to lay out Forrest Street from Old Street to North Main Street, and raise and appropriate $100.00 therefor.
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TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Article 30. Voted: That the Town instruct the Selectmen to lay out Vinton Street and raise and appro- priate $85.00 therefor.
Article 31. Voted: That the Town instruct the Selectmen to lay out Hills Street from a point 400 feet westerly from North Main Street, which has already been accepted, to High Street for a distance of 1,201 feet, and raise and appropriate $100.00 therefor.
Street Acceptances
Article 32. Voted: That no action be taken on this article as this street was accepted under Article 34 in 1937.
Article 33. Voted: To accept Lancaster Road and Wyman Road, as laid out by the Selectmen.
Article 34. Voted: To accept Patterson Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, a distance of 500 feet from Centre Street.
Article 35. Voted: That no action be taken on this article as this street has not yet been laid out.
Article 36. Voted: To accept Augusta Rockefeller Street as laid out by the Selectmen.
Voted: To reconsider Article 2, the item of Cost and Claims only.
Voted: That of the sum of $1,200.00 appropriated under Costs and Claims, the sum of $250.00 be assigned to defraying the cost of land damages in connection with the extension of Oliver Street.
Article 37. No action taken.
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ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
Article 38. Voted: To accept the layout of Eugenia Street as made by the Board of Selectmen.
Street Construction
Article 39. Taken care of under Article 43.
Article 40. Taken care of under Article 43.
Article 41. Taken care of under Article 43.
Article 42. Taken care of under Article 43.
Article 43. Voted: That the sum of $6,000.00 be raised and appropriated for materials and expenses for a Town-wide Street Project to be constructed under the W. P. A. and that the subject matter of Article 39, 40, 41 and 42 be taken care of under this article.
Sidewalks
Article 44. Voted : Indefinite postponement.
Article 45. Voted: That no action be taken on this article as that part from Toomey's Store to West Street and 1500 feet on Lafayette Street will be taken care of under Article 47.
Article 46. Voted: That no action be taken on this article as 1500 feet (starting at Union Street) will be taken care of under Article 47.
Article 47. Voted : That the sum of $7,000.00 be raised and appropriated for materials and expenses for sidewalks to be constructed by the Works Progress Ad- ministration on the following streets: Center, Cross, Fowler, Grove, Woodlawn, Fairmount, Lafayette, Allen,
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