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Payments :
Lead
27.50
Express
5.27
Pipe
2,162.67
Maintenance Supplies
1,324.31
Equipment Hire
980.25
4,500.00
Millhouse Avenue Extension
Balance, January 1, 1956
1,944.34
Payments :
Pipe
1,189.00
Maintenance Supplies
250.08
Equipment Hire
504.00
1,943.08
Balance to 1957
1.26
1,944.34
Vinton Street Extension
Balance, January 1, 1956
-
1,851.07
Payments :
Pipe
652.96
Lead
6.00
Maintenance Supplies
764.32
Equipment Hire
417.70
1,840.98
Balance to 1957
10.09
1,851.07
South Street Hydrants Appropriation
960.00
Payments : Maintenance Supplies
272.64
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Equipment Hire
685.00
957.64
Balance to 1957
2.36
960.00
Webster Street
Appropriation
1,125.00
Payments :
Pipe
467.00
Maintenance Supplies
97.40
Equipment Hire
560.00
1,124.40
Balance to 1957
.60
1,125.00
Washington Drive-Water Main Appropriation
3,000.00
Payments :
Maintenance Supplies
149.20
Gas & Oil
4.35
Equipment Hire
135.00
288.55
Balance to 1957
11.45
3,000.00
Morse Street-Water Main Appropriation
700.00
Payments :
Equipment Hire
656.25
Maintenance Supplies
39.60
695.85
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Balance to 1957
4.15 700.00
Celia Terrace-Water Main Appropriation
300.00
Payments :
Maintenance Supplies
151.89
Equipment Hire
135.00
Gas & Oil
4.34
291.23
Balance to 1957
8.77
300.00
Celia Terrace Extension
Appropriation
1,500.00
Balance to 1957
1,500.00
MATURING DEBT
Appropriation Payments :
112,000.00
Highway Equipment
5,000.00
Devine School Addition
3,000.00
Junior-Senior High School
65,000.00
Fire Alarm System
3,000.00
Water Loan
4,000.00
School Land
3,000.00
McNeil School
2,000.00
112,000.00
TEMPORARY LOANS
Anticipation of Revenue
500,000.00
Anticipation of Reimbursement
15,500.00
515,500.00
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INTEREST AND DISCOUNT
Appropriation
51,238.00
Payments :
Chapter 90
111.11
Pumping Station
40.00
Devine School Addition
9,610.00
Highway Equipment
81.25
McNeil School
60.00
Fire Alarm System
168.00
High School Land
210.00
On Tax Abatements
737.75
Anticipation of Revenue
5,541.39
Water Loan
40.00
Junior-Senior High School
16,187.50
Sewerage
888.88
33,675.88
Balance to Revenue
17,562.12
51,238.00
REFUNDS
Taxes
30,521.40
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
6,099.32
Water Liens
8.49
Bid Deposits
333,237.90
Tax Title
22.71
369,889.82
AGENCY
Federal Tax
80,181.37
Teachers Retirement
24,875.70
County Retirement
17,568.44
Group Insurance
2,020.91
Blue Cross
10,707.80
County Tax
18,133.65
Dog Licenses
2,262.20
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Fish & Game
2,360.50
State Parks & Reservations
2,554.72
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
3,188.97
163,854.26
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS TEMPORARY LOANS
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS-TEMPORARY LOANS
Outstanding, January 1, 1956
$195,500.00
Notes Issued during 1956
Anticipation of Revenue
500,000.00
Anticipation of Serial Issue Sewerage
160,000.00
$855,500.00
Maturities raid in 1956
Anticipation of Revenue
500,000.00
Anticipation of Reimbursement
15,500.00
Anticipation of Serial Issue
60,000.00
Outstanding, December 31, 1956
280,000.00
855,500.00
INDEBTEDNESS INSIDE STATUTORY LIMIT
Outstanding, January 1, 1956
$650,000.00
Maturities Paid in 1956
McNeil School Addition
2,000.00
High School Land
3,000.00
Pumping Station
4,000.00
New Junior-Senior High School
20,000.00
New Highway Equipment
5,000.00
Devine School Addition
25,000.00
New Fire Alarm System
3,000.00
Outstanding, December 31, 1956
588,000.00
$650,000.00
INDEBTEDNESS OUTSIDE STATUTORY LIMIT
Outstanding, January 1, 1956
$750,000.00
Maturities Paid in 1956
$ 50,000.00
Outstanding, December 31, 1956
700,000.00 750,000.00
BORROWING CAPACITY-REAL & PERSONAL PROPERTY
1954
17,685,281.00
1955
19,540,090.00
1956
21,418,830.00
VALUATIONS MOTOR VEHICLES
1954
2,640,563.00
1955
3,322,810.00
1956
3,172,090.00
$67,779,664.00
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VALUATION OF ABATEMENTS Real and Personal
1954
1955
727,200.00 869,676.00 1,032,628.00
Motor Vehicles
1954
166,223.00
1955
176,410.00
1956
149,832.00
$3,121,969.00
Net Value for Three Years
64,657,695.00
Less Abatements
Average Net Valuation
21,552,565.00
5% of Average Net Valuation
1,077,628.25
Less Outstanding, December 31, 1956
588,000.00,
Net Borrowing Capacity
489,628.25
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation
10,000.00
Transferred from Overlay Reserve
19,000.00
29,000.00
Transferred to:
Town Manager's Clerk
100.00
Treasurer's Bond
260.50
Accountant's Expense
399.00
Hospitalization
1,400.00
Immunization Clinic
500.00
Chapter 90-South Street
300.00
Chapter 90-1955
317.00
Flood Damage-
Union & South Street
3,000.00
Snow & Ice
19,903.43
Belcher Park Fund
250.00
Water Expense
2,500.00
28,929.93
Transferred to E & D Account After Insurance
70.07
29,000.00
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Balance Sheet, December 31, 1956 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes:
1
Levy of 1952
Real 13.92
Employees Payroll Deductions :
Federal Taxes 29,425.48
Teachers' Retirement 2,697.72
Levy of 1953
Poll
10.00
Personal
52.00
Real
104.00
166.00
Levy of 1954
Poll
480.00
Personal
207.50
Real
2,131.50
2,819.00
Levy of 1955
Poll
550.36
Personal
577.75
Real
20,568.84
Special Assessments
2,272.31
21,696.95
LIABILITIES
$ 400,895.60
Temporary Loans:
Anticipation of Revenue
$
150,000.00
Anticipation of Serial Issue
190,006.25
340,006.25
34,115.65
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Taxes on Estates of Deceased Persons 1,888.40
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 54,466.68
Tax Titles 21,962.54
Tax Possessions 18,414.49
Departmental
13,542.43
Water
19,148.95
Aid to Highways
6,711.22
138,407.02
289
13.92
County Retirement 1,717.52
Group Insurance 193.40
Blue Cross 81.53
Levy of 1956 Poll
Personal
732.36 2,889.20
Real
125,957.03
129,578.59
154,274.46
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
1952
28.55
1954
3,002.59
1955
5,459.66
1956
45,985.08
54,475.88
Gifts:
M. B. Claff Co. 237.59 Claff Charitable Foundation .06
Special Assessmentss: Street Betterments 1955
290
Committed Interest 335.30
560.91
Taxes on Estates Deceased Persons
1,888.40
Tax Titles Tax Possessions
18,414.49
Aid to Highways: State
3,807.44
County
2,903.78
6,711.22
Departmental:
Old Age Assistance
5,778.64
Aid to Dependent Children 1,738.01
Disability Assistance-Aid
1,235.69
Disability Assistance 603.29
Veterans' Benefits
1,726.96
Public Welfare
3,635.56
Acc. Rec. O.A.A.
59.97
Overestimates: County Hospital Assessment Contract Bid Deposits
1,539.27 1,080.00
Overlay Reserved for Abatements:
396.17
1954 1956
2,560.31
2,956.48 180.71
Overlay Surplus
Tailing-Unclaimed Checks
841.74
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
237.65 4,193.40 14,250.84
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance-Aid 3,745.14
Old Age Assistance- Administration 1,246.87
Aid to Dependent Children- Aid 4,309.97
Aid to Dependent Children- Administration 138.57
Disability Assistance- Administration 37.94
Smith Hughes-George Barden Fund 6,890.55
13,542.43
17,604.73
225.61
Sale of Real Estate Old Age Assistance Recoveries
21,962.54
Water: Levy of 1951 23.95
1952
20.20
1953
33.73
1954
47.14
1955
14.03
1956
16,791.19
16,930.24
Loan Authorized-Unissued Surplus Revenue
163,001.98 2,084,993.75 132,687.48
Water Liens Added to Taxes:
Levy of 1954
9.00
1955
203.64
1956
2,006.07
Overlay Deficits:
291
1951
1,202.40
1952
1,983.21
1953
839.1.1
1955
5,389.23
9,545.95
Underestimates: County Tax
1,574.72
Emergencies : Hurricane Diane
513.33
Loans Authorized : Sewer Construction School Construction
1,495,000.00 780,000.00
2,275,000.00
State Parks & Reservations 1,060.68
1,060.68
$2,979,569.56
Unexpended Balances :
General
129,976.04
School Construction 4,638.46
School Athletic Program 1,533.51
School Lunch Program
11,149.38
School Athletic Field
15,704.59
Excise: 1953
9.20
2,218.71
St. Assessments added to Txaes 1956
5.58
Unidentified Receipts 229.01
Coddington Fund Interest
2.40
1950
132.00
Revenue Estibated Receipts
3,049.30
40,177.12
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
$2,979,569.56
DEBT ACCOUNT
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$1,283.000.00
McNeill Scohol Addition
$ 2,000.00
High School Land
9,000.00
New Junior-Senior High School
919,000.00 4,000.00
Highway Equipment
Devine School Addition New Fire Alarm System
9,000.00
$1,288,000.00
TRUST FUNDS
Cash and Securities 292
$ 59,908.51
Coddington Fund
$ 1,957.42
Special School Fund
95.65
Soldiers Monument
201.95
Turner Reference Medal Fund
1,291.12
Stetson School Fund
14,018.23
Turner Library Funds
42,344.14
$ 59,908.51
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
Date
McNeill School 1 1/2 %
High Sch. Land 1 $4 %
New Jr-Sr High Sch. 1$4 %
Highway Equip. 1 1/4 %
Devine School
Fire Alarm
Ant of Rev.
2.20%
1.40%
1955
Principal
2,000.00
3,000.00
70,000.00
5,000.00
25,000.00
3,000.00
Interest
90.00
262.50
18,705.00
175.00
8,690.00
210.00
Balance
4,000.00
12,000.00
989,000.00
9,000.00
370,000.00
12,000.00
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
345,000.00
1956
Principal
2,000.00
Interest
60.00 2,000.00
3,000.00 210.00 9,000.00
70,000.00 17,467.50 919,000.00
5,000.00 112.50 4,000.00
25,000.00 8,140.00 340,000.00
3,000.00 168.00 9,000.00
5,541.39
Balance
1957
Principal
2,000.00
3,000.00
70,000.00
4,000.00 50.00
25,000.00 7,590.00 315,000.00
3,000.00 126.00
5,700.00
Balance
None
6,000.00
None
6,000.00
1958
3,000.00
70,000.00
25,000.00
3,000.00
1959
3,000.00
70,000.00
25,000.00
3,000.00
1960
70,000.00
25,000.00
1961
65,000.00
25,000.00
1962
65,000.00
20,000.00
1963
65,000.00
20,000.00
293
1964
65,000.00
20,000.00
1965
65,000.00
20,000.00
1966
65,000.00
20,000.00
1967
65,000.00
20,000.00
1968
64,000.00
20,000.00
1969
60,000.00
20,000.00
1970
60,000.00
20,000.00
1971
20,000.00
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Interest
30.00
157.50
16,082.15 849,000.00
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Report of Trustees of Stetson School Fund Annual Report
Income account
Balance Jan. 1, 1956
$
1,158.84
Receipts
Dividends Randolph Co-op. Bank $60.00
Interest B.&A. R.R. Bond 42.50
102.50
$ 1,261.34
Payments
Rental Safe Dep. Box
$ 5.50
Salaries Trustees & Sec.
20.00
25.50
Balance Jan. 1, 1957
$ 1,235.84
The Stetson School Fund is invested as follows:
Matured Shares Randolph Co-op. Bank $ 2,000.00
B. & A. R.R. Bond 1,000.00
Deposit in Randolph Trust Co. Sav. Dept. 8,501.42
Deposit in Randolph Savings Bk. 1,280.97
Checking Acct. Randolph Trust Co.
1,235.84
$ 14,018.23
The Turner Medal Fund is invested as follows: Deposit in Randolph Savings Bank $ 1,291.12
TRUSTEES STETSON SCHOOL FUND William J. Leahy, Sec. and Treas.
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Report of The Dog Officer
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report as dog officer:
Telephone calls investigated 850
Lost dogs restored to owners 110
There has been an increase in kennel licenses due to the pet shop and animal hospital.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK C. WALES, Dog Officer.
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1957 Town Meeting Warrant
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk, ss.
To Either of the Constables of the Town of Randolph in said County, Greetings :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Randolph, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit :
Polling Place in Precinct No. 1 RANDOLPH HIGH SCHOOL, IN SAID TOWN
Polling Place in Precinct No. 2 RANDOLPH HIGH SCHOOL, IN SAID TOWN
Polling Place in Precinct No. 3 BELCHER SCHOOL, IN SAID TOWN
Polling Place in Precinct No. 4 DEVINE SCHOOL, IN SAID TOWN
ON MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 1957 at 8:00 o'clock in the forenoon
then and there to bring in to the wardens of their respec- tive precincts, their votes on the official ballot for a Moderator for one year, two Selectmen for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, one Member of the Trustees of the Stetson School Fund for three years, one Member of the Trustees of the Stetson School Fund for one year; Precinct I, 20 Town Meeting Members for three years, and to fill vacancies, one Town Meeting Member for two years, and three Town Meeting Members for one year; Precinct II, 20 Town Meeting Mem- bers for three years, and to fill vacancies, One Town Meet-
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ing Member for two years; Precinct III, 20 Town Meeting Members for three years; Precinct IV, 20 Town Meeting Members for three years, two Town Meeting Members for two years to fill vacancies.
THE POLLS WILL BE OPEN AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE FORENOON AND WILL BE CLOSED AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING.
You are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants qualified to vote as aforesaid to meet in the Randolph High School Auditorium, Memorial Parkway, in said Randolph on Monday, the eighteenth day of March, 1957 at 8:00 O'clock in the evening, and then and there to act on the following articles :
Article 1. To hear and act on the report of any com- mittee and choose any Committee the Town may think proper.
Article 2. To hear and act on reports of Town Officers.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money for unpaid bills of previous years of various departments.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $35.00 for the maintenance and lighting of the clock in the tower of the First Baptist Church, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $35.00 for the maintenance and lighting of the clock in the tower of the First Congrega- tional Church, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance and up- keep of the Town Hall, as petitioned for by the Trustees of the Stetson School Fund.
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Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,136.44 for a pension for John A. Frederickson or take any other action thereto, as peti- tioned for by John A. Frederickson and others.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to retire and place on a pensioned basis, the present Tax Collector, Mr. Robert Cutting, and that there be raised and appropriated the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars to cover the costs of said pension. Said pension shall become ef- fective and payable upon the date of passage of a special act of the Massachusetts Legislature and the affixing of his signature to such Legislature by the Governor, as peti- tioned for by Albert K. Godfrey and others.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to retire and place on a pensioned basis, Mr. Alexander Whitecross, a highway employee, and that there be raised and appro- priated the sum of $2,000.00 to cover the costs of said pension, as petitioned for by Alexander Whitecross and others.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to retire and place on a pensioned basis, Mr. Alexander White- cross, a highway employee and that there be raised and appropriated the sum of $2,000.00 to cover the costs of said pension. Said pension shall become effective and pay- able upon the date of passage of a Special Act of the Massachusetts Legislature and the affixing of his signature to such Legislature by the Governor, as petitioned for by Alexander Whitecross and others.
Article 11. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to be expended for the seeding, grading and general grounds- keeping of the Little League Field located on the Westerly side of North Street near the intersection of Pleasant Street, as petitioned for by A. Louis Sarno, and others.
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Article 12. To see if the Town of Randolph will raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars to help build the Little League Field of North Ran- dolph, as petitioned for by William J. Doherty and others.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws by addition of the following section, under the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 21A of the General Laws:
The vacation leave for all town employees, except those appointed by the School Committee shall be : upon the anniversary of the first year of employment-two weeks; after five years of employment three weeks; after ten years and thereafter one month, as petitioned for by William S. Cole, and others.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws by addition of the following section, under the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 21A of the General Laws: The sick leave for all Town Employees, other than those appointed by the School Committee, shall be fifteen (15) days per calendar year, cumulative, as petitioned for by William S. Cole and others.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 149, Section 33B which provides that the service of all persons employed by cities and towns which have accepted this section, shall be restricted to five days and forty hours in any one week, and eight hours in any one day, and said eight hours shall be arranged to fall within a period of not exceeding nine consecutive hours; provided, that service in excess of the days and hours aforesaid may be authorized by an officer of such city or town or by any other person whose duty it is to employ, direct or control such employees, and such additional service shall be compensated for as overtime. This section shall not apply to policemen, firemen, school teachers, incumbents of offices specifically established by
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or under the authority of any general law or special act, or such other classes or groups of employees as from time to time may be specifically exempted therefrom in the manner provided for the acceptance of this section. The compensation payable to any employee shall not be reduced by reason of acceptance of this section, as petitioned for by Alson B. Alden and others.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or take from other unappropriated funds, the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars to engage the services of a competent engineering firm to make a complete survey of the water supply system with relation to present and anticipated future needs and to provide the Town with a report and recommendations for construction and reconstruction so as to provide a satisfactory and ade- quate water supply at all periods of the Town's growth, taking into consideration the estimated ultimate popula- tion and the needs of possible industrial development; and to authorize the Town Manager, with the Board of Water Commissioners acting in an advisory capacity, to make the selection of such engineering firm promptly and in- struct same to submit its report and recommendations not later than September 15, 1957; and unexpended sum to be returned to Town funds; or take any other action rela- tive thereto, as petitioned for by Charles D. Shelton, and others.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appoint two (2) additional permanent policemen and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, as requested by the Chief of the Police Department, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appoint two (2) additional permanent Fire Fighters and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, as requested by the Chief of the Fire Department, or take any other
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action in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4800.00 for a $300.00 increase in salary for all 16 members that are permanent of the Ran- dolph Police Department, as petitioned for by George H. White, and others.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to purchase street signs to be erected on Town Ways by the Highway Department, or take any other action in relation thereto, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for investigation of two school sites, as petitioned for by the Town Manager.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction of a Park- ing Area in the rear of the Town Hall, and for the expense of the removal of the buildings in said area to the High- way Department yard and erect thereat, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to take by eminent domain, for the installation, servicing and repair of water lines, an easement on the following unaccepted streets or ways so called: Hammond Street and Garden Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as peti- tioned for by Geraldine M. Dibbern and others.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1500.00 for the removal of the former Central Fire Station and for the rebuilding and repair of the lockup, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new
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forest fire truck for the Fire Department, the old truck to be disposed of. And to determine if the money shall be raised by taxation, by borrowing under Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or by transfer from available funds, the money to be expended by the Town Manager, or take any other action in relation thereto, as petitioned for by the Chief of the Fire Department.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raist and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new fire alarm truck for the Fire Department, the old truck to be disposed of. And to determine if the money shall be raised by taxation, by borrowing under Chapter 44 of the General Laws or by transfer from available funds, the money to be expended by the Town Manager, or take any other action in relation thereto, as petitioned for by the Chief of the Fire Department.
Article 27. To see if the Town of Randolph in the name of the Randolph Centre Board of Trade, will appro- priate the sum of $1,500.00 toward the cost of the Christ- mas decorations and lights, as petitioned for by Frank C. Brodil and others.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to construct a swimming pool, as petitioned for by William E. Hansen and others.
Article 29. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $35,000.00 to establish a Reserve Fund in accordance with Chapter 40, Section 6, of the Massa- chusetts General Laws, said sum to be transferred from the E. and D. Account, as petitioned for by the Town Manager, and others.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to transfer unexpended appropriation balances in any of the accounts to the Excess and Defficiency Account or act in any other manner in relation thereto, as petitioned for by William E. Dacey, Jr., and others.
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Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to take by Eminent Domain for the installation, servicing and repair of Water Lines or Pipes, an easement on Dorr Street, so called, an unaccepted street or way, for a distance of 400 feet, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as peti- tioned for by William J. Almond, Superintendent of the Water Department.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to install a 6" main extending the length of Pine Avenue to the proposed new school site, a total of fourteen hundred fifty feet (1450) with necessary gates, hydrants and appurtenances, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Evelyn T. Mahoney and others.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install a 6" water main with necessary hydrants, gates and valves on Pine Avenue or take any other action in relation thereto, as petitioned for by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to install approximate- ly twelve hundred (1200) feet of 6" main on High Street from the existing end to Canton Street, and raise and ap- propriate money therefor as petitioned for by the Board of Water Commissioners.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate an additional eight hundred dollars ($800.00) for the completion of the six inch main on Vin- ton St. This request is necessitated because of the exten- sive ledge and boulder condition encountered on this project, as petitioned for by the Water Commissioners.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate seventeen hundred and thirty dollars
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($1730.00) for the renewal and relocation of twenty two (22) services and three (3) hydrants, in conjunction with the widening, relocation and resurfacing of the balance of South St., as petitioned for by the Board of Water Com- missioners.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to install a 6" water main on Patterson Avenue. from Center St. to Cedar Circle, with necessary gates and fittings, and to raise and appro- priate money therefor, as petitioned for by the Board of Water Commissioners.
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