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Expenses
Operation and repairs $ 32,000.00
Depreciation on $86,289.25 @ 3%
2,588.68
Bond Payment 500.00
Interest on Bonds
40.00
$35,128.68
Cost of electricity to be used for street lighting, to be included in tax levy.
$ 580.00
Respectfully submitted, A. H. McDONALD, Manager
J. B. SIBLEY, PAUL D. FLETCHER, CHARLES D. SMITH, Board of Electric Light Commissioners.
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TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LITTLETON
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1939
ORGANIZATION
FRANK B. PRIEST
JOHN B. SIBLEY
PAUL D. FLETCHER
ALEXANDER H. McDONALD, Supt.
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BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Year Ending December 31, 1939
RECEIPTS
Appropriation for operating department $ 6,500.00 Cash collected and turned into Town Treasury :
For water rates $ 8,165.20
For Jobbing 183.10
Rent from Electric Light Dept. 180.00
Hydrant service appropriation 1,000.00
$
9,528.30
$ 16,028.30
EXPENDITURES
Electric Light Dept., power for pumping $ 1,210.14
Old Colony Trust Co., bond payments 2,000.00
Old Colony Trust Co., interest on bonds 160.00
A. H. McDonald, salary
886.67
A. H. McDonald, expenses 5.16
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C. Winthrop Hunt, labor
254.80
Arnold Leighton, labor
289.90
William Healy, labor
113.20
Extra labor
24.10
John B. Sibley, salary as Commissioner
20.00
Paul D. Fletcher, salary as
Clerk of Commissioners
37.50
Winthrop H. Kelly, salary as Commissioner
11.65
Charles D. Smith, salary as Commissioner
8.35
Misc. payments for supplies and expenses 1,358.25
$
6,379.72
SUMMARY
Orders drawn on appropriation $ 6,379.72
Cash Collected and paid to Town Treasury
9,528.30
Unexpended appropriated for operation
120.28
$ 16,028.30
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT
To the Board of Water Commissioners :
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1939.
Four new services have been installed during the year and three have been changed where previous to the installation of the large mains in the streets, the houses were served from small pipes.
Twenty new customers have been given service in the Long Lake section during the year, eighteen for Summer service and two for all year service.
A ten inch gate valve has been installed on the main on King St. near the intersection of Foster St. which will make it possible to serve the Common section of the Town if it becomes necessary at any time to shut off the water between the Center and the Depot. By using an A. P. Smith inserting valve it was possible to do this work without shutting off the water.
On account of the road having been widened, the hydrant on Taylor Street in front of Hartwell's box shop has been set back six feet.
Have included in our budget an amount to cover the cost of painting the hydrants and the buildings at the Pumping Station.
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PLANT ACCOUNT
Value of Plant December 31, 1938
$113,182.64
Additions during the year :
Services
$ 206.59
Meters
336.65
Hydrants and Gates
279.70
$ 822.94
Cost of Plant December 31, 1939
$114,005.58
ASSETS
Land and Rights of Way
$ 1,941.43
Buildings
4,764.22
Pumping Plant
7,966.42
Two inch mains
709.00
Mains
75,580.67
Meters
5,100.75
Hydrants and Gates
4,028.82
Stand Pipe
4,001.25
Services
9,913.02
$114,005.58
Inventory of Tools
$ 204.11
Inventory of Materials
292.42
Due for Jobbing
49.40
Due for water rates
2,938.22
$
3,484.15
$118,489.73
LIABILITIES
Bonds outstanding
$ 2,000.00
Due for November and December
Power
190.44
$ 2,190.44
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OPERATING ACCOUNT
Income
Water rates
Hydrant Service
$ 8,153.55 1,000.00
$
9,153.55
Expenses
Repair of Pump
$ 95.09
Repairs of Buildings
4.60
Repairs of Tools
32.62
Repairs of Hydrants
85.45
Repairs for Meters
188.55
Repairs of Services
174.07
Office Supplies
36.12
Fuel Oil
2.17
Miscellaneous Expense
25.98
Current Purchased
1,230.66
Station Supplies
128.97
Salaries of Commissioners
77.50
Insurance
43.44
Transportation Expense
103.07
Distribution Labor
1,039.87
3,268.16 $
Net operating revenue
$ 5,885.39
PROFIT AND LOSS
Credit
Net operating revenue
$
5,885.39
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Net Jobbing Revenue Miscellaneous Income
45.96 180.00
$ 6,111.35
Debit
Bonds paid
$ 2,000.00
Interest on Bonds
160.00
Inventory adjustment
7.50
Tools and Appliances adjustment
15.00
$
2,182.50
Net Profit
$ 3,928.85
Appropriations
Operating
$
6,500.00
Order drawn
6,379.72
Unexpended
$
120.28
1938
1939
Total of number of services
405
427
Total number of hydrants
78
78
Miles of mains
13.61
13.61
Feet of two inch C. I. pipe
1839
1839
Amount of Water Pumped Calculated from Pump Plunger Displacement
Days
KWHrs.
Month
Pumped
Hours
Used
Gallons
January
31
190
2990
2,175,000
February
28
168
2650
1,443,000
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March
31
208
3300
2,377,000
April
30
206
3220
2,373,000
May
31
237
3770
2,705,000
June
30
255
4170
2,958,000
July
31
296
4680
3,398,000
August
31
289
4590
3,327,000
September
30
233
3700
2,675,000
October
31
239
3800
2,732,000
November
30
215
3430
2,496,000
December
31
206
3290
2,361,000
365
2742
43,590
31,020,000
Estimated population
1,600
Estimated population on lines
1,350
Houses not connected
2
Gallons pumped during year
31,020,000
Gallons passed through meters
23,104,150
Average daily pumping
85,000
Gallons to each customer per day
64
Gallons to each service per day
200
Cost per 1000 gallons at pumping station expense
$ .045
Cost per 1000 gallons delivered to customer
$ .23
Rainfall as Recorded at Pumping Station
January
2.70
1.95
February
3.12
3.47
March
2.65
4.09
April
3.27
4.21
May
3.48
2.36
June
7.88
2.25
July
11.11
.52
August
2.55
3.66
September
9,20
1.99
1938
1939
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October
2.03
. 4.67
November December
2.92
.91
3.05
2.88
53.91
32.96
Average rainfall at Pumping Station for last 22 years 42.01.
I submit the following estimate of the cost of operation for the ensuing year :
Receipts
Rates
$ 8,000.00
Hydrant service
1,000.00
Miscellaneous Income
350.00
$ 9,350.00
Expense
Bond payments
$ 2,000.00
Interest on Bonds
80.00
Operations
3,450.00
Additions to Plant
550.00
Materials and Jobbing labor
320.00
$6,400.00
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I recommend that the sum of sixty-four hundred dollars Respectfully submitted,
A. H. McDONALD,
Superintendent. JOHN B. SIBLEY,
PAUL D. FLETCHER,
CHARLES D. SMITH,
Board of Water Commissioners,
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LITTLETON WATER WORKS-DETAILS OF PIPING
STREET
PIPE
GATES
Hydrants
6 in. Pipe
4 in. Pipe in
8 in. Pipe
Check Valve
FROM
TO
6 in.
8 in.
10 in.
12 in.
4 in.
6 in.
8 in. 00
10 in.
12 in.
With
Gate
With't
Gate
Field Line
Gate Chamber at Stand Pipe
Ayer Road End
1180
1
1
9
Ayer Road
Field Line
King Street
1169
1
2
16
Ayer Road
Taylor Street
Mill Road
2363
1
2
34
King Street
Mill Road
Mass. Avenue
9793
3
11
249
24
Taylor Street
Whitcomb Ave.
2008
1
2
27
Taylor Street
Taylor Street
Field Line
660
Whitcomb Ave.
Whitcomb Ave.
Pumping Station End
690
1
6
Harvard Road
King Street
6369
3
3
551/2
Harwood Ave.
King Street
1433
1
1
11
Mill Road
King Street
Harwood Ave.
5582
6
50
Foster Street
Foster Street
Newtown Road
7834
3
2
381/2
Tahattawan Rd.
King Street
King Street
1592
1
1
131/2
Shattuck St.
King Street
End
4489
6
511/2
Goldsmith St.
King Street
End
1193
1
1
25
Mass. Ave. (East)
King Street
End
548
1
7
Mass. Ave. (West)
Mass. Avenue
End
1197
2
36
King Street
Mass. Avenue
End
600
1
6
Robinson Road
King Street
End
536
1
4
Russell Street
King Street
End
1550
2
16
Adams Street
Mass. Ave.
End
1287
3
271/2
Suction Main
Foster Street
End
1652
2
1
4
New Estate Rd.
King Street
End
4482
6
35
Ayer State Rd.
King Street
End
868
1
5
Newtown Rd.
Tahattawan Rd.
End
8406
4
7
70
Fort Pond Hill Rd. Newtown Road
End
1282
2
12
Total
54778 1818 9793 5485 |1 32 2 3 3 34 44
8201/2
24
1
King Street
King Street
Whitcomb Ave. End
631
1
10
Field Line
Taylor Street
Foster Street End
326
1
6
3 3 1 2 1 AHNN WHH HHHNNWWHAT
1
Mill Road
Pumping Station
End
201
1953
1
Field Line
Hyd. Conn.
Blow -off
STREET
10
00
Warren Street
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF LITTLETON TO THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF FEBRUARY 12, 1940
The Finance Committee was organized under the amend- ment to the by-law and the terms of office determined as follows :
Names
Appointed by Term
John Adams Kimball
Assessors 3 years
Walter T. Speirs
School Committee 3 years
Dr. Dana W. Drury
Water & Elec. Board
2 years
Bennett Sanderson
Moderator 2 years
Josephine L. Conant
Selectmen
1 year
The Committee as so organized has chosen Bennett Sander- son as Chairman and John Adams Kimball as Clerk.
The duties imposed by statute on the Committee are to control the Reserve Fund, to make up the Town Budget and to make recommendations on proposed appropriations.
Reserve Fund
The Reserve Fund is appropriated annually and amounts are from time to time transferred by the Finance Committee out of it to other appropriation accounts to take care of extraordinary and unforseen expenses. It has been the desire of the Committee that requests for transfer, on forms pro- vided, be made to the Committee before additional expense in excess of the Budget is incurred, or in the case of emergen- cies, as soon after the emergency as possible, and in most instances the town officials have co-operated with the Com- mittee. During 1939 transfers have been made from the Re- serve Fund as follows :
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Workmen's Compensation Insurance
$ 70.47
Board of Health
360.00
W. P. A.
75.00
Park
25.00
School
30.00
Old Age Assistance
198.50
Treasurer
75.00
Cemetery
37.31
Fire
211.77
W. P. A.
203.42
Police
12.70
Collector
100.00
Legal
167.30
Total
$1,566.47
The balance of the Reserve Fund at the end of 1939, $933.53, was returned to the Overlay Surplus from which it was appropriated. The Reserve Fund may either be appro- priated from Overlay surplus or raised in the levy. If it is raised in the levy any balance at the end of the year is re- turned to the Excess and Deficiency Account. Funds in Over- lay Surplus are available only for appropriation to the Reserve or for appropriation for extraordinary and unforeseen ex- penses. The balance in the Excess and Deficiency Account, to the extent that it is free cash, is available to reduce the general tax levy upon vote of the Town subject to the ap- proval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation. The Excess and Deficiency Account automatically absorbs increases or decreases in expected receipts. At the present time the Overlay Surplus is not large, appropriations to re- serve having been made from it for several years. The Excess and Deficiency Account, while substantial, does not represent much, if any, free cash because of balances of uncollected taxes in prior years. We have therefore considered it advis- able this year to suggest that the Reserve Fund be raised in
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the levy, thus allowing the Overlay Surplus to accumulate and making probable an increase in the Excess and Deficiency balance at the end of 1940.
Town Budget for 1940
Many of the problems which existed last year in con- strucing the budget do not exist this year. We have no longer a deficiency in a prior year's state tax to make up. All indi- cations seem to point to a decrease in the current assessment for state tax rather than an increase. We also expect to re- ceive a distribution of approximately $6,000 for highways from the state out of the gasoline tax, similar to the distribu- tion received last year after the Town Meeting. We are therefore relieved of a good deal of the burden of the expense of state government through a more prudent management of state expenditures and an apportionment of taxation more favorable to cities and towns.
The requests for appropriations submitted by Town offi- cers for the ordinary and necessary expenses of the Town are in most cases very closely in line with previous expenditures.
The recommendations of the Finance Committee upon the various requests for appropriations are included in the Budget appended hereto. The appropriations have been divided be- tween salary, and maintenance or other expense, and it is rec- ommended that the vote of the Town carry out this division in order that amounts appropriated for salary may be set apart for that purpose and not inadvertently drawn for some other purpose.
There is a change in the appropriation for the Account- ant's Department, reflected in a decrease of $100 in the appro- priation for his salary, which has been made up by a similar increase in the administrative expenses of the Welfare De-
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partments. It has been suggested that the appropriation for accountant's salary should remain at $1500 in addition to the compensation from Welfare Departments.
$250 additional is recommended for the Assessors as this is the tenth year, in which the valuation book is ordinarily published.
The recommendation for the Library is $500 more than heretofore to provide funds to repair leaks which are damag- ing the building and threaten some of the contents.
The recommendation for the School Committee, while it is below last year's expense includes some increase in teachers' salaries, provision for a part time teacher to give corrective work to pupils who are below the level of the grade in one or more subjects, and an increase in the amount available for janitor's services. School expense per pupil declined each year from 1935 through 1938 but went up a little in 1939. Trends over the last 30 years show a decline in expense for schools in proportion to other town expense.
The recommendation for legal expense is increased to provide funds for the Selectmen to use in their discretion for legal service and expense not covered by Town counsel re- tainer.
The total of the recommendations for Temporary Aid, Aid to Dependent Children and Old Age Assistance is the 1 same as last year's appropriations, but the distribution is dir- ferent. The appropriations for administration of these De- partments are increased as above mentioned so that the work performed by the Town Accountant in his other capacity as clerk to the Welfare Board may be charged to these appro- priations.
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As there is some uncertainty about the status of W.P.A. for 1940 it is recommended that the appropriation for work of that type be made in such form that it may be used by the Selectmen to provide work relief in their discretion.
1939 earnings of the Electric Light Department $1,500.67 are available to reduce the levy or to provide the funds for an appropriation. In making up the Budget it has been assumed that this fund will be used.
The appropriation for payment on account of the Town debt will be reduced this year $1,422.29 by application of the balance remaining in the School Building Fund.
The Water Department surplus has been replenished by current earnings so that it is about as much as it was before the draft was made on it at the last annual Town Meeting. It is available if needed to reduce the tax levy. As this year appears to be a year of relatively light expense, the Commit- tee does not recommend drawing on Reserve Funds but rather recommends conserving them for a year in which expenses are unavoidably higher. A matter of policy may be involved, whether to permit the Water surplus to accumulate looking either toward reduction of water rates or extension of the system or to spend it for the benefit of all taxpayers whether on the system or not.
Other available funds and the estimated receipts for 1940 have been worked out upon the best information available with the assistance of the Town Accountant.
If the appropriations, additions to the levy, available funds and estimated receipts are as set forth in the Budget, and assessed values do not materially change, a tax rate of ap- proximately $20.50 per $1000 is to be expected.
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General
The Finance Committee has received through the State Association of Finance Committees graphs and statistical analysis prepared by Professor Lambie of the Graduate School of Public Administration of Harvard University, commonly referred to as Littauer Center, which give very definite indi- cations of the effectiveness of our town government compared with other cities and towns.
We have one of the lowest tax rates in the State, being eleventh from the bottom in 355 cities and towns ; our assessed valuation per capita is above the average but not the highest ; we are well below the average in uncollected taxes; the per capita cost of schools, the largest single item in the budget, is midway between the highest and lowest both in our popu- lation class and in the state as a whole; the Town debt although increased is not high and is reflected by very favor- able interest rates when the Town has to borrow. There has been a substantial increase in municipal expenditures during the last 20 years, but that is common to every city and town in the state. Judging by the standards set up by Professor Lambie the Town has been exceptionally well managed.
BENNETT SANDERSON, JOHN ADAMS KIMBALL, WALTER T. SPEIRS, DANA W. DRURY, JOSEPHINE L. CONANT,
Finance Committee.
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TOWN OF LITTLETON-BUDGET FOR 1940
I
Expense-Recommended Appropriations
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1939 Expended
1940 Requested
1940 Recom'ded
Moderator
10.00
10.00
10.00
Selectmen :
Salaries
330.00
330.00
330.00
Expense
28.15
100.00
100.00
Accountant :
Salary
1,300.00
1,300.00
1,300.00
Expense
91.50
50.00
50.00
Treasurer :
Salary
300.00
300.00
300.00
Expense
373.81
430.00
430.00
Collector :
Salary
820.54
800.00
800.00
Expense
604.46
475.00
475.00
Assessors :
Salary
625.00
625.00
625.00
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Expense
106.18
375.00
375.00
Finance Committee
21.60
50.00
50.00
Legal
317.30
300.00
300.00
Town Clerk :
Salary
75.00
75.00
75.00
Expense
58.94
100.00
100.00
Election and Registration :
Salaries
55.00
100.00
100.00
Expense
172.18
200.00
200.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Town Hall :
Salary and wages
480.00
480.00
480.00
Expense
652.57
680.00
760.00
Police :
Salaries
2,150.00
2,150.00
2,150.00
Expense
113.20
100.00
100.00
Hydrant Service
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Fire :
Salaries
1,521.50
1,200.00
1,200.00
Expense
1,190.27
1,300.00
1,300.00
Moth Suppression :
Moths
198.28
300.00
300.00
Elm Tree Beetle
200.00
100.00
100.00
Tree Warden :
Salaries and wages
195.55
180.00
180.00
Expense
4.25
20.00
20.00
Sealer of Weights & Meas .:
Salary
75.00
75.00
75.00
Expense
22.13
15.00
15.00
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HEALTH AND SANITATION
Public Health Nurse :
Salary
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Inspection of Animals
100.00
100.00
100.00
Board of Health :
Expense
621.12
385.00
350.00
Community Memorial Hosp. 200.00
200.00
200.00
HIGHWAYS
Highways, General
2,110.06
2,500.00
2,500.00
Machinery
990.25
1,100.00
1,100.00
Chapter 81
6,300.00
6,300.00
6,300.00
Chapter 90
2,100.00
2,400.00
2,400.00
Street Lights
563.00
580.00
580.00
CHARITIES
Temporary Aid
2,117.90
2,500.00
2,500.00
Administration
41.99
75.00
75.00
Old Age Assistance
3,348.50
3,400.00
3,400.00
Administration
21.67
100.00
100.00
Aid to Dependent Children Administration
1,081.00
1,100.00
1,100.00
21.69
75.00
75.00
Soldiers Relief
6.00
100.00
100.00
EDUCATION
Schools
30,279.86
30,250.00
30,250.00
Library :
Salaries
1,238.00
1,240.00
1,240.00
Expense
454.48
990.00
990.00
Whitcomb Field
75.00
75.00
75.00
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RECREATION AND PARKS
Parks
309.86
295.00
295.00
Salaries and Wages
165.10
155.00
155.00
Expenses
75.00
75.00
75.00
CEMETERIES
Cemetery
1,593.86
1,090.00
1,090.00
WATER
Water
6,379.42
6,400.00
6,400.00
UNCLASSIFIED
Memorial Day
100.00
110.00
110.00
Town Reports
299.10
300.00
300.00
Workmen's Compensation
595.47
525.00
525.00
W.P.A. or Work Relief
1,028.42
500.00
500.00
Reserve
1,566.47
2,500.00
2,500.00
INTEREST AND DEBT
Interest
997.18
852.50
852.50
Payment of Debt
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
$ 88,462.50
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EXPENSE-ESTIMATED ADDITIONS TO LEVY
1940
Estimated
State Tax State Parks & Reservations
7,300.00
125.00
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County Tax Middlesex Tuberculosis Hospital Overlay
4,500.00
600.00
1,500.00
7 $ 14,025.00
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RECEIPTS
Recommended Appropriations from Available Funds.
1940
Highway, Machinery Fund
Recommended 500.00
School Building Fund
1,422.29
Cemetery, 1939 receipts
777.90
Electric Lights, Balance of Earnings
1,500.67
$ 4,200.86
IV Receipts-Estimated Receipts
1940
Estimated
Income Tax
7,000.00
Corporation Tax
3,500.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
5,000.00
Welfare-State Reimbursement
2,300.00
Water Dept. Current Revenue
6,400.00
School, State, Trusts, Tuition, Dog Tax
4,700.00
Polls
1,000.00
Gasoline Tax
6,000.00
Other Income
1,500.00
$ 37,400.00
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SUMMARY
Approprition
$88,462.50
Additions to Levy Total
14,025.00
$102,487.50
Available Funds
4,200.86
Estimated Receipts Total
37,400.00
41.600.86
Balance to be Raised
$ 60,886.64
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TOWN WARRANT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss.
To the Constable of the Town of Littleton in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Littleton, qualified to vote at Town Meetings, for the trans- action of Town affairs to meet in the Town Hall in said Littleton, on Monday the twelfth day of February, 1940, at 6:30 o'clock, A. M., by posting a printed copy of this warrant, by you attested, at three meeting houses, at the station of the Fitchburg division of the Boston and Maine Railroad Com- pany, at the Town House, and at the Postoffice in Littleton Common in said Town seven (7) days at least before the twelfth day of February, then and there to act on the follow- ing articles, viz :
Art. 1. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers: One Moderator for one year, one Town Clerk for one year, one Selectman for three years, one Member of Board of Public Welfare for three years, one member of Board of Health for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Collector of Taxes for one year, one Treasurer for one year, one Member of the School Committee for three years, one Member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years, one Member of the Board of Electric Light Commis-
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sioners for three years, one Commissioner of Trust Funds for three years, one Trustee of Rueben Hoar Library for three years, one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, one Tree Warden for one year and one Park Commissioner for three years.
For these purposes the polls will be opened at 6:30 o'clock A. M. and may be closed at 11:20 A. M. Also to choose all other usual Town Officers in such manner as the Town may determine.
At 11 A. M. the meeting will forwith proceed to act on all succeding articles in such order as it may determine.
Art. 2. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers and Committees.
Art. 3. To see of the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the aproval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1940 and to issue a note or notes therefor, 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.
RECOMMENDED.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will direct the Selectmen to petition the Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for State Aid on Highways under the provisions of Chapter 81 as amended by Chapter 281 of the Acts of 1922.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money to repair highways.
RECOMMENDED,-$6300.00.
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Art. 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for a General Highway Fund, this money to be used for sidewalks, railings, snow removal, sanding and other highway expense not chargeable to other specific road funds.
RECOMMENDED,-$2500.00.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Newtown Road, King Street, Foster Street, Taylor Street, Harvard Road, Fort Pond Hill Road, and Harwood Avenue, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be alloted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose ; or take any other action in relation thereto ..
RECOMMENDED,-$2400.00.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for defraying expenses of the Town Hall. RECOMMENDED,-$480.00 for salaries, $760.00 for expenses.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay interest on Town notes.
RECOMMENDED,-$852.50.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for care, maintenance of, and sup- plies for Parks.
RECOMMENDED,-$295.00 for salaries and wages, $155.00 for expenses.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for maintenance of Rueben Hoar Library and Houghton Memorial Building.
RECOMMENDED,-$1240.00 for salaries; $990.00 for expenses.
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Art. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the suppression of the browntail and gypsey moths and elm tree beetles.
RECOMMENDED,-$300.00 for moths and $100.00 for elm tree beetles.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance of the Fire Department.
RECOMMENDED,-$1200.00 for salaries and $1300.00 for expenses.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will raise and Appropriate a sum of money for Memorial Day.
RECOMMENDED, -- $110.00.
Art. 15. To see what action the Town will take in regard to hiring a Public Health and School Nurse in accordance with provisions of Chapter 71 of the General Laws as amended by Chapter 357 of the Acts of 1921 and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for same, or to act in any way thereto.
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