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Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to establish any additional fire alarm boxes. to extend the Fire Alarm system, and make an appropriation therefor.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to purchase 1300 feet of hose for the Fire Department. and make an appropriation therefor.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a motor driven vehicle for the use of the chief of the Fire Department, and make an appropriation therefor. as rec- ommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to purchase rubber covers for the Fire Department. and make an appropriation therefor. as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers
Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to discon- tinue the Union street Fire Station as a voting place. as recommended by the Board of Engineers.
Art. 25. To see what appropriation the Town will make, together with the receipts of the Department and the Dog Fund for educational purposes. to include ed- ucational accounts. incidentals and repairs. text books and supplies. transportation. benevolence. evening schools. summer schools and school physician.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 1. Chapter 320. Acts of 1912. rel- ative to the use of school buildings for other than school purposes.
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Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $13,860 for the Fire Department, to be paid by them to the Water Department for the use of 462 hy- drants for fire service, at the rate of $30 each per year, as recommended by the Finance Committee.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to install a Venturi meter at the Pumping Station, and appropriate therefor the sum of $1800.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate the sum of $25,000 for the use of the Water Depart- ment for the current municipal year.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to sell water to the Town of Seekonk at the present water rates.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Water Commissioners to charge six per cent. interest on all water bills remaining unpaid after sixty days from date of bill.
Art. 32. To see what pipe the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to lay during the ensuing year, and under what terms and conditions.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote to build a Hose House in Hebronville and make an appropriation therefor, or do anything in relation thereto, agreeable to a petition.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a motor driven Hose truck for Hose Company Number 5 at Hebronville, and make an appropriation therefor, or do anything in relation thereto, agreeable to a petition.
Art. 35. To see what appropriation the Town will make for lighting the public streets, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Art. 36. To see what sum the Town will appropri- ate for insurance of Town buildings, or do anything in relation thereto.
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Art. 37. To determine when taxes become due and payable and what rate of interest the Town will charge on taxes remaining unpaid.
Art. 38. To see what debts the Town will vote to incur under the provisions of Chapter 27 of the Revised Laws.
Art. 39. To see if the Town will authorize the Col- lector of Taxes to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer may use when appointed a collector.
Art. 40. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen. to borrow during the municipal year beginning Jan. Ist. 1913, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year. such sums of money as may be necessary for the cur- rent expenses of the Town. but not exceeding the total tax levy of said year, giving the notes of the Town there- for. payable within one year from date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.
Art. 41. To see what appropriation the Town will make for curbing sidewalks under the Betterment Act.
Art. 42. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the construction of new concrete walks under the Betterment Act.
Art. 43. To see if the Town will vote to cover the Thacher Brook Drain from Dunham street to Pearl street. and make an appropriation therefor or do anything in relation thereto, agreeable to a petition.
Art. 44. To see what appropriation the Town will make for Highways and Bridges.
Art. 45. To see if the Town will vote to repair Thacher street from Snell street to West street, and make an appropriation therefor, agreeable to a petition.
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Art. 46. To see what appropriation the Town will make for laying dust on the public streets.
Art. 47. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500 for cleaning out Thacher Brook Drain and the Ten Mile river.
Art. 48. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the purpose of paving Park street, Union street, South Main street, and North Main street, and make an appropriation therefor, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 49. To see what sum the Town will appropri- ate for the Current and Incidental expenses of the Board of Health.
Art. 50. To see if the Town will vote to establish and maintain a hospital for tuberculus cases and con- tagious diseases, and make an appropriation therefor, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Art. 51. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate to be expended on Finberg Playground at the corner of Bishop and Park streets as recommended by the Selectmen.
Art. 52. To see if the Town will instruct the School Committee to allow children who have attained the age of five years or over to attend the public schools, agree- able to a petition.
Art. 53. To see if the Town will make an appropri- ation to provide a shooting range for Company I, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Art. 54. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate for the observance of Fourth of July.
Art. 55. To see if the Town will vote to place six electric lights in Hebronville on Bishop, Bliss, Bourne and Hebron avenues, agreeable to a petition.
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Art. 56. To see if the Town will vote to place an electric light at the corner of Bliss and Carpenter Ave- nues, Hebronville, and make an appropriation therefor, agreeable to a petition.
Art. 57. To see if the Town will vote to place an electric light at the end of Sixth street, at or near the residence of L. A. Esterbrooks, and make an appropria- tion therefor, agreeable to a petition.
Art. 58. To see if the Town will vote to place an electric light on Robinson Avenue, South Attleboro, agreeable to a petition.
Art. 59. To see if the Town will vote to install and maintain four or more electric lights on South Avenue, as recommended by the Selectmen.
Art. 60. To see if the Town will vote to establish a swimming pool and take any action thereon, or make any appropriation therefor, agreeable to a petition.
Art. 61. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000 over and above the regular appropri- ation of $2,000 for the use of the Park Commissioners to be expended on Capron Park, as recommended by the Park Commissioners.
Art. 62. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections I to 14 of Chapter 104 of the Revised Laws, rel- ative to the Inspection of Buildings and the appointment of a Building Inspector.
Art. 63. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to take into consideration the enlargement of the Fire District, and to do or act anything in relation thereto.
Art. 64. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate $1,000 to be used on Thacher street in the vicinity of the new Tiffany school.
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Art. 65. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate $1,000 to be used on Park street, continuing the work done last year, towards Briggs Corner.
Art. 66. To see if the Town will vote to repair and improve Dennis street, and make an appropriation ' therefor, agreeable to a petition.
The polls for the election of officers will be open at 6 o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and you are directed to serve this war- rant by posting attested copies in at least five public places in each precinct of said Town, at least seven days before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon at or before the time of said meeting.
Both of said days will constitute the Annual Town Meeting, and this call is issued in accordance with a vote of the Town, passed Oct. 29, 1909.
Given under our hands this 15th day of February, A. D. 1913.
[Seal]
GEORGE A. SWEENEY, MILLARD F. ASHLEY, GEORGE M. WORRALL,
Selectmen of Attleborough.
A true copy. Attest :
Constable of Attleborough.
INDEX
Appropriations for 1912 280
Assessors' Report 279
Auditors' Report 256
Board of Health, Report of 257
Chief of Police, Report of.
230
Deborah Starkey Fund. 75
Engineers of Fire Department, Report of.
79
Gypsy Moth Inspector, Report of
218
Inspector of Cattle, Report of.
254
Inspector of Kerosene Oil, Report of. 251
Inspector of Milk and Meat, Report of. 266
Inspectors of Plumbing, Report of. 265
Inspector of Wires, Report of. 252
Jury List
284
Lock-up Keeper, Report of. 232
Overseers of the Poor, Report of.
219
Park Commissioners, Report of.
233
Pound Keeper and Field Driver, Report of. 255
Public Library Trustees, Report of .. 267
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of.
248
Selectmen, Report of.
8
Appropriations Recommended
52
City Government Committee, Expenses
19
Court Fees
23
Election Expenses
18
Finance Committee Expenses
18
Financial Statement
12
Fire Department
24
Highway Department
33
Incidental Expenses
19
Insurance of Town Property 46
Police Service, Patrol and Lock-up Expenses 20
Salaries of Town Officers 13
Soldiers' Relief
48
State Aid
49
Streeter Post, Wm. A., G. A. R.
48
Summary of Appropriations, Receipts, Balances Overdrafts 51
and
Sewerage Committee 236
Financial Report 238
Sewer Engineer, Report of. 241
School Department 145
Building Committee, Report of 275
Committee's Report 154
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Drawing Supervisor, Report of. 177
Evening Schools 164
Financial Statement 150
Graduates, 1912
189
High School Principal, Report of
169
Janitors 189
Music Supervisor, Report of. 174
No School Signals 149
School Calendar 148
School Committee 147
School Physician, Report of. 182
School Directory
185
School Savings Bank. 166
Superintendent, Report of .. 156
Teacher of Manual Training, Report of. 179
Teacher of Sewing, Report of. 181
Teachers
185
Truant Officer, Report of.
184
Vacation Schools 165
Sinking Fund Commissioners, Report of. 142
Superintendent of Streets, Report of. 202
Tax Collector, Report of. 196
Town Indebtedness 74
Town Officers
3
Town Treasurer, Report of. 56
Tree Warden, Report of
144
Tri-Centennial Fund Trustees, Report of. 253
Trustees of Capron Fund, Report of. 77
97
Commissioners, Report of.
99
Comparative Table
120
Extension of Main Line
Financial Statement 104
Hydrants, List of 131
Pumping Records 117
Registrar, Report of 109
Recommendations 119
Services Laid, 1912
116
Statistics
118
Statement of Amount of Income From Date of Construc- tion
121
Statement of Indebtedness 122
Superintendent, Report of. 111
Water Ordinances 124
116
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 289
Water Department
Town Clerk's Office APR 7 1913 ATTLEBORO, MASS.
Gen. Ref. 974.48 A88
not. acc.
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