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Civil Defense
1,082.28
State Aid to Highways Acc. Rec. Ch. 81 ..
Sander (highway department)
5.00
A. D. C. U. S.
10,822.64
A. D. C. U. S. Adm.
1,340.27
State Aid to Highways Accounts Rec.
D. A. U. S.
4,003.23
Chapter 90, Construction
6,000.00
D. A. U. S. Adm.
554.34
County Aid to Highways Accounts Rec. Chapter 90, Construction
3,000.00
M. A. A. U. S. Adm.
123.80
County Taxes
253.88
O. A. A. U. S.
43,851.46
Overlay 1956
36.66
O. A. A. U. S. Adm.
4,828.14
Fire Department
1,539.27
Elementary School Addition
2,963.62
Snow and Washout
1,458.97
School P. L. 874
1,137.00
Kimball Park
86.12
Essex County Mosquito Control
1,500.50
Light Department
18,952.61
Light Depreciation Fund
57,809.45
Light Ex. Heath Road
9.81
Water Sunset Terrace & Emery Street
713.07
Water Burnside Lane ..
847.88
Water Ex. Riley Farm
2.48
H. Robinson Lot (Cemetery)
54.15
$391,227.01
$391,227.01
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MERRIMAC
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Water Accounts Receivable, Rates
Fire Alarm Emery Street
1,043.87 420.04 9,075.00
State Aid to Highways Accounts Rec. Chapter 90, Maintenance
500.00
M. A. A. U. S.
1,180.36
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APPROPRIATIONS MADE IN 1961
March 8, 1961
Gentlemen:
I submit the following list of appropriations made at the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Merrimac, held on March 6, 1961, for the year 1961:
Article 2 - Elective Officers
Moderator
$ 12.00
Town Clerk
500.00
Selectmen - Chairman
300.00
Clerk
300.00
Other Member
300.00
Board of Public Welfare - Chairman
nil
Clerk
nil
Other Member
nil
Assessors - Chairman
435.00
Clerk
385.00
Other Member
310.00
Treasurer
1,000.00
Tax Collector
2,500.00
Light Commissioners - 3 @ $50.00 each
Dept.
Water Commissioners - 3 @ $50.00 each
150.00
Tree Warden - Salary
900.00
Expenses 500.00
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Article 3 - Expenses
Selectmen's Expense
400.00
Finance Committee - Clerk
50.00
Expense
250.00
Accountant - Salary
3,640.00
Clerk
400.00
Expense
100.00
Treasurer - Clerk
26.00
Expense
1,624.00
Tax Collector - Clerk
140.00
Expense
960.00
Assessors - Clerk
810.00
Expense
440.00
Legal Suits - By-Laws
500.00
Expense
250.00
Town Clerk - Clerk
85.00
Expense
225.00
Registrars - Chairman Salary
100.00
Salary - 3 @ $50.00 each
150.00
Clerk
100.00
Expense
185.00
Census Takers
400.00
Election Officers - Salaries
180.00
Meals
45.00
Planning Board - Expense
150.00
Town Hall Janitor - Salary
730.00
Town Hall Maintenance
2,000.00
Repairs in, on or around Town Hall
825.00
Bonding Town Officers
500.00
Police Department - Salaries
12,500.00
Expense 1,500.00
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Fire Engineers - Chief - Salary 300.00
Clerk - Salary 200.00
Member - Salary
150.00
Fire Department - Wages
3,950.00
Expense 3,034.00
Forest Fire Warden - Wages
200.00
Board of Appeals - Expense
50.00
Inspector of Wiring - Salary
90.00
Expense
5.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures - Salary
125.00
Expense 25.00
Moth Department - Salary
320.00
Expense 550.00
1,500.00
Dutch Elm Disease - Salary Expense
500.00
Dog Officer - Salary
100.00
Expense
300.00
Town Forest - Wages
400.00
Civil Defense - Expense
1,500.00
Salary
nil
Board of Health - T. B.
700.00
Expense
150.00
Health Nurse - Salary
1,800.00
Expense
200.00
Vital Statistics
200.00
Inspector of Animals - Salary
100.00
Expense
5.00
Inspector of Slaughtering - Salary
20.00
Expense
5.00
Inspector of Milk - Salary
20.00
Expense
5.00
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Maintenance of Dump - Wages
400.00
Expense
1,000.00
Snow & Washouts - Salary & Expense
18,000.00
Sidewalks, Railings and Bridges
2,200.00
Rocks Bridge
7,177.50
Street Lights
7,139.85
Welfare Worker - Director's Salary
3,540.00
Charities
80,000.00
Veterans Service Officer - Salary
500.00
Expense
200.00
Care of Veterans Graves
150.00
Soldier's Benefits
3,500.00
School Department
112,210.00
School Lunch
900.00
Vocational
3,000.00
Library
2,000.00
Playground - Wages
835.00
Expense
665.00
Supervised Play - Salary
675.00
Christmas Parade
300.00
Pensions
7,033.20
American Legion Quarters
500.00
Town Reports
850.00
Memorial Day
400.00
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Insurance
6,700.00
Light in Town Buildings
5,257.60
Water in Town Buildings
700.00
Tax Title Possessions
100.00
Water Department
25,850.00
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Cemeteries - Salaries and Wages
5,650.00
Clerk
350.00
Expense
1,000.00
Maturing Debt - School
17,000.00
School Addition
5,000.00
Water
2,000.00
Interest
7,795.00
Article 8 - Highway Work -
Thickly settled streets 2,000.00
Article 9 - Chapter 81 - Highway Construction or Maintenance 5,450.00
Article 10 - Chapter 90 - Highway Construction 3,000.00
Article 11 - Chapter 90 - Maintenance
1,000.00
Article 14 - Merrimac portion Pentucket
Regional School District Budget for 1961 168,455.86
Article 15 - New Police Cruiser 2,200.00
Article 16 - Hose for Fire Department 1,000.00
Article 19 - Sander - Highway Department
1,400.00
Article 22 - Install 6 inch water pipe and hydrant Sunset Terrace and Emery St. to Philip Darbe residence 1,715.95
Article 23 - Install 6 inch water pipe and hydrant Burnside Lane to Armand Bisson residence 1,821.00
Article 29 - Repair windows and flashing work on Town Hall windows, pointing outside of building 4,300.00
TOTAL MONEY APPROPRIATED $577,281.96
Respectfully submitted,
C. HOWARD PHILLIPS
Town Clerk
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 33
May 11, 1961
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. John E. Flynn, Chairman Merrimac, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Merrimac for the fiscal year 1960, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours, HERMAN B. DINE Director of Accounts
HBD:EM
Mr. Herman B. Dine
Director of Accounts
Department of Corporations and Taxation
State House, Boston Sir :
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Merrimac for the fiscal year 1960, and submit the following report thereon :
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The records of financial transactions of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection were examined and verified by comparison with the reports and records in the office of the town accountant.
The books and accounts of the town accountant were examined and checked. The receipts as recorded were checked with the available departmental records and with the treasurer's books, while the payments were compared with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the disburse- ment of town funds and with the treasurer's records.
The ledger accounts were analyzed, the appropriation accounts were checked with the amounts voted by the town as shown by the town clerk's records of town meet- ings, the transfers from the reserve fund were compared with the amounts authorized by the finance committee, while other accounts were checked with information in the various departments in which the transactions origina- ted.
The necessary adjusting entries resulting from the audit were made, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condi- tion of the town as of December 31, 1960.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The cash book additions were verified and the recorded receipts were compared with the accountant's books, with the records of the several de-
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partments collecting money for the town, and with other sources from which money is paid into the town treasury. The payments were checked with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds and with the accountant's ledger. The cash balance on February 18, 1961 was proved by actual count of the cash in the office, by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit, and by examination of the savings bank books.
The recorded payments on account of maturing debt and interest were checked with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file.
The savings bank books and securities representing the investments of the several trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed. The income was proved, and all transactions and balances were verified and checked with the books of the town accountant.
The records of tax titles and tax possessions held by the town were examined. The additions to the tax title account were checked with the tax collector's records, the redemptions were compared with the treasurer's cash book, and the tax titles and tax possessions on hand were listed, reconciled with the town accountant's ledger, and checked with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
The deductions from employees' salaries for Federal and State taxes were listed and reconciled with the amounts due and paid to the proper agencies.
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The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail. The tax and excise ac- counts outstanding at the time of the previous examination, as well as all subsequent commitment lists, were audited and proved with the assessors' warrants authorizing their collection. The recorded collections were compared with the verified payments to the treasurer, the abatements were checked with the assessors' records of abatements granted, the transfers to the tax title account were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved with the accountant's controls.
The books and accounts of the municipal light depart- ment were examined and checked in detail. The commit- ments of light, power, and miscellaneous accounts receiv- able, as well as the consumers' deposit account, were examined and proved. The discounts were verified, the recorded payments to the treasurer were checked with the treasurer's records, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the accountant's ledger.
The commitments of departmental and water accounts receivable were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were checked with the payments to the treasurer, the discounts and abatements were verified, and the out- standing accounts were listed and reconciled with the town accountant's ledger.
The outstanding tax, excise, departmental, light, and water accounts were further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
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The town clerk's records of dog, sporting, and mis- cellaneous licenses were examined, the payments to the State being verified with the receipts on file, and payments to the town treasurer being compared with the treasurer's cash book.
The surety bonds furnished by the several town officials were examined and found to be in proper form.
The records of cash receipts of the selectmen and the sealer of weights and measures, as well as of the police, health, school, library, and cemetery departments, and of all other departments collecting money for the town, were examined, checked, and reconciled with the treasurer's and the accountant's books.
Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, municipal light, water, and departmental accounts, together with schedules show- ing the condition and transactions of the several trust and investment funds.
While engaged in making the audit cooperation was received from all officials of the town, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appre- ciation.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ
WS:EM
Assistant Director of Accounts
TOWN OF MERRIMAC Balance Sheet - December 31, 1960 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash:
General,
$179,927.06
Special:
Municipal Light Depreciation,
49,685.91
County - Dog Licenses, ......
10.00
Advances for Petty: Selectmen,
10.00
Tax Collector, ..
25.00
Municipal Light and
Water Department, .. 125.00
-$
160.00
Special Cemetery,
50.63
Accounts Receivable:
Recoveries:
Old Age Assistance,
$ 5,480.00
Levy of 1958:
Federal Grants:
Personal Property, ..... .... $ 56.00
Disability Assistance: Adminstration, .$
513.46
Poll,
16.00
Assistance,
3,188.88
Personal Property,
1,435 41
Real Estate,
6,795.26
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration, Aid,
1,103.01
Levy of 1960:
6,259.89
ยท. Poll,
110.00
Old Age Assistance:
Personal Property,
2,811.27
Administration, 3,939.16
Real Estate,
42,863.37
Assistance, 24,028.68
$ 54,087.31
-$ 39,033.08
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Guarantee Deposits: Municipal Light,
$ 1,643.08
Agency:
Tailings: Unclaimed Checks,
104.52
Trust Fund Income:
Kimball Park, .$ 103.02
Harry J. Robinson
$ 153.65
Taxes:
Levy of 1959:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1956, $
10.21
Levy of 1957,
350.96
Levy of 1958, 864.81
Levy of 1959,
2,500.47
Levy of 1960, .. .
15,285.11
$ 19,011.56
Farm Animal Excise:
Levy of 1958,
$ 27.57
Levy of 1959,
28.38
Levy of 1960,
78.20
134.15
Tax Titles and Possessions:
Tax Titles,
$ 12,672.50
Tax Possessions,
2,978.55
$ 15,651.05
Departmental:
Aid to Dependent Children,
$ 955.58
Municipal Light:
Rates,
$ 5,136.90
Miscellaneous, ..
151.99
-$ 5,288.89
Water:
Rates,
$ 1,068.10
Services & Miscellaneous
276.45
-$ 1,344.55
Revolving Funds:
School Lunch, .$ 405.01
School Athletics, 20.63 ..
-$
425.64
Appropriation Balances:
Revenue: General, $ 5,033.47
Municipal Light: Maintenance & Operation,
1,596.63
Depreciation,
49,685.91
Water:
Mains,
2.48
Non-Revenue : School Addition,
12,270.72
$ 68,589.21
Overestimate 1960:
County Tax,
165.71
Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund, .. 300.00
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation:
Road Machinery, 1,741.00
Reserve Fund - Overlays Surplus,
11,244.70
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1958, $ 56.00
Levy of 1959, 6,152.16
Levy of 1960, 2,098.15 -$ 8,306.31
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STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT (Continued)
Aid to Highways: State,
$ 7,968.63
Unprovided for or Overdrawn Accounts:
Underestimate 1960:
State Park & Reservations,
$ 308.14
Departmental, 955.58
Municipal Light,
5,288.89
Water,
1,344.55
Aid to Highway, 7,968.63 ..
-$ 50,354.41
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance,
160.00
Surplus Revenue, 149,704.08
$337,415.39
$337,415.39
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt:
Serial Loans:
Inside Debt Limit:
General :
School
$ 96,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General :
School,
$165.000.00
Public Service Enterprise :
Municipal Light,
2,000.00
Water,
6,000.00
$173,000.00
$269,000.00
$269,000.00
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Inside Debt Limit: General,
$ 96,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General,
$165,000.00
Public Service Enterprise,
8,000.00
$173,000.00
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise, $ 19,011.56
Farm Animal Excise, 134.15 Tax Title & Possession, 15,651.05
Overlay Deficits :
Levies of 1936 to 1956, Inclusive, $ 897.68
Overdrawn Appropriation : Snow and Washouts, Chapter 44, Section 31, General Laws, $ 1,994.88
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities: In Custody of Treasurer, $100,638.47
In Custody of Treasurer: School Funds: Building Renovation. ..
$
53.50
Library Funds:
Willie Colby, $ 200.00
Dr. Harry J. Cushing,
500.00
A. E. Goodwin,
200.00
Thomas H. Hoyt,
28,385.47
Nichols Memorial,
500.00
Laura Patten
1,000.00
D. J. Poore,
500.00
James D. Whittier, 500.00 ..
-$ 31,785.47
Park Funds:
Judith Kimball,
$
1,213.61
Amos Weed, 2,104.66 -$ 3,318.27
Cemetery Funds :
Perpetual Care, $ 58,971.87
Harry J. Robinson -
Special Care, 1,500.00
$ 60,471.87
Investment Funds:
Post-War Rehabilitation, $ 751.64
Stabilization, ..
4,257.72
-$ 5,009.36
$100,638.47
$100,638.47
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MERRIMAC
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VOTE FOR OFFICERS, ANNUAL ELECTION
March 6, 1961
Votes Cast (Men 627, Women 612), Total 1239
Moderator, for one year:
Robert L. Echert, 23 Main Street 1059
Blanks
180
Town Clerk, for one year:
C. Howard Phillips, 48 Church Street
1102
Blanks
137
Selectman, for one year:
William J. Burns, 6 Burnside Lane 132
John E. Flynn, 10 Maple Street 320
Joseph F. Michelin, Sr., 821/2 E. Main Street 62
Richard G. Noone, 8 Pleasant Street 49
James B. Peirce, 52 West Main Street 292
Cary A. Reynolds, 13 Pine Street 34
Elwin E. Rollins, 4 Middle Road 40
George A. Waterhouse, 2 Bear Hill Road 272
Blanks 38
Selectman, for two years:
Ralph L. Buzzell, 63 School Street 689
Joseph F. Dugas, West Main Street 29
Rhoderick D. MacDonald, West Main Street 110
James R. Riel, Champion Street 359
Blanks 52
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Selectman for three years:
George J. P. Stevens, Birch Meadow Road 962
George McCarron 1
James Glidden 1
Thomas E. Roche 1
Merrill B. Smith, Sr. 1
Blanks
273
Board of Public Welfare, for one year:
Marian A. Haskell, Bear Hill Road 874
Jean S. Stuart, Sawyer Street 735
Francis J. Mathews, Emery Street 507
Cecile C. Sargent, Bear Hill Road 716
Blanks 885
Assessor, for three years:
Alvin F. Heath, 33 Grove Street 1041
Blanks 198
Treasurer, for one year:
Roy C. Journeay, 10 Prospect Street 1061
Blanks
178
Tax Collector, for three years:
Wilfred G. Journeay, 28 Grove Street 1045
Blanks
194
School Committee, for three years:
Irving A. Blake, 7 Judkins Court 564
Raymond E. Emmert, 97 River Road 604
Blanks
71
Trustee of Cemeteries, for three years:
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main Street 504
Harold M. Waterhouse, 6 Bear Hill Road 655
Blanks
70
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Library Trustees, for three years:
Robert L. Eckert, 23 Main Street 988
Alvin F. Heath, 33 Grove Street 972
Blanks 518
Trustee of Kimball Park, for three years:
Wilbur E. Wallace 3
Fred Spencer, Sr. 1
David J. Swartz
1
James Riel
1
Robert J. Sayers
1
Daniel F. Sullivan
1
Walter D. Calnan
1
Bernard H. Connor
1
Wallace P. Spencer
1
William J. Burns
Robert K. Silvia
1 1 1
James P. Glidden
Loren Wallace
1
Frederick Ingraham
1
Gordon A. Rines
1
Blanks
1222
Light Commissioner, for three years:
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main Street 411
Robert K. Silvia, 24 Prospect Street 328
Harold M. Waterhouse, 6 Bear Hill Road 451
Blanks 49
Water Commission, for three years:
Henry D. Lay, 59 West Main Street 409
Robert K. Silvia, 24 Prospect Street 327
Harold M. Waterhouse, 6 Bear Hill Road 451
Blanks 52
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Constables, for one year:
Albert W. Lord, Heath Road 695
Richard G. Noone, 8 Pleasant Street 760
Bernard H. Connor, 9 West Main Street 471
Cary A. Reynolds, 13 Pine Street 238
Wallace P. Spencer, 8 Winter Street 788
Blanks 765
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark, for one year:
Richard E. Sargent
4
Ralph L. Buzzell
4
Wallace P. Spencer
4
Edgar P. Sargent
1
Francis J. Mathews
1
Richard G. Noone
1
Robert K. Silvia
2
Mariner C. Benjamin
3
George R. Hoyt
1
Arthur W. Hoyt
1
Gordon A. Rines
1
Harold M. Waterhouse
1
Bernard H. Connor
1
William J. Burns
1
Blanks
3691
Tree Warden, for one year:
Mariner C. Benjamin, Rear 47 East Main Street 538
Edgar D. Sargent, Bear Hill Road 598
Blanks 103
Playground Commission, for five years :
Arthur R. Cloyd, 101 East Main Street 1039
Blanks 200
Planning Board, for five years:
James P. Glidden, 105 River Road 973
Blanks
266
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Essex, ss.
To Alexander M. Sullivan, one of the Constables of the Town of Merrimac:
Greetings :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Merrimac to meet in Sargent Hall in Merrimac on
NOVEMBER 6, 1961
at eight o'clock in the evening to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to accept the amendment to the agreement, as amended, establishing the Pentucket Regional School District, whereby all operating costs of the district, beginning with the budget for the calendar year 1962, will be apportioned in accord- ance with each member town's pupil enrollment in the regional district school as of October 1 of the year next proceeding the year for which the apportionment is determined. VOTED
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws of the Town of Merrimac by adding to Section XI, as already amended, the following paragraph:
9. Apartment House. VOTE YES - 112 NO - 51
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Seven Hundred Dollars, ($700.00) from Road Machinery Account to Maintenance of Road Machinery Account.
VOTED $500.00
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Article 4. To see if the, Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury a sum of money to Snow and Washouts Account. VOTED $1,500.00
TRANSFER FROM SURPLUS REVENUE
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury the sum of Six Hundred Eighty Four Dollars and Eighty One Cents, ($684.81) to Library Account.
VOTED TRANSFER FROM SURPLUS REVENUE
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Supervised Play Account the sum of One Hun- dred Five Dollars, ($105.00) to the Playground Account. or take any action relative thereto. VOTED
And you are hereby required to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in seven public places in said Town of Merrimac, at least seven days before said time of meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 25th day of October, 1961
JOHN E. FLYNN RALPH L. BUZZELL GEORGE P. STEVENS
A true Copy : Attest: Selectmen of Merrimac ALEXANDER M. SULLIVAN, Constable
By virtue of the above warrant to me directed, I hereby notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Merrimac to meet at the time and said place and for the purpose therein expressed.
ALEXANDER M. SULLIVAN
Merrimac, Mass., October 25, 1961 Constable
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Essex, ss.
To Alexander M. Sullivan, one of the Constables of the Town of Merrimac :
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of the Town of Merrimac to meet in Sargent Hall in Merrimac on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1962
at 8 o'clock in the evening to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws as amended: Moderator, Town Clerk, three Select- men, three Assessors, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Tree Warden, three Commissioners of Municipal Light, three Water Commissioners, and raise and appropriate sums of money therefore, and to determine what sums of money be raised to defray the necessary and usual charges and expenses of the Town for the year 1962 and make appro- priations for same said sums of money so raised and appropriated to be expended for specific purposes to be voted.
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Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the Revenue of the Financial year beginning January 1, 1963 and to issue a note or notes therefore, 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 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to sell at public auction, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town, fourteen days at least, before the sale, property heretofore taken or which may be taken by the Town under Tax Title Pro- cedure, provided that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen or their authorized agent may at the time of such public auction reject any bid which they may deem inadequate, or may after such auction has been held sell such property provided that in their estima- tion, an adequate offer may be made.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use a sum of money from "Free Cash" in the Treasury toward the reduction of the 1962 Tax Rate.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for the mainte- nance of Road Machinery to keep Road Machinery in operation.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended on highway work on thickly settled streets, or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highway construction or maintenance, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway con- struction, or take any action relative thereto.
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