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Clerk Clerk Rubber-worker Merchant Chauffeur Druggist Carpenter Foreman Machinist Janitor Bookkeeper Conductor St. Ry. Laborer Insurance Contractor Blacksmith
Barber Gardener Foundryman Insurance Foreman Shoe-worker Shoe-worker Shoe-worker Shoe-worker
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Name and Residence
Occupation
Weaver Banker
Moran, Austin J., 48 No. Bow Morcone, Joseph, 25 Main Morey, Nelson, 390 Purchase Morey, Myron, Haven Morgan, James L., 27 Jefferson Moriarty, Frederick H., 42 Emmons
Farmer Farmer
Clerk
Clerk
Munger, William F., 284 Main
Machinist
Murphy, James N., 17 Middleton
Murphy, Frank D., 451 Purchase
Murray, Edward D., 127 So. Main Nargi, Pasquale, 74 Main
Mechanic
Norton, Peter J., 22 Prospect Heights
Machinist
Newcomb, Ralph L., 83 School
Nutter, J. Curtis, 260 Purchase O'Brien, Mark F., 32 Pearl
O'Brien, James H., 57 West
O'Connell, John A., 71 Central
O'Connor, Edward J., 412 Purchase O'Donnell, William H., 20 High
O'Malley, James A., 42 Claflin
O'Keefe, Arthur F., 20 W. Walnut
O'Rourke, Dennis F., 157 E. Main O'Sullivan, Edward J., 16 Taylor O'Sullivan, Edward J., 21 Prospect Ozella, Joseph, E. Main Parkhurst, Warren E., 28 Court Pearson, Axel, E. Main Peckham, Arthur U., 34 Grant Pitee, Luigi, 34 So. Bow Powers, John L., 12 Mechanic Pratt, Louis P., Beaver Prentiss, William N., Asylum
Pyne, William H., 295 Main Pyne, Henry M., 83 Main Quinlan, Maurice J., 36 Central Ray, Hugh, 83 So. Main
Janitor Farmer Clerk
Core-maker Carpenter Machinist Shoe-worker Shoe-worker Farmer Moulder Shoe-worker Retired Machinist Conductor St. Ry. Musician Shoe-worker Machinist Proprietor Garage Shoe-worker Machinist Motorman Plumber Farmer Shoe-dealer Chauffeur Plumber Farmer
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Name and Residence
Raftery, Thomas D., 37 No. Bow Reynolds, Mortimore W., 97 E. Main Richardson, George A., 57 Forest Ripley, John C., 50 Bancroft Ave. Robinson, Oliver G., 6 Daniels Roche, John E., 8 Myrtle
Rose, Marcus W., 57 Bancroft Ave. Ross, Leo F., Cedar
Ruhan, John F., 23 Chapin
Ruhan, James F., 17 Church
Sabbatinelli, Guido, 47 Franklin
Sanderson, Francis W., 56 Fruit Sannicandro, Antonio, 40 Water Santosuosso, Antonio, 25 Fairview Road
Saunders, Charles H., 13 Church Savino, Nicholas, 158 West Spruce Schofield, Frank P., 25 Purchase Schultz, Ernest L., 23 Spring Sherman, William M., 67 Pine Sovey, Joseph C., 90 School Spencer, Abner, 41 Grove Spindel, Dean R., 95 Congress Stanley, George E., 96 School Stopp, William E., 32 Grant Sullivan, John J., 6 Orchard Sullivan, John R., 7 Thayer Sweeney, Michael B., 43 W. Walnut Taylor, William, 135 Spruce Thatcher, Edward J., 69 Grove Touhey, Charles V., 3 Poplar Touhey, Tobias S., 22 W. Pine Trudell, Francis X., 50 So. Main Tusoni, Michael, 54 E. Main Tynan, Michael T., 17 Court Wallace, John E., 11 High Ward, Cressy F., 19 Fayette
Occupation Shoe-worker Laborer Grocer Contractor Finisher Clerk Merchant Engineer Machinist Laundryman Mason Foreman Machinist
Shoe-worker Clerk Salesman Wood-worker Machinist Laundryman Retired Chauffeur Grocer Carpenter Clerk Conductor St. Ry. Rubber-worker
Test Man Tel. Co. Motorman
Hair Goods Dealer Shoe-worker Foreman Machinist Agent Shoe-worker
Hatter Motorman
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Name and Residence
Warren, Elmer W., 14 Leonard Ward, Isaac W., 188 Congress Waters, Thomas F., 63 Pine Shoe-worker Manufacturer Webb, Arthur, 131 Congress Wright, Frank L., 25 Parker Hill Ave. Motorman Machinist
Whitney, Ernest A., 138 Congress
Occupation Foreman® Clerk
PHILIP CENEDELLA, TIMOTHY W. HANNIGAN, P. EUGENE CASEY, Selectmen of Milford.
A true copy. Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JULY 17, 1929
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss.
To either Constable in the Town of Milford in said County,
GREETING :- .
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified by law to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the town hall in said Town on Wednesday, the seventeenth day of July, A. D. 1929, punctually at 8 o'clock in the evening, to act upon the fol- lowing articles, namely :-
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote taken under Article 26 of the warrant for the Annual
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Town Meeting of March 11, 1929, so as to read as follows :-
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated a sum not exceeding $100,000.00 for the purpose of rebuilding Main Street from the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad crossing to Hopedale town line, of permanent pavement, reinforced concrete, to be rebuilt under the supervision of the Department of Public Works, Division of Highways; and that, to meet said appropriation, there be raised in the tax levy of the current year the sum of $25,000.00, and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding $75,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44, General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years or at such earlier dates as the Treas- urer and Selectmen may determine.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote under Article 4 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 11, 1929, so as to read as follows :-
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $10,000.00 for the purpose of rebuilding South Main Street from a point near the property of Ancilo S. Anto- lini toward Main Street, said sum to be used in conjunc- tion with money allotted by the State and County for this purpose.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of removing poles, police and fire alarm wires on Main Street, certain wires entering into front of town hall building, place said wires underground on Main Street and enter town hall building in the rear, said money to be expended under the supervision of the Selectmen, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars ($1,750.00)
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received by the Town from the Citron-Byer Company to revenue of 1929, to be used by the assessors to determine the 1929 tax rate.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Selectmen to appoint a committee of five to investigate the advisability of constructing or dedicating a suitable memorial for the purpose of properly commemorating the services and sacrifices of persons who served in the World War, and report at the next Annual Town Meeting.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to carry out the vote of the Town taken on March 11, 1929, under Article 14 of the warrant of the Annual Town Meeting in connection with the purchase of the Cedar Swamp Pond, so-called, with the encumbrances now. existing thereon, or vote to purchase in fee certain land from the Clark heirs, raise and appropriate a sum of money for either of said purposes, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of forty-five hundred dollars ($4,500.00) to purchase a piece of fire apparatus, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) to recondition the athletic field on the Town Park, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for highways the sum of three thousand dol- lars ($3,000.00), or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) for construction of sewers, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for the purpose of removing or treating the
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elm tree in front of 171 Congress Street, the same being a menace to public safety, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of Nelson Heights, so-called.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the purpose of moving a hydrant now located near No. 99 Water Street, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of Overlea Avenue.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of South Terrace.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to purchase from George H. Spindel his sand pit located on Haven Street, raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) therefor, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to make appli- cation to the General Court of Massachusetts for the pas- sage of an act to authorize precinct voting, representative town meetings, the election of town meeting members, a referendum, and an annual moderator in the Town of Milford, or take any action in relation thereto.
And you are hereby directed to serve This Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and at the Post Office in said Town; also cause an attested copy to be published in the Milford Daily News, a newspaper published in said Town, two Sabbaths at least before the time set for said meeting.
Hereof Fail Not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Clerk of said Town, at the time of meeting aforesaid.
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Given under our hands at Milford, this fifth day of July, A. D. 1929.
PHILIP CENEDELLA, TIMOTHY W. HANNIGAN, P. EUGENE CASEY, Selectmen of Milford.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN J. MOLONEY, Constable of Milford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss.
Milford, July 17, 1929.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Milford herein described to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at each of the public meeting houses and at the post office in said Town, and I have likewise caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in the Milford Daily News, a newspaper printed in said Town, two Sabbaths before the time set for said meeting.
Attest :
JOHN J. MOLONEY, Constable of Milford.
A true copy of the warrant and the officer's return thereon. Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JULY 17, 1929 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Worcester, ss.
Milford, July 17, 1929.
In pursuance to the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Milford, qualified by law to vote in elec- tions and in town affairs, met in town hall in said Town
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on Wednesday, the seventeenth day of July, A. D. 1929, and were called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant and the officer's return thereon.
Under Article 1. The meeting made choice of John T. McLoughlin as moderator, the vote being unanimous.
Article 2. L. Blaine Libbey, Secretary of the Finance Committee, submitted the following report for the Com- mittee :
Milford, Mass., July 17, 1929.
Mr. Moderator :
The Finance Committee submit the following report based on the articles contained in the Town Warrant dated July 5th, 1929.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote taken under Article 26 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 11, 1929. Your committee recom- mend that the article be favorably acted upon.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote taken under Article 4 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 11, 1929. Your committee rec- ommend that the article be favorably acted upon.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of removing poles, police and fire alarm wires on Main Street, certain wires entering into front of town hall building, place said wires underground on Main Street, and enter town hall building in the rear, said money to be expended under the supervision of the Selectmen, or take any action in rela- tion thereto. Your committee recommend favorable action under this article.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars ($1,750.00) received by the Town from the Citron-Byer Company to revenue of 1929, to be used by the assessors to determine the 1929 tax rate. Your committee recommend favorable action under the article.
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'Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to carry out the vote of the Town taken. March 11, 1929, under Article 14 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, in connection with the purchase of the Cedar Swamp Pond, so-called, with the encum- brances now existing thereon, or vote to purchase in fee certain land from the Clark heirs, raise and appropriate a sum of money for either of said purposes, or take any action in relation thereto.
No definite recommendation is offered by your com- mittee, leaving it for the Town Meeting to take whatever action it may.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of forty-five hundred dollars ($4,500.00) to purchase a piece of fire apparatus, or take any action in relation thereto. Your committee recomi- mend favorable action under the article.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00} to recondition the athletic field on the Town Park, or take any action in relation thereto. Your committee recoma- mend that the article be passed over.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for highways the sum of three thousand dol- lars ($3,000.00), or take any action in relation thereto. Your committee recommend that the article be favorably acted on.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) for construction of sewers, or take any action in relation thereto. Your committee recommend that favorable action be taken under the article.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for the purpose of removing or treating the elm tree in front of 171 Congress Street, the same being
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a menace to public safety, or take any action in relation thereto. Your committee recommend that the article be passed over.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the purpose of moving a hydrant now located near 99 Water Street, or take any action in relation thereto. Your committee recommend that the article be favorably acted .upon.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to purchase from George H. Spindel his sand pit located on Haven Street, raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) therefor, or take any action in rela- tion thereto. A sub-committee was appointed to investi- gate the merits. of this sand pit. After receiving their report, it is the opinion of your committee that the article be passed over, without prejudice to the proposition, but rather with the thought that no action is necessary until the present supply from available sources becomes exhausted.
Respectfully submitted, W. L. ADAMS, Chairman; L. BLAINE LIBBEY, Secretary; Finance Committee of the Town of Milford. Voted : To receive the report of the Finance Committee.
Article 2. Voted: To amend the vote taken under Article 26 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 11, 1929, so as to read as follows :
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $100,000.00 for the purpose of rebuilding Main Street from the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad crossing to Hopedale Town Line, of permanent pavement, reinforced concrete, to be rebuilt under the supervision of the Department of Public Works, Division of High- ways, and that, to meet said appropriation, there be raised in the tax levy of the current year the sum of $25,000.00, and the Treasurer, with the approval of the
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Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow a sum not exceeding $75,000.00, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44, General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years or at such earlier dates as the Treas- urer and Selectmen may determine.
A rising and hand vote was taken. Walter L. Adams, Benjamin J. Clancey, Dean R. Spindel and Harold K. Bullard were appointed tellers by the moderator to count the vote. Result of the vote: Yes-169; No-77.
Article 3. Voted: To amend the vote taken under Article 4 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 11, 1929, so as to read as follows:
Voted : That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $10,000.00 for the purpose of rebuilding South Main Street from a point near the property of Ancilo S. Anto- lini toward Main Street, said sum to be used in conjunc- tion with money allotted by the State and County for this purpose.
Article 4. Voted: That the Town raise and appropri- ate the sum of $5,500.00 for the purpose of removing poles, police and fire alarm wires on Main Street, certain wires entering into front of town hall building, place said wires underground on Main Street, and enter town hall building in the rear, said money to be expended under the supervision of the Selectmen.
Voted: To pass over the remainder of the article.
Article 5. Voted: That the sum of $1,750.00 received by the Town from the Citron-Byer Company be trans- ferred to the revenue of 1929, to be used by the assessors to determine the 1929 tax rate.
Article 6. Voted : That the Selectmen be authorized to appoint a committee of five to investigate the advisability of constructing or dedicating a suitable memorial for the purpose of properly commemorating the services and sac-
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rifices of persons of Milford who served in the World War, and report at the next Annual Town Meeting.
Article 7. Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to carry out the vote of the town taken on March 11, 1929, under Article 14 of the warrant of the Annual Town Meeting, and that the purchase of the Cedar Swamp Pond, so-called, be made with the encumbrances now existing thereon, and that the sum of $69.00 be raised and appropriated to pay the Clark heirs for flowing their land.
Voted : To pass over the remainder of the article.
Article 8. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500.00 to purchase a piece of fire apparatus.
Voted : To pass over the remainder of the article.
Article 9. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to recondition the athletic field on the Town Park, the money to be used under the jurisdiction of the Park Board in conjunction with the Selectmen, for the improvement of the park in general as well as the athletic field, also for the building of a suitable store-house for the storing of the park equipment, and the playground appa- ratus, or any tools or equipment which comes under their jurisdiction.
Voted : To pass over the remainder of the article.
Article 10. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for highways.
Voted: To pass over the remainder of the article.
'Article 11. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for construction of sewers.
Voted : To pass over the remainder of the article.
Article 12. Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the purpose of removing or treating the elm tree in front of 171 Congress Street, the same being a menace to public safety.
Voted : To pass over the remainder of the article.
Article 13. Voted: To accept and allow the report of
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the Selectmen on the laying out of Nelson Heights, so- called.
Article 14. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the purpose of moving a hydrant now located near No. 99 Water Street.
Voted: To pass over the remainder of the Article.
Article 15. Voted: To accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of Overlea Avenue.
Article 16. Voted: To accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of South Terrace.
Article 17. Voted : To pass over the article.
Article 18. Voted: That a committee of such numbers as they may decide be appointed by the Selectmen for the purpose of investigating the advisability of making appli- cation to the General Court of Massachusetts for the pas- sage of an act to authorize precinct voting, representative town meetings, the election of town meeting members, a referendum, and an annual moderator in the Town of Milford, and that said committee make a report of their findings to the Town at its next Annual Town Meeting.
Voted : To pass over the remainder of the article.
Voted : To dissolve the warrant.
A true record. Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk.
A true copy of the records. Attest :
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, AUGUST 19, 1929 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Worcester, ss.
To either Constable of the Town of Milford, in said County,
GREETING :--
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are
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hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified by law to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the town hall in said Town, on Monday, the 19th day of August, A. D. 1929, punctually at eight o'clock in the evening, to act upon the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To see if the Town of Milford will authorize its Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Milford Water Company, relative to changing cost of hydrants from fifty dollars ($50.00) per hydrant to sixty dollars ($60.00) per hydrant, determine when the same shall be paid, raise and appropriate money therefor, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to install additional hydrants for fire purposes, raise and appropriate money therefor, or take any action in relation thereto.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and at the Post Office in said Town, also cause an attested copy to be published in the Milford Daily News, a newspaper published in said Town, two Sabbaths at least before the time set for said meeting.
Hereof Fail Not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Clerk of said Town, at the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Milford, this 6th day of August, A. D. 1929.
PHILIP CENEDELLA, TIMOTHY W. HANNIGAN, P. EUGENE CASEY,
Selectmen of Milford.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN J. MOLONEY, Constable of Milford.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss.
Milford, August 19, 1929.
Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified the inhabitants of the Town of Milford, herein described, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes within. mentioned, by posting up attested copies of this warrant at each of the Public Meeting Houses, and at the Post Office in said Town, and I have likewise caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in the Milford Daily News, a newspaper published in said Town, two Sabbaths before the time set for said meeting.
Attest :
JOHN J. MOLONEY, Constable of Milford.
A true copy of the warrant and the officer's return thereon. Attest:
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, AUGUST 19, 1929 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Worcester, ss.
Milford, August 19, 1929.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Milford, qualified by law to vote in elec- tions and in town affairs, met in town hall in said Town, on Monday, the nineteenth day of August, A. D. 1929, punctually at eight o'clock in the evening, and were called to order by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant and the officer's return thereon.
Article 1. The meeting made choice of John T. Mc- Loughlin as moderator, the vote being unanimous.
Article 2. John C. Lynch, Esq., special counsel for the Selectmen, presented the following motion: "I move that the Selectmen be, and are hereby, authorized to make a.
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(contract with the Milford Water Company, relative to the price to be paid for hydrant service, for fire purposes, in the Town of Milford, not to exceed $60.00 per hydrant, to (determine the duration of the contract, the time of pay- ment thereof, and that we raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) to be applied in pay- ment thereof."
L. Blaine Libbey, Secretary of the Finance Committee, presented the following report for the Finance Committee : Milford, Mass., August 19, 1929. Mr. Moderator :
Your Finance Committee gave a hearing last Friday evening to parties interested in the two articles appearing in the Town Warrant, and submit the following report :
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