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said money to be available even if the State should cut its allotment, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote and appro- priate the sum of Eight hundred ($800.00) dollars for Chapter 90 Maintenance, said money to be used in con- junction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County for said purpose, said money to be avail- able even if the State should cut its allotment, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Three hundred and fifty ($350.00) dol- lars to continue the program of installing street signs throughout the Town of similar design as those placed in 1937, 1938, and 1939 or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate from available funds under the excess and Deficiency Account a sum of money for use by the Board of Assessors in fixing the tax rate for 1940, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four hundred dollars ($400.00) to install and maintain electric lights along Main Street, during the Christmas Holiday Season, under the Direc- tion of the Inspector of Wires or take any action in rela- tion thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow the report of the Selectmen on the laying out of Mayhew Slip.
Article 17. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws and Chapter 513 of the Acts of 1939, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be per- formed by the Department of Public Works of Massa- chusetts in rivers and streams of the town in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 513, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indem- nity therefor to the Commonwealth.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen hundred ($1500.00) dol- lars to be used in conjunction with a W.P.A. Project for
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construction of section of Concrete Bleachers and ap- proaches on Town Park, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five hundred ($500.00) dollars to be used for piping and materials in conjunction with a W.P.A. Project in piping brook in section of Town Park, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2500.00) dollars for continuance of the Sewerage from the Hobo- ken Citizens' Club to Alden Street, thence on Alden Street to end of said Alden Street, a distance approximately ten hundred and fifty yards (1050), or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fourteen thousand dollars ($14,- 000.00) for the purpose of purchasing a Junior Aerial Ladder truck for the Fire Department, or take any ac- tion in relation thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of developing and constructing an inclosed Athletic Field, with suitable bleachers, apparatus, and other equipment upon premises formerly owned by the Milford Iron Foundry and land adjacent thereto owned by the Town, in co-operation with the Works Progress Administration or other Gov- ernmental Agencies; or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will accept the recom- mendations of the Zoning Board appointed by the Select- men under Article 14 of the Annual Town Meeting, 1937, in accordance with G. L. (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Sections 25-30A (inserted by Statute 1933, Chapter 269) as amended, for the purpose of originally establishing the boundaries of the districts and the regulations and re- strictions to be enforced therein, and adopt such ordi- nances or by-laws with respect thereto as may be con- tained in said recommendations; or take any other action in relation thereto,
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Article 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the premises located on the southerly side of Central Street at or near Beach Street Extension, formerly known as the "Hoboken" School, and to execute, acknowledge and deliver a proper deed or deeds therefor ; or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the premises located on the easterly side of Beaver Street formerly known as the "Bear Hill School," and to execute, acknowledge and deliver a proper deed or deeds therefor; or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 26. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell a portion of the premises now owned by the Town as part of the Cedar Swamp Pond Develop- ment, bounded and described as follows:
A certain parcel of swamp land described as follows:
Commencing at the northwesterly corner of land of one Casassanta and the northeasterly corner of land of one Diotalevi; thence in a curved line easterly and north- erly along the shores of Cedar Swamp Pond, 220 feet more or less on the northerly side of land of one Casas- santa, 30 feet more or less by the westerly side of land of one Delledonna, and 140 feet more or less by the west- erly side of land of one DeGregorie; thence westerly 130 feet; thence southerly 190 feet more or less to the point of beginning, and containing about 31,500 square feet.
Said premises are shown on a plan of Swamp Land, Rear Hayward Field, May 12, 1939, Joseph A. Visconti, C. E .; and to execute, acknowledge and deliver a proper deed or deeds therefor; or take any action in relation to the same.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to appoint a committee of five citizens for the purpose of investigating the advisability of amending the Traffic Rules and Regulations with respect to limited time parking on certain streets; or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of repairing Fells Avenue, or take any action in relation thereto.
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Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the erection of a new Police Station and Courthouse upon premises owned by the Town in cooperation with the Works Progress Ad- ministration or other Governmental Agencies; or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of installing street electric lights from the intersection of Granite and Sumner Streets, thence running easterly to a right of way at the Cedar Swamp Development, thence northerly and easterly along the right of way and across the dam, and thence southerly along the easterly side of the chan- nel to E. Main Street," or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four hundred thirty-seven dollars and sixty-three cents ($437.63) to the Board of Health for care of patients at Worcester County Sanatorium from December 1st through December 31st 1939, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 32. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars for the purpose of making general repairs upon certain school buildings in the Town, in co-operation with the Works Progress Administration or other governmental agencies ; or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven thousand five hundred dol- lars ($7,500.00) for repairs at the Plains Primary School, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six hundred dollars ($600.00) to repair the Town Park Bleachers, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to elect at the next Annual Town Meeting to be held in 1941, one Select- man for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and thereafter elect one Selectman each year for a three-year term, or take any action in relation thereto.
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Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept on the laying out as a Public Way, a private way known as Hamilton Avenue, running from E. Main Street to Cedar Street, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of One hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for the purpose of laying out Hamilton Avenue as a Public Way, or take any action thereto.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate One thousand dollars ($1000.00) to be used for care and maintenance of Cedar Swamp Pond Develop- ment Property, now owned by the Town, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the Selectmen to petition the General Court for legislation authorizing the Town to establish a de- partment of Public Works to exercise the duties of the highway department, including the superintendent of streets, the Park Commissioners, the Sewer Commission- ers, Cemetery Commissioners and Tree Warden as now constituted, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for drainage and repair of John Street, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of elec- tric plugs in the Town Hall, or take any action in relation thereto.
The polls will be open from seven A. M. until eight o'clock P. M.
And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by publishing at least seven days before said meeting an attested copy of this warrant in the Milford Daily News, a newspaper published and having a general circulation in the Town of Milford, and by posting at least seven days before said meeting attested copies of this warrant in five or more public places located in said Milford.
Hereof Fail Not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Clerk of said Town at the time of said meeting.
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Given under our hands at Milford this twentieth day of February A.D. 1940.
JOHN H. GARDELLA, WILLIAM J. HAYES, PATRICK CARROLL, Selectmen of Milford.
A true copy attest,
JOHN J. MOLONEY, Constable of Milford.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss.
1142-
Milford, March 4, 1940
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 causing an attested copy of this warrant to be published seven days before said meeting in the Milford Daily News, a newspaper published and having a general circulation in the Town of Milford, and I have also caused attested copies of this warrant to be posted seven days before said meeting in five or more public places located in said Milford.
Attest :
JOHN J. MOLONEY, Constable of Milford.
A true copy of the warrant and the officer's return thereon.
Attest :
CATHERINE L. COYNE,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, March 4, 1940
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Worcester, ss
Milford, March 4, 1940
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant issued by the Selectmen the qualified voters of the several precincts of the Town of Milford assembled at the time and places designated for the purposes therein expressed.
The precinct officers appointed by Selectmen were present and served.
The polls were declared open at seven o'clock A.M. and declared closed at eight o'clock P.M.
The ballots cast in the several precincts and the voting lists were sealed and certified to by the Election Officers, and delivered to the Town Clerk, March 5, 1940.
Precinct 1. 1:30 A.M.
Precinct 3.
2:00 P.M.
Precinct 5.
3:35 A.M.
Precinct 2.
2:10 A.M.
Precinct 4.
4:55 A.M.
A true record : Attest :
CATHERINE L. COYNE, Town Clerk.
A true copy of the records :
Attest:
CATHERINE L. COYNE,
Town Clerk.
Milford, Mass., March 5, 1940
To Catherine L. Coyne, Town Clerk,
Milford, Mass.
In compliance with the requirements of Section 21, Chapter 39, General Laws, we, the Registrars of Voters of the Town of Milford, Mass., this day assembled in the
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Selectmen's Office in said Milford and canvassed the re- turns of voters cast for the several officers of the Town for the ensuing year and for Town Meeting Members, said returns having been made in accordance with the provisions of Section 105, Chapter 54, General Laws, T. C. Edition, said votes having been given in at the Annual Town Meeting held March 4, 1940. The results are shown in the following tabular statements and the persons appearing to be elected are so declared: and are indicated by (*).
TOWN CLERK, One year
Precincts
1 836
2 820
3 777
4 817
5 921
Total 4171
*Catherine L. Coyne
75 Congress Street Blanks
225
548
223
224
240
1460
5631
TOWN TREASURER, One year
Precincts
1 796
2
3 717
4 747
5 869
Total 3769
*Benjamin J. Clancey 145 West Street Blanks
265
728
283
294
292
1862
5631
TAX COLLECTOR, One year
Precincts
1 732
2 637
3 688
4 735
5 811
Total 3603
*William J. Read
24 West Street Blanks
329
731
312
306
350
2028
5631
SELECTMEN, One year
Precincts
1 254
2 822
3
4 327
5 204
1879
33 Prospect Street
*Patrick Carroll
669
435
589
592
699
2984
235 Congress Street
Raymond M. Conway 56 Grant Street
433
817
411
424
439
2524
*John H. Gardella 38 Grant Street
582
532
509
514
635
2772
Total
Francesco Berardi
272
640
278
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5 732
Total 2701
*John H. Henderson 149 Purchase Street L. Blaine Libbey 32 Pleasant Street Blanks
574
335
538
522
308
618
358
348
412
2044
363
545
323
396
362
1989
16893
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR, One year
Precincts
1 573
417
481
534
5 676
Total 2681
5 Prentice Avenue Joseph P. Shaughnessy 45 Pearl Street Blanks
440
838
470
434
432
2614
48
113
49
73
53
336
5631
ASSESSOR, Three years
Precincts
1
2 183
3
4
5 322
Total 1398
8 Thayer Street
136
590
129
171
93
1119
111 Water Street
535
442
475
448
540
2440
*Frederick A. Nealon 130 Spruce Street Raymond D. Stone 263 Purchase Street Blanks
53
31
46
51
135
316
55
122
43
67
71
358
5631
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Three years
Precincts
1 160
2 297
3
4 184
5 187
Total 998
James DiSabito
25 Madden Avenue
86
25
71
76
86
344
42 Pearl Street
428
158
441
480
644
2151
*Lyndhurst A. MacGregor Cedar Street Charles H. Rizoli 134 West Street Blanks
340
824
286
249
195
1894
47
64
32
52
49
244
5631
BOARD OF HEALTH, Three Years
Precincts
1 529
2
3
5 Total
Martin B. Ahern
169
427
4 514
602
2241
15 Franklin Street
2
3
4
*Edward C. Beaulac
John Joseph Casey
282
307
304
Bennie Collabello
John G. Early
170
279
Precincts
1
2
3
4 424
5 434
Total 2850
*Frank Calzone
430
1077
485
17 Mt. Pleasant Street
Blanks
102
122
88
103
125
540
5631
SEWER COMMISSIONER, Three years
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
Total
*Ernest E. O'Brien 55 West Street
728
648
680
714
792
3562
Blanks
333
720
320
327
369
2069
5631
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, Three years
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5 185
624
Highland Street
511
183
521
574
709
2498
15 High Street
597
495
488
483
525
2588
*William P. DiVitto 55 East Main Street Blanks
388
1141
425
434
422
2810
503
852
442
464
481
1462
11262
TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY, Three years
Precincts
1 395
2 969
3
4 336
5
Total
Adam F. Diorio
35 Winter Street
545
24
553
578
730
2651
*Stephen H. Reynolds 17 Purchase Street Blanks
615
297
574
621
764
2871
567
1225
525
547
558
3422
11262
TRUSTEES OF VERNON GROVE CEMETERY
Three years
Precincts Michael W. D'Alloia
1 229
2 678
3 238
4 209
5 156
Total 1510
25 Claflin Street
535
277
513
536
664
2525
*Emerson Robinson 311/2 Forest Street Blanks
524
277
567
550
687
2605
834
1504
682
787
815
4622
11262
William E. Bragdon
123
65
124
127
270
2318
348
*Frederick H. Gould 3 Gibbon Avenue
*Herbert B. Hill 13 Fayette Street
Total
Joseph V. Carey
*Thomas F. Davoren 54 West Street
280
PLANNING BOARD, Five years
Precincts
1 335
2
3
4 400
5 543
Total 1985
45 West Street
Louis J. Blanchet
318
316
290
234
202
1360
40 Main Street
408
721
334
407
416
2286
5631
PARK COMMISSIONER, Three years
Precincts
1 373
2
3 343
4 355
5 304
Total 2382
*Benjamin F. Consoletti
1007
20 East Main Street
Dean S. Cross
140
85
188
139
146
698
81 Front Street
Frederick J. Doherty
119
33
125
139
104
520
62 So. Main Street
91
23
69
93
144
420
23 Lee Street
Louis J. Tredeau
228
56
182
177
316
959
38 Pleasant Street
Blanks
110
164
93
138
147
652
5631
TREE WARDEN, One year
Precincts
1 395
2
3 405
4 371
5 360
Total 2522
49 Green Street
Austin J. Davoren
548
157
471
487
620
2283
63 Pearl Street Blanks
118
220
124
183
181
826
5631
CONSTABLES, One year
Precincts
1 307
2 771
3
4
5 321
Total 2011
22 Plain Street
478
276
387
394
457
1992
*Walter V. Morey
4
1
13
5
2
25
1 Metcalf Avenue Louis H. Pilla 22 Spring Street
2
3
5
Robert P. Magee
2
2
21 Emmons Street
*Salvatore Grillo 37 Depot Street
15
15
*Ernest J. Bilsbury
331
376
* Antonio Bonina
310
302
*Edward C. Davoren 56 Pearl Street
* Matthew P. Andreano
991
Blanks
Charles F. Laurence
281
Precincts Nicholas A. Capece 381/2 East Street Gaetano Bonina 41 Pleasant Street Blanks
1
2
3
4
5
Total
4
4
5
5
4512
5787
4268
4489
5025
24071
28155
MODERATOR, One year
Precincts
1
2
3
4 579
5
Total
*John T. McLoughlin
665
449
571
652
2916
26 Pearl Street
396
919
429
462
509
2715
5631
REFERENDUM
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
Total
Yes
92
90
129
71
86
468
No
90
66
85
65
88
394
Blanks
879
844
1154
905
987
4769
5631
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 1, Three years
Vote for Fourteen
*Louis W. Benotti, 5 Mechanic St.
401
*Leroy B. Brown, 38 Spring St.
466
*J. Frank Cahill, 67 School St. *Fred M. Daniels, 94 School St.
423
*Edward C. Davoren, 56 Pearl St.
417
*Carroll B. Dewing, 9 Goodrich Ct.
442
*John H. Egan, 88 Spruce St.
411
*H. Nelson Goddard, 7 Prentice Ave.
482
*Charles A. Goucher, 63 Pearl St.
423
*John D. Grady, 42 Sumner St. * Raphael Marino, 27 Court St. *John T. O'Brien, 69 School St.
404
444
482
*Paul F. Raftery, 37 No. Bow St. Guido Sabatinelli, 167A Main St.
314
421
*Louis Andrew Tredeau, 33 Glines Ave. Umberta J. Tosti, 18 Mechanic St. Blanks
220
8183
Total
78834
Blanks
487
434
282
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 2, Three years
Vote for Fifteen
*Marco A. Balzarini, Jr., 234 Central St.
689
*Peter P. Bega, 63 Beaver St. 488
*Joseph DeLuca, 16 East St.
534
* Attilio Guerriere, 6 North St.
482
*Frank T. M. Hynes, 9 Free St.
530
*Joseph Rosenfeld, 40 Cedar St.
414
*F. Frank Grillo, 64 Hayward St.
17
*Vincent Pasacarie, 16 Mt. Pleasant St.
4
*Fred M. Daniels, 11 Pond St.
2
*Emilo Pighetti, 350 East Main St.
5
*John Rizoli, 6 Hayward St.
6
Joseph Cimino, 53 Beach St.
1
Anthony Cellozzi, 49 Beach St. Louis Speroni, 19 Hayward St.
1
Pellegrino Femina, 39 Beach St.
1
*Charles Ferrante, 20 Fairview Rd. Michael Tusoni, 34 East Main St. Michael Visconti, 9 Genoa Ave.
1
Blanks
17341
Totals
20520
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 3, Three years
Vote for Fourteen
*Martin B. Ahern, 15 Franklin St.
431
*Howard F. Celley, 34 Whitney St.
434
*James E. Ennis, 57 So. Main St.
384
*William F. Fitzpatrick, 36 Grove St.
421
*Geraldine F. Fleming, 46 Claflin St. *Frank T. Gilbert, 25 Grove St.
420
*Myron Morey, 34 Fruit St.
410
*Francis A. Murphy, 21 Bragg Slip
404
*Sumner C. Reynolds, 4 Poplar St. *John A. Ryan, 611/2 Fruit St.
374
*John E. Spencer, 58 Fruit St.
402
*Shelley D. Vincent, 33 Claflin St.
410
*John J. Wilson, 21 Forest St.
404
*William Young, 18 So. Main St. Blanks
8258
Total
14000
1
2
1
425
408
415
283
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 3, Two years (To fill vacancies) Vote for Three
*Charles F. McGowan, 2 Grove St. 514
*Joseph P. Sheedy, 73 Grove St. 477
*William J. Smith, 38 Forest St. 467
Blanks 1542
Total 3000
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 4, Three years
Vote for Fourteen
*Horace H. Beaudet, 12 West St.
310
*Frank L. Bega, 27 South Main St. 321
*Joseph E. Broughey, 59 Bancroft Ave. 402
*Daniel F. Carney, 10 Cherry St.
434
*Frank G. Cugini, 8 Oliver Ct.
358
*Charles F. Curtin, 16 Parker Hill Ave.
364
*R. Lloyd Dillon, 15 Draper Park
400
*Edward F. Doheny, 357 Main St.
394
*Waina M. Erickson, 6 Taylor St.
332
*Francis J. Fitzpatrick, 312 Main St.
411
*Bernard M. Manion, 82 West St.
411
*Vincent C. O'Keefe, 10 Hollis St.
368
*John C. Rubery, 98 Prospect Heights
372
*Humphrey F. Sullivan, Jr., 95 Prospect Heights Rudolph J. Introini, 290 Main St.
180
Scattering
7
Blanks 9096
Total 14574
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 4, Two years (To fill vacancy) Vote for One
Edward J. Collins, 291/2 So. Main St.
4
*John E. Kennedy, 9 Nelson Heights Scattering
10
19
Blanks
1008
Total 1041
407
284
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 5, Three years
Vote for Fifteen
*George Anderson, 23 Emmons St.
513
*Raymond E. Barlow, 235 Purchase St. 496
*William J. Barnes, 423 Purchase St.
466
*Peter Cenedella, 245 Purchase St.
470
*George W. Ellis, Jr., 88 Purchase St.
492
*Edward R. Glennon, 147 Spruce St. *John T. Glennon, 36 Pleasant St.
457
*Kenneth W. Henderson, 139 Congress St.
497
*John J. Kelley, 14 West Walnut St. *Charles Harold Mattson, Silver Hill Rd. * Angus H. Mckenzie, 231 Purchase St.
437
*Clement H. Moran, 16 Gibbon Ave.
486
*Dwight H. Prouty, Highland St.
445
*Francis F. Larson, 239 Congress St.
26
*Elmer C. Nelson, 102 Congress St. Scattering
79
Blanks
11104
Total
17415
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 5, Two years (To fill vacancy) Vote for One 634
*Charles F. Darney, 45 W. Walnut St. Blanks 527
Total
1161
GEORGE W. BILLINGS, JOHN J. BEST, WILLIAM E. MOORE, CATHERINE L. COYNE,
Registrars of Voters.
March 5, 1940
A true copy of the record :
Attest:
CATHERINE L. COYNE, Town Clerk.
473
473
478
23
285
TOTAL VOTES CAST IN EACH PRECINCT
1
2
4
5
Total
1061
1368
3 1000
1041
1161
5631
A true record :
Attest:
CATHERINE L. COYNE,
Town Clerk.
A true copy of the record :
Attest:
CATHERINE L. COYNE,
Town Clerk.
RECOUNT OF VOTES CAST AT THE ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 4, 1940, FOR HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
In compliance with petitions signed by ten registered voters of the Town of Milford for a recount of the votes cast for Highway Surveyor at the annual town election March 4, 1940, We, the Registrars of Voters, of Milford, Massachusetts, met this ninth day of March nineteen hundred and forty for the purpose of recounting said votes and after examining all ballots cast, at said elec- tion, we determined as follows:
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
Total
*Edward C. Beaulac
568
416
482
533
677
2676
5 Prentice Avenue
Joseph P. Shaughnessy 45 Pearl Street
446
842
469
431
431
2619
Blanks
47
110
49
77
53
336
Total
1061
1368
1000
1041
1161
5631
286
The recount was in compliance with the Provisions of Section 135, Chapter 54, G. L. S.
GEORGE W. BILLINGS, JOHN J. BEST, WILLIAM E. MOORE CATHERINE L. COYNE, Registrars of Voters.
Milford, March 9, 1940
A true record : Attest:
CATHERINE L. COYNE,
Town Clerk.
A true copy of the record :
Attest :
CATHERINE L. COYNE, Town- Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 13, 1940
Worcester, ss.
Milford, March 13, 1940.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Milford qualified by law to vote in Town Affairs held in Town Hall on the thirteenth day of March, 1940, the said inhabitants proceeded as follows :
The meeting was called to order by Moderator, John T. McLoughlin, at 8 P. M.
The following monitors were appointed by the Modera- tor to check the lists of Town Meeting Members and Members-at-Large:
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At Large-Walter L. Adams
Precinct 1-J. Frank Cahill
Precinct 2-Angelo Barbadoro
Precinct 3-William J. Moore
Precinct 4-Alfred E. Daigle
Precinct 5-Charles W. Gould
George F. Grayson was appointed to fill the vacancy in Members-at-Large incurred by the absence of Mr. Adams.
The following were appointed by the Moderator to check the voting lists :
George W. Billings, John J. Best, William E. Moore.
The Monitors checked the lists and the result was:
At Large, 15; Precinct 1, 33; Precinct 2, 30; Precinct 3, 31; Precinct 4, 26; Precinct 5, 39.
A quorum present the Town Clerk read the warrant and the Officer's Return thereon.
Article 1. Voted: To accept the report of all Town Officers as printed in the Annual Town Reports.
Article 2. Myron Morey, Secretary of the Finance Committee, presented the following report of the Finance Committee :
TO THE VOTERS OF MILFORD :
Your Finance Commission has again studied the re- quests of the various departments and of the Warrant items. The recommendations shown here are carefully made and deserve your deliberation and thought before being changed by oratory which admits bias. Also, be- fore increasing the annual expenses of the Town we
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hope you will read and check the following figures, then decide whether your votes will be conservative or liberal :
Money spent in 1939 in Milford :
For General Welfare $88,537.31
For Aid to Dependent Children 31,996.10
For Old Age Assistance 115,737.71
For State Aid 390.00
For Military Aid
25.00
For Soldiers' Relief 14,741.13
Total Charities $251,427.25
For Materials, Tools, Trucking, Salaries, Equipment, etc., used in connection with W. P. A. labor 46,082.52
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