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100.00
104.00
Edward C. Sexton,
100.00
103.00
Henry A. Moore,
100.00
104.00
J. S. Koster,
100.00
103.00
Melissa Hall,
150.00
156.00
Jeremiah Long,
1,000.00
1,000.00
Mary J. Plympton,
100.00
100.00
Clymena P. Fuller
150.00
154.00
Abigail T. Nichols,
50.00
50.00
Mary Hastings,
100.00
102.00
Orrin B. Smith,
200.00
205.00
Orrin B. Smith, care T. B. Smith lot,
100.00
103.00
Laura P. Green,
100.00
103.00
J. H. Kenerson,
100.00
100.00
William Harvey,
150.00
155.00
Alden L. Fletcher,
60.00
62.80
Carrie A. Kurtz,
100.00
102.00
Ralph Green,
200.00
218.00
Meriva L. Capen,
100.00
103.00
Minerva R. Olds,
100.00
100.00
Otis C. Lyon,
100.00
101.00
Hitchcock-Graves,
100.00
102.00
Minerva M. Gates,
200.00
207.00
Rogers-Paine,
100.00
101.00
Elizabeth D. Moore,
100.00
103.00
Mary E. Bailey,
100.00
104.00
M. M. Rogers,
100.00
100.00
Nellie S. Hooker,
75.00
78.25
Ethan Warriner,
100.00
100.00
Lizzie E. Fletcher,
100.00
103.00
Andrew Pinney,
100.00
122.19
Frank F. Marcy,
500.00
515.00
Thomas McDougall,
100.00
102.00
Sarah J. Winter,
200.00
204.00
Charles B. Fiske,
200.00
206.00
Minnie B. Converse,
500.00
515.00
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Amount Present Condition
Amelia M. Culver,
100.00
101.00
Omer W. Marcy,
100.00
101.00
Frank M. Eager,
250.00
250.00
Maria Ritchie,
100.00
101.00
Charles H. Burleigh, C. B. lot,
100.00
100.00
Julia A. Burleigh, B. B. lot,
100.00
102.00
C. H. and J. A. Burleigh, J W C lot,
25.00
25.00
Emilly M. Holdsworth,
100.00
100.00
Sarh D. Smith,
100.00
103.00
H. P. Marcy,
100.00
102.00
Josie M. Northrop,
300.00
306.00
E. and F. M. Dodge,
100.00
100.00
Calvin Childs,
100.00
102.00
Joseph A. Brown,
500.00
510.00
Sarah I. L. Snow,
50.00
51.50
Abby J. Pierce,
100.00
102.00
Daniel W. Taft,
75.00
76.25
Henry Graves,
50.00
50.00
W. H. Osborne,
50.00
50.00
Sarah E. Ward,
50.00
50.00
George F. Sedgewick,
100.00
101.00
George H. Cobb,
50.00
50.50
B. M. Griswold,
50.00
50.50
Thomas Bruce,
100.00
100.00
H. H. Paine,
50.00
50.00
Susan M. Page,
100.00
100.00
Peebles Fund,
100.00
102.00
G. F. Merrick,
100.00
102.00
Maria M. Hastings,
200.00
204.00
Walter E. Stone,
200.00
204.00
Mary A. Thayer,
50.00
50.50
Lucy M. Shaw,
100.00
100.00
Samuel Sharratt,
100.00
100.00
George Robinson,
200.00
200.00
Joseph F. Gerald,
100.00
100.00
$16,185.00
$16,746.04
Gain in P. C. Fund,
$550.00
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Cemetery Commissioner's Interest,
Fund, Total Jan. 1, 1919, Added:
$788.82
Interest P. C. Fund,
627.40
Interest C. I. Fund, Withdrawn:
38.06
$1,454.28
P. C. Fund,
570.00
Present Condition, $884.28
DAVID L. BODFISH, LEWIS R. HOLDEN, ALBERT S. GEER, Cemetery Commissioners.
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Overseers of the Poor Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Palmer :
The Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Palmer herewith submit their annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1919.
During the year 111 persons have received aid through this department. This includes all persons aided at the town farm and all children of parents aided, which are as follows :
Through whom aided
Number Aided
Amount
Town Farm,
16
$5,498.03
In Homes or Private Families,
66
1,954.87
Poor under Chapter 763, Acts of 1913,
10
718.92
*Persons aided in this town having settlements in other cities or towns, 3
335.50
Persons aided in other cities and towns
having settlement in this town, 12
593.45
Persons aided in this town having no settle- ment in Commonwealth,
4
272.30
*This amount will be reimbursed.
RECEIPTS
·Salaries,
$ 455.00
General Administration, 10,000.00
Contingent Fund, 500.00
Int. on Thompson Fund,
38.42
$10,993.42
Town Farm:
Sale of produce,
860.25
Sale of Cattle, 472.20
Board of Inmates,
428.00
1,760.45
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Outside Poor:
Cities and Towns,
254.21
State,
1,797.71
2,051.92 $14,805.79
PAYMENTS
General Administration:
Salaries,
$455.00
Postage,
3.00
Telephone,
16.8.4
Town Farm:
Warden,
799.98
Labor,
99.31
Groceriess and Provisions, 1,422.58
Dry Goods and Clothing,
341.32
Buildings,
94.68
Fuel and Light,
468.28
Hay and Grain,
1,625.33
Telephone,
25.95
All Other,
540.00
5,437.43
Outside Poor:
Groceries and Provisions, $1,596.26
Rent,
183.00
Coal and Wood,
182.64
Board and Care,
50.00
Cash,
547.81
Medical Attendance,
549.55
State Institutions,
392.00
Other Cities and Towns,
123.17
All Other,
250.61
3,894.88
$9,787.31
NET COST OF CHARITIES
Paid from Appropriation,
$9,787.31
Paid out by Warden at Town Farm, 60.60 $9,847.91
Less receipts of Town Farm,
turned over to Town
Treasurer, 1,760.45
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Less receipts of Town Farm not turned over to Town Treasurer, 60.60
Less reimbursements from towns
cities and state, 2,051.92
3,872.97 Net Cost, $5,974.94
REPORT OF WARDEN TO OVERSEERS OF POOR
From December 31st 1918 to December 31st, 1919
Receipts :
Sales during 1919
Pigs and Pork,
$694.00
Cows,
550.00
Butter and Eggs,
80.15
Berries,
32.90
Board,
464.00
$1,821.05
Expenditures :
Paid to Town Treasurer,
$1,760.45
Paid for Incidentals,
60.60
$1,821.05
BENJAMIN FREEMAN, Town Warden.
INVENTORY OF TOWN FARM
Furniture and Fixtures,
$ 599.35
Table Ware, Crockery, etc.,
195.72
Food Supplies,
377.97
Vegetables,
813.75
Live Stock,
2,620.00
Hay, Grain, Ensilage, etc.,
1,927.00
Coal and wood,
562.50
Lumber, Corn crib, etc.,
420.00
Farming Implements,
868.85
$8,385.14
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Valuation of Town Farm 1918 $17,825.00
Additional Acquirements, Corn Crib,
100.00
Valuation of Town Farm 1919,
$17,925.00
The Board reccommends the following appropriations for its use during the year 1920:
Support of Poor,
$10,000.00
Contingent Fund,
500.00
Salaries of Board including Clerk's,
455.00
Vital Statistics, 400.00
Salary of Town Physician,
50.00
F. J. HAMILTON, P. J. FITZGERALD, DR. CHAS. GIROUX, Overseers of Poor.
Tax Collector's Report
ACCOUNT OF 1918
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1919,
$6,598.70
Added Assessments,
16.00
Interest,
130.17
$6,744.87
Paid Treasurer,
$5,463.32
Abatements,
69.64
$5,532.96
Outstanding December 31, 1919,
$1,211.91
ACCOUNT OF 1919
Assessor's Warrant to be collected,
$124,726.35
Interest,
62.62
$1224,788.97
Paid Treasurer,
$119,947.46
Abatements,
87.89
$120,035.35
Outstanding December 31, 1919,
$4,753.62
JOHN T. BROWN, Tax Collector.
Treasurer's Report
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1919, C
$51,782.60
John T. Brown, Tax Collector, tax 1918, $ 5,463.32
John T. Brown, Tax Collector, tax 1919, 119,947.46
J. A. Hawkes, tax 1912, 2.35
J. A. Hawkes, tax 1913, 36.05
J. A. Hawkes, tax 1914, 113.61
J. A. Hawkes, tax 1915,
15.65
J. A. Hawkes, tax 1916,
1,181.76
J. A. Hawkes, tax 1917,
982.13
Commonwealth, various sources, 57,232.51
Cities, Towns and County, various sources, 2,441.82
Liquor Licenses, 2,887.34
Tax Loans,
50,000.00
All other sources,
7,189.72
$247,493.72
$299,276.32
DISBURSEMENTS
Paid out on Town Warrants,
$246,072.83
Balance,
53,203.49
$299,276.32
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE TOWN
Grammar School Bonds,
$1,600.00
High School Bonds, 8,000.00
Highway Construction Loan,
15,000.00
GEORGE E. CLOUGH,
Town Treasurer.
Auditor's Report
To the Board of Selectmen of Palmer:
We have examined the books and accounts of the treasuror and tax collector for the year 1919 and find as follows :
TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1919,
$51,782.60
Receipts during the year,
247,493.72
Total,
$299,276.32
Paid out on orders during the year,
246,072.83
Balance in hand Dec. 31, 1919
$53,203.49
ACCOUNTS OF J. A. HAWKES, Tax Collector
1913
Amount outstanding Jan. 1, 1919,
$1051.33
Interest added,
.84
Total to be collected,
$1,052.17
Paid Treasurer,
36.05
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1919,
$1,016.12
1914
Amount outstanding Jan. 1, 1919,
$1,199.34
Interest added,
10.69
Total to be collected,
$1,210.03
Paid Treasurer,
113.61
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1919,
$1,096.42
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1915
Amount outstanding Jan. 1, 1919, interest added,
$2,512.59
1.83
Total to be collected,
$2,514.42
Paid Treasurer,
15.65
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1919,
$2,498.77
1916
Amount outstanding Jan. 1, 1919,
$4,222.97
Interest added,
20.90
Total to be collected,
$4,243.87
Paid Treasurer,
1181.76
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1919,
$3,062.11
1917
Amount outstanding Jan. 1, 1919,
$4,057.67
Interest added,
52.31
Total to be collected,
$4,109.98
Paid Treasurer,
982.13
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1919,
$3,127.85
ACCOUNTS OF JOHN T. BROWN Tax Collector
1918
Amount outstanding Jan 1, 1919,
$6,598.70
Additional assessments,
16.00
Interest added,
130.17
Total to be collected,
$6,744.87
Paid Treasurer,
$5,463.32
Abatements,
69.64
$5,532.96
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1919,
$1,211.91
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1919
Amount of Assessor's Warrants,
$124,726.35
Interest added,
62.62
Total to be collected,
$124,788.97
Paid Treasurer,
$119,947.46
Abatements,
87.89
$120,035.35
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1919,
$4,753.62
TRUST FUNDS
Thompson Fund,
$951.28
Merrick Fund,
850.00
Perpetual Care Funds,
$16,285.00
E. W. CARPENTER, C. K. GAMWELL, Auditor-
License Commissioners' Report
Palmer, Jan. 15, 1920
To the Voters of the Town of Palmer:
The Board of License Commissioners organized March 17, 1919, electing William Burdick chairman and John S. Welsh clerk.
It was voted to have the prices of all licenses the same as in previous years.
The number of applications for Liquor Licenses re- ceived were as follows: eight first-class, three fourth- class with the first class; one fourth-class (wholesale) ; five sixth-class as druggist.
The board met April 21, 1919 and granted : Seven first-class; one fourth-class (wholesale) ; five sixth-class as druggist; three fourth-class with the first-class. The first and fourth class licenses were granted for 2 months expiring June 30, 1919.
A statute was approved February 19, 1919, authoriz- ing the granting of licenses in cities and towns for a part of a license year, and for the extension of such licenses for a further part of a license year, if such course appears wise or desirable.
On July 10,1919 the board received applications for renewals of the fourth and first-class licenses, also nine applications for second-class licenses and one for a fifth- class license (wholesale).
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The board met July 31, 1919 and granted seven second and one fifth-class license.
The second-class licnses have been renewed seven times, and the fifth-class twice.
The board also granted during the year: Seven inn- holder's; thirteen Sunday; fifteen common-victualler's and five lodging house licenses.
December 30, 1919, Edwin J. Duncan was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John S. Welsh.
WILLIAM BURDICK, EDWIN J. DUNCAN,
Board of License Commissioners.
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
For the year ending December 31, 1919
This department has tested, sealed, corrected or condemned the following:
Adjusted Sealed Condemned
Platform Scales over 5000 pounds,
2
8
2
Platform Scales under 5000 pounds,
6
109
18
Counter Scales,
60
1
Beam Scales,
1
Spring Balances,
69
10
Computing Platform Scales,
1
22
3
Computing Hanging Scales,
1
Slot Weighing Scales,
2
Prescription Scales,
4
Weights, (Avoirdupois)
5
602
Weights, (Apothecary)
76
Liquid Measures,
173
Oil Measuring Pumps,
4
39
Molasses Measuring Pumps,
2
20
Ice Cream Cans,
240
6
Yard Measures,
9
9
Reweighing of Coal,
5
Reweighing of Ice
2
Reweighing of Grain and Feed,
15
Reweighing of Flour,
59
Reweighing of Dry Commodities,
95
Reweighing of Fruit and Vegetables,
46
Reweighing of Bread,
184
Special Scale Inspection,
21
22 1862
46
Receipts of office, Paid Treasurer,
$107.59
LOUIS LEVEILLEE, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Report of Chief of Police
Palmer, Mass., January 1, 1920 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
During the year 1919, 231 complaints, exclusive of cases against juvenile offenders and for neglect of chil- dren were prosecuted against 205 defendants. Of the persons brought before the court in these cases 92 were residents and 113 were non-residents; 199 were males and 6 were females. In addition to these there were 21 complaints against juvenile offenders and 5 cases for neglect to give proper care and support to children. In the cases against juvenile offenders 16 of the defendants were residents and 5 were non-residents.
The causes of complaint were as follows :
Assault,
12
Assault with intent to rape,
1
Adultery,
2
Affray,
3
Abuse of female child,
1
Attempt to commit larceny,
1
Attempt to break and enter,
7
Bastardy,
3
Common nuisance,
3
Carrying dangerous weapon,
3
Disturbing the peace,
1
Drunkenness,
77
Evading car fare,
1
Fugitive from justice,
10
Forgery,
1
68
Having firearms for unlawful purposes,
1
Larceny,
10
Lewdness,
3
Manslaughter,
1
Masher's act,
1
Murder,
1
Non-support,
11
Receiving stolen goods,
1
Railroad trespass,
6
Vagrancy,
32
Violation of motor vehicle laws,
11
Violation of town by-laws,
22
Violation of liquor laws,
24
Violation of game laws,
1
It will be noted that the number of court complaints for the year 1919 was less by about one hundred than the number in the year 1918. The officers have been kept busy, however, and if absence of complaint is any cri- terion, it would appear that they have done their work well.
This report would not be complete if it failed to make mention of the sad death, while in the performance of police duty in the town, of George A. Bills, who had been a deputy sheriff of this county and constable of this town for many years. Mr. Bills was shot down while assisting in the apprehension of an escaping criminal who was wanted by the Springfield police. Mr. Bills was an ef- ficient and faithful officer. His death is deeply mourned.
TIMOTHY J. CRIMMINS, Chief of Police.
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Report of Young Men's Library Association
Report of the Librarian for the Year ending December 31, 1919.
To the Members of the Young Men's Library Association :
I herewith submit my ninth annual report as Li- brarian of your association. The report will be brief.
CIRCULATION
The total circulation for the year has been 55,472. It was divided as follows :- Main Library, 32,422 Three Rivers Branch, 16,034; Bondsville Branch, 4,973; Thorndike Branch, 2,043.
There has been an increase in circulation in every branch, as well as in the main library. The increase in Three Rivers has been marked, an apparent vindication of your judgment in deciding to keep this branch open more hours per day. Had we the means to furnish this branch with the books for circulation that its patronage really demands, the circulation would show a much larger total. Requests for reading material have to be turned down because of the lack of a sufficiency. Surely, under such conditions, a library, or even a branch, can never attain its rightful growth.
If the time ever comes when the branches in Thorn- dike and Bondsville can be placed in the recreation build- ings owned by the mill companies and can be kept open an average of five hours per day, provided a sufficiency of books can be furnished, the increase in circulation will be
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markedly noticeable. The branches will then be service- able to a larger number of patrons than at the present time. This is stated as a belief-not a reflection on the locations of the present branches.
POSSIBLE EXPANSION
There is a circulation of 75,000 available in Palmer. It is here and can be secured. It must be "gone after," if it is to be obtained. With reasonably sufficient finances and ardent co-operation on the part of all vitally con- cerned in "putting across" the library proposition, the at- tainment of such a circulation is not the hardest accom- plishment to effect that your association has ever "tackled." Circulation, obviously, means numbers ; num- bers sometimes mean nothing. As used here, circulation has a broader connotation; it is a concrete proof of the use made of the library. Therefore, when we speak of the desirability and possibility of extending circulation, we mean the enlarging, the expanding, and the broaden- ing- out of library facilities, of library service, and library usefulness, so that more people will get the benefits to be derived from such. Figures, as figures alone, do not in- terest us. What they signify, if read aright, does interest us much.
Reasonable, steady, and sure progress has been made during the past few years. Such should be satis- factory, perhaps. Nevertheless, when the realization of what could be done is keen, it is often difficult to content oneself with less. Some day the public will fully sense these possibilities and needs, and, sensing, will demand that they be given proper consideration and favorable ac- tion.
A HOPE
If the association receives, as it doubtless will some day, the large bequest that is due it, and if the Town con- tinues its yearly appropriation, a sum of money will be available yearly to do library work as it should be done.
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Palmer ought, then, to have library facilities that will place her in line with the best of the towns of her size.
A town that can honestly say that she is offording every privilege-educationally, morally, recreationally, and spiritually-to her people is the town that will grow, for she will hold her own people and attract others. In such an enumeration of opportunities, those furnished by a good library are not of mean consideration.
CIRCULATION
Main Library, Fiction,
26,050
Main Library, Non-Fiction,
6,372
32,422
Branch Library, Three Rivers, Fiction,
10,041
Branch Library, Three Rivers, Non-Fiction,
5,158
Branch Library, Three Rivers, Magazines,
825
16,034
Branch Library, Bondsville,
4,973
Branch Library, Thorndike,
2,043
7,016
Total
55,472
Last Year,
45,400
Increase,
10,072
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Books on hand January 1, 1919,
13,452
Purchased during year,
ith
452
Received by gift,
12
Books on hand Januaury 1, 1920,
13,916
Number of papers and magazines supplied,
52
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFTON H. HOBSON, Librarian.
Palmer, Mass., January 5, 1920.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand December 31, 1918, $ 154.36
Fines,
79.93
Town of Palmer,
3,500.00
$3,734.29
DISBURSEMENTS
Miss Robinson, attendant,
$ 700.00
Miss Swann, assistant,
480.00
Janitor,
196.00
Miss Fletcher, branch,
381.30
Mrs. Loftus, branch,
104.00
Mr. Holden, branch,
104.00
Miss Weeks, assistant,
17.10
Fuel and Lights,
556.34
Books and Magazines,
1,013.88
Miscellaneous expenses,
128.54
$3,681.16
Balance on hand December 31, 1919, $53.13
LOUIS E. CHANDLER, Treasurer.
Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
County of Hampden, ss. Town of Palmer
To either of the Constables of the Town of Palmer, in said County,
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn all the inhabi- tants of the Town of Palmer, qualified to vote in elections of town officers, to meet at the several polling places in said Palmer, designated by the Selectmen, to wit: In Pre- cinct A, at Holbrook Hall in the Holbrook Building on Main Street in the Depot Village; in Precinct B, at the Recreation Building (room on the street floor) on Com- mercial Street in Thorndike; in Precinct C, at Polish Ly- ceum Hall on East Main Street in Three Rivers, and in Precinct D, at Boston Duck Company's Hall on Main Street in Bondsville, on Monday, the second day of Feb- ruary, A. D. 1920, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes on one ballot to precinct offl- cers of the several voting precincts of said town for the following town officers, to wit: Three Selectmen, a Town Treasurer, a Tax Collector, two Auditors, five Constables, three License Commissioners, all for the term of one year; one Assessor, one Overseer of the Poor, two mem- bers of the School Committee, one member of the Board of Health, and one Cemetery Commissioner, all for the terms of three years ; also for three Road Commissioners. one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years and one for the term of three years ; also to vote by
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ballot, which shall be "Yes" or "No," in answer to the question "Shall licences be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this town ?"
The polls will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon and will be closed at three-thirty o'clock in the afternoon.
And you are further hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Palmer, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town House at Four Corners, in said Palmer, on Monday, the ninth day of February, A. D. 1920, at seven o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose all other usual town officers.
Art. 3. To act on the reports of the town officers.
Art. 4. To raise money and make appropriations to defray expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the ensuing financial year, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be nec- essary for current expenses of the town, but not exceeding in the aggregate the amount permitted by law, giving the year from the date thereof; all debts incurred under au- thority of this vote to be paid from the revenue of the said financial year.
Art. 6. To hear and act on the reports of committees.
Art. 7. To choose committees and give them instruc- tions.
Art. 8. To determine the manner and state the terms and conditions of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year, and fix the compensation of the Collector of Taxes.
Art. 9. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.
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Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to construct an ash sidewalk along the highway between the Villages of Three Rivers and Palmer Depot, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to construct a cement sidewalk, with curbing, on State Street in the Vil- lage of Bondsville, on the southerly side of said street, in front of St. Bartholomew Church, about 132 feet in length, and raise and apppropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to lay a stone curbing on the east side of Main Street in the Village of Bondsville from a point where the present stone curbing ends, about opposite the property of Charles Russell, to a point ending opposite the south boundary of the town property known as the school grounds, and raise and ap- propriate money for the same or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 36 To see if the town will vote to macadamize or otherwise improve the highway leading from Four Cor- ners southerly to the intersection with the Three Rivers Road near Burleigh Crossing, so-called, and raise and ap- propriate money for the same.
Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Main Street in the Village of Bondsville from Spring Street northeasterly to a point opposite Maple Street, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 38. To see if the town will vote to raise and oth- erwise improve the bridge in Depot Street, over the Swift River, in the Village of Bondsville, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $400.00 to help defray the cost of maintaining the district nurse.
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Art. 10. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the Young Men's Library Association, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 11. To see if the town will raise money to con- vey pupils to and from the public schools, and instruct the School Committtee as to the manner of letting the con- tract for such conveyance
Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to raise money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Art. 13. To see what action the town will take in re- lation to sewers.
Art. 14. To see what action the town will take in respect to lighting the streets, and whether it will au- thorize the Selectmen to make contract therefor, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 15. To see what action the town will take in ref- erence to the planting and preservation of shade trees.
Art. 16. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the care and improvement of cemeteries.
Art. 17. To see what action the town will take in re- gard to sidewalks and curbing.
Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to maintain night police in the several villages, authorize the Selectmen to and appoint in addition a chief of police and to make rules and regulations for the government of all the police of- ficers of the town, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 19. To see what action the town will take relative to suits and claims now pending against the town.
Art. 20. To see if the town will appropriate money for the suppression of gypsy and brown-tail moths and elm tree beetles.
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Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate money for the repair and maintenance of the clock located in the Universalist Church tower, in the De- pot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate $600.00 for insurance and maintenance of the auto fire trucks for the ensuing year, or see what action it will take relative thereto.
Art. 23. To see if the town will appropriate money for defraying the town's share of the support of the Dis- trict Court.
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