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731.33
Telephones, Transportation
and Sundry Expenses
597.19
$20,359.21
$28,649.24
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NET COST OF CHARITIES
Total Expenses
$28,649.24
Less Receipts of Town
Infirmary
$1,450.36
Less Reimbursements
3,432.47
Less Outstanding Bills
3,772.07
$8,654.90
Net Cost
$19,994.34
NET COST OF TOWN INFIRMARY
Total Expenses for 1930
$5,492.76
Less Receipts for 1930
$1,450.36
Less Outstanding Bills
172.24
$1,622.60
Net Cost
$3,870.16
REPORT OF WARDEN TO BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Milk
$1,194.33
Produce
27.03
Stock
18.00
Board
211.00
Value of wood delivered to Outside Poor $247.00
$1,450.36
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DISBURSEMENTS
Paid Town Treasurer $1,269.36
Balance of Receipts paid direct
to Town Treasurer by Out- side Towns 181.00
$1,450.36
BILLS RECEIVABLE
For Milk
$172.24
Number of Inmates registered
during year 15
Largest number at one time 12
INVENTORY
Furniture and tableware
$850.00
Food and Supplies
342.00
Live Stock
1,625.00
Hay, Grain and Ensilage
1,710.00
Farm Implements
1,100.00
Wood, Coal and Lumber
600.00
$6,227.00
The Board recommends the following appropriations for its use during the year 1931:
Support of Poor
$26,000.00
Clerical Work
1,300.00
Salaries of Board
600.00
Physician
250.00
Painting Infirmary Buildings
800.00
Old Age Assistance
4,000.00
PATRICK H. McKELLIGOTT THOMAS W. MANSFIELD FRANK W. FLEURY
Board of Public Welfare.
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Auditor's Report
TREASURER'S REPORT
Receipts
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1930
$72,885.88
Anticipation of Revenue Loans $325,000.00
East Main Street Improvement Loan 22,000.00
John T. Brown, Tax Collector :
Taxes and Interest, 1928
13,389.83
Street Sprinkling, 1928
66.39
Taxes and Interest, 1929
39,155.37
Taxes and Interest, 1930
267,327.98
Sidewalk Assessments, 1,246.33
Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Taxes, Reimbursements, etc., 120,349.68
All other sources
27,053.15
$815,588.73
$888,474.61
Disbursements
Paid out on Selectmen's Warrants, $821,743.25 Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1930 66,731.36
$888,474.61
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Dog Licenses
Licenses Issued :- 1929
Males 1 @ $2.00
$2.00
Licenses Issued :- 1930
Males
443 @ $2.00
886.00
Females Spayed
84 @ $2.00
168.00
Females
46 @ $5.00
230.00
574
$1,286.00
Less Fees
571 @ $ .20
114.20
$1,171.80
Payments To County Treasurer :
June 4, 1930
517
$1,059.60
Dec. 8, 1930
54
106.20
571
$1,165.80
Cash on Hand Dec. 31, 1930 $6.00
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT Account of 1928
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1930
$13,095.39
Interest
1,228.91
$14,324.30
Paid Treasurer
13,456.22
Tax Titles
. 7.38
13,463.60
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1930 $860.70,
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Account of 1929
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1930
$48,715.31
Additional Warrants to be collected
526.54
Interest 1,453.46
*Motor Vehicle Excise taxes abated after payment 5.64
Overpayment on Motor Vehicle Excise .10
$50,701.05
Paid Treasurer
39,155.37
Tax Titles
24.53
Abatements
55.17
$39,235.07
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1930
$11,465.98
*Refunded after Dec. 31, 1930
Account of 1930
Assessors Warrants to be
collected
$329,171.42
Interest
122.33
* * Motor Vehicle Excise taxes abated
after payment 138.90
$329,432.65
Paid Treasurer
267,327.98
Abatements Tax Titles
870.74
39.84
$268,238.56
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1930 $61,194.09
** $53.48 refunded after Dec. 31, 1930
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Betterment Assessments
Committed during 1930
$3,390.60
Paid Treasurer
1,246.33
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1930
$2,144.27
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS' ACCOUNT
Appropriation :
$4,000.00
Transferred from Tax Overlay
Reserve
600.00
$4,600.00
Expenditures
$4,491.03
Balance
108.97
$4,600.00
Amount collected and paid Town
Treasurer as follows :-
Sale of Lots
$184.00
Care of Lots
1,617.72
Grading Lots
166.38
Opening Graves
413.00
Foundations
300.12
$2,681.22
PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Balance, Jan. 1, 1930
$27,174.41
New Funds added during year
$650.00
Interest for 1930
1,368.31
$2,018.31
$29,192.72
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Care of Lots for the year
1,139.72
Perpetual Care Fund, Dec. 31, 1930
$28,053.00
SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Fee collected 1930 as per receipt book: $147.82
Paid Town Treasurer as follows:
February 5, 1930
$ 3.55
June 30, 1930
74.55
Sept. 27, 1930
16.57
Dec. 31, 1930
53.05
$147.72
Unpaid balance December 31, 1930
.10
Respectfully submitted,
FRED S. POTTER
ELMER J. THOMAS WILLARD S. FRENCH
Auditors.
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Report of Board of Health
To the Honorable Selectmen and Citizens of Palmer:
The Board of Health of the town of Palmer here- with submits its annual report for the year ending De- cember 31, 1930.
TABLE NO. 1
Chicken Pox
Diphtheria
Dog Bite
Measles
Scarlet Fever
- Tuberculosis
Typhoid
1 1 HH Lobar Pneumonia
Small Pox
Whooping Cough
4
February
March
1
3
April
1
5
1
May
2
1
1
June
3
1
July
1
3
August
September
2
1
1
October
1
1
1
November
1
December
1
2
3
1
1
1
3
4
5
4
19
3
4
1
4
-
-
-
January
1
1
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TABLE NO. 2
Number of Deaths reported from January 1, 1930 to January 1, 1931.
January
6
February
10
March
9
April
12
May
11
June
14
July
10
August
7
September
4
October
11
November
9
December
8
111
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TABLE NO. 3
Total
Male
Female
Less than 1 year
10
2
8
1 to 2 years
0
0
0
2 " 3 "
3
2
1
3 " 4
0
0
0
4 " 5
0
0
0
5 " 10 "
2
1
1
10 " 15 "
0
0
0
15 " 20 "
5
2
3
20 " 30 "
5
1
4
30 " 40 "
6
2
4
40 " 50 "
6
3
3
50 " 60 "
15
8
7
60 " 70 "
18
10
8
70
" 80 "
19
9
10
80 " 90 "
14
7
7
90 " 100 "
1
0
1
Over 100 years
0
0
0
Stillborn
7
4
3
-
111
51
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RECEIPTS
From Appropriations :
Salaries
$175.00
Clerical Work
100.00
Tuberculosis, Contagious
Diseases and other Expense
4,500.00
Toxin-Antitoxin
100.00
Meat ond Milk Inspection
600.00
$5,475.00
From Licenses :
Alcohol
20.00
Milk and Oleomargerine
57.50
Pasteurization
20.00
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Bottling
15.00
Undertakers
4.00
Druggists
2.00
$118.00
From State:
Tuberculosis
356.07
$356.07
Total Receipts
$5,949.07
Bills Receivable :
State
$697.67
Individuals
1,342.64
$2,040.31
Bills Payable
$465.81
(Rec'd after books were closed)
EXPENDITURES
For:
Salaries
$175.00
Clerk
100.00
Stationery and Postage
17.39
Telephone
85.89
Sundry Items
57.07
$435.35
Contagious Diseases :
Medical Attendance & Medicine
$26.25
Nurses
377.50
Hospital Care
509.00
Loss of Wages
40.00
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Rent
54.00
$1,006.75
Tuberculosis :
Westfield State Sanatorium
$676.15
Rutland State Sanatorium 379.00
Lakeville State Sanatorium 157.00
Hampshire County Sanatorium
1,554.86
$2,767.01
Meat and Milk Inspection :
Meat 80.20
Milk
260.81
$341.01
Toxin-Antitoxin :
Administration 100.00
$100.00
Fumigation
5.00
$5.00
Total Expenses $4,655.12
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The Board recommends the following appropriations for the ensuing year :
Tuberculosis and Contagious
Diseases
$4,000.00
Inspection of Meat & Milk
600.00
Vital Statistics
725.00
Toxin-Antitoxin
100.00
Salaries of Board
175.00
Clerical Work
100.00
$5,700.00
J. P. SCHNEIDER, M. D. M. Wm. HOLDEN ALFRED COULTER
Board of Health.
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Report of Tax Collector
Account of 1928
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1930
$13,095.39
Interest
1,228.91
$14,324.30
Paid Treasurer
13,456.22
Tax Titles
7.38
13,463.60
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1930 $860.70
Account of 1929
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1930 $48,715.31
Additional Warrants to be collected
526.54
Interest 1,453.46
*Motor Vehicle Excise taxes abated after payment 5.64
Overpayment on Motor Vehicle Excise .10
$50,701.05
Paid Treasurer 39,155.37 24.53
Tax Titles
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Abatements
55.17
$39,235.07
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1930
$11,465.98
*Refunded after Dec. 31, 1930
Account of 1930
Assessors Warrants to be collected
$329,171.42
Interest
122.33
** Motor Vehicle Excise taxes abated after payment 138.90
$329,432.65
Paid Treasurer Abatements Tax Titles
267,327.98
870.74 39.84
$268,238.56
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1930
$61,194.09
** $53.48 refunded after Dec. 31, 1930
JOHN T. BROWN
Tax Collector.
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Report of License Commissioners
The Board of License Commissioners met and or- ganized April 3rd with the same officers as the previous year.
The number of licenses issued for the year were as follows :
Sunday Licenses 62
Common Victualers 30
Inn Holders
9
Lodging House
2
Third Class
2
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, Chairman NEIL McDONALD, Clerk OSCAR BRESSETTE
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Report of Young Men's Library Association
To the Members of the Young Men's Library Association :
I herewith submit my twentieth annual report as Librarian of your Association.
CIRCULATION
The total circulation for the year was 70,632, divided as follows :- Main Library, 39,230; Three Rivers Branch, 13,468; Thorndike Branch, 6,481; Bondsville Branch, 11,453.
The Main Library increased its circulation 425 over that of last year; Bondsville, 613. Three Rivers Branch dropped 1,409 in circulation; Thorndike Branch, 25. The net loss from last year's circulation was 406. The largest circulation which the Library has ever had was in 1928, when it totalled 71,254. Last year's total circulation was 71,038-a decrease of 216. This year's circulation showed a loss of 406 compared with that of last year, and 622 compared with 1928. In view of all conditions which have existed throughout the past year, the total loss is almost negligible. Nevertheless, we always regret to see a loss in circulation, especially, although small, when it has con- tinued over a two-year period. It is, nevertheless, to be expected, if Palmer has lost in population, as reported by
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the last Census, some 1,400 from that of 1925. I am never satisfied except when our circulation is increasing. I am still positive that there is a chance for a constant increase in circulation year after year.
STATE READING PLAN
This plan has been in operation in the local schools for the past six years. Most excellent results have been secured. The results of this year are very satisfactory.
In Grades Four to Nine in the Public Schools, 1,039 pupils were enrolled; of these, 990, or 95.28%, received certificates. In addition, 61 Honor Certificates were granted,-Honor Certificates being given in recognition of the fact that the pupil has received four regular certi- ficates. Including pupils in the Polish Parochial Schools and our Special Classes, 1,097 certificates were issued.
PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT
Considerable work, through the generosity of the Town, has been done in the interior improvement of the Library. A new steel ceiling has been installed. The in- terior has been re-decorated. New lighting fixtures, which give vastly better lighting conditions, have been installed. New furniture, consisting of a large charging desk, tables, and chairs will be installed very shortly in the adult reading room. Anyone who has visited the Li- brary within the past few months cannot help but be impressed with the great improvement in physical con- ditions.
The Library is now a cheerful, inviting spot. Many very favorable comments have been given. There are still several touches that can be added. The presence of a fire in the fire-place during the winter months, and flowers during the summer, would add much to the "hominess" of the rooms. A recognition of certain sea- sons of the year, such as Christmas time, by a little
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seasonal decoration would add much to appearances in general. The possibilities are great.
AIM
We are attempting to give the greatest service at the least possible cost. Were it not for the elusiveness of the almighty dollar, much more could be rendered. There is a great opportunity for purchase of more books for the Main Library and, especially, for the branches. I am especially interested in the branches and hope to see the day when we can give the people in the villages the sort of service which is theirs by right.
STATISTICS Circulation :
Main Library
39,230
Three Rivers Branch
13,468
Thorndike Branch
6,481
Bondsville
11,453
Total
70,632
Last Year
71,038
Decrease
406
Books
Books on hand, January 1, 1930
20,229
Purchased during the year
721
Received by gift
5
Books on hand, January 1, 1931 20,955
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFTON H. HOBSON,
Librarian
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Receipts :
Balance, January 1, 1930,
$4.97
Received from Town of Palmer,
$4,600.00
Fines,
120.89
Invested Funds,
350.00
$5,070.89
$5,075.86
Disbursements :
For Salaries,
$2,593.74
Books and Magazines,
1,938.36
Light, Telephone & Supplies,
176.10
Fuel,
134.02
Repairs,
160.85
Trucking,
40.70
Sundries,
26.00
$5,069.77
Balance December 31, 1930,
6.09
$5,075.86
FRANK S. KEITH, Treasurer.
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List of Jurors
In accordance with Chapter 234 of the General Laws, the Selectmen of the Town of Palmer have prepared the following list of inhabitants of said Town of Palmer as qualified to serve as Jurors for the year beginning July 1st, 1930.
Charles O. Murphy William Daly
Freeman A. Smith
James Rathbone
George Fournier Lawrence F. Sullivan
Frank F. Albro Michael J. Donahue, Jr. David Belisle Charles D. Holden
Main Street, Bondsville
Main Street, Bondsville
Main Street, Bondsville
Daniel A. Shea
Converse Street, Palmer S. Main Street, Bondsville King Street, Palmer S. Main Street, Palmer Grove Street, Palmer Pinney Street, Palmer Maple Street, Palmer
Stanislaw Markot Daniel F. Austin
Ruggles Street, Three Rivers S. Main Street, Bondsville Knox Street, Palmer Pine Street, Palmer Squier Street, Palmer Squier Street, Palmer
Peter E. Cody Henry D. Converse Edward F. Cushman Emile Erikson Edwin Fisher
N. Main Street, Palmer N. Main Street, Palmer Thorndike Street, Palmer Forest Street, Palmer
Frank M. Foley Carl King Edward P. Brown
Edward J. Curtin
Stanley F. Salamon Stanley Skrzyniarz Charles H. Bresette Seymour Chabot
Highland Street, Palmer Main Street, Three Rivers North Main Street, Palmer
Central Street, Palmer Bourne Street, Three Rivers Main Street, Bondsville
Andrew B. Rathbone Frederick Brouillette Fred S. Potter Andrew C. Carroll Michael J. Sullivan
Walter J. Baldwin John G. Butts Louis E. Chandler Marshall R. Clark
Church Street, Thorndike Knox Street, Palmer N. Main Street, Palmer Squier Street, Palmer Church Street, Thorndike Hobbs Street, Thorndike High Street, Thorndike Church Street, Thorndike Main Street, Thorndike
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Peter E. Bard John C. Bauer Lyman L. Keith Wilfred Boissy Frank J. B. Camerlin
Frank M. Fleury Edmond Forte Peter Frydryk Henry A. Laviolette Stanley Ziemba Paul Rollett
Melton J. Royce Jan S. Stachoveck
Elmer H. Powell
Benj. C. Shaw Alfred H. Crawford
Henry Crosby William J. Doyle John H. Dunn Norman W. Griffin
Henry W. Holbrook
Henry L. Holden John E. Hopkins Frank P. Rathbone
Ralph E. Ryan
Timothy J. Sullivan John Brosnan
David B. Smith Patrick Ford
William P. Donavan
Thomas J. Fitzgerald
Joseph F. Piechota
Eugene Fenton
Thomas Bowler John Cole
Joseph Pastuszak
John Fogarty
Everett Nelson
Frank J. Roche
Joseph Berthiaume
Dennis F. Coughlin Leon Henrichon
John Bradley
Arthur D. Bramble
Oscar S. Cady
Herbert L. Capen
Thos. J. Moran
Stanley Mastalerz
James Brosnan Carlos Bradley
James T. Campbell
Edward G. Griffin
M. William Holden
Stanley Karczmarczyk Edward H. Nichols
Converse Street, Palmer Maple Street, Three Rivers Main Street, Three Rivers Main Street, Three Rivers Main Street, Three Rivers Kelley Street, Three Rivers Ruggles Street, Three Rivers North Street, Three Rivers Springfield Street, Three Rivers Main Street, Three Rivers Main Street, Three Rivers North Street, Three Rivers Main Street, Three Rivers High Street, Three Rivers Main Street, Bondsville Central Street, Palmer Thorndike Street, Palmer Pine Street, Palmer N. Main Street, Palmer Park Street, Palmer Squier Street, Palmer Thorndike Street, Palmer Main Street, Palmer Squier Street, Palmer Park Street, Palmer Park Street, Palmer Commercial Street, Thorndike Main Street, Thorndike Main Street, Thorndike S. Main Street, Bondsville High Street, Bondsville High Street, Bondsville S. Main Street, Bondsville High Street, Bondsville Anderson Ave., Three Rivers Main Street, Three Rivers Bourne Street, Three Rivers
Maple Street, Palmer School Street, Palmer S. Main Street, Palmer Maple Street, Palmer
Springfield Street, Three Rivers Tennyville, Palmer Park Street, Palmer
Walnut Street, Palmer
Knox Street, Palmer Pearl Street, Palmer Pleasant Street, Thorndike High Street, Thorndike Church Street, Thorndike
Church Street, Thorndike Thorndike
Church Street, Thorndike
Pleasant Street, Thorndike Church Street, Thorndike
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Walter J. Tyburski Horace M. Buskey George Chaput George Cheney
Phillip Coache
George Rogers
Thomas W. Mansfield
Joseph A. Galanski
Martin Wadas
Main Street, Bondsville Palmer Rd., Bondsville
John V. Cahoon
August Ammann
William M. Barrett Alcide Bengle
Walnut Street, Palmer
Delor A. Bouvier
James Gloster
Ananie I. Brouillette
Fred A. Capen Warka, Charles
Martin M. Thomas
Walter G. Russell
Frank J. Splaine
Daniel W. Crimmins
Joseph Gula
Pleasant Street, Thorndike Maple Street, Three Rivers Ruggles Street, Three Rivers High Street, Three Rivers Main Street, Three Rivers Front Street, Three Rivers High Street, Bondsville Griffin Street, Bondsville
Pine Street, Palmer
Vaille Street, Palmer
Oak Street, Palmer Rockview Street, Palmer So. Main Street, Palmer Park Street, Palmer North Main Street, Palmer Squier Street, Palmer So. Main Street, Palmer No. Main Street, Palmer Knox Street, Palmer
So. Main Street, Palmer
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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 in- habitants 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 Precinct A, at Holbrook Hall in the Holbrook Building on Main Street in the Depot Village; in Pre- cinct B, at Recreation Building (hall on the second floor) on Commercial Street in Thorndike; in Precinct C, at Polish National Home Building (hall on the second floor) on East Main Street in Three Rivers, and in Precinct D, at Boston Duck Company's Hall on Main Street in Bonds- ville, on Monday, the second day of February, A. D. 1931, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes on one ballot to precinct officers of the several voting precincts of said town, for the following officers, to wit: Three Selectmen, a Town Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, three Auditors, five Constables, three License Commissioners, and a Tree Warden, all for the term of one year; one Member of the Board of Public
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Welfare, one Assessor, one Member of the Board of Health, one Cemetery Commissioner, two Members of the School Committee and two Members of the Plan- ning Board, all for the term of three years.
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. 1931, 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.
Article 2. To choose all other usual town officers.
Article 3. To act on the reports of the town offic- ers.
Article' 4. To raise money and make appropria- tions to defray expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Article 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 anticipa- tion of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for current expenses of the town, but not exceeding in the aggregate the amount permitted by law, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, pay- able within one year from the date thereof, all debts in- curred under authority of this vote to be paid from the revenue of the said financial year.
Article 6. To hear and act on the reports of com- mittees.
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Article 7. To choose committees and give them in- structions.
Article 8. To determine the manner and state the terms and conditions of collecting the taxes for the en- suing year, and fix the compensation of the collector of taxes.
Article 9. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money to convey pupils to and from public schools, and instruct the school committee as to the manner of letting the contract for such conveyance.
Article 10. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the Young Men's Library Association, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to raise money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 12. To see what action the town will take in respect to lighting the streets and whether it will authorize the selectmen to make contract therefor, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 13. To see what action the town will take in reference to the planting and preservation of shade trees.
Article 14. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the improvement of cemeteries.
Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate money for the suppression of gypsy, brown-tail and satin moths and elm tree beetles, and other insect pests.
Article 16. To see what action the town will take relative to suits and claims now pending against the town.
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Article 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the insurance and maintenance of the auto fire trucks for the ensuing year, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the town will appropriate such sum of money as may be necessary to defray the cost of rent, janitor service and maintenance of the town offices in the Holbrook Building.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to sprinkle or spread upon its public ways, or parts thereof, water or any liquid or material suitable for laying or preventing dust and preserving the surface of such ways and for sanitary purposes, the cost thereof to be assessed upon abutting estates, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 to help defray the cost of maintaining the District Nurse.
Article 21. To see if the town will vote to maintain police in the several villages, authorize the selectmen to make rules and regulations for the government of all the police officers of the town, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 22. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money to meet the town's share of the cost to the County of Hampden for providing adequate hospital care for consumptives under the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws.
Article 23. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $500.00, or any sum, to be expended within the town under the direction of the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, for the promotion of boys'
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and girls' work in agriculture, home making and country life in the town, including agricultural demonstration work on land owned by the town, or owned by any resi- dent of the town, in accordance with the provisions of Section 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws.
Article 24. To see if the town will appropriate money under the authority of Section 22 of Chapter 115 of the General Laws for the care of graves of persons who served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States in time of war or insurrection and were honorably discharged from such service.
Article 25. To see if the town will appropriate money, to be expended in the discretion and under the direction of the selectmen, for the repair and mainte- nance of the clock in the Universalist Church tower in the Depot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 26. To see what action the town will take in ยท relation to sewers.
Article 27. To see what action the town will take in regard to sidewalks and curbing.
Article 28. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money to be paid to the Wing Memo- rial Hospital Association for the charitable purposes of said association in this town, or for the care and support in said hospital of persons wholly or in part unable to support or care for themselves, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to grade or otherwise improve the plot of land in Palmer Center known as The Common, provide for its care and preser- vation, and raise any sum of money therefor.
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Article 30. To see if the town will appoint a com- mittee to investigate the several forms of town govern- ment and report thereon at a future meeting, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to com- plete the improvement of the highway extending from the junction of Old Center Road and High Street in the Village of Thorndike along the River Road, so-called, to Whipple's Crossing, and thence following the right of way purchased by the town from the Springfield Street Railway Company to the highway near the Forest Lake Schoolhouse and thence along said highway to its inter- section with the present state highway leading from Palmer to Ware, appropriate $9,000.00, or any sum of money, therefor and raise said sum by taxation or other- wise, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to purchase for cemetery purposes a tract of land containing about 11/2 acres adjoining the Four Corners Cemetery, now believed to be owned by Mary and Kathryn Lawlor, raise and appropriate any sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
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