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On July 16, 1959, Charles Fitts, Elliott Grabill, Representative James DeNormandie and Katharine White of the Planning Board attended the congressional hearing in Washington preceding the enactment of the enabling legis- lation for the park. A carefully worded statement was presented at this time, setting forth the position of the town. The park bill was enacted into law September 21, 1959. One of the provisions of the act is that a com- mission of five members be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. Representative composition of this com- mission includes Lincoln, Concord, Lexington, the Common- wealth of Massachusetts and the Department of Interior. On September 21, 1959, the Selectmen voted to nominate to the Secretary the appointment of Katharine White.
Mrs. White has spent an enormous amount of time in the initial planning stages of the park and is ably quali- fied to represent the Town's position on this commission.
The Selectmen feel that continuing coordination is essential and are therefore recommending that this com- mittee be continued in view of the importance of the future contribution it can make in behalf of the Town.
Retirement Policy
As a result of the sentiment expressed at the annual Town Meeting, a committee was appointed by the selectmen to study our retirement system and all other subjects re-
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lated to such benefits. The following is a copy of their report :
"Board of Selectmen Town of Lincoln Massachusetts
The Retirement and Pension Study Committee was appointed by the Board of Selectmen in March, 1959, to review all matters relating to the present pension system, and to conduct such other studies as are deemed advisable in re- spect to the benefits accruing to all full time and casual employees of the Town.
The Massachusetts Retirement Plan covers all employees of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions. It is administered by 99 separ-
ate Retirement Boards. The Town of Lincoln comes under the jurisdiction of the Middlesex County Retirement Board. Under the contributory retirement law every regular employee of the Town under 60 years of age who receives annual com- pensation of $200 or more must be a member of the Retirement Plan and must contribute 5% of regular pay toward the Retirement Fund. There are cer- tain provisions for early retirement, but retire- ment is compulsory at age 70.
The amount of pension received at retirement is determined by age of the individual, total earnings and the number of years employed as a regular employee of the Town. It should be noted that employees are credited with service for years worked prior to the establishment of the Retirement Plan at no additional cost to the employee.
The retirement deduction is taken from the pay of casual as well as regular employees. However, casual employees may receive their contributions back when they leave the employ of the Town pro- vided they have not reached age 55 (optional re- tirement age). There is a further provision in the law that if upon retirement an employee's pension is less than $120 annually, the total amount withheld is to be returned to the employee in lieu of a pension.
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"In order to determine the experiences of other towns, the Committee consulted with Town Offices at Wayland, Sudbury, Weston, Bedford, Concord, Lexington, Acton and Littleton. Inquiries revealed that these towns have experienced no unusual problems in the administration of the Retirement Plan and that casual employees usually request and receive the amounts with- held at the termination of their employment.
As a result of the investigations the Committee submits the following recommendations :
1. When financial assistance from the Town is requested by former casual employees, such assistance, if ap- proved, should be through some means other than a Pension.
2. Contractors and employees of con- tractors doing business with the Town are not eligible to partici- pate in the Retirement Plan because of their services to the Town. It is recommended that this matter be clarified with all contractors.
3. All town jobs should be classified as to regular or casual, and incum- bent informed as to status under the Massachusetts Retirement Plan.
The Committee wishes to express their appre- ciation to Mrs.Louis Paddock, Assistant Treasurer, Town of Lincoln, for the generous contribution of her time and for her assistance during the investi- gation.
James Jagger Henry Sturm Robert D. Donaldson, Jr., Chairman "
On December 6, 1959, the Selectmen voted "that the report of the Retirement Committee be approved and adopted as a policy for the Board of Selectmen", thus establishing
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this report as their official policy in all matters rela- ted thereto.
In order to advise the town as to employee status, we have classified employment into three groups. They are regular full-time, regular part-time and casual.
Personnel serving in these categories at the present time are:
Regular Full Time Employees
Leo Algeo
Daniel MacInnis
Lawrence Hallett
Frank Gordon, Jr.
Michael McHugh
Orrin C. Wood Raymond Maher
Joseph Gilbert
Charles Messina
John Swinconeck
Frederick Murphy
Roland Polhamus
John Gilbert
Peter Muscato
Elizabeth Causer
Ann Paddock
Mary Alice Thoma
Astrid Donaldson Helen Kent
Alice Garrison
William H. Davis
Doris Bardsley
Solvay Valentine
Vivian Ware
Frances R. Gardella
Thelma S. Waugh
Harold Cuttell
Oscar DeConto
Paul Gaddis
Jerome Griffin
Edward Moffett
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Regular Part Time Employees
Arletta Spooner Elizabeth Snelling Joseph Campobasso
John Ciraso
D. Everett Sherman, Jr.
William Whalen
Thomas Coan
William Doherty
Frank Gordon, Sr.
Casual Employees
Albert Brooks
Raymond Bernier
Charles Brooks
John Rooney
Frank Hancock
John Hancock Dennis Foley
The work of this committee represents many hours of conferences and their contribution in recommending action to be taken by the Selectmen is of immeasurable value.
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Term Expires
MODERATOR
Donald P. Donaldson
1960
TOWN CLERK
William H. Davis
1960
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Charles K. Fitts, Chairman .
1962
Elliott V. Grabill
1960
Warren F. Flint ·
1961
ASSESSORS
Frederick H. Greene, Jr., Chairman
1961
William H. Rand, Jr.
1960
Elmer H. Ziegler
1962
TREASURER
Frederick B. Taylor
1960
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
William H. Davis
1962
AUDITOR
Louis C. Farley, Jr.
1960
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Perry J. Culver, Chairman
1961
Elizabeth C. Donaldson .
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1960
C. DeWitt Smith .
1962
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Russell P. Mahan, Chairman
1961
Edward S. Taylor
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TREE WARDEN
Albert S. Brooks
1960
BOARD OF HEALTH
Gordon A. Donaldson, Chairman
1961
William Halsey
1962
Lucy E. Bygrave (Resigned)
1960
Lois Natoli (Appointed)
1960
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Donald Brown
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Term Expires
REGIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Ellen DeN. Cannon
1960
Victor A. Lutnicki
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Kenneth Bergen · .
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CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
H. Arnold MacLean, Chairman
1961
Warren F. Flint
1960
James DeNormandie
1962
PLANNING BOARD
Walter F. Bogner, Chairman
1961
George H. Kidder, Clerk
1962
Katharine S. White
1960
Paul Brooks ·
1963
Constantin A. Pertzoff .
1964
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
Albert S. Brooks
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1960
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
William T. King, Chairman
1960
Clement C. Sawtell
1961
Richard F. Schroeder
1962
TRUSTEES OF BEMIS FUND FOR FREE PUBLIC LECTURES
Mabel H. Todd, Chairman .
1962
Paul Brooks .
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Christopher W. Hurd (Resigned)
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Thomas Winship (Appointed)
1960
TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN LIBRARY
Life Trustees
Edwin M. Cole, Chairman
Alice G. Meriam
Roland C. Mackenzie
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John Carley (elected)
1962
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Term Expires
DeCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK A Directors
John Quincy Adams, President
1960
Paul W. Cook, Jr.
1963
A. Bradlee Emmons
1961
Elizabeth J. Snelling
1962
B Directors
Stanley Heck ( appointed by Library Trustees)
1961
George Wells (appointed by Selectmen
1960
William N. Swift (appointed by School Committee) 1962
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
ACCOUNTING OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
M. Elizabeth Causer
1960
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WELFARE
M. Elizabeth Causer
1960
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Raymond Maher
1960
CHIEF OF POLICE
Leo J. Algeo
1960
POLICE OFFICERS
Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr., Sergeant
1960
Lawrence P. Hallett
1960
Frank W. Gordon, Jr.
1960
Michael McHugh
1960
CONSTABLES
Leo J. Algeo
1960
Lawrence P. Hallett
1960
Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr. .
1960
DOG OFFICERS
Leo J. Algeo
1960
Lawrence P. Hallett . 1960
Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr.
1960
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Term Expires
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Thomas W. Coan . 1960
Albert S. Brooks
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT 1960
PETROLEUM INSPECTOR
Thomas W. Coan
1960
SPECIAL POLICE
John T. Algeo
Robert H. Booth
Elliott V. Grabill
Jeanette Bradley (Traffic)
Ernest L. Johnson
Floriy Campobasso
Frank Gordon, Sr. William T. King
Joseph Campobasso
Edward C. Chisholm
Harry B. Knowles, Jr.
Edigio J. Ciraso
Harry B. Knowles, III
Karl F. Lahnstein
John F. Cook
Mary B. Murphy (Matron)
Joseph Cotoni
Elaine Courtney (Traffic)
Alan Crockett
William Dean
Francis J. Smith
James DeNormandie
William R. Doherty
Lloyd A. Douty
Alanson H. Sturgis, Jr. Henry Warner
Charles K. Fitts
William Whalen
Warren F. Flint
Henry Willard, Jr.
John Foster
Orrin C. Wood
John T. Gilbert
FIRE ENGINEERS
William Dean, Chief
1960
William Doherty
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1960
Frank Gordon
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Thomas W. Coan
1960
FOREST WARDEN
William M. Dean
1960
DEPUTY FOREST WARDEN
William R. Doherty
1960
DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE
Eveleth R. Todd
1960
Mary J. Gilbert (Matron)
Harry Cook
E. Donlan Rooney D. Everett Sherman, Jr. Carl Smith
Sumner Smith
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Term Expires
BUILDING INSPECTOR
William M. Dean
1960
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Daniel J. Murphy
1960
WIRING INSPECTOR
William M. Dean
1960
CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Charles P. Kindleberger
1960
John B. French
1960
Quincy Wales
1960
Paul Brooks
1960
BOARD OF APPEALS
William N. Swift, Chairman
1961
Hans Van Leer
1960
Alan McClennen
1962
Henry B. Hoover
1963
James Jagger
1964
Associate Members
1961
Donald J. Natoli . .
1960
BUILDING CODE BOARD OF APPEALS
Lawrence B. Anderson, Chairman
1960
William A. Halsey
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Associate Members
Donald C. Loveys
1960
Walter E. Belanger
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1961
. Joseph A. Vitale . . .
1962
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
D. Everett Sherman, Jr.
1960
Manley B. Boyce
1961
Andrew Joseph Dougherty . . 1962
William H. Davis, Town Clerk, ex officio 1960
MEMBER OF DISTRICT NURSING COMMITTEE
Louise H. McClennen
1960
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Stephen W. Herthel
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Term Expires
FENCE VIEWERS
George G. Tarbell
1960
Guilbert Winchell
1960
FIELD DRIVERS
Richard Paige
1960
Robert J. Silva
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SURVEYOR OF CORD WOOD
Albert S. Brooks
1960
RECREATION COMMITTEE
Albert Avery, III, Chairman
1960
Joseph B. Kessel
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1960
John M. Barnaby
1960
Mary Belanger
1960
Ruth Burk
1960
John B. Garrison
1960
Ernest L. Johnson
1960
Elin Lennon .
1960
Earle B. Street
1960
VETERANS ' AGENT
Joseph Campobasso
1960
LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE
Albert Brooks
1960
Elizabeth Doherty
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1960
Mabel H. Todd
1960
Richard J. Eaton
1960
David L. Garrison
1960
BUILDING CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Ernest L. Johnson .
1960
Stanley D. Porter
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COMMUNITY COUNCIL AT BEDFORD AIR BASE
Sumner Smith
1960
William M. Rand
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TOWN COUNSEL
John W. White
1960
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SELECTMEN'S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
F. Marsena Butts George G. Tarbell
William M. Rand
Robert H. Booth
Sumner Smith Malcolm Donaldson James DeNormandie Arthur E. Thiessen
TOWN HISTORIAN
Harriet Rogers
RETIREMENT PENSION STUDY COMMITTEE
Robert D. Donaldson, Jr.,
Chairman
James M. Jagger
Henry A. Sturm
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INSURANCE COMMITTEE
Anthony Faunce Ernest Fuller George G. Tarbell, Jr.
VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
E. Donlan Rooney, Chairman
Andrew J. Dougherty
Leo J. Algeo
Clifford W. Bradley
Edward J. Chisholm
ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK
John McHugh
Marjorie Meyer
Margaret Booth
Harry R. Healey, Jr.
R. Langdon Wales
Alanson Sturgis, Jr.
Katharine S. White ( for Planning Board)
Elliott V. Grabill ( for Selectmen)
PIERCE HOUSE COMMITTEE
Warren Flint
Member of Board of Selectmen
Perry Culver
Member O f School Committee
Sumner Smith
Member of School Committee's School Needs Committee
John Carley
Member of Library Trustees
Paul Cook, Jr.
Member of DeCordova Directors
George H. Kidder
Member of Planning Board
JURY LIST, 1959
Name
Residence
Occupation
Harold Adler Anne Black
Norman F. Brisson
Trapelo Road
Contractor
Harold E. Buckett
Page Road
Foreman
John W. Chapman
Conant Road
Wool executive
William T. Clark
Huckleberry Hill
Executive Housewife
Page Road
Oak Knoll
Sales manager
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Harriet Rogers William Whalen
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Name
Saville R. Davis Davis R. Dewey, 2nd A. Bradlee Emmons James J. Finnerty Nancy J. Gleason
John C. Haartz, Jr. Otto Hagmann
William G. Langton
Galen D. Light, Jr.
Giles Road
Varnum R. Mead
Tower Road
Virginia Road
Engineer
Eleanor Moore
Trapelo Road
Housewife
Ann Monks
Bedford Road
Housewife
Robert L. Niles
Blueberry Lane
Salesman
Louis E. Paddock
Trapelo Road
Office Manager Retired
George B. Palmer, Jr.
Trapelo Road
Ind. Analyst
C. Eliot Pierce Thomas J. Rouner
Carl D. Smith
Henry W. Spencer
Lincoln Road
Banking
Earle B. Street
Bedford Road
Real Estate & Insurance
Frank R. Stevens
Baker Bridge Rd.
Detail Admin. Housewife
Suzanne D. Tunnell
Conant Road
Housewife
Andrew M. Wales
Blueberry Lane
Treasurer
William B. Whalen
Bedford Road
Telephone Co.
Montgomery S. Wilson
Old Concord Road
Skating inst.
Robert C. Wood
Trapelo Road
Professor
Appointed June, 1959
William H. Davis, Town Cler]
APPOINTED BY THE TREASURER
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Ann E. Paddock
1960
APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH
COMMUNITY NURSE
Marian N. Ober (Retired) 1960
Alice Garrison (Appointed)
1960
Residence
Winter Street
Journalist
Winter Street
Sandy Pond Road Codman Road
Beaver Pond Road
Upland Field Road Old County Road Trapelo Road
Textile Spec.
Methods Eng'r. Physicist
Ass't. Off. Mg'ı Salesman
Eugene D. Mellish
William N. Page
Lincoln Road
Lincoln Road
Manufacturing
Sandy Pond Road
Tower Road
Civil Engineer Mechanic
Janice B. Swift
Tower Road
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Chemical Eng'r. Publisher Bus Driver Housewife
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Term Expires
BURIAL AGENT
William H. Davis
1960
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
George U. Browning, Jr.
1960
APPOINTED BY THE MODERATOR
FINANCE COMMITTEE
F. Winchester Denio, Chairman
1960
Leonard C. Larrabee
1960
William N. Page
1961
Paul L. Norton
1962
John B. Tew
1962
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
Harold L. Cunningham
1960
Rev. Morris R. Robinson
1960
Robert A. Spence
1960
Prince Teabo
1960
Wilma Coffey
1960
FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE
Thelma Cibel
1960
Barbara Garrison
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1960
Louis E. Paddock
1960
E. Donlan Rooney
1960
George A. Wood, Jr.
1960
LIBRARY ADDITION COMMITTEE
Charles A. Bliss
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LONG-TERM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE
Charles P. Kindleberger,
Chairman
Richard C. B. Clark.
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
(Hartwell School)
Andrew J. Dougherty Gerard C. Henderson, Jr. Ernest P. Neumann Elizabeth J. Snelling George H. Kidder
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
(Hartwell School Addition)
Andrew J. Dougherty Gerard C. Henderson, Jr Helen Gilfoy Eugene Mellish
William N. Swift
APPOINTED BY EAST MIDDLESEX MOSQUITO CONTROL COMMISSION
David L. Garrison MOSQUITO CONTROL COMMISSIONER
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TOWN CLERK
William H. Davis
The Town Clerk is the official recorder of Town events and activities and issues licenses and certificates. His duties include recording the proceedings at Town Meetings and Elections, and notifying the Selectmen and other officers concerned of appropriations which have been voted.
The record of Registered Voters of Lincoln is kept at the Clerk's office. Persons wishing to become voters in the Town should communicate with the Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 16, 1959
Pursuant to a Warrant duly served, the Meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Donald P. Donaldson, at 7:30 o'clock P. M. The return of the Warrant was read, and Reverend Morris R. Robinson opened the meeting with prayer. The Moderator then called attention to Article 1 (Election of Officers), and the following busi- ness was transacted:
Article 2. To bring in their votes for any com- mittees, commissioners, trustees, and other officers re- quired by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise. Voted : That Albert S. Brooks be elected Measurer of Wood and Bark for the ensuing year.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees. Voted: That the reports of the Town Officers, Committees and Trustees, as printed in the Town Report, be accepted; and the reports of the following Committees be accepted as interim reports, and that the Committees and their unexpended appropriations be continued: Hart- well School Building Committee, Library Building Committee, Long Term Capital Requirements Committee, Veterans' Memorial Committee, School Needs Committee, Fire and Police Station Building Committee; and that the following reports be accepted as final: Tennis Court Committee, Mosquito Control Committee.
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Article 4. To fix the salaries and compensation of the several elective officers of the Town and to determine whether any Department, Board or Committee shall be author- ized to employ for additional compensation any of its members, and to fix additional compensation of such members. Voted : That the salaries of the elected officers of the Town for the current year be fixed at the following amounts respectively :
Selectmen, each
$200.00
Treasurer 200.00
Collector of Taxes
2,000.00
Assessors, Chairman
200.00
Assessors, other members, each
175.00
Town Clerk
450.00
Water Commissioners, each
75.00
Tree Warden
200.00
Article 5. To raise and appropriate money for the necessary and expedient purposes of the Town, or take any action relative thereto. Voted : That the Town adopt as separate appro- priations each of the several sums as numbered and listed in the Schedule attached to the Report of the Finance Committee, printed on pages 199 through 205 of the 1958 Annual Town Report of the Town, except that the several following final amounts shall be appropriated in substitu- tion for the same numbered items in the printed Report:
Item No.
Title
Increase
Decrease
Final Amount
120
Custodian &
Watchman, salary Communications, wages $ 965.00
9,465.00
600
Playground,
salaries 500.00
1,975.00
601
Playground, expenses
500.00
720.00
804 Interest on tax notes 1,500.00
3,000.00 and that all the above adopted appropriations be raised by taxation except that:
(a) As to item #802, the sum of $366.13 shall be
taken from balance sheet account - Premium on Loans, Police and Fire Station;
(b) As to item #805, the sum of $11,000.00 shall be taken from free cash and $77.08 shall be taken from bal- ance sheet account - Premium on Loans, Schools;
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(c) As to the eight following items respecting which said Schedule contains notations for the application of funds thereto from various sources, funds from such sources shall be applied against the respective appropriations in the manner and to the extent so scheduled, and only the balance shall be raised by taxation: Item No. Title
210
Garbage Collection
320
Chapter 90 Maintenance
321
Chapter 90 Construction
502
Elementary School - Instruction, equipment
520
Library, Salaries
803
General Government - Interest on Fire and Police Building Bonds
804
Interest on Tax Notes
807 Library Building Bonds
(d) As to item #905, Reserve Fund, funds therefor shall be taken to the extent of $5,000.00 from Overlay Surplus account and $5,000.00 from free cash, any unex- pended balance at the year end in excess of $5,000.00 to be returned to Overlay Surplus; and
(e) As to appropriations #950 through #956, funds for the full amounts shall be taken from the Water Depart- ment Treasury, except that $76.74 shall be taken from the balance sheet account entitled - Premium on Water Main Loan - and be applied on account of item #955; and it was further
Voted : That the main motion be amended by increasing item #520 by $1,200.00 and increasing the total by a like amount, and item #504 be amended by an increase of $500.00 to a total of $58,215.00.
Article 6. To determine whether the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1960, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Voted : That the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1960, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable in one year, and to renew
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any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 7. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $682.79 to pay the following unpaid 1958 bills, or take any other action relative thereto: Legal - $200.00; Schools -- $60.00; Fire and Police Building - $205.05 ; Property Insurance $217.74. Voted : That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $682.79 to pay the following unpaid 1958 bills : Legal -- $200.00; Schools -- $60.00; Fire and Police Build- ing Maintenance - $205.05; Property Insurance -- $217.74.
Article 8. To determine whether the Town will vote to conduct services on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00, or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted : That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a committee of five to plan and carry out exercises on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May next, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the use of such committee in connection with these exercises.
Article 9. To determine whether the Town will appropriate to Surplus Revenue the unexpended balances re- maining in the following accounts: School House Roof, $565.00; Tennis Courts, $135.10; Elementary School Building Committee, $119.69; Preserving Town Records, $139.94. Voted : That the following unexpended appro- priation balances be rescinded and the amounts returned to Surplus : School House Roof, $565.00; Tennis Courts, $135.10; Elementary School Building Committee, $119.69; Preserving Town Records, $139.94.
Article 10. To determine whether the Town will vote to change the spelling of McIntosh Lane to Mackintosh Lane, the correct spelling of the land donor's name. Voted : That the Town change the spelling of McIntosh Lane to Mackintosh Lane to conform with the name of the land grantor.
Article 11. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $1,000.00 for the purchase of approximately 1,200 feet of land, more or less, and freight house situated thereon, belonging to the
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Boston and Maine Railroad, and located at the railroad tracks on Lincoln Road, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the selectmen be and hereby are authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of the Town to acquire in fee by purchase a certain parcel of land with buildings thereon, now owned by the Boston and Maine Railroad, as shown on sketch plan entitled "Land of the Boston and Maine Railroad (Freight House) in Lincoln, Mass." dated March, 1959, Snelling, Hilton and Associates, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the southeasterly corner of the premises to be conveyed as shown on said plan, thence running along Lincoln Road S. 68º 57' 31" W. twenty and eighteen hundredths (20.18) feet to a corner at Lincoln Road and other land of the Boston and Maine Railroad; thence turning and running by land of Boston and Maine Railroad N. 28º 37' 29" W. fifty-one and seventeen hun- dredths (51.17) feet to a corner at other land of the Boston and Maine Railroad; thence turning and running by land of the Boston and Maine Railroad N. 61º 22' 31" E. twenty (20.00) feet to a corner at land of Boston and Maine Railroad and its side line of location; thence turning and running along the railroad side line of loca- tion S. 28 37' 29" E. fifty-three and eighty-three hun- dredths (53.83) feet to the point of beginning; containing 1,050 square feet according to said plan; and that there be and there is hereby appropriated from available funds in the treasury for said purpose the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
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