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$1,653,000.00
2. Town Borrowing Capacity, January 1, 1964
$ 333,154.00
3. Free Cash, January 1, 1964, as certified by Director of Accounts $ 119,813.40
4. 1963 Assessed Valuations :
a. Real and Personal Property b. Motor Vehicles
$9,328,245.00
$1,882,490.00
5. 1963 Tax Levies :
a. Real and Personal Property
b. Motor Vehicles
$1,044,875.00 $ 124,244.35
6. 1963 Tax Rates (Per $1000 of valuation ) :
a. Town of Lincoln - Real and Personal Property $ 112.00
b. Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Excise Rate (1) Ceiling of $66.00 placed on this rate in 1960 $ 66.00
7. Town Stabilization Fund: Balance - December 31, 1963:
a. Tentatively earmarked for future school construction
$ 20,000.00
b. Tentatively earmarked for future land purchases
19,050.00
c . Tentatively earmarked for other future capital expenditures
18,000.00
d. Increment from income and gains 8,485.62
Total Stabilization Fund, Dec. 31, 1963 $ 65,535.62
8. Town Conservation Fund, Dec. 31, 1963 $ 1,021.04
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TABLE 5
TOWN OF LINCOLN GENERAL STATISTICS - 1948 THROUGH 1963
Year
Real & Personal Property Assessed Value
Tax Rate
Year End Town Debt
Annual Debt Payments (Principal)
Town Tax Levy
Population
New Housing Starts
1948
$3,926,350.
$ 38.00
$ 330,000.
$ None
$ 150,545.
2,303 E
57
1949
4,172,008.
40.00
311,000.
19,000.
168,234.
2,345 E
49
1950
4,564,673.
40.00
292,000.
19,000.
183,968.
2,427 FC
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1951
5,059,518.
44.00
608,000.
19,000.
224,107.
2,557 E
40
1952
5,217,165.
45.00
571,000.
37,000.
235,065.
2,609 E
39
1953
5,498,547.
48.00
543,000.
37,000.
263,930.
2,686 E
44
1954
5,867,201.
48.00
503,000.
38,000.
281,625.
2,816 E
61
28
1955
6,253,315.
54.00
463,000.
38,000.
337,679.
2,949 SC
60
1956
6,617,270.
58.00
473,500.
38,000.
354,494.
3,009 E
73
1957
7,248,630.
68.00
1,007,000.
41,500.
492,906.
3,070 E
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1958
7,718,935.
75.00
1,046,000.
71,000.
578,920.
3,300 E
18
1959
8,253,962.
83.00
1,210,000.
76,000.
685,079.
3,450 E
16
1960
8,437,218.
94.00
1,119,000.
91,000.
784,772.
3,968 FC
19
1961
8,830,496.
100.00
1,028,000.
91,000.
885,249.
4,068 E
18
1962
9,104,200.
103.00
1,698,000.
90,000.
937,679.
4,150 E
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1963
9,328,245.
112.00
1,653,000.
130,000.
1,044,875.
4,325 E
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FC - Federal Census
SC
- State Census
E - Estimated
WARRANT
1964 NOTICE
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln quali- fied to vote in Town Meeting for the transaction of Town Affairs to meet in the Charles S. Smith School in said Lincoln on Monday, the sixteenth day of March next, at 7: 30 o'clock P. M. then and there to act on the following articles except Article 1, and also to meet at the Fire and Police Building on Saturday, the twenty-first day of March next, at eight o'clock A. M., then and there to act on the following Article 1, by posting a copy of this Warrant, by you attested, in said Town seven days at least before the sixteenth day of March next.
The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March twenty-first, will be opened at 8 o'clock A.M. and may be closed at 7 o'clock P. M.
ARTICLE 1. To bring in their votes for one member for each of the following offices:
Town Clerk for one year Selectman for one year
Selectman for three years Assessor for three years Treasurer for one year
School Committee member for three years Regional School Committee member for three years Water Commissioner for three years Tree Warden for one year Board of Health for three years Cemetery Commissioner for three years
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Planning Board member for two years Planning Board member for five years Commissioner of Trust Funds for three years Trustee of Bemis Fund for three years Director of DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park for four years
ARTICLE 2. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 3. 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 authorized to employ for additional compensation any of its members and to fix additional compensation of such members.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 4. To determine whether the Town will vote to empower the Selectmen to appoint an Executive Secretary for a term of three years, under the provisions of Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 41, Section 23A, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 5. To raise and appropriate money for the necessary and expedient purposes of the Town or take any other action relative thereto.
Finance Committee
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 Jan- uary 1, 1965, and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Selectmen
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ARTICLE 7. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 to be added to the Sta- bilization Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 23 of the Annual Meeting on March 16, 1959, or take any other action relative thereto.
Finance Committee
ARTICLE 8. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to be added to the Sta- bilization Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 23 of the Annual Meeting on March 16, 1959, or take any other action relative thereto.
Finance Committee
ARTICLE 9. 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 $250.00, or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen (Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 10. To determine whether the Town will vote to request the Trustees under the Will of Julian DeCordova to pay over to the DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park one hundred per cent (100%) of the B Trust net income for the year 1964, or take any other action relative thereto.
DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park Directors
ARTICLE 11. To determine whether the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee to con- tinue its annual contract with U. S. Commissioner of Edu- cation to operate the elementary school at L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts.
School Committee and Selectmen
ARTICLE 12. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,800.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a Highway 3-4 ton dump truck, to replace existing equipment, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
Selectmen
(Finance Committee approves)
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ARTICLE 13. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00, or any other sum, to make necessary repairs to the outside of the Town Hall, or take any other action relative thereto. 2
Selectmen
(Finance Committee approves)
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ARTICLE 14. To bring in their votes for any committees, commissioners, trustees, and other officers required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 15. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,900.00, or any other sum, for the purpose of purchasing a Forest Fire Truck, for the use of the Fire Department, or take any other action rel- ative thereto.
Selectmen
(Finance Committee suggests deferring)
ARTICLE 16. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $9,352.83 for the purpose of re- pairing Weston Road (from Silver Hill Road to the Weston line) under the provisions of Chapter 782 of the Acts of 1962, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 17. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $9,352.83 for the purpose of re- pairing Old Winter Street, also Winter Street (from Old Winter Street to Old County Road), under the provisions of Chapter 822 of the Acts of 1963, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
(Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 18. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,500.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a tractor for the use of the Hig way Department, or take any other action relative thereto
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Selectmen (Finance Committee approves)
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ARTICLE 19. To determine whether the Town will vote to celebrate Independence Day, the fourth of July, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen (Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 20. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,650.00, or some other sum, to be added to the Stabilization Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 23 of the 1959 Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
Planning Board and Conservation Commission Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 21. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,650.00, or some other sum, to be added to the Conservation Fund established pur- suant to the vote of the Town under Article 13 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board and Conservation Commission (Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 22. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire for conservation and recreational purposes by eminent domain, purchase, or in any other way, from Joseph and Mira C. Garland, a certain parcel of land on Sandy Pond Road, shown as Lot 4 on a plan entitled "Divi- sion of Land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, owned by Joseph and Mira C. Garland", recorded with Middlesex South Dis- trict Registry of Deeds in Book 9955, Page 511, said par- cel having an area of 1.89 acres, more or less, reserving to Joseph and Mira C. Garland for their joint lives and life of the survivor the exclusive occupancy and use of said lot and the buildings thereon, and for such purposes to expend from monies in the Conservation Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 13 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting, the sum of $4,000.00, or some other sum, or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board and Conservation Commission (Finance Committee approves)
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ARTICLE 23. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend section VI-B of its Zoning By-Law by adding a new paragraph 8 (Exception for Cluster Development in an R-1 Single Residence District) thereto, as proposed in a not- ice now on file with the Town Clerk, or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board
ARTICLE 24. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend paragraphs VI-D-2, VI-D-3, and X-B-5 of the Zoning By-Law as proposed in a notice now on file with the Town Clerk, or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board
ARTICLE 25. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire for conservation and recreational purposes by eminent domain, purchase, or in any other way, from Anthony J. DiPerna, et als, a certain parcel of land on the northeast side of the Concord Turnpike, containing 50 acres more or less, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor from taxation, borrowing, under authority of General Laws, Ch. 44, Sec. 8, Clause (5), the Stabili- zation Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 23 of the Annual Meeting on March 16, 1959, available funds, or any combination thereof, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen, Planning Board and Conservation Commission (Finance Committee will comment at Town Meeting)
ARTICLE 26. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, or any other sum, for the use of the Planning Board in obtaining op- tions for the purchase of land, or take any other action relative thereto.
Planning Board
(Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 27 .. To determine whether the Town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 42G, H and I, concerning special assessments to meet the cost of laying water pipes, or take any other action rela tive thereto.
Selectmen, Planning Board and Water Commissioners
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ARTICLE 28. To determine whether the Town will vote to extend the water main on Sandy Pond Road to the Concord line and construct a water main on Fox Run; to establish a special assessment against abutters on said roads under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 42G; and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor from taxation, borrowing, available funds, or any combination thereof, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen, Planning Board and Water Commissioners (Finance Committee will comment at Town Meeting)
ARTICLE 29. To determine whether the Town will accept a gift of $9,524.00 from John E. Moore to defray a portion of the cost of extending the water main on Sandy Pond Road, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen, Planning Board and Water Commissioners (Finance Committee will comment at Town Meeting)
ARTICLE 30. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $6,942.00 for the purpose of dis- charging the lien to be imposed upon land owned by the Town as a result of the assessment voted ander Article 28, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen, Planning Board and Water Commissioners (Finance Committee will comment at Town Meeting)
ARTICLE 31. To determine whether the Town will vote to instruct the Water Board to conduct a pipe cleaning pro- gram, to raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000.00, or any other sum, therefor, or take any other action relative thereto.
Water Commissioners
(Finance Committee approves)
ARTICLE 32. To determine whether the Town will vote to instruct the Water Board to replace approximately 2000 feet of existing 4" main on Old Winter Street with a 6" main with appropriate fittings, to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000 therefor, and determine whether the money shall be provided for by borrowing under authority of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 8, Clause (5), or take any other action relative thereto.
Water Commissioners (Finance Committee approves)
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ARTICLE 33. To determine whether the Town will vote to authorize the Water Board to purchase a 1964 4-wheel drive truck, to replace existing equipment, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00, or any other sum therefor, or take any other action relative thereto.
Water Commissioners
(Finance Committee will comment at Town Meeting)
ARTICLE 34. £ To determine whether the Town will vote to instruct the Water Board to replace approximately 3000 feet of six inch main on South Great Road, from Lincoln Road to Concord Road, with ten inch cement asbestos pipe with appropriate fittings, to raise and appropriate the sum of $30,000.00 therefor, and determine whether the money shall be provided for by borrowing under authority of General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 8, Clause (5), or take any other action relative thereto.
Water Commissioners
(Finance Committee approves)
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at or before the time for the meeting aforesaid. Given under our hands this 7th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-four.
Elliott V. Grabill Warren F. Flint
SELECTMEN OF LINCOLN
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nnual Report 1964 Lincoln, Massachusetts
Art work on cover of 1964 Town Report courtesy of Foster Nystrom, DeCordova Museum
CONTENTS
TOWN CALENDAR
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Board of Selectmen 3
Officers and Committees
14
Town Clerk
23
FINANCE
Treasurer
66
Town Accountant
73
Collector of Taxes
99
Board of Assessors
101
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Fire and Police Departments
104
Parks Department
109
HEALTH AND WELFARE
Board of Health
110
Inspector of Animals
113
Board of Public Welfare
114
PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS
Planning Board
116
Land Use and Town Finance Study,
Summary Report
121
Board of Appeals
163
Inspectors of Building, Wiring & Plumbing
165
Water Commissioners
166
Building Code Study Committee
171
Highway Department
172
Conservation Commission
173
Land Conservation Trust
174
Landscape Committee
175
Cemetery Commissioners
176
SCHOOLS, LIBRARY AND RECREATION
Library Trustees
177
Recreation Committee 183
Scholarship Fund Committee
188
Bemis Fund Trustees
190
DeCordova Museum
191
Elementary Schools
198
Regional High School
229
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Vital Statistics
254
Valuation List
258
Trust Funds
284
Report
of the Officers and Committees
of the
Town of Lincoln
FOR THE YEAR 1964
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LINCOLN, MASSACHUSETTS
TOWN CALENDAR
SELECTMEN - Every Monday of each month, 8:00 P.M., Town Hall, 259-8850
SCHOOL COMMITTEE -- First Monday of each month, 8:00 P. M., Superintendent's Office, 259-9400
BOARD OF ASSESSORS - - First Tuesday of each month, 8:00 P. M., Town Hall, 259-8850
WATER COMMISSIONERS -- Meetings by appointment
BOARD OF HEALTH Meetings by appointment; call Dr. Gordon Donaldson, 259-8192
BOARD OF APPEALS -- Meetings by appointment; call Town Hall, 259-8850
PLANNING BOARD
Second Monday of each month, 8:00 P. M., Town Hall, 259-8850
Population - 3,917 (1960 census)
Town area -
- 14.56 square miles
1964 Tax Rate -- $77 per $1,000 valuation
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING -- First Monday in March after the fifteenth - March 22, 1965
ANNUAL ELECTION FOR TOWN OFFICERS Saturday following Town Meeting - March 27, 1965
Qualifications for Registration - Twelve months continuous residence in the Common- wealth of Massachusetts prior to March 22, 1965, and six months con- tinuous residence in the Town of Lincoln prior to March 22, 1965
Town Offices Open Monday through Friday 8:30 A. M. to 5 P. M. Closed on Saturdays
General Government BOARD OF SELECTMEN
During 1964, the Board developed and carried out policies set forth in the 1963 re- port.
Town Boards, elected and appointed, main- tain full policy-making prerogatives. Frequent meetings with other Boards and Committees have made it possible for the Selectmen to understand, participate in and help develop the total activi- ty of Town Government.
The land use and financial survey is near- ing completion and a summary outline is contained in this report. The final report will be com- pleted and distributed to the Town in April. This Board feels that the survey will be of major help in considering and developing Town policies in this and subsequent years.
Because time must be allowed for which un- derstanding of this study is basic to making de- cisions on land acquisitions, conservation, recre- ation, and similar policies, no principal land acquisitions are proposed for the current annual meeting. Should such action appear desirable, recommendations will be presented to the Town in the Spring after there has been time for all to receive and understand the survey.
The full-time position of Executive Secre- tary has been well filled and developed by Warren Flint, who was appointed immediately following the Town Meeting in March 1964. The authorizing statute provides for one who will help administer the affairs of the Town. We feel that work during this last year has clearly demonstrated that the efficiency of Town services has increased and their costs have been reduced through full- time effort in this job.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
The principal impact of this Board during 1964 has been, and will continue to be, a joint and cooperative approach to Town work and Town problems through frequent consultation with Town Boards and the ability to coordinate Town per- sonnel and equipment through the Executive Secre- tary. An important example is cooperation by the Water Board with us in a joint approach. Joint use of men and equipment has made it possi- ble to complete necessary flushing and testing of all hydrants. We feel that continuing coopera- tion will result in increasing efficiencies and a sound water and hydrant system.
Constructive meetings with the Board of Assessors are resulting in a mutual understanding of assessing problems, which affect the Town so vitally. Both Boards and the Finance Committee are joining in an Annual Town Meeting article, which we all feel should give added strength to the Board of Assessors in carrying out their in- tent of equal and equitable assessment.
Similarly, meetings with the Board of Health have resulted in joint decision to pre- sent to the Town for consideration a need for Town financial support of Walden Clinic. Pierce Fund money helped start the Clinic in 1960 when the Board of Health felt it important to help im- plement a new venture. The Clinic is now estab- lished and growing and of importance to the Town as a whole. We feel it important that Pierce Fund monies be used to "seed" other projects and that the Town now support this worthwhile project directly.
Continued close association with the Plan- ning Board and the Finance Committee on financial and other Town policies has resulted, as an ex- ample, in the completed land use and financial survey.
We believe that the continual exchange of thoughts among strong, independent Boards and Committees results in a most constructive inter- dependence of Town Boards.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ECONOMY
Overall Town expenditures have increased somewhat as has been the case in other years. Our emphasis is on taking steps wherever possi- ble to save money by obtaining the maximum value for each dollar spent. We feel we are becoming increasingly proficient in this area of activity. Some examples of re- sults are as follows:
The Executive Secretary has been active as a coordinator of de- partments : By bidding all white- line painting, oil and gasoline sup- plies, and road hot top in one con- tract, lower unit prices than ever before were obtained. Engineering was frequently done for less money by combining requests from the Board of Health, the Planning Board and the Water Commissioners. Unit costs were reduced for new water mains.
The Parks Department under Albert Brooks saved money and increased efficiency by planting around the new school and by doing yeo- man work in assisting the Water Department in the program of flushing hydrants.
PUBLIC SAFETY
FIRE
In July 1964, the second full-time fireman, recommended a year ago, was added. The small forest-fire truck, recommended a year ago, was also obtained, as well as full-time radio contact with Concord and Weston. The forest-fire truck has already been used for a number of brush fires, one of which was in an area which could only be reached by the small truck. We feel that these additions strengthen the overall fire protection in the Town.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Water supply was improved significantly by two steps. Mains were extended down Sandy Pond Road and Tower Road for the first extension of hy- drants in a number of years. The Water Board, as part of their improvement of service, cleaned the mains of the Town, sharply increasing the pressure available at many spots. Late in the year, using all available Town forces, all hy- drants were tested, and seven were found in need of replacement or major repair. The testing pro- gram resulted in a complete census of hydrants connected and, as a consequence, the number for which the Town is billed by the Water Board in- The budget for 1965 is
creased from 233 to 293.
increased proportionately. Also in the budget is the money to add improved protection gear for the call firemen, primarily the addition of a com- plete set of helmets.
Replacement of Engine No. 2 was considered but because the Town has three other pieces of ap- paratus in excellent condition, it was not felt necessary to replace this particular unit. It was inspected by outside consultants and included in the budget is $1,200 for replacement of the engine and overhaul of the pump to bring it up to standards recommended by the New England Fire In- surance Rating Association.
During 1964, the number of call firemen was reduced approximately ten per cent by retirements and people moving away. Ten years ago, the Se- lectmen reported, "It must be recognized that the availability of call firemen is a constantly more troublesome problem".
We particularly wish to pay tribute to Joseph Tracey who served the Town long and well. His death was a great loss to the Town.
POLICE
As indicated in the Report of Chief Algeo, significantly increased effort was placed on traffic control beginning in November. Over the
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
last ten years there has been a slow but relative- ly steady increase in the number of accidents re- ported and the number of people injured. This in- crease was not alarming and was definitely in pro- portion to the increased number of vehicles on the highways. However, the Selectmen and Chief Algeo join in feeling that enforcement of traffic regula- tions should be tightened to lessen the possibility of some serious accident. Four man hours a day are now being devoted directly to traffic enforce- ment at spots selected at random throughout the Town. Our policy has been to issue written warnings for all persons stopped for the first time. Tickets will be issued for all second-time offenders. During the first two months, there were very few second-time offenders and we are hopeful that this will continue to be the case. Prevention is our object.
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