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The total number of ballots cast was 4529, viz:
Precinct 1-1052 Precinct 2-1089 Precinct 3-855 Pre- cinct 4-441 Precinct 5-437 Precinct 6-655
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MODERATOR-ONE YEAR
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6
804
734
659
351
335
535
Frederick Butler
3418
Matthew Burns
1
1
John P. Cussen
1
247
355
196
Blanks
1109
TOWN TREASURER-One Year
867
805
657
359
365
561
Thaxter Eaton
3614
185
284
198
82
72
94
Blanks
915
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-One Year
4
18
75
5
7
20
David A. Bell
129
24
30
5
7
1
8
George E. Boddy
75
334
233
246
115
136
196
James P. Christie
1260
60
58
17
4
17
30
David L. Coutts
186
56
89
41
80
9
48
Philip L. Hardy
323
15
10
27
34
4
15
John K. Hill
105
60
29
10
9
2
57
Percy R. Holt
167
74
118
22
21
52
24
William F. Kyle
311
29
11
22
3
15
46
Carl N. Lindsay
126
43
51
21
22
10
16
Rowland L. Luce
163
236
309
116
38
87
99
Francis P. Markey
885
17
33
54
2
6
6
John F. Moriarty
118
3
26
5
7
38
1
Roy A. Russell
80
88
50
153
59
40
67
J. Lewis Smith
457
3
4
30
26
10
3
Roland E. Trauschke 76
6
20
11
9
3
19
Blanks 68
SELECTMAN-Three Years
835
795
676
348
356
561
J. Everett Collins
3571
1
James P. Welch
1
1
Walter York 1
1
Clarence Wormwood 1
1
1
Charles B. Roberts 2
2
John P. Cussen
2
214
293
179
93
78
94
Blanks 737
12
1
89
102
120
ASSESSOR-Three Years
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6
805
741
639
321
340
542
J. Everett Collins
3388
1
James P. Welch
1
1
1
Charles B. Roberts
2
2
John B. Cussen
2
244
347
216
120
96
113
Blanks
1136
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS-Three Years
66
77
139
139
32
43
William F. Barron
496
180
178
79
22
40
50
William C. Crowley,Jr. 549
51
194
37
5
22
21
Leonard Ronan
330
29
44
34
80
14
10
George M. Squires
211
33
17
149
6
5
15
Arthur E. Steinert
225
35
109
40
3
14
13
James J. Sullivan
214
285
274
181
122
250
216
Sidney P. White
1328
331
139
125
49
45
255
Francis Zecchini
944
42
57
71
15
15
32
Blanks
232
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Three Years
543
451
360
205
156
381
Annie S. Angus
2096
433
345
334
214
140
350
Katharine A. Baldwin 1816
386
490
234
129
238
158
Mary E. C. Geagan
1635
245
257
393
130
81
207
Stafford A. Lindsay
1313
433
368
232
115
201
202
Laura N. Marland
1551
504
375
490
240
182
333
Frederick C. Smith 2124
612
981
522
290
313
334
Blanks
3052
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-One Year (to fill vacancy)
148
282
82
64
13
61
Paul A. L'Antigua 650
631
455
461
207
135
424
Julie S. Musk
2313
176
237
178
99
257.
90
James W. O'Donnell
1037
1
Mary A. O'Hagan
1
97
114
134
71
32
80
Blanks
528
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY-Seven Years
711
612
603
289
279
494
Burton S. Flagg
2988
341
477
252
152
158
161
Blanks 1541
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BOARD OF HEALTH-Three Years
Precincts
1
2.
3
4
5
6
115
195
102
43
37
62
Benjamin C. Brown
554
635
441
435
201
302
401.
George G. Brown
2415
163
264
169
136
66
99
Franklin B. Collins
897
139
189
149
61
32
93
Blanks
663
TREE WARDEN-One Year
566
359
222
184
196
418
George R. Abbott
1945
219
239
146
78
96
97
Ralph T. Berry
875
178
366
140
81
101
83
Thomas F. Morrissey
949
62
82
318
78
30
29
Thomas D. Taylor
599
27
43
29
20
14
'28
Blanks
161
PLANNING BOARD-Five Years
470
460
370
268
209
299
Herbert Lewis
2076
445
453
360
122
149
266
Bernard L. McDonald 1795
1
Clarence Wormwood
1
136
176
125
51
79
90
Blanks
657
CONSTABLES-One Year
821
760
613
329
336
508
George A. Dane
3367
757
621
591
297
308
477
J. Lewis Smith
3051
756
653
552
295
361
480
George N. Sparks
3097
1
William A. Harnedy
1
822
1232
809 402
306
500
Blanks
4071
All the foregoing officers were voted for on one ballot and the check lists were used.
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT ONE
March 7, 1938
Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. Warden in charge Samuel P. Hulme. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 1052. Number of ballots received 1352. Number of ballots returned 300. Num- ber of ballots cast 1052. Police officer on duty-John Campbell. Voted to count ballots at 7:45 a.m.
JOSEPH W. MCNALLY, Clerk
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REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT TWO
March 7, 1938
Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. Warden in charge Joseph A. Mc- Carthy. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 1090. Number of ballots received 1400. Number of ballots returned 311. Number of ballots cast 1089. Police officer on duty-Robert Dobbie. Voted to count ballots at 7:30 a.m.
DANA W. CLARK, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT THREE
March 7, 1938
Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. Warden in charge Harold S. Cates. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 855. Number of ballots received 1150. Number of ballots returned 295. Number of ballots cast 855. Police officer on duty-Joseph O'Brien. Voted to count ballots at 7:15 a.m.
MICHAEL A. BURKE, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT FOUR
March 7, 1938
Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. Warden in charge Herbert B. Mer- rick. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 441. Number of ballots received 553. Number of ballots returned 111. Muti- lated 1. Number of ballots cast 441. Police officer on duty-Carl H. Stevens. Voted to count ballots at 10:00 a.m.
FRED R. SHIERS, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT FIVE
March 7, 1938
Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. Warden in charge Clester E. Mat- thews. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 437. Number of ballots received 560. Number of ballots returned 123. Number of ballots cast 437. Police officer on duty-George N. Sparks. Voted to count ballots at 9:00 a.m.
JOSEPH P. LYNCH, Clerk
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REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT SIX
March 7, 1938
Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. Warden in charge Llewellyn D. Pomeroy. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 p.m. Ballot box registered when polls closed 653 (4 ballots void). Box registered 2 under. Number of ballots re- ceived 991. Number of ballots returned 332. Number of ballots cast 655. Police officer on duty-George Dufton. Voted to count ballots at 8:30 a.m.
JOSEPH A. LYNCH, Clerk
After final action of Article One, the said meeting was adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the General Laws to Mon- day, March 14, 1938 at 7:00 o'clock p.m. at the Memorial Audi- torium.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 14, 1938
The inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, met in the Memorial Auditorium on Monday, March 14, 1938, at 7:00 o'clock p.m.
The check lists showed that twelve hundred and eighty voters entered the auditorium.
The meeting was opened by Frederick Butler, Moderator, at 7:05 p.m.
After reading the warrant took up Article One and declared the following result of balloting of March 7:
Frederick Butler, Moderator-One year.
Thaxter Eaton, Town Treasurer-One year. James P. Christie, Tax Collector-One year.
J. Everett Collins, Selectman-Three years.
J. Everett Collins, Assessor-Three years.
Sidney P. White elected member Board of Public Works- Three years.
Annie S. Angus elected member School Committee-Three years.
Katharine A. Baldwin elected member School Committee- Three years.
Frederick C. Smith elected member School Committee-Three years.
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Julie S. Musk elected member School Committee-One year (to fill vacancy).
Burton S. Flagg elected trustee Memorial Hall Library- Seven years.
George G. Brown elected member Board of Health-Three years.
George R. Abbott, Tree Warden-One year.
Herbert Lewis elected member Planning Board-Five years.
George A. Dane elected Constable-One year.
J. Lewis Smith elected Constable-One year.
George N. Sparks elected Constable-One year.
ARTICLE 2-To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot.
Voted-that Edward P. Hall serve as Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years.
Finance Committee (appointed by Moderator) for One year. Harvey G. Turner, Ralph A. Woodcock, Hugh Bullock, Mitchell Johnson, Joseph M. Hargedon, Louis S. Finger, George A. Stan- ley, Jr.
Street Lighting Committee (appointed by Moderator) for One year. Walter H. Coleman, Ernest R. Edwards, Chester A. John- son, Edward Shattuck, Joseph T. Remmes.
Supervised Play Committee (appointed by Moderator) for One year. * Henry G. Tyer, Stafford A. Lindsay, James B. Gillen, *Matthew Burns, Charles R. Scott, Edward P. Hall, Mrs. Alvin J. Zink, Mrs. George G. Brown, Francis P. Markey.
*Henry G. Tyer resigned, James Sparks appointed.
*Matthew Burns resigned, Harold L. Peters appointed.
Co-ordinated Recreation Committee (appointed by Moderator) for One year. Jerome W. Cross, Mrs. Ernest D. Walen, Joseph C. Murphy, Stafford A. Lindsay, Robert Deyermond.
Committee on Centralization of Municipal Offices. Roy E. Hardy, John M. Erving, Kirk R. Batcheller, Frank A. Buttrick, Joseph A. McCarthy.
ARTICLE 3-To establish the salary of elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.
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Voted-that the salaries of the elected Town Officers for the ensuing year be established as follows:
Chairman, Board of Selectmen
$ 400.00
Two member at $300.00 each
600.00
Board of Assessors
1200.00
Three members at $400.00 each
Board of Public Welfare
300.00
Three members at $100.00 each
Town Clerk
1700.00
Town Treasurer
2000.00
Collector of Taxes
2250.00
Moth Superintendent and Tree Warden
combined salary for both per week
35.00
Board of Health
Chairman
50.00
Secretary
75.00
Representing doctor
50.00
Secretary of Board of Public Works
100.00
Treasurer, Library Trustees
100.00
Treasurer, Punchard Trustees
200.00
Moderator, per meeting
10.00
The Andover Tax Payers Association were voted permission to use board indicating tax rate during the meeting.
ARTICLE 4-To determine what sums of money shall be ap- propriated for the following purposes: Appropriation for the Assessors, Board of Selectmen, and all Departments under their control :
Voted-to appropriate the following stated sums of money :
American Legion
$ 600.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
480.00
Armistice Day
135.00
Aid to Dependent Children
6800.00
(including $178.67 1936 unpaid bill)
Soldiers' Relief
3000.00
Military Aid
300.00
State Aid
450.00
Old Age Assistance
26000.00
Public Welfare
27000.00
(including $276.00 1937 unpaid bills)
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Retirement Fund
13121.58
W.P.A. Materials
800.00
Damages to Persons and Property
500.00
Elections and Registrations
3200.00
Insurance
11500.00
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
6933.04
Portion of Purification Plant
143.84
Pomps Pond
1900.00
Public Dump
550.00
Printing Town Report
651.00
Town Officers:
21979.00
Selectmen
$2300.00
Treasurer
2618.00
Collector
4750.00
Accountant
2520.00
Assessors
5400.00
Town Clerk
2511.00
Moderator
10.00
Town Counsel
750.00
Finance Committee
20.00
Dog Officer
225.00
Animal Inspector
250.00
Game Warden
100.00
Building Inspector
525.00
Town Scales
125.00
Inspector of Wires
410.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
450.00
Municipal Buildings
3700.00
Infirmary
8500.00
Moth Suppression
4500.00
Tree Warden
5000.00
Police Department
29977.00
(including $50.00 for out of state travel)
Fire Department
29690.00
Brush Fires
1000.00
Interest
14200.00
Retirement of Bonds
41000.00
Appropriation for Board of Health
Including overdraft of $68.23
5002.00
Care and Treatment of Tubercular patients
3000.00
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Appropriation for Trustees of Memorial Hall
Library-plus returns from Dog Licenses 10050.00
Appropriation for Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery 9650.00 Appropriation for Street Lighting Committee 18427.20
Appropriation for School Committee (including $57.00 unpaid 1937 bill)
189160.00
Appropriation for Playgrounds Committee
2000.00
Appropriation for all departments under the
control of the Board of Public Works:
Highway Maintenance
52550.00
Highway Construction
1417.00
Water Maintenance
28500.00
Water Construction
10800.00
Parks and Playgrounds
5874.00
Sewer Maintenance
6950.00
Snow Removal and Sanding
15000.00
Total departmental
$623875.66
ARTICLE 6-Moth Department-Power Sprayer
695.00
ARTICLE 8-Board Public Works Truck
620.00
ARTICLE 9-Board Public Works automobile
810.00
ARTICLE 10-Board Public Works dump truck
1030.00
ARTICLE 11-Boiler at Pumping Station
8000.00
ARTICLE 12-Hard Surfacing Gravel Roads
5000.00
ARTICLE 15-W.P.A. materials and truck hire
10000.00
ARTICLE 20-Purchase Cheever Circle and
4088.00
Coolidge Road-water mains
ARTICLE 22-Purchase George Street-water mains 817.87
ARTICLE 24-Purchase Sutherland Street-water mains 1134.88
ARTICLE 38- Diverting Drain High Street to
Burnham Road 4500.00
Total special articles Grand total
36695.75
$660571.41
ARTICLE 5-To see if the Town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1938, and to issue a note or notes
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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 accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Voted-to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1938, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable with 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.
ARTICLE 6-To see if the town will vote to purchase, for the use of the Moth Department, a modern power sprayer with equip- ment, rated at twenty-five (25) gallons a minute capacity, with a two hundred (200) gallon tank; and appropriate six hundred and ninety-five ($695.00) dollars therefor, together with any sum re- ceived from two old X.L. sprayers traded in, on petition of George R. Abbott and others.
Voted-to approve as written and appropriate the sum of $695.00 therefor.
ARTICLE 7-To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase a new brush fire truck and appropriate the sum of $3500.00 therefor.
Voted-in the negative.
ARTICLE 8-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase a small truck and appropriate the sum of six hundred and twenty ($620.00) dollars therefor, and that the price allowed for the old Dodge pick-up truck purchased in 1932 be used as part payment for the new truck on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-to approve as written and appropriate the sum of $620.00 therefor.
ARTICLE 9-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase an automobile and appropriate the sum of eight hundred and ten ($810.00) dollars therefor, and that the price allowed for the old Nash Coupe purchased in 1932 be used as part payment for the new car on petition of the Board of Public Works.
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Voted-to approve as written and appropriate the sum of $810.00 therefor.
ARTICLE 10-To see the town will authorize the Board of Pub- lic Works to purchase a dump truck and appropriate the sum of ten hundred and thirty ($1030.00) dollars therefor, and that the price allowed for the old Ford dump truck purchased in 1934 be used as part payment for the new truck on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-to approve as written and appropriate the sum of $1030.00 therefor.
ARTICLE 11-To see if the town will vote to install one new steam boiler and necessary appurtenances, together with the changing of foundation, existing turbine nozzles, piping, etc., for the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station and appropriate therefor, the sum of eight thousand ($8000.00) dollars plus salvage of boiler or equipment on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-to approve as written and appropriate the sum of $8000.00 therefor.
ARTICLE 12-To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of five thousand ($5000.00) dollars to be used to hard surface gravel roads which have been built with Federal Funds under the direction of and on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-to approve as written and appropriate the sum of $5000.00 therefor.
ARTICLE 13-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of forty-five hundred ($4500.00) dollars for the im- provement of Elm Street between the Square and Washington Avenue; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State and County, or both, for this purpose at the discretion of and on petition of the Board of Pub- lic Works.
Voted-in the negative.
ARTICLE 14-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to construct Tarvia-Lithic sidewalks on Elm Street between Maple Avenue and Walnut Avenue on the north side and between Whittier Street and Washington Avenue on the south side and appropriate the sum of seventeen hundred ($1700.00)
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dollars therefor on petition of the Board of Public Works, pro- vided the town votes favorably on Article 13.
Voted-the article be withdrawn.
ARTICLE 15-To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars to be used for material, supervision and truck hire in conjunction with Federal and Town Welfare labor which may be allotted, and to be used in any De- . partment at the discretion of and on petition of the Board of Public Works, and establish this item as part of the regular budget.
Voted-to appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to be used for material, supervision and truck hire in conjunction with Federal and Town Welfare labor which may be allotted, and to be spent in any Department at the discretion of and on petition of the Board of Public Works and establish this item as part of the regu- lar budget until regular town meeting in 1939.
ARTICLE 16-To see if the town will vote to grant permission to the Board of Public Works to remove the old Dean Steam pump at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station and use the money received from the salvage to care for the reconditioning of the engine room floor, etc., on petition of the Board of Public Works.
Voted-to approve as written.
ARTICLE 17-To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2400.00 for curbing and sidewalks on east side of High street from Walnut Avenue to the property next to the Infirmary, on petition of Planning Board.
Voted-to indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 18-To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing and installing equipment for the generating of electricity in the central school group of buildings, on petition of School Committee.
Voted-that article be withdrawn.
ARTICLE 19-To see if the town will vote to accept as Public Ways as laid out by the Board of Survey and name them as follows:
CHEEVER CIRCLE (easterly end)-Approximately 700' norther- ly from Elm Street to Coolidge Road extended and
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COOLIDGE ROAD (easterly end)-Approximately 200' easterly from Johnson Road to Cheever Circle (easterly end) as shown on a plan with description entitled "Acceptance Plan for portions of Cheever Circle and Coolidge Road, Johnson Acres, Andover, Mass." made March 1937 by Morse & Dickinson and Goodwin, Engineers, Haverhill, Mass.
CHEEVER CIRCLE (westerly end)-Approximately 400' north- erly from Walnut Avenue to Coolidge Road extended and
COOLIDGE ROAD (westerly end)-Approximately 200' from Cheever Circle westerly end to Cedar Road as shown on a plan with description entitled "Acceptance Plan for portions of Cheever Circle and Coolidge Road, Johnson Acres, Andover, Mass." made December 1937 by Morse & Dickinson and Good- win, Engineers, Haverhill, Mass. Both plans and descriptions referred to being on file at the Town Clerk's office.
Voted-to accept as public ways and name Cheever Circle and Coolidge Road as above described.
ARTICLE 20-To see if the town will vote to purchase of Fred E. Cheever the water mains, with appurtenances thereto be- longing, now laid in the Easterly and Westerly sections of Cheever Circle and Coolidge Road, provided the town votes to accept said roads as Public Ways, and to appropriate the sum of four thous- and and eighty-eight ($4088.00 ) dollars for said purpose, on pe- tition of Fred E. Cheever and others.
Voted-to purchase of Fred E. Cheever the water mains with appurtenances thereto belonging, now laid in the Easterly and Westerly sections of Cheever Circle and Coolidge Road and ap- propriate the sum of four thousand and eighty-eight ($4088.00) dollars for said purpose.
ARTICLE 21-To see if the town will vote to accept as a Public Way George Street so-called for a distance of 411.13' southerly from Corbett Street as laid out by the Board of Survey and shown on a plan with descriptions dated December 1937 drawn by Dana W. Clark, C.E., on file in the Town Clerk's office.
Voted-to accept as a Public way and named George Street and described as above.
ARTICLE 22-To see if the town will vote to purchase of George Cairns, the water mains, with appurtenances thereto
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belonging, now laid in said street known as George Street, run- ning Southerly off from Corbett Street, provided the town votes to accept said road as a Public Way, and to appropriate the sum of eight hundred seventeen dollars and eighty-seven cents ($817.87) for said purpose on petition of George Cairns and others.
Voted-to purchase of George Cairns, the water mains, with appurtenances thereto belonging, now laid in said street known as George Street, running Southerly off from Corbett Street, and to appropriate the sum of eight hundred seventeen dollars and eighty-seven cents ($817.87) for said purpose.
ARTICLE 23-To see if the town will vote to accept as a Public Way an extension of Sutherland Street 365' westerly from Filter Bed Road as laid out by the Board of Survey and shown on a plan with description dated February 1937 drawn by Charles E. Cyr, C.E., on file in the Town Clerk's office.
Voted-to accept as a public way an extension of Sutherland Street as above described.
ARTICLE 24-To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase three hundred and fifty (350) feet of water main with their appurtenances from Leonidas Hamel, constructed and laid in Sutherland Street, if said street is accepted as a town way and to appropriate the sum of $1134.88 for this purpose, on petition of Leonidas Hamel and others.
Voted-to purchase three hundred and fifty (350) feet of water main with their appurtenances from Leonidas Hamel, con- structed and laid in Sutherland Street and appropriate the sum of $1134.88 for this purpose.
ARTICLE 25-To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws as follows:
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Amend Section IX by adding at the end of Paragraph 1 thereof the following :
"provided, however, that in cases involving practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship the Board of Appeals may permit land to be subdivided with lot areas of less than ten thousand (10000) square feet but not less than ninety-five hundred (9500) square feet provided that the spirit and intent of this by-law with regard
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to open spaces is preserved and such subdivision will not be in- jurious to the inhabitants of the surrounding property or to the public health or safety."
2
Amend Section IX by adding at the end of Paragraph 4 thereof the following new sentence:
"On corner lots no part of any building shall extend within twenty (20) feet of either street line."
3
Amend Section IX by adding at the end of Paragraph 5 thereof the following :
"; provided, however, that on corner lots no part of any building shall extend within twenty (20) feet of either street line."
4
Amend Section XII by inserting at the end thereof the follow- ing new paragraph 6:
"The Board of Selectmen may appoint one or more associate members of the Board of Appeals for terms of such length as shall be determined by the Board of Selectmen; and in case of a vacancy, inability to act, or interest on the part of a member of the Board of Appeals, his place may be taken by an associate member designated by the Board of Selectmen, all in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended from time to time." On petition of the Board of Appeals.
Voted-in the negative.
ARTICLE 26-To see if the town will amend Section IX, Para- graph 1, of Article VIII, being the Zoning By-Law by striking out the words, "10000 square feet," and inserting in place thereof, the words, "8500 square feet," so that said Paragraph 1 shall read as follows:
PARAGRAPH 1-Size of Lots. Land subdivided after the adop- tion of this By-Law shall provide for lot frontages of not less than 75 feet and for lot areas of not less than 8500 square feet. On peti- tion of Fred E. Cheever and others.
Voted-to approve as written above (Yes-442; No-92).
ARTICLE 27-To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way Railroad Street, so-called; running north and south from
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Pearson and Essex Streets to North Main Street, as shown on a plan, with description, on file in the Town Clerk's office; on pe- tition of the Boston & Maine Railroad Company and the Tyer Rubber Company.
Voted-to accept as a public way Railroad Street as above described.
ARTICLE 28-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from a point on Chandler Road near Garabedian's house, along Chandler Road to a point opposite Johnson's property and appropriate the sum of $11275 .- 00 therefor, on petition of Dean B. Hudgins and others.
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