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Article 36-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Pub- lic Works to extend the water main from the corner of Beacon Street and High Plain Road along Beacon Street a distance of nine hundred and sixty (960) feet and appropriate the sum of forty-five hundred ($4500.00) dollars on petition of Carl H. Stevens and others.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and ap- propriate $4500.00 under Article 36 provided before any work is begun on installation that at least three houses be erected on a foundation fully framed in and that the approval is obtained of the Board of Selectmen, Board of Public Works and the Finance Committee.
Article 37-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Pub- lic Works to extend the water main on High Plain Road a dis- tance of four hundred (400) feet and appropriate the sum of two thousand one hundred ($2100.00) dollars therefore, on petition of Miles R. Ward, and others.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to lay Article 37 on the table.
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Article 38-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Pub- lic Works to widen Dascomb Road from the corner of Andover Street a distance of approximately four hundred (400) feet and appropriate the sum of two thousand six hundred and sixty-five ($2665.00) dollars therefor, on petition of John W. Hall and others.
(The above amount includes a sufficient sum for the purchase of a strip of land adjacent to Dascomb Rd.)
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate $1500.00 under Article 38 provided property can be ob- tained either by purchase or condemnation that will permit the proper widening of the road by removal of fill from the easterly side of Dascomb Road at the intersection of Andover Street and the use of such fill to build up the westerly side of Dascomb Road.
Article 39-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Pub- lic Works to install sewer lines on Burnham Road from the corner of High Street to Arundel Street a distance of two thousand five hundred and thirty-five (2535) feet and also on Dufton Road, from the corner of Burnham Road a distance of seven hundred (700) feet and appropriate the sum of twenty-nine thousand, one hundred and fifteen ($29115.00) dollars and assess betterments upon the estates benefitted by the above extensions on petition of Higus Asoian and others.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate $27665.00 under Article 39.
Article 40-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to install a sewer line on Chestnut Street from the present dead and near Upland Road a distance of 1000 feet and appropriate the sum of $8000.00 and assess betterments upon the estates benefitted by the above extension on petition of Mrs. Willard H. Currier and others.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate $4000.00 under Article 40.
Article 41-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to install a drainage system on the following streets, Yale Road; George Street; Dartmouth Road; between Yale Road and George Street; Green Street; a section of Corbett Street; Princeton Road; Sherbourne Street; a section of William
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Street; and from William Street to the brook which is on the south side of William Street and appropriate the sum of forty- eight thousand ($48000.00) dollars therefor, on petition of Nicholas Grieco and others.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to refer to next Annual Town Meeting.
Article 42-To see if the town will vote to accept as a public way, Alderbrook Road, described as follows:
Northerly Line:
Beginning at a bound in the westerly line of South Main St., said bound being 255.34' northerly from a Massachusetts High- way Bound marking an angle in the westerly line of said South Main Street; thence running North 85°-35'-40"; West 143' to a bound; thence North 85°-10'-40" West 88' to a bound; thence North 76°-49'-40" W. 115.61' to a bound; thence by a curve to the left having a radius of 234.25', a distance of 29.4' to a bound; thence North 84°-1' West 541.29' to a bound; thence by a curve to the right having a radius of 319.48', a distance of 71.7' to a bound ; thence North 71º-9'-40" West 218.75' to a bound; thence by a curve to the left having a radius of 884.06' a distance of 297.62' to a bound; thence by a curve to the right having a radius of 322.36', a distance of 300.5' to a bound; thence still by a curve to the right having a radius of 352.81', a distance of 155.57' to a bound; thence North 11°-46'-30" West 47.71' to a bound in the easterly line of Sunset Rock Road.
Southerly Line:
Beginning at a bound in the westerly line of South Main St., said bound being 205.33' northerly from a Massachusetts High- way Bound marking an angle in the westerly line of said South Main Street; thence running North 89°-35'-40" West 340.77' to a bound; thence North 81º-58'-30" West 139.47' to a bound; thence North 84°-01' West 436.76' to a bound, thence by a curve to the right having a radius of 384.48' a distance of 86.28' to a bound; thence North 71°-09'-40" West 218.75' to a bound; thence by a curve to the left having a radius of 819.06', a distance of 275.74' to a bound; thence by a curve to the right having a radius of 387.36', a distance of 320.71' to a bound, thence by a
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curve to the left having a radius of 24.51', a distance of 52.22' to a bound in the easterly line of Sunset Rock Road.
Said road being 65' in width throughout the greater portion of its length, excepting at the easterly end thereof where it joins South Main Street, which is 50' in width and at its westerly end where it widens to join Sunset Rock Road.
Reference is hereby made to a plan of said road made January 17, 1947 by Clinton F. Goodwin, Registered Engineer, Haverhill, Massachusetts, said plan being recorded at the office of the Town Clerk in the Town House, Andover, Mass., and at the North Essex Registry of Deeds at Lawrence, Mass. at which Registry said plan is numbered 1699.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED that the town ac- cept as a public way, Alderbrook Road, described as follows:
Northerly Line:
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Beginning at bound in the westerly line of South Main St. said bound being 255.34' northerly from a Massachusetts Highway bound marking an angle in the westerly line of said South Main Street; thence running North 85°-35' 40" West 143' to a bound; thence North 85°-10'-40" West 88' to a bound; thence North 76°-49'-40" W. 115.61' to a bound: thence by a curve to the left having a radius of 234.25', a distance of 29.4' to a bound; thence North 84°-1' West 541.29' to a bound; thence by a curve to the right having a radius of 319.48', a distance of 71.7' to a bound; thence North 71º-09'-40" West 128.50' to a bound.
Southerly Line:
Beginning at a bound in the westerly line of South Main St., said bound being 205.33' northerly from a Massachusetts High- way Bound marking an angle in the westerly line of said South Main Street; thence running North 89º-35'-40" West 430.77' to a bound thence North 81º-58'-30" West 139.47' to a bound; thence North 84°-01' West 436.76' to a bound; thence by a curve to the right having a radius of 384.48', a distance of 86.28' to a bound; thence North 71°-09'-40" West 130.20' to a bound.
Reference is hereby made to a plan of said road made Jan. 17, 1947 by Clinton F. Goodwin, Registered Engineer, Haverhill, Mass. said plan being recorded at the office of the Town Clerk in the Town House, Andover, Mass., and at the North Essex Regis-
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try of Deeds at Lawrence, Mass. at which Registry said plan is numbered 1699.
Article 43-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2000.00 to be spent under the direction of the Board of Public Works to rough grade Veterans' Housing Project at the Corner of Burnham Road and High Street, on petition of Elizabeth L. Buchan and others.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate $500.00 under Article 43.
Article 44-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars ($650.00) to insure pupils of the Junior and Senior High schools for injuries incurred while playing in supervised athletic contests and in competitive physi- cal educational games, according to the General Laws, Chapter 10, Section 5, Paragraph 40A. Said sum of money to be spent under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen. On petition of Charles O. McCullom and others.
Upon motion duly seconded Article 44 defeated.
Article 45-To see if the town will vote to accept the sum of $3215.75 received in 1947 for the perpetual care of lots in Spring Grove Cemetery and $647.79 for placing flowers on four (4) graves in the same cemetery, on petition of Thaxter Eaton, Treasurer.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 45 as read.
Article 46-To see if the Town will vote to remove any restric- tions there may be on use of land at southwest corner of School and Central Streets, as voted by town in Article 14, Annual Town Meeting, March 4, 1889.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 46 as read.
Article 47-To see if the town will vote to have the Moderator appoint a committee of five, to be known as the Nathan C. Hamblin Memorial Committee, to study and report at the next Annual Town Meeting some plans for a memorial to perpetuate the memory of one, who through his long years of service, en-
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deared himself to us all. On petition of Harold W. B. Bendroth and others.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 47 as read.
Article 48-To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in the treasury.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED that all unex- pended appropriations be turned into the treasury, except the following :
Article 14 (1941)-B.P.W. Machinery Fund $2088.76
Article 5 (1945)-Improving water system 5110.14
Article 6 (1945)-Improving sewer system 2094.13
Article 19 (1945)-Special Committee on Sewer System 1000.00
Article 55 (1946)-William St. Sewer 1650.00
Article 56 (1946)-William St. Water Main
1950.00
Article 2 (Dec. 1945)-Snow Equipment 12022.70
Article 5-Haggetts Pond Pumping Station 11819.99
Article 21-Roger's Brook
727.32
Article 22-Stevens St. Bridge
6000.00
Article 23-B.P.W. Garage
3016.20
Article 26-Shawsheen Rd.
2488.29
Article 27-Ballardvale Playground
664.07
Article 38-Green St. Wall
121.32
Article 41-County Rd. Water Extension
622.59
Article 22 (1944)- Shaw Property Plan
2500.00
Article 8 (1946)-History of Andover
2000.00
Article 37 (1946)-Shawsheen Winter Rec. Program
360.49
Article 39 (1946)-Ice Skating Program 215.05
Article 8-Traffic Lights Conduit 480.00
Article 32-Shawsheen School Grading
580.88
That $15,000.00 of the Overlay Reserve be transferred to the Reserve Fund and that $65,000.00 free cash be voted to the Assessors to Reduce the 1948 tax rate, and to offset appropria- ations for capital outlays voted in preceding articles.
Article 49-To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept the report of the Town Officers and place on file.
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Article 50-To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED that the meeting be dissolved.
Time 11:37 P.M.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE MODERATOR
Finance Committee (One Year)-Howell M. Stillman, Stanley F. Swanton, Victor J. Mill, Jr., Dr. Harry V. Byrne, Harold G. Bowen, Ellsworth H. Lewis, George E. Abbot.
Nathan C. Hamblin Memorial Committee-Chester W. Holland, Henry S. Hopper, Burton S. Flagg, Agnes V. Dugan, Thisbe G. Comins.
The foregoing is a true record of the doings of the meeting.
Attest:
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Town Clerk
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Special Town Meeting MAY 18, 1948
Agreeably to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen, May 8, 1948, the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, met and assembled in the Memorial Auditorium on Bartlet Street, on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of May, 1948, at 7:30 o'clock P.M.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Arthur Sweeney, at 7:30 P.M. Prayer was offered by Rev. Henry B. Smith. Selectman J. Everett Collins led in a salute to the flag. It was the unanimous consent of the meeting to admit the follow- ing persons: Frank G. McCarthy, Jr., member of the press, Dr. and Mrs. Harold Stiegler and Arthur E. Sunderland of North Andover.
The Contable's return was read by the Town Clerk and each article read in reading the entire warrant, and individually as each article was taken up. (return at the end of records)
Took up
Article 1-To see if the town will determine that a housing authority as authorized by Section 26K, Chapter 121, General Laws, is needed and authorize the selectmen to appoint a housing authority as provided by said Chapter 121 or take any action relative thereto and to appropriate the sum of five hundred dol- lars for such use as said housing authority may deem necessary.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED that the town has determined that a housing authority as authorized by Section 26K, Chapter 121, General Laws is needed and authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a housing authority as pro- vided in said Chapter 121 and to appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for such use as said housing authority may deem necessary.
Article 2-To see if the town will appropriate the sum of two hundred and eighty dollars for rental of rooms for Disabled American Veterans Post No. 18.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to
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appropriate the sum of two hundred and eighty dollars for rental of rooms for Disabled American Veterans Post No. 18.
Article 3-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $5000.00 and authorize the Board of Public Works to lay sewer in Topping Road and Franklin Avenue, on petition of Wilfred Laroche, and others.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to refer the whole matter to next annual Town Meeting.
'Article 4-To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Moved and seconded, that the meeting be adjourned at 8:15 P.M.
The check lists were used and 170 voters were admitted to the meeting.
ESSEX, SS.
ANDOVER, MAY 18, 1948
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabitants of said town, to meet at the time and places and for the purposes stated in said warrant, by posting a true and attested copy of the same on the Town House, on each Schoolhouse and in no less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted and by publication in the Andover Townsman. Said war- rants have been posted and published seven days.
GEORGE N. SPARKS, Constable
A true record :
Attest:
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Town Clerk
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Special Town Meeting DECEMBER 27, 1948 ·
Agreeably to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen, December 15, 1948 the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, met and assembled in the Memorial Audi- torium on Bartlet Street, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of December, 1948, at 7:30 o'clock P.M.
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Arthur Sweeney, at 7:30 P.M. Prayer was offered by Rev. Frederick B. Noss. Selectman J. Everett Collins led in a salute to the flag. It was the unanimous consent of the meeting to admit the following persons: Jean Hardisty, Frank McCarthy, Jr., members of the press, Mrs. Jarina Perl, Clinton F. Goodwin, Joseph Corwin, Joseph Campopiano, Mrs. Agnes Murray, Miss Rosamond Murray, Miss Esther Murray, Mrs. Charles Hatch, Mr. Charles M. Poore, Mrs. Thayer B. Poore.
The Constable's return was read by the Town Clerk and each article read individually as taken up (return at the end of records).
Took up
Article 1-To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated to supplement the annual budget items for the following purposes :
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appropriate:
Fire Department
1000.00
Public Welfare
1600.00
Sewer Department 1000.00
School Department
4500.00
Article 2-To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by creating a new Multiple Residence District as follows:
1. Section 111 of the Zoning By-Law is amended by adding a sixth type of District reading "6. Multiple Residence District."
2. A new section IV-A is added to the Zoning By-Law reading as follows:
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SECTION IV-A
Multiple Residence Districts
In multiple Residence Districts no building or structure shall be more than 212 stories in height and no building or structure shall be so arranged or designed to be used in any part except for one or more of the following purposes:
1. Any use permitted in Single Residence Districts.
2. Two or more attached houses or an apartment building.
3. Such accessory uses, including recreational buildings, and heating plants, as are customary in connection with the uses enumerated in clauses 1 and 2.
Article 3-To see if the town will vote to amend the "Zoning Map of the Town of Andover, Massachusetts, dated January 27, 1936" as signed by the Planning Board and on file with the Town Clerk to denominate the following area as a "Multiple Residence District":
A certain parcel of land in Andover bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the northeasterly corner thereof at a point in the westerly line of Morton Street Extension, so-called, and at the southeasterly corner of land of Mary C. Manning :
Thence running southwesterly, southerly and southeasterly by the westerly line of said Morton Street Extension four hundred nine (409) feet more or less to a point at land of Agnes C. Murray, et al;
Thence running southwesterly by said land of Murray, land of McCarthy, and land of Stevens, and by a line which is one hun- dred fifty (150) feet northerly from and parallel with the northerly line of Morton Street three hundred thirty-three feet (333) more or less to a stone wall at land of James and Ellen Coates :
Thence northwesterly by the center line of the wall as it now stands and land of said Coates five hundred ten (510) feet more or less to other land of said Coates :
Thence northeasterly one hundred ninety-eight (198) feet more or less by land of said Coates and northwesterly, still by land of Coates, fifty-five (55) feet to land of said Mary C. Manning :
Thence easterly by the wall as it now stands and land of said Manning three hundred eighteen and five tenths (318.5) feet
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more or less to Morton Street Extension and the point of begin- ning.
Containing in all four and six-tenths (4.6) acres more or less.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to take up Articles 2 and 3 at one time.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Articles 2 and 3 as read, 167 in the affirmative and 26 in the neg- ative.
Article 4-To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to install a sewer in Morton Street from the inter- section of Morton and Chestnut Streets, southerly a distance of about 660 feet and appropriate the sum of $6451.20 therefor.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $6451.20 under Article 4.
Article 5-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate an additional sum of three thousand, two hundred ($3200.00) dollars for the purpose of paying the balance due on the recent installation of a pump intake suction pipe at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station, originally authorized and appropriated for under Article 5, 1947 and Article 22, 1948.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $3200.00 under Article 5.
Article 6-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate an additional sum of seven thousand ($7000.00) dollars for the purpose of building a new steel bridge on Stevens Street, originally authorized and appropriated for under Article 22, 1947, and Ar- ticle 23, 1948.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $7000.00 under Article 6.
Article 7-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of fifteen thousand two hundred ($15200.00) dollars to construct a new bridge on Central Street over the Shawsheen River and the type of bridge to be determined by the bids re- ceived only on the approval of the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee and the Board of Public Works.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $15200.00 under Article 7.
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Article 8-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty thousand ($30000.00) dollars to construct a new bridge on Andover Street, Ballardvale, over the Shawsheen River and the work to proceed only on the approval of the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee and Board of Public Works.
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED that Article 8 be referred to the next Annual Town Meeting and that the Board of Public Works be requested to report the cost of suitable repairs.
Article 9-To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.
Moved and seconded, that the meeting be adjourned at 9:30 P.M.
The check lists were used and 215 voters were admitted to the meeting.
ESSEX, SS. ANDOVER, DECEMBER 27, 1948
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabitants of said town, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes stated in said warrant, by posting a true and attested copy of the same on the Town House, on each Schoolhouse and in no less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted and by publication in the Andover Townsman. Said warrants have been posted and published seven days.
GEORGE N. SPARKS, Constable
A true record :
Attest:
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Town Clerk
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Report of the Town Clerk
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To the Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report for the office of the Town Clerk for the year 1948.
The total number of registered voters in Andover at the close of registration October 1, 1948 was 7272 by precincts as follows:
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1645
2
1566
3
1509
4
744
5
624
6
1184
7272
VITAL STATISTICS
Number of births recorded
197
Males
98
Females
99
Number of deaths recorded
158
Males
78
Females
80
Number of marriages
165
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Town Clerk
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Report of the Town Accountant
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1948
January 1, 1949
To the Board of Selectmen: Andover, Mass.
GENTLEMEN :
In accordance with Chapter 41, Section 61 of the General Laws, I submit herewith my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1948.
A detailed statement of the receipts and their sources, and of the payments and the purposes therefor, follows. The condition of the various trust funds, as well as the Town of Andover Retire- ment Fund, sources of incomes and the amounts paid out are also set forth. A statement of the temporary loans, maturing debt and interest is included.
A balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the assets and liabilities as of December 31, 1948.
The State Auditors have complied with statutes and audited the Town books for the year ending December 31, 1947. They are now auditing the town accounts for 1948.
May I express my thanks for the co-operation accorded to me by your Board, as well as by each Town Department during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE C. NAPIER,
Town Accountant
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Appropriations for 1948
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 8, 1948
General Government $ 43,869.00
Protection to Persons and Property 136,304.00
Health and Sanitation 61,323.32
Highways 163,268.00
Charities and Veterans' Service 97,200.00
Schools and Libraries 311,361.00
Recreation and Unclassified 49,657.00
Enterprises and Cemeteries 97,460.00
Interest and Maturing Debt
45,151.25
Total Appropriations, March 8, 1948 $1,005,593.57
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, MAY 18, 1948
Article 1, Housing Authority $ 500.00
Article 2, Disabled American Vet-
erans, Post 18, Rental of Rooms 280.00
Total Appropriations, May 18, 1948 $780.00
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, DECEMBER 27, 1948
Article 1, To supplement Annual Budget Items for the following purposes :
Fire Department $1000.00
Public Welfare 1600.00
Sewer Department 1000.00
School Department 4500.00
$8100.00
Article 4, Sewer, Morton Street
6451.20
Article 5, Additional for Intake
Suction Pipe at Haggetts Pond 3200.00
Article 6, Additional for Stevens Street Bridge 7000.00
Article 7, New Bridge, Central Street 15200.00
Total Appropriations, December 27, 1948 $39,951.20
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Receipts for 1948
Tax Collector $721,708.04
Treasurer, Dog Tax, Loan, etc.
9,718.68
Town Clerk, Fees and Licenses
4,140.70
Board of Selectmen, Licenses
7,543.50
Police Department:
Fines and Permits $ 351.50
Parking Meters
3,848.51
4,200.01
Fire Department, Ambulance, Oil Burner Inspections, Sale of Equipment, etc. 398.65
Municipal Property, Rentals, Sale of Dump Shed
471.67
Building Inspector's Fees
1,444.50
Sealer of Weights and Measures Fees
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