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Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this Fourth day of February, A. D. 1952.
ROY E. HARDY J. EVERETT COLLINS SIDNEY P. WHITE
Selectmen of Andover
189
TOWN OF ANDOVER
MASSACHUSETTS
OF AND PORATED MAY
TOWN
6. 1646.
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ANNUAL I REPORT of the
TOWN OFFICERS
For the Fiscal Year Ending
DECEMBER 31, 1952
INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
Accounting Taxes and Assessments 80
Aid to Dependent Children 63
Animal Inspector 53
Appropriations for 1952
40
Armistice Day 76
Assessors 48,111
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
82
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements 112
Balance Sheet 95
Board of Appeals 122
Board of Health
56, 143
Board of Public Welfare
61, 113
Aid to Dependent Children 63
Infirmary 65, 136
Old Age Assistance 63
Veterans' Services 65,116
Board of Public Works 170
Accounts Receivable 86
Administrative and Office 73
Assessments and Receipts 83
Highways 58
Sewers
57
Sidewalks
59
Snow Removal and Sanding
61
Superintendent & Town Engineer's Report 171
Tree Dept .- B.P.W. Consolidation
152
Trucks, Garage and Repair Shop 58 Water Maint. and Construction 76
Water & Sewerage, Special 132 Bonds, Redemption of See Town Debt
Building Inspector 53, 145
Cemetery Funds 88
Civilian Defense 71,156
Damages to Persons and Property 71
Departmental Accounts Receivable 86
Director of Accounts 35
Dog Officer 53
Dutch Elm Disease 55
Election and Registration 48
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 57
Expenditures for 1952 46
Finance Committee
49
Fire Department
52,138
Forest Fires 53
General Government
Election and Registration 48
50 Municipal Buildings Town Officers 4
Highways 58
Housing Authority 118
Insurance
71
Interest 79
Jury List 158
Maturing Debt 79
Memorial Day
76
Memorial Hall Library
70, 93, 162
Library Statistics
169
Report of Librarian 163
Trustees 162
Milk Inspector 144
Moderator 49
Moth Suppression 54, 150
Motor Vehicles Excise Tax 82
Municpial Buildings 50
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements 112
Old Age Assistance
63
Overlay
85
Parking Meters 47,50
Parks and Playgrounds 74
Planning Board 50, 125
Police Department 51,139
Public Dump
57
Punchard Athletic Association 69
Receipts for 1952 40
Recreation Committee 74, 129
Reserve Fund
80
Retirement Report 105
*School Department 66
School Lunch 69
Sealer, Weights and Measures 54, 147 Selectmen 46
Sewers
57
Assessments 83
Snow Removal and Sanding 61
*Also see School Report
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Spring Grove Cemetery
79, 115
Street Lighting
61
Town Counsel
49
Tax Collector 47,108
Town Debt
104
Town Infirmary
65,136
Summary of Tax Collector's Cash
Account
110
Tax Title Account 82
Town Accountant 39, 46
Accounting Taxes and Assessments
80
Appropriation for 1952
40
Balance Sheet 95
Tree Warden
55, 148
Tree Dept. and B.P.W. Consolidation Special Committee 152
Trust Funds 89
*Trustees of Punchard Free School 90
Veterans' Quarters 75
Expenditures for 1952
46
Maturing Debt
79
Overlay 85
Receipts for 1952 40
Reserve Fund
80
Surplus Revenue 87
Water Accounts Receivable 86
Water Maint. and Construction 76
*Trustees of Punchard Free School
90
Water Accounts Receivable
86
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Town Clerk 34, 48
Town Meetings Proceedings 14 Warrants 9,184
Town Officers
4
Town Reports 73
Town Scales 73
Treasurer
47, 107
Board of Public Works Accounts Receivable 86
Departmental Accounts Receivable 86
Director of Accounts 35
Veterans' Services 65, 116
Vital Statistics 34
Water & Sewerage, Special 132
Town Debt 104
Wire Inspector 53, 146
*Also see School Report
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Town Officers
ELECTED AND APPOINTED
MODERATOR Arthur Sweeney
BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND PUBLIC WELFARE
Roy E. Hardy, Chairman
Term expires 1954
J. Everett Collins, Secretary Term expires 1953
Sidney P. White
Term expires 1955
George H. Winslow, Clerk
Arthur W. Cole, Agent, Bureau, Old Age Assistance,
Welfare Board
Francis P. Markey, Veterans' Services Agent
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Roy E. Hardy, Chairman
Term expires 1954
J. Everett Collins Term expires 1953
Sidney P. White
Term expires 1955
TOWN CLERK
George H. Winslow Term, Tenure
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
James P. Christie
Term expires 1955
TREASURER
Thaxter Eaton Term expires 1953
TOWN ACCOUNTANT TOWN COUNSEL Walter C. Tomlinson
George C. Napier
BOARD OF RETIREMENT
George C. Napier, Chairman Term expires 1955
Edmond E. Hammond Term expires 1955 Term expires 1953
David L. Nicoll, Secretary
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Sidney P. White, Chairman
Term expires 1953
P. Leroy Wilson
Term expires 1954
Victor J. Mill, Jr.
Term expires 1954
Ernest N. Hall
Term expires 1955
Alexander H. Henderson, Secretary
Warren O. Petersen, Town Engineer
Edward R. Lawson, Superintendent
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Dorothy T. Partridge
Term expires 1953
Anna M. Greeley
Term expires 1953
C. Carleton Kimball
Term expires 1955
William A. Doherty, Secretary
Term expires 1955
Gordon C. Colquhoun, Chairman
Term expires 1954
SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE C. Carleton Kimball, Chairman Kenneth L. Sherman, Secretary
Herbert P. Carter Harold T. Houston Roy E. Hardy
Gordon L. Colquhoun
Stanley F. Swanton
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
ATTENDANCE OFFICER John Campbell
ATHLETIC MEDICAL DIRECTOR
John J. McArdle, Jr., M. D.
Philip W. Blake, M. D. SCHOOL NURSE Ruth E. Westcott, R. N.
DIRECTOR, CONTINUATION SCHOOL Carl M. Gahan
BOARD OF HEALTH
Philip W. Blake, M. D.
Term Expires 1955
Charles O. McCullom, Secretary
Term expires 1954 Term expires 1953
William V. Emmons, Chairman
Lotta M. Johnson, R. N. Nurse and Agent
Robert A. Walsh, Milk Inspector
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING RAY S. YOUMANS
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Term expires 1955
Kenneth L. Sherman, Superintendent
INSPECTOR OF BUILDING Ralph W. Coleman
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING Alexander Thomson
PLANNING BOARD AND BOARD OF SURVEY
Leon A. Field, Secretary
Term expires 1953
Walter Tomlinson, Chairman
Term expires 1954
Frederick E. Cheever
Term expires 1955
Kirk R. Batcheller
Term expires 1956
Richard C. Simmers
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
William J. Young
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Joseph Serio Wilson Crawford, Deputy
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Hartwell B. Abbot
TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
Joseph Serio
Term expires 1955
Arthur W. Reynolds, Chairman
Term expires 1957
William N. Perry, Secretary
Term expires 1954
Ernest D. Walen
Term expires 1958
Leo F. Daley, Treasurer
Term expires 1959
Alan R. Blackmer
Term expires 1953
Caroline P. Leavitt
Term expires 1956
TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL
Rev. Frederick B. Noss, President
Rev. John S. Moses
Rev. John G. Gaskill
Edmond E. Hammond, Clerk and Treas. Term expires 1955 Fred W. Doyle Term expires 1955
Roy E. Hardy
Term expires 1955
Harry Sellars
Term expires 1955
C. Carleton Kimball
Term expires 1955
TRUSTEES OF CORNELL FUND
Edward P. Hall Arthur W. Cole Term expires 1954
Term expires 1953
Frederick E. Cheever, Treasurer
Term expires 1955
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Term expires 1957
TRUSTEES OF SPRING GROVE CEMETERY
Frank R. Petty, Chairman
Term expires 1954
Malcolm E. Lundgren
Term expires 1953
Albert E. Curtis
Term expires 1954
William D. McIntyre
Term expires 1955
Frederick E. Cheever
Term expires 1955
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
Ralph A. Bailey, Chairman
Term expires 1954
ยท Walter F. McDonald
Term expires 1953
Eugene A. Zalla
Term expires 1955
George H. Winslow, Clerk
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Charles W. Arnold *George E. Abbot Ernest L. Wilkinson Wiliam S. Titcomb, Secretary Fred W. Doyle Louis E. Gleason, Chairman Norman L. Miller
Leo F. Daley
RECREATION COMMITTEE
Stafford A. Lindsay, Chairman
Alan F. Dunlop
George A. Stanley, Jr. Francis P. Markey
Alco E. Taylor
SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH DEPARTMENT George R. Abbott Appointed Annually
TREE WARDEN
George R. Abbott Term expires 1953
BOARD OF APPEALS
James S. Eastham, Chairman
Term expires 1955
Roy E. Hardy, Secretary
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954
Walter C. Tomlinson, Associate Member
Leon A. Field, Associate Member
ANDOVER HOUSING AUTHORITY Garrett J. Burke, State Member -Assistant Treasurer Term expires 1956
*Deceased
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Edward P. Hall
Winthrop P. Newcomb, Chairman Franklyn K. Haggerty, Vice Chairman Charles Hatch, Secretary
Thomas R. Wallace, Treasurer
Term expires 1953
Term expires 1954
Term expires 1955
Term expires 1953
FIRE DEPARTMENT Charles E. Buchan, Chief Charles E. Buchan, Forest Warden
POLICE DEPARTMENT *George A. Dane, Chief *George A. Dane, Dog Officer
CONSTABLES
*George A. Dane George N. Sparks
Term expires 1953
George B. Brown
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1953
Roy A. Russell
TOWN OF ANDOVER Population 1950 Census - 12437 Registered Voters 1952-8495
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS INCLUDING ANDOVER SENATORS
John F. Kennedy, Boston Leverett Saltonstall, Dover FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Edith Nourse Rogers, 444 Andover St., Lowell FIFTH COUNCILLOR DISTRICT
Arthur A. Thomson, 49 Greene St., North Andover FOURTH ESSEX SENATORIAL DISTRICT John Adams, 15 Stratford Rd., Andover FIFTH ESSEX REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT J. Everett Collins, 35 Summer St., Andover Frank S. Giles, 373 Lowell St., Methuen William Longworth, 27 Stevens St., Methuen ESSEX COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Arthur A. Thompson, Methuen C. F. Nelson Pratt, Saugus
J. Fred Manning, Lynn
*Deceased
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Annual Town Meeting MARCH 3 1952
Agreeably to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen, Febru- ary 4th, 1952, the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs, met and as- sembled at the designated polling places in Precincts One, Two, Three, Four, Five and six, viz: The Central Fire Station in Precinct One; the Square and Compass Hall in Precinct Two, the Sacred Heart School, Balmoral Street, Shawsheen Village, in Precinct Three; the Andover Grange Hall in Precinct Four; the Fire Station, Ballardvale, in Precinct Five, and the Peabody House, Phillips Street, in Precinct Six, in said Andover on :
MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH, 1952
at 7:00 o'clock A. M. to act upon the following articles :
ESSEX, SS. Andover, March 3, 1952
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 state 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
ARTICLE 1. Election of Officers
Took up Article 1 and proceeded to vote for Town Officers. The Ballot boxes were found to be empty and registered 0000.
The Polls were opened at seven o'clock A. M. and closed at seven o'clock P. M. The total number of ballots cast was 3596-viz: Precinct 1-928, Precinct 2-663, Precinct 3-619, Precinct 4-456, Precinct 5-384, Precinct 6-546.
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MODERATOR-for one year
Precincts
1 2
4
5 299
6
771
507
489 Arthur Sweeney
2963
0
0
0
1
0
0 James S. Eastham
1
157 156
99
78
85
57 Blanks
632
TAX COLLECTOR-For Three Years
819 553
533 395 337 498
James P. Christie 3135
109
110
86
61
47 48 Blanks
461
SELECTMAN-For Three Years
314 272
209 109 136 135
Albert Cole, Jr.
1175
590
365
394
338
240
402 Sidney P. White 2329
24
26
16
9
8
9 Blanks
92
ASSESSOR-For Three Years
316 279
214
119 137 143
Albert Cole, Jr.
1208
584
347
389
327
238
393 Sidney P. White 2278
28
37
16
10 9 10 Blanks
110
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS-Two For Three Years
434 427 283
140
94 146
Joseph W. Connor 1524
414
220 216
220
313
291
Ernest N. Hall 1674
541
278
354
318
207 379 Alexander Henderson 2077
42
54
68
25
7
32
James V. Irvine
228
192
118
132
100
29 124 John M. Mackenzie 695
233
229 195
109
118 120
Blanks
994
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Two For Three Years
448
458 344 243 195 212
William A. Doherty
1900
445
246 299
236
89 371
C. Carleton Kimball
1686
265
179 271
160 288 150 Robert C. Vogt 1313
465
225 194
163
71 291 George B. Westhaver 1409
233
218 130 110
125 68 Blanks 884
BOARD OF HEALTH-One For Three Years
796 554 530 387 330 493 Philip W. Blake 3090
132 109 89 69
54 53 Blanks 506
10
3 520
377
PLANNING BOARD-One For Five Years Precincts
1 2
3 4 5 222 296
6
515 398 411 288
Richard C. Simmers 2130
330
185
168
135
110
203
Vincent F. Stulgis 1131
83
80
40 33
52 47
Blanks 335
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY-For Seven Years
817 579 537 387 314 494
Leo F. Daley 3128
111 84
82 69
70 52 Blanks 468
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY One For Three Years To Fill A Vacancy
711
480
488 362 314 449
Joseph Serio
2804
0
0
0
0
1
0 Peter Kupis
1
217 183 131 94
69
97 Blanks 791
TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL Five For Three Years
744 512
497 399 295 472 Fred W. Doyle
2919
695 445 462
332
271 461
Edmond E. Hammond 2666
745 471 475 362 287 471
Roy E. Hardy
2811
710 450 465 340 274 466
C. Carleton Kimball 2705
710 461 455 337 274 448
Harry Sellars 2685
1036 976 741 510
519 412 Blanks 4194
CONSTABLES-Three For One Year
744 471
479 362 287 474
George B. Brown 2817
788 528 499 390
313 493
George A. Dane
3011
749 496 483 366 323 477 George N. Sparks 2894
503 494 396
250 229 194 Blanks 2066
All the foregoing officers were voted for on one ballot and the check lists were used.
REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT 1
Andover March 3, 1952
Polls opened at 7 A. M. Warden in charge, Rowland W. Luce. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P. M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 928. Number of ballots received 1794. Number of ballots returned 866. Number of ballots cast 928. Police officer on duty Wil- liam Tammany. Voted to count ballots at 8:30 A. M.
JOSEPH W. MCNALLY, Clerk
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REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT 2
Andover, March 3, 1952
Polls opened at 7 A. M. Warden in charge, Mark Keane. Ballot box registered when polls opener 0000. Polls closed at 7 P. M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 663. Num- ber of ballots received 1499. Number of Ballots returned 836. Number of ballots cast 663. Police officer on duty David Nicoll. Voted to count ballots at 8:30 A. M.
NORMAN K. MACLEISH, Clerk REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT 3
Andover, March 3, 1952
Polls opened at 7 A. M. Warden in charge, Norman War- hurst. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P. M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 619. Number of ballots received 1540. Number of ballots returned 921. Number of ballots cast 619. Police officer on duty, Richard Caldwell. Voted to count ballots at 7:30 A. M.
CLARENCE H. COLMER, Clerk REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT 4
Andover, March 3, 1952
Polls opened at 7 A. M. Warden in charge, Charles B. M. Whiteside. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P. M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 456. Number of ballots received 863. Number of bal- lots returned 407. Number of ballots cast 456. Police officer on duty Frank Koza. Voted to count ballots at 7:10 A. M.
FREDERICK J. KEARN, Clerk REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT 5
Andover, March 3, 1952
Polls opened at 7 A. M. Warden in charge, William Miller, Jr. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 P. M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 384. Number of ballots received 713. Number of ballots re- turned, 329. Number of ballots cast 384. Police officer on duty George N. Sparks. Voted to count ballots at 10:40 A. M.
EUGENE A. ZALLA, Clerk
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REPORT OF CLERK - PRECINCT 6
Andover, March 3, 1952
Polls opened at 7 A. M. Warden in charge Ralph A. Bailey. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 P. M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 546. Number of ballots received 1310. Number of ballots returned 764. Number of ballots cast 546. Police officer on duty Roy Russell. Voted to count ballots at 8:00 A. M.
JOHN M. LYNCH, Clerk
After final action of Article One, the said meeting was ad- journed by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the General Laws to Monday, March 10th at 7 o'clock P. M. at the Me- morial Auditorium.
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Adjourned Town Meeting MARCH 10, 1952
The check lists were used at the entrance and showed 878 persons admitted to the meeting. The meeting was called to order 7:00 P. M. by Arthur Sweeney, Moderator.
Unanimous consent was asked to admit nine persons.
Opening prayer was offered by Rev. Paul E. Callahan.
Salute to the flag was led by Roy E. Hardy.
The warrant and return of service by the constable was read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1 .- To elect a Moderator for one year, a Collector of Taxes for three years, a Selectman for three years, an Assessor for three years, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, a member of the Board of Health for three years, two members of the School Commit- tee for three years, a member of the Planning Board for five years, a Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years, a Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for three years to fill a vacancy, five Trustees of Punchard Free School for three years, three Constables for one year, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot.
All the above candidates to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 7:00 o'clock A. M. to 7:00 o'clock P. M.
The Town Clerk announced the results of ballot March 3rd declared Arthur Sweeney elected as Moderator for the ensuing year, and he had previously been sworn to faithfully perform the duties of that office.
The moderator then declared the other successful candi- dates elected.
Sidney P. White, Selectman for Three Years.
Sidney P. White, Assessor for Three Years.
James P. Christie, Collector of Taxes for Three years.
Ernest N. Hall, Board of Public Works for Three years.
Alexander H. Henderson, Board of Public Works for Three years.
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William A. Doherty, School Committee for Three years. C. Carleton Kimball, School Committee for Three years. Philip W. Blake, Board of Health for Three years.
Richard C. Simmers, Planning Board for Five years.
Leo F. Daley, Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for Seven years.
Joseph Serio, Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for Three years. (to fill a vacancy) .
Fred W. Doyle, Trustee of Punchard Free School for Three years.
Edmond E. Hammond, Trustee of Punchard Free School for Three years.
Roy E. Hardy, Trustee of Punchard Free School for Three years.
C. Carleton Kimball, Trustee of Punchard Free School for Three years.
Harry Sellars, Trustee of Punchard Free School for Three years.
George B. Brown, Constable for One year.
George A. Dane, Constable for One year.
George N. Sparks, Constable for One year.
Article 2 .- To elect all other officers not required to be elected by ballot.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED Frederick E. Cheever be elected Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years.
Article 3 .- To establish the salary of elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.
It was VOTED that the salaries of the elected Town Of- ficers for the ensuing year be established at: (each item be- ing voted on separately) :
Chairman, Board of Selectmen per annum $ 800.00
Two members at $600. each per annum
1200.00
Board of Assessors
Three members at $400. each per annum 1200.00
Board of Public Welfare
Three members at $100 each per annum 300.00
Town Clerk 3800.00
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Collector of Taxes Town Treasurer Moth superintendent and Tree Warden combined salary for both per week beginning April 1st.
3800.00 3700.00
per week 67.00
Board of Health
Three members at $100. each per annum
300.00
Chairman, Board of Public Works 300.00
Secretary, Board of Public Works
100.00
Treasurer, Library Trustees
100.00
Moderator, per meeting, beginning March 10
10.00
Article 4 .- Departmental appropriations :
American Legion
$ 600.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
600.00
Disabled Veterans
480.00
Armistice Day
150.00
Memorial Day
1350.00
Aid to Dependent Children
17500.00
Veterans Services
17500.00
Old Age Assistance
87000.00
Public Welfare
13700.00
Disability Assistance
5300.00
Retirement Fund
21751.26
Damages to Persons and Property
500.00
Elections and Registrations
7462.00
Insurance
22000.00
Essex T.B. Hospital
18762.39
Recreation
10000.00
Public Dump
2000.00
Printing Town Report
1320.00
Selectmen
3585.00
Treasurer
4870.00
Parking Meter Account
230.00
Collector of Taxes
8238.00
Accountant
5298.20
Assessors
10650.00
Town Clerk
5795.00
Moderator
30.00
Town Counsel
750.00
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Finance Committee
20.00 6000.00
Civil Defense
Planning Board and Survey
200.00
Dog Officer
225.00
Animal Inspector
350.00
Building Inspector
2355.00
Town Scales
200.00
Inspector of Wires
1175.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
760.00
Municipal Buildings
7374.00
Infirmary
12640.00
Moth Suppression
8655.00
Dutch Elm Disease
8000.00
Police Department
70650.00
Parking Meter Account 3900.00
Fire Department
86983.00
Brush Fires
1800.00
Interest
12861.25
Retirement of Bonds
79000.00
Tree Warden
9675.00
Board of Health
7040.00
Care of T.B. Patients
3000.00
Trustees of Memorial Library
(plus dog tax receipts)
32164.55
Spring Grove Cemetery
17379.00
School Committee
426356.00
Highway Maintenance
56550.00
Water Maintenance
51950.00
Parks
6450.00
Sewer Maintenance
6600.00
Snow Removal and Sanding (to include private ways and 2000.00 for equipment when necessary)
25000.00
Trucks, Garage and Repair Shop
13011.00
Street Lighting
24500.00
Administrative and Office
18615.00
Total to be raised by taxation
$1,245968.26
Total not to be raised by taxation
22892.39
Grand total appropriated
$1,268860.65
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Special Articles
Article 12-Shaw Parking Approp. (Parking Meter Receipts). 7000.00 Article 13-Plumbing & Heating Facilities 5500.00
Old School House B.V.
Article 14-Two new automobiles Police Dept. (Plus turn in on two 1951 Ford Sedans) 1500.00
Article 15-Pumping Engine, Fire Department 17000.00
Article 16-State-Aided Vocational Education 1550.00
Article 17-Reservoir Land-Bancroft Rd. 4000.00
Article 18-16" Low Service Force Main 25000.00
(Plus amount from available funds) 30000.00
Article 19-Improvement Beacon Street 7000.00
Article 20-Chapter 90-Highway Maintenance 2000.00
Article 21-B.P.W. Tractor with attachments 2200.00
Article 22-Repair and build sidewalks 5000.00
Article 23-Extending & improving Water System
5000.00
Article 25-Sewer Main, Magnolia Avenue 2500.00
Article 29-Mowing machine & attachments,
Tree Departments 171.50
(Plus turn in of old tractor & mower)
Article 30-Chain Saw, Tree Department
850.00
Article 41-Grading Canterbury St. 1500.00
Total Special Articles raised by taxation 80771.50
Total Special Articles not raised
by taxation 37000.00
Grand total Special Articles
117771.50
Grand total Budget and Special Articles
$1,386632.15
Article 5 .- To see if the town will authorize the Select- men (or treasurer) to sell all land acquired through fore- closure of tax title at public or private sale ..
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to authorize the Selectmen to sell all land acquired through foreclosure of tax title at public or private sale.
Article 6 .- To see if the town will vote that all full time employees of the town, other than those appointed by the
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School Committee, shall have during any calendar year ac- cumulated sick leave or not over thirty days without loss of pay, provided, however, the head of any department may re- quire a doctor's certificate before any portion of such leave is approved.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED that all full time employees of the town, other than those appointed by the School Committee, shall be credited with sick leave with pay not to exceed 15 working days for each year of service. Sick leave not used in any year may be accumulated but not to exceed 30 days in the aggregate. For absence for a period of more than five days at any one time, the appointing au- thority shall require evidence in the form of a psysician's certificate for the necessity of such absence.
The adjourned meeting, March 10th the vote was made which was clarified under reconsideration at the Adjourned Meeting, March 17th with the above resulting vote.
Article 7 .- To see if the town will vote to accept Section 6B, Chapter 40, General Laws, reading as follows :-
A city or town which accepts this section may appropriate money for the purchase of uniforms for members of its police and fire departments.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Sec- tion 6B, Chapter 40, General Laws, reading as follows :-
A city or town which accepts this section may appropriate money for the purchase of uniforms for members of its police and fire departments.
Article 8 .- To see if the town will vote to accept as a by- law ARTICLE IV, SECTION 13.
No person except an officer of the law in the performance of his duties shall enter upon the premises of another with the intention of peeping into the windows of a house or spy- ing upon in any manner any person or persons therein.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 8 as read.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the West Center School property
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either by public auction or by private sale for such price and upon such terms as they may deem proper and to au- thorize the said Board of Selectmen to execute and deliver a deed of said property in pursuance of this vote.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the West Center School prop- erty after abandonment by the School Committee, either by public auction or by private sale for such price and upon such terms as they may deem proper and to authorize the said Board of Selectmen to execute and deliver a deed of said property in pursuance of this vote.
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