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Article 59. To see if the Town in accordance with
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Chapter 17, Section 3 and Section 5 of the Acts of 1930, will vote that the Selectmen shall act as a Board of Sewer Commissioners, or will vote to elect a Board of three Sewerage Commissioners, or will vote to appoint and authorize a committee to carry on the construction of the system of sewerage authorized by said Chapter 17 of the Acts of 1930 until the Board of Sewer Com- missioners shall have been elected as provided in said act or the Selectmen have first been authorized by vote to act as such Board, as the case may be, or will take any action relative thereto.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum or sums of money to be ex- pended under the direction of the Committee on Sewer- age for revision of plans or other necessary purposes or will vote to raise and appropriate any sum or sums of money for the purpose of paying any necessary ex- penses and liabilities incurred under Chapter 17 of the Acts of 1930, as the same may be accepted by the Town, and to authorize the Treasurer, with the appro- val of the Selectmen, to borrow all or any part of said sums in accordance with the provision of any general or special act authorizing the Town to borrow for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof in three public places in each voting Precinct in said Town of Braintree, ten days at least before said third day of March, 1930, and by publishing the same once each week for two successive weeks in the Braintree Observer and the Braintree Citizen, the first publication to be at least eight days before said meeting.
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this War- rant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk be- fore said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this first day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.
EDWARD AVERY, HARRY H. BOUSQUET, HORACE T. CAHILL, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN J. HEANEY, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, Mass., February 10, 1930. Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as expressed therein, to meet at the time and places mentioned for the purposes therein mentioned.
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JOHN J. HEANEY,
Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, March 1, 1930.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants qualified as expressed therein to meet at the times and places specified therein by posting true and attested copies of this Warrant in more than three public places in each precinct and by having the same published in the Braintree Observer and Braintree Citizen ten days before the time of said · meeting.
JOHN J. HEANEY,
Constable of Braintree.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, 1930 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, at a legal meeting, the inhabitants of Precinct 1, of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote at elections, met in the Town Hall, in said Braintree, on Monday, the third day of March, 1930, at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, and the inhabitants of Precinct 2, of said Town of Braintree, qualified to vote at elections, met in the Legion Building, Hollis Avenue, and the inhab- itants of Precinct 3, of said Town of Braintree, quali- fied to vote at elections, met in the Allen Street Fire Station, in said Town of Braintree, at the same hour and date, to bring in their votes for the officers as called for in said warrant.
The meeting at Precinct 1 was called to order by J. Frank Lane, Warden of said Precinct, who acted as presiding officer. He was assisted by the following election officers: Dudley P. Howland, Clerk; James M. Cutting, Michael P. Novelline, Edward J. Sullivan, Harry S. Snow, Frank M. O'Rourke, H. Parker Hobart, Walter B. Robbins, G. Dallas Willis, Charles H. Tobey, Leo E. Halpin, Henry W. Grady, Charles P. Morse, W. Phillips Woodsum and Thomas Slavin, Constable.
The meeting in Precinct 2 was called to order by George A. Arnold, Warden of said Precinct, who acted as presiding officer. He was assisted by the following election officers: Virgie Sears, Clerk, Justin W. Shrader, George E. Sampson, Nelson Hollis, Frank J.
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Mischler, Mabel T. Kinna, Alice M. Kirby, Alfred H. Holbrook, Francis J. Mahar, John Drinkwater, Frank McGrann and Clarence R. Bestick, Constable.
The meeting in Precinct 3 was called to order by Winfred G. Waite, Warden of said Precinct, who acted as presiding officer. He was was assisted by the fol- lowing election officers: Thomas Cassidy, Clerk, John A. Ryan, Thomas F. Mulligan, William J. Quinlan, John Riley, William D. Levangie, Charles D. Sheehee, George S. McCarthy, Thomas Lyons, Walter C. Briggs, Bennett H. Swinimer, Russell L. Burton, Preston P. MacDonald, Jr., Alexander Bullock and W. Gordon Stackhouse, Constable.
The meetings in each precinct were conducted in like manner and in accordance with the law. The bal- lot boxes in the three different precincts were inspected and found to be empty and the registers set at zero (0), and the keys to the ballot box in Precinct 1 were placed in charge of Thomas Slavin, Constable of said Precinct 1, and the keys to the ballot box in Precinct 2 were placed in charge of Clarence R. Bestick, Con- stable of said Precinct 2, and the keys to the ballot box in Precinct 3 were placed in charge of W. Gordon Stackhouse, Constable of said Precinct 3.
After the close of the polls at 3 P. M., when all votes had been canvassed and the results determined in accordance with the provisions of law, declaration thereof was made in open Town Meeting and was as follows :
Total number of votes cast was:
Precinct 1 1758
Precinct 2 1693
Precinct 3 1487
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Following is the result in detail :
FOR SELECTMAN (FOR THREE YEARS)
Harrison W. Bailey ...
537
980
543
2060
Harry H. Bousquet.
965
587
807
2359
Philip H. Sullivan.
228
105
107
440
Scattered
1
1
Blanks
28
21
29
78
Harry H. Bousquet elected and sworn.
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (FOR THREE YEARS)
Harrison W. Bailey
526
965
527
2018
Harry H. Bousquet.
923
561
759
2243
Philip H. Sullivan
220
112
110
442
Blanks
89
55
91
235
Harry H. Bousquet elected and sworn.
FOR MODERATOR
William F. Rogers. . 1175
1379
826
3380
Blanks
583
314
661
1558
William F. Rogers elected and sworn.
FOR TOWN CLERK
Harry L. Chase
124
107
137
368
Franklin W. Morse ....
23
121
36
180
M. Magdalene Vining ..
854
516
525
1895
Ernest C. Woodsum. . . .
705
899
668
2272
Blanks
52
50
121
223
Ernest C. Woodsum elected and sworn by M. Magdalene Vining.
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FOR TOWN TREASURER
Otis B. Oakman 1216 1371
992 3579
Blanks 542
254 495 1291
Otis B. Oakman elected and sworn.
FOR ASSESSOR (FOR THREE YEARS)
Walter B. Skinner. 1110
1416
942
3468
Scattered
1
1
Blanks
648
277
544
1469
Walter B. Skinner elected and sworn.
FOR WATER COMMISSIONER
(FOR THREE YEARS)
Charles B. Cummings .. 1129
1417
840
3386
Blanks
629
276
647 1552
Charles B. Cummings elected and sworn.
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE (FOR THREE YEARS)
Franklin H. Merriam. .
859
892
611
2362
C. Frederick Tarbox .. .
844
1011
898
2753
Kenneth O. Ward
520
476
302
1298
Blanks
1293
1007
1163
3463
Franklin H. Merriam and C. Frederick Tarbox elected and sworn.
FOR AUDITORS
Ralph W. Arnold.
840
1067
704
2611
Herbert W. Curtis.
848
1018
663
2529
Charles W. Evans.
697
841
697
2235
John W. Mahar
768
707
533
2008
Blanks
2121
1480
1864
5465
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Ralph W. Arnold, Herbert W. Curtis and Charles W. Evans elected and sworn.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
Otis B. Oakman. 1142 1397 901 3440
Blanks 616
296
586 1498
Otis B. Oakman elected and sworn.
FOR PLANNING BOARD (FOR THREE YEARS)
Joseph M. Magaldi .
528
319
298
1145
Joseph W. Parker
883
998
703
2584
Merton A. Turner
763
1032
614
2409
Blanks
1342
1038
1359
3739
Joseph W. Parker and Merton A. Turner elected and sworn.
FOR BOARD OF HEALTH (FOR THREE YEARS)
John H. Cahill .
761
488
758
2027
Thomas B. Hutchinson
476
640
444
1560
Norris H. Pinault
302
495
188
985
Blanks
219
70
97
386
John H. Cahill elected and sworn.
FOR PARK COMMISSIONER (FOR THREE YEARS)
John N. Rodgers
1021
1383
822
3226
Blanks
737
318
665
1720
John N. Rodgers elected and sworn.
FOR MUNICIPAL LIGHTING BOARD (FOR THREE YEARS)
Alexander A. Carson .. 1068
1360 801 3129
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Blanks
690 333 686 1709
Alexander A. Carson elected and sworn.
FOR TREE WARDEN
Clarence R. Bestick. . . . 1019
1045
839
2903
Frank E. Stronach.
326
515
207
1048
Blanks
413
133
441
987
Clarence R. Bestick elected and sworn.
FOR CONSTABLES
*Harvey J. Annis.
921
1195
764
2880
* Arthur E. Austin .
906
1360
730
2996
*Walter S. Belyea. . ...
844
1327
741
2912
*Clarence R. Bestick. .
888
1393
760
3041
* Albert F. Buker. . ....
887
1228
763
2878
* Jeremiah F. Gallivan.
852
1624
763
3239
*Christopher M. Garland
811
1459
763
3033
*Charles S. Hannaford
871
1261
726
2858
*John J. Heaney
864
1659
764
3287
*Mark Hennebery
852
1129
792
2753
* August Johnson
849
1426
826
3101
*N. Eric Nelson .
832
1063
736
2631
*George L. Novelline. .
870
1525
717
3112
*Earl A. Prario
856
1294
713
2863
* John P. Shay
872
1492
738
3102
Scattered
1
1
Blanks
13391
4962
11008
29361
*Elected and sworn.
A true record. Attest :
ERNEST C. WOODSUM, Town Clerk.
March 10, 1930.
The Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7.55 P. M. by Moderator, William F. Rogers.
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Article 1. Voted to elect three Measurers of Wood and Weighers of Hay. Charles G. Sheppard, Wilford F. Woodsum and Fred W. Piercy elected.
Voted to elect three Measurers of Lumber. Her- bert W. Borden, Charles O. Miller and Shelley A. Neal elected.
Voted to instruct the Selectmen to appoint one Pound Keeper, three Field Drivers and three Fence Viewers.
Article 2. Voted that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is author- ized to borrow money from time to time in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1930, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 3. Voted, that the Town Treasurer be and is hereby made custodian of all moneys of the sev- eral departments of the Town. The Board of Water Commissioners are hereby instructed to elect the Treasurer of the Town, Treasurer of the Water De- partment. The Electric Light Commissioners are here- by instructed to elect the Town Treasurer, Treasurer of the Electric Light Department. The Selectmen are hereby instructed to require from the Treasurer such a bond as in their judgment is necessary for the safety of such moneys; that the Treasurer be held harmless on his bond from any loss caused by the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
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Article 4. Voted that the Tax Collector be held harmless on his bond from any loss caused by the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit with the approval of the Board of Selectmen.
Article 5. Voted, on motion of Mr. Aitken, to take this article up in conjunction with the other articles in the warrant.
Mr. Fitzgerald offered the following motion (8.07) : In view of the fact that the Finance Commit- tee has failed to obey the instructions given it by vote of the Town at the last Annual Town Meeting with regard to its annual report, it is moved that this meet- ing adjourn until 7.45 P. M. one week from tonight in order that the voters may have proper opportunity of studying the recommendations of the Finance Com- mittee which should have been available at the open- ing of this Annual Town Meeting, March 3, 1930. Not carried.
Article 6. Voted to make the following appro- priations :
SALARIES
Moderator
$ 25.00
Motion of Mr. Aitken that an increase of $100 a year be given to the Chairman of the Board of Select- men and an increase of $50.00 for each of the other members. Total appropriation, $1,950. Not carried.
Motion of Mr. Colbert that the increase be $50.00 for each of the Selectmen and their salary be on the basis of $650.00 per year, the total appropriation on the 39 week basis to amount to $1,912.50. Carried.
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Town Accountant $2,000.00
Auditors 225.00
Recommended the abolishment of Town Auditors and that State Accountant's Office be requested to make a yearly audit of all Town Departments. Sc voted.
Tax Collector $2,000.00
Town Treasurer . 1,500.00
Assessors (3) 3,000.00
Town Clerk
1,800.00
Town Counsel 700.00
Registrars (3)
300.00
Election Officers (48) 1,476.00
Election Constables (3) 90.00
Election Janitors (3) 60.00
Town Hall Janitor 1,104.00
Town Hall Assistant Janitor
1,300.00
Overseers of Public Welfare (3) 600.00
Visitor of Public Welfare.
1,404.00
Supt. and Matron of Braintree Infirmary 1,200.00
Girl at Infirmary 480.00
Extra Keep at Infirmary 300.00
Supt. of Streets 3,500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
500.00
Inspector of Buildings. .
1,000.00
Inspector of Wires-No appropriation.
Board of Health.
600.00
Inspector of Animals
125.00
Inspector of Milk.
100.00
Inspector of Plumbing- -Laid on Table.
Inspector of Meat.
350.00
Caretaker of Dumps. 1,400.00
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Water Commissioners (3) 300.00
Electric Light Commissioners (3) 300.00
Life Guard at Sunset Lake. 364.00
THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY
Librarian-on 39 week basis. $1,560.00
Asst. Librarians and Asst. (as follows on 39
week basis)
2 Asst. Librarians. $2,475.00
2 Asst. Librarians 1,005.00
1 Part time Asst.
100.00
$3,580.00
Janitor
300.00
Asst. Janitor-Laid on Table.
Moth Superintendent 600.00
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Town Engineer-Laid on table.
Transit Man-Laid on table.
Rod Man-Laid on table.
Chain Man-Laid on table.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Chief . $3,000.00
Amendment by Mr. Pinault (9.04) that the Salary of the Deputy Chief be increased to $2,500.00 a year instead of the amount recommended, $2,375.00. Not carried.
Deputy Chief, 39 week basis. $ 2,375.00 Permanent Men (10)-39 week basis. 19,855.29
Substitute motion of Mr. Magaldi (9.08) to appro- priate the amount of $6,374.55 for five new men. Not carried.
Five New Men-No appropriation.
Regular Call Men. $1,480.00
Supt. of Fire Alarm 225.00
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief of Police. $3,000.00
3 Sergeants 6,300.00
Regular Patrolmen 20,700.00
New Patrolmen-No appropriation.
Special Police 1,000.00
Pension-Retired Chief 1,250.00
SCHOOL TEACHERS
School Teachers
$205,060.00
Supt. of Plain Street Cemetery 500.00
Article 7. Voted to raise and appropriate the following sums of money for the salaries of Clerks in the several departments of the Town as follows:
Clerk in Selectmen's Dept .. $1,296.00
Clerk in Town Accountant's Dept. 75.00
Clerk in Tax Collector's Dept .. 1,025.00
Clerk in Town Treasurer's Dept .- Laid on table.
Extra Clerical Help in Treasurer's Dept .. . . 400.00
Clerks in Assessors' Dept. (2)-39 week
basis 1,872.00 Clerk in Town Clerk's Dept .- No appropriation .. Secretary of Board of Health. 200.00
Article 8. Voted to raise and appropriate the following sums of money for the expenses of the vari- ous departments of the Town:
Expenses of Selectmen's Dept. $ 973.00
Town Hall Maintenance 2,500.00
Telephones 1,475.00
Town Accountant's Dept., Bond, etc. 275.00
Tax Collector's Dept., Bond, etc. 2,660.00
Treasurer's Dept., Bond, etc . 983.75
Assessors' Dept. 2,242.00
Town Clerk's Dept .- Laid on table.
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Election and Registration-Laid on table.
Town Counsel, Legal Expenses 300.00
Expenses of Visitor, Board of Public Wel- fare 238.00
Expenses and Maintenance of Town Infirm- ary, as follows:
$602.00 for 1929 bills payable and
$7,111.00 for 1930. 7,713.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures, expenses including transportation 400.00
Expenses of Inspector of Buildings
400.00
Expenses of Inspector of Wires-No appropriation.
Miscellaneous Expenses of Board of Health 500.00
Collection of Garbage
5,400.00
Vital Statistics 75.00
Dental Clinic
1,000.00
Tuberculosis Clinic 100.00
Motion of Mr. Richards (9.20) that the appropri- ation for the diphtheria clinic be $2,000.00-Not carried.
Diphtheria Clinic $1,000
Motion of Mr. Richards (9.23) to reconsider the appropriation of $1,000.00 for the diphtheria clinic not carried.
Contagious Diseases $5,000.00
EXPENSES OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
General Expenses, including hydrant service-Laid on table.
Qualey's Truck and Man $1,500.00
Extra Pay of Men . 1,500.00
Maintenance of Buildings 100.00
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Expenses of Fire Alarm System. 2,975.00
EXPENSES OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
New Equipment in Police Dept.
$
589.00
General Expenses Police Dept ..
2,675.00
EXPENSES OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Office Supplies-Laid on table.
Field Equipment-Laid on table.
Recording Plans, Examinations of Titles, Lettering- Laid on table. Expenses of School Dept .- Laid on table.
Expenses of Thayer Public Library -
$6,151.05 and Dog Tax of $1,298.95. . . $7,450.00 Expenses of Plain Street Cemetery. 577.00
Article 9.
PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
For Outside Relief $13,000.00
Article 10.
Mothers' Aid ($4,000.00 from tax levy,
$2,000.00 to be taken from the E. & D. Fund) $ 6,000.00
Article 11.
State Aid and Soldiers' Burial (not in tax levy ; to be taken from E. & D. Fund) 950.00
Soldiers' Relief 3,000.00
Military Aid 180.00
FORESTRY
Suppression of Gypsy Moths, etc .. $ 3,145.00 ($2,145.00 from tax levy; $1,000.00 to be taken from E. & D. Fund.) Care and Planting of Trees. . 1,325.00
Removal of trees caused by construction and repairs of town ways and sidewalks-
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No appropriation (9.35).
Article 13. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,565.95, being the portion of the expense in- curred and apportioned by the County Commissioners upon the Town for the care, maintenance, and repairs of the Tuberculosis Hospital, in accordance with Chap- ter 286 of the General Acts of 1916.
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Article 14. Voted to raise and appropriate the following sums of money :
Precinct One $1,023.00
Notice served by Moderator (10.00 P. M.) to re- consider Salary of the Deputy Chief and Five New Men under Article 6.
Precinct Two - Motion
(10.12)
of Mr. Higgins $2,000.00
Motion of Mr. Aitken to reconsider the vote of the Town, whereby the appropriation for Deputy Chief was made $2,375.00-Not carried (10.15).
Motion of Mr. Aitken to reconsider the vote of the Town to add five new men whereby no appropria- tion be made-Not carried (10.16).
Precinct Three-Motion of Mr. Cordes
(10.17) $1,023.00
Motion of Mr. Oakman that the sum $150.00 be added to each of these appropriations, the sum to be taken from the Emma F. Thayer Trust Fund .- Car- ried (10.18).
For Organized Play . $900.00
Motion of Mr. Magaldi to adjourn until 7.45 P. M. on Monday, March 17th .- Carried at 10.19 P. M.
A true record. Attest :
ERNEST C. WOODSUM,
Town Clerk.
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March 17, 1930.
The adjourned Town Meeting was called to order at 7.48 P. M. by Moderator Rogers. Voters checked.
Notice served by the Moderator of the desire to reconsider the vote of the Town under Article 12- For removal of trees caused by construction and re- pairs of town ways and sidewalks.
On motion of Mr. Aitken, the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with.
Article 15. Voted that there be appropriated from the income of the Electric Light Department the sum of $18,497.17 for Depreciation Fund; and the sum of $306,202.83, together with the unexpended balance of $2,263.09 of the year 1929, for operating expenses, renewals, repairs and new construction. Carried (7.51).
Article 16. Unanimously voted that the Select- men take by right of eminent domain for public pur- poses in connection with the Municipal Electric Light Plant, the land on Allen Street, East Braintree, adjoin- ing the Municipal Electric Light Plant, now owned by Benjamin F. Torrey, as recommended by the Municipal Light Board, and that $8,000.00 for this purpose be appropriated to be taken from the income of the Elec- tric Light Department. Carried (7.52).
Article 17. Voted that there be raised and appro- priated the sum of $62,260.00 for the purpose of lay- ing a water main not less than six inches in diameter
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from Little Pond to the yard of the N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad and from there to Quincy Avenue at a point opposite the plant of the Cities Service Company, and for the purpose of acquiring land and constructing a standpipe thereon and that to meet the said appropria- tion the sum of $32,260.00 shall be taken from the sur- plus water revenues, and the Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen and Water Commissioners, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $30,- 000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the town there- for, the said bonds or notes to be issued pursuant to the General Laws, c. 44, and to be payable in accord- ance with the provisions of section 19 thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Selectmen and Water Commissioners may determine. Unanimously carried (7.55). The Mod- erator declaring more than 200 present.
Voted further that the Water Commissioners shall fix sufficient rates to meet the expense of maintaining and operating the water supply system, including the interest and the debt charges as they mature and the indebtedness herein authorized. Unanimously carried, (7.56).
Article 18. Voted to appropriate the sum of $6,400.00 for bonds and interest and $91,800.00 for the maintenance and operation of the Water Supply System, laying and relaying of water mains, the same to be taken from the surplus of water revenues as shown on the books for the year 1929 and from reve-
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nues of the department for year 1930. Carried (7.57).
Motion of Mr. Avery to take the section of Article 8, pertaining to the Expenses of the Fire Department, from the table. Carried.
Voted to raise and appropriate $8,235.00 for the General Expenses of the Fire Department including hydrant service, etc. Carried (7.58).
Article 19. Voted to raise and appropriate the following sums of money necessary for the payments due on Municipal Indebtedness and for the payment of Interest on Town Debt, and on loans in anticipation of revenue:
Town Hall $ 2,000.00
Norfolk County Hospital 1,000.00
Hollis School 3,000.00
Thomas A. Watson School. 4,000.00
Noah A. Torrey School Addition 10,000.00
High School 23,000.00
Penniman School Addition. 7,000.00
Abraham Lincoln School Addition
5,667.00
Braintree Highlands School. 7,147.76
Highways (Washington and Union)
17,000.00
Interest as follows :
Schools $30,092.50
Town Hall 200.00
Highways (Washington and Union) 2,040.00
Norfolk County Hospital 270.00
Anticipation of Revenue 15,000.00
Voted the appropriation of $130,102.50, less $2,352.24, premium on Braintree Highlands School Bonds, and $333.00, premium on Abraham Lincoln School Bonds. Carried (8.00).
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Article 20. £ Motion of Mr. Fitzgerald that the re- port of the Zoning Committee be accepted as a report of progress. Carried (8.06).
Motion of Mr. Lakin that this question be referred to the next Annual Town Meeting. Carried (8.08).
Motion of Mr. Andrews to reconsider the action under Article 20. Not carried (8.39).
Article 21. Motion of Mr. Kelley that the ques- tion of appropriation for the Zoning Committee be re- ferred to the Zoning Committee to take up with the Finance Committee and report at the next session of this Annual Town Meeting. Carried (8.44).
Article 22. Motion of Mr. Justice that the amount $32,500.00 be appropriated for the purchase of the land on the easterly side of Washington Street between Holbrook Avenue and Union Street, as recommended by the Planning Board-$6,000.00 to be included in the tax levy of the current year and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to bor- row $26,500.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, the said bonds or notes to be issued pursuant to the General Laws, Chapter 44, and payable in ac- cordance with the provisions of Section 19 thereof, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 20 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, may determine. Not car- ried (9.22).
Motion to indefinitely postpone Article 22. Carried.
Article 23. Voted to raise and appropriate for the expenses of the Planning Board in the preparation
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of a comprehensive town plan, and for the general expenses of the Planning Board, $200.00. Carried (9.23).
Article 24. Voted that the Selectmen be author- ized to sell at auction or private sale the school build- ing-South School, so-called-and land located on the east side of Washington Street, second lot north of the intersection of Standish Avenue with Washington Street. Carried (9.23).
Article 25. Voted indefinite postponement. Carried (9.28).
Article 26. Substitute motion of Mr. Fitzgerald that this be referred again to the Finance Committee. Not carried (10.01).
Motion of Mr. Higgins that the sum of $7,000.00 be raised and appropriated for unforeseen contingen- cies of the Braintree Highlands School. Carried (10.02).
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