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George R. Locke 304
*Norton P. Potter 509
Bryce M. Lockwood
287
¿Arthur E. Quimby 347
Benjamin R. Longabard 139
¡Harold R. Quimby 399
Peter Magazu 313
William F. Shea 213
Thelma F .. McConnell 147
Harry A. Simonds 338
+Michael McSharry
388
Harry S. Snow 326
Henry C. Merriam
308
¡Raymond L. Strangford 393
196
įLyman H. Morrison 346
*Joseph W. Mulcahy 453
+Elwyn F. Sylvester 379
įThomas J. Murphy 344
¿Clifford Taylor
366
William J. Murphy, Jr 195
įMerton A. Turner 361
Charles G. Newcomb 340
Homer L. Walters 288
¡Harold E. Norris
382
¿Robert B. Wentworth 373
*George T. Woodsum 555
* Candidates elected for 3-year term.
៛ Candidates elected for 2-year term.
# Candidates elected for 1-year term.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PRECINCT 3
* Andrew J. Alden 486
333
Frank L. Heaney 224
A. Conrad Anderson 323
*Henry D. Higgins 567
Joseph P. Anderson. 238
*J. Arthur Hillier 506
Gordon M. Baird
306
¡George A. Hitchcock. 464
* Amos C. Bartlett 507
George Hunter 275
¡Marjorie Bates 424
ĮCynthia B. Hurst 405
¿Robert S. Beck 381
Mabel L. Kinna 323
¿Gordon L. F. Belyea 390
Frank B. Klaus 164
¿Clarence R. Bestick 385
Albert R. Klay
297
C. Earle Bestick 294
William F. Lammers 321
Muriel A. Bestick 228
Mary D. Learned 338
Carl G. Makepeace 315
Charles W. Mann 304
Kenneth J. McCumber 323
#Will R. Minchin 451
Christine K. Moore 240
John E. Morcom. 335
*Shelley A. Neal 487
fEugene T. Nolte 438
*Mortimer N. Peck 522
*Charles F. Powers 462
+Lucius A. Qualey 483
¿Bert H. Reed 370
¡Albert E. Roberts 481
¿Elliott B. Rollins 374
Charles F. Schell 311
Virgie M. Sears 326
J. Davis Shuster 327
William H. Sprague 325
Laurence W. Guild 347
+Warren F. Hall 423
550
*Sophy G. Blunt
491
*Herbert O. Boardman 488
¡Harry W. Bond 456 Edward D. Brown 288
+Frank M. Brownell 431
ĮEarle S. Bucknam. 354
*George T. Burnham 488
¿Avon C. Chisholm 385
*William J. Connell 529
Alexander Diotte 202
Lloyd A. Earle 281
¡Charles M. Estabrook. 479
+Frank A. Ewart 432
Reginald P. Fitzgerald. 345
Joseph W. Flaherty 191
William J. Gauthier 182
Joseph P. Goulding 142
William W. Thomas 321
Harry F. Vinton
294
*Howard B. Blewett
ĮLeo J. Hart 403
Herman E. Allen
John J. Sweeney John H. Sweezey 340
Andrew B. Moline 284
*Otis B. Oakman 573
*Joseph Landers 512
¿Carl H. Pinkham 350
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Harry F. Vinton, Jr. 335
ĮFrank H. Walker 412
* Ralph H. Williams .537
*George E. Warren 517
* Ralph B. Woodsum 537
E. Forrest Watkins 245 +Charles W. Woodworth 473
Carroll D. Welch
347
¡Ray O. Worthen
426
ĮHoward C. White 377
¿Austin E. Wynot 360
Harold G. Wynot. 275
* Candidates elected for 3-year term.
Candidates elected for 2-year term.
¿ Candidates elected for 1-year term.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 4
*Elmer A. Anderson 414
- Edward P. Long
308
*George L. Anderson 541
Ralph W. Maglathlin 290
¿Gustaf Arnoldson, Jr. 338
Frank T. Maguire 289
Abbott F. Baker 264
James T. Mahar 286
¿Richard M. Barnes 338
¡Joseph P. Barrett 405
Ernest G. Becker 284
*Francis S. Carter 335 Arthur J. Cavanagh 362
Frederick Arthur Collier 401
Joseph A. Cotter
252
John R. McGrath 223
Charles H. Mclaughlin 219
Joseph T. Mclaughlin 180
Charles S. McLean 221
Walter E. Morrison 321
Clarence A. Murphy 258
William L. Newell 242
Walter J. O'Brien. 231
Albert J. Owens 323
¿Russell L. Patten 351
¡Victor S. Petterson 368
ĮNorris H. Pinault. 356
¡Henry C. Pomeroy 363
*Eben Prescott 409
¿Walter E. Richards. 337
Edwin N. Richardson 349
¡Henry B. Robertson. 369
+Mabel S. Rogers 373
Fred K. Simon 362
¿Ernest G. Smith 346
Fred A. Spiess 325
William J. Stevenson 334
Arthur P. Terrell 326
John F. Tolleson 306
ĮJ. Fred Trainor. 335
¿Robert G. Wade 354
Foster B. Waters 275
Sydney West 320
Candidates elected for 3-year term.
¡ Candidates elected for 2-year term.
Į Candidates elected for 1-year term.
Stephen A. Maloney 279
Frederic S. Mann 331
Laurence H. Mattie 258
Walter James Mattie 260
Chester M. Mattson. 272
George T. McArthur 190
Daniel M. Davies 244
Patrick T. Donahue 294
438
*Joseph S. Drinkwater 417
¿George W. Duffee 384 Earl H. Ervien 306
*Edith L. French 517
*Charles W. Gillies 414
ĮHenry W. Grady 333
Thomas R. Griffin 242
William H. Gustafson 313
*Rowena L. Hall 414
¡J. Francis Halloran 381
¡James E. Harcourt 391
*Frank E. Hopkins 418
¡Thomas R. Huleatt 405
* Atherton N. Hunt 464
*Thomas B. Hutchinson 369
¿Arthur Hylen 340
William G. Iliffe 362
*James H. Jenkins, Jr. 488
*Wallace M. Kemp 509 George S. Killam 294
*Henry F. Knight 452
Albert M. Kormann 281
*Minnie C. Lawley 432
¡Alice G. Lewis 364
*Joseph H. Wilder 367
* Alva M. Dow, Jr
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS PRECINCT 5
*Louise E. R. Alexander 433
*J. Caleb Justice. 456
*Morrill R. Allen. 381
¡Martin J. Kelley. 305
¿Elton E. Almquist 269
#Charles W. Laing 335
Raymond F. Anderson 250
*Frank P. Lord 352
įJohn J. Atkinson 296
¡Jessie Macgregor 321
John J. Barrett, Jr
244
Charles Joseph Masterson 187
¡Charles E. Bishop
317
#Amos S. Buker
334
#Charles H. Buker
317
Everett Alton Buker 189
įWilliam J. Burns. 278
¡John J. Canavan 305
*John A. Cassidy 384
¿Albert L. Rice. 271
Ralph P. Chadbourne 321
Russell P. Robery 268
įJohn A. Ryan 290
*Walter B. Skinner 399
Leo F. Starr 268
Ervin Davis 242
John M. Stevenson 176
Albert F. Donovan. 214
*Henry H. Storm 398
ĮHenry Downes 293
Arabella D. Studley 174
*Walter S. Drake 391
Seward W. Taber 255
¡Francis J. Early 299
William B. Taylor 205
George F. Eastman 198
Charles C. Temple 276
+William G. Edson 323
¿Walter E. Thompson 288
Harry M. Faunce 215
372
¡Laurence A. Trainor Louis J. Trojano 225
300
Paul L. Goodhue 241
+George A. Walker 317
Louis B. Gunville 244
¿William Walker 277
*Joseph A. Haley 367
Charles K. West 176
Arthur G. Hough 263
Stanley L. Westover 120
Harvey Howe 158
John C. Wilder 260
Josephine C. Wilson 201
įJohn A. Wishart. 288
* Candidates elected for 3-year term.
+ Candidates elected for 2-year term.
¿ Candidates elected for 1-year term.
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
PRECINCT 6
¿Paul Bailey
362
#Ruby Keigan 406
#Harriet B. W. Kimball 403
¡John J. Lambert. 420
Daniel J. Cregan. 415
ĮDurant E. Lathrop 390
*Walter E. Delory 451
*Frank H. Diekmeyer 448
*Walter Edward Erwin 519
Ernest O. Falardeau. 340
Silvio Ferrante 234
*Theodore E. Fogg
532
+Edward G. Frey 402
*Reuben H. Frogel. 434
Christopher M. Garland 327
¡John F. Harkin 402
*Helen M. Harmon 442
Patrick J. Hayes. 317
Edward H. Libertine 343
Emilie Libertine 195
+Alfred T. Little 418
Judson H. MacBay 318
+Robert Marsh 394
*W. Homer Melville 526
+William C. Mitchell 415
¿Alexander C. Murray 375
Edward R. Myrbeck 341
#George W. Nelson 365
*Fred Belyea 375
Charles W. Matthews. 258
Alice McPeak 237
Thomas F. Messenger 221
+Albert P. Nelson 303 Allison W. Palmer 263
#William A. Reed 290
Albert T. Rhodes 187
*Robert A. Chambers 350
*John F. Clinton 387
Lawrence D. Cormier 239
ĮMargaret W. Johnson 283
*John E. Cannon 427
+Joseph J. Carty 403
¿Samuel M. Lennon 386
William H. Lennon 264
*Robert Gibson
29
*Russell Oliver 429
*Raymond P. Palmer 488
#William H. Pratt, Jr. 367
¿Simon B. Rideout 390 Alphonse V. White 288
Wellesley G. Roberts 280
¿Edward J. Rose 367
+Walter F. Schofield 395
¡John H. Stenberg 393
*Carl Streiferd 470
Frank C. Turner 207
Ernest M. Vaughan 351
įErnest M. Wells 356
įLloyd A. Winkler 378
E. Chester Wright 388
*G. Ralph Young 421
Daniel F. Corcoran 52
Scattering 9
* Candidates elected for 3-year term.
¿ Candidates elected for 2-year term.
# Candidates elected for 1-year term. 1
A true copy, Attest :
ERNEST C. WOODSUM, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Braintree, March 13, 1939
A special meeting of Town Meeting members elected from Pre- cinct 1 was held at the Town Hall, 6:45 P.M., March 13, 1939. The meeting was called to order by Ernest C. Woodsum, Town Clerk, for the purpose of organizing temporarily, in order to determine by ballot, certain tie votes resulting in the election of Town Meeting members from said precinct.
John J. Foley was nominated for Temporary Clerk. There being no other nominations and a vote being taken, John Foley was unani- mously chosen Temporary Clerk and having been duly sworn, thereafter presided until the election of a Temporary Chairman.
Ernest J. Janssen was nominated for Temporary Chairman. There being no other nominations and a vote being taken, Ernest J. Janssen was unanimously chosen Temporary Chairman.
The only business to come before the meeting being the taking of a ballot to determine a tie between Knute Ingmanson and John P. Shay, for the election to the one year term as Town Meeting member. Tellers were appointed by the Chair and ballots distributed. The bal- lots being received and counted, it was declared by the Chair that each candidate involved in the tie vote had received at this meeting the num- ber of votes set opposite his name.
Name Knute Ingmanson 24
Votes
John P. Shay 3
Knute Ingmanson was declared duly elected a member of the Town Meeting for a one year term.
Voted to adjourn at 7:10 P.M.
Attest:
JOHN J. FOLEY, Temporary Clerk.
ERNEST C. WOODSUM,
Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL MEETING OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Braintree, March 13, 1939
A special meeting of Town Meeting members elected from Pre- cinct 2 was held at the Town Hall, 6:45 P.M., March 13, 1939. The meet- ing was called to order by Ernest C. Woodsum, Town Clerk. for the purpose of organizing temporarily, in order to determine by ballot, cer- tain tie votes resulting in the election of Town Meeting members from said precinct. 1
Daniel F. Caskin was nominated for Temporary Clerk. There being no other nominations and a vote being taken, Daniel F. Caskin was unanimously chosen Temporary Clerk, and having been duly sworn, thereafter presided until the election of a Temporary Chairman.
Joseph Landers was nominated for Temporary Chairman. There being no other nominations and a vote being taken, Joseph Landers was unanimously chosen Temporary Chairman.
The only business to come before the meeting being the taking of a ballot to determine a tie between Paisley S. Crowe, Charles G. Newcomb and John H. Sweezey, for the election to the one year term as Town Meeting member. Tellers were appointed by the Chair and ballots distributed. The ballots being received and counted, it was declared by the Chair that each candidate involved in the tie vote had received at this meeting, the number of votes set opposite his name:
Name
Votes
Paisley S. Crowe 3 Charles G. Newcomb 23
John H. Sweezey 7
Charles G. Newcomb was declared duly elected a member of the Town Meeting for a one year term.
Voted to adjourn, 7:12 P.M.
Attest:
DANIEL F. CASKIN, Temporary Clerk.
ERNEST C. WOODSUM, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Braintree, March 13, 1939
A special meeting of Town Meeting members elected from Pre- cinct 3 was held at the Town Hall, 6:45 P.M., March 13, 1939. The meeting was called to order by Ernest C. Woodsum, Town Clerk, for the purpose of organizing temporarily, in order to determine by ballot, certain tie votes resulting in the election of Town Meeting members from said precinct.
George A. Hitchcock was nominated for Temporary Clerk. There being no other nominations and a vote being taken, George A. Hitch- cock was unanimously chosen Temporary Clerk, and having been duly sworn, thereafter presided until the election of a Temporary Chairman.
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Will R. Minchin was nominated for Temporary Chairman. There being no other nominations and a vote being taken, Will R. Minchin was unanimously chosen Temporary Chairman.
The only business to come before the meeting being the taking of a ballot to determine a tie between Laurence W. Guild and Carroll D. Welch, for the election to the one year term as Town Meeting member. Tellers were appointed by the Chair and ballots distributed. The ballots being received and counted, it was declared by the Chair that each candidate involved in the tie vote had received at this meeting, the number of votes set opposite his name.
Name Votes
Laurence W. Guild 12
Carroll D. Welch 15
Carroll D. Welch was declared duly elected a member of the Town Meeting for a one year term.
Voted to adjourn.
Attest:
GEORGE A. HITCHCOCK, Temporary Clerk.
ERNEST C. WOODSUM, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Braintree, March 13, 1939
A special meeting of Town Meeting members elected from Pre- cinct 4 was held at the Town Hall, 6:45 P.M., March 13, 1939. The meeting was called to order by Ernest C. Woodsum, Town Clerk, for the purpose of organizing temporarily, in order to determine by ballot, certain tie votes resulting in the election of Town Meeting members from said precinct.
Atherton N. Hunt was nominated for Temporary Clerk. There being no other nominations and a vote being taken, Atherton N. Hunt was unanimously chosen Temporary Clerk, and having been duly sworn, thereafter presided until the election of a Temporary Chairman.
George L. Anderson was nominated for Temporary Chairman. There being no other nominations and a vote being taken, George L. Anderson was unanimously chosen Temporary Chairman.
The only business to come before the meeting being the determina- tion of a tie vote between Arthur J. Cavanagh, William G. Iliffe and Fred K. Simon, for the two year term as Town Meeting members. Tell- ers were appointed and ballots distributed. The Chair announced that on the ballot the highest two of the three involved in the tie, would be entitled to the two year terms. The third, having been duly elected would be entitled to a one year term. The ballots being received and counted, it was declared that those involved in the tie received the number of votes set opposite their names.
Name
Votes
Arthur J. Cavanagh
8
William G. Iliffe
30
Fred K. Simon 24
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William G. Iliffe and Fred K. Simon were declared duly elected for the two year term as Town Meeting members and Arthur J. Cavanagh for the one year term.
Voted to adjourn.
Attest:
ATHERTON N. HUNT, Temporary Clerk.
ERNEST C. WOODSUM, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING OF TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Braintree, March 13, 1939
A special meeting of Town Meeting members elected from Pre- cinct 5 was held at the Town Hall, 6:45 P.M., March 13, 1939. The meeting was called to order by Ernest C. Woodsum, Town Clerk, for the purpose of organizing temporarily, in order to determine by ballot, certain tie votes resulting in the election of Town Meeting members from said precinct.
Walter B. Skinner was nominated for Temporary Clerk. There being no other nominations, and a vote being taken, Walter B. Skinner was unanimously chosen Temporary Clerk, and having been duly sworn, thereafter presided until the election of a Temporary Chairman.
Henry H. Storm was nominated for Temporary Chairman. There being no other nominations and a vote being taken, Henry H. Storm was unanimously chosen Temporary Chairman.
The only business to come before the meeting being the taking of a ballot to determine a tie between Russell P. Robery and Leo F. Starr, for the election to the one year term as Town Meeting member. Tell- ers were appointed by the Chair and ballots distributed. The ballots being received and counted, it was declared by the Chair that each candidate involved in the tie vote had received at this meeting, the number of votes set opposite his name.
Name
Votes
Russell P. Robery 2 Leo F. Starr Blank 1
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Leo F. Starr was declared duly elected a member of the Town Meeting for a one year term.
Voted to adjourn.
Attest:
WALTER B. SKINNER, Temporary Clerk.
ERNEST C. WOODSUM, Town Clerk.
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March 13, 1939.
The Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7:50 P.M. by Moderator William F. Rogers. The Town Meeting Members were checked on entering-216 present.
Mr. George A. Hitchcock suggested that as this was the first meet- ing under the Limited Form of Town Meeting, it be opened with an invocation. Moderator William F. Rogers asked the Reverend G. H. Leining to give the invocation.
Town Meeting Members present were dully sworn into office by the Town Clerk, Ernest C. Woodsum.
ARTICLE 1.
Voted: To elect three Measurers of Wood and Weighers of Hay: Willard P. Sheppard, Wilford F. Woodsum and R. Allen Gage elected.
Voted: To elect three Measurers of Lumber: Herbert W. Borden, Shelley A. Neal and Charles O. Miller elected.
Voted: That this meeting does hereby adjudge that the following individuals have been duly elected and are qualified to act as members of this meeting, for the terms set opposite their respective names; this vote being taken to confirm the action of the several precinct groups of members, in determining the result on ties existing in the election in their precinct:
Precinct Number Name
Term
1 Knute Ingmanson
1 Year
2 Charles G. Newcomb
1 Year
3 Carroll D. Welch
1 Year
4 William G. Iliffe
2 Years
4 Fred K. Simon
. 2 Years
4 Arthur J. Cavanagh
1 Year
5 Leo F. Starr
1 Year
ARTICLE 2.
Voted: That Article 2 be taken up in conjunction with other articles in the warrant.
ARTICLE 3.
Voted: That the Town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1939, and to issue a note or notes 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 accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws .- Unani- mous vote.
ARTICLE 4.
Voted: That the Town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1940, and to issue a note or notes 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 accordance with the provisions of Section 17, Chapter 44, Gen- eral Laws .- Unanimous vote.
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ARTICLE 5.
Voted: That the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is instructed and authorized to borrow for ordinary main- tenance expenses of the Town the sum of $50,000.00 but in no event a sum in excess of the amount of tax titles taken or held by the Town, and to issue a note or notes of the Town therefor, all in accordance with provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as most recently amended by Chapter 281 of the Acts of 1936 .- Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 6.
Voted: That the Town will hold its Treasurer harmless on his bond for any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said Bank or Trust Company being designated by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 7.
Voted: That the Town will hold its Collector harmless on his bond for any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said Bank or Trust Company being designated by the Selectmen.
Mr. Bartlett moved: That we should stand in memory of Alex- ander A. Carson, who served the Town faithfully as Electric Light Com- missioner for a period of thirty years, and did a wonderful job. The assembly stood in silent prayer.
ARTICLE 8.
Voted: That there be appropriated the sum of $10,000.00 for a Reserve Fund for extraordinary and unforeseen expenditures during the current year, to be raised as follows:
From the Tax Levy. $ 8,275.80
From the Reserve Fund Overlay . 1,490.95
From the New South West School Construction Ac-
count 233.25
$10,000.00
ARTICLE 9.
Voted: For Maturing Debt: The appropriation of $95,000.00 to be raised as follows:
For School Bonds $56,000.00
For Central Station Bonds 8,000.00
For Sewer Bonds 20,000.00
Total from Tax Levy.
$84,000.00
For Sewer Bonds from W.P.A. Grant. 8,000.00
For Water Bonds from the surplus and income of the Water Department 3,000.00
$95,000.00
Voted: For Interest: The Appropriation of $34,775.00 to be raised as follows:
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For School Loans $ 8,630.00
For Central Station Loan. 2,080.00
For Anticipation of Revenue and other short term Loans 5,000.00
Total from Tax Levy $15,710.00 For Sewer Loans, from the surplus and income of the
Sewer Department 18,825.00
For Water Loans, from the surplus and income of the Water Department 240.00
$34,775.00
ARTICLE 10.
Voted: To appropriate the following sums of money for Insurance on Town property and Workingmen's Compensation:
For Employees' Compensation Insurance $ 3,000.00
For Fire Insurance, Buildings and Contents 2,423.43
For Automobile Liability 1,034.00
For Automobile Fire and Theft. 150.00
For Forgery-Treasurer 75.00
$ 6,682.43
Mr. Ira Young moved: That none of this money be expended for private cars. So voted.
ARTICLE 11.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $9,733.51 for the Norfolk County Hospital Assessment, for maintenance and repairs.
ARTICLE 12.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 for Street Lighting.
ARTICLE 13.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $1,370.90 for the payment of printing and distribution of the Annual Report of the Town of Brain- tree for 1938.
ARTICLE 14.
Voted: That the income from the Charles Thayer Trust Fund for 1939 be distributed as follows:
For the Dyer Hill Cemetery: To be expended under the direction of Otis B. Oakman and Charles S. Mar- shall
$ 50.00
Thayer Public Library, for the purchase of new books 250.00
Park Department:
Precinct 1 and 2
$75.00
Precinct 3 and 4 75.00
Precinct 5 and 6.
75.00
225.00
$525.00
ARTICLE 15.
Voted : That the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated for Land Damages.
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Mr. Henry W. Grady offered the following Resolution: That no salary increases be granted to any Town official for the year 1939. Carried-8:55.
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
ARTICLE 16.
Mr. Henry W. Grady moved: That the Salary of the Superintendent of Schools be set at $4,500.00 .- Carried.
Voted: That the following sums of money be appropriated for the support of the Public Schools for the present year:
For Salary of Superintendent. $ 4,500.00
For Other Salaries 266,400.00
For Text Books 8,000.00
For Supplies 9,000.00
For Expenses
43,425.00
For Sprinkler System, Penniman School. 2,000.00
$333,325.00
To be raised as follows:
From the Tax Levy $281,330.65
From Funds borrowed under Art. 5. . · 50,000.00
From Dog Tax 1,994.35
-$333,325.00
Mr. Rideout moved: That the janitors in the School Department be paid $1300 per year. Not a vote-9:15.
ARTICLE 17.
Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to purchase or take by eminent domain, on behalf of the Town, for school purposes, certain land adjoining the Monatiquot School grounds and shown as Lot 8 on Assessors' Plan No. 2031, Plot 24, containing approximately 5394 square feet; and that the sum of $625.00 be appropriated to pay for the same. Unanimous vote-9:22.
ARTICLE 18.
Voted: That Article 18 be taken up in conjunction with Article 64.
ARTICLE 19.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the following sums of money for the Public Library the present year :
For Salaries $8,100.00
For Expenses 6,150.00
For Janitors 616.00
$14,866.00
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE 20.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the following sums of money for GENERAL GOVERNMENT for salaries and expenses for the following departments and other purposes, the present year:
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1. Moderator
2. Finance Committee : Salary of Secretary $ 250.00
Expenses
650.00
$ 900.00
3. Selectmen :
Salaries of Board $1,837.50
To be allocated $650.00 each - 2
$537.50 -1
Salary of Secretary
1,296.00
Expenses
1,000.00
$4,133.50
4. Accountant:
Moved: That the sum of $2,250.00 be appropriated for the salary of the Town Accountant-Not carried.
Voted: That the sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated for the salary of the Town Accountant-Carried .- 9:28.
Clerk
$ 936.00
Expenses
355.50
$3,291.50
5. Town Engineer:
Salary of Engineer
$2,500.00
Other Salaries
3,656.00
Expenses
715.00
$6,871.00
6. Assessors:
Salaries of Board
$3,000.00
To be allocated $1,000.00 to each Assessor
Clerical Help
3,289.00
Expenses
1,755.00
Investigations
100.00
7. Treasurer:
Moved: That the sum of $2,250.00 be appropriated for the salary of the Treasurer-Not carried.
Voted: That the sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated for the salary of the Treasurer-Carried .-- 9:32.
Clerical Help
$1,872.00
Expenses
4,500.00
8. Tax Collector:
Salary, Collector
$2,000.00
Salary, Deputy
1,300.00
Clerical Help
1,460.00
. Recording Deeds and Advertising
900.00
Expenses
2,090.00
9. Town Clerk:
Salary
$2,000.00
Expenses
1,112.00
10. Election :
Election Officials and Janitors
$ 641.00
Expenses
894.60
..
$1,535,60
$8,144.00
$8,372.00
$7,750.00
$3,112.00
$ 25.00
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Registration :
Salaries of Registrars $ 300.00
To be allocated $100.00 for each Registrar. Extra Compensation Clerical Help Expenses
1,000.00
390.00
1,650.00
$3,340.00
11. Law:
Salary of Town Counsel
$2,000.00
Expenses
850.00
Settlement of Suits
1,500.00
$4,350.00
12. Maintenance of Municipal Buildings:
Salaries, Janitors-Town Hall
$2,504.00
Maintenance, Town Hall.
2,700.00
Maintenance, Central Station
1,200.00
Fuel Oil for Central Station
1,100.00
Maintenance-Legion Building
1,000.00
$8,504.00
13. Contributory Retirement System: Clerk
$ 204.00
Expenses
200.00
Interest Deficiency on Funds
105.50
Pensions
6,405.02
Pensions Accumulation Fund
14,597.00
$21,511.52
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
ARTICLE 1.
Voted: That Article 1 of the Special Town Meeting, running con- currently with the Annual Town Meeting, be taken up at this time.
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