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Federal Grant, Aid to Dependent Children, Relief
1,496.69
Federal Grant, Old Age Assistance, Relief 5,923.12
235
Withholding Tax Deductions 245.30
Middlesex County Retirement System Deduct. 102.01
Old Age Assistance Recoveries 1,076.51 School Lunch Program 566.81 School Athletic Program 698.32
Settlement of Land Damage Claim for New Elementary School at North Chelmsford 3,000.00
Plans and Specifications for New Elementary School at North Chelmsford 256.98
Construction, Equipping & Furnishing an Ele- mentary School Building at No. Chelmsford
185,114.62
Further Study & Securing of Plans for Con- struction or Addition to Elementary and/or High Schools
3,180.93
Settlement of Land Damage Claims for Land taken by Eminent Domain for Proposed Ele- mentary School at Chelmsford Center
5,300.00
Library Dept., Outlays-New Heating Plant .... Microfilming of Certain Town Records 1,442.25
2,351.50
Civil Defense Expenses 1,042.50
Town Clock Expenses-Major Repairs
223.54
Defense of Tax Abatement Cases
675.00
Blue Shield & Blue Cross Deductions
9.10
Susan B. McFarlin Estate Gift to School Dept.
100.00
Veterans' Emergency Fund
47.50
Excess and Deficiency
258,972.66
Total Assets
$620,316.08
Total Liabilities and Reserves
$620,316.08
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DEBT ACCOUNTS December 31, 1952
Net Funded or Fixed Debt : Inside Debt Limit: General
$160,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General
$480,000.00
Serial Loans: Inside Debt Limit: General:
New Elementary School at North
Chelmsford
$100,000.00 Chelmsford Center Fire House 60,000.00
Total Inside Debt Limit
$160,000.00
Outside Debt Limit:
General:
New Elementary School at North Chelmsford
$480,000.00
Total Debt:
....
$640,000.00
Total Debt
$640,000.00
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Principal Payments of Town. Debt to be raised annually by Taxation
Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Principal Inside Debt Limit
Payments Outside Debt Limit
Total Principal Payments
Total for Year
1953
1.70%
North School
$ 5,000.00
$ 25,000.00
$ 30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
$ 35,000.00
1954
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
35,000.00
1955
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
35,000.00
1956
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
"
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
35,000.00
1957
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
"
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
35,000.00
1958
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
· 5,000.00
35,000.00
1959
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
"
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
35,000.00
1960
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
35,000.00
1961
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
35,000.00
1962
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5.000.00
35,000.00
1963
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
35,000.00
1964
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
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Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Principal Payments Inside Debt Limit
Total Principal Payments
Total for Year
"
2.10%
Firehouse
5,000.00
None
5,000.00
35,000.00
1965
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
1966
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
1967
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
1968
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
1969
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
1970
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
25,000.00
30,000.00
30,000.00
1971
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
1972
1.70%
North School
5,000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
Totals:
$160,000.00
$480,00.00
$640,000.00
$640,000.00
Interest Payments of Town Debt to be raised annually by Taxation
Year
Interest Rate
Purpose of Loan
Interest Inside Debt Limit
Payments Outside Debt Limit
Total Interest Payments
Total for Year
1953
1.70%
North School
$ 1,657.50
$ 7,947.50
$ 9,605.00
$
"
2.10%
Firehouse
1,260.00
1,260.00
10,865.00
1954
1.70%
North School
1,572.50
None 7,522.50
9,095.00
.,
2.10%
Firehouse
1,155.00
None
1,155.00
10,250.00
1955
1.70%
North School
1,487.50
7,102.50
8,590.00
2.10%
Firehouse
1,050.00
None
1,050.00
9,640.00
1956
1.70%
North School
1,402.50
6,677.50
8,080.00
2.10%
Firehouse
945.00
None
945.00
9,025.00
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Outside Debt Limit
Year
Year
1957
1.70%
North School
1,317.50
7,565.00
16
2.10%
Firehouse
840.00
None
840.00
8,405.00
1958
1.70%
North School
1,232.50
5,822.50
7,055.00
2.10%
Firehouse
735.00
Nonc
735.00
7,790.00
1959
1.70%
North School
1,147.50
5,397.50
6,545.00
99
2.10%
Firehouse
630.00
None
630.00
7,175.00
1960
1.70%
North School
1,062.50
4,972.50
6,035.00
2.10%
Firehouse
525.00
None
525.00
6,560.00
1961
1.70%
North School
977.50
4,547.50
5,525.00
2.10%
Firehouse
420.00
None
420.00
5,945.00
1962
1.70%
North School
892.50
4,122.50
5,015.00
2.10%
Firehouse
315.00
None
315.00
5,330.00
1963
1.70%
North School
807.50
3,697.50
4,505.00
4,715.00
1964
1.70%
North School
722.50
3,272.50
3,995.00
2.10%
Firehouse
105.00
None
105.00
4,100.00
1965
1.70%
North School
637.50
2,847.50
3,485.00
3,485.00
1966
1.70%
North School
552.50
2,422.50
2,975.00
2,975.00
1967
1.70%
North School
467.50
1,997.50
2,465.00
2,465.00
1968
1.70%
North School
382.50
1,572.50
1,955.00
1,955.00
1969
1.70%
North School
297.50
1,147.50
1,445.00
1,445.00
1970
1.70%
North School
212.50
722.50
935.00
935.00
1971
1.70%
North School
127.50
382.50
510.00
510.00
1972
1.70%
North School
42.50
127.50
170.00
170.00
Totals
$ 25,190.00
$ 78,550.00
$103,740.00
$103,740.00
Purpose of Loan
Interest Inside Debt Limit
Payments Outside Debt Limit 6,247.50
Total Interest Payments
Total for
Interest Rate
2.10%
Firehouse
210.00
None
210.00
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TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
CASH AND SECURITIES
NAME OF TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUND
In Custody of Town Treasurer $ 79,247.68
Adams Emerson Cemetery Improvement Fund $ 213.09
In Custody of Library Trustees Treasurer
36,781.61
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 48,584.59
Stabilization Fund
30,450.00
In Custody of Insurance Fund Commission Treasurer 39,067.91
Joseph Warren, Adams Library Fund
1,065.93
In Custody of the Board of Selectmen 157.73
Adams Emerson, Adams Library Fund
237.45
Selina G. Richardson, Adams Library Fund 330.65
Albert H. Davis, Adams Library Fund
360.96
Aaron George, Cemetery Care Fund
1,150.17
George Memorial Hall Fund
2,674.94
A. F. Adams, Care of Buildings & Grounds, Adams Library Fund
11,119.62
Mary B. Proctor, Adams Library Fund
11,163.12
Clement Fund, F. B. Edwards Estate, MacKay Library Fund 2,090.73
Charles W. Flint, MacKay Library Fund
1,508.55
Nathan B. Edwards, MacKay Library Fund
734.83
Victor E. Edwards, Mackay Library Fund
797.48
General Fund, MacKay Library Fund
3,547.18
Insurance Investment Fund
39,067.91
Emma Gay Varney Playground Fund
157.73
Veterans' Emergency Fund
3,114.98
$158,369.91
$158,369.91
In Custody of Veterans' Emergency Fund
Treasurer
3,114.98
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TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
On Hand Dec. 31, 1951
New Funds
Income
Payments
On Hand Dec. 31, :952
Joseph Warren, Adams Library Fund
$ 1,044.94
$
None
$ 20.99
$ None
$ 1,065.93
Adams Emerson, Adams Library Fund
232.78
None
4.67
None
237.45
Selina G. Richardson, Library Fund
324.14
None
6.51
None
330.65
Albert H. Davis, Library Fund
350.38
None
10.58
None
360.96
Aaron George Cemetery Care Fund
1,127.52
None
22.65
None
1,150.17
George Memorial Hall Fund
2,622.24
None
52.70
None
2,674.94
A. F. Adams, Care of Buildings & Grounds
10,875.94
None
243.68
None
11,119.62
Adams Emerson, Cemetery Improvement Fund
208.91
None
4.18
None
213.09
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
44,584.81
2,950.00
1,049.78
None
48,584.59
Mary B. Proctor Library Fund
10,873.19
None
289.93
None
11,163.12
Emma Gay Varney Playground Fund
151.27
None
6.46
None
157.73
Insurance Investment Fund
38,001.22
None
1,066.69
None
39,067.91
Veterans' Emergency Fund
3,030.45
None
84.53
None
3,114.98
Clement Fund, Estate of F. B. Edwards,
Library Fund
1,280.48
767.65
42.60
None
2,090.73
Charles W. Flint, Library Fund
1,478.84
None
29.71
None
1,508.55
Nathan B. Edwards, Library Fund
720.36
None
14.47
None
734.83
Victor E. Edwards, Library Fund
781.78
None
15.70
None
797.48
General Fund
359.51
3,083.63
104.04
None
3,547.18
Stabilization Fund
..
None
30,000.00
450.00
None
30,450.00
Totals :
$118,048.76
$ 36,801.28
$ 3,519.87
None
$158,369.91
ALFRED H. COBURN,
Town Accountant
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 2, 1953 and March 9, 1953
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, ss.
To Robert McAndrew, Constable, or any suitable person of the Town of Chelmsford :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby requested to notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in their several polling places, viz :
Precinct 1. Town Hall, Chelmsford Center
Precinct 2. Town Hall, North Chelmsford
Precinct 3. Fire House, West Chelmsford
Precinct 4. School House, East Chelmsford
Precinct 5. Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford
Precinct 6. Westlands School House
On Monday, the second day of March, 1953, being the first Monday in said month, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the fol- lowing purposes :
To bring in their votes for the following officers :
One Selectmen for three years.
One member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years.
One member of the Board of Assessors for three years.
One member of the School Committee for three years.
One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
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One Park Commissioner for two years, unexpired term.
Two Public Library Trustees for three years.
One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years. One member of the Planning Board for five years.
One member of the Planning Board for three years, unexpired term. Constable for one year.
All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and to meet in the High School Auditorium at Chelmsford on the follow- ing Monday, the ninth day of March, 1953, at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE 1. To hear reports of Town Officers and Committees ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the Calendar year 1953; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year, with authority to settle and adjust claims or demands for or against the Town; and to employ counsel whenever in their judgment it is necessary ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the current financial vear ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money with which to meet unpaid bills of previous years ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a certain sum of money to pay the Treasurer of the Middlesex County Retirement System, the said sum of money being the Town's share of the Pension and Expense Fund ; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum not ex- ceeding Fifteen Thousand ($15,000.00) Dollars to be used as a Reserve Fund at the discretion of the Finance Committee as provided in General Laws Chapter 40, Section 6; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use the sum of Forty Thousand ($40,000.00) Dollars as free cash, said sum to be applied in determining the tax rate for the year 1953; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds a certain sum of money to the Stabiliza- tion Fund in accordance with Section 5 (b), Chapter 40 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Stabilization Fund a certain sum of money to make principal payments on the Maturing Debt; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law ; "A motion made at any adjourned Town Meeting for reconsideration or rescinding of any action taken at a previous meeting shall not be entertained or allowed by the Moderator"; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Committee on Wages and Salaries; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will adopt a by-law fixing job classifications, pay schedules, and terms of em- ployment, for persons in the service of the Town and author- izing the establishment of a Personnel Board to administer the said by-law; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will establish new rates of pay and terms of employment for certain Town em- ployees and officials; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to es- tablish a laboratory to test milk, water, and food and enter
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into an agreement with the Towns of Billerica, Dracut, and Tewksbury in accordance with the provisions of Section 4A of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, and to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of defraying the cost of establishing said laboratory and the maintenance thereof; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to amend the zoning laws in Precinct 1 by adding after Paragraph 4 of the section entitled, "B. Business Area." the following : "5. Be- ginning at a point on the easterly side of Boston Road 27.52 feet from a drill hole at the intersection of the southwesterly corner of the land of Daisy L. Day Fletcher and the north- westerly corner of land of Leo Kahn and Albert S. Kahn; thence running in a southerly direction by the easterly line of Boston Road about 378.78 feet to land now or formerly of Daniel J. Hart and Mary G. Hart; thence turning at an angle of 84° 02' 30" and running by said Hart's land and land of said Kahns 350.98 feet to a point; thence turning and running in a northerly direction and parallel with the first described line to Beaver Brook; thence turning and running in various courses in a northwestrly direction by Beaver Brook to land of said Daisy L. Day Fletcher ; thence turning and running in a westerly direction by land of said Fletcher and the line of the Commercial District Zone Precinct 1 lo- cated on said Kahns' land about 340 feet to the point of be- ginning. Being part of the land shown on a plan entitled "Plan of land in Chelmsford, Mass. belonging to Leo Kahn and Al- bert S. Kahn, Scale 50 feet to an inch, July 16, 1952, Brooks, Jordan and Graves, C. E.'s, Lowell, Mass."; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law: "All auctions and sales in public build- ings in the Town of Chelmsford are hereby prohibited, except for the purpose of Town business, or such business as the School Committee may deem proper and necessary for the conduct of school affairs"; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 6B of Chapter 40 of the General Laws entitled "6B-Uniforms for Police and Firemen"; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 19. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 18, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of purchasing uniforms for the Police De- partment; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purchase of a compression truck for the Health Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Health ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money to pay salaries for labor in Board of Health waste collections salaries ; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will act to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money to be used for other ex- penses in Board of Health waste collections ; or act in rela- tion thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Eight Hundred ($2800.) Dollars for the purchase of a ton and a half dump truck with a two yard body for the Cemetery Department and said pur- chase be made under the supervision of the Board of Ceme- tery Commissioners; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of purchasing two 1953 Tudor Police Cruisers, said purchase to be under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 24, to see if the Town will authorize the Selectmien to sell the two 1950 police automobiles now used by the Police Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars for the purchase of a grader to be used in the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2}. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of
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Twelve Thousand Five Hundred ($12,500.00) Dollars to set- tle land damage claims made by Eliza Hannaford, Roger Boyd, and the heirs or devisees of Arthur Harvey in connec- tion with the seizure of land northerly of the Billerica Road seized by eminent domain proceedings for school purposes ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to convey a certain parcel of land on Mill Road to the South Chelms- ford Gun and Rod Club ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Sixty ($560.00) Dollars for the purpose of settling land damage claims on Boston Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Two Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty ($2,750.00) Dollars for the purpose of satisfying a judgment obtained by Eleanor Hayes as a result of being injured because of a defect in the high- way; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money to defray the cost of the construction of re- taining walls, fencing, grading, and landscaping land at the new Center Fire Station; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars for the purpose of purchas- ing trees, supplies, and expense of planting said trees, said purchase and the supervision of said work to be done by the Tree Warden; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to accept the relocation of Swain Road as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Swain Road; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Pleasant Street as laid out by the Board of Se- lectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Pleasant Street ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Warren Avenue as laid out by the Board of Se- lectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Warren Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Harold Street as laid out by the Board of Select- men and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Harold Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Birch Street as laid out by the Board of Select- men and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Birch Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Frank Street as laid out by the Board of Select- men and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Frank Street; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Anna Street as laid out by the Board of Select- men and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Anna Street ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Sheila Avenue as laid out by the Board of Select- men and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Sheila Avenue ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Wesley Street as laid out by the Board of Select- men and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Wesley Street ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Plymouth Street as laid out by the Board of Se- lectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Plymouth Street ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Clarke Avenue as laid out by the Board of Se- lectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk ; or act in relation thereto ..
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TOWN WARRANT
ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of Clarke Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law, "A quorum of not less than two hundred registered voters must be present at any or all Town Meet- ings to legally transact and consummate the business of the Town" ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 4B of Chapter 136 of the General Laws pertaining to the operation of bowling alleys on the Lord's Day ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the payment of premiums for Group Life Insurance for permanent employ- ees ; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of Two Thousand One Hundred Eighty One and 24/100 ($2,181.24) Dollars to cover the deficiency in salaries for teachers from January 1, 1949, to March 16, 1949, and for janitors from January 1, 1949, to April 1, 1949; or act in re- lation thereto.
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