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A suction line was laid from the river to the fire pump and the discharge lines connected to a fire hydrant near the station. The Maxim Company arranged to have an oper- ator at all times ready to answer a bell alarm, thus assuring us of the services of a skilled operator in case of necessity.
To safeguard the safety of the water supply in case it was necessary to introduce raw water into the system a chlorinating machine was installed on the suction line of the auxiliary pump. This all added materially to the expense of the repair of the standpipe, but we feel that the cost of this insurance was justified. Fortunately we were not called upon to use the extra pump as no fires occurred while the standpipe was out of commission.
The cost of waterproofing was $7,000.00, repairs on the outside $1079.11, and additional pumping station expense $1880.16, making a total cost of $9959.27.
The other work of the water department included the usual new services, renewing old ones, testing and repairing main gates, testing and repairing hydrants, testing and re- pairing curb gates, and changing and repairing all meters that have been in service more than five years.
Respectfully submitted,
H. J. GOODALE,
Town Manager and Superintendent
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1929.
Population by census of 1925,-9,136. Date of con- struction-1885. By whom owned-Town of Middleboro. Source of supply-well south of village near Nemasket River. Mode of supply-pumped direct overflow to stand- pipe.
PUMPING STATISTICS
1. Builders of Pumping Machinery, two Goulds Electrical- ly Driven Centrifugal main units; 1 Gould driven by Moore Steam Turbine, and 1 DeLaval complete tur- bine and pump, auxiliary units.
2. Description of fuel used :
(a) Electric Power for Main Units
(b) Bituminous coal for auxiliary units
(c) Price per K. W. H .- average $.024
(d) Average price of coal per Net ton, de- livered $7.36
K. W. H. consumed for the year
(a) Main Pump 136,125
(b) Filter Pump 27,806
3. Coal consumed for the year, heat and power, lbs. 242,287
4. Total pumpage for the year, passed through meter, gal.
102,967,000*
5. Average Static head against which pumps work, in feet 295
6. Average dynamic head against which pump work, in feet 300
7. Number of gallons pumped per K. W. H. Main pump only 662.9
8. Duty equals gallons pumped (4) x 8.34 lbs.) x 100 x dynamic head (6) divided by total K. W. H. Consumed by main pump
165,855,259
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9. Cost of pumping figured on Pumping Station expenses $8,672.53
10. Per million gallons pumped $84.22
11. Per million gallons raised one foot dynamic 0.28
* Of total amount 12,731,000 gallons were pumped by steam.
STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER
1. Total population 1925 Census 9,136
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe 5,840
3. Estimated population supplied 5,750
4. Total Consumption for the year
102,967,000
5. Passed through meters, gallons 78,134,200
6. Percentage of consumption metered 75.8
7. Average daily consumption, gals. 282,101
8. Gallons per day to each inhabitant 31
9. Gallons per day to each consumer
49
10. Gallons per day to each tap
221
11. Cost of supplying water per million gallons figured on total maintenance $273.04
12. Total cost of supplying water, per million gallons figured on total maintenance plus interest on bonds and bonds. $304.21
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
1. Kind of pipe-cast iron, wrought iron
2. Sizes-1 inch to 16 inches
3. Extended during year, feet
5,292
4. Total now in use, miles
22.30
5. Length of pipe less 4 in. in diameter, miles
166
6. Number of hydrants in use
166
7. Number of stop gates smaller than 4 in.
1
8. Number of blow offs
9. Range of pressure on mains 84-120
9
86
Services
10. Kind of pipe-wrought iron, cement lined, cast iron
11. Sizes-1/2 inch to 6 inches
12. Extended, feet
1526
13. Total now in use, miles
14.71
14 Number of service taps added
23
15. Number of service taps discontinued
0
16 Number now in use
1312
17. Average length of service, feet
59.19
18. Number of meters added
19
19. · Number of meters now in use 1240
20. Percent of services metered
98
21. Percent of receipts from metered water 99
22. Number of motors 0
TOTAL LENGTH OF MAIN PIPE
16 in. 12 in. 10 in. 8 in. 6 in. 4 in. 2 in. 11/2 in. 1 in. Total
400 8,084.9 9,362.0 12,695.5 71,743.2 14,615.2 832.7
40.9 4.6 117,779
Total length of miles
22.30
Number of hydrants added, 11, total
166
Number of gates added, 4, total
247
Number of blow offs
9
Service connections made, 23, total
1312
Number of services now taking water
1268
Feet of service pipe put in during the year, feet
1526
Feet of service pipe within street lines
34,067
Motors in use
0.
Meters set during the year
19
Meters now in use
1240
Meters 5/8 in. 3/4 in. 1/2 in. 1 in.
11/2 in. 2 in. 3 in.
American 341 1
2
Trident 236
1
2
1
Lambert 203 1
1
Worthington 167
Hersey 159
4 1 2
1
1
Federal 45
2
87
Nash
29
2
1
Keystone
26
1
Empire
3
2
3
Union
1
Crown
1
1210
10
2
13
2
2
1
Total 1240
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS- DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WATER ANALYSIS
Appearance
Residue on Evaporation
Ammonia Albuminoid
Nitrogen As
No.
Date of
Collection
Turbidity
Sediment
Color
Total
Free
Total
Chlorine
Nitrates
Nitrites
Hardness
Iron
Mn.
Jan. 8
s1.
cons. iron
fil. . 15
8.30
. 0126
.0018
. 64
. 0600
.0001
2.2
.220
. 120 Inlet to filter
211411
7
cons. iron
8.20
. 0096
. 0012
. 66
. 0600
. 0001
3.0
450
. 100
210373
8
iron
8.70
. 0014
. 0014
. 65
.0300
. 0003
2.6
.095
. 110 Outlet of "
211412
7
s1.
.17
7.70
. 0076
. 0016
. 63
.0€00
. 0005
2.6
. 155
. 080
210374
none
.18
8.00
. 0004
.0010
62
.0500
.0000
2.2
. 047
.000 Tap-Final Filter
211413
none
7.30
. 0002
.0006
. 62
.0€00
. 0000
2.6
.026
. 000
212544
May 10
dist.
cons.
fil.
iron
. 05 7.60
. 0090
.0028
. 61
. 0600
.0000
2.6
.230
.070 Inlet to
212545
slight
. 14
7.50
.0062
. 0028
. €4
. 0600
.0001
2.6
.062
. 040 Outlet of
212546
10
none .00
6.50
. 0004
. 0022
. 69
.0600
. 0000
2.6
.012
.000 Tap
214028
9
sl.
. 62
6.50
.0104
.0052
.56
. 0200
. 0000
2.2
. 400
. 080 Inlet to
216400
Sept. 3
cons. iron
8.40
. 0510
. 0038
. 0200
. 0000
2.0
.245
.080
214029
sl.
v. sl.
6.60
. 0070
.0034
.57
.0200
0001
2.2
.125
. 045 Outlet to
..
s1.
fil.
7.70
. 0036
. 0028
. 58
. 0200
. 0010
2.0
.110
. 040
214030
9
7. sl.
none
. 12
5.60
0000
.0014
. 56
. 0100
. 0000
2.2
. 048
.000 Tap-Final
..
216402
none
v. sl.
.08
6.30
. 0006
0046
. 58
. 0200
. 0000
2.0
.012
. 000
fil.
.05 fil.
.30 fil.
Mar.
88
Jan. 8 Mar. 7
May
10 May
July
fil.
dist. dist.
fil.
. 52 fil. .27
216401
Sept. 3
dist.
iron
. 32
July
Sept. 3
sl.
Jan.
very sl.
210372
Mar.
v. sl. V. sì.
. 12
July 9
PUMPING STATION RECORD, 1929
Main Pumps Time Pumping Electric Steam
Filter Supply Time Pumping Electric
Average Daily
Coal used Pounds
Daily Average
K. W. H. used Filter Pump
Daily Average
January
144-20
8-15
4-55
8,559,000
276,096
12,419
400
4000
5467
262-30
8-28
2208
71
February
127-5
8-30
4-50
7,555,000
269,821
10,985
392
2400
4089
235-20
8-24
1959
70
March
138-
7-30
4-41
8,165,000
263,387
11,908
384
3700
4309
257-30
8-18
2116
68
April
138-20
8-25
4-53
8,227,000
274,233
11,942
398
2200
3234
259-20
8-38
2118
70
May
138-50
10-
4-48
8,214,000
264,967
11,941
385
3600
1705
261-20
8-26
2089
67
June
168-35
9-35
5-56
9,851,000
328,366
14,520
484
2580
332.25
11-4
2656
88
July
169-6
5-27
9,651,000
311,322
14,486
464
318-40
10-17
2637
85
August
51-45
493.10
17-34
8,924,000
287,742
4,416
142
115,728
261-35
8-26
2532
82
September
73-35
373.45
14-54
9,184,000
306,133
6,307
210
77,485
791
271-
9.
2658
88
October
149-3
4-48
8,448,000
272,516
12,800
413
1732
239-25
7-43
2334
75
November
138-5
4-36
7,849,000
261.633
11,900
393
4170
226-55
7-33
2218
74
December
145-7
4-41
8,240,000
265,806
12,501
403
5097
234.50
7-34
2281
73
Totals
1581-51
919-10
102,967,000
136,125
211,693
30,594
3160-50
37,806
Daily Averages
7-4
282,101
373
8.39
76.18
Gallons Pumped
Daily
Average
K. W. H. used
Main Pump
Daily
Average
Power
Station
Heater
Hours
Minutes
Hours
Minutes
Month
Hours
Minutes
Hours
Minutes
Hours
Minutes
Greatest number of gallons pumped in one day, 508,000, September 16. Least number of gallons pumped in one day, 99,000, August 11. Of the total pumpage 12,731,000 gallons were pumped by steam pump.
RALPH SAMPSON, Engineer
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RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE RECORD, 1929
Temperature, Degrees
Precipitation Inches
Month
Highest
Lowest
Mean
Rain and
Melted Snow
Snow
January
59 -11
26.3
3.77
10
February
51
- -5
28.
4.23
131/2
March
73
5
39.5
4.93
41/8
April
81
24
44.8
6.97
12
May
91
29
56.8
2.79
June
92
36
65.2
.53
July
90
39
'68.8
2.72
August
85
42
65.9
4.06
T
September
94
34
62.5
4.96
October
74
19
50
2.53
November
73
8
40.6
3.16
11/4
December
53
-5
30.6
4.87
714
45.51
365%
Totals
- Below
T Trace
RALPH SAMPSON, ·
Observer ..
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
Record of the Annual Town Meeting and its Adjournments January 21st, 1929
Article 1: To choose all necessary town officers, the following officers to be voted on one ballot, viz: a Moderator for one year, a Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year, two Selectmen for three years, two members of the School Board for three years, one member of the Plan- ning Board for five years.
Meeting was called to order at 11 o'clock A. M. by Mod- erator Fletcher Clark Jr.
The warrant was read by the Town Clerk.
Voted: that the polls be closed at 8 o'clock P. M. Polls declared open at 11:30 o'clock A. M.
The following Election Officers were sworn in-Morrill S. Ryder, William Begley, John Connor, Mabel B. Sears, Luke F. Kelley, John Callan, Stephen F. O'Hara, Frank S. Thomas, James A. Morrissey, John Perry, Alice Pratt, Elizabeth Flynn, Sarah Connor, Lucy Harlow, John Mahon- ey and E. Kimball Harrison.
The polls were declared closed at 8 o'clock P. M. and the result of the vote was as follows :---
Moderator
Fletcher Clark Jr. 1730
William Wilcox 3
Robert Fish
1
William W. L. Tallman
6
Leslie Clark 2.
Blanks 552
2294
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Treasurer & Collector
William W. Brackett Abraham G. Newkirk James P. Sparrow Blanks
1785
409
1
99
2294
Selectmen
Alexander Heath
1230
Louis Ritter
119
John B. Savage
852
Albert A. Thomas
1478
Frederick S. Weston
821
Bert G. Brown
1
Blanks
87
4588
School Committee
Dr. Robert G. Butler
1350
Allan R. Thatcher
1330
Forest E. Thomas
1160
Blanks
748
4588
Planning Board
Russell A. Trufant
36
Chester Weston
4
Frank S. Thomas
1
Minnie Jones
1
1 Leila Hathaway
3
Wm. Holden
1
Mrs. W. E. Holloway
5
Alexander Heath
4
Emma B. Lovell
1
Albert A. Thomas
1
Robert Fish
2
J. R. Thompson
1
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Louis Ritter Mrs. Alice Pratt
1
2
Clyde Thomas Max Burnham
1
James Thomas
6
W. H. Powell
1
Henry F. Soule
2
Theodore H. Stegmaier
1
Walter Sampson
1
Dr. Burkhead
2
Waldo Jackson
1
A. G. Newkirk Wm. G. Boynton
2
· Agnes M. Boynton .
1
James Kennedy
2
Edmund Reynolds
1
Frederick C. Noble
1
Morrill S. Ryder Allan Thatcher
1
Wilson G. Harlow
2
Marcus Merrick
8
Kenneth Keedwell
1
Ernest L. Maxim
2
John Connor
1
James McMahon
1
Frederick S. Weston
1
Fred L. Bowman
1
John B. Savage
2
Howard Holden
1
John Boardman
1
T. N. Wood
2
John B. Bartlett
1
Eva Hathaway
1
George Boardman
1
Louis C. Littlejohn John V. Sullivan
1
1
1
2175
2294
B. C. Shaw Granville Tillson Blanks
1
1
1
1
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Meeting adjourned at eleven o'clock P. M. Febuary 11th and 18th 1929
Article 2: To raise such sums of money by tax or other- wise, as may be necessary to defray the expense of the town for the current year, appropriate the same and to act any- thing in relation to the assessment and collection of taxes for the year.
Voted: 1929 appropriations less the estimated receipts.
An amendment was carried changing the appropriation for New Gravel Roads from 10,000.00 to 15,000.00 with the proviso that said amount be expended on the outside roads. A further amendment was carried that an amount not to exceed 500.00 of the 15,000. New Gravel Road appropria- tion is to be expended upon Prospect and Cliff Streets.
An amendment to cut $10,000.00 from the Public Wel- fare account and use this for the mowing of brush on the highways thus providing work for the unemployed, was carried.
GAS & ELECTRIC DEPT.
The receipts of the plant, out of which shall be paid the operating expenses, bonds and interest, depreciation and construction and $10,870.00 street lighting, which shall be included in the tax levy.
Article 3: To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year beginning January 1st 1929, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town but not exceeding the total tax levy of the preceding finan- cial year, as provided in Section 3, Chapter 719, General Acts 1913, and amendments thereto, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date there- of, all debts incurred under authority of this vote to be paid from the revenue of the present municipal year.
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Voted : That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, be authorized to borrow during the municipal year beginning January 1st 1929, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy of the pre- ceding financial year, as provided in Section 3, Chapter 719 General Acts 1913 and amendments thereto, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof, all debts incurred under authority of this vote to be paid from the revenue of the present municipal year.
Article 4: To hear the report of any committees or officers of the town; to appoint any committee, and act thereon.
Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of three from the membership of the Old Middleborough His- torical Association to make improvements in the burying ground known as the Wood Cemetery, located on land owned by the town at the corner of Wood & Grove Sts. Committee appointed-Kenelm Winslow, Jane Bennett and Lorenzo Wood.
Article 5 To see if the town will appropriate money for band concerts the coming season, and act thereon.
Voted: The sum of $300.00 was voted under appropria- tion.
Article 6: To see if the town will appropriate money to be expended by Post 8 G. A. R. on Memorial Day, and act thereon.
Voted: The sum of $200.00 was voted under appropria- tions.
Article 7: To see if the town will vote to appropriate money necessary to pay the rent of a suitable place for the Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and act thereon.
Voted: The sum of $200.00 was voted under appropri- ations.
Article 8: To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars,
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to be paid to St. Lukes Hospital, established in said town, for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the hospital for care and treatment of persons certified by the selectmen of said town to be residents of the town and un- able to pay for such care and treatment, and act thereon.
Voted: The sum of $500.00 was voted under appropri- ations.
Article 9: To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for the use of the Plymouth, County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, a sum not exceeding three hun- dred ($300) dollars, and choose a town director for one year as provided in Section 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws, and act thereon .
- Voted: That the town raise and appropriate for the use of Plymouth County Trustees for County aid to Agri- culture, the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars.
That H. A. Standish be chosen a town director for one year.
Article 10: To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the employment of a school and public health nurse, and act theron.
Voted: The sum of $1,500.00 under appropriations.
Article 11: To see if the town will vote to continue the Christmas street lighting, appropriate money for the same, and act thereon.
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of five hun- dred ($500) dollars to continue the Christmas Street Light- ing.
Article 12: To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money not to exceed three hundred ($300) dollars, to be spent under the direction of the Planning Board, for the pur- pose of studying the Parking Problem, and act thereon.
Voted: To indefinitely postpone action on this article.
Article 13: To see what action the town will take, if any, for authority to establish a limited or representative form of town meeting, appoint a committee for that purpose, and act thereon.
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Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the moderator to look into this subject and report at some future meeting.
Committee appointed :
James A. Thomas
Fred B. Alger B. J. Allan
William Egger
Albert Soule
Article 14: To see if the town will vote to install a system of drainage to care for the surplus water on Vine and West streets and drain the same into Never touch Pond, so- called, and to raise and appropriate therefor a sum not to exceed more than twenty five hundred (2500) dollars, and to act any thing in relation thereto; agreeable to the petition of Franceses Teceno et al.
Voted: That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Article 15: To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not to exceed four hundred ($400) dollars for the purpose of marking the word "Middleboro" on the roof of some structure located in the town, for the purpose of aiding aviation, and act thereon. (By request).
Voted: That action on this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Article 16: To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 391 of the Acts of the Year 1923, and all acts in addition thereto or in amendment thereof, being General Laws, Chapter 40, as amended by sections 42A-42B- 42C-42D-42E-42F, the same being an act relating to the collection of water rates, and act thereon.
Voted: That this article be adopted.
Article 17: To see if the town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to issue a license or licenses to hold on the Lord's Day a public entertainment in keeping with the character of the Day and not inconsistent with its due observance,
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to which admission is to be obtained upon the payment of money or other valuable consideration, and act anything thereon.
Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to grant a Sunday Permit to the Park Theatre, Middleboro, Mass.
Article 18: To see if the town of Middleborough will vote to amend its General By-Laws approved in 1927, by adding the following general article:
Article 13. Fire Department
Section 1. Day and night force. The permanent members of the fire fighting force of the town shall be divided by the Chief of the Fire Department into two bodies or forces which shall be designated as a day force and night force, and shall alternate on tours of duty every third day.
Section 2. Hours of duty. The hours of duty of the day force shall be from eight o'clock in the fore- noon to six o'clock in the afternoon; and the hours of duty of the night force shall be from six o'clock in the afternoon to eight o'clock in the forenoon; provided, that on every third day, for the purpose of alternating the day force with the night force and vice versa, the numbers of hours of duty herein stated may be ex- tended, but one force s'hall be at liberty at all times, except that in case of conflagration, the officer having charge of the fire fighting force shall have full authority to summon and keep on duty all members of the fire fighting force while the conflagration continues. This section shall not affect any law, by-laws, rules, or regu- lations relative to salary, pensions, annual vacations or sick or disability, or leave of absence of the members of the Fire Department, and act thereon. (By request)
Voted: That the General By-Laws of the town of Middleboro be amended by adding Article 13, Section 1 and 2, as read.
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Approved by Attorney General June 25, 1929.
Article 19: To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not to exceed five hundred ($500) dollars for a Dental Clinic for the School Department, and act thereon. (By request)
Voted: That the town of Middleboro appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars for the establishment of a Dental Clinic.
Article 20: To see if the town will vote to transfer a balance of two thousand seven hundred sixty four dollars ($2764.76) and seventy-six cents, now in the High Tension account of the Gas & Electric Department, to the General Construction account of said department, and act thereon.
Voted: That the balance of twenty-seven hundred sixty-four ($2764.76) dollars and seventy-six cents, now in the High Tension Account of the Gas & Electric Depart- ment, be transferred to the General Construction account of said Department.
Article 21: To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be raised by loan or otherwise, to defray the cost of extending the water main from Muttock Hill, so called, through Nemasket street and Plymouth street to Warrentown, so called, a distance not to exceed one (1) mile, and act thereon; agreeable to the petition of Anders Martenson et al.
Voted: That action on this article be laid upon table until the adjournment of this meeting.
Voted: that the Selectmen as Water Commissioners be authorized to extend the water mains on Nemasket street and Plymouth street and that for this purpose the town appropriate the sum of eleven thousand ($11,000.) dollars, of which the sum of twenty-two hundred ($2200.) dollars shall be included in the tax levy of the current year, and the remainder shall be raised by the issue of bonds or notes of the town, and the Treasurer with the approval of the Se- lectmen be and hereby is authorized and empowered to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, in the sum not to exceed
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eight thousand eight hundred ($8,800.) dollars, payable in accordance with the provisions of Section eight of Chapter forty-four of the General Laws, in such manner that the whole loan shall be paid off in not more than five years from the date of the first bond or note or at such earlier date as the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, shall de- termine. The result of this vote was Yes 602, No 0.
Article 22: To see if the town will vote to accept Pros- pect street and Cliff street as public ways, as laid out by the Selectmen, appropriate money for the same, and act there- on; agreeable to the petition of Morrill S. Ryder et al.
Voted: that the town accept Prospect street and Cliff street as public ways, as laid out by the Selectmen.
$500.00 of the Highway appropriation was to be used for this purpose
Article 23: To see if the town will vote to change the name of Everett Square to John Glass Jr. Square, and act thereon; agreeable to the petition of Simeon L. Nickerson Post 64.
Voted: that wishing to honor the honorable service and supreme sacrifice during the World War of a young man and citizen of this town, the name of Everett Square be changed to John Glass Jr. Square.
Record of Special Town Meeting, June 18th, 1929
Article 1 To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to cover the expense of the Small-Pox epidemic, and act thereon.
Voted: to appropriate the sum of fifty-one hundred eighty four ($5184.95) dollars and ninety-five cents, to cover the Small-Pox epidemic, said sum to be paid from the Sur- plus Overlay account.
Article 2: To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money not to exceed nine thousand ($9000) dollars for the purpose of installing a new heating system in the School Street School, and act thereon.
Voted: that the town of Middleboro appropriate the sum of nine thousand ($9000.) dollars for the purpose of in-
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stalling a new heating system in the School Street School.
Article 3: To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not to exceed four thousand ($4000.) dollars to defray the cost of repairing the standpipe of the Water Department, and act thereon.
Voted : that the town appropriate four thousand ($4000.) dollars to defray the cost of repairing the standpipe of the Water Department.
Quorum present, later several left and it was de- cided that a quorum was not present.
Article 4: To see if the town will vote to transfer the balance of nine thousand nine hundred eighty-four ($9984.49) dollars and forty-nine cents, now in the Roadside Brush ac- count of the Highway Department, to the account of the Public Welfare Department, and act thereon. Said nine thousand nine hundred eighty-four ($9984.49) dollars and forty-nine cents being the balance now remaining of the Ten thousand ($10,000.) dollars transferred at the Annual Town Meeting from the Public Welfare appropriation to the High- way appropriation, and to be used by the PublicWelfare Department to provide work for certain needy persons.
Voted: to transfer the balance of nine thousand nine hundred eighty four ($9984.49) dollars and forty-nine cents, now in the Roadside Brush account of the Highway Dept., to the account of the Public Welfare Department. This was ruled non valid due to lack of quorum.
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