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When the harmful effect of these defects is generally understood and they become less common, the number of deaths from heart disease will decline.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE
Chicken-pox appeared at Russell Mills last February and there have been an increasing number of cases throughout the year, fifteen having been reported by the Board of Health in November, after which the number of cases began to decline, only nine being reported in De- cember.
The new "Minimum Requirements for Contagious Di- sease" adopted by the Associated Boards of Health of Massachusetts and approved by the Health Council will
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do much to help the school attendance, with which this disease so seriously interferes on account of the exclusion of contacts, which, as there is no quarantine, serves no useful purpose.
STATISTICS
Number or inspections 1,419
Number of examinations 2,414
Number of notices sent to parents 964
Number of pupils referred to nurse 74
Number of permits signed by school physician .. 1,201 Number of permits signed by other physicians ..
141
Number of pupils excluded
61
Number of corrections
571
Number of partial corrections
201
Defects found for which notices were sent to parents :
Eye
33 Scalp 1
Ear
22 Skin 5
Gland
8 Teeth
343
Lung
4 Throat 445
Heart
2 Unclassified
60
Nose
97
Orthopedic
266 Total 1,286
Respectfully submitted, (Signed) J. HOLBROOK SHAW, M. D.,
School Physician.
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
The Number of Pupils in Each School and Grade as of Dec. 31, 1926 Grade
School
1
|2 |3 |4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Total
High
148|129|72|61
410
Junior High
215 196
411
Hedge
43
3.4
41
35
42
35
452
35
33
42
43
42
27
Knapp
30
37
39
39
24
26
279
15
16
28
25
37
40
42
35
37
Cornish
37
260
32
Burton
30
36
133
31
36
Mt. Pleasant
34
26
41
33
42
44
220
Cold Spring
34
20
54
Oak Street
19
15
22
9
65
Lincoln St.
17
14
31
Manomet
7
3
12
4
7
8
41
Wellingsley
4
5
7
16
Cliff St.
2
4
3
7
4
20
Russell Mills
5
10
6
5
26
Chiltonville .
4
4
4
3
7
4
26
Cedarville
1
3
5
5
2
16
Alden St.
27
27
South St.
32
32
Fresh Air
2
5
3
2
12
Total
312|275|282 251|311 279|215|196|148|129|72 61
2,531
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EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS
1925
1926
I. S.
I. S.
Certificates to Minors 14 to 16. .
74
38
84 73
Certificates to Minors 16 to 21 .... 80
202 75 278
There were 151 minors between fourteen and sixteen years of age who, within the calendar year 1926, were employed while schools were in session.
Note: I-Initial or first working certificate issued to minor. S-Subsequent-two or more certificates issued to each minor.
SCHOOL CENSUS
Males
Females
Total
Persons 5 to 7 years
197
217
414
Persons 7 to 14 years
838
832
1,670
Persons 14 to 21 years
195
197
392
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REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER 1
My dear Mr. Handy :
I respectfully submit the following report from Jan- uary 1, 1926 to January 1, 1927.
Absentee Sickness Truancy Total
Burton School
3
6
1
10
Cold Spring School
6
· ·
. .
6
Cornish School
15
7
4
26
Hedge School
28
15
4
47
Knapp School
8
3
2
13
Lincoln St. School
4
1
2
7
Mt. Pleasant School
9
1
1
11
Nathaniel Morton School
(Junior High)
63
51
12
126
Oak St. School
1
. .
. .
1
Russell Mills School
1
. .
. .
1
South St. School
17
18
3
38
South Spooner St. School 1
. .
. .
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155
102
30
287
Cases investigated for Superintendent's Office
25
Employment certificates investigated
24
Investigated for Night School
6
Number of homes visited
342
Visits to schools
28
Children found on street and taken to school
11
Total number of investigations
381
Once again I wish to thank the Superintendent and teachers for the kind assistance which they have given in the general routine of work during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN ARMSTRONG, Attendance Officer.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES (*) New teachers Employed in 1926
Anson B. Handy Alice Murphy
Office Supt. of Schools 5 Bay View Ave.
Secretary 167 Court St.
High School
George C. Marsden
Prin. 100 Allerton St.
Nellie C. Allen
Span., Hist.
13 Whiting St.
Ruth E. Cummings
Dom. Sci.
17 Allerton St.
Marjorie E. Darling
Com.
17 Pleasant St.
*Erma R. Fash
Eng.
13 Whiting St.
Frank E. Fash
Sci.
11 Mt. Pleasant St.
Paulyle W. Flavell
French
8 Park Ave.
Dorothy A. Goodenough Hist.
17 Pleasant St.
Helen Johnson Com.
Miriam A. Johnson
Eng.
4 Bay View Ave.
M. Elizabeth Mackenzie Com.
11 Sever St.
Edgar J. Mongan
Civ., Salesman- ship 220 Sandwich St.
Richard Smiley
Biology, Eng.
236 Sandwich St.
Helen F. Swift
Eng., Dean
14 Clyfton St.
Marjorie White
Math.
22 Allerton St.
Julia B. Wood
Latin
11 Jefferson St.
Edwin B. Young
Gen. Sci.
4 Maple Pl.
Junior High School
Katharine A. O'Brien
Prin. 23 Nelson St.
*Helen Baker
Eng. Cook. 4 Cushman St.
Sadie H. Barrett
Eng., Hist., 35 Mayflower St.
Music Dom. Sci. 4 Cushman St.
Pauline M. Bittinger
M. Agnes Burke
Eng. Geog. 11 Lothrop St.
Esther M. Chandler '
Gladys L. Cobb
Eng., Hyg., Math. 35 Mayflower St. French, Eng. Music 4 Cushman St.
13 Whiting St.
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Beatrice T. Curran
Math., Sci.
78 Sandwich St.
Mary M. Dolan
Math., Hist.
11 Lothrop St.
Ellen M. Downey
Hist., Music
19 Oak St.
*Margaret K. Elliott
Math., Hist.
20 Allerton St.
Sci. Geog.
35 Mayflower St.
Manuel Tr.
45 Pleasant St.
Com.
13 Whiting St.
*Estelle Smith
Eng. Hist.
18 Allerton St.
Hedge School
Elizabeth H. Sampson Marion B. Babcock
Prin.
Clifford Rd.
Grade V
23 Samoset St.
Hazel Bates
Grade I
30 Pleasant St.
Florence B. Corey
Grade VI
133 Court St.
Lucy L. Hildreth
Grade IV
133 Court St.
Lulu M. Hoyt
Grade III
13 Whiting St.
Cora M. Irwin
Grade I
11 Sever St.
Edith C. M. Johnson
Grade II
13 Whiting St.
Myrtie E. Marland
Grade V.
13 Whiting St. Clifford Rd.
Susan M. Quinn
Grade VI
147 Main St., Kingston
Mildred A. Soule
Grade II
21 Chilton St.
Ethel D. Tolman
Grade III
21 Chilton St.
Knapp School
Grade VI
70 Sandwich St.
Grade III
37 Union St.
Margaret L. Christie
Grade II
401 Court St.
Grade I 14 Jefferson St.
Grade V 261 Court St.
Grade VI
79 Court St.
Grade IV
12 Washington St.
Flora A. Stevens
Grade I
6 North Park Ave.
Katherine G. Zahn
Grade V
320 Court St.
Cold Spring School
Mabel F. Douglas Irene Pioppi
Grade II
Grade III 4 Nelson St. 29 Alden St.
Wm. I. Whitney, Prin. Annie S. Burgess
Lucy E. Cummings Lydia E. Holmes Maude H. Lermond Helen F. Perrier
Grade IV
Mary F. Perkins
*Una Kelleher Edward Lewis Edith S. Newton
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Emily C. Burgess Mildred R. Randall
Oak Street School Grades I, II Grades III, IV
11 Allerton St.
79 Court St.
Cornish School
Grade VI 115 Court St.
Grade III 33 Russell St.
Grade I
4 Sever St.
*Jessie A. Dix
Grade VI
118 Court St.
*Eunice Harvey Flora A. Keene
Fresh Air
45 Allerton St. Sever St.
Charlotte E. Lovering Anne P. Wilson
Grade V
17 Sever St.
Burton School
Grade V 28 Chilton St.
Bertha E. McNaught
Grade V
Teresa A. Rogan
Grade IV
35 Russell St. Newfields St.
Ruth H. Tolman
Grade IV
21 Chilton St.
Mt. Pleasant School
Helen H. Linnell, Prin. Grade VI
72 Warren Ave.
* Arline S. Anderson
Grade IV
13 Whiting St.
Elsie C. Muir
Grade V
13 Whiting St.
Gladys M. Sargent
Grade I 13 Whiting St.
Nellie L. Shaw
Grade III
21 Chilton St.
A. Ruth Toombs
Grade II 41 Mayflower St.
Individual School
Dorothy L. Burnett
Mary L. Jackson Ungraded
Ungraded 10 Clyfton St. 9 Sever St.
Grace R. Moor
Lincoln Street Primary Grades I, II 11 Sandwich St.
Alden Street School Grade I 115 Court St.
*Nora Morton
*Gladys L. Brownell
Wellingsley School Grades I-IV 5 Stephens St.
*Jessie L. Boyd Alice H. Bishop Edna M. Brown
Grade II
Grade VI
21 Vernon St.
Helen F. Holmes
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Gertrude W. Zahn
Cliff Street School Grades I-VI 320 Court St.
*Marie R. Freeman
Chiltonville Primary Grades I-VI 182 Court St.
Russell Mills School
Clementine L. Ortolani Grades I-IV 8 Cherry St.
Estella Butland Mary E. Robbins
Manomet School
Grades I-III 4 Massasoit St.
Grades IV-VI 102 Allerton St.
*Hilda L. Feener
Cedarville School Grades 1-VIII Bournedale, Mass.
Special Teachers
Frances I. Bagnell
Grade VI-Corn- ish-Knapp-Mt.
Pleasant
5 Spring St., No. Ply.
* Vivian Dix
Supervisor of Music 118 Court St.
Beatrice Emerson
Supervisor of Phys. Ed. Ele-
mentary schools 21 Clifford Rd.
* Amy L. Hammond
Supervisor of Sewing 15 Allerton St.
*John H. Smith
Supervisor of Phys. Ed., High and Junior High 5 Winter St.
Faith C. Stalker
Supervisor of Drawing 133 Court St.
Elsie R. Stevens
Drawing, Junior High and High 35 Mayflower St.
*Mrs. Lee Jarrett
General Substitutes High, Jr. High and Elementary Kingston, Mass.
Mrs. Jennie E. Taylor
High and Ele- mentary 42 Stafford St.
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Medical Department
J. Holbrook Shaw, M.D. School Physician 43 Court St. Susie Macdonald
*Bessie Fenton Gladys S. White
Nurse Ass't
Dental Hygienist
18 Allerton St. High St.
144 Spruce St., No. Abington, Mass.
Janitors
High 237 Sandwich St.
Junior High
17 Mt. Pleasant St.
Mt. Pleasant
9 Robinson St.
Cornish, Burton
1 Royal St.
Knapp
23 Atlantic St.
Hedge
24 Hall St.
Alden St., Cold Spring Standish Ave. Oak St.
Oak St.
Lincoln St., South St.
6 South St.
Wellingsley
223 Sandwich St. Clifford Rd.
William Nickerson
Russell Mills
Russell Mills
Manomet
Manomet
Cedarville
Cedarville
Cliff St.
Sandwich Rd.
Charles Coates John R. Yates
William H. Raymond Peter A. Dries, Jr. Sebastian Riedel Leo Callahan Nelson Pero
George F. Merrill
George A. Burgess
Winslow Rickard
Mrs. F. Goodwin
Chiltonville
W. Cleveland John S. Dunn Elliott F. Swift
School Nurse
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INDEX
Abstracts of Records of 1925
6
Appropriations on Warrant for Annual Town Meeting
198
Assessors' Report
207
Balance Sheet
69
Births
254
Board of Health
185
Bonds
228
Building Inspector
231
Cemetery Funds
186
Deaths
77
Fire Commissioner
248
Forest Fire Warden
227
Forestry Committee
226
Inspector of Milk
259
Inspector of Plumbing
261
Inspector of Slaughtering
258
Jurors
Licenses Issued
244
Marriages
60
Measurer of Wood and Bark
224
Moth Suppression 229
210
Park Commissioners
215
Playgrounds
215
Police Department
202
Public Library
234
Report of Advisory and Finance Committee
20
Report of Relocation Committee
50
Report of Supt. of Streets and Town Engineer 42
Report of Town Clerk 59
School Report
277
Sealer of Weights and Measures
218
Selectmen's Report
38
State Auditor's Report
87
Tree Warden 230
Town Accountant
99
Town Officers, 1925
3
Town Planning Board 54
Water Commissioners 264
Special index for school reports on the following page.
Page
94
Cemetery Department
244
Overseers of the Poor
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SCHOOL REPORT CONTENTS
Page
School Calendar
278
School Directory 279
Report of School Committee
280
Financial Report 283
283
Budget for 1927 286
Superintendent's Report
Conditions in Senior and Junior High Schools 286-287
Health Department 287
Individual School 287
Condition in Grades 288
Retardation in Grades I to VI 288
Results in Language Test
290
Results in Reading Test 292
Results in Arithmetic Test
294
Results of Intelligence Test
297
General Summary
299
A Study of Retarded Children
299
Conclusion of Survey 301
Comparative Costs
301
To the Parents 303
Report of Senior High School Principal
305
Report of Junior High School Principal
Reports of Supervisors of Physical Education 310
Report of Music Supervisor 317
Report of Drawing Supervisor 319
Report of Americanization Director 321
Report of Principal of Summer School 324
Reports of School Physician, School Nurse and School Dentist 327 School Enrollment 347
School Census 348
Employment of Minors 348
Report of Attendance Officer 349
School Department Employees 350
312-315
Conditions in Rural Schools
300
AANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
1927
Town Officers
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
For the Year Ending December 31st
1927
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REPORT OF ADVISORY and FINANCE COMMITTEE on the ARTICLES in the TOWN WARRANT MARCH 26, 1927
The Committee submits its report and recommenda- tions on the several articles on the warrant.
The usual series of meetings has been held at each of which some of the boards of officers and heads of depart- ments have been present, their budgets or appropriation items considered, and such questions answered and ex- planations made as have seemed necessary.
Representative petitioners have been heard on articles inserted in the warrant by petitions.
Article 5. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town, and for other purposes, and to raise such sums of money as the Town shall deem expedient. Recommended
By
By
Departments
Committee
Selectmen's Department,
$3,200.00
$3,200.00
Accounting Department,
2,550.00
2,550.00
Treasury Department,
1,925.00
1,925.00
Tax Collector's Department,
2,700.00
2,700.00
Assessors' Department,
6,000.00
6,000.00
Assessors' Plans,
1,000.00
1,000.00
Law Department,
1,200.00
1,000.00
Town Clerk's Department,
1,650.00
1,650.00
Engineering Department,
1,000.00
1,000.00
Planning Board,
1,500.00
1,500.00
Election and Registration,
700.00
700.00
Maintenance of Town House,
3,000.00
3,000.00
Maintenance of Town Hall,
9,000.0
9,000.00
Police Department,
27,000.00
27,000.00
Fire Department,
36,605.82
36,000.00
Sealing Weights and Measures,
2,600.00
2,600.00
Moth Suppression,
5,000.00
5,000.00
Tree Warden's Department,
2,500.00
2,500.00
Forest Warden's Department,
4,000.00
4,000.00
Inland Fisheries,
250.00
250.00
Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance, Health Department,
18,000.00
18,000.00
Public Sanitaries,
3,100.00
2,200.00
Sewers,
6,000.00
6,000.00
Street Cleaning,
5,000.00
5,000.00
Roads and Bridges,
40,000.00
40,000.00
Hard-Surfacing Streets,
7,500.00
7,500.00
Bridge on Brook Road, Manomet,
500.00
500.00
Gurnet Bridge Tax,
773.62
773.62
Sidewalks,
7,000.00
7,000.00
Sidewalks; Granolithic,
6,000.00
6,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal,
16,000.00
12,000.00
Street Sprinkling,
6,000.00
6,000.00
Street Lighting,
19,000.00
19,000.00
Harbor Master,
150.00
150.00
Pensions for Town Laborers,
800.00
800.00
Poor Department (Including Mothers' Aid)
26,000.00
26,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits (Overdrafts from 1926)
State Aid,
$1,264.00
Military Aid,
155.00
Soldiers' Burials,
60.00
Soldiers' Relief,
3,905.92
5,384.92
5,384.92
School Department,
250,950.00
250,950.00
Sexton,
200.00
200.00
Miscellaneous Account,
3,500.00
3,500.00
Water Department, Maintenance,
28,000.00
28,000.00
Water Department, Construction,
5,000.00
5,000.00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries,
11,500.00
11,500.00
Burial Hill Cemetery,
2,000.00
2,000.00
Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville and
300.00
300.00
Town Debt and Interest,
87,000.00
87,000.00
$684,187.72 $678,481.90
Art. 7. Manomet Public Library,
500.00
500.00
Art. 8. Park Department, for Parks, Training Green and Public Camp- ing Places,
10,763.00
8,500.00
Art. 9. Park Department, for Public Playgrounds,
8,970.00
6,500.00
Art. 10. Bath-house at Stephens Field Playground,
2,500.00
2,500.00
Art. 11. Memorial Day,
550.00
400.00
Art. 12. July Fourth and Forefathers' Day,
900.00
900.00
Art. 13. Band Concerts,
500.00
500.00
Art. 14. Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture,
250.00
Art. 15. Rifle Range,
200.00
200.00
Soldiers' Benefits for 1927,
6,000.00
6,000.00
South Pond Cemeteries,
Art. 6. Plymouth Public Library,
7,500.00
7,500.00
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9,148.36
9,148.36
Art. 16. Town Forest for Reforesting and Improvement, 2,000.00
2,000.00
Art. 17. Inspection of Buildings, 1,000.00 . 1,000.00
Art. 18. New Public Sanitary on State Wharf, 5,000.00
. . . . . ·
Art. 19. Repairs to Main Sewer Outlet,
4,550.00
4,550.00
Art. 20. Prince Street,
Damages, $2,080.00
Construction, 2,520.00
4,600.00
4,600.00
Art. 21. New Sewer on Prince Street, Court Street and Hedge's Road,
12,000.00
12,000.00
Art. 22. New Equipment for Highway Department,
7,350.00
7,350.00
Art. 23. Rounding-Off Street Corners,
1,000.00
1,000.00
Art. 24. Sandwich Road Macadam,
8,000.00
8,000.00
Art. 25. Cordage Terrace Extension,
250.00
250.00
Art. 26. New Public Way from Billington Street to land of J. Malaguti off Standish Avenue,
6,500.00
7,000.00
Art. 27. Surfacing and Sidewalk on Grant Street and McKinley Road,
2,500.00
2,500.00
Art. 28. Surfacing on Clifford Road,
2,500.00
2,500.00
Art. 29. Paving Main Street Extension,
10,000.00
Art. 30. Grading on Town Wharf,
1,000.00
1,000.00
Art. 31. Iron Fence on Market Street,
1,000.00
1,000.00
Art. 32. Fire Alarm Signal System,
6,500.00
7,000.00
Art. 33. Asphalt Surface on Shore Road,
2,500.00
2,500.00
Art. 36. Plymouth Beach for Park Purposes, 6,000.00
6,000.00
Art. 38. Addition to Vine Hills Cemetery, 2,500.00
Art. 41. Driveways at Memorial Building,
1,400.00
.
$804,970.72 $776,231.90
Article 6. To take such action as the Town may see fit in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $7,500.00, including the dog tax for 1926 amounting to $1,790.38, in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $500.00 in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
Article 8. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the care and maintenance and improvement of the parks, Training Green and public camping places.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $8,500.00 for the care, maintenance and improvement of the parks, including the Training Green and Public Camping Place.
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Article 9. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the care and maintenance and improvement of the public playgrounds.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $6,500.00 for the care, maintenance and improvement of the public playgrounds.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars for building a bath-house at the Stephens Field Playground.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for building a bath-house on the Stephens Field Play- ground.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding five hundred and fifty (550) dollars for the observance of Memorial Day.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the observance of Memorial Day, $50.00 of this to be apportioned to the United Spanish War Veterans.
Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding nine hundred (900) dollars to pay the expenses of the observance of July 4th, and of an Old Home Day in connection with Forefathers' Day, said money to be expended by the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $900.00 for the observance of July Fourth and Forefathers' Day, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Article 13. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars for public band concerts, said money to be expended by the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $500.00 for public band concerts.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty (250) dollars, and choose a Town Di- rector as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chap- ter 128 of the General Laws, and act thereon.
The Committee recommends that no action be taken under this Article.
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Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two hundred (200) dollars for Rifle Range expenses.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $200.00 for Rifle Range expenses.
Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two thousand (2,000) dollars for reforest- ing and improvement in the Town Forest.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for reforesting and improvement in the Town Forest.
Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding one thousand (1,000) dollars for compensa- tion of the Inspector of Buildings and to defray the ex- penses of that office.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for compensation of the Inspector of Buildings and to defray the expenses of that office.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to build and equip a public sanitary on the State Reservation on the water front, and appropriate a sum not exceeding five thousand (5,000) dollars for that purpose.
The Committee recommends that no appropriation be made this year for the purpose set forth in this Article.
Article 19. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding forty-five hundred and fifty (4,550) dollars for repairs to the sewer outlet.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $4,550.00 for repairs to the sewer outlet.
Article 20. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a Town way Prince Street, from Court Street, easterly, to a point one hundred and twenty feet east of the east- erly line of a private way known as Cordage Street, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town; and appropriate the sum of forty-six hundred (4,600) dollars for land damages and cost of construction thereof.
The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow, as a town way, Prince Street as laid out by the Selectmen and re- ported to the Town; that an appropriation in the sum of $2,080.00 be made for property damage thereon; and that an appropriation in the sum of $2,540.00 be made for construction thereof.
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Article 21. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding twelve thousand (12,000) dollars to be used for construction of sewer on Prince Street, Court Street, and Hedge's Road, so called.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 to be used for the construction of sewer on Prince Street, Court Street and Hedge's Road.
Article 22. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding seventy-three hundred and fifty (7,350) dollars for purchasing new equipment for the Highway Department.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $7,350.00 for purchasing new equipment for the Highway De- partment.
Article 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding one thousand (1,000) dollars for widening corners at street intersections, as recommended by the Town Planning Board.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for widening corners at street intersections.
Article 24. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding eight thousand (8,000) dollars for macad- amizing on the Sandwich road.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 for macadamizing on the Sandwich Road.
Article 25. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a Town way Cordage Terrace Extension as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an ap- propriation of two hundred and fifty (250) dollars for filling and grading on said way.
The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow, as a town way, Cordage Terrace Extension as laid out by the Se- lectmen and reported to the Town, and that the sum of $250.00 be appropriated for filling and grading on said way.
Article 26. To see if the Town will accept and allow the layout of a new public way from Billington Street, northerly, to land of Joseph Malaguti off Standish Ave- nue, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town; make an appropriation not exceeding thirty-five thousand (35,000) dollars for land damages and grading
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on said way ; and authorize the issue of bonds or notes of the Town for that purpose.
The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow the layout of a new public way from Billington Street, northerly, to land of J. Malaguti, off Standish Avenue, as laid out by the Select- men and reported to the Town. That the Town appropriate the sum of $35,000.00 for construction thereof, $5,000.00 of which shall be for land damages.
That to meet said appropriation there be raised in the levy of the current year the sum of $7,000.00, and that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow the sum of $28,000.00, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town there- for, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of section 19 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the date of issue of the first bond or note.
Article 27. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars for surfacing the road and building sidewalk on Grant Street and Mc- Kinley Road.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for surfacing the road and building sidewalk on Grant Street and McKinley Road.
Article 28. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars for hard-surfacing on the Clifford Road.
The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for hard-surfacing on the Clifford Road.
Article 29. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding ten thousand (10,000) dollars to be used for paving Main Street Extension with re-enforced concrete or granite blocks on concrete base.
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