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Plymouth is looked upon as a "national shrine" by most Americans, and a majority of the tourists who come to this part of the country want to pay a visit to this his- toric town. The tourists' trade can be one of the greatest financial assets to the businessmen of this town and any money spent to cultivate this trade will pay dividends a hundredfold. We recommend that more money should be appropriated and expended with this object in view. Aside from the material gain which the citizens may re-
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ceive, we owe it to the millions of Americans everywhere who regard our town as "America's birthplace" to make it as interesting and as beautiful as possible.
The increases in departmental budgets recommended by the committee over the 1948 appropriations total ap- proximately $76,000. The principal items causing these increases may be summarized as follows :
1. School Department-$36,000 increase, due chiefly to recommended increases in teachers' salaries, together with increased costs of transportation.
2. Highway Department-$13,000 increase for high- way construction and reconstruction. A schedule of high- way reconstruction projects has been submitted to us and it is our recommendation, in view of the miles of highway that we have, that these projects be completed this year. (It is to be noted, however, that snow removal costs are about $18,000 less than last year, thus more than offset- ting this increase.)
3. Police Department-$6,000 increase, due to in- creased requests, demands, and requirements for addi- tional police protection ; also due to additional vacations required by law, step-rates for new officers, etc. (The parking meter account provides for the payment of the salary of one officer.) 4
4. Public Charities-$35,000 total increase, due to in- creased needs, the slowing down of factory work this winter, the greater number of people becoming eligible for Old Age Assistance, etc. In this connection, we recom- mend a study of this problem by a town committee, since the increasing costs for public charities are a matter of deep concern to all.
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5. Park Department-$4,000 increase, due to the needs of the department which must be met if our parks, playgrounds, and beaches are to be adequately main- tained and cared for.
6. Water Department-$5,000 increase, due to in- creased costs and a program for the increased installment of water meters. However the additional receipts will more than offset this increased cost. In the event the town approves the special article with respect to a water loan, it is expected that there may be a reduction in the expenditures for labor under the regular budget, since part of the labor may be paid for out of the water loan. That money would be returned to the town.
The following table is not an attempt to show where your tax dollar goes. It is a summary of the departmental expenditures for 1948 as itemized in Schedule B of the
Town Accountant's Report in the Town Report.
General Government
$72,500
4.2%
Protection of Pers. and Prop.
175,000
10.2
Health and Sanitation
59,500
3.5
Highways
177,500
10.3
Charities
523,500
30.4
Veterans' Benefits
23,500
1.4
Schools
407,500
23.7
Libraries
20,000
1.1
Recreation
31,000
1.8
Unclassified
40,500
2.3
Water
129,500
7.5
Other Enterprises
2,000
.1
Cemeteries
30,500
1.8
Town Debt and Interest
30,000
1.7
$1,722,500
100.0%
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The following account shows the use made by your Finance Committee of the $10,000 placed in their hands in March, 1948.
RESERVE ACCOUNT - 1948
Transfer from Reserve Overlay $10,000.00
Transfers to :
Treasury Dept., Other Expenses $100.00
Assessors' Dept., Salaries 625.02
Assessors' Dept., Other Expenses
300.00
Elec. & Reg., Other Expenses
179.22
Town House Maint., Other Expenses
275.93
Town Hall, Inside Painting
1,000.00
Police Dept., Salaries
827.32
Police Dept., Other Expenses
750.00
Fire Dept., Other Expenses
990.00
Liability Insurance on Fire Trucks
42.82
Building Inspector, Other Expenses
125.00
Sealer Wgts. & Measures, Salaries
3.19
Forest Warden's Dept., Other Exp.
2.32
Garbage Collection
400.00
Snow and Ice Removal
460.75
O. A. A., Salaries
241.70
Veterans' Services, Salaries
25.00
School Dept., Fuel
1,100.00
Park Dept., Salaries
8.53
Pensions for Town Laborers
8.40
Town Wharf Maintenance
93.67
Town Debt and Interest
2.98
Total Transfers $7,561.85
Balance to Reserve Overlay
$2,438.15
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SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 6
$1,446,185.61
Special Articles
330,725.52
State & County Assessments
107,603.63
Overlay (estimate)
20,000.00
Total recommended expenditures $1,904,514.76
Estimated Receipts 615,640.54
*Excess and Deficiency
137,195.00
Reserve Overlay (Article 19) 15,000.00
Parking Meter Receipts (Art. 45) 4,356.52
Sale Real Est. Receipts (Art. 53)
5,700.00
Sale of Cemetery Lots (Art. 69) 2,000.00
Bond Issue for Water (Art. 85)
150,000.00
Total of funds from other sources
than the tax levy 929,892.06
Net amount, to be raised by taxation
974,622.70
Polls
9,254.00
Total to be raised by real estate and
personal property taxes
$965,368.70
Based on a valuation of $26,000,000, this total will require a tax rate of approximately $37.20.
The above summary is based on estimates and informa- tion which are available at the present time. Any sub- stantial change in these figures will, of course, alter the final result. It is to be observed, however, that for each $26,000 of additional appropriations, $1.00 will be added to the tax rate.
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In presenting our recommendation, we wish respect- fully to invite the attention of the citizens of Plymouth to the fact that the duty of the Advisory and Finance Committee is to study and recommend action upon the various budgets and articles in the warrant. Adoption or rejection of these recommendations is the privilege of the voters.
Department heads, town boards and town employees have been very cooperative in furnishing this committee with information and figures. We wish to express our ap- preciation to them for their friendly and efficient assist- ance.
Article 5. To see what action the Town will take with regard to fixing the salaries of elected town officers.
The Committee recommends that the salaries of elected town officers be fixed, as of Jan. 1, 1949, as follows:
Chairman of Selectmen $726.00
Other Selectmen (each) 363.00
Chairman of Assessors 2,871.00
Other Assessors (each) 2,429.60
Town Clerk 2,230.00
Town Treasurer
2,230.00
Collector of Taxes
3,470.00
Article 6. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town, and for other purposes and to raise sums of money as the Town shall deem ex- pedient.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT - 4.6% of total
Item Expended in No. 1948
Requested in 1949
Recommended for 1949
Selectmen:
1
$6,407.16
$6,807.20
Salaries
$6,480.50
2
1,846.90
1,805.00
Other Expenses
1,555.00
Town Accountant:
3
4,645.00
4,645.00
Salaries
4,645.00
4
500.00
500.00
Other Expenses
500.00
Treasurer:
5
4,081.50
4,232.50
Salaries
4,082.50
6
1,200.00
1,242.00
Other Expenses
1,242.00
Tax Collector: :
7
5,426.59
5,286.00
Salaries
5,030.00
8
1,430.87
1,510.50
Other Expenses
1,460.50
Assessors:
9
10,105.02
12,450.00
Salaries
10,384.00
10
796.87
950.00
Other Expenses
825.00
Law:
11
1,450.00
5,600.00
Salaries
1,600.00
12
31.30
650.00
Other Expenses
100.00
Town Clerk:
13
4.033.00
4,232.50
Salaries
4,082.50
14
250.00
363.50
Other Expenses
313.50
15
140.00
Out-of-State Travel
140.00
Town Engineer:
16
1,384.95
1,600.00
Salaries
1,600.00
17
198.69
275.00
Other Expenses
275.00
Planning Board:
18
100.00
Other Expenses
100.00
Election and Registration:
19
2,626.34
1,700.00
Salaries
1,700.00
20
1,379.22
1,325.00
Other Expenses 1,325.00
Town House Maint .:
21
1,343.50
1,343.64
Salaries
1,343.50
22
1,831.05
1,595.00
Other Expenses
1,595.00
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Item Expended in No. 1948
Requested in 1949
Recommended for 1949
23
269.91
1,300.75 Equipment
1,155.00
24
177.05
1,925.00
Repairs
350.00
Old High School Maint .:
25
2,069.18
2,060.04
Salaries
2,050.04
26
1,593.02
2,250.00
Other Expenses
1,500.00
Town Hall Maint .:
27
5,288.65
5,195.84
Salaries
5,195.84
28
2,484.76
2,943.00
Other Expenses
2,900.00
29
...
300.00
Outside Bldg. Inspection
300.00
30
2,900.00
2,900.00
Fuel
2,900.00
$77,227.47
Total Gen. Gov't
$66,729.88
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
12.3% of total
Police:
31 $60,343.96
$68,890.98
Salaries
$66,030.98
32
6,519.91
6,550.00
Other Expenses
6,550.00
33
125.00
150.00
Out-of-State Travel
150.00
Fire:
34
70,812.79
72,031.62
Salaries
72,031.62
35
8,761.01
8,870.00
Other Expenses
8,250.00
36
99.98
100.00
Out-of-State Travel
100.00
37
901.42
977.30
Liability Ins. on Trucks
977.30
38
......
400.00
New Roof on Central Stat.
400.00
Building Inspector:
39
457.20
600.00
Salaries
600.00
40
148.88
250.00
Other Expenses
250.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures:
41
1,857.19
1,900.00
Salaries
1,900.00
42
299.69
450.00
Other Expenses
400.00
Moth Suppression:
43
2,046.05
2,017.04
Salaries
2,017.04
44
5,030.00
5,105.00
Other Expenses
4,815.00
45
. .....
800.00
Airplane Spraying
800.00
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Item Expended in No. 1948
Requested in 1949
Recommended for 1949
Tree Warden:
46
1,000.00
1,500.00
Salaries
1,250.00
47
5,545.86
5,595.00
Other Expenses
5,550.00
Forest Warden:
48
533.10
500.00
Salaries
500.00
49
1,937.32
2,660.00
Other Expenses
2,035.00
50
624.00
691.50
Liability Ins. on Trucks
691.50
51
350.83
1,800.00
Forest Fire Payrolls
1,800.00
Inland Fisheries:
52
300.00
300.00
Other Expenses 300.00
$182,138.44
Total Protection of Persons and Property
$177,398.44
HEALTH AND SANITATION - 3.6% of total
Health:
53
$9,572.10
$9,810.35
Salaries
$9,810.35
54
11,149.68
13,964.50
Other Expenses 11,524.50
Sewers:
55
5,116.23
5,600.00
Other Expenses
5,600.00
Garbage Collection:
56
17,555.83
18,725.80
Other Expenses
17,675.00
Street Cleaning:
57
5,750.00
5,750.00
Other Expenses
3,500.00
Public Sanitaries:
58
4,159.86
4,296.03
Salaries
4,160.00
59
388.55
485.00
Other Expenses
435.00
$58,631.68
Total Health & Sanitation $52,704.85
HIGHWAYS - 8.6% of total
Roads and Bridges:
60
$5,738.00
$6,038.00
Salaries
$5,738.00
61
38,441.86
40,000.00
Other Expenses 39,000.00
Other:
62
13,119.30
26,050.00
Highway Con. & Recon. *26,050.00
63
274.56
300.00
Setting Boundary Stones
300.00
64
7,342.97
5,375.00
Repairing Hard-Surfaced
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Item Expended in No. 1948
Requested in 1949
Recommended for 1949
Streets
5,375.00
65
6,600.00
6,600.00
Sidewalks
6,600.00
66
1,918.37
3,875.00
Granolithic Sidewalks
3,875.00
67
25,460.75
10,000.00
Snow and Ice Removal
7,300.00
68
1,375.00
1,500.00
Street Sprinkling
1,500.00
69
21,407.70
22,500.00
Street Lighting
21,800.00
70
352.52
500.00
Traffic Lighting
400.00
71
3,129.30
3,700.00
Traffic Signs, Painting, etc. 3,700.00
Harbor Master:
72
2,420.00
2,380.04
Salaries
2,380.04
73
275.03
342.00
Other Expenses
292.00
$129,160.04
Total Highways
$124,310.04
CHARITIES - 26.7% of total
Public Welfare:
74 $7,182.85
$9,390.35
Salaries
$8,710.35
75
78,241.31
86,025.00
Other Expenses
80,550.00
Town Infirmary:
76
3,488.20
3,350.28
Salaries
3,350.28
77
7,809.98
11,100.00
Other Expenses
8,775.00
Aid to Dependent Children:
78
52,272.79
64,700.00
Other Expenses
60,000.00
Old Age Assistance:
79
3,491.70
5,536.72
Salaries
4,636.72
80
1,527.45
1,745.00
Other Administration
1,495.00
81 200,848.46
230,176.00
Assistance
218,820.00
$412,023.35
Total Charities $386,337.35
VETERANS' BENEFITS - 1.9% of total
82 $19,275.69
$23,000.00
Veterans' Benefits
$23,000.00
Veterans' Services:
83
3,650.00
3,625.00
Salaries
3,625.00
84
371.20
375.00
Other Expenses
275.00
$27,000.00
Total Veterans' Benefits $26,900.00
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Item Expended in
No.
1948
Requested in 1949
Recommended for 1949
SCHOOLS - 30.1% of total
Schools:
85 313,410.35
346,054.00
Salaries
$345,979.00
86
58,591.71
64,643.00
Other Expenses
61,925.00
87
11,914.46
11,900.00
Fuel
11,000.00
School Lunch:
88
5,476.21
5,700.00
Salaries
5,700.00
89
10,375.92
13,884.00
Other Expenses
10,500.00
$442,181.00
Total Schools
$435,104.00
RECREATION - 1.9% of total
Parks, including Play- grounds and Bathing
Beaches:
90 $10,088.53
$10,520.00
Salaries
$10,740.00
91
14,093.76
16,710.00
Other Expenses
16,615.00
Band Concerts
300.00
$27,230.00
Total Parks
$27,655.00
PENSIONS - 1.9% of total
93
$1,755.60
$1,048.05
Pensions for Town Laborers 1,048.05
Cont. Retirement System:
94
24,422.15
25,299.00
Pension Fund
25,299.00
95
800.00
900.00
Expense Fund
900.00
$27,247.05
Total Pensions
$27,247.05
UNCLASSIFIED - 6% of total
96
$3,706.75
$4,000.00
Ins. of Town Property
$4,000.00 -
97
250.00
250.00
Sexton
250.00
Miscellaneous Account:
98
601.00
847.00
Salaries
741.00
99
3,586.23
5,425.00
Other Expenses
4,110.00
$10,522.00
Total Unclassified
$9,101.00
92
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Item Expended in No. 1948
Requested in 1949
Recommended for 1949
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES - 4.2% of total
Water:
100 $19,723.17
$20,918.00
Salaries
$20,518.00
101
30,285.01
35,679.00
Other Expenses
34,300.00
102
. .
2,500.00
Emergency
2,500.00
103
4,825.04
5,500.00
Regular Construction
*3,000.00
Other:
104
343.67
500.00
Town Wharf Maintenance
350.00
105
750.00
1,000.00
Town Forest
800.00
$66,097.00
Total Public Service Enterprises
$61,468.00
CEMETERIES - 1.5% of total
O. G. & V. H. Cemeteries:
106
$5,715.00
$5,930.00
Salaries
$5,930.00
107
10,124.23
10,000.00
Other Expenses
10,000.00
Other Cemeteries:
108
3,000.00
3,000.00
Burial Hill
3,000.00
109
2,000.00
2,500.00
Outlying Cemeteries
2,300.00
$21,430.00
Total Cemeteries $21,230.00
TOWN DEBT AND INTEREST - 2.1% of total
110 $30,002.98 $30.000.00
Town Debt and Interest $30,000.00
$1,510,888.03
Total Budget Recom- mendations $1,446,185.61
*Highway Construction and Reconstruction and Water Regular Construction from Excess and Deficiency
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SPECIAL ARTICLES
Article No.
Requested
Recommended
7. Plymouth Public Library
$15,560.00
$15,400.00
8. Loring Library
4,770.00
4,700.00
9. Manomet Library
1,125.00
1,125.00
10. Memorial Day
700.00
650.00
11. July Fourth
2,000.00
1,400.00
12. Armistice Day
600.00
350.00
13. Thanksgiving Day
500.00
500.00
14. District Nurses
3,100.00
3,100.00
15. County Aid to Agriculture
150.00
150.00
17. Dog Officer
660.00
660.00
19. Reserve Account
15,000.00
15,000.00
20.
Chapt. 90 Constr. and Maint.
23,000.00
23,000.00*
22. Assessors' Plans
2,500.00
2,500.00
23. Municipal Advertising
1,088.00
1,088.00
24. Entertainment of Dist. Guests
500.00
750.00
28. Shellfish Protection
700.00
700.00
29. Sewer-Nick's Rock Road
2,950.00
2,950.00*
30. Sewer-South & Mt. Pleasant Sts.
4,565.00
4,565.00*
31. Roller for Highway Dept.
5,000.00
5,000.00*
32. Highway Garage Repairs
750.00
750.00
33.
Street Sweeper for Highway Dept.
4,500.00
4,500.00*
34.
Storm Drain-Town Wharf
2,500.00
35. Drain-John Alden Road
600.00
600.00
37 Sewerage Disposal Committee
100.00
100.00
39. New Street-Arlington Road
100.00
100.00
40. New Street-Ocean View Road . .
100.00
100.00
41. Water Mains in Arlington and Ocean
View Roads
6,100.00
6,100.00*
43.
Wage Classification Committee
250.00
250.00
44. Car for Police Dept.
1,200.00
850.00*
45. Parking Meter Expenses
5,978.72
4,356.52
46. Jeep for Parking Meter Collections
1,500.00
47. Briggs Playground
500.00
500.00
49. Cleft Rock
150.00
150.00
53. Purchase of Steeves Property
20,000.00
20,000.00*
56. Chain Link Fence-Summer St.
1,000.00
1,000.00*
57. Mass. Selectmen's Association
750.00
750.00
58. New Street-Park Road
100.00
25.00
59. New Street-Castle Street
100.00
100.00
60. New Street-Atlantic Avenue
100.00
100.00
51. Water Mains-Carver Road
?
26. Mosquito Control
750.00
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Article No.
Requested
Recommended
61. New Street-Seaview Street
100.00 ?
25.00
62. New Street-Factory Road
64. Chain Link Fence-Standish Ave. Playground
1,225.00
1,225.00*
65. Tennis Courts-Stephens Field ..
3,500.00
3,500.00*
66. Power Roller for Park Dept.
1,325.00
1,325.00*
67. New By-Pass Water Construction
4,050.00
4,050.00*
68. New Truck for Water Dept.
1,380.00
1,380.00*
69. Cemetery Improvement
2,000.00
2,000.00
70. Truck for School Dept.
2,100.00
2,100.00*
75. Hedge School Playground Repairs
5,000.00
5,000.00
76. Gas Masks for Fire Dept.
3,061.50
. . .
77. New Hose for Fire Dept.
1,251.00
1,251.00
78. Airhorn for Fire Dept.
1,500.00
1,500.00*
79. Car for Fire Dept.
600.00
600.00*
80. Truck for Forest Warden's Dept.
2,199.00
.
81. Purchase of Morton Land
1,200.00
1,200.00*
82. Purchase of Emond Land
2,000.00
. ..
83.
Spanish War Veterans' Convention
2,500.00
2,000.00
84. New Street-Braunecker Road ..
100.00
100.00
85. Water Loan
150,000.00
150,000.00
86. Water Loan
40,000.00
. . . ...
87. Channel Dredging
30,000.00
91. Harbor Committee
?
200.00
92.
Fish Pier Committee
150.00
·
.
93. Building Inspector
2,600.00
101.
Little Pond Road Surfacing
?
. .....
102. Sewer-Samoset Street
?
106. Revaluation Survey
29,900.00
29,000.00*
107.
Alterations at Nelson Street
350.00
350.00
Total of Special Articles
$330,725.52
Total of Article 6
1,446,185.61
GRAND TOTAL
$1,776,911.13
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Article 7. To take such action as the Town shall see fit in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,400.00, including the Dog Tax of $1,580.09.
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Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of forty-seven hundred and seventy dollars ($4,770) to be expended by the Plymouth Public Library for the Loring Library.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,700.00.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding eleven hundred and twenty-five dollars ($1,125) in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,125.00.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding seven hundred dollars ($700) for the Observance of Memorial Day, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $650.00.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the annual Ob- servance of July 4th and that the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars ($175) of that amount be expended in said observance for the sponsoring of children's sports, the whole to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,400.00.
Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600) for the Ob-
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servance of Armistice Day, said appropriation to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $350.00.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for the Observance of Thanksgiving Day, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $500.00.
Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of thirty-one hundred dollars ($3,100) toward the employment of one or more district nurses, said appropri- ation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,100.00.
Article 15. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture and to choose a Town Director, as provided in Sections 41 and 45, Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws, and act thereon.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $150.00.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place, by posting such notice of sale in some conven- ient and public place in the Town, fourteen (14) days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under
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tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whom- soever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate or take any action relative thereto.
The Committee recommends favorable action.
Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding six hundred and sixty dollars ($660) for compensation and expenses of the Dog Officer re- quired by Chapter 320 of the Acts of 1934.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $660.00.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept fifteen (15) cemetery perpetual care funds, amounting to forty-one hundred dollars ($4,100) and deposited in the Plymouth Savings Bank, and one cemetery perpetual care fund, amounting to one thousand dollars ($1,000) and deposited in the Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, received and deposited in the year 1948 in accordance with the usual votes of the Cemetery Commissioners and Selectmen, and listed as New Funds in the town report.
The Committee recommends favorable action.
Article 19. To see what amount the Town will au- thorize as a transfer from the Reserve from Overlayings of Taxes to the Reserve Account in the hands of the Ad- visory and Finance Committee.
The Committee recommends the transfer of $15,000. from the Reserve from Overlayings of Taxes.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for the improvement of Court Street ($12,000) and Rocky Hill Road ($8,000),
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Chapter 90 construction; Route 44 and Federal Furnace Road ($3,000); Chapter 90 maintenance; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $23,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
Article 21. To see if the Town will assume liabilty in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts for the improvement, develop- ment, maintenance and protection of rivers, harbors, tidewaters and foreshores, in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.
The Committee recommends favorable action.
Article 22. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars for the pur- pose of continuing the Survey and Assessor's Plans. Money to be expended under the direction of the Assess- ors.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,500.00.
Article 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding one thousand eighty-eight dollars ($1,088) to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen under Section 6A of Chapter 40 of the Gen- eral Laws for the purpose of advertising its resources, advantages and attractions.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,088.00.
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Article 24. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) to enter- tain distinguished guests as provided in Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 37 of the General Laws; said appropri- ation to be spent under the direction of the Board of Se- lectmen.
The Committee recommends no action, since there is at present $296.00 available for this purpose.
Article 25. To see what amount the Town will vote to appropriate or transfer from available funds to pro- vide for a stabilization fund as authorized by the provi- sions of Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945, or take any action thereto.
The Committee recommends no action.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750) for the purpose of maintaining during the en- suing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $750.00.
Article 27. To see if the Town will authorize the Se- lectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of any equipment or material in the hands of any department under their supervision and deemed by the Selectmen to be obsolete and of no further use to said department.
The Committee recommends favorable action.
Article 28. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700) for labor and ex- penses for the cultivation, propagation and protection of
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shellfish, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $700.00.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of twenty-nine hundred and fifty dollars ($2,950) for the purpose of installing a new main sewer in Nicks Rock Road and Ocean View Avenue.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,950.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of forty-five hundred and sixty-five dollars ($4,565) for the purpose of installing a new connecting sewer in South Street and Mt. Pleasant Street.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,565.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for the purchase of a new roller for the Highway Department, and to dispose of the 1929 roller now in service.
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