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Item 5. That one efficient clerk be employed for the offices ofthe School Department and High School Principal.
Voted, To recommend that the School Committee give due consideration to miscellaneous recommendation No. 5 in the School Investigating Committee's report.
Item 6. Better grade of service in Janitors.
Voted, To recommend that the School Committee adopt M:8- cellaneous recommendation No. 6, in the School Investigating Committee's report, regarding Janitors and Janitor service.
Item 7. Policy of purchasing and distributing supplies.
Voted, To refer to School Committee.
Item 8. Survey of educational system.
Voted, To refer to School Committee. Item 9. Superintendent rights.
Voted, To recommend that the School Committee give due consideration to Miscellaneous recommendation No, 9, as con- tained in the School Investigating Committee's report.
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Moderator appointed and swore in the following persons as eller ;: Wm. Combie, W. Annas, C. Cross, T. Bannon, W. Gay.
Voted, To take from the table, schoolhouse repairs.
Voted, To recommend that the School Committee adopt the recommendations of the School Investigating Committee regard- ing methods of handling Schoolhouse repairs, as follows :
:. That a supervisor of buildings be appointed with duties substantially as outlined in the Investigating Committee's report.
2. That a regular schedule be established for attending to regular repairs and renovations, and that the same be carried out systematically from year to year, to the end that each school- house may receive its due share of attention.
Voted, That the Moderator appoint a Committee of three citizens, including a member of the School Committee and a member of the Finance Committee, to investigate the heating system in the various schoolhouses, and to report not later than the next annual town meeting on the advisability of replacing such system as they may find inefficient and expensive to operate, with modern equipment, and to make such recommendations as they may deem pertinent.
The following committee were appointed, Francis M. Hill, Charles Gibbs and John C. Pitman.
Voted, To recommend that the School Committee install adequate electric lighting system in all schoolhouses where, at present, there is no lighting equipment, or where existing equip- ment is inadequate.
Voted, That when we adjourn we shall hold meeting on April 1, 6, 8, 15.
ART. 12. Voted, Not to abolish Manual Training.
Voted, That the budget for School and Schoolhouse repairs be laid on the table.
ART. 13. Voted, Not to abolish Domestic Science.
ART. 14. Franklin Drawing Course.
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Voted, To refer to School Committee.
Mr. Pratt gave notice that he would ask for the reconsidera- ation of Article 13.
ART. 15. To abolish the Junior High School System.
Under consideration at time of closing.
Voted, At 10.30 P.M., to adjourn to April 1, 1925, at 8 o'clock, P.M.
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER, Town Clerk.
Adjourned Town Meeting. April 1, 1925.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 8 o'clock, P.M.
Voted, That the reading of records of last meeting be dis- pensed with.
Mr. Pratt moved that Article 13 be reconsidered.
Voted, Not to reconsider Article 13.
ART. 15. To instruct the School Committee to abolish the Junior High system.
Voted, That it is the consensus of opinion that the School Committee should thoroughly investigate the Junior High School system, so called as it is operated in the public schools of this town and elsewhere, and report on the same in its next annual report, and cause to be inserted in the warrant for the next annual town meeting such articles, if any, as the committee shall deem expedient to enable the citizens to vote on their recommendations.
Articles 16, 17,18, 19, 20, were laid on the table, as the mat- ter was to be taken up in the warrant for the Special Town Meeting to be held April 6, 1925.
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The Moderator appointed and swore in the following citizens as tellers : Thomas Baldwin, C. Humes, D. Murphy, H. Allen and A. Foster.
ART. 21. Oaklandvale School.
Voted, That the sum of $8,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated to be spent at the Oaklandvale School, for the purpose of finishing two rooms on the first floor, and building an addition to the southwesterly corner for an entrance, stair- way, coat rooms, toilets, and teachers' rooms, according to plan offered by the Oaklandvale Improvement Association, and that a committee of five citizens, including one member of the School Committee, be appointed by the Moderator to have charge of the expenditure of the amount appropriated in this article. The following committee were appointed : A. D. Hitchings, Mortimer Mellen, Frank Berthold, E. W. Hunne- will and H. A. Messer.
ART. 22. Land on Fairmount avenue for school purposes.
Voted, That the town purchase for school purposes the parcel of land in Lynnhurst described in Article 22.
ART. 23. Purchasing land as called for in Article 22.
Voted, That the sum of $312.50 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of purchasing for school purposes a parcel of land situated on Fairmount avenue, southwesterly by Vinegar Hill, 75 feet ; northwesterly by lot 291, 67.21 feet ; northeasterly by lots numbered 505, 506, 507, 75 feet ; south- easterly by lot 287, 68.88 feet, and the Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to make such purchase. Yeas 165, Nays o.
ART. 24. For making a preliminary survey for sewerage system.
Voted, That the sum of $1, 100 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of having a preliminary survey of the town made, to ascertain the possibilities of a sewerage sys- tem, said sum to be expended and such survey to be made under the direction of the Planning Board. Yeas, 135. Nays, 19.
ART. 25. Sealed bids for all contracts.
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Voted, That all departments be instructed to call for sealed. bids on all contracts entered into by the town where the sum of money involved exceeds $100 on any one contract.
ART. 26. For interior repairs in Town Hall.
Voted, That the sum of $2,500 be and the same hereby is appropriated to be expended under supervision of the Board of Selectmen, for the purpose of installing new plumbing, interior painting, new stage curtain and making other interior repairs in the Town Hall, sealed bids to be called for on all contracts, same to be awarded the lowest responsible bidder.
ART. 27. Purchasing Stackpole's Field.
Voted, That the sum of $2,400 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of purchasing Stackpole's Field, so called, for playground purposes. Yeas, 165. Nays, o.
ART. 28. To purchase land for playground, Summer and Appleton streets.
Voted, that the Selectmen are authorized to purchase the land described in Article 28, for the sum of $2,400. Yeas, 165. Nays, o.
Voted, to take up Article 58. Yeas, 92. Nays, I.
ART. 58. To accept a deed of land from Cliftondale Recre- ation Park, Inc.
Voted, That the town accept as a gift a conveyance from Cliftondale Recreation Park, Inc., of all real estate of said cor- poration within the town limits for purposes of a public play - ground and that the Board of Selectmen be and it is hereby authorized and instructed on behalf of the town to accept a deed of said real estate. Yeas, 162. Nays, 2.
ART. 59. Maintenance of Playground at Cliftondale.
Voted, That the sum of $1,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the equipment and maintenance as a playground the real estate to be acquired by the town from the Cliftondale Recreation Park, Inc., under Article 58. Yeas, 140. Nays, I.
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ART. 60. Powers of Playgrounds.
Voted, That the powers conferred by Section 14, of Chapter 45 of the General Laws relating to Playgrounds shall be exer- cised by the School Committee until the town otherwise votes,
ART. 29. To sell a strip of Land, northerly side of Legion Building.
Voted, To authorize the Selectmen to sell a strip of land 10 feet wide on the northerly side of the lot upon which the Amer- ican Legion Building is situated on Lincoln avenue. Yeas, 162. Nays, o.
ART. 30. Lowering drain pipes on Washington avenue.
Voted, To lay on the table.
ART. 31. To install drainage system corner of Ballard street and Spencer avenue.
Voted, That Article 31 be referred to the Board of Selectmen, the work to be done out of the regular appropriation.
ART. 32. Fire Hydrant, corner of Pearl road and Central street.
Voted, That the sum of $125 be and the same is here appro- priated to install a Fire Hydrant on Central street, the same to be located by the Board of Fire Engineers.
ART. 33. Fire Hydrant on Churchill street.
Voted, That the sum of $125 be and the same is hereby appropriated to install a Fire Hydrant on Churchill street, the same to be located by the Board of Fire Engineers.
ART. 34. Honor Roll.
Voted, That the Moderator appoint a committee of 3 citizens to prepare a list of names to go on an Honor Roll, and also to submit to the next annual town meeting a definite proposal for a suitable Honor Roll. The following committee was appointed. Benjamin Q. Belonga, George E. Sprague and Ulric B. F. A. Jenkins.
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ART. 35. Shrubbery and curbing, on and around American Legion Lot.
Voted, That the sum of $550 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of placing shrubbery on, and a concrete curbing around the American Legion Lot in Riverside Cemetery, the same to be expended under the direction of the Cemetery Commissioners.
ART. 36. To petition the State for loan of State truck.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 37. Truck for the Water Department.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 38. To buy five ton tractor.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 39. To buy snow plow for tractor.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 40. To construct Municipal Garage.
Voted, To refer to Planning Board, to report its findings at the next annual town meeting.
ART. 41. To remove trees from sidewalk at 56 Essex street.
Voted, That the sum of $200 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the removal of elm trees from the sidewalk at 56 Essex street, the same to be done under the direction of the Tree Warden.
ART. 42. To accept the First Parish burial ground.
Voted, That the Selectmen be and they are hereby authorized to accept as a gift a deed from the First Parish Universalist Church of Saugus the First Parish Burying ground situated on the corner of Main and Central streets.
ART. 43. To make contract for Water supply.
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Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 44. Collection of water rates.
Voted, To lay on table.
ART. 45. To buy Air Compressor.
Voted, Not to buy.
Mr. Pratt moved to reconsider Article 45, which was carried.
ART. 45. Voted, That the sum of $1,200 be and the same is hereby appropriated to purchase an air compressor and equip- ment.
Mr. Evans moved to reconsider Article 43, which was carried.
ART. 43. Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen with power to act.
ART. 46. To extend water pipe of Walden avenue.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 47. To extend water pipes from Central street thru Walnut street.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 48. To extend water pipes on Ballard street.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 49. To extend water pipes on Fairmount and Won- derland avenues.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 50. To extend water pipes on Saville, Holland, Clark, Bridge, Mccullough, Fairview streets.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 51. To lay water pipes on Broadway from Main street.
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Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 52. To lay water pipes on Great Woods road and Hobson street.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 53. To lay water pipes on Burrill street.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 54. To extend water pipes on Howard street.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 55. To extend water pipes on Main street.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 56. To extend water pipes on Ruby road.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 57. To lay water pipes on Sylvan street, and Oak- wood avenue.
Voted, To refer to Board of Selectmen.
Voted, To take from table, Water Extension under Article 3.
Water Extension under discussion when the meeting adjourned.
Voted, At 10.40 P. M. to adjourn to April 6, 1925, at 8.15 o'clock, P. M.
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER, Town Clerk.
Adjourned Town Meeting.
April 6, 1925.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 8.15 o'clock, P.M.
Voted, That the reading of records of last meeting be dispensed with.
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Voted, To take Article 30 from the table.
ART. 30. Lowering the drain pipes on Washington avenue.
Voted, That the sum of $600 be and hereby is appropriated for lowering drain pipes on Washington avenue, in that part of Saugus called Lynnhurst, and connect through blind drain to land on either side to prevent water from entering the cellars of residents from the street.
Voted, To take up Article 44.
ART. 44. An Act for the collection of water rates.
Voted, To accept Chapter 391, Acts of 1923.
Voted, To take up appropriation for Water Extension.
Voted, That the sum of $25,000, be and the same is hereby appropriated for Water Extension, provided that in the expendi- ture of said appropriation the requirements of Section 77 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws shall be strictly observed. Yeas, 143. Nays, 2.
Motion to reconsider the vote on Water Extension was lost.
Adjourned at II o'clock P. M. to April 22, 1925, at 8 o'clock.
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER, Town Clerk.
Adjourned Town Meeting.
April 22, 1925.
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at 8.05 o'clock, P.M. ; 106 being present.
Voted, That the reading of records of last meeting be dis- pensed with.
ART. 61. Collection of taxes.
Voted, That all taxes for the year 1925 shall be due and payable not later than October 2, 1925, and on all taxes remait-
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ing unpaid after November 1, 1925, interest shall be paid at the rate fixed by law.
Voted to take from table the matter of School Loans.
Voted, That the sum of $7,553.75 be and the same is hereby appropriated for interest on Schoolhouse Loans.
Voted, To take Article 10 from the table.
ART. 10. Contract with Lynn Gas & Electric Co. for Street Lighting.
Voted, That Article 10 be referred to the Board of Selectmen with power to act.
Voted, To take from the table, interest on Schoolhouse Loan Bonds.
Voted, That the sum of $12,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Schoolhouse Loan Bonds.
ART. 62. Rate of pay to town laborers at 60 cents per hour and for truck drivers at 73 cents per hour. 1
Voted, That Article 62, be referred to Board of Selectmen.
ART. 63. For Selectmen not to serve as Fire Engineers.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone Article 63.
ART. 64. For repairs on Spring street, motion to refer to Selectmen was lost.
Notice was given to reconsider Article 64.
Moderator appointed and swore in the following persons as tellers : F. Newhall, S. Watson, H. Robinson and A. Foster.
ART. 65. For permanent repairs on Cleveland avenue.
Voted, That the town appropriate the sum of $2,000 to put grade and permanently repair Cleveland avenue from Jefferson avenue to the Lynn and Saugus line, using rocks and gravel with a coat of tar to preserve the road.
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ART. 66. For repairs on Main street from Howard street to Wakefield line.
Voted, That the sum of $2,500 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the repair of Main street from the junction of Howard street to the Wakefield line.
Voted, To reconsider Article 64.
ART, 64. Voted, That the sum of $300 be and is hereby appropriated for repairs and resurfacing of Spring street.
ART. 67. To buy Stone Crusher.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 68. Unpaid bills for 1923 in School Department.
Voted, That the sum of $141 be and the same is hereby appro- priated for the unpaid bills of the School Department incurred in the year 1923.
ART. 69. Unpaid bills in Overseers' Department for 1921.
Voted, That the sum of $85.63 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the unpaid bills of the Overseers Department incurred in the year 1921.
ART. 50. Unpaid bills for 1924.
Voted, That the sum of $1,500 and the same is hereby ap- propriated for the unpaid bills of 1924.
ART. 71. To accept Parker street.
Voted, to indefinitely postpone.
ART. 72. To accept Granite road.
Voted, That the town accept Granite road as described in Article 72.
ART. 73. To accept Hayden road.
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Voted, That the town accept Hayden road as described in Article 73.
ART. 74. To accept Hood street.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ART. 75. To accept Kenwood avenue, Waban street and Laconia avenue.
Voted, That the town accept Kenwood avenue, Waban street and Laconia avenue, as described in Article 75.
ART. 76. To accept Westland avenue and Westford street.
Voted, That the town accept Westland avenue and Westford street as described in Article 76.
ART. 77. To locate incandescent lights.
Voted, To refer to the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 78. To establish purchasing department.
Voted, That Article 78 be referred to the Finance Committee for investigation, and to report at the next Annual Town Meeting.
Voted, To take from table the appropriation for Schools.
Voted, That the sum of $172,500.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the general expenses of the School De- partment in 1925.
Voted, To take from table the appropriation for Schoolhouse repairs.
Voted, That the sum of $9,645 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Schoolhouse repairs.
Voted, at 9.40 o'clock P. M., to dissolve the meeting.
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
April 6, 1925.
ESSEX, SS.
To W. Charles Sellick Constable of the Town of Saugus, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Saugus, qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Monday evening, April 6, A. D. 1925, at eight o'clock,. to hear and act on the following articles, viz :-
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear and act on reports of committees.
ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to acquire through private sale or by right of eminent domain for school purposes the land and build- ings adjoining the Lincoln school property on the easterly side of said property, these properties being described as follows : (1) land with the buildings thereon, situated on Lincoln avenue and commonly known as number 260-262 now or formerly owned by George H. Bruce, and (2) land with the buildings thereon, situated on Baker street and commonly known as number 5, now or formerly owned by Jennie L. Shaw; and to appropriate therefor a sum not to exceed $7,500, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the School Investigating Committee.
ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to sell at public auction the building situated on Lincoln avenue on what is commonly known as the Lincoln School property and which building is commonly known as the Lincoln School, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the School Investigating Committee.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to sell at public auction the buildings
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on such land adjoining the Lincoln School property as the town may acquire under Article 3, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the School Investigating Committee.
ART. 6. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise a sum not to exceed $80,000, for the purpose of erecting upon the Lincoln School lot and such adjoining land as may be acquired by the town an elemen- tary eight room school house, and to provide the same with new and original equipment, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the School Inves- tigating Committee.
ART. 7. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee of five citizens, one of whom shall be a member of the School Committee to have full charge of all matters relating to the construction of an elementary eight room school house on the Lincoln School property and such adjoining land as may be acquired by the town and to provide new and original equipment for said building, and said committee shall have full authority to bind the town in all contracts and obligations which they may deem necessary and expedient to enter into in connection with said work in a sum not to exceed $80,000, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the School Investigating Committee.
ART. 8. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2,615.85 for the suppression of Gypsy Moth in the town of Saugus, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Thomas E. Berrett and others.
ART. 9. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to petition the next General Court for legislation to provide that the Planning Board shall act as the Board of Survey, agreeable to the petition of Herbert P. Mason and others.
ART. 10. To see if the town will appropriate the sun of $1,000 to be taken from the surplus, for repairs on the Legion Building. Board of Selectmen.
ART. II. To see if the town will vote to amend Article 8, Section 3, of the By-Laws by changing the words "twenty-one"
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to "thirty" so that the first sentence of said Article shall read "Any Board, standing committee, or officer of the town, or any person or persons iutending to ask an appropriation at any meet- ing of the town, other than the regular annual appropriation, shall file a written notice in the office of the Selectmen of such intention at least thirty days before such meeting, stating the object and the sum of the appropriation intended to be asked," agreeable to the petition of Harry Woodward and others.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands and Town Seal this sixteenth day of March, A.D., nineteen hundred twenty-five.
[TOWN SEAL]
VERNON W. EVANS, HAROLD E. DODGE, C. F. NELSON PRATT, Selectmen, Town of Saugus.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, SS.
April 6, 1925.
Pursuant hereunto I have served the within warrant as directed by posting attested copies at Town Hall and Austin's store in Precinct One ; Post Office and Morrison's store in Pre- cinct Two; Upham's store and Evans' store in Precinct Three ; Pleasant Hills depot and store on Essex street, formerly McNally store, in Precinct Four ; Lowell's and Corbett's store in Precinct Five, at least seven days before said meeting and distrib- uted to the inhabitants at least four days before according to the By-Laws.
W. CHARLES SELLICK,
Constable.
A true copy. Attest :
HENRY A. PARKER,
Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
April 6, 1925.
The meeting was called to order by Town Clerk, Henry A. Parker, at eight o'clock P.M., 106 being present.
Upon motion which was carried, the reading of the articles was dispensed with.
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator.
Voted, Upon motion, which was carried, the Town Clerk was ordered to cast one ballot for Frank P. Bennett, Jr., for Moderator, who after being sworn by the Town Clerk, took charge of the meeting.
ART. 2. Reports of Committees. No reports.
Moderator appointed and swore in the following citizens as tellers : W. Dyer, R. Gautreau, C. Cross, S. C. Maddox and W. Gay.
ART. 3. To purchase land and buildings for schoolhouse.
Voted, That the Board of Selectmen be and the same are hereby directed to acquire by right of eminent domain the land and buildings adjoining the Lincoln School property on the easterly side of said property, these properties being described as follows : (1) land with buildings thereon, situate on Lincoln avenue and commonly known as numbers 260 to 262, now or formerly owned by George H. Bruce, and (2) land with build- ings thereon situate on Baker street and commonly known as number 5, now or formerly owned by Jennie L. Shaw, and the sum of $7,500 is hereby appropriated therefor. Yeas, 171. Nays, II.
ART. 4. To sell buildings on Lincoln avenue known as Lincoln school property.
Voted, To lay on the table until Article 6 was passed on.
ART. 5. To sell buildings on land adjoining Lincoln School.
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Voted, To lay on table until Article 6 was passed on.
ART. 6. To appropriate money for new eight room school- house.
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