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ARTICLE 16.
Voted: That the laying out of a town way substantially in the location of a private way known as Anawan Avenue as made and reported by the selectmen be accepted. 9:48 P. M.
ARTICLE 24.
Voted : That the Board of Selectmen be and they are hereby authorized to take by eminent domain or by purchase an ease- ment for water supply purposes over land of Ena L. Metcalf and Florence M. Grozier lying between two unconnected por- tions of Golden Hills Road, a distance of approximately 400 feet, and One hundred (100) Dollars is hereby appropriated for damages for such taking or for purchase of said easement for water supply purposes. Yeas 106. Nays 0. 9:49 P. M.
ARTICLE 29.
Voted : That the Board of Selectmen be and they are hereby authorized on behalf of the town to take by eminent domain under Chapter 79 of the General Laws or acquire by purchase, for drainage purposes, an easement approximately fifteen feet wide from Lincoln Avenue through Guild Road, a private way, and a portion of Clement Road, a private way, and for a distance of approximately 1000 feet southeasterly from
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Clement Road through private property, to a brook, and that the sum of $100.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for damages for such taking or for such purchase. Yeas 101. Nays 0. 9:50 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 4 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 4. Voted: That the sum of $2,315.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the Selectmens Department, in- cluding $500.00 as salary of the Chairman and $350.00 for salaries of the other two members.
Voted: to take Item 11 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 11. Voted: That the sum of $1,600.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the Law Department. 9:51 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 14 of Article 3 from the table
Item 14. Voted: That the sum of $4,800.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the Town Hall Account. 9:52 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 16 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 16. Voted: That the sum of $4,460.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Removal of Ashes account. 9:59 P. M ..
Voted: to take Item 19 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 19. Voted: That the sum of $30,350.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the Police Department. 10:01 P. M. (Reconsidered)
Voted : to take Item 20 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 20. Voted to return Item 20 to the table.
Voted: to take Item 22 and 22a from the table.
Item 22 and 22a. Voted to return Item 22 and 22a to the table.
Voted: to take Item 23 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 23. Voted: That the sum of $2,100.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the Fire & Police Building
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Account.
Voted: to take Item 27 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 27. Voted: That the sum of $1,050.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the Inspector of Buildings Department. 10:09 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 29 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 29. Voted: That the sum of $5,000.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the Gypsy Moth Department. 10:20 P. M.
Voted: To take Item 30, Article 3 from the table.
Item 30. Voted: That the sum of $1,000.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the Tree Warden's Depart- ment.
Voted : to take Item 37 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 37. Voted: That the sum of $4,000.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for State Aid. 10:21 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 38 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 38. Voted: That the sum of $19,000.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Soldiers' Relief.
Voted: to take Article 32 from the table.
Article 32. Voted: that the sum of $175.00 is hereby ap- propriated to indemnify Ralph E. Berrett for expenses in- curred by him in an action of tort brought against him. 10:30 P. M.
In accordance with a motion voted previously at this ad- journed session, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 P. M.
A true copy. Attest :
WALTER A. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
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February 24, 1935.
Town Clerk, Saugus, Mass.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with Chapter 55 of the Acts of 1928 the Town Meeting Members of Precinct Four assembled in the old courtroom of the Town Hall to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edwin K. Hayden.
Waldo B. Russell was elected chairman.
John A. Taylor was elected secretary.
William A. Daniels received 9 votes and was declared to be elected.
Signed : WALDO B. RUSSELL,
Chairman.
A true copy. Attest :
RUTH E. GATCHELL, Ass't Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
February 24, 1936.
The meeting was called to order by the Hon. Frank P. Bennett, Jr., the Moderator at 8:17 P. M.
The salute to the flag was given.
The reading of the records of the previous meeting was waived by unanimous consent.
The following tellers were appointed and duly sworn :
DOROTHY EYRE
FRANK O. GATCHELL
WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG
WILLARD MOSES
Voted : to reconsider Item 19 of Article 3.
Item 19. Voted: that the sum of $31,100 be and the same is hereby appropriated for police department. 9:00 P. M.
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Article 39. Voted: to take Article 39 from the table.
At this time the committee to investigate the fire and police signal system submitted their report.
Report of Committee To Investigate The Fire and Police Signal System
To the Moderator and Members of the Limited Town Meeting of the Town of Saugus:
At the Special Town Meeting held September 30th, 1935, the matter of purchasing and installing a Fire and Police Signal System under Articles 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the war- rant for that meeting was referred to a Committee, composed of Messrs. Frank B. Sloan, Joseph Haskell, Ernest W. Homan, William H. Armstrong, and Lewis O. Stocker, for report at the next annual town meeting.
The Committee has inspected the old Fire Alarm equip- ment and found it antique, inadequate, and undependable.
The fact that the Public Works Building, where the board, batteries, and repeater are located, is now unoccupied except during ordinary business hours is an additional hazard now existing. It is doubtful if this old equipment would survive moving to other quarters, and fire damage from any cause would leave the Town virtually without an alarm system.
With luck, the old system may operate for some time longer as well as it has in the past, but it is decrepit, and your Com- mittee feels there is need of a new system.
A new Fire Alarm system will run into a very substantial amount of money, and your Committee has not as yet been satisfied with the layouts and prices which it has thus far been able to obtain.
Mutual Aid with other surrounding Towns has many very advantageous features for this Town, yet it appears that this facility will cost several thousands of dollars.
The installation of a modern Police Signal System, hanging wires for it at the same time that new Fire Alarm cables are hung, has many desirable features. Rented Telephone Com- pany equipment now in use for Police call boxes might be
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done away with at a saving to the Town of $1,100 per year, if such a combined Fire and Police System were to be in- stalled. Even bearing this in mind, the estimated costs are not acceptable to this Committee.
It is the opinion of the Committee that reliably priced estimates are unobtainable until it is more definitely estab- lished just what our requirements are.
This Committee and, through the Committee, the Town should be in the position to know just what is best and most advantageous to buy, before making definite requests for ap- propriations for such systems.
The entire matter is much more complicated than would first appear. Further, the regulations of the New England Insurance Exchange and the National Board of Fire Under- writers should be strictly complied with on any new appara- tus which may be recommended and installed in the future for a Fire Alarm System. This Committee if continued will proceed on this basis: That whatever changes or improve- ments are recommended to be made, shall, when so installed, produce maximum credits on our insurance rating.
Therefore, the Committee recommends that a competent Engineer be consulted to draw up plans and specifications, in conjunction with this Committee and the Superintendent of Fire Alarm, for the best minimum facilities for the Town of Saugus.
The Committee further recommends that this report be accepted as a report of progress, and that the same Commit- tee be continued for report at a subsequent Town Meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
LEWIS O. STOCKER,
Chairman. February 24, 1936.
Voted : to accept the report as a report of progress and to continue the committee.
The following motion was offered under Article 39.
Voted : that the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.) be
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and the same is hereby appropriated for the expenses of the Fire and Police Signal System Committee, and for the en- gaging of engineering counsel to work in conjunction with this Committee and the Superintendent of Fire Alarm for the purpose of making surveys and the drafting of specifications for the future purchase and installation of a Fire and Police Signal System for the Town of Saugus, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of said Committee. Yeas 60. Nays 66. 9:37 P. M. The motion was lost.
Item 18. Voted: To take Item 18 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 18 .. Voted: That the sum of $3,534 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the Engineering Department. 10:011/2 P. M. (Reconsidered)
Voted: to take Item 20 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 20. Voted: That the sum of $4,834.80 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Pensions. 10:12 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 43 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 43. Voted: That the sum of $22,000.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Water Purchase. 10:121/2 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 45 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 45. Voted: That the sum of $1,000.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Water Extension. 10:13 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 9 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 9. Voted: That the sum of $9,450.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the Assessors Department, includ- ing $1,750.00 as salaries of the Assessors, being $650.00 for Chairman's salary and $550.00 each for two assessors. 10:14 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 22 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 22. Voted: That the sum of $29,000 be and the same hereby is appropriated for firemen's salaries. 10:15 P. M.
Voted : to take Item 25 of Article 3 from the table.
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Item 25. Voted: That the sum of $8,000 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the expenses of the Fire Depart- ment. 10:151% P. M.
The meeting adjourned at 10:16 P. M.
A true copy. Attest :
RUTH E. GATCHELL,
Ass't Town Clerk.
February 12, 1936.
To the Town Clerk, Saugus, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I hereby accept the office of Limited Town Meeting Member from Precinct Six.
Signed : WILLIAM L. DOWLING
A true copy. Attest :
WALTER A. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
February 24, 1936.
To the Town Clerk, Saugus, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I hereby accept the office of Limited Town Meeting Member from Precinct Four.
Signed :
WILLIAM H. DANIELS
A true copy. Attest :
WALTER A. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 2, 1936.
The meeting was called to order by Hon. Frank P. Bennett, Jr., the moderator, at 8:16 P. M.
The salute to the flag was given.
The reading of the records of the previous meeting was waived by unanimous consent.
The following tellers were appointed and duly sworn:
PETER W. AINSLIE
MARJORIE STOCKER
HOWARD W. MORSE WILLIAM F. HUBBARD
Voted: to take Article 46 from the table.
Notice was given for reconsideration of Item 18 of Article 3. 8:22 P. M.
ARTICLE 46.
Voted: that the town accept Section 37 of Chapter 82 of the General Laws. 8:25 P. M.
Voted : to take Item 40 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 40. Voted: That the sum of $20,000.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Highways, Fences and Bridges, including purchase of one new light truck. 8:26 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 40a of Article 3 from the table.
Item 40a. Voted: That the sum of $2,000.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Asphalt & Peastone for Sur- face Treatment of Roads. 8:27 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 41 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 41. Voted: That the sum of $14,000.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Snow & Ice Removal Ac- count. 8:36 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 15 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 15. Voted: That the sum of $7,250.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for the Public Works Depart-
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ment, including purchase of a new light coupe, oil burner, and toilet facilities in office building. 8:38 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 42 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 42. Voted: That the sum of $14,485.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Street Lighting, including lighting of Salem Turnpike in Saugus and traffic lights. 8:41 P. M.
Voted: to reconsider Item 18 of Article 3.
The previous question was ordered.
Item 18. Voted: that the sum of $3,714.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the Engineering Department. Yeas 80. Nays 16. 9:12 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 44 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 44. Voted: That the sum of $19,000.00 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Water Maintenance, includ- ing the purchase of one new light truck, and the raising of 20 hydrants to proper levels. 9:14 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 58 of Article 3 from the table.
Voted: to lay Item 58 of Article 3 on the table.
Voted: to take Item 64 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 64. Voted : That the sum of $436.25 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Interest on Water Loans. 9:19 P. M.
Voted: to take Article 6 from the table.
ARTICLE 6.
Voted: That the sum of $500 be and it is hereby appropri- ated for drainage construction on Dudley and Richards Streets, to care for surface drainage. 9:20 P. M.
Voted: to take Article 7 from the table.
Voted : to indefinitely postpone Article 7.
Voted: to take Article 8 from the table.
ARTICLE 8.
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Voted: that the Town appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to be used in conjunction with the sum of $2,000. from the State and $1,000.00 by the County, under the provisions of Section 34 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, in widening and surfacing Walnut Street. 9:40 P. M.
Voted: to take Article 9 from the table.
ARTICLE 9. Voted: to indefinitely postpone Article 9. Voted: to take Article 10 from the table.
ARTICLE 10. Voted: to indefinitely postpone Article 10. Voted: to take Article 11 from the table. ARTICLE 11.
Voted: to indefinitely postpone Article 11.
Voted: to take Article 13 from the table.
ARTICLE 13.
Voted: that the Town appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the construction of Woodbury Avenue, Hesper Street and Twin Spring Road to be used in connection with the sum of $6,000 appropriated by the State and $3,000 appropriated by the County of Essex, under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, provided that water mains are in place under the surface of any street to be constructed under this action. 10:03 P. M.
Voted: to take Article 23 from the table.
ARTICLE 23.
Voted: that Article 23 be referred to the Town Counsel and the Board of Selectmen.
Voted : to take Article 25 from the table.
ARTICLE 25.
Voted: That the sum of $600.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated to indemnify firemen or members of the Fire Department for expenses and damages sustained as the result
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of the explosion and fire at the Town Garage on July 29, 1935, including any loss of pay, to be expended under direction of the Board of Selectmen. Yeas 126. Nays 0. 10:13 P. M.
Voted : to take Article 36 from the table.
ARTICLE 36.
Voted: that the sum of $20.80 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the Unpaid Bill of 1934 of W. D. Adlington for material supplied for repairs to Old Hose House at East Saugus. 10:14 P. M.
Voted : to take Article 34 from the table.
The Planning Board submitted its report relative to this article.
Report of The Planning Board
The Planning Board after advertisement in the Saugus Herald issue of January 31, 1936, held a public hearing on article thirty-four (34) of the Town Meeting Warrant in their office on February 10, 1936. After hearing all facts, the board does not recommend the passage of said article.
HARRY W. MERRILL,
Chairman.
ARTICLE 34.
Voted: to indefinitely postpone Article 34.
Voted: to take Article 37 from the table.
ARTICLE 37.
Voted: to indefinitely postpone Article 37.
Voted: to take Item 58 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 58. Voted: that the sum of $12,993.29 be and the same hereby is appropriated for Insurance. 10:32 P. M.
Voted: to adjourn without date. Yeas 105. Nays 0. 10:52 P. M.
A true copy. Attest :
WALTER A. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
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Extract from meeting of City Council
January 30, 1935.
"On motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously voted by the City Council as follows:
"The City Council of the City of Lynn hereby approved the terms of the written agreement herewith filed with the exception that there is to be added therein, at a point therein suitable to the City Solicitor, the following :
"The Town will not use the City's overflow sewer line, after connection thereto, unless in case of emergency and then only with consent of the Superintendent of Sewers of the City of Lynn or its Commission on Ways and Drainage, or other authority having charge of sewers in said City."
A true copy. Attest :
JOSEPH W. ATTWILL, City Clerk.
Received Town Clerk's Office
March 4, 1936, 3h P. M. Town of Saugus.
A true copy. Attest :
WALTER A. WILSON,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 16, 1936
ESSEX, SS.
To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus: GREETINGS :
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 Elections and Town affairs to assemble in the Town Hall, on Monday Evening, March 16, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-six, at Eight O'Clock, to hear and act on the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1. To hear and act on reports of Committees.
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ART. 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250) to indemnify Ro- land Mansfield for expenses incurred by him in defense of certain actions of tort brought against him for damages al- leged to have been sustained as the result of certain acts and arrests made by said Roland Mansfield in the course of his duty as Chief of Police of the Town of Saugus; or to see what action the town will take in the matter.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of laying out and con- structing a system of main drains and common sewers and a force main for discharging the Town's sewage into the outfall sewer of the City of Lynn, for acquiring land or easements and for paying an entrance fee to the City of Lynn as pro- vided by an "Agreement between the Town of Saugus and the City of Lynn Regarding Discharge of Saugus Sewage into Lynn Outfall Sewer," dated December 31, 1935, all in accor- dance with the provisions of Chapter 350 of the Acts of 1929 as amended by Chapter 259 of the Acts of 1933 and Chapter 259 of the Acts of 1929 as amended by Chapter 71 of the Acts of 1933, said appropriation to be used by itself or in conjunction with any funds which the Federal Government may make available for the project, or to take any action relative thereto, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be spent under the direction of the Sewer Committee, for the purpose of preparing an application or applications for funds from the Federal Government and the supporting data and plans for such applications and for doing all other work necessary to obtain funds from the Federal Government, said applications to relate to the construction of a part or all of a system of sewers, including the construction of a force main for discharging the Town's sewage into the outfall sewer of the City of Lynn and the payment of an En- trance Fee to the City of Lynn as provided by an "Agreement between the Town of Saugus and the City of Lynn Regarding Discharge of Saugus Sewage into Lynn Outfall Sewer," or to take any action relative thereto, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
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ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money, to be spent under the direction of the Sewer Committee, for any or all of the following purposes- (1) negotiating for the acquisition of a right-of-way for con- structing, operating, maintaining and repairing a main sewer or force main to be built in Lynn along the right-of-way of the Boston & Maine Railroad and across private property and (2) preparing plans and specifications and securing necessary approvals for constructing a main sewer or a force main for discharging the Town's sewage into the outfall sewer of the City of Lynn as provided for by an "Agreement between the Town of Saugus and the City of Lynn Regarding Discharge of Saugus Sewage into Lynn Outfall Sewer," or to take any action relative thereto, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,276.86 being the portion of the net expense so in- curred and appropriated by the County Commissioners upon the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus for the care, main- tenance, and repairs of the Hospital for the care of persons suffering from Tuberculosis, for the year 1935.
ART. 7. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $500.00 for Fourth of July celebration, said sum to be ex- pended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of William S. Rockhill and others.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of a town way on Charlotte Road in accordance with a report of Selectmen and plan filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not ex- ceeding Three Hundred and Four Dollars and Ten Cents ($304.10) to be raised by transfer from Fire Loss Receipts to be expended under the direction of the School Committee for the purchase of supplies, materials, equipment, etc., for the Saugus High School building, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the School Committee.
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ART. 10. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum not exceeding Thirteen Hundred and Forty-six dollars ($1346.00) to be raised by transfer from Fire Loss Receipts to be ex- pended under the direction of the School Committee for alter- ations and repairs to the Saugus High School building, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the School Committee.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Chapter 139 of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edition, or to see what action the town will take in the matter.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will accept as a gift from the Charles H. Bond Camp No. 104 Sons of Veterans U. S. A. Building Association, the land and building known as the G. A. R. Building, same to be preserved as a Memorial to the Grand Army of the Republic for all time, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Luther M. Butler and others.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Thirty Five Hundred Dollars, to repair and improve the Build- ing, known as the G. A. R. Building, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Luther M. Butler and others.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Play- ground Commission to tear down the building now located on Stackpole's Field, agreeable to the petition of Playground Commission.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to install a fire hy- drant between No. 30 and No. 50 Vine Street or see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the peti- tion of William C. Banks and others.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to change or add to the by-laws so that at least once during each town meeting and adjourned town meeting or special town meeting the mod- erator shall call a roll by the check list and a record shall be kept of the same and published in the Town Report, so that the voters of the town may know who attends, agreeable to the petition of William C. Banks and others.
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ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1200.00 (twelve hundred dollars) to be used for ma- terial, and equipment on the Anna Parker Playground, agree- able to the petition of the playground commissioners.
And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof at the usual places seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
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