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33. School House Repairs
3,976.24
5,000.00
6,972.49
7,000.00
4,000.00
34. Public Library .
5,494.22
5,500.00
6,996.50
9,781.00
7,500.00
Totals
$213,437.60 $215,492.70 $219,221.31 $228,998.38 $222,500.00
Charities and Soldiers' Relief
35. Board of Welfare .
$61,392.67
$60,000.00
$65,785.67
$40,000.00
$37,500.00
35a. Old Age Assistance
31,874.22
27,500.00
36. Infirmary
3,998.40
4,800.00
5,034.37
4,500.00
4,000.00
37. State Aid and Military Aid .
2,867.00
2,500.00
2,990.00
4,200.00
4,000.00
38. Soldiers' Relief
22,501.61
19,000.00
23,978.79
19,000.00
19,000.00
39. Soldiers' Burial
62.78
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Totals ,
$90,822.46
$86,400.00
$97,888.83
$99,674.22
$92,100.00
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Highways, Fences and Bridges
Expended 1935
Approp. 1936
Expended 1936 (Chap. 90 Maint.) $1,500.00 18,500.00
Estimated 1937
Recommended 1937
40. Highways, Fences and Bridges $19,587.70
$23,309.15
$20,000.00
40a. Asphalt and Pea Stone for Sur- face Treatment
2,000.00
2,000.00
6,000.00
5,000.00
40b. Reconstruct Elm Street Bridge
1,000.00
00.00
Spec. Art. 30
41. Snow and Ice
9,106.90
14,000.00
14,000.00
5,000.00
2,500.00
42. Street Lighting
13,248.95
13,485.00
13,485.00
13,500.00
13,500.00
Totals
$41,943.55
$50,485.00
$49,485.00
$47,809.15
$41,000.00
Enterprises and Cemeteries
43.
Water Purchase
$20,000.00
$20,000.00
$20,000.00
$22,000.00
$22,000.00
44. Water Maintenance
18,195.16
19,000.00
19,478.71
19,607.43
19,800.00
45. Water Extension .
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
46. Water Meters
236.70
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
47. Cemetery
7,401.84 ·
8,000.00
8,113.05
8,719.00
8,700.00
48.
Installing Gates
299.52
300.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
49.
Hydrants
249.61
300.00
700.01
1,500.00
1,000.00
Totals
$47,382.83
$48,850.00
$49,841.77
$53,876.43
$53,250.00
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$20,000.00
Health and Sanitation
50. Health Department
Expended 1935 $ 9,962.59
Approp. 1936 $11,000.00 100.00
Expended 1936 $10,995.01 86.25 1,025.00 550.00
Estimated 1937 $12,915.00
Recommended 1937 $12,500.00
51. Vital Statistics
89.75
100.00
100.00
52. Inspector of Plumbing
1,025.00
1,025.00 550.00
550.00
550.00
54. Inspector of Milk, Food and Provisions . .
300.00
300.00
300.00
1,560.00
1,200.00
55.
Collection of Garbage
2,878.55
2,949.00
2,949.00
2,949.00
2,949.00
Totals
$14,805.89
$15,924.00
$15,905.26
$19,099.00
$18,324.00
Recreation and Unclassified
56.
Memorial Day
$ 468.75
$ 500.00
$ 465.04
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
57. Town Reports (Ptg. and Dist.)
1,225.00
1,300.00
1,282.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
58. Insurance .
12,562.71
12,993.29
12,071.26
9,211.94
9,000.00
59. Playgrounds
1,136.12
1,200.00
2,075.93
3,618.00
2,000.00
60. Reserve Fund
(7,878.64)
8,000.00
(8,000.00)
8,000.00
8,000.00
61.
Trade School Tuition
1,417.89
1,500.00
1,170.23
1,500.00
1,200.00
Totals
$16,810.47
$25,493.29
$17,064.46
$24,029.94
$21,900.00
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1,025.00
1,025.00
53. Inspector of Cattle
550.00
80
Interest and Maturing Debt.
Expended 1935
Approp. 1936 $10,000.00 4,222.50 436.25
Expended 1936 $ 5,203.86 4,327.50 456.25
Estimated 1937 $10,000.00
Recommended 1937 $10,000.00
62. Interest on Temporary Loans . $ 8,325.91
63. Interest on School Loans . .
5,348.75
3,582.50 818.75
3,582.50
64. Interest on Water Loans . .
783.75
818.75
65. School House Loan Bonds
26,500.00
22,000.00
22,000.00
18,500.00
18,500.00
66. Water Loan Bonds
8,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
67. Welfare Loans, Notes & Bonds
*6,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
20,000.00
68. Interest on Welfare Notes ...
840.00
1,312.50
1,417.50
1,362.50
1,362.50
69. Fire and Police Station Bonds
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
70. Interest on Fire and Police Station Bonds .
2,600.00
2,355.75
2,437.50
2,275.00
2,275.00
Totals
$63,398.41
$63,327.00
$58,842.61
$64,038.75
$64,038.75
$659,425.40 $700,729.09 Total Article 3, $666,341.05 Total Special Articles, 63,370.10
Grand Total,
$729,711.15
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$629,620.72 $652,493.29
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Lewis O. Stocker, Chairman Bertrand D. Westendarp, Secretary
Charles E. Stillings Edward Gibbs, Jr.
Charles T. Anderson
Frederick J. England Ross E. Coon Clarence O. Martin.
TOWN OF SAUGUS ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 10, 1937
The meeting was called to order by Herbert P. Mason, Moderator, at 8:10 P. M.
The salute to the flag was given.
All Town Meeting Members not previously sworn in were qualified.
By unanimous consent the reading of the warrant was waived.
The following tellers were appointed and duly sworn by the moderator:
Elmer Emmett Harry Merrill J. Arthur Raddin James Entwistle
A count of the members was taken; a quorum was found present.
The Moderator appointed the Board of Selectmen as a committee for appraisement of town property.
Article 1.
The Finance Committee filed their report subject to the action of the meeting.
(See Page for Finance Committee Report)
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The Harbor and Dock Commission filed their report sub- ject to the action of the meeting.
The Sewer Committee filed their report on Articles 76, 77 and 78.
The Planning Board filed their reports on several arti- cles.
ROLL CALL
Brander, Walter T.
Present
Whittredge, Harlond V.
Absent
Cheever, Fred C.
Present
Clark, Arthur P.
Present
Day, Stanley W.
Absent
Conway, William J. Absent
Hitchings, Arthur D.
Absent
Davis, J. Harold Absent
Long, Wallace E.
Present
Kellogg, Anstrice Carter
Absent
McCarrier, George A.
Present
Peterson, Russell R.
Present
Peckham, Henry A. B.
Present
Phinney, Samuel A.
Present
Sellick, W. Charles
Present
Rossetti, Joseph P.
Present
Wilson, Charles
Present
Scott, Bertram A.
Present
Winslow, Henry B.
Absent
Smith, William R.
Present
Davis, Clarence
Absent
Bjorkman, Eric T.
Present
Hull, George I.
Present
Cunningham, C. Carroll
Present
Lendall, Frank N.
Present
Giles, Clarence L.
Absent Present
Mccullough, John F.
Absent
Hayes, Paul J.
Mccullough, Welcome W.
Absent
O'Connor, Charles M.
Present
Sawyer, Alan F.
Present
Quinlan, Thomas H.
Present
Sawyer, Frederick L.
Present
Spencer, John V.
Present
Wentworth, Harry F.
Present
Spencer, Richard J.
Present
Westendarp, Bertrand D.
Present
Day, L. Elmer
Present
Whittredge, Chauncy V. Borjeson, Esther A. Charles, Charles A.
Absent Absent
Durgin, George H.
Absent
Present
Dyer, Walter S.
Present
Evans, Vernon W.
Present
Emmett, Elmer R.
Present
Gosselin, George F.
Present
Gray, Lewis O.
Present
Ludden, William E.
Present
Mccullough, Henry A.
Absent
Pratt, Dexter G. Present
Metcalf, Ellery E.
Present
Robbins, Aimee S.
Absent
Oliver, William S.
Absent
Robbins, Lincoln D.
Absent
Popp, W. Randolph
Present
Stocker, Lewis O.
Present
Ryman, Karl O. A.
Present
Armstrong, Arthur R.
Present
Belonga, Benjamin Q.
Present
Eyre, Dorothy J.
Present
Butler, H. Warren
Present
Green, Frank A.
Present
Dexter, Bertram E.
Absent
Hammond, Donald C.
Present
Flynn, Charles E.
Present
Neal, Paul F.
Present
Hodgdon, Ernest A.
Present
Nelson, Mabel I.
Albsent
Kahler, Charles H. L.
Absent
Perkins, Kaler A. Present
Martin, Clarence O.
Present
Turner, Harry T.
Absent
Price, Frederick J. C., Jr. Present Stocker, Margery C. Present
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Thrasher, Charles E.
Present
Abbott, Roswell W.
Present
Farley, Leo
Present
Davey, Frank H.
Present
Farnham, Philip A.
Present
Dixon, George B.
Present
Hutton, Reginald A.
Present
Donovan, George
Absent
Malloy, Edward J.
Present
Homan, Arthur Lee
Present
McTague, William H.
Present
Morse, Howard W.
Present
Moore, Charles H.
Present
Wilson, Edward W.
Present
Newhall, Herbert B.
Absent
Batchelder, Horace J.
Present
Niles, Walter L. C.
Absent
Bentley, Oren O.
Present
Searles, Sanford S.
Present
Gibson, Chester P.
Present
Starkey, Chester G.
Present
Homan, Ernest W.
Present
Banks, William C.
Absent
Moses, A. Willard
Present
Evans, Robert Henry
Absent
Persson, Otto F.
Present
Gibbs, Edward, Jr.
Present
Townsend, Andrew W.
Present
Gray, Elmer E.
Present
Ainslie, Peter W.
Present
Ramsdell, Horace C.
Present
Britt, Andrew B.
Present
Rice, Roger O.
Present
Bryer, Washington L.
Present
Russell, Frank E.
Present
Dodge, Agnes B.
Present
Stocker, Crawford H.
Absent
Light, W. Ernest
Present
Stone, Laurence E.
Absent
Ramsdell, Benjamin A.
Absent
Anderson, Gustave A.
Present
Robinson, Henry R.
Absent
Cashen, John Stanley
Present
Wilcox, William J.
Present
Daniels, William A.
Present
Britt, Iona E.
Present
Gibbs, Charles W.
Absent
Bucchiere, John J.
Present
Hall, Fred M.
Absent
Carter, William J.
Present
Reppucci, Frank
Absent
Dowling, William L.
Absent
Rockhill, William S.
Present
James, Charles S.
Present
Russell, Waldo B.
Present
Mandeville, Albert J.
Present
Tarbox, Ernest F.
Absent
Mckay, George N.
Absent
Wilkinson, Harold I.
Absent
Russell, Flora L. Absent
Raddin, J. Arthur
Present
Anderson, Charles T.
Present
Briley, Henry
Present
DeFronzo, Charles C.
Present
Gibbs, Edward, 3rd
Present
Diamond, Nathaniel
Present
Haley, Paul A.
Present
Gifford, Edward
Present
Leahy, John B.
Present
Greenlay, W. George
Absent
Russell, Marion P.
Present
Holmes, Edwin M.
Present
Smith, Peter A.
Present
Lopresti, Joseph
Present
Taylor, John A.
Present
DeFronzo, John
Present
Woodward, Alfred H.
Present
Addison, Alexander S.
Present
Atkins, Thomas
Present
Beckman, Roger P.
Absent
Woodward, Virginia H.
Present
Campbell, Wallace
Present
Downes, Richard
Present
Mason, George H.
Present
Evans, Robert T.
Present
Mason, Herbert P.
Present
Dunham, Ernest A.
Absent
McDuffee, Charles B.
Present
Hawkes, Arthur L.
Absent
Pratt, C. F. Nelson
Absent
Merrill, Harry W.
Present
Sanborn, Lewis P.
Present
Pike, Robert G.
Present
Bouve, Roger W.
Absent
Stillings, Charles E.
Absent
Braid, William S.
Present
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Clark, Raymond P.
Present
Willis, Frederick Bancroft Present
Curtis, Winfred F.
Present
Brooks, Wendell C.
Present
Heath, Howard C.
Present
Bryer, Giles S.
Present
Howard, Clarence W.
Absent
Bunker, Herman G. Present
Hubbard, William F.
Present
Cronin, Dennis M.
Absent
Lang, John B.
Absent
Gustafson, Arthur E.
Present
Mac Vicar, John A.
Present
Hanson, David W.
Present
Downs, Leslie E.
Present
Murphy, Frank M.
Present
England, Frederick J.
Present
Richards, Elmer J.
Absent
Gillespie, Samuel E.
Present
Smiledge, Harold A.
Present
Hatch, Norman D.
Present
Stewart, Daniel
Absent
Mason, Charles F.
Present
Buffum, Wilson A.
Present
Robinson, William H.
Present
Chesley, Charles N.
Present
Smith, Maria E.
Present
Coon, Ross E.
Present
Wheeler, Gilbert
Present
Davis, Laurence F.
Absent
White, Harry A.
Present
Entwistle, James
Present
Berrett, Howard P.
Absent
Humphries, William C.
Present
Butterfield, Elmer E.
Absent
Murphy, Charles R.
Present
Diamond, George
Present
Pendlebury, Harold
Present
Fahey, William F.
Absent
Quirk, Ralph
Present
Hanson, Walter A.
Absent
Stewart, William B.
Absent
Humphries, Frank F.
Absent
Wilson, Viola G.
Present
March, Clarence E.
Present
Quarmby, George H.
Present
Clark, James A.
Absent
Dodge, Harold E.
Present
Hayes, M. Edward
Present
Dunk, Arthur C.
Present
Penney, Mary McD.
Absent
Mullen, John J.
Present
Pickering, Charles B.
Absent
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Article 2.
Voted : That the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the finan- cial year beginning January 1, 1937, and to issue a note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Yeas 156. Nays 0. 8:23 P. M.
Voted : to take up Article 8 out of order.
Article 8 :
Voted : That the sum of $6,107.09 be and the same is hereby appropriated for maintenance of the Essex County Hospital for Tuberculosis otherwise known as the Essex Sani- tarium. 8:24 P. M.
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A motion was made and it was voted that the meeting be adjourned to March 15, at 8 P. M.
Voted : That town charges be taken up by groups as set forth in the report of the Finance Committee, the items of each group on which debate is requested to be taken in their order followed by the remaining items of the same group.
8:25 P. M.
Article 3.
Item 1. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Item 9. Voted : That the sum of $9725.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Assessors Department, including $1600 for Salaries of the Board of Assessors.
Yeas 71. Nays 64. 9:00 P. M.
Voted : That the following amounts be appropriated for the departments named :
Item 2. Finance Committee $ 400.00
Item 3. Planning Board 800.00
Item 5. Accountants Department 4200.00 Item 8. Tax Title Expense 4000.00
Item 10. Registration of Town Notes 75.00
Item 11. Law Department 1600.00
Item 13. Election and Registration 3100.00
Item 14. Town Hall Account 4800.00
Item 15. Public Works Dept. 7000.00
Item 16. Removal of Ashes 4485.00
Item 17. Board of Appeals 300.00
Item 18. Engineering Department 3750.00
9:01 P. M.
Item 4.
Voted : That the sum of $2500.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Selectmen's Department, including $1200.00 as salaries of the Board.
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Item 6. Voted : That the sum of $5400.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Treasurer's Dept., including $750.00 as salary of the Treasurer. 9:02 P. M.
Item 7. Voted : That the sum of $7,600.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Tax Collector's Dept., including $1200. as salary of Collector. 9:03 P. M.
Item 12. Voted : That the sum of $972.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Town Clerk's Depart- ment, including $500.00 as salary for Town Clerk, and that fees from all sources other than those received from the State and County shall be paid to the town.
9:04 P. M.
Item 29. Voted: That the sum of $5,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Gypsy Moth Dept. 9:16 P. M.
Item 30. Voted : That the sum of $800.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the Tree Warden's De- partment. 9:23 P. M.
Item 31a. Voted : That the sum of $200.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the Harbor Master, in- cluding salary and all expenses. 9:25 P. M.
Item 22. Voted : That the sum of $32,773.50 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Firemen's Salaries, in- cluding $2600.00 for Salary of the Chief, providing he serves as Forest Fire Warden. 9:25 P. M.
Item 25. Voted to lay on table until after Special Art. 13.
Item 26. Voted : That the sum of $200.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Forest Fire Warden, in- cluding one dollar ($1.00) as salary of the Forest Fire War- den. 9:25 P. M.
Voted : That the following amounts be appropriated for the departments named :
Item 19. Police Department $33,250.00
Item 20. Pensions 4,614.80
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Item 21. Constable 100.00
Item 23. Fire and Police Bldg. Main- tenance 2,588.00
Item 24. Superintendent Fire Alarms Dept. 2,000.00
Item 27. Inspector of Buildings 1,050.00
Item 31. Safety Committee 100.00
9:26 P. M.
Item 28. Voted : That the sum of $1,820.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the Sealer of Weights and Measures, including salary and all expenses for full time duties and the weighing or measuring of all materials pur- chased by the Town. 9:28 P. M.
Item 25. Voted to take Item 25 from the table.
Voted : That the sum of $9700.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Fire Dept. Expense, including $450.00 for salaries for four (4) Fire Engineers, exclusive of the Chief Engineer. 9:40 P. M.
Voted : That the Moderator appoint a committee of three to recommend to the Selectmen for insertion in the warrant for the next Special Town Meeting an amendment to the Town By-Laws to facilitate the recording of attend- ance at Town Meetings. 9:55 P. M.
Item 32. Voted : That the sum of $211,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Schools. 9:56 P. M.
Item 33. Voted : That the sum of $4,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for School House Repairs. 9:58 P. M.
Item 34. Voted : That the sum of $7,500.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Public Library, includ- ing $1000.00 for repairs to the Library building. 10 P. M. Item 35A. Voted to reconsider Item 35A.
Voted : That the sum of $27,500.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Old Age Assistance, including
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$200.00 for salaries of two members of the Board. 10:01 P. M.
Item 39. Voted : That the sum of $100.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Soldiers Burial. 10:03 P. M.
Item 35. Voted : That the sum of $37,500.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Board of Welfare, in- cluding $1200 for Salaries of the Board. 10:03 P. M.
Item 37. Voted : That the sum of $4000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for State Aid and Military Aid. 10:03 P. M.
Item 40A. Voted : That the sum of $5,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Asphalt and Pea Stone for Surface Treatment of Roads. 10:09 P. M.
Item 36. Voted: That the sum of $4,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Infirmary. 10:03 P. M.
Item 41. Voted : That the sum of $2,500.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Snow and Ice. 10:10
P. M. (Reconsidered) .
Item 42. Voted : That the sum of $13,500.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Street Lighting. 10:10 P. M. (Reconsidered) .
Item 40. Voted to lay on table.
Item 47. Voted to lay on table.
Item 43. Voted : That the sum of $22,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Water Purchase. 10:11 P. M.
Item 44. Voted : That the sum of $19,800.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Water Maintenance, in- cluding the purchase of one 3/4-ton truck and that the Select- men be authorized to turn in any equipment toward the pur- chase price. 10:15 P. M.
Voted : That the following sums be appropriated for the departments named :
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Item 45. Water Extension $1,500.00
Item 46. Water Meters 250.00
Item 48. Installing Gates 300.00
Item 49. Hydrants 1,000.00
10:16 P. M.
Item 50. Voted : That the sum of $13,500.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the Health Dept., in- cluding $1350.00 for salaries of the Board, and including all expenses and salary of a public health nurse at not more than $26 per week. 10:20 P. M. (Reconsidered).
Notice to reconsider Item 50 was given at 10:30.
Voted : That Item 38 be laid on the table.
Voted to adjourn at 10:32 P. M.
A true copy. Attest :
VIOLA G. WILSON, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
March 15, 1937.
The meeting was called to order by Herbert P. Mason, Moderator, at 8:15 P. M.
The following tellers were appointed : Elmer Emmett Harry Merrill J. Arthur Raddin Kaler Perkins
A count of the members was taken; a quorum was found present.
The reading of the records was waived by unanimous consent. It was voted to amend the records by inserting "Voted that Item 38 be laid on the table."
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The Moderator appointed the following committee to investigate repealing of by-law concerning roll call vote :
Lewis Stocker
Charles E. Flynn
Stanley Cashen
Mr. Stocker reported that Judge Flynn is preparing a paper for the Selectmen concerning repealing the provisions of the by-law on the roll call vote.
Voted : To reconsider Item 50. 8:44 P. M.
Item 50. Voted: That the sum of $13,400 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the Health Dept., in- cluding $1350.00 for salaries of the Board, and including all expenses and salary of a public nurse at not more than $26 per week. 8:45 P. M.
Voted to reconsider Item 41. 8:26 P. M.
Item 41. Snow and Ice. Voted to lay on table. 8:26 P. M.
John J. Bucchiere at this time offered a resolution which was unanimously adopted at 8:26 P. M., as follows:
Whereas;
Our present Congressman William P. Connery, Jr., has called for a survey to be made within the Town of Saugus, for the erection of a new Central Post office building by the Federal Post Office Department, and whereas the success or failure of this request is dependent upon the report made by the Federal Postal Inspectors, we, therefore, members of this Town meeting do resolve, that it be the sense of this meeting that the Federal Post Office Department build a new Central Post Office in the Town of Saugus, Massachusetts, copies of these resolutions be sent to Congressman William P. Connery, Jr., Postmaster General James A. Farley, U. S. Senators David I. Walsh and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Gov. Charles F. Hurley, members of the General Court represent- ing the 10th Essex District, Frederick Bancroft Willis, Wm. Henry Haskell, and that the Moderator appoint a committee of one member from each precinct, the committee to be known as the Central Post Office Committee for the Town of
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Saugus, and said committee to take steps to interest the proper officials in the matter.
Unanimously adopted. 8:26 P. M.
Item 54. Voted to lay on the table. 8:31 P. M.
Voted : To take Item 54 from the table. 8:51 P. M.
Item 54. Voted : That the sum of $300.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the Inspector of Milk. 8:51 P. M.
Voted : That the following sums be appropriated for the departments named :
Item 51. Vital Statistics $ 100.00
Item 52. The Inspector of Plumbing 1025.00
Item 53.
The Inspector of Cattle
550.00
Item 55. Collection of Garbage 2959.00
8:52 P. M.
Item 57. Voted to lay Item 57 on the table. 8:53 P. M.
Item 59. Voted : That the sum of $4,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the expenses of the play- ground commission, including $2,000.00 for the materials, services, equipment, rent, and other expenses that will be incurred by the operation of the W. P. A. recreational pro- ject, same to be expended under the direction of the play- ground commissioners. 9:05 P. M.
Voted : That the following sums be appropriated for the departments named :
Item 56. Memorial Day $ 500.00
Item 58. Insurance 9000.00
Item 60. Reserve Fund 8000.00
Item 61. Trade School Tuition 1200.00
9:06 P. M.
Item 69.
Voted : That the sum of $5000.00 be and the same is
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hereby appropriated for Fire and Police Station Bonds, same to be paid from Federal Grant Funds. 9:08 P. M.
Voted : That the following sums be appropriated for the departments named :
Item 62. Interest on Temporary Loans $10,000.00
Item 63. Interest on School Loans 3,582.50
Item 64. Interest on Water Loans 818.75
Item 65. School House Loan Bonds
18,500.00
Item 66. Water Loan Bonds 2,500.00
Item 67. Welfare Loans, Notes and
Bonds 20,000.00
Item 68. Interest on Welfare Notes . . 1,362.50
Item 70. Interest on Fire and Police
Station Bonds 9:10 P. M.
2,275.00
A motion was made and seconded and voted that at 10:45 the meeting adjourn until Monday, March 22, 1937, at 8 P. M.
Voted to take up Article 9 out of order.
Article 9.
Voted : That the town authorize the School Commit- tee to make application for a P. W. A. grant for the purpose of remodeling, enlarging, renovating and constructing addi- tions to the present High School plant, including the taking of any necessary lands. 9:15 P. M.
Article 5.
Voted: That the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is, authorized to borrow for ordi- nary maintenance expenses of the Town, and for payment of Revenue loans, the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dol- lars ($100,000) ; but in no event a sum in excess of the amount of tax titles taken or held by the Town, and to issue a note or notes of the Town therefor, all in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, as most recent- ly amended by Chapter 281 of the Acts of 1936. Yeas 119. Nays 0. 9:17 P. M.
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Article 6.
Voted: That the sum of $13,500 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the Town's share of the cost of any Federal Works Progress Administration projects or for pro- viding cooperation with the Federal Government in unem- ployment relief and other projects of indirct or direct benefit to the Town or its inhabitants, including the cost of material, supplies, equipment, rent and services. 9:20 P. M.
Article 7.
Voted: That the following sums be and the same are hereby appropriated for the unpaid bills of various depart- ments for 1936 and prior years, to wit :
Board of Selectmen $ 52.33
Election and Registration
13.50
Law Department
5.37
Public Works Department
41.84
Police Department
103.21
Fire and Police Building Main- tenance
305.87
Fire Department Expenses
12.57
Fire Alarm Division
151.69
Gypsy Moth
11.40
Board of Health
1,296.65
Highway Department
400.10
Snow and Ice
170.21
Tools and Equipment
151.06
Street Lighting
633.21
Board of Public Welfare
6,446.44
Infirmary
493.25
Soldier's Relief
2,891.65
E. R. A. 215.02
Insurance 81.96
Water Purchase
4,557.18
Water Maintenance
456.90.
Fire and Police Station Building Account 148.00
Pension $ 67.50 $18,686.91
9:41 P. M.
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Article 10.
Voted: That the sum of $3,000.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of filling the pit on the Montieth property, so called. 9:46 P. M.
Voted: to take Item 47 of Article 3 from the table.
Item 47.
Voted: That the sum of $8700.00 be and the same is hereby appropriated for Cemetery Dept. 9:45 P. M.
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