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The overdrawn appropriations are as follows:
Overdrawn Accounts
Overlay, 1923
$ 322 10
Legislative
12 50
Selectmen's
386 52
Law .
148 30
Election and Registration
667 53
Health
278 90
Refuse and Garbage
127 37
Street Construction
40 00
Street Water and Oiling
2 20
Poor
685 15
Pensions
4 88
Insurance
2,330 08
$5,005 53
We recommend that the town vote to transfer from excess and deficiency the sum of $5,005.53 and credit said sum to current revenue of the year 1925 to provide for these overdrafts.
Article 52. To see if the town will vote to lay water pipe in Ocean View road, from Sargent road to a point approximately 500 feet east and appropriate money for the same, when said street conforms to line and grade approved by the Board of Survey, as petitioned for by Ernest M. Folger, et als.
Ocean View road is an accepted street for approximately 200 feet from Sargent road. We recommend that a six-inch water main be laid in Ocean View road for a distance of about 200 feet from Sar- gent road and that the sum of $1,000 be appropriated therefor, to be raised by notes or bonds of the town, interest at the rate of 6 per cent. to be paid on the investment until the water rates of the users are equal to the interest thereon, agreements and waivers first to be obtained from the abutters to the satisfaction of the Water and Sewerage Board.
Article 53. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Ocean View road from Sargent road to a point approximately 500 feet east and appropriate money for the same, when said street conforms to line and grade approved by the Board of Survey, as petitioned for by Ernest M. Folger, et als.
We recommend that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 54. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer in Pleasant street for a distance of about 300 feet and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by John F. Finnegan, et als.
We recommend that a sewer be laid in Pleasant street from a point opposite Ocean View road to Humphrey street and that the sum of $1,500 be transferred from the Sewer Emergency Fund for this purpose.
Article 55. To see if the town will lay a water main from Essex street as far as Over Hill road on Greenway street for a distance of about 900 feet, when said street conforms to line and grade ap- proved by the Board of Survey, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Franklin H. Keating, et als.
The town can not legally put water pipes in a street for which a Board of Survey plan has not been filed and accepted. Therefore we recommend that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
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Article 56. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote on Article 27 at the adjourned Annual Town Meeting of April 3, 1923, appropriating twenty-nine hundred ($2,900) dollars for sidewalks and curbing on the north side of Humphrey street from Phillips Beach station to Forest avenue, and to transfer the twenty-nine hundred ($2,900) dollars appropriated for that purpose to general revenue, as petitioned for by C. Irving Porter, et als.
Two abutters have refused to sign waivers, so that it has been impossible to use this appropriation. We recommend that this $2,900 be transferred to general revenue of the current year.
Article 57. To see what action the town will take in reconsidera- tion of the vote on that part of Article 17 of the adjourned Annual Town Meeting of April 8, 1924, appropriating six thousand ($6,000) dollars to resurface Humphrey street, as petitioned for by C. Irving Porter, et als.
This appropriation was voted without specifying the definite loca- tion or the kind of construction. We are recommending in Article 25 that this part of Humphrey street intended to be resurfaced be included in permanent street construction appropriation in accordance with State Highway specifications.
We recommend that the vote on this appropriation be rescinded and that the sum of $6,000 be transferred to general revenue of the current year.
Article 58. To see if the town will vote to establish a graduated salary scale for privates in the Police Department, as petitioned for by C. Irving Porter, et als.
All arguments on the proper salary for police privates tend to show that service increases the value of an officer. Other towns and cities are operating under a graduated scale.
We recommend that the salary of a police private be fixed by vote of the town at $1,800 for the first year, $1,900 for the second year and $2,000, the present maximum, thereafter.
Article 64. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars for the purpose of furnishing light and heat and water for the American Legion Headquarters for the year 1925 as petitioned for by E. Stanley Flagg, et als.
We have been advised by the Town Counsel that the town can not legally appropriate money for this purpose. We recommend that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 65. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars for the purpose of conducting a series of Band Concerts during the summer of 1925 for the enjoy- ment of the townspeople, as petitioned for by E. Stanley Flagg, et als.
We recommend that the sum of $1,000 be appropriated for the purpose of conducting a series of Band Concerts, in various sections of the town, during the summer of 1925, and that a committee be appointed by the Moderator to carry out the purpose of this article.
Article 66. To see if the town will vote to widen the easterly corner of Ellis road and Hampden street and appropriate money for the same, as recommended for by the Board of Selectmen.
We recommend that the town vote to widen the easterly corner of Ellis road and Hampden street, on a radius of 50 feet, and ap- propriate $300 for this purpose.
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Article 67. To see if the town will vote to accept Hemenway road, so-called, as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated January 30, 1925, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Rocco Zuchero, et als.
No Board of Survey plan for this street has been filed or accepted.
We recommend that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 68. To see if the town will vote to accept that portion of Buena Vista street now- unaccepted as laid out on a plan made by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, dated February, 1921, and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by C. Sanford Doughty, et als.
We recommend that the town vote to accept that portion of Buena Vista street now unaccepted as laid out on a plan accepted by the Board of Survey, and appropriate the sum of $1,800.
Article 69. To see if the town will vote to accept Essex terrace according to plans approved by W. W. Pratt, Town Engineer, and appropriate one hundred ($100) dollars for the same as petitioned for by George D. R. Durkee, et als.
The condition of this street calls for no appropriation.
We recommend that the town vote to accept Essex terrace accord- ing to the plan accepted by the Board of Survey.
Article 70. To see if the town will construct a sidewalk on the easterly side of Puritan road from the entrance of Galloupe's Point to the entrance of Little's Point and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Herbert E. Gale, et als.
When Puritan road is rebuilt the lines are likely to be somewhat altered, in which case this expenditure would have to be repeated. We recommend that action on this article be indefinitely postponed.
CHARLES I. PORTER, Chairman, HENRY A. SADLER, Secretary, WILL B. ANDERSON, MAURICE YOZELL, JAMES C. SOUTTER, LOUIS H. ATTWILL.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Appropriated
Expended
Asked
Recommended
Legislative
$ 300 00
$ 312 50
$ 300 00
$ 350 00
Accountant
.
2,000
00
1,993 10
2,200
00
2,000 00
Treasurer
1,300
00
1,299 76
1,333 00
1,400 00
Collector of Taxes
3,200 00
3,461 28
3,371 20
3,375 00
Assessors
3,100 00
2,971 66
3,100 00
3,100 00
Printing and Certification of Notes
500 00
243 05
500 00
500
00
Town Clerk
700 00
699 67
600 00
600
00
Law
1,000 00
1,148 30
1,000 00
1,000 00
Election and Registration
1,635 00
2,302 50
1,085 00
1,085 00
Engineering
·
5,800 00
5,765 54
5,768 00
5,768 00
Town Hall
.
·
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
$29,945 00
$32,125 82
$33,412 84
$32,800 00
Ambulance
Automobile
Fire
26,830 00
31,512 17
36,375 00
36,145 00
Hydrant Rental
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
2 Bunch Registers
150 00
150 00
3 Alarm Boxes
480 00
480 00
1 Box on Puritan Road
200 00
200 00
·
2,200 00
2,596 52
4,800 00
4,800 00
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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS
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·
Census
Town Stenographer
3,700 00
3,696 85
3,500 00
3,500 00
5.50 00
300 00
1924
1925
Selectmen
Valuation Book
1,200
00
Police
.
50
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY-Continued
Appropriated
Expended
Asked Recommended 1925
Sealer of Weights and Measures
455 00
452 95
630 00
530 00
Moth
4,500 00
4,799 42
4,800 00
4,800 00
Tree Warden
1,650 00
1,848 51
1,875 00
1,800 00
Forest Warden
200 00
192 61
200 00
200
00
Dog Officer
150 00
150 00
150 00
150 00
Building Inspector
450 00
450 00
700 00
700 00
Office Equipment
. .
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health
$ 6,460 00
$ 6,738 90
$ 7,669 00
$ 7,250 00
Nurse
1,250 00
1,236 00
1,450 00
1,250 00
Garbage, Ashes, Night Soil
10,495 00
10,316 12
11,671 00
10,555 00
Cleaning Beaches
1,166 00
1,100 00
Sewers, Maintenance and Operation .
8,200 00
8,484 36
8,200 00
8,200 00
Particular Sewers
·
500 00
493 25
1,000 00
1,000 00
Brooks
2,500 00
2,180 23
500 00
500 00
.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
Special Wagon
100 00
200 00
200 00
1924
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Appropriated
Expended
Asked
Recommended 1925
Administration
$ 2,500 00
$ 2,385 29
$ 2,500 00
$ 2,600 00
Repairs and Maintenance
.
39,350 00
38,634 15
45,000
00
36,150 00
Seal Coating
3,000 00
1,971 00
3,000
00
2,500 00
Street Construction
·
.
·
.
4,500 00
4,502 20
5,000 00
5,000
00
Snow Removal
10,000 00
9,428 89
10,000
00
7,500
00
Sidewalk and Curbing
2,300 00
2,236 95
3,000 00
2,500
00
Humphrey Street Sidewalk
1,000 00
Continuous Sidewalks
5,000 00
4,896 27
10,000 00
10,000 00
Street Lights
18,000 00
16,868 70
18,000 00
18,000 00
Equipment for Highway Department Truck
5,500 00
Automobile
975 00
Tar Pot
450 00
Water Cart
800 00
Stone Bogie Garage
.
.
.
...
·
·
..
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Poor
$ 6,500 00
$ 7,185 15
$ 7,500 00
$ 7,200 00
State Aid
.
.
800 00
558 00
700 00
700 00
Soldiers' Relief
.
.
3,800 00
3,647 63
3,800 00
3,800 00
Pensions
·
·
4,370 00
4,374 88
4,860 00
4,860 00
.
..
·
...
·
. .
1925]
TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS
51
.
·
. . .
2,000 00
2,040 00
2,500
00
2,000
00
Water and Oiling
425 00
1924
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EDUCATION
Appropriated
Expended
Asked
Recommended 1925
Schools Library
. .
. .
. .
. .
.
5,500 00
6,225 00
6,000 00
RECREATION
Parks
$ 8,000 00
$ 7,990 47
$ 8,000 00
$ 7,500 00
Metropolitan
.
.
·
7,000 00
7,712 84
7,500 00
7,500 00
UNCLASSIFIED
Town Reports
$ 1,302 50
$ 1,302 50
$ 1,200 00
$ 1,525 15
Cemetery
3,000 00
2,985 27
3,000 00
3,100 00
Memorial Day
300 00
300 00
300 00
300 00
Insurance Premiums
2,000 00
4,330 08
2,800 00
2,800
00
Trust Fund Commissioners
40 00
40 00
40
00
40
00
District Nurse
300
00
300 00
300
00
300
00
Firemen's Memorial
200 00
193 35
200
00
200
00
Heat and Light, G. A. R. Hall Reserve Fund .
300 00
269 47
350
00
350
00
Armistice Day
200 00
200 00
200 00
200 00
G. A. R. Building Repairs
250 00
269 47
350 00
300 00
Soldiers' Exemption
50 00
46 64
50 00
50 00
.
.
.
·
·
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
1924
$140,156 00
$139,946 22 5,472 01
$141,123 00
$140,500 00
·
350 00
950 00
3,450
00
3,450 00
1925]
INTEREST
Appropriated
Expended
Asked
Recommended
Temporary Loans
$ 9,500 00
$ 9,654 26
$ 9,500 00
$ 9,500 00
General Debt
13,889 93
13,369 30
12,987 30
12,987 30
Sewer Bonds
.
. .
·
·
·
MUNICIPAL DEBT
General Debt
$45,000 00
$45,000 00
$32,200 00
$32,200 00
Sewer Bonds
17,850 00
17,850 00
18,350
00
18,350 00
Metropolitan
·
·
.
.
·
700 00
708 16
700 00
700 00
AGENCY
State Tax
$33,000 00
$26,900 00
$30,000 00
$30,000 00
County Tax
31,000 00
24,916 93
25,000 00
25,000 00
State Enterprises
·
·
·
1,500 00
1,500 00
Essex County Tuberculosis Assessment
3,876 37
3,976 79
3,976 79
·
·
·
.
·
.
.. .
.
.
.
. .
.
9,470 00
9,278 75
9,242 75
9,242 75
Metropolitan Park
.
.
·
3,400 00
3,351 55
3,400 00
3,400 00
T. B. Hospital .
1,307 20
1,307 20
1924
1925
TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS
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SPECIAL ARTICLES
Appropriated
Expended
Asked Recommended 1925
Police Ambulance
$ 2,400 00
Fire Alarm Orchard Road
200 00
Resurfacing Orchard Road
2,000 00
Danvers Street Bridge
500 00
Aspen Road Drain
1,400 00
Essex Street Sidewalk
47 50
Essex Street Sidewalk
25 50
Americanization Classes
1,335 00
1,125 00
Domestic Science
5,960 00
1,800 00
School Building Committee
500 00
King's Brook
4,500 00
4,500
00
Aspen Road Sewer
7,000
00
Pleasant Street Sewer
1,500 00
Band Concerts
1,000 00
1,000 00
Ellis Road and Hampton Street
300 00
300 00
Buena Vista Street
1,800 00
1,800 00
Stetson Avenue,
Norfolk Avenue, Middlesex Avenue to Burrill Street and Humphrey Street
·
·
..
. .
. .
.
. . .
. .
·
.
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
5,000 00
.
1924
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BONDED ARTICLES
Aspen Road Sewer $ 3,000 00
Ocean View Water Main 1,000 00
Magnolia Road Water Main 750 00
Orchard, Nason and Neighborhood Roads .
2,400 00
Stetson Avenue, Norfolk, Middlesex Avenue to Burrill Street, and Humphrey Street .
16,000 00
Bay View Road Water Main
1,000 00
Voted to take up Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Voted as recommended by Finance Committee, be accepted and adopted as follows: Article 4, to require of the Town Treasurer, a bond of $30,000; Article 5, to require of the Collector of Taxes a bond of $20,000; Article 6, to require of each member of the Water and Sewerage Board a bond of $6,000; Article 7, to require of the Town Clerk a bond of $1,000.
Voted, Article 8. To accept the report of the Finance Committee, and adopt their recommendations as follows: That the salary of the Surveyor of Highways be increased at the rate of $150 per year, said increase to take effect when voted; that the other salaries of Town Officials for the ensuing year be the same as last year.
Voted, Article 10. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations, that the articles be taken up under Article 25.
Voted, Article 11. That the report of the Finance Committee be accepted and their recommendations be adopted as follows: That the sum of $6,000 be appropriated from the Cemetery Perpetual Fund for construction of new lots, and that the sum of $100 be appropriated from Cemetery Perpetual Fund to provide for shrubs to be placed about the Andrew Memorial Chapel; with reference to an increase in salary of the Superintendent of Cemetery, an additional sum of $100 in the Cemetery budget to be used for this purpose in the discretion of the Board of Selectmen; that the budget be taken up under Article 25.
Voted, Article 12. Action under this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted, Article 13. The report of the Finance Committee be ac- cepted and their recommendations be adopted as follows: That the unexpended balances from appropriations for Harrison and Maple avenues, amounting to $1,486.99, be transferred to Water Emergency Fund; with reference to the recommendations for appropriations that they be taken up under Article 25.
Voted, Article 14. Be taken up under Article 25.
Voted, Articles 15, 16, 17 and 19 be taken up together.
Voted, Articles 15, 16, 17 and 19 be taken up under Article 25.
Voted, Article 18. That action on a planting at the junction of Middlesex avenue and Hampden street, be indefinitely postponed; that other matters on page 187 be taken up under Article 25,
Voted, Article 20. That the report of the Finance Committee be accepted and their recommendations be adopted; action on increase of Sealer's salary be indefinitely postponed; other matters in this article be taken up under Article 25.
Voted, Article 21. Report of Finance Committee on Article 21 be taken up section by section.
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Voted, that the budget on page 198 be taken up under Article 25.
Voted, that the purchase of a new ambulance be taken up under Article 26.
The committee appointed on Gamewell Police Signal made their report, same being read by John F. Luther, Chairman.
Report on Gamewell Police Signal System
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott:
Your committee appointed August 3, 1923, to investigate the Game- well Police Signal System reports as follows:
We have given the matter extensive and careful investigation and are of the opinion that the present system in use in the town is inadequate, obsolete and worthless; is no protection to the town or the police officers; is out of order about one-third of the time and should be discarded.
The circuit covering from the Police station to the Marblehead line is what is commonly called a four-party line. All four boxes are on one line, and an officer, standing on Redington street in front of the Hadley School, could, if so inclined call the station and report that he was at Phillips Beach, near the Preston House, and the station would have no means of checking him. This condition applies to all of the boxes on the circuit.
In the past, when an officer made his duty or other call, the record was invariably written on anything that came to hand, being copied in the blotter later. Irregularities might occur, since this temporary record could be lost, destroyed, or overlooked; although, at the pres- ent time, by orders of the Chief, this danger is minimized somewhat.
Nevertheless, the system of reports is of no value to the town as, in case of error on the part of the officer in the station or the officer on the beat, no opportunity is afforded to show who is responsible. The townspeople should be alive to this fact as it was brought out in the police hearing in the summer of 1924 that it was impossible from the records to locate an officer in point of time within fifteen to thirty minutes. "About such a time" was all that could be ob- tained. With a proper signal system even split minutes would have been shown.
The present system was installed about twenty years ago when the valuation and population of the town were far below those of today. Beach Bluff and Phillips Beach sections have only one box, and that is located near the Preston House. The Shaw estate and Mountain Park sections have been developed since the present sys- tem was installed, and there is no call box in either locality. We believe that these sections with their valuable properties, should have more adequate protection.
The Gamewell Police Signal System is, so far as we have been able to ascertain, the most up-to-date and efficient system yet de- vised. The equipment which we believe will be adequate for the needs of the town would consist of
12 Exempla Police Boxes 12 Code Wheels
12 Flashlights 1 60" 3 Shelf Back
1 Type B Desk (4 Circuits)
96-cell Storage Battery
5 Flashlight Circuits
1 Motor Generator Set
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Each police box has two locks, and two keys, both different. The key holes are located one above the other. The lower one is for the use of the' officer in making his duty call or to telephone the station, as the case may be. In the station, this call is registered auto- matically on a tape and gives the box number, date, hour and minute; split minutes are also registered. If the officer merely wishes to talk with the station that will be registered as a telephone call. If an arrest is made which requires all of the officer's attention and energy, he can call on any citizen to insert the other key to the box in the upper lock and turn it. This registers on the tape in the station a report that the ambulance is wanted at the box. This second key can only be removed from the box when the officer opens it with his regular key. If deemed advisable, some citizens in each district could be furnished with keys to the upper lock and thus, in case of emergency, call the ambulance to any one of the boxes.
The clock on the desk in the station is guaranteed to keep perfect time. It automatically and correctly controls the changing of the date, hour and minute; thus eliminating the human element.
The flashlights would be located at strategic places in each police district. When an officer is wanted in a hurry, the light is set from the station and the officer immeditely on seeing it must proceed to the nearest box, the light continuing to burn until he reports. Under the present system, an officer is out of touch with the department after he rings in a duty call, for three-quarters of an hour or until he rings in the next box. Furthermore, at the present time, if an officer should reach the box five or ten minutes early, there is no way of notifying him that he is wanted by the station until he rings
in his duty call. With the Gamewell System, the officer in the sta- tion can start a buzzer ringing sufficiently loud in the box to attract the attention of the officer on the beat, thus notifying him that he was wanted. In case of an emergency, every light in the town could be set at one and the same time, and all officers on duty could be put at once in touch with the situation.
Crooks and rum runners work with the highest class of equipment. We cannot hope to cope successfully with them unless we, as a town, supply our police officers with equally adequate facilities.
The batteries of the fire alarm signal system are connected on one circuit. If anything should go wrong with that circuit we would face a bad situation. If a Gamewell Police Signal System were in- stalled, a connection could be made from the generator set to the Central Engine House, thus giving insurance against interrupted service.
Within a year, the Telephone Company has increased the oper- ating and maintenance costs of the present system by about 50 per cent, without any assurance that there will be no further increase. We have been assured and have every reason to believe that the yearly cost of maintaining the Gamewell System will be less than that of the present system.
During the summer period Swampscott has the honor of entertain- ing many distinguished visitors, some of whom and their families, require the best police protection possible. Under the present sys- tem it is doubtful whether the proper safeguards can be employed.
The estimated amount required to install the Gamewell Police Signal System is seventeen thousand dollars ($17,000); this can be raised by bonds of the town. In this way the annual expense to the town will be about $2,000. This will make but a small difference in the tax rate, and the entire expense will be met in about eight years, and at the same time the town will be well protected with an effi- cient and up-to-date system.
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The equipment we have enumerated should be good for years to come, as at any time another circuit can be added to the desk, thus allowing for at least 60 boxes.
We recommend that the town install the Gamewell Police Signal System and that the town appropriate the sum of $17,000 to cover the cost of installation, $1,000 to be taken from the tax lavy of this year and the balance, $16,000, to be raised by notes or bonds of the town.
JOHN F. LUTHER, WILLIAM L. QUINN, H. ASHBY BOWEN, C. SANFORD DOUGHTY, Committee Gamewell Police Signal System.
C. Sanford Doughty made an amendment to Finance Committee report that the report on Gamewell Police Signal System be accepted and their recommendations adopted, carrying an appropriation of $17,000. Amendment was lost by vote: For 53; Against 77.
Voted that action on Gamewell Police System be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted that action on a Police automobile be indefinitely postponed.
Voted, Article 22. To accept the report of the Finance Com- mittee and adopt their recommendations as follows: that the matter of resurfacing Orchard road be taken up under Article 27; action on the purchase of a new truck be indefinitely postponed.
Voted, Article 24. That the budget of the Park Commissioners be taken up under Article 25.
Voted, Article 23. Action under this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Voted, Article 57 be taken up with Article 25.
Voted, Article 57. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations, that the vote on this appropriation be rescinded and that the sum of $6,000 be transferred to general revenue of the current year.
Voted, Article 25. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations, that Humphrey street from Forest avenue to railroad tracks at Phillips Beach Station be resurfaced by the Surveyor of Highways with Bituminous Macadam construction in accordance with specifications approved by the Division of High- ways at a cost not to exceed $6,000 and that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to make a contract in behalf of the town for resurfacing with Bituminous Macadam, in accordance with specifications approved by the Division of Highways, Stetson avenue, Norfolk avenue, and Middlesex avenue to Burrill street, or as large a portion thereof as can be done for a sum not to exceed $15,000 and for these purposes the sum of $21,000 be appropriated in the manner following, viz $5,000 in the tax levy for the current year and $16,000 by bonds or notes of the town. (Unanimous.)
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