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Art. 43. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Nason road, a distance of 450 feet, and appropriate money therefor, as peti- tioned for by James Nason et als.
Art. 44. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer from Rockland street to King street and appropriate money therefor, as peti- tioned for by Alvin P. Johnson.
Art. 45. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Charlotte road, for a distance of 225 feet, and appropriate money there- for, as petitioned for by S. Louis Eigner et als.
Art. 46. To see if the town will vote to extend the sewer in Bates road, a distance of 240 feet, and appropriate money therefor, as peti- tioned for by S. Louis Eigner et als.
Art. 47. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Stanley road, a distance of approximately 500 feet, and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by William D. Rowe et als.
Art. 48. To see if the town will vote to construct a sewer in Pitman road and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Frank H. Humphrey et als.
Art. 49. To see if the town will vote to extend King's Brook cul- vert 280 feet to Cherry street, and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 50. To see if the town will make an appropriation of money for the purpose of co-operating with others to relocate Hawthorne brook, between Humphrey street and the right of way of the Boston & Maine Railroad, lowering the grade thereof, confining said brook to said relocation, and enlarging the passageway of said brook under said railroad, or what it will do in relation thereto, as petitioned for by Charles D. C. Moore et als.
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Art. 51. To see if the town will vote to transfer the following un- expended balances on sewer construction to the sewer emergency fund, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board: Phillips avenue sewer, $1,915.29; Bradlee avenue sewer, $6,086.10; Eastern Intercepting Sewer, $12,485.55; Humphrey street and Ocean avenue sewer, $594.02; Bristol avenue sewer, $1,811.59; Sargent road and Prospect avenue sewer, $385.09; Whitman road sewer, $90.26; Barnstable street sewer, $460.11.
Art. 52. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Allan road, a distance of 650 feet from Humphrey street, and appro- priate money therefor from the Water Available Surplus, as recom- mended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 53. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Stanley road, a distance of 580 feet from Humphrey street, and appropriate money therefor from the Water Available Surplus, as. recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 54. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Dale street, a distance of 590 feet, and appropriate money therefor from the Water Available Surplus, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 55. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Nason road, a distance of 200 feet, and appropriate money therefor from the Water Available Surplus, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 56. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Hampshire street, a distance of 285 feet, and appropriate money therefor from the Water Available Surplus, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board.
Art. 57. To see if the town will vote to lay a six-inch water main in Charlotte road, a distance of 225 feet, and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by S. Louis Eigner et als.
Art. 58. To see if the town will vote to transfer the following un- expended balances from water construction to emergency water fund, as recommended by the Water and Sewerage Board: Whitman road water, $1,086.87; Plymouth avenue water, $379.35.
Art. 59. To see if the town will vote to increase the salaries of the Water and Sewerage Commissioners as follows: Chairman to $500; two associates to $300 each, as recommended by the Water and Sewer- age Board.
Art. 60. To see if the town will authorize the appointment of two additional patrolmen on the police force and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Chief of Police.
Art. 61. To see if the town will vote to furnish the captains and patrolmen in the police department with blue uniforms and appropriate the sum of $650 therefor, as recommended by the Chief of Police.
Art. 62. To see if the town will vote to exchange the two Ford roadsters for a new Ford sedan, and that the sum of $175 be appro)- priated therefor as recommended by the Chief of Police.
Art. 63. To see if the town will vote to exchange the Studebaker touring car for a new one, and that the sum of $1200 be appropriated therefor, as recommended by the Chief of Police.
Art. 64. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $180 to pur- chase and install a fire alarm box at the corner of Berkshire street and Paradise road, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Art. 65. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $150 to pur- chase and install a fire alarm box on Humphrey street at Hemingway road, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers ..
Art. 66. To see if the town will vote to give to the Board of Fire Engineers permission to dispose of the old service car as part payment on another machine to take its place, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
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Art. 67. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $500 for 500 feet of 21/2 inch hose, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Art. 68. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $400 tor new batteries at the Central Fire Station for the Fire Alarm System, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Art. 69. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $5,000 for further improving the Fire Alarm System, displacing part of the present overhead construction, by underground cabies with necessary loops, connections and changes, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engi- neers.
Art. 70. To see if the town will vote to appropriate $1,000 for hydrant rental, as recommended by the Board of Fire Engineers.
Art. 71. To see if the town will vote to establish the following yearly rate of salaries in the Fire Department: Deputy Chief, $2,430; three captains at $2,265 each; privates, first year, $1,900; second year, $2,000; third year and thereafter, $2,100 per year, and appropriate the sum of $1,865 to cover same, to be retroactive to January 1, 1930, as petitioned for by George H. Lampard et als.
Art. 72. To see if the town will authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the legislature for authority to borrow from time to time, within a period of five years from the passage of the act, in excess of the statutory limit of indebtedness, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate $500,000, for the purpose of constructing a new high school building and originally equipping and furnishing the same, and to issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, as recommended by the High School Committee.
Art. 73. To see if the town will authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the legislature for authority to discontinue as a public park the use of the land on Humphrey street, commonly known as Phillips Park, and to erect thereon a public high school, and to use the same generally for public school purposes, and to place the same under the jurisdiction of the School Committee of the town of Swamp- scott, as recommended by the High School Committee.
Art. 74. To see if the town will vote to continue the ensuing year the present High School Building Committee, with power in the Mod- erator to fill vacancies therein. Said committee to investigate and con- sider matters that may arise from time to time in connection with ques- tion of establishing a new high school building, and what use, if any, may be made of the present high school building for any other purpose, and to report thereon to the town, as recommended by the High School Committee.
Art. 75. To see if the town will authorize the Finance Committee to study the present high school building to determine whether it can be efficiently used for high school needs by making changes therein and additions thereto; and further, to see if the town will appropriate money for such study, as petitioned for by James W. Santry.
Art. 76. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $3,986 to be expended for repairs upon the school buildings of the town, as peti- tioned for by the School Committee.
Art. 77. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,000 to be expended for the development of the grounds about the Machon School, as petitioned for by the School Committee.
Art. 78. To see if the town will vote to build a wire fence at the Stanley School, fence to be 6 feet high and 110 feet long with posts set in cement bases, and appropriate $1,000 therefor, as petitioned for by Harry E. Hardy et als.
Art. 79. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Trustees of the Public Library to make changes in, and additions to, the library building, and further to see if the town will vote to appropriate money for such changes and additions, as recommended by said trustees in their annual report for the year 1929.
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Art. 80. To see if the town will vote that German police dogs and Airedale dogs be restrained while upon the streets.
Art. 81. To see if the town will vote permission to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Joseph L. Stevens Post 1240, to occupy the old hall on Pine street, now in possession of the G. A. R., and make the neces- sary appropriation for its maintenance, as petitioned for by Leo P. Caproni et als.
Art. 82. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the eradication of mosquitoes, the same to be spent under Chap. 252 of the General Laws, as amended by Chap. 457, Acts of 1923, and subsequent amendments, especially Chap. 288 of the Acts of 1929.
Art. 83. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to make a comprehensive study as to the advisability of the town accept- ing or providing for a town manager, and appropriate money for said committee to pursue said investigation, and report their findings at a subsequent town meeting.
Art. 84. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law of the town so that all that land on the ocean side of Humphrey street, between King's Beach and Blaney Beach, may be zoned as a business district, as petitioned for by Ellen M. Wardwell et als.
Art. 85. To see if the town will vote that portion of the land known as Phillips Gardens, as shown on a plan drawn by Philip J. Leary, civil engineer, and bounded by Bates road, Charlotte road, Phillips park, and land of Vorenberg, be transferred from a single residence district to a two family district on the zone map of the town, so as to make the same conform to the remainder of the land shown on the above men- tioned plan, as petitioned for by S. Louis Eigner et als.
Art. 86. To see if the town will vote to formally dedicate Abbott Park with appropriate military exercises and appropriate money there- for.
Art. 87. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Park Com- mission to erect fences along the sidewalk lines of all playgrounds in the town, in the interest of public safety and appropriate money therefor, as recommended by the Chief of Police.
Art. 88. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to con- sider plans and details and to suggest a proper location for a permanent Honor Roll to replace the present Honor Roll on the Town Hall lawn, said committee to consist of the Commander of the American Legion, the Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and one represen- tative town meeting member, said committee to report at a subsequent town meeting.
Art. 89. To see if the town will vote to continue in existence the present by-law committee appointed under Article 6 of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1929, with authority to consider revisions of and amendments to the by-laws and report to the town from time to time, such report to be made not later than the next annual town meet- ing.
Art. 90. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of three thousand six hundred fifteen dollars and sixty-four cents ($3,615.64), said sum being the portion of the expense incurred in the construction of an addition to the Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital and apportioned by the County Commissioners upon the inhabitants of the town of Swampscott.
Art. 91. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the proper observance of Fourth of July and that the Moderator be empowered to appoint a committee of three to arrange and carry out such celebration.
Art. 92. To see if the town will vote to reimburse Arthur C. Lewis the amount claimed to have been paid by him in excess of the amount rightfully due as 1924 taxes on lots 46, 47, 48 and 49, Plate 22 of the Assessors' plans, and appropriate money therefor.
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Art. 93. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise, under any general or special law which authorizes the town to raise money by borrowing or otherwise, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary for any or all of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles.
The polls will close at 6 P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof at the town hall, the post offices, at least one public and conspicuous place in each precinct in the town, and at or in the imme- diate vicinity of each railroad station in the town, seven days before the day appointed for said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this seventeenth day of January, A. D. 1930.
HOWARD K. GLIDDEN, R. WYER GREENE, DANIEL F. KNOWLTON, Selectmen of Swampscott.
A true copy. Attest:
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
RETURN OF THE WARRANT
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed I have notified the legal voters of Swampscott, by posting attested copies of said warrant at the Town Hall, Post Offices, at least one public and conspicuous place in each precinct in the town, and at or in the' immediate vicinity of each railroad station in Swampscott, on Saturday, February 8, 1930, the posting of said notices being seven days before the time of said meeting.
FRANK H. BRADFORD, Constable.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING February 17, 1930
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the voters of Swamp- scott assembled at their voting places in the several precincts and were called to order at 6 o'clock A. M. by the presiding officers. The warrant calling the meeting, with the return thereon was read by the clerk in each precinct.
The following were appointed precinct officers and qualified for same :
Precinct 1. Warden, Edward H. Jordan; Clerk, Robert B. Heg- arty; Inspectors, Lewis A. Coleman, Robert L. Cunningham; Tellers, Charles A. Bryson, Wm. H. Dow, Hulbert C. Griffin, George V. Doane.
Precinct 2. Warden, Harry E. Cahoon; Clerk, John E. Coville; Inspectors, William P. Norcross, Harold H. Bartol; Tellers, Martha F. Duren, Belle M. Walsh, Louis Sherman, Mary G. Stone.
Precinct 3. Warden, Stuart P. Ellis; Clerk, Albert Stone; In- spectors, Burton R. Carroll, George F. Clay; Tellers, William O. Titcomb, Harold R. Young, Charles E. Melzard, Almer A. Jackson.
Precinct 4. Warden, Louis N. Crocker; Clerk, Donald S. Sawyer; Inspectors, James W. Robertson, Page Bearse; Tellers, Warren P. Melzard, 'Horace P. Fifield, Thos. J. McManus, Bessie F. Maguire.
Precinct 5. Warden, Albert Enholm; Clerk, Raymond H. Owen; Inspectors, Walter L. Kehoe, Irving A. Curtis; Tellers, Alice E. Les- lie, Winnifred G. Jacobs, Mary G. Boyce, John T. Morrison.
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Precinct 6. Warden, Herman E. Story; Clerk, Timothy T. Ryan; Inspectors, John T. Merchant, George H. Coan; Tellers, Harry G. Hutchinson, Mary Turner, Edward F. Burke, Leon De Veau.
Precinct 7. Warden, Henry T. Butt; Clerk, Helen E. Peach; Inspectors, Walter Lofmark, Charles T. Dolan; Tellers, Elizabeth E. Blanchard, Selwyn P. Drown, Charles L. Martin, Fred Willett.
Precinct 8. Warden, Charles A. Flagg; Clerk, John H. Suther- land; Inspector, Mary A. Collins; Tellers, Cyril E. Gannon, Olive Flagg, Mary Donlan, Wm. C. Hill, Helen Gannon.
The balloting was started at 6 o'clock A. M. and the count started at 2 o'clock P. M. The ballot boxes registered correctly and the checks on the voting lists were the same as the vote cast. Polls closed at 6 P. M.
There were cast in Precinct 1, 298; Precinct 2, 261; Precinct 3, 269; Precinct 4, 237; Precinct 5, 237; Precinct 6, 305; Precinct 7, 327; Precinct 8, 251. Total vote cast 2,185. Result of the balloting was declared at 9:25 P. M. Precinct 5 was the first to make a return at 6:17 and Precinct 8 at 7:40 P. M.
For Moderator:
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8 Tot.
John R. Hurlburt, elected Blanks
130
85 79
53
42 100 124 57
670
For Town Clerk:
Ralph D. Merritt, elected
192 186 210 191 197 231 223 211 1641
106 75 59 40 74 104 40 544 Blanks
For Selectmen:
Harry E. Hardy, elected
130 125 160 103
79 133 179 127 1036
Howard K. Glidden, elected
98 105 115 118 160 164 135 125 1020
Nathan G. Bubier (tie vote) R. Wyer Greene (tie vote)
81 106
92
88 109 130 146
90 842
Daniel F. Knowlton
92
94 127 122
Conrad P. Richardson
78
76
99
51
72 117 34 50 29
89 128 57 26 63
38
473
For Assessor for 3 years: Clarence B. Humphrey, elected 177 193 211 194 205 224 226 205 1635
81 101 46 58 43 550 Blanks 68
For Collector of Taxes:
Ralph D. Merritt, elected Blanks
200 195 226 197 199 227 224 210 1678 38 78 103 41 507 98 66 43 40
For School Committee for three years:
Ralph Maxwell, elected
95
85 94 69
84 152 150 124
853
Marion Chesley Miller, elected
91
71 80
82 107 117 118 107
773
Clarence W. Horton
99 105 127
96
57
94
79
53 710
Beatrice Wadleigh
106 103
85
85
91
86
85
41 682
Arthur M. Wyman Blanks
160
96 94 70
47 88 147 66
768
For Board of Public Welfare for three years:
Edmund Russell, elected Blanks
160 174 200 167 180 192 189 181 1443 138 87 69 70 57 113 138 70 742
For Board of Health for three years:
John B. Cahoon, elected
129 152 169 146 116 157 148 115 1132
Florence E. Preston
87
71
74
75 105 122 119 102
755
Blanks
82 38 26 16 16
26 60 34 298
For Board of Water and Sewerage for three years:
Charles E. Hodgdon, elected Blanks
45 62 58
72
88
73
75 111
584
Ernest Corrado
101
30
50 28
26
Blanks
16'
65
46
51
50
62 37 21 298 94 81 617
For Treasurer:
192 200 223 201 210 236 237 213 1712
James W. Libby, elected Blanks
106
61
46
36
27
69 90
55 491
Martin E. Nies
85
99
33
91 76 63 618
842 791
62
83 90 119 128 136 109 115
121
32
177 183 203 187 204 209 205 188 1556 121 78 66 50 33 96 122 63 629
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168 176 190 184 195 205 203 194 1515
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For Park Commissioner for three years: Precincts
1 2 3
4
5
6
7
8 Tot.
Archibald Miller, elected
98 127 123 148 176 177 149 159 1157
John A. Boston
114 82 115
64
34 83 116
39
647
Blanks
86 52 31 25
27
45 62
53
381
For Trustee Public Library for three years:
Gustavus J. Esselen, Jr., elected 174 179 193 182 194 200 210 193 1525
Blanks
124 82 76 55 43 105 117
58
660
For Surveyor of Highways for three years:
Michael J. Ryan, elected
208 215 203 212 208 254 255 190 1745
John E. York
44 26
47
14
14
32
40
37
254
Blanks
46
20
19
11
15
19
32
24
186
For Tree Warden:
205 193 217 198 207 228 230 208 1686
Everett P. Mudge, elected Blanks
93
68
52
39
30
77 97 43
499
For Constables:
Willis E. Shephard, elected
167 173 196 179 193 212 223 195 1538
Frank H. Bradford, elected
172 182 208 182 186 213 190 190 1523
George J. Place, elected
161 174 194 176 181 196 182 184 1448 394 254 209 174 151 294 386 184 2046
Blanks
For Commissioner of Trust Funds for 3 years:
James D. Bentley
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Scattering
0
0
1
3
1
3
1
0
9
Blanks
298 258 268 234 236 304 323 251 2172
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 1
Frank N. Bessom, elected
169
for 3 years
Leslie F. Allen, elected
150
for 3 years
Leon F. Ximiness, elected
146 for 3 years
Arthur E. Santry, elected
140
for 3 years
Arthur Morley, elected
127
for 3 years
William F. Healey
113
George M. Ross
72
Michael J. Cogswell
71
Blanks
675
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 2
Martin E. Nies, elected
185
for 3 years
Carl J. Berry, elected
183
for 3 years
Thomas Handley, elected
183
for 3 years
Roy H. Frye, elected
180
for 3 years
Fred A. McKennon, elected
179
for 3 years
Albert F. Fanning, elected
181
for 3 years
Blanks
475
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 3
Charles V. Burgess, elected
204
for 3 years
LeRoy Austin, elected
203
for 3 years
Chester A. Brown, elected
201
for 3 years
William O. Titcomb, elected
201
for 3 years
James A. Cook, elected
194
for 3 years
John A. Carroll, elected Blanks
192
for 3 years 419
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 3 (to fill vacancy)
John A. Boston, elected Blanks
204
for 2 years 65
Andrew B. Holmes, elected
125
for 3 years
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Town Meeting Members, Precinct 4
Daniel F. Knowlton, elected
178
for 3 years
Frank A. Mowatt, elected
173
for 3 years
John Fisher, elected
171 for 3 years
William J. Fallon, elected
171 for 3 years
Frank E. Johnson, elected
172
for 3 years
Harold F. Dow, elected
165
for 3 years
Blanks
392
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 5
Charles A. Southworth, elected
199
for 3 years
Paul W. Brickett, elected
198
for 3 years
John B. Hadaway, elected
195
for 3 years
Edwin M. Bailey, elected
195
for 3 years
Guy W. Chamberlin, elected
192
for 3 years
Philip H. Stafford, elected
191
for 3 years
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 5 (to fill vacancy)
Irving Curtis
2
for 1 year
Ralph Putnam
2
for 1 year
Blanks
220
Scattering
13
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 6
Charles H. Bangs, elected
204
for 3 years
Clarence B. Humphrey, elected
193
for 3 years
Michael J. Ryan, elected
184
for 3 years
Stanley M. Stocker, elected
183
for 3 years
Elliott A. Bunting, elected
174
for 3 years
Kendall A. Sanderson, elected
168
for 3 years
Fred L. Mower
160
Charles B. Edgerly
147
Blanks
417
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 6 (to fill vacancy)
Frank L. Burk, elected
210
Blanks
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 6 (to fill vacancy)
204
for 1 year
Blanks
101
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 7
206
for 3 years
Charles D. Addison, elected
204
for 3 years
George E. Mitchell, elected
197
for 3 years
Ralph Maxwell, elected
214
for 3 years
Rufus W. Greene, elected
196
for 3 years
Walter A. Hall, elected
199
for 3 years
Blanks
746
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 7 (to fill vacancy)
189
Blanks
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 8
200
for 3 years
Philip E. Bessom, elected
194
for 3 years
Frederic R. Bogardus, elected
194 for 3 years
Harry E. Hardy, elected
for 1 year 138
Frederic S. Hall, elected
for 2 years 95
Vincent P. O'Brien, elected
Harry E. Whitten, elected
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John A. Waldo, elected
193
for 3 years
Charles H. Cunningham, elected
191 for 3 years
James P. Hale, elected
191
for 3 years
Blanks
343
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 8 (to fill vacancy)
Samuel B. Groom, elected
Blanks
194 for 2 years 57
Town Meeting Members, Precinct 8 (to fill vacancy)
Robert C. McKay, elected 195 for 1 year 56
Blanks
Adjourned to Monday, February 24, 1930, at 7:30 P. M., at the Town Hall. Attest: RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
RESULT OF RECOUNT
February 20, 1930.
At a recount of votes cast for Selectmen, namely between Nathan G. Bubier and R. Wyer Greene, who had a tie vote, and Daniel F. Knowlton held on this above date, by the Board of Registrars, the result was as follows: Nathan G. Bubier gained 2 votes: R. Wyer Greene lost two votes: and Daniel F. Knowlton lost 3 votes.
Nathan G. Bubier 844
R. Wyer Greene 840 Daniel F. Knowlton 788
The Board of Registrars were assisted by George J. Place, Frank G. Melvin, Kenneth M. Place, E. Stanley Flagg, Howard Hamell, Edward Burke, Ralph Maxwell, Louis Coleman, Arthur C. Eaton and Harry Cahoon, who qualified for the office.
Attest : RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
February 20, 1930.
John R. Hurlburt, Moderator, reappointed the following to serve on the Finance Committee for three years:
LeRoy S. Austin, Precinct 3; Paul W. Brickett, Precinct 5; John A. Waldo, Precinct 8. Attest : RALPH D. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
February 24, 1930.
In accordance with the adjournment of February 17, 1930, the voters were called to order at 7:30 P. M., by John R. Hurlburt, Moderator, the necessary quorum being present.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the records of the last meeting.
Voted, ' Article 2. That all reports of town officials, boards and committees except those carrying appropriations of money be accepted. Voted, Article 3. To accept the report of the Finance Committee and adopt their recommendations, viz: That the town clerk furnish
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a bond with a surety company as surety in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, and that the custodian trust funds furnish a bond with a surety company as surety in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars.
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