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Not acted upon because of illegal status of article, there being no layout completed due to lack of time and inclement weather.
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ARTICLE 32
Will the Town raise and appropriate the .sum of $380 to pay the amount due the Fabric Fire Hose Company for 1150 feet of hose purchased in May, 1933, or act thereon. Forest Warden, Archie W. Torrey.
Voted, $380.00.
ARTICLE 33
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1150.00 to purchase new hose for the Fire Department, or act thereon? Scituate Fire Department, Archie W. Torrey, Chief.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 34
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to extend the fire alarm system from Grove Street to Stockbridge Road, or act thereon ? Scituate Fire Depart- ment, Archie W. Torrey, Chief.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 35
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to install a fire alarm box near the Children's Hospital on Branch Street, or act thereon? Scituate Fire Depart- ment, Archie W. Torrey, Chief.
Voted, $200.00.
ARTICLE 36
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 to install a fire alarm box on Border Street, or act there- on? Scituate Fire Department, Archie W. Torrey, Chief. Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
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ARTICLE 37
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to purchase Fire Freeze equipment for the ex- tinguishment of boat fires, or act thereon? Scituate Fire Department, Archie W. Torrey, Chief.
Defeated.
ARTICLE 38
Will the Town vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 31, Section 48, placing the Police Depart- ment under Civil Service Laws, or act thereon ?
Peter W. Sharp, et als.
Voted, To accept. Vote per check list ballot, Yes-340, No-210, with 3 blanks.
ARTICLE 39
Will the Town vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 31, Section 49, placing the Chief of Police under the Civil Service Laws, or act thereon? Peter W. Sharp, et als. Voted, Yes. (Voice vote.)
ARTICLE 40
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair the street from the junction of Light- house & Rebecca Roads around Lighthouse Point back to the point of beginning, a distance of about 5/8 of a mile, or take any other action thereon. Ethel Stonefield, et als.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 41
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to improve the drainage of the water holes and burn over the salt marsh between Lighthouse and Rebecca Roads, or take any other action thereon.
Ethel Stonefield, et als.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
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ARTICLE 42
To see if the road surveyor will arrange to remove snow deposited in driveways by snow plows.
A. Marie Millin, et als.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 43
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $7200 for damages and for the construction of a road leading westerly from the intersection of Country Way and the railroad at North Scituate to connect with the new 3A Route, the same to be expended in conjunction with funds provided by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works and by the County of Plymouth, or either of them, or take any action thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, $7,200.00.
ARTICLE 44
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $350 to install an oil burning heating equipment at Police Station, or act thereon ? Selectmen.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 45
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,500 to the Reserve Fund or transfer the whole or any part thereof from any available fund or act thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, That $5,500.00 be raised and appropriated un- der this article and that the sum of $1,000.00 be trans- ferred from the Overlay Surplus Account.
ARTICLE 46
Will the Town vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to act with the Board of Health to study the question of the acquiring by the Town of an area for the use as a public dump, or act thereon ? Board of Health.
Voted, Yes.
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ARTICLE 47
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Select- men at the corner of Jericho Road and Beaver Dam Road as recorded with the Town Clerk and raise and appropri- ate the sum of $500 for land damage or other purpose, or act thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, Yes, $500.00.
ARTICLE 48
Will the Town vote to direct the Highway Surveyor to purchase a new stone crusher and to dispose of the one now owned by the Town to the best possible advantage and authorize that a sufficient amount to accomplish this purpose be taken from the appropriation for the General Repair of Roads, or take any action thereon ?
Selectmen.
Voted, Included with Care of Roads Appropriation. ($3,000.00.)
ARTICLE 49
Will the Town vote to accept Section 6B-Chapter 40 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, Tercentenary Edition of 1932 as follows :-
Section 6B-"A city or town which accepts this section may appropriate money for the pur- chase of uniforms for members of its police and fire departments."
or act thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, Yes.
Attest :- WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS, MARCH 12, 1934 Polls opened at 6 o'clock A. M .; closed at 3.30 o'clock
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ARTICLE 17
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $100 for County Aid to Agriculture and choose a town director as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and act thereon.
County Treasurer.
Voted, $100.00. Director-Charles E. Mitchell.
ARTICLE 18
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the maintenance and improvement of the Town Forest, or act thereon. Town Forest Committee.
Voted, $500.00.
ARTICLE 19
Will the Town appropriate a sum of money sufficient to meet the cost of the annual clean-up and appoint a committee to have charge of same, or act thereon?
Scituate Clean-Up Committee.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 and the Moderator appoint a committee of three to spend the money.
ARTICLE 20
To see if the Town will vote to pay Scituate Post No. 144, Incorporated, Department of Massachusetts, Amer- ican Legion, the sum of $2960.32 to reimburse said Post for expenditures in the repair and improvement of the Police Headquarters Building under the authorization of the Acts of 1932, Chapter 24, and in accordance with the vote of the town under Article 19 at the last annual Town Meeting or act thereon. Scituate Post 144, Incorporated, Department of Massachusetts, American Legion.
Voted, $2960.32. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 21
Will the Town accept the layout of the Selectmen
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making Orchard Road, Dreamwold Road, and Lawson Road as recorded at the Town Clerk's Office, Town ways, or act thereon ? Selectmen.
Voted, Yes.
ARTICLE 22
Will the Town accept the layout of the Selectmen at the corner of Lawson Road and Curtis Street as recorded at the Town Clerk's Office, a Town way, or act thereon ?
Selectmen.
Voted, Yes.
ARTICLE 23
Will the Town authorize the Town Accountant to trans- fer the following unused balances of special appropria- tions of former years to the Excess and Deficiency Ac- count : Armistice Day, $250.00; Airport Construction, $475.00. Selectmen.
Voted, Yes.
ARTICLE 24
Will the town raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the following amounts to provide for overdrafts of 1933. Town Meetings, Elections and Registration, $1.63; Snow Removal, $3,422.77.
Selectmen.
Voted, Yes. Town Meetings, Elections and Registra- tion, $1.63; Snow Removal, $3,422.77. (Appropriated) .
ARTICLE 25
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for the purpose of improving a part of the Town's public land at Humarock, same to be used for auto parking for Scituate residents ? Selectmen.
Voted, Yes-$300.00.
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ARTICLE 26
To see if the Town will appropriate $2,500 for the extension of sidewalks at Humarock Beach, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter. Humarock Beach Improvement Association. By Joseph G. Bryer,
President.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 27
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used with funds of the State and County for the extension of sea wall construction at Humarock. Humarock Beach Improvement Association. By Joseph B. Bryer, President.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 28
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate from funds in the Treasury the amount $6,835.81 earned by or appropriated for the Water Department and a sum of money equal to, but not exceeding the amount of the water revenue, to meet the payments for bonds, interest, operation, and improvement of the Water Department for the ensuing year, or take any action relative thereto? Water Commissioners.
Voted, That the balance of water department funds in the treasury amounting to $6625.45 on January First, and an amount equal to the revenue for the ensuing year, be appropriated for the use of the Water Depart- ment as follows : For payment of bonds, $27,500.00; For interest on water bonds, $28,133.75; For maintenance, operation and improvement of the Department; the ac- tual balance of the water revenue to be received, now estimated at $40,366.25.
ARTICLE 29
To see if the Town will authorize and instruct the Water Commissioners to pay to Maria L. Studley the
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sum of Ten Dollars for a parcel of land containing 26,514 square feet, owned by her near Galen Damon pond and adjoining other land of the Town on said pond.
Water Commissioners. Voted, $10.00. 1
ARTICLE 30
Will the Town accept the report of the Selectmen as filed with Town Clerk laying out a Town way from a point on Country Way near the intersection of Capt. Pierce Road and running westerly to intersect Mann Lot Road thence southerly by said Mann Lot Road to its in- tersection with the New State Highway, or take any ac- tion thereon? Arthur R. Merritt, et als.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 31
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 for the construction of a Highway 80 feet in width from the Country Way opposite Capt. Pierce Road to the new State Highway running from Hingham to Greenbush. All work to be done by hand labor open to all citizens, War Veterans, Public Welfare recipitants and others with equal opportunity to all. All trucking necessary shall be proportioned as equally as possible among the Town residents who own proper trucking equipment. On completion of this Highway a sum of money sufficient for construction of a electrically illum- inated sign board visible from either direction be placed at a suitable location at the southerly entrance of the road portraying the information of a entrance to Scitu- ate and donating the locations of the various summer and year round sections. Cost of sign to be taken from the appropriation, or act thereon. Arthur R. Merritt, et als.
Not acted upon because of illegal status of article, there being no layout completed due to lack of time and inclement weather.
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ARTICLE 32
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $380 to pay the amount due the Fabric Fire Hose Company for 1150 feet of hose purchased in May, 1933, or act thereon. Forest Warden, Archie W. Torrey.
Voted, $380.00.
ARTICLE 33
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1150.00 to purchase new hose for the Fire Department, or act thereon? Scituate Fire Department, Archie W. Torrey, Chief.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 34
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to extend the fire alarm system from Grove Street to Stockbridge Road, or act thereon? Scituate Fire Depart- ment, Archie W. Torrey, Chief.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 35
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to install a fire alarm box near the Children's Hospital on Branch Street, or act thereon? Scituate Fire Depart- ment, Archie W. Torrey, Chief.
Voted, $200.00.
ARTICLE 36
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 to install a fire alarm box on Border Street, or act there- on ? Scituate Fire Department, Archie W. Torrey, Chief. Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
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ARTICLE 37
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to purchase Fire Freeze equipment for the ex- tinguishment of boat fires, or act thereon? Scituate Fire Department, Archie W. Torrey, Chief.
Defeated.
ARTICLE 38
Will the Town vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 31, Section 48, placing the Police Depart- ment under Civil Service Laws, or act thereon ?
Peter W. Sharp, et als.
Voted, To accept. Vote per check list ballot, Yes-340, No-210, with 3 blanks.
ARTICLE 39
Will the Town vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 31, Section 49, placing the Chief of Police under the Civil Service Laws, or act thereon ? Peter W. Sharp, et als.
Voted, Yes. (Voice vote.)
ARTICLE 40
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair the street from the junction of Light- house & Rebecca Roads around Lighthouse Point back to the point of beginning, a distance of about 5/8 of a mile, or take any other action thereon. Ethel Stonefield, et als.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 41
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to improve the drainage of the water holes and burn over the salt marsh between Lighthouse and Rebecca Roads, or take any other action thereon.
Ethel Stonefield, et als.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
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ARTICLE 42
To see if the road surveyor will arrange to remove snow deposited in driveways by snow plows.
A. Marie Millin, et als.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 43
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $7200 for damages and for the construction of a road leading westerly from the intersection of Country Way and the railroad at North Scituate to connect with the new 3A Route, the same to be expended in conjunction with funds provided by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works and by the County of Plymouth, or either of them, or take any action thereon ? Selectmen.
Voted, $7,200.00.
ARTICLE 44
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $350 to install an oil burning heating equipment at Police Station, or act thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, To indefinitely postpone.
ARTICLE 45
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,500 to the Reserve Fund or transfer the whole or any part thereof from any available fund or act thereon ? Selectmen.
Voted, That $5,500.00 be raised and appropriated un- der this article and that the sum of $1,000.00 be trans- ferred from the Overlay Surplus Account.
ARTICLE 46
Will the Town vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to act with the Board of Health to study the question of the acquiring by the Town of an area for the use as a public dump, or act thereon ? Board of Health.
Voted, Yes.
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ARTICLE 47
To see if the Town will accept the layout of the Select- men at the corner of Jericho Road and Beaver Dam Road as recorded with the Town Clerk and raise and appropri- ate the sum of $500 for land damage or other purpose, or act thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, Yes, $500.00.
ARTICLE 48
Will the Town vote to direct the Highway Surveyor to purchase a new stone crusher and to dispose of the one now owned by the Town to the best possible advantage and authorize that a sufficient amount to accomplish this purpose be taken from the appropriation for the General Repair of Roads, or take any action thereon ?
Selectmen.
Voted, Included with Care of Roads Appropriation. ($3,000.00.)
ARTICLE 49
Will the Town vote to accept Section 6B-Chapter 40 of the General Laws of Massachusetts, Tercentenary Edition of 1932 as follows :-
Section 6B-"A city or town which accepts this section may appropriate money for the pur- chase of uniforms for members of its police and fire departments."
or act thereon? Selectmen.
Voted, Yes.
Attest :- WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS, MARCH 12, 1934 Polls opened at 6 o'clock A. M .; closed at 3.30 o'clock
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P. M.
Presiding Election Officer, Philip S. Bailey.
In charge of ballot box, Arthur H. Lane.
Ballot Clerks : Lillian M. Finnie, Ethyl M. Duffey, Nel- son W. W. Lee, Kenneth R. Briggs.
Registrars, Joseph A. Ward, George F. Hennigan, Les- ter D. Hobson, Bertha L. Turner.
Tellers, Elwood C. Damon, Walter Flaherty, John R. Young, Edward I. Wilson, Richard W. Wherity, William M. Wade.
Total vote, 1719. Males, 923; Females, 796.
Moderator for One Year:
Philip S. Bailey 1199
William J. Roberts
402
Blanks 118
Selectman for Three Years:
W. Irving Lincoln 915
Nathaniel Tilden 782
Blanks 22
Assessor for Three Years :
Henry A. Litchfield
1303
Blanks 416
Public Welfare for Three Years:
Annie M. Somers
811
Nathaniel Tilden
820
Blanks
88
Surveyor of Highways:
Henry T. Cole 100
Archie L. Mitchell
801
Charles M. Wagner 802
Blanks 16
234
Constables for One Year :
Vote for Three
Alton H. Curtis 1207
Ernest M. Damon
1029
William E. Tobin
1078
Blanks
1843
Tree Warden for One Year:
C. Albert Brown 519
William F. Ford
983
William P. Jenkins 132
Blanks 85
Board of Water Commissioners for Three Years:
John F. McJennett
981
Russell J. Wilder 655
Blanks 83
Park Commissioner for Three Years:
Allerton L. Bonney 209
John F. Dalby
817
Carlton F. Merritt 215
William B. Pepper 294
Blanks 184
Board of Health for Three Years :
J. Edward Harney 616
George H. Otis
984
Blanks 119
School Committee for Three Years:
William H. Bartlett 533
Belle H. Chaffin 678
Josephine I. Dwyer 405
Blanks 103
Advisory Board for One Year: (To Fill Vacancy) John M. Goodnow 1141
Blanks 578
235
Advisory Board for Three Years: Vote for Three
Walter C. Brooks 1056
William A. Burton 1082
Eben B. Page 1145
Blanks
1874
Planning Board for Two Years: (To fill vacancy)
Alexander K. Williams
1092
Blanks 627
Planning Board for Three Years :
Hamilton W. Welch
1156
Blanks 563
Attest : WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk
RECOUNT-MARCH 15, 1934
Acting under petitions for a recount of the votes cast for Highway Surveyor and Board of Public Welfare on March 12, 1934, in the Town of Scituate, it was ascer- tained by the Board of Registrars that for the office of Highway Surveyor,
Henry T. Cole received 100 votes
Archie L. Mitchell received
801 votes
Charles M. Wagner received 803 votes Blanks 15
It was ascertained by the Board of Registrars that for the office of Board of Public Welfare,
Annie M. Somers received 813 votes
Nathaniel Tilden received 820 votes Blanks 86
Joseph A. Ward, George F. Hennigan, Lester D. Hobson, William M. Wade,
Board of Registrars.
Attest : WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
WARRANT FOR PARTY PRIMARY
Plymouth, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Scituate.
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet at the Town Hall in Scituate on
Tuesday, the Twenty-fourth Day of April, 1934 at 6.00 o'clock A. M., for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the fol- lowing offices :
District Member of State Committee
for each political party for the Norfolk-Plymouth Senatorial District.
Ten Members of the Democratic Town Committee.
Ten Members of the Republican Town Committee.
One Delegate to State Convention of the Democratic Party.
One Delegate to State Convention of the Republican Party.
All the above candidates are to be voted for upon one ballot.
The polls will be open from 6.00 A. M. to 12 M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meet- ing.
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Given under our hands this 14th day of April, A. D. 1934.
W. IRVING LINCOLN, HARRY F. CLEVERLY, DANIEL A. VINES, Selectmen of Scituate.
A true copy. Attest : ERNEST M. DAMON, Constable. Monday, April 16, 1934.
PARTY PRIMARY, APRIL 24, 1934
Polls opened at 6 o'clock A. M .; closed at 12 o'clock Noon.
The warrant was read by the Town Clerk.
Presiding Election Officer, W. Irving Lincoln.
Ballot Clerks: Lillian M. Finnie, Ethyl M. Duffey, Kenneth R. Briggs, Nelson W. W. Lee.
Registrars: Joseph A. Ward, Lester D. Hobson, J. Edward Harney, Bertha L. Turner.
Tellers : Elwood C. Damon, John R. Young, George F. Hennigan, William M. Wade.
In charge of ballot box, Arthur H. Lane.
Total Vote, 207. Males, 129. Females, 78. Repub- lican, 30. Democratic, 177.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
State Committee :
Norfolk and Plymouth District
Vernon W. Marr 26
Blanks
4
Delegate to State Convention :
State Conv. Scituate
Vernon W. Marr 27
Blanks 3
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Town Committee, Scituate :
Vote for Ten
Nathaniel Tilden
26
Lennity B. Mitchell
20
George V. Yenetchi
19
Mary R. Stearns
19
Madeleine Ellis
23
Philip S. Bailey
25
G. Stacy Bearse
23
Paul F. Ives
24
Albert F. McLean
20
Scattering
2
Blanks
69
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
State Committee:
Norfolk and Plymouth District
Thomas H. Buckley
72
Blanks 105
Delegate to State Convention:
State Conv. Scituate
Michael F. Welch
72
Richard W. Wherity
13
Paul J. Gillis
45
Blanks
47
Town Committee, Scituate-Group 1:
Vote for Fifteen
Richard W. Wherity
13
Benjamin H. Curran
14
Nelson W. W. Lee
12
William R. Scannell
12
J. Edward Driscoll
13
Edgar L. Hyland, Jr. 10
Town Committee, Scituate-Group 2:
Michael F. Welch 99
Frederick Gosewisch 90
239
James A. McCarthy
94
Martin L. Mahoney
91
Thomas J. Flynn
89
Robert E. Sheehan
92
Catherine J. O'Hara
90
James McIntyre
91
Thomas P. Stanley
90
Thomas F. Hernan
98
Richard W. Tobin
92
George W. Duffey
92
Mary Elizabeth Madore
95
John Joseph Stewart
97
Henry T. Cole
88
Town Committee, Scituate-Group 3:
Marcus T. Flaherty
57
Thomas P. Dowd
60
Edmund L. Fortier
56
Thomas H. O'Neil
55
Benjamin H. La Vange
54
Paul J. Gillis
57
John F. Kelly
56
Ernest L. Hooper
56 17
John E. Jellows
16
Frank H. Barry
17
George F. Hennigan
16
John D. Flaherty
15
Matthew R. Glynn
17
Robert F. Hall
17
Blanks
527
Attest : WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Plymouth, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Scituate in said County.
John F. Barry
240
Greeting.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet in the
SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
MONDAY, THE 30TH DAY OF JULY, 1934 at 8 o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE 1
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $40,000 to be expended for the care of roads under the direction of the highway surveyor or act thereon?
Eugene J. Jellows and others.
ARTICLE 2
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $35,000 to be expended in completing the town parking place at Scituate Harbor under the direction of the high- way surveyor, said work to be done by citizens of Scitu- ate with a minimum rate of 65c per hour for labor and a rate for trucks with capacity of 3,000 lbs. or over of $2.00 per hour ? John F. Duffy and others.
ARTICLE 3
Will the town vote to establish a minimum rate of $2.00 per hour for all trucks 3,000 lbs. capacity or more? John F. Duffy and others.
ARTICLE 4
Will the Town vote to establish a minimum rate of 65c per hour for all Town labor? John F. Duffy and others.
ARTICLE 5
Will the town raise and appropriate a sum not to ex- ceed $200.00 for the purchase, delivery and placing of rip rap on First Cliff to protect the properties of Alice
233
P. M.
Presiding Election Officer, Philip S. Bailey.
In charge of ballot box, Arthur H. Lane.
Ballot Clerks : Lillian M. Finnie, Ethyl M. Duffey, Nel- son W. W. Lee, Kenneth R. Briggs.
Registrars, Joseph A. Ward, George F. Hennigan, Les- ter D. Hobson, Bertha L. Turner.
Tellers, Elwood C. Damon, Walter Flaherty, John R. Young, Edward I. Wilson, Richard W. Wherity, William M. Wade.
Total vote, 1719. Males, 923; Females, 796.
Moderator for One Year:
Philip S. Bailey 1199
402
William J. Roberts
Blanks 118
Selectman for Three Years:
W. Irving Lincoln 915
782
Nathaniel Tilden
Blanks 22
Assessor for Three Years :
1303
Henry A. Litchfield
Blanks 416
Public Welfare for Three Years:
811
Annie M. Somers
820
Nathaniel Tilden
88
Blanks
Surveyor of Highways:
Henry T. Cole 100
801
Archie L. Mitchell
802
Charles M. Wagner
Blanks 16
234
Constables for One Year:
Vote for Three
Alton H. Curtis 1207
Ernest M. Damon
1029
William E. Tobin
1078
Blanks
1843
Tree Warden for One Year:
C. Albert Brown 519
William F. Ford
983
William P. Jenkins 132
Blanks 85
Board of Water Commissioners for Three Years:
John F. McJennett
981
Russell J. Wilder 655
Blanks 83
Park Commissioner for Three Years:
Allerton L. Bonney 209
John F. Dalby
817
Carlton F. Merritt 215
William B. Pepper
294
Blanks 184
Board of Health for Three Years :
J. Edward Harney 616
984
Blanks 119
School Committee for Three Years :
William H. Bartlett 533
Belle H. Chaffin 678
Josephine I. Dwyer 405
Blanks 103
Advisory Board for One Year: (To Fill Vacancy)
John M. Goodnow 1141
Blanks 578
George H. Otis
235
Advisory Board for Three Years: Vote for Three
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