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WATER LIENS ADDED TO TAXES - 1937
Commitment per warrant
$2,334.43
Payments to treasurer
$750.70
Abatements 53.00
Added to tax titles
234.71
Commitment reported in excess
12.00
Outstanding December 31, 1937 and January 26, 1938,
per list
1,284.02
$2,334.43
ELIZA JENKINS CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1937
$3,020.80
$3,020.80
On hand at end of year 1937 .. $3,020.80 $3,020.80
On hand January 26, 1938
$3,020.80
$3,020.80
Receipts -1937 - Payments
Income $90.60 Transferred to town $90.60
JANUARY 1 TO 26, 1938 No Transactions Recorded
LUCY THOMAS CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1937
$1,000.00 $1,000.00
On hand at end of year 1937 $1,000.00 $1,000.00
On hand January 26, 1938 Receipts - 1937 - Payments
$1,000.00 $1,000.00
Income $30.00 Transferred to town $30.00
JANUARY 1 TO 26, 1938 No Transactions Recorded
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CORNELIA M. ALLEN CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1937
$5,086.68
$5,086.68
On hand at end of year 1937 ..
$5,086.68 $5,086.68
On hand January 26, 1938
$5,086.68
$5,086.68
Receipts - 1937 -
Payments
Income $152.58
Transferred to town $152.58
JANUARY 1 TO 26, 1938 No Transactions Recorded
SARAH J. WHEELER CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1937
$988.22
$988.22
On hand at end of year 1937 . .
$988.22
$988.22
On hand January 26, 1938 Receipts
$988.22
$988.22
- 1937 -
Payments
Income $29.64
Transferred to town
$29.64
JANUARY 1 TO 28, 1938 No Transactions Recorded
HANNAH DEAN MILLER CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year
1937
$1,952.63
$1,952.63
On hand at end of year 1937
$1,952.63
$1,952.63
On hand January 26, 1938
$1,952.63
$1,952.63
Receipts - 1937 -
Payments
Income $58.56 Transferred to town $58,56
JANUARY 1 TO 26, 1938 No Transactions Recorded
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GEORGE O. ALLEN CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1937
$521.71
$524.71
On hand at end of year 1937
$524.71
$524.71
On hand January 26, 1938
$524.71
$524.71
Receipts - 1937 -
Payments
Income $15.72 Transferred to town $15.72
JANUARY 1 TO 26, 1938 No Transactions Recorded
SCITUATE WELFARE FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1937
$250.47
$250.47
On hand at end of year 1937 ..
$258.03
$258.03
On hand January 26, 1938
$258.03
$2.58.03
Receipts - 1937 -
Payments
Income $7.56 Added to savings deposits $7.56
JANUARY 1 TO 26, 1938 No Transactions Recorded
BENJAMIN T. ELLMS CHARITY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1937
$4,000.00 $4,000.00
On hand at end of year 1937
$4,000.00 $4,000.00
On hand January 26, 1938 $4,000.00 $4,000.00
Receipts - 1937 - Payments
Income $100.00 Transferred to town $100.00
JANUARY 1 TO 26, 1938 No Transactions Recorded
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EVERETT TORREY PARK FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1937
$375.66
$375.66
On hand at end of year 1937
$371.41
$371.41
On hand January 26, 1938 .
$371.41
$371.41
Receipts - 1937 -
Payments
Withdrawn from
Transferred to town $15.60
savings deposits $4.25
Income
11.35
$15.60
$15.60
JANUARY 1 TO 26, 1938 No Transactions Recorded
CLARA T. BATES CEMETERY FUND
Savings Deposits
Total
On hand at beginning of year 1937
$290.59
$290.59
On hand at end of year 1937 . .
$268.15
$268.15
On hand January 26, 1938
$268.15
$268.15
Receipts - 1937 -
Payments
Withdrawn from
Transferred to town $31.20
savings deposits
$22.44
Income
8.76
$31.20
$31.20
JANUARY 1 TO 26, 1938 No transactions recorded
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TOWN OF SCITUATE Balance Sheet - December 31, 1937 General Accounts
ASSETS
Cash:
In Banks and Office, $18,001.61
Collector's Petty Cash, 40.00
Water Department, 15.00
$18,056.61
Collector, $40.00
Water Department, 15.00
Accounts Receivable :
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Levy of 1935:
Polls,
$208.00
Property, 716.93
Levy of 1936:
Polls, 312.94
Property, 43,072.29
Levy of 1937:
Polls,
598.00
Property,
113,695.24
158,603.40
County Tax, 943.69
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:
Levy of 1935, $510.25
Levy of 1936, 655.35
Levy of 1937, 2,350.13
Appropriation Balances: Tax Title Foreclosures, $241.37 Remodeling and Enlarging Brook Street Station, 905.78
3,515.73
Repairs to Breakwaters,
562.92
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55.00
Taxes:
Trust Fund Income:
Cornelia Allen Charity Fund, 152.58
Tailings - Unclaimed Checks, 87.31
Sale of Real Estate Fund,
930.00
Federal Grant - Old Age Assistance:
Administration, $111.46
Assistance, .08
111.54
Overestimate:
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Temporary Loans: In Anticipation of Revenue 1937, $40,000.00
Reserve for Petty Cash Advances:
45
Special Assessments:
Moth 1936,
$129.12
Moth 1937, 175.75
Sea Wall,
1,436.13
Tax Titles,
$16,853.64
Tax Possessions,
6,483.90
23,337.54
Departmental:
Police,
$180.00
Moth,
1,015.58
Health,
606.60
Public Welfare,
1,095.11
Old Age Assistance,
825.14
Mothers' Aid,
770.03
Soldiers' Relief
53.73
State Aid,
810.00
Military Aid,
62.50
5,418.69
Water Rates and Charges:
1933,
$282.00
1934, 589.60
1935, 1,533.24
1936,
1,045.03
1937, 6,759.01
$10,208.88
Overlays - Reserved for Abatement of Taxes:
Overlay 1935, $924.93
Overlay 1936, 7,953.72
Overlay 1937, 7,355.44
11,518.90
Musquashcut Pond, 336.00 Land Damages:
Highway North Scituate to Route 3-A $627.33 Prospect Ave, 250.00
1,741.00
877.33
New Town Way, 6.94
Land near Peggotty Beach, 8,292.40 Civic Center Grounds, High School, 222.94
Hydrants - Jenkins School 11.71
Federal, State and County Projects and Town Improvements, 189.70
Printing, Historical Books, 15.99
Rebuilding Town Pier, 100.19
Plan Showing Location of Veterans' Graves 250.00
Water Department Special 1933, 948.89
12,962.16
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus, 4,924.66
Water Liens,
26.00
Water Liens Added to Taxes 1937, 1,284.02
16,234.09
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Underestimates: State Tax and Assessment,
Overlay Deficits :
Levy of 1933,
$271.86
Levy of 1934, 243.05
514.91
Water
11,518.90
Overdrawn Accounts, Section 31, Chapter 44, General Laws:
Hydrant Rental, $34.16
Forest Fires, 182.66
Inch Foot Levy, 305.23
Snow Removal,
1,524.68
Public Welfare,
2,494.23
Old Age Assistance, 1,520.97
Soldiers' Relief, 1,733.17
School Department, 1,135.07 Allen Memorial Library, 5.63
Control of Shellfish
486.75
9,422.55
Water Department Deficit, 1,360.77 Loan Authorized - Water Department, 40,000.00
$274,883.18
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
1,393.08 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, $3,515.73 Special Assessment, 1,741.00 Tax Title, 23,337.54
Departmental, 5,418.69
45,531.86
Loan Authorized - Unissued,
40,000.00
Surplus Revenue, 112,950.29
$274,883.18
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt,
$685,700.00
Concrete Bridge Loan, $7,200.00
Sea Wall Loan, 3,000.00
Town Pier Loan, 20,000.00
Departmental Equipm't Loan, 13,500.00
$43,700.00
Water Loans,
642,000.00
$685,700.00
$685,700.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
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Trust Funds, Cash and Securities, $17,470.83
Charity Funds:
Eliza Jenkins Fund,
$3,020.80
Lucy Thomas Fund,
1,000.00
Sarah J. Wheeler Fund, 988.22
Hannah Dean Miller Fund, 1,952.63
Cornelia M. Allen Fund,
5,086.88
George D. Allen Fund,
524.71
Scituate Welfare Fund,
258.03
Benjamin T. Ellms Fund, 4,000.00
$16,831.27
Everett Torrey Park Fund,
371.41
Clara T. Bates Cemetery Fund,
268.15
$17,470.83
$17,470.83
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, 1938 HELD ON TWO DAYS Under Authority of Chapter 284, Acts of 1915 March 7, 1938
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs held at the High School Auditorium in said Scituate on Monday, the seventh day of March, 1938, at 9 o'clock A. M. order was called by Moderator William J. Roberts.
The warrant was read by Town Clerk, William M. Wade.
Tellers appointed by the Moderator and sworn to their duties by the Town Clerk were: John G. Vollmer, Lester D. Hobson, Donald S. Pitkin, John M. Goodnow, Ralph C. Ackerman, Joseph O. Severance, Jr., and George F. Dwyer.
Article 1
To choose all the necessary Town Officers other than those elected by ballot, viz., Surveyor of Lumber, Meas- urer of Wood and Bark, two or more Field Drivers, one Pound Keeper.
Voted: To elect same officers as in 1937. Surveyor of Lumber, Measurer of Wood and Bark, Ansel F. Servan.
Two or more Field Drivers.
The constables.
One Pound Keeper, Augustus L. Abbott.
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Article 2
To hear the report of the Selectmen, other Town Offi- cers and Standing Committees, and act thereon.
Voted: To accept reports of Town Officers as printed in the Town Report.
Voted: To accept report of Committee re. Art. 8 of Town Meeting of March 1, 1937 concerning conditions near Town Pier.
A minority report by William A. Davidson, accepted and filed with the Town Clerk.
Voted: To accept report of Committee appointed at Town Meeting of March 1, 1937, re. draining problem at corner of Cudworth and First Parish Roads.
Article 3
Will the Town vote to establish salaries and compen- sation of all elected Town Officers, or act thereon?
Voted: To establish salaries and compensation of all elected Town Officers as follows:
Selectmen: Chairman, $1800.00 and legitimate ex- penses. Other members, $540.00 each and legitimate ex- penses.
Assessors: Chairman, $1620.00 and legitimate expen- ·ses. Other members, $405.00 each and legitimate ex- penses.
Board of Public Welfare: Chairman, $500.00 and legitimate expenses. Other members $100.00 and legiti- mate expenses.
Highway Surveyor: $1980.00, he to furnish his own conveyance while in the performance of his duties and receive $250.00 to cover expense of same.
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Town Clerk: $1200.00 and legitimate expenses.
Town Collector: $2000.00 and legitimate expenses, all fees to accrue to the benefit of the Town.
Town Treasurer: $1800.00 and legitimate expenses.
Tree Warden: $270.00.
Water Commissioners: $180.00 for each member and legitimate expenses, to be taken from Water Department budget.
Board of Health: The sum of $1200.00 be paid to the Board of Health for salary, divided as follows: Secretary, $500.00 and legitimate expenses. Other two members $350.00 each and legitimate expenses. This sum shall in- clude their charges for all services performed by them or either of them, other than inspection of plumbing, in- spection of meat and inspection of cattle from appropri- ation for Board of Health.
Park Commission: each member be paid the same amount per hour for work actually performed as is paid laborers in the Highway Department.
Moderator: $10.00 each meeting.
Article 4
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses estimated for the year 1938, and make appropriations for the following departments:
Estimated
Selectmen's Department
Services and Expenses $ 4 353 00
Legal Counsel 1 000 00
Engineering 1 200 00
Town Hall 1 500 00
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Public Buildings except School Buildings 4
or any structures under control of School Committee 1 000 00
Civic Centre Grounds 225 00
Street Lighting and Traffic Beacons 11 000 00
Sign Boards 500 00
Soldiers' Benefits 8 000 00
Memorial Day
500 00
Armistice Day
200 00
Town Meetings, Registrations and Elec- tions 1 100 00
Unclassified
2 500 00
Insurance
6 500 00
Town Ambulance
350 00
Interest
2 000 00
Reduction of Debt
13 400 00
Certification of Notes 75 00
Bounties
150 00
Libraries
Pierce Memorial Library 1 400 00
Allen Memorial Library 1 400 00
Hydrant Rental
3 010 00
Inch Foot Levy
26 438 12
Water Commissioners' Salaries, each $300.00
including legitimate expenses
900 00
Board of Public Welfare
Charities 17 000 00
Mothers' Aid 5 000 00
Old Age Assistance 17 000 00
Assessors Dept.
Services and Expenses 4 675 00
Collectors Dept.
Services and Expenses 5 230 00
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Treasurers Dept.
Services and Expenses 2 397 50
Accountants Dept.
Services and Expenses 2 150 00
Town Clerks Dept.
Services and Expenses 1 470 00 1
Highway Dept.
General-Care of Roads, Sidewalk Main-
tenance and Construction and Repair of Bridges
77 000 00
Snow Removal
15 000 00
School Dept.
88 650 00
Police Dept.
24 720 00
Fire Dept.
General 28 210 00
Forest Fires 1 200 00
Health Dept.
12 345 00
Park Dept.
3 050 60
Moth Dept.
General
6 000 00
Elm Tree Beetle
1 000 00
Tree Warden
1 000 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
700 00
Advisory Board
200 00
Planning Board 250 00
Town Landings 897 00
Mosquito Control Maintenance 2 500 00
Plymouth County Hospital 5 392 51
State and County Tax 42 500 00
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Voted:
Selectmen's Services and Expenses . $3,918.00
Legal Counsel 900.00
Engineering 1,080.00
Town Hall 1,350.00
Public Buildings, except School Buildings
or any structures under control of School Committee 900.00
Civic Center Grounds 225.00
Street Lighting and Traffic Beacons 11,000.00
Sign Boards 450.00
Soldiers Benefits 6,500.00
Memorial Day 500.00
Armistice Day 180.00
Town Meetings, Elections and Registrations. . 800.00
Unclassified
2,250.00
Insurance 6,500.00
Town Ambulance 350.00
Interest
2,000.00
Reduction of Debt
13,400.00
Certification of Notes
75.00
Bounties
150.00
Pierce Memorial Library
1,400.00
Allen Memorial Library
1,400.00
Hydrant Rental (See Resolution)
.00
Inch Foot Levy
26,438.12
Water Commissioners' Salaries-to be taken from Water Company Budget .00
Public Welfare 17,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children 5,000.00
Old Age Assistance 17,000.00
Assessors' Services and Expenses 4,208.00
Collector's Services and Expenses 5,230.00
Treasurer's Services and Expenses 2,397.00
Accountant's Services and Expenses 2,150.00
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Town Clerk's Services and Expenses .. 1,470.00 Care of Roads, Sidewalk Maintenance and
Construction and Repair of Bridges .77,000.00
Snow Removal 15,000.00
School Department 88,650.00
Police Department 24,720.00
Fire Department General 28,210.00
Forest Fires 1,200.00
Health Department 12,200.00
Park Department 3,050.00
Moth Department General 6,000.00
Elm Tree Beetle 1,000.00
Tree Warden 1,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures 700.00
Advisory Board
200.00
Planning Board 200.00
Town Landings 747.00
Mosquito Control Maintenance 2,500.00
Plymouth County Hospital 5,392.51
State and County Tax 42,500.00
Resolution re. Hydrant Rental under Article 4
Whereas: The operating costs of the Water Depart- ment are decreasing each year, and the income of the Department is an amount in excess of what is necessary for its operation and ordinary upkeep, and
Whereas: The charges against.the Town for fire pro- tection under the title of Hydrant rental and Inch-foot levy, have reached an amount in excess of any previous year, and are greater than are needed to supplement the income from water rates;
Be it resolved: That it is the sense of this Town Meet- ing that the amount $3,010.00 asked for hydrant rental shall be withdrawn or abated if already charged for the
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year of 1938 and that the water rates shall be reduced thus giving the water taker the benefit of the savings accruing to this Department.
(Voted to accept by voice vote)
Article 5
To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Welfare to contract at their discretion for the support of the Town's poor, or act thereon?
-Selectmen
Voted: To so authorize the Board of Public Welfare.
Article 6
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1939, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. The Selectmen
Voted: That the Town do authorize the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1939 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
(Unanimous vote.)
Article 7
To hear the report of any Committee heretofore cho- sen, or act thereon.
Combined with Article 2.
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Article 8
Will the Town authorize the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend any suit or suits within the Com- monwealth in the name of the Town and to settle any claim against the Town not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) out of any available funds therefor.
Voted: To so authorize.
-Selectmen
Article 9
Will the Town instruct its Selectmen to control, regu- late, or prohibit the taking of eels, clams, quahaugs, ra- zor fish, sea worms and scallops within the Town of Scituate in accordance with Chapter 130, Section 84, Gen- eral Laws, as amended by the Acts of 1928, Chapter 113, and raise and appropriate $2,200.00 for the regulations, supervision and equipment for same, or act thereon?
- Selectmen
Voted: To instruct the Selectmen to control, regulate, or prohibit the taking of eels, seaworms, clams, qua- hogs, razor fish and scallops within the Town of Scitu- ate in accordance with Chapter 130, Section 84, General Laws, as amended by the Acts of 1928, Chapter 113 and raise and appropriate $2200.00 for the regulations, super- vision and equipment for same.
Article 10
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00, to cover the labor costs of cultivating the clam flats at the North River, Humarock, Bassing Beach and the Glades to be expended under the joint direction of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Health.
-Young Men's Civic Association et al Voted: To lay on the table.
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Article 11
Will the Town authorize the Selectmen to contract for the part time services of a Public Health Nurse to be employed under the direction of the Board of Health, Board of Public Welfare, and the School Committee and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,600.00 plus $500.00 to help pay the cost of transportation for Schools, Board of Public Welfare, and Board of Health work, or act thereon. - Selectmen
Voted: Yes. $2,100.00
Article 12
Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,500.00 to the Reserve Fund or transfer the whole or any part thereof from any available fund or act there-
-- Selectmen on ? .
Voted: To raise and appropriate $4,000.00.
Article 13
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of sev- enty-five dollars ($75.00) for the channel markings and regulations of the usage of North River from Humarock Bridge to the sea, same to be in conjunction with like control by the Town of Marshfield?
Voted: Yes. $75.00
-Selectmen
Article 14
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to cover the Town share of materials, trucking, and other necessary expenses in connection with Federal Projects or State or County assistance of that nature or any other Town improvement as may be approved by the Selectmen. -Selectmen
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Voted: That $10,000.00 be raised under Article 14 and that $5,000 be raised from current tax levy and $5,000 bc taken from Excess and Deficiency Account.
Article 15
To see if the Town will vote to transfer the Dog Fund received from the County for Schools or Libraries.
-Selectmen
Voted: To transfer to Schools.
Article 16
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $100.00 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: Yes. $100.00. Charles E. Mitchell, Director
Article 17
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $9,422.55 to provide for the following overdrafts:
Hydrant Rental
$ 34 16
Inch Foot Levy
305 23
Forest Fires
182 66
Snow Removal 1 524 68
Public Welfare 2 494 23
Old Age Assistance 1 520 97
Soldiers' Benefits
1 733 17
School Department
1 135 07
Allen Memorial Library 5 63
Control of Shellfish 486 75
Selectmen
Voted: To take from E. and D. account. $9,422.55
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Article 18
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $391.27 to pay the following unpaid bills :
J. F. McJennett
$ 21 13
C. B. Carpenter
25 00
Richard J. Donovan, M. D.
129 00
Franklin Publishing Co. 3 00
The Welch Co.
213 14
Selectmen
Voted: To take from E. and D. Account $391.27.
Article 19
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the maintenance and improvement of the Town Forest, or act thereon.
-Town Forest Committee
Voted: To raise and appropriate $500.00, earmarked to be spent to relieve Public Welfare costs.
Article 20
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $85.00 for care of the old Cemetery on Cudworth Road, or act thereon. -The Selectmen
Voted: To raise and appropriate $8,000.00
Article 21
"Will the town appropriate the sum of eight thousand ($8,000.) dollars to be paid to Henry T. Cole for work and materials furnished to said town in connection with a contract or contracts for making fill on the waterfront
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side of Front Street in said town,- said appropriation to be made in accordance with Chapter 235, Sections 1 and 3 inclusive of the Acts and Resolves of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts for 1936, a copy of which is herein set forth below, and under which enactment the town at its annual town election in 1937 voted by a vote of 847 in favor to 351 against, to authorize the Town of Scituate to pay to the said Henry T. Cole a sum not to ex- ceed eight thousand dollars for said labor and materials furnished as aforesaid, and at said election no action could be taken to make appropriation for said payment on account of the fact that all appropriations for the year 1937 had been made the week previous at the annual Town meeting held on the first Monday of March, 1937? 'An Act Authorizing The Town of Scituate To Pay a Sum of Money to Henry T. Cole For Certain Work and Materials.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral obligation, the town of Scituate is hereby authorized to pay to Henry T. Cole of said town a sum not to exceed eight thousand dollars for work and materials furnished to sa'd town in connection with a contract or contracts for making fill on the waterfront side of Front Street in said town.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the regis- tered voters of said town at the annual town meeting in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven in the form of the following question, which shall be placed on the official ballot to be used for the election of town officers at said meeting :- "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six entitled 'An Act authorizing the Town of Scituate to pay a sum of Money to Henry T. Cole for Certain Work and Mater-
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ials,' be accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast there- on are in the affirmative this act shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.
Section 3. If the vote on section two is in the affirma- tive, the vote for the money to be appropriated must be taken at an annual town meeting. Approved April 21, 1936." Ernest L. Pinkham, et al
Voted: To raise and appropriate $8,000.00
Article 22
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for 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 $150.00 with same Committee as in 1937.
Article 23
To see if the Town will vote to increase the number of Selectmen from three to five members, to take effect March 1939 at the annual town meeting for election of officers all five members to be elected for a period of one year.
-James H. Dwyer, et al.
Not acted upon. Ruled illegal by Moderator.
Article 24
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Fire En- gineers to appoint one of their number as chief and fix his salary in accordance with Section 4A of Chapter 41, General Laws. -Board of Engineers
Voted: No.
Article 25
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $60.00 for payment of dues for a yearly membership in
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the Maritime Division of Boston Chamber of Commerce? Selectmen
Voted: To raise and appropriate $60.00
Article 26
Will the Town raise and appropriate $200.00 for care and maintenance of Minot Parking Space and Comfort Station or act thereon? -Selectmen
Voted: To raise and appropriate $180.00
Article 27
Will the Town authorize and direct the Moderator to appoint a Road Committee consisting of the following personnel, viz: one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Advisory Board, one member of the Planning Board, and the Moderator, said committee to serve in an advisory capacity to confer with and make recommendations to the Road Surveyor, or act thereon? -Road Surveyor
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