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Affirmative 28; Negative 4.
ARTICLE 3
On motion by M. E. S. Clemons
Voted : That Article 3 be taken up.
On motion by Mr. Wakefield
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Voted: That the vote under Article 3, whereby the town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 be reconsidered.
On motion by Mr. Wakefield
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 (three thousand dollars) to be spent under the direction of the Water and Sewerage Board for the purpose of making pits, borings, soundings and tests in the different parts of the town for an additional source of water for the water supply of the town of which one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) of the above sum shall be taken from the maintenance account of the Water and Sewerage Department.
ARTICLE 10
Article 10. To see if the town will vote that any money received from insurance for damages from lightning to the Montrose School House shall be appropriated to the use of the Montrose School House Building Com- mittee .- Montrose School Building Committee by Willard B. Atwell.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted : That the town appropriate the sum of $768.00 for the use of Montrose Schoolhouse Building Committee in building the new Mont- rose Schoolhouse. This sum being now in the Town Treasury, having been received in adjustment of an insurance claim.
ARTICLE 11
Article 11. To see if the town will accept and allow a report of the Board of Selectmen altering Eustis Ave., by changing the grade in a part thereof. -Board of Selectmen.
On motion by M. E. S. Clemons
Voted : That the town accept and allow a report of the Board of Se- lectmen altering Eustis Avenue by changing the grade in a part thereof, all as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 12
Article 12. To see if the town will grant permission to the proprietors of Lakeside Cemetery, a corporation, to use for burial purposes land in said Wakefield adjoining their present cemetery and bounded and described as follows:
Westerly by North Ave., about 534 feet; Northerly by land now or
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formerly of Boston Ice Company; Easterly by other land of said proprie- tors of Lakeside Cemetery; Southerly by other land of said proprietors of Lakeside Cemetery, 40 feet; Easterly again by other lands of said proprietors of Lakeside Cemetery 140 feet; and Southerly again by other land of said proprietors of Lakeside Cemetery and of Horace O. Green, 280 feet .- Board of Health.
On motion by H. A. Simonds
Voted: That the town grant permission to the Proprietors of Lake- side Cemetery Corporation to use for burial purposes, certain land in Wake- field as described in Article 12.
ARTICLE 13
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 25 of Chapter 82 of the General Laws relating to laying sewers and water pipes in ways laid out but possession of which has not been taken for the purpose of construction .- Water and Sewerage Board.
On motion by M. E. S. Clemons
Voled: That the town accept the provision of Section 25 of Chapter 82 of the General Laws relating to laying sewers and water pipes in ways laid out, but possession of which has not been taken for the purpose of con- struction.
ARTICLE 14
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Welfare to rebuild the slaughter house at the Poor Farm and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Board of Public Wel- fare.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $2,198.00 for the use of the Board of Public Welfare in rebuilding the Slaughter House at the Town Farm. This sum being now in the Town Treasury having been re- ceived in adjustment of an insurance claim.
ARTICLES 15 AND 16
On motion by M.E. S. Clemons
Voted: That Articles 15 and 16 be taken up.
On motion by M. E. S. Clemons
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Voted: That the vote under Articles 15 and 16 be amended by add- ing at the end thereof the following-
"A more particular description of the said premises being as follows: a certain parcel of land, containing about 40,424 square feet, with dwelling house and other buildings thereon situated in said Wakefield and bounded and measuring as follows, viz; Easterly, by Main Street, one hundred fifty-seven (157) feet; Southerly by land now or late of heirs of Caleb Fos- ter, about three hundred twenty-one and 74/100 (321.74) feet; Westerly by a brook separating the land hereby described from land now or late of heirs of Cyrus Wakefield; Northerly by land now or late of George A. Brig- ham, about three hundred forty-seven (347) feet."
Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 17
Article 17. To see if the town will appropriate for the Fire Depart- ment $84.84 being the sum received from insurance for damage to fire ap- paratus .- Chief of Fire Department.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $84.84 for Fire De- partment purposes. This sum being now in the Town Treasury, having been received in adjustment of an insurance claim.
ARTICLE 18
Article 18. To see if the town will accept Section 12 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws relating to public baths and wash houses .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by M. E. S. Clemons
Voted : That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely post- poned.
ARTICLE 19
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to purchase or authorize the Board of Selectmen to take for public baths and wash houses the following described premises known as the Hill property. Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Spaulding St., distant 65 feet westerly from westerly line of land formerly of John Morrill, thence northerly 136 feet by a line parallel with the westerly line of said land of Morrill, thence easterly 65
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feet by a line parallel with Spaulding St., thence northerly by said Mor- rill's land about 70 feet to Lake Quannapowitt; thence westerly, south- westerly and southerly by said Lake to said Spaulding St., thence easterly by said Spaulding St., about 65 feet, to the point of beginning; containing 14,020 sq. ft., more or less, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum there- for .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted : That the town for public baths and wash house purposes authorize the premises described in Article 19 of the warrant for the town meeting called for August 4, 1930, be purchased for the sum of $3,000.00 and authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain (but not under Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1929) the said premises whether a purchase be made or not, and raise and appropriate $3,000.00 therefor. But said sum appropriated hereby shall be in substitution of and not in addition to any sum heretofore appropriated therefor.
Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 20
Article 20. To see if the town will accept and allow a report of the Board of Selectmen altering and relocating Spring St .- Board of Select- men.
On motion by Mr. Blanchard
Voted : That the subject matter of this article .be indefinitely post- poned.
ARTICLE 21
Article 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $2,000.00 for the Sewer Department for house sewer connections .- Water and Sewer Department.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the purposes of Article 21.
ARTICLE 22
Article 22. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen relocating and altering Salem and Pleasant Streets at their junction, and
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raise and appropriate money therefor and for the construction thereof. -Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Mr. Clemons
Voted: That the town accept and allow a report of the Board of Se- lectmen relocating and altering Salem and Pleasant Streets at their junc- tion, and raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the construction thereof, all as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk.
I'nanimous vote.
ARTICLE 23
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to amend the Town Zoning By-Laws by changing the property of Alfonso Martino at 138 Water St., with a frontage there of about 150 feet from a general residence district to a business district .- Alfonso Martino and others.
On motion by Patrick H. Tenney
Voted: That the Zoning By-Laws of the town of Wakefield be amended so as to change the following described property from a general residence district to a business district :
A certain parcel of land bounded and described as follows: Northeasterly by Water Street 150 feet; Southeasterly by Oliver Street so-called 150 feet; Southwesterly by land of Martino 150 feet; Northwesterly by land of Mar- tino 150 feet.
Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 24
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Laws of the town by changing from a general residence district to a business district that portion of the town along Main St., bounded southerly by the line of the City of Melrose; Northerly by the present business district near Hanson St .; Westerly by a line distant westerly 100 feet from Main Street, and parallel therewith; Easterly by a line distant easterly from Main Street 100 feet and parallel therewith .- Leslie E. Day and others.
On motion by Mr. Reid
Voted : That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely post- poned.
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ARTICLE 25
Article 25. To see if the town will accept Section 13A of Chapter 147 of the General Laws inserted by Chapter 15 of the Acts of 1930, being en- titled "An Act Relative to Reserve Police Forces in Certain Towns."- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by M. E. S. Clemons
Voted: That the town accept Section 13A of Chapter 147 of the General Laws inserted by Chapter 15 of the Acts of 1930, being entitled "An Act Relative to Reserve Police Forces in Certain Towns."
ARTICLES 4 AND 5
On motion by M. E. S. Clemons
Voted : That Articles 4, 5 and 6 be taken up.
A motion by Mr. Clemons, that the subject matter of Article 4 be taken from the table, was lost. Yes 46; No 48.
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Adjourned at 8:52 o'clock P. M.
Attendance 110.
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RESULT OF PRIMARY .
Held September 16, 1930, as Canvassed by the Town Clerk
Republican
Governor
Frank G. Allen, Norwood
419
252
205
876
John D. Devir, Malden Blank
24
12
19
55
38
8
13
59
Lieutenant Governor
William Sterling Youngman, Boston
403
234
200
837
Blank
78
38
37
153
Secretary
Frederic W. Cook , Somerville
387
234
194
815
Blank
94
38
43
175
Treasurer
James William Bean, Cambridge
95
40
30
165
Fred Jefferson Burrell, Medford
108
63
52
223
Charles Lawrence Burrill, Boston
78
60
37
175
Russell D. Chase, Longmeadow
33
29
30
92
Ezra D. Whitaker, North Adams
14
6
4
24
George B. Willard, Brookline
31
15
14
60
John W. Withington, Dedham
9
2
8
19
Russell Abner Wood, Cambridge Blank
28
11
15
54
85
46
47
178
Auditor
Joseph N. Carriere, Fitchburg
113
56
75
244
Alonzo B. Cook, Boston
290
177
130
597
Blank
78
39
32
149
Attorney General
Joseph E. Warner, Taunton
406
218
204
828
Gardner Campbell
1
1
Blank
74
54
33
16.1
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
58
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
Senator in Congress
William M. Butler, Boston
249
176
135
560
Eben S. Draper, Hopedale
200
85
91
376
Andrew Joseph Gillis, Newburyport Blank
18
4
7
29
Congressman-Eighth District
Frederick W. Dallinger, Cambridge
392
242
208
842
Michael A. Fredo, Arlington Blank
40
16
17
73
Councillor-Sixth District
Joseph O. Knox, Medford
126
86
54
266
George E. Marchand, Lowell
13
7
12
32
Walter Perham, Chelmsford
173
77
85
335
George W. Pratt, Somerville Blank
40
33
24
97
129
69
62
260
Senator-Seventh Middlesex District
John F. Brown, Bedford
46
34
19
99
Joseph R. Cotton, Lexington
238
139
126
503
Alice F. D. Pearson, Lowell
141
68
70
279
Blank
56
31
22
109
Representative in General Court- Nineteenth Middlesex District
Maynard E. S. Clemons, Wakefield
3.85
228
204
817
Nell Bishop
1
1
Blank
95
44
33
172
District Attorney- Northern District
Warren L. Bishop, Wayland
297
163
141
601
Kenneth C. Dunlop, Newton
17
9
12
38
George Stanley Harvey, Malden
146
82
75
303
Blank
21
18
9
48
Register of Probate and Insolvency-Middlesex County
Loring P. Jordan, Wakefield
416
235
207
858
Blank
65
37
30
132
County Commissioner-Middlesex
Erson B. Barlow, Lowell
325
194
160
679
42
19
25
86
John Ernest Quigley, Everett Blank
114
59
52
225
14
7
4
25
49
14
12
75
59
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
Associate Commissioners-Middlesex County
Daniel D. Gorman, Somerville
74
49
33
156
John M. Keyes, Concord
276
161
145
582
Melvin G. Rogers, Tewksbury Blank
316
185
148
649
County Treasurer-Middlesex
Charles E. Hatfield, Newton Blank
107
54
53
214
State Committee-Seventh Middlesex District
Mary F. Daniel, Reading
286
193
185
664
Blank
195
79
52
326
· Delegtes to State Convention
George O. Sheldon, Wakefield
390
232
201
823
Harold N. Goodspeed, Wakefield
381
232
196
809
John J. Round, Wakefield
381
232
199
812
Bruce G. Swanson, Wakefield
368
232
199
799
James C. Kelso, Wakefield
375
231
196
802
Marjorie T. Bunker, Wakefield
367
231
190
788
Edward W. Wilder, Wakefield
372
231
192
795
William Blanchard, Wakefield
385
233
196
814
Ned C. Loud, Wakefield
379
231
197
807
Helen W. Learoyd, Wakefield
370
231
191
792
Emeline B. Hogg, Wakefield
367
231
190
788
Mary K. Hall, Wakefield
371
231
192
794
Adelaide W. Boynton, Wakefield Blank
377
231
197
805
1370
527
545
2442
Town Committee
Edgar H. Peterson, Wakefield
385
235
188
808
Milan L. Hatch, Wakefield
378
235
181
794
Leon F. Reed, Wakefield
379
235
184
798
William J. G. Conohan, Wakefield
374
235
178
787
Harry Marshall, Wakefield
375
235
179
789
Adelaide W. Boynton, Wakefield
384
235
187
806 .
Mary Marshall, Wakefield
375
235
178
788
Harry I. Reed, Wakefield
384
235
182
801
Arthur L. Gardner, Wakefield
377
235
151
763
Loring P. Jordan, Wakefield
379
235
186
800
Alice G. Bayrd, Wakefield
381
235
180
796
Frank A. Tredennick, Wakefield
378
235
184
797
374
218
184
776
296
149
148
593
60
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
George E. Smith, Wakefield
373
235
188
796
Charles H. Locke, Wakefield
374
235
179
788
Helen M. McMaster, Wakefield
376
235
184
795
Adelaide A. Shedd, Wakefield
386
235
180
801
Raymond P. Dellinger, Wakefield
371
235
188
794
Samuel B. Horovitz, Wakefield
385
235
185
805
Virginia Dazet Henkel, Wakefield
370
235
180
785
Harry E. Upham, Wakefield
376
235
179
790
Albert D. Oxley, Wakefield
369
235
178
782
Harold C. Robinson, Wakefield
377
235
182
794
Norman H. Hayes, Wakefield
370
235
182
787
Edward W. Wilder, Wakefield
373
235
180
788
Helen W. Learoyd, Wakefield
370
235
179
784
William R. Lindsay, Wakefield Blank
377
235
182
794
2710
962
1458
5130
Democratic
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
Governor
John J. Cummings, Boston
8
4
12
Joseph B. Ely, Westfield
56
6
40
102
John F. Fitzgerald, Boston Blank
12
1
2
15
Lieutenant Governor
Strabo V. Claggett, Newton
53
7
39
99
John F. Malley, Newton
27
2
24
53
Charles S. Murphy, Worcester
17
2
7
26
Michael C. O'Neill, Everett Blank
19
2
2
23
Secretary
Arthur G. Flynn, Revere
41
7
24
72
Chester J. O'Brien, Boston
26
1
29
56
Joseph Santosuosso, Boston Blank
23
1
9
33
Treasurer
John H. Dorsey, Boston
19
2
11
32
Charles F. Hurley, Cambridge
58
7
48
113
Fred H. Rourke, Lowell Blank
28
1
25
54
40
5
16
61
2
28
59
29
55
6
38
99
69
8
54
131
61
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
Auditor
Francis X. Hurley, Cambridge
52
4
49
105
Francis J. O'Gorman, Boston
19
1
12
32
Jerome J. Shea, Greenfield Blank
29
4
18
51
45
6
21
72
Attorney General
Henry P. Fielding, Boston
22
1
13
36
William R. Scharton, Reading
43
8
40
91
Harold W. Sullivan, Boston Blank
43
3
36
82
37
3
11
51
Senator in Congress
Marcus A. Coolidge, Fitchburg
58
6
42
106
Eugene N. Foss, Boston
5
2
4
11
Peter J. Joyce, Boston
6
2
8
Thomas C. O'Brien, Boston
15
3
12
30
Joseph F. O'Connell, Boston
44
4
36
84
Blank
17
4
21
Congressman-Eighth District
John P. Brennan, Cambridge
77
9
61
147
Michael J. Mahoney, Cambridge Blank
36
3
17
56
Councillor-Sixth District
John H. Connor, Lowell
38
4
36
78
Edward J. Coughlin, Somerville
19
3
14
36
Perina J. Delory, Everett
11
5
16
Jeremiah F. McGrath, Somerville Blank
54
5
25
84
Senator-Seventh Middlesex District
Rena M. Colson, Wakefield
115
12
82
209
John J. Gilbride, Lowell
20
2
15
37
Blank
10
1
3
14
Representative in General Court- Nineteenth Middlesex District
Charles F. Young, Wakefield
119
13
94
226
Blank
26
2
6
34
23
3
20
46
32
3
22
57
62
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
District Attorney- Northern District
James J. Bruin, Lowell
20
3
11
34
John F. Daly, Cambridge
29
6
29
64
Charles H. McGlue, Cambridge Blank
64
3
46
113
32
3
14
49
Register of Probate and Insolvency-Middlesex County
John J. Butler, Wakefield
109 .
13
81
203
Blank
36
2
19
57
County Commissioner-Middlesex
Robert F. Donovan, Somerville
52
4
40
96
Joshua T. Nowell, Melrose
26
3
21
50
John Ernest Quigley, Everett Blank
18
4
20
42
49
4
19
72
Associate Commissioners-Middlesex
E. Perry Johnson, Arlington
60
7
56
123
John J. Noreau, Jr., Somerville Blank
183
15
95
293
County Treasurer-Middlesex
J. Frank Facey, Cambridge
59
6
58
123
Charles E. Hatfield, Newton Blank
56
7
26
89
State Committee-Seventh Middlesex District
James A. Manning, Lowell
71
9
65
145
Blank
74
6
35
115
Delegates to State Convention
Benjamin F. Butler
3
3
Thomas G. O'Connell
3
1
4
George L. Colson
1
1
Margaret D. Curley
1
1
David Sliney
1
1
Charles Young
1
1
Michael Neary
1
1
Eugene Sullivan
2
2
Marcus Beebe, Jr.
1
1
8
49
104
47
30
2
16
48
63
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
Junius Beebe
1
1
Patrick Tenney
1
1
Dennis Hogan
1
1
Frank J. Harrington
1
1
John J. Butler
1
1
George P. McCollony
1
1
Chris Dinan
1
1
Dennis Regan
1
1
Gregory Clines
1
1
John J. Hurton
1
1
C. F. Young
2
2
John W. O'Donnell
1
1
William Curley, Jr.
1
1
Nelson Bishop
1
1
Frank McIntire
1
1
Mary Gibbons Blank
1432
150
986
2568
Town Committee
Thomas G. O'Connell, Wakefield
85
12
72
169
George J. McCullough, Wakefield
69
12
63
144
· Ellen A. Stringer, Wakefield
70
12
57
139
Benjamin F. Butler, Wakefield
72
12
66
150
Melvin W. Talbot, Wakefield
70
12
54
136
Anthony Giaguinta, Wakefield
68
12
61
141
Christopher B. Dinan, Wakefield
75
12
61
148
John Murray, Wakefield
77
12
56
145
Margaret D. Curley, Wakefield
75
12
59
146
Dennis P. Hogan, Wakefield Blank
76
12
69
157
713
30
382
1125
RESULT OF ELECTION
As Canvassed by the Board of Selectmen, November 4, 1930
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
Governor
John W. Aiken, of Chelsea
35
17
8
60
Frank G. Allen of Norwood
1473
908
708
3089
Harry J. Canter, of Boston
14
1
2
17
Joseph B. Ely, of Westfield
1141
193
747
2081
Alfred Baker Lewis of Cambridge Blank
14
0
7
21
48
9
28
85
1
1
64
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
Lieutenant Governor
Strabo V. Claggett, of Newton
1067
175
706
1948
Maria C. Correia, of New Bedford
12
4
4
20
Stephen J. Surridge, of Lynn
15
3
2
20
Edith M. Williams, of Brookline
16
4
8
28
William Sterling Youngman, of Boston
1464
909
705
3078
Blank
151
33
75
259
Secretary
Daniel T. Blessington, of Somerville
22
8
6
36
Frederic W. Cook, of Somerville
1417
917
707
3041
Albert Sprague Coolidge, of Pittsfield
41
14
19
74
James W. Dawson, of Boston
13
2
3
18
Chester J. O'Brien, of Boston Blank .
1048
140
691
1879
184
47
74
305
Treasurer
Fred Jefferson Burrell, of Medford
1129
714
532
2375
Eva Hoffman, of Boston
12
4
4
20
Charles F. Hurley, of Cambridge
1283
299
842
2424
Walter S. Hutchins, of Greenfield
25
10
12
47
Charles S. Oram, of Boston
7
4
4.
15
Blank
269
97
106
472
Auditor
Alonzo B. Cook, of Boston
1304
852
626
2782
Harry Fieldman, of Springfield
19
4
11
34
Francis X. Hurley, of Cambridge
1136 .
191
758
2085
Albert Oddie, of Brockton
14
2
3
19
Fred E. Oelcher, of Peabody
16
2
2
20
Blank
236
77
100
413
Attorney General
Morris I. Becker, of Boston
19
5
4
28
John W. Janhonen, of Gardner
18
3
2
23
John Weaver Sherman, of Boston
27
3
10
40
Harold W. Sullivan, of Boston
1043
134
679
1856
Joseph E. Warner, of Taunton Blank
1433
916
724
3073
185
67
81
333
65
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
Senator in Congress
William M. Butler, of Boston
1349
849
655
2853
Marcus A. Coolidge, of Fitchburg
1271
247
800
2318
Oscar Kinsalas, of Springfield
6
3
1
10
Max Lerner, of Worcester
8
2
2
12
Sylvester J. McBride, of Watertown
12
1
9
22
Blank
79
26
33
137
Congressman-Eighth District
John P. Brennan, of Cambridge
1124
163
709
1996
Frederick W. Dallinger, of Cambridge
1464
929
737
3130
Blank
137
36
54
227
Councillor-Sixth District
John H. Connor, of Lowell
1086
148
691
1925
Joseph O. Knox, of Medford Blank
1345
881
702
2928
294
99
107
500
Senator-Seventh Middlesex District
Joseph R. Cotton, of Lexington
1410
886
706
3002
John J. Gilbride, of Lowell
1087
156
685
1928
Blank
228
86
109
423
Representative in General Court-Nineteenth Middlesex District
Maynard E. S. Clemons, of Wakefield
1206
737
636
2579
Charles F. Young, of Wakefield
1442
360
826
2628
Blank
77
31
38
146
District Attorney-Northern District
Warren L. Bishop, of Wayland
1426
888
699
3013
John F. Daly, of Cambridge
985
138
649
1772
Blank
314
102
152
568
Register of Probate and Insolvency-Middlesex County
John J. Butler, of Wakefield
979
162
660
1801
Loring P. Jordan, of Wakefield
1487
886
711
3084
Blank
259
80
129
468
66
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Total
County Commissioner-Middlesex County
Erson B. Barlow, of Lowell
1338
870
662
2870
Robert F. Donovan, of Somerville Blank
1011
138
658
1807
376
120
180
676
Associate Commissioners-Middlesex County
E. Perry Johnson, of Arlington
834
137
541
1512
John M. Keyes, of Concord
1181
760
598
2539
John J. Noreau, Jr., of Somerville
788
116
503
1407
Melvin G. Rogers, of Tewksbury Blank
1054
665
514
2233
1593
578
844
3015
County Treasurer-Middlesex County
J. Frank Facey, of Cambridge
950
147
611
1708
Charles E. Hatfield, of Newton
1295
825
659
2779
Blank
480
156
230
866
Question No. 1-Reapportionment of Districts
Yes
1085
447
601
2133
N
422
186
242
850
Blank
1218
495
657
2370
Question No. 2-Baby Volstead Act
Yes
1310
392
783
2485
No
1043
620
542
2205
Blank
372
116
175
663
Question No. 3-Steel Trap
Yes
1347
564
772
2683
No
693
340
394
1427
Blank
685
224
334
1243
RESULT OF RECOUNT FOR REPRESENTATIVE VOTE
NOVEMBER 8, 1930
Prec. 1
Prec. 2
Prec. 3
Total
Maynard E. S. Clemons
1208
738
633
2579
Charles F. Young
1443
360
829
2632
Blank
74
30
38
142
67
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
TOWN MEETING, DECEMBER 1, 1930
Meeting called to order at 7:30 o'clock P. M., by Moderator Eaton, who read the call for the meeting. Reading of articles waived and Con- stable's return read.
ARTICLE 1
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to transfer $4,000.00 from the unexpended balance in the Metropolitan Water Account to the Water Department by it to be used in cleaning the watershed of Crystal Lake for the preservation of the water supply .- Water and Sewerage Board.
Motion by Finance Committee
That the town appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for the purpose out- lined in Article 1, and that $4,000.00 be transferred from the Metropolitan Water Account to the Water Department Maintenance Account.
Amendment by Mr. MacEnany
That in all labor paid for under this appropriation, that preference be given to the unemployed.
Amendment carried, and original motion as amended was then voted.
ARTICLE 2
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to transfer $1,000.00 from the unexpended balance in the Metropolitan Water Account; $500.00 from the unexpended balance of the Lake Quannapowitt Account; $1,000.00 from the unexpended balance in the Sewer Connection Account; $300.00 from the Grafton Street Sewer Account and $500.00 from the unexpended balance in the Water Service Account, to the Surface Drainage Account, to be ex- pended by the Highway Department, under the direction of the Board of Selectmen .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee as amended by Mr. MacEnany
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $3,300.00 for the pur- poses outlined in Article 2, and that $1,000.00 be transferred from the Met- ropolitan Water Account, $500.00 from the Lake Quannapowitt Account, $1,000.00 from the Sewer Connection Account, $300.00 from the Grafton Street Sewer Account, and $500.00 from the Water Service Account to the
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Surface Drainage Account, to be expended by the Highway Department, under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen, and that preference be given to the unemployed.
ARTICLE 3
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to transfer $1,500.00 from the Boston Ice Co. Land Account, $375.00 from the High Tension Wire Ac- count, $400.00 from the Planning Board Account, and $1,100.00 from the Albion Street Construction Account, to the Highway Department Account, or what it will do about it .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $3,375.00 for the pur- poses outlined in Article 3, and that $1,500.00 be transferred from the Bos- ton Ice Company Land Account, $375.00 from the High Tension Wire Account, $400.00 from the Planning Board Account and $1,100.00 from the Albion Street Construction Account, to the General Highway Account.
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