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On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $275,700, to be apportioned as follows:
School Department
$256,000.00
Trade School
2,200.00
Library
17,500.00
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $36,540, to be apportioned as follows:
Park and Cemetery Departments:
Salaries of Board
$ 180.00
Department Expenses
3,800.00
Cemetery Department
1,700.00
Street Lights
18,000.00
Fire Insurance
3,000.00
Miscellaneous Account
300.00
Planning Board
60.00
Rifle Range Account :
Company E
550.00
Medical Company
150.00
Recreation Department
800.00
Reserve Fund
8,000.00
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $77,062.25 to be apportioned as follows:
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Water Department:
Salaries of Commissioners
$ 270.00
Maintenance
33,657.00
Water Service
2,500.00
Water Construction
2,200.00
Maturing Bonds
23,000.00
Interest
7,446.25
Sewer Department:
Maintenance
6,189.00
Connections
1,800.00
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $144,500 to be apportioned as follows:
Interest Account 52,000.00
Maturing Debt
92,500.00
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town appropriate $270 for the Municipal Light Com- missioners' Salaries, the same to be taken from the Light Department receipts.
ARTICLES 24 and 25
On motion by Marcus Beebe, it was unanimously voted that Articles 24 and 25 be taken up.
ARTICLE 24
Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to return to the Town Treasury any part of the balance remaining January 1, 1933, of the income of the Municipal Light Plant for the year 1932 for the use of the town in reducing the tax rate for the current year .- Finance Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That $18,000 of the Cash Balance of the Municipal Light De- partment of January 1, 1933, be returned to the Town Treasury and the Assessors be hereby authorized to use the same in computing and reducing the Tax Rate of 1933.
ARTICLE 25
Art. 25. To see if the town will authorize the Municipal Light Depart- ment to transfer from its operation to its construction fund, the sum of $13,687.59 which was the cash balance in the operation fund as of Decem- ber 31, 1932 .- Marcus Beebe, 2d, Chairman.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That $13,687.59 be transferred from the Municipal Light Oper- ating Account to the Municipal Light Construction Account.
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ARTICLE 7
Art. 7. To hear and act on the report of the committee appointed under Article 44 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1932, whereby the town voted-That a committee of nine be appointed by the Moderator to deter- mine the advisability of discontinuing the Town Farm and report at the next Annual Town Meeting .- Town Farm Investigating Committee.
Mr. Tenney reported for the committee.
On motion by Mr. Gardner:
Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted.
On motion by Mr. Gardner.
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Monday, March 20, at 7.30 o'clock P.M.
Adjourned at 10.15 o'clock P. M. Attendance 800.
Committee under Article 3. Gregory Clines, Ernest Heywood, David Sliney, William R. Lindsay, William J. Lee. -
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, March 20, 1933
Meeting called to order at 7.35 o'clock P. M., by Moderator O'Connell, Article 8 being in order.
By consent of the meeting, the committee appointed to bring in Reso- lutions on the death of Charles A. Dean, reported as follows:
Whereas, Almighty God, in His wisdom, has removed from among us our beloved fellow-citizen, Charles A. Dean
Whereas, Mr. Dean served this town faithfully and acceptably in many positions of trust and in many matters of importance, as a member of committees and a member of the Great and General Court of this Com- monwealth, serving in both branches, in the House for an extended period, Resolved: That in the death of Mr. Dean we have met with a great loss and have a feeling of profound sadness. Resolved: That in commemora- tion of Mr. Dean we order these Resolutions to be spread upon our records and a prepared copy forwarded to his family.
The above Resolutions were adopted by unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 6
On motion by Mr. Gardner:
Voted: That Article 6 be taken up.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $27,439.06 to be apportioned as follows:
Public Welfare:
Outside Relief (unpaid. bills) $23,950.00 Infirmary Expenses (unpaid bills) 336.07
Soldiers' Relief:
Unpaid Bills 3,152.99
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ARTICLE 8
Art. 8. To see if the town will vote to discontinue and abandon on or before July 1, 1933, the operation of farming, dairying, and pig raising, and that for welfare purposes only so much of the town farm shall be used as contains the infirmary and space for a garden, inside an area bounded as follows :- Starting at a stone bound on Farm Street located 40.04 feet from northwest corner of the Infirmary foundations and 97.96 feet from the southwest corner of said Infirmary foundations, thence southwesterly along Farm Street 157.3 feet, thence turning southeasterly along an arc about 200 feet in length to the southwesterly corner post of the barnyard fence at a pipe bound, thence northerly along the barnyard fence to the northwesterly post of said barnyard at a pipe bound, thence northeasterly to the southerly line of an existing brook or drain along a line passing the northeasterly corner of the garage and 3 feet distance, thence easterly therefrom, along the southerly line of said drain to a point 200 feet from Farm Street, thence northeasterly across said drain to the southwesterly line of the Woodville School lot at a point 200 feet distant south easterly from the southeasterly line of Farm Street, thence north- westerly along the school lot 200 feet to said Farm Street, thence south- westerly by said Farm Street about 751.20 feet to the point of beginning, or what the town will do about it .- Patrick H. Tenney and others.
Motion by Finance Committee :
That the town discontinue and abandon on or before July 1, 1933, the operation of farming, dairying and pig raising, and that for Welfare purposes only, so much of the Town Farm shall be used as contains the Infirmary and space for a garden as described in Article 8.
Motion by Mr. Morgan:
That the subject matter of this Article be referred to Selectmen with full power to act.
Motion by Mr. Vincens:
That the subject matter of this Article be indefinitely postponed.
Amendment by Mr. Round:
That the town discontinue and abandon on or before July 1, 1933, the operation of farming, dairying and pig raising, and the Town Farm shall be used for Welfare Purposes only.
These various motions were debated until 9.30 o'clock, when Mr. Horovitz moved the previous question.
This being voted in the Affirmative, the motion by Mr. Vincens to. refer, was put to vote and declared not carried.
. The motion by Mr. Morgan to indefinitely postpone was put to vote and declared not carried.
The amendment by Mr. Round was put to vote and declared not. carried.
The original motion of the Finance Committee was put to vote and declared carried.
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ARTICLE 9
Art. 9. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Public Welfare acting jointly, to enter an agreement, when a favorable offer is received, subject to approval by the town at a duly called Town Meeting, to sell or lease, together with structures thereon, in whole or in part, that portion of the Town Farm lot on the easterly side of Farm and Nahant Streets, excluding the premises reserved and described in Article 8, for Public Welfare purposes, or what the town will do about it .- Patrick H. Tenney and others.
A motion by the Finance Committe to indefinitely postpone was lost.
On motion by Mr. Tenney, as amended by Mr. Morgan, it was
Voted: That the town authorize the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Public Welfare and the Planning Board, acting jointly, enter an agree- ment when a favorable offer is received, subject to approval by the town at a duly called Town Meeting, to sell or lease, together with structures thereon, in whole or in part, that portion of the Town Farm lot on the easterly side of Farm and Nahant Streets, excluding the premises reserved and described in Article 8 for Welfare purposes.
ARTICLE 10
Art. 10. To see, provided the town has voted affirmatively under Article 7, if the town will authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Public Welfare acting jointly, to sell all livestock, and any or all farm equipment, hay, and manure, not needed for use in the Infirmary garden, or what the town will do about it .- Patrick H. Tenney and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town authorize and instruct the Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare acting jointly to dispose of all livestock, equipment, etc., at the Infirmary as outlined in Article 10.
ARTICLE 11
Art. 11. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract for the collection of garbage, the contractor or con- tractors to be under bond, and said contract not exceeding a term of three years, and will authorize the sale of the garbage collection eqquipment to such contractor, contractors or others, or what the town will do about it .- Patrick H. Tenney and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town authorize the Board of Health to execute a contract for the collection of garbage for a term not exceeding three years and authorize said board to sell the garbage collection equipment as outlined in Article 11.
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ARTICLE 12
Art. 12. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Public Welfare jointly in case the town shall have voted af- firmatively under Article 9, to sell the slaughter house equipment, or what the own will do about it .- Patrick H. Tenney and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed. Yes, 280; No, 210.
ARTICLE 13
Art. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for the purpose of improving the condition of Lake Quannapowitt .- Water and Sewerage Board.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $400 to carry out the purposes of Article 13.
ARTICLE 14
Art. 14. To see if the town will amend its By-Laws by adding thereto after Chapter 10, the following:
CHAPTER 10A - CEMETERIES
"Section 1. Funds, money and securities deposited with the Town Treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 114, of the General Laws, or otherwise, for the preservation, care, improvement, or embellishment of Forest Glade Cemetery, or of burial lots therein, shall be paid into the Town Treasury, and all such funds, money and securities and the accounts thereof shall be kept separate from other funds, money, securities and accounts of the town.
"Section 2-The Treasurer shall hold all such funds, money and se- curities subject to the order of the Board of Park and Cemetery Commis- sioners and shall invest and pay out the same and the income thereof on the orders of the said Commissioners or with their approval."-Park and Cemetery Commissioners.
On motion by Mr. Clemons, voted that the town amend its by-laws by adding thereto, after Chapter 10, the following:
CHAPTER 10A - CEMETERIES
"Section 1. Funds, money and securities deposited with the Town Treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Section 19 of Chapter 114, of the General Laws, or otherwise, for the preservation, care, improvement, or embellishment of Forest Glade Cemetery, or of burial lots therein, shall
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4 be paid into the Town Treasury, and all such funds, money and securities and the accounts thereof shall be kept separate from other funds, money, securities and accounts of the town.
"Section 2. The Treasurer shall hold all such funds, money and securities subject to the order of the Board of Park and Cemetery Com- missioners and shall invest and pay out the same and the income therof on the order of the said Commissioners or with their approval." Unani- mous Vote.
On motion by Mr. Horovitz:
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Wednesday, March 22, at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
Adjourned 10 o'clock. Attendance 700.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, March 22, 1933
Meeting called to order at 7.30 o'clock P. M. by Moderator O'Connell, Article 15 being in order.
Voted: That Article 3 be taken up.
Mr. Lee reported for the committee as follows:
Planning Board
Frank T. Woodbury
Maurice O. Carter
Field Drivers
Carroll Robie George A. Bennett George Halladay
Fence Viewers
Augustus Baxter Joseph W. Monahan Henry Feindel
Surveyors of Lumber
William E. Knox, Henry A. Feindel, Edward A. Bowditch, Ernest E. Prescott, Larkin E. Bennett, Willard Wing, Harry R. MacIntosh (4 Highland Avenue).
Recreation Committee
Eugene J. Sullivan, George F. Gardner, Frank N. McIntire, John I. Preston, Elizabeth Neary, Dennis P. Hogan, Adelaide A. Shedd
On motion by Mr. Gardner:
Voted: That the report be accepted and adopted.
On motion by Mr. Sullivan :
Voted: That so much of the report as refers to the fence viewers be referred back to the committee, to ascertain if they will serve.
No other names being placed in nomination.
On motion by Mr. Heywood :
Voted: That the persons named in the committee's report, with the ex- ception of the Fence Viewers, be elected to the various offices.
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ARTICLE 15
Art. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $4,800 to re- surface Main Street from Hart's Hill Reservation north to the Boston and Maine Railroad crossing .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That Article 15 be laid upon the table.
ARTICLE 16
Art. 16. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $3,000 to re- locate, with specific repairs Main Street from Salem Street to Lowell Street, and Lowell Street and Salem Street from the Reading line to the Lynnfield line .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 to carry out the purposes of Article 16 provided the State and County each contrib- ute an equal amount.
ARTICLE 17
Art. 17. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the loca- tion of the private way known as Lindbergh Road running from Crystal Street to Terrace Court .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Mr. Sullivan :
Voted: That the town accept and allow a report of the Board of Se- lectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the private way known as Lindbergh Road, all as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk with said report and laid out under the law authorizing better- ments. Unanimous Vote.
ARTICLE 18
Art. 18. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars ($1,800) to carry out the purposes outlined in Article 17, or what it will do about it .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,800 to carry out the purposes of Article 17.
ARTICLE 19
Art. 19. To see if the town of Wakefield will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to drain the land owned by the said town, on Broadway near Nelly Street or what shall be done concerning the same .- Thomas Collins and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
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Voted: That the subject matter of this Article be referred to the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 21
Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to transfer from the Poor Farm to the control of the Highway Department the land hereinafter described: From a stone bound approximately eight hundred forty (840.00) feet west of the westerly line of Farm Street on the northerly side of Nahant Street, County Commissioners' 1894 layout, measure one hundred seventy-three and seventy-hundredths (173.70) feet, south 54° 45' east to point of begin- ning. From point of beginning, the line runs six hundred forty-five and fifty-hundredths (645.50) feet, north 39° 49' 30" east to a stake; thence the line runs seven hundred thirty and three-tenths (730.3) feet, north 62° 8' 30" east to the center of a brook. From the point of beginning the line also runs by the northerly line of Nahant Street, three hundred seventy-two and five-hundredths (372.05) feet, south 54° 45' east to a stone bound; thence by curve to the right, forty-six and fifty-hundredths (46.50) feet, radius three hundred twenty-five and thirty-one hundredths (325.31) feet. From this point, the line runs by an old stone wall and fence, thirteen hundred twelve ((1312.00) feet to the center of the same brook. The roadway leading into the above described parcel is to be used by the Water and Sewer and Highway Departments .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town transfer the control of the parcel of land de- .scribed in Article 21 to the Highway Department.
ARTICLE 22
Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to transfer from the Poor Farm and place under the control of the Water and Sewerage Board the land hereafter described to wit :- Commencing at a point on Nahant Street at land voted under the preceding Article into the control of the Highway Department; thence westerly by said Nahant Street to the end of the town land; thence northerly on the line of the town land to Saugus River; thence easterly and northeasterly by said Saugus River to the line of land voted under the preceding Article into the control of the Highway Department; thence by said last line southerly to the point of beginning .- Wakefield Water and Sewerage Board.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town transfer the control of the parcel of land de- scribed in Article 22 to the Water and Sewerage Board.
ARTICLE 23
Art. 23. To see if the town will appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law on account of assessments
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levied on the town for its share of the principal of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital Funding Loan, Act of 1932 bonds maturing in 1933 issued in compliance with Chapter 10, Acts of 1932, also for any other in- debtedness incurred and outstanding under said Chapter 10, also for the town's share of interest on said bonds due in 1933, also for the care and treatment of tubercular patients under Acts of 1928, Chapter 385 as amended by Acts 1931, Chapter 60, also for care, maintenance and repair of said Hospital for 1932 including interest on temporary notes issued therefor in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 111, sections 85 and 85A, and for all other expenses in connection therewith, determine how the money shall be raised, or in any way act thereon.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,145.26 to. carry out the purposes of Article 23 to be apportioned as follows:
$6,645.33 for Bond Retirements and Interest.
$3,499.93 for Care, Treatment, Maintenance and Repairs.
ARTICLE 26
Art. 26. To see if the town will vote to amend the Town Zoning By -- Laws by changing from a general residence district to a business district the property situated on the southerly side of Richardson Street beginning at a point at the easterly end of property now owned by the Elizabeth Boit Home and Richardson Street and extending easterly on Richardson. Street four hundred seventy-five feet and thence turning and running southerly at right angles to said Richardson Street seventy-five feet and thence running westerly in a line parallel to said Richardson Street to land of the said Elizabeth Boit Home and thence turning northerly and run- ning along the land of said Elizabeth Boit Home to said Richardson Street, also the property lying on the northerly side of Richardson Street described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Richardson Street at a point opposite the easterly boundary of the Elizabeth Boit Home and running easterly along said Richardson Street four hundred and seventy- five feet, thence turning at right angles and running northerly one hundred feet thence turning at right angles and running westerly in a line parallel. to said Richardson Street to a point opposite the easterly boundary of the Elizabeth Boit Home and thence turning at right angles and running southerly to said Richardson Street-Michele Cavalier and others.
Voted: That Article 26 be laid upon the table.
ARTICLE 27
Art. 27. To see if the town will amend its Zoning By-Laws by changing from a general residence district to a business district that part of the town adjacent to the property of the Boston and Maine R. R. Co., further bounded and described as follows: Northerly by land of Killorin, eighty- eight and fifty-five one-hundredths (88.55) feet; easterly by land of Boston. and Maine R. R. Co., three hundred seventy-one and five-tenths (371.5),
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feet; southerly by land now or formerly of Crystal Oil Company, eighty- eight and fifty-eight one-hundredths (88.58) feet; westerly by a Private Way called North Emerson Street, three hundred sixty (360) feet. Con- taining thirty-three thousand (33,000) square feet, more or less .- Irving. Burwen and others.
Voted: That Article 27 be laid upon the table.
ARTICLE 28
Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to extend sewer from where it. now ends westerly on Broadway a distance of three hundred feet and ap -- propriate a sufficient sum of money for the Water and Sewerage Depart -. ment to do the same .- Joseph B. Hatch and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed ..
ARTICLE 29
Art. 29. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250; for H. M. Warren Post No. 12, G. A. R., to use in its observance of Memorial Day, May 30, 1933, or what it will do about it .- Joseph W. Fuller and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to carry out the purposes of Article 29.
ARTICLE 30
Art. 30. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to lease for Corp. Charles F. Parker Camp No. 39, United Spanish War Veterans, suitable quarters, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- George W. Reid and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to carry out the purposes of Article 30.
ARTICLE 31
Art. 31. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250 for Memorial Day purposes, for use of the United Spanish War Veterans. -George W. Reid and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $100 to carry out the purposes of Article 31.
ARTICLE 32
Art. 32. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250 to be expended by the Corporal Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Le --
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gion, for the proper observance of Memorial Day, May 30, 1933 .- Leon A. Blanchard and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $175 to carry out the purposes of Article 32.
ARTICLE 33
Art. 33. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100 to be expended by the Corporal Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Le- gion, for the proper observance of Armistice Day, November 11, 1933 .- Leon A. Blanchard and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $40 to carry out the purposes of Article 33.
ARTICLE 34
Art. 34. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $900 to cover the expense of rent, heat and light of quarters for Corporal Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Legion .- Leon A. Blanchard and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $275 to carry out the purposes of Article 34.
ARTICLE 35
Art. 35. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for Memorial Day purposes to be used by Wakefield Post No. 2106, Veterans of Foreign Wars, for the proper observance of Memorial Day, May 30, 1933. -Theodore L. Roache and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 36
Art. 36. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300 to cover the expense of rent, heat and light of quarters for Wakefield Post No. 2106, Veterans of Foreign Wars .- Theodore L. Roache and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 37
Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Welfare Depart- ment to pay the prevailing rate of wages to men working on Highway,
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Light, Water or other departments or what it will do about it .- Herbert A. Stoddard and others.
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