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360.00
Soldiers' Relief Agent Expenses
40.00
Education
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $276,250.00 to be apportioned as follows:
School Department
$254,550.00
Trade School
3,200.00
Library
18,500.00
Recreation and Unclassified
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $45,280.00 to be apportioned as follows:
Salaries of Park and Cemetery Commissioners $ 180.00
Park Department Expenses
4,100.00
Cemetery Department
1,700.00
Miscellaneous
400.00
Street Lights
18,000.00
Fire Alarm, Police Signal and Traffic Lights
3,000.00
Rifle Range Company E
550.00
Rifle Range Medical Company
150.00
Recreation
850.00
Fire Insurance
4,700.00
Lake Quannapowitt
600.00
Planning Board 50.00
Reserve Fund
11,000.00
and that $9,000.00 be transferred from the Overlay Sur- plus Account to the Reserve Fund.
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Public Service Enterprises
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $91,400.55 to be apportioned as follows:
Water Department Salaries of Water Commissioners $ 270.00
Department Expenses 52,900.00
Water Bonds 30,929.30
and that $70.70 be taken from the premium on Bonds Account to be used towards payment of these bonds. Water Interest 7,301.25
Interest and Maturing Debt
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $122,500.00 to be apportioned as follows:
Interest $33,000.00 Maturing Debt 89,500.00
Light Department
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $270.00 for salaries of the Light Commissioners to be taken from the receipts of the Department and the balance of the receipts of the Department be appropriated for the use of the Department, provided however, that if the income from said Department shall exceed the expenses of the Department for said fiscal year, that the use of said excess in whole or in part be determined by the 1936 Annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 6
Art. 6. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $9,375.00 to rebuild Vernon Street from New Salem Street north for a distance of 3,600 feet or more, provided additional funds are provided by State and County .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the purposes named in Article 6, provided the State and County jointly appropriate $10,000.00.
ARTICLE 7
Art. 7. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $4,500.00 to re- build Salem Street from the Lynnfield line west for a distance of 3,000 feet or more provided additional funds are provided by State and County. -Board of Selectmen.
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 7 be laid on the table.
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ARTICLE 6
On motion by Mr. Clemons.
Voted: That Article 6 be taken up.
On motion by Mr. Clemons.
Voted: That the vote whereby the town appropriated $5,000.00 under Article 6 be re-considered.
On motion by Mr. Clemons.
Voted: That subject matter of Article 6 be laid upon the table.
On motion by Mr. Tenney.
Voted: That the meeting stand adjourned to Thursday next at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
Adjourned at ten o'clock.
Attendance 800.
Committee under Article 2-Harry Marshall, Cyrus M. Dolbeare, Leonard H. DeMarco, Benjamin Butler and Edward T. Clothey.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 14, 1935
Meeting called to order at 7.35 o'clock by Moderator O'Connell, Article 8 being in order.
By unanimous consent of the meeting, Frederick W. Murkland offered the following resolution:
A Resolve Concerning the ERA Transient Camp at Camp Curtis Guild.
Whereas, The citizens of Wakefield, in town meeting assembled, believe that the Emergency Relief Administration's so-called Transient Camp, at Camp Curtis Guild, is generally detrimental to the town, and,
Whereas, The welfare and safety of residents and property in the vicinity of the so-called Transient Camp, are threatened by the presence of persons of criminal habits sheltered at the camp, and,
Whereas, Women, living in the neighborhood, are afraid to leave their homes after dark, and some of them fear being left alone in their homes, and,
Whereas, Children, especially girls, are kept indoors during the eve- ning because of fear for their safety, and,
Whereas, Children have been accosted and, in at least one case, pur- sued by· drunken so-called transients, and,
Whereas, At least two known felonies have been committed by so- called transients, and the threat of more serious crimes is imminent, and,
Whereas, Executive officers at the camp are without authority to restrain, discipline or punish offenders, even though the offense be against the good of the camp itself, therefore be it
Resolved (1) That the Board of Selectmen of the town of Wakefield is hereby requested to communicate with the proper federal authorities
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with a view to removing the so-called Transient Camp from Camp Curtis Guild, or vesting camp officials with the power to restrain, disci- pline and punish so-called transients sheltered there.
(2) That copies of this resolve be sent by the Town Clerk to the State Emergency Relief Administrator; to the ERA authorities at Washington, D. C., to the Massachusetts Senators in Congress, and to the Representative from the Seventh Massachusetts Congressional District.
ARTICLES 6 AND 7
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That Articles 6 and 7 be taken from the table.
ARTICLE 6
On motion by Finance Committee.
That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for the purpose named in Article 6, provided the State and County jointly appro- priate $10,000.00, the work covering approximately 1920 feet.
An amendment by Mr. Dinan to increase the amount to $9,000.00, with corresponding increases in other amounts was lost.
Original motion by Finance Committee was then voted.
ARTICLE 7
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the purposes named in Article 7, provided the State and County jointly appropriate $4,000.00, the work covering approximately 1300 feet.
ARTICLE 8
Art. 8. To see if the town will raise and appropriate $1,000.00 for the maintenance of various streets, provided additional funds are provided by State and County .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purposes named in Article 8, provided the State and County jointly appropriate $2,000.00.
ARTICLE 9
Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to pay for medical aid given in the past to ERA workers under the Federal Government and authorize such payments for future aid and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum therefor .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
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ARTICLE 10
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to purchase for Highway Depart- ment purposes a lot of land on North Avenue adjoining the land now used by said department, said lot being bounded and described as follows: Southwesterly by North Avenue 130 feet; Southeasterly by land of the American Reed and Fibre Furniture Co. 257.52 feet; Northwesterly by land now or formerly of Alice Burditt 120 feet and more Westerly by land of the town 180.59 feet, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum there- for .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
ARTICLE 11
Art. 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a suffi- cient sum of money to purchase additional land for Playground purposes adjoining the present Playground at the corner of North Avenue and Church Street and lying immediately north thereof and extending from North Avenue to Lake Quannapowitt .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
ARTICLE 12
Art. 12. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for and vote to purchase a site for a Fire Station to be located in Precinct Three .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
ARTICLE 13
Art. 13. To see if the town will appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex as required by law on account of assessments levied on the town for its share of the principal of the Middlesex County Tuber- culosis Hospital Funding Loan, Acts of 1932, bonds maturing in 1935, issued in compliance with Chapter 10, Acts of 1932, also for any other indebted- ness incurred and outstanding under said Chapter 10, also for the town's share of the cost and interest on said bonds due in 1935, also for the care, maintenance, and repair of said hospital for 1934, and including interest on temporary notes issued therefor in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws applicable thereto, and for all other expenses in connection therewith, determine how money shall be raised, or in any way act thereon .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate $8,585.18 to carry out the purposes of Article 13.
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ARTICLE 14
Art. 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to be used in projects under Federal National Acts, particularly the ERA .- M. E. S. Clemons.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 14.
ARTICLE 15
Art. 15. To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the location of the private way known as Houston Street, running northerly from Salem Street, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to establish and construct the same .- M. E. S. Clemons.
Report of Selectmen on laying out Houston Street was read by the Moderator.
On motion by Mr. Clemons.
Voted: That the town accept and allow a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the private way known as Houston Street, all as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk with said report. This street to be laid out under the law authorizing Betterments.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 15. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 16
Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewer- age Board to sell or lease for a term not exceeding ten years, the property of the town lying between North Avenue and Lake Quannapowitt and bounded on the north by Lakeside Avenue, formerly known as the Hackett Estate; and authorize the said Board to repair said dwelling house, and charge said repairs to its maintenance account, or to have removed the dwelling house thereon .- Water and Sewerage Board.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to lease the property described in Article 16 for a term not exceeding ten years, or to sell, repair or remove the building thereon.
ARTICLE 17
Art. 17. To see if the town will appropriate from the funds received from the Federal Government as a grant under the PWA Project No. 1746, the sum of $7,628.96 to be used by the Water and Sewerage Board in re-
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placement of obsolete water pipes with iron pipe .- Water and Sewerage Board.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
ARTICLE 18
Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to retain in the Town Treasury $7,628.96 received from the U. S. Government as part of the grant in connection with the PWA Water Mains Re-laying Project, to be used by the Assessors' in computing the tax rate for 1935 .- Town Accountant.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town appropriate the sum of $7,628.96 now in the Treasury, being the amount received from the Federal Government under PWA Project No. 1746, to be used by the Assessors, in computing the tax rate for 1935.
ARTICLE 19
Art. 19. To see if the town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer and under-drain from Salem Street northerly across private land to Swain Place approximately 192 feet, and in Swain Place approximately 260 feet, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Board of Health.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to con- struct sewers as proposed under Article 19, and that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,520.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 19.
ARTICLE 20
Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Health acting under Article 11 of the March Town Meeting, 1933, to change its power of executing a contract for Collection of Garbage with a surety bond to the execution of a contract for Collection of Garbage with suffi- cient security to protect the contract, either by a surety bond or other security acceptable to the Board of Health .- Board of Health.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
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ARTICLE 21
Art. 21. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Welfare to employ a physician and surgeon or physicians and surgeons to attend the poor of the town and to fix their salary or salaries, said salary or salaries to be taken from the appropriation of the Welfare Department, or what they will do about it .- Board of Public Welfare.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
ARTICLE 22
Art. 22. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to lease for Corp. Charles F. Parker Camp 39, United Spanish War Veterans, suitable quarters, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Edward J. Connelly and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum.of $200.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 22.
ARTICLE 23
Art. 23. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for Memorial Day purposes, for the use of the United Spanish War Veterans .- Edward J. Connelly and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 23.
ARTICLE 24
Art. 24. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 to cover the expense of H. M. Warren Post No. 12, G. A. R., in observance of Memorial Day .- Joseph W. Fuller and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 24.
ARTICLE 25
Art. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to be expended by the Corporal Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Legion, for the proper observance of Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1935 .- Ernest E. Johnson and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $40.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 25.
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ARTICLE 26
Art. 26. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 to be expended by the Corporal Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Legion, for the proper observance of Memorial Day, May 30, 1935. -Ernest E. Johnson and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 26.
ARTICLE 27
Art. 27. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to be expended by Wakefield Post No. 2106, Veterans of Foreign Wars, for the proper observance of Memorial Day, May 30, 1935 .- Daniel P. Kelliher and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 27.
ARTICLE 28
Art. 28. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) to cover the expense of rent, light and heat of quarters for the Wakefield Post No. 2106, Veterans of Foreign Wars .- Daniel P. Kelliher and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
ARTICLES 29 AND 30
Art. 29. To hear and act upon a report of the special committee appointed under Article 43 of the Annual Warrant for the year 1934, relating to a consolidation of certain town departments into a Board of Public Works .- Raymond P. Dellinger and others.
Art. 30. To see if the town will vote-That the Board of Selectmen, in collaboration with this committee, be and hereby is authorized to petition the General Court for legislation necessary or proper to authorize the Board of Selectmen to act, in addition to their present powers and duties not hereby affected, as a Board of Public Works, exercising the powers and duties of the following departments, including commissioners thereof: Highway Department, including it Superintendent; Water and Sewer Department; Light Department; Park and Cemetery Department; Moth and Tree Warden Departments and those duties of the Health Department in connection with the Care of Dumps and the Collection of Garbage; and appoint a Director of Public Works and designate his powers and to provide further that the term of office of Selectmen be increased from one year to three years, one member of which be elected at first for
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one year, two for two years and two for three years, and that the report of the committee recommending all of the above be and hereby is ac- cepted .-- Raymond P. Dellinger and others.
On motion by Mr. Dellinger
Voted: That Article 30 be taken up and considered jointly with Article 29.
The report of the committee on establishing a Public Works Depart- ment was presented to the meeting by Mr. Dellinger.
Motion by Mr. Dellinger.
That the Board of Selectmen, in collaboration with our committee of seven, be and hereby are authorized to petition the General Court for legislation necessary or proper to authorize the Board of Selectmen to act, in addition to their present powers and duties not hereby affected, as a Board of Public Works, exercising the powers and duties of the follow- ing departments, including commissioners thereof:
Highway Department, including its Superintendent.
Water and Sewerage Department.
Light Department, Park and Cemetery Department, Moth and Tree Warden Departments and those duties of the Health Department in connection with the Care of Dumps and the Collection of Garbage, and appoint a Director of Public Works and designate his powers and to pro- vide further that the term of office of Selectmen be increased from one to three years, one member of which be elected at first for one year, two for two years and two for three years, and that the report of the com- mittee recommending all of the above be and hereby is accepted.
Amendment by Mr. Beebe.
That the Municipal Light Department be excluded from the Board of Public Works proposed for Wakefield.
Motion by Mr. Sullivan.
That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
Motion by Mr. Tenney.
That the subject matter of this article be referred back to the com- mittee, with instructions to report at the next Annual Town Meeting.
Mr. Sullivan requested that his motion to indefinitely postpone be withdrawn, but was refused unanimous consent of the meeting.
A motion by Mr. Heywood to adjourn was lost. Mr. Heywood moved the previous question.
The vote on the question "Shall the main question be now put", being in the affirmative, the various motions were acted on as follows:
On motion of Mr. Tenney to refer, vote was as follows: Affirmative, 141; Negative, 182; and the motion was declared not carried.
On Mr. Sullivan's motion to indefinitely postpone, the vote was as
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follows: Affirmative, 143; Negative, 200; and the motion was declared not carried.
Mr. Beebe's amendment was put to vote and declared not carried, no count being taken.
The original motion by Mr. Dellinger was then put to vote and declared carried in the affirmative, no count being taken.
On motion by Mr. Horovitz.
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Monday next at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
The debate on Public Works measure lasted from 8.35 to 10.40 o'clock.
Adjourned at 10.45 P. M. Attendance 400.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 18, 1935
Meeting called to order at 7.30 o'clock P. M. by Moderator O'Connell, Article 31 being in order.
ARTICLE 31 .
Art. 31. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain a Comfort Station for men and women on the Common, or what they will do about it .- Salvatore Lazzaro and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
ARTICLE 32
· Art. 32. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 and pay that amount to Olivier LaVallee for the damage done to his house in August, 1933, by the Water Department .- John H. Frizzell and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
ARTICLE 33
Art. 33. To see if the town of Wakefield will grant permission to Jacob Berman of Malden, Mass., his heirs and assigns, to use as a ceme- tery for burial purposes and to sell lots therein, a certain parcel of land in said Wakefield bounded and described as follows:
Commencing at a point on the private way known as Lyons Lane opposite the southeasterly corner of land now or formerly of Albert and Clementine D'Ambrosia, said land is bounded on the west by said Lyons Lane opposite said D'Ambrosia land and land now or formerly of Charles
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M. Cheever for a distance of about 800 feet; on the north by a line about 600 feet in length; thence northeasterly by a line about 175 feet in length; thence easterly by a curved line about 873 feet in length to the northwesterly corner of land now or formerly of Beebe Farm, Inc., and thence southerly by a straight line about 585 feet to the point of begin- ning; said land containing about ten (10) acres; be all of said measure- ments more or less, or however otherwise the said premises may be meas- ured, bounded or described. Said land is both subject to and entitled to the benefit of any and all rights of way or record or however otherwise legally acquired .- Eugene J. Sullivan and others.
On motion by Mr. Reed.
Voted: Indefinite postponement.
ARTICLE 34
Art. 34. To see if the town will vote to reimburse Antonio Muccio for the loss of the use of his right hand injured permanently while in the employ of the Welfare Department as a stone mason at the Town Farm on Dec. 9, 1931, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money there- for, or what they will do about it .- Charles F. Young and others.
Finance Committee moved indefinite postponement.
On motion by Mr. Young.
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to a committee of three, including Town Counsel, to report to Selectmen at some future date.
Moderator appointed C. F. Young, M. E. S. Clemons and P. H. Tenney.
ARTICLE 35
Art. 35. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Select- men on behalf of the town to purchase, or take by eminent domain, or both, for a public playground or recreational center, land adjoining the Greenwood Playground on the south, bounded and described as follows: Northerly by the present playground 490 feet; westerly by lands now or formerly of Melrose Savings Bank, Fred M. Trask, and Edgar B. Allen, about 200 feet; southerly about 485 feet by a line parallel to and distant 200 feet from the southerly line of the present playground, and easterly 200 feet by land now or formerly of John Sowyrda; the supposed owner thereof being Michael Greek; and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Earl L. Bears and others.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the town authorize the Board of Selectmen on behalf of the town to purchase, or take by eminent domain by either statutory method, or both purchase and take for a public playground or recreational center, land adjoining the Greenwood Playground on the south, bounded
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and described as follows: Northerly by the present Playground 490 feet; westerly by lands now or formerly of Melrose Savings Bank, Fred M. Trask, and Edgar B. Allen, about 200 feet; southerly about 485 feet by a line parallel to and distant 200 feet from the southerly line of the present playground and easterly 200 feet by land now or formerly of John Sowyrda; the supposed owner thereof being Michael Greek; and raise and appropriate the sum of $350 therefor. Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 36
Art. 36. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Select- men on behalf of the town to purchase, or take by eminent domain, or both, for a public playground or recreational center, land adjoining the Greenwood Playground on the south, bounded and described as follows: Northerly by the present playground and by land of owners unknown, 600 feet; westerly 200 feet by land now or formerly of Michael Greek; southerly about 540 feet by a line parallel to the southerly line of the present playground, and easterly by land of owners unknown, about 210 feet; the supposed owner thereof being John Sowyrda; and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor .- Earl L. Bears and others.
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