Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1951-1955, Part 11

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1951
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Based on this plan and a study of the population figures in the survey and consultation with the School Committee and Mr. Pearson on the utlization of the space proposed; the Special School Building Committee recommends; (1) that the Town of Acton construct as rapidly as possible an elemen- tary school unit with a minimum of 12 classrooms; (2) that the Town authorize the committee to continue immediately the study of High School Building problems both from local and regional aspects.


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Estimates for such a unit have been secured from S. W. Haynes Associates of Fitchburg, based on current contract awards for comparable schools.


Building cost .$450,000.00


Equipment, architects fees, Engineering, land- scaping, Cost of land and miscellaneous ex- penses 125,000.00


Estimated Total Cost . $575,000.00


The $40,000 requested in Article 2 of tonight's Town Meeting is included in this figure of $575,000 and is not in addition thereto. The break down and specific uses for this money are estimated as follows:


Architectural and engineering fees for draw-


ing plans and specifications $ 18,000.00


Land purchase 13,070.00


Contingencies-Test borings, contour surveys, site development, legal expenses, advertising for bids and miscellaneous expenses 8,930.00


Total $ 40,000.00


It should be noted that this is a very rough estimate, prices are changing by the week and actual cost can only be determined when the bids are opened.


Rough Financing Estimate


Total Cost . $575,000.00


Approximate State Aid 185,000.00


Amt. to be financed by town $390,000.00


Finance Plan A-Entire amount financed by a 20 year bond issue and state aid of $185,000.00.


Town must raise in first year at 2% int. $ 11,500.00


plus principal payment 19,500.00


Total $ 31,000.00


This represents tax rate increase of $6.73.


Finance Plan B-Raise $20,000.00 by taxation in 1952 and transfer $20,000.00 from surplus revenue in 1952.


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Town must raise interest by taxation in first payment on bond issue 10,700.00 plus principal payment 17,500.00


Total


$ 28,200.00


This represents a tax increase of $6.13.


Reduction of interest charges reduces this tax increase at a rate of 12c on a $1,000 valuation a year. In simple language, the first year cost for the home owner with $4,000 assessed valuation would be about, $25.00 and, through the lowering of interest charges, this gradually reduces to an average cost of about $14.00 in the 19th and 20th years.


Even these estimates may be too high as they make no allowance for the increased valuations on new construc- tion in the town which may be considerable.


The plan of action set forth in this report is, in the eyes of your committee, the most practical solution to the school housing problem, and we ask for your favorable con- sideration.


Respectfully submitted,


SPECIAL SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE CARL A. CHRISTOFFERSON THOMAS MOTLEY, 2nd MARION C. REED PORTER G. JENKS


Voted: That the report be accepted.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to increase the Special School Building Committee appointed under Article 37 at the Annual Town Meeting, March 13, 1950 from five members to a total of seven members and to authorize the Building Committee to engage an architect to prepare draw- ings and specifications for an elementary school building, advertise for bids and to develop a site for said school build- ing, said Committee to report to the Town at a Special Town Meeting to be called after bids for the construction of said school building are opened; and to see if the Town


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will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $40,000; $20,000 of said sum to be raised by taxation and $20,000 to be ap- propriated from available funds, said total sum to be ex- pended (1) by the Building Committee for the achitectural and engineering fees necessary to provide plans and specifi- cations for said school building, expenses necessary to develop the School site, advertise for bids for constructing said build- ing, and other expenses necessary to acquire and develop the site preparatory to constructing a school building thereon, and (2) by the Board of Selectmen for the acquistion of the seven (7) parcels of land described in Articles 3 and 4, or act anything thereon.


Motion 1:


I move that the Special School Building Committee be increased from five members to a total of seven members and that the Moderator be instructed to appoint said members, upon nomination by the Board of Selectmen.


Motion 2:


That the Special School Building Committee be instructed to engage an architect to prepare preliminary plans and sketches for an elementary school building, develop a site for said school building and to report to the Town at a special town meeting to be called as soon as possible after said preliminary plans and sketches have been completed.


Motion 3:


That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000; said sum to be expended by the Building Committee for the above purposes and by the Board of Selectmen for the acqui- sition of land as a site for said school building as described in Articles 3 and 4.


Voted by ballot.


Tellers appointed and sworn by Moderator:


Ormal S. Laffin Theron A. Lowden Medville L. Clark Walter B. Stevens Allen G. Moody Carl R. Godfrey


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Total Vote 277 Yes


165


No


112


Motion did not prevail. The motion required a two-thirds vote.


Article 3. To see whether the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain, or otherwise acquire for the Town for school purposes the several parcels of land shown as parcels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on a plan by Horace F. Tuttle, dated January 4, 1952, to be filed with the School Planning Committee and in the office of the Town Clerk.


Parcel 1. Containing 0.8 of an acre belonging to Helen A. Knowlton, Jessie L. Knowlton and Evelyn A. Knowlton is bounded Northeasterly by land of Warner 406.3 feet, Southerly by land of Warner 338.75 feet and Northwesterly by other land of said Knowltons 297.7 feet.


Parcel 2. Containing 2.8 acres now or formerly belonging to Harry F. Warner is bounded Northerly by Parcel 1 being land of Helen A. Knowlton et. al. 338.75 feet, Easterly by other land of Warner 490.0 feet, South- erly by land of Josephine E. Sebastian 520.18 feet and Westerly by land of Warner 294.3 feet.


Parcel 3. Containing 16.7 acres belonging to Harry F. Warner is bounded Northerly by land of Helen A. Knowlton et. al. 324 feet, Northerly by land of Heirs of Grace Hall and William C. Kazokas et. ux. 688.7 feet, Easterly by said Kazokas land 364 feet, Northerly again by said Kazokas land 65 feet, Easterly by Charter Road 522 feet, Southerly by land of Josephine E. Sebas- tian 760.8 feet and Westerly by Parcel 2, land of Warner 490 feet, Westerly by Parcel 1, land of Helen A. Knowlton et. al. 406.3 feet.


Parcel 4. Containing 0.7 of an acre belonging to William C. Kazokas and Jennie A. Kazokas is bounded


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Northerly by said Kazokas land 102 feet, Easterly by Charter Road 384 feet, Southerly by Parcel 3, land of Warner 65 feet and Westerly by Parcel 3, land of Warner 364 feet.


Parcel 5. Containing 1.2 acres belonging to James W. Baker and Marian B. Baker is bounded Easterly by Charter Road 400 feet, Southerly by Massachusetts Avenue 270 feet, Northwesterly by Parcel 6, land of Josephine E. Sebastian 410 feet.


Parcel 6. Containing 4.6 acres belonging to Jose- phine E. Sebastian is bounded Northerly by Parcel 3, land of Warner 550.81 feet, Easterly by Charter Road 80 feet, Southeasterly by Parcel 5, land of James W. Baker et. ux. 410 feet, Southerly by Massachusetts Avenue 405.86 feet and Westerly by land of Josephine E. Sebastian 315 feet.


or act anything thereon.


Voted: To pass over the article.


Article 4. To see whether the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for the Town for school purposes, a certain parcel of land shown as Parcel No. 7 on a plan by Horace F. Tuttle, dated January 4, 1952, to be filed with the School Planning Committee and in the office of the Town Clerk.


Parcel 7. Said parcel belongs to Josephine E. Sebas- tian and is bounded Northerly by land of Harry F. War- ner 210 feet, Easterly by other land of said Sebastian 315 feet, Southerly by Massachusetts Avenue 156 feet, Westerly by other land of said Sebastian 194.5 feet, and Southerly again by other land of said Sebastian 63 feet, containing 0.9 of an acre.


or act anything thereon.


Voted: To pass over the article.


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to provide classroom space in the upstairs of the Town Hall for the School Department, or act anything


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thereon. (Inserted in warrant by request of School Com- mittee.)


Motion :


Move to instruct the Board of Selectmen to provide class- room space in the upstairs of the Town Hall for the School Department.


Motion did not prevail.


Meeting adjourned at 11:00 P.M.


The following recommendations of the Finance Com- mittee pertain to the applicable articles considered at the Town Meeting on January 21, 1952:


Article 2


There is ample evidence of the need for additional school- room facilities, and whatever course of action is eventually adopted to satisfy such needs will inevitably be reflected in a substantially higher tax rate. Our recommendations are necessarily limited to the fiscal considerations which would be involved from action under this article.


Under Chapter 798 of the Acts of 1951, Section 7, the Director of Accounts of the Department of Corporations and Taxations must certify as of January first as to the actual amount of "Free Cash" which can be utilized by the Town during the ensuing twelve months. The Commissioner of the Department of Corporations has publicly stated that an appropriation cannot properly be made from Surplus Revenue until such certification has been made to the asses- sors. If such interpretation holds, any transfer presently voted from Surplus Revenue would be improper.


In respect to the two amounts of $20,000 each referred to in this article, there is no assurance that the expenditure of such money would be followed by the construction of actual facilities. Our opinion is supported by previous experience in Acton and by recent action in other communities. It is our opinion that before expenditures for plans and related engineering are authorized, that the Town definitely express its intention to construct a building for a specific use. We therefore cannot favor the expenditure of any money under this article for purposes which do not have a reasonable probability of acceptance and ratification by the voters.


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It has not been possible to carefully analyze the effect of the proposed construction on the tax rate. However, it appears reasonable to expect that an average of between $7 and $10 would be added annually to the tax rate for interest at 3 per cent and amortization of principal over a twenty- year period, dependent on whether the contemplated struc- ture might be eight or twelve rooms.


No figures have been submitted which would permit an estimate of what additional annual operating costs would be incurred with a new building. It is believed that such costs would be sufficiently large to merit consideration in any long- range program.


It is reasonable to expect that substantially all of the capital cost relating to any school construction must be reflected directly in the tax rate. If at any time the Surplus Revenue account could furnish an appreciable amount of money, it would seem prudent to utilize such funds in a more rapid amortization of outstanding bonds. There is no present indication that additional taxable property in the Town will furnish any assistance in reducing the impact of increased school costs.


In conclusion, we recommend that an article be prepared by the Special School Building Committee so that the citizens may express their wishes in respect to the construc- tion of a new elementary school structure.


Article 5


The Finance Committee does not favor the use of the Town Hall for school classroom purposes. There has been no indication of what costs would be incurred for adapting the building for such use. They would obviously involve new equipment, partitions, new toilets and additional cess- pool maintenance.


There are other serious considerations inasmuch as the use of the building would probably have to be denied to organizations which presently utilize its facilities. Furthermore, the building is not under the jurisdiction of the School Committee, and the mingling of small children with people who might normally enter a public building poses a problem which no reasonable amount of expenditure could be expected to correct.


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ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 10, 1952


Article 1. (Officers) To choose all necessary town officers and committees and fix the salary and compensation of all the elective officers of the town.


Chose : Grace O. Lears trustee of the Elizabeth White Fund for three years.


Chose: Herbert Merriam trustee of the Acton Fire- men's Relief Fund for three years.


Chose: James B. Wilson trustee of the West Acton Fire- men's Relief Fund for three years.


Chose: Horace F. Tuttle trustee of the Goodnow Fund for three years.


Voted: That the salary of the Moderator be fifteen dollars for one evening and twenty-five dollars for two eve- nings for the annual town meeting and ten dollars for each special meeting.


Voted: The the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen be four hundred dollars per annum and the other members three hundred dollars each per annum.


Voted : That the salary of the Town Treasurer be one thousand dollars per annum.


Voted: That the salary of the Tax Collector be one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.


Voted: That the salaries of the Assessors be two thou- sand five hundred dollars in the aggregate per annum to be apportioned as they may determine.


Voted: That the salary of the Town Clerk be four hundred dollars per annum.


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Voted: That the salary of the Tree Warden be fixed at $1.35 per hour plus 75 cents per hour for use of a truck.


Voted: That the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Health be twenty-five dollars per annum; the clerk fifteen dollars and the other member ten dollars per annum.


Voted: That the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Public Welfare be one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum and that of the other members seventy-five dollars each per annum and that the Board of Public Welfare be au- thorized to appoint one of its members as agent at a salary of $50.00 per month until such time as the provisions of Chap- ter 117 or Chapter 118 (b) of the General Laws shall be- come effective.


Article 2. (Reports) To see if the town will vote to accept the several reports of the town officers and boards, act anything thereon.


Voted: To lay Article 2 on the table and take up Article 7.


Voted : To accept the several reports of the town officers as printed.


Voted: To discharge the following town committees. The Special School Building Committee


The Playground Site Committee


The Fire House Committee


The Insurance Committee


The Regional School District Planning Board


Voted: To extend to the above committees a vote of thanks for donating so generously of their time and effort to the town.


Article 3. (Reports) To hear and act upon the re- ports of any committee chosen at any previous meeting that have not already reported.


Voted: To pass over the Article.


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Article 4. (Welfare District) To see if the town will vote to form a Public Welfare District together with the towns of Bedford and Carlisle, or either of them, under the provisions of Chapter 117 or Chapter 118 (b) of the General Laws, said District to become effective April 1, 1952, and to continue until such time as the town may, subject to one year's notification, decide to withdraw, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To form a Public Welfare District together with the towns of Bedford and Carlisle, or either of them, under the provisions of Chapter 117 or Chapter 118 (b) of the General Laws, said District to become effective April 1, 1952, and to continue until such time as the town may, subject to one year's notification, decide to withdraw.


Article 5. (Welfare District) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,800.00 to defray the cost of administration and salaries of personnel for the administration of a public welfare district, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $2,800.00 to defray the cost of administration and salaries of person- nel for the administration of a public welfare district.


Article 6. (Expenses) To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to defray the neces- sary expenses of the several departments of the town and determine how the same shall be raised.


Voted: That the following sums of money be raised and appropriated for the several purposes hereinafter desig- nated and that the same be expended only for the purposes under the direction of the respective boards, committees, or officers of the town as follows:


General Government


1 Moderator $ 35.00


2 Finance Committee Expenses 75.00


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3 .Selectmen's Dept. Salaries & Wages 2,975.00


4 Expenses 700.00


5 Town Accountant Salary & Wages 1,000.00


6 Expenses 175.00


7 Treasurer Salary and Wages


1,000.00


8. Expenses 350.00


9 Collector Salary and Wages 1,800.00


10 Expenses


300.00


11 Assessors Salaries and Wages


2,850.00


12 Expenses


400.00


13 Town Clerk Salary & Fees 550.00


200.00


15 Elections & Registrations Salaries & Wages 1,351.00


16 Expenses


675.00


17 Total General Government $ 14,436.00


Buildings and Grounds


18 Buildings & Grounds Salaries & Wages 3,200.00


19 Expenses 4,700.00


20 Total Buildings & Grounds 7,900.00


Protection of Persons and Property


21 Police, Salaries & Wages 11,230.00


22 Expenses, Including Cruiser & uniforms


2,250.00


23 Fire Department Salaries & Wages


24 Expenses 4,030.00


3,060.00


25 Fire Alarm System Labor


2,700.00


26 Expenses


600.00


27 Fire Hydrant Rental 4,700.00


28 Forest Fires 2,000.00


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14 Expenses


29 Sealer Wgts. & Measures Salary & Wages


250.00


30 Expenses 50.00


31 Moth Dept. Salaries & Wages 1,500.00


32 Expenses 1,200.00


33 Tree Warden Salary & Wages


1,750.00


34 Expenses


750.00


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Wire Inspector, Salary & Travel


550.00


36 Expenses


50.00


37 Dog Officer 450.00


38 Total Protection $ 37,120.00


Health and Sanitation


39 Board of Health Salary & Wages . 4,614.00


40 Expenses 2,446.00


41 Garbage Collection 2,300.00


42 Inspection of Animals 150.00


43 Expenses 25.00


44 Total Health & Sanitation $ 9,535.00


Highways


45 Village Highways 3,000.00


46 Chapter 81 Highways 8,550.00


47 Chapter 90 Highways 1,000.00


48 Snow Removal


15,000.00


49 Street Lighting


6,000.00


50 Traffic Signs and Lines 500.00


51 Total Highways $ 34,050.00


Charities


$


52 Welfare Dept. Adm. 600.00


53 Expenditure (Temporary Aid) 4,350.00


54 Old Age Expenditure 41,000.00


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55 Aid Dep. Children Expenditure . . 6,000.00 55A Disabled Allowance 1,500.00


56 Total Charities


$ 53,450.00


Veterans Aid


57 Veterans Benefits Salary & Wages


150.00


58 Expenses


150.00


59 Expenditures 5,000.00


60 Veterans Service Salary & Wages 1,050.00


61 Expenses 50.00


62 Total Veterans Aid $ 6,400.00


Education


63 Schools, Salary & Wages 110,000.00


64 Fuel


4,500.00


65 Books and Supplies 5,800.00


66 Transportation


8,500.00


67 Tuition


68 Supplies, Power, Rent, Repair, Misc. 7,100.00


69 Outlay


1,200.00


70 Library 100.00


71 Health


500.00


72 Expenses


73 Total Education $137,700.00


Libraries


74 Libraries Salaries & Wages 1,500.00


75 Expenses 1,030.00


76 Books 400.00


77 Total Libraries $ 2,930.00


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Recreation


78 Playgrounds


2,200.00 $ 2,200.00


Unclassified


79 Misc. Expenses, High School Ins. 1,600.00


80 Town Reports


1,000.00


81 Workmen's Compensation


1,750.00


82 Surety Bonds 600.00


83 Pension Fund


1,689.00


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Expense Fund


153.00


84A Military Service Fund 33.00


85 Memorial Day


500.00


86 Total Unclassified $ 7,325.00


Cemeteries


87 Cemeteries Salary & Wages 7,300.00


88. Expenses 2,100.00


89 Total Cemeteries $ 9,400.00


Maturing Debt & Interest


90 Maturing Debt 1,000.00


91 Interest 225.00


92 Total Debt & Interest


$ 1,225.00


Total Budget


$323,671.00


Special Articles


Art. 5 Welfare District 2,800.00


Art. 7 School Building 5,000.00


Art. 11 Vocational Tuition & Trans. 2,000.00


Art. 12 Physical Education & Athletics 500.00


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Art. 14 Special School Lunch


Account 200.00


Art.


16 Replacement of Shade Trees


250.00


Art. 17 Main St. New Const ...


3,000.00


Art. 19 Snow Fence


200.00


Art. 20 Eradication of Poison Ivy


1,000.00


Art. 21 Dutch Elm Disease .


1,000.00


Art. 22 Town Forest


250.00


Art, 23 Motion Picture Projec- tor 500.00


Art. 24 Fire Alarm System (Batteries)


300.00


Art. 27 Fire Alarm System


(West Acton)


2,500.00


Art. 29


Laurel Court


400.00


Art. 34 Insurance (Town Build- ings)


3,000.00


Art. 36 Insurance (Indemnity)


750.00


Art. 37 Two-way Radio (Emer- gency Truck)


550.00


Art. 38 Traffic Speed Signs


1,000.00


Art. 40 Reserve Fund


3,000.00


Total to be raised and appropriated un- der Special Articles. $ 28,200.00


Total Voted to be raised and appropri- ated


$351,871.00


Transfers


Art. 7 School Building


5,000.00


Art. 15 Machinery Account . . 2,500.00


Art. 18 New Cruiser Police De- partment 500.00


Art. 25 Chapter 81 Maintenance


State 15,675.00


Art. 25 Chapter 90 Mainten- ance State 1,000.00


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Art. 25 Chapter 90 Mainten-


ance County 1,000.00


Art. 25 New Construction State 6,000.00


Art. 25. New Construction


County


3,000.00


Art. 26 Air Compressor So. Ac- ton Fire House 550.00


Art. 28 Fire Hose


1,750.00


Art. 30 Trimmer & Power Mow- er (Cemetery)


550.00


Art. 31 Lowering Device (Cem- etery) 500.00


Art.


35 Power Mower (Town


Common) 300.00


Art. 40 Reserve Fund 3,000.00


Total Transfers


$ 41,325.00


Grand Total


$393,196.00


Article 7. (School Land) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of acquiring by purchase or by right of eminent domain the following described parcels of land for school purposes:


Parcel 1. Containing 0.8 of an acre belonging to Helen A. Knowlton, Jessie L. Knowlton and Evelyn A. Knowlton is bounded Northeasterly by land of Warner 406.3 feet, Southerly by land of Warner 338.75 feet and Northwesterly by other land of said Knowltons 297.7 feet.


Parcel 2. Containing 2.8 acres now or formerly be- longing to Harry F. Warner is bounded Northerly by Par- cel 1 being land of Helen A. Knowlton et. al. 338.75 feet, Easterly by other land of Warner 490.0 feet, Southerly by land of Josephine E. Sebastian 520.18 feet and West- erly by land of Warner 294.3 feet.


Parcel 3. Containing 16.7 acres belonging to Harry F. Warner is bounded Northerly by land of Helen A. Knowlton et. al. 324 feet, Northerly by land of Heirs of


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Grace Hall and William C. Kazokas et. ux. 688.7 feet, Easterly by said Kazokas land 364 feet, Northerly again by said Kazokas land 65 feet, Easterly by Charter Road 522 feet, Southerly by land of Josephine E. Sebastian 760.8 feet and Westerly by Parcel 2, land of Warner 490 feet, Westerly by Parcel 1, land of Helen A. Knowlton et. al. 406.3 feet.


Parcel 4. Containing 0.7 of an acre belonging to William C. Kazokas and Jennie A. Kazokas is bounded Northerly by said Kazokas land 102 feet, Easterly by Charter Road 384 feet, Southerly by Parcel 3, land of Warner 65 feet and Westerly by Parcel 3, land of Warner 364 feet.


Parcel 5. Containing 1.2 acres belonging to James W. Baker and Marian B. Baker is bounded Easterly by Charter Road 400 feet, Southerly by Massachusetts Avenue 270 feet, Northwesterly by Parcel 6, land of Jose- phine Sebastian 410 feet.


Parcel 6. Containing 4.6 acres belonging to Jose- phine E. Sebastian is bounded Northerly by Parcel 3, land of Warner 550.81 feet, Easterly by Charter Road 80 feet, Southeasterly by Parcel 5, land of James W. Baker et. ux. 410 feet, Southerly by Massachusetts Ave- nue 405.86 feet and Westerly by land of Josephine E. Sebastian 315 feet.


Parcel 7. Said parcel belongs to Josephine E. Se- bastian and is bounded Northerly by land of Harry F. Warner 210 feet, Easterly by other land of said Sebas- tian 315 feet, Southerly by Massachusetts Avenue 156 feet, Westerly by other land of said Sebastian 194.5 feet and Southerly again by other land of said Sebastian 63 feet, containing 0.9 of an acre.


and to construct and originally equip and furnish an ele- mentary school building; determine whether the money shall be provided for by taxation, by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, and by borrowing under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and Chapter 645 of the


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Acts of 1948 as last amended by Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1951, or take any action in relation thereto.


Voted Unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300,000 for constructing and originally equipping and furnishing an eight-room elementary school unit, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $5000.00 shall be raised in the 1952 tax levy, the sum of $5000.00 shall be transferred from the Surplus Revenue Fund, and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow $90,000 under the authority of Chap- ter 44 of the General Laws, and the sum of $200,000 under the authority of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as last amended by Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1951, and to issue bonds or notes of the town thereof, payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty (20) years from the date of issue of the first bond or note.




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