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Fire Dept. Salaries & Wages Expenses .
6,180.00 4,343.00
Fire Alarm System Salaries & Wages Expenses
3,820.00
1,050.00
Fire Hydrant Rental
4,775.00
Sealer Wgts. & Measures
Salary & Wages
250.00
50.00
Moth Dept. Salaries & Wages 1,500.00 Expenses 1,200.00
1,500.00
Tree Warden Salary & Wages Expenses
1,000.00
650.00
Wire Inspector, Salary & Travel . Expenses 50.00
450.00
42,786.00
Health and Sanitation
38 Board of Health Salaries & Wages $ 50.00 39 Expenses 2,865.00 Town and School Nurse 225.00 40 41 Expenses 700.00 42 Board of Health Agent Salary . 43 Expenses 44 Inspector, Milk & Food, Salary .. 45 Expenses 46 Custodian, Town Dump, Salary . . 1,850.00 47 Expenses 600.00 48 State Sanitorium 2,500.00 Medical Supplies 150.00 49 50 School Clinic 300.00 51 Substitute Nurse 2,250.00 52 Garbarge Collection 53 Inspector of Animals 150.00 54 Expenses 25.00
200.00
450.00
150.00
250.00
200.00
55 Total Health and Sanitation
12,915.00
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Highways
56 Village Highways . $ 3,000.00
57 Chapter 81 Highways 8,550.00
58 Chapter 90 Highways 2,000.00
59 Snow Removal 12,000.00
60 Traffic Signs & Lines
500.00
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Granite Marker Restoration 500.00
62 Highway Vacations 700.00
63 Street Lighting 6,160.00
64 Total Highways
33,410.00
Charities
65 Welfare District Administration Welfare Board Salaries $ 950.00
66 General Relief 3,000.00
67 Old Age Assistance 41,000.00
68 Aid to Dependent Children 5,000.00
69 Disability Assistance 3,500.00
70 Total Charities
53,450.00
71 Veterans' Benefits Salary & Wages $ 150.00
72 Expenses 150.00
73 Veterans' Benefits Expenditures 5,000.00
Salary & Wages 1,050.00
74 Veterans Services
Veterans' Aid
75 Expenses 50.00
76 Total Veterans' Aid . ... 6,400.00
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Education
77 Instruction $ 115,170.00
78 Textbooks & Supplies 6,780.00
79 Plant Operation 22,550.00
80 Maintenance 1,000.00
81 Auxiliary Agencies 11,520.00
82 General Control 8,700.00
83 Outlay 1,750.00
84 Contingency Fund 500.00
85 Total Education 167,970.00
Libraries
86 Libraries Salaries & Wages $ 1,600.00
87 Expenses 980.00
88 Books 600.00
89 Total Libraries 3,180.00
Recreation
90 Playgrounds - both fields . $ 1,500.00
91 Skating Rink 500.00
92 Total Recreation 2,000.00
Cemeteries
93 Cemeteries Salaries & Wages .. .. $ 8,500.00 (Including vacations)
94 Expenses 2,300.00
95 Total Cemeteries 10,800.00
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Unclassified
96 Town Reports $ 1,325.00
97 Workmen's Compensation 2,300.00
98 Surety Bonds 600.00
99 Town Counsel (Legal Services) ..
500.00
100 Fire Insurance Town Buildings . .
2,700.00
101 Memorial Day 600.00
102 Pension Fund 1,859.00
103 Pension Fund Expense 130.00
104 Military Service Fund 41.00
105 Miscellaneous
1,500.00
106 Total Unclassified 11,555.00
Maturing Debt & Interest
107 Maturing Debt
(Elem. & High Schools) .. $ 16,000.00
108 Interest (Elem. & High Schools) . 5,875.00
109 Total Debt & Interest 21,875.00
110 Total Budget $390,250.00
Special Articles
Art. 5. Vocational tuition $ 1,500.00
Art. 6. Physical Education 500.00
Art. 7. School Lunch Account .. 200.00
Art. 10. Replacement of Shade Trees . 250.00
Art. 12. Eradication of Poison Ivy .. 1,000.00
Art. 13. Dutch Elm Disease 1,000.00
Art. 14. Town Forest 100.00
Art. 15. Water Safety Account
500.00
Art. 16. Traffic Zone Speed Signs . .. 900.00 Art. 17. Insurance (Fire Companies) 300.00
Art. 21. New Construction (Main St.) 3,000.00
Art. 23. Fire Alarm System 2,150.00
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Art. 25. Painting
(West Acton Fire House) .. 600.00
Art. 35. Officer & Employee Insurance
1,000.00
Art. 37. Surface Drainage Survey .
1,000.00
Art. 38. Zoning Committee
500.00
Art. 44. Unpaid Bills 753.23
Art. 45. Reserve Fund
3,000.00
Total to be raised and appropriated under Special Articles 18,253.23
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Total to be raised and appropriated ... $408,503.23
Transfers
Art. 8. Lighting Fixtures
West School $ 1,000.00
Art. 9. Machinery Account 2,500.00
Art. 11. Mist Blower, Moth Dept. 2,400.00
Art. 18. Highway Dept. (Mach. Fund) Truck 6,500.00
Art. 19. Fire Apparatus Depreciation Fund
5,000.00
Art. 20. Cemetery Land Fund
1,500.00
Art. 22. Highways
26,675.00
Art. 24. New Cruiser Police Dept. ยท
600.00
Art. 26. Radios & Alternators Fire Dept. 1,650.00
Art. 27. Air Compressor
(Cemetery Dept.) 1,000.00
Art. 36. Spreader Body
Sanding Highways . 1,500.00
Art. 42. Trustees of
Blanchard Foundation 150,000.00
Art. 42. Auditorium-Gymnasium 20,000.00
Art. 45. Reserve Fund 3,000.00
Total Transfers 223,325.00
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Borrow Art. 42. Auditorium-Gymnasium ... $ 100,000.00
100,000.00
Grand Total
$731,828.23
Article 5. (Vocational Tuition) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the payment of vocational tuition and transportation accord- ing to the provisions of Chapter 74 of the General Laws, or take any action thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen hundred (1500) dollars for the payment of vocational tuition and transportation according to the provisions of Chapter 74 of the General Laws.
Article 6. (Physical Education) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the conduct of physical education and athletics by the School Department according to the provisions of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, or take any action thereon.
Voted Unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of Five hundred (500) dollars for the conduct of physical education and athletics by the School Department according to the provisions of Chapter 71 of the General Laws.
Article 7. (School Lunch) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to continue the Special School Lunch Account, according to the provisions of Chapter 417 of the Acts of 1950, or take any action thereon.
Voted Unanimously : To raise and appropriate the sum of Two hundred (200) dollars to continue the Special School Lunch Account, according to the provisions of Chapter 417 of the Acts of 1950.
Article 8. (Lighting Fixtures) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for
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the installation of new lighting fixtures in two rooms at the West School, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of One thousand (1000) dollars for the installation of new lighting fixtures in two rooms at the West School.
Article 9. (Machinery Fund) To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $2,500.00 from the Machinery Fund to the Machinery Account, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To transfer the sum of Twenty-five hundred (2500) dollars from the Machinery Fund to the Machinery Account.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise ard appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the Tree Department for the replacement of shade trees, or act anything thereon.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of Two hundred fifty (250) dollars for the Tree Department for the replacement of shade trees.
Article 11. (Mist Blower) To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Account, the sum of $2 400.00 for the purchase of a Mist Blower for the Moth Department, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Ac- count the sum of Twenty-four hundred (2400) dollars for the purchase of a Mist Blower for the Moth Department.
Article 12. (Poison Ivy) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, or any other sum, for the Tree Department for the eradication of poison ivy on the highways, streets and school grounds, or act any- thing thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of One thou- sand (1000) dollars for the Tree Department for the eradi-
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cation of poison ivy on the highways, streets and school grounds.
Article 13. (Dutch Elm Disease) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, or any other sum, for the control of Dutch Elm Disease in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 761 of the Acts of 1949, or act anything thereon.
Voted Unanimously: To raise and appropriate the sum of One thousand (1000) dollars for the control of Dutch Elm Disease in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 761 of the Acts of 1949.
Article 14. (Town Forest) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for thinning out of hardwood trees in the Town Forest, or act anything thereon.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of One hundred (100) dollars for the thinning out of hardwood trees in the Town Forest.
Article 15. (Water Safety Program) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to establish a special Water Safety Account for the support of the summer Water Safety Program which is jointly spon- sored by the Red Cross and the School Department, or take any action thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Five hundred (500) dollars to establish a special Water Safety Account for the support of the summer Water Safety Pro- gram which is jointly sponsored by the Red Cross and the School Department.
Article 16. (Traffic Speed Signs) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 for the purchase and erection of traffic zone speed signs on Main Street from Route 2A to the Carlisle Line; also on Concord
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Road from Main Street to Route 2A; and on Nagog Hill Road between Main Street and Concord Road, or act any- thing thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Nine hundred (900) dollars for the purchase and erection of traffic zone speed signs on Main Street from Route 2A to the Carlisle Line; also on Concord Road from Main Street to Route 2A; and on Nagog Hill Road between Main Street and Concord Road.
Article 17. (Insurance Fire Dept.) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for Protection for Members of Volunteer Fire Companies cover- ing loss of life, total disability, weekly indemnity and medi- cal expense coverage, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Three hundred (300) dollars for Protection for Members of the Volunteer Fire Companies covering loss of life, total dis- ability, . weekly indemnity and medical expense coverage, purchase and administer by the Board of Fire Engineers and the Trustees of the Acton Firemen's Relief Fund.
Article 18. (Highway Truck) To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the Machinery Fund, the sum of $6,500.00 for the purchase of a truck for the Highway De- partment, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate from the Machinery Fund, the sum of Six thousand five hundred (6500) dollars for the purchase of a truck for the Highway Department.
Arttice 19. (Fire Apparatus Depreciation) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00, or some other sum, to be set aside as a Fire Apparatus Depreciation Fund, or act anything thereon.
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Voted: To transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of Five thousand (5000) dollars to be set aside as a Fire Apparatus Depreciation Fund and said sum to be placed on deposit at interest until required.
Article 20. (Woodlawn Cemetery ) To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 from the Cemetery Land Fund for the purpose of clearing, grading and laying out new sections for cemetery lots in Woodlawn Cemetery, and to authorize said Cemetery Commissioners to do any- thing necessary, proper and expedient for carrying out the above purposes, or act anything thereon.
Voted : To appropriate the sum of Fifteen hundred (1500) dollars from the Cemetery Land Fund for the purpose of clearing, grading and laying out new sections for cemetery lots in Woodlawn Cemetery, and to authorize said Cemetery Commissioners to do anything necessary, proper and ex- pedient for carrying out the above purposes.
Article 21. (Highway Construction) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for new construction of Main Street from Kelley's Corner to Acton Center; said money to be used in conjunction with $4 000.00 to be allotted by the County, $8,000.00 to be allotted by the State, or act anything thereon.
Voted : To raise and appropriate the sum of Three thousand (3000) dollars for new construction of Main Street from Kelley's Corner to Acton Center; said money to be used in conjunction with Three thousand (3000) dollars to be allotted by the County and Six thousand (6000) dollars to be allotted by the State.
Article 22. (Highways) To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Account the amount of the State's and County's allottments for highways under Chapters 81 and 90; provided that the reimbursement be credited back to the Surplus Revenue Account, or act any- thing thereon.
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Voted Unanimously: To transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of Twenty-six thousand six hundred seventy-five (26,675) dollars provided that the reimburse- ment be credited back to the Surplus Revenue Account. This sum to be made up as follows:
Chapter 81 Maintenance State
$15,675.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance State
1,000.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance County
1,000.00
New Construction State
6,000.00
New Construction County
3,000.00
$26,675.00
Article 23. (Fire Alarm System) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,150.00, or any other sum, for the extension of the Fire Alarm System from Massachusetts Avenue up Charter Road to Hayward Road, then easterly along Hayward Road to the Rex factory ; also for the purchase and installation of ten Fire Alarm Boxes on existing circuits, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty- one hundred fifty (2150) dollars for the extension of the Fire Alarm System from Massachusetts Avenue up Charter Road to Hayward Road, then easterly along Hayward Road to the Rex factory; and the purchase and installation of ten Fire Alarm Boxes on existing circuits.
Article 24. (Police Cruiser) To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Account, the sum of $600.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a new cruiser for the Police Department and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to trade-in or sell the old cruiser, or act any- thing thereon.
Voted: To appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Ac- count the sum of Six hundred (600) dollars for the purchase of a new cruiser for the Police Department and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to trade-in or sell the old cruiser.
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Article 25. (Painting West Acton Fire House) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00, or any other sum, for the painting of the exterior of the West Acton Fire House, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Six hundred (600) dollars for the painting of the exterior of the West Acton Fire House.
Article 26. (Radios - Fire Dept.) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,650.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of two or more radios and alternators for the Fire Department, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of Sixteen hundred fifty (1650) dollars, for the purchase of two or more radios and alternators for the Fire Department.
Article 27. (Air Compressor, Cemetery) To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Account, the sum of $1,000.00 for the purchase of an air compressor for the Cemetery Department and authorize the Cemetery Commissioners to trade-in or sell the old one, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Ac- count the sum of One thousand (1000) dollars for the purchase of an air compressor for the Cemetery Department and authorize the Cemetery Commissioners to trade-in or sell the old one.
Article 28. (Planning Board) To see if the town will vote under authority of Chapter 41, Section 81A of the General Laws to establish a Planning Board to consist of not less than five members and not more than nine; the terms of office to be so arranged that the term of at least one mem- ber will expire each year, and their successors shall be elected for terms of five years each, or act anything thereon.
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Voted : That under authority of Chapter 41, Section 81A of the General Laws, a Planning Board shall be estab- lished to consist of five members; the terms of office to be so arranged that the term of at least one member will ex- pire each year, and their successors shall be elected for terms of five years each and they shall be elected by ballot at the annual town election.
Article 29. (Planning Board) To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to act as the Planning Board under Chapter 41, General Laws, Section 81A; until such time as an official Planning Board is elected at a subsequent annual meeting; or act anything thereon.
Voted: To authorize the Board of Selectmen to act as a Planning Board under Chapter 41, General Laws, Section 81A; until such time as an official Planning Board is elected at the next annual town election.
Article 30. (By-Laws) To see if the town will vote to amend Section two (2) of the Town By-Laws by adding the following articles, or act anything thereon.
Article 11. Every way that shall be laid out for the acceptance of the town as a town way, shall be laid out forty feet or more in width, with twenty-four feet or more of approved road building materials that shall meet the requirements of the Planning Board.
Article 12. If an existing private way shall be laid out for the acceptance of the town as a town way, such way shall not be accepted unless and until the Planning Board shall have certified in writing that such way meets the requirements of Article 11.
Article 30. Voted Unanimously : To amend Section two (2) of the Town By-Laws by adding the following articles.
Article 11. Every way that shall be laid out for the acceptance of the town as a town way, shall be laid
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out forty feet or more in width, with twenty-four feet or more of approved road building materials that shall meet the requirements of the Planning Board.
Article 12. If an existing private way shall be laid out for the acceptance of the town as a town way, such way shall not be accepted unless and until the Planning Board shall have certified in writing that such way meets. the requirements of Article 11.
Article 31 (Extension of Orchard Dr.) To see if the town will vote to accept as a town way, the laying out by the Board of Selectmen, of the remainder of Orchard Drive ex- tending in a northerly direction a distance of approximately 675 feet by land of Mercier, Jackson, Nash, Thiebold, Lund, Benson and others, a plan of which is filed in the office of the town clerk; said way to be named Orchard Drive; and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for surfacing the same, or act anything thereon.
Motion : To accept as a town way, the laying out by the Board of Selectmen, of the remainder of Orchard Drive ex- tending in a northerly direction a distance of approximately 675 feet by land of Mercier, Jackson, Nash, Thiebold, Lund, Benson and others, a plan of which is filed in the office of the town clerk; said way to be named Orchard Drive, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for surfacing the same.
Motion did not prevail.
Article 32. (Lilac Ct.) To see if the town will vote to accept as a town way, the laying out by the Board of Se- lectmen of a road in South Acton, a distance of approximately 725 feet by land of Ringland, Gale, Hickey, Pond, Stevens and others, a plan of which is filed in the office of the town clerk; said way to be named Lilac Court, and to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $900.00 for surfacing the same, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
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Article 33. (Mohawk Dr.) To see if the town will vote to accept as a town way, the laying out by the Board of Selectmen of a road in West Acton, extending in an easterly and northerly direction from Central Street, a distance of approximately 1250 feet by land of Doyle, Modica, Grancey, Sinnett, Howe, Sisson, and others, a plan of which is on file in the office of the town clerk; said way to be named Mohawk Drive, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for surfacing the same, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 34. (By-Law) To see if the town will vote to amend Section Two (2) of the Town By-Laws by adding the following article thereto:
Article 13. All regular and permanent employees of the several departments of the Town shall be granted vacations without loss of pay and the Board of Selectmen may grant sick leaves and additional days off to said regular and permanent employees without loss of pay, in accordance with Section 21A of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, inserted by Section 5 of Chapter 798 of the acts of 1951.
or act anything thereon.
Motion : To amend Section Two (2) of the Town By- Laws by adding the following article thereto:
Article 13. All regular and permanent employees of the several departments of the Town shall be granted vacations without loss of pay and the Board of Selectmen may grant sick leaves and additional days off to said regular and permanent employees without loss of pay, in accordance with Section 21A of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, inserted by Section 5 of Chapter 798 of the Acts of 1951.
Motion did not prevail.
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Article 35. (Insurance) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1.000.00 to pay the cost of effecting insurance providing indemnity for or pro- tection to any officer or employee of the Town against loss by reason of his liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries, including death at any time resulting therefrom, or for damage to property, caused by operation, within the scope of his official duties as provided by the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Subsection 1, as amended, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of One thou- sand (1000) dollars to pay the cost of effecting insurance providing indemnity for or protection to any officer or em- ployee of the Town against loss by reason of his liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries, including death at any time resulting therefrom, or for damage to property, caused by operation, within the scope of his official duties as provided by the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Subsection 1, as amended.
Article 36. (Highways Spreader) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the purchase of a spreader body for sanding highways, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of Fifteen hundred (1500) dollars for the purchase of a spreader body for sanding highways.
Article 37. (Drainage) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for survey work in connection with surface drainage on parts of Central Street; School Street, West Acton; and Arlington Street, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of One thousand (1000) dollars for survey work in connection with surface drainage on parts of Central Street; School Street, West Acton; and Arlington Street.
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Article 38. (Zoning) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the printing of the Zoning Code and maps for the Zoning Committee, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Five hun- dred (500) dollars for printing of the Zoning Code and maps for the Zoning Committee.
Article 39. (School) To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee of five members to be appointed by the Moderator, Chairman of the Finance Board, and Chairman of the School Committee to investigate and recommend ad- ditional school facilities and report to the next special or regular town meeting, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 40. (School) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00, or any other sum, to be expended under the direction of the committee appointed under Article 39, or act anything thereon.
Voted : To pass over the article.
Article 41. (Auditorium & Gymnasium) To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $150,000.00. the gift from the Trustees of the Blanchard Foundation, for the purpose of constructing a combined auditorium and gymnasium, said building to be known as "The Blanchard Auditorium", to be built on land already acquired by the town on the northeast corner of Mass. Avenue and Charter Road, or take any action in relation thereto.
Voted: To pass over the article.
Article 42. (The Blanchard Auditorium) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for
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the purpose of constructing a combined auditorium and gym- nasium and for originally equipping and furnishing said auditorium, said building to be known as "The Blanchard Auditorium"; determine whether the money shall be provided for by transfer from available funds and by borrowing under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948, as amended, and by appropriation of a gift of $150,000.00 from the Trustees of the Blanchard Foundation, or take any action in relation thereto.
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