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Ellenwood Lot
300.00
13.74
302.54
13.74
302.54
$1,575.00 $ 73.21 $1,608.48 $ 73.21 $1,608.48
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation
$ 600.00
Paid for Salaries
Sidney W. Stevens $25.00
George W. Hinkley 25.00
Martha H. Blood
12.50
Frank L. Cheney
4.17
$ 66.67
George S. Cheney, In-
spector of Animals
150.00
Amos C. Kingsbury, In-
spector of Provisions 66.67
William H. Everett, Re- porting births, deaths, marriages 154.25
Joseph A. Roberts, Re-
turn of deaths to Town Clerk
15.25
Clement Drug Co., Supplies
2.00
Town of Framingham, Ex- amining throat culture
2.80
Labor at Public Dump
Dana Weiker
$20.40
Roy Owens
15.30
John Spender
5.10
Joel H. Stratton
5.00
$45.80
503.44
Unexpended balance
96.56
$ 600.00
Correct:
W. E. GARDNER,
Accountant.
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APPROPRIATIONS
Appropriated Recommended
in 1931
for 1932
Executive
$ 2,400.00
$ 2,300.00
Treasurer
750.00
750.00
Collector
1,300.00
1,300.00
Assessors
650.00
650.00
Town Clerk
350.00
350.00
Election and Registration
150.00
350.00
Town House
2,750.00
2,650.00
Police
4,000.00
3,500.00
Police Automobile
600.00
Fire
3,000.00
3,000.00
Sealer
125.00
125.00
Moth
1,000.00
1,000.00
Tree Warden
1,500.00
1,500.00
Shade Trees
100.00
Health and Sanitation
600.00
700.00
Sewer
1,325.00
Street Cleaning
300.00
300.00
Highways
15,000.00
15,000.00
South Street Special
3,000.00
Snow
3,400.00
Sidewalks
700.00
700.00
Street Lights
4,724.00
4,600.00
Guard Rail
200.00
150.00
Public Welfare
6,900.00
6,000.00
Old Age Assistance
3,500.00
Soldier's Benefits
200.00
300.00
District Nurse
300.00
300.00
Schools
32,500.00
32,500.00
Painting Library
150.00
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Library
2,000.00
2,000.00
Parks
600.00
400.00
Memorial Day
275.00
275.00
Contingent
900.00
900.00
Liability Insurance
700.00
700.00
County Hospital
847.55
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
1,500.00
Cemetery
2,000.00
2,250.00
Water System-Cemetery
2,000.00
Water
3,000.00
Water System
198,000.00
Notes
10,000.00
20,000.00
Interest
5,000.00
12,000.00
Bridges
200.00
250.00
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TOWN HOUSE
Appropriation
$2,750.00
Paid
F. C. Chick, Janitor ... Supplies and Repairs
$1,040.00
W. A. Gilbert
$43.02
William Hayward
40.00
C. E. Simpson & Son
22.17
Medfield Plumbing & Heating Co.
21.45
A. G. Rogers
21.00
Clement Drug Co.
14.00
Andrews Paper Co.
11.95
Puritan Specialty Co.
9.00
Ira S. Noyes Co.
8.00
W. A. Fitts
7.80
J. F. Clark
6.20
Ira F. Penniman
4.50
Carpenter-Morton Co.
3.38
J. P. McCarthy
3.00
C. A. Engley
2.00
F. A. Hartshorn
1.50
F. C. Chick
.79
G. D. Dolge
.73
Weiker's Express
.70
$ 221.19
Edison Elec. Illum. Co.
411.72
W. K. Gilmore & Son, Inc.
831.00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
50.75
Town of Medfield, Water
50.00
Com. of Mass., Chairs
34.50
W. S. Cook, Tuning Piano
6.00
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Turner R. Bailey, Box rent
.45
$2,645.61 104.39
Unexpended balance
$2,750.00
Correct:
W. E. GARDNER,
Accountant.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1931 Child's Name
Date 1930 Apr. 25 1931
Robert Alexander Hummer
Herbert G., and Effie A. (McKay)
Feb. 3
Nannina DeFlumero
Nicola and Angelina (Losga)
Feb. 9
Stillborn Male,
Feb. 23
Frank Baxter
Maynard and Helen (Jodrey) Francis and Cecelia (McGarry)
Mar. 15
John Anthony Haines
Mar. 18
Stillborn Male
Mar. 24 Pauline Evelyn Reynolds
Walter and Evelyn (Day)
Mar. 25
Navarro Miller
Vincente A. and Adeline (Dainty) Margaret C. Miller
May 3
Robert Benjamin Ripley
'Lindsey N. and Alice (Stott)
May 4
Carlo Joseph Bravo, Jr.
Carlo J. and Sylvia (Nicalora)
May 10
Dorothy Jane Blood
Aretas B. and Tessie L. (Munson)
May 25
Janette Coscia
Michael and Lucia (DiMavoro)
May 30
Pliny Jewell, 3rd
Pliny Jr., and Anne (Rea) William S. and Laura I. (Hanna)
June 14
Luella May Walden
Francis A. and Ellen I. (Gray)
June 27
Paul Lester Mick
Paul L. and Helena (Boot)
June 28
Philip Alexander McRury
June 30
Samuel Smith Cottrell, 3rd
July 14
Arthur Dallo
Aug. 15 William Zehello
Aug. 18
Lawrence Howard Tisdale
Howard E. and Irma C. (Hamilton)
Aug. 28
Joan Agatha Alley
Sept. 5
Elwin Alexander Smith, Jr.
Sept. 10
Robert Johann Mordini
Joseph and Nicolina (Capponeri)
Sept. 26
Anne Winslow Colt
LeBaron C. and Josephine (Jewell)
Apr. 20
Apr. 22
Joyce Gottlieb
Leopold K. and Lois (Heard)
May 30
Janice Ethel Chisholm
John and Beulah B. (Kelly) Samuel S. and Mae (Weeks) James and Rosie (Falzoni) Angelo and Victoria (Catenacci)
Willis W. and Ruth A. (Mitchell) Elwin A. and Alice (Pollard)
Parents
BIRTHS (Continued)
Oct. 1 Elton Vincent Faass, Jr.
Oct. 10 Alfred A. Zullo
Nov. 4 Katherine May Russell
Nov. 12 Joseph Richard Poli
Nov. 18 George Marshall Chick
Nov. 25 Eleanor Elizabeth Gilbert
Amos and Helen B. (Kirk)
Dec. 4
Richard Dana Weiker
Dana C. and Irene (Taylor)
Dec. 18 Edward Arnold Newell
Total number of births, 35. Males, 22. Females, 13.
Elton V. and Lillian (Abbott)
Alfredo A. and Julia (DiGregorio)
Charles H. and Hattie (Hoague)
Guido and Mary (Ferrone)
Fred C. and Ruth (Marshall)
John A. and Dorothy (Luddington)
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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS OF MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1931
Age
Date of Death
Name
Y.
M.
D.
Jan. 4
Donal H. Woodbury
2
26
Jan. 9
Nancy Ann Hobbs
74
10
22
Jan. 11
Charles F. Read
71
10
20
Angina Pectoris
Jan. 23
Robert W. Williams
72
11
13
Chronic Myocarditis
Jan. 27 Elizabeth M. Cronin
60
Chronic Myocarditis
Feb. 9
Stillborn Male
37
3
19
Carcinoma of large intestine
109
May 20
George Steere
87
7
17
May 23
William F. Abell
93
10
19
94
Arteriosclerosis
May 31
John H. Potter
51
0
15
Tuberculosis
June 5
Mary A. Marshall
88
2
7
90
Arteriosclerosis
June 9
Catharine C. Hutson
79
3
4
Arteriosclerosis
June 18
Emma J. Lonergan
57
9
22
Carcinoma of rectum
July 21
Elisha H. Cohoon
80
3
16
Carcinoma of breast
Oct. 30
Baby Faass
2 days
Intreranial Hemorrhage
Dec. 1
Emily Wells Maude
74
3
24
Arteriosclerosis
Dec. 2 Sidney W. Stevens
47
3
17
Dec. 15
Mark Woodbine
82
1
4
Dec. 31 Mary Adeline McCabe
63
9
1
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Total number of deaths of residents, 27. Males, 16, Females, 11.
Deaths at State Hospital, 95.
Total number of deaths in town, 122.
3 hours
76
10
21
Mitral Disease of Heart
Apr. 3
John Mitchell
Apr. 20
Baby Miller
12 hours
Premature birth
58
11
2
Heart Disease
May 6 Peter Bresette
Arteriosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis
May 23
Hannah Blackington
Prematurity
Mar. 25
Baby Navarro
Mar. 2
Earl M. Loker
Mar. 18
Stillborn Male
68
Cancer of the rectum
Jan. 25
John Baxter Platt
Cause of Death Infantile Atrophy Encephalitis
Decompensation of the Heart
Arteriosclerosis
Sept. 30
Zoa Lawrence Trott
Diabetes
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1931
Date
Name
Residence
Where and by Whom Married
Jan. 17 Clayton N. Roberts
Medfield
In Boston by
Midred G. Stanhope
Foxboro
Rev. Andrew H. Mullins
Jan. 22
Pasquale DiFlumera
Medfield
Milford
Feb. 28
William Raymond Clary
Boston
Marjorie Virginia Doane
Medfield
Mar. 11
Harold Ernest Brown
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. William J. O'Connell
Mar. 28
Yvonne Dorothy Dion Leon F. Ashley Lillian J. Wilkins
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. Jason George Miller
Mar. 28
Thomas E. Perrin Wilma L. Knight Robert Callachan
Franklin
In Franklin by Rev. Earl M. Hand
Apr. 6
Elizabeth M. Hennahane
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. William J. O'Connell
Apr. 11
John Van Nostrand Hitch
Newton
In Medfield by
Rev. Charles F. Westman
Medfield
In Boylston by Rev. Frederic N. Manning
June 4
Laura Doris Cutter
Dennis
June 8 George Everett Klein
Eleanor Lillian Cheney
Medfield
Providence, R. I.
In Medfield by Rev. Jason George Miller
June 23 William Harold Smith Dorothy Newcomb Mccullough
Brookline Medfield^
In Medfield by Rev. Samuel H. Jobe
June 23 Eugene G. Valpicelli Alice May Lapham
Milford
Medfield
In Milford by Rev. Stefano Dalla Via
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May 30 Edward Hempel Marion Arlene Smith Maurice D. Pickering
Orange
Dennis
South Natick
In Medfield by Rev. Jason George Miller In Wellesley by Rev. Edward W. Snow
June 13 Roderick H. McGee Florence J. Delaney
Providence, R. I.
In Milford by 1 Rev. Raymond Dalla Porta In Medfield by Rev. S. M. Lindsay
Helen Mary Manguso
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Mary Owen McGugan
Medfield
June 28
Max P. Eames Marie J. Trainor
Brookline
June 29
Raymond Winton Bell
West Medway
Hazel Vivian Keirstead
Medfield
Aug. 1
George F. Monique
Medfield
Medfield
Aug. 23 Manford A. Myers Frances Houser
Needham
Medfield
In Sanbornton, N. H., by Rev. Harold P. George
Oct. 10 Charles Bertaux Smith ,
Medfield
In Framingham by Rev. Paul Jefferson
Oct. 11
Cecil V. Mick
Medfield
In Newton by Rev. William M. Mick
Oct. 17
George B. Herron
Medfield
In Methuen by Rev. Raymond Heron
Oct. 24 John Benedict Delaney
Waterbury, Conn.
In Medfield by Rev. John R. McCool
Nov. 7 Edson E. Giles
Boothbay, Maine
In Medfield by Rev. Oscar J. H. Sitz
Nov. 20
James W. McLoon
Medfield
In Tewksbury by Rev. John Cummings
Nov. 25 Henry Blair Whitney
Medford
In Medfield by Rev. Arthur Bryant Whitney
Nov. 29 Charles F. Wiles
Brookline
Anna Winona Rielly
Brookline
Nov. 29
Achille Lozzi
Franklin
In Brookline by Rev. Bernard S. Kane In Medfield by Rev. Thomas M. Webb
In Medfield by - Rev. Lewis F. Kearn In Walpole by Rev. L. C. Schroeder
Sept. 5 Adelbert L. Kilmer
Ruth Abbie Buell
Petersham
May Louise Kingsbury
Medfield
Flories M. Laverty
Medfield
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Susie M. Batchelder
Lawrence
Elizabeth Griffin
Medfield
Muriel W. Conway
Medfield
Katherine Winola Baker
Tewksbury
Mary Elizabeth Greene
Boston
In Medfield by Rev. Jason George Miller In Medfield by
...
Medfield
Margaret Anna McInnis
Medfield
MARRIAGES (Continued)
Dec. 5
Bernice E. Crooker
Medfield
Mattapan
Medfield
Rev. William J. O'Connell
In Somerville by Rev. Frederick P. Freeman In Medfield by George S. Bent (Justice of the Peace)
Dec. 30 Jeremiah Hayes Catherine McMullen Total number of marriages, 31. Non-residents, 27.
Medfield
Medfield
In Medfield by Rev. Lewis F. Kearn
Married in Town, 17. Married out of Town, 14. Residents of Town, 35.
WILLIAM H. EVERETT, Town Clerk.
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Angelina Bravo Robie H. Bissell
Medfield Medfield
Dec. 13 Alfred Colantonio Colrinda Palumbo
SPECIAL MEETING February 12, 1931
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhab- itants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall in said Medfield on the twelfth day of February, 1931, at 7.30 p. m., and the following action was taken on the articles in the Warrant.
Article 1. To hear and act on the report of the Water Committee appointed at the Annual March Meeting 1930 or do. or act anything in relation thereto.
Voted, that the report of the Water Committee be accepted.
Voted, that the recommendation of the Finance Committee that the Town purchase water from the State be adopted.
Voted, that the recommendation of the Finance Committee that a Water Committee of five be appointed, consisting of Fred A. Smith, Arthur F. Smith and Pasquino Pederzini, the remaining two to be appointed from the floor be adopted.
Voted, that Fred A. Smith, Arthur F. Smith, Pasquino Ped- erzini, George H. Sauer, and Myron D. Place be appointed.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Committee to petition the Legislature for permission to borrow a sum of money outside of the debt limit to enlarge and improve the present Water System, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Voted, that the Water Committee be authorized to petition the Legislature for permission to borrow the sum of $200,000 outside the debt limit, to enlarge and improve the present Water System. (Unanimous)
Voted, that the meeting be dissolved. 1 Attest:
WILLIAM H. EVERETT,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL MEETING March 2, 1931
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhab- itants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall on the second day of March, 1931, at six o'clock in the forenoon; and the following action was taken on the several articles in the Warrant :-
Article 1. To choose all Town Officers required to be elected annually by ballot, to wit:
One Moderator, One Town Clerk, One Treasurer, One Col- lector of Taxes, Three Constables, One Tree Warden, One Member of the Board of Health, all for one year; One Select- man, One Assessor, One School Committee, Two Trustees of the Public Library, One Member of the Board of Health, One Cemetery Commissioner, One Member of the Water and Sew- erage Board, One Member of the Planning Board, all for three years, One Member of the Planning Board for five years.
The polls were opened at 6:15 a. m. and closed at 2:00 p. m.
Cards of Instruction and Specimen Ballots were posted as required by law.
The ballot box was examined and found in good working order and at close of voting agreed with the check lists in the number of ballots cast.
The following named persons appointed by the Selectmen and sworn by the Town Clerk were assigned to duty as fol- lows: Charles L. Bullard and Mary E. Bridge to distribute ballots; Wesley A. Gove and Leslie J. McKay to check at ballot box; Alexander A. MacLean, Martha E. Blood, Robert C. Mccullough, James L. Atherton, Katherine E. Clancy, Ger- trude M. Bell, Arthur S. Atherton, and Edward A. Sweeney, Tellers; Constable Coleman J. Hogan in charge of the ballot box.
The ballots were counted in open meeting and the total vote cast was 845.
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The following named persons having received the largest number of votes were declared elected to the several offices: Moderator, one year, Frank D. McCarthy.
Town Clerk, one year, William H. Everett.
Selectman, three years, Lawrence M. Dewar.
Treasurer, one year, Daniels Hamant.
Tax Collector, one year, Amos C. Kingsbury.
Tree Warden, one year, George L. L. Allen.
Constables, one year, Fred C. Chick, Fred H. Dyer, Cole- man J. Hogan.
Assessor, three years, Edgar W. Allen.
School Committee, three years, Evelyn Byng.
Water and Sewerage Board, three years, Michael E. Griffin. Cemetery Commissioner, three years, Pasquino Pederzini.
Board of Health, one year, Alfred L. Pederson.
Board of Health, three years, George W. Hinkley.
Trustees of Public Library, three years, James L. Atherton, Margaret D. Place.
Planning Board, three years, Guy V. Scribner.
Planning Board, five years, Joseph L. Marcionette.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS
March 9, 1931
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7.30 p. m.
The remaining articles in the Warrant for the Annual Meet- ing were taken up and acted on as follows:
Article 2. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, and Pound Keeper.
Voted, that the Selectmen be authorized to choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers and Pound Keeper.
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Article 3. To see if the town will vote to accept the reports of the several Town Officers for the past year.
Voted, that the report of the several Town Officers be ac- cepted as a whole.
Article 4. To hear and act on the report of any committee, to choose any committee the Town may think proper and tran- sact any other business that may legally come before the Town.
Voted, that the article be dismissed.
Article 5. To appropriate and raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year.
Voted, that the sum of $600.00 be raised and appropriated for Parks.
Voted, that the sum of $3,400.00 be raised and appropriated for Snow.
The Finance Committee recommended the following sums which were accepted.
Executive Department. $ 2,400.00
Treasurer's Department. 750.00
Collector's Department
1,300.00
Assessors' Department.
650.00
Town Clerk's Department.
350.00
Election and Registration
150.00
Town House
2,750.00
Police
4,000.00
Fire
3,000.00
Sealer
125.00
Moth
1,000.00
Tree Warden
1,000.00
Health and Sanitation
600.00
Sewer
1,000.00
Street Cleaning
300.00
Highways
15,000.00
Snow
3,400.00
Sidewalks
700.00
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Bridges
200.00
Street Lighting
4,724.00
Guard Rails
200.00
Public Welfare
6,000.00
Soldier's Benefits.
200.00
District Nurse
300.00
Schools
32,500.00
Library, including Dog Tax
2,000.00
Parks
600.00
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Memorial Day
275.00
Contingent.
900.00
Liability Insurance
700.00
County Hospital
847.55
Water.
3,000.00
Notes
9,865.99
Interest
5,000.00
Cemetery
1,545.00
Painting Public Library
150.00
South Street Special
3,000.00
Chairman Board of Welfare (Salary)
200.00
$111,682.54
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the present municipal year, and issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the present municipal year.
Voted, that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the taxes of the municipal year beginning January 1, 1931 and to issue note or notes therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the taxes of said municipal year.
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Article 7. To determine in what manner the taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year, also determine what percentage shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.
Voted, that taxes shall be paid not later than the fifteenth day of October of each year and on all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of November interest shall be paid at the rate of six per cent per annum from the fifteenth day of Oct- ober until such taxes are paid, and that the Collector receive one per cent on all taxes collected by him.
Article 8. To see what compensation the Town will allow members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
Voted, that the members of the Fire Department be paid the sum of twelve dollars per year and one dollar per hour while working at fires.
Article 9. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.
Voted, that the Collector be instructed to use all means and processes provided by law for the collection of all taxes re- maining unpaid after the first day of December, nineteen hun- dred and thirty-one.
Article 10. To see how much per hour the Town will allow for work on the highways for the ensuing year.
Voted, that the price of labor per hour on the highways be left to the discretion of the Selectmen.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to appoint one of its members as School Physician, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Voted, that the article be dismissed.
Article 11A. To see what compensation the Town will allow the school Physician for the ensuing year.
Voted, that the article be dismissed.
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Article 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint one of its members as Inspector of Ani- mals, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
Article 13. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Inspection of Animals for the ensuing year.
Finance Committee recommended the sum of $150.00 be allowed.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water Department to appoint one of its members as Water Registrar, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
Article 15. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Water Registrar for the ensuing year.
Finance Committee recommended the sum of $50.00 be allowed.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,545.00 and transfer the sum of $455.00 from the "Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund" for the maintenance of Vine Lake Cemetery, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $100.00 as a Perpetual Trust Fund for the care of the Charles B. Smith lot in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof, or so much as may be necessary to be used for said care.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
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Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $150.00 for the purpose of painting the ex- terior of the Memorial Public Library, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to install two electric lights on Green Street Extension, continuing from existing lights on Summer Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition.)
Voted, that the sum of $84.00 be raised and appropriated to install four electric lights on Green Street Extension, continu- ing from existing lights on Summer Street.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to use the balance of the premiums, $134.01 from the sale of water notes to retire notes due in 1931, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the fol- lowing balances to free cash in the treasury, or do or act any- thing in relation thereto.
Shade Trees
$ 8.35
Pound Street Special
.25
South Street Special
4.80
Park Street Special
358.07
Main Street Special
2,729.69
Hospital Road Special
1.44
Frairy Street Special
93.55
Nebo Street Special
.17
Numbering Houses
12.50
Printing Valuation
278.50
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Cement Markers
.58
Water Connections 10" Pipe. 168.22
Water Connections 8" Pipe 32.31
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from free cash in the treasury to defray expenses of the ensuing year, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Voted, to transfer the sum of $8,000.00 from free cash in the treasury to defray expenses of the ensuing year.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $3,000.00 for the purpose of resurfacing and applying tarvia on South Street from the end of tar opposite John Kiniry's residence toward the Norfolk Line, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted, the recommendation be accepted.
ยท Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee of five members to inquire into the expense and advisa- bility of installing stage equipment in the Town Hall, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
Voted, that the committee be appointed by the Moderator.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $100.00 as a Perpetual Trust Fund for the care of the Harry L. Park Lot in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof, or so much as may be necessary to be used for said care.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
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Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $200.00 for the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Public Welfare, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended to pass.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $20,000.00 to reconstruct High Street, start- ing near the Walpole Line and extending towards Spring Street. The Town to be reimbursed one-third of the cost by the State and one-third by the County, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Finance Committee recommended dismissed.
Voted, that the recommendation be accepted.
Voted, that the meeting be dissolved.
Attest:
WILLIAM H. EVERETT, Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL MEETING May 11, 1931
Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhab- itants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall in said Medfield on the eleventh day of May, 1931, at 7.30 p. m., and the following action was taken on the articles in the Warrant.
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and grant the sum of $198,000.00 for the purpose of enlarging and improving the Present Water System and authorize the Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen to issue notes of the Town thereof, said notes to be payable in not more than twenty years or such earlier date as the Treasurer and Select- men shall determine.
Voted, that the sum of $198,000.00 be granted and appro- priated for the purpose of enlarging and improving the Present Water System and the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to issue notes therefor, said notes to be payable in not more than twenty years or such earlier date as the Treasurer and the Selectmen shall determine. One hundred eighty-eight voting in the affirma- tive, and One voting in the negative.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $2,260.30, the unexpended balance of Article 34 for the ex- tension or relaying of mains in connection with enlarging and improving the Water System.
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