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By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield qualified to vote in elections to meet at the time and for the purpose named, by posting attested copies of said warrant in not less than five public places in the Town at least seven days before the time of holding the meeting.
FRED C. CHICK, Constable of Medfield
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
May 14, 1940
The meeting was called to order by the moderator at 7:00 O'clock P.M. and the following action taken on the articles in the Warrant:
Before action was taken on any of the articles in the Warrant it was voted to consider and vote on them in the following order:
First -Article 3
Second -Article 4
Third -Article 5
Fourth -Article 9
Fifth -Article 10
Sixth -Article 6
Seventh-Article 7
Eighth -Article 8
Ninth -Article 1
Tenth -Article 2
Article 3. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to dispose of the Caterpillar Tractor and Snow Plow by sale or otherwise.
Article 4. Voted that this article be dismissed.
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Article 5. Voted that the report of the committee be accepted and the article be dismissed.
Article 9. Voted to transfer from available funds the sum of $1,580.00 to cover the cost of partial replacement of equipment, supplies and expenses due to the burning of the Ralph Wheelock School.
Article 10. Voted that the School Committee be given the authority to dispose of the salvage from the Ralph Wheelock School.
Article 6. Voted to accept the report of the School Building Committee and give them a standing vote of thanks.
a. The moderator ruled that the term of the present School Building Com- mittee expires as of this date.
Article 7. Voted that a committee of five be appointed from the floor.
Voted that Arthur L. Lewis as Chairman, Frank G. Haley, Mrs. Edmund Mortimer, Harry E. Conway, and Robert H. Fraser, Sr., shall be the new School Building Committee and have full charge of the construction of a School Building.
Article 8. Voted that the new High School be erected on the Property with the present School Building on North Street and the exact location of the new building on this land be left to the discretion of the School Building Committee.
Article 1. Voted that the sum of $494.85 be transferred from the balance of the Fire Insurance Fund and $450.00 from available free cash for the purpose of razing the ruins of the Ralph Wheelock School and filling the basement to the ground level.
Article 2. Voted to authorize a committee consisting of the Board of Selectmen, the Chairman of the Board of Assessors and the Town Treasurer to sell and convey in behalf of the Town the parcel of land known as the Ralph Wheelock School lot located on Pleasant and Miller Streets.
Article 6. Voted to reconsider Article 6.
Voted that the sum of $8,000.00 be transferred from the Fire Insurance Fund and turned over to the School Building Committee to be used in connection with the new school building.
Voted that the meeting be adjourned.
A true copy attest :
CHARLES W . KEIRSTEAD, Town Clerk
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING October 31, 1940 TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield, in said County, greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Medfield on Thursday the 31st day of October, A.D. 1940 at 7:00 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Road Machinery Account for the purpose of purchasing a truck for the Highway Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following named sums as Perpetual Funds for the care of lots in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said care, viz:
Raymond Weiker Lot
$100.00
Lizabeth Roberts Lot
200.00
Grover Lot
100.00
Lewis Cutler Lot
100.00
Osborne Lot
100.00
Rose Schools Lot
100.00
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting warrants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting, aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 23rd day of October A.D., Nineteen hundred and forty.
FRANK G. HALEY, ALFRED HEWINS, CHARLES W. HAIGH, Selectmen of Medfield
A true copy attest :
FRED C. CHICK, Constable of Medfield
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
October 31, 1940
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator and the following action was taken on the articles in the Warrant:
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Article 1. Voted that the sum of $2,795.00 be transferred from the Road Machinery Account for the purpose of purchasing a Brockway Truck for the Highway Department.
Article 2. Voted that the following sums be accepted as Perpetual Trust Funds for the care of Lots in Vine Lake Cemetery:
Raymond Weiker Lot
$100.00
Amended to-William B. Roberts Lot
200.00
Grover Lot
100.00
Lewis Cutler Lot
100.00
Osborne Lot
100.00
Rose Schools Lot
100.00
Voted that the meeting be dissolved.
A true copy attest:
CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD, Town Clerk
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION
November 5, 1940 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield, in said County, greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Medfield on Tuesday, the 5th day of November, A.D., 1940 at 6:30 A.M. then and there to act on the following articles:
Electors of Presidents and Vice-President, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Senator in Congress, Congress- man, Councillor, Senator, Representative in General Court, Clerk of Courts, Register of Deeds, and County Commissioners.
1. Shall licenses be granted in this city or Town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)?
2. Shall licenses be granted in this city or Town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and other malt beverages)?
3. Shall licenses be granted in this city or town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises?
QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for legislation providing for ten dollar weekly payments to each recipient of old age assistance?"
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QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for the establishment of a lottery to be conducted by the Commonwealth, the net proceeds of which shall provide additional revenue for the Old Age Assistance Fund?" Polls to be opened at 6:30 A.M. and may be closed at 6:00 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place of posting warrants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 29th day of October A.D., Nineteen hundred and forty.
FRANK G. HALEY, ALFRED HEWINS, CHARLES W. HAIGH, Selectmen of Medfield
A true copy attest :
FRED C. CHICK,
Constable of Medfield
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Medfield, Mass. October 29, 1940
Norfolk, ss.
By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield qualified to vote in elections to meet at the time and for the purpose named by posting attested copies of said warrant in not less than five public places at least seven days before the time of holding the meeting.
FRED C. CHICK, Constable of Medfield
STATE ELECTION
Novemver 5, 1940
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant a meeting was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday the fifth day of November, 1940, at 6:30 A.M. The following persons were appointed election officers, sworn in by the Town Clerk and assigned as follows: Louise Brennan and James Atherton to distribute ballots; Anne Young and Abigail Sheahan to check at the ballot box; Edward Sweeney, Edna Huebener, Richard Conrick, Eugene Munson, Arthur Kennedy, Laura Atherton, Cora O'Hare, Robert Fraser, Joseph Mair, Margaret Kennedy, Francis M. Bibby, Sue Kennedy, tellers, Coleman J. Hogan in charge of the Ballot Box.
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The ballots were delivered to the ballot clerks and a receipt for same taken. The ballot box was examined and found in good working order.
Cards of instructions and sample ballots posted as required by law.
The polls were opened at 6:30 in the forenoon and closed at 6:00 O'clock in the evening.
The total vote cast was 1267 and divided as follows:
For President
Aiken and Orange
None
Babson and Moorman
1
Browder and Ford
1
Roosevelt and Wallace
406
Thomas and Kruger
None
Wilkie and McNary
831
Blanks
28
For Governor
Henning A. Blomen of Cambridge
1
Jeffrey W. Campbell of Boston
1
Paul A. Dever of Cambridge
407
Otis Archer Hood of Boston
None
E. Talmadge Root of Somerville
1
Leverett Saltonstall of Newton Blanks
21
For Lieutenant Governor
Horace T. Cahill of Braintree
858
Hugo DeGregory of Springfield
2
Owen A. Gallagher of Boston
345
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield
1
George L. McGlynn of Springfield
3
Guy S. Williams of Worcester
10
Blanks
48
1267
For Secretary
Frederic W. Cook of Somerville
883
Katherine A. Foley of Lawrence
316
Thomas F. P. O'Dea of Boston
2
Modestino Torra of Boston
3
Peter Wartiainen, Jr. of Fitchburg
1
1267
For Treasurer
John J. Donahue of Somerville
319
Henry Grossman of Worcester
1
37
1267
836
1267
Thomas Hamilton of Lynn William E. Hurley of Boston Malcolm T. Rowe of Lynn Andrew Swenson of Greenfield Blanks
For Auditor
Arthur R. Buckley of Boston
8
Thomas J. Buckley of Boston
347
Charles H. Daniels of North Adams
2
Bernard G. Kelly of Springfield
3
Harry W. Kimball of Needham
9
819
Russell A. Wood of Cambridge Blanks
79
For Attorney General
James Henry Brennan of Boston
330
Robert T. Bushnell of Newton
854
Joseph C. Figueireda of New Bedford
2
Austin H. Fittz of Natick
2
Charles R. Hill of Brookline
2
Fred E. Oelcher of Peabody Blanks
75
For Senator in Congress
Philip Frankfeld of Boston
3
Horace I. Hillis of Saugus
3
George Lyman Paine of Cambridge
None
Henry Parkman, Jr. of Boston
759
George L. Thompson of Randolph
2
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg
446
Blanks
54
For Congressman, 14th District
Harold E. Cole of Taunton
328
Joseph William Martin, Jr. of No. Attleboro
868
Blanks
71
1267
For Councillor, Third District
William E. Bennett, Jr. of Boston
321
Frank A. Brooks of Concord
834
Blanks
111
Scattered
1
1267
38
3
865 3 3 73
1267
-
-
1267
2
1267
1267
For Senator, Middlesex and Norfolk District
Leo. A. Gosselin of Bellingham
Charles W. Olson of Ashland
840
Blanks
100
For Representative, 8th Norfolk District
Richard H. Kannally of Walpole
270
Rudolph F. King of Millis
933
Blanks
64
1267
For Clerk of Courts, Norfolk County
Romeo Assetta of Franklin
276
Robert B. Worthington of Dedham
878
Blanks
113
For Register of Deeds, Norfolk County
830
John Torrey Kenney of Needham
321
Blanks
116
For County Commissioners, Norfolk County
Russell T. Bates of Quincy
895
Edward W. Hunt of Weymouth
695
Blanks
944
License Question No. 1
Yes
641
No
331
Blanks
295
1267
License Question No. 2
Yes
619
No
290
Blanks
358
License Question No. 3
Yes
661
No
264
Blanks
342
1267
39
327
1267
1267
Walter W. Chambers of Dedham
1267
2534
1267
Public Policy Question Old Age Assistance
Yes No Blanks
682
168 417
Public Policy Question Lottery
1267
Yes
586
No
255
Blanks
426
1267
A true copy attest:
After the ballots were counted they were turned over to the Town Clerk for safe keeping as prescribed by law.
CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD,
Town Clerk
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield, in said County, greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Medfield on Thursday the 5th day of December, A.D., 1940 at 7:30 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money by transfer from available funds and borrowing for the purpose of building a High School, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Legislature for permission to borrow a sum of money outside the debt limit for the purpose of completing the new High School Building, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting warrants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of the meeting aforesaid.
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Given under our hands this 27th day of November A.D. Nineteen Hundred and forty.
FRANK G. HALEY, ALFRED HEWINS, CHARLES W. HAIGH, Selectmen of Medfield
A true copy attest :
FRED C. CHICK, Constable of Medfield
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Medfield, Mass. November 27, 1940
Norfolk, ss.
By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield qualified to vote in elections to meet at the time and for the purpose named, by posting attested copies of said warrant in not less than five public places in the Town at least seven days before the time of holding said Meeting.
FRED C. CHICK, Constable of Medfield
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING December 5, 1940
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 P.M. and the follow- ing action was taken on the article in the Warrant:
Article 1. Voted that the sum of $118,301.03 be raised and appropriated for the construction of a High School Building including the cost of original equip- ment and furnishings, and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $1,000.00 be transferred from the appropriation for a school boiler voted under Article 29 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 11, 1940, the sum of $2,245.53 be transferred from the Sale of Town Farm Fund; the sum of $3,750.50 be transferred from the School Trust Fund; the sum of $25,305.00 be transferred from the Fire Insurance Reimbursement, and the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow in accordance with Chapter 44, General Laws, the sum of $86,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, said bonds or notes to be paid in not more than twenty years from date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may determine.
142 Voted in favor of the Article 12 Voted against the Article
Article 2. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to petition the Legislature for permission to borrow the sum of $95,000.00 outside the debt limit for the purpose of completing or building an addition including cost of original equipment and furnishings to the new High School Building.
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Voted to extend a vote of thanks to the High School Building Committee and Mr. Upham for their work in connection with the New School Building.
Voted that the meeting be adjourned.
A true copy attest :
CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD, Town Clerk
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT 1940
Town Appropriations
$
134,492.87
Total appropriations voted from available funds in 1940 in 1939 since 1939 tax rate was fixed
12,729.85
3,850.00
151,072.72
State Tax and Assessments:
State Tax
$7,200.00
State Parks and Reservations
144.41
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
1,077.59
8,422.00
County Tax and Assessments:
County Tax
2,739.81
2,739.81
Overlay of current year
2,625.43
Gross amount to be raised Estimated Receipts:
164,859.96
Income Tax
7,984.65
Corporation Taxes
1,833.07
Reimbursement-State Owned Land
1,302.27
Gasoline Tax
5,872.68
Motor Vehicles and Trailer Excise
5,709.02
Licenses
1,381.50
Fines
129.04
General Government
1,017.00
Highways
14.50
Charities
3,332.94
Old Age Assistance (other than Federal grants)
6,658.55
Schools
3,296.44
Public Service Enterprises-Water
8,393.78
Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots)
228.00
Interest on taxes and assessments
1,341.06
Veteran's Exemptions
6.22
Chapter 59, Section 23
246.10
Total Estimated Receipts
48,746.82
Overestimates of previous years to be used as available funds
State Parks and Reservations
20.42 1
Veteran's Exemptions
18.29
Amounts voted to be taken from available funds:
March 19, 1940
6,055.00
May 28, 1940
8,000.00
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May 28, 1940 May 28, 1940 May 28, 1940
450.00 494.85
1,580.00
Total available funds
16,618.56
Total estimated receipts and available funds
65,365.38
Net amount to be raised by taxation on polls and property
99,494.58
Number of polls, 780 at $2.00 each
1,560.00
Total valuation-Personal Property Real Estate
210,757.00
7,587.25
2,509,648.00
90,347.33
Tax Rate $36.00
Total taxes levied on polls and property
99,494.58
Number persons assessed on personal property
104
Number persons assessed on real estate
593
Number persons assessed on personal and real
94
Total number of persons assessed
791
Value of stock in trade
16,665.00
Value of machinery
2,950.00
Value of Live Stock
22,162.00
All other tangible personal property
168,980.00
Total value of assessed personal estate
210,757.00
Value of real estate, buildings
503,624.00
Value of real estate, land
2,006,024.00
Total value of assessed real estate
2,509,648.00
Total value of assessed estate
2,720,405.00
Number of horses assessed
58
Number of cows assessed
146
Number of swine assessed
366
Number of fowl assessed
5906
All other
62
Number of dwelling houses
520
Number of acres of land
8062
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CARLTON W. KINGSBURY, HARRY E. CONWAY, ROBERT H. FRASER, SR., Assessors of Medfield
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT For the Year Ending December 31, 1940
Receipts
Balance Cash on Hand January 1, 1940
$ 60,492.76
Taxes
101,093.25
Motor Excise Tax
8,287.62
Tax Titles
500.00
Water Department
8,599.29
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Highways, Chapter 81-90
6,928.85
County Highway, Chapter 90
999.35
Town Clerk-Dog Licenses
770.40
Sale Land-Ralph Wheelock School
25.00
Fire Loss-Ralph Wheelock School
33,305.00
School Trust Fund, Interest
53.16
Library Trust Fund, Interest
210.00
Cemetery Trust Fund, Interest
453.98
Sale Cemetery Lots
355.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
900.00
Revenue Loans
30,000.00
Highway Loans
8,150.00
Machinery Revenue Account
2,883.45
Old Age Refunds
31.79
Federal Old Age
8,603.16
Federal Old Age Administration
286.73
Federal Mothers' Aid
423.67
Federal Mothers' Aid Administration
3.63
County Dog Tax
620.85
Liquor Licenses
1,200.00
Town Clerk, Licenses
8.50
Board of Health, Licenses
7.00
Selectmen, Licenses
36.00
Tax Interest and Costs
1,092.13
Rent, Town Hall
13.50
Library Fines
109.98
Sale Medfield Inn Equipment
15.00
Sale Snow Plow and Tractor
60.00
Sale Tax Property
30.00
Court Fines
23.00
Annual Care Cemetery
328.50
Sewer Assessments
124.67
Police Department Telephone Calls
.30
Snow Removal
9.00
Insurance Premium Returns
90.57
Interest on Notes
.69
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Moth Department Shell Oil Co.
35.00
32.20
Sealer's Fees
35.51
Sealer's Fees, Dover
10.00
County-Reimbursement: Dog Bites
10.50
Walpole School Tuition
114.34
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Highway Distribution Fund
5,872.68
Income Tax
8,181.38
School Fund
2,223.98
School Superintendent
483.33
School Tuition
361.16
Vocational Education
197.12
Corporation Tax-Gas and Electricity
246.10
Business Corporation Tax
1,557.27
Veterans' Exemptions
4.08
Indigent Persons
51.00
Reimbursement Loss of Taxes
1,833.07
T. B. Subsidy
1,231.41
Temporary Aid-Transportation
465.02
Highway-Snow Removal
18.00
Mothers' Aid
360.00
Old Age Assistance
6,475.66
Old Age Assistance-Canton
26.67
Malden
8 33
Walpole
113.34
Waltham
40.00
Medford
15.83
Federal
23.92
Public Welfare-Dover
236.56
Quincy
142.00
School Trust Funds
3,750.50
Refunds
7.71
Total
$311,289.45
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Executive Department
Appropriation
$ 2,400.00
Payments:
Salaries:
Frank G. Haley, Selectman $183.33
Alfred Hewins, Selectman 108.33
Chas. W. Haigh, Selectman 125.00
Wm. S. Farmer, Selectman 33.34
Francis M. Bibby, Ac-
$ 450.00
countant 550.00
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Frank D. McCarthy, Mod-
erator Marie Burke
25.00 1,325.00 - $
2,350.00
Supplies:
J. D. Scully, Postage, etc.
14.80
Hobbs & Warren Co.
2.01
Federal Street Railway Co.
4.32
Alexander Allan
6.44
Norfolk County Selectmen's Association
9.00
Total
2,386.57
Balance to Revenue
13.43
2,400.00
Treasurer
Appropriation
750.00
Payments:
Salary, Bessie L. Hamant
500.00
Supplies and Expenses:
Bessie L. Hamant
82.00
J. D. Scully, P. M.
44.14
Hobbs & Warren Co.
.88
Norfolk County Trust Co.
22.70
149.72
Bond-Wm. Palumbo
100.00
Total
749.72
Balance to Revenue
.28
750.00
Collector
Appropriation
1,600.00
Payments:
Amos C. Kingsbury
1,199.91
Bond-Alexander Allan
150.00
Supplies and Expenses:
Alexander Allan
.55
J. D. Scully, P. M.
99.44
Hobbs & Warren Co.
33.25
Dedham Transcript
4.69
Edwin C. Flaherty
36.00
O'Brien, Russell Co.
25.00
Moody & Regan
17.00
215.93
Total Balance to Revenue
1,565.84
34.16
1,600.00
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27.57
Assessors Appropriation Transfers from Reserve Fund
700.00 150.00
Total
850.00
Payments:
Salaries:
Carleton Kingsbury
300.00
Robert H. Fraser
83.34
H. E. Conway
100.00
483.34
Supplies and Expenses :
Theodore B. Pederson
30.00
Alexander Allan
3.25
Edith Howlett
4.00
Hobbs & Warren Co.
114.29
Federal Street Railway Ce.
1.71
U. S. Pencil Co.
8.88
Royal Typewriter Co.
18.00
Manifold Supplies Co.
15.50
F. D. Kennedy
8.23
Geo. Coleman Co.
6.90
210.76
Transcripts-Gladys Kennedy
151.50
Norfolk-Suffolk Assessors' Association
3.00
Total
848.60
Balance to Revenue
1.40
Town Clerk
Appropriation
400.00
Payments:
Salary, C. W. Kierstead
300.00
Supplies and Expenses:
C. W. Kierstead
91.38
Bond-Alexander Allan
7.50
Total
398.88
Balance to Revenue
1.12
400.00
Election and Registration
Appropriation
550.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
25.00
Total
575.00
Payments:
Salaries:
C. W. Kierstead
25.00
Edward A. Sweeney
15.00
850.00
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Louise D. Brennan Luther Cheney Anne Young
15.00
10.00
5.00
70.00
Listing
Louise Brennan
12.00
Edward A. Sweeney
12.00
Luther Cheney
12.00
Robert Bryant
12.00
Benedict Devine
12.00
60.00
Elections
Louise Brennan
19.00
Anne Young
19.00
Edward A. Sweeney
19.00
Edna Huebener
19.00
Coleman J. Hogan
19.00
Richard Conrick
15.00
Abigail Sheahan
14.00
Robert Fraser, Sr.
14.00
Laura Atherton
14.00
Arthur Kennedy
10.00
James Atherton
10.00
Frank G. Haley
10.00
Eugene Munson
11.00
Alexander McLean
8.00
Alfred Hewins
6.00
Francis M. Bibby
6.00
Joseph Maier
6.00
Margaret Kennedy
6.00
Susan Kennedy
6.00
Cora O'Hare
6.00
Charles Bullard
5.00
Lawrence Rossi
5.00
Harriet Thayer
5.00
Della Yoe
5.00
Dorothy Johnson
5.00
Grace S. Kerr
5.00
Joseph F. Grogan
4.00
271.00
Supplies and Expenses:
Robinson Seal Co.
34.60
Rogers Press
27.50
C. W. Kierstead
18.00
Medfield Print Shop
3.00
Quinnapin House
7.80
John Sauer
23.95
Spalding Moss Co.
46.40
49
Ambrose Press Alexander Allan
5.75
7.00
174.00
Total
575.00
575.00
Town Hall
2,550.00
Appropriation Transfers from Reserve Fund
152.42
Total
2,702.42
Payments:
Janitor, Carleton Chick
1,092.00
Supplies and Expenses:
W. K. Gilmore & Sons, Coal
545.20
N. Duhamel Coal
163.07
Boston Janitors' Supply Co.
139.62
Arthur Wills
108.07
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.
147.59
Boston Edison Co.
404.44
Water Department
22.09
J. J. Reddington, Electric Service
6.50
Charles George
40.50
Reformatory for Women
7.61
Ira Penniman
2.50
Brock Bros.
9.30
John N. Wills
2.43
Pederzini & Sons
11.50
1,610.42
Total
2,702.42
2,702.42
Police Department
Appropriation
3,650.00
Payments:
Coleman J. Hogan, Chief
2,116.00
Officers:
L. N. Ripley
133.25
F. C. Chick
321.54
Fred Spear
100.50
Earl Beaton
84.50
F. D. Walsh
76.00
John E. Varnum
70.50
John Morgan
9.00
Charles White
9.00
Hyland Bullard
9.00
Michael Horgan
9.00
Daniel Hinkley
9.00
2,947.29
50
Supplies and Expenses:
C. J. Hogan
7.62
J. D. Scully, P. M.
.45
M. Linsky & Bros.
32.50
V. H. Blackinton & Co.
1.10
Arthur Wills
3.19
A. A. Kingsbury
35.79
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.
97.93
Community Radio Laboratory
77.27
F. D. Kennedy
358.31
Federal Linen Service
12.00
Williams Book Store
5.00
Downers Automotive Service
42.70
Allen & Ballou
.50
Olson & Lepper, Inc.
18.80
Alexander Allan
4.55
697.71
N. E. Police Chiefs' Association
2.00
Massachusetts Chief Police Association
3.00
Total Fire Department
3,650.00
3,650.00
Appropriation Payments:
A. A. Kingsbury, Chief
110.00
E. W. Allen, Chief
100.00
Harold Ryan
131.75
Everett Dewar
89.75
Fred Dyer
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