Town annual reports of Medfield 1940-1949, Part 45

Author: Medfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1940
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1594


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$200.00


$4.00


$204.00


$4.00


aleb Ellis Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


abin Smith Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


'illiam S. Tilden Lot


200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200.00


oses Ellis Lot


200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200.00


oseph Breck Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


ary F. Ellis Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


ary T. Derby Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


eorge M. Smith Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


eorge F. Miller Lot


50.00


1.00


51.00


1.00


50.00


angley Lot


200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200.00


rant Newell Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


ames Griffin Lot


50.00


1.00


51.00


1.00


50.00


Valter Janes Lot


50.00


1.00


51.00


1.00


50.00


eremiah Hale Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


[artha M. Mason Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


eorge H. Shumway Lot 200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200.00


'dward Alward Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


saac White Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


V. Morang Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


I. D. Hamant Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


lucius Houghton Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


lex Ogilvie Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Bishop-Hartshorn Lot


450.00


9.00


459.00


9.00


450.00


Pattee-Turner Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Ienry Parker Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Villiam Ryan Lot


300.00


6.00


306.00


6.00


300.00


Wesley Balch Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


A. B. Parker Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


)r. Saunders Lot


50.00


1.00


51.00


1.00


50.00


William Guild Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


jeth Chenery Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Moses Johnson Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Samuel Johnson Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Jeorge Chick Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Mrs. Selwyn Clark Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Cora B. Simpson Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Perry Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Saarm-Kennedy Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Braman Briggs Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Nathaniel Fairbanks Lot 100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Walter S. Wiswell Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Samuel Ellis Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


George Ellis Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Hutson-Smith Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Wales-Plympton Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Mary A. Hotville Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


John G. Hutson Lot


150.00


3.00


153.00


3.00


150.00


81


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-(Continued) Dedham Institution for Savings


Name of Fund


Original Fund 100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100


Margaret T. Bearse Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100


William Conrick Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100


Bennett-Wilson Lot


200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200


Tyler-Thayer Lot


300.00


6.00


306.00


6.00


300


Sprague Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100


Thomas F. Barneys Lot 200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200.


Charles Wight Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.


Amos W. Shumway Lot 150.00


3.00


153.00


3.00


150.


Nathan Fisher Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.


Joseph Bullard Lot


200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200.


Frank W. Morse Lot


200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200.


William Anderson Lot


50.00


1.00


51.00


1.00


50.


John H. Sweeney Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.


John Hinkley Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.1


Thomas Rourke Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.1


Samuel Guild Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.1


Edward Blackington Lot 100.00


800.00


16.00


816.00


16.00


800.(


Clarence M. Cutler Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.(


H. L. Park Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


Charles B. Smith Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


Horatio Jordan Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


Frank Laverty Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


Fred A. Smith Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


George R. Chase Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


Percy B. Read Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


Arthur Hobbs Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


James Carpenter Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


George Clark Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


James Wilkins Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


Sophia Grant Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


Lonergan-Clark Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.0


George Steere Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.01


Conrad Weiker Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.01


Josephine M. Spear Lot


200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200.01


Eliakim Morse Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Nellie V. Mugridge Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Margaret J. Ord Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Wood Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Ruggles Adams Lot


300.00


6.00


306.00


6.00


300.00


Eric Loeffler Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


John Sullivan Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


James Griffin Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


John and Elizabeth Ord


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Granville W. Babcock Lot 100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Annie Stedman Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Annie Richardson Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


King and Vose Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Interest for 1945


Total


Expended


Bala to Cre of FI


Giles-Lard Lot


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.(


George H. Ellis Lot


82


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-(Continued) Dedham Institution for Savings


Balance to Credit of Fund


Ime of Food


Gorge G. Babcock Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Ion E. Mayo Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


hn Bartz Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


sephine Percival Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


hn T. Kennedy Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Apoleon Duhamel Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


ary C. Wheeler Lot


200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200.00


enry K. Barnard Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


B. Newcomb Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


W. Rich Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Howard Blood Lot


150.00


3.00


153.00


3.00


150.00


illiam Kennedy Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


seph Park Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


obert W. Baker Lot


200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200.00


ohn R. Miller Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


ary A. Abell Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


aymond C. Weiker Lot 100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


illiam B. Roberts Lot


200.00


4.00


204.00


4.00


200.00


ennett-Grover Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


ewis Cutler Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


incent N. Osborne Lot 100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


ose Schools Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


rchie Crawford Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


cott B. Bell Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Iphonso L. Allen Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


dward M. Bent Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Villiam Bullard Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


eon M. Kennett Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


Idgar Sherman Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


ilwyn A. Smith Lot


100.00


2.00


102.00


2.00


100.00


mie I. Newell Lot


150.00


2.75


152.75


2.75


150.00


ohn Fisher Lot


100.00


2.00


101.83


2.00


100.00


Mary J. Jones Lot


100.00


2.00


101.83


2.00


100.00


'has. A. Garabedian Lot


100.00


2.00


101.83


2.00


100.00


Clifford L. Codding Lot


100.00


2.67


100.00


2.67


100.00


lamuel E. Mitchell Lot


100.00


2.67


100.00


2.67


100.00


Richard J. Gorman Lot


100.00


1.67


100.00


1.67


100.00


Frederick M. Clark Lot


100.00


100.00


100.00


Jevi C. Taylor Lot


100.00


100.00


100.00


aura S. Pember Lot


100.00


100.00


100.00


Alida S. & Willard F.


300.00


300.00


300.00


Catherine Mulcahy Lot


150.00


150.00


150.00


Mary Corcoran Lot


100.00


100.00


100.00


Carl O. Harmon Lot


100.00


100.00


100.00


Michael Ryan Lot


100.00


100.00


100.00


Original Fund


Interest for 1945


Total


Expended


Pear Lot


$17,350.00 $325.01 $17,675.01 $325.01 $17,350.00


83


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-(Continued) Massachusetts Savings Bank


Name of Fund


Original Fund


Interest for 1945 $2.26


Total $152.26


Expended $2.26


Bala !: to Cre of Ft $150


Henry Wight


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100


N. A. Stone


50.00


.75


50.75


.75


50


George Morrill


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.


Obed Hartshorn & Spear 200.00


3.00


203.00


3.00


200.


Seth Maker


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.


'Albion C. Gilbert


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.


Keyes-Gilley


100.00


1.50


101.50


1,50


100.


Benjamin Chenery


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.


A. C. Shumway


150.00


2.26


152.26


2.36


150.


Emma Rhodes


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.


E. P. Tucker


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.


Oliver A. Clark


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.0


F. Sablone


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.1


Amelia Everett


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100,1


George Emerson


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.(


E. V. Mitchell


500.00


7.50


507.50


7.50


500.(


Sarah G. Shumway


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.(


George E. Pettis


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.(


J. Augustus Fitts


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.0


John H. Pember


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.0


Bruce & Fisher


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.0


John H. Gould


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.0


C. M. Clark


150.00


2.26


152.26


2.26


150.0


Joseph A. Allen


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.0


Susan B. Ware


50.00


.75


50.75


.75


50.0


John Schools


50.00


.75


50.75


.75


50.0


Baxter Lot


300.00


4.50


304.50


4.50


300.0


Edmund I. Chenery


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.0


Alice D. Sewell


200.00


3.00


203.00


3.00


200.0


Susan I. Woods


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.0


John M. Richardson


500.00


7.50


507.50


7.50


500.0


Edmund Bullard


50.00


.75


50.75


.75


50.0


Daniel S. Wheeler


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.0


Charles J. Sawyer


200.00


3.00


203.00


3.00


200.0


James W. P. Dyer


50.00


.75


50.75


.75


50.0


John B. Coombs


50.00


.75


50.75


.75


50.0


William Salisbury


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.00


George H. Wight


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.00


James T. Allen


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.00


William Crane


50.00


.75


50.75


.75


50.00


Noah Allen


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.00


Henry J. Dunn


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.00


Francis S. Wight


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.00


John Sullivan


50.00


.75


50.75


.75


50.00


Soldiers' Lot


700.00


10.50


710.50


10.50


700.00


Moses Bullard


200.00


3.00


203.00


3.00


200.00


John Balch


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.00


Washburn Lot


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.0


84


Clara Howard


$150.00


CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS-(Continued) Massachusetts Savings Bank


me of Fund


Original Fund


Interest for 1945


Total


Expended


Balance to Credit of Fund


ancis Mason


200.00


3.00


203.00


3.00


200.00


ancis E. Donlan


50.00


.75


50.75


.75


50.00


muel Ellis


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.00


ion Wight


200.00


3.00


203.00


3.00


200.00


oses F. Clark


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.00


$7,300.00 $109.62


$7,409.62 $109.62


$7,300.00


Home Savings Bank


ame of Fund


Original Fund


Interest for 1945


Total $50.75


$ .75


Balance to Credit of Fund $50.00


ancy H. Curtis


$50.00


$ .75


ary M. Phelps


50.00


.75


50.75


.75


50.00


liza E. Williams


475.00


7.12


482.12


7.12


475.00


eorge C. Davis


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.00


aniel D. Curtis


500.00


7.50


507.50


7.50


500.00


oseph Clark


100.00


1.50


101.50


1.50


100.00


llenwood Lot


300.00


4.50


304.50


4.50


300.00


$1,575.00


$23.62


$1,598.62


$23.62


$1,575.00


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1946


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, quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Medfield on Monday the 4th day of March A. D. 1946 at 6:00 A. M. then and there to act on the following articles:


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 Mem- ber Park and Planning Board, all for one year. One Selectman, One Assessor, One Member of the School Committee, Two Trus- tees of the Public Library, One Member of the Board of Health, One Cemetery Commissioner, One Member of the Water and Sewer Board, One Member of the Board of Public Welfare, all for three years.


One Member of the Planning Board for five years.


The polls to be opened at 6:00 A. M. and may be closed at 2:00 P. M.


85


Expended


Article 2. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers and Pound Keeper.


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the re- ports of the several Town Officers for the past year.


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses for the ensuing year.


-


Expended Recommended


1945


1946


Executive


$2,767.11


$2,800.00


Treasurer


738.39


750.00


Collector


1,342.50


1,600.00


Assessors


872.40


900.00


Town Clerk


509.30


500.00


Election and Registration


294.91


800.00


Town Hall


3,228.82


3,785.00


Police


4,528.78


4,318.20


Highways


9,991.61


10,000.00


Contingent


1,019.20


1,100.00


Soldiers Benefits


1,700.64


4,500.00


Guard Rails


398.97


300.00


Bridges


100.00


100.00


Sidewalks


295.92


300.00


Fire


2,990.51


3,000.00


Sealer


129.09


150.00


Moth


437.71


1,000.00


Care of Trees


402.96


1,000.00


Spraying Elms


387.41


400.00


Cutting Brush


808.25


1,000.00


Planting Trees


100.00


Health and Sanitation


2,478.25


1,600.00


Sewer


998.10


1,200.00


Snow


10,603.21


Street Lighting


5,093.65


5,173.48


Public Welfare


825.64


1,000.00


Old Age Assistance


22,752.20


20,000.00


Aid Dependent Children


1,589.65


1,500.00


Old Age Administration


350.00


Aid Dependent Children-Administration


52.00


100.00


Public Welfare Salaries


500.00


500.00


District Nurse


450.00


450.00


Schools


44,381.06


44,725.00


Library


3,053.78


Park and Planning Board


562.57


600.00


Memorial Day


203.06


300.00


Liability Insurance


778.87


900.00


Fire Insurance


925.00


950.00


Public Dump


214.48


350.00


County Hospital


1,328.43


2,523.54


Reserve Fund


2,198.66


2,500.00


Water


7,299.80


7,800.00


Notes


20,000.00


20,000.00


Interest


4,778.54


4,507.50


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Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 17, General Laws.


Article 6. To determine in what manner the taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year; also determine what percent- age shall be allowed the collector for the ensuing year.


Article 7. To see what compensation the town will allow the Members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.


Article 8. 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.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint one of its members as Clerk of the Highway Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 10. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Clerk of the Highway Department for the ensuing year.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewer Board to appoint one of its members as Water Superintendent, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 12. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Water Superintendent for the ensuing year.


Article 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewer Board to appoint one of its members as Water Registrar.


Article 14. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Water Registrar for the ensuing year.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of $500.00 for the improvement of Chapter 90 Roads, said money to be used in conjunction with any money allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for the construction of Hos- pital Road providing the State will contribute $8,000.00 and the County $4,000.00, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate $621.00 to construct an asphalt sidewalk and reset curbstone on the north side of Cottage street from North street to within 20 feet of railway sign, or do or act anything in rela- tion thereto.


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Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $410.00 to construct an asphalt sidewalk on the north side of West Main Street from the Railway right of way to the stone bound on property of Bertha K. Wilkins, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $875.00 to construct an asphalt sidewalk on the west side of North Street running southerly from pro- perty line of P. Stokes Gaither and Joel E. Heard, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,493.00 to construct an asphalt sidewalk on the east side of South Street running southerly from Main Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $534.00 to construct an asphalt sidewalk on the south side of Main Street, running easterly from the pro- perty line of James E. Sproul to the property line of Margaret J. Kennedy, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation of a street light on Main Street opposite the residence of Mary E. Smith, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to install street lights on Cross Street and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to maintain them for the year 1946, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition.)


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Road Machinery Fund to the Highway Ma- chinery Operating Account to defray expenses for the oper- ation and maintenance of Highway Machinery.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to purchase a Gravely Tractor and power brush, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $3,100.00 to construct a 6" water main from Main Street down Nebo Street about 1300 feet to a point opposite a new private road on the property of Joel E. Gold- thwait and to finance the foregoing construction authorize the Treasurer to borrow money for the said purpose and issue notes of $1,000.00 each therefor. The first of said notes payable in 1947, the remaining notes to be paid one in each year there- after, the balance of $100.00 to be paid out of the current taxes of the present year, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to have the Col- lector of Taxes be chosen for a three year term.


Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee of five (5) and authorize it to make arrangements to


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spend money appropriated under Article 4 for the observance of Memorial Day.


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee to inquire into the advisability of procuring new per- manent honor rolls for World War I, World War II and Civil War Veterans, and select a suitable location for said Honor Rolls, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee to present plans and recommendations at a future Town Meeting for an appropriate War Memorial for World War II Veterans, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to properly celebrate the return of the men and women who served in or were affiliated or associ- ated with the armed forces of the United States in World War II.


Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee to arrange and have full charge of celebration under Article 31, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 33. To se if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee and authorize it to make arrangements for the erection of a permanent Honor Roll to be located at Baxter Park in honor of World II Veterans. (Beckwith Post No. 110, American Legion.)


Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee to report at a future Town Meeting as to the advisability of a new Fire Station for the Town of Medfield, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Fire Engineers.)


Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $570.60 the 1945 Dog Tax Return to the Library or School appropriation, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from funds in the Treasury to the Library Board the sum of $200.64, the same being the amount of fines collected by the Library during the year 1945, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Trustees of the Public Library.)


Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the purchase of the property known as Baker's Pond from Mrs. Marion H. Palmer of Rock- ville, R. I., said land and pond to be under the jurisdiction of the Park and Planning Board to be used as a Recreation Center for the town, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to hear and act on the report of the committee appointed under Article 11 of the regular Town Meeting of March 12, 1945, to inquire into the


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advisability of readjusting the salaries of "All Town Officers", or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to set the salaries of the School Committee and raise and appropriate a sum of money for said salaries, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2,000.00 to grade and seed the New Ath- letic Field located on Adams Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee.)


Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to defray tuition charges to State aided Vocational Schools, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee.)


Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of $50.00 for Evening Practical Arts courses for adults, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee.)


Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to waterproof the exterior walls of the Town House, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to defray the expense of sending out postal cards notifying the voters of all Town Meetings, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the maintenance of Vine Lake Cemetery; also transfer the sum of $180.00 from the Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund for the purpose of developing the new part of the cemetery.


Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to accept the fol- lowing named sums as Perpetual Trust 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:


George Schools Lot $100.00


Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of contract- ing for the collection and removal of garbage in the Town of Medfield, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition.)


Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the assessors to use a sum of money not to exceed $15,000 from free cash in the treasury for the reduction of the 1946 tax rate.


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.


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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.


day of


A. D. Nineteen hundred.


CHARLES W. HAIGH, DANIEL SULLIVAN, FRANK HALEY,


Selectmen of Medfield. COLEMAN J. HOGAN, FRED C. CHICK, LINDSEY N. RIPLEY, Constables of Medfield.


TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT


December 31, 1945 Balance Excise Tax 1936


$27.14


Collected 1946 27.14


Account Closed


00.00


December 31, 1945 Balance Excise Tax 1937


76.67


Collected 1946


24.82


Balance


51.85


December 31, 1945 Balance Excise Tax 1938


17.82


Collected 1946


17.82


Account Closed


00.00


December 31, 1945 Balance Excise Tax 1939


68.84


Collected 1946


4.61


Balance


64.23


December 31, 1945 Balance Excise Tax 1940


79.84


Collected 1946


2.18


Balance


$17.66


December 31, 1945 Balance Excise Tax 1941


139.98


Collected 1946


38.64


Balance


101.34


December 31, 1945 Balance Excise Tax 1942


168.53


Collected 1946


49.04


Balance


119.49


December 31, 1945 Balance Excise Tax 1943


124.85


Collected 1946


14.17


Balance


110.68


December 31, 1945 Balance Excise Tax 1944


355.07.


Collected 1946


171.84


Balance


183.23


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December 31, 1945 Balance Excise Tax 1944 Collected 1946


575.67 289.70


Balance


285.97


December 31, 1945 Balance 1937 Taxes Collected 1946


82.00


Closed Account


00.00


December 31, 1945 Balance 1938 Taxes Collected 1946


113.00


37.00


Balance


76.00


December 31, 1945 Balance 1939 Taxes


172.03


Collected 1946


92.03


Balance


80.00


December 31, 1945 Balance 1940 Taxes


263.39


Collected 1946


165.93


Balance


97.46


December 31, 1945 Balance 1941 Taxes


135.49


Collected 1946


135.49


Closed Account


00.00


December 31, 1945 Balance 1942 Taxes


833.33


Collected 1946




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