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In circulation at date, 330
We have received from the Free Public Library Commis- sion this year, 50 volumes, of which 25, in the Polish language are loaned for six months.
The library is open at the noon hour Tuesdays to accom- modate pupils in school who live at a distance and wish to procure books.
Following is a list of the books added and of the peri- odicals taken by the library during the year.
MARY B. POMEROY, Librarian.
Sunderland, January 7, 1922.
Books Added to the Library
FICTION.
Happy House Merry Heart Flood Tide
Briming Cup
Chan's Wife
Arrow of Gold
Abbott Abbott Bassett Canfield Chase Conrad
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Challenge to Adventure Some of Us Are Married Rider of the King Log Old Chester Secret
Old Madhouse
Farmer of Roaring Run
Book of Susan
Erskine Dale
Miss Lula Bett
Bells of San Juan
Man to Man
Six-Feet-Four
Riders of Purple Sage
Lone Star Ranger
Builders
Cottage of Delight
Happily Married
Lindy Loyd
Eve to the Rescue
Michael Forth
Sudden Jim
Hueston Johnston Kelland King Knibbs
Sundown Slim
Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds
La Vane
Portygee
Lincoln
Unseen Ear
Lincoln
Ice Pilot
Leverage Locke Lutz
Cloudy Jewel
Exit Betty
Lutz
Phoebe Deane
Lutz
The Search
Lutz
Red Signal
Potterism
Yellow Typhoon
Son of Courage
Story of Unfortunate Youth
Curtis Cutting Day Deland De Morgan Dillon Dodd Fox, Jr. Gale Gregory Gregory Gregory
Lutz Macaulay MacGrath McKishnie Mackenzie
Mountebank
Grey Grey Glasgow Harben Harris Hoffman
Thread of Flame
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Ring Necked Grizzly Rainbow Valley Bar 20 Three John Halifax Blacksheep, Blacksheep
Slippy McGee
Woman Named Smith
Mr. Marx's Secret
Jacob's Ladder
When May Flowers Blossom
Girl from Four Corners
Sister Sue
Tangled Trails
Brown Study
Jim Leerie
Silver Sixpence
Basil Everman
Nancy Goes to Town
Destroyer
Real Diary of Worst Farmer
Bruce
Last Straw
Fairfax and His Pride
Captives
Bridge of Time
Rose Garden Husband
JUVENILE BOOKS
High Acres
Little Women
Tom Swift, Diamond Maker
Tom Swift and his Submarine
Tom Swift and his War Tank
Marian Frear's Summer
Once Upon a Time Animal Stories
Bailey
Tell Me Another Story Glinda of Oz
Miller Montgomery Mulford Muloch Nicholson
Oemler Oemler Oppenheim Oppenheim Plumb
Porter Porter Raine Richmond Roberts Sawyer Sawyer
Singmaster Sterrett Stevenson Shute Terhune Ti Van Vorst Walpole Warner Widdemer
Abbott Alcott Appleton Appleton Appleton Ashmun
Bailey
Baum
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Bob Thorpe
Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children Wood Cove Island Granny Fox
Around the World with Children
Lost River
Twinkly Eyes and Lone Lake Folks
Twinkly Eyes at Valley Farm
Children's Homer
Everyday Heroine
Secret Every Day Things
Little Lead Soldier
Swiss Fairy Tales Dena Shaggy Coat
High Benton
High Benton Worker
Sandman-Sea Stories
Sandman-Ship Stories
Tom Brown's School Days
Baby Lion
Baby Ostrich Mr. Wise Owl
Luck of Denewood
Brown Wolf
Mitch Miller
Windy Hill
Black Buccaneer
Boy Scout Stories
In Camp of Creeks
Italian Twins
Scotch Twins
Boy Scouts of Lakeville
Dave Fearless and Cave of Mystery
Dave Fearless After Sunken Treasure Dave Fearless on Floating Island In Mexico With Gen. Scott Black Beauty
Bishop Bishop Brooks Burgess Carpenter Chaffec Chaffec Chaffee Colum
Denison Fabre Franchi Griffis Gardner Hawks Heyliger Heyliger Hopkins Hopkins
Hughes Kilbourne Kilbourne Knipe London Masters Meigs Meader Mathews Pendleton
Perkins Perkins Quirk Rockwood Rockwood Rockwood
Sabin
Sewell
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Boy Scouts in the Wilderness
Scoville · Smith
Gus Harvey
Heroines of History and Legends
Smith
Inklings for Thinklings
Smith
Nonsense Book
Smith
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Stowe
Treasure Mountain
Turpin
Sandman-Rainy Day Stories
Walker
RELIGION
Jew and American Ideal
Spargo
Pilgrim in Palestine
Finley
SOCIOLOGY
Our Next War Irwin
NATURAL SCIENCE
What Bird is That
Chapman
Song of Cardinal
Porter
Moths of Limberlost
Porter
USEFUL ARTS
Library of Health
Scholl
LITERATURE
Average Americans
Roosevelt
Day in a Colonial Home
Dana
Pilgrim Spirit
Baker
BIOGRAPHY
John Burroughs
Barrus
Talks with Theodore Roosevelt
J. Leary, Jr. Strachey
HISTORY OR TRAVEL
Cradle of the Deep
Treves
New England in France
Taylor
Founding of a Nation
Gregg
Old Plymouth Trails
Outline of History (2v.)
Packard Wells
Queen Victoria
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PERIODICALS
American Boy Saint Nicholas Little Folks Atlantic Scribners Illustrated World Harpers Review of Reviews Century
Outlook Independent Geographic Pictorial Review Garden Our Dumb Animals World's Work Sunset
Road Report
To the Selectmen :-
I have the honor to submit the following brief report covering the work done on the roads in town for the year 1921.
Soon after being appointed Superintendent of Roads I went over all the roads in town with the selectmen and the state engineer. Together we decided what work was most im- portant and, in general, formed an idea of what was to be done during the year.
Owing to the open winter of 1920 the macadam roads were not in the best of condition and required an extra amount of attention, especially in the early part of the season. The road in north Main Street was particularly bad, due, I think, to the insufficient amount of Tarvia put on it when it was resurfaced. This section has been patched twice and a good coat of Tarvia applied. The same treatment will doubtless be necessary next season. The meadow stone road was in better condition and required less attention.
About 575 feet of permanent gravel road has been built about R. A. Goodyear's at a cost of $803.90. Due to the in- creased travel in the northern part of the town in the last few years, especially through travel on the upper Montague road, it will be necessary to spend more on that road in order to keep it in reasonably passable condition. The State Engineer recommends the widening of the road and a new culvert at Clay Brook, and permanent improvement in that direction.
Also there are several sections in the southern part of the town that will need immediate attention carly in the spring.
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In the following list is given the amount spent on each road during 1921 :
Name of Road
Work
Material
Gravel $ 32.40
Hubbard's Hill road 000.00
Plain road
124.58
Pound road
305.43
River road
15.00
Hungarian avenue
14.75
Gripko Crossroad
00.00
Back road
12.65
Upper Mountain road . .
99.45
No. Sunderland road
Tarvia K. P. and
Center to Whitmore's
961.26
Stone ... 275.41
Gunn Crossroad 34.48
Gravel and posts 6.75
Whitmore Crossroad . .
14.00
Leverett-Montague road
70.65
Upper Montague road .
189.65
Gravel 11.70
Reservation road
89.35
Gravel
4.95
Middle Lane
113.50
Culvert and sand 44.61
Cemetery road
00.00
Meadow street
187.43
Gravel
16.73
Brown Crossroad
00.00
Tomoles' Crossroad
00.00
Kulesser Crossroad 23.00
Gravel
1.80
Burek Crossroad
00.00
Plain Branch road
00.00
North Mountain road ..
24.00
Middle Mountain road . 30.40
South Mountain road .. 7.00
Clark's Mountain road .
00.00
Gunn Mountain road .. 00.00
Cross Mountain road .. 00.00
General work
112.13
Labor $2,542.16
Materials Purchased 1,703.35
Total Spent $4,245.51
Respectfully submitted,
F. O. WILLIAMS, . Superintendent of Roads.
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Bull Hill road. $ 266.25
Gravel 13.05
Tarvia K. P. and
Stone
1,221.03
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Report of an Audit of the Accounts of the Town of Sunderland, made in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 245, Acts of 1920
To the Board of Selectmen.
MR. FRANK D. HUBBARD, Chairman, Sunderland, Massachusetts.
GENTLEMEN :-
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Sunderland made in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 245 of the Acts of 1920. This report is in in the form of a report to me by Mr. Edward II. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division, who was placed in charge of the work.
The balance sheet which is appended to the report is of especial interest as it presents, in concrete form, data show- ing the financial condition of the town. This exhibit shows the town to be in a good financial condition ; it also shows, however, a number of overdrafts which must be provided for either by an appropriation from surplus revenue or by rais- ing the necessary amounts in the tax levy of 1921.
In the preparation of the budget for the year 1921, I would call your attention to the provisions of Chapter 591 of the Acts of 1920, which specifies that departmental receipts shall be paid into the treasury and not be used by departments unless specifically appropriated for a department. This statute evidently contemplates the appropriating of a flat sum of a particular purpose, and the use of receipts to reduce the amount to be raised by taxation. Its operation will not mean an increase in the tax rate, although it. will necessitate an appropriation of a larger sum than was formerly made when the receipts of a department were added to the amount appropriated. The great advantage of this method is that the town officials responsible for carrying on the work of the de-
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partments will be informed early in the year of the amounts which will be available for their use, and they will thus be able to plan their work accordingly.
I would recommend the establishment of a small reserve fund in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1913. Amounts from this fund can be transferred only to meet extraordinary or unforseen expenditures, but its establishment will tend to prevent overdrafts or the necessity of calling special town meetings to make additional appropria- tions to meet such expenditures.
I do not believe in, nor do I recommend, a complicated set of books for small towns; nevertheless, there should be kept in a single department certain general records which show the assets and liabilities, the appropriations made and the charges against them, as well as a detail of all receipts and payments. These accounts, if kept up to date at all times, will enable the taxpayer to see at a glance the source from which revenue is received and the purpose for which payments are made, as well as the financial condition of the town.
Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts.
MR. THEODORE N. WADDELL,
Director of Accounts,
Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston.
SIR :-
As directed by you I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Sunderland for the period from January 1 to November 3, 1920, and submit the following report thereon :
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The financial transactions of the town as recorded on the books of the several town officials receiving or disbursing town funds were examined and checked.
The selectmen's and the school committee's records of orders drawn authorizing the treasurer to make payments were checked with the treasurer's records of payments made, the appropriations voted by the town as shown by the town clerk's records were listed, and a statement showing the con- dition of the several appropriation accounts was prepared.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. All receipts are deposited and all payments made by check. The orders drawn by the selectmen and the school committee authorizing the disburse- ment of town funds were checked with the cash book, the cash book was footed, and the cash balance called for by the books was verified by a reconciliation with the statement furnished by the Produce National Bank.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were exam- ined and checked. The commitments were reconciled with the assessors' warrants, the recorded collections were checked, and the payments to the treasurer were verified by a comparison with the treasurer's cash book. The abatements were checked with the records of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled. These outstanding accounts were further verified by mailing notices to about fifty persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received I am satis- fied that the accounts are correct.
The records of dog and hunters' licenses issued by the town clerk were examined and found to be as recorded.
The sealer of weights and measures' records of fees received for testing, sealing, and adjusting scales, weights, and measures were examined, and the proper amount of funds was found to be on hand.
The books and accounts of the treasurer of the library trustees were examined and checked, and the securities repre-
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senting the investments of the several trust funds were person- ally examined and found to be as recorded.
The books and accounts of the treasurer of the Riverside Cemetery Association were examined and checked, the secu- rities representing the investments of trust funds being listed . and checked with the amounts called for by the books.
Appended to this report are tables showing a reconcilia- tion of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax accounts, the library and cemetery accounts, the trust fund accounts, and a balance sheet showing the financial condition of the town as of November 3, 1920.
On the balance sheet are shown several overdrawn accounts, which must be taken care of by appropriations, since the Municipal Finance Act of 1913, Section 16, Chapter 719, provides that :-
No department of any city or town shall incur liability in excess of the appropriation made for the use of such department, except in cases of extreme emergency involving the health or safety of persons or property, and then only by a vote in cities of two thirds of the members of the city council, and in a commission form of government by a vote of two thirds of the members of the commission, and in a town a vote of two thirds of the selectmen.
While it is undoubtedly true that receipts are due the town for some of these accounts which will more than offset the overdraft, there should be a sufficient sum appropriated before expenditures are made, irrespective of any anticipated reimbursements, as Section 7, Chapter 591, Acts of 1920, provides that :-
All moneys received by any town officer or depart- ment, except as otherwise provided by special acts and except fees provided for by statute, shall be paid by. such officer or department upon their receipt into the town treasury. Any sums so paid into the town treas- ury shall not later be used by such officer or depart- ment without a specific appropriation thereof.
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I would recommend that all funds and moneys belonging to the town be placed in the custody of the town treasurer, and that disbursements be made only when properly approved by the selectmen, as Section 1, Chapter 669, Acts of 1913, provides that the selectmen shall approve the payment of all bills and pay-rolls of all departments before they are paid by the treasurer.
I would also recommend the use of a treasury warrant by the selectmen in authorizing the treasurer to disburse funds, since by listing the bills of each department on a warrant, the selectmen are relieved of the necessity of signing each indi- vidual order and can keep track more readily of the amounts drawn against each appropriation; and they will, therefore, have additional time to give to the more important duties of their office.
While engaged in making the audit, I received the hearty co-operation of the several town officials, and on behalf of my assistant and for myself, I wish to express my appreciation for the courtesies received and the assistance rendered.
Respectfully submitted, EDW. H. FENTON,
Chief Examiner.
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH
Cash on hand January 1, 1920, $5,502.32
Receipts January 1 to November 3, 1920, 42,177.72
$ 47,680.04
Payments January 1 to November 3, 1920, $37,892.66 Cash on hand, November 3, 1920 :
Check from collector, $9,000.00
Produce National Bank, 787.38
9,787.38
$ 47,680.04
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RECONCILIATION OF BANK STATEMENT
Balance November 3, 1920, per check book, Outstanding checks,
$787.38 968.43
$ 1,755.81
Balance November 3, 1920,
per bank statement,
$ 1,755.81
TAXES-1919
Commitments, $22,989.69
Payments to treasurer to
December 31, 1919, $22,938.57
Abatements to December 31, 1919,
43.66
Outstanding December 31, 1919, 7.46
$ 22,989.69 $ 7.46
Outstanding January 1, 1920,
Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 3, 1920, $ 7.46
INTEREST ON 1919 TAXES
Collections, $ 68.54
Payments to treasurer,
TAXES-1920
Commitments,
$ 31,521.84
Additional commitments, 22.28 .40
Error in commitment book,
$ 31,544.52
Payments to treasurer to November 3, 1920, $11,535.00
Cash on hand November 3, 1920, 4,338.12
Outstanding November 3, 1920, per detailed lists, 15,671.40
$ 31,544.52
SUNDERLAND LIBRARY
Cash on hand January 1, 1920, $ 4.47
Dog tax, 28.61
$ 68.54
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Interest on funds,
73.69
Town appropriation,
400.00
$ 506.77
Payments January 1 to
November 3, 1920,
$484.81
Cash on hand November 3, 1920,
21.96
-$ 506.77
RIVERSIDE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
Cash on hand January 1, 1920,
$61.70
Trust fund income,
302.48
Sale of lots,
40.00
Care of lots,
8.00
$
412.18
Payments January 1 to
November 3, 1920
$ 366.40
Cash on hand November 3, 1920,
45.78
$
412.18
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
On hand January 1, 1920 :
Securities
$5,605,92
Deposits in Savings Banks
347.48
$ 5,953.40
On hand November 3, 1920 :
Securities
$5,905.92
Deposits in Savings Banks
47.48
$ 5,953.40
Receipts
Withdrawn from bank,
$300.00
Sale of securities,
700.00
Income,
98.50
$ 1,098.50
Payments
Purchase of securities, . $1,000.00
Premiums on securities purchased, 15.00
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Accrued interest on securities purchased, 9.81
Transferred to library, 73.69
$ 1,098.50
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
On hand January 1, 1920 :
Securities
Deposits in Savings Banks
$5,100.00 869.52 -$ 5,969.52
On hand November 3, 1920 :
Securities
$5,100.00
· Deposits in Savings Banks
1,269.52 $ 6,369.52
Receipts
Income,
$302.48 400.00
Bequests,
$ 702.48
Payments
Bequests deposited, $400.00
Transferred to Riverside Cemetery Association, 302.48 $ 702.48
BALANCE SHEET-NOVEMBER 3, 1920
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GENERAL ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash in banks and office :
General,
$9,787.38
Library,
21.96 45.78
Cemetery,
$ 9,855.12
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Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1920,
20,009.52
Departmental:
Highway,
$225.00
Sunderland Bridge,
424.92
Poor,
69.19
State Aid,
2,414.50
-$
3,133.61
Ovedrawn Accounts :
Snow Removal,
$ 4.93
Resurfacing North Main Street,
178.58
Memorial Day,
3.50
Sunderland Bridge Account,
288.85
475.86
Estimated Receipts,
2,122.91
$ 35,597.02
Liabilities
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue,
$23,000.00
Agency :
State Tax,
$2,380.80
Special State Tax,
112.20
Civilian War Tax,
897.00
State Highway Tax,
198.55
3,588.55
Library Balance,
21.96
Cemetery Balance,
45.78
General Appropriation Balances,
4,975.95
Overlays :
Levy of 1919,
$55.85
Levy of 1920,
380.69
436.54
3,528.24
Surplus Revenue,
$ 35,597.02
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INDEBTEDNESS
Funded or Fixed Debt, $4,600.00
Meadow Stone Road Notes,
$4,600.00
TRUST FUNDS
Cash and Securities :
In custody of Treasurer of
Library Trustees, $5,953.40
In custody of Treasurer of
Riverside Cemetery Association, 6,369.52
$ 12,322.92
Library Trust Funds,
$5,953.40
Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Funds,
6,369.52
-$ 12,322.92
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Officers and Committees
OF THE TOWN OF
SUNDERLAND
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For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1922
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
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TRET PARSONAGE
BUILT
Town of Sunderland
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1922
Metcalf Printing Company Northampton, Mass.
Town Officers
CLERK B. N. Fish, Term expires 1923
TREASURER A. W. Hubbard
TAX COLLECTOR R. B. Brown
SELECTMEN
F. D. Hubbard, Chairman
Term expires 1924
F. W. Darling
Term expires 1925
H. C. Pomeroy, Clerk
Term expires 1923
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
A. C. Warner, Chairman
Term expires 1924
G. P. Smith, Secretary
Term expires 1923/
Abbie H. Smith
Term expires 1925
ASSESSORS
G. C. Hubbard, Chairman
Term expires 1923
R. A. Warner
Term expires 1924
G. A. Childs
Term expires 1925
AUDITOR R. D. Hepburn
TREE WARDEN K. S. Williams
CEMETERY TRUSTEES
W. H. Dill, Chairman and Treasurer
Term expires 1925
G. P. Smith
Term expires 1924
R. A. Warner Term expires 1923
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Baxter N. Fish, Treasurer
Term expires 1924
Lillian M. Dill
Term expires 1924
Abbie H. Smith
Term expires 1924
George P. Smith
Term expires 1925
Arthur W. Hubbard
Term expires 1925 Term expires 1923
Frank W. Darling
Eloise T. Fairchild
Term expires 1923
Mary B. Pomeroy
Term expires 1923
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CONSTABLES
Ralph B. Brown T. L. Warner
Frank D. Hubbard
F. E. Welsh Philip S. Hepburn G. C. Hubbard
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK 1
George P. Smith
Frank W. Darling George P. Bullis
Philip Hepburn
FIRE WARDENS
James H. Warner Kenneth S. Williams
APPOINTEES FENCE VIEWERS
George C. Hubbard
Philip F. Whitmore FIELD DRIVERS
James H. Warner 1
James S. Hubbard Perl F. Evans
Francis E. Ahearn Ralph O. Fairchild
Bernard Dwyer POUND KEEPER George M. Hubbard PUBLIC WEIGHERS
Frank D. Hubbard Perry A. Goodyear William E. Clark
F. L. Whitmore B. N. Fish Chester Warner
FOREST FIRE WARDEN A. C. Warner MOTH SUPERINTENDENT Richard W. Graves INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS, MEATS AND PROVISIONS M. H. Williams SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Andrew S. Thomson SUPERINTENDENT OF ROADS T. L. Warner SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES C. G. Clark DIRECTOR OF FARM BUREAU Frederick L. Whitmore
Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
FRANKLIN, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Sunderland, in the County of Franklin, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town, on Monday, February 5, 1923 at ten o'clcok in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :-
ARTICLE - To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To hear the annual reports of the town officers and special committees, and act thereon.
ART. 4. To appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year or to pay town debt and interest.
ART. 5. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, townways and bridges.
ART. 6. To see if the town will appropriate money for the transportation of scholars to the schools in town or High schools out of town.
ART. 7. To fix the time when the taxes shall be paid and pass any vote in regard to interest.
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ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of revenue, with the approval of the Selectmen, for the uses of the town, and give notes of the town therefor.
ART. 9. To appropriate money for the superintendent of schools and to pay the school committee for their services.
ART. 10. To appropriate money for the salaries of the several town officers.
ART. 11. To see if the town will authorize the school committee to draw orders on the town treasurer monthly, for its full proportion of the salary of the school superintendent.
ART. 12. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the support of the Public Library.
ART. 13. To see if the town will take any action in re- gard to opening the town drains, and appropriate a sum of money for this purpose.
ART. 14. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the medical inspection of the schools.
ART. 15. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to furnish street lights for the ensuing year.
ART. 16. To see if the town will appropriate $100.00 to be paid to the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, in accordance with the provisions of and for the purposes of Chap. 273, Acts 1918, or for the support of demonstration work under the direction of the agent or instructors of the Trustees, on land owned by the town or any resident thereof, or pass any vote or votes in relation thereto.
ART. 17. To see if the town will choose a director in accordance with the provisions of Chap. 273, Acts 1918, Sec. 1 at this meeting, to serve for the term of one year.
ART. 18. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.
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ART. 19. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Section 26-29, Chap. 81, General Laws in regard to the manner of caring for the roads.
ART. 20. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $300.00 for a School Nurse, in accordance with Chap. 357, Acts of 1921, or appropriate any other sum in connection therewith.
ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to selling the play grounds back of the Town Hall.
ART. 22. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to lay out a town drain beginning on land owned by Carl Feldman and following an old ditch to the river, across land owned by R. E. Fairchild, F. W. Darling, Jos. Butynski, Stanley Skribiski, G. M. Hubbard, and land formerly owned by C. H. Pomeroy.
ART. 23. To see what action the town will take in regard to appropriating money for the Gypsy Moth work.
ART. 24. To see what action the voters will take in re- ART. 25. Shall the town petition for the installation of an accounting system by the commonwealth? (This question is submitted under the provisions of Chapter 516, Acts of 1922.)
ART. 26. To see what action the town will take in re- gard to reconsidering the vote taken in regard to the Austral- ian ballot system and pass any vote thereon.
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